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If you're a writer, you've been there.
If you're a reader, you're lucky you haven't.
Because the road to reviews is a struggle.
Remember the Sisyphus myth? This bad boy was king of my homeland,
, according to mythology. He was punished
by Zeus with pushing that massive rock up the hill only to watch it roll back
down in a never- ending torture knowing that the risk of being crashed
underneath was always a possibility. Still, he kept on. Because that was what he
was supposed to do. Corinth
Hence the similarity: you've finished that book, had it edited, proofread, self- published and that new part of your life starts: promotion. Then you realize what's missing from your product page : reviews!
And the struggle begins.
As you push that rock you'll probably get luckier than Sisyphus because, let's face it, there's no Zeus making your life hard; the only enemy in this process is only yourself. And this is also your best ally. The risk of being crashed –emotionally and professionally- under the harsh words of a negative review is always there.
But you just can't stop.
A friend confessed to me that when she self-published her first book she had absolutely no idea of what she was supposed to do in order to attract attention on it. When someone got in touch telling her that they read her book she would always ask them to submit a review. Some did. But is that how it works?
A few weeks ago I published Beguiled. As I am not an expert on promotion and my budget is rather low – you know about the economy crisis in
I guess - I try to do most
of this stuff on my own. As frustrating it is, it is also exciting. Because you
know, I'm one of those who like to learn new things. Greece
So here's what I've come up with after a did some research:
Although I have nothing against the way my friend got some of her reviews (did that myself too), waiting for people to discover and review your book can take a loooong time. That's why you should get them to do it. How? By contacting that group of people called Amazon' top reviewers. Of course this means you have to look for the book reviewers, explore their interests, see if their contact information is available and send them a query letter. A polite one. I strongly suggest you read this article first by Joanna Penn and also take the time to read the comments as well.
An easier way to locate your genre reviewers is suggested in this article by Mike Michalowicz. His instructions are simple and timesaving as you are directed to the right people through other reviews on your competitors' books.You'll probably think "How come I never thought about this?"
Now there's an even easier way but it will cost you some money. Because people on http://bookreviewbroker.com/ will locate the right reviewers for you and get them to contact you.
Also, on http://www.bookrooster.com/for-authors/?ap_id=wwm you have the people on bookrooster have your book reviewed by various reviewers.
I have also found some people who are willing to review your book for a small fee.You will find some on http://bookblogs.ning.com/ . I should warn you though: paying for a review can make that massive rock (see Sisyphus above) roll straight at you. Readers are cautious with authors who pay for a review and you don't want to be stuck under such heavy weight, right?
Above all, do not underestimate the power of facebook, twitter and blogging. There are many bloggers out there (me included) who can help you promote your book for free with interviews, reviews and author spotlight. It's hard work, I know. It takes time but your book is worth the effort.
Above all, do not underestimate the power of facebook, twitter and blogging. There are many bloggers out there (me included) who can help you promote your book for free with interviews, reviews and author spotlight. It's hard work, I know. It takes time but your book is worth the effort.
Of course none of the above can guarantee that you will get positive reviews. Besides, if you read the articles above you will realize that negative reviews are important for many reasons: they make the critic on your book more reliable and of course they pinpoint the things you need to improve.
By the way, I have to say that what I appreciate the most is the fact that some reviewers take the time to tell you what you need to improve and urge you to submit to them again instead of writing a negative review on your book.
Do you want to know where this research took me?
Well, I started with steps 1 and 2 above. I have contacted six amazon reviewers so far. Two have got back. One has accepted to submit a review. I have my queries ready for about two dozens more of them. Who knows? I may get luckier with them.
Also, I have organized a book tour with the amazing Jaidis Shaw on Juniper Grove Book Solutions. Blog tours usually include reviews if bloggers are not crammed with submissions. You may also decide to have a Book Review Tour and this is all about you getting reviews.
Last but not least, I have decided to offer other authors the help I know they need. So, after a couple of years of working on my books, my blog is open now for reviews again. So, read my review policy and contact me if you want me to review your book.
Plus, I became a tour host for Juniper Grove Book Solutions.
Plus, I became a tour host for Juniper Grove Book Solutions.
If you are a reader and potential reviewer of my book please let me know.
Take the time to leave a comment if you think I'm missing something or of you want to share your ideas on how to process the review issue.
In the meantime,
Keep being distracted by reading,


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Gfycat Web SDK
Web SDK for desktop applications or desktop web versions of an application.
Source URL format:
client_id is a parameter unique to your Gfycat API key. This was emailed to you when you registered for an API key to use for your app.
Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com with your
client_id and
client_secret so we can give you access to the webview.
Once we've given you access, this URL
http://gfycat.com/gifsearchview?client_id={value} will now work when you replace
value with your actual
client_id. GIFs are displayed in two columns and the GIF category list is displayed in 3 columns. GIF search takes place as you type.
Put the webview into an iframe that you will then put inside your app.
On gif click there's a postMessage event with a JSON data object:
{ action: "select", context: "home" or "search:{query}", gfyItem: {} }
This will return multiple file formats and you will be able to decide with one is sent (if it is messaging) or posted (if it is a social media post) in your application.

subset: commoncrawl


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Norwich Dragons Hockey Club is proud to announce that it is the first in the East Region to achieve the new Sport England / England Hockey ClubMark accreditation, with only a handful of awards so far confirmed in England.
In her letter confirming the Award, Sally Munday, Chief Executive of England Hockey said "As we stride towards a 'Nation where Hockey Matters' we wanted to acknowledge and thank you for your commitment and dedication to creating more, better and happier hockey players.".
England Hockey's Clubs & Facilities Team stated "It is a great achievement, and we were very impressed with Norwich Dragons HC throughout the process."
Charlie Farrow, Regional Relationship Manager, following his assessment visit to the Club this month said "I was, as always, impressed by the set up last night and it was great to reflect on the amazing progress the club has made over the last few years."
This Accreditation is recognition of the amazing job that all the volunteers at Norwich Dragons Hockey Club, past and present, have achieved in taking the Club from potential closure (as Norwich Union HC), to one of the largest and nationally recognised clubs in England.
Whilst demand continues to grow for playing hockey at Norwich Dragons, the Committee strive to keep the friendly, family feel to the Club. Recent comments that back this up are:
"please find my membership form attached
thanks for all the hard work you do so that we can have fun playing hockey."
"I really enjoyed Wednesday, thank you for helping to make it so inclusive! I will definitely be back Wednesday!"
"please find my membership form attached.
thanks for all you do for hockey I love playing with the dragons"


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The deductible is the amount of money that the insured must assume for the replacement or repair of the insured good in the event of an accident. That is, it is that amount that the insurer will not indemnify. It can be calculated in reference to the insured value, according to the record in the LEIVERILANAS Securities Guide, or based on the incident that arises. This amount can be expressed in percentages or minimum wages in force, as specified in the cover of the policy and may vary depending on the incident.
Companies use the deductible as a method for the insured to be more careful with their assets, since in the event of an accident they will also have to assume a part of the expense; and also to avoid claims for small amounts.
To better understand how the deductible works, let's give some examples.
– If in the policy the deductible in case of material damage is 10% and the repair of the car is worth 8,000,000 pesos, the insured must assume 800,000 and the insurer will cover the other 7,200,000. In case the deductible is 1 Legal Minimum Wage in Force, if the arrangement costs the same 8,000,000 then the insured must pay 644,350 and the insurer will pay 7,355,650.
– In case of total loss if the deductible is 10%, the insurer will assume the LEIVERILANAS value of the car minus 10% (deductible paid by the policyholder). If it were a minimum wage, the insurer will assume the LEIVERILANAS value minus a minimum wage that would be the value assumed by the policyholder.
Other information to consider
– If the loss or damage to the vehicle represents a lower cost than that paid for the deductible, it will not be compensated, in the case that the deductible is a minimum wage then the insurer will not assume damages for values less than 644,350 because in that In case the policyholder would have to pay more.
The higher your deductible, the less your policy will cost
And the lower it is, the cost of your policy will be higher. Be careful with this, as it will be of no use to pay little for your insurance if in case of an accident you will have to disburse a large amount of deductible.
The value of your deductible will depend on the insurer, so it is important that you read the specifications in your policy from start to finish and make the respective inquiries. If you are still in the process of hiring your vehicle insurance, remember that soon we will have our Roger Chillingworth vehicle insurance comparator so you can see the prices of the vehicle insurance on the market on one page and request the one that suits you . Save time and money with just one click.


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The weekly dispatches from the Barker Chappell Daglas Reviewing Concern were such a success during the Mad Men season that we've decided to bring them back for the fifth season of Breaking Bad. Once again we'll be alternating the full roundtable discussion among each of our blogs - Cory Barker's TV Surveillance, Les Chappell's A Helpless Compiler, and of course this very one you're reading right now. Without further ado, our thoughts on the fifth season premiere, "Live Free or Die."
Andy: Angry bald men are back on our TVs again, and isn't it about damn time?
"Live Free or Die" is either Breaking Bad's final season premiere or its penultimate one (depending on how you choose to consider the break-up of the final 16 episodes), but either way it heralds a new status quo. With Gus dead and the cartel in tatters, the show establishes a new Big Bad, the last plausible threat to Heisenberg's dominance: the law. After another desert stand-off as deliciously tense as it was gorgeously rendered in dusty ochre and golden tints, Walter/Jesse and Mike forge an uneasy détente to tie up the loose ends left in the wake of Gus's annihilation and exposure. The bulk of "Live Free or Die" is a good old fashioned caper episode. The DEA has incriminating evidence. The Third Triumvirate has to destroy said incriminating evidence. How? Fuckin' magnets.
This amounts to a ramshackle stretch of great criminal fun. Walter and Mike swinging their dicks at one another. The crew procuring and testing the magnet from junkyard hood Larry Hankin (aka Mr. Heckles, aka Fake Kramer). Walt and Jesse lining up the Magnetmobile, a small but worthy entry in their canon of attempting active, blue-collar crimes with Laurel-and-Hardyesque results.
Bookending these hijinks, though, were Walter's grim returns to the homestead, where his subdued attempts at acting the family man betray every bit the monster Skyler fears. Even an embrace and an apology are now but weapons he wields in his never-ending power plays.
What did you guys think of this beginning of the end to the Walter White saga?
Les: Oh, how good it is to have The One Who Knocks back indeed. If Mad Men was a slow burn of whiskey, Breaking Bad is a jolt to the senses better than any of Mr. White's product. At the moment it's not burning as fiercely as it has been, which is of course by design. The way the last season ended, with the Chicken Man cooked to extra crispy, there wasn't a high point for things to pick back up on, as there was with the fourth season premiere "Box Cutter." Walt's enemies are out of commission, and for the first time no one's trying to kill him.
As such, this was a more conventional episode of Breaking Bad, if such a thing can be said to exist, with Walt and Jesse trying to improvise their way to covering up their criminal antics. I thought it was an effective reintroduction to the show's universe, and one that used a lot of the things we love about the characters: Walt's scientific knowledge, Jesse's raw enthusiasm* when a plan comes together, and Mike's weary exhaustion at being pulled into the whole thing. We also got to see some recurring players come back, which keeps the show's universe rich - Larry Hankin as Joe the salvage yard owner**, Christopher Cousins as the perpetually unfortunate Ted Beneke, and Jim Beaver as laconic gun dealer Lawson.
*Of all the things that made me happy to have this show back, hearing Aaron Paul say "Yeah, bitch!" once again is probably the one that made me grin the widest.
**Of course, this reminds me of the loss of the RV. THAT RV WAS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER DAMN IT.
But one thing does bother me, and it relates to the inclusion of Lawson: that cold open which implies not only does Walter White have at least another year on his life, but that by his 52nd birthday he'll be coming into New Mexico from New Hampshire, bearded, coughing and evidently in need of an M60. Certainly the show's played with foreshadowing before (737 down over ABQ, anyone?) but this is a not inconsequential detail. It rubs me the wrong way that we're seeing further into the future than we ever have before, and it takes away some of the anticipation the show's usually so good at spacing out.
Cory: This premiere lacked some of the overbearing tension of "Box Cutter," but to be fair, that means it sits alongside almost every other episode of television. What I loved so much about this episode is that Walt so much wanted to strut, gloat, celebrate, what have you in the wake of Gus' death, but couldn't.. He won, after all. The sequence with him at the White residence cleaning up and then trying to enjoy a drink, only to forget the deadly plant-like evidence outside, then returning to the drink later while comforting his baby, only to stand up in moderate horror was propulsive, intense and a little bit funny.
From there, as you guys said, this turned into a more recognizable episode of the show. I will say that with Gus gone, there's a lot more air in the room. The aforementioned dick-swinging between Walt and Mike is compelling as can be and I think we've all been waiting for Hank and the feds to really get their shit together with this admittedly sprawling case, but those two elements can't-and likely won't-replace Gus. I'm okay with that because I trust Gilligan and the other writers, yet it was certainly different to watch an episode like this that was almost, dare I say, fun? The stakes are still high and Walt is clearly a monster but I can't help but keep coming back to a word like fun when describing an episode that sees Jesse yell "Magnets!"
I'm glad you brought up that teaser Les because I couldn't wait to talk about it. The sequence wasn't as weirdly compelling as the season two opener or just flat-out creepy as the third season one but wow, was I quite surprised to see Walter White look like that. While you could read it as taking some suspense out of what happens, I choose not to for a few reasons. First, no matter our pretension, we know Walter White is living until the last episode of this show. Seeing him roughly a year from now in story-time only gives us a ballpark of when Breaking Bad's story will likely wrap up (and I have to imagine Walt coming back to town looking for that kind of firepower can only mean terrible things). Second, at least for me, it just builds anticipation for that end-game. I don't want or need the show to turn into Damages and/or Lost (though I couldn't help but think of both here) but my mind has been racing about what kind of insane things could happen between now and then, and who Walt might need that gun for: The police? Mike? An unknown force? Jesse? Daglas, what'd you think about the flashforward?
Andy: I won't begin to speculate on why or how Future Walter finds himself procuring bacon and guns and New Hampshire license plates. Right now I'm most curious about whether that timeline will play out across the other cold opens this season, the way season two's slowly built a parallel story that converged with its finale, or whether this week's glimpse was a lone tease.
In either case, it fit snugly with the rest of an episode that was more about re-establishing tone than anything else. There was no cliffhanger to pay off, no time jump to catch up with, no fundamental realignment to get us up to speed on. It was light on plot, but long on mood - both the madcap ("MAGNETS!") and the malevolent ("We're done when I say we're done."). Taking the time to simply remind us of the rhythms is, in some ways, as brazen a move for a season premiere as the starter's pistol of "Box Cutter" or The Cousins in season three. But of course,Breaking Bad's earned those cojones.
Les: Without any question it's earned those cojones, which is why although I'm still not thrilled by their decision to give so much away in the premiere, I'll accept that they've got something in mind. If this turns into a recurring theme for the cold opens then I'll probably turn on it retroactively, but they've earned the benefit of the doubt for this installment. Plus, between the use of Denny's and the sad little Grand Slam breakfast (a mirror image of the heart-healthy meal Skylar made him in the pilot) there were enough Breaking Bad recurring flourishes that it still felt very much like the same show.
As I'm writing this, something's occurred to me that I didn't even consider when I first watched the episode. Vince Gilligan's said for years that he sees the Breaking Bad story as how Mr. Chips becomes Scarface, and now future Walter White's in possession of Tony Montana's little friend. We've already had Steven Bauer showing up in a cameo last season, how many more direct Scarface parallels will we see in the rise and fall of the Heisenberg empire?
Going to what you said Andy about the show reestablishing its tone, while there weren't any major bloody surprises on the level of other episodes it still had one of its trademark "Oh shit" moments in the discussion between Saul and Skylar in the car wash. "Ted is dead?" "No, Ted's awake." I didn't expect the show to revisit this act of God in this manner, as I assumed Ted's dead, baby, Ted's dead, and that's would turn into an ugly truth that would spring out and send more boulders rolling down the hill. But no, Ted's still alive, and while Skylar's struck dumb by what happened he's crossed over into petrified, promising for his family's sake he'll keep his mouth shut. We've seen Skyler go through her share of ethical crises in this show, but (going back again to Scarface) she's learned something Walt figured out a long time ago: you get the money, but then you get the power. She's horrified by that implication, but she became comfortable with the money before too long - how long before she takes similar pleasure in being able to intimidate her way past obstacles? Terrific work from Anna Gunn, who historically gets very good mileage out of the season premieres that usually see her trying to locate or confront her husband.
And given this is our first discussion about the show, I'd like to gauge both of your reactions on a divisive matter in the Breaking Bad fan community. A lot of people see Skyler as a shrewish buzzkill to Walt's actions, while others (myself included) have grown more invested in her own tentative steps to break bad. What's your take on Mrs. White, Cory?
Cory: Keeping Ted alive was unexpected but only slightly. Gilligan and his staff never let Walt or Jesse out of their dire straits of the week, so it's "nice" to see that Skyler is getting the same treatment. Breaking Bad is defined by its dedicated focus to consequences and it's really only fair that Skyler has to deal with the mess that she caused last season. Her visit to Ted at the hospital was stirring, as she clearly wanted to sympathize with Ted but her drastic actions last season had a substantial impact on more than just her former lover's physical state.
What I enjoy so much about Skyler's story is that it's basically a less dramatic (but only barely so) version of Walt's initial descent into corruption in the first season. She wants to make these big decisions and "fix" these problems but once the consequences of those choices come to the surface, her stomach gets queasy--as it probably should. Though, whereas Walt tackled is first deadly action hands-on with the killing of Krazy 8, Skyler tried to use a middleman, failed, and now is forced to look at the results of her machinations. Walt was eventually able to swallow that nasty taste in his mouth and do what he deemed necessary. It will be very interesting to see how Skyler does or does not act moving forward. I can't imagine she'll try to have Ted taken out again, particularly because her guilt is running wild right now. Yet, if this is a show about nearly everyone breaking bad as it were, I have to guess Skyler's going to get into more trouble quite quickly.
To your question Les: I can't say I "like" Skyler but I appreciate her and certainly sympathize with her at times. Although the writers didn't do her any favors last season by having her get all wrapped up in this Ted business (and thus taking more money away from Walt), Skyler is an important part of the show. Really, her unlikable actions in recent seasons are almost entirely as a result of Walt's terrible influence and impact, which only further emphasizes how miserable of a person he has become. I don't mean to take away Skyler's agency because she's certainly made these choices on her own accord. However, she has been backed into a wall time after time, so her actions are more understandable than not. Andy, how do you feel about Lady White?
Andy: Like you've mentioned, I've always viewed Skyler's later-season arc as being about following - sometimes by choice, sometimes by circumstance - in Walter's footsteps a few paces behind. She adopted the learning curve of a white collar criminal in fits and starts. Sometimes she was sincerely trying to minimize the damage Walter's actions did or could cause, and sometimes she was exhibiting that wonderfully Whitean capacity for rationalization. But I have liked and sympathized her throughout, because I usually have felt like she's making the least bad choices possible in cases where her options have been boiled down to "shit," "fucking shit," and "HOLY FUCKING SHIT."
I think Skyler's going to play a large role in the endgame, as the only person who occupies the bridge between Walt's civilian and criminal identities. When (if?) the showdown between Walt and Hank hits, it'll be fascinating to see what role Skyler plays, to see where her loyalties wind up and how much of her morality remains. Not to mention how Walt will view her at that point - as an partner, a pawn, or an obstacle.
Les: Given Walt's current state of "I won," I'm guessing we're not going to see him think of her as anything but inferior. We've always known Walt was a control freak and an egomaniac, but for the last four seasons we've seen those traits rendered mostly harmless, either because Walt thought he wanted out of the business or because Gus had him so effectively marginalized. Now, he's on top, and to his scientist mind he's finally got some evidence to prove he's the One Who Knocks. The Ted issue is a massive irritation to him, but it's also something he can now claim as the upper hand in his marriage. Saying "I forgive you" is, to him, the final word in the discussion, and he could care less if Skyler thinks there's more to say.
I think as we go along this season, that hubris is what's going to drive the action (backed up by the ever-important little details, like Gus's offshore account numbers now exposed behind the picture of him and Max). Everyone knows that Walt's dangerous - even Jesse seemed unsettled by the "Because I said so" attitude - and now any safety valves that his early morality set are long since blown off. Walt's tasted power, and he's going to want to use it, be it in establishing his own operation or trying to get control of the Fring resources. And given how beaten down he looked in the cold open - a flash-forward of at least a year based on a rough estimate of the show's chronology - there's a long way to fall between now and then. Which, of course, means that we could be heading into the best season yet.
Cory: I think we all knew that seeing Walt drunk on power would be terrifying and yet, I was still taken aback a little at how chilling some of his confrontations (like those with Skyler and Saul) would be. He's going to be so drunk on power this season and like you said Les, that's why the flashforward is so intriguing. Walt is no longer sympathetic, he's no longer a good man doing bad things to help his family like he was in the first few seasons. He isn't even deluded into thinking he's an evil man like he was for much of last season. No, now he is the villain. And I can't wait to watch him try to hold on to that throne (to make an allusion to the poster art) for the next 15 episodes.
Filed under: Breaking Bad
Tags: Aaron Paul, AMC, Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Jesse Pinkman, Live Free or Die, Skyler White, Walter White


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Almost Heroes Quotes
Pratt: Bidwell? Bidwell! I fear the bear has killed Mr. Bidwell sir! He's failed to communicate with the me, by way of his ear...Leslie Edwards: It doesn't work that way, it doesn't work anyway! But even if it did, he couldn't talk through it!Pratt: Sh... Bigwell?Leslie Edwards: Nevermind.Bidwell: Help me!Leslie Edwards: Bidwell!Bidwell: Sir, sir. I've been to hell and back!Leslie Edwards: Yes, I can see that!Bidwell: I suspect that now you'll want to lead a hunting party, to slay that terrible beast!Leslie Edwards: Well, yes, that thought did cross my mind. Briefly. But now I have a better idea.Bidwell: Yes sir?Leslie Edwards: I shall fashion for you the finest wooden leg you have ever seen!Bidwell: Oh, but what about the bear?Leslie Edwards: Rest assured, Bidwell, in twenty years or so, the ravishes of old age will deal with the bear, far more cruelly than we ever could have.Guy Fontenot: Revenge is sweet sir!
Higgins: This particular event happened last summer on my uncle's farm in Virginia. My brother and I had just finished cutting a field of hay and were enjoying the evening meal under the shade of an elm tree. He went down for water by the creek and when he was gone, I took a bowl that was filled with delicious plum pudding and placed into it, not one, but two large pieces of sheep shit. When he returned I encouraged him to taste the plum pudding... And as sure as Im standing before you, he did! He ate it all. Shit Pudding!Leslie Edwards: You got your brother to eat sheep dung. That is a very interesting story.Bartholomew Hunt: Tell him the ending, that's the best part.Higgins: Oh yeah. To be perfectly honest with you sir, I have no brother. It was me. I ate sheep shit! Swear to God.Leslie Edwards: Clever twist there on the ending.
Bartholomew Hunt: i name this here fork pittsburge nelly the welshe whore who could do things with her 1 arm that would make you ferget about tht thing on her neck!Bartholomew Hunt: I name this here fork Pittsburgh Nelly the welshe whore who could do things with her one arm that would make you forget about that thing on her neck!


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Brianna Mercker
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My family is participating in the Portland Undy RunWalk on June 15, 2019 at Willamette Park.
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When I heard that J.J. Abrams was doing a series about Stephen King's fictional town Castle Rock for Hulu, I was excited about it. Then I watched the first four episodes, that begin streaming tonight, and I am not really sure what is going on.
The show starts off with Dale (Terry O'Quinn), the warden of Shawshank State Penitentiary, and it is his last day on the job. He kisses his wife goodbye, drives to the woods, ties a rope around his neck and drives his soon to be headless body into Castle Rock. He is dead, but he lives on as the narrator.
There is a new warden in town and she just found out that her predecessor left a wing of the overcrowded prison empty. When she sends in some guards to check it out, they discover a nameless young man who has been living there. No one knows who The Kid (Bill Skarsgård) is, and he is not telling them.
All they know about him is his first words were, "Henry Deaver" (André Holland). Deaver is a Texas lawyer, who record is pretty deadly. Deadly as in his clients die. When he gets the call from Shawshank, it means going home, a place he rarely goes. When he was 10 years old he went missing in December and after several days he is found unharmed with no memory of what happened. It is one of the town's mysteries. That and what happened to his father. Some think he killed him, but he does not remember.
Something his mother (Sissy Spacek) is suffering from. She has dementia and he finds out that Alan (Scott Glenn), who found him as a kid, is living with her. Henry does not like him because there is a lot of conflict between the two. Alan also knows more about the town and answers a lot of our questions.
But there are a lot of questions that still need to be answered. While the show starts off really slowly, it does pick up at the end of the 4th episode. I will stick with it, so I suggest you do it.
Even though the 1976 version of Carrie with Sissy Spaceck was perfect that did not stop Hollywood from remaking it not once but two more times. The second version hit the airwaves in 2002 and then 9 years later it was back on the big screen again.
Matt Skuta brilliantly combined the three films in a nearly 13 minute video to show us how alike and different the three versions are. As technology advanced, you would think it would get scarier. It did not. The first one still looks like the best of the trio. The last one was by far the worst. There was nothing about it that made me want to reach my arm out from the ground to see it again. When it comes to the original, I have seen it more times than Carrie has fingers on both of her hands. It really holds up well.
Now, I have to find the TV movie version because I think Rena Sofer looks like she was a better coach than Betty Buckley. Sorry Miss Buckley.
Hulu just released the first look at Stephen King's series based on his beloved characters all living in one town, Castle Rock.
In the trailer, I saw references to The Green Mile, It, Cujo, Christine and Carrie, but the latter one is only because it was Carrie herself, Sissy Spacek. Anyways when a voice is finally heard in the promo, it says, "You have no idea what is happening here. Do you?" I was like you totally read my mind because I have absolutely no idea what is happening here. Yet, I cannot wait to see it.
Bill Skarsgård is playing Pennywise in the It remake, and there is only so much scary the makeup department could make him. Some of it he needed to do himself and the most important thing was that creepy smile which is finishing touch for the frightening clown. A smile, he told Conan O'Brien, he learned from his older brother when he was just 10 years old and he would use it torture his younger brother. Seventeen years later that trick helped to land him a role that will haunt our nightmares as much as it did his little bro.
Talking about family, Bill Skarsgård looks more like Tim Curry's (the actor who played him in the original movie) son than his own dad Stellan Skarsgård. What do you think?
I felt really depressed today, so I ate a whole bunch of chocolate. It cheered me up quite a lot. Chocolate seems to be the answer.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 12, 2017
I felt really depressed today, so I ate a whole bunch of chocolate. It cheered me up quite a lot. Chocolate seems to be the answer.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 12, 2017
For decades, Stephen King's words have given us nightmares, but yesterday his words of wizdumb were very sweet. The Horror novelist Tweeted, "I felt really depressed today, so I ate a whole bunch of chocolate. It cheered me up quite a lot. Chocolate seems to be the answer." As woman, I totally agree with him. Is there anything chocolate isn't the answer to? Bad day, eat chocolate. Messed up, give chocolate. Hungry, eat chocolate. Need to eat something healthy, down some dark chocolate. Reading a King book all alone on a dark rainy night, call someone special over and tell them to bring chocolate. Is there any thing chocolate isn't good for? Besides our waists?
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Later this year the Long Island Doorway to Dreams sales center will follow its Chicago counterpart in saying good-bye.
Disney Vacation Club, which is based in Celebration, says it will close its "Doorways to Dreams" sales center on New York's Long Island on Nov. 3.
The move comes a few weeks after Disney announced plans to shutter its other sales center, in suburban Chicago. That location, the first Disney Vacation Club sales center to open away from Walt Disney World, will shut down Sept. 14.
Disney Vacation Club also operates a sales center at Tokyo Disney in Japan, which is a key market for Aulani, Disney's hotel and time share in Hawaii.
I'm so sad to hear that DVC is closing the two Doorway to Dreams remote sales locations in Chicago and New York. I have loved being able to stop in and talk to my Guide at the Chicago branch any time that I want to. It created a closer bond between me and DVC that I don't think I'll be able to replace.


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Some say that Harrisburg-based band Colebrook Road helped pave the way for bluegrass in central Pennsylvania.
But that's not necessarily how the band sees it.
"Bluegrass chose us," said founding member and mandolinist Wade Yankey.
Yankey described how he and Jesse Eisenbise, lead guitarist and vocalist, were introduced through a mutual friend over their love for the genre.
Now a well-rounded, five-piece ensemble including Joe McAnulty on fiddle, Mark Rast on banjo and Jeff Campbell on upright bass, Colebrook Road's original sound exudes the confident cohesion that comes as a result of a decade of playing and touring together.
On May 3, the band will officially release its third full-length album, "On Time." The recording demonstrates what Colebrook Road has become known for—timeless harmonies and a progressive, new take on the genre.
For the album, Eisenbise took the lead on songwriting.
"I usually have an idea pretty well fleshed out and bring it to the guys to arrange collaboratively," he said.
McAnulty chimed in, describing how fun the process is when a new song is brought in and ideas start to float around. Along with their most complex arrangements yet, the songwriting for the new album has taken on a more personal turn regarding subjects such as love, family and loneliness.
"On Time," the name of both the album and its first single, reflects a relatable theme that defines the dynamic of the band. Despite holding full-time jobs and raising families, band members make time for their music.
Yankey related how the song is about all of the stress that fades away when it comes time to play.
"After squeezing out of work early on a Friday and fighting traffic to places like D.C. or Baltimore, getting on stage is just a sigh of relief," he said.
To support the album, members are excited to get out on the road, heading out as far as Washington state and to bluegrass festivals across the country, including Greyfox, a seminal, four-day festival held each summer in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.
But, wherever they go, band members take a little bit of home along with them. A map of the state reveals several rural, winding Colebrook Roads that connect small towns. The name itself is a metaphor for their music, which has taken on even more meaning over the years as they connect intimate, back-country vibes to the more modern and distinct Pennsylvania sound that they have helped to forge.
2018 was a particularly big year for the group, as they signed with Virginia-based Mountain Fever Records, where they recorded "On Time" in one weekend. Eisenbise described how far they've come over a decade, a journey that started with recording their first, self-titled album in his basement.
"It's a progression that complements how we've grown together as a band," he said.
Colebrook Road's album release show takes place on March 30 at Federal Taphouse in Harrisburg. For more information, visit www.ColebrookRoad.com or their Facebook or Instagram, @Colebrook Road.


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Inside Interior Design: The Advantages of Wool Rugs
Rugs are often overlooked and underappreciated, but these soft surfaces do more than cushion our feet.
They add visual interest to a room, tie together a look, and provide insulation against that dreaded echo of an empty room.
There are many varieties of rugs available, but wool rugs tend to be the gold standard in terms of durability and long-lasting design.
But what do you need to know about wool rugs? And what are the advantages of wool rugs that make them a superior surface for your floors? We'll cover those questions and more in this edition of 'Inside Interior Design.'
Wool Rug 101
Before we dive into the advantages of a wool rug, it helps to know a little more about this enduring choice in floor coverings.
- Genuine wool rugs are made from the natural fibers of a sheep. The wool is collected during shearing and spun into fibers that become the yarn used for rug-making.
- Wool rugs can last up to 50 years or more. Buy a quality wool rug today, enjoy it tomorrow, and pass it on for generations.
- Because of the natural presence of lanolin, wool has a much higher resistance to staining and repels liquids more easily than many synthetic fibers. If you spill something on your wool rug, you'll have more time to react before the stain becomes set in.
- Wool rugs have a soft, cushioned feel and are more flame-resistant than a variety of synthetic rug materials.
- Often made of hand-knotted yarn, wool rugs can cost significantly more than their synthetic counterparts.
Advantages of Wool Rugs
So if your interior designer steers you towards a beautiful wool rug – and suggests you make a considerable investment in your home's flooring – what advantages of wool rugs can you identify?
There are many, and it's easy to build a case around the benefits of wool rugs. Several of the advantages of wool rugs are mentioned in the Wool Rugs 101 section above, but to highlight these factors and more, consider the following list.
Benefits of Wool Rugs
Natural wool fibers have less chemical odor and off-gassing
Wool rugs are durable and last up to 50 years. Synthetic rugs may need to be replaced every 3 to 5 years, depending on wear. Weigh out the cost over time, and you'll likely find a wool rug to be a splurge that becomes a savings after many years.
Thanks to their resistance to stains and natural lanolin, you won't have to panic when entertaining. If someone spills food or drink on your wool rug, it's easy to clean and not likely to leave lasting mark. This makes wool rugs a good choice for a dining area or a cozy kitchen nook.
The natural 'spring' in wool fibers makes them excellent for high traffic areas or for underneath heavy pieces of furniture.
Wool is flame-resistant and is more likely to char rather than burn. As it does, it snuffs out the fire and essentially self-extinguishes.
Over the years, synthetic rugs tend to begin looking dull. Wool rugs develop a unique patina that adds to their character and value. In fact, antique wool rugs are highly sought after and command high prices.
Warm Up to a Wool Rug
Make your space feel inviting with an investment in a wool rug. The benefits and advantages of wool rugs versus synthetic rugs are easy to see.
When you weigh out the many benefits of a wool rug, the investment you make becomes ever more worthwhile.
As interior designers, we have seen classic, timeless wool rugs that spend decades adding a special touch of style and softness to rooms with any type of décor. So warm up to a wool rug today and enjoy a lifetime of benefits.


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TEFL Village Project has started its journey in southers regions. In January TESh (Shymkent) and TATE (Taraz) successfully ran trainings in 3 regions: Sairam, Ordabassy (Turkestan oblast) and in the cillage Assa (Jambyl oblast)
What makes Village project different from other trainings is that trainers share with practicle tips in various EFL aspects. These trainings covered typical sessions on reading and writing skills as well as writing criteria for assessment, reflcetive teaching, learning styles and learning objectives, 21st century skills. The TEFL The Village Project Programs
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This assignment constituted the design and development of an online platform, strongly resembling the well-known eBay platform, but with a social component to it. SocSoc enables private and business members to help each other on a local scale.
Together with the client, the different categories were defined and a substantial contribution was made to the functional and user-experience design. The graphical design together with the entire technical realization has been our responsibility.
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Level 97 is the second level in Salty Canyon and the 17th moves level. To pass this level, you must score at least 80,000 points in 33 moves. When you complete the level, Sugar Crush is activated and will score you additional points.
- It can be hard to prevent the candy bombs from detonating, as you have only 10 moves to clear each bomb. Plus, more will spawn. Even so, this is a fairly straightforward level.
- The awkward bomb shape and small size of the board prevent special candies from being created, even with only five candy colors.
- Using a colour bomb to destroy any candy bombs is pretty much an instant win, because colour bombs boost your score by a lot.
- The player is required to earn at least 2,440 points per move.[1]
- Keep the bombs from detonating. Remember, bombs usually appear after you demolish the previous bomb.
- To instantly get the required score quickly, switch a colour bomb with a candy that is the same colour as a candy bomb.
- If you meet the target score before the end of the level, you can still lose a life if a bomb explodes, so just focus on the remaining bombs. Remember, a bomb does not hurt you if its number is above or equal to the number of moves left.
Earning More StarsEdit
- The presence of four colours makes it easy to create special candies.
- The player is required to earn at least 3,040 points per move[2] for two stars, at least 3,340 points per move[3] for three stars, and at least 6,680 points per move[4] for sugar stars.
- Since there are no blockers, the amount of points earned from special candy combinations are not reduced.
- The use of colour bomb + candy bomb combinations will give more than enough points for three stars once the amount of points required for one star is achieved.
- This level is intended to show that candy bombs will further limit the number of moves available unless cleared.
- This level celebrated the candy bombs' release in this episode by being shaped like a candy bomb.
- The bomb cooler booster is announced and three of them will be awarded free on the web version.
- This level used to be rated very hard in the beta version. Most runs would not meet the target score, as it was very hard to score at least 4,000 points per move without clearing at least one candy bomb.
- Even worse happened on mobile. Combining colour bomb + candy bomb would not reward the player with a massive score bonus as well as candies matching before settling completely. However, it is no longer that way on mobile.
- This is one of the few levels to receive a significant difficulty change without a single nerf.
- This is one of the few levels to make a cameo in a Candy Crush Saga television advertisement. The other levels are 33, 50, 70, 147, 181, 290, 350, 361, and 461. Most of these levels were rated hard or harder.
- The shape of the board is a reference to its episode's new element.
- This level spawned sugar drops before this element was removed.
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A journal on what it's really like living in a house that is over a hundred years old and surviving the remodel of a kitchen with too many doorways, and it's plywood floor - someday I'll have real flooring I really will I promise. And having a vegetable garden that is 80% in heavy shade!
Friday, November 23, 2012
Bat Catching Device
We had a couple of bats fly through the rooms formerly known as the dining and living rooms this evening, aka my studio. We were sitting in the family room, formerly known as the "library" watching the dog show on NBC and out of the corner of my eye I spied two bats flying gracefully past the family room door.
If you use a fishing net to catch bats make sure to purchase one that has the ultra fine nettting so as to not harm the bats!
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Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL)and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, had concluded arrangement to train 40 youths from the Niger Delta region in agriculture.
Mr Deji Haastrup, General Manager, Government and Public Affairs of Chevron, disclosed this on Thursday in Warri at an event to kick-start the programme.
Haastrup said that the youths would be trained on aquaculture, cassava, plantain, banana production and processing.
He said the programme tagged ''Agropreneurship" would offer an opportunity for large scale employment leading to self-reliance.
"The pilot programme incorporates young people from the Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation and the Itsekiri Regional Development Committee.
"Other parties that are collaborating with CNL and IITA are the Delta Government and the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND)," he said.
Haastrup said the current programme would gulp about N188million.
He said that CNL would continue to support the people of Niger Delta with a view to making life meaningful for them.
Mrs Clementina Arubi, representative of the General Manager, NNPC-NAPIMS, stressed the need for economic diversification through other ventures, especially agriculture rather than over-dependence on oil.
Also, Mr Michael Johnny, Chairman Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation, in his remarks, commend the effort of the parties that organised the agricultural programme.
He, however, solicited for scholarship for the people as part of the initiatives to widen their horizon. …Read More
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Scaling Up Through Strategic Partnerships
Do you know how to craft a strategic partnership that will maximize ROI and align your brand with a complementary collaborator(s)? Strategic partnerships can do a lot to boost your brand visibility and increase market share and profitability if done correctly. But the wrong partnership can cost you tens of thousands of dollars and end…Read More


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The Peace Movement -- an unrecognized constituent force
'But it is important to note the impact of the peace movement as a formidable stumbling block and complicating factor for future imperial plans. It's a tragedy that the peace movement could not be consolidated after Iraq into a version of the NAACP, NOW or the AFL-CIO. The millions raised by Move.ong were not reinvested in a lasting peace constituency. There was no Soros endowment. The political consultants turned a blind eye to the existence of the obvious peace bloc that was critical to winning. To this day, the peace movement is an unrecognized constituent force in the country. Its voice is utterly excluded from the inner circles of national security discussions.
'Until this imbalance is corrected, the spectrum of "legitimate" opinion always will tilt toward the military option. And like the legend of Sisyphus, peace advocates always will start at the bottom of the hill.
'Long wars require a long peace movement.'


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What Do We Do If Our Child Reveals He/She is Gay?
'Gay' is a word that used to mean joyfully happy, according to All About World View web page. The very idea of gay men appointed in church used to be treated with shock and alarm. But, according to the said web post, today, numbers of people who claim to love Jesus while living in homosexuality are growing. Today's trend to accept all lifestyles and behaviors as okay is not okay with God (Lev. 18:22, Rom 1:26-27 and 1Cor 6:9). Homosexuality is not a 'greater' sin than any other because all sin are offensive to God.
The photo attached to this blog post is the 2005 Gay Pride March in Bucharest, courtesy of Wikipedia. The Gay Pride marches are all over the world including here in the Philippines where they had what they called 'The Pride March 2009' last December 5, 2009, pictures of which I cannot attach due to copyrights. These marches consist of different gay organizations in the country and aim to show the world that they are not ashamed of their lifestyles and actually are demanding and advocating certain gay rights to the government and lawmakers.
And so, what do we do as Christian parents if our child reveals he or she is gay? The Human Harmony Project website tells of a story of a conservative Christian woman whose 14-year old daughter had come out as a lesbian and she told her daughter, "After you get fixed you can come home again". A year later, the daughter was found dead hanging in her own closet; it was a suicide.
The web page went on to write about Pastor Jerry Falwell's talk to Christian parents of gay teens. He said, "I was asked once what I would do if my son came to me and told me he was gay. I would tell him, "I love you. Though I believe it's a sin but this is your family. This is your bedroom. It is now and forever your home and I will always be your father and best friend".
Addressing Christian parents, he said, "If your child confessed to you that he was gay, I'm sure every thing inside you and in your world has turned inside out. Probably you're feeling a deep sense of betrayal. But if you're not careful, you could end up committing what will be the worst betrayal of your life".
"I cannot think of a more devastating thing to put your child through than excommunicating him from the family, no matter what they've done". The Pastor added that no one else can do the job of pouring life into a child and fill him with all the love you can muster, even if he is gay. He also mentioned that the father never rejected the prodigal son and therefore, whatever our convictions about homosexuality is, abandoning, hating, or rejecting our child is not going to save him but rather tear him to pieces.
"Now that you know, do you still want to parent him?, He asked the Christian parents. "Do you want him to talk to you and ask your advice or do you want him to get it somewhere else? Christian parents, my encouragement to you is this: whether you child is gay, or disavows his belief in God, shaves his head and changes his name to 'Moon Child', he deserves better than we have given. Live up to your most sacred calling--that of parenthood".
Pastor Jerry Falwell, an American evangelical pastor and founder of Thomas Road Baptist Church, has indeed opened my eyes with regard to this controversial topic. I do believe that we should 'hate the sin and not the sinner'. No matter how this sin dangles itself in our face, "no weapon formed against us shall prosper", indeed and as we condemn it and pray for our child, "nothing is impossible to our God". And we still continue to love our children and train them in the way they should go.
Next Issues of Life post, I will be featuring two testimonials of a former gay and a former lesbian who turned to the Lord and how they got out of gay life.
Next Issues of Life post, I will be featuring two testimonials of a former gay and a former lesbian who turned to the Lord and how they got out of gay life.


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Academic Excellence Luncheon 2019
Devon Tower
333 W Sheridan Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Cultivating Connection: Diversity and Inclusion
At this event we will be acknowledging the importance of diversity and inclusion in Oklahoma classrooms. We will also be recognizing teachers, students and key individuals from organizations that supported Newspapers in Education during the 2018-2019 school year. This event is a fundraiser to raise funds for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year. Through this event we will be recognizing teachers, students and key individuals from various organizations, including the 2019 Teacher of the Year and the 2019 BLUE Award Winner. Those in attendance will also hear from a special guest that can speak to this year's theme: Diversity and Inclusion. Our keynote speaker for this year's event is Oklahoma City Mayor, David Holt.
This event is raising money to support Newspapers in Education's program offerings through The Oklahoman. NIE provides resources to nearly 30% of the total statewide student population by servicing over 210,000 Oklahoma students. According to the Oklahoma State Department of Education, 67% of the schools being served by our Newspapers in Education program are schools in which 50% or more of the student body participated in the Free Lunch program during the 2017 – 2018 school year.
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Fancy a challenge? Come and join in. :-). Those were my enthusiastic words when I copied this challenge thinking, oh how easy! Famous last words…Well how have you faired with this challenge? I have failed dismally! Each day has brought new temptations, oozing the dreaded criticisms out if me. Oh the day is not long enough, the moon wasn't high enough, blah blah bleugh!. See? It's so easy to slip into a natural mode of moaning, I forget that I'm actually doing it.
Right, I shall re-challenge myself. As they say, if you don't succeed, try, try again. Don't know who said it (they're probably out there somewhere still trying, poor souls) but it must be right. Who will join me in this incredible challenge of strength and perseverance? Who will take up the banner of abstinence from being another moaner!? Will you be the champion of your own comments?
Haha, good luck to all!
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The semi finals of the Police National Cricket Knockout will take place on Wednesday 25th July.
Staffordshire will host Northumbria & Durham hoping for a reversal in fortune when the teams met in the 2018 Final which ended in defeat for them.
In the other semi final Essex will entertain Dyfed-Powys.
The last time these two forces met was in the 2009 Final at Scarborough which Essex won comfortably.
The winners will play the Final on Thursday 6th September at the Fischer County Ground (better known as Grace Road) the home of Leicestershire CCC.


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Sunday Breakdown 6.6.10
Another great morning at Life Church! We started our new series, DNA, this week. DNA is a 6 week series based on the six core values of Life Church. This week's message was about "The Bible is Alive and Life Changing".
To start this series off, we chose to play on the idea of DNA, what are you made of, etc. We opened with a classic song from "The Who", "Who Are You". It was a blast to play and sing and I think we did a pretty good job with it! So, here was the set list…
Who Are You (The Who) – You may know this song better as the theme song to CSI Miami, "Who are you/who, who, who, who". We had a blast with it and again, I think we did a good cover of it!
All Creation Sings (Newspring Worship) – This is a fairly new song to Life Church. We've been doing it for a couple of months now and I really enjoy it. It seems to have really been embraced by the church too.
Song of Hope (Robbie Seay band) – We've been doing this song for a while now. A nice, upbeat song about the hope we have in Christ.
Revelation Song (Kari Jobe version) – This is another fairly new song to Life Church. We've done it a couple of times, and every time we've done it, Christy has done a GREAT job and this week was no different! GREAT SONG!!
–Jason's Message–
Amazing Grace/My Chains Are Gone (Chris Tomlin version) – I love leading this song. It had been a while since he done this song, so I was really excited to get to schedule it again. We take the Tomlin version of this tune and kind of make it a little more Southern Rock. When we ever record a Life Church worship album, this song will DEFINITELY be on it!
Uncontainable (Lee McDerment) – This is a GREAT upbeat declaration song about the uncontainable, life changing power of God! Do you like this song as much as I do?
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Seattle Part 2 – Trusting
Have you ever felt God leading you to take a step of faith that defied all logic? Our friend Miki continues her previous story "Seattle" in this second part: Trusting.
I quit my job.
And I don't have a new one. Yet.
This decision was the most aggravating decision I'd been faced with since choosing to move to Seattle. I felt guilty that I was so pessimistic about my job. I knew that working in the hospitality industry could be a wonderful ministry opportunity. I repeated this to myself everyday.
When it wasn't enough, I felt more guilty. Obviously my faith wasn't big enough to see all God could do with my position and my job. I was definitely being selfish and prideful for not wanting to be in the same position I was in before I got the degree.
I tried. I tried so hard to stick with this job. God provided it for me after nearly two months of unemployment and e-mountains of e-mails sent to e-mployers. I felt like I was failing Him by not thriving or enjoying this position.
I also remembered the email exchanged I'd had with Dan. He'd told me he felt the Holy Spirit's moving to find me a job. I didn't want to be ungrateful to God or those who prayed for me.
And then I realized how toxic the environment was there. Along with how much my worries centered on myself.
It's difficult to describe the suffocation I felt during my time there. I am still having difficulty putting it into words. After some managers berated all the new-hires for mistakes made because we weren't properly trained, I put in my notice.
And immediately I was relieved.
I did not make this decision lightly. Having grown up on the heels of poverty, this decision went against all my logic. As soon as I was old enough to work, I worked. This was how I could guarantee my survival. I could pay for rent, food, bills, etc. And my student loans are coming due soon. Of course, I need a job.
The one thing that concerned me most was that by quitting, I would be testing God. "I took a risk, so now You have to reward me with a blessing." But considering how deeply concerned I was with that, I trusted God knew my heart. And I realized what my attitude and response really was.
I took a risk.
So I need You in order to live.
Working had become a stronghold, an idol, for me. I was bound by it. It was the only way I knew how to ensure my survival. I relied on my paycheck more than I relied on my God. It was the one tangible way I knew I'd be provided for: by my own hands. I think we took this stronghold down the day I put in my notice.
It was a terrifying decision, but I am at peace with having made it. Thinking back to that conversation with Dan again, I wondered if I might've slapped God's hand. But instead of rebuking me for quitting, God seemed to rebuke me for other things. "Who says I'm not still at work for you? Who said My promise extended only to the job you just left? Will you trust Me to keep working for you as it pleases Me to do?"
God is still working. Amazing.
The night I put in my notice, I received an email from Mars Hill Church in regards to an application I sent in for the editor position. I could not believe the timing. I eventually had my first interview with them and am being scheduled for a second as I write this entry.
Right now—as always—my survival, my life, depends on my God. There is no firmer foundation than Him. I realized when I'd quit that I didn't come to Seattle to work in hotels again; I came to Seattle to grow with God and serve Him in a way I couldn't serve Him previously. I came to use the gift and talent He's graced upon me in order to touch another soul. And another. And another.
As thankful as I am to be out of hospitality, I am still grateful having worked there. In a very eccentric way, God taught me and grew me to listen to His voice and re-evaluate my trust in Him, while providing for me until I learned the lesson and became ready to step into something new.
Here I am, jobless once again in a state where I am still new. I don't know what's coming next, but I know and trust that God does and is actively working to get me there. It is an absolutely terrifying position to be in, as I am in the wake of student loan payments on top of other existing bills.
Yet I am absolutely confident—more so than I have ever been—that God is working for my good and His glory.
The theme since I'd moved here was God telling me to take a step and to see what He could do.
Here's one rather large step.
I'm pretty stoked to see what God will do.
I'm in the middle of one enormous adventure. It's alarming and scary and very exciting. And I'm not going it alone.
Please be praying for me in this season. I am excited to share what God does with it and see where He brings me.
"'They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you,' declares the LORD." —Jeremiah 1:19
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Clarity of Direction
Knowing your purpose is paramount for habit building and determining the direction you should be working. Without it its so easy to build towards something that does not align with the outcome you actually want. All of us have achieved something and realized later that it pushed us further from our deep goals. A promotion that means longer hours or a degree in a field that you don't want to work in.
This is why we all need a clear Mission Statement, both personally and for our work.
Here at Improvr towers we have been keenly reading Russel Brunson's Expert Secrets and although we are only part way through it is already providing massive value. Brunson dedicates a whole section to effective mission statements and as inspiration I want to share ours:
Improvr: Mission Statement
We follow our dreams. We aim to have it all. We believe we can be in the top 5% of all major areas of life, whilst being in the top 1% in our area of focus.
We reject normal. We reject excuses. We rejected neglecting one area of life to whilst we work on others.
This community is here for those that are still hustling, still grinding and still battling through. We are optimisers, we seek efficiency, we seek 90% of the gains with 20% of the time commitment.
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Tablets are an amazing creation. They are like a laptop, only smaller, yet they're exceptionally powerful and can hold a ton of data. Your iPad can do it all for you, from video conferencing to word processing, if you know what to do. Read on for advice which will help you forgo your laptop as your iPad will do it all for you instead.
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We are very excited to have the rock star from Texas, a guy that puts on a ton of trail run events, has his own apparel company, and has an amazing back story that led him on this journey, Rob Goyen, the race director of Trail Racing Over Texas. He has an amazing back story of weight loss and addiction that was transformed into endurance rowing, running, and the creation of one of the strongest trail and ultra running race series in the country.
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