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Redemption Groups are a group process of biblical counseling. Biblical Counseling Foundations presents a way of viewing people, their various troubles, and Christ-centered ministry that promotes personal growth, healing, and change—applicable to personal ministry both in group and individual settings.
The course instructor is Mike Wilkerson, founder of Redemption Group Network and author of Redemption: Freed by Jesus from the Idols We Worship and the Wounds We Carry which Redemption Groups use for their curriculum. (Assignments may be graded by a trained Recitation Instructor).
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I still have my main St Anne medal at the beginning of the chaplet. What is different is the three new medals I've added. The St Anne chaplet is made up of sections that repeat three times. Each section comprises of an Our Father and five Hail Mary's. In between each Hail Mary you say, "Jesus, Mary and St Anne please grant...."
The first section is dedicated to Our Lord, so I've added the Child Jesus medal just before the first Pater bead. I imagine that on earth St Anne knew Our Lord as a child, so I thought that medal very appropriate.
The second section is dedicated to Our Lady, so I've wired on this beautiful medal of Our Lady just before the second Pater bead.
The third section is dedicated to St Anne, so I wired on before the third Pater bead a beautiful medal of St Anne, called 'St Anne with flowers'
Flowers seems to be a theme for this chaplet. The carved rose Mookalite gemstones, the St Anne medal, surrounded by flowers and lastly I added a rosary center this time, not necessary, but I chose to. I used a rosary center (see first picture) with two roses on the front and a miraculous medal imprinted on the back.
Doesn't the mookalite gemstone look glorious in the sun?
A letter came in the mail just as I was composing this post. It was from the Shrine of St Anne deBeaupre in Canada!! What timing... Inside was a novena booklet, prayer cards and small catalogue. I have received this due to subscribing to the Annals of St Anne a bi-monthly publication dedicated to St Anne.
The novena I will share soon, as St Anne's feast day is now, not too far away..
What I will share today one of the two lovely prayer cards sent to me. You can see an image of the first prayer card, it says on the front, "Let Us Be Reconciled" Next week, I'll share the second prayer card.
Let Us Be Reconciled
Grandmother Saint Anne, you have always unconditionally welcomed all people who have confided in you.
We come before you today with divisions of all kinds in our families, in our communities, in our country, and in our world. We long to say, "Let us be reconciled"; however, we cannot achieve this on our own.
Help us obtain from your Grandson Jesus the grace of peace and reconciliation for our broken hearts, as well as for our entire world.
Come to our aid so that we may say, with complete sincerity, "Let us be reconciled."
Good Saint Anne, pray for us.

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Will Resizing a Small Photo Get Me a Higher Resolution?
If you aren't familiar with editing photos, then you might think it's easy to resize an image to a higher resolution, even though your image might be too small. But if have worked with resizing images to make them larger, then you know how difficult and spotty it really is to get good results. I'm not saying it's impossible, but you are better off with a larger image always…
For example, if a customer gave you a small image that was 500 x 500 at 72dpi and wanted it 4000 x 4000 at 300dpi, then you are going to have a rough conversation with your client! Suffice it to say, it's not going to be pretty, in fact, it probably won't look as good as you want. So what's so different, why is 300 dpi vs 72 dpi such a big issue? 72dpi is a web size resolution while 300dpi is the lowest standard resolution for something like a photo or brochure that is printed.
What is a high-resolution image? A high-resolution image is anything that has at is 300 dpi high resolution with a larger pixel dimension, for example, 5000 x 4000 pixels. If you have an image that is 640 x 40 at 72dpi, you definitely have too small of an image!
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The best place to start is to ensure that you are picking a large enough size image from the get-go. Evaluate what size you need prior to purchasing the rights to an image from a stock photo agency.
If you are creating a poster, you will want an image with a dpi of no less than 300 and the dimensions that are big enough for your poster.
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Instead of increasing the size from 100% to 300%, try increasing the image by 10% at a time and repeat this process until you have the size you are looking for. There is also a free program that can help you called IrfanView. Unfortunately, it appears that there is not a version for Mac.
Working with what you've got will require using editing software, such as Adobe Photoshop. One option is to resize the image, not to be confused with resampling. By resizing, you are changing the image print size, but maintaining the pixel dimensions. You will have good image quality, but in turn, you will be sacrificing your print size. If you use resampling, which changes the pixel dimensions, you will have a loss in quality when you resize.
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There are other software programs such as Vector Magic, that will take your raster image and convert it to vector. Once an image is converted into a vector, you can resize the image in any way you need, but changing your image into a vector image isn't necessarily a good solution for all of your photos. You may want to start with the free download prior to purchasing the software to see if it is right for you.
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It seems like everybody's getting into the comedy business now. Logo's premiering its new Big Gay Sketch Show tonight at 10 PM. They say it's like SNL for gays, but from the clips on their site, it seems more like MadTV for the gays. In other words, it's rather juvenile and kinda mean. I would have thought that it could be a queer alternative to other sketch comedy, but if they keep it up it looks like it's going to be the same sort of junior high school humor, except with an all queer cast.
You can watch some preview videos here. They have a sketch up about how it's cool for a straight girl to have a trendy gay friend, another using negative stereotypes of transgender people as joke fodder, and another that doesn't really even make sense. (Is "Girls Gone Wilde" meant to be humorous juxtaposition? I think they got Oscar Wilde confused with Jane Austen.) I mean, I contribute to an LGBTQ blog, and I'm wondering why they can't get over their gay selves.
It's obviously lower budget than other sketch comedy shows, so maybe they can't be faulted for everything, and maybe it'll pick up after a few months or seasons. I don't know. But the premise, their root concept, seems to be rather boring. Who knows. I'd like to see them put together a good show.
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By the way...if you don't have a tunnel for your crawler and older...GET ONE!
Andrew gets a little wild with the tunnel - like, he gets in and then rolls around in it ALL OVER THE LIVING ROOM...which is why the coffee table has been moved out of the way. LOL They are so funny. I love just watching them play! Andrew helps Alex go into the tunnel. He plays peek-a-boo in the tunnel with him. It's hilarious! I got a little movie out of our fun afternoon, too. Enjoy!
And just for fun! Here is a blast from the past! Here is a picture of Andrew in the tunnel at 9 months old. Alex is now 9 months old! I love comparing their pictures like this - too cute!
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From Bend this morning we rode to Sisters, OR for coffee and pastries. On Sunday morning, it felt kind of like a routine weekend ride, the kind most SuperTourists could do in our sleep.
And then for something different, McKenzie Pass. The old road is narrow with light traffic, winding through pine forests. Near the top of a 16-mile climb, the view changes to lava and rock. Open vistas, panoramic views of no fewer than 6 snow-capped peaks. Each peak has a different shape. There are several volcanic cones as well.
To help orient visitors like us someone built an observatory at the top of the pass out of the volcanic rock. We can view each peak through a small window in the tower, where its name is also etched.
Only Mt. Hood, 80 miles north, is obscured by haze. The Three Sisters, Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, Black Butte, and many others surround us.
Because of its length this climb was not a normal Sunday ride. Even more special is the panoramic view of the Cascade Range. Often you climb a mountain pass and descend the other side without ever seeing the scope of your work. Even in the Alps it's not typical to have this kind of visibility at the top of a pass. It's an unexpected gift.
|We linger, taking it all in.
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For me, depression is a big forgetting.
When I fall into the hole – I forget everything. Like what makes me happy and what it is that I DO HERE and how I feel about people and how to do my jobs and everything I've learned about life, relationships and courage. It's like when a computer gets a virus and all the data is wiped out. It's all gone. Everything that I thought made me, me. Lost. I forget what words I'm supposed to say and what facial expressions are appropriate, which is why I spend a lot of time looking very blank and refusing to answer the phone or the door. Everything's BLANK. And the only, ONLY thing that comforts me in the BLANK is food. Namely sugar and carbs. Lots of them. It's like being very, very stoned but instead of giggling I feel like crying all the time.
And so the problem with the BLANK is that I know, somewhere deep down that I have, at some point in my life, gathered some wisdom that might help pull me out of my downward spiral. I mean, I wrote a whole book about this sort of thing. But I can't remember any of it. And I can't read to remember because anything with words is just too much.
Also- one more thing about words. Many of you have written to me about how brave I am to "talk" about this. You say that you are not brave enough to talk to the people you love about your own depression. I just wanted to tell you that I don't talk about it either. Especially not when I'm in it. It's too MUCH to try to fit into spoken words. No way. It's like trying to describe being in love – conversation cheapens it. And also – I can't risk anyone trying to "fix me." This darkness is a part of me and I don't want anyone to snatch it away. So I only write to you about it. I'm grateful to you for letting me write it out.
So, this morning I'm still BLANK. But maybe not completely. Because a few memories about how this usually plays out for me are surfacing. I think I remember what's coming next.
It will be a starting over.
It's like when I got sober. I will slowly pull out of this and then I will have to relearn everything. I will start from zero, like a baby. I will relearn how to feed myself and how to breathe right (I actually have to work to keep breathing when I'm in the BLANK) and how to care for myself and those in my home.
At first it seems frustrating, this starting over with the basics all the time. We are taught that progress is linear – that life done right is to keep moving forward on some sort of path and that the people who are the furthest along on that path are winning. But that's not how progress works for me. I just go in circles. I deal with the same issues again and again and when I think I've conquered them – it's really just time to wipe the slate clean and start over. My progress is not linear- it's circular. It's learning the basics and then back around to the same basics again. Eating, breathing, moving, being still, praying, loving myself and others – these are stops along my circle. But I'm not frustrated anymore because I think with each orbit I go a little DEEPER. I'm not sure my circular progress can be measured by the outside world. I probably look a little crazy going around in the same simple circle all the time (she's learning how to BREATHE again?) but I can feel myself being rooted a little deeper into the ground with each circle. With each beginning again. With each starting over. My friend Heather * calls this process "corkscrewing to the heart of God." That sounds right. Maybe I'm just sticking with the things that matter. Maybe depression helps keep me focused by forcing me to forget all the things I think I've built and gathered. It knocks me off the linear path and back to my little, beautiful, essential circle. Breathe. Eat. Drink. Move. Love. Rest.
Did you know the two most repeated verses in the Bible are "Remember" and "Do Not Be Afraid?"
Remember your circle today while I fight hard to remember mine. And let's try not to be afraid.
All is well.
Breathe. Eat. Drink. Move. Love. Rest.
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The Sounds of Fall
I would venture to say the vast majority of us who are so very fortunate to have the gift of sight use this sense the most when it comes to admiring nature. We see beautiful blooms, brilliant leaves, expansive grass … Continue reading
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October is the Month for Acorns
October is THE month for acorns. Depending on where you live, most of the acorns from your oak trees may have already dropped. In the warmer climates, acorns are just now beginning to mature and fall. Regardless, whether you are … Continue reading
A Dog Named Chumpie
Originally published early January 2012 There is a little white dog with reddish-brown spots that lives, unfenced, two doors down from my mom (about 6 acres away). He probably isn't full bred, but he definitely has a lot of Bud … Continue reading
Biscuit – Pyscho Cat
Originally posted Nov 2012 I wasn't planning to write a post this morning. I have one in the works regarding pansies and ornamental cabbages, but it isn't quite finished yet. This is the week of Thanksgiving and I am so … Continue reading
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Got the Blues?
Usually the blues kick in around winter time, when the end of Daylight Savings Time renders most of our waking hours to cubicles and offices at work. However I am not speaking of those blues in this post – … Continue reading
Preparing our Gardens for Fall
I bet I know what you were thinking when you read the title of this post – "Why are you talking about fall weather when most of us are still seeing 95+ temperatures?" Well, rightly so, it is a tiny … Continue reading
Adaptable & Aromatic Abelias
It is about that time to plant shrubs and a favorite shrub of mine is Abelia. It is a favorite of mine because its natural form presents graceful arching branches that produce a multitude of dainty fragrant blooms. As you … Continue reading
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Best Trees for Fall Color in North Texas
Hooray! We are finally getting close to the prime season to plant trees and shrubs! And while fall is the best time to plant ANY type of tree or shrub in your landscape, those that display beautiful foliage may be … Continue reading
Gardening with Dogs
Originally published September 2011. I begin this article with a chuckle as I think of the photo I snapped above of my elderly blind and deaf dog, Buzz, who happened to be dragging several rather dry plugs of St. Augustine … Continue reading
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Baltic photic zone bottoms with at least 90 % coverage of sand. Sand has less than 20 % of mud/silt/clay fraction (<63 µm), and the proportion of sand (grain size 0.063–2 mm) exceeds 70% of the combined gravel and sand fraction. Biomass of infaunal crustaceans dominates and is highest in the group that includes infaunal bivalves/polychaetes/crustaceans/echinoderms/insect larvae. Out of the infaunal crustacean, Bathyporeia pilosa constitutes at least 50 % of the biomass
is sand. Depth is typically from 1 to 10 meters, Appears in areas of moderate
to high wave exposure. Salinity >4 psu.
Bathyporeia pilosa, Oligochaeta, Haustorius arenarius, Cyathura carinata, Hediste diversicolor
abundance and biomass of fauna.
2.5 Sandy bottoms
2.5.2 Sublittoral photic zone
220.127.116.11 Level bottoms with little or no macrophyte
A5 Sublittoral sediment
A5.2 Sublittoral sand
A5.21 Sublittoral sand in low or reduced salinity
A5.211 Baltic level sandy bottoms of the infralittoral photic zone with
little or no macrophyte vegetation
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You put in all kinds of work to finally harvest, but how do you know when the time is right to pick?
This is a common question among gardeners. We have this misconception in our heads that what we do in our backyards is going to look identical to what we find on a grocery store shelf.
Also, we tend to be impatient and pick too soon, or get sidetracked and pick too late. All these things matter when harvesting a garden.
Helpful Tips for Harvesting Your Garden
If you are curious about how to pick your garden at the right time, here are some tips to help you along:
1. Check Your Garden Daily
When your garden begins to ripen, it will hit you all at once. It is the way the cookie crumbles. Therefore, it is important to check your garden every day.
If you don't check your garden daily, you could not only miss out on produce, but you are leaving produce to rot in your garden. This draws pests which means your garden could quickly become overtaken with a disease.
None of this is good, which is why it is best to check your garden every day. This way you get the harvest you've worked hard for, and it can keep coming since there will be nothing there to draw bugs.
Also, keep in mind, if you pick your plants when they first ripen it encourages the plants to produce more in most cases.
2. Pick Small
Have you ever gone to pick a zucchini and it looks to be the size of a football? This is what we are trying to avoid with this tip.
If you do run across a football-sized zucchini, don't toss. Instead, grate it and make delicious chocolate zucchini bread with it.
But we do want to avoid having to do this when possible. It is best to pick produce when it is smaller. This is the time most vegetable varieties are at their most tender, have better flavor, and haven't developed as many seeds.
Circling back to our zucchini example, it is best to pick a zucchini when it is around six inches in length. It may not look like much, but if your plant is producing in high gear (as they usually do) you'll have plenty to go around.
3. Be Gentle
Harvesting is a great job for kids. They find it fun to be allowed to pick things from plants, and it gets them outdoors too.
However, you need to be sure whether you have a child's help, or you are harvesting alone you are careful with what you are harvesting.
Keep in mind, produce can be easily bruised. It is important to gently place the produce in the basket or bucket you are using to harvest with.
If you bruise the skin of the produce, it could lead to rot which will shorten the lifespan of the vegetable once harvested.
When this happens, you'll have to cook it immediately or it could go bad. It is best to avoid this scenario all together instead of having to rush to cook up your harvest to not lose it.
By using a little care when picking your harvest, this can all be avoided. It is such a simple step to prevent a problem quickly and easily.
4. Use Large Enough Baskets
A way to make harvesting easier and also avoid bruising is to make sure you use large enough baskets to harvest with.
When I harvest, I prefer to use five-gallon buckets when picking green beans and large bushel baskets when harvesting fruits, tomatoes, eggplants, squash, lettuce, cabbage, and other larger plants.
If you don't have either of these options on hand, consider using a clothes basket. You could also use a wash basin or a galvanized tub as well. If the vegetables have enough room to breathe, it should work.
5. Watch Where You Step
It is important you watch where you step when you are harvesting your vegetables. Gardens can be tight to maneuver in.
Therefore, you'll need to make sure you either have clear walkways, or you watch where you put your feet.
Not only can you step on vegetables which need to be harvested without knowing it, but you could also step on plants too.
This could damage the plants and create openings for disease and pests to make their way to your plants and harm them.
In turn, this harms your harvest. It is amazing how something as small as watching where you step can be helpful to your garden and your harvest.
6. Keep Track
When you plant an entire garden, it can be difficult to keep up with what you planted, what variety you planted, how long it takes to reach harvest, and what the harvest should look like once you've reached that point.
You'll need to be sure to keep track of the information to help you through harvest. If you know what variety you planted and how long it takes to reach harvest, you will know when to begin looking for a harvest from each plant.
Also, by knowing what variety you planted, you should know what the harvest should look like to help prevent harvesting mistakes.
For instance, if you planted a mega-variety of a fruit or vegetable, it would be terrible to harvest them early because you didn't realize it was a larger variety. You would miss out on produce.
Yet, if you keep track of this information, you'll harvest everything right on time and get the amount of produce you intended on having when you planted your garden.
7. Check for Disease
When you are harvesting your garden, it is a good time to check your plants' health as well. You should check the leaves to see if there are any spots or discoloration.
These could be symptoms of a disease or pest which has moved in on your garden. If you feel like you rarely have the time to check on your plants, schedule it every day when you are outside picking.
This way, nothing should slip by you, and the health of your plants shouldn't deteriorate either. It is another simple step, but one which could save your harvest.
8. Don't be Unrealistic
When you grow your own vegetables, you will soon realize they don't usually look like what you buy at the grocery store.
For instance, when you grow broccoli, the heads don't get as large as the broccoli heads you buy at the grocery.
Having unrealistic expectations can cause you issues during harvest. You'll watch the plants and ponder, "They don't look like what I'm used to."
Next thing you know, you keep waiting for them to look like what you are used to seeing, and they end up becoming rotten before you ever get to harvest them.
It is important to know what your harvest should look like. This way you'll be prepared and not miss out on a perfect harvest because of expectations your garden simply can't meet.
9. Harvest Stems Quickly
There are certain vegetables and herbs we eat which don't produce fruit. We enjoy eating the actual plant.
Produce like herbs and lettuce should be picked early. This is when they are most tender and have the best flavor.
If you wait too long, they sometimes bolt which will change the texture and flavor of the harvest. You don't want this.
In your harvest's best interest, pick vegetables that are stem vegetables early on.
10. Let the Fruits Hang
There are some plants in your garden which you don't eat. Instead, you eat the product of the plant.
For instance, plants like tomatoes, apple trees, peppers, and peaches are all products of a plant. You won't want to pick these as early as possible.
Instead, leave them to ripen fully on the plant. This is important information to keep in mind when harvesting your garden.
This way, you won't pick some varieties of vegetation too quickly.
Harvesting Specific Plants
You will want to cut herbs back as frequently as possible. You can store them in a dry paper towel in your fridge to absorb any moisture they might produce.
You can also dry them as soon as you harvest them for longer storage.
Different varieties of tomatoes produce different colored plants. When the plant has reached the designated color, you should check the tomato.
When the tomato releases easily from the stem, you know they are ripe.
Peppers can be a guessing game. If they are green, you should be okay to pick them regardless of size.
The big thing with peppers is that you don't want them to turn red, orange, or yellow because of their flavor changes.
Lettuce you will want to pick while it is still cooler outside. Use scissors to cut leaf lettuce.
Use a sharp knife to cut a whole head of lettuce when it has reached the desired size.
Green Beans
Green beans should be picked when they have almost reached their full size. You don't want them to reach full maturity because they become tough and full of large beans.
Also, don't pick them in the morning because they are still wet with dew. This could spread diseases among your crops.
Garden peas are a trial and error vegetable. When you see the peas forming pods, you can pick one to see what is inside.
When you open the pod, if the peas are the desired size, start picking. If not, wait a little longer to begin picking.
Melons are another item which is trial and error. The best way to know if a melon is ready to harvest is to thump it.
If you get a hollow sound, it should be ripe. You can also smell it. If there is a sweet aroma coming from it, they should be ripe.
Watermelon is an easier crop to harvest. You check the spot where the watermelon has been on the ground.
When the spot turns yellowish instead of brown or white, you know the watermelon is ready to harvest.
You will need to check the variety of cucumber you planted. When you know, you will know what size the cucumber is supposed to reach.
When the cucumbers reach the correct size, you pick them. Keep a watchful eye because cucumbers are known for hiding among their leaves, and they grow quickly.
When you see your corn is making ears feel the ears to see if you can also feel the kernels inside them under the husk.
Also, see if the silk on top of the ear is drying. If so, find a kernel of corn and squeeze it. If you get a milk colored sap from the kernel, you'll know your ears of corn are ready for harvest.
Root Vegetables
It is important to check what varieties of root vegetables you planted. You'll need to know how long they take to harvest.
Around harvest date, you can begin checking them. Begin pulling out some root vegetables to see if they've grown to size yet. If you are satisfied with their size, begin harvesting your root vegetables.
Garlic is another crop easy to harvest. You look at the tops of the garlic. When they have turned brown and fallen over, you'll know the bulbs are ready.
However, when you harvest them, don't wash them. Instead, allow them to dry out before you try to store them.
Eggplant tastes better when it is smaller. You'll know it is ready because it should be firm and should also have a sheen to it.
When your eggplant is ready for harvest, be sure to cut it lose from the plant instead of pulling it.
When you see the tops of your onions flopped over, you'll know it is time to dig the onions out. From there, you'll need to store them.
Potatoes are another simple crop to harvest. Wait until the tops are dry and have turned brown before you being to harvest.
When this happens, begin digging up the potatoes. Be sure to start digging wide around the potatoes to keep from damaging them.
Well, you now know a few tips to make harvesting your garden easier. You also know how to harvest some of the most common garden vegetables.


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Making in impact in one person's life isn't difficult, but what about impacting the world? What does it take to have a monumental effect on people? Some may say that kinds words, a new thought/idea, research, greater insight, or even more drastic measures like a revolution are the only ways that we can make a change. Making a difference in the world, no matter the measures that are taken, whether good or bad, all start with a thought, an idea to make a change. Looking back at these past events with our modern mindset can help us to understand the impact of our actions. Even Newton's Third Law applies here: "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction."
On to the facts! February 4th –
1789 – George Washington was unanimously chosen to be the first United States President.
Now look how far America has come.
1824 – J.W. Goodrich introduced rubber galoshes to the public.
Aren't you glad you don't have to get your feet and pant bottoms all wet and dirty anymore?
1948 – Alice Cooper was born. Find out more about him here.
1957 – The Smith-Corona Manufacturing company started selling electric typewriters. Oh boy, look at that sucker move. Lightning fast!
1959 – The iconic, and later controversial, Barbie doll was invented. But, unless you're a 5 to 13-year-old child, I doubt you care about this. Moving on…
1997 – Apple Acquired NeXT, and Steve Jobs makes his return to Apple.
Steve Jobs owned the NeXT company which created the OpenStep OS. Apple purchased NeXT to build what became OS X ("ten" not x). Eventually, Gil Amelio's poor management of the company after Jobs was dismissed from the board, led to Apple's stock plummeting to an all-time low in 1996. Jobs quickly convinced the other board members to let him back as interim CEO and dismissing Amelio. And the rest is what they call history.
2000 – EA games released "The Sims."
If you're old enough to remember this game, it was the best simulation game at that time. I know, I know… what about GTA? Well, let's face it, GTA was released in 1997, so in those 3 years EA with Maxis, had plenty of time to make their product look better and target a different audience. Since its initial release, The Sims has put out about 10 renditions of the game, each with a different theme. The Sims became the best-selling PC game in history. I guess people like pretending to be other people. Here's a video about it.
Last, but not least …
2004 – Facebook, initially called "Thefacebook," was launched.
Who knew that Mark Zuckerberg's small social networking idea would become a global phenomenon and impact the way the world shared and connected. You might like it or even love it!


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Around an island or a World?Sailing around an island or along a coastline is not a sailor's most exciting choice. We know that very well.
Lesvos has such a variety in its landscape, weather conditions, architecture, even ... the local accent that it can make you believe you are on a different island in every port.
Not to mention the difference between the Coast and the Mainland, the East and the West, the North and the South...
Please, click on the map to have an idea of the main ports and anchorages (many more to be discovered) and what each one offers to a visitor by sea.
We usually start from Mytilene and most of the times (especially during the summer) we follow the counterclockwise course. This way we take advantage of the prevailing winds for fast upwind and beam reach sailing trips.
Our main stops are, Tokmakia isles, Tsonia, Molivos, Petra, Pochi isl area, Sigri, Tsichliota, Eressos, Chroussos, Apothika, Skala Polichnitos, Skala, Kallonis, Vatera, Kryfi Panagia, Plomari, Tarti, Myrsinia isles, Tsilia, the Entrance of Yera's Gulf, Perama, Therma, and Skala Loutra while countless other small coves are tempting us for a short stop for swim and exploration.
Each one of the stops we mention above is a different edge of the diamond called Lesvos.
According to the trip's duration and your interests we will shape the itinerary together.
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Outrageous Oreo Crunch Brownies
Now these brownies are just dangerous. It made a huge 9x13 pan (and this was halving the recipe) and I ended up freezing most of them. And now for the past couple of months I've been slowly nibbling away at my stash. I love eating them frozen - they're so fudgey, rich and chocolatey. Yum yum dangerous. Of course they're delicious at room temperature too.
Oh and guess what? I finally got the Baker's Edge Brownie Pan!!! I've yet to use it but can't wait to try it out. Mind you when I use it I'm going to want to eat the whole pan because brownie edge pieces are really hard to resist. Actually I'm thinking about making Peabody's snickerdoodle blondies in it. How good do those look?
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Outrageous Oreo Crunch Brownies
Adapted from Ina Garten found on La cuisine d'Hélène
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter
1/2 pound semisweet chocolate, chopped
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
3 eggs
1 1/2 tablespoons instant coffee granules
1 tablespoons vanilla
1 cup + 2 tbsp sugar
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp flour
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
25 Oreo cookies, chopped
Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350°F. Butter and flour a 9"x13" baking pan.
In a heatproof medium bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, heat butter, chocolate chips and unsweetened chocolate until melted and smooth. Allow to cool slightly.
In a large bowl, whisk eggs, coffee, vanilla and sugar. Blend chocolate mixture into egg mixture; cool to room temperature.
In a medium bowl, sift together 1/2 cup flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture to chocolate mixture. In a small bowl, stir Oreos and remaining 2 tablespoons flour. Add Oreo mixture to chocolate mixture. Pour batter into baking pan and smooth top with a rubber spatula.
Bake 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted 3 inches from center comes out clean; do not overbake. Allow to cool. Refrigerate until cold then cut into squares.


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Sunday, July 08, 2012
TV Alert! The Curse of the Axe
Attention all Ontario residents who have cable TV: please tune in to History Television on Monday night at 8pm. There's a new documentary, 'The Curse of the Axe', about an important archaeological site which was excavated in the Greater Toronto Area in the mid-2000s. Please watch and gain a completely different perspective on life in this region 500 years ago. Read the Toronto Star write-up here.
Indeed, the title of the doc is a little tawdry, but the common viewer would not tune in to watch a show called, 'Origins of a trade axe recovered from the Mantle Site, Stouffville'.
I attended a pre-screening of the doc and I am impressed to see Ontario Aboriginal archaeology getting this kind of treatment. I would like to see more of it. Whenever someone finds out I work in archaeology, the immediate assumption is that I must work in the Middle East (usually Egypt). Actually, people have been in Ontario for at least 11,000 years.
UPDATE: The entire documentary can be watched online! I don't know if this works for viewers outside of Canada, though. Go HERE, select 'Curse of the Axe' from the Featured Videos list on the left, then select Feature Presentation.
Full disclosure: the company featured in the show was where I worked for six years. I spent a couple of days excavating at the site but this film was made some time later.
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'You have the great gift of holding the group together with love, kindness, firmness, clarity and humour, and bringing out the beauty in all of us'. Pierette
'You have the great gift of holding the group together with love, kindness, firmness, clarity and humour, and bringing out the beauty in all of us'. Pierette
My name is Barbara Boxhall. I have been practicing Mindfulness for over 20 years. As I was growing up I didn't know what it was not to be anxious. That to me was how life was. It was the norm. Over these last years of practising Mindfulness I have become aware of the toll anxiety and it's related conditions of stress and depression take on people's lives, including my own. Increasingly over the years of practicing Mindfulness, my sense of calm, well-being and stillness has become the bedrock from where I live, teach and counsel. More recently, the addition of self compassion practice has deepened this way of being. I have a great sense of gratitude to all my many teachers of Mindfulness, Compassion and Presence.
I am a qualified as a teacher of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy from the Institute of Mindfulness Based Approaches. This was a 16 month professional teacher-training. I adhere to the 'Good Practice Guidance for Teaching Mindfulness-Based Courses'. I studied for for an Msc in Mindfulness and Compassion with Aberdeen University at Kagyu Samye Ling in Scotland and gained a diploma in Mindfulness. This course covered Mindfulness, Compassion, Insight and Wisdom. I have now completed a international teacher training for an eight week course on Mindful Self Compassion. I am a member of the Mindfulness Association which also requires members to abide by their ethical code for teachiing Mindfulness. I am on the UK listing of approved mindfulness teachers.
I am also a qualified Counsellor with over 20 years experience and a Registered and an Accredited Member of the BACP. I have been working with clients since 1994. For more details about counselling sessions please see the Counselling page on this website.
In the early 90's I started integrating Mindfulness and Radical Acceptance approaches informally into my teaching in a men's prison where I ran the Art Department for 12 years.
I currently teach Mindfulness: eight week courses to groups, give talks and shorter Mindfulness courses, practice and introductory days and lead weekends in beautiful places.
"I found the day really energising, and appreciated the strong emphasis on practice. I came away with renewed enthusiasm for the principles of Mindfulness, and a clearer awareness of the warm, friendly, accepting and positive character of it that you spelt out for us" . Robert.
I also teach Mindfulness including the eight week course, on a one-to-one basis and integrate Mindfulness and Counselling together if this is asked for. These one-to-one sessions are from my office in Oving near Chichester. I also teach Mindfulness courses and counsel via Skype. I can also travel to you for one-one sessions by arrangement.
From 2004 to 2009, as a joint director with my husband Mike, I ran 'Duncton Mill Retreat Centre' listed by the Guardian as 'one of the ten best retreat centres in the world'.
From 2009 to 2011 I co-ran the 'Mill Retreat Centre' Normandy France.
Since 2004 I have been studying Mindfulness through the work of my husband Mike Boxhall, international teacher of Embodied Presence. I have attended over thirty 4 - 5 day residential courses with him, in America, Ireland, France, Spain and England. These are recognised and accredited for 'Continual Professional Development' in several countries.
Currently I am focusing on developing self compassion practice and have now begun to teach these as a result of the experience of compassion training on the Msc. More recently I have trained in Mindful Self Compassion with Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff, world leaders in secular self compassion practice. I am now a qaulified as a Mindful Self Compassion teacher and find that this path dovetails perfectly with everything I have been involved with until now.
I am also a Supervisor and Mentor to the CEO of Mindfulness at Work and for those teaching Mindfulness in the corporate world, and for those working in other disciplines.
If you are committed to your practice, you need a great supervisor to grow and expand. You need someone who will both challenge and nurture you as well as gently, yet firmly push you to bring your best to your work. Barbara is that person. She has a gift for keeping our time together both exploratory and interesting, yet also on task and focused. Barbara has surpassed my expectations and I would not hesitate to recommend her highly. Meredith G. Oct 2016
Recently I have been given the role of 'Wise Counsel' for Mindfulness at Work, supporting those in difficulty both at work and domestically.
I live in a village near Chichester, West Sussex with my husband. Tragiically my son Julian died last year and I am trying to learn to live again. Some people who came on my MSC course in January of this year said that my teaching had deepened as a result. An idea for a series of images (see below) grew into an expression of love of our family, garden, village, locality and life. It was the inspiration for me to create and photograph twelve heart images, one for each month of the year. They are made from found, natural materials collected in our garden and village. The whole project took three years to complete, quite a few years ago now.
My aim is to introduce Mindfulness and Compassion including Self Compassion to as many people as I can, not only to those who are suffering but to help all people to live their life as fully as possible.
Copyright © 2019 Barbara Boxhall - Dailymindfulness.com


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S: Making the 1984 Summer Olympics Torch
FC: Making the 1984 U.S.A. Summer Olympics Torch
1: Getting Started "First you have the industrial designer present some watercolor candidate appearance designs." - Ken S. | Initial choice of LAOOC | "The assignment - Well, just design us some torches." - Ken S.
2: "Have your machinist (Art) build one from the print - he had some help." - Ken S. | "Give the first one to Peter Ueberroth for his birthday." - Ken S. (Torch design was changed).
3: "Figure out a way to make more than one at a time; make them pretty; but most of all they better work and not go out!" - Ken S.
4: "Recover the flame carrier - it had been given to United Air Lines during earlier planning to charter jet." | "Kay Shannigan of LAOOC, Washington office, helps with lamps." | "Pre-flight check. Lamps modified for lighting during wind or rain." - Ken S.
5: "Bill Hussey of State Department and Jay Moorhead, LAOOC Washington liaison, checking it out (Air Force 2 jet) at Andrews Air Force Base." | "Seems to be airworthy. Depart May 5, 1984." | Cargo is secured. - Ken S.
6: "Post flight lamp check at Hotel Athens where we met with Apostolos Lazaris, Minister of the Presidency, who finally told us of the decision to send in army unit." - Ken S. | Ken's handwritten note and a flight itinerary are the only references to secret plans to obtain the Olympic flame in Lausanne, Switzerland, if denied in Olympia.
7: Peter Caloyeras, LAOOC, in front with helicopter pilot. | Olympic Headquarters, Olympia | Nikos Filaretos, Hellenic Olympic Committee, Josephi Italian, gold medalist 1920, Bill Hussey & Dick Sargent, V.P. LAOOC - Ken S.
8: "Edge of ancient playing field. Last minute check of lamps." | "Officials forming up for lighting ceremony. Normal attendance - about 30,000." | "The ceremony begins - flutes & flames. The vestial virgins appear. The flame now in a crock & burning olive oil is presented. Head virgin approaches altar." - Ken S.
9: "Impressive chant while turning on torch." | "Nervous moment - did they fill the torch properly? It worked!" - Ken S.
10: "Dick Sargent, LAOOC, accepts flame and olive branch in the name of the 1984 Olympic Games at Los Angeles, U.S.A." - Ken S. | "Torch presented to Nikos Filaretos, Secretary General Hellenic Olympic Committee."
11: Air Force 2 | Helicopter pilots | Napkin from Air Force 2 and piece of the olive branch taped to it. | Peter Caloyeras, LAOOC
12: Official Itinerary | Secret Itinerary
13: Obtaining The Flame "Official Plan" & "Secret Plan" Government officials in Olympia, Greece, were not happy about the U.S. plans to raise money for charity by selling $3,000 sponsorships to run the Olympic flame from New York to Los Angeles. It was feared that the Greek government would go so far as to refuse the Olympic flame to the LAOOC. Rich Shiver's, V.P. Turner Corp., secretly flew to Geneva with plans to fly from there on a cargo plane to Lausanne, Switzerland, with orders to obtain an Olympic flame from the permanent flame burning in the Olympic museum in Lausanne. Ultimately the Greek government did release the flame in an official ceremony and the flight to Lausanne was not necessary. However the official ceremony was closed to the usual 30,000 spectators due to fears of "protesters" disrupting the ceremony. (Events related by Ken S. to his family.)
14: "New York Mayor Tom Bradley and Peter Ueberroth before the start of the torch relay ceremony." | "Just a normal day at work and glad it's over." - Ken S. Ken Stutzman & Gil Farnham, Turner Corp. (torch designer) | "Ceremony at UN Plaza for start of torch relay run. A flame from one of the lamps was used to light the first relay torch." "Due to rain the runner goes back under the tent flaps and nearly set the V.I.P. tent on fire. - Ken S." | "Gil Farnham tries to shut down the cauldron, photographer's protest." - Ken S.
15: Peter Ueberroth. President, LAOOC, and Gina Hemphill, granddaughter of Jesse Owens, light the Olympic torch at the UN Plaza ceremony. | Torch relay route across the U.S., May 7 to July 28, 1984
16: Press & News Articles
26: The torch was also used to light the Olympic flame at the International Games for the Disabled in Uniondale, NY.
27: 1980 Winter Olympics Lake Placid, New York Ken Stutzman's company also manufactured the torch for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York


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FG targets January 1, 2019 to close illegal drugs markets
The Federal Government has said it would close down all illegal drug markets in the country from January 2019.
Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, disclosed this in Abuja at the weekend while performing the groundbreaking ceremony of the Coordinated Wholesale Centre (CWC) in Abia State.
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) quoted the minister as saying that the full implementation of the CWC component of the National Drugs Distribution Guidelines (NDDG) would also commence on January 1, 2019.
He said one of the major challenges in the use of medicines in the country was the unsatisfactory drug distribution system, which has led to poor product handling, difficulty in product tracking for statistical purpose, recall and circulation of substandard products, as well as audit trail and destruction of professional practice.
Adewole stated that the Federal Ministry of Health in its bid to reverse the ugly trend, had in 2013 issued the NDDG.
Registrar of PCN, Elijah Mohammed said the CWC was a concept within the NDDG to cater for those who are in the open drug market, saying that it would help sanitise drug distribution in the country because open drug markets are the hub of major drugs supply and drugs problems in the country.
He said that the Federal Government was sensitive to the yearnings of Nigerians provided the CWC, as an alternative to those in the open drug market instead of pushing them out.
Elijah said the CWC would provide effective regulatory activities and ensure good pharmaceutical service delivery in the country, adding: "This will entail control over the efficacy of drugs coming into Nigeria."
"It is a purpose built infrastructure that will cater for storage condition, practice environment, security and regulatory activities.
"There are some drugs that need to be stored within a specific temperature, and the CWCs have such warehouses constructed for them, not like in the open drug market where everything is lumped under the sun and in stores that have no windows and other things".
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire oil investor T. Boone Pickens has sold his entire stake of Yahoo Inc YHOO.O shares in frustration over its failure to reach a deal with Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Tuesday.
Pickens bought 10 million Yahoo shares in May, backing a bid by activist shareholder Carl Icahn to bring the Internet pioneer back to the negotiating table over a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft.
Last week, Yahoo reached a settlement to put Icahn and two of his nominees on its board after efforts to revive a Microsoft bid failed. The deal with Icahn spared Yahoo from a proxy battle at its annual meeting on Friday.
"I think that Yahoo management was pathetic," Pickens was quoted as saying to the San Francisco Chronicle's editorial board. He sold his entire holdings at a loss, the report said.
Pickens could not immediately be reached.
Shares in Yahoo rose 3 cents to $20.15 on Tuesday, well below a $33 per share offer Microsoft made in early May before negotiations broke apart.
Reporting by Michele Gershberg; Editing by Derek Caney


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Lost Daughters.
This month is National Adoption Month as well as NaBloPoMo. Many adoptees are focusing on bringing awareness to adoption reform. They are educating others about what it's like to grow up adopted, and what it's like to live as an adult adoptee in today's world.
This month we also celebrate Thanksgiving. It is particularly meaningful for me this year. It has always been my favorite holiday, and not because of the food. (Although I do love food. This cannot be denied.) I love it for many other reasons, some of which I'll share as the month goes on.
Today I'd like to give thanks for the sisterhood at Lost Daughters. The sisters there have been very instrumental in my life this past year, and I am so grateful to God for allowing me to be a part of such an amazing group.
I'm writing posts at Lost Daughters three times this month for the series, but I encourage you to read the entire 30 day blog series because it will give you an amazing overview of some changes that need to take place in the world for adoptees.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Where I'm at Today...
Labels: Adoption, Gratitude, Lost Daughters
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In all his postseason comments to the media, Ned Colletti never called out the Dodgers' bullpen as an area of weakness in 2013. With the signing of former Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez, the GM's actions have spoken louder than his words.
Perez, 28, reportedly signed a one-year deal with the Dodgers Monday, pending a physical. He started the 2013 season 17-for-19 in save opportunities with a 2.52 ERA through his first 35 2/3 innings. Then in an Aug. 5 game against the Detroit Tigers, Perez allowed four earned runs without recording an out. He would go on to allow 16 earned runs over his final 18 1/3 innings as an Indian.
The right-hander finished the season with a 4.33 ERA and five blown saves in 30 opportunities.
Before contract the contract becomes official, the Dodgers have already committed $18.5 million next season to two set-up men — Brian Wilson and Brandon League, both former closers themselves. Between Wilson, League and Perez, the Dodgers have 377 career saves sitting in the bullpen before giving the ball to ninth-inning man Kenley Jansen.
That gives the Dodgers the most experienced (and arguably the deepest) bullpen in the majors heading into 2014. FanGraphs' Jason Collette threw together this chart comparing Jansen, Wilson, League and Perez.
Left-handers J.P. Howell, Paco Rodriguez and Onelki Garcia, and right-handers Jose Dominguez and Chris Withrow all figure to compete for innings in spring training. Colletti has also said he's looking to add a long reliever to the mix.
Perez has a connection to Los Angeles. In September, he pleaded no contest in Ohio to a misdemeanor drug abuse charge and was found guilty of receiving a small package of marijuana mailed to his home on June 4. From Cleveland.com:
The six-ounce bag of marijuana was sent from Los Angeles and addressed to Brody Baum, the couple's dog. Police seized the pot plus two pipes, a bong and several items of drug paraphernalia found in a basement kitchen. Chris Perez said the drugs and items belonged to him.
The package of marijuana was discovered after a postal supervisor smelled the weed and called a postal inspector, who opened the package, resealed it and delivered it to the home. An undercover officer posing as a delivery man approached (the pitcher's wife) Melanie Perez, who confirmed the packages were for the dog. Baum is her maiden name.
Perez stirred the pot one year ago by criticizing his ownership regime in an interview with FoxSports.com:
"Different owners," Perez said frankly, in reference to Detroit's Mike Ilitch and Cleveland's Lawrence J. Dolan. "It comes down to that. They (the Tigers) are spending money. He (Ilitch) wants to win. Even when the economy was down (in Detroit), he spent money. He's got a team to show for it. You get what you pay for in baseball. Sometimes you don't. But most of the time you do."
Perez should be happy with his new bosses. The Dodgers have committed roughly $200 million to 19 players for next season, including the recently agreed-to contracts for third baseman Juan Uribe and Howell. Last year, the team reportedly spent $237 million on payroll.
Of that, less than 10 percent (somewhere in the $13 to $15 million range) went to full-time relievers. That percentage could increase significantly in 2014.
Statistically speaking, the Dodgers' bullpen was excellent last year, at least after Jansen replaced League as the closer on June 11. Their 3.49 ERA ranked 13th among 30 teams. Their strikeout rate ranked ninth. They allowed 24 percent of inherited runners to score, third in the majors. And since the Dodgers' starting rotation pitched relatively deep into games, the bullpen didn't have to work too hard.
Perez brings a simple fastball/slider repertoire, with roughly 10 mph difference between the two pitches. It's not the "power arm" profile that teams covet but League, Wilson, Withrow and Dominguez all fall into that category. Perez's repertoire could be a nice complement.
Here's a quick look at the bullpen pecking order, comparing the 2013 Opening Day Roster to the potential 2014 Opening Day group:
|Brandon League (closer)
|Jansen (closer)
|Kenley Jansen
|Brian Wilson
|Ronald Belisario
|Chris Perez
|Paco Rodriguez
|J.P. Howell
|Matt Guerrier
|Aaron Harang
|Chris Withrow
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Title: Shutter
Author: Courtney Alameda
Publication date: February 2015
Published by: Feiwel & Friends
Source: Owned Hardcover
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Micheline Helsing is a tetrachromat—a girl who sees the auras of the undead in a prismatic spectrum. As one of the last descendants of the Van Helsing lineage, she has trained since childhood to destroy monsters both corporeal and spiritual: the corporeal undead go down by the bullet, the spiritual undead by the lens. With an analog SLR camera as her best weapon, Micheline exorcises ghosts by capturing their spiritual energy on film. She's aided by her crew: Oliver, a techno-whiz and the boy who developed her camera's technology; Jude, who can predict death; and Ryder, the boy Micheline has known and loved forever.
When a routine ghost hunt goes awry, Micheline and the boys are infected with a curse known as a soulchain. As the ghostly chains spread through their bodies, Micheline learns that if she doesn't exorcise her entity in seven days or less, she and her friends will die. Now pursued as a renegade agent by her monster-hunting father, Leonard Helsing, she must track and destroy an entity more powerful than anything she's faced before . . . or die trying.
Lock, stock, and lens, she's in for one hell of a week.
I was very excited to read this one because it just sounded so amazing! I mean, not only was it horror, but it involved descendants of Van Helsing! How awesome does that sound?
The Van Helsing premise is definitely what caught my attention, and I loved it! I also love how there was a connection to Dracula... very creative! Overall, the plot was very interesting and fun—this whole world was fun and interesting! The idea of being a tetrachromat and having the ability to see the "spiritual auras of the dead," was creative and so up my alley! Micheline herself was a pretty kickass, strong female lead. I very much liked her. She is smart, too, figuring out that you can capture ghosts on film using a camera. I love how that was explained 'cause it actually made sense!
All the other supporting characters were great, too. I really enjoyed seeing the group interact with each other on these ghost hunts as colleagues, but also as friends. Plus, some of them have some pretty cool abilities as well. The character I particularly loved was Jude—he was just so funny! There was also some romance between Micheline and Ryder, which wasn't on the forefront, but was absolutely fine with me! It was very sweet and I enjoyed it.
As for the horror aspect of this, it wasn't that scary to be honest. Which is a shame 'cause that was one of the things I was wanting out of this book. But I pretty much watch horror movies on a daily basis, so I don't scare easily. Okay, maybe it did have some creepy creatures. Plus, it was also quite thrilling and suspenseful with a lot of fun action!
I also found that some parts of the book were quite predictable. I mean, those plot twists? Yeah, not surprising. I figured out that stuff way ahead of time. But overall, I actually really enjoyed this book! Even though it wasn't that scary for me, I did appreciate the creepy setting and wonderful writing.
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