“
Woods? Do you have a sec?" Ty asks.
"Sure."
"Alone?" Ty eyes Henry and Jerry Rice, and I jerk my head at Henry.
"Fine," Henry says, rolling his eyes. "Divorce me if you must, Woods. I can't believe I've only been married half an hour and I'm already a single
parent." Ty holds the door to the gym open so Henry can get the stroller through. I giggle at the sight of him carrying those diaper bags across the
gym.
”
”
Miranda Kenneally (Catching Jordan (Hundred Oaks, #1))
“
I felt HostileSecUnit1 go into shutdown mode. It wasn’t dead, it was just catastrophically damaged. (I know, who isn’t?)
”
”
Martha Wells (System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7))
“
Kayden: Yeah, but you're a girl.
Me: Oh, I forgot for a sec. Thanx for reminding me.
Kayden: I haven't forgotten at all. In fact, it's all I think about all the time.
Me: That I'm a girl??
Kayden: That ur a girl I very badly want to touch right now
”
”
Jessica Sorensen (The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #1))
“
1) CodeBundle.LockItDown had closed all the hatches on board except those directly between SecUnit 3’s position and the shuttle access. 2) CodeBundle.FuckThem had fried all targetDrones. 3) CodeBundle.FuckThisToo had cut the connections between the solid-state screen device and the humans’ implants. Oh, and I shut down life support on the bridge so the Targets in there would be thinking about other things besides restarting their screen.
”
”
Martha Wells (Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5))
“
You used combat override modules to make the DeltFall SecUnits behave like rogues. If you think a real rogue SecUnit still has to answer your questions, the next few minutes are going to be an education for you.
”
”
Martha Wells (All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1))
“
When Pidge wakes up, let me know, okay?” he said in a soft voice. “I got spaghetti,
and pancakes, and strawberries, and that oatmeal shit with the chocolate packets, and she
likes Fruity Pebbles cereal, right, Mare?” he asked, turning.
When he saw me, he froze. After an awkward pause, his expression melted, and his
voice was smooth and sweet.“Hey, Pigeon.”
I couldn’t have been more confused if I had woken up in a foreign country. Nothing
made sense. At first I thought I had been evicted, and then Travis comes home with bags
full of my favorite foods.
He took a few steps into the living room, nervously shoving his hands in his pockets.
“You hungry, Pidge? I’ll make you some pancakes. Or there’s uh…there’s some oatmeal.
And I got you some of that pink foamy shit that girl’s shave with, and a hairdryer, and a…
a….just a sec, it’s in here,” he said, rushing to the bedroom.
The door opened, shut, and then he rounded the corner, the color gone from his face.
He took a deep breath and his eyebrows pulled in. “Your stuff’s packed.”
“I know,” I said.
“You’re leaving,” he said, defeated.
”
”
Jamie McGuire (Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1))
“
Une lutte qui semble perdue, est la plus excitante.
”
”
Jacques Tardi (The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec 1: Pterror Over Paris/The Eiffel Tower Demon)
“
I know I said SecUnits aren’t sentimental about each other, but I wished it wasn’t one of the DeltFall units. It was in there somewhere, trapped in its own head, maybe aware, maybe not. Not that it matters. None of us had a choice.
”
”
Martha Wells (All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1))
“
Reaction 1: oh, that’s who had hacked my code. Reaction 2: flattering that they thought I was dangerous enough to pay for the contract on a Combat SecUnit. Reaction 3: I bet PortSec did not okay that and was going to be pissed off. Reaction 4: oh shit I’m going to die.
”
”
Martha Wells (Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4))
“
There were three SecUnits who were not me on this planet, and that was dangerous enough.
”
”
Martha Wells (All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1))
“
SecUnits aren’t sentimental about each other. We aren’t friends, the way the characters on the serials are, or the way my humans were. We can’t trust each other, even if we work together. Even if you don’t have clients who decide to entertain themselves by ordering their SecUnits to fight each other.
”
”
Martha Wells (All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1))
“
Of course I need you. I have no experience in anything like this. None of us do. Sometimes humans can’t help but let emotion bleed through into the feed. She was furious and frightened, not at me, at the people who would do this, kill like this, slaughter a whole survey team and leave the SecUnits to take the blame. She was struggling with her anger, though nothing showed on her face except calm concern. Through the feed I felt her steel herself. You’re the only one here who won’t panic. The longer this situation goes on, the others . . . We have to stay together, use our heads.
That was absolutely true. And I could help, just by being the SecUnit. I was the one who was supposed to keep everybody safe. I panic all the time, you just can’t see it, I told her. I added the text signifier for “joke.”
She didn’t answer, but she looked down, smiling to herself.
”
”
Martha Wells (All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1))
“
Thank God! His truck was there.
Reenergized, she hopped up his front steps and knocked. Nothing. Feeling a little disgruntled, she knocked again. And nothing. Once more, one last time, she knocked. Okay, she pounded. Beat the ever-loving hell out of the door.
"Just a sec," she heard Ronin call faintly.
Yay! The door swung open and... Ooooohhhhh!
Standing a step or two down from Ronin, her eyes first hit the small white towel wrapped around his waist. The faint scent of masculine soap enveloped her senses as her eyes traveled down to his bare feet, and back up. Yep, that's really only just a little white towel.
”
”
Sibylla Matilde (Little Conversations (Conversations, #1))
“
Mensah sent me a private message through the feed: I hope you’re all right. Because you need me. I don’t know where that came from. All right, it came from me, but she was my client, I was a SecUnit. There was no emotional contract between us. There was no rational reason for me to sound like a whiny human baby.
”
”
Martha Wells (All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1))
“
But Later! was also a way of avoiding saying goodbye, of making light of all goodbyes. You said Later! not to mean farewell but to say you’d be back in no time. It was the equivalent of his saying “Just a sec” when my mother once asked him to pass the bread and he was busy pulling apart the fish bones on his plate. “Just a sec.
”
”
André Aciman (Call Me by Your Name (Call Me by Your Name, #1))
“
Anna?" Someone knocks on my door, and it startles me out of my seat.
No.Not someone. St. Clair.
I'm wearing an old Mayfield Dairy T-shirt, complete with yellow-and-brown cow logo,and hot pink flannel pajama bottoms covered in giant strawberries. I am not even wearing a bra.
"Anna,I know you're in there. I can see your light."
"Hold on a sec!" I blurt. "I'll be right there." I grab my black hoodie and zip it up over the cow's face before wrenching open the door. "Hisorryaboutthat. Come in."
I open the door wide but he stands there for a moment, just staring at me. I can't read the expression on his face. Then he breaks into a mischievous smile and brushes past me.
"Nice strawberries."
"Shut up."
"No,I mean it. Cute."
And even though he doesn't mean it like I-want-to-leave-my-girlfriend-and-start-dating-you cute,something flickers inside of me. The "force of strength and destruction" Tita de la Garza knew so well.St. Clair stands in the center of my room.He scratches his head, and his T-shirt lifts up on one side, exposing a slice of bare stomach.
Foomp! My inner fire ignites.
"It's really...er...clean," he says.
Fizz. Flames extinguished.
”
”
Stephanie Perkins (Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1))
“
THEY WALKED BACK ALONG THE ledge to room E22 and found their own clothes where they had left them. Ruthie stayed in the room to change and Jack went out to the corridor. As she was bending down to tie her shoes, she heard Jack call her name insistently. “I’ll be there in a sec—let me get my shoes on,” she called back to him. He can
”
”
Marianne Malone (The Sixty-Eight Rooms (The Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures Book 1))
“
A sec ret is but a betrayal waiting to happen.
”
”
Charlie Fletcher (The Oversight (Oversight Trilogy, #1))
“
you've got to jiggle the knob hard then bump with your hip."
A low cackle of laughter sounded from the other side of the door. "That's what he said. What? Hold on a sec. I got this.
”
”
Louisa Edwards (Too Hot To Touch (Rising Star Chef, #1; Recipe for Love, #4))
“
It's just that even though I'm totally old and unhip,I remember what boys in high school were like.Especially the kind like Jack Caputo."
"What kind is that?"
"The kind that doesn't even walk a girl to the door."
I rolled my eyes. "Well,he would have, but he had to go drop off his other dates. There were three of us." My dad finally cracked a smile. "Good night,old man," I said,giving him a hug.
"Wait a sec,honey.Did I do that okay?"
I pulled back. "Do what okay?" It hit me then that this was my first dance since my mom died.I felt a little guilty that I hadn't realized it before. It was just that the night was so perfect. Before he could explain, I said, "Yes.You did great."
"Night,Nikki."
The next morning,I found a note in my jacket pocket.I unfolded it and read two words, written in Jack's handwriting.
Ever Yours.
”
”
Brodi Ashton (Everneath (Everneath, #1))
“
Start beating a steady rhythm (or better yet, set a metronome at 1/sec). Remove the blank card and read the four digits aloud. Wait for two beats, then report a string in which each of the original digits is incremented by 1. If the digits on the card are 5294, the correct response is 6305. Keeping the rhythm is important.
”
”
Daniel Kahneman (Thinking, Fast and Slow)
“
Vaig començar a adonar-me que podia resultar molt senzilla, la vida, si s'entrava en una rutina regular, amb hores fixes, salari fix i poca necessitat de tenir idees originals. La vida d´un escriptor és l'infern, comparada amb la d'un executiu. L'escriptor s'ha de forçar a treballar. S'ha de fer l'horari, i si no s'asseu a la taula de treball ningú no l'esbronca. Viu en un món de temor. Cada dia exigeix idees noves, i no pot estar mai segur de si les podrà seguir o no. Dues hores d'escriure ficció el deixa completament sec. (....) La persona que vol ser escriptor és un beneit. L'única compensació és uqe té tota la llibertat. No té més amo que el seu propi esperit; i es per això que es fa escriptor, n'estic segur
”
”
Roald Dahl (Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #1))
“
Yes. According to the charter of the school. One sec.” I held the phone away and called for Ingrid to inform Frau Blümen. Then I returned to the call. “What’s the situation with the press?” I asked. “None so far” came the tense answer over the phone. I could hear people in the background being frantically busy. “There’s been some chatter, but we got this very quickly.” I weighed the situation and took a deep breath. “Cut the city’s communications,” I said. “Excuse me?” came the startled response. “Do it, and call me back when it’s done—wait, Lewis! Are you there?” “Yes, Rook Thomas.
”
”
Daniel O'Malley (The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1))
“
Il serra ses mains en poings et se força à marcher à pas lents et mesurés vers la tombe et commença à haleter. Bon sang, il ne pouvait pas s’écrouler. Il voulait le faire, il avait besoin de le faire, besoin de voir ce qu’il pourrait retirer de ce rappel physique de sa propre mortalité éphémère. Peut-être que cela lui donnerait envie de vivre à nouveau. Il lut les dates de décès marquées sur les pierres tombales, en faisant attention à ne pas marcher sur les tombes des autres pauvres enfants morts, d’année en année, jusqu’à ce qu’il voit son nom.
JULIETTE ANNE MARTIN
14 août 1991-9 octobre 2008
Fille bien-aimée.
Il n’y avait pas d’ours, de plaques ou même d’anges comme il en avait vu sur les autres pierres tombales, alors qu’il cherchait la sienne. Elle était gris foncé, en marbre et très élégante. Ses jambes se dérobèrent sous lui quand il réalisa que son amie, sa Juliette, gisait à ses pieds, et il atterrit sur la terre molle à côté d’elle. Les fleurs oubliées tombèrent au sol et des sanglots secs ravagèrent son corps. Il ne pleurerait pas, il le savait. Il était incapable de pleurer depuis cette nuit-là. Tout comme il ne supportait plus d’être touché, il ne pouvait éprouver le plus petit soulagement que les pleurs lui auraient accordé.
”
”
JP Barnaby (Aaron: Histoire d'un survivant #1 (French Edition))
“
Jax swung his leg over the seat and stood over her. Sarah looked at him now, really saw the whole man. Was it her imagination, or did he look even bigger in the moonlight? More muscled, more domineering? Stronger, sexier, hotter? She shivered.
“You cold?” he asked her.
“No.”
“Come over here for a sec, doll.”
She stood stock-still, suddenly afraid.
“It’s OK.” He gave her that grin that made her stomach flip. “Before we talk, there’s one thing we need to get out of the way.”
“What’s that?”
“Come over here and I’ll tell you.”
Slowly, she covered the distance between them and stood in front of him. “Tell me what?”
“This.” Jax gently took her face in both of his hands, avoiding her bruised cheek, and leaned down. She gasped, then his mouth was on hers, and all thought stopped.
The kiss was unlike anything Sarah had ever experienced in her life. His lips were surprisingly soft, and when she balanced herself on his chest, she felt his incredible muscle under her fingertips.
The contradiction of hard and soft, of pure animal strength tempered by a tender touch, shocked her, moved her. Sarah felt her legs weaken with lust, and she swayed forward. He moved his hands off her face then, and Jax wrapped his arms around her shaking body. He held her close, held her up. Jax cradled her, and Sarah felt protected and secure for the first time in a long time. Maybe the first time ever.
Jax couldn’t believe how it felt to finally touch her the way that he wanted to. She was warm and sweet, and her response was incredible. Total surrender; aching want; hot need. He’d never have guessed that Sarah would give over so completely, and he kissed her over and over again, loving how she tasted.
He finally pulled back, fighting with himself to do so. He opened his eyes and saw that hers were still closed. Her mouth was swollen and she trembled against him a bit. He ran his fingers through her curls, brushed her hair back from her gorgeous face.
“Open your eyes, baby,” he said, his voice deep and husky. “Look at me.
”
”
Marysol James (Dangerous Curves (Dangerous Curves, #1))
“
There was always something abrupt about that word. It wasn't, "See you later!" or "Take care now!" or even "Ciao!" "Later" was a chilling slam dunk salutation that shoved aside all our honeyed European niceties. "Later" always left a sharp aftertaste to what until then may have been a warm heart to heart moment. "Later" didn't close things neatly or allow them to trail off. It slammed them shut. But "later" was also a way of avoiding saying goodbye, of making light of all goodbyes. You said "later" not meaning farewell but to say you'd be back in no time. It was the equivalent of saying "Just a sec," when my mother asked him to pass the bread and he was busy pulling apart the fishbones on his plate.
”
”
André Aciman (Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1))
“
He'd taken the sword, slung on his back, sandwiches and clean underwear in his pack, and the world, more or less, at his feet. In his pocket was the famous letter from the Patrician, the man who ruled the great fine city of Ankh-Morpork.
At least, that's how his mother had referred to it. It certainly had an important-looking crest at the top, but the signature was something like "Lupin Squiggle, Sec'y, pp".
Still, if it wasn't actually signed by the Patrician then it had certainly been written by someone who worked for him. Or in the same building. Probably the Patrician had at least known about the letter. In general terms. Not this letter, perhaps, but probably he knew about the existence of letters in general.
”
”
Terry Pratchett (Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1))
“
If we ascribe the ejection of the proton to a Compton recoil from a quantum of 52 x 106 electron volts, then the nitrogen recoil atom arising by a similar process should have an energy not greater than about 400,000 volts, should produce not more than about 10,000 ions, and have a range in the air at N.T.P. of about 1-3mm. Actually, some of the recoil atoms in nitrogen produce at least 30,000 ions. In collaboration with Dr. Feather, I have observed the recoil atoms in an expansion chamber, and their range, estimated visually, was sometimes as much as 3mm. at N.T.P.
These results, and others I have obtained in the course of the work, are very difficult to explain on the assumption that the radiation from beryllium is a quantum radiation, if energy and momentum are to be conserved in the collisions. The difficulties disappear, however, if it be assumed that the radiation consists of particles of mass 1 and charge 0, or neutrons. The capture of the a-particle by the Be9 nucleus may be supposed to result in the formation of a C12 nucleus and the emission of the neutron. From the energy relations of this process the velocity of the neutron emitted in the forward direction may well be about 3 x 109 cm. per sec. The collisions of this neutron with the atoms through which it passes give rise to the recoil atoms, and the observed energies of the recoil atoms are in fair agreement with this view. Moreover, I have observed that the protons ejected from hydrogen by the radiation emitted in the opposite direction to that of the exciting a-particle appear to have a much smaller range than those ejected by the forward radiation.
This again receives a simple explanation on the neutron hypothesis.
”
”
James Chadwick
“
Ben is Ryder’s cousin--second cousin, to be specific--and one of his best friends, even though they couldn’t be any more different. Ben is sweet, thoughtful. Kind.
Whereas Ryder, well…I’ll tell you about Ryder. He’s the star quarterback of our Division 1A state-championship football team. Top student in our class, and he doesn’t even have to work at it. He plays the piano like some kind of freaking prodigy, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he composed sonatas or something in his spare time.
Oh, and did I mention that he’s gorgeous? Of course he is. Six foot four, two hundred ten pounds of swoon-worthy good looks. Spiky dark hair, chocolate brown eyes, and full-on dimples.
And his future? Right now half the SEC is courting him hard, and the other half is wishing they were. It’s a foregone conclusion that he’ll play for Ole Miss--Mississippi’s golden boy, kept right here at home.
”
”
Kristi Cook (Magnolia (Magnolia Branch, #1))
“
Where will you go if you don’t get into NYU?” he asks.
“Where else?” I say. “Ole Miss, with Lucy and Morgan.”
“Then Ole Miss is my backup too. Here’s the thing, Jem. I’m going wherever you’re going--whether it’s New York or Oxford. I’m not missing my chance this time.”
“Why?” The word just tumbles out of my mouth before I can stop myself. “You’re going to be some kind of college superstar, whether it’s the SEC or the Ivy league. You’ll probably win a freaking Heisman.”
“And you just might win an Oscar,” he counters.
I roll my eyes. “Yeah, right. Please.”
“Why not? God, Jemma, you don’t even see it. How strong and smart and tenacious you are. Everything you do, you do well. I’ve never seen you put your mind to something and not come out on top. You win that trophy at cheer camp every single summer--what’s it called, the superstar award? Only three people at the whole camp get it or something like that, right?”
“How’d you know about that?”
“Miss Shelby told my mom. I think they put it in the yearbook, too, don’t they?”
“Maybe,” I say with a shrug. It’s not that big of a deal. It’s just a cheerleading trophy.
“And how long did it take you to win your first shooting tournament after your dad bought you that gun? Six months, tops? From what I hear, you’re the best shot in all of Magnolia Branch.”
“Okay, that’s true,” I say, a smile tugging at the corners of my mouth.
He reaches for my hand. “And then there’s those dresses you make, like the one you wore to homecoming. You take something old and make it new--turn it into something special. My mom says you and Lucy could make a fortune selling ’em, and I bet she’s right. Don’t you see? You’re not just good at the stuff you do--you’re the best. That’s just the way you are. So I have no doubt that you’re going to be some award-winning filmmaker if you put your mind to it.”
My heart swells unexpectedly. “You really think that?”
He nods, his dark eyes shining. “I really do.”
“Tell me again why we’ve hated each other all these years?”
“Because we’re both stubborn as mules?” he offers.
I can’t help but laugh. “Yeah, I’d say that about covers it.
”
”
Kristi Cook (Magnolia (Magnolia Branch, #1))
“
RAIN IN MEASURED AMOUNTS
Another item of information provided in the Qur'an about rain is
that it is sent down to Earth in "due measure." This is mentioned in
Surat az-Zukhruf as follows:
It is He Who sends down water in measured amounts from the sky by
which We bring a dead land back to life. That is how you too will be
raised [from the dead]. (Qur'an, 43:11)
This measured quantity in rain has again been discovered by modern
research. It is estimated that in one second, approximately 16 million
tons of water evaporates from the Earth. This figure amounts to
513 trillion tons of water in one year. This number is equal to the
amount of rain that falls on the Earth in a year. Therefore, water continuously
circulates in a balanced cycle, according to a "measure." Life
on Earth depends on this water cycle. Even if all the available technology
in the world were to be employed for this purpose, this cycle could
not be reproduced artificially.
Even a minor deviation in this equilibrium would soon give rise to
a major ecological imbalance that would bring about the end of life on
Earth. Yet, it never happens, and rain continues to fall every year in
exactly the same measure, just as revealed in the Qur'an.
The proportion of rain does not merely apply to its quantity, but
also to the speed of the falling raindrops. The speed of raindrops,
regardless of their size, does not exceed a certain limit.
Philipp Lenard, a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize
in physics in 1905, found that the fall speed increased with drop diameter
until a size of 4.5 mm (0.18 inch). For larger drops, however, the fall
speed did not increase beyond 8 metres per second (26 ft/sec).57 He
attributed this to the changes in drop shape caused by the air flow as
the drop size increased. The change in shape thus increased the air
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resistance of the drop and slowed its fall rate.
As can be seen, the Qur'an may also be drawing our attention to
the subtle adjustment in rain which could not have been known 1,400
years ago.
Harun Yahya
Every year, the amount of water that evaporates and that falls back to the
Earth in the form of rain is "constant": 513 trillion tons. This constant
amount is declared in the Qur'an by the expression "sending down water in
due measure from the sky." The constancy of this quantity is very important
for the continuity of the ecological balance, and therefore, life.
”
”
Harun Yahya (Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an)
“
I awake with a start, shaking the cobwebs of sleep from my mind. It’s pitch-dark out, the wind howling. It takes a couple seconds to get my bearings, to realize I’m in my parents’ bed, Ryder beside me, on his side, facing me. Our hands are still joined, though our fingers are slack now.
“Hey, you,” he says sleepily. “That one was loud, huh?”
“What was?”
“Thunder. Rattled the windows pretty bad.”
“What time is it?”
“Middle of the night, I’d say.”
I could check my phone, but that would require sitting up and letting go of his hand. Right now, I don’t want to do that. I’m too comfortable. “Have you gotten any sleep at all?” I ask him, my mouth dry and cottony.
“I think I drifted off for a little bit. Till…you know…the thunder started up again.”
“Oh. Sorry.”
“It should calm down some when the eye moves through.”
“If there’s still an eye by the time it gets here. The center of circulation usually starts breaking up once it goes inland.” Yeah, all those hours watching the Weather Channel occasionally come in handy.
He gives my hand a gentle squeeze. “Wow, maybe you should consider studying meteorology. You know, if the whole film-school thing doesn’t work out for you.”
“I could double major,” I shoot back.
“I bet you could.”
“What are you going to study?” I ask, curious now. “I mean, besides football. You’ve got to major in something, don’t you?”
He doesn’t answer right away. I wonder what’s going through his head--why he’s hesitating.
“Astrophysics,” he says at last.
“Yeah, right.” I roll my eyes. “Fine, if you don’t want to tell me…”
“I’m serious. Astrophysics for undergrad. And then maybe…astronomy.”
“What, you mean in graduate school?”
He just nods.
“You’re serious? You’re going to major in something that tough? I mean, most football players major in something like phys ed or underwater basket weaving, don’t they?”
“Greg McElroy majored in business marketing,” he says with a shrug, ignoring my jab.
“Yeah, but…astrophysics? What’s the point, if you’re just going to play pro football after you graduate anyway?”
“Who says I want to play pro football?” he asks, releasing my hand.
“Are you kidding me?” I sit up, staring at him in disbelief. He’s the best quarterback in the state of Mississippi. I mean, football is what he does…It’s his life. Why wouldn’t he play pro ball?
He rolls over onto his back, staring at the ceiling, his arms folded behind his head. “Right, I’m just some dumb jock.”
“Oh, please. Everyone knows you’re the smartest kid in our class. You always have been. I’d give anything for it to come as easily to me as it does to you.”
He sits up abruptly, facing me. “You think it’s easy for me? I work my ass off. You have no idea what I’m working toward. Or what I’m up against,” he adds, shaking his head.
“Probably not,” I concede. “Anyway, if anyone can major in astrophysics and play SEC ball at the same time, you can. But you might want to lose the attitude.”
He drops his head into his hands. “I’m sorry, Jem. It’s just…everyone has all these expectations. My parents, the football coach--”
“You think I don’t get that? Trust me. I get it better than just about anyone.”
He lets out a sigh. “I guess our families have pretty much planned out our lives for us, haven’t they?”
“They think they have, that’s for sure,” I say.
”
”
Kristi Cook (Magnolia (Magnolia Branch, #1))
“
When the day inevitably comes that a Pac-12 team beats out an SEC team for the last playoff spot, you can be sure of two things: 1) Callers to The Paul Finebaum Show the next day will utter things never before heard on radio and 2) the SEC will go to nine conference games, stat.
”
”
Stewart Mandel (The Thinking Fan's Guide to the College Football Playoff)
“
craft your landing page effortlessly and not have to stare at a blank template for long, you need the following elements: • The title of your lead magnet • The main benefit or main promise of your lead magnet • What your lead magnet teaches or what your subscribers will learn from it? o What will they achieve or overcome by consuming your lead magnet? o What pain points or problems does your lead magnet solve? o What desires or motivations does your lead magnet fulfill? o What mini transformation does it give? • Testimonials for social proof • A screenshot, mock-up, or visual of your lead magnet Note: You want to convert these benefits into 3–7 bullet points. These bullet points should begin with an action verb, with “how to” or “why,” or with a number. They should also include specific details such as page numbers or time stamps in videos where key information is found. For example, • How a 20-minute video recording turned into my first digital product that brought in $36,429.56 in the first month • 13 limiting beliefs that keep 99% of people from ever launching their ecommerce store—and how to beat them (Hint: You’re probably suffering from at least 5 of these) – pg. 3 • The ONLY two blogging rules ever (seriously, if you ignore these it will take you YEARS to launch your blog and business!) – 1min 37sec Your landing page should be a reflection of the words and sentences your target audience uses to describe their pain points. When it does, your target audience recognizes and identifies with the problem. Your lead magnet also becomes immediately more attractive.
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Meera Kothand (300 Email Marketing Tips: Critical Advice And Strategy
To Turn Subscribers Into Buyers & Grow
A Six-Figure Business With Email)
“
The silence was worse this time. On the feed I saw Pin-Lee move uncertainly, glance at Overse and Arada. Ratthi rubbed his face. Then Mensah said quietly, “SecUnit, do you have a name?”
I wasn’t sure what she wanted. “No.”
“It calls itself ‘Murderbot,’” Gurathin said.
I opened my eyes and looked at him; I couldn’t stop myself. From their expressions I knew everything I felt was showing on my face, and I hate that. I grated out, “That was private.
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Martha Wells (All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1))
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Il releva lentement la tête et laissa retomber les algues. Son cœur battait et sa gorge s'était serrée. Il ramassa son seau, ses jarres, son crochet, et regagna d'un pas rêveur le haut de la plage. Ce visage demeurait devant lui. Il s'assit sur le sable sec et enleva ses bottes. Dans l'une des jarres, les petites pieuvres s'étaient défaites les unes des autres. Une musique bourdonnait aux oreilles de Doc, comme le son perçant d'une flûte portant une mélodie insaisissable, coupée par le murmure des vagues et les sautes du vent. Et l'indicible mélodie s'élevait au-delà des sons, dans les régions que la musique elle-même ne peut atteindre. Doc frissonna, ses bras avaient la chair de poule, ses yeux se mouillèrent, comme les yeux se mouillent quand on touche le cœur de la magnificence. De clairs yeux gris, des cheveux noirs flottant, ondoyant au-dessus d'un front, l'image en demeurerait à jamais. Et la musique l'entourait, l'eau bouillonnait sur les galets, la terrifiante petite flûte chantait toujours, il battait la mesure avec sa main... Les yeux étaient d'un gris très clair, et la bouche entrouverte retenait un souffle d'extase...
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John Steinbeck (Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1))
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On February 1, 2005, Michael Oher held a press conference to announce where he intended to go to college. He faced a bank of microphones and explained how he’d decided he’d go to Ole Miss, as that’s where his family had gone. To hear him talk, you’d have thought he’d descended from generations of Ole Miss Rebels. He answered a few questions from reporters, without actually saying anything, and then went home and waited for all hell to break loose. Up in Indianapolis, the NCAA was about to hear a rumor that white families in the South were going into the ghetto, seizing poor black kids, and adopting them, so that they might play football for their SEC alma maters. But it was still weeks before the NCAA investigator would turn up in the Tuohy living room.
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Michael Lewis (The Blind Side)
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trique /tʀik/ I. nf 1. (gourdin) cudgel • battre à coups de ~ | to cudgel • recevoir un coup de ~ | to be cudgelled GB • enfant qui ne marche qu'à la ~ | child who needs a firm hand 2. ● • (érection) avoir la ~(vulgar or taboo) | to have a hard-on (vulgaire ou tabou) 3. ◑(prisoners' slang) prohibition from entering certain areas (or whole) of France II. Idiome • être maigre or sec comme un coup de trique | to be as thin as a rake, to be as skinny as a rail (US) triquer /tʀike/ I. vtr (battre) to thrash II. vi - B● (avoir une érection) to have a hard-on (vulgaire ou tabou)
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Synapse Développement (Oxford Hachette French - English Dictionary (French Edition))
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Comeback Boosts many abilities for 20 sec after respawning: +20% Main ink efficiency +20% Ink Recharge Rate +20% Run speed boost +20% Squid speed boost +10% Secondary ink efficiency +16.66% or 1 second Quick jump boost +10% Special Recharge Rate (maybe) Suspected damage boost and defense boost, but cannot be determined since the ability cannot be engaged in the firing range. Non-Stackable
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Luke Neely (Splatoon: The Unofficial Guidebook)
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If bankruptcy were on a level playing field, CEOs would not be permitted to sock away generous executive pay out of the reach of a bankruptcy judge. If enforcement of these building blocks were not tilted toward CEOs, presumably the Securities and Exchange Commission would bar CEOs from pumping up share prices through buybacks and then cashing in their options, as the SEC once did. Moreover, CEO pay in excess of $1 million would not be deductible, even if linked to performance. If all the building blocks were not tilted toward large corporations, these companies would not be earning the substantial profits that have allowed their top executives to earn princely sums to begin with.
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Robert B. Reich (Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few)
“
I got this life, n I feel breathing
Bcoz of u......
I left alone in d side of darkness
N melted like a snow ball in d raising sun shine..
I had no past of u ,
N I had no memories of u
But I still have a affection towards u..
U r not with me when d tym I need u badly
N I feel empty when u r not beside me
But I still feel to rely on u....
U didn't fullfiled all d dreams of mom
N she may hates u... Every sec for leaving alone
N she might have lost all her hopes bcoz of u
But I promise I will fulfill all her dreams
I have seen many fathers who gives support
N cares like a hero of their child
But I feel good if u become a shadow of mine
To support me all d tym.....I need u
Every 1 may hate u , N speak wrong abt u
May b mom don't want u now...
But ur son needs u badly N want to linger beside u
U might have hold my hand
U might have smooched me
U might have hugged me
U might have cared abt mek
N i feel nothing abt it...N I don't hav a memory abt u
But I still imagine every sec that
U loved me...
U care abt me...
Just bcoz.......u r my FATHER
uff,
U r truly a wonderful part in my life
.............................. < I miss u DAD >...............................
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Yash
“
$86,400 USD is actually the amount of seconds we all have in a day if 1 sec is equal to 1 dollar. That amount of seconds God credits to each and every one of us daily. But when you go to bed it is wiped out and you get another one credited to you when you wake up.
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Sunday Adelaja
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RAIN IN MEASURED AMOUNTS
Another item of information provided in the Qur'an about rain is
that it is sent down to Earth in "due measure." This is mentioned in
Surat az-Zukhruf as follows:
It is He Who sends down water in measured amounts from the sky by
which We bring a dead land back to life. That is how you too will be
raised [from the dead]. (Qur'an, 43:11)
This measured quantity in rain has again been discovered by modern
research. It is estimated that in one second, approximately 16 million
tons of water evaporates from the Earth. This figure amounts to
513 trillion tons of water in one year. This number is equal to the
amount of rain that falls on the Earth in a year. Therefore, water continuously
circulates in a balanced cycle, according to a "measure." Life
on Earth depends on this water cycle. Even if all the available technology
in the world were to be employed for this purpose, this cycle could
not be reproduced artificially.
Even a minor deviation in this equilibrium would soon give rise to
a major ecological imbalance that would bring about the end of life on
Earth. Yet, it never happens, and rain continues to fall every year in
exactly the same measure, just as revealed in the Qur'an.
The proportion of rain does not merely apply to its quantity, but
also to the speed of the falling raindrops. The speed of raindrops,
regardless of their size, does not exceed a certain limit.
Philipp Lenard, a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize
in physics in 1905, found that the fall speed increased with drop diameter
until a size of 4.5 mm (0.18 inch). For larger drops, however, the fall
speed did not increase beyond 8 metres per second (26 ft/sec).57 He
attributed this to the changes in drop shape caused by the air flow as
the drop size increased. The change in shape thus increased the air
resistance of the drop and slowed its fall rate.
As can be seen, the Qur'an may also be drawing our attention to
the subtle adjustment in rain which could not have been known 1,400
years ago.
Every year, the amount of water that evaporates and that falls back to the
Earth in the form of rain is "constant": 513 trillion tons. This constant
amount is declared in the Qur'an by the expression "sending down water in
due measure from the sky." The constancy of this quantity is very important
for the continuity of the ecological balance, and therefore, life.
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Harun Yahya (Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an)
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For every 20 millibars the air pressure goes up, your lap time increases by 0.1sec. For example, in Manchester I had been travelling at 55km/h in training, which roughly equated to Tony Rominger’s second record; on days when the pressure was 990 millibars I’d do 30 minutes at 55km/h putting out 410 watts. My aerobic threshold is between 420 and 460 watts, so putting out that power I could have kept going at that pace for an hour and a half. That was why we started working towards the 55km target. In London on the day, however, because the air pressure was 1,036 millibars, to cover 54.5km in the hour I had to average 440 watts; to stick to that 55km/h schedule would have taken 460 watts, which I couldn’t sustain. The pace I went depended on the pressure on the day. The difference can be huge – when Chris did his hour in 1996 he had something like 955 millibars.
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Bradley Wiggins (My Hour)
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One sec,” Nathan said. He peered into the window and climbed in. “That’s why I am here tonight — I need your help.” Bobby’s face frowned in the same way Jonas’s did when he didn’t understand something.
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Steve Bevil (The Legend of the Firewalker (The Legend of the Firewalker, #1))
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[La « bécosse » a] bien des avantages. L’avantage de la « bécosse », c’est qu’elle fonctionne à sec contrairement à nos cabinets d’aisances grand confort qui évacuent de trois à cinq gallons d’eaux polluées à chaque usage, des eaux qu’il nous faut ensuite épurer par le biais de coûteuses installations septiques. Au Québec, le Règlement sur l’évacuation et le traitement des eaux usées des résidences isolées considère la « bécosse » comme une alternative valable pour les camps de chasse et de pêche et tout chalet sans eau courante, pour ceux qui aiment se retrouver dans un véritable milieu sauvage. Elle peut avantageusement remplacer l’installation septique avec élément épurateur classique ou modifié.
Et sa mauvaise réputation ? Cette réputation lui vient du fait que la plupart des « bécosses » que nous avons connues dégageaient de mauvaises odeurs et n’étaient pas très accueillantes. Or, un cabinet à fosse sèche bien construit, selon les normes du Règlement, ne dégage pas d’odeurs et peut facilement être gardé propre comme un sou neuf. Pour qu’il en soit ainsi, il est essentiel que la fosse soit creusée dans un sol sec, perméable et bien drainé. Voilà tout le secret d’une bonne « bécosse ». La décomposition des matières fécales doit obligatoirement se faire à l’air libre, dans un milieu sec. Les odeurs de putréfaction se produisent inévitablement quand l’eau s’infiltre à l’intérieur de la fosse ou quand celle-ci a été creusée dans un endroit où le niveau de la nappe d’eau souterraine est élevé.
L’eau est l’ennemi public n° 1 des « bécosses ».
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Tony Lesauteur (La Bécosse n'a pas dit son dernier mot)
“
Scott ejected the disc. The Club Red disc was by far the superior, which left Scott wondering what the missing disc showed. He dug out Melon’s interview with Richard Levin to make sure he had it right, and reread the handwritten note: R. Levin—deliv sec vid—2 discs— EV # H6218B Scott decided to phone Cowly. “Joyce? Hey, it’s Scott James. Hope you don’t mind. I have a question about these discs.” “Sure. What’s up?” “I was wondering why you gave me only one of the Club Red discs and not both.” Cowly was silent for a moment. “I gave you two discs.” “Yeah, you did. One from Tyler’s and one from Club Red, but there are supposed to be two from Club Red. Melon has a note here saying two discs were logged.” Cowly was silent some more. “I don’t know what to tell you. There was only the one disc from Club Red. We have the LAX stuff, the disc from Tyler’s, and the disc from Club Red.” “Melon’s note says there were two.” “I hear you. Those things were screened, you know? All we got was a confirmation of arrival and departure times. Nobody saw anything unusual.” “Why is it missing?” She sounded exasperated. “Shit happens. Things get lost, misplaced, people take stuff and forget they have it. I’ll check, okay? These things happen, Scott. Is there anything else?” “No. Thanks.” Scott felt miserable. He hung up, put away the discs, and stretched out on the couch. Maggie came over, sniffed for a spot, and lay down beside the couch. He rested his hand on her back. “You’re the only good part of this.” Thump thump.
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Robert Crais (Suspect (Scott James & Maggie, #1))
“
Sec. Particulars Amount 80C Tax saving investments1 Maximum up to Rs. 1,50,000 (from FY 2014-15) 80D Medical insurance premium-self, family Individual: Rs. 15,000 Senior Citizen: Rs. 20,000 Preventive Health Check-up Rs. 5,000 80E Interest on Loan for Higher Education Interest amount (8 years) 80EE Deduction of Interest of Housing Loan2 Up to Rs.1,00,000 total 80G Charitable Donation 100%/ 50% of donation or 10% of adjusted total income, whichever is less 80GGC Donation to political parties Any sum contributed (Other than Cash) 80TTA Interest on savings account Rs. 10,000 1 Tax saving investments includes life insurance premium including ULIPs, PPF, 5 year tax saving FD, tuition fees, repayment of housing loan, mutual fund (ELSS) (Sec. 80CCB), NSC, employee provident fund, pension fund (Sec. 80CCC) or pension scheme (Sec. 80CCD), etc. NRIs are not allowed to invest in certain investments, such as PPF, NSC, 5 year bank FD, etc. 2 Only to the first time buyer of a self-occupied residential flat costing less than Rs. 40 lakhs and loan amount of less than 25 lakhs sanctioned in financial year 2013-14 Clubbing of other’s income Generally, the taxpayer is taxed on his own income. However, in certain cases, he may have to pay tax on another person’s income. Taxpayers in the higher tax bracket (e.g. 30%) may divert some portion
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Jigar Patel (NRI Investments and Taxation: A Small Guide for Big Gains)
“
by the end of 2007, capital levels at the five SEC-regulated Wall Street investment banks—Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs—were just 3 percent of assets. At the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, they would drop to barely 1 percent of the assets they owned and guaranteed.
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Timothy F. Geithner (Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises)
“
[La « bécosse » a] bien des avantages. L’avantage de la « bécosse », c’est qu’elle fonctionne à sec contrairement à nos cabinets d’aisances grand confort qui évacuent de trois à cinq gallons d’eaux polluées à chaque usage, des eaux qu’il nous faut ensuite épurer par le biais de coûteuses installations septiques. Au Québec, le Règlement sur l’évacuation et le traitement des eaux usées des résidences isolées considère la « bécosse » comme une alternative valable pour les camps de chasse et de pêche et tout chalet sans eau courante, pour ceux qui aiment se retrouver dans un véritable milieu sauvage. Elle peut avantageusement remplacer l’installation septique avec élément épurateur classique ou modifié.
Et sa mauvaise réputation ? Cette réputation lui vient du fait que la plupart des « bécosses » que nous avons connues dégageaient de mauvaises odeurs et n’étaient pas très accueillantes. Or, un cabinet à fosse sèche bien construit, selon les normes du Règlement, ne dégage pas d’odeurs et peut facilement être gardé propre comme un sou neuf. Pour qu’il en soit ainsi, il est essentiel que la fosse soit creusée dans un sol sec, perméable et bien drainé. Voilà tout le secret d’une bonne « bécosse ». La décomposition des matières fécales doit obligatoirement se faire à l’air libre, dans un milieu sec. Les odeurs de putréfaction se produisent inévitablement quand l’eau s’infiltre à l’intérieur de la fosse ou quand celle-ci a été creusée dans un endroit où le niveau de la nappe d’eau souterraine est élevé.
L’eau est l’ennemi public n° 1 des « bécosses ».
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”
Tony Le Sauteur (La Bécosse n'a pas dit son dernier mot)
“
It was, of course, hypocritical nonsense. In Jackson’s four years at Auburn, football season ticket applications increased by 1,700 annually. The school was making millions off of his presence, his likeness, his replica jersey, his name on stickers and pins and hats. A year earlier Jackson was prevented from appearing at the American Heart Association’s “Walk for the Health of It” walkathon because it would violate “The Rules.” Which rules? No one was sure. But there were rules. Plenty of rules. “The SEC clings to its pompous eligibility rules,” wrote Bob Wojnowski in Florida Today, “like a bum clings to his dignity.
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Jeff Pearlman (The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson)
“
Sec. 156. Police officer’s power to investigate cognizable case.—(1) Any officer in charge of a police station may, without the order of a Magistrate, investigate any cognizable case which a Court having jurisdiction over the local area within the limits of such station would have power to inquire into or try under the provisions of Chapter XIII. (2) No proceeding of a police officer in any such case shall at any stage be called in question on the ground that the case was one which such officer was not empowered under this section to investigate.
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Abhilash Malhotra (Investigation To Trial : The Book for a Common Man: Criminal Law)
“
Wait a sec. I gotta get one, too. You got one more smile in you? Or whatever you’re feeling.”
Um, turned on. That’s what I’m feeling. No need to share that info, though, so I twitch my lips up in a smile, and he snaps a shot.
“Is that protocol?” I ask.
“Nope, just wanted a shot for my lock screen,” he replies.
“You can’t put that on your lock screen.” I push the words out through clenched teeth. “It’s not like we’re dating or something.”
“What? I like looking at your face.
”
”
Nikki Jewell (The Comeback (Lakeview Lightning #1))
“
L'AMUSE-BOUCHE
Pan-Seared Scallops wrapped in Jambon Sec and Prunes with a Balsamic Glaze
L'ENTRÉE
Pan-Seared Foie Gras with a Spiced Citrus Purée, served with Candied Orange Peel and Fresh Greens
OU
Velouté of Butternut Squash with Truffle Oil
LE PLAT PRINCIPAL
Bœuf Bourguignon à la Maison served with a Terrine of Sarladaise Potatoes
OU
Canard à l'Orange served with a Terrine of Sarladaise Potatoes along with Braised Fennel, garnished with Pomegranate Seeds and Grilled Nuts
OU
Filet of Daurade (Sea Bream) served over a Sweet Potato Purée and Braised Cabbage
LA SALADE ET LE FROMAGE
Arugula and Endive Salad served with Rosemary-Encrusted Goat Cheese Toasts, garnished with Pomegranate and Clementine, along with a Citrus-Infused Dressing
LE DESSERT
Poached Pears in Spiced Red Wine with Vanilla Ice Cream
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Samantha Verant (The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux (Sophie Valroux #1))
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And to Gabriel said the Lord: ‘Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against the children of fornication: and destroy [the children of fornication and] the children of the Watchers from amongst men. —1 Enoch sec. 1, chap. X, vs. 9 (R. H. Charles translation) (emphasis mine)
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L.A. Marzulli (Countermove: How the Nephilim Returned After the Flood)
“
Yes," she replied. "He's our sheep. We lost six of them yesterday after a creeper accident damaging their pen. We've brought one home already, and this grey one is the only one left after the wolf pack attack..." "I saw that," Braydon said. "Well—I saw the end of it. This taiga forest is full of wolves—not a very safe place for sheep, I'm afraid." "Hold on another sec," Jack said, putting a little, soft hand of curves and lines in the air. "You saw the battle when the sheep died? You watched Steve get killed, and then you waited around and only came out when I was in trouble?!" Alex could hear anger in the kid's voice. She reached down and grasped his soft, curved shoulder, feeling his strange muscles tense up at her touch. Jack looked up then softened. "Would you prefer that I didn't help you?" Braydon replied with his dark eyes narrowed. "This is my home. I see almost everything that happens here. Yes, I saw the wolves attack the sheep, and I saw your friend fall in battle, but I was too far at the time to intervene. When I followed you two and your sheep, I was trying to help. When you took shelter in the cave, I was trying to determine whether or not you were building on this land..." "But why didn't you—?!" Jack started, but Alex interrupted. "We thank you, Braydon, for helping us. Little Jack here," she said, looking down at the boy with 'shut the heck up' eyes, "would have surely been killed if you weren't watching over us." The ranger bowed slightly. "No problem," he said, bouncing lightly on his feet again. "Now, let's move on. I don't like to stay in one place for long." "Why not?" Jack asked. "When one lingers near the shadows, hostile mobs appear." Alex and Jack exchanged glances. "Can you tell us how to get home?" Alex asked. She wanted to ask Braydon more. She wanted to figure out the Minecraftian's connection to the Divining Pool and how he got here. Jack was probably wondering the same thing. If they could somehow figure out the ways that the Divining Pool pulled people into Vortexia, then maybe the kid could find a way back to ... wherever he came from. Jack certainly wasn't from here. He knew a lot about the world and the ways of things, but he was a completely different creature than the rest of them.
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Skeleton Steve (Diary of Jack the Kid, Season 1 (Diary of Jack the Kid #1-6))
“
That Major, Liam is it?” The SecDef spoke up, “He’s trending.” “He’s what?” “Look at this,” The SecDef slid a tablet across the table to the President. Givens lifted it up, looking at the picture on it, of the man standing in front of an explosion with a Marine Kevlar helmet sitting crookedly on his head and a rifle balanced on one shoulder. “The
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Evan Currie (Holy Ground (Before the Odyssey, #1))
“
That Major, Liam is it?” The SecDef spoke up, “He’s trending.” “He’s what?” “Look at this,” The SecDef slid a tablet across the table to the President. Givens lifted it up, looking at the picture on it, of the man standing in front of an explosion with a Marine Kevlar helmet sitting crookedly on his head and a rifle balanced on one shoulder. “The memes are basically making themselves at this point.” Givens rolled his eyes, “Oh lord.” “That’s the upside. Russia and China, among others, have started counter-memes already.
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Evan Currie (Holy Ground (Before the Odyssey, #1))
“
It is against the law to slit the nose, ear, or lip of any person. [Source: Sec. 1-29-1]
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Manik Joshi (Weird Laws from Around the World)
“
Nope. I mean, it’s not human. And you can’t get a handle on it. Me, I’m not human either, but I respond like one. See?” “Wait a sec.” Case said. “Are you sentient, or not?” “Well, it feels like I am, kid, but I’m really just a bunch of ROM. It’s one of them, ah, philosophical questions, I guess. . . .” The ugly laughter sensation rattled down Case’s spine. “But I ain’t likely to write you no poem, if you follow me. Your AI, it just might. But it ain’t no way human.
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William Gibson (Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1))
“
Motive,” the construct said. “Real motive problem, with an AI. Not human, see?” “Well, yeah, obviously.” “Nope. I mean, it’s not human. And you can’t get a handle on it. Me, I’m not human either, but I respond like one. See?” “Wait a sec.” Case said. “Are you sentient, or not?” “Well, it feels like I am, kid, but I’m really just a bunch of ROM. It’s one of them, ah, philosophical questions, I guess. . . .” The ugly laughter sensation rattled down Case’s spine. “But I ain’t likely to write you no poem, if you follow me. Your AI, it just might. But it ain’t no way human.
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William Gibson (Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1))
“
Marg muttered something under her breath. It was either “Who does he think he is?” or “I hope he has no kids.” Weird that I’d mix the two of those up.
You’re right. It was probably the sec…first one. First one.
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Finn Eccleston (The Community: A Funny and Disturbing Conspiracy Mystery Novel (Project M Book 1))
“
Okay, preggers, zip your lip for a sec, ‘kay?
”
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Kimberly Carrillo (Two Wrongs (Broken Vows 1))
“
The Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act (PL 100–297) was passed in 1988. The Javits Act states that “gifted and talented students are a national resource vital to the future of the Nation and its security and well-being” [Sec. 4102 (a) (1)]. This legislation reestablished the Office of the Gifted and Talented (originally created in 1974) and founded a national research center focusing on gifted children, demonstration projects in gifted education, and efforts aimed at identifying and serving pupils with gifts and talents from traditionally underrepresented groups. In the early 1990s, the Office of Educational Research and Improvement in the U.S. Department of Education issued National Excellence: A Case for Developing America’s Talent (Ross, 1993), the second national report on gifted children. The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented generated research that was used by decision makers to design and implement policy and enact legislation. The demonstration projects focused on developing talents in areas with a large percentage of children who have been underrepresented in gifted services.
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Richard M. Gargiulo (Special Education in Contemporary Society: An Introduction to Exceptionality)
“
What I did next was predicated on the assumption that she had told the DeltFall SecUnit to kill me. If I was wrong, we were screwed, and Mensah and I would both die, and the plan to save the rest of the group would fail and PreservationAux would be back to where it started, except minus their leader, their SecUnit, and their little hopper.
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Martha Wells (All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1))
“
At the door to the hub, I found their first SecUnit. It was sprawled on its back on the floor, the armor over its chest pierced by something that made a hole approximately ten centimeters wide and a little deeper. We’re hard to kill, but that’ll do it. I did a brief scan to make sure it was inert, then stepped over it and went through into the crew area.
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Martha Wells (All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1))
“
Wait,” Daniel said sharply, not a request but a command. I swore Rafe’s hackles rose.
“Just hold on a sec,” I said.
“No. I’m sorry, Maya, but this is nuts. I need to get to town and see if Annie’s there.”
“Go on, then,” Daniel said. “But don’t expect me to come to your rescue if you do something stupid again.”
Rafe stopped, crouching. “Stupid? What the hell did I--?”
“Standing up to a bear? Yeah, kinda stupid."
Rafe's face reddened.
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Kelley Armstrong (The Gathering (Darkness Rising, #1))
“
Read No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller, by Harry Markopolos, about the blind-mice inner workings of the SEC.
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Larry Elford (Farming Humans: Easy Money (Non Fiction Financial Murder Book 1))
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Stock brokers, and investment salesmen (few women were allowed back then) could only give “advice” on an investment transaction if it were “solely incidental” to the sales transaction. “Solely incidental” was (and still is) the term found in the US Securities law (Sec 202, INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940) that legislated the responsibilities in the industry. In loose terms it meant that the broker (salesperson) was not able to give advice, unless it was of such minor proportions as to be “solely incidental to the conduct of his business as a broker…
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Larry Elford (Farming Humans: Easy Money (Non Fiction Financial Murder Book 1))
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Trick #1 for Farming Humans is the ability to invisibly commit crime. Chapter 1, Page 9, Ring of Gyges Trick #2 for Farming Humans is to allow professionals to create rigged systems or self serving social constructs. Chapter 4, page 28 (Lawyers who serve corporate interests are often incentivized to assist in harming the society to increase their own security. SEC, Bernie Madoff, Corporations as invisible friends, Money laundering assistance) Trick #3 in Farming Humans is making it legal for insider manipulation of public markets for private gain. (Boeing CEO) page 32 Trick #4 for Farming Humans is Justice prefers to look only down…rarely up towards power. Chapter 5, page 33. Trick #5 for Farming Humans is “let us create the nation’s money”. What could go wrong? Found in Chapter 7 on page 38. Trick # 6 in the game of Farming Humans, to create something which gives a few men an elevated status above the rest. Southern Pacific Railroad taxes, to Pacific Gas and Electric deadly California fires, to Boeing aircraft casualties. Paper “persons” cannot be arrested or jailed. Trick #7 for Farming Humans is a private game of money creation which secretly “borrowed” on the credit backing of the public. Chapter 9, page 51. Federal Reserve. Trick #8 for Farming Humans is seen in the removal of the gold backing of US dollars for global trading partners, a second default of the promises behind the dollar. (1971) Chapter 15, page 81 Trick #9 for Farming Humans is being able to sell out the public trust, over and over again. Supreme Court rules that money equals speech. Chapter 16, page 91. Trick #10 for Farming Humans is Clinton repeals Glass Steagall, letting banks gamble America into yet another financial collapse. Chapter 17, page 93. Trick #11 for Farming Humans is when money is allowed to buy politics. Citizens United, super PAC’s can spend unlimited money during campaigns. Chapter 18, page 97. Trick #12 for Farming Humans is the Derivative Revolution. Making it up with lawyers and papers in a continual game of “lets pretend”. Chapter 19, page 105. Trick #13 for Farming Humans is allowing dis-information to infect society. Chapter 20, page 109. Trick #14 for Farming Humans is substitution of an “advisor”, for what investors think is an “adviser”. Confused yet? The clever “vowel movement” adds billions in profits, while farming investors. Trick #15 for Farming Humans is when privately-hired rental-cops are allowed to lawfully regulate an industry, the public gets abused. Investments, SEC, FDA, FAA etc. Chapter 15, page 122 Trick #16 for Farming Humans is the layer of industry “self regulators”, your second army of people paid to “gaslight” the public into thinking they are protected.
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Larry Elford (Farming Humans: Easy Money (Non Fiction Financial Murder Book 1))
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If you were asked to find the sec(30), on your TI-84 Plus, what would you actually need to do? Yes, to find sec(30), you’d have to take 1/cos(30). Similarly, you’d have to use the other reciprocal relationships that csc(x)=1/sin(x) and cot(x)=1/tan(x).
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Lucas Allen (TI-84 Plus Tutorials: The TI-84 Plus for Beginners: Get Started with the TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator)
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The thing that surprised me is that nobody stared at us. Nobody even gave us a second look. The uniform, the pants, the long-sleeved T-shirt and jacket, covered all my inorganic parts. If they noticed the dataport in the back of my neck they must have thought I was an augmented human. We were just three more people making our way down the ring. It hit me that I was just as anonymous in a crowd of humans who didn’t know each other as I was in my armor, in a group of other SecUnits.
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Martha Wells (All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1))
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Creating a Back Pocket Pads, keys, aka support instruments Send all the instruments you want positioned in the Back Space of your mix to this bus/group. Put your desired compressor on the group. (SSL Compressor emulations are an excellent choice). Set Attack .1 - 3ms. Set Release .3 - .6sec. Set Ratio: 2:1. Bring the Threshold down until you have 1 - 2db of gain reduction. Adjust the makeup gain if you feel it’s necessary to restore any lost volume (I often don’t feel the need to if all I’m getting is .5 to 1db of gain reduction).
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Nathan Nyquist (The Bus Compression Framework: The set and forget way to get an INSTANTLY professional sounding mix (The Audio Engineer's Framework Book 3))
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Of course I need you. I have no experience in anything like this. None of us do.” Sometimes humans can’t help but let emotion bleed through into the feed. She was furious and frightened, not at me, at the people who would do this, kill like this, slaughter a whole survey team and leave the SecUnits to take the blame. She was struggling with her anger, though nothing showed on her face except calm concern. Through the feed I felt her steel herself. “You’re the only one here who won’t panic. The longer this situation goes on, the others . . . We have to stay together, use our heads.”
That was absolutely true. And I could help, just by being the SecUnit. I was the one who was supposed to keep everybody safe. “I panic all the time, you just can’t see it,” I told her. I added the text signifier for “joke.”
She didn’t answer, but she looked down, smiling to herself.
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Martha Wells (All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1))
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We have to go, Annie. Say good-bye to Maya.”
“She doesn’t need to--” I began.
“Yes, she does.”
He led Annie off before I could argue. I glowered at his retreating back. Was he embarrassed by Annie? All the hairstyling in the world wouldn’t make him a decent brother if he forced her to stay locked in a cabin all day. Maybe that was how he’d been raised, but the next time he came sniffing around, we were definitely having a chat about this.
As I stormed back toward the school, I heard running footsteps behind me.
“Maya!” Rafe called. “Hold up a sec.”
Seems we were having that chat sooner than I expected.
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Kelley Armstrong (The Gathering (Darkness Rising, #1))
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They found that HA showed deficits only at short (1 sec), but not long (3 sec) presentations. During short presentations, higher scores on the difficulty describing feelings (DDF) facet of alexithymia were associated with poorer detection of negative expressions, suggesting lower perceptual sensitivity under time constraints; no evidence for a response bias was found.
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Olivier Luminet (Alexithymia: Advances in Research, Theory, and Clinical Practice)
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The truck rounded the last corner. It was more like a cube van, yellow with some kind of crest on the side. I struggled for a better look. The air was getting hazy now. Invisible smoke stung my eyes.
“The fire department?” Rafe scowled at Daniel. “We’re running from a fire and hiding from the fire department?”
I could see the insignia now--a red crest with a lighthouse in the middle. An auxiliary vehicle for Nanaimo Fire Rescue.
Rafe started getting up.
“Wait,” Daniel said sharply, not a request but a command. I swore Rafe’s hackles rose.
“Just hold on a sec,” I said.
“No. I’m sorry, Maya, but this is nuts. I need to get to town and see if Annie’s there.”
“Go on, then,” Daniel said. “But don’t expect me to come to your rescue if you do something stupid again.”
Rafe stopped, crouching. “Stupid? What the hell did I--?”
“Standing up to a bear? Yeah, kinda stupid.”
Rafe’s face reddened.
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Kelley Armstrong (The Gathering (Darkness Rising, #1))
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Să fim recunoscători că nu mai sunt necesare corsetele.
-De ce să fiu și eu recunoscător? întrebă Kai, cu o sprânceană ridicată.
-Fiindcă nu trebuie să mă suporți în timp ce port unul, spune Irene, sec.
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Genevieve Cogman (The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1))
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During the 1960s, senior executives in America typically made around twenty dollars for every dollar earned by a rank-and-file worker. Since then, that figure has climbed to 300-to-1 among S&P 500 companies, and in some cases it goes far higher than that. The US Chamber of Commerce managed to block all attempts to force disclosure of corporate pay ratios until 2015, when a weakened version of the rule was finally passed by the SEC in a strict party-line vote of three Democrats in favor and two Republicans opposed. In hunter-gatherer terms, these senior executives are claiming a disproportionate amount of food simply because they have the power to do so. A tribe like the !Kung would not permit that because it would represent a serious threat to group cohesion and survival, but that is not true for a wealthy country like the United States.
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Sebastian Junger (Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging)
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Generally speaking, the apparent lack of argumentation in some traditional Chinese texts doesn't mean that they don't contain argumentation. Rather, they may have simply skipped many argumentation steps and offered instead an 'argumentation sketch', or the key and most difficult steps in an argumentation. In fact, even in works of physics and mathematics that are known for their rigor, argumentation steps are often skipped, and the failure of a reader to understand them if often not a sign of a lack of rigor of the works in question but the lack of the reader's competence in becoming a good physicist or mathematician. As Friedrich Nietzsche put it in his discussion of the beauty of the aphoristic style, 'In the mountains the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that one must have long legs. Aphorisms should be peaks - and those who are addressed, tall and lofty' (1954, 40 [ part 1, sec. 7,'On Reading and Writing']).
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Tongdong Bai (Against Political Equality: The Confucian Case (The Princeton-China Series))
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Dulce is sweet disinformation”. (‘Richard Sauder, Ph.D. Atop A Nuclear Silo on Deprogrammed Radio HD’, approx. 1:20:00 sec.- and can be found online on Youtube. He also addresses WHY the elites would build these warrens). Much of the Alternative Media promotes and refers to Dulce Deep Underground Military Base as a fact and there exists no evidence according to this interviewed author and researcher.
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James Morcan (Underground Bases (The Underground Knowledge Series, #7))
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I said, “It’s part of my job, not to listen to the System feeds when they . . . make mistakes.” That’s why you need constructs, SecUnits with organic components.
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Martha Wells (All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1))