“
The decker these ***holes brought with them is top tier, but I'm going to stomp his jelly beans so hard his kids will be born crooked.
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Amie Kaufman (Gemina (The Illuminae Files, #2))
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I know 1/6 of 3/10 of absolutely fuck-all. They're pro. Their decker is top-tier. They do the shooty-shoot first, and don't ask questions after.
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Jay Kristoff (Gemina (The Illuminae Files, #2))
“
For making Adron human again. It’s been a long time. (Tiernan)
Screw you, Tier. (Adron)
Yeah, bro, since when was Adron ever human? More like a festering subspecies of some kind. You know. Like a pimple on the ass of a warthog. (Taryn)
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”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (In Other Worlds (The League: Nemesis Rising, #3.5; Were-Hunter, #0.5; The League: Nemesis Legacy, #2))
Steve the Noob (Steve the Noob in a New World: Book 3 (Steve the Noob in a New World (Saga 2)))
“
So let’s talk a little about April May’s theory of tiered fame. Tier 1: Popularity You are a big deal in your high school or neighborhood. You have a peculiar vehicle that people around town recognize, you are a pastor at a medium-to-large church, you were once the star of the high school football team. Tier 2: Notoriety You are recognized and/or well-known within certain circles. Maybe you’re a preeminent lepidopterist whom all the other lepidopterists idolize. Or you could be the mayor or meteorologist in a medium-sized city. You might be one of the 1.1 million living people who has a Wikipedia page. Tier 3: Working-Class Fame A lot of people know who you are and they are distributed around the world. There’s a good chance that a stranger will approach you to say hi at the grocery store. You are a professional sports player, musician, author, actor, television host, or internet personality. You might still have to hustle to make a living, but your fame is your job. You’ll probably trend on Twitter if you die. Tier 4: True Fame You get recognized by fans enough that it is a legitimate burden. People take pictures of you without your permission, and no one would scoff if you called yourself a celebrity. When you start dating someone, you wouldn’t be surprised to read about it in magazines. You are a performer, politician, host, or actor whom the majority of people in your country would recognize. Your humanity is so degraded that people are legitimately surprised when they find out that you’re “just like them” because, sometimes, you buy food. You never have to worry about money again, but you do need a gate with an intercom on your driveway. Tier 5: Divinity You are known by every person in your world, and you are such a big deal that they no longer consider you a person. Your story is much larger than can be contained within any human lifetime, and your memory will continue long after your earthly form wastes away. You are a founding father of a nation, a creator of a religion, an emperor, or an idea. You are not currently alive.
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Hank Green (An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1))
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My parents are spies. That’s not something you can simply pretend away.” “Sure you can,” Dempsey said. “My parents were Democrats, but I found a way to manage.” “This
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Jeffrey Wilson (War Shadows (Tier One #2))
“
First they came for the revolutionaries, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a revolutionary. Then they came for the intellectuals, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t an intellectual. Then they came for the tier ones, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a tier one. Then they came for the brilliants, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a brilliant. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.
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Marcus Sakey (A Better World (Brilliance Saga, #2))
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FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T, FOR THOSE WHO WON’T, AND FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY
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Jeffrey Wilson (War Shadows (Tier One #2))
“
You my door gunner?” Dempsey said. “Door gunner, aircrew, combat medic, and ass kicker, sir.” “PJ?
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Jeffrey Wilson (War Shadows (Tier One #2))
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Harrow was forbidden entry in the same way she was forbidden from going up to the top tier of the drillshaft and taking a hammer to the oxygen-sealant machines. It would be the end.
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Tamsyn Muir (Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2))
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McCoy: Representing the High Tier...Leonard James Akaar.
Spock: The child was named Leonard James Akaar? Kirk nods.
McCoy: Has a kind of a ring to it don't you think, James?
Kirk: Yes, I think it is a name that will go down in galactic history, Leonard. What do you think, Spock?
Spock: I think you both will be insufferably pleased with yourselves for at least a month...sir.
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D.C. Fontana (Star Trek Omnibus - The Original Series)
“
Russians. They hate foreigners only a little less than they hate themselves, and they’re born conspirators. Oh, they know very well they’re superior, but your Russki is insecure, wants to be respected, to be feared like the old Soviet Union. They need recognition, and they hate their second-tier status in the superpower stakes. That’s why Putin’s putting together USSR 2.0, and no one is going to stand in his way.
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Jason Matthews (Red Sparrow (Red Sparrow Trilogy #1))
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If you call yourself a monster again, I will put you over my knee and spank that attitude right out of you. You’re perfect. Having a Top Tier gift, no matter how rare, doesn’t make you a monster. I’ve known a lot of monsters, you’re not one.
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J. Bree (Savage Bonds (The Bonds That Tie, #2))
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My parents are spies. That’s not something you can simply pretend away.” “Sure you can,” Dempsey said. “My parents were Democrats, but I found a way to manage.
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Brian Andrews (War Shadows (Tier One #2))
“
You mean you didn’t know that everyone here are backstabbing, gutless, social climbers who would happily suck up to Gabe when they thought it would help them with their grades and future prospects because of your Bonds, but now that they’ve been reminded that all of you are like the strongest of the Top Tier Gifted, they’re back to talking trash like the spineless pieces of shit they all are?
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J. Bree (Savage Bonds (The Bonds That Tie, #2))
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despite these changes, the student bodies of the elite schools were still drawn overwhelmingly from the upper-middle class. According to sociologist Joseph Soares’s analysis in The Power of Privilege, consistent with other such analyses, 79 percent of students at “Tier 1” colleges as of the 1990s came from families in the top quartile of socioeconomic status, while only 2 percent came from the bottom quartile.16
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Charles Murray (Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010)
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Most Web activities do not generate jobs and revenue at the rate of past technological breakthroughs. When Ford and General Motors were growing in the early part of the twentieth century, they created millions of jobs and helped build Detroit into a top-tier U.S. city. Today, Facebook creates a lot of voyeuristic pleasure, but the company doesn’t employ many people and hasn’t done much for Palo Alto; a lot of the “work” is performed more or less automatically by the software and the servers. You could say that the real work is done by its users, in their spare time and as a form of leisure. Web 2.0 is not filling government coffers or supporting many families, even though it’s been great for users, programmers, and some information technology specialists. Everyone on the Web has heard of Twitter, but as of Fall 2010, only about three hundred people work there.
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Tyler Cowen (The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better)
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Irrelevant’ Chris Fogle turns a page. Howard Cardwell turns a page. Ken Wax turns a page. Matt Redgate turns a page. ‘Groovy’ Bruce Channing attaches a form to a file. Ann Williams turns a page. Anand Singh turns two pages at once by mistake and turns one back which makes a slightly different sound. David Cusk turns a page. Sandra Pounder turns a page. Robert Atkins turns two separate pages of two separate files at the same time. Ken Wax turns a page. Lane Dean Jr. turns a page. Olive Borden turns a page. Chris Acquistipace turns a page. David Cusk turns a page. Rosellen Brown turns a page. Matt Redgate turns a page. R. Jarvis Brown turns a page. Ann Williams sniffs slightly and turns a page. Meredith Rand does something to a cuticle. ‘Irrelevant’ Chris Fogle turns a page. Ken Wax turns a page. Howard Cardwell turns a page. Kenneth ‘Type of Thing’ Hindle detaches a Memo 402-C(1) from a file. ‘Second-Knuckle’ Bob McKenzie looks up briefly while turning a page. David Cusk turns a page. A yawn proceeds across one Chalk’s row by unconscious influence. Ryne Hobratschk turns a page. Latrice Theakston turns a page. Rotes Group Room 2 hushed and brightly lit, half a football field in length. Howard Cardwell shifts slightly in his chair and turns a page. Lane Dean Jr. traces his jaw’s outline with his ring finger. Ed Shackleford turns a page. Elpidia Carter turns a page. Ken Wax attaches a Memo 20 to a file. Anand Singh turns a page. Jay Landauer and Ann Williams turn a page almost precisely in sync although they are in different rows and cannot see each other. Boris Kratz bobs with a slight Hassidic motion as he crosschecks a page with a column of figures. Ken Wax turns a page. Harriet Candelaria turns a page. Matt Redgate turns a page. Ambient room temperature 80° F. Sandra Pounder makes a minute adjustment to a file so that the page she is looking at is at a slightly different angle to her. ‘Irrelevant’ Chris Fogle turns a page. David Cusk turns a page. Each Tingle’s two-tiered hemisphere of boxes. ‘Groovy’ Bruce Channing turns a page. Ken Wax turns a page. Six wigglers per Chalk, four Chalks per Team, six Teams per group. Latrice Theakston turns a page. Olive Borden turns a page. Plus administration and support. Bob McKenzie turns a page. Anand Singh turns a page and then almost instantly turns another page. Ken Wax turns a page. Chris ‘The Maestro’ Acquistipace turns a page. David Cusk turns a page. Harriet Candelaria turns a page. Boris Kratz turns a page. Robert Atkins turns two separate pages. Anand Singh turns a page. R. Jarvis Brown uncrosses his legs and turns a page. Latrice Theakston turns a page. The slow squeak of the cart boy’s cart at the back of the room. Ken Wax places a file on top of the stack in the Cart-Out box to his upper right. Jay Landauer turns a page. Ryne Hobratschk turns a page and then folds over the page of a computer printout that’s lined up next to the original file he just turned a page of. Ken Wax turns a page. Bob Mc-Kenzie turns a page. Ellis Ross turns a page. Joe ‘The Bastard’ Biron-Maint turns a page. Ed Shackleford opens a drawer and takes a moment to select just the right paperclip. Olive Borden turns a page. Sandra Pounder turns a page. Matt Redgate turns a page and then almost instantly turns another page. Latrice Theakston turns a page. Paul Howe turns a page and then sniffs circumspectly at the green rubber sock on his pinkie’s tip. Olive Borden turns a page. Rosellen Brown turns a page. Ken Wax turns a page. Devils are actually angels. Elpidia Carter and Harriet Candelaria reach up to their Cart-In boxes at exactly the same time. R. Jarvis Brown turns a page. Ryne Hobratschk turns a page. ‘Type of Thing’ Ken Hindle looks up a routing code. Some with their chin in their hand. Robert Atkins turns a page even as he’s crosschecking something on that page. Ann Williams turns a page. Ed Shackleford searches a file for a supporting document. Joe Biron-Maint turns a page. Ken Wax turns a page.
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David Foster Wallace (The Pale King)
“
The difference between supermind and Big Mind (if we take Big Mind to mean the state experience of nondual Suchness, or turiyatita) is that Big Mind can be experienced or recognized at virtually any lower level or rung. Magic to Integral. In fact, one can be at, say, the Pluralistic stage, and experience several core characteristics of the entire sequence of state-stages (gross to subtle to causal to Witnessing to Nondual), although, of course, the entire sequence, including nondual Suchness, will be interpreted in Pluralistic terms. This is unfortunate in many ways—interpreting Dharma in merely Pluralistic terms (or Mythic terms, or Rational, and so on)—because it is so ultimately reductionistic; but it happens all the time, given the relative independence of states and structures at 1st and 2nd tier.
Supermind, on the other hand, as a basic structure-rung (conjoined with nondual Suchness) can only be experienced once all the previous junior levels have emerged and developed, and as in all structure development, stages cannot be skipped. Therefore, unlike Big Mind, supermind can only be experienced after all 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-tier junior stages have been passed through. While, as Genpo Roshi has abundantly demonstrated, Big Mind state experience is available to virtually anybody at almost any age (and will be interpreted according to the View of their current stage), supermind is an extremely rare recognition. Supermind, as the highest structure-rung to date, has access to all previous structures, all the way back to Archaic—and the Archaic itself, of course, has transcended and included, and now embraces, every major structural evolution going all the way back to the Big Bang. (A human being literally enfolds and embraces all the major transformative unfoldings of the entire Kosmic history—strings to quarks to subatomic particles to atoms to molecules to cells, all the way through the Tree of Life up to its latest evolutionary emergent, the triune brain, the most complex structure in the known natural world.) Supermind, in any given individual, is experienced as a type of “omniscience”—the supermind, since it transcends and includes all of the previous structure-rungs, and inherently is conjoined with the highest nondual Suchness state, has a full and complete knowledge of all of the potentials in that person. It literally “knows all,” at least for the individual.
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Ken Wilber (The Fourth Turning: Imagining the Evolution of an Integral Buddhism)
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Never underestimate your enemy. That’s rule number one,” said Shadow as he glanced back at the two new tier 1s. “Yes, sir…” Peyton and Marcel said quietly. “And rule number two should be: Never take your eyes off the enemy!” yelled Maili as she appeared behind Shadow and stabbed him in the back with her sword. “Maili!” yelled Red in a worried tone. The tier 2 ninja didn’t react at all to the blade piercing through his torso. Instead, he simply said, “You just violated rule number one.
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Steve the Noob (Diary of Steve the Noob 37 (An Unofficial Minecraft Book) (Diary of Steve the Noob Collection))
“
And when the ritual was finished, the SEAL returned to the bag for something else to inventory or clean, and finding the bag empty the SEAL left, leaving John Dempsey alone—head down, palms flat on the workbench, eyes rimmed with tears. “You okay?” Grimes asked. He didn’t answer.
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Brian Andrews (War Shadows (Tier One #2))
“
Leta walked to the door and opened it with a ready smile for Colby Lane. And found herself looking straight into the eye of a man she hadn’t seen face-to-face in thirty-six years.
Matt Holden matched her face against his memories of a young, slight, beautiful woman whose eyes loved him every time they looked at him. His heart spun like a cartwheel in his chest.
“Cecily said it was Colby,” Leta said unsteadily.
“Strange. She phoned me and asked if I was free this evening.” His broad shoulders shrugged and he smiled faintly. “I’m free every evening.”
“That doesn’t sound like the life of a playboy widower,” Leta said caustically.
“My wife was a vampire,” he said. “She sucked me dry of life and hope. Her drinking wore me down. Her death was a relief for both of us. Do I get to come in?” he added, glancing down the hall. “I’m going to collect dust if I stand out here much longer, and I’m hungry. A sack of McDonald’s hamburgers and fries doesn’t do a lot for me.”
“I hear it’s a presidential favorite,” Cecily mused, joining them. “Come in, Senator Holden.”
“It was Matt before,” he pointed out. “Or are you trying to butter me up for a bigger donation to the museum?”
She shrugged. “Pick a reason.”
He looked at Leta, who was uncomfortable. “Well, at least you can’t hang up on me here. You’ll be glad to know that our son isn’t speaking to me. He isn’t speaking to you, either, or so he said,” he added. “I suppose he won’t talk to you?” he added to Cecily.
“He said goodbye very finally, after telling me that I was an idiot to think he’d change his mind and want to marry me just because he turned out to have mixed blood,” she said, not relating the shocking intimacy that had prefaced his remarks.
“I’ll punch him for that,” Matt said darkly.
“Ex-special forces,” Leta spoke up with a faint attempt at humor, nodding toward Matt. “He was in uniform when we went on our first date.”
“You wore a white cotton dress with a tiered skirt,” he recalled, “and let your hair down. Hair…”
He turned back to Cecily and grimaced. “Good God, what did you do that for?”
“Tate likes long hair, that’s what I did it for,” she said, venom in her whole look. “I can’t wait for him to see it, even if I have to settle for sending him a photo!”
“I hope you never get mad at me,” Matt said.
“Fat chance.
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Diana Palmer (Paper Rose (Hutton & Co. #2))
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A Super-Integral Spirituality has all the features of an Integral Spirituality, plus, among other things, an inherent conjunction of each stage with a given state, giving all of its stages a transpersonal or spiritual flavor (at least the possibility of either gross nature mysticism, subtle deity mysticism, causal formless mysticism, or nondual Unity mysticism). These mystical states are, of course, available to virtually all the lower 1st- and 2nd-tier stages, although there are likely some significant differences in 3rd tier, given its inherent conjunction of structures and states.
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Ken Wilber (The Fourth Turning: Imagining the Evolution of an Integral Buddhism)
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Then they had a day together in Melbourne and Jenny stayed in her first hotel, with Luc sparing no expense and treating her to the Windsor for the night. Here, Jenny experienced a luxury that had her wide-eyed, where men in their fine uniform of burgundy jackets, trimmed with gold, fussed around them and suggested an afternoon tea like never before. Luc couldn’t help but grin to see his daughter engulfed in a leather chair, near the huge arched picture windows that fronted Spring Street, choosing cucumber sandwiches and beautiful little cakes and pastries from a silver tiered cake stand.
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Fiona McIntosh (The French Promise (Luc & Lisette #2))
“
I think truly loving someone is a three-tier system.” She holds up three fingers and slowly ticks each number off as she goes. “First, and most important, is how they make you feel about yourself. Are they good to you? Do they accept you for your flaws? See the best in you? The second is how they feel about themselves. Do they take pride in what they do? Do they strive to become more? Do they love themselves? And the third tier is…” She pauses and pushes her glasses up on her nose. Then she pins me to the chaise lounge with her eyes, showing me she’s one hundred percent serious. “Do you inspire each other?
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Amy Daws (Endurance (Harris Brothers, #2))
“
For the millionth time, he watched Mendez get blown to pieces on the video screen inside his mind. Just like Romeo. Just like fucking Romeo. The SEAL inside him knelt and unzipped the black bag. John Dempsey could not bring himself to do anything at the moment, so he let the SEAL do what needed to be done.
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Brian Andrews (War Shadows (Tier One #2))
“
An Anna Blume
Oh Du, Geliebte meiner 27 Sinne, ich liebe Dir!
Du, Deiner; Dich Dir, ich Dir, Du mir, - - - - wir?
Das gehört beiläufig nicht hierher!
Wer bist Du , ungezähltes Frauenzimmer, Du bist, bist Du?
Die Leute sagen, Du wärest.
Laß sie sagen, sie wissen nicht, wie der Kirchturm steht.
Du trägst den Hut auf Deinen Füßen und wanderst auf die Hände,
auf den Händen wanderst Du.
Halloh, Deine roten Kleider, in weiße Falten zersägt,
Rot liebe ich, Anna Blume, rot liebe ich Dir.
Du, Deiner, Dich Dir, ich Dir, Du mir, - - - - - wir?
Das gehört beiläufig in die kalte Glut!
Anna Blume, rote Anna Blume, wie sagen die Leute?
Preisfrage:
1.) Anna Blume hat ein Vogel,
2.) Anna Blume ist rot.
3.) Welche Farbe hat der Vogel.
Blau ist die Farbe Deines gelben Haares,
Rot ist die Farbe Deines grünen Vogels.
Du schlichtes Mädchen im Alltagskleid,
Du liebes grünes Tier, ich liebe Dir!
Du Deiner Dich Dir, ich Dir, Du mir, - - - - wir!
Das gehört beiläufig in die - - - Glutenkiste.
Anna Blume, Anna, A - - - - N - - - -N- - - - -A!
Ich träufle Deinen Namen.
Dein Name tropft wie weiches Rindertalg.
Weißt Du es Anna, weißt Du es schon,
Man kann Dich auch von hinten lesen.
Und Du, Du Herrlichste von allen,
Du bist von hinten und von vorne:
A - - - - - - N - - - - - N - - - - - -A.
Rindertalg träufelt STREICHELN über meinen Rücken.
Anna Blume,
Du tropfes Tier,
Ich - - - - - - - liebe - - - - - - - Dir!
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”
Kurt Schwitters
“
The explosions are tiered. First comes a concussion that disables pulseShields and scatters the Praetorians into the air. Then comes a gravPit, which pulls them back toward the source of the explosion like a vacuum collecting flies; and then comes the third—pure kinetics—to destroy armor and bone and flesh, blowing the warriors outward, into the air, scattering their pieces in the low gravity like breath scatters the seeds of a dandelion. Limbs float gently down. Blood beads and spatters the ground. The explosion breaks the bubble roof overhead and rain again drifts down on the garden to extinguish the fires and thin the blood that leaks into the two dozen bomb craters. Only three Praetorians survive. They’re in poor shape.
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Pierce Brown (Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2))
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Look who’s talking, Mick Jagger.” “Jagger? The dude weighs a hundred pounds and struts around like a peacock. We have absolutely nothing in common.” “Not true. You’re both geriatric and you both have egos big enough to fill a stadium.” They were both genuinely laughing as they entered Les Brassins—filling the role of happy lovers on holiday in Brussels without looking like they were trying.
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Brian Andrews (War Shadows (Tier One #2))
“
There are tiers,” he said neutrally, “within our circle. Amren is my Second in command.” A female? The surprise must have been written on my face because Rhys said, “Yes. And Mor is my Third. Only a fool would think my Illyrian warriors were the apex predators in our circle.” Irreverent, cheerful Mor—was Third to the High Lord of the Night Court. Rhys went on, “You’ll see what I mean when you meet Amren. She looks High Fae, but something different prowls beneath her skin.” Rhys nodded to a passing couple, who bowed their heads in merry greeting. “She might be older than this city, but she’s vain, and likes to hoard her baubles and belongings like a firedrake in a cave. So … be on your guard. You both have tempers when provoked, and I don’t want you to have any surprises tonight.
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Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2))
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Helen was bewildered to find herself surrounded by air as warm as the breath of summer. Slowly she walked into a large gallery, constructed of thousands of flashing, glittering glass panes in a network of wrought-iron ribs.
It was a glasshouse, she realized in bewilderment. On a rooftop. The ethereal construction, as pretty as a wedding cake, had been built on a sturdy brickwork base, with iron pillars and girders welded to vertical struts and diagonal tiers.
"This is for my orchids," she said faintly.
Rhys came up behind her, his hands settling at her waist. He nuzzled gently at her ear. "I told you I'd find a place for them."
A glass palace in the sky. It was magical, an inspired stroke of romantic imagination, and he had built it for her. Dazzled, she took in the view of London at sunset, a red glow westering across the leaden sky. The clouds were torn in places, gold light spilling through the fire-colored fleece.
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Lisa Kleypas (Marrying Winterborne (The Ravenels, #2))
“
And you know what else they probably pray for every night?” I paused for a moment before saying, “Someone to save them. We could be that someone. We could end this plague. We could save the world. But I can’t do it alone. I’m gonna need your help, specifically the help of our tier 1s and tier 2s.” The crowd started murmuring to each other. “So, that’s what this speech is about—I’m asking for volunteers for this final mission. Now, I know what I’m asking, and I know it’s a lot. I’m basically asking you to risk your lives to help me fight the hardest battle ever. And I can’t guarantee your safety, nor can I guarantee our success… but still, we have to try. For the greater good, we have to try. Because we’ve come too far to give up now. That’s why we’re gonna give this one last mission our best effort. We’re gonna all come together and push hard through the finish line. And with our newly crafted dragon equipment and all the new class upgrades, I believe our chance of success is higher than ever before. So, with that in mind, what say you, my friends? Who’s with me? Who’s gonna help me put an end to the nightly plagues?” There was a brief moment of silence as my final words echoed through the night. But then Devlin spoke up. “I’m with you, Steve! Always.” “Me, too!” yelled Bob. “An epic fight between good and evil?! Can’t miss out on that!” shouted Arthur. “I got your back, bro!” yelled Obsidian Fist. Dozens of more tier 1s and 2s volunteered and made themselves heard. As I watched their hands shot up into the air, I smiled and let out a breath of relief. “Were you worried that there wouldn’t be enough volunteers?” the mayor whispered to me. “Yeah, kinda…” I whispered back. Then he smiled at me. “You’re their general, Steve. They’re not going to let you go off into battle alone… and neither would I.” He shook my hand. “Great speech, by the way. I’ll take it from here.” “Thank you, sir,” I said as I handed him the microphone. The mayor’s voice boomed over the speakers. “Alright, well said. Let’s give it up for General Steve!” Everyone clapped and cheered. “For those of you that volunteered, we’ll be heading out in a day or two. We still need to make preparations for the trip, and Cole still needs to fit the new armor to the golem suits, so all that is going to take some time. I’d suggest you use this time wisely—spend it with family, friends and loved ones. Eat with them, relax with them, be merry and carefree. Because when it is time to go, we’ll be in it to fight the battle of our lives.” The tier 1s and 2s in the crowd nodded.
”
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Steve the Noob (Diary of Steve the Noob 45 (An Unofficial Minecraft Book) (Diary of Steve the Noob Collection))
“
Oh, my," said Nerissa, when she could speak. Juliet, smiling, murmured, "Would you just look at her." "I don't think we can help but look at her," murmured an urbane voice, and gasping, all three women turned to see Lucien standing in the doorway, arms crossed and his black eyes gleaming in the candlelight. He lifted his hand. "Turn around, my dear," he said, giving a negligent little wave. Her eyes huge, Amy slowly did as he asked, staring down at herself in awe and disbelief. The gown, an open-robed saque of watered silk, shimmered with every movement, a vibrant purplish-blue in this light, a vivid emerald-green in that. Its robed bodice open to show a stomacher of bright yellow satin worked with turquoise and green embroidery, it had tight sleeves ending in treble flounces just behind the elbow, which, combined with the chemise's triple tiers of lace, made Amy feel as though she had wings. She smoothed her palms over the flounced and scalloped petticoats of royal blue silk, and then, with impulsive delight, threw back her head on a little laugh, extended her arms and spun on her toe, making gauzy sleeves, shining hair, and yards upon yards of shimmering fabric float in the air around her. Hannah, who did not think such behavior was quite appropriate, especially in front of a duke, frowned, but Lucien was trying hard to contain his amusement. He couldn't remember the last time he'd made anyone so happy, and it touched something deep inside him that he'd long thought dead. He exchanged a look of furtive triumph with Nerissa. "Oh! Is it really me?" Amy breathed, reverently touching her sleeve and then raising wide, suddenly misty eyes to her small audience. "It is really you," Juliet said, smiling. "Only someone with your coloring could wear such bold shades and make them work for instead of against you," said Nerissa, coming forward to tie a black ribbon around Amy's neck. "Lud, if I tried to wear those colors, I daresay they would overwhelm me!" "Speaking of overwhelmed . . ." Amy turned to face the man who still lounged negligently in the doorway, his fingers trying, quite unsuccessfully, to rub away the little smile that tugged at his mouth. "Your Grace, I don't know how to thank you," she whispered, dabbing away one tear, then another. "No one has ever done anything like this for me before and I . . . I feel like a princess." "My dear girl. Don't you know?" His smile deepened and she saw what was almost a cunning gleam come into his enigmatic black eyes. "You are a princess. Now dry those tears and if you must thank me, do so by enjoying yourself tonight." "I will, Your Grace." "Yes," he said, on a note of finality. "You will." And
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Danelle Harmon (The Beloved One (The De Montforte Brothers, #2))
“
The Obamas do not seem abashed to enjoy their newfound largesse. They now own a $2.5 million home in Chicago’s Hyde Park and a mansion in Washington, D.C., worth $8 million. The D.C. property, in the exclusive Kalorama neighborhood, has 8,200 square feet, including nine bedrooms, a two-tiered flagstone terrace with a courtyard and parking space for 8–10 cars.
”
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Dinesh D'Souza (United States of Socialism: Who's Behind It. Why It's Evil. How to Stop It.)
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You guys are planning to eat out, right? I wouldn’t want to drag everyone along on my personal shopping trip.” She waved her hands energetically. That’s when I realized what was going on. This was just Izumi’s personality. Even though she belonged to Erika Konno’s group, which was at the top of the class hierarchy, she was hyperaware of the general mood of a conversation and cared a lot about what other people thought of her. She was good at doing things for others and being considerate. The flip side was that she was bad at letting other people do things for her. It was like that saying about monks being bad at combat. If you’ve got a strength, then its opposite is likely to be your weak point. Maybe.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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You know how you can sometimes get an elemental boost from the field? Well, Kikuchi-san’s attractiveness would get a boost when she was around books.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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We were reading different books by Michael Andi, but I felt like we were traveling together through the same world, understanding one another bit by bit as time flowed by like a calm and gentle river.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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Bottom line, making a successful suggestion means you’re temporarily controlling the mood of the group.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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Basically, mood was the standard for the value judgments of a group.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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I want you to directly experience the responsibility that comes with decision-making because you haven’t dealt with that. And I want you to get used to it. To take it a little further, I want you to be able to work comfortably with it. This assignment is the first step toward that goal.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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It’s exciting when you finally start doing three-digit damage, right?
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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Really? Well, in the end, your own motivation is what matters most. When it comes to changing yourself, your actions are less important than how you feel about the little things that happen around you—your frame of mind.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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Hinami nodded. “Precisely speaking, how good a suggestion is has nothing to do with how easy it is to convince others to go along with it.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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If you’re not getting what you want, you need to change.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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If you think you’re right, you just dress it up in a convincing coat of paint. Like camouflage. By doing that, you advance the same basic idea you always thought was right. Isn’t that a healthy way to compete?
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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You don’t insist you’re right and fight according to your own rules. You climb into the ring governed by the rules of others, and you win. It sounded messed up, and it was scarily honest, but as far as I could tell, it was how NO NAME played.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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Based on that, to persuade people and succeed in your suggestions, you’ve got to think about the stakes everyone else has in the decision and convincing those whose opinions carry extra weight, rather than whether your idea is really right.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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I like gaming, and with games, the stronger the opponent, the more you want to win.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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Yes, please… Wow, you type fast! I knew you’d be good at computer stuff.” We were in the school computer lab. Mimimi was appreciating the typing skills I’d honed in online gaming chat rooms.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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As I thought about various ways she might be able to win the election, I felt like I was building a strategy with my available skills to take down a boss.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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I don’t believe anyone is born with a talent for gaming. If anything, it’s a question of how much they hate losing. And on that front, Mimimi was like me. In which case, we had to fight.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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…The rules of life: bringing everyone’s interests into agreement, persuading the more vocal people, controlling the mood…
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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A-and do you want to…go see that movie together?” “…Okay.” By now, she’d hidden her whole face behind the book, but even the backs of her hands were completely red.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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But what happened next really surprised me.” “Yeah?” “The master of ceremonies announced the first-place school.” Mimimi took a deep breath. “When they said the word ‘first place,’ Aoi’s mask finally broke, and she started crying.” “…Wow.” That was all I could say. “She didn’t cry when her own team’s name was called for second place, but when the other school’s name was called for first, she did. It was like, this girl only sees victory. It was incredible.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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Anyway, what I want to say is this. If you work hard, it’s worth it as long as you see some results. Even if you don’t end up in first place. It’s not a waste of time if you improve in some way. I mean, if everything other than first place was a waste, then ninety-nine percent of the people in the world would be wasting their lives. So…even if you don’t win, as long as you can see some improvement in yourself, then I think you’re good.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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I knew the feeling. You’re going along thinking it doesn’t matter if anyone recognizes your effort, that you’re doing it all for yourself. And then someone shows up who’s worked as hard as you have, someone you can truly respect, and they affirm what you’ve done. It can be such a weight off your shoulders.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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When you become someone’s girlfriend or boyfriend, you’re basically putting your trust in each other. There are a lot of ways to build trust, but I think jokes are your best weapon when it comes to taking the first step, which is getting that person to feel comfortable opening up to you and listening to what you have to say.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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…Minmi…” “Huh?” “Minmi, do you want to be number one no matter what?” “It’s just…I’m nothing…” “Nothing?” “I don’t shine like Aoi; I’m not invincible at something like Tomozaki; I don’t have a sense of self like you… If I don’t work hard, I’m just empty…” Tama-chan hugged Mimimi harder. “…Minmi, you’re…” Tama-chan’s voice was full of genuine gratitude. “You’re my hero.” “…What?” Mimimi lifted her face up from Tama-chan’s chest. Tama-chan stopped hugging her, took a step back, and looked her in the eye again. “You always say you’re fine and smile and push yourself too far and work hard. But you never show anyone…that you’re saving me. I like Aoi, too, and everyone else…but I only have one hero, and that’s you.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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Yup, it was the wax Mizusawa had demoed for me and I’d bought for myself later. While everything was happening with Mimimi, I hadn’t felt like using it, but now that the storm had blown over, I’d decided to try it out. Well, actually, I’d been bringing it to school with me every day, and when Hinami told me I had to talk to Nakamura for at least three minutes, I decided to put it on during lunch. Kind of like armor.
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Yuki Yaku (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2 (light novel))
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Part I opens the kimono with a hairy entrée into the global megaverse of top-tier management consulting, with these observations: 1. A bloodcurdling litany of betrayal and alcoholism 2. Behind-the-scenes truth about a very powerful, very short man 3. A lighthearted look at global consulting behemoth McKinsey and its resemblance to a certain Renaissance warmonger 4. Why your child will never go to Harvard Business School 5. A consulting hymnal and songbook3
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Martin Kihn (House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time)
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Sabre’s Load-Out Omnitron III Class II Personal Assault Vehicle (Sabre) Core: Class II Omnitron Mana Engine CPU: Class D Xylik Core CPU Armor Rating: Tier IV (Modified with Adaptive Resistance) Hard Points: 5 (5 Used) Soft Points: 3 (3 Used) Requires: Neural Link for Advanced Configuration Battery Capacity: 120/120 Attribute Bonuses: +35 Strength, +18 Agility, +10 Perception Inlin Type II Projectile Rifle Base Damage: N/A (Dependent Upon Ammunition) Ammo Capacity: 45/45 Available Ammunition: 250 Standard, 150 Armor Piercing, 200 High Explosive, 25 Luminescent Ares Type II Shield Generator Base Shielding: 2,000 HP Regeneration Rate: 50/second unlinked, 200/second linked Mkylin Type IV Mini-Missile Launchers Base Damage: N/A (dependent on missiles purchased)
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Tao Wong (World's Unbound (The System Apocalypse, #6))
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They believed the Emperor was a god. I knew how and why this had happened, even before she said another word. It happened as it always happens, as any scholar of their own species’ history can tell you: it happened because the helpless masses were fearful, and because the powerful wanted unchallenged control. Every religion rises for the same reasons – the lower tiers of a society crave answers and comfort, needing rewards in an afterlife to justify the harshness and grimness of their lives. And to prevent uprisings in search of better existences, their rulers institute a creed that keeps the masses obedient and compliant. Meekness, obedience, submission… These become virtues that the oppressed must embody in pursuit of a greater good or a later reward. To stand against the prevailing belief becomes not just philosophy but heresy. Heresy worthy of execution. And so control is maintained by the strong over the weak.
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Aaron Dembski-Bowden (Black Legion (Black Legion #2))
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our fifty-year-old would need to have a VO2 max of about 45 to 49 right now. This is the top tier for her sex, but two decades younger.
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Peter Attia (Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity)
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For example, a thirty-five-year-old man with average fitness for his age—a VO2 max in the mid-30s—should be able to run at a ten-minute mile pace (6 mph). But by age seventy, only the very fittest 5 percent of people will still be able to manage this. Similarly, an average forty-five- to fifty-year-old will be able to climb stairs briskly (VO2 max = 32), but at seventy-five, such a feat demands that a person be in the top tier of their age group.
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Peter Attia (Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity)
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Hey Cap'n! What're the swords for?"
"Squawk, sea monsters!" Abraham replied. Even he grasped a miniature cutlass in his left claw.
Eve cocked an eyebrow. "Really?"
"Best to be prepared," the tier three parrot said.
"It's not because you're pirates?"
"Nope."
Eve pointed over the bow. "And there's a merchant ship on the horizon."
"Have to be ready to defend ourselves," he squawked back.
Eve rolled her eyes, jerking a thumb over her shoulder. "That man's raising a skull-and-crossbones flag."
"Squaaaawk, just a formality.
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J.P. Valentine (This Class is Bonkers! (This Trilogy is Broken, #2))
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In three days she had subdued a large group of mythical creatures into being subservient to her; not only that, but she had enslaved one of them, and another one had become a servant— oh and she had killed the highest standing dragon amongst all of them.
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Azrie (Arc the SS Tier Heroine Book 2: An OP MC Isekai LitRPG)
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never been afraid to be afraid. In
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Brian Andrews (War Shadows (Tier One #2))
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It was Shadow and his clones, dancing in complete unison. “W-whaaaat?” I said. They were totally in sync while dancing in swift, crisp movements to the rhythm of the music. It was quite amazing to watch, actually. “Wow…” I said. Then Shadow spotted my head peeking through a gap in the crowd, and he stopped abruptly. The entire crowd moaned as Shadow’s clones poofed and disappeared. “Aw, no, don’t stop,” said a villager. “Keep dancing! You’re awesome!” said another. But Shadow quickly turned to address me. “Steve! This… isn’t what it looks like.” I chuckled. “It looks like you were having fun.” “No, I was… testing the duration of my clones.” “Oh, uh, okay, whatever you say.” “Let us proceed to business,” he said right away. “Um, sure, unless you’d rather keep dancing.” Shadow shook his head. “I told you. I was—” “Uh-huh, testing the duration of your clones. I know, I know,” I said and smiled. The tier 2 nightwing nodded. “Yes. Exactly that. Please lead the way.” I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. “Alright.
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Steve the Noob (Diary of Steve the Noob 35 (An Unofficial Minecraft Book) (Diary of Steve the Noob Collection))
Brian Andrews (War Shadows (Tier One #2))
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I did something stupid when I was eighteen," I told them, swallowing heavily against the rising tide of emotion. "I fucked up, and as a result Seph almost paid the price. Our father listed her for sale on a darknet site that dealt in what they considered top tier human auctions. Through some investigation, I discovered that this wasn't the first time my father had dealt in stolen girls. He and the Lockhart family had been smuggling countless children into the country for years. But the part that flipped my switch was when I discovered it'd been Chase, my fucking fiancé, who had given Garrett—or Fang as he liked to be called—the idea to sell Seph to remind Darling who really holds the power.
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Tate James (Anarchy (Hades, #2))
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was like talking baseball with an alien from another planet.
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Brian Andrews (War Shadows (Tier One #2))
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FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T, FOR THOSE WHO WON’T, AND FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY . . .
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Brian Andrews (War Shadows (Tier One #2))
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Finally, in terms of overall spiritual intelligence—which we have been briefly tracking—on the other side of the leading edge of evolution we have 3 or 4 higher, at this point mostly potential, levels of development, including levels of spiritual intelligence. Individually, their basic strcture-rungs are referred to as para-mind, meta-mind, overmind, and supermind; collectively, they are called 3rd tier. What all 3rd-tier structures have in common is some degree of direct transpersonal identity and experience. Further, each 3rd-tier structure of consciousness is integrated, in some fashion, with a particular state of consciousness (often, para-mental with the gross, meta-mental with subtle, overmind with causal/Witnessing, and supermind with nondual, although this varies with each individual’s actual history). Previously, in 1sst and 2nd tier, structures and states were relatively independent. One could have a state center of gravity at gross and yet structurally evolve all the way to Integral without fully objectifying the gross stage (i.e., fully making it an object, fully transcending it). But beginning with the 3rd-tier para-mind, whenever you experience that structure, you also implicitly or intuitively understand or experience the gross realm as objectified, which means that state is intimately connected to the structure at this level, which gives rise, or can give rise, to expanded states such as nature mysticism (this can be experienced at earlier levels but not inherently, and is interpreted according to the Views of those lower levels; but at this level becomes an inherent potential). Likewise, because of the conjunction with the gross state, this level often carries variations of the realization that the physical world is not merely physical, but is rather psychophysical in its true nature. This can also evoke flashes of higher state presences, such as Witnessing states or even nondual. And so on with the subtle state and meta-mind; causal/Witnessing and overmind; and nondual Suchness and supermind. Those states are all “minimally” connected to those structures, in the sesne that, for example, a person at meta-mind might have already and previously moved his or her state center of gravity to subtle, but if not, the person cannot proceed beyond the meta-mind without doing so at this point. And likewise with causal/Witnessing and overmind; and nondual Suchness and supermind.
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Ken Wilber (The Fourth Turning: Imagining the Evolution of an Integral Buddhism)
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Tier 1 and Tier 2 are not the responsibility of either teacher teams or school-wide teams—it takes classroom teachers and schoolwide resources. • When everyone is responsible for interventions, nobody is. For this reason, final responsibility to lead certain interventions must be clearly defined. • When determining who should be responsible for a particular intervention, the school should ask, Who is best trained in this area of need? Look beyond job titles. What does the child need, and who has the skills to address those needs? Do the individuals asked to lead a particular intervention have the time and resources necessary to succeed? Is the intervention fair and reasonable to all involved?
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Austin Buffum (Simplifying Response to Intervention: Four Essential Guiding Principles (What Principals Need to Know))
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One common mistake that schools make when implementing a tiered intervention program is that they pull students from essential core instruction to provide remediation of prior skills—that is, Tier 2 interventions replace student access to Tier 1 core instruction. When students miss essential core instruction for interventions, they never catch up. This is because while the targeted student is receiving interventions to learn a prior skill, they are missing instruction on a new essential standard. Ask classroom teachers why they don’t like students “pulled out” of their class for interventions, and they will tell you: “Because the student misses what I am teaching now.” For these students, it is one step forward, two steps back.
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Austin Buffum (Simplifying Response to Intervention: Four Essential Guiding Principles (What Principals Need to Know))
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Jacksonville [Florida] judge, the Honorable A. C. Soud, even told a local newspaper that his goal is to resolve 25 cases per hour. Given the way the system is rigged, that means His Honor could well be throwing one ass on the street every 2.4 minutes. The following month, the Washington Post reported that similar courts in Virginia were “making it easier for lenders to defend themselves when accused of giving homeowners too little warning of impending foreclosures.” Indeed, “the process moves so quickly in Virginia…that homeowners can receive less than two weeks’ notice that their house is about to be sold on the courthouse steps.” The design of the courts guaranteed that even banks with no legal foreclosure entitlement had an almost insurmountable advantage. In the very short time they were accorded, homeowners seeking to stop foreclosure had to “gather evidence, file a lawsuit and potentially post a bond with the court that could total thousands of dollars.” These arduous requirements, combined with the near-impossible deadlines, meant that many borrowers simply ran out of time when trying to fight invalid foreclosure proceedings. It is hard to imagine a purer expression of two-tiered justice than special courts created for the sole purpose of helping large banks take people’s homes more expeditiously. Such courts show that the legal system not only fails to protect Americans from societal injustice and inequality, but also serves as a tool of injustice and inequality in its own right. Prisons
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Glenn Greenwald (With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used To Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful)
Jeffrey Wilson (War Shadows (Tier One #2))
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Egg franchise sector is projected to grow at 10% in coming five years
The growth of egg franchise sector in India will be increased due to urbanization, changing lifestyle and consumption pattern. Moreover, people demand more luxurious outlets to enjoy with friends and families while eating delicious egg dishes. A plethora of new egg franchise establishments have contributed towards massive development of egg industry. As per experts, the sector is estimated to grow at 10% in forthcoming years may become leading sector to attract more investors.
There are numerous evolving trends in egg industry that are contributing to generating futuristic opportunities. Indore based start-up egg franchise brand, Andeywala has produced amazing business model to provide better infrastructure facilities at low investment. Now it becomes easy to start new business with Andeywala. Besides this, sector is expected to provide employment to millions of people, an increased number of egg restaurants will require employees. Tier 1 and tier 2 cities are crowded with food franchises but none of them exclusively egg dishes.
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andeywala
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As we thought about what would make us both better and different, two core ideas greatly influenced our thinking: First, technical founders are the best people to run technology companies. All of the long-lasting technology companies that we admired—Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook—had been run by their founders. More specifically, the innovator was running the company. Second, it was incredibly difficult for technical founders to learn to become CEOs while building their companies. I was a testament to that. But, most venture capital firms were better designed to replace the founder than to help the founder grow and succeed. Marc and I thought that if we created a firm specifically designed to help technical founders run their own companies, we could develop a reputation and a brand that might vault us into the top tier of venture capital firms despite having no track record. We identified two key deficits that a founder CEO had when compared with a professional CEO: 1. The CEO skill set Managing executives, organizational design, running sales organizations and the like were all important skills that technical founders lacked. 2. The CEO network Professional CEOs knew lots of executives, potential customers and partners, people in the press, investors, and other important business connections. Technical founders, on the other hand, knew some good engineers and how to program.
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Ben Horowitz (The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers)
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It consists of long-known and trusted MMR boosters with previous MMR boosting experience. These top tier Dota 2 players will consider your order as a professional job, and they will try to finish your order in the quickest possible way.
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Dota 2 Booster Pack
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Ich denke, wir weinen, damit wir den tierischen Regungen in uns Raum geben können, ohne dass wir unsere Menschlichkeit aufgeben. Denn in meinem Inneren ist ein Tier, das knurrt und schnaubt und an seinen Ketten zerrt, um in die Freiheit und vor allem ins Leben zu gelangen. Und so sehrich mich auch bemühe, ich kann dieses Tier nicht töten..
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Veronica Roth (Insurgent (Divergent, #2))
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Il y eut aussi les viols. Une étude a décompté les viols de guerre commis par les troupes américaines (de toutes couleurs) en Europe en 1944 et 1945. Il y aurait eu près de 17 000 viols commis par des GI américains en Allemagne (et 3 620 en France). Car le viol, on ne le dit pas assez, de tout temps et en tout lieu, a toujours été et demeure une des plaies de la guerre, quelle qu’elle soit2. La libération de l’Europe n’a pas dérogé aux règles barbares selon lesquelles les femmes sont quasi systématiquement les victimes sexuelles des troupes d’invasion et d’occupation. Ainsi, comme dans toutes les guerres, beaucoup d’enfants naquirent de ces rencontres3. On estimait en 1952 à 94 000 le nombre de « bébés de l’occupation » (Besatzungskinder). Plus de 3 000 étaient métis (« enfants de l’occupation illégitimes de couleur ») ; de ces derniers, les deux tiers vivaient chez leurs parents et près de 400 dans la famille, mais 450 dans des familles nourricières et 314 en institutions ; 350 (soit environ 10%) étaient complètement abandonnés, 362 seulement furent reconnus ou aidés par leur père4.
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Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch (Des victimes oubliées du nazisme (Documents) (French Edition))
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Fi pulls up another section of hair to braid. “Not to mention Dad is going to shit puppies when he finds out. Mom will probably bake a ten-tiered stress cake, then kick it.
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Kristen Callihan (The Friend Zone (Game On, #2))
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Tier 2 Troops They are Giants, Wall Breakers, Balloons, and Wizards. Their power supersedes that of Tier 1 but less powerful compared to Tier 3 Troops but they are very specialized than the two. They provide players with wall breakers for breaking through the walls, wizards for excellent firepower and giants and balloons to specifically take down the defenses. The wizards are known to be fragile. The balloons are the first flying unit that is available in the game. These types of troops are very vital in that they excel in their given area of specialization and by so doing they are like the backbone of most armies. They are also durable thus able to survive several defensive attacks and are not as expensive as Tier 3. Below are snapshots of Tier 2 Troops Giants Wall Breaker Balloon
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Anna Tumbaga (Clash of Clans Game Guide - Tips, Tricks and Strategies)
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Godly choices narrow down through three tiers of decision making.
1)Right or Wrong
2)Good or Bad
3)Need or Desire
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grey, that’s the lowest rating, which is known as a common quality item. The next step up is called uncommon and its color is green. After that is rare, which is blue. The second to the highest tier is known as epic and is purple. And finally, the top quality is named legendary and is showcased by a gold color.
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Steve the Noob (Steve the Noob in a New World: Book 4 (Steve the Noob in a New World (Saga 2)))
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If my dick were a person, he would grow arms and legs and kick the shit out of me. I’d ask for a blow job, but I almost don’t deserve one for not having packed the most important damn thing of all. And I’m supposed to be a top-tier boy scout. Fucking fail.
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Helena Hunting (Pucked Up (Pucked, #2))
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Mexico itself gained its independence from Spain after a protracted war from 1810 to 1821, and its population generally consisted of a mix of three groups: a Spanish-origin elite population; mestizos (those of mixed European and Indian ancestry), who were mostly landless but who occupied many middle-tier positions in society (working, for example, as craftsmen, soldiers, laborers, and traders); and, finally, Indians, who remained outside of Spanish-speaking society and who farmed land in a traditional manner.
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John Iceland (Race and Ethnicity in America (Sociology in the Twenty-First Century Book 2))
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I was surprised to see so many of our troops out by the transporter. I think I counted like 70-something volunteers. “Oh, my goodness,” I said softly. “We have this many tier 1s and 2s?” Devlin nodded. “We’ve grown a lot.” “Wait a second, is this all of our tier 1s and 2s? Did they all volunteer to go?” “I think
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Steve the Noob (Diary of Steve the Noob 45 (An Unofficial Minecraft Book) (Diary of Steve the Noob Collection))
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Start by breaking the task down into three tiers. •Tier 1 is the complete project, reflected in a target completion date. •Tier 2 is the large chunks and their target completion dates. •Tier 3 is the smaller subtasks that, together, make up the large chunks.
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Phil Boissiere (Thriving with Adult ADHD: Skills to Strengthen Executive Functioning)
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Whoa… so, you guys have a tier 3 class here?
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Steve the Noob (Steve the Noob in a New World: Book 3 (Steve the Noob in a New World (Saga 2)))
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Cette œuvre est protégée par le droit d’auteur et strictement réservée à l’usage privé du client. Toute reproduction ou diffusion au profit de tiers, à titre gratuit ou onéreux, de tout ou partie de cette œuvre est strictement interdite et constitue une contrefaçon prévue par les articles L 335-2 et suivants du Code de la propriété intellectuelle. L’éditeur se réserve le droit de poursuivre toute atteinte à ses droits de propriété intellectuelle devant les juridictions civiles ou pénales.
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Gary Keller (The One Thing : Passez à l'essentiel (French Edition))
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Micah Silver Age 16 Class/Level Wizard 1 XP 0/50 HP 10/10 Attributes Body 5, Agility 5, Mind 9, Spirit 8 Attunement Moon 8, Sun 3, Night 5 Mana Moon 5/16, Sun 4/6, Night 1/8 Affinities Time 10 Wood 6 Tier I - Refresh 3, Mending 3 Tier II - Augmented Mending 2 Air 5 Tier I - Gale 2, Air Knife 3 Tier II - Wind Shield 1 Blessings Mythic Blessing of Mursa - Blessed Return, Ageless Folio Skills Anatomy 2 Fishing 1 Herbalism 1 Librarian 3 Spear 3 Spellcasting 5
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Cale Plamann (Blessed Time (Blessed Time #1))
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Age: 16 [ERROR] / 30 Class/Level: Divine Candidate 27 XP: 17,000/60,000 HP: 2542/2542 Class Specialty Chronomancer Attributes Body: 31 Agility: 31 Mind: 63 Spirit: 62 Attunement Moon: 32 Sun: 3 Night: 28 Mana Moon: 2575/2575 Sun: 2517/2517 Night: 2567/2567 Affinities Time: 10 Tier V - Foresight 8, Time Echoes 1, Temporal Transfer 2, Haste 10 Tier VI - Temporal Vortex 5, Temporal Stutter 4 Wood: 7 Tier I - Refresh 11, Mending 9, Plant Weave 12 Tier II - Augmented Mending 18, Root Spears 13 Tier III - Heal 11, Paralytic Sting 6, Explosive Thicket 6 Tier IV - Regeneration 6, Healing Wave 6, Poison Fog 7 Tier V - Panacea 1, Coma 1 Tier VI - Binding Vines 3, Air: 6 Tier I - Gale 8, Air Knife 18, Air Supply 4 Tier II - Wind Shield 8, Sonic Bolt 14 Tier III - Updraft 3, Pressure Spear 8, Sonic Orb 7 Tier IV - Flight 3 Blessings Mythic Blessing of Mursa - Blessed Return, Ageless Folio Skills Anatomy: 7 Arcana: 13 Enchanting: 28 Fishing: 1 Herbalism: 5 Librarian: 5 Ritual Magic: 30 Spear: 25 -Wind Spear: 13 -TITS: 7 Spellcasting37
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