![]() ![]() However, JR Weaver aims to change this narrative with the release of The Addiction Manifesto. ![]() Unfortunately, many of the available addiction recovery resources are seemingly abstract, ultimately failing to yield the desired results. According to a recent report published by the World Health Organization, about 270 million people, approximately 5.5% of the global population aged between 15 and 64, used psychoactive drugs with an estimated 35 million people suffering from drug use disorders and over 180 thousand deaths linked to drug use disorders in 2019. ![]() Unfortunately, recent statistics have shown a worrisome increase in the number of people suffering from addiction. Substance abuse and addiction remain a major plague that has continued to generate a lot of conversation across the globe due to its effect on people as well as its impact on the economies of nations. The author is looking to assist millions of people in different parts of the world through their journey to recovery as he details his experience and struggles with the hope of championing a global recovery revolution. JR Weaver is an army veteran and person in long-term recovery who is passionate about the health and wellness of others as he is set to release his book titled The Addiction Manifesto. ![]()
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![]() ![]() “I have a good feeling about this place.” Her plan was to get crazy drunk and hook up with somebody completely random, and I couldn’t reason with her. A heavy mist settled over us, but she refused to shiver or admit that any of this fazed her. Since we were going out, I had allowed Jane to dress me, so everything was ill-fitting and far too revealing for the Minnesota night. ![]() Our fake IDs had not been as impressive as Jane’s connection had promised, and this would be the third club we’d be turned away from, if we ever managed to make it to the door. “Maybe we should just call it a night,” I suggested. “This is truly infuriating,” Jane said, flicking her cigarette to the dampened sidewalk and smashing it with her stilettoed boot. She’d claim it was only because of her frustration over the line and insist that chain smoking cigarettes kept her warm. ![]() The goose bumps stood all over Jane’s shoulder and she stomped her foot, at least partially because of the cold. ![]() Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to and purchase your own copy. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. ![]() ![]() “ I’ve never read anything like Uncanny Valley, which is both a searching bird’s-eye study of an industry and a generation, as well as an intimate, microscopic portrait of ambition and hope and dread. Anna Wiener writes about the promise and the decay of Silicon Valley with the impossibly pleasurable combination of a precise, razored intellect and a soft, incandescent heart. Her memoir is diagnostic and exhilarating, a definitive document of a world in transition: I won’t be alone in returning to Uncanny Valley for clarity and consolation for many years to come.” -Jia Tolentino Unsparing, darkly incisive, and haunting, Uncanny Valley is a revelatory interrogation of a world reckoning with consequences its designers are only beginning to understand. Wiener’s storytelling mode is keen and dry, her sentences spare-perfectly suited to let a steady thrum of dread emerge.” -Jennifer Szalai, New York TimesĪdapted from Anna Wiener’s widely read and celebrated essay in n+1 Issue 25, Uncanny Valley is a rare first-person glimpse into Silicon Valley’s reckless startup culture at a time of unchecked ambition, rapacious greed, unregulated surveillance, and accelerating political power. With wit, candor, and heart, Wiener deftly charts the tech industry’s shift from idealistic self-appointed world savior to democracy-endangering liability, alongside a personal narrative of aspiration, ambivalence, and disillusionment. ![]() One of the New York Times’s 10 best books of 2020 ![]() ![]() ![]() All in all - a very G-rated apocalyptic tale. That being said, the author does an good job building on the tension of isolation and the claustrophobia that would grow as communication with the outside world is severed. ![]() Apparently in this part of Pennsylvania looters and bandits do not exist, so the breakdown of civilization is downright Norman-Rockwellian. As far as end of the world survival - the family relies on a coincidence of good fortune that removes them from the true life or death struggle that the story attempts to portray. Oh how much better it could have been if the author had decided to give our young heroine some maturity, spunk, and/or intelligence from the get-go. Her focus throughout the story (until the last 2 hours) is so vapid, whiny and self-obsessed that I had a hard time cheering for her survival. The protagonist is supposedly 16 years old, but she sounds very much like she is 12. ![]() But a bit more than halfway though, I realized that it was not how the words were read that was the problem - its the words themselves. For a good portion of the book I blamed the narrator - Emily Bauer - for the childish, whiny protagonist. The teen narrator will grate on your last nerve. That was my reason for picking this book - and if you have kids ages 9-14 and a long road trip, this may be a good pick for your family too - sure to lead to some interesting conversations. It is far more family-friendly is every way. ![]() ![]() ![]() What I mean by ‘their happiness’ is living a life untouched as much as possible by the knowledge that we are really all if us, alone. Which is better? Who can say? Everyone lives the way she knows best. But therefore they could never know real joy. They had been taught, probably by caring parents, not to exceed the boundaries of their happiness regardless of what they were doing. Love leaves its mark on every single one of her stories. Looking at the dedication Eriko has for her son, and the steps she has taken to ensure a good upbringing for him, the value Yoshimoto places on love in all of its forms is plain to see. ![]() This embracing of a trans character (especially one not defined by being trans, thus avoiding becoming a two-dimensional token minority character) would be seen as a hugely progressive step today, let alone thirty years ago, and Eriko’s very existence is the perfect demonstration of the importance of Yoshimoto as an artistic voice in today’s Japan. ![]() ![]() Nothing really surprised me, I knew a lot about publishing from school. ![]() I had to stay up till two in the morning to make sure I was on time with chatting in New York. I was in South Korea and the time zone was crazy. It was pretty crazy and hard at the same time. Was there anything that surprised you about the process of publication? To start, please tell us about the week following your finding out that you would be published. Amid the throes of the apocalypse and clinging to love and meaning wherever it can be found, these four teens are on a journey into the heart of darkness–and to find each other and a place of safety. ![]() Each is fleeing unspeakable horror, from murderous chaos to brutal natural disasters, and each is traveling the same road in a world gone mad. This is the world Mason, Aries, Clementine, and Michael are living in–or rather, trying to survive. But something even more awful is happening: An ancient evil has been unleashed, and it’s turning everyday people into hunters, killers, and crazies. ![]() Since the beginning of mankind, civilizations have fallen: the Romans, the Greeks, the Aztecs…and now us. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This shouldn't come as a huge surprise given the fact that the Netflix series is based on a single novel that does not have a sequel, so the chances of a second season were always minimal. This is due to the fact that Netflix has labelled Hold Tight as a limited series, which means that the tale will be told over the course of only one season before being cancelled. Hold Tight fans will be disappointed to learn that the series will not be returning for a second season following its compelling first six episodes. ![]() Read More: Never Have I Ever Season 3: When Will the Third Season of This Drama Coming? Is Hold Tight Returning or Not Back For Season 2? ![]() Read More : Is Ozark Season 5 Not Coming? Season 4 is the Final Season? You can watch and stream this mini drama on Netflix which is already available from Apand this drama holds 6 out of 10 ratings on IMDb. Hold Tight Season 1 Release Date and Watch If this sounds like something you'd like watching in one sitting, then head over to the streaming platform and binge every episode of Hold Tight. In addition to Grochowska, Autumn Girl actor Leszek Lichota also appears in the drama series as Michal Barczyk, who is played by Grochowska.Ĭurrently, there are six episodes of the title available to stream on Netflix, each of which is less than an hour in length. ![]() ![]() 194, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 166 FHL microfilm 13,185. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 15 August 2017), Samuel Of Wm Toms, District 3, Frederick, Maryland, United States citing p."Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940," database, FamilySearch ( : 17 March 2018), Mary Hoover and Samuel Toms, citing Washington, Maryland, United States, clerk of the circuit court from various counties.Viewable online at "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch ( : ), Frederick > Wills 1850-1854 vol 13 > image 62 of 145 Hall of Records, Annapolis. ↑ Will of Samuel Toms of W., Frederick County, Maryland, Liber TS-1-214.The will names wife Mary son Jacob daughters Mary, Lydia, and Caroline and sons-in-law William Metzeger and James Gladhill. ![]() Samuel wrote his will on 29 December 1851 it was probated on 27 December 1852. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To have another key player show up like literally halfway through the third act and become integral to the story felt like a fun curveball, especially in an era where I feel like readers and viewers alike kind of know coming into things what's going to happen. “And so it just adds this random third element that I think readers aren't expecting. “I'd never written Ghost-Spider before, but I felt like Gwen would be a good complement to Miguel and Anya,” he says. Gwen Stacy, AKA “Ghost-Spider,” joins the story for the third act. The future Spidey, created in 1992 by Peter David and Rick Leonardi for Marvel’s 2099 comics line, teams up with the teenager for a time-traveling journey that bounces between present-day New York City and O’Hara’s Nueva York.Īnother essential member of the Spider-Family also makes a surprise appearance. Rather, it’s a Marvel Team-Up-style adventure set in its own continuity featuring two figures in the extended Spider Fam, Brooklyn-born teenager Anya Corazon (Araña) and the web-slinger of the future, Spider-Man 2099 (aka Miguel O’Hara). The Marvel Press release is not directly linked to the upcoming Spider-Verse sequel. Warning: some general spoilers for Dark Tomorrow ahead! Dark Tomorrow's Spider-Verse Cameo ![]() ![]()
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