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UGM Core Value: Pursuing Excellence

Posted by Union Gospel Mission Nov 25, 2016 9:32:00 AM

By Brad Crockett, UGM board memberBrad Crockett

The value of Pursuing Excellence is an essential recognition that while we cannot attain perfection on this side of eternity, we must be constantly striving to improve.

 I am an attorney in private practice. It is a common expression that an attorney is engaged in the “practice of law.” When we hear the word practice, we understand that it means that there is room for improvement. Some people have joked that they don't want an attorney that is still “practicing.”  To the contrary, in my experience the best attorneys are the ones who are constantly striving to improve.

 This is true not only in the practice of law, but in all aspects of life. In everything we do, we should be pursuing excellence; we should be engaged in continuous improvement, because if we are not improving then we are likely moving in the other direction.

 As Jessica Morgan pointed out in her blog on finding balance – Bootcamp, Veggies and a Balanced Life – it is difficult, if not impossible, to pursue excellence in everything.  That is why groups of people can achieve more when they work together.

 As highlighted in I Corinthians 12, it is so important for the entire body of Christ to be engaged in His service. Some are gifted in counseling, others in preaching, others are great with numbers.  Whatever we do, the Bible tells us to pursue excellence in those things that are most important, notably loving God and loving others.  That is, each member is to pursue excellence in the area where he or she is gifted and called to serve in a way that honors God and shows love to others.

 At times, I have wondered whether I am fulfilling God's purpose for my life by serving as an attorney. Sometimes I find myself representing clients in disputes where it is not completely clear how my effort is furthering God’s Kingdom.  However, my service on UGM’s board has helped address that concern.

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 I have had the privilege to serve with the board of the Union Gospel Mission since 2012. I quickly discovered that the UGM board is full of individuals who have pursued excellence in various careers, including finance, medicine, education and business. I have been personally motivated by those board members, as well as the staff and the residents who exemplify this important value. I have learned that by pursuing excellence as an attorney in private practice, God has prepared me for service on the board.

Once we agree with the “why” of pursuing excellence, the next question is “how?” I grew up playing sports, and I have encouraged my kids to find something that they enjoy because I believe sports are a good way to teach kids important life lessons while staying healthy.  At some point, athletes learn that for training to create growth, it must be challenging and even painful.  The same is true in the other areas of life. To improve we have to challenge ourselves, and yes, it will be difficult, even painful. Strength training

The first step is self-reflection. Pursuing excellence means asking hard questions.  I have seen how the UGM staff pursues excellence by regularly engaging in individual and organizational self-reflection and outside evaluation. I have also seen those in UGM’s program do the same and then share those evaluations with others, often in public.

With the information that we acquire, we then have to be disciplined enough to apply what we learn. This means developing an action plan, writing down each goal in a way that is specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic and time based.

It is helpful to share our goals with another person and ask them to keep us accountable on our progress, which brings us back to evaluation. If we meet our goals in a specific area, then we can re-evaluate ourselves and identify something else to work on.  If we do not meet our goal, then we can determine whether we need to adjust our methods. It is easy to get frustrated when we do not immediately reach our goals or we face setbacks, which is why it is important to remember that no one can attain perfection in this life and that’s OK. God does not expect perfection, but he calls us to Pursue Excellence.

My time with the UGM has encouraged me to pursue excellence in my work as an attorney, in my relationships with family and friends, but most importantly, in serving God.  I know that I am not perfect in any of those things, which is why I am still “practicing.”

One way you can pursue excellence is to be informed and responsible with your charitable giving. Click below to download a tip sheet on how to pick a charity!

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

[Book] The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

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The Graveyard Book isn't a horror novel, but it is absolutely goth and macabre. The story follows a boy from 18 months old when his whole family is murdered and he wanders off into the night through his childhood as he is raised in a graveyard by two ghosts and a vampire as guardian (who supplies physical things, like food and clothes).  At one point, we meet a werewolf and ghouls as well.

We never learn the boy's birth-name, so the ghosts of the graveyard named him Nobody, which gets shortened to Bod.  As an accepted member of the graveyard, Bod gets to use many powers of the dead - but only in the graveyard.

The story is paced very well, and the chapters are also individual stories that make the book easy to pick back up.  Yet, I found it compelling enough that I read the whole thing in two sittings (and within 24 hours).

Young adult books are absolutely best when they don't feel like books written for a teenage audience, and this book fits right in there.  There is light romance, a lot of death (not just the already dead) and a whole lot of action.

I didn't realize until organizing my thoughts for this review: This book has a lot of parallels with Harry Potter.  Anyone who has moral issues with the Harry Potter series would probably have the same problems with this book.  Also, being raised by those who are already dead, Bod has a bit of a different morality about death itself.  That is, I can totally see some folks thinking that this book might not be suitable for their children.

To me, though, the moral ambiguity and the very different magic of the dead made this book feel like an introduction to a whole new, very believable universe.  For that, I definitely recommend this book.  It also makes a really great Halloween read (I read this book and wrote the first draft of this review just after Halloween, 2018).

The Graveyard Book
Young Adult Fantasy
Harper Collins
Released: 30 September 2008
Paperback, 368 pages

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20 Best Diamond Painting Tips

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In this era, it really is barely possible to commit your time and energy in innovative interests. Investing in a pastime that may help you stay interested and interested even though days and nights go by is tough. If you are searching for just one of these kinds of exercise to maintain your human brain active and creativeness intact, then Painting with diamonds is something you are going to take pleasure in.

Nevertheless, before you get started using the job, acquiring designed with some fingers-on diamond painting tips and tricks that might help you through will probably be helpful. To help you additional, we have compiled a list of suggestions below that will make the activity much more enjoyable to suit your needs and eliminate any chances of you making errors that may change the results.

In this article we go with some remarkable diamond painting hacks that may help you grasp the art of diamond painting: Before reading these tips, check out these diamond painting kits.

Use your research table to supply your fabric a smooth surface area!

You want a plain and flat surface area correct under your fabric, for ideal outcomes. Therefore, It’s better to be seated prior to your review kitchen table while painting or on the floor in a comfy position before beginning.

Otherwise, utilize a slicing board for brief final results!

Just in case, you do not have a small review kitchen table to set your fabric within a downright direct place, you can take full advantage of your kitchen area appliances here. A cutting board is good enough to accommodate your fabric and would make you enough room to help keep the result of the fundamentals close by too.

Sandwich the fabric between two thicker publications to straighten it out.

Position the canvas in the midst of two heavy textbooks for about 30 minutes once you unroll it. This might support flatten it out and get ready it for the job in advance.

Bring in a multi-diamond applicator device to improve this process.

You will end up bored to tears and worn out of selecting tens of hundreds of diamonds one at a time, won’t you? Using such a tool would make you repair a number of diamonds in a single attempt.

Use an bare egg carton to get a giant collection of diamonds.

Why spend money on getting something when you can make do with the things that you may have in your own home previously. In case you have an empty egg cell carton, it is possible to collect each precious stone-group in various segments it offers. It will save you cash of a large tray.

Utilize a jewelry container for compartmentalizing the diamonds.

To set the diamonds safely and separately, utilizing precious jewelry/make-up box is a great idea. This will avoid them from obtaining dropped and would help continue to keep things assembled for you.

Spot some weight on four edges of the canvas.

If you notice it bending ahead, just location lightweight items on its sides, being a required calculate.

Make use of a bold marker for highlighting number on every gemstone-category.

You need to be utilizing black marker to boldly compose the relevant quantity on every shade. It needs to be seen vividly.

Paste your gemstone inside the reference point list alongside its very own amount.

To prevent squandering time in little things like that, just choose one precious stone from each course and paste it around the canvas parallel towards the related quantity.

Place a dryer sheet within the dish

Sometimes, due to bit of added wax/gel, the diamonds start off sticking to each other. To impede them from unifying and from adhering to other things, keep some dryer bedding.

Eliminate the sheet in bits and pieces.

Usually do not reveal the complete sheet in one go. Remove a couple of centimeters of this simultaneously, and complete the diamonds. Complete the method, subsequently.

Work with an ice-cubes-cube carton for collecting diamonds.

The thing with gemstone painting is that you simply cannot afford to get rid of the diamonds. Thus keeping them secure is vital. Because diamonds are as small as they may be found in an ice-cube carton or two. Therefore, you can use this utensil as being an alternative for your holder.

Make use of a toothpick as opposed to the applicator device.

For a few perfectionists, time-saving tactics hardly make a difference. Should you it one at a time, you will definately get it properly stuck in the particular location. Toothpick has the sharpest edge, that’s why it can function best.

Put the diamonds sensitively.

If you use a little pressure supposing that this is exactly what it will take to repair the diamonds perfectly, let alone getting repaired, the precious stone might leap out of its location and be shed anywhere.

You can’t afford to shed the diamonds.

The diamonds are pretty tiny. You need to be very careful making use of their temperament.

Use tweezers in case you wrongly positioned a diamond or two.

Creating a mistake is really human. In the event you mistakenly positioned a bead in the completely wrong box and it also received trapped because of wax/gum, you just need a tweezer to create it proper.

Slightly stretch it backwards and forwards to make sure that the diamonds usually are not shed.

You should confirm that the diamonds are not likely to come out of their respective boxes. It is going to minimize the chances of imperfection.

Wash stick/wax from the diamonds.

After making sure that your diamonds are put correctly, take a dampness-packed bit of fabric and remove the gel off of the diamonds, which might be diminishing their stand out.

From best through the very base.

You should determine how to start from. It’s safer to start off from the best and function the right path straight down.

Kill the air bubbles employing a metal scale.

If you notice some ridges on the fabric, be confident, the air bubbles caused them. You should transfer a steel range all over the place to do away with those atmosphere bubbles.

With all of these Paint with gemstone ideas in your arsenal, you happen to be on the right path to obtaining an excellent start for your diamond painting exercise. Stay focused and within several days, the activity will develop upon you.

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Sonic rescue!

Ms Scanlan had rescued a hedgehog at the weekend and brought it into class to show everyone. We had a really good look at it and then released it into the tree area, so that it can find a safe place to hibernate for the winter. This morning Robbie told us that he had checked on Sonic and it had moved away from where we left it and hopefully is now snuggled up in a little nest.

We did some research about hedgehogs and found out some interesting facts about them and also did some French about Le herrison!

Lois took some great photos for us, thank you.

End of Week 6

What a lovely end to a busy week.

As a recognition of good behaviour , we had planned to play hide and seek in the forest. We couldn’t have had better weather for it, or more fun. Ms Scanlan managed to catch everyone, except for Koll. It wasn’t as easy as we thought, some of the P7s are excellent at hiding!

Just before that we planted a few more trees and we saw lots more frogs again. The pond has filled up with water from all the recent rain.

This week to link with our biodiversity life cycles topic, we made a display in French of the Hungry caterpillar – ‘La chenille qui fait des trous’. Ms Scanlan was very impressed by all the French accents and the lovely drawings.

Have a good weekend everyone.


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Access to the New York Times Part 3

Hello again! Over the past few weeks, we at the Library have been working on a series of posts about New York Times access for Duke users. Our first post offered an overview of what this access looks like, and our last post covered access for Duke users looking to browse recent issues of the Times and some of its other popular assets (The New York Times Magazine and The New York Times Book Review). This week, we’re looking at access from a more research-oriented perspective. If you’re wondering how best to utilize our Times access for research, keep reading!

Historical issues: We recognize that, over the course of your research, it might be useful to access older issues of the Times. The most exhaustive access we have to historical issues of the Times is through ProQuest Historical Newspapers. If you have a NetID, simply follow this link to access issues from September 14th, 1857 to December 31st, 1922, and this link to access issues from January 1st, 1923 to December 31st, 2016. On either of these pages, you can select a particular date, then see a list of articles that appeared in the paper that day. Generally, when you click on an article via either of these links, you’ll see the article appear as a pdf (looking as it did in the print newspaper). There are usually a couple of other options for viewing, as well: if you click “Page view – PDF,” you’ll see the page of the paper in which the article appears, and if you click “Browse this issue,” you have the option to look through a pdf of the day’s entire paper. You can see each of these viewing options highlighted in the below screenshot. If you’re looking for a more recent issue of the Times, see my previous Times post.

Overview of all databases with Times access: In both this post and my last post, we’ve recommended a few select databases for Times access, as we generally feel that these are the most user-friendly and the most exhaustive. However, if you’re looking to use our Times access for research purposes, you’ll want to know the full breadth of our access. Here’s a list of all the databases Duke users have access to that have at least some degree of New York Times access, with links.

June 27th, 1870 to July 20th, 1870:
Early American Newspapers, Series V

September 14th, 1857 to December 31st, 1922:
ProQuest Historical Newspapers

January 1st, 1923 to December 31st, 2016:
ProQuest Historical Newspapers

August 24th, 1970 to the present: (note that access is limited to three simultaneous users)

June 1st, 1980 to the present:
U.S. Newsstream
Nexis Uni

January 1st, 1985 to the present:
Gale Academic OneFile
Gale OneFile: Contemporary Women’s Issues
Gale in Context: Biography
Gale General OneFile
Gale in Context: Science
Newspaper Source Plus

A note about freelance pieces: As a final point, if you’re looking for particular pieces in the Times, you should be aware that you might run into difficulties finding articles written by freelance writers. This is due to the 2001 US Supreme Court decision New York Times Co. v. Tasini. Wikipedia has a concise summation of this case and its effect here, but essentially, this decision held that the Times could not license articles written by freelance writers or photographs taken by freelance photographers to electronic databases without their creators’ permission. As such, if you’re looking for an article that you know or suspect was written by a freelance writer (in the Times, these are usually opinion pieces) that you are trouble accessing, we recommend you contact the Library via our chat service or

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How Will GDPR Affect Blockchain?

How Will GDPR Affect Blockchain?

As of 25th may, 2018 European Union’s General data protection Regulation (GDPR) is effective. GDPR data protection scheme is designed to restrict the companies which used to collect the personal information without taking any consent from EU residents. GDPR will empower the users with right to information and right to request which enables them to ask the companies to provide or destroy their personal data.

GDPR is boon to users since they are now aware of their rights and they can choose whether they want to be watched by some external entity or not. These regulations can be a bane to some eminent technologies including Blockchain.

Why GDPR compliance and Blockchain cannot reconcile?

A glut of emerging technologies which includes Blockchain are adapted by the companies due to their capability to provide enhanced security and speed. Blockchain data protection enforces data to be immutable, that means it can never be destroyed. This immutability has caused Blockchain data protection to dissuade due to new norms called GDPR.

Blockchain is a kind of data structure that proposes data be stored in a distributed blocks or ledgers of transactions. For security perspectives, each block is hashed with a SHA256 cryptographic algorithm. Each block uses its hash value to link with next and previous block’s hash value. These blocks are decentralized and are distributed over different networks for faster transactions. These blocks were designed to be unalterable and immutable.

GDPR data protection compels the companies to store the data in alterable and mutable form. Companies should be able to deliver the information they are using to the user and should destroy the entire information when the user asks so.

How difficult it can be to alter the data stored in blocks?

If we try to alter the data stored on Blockchain, we have to first deal with the hashes that were used to hash the blocks initially. We need to alter the hashes of subsequent blocks and then we will be able to deal with the actual data. Even if we alter the hash of any one block to comply with GDPR data protection regulations, the integrity of entire Blockchain will be lost and it would become untrustworthy. This alteration will undermine the entire system as Blockchains are linkage of subsequent blocks and a single corrupt block will impact the whole equivalence.

Also Read: Zcash Vs ZenCash – Understand The Difference

Can GDPR compliance and Blockchain can go hand in hand?

This cooperation is conceivable but it will compromise the grace of Blockchain data protection. There are two nodes working with affinity towards Blockchain data protection: data controller and data processor.

Data controllers are responsible for controlling and authorizing who can access the data. Data controller needs an authorizing agreement to process the data by a data processor. There are two ways to mitigate the impact of GDPR on Blockchain:

  • Storing the data outside Blockchain

The data can be stored in external storage and it can be linked with the reference link which will be stored in the blockchain along with hash of the block. The advantage of doing so is the data can be erased without shattering the blockchain. This will satisfy the right to erasure of GDPR data protection regulations but it will somehow reduce the spark of basis of Blockchain, that is security through redundancy.

  • Erasing the cryptographic key

Deleting the cryptographic key will allow the access to the data which is hashed and stored on the blocks. This way is not acceptable yet by the GDPR authorities but it can be a potential way to safeguard Blockchain.

Must Read : Step By Step Guide To Buy Golem

The GDPR regulations imposed by EU will totally alter the way the personal data is used by the organizations. Impact of GDPR on Blockchain is blurring the vision of organizations to comply themselves to survive. There were brilliant minds behind generation of Blockchain and they will find middle path.

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Did I Miss The Weekend?

Today started out like a typical Friday. I got up and looked at all the empty hangers and pulled out the last set of scrubs (don’t judge, some days it is the little things in life)..empty hangers mean it is Friday. Things went uneventful until I got halfway down the road and realized I forgot my breakfast. No problem I will grab something at work.

I took the shortcut to work..until that 27 car train decides to delay traffic for 15 minutes. Then there were the 3 school buses on the route. I never remember them being on the road that early. Oh that’s right, I am 15 minutes later than usual.

I finally get to work and cross the busy intersection safely no small feat I might add but that is a story for another day. I got into work and walked into the office and started my routine. Suddenly patients started coming for the day 1 after the other. Suddenly it was 2 pm and so far I have had no breakfast, no lunch and 1/2 a cup of coffee.  That combination does not make me a pleasant person but no people were harmed because of my low blood sugar and lack of caffeine. I did manage to eat an orange and an apple as well as heat up my coffee. Not the ideal but it worked.

I did manage to leave work at 4:40 and of course hit rush hour traffic. I managed to get home an hour later and take the dog for a nice walk. I didn’t feel like cooking and our church has a Lenten Fish Fry. The church is a 10 minute drive so I went there for a fish sandwich and fries to go . Simple task right? Well not today. I got there at 6 and left at 7:20 with my fish and fries in hand. They were swamped and bless those volunteers, I imagine they will sleep well tonight.

This day was a horrendous day but now that I have eaten, changed clothes and am relaxing I can find some amusement in the day. It was the Friday that seemed like Monday. I thought I was whisked through a time machine and missed the weekend. Seriously though if this is the worst day then I am one lucky person. Happy Friday to all!

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  1. Oh that’s funny Kathy… what a day you had indeed. Glad you finally made it home safely and can now laugh about it which will set the mood for you to hopefully have a fabulous fun-filled weekend…Enjoy!!

    • katsbynp says:

      Friday night did go better. Things always look different if you raise your blood sugar and put you feet up! Thanks for your continued support and comment

  2. Jill says:

    You really had a day cousin, why can’t we have Monday’s that feel like Fri if we can have fri that feel like mon?…hope you have a wonderful weekend

  3. Thank goodness it was a Friday and not a Monday. And so jealous you get to wear scrubs to work!

    • katsbynp says:

      Scrubs have their pros and cons. I don’t have to think what I am going to wear but it also allows you to sometimes not be as diligent with food choices and exercise because they are so forgiving.

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Stand in your TRUTH

Last night I had a dream. In the dream I was surrounded by bears. It frightened me because bears poses an imminent threat to humans if we’re too close, yet upon waking up I KNEW that this was a symbolic dream. Upon researching I found an article entitled, Bear Spirit Animal and found these meanings:

Bear Meaning

The bear has several meanings that will inspire those who have this animal as totem:

  • The primary meaning of the bear spirit animal is strength and confidence
  • Standing against adversity; taking action and leadership
  • The spirit of the the bear indicates it’s time for healing or using healing abilities to help self or others
  • The bear medicine emphasizes the importance of solitude, quiet time, rest
  • The spirit of the bear provides strong grounding forces

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3 Reasons to Hire a Professional to Build Your Website

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3 Reasons to Hire a Professional to Build Your Website

So you’ve decided your business needs a fresh, innovative website. But you’ve no idea where to start. You may be tempted to do it yourself and go through a WordPress crash course so you don’t have to hire someone to develop a website for you. But that may not be the best investment of your time and money.

Hiring a professional to build your website is consistently one of the best decisions you can make for your business, and one that will repay you when the clients start rolling in because they found you online. Here are a few reasons why:

Do you really have time to teach yourself how to use WordPress, Yoast, Google Analytics, etc.? Do you even know what an SSL certificate is? It’s okay if you don’t — not many folks do and that’s all the more reason to hire a professional to take care of the small details of web development for you.

If you’re really passionate about learning WordPress, then building a site yourself might be a good route to take — but that is time you could be spending doing the work of your business. You could be working with clients or perfecting the product or service you offer instead of watching WordPress demos and trying to figure out how to install and run a plugin. Hiring someone skilled in web development is the best investment of your time.

If you want to make the best, most efficient use of your money, hire a pro. There are many decisions when it comes to building a website that the novice simply isn’t equipped to make without guidance or at least a great deal of self-study. Hiring a pro to develop a website does cost money, but it will be worth it in the long run when that website starts generating leads and bringing in quality clients. It’s truly an investment that will provide a high return when done right.

Most people aren’t experts at web design. So spend your time being an expert in your field or industry and in helping provide your clients with excellent service instead of worrying about the finer points of WordPress, Google Analytics, plugins, Hootsuite, etc.

Hiring a pro to build your website will not only help you make the best use of your own time, money, and expertise, but it will also give you peace of mind and a beautifully designed, functional website to serve as your digital storefront.

Contact Blue Edge Business Solutions to discuss how we can help you develop a stunning website for your business!


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20 Things You Didn’t Know about Breaking Grass

20 Things You Didn’t Know About… is a new recurring feature here at Bluegrass Today where noted Nashville publicist Claire Ratliff of Laughing Penguin Publicity compiles interesting tidbits about bluegrass artists you know and love. We start today with Mississippi’s Breaking Grass.

There’s a fresh, new sound resonating from the northeast corner of the Magnolia State. Breaking Grass blends a variety of influences into high energy performances and well-crafted original material. It’s heartfelt music with haunting harmonies to match. Breaking Grass is Cody Farrar on guitar, Tyler White on fiddle, Britt Sheffield on bass, Zach Wooten on mandolin, and Jody Elmore on banjo. The group’s latest project is Warning Signs (Mountain Fever Records).

  • Zach brings hoodies and sweat pants on band trips year ‘round because the guys keep it so cold in the van.
  • When not on the road, Britt enjoys watching movies and learning how to smoke meats on his new grill.
  • Cody and his wife raise sheep, chickens, and ducks on a small farm.
  • Jody has an abnormal fear of snakes… and doesn’t like to think about sharks.
  • Zach doesn’t like for his foods to touch on his plate.
  • Tyler is a Mechanical Engineer and currently works for Monogram Refrigeration by GE Appliances.
  • Britt is the head nurse in the operating room at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.
  • Zach is a pianist at his church.
  • Cody very much dislikes the character “E.T.” from the film of the same name.
  • Tyler is restoring a twin turbo 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air.
  • Jody loves bacon and Mountain Dew … a little too much.
  • Raccoon hunting is Tyler’s passion during the festival off-season.
  • Britt played the trumpet in marching band, and later, guitar in rock/country bands in high school and college.
  • Zach works as an Occupational Therapy Assistant at a local community hospital.
  • Cody was once the subject of a music video shot in Norway.
  • Jody is a Registered Nurse and works as an educator for a medical device company.
  • Cody currently serves on the Board of Directors for an animal shelter.
  • Jody plays electric guitar in the church band.
  • Tyler once rolled a bed down a highway with another band member while sprinklers showered them and the bed.
  • Britt’s feet are as flat as pancakes.

Learn more about Breaking Grass online.

You can send suggestions to Claire for other artists you’d like to see profiled on 20 Things by email.

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Claire Ratliff

Claire Ratliff is the President and Senior Publicist with Laughing Penguin Publicity. Her company provides publicity and marketing/promotional services including media relations, graphic design, photography, and copy writing. They work with a variety of bluegrass and country artists in Nashville.


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Open Water to Divemaster (no EFR)

Are you wanting to take the plunge? Do you want to swap the office for a beach? Do you want to spend your working days under the water? The Open Water – Divemaster package is designed to take you from zero to hero in an all inclusive internship style experience. Teaching you everything you need to know from the basics through to rescue, and then into the realms of being a Dive Pro! (Emergency First Response must have been completed already in the past 24 months).

There is a price agreement between all GIDA shops on Gili Trawangan so we all have the same minimum price. Our prices include diving, instructors or guides, course material (when applicable) and all necessary equipment.

All divers are required to pay a once-off Marine Park fee of Rp150,000. This can be paid in cash at the dive shop upon your arrival.

If you are looking for a more customised diving trip, then feel free to send us an email and we will be more than happy to create a package to cater to your needs.


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Space Traveller, Nuclear Submarine, India Palace (1980)   4 comments

Roger M. Wilcox was a teenaged adventure game developer in 1980, just like many others whose work we’ve looked at in our grand tour. Unlike the other developers we’ve seen, his games were originally only distributed to his family and friends. I played his first three games in one go; all three were 10-minutes-or-less endeavors and I figured the next three might be similar but all of them had extra curveballs which forced me to take more time in solving them.

Note that Mr. Wilcox’s website has the games; he has Windows ports for all of them and TRS-80 versions of most of them, but I was unable to get Space Traveller running in its TRS-80 incarnation. (The other two games I had no such issue with.)

I should also add while games #1, #2, and #3 were all survive-and-escape endeavors, the ones here all are Treasure Hunts where the player is tasked to gather any item marked with asterisks *LIKE THIS* and then type SCORE.

Space Traveller

Wilcox’s game #4 starts you on Planet X, which consists of just two rooms, one where you drop any treasures you find.

Earth isn’t much larger; when I first landed all I could find was an abandoned hat shop and a single hat.

I next flew to Planet Q which consisted entirely of a maze.

Mapping a maze like the one above with only one inventory item is a definite chore; the only way to differentiate rooms is to make a “second-level” connection, like realizing going north from a particular place goes back to the starting room and assume that only is true for one room. The only problem with this technique is the assumption can be wrong (and in fact, it is wrong for this particular maze). After exhaustive mapping and remapping I found nothing, and was truly stumped enough to poke into the source code. (To be fair, the TRS-80 code crashing on me made me suspect I hit a bug rather than a puzzle.)

I found I needed to SHAKE HAT:

The remainder of the game involved applying DIG in pretty much every room, and finding things all over the place. This included a DEAD BODY and an OPEN GRAVE and when putting the DEAD BODY in the GRAVE you apparently become the corpse’s buddy and get a PLATINUM SWORD.

Nuclear Submarine

This is the first of the Wilcox set that really seemed to reach past being a programming exercise, and while I finished without any source code dives, I was definitely stumped in a few places.

Unlike Nuclear Sub, there’s no deep attempt at a “realistic” sub environment here, but the game does make the player wear a scuba suit and pass through an airlock before going outside before arriving at a cave where most of the treasure is, so there’s a layer of atmosphere lacking in the previous Wilcox games.

Getting past this puzzle required throwing a trampoline to the bottom of the cliff.

Structurally, the game is also more interesting than #1-#4 in the re-use of objects. You use a speargun early to kill a shark (just SHOOT SHARK and that’s that) but shortly after you need to break a mirror, and the empty gun works as a pummelling device. Rather more oddly, a copper key used early to open a hatch in the sub also gets used to open a gate. There were a few times where I had dropped an item because I thought I was done with it but had to return to get it (there’s an inventory limit just like all the other games of this period — and I really do mean all of them, I can’t think of a single one that omitted having a limit, even just by accident, unless you count games which don’t have an inventory at all).

The gate I just mentioned is also rusty, and the typical solution is to apply some oil, but I had none. I went back and forth many times here before plowing through my Standard Verb List ™, which is a list of verbs I’ve seen many times and use whenever the going gets tough. I hit paydirt with SEARCH and ended up applying the verb to every room until I found a secret room with the predicted oil can.

There’s one extra wrinkle: just finding the treasures isn’t enough.

Maybe two wrinkles, given the treasures are mostly “fake” items.

The ship won’t start, so you need some fuel. Specifically, you need to grab a piece of plutonium (make sure you use tongs!) and take it back to the ship’s reactor.

Nuclear Submarine felt the most solid of the Wilcox adventures #1 to #6, and it’s better than some games from the time that were sold commercially.

India Palace

On the screenshot above, OPEN DOOR doesn’t work.

This threw me for an enormous loop; almost every game from the era has open as a verb, even if it doesn’t work. It felt analogous to having a north/south/east/west direction system where north and south weren’t recognized. Getting by felt less like solving a puzzle and more winning a struggle against the computer’s source code. Eventually, I used my Standard Verb Lists again and KNOCK won out.

During all this, I discovered an unusual property of the parser — the game remembers what object you last typed, so if you type a verb with no object, it continues with the same object. That is, if you try OPEN DOOR (with the failure noted above) you can then run through all the verbs in the game like HIT without bothering with the object.

If you then use a verb intended to have no object, like just typing W for WEST, the game will generally still parse the action just fine.

This nearly sounds like a feature, except the property also triggers when typing an unrecognized word, and then the game will just keep complaining it doesn’t know what a “DOR” is until you fix it (leading to weird situations where you’re just trying to go west but the game keeps saying it doesn’t know what a DOR is).

Inside, there’s a wall with the magic word DAY-OH. Using it sent me to a small area with hiking boots and a flying carpet. I could use DAY-OH again to get back to where I started, but I was (again) massively stuck on a stone wall.

I eventually had to do a source code dive to realize DAY-OH worked in another (completely random and unprompted) location. I got a MINER’S PICK there which let me dig through the wall.

I don’t have a lot of interesting ideas to report here other than a TECHNOLOGICAL PHASER is one of the treasures, and it’s possible to re-use the pick later by tying it to a rope and making a tightrope over some acid. This game otherwise mostly went back to the simplicity of #4.

There’s a novel typo at the end this time, at least? Usually it’s misspelled as CONGRADULATIONS.

One Last General Observation

Notice from the ending screenshots that games #4 and #6 had an “overall point total”, like Adventure, Zork, and pretty much every other adventure game of the day. Game #5 instead simply listed how many treasures you had out of the full count of treasures. The latter seems like a superior method, since it means the player doesn’t have to guess how many treasures are left based on a percentage or other score, yet this is the only place in 1980 I recall seeing it. It’s like the author had a brief flicker of innovation (however minor) that was immediately snuffed out by his next game.

Roger Wilcox has two more games from 1980 (The Vial of Doom and The Poseidon Adventure); I will write about both of them as standalone posts.

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  1. “TECHNOLOGICAL PHASER” sounds like the sort of thing you’d see (much later) in AGT games, where the engine presumed all objects were described by a two-word phrase consisting of an adjective and a noun. A lot of authors didn’t really understand what that meant, and ended up doing things like having a cheeseburger described in the room described in the room description as “You can see a food cheeseburger here.”

    • Huh, I’d seen that in AGT games before but never knew there was a system explanation, neat!

      It (sort of) made sense here in that everything else is magical-fantasy, so the intent may have been to announce “hey there’s technology being slipped in here” as opposed to just casually having a phaser next to a scimitar.

    • To be fair, I think there are some fast food joints one could get a non-food cheeseburger.

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Digital Yacht introduce new range of AIS at Boot 2019

Digital Yacht will introduce a new range of Class B+ AIS transponders at Boot 2019 now approved for use on German flagged vessels.

Class B+, a new AIS standard, utilises SOTDMA format transmissions which offer a 5W power output (2.5x more powerful than a regular Class B), a guaranteed time slot for transmission in busy traffic areas and faster update rates depending upon the speed of the vessel.

It offers performance similar to Class A transponder but for non mandated users. This new standard is ideal for ocean sailors requiring the best possible performance and future proof satellite tracking applications, fast power boats and smaller non-mandated commercial vessels. It still inter-operates with existing Class A and Class B systems.

The new Digital Yacht AIT2500 is a full function transponder with NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000 and USB data outputs. It ships with a GPS antenna and requires connection to a VHF antenna or suitable VHF-AIS antenna splitter. It’s designed to integrate with all the leading brands of plotters and MFDs.

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Reaching the hopeless through our own doubt.

My love/guide told me today that if I hadn’t had all those years of suffering and crippling doubt I couldn’t have written the books that I do, and could’t have reached the people I reach. I write books of hope for the hopeless; stories of deep meaning for the lost and out of touch. I couldn’t have come to them in compassion and empathy if I hadn’t myself felt disconnected, and like God and all meaning had turned from me.

Friends want to drag you into their darkness

The universe is based on contrasts: yin & yang / for every action there is a reaction. The world of spirit is no exception. For each teacher trying to lead us toward light there will be another slinging darkness. When we find ourselves dancing in joy we will find friends crowding nearer who want to drag us into their fears, angers, and disillusionment. When we lose ourselves in beauty, others will remind us of ugliness. As our lives fill with magic and wonder, there will always be those trying to beat these away from us with factoids and rumors, with scientific counter-references and left brain limitations.

I picture a dog in a storm outside a large comfortable mansion. He is standing at the door, barking and howling as the masters snuggle inside by the fireplace, dry and warm and feeling wonderful.

They go to the door to let the pooch in, but he won’t budge. He hasn’t been barking for them to let him in; he’s been trying to get them to come outside and share his misery, to join him in this horrible deluge.

So they walk back in to sit again by the fire, to snuggle up in the golden warmth, as he goes back to yapping in the darkness.

In dark times, must we fight for Spirit?

These are troubling times for the Deep of Spirit, but we have our forebears even here. Did KH and M ignore the political heavings and machinations of the London Lodge? Did HPB fight with Garibaldi? Did Annie Besant never take a political stand, nor her friend, Mahatma Gandhi? Would the good Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King want to be forced to choose between being a man of spirit OR a political activist? And from my readings of the Bhagavad Gita, I did NOT get that Krishna was telling Arjuna, “Okay, buddy; you just sit this one out. Go back and meditate under that tree in that field; maybe if you OMMMMM loud enough you won’t hear the cries of pain and the clashing of the armor.  Let these lesser yokels fight amongst themselves. You’re on the path now; don’t soil your hands.”


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New images this month

The wet weather I complained about in my last newsletter continued right through February here in south-east Queensland. Caloundra recorded 21 wet days for the month, and the tally for March so far is 5 wet days out of 5. It seems at the moment that if it isn’t raining, it either just has been, or is just about to.

The mornings I ventured out with my camera were all wet, but they also produced interesting light with plenty of photographic potential. The more I revisit my favourite spots along the Sunshine Coast, the more I realise how different they can be from day to day. It’s easy to think that after you’ve visited and photographed a location a couple of times, the photographic options will begin to dry up. But with seascape photography, the natural cycles of changing tides, swell and weather conditions create new options every time you visit. Worthwhile images can appear in your viewfinder where there were no obvious ones before.

The locations I visited over February were all places I’ve photographed before, but they all offered something new and different to previous visits. So here is a quick run down of my month with the camera.

This quiet little town on the shore of Pumicestone Passage is only 15 minutes drive from home so it's a place I've been to many times. My favourite area of sandy foreshore is only small but it once again delivered some interesting images. I arrived before sunrise on a low tide to a fresh array of patterns in the sand - the only blemishes were the thousands of little crab diggings, the occasional trail of a worm or shellfish, and the footprints of shore-birds out for a breakfast snack. The highlight of the morning was a brief but colourful display of crepuscular rays radiating through the heavy clouds

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17mm, f13, 3.2 seconds, ISO100

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Moffat Beach

I always enjoy a good reflection and a flat beach like Moffat Beach is a good place to find one. You just have to wait for a wave to recede so it leaves a wet, mirrored-surface on the sand. It also pays to keep an eye on the changing cloud formations so the reflection will create an interesting shape.

17mm, f11, 1/13th second, ISO100

Shelly Beach

A couple of very wet mornings at Shelly Beach produced some of my favourite images for the month. I was lucky enough to get some breaks in the rain so I could frame and capture these images without having to fumble with an umbrella and plastic bag. There were also enough breaks in the cloud bank out to sea to allow some sunrise colour to shine through and contrast with the surrounding greyness.

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Noosa National Park

Earlier in the month I continued my quest to visit and photograph some of the many beautiful spots along the coast of Noosa National Park. This area requires a little more effort on my part - it's over an hour drive from home and then there are steep sections of walking track to negotiate - not dangerous at all, but a good test for your leg muscles. The track takes you to some great vantage points overlooking the rocky headlands and bays, and side-tracks lead you down to the water. I'm getting to know it better each time I go but there is still plenty of exploring to be done....and of course plenty more images to be captured.

17mm, f11, 1/10th second, ISO200

17mm, f11, 1.3 seconds, ISO100

19mm, f13, 30 seconds, ISO200

19mm, f11, 1/2 second, ISO100

36mm, f8, 1.6 seconds, ISO100

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This boa, our seventh miniature. She comes unassembled and unpainted. The first batch is limited to 95 copies and all of them come with a 10cm tall sticker with matte coating of the original concept art.

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Weak Lensing–X-ray Scaling Relations for a High Redshift Galaxy Clusters Sample

dc.contributor.advisorReiprich, Thomas H.
dc.contributor.authorDoria, Alberto
dc.description.abstractAccurate cosmology through large X-ray selected galaxy cluster samples will rely on accurate mass estimates and well-calibrated mass-observable relations. The comparison of independent approaches, such as X-ray and gravitational lensing analysis, yields the most accurate results in tracing the cosmic evolution. This also contributes to improve our understanding of the scaling laws between X-ray luminosity and mass, providing the essential connection between observations and cosmological constraints that will be obtained thanks to the forthcoming eROSITA X-ray space telescope.
Our project aims at the mass estimation via the weak lensing follow-up of the cosmological subsample of the 400d Galaxy Cluster Survey: a homogeneous, statistically complete and flux limited X-ray sample of 36 high-redshift (0.35 ≤ z < 0.90) clusters, covering an as yet unexplored region in the mass-redshift parameter space.
After a brief introduction about cluster cosmology, this thesis presents methods and results of the cluster mass estimation through an homogeneous weak lensing analysis of 18 galaxy clusters.
For our purposes we use optical data from archival and granted observations at ground-based instruments: IMACS, WFI and MegaCam wide-field cameras. Given the poor quality of the data format of the IMACS camera, we modify and automatize the THELI data reduction pipeline and implement a method for recovering precious astrometric information.
We provide revised scaling relations of weak lensing mass with several X-ray observables integrating the new data with updated masses from the previous works, basing on a total of 25 high-z clusters. We compare our results with the X-ray mass estimates and recent mass comparison projects.
We find a hint for a mass-dependent mass bias, with X-ray mass estimates of low-mass clusters (w.r.t. the sample median mass) being biased-high, while they are biased-low at the high-mass end. However, the overall trend is consistent with the zero bias, hence not showing any indication for a strong cluster mass bias which would be needed to alleviate the Planck CMB-cluster tension.
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dc.subject.ddc530 Physik
dc.titleWeak Lensing–X-ray Scaling Relations for a High Redshift Galaxy Clusters Sample
dc.typeDissertation oder Habilitation
dc.publisher.nameUniversitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn
ulbbnediss.affiliation.nameRheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
ulbbnediss.instituteMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät : Fachgruppe Physik/Astronomie / Argelander-Institut für Astronomie (AIfA)
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Donald Trump’s Crowd Chants “Send Her Back” Toward Ilhan Omar

Amerikkka be hatin’. Hatin’ Black folks, hatin’ women, hatin’ poor people, hatin’ immigrants.

Amerikkka’s hate was on ten last night in Greenville, North Carolina when d!ckhead-in-chief Donald Trump took the stage to address his frothing fleet of f**ka$$ followers.

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After being off of social media for some time, Jaguar Wright has something to say to Common. The singer previously alleged she was sexually assaulted by the rapper years ago during an Instagram live rant. The allegations were recorded and shared all over the internet with Common responding to them for the first time earlier this month.

When asked about the incident, the Chicago born emcee denied Jaguar’s story, but sent her his best wishes since she believed she was “going through some things.” Jaquar is now responding sarcastically to Common’s reaction on Instagram, accusing him of getting her account shut down. In a post, the singer wrote:

Referring to Common by his real name, Lonny, Jaguar continued on the caption:

“Out of IG jail and we’re back at it again! I’m so tired of all these stacked decks! This is the second time I’ve been on [lock and key emoji] down .. after being reported for harassment by @common .. though he has sent Hella Trolls to my @dalladelphiaproductions zoom room meetings, and countless trolls here on IG to attack or set me up for defamation suits! I do my own wet werk and don’t hide my intentions!”

In the rest of the message, Jaguar attacked Common’s love life.

“ Lonny, you have become so fake; I have to listen to your old records just to remember you use to be a real dude! Then .. that last relationship, just broke down like an old #fordpickup on I-30 N! Why do they all leave Lonny? Did you break up with all these amazing women from your past? Or, did they [run] just like I did!? Why Lonny!? #whycomelonny #ucantmakemewhat2do #yupisaidit #wcwmeetingusa #dalladelphia #meetthejohnsons #metoomissedwho2020 #ripmo3 #dallaslife #gone2soon #hisstory #possibilityhistorians”

Back in August was when Wright first made the accusation she spent time with Common and she felt like he was forcing himself on her while she slept.

 I’m waking up in the morning and I feel something poking in my face and s**t,” she said. “I open my mouth and this n***a tried to stick his d**k in my mouth while I’m asleep. Lonnie f**king Lynn, Rashid, Common — whatever the f**k you want to call yourself. That’s why I stopped f**king with him, because n***a if you gonna try to stick your d**k in my mouth while I’m asleep, there ain’t nothing you won’t do.”

Before Common responded publicly, Jaguar apologized to his current girlfriend Tiffany Haddish for any distress she may have caused by telling her story.

“My most humble and sincerest apologies go out to the incomparable @tiffanyhaddish .. I began to look through your page and I just wanted to say I’m sorry if anything that I’ve done caused you distress … and you look fabulous in that suit … rockin it .. keep on being amazing be well God-bless you #sheready?”

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This healing recipe is Inspired by Maangchi korean steamed pear recipe called Baesuk.

Pear, according to TCM, regenerates body fluids, dissolves mucus, lubricate the throat, etc. Together with red dates, ginger & pine nuts, traditionally this delicious dessert recipe is known to treat cold symptoms such as sore throats & coughs.

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Nurturing Steamed Pear with Red Dates, Grated Ginger & Pine Nuts

Serve: 2

  • 1 x your choice of pear (Bosc Pear, Trout Pear, Korean pear etc)
  • 1/2 tsp grated ginger
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1 tbsp pine nuts
  • 1 x red dates (pit removed & cut in thin slices)
  • Cinnamon powder
  • Mint leaves

  1. Boil some water in a large pot
  2. Cut pear into half, Scoop out the core and remove seeds. Cut the flesh into small pieces
  3. Divide ingredients between the 2 halves. Firstly, put back the chopped pear, then top with grated ginger, honey, pine nuts and finally the red date slices
  4. Place the pears into a heat resistant bowl and then put into the large pot with boiling water
  5. Steam for 30-45 mins on low heat until the pear is tender
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Gearing Up with Bloom’s: An Introduction to 6 Thinking Skills

Bloom’s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain (a fancy term for six critical thinking skills) has been around for a very long time and is still taught as part of educational pedagogy in most colleges and universities across the USA. Although many educators and trainers are familiar with Bloom’s, the percentage of them that deliberately design courses and programs using Bloom’s is probably quite small. Why?

Let’s face it: It’s challenging and time-consuming to create courses and programs that give learners opportunities to use all six critical thinking skills instead of just one or two. Want to test learners to see how well they recall facts you’ve taught them? That’s easy: just give them a pencil-and-paper test and they will have used the first of the six thinking skills – remembering. Have them explain the facts to someone else and they will have used the second thinking skill – understanding.

brain-bigstock-Brain-Function-with-gears-and-11863580From there, it gets more difficult to figure out what learners are really taking away with them from a class or training. Can they use the information in real-life situations? That’s the third thinking skill – applying. How about analyzing (fourth skill) the facts for missing information? Or evaluating (fifth skill) the facts to determine whether or not the information makes sense in different situations or circumstances? Or creating (sixth skill) new ways to use the information?

Why would you want to have learners use these all of these six thinking skills when learning new content? There are many answers to this question, but I’ll just share two:

1. Learners will remember the content longer because they’ve spent time thinking more critically about the information.

2. Learners will be able to use the information you’ve taught them in more complex and meaningful ways in real-life situations.

Here is a short PDF-formatted slide presentation that will give you a humorous yet informative introduction to Bloom’s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain: Gearing Up With Bloom’s. I created it for an in-house training that will take place at the end of this month; however, it will also help any trainer or educator understand more about Bloom’s six critical thinking skills.

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GlossyBox is a beauty subscription box that sends five deluxe and full-size products to your door every month for $21 (with free shipping to the U.S.). Subscribers should expect to discover new brands of hair care, makeup, and skincare in each pink box, wrapped up nicely with a different theme each time. There are different variations of boxes sent in each delivery of this monthly beauty box, but each box should have a value of at least $60.

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This was my first monthly GlossyBox and I am hooked! I am always looking for ways to exfoliate and hydrate in the winter and this box gave me everything that my skin needed for this time of year. I was able to wake up with a morning coffee scrub that left my skin feeling so smooth for days, the deep moisturizing cream has been saving my skin so far by hydrating without causing any major breakouts,  I also had no idea how badly I needed a foot mask in my life but I am hooked now! The lavender oil forced me to kick back and put my feet up after a long day with my kids while the mask worked its magic on my super dry feet. I normally don't love eye masks, but the K-Glo mask left me feeling a little less puffy after a long holiday season. While I didn't love the lip balm, I am going to give it another try, and the purifying scrub made my husband so happy! The products this month have an estimated retail value of around $83.47 which is not bad for a $21 box. For me, I don't get a ton of time for myself, but boxes like this really remind me that it is ok to take that time even if it is just me at home using a foot mask. I loved the overall product curation that felt perfect for the season. I really can't wait to see what my next box will bring! Read more...

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November 23, 2020
Ahh, I see Glossybox is just as much of a gyp today as it has always been. The creation of Glossy reminds me of the old days of Birchbox, back when all they would give you is a nice box with miniscule samples of products I never wanted. The point in all of this that perplexes me most is how on earth do they keep their subscribers?
October 14, 2020
I have never had a problem with my delivery of glossy box I expect it near the end or the very end of each month and I've also never had a problem subscribing and canceling which I've done off and on for 2 years. It's the only box left that has such a nice actual box with packaging that's thoughtfully prepared, look fantastic does this as well actually. I'm tired of my other boxes having everything dumped in there by careless workers. It is not as high brow of products but they are always useful.
September 15, 2020
Honestly it depends. Some are good and some not so much. For Canadians it cost around 28,50$ CAD with shipping and exchange rate. If you want to subscribe to only one box, I would choose another one.
June 8, 2020
Hello everybody! Due to pandemic worldwide situation and a financial hardship I decided to cancel my Glossy box subscription and what a turnaround I received from the company! They started making excuses, changed the date on my sent message and finally charged me $22.68 for a very poorly prepared box (it is truly the worst box I’ve ever received from any other company, and I receive lots of different boxes). It was going back and forth with them and I received just standard messages about not meeting the cancellation date but I DID (I received a confirmation email with the correct date and time and took a few print screens when I sent the original message). Glossy box nowadays is not a serious, reliable company. Please be aware and be safe!
June 1, 2020
Nope. The star product in May was a Steve Laurent palette???? Hahahahahaha canceled. This box should be $12, not $21.
May 11, 2020
Please save your money and time and read the reviews that are posted. I didn't and ended up being charged for two months in a row and to date have not received a box!!! Countless unhelpful emails later that only say that my "order has been dispatched and on the way...Please allow five business days." The tracking is phony, customer service is phony and the telephone number is just an answering machine. For everyone that comments how much they love their boxes and products, consider yourself lucky that you got a box. I cancelled my subscription and now I have to dispute the charges with my cc company because I don't think these boxes are coming.
April 28, 2020
Considering how much I spend on the many, many different subs I can't resist (not to mention add ons and pop ups...), I guess I should be grateful that Glossy is no longer any kind of a temptation. The multiple chances I gave this company all eventually ended in being disappointed or even outright cheated. I'm relieved for those who've had good experiences with this box; however, I genuinely believe they're the exception, not the rule, and that it's only a matter of time before they get burned too.
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Agree with other reviewers...they bait with discount coupons and when you accept you end up with mutiples...its hard to track the subscriptions so I got 3 of the same box one month....and it was such a crappy box. Then finally I was a 3 month subscription plan. They charged me again anyway. So my advise. take your payment method OUT so they cant keep charging you. Customer service is terrible....honestly skip this one.
February 2, 2020
This is the biggest disappointment of my life, including my ex-fiance. The boxes are underwhelming, the customer service is awful, and they actually don't have customer service, since they do not provide any solutions to problems or care to help. Don't buy into the illusion that something with British undertones is exotic or special, the products are horrid and if you think you might be interested in something that was in a box or may be in a future box, look for it on this trade site or elsewhere. I promise you that in the end it will save you from extreme letdown and waste of time.
January 10, 2020
Worst experience ever. I had the hardest time trying to subscribe. Once it went through, it actually went through 3 times. I emailed immediately and tried to cancel since there is no customer service number to call. 2 days later there was no reply to my message and they sent me three boxes! Three of the same boxes. I still had no reply email so I started a chat. It took minutes for a response and the response was that I need to send it back at my expense or I can return to sender with no guarantee they will get it. I decided to just cancel. If I'm not worth their time, then they aren't worth my money.

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