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The Boy Scouts: The History and Legacy of the World's Most Popular Youth Organization , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 82min
On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty, to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law, to help other people at all times, to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. - Scout OathTo most, a Boy Scout is the personification of righteousness, self-sufficiency, and adaptability. In contemporary culture, particularly in the West, the stock images of Boy Scouts are associated with irreproachable conduct, so much so that they have been inordinately branded as Goody Two-Shoes.For the most part, the cliché is well-intentioned and somewhat endearing. For such an interpretation, viewers can refer to the character Russell from the Disney-Pixar movie Up, a Junior Wilderness Explorer who embarks on a quest to secure the “Assisting the Elderly” badge. The nervous, but delightfully bubbly Scout, was quick to capture the hearts of millions upon millions around the world.On the other end of the same spectrum is the stereotype that reduces them to unimaginative conformists, bookish narks, and blind followers. Many Americans have heard the phrase, “He is such a Boy Scout,” in passing, perhaps said with a scoff or followed by a dramatic eyeroll. The Boy Scout trope is frequently woven into movies, TV shows, and other works of fiction as one-dimensional characters. More often than not, they are polite to a fault and depicted as obsessive patch collectors, the hackneyed antithesis of the rebellious protagonist. While most know better, it bears noting that the Boy Scouts are an entity far more well-rounded and proficient than they are often given credit for in America. A reported 85 percent of FBI agents are former Boy Scouts, and NASA reported that of the two dozen men who landed on the moon, 20 were former Scouts, including all three members of Apollo 13 and 11 of the 12 who walked on the moon. Of course, this isn't to say that the organization was the sole reason behind their successes, but these sta ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Gallagher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/136093/bk_acx0_136093_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Minimalist Budget: The Ultimate Guide on How to Save Money & Do More with Less! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 130min
You are awoken early by the latest iPhone, notifying you that it is time to get ready for the day. After your shower, you adorn yourself with designer clothes, slip on your designer shoes, and protect your eyes with an expensive pair of sunglasses. Off you go in this year’s model car. Throughout the day, you are probably bombarded with advertisements asking you to purchase something. Most of these advertisements are not for something you need, but most people will buy these products. They feel they are living life to the maximum. Perhaps you are also part of this demographic! We live in a culture of consumerism. We are constantly told buying more products will improve our quality of life and bring us happiness. However, out of the madness of mass consumerism, a new trend is developing. This new trend emphasizes “less is more” and people who follow it strive to live their best life with as little as possible. This trend is called minimalism. You may have heard of minimalism in a different context. You may think of it as an art form that depicts barren landscapes, monochromatic color schemes, and a few neatly-designed objects almost self-consciously placed in different corners of a room. You imagine that minimalist living would be exactly this: having an empty space with few possessions. You may scoff at someone who is following a minimalist lifestyle and imagine they have decided to shed their possessions to live as an ascetic. But I want you to stop worrying because the minimalist lifestyle as we know it today is none of these things! If we stop to reflect we will soon learn that many of our complications are self-inflicted. You will notice that one of the biggest factors complicating your life is the chase and acquisition of material goods. Though you have acquired everything you once desired, things soon seem to lose their value and cause you more grief than joy. Yet you continue to believe that the only solution is to acquire more material ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Robinson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/120195/bk_acx0_120195_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Chasing After Bigfoot: My Search for North America's Most Elusive Creature , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 318min
When fly-fishing guide Rusty Wilson decides he's tired of listening to others talk about their Bigfoot stories and instead wants his own encounter, a strange series of events leads him into the wilds of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, with an eventual rendezvous in the rugged mountains of Montana. In the preface of his book, Rusty writes, "I always wondered what it would be like to go searching in places where there have been actual Bigfoot encounters - places I call 'Bigfoot hotspots'. I wanted to see a Bigfoot, but I just couldn't justify intruding into their terrain. I know I wouldn't like someone coming into my territory, purposely searching for me and my family. While thinking about all this (usually while fishing), a thought finally began to take shape: what if I were to go to Bigfoot hotspots and just hang around camp, trying to be as unobtrusive as possible and not tramping into the woods looking for them? Would they maybe come to me from curiosity? Another thought was in the back of my mind - would I be able to find definitive proof of the existence of Bigfoot, something many scoff at or question? And if I did, what would I do with it? I wanted to see one - in a nutshell, meet the elusive creature I'd heard so much about over campfires. So, I decided I would go camping. I would take off for a month and follow my heart, go chasing after the Big Guy - though I can tell you, when I realized my dream could become reality, I was kind of scared. Did I have what it would take to camp in a tent in these Bigfoot hotspots all alone? I wouldn't actually be chasing after Bigfoot - if anything, he'd be chasing after me." Join Rusty on a wild adventure that will leave you scared to go out in the woods, as well as wishing you were out there - and with the hope that just maybe, Bigfoot will choose you for an encounter. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Henzel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/019207/bk_acx0_019207_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Real Newfoundland Scoff
A Real Newfoundland Scoff - Using Traditional Ingredients in Today's Kitchens: ab 12.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Scoff
Scoff - A History of Food and Class in Britain: ab 11.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Mannix: The First Season
Intertect is one of the most high-tech detective agencies in the business, specializing in using computers to solve it's clients' most baffling mysteries. But one of the company's detectives, Joe Mannix (Mike Connors), likes to do things the old fashioned way: With a little boot leather and a punch to the gut. He may butt heads with his straight laced supervisor, Lew Wickersham (Joseph Campanella), and scoff at the precious computer's results, but Mannix's unorthodox methods pay dividends-he always gets his man. Developed by Bruce Geller, creator of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, the long-running show was known for it's over-the-top fistfights, inventive title sequence, and swinging theme song. This collection presents all 24 episodes of the series' debut season. Star Joseph Campanella, Mike Connors Special Features: Full Frame Audio: Mono - English Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary Featurettes Photo Gallery Runtime: 1210 minutes.- Shop: odax
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Holy Joe
"Echoes of the Barn" Meaning behind the song: In our Christian walk, there are times when we feel like we have everything under control. It's in those times that we need to hit our knees in prayer, because we've been standing on our own two feet for too long. We know that our bad decisions cause us pain, but we continue to make them. My favorite part about this song is the chorus. "Lifting hands with crossed fingers never solved a thing." We want to stand before our fellow believers with our hands raised in praise to God, all the while our fingers are crossed behind our backs hoping everything turns our instead of trusting the God who promises it will. "Praising Your name with my two-sided mouth." In James it states that salt water and fresh water can't come from the same spring, and neither should praises and curses come from the same mouth. Don't try and put on a face for others when you enter the Church building on Sunday, and then completely blend in with the world Monday-Saturday. When it comes down to it, we are literally nothing without Jesus. God has this way of completely turning our world's upside down and at the same time placing us on a firm foundation of Truth. We just need to trust Him. FACEDOWN (Leviticus 9:22-24) This song, "Facedown", was named for the breakdown in the middle. Some of the kids at our church decided to lay face down instead of hard core dancing during the break down-thus the name. This song has a broad meaning and I hope many are made aware that they are not alone in their thoughts about God. Sometimes we can feel so alone and so far away from God, but it's not God who moves, it's us. We whine and cry when trouble comes and crawl up to the altar. God's presence makes us feel good and then five minutes later, we are right back to the pile of vomit we were asking God to take away. I feel so stupid sometimes when I realize I've done that very same thing. Throughout our ministry, we've met a lot of people that have made the statement, "God and I have an understanding". Basically, they would tell us that God would allow them to sin in a certain way. That's so far from the truth. So many lost souls, it's sad. We have got to learn to look within ourselves first to make sure we are doing everything we can to follow God's law. Jesus died for everyone's sins and we should fall "facedown" in worship whether times are good or bad! I think Job said it best, "Shall we only take the good from God and not the bad"? 'Holy Joe" Meaning behind the song: The dirt of the world seems suffocating sometimes. I remember being at a place in my life not too many years ago when I was just lying on the floor, my face buried in the carpet praying. I was so overwhelmed by life in that moment and in the stillness I almost audibly heard God say "This too shall pass." Instantly I felt peace. Knowing that it would be just a moment in time, and that God had it under control was just what I needed. My prayers then changed from focusing on my self pity to that of destroying the enemy, satan. We need to be purified from the inside out to know and understand God's plan for our lives. We need all of our impurities brought out into the light! When the enemy surrounds you on every side, just make sure you are wearing the full armor of God and he will fight for you. We don't have any right to question God or to contemplate how WE think He will take care of our problems. We all scoff at Peter when he doubted as he was walking on the water with Jesus, but our faith is small. When we are in the middle of the battle, on the very front lines, we just have to remember to stay strong and fight, because we've already been promised eternal life, we can't die. "Photographing Apathy" Meaning behind the song: Ever have someone whose words had a way of cutting you down? Ever feel like they didn't care at all, like you could take a picture of their apathy? Have you ever been that person? Of course you have. It's like the old saying though, hate the sin, not the sinner. Sometimes we so desperately want to know the truth, until we realize that the actual truth that comes out of someone's mouth hurts. The beautiful thing about being broken is the chance to be renewed by the Savior. We can scream our hurts and pains to the world all we want, and when push meets shove, the world doesn't care. Until we decide to STOP making the same choices over and over again that hurt us, the quicksand of satan's lies will suck us in. The world will betray you, lie to you and always let you down, but Christ NEVER will. "Psalm of Questioning" Meaning behind the song: The actual meaning of the word "psalm" is: song. So this is literally a "Song" of questioning. Ever gotten to the point in your life when you look at yourself and say "How can this be my life?!" I have. It's in those moments when you just can't even cry one more tear because you've cried so long that you beg God not to let you go. If you're not growing in your walk with Christ, you have become like stagnant water. Standing in one place so long that you can't even feel your legs any longer. Christ desires that we continually grow in Him, not get to a point of "satisfaction" in our walk with Him. When it comes down to it, His truth never fades. We can choose to live a life of unforgiveness towards others and harbor bitterness in our hearts, but it will only lead to heartache. If you get to the point of asking yourself "How can this be my life?" Just reach out to Jesus, He's never far away. "Walls Will Sing" The title to this song suggests a place that doesn't exist or a land far, far away when in actuality it is speaking of Heaven. This song is a rather violent account of realizing and trying to justify the sin in our life. When God calls you, there is this stirring inside. The violent battle occurs because we try to hold on to these things we have held for a long time. Sometimes it takes ripping, tearing, banging and screaming. As we accept Jesus as our Savior, His blood pours over us and starts the change that is often painful. There will never be a more rewarding change. Although as humans we tend to think change is bad, it is very much needed so that we can become closer to God, so...let your song be carried to where the walls will sing. "Tunnels" Meaning behind the song: A lot of times as Christians we don't want to let anyone see that we hurt. So, instead of laying it all at the altar and finding someone to talk to about it, we let our tormenting thoughts bind us inside our pain. When really all we need is to be "recreated" by the Creator. Admitting that we can't do it by ourselves is the only way to let Jesus take our burdens. When you finally realize that you're not strong enough to live in fear, only then can Jesus"take the stage" or take control. When we get into places of temptation and there's no one around to keep us accountable, instead of taking God's way out, we stay in the midst of the situation. Remember, you have never run so far from God that He can't reach you. When you wonder to yourself, "Where is God, now that I need Him most?!", just turn around. When it comes down to it, when you're standing on the edge between life and death, you cannot allow your selfish desires to win, but must surrender before the Mighty God. "Take Me Home" Simply put, "Take Me Home" is a song that tells of my longing to be with God. Not a presence that we feel here on Earth, but that one-on-one relationship that only God can create. Too many times we allow life to push God aside and get us side-tracked. Our job as children of God is to live every moment as Jesus did-pleasing God in every part of our life, large and small. Sometimes this world just makes me want to scream. I don't feel like I fit here anymore, so I cry out to God, "Take me home!". Though I must and will praise God in the good and bad, I long to be with Him. "Waltzes at Midnight" Meaning behind the song: Ever take the time to go through old photos or notes you have tucked- Shop: odax
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