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The Worst Actions Any Manager Can Take
These days, many managers are recognizing that the world of business has become increasingly competitive due to factors like technological advancements and globalism. As such, managers need to implement a wide range of strategies to ensure that their organizations can function as optimally as possible. In many cases, managers unwittingly commit a wide range of errors that preclude their companies from moving forward. Below are just a few of the worst actions a manager could take. Review this information so you can avoid committing mistakes that might be holding your organization back:
1. Micromanagement.
As noted in Forbes, strangling autonomy is one of the worst things that a manager can do. Micromanagement is the flip side of being disconnected from one's team, with the latter reality involving remaining oblivious to the activities, concerns, and progress of one's employees. Unlike being disconnected, micromanagement is a process that involves constantly controlling, observing, and supervising the employee's work. Micromanagement has a negative connotation for multiple reasons, one of which is that it creates a lack of freedom in the work setting. Additionally, micromanagement quells innovation by precluding the employee from feeling that she or he has the freedom to think independently and experiment with new systems.
2. Failure To Implement Employee Development Strategies.
In addition to avoiding the world of micromanagement, make sure that you don't commit the error of failing to implement employee development strategies. Using these strategies is immensely important because it ensures that your staff members are constantly acquiring new skills and learning about the latest methodologies being used in their field. When this happens, your staff members will typically be able to complete their tasks with greater excellence and expedience. On the other hand, failing to implement employee development strategies can cause your business to operate less efficiently. And as noted in Forbes, it can also cause your employees to leave your company in search of work at an organization that will place primacy on their growth and development.
3. Resistance To Change.
Resistance to change is one of the worst actions a manager can take. Because of rapid technological advancements, it's logical that business owners will not buy every new device that comes on the market. Yet failing to recognize and respond to things like new consumer trends or the rise of app use can prevent a business from retaining the type of cutting edge image that could cause the organization to become more competitive. With this reality in mind, make sure that you're always cognizant of new industry trends. Also do analytic work to test any new methodology or system you implement to ensure that you're only doing things that consistently yield substantive results!
Once you realize that you want your company to grow and flourish, you need to implement techniques that will make expansion happen. One of the techniques you should implement is identifying and eliminating common business errors that could hold you back. Review the data found in this article to determine whether you're currently making certain mistakes that could be stunting growth!

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A couple weeks ago, I found myself in a little living room on a bone-chillingly cold Wisconsin winter day with a bunch of my friends, watching Disney's latest animated film, Frozen. Yeah, picture it. A room full of yuppie quarter-century-old women, a majority of whom had agreed this would be a fun thing to do in their free time.
I started off as the stick in the mud. There's nothing I hate more about myself than the fact that I lost all of my original teeth in the 1990s, meaning that most Disney movies evoke good feelings in me in spite of my feminist self, explicit misogyny & all.
When this song came on, I wanted to kill myself & I started bitching out loud to my friends. "Really? Princesses are still singing about this shit in 2014?" But by the end of the movie, though, I wasn't that pissed. Here's why:
1. My friend Marie set out a really great array of cheese for me to put into my face while I watched it. This comforted me in some of my hardest moments as a viewer.
2. Princess Anna, despite her Disney princess typicality (impossibly wasp-waisted, wide-eyed, eurocentric appearance) was adventurous, witty, determined & even clumsy. A nicely developed character of a woman after my own heart.
3. Prince Hans, with whom Princess Anna immediately falls in love, turns out to be a huge douche kabob. Lesson for the little girls? Finding a prince doesn't solve all of your problems. In fact, sometimes it can actually create more for your sorry ass.
4. The central conflict of the film is the troubled relationship between Princess Anna & her big sister, Queen Elsa. While Disney couldn't resist throwing in a good ol' heteronormative love triangle, I do applaud them for focusing the story on a positive relationship between two females unclouded by sexist, overdone tropes like competition & jealousy for once.
5. The act of true love required to unfreeze Princess Anna's frozen heart at the end of the movie is one of sisterly devotion in a twist that overly excited my bell hooks-lovin' self. When a nonconsensual smooch from Kristoff planted on Princess Anna's frozen lips could have easily & predictably done the trick, this sweet surprise left me feeling hopeful for little girls everywhere.
Of course, Disney still has a way to go before it can be called anything remotely close to feminist. But in the interest of full disclosure, I'll admit that I'm not that mad about potentially taking the little girls I occasionally babysit to the sing-a-long version soon.


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Facebook's $4.5 mn investment to help news publishers
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Facebook has announced that it will invest an additional $4.5 million towards helping the news industry globally.
The social media giant, which reported more than $5 billion in profit in the second quarter this year, said it will give $3.5 million towards 'Facebook Membership Accelerator', a three-month pilot programme designed to help news organisations with membership models.
"We are going to continue to coach the group of metro news publishers from the pilot programme through the end of this year, and we will reconvene with them in 2019 to focus on subscriber retention," Campbell Brown, Global Head of News at Facebook, said in a blog post on Thursday.
Facebook also announced that it would contribute $1 million to the 2018 'NewsMatch' campaign, which matches individual donations to more than 100 non-profit newsrooms around the country.
"Last year, 'NewsMatch' helped make 2017 a record-breaking year for giving to non-profit journalism and we are excited to help NewsMatch expand in 2018," said Brown.
The 'Facebook Membership Accelerator' will help non-profit news organisations and local, independent publishers with membership models build sustainable businesses, by providing supporters access to exclusive content and experiences through memberships, the blog post said.
An earlier 'Local News Subscriptions Accelerator' programme from Facebook was designed to test strategies focused on growing digital subscription acquisitions for local publishers. "We're encouraged by the early successes of this programme, and proud of the tangible business results that publishers have accomplished so far," Brown noted.
Facebook said it was also working with publishers across the U.S. and Europe to test support for subscriptions in 'Instant Articles'.
"Moving forward, we'll also be exploring ways to support emerging models like membership directly on Facebook," said Brown.
On Thursday, Facebook announced its first partnership in India with Chennai-based Asian School of Journalism (ACJ).
Part of the Facebook Journalism Project, the partnership will establish a scholarship programme at ACJ and support five students in four career specialisations — print, new media, radio and television. (IANS)


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The Rest Of My Life Is For You Chapter 398
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Since she was carrying Xiao Liuliu in her arms, Nian Xiaomu did not wish for her to listen in on the grown-ups squabbling with each other. Throwing a glance at Wen Yadai, Nian Xiaomu paid no attention to her and walked away.
When she reached the entrance, the doorman stopped her.
"Do you have a reservation? Without a reservation, you may not enter."
As soon as the doorman spoke and even before Nian Xiaomu could reply, Wen Yadai had already walked over and stood between the two of them.
"To think you dared to come here without a reservation, Nian Xiaomu. Don't you know your place?"
"Oh right, someone like you would probably never have been to such a luxurious place before. You might think that just anyone can come in." Wen Yadai eyed Nian Xiaomu up and down with a look of scorn.
Seeing that Nian Xiaomu was not replying to her, Wen Yadai assumed that she was feeling guilty and sneered even harder at her.
If it were not for Nian Xiaomu, she would be still at the Yu Corporation.
She would still be a well-respected department manager who was Yu Yuehan's most reliable right-hand woman.
The reason for her current downfall was all because of Nian Xiaomu!
When she thought of this, Wen Yadai gritted her teeth and lost all logic!
How she wished to trample Nian Xiaomu under her own feet
"Do you really think that just because Xiao Liuliu likes you, you can rise to riches overnight? Even if you win the favor of Xiao Liuliu to get close to Master Han, a pheasant like you will always remain a pheasant. You will never ever become a phoenix! Just like how this kind of establishment will not entertain a lowly person like you!"
Wen Yadai haughtily stuck her nose in the air as she spoke.
Even though she had left the Yu Corporation, she was still the young miss of the Wen Family.
What about Nian Xiaomu?
She might be carrying the most distinguished Little Miss of the Yu Family in her arms, but she would not be able to step into the restaurant!
"Beg me. If you beg me, I'll bring you in."
Throwing a glance at her, Nian Xiaomu could not fathom why Wen Yadai would have this misguided sense of superiority.
Without bothering with her, Nian Xiaomu took out her cell phone to make a call to Yu Yuehan and check if he was arriving soon.
Before she could make the call, Wen Yadai was already sneering at her.
"Trying to call Master Han to help you? Nian Xiaomu, if you are so capable, why didn't you get Master Han to come here with you?"
"Let me guess. Could it be that Master Han is already sick of you and cannot even stand the sight of you? Now, you have to use his name to get into places and are even taking advantage of a three year old"
"No! That's not true! My Daddi likes Pretty Sister!" While she could control her temper, Xiao Liuliu was already huffing and puffing with indignation in Nian Xiaomu's arms.
Taken aback, Wen Yadai crossed her arms, unwilling to believe the words of a child.
"Look at how pathetic you are, Nian Xiaomu. Your wily ways are only good enough to fool a child. Do you think that you are good enough for Master Han to fall for you?" Wen Yadai asked.
She snickered, but seeing how Xiao Liuliu tried to defend Nian Xiaomu made Wen Yadai's eyes fill with jealousy toward her.
Turning to the doorman, Wen Yadai instructed, "Make sure that you keep an eye on this woman. She is a con woman, so don't let her come in Ouch!"
Before Wen Yadai could finish what she wanted to say, a swift kick hit her knee.
It was so painful that she almost fell to the ground.
Wen Yadai looked back at Nian Xiaomu in disbelief.
"How dare you kick me?"
"I just felt like kicking you!" Then, Nian Xiaomu dusted her pant leg with contempt as if it had come into contact with something dirty.
If she could use her hands, then she wouldn't use her mouth!
She hadn't intended to even bother with a woman that was jealously enraged. It would set a poor example for Xiao Liuliu.
However, since Wen Yadai did not appreciate it even when Nian Xiaomu tried to take a step back, then Nian Xiaomu could not be blamed for showing her some color!


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Should be an easy one I hope. Right-click MY COMPUTER and disconnect any network drives attached. I had to do this same thing before. An earlier drive mapping/credentials is conflicting. Hope this helps!
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Al Ahly and Wydad Casablanca reach the Champions League quarter-finals
- From the section Football
Al Ahly of Egypt and Wydad Casablanca of Morocco secured their place in the African Champions League quarter-finals on Saturday as North African clubs prevailed in the final Group D matches.
Wydad were 1-0 winners over 10-man Zanaco of Zambia to move top of the group, with record eight-time champions Al Ahly beating Cameroon's Coton Sport 3-1.
That put Ahly level on points with Zanaco, and with identical head-to-heads, Ahly went through, above the Zambians, on goal difference.
Zanaco knew a point in Casablanca would have been enough to put them into the last eight, but they were thwarted by a 68th-minute goal from Wydad's Achraf Bencharki in front of the 80,000-capacity stadium.
Bencharki's goal came nine minutes after Zanaco defender Taonga Bwenbya was sent off having been yellow-carded a second time.
It was the first Champions League loss suffered by Zanaco this season and only the third goal they had conceded after four wins and five draws in qualifying and group matches.
Al Ahly, who began their match against Coton Sport knowing only a win would take them through to the knockout stage for the first time since 2013, suffered an early setback.
They fell behind at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria after 12 minutes when veteran defender Ahmed Fathy conceded an own-goal.
Amr Gamal came to Ahly's rescue with an equaliser and he also scored the third Ahly goal after Abdallah El Said had given the Cairo club a 2-1 half-time lead.
It means four North African clubs have now reach the Champions League quarter-finals, with Esperance and Etoile Sahel of Tunisia already through.
There will also be at least two quarter-finalists from southern Africa - defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and Ferroviario Beira of Mozambique who went through after Al Hilal and Al Merreikh were disqualified following Sudan's global Fifa ban.


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If golf clubs in India adopt tourist-friendly policies, we can become a golfing destination, says Rishi Narain, MD, RN Sports Marketing.
That golf is a centuries old sport is perhaps a touch incomplete without mentioning an Indian connection. Established in 1829, the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) is the second-oldest golf course in the world, after the home of the sport – St. Andrews (Scotland). In fact, that makes RCGC the oldest golf course outside the British Isles.
That apart, India has about 220 golf courses, in which more than 20 are signature golf courses which are at par with international standards. One such property is the nine-acre Jaypee Greens Golf and Spa Resort, located on the outskirts of the national capital. Designed by veteran golfer Greg Norman, the resort promises some of the most stunning views of the beautiful 18-hole golf course. It attracts many foreign tourists.
Besides Jaypee, other top golf courses for incentive groups would be Boulder Hills Golf & Country Club (Hyderabad), Classic Golf & Country Club (Manesar), Eagleton Golf Resort (Bengaluru), Oxford Golf Resort (Pune) and Royal Springs Golf Course (Srinagar).
Oxford, in particular, has been constantly rated among the country's top golf and leisure destinations. This Phil Ryan-designed layout is surrounded by the Sahyadri Hills on three sides. The resort is also home to Leadbetter Golf Academy, a world-renowned golf school headed by David Leadbetter who is considered one of the greatest coaches the sport has seen.
"When golfers travel, they look for destinations with at least three to four world-class golf courses located within an hour's drive of each other and close to classy hotels, restaurants and shops"
What we need though…
To promote golf culture and attract tourists, over 100 new golf courses and driving ranges are required in the country. It will not only help attract tourists and generate revenue for the owners, but also open new job opportunities for the youth. The Ministry of Tourism acts as a catalyst and active supporter for promoting golf tourism in the country. They have actively been supporting small, medium and large events which attract golf tournaments to India especially those with international television broadcast coverage. Associations are also lobbying with city development authorities and state tourism development boards to build courses which bring immense benefits. Couple of projects in Naya Raipur and in Manipur are already underway, which hopefully will lead to more.
There are challenges too
For instance, the number of golf courses and driving ranges are too few. While we have world-class courses like DLF Golf & Country Club and driving ranges of international standard such as Hamoni, both in Gurgaon, we require many more of such facilities around the country. There is also a shortage of good, trained coaches and mentors who can guide talented juniors to reach their professional dreams. At the elite level, we miss out on the technology advancements that is enabling foreign coaches to produce world champions. From a tourism standpoint the policies at the clubs need to be more tourist-friendly. Most clubs are geared to cater to their regular members only and are not currently really prepared for the tourist friendly, hospitable and high-quality service that golfing tourists expect.
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John Rocha. The Outlaw. The Legend. To say John Rocha has a history with the Movie Trivia Schmoedown is like saying John Wayne made some movies in the western genre. He's kind of a big deal.
I myself have a bit of a history with John Rocha. After my debut match in the Schmoedown, John recruited me to the first iteration of his Four Horsemen, a team-up which… ended poorly… and eventually culminated in a match between us that earned Rocha the belt, and sent him directly into this year's Schmoedown Spectacular, where he is about to face the nearly unstoppable rookie sensation, Ethan Erwin.
I sat down with Rocha in the Schmoedown studio, while preparations were underway to get the Spectacular started. And in that empty, echoing playing field, we spoke of the future…
TriviaSD: Spectacular is coming up, and we now know for certain that you're playing Ethan… I forget his nickame…
John Rocha: Big Time!
"Big Time" Erwin! When you saw Ethan Erwin's debut, did you say to yourself, "This guy is going to be a threat?"
Yes. Immediately. I thought, "Here's another Bibbiani." Remember your first match, you mowed down those questions and you shocked the Schmoedown. I was like, well, let's see if he can maintain it. Because a lot of people come in and then see if they maintain it or not. He's been able to do that. I think he only tripped up once. So he's 7-1 now at this point and that's a pretty good record for a rookie against some good, and the against some decent, and then good competition. So he's earned his stripes to a degree. So yes, but immediately after that first match I was like, "Oh man, this guy could be trouble." Because he was so casual about it. He showed up, did his match and then walked right out. That scares me when you see a person like that. It means nothing to them.
Ethan doesn't have as clearly defined a persona as The Outlaw. Does that make him more dangerous, do you think?
Yes, because there's nothing I can pick apart or hit or unsettle, because he's not focused on the character. He's just who he is. He's so casual. I'll tell you think, you might think this is crazy but this is like playing the real version of myself. If I was just to come in, do whatever, and leave? Which I do sometimes on certain things? He's like that. He's so casual about it that it has unsettled me watching him, because it doesn't matter to him one way or the other. He just rolls on to his next thing, and that's almost worse, because you can't rattle a person like that.
Do you have any big plans for how you're going to take him on? When you fought me you stood up. When you've fought various people you've put on a blindfold as an exhibition tactic. Do you have any big plans for Ethan Erwin?
No, not really. This is maybe the toughest match I've ever… maybe the toughest match I'll ever have, to this point in my career, because of what's on the line. The stakes, headlining the New York live event as the champ would be fantastic. Playing Dan again for the third time, or playing Clarke for the first time, who I've never played, that would be fantastic. But with Ethan I just want to beat him straight up. I think he knows so much about movies and he scares me. He really scares me with his knowledge. But it also excites me, Bibbs. Win or lose it's going to be a hell of a match and that's all I could ever want for myself and for the fans is a knockdown, drag out match, and we'll see who wins at the end, and who's the champ.
There's a lot on the line. As you've said before, you want "all the belts, all the records." And as I've said before, and I've gotten under your skin, you haven't defended the title.
I haven't.
You had it, it was a tough match, you lost it in your next follow-up match. Does that add pressure to you, or are you trying to tune that out?
No, I think the first time it was pressure with Reilly. This time around if I lose it, I'm not losing to some schlub or nobody…
Like Reilly…?!
No, no! Like Andrew Ghai. If I was losing to Andrew Ghai, who was lucky to beat Dan and Reilly coming out of retirement, that would be something else. But to lose to Ethan, there's not that much shame on it. And I've won three belts. No one else has ever done that. So people can complain about, "Oh, he never defended it!" Sure, but I think that's yelling into the wind. It means nothing now. But I want to defend it, don't get me wrong. And I want to be the champion and walk into that live event in New York. That's really important to me.
On the Schmoedown Rundown, you mentioned when you were preparing to face me, that you had some help and that you had singled out some weaknesses that I had. Some of which came into play, I think some of them didn't. Have you been doing some of that same training for Ethan Erwin?
Can you give us a hint as to what you may have noticed is something you can exploit?
Well, I don't want to give the game away in case he reads this, but I will that I have done that. I've looked at his games, I've looked at his matches. I've been here making notes while I watched his matches throughout he tournament, and yeah, my Lady Outlaw and I have done some analytical work on Ethan. But we don't have as much as we had with you because you had been doing it for years. So there were multiple matches, tag team and singles, that we could play off of. With Ethan there's only really six or seven matches that we could use to judge what he's good at and what he's not good at.
When you train, are you training by watching every you can, or are you trying to supplement that with looking up Wikipedia pages and IMD because it takes time to watch movies?
I don't have the time to watch all the movies that I haven't seen. I don't have time to focus on that kind of stuff. I know Rachel [Cushing] does that, but with all the stuff I have to do at Collider and all the stuff I do outside of Collider, I don't have time to watch all these movies. So what I do is take quizzes ad nauseam, three to four hours a night, sometimes until one in the morning. Just taking quizzes over and over and over again, and trying to memorize the facts even if I haven't seen them, because they might come up in a certain way.
You play three to four hours of quizzes every night of the year?
Not of the year, just about every night of the week.
So, when you're preparing for a match.
Right. Once the match gets announced.
I was a little worried about you.
No, no! [Laughs.]
It's okay to go out and have friends.
Well no, I have a girlfriend so I'm fine there. No, when I'm prepping for a match there are nights during the week when I will take that time and do that, yeah.
Looking forward to 2019, whether you win the championship again or whether you get knocked down a peg and have to build yourself back up… who are you looking at, in terms of "this person might be my next big threat?"
Well, I'll be honest with you. There are people who I haven't played in the Schmoedown yet who I'd love to play and see if I can beat them, and that's Mark Andreyko, Clarke Wolfe, I'd love to play Dan again if that plays itself out. If we don't do it in New York maybe sometime next year, as friends. I'd love to play you again in a rematch since that was so close. But I always want to play the best to see where I'm at as a competitor. So 2019, win or lose this Spectacular match, you're not getting rid of me. I'm still going to be hanging around. So any fans of the Movie Trivia Schmoedown who are complaining about Rocha being a fossil or a dinosaur, I hate to break it to you, I still got life in my veins. I still got blood in my veins. I got life going on inside me. I'm not going anywhere.
And if there's one thing that movie fans know, it's that dinosaurs always come back eventually.
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Another headache greeted me when I woke up. I'm starting to loathe the person who invented stun blasts (Granted, they're not the one who pulled the trigger, but if they didn't invent the thing, I wouldn't have been stunned in the first place. Then again, if they didn't invent them, someone else probably would have and the only thing that would change is who I loathe. Great. I'm starting to ramble again. This happens every time I get hit with a stun blast. I'm starting to loathe the person who invented stun blasts. Granted, they're not the one who pulled the trigger….Wait…Blast it!).
I was in my quarters. Nalith had pulled a chair up next to my bed and was lounging, waiting for me to awaken. He hadn't seen my eyes open yet. I could make a move for his blaster.
"You will never get the drop on me," he said, "if you keep announcing your intentions before you do them."
Blast! I was thinking out loud again. "What's with the stun blast," I asked. "If you wanted to talk, all you had to do was come and ask me. You didn't have to send those two idiots."
"Let's just say that it was another test I had for you. I must say, Torr, that you continue to surprise me. I never expected you to be so much fun."
"I'm so glad that I'm amusing you," I said in my best Envy imitation. He was not impressed. Either that, or he didn't get it. Ignoring my sarcasm, Nalith continued.
"We have a problem, Torr. I have many toys that you're not aware of. One of those toys intercepted a transmission coming from this ship, warning Turussk about the little present I was leaving for him."
"You mean the bomb you brought on my ship?"
"That would be it."
"If your toy is as good as you claim it to be, then it'll be good enough to tell you that I have made no transmissions since I got here. If someone did warn him from this ship, it happened while I was off of it."
"I am aware of this, but you could have had one of your crew do it for you."
"Go ahead and ask them. Katellan works more for you now than me, and Envy would have no trouble in turning me in."
As if on cue, the door opened and Envy started walking backwards into the room. He was apparently in conversation with Katellan. "No, I get his room now that he's," was all that he was able to speak before he turned around and saw me. "You're alive," he queried. "I mean, thank the stars that you're alive, Master." Turning to Nalith, he said, "What is wrong with you? why haven't you killed him yet, you moron?"
Nalith looked at me and said, "For no charge, I can make sure that it never talks again."
Envy looked back out into the hallway and hollered, "You need me where, Katellan?" There was no answer, but Envy continued anyways. "Why do you look so scared now, loser? Wait, where are you going?"
A thud sounded out in the hallway, followed by heavy footsteps running towards the ramp. "It was the Devaronian," Nalith cried as he jumped out of the chair. "Let's get him!"
I followed Nalith out of my quarters and down to the ramp. When we arrived, Katellan had stopped only a few meters outside of the ship. A few meters beyond him, Turussk stood with a blaster rifle in hand. "If you and your little puppet want to kill me, Nalith," the Trandoshan said, "you're going to have to do a lot better than that."
Red bolts of energy shot out of his blaster. I jumped off the side of the ramp and tried to find some cover. Nalith began to return fire as he sought cover, too. I heard something clatter beside me and, instinctively, I jumped away from it. A stun grenade went off right where I had just been sitting. Luckily, my jump took me far enough away from it that it didn't hit me full-force. My ears were slightly ringing and it took me a few seconds to see straight again. When I opened my eyes back up, I saw Turussk standing ten meters away, pointing his blaster rifle right at me. He pulled the trigger.
A shadow passed in front of me and I heard a grunt of pain. The next thing I saw was Katellan laying next to me with a blaster wound in his chest. Turussk pointed his blaster again, but Nalith's fire caused him to duck for cover again. I picked Katellan's head up off the floor and looked into his eyes. Turussk could have began firing at me again at that moment and I wouldn't have cared. I cradled the head of the man who just saved my life.
"I never betrayed you," he breathed.
"I know," I assured him as he, my friend, died in my arms.


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Quality pregnancy options education includes providing medically accurate, unbiased, non-judgmental information about abortion, adoption and parenting. Best practices include sharing information about related laws, timing, the decision making process, pros and cons, health risks, and the range of beliefs about all pregnancy options available. Supportive learning environments must also be created before facilitating objective discussions about sensitive topics like pregnancy options.
This online course reviews practical tools and interactive teaching techniques for pregnancy options education that school and community health educators can implement in school-based settings.
Bonus Material:
- Informational Quizzes for participants to test their knowledge after viewing course video modules
- Educator's Toolkit with FREE pregnancy options education lesson plans and resources for school and community-based educators
- LIVE Expert Chat Question and Answer sessions (periodically - email notices will be sent to all course registrants when future live chats are scheduled)
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- School Nurses + Counselors
- Community-Based Educators
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After this course participants will be able to:
- Provide medically and legally accurate descriptions of closed and open adoption, medical and surgical abortion, pre-natal care, "safe surrender laws" and parenting using the slides provided in the Educator's Toolkit
- Identify the California Healthy Youth Act 2016 requirements for teaching pregnancy options to middle and high school students
- Determine if what I am teaching about pregnancy options is in compliance with best practices and/or the CA Healthy Youth Act and make changes to be in compliance or improve the lessons provide
- Download free medically accurate, age-appropriate pregnancy options education teaching techniques
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) available:
Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider #CEP 12241, for 1.2 contact hours.
Health Educators:
Essential Access Health, provider #CA0046, is designated as a provider of Category 1 continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. Health Educators attending this program may report up to 1.0 contact hours.
Certification in Public Health (CPH):
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Female barristers call for action on discrimination and harassment
A recent report published by the Association of Women Barristers (AWB) has made recommendations to tackle discrimination and harassment at the criminal bar.
The report is entitled 'In the Age of 'Us Too': Moving Towards a Zero-Tolerance Attitude to Harassment and Bullying at the bar' and outlines recommendations following a roundtable event discussing the issue of retaining women and other underrepresented groups at a senior level at the bar.
Recommendations include long-term support for victims of harassment as well as recruiting male "champions" to counter a gentlemanly culture where it is inappropriate to highlight unacceptable behaviour by other barristers.
Mandatory training for judges is one of the recommendations made by the report, as well as improved flexible working policies, while it also highlighted a lack of facilities for underrepresented groups in court centres, such as for breastfeeding mothers or individuals who identify as gender non-binary.
The report found that women are more likely to be overlooked for leading briefs, while bullying and harassment is a serious concern, with many fearing that reporting an incident would be damaging for their career.
Lynne Townley, AWB Chair and co-author of the report, said: "Data shows the rates of women practising at the bar drops dramatically after five and 10 years' call as women leave to take on childcare or caring responsibilities.
"So the bullying and harassment we know to be rife will only compound the problem of retaining women in senior positions. Black and minority ethnic women and members of the LGBT community are particularly vulnerable and affirmative steps must be taken so the bar at all levels represents the diversity of our country."
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Brought to my attention August 8 2018, let's change this terrible heading. —Violet
Submitted for revision August 14 2018 (see proposal below). —Violet
Here's the heading for Defloration as it stands:
The good news is that there are only 8 resources in the LC catalog which have been given this heading. Another piece of good news is that there's a good heading for a somewhat related term, First sexual experiences:
Jenna wrote about Defloration when it was approved back in the bad ol' days of 2009. (She assures us it's okay to click through security warnings to her blog.)
Take a look at the kinds of resources which have been assigned the Defloration heading: search in LC and in WorldCat.
Another argument against Defloration is that it's confusing: it's been used incorrectly at least once: OCLC #976672518, which is about defloration in the botanical sense.
I see two options going forward.
Option 1: Keep the Defloration authority record but ask for Loss of virginity to become the preferred term. That's the easiest path forward.
Option 2: Request to delete (cancel) the heading Defloration, and add a 450 (see reference) for Defloration in the record for Virginity. In this option there would not be a heading for Loss of virginity; works about the loss of virginity would be assigned the heading Virginity. (My argument for that: I see "loss of virginity" and "virginity" as two sides of the same subject. After all, the concept of "virginity" is centered around whether one has it or has "lost" it.)
If we were to request deletion of of Defloration, we'd have to deal with Jus primae noctis (authority record, Wikipedia article) which is currently a narrower term of Defloration. Is it necessary/appropriate to make Jus primae noctis a narrower term of Virginity? The heading seems adequately served by its other broader terms of Feudalism and Marriage customs and rites.
Are there other options we should consider?
Here's the narrative proposal submitted August 14 2018 by Violet:
The subject heading for Defloration (sh 85036460) should be cancelled.
Within the subject heading for Virginity (sh 85143788), add three cross-references (450 Defloration, 450 Loss of virginity, 450 Virginity, Loss of) and remove 550 Defloration.
Within the subject heading for Jus primae noctis (sh 85071110), remove 550 Defloration.
There should not be a separate heading for the concept of loss of virginity, as the ideas of virginity and loss of virginity are essentially about the same subject. The concept of virginity throughout history has been centered around whether one maintains it or has lost it.
Of the nine titles in the LC catalog which have the heading Defloration, all would be equally well served with the Virginity subject heading.
Of the 100+ titles in the LC catalog which have been assigned the heading Virginity, there are a number of recent works which could also have been assigned Defloration, which indicates LC catalogers are not able to find/determine the appropriateness of Defloration. Examples of these works include: The V-word : true stories about first-time sex (LCCN 2015019131) as well as Losing it : how we popped our cherry over the last 80 years (LCCN 2016417938).
Defloration is also a confusing heading, as it has been used incorrectly at least once (in OCLC #976672518, which is about defloration in the botanical sense). Out of the 14 English-language books in WorldCat which use the word defloration in their title, six are about plants.
Regarding the Jus primae noctis cross reference: of the ten works in the LC catalog which have been assigned this heading, none are classed in HQ. Instead, they are all classed in politics, law, or manners (JC116.S5, KJV4094, and GT2680). This indicates that the two existing broader terms (Feudalism and Marriage customs and rites) are sufficient.
Regarding the Marriage customs and rites cross reference: all the other narrower terms of this heading consist of wedding-specific practices such as Bachelor parties and Wedding dances. Defloration is a bit of an odd duck there. It seems awkward to add a broader term for Marriage customs and rites to Virginity, but not much more awkward than it is for Marriage customs and rites to be a broader term for Defloration.


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The benefits of an organic label in cereals and baked goods
An increasing number of sweet products are now developed using organic ingredients. Biscuits and cereals especially benefit from a healthy reputation. They are therefore particularly suitable to carry an organic label. Let us dive in the organic baked goods and cereal market to discover how the Barry Callebaut offer answers your consumer demands perfectly.
Organic baked goods and cereals market
Rise in organic claims
Cakes, biscuits and cereal products are increasingly certified as organic. In the last five years, the number of organic claims in new launches rose in all categories: up to a third of breakfast cereal new product developments (NPD) were labelled organic, as well as a quarter of cereal bars and 15% of biscuit innovations.
Top categories
Breakfast cereals and biscuits are the most popular categories, representing almost three quarters of all organic baked goods and cereal NPD.
Top organic markets
Taking into account both volumes and the developments in organic claims, the countries with the largest organic share of new confectionery are:
- Germany, where 47% of breakfast cereal and 49% of cereal bar NPD are certified organic;
- France, the most dynamic organic biscuit market in Western Europe, with 25% of the new launches bearing an organic claim;
- Italy, where 44% of the breakfast cereal NPD and 20% of the biscuit NPD are organic.
Other dynamic countries include Austria (51% of breakfast NPD bear an organic claim), and Sweden (60% of cereal bars NPD are organic).
New launches and consumer perception
Consumers tend to associate the word "organic" with "natural", "fresh", and "healthy" products. Read more about this association in our article on the organic hype. Consumers typically buy organic products to avoid high-processed food and ingredients they consider to be "artificial".
New product developments with an organic label usually have a clear, short ingredient list for simple recipes. A growing number of organic NPD also feature a free-from claim.
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The Toledo Blade reports that Jonnie Morris, 58, of Muncie, IN, pleaded guilty in Allen County, Ohio, to four counts of vehicular homicide, a misdemeanor. Morris slammed his tractor-trailer rig into a line of cars that had slowed on I-75 for an oversized load Feb. 10. The truck rolled over several of the vehicles, some of which caught fire.
Morris, who has been a truck driver 23 years, choked back tears as he apologized to the court, the paper reported. "I am sorry. I'll see this every day for the rest of my life. I think I did everything I could to avoid this. There just was nothing left to do."
Morris had earlier said the throttle failed, but police said testing showed it was working properly.
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Wood Group GTS wins GE LMS100 Operation & Maintenance Contract for Greenfield Panoche Energy Centre in California
Wood Group GTS, part of John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group") has been awarded a US$6 million operation & maintenance ("O&M") contract by Energy Investors Funds ("EIF") for the Greenfield Panoche Energy Centre 400 MW Power Project in western Fresno County, California.
Panoche Energy Center is a simple-cycle, natural-gas fired generating station that comprises four General Electric LMS100 gas turbine generators addressing the need for peaking energy in the San Francisco Bay and Fresno load center. The O&M contract includes the care, custody, control and maintenance of the Panoche Energy Center from mobilization last September and during the operational phase which began in June 2009. Power Plant Management Services (PPMS) is the asset manager for the owners, EIF, providing general management services.
Fred Barber, Vice President of PPMS, EIF's asset manager for the Panoche project said, "Wood Group GTS brings a full service O&M team to Panoche, capable of performing O&M services and providing the plant team with additional technical support as needed. Wood Group GTS's expertise in O&M and its breadth of experience with GE LM6000, Frame 6 and aero-derivative plants, make them an ideal fit for the LMS 100 project".
"We are delighted that EIF and their asset manager, PPMS, have selected Wood Group GTS as the operator for this project," said Mark Papworth, CEO, Wood Group GTS. "This is a significant contract for Wood Group GTS to provide O&M and contractual solutions for GEs state-of-the-art technology LMS 100. We continually enhance our extensive portfolio of products and services to meet the emerging needs of our long-term customers".
Wood Group Gas Turbine Services
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Energy Investor Funds
("EIF") is the lead investor in Panoche Energy Center LLC ("PEC"). EIF was founded in 1987 as the first private equity fund manager dedicated exclusively to the independent power and electric utility industry and is 100% management-owned. Since that time, EIF has mobilised over $3.3 billion in capital and currently manages six private equity funds.
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For Immediate Release
New Report: Wealthy Taxpayers Would Receive Growing Share of GOP's Tax Cut Plan Over Time
Top 1 Percent's share of the tax cut would grow from nearly one-third to one-half over 10 years.
WASHINGTON - A national and 50-state distributional analysis of the House tax plan released late last week reveals that not only would the wealthiest 1 percent receive the greatest share of the total tax cut in year one, but their share would grow over time due to phase-ins of tax cuts that mostly benefit the rich and the eventual elimination or erosion in value of provisions that benefit low- and middle-income taxpayers.
Households in the top 1 percent of the income distribution collectively would receive nearly one-third (31 percent) of the tax cut in 2018, for an average cut of $48,580. Meanwhile, the middle-income quintile would receive an average tax cut of $750 and the poorest 20 percent would receive an average cut of $130.
But the 10-year outlook for the plan reveals that it would be even more generous to the top 1 percent in later years. By 2027, the top 1 percent of households' collective share of the total tax cut would increase from 31 percent in year one to 48 percent by 2027, for an average cut of $64,720. Middle-income taxpayers' average tax cut would erode to $460 from $750, and the poorest 20 percent's average tax cut would decline $110 from $130.
"A closer look at the details of this tax plan indicates that lawmakers are most serious about ensuring that they lower tax bills for the highest-earning households," said Alan Essig, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. For example, "the bill takes great care to fully eliminate the estate tax—which only the richest 0.2 percent of households pay—while phasing out a $300 tax credit that would benefit middle-income families. Further, low- and middle- class families likely will pay for these tax cuts that mostly benefit the highest earners through reduced investments in education, health care, infrastructure, scientific research, environmental protections, and other priorities."
Part of the reason that the richest 1 percent would receive an even greater tax cut in later years is because the plan initially reduces the estate tax but repeals it by year 2024. The plan also includes a $300 non-child dependent credit in the first five years eliminates it in 2023. Further, due to how the plan accounts for inflation, tax benefits for taxpayers who earn their income from work would erode over time.
Following are significant findings from ITEP's analysis:
- The richest 1 percent receive 31 percent of the entire value of the tax cut in year one and 48 percent of the value of the tax cut by 2027.
- The average value of the tax cut for the richest 1 percent in year one is $48,580, or 2.4 percent of their income, on average.
- The richest 1 percent not only receive the greatest share of the tax cut in terms of dollars, but also as a percentage of their income. For example, while the tax cut for the top 1 percent of households averages 2.4 percent of their income, the cut is just 0.9 percent of income for the poorest 20 percent on average and 1.4 percent of income for the middle-income quintile.
- The richest 1 percent is the only group for whom the value of the tax cut will grow over a decade. By 2027, the richest 1 percent of households are projected to have an average tax cut of $64,720 compared to $59,450 in year one. Meanwhile, the value of the tax cuts for other groups will shrink due to inflationary and other effects.
- The number of taxpayers who are subject to a tax hike is 8 percent in year one. But by 2027, the percent of taxpayers who would pay more would more than double to 18 percent.
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A Proprietress in Benin ordered her dog to attack her Bursar for collecting additional #5,000 for enrollment without her consent.
By Kola Edokpayi
BENIN – One Amedu Faith, a former Bursar of Ben Victoria Academy has cried out for justice as she lamented that her former Proprietress Mrs. Joy Ose Uwadia locked her in a room for thirteen days and ordered her houseboy to tie her with rope and thereafter beat mercilessly.
As if that was not enough, the same Proprietress of Ben Victoria Academy allegedly instructed one of his workers to release her Alsatian Dog who inflicted conspicuous injury on her breast.
She stated that the woman maltreated her because she collected additional #5,000 from JSS 3 students for enrollment without the Proprietress consent and that the sum of #129,000 was paid to the Proprietress by her family before she was released from captivity.


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Timothy E. Skaggs, 59, of Washington, passed away at 2:06 pm Monday, December 10, 2018 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
He was born February 5, 1959 in Peoria to Everett Ray and Joyce Hamblin Skaggs. He married Lori A. Lane in Peoria on June 13, 1987. She survives.
Also surviving is his mother, Joyce; daughter, Kayleigh (Josh) Wright; son, Austin (girlfriend, Julie) Skaggs; and his brother, Allan. He was preceded in death by his father.
Tim worked at Mitsubishi for 28 years, retiring in 2015. He loved riding motorcycles, hunting, fishing, camping, street rods, and was an avid Cubs and Bears fan.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 pm Friday, December 14th at Deiters Funeral Home and Crematory in Washington. A Funeral Service will be held at 10am Saturday, December 15th at the funeral home with John and Vicki Schmidgall officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded following the service.
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When gastronomy is the very heartbeat of the Grand Hôtel-Dieu
More than 800 years after its construction, the Grand Hôtel-Dieu reinvents itself with new contemporary uses, thanks to a Cité project which includes the same values of openness, welcome and sharing.
The theme "health nutrition" echoes the initial role of the building
It is in this emblematic building, which has always developed its activities around health and innovation, where Rabelais himself practised, that the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie has decided to open its doors.
Just like this site, which has succeeded in moving with the times and adapting to the political, economic and technological context imposed by the milestones of French history, the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie is destined to perpetuate this tradition of adaptation through a common value: excellence accessible to everyone, proposing within its walls a varied and changing programme intended for the general public.
In order to raise public awareness about good food habits and the pleasures of eating, the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie project proposed by MagmaCultura focuses on two main subjects: health and nutrition. This common theme can be found in all the spaces of the Cité, a plural cultural centre open to the participation of the public.
In addition to being a benchmark cultural space for the universe of gastronomy, the Cité defines itself as a true innovation and co-creation centre, encouraging encounters, sharing and the creation of projects between entrepreneurs, chefs, artists and all gastronomy stakeholders from here or elsewhere.
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Launched and managed by the metropolis of Lyon, the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie project has managed to see the light of day and to situate its action in the long term thanks to the partnerships established with the city of Lyon and the state, as well as with the 11 historical patrons who have supported the project since it began: Groupe APICIL, Institut Paul Bocuse, Groupe SEB, Plastic Omnium, Valrhona, EliorGroup, Crédit Agricole, Eiffage, Mérieux Nutriciences, Hi Inov, Metro.
You all form part of the Cité! You too can support the Cité de la Gastronomie. Contact us to associate your image with our different projects or to implement a customized event project.


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Your Inspirations: Welcome to the Garden
Posted March 5, 2012on:
- In: Guest Blogs | Inspirations | Introductions | Online Writing | writing
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Today I am ushering in what, I hope, will be a bi-monthly feature here at the Garden of Delights: Your Inspirations where I will feature a guest writer or painter or … Well, you'll have to show up to see who I might have appear.
My first guest, Elaine Stock, writes fiction emphasizing Christian themes and faith-based resolutions.
What Inspires My Story Worlds by Elaine Stock
Is creativity taught, inspired, inherited, or a mixture of all three? For me, I believe it is a case of all three, plus throw in a form of escape and a method of surviving an otherwise different childhood that comes with a mentally ill parent. I want to emphasize that although I try not to dwell upon my past, and certainly do not expect or want people to take out their proverbial violins and play pity music, my childhood, like everyone else's has certainly shaped my life and has shaped what I write. In a way for someone who is trying to publish book-length fiction—and only in hindsight can I say this now—at an early age I was provided opportunities to create stories because of my circumstances.
A Crayola Crayon 4-pack wasn't a means to add color to drawings (although I did color) but instead became a classroom. Bright colors were girls. Darker colors were boys. But I didn't stop there. I fixed them up as couples, and each had their own special backgrounds and futures.
A shoebox became an operating table for my poor Dawn doll when she "broke" her knee.
A bathtub a seaside vacation for dolls.
And oh, that enormous Noah Ark collection of paired animals that little pretend-boy had in the Brooklyn Museum still, to this day, inspires me to wonder what kind of lives all of God's creatures have. And why?
See, I just wasn't playing, creating, but trying to figure out the whys in life and the whys behind others' life stories. To say that a story fascinates me is truly the whale of all understatements.
I'm also a 1960s child. I'd like to think that I'm naturally concerned about others' welfare and rights, but I know the tumultuous times of the 1960s and early 1970s have shaped me and my stories. I might have been too young to march in protests or run off to join some hippie commune—actually, Divine Providence was looking out for me!—but social causes like discrimination, fighting for civil rights, freedom for all, and women's roles, have affected me. And, I'm sure living in New York City, surrounded by many diverse cultures and religious groups, also helped to fuel my writing interests. One story I'm working passionately on is a Romeo and Juliet themed tale about what happens when a woman and man, from extreme opposite backgrounds, falls in love.
Then, there is music. I'm one of those writers that must write in silence. In silence I can slip into my story worlds. I can hear my heroine soothe her tense husband. I can feel my hero's anger as it rings in his biting words. My stomach can buckle when my antagonist schemes a chase. Hearing any thing but my own story world pulls me right out of the place I need to create and sucks the air I need to breathe into my characters.
However, music inspires me. Give me a Kander and Ebb tune (All That Jazz) or fiddle music (can we say Eileen Ivers?) or Mozart and I can break out into dance or, like this morning after listening to my newest discovery of Jamie Grace (One Song At A Time), become inspired to write.
This is the short of what inspires me to write. I think, though, it's more of a need, a burning desire. I really don't know what it's like not to write.
And I don't want to find out.
Relevant Links:
On schizophrenic mothers:
Watch John Kander and Fred Ebbs perform All That Jazz—a true treat:
Author Bio:
Elaine Stock never expected that a college major in psychology and sociology would walk her through the see-saw industries of food service and the weight-loss business; co-ownership with her husband in piano restoration; and ten years in community leadership. All great fodder for creating fiction.
Elaine's blog, Everyone's Story (http://elainestock.blogspot.com), has been graced by an awesome international viewership of 11,000 to date. Everyone's Story hosts weekly interviews and reflections from published authors, unpublished writers, and readers who share inspirational stories. She has also been the guest on several other blogs, helping to further grow her presence on-line.
A former RWA member, she has presented writing workshops. Presently involved in ACFW, she was a 2011 semi-finalist in the prestigious Genesis Contest in the contemporary fiction division. She is also active on Twitter (Twitter@ElaineStock).
Her first short story was published on Christian Fiction Online Magazine and can be read at: http://www.christianfictiononlinemagazine.com/HisTime.htm
She and her husband make their home in an 1851 Rutland Railroad Station they painfully but lovingly restored in upstate New York, the gateway to the Berkshires.
17 Responses to "Your Inspirations: Welcome to the Garden"
Eden, thanks so much for hosting me, and for having me as your very first guest… you brave woman
I'll get going on helping to spread the word.
Elaine, always nice to learn more about a friend. I am so pleased to learn you restored an old railway station, I love preserving historic buildings, antiques, and history. My youngest daughter and I used to have several booths in antique malls.
Caroline, we have so much in common that I really, really wished we lived next door to each other… I'd even settle for down the road☺
Thanks for visiting Eden's blog.
Elaine, I didn't know that you had restored such an historic house. I would love to restore an historical house. Seems like so far I spend too much time restoring my modern house! And if we lived close to each other I'd ask your dh to do a little restoring on my old piano. My daughter had a modern piano to practice on because our antique piano needs a little work. But when she was here recently to visit, I told her to try out the base keys and she did. She was awed. 😉 Not even her electric keyboard can match the old Wing & Son base chords. And not only that but it was on key, and it hasn't seen the tuner for decades. 🙂 I think it's wonderful that you all are restoring pianos. The writing process is such an intriguing mystery, and the puzzle of putting the story together is always fascinating. Wishing you music that inspires you, and many happy readers!
Jeanmarie, thanks for visiting with Eden and me. Isn't if funny how folks like us can know each other for years but still discover new things about each other? Restoration of a place is okay when not pressured time wise or financial wise. We we first renovated our home a million or so years ago we were pressed with those pressures, plus since we were doing so much our selves to cut cost, it added a lot of stress to our marriage. We're about to do our kitchen over again, but thankfully this time we're having a contractor do that work… I'm so excited about getting a "grown-up kitchen."
As for piano restorations, actually, my husband has pianos coming in from all over the country to rebuild them. One recently was restored here after being shipped from its home in Texas, your corner of the world. Wing & Son pianos are very nice instruments!
Thanks for your well wishes.
Thanks for hosting me this past week, Eden. I wish your blog–and writing–continued success.


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