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The Oaths and Vows They Made
The Monk follows Detective Laskey and ex- detective Billy as they attempt to solve a murder while trying to overcome their past. What was the driving motivation behind this book?
The relationship between long time Police partners is unique. Only that between soldiers in combat is comparable. Investigation is far more interviewing, looking at crime scenes and bodies than it is portrayed on television. If you got in a shooting every week like on television, I can guarantee you a lot of Departmental therapy.
You never hear about all the men and women who put on the badge and hit the streets every night, often putting themselves in harms way for people they don't even know and fulfilling the Oaths and Vows they made. These Officers never get any press and the "Bad Cops" get more press than they deserve.
I hope "The Monk Mysteries" will give more press to the "Good Cops" and provide the reader some insight as to the emotional battles that come with the job while trying to live a normal life.
I could really feel the old camaraderie between Laskey and Billy in this book. What served as sources of inspiration for you while creating their relationship?
Personal experience with longtime Partners. In particular, a guy named Jack, who passed away several years ago and far too soon. We were tight at work and off-duty for years. We worked Patrol, Narcotics and K-9 for years. However, there came a time when a similar situation as depicted in the book, as to a job change caused some friction. We went our separate ways but were able to re-connect before Jack passed away.
What has been the most surprising feedback you've gotten from your readers about the book?
Most often is how strong and independent the female characters are. This wasn't a conscious act on my part rather, it is the type of women that are required to deal with the males in the book. They are also like so many of the women I have known and admired in my life.
This is book one in the Monk Series. Where will book two pick up and when will it be available?
"THE MONK Vol 1 Revised ed" is a revised version of The Monk I wrote ten years ago. After writing 'The Gumdrop House Affair" Vol 2, of the Monk Mysteries, which has been on Kindle Best seller list for two years, I realized that I had become more confident in my writing and needed to revise the first version of the Monk. Same characters and on Capitol Hill but better and hopefully more entertaining for the Reader.
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A Catholic Priest talking about Evil is not unusual. However, a Catholic Priest looking directly into the eyes of "Evil" who the Monk calls "The Ugly" is unusual even for the Capitol Hill area of Denver and St. Benedict the Moor's Church. This is just one of the "Spiritual Tests" the Monk faces as he attempts to solve the murder of Julia Lopez with his ex-Partner Det. Sgt. Jack Laskey.
With political pressure applied by the Governor, the Archbishop of Denver and the Franciscan Provincial, The Monk becomes a "Special Consultant" and helps Laskey solve the "Murder of the Decade" and save his position which was in jeopardy due to his inability to adjust to any Partner other than the Monk. During the course of the investigation the Monk faces the "Ugly" in many forms in the present and confrontations from the past. Those confrontations led the Monk to become a Priest and a "Spiritual Warrior" as well as a "Physical Warrior." Leaving the and security of "Our Lady of the Rockies" Orphanage run by his Order, the Monk must return to the streets of Denver and find the killers with Laskey.
William Yeats Butler known as "The Monk" on Capitol Hill gave up a promising career in the NFL to become a Policeman. He had been an All-American at Notre Dame and was a local Hero and role model in Denver. Through 10 years with Laskey as his Partner, they worked Patrol, Narcotics and Homicide. They were the "Toughest Cops" on the streets of Denver. In their quest they are assisted by Irish/Japanese Officer Mai Li McDuff. Some would say she got the worst of both cultures; "Peaches" the transvestite hooker; "Popcan Charley" a resident of Cheeseman Park; "Mikey" the restaurant owner with Mob connections and "Frank" the only "Irish English Bulldog" in Colorado – all this under the watchful eyes of Father Ian Timony, Father Augustus O'Shea and Aunt Rhoda Williams.
The Confessional: A Peerless Short Story
Reinhold Commons Webster likes being in church. His family hopes he will follow the priesthood path, and his only desire is to be an altar boy. However, he is thrust into an abyss of sadistic abuse. He watched his friend penetrated with impunity until he could no longer hold on to life. The same end awaited him. Therefore Reinhold makes a deal that provides him with a little reprieve. With no one else willing to help him or the others, this deal is his only hope. The deal does nothing to erase what has already happened but what comes next will have to be enough.
This story, albeit short, is aggressively evocative. Written in such detail, the candor of it is well justified by the desire to shine a light on this abomination. The author also puts a spotlight on the role of parents and other authority figures in all of this. Their adverse reactions to the damaging situations the victims are plunged into. Figures who choose to ridicule these children rather than save them from their plight.
This is a very purposeful book. It might seem a bit crass, but the painful detail in this story is very necessary and intentional. It works to ingrain an image that would potentially start a movement for the rescue of actual victims. The end is quite alarming and should serve as a warning to perpetrators.
The confessional is a place where people go to seek solace and relief from the burden of sin. However, in this instance the title serves as a reminder that these places represent personal hells for some people. As a reader, one cannot help but weep for the poor boys. One cannot help but advocate for the punishment of the perpetrator. This is the extent of the writer's to appeal to the reader's soul by use of words and language.
This story should be used as a rallying call against child abuse everywhere and especially of the sexual sort. It should stand as a war cry for abused children everywhere to appeal to their parents for help. It is evocative and stern in no uncertain terms. The author's passion for this cause is obvious and this story is engaging and thought provoking.
Pages: 49 | ASIN: B07PGTS8LC
Posted in Book Reviews, Five Stars
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An Ambition To Belong
Young Jim has reached adolescence and is struggling with where he fits in life. Mostly because he doesn't know himself well enough at this point to figure out where he feels most at home. He doesn't fit in school. He joins a gang where he can only hope to belong, but never really does. His home is more house than home with both his parents living almost separate lives. Will the relationships he fosters be meaningful enough to withstand the tumult of adolescent existence?
Jim's story is quite representative of what teens go through. The author has woven an almost poignant tale of Jim's struggle to find a home. The story is thoughtfully narrated with an evocative plot and colored with insightful observations. Most of all, it is candid. All has been bared for the reader to see and experience. The reader is pulled into this abyss of raw emotion and overwhelming teenage confusion from the minute Jim celebrates his entrance into the Lancers (the gang) to the point where he loses his friend.
The book makes sparing use of dialogue and utilizes mostly internal dialogues between Jim and the 'Voice'. The reader gets in depth peeks into Jim's mind. This helps carry the story and paints a clearer picture of what Jim must have been going through. It is actually easy to lose oneself in Jim's mind as it is a web of unanswered questions, self-doubt and all-around uncertainty. This is brilliantly executed and is well suited to the plot.
The book is written in plain language that is easy to understand, utilizing simple language to create striking imagery. Keeping the focus on the intriguing characters rather than on some grand literary design. Each character represents some form of human insecurity or peculiarity. Almost every reader will recognize themselves in one or more of the characters. Thereby enhancing the bond between the reader and characters for a more fulfilling experience.
This book left me feeling… haunted (I suppose that's the right word). Although in the end Jim seems to be settling down, I felt that his questions of where he really belongs and his purpose have not been fully covered. This begs the question; will human beings always carry a degree of uncertainty with them?
This is an exceptional installment in the Leaving Home Trilogy. The first one was an absolute delight, the second one is undeniably beautiful and I am positively giddy for the third.
Pages: 234 | ASIN: B07CPDY81Y
Posted in Book Reviews, Four Stars
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I Felt a Conviction
Gazelle in the Shadows follows Elizabeth as she navigates a dangerous web of lies, betrayal and murder. What was the inspiration for the setup to this intriguing novel?
The inspiration for this book came many years after the events happened in my life. Over the years, I rarely spoke about my former life as a diplomat in Yemen during the Iraq/Kuwait war nor my student life in Damascus but to those I opened up to, I was encouraged to write a book. Then in 2011, the civil war in Syria began and I felt a conviction to let readers know about the traditions and kindness of the Syrian people and the history and beauty of the country I had witnessed before the devastation.
Elizabeth is an interesting and well developed character. What were some driving ideals behind her character?
Elizabeth's driving ideals are to make her father proud by proving herself to him and to find love. Once a daddy's girl, her relationship with her father deteriorates in her teenage years as her father implements stricter rules on her than on her older brother. She had always been an avid reader, dreaming of traveling to foreign lands. Her travels help her to escape her father's harsh judgment and provide her with an opportunity to prove her worth to him and to herself. Because of her sheltered life, first with a Catholic upbringing and then in a diplomatic bubble, she is both emotionally and physically unprepared for her journey to Syria. She is remarkably naive and trusting of others and lacks rudimentary information about the country in a pre internet era. Her journey opens her up to the harsh realities of life where people are not always as they appear and after a series of innocuous and seemingly unconnected events, she not only discovers love but betrayal too. Facing many dangers, her strengths and courage are put to the test and ultimately she comes to appreciate her family and herself in new light.
You are a former employee of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. How has your experience helped you write this book?
I worked in the Foreign Office between 1986 and 1991, initially in London and then in the British Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen Arab Republic. My experiences undoubtedly helped me to write my novel as the genesis of the story was born from my three years serving in Yemen. As told in the book, I unwittingly met the infamous George Habash, the founder of the PFLP, in Aden. This actual encounter played a crucial part in the story. Other true stories from my service involving MI6, the British secret service and foreign diplomats helped to create the twists and turns in the story arc.
What is the next book that you are working on and when will it be available?
After graduating from Durham University, I went to work in Dubai, UAE for an oil shipping company. As I like to write fiction based on reality, the sequel is based in Dubai and my experiences working there. I am currently writing a story which follows Elizabeth who enters the ranks of the MI6. She is sent undercover to Dubai where she unearths an Iranian plot to undermine British and American interests in the region. The question is, will she meet Hussein again?
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In the mid 90s, Elizabeth Booth is a young British college student studying Arabic at Durham University. With some travel and work already under her belt, she excels at her studies and is sent to Damascus to immerse herself in the language. Taken aback by the generosity and kindness of the people there, she easy slips into a life in the ancient city. She has friends, her studies, and even a handsome boyfriend. But things aren't always what they seem. Soon, in a world where mistrust and disloyalty are commonplace, Elizabeth finds herself navigating a web of lies, betrayals, and even murder involving MI6, deadly terrorist factions, and the shadowy Syrian secret police.
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The Witch Trials: The Becoming
The Witch Trials: The Becoming, by Intrigue Sui Generis, is a short work of historical dramatic fiction. The book is centered around the life and times of Sylvie, a middle-class woman living in southern France during the late 17th century. The story is predominantly about her life, her personal difficulties, and the broader milieu of the time period. Much of the story also concerns her husband Leon and his relationship to the broader Catholic Church, though the nature of this relationship is not well described, or at the least it is unclear how he is so involved with the church despite his main profession. The book also includes content about the broader scope of the time period.
The historical content of this book reads as semi-fictions with the author's experiences, beliefs, worldview, and sense of morality bleeding into the pages of this book. The 1600's in France were themselves bloody times, but the author largely washes away that bloody history, due in part to a lack of detail in the story. The story also includes much more active female roles, especially for those of a middle-class status during that time period. While it is heart-warming to think of a female character, seeking to rise above her station in a steeply patriarchal society infused with, what we would consider, harsh and vile religious fundamentalism, much of it is romanticized so that you can follow Sylvie's story through this dark time without feeling too down about it.
Sylvie's entire history prior to her marriage to Leon is contained within a single page, which seemed too short for me as I found her to be an intriguing character and I wanted to learn more about her. I enjoyed that this book was a short and concise novella, but at the expense of detail. Sylvie comes from a Protestant upbringing, but I felt it was unclear what kind of Protestant. The brevity of the story helps focus this book into a character driven novella, but leaves you wanting more. Overall, the historical additions of the book are strong and seemingly well-researched (as evidenced by the bibliography at the end of the text), but I would have loved to have this further fleshed out to lengthen the book, and these details would have clarified the setting and character motivations for me.
The Witch Trials: The Becoming is intended for a young adult audience with a decent attempt at historical accuracy. There is sexual content, but it is only slightly more bawdy than a television show from the 1950's. There are also depictions of human suffering, the outcome of torture, and threats of imminent pain and death, but these are also very sterile. Overall, this book is short and easily provides a few short hours of entertainment.
Pages: 56 | ASIN: B07D68YSQZ
Posted in Book Reviews, Three Stars
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I am Maria
Pyre to Fire follows two stories, the fate of a Spanish village during the Inquisition and the contemporary story of a Cuban girl trying to find her roots. Why was this an important book for you to write?
This was the story of my own family with information that I gleaned from all the archival material that I found while researching my own genealogy. While the trajectory of the family, their occupations, names, etc are the not fiction, I had to embellish on the scenes and fill in the blanks. The little girl in Miami is me and it was important to show the relationship between me and my ancestors in as real a way as possible.
I enjoyed the detail in your vision of the village of Fermoselle during Spain's sudden and devastating conversion to Catholicism. What kind of research did you undertake to ensure your book was accurate?
All my material is primary sourced. I have every single birth, death and marriage certificate as well as land purchases, notarial deeds and last wills of testaments going back to 1545. I then have just wills, notarial deeds and Inquisition records in the archives going back to 1405 Spain and Portugal.
Maria's character was one that I thought was well developed and captured her soul. What was the inspiration for her character?
I am Maria. The whole description of incidents is exactly as they happened to me.
What is the next book that you are working on and when will it be available?
My next book is The Recipes of the 15 Grandmothers. I was able to locate recipes that were passed to my Mother from Crypto Jewish times through today. The are special in that any keep the kosher laws even when the family was Catholic and are clearly showing a sign of their times. This book is finished and in the editing process.
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A compelling work of historical fiction that engages the reader to follow the story of a family from the burning Pyres of the Spanish Inquisition to a young Cuban Catholic girl in Miami, Florida whose soul was ablaze with a desire to return to its' rightful place among the Jewish people.
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Pyre to Fire
The Spanish Inquisition in 1492 left no Jewish family untouched. The impact of this horrific period in Spain runs deep and it has had long-lasting effects upon Jewish families through the ages. Maria, a descendant of a Jewish family forced to convert to Catholicism, allows her gut feelings to rule her religious preferences, and she spends time researching her family's hidden past. As she begins to find more and more clues, she realizes that her soul is true to her Jewish roots, and she sets out to turn her own life upside down even if it means alienating her Catholic family members.
Genie Milgrom's Pyre to Fire contains two parallel story lines detailing the village of Fermoselle, Spain's sudden and devastating conversion to Catholicism and descendant Maria's slow but sure discovery of her family's painful secrets. The quest Milgrom lays out as part of Maria's search for answers is written in tandem with excerpts detailing Maria's ancestors' struggle in the 1490s. As a reader, I appreciated the parallels and the bounce between modern times and the historical descriptions. I am not versed in this aspect of world history and can easily say I feel equal parts of enlightenment and horror. Milgrom does a wonderful job of painting the trauma and the emotional struggle of the Jews in Spain being forced into conversion and threatened with their lives if they did not comply. Milgrom's characters, based on her own lineage, help draw a painfully clear picture of the atrocities and the pain experienced by Jewish families who battled for centuries as a result of having to choose to hide their rituals, worship practices, and adherence to dietary restrictions.
I found the heartbreaking life of Maria's ancestor, Catalina, and the circumstances in which she finds herself on the night of the inquisition to be among the most tragic I have read in historical fiction works. Catalina is faced with hiding, lying, and evading arrest. Her life, though she and her husband try everything in their power to make normal lives and honor their Jewish traditions, is a life of pure fear. Catalina is never afforded true happiness. Milgrom gives readers a tragic and historically accurate protagonist.
As I read, I had a little trouble getting past some errors that could have been prevented with proofreading. Two characters speaking within a single lengthy paragraph and some misplaced quotation marks and punctuation presented some challenges as I read.
This short read (just under 140 pages) gives readers a clear picture of the horrors inflicted on one group of people by another in the name of religion. Milgrom is helping raise awareness, encourage tolerance, and educating generations far removed from her characters' lives. Readers who are interested in history and curious about the details surrounding The Spanish Inquisition will find Pyre to Fire a great addition to their collection of literature.
Pages: 228 | ASIN: 1976594510
Posted in Book Reviews, Four Stars
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Our Greatest Purpose
Upon Broken Wings follows teens Andrew and Kiernan as they journey to the afterlife where they must face the dark consequences of their actions. What was the inspiration behind this emotional novel?
Reedy – Our inspiration came from the unexpected loss of a family friend many years ago. My writing of the original rough draft/screenplay was a way to work through my own shattered feelings.
Later with the help of my co-author, a/k/a my sister, we rewrote the story as the novel Upon Broken Wings. Our greatest purpose we decided together was to save a life, any life, many lives. Hence the the theme of finding hope all around us.
Wade – All stories are the same in that we have our main characters attempt to achieve a goal and at the same time, it is up to us, the authors, to throw stones at them every step of the way. Being the parent of an autistic child, I included some of my own experiences into the creation of young Andrew, and as such we threw some pretty hefty stones.
Andrew and Kiernan struggle with their own demons while also trying to support one another. What were some themes you wanted to capture with their characters?
Reedy – Finding hope in the most desperate situations, learning to trust our loved one and ourselves.
Wade – Reaching out when we feel the most alone.
I find that the best books often have parts of the author in them. Did you insert anything from your own life into this book?
Reedy – I grew up during the 70s and 80s in a Catholic family, hiding who I really was from, well, every one. So I was Kiernan.
Wade – As I mentioned earlier, through me experiences as the mother of an autistic child, I was able to define Andrew.
What is the next book that you are working on and when will it be available?
Reedy & Wade – We're actually working on a three book saga, involving modern day druids, ancient deities and demons, and we are sticking with young adults who must discover who they are while saving the world. Were hoping to release the first early next year.
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Bound by a dark act of hate and despair, high school freshmen, Andrew and Kiernan, learn that their untimely deaths did not bring an end to their pain, but only began the suffering of those left behind. While his lost memories return, Andrew must master seemingly impossible feats, both spiritual and physical.
As a dark spirit stalks Kiernan through the borderlands of life and death, he must also face the pain his actions have caused his loved ones. To save both their souls, Andrew must convince Kiernan to return to life and open his eyes to the love and beauty which had always been there.
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Date(s) - 05/21/2016
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
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Los Angeles, California: April 26, 2016 — Susan M. Block, Ph.D., a.k.a., "Dr. Suzy," internationally renowned sexologist and best-selling author of The Bonobo Way: The Evolution of Peace through Pleasure (Gardner & Daughters Publishers), will present "The Bonobo Way: A New FemDom Paradigm for Humanity" at DOMCON LA 2016.
"I look forward to bringing the 'good news' about the primal female empowerment of the Bonobo Way to the fabulous FemDoms of DomCon and others attending this exciting, educational convention founded by veteran BDSM powerhouse Mistress Cyan," says Dr. Block.
Inspired by the real bonobo apes, Block will present the Bonobo Way as a new paradigm for humanity in terms of sex, war, peace, community and the balance of gender power. "For decades, male apologists and arms dealers have used the patriarchal "killer ape" model to explain and excuse male-dominated abuse, murder and war," says Block. "Now we're just discovering our kissing cousins, the bonobos, who are at least as close to humans as common chimpanzees are. Yet bonobos have never been seen killing each other. Instead, they utilize female empowerment, sexual play, the sharing of resources and an intriguing kind of 'Bonobo BDSM' to make peace through pleasure, diffusing violent tensions before they descend into murder, war or the chimp equivalent of a Trump rally. How do bonobos do this, and can we humans learn to 'make like bonobos (not baboons)' and truly empower our females? Can we live in FemDom harmony with each other and the Earth? At this especially turbulent point in human history, it's worth a try."
It's also more than "worth a try" to save the highly endangered wild bonobo from extinction. "Bonobo conservation is integral to the Bonobo Way," says Block. "If we lose the bonobos, then we lose a key to female empowerment that we can never find again."
In the past few weeks, Block has given talks on various aspects of The Bonobo Way at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, delivering the keynote to the world's first Ecosexuality Symposium at an academic institution, and at UC Berkeley for the 5th Conference on Monogamy & Nonmonogamy.
Dr. Block's DomCon presentation will focus on "Bonobo Female Empowerment" and "Bonobo BDSM," and will also include live "book-spankings," as well as the usual book-signings. Block wrote the definitions of "erotic spanking," "sexual fetishes" and "cuckolding," among others, for the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, and her Bonobo Way Book-Spankings are renowned.
DomCon LA 2016 will be held May 18-22 at the LAX Airport Hilton. Get tickets here. The Bonobo Way: A New FemDom Paradigm for Humanity is scheduled for 4:30 pm on May 21, 2016. For information about the Bonobo Way at DomCon LA 2016 or to arrange an interview with Dr. Susan Block, please call 310-568-0066.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING about THE BONOBO WAY
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—HUFFINGTON POST book review by Steve Karras
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—"TANGENTIALLY SPEAKING" Podcast Interview with Sex at Dawn author Chris Ryan, Ph.D.
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—Vanessa Woods, Duke University primatologist and author of Bonobo Handshake
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—Sherry Rehman, Sr. VP of Pakistan People's Party & former Ambassador to the U.S.
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—Progressive News Network interview with Dr. Diana Wiley
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—CITIZEN LA Inside the Pleasure Compound with Dr. Susan Block
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The Bonobo Way is available in kindle and paperback on Amazon or direct from the publisher. A portion of all proceeds from book sales goes to Lola ya Bonobo and the Bonobo Conservation Initiative, as well as other organizations actively helping to protect and save the highly endangered wild bonobos from extinction.
Tired of conventional sexuality experts? Dr. Block is available for comment or interview. Would you like to review The Bonobo Way? Contact us today.
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She's hinted at this before, but now Gillian Anderson has made it official: the upcoming run of The X-Files will be her last.
She's alongside David Duchovny in season 11 of the show, that's starting this month (Five is screening it in the UK). And in an interview with TV Insider, she's confirmed that she's moving on once the run is complete.
"I've said from the beginning this is it for me", she said. She also added that " I was a bit surprised by people's reaction to my announcement – because my understanding was that this was a single season".
The X-Files may yet go on without Anderson. But it'd feel very odd if it did…


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Posted on February 11 2019
Does your partner shake their head or give you grief each time they see you perusing the web for more cute activewear? Well, we have three legitimate reasons on why you should buy more active wear today.
1) Motivation Factor! – Seeing that new super cute crop and tights can be the driving factor that makes you head to the gym and punch out an intense workout like your training for a world championship. When you wake up envisioning yourself in that cute outfit at the gym crushing that workout, you are subconsciously setting the tone for how that workout is going to go. A new outfit is undeniably one of the best ways to get excited about a workout!
2) Comfort and fit. If you take numerous classes or train different disciplines, a one size fits all approach does not work for active wear. You like to take a Yoga class; you need pants and a well-fitting top that have plenty of give to stretch with you while you are downward dogging it. You are doing an Intense cardio class, Ladies you are going to need a super supportive sports bra to help prevent tearing and stretch marks around the bust. (And let's face it, it's super uncomfortable to have those bouncing around more than we are when doing jumping jacks). Men, you are doing an intense weightlifting session in the middle of summer, a good t back that allows for movement and heat to escape is a must have. Just like you wouldn't wear a pair of tracksuits in a swimming pool, you wouldn't wear loose yoga pants to a spin class, so ensure you are properly kitted out for each discipline.
3) To prevent injury! This being the most essential factor in buying new activewear. Things to consider when purchasing your new activewear, is it made out of sweat-wicking material? You have had an intense workout you don't want to be wet and cold for hours and risk injuring your muscles. Is it suitable for what your planning to wear it for? I recall a horror (horror sounds a little extreme, but I think you will agree when you hear this) story of the lady who wore shorts with a seam in the crotch to an intense spin class. I don't think I need to fill you in on the rest ladies, let's just say, not pleasant!
So now you can feel good and legitimately start shopping for some new activewear today, and Prize Fighter has got you covered. Our new range is suitable for everything from yoga through to weight lifting and boxing with style to match. Our goal was to create first-class apparel at an affordable price, and We know you will love it!
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Some Important Reasons and Ways to Offer Employee Services Rewards
The employees are crucial for your work and appreciating them for what they will do will be part of the ways that you will be able to keep them on better services delivery. Having a program that will appreciate the employees that you have in one than one way will be crucial for the services that they do offer at your place. The service rewards will help to retain the best of the employees that your business has as well.
For your employees, you will need to have one of the best ways to make sure that you have the best effect and hence getting some practices to follow will be essential as shown here. In your business, it will be a much better thing to know what you will be giving the awards for will entail.
It matters to establish the right known for any given person that might want to have the reward. It will be a good thing if you will have the proper kind of the program that will make most of the people to consider having some reward for the things that they will do to the business. It will be a good idea to have some rewards with intentions at your organization.
One of the reasons is the longevity of the employee services at your work. Getting the best of the employees work for you and for a long time will be great. For the workers, they will have the perfect improvement chance with prizes such as that of education.
The other great reason will be to hit the targets that the business expects of them regularly. For your company, it will be a good thing if you will understand the employees that will work to help other employees in the area of their work.
If the company has some causes that will need some of its employees to volunteer at will be part of the aspects that you will need to consider. At the time of offering the rewards, it will be a good thing to provide it in an honorable manner where the person receiving the award should have the center of all attention.
You should know that there are lots of reasons that will make the offering of the awards legitimate for your business. It is essential to know that there are lots of ideas and benefits that will make a company to offer some rewards.


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Registered Name: South Mountain's Kiss Me Kate aka Kate
Sex: Female
Sire: Newfoundland
Dam: Newfoundland
Color: White/Chocolate
Coat: Standard Newfoundland
Size: standard
Weight: 125 pound range
Height: 27 inches
Health Testing: embark health panel, OFA (hips & elbows), CERF when appropriate age
Kate is one of our new Newfoundland pups being raised in her guardian home in the Phoenix, Arizona region! She will be one of our founding girls for our 2020 Newfypoo litters! We are so excited about this upcoming venture!


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You can now add three options to each of your contacts for your customers.
- Do not Email
- Do not Mail
- Do not Call
Please follow the steps below to update existing contacts.
Click on the Contacts tab for your customer/lead. Click on the contact you wish to update and select Do not Email, Do not Mail or Do not Call. Click Save Changes.


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I love the Marvel Funko POP bobbleheads! I've been obsessed with them for about 9 months or so and I thought it was time to show everyone my awesome collection!
32 in total, my set includes: Groot, Drax, Rocket, Gamora, Starlord, Ronan, Yondu, The Collector, Nebular and Thanos from the Guardians of the Galaxy range. From the Avengers range I have; The Vision, Hulk, Ironman Mark 43, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow, War Machine, Nick Fury, Agent Coulson and Ultron. I also have Red Skull and The Winter Soldier. From Asgard I have; Heimdall, Odin, Dark Elf and Loki. As you can see the majority of my collection is soley of the MCU because I'm very specific when it comes to which ones I want. On the side I have Spiderman and Electro from The Amazing Spiderman range. lastly I have Wolverine, Magneto and Professor X from the X-Men range.
As I said I'm very picky when it comes to adding to my collection. My rules are: no alternate character varients (so you'll only see one of each character), only character varients from the movies rather than the comics (if you know your Marvel funko you'll know they do a range of comic book inspired character varients as well as movie inspired ones. I don't want a mixture of movie characters and comic book ones). My only acception to that rule is my Hulk, because there's no difference between his look in the comics and the movie and same goes for my Red Skull, Magneto, Professor X and Wolverine.
I hope you like my collection! There's going to be Antman and Yellowjacket bobbleheads coming soon, including an exclusive one in June's Marvel Collector Corp box. There's also a Scarlet Witch in the making so hopefully Quicksilver will be made too!


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Join eOrganic and the Organic Farming Research Foundation for a webinar about insurance options for organic farm, which takes place on February 6, 2019 at 11AM Pacific Time (12PM Mountain, 1PM Central, 2PM Eastern Time). The webinar is free and open to the public, and advance registration is required.
Register now at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_931l3GBuSeagEqT08NUNWA
Managing risk is of utmost importance for all farmers, especially organic producers. This webinar will educate organic and transitioning growers on USDA risk management programs and provide a step by step guide to enrollment in crop insurance programs. The goals of this webinar are to improve understanding of risk management among organic producers and those seeking to transition to organic. This project supports RMA's goal of increasing access to risk management practices and programs for underserved audiences.
Michael Stein is an attorney and scientist who is passionate about organic and sustainable agriculture. He has focused his career on implementing legal and policy tools to address the environmental, health, and economic impacts of our food system. He first started working to protect the health and wealth of our natural resources with Midwest Environmental Advocates, assisting family farmers in protecting their homes and communities from the negative environmental impacts of large-scale industrial agriculture. While at Harvard Law School's Food Law and Policy Clinic, he focused on the environmental and public health impacts of food waste, and also worked to address food sovereignty issues faced by Native American communities.
Harriet Behar As an organic farmer, inspector, educator and advocate, Harriet Behar has learned crop insurance is an important tool that provides a farm income safety net to manage risk in the face of unreliable weather and markets. Working with the Organic Farming Research Foundation, she co-authored a booklet detailing the considerations and insurance options for organic and sustainable farmers. She and her husband run a diverse organic vegetable, crop and livestock operation in Southwest Wisconsin.
Funding for this webinar is provided by the USDA Risk Management Agency.
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This article may be the most important piece of knowledge you have if you wish to run a cycle of steroids or prohormones. You need to know whether a cycle will make your dick bigger or smaller!
You've heard it countless times from jealous people who want to knock you for being big. "I bet you have no dick, you steroid freak."
The question is on everyone's mind that wants to use steroids or prohormones and there is a ton of misinformation out in the gym locker room.
In countless locker rooms across America a conversation very similar to this has transpired: Joe Sixpack: "so will using steroids make my penis shrink?" John Sixpack: "I don't think it's the penis that shrinks it's the balls, right?" Jim Sixpack: "I don't know, they always make fun of the buff guy in movies saying he has no dick because he used steroids." And so the questions linger and get bantered around over and over again. Many of you may be considering using steroids or legal steroids like prohormones and have the same questions as the guys were asking above and so, we will address them here in this article.
The short answer is "No, they will not" but they could make it larger if you are in the right growth phase and you use the right type of steroid. Use the wrong type though and you could stop your manhood from reaching it's full potential.
The basic rule is that anything that converts to estrogen (like testosterone, nandrolone and equipoise) could stop your penis from growing and anything that can't convert to estrogen (like primobolan, masterone and anavar) could potentially make you bigger for life.
Steroids do not impact the male's penis unless he is still on the growing stage of his development. Some say that the growth stage is basically over at 18 and other at 21. Either way, it's a pretty safe bet that if you are over 21 you should be good to go. This is why the common advice out there is to not use anabolic steroids unless you are over 21. So the short answer is, if you are over 21 and not growing anabolic steroids will have no effects on your penis size. You never really know when you will stop growing, so younger guys should be using only steroids that don't turn into estrogen or utilize an estrogen blocker like our A-Dex product.
Just for discussion sake, if you were under 18 and still growing depending on the type of steroids you used you could either potentially make your penis larger or smaller. This can never be recommended however. There is some good evidence however that using creatine is safe for all ages and could shift your body to a more DHT laden anabolic state that would make a good environment biologically for growing a bigger penis.
So, DHT steroids could in theory make your penis bigger and estrogenic steroids could make your penis smaller. DHT steroids like our Pr Prohormone could in fact increase the size of your penis where the Te Prohormones could stop it from growing.
This is where the misconceptions come from. Steroids will signal the testicles to shut down and thus they will get smaller as a result.
So, the short answer is yes, that most anabolic/androgenic steroids will cause temporary, key word here is temporary, testicle shrinkage as long as they are used in a safe and effective way. Basically, when a person uses steroids they are introducing a hormone from outside their body, at levels higher than their body could ever produce, and so the body signals itself to slow down making its own hormones because there is already plenty to go around. This leads to smaller testicles while "on" cycle.
This is a short term effect that may actually be good for you as you get older, so it's really not a big deal. It can be embarrassing if a girl notices but other than that, there are usually no long term side effects from this shrinkage. Once you go off the steroids or prohormones normal hormone production within the body recovers and testicle size goes back to normal. This can take anywhere from 2-4 weeks.
Yes, if you take what is called "Post Cycle Therapy". This is using herbs, estrogen blockers and testosterone boosters like Rise and Swell and A-Dex to boost your natural production back to normal levels after a steroid or prohormone cycle. Post cycle therapy is suggested for all men that come off of steroids because it will help you get better results in the gym and keep your girl from wondering where your balls went!
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A promotional film for Ringtons Tea Ltd, showing the arrival of tea at the Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, tea blending and packing at Ringtons headquarters and factory in Algernon Road, Byker, Newcastle, and its distribution by horse drawn and motorised vans to the doorstep. A commentary is spoken by Alan Howland, who was later the voice of British Movietone News, and music also accompanies the film.
Early local topical newsreel of the formal presentation and launch ceremony of a new lifeboat for Whitley Bay on 25 May 1912, with a focus on the crowds. A final street scene outside the Empire Theatre in Whitley Bay is included at the end of the film. This film was made by cinema pioneer and showman George Henderson and the North of England Film Bureau (Hendersons) based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
This sponsored film by the Turners Film Unit for Sunderland Corporation's Transport Department documents the abandonment of the Sunderland tramway system in 1954 in favour of motorbuses. It details the planning and operations of the bus transport system, and its importance for local people and businesses in Sunderland and surrounding areas. The film features good footage of trams and new buses in operation; local industries of glass making, coal mining and ship building; and of people at leisure in local coastal resorts.
A promotional film by Turners Film Unit for the North East Development Council, which records the North East's recent industrial, commercial, social and cultural successes to encourage businesses and families to move to the region. Includes footage of education, art and entertainment, shopping, and industry from Northumberland down to Tees Valley.
Footage of the launching ceremony of the tanker M.V. Clerk-Maxwell, built by Hawthorn Leslie shipbuilding and engineering company at their yard [No. 759] at Hebburn for Nile Steamship Co. Ltd. (Houlder Bros & Co Ltd). The launch took place on 6 May 1966.
This Turners film production sponsored by Sunderland council highlights the advantages of the Sunderland region as a place to live, commercial centre and location for industry. The film documents Sunderland's successful industries, such as engineering, shipbuilding, Pyrex glass manufacturing, and tailoring, and promotes Sunderland Corporation's redesign of residential, educational and business centres. Footage includes excellent shots of Sunderland's famous glass blowers, scenes from the launch of the 'Montrose,' slum clearance, and construction of the Derwent Reservoir. Includes voice-over and music soundtrack.
A promotional film produced by The Charter Film Group to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the granting of a Charter to Hartlepool by King John in 1201. The film documents services provided by Hartlepool Council such as housing, emergency services, transport, and leisure facilities. Footage includes material on the local industries shipbuilding, fishing and magnesium production in the Hartlepool area.
Sponsored film following the construction, launch, and sea trial of the Essi Gina bulk cargo ship. The Furness Shipbuilding Company, with shipyards at Haverton Hill on the River Tees, built the tanker for maritime company B.J. Rudd-Pedersen. The launch took place on 25th February 1963.
A social record of shipyard labour, this documentary follows the construction, launch and fitting out of the "London Prestige" tanker at the Furness Shipbuilding yards on the River Tees, Haverton Hill. A professional voice-over, rousing music and poetry inject a sense of heroism and romance.
A dramatised instructional film aimed at new apprentices of Smiths Dock, based on the South Bank of the River Tees, Middlesbrough. This is a cautionary tale of two teenage stowaways, who are caught and offered jobs as apprentice marine engineers. The film charts the progress of the "good" and "bad" apprentice. Service to the company is compared to service to country in speeches by Lt. Col. Eustace Smith and a voice over spoken by Wilfred Pickles.
A documentary produced by the Sunderland Educational Development Association on the construction of the cargo ship "Tjibantjet". Made at Bartram & Sons yards in Sunderland, the film takes the viewer through each phase of construction from its design until its launch on the 3rd October 1951. The film uses a number of simple animations and drawings to explain many of the key stages.
A highly visual essay on the North East of England, set to a specially composed musical score. A range of images, often using time lapse, double exposure and slow motion, combine in a colourful montage to present an overview of the region's history and development.
This sponsored film for the Tyne Improvement Commission, produced by Turners Film Productions, documents the shipping, trading, engineering, shipbuilding and passenger services along the River Tyne. The film records the industries that cluster along the Tyne focusing on wood, petroleum, coal, fish and iron ore. The services provided to shipping by the Tyne Improvement Commission and other authorities are documented, together with the transport facilities and sites available for new industries in the area. The film includes footage of the construction and launch of the 'Northern Star,' built by Vickers Armstrong's Naval Yard in Newcastle, and launched by H.M. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on June 27 1961.
A promotional film made by Turners Film and Video Production for Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers Limited that shows how and why the Sunderland Echo newspaper is important to the local communities in and around Sunderland. The film also shows the production of an edition from the writing of a story to the printing and distribution of the finished product. The film shows how the paper uses the latest computer technologies and how it is printed using the offset lithographic printing process.
This black and white home movie with intertitles, made by Tom Brown (Senior), captures the fun of a holiday in Devon with his wife and friends. Footage also documents the land and seascapes of Torquay and the surrounding district, in Devon.
A series of short home movies made by Robert Wrench showing family activities takeing place around Newcastle, Whitley Bay and Romford in Essex between 1924 and 1935. The films include footage of his wife Susan, daughter, Mary Elizabeth Wrench (later Richardson), and her children Robert, Susan and Thomas William Richardson. The film also includes footage from the Royal Air Force Display at Farnborough in 1929.
A Siren Film & Video documentary for Channel Four in which Tom Pickard, poet and documentary filmmaker, returns to the shipyards in Sunderland for 6 months. During this period the Austin and Pickersgill yard experiences a financial crisis and two ships are launched onto the River Wear. The film was originally broadcast on 23 February 1987.
This film documents the building and launching of the Esso Northumbria in 1969 as well as it's departure from the River Tyne in March 1970. At the time this tanker, built by Swan Hunter at Wallsend on Tyneside, was the largest vessel to have been built in Britain.
A film made by Turners Film Productions to commemorate the launching of the tanker Teesfield from Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd at Haverton Hill, Stockton-on-Tees on the 24 February 1959.
Sponsored film of the launching of the Katsina Palm from the shipyards of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1957 in Newcastle. The Katsina Palm was built for the Palm Line shipping company, and destined to work primarily in West Africa. The ship was capable of carrying 10,000 tons of cargo and could travel at 14 knots; she was launched by the wife of the Palm Line's director, Mrs A. Hoffman.
Sponsored film showing the sea trials and transfer of the bulk carrier "Livanita" from Smiths Docks Company Ltd at South Bank near Middlesbrough to its Norwegian owners A/S Ugland's Rederi in March 1962. The film includes footage of the ship's lifeboat being tested.
An industrial film made at Smiths Docks Company Ltd in Southbank, Middlesbrough highlighting a new CCTV camera system which had been installed aboard the cargo ship Manchester Commerce. The Manchester Commerce was built at Smiths Dock for Manchester Liners. The launch took place on 12 March 1963, and the ship was completed in June 1963.
A sponsored film by Turners Film Productions of the sea trials and handing over ceremony of the M.V. "Ceres" on the 27th & 28th December 1951. The container ship was built on the River Tees by Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd at Haverton Hill for Rederiaktiesolget, but the sea trials took place in the North Sea off the coast of Tynemouth during stormy weather. The engine was built by North East Marine Engineering, Wallsend, which may be the reason trials took place from the River Tyne.
This film records the launch of the "Athelfoam" tanker from Smiths Docks Company Ltd, Southbank in Middlesbrough on the 22 May, 1951. The ship was built on the Tyne for the Athel Line and was involved in the transport of molasses. The film shows the arrival of guests, a reception and the launch ceremony attended by a huge crowd of locals including many school children. [Please note some opening sequences run too fast.]
Sponsored film by Turners Film Productions showing the launch of the"Athelsultan" at Smiths Dock Company, Southbank, Middlesbrough on the 9th November 1950, by Mrs F.H. Formby.


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Off-Beat Openings
For the uninitiated, it can be difficult to understand why people love a cappella. Heck, even for those of us who do actively enjoy it, it can be difficult to put into words why we enjoy this art form so. While we'll never have a truly comprehensive list of everything cool about a cappella, 200 Reasons to Love A Cappella is our best attempt at assembling a list of what makes it great.
Reason #173: Off-Beat Openings
Though more and more a cappella groups have started performing and recording original music, covers remain a staple of the form. It can be particularly pleasing to the ear when a group doesn't only settle for covering a popular song, but goes the extra step to make the song their own in the early going before launching into a more straightforward cover.
Off-beat openings—turning the intro or even whole first verse into a slow jam, or otherwise altering the tempo or texture—can provide a creative slant on a popular song, not to mention making it all the more satisfying when the more conventional cover takes hold, after the audience was struggling to try to place it, or just starting to want to hear the familiar tune. These openings surprise the audience, freshen song selections, and allow an a cappella group to show its personality.
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You can use find command to find and delete files older than the specified days. In this case 30.
find /backup/* -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;
Non recursive example. The -prune option should limit find to only look for files in the /backup directory. So it won't check any subdirectories.
find /backup/* -prune -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;


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We have been grilling up a storm this summer and honesly, I'm getting a bit bored with it. I decided to switch things up tonight & make some Mexican(ish) food. Yum!
I started with this recipe & then went my own way. Below is what I made. Feel free to follow the linked recipe if you prefer.
Chicken Enchilada Casserole
by Merry (sorta)
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1/2 bell pepper, chopped (I used yellow)
2 chicken breasts from a rotisserie chicken, shredded
1 (7oz) can chopped green chile peppers, undrained
1 pkg taco seasoning
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup lite sour cream
1 cup 1% cottage cheese
12 6-in corn tortillas
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese (or to taste)
~1/2 jar of red enchilada sauce (may also be ~ 1 can)
Preheat oven to 350°.
Prepare chicken mixture first: Heat oil in skillet on medium high heat. Add chicken, onions and bell peppers. Cook for 3-5 minutes or until browned. Add taco seasoning and water. Cook for 2 more minutes.
For cheese mixture: Mix cottage cheese and sour cream in a bowl. Season with salt & pepper if desired.
Use a 9X13 baking dish (or similar). Spoon some enchilada sauce into the bottom and spread around. This will keep your casserole from sticking to the bottom of the pan. Layer 4 tortillas onto the sauce. I kept 2 whole & then ripped the other two up to completely cover the bottom. Spread 1/2 of the chicken mixture onto the tortillas. Spread 1/2 of the cheese mixture over the chicken. You can layer some monterey jack cheese here too but I forgot (and it still tasted great). Layer another 4 tortillas as before. Layer the rest of the chicken and then the rest of the cheese mixture. Grate some monterey jack cheese on top. Another layer of 4 tortillas, then enchilada sauce with shredded cheese on top.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Recipe Notes: This turned out very, very yummy. It needed the smallest sprinkle of salt at the table. When I make it again I *may* decrease to 1/2 a pack of taco seasoning. It was too hot for Evan and I think that might fix it. This will definitely enter our rotation. It's not health food but I did cut way back on the monterey jack cheese & used lite sour cream and cottage cheese. You couldn't tell at all. Two thumbs way up!


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Recently I had the privilege of presenting at the New York State Partnership for Patients (NYSPFP) Patient and Family Engagement Forum, a series of events designed to increase hospitals' learning and capacity around the critical issue of engagement. The topic of this particular forum was "supporting the safe handoff of care," and I presented on AHRQ's Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Safety and Quality, focusing on the Guide resources to help hospitals implement nurse bedside shift report.
Knowing that the forum would include a question and answer session, I had come prepared to address the concerns we have heard repeatedly about implementing bedside shift report:
- Privacy and HIPAA: What if we have semi-private rooms? What if family members are present and the patient doesn't want them there?
- Efficiency: What if we go into patients' rooms and we get ambushed with questions – isn't this process going to take forever?
- Sensitive situations: What if a patient has a diagnosis about which they are unaware? What if there are situations we need to discuss without the patient present (for example, a difficult family situation)?
I had ready answers to all these questions (which are all addressed in the Guide), and sure enough, all of them came up. But these hospitals, who clearly had gone beyond the contemplation stage to thinking how this could be operationalized in their institution, had additional questions that illustrated how challenging implementation can be in the "real world."
One nurse manager noted that the majority of her staff are currently out on leave. On any given shift, she only has two "permanent" nurses – the rest are temporary staff or floaters. How do they establish new procedures with such a large number of temporary staff?
Another nurse manager of a labor and delivery unit noted that their unit currently does block shift reporting, where all nurses receive report on all patients. This allows for flexibility, since patients require different levels of care based on how they progress through labor – i.e., if a nurse has two patients who both dilate to 9 cm at the same time, another nurse will need to step in. How would they make sure all nurses were informed if they moved to a one-to-one transfer of information at the bedside?
A third hospital noted that their rooms were so small that it was difficult to roll the mobile computer workstation into the patient's room to conduct shift report at the bedside.
There are ways to work around each of these situations, but as much as I wanted to, I couldn't give each of these hospitals a step-by-step approach to addressing the problem. What I could tell them was the following:
- Step back and address underlying problems. Planning for the implementation of bedside shift report might surface larger issues that need to be addressed. For example, one hospital tried to implement bedside shift report and found that nurses were being interrupted with large numbers of patient calls. Stepping back, they realized that the underlying problem was inadequate touch points with patients. So, they implemented hourly rounding. Once this was in place, patients knew that nurses would be in to see them regularly and that their needs would be met. Nurses were then able to successfully implement bedside shift report with fewer interruptions.
- Work with staff to surface problems and brainstorm solutions. Staff can be great at highlighting problems and reasons why something won't work. With this in mind, put them to work surfacing problems and then generating solutions. Explain to them that the desired end goal is bedside shift report – given the roadblocks facing implementation, what are creative ways to get to that end goal?
- Don't forget the patients and families in the process. Just as staff can help you think outside the box, so can patients and families. They can look at the issue with fresh eyes and an outside perspective, helping generate solutions that you might not have considered.
Given the challenges facing the hospitals who attended the forum, it's highly likely they won't hit on the perfect answer the first time out. They will need to implement, assess what's working, build on successes, and revamp the process to address what's not working. This is the familiar Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) improvement cycle, but one thing that's always bothered me about the visual depiction of this cycle is that it shows constant movement around the same circle. Instead, I like to think about the PDSA cycle as a wheel on a car, propelling you forward. I also like to think about words of wisdom that my cousin once provided to explain his navigation philosophy: "All roads get to where you're going. Some just take a little longer." Implementing engagement strategies in the real world is like that – as long as you're on a path, you will get to where you want to go. Some paths might just take a little longer.


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Smart Automotive Surfaces 2019 – Sponsorship and Exhibit Details
Opportunities to Promote Your Company and Gain Valuable Exposure
On October 9 and 10, 2019, The ITB Group will present its annual Smart Automotive Surfaces conference in Livonia, Michigan. Leading OEM engineers, innovative suppliers and other industry experts will convene to address innovations, developments, and trends shaping interior and exterior components and systems.
We encourage companies to participate and take advantage of unlimited face-to-face business development opportunities provided by our event to showcase their products and capabilities. Reach key customers and clients and increase exposure to decision makers. Click the link below to view the sponsorship and exhibit guidelines:
2019 Sponsorship and Exhibit Options
For questions or to reserve your space and confirm your participation at the conference, please contact Mr. Bryan Eldredge, Program Manager, The ITB Group.
Tel: +1 (248) 380-6310 • Email: email@example.com
Note: ITB will photograph the conference for promotional purposes. By participating in the conference you grant ITB permission to use your likeness in any/all conference related promotions.


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Friday, March 29, 2013
Neuro appt & walking
Reagan slept well last night and woke this morning a sweet girl. I was nervous, but sure enough, there was the smile! She's been a good girl again today. We had her follow up with the new neurologist this morning. We were there for more than 1.5hrs before we saw the doctor and Reagan had already dozed off again! We got the results from the 23hr EEG she had last month and it actually looked pretty normal! No seizures (which we already knew), but no spiking either. She said that it was a little slow (which is common/expected with developmental delay), but it wasn't even that slow. I like the idea that the word normal was used when referring to her EEG. Pretty amazing if you know everything she has been through and how chaotic and awful her EEGs once were. I've decided against doing the MRI. It's something the new doctor wanted, but if we're going to change doctors when we move, it doesn't make sense to do one now. Not to mention, it's not going to tell us anything that would change her treatment, and I don't want to risk putting her under anesthesia just so we can see what's going on in her brain! This afternoon Reagan had Speech therapy and we dyed Easter eggs! We've never done it before and it was a mess, but still fun. I think she enjoyed it. Overall she's had a good day today. She was a little sensitive for a bit, but she was fine after another little nap. Hands and feet have been cold and clammy today, so not sure what that means. Hopefully we have another few good days left. We never know with this girl! Ryan has been super fussy/needy today. I'm not sure if it's the fact that he just got another tooth in on the bottom (and has two more on top that look like they'll be through any day). But he did start walking today...had to show off for Daddy since he just got back from out of town. He's been taking a couple of steps at a time and cruising along everything for a while, but tonight he took several steps across the living room (multiple times)! He kept standing up and walking over and over again...like he knew he had finally figured it out! He's going to be all over this place soon!
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This weekend, the 26th-to-28th, May 20012 we are celebrating Shavuot.
In the early years of my life I lived in rural Israel. The way we celebrated Shavuot was getting dressed up in white, the girls wore a floral headwear wreath and silky head cover and each child carried with him or her a decorated basket full of fruit of the season. The community would assemble for a country style celebration of dance and song and at school the yard was decorated with hay-bails and the national flags.
Until I was about eight years old I remember the excitement of celebrating Shavuot. Choosing the flowers for and preparing my floral headwear-wreath was an art in itself. Selecting and decorating my fruit basket was another fun step. The white dress my Mom used to buy for me for especially for the holiday made me feel like a princess for a day.
But then, for some reasons, over the years the beautiful customs of Shavuot began to fade away and over the years Shavuot became just another holiday with few days off and less celebration as in the past.
Attached is a photo of my Dad and I attending a celebration of the Festival of Bikurim, Shavuot.
Chag Same'ach-Happy Holiday.


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Week 24 Schedule: Games Played
4 Games: DEN, LAC, LAL, MEM, OKC, ORL, POR, SAC, WAS
3 Games: ATL, BKN, BOS, CHA, CHI, CLE, DAL, DET, GSW, HOU, IND, MIA, MIL, MIN, NOP, PHI, PHX, SAS, TOR, UTA
2 Games: NYK
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Week 24 Streaming Schedule
Monday (4 Games): 76ers @ Magic, Thunder @ Grizzlies, Suns @ Jazz, Nets @ Blazers
Tuesday (10 Games): Spurs @ Hornets, Celtics @ Cavs, Magic @ Heat, Bulls @ Raptors, Rockets @ Bucks, Clippers @ Wolves, Hawks @ Pelicans, Kings @ Mavs, Pistons @ Nuggets, Wizards @ Lakers
Wednesday (5 Games): Blazers @ Bulls, Warriors @ Grizzlies, Pacers @ Thunder, Wizards @ Suns, Lakers @ Jazz
Thursday (8 Games): Magic @ Pistons, Nets @ 76ers, Mavs @ Heat, Raptors @ Knicks, Nuggets @ Rockets, Clippers @ Bucks, Kings @ Pelicans, Cavs @ Spurs
Friday (6 Games): Pacers @ Celtics, Blazers @ Hawks, Warriors @ Wolves, Nuggets @ Thunder, Wizards @ Jazz, Hornets @ Lakers
Saturday (9 Games): Cavs @ Clippers, Celtics @ Nets, Kings @ Rockets, Blazers @ Pistons, Magic @ Pacers, Heat @ Knicks, Raptors @ Bulls, 76ers @ Wolves, Grizzlies @ Suns
Sunday (7 Games): Bucks @ Hawks, Mavs @ Thunder, Lakers @ Pelicans, Kings @ Spurs, Wizards @ Nuggets, Hornets @ Warriors, Grizzlies @ Clippers
Monday-Tuesday: Magic
Tuesday-Wednesday: Bulls, Lakers, Wizards
Wednesday-Thursday: None
Thursday-Friday: Nuggets
Friday-Saturday: Celtics, Blazers, Pacers
Saturday-Sunday: Clippers, Grizzlies, Kings
Three Games in Four Nights:
Monday-Thursday: Magic
Tuesday-Friday: Nuggets, Lakers, Wizards
Wednesday-Saturday: Pacers, Blazers
Thursday-Sunday: Nuggets, Clippers, Kings
Waiver-Wire Pickups and Streamers:
*These players must be owned in less than 50% of Yahoo Leagues, and they are not in order because that would depend on your roster build.
4 Games
Monte Morris (16%)- His strong play has pushed Isaiah Thomas out of the rotation, and Morris' ability to play alongside Jamal Murray has kept his workload up into the 20s. In the past two weeks, Morris is averaging 24.1 minutes per game with 10.0 points, 3.2 assists, 2.2 rebounds, 0.8 steals and 1.8 triples. When you combine his 4-game week and elite efficiency (1.0 turnover in that span on 60% from the field), he's an obvious start this week. There's a reason he's ranked 5th in the entire NBA in offensive rating.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (47%)- Things have really started to click for the rookie just in time for a 4-game week. In the last two weeks alone, SGA ranks inside the top-70 with 15.2 points, 5.3 assists, 3.5 rebounds, 1.7 steals, 1.3 triples and 1.8 turnovers in 29.6 minutes. Armed with an elite steal rate, solid efficiency and playmaking, he's a must-own player. If you need a 3-point specialist and want to take advantage of this 4-game week for the Clippers, Landry Shamet is hitting 2.8 triples per game in that same stretch.
Alex Caruso (12%)- He's the definition of the Silly Season. Caruso should get a ton of burn with the Lakers eliminated and is ranked as the 72nd player for the past two weeks with 9.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.0 triples on 43.2% from the field. Desperate times calls for desperate measures. If you want to roll the dice on Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (42%) for his 3-pointers and steals I'm OK with that, but his numbers are inflated by his random 35-point outburst vs. the Bucks. He's been awful for most of the season.
Delon Wright (24%)- One of the top adds, Wright has a clear runway to mid-round value. The Mike Conley DNPs are coming, and Avery Bradley's injury means Wright should eclipse 30+ minutes the rest of the way. Wright was terrific with a 12-8-7 line on Friday to go with one steal and a block, and he's someone who can get you 10-5-5 nightly with plenty of steals and out-of-position blocks (1.8 steals and 0.7 blocks per 36 for his career). Justin Holiday (26%) is a name to monitor after his 22-point eruption on Friday, especially with so many injuries in Memphis. If Chandler Parsons is getting regular minutes, that says a lot about the state of the roster.
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Terrence Ross (48%)- This one is a no-brainer. The Magic are coming off a 2-game week which means Ross was dropped in a ton of leagues. He's been hanging around the middle rounds for fantasy value all season and is coming off one of his best games with 31 points, eight triples, seven rebounds and a steal. The Magic are still in pursuit of the eighth spot in the East, so Ross' minutes and touches are secure for at least another week.
Moe Harkless (12%)- I'm a little worried about Harkless resting his knee at some point this week (likely the back-to-back set on March 29-30), but that would still leave Harkless with at least three games. He's one of those "money stat" contributors which are so valuable in fantasy, as he's quietly ranked inside the top-70 for the past two weeks with 9.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.2 steals, 1.6 blocks and 0.8 triples in 26.2 minutes. The C.J. McCollum injury gives him a small boost and I'm trusting him in all lineups. Seth Curry (3%) is someone to consider in deeper leagues to see if he can build some momentum on his 20-point outing with five rebounds, one assist, two steals and four triples in 28 minutes vs. the Mavs on Wednesday, another win for the "revenge game narrative."
Thomas Bryant (30%)- For those of you who held Bryant through the tough times like I blindly did, congrats! He was absolutely dominant vs. the Nuggets on Thursday, scoring 22 points with eight rebounds and two blocks in 35 minutes. The Wizards are all but eliminated and coach Scott Brooks said Bryant will continue to start the remainder of the season so that he can evaluate both Bryant and Bobby Portis, both of whom will be free agents this summer. Despite some huge bumps in the road, Bryant was still a top-95 player in the past month in 20.0 minutes per game. If he gets 30 minutes like I'm expecting, look out! Troy Brown (3%) is another young player to watch in Washington and he fared well in his first start with Trevor Ariza injured, posting a 13-5-3 line in 33 minutes. A versatile playmaking forward, Brown is a strong bet to make some noise in the final two weeks.
3 Games
Miles Bridges (20%)- The Hornets aren't out of the playoff hunt yet and are 2.5 games back from the 8th-seeded Heat, but we've already seen some signs of the team waving the white flag as they have reduced the minutes of guys like Nicolas Batum, Marvin Williams and Tony Parker. Bridges' rookie season has not been a success by any means, but he has shown the occasional flash of upside with his multi-category contributions. He's played 29 minutes in back-to-back games, averaging 9.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 0.5 triples. His workload will only go up, so he's a streaming option on March 26, 29 and 31. I'm also keeping an eye on youngsters Willy Hernangomez and Malik Monk who got a rare opportunity vs. the Wolves, but it will take a couple good games to rope me back in because coach Borrego has been hard on both this season.
Shaq Harrison (2%)- I'm purposefully leaving out Robin Lopez (43%), as he's been a must-own player for weeks and I'm not sure why his ownership rate stays below 50%. Harrison has always had some fun upside, but hasn't gotten a fair chance until recently. With the Bulls throwing most of their best players on the injury report, Shaq has been the 43rd ranked player in standard leagues over his last three games with 11.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 3.0 steals(!) and 2.0 turnovers on 53.6% from the field. He has averaged 2.4 steals per 36 minutes in both of his NBA seasons which means it's not a fluke, and he's averaging close to a block per 36 as well. The schedule isn't great with three games, but the good news is that all his games are between March 26-March 30 for streaming purposes.
Brandon Knight (3%)- He's been hit or miss and is only owned in 3% of leagues for a reason. That being said, the wire is depleted these days and Knight has been an 11th-round value for the past two weeks with 10.9 points, 2.7 assists, 2.3 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.4 triples on 44.9% from the field. Cleveland's three games are from March 26-March 30, so Knight will be a low-end streamer for that stretch with potential for more depending on how many players the Cavs have left on the active roster.
Justin Jackson (3%)- Jalen Brunson (48%) has been an outstanding pickup in Dallas and should still be trusted in a 3-game week as the 54th ranked player over the last two weeks. Tim Hardaway Jr.'s leg injury has opened the door for another young player too, as Justin Jackson has played 33+ minutes in back-to-back games with 20.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 2.0 triples. The second-year wing doesn't have a great resume with career per-36 averages of 11.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.9 dimes, 0.7 steals and 1.6 triples, so I have him pegged as a low-end streamer despite his strong two-game stretch.
Maxi Kleber (12%)- An underrated fantasy asset, Kleber is ranked 76th in standard leagues for the past two weeks and the Hardaway Jr. injury will only help a player that can log minutes at three different positions. Kleber is averaging 9.2 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.7 steals, 1.2 blocks and 0.8 triples in that span, so he can do a little of everything which makes him a solid addition to a lot of different roster builds.
Wayne Ellington (35%)- Luke Kennard was the Detroit wing everyone wanted two weeks ago, but then flopped with five games of single-digit points in seven games. Ellington finally broke through in his last two games, putting up a monster 24.0 points with 1.0 assists, 1.0 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 6.5(!) triples. Those numbers are inflated because of the opponents (Cavs and Suns) and because Blake Griffin rested for one of those, but Ellington is one of the most reliable sources of 3-pointers on the wire with a handful of steals. If it's assists and steals you're looking for, Ish Smith (10%) is an option with 4.0 dimes and 1.1 steals in that same stretch.
Danuel House (16%)- People are going to look at his 1-point dud and immediately write him off, but it's hard to produce when MVP-frontrunner James Harden goes rogue for 61 points. Before that game, House put up 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 3.8 triples in his previous four outings. Coach Mike D'Antoni will be resting his veterans a good bit and House has logged minutes at three different positions. That means you can squeeze some value out of him in Houston's three games from March 26-March 30.
Tyreke Evans (29%)- He recently had a sit-down meeting with coach Nate McMillan and it looks like he got the message loud and clear. In his last two games, Evans put up 19.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.5 dimes and 3.0 turnovers, playing 29 minutes in each. That's a direct result of Darren Collison (quad) missing two games, and Indiana's starting PG is currently considered questionable for Sunday. If DC does continue to miss time, I'll be tempted to turn to Evans even though he flopped as a pickup earlier this season when Victor Oladipo went down.
Pat Connaughton (6%)- He's been a sneaky source of fantasy value as the 96th ranked player over the past two weeks. He has stepped up in the absence of Malcolm Brogdon, averaging 9.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.5 steals and 1.9 triples in 26.5 minutes. Of course his numbers are inflated a bit because Giannis Antetokounmpo has missed time, but he still posted a 6-10-4 line with two triples in 28 minutes on Friday with Giannis in the lineup. He's a fine option in deeper formats.
Tyus Jones (27%)- With Jeff Teague and Derrick Rose out for the season, Jones should be the starter the rest of the way. He's not 100 percent himself and has been battling through a couple nagging leg injuries, so that might explain why he hit 25.7% of his shots in his last three games. I do expect him to improve though and he's a fine option if you're targeting dimes and steals with 7.2 assists and 2.1 steals per 36 minutes. Josh Okogie (11%) is another player who will benefit from the tank in Minnesota, and he's currently on a top-90 run over his last three games with 16.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.3 steals, 0.7 blocks and 2.0 triples, but he's also hitting 55.9% in that span which is bound to come way back down.
Mikal Bridges (29%)- His minutes have never been more secure with Kelly Oubre out for the season and Josh Jackson going down with an ankle injury. Bridges is coming off an excellent game with a 13-7-3 line to go with one steal and two triples, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a better source of steals on the wire with 1.8 per game over the past month. De'Anthony Melton is another player to keep tabs on with a league-leading steal rate, but his upside on offense is capped considerably for as long as Devin Booker is active.
Streaming Options for Category Hunting
*The following section is for owners searching for help in specific categories. The stats provided are over the past two weeks, and the players must be available in over 50% of leagues.
Point Leaders:
Jalen Brunson (18.3)
Frank Jackson (16.7)
Damyean Dotson (16.6)
Terrence Ross (15.3)
Robin Lopez (15.2)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (15.2)
Kevin Knox (15.0)
Emmanuel Mudiay (14.9)
Dwyane Wade (14.4)
D.J. Augustin (14.1)
Assist Leaders:
D.J. Augustin (7.3)
Tyus Jones (5.3)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (5.3)
Patrick Beverley (5.3)
Delon Wright (5.0)
Mason Plumlee (4.5)
Ish Smith (4.0)
Jalen Brunson (4.0)
Rebounding Leaders:
Ed Davis (9.6)
Ivica Zubac (9.0)
Maxi Kleber (8.5)
Nemanja Bjelica (8.3)
Jakob Poeltl (7.6)
Joakim Noah (7.5)
Steal Leaders:
Marcus Smart (2.2)
Cory Joseph (2.1)
Shaq Harrison (2.0)
P.J. Tucker (1.8)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (1.7)
Kenrich Williams (1.7)
Mikal Bridges (1.6)
Block Leaders:
Thon Maker (1.6)
Jakob Poeltl (1.6)
Mason Plumlee (1.5)
Thomas Bryant (1.3)
Maxi Kleber (1.2)
Robin Lopez (1.2)
3-point Leaders:
Wayne Ellington (3.7)
Terrence Ross (3.3)
Danuel House (3.0)
Dion Waiters (2.9)
Langston Galloway (2.9)
Damyean Dotson (2.8)
Landry Shamet (2.8)
Terry Rozier (2.8)


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Cheshire Police are warning businesses about companies that use the force name to secure adverts in publications. These companies use cold calling and pressure selling, as an organisation the force do not employ such companies.
It has come to light that a publishing company is calling businesses in the Congleton area purporting to be calling on behalf of Cheshire Police in order to sell advertising space.
They purport that in buying advertising space in a community magazine the customer is supporting their local constabulary. This is not the case.
The reason why these companies use the Cheshire Police name to entice businesses is purely to generate revenue. The publications the companies produce appear to be in association with the police, ambulance or fire service but actually can include some generic articles publicising the roles of the emergency services.
These companies sell Ad space on the back of Cheshire Police by telling potential advertisers that Cheshire Police take the publication but in fact they just send the publication to stations unsolicited, often they are put straight in the bin. In some cases the companies do not even produce an unofficial publication they just simply take money from businesses on the assertion that they are from a publishing house.
If advertising or sponsorship is undertaken by Cheshire Police the business or individual being approached will be given contact details that can be verified with the Constabulary.


text: International Trade News 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2010 2008 2007 2005 2004 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 Alberta Trade Conference Sets the Stage for Upcoming WTO Agriculture Negotiations November 20, 1998 - A capacity crowd was on hand at the "Going Global" conference in Red Deer Alberta, November 11-13, to hear prominent trade experts outline the challenges and opportunities facing Canada's agriculture and food sector in the next round of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks. Canadian Sweetener Symposium - Market Outlook October 30, 1998 - The newly reconstituted Canadian Sweetener Symposium took place in Toronto on October 22, 1998. 20 Years in Review - Statistical Profile of Sugar Industry October 02, 1998 - The just released annual Statistical Profile of the Canadian Sugar Industry provides a 20-year review of Canadian sugar market trends. Here are some of the highlights. Expanded Taber Sugar Plant Begins Campaign to Process Sugar Beets October 02, 1998 - The recently expanded Rogers Sugar plant in Taber, Alberta started processing this year's sugar beet crop which should be the biggest on record in Alberta. Premiers Urge Liberalization of World Sugar Trade September 10, 1998 - At their annual meeting in Saskatoon on August 7th, Provincial Premiers urged Ottawa to pursue the elimination of export subsidies, non-tariff barriers and the overall liberalization of world sugar trade in the next Round of WTO talks. Agriculture Ministers Support Goal to Double Agri-Food Exports July 30, 1998 - On July 16, 1998, federal and provincial agriculture ministers strongly supported a goal to double agri-food exports by early in the next century. Following their annual two-day meeting, agriculture ministers agreed to work with industry to reach a target of 4% of world agri-food trade by the year 2005. Mexican Sugar Production and Exports Set New Records July 09, 1998 - Total Mexican sugar production for the 1997-98 crop is estimated at 5.3 million tonnes, representing the fourth year of record yields. New Alliance of Agri-Food Exporters June 18, 1998 - A number of major agri-food exporters met with Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, Lyle Vanclief, and senior trade officials in Ottawa on June 11th to announce he formation of the Canadian Alliance of Agri-Food Exporters. This diverse group from sectors including red meat, oilseeds, barley malts, grains and sugar, joined together out of a common interest in promoting freer and more open trade in the upcoming round of World Trade Organization negotiations.


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Like pretty much everybody, I love going on holiday. So far, so normal, I hope.
I also really love deciding where to go on holiday – planning, preparing, randomly googling the amazing place I eventually decided on after my family ordered me to stop looking and just bloomin' well pick somewhere. Maybe a little less common, but I can't be the only person who spends about as long choosing a holiday as they do on the actual holiday… can I? Anyone?
And for those of you who are still with me, what about packing a car to within an
inch of its life before setting off? Is there anything more satisfying than squeezing in that last flip-flop, ignoring the skeptical faces waiting on the drive and slamming the boot door down with a victorious clunk?
For many years of family camping holidays, I viewed cramming every last nook and cranny in the boot with everything from sleeping bags to suncream with relish, like some sort of giant Rubik's challenge. I feel slightly disappointed now we've swapped tents for apartments and villas – 5 small suitcases seem somewhat forlorn in the big boot we bought with airbeds and gas canisters in mind.
But if I'm not careful, I start treating my life like a car boot. I have treated it that way, for so long that it's a lesson I need to relearn over and over again, that my ability to multi-task everything, squeeze as much as I can into every activity, might not always be a good thing.
When I start to feel guilty that I'm just eating my breakfast, not researching a talk or catching up on emails or planning an event at the same time, I'm cramming too much in.
When failing to combine a couple of hours gardening with listening to a writer's conference feels like a poor use of time, I need to have a rethink.
When I get irritated because my family won't pander to the ridiculously detailed schedule that I've invented to make sure an empty Saturday is spent productively, it`s time to STOP!
It's time to remind myself, yet again, that my value does not lie in my productiveness. That the only person putting this pressure on me is myself. No-one else cares how much I get done, or how fast. Honestly, the pleasure I felt when my husband recently called me a machine after seeing my supermarket bag-packing skills can't be a good thing.
So, I'm spending some time this summer wrenching myself away from tasks and to-dos once more. Sternly ignoring the clench in my stomach at the decision to enjoy a bit of space, spread out and let a few things wait a while. Saying no a little more often. Denying the instinct to hunt for more things to squish into the boot until it can't take any more.
Finding that I'm still me, still loved, still blessed, still just as capable.
Only with a little more room to move, to breathe, to be.