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The journey to AI: empowering retail to deliver on experience
Brian Solis will keynote GDS’ special event, “The Journey to AI: Empowering Retail to Deliver on Experience.”
Customer expectations have reached unprecedented levels. With dynamic and changing needs, customers want to be understood, they want their next steps anticipated and they aren’t a
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Playlist for a Fantasy Novel: Brittle
Every book I write now has a playlist. It either develops while I’m writing or I put part (or most) of it together while I’m rewriting.
My question, fellow readers: Does it every interest you when authors post a playlist? Do you listen to it while you’re reading their book? After you’re done reading
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Deppica ep. 3: Cry-Baby

Persecuted Sudanese Christian disowned by family
Throughout the world, Muslims are turning to Christ in record numbers. The surprising and ancient ways God is drawing His people to Himself?
The post Persecuted Sudanese Christian disowned by family appeared first on Global Christian Relief.
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Фензин „Булгакон“ 1/2023 е достъпен

Snatching fish

Marty’s photo of the day #4513: This past Saturday was our final day on Vancouver Island, and by the time we got around to scheduling a ferry ride out of Nanaimo, only the last ferry had an availability. We had previously found Nanaimo to be a dirty, pedestrian-looking city, so we hung out in the pr
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I Have a Favor to Ask...

Jeff–Saturday
I’m quickto do favors for people, but not very good at requesting the same formyself. I suspect it’s some sort ofinborn thing. Yet, I believe the momenthas arrived for me to test whether the relatively small favor I’m about to askof a large group of people gathers momentum, or s
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Book and Movie Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

I do not prefer the epistolary form, and I am wary about having two authors on a book cover, as well, so The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Anne Barrows had two knocks against it from the beginning. But I had liked the movie. So o
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Il pesto di Santori, i conti di Conte,��il "solidale"��Darmanin: il podio dei peggiori


Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: September 22nd, 2023
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this… there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email. Insights about improvement, innovation, and leadership… Operational Excellence, Improvement, and Innovation When to standa
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Searching For Identity – Day 4
Day 4
In the novel THE PEBBLE we find a girl caught in the headlights of life, desperately trying to figure out the shapes before her that form her identity. When a charming stranger unfurls his wings in a hotel room and opens her eyes to a whole new world Alex takes the invite willingly.
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Another Dream

A Collect to Live Not for Ourselves Alone
Almighty God, creator of all things and source of all that was and is and is to come, teach us to live in honor of you and do all things in love and service to all, that we would not fall into selfish thinking and self-serving ways but be ever connected to you and your beloved children, through Jesu
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The Next Star
Next week’s star is another recognizable character actor; those of you who like old horror movies might think of him as Read more of this blog post »

Taking Pictures at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan has plenty of wonderful overlooks across Lake Superior with great views (for some, see my previous post here).
But the best way to see the sandstone rock formations is via boat. Russ and
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matching outfits


Writing the Standout Book Series

THEBOOK SERIES
Books with a thread of commonality or with a continuingstory. Choose to write a series of standalone novels or serialized.
STANDALONE BOOKS (not necessary to read the whole series to enjoy)
Advantages
Flexibilityof reading out of
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L’impossibile riforma del Consiglio di Sicurezza
“Assomiglia a volte a un’annuale orgia d’ipocrisia”, dice il New York Times dell’annuale Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite. Inesorabile come il ritorno dell’autunno, ad ogni settembre l’Assemblea si riunisce al Palazzo di Vetro per ascoltare i leader dei 193 paesi associati e dei due osservator

Fri. Sept. 22, 2023: Almost Equinox

Friday, September 22, 2023
Waxing Moon
Pluto, Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Uranus, Jupiter Retrograde
Foggy/sunny/cool
All kinds of busy, and I am excited for the Autumn Equinox tomorrow!
Today’s serial episode is from Angel Hunt:
Episode 70: La
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20 Picture Books to Teach Sequencing & Beginning, Middle, and End
It's important to teach sequencing to kids. Use picture books as mentor texts to teach sequence, including beginning, middle, and end.
The post 20 Picture Books to Teach Sequencing & Beginning, Middle, and End appeared first on Imagination Soup.
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Random Aughts Movie Review: The Wretchedness of HANSEL and GRETEL: Witch Hunters
Look, this film is not going to get a truly in-depth review because it is as shallow as a freakin’ backyard plastic kiddie pool and doesn’t merit keen analysis, but I do have a few pointed remarks I would like to share out of what you might call an overriding sense of colossal umbrage … or something
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Introducing 3rd Generation Curcumin
Read the full article at Introducing 3rd Generation Curcumin

Ned Bear and The Dirty Whisker Curse
About Ned Bear and The Dirty Whisker Curse
In a world where magic is gone���
Ned is a grizzly bear trained for fighting wars. But he doesn���t want to fight anymore. He���d much rather live a life of exploration and leisure. So one day he ventures out beyond his village to the city of
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Oh, It's You

Me: In my defense, our conversations have been sparse because I've been working so hard on you.
Novel: Yeah, yeah. Whatever. What do you want now?
Me: I wanted to know how you're feeling. The daft is finished, so it seemed like a good time to as Read more of this blog post »

An excerpt from The American
It’s excerpt time! If you subscribe to my newsletter, you’ll have had this little treat already. Wouldn’t hurt to read it again, though. INTERESTING FACT: This is one of the excerpts from the book we used in the auditions for the audio book.
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Porträtt med Magnus Laupa
Fotografen Magnus Laupa, som jag gjorde boken ”No I'm from Borås” med 2004, kom över och tog några bilder.
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Thoughts on GAMERA -Rebirth- (spoilers)
The second animated kaiju series currently on Netflix is GAMERA -Rebirth- (Gamera Ribāsu), the first released Gamera production since Gamera the Brave in 2006. It’s produced by ENGI, an animation subsidiary of Gamera’s owner Kadokawa Corporation, and is directed and co-written
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Adolf Hitler – Photo Ops
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Photo ops with kids are good for politicians because they create the impression of empathy and compassion. Sadly, kids and their families, are expendable resources to create power for “leaders” as laborers, tax payers, and cannon fodder…. It’s been the same during Read more of this blog post »
My wildlife adventures continue…
It seems that my wildlife adventures continue here in Florida. If you read my previous post, you know of my close encounter with the two snakes (please God, let it only be two snakes!) who live in my front yard. And tonight? It’s lizards.

Smug Lizard
I was in the garage, getting the trash ready fo
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Your biggest writing priority #1
