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Content marketing is a moving target. What could be considered a best practice today may be black hat tomorrow. But there are a number of content marketing best practices that should stand the test of time.

Let’s take a look at 4 content marketing best practices that often fl

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When she started chemo, He bought two new 800 thread count Egyptian cotton bed sheet sets. They fit very snugly on their mattress. She no longer has the strength required to get the fitted sheet onto or off of the bed without assistance.

He also bought her fancy chocolates.

Tonight after dinner, She d

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Our modern “Halloween” traditions have evolved over centuries from the Celtic Wheel of the Year (shown below), from whence come our major Holidays—Halloween, Christmas, Easter, even Groundhog Day.

In my series “The Mags Chronicles,” Celtic holidays structure each book. And in Mags at The Genius Hous

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"Dear I write you this letter
To show you how much your love means to meI wish we could be togetherI need you in my life oh can't you see
You promised we would be together
But you still haven't answered my letter
Oh, oh, I'm sincerely yours
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We know that eating vegetables is a good thing for health and longevity. So many studies have proven this out and red cabbage is no exception. Try this Red Cabbage Soup and you’ll be eating one of the most highly nutritious vegetables on earth.

Red and green cabbage are both powerhouses but red c

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Corn syrup is filling each grout-line of the salmon, tiled table; the fizz is subsiding as the room bubbles up. ... Read more Read more of this blog post »

I've been using this recipe since 2013, and although I can't remember where I originally found it, it's been my favourite lemon dessert ever since.

Pastry
1 2/3c plain flour

1/4c caster sugar

1/2 tsp salt

140g butter, cold and diced into cubes

2 egg yolks

2-3 tablespoons cold water

Filling

145g cream che

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Mrs. Perivale and the Blue Fire Crystal by Dash Hoffman

Title: Mrs. Perivale and the Blue Fire Crystal

Author: Dash Hoffman

Genre: YA Fantasy

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Available: Amazon

About the Book

“People your age belong at home.” 73 year old Mrs. Perivale is

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Le Cégep de St-Félicien c’est … De la formation générale pour élargir les horizons - Le Nouvelles Hebdo https://t.co/MumOESbrz9

— Reinhold Kanzler (@ReinholdKanzlR) October 30, 2020

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Four long years have passed by, but sometimes, it’s still hard to believe

All I want to know is, Papa, how have you been?

How’s the world up there and how’s your new family?

All these questions keep swarming in my mind incessantly

I wonder how do you look like now?

Do you shave or have a long beard?

Do yo

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Trick or treat!!! Offering my latest funny witch book for children in print and digital versions! This free eBook offer runs on Witch Hua Hukka’s Silly Tooth is valid only till Halloween night so grab your copy fast for your kiddo from Amazon (US) and Amazon.in (India).

Why should you buy this book

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In: Tariq Ali, Heiner Flassbeck, Rainer Mausfeld, Wolfgang Streeck and Peter Wahl, Die extreme Mitte: Wer die westliche Welt beherrscht. Eine Warnung. Wien: Promedia 2020, 43-61.

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Samhain is a time when we begin to turn our intentions inward, and focus on making the home a warm and cozy space. For those looking to do some protective workings around this time, or to add a bit of heat and rejuvenation to their lives, this spicy blood orange margarita should do just the trick.

T

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Drama and comedy spring from the collision of the needs, desires, and emotions of characters in a story. This is called conflict, and conflict is a prerequisite for all engaging storytelling.

A couple of years ago, I wrote a scene about a late-middle age man who is laid off from his job, and he drive

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How social attitudes toward cannabis are changing across the world

In the past century, smoking weed has become a symbol of the 1960s counterculture movement, been public enemy number one in America, and conjured colorful images of morally-corrupt delinquents. But the times they are a-changin’. Shift

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I can’t get out there to do in person events, so I decided to do a virtual reading for my novel, Fortune’s Hand.

There is a spot on the dining room wall where we post questions that come to us throughout the day. Philosophical ones and practical ones, silly ones, smart ones, and silly-and-smart ones. Some are more answerable than others—most are whimsical, take-your-time sort of questions—and all are under ser

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Just a reminder that I’m open for short fic requests for my characters!

Feel free to drop prompts and requests in my ask, as well as any questions you have about my worlds or stories!

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Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, in Czech podběl lékařský) is a flower in the daisy family that's native to Europe and Asia. It is a perennial plant that is 10-30 cm tall. It grows on the edge of forests and roads, on slopes, in quarries, on river or stream banks, etc.

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“I was really walking fast now, starting to freak out, because I remembered my roommate had laughed at me a few weeks ago saying ‘Don’t you know it’s haunted down there?”

In the Stacks

J. attended the University of Nevada, Reno in the 80’s. She lived in Nye Hal

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Hurricane Mitch snaked its way across Honduras, wreaking havoc on the land and destroying lives this week, 22 years ago. The picturesque countryside held the 1500 year old ruins of Copan, Honduras. Only two months prior, I climbed those ruins as an exuberant tourist. Hardworking locals toiled, compl

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If you found the information in #SpaceIsOpenForBusiness to be helpful, please write a review and inspire others to think big about space, the space economy, and our role within it!

Reviews help others to learn about how the space sector is helping our planet. pic.twitter.com/yD8irkKfmv

— Robert C. Jac

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My three boys love sports and, when they were young, one of their sports-of-choice was to play ice hockey. One afternoon we were running late getting ready to go to a game. Rushing to get their equipment together and out the door to the car, one of them yelled, “I...

The post The Law of Attraction an

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Happy Halloween! I hope you all like ghost stories!

Warnings: This story depicts some domestic violence and cursing, but nothing too graphic.

The Well

I hadn’t slept well since learning that my mother had passed three days ago. We were never close. Actually, I hadn’t seen her since my wedding seven yea

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Did you know that if you google ‘images of zombies’ you will find thousands of images?! Who knew that the living dead were so popular?
 
There are several suggestions but no certainties for the origin of the word zombie.
 
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‘Bedside Manner’ was originally penned for a 100-word microfiction competition.

Little Anne woke up screaming. Her forehead glistened as she wrapped her thin arms around herself and shivered.

‘Nightmares again?’ I asked softly.

We were used to the routine by now: Anne would awake screaming and I wo

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You know how some things happen and leave you feeling overwhelmingly loved? A special gift, an unexpected act of kindness, the right word at the right time, a tender touch. Well, cancer isn’t one of those things. Or is it?

When you are living with a terminal disease, it’s easy to feel unloved. It may

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