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Find Joy in Any Job: How Do I Improve the Role I Have?

A lot of us are feeling unhappy and disengaged at work – and that started long before the pandemic. A big part of the problem, says Marcus Buckingham, is that we don’t take the initiative to do more of the tasks that we truly love. After identifying what most energizes and excites you about your current role or employer, you can try a host of strategies to shape your work around those things. In this special series from HBR, we’re looking at how to find love in your work. In this episode, we explain how to shift your current role to focus on what really drives you. IdeaCast co-host Alison Beard speaks with Marcus Buckingham, head of research on people and performance at the ADP Research Institute and author of the new book Love + Work.




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Find Joy in Any Job: How Do I Get My Team to Love Work?

Not everyone likes everything about their job all the time. But we know from research that people who are energized by at least parts of their work perform better – and feel a greater sense of well-being. So there’s a huge benefit when teams and organizations encourage employees to spend more of their work day focused on their strengths and passions. In this special series from HBR, we’re looking at how to figure out what you really love about work and craft your current job around that. In this episode, we’re scaling up from self-help for individuals to advice for managers and explaining how they can balance these efforts with business goals. IdeaCast co-host Alison Beard speaks with Marcus Buckingham, head of research on people and performance at the ADP Research Institute and author of the new book Love + Work.




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Stop Looking for the Perfect Job

One of the first things we learn about people is what they do for a living. But the link between work and identify has moved far beyond that, especially in certain industries, geographies, and cultures. Many of us put everything we have into our jobs, expecting our careers to fulfill us. Author Simone Stolzoff argues for a different approach. He wants us to find work that keeps us engaged and gives us the security we need, while still allowing us to define ourselves in other ways. Drawing on research and real-life stories, he explains what it means to have a "good enough" job, and why this shift in thinking could be good not just for individuals but also for teams and organizations. Stolzoff is the author of The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work.




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How Job Training Must Change in the AI Age

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence technology is creating, destroying, and changing jobs. And Harvard Business School professor Raffaella Sadun has been studying how leading companies are training and reskilling employees for this new paradigm. She says many firms underestimate how quickly and significantly workers will need to be reskilled and leave this effort to the HR department. Instead, she explains leaders and middle managers across the company are essential to manage this change. With Jorge Tamayo and Leila Doumi of HBS and Sagar Goel and Orsolya Kovács-Ondrejkovic of the BCG Henderson Institute, Sadun wrote the HBR article “Reskilling in the Age of AI.”




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Here’s How Managers Can Rediscover Their Joy at Work

Managing is a tough job, sometimes a seemingly thankless one where you can feel squeezed from all sides. But for team leaders who are feeling burnt out or overwhelmed with their job, Daisy Auger-Domínguez has advice on regaining your joy at work. She recommends various techniques to incorporate optimism and well-being into your management role. They include remembering your purpose, embracing a beginner’s mindset, keeping a folder of positive feedback as inspiration, and celebrating the contributions of team members. Auger-Domínguez is a workplace strategist and the author of the HBR article "Finding Joy as a Manager — Even on Bad Days."




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Mastering Recruitment: Lessons from a Real Estate Journey

In the dynamic realm of real estate, success hinges on the ability to attract, recruit and retain top talent. Reflecting on my early days in the industry, the memories of my first listing, first buyer and inaugural closing flood back. Those experiences instilled in me a profound sense of confidence, akin to the surge that…

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Leather DIY Traveler's Notebook Project for Bullet Journaling

Maria shows how she made a custom leather DIY traveler's notebook to fit some journals that she bought that were an odd size.




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Singapore-China joint venture to invest $18 mn in BEPZA

Chic Wings (BD) Lingerie Co Limited, a Singapore-China joint venture, will invest $18 million to set up a garment manufacturing plant in BEPZA Economic Zone, Chattogram. The company plans to produce 30 million garments annually and create 3,000 jobs. The agreement was signed on November 12, with BEPZA. BEPZA EZ hosts 36 companies with a total investment of $868.5 million.




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Coveo joins the AWS ISV Accelerate Program, supercharging its AI product reach

Coveo, a leading enterprise AI platform that brings AI search and generative AI (GenAI) to every point-of-experience, is joining the AWS Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Program, bringing AWS co-sell support to Coveo's range of AI search, recommendations, and generative experiences. AWS ISV Accelerate Program is a co-sell program designed to help AWS partners expand their proprietary reach by connecting ISVs with the AWS Sales organization.




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Atlantic.Net joins NVIDIA?s Cloud Service Provider Program to support AI adoption

Atlantic.Net?empowers customers to advance offerings through market-leading AI cloud solutions, helping to speed up the adoption of AI compute for software developers and businesses




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Augmenting product discovery and ecommerce journeys with GenAI

Experts joined KMWorld's webinar to explore how GenAI is rapidly changing the world of search and product experiences, from technological requirements to customer expectations




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Why ubiquitous AI will mean more, not fewer, white-collar jobs

One thing is clear: The widespread adoption of GenAI will not lead to fewer knowledge jobs, but rather, it will pave the way for their growth and evolution.




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Join me at Out of Chicago IN-DEPTH and GET $50 OFF

Aug 21-23 2020 will bring you an exciting live online photography workshop weekend with 35+ advanced, exciting sessions from world-class photographers (and I still can’t believe that I got accepted to teach with them! Yey! o/) For each session, two photographers will team up to deep-dive into a topic from multiple angles. And I couldn’t … Continue reading "Join me at Out of Chicago IN-DEPTH and GET $50 OFF"

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Here is the Data Sharing Statement, in its entirety, for Goodwin GM, Aaronson ST, Alvarez O, et al. Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2206443.

As forwarded to us by Max Shepsi: I’m starting to see a pattern here!




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Flatiron Institute hiring: postdocs, joint faculty, and permanent research positions

This is Bob. We’re hiring It’s that time of year again and we’re hiring at all levels at the Center for Computational Mathematics (CCM) at Flatiron Institute (the in-house research arm of Simons Foundation). As they are listed, job ads … Continue reading




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Joni Eareckson Tada honored by the Museum of the Bible

Christian author, speaker, and disability advocate Joni Eareckson Tada was honored with the Pillar Award for History by the Museum of the Bible...




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Worker Fails to Prove Exacerbation of PTSD From Job Stress

A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for the exacerbation of her preexisting psychological condition by alleged workplace stress. Case: Matter of Gorbea v. Verizon New…




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Lack of Evidence Connecting Worker's Alleged Injury to Job Results in Denial of Claim

The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim because she failed to demonstrate a causal connection between her alleged injuries and her workplace accident. Case: Chavez v. Tyson…




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Bluffs of St. Teresa – Ochlockonee Vista Joins Landscapes

The Bluffs of St. Teresa: hike to an overlook on the Ochlockonee River in this linchpin of the Florida Wildlife Corridor.




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Audit Finds 'Major Improvement' in City's Comp Program Under TPA

Chicago’s Office of Inspector General said in its latest audit that contracting with a third-party administrator represented a “major improvement” in running the city’s work comp program compared to the…




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Employer Can't Join Other Parties to Share Potential Liability for Fatal Claim

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an administrative decision finding that an employer could not join another entity and its insurance carrier as liable parties for a worker’s fatal accident. Case:…




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Amazon Can't Join Injured Worker's Prior Employer as Defendant to Claim

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that Amazon.com was not entitled to join an injured employee’s prior employer as a defendant in her claim and that she was entitled to…




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Federal Court Sends Worker's Jones Act Claim Back to State Level

A federal appellate court ruled that a worker’s Jones Act claims should be sent back to a Texas state court. Shanon Roy Santee worked as a remote-operated vehicle technician in the…




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Improving Benefit Adequacy for On-the-Job Injuries

Improving Benefit Adequacy for On-the-Job Injuries: the approach by the Texas Nonsubscriber Option might surprise you. …




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Work Comp Matters - Episode 107: John Mcneely

This week on Work Comp Matters, Steve, Mike, Robert & Special Guest, John McNeely (29 year Workers Compensation Hearing Representative), discusses experiences in workers compensation dealing with co-counsel, adjusters &…




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Performer Injured During Jousting Match Not Subject to Comp Coverage

A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker injured while participating in a jousting demonstration was exempt from coverage under the state Workers’ Compensation Act as a “performer.” Case: McKeane v.




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Federal Court Finds Worker Doesn't Qualify as Jones Act Seaman

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker did not qualify as a Jones Act seaman. Case: Edwards v. InterMoor Inc., No. 23-30727, 08/29/2024, unpublished. Facts: Lawrence…




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High Court: No Compensation for Jouster Injured at Renaissance Festival

The Louisiana Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of a decision finding that a man injured while jousting was excluded from the state's workers' compensation system. On Tuesday, a 6-1…




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El diagnóstico y tratamiento tempranos de la enfermedad arterial periférica son esenciales para mejorar los resultados y reducir el riesgo de amputación

Aspectos destacados de la guía: La nueva guía conjunta de la American Heart Association (la Asociación Americana del Corazón) y el American College of Cardiology ofrece recomendaciones para guiar a los médicos en el tratamiento de pacientes con...




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Los cuidados paliativos son beneficiosos para tratar los síntomas y mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas con ECV

Aspectos destacados de la declaración: El manejo de los medicamentos paliativos se enfoca en el alivio de los síntomas y en la mejora de la calidad de vida de las personas con enfermedades cardiovasculares en las distintas etapas de la enfermedad. La...




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Oklahoma State basketball team joins the Nation of Lifesavers

STILLWATER, Okla., October 28, 2024— The Oklahoma State University (OSU) men's basketball team participated in an American Heart Association Hands-Only CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) training to learn the correct rate and depth of CPR ...




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This is Our Lane - Too: Joint Statement on the Maternal Health Crisis from the Association of Black Cardiologists, American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association

This Mother’s Day and beyond, as cardiologists we care for the fate of all women. The death of a woman during pregnancy, at delivery, or soon after childbirth is an immeasurable tragedy for her family as well as society at large. Urgent action is ...




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The American Heart Association joins consortium with full support for a new American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine

DALLAS, Monday, October 30, 2023 – The national Board of Directors of the American Heart Association last week voted to provide full support to the House of Cardiology’s consortium proposal to create a new American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine...




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Estudio ofrece ‘evidencia contundente’ para la mejora continua en la atención de derrames cerebrales

Puntos destacados de la investigación: Un análisis retrospectivo del registro Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke, desde 2003 hasta 2022, revela mejoras sustanciales y sostenidas en la atención de derrames cerebrales agudos entre quienes participan en...




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La supervivencia al paro cardíaco mejoró desde que decreció la pandemia de COVID-19, aún es menor que en años anteriores

Este comunicado de prensa contiene información actualizada y datos que no están incluidos en el resumen. Puntos destacados de la investigación: Las tasas de supervivencia a los paros cardíacos extrahospitalarios en los EE. UU. disminuyeron de manera ...




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Fear of another heart attack may be a major source of ongoing stress for survivors

Research Highlights: Fear of another heart attack was a significant ongoing contributor to how heart attack survivors perceive their health, according to a new study. While anxiety and depression are recognized as common conditions after a heart ...




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ESC and Design Sojourn’s Innovating for Sustainability Programme Offers Grant Support for Singaporean Companies

ESC, the leading sustainability consultancy in Asia, and Design Sojourn, a renowned design thinking and innovation consultancy, have partnered to launch the Innovating for Sustainability Programme (ISP). This new programme aims to help Singaporean companies capture new innovative business opportunities and enhance their capabilities in...

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The Importance of Getting Your Teenager with TBI to Join a Support Group

It’s hard to get teenagers to do anything they fear will make them feel “other,” but a TBI support group will help during recovery.




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Auphonic Joins NVIDIA Inception

We are proud to announce that we recently joined the NVIDIA Inception Program, which will help to speed up our deep learning development process and therefore offer the best possible audio processing tools to our users.

What is NVIDIA Inception

NVIDIA is a global leader in hardware and software for Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Their NVIDIA Inception Program will enable us to leverage NVIDIA's cutting-edge technology by accessing more diverse cloud and GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) product offerings, which are used in most Machine Learning and Deep Learning model training instances worldwide. This will allow us to streamline AI development and deployment and train bigger machine-learning models to test and evaluate algorithms faster. The program will also offer us the opportunity to collaborate with industry-leading experts and other AI-driven organizations, among other things.

Our Deep Learning Development Process

For our development process, more GPU capacity means a great saving of time and therewith of course a saving of costs. As an example, one training cycle of our dynamic denoiser model takes almost a week trained with GPUs, however the same training cycle trained with CPUs would take several months.

To illustrate, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) can be compared to a race car, which is very fast but can only transfer a small number of packages, while a GPU in this comparison is a big truck, which can transfer a huge number of packages more slowly. Deep learning algorithms require for training very large datasets consisting of thousands of files, therefore our 'trucks', the GPUs, are the best hardware to choose processing multiple computations simultaneously.

The more GPU capacity we can use, the faster we get results for our tested algorithms, and the faster we know which way we should follow to offer our users the best possible audio processing tools.
Unfortunately, the world is right in the middle of a Global Chip Shortage, so the latest GPUs are very hard to get and super expensive to purchase – unless you have a partnership with a GPU manufacturer.

Conclusion

We are happy to join such a renowned program and look forward to the updates to our product that we will be able to implement and potentially a greater industry transformation.

You can read our full press release here: AuphonicNVIDIAInceptionPressRelease (pdf)







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The Spiritual Journey of Entrepreneurs (that Nobody Talks About)

Entrepreneurs are a different breed of people. Where others squirm at the thought of making self-managed business endeavors a sole source of income, we see an opportunity for uncapped riches and prosperity. It takes a certain mind to be willing to ignore what society says about breaking the mold and pursue big ideas against difficult odds. Yet folks like John Mackey prove that a defiant spirit can indeed lead to abundant success. I’m excited to have the 44-year CEO of Whole Foods back on the podcast once again. In this episode, our discussion focuses on the spiritual journey of entrepreneurs – that doesn’t get talked about nearly as much as it should – and explores his first-hand experience traveling it as the founder of one of America’s most iconic grocery chains. Incorporating Personal Values Into Work John’s personal values were deeply influential in shaping the development of Whole Foods Market from its early days. He believed strongly in the importance of staying true to one’s principles and letting them guide decision-making and actions as an entrepreneur. It’s a smart strategy – you aren’t going to get very far with a business idea unless you genuinely believe in it and are...

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Tobias Frere-Jones on Apple's Choice of Helvetica as a UI Typeface

Co.Design asked Tobias Frere-Jones of Hoefler & Co. to give his thoughts on Apple’s choice of Helvetica as an interface typeface for the upcoming OS X Yosemite update:

Despite its grand reputation, Helvetica can’t do everything. It works well in big sizes, but it can be really weak in small sizes. Shapes like ‘C’ and ‘S’ curl back into themselves, leaving tight “apertures”–the channels of white between a letter’s interior and exterior. So each shape halts the eye again and again, rather than ushering it along the line. The lowercase ‘e,’ the most common letter in English and many other languages, takes an especially unobliging form. These and other letters can be a pixel away from being some other letter, and we’re left to deal with flickers of doubt as we read.

This reminds me of what Erik Spiekerman wrote about Helvetica:

[Helvetica] really wasn’t designed for small sizes on screens. Words like milliliter can be very difficult to decipher. If you ever had to read or write a password with 1, i, l or I, you know the problem.

Still, I wouldn’t keep Lucida Grande for HiDPI displays. With a 2× resolution jump (4× pixels) pixel fitting becomes less of an issue, and pixel optimized typefaces like Lucida Grande begin to look crude in comparison with typefaces made primarily for print. Legibility obviously still matters just as much, but the choice need no longer be bound to fonts optimized for low resolution displays.




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Timelapse Unveils the Sky Vault over the Joshua Tree National Park

Le court métrage “Moonlight Mojave” est un sublime timelapse pris dans le parc national de Joshua Tree, dans un paysage nocturne. Un ciel étoilé hypnotique se déploie au dessus du désert que la lune et les étoiles illuminent comme si c’était le jour. Le film fait partie du projet Skyglow, qui veut sensibiliser au problème […]




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Embracing The Creative Journey: Ignite Your Passion And Unlock Limitless Potential

Creativity is not a gift that only some people have. It is a skill that can be learned and developed by anyone who is willing to explore new possibilities, ...




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Theme: Most Beautiful WordPress Job Board Theme

WordPress job boards were never this easy. The JobEngine theme combines powerful customization tools with a simple user experience. You can sort your listings by location, job type and category. Refine your search criteria without reloading the page. Users can upload a CV and send applications directly from the site. Send automated messages to advertisers […]




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Some Thoughts after a Major Ruby on Rails Upgrade

For the past few weeks, I've been upgrading an older, fairly large Ruby on Rails app from Rails 5.2 to Rails 7.1 and from Ruby 2.7 to Ruby 3.3. During this time, I have also made the switch from Webpacker to Vite for asset bundling and made various JS and CSS upgrades to go along with that change. Here are a few takeaways from the experience.

Upgrade Regularly #

First, I know I am probably preaching to the choir with this one, but just upgrading your tech as you go and whenever you can is great. It prevents you from being in the position that I was in–having to make such a big jump all in one go. It also makes sure you keep getting security upgrades, and more security is never a bad thing. If you are up for it, you can even automate the process like GitHub does for their Rails upgrades or by using something like Dependabot for notifying you on when to upgrade dependencies.

Commit Often #

This is good advice for any project, but I think it is specifically good when working through issues that arise from upgrading. Whenever I have done a larger upgrade, there’s always at least one tricky issue that takes time to diagnose. This leads to me experimenting and trying a few different things before I figure out the actual fix. Committing often allows me to reset back away from these false paths whenever I decide to go down a new one. But I could also commit these false paths if I'm stuck, store them away in a separate branch, and come back to them later if I feel like an approach is worth a second look.

Leave Code Comments #

If you have a particularly confusing piece of code where its purpose or function is unclear, leave a comment. This is another piece of advice that is relevant at any time, but I found those comments to be extra helpful during this latest round of upgrades. There were several instances of code that had not been touched in years (and never touched by me) causing errors after upgrading the underlying tech. Some of these were well commented, which made it much easier to understand their purpose and decide how to fix them—or even whether to keep them. On the flip side, there were some pieces of code that were not well documented, which made fixing the errors much harder.

Avoid Fancy Code #

As somewhat of an alternative to the code comments, you can also just avoid fancier code. Try seeing if any code that is fairly complex can be simplified into something a bit easier to understand. Also, you want to avoid calling any private APIs that might change out from under you during your upgrade process which can lead to all sorts of weird bugs and behavior. I'm not saying do this completely in place of relevant comments, but simplifying where you can will somewhat cut back the need for them.

Be Selective with Dependencies #

When upgrading a massive Rails app and the Javascript associated with said app, you are often going to have to upgrade some of your dependencies as well. The more of these you have to upgrade, the higher chance you have of breaking something, so it is important to be selective when choosing these dependencies. During these upgrades, I ran into several issues caused by a dependency that really was not doing much for us in the grand scheme of things, but was causing more than its fair share of issues. If you want to read more about how to go about choosing dependencies, feel free to reference my colleague Sol's article on the subject.

The End #

I don't think these insights are particularly original or profound, but hopefully they give you something to think about as you make major upgrades on your own app or as you think ahead to future upgrades.



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RIP a Livecast #646 – Joke Treadmill

We kick off this week's show with an important announcement. Loni joins us this week. We discuss the Brass Against onstage urination incident in great detail. We talk about Ace […]




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Jobs Newcastle – Free WP Theme

Jobs Newcastle is two columns free wordpress theme with unique and glossy look, having the classic combination of  blue, grey and black. Features: XHTML 1.0 Transitional Widget Ready Adsense Ready Threaded comments support FeedBurner subscribe via email support Note: Jobs Newcastle Theme is Distribute by ElegantWPThemes.com Designed by Web Design Leeds and made free by [...]




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Magnifique fin de journée sur les champs de Sainte-Luce

Dans la douce lumière du soir, les champs verdoyants de Sainte-Luce s’étirent à perte de vue. Le ciel, tel une toile vivante, se pare de teintes pastel – bleus profonds, mauves délicats et orangés chaleureux. Au loin, une ferme solitaire, avec sa grange au toit rouge emblématique, ponctue le paysage bucolique du Bas-Saint-Laurent. Les forêts...