#tcob

[blueelectricroom]

1. "How's that? This jacket looks like I skinned a giant baseball alive? That's a good one. Let me run; I'll see you this evening."

2. "Red, get Sonny and meet me at the place tonight. Tell DJ we're gonna be late, there's something we need to take care of."

[starrieshq]

Cassandra Clare LOVES the grew-up-too-soon x babied-all-their-life trope

Clary was sheltered up until the events of TCOB meanwhile Jace was getting raised by Valentine

Kit was forced to grow up quickly while Ty was babied by Julian and his family

Sophie was cast out onto the streets while Gideon had a fairly nice upbringing (besides his dad turning into a worm but let's face it he deserved it)

Lucie was raised as the daughter of one of the wealthiest Shadowhunter families while Jesse literally died as a kid

And do I even need to explain Thomas and Alastair...

[thecultofbilly]

GOJO AND GETO ARTTT

hi this is Vinny from TCOB, discord— @x_vinny_x !!!!! don't judge my art please 😊 (young artist)

[authorlaurawinter]

Hooray!!

TCOBS is finally on audio! It sounds amazing, and I’ve never been more enthralled by magical sword fights and knife flirting.

Grab it here.

[swan-of-sunrise]

Calling All Fellow Music Fans!

In case anyone's interested, I created a Spotify playlist that's sort of inspired by Taking Care of Business! It's filled with all the songs that remind me of Din and Alor'ad and the ones I listen to while writing my series for them, and I hope you all enjoy it!

Oh, and I also have a Spotify playlist filled with all my personal favorite musical tracks from various Star Wars films and shows!

Happy listening, ya'll!

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[doctorfreak]

i shouldnt have to do anything i should get to just play baldurs gate. and work on my drag. and the week should be 10 days long 5 for work and 3 for playing and the other 2 for taking care of business (TCOB) like doing the dishes and getting groceries and going to the doctore. also if as a bonus i could have the energy/motivation/foresight/discipline/secret sauce to be able to think about, plan, schedule, and actually do all the things i want to do. that would be really great. please. god.

[theacademysaga]

Alright, Officer Nealson. It’s time to do what you do best…TCOB! 🔥🖤 Won’t be long now, TAS friends!!!!!! 😁 . #bookboyfriend #booklover #bookobsessed #bookaddict #tbrlist #goodread #pageturner #nextread #bookclubreads #romancebookstagram #romancereader #romancebookaddict #bookpassion #theacademysaga

[awolgina]

Watch "BTO - TCOB TGIF tokesntunes rock on boomer learning series" on YouTube

[economicbuddy]

Why is green supply chain management necessary these days?

Using different responsible environmental practices as a part of supply chain management is not only just the moral thing to do, but it is also good for any business.

Most businesses are adopting green supply chain management, a more sustainable supply chain that is also a less wasteful supply chain.  

But why? Why the introduction of green supply chain management is necessary these days?

Read this following article below to find out.

What is the Green Supply Chain?

Green Supply Chain Management refers to the delivery of different products and services from suppliers, and manufacturers to end customers through the process of material flow, information flow, and cash flow in the context of the environment.

The evolution of the process of green supply chain management as a practice in businesses can be attributed to the increasing awareness and concern among different levels of people, governments, and organizations with regard to increasing pollution, carbon emissions, global warming, and deteriorating environmental conditions.

Importance of green supply chain management

Following are some of the major importance of implementing green supply chain management.

Eco-efficiency

Many sustainable actions regarding green supply chain management reduce costs and are also eco-friendly.

Eco risk mitigation

If any business is not implementing green supply chain management in its supply chain, it may be attacked by NGOs, government regulatory bodies, the media, and even by the different consumer groups you serve which may reduce its sales and stock prices.

Hedging

Developing the offering in the green market to understand it in a better manner, know the demand patterns of customers, know the suppliers, etc, and the market change such as demand, regulations, etc. Thus it can be used in the form of experimentation.

Improved Environmental Sustainability

Green Supply Chain Management practices can help to improve the environmental sustainability of the effective operations of a company.

This is because green Supply chain Management practices often lead to reduced resource consumption, waste generation, and improved energy efficiency of a business.

In return, these benefits of a company can help it to reduce its environmental impact of it and improve its overall sustainability performance of that business.

Improved Resource Efficiency

It is always said that greening your supply chain will make it more resource-efficient.

In fact, one of the main goals of implementing green operations in the supply chain is to minimize waste and optimize processes.

So by working with green supply chain partners, a business can make sure that they are also committed to resource efficiency and waste reduction. Green supply chain management has also the potential to share best practices and learn from each other to use further green operations.

Reduced Waste

It is evident that every year millions of tons of food is wasted within the supply chain. By taking certain efforts to reduce these wastes through various improved process management and the adoption of lean policies, companies can eliminate costly losses that reduce their TCOB.

Reducing the amount of waste not only can lower the total cost of any business (TCOB) while also enhancing the industry’s reputation. This is just one more important reason why the implementation of green supply chain management is important.

Lower Transportation Costs

Companies nowadays are typically trying to bring down the weight of shipments along with making trips shorter when they are trying to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

This results in lower transportation costs because lower trips use less fuel and trucks suffer minimized wear and tear.

Conclusion

As you read this article, you might have come up with the idea of why green supply chain management is important.

Then implement it in your company, encourage your business perspective and have the benefits of implementing green supply chain management.

[naturecoaster]

Saint Leo University to Host MBA Info Session

Saint Leo University is hosting an information session for its Master of Business Administration degree program at 6 p.m. (EDT), Wednesday, October 19, via Zoom. Saint Leo University to Host MBA Info Session on October 19 Those who are interested in getting a competitive edge, developing a deeper skill set and understanding of business functions, and making an impact in their business, organization, and community, are invited to attend. Saint Leo’s MBA program is offered online and on campus with classes available during the day and evening, weekdays and weekends. Students can complete the degree by earning 33 credits in 12 calendar months. As the oldest Catholic university in Florida and one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States, Saint Leo has a rich history of providing students with a transformative, values-centered education, said Dr. Pamela Chandler Lee, director of the MBA program and a professor of management. “Our core mission is to inspire students to become their best selves and then lead the way for others to follow.” Based on input from industry leaders, “we recently revised our program to ensure that our graduates are equipped to meet the demands of the workforce,” Lee said. “Our program is designed to meet students where they are, and provide them with practical, guided tools to make meaningful contributions to their organizations.” According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median salary of MBA grads is 50 percent to 75 percent more than people with a bachelor’s degree alone. Those interested may register for the event at https://calendar.saintleo.edu/tcob/event/5904-mba-online-information-session. For information, email MBASLU@saintleo.edu or pamela.lee03@saintleo.edu or call (352) 588-7388. About Saint Leo University Saint Leo University is one of the largest Catholic universities in the nation, offering 62 degree programs to more than 15,800 students each year. Founded in 1889 by Benedictine monks and sisters, the private, nonprofit university is known for providing a values-based education to learners of all backgrounds and ages in the liberal arts tradition. Saint Leo is regionally accredited and offers a residential campus in the Tampa Bay region of Florida, 16 education centers in five states, and an online program for students anywhere. The university is home to more than 100,000 alumni. Learn more at saintleo.edu. Read the full article

[thecultofbilly]

ALT GOJO AND GETO

WSG it's Vinny from TCOB, first post! can contact me on discord- @x_vinny_x

👍👍👍👍

[authorlaurawinter]

Audio!!

If yall aren’t big on audible or want a cheaper audiobook option that pays the author (me) more without a huge pile of gross fees, TCOBS is now available direct for just $20 instead of audible $27.

The Curse of Broken Shadows

Blurb below

An assassin, a powerful dagger, and a magic that shouldn’t exist.

Shadow magic is extinct. The Veil Worshippers who honor the shadow god’s wall are hunted for their artifacts, including the Veil shards that break off the wall in Valisea.

Brela vows to steal it all back. With the dagger of her people and a Veil shard embedded in her collarbone that has infected her with shadow-cursed magic, she is determined to keep her secrets or suffer a fate worse than death. That was a lot easier when the uptight and infuriatingly handsome Captain Cason Valkip wasn’t hunting her.

Cason has spent his entire life hiding—from the raids on Valisea, from his emotions, and from his multiple gods-blessed magics that everyone is afraid of… everyone except Brela. The chaotic, non-magic wielding assassin who drives him insane is also the only person who has never looked at his tainted magic without any ounce of fear. Which is why being forced to work with her to discover the source of the breaking wall sets his already uncontrollable fire magic ablaze.

With tension growing in the remaining kingdoms and mythical beasts threatening her at every turn, Brela’s secrets might not remain hidden for much longer. To survive, she will have to work with the one man who could burn her.

Because if shadow hell is released, no one will be safe.

For fans of Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and D&D. Dive into this epic, enemies to lovers fantasy with magic, found family, and knives. Lots and lots of knives. This is book 1 in a planned 3 book series (not including the prequel) and thus ends on a cliffhanger.

Suggested reading order:

Book 1: The Curse of Broken Shadows

Book 0: The Bones of Crystal Sands

Book 2: The Wings of Shattered Fire

Book 2.5: The Blade of Severed Bonds

Book 3: TCOFD

TW: This book contains explicit content and dark elements, including language, violence and torture, mature romantic scenes, and mentions of abuse.

[sincerelyravens]

WIP Wednesday

based on this image

However, despite the sadness Jana felt whenever she thought of Beauxbatons and her wishes that she had never left her friends, there was something equally as thrilling and magical about being at Hogwarts. Whenever she had first seen the castle, leaning out over the side of a carriage drawn by threstrals, Jana had been amazed at the beauty that it held and how a feeling of warmth seemed to rush through her all at once—like she was home.

The castle itself had a large number of floors and secret passageways and moving staircases that Jana thought it was a travesty that no one had bothered to craft a map. The hallways were not just occupied by students and teachers; there were also ghosts, who liked to walk through the walls unannounced and figures in portraits that sometimes liked to abandon their frame. There was even a large dining room with four large tables for each of the Houses (Slytherins, Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, and Gryffindors—like Jana), a thousand or more floating candles, and an enchanted ceiling that showed the sky.

Outside the walls of the castle, there was the dark and looming Forbidden Forest where it was, as the title suggests, forbidden to go into without the presence of a professor. In the middle of the castle grounds, there was a massive lake where a colony of merpeople resided beneath the water’s surface as well as a giant squid who frequently surfaced to see the students. There was also a large willow tree that had a habit of swinging its limb at annoying birds or ruffling its leaves in annoyance. Closer to the castle, there was a cluster of greenhouses—filled with plants of all natures and levels of deadliness—and a decent-sized Quidditch pitch with stands towering high above the ground.

Over the summer, Jana had been brought to the school by the Headmistress and sorted into her house before the Head of the Gryffindor House, Neville Longbottom, gave her a quick tour. While Professor Longbottom had made extra sure to hit important places around the castle, such as the Gryffindor Common Room and dorms and the outside Greenhouses, little could’ve been done to help her overcome the massive learning curve. She, like the first years, was still struggling to learn the castle and its intricate hallways—and the trickster doors.

(discussion below the cut)

This week, I’ve decided to start a new “tradition” on my blog on Wednesdays by posting a section of my WIP. Recently, my writing has been rather slow and spontaneous (judging by me creating the idea and then posting ‘punch and tell’ in the same day) and it’s been incredibly frustrating to me. However, I’m hoping to get back to writing more frequently. 

In addition, I’ve been working on what I want to highlight as my “WIP”: my Hogwarts AU. I know I’ve been saying it for months, but it finally seems to be coming to fruition. Finally. The plans are all set—the background characters, the changes, the plots. However, still, I find myself stuck and second-guessing myself and doing this story because well, it’s not a sobbe story (and, let’s be real here, that’s what everyone wants to see). 

While this fic is a step back towards HP—my OG fandom and where I got my writing start as well as my favorite childhood world to disappear to—it’s also my first fic where I won’t be writing Sobbe and Robbe or Sander as the main POV character. So, while it takes a step into my comfort zone (into HP, where i know an embarrassing amount of minuscule trivia and random headcanons), it’s also a step outside of that because I’m starting a new pov with a character that I haven’t really written a lot of before: Jana.

Her book of Hogwarts AU—originally: the magic of betrayal; now: the curse of betrayal (or as I refer to it tcob)—depicts the story of season 1... with some minor changes. Of course, there’s the obvious such as magical classes and spells and flying broomsticks and ghost. But there are some also minor plot changes that I feel would be beneficial to focusing on Jana’s story—as well as taking out some that I just don’t really like as much—and inclusion of a plot that will hopefully focus more on Jana’s difficulty with school in the first half of season 1 (later in the season, she’s shown to be studying physics with Yasmina, but I always wished that they’d focus a little more on school). 

(I’ve also included magical technology since texts/social media are such a prominent part of every-day life and there’s no way Muggleborn students can disappear off the face of the earth completely for 9 months of the year without people getting suspicious. I’m sorry.)

In addition, it also includes characters introduced later in the series—from the beginning. Milan has become the assistant to Madam Pomfrey, who is getting close to retiring, and Noor Bauwens and Aaron Jacobs are already included with their canonical friends from season 3. Sander Driesen—everyone’s personal fav—has also been included since the beginning, with one of my favorite non-canonical friendships to tie him into the season 1 storyline. I’ve also included some of my favorite OCs to enrich the background (and mostly because I’m too attached to them)—such as Valentin and Sophie from Safe, Jonathon from Jij Verliest, and Celeste (who now has the last name, Maes) from just friends. 

As I mentioned, I’m rather nervous about this fic and I’m going to come right out and say it: it isn’t a sobbe fic. In the first book, Jana’s, I do not have it planned for them to even have an interaction—though currently both of them will have separate interactions with Jana. I know that hits/comments/kudos do not matter, but I’m also internally terrified that no one is going to read it or care for it. I’m writing for me, this is true, but I also love hearing that people are enjoying what I’m writing and regardless of any internal motivation that I feel, comments and kudos and asks fuel my motivation a lot more than people realize. 

So, I apologize that this fic has been taking a long time—especially since I’ve been slowly working on the idea for about a year now—and I hope that I’m able to get it out to you soon. I hope you are looking forward to this story as much as I am.

[ravenbrenna09]

hello, i’m letting everyone know that i deleted the curse of betrayal, or as i like to call it tcob (my Hogwarts AU of season 1), from my ao3 page. now, i’m not saying that i’ve completely given up on the story and i promise that i have not, but i have made the decision that i posted the story too early and i should’ve waited until i was further in before posting the chapter. i promise that i will still work hard on the story behind the scenes, but i need to relieve a little pressure from my shoulders and currently, it feels like too much. i apologize for releasing the story prematurely. i hope to bring it back to you with improvements and more confidence in my work. 

[igonecrazy]

Hi Igonecrazy do you know when your gonna update that trials of love story?

Oooo.....Hello! 🤭

I.......do not actually know that! 🙈

I love that story so am not gonna abandon it or anything! But yeah...it might be a while before I get back to it..

My Malec inspiration is running a little low..and I've put my hands into so many fandoms! ✌️😭

Anyway! I'm so so sooooo grateful you came and asked me about it....this serves as a lot of inspiration to get back to it! Thank you! ❤️

*sending you hugs*

Hope to see you with an update soon!

[emma-blackthorn]

"Magnus narrowed his gleaming cat’s eyes. Somewhere in the distance Chairman Meow was crying. Slowly the warlock lowered his head and struck it once, none too gently, against the wall."

City of Bones, Cassandra Claire