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Sellers: Listen To Your Inner Buyer!
There is a wealth of buying knowledge in most sales organisations, indeed in most salespeople. The only problem is that it is not being leveraged to boost sales success.
This article provides some tips on how to leverage your own buying smarts, as well as those of your organisation.
Four Intrinsic Sources Of Buyer Wisdom
Most sellers will unashamedly admit that the know more about selling, than buying. That is to say they know more about their sales process than the buying process, or their sales proposition, rather than the buyer's business case.
Yet, sellers can be too quick to dismiss their level of understanding of modern buying. That is because within every organisation and every sales team is a untapped, and yet surprisingly sophisticated level of buying wisdom. This works on 4 levels:
1. The practical wisdom of the salesperson
2. The buying experiences of the seller/sales organisation
3. Procurement expertise within the sales organisation
4. Learning from past wins and losses
Let's examine each of these in turn.
The Buying Wisdom Of Sellers
Buying isn't rocket science. It's complexities are not beyond the grasp of salespeople – not by a long way! Indeed sellers can easily read the mind of the buyer. They can see into the logic of the buying decision.
A set of questions we asked of a diverse group of salespeople reveals just how adept of modern buying the average salesperson can be:
First we asked 'What is the best way to increase profit by 250,000 in a 2, 5, or 10 million turnover organisation (with a net margin of 10%)?' 'Cut costs', or 'reduce spending' were the immediate responses voiced, to the nodding approval of the assembled group of sellers. One member of the group added in a matter-of-fact manner, that savings went straight to the bottom line and that it would probably be easier to get 250,000 in savings that 10 times that figure in sales.
Then we asked 'How would you set about achieving a goal to cut spending by 250,000?' The answers flowed with sellers suggesting those very strategies that they can come to dread when implemented by their customers and prospects. They included:
- 'Cut budgets and control spending
- 'Give managers targets to cut costs
- Reduce the discretion of managers
- Get cross functional input to buying decisions
- Require sign-offs over a certain value
- Put procedures in place, to make it difficult to spend, for example paperwork that needs to be completed before purchases are sanctioned
- Give procurement control over who spends what
- Renegotiate prices with existing suppliers
- Review, revise and perhaps delay major projects
- Review purchases, projects and suppliers to ensure they deliver value
- Make sure contracts go to competitive tender
- Require a cost benefit analysis, or clear payback from all purchases
As the answers above show, the strategies that so frustrate and annoy sellers shouldn't really come as any surprise. Yet, they continue to throw sellers off their guard. Is it that sellers are in denial?
Is it more convenient for sellers to deny their own knowledge and experience of buying, than to be forced to address the challenges it presents to how they sell?
Well, ask sellers about their own experience in making important buying decisions and there is further evidence that sellers know a lot more about buying than they admit, or perhaps even realize.
The Buying Experience of Sellers
Everybody has experience of buying – that is to say most of us have made lots of purchases big, as well as small. Even if we have not been involved in buying at work we have, in a personal capacity, made major purchase decisions, be that for a car, or a house.
This direct experience of buying can and should be an advantage. Having walked a mile in the buyer's shoes (so to speak) should enable the seller to relate better to the buyer and his/her needs, as well to better appreciate their approach to making the decision.
Sellers can understand their customers and prospects by reference to your own buying (you will find an article on that subject here), or more to the point the buying of your organisations. They need simply ask 'what would/did I, or we, do in the same situation?' This can help understand and predict the buyer, it can also lead to greater patience and forbearance.
Sellers Too Can Be Tough Customers!
When we talk to sales teams they often admit that sales organisations themselves can be the toughest of customers. In a classic case of double standards a large sales team recently complained about the demands of dealing with more demanding buyers, while at the same time joking that their own organisation was 'a nightmare for other sellers to deal with'.
Citing an IT systems purchase that after 18 months was still 'far from a decision' the sales manager commented 'Thank God our customers don't buy the same way we do'. The picture he painted of that purchase mirrored those very same aspect of buying of which his sales team had been complaining:
- 'Slow to make decisions….'
- 'A laborious process of getting consensus…'
- 'Difficult to deal with…'
- 'Constantly changing our mind…'
- 'Pitting one supplier against another…'
- 'Looking for free consulting from vendors…'
- 'Expect to get something for nothing….'
- 'Drive a hard bargain…'
- 'Playing our cards close…'
To understand even your most frustrating prospects, you need only look within. Every salesperson has, in all likelihood, committed those sins that they dread from buyer:
- They are likely to have employed all the tactics of the buyer, perhaps even a little subterfuge, or deceit.
- To get the best deal they will no doubt have tried to outwit a salesperson.
So, how can sellers complain when they are on the receiving end?
Procurement Coaches The Sales Team
The procurement professionals in any organisation can be a vital source of knowledge and assistance to salespeople. Yet, this does not happen in most sales organisations.
By talking to their in-house purchasing staff, sellers to better appreciate the roles and the motivations of procurement professionals. Sales managers can tap into their organisations own procurement expertise in order to boost sales success, by:
- Enlisting their help in training salespeople on how to sell to the professional buyer
- Bringing them in on opportunity and account reviews
- Getting their advice ahead of submitting proposals, or entering negotiations
The learning from past wins and losses
Over the course of time a sales team will gain exposure to every buying situation. That is of course if past looses and wins are viewed through the lens of the buyer, as opposed to the seller.
Each deal, whether it is won, or lost, provides a valuable insight to the motivations, as well as the logic and the process, of the buyer.
A Framework For Accessing Your Inner Buyer
Here are some questions that are useful in leveraging the four types of intrinsic buyer knowledge.
1. What were the steps – that I followed/would follow, our organisation followed/would follow, procurement in our company routinely follows, or were followed by the buyer in that particular opportunity – the information requirements at each stage, the key sign-off points and so on? This is what we call Buying Process.
2. What were the key factors in the decision, in particular the underlying business motivation for the decision? This is what we call buying logic, or the Business Case?
3. Who was involved in making, or shaping the decision and what were their various motivations? That is what we call the Buying Team.
Accessing our inner buyer wisdom has the potential to considerably enhance sales success. It breaks down the 'them-and-us' divide that often exists between sellers and buyers and facilitates greater communication and respect.
A greater appreciation of how buying really happens, inevitably means less frustration among sellers, as well as fewer shocks and surprises. It is a vital aid to more effective pre-qualification, as well as to more accurate forecasting of what deals will close and when. Last but not least looking within to understand the modern buyer is key to developing greater levels of buyer empathy and that really has the power to sell.
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TESTE in Rio. It realy seems to have stopped in the XIX century. The eclectic architectural houses from the emperor period, cobblestone narrow streets and the historical tramway help to keep this idea.
Situated high on the hill overlooking Rio, It offers a stunning view of the city centre and the bay.
Among the attractions in Santa Teresa, the highlights are the Chacara do Ceu Museum, the Ruins Park, The Selaron Staircase, many historical churches and the Santa Teresa Convent, which originated the District.
During the Carnival, many popular bands perform on the streets and the most famous is the "Bloco das Carmelitas",which was named after the local XVIII century convent.
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We are at the most convenient location - within a 5 minutes walk from:
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Girl Scout Juniors are invited to "Explore It," a free, fun, and interactive STEAM day camp hosted by the Museum of the West and the Bureau of Land Management, June 27 – 29, 2018! Girls will learn about dinosaurs, paleontology, geology, fossils, mining, and the history of early life in the Grand Valley through hands-on activities and visits to regional educational and historical sites. Girls will also visit the Museum of the West, Cross Orchards, the Mica Mine, Dinosaur Journey, Fruita Paleontological Area, and Dinosaur Hill.
Here are highlights of what's planned:
• Visit Cross Orchards and learn about early life in Grand Valley (irrigation agriculture, fruit packing, train transportation). Learn about pioneer kids and what the daily life of a child 125 years ago was like and ride the train.
• Hike Bangs Canyon Trailhead to the Mica Mine and focus on the engineering challenge of historical mining.
• Tour collections and prep labs at Dinosaur Journey to learn about science and methods in paleontology and stewardship of fossils. Dissect and owl pellet and build a dinosaur.
• Visit the Museum of the West and learn about tools and science of Archaeology with real artifacts.
• Hike Dinosaur Hill Loop and learn about regional geology from experts and the Apatosaurus at Riggs Quarry.
• Hike the Fruita Paleontological Area and Loop to learn about sedimentary rocks.
The camp is based at the Museum of the West in Grand Junction, but will explore many sites in the area. Camp starts at 9 a.m. each day and will end around 4 p.m. The camp is FREE for Girl Scout Juniors thanks to the Museum of the West and the Bureau of Land Management. To register, please go to https://goo.gl/9YR6z6 . Registration deadline is June 22, but with only 30 spots available, we expect this camp to fill fast!
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Forecast Forum - June 2007
canonical correlation analysis (CCA) forecast of SST in the central Pacific
(Barnett et al. 1988, Science, 241, 192‑196; Barnston and
Ropelewski 1992, J. Climate, 5, 1316‑1345), is shown in Figs.
F1 and F2. This forecast
is produced routinely by the Prediction Branch of the
. The predictions from the National Centers for
Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Coupled Forecast System Model (CFS03) are
presented in Figs. F3 and F4a,
F4b. Predictions
from the Markov model (Xue, et al. 2000: J. Climate, 13,
849‑871) are shown in Figs. F5 and F6.
Predictions from the latest version of the LDEO model (Chen et al.
2000: Geophys. Res. Let., 27, 2585‑2587) are shown in Figs.
F7 and F8.
Predictions using linear inverse modeling (Penland and Magorian 1993:
J. Climate, 6, 1067‑1076) are shown in Figs. F9
and F10. Predictions from the Scripps / Max
Planck Institute (MPI) hybrid coupled model (Barnett et al. 1993: J.
Climate, 6, 1545‑1566) are shown in Fig. F11.
Predictions from the ENSO‑CLIPER statistical model (Knaff and
Landsea 1997, Wea. Forecasting, 12, 633‑652) are shown in
Fig. F12.
Niño 3.4 predictions are summarized in Fig. F13,
provided by the Forecasting and Prediction Research Group of the IRI.
The CPC and
the contributors to the Forecast Forum caution potential users of this
predictive information that they can expect only modest skill.
conditions are expected to continue during the next 2 months, with ENSO-neutral
or La Niña conditions equally likely thereafter.
conditions continued in the tropical Pacific during June 2007, with average
to below-average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) extending from the date line
to the west coast of South America (Fig. T18).
The latest weekly SST departures are similar to values observed last
month, remaining negative in the Niño 1+2 (-1.4ºC) and Niño 3 (-0.5 ºC)
regions, and near zero in the Niño 3.4 (0.1 ºC) and Niño 4 (+0.4ºC)
regions (Table T2).
evolution toward La Niña conditions slowed during June 2007.
The upper-ocean heat content (average temperatures in the upper 300 m
of the ocean) remained below-average, but departures were less negative
consistent with the increasing temperatures at thermocline depth (Fig.
The low-level easterly winds remained stronger than average in the
west-central equatorial Pacific (Figs.
T7 and T20),
with suppressed convection along the equator and a weak area of enhanced
convection observed over parts of
and northern
T25). Collectively,
these oceanic and atmospheric patterns are consistent with ENSO-neutral
value of the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI; 3-month running mean average of SST
anomalies in the Niño 3.4 region – computed using the Extended
Reconstructed SST version-2 data set) for April-June 2007 is
0.0°C, which reflects ENSO-neutral conditions in the tropical
Pacific. Nearly all of the
model forecasts predict below-average SSTs in the Niño 3.4 region (5°N-5°S,
120-170°W) during the remainder of the year (Figs. F1,
F2, F3, F4a,
F4b, F5, F6,
and F13). A
majority of the statistical models indicate ENSO-neutral conditions
persisting through the summer months, with several statistical models
forecasting weak La Niña conditions during the fall or winter. In
contrast, most dynamical models, including the NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFS),
continue to predict a transition to La Niña within the next three months.
However, several of the dynamical models have recently been predicting a
stronger and more rapid cooling than has actually occurred. Therefore,
the statistical models in combination with recent trends in the surface and
subsurface ocean temperatures suggest either a slower evolution toward La Niña
or the continuation of ENSO-neutral conditions through the remainder of the
updates of SST, 850-hPa wind, OLR and features of the equatorial subsurface
thermal structure are available on the
Center homepage at:


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There have been several projects floating around involving distributed computing in a non-charity context. Unlike the charity-type distcomp projects like SETI@Home, distributed.net, Folding@Home, and friends, people who donate computing resources to these get something in return. The general form for this is: a token has the value of a certain number of operations, and also a value in some real-world currency. Someone can spend tokens in exchange for processing, or exchange them with real money, and people whose machines perform processing get tokens in exchange. It seems very straightforward.
The problem is, it's entirely useless.
The kinds of problems that can be trivially distributed are few and far between. There's cryptanalysis, protein folding, gene sequencing, the kind of rank-computing that gets done at google's data centers on hadoop... Most of the CPU-intensive tasks that one can list off are either also very data-intensive (huge data sets are easier to handle in-house than to send flying across the world, especially when the smallest chunks you can deal with are a couple hundred megs) or of no interest to anyone outside of academia (and thus worth very little money) -- in other words, video encoding and finding primes are out of the picture. We're left with things like cryptanalysis, which is somewhat problematic since the people willing to spend money to bruteforce encryption are probably either spooks or crooks (and the spooks have their own machines for this kind of thing).
I'd absolutely love to run this kind of system, because I'm wasting plenty of cycles at home and I'm not getting any richer. If any of you can think of a problem that would be a good fit for this solution, *please* let me know. I'll give you a million free cycles on my new distcomp network.
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July 28th we are having our first S.W. La. Tecmo Super Bowl 2k12 Updated rosters tournament!
Cost will be $25.
Every participant will be guaranteed to play at least 3 games and will receive a t-shirt!
This will be a payout tournament for 1st and 2nd place. The payout will be determined by the amount of participants.
These carts work great! No problems at all, very smooth play just like the original.
Our rules and structure will be exactly the same as our original tourney except for one small change, players have to play their given positions. You can not put a wr at rb or te or vise versa.
This change will also take place in our original annual tournament starting next year.
Let me know ASAP if you would like to participate.
No I dont have an advantage on this cart as I do not have one. I will not be getting the carts until later. I do have some carts of previous roster updates and that is how I know the product is great.
Let me know if you have any questions.
We will be playing at our usual host, The Huddle Up! We will start at 9:30 a.m.
The contact information for Huddle Up is:
Mark Leone
1103 West Prien Lake Road
Lake Charles, La., 70601
(337) 656-2905
Below are the rules;
Tournament Overview
The tournament will begin with the "round robin" portion. 40 participants will be divided into 10 Groups. All four participants within each Group will play one another once (aka "round-robin" minimum of 3 games).
After group play, the top two players from each group (20 players' total) will advance to the double-elimination portion of the tournament. The 20 participants will compete in a double-elimination tournament until a champion is crowned. The players from group play will be seeded 1-20 by overall record and point differential (Note: a group winner cannot be seeded lower than 10). Seeds 11-20 will be 2nd-place finishers from group play. If two or more players have the same record and point differential, then the least amount of points allowed will break the tie.
A game that ends in a tie is acceptable during the "round-robin" portion but not the double elimination portion. The Skunk Rule (winning by 28 points) will end a game and is implemented during both the "round robin" as well as the double elimination bracket. In the event of the Skunk Rule, the winner will receive +1 to their point differential of 28 for a total of 29. If the score is 28-0 (Skunk Shut-out) the winner will receive +2 to their point differential of 28 for a total of 30.
*This is based on a 40 participant tournament. If there are a different number of participants, the format will remain the same. No matter how many participants we have, only the top 20 will advance to the double-elimination portion.
Procedural & Game-play Rules
Team Selection: A Rock, Paper, Scissors challenge (RPS) will precede each game. The winner will choose the matchup (i.e. the two teams). The loser then selects either (a) one of the two teams or ( his preferred controller. If the loser selects his preferred controller, the winner selects a team first.
Customizing Playbooks and Lineup Changes: Customizing playbooks is permissible. You can access your "change" screen (screen where you check player conditions and make substitutions) only twice per half. This helps speed up the games.
WR or TE at RB: This is a common inquiry and is NOT permissible.
Ties: Although ties are permitted in the tournament's "round-robin" portion, such are not permitted in the single-elimination portion of the tournament. If a game ends in a tie after overtime, a new game will begin, and the first player to score in the new game is the winner. In this case, the coin toss must be played out and not skipped.
Bum Rushing (Lurching): Bum Rushing (Lurching), diving up the middle is prohibited. If you want to rush with a DL, you must either go outside the offensive tackle or "popcorn" someone on the offensive line. You cannot simply go around your blocker and dive.
Nintendo Malfunctions: If there is an equipment failure in the first half, games will be replayed from the start. If equipment malfunctions in the 2nd half, only the second half is replayed. In that event, the scores from each half are added together to obtain a final score. If the game was uncompetitive or the equipment malfunctioned due to human error, the tourney organizers reserve the right to declare a winner without replaying any portion of the game.
Skunk Rule: If you are losing by 28 points at ANYTIME during the game, the game will be considered over. This will help speed up the tournament.
Tournament Disputes: There are 3 tournament referees. They will decide all disputes unless one of them is a player in the game. If one or two is a player in the disputed game, another person will assist the remaining referee(s) to resolve the dispute.
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- 1770s: the open robe, polonaised, and the tucks in the front of the petticoat. The full sleeve ruffles. the box-pleated ruching.
- 1790s: the trained open robe, pulled back to the sides. The fluffy wrapfront dress underneath the robe. So is the wide lace trim edging the robe. The sash effect.
- Late 1860s: the sash tied in a low bow at the back with the robe boufed up inside the bow. In 1868, for example, the Harper's Bazar Baschlik Mantilla wrap ties up the skirt in back in a very similar way. See Cornell's HEARTH site, Sept 5, 1868.
What historic references or ideas do you see?
Wouldn't it be a treat to wear?
How I Would Construct This Dress
Step back a century or more and the landscape is very different. Not only do the customers rule (for the most part) on design, but the actual garments are cut and closed with methods that allow for changes in weight and even wearer, while the essential fit remains good, and the garments are made to layer and often can function as separates to be mixed and matched in fashionably appropriate ways.
Here is how I might construct the dress. I am not saying that this is how the designer did it, but it's how I would use typical Edwardian shapes and methods to do it.
Let's start from the inside out. Refer to additional pictures at the bottom of the post for visual information.
|A bodice ("waist") lining;
The Dressmaker, p. 90
- Using one of the resource books from the last post, especially Butterick's The Dressmaker (Chapter XVI, Lined Waists), I'd find a fitted front-closing low bodice lining pattern and draft and cut a toile from strong cotton. Given that I do not have a corset for this period, and not everyone wore them at this date anyhow, I'd tack multiple bones to it at front, sides, and back to create the shape. Then I'd adjust the seams and once it fit tightly, I'd stitch in the bones for real and attach hooks and eyes to the front center. If I had a proper corset, I might forgo all but a back bone or two, and depend on the interior belt (see below)to create the shape.
- Next I'd create an interior petersham belt, 2.5" wide preferably, to which both bodice and skirts are stitched to. I'd close it at front side with large, heavy hooks and eyes. The belt was a super common construction aid. It helped high-waisted skirts have no visible waistband, allowed connection of bodice and skirt to a firm foundation, especially helpful with soft, tearable fabrics like net or heavy passementerie and beading. Follow the directions in the Butterick The Dressmaker book (see last post), and if it's unclear, you can refer to analagous directions in the other manuals. Make sure to set the belt above the natural waistline, perhaps two inches. It's really hard to find modern petersham in this width. You can butt narrower widths together and whip stitch them to approximate the width needed.
- I'd stitch the tight lining to the belt.
|An example of an interior belt on a dress in my collection.
- I'd find a wrap-front kimono bodice pattern from the same list of books for the lace portion of the bodice. The kimono design was hotter than Louisville in July and featured no shoulder seam, and sleeves in one with the bodice. The lace portion of the bodice does not need sleeves, so those do not need to be included from the pattern.
- To get the gentle wrapping motion of the lace on the front of the bodice, I'd toile it in lightweight, drapey cotton, then cut the lace for real. Make sure the waist short, for this dress is high-waisted. Give the back a gentle neckline point, pretty deep, to match the original.
- Once the toile fit, I'd cut the real lace, preferably a net with a loose needlelace pattern on it, seam it with very narrow French seams, hem the armscyes, and gently mount it to the underbodice and to the belt. Closure? Multiple hooks and eyes at both sides, eyes attached to the lining. The Butterick book The Dressmaker details how to drape a bodice atop a fitted lining. This layer is tacked to the belt, too.
- Then I would use the same kimono bodice pattern and toile the open robe bodice, this time in a crisp or starched cotton imitating the crisp silk taffeta. The sleeves are included this time. You will notice that when the sleeves are cut, the stripe will automatically run horizontally when worn! Make sure to allow for the deep cuff on the sleeve.
- The front of the open robe has a dart, perhaps a two-ended dart, to the right and under the bust. This helps to pull the robe back in a curve from the bust. Make sure the back neckline curve is very deep to match the original, and that it has a few scant gathers.
- Then I'd cut the silk, seam it with French seams or open seams finished with binding.
- Cut the blue ribbon trim, mount to the underbodice up just near the bust, as in the original.
- Mount the robe bodice to the underbodice, and right over those ribbons.
|Section of The Dressmaker about draping the
outside bodice fabric to the lining. p. 93
- Attach robe bodice to the belt, too. Again, refer to those manuals. They illustrate this, as do some originals. Sometimes the tacking is plain messy and can even be seen on the exterior of the dress! It was covered with a sash, hence the slapdash work.
- Cut and tack the sleeve flounces. I'd want to toile the shapes.
- Then I'd pattern the underskirt in interfacing. It's hard to tell on the original, but this looks like a one-piece skirt, so called. There are plenty of patterns for them in the books I have referenced in the previous post. If I could get net with an integral loose pattern, that would be great, as the pattern at the bottom was not only almost standard on nice dresses at this time, but is a reference to the 18th century habit of embroidering petticoat hems with deep bands of embroidery. Otherwise, plain Jane. Sigh.
- I'd add the tucks.
- Next, the skirt would be cut and sewn with narrow French seams, and tacked to the interior belt. Handy thing, that interior belt.
- Now for the open robe skirt. This I would drape right on the dressform, from a single piece of fabric, gathering some at the sides and heavily in the back. I'd hem it and, yes, tack it to the belt!
- Next, cut, scantly gather, and tack the lace flounce to the edges of the open robe.
- Make box pleat trim and tack onto the open robe.
- Now it's time to connect the underskirt to the robe. I'd use doubled thread and connect the two layers with long tacks that leave an inch or so loose inside, so that the robe can move. I'd tie the ribbon bow at this point to, and tack where necessary. This is a matter of playing. The complex Edwardian garments I own use a lot of these sorts of connections to preserve draping just so, even when the wearer was in motion. These are works of sculpture as much as they are dresses and even their overall movement is controlled.
- Next, the sash. A single layer of the silk, pinked with a tiny pinker, and backed with cotton to help it cling to the silk. Hooks and eyes to attach it at the front.
- Next, fun with high-quality vintage paper and silk flowers. The posy can be tacked to the front of the belt.
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Diction Is A Real Thing: Consider It
A basic piece of advice for writers, given so often that perhaps you're sick of hearing it, is: "Everything in a story — dialogue, action, thoughts, mannerisms, descriptions — should both advance plot and reveal character." It's good advice. The problem, however, is that it tens you what to do, but it doesn't tell you how.
Since "everything in a story" is dauntingly broad, let's narrow it to this: How does dialogue reveal character?
The obvious answer is through content. The person who says "Look at that adorable baby" is a much different character from the person who says "Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad."
The content of your character's dialogue is the main way you let us know who he is inside.
However, it's not the only way. You have other tools at your disposal for making dialogue convey characterization. They am diction, sentence construction and grammar.
What Words to Choose
Diction means word choice, and it reflects your character's education, precision, imagination and background — no matter what the content of the speech. Consider the following two passages. Both are dialogue, in which a character comments on another character's housekeeping:
"Course she ain't much of a hand to housekeep: slut's wool all over the place. When yer mind is that fixated on things above, the dirt's bound to settle below."
"I know I can leave all household arrangements to you, Mr. de Winter said so, and you must just run things as they always have been run, I shan't want to make any changes."
Can you see how much the diction tells us about each of these people? Mr. Spencer and his language are uneducated ("ain't), colorful ("slut's wool") and analytic (he gives a reason why his neighbor's housekeeping is so bad). His word choice also reflects his country background through his use of regional idioms ("much of a hand to housekeep"). In contrast, the young second bride of Maxim de Winter uses entirely different diction. Her words are formal ("all household arrangements"), bland (no colorful word choices) and general (no details like "slut's wool"). Her diction reflects an educated English background ("shan't"). This is appropriate, because the young woman is formal, bland, educated, British and very uncertain of herself.
A subdivision of diction is language specific to a given group: slang, dialect and jargon. The rule here is to tread lightly. Often just a single word of slang, dialect or jargon is all you need. Look, for instance, at these five replies to the simple question "How was the movie?"
"It sucked."
"Y'all really want to know?"
"Bloody awful."
"My word, it was violent."
"Domestic poison, foreign major-grosser."
Each reply uses diction to tell us not only about the movie, but about the speaker. These speakers are, respectively, a youth, Southern, British, genteel and in the film business. Or else they wish they were those things.
What is your character like? Do her words — not only the sense of her speech, but the individual word choices — reflect her personality and background? If not, can you alter a word or a prase here and there so they do?
The Complexity of Sentences
This one is tricky, because much depends on context. For instance, each of the following uses short, curt sentences:
"Make three copies of that, please.
Send one each to Jane Denby and
Chad Lawrence. Put the third in my
personal file."
"I never knowed my daddy. He left
early. I was 9. He left my dog. it was
named Curly."
"That's Jemison. Candy's lawyer. A
real son of a bitch."
These sentences are all similar in length and simple in construction (no dependent clauses, no compounds, no participial phrases, and only the first uses simple prepositional phrases). Yet each gives much different impressions of the speakers, due to content and diction. In the first, the curtness comes across as commanding. In the second, as simple-mindedness or extreme youth. In the third, as gruff taciturnity. Such flexibility makes it difficult to issue absolute rules coordinating sentence structure with characterization.
However, here are some helpful guidelines:
* Long, complex sentences give an impression of education and intelligence. Here, again, is the second Mrs. de Winter:
"Whenever you spoke to me or
looked at me, walked with me in the
garden, sat down to dinner, I felt you
were saying to yourself, `This I did
with Rebecca, and this, and this.'"
The dependent clause, lengthiness and parallel structure ("spoke," "looked," "walked," "sat," each followed by a prepositional phrase) tell us that this person is intelligent. Stupid people simply don't talk like this. They can't. (Note, however that the reverse is not necessarily true. Short sentences don't mean a character is dim-witted. There can be other reasons for curtness, as we saw in the three examples above.)
* Very long, very complex sentences may make a character seem pretentious. This is especially true if the diction is also formal. Jean Brodie, the queen of pretentiousness (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark) expresses her sense of job security in this overblown way:
As for impropriety, it could never be
imputed to me except by some gross
distortion on the part of a traitor.
She sounds like the pompous snob she is.
* Speeches that pair a heavy-duty subject with a lightweight one make a character seem ridiculous. It's a great way to create a comic effect. Jean Brodie, who's not only pretentious but ludicrous, demonstrates this sort of sentence construction as she describes her summer vacation:
In London my friends … took me to
visit A.A. Milne. in the hall was hung
a reproduction of Botticelli's
Primavera which means The Birth of
Spring. I wore my silk dress with the
large red poppies which is just right
for my coloring. Mussolini is one of
the greatest men in the world, far
more so than Ramsay MacDonald,
and his fascisti….
What a mismatched jumble! Like the character.
* Sentences that run on and on indicate an emotional person, either always emotional or in the grip of temporarily upsetting circumstances. Teenage John Maples, in John Updike's story "Separating," uses short sentences fused into one long incoherent sob:
"It's not just the separation, it's the
whole crummy year, I hate that
school, you can't make any friends,
the history teacher's a scud."
To create a sense of emotion out of control, try long sentences that are constructed of short ones separated by commas.
Grammar Guides
This one's easy. A character who uses correct grammar will be perceived as brighter than one who doesn't.
In a way, this is very unfair. In real life many intelligent people deliberately speak ungrammatically. Sometimes they want to hide their intelligence; sometimes they want to fit in with neighbors or family, sometimes they were raised to think that correct speech is stuck-up. If that's the case with your character, you must make sure we know it. You might, for instance, have another character say something like, "Dan talks like a dockworker but don't let that fool you — he's as shrewd about business as they come." Or, you might indicate intelligence with a physical detail: "Candy's silly words tripped all over themselves, but her shrewd blue eyes never left Sean's face. He could see the calculation there, steady and cold as precision machinery." Or, you might structure an early scene so that we're shown the contrast between bad grammar and intelligent action. In fact, these techniques can actually aid characterization by adding very human texture and contradictions to a character that might otherwise seem one-dimensional.
In one sense, of course, how characters talk is never a function of their personalities alone, but also of a writer's overall style. No character in a Henry James novel, no matter what his station in life, will talk like a character in a Joseph Wambaugh novel. But within the limits of your own style, your characters should not all sound alike. If they do, you miss opportunities to deepen their characterization through their dialogue. Pay attention to each person's diction, sentence construction and grammar. It will make your dialogue far more revealing, interesting and readable.


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So now back to recipe writing! Otherwise I'll never clear the backlog and make space for more exciting and new culinary creations:)! The emotional stuff will then seep into the blog as and when anyway.
Here's a classic Bengali dish that I love and we have both at my parents in London and with my family in Bangladesh. Of course there's a difference in the dish depending on who cooks it. Cooking is a tradition that's gets primarily passed on from mothers to daughters so they are able to cook for their future hubbies (not a bad thing). I left home in my late teens and of course could not imagine the possibility of life without Bengali food. So my mum showed me a couple of my favourite dishes which I then cooked again and again. And if you can cook one Bengali dish then the others follow naturally. I cooked bengali chicken curry and my all time ever favourite dish in the world- bengali lamb chop curry with potatoes and tomatoes. Yumm!! 🙂 Of course only my mum's version of the chop curry is my number 1! She is after all the best cook in the world. Anyone can of course validly dispute this with their own mothers or fathers :-).
Anyway, here is a recipe of neither of the above dishes but a Bengali Beef Curry with potatoes (we love our meat curries with potatoes in my family).
When I cook Bengali dishes I tend to add a twist like kaffir lime leaves or galangal. Both of these I have never seen in Bangladesh. Neither have I seen pak choi or lemongrass. But as I love these ingredients, I throw them in when I feel like it. For an authentic Bengali curry dish, leave these out. There are also many supplementary spices that are used to really add another dimension to the flavour and subtle aromas from this rich multitude of deliciously combined spices. I'm always amazed how so many different flavours are wonderfully combined and nurture and complement each other for the taste buds to reach new sensual highs. That must have taken centuries to get it right. The supplementary spices can include: whole black pepper, mustard seeds, fennel seeds, anise and more that I can't think of right now.
I'm not using mixed curry powder in these recipes as they are not used widely in Bangladesh. Everyone uses freshly ground spices like I have. We do use them in London though. I'll write about this in the coming week.
As you can see I love my beef with fat -and bones too but this time there were none!
Spices below: top left – Indian Cinamon, Top middle – star anis, top right – whole cumin, middle left – whole black peppercorns, middle right – whole cardamoms, bottom – whole coriander seeds
Below: the coriander, cumin and the black pepper ground
Picture above: top left is the garlic, minced ginger and minced fresh turmeric. The dark red in the middle is the pounded mexican chillies. Bottom right is the thai red chillies
Bengali Beef Curry
700g lean beef, diced
1kg beef with 40-50% fat, diced
½ green bell pepper roughly cut
1 pak choi cut into 3 pieces (optional)
1 clove garlic peeled whole
2 inch piece ginger minced
1 inch fresh turmeric root pounded in mortar & pestle
1 inch piece of galangal pounded in mortar & pestle (optional)
3 large onions roughly cut (approx. 600-800g in total)
12 kaffir lime leaves (optional)
5 bay leaves-use only if you don't use the lime leaves!!
2 tablespoons of whole cumin dry roasted and ground in mortar & pestle
2 tablespoons of whole coriander seeds dry roasted and ground in mortar & pestle
10 dried mexican chillies pounded in mortar & pestle (optional)
3 dried chillies pounded with the mexican chillies (optional)
2 level teaspoons of minced Thai red chillies
2 star anise (optional)
3-5 cardamoms
½ tablespoon whole black peppers ground but leave 10 whole (optional)
2 inch piece of cinnamon broken into ½ inch pieces
6 whole cloves
1 level teaspoon yellow mustard seeds (optional)
1 level teaspoon turmeric powder
1 heaped teaspoon coriander powder
vegetable oil
fresh coriander chopped to garnish (very important!)
1. Heat the vegetable oil in a large saucepan on medium heat. Throw in the minced garlic, ginger, galangal and turmeric root. If using turmeric powder then put in with other gound spices, not now! I used both as I noticed the minced fresh turmeric wasn't enough.
2. Let fry for 2-3 minutes or when starting to brown, then add the chopped onions. Fry or another 2-3 minutes, stirring. I usually add salt at this stage. And then taste at the end and add more if needed.
3. Add the meat and stir. Now add the whole spices – lime leaves (or bay leaves for the authentic version), cardamon, cinnamon, whole peppercorns, cloves and mustard seeds. Now stir and let cook. We always wash the meat so there is liquid in the pot. Cook, stirring regularly until the liquid evaporates and the meat starts to fry.
4. Now is the time for the ground spice powders – cumin, coriander and black pepper. Stir for a minute before adding the minced Thai chillies and the pounded mexican chillies. Stir again for a minute or 2. Now add 1/2 litre of water and let cook for 20 minutes on medium heat. Check occasionally and add another 1/2 lire o water. Cook for another 20 minutes. Now add the potatoes. Let cook for another 20 minutes or until the potatoes are done.
5. Now add the bell pepper and let cook for 2-3 minutes before adding the pak choi. Let cook for another minute and then take of the stove. Sprinkle the top with chopped coriander and your delicious curry is ready to be gobbled down with basmati rice.
The most important part of cooking a curry is getting the amount of spice mixture with the amount of liquid right. Too much liquid and not enough spice will make it watery and not rich in taste. Certain spices you can add slightly more of like cumin and coriander. But never add too much cardamons or you'll bite into them and it'll destroy that mouthful of food. The amount of chilli is personal taste. Paprika powder can be used additionally where it is available. I used pounded Mexican chillied as they are abundant in Cambodia and have the same effect-the beautiful dark orange red colour of the curry at the end. Mouthwatering! 🙂
Thank you for dropping by and have a wonderful day!! 🙂 🙂


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These strange creatures live deep in the ocean. Most are found 3,000 to 4,000 meters below, often hovering just above the sea floor. And their fins – well, they look like the ears of Walt Disney's Dumbo the Flying Elephant, hence their name.
Dumbos swim around by flapping those "ears," and they can also travel along the sea floor with their tentacles, which they use to capture prey.
Other curious facts about the Dumbo octopus (courtesy Wikipedia)
- they hover along the sea floor and eat worms, crustaceans, and bivalve mollusks
- they swallow their food whole
- they have an average length of 20-30 cm (7.9-12 in)
- but the largest Dumbo octopus ever found measured in at 1.8 meters (~6 ft) long
- some have been found up to 7,000 meters below sea level, deeper than any other known octopus
- Because they're found so deep in the ocean, we don't really know a whole lot about them
- they belong to a group called the "umbrella octopuses," because their mantles also look like umbrellas
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December is when much of Australia starts preparing for the festive season.
But for the nine seasoned Australia's Best Cars judges, it means descending on the Australian Automotive Research Centre at Anglesea, south-west of Melbourne, to put the best of the market's new cars to the test for five gruelling days.
Best Cars is the most comprehensive, objective and transparent vehicle test in the country, covering everything from city cars and SUVs to sports cars and four-wheel drives.
During the testing week almost 50 cars will cover 10,000km through a range of carefully chosen disciplines designed to assess how comfortable a car is, how it performs and whether it lives up to its intended function.
But Australia's Best Cars judges also collate data on everything from fuel consumption and insurance costs to dealer accessibility and servicing costs, all with the aim of arming consumers with detailed information on which is the best car for them.
And it's not just that week of judging that makes an Australia's Best Cars winner. Throughout the year judges from motoring clubs around the country are driving and evaluating hundreds of cars.
"Australia's Best Cars is a 12-month program each year," explains the RACV's Greg Hill, a Best Cars judge since its inception in 2000. "When we finish our judging at Anglesea we write our stories then start working on next year's program."
The judging process, too, gets a tweak to ensure it's relevant and up to date, accounting for the arrival of new technologies – which, more recently, includes crash avoidance technology such as autonomous emergency braking – and changes in market trends, such as the dramatic shift towards SUVs over the past decade.
"We review the judging every year," says Greg. "The basic core of the testing is the same but we move with the times as required … we review it to reflect changes in market trends and new features."
It's all with the aim of ensuring the dozens of new arrivals are accurately and meticulously scored – all with consumers in mind.
And testing begins before judges arrive at the high security proving ground that is used to train drivers, develop new vehicles and host events covering all things automotive. People movers, for example, are used to ferry judges and their luggage from the airport, giving a crucial insight into how they meet the Family Wagon criteria.
But the testing week is where the intense focus on the latest new arrivals and the Australia's Best Cars finalists heats up.
"Test week is the final piece of the puzzle. It's a chance to confirm and refine our year-long testing work," says Greg, adding that the competition continues to improve, further challenging judges to ensure their methodology is right.
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I also put the return address on the back flap when addressing my invitations. I've ready that if you are going to put a return address on the outer envelope you should be using the same address you have on the RSVP. I would just make sure if you do this your parents are able to take care of any invites that are unable to be delivered. Hope this helps!Maggie0829 said:
Since you are dealing with the invites and will presumably have extra envelopes and invites at your home, then use your address for the return. For my invitations I put the return address on the back flap, but you could always put the return address in its typical spot on the front in the upper left corner.


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Defending champions West Pier continued their 100% start to the defence of their crown with a 3-1 win at home to Sleights, but they were made to work hard for the three points.
Sleights started the brighter and were a little unlucky to fall behind to Martin Cooper's strike, the midfielder netting the opener the scoring for Division One leaders West Pier after good build-up play with Billy Logan.
Their lead was doubled before the interval, Sean Exley finishing neatly after he was teed up by Logan.
Logan got his name on the scoresheet to make it 3-0 after 75 minutes, before Sam Leadley fired in a consolation strike for the Whitby-based side.
Pier boss Andy Spivey said: "I was quite impressed with Sleights, they made it hard for us and battled throughout the game."
Spivey singled out defensive pairing Steve Sheader and Danny Cooper for praise, while Sleights' star man was Harry Purves.
Seamer Reserves and Falgsrave maintained their 100% start in Division Two with victories.
Seamer Reserves beat Rosette 7-1 to move top on goal difference.
Nick Hegarty smashed in four for the victors, while Danny Kelly, Mark Barber and sub Chris Ferrey got their other goals, Ferrey scoring the goal of the game.
Falsgrave Athletic beat Scalby 5-3 at Oliver's Mount to stay hot on the heels of the leaders and make it three wins from three league games.
The home side took the lead, but Rob Speight levelled things up before half-time for the Otters.
Falsgrave took the lead again, only for Nick David's free-kick to level matters up again.
The home side led yet again, but Scalby levelled for a third time, youngster Darius Amos rifling in after a long-ball from veteran player-manager Sam Medd.
Falsgrave weren't to be denied though and two more second-half goals handed them the three points.
Promoted Goalsports registered their first second division win with a comfortable 5-1 home win against Newlands Reserves.
Tyson Stubbings' free-kick opened the scoring before Kieran Friett rounded the keeper and tapped in for 2-0.
Player-boss Mark Plumpton then brought down Newlands striker Chris Dove in the box and the Dove slammed home from the spot for 2-1.
Plumpton atoned for his error with an assist for Friett's second and Goalsports' third before Stubbings' second handed the dominant home side a 4-1 lead at the break.
They rounded off their scoring after 65 minutes, Stubbings teeing up Dan Pollard, who duly lobbed the keeper to wrap up a comfortable win for the hosts.
Filey Town Reserves edged a seven-goal thriller at Edgehill Reserves.
Two Lee Dennis strikes handed Edgehill a 2-0 lead, but Joe Gage fired back for Town.
Dennis completed a first-half hat-trick to hand the hosts a commanding 3-1 lead at the break.
But Town came out all guns blazing after the switcharound and goals from Aaron Howard and Phil Dickens restored parity before Joe Powell powered home the winner in the 89th minute.
Player-boss Max Gage singled out right-back Ellery Liley as his side's star man.
West Pier Reserves beat Snainton 6-3 to continue their rejuvenation under new gaffer Johnny McGough.
Pier led 1-0 through Jack South's goal, but Snainton hit back with two goals to take the lead.
Lewis Short equalised before 43-year-old veteran Dave Crawford found the back of the net to hand Pier the lead at the break.
Short made it 4-2 with his second, Snainton hit back again before striker-partner South grabbed his second to make it 5-3.
His partner Short wasn't to be outdone by South's second as he fired in a third to wrap up a 6-3 win.
Goalsports Reserves claimed their first win since forming this season with a 5-3 success at fellow newcomers Seamer Sports 3rds in Division Three.
Mark Craven fired in a brace, while goals from Mike Beeby (penalty), Shanan Sutcliffe and Joe Upton wrapped up the win for Goalsports.
Dempsey Stubbings and Tom Collins were named as their star men.
Commercial's Macauley Youngson smashed in a hat-trick as his side beat Hunmanby United Reserves 6-3.
Goals from Adam Stewart, Michael Hernandez and a Matty Rowley pen wrapped things up for Commercial, while Jonny Hunter scored a brace for United and Simon Dean grabbed their other goal.
Youngson singled out centre-back Aaron Armstrong and midfielder Stewart as his side's star men.
Edgehill 3rds and Goldsborough United shared the spoils after a 3-3 draw.
Martin Coulson, Carl Hepples and Paul I'Anson grabbed the goals for Edgehill's third string, but they could only take a point as the Whitby-based side hammered in three goals of their own to take a point.
Eastway's home clash with Fishburn Park Reserves was called off as there was no referee available.


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Camp 30 Mar '64
My dear Mary
Your note of the 29th with the bag of socks arrived this afternoon. The number of prs: as stated by you was correct, 30 prs: good & true. I am glad to find there arithmetic enough in my family to count 30. I thought if you placed your daughter at work all would go right, with the aid of little Bertus1 they could hardly go wrong. I have sent this parcel to the stonewall brigade which makes over 200 prs sent to that brigade. I hope it is nearly satisfied. Is the cotton recd from Govt too, for is so the socks will have to be receipted for ? Fitzhugh has gone with Genl Stuart to hear Govr Vance address the N.C. troops. I Could not go. They are to be back to dinner & F. says he must return tomorrow. I shall have him to give you all news. I am glad to hear you are better. Any advance is delightful. Give much love to the girls & remember me to all friends. With constant prayers for yourself I am
With great affection
Truly yours
R E Lee
Source: Photocopy of original letter, Lee Family Papers, Mss1 L51 c 508, Section 25, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond
Transcribed by Colin Woodward, 2017 July 6
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Fish and Shellfish, Mains, Rice
Step 1Mix all chopped herbs in a bowl and set aside.
Step 2Clean and wash the rice several times in warm water, then drain well. Meanwhile, in a non-stick pot, bring the 2 quarts water and salt to a boil over high heat. Add the rice and bring to a boil again, stirring a couple of times to loosen the grains. When the rice rises to the surface of the boiling water, remove the pot from heat and drain in a large colander and rinse with cold water.
Step 3In a separate non-stick pot, combine half of the oil, 1 tablespoon dissolved saffron and 1/2 cup hot water. Put one layer of rice at the bottom of the pot, add one layer of chopped herbs (chives or green onions, parsley, cilantro and dill) on top. Repeat the process and form the rice in the shape of a dome. Arrange fresh garlic around the dome. Cover and cook till the steam rises to the top.
Step 4Use the handle of a wooden spoon to poke a few holes (steam vents) in the rice. Pour the remaining oil or butter with the remaining 1/2 cup of hot water over the rice.Cover the top of the pot with a dish towel, wrapping the towel over the lid (this will absorb extra steam as the rice cooks), and cook the rice over low heat until the rice grains are long and tender but not mushy, 50 to 60 minutes (the crust at the bottom of the pot, tahdig, will be thicker and crispier if cooked longer).
Step 5Transfer the rice to a platter. Mix one cup of the rice with the remaining dissolved saffron and melted butter and pour the mixture on top of the rice on the platter.
Step 1Sprinkle the fish fillets with seasoned flour, coating the pieces on all sides.
Step 2In a large skillet heated over medium-high heat until hot, add a thin film of oil. Fry the fish until browned on both sides. Arrange the fish on a platter, sprinkling over the saffron and a few drops of sour orange juice. Serve the fish, garnished with sour orange halves.
Step 1Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Wrap the fish with parchment paper and aluminum foil, place it on a rimmed baking sheet, and bake it for 30 minutes. Remove the fish from the parchment paper and aluminum foil and carefully transfer it to a serving platter. (The smoked fish can also be peeled, boned and arranged on the platter in small pieces after it's removed from the oven.) Remove the skin from the top and drizzle over a few drops of sour orange juice. Garnish with sour oranges.


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Freedom of speech and all is okay, but you are a troll
Most people commenting on online content should not be allowed anywhere near the Internet even if it's their dying wish.
by Vrushali Lad
Look, I'm all for freedom of speech. Much like I am all for power naps, provided the nap doesn't span a period of four hours on a day when I have the choice to either hand in that news report or die.
Freedom of speech is great. It's wonderful. Heck, who doesn't want to say exactly what they want, without fear of being bunged into jail wearing long hair and black kurtas, shouting slogans for the news cameras? I, for one, am the absolute master of saying what I want, when I want. If I am on the treadmill next to yours and you're ponging of several ripe guavas, I will make a face and pointedly use another treadmill. If you ask my honest opinion on a piece you've written and it, well, sucks, I won't say it sucks, but I will say that it could do with not being published at all.
And I'm completely okay with you making a face and pointedly using another treadmill if I'm ponging of ripe guavas.
The problem starts when you give me unasked-for advice. The problem gets bigger when you shout out that advice on a public forum, and make specific references to my other job as a hooker (when I'm not pimping stuff through my articles, that is), my genitals, my complete lack of ethics as a reporter ('These media people are all paid bastards!'), my choice of profession ('Who made this bitch a journalist? These media people are all paid bastards!) and so on. It gets worse if the story is about the Congress party, even if you've written a completely neutral story about Rahul Gandhi's recent visit to Mumbai.
As to this last, the headline the editors gave the story was a rather unfortunate one. Describing Rahul's Mumbai visit as an effort to get demoralised Congress grassroots workers together as 'Rahul digs deep to revive Congress in Maharashtra' (or some such. They later changed the headline and deleted the offending comments) was a most unfortunate choice of words, both for Rahul and me. Before the website flagged down the offensive comments, several smartasses had referred to how deep Rahul had dug to get this particular reporter to write about him. And that was just the usual tone of the comments posted.
The worst was when I interviewed ACP Vasant Dhoble (he of the hockey stick fame), and expectedly, the story was commented on a lot. However, several of the comments, which showed an astounding faith in Dhoble's style of functioning ('Corrupt, sleazy Mumbai needs this kind of brave cop!'), ganged up on me in the worst way possible. Sample some of the feedback directed at me:
'This Vrushali is sick and needs to be rescued'.
'This journalist has written this article she is a prostitute whose dhanda is affected by the actions of this zealous and noble officer.'
'These media people are angry because they go to drink and do sleazy activities after work, and now Mr Dhoble has stopped it. I salute you sir!'
'Why this Vrushali Lad has written this article? What is her problem? Her parents did not teach her any morals, that she has to write all this nonsense about an upright officer who is doing his job.'
And to think, the interview itself was neutral to the point of being sterile. This time, I yelled at my editor and they had all the comments screened and the worst ones removed.
No, I love feedback, I really do. It gives my work a sense of validation. I like it when readers write to say that they found a particular story lacking in depth, or if they have a new angle to suggest. It helps me write better, and keeps me from becoming complacent.
No, I hate it if you're going to sit on the other side of my computer screen, one hand typing and the other in your pants, as you come to your own profanities while you imagine me to be your worst/most desirable idea of sleaze in a skirt. I know, when you're writing off my morals and my character and my upbringing and my ethics, that you're wondering just how to get into my pants. Worse, when you're actually accusing me of being an idiot who writes articles for the Congress after sleeping with Rahul Gandhi and taking money from him, your pea-sized brain is busily conjuring up images of a Casanova-style Rahul Gandhi in a roomful of paid women journalists, and nobody's wearing anything.
I notice that these trolls restrict themselves to talking only about brain size when they're abusing male journalists.
Dear abusers, most of you are idiots. Most of you are incapable of stringing two words together. Most of you learnt your spellings from the SMSes you send and receive, lolz. Most of you are prize losers with miniscule dicks that need constant validation by targeting people on the Internet. Most of you are furious that you are not getting any, that you only have the Facebook profiles of unsuspecting women to come to. Most of you are so terrified of actual bodily harm that the only time you'll ever shout abuse at anyone is through a comment thread, and even then, you'll sign in as Salman Khan.
And most of you, firmly believing that any writing about the Congress party is paid/financed by the Congress/published after several sexual favours by Rahul Gandhi, are vile monkeys who have not had a coherent opinion since the beginning of time. You, particularly, should be locked together in a room and made to watch Manmohan Singh speeches for a year.
You choose the Internet to be blunt and funny. How safe and macho you must feel, hiding in your closet and gleefully typing out all the expletives you learnt from your father. How knowledgeable, how profound your observations must sound to you, as deep as your knowledge is about the workings of the media and its lack of ethics. How closely you must have watched us journos go about our business, how skilfully you must've stalked us, if you know that we work only in exchange for money from politicians and make a living off kissing ass.
Yes, I love freedom of speech, and I use it within bounds. I disagree with the message, not its creator. But you, despicable waste of space that you are, even now you're typing, 'This Vrushali is a bitch with loose morals.'
Vrushali Lad was a freelance reporter who spent several years pitching story ideas to reluctant editors. Once, she even got hired while doing so. She can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Setting Your Writing Goals for the New Year
As each new year approaches, it's great to sit down on reflect on what you've done and what you want to do. At the end of every year, I make a list of goals for the new year. Not just new year's resolutions, but yearlong goals in writing, personal, and creative. I find the act of writing things down makes it more concrete.
What I've done this year:
- Developed a list of clients for freelance writing and editing
- Published a personal essay (after shopping it around for more than a year)
- Written a new draft of a YA book
- Wrote & rewrote a new play
- Updated my blog weekly
- Written my dream story (about adoption that will be published in 2015)
- Organized and maintained a writers group
For writing, I approach my goals by asking myself:
- What are my dream projects (books, magazine story ideas, plays I want to write)
- Who do I want to work with (making a list of my favorite publications and target them)
- What's a realistic time frame to get my goal done—writing specific months next to those goals
- What are the steps I need to get there
- Why do I want this particular goal
Along the way, some goals change. And rejection happens. But for the past few years as I've worked with my yearly outline, I've hit those major moments that I've wanted to achieve. I'm not superhuman. Just organized and committed.


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Naked Chef takes food revolution to United Nations
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver became world-renowned for his campaign against child obesity after his documentary series "Jamie's School Dinners" aired on channel 4 a few years ago. Now the naked chef takes his plans directly to world leaders.
As leaders from around the world gathered in New York this week for the annual general assembly, Oliver ensured his food campaign remained in the limelight by writing a personal letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon.
The British chef declared that every human being has the right to receive education and knowledge about nutrition in order to prevent obesity. Preventing obesity would help to prevent resulting health problems, such as high cholesterol, diabetes and heart disease.
Oliver's food revolution began with an online petition demanding healthier school-dinners and better food education. His campaign spread from the UK, where he headed a channel 4 programme "Jamie's School Dinners" documenting his efforts, to the US, where he filmed "Jamie's American Food Revolution".
"People still don't realise that the problem is not just limited to rich countries, that worldwide being obese or overweight now causes more deaths than under-nutrition," he wrote.
According to the BBC, 1/6 of UK children between the ages of 6 and 15 are clinically obese. These numbers have been gradually rising as access to cheap unhealthy food increases and children spend more time playing computer games or watching television than running around in the outdoors.
Oliver has spent the last few years designing cheap yet healthy dinners for state schools in the UK, and believes that education holds the key to a healthier future.
If you are interested in improving yours or your children's diets, perhaps you should consider talking to a nutritionist. A nutritionist will guide you through meal plans tailored specifically to your needs and requirements. Visit the Nutritionist Resource for further information.
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Much has been written and said about attachment and detachment. It is a mistake to see attachment and detachment as opposing forces, a polarization to be resolved. Your Trueness increases in the middle tension where desire/attachment and intent/detachment coalesce.
It is counterintuitive to think freedom increases within a space of tension. But in this tense middle, Trueness is freed and love flows out; this is the design. One's own desire and intent is a contrast of experience designed to magnify life and amplify living.
In working with the individual leader, I leverage an exercise to identify and articulate desire and intent. The resulting statement of this exercise has three rhythmic components: the drive of desire, the draw of intent, and in between a tension from which voice is amplified−if one but allows it to be so.
An individual statement of desire and intent is simply a tool for awareness of presence and conscious attention energized from the rhythm of your Trueness. In the light of articulated desire and intent, you feel, hear, and see how you are attached to the drive of desire and must actually detach from the preconceived outcome of the intent that draws you forward. When articulated from original Trueness, both desire and intent are imperative to your leadership.
The 21stCentury is demanding much of us. Contrary to possible popular assumptions, these demands do not include things like doing more with less or doing more things at once. These are distractions that, remaining unaware, call us further from love and oneness that flow from our Trueness.
The demands I hear are asking us to transform individually and collectively. And in such transformation we forgive unnecessary separations as we learn to hold the tension of each teachable paradox. My work with leadership desire and intent is a lesson in paradox, learning to hold the tension of opposing truths until you can release the resulting oneness into the flow.
Impact is assured when both being and doing flow from your Trueness, the confluence of passion, purpose, and presence.
A Heart of Wonder
how necessary
for our movement
in the world,
time to absorb
blessing, for the sake
of expanding.
To expand is to wonder.
To wonder is to expand.
Trueness pondered,
voice amplified,
expectations released
into the flow.
We spread, not to cover
nor overshadow.
But self to decrease
and Trueness to increase;
we then
feel the rhythm
hear the middle melody
see the impact,
and know oneness
in the experience.
places memory pins
on the track of my journey,
tying together
the privilege I've known
through the Spirits
Oneness, a reality
difficult to grasp
without the strength
of Love.
But oneness, like it or not,
was ordained, at the beginning,
at the foundation,
at the source
of the flow.


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I just finished listening to the unabridged audio edition of Grant Morrison's book; Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human.
Because I am a slow reader and like to listen to books while I am drawing I prefere to listen to books I get on Audible instead of reading them.
Supergods is a 480pg book about the history of comic books the development of the comic book industry and a biography of the author Grant Morrison's live as a comic book creator, including his philosophy approach and process to writing.
If you don't know who Grant Morrison is check out Batman Arkham Asylum, Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery, Animal Man and one of my all time favorites All Star Superman. Morrison is one of the great comic book writers of the modern era.
Some of my favorite parts in the book are Morrison's breakdowns of Frank Miller's "Dark Knight Returns" and Alan Moore's "Watchmen." Both are books I've read several times over and Morrison sheds light on a number of incites I had never thought of or picked up on before. I also like how Grant Morrison describes his approach to comic book writing as more of an observer or visitor who watches things unfold as they happen and records them. Grant Morrison's description of a quest for the shamanic experiences as he formulates new stories ideas is another really interesting concept. Over all I really enjoyed the book.


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