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Published: Monday, Jul 2, 2012, 9:15 IST | Updated: Monday, Jul 2, 2012, 1:13 IST
By Uttarika Kumaran | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
The General Service Office (GSO) of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) India, which operates from a tiny municipal school in Byculla, was bursting at its seams as nearly 100 AA members and volunteers attended to a torrent of calls after a national TV show flashed AA's helpline numbers and website details, on Sunday.
In its ninth episode which first aired at 11am, Satyamev Jayate focused on alcoholism and featured interviews with experts and recovering alcoholics, including AA member Laxman. As the show's producer and host Aamir Khan announced the number on air, AA offices across the country braced themselves.
Gajanan, Rotated trustee of AA India who was at the AA office in Mumbai, said, "The number was first flashed on the show at 11.37am and at 11.40am we received the first call.Within 20 minutes, the AA website had crashed. At 12.30am, all telephone lines were jammed and missed calls started piling up. Within the next hour, we received 8,600 missed calls." By 4pm, AA centers across India had received 13,000 calls which jumped up to 28,000 by 7 in the evening after the show aired. At the time of going to print, More than 31,000 calls were recorded.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of recovering alcoholics who follow the universally accepted 12 Step program for recovery from addiction. Mr. Gnyaneshwar, general manager, AA India, said, "After a lot of groundwork, the show's research team came to the conclusion that AA programme is a reliable recovery source for alcoholism that is available pan-India and completely free of cost."
In India, there are at present more than 1,100 groups with approximately 30,000 members. But members feel this is just a small proportion of the actual number of alcoholics who are suffering from a lack of awareness about a recovery programme that actually works.
Agreeing that the show is the biggest boost that the Alcoholics Anonymous India fellowship has ever received, the members say the biggest difference will be felt in parts of the country where AA self-help groups are yet to be set up. Gajanan said, "Many areas such as Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Bihar and large parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh do not have AA groups. Once we receive calls from a place where a self-help group is missing, we will send a team of AA members who will help the locals set up a self-help group to conduct regular meetings and help alcoholics practice the recovery programme."
One of the most lasting effects of the show is in the form of the donations that are generated via viewers who wish to contribute to the cause. But AA India politely declined the monetary help because the fellowship, in principle, does not accept donations from outside sources. All AA activities are funded by members of the fellowship only, said, chairman, public information, AA India.
He added, "We will pool in our own resources to reach out to alcoholics across the country. We are expecting to spend a lot of money in the next six months to reach out to alcoholics." Alcoholics Anonymous is rumored to have members from all strata of society, including the rich and powerful. Here again, due to the principle of anonymity, members' full names & identities are never declared.
Eventually, members feel the biggest contribution of the show will be in creating awareness that alcoholism is not just a 'bad habit', it is a full-fledged disease which has a reliable cure.
Elated over the tremendous response, AA members in the city are gearing up for a busy week. Similar AA call centers have been set up in Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Guwahati, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Calicut, Delhi, Bangalore and Nagpur, among other cities. The show will be aired 14 times in the coming week in eight different languages, and the calls are expected to keep pouring in. AA members are ready to cooperate with government agencies to keep the momentum going even after the show stops airing.
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The members answered all queries and connected the caller to AA members in their vicinity who in turn will ensure that the alcoholic attends a local AA meeting within the next 48 hours to begin his recovery.
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Thursday, April 28
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Opening reception for 5th Annual Experiential Showcase
Joan Wagner, dIrector of community-engaged learning and coordinator of experiential learning, opened this year's Showcase by saying how much this segment of the Symposium has grown since 2012, to a total of 68 students presenting over those years, and "with hundreds of others represented who've gone through co-curricular programs." The display this year in the glassed-in small McGrath Room on Dion's Third Floor near the elevators featured 14 students' "artifacts" with a reflective narrative by each, "boiling down and condensing impactful and meaningful, life-changing experiences spanning a long period." It's a nice way to represent and "demystify opportunities available at Saint Mike's," she said, explaining that she "believes in the power of personal narrative." (That's Joan in the photo above at right, talking to Lauren Friedgen '16 at the previous day's MJD event). The pieces often uncover traditions associated with longstanding activities that in many cases lead to discovery of a professional pathway, she said. A few students read their reflections at the opening reception, including:
Erin Buckley '17, an environmental studies major from Haddam CT, with a peace & justice minor, who is a MOVE core team leader, but who chose to write and read about the hours she has spent working in the College's organic garden/permaculture site down the hill behind Fire & Rescue. "It's where I find my comfort and purpose and my home," she said, noting the site's beauty even in the dead of winter. The moment her perspective shifted , she said, came after her last day leading MOVE volunteers in putting in seeds at the garden, knowing "that garlic would grow in the spring and we'd use it to feed the community" – thus, in a "small but powerful way," effecting meaningful change in the world. "It reminds me to nurture what is important to me and gives me a profound sense of place and belonging," she said.
Kerianne Shetter '17 wrote about her time as executive editor of the campus student newspaper, the Defender. She had no interest in working for the paper at first, but it was the only class she could get into to meet a requirement, so she signed on. "My fears were unfounded," she read, and she felt after her semester that she had "produced some of the proudest student works of my time here." Kerianne learned that "good results rarely come easy," describing a tough lesson when a story accidentally appeared twice in the same issue on different pages -- hence the name "Seeing Double" for her reflection. But, "we aren't just classmates" at the Defender, "we are an editorial staff, and that has made all the difference," she shared.
Mike Wojcik '16 called his reflection "2,959 hours and 702 calls" -- the time he'd devoted to Saint Michael's Fire and Rescue at the time of writing, though his work as an EMT driver since then has added to the total. Unlike many colleagues at Rescue, he's "yet to deliver a baby, treat a gunshot wound or bring a person back to life," but he has been "taught things I couldn't' learn elsewhere." Initially doubting his own abilities to do the job, soon he'd found a niche, coming to "love the unpredictability" of responding to medical emergencies. It's privilege to "be the first to enter a home in someone's darkest hour," said Mike, who has sung a Taylor Swift song to a girl in a car crash to calm her, and held a dying nun's hand in her last hours. It's taught him how much he enjoys interacting with patients, solidifying his vocation to pursue health care as a career, he said -- specifically as a physician's assistant, to best use his interpersonal strengths for optimal patient outcomes. His supervisor, Rescue Chief Leslie Lundquist'11, said Mike is a great example of what she likes best in her job – taking a student unsure of him- or herself, and helping that student see "how they fit into the whole process of becoming an adult." Now Mike is "a leader, confident, he found a path. We got to watch him go out of his comfort zone, meet new folks, which is a fun process, and now he's ready to get a degree and go out the door." His "artifact" was his Rescue badge, seen in photo at right.
Tylik Williams-Prince '16 of Brooklyn, NY, displayed his journal from his participation in the Student Association's leadership, an "extended metaphor for everything we've been through, for when things get messy but come together in the end." Tylik learned the importance to have "a strong team to help you pull things back together when things get messy." He was proud this year of "giving a voice back to students" in the SA, and of "how we accomplished so much and changed our image over this year." That's Tylik on the left in this nearby photo, looking at artifacts in the McGrath Room Thursday.
Other artifacts and reflections from this year's display were from: an intern in the Chief Medical Examiner's office, a rock and ice climbing instructor for the Wilderness Program, a participant in the Purple Knights Leadership Academy, a LEAP Retreat Leader from Campus Ministry, a Summer Research Award recipient, an extended service MOVE volunteer, a pharmacy technician at CVS (paid internship), a Study Abroad student to Tanzania, a staff sergeant in the Vermont Air National Guard, and a Resident Assistant.


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Bigger and Redder Than Before
Another Giant Cowl!
It's big and cozy. Actually it's 2 inches shorter than the pattern calls for. The pattern being
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I like it. It's red. I got this yarn over a year ago with a gift card given to me by the in-laws. We were visiting them in VT just after Christmas. I'd been in the The Knitting Studio in Montpelier a few times. Seems to move every few years so it often feels like a different store. The yarn is The Shearer's Yarn and was some of the last the store had. The man who dyed the yarn and raised sheep, not sure if it's all the same sheep had recently passed away. It was nicely dyed, the yarn still has some veggie matter in it.
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Crazy for Crust?
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Dorothy Kern loves crust too, and all desserts really. So much so that she created a blog about her love of said desserts just for fun. It grew and now she has become an influencer, writer, and author with a huge following. She believes in staying true to your own voice, staying in touch with what your audience wants, mutual respect for all parties involved, and loving what you do everyday.
Crazy for Crust is an inventive blog where Dorothy shares her love of delectable dessert—often with mash-ups of new ideas—and her trademark always includes serving up recipes with a slice of life. She has also published cookbooks with titles including, "Dessert Mash-Ups: Tasty Two in One Treats" and "Crazy for Basic Dessert Recipes: 20 Classic Dessert Recipes That Are Anything But Basic."
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- How to turn your personal passion into a lucrative career
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"I only want to represent products that I actually really love." —@crazyforcrust (highlight to tweet)
"I think brands now are paying more attention to bloggers as influencers. They're realizing that we have a voice and that our voice is powerful and we can help them." —@crazyforcrust
"At the beginning, we all take a little bit of time to figure out what we want as an influencer and what we want to do. At first, I just did everything that came my way. Then I realized I don't have to talk about everything that comes my way. I can pick and choose what I actually love because my readers are listening to me. They are reading what I write and the are buying these products." —@crazyforcrust
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If you were not a dessert blogger, would you rather be a police officer or a firefighter?
Oh, see, well I think I'd have to be a police officer. Both my grandfathers were firemen and my dad loved it so much that he would tell me stories when I was a kid. So now, I'm super afraid of fire, so I would probably have to be a police officer.
Would you rather eat the same meal for the rest of your life but have whatever dessert you want, or eat whatever you wanted but give up dessert forever?
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Have excellent vacations without me. I hope to hear great stories when I get back!


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This week's Small Group Guide is composed of questions from this week's GPS Guide. The questions relate to the Scripture for that particular day. You can download the full week's GPS as a printable document for the context of each question below (in the printable version, the recommended small group questions are marked with a special bullet point).
How do you understand "love your enemies"? Do you believe Jesus meant altering your emotions toward them to be more affectionate, or reaching beyond your emotions to act for their good? What kind of character and maturity growth does it take to love your enemies? Jesus said God makes it rain on the just and the unjust alike. How can you become more like God in your willingness to bless anyone who needs it?
Too many Christians just ignore injustices like the one Pastor Burton suffered—as long as they don't happen to them. Jesus rebuked very pious people in his day for carefully giving a tenth of even tiny herbs like mint "while neglecting justice and love for God" (Luke 11:42). In what ways each day, in regular or volunteer activities, could you bring about greater justice? Are you willing to consistently make justice a priority?
In his letter, Jeremiah told the Israelites (on God's behalf): "When you search for me, yes, search for me with all your heart, you will find me" (verse 13). In what ways was the quality of their connection with God essential to them being able to be good neighbors and live in trust even when in exile? What do you believe it would mean for you to seek God "with all your heart"? How might that reshape some of your ways of relating to others?
"Using the terms 'widow' and 'fatherless' together may have been a way of designating disadvantaged classes in general. Groups other than true widows and orphans easily might have fallen into this category."* In virtually every nation and culture, those who are "weaker," "outsiders" or "different" face prejudice because of ethnicity, poverty, lack of education or many other markers of "otherness." When have you seen "disadvantaged" people ignored or treated with contempt? Has that ever happened to you? How can you make things better rather than worse when such ugly actions happen? How can you faithfully serve "the great, mighty, and awesome God who doesn't play favorites"?
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Ever since the Zack Greinke acquisition and the swap of spectacular glove-man Alcides Escobar for the statue known as Yuniesky Betancourt, the Brewers defense was defined as the one obstacle to success in 2011. Jonah Keri of FanGraphs even went as far as titling a post "Brewers Defense: Roadblock to a World Series." And it was hard to find counter arguments — by many measures, the Brewers defense was one of the worst in the league last year, and one of its only good defenders in Escobar was about to be replaced by one seen as the worst defender at his position by many around baseball.
Naturally, then, it will come as no surprise that according to Defensive Efficiency Rating — the percentage of batted balls turned into outs by the defense — the Brewers are a vastly improved defensive team in 2011. After posting a .692 DER in 2010, a whopping 15 points below the MLB average, the Brewers are up to a .706 DER this season. The average DER is also up to .713 this year, but Milwaukee is no longer multiple standard deviations worse than the league. And although you can't completely discount it, removing the 23-hit game against San Diego raises the Brewers DER all the way to .712, roughly average for all intents and purposes.
So, what's the deal? I don't think anybody is going to accuse anybody that's not Carlos Gomez or Nyjer Morgan of being a talented defensive player, and outside of a couple of games only one of them is in the lineup at a time. I do, however, think there are rational explanations for this phenomenon.
— The most obvious, I think, is that the improved quality of pitching on the Brewers staff this year has resulted in lower quality contact from hitters, resulting in easier plays for the defense to make. Pitchers like Jeff Suppan, Trevor Hoffman, Claudio Vargas, and Dave Bush are out in favor of Shaun Marcum and Zack Greinke, and I don't think it takes too much to imagine that having an effect on a defense as well.
— Ron Roenicke's shifts might be working. Given the league splits on ground balls — a very high percentage of grounders are pulled — I think it makes a lot of sense to shift to the pull side more than we typically see. This could also help hide the defensive weaknesses of the infield, particularly on the left side, by putting Yuniesky Betancourt and Casey McGehee in better positions to actually field the ball. These two players have decent hands, but their range is atrocious, so proper positioning should make the defense look better than it's talent, so to speak.
Of course, luck is a possibility as well. But I think these two explanations are enough to say that the Brewers defense could be close enough to average as to not be a complete roadblock in the team's battle for the playoffs. If the defense can indeed help out this new, excellent pitching staff, Milwaukee will be in fantastic shape to make a run at either the NL Central crown or the Wild Card and reach the postseason for the first time since 2008.


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As we start to see the race for the White House heat up I find myself wondering what happened to the desire that everyone felt for "Change" three years ago. It quickly became obvious to those that voted for him that Obama had no intentions to delivering his promise of "Hope and Change" that got him elected in 2008. Never before had we seen such support for a candidate that simply promised two things, "Hope and Change".
Sadly, it looks like the American people who cried out for a change from the business as usual politics are being led down the same path again.
Mitt Romney who has broke out in the polls lately is no different than Obama except that he has chosen to hitch his wagon to the Republican party. Romney is nothing more than a wolf in sheep's clothing. The American people need to wake up and see Romney for who he really is, just another politician who is filling his war chest with Wall Street money.
If America is looking for a president who will turn this country around and get us back onto the path of prosperity this is not the man to do the job. All one needs to do is look into his past and see how he destroyed every American company that he took over during his time at Bain Capital. I promise you that Mitt Romney will treat this country no different than he did every company that he took over during his time with Bain. For Romney it is all about the money, greed and power.
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ENTHUSIASTIC PROFESSIONALISMbusiness by creating niche targeted trade events where the main focus was on understanding your market and customer. Many leading events today have built their success on this approach.During my early career I was fortunate to experience at fi rst-hand most aspects of the business. It is unusual in today's exhibition world to have the privilege of starting at ground zero and working your way up. By the time I became CEO of Reed Exhibitions I had worked across all the disciplines involved in developing, launching, marketing and delivering events. I probably had a personal hand in the managing, launching or acquiring of most of the shows in the portfolio. Of course, we have added a few more since then. How has Reed Exhibitions changed during your tenure as CEO?In the early days Reed Exhibitions' business was centred on the UK and USA. Today they account for only 5 per cent and 15 per cent of the business respectively. The geographic spread has changed beyond all recognition with a signifi cant shift from west to east and from mature to emerging markets. We started in Brazil in 2007 with just fi ve events and today we are the largest exhibition organiser in Brazil. Our China business has also witnessed incredible growth and today our teams in Greater China run 59 events.Since I became CEO in 1996 we have seen the company triple in size as we have taken advantage of some incredible opportunities to launch and acquire dynamic brands and companies, as well as to grow our existing events. We now have 460 shows in 36 countries covering 44 industries with a portfolio of strong global and national brands. Within the next couple of years we will have quadrupled in size. MIKE RUSBRIDGE IS CHIEF OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST EXHIBITION ORGANISER REED EXHIBITIONS. HE TALKS TO EW ABOUT HOW IT STAYS ON TOP DESPITE CHANGING CUSTOMER ATTITUDES AND RISING SKILLS SHORTAGE hen it comes to infl uencers on the international exhibition stage, you can't get much bigger than Reed. The company claims more than 7 million people participated in one of its 460 events in 36 countries last year. These cover everything from luxury items such as jewellery and travel to trade shows about mining, logistics, energy, agriculture and pharmaceuticals. Mike Rusbridge is the chairman and CEO of Reed Exhibitions and has a career in exhibitions spanning 30 years. As the head of Reed worldwide since 1996, he has ushered in a host of signifi cant milestones including the company's £360m (US$565) acquisition of Miller Freeman Europe, creating the biggest exhibition organiser the world has yet known. Since then, Reed has pushed its way into a series of emerging markets to shore up strong positions in China, the Middle East, South America and Russia. He shares his experiences and concerns for the future with EW.How did you start in the industry?I started in 1977 as a sales executive for Clapp and Poliak (C&P). C&P was a leading exhibition organiser in the USA at the time and is now regarded by many in the industry as the founding father of modern exhibitions. The UK arm was headed-up by Richard Copley-Smith who brought me in to launch the Design Engineering Show. How did your background prepare you for your role as head of the world's leading exhibition organiser?The fi rst two or three years with Richard were a hugely important grounding for me. They laid the foundation for everything that I went on to do at Reed Exhibitions. Richard focused on the core principles. He changed the face of the exhibition THE BIG INTERVIEWIssue 8 | 2011 www.30exhibition-world.netwww.
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"I should like to know," she said, having brought the matter up, "whether he would have thought it was such a light matter if it had been his own children. Do you suppose he'd have been so ready to act on his own advice if it HAD been?"
"He told us the right thing to do, Persis, — the only thing. We couldn't let it go on," urged her husband gently.
"Well, it makes me despise Pen! Irene's showing twice the character that she is, this very minute."
The mother said this so that the father might defend her daughter to her. He did not fail. "Irene's got the easiest part, the way I look at it. And you'll see that Pen'll know how to behave when the time comes."
"What do you want she should do?"
"I haven't got so far as that yet. What are we going to do about Irene?"
"What do you want Pen should do," repeated Mrs. Lapham, "when it comes to it?"
"Well, I don't want she should take him, for ONE thing," said Lapham.
This seemed to satisfy Mrs. Lapham as to her husband, and she said in defence of Corey, "Why, I don't see what HE'S done. It's all been our doing."
"Never mind that now. What about Irene?"
"She says she's going to Lapham to-morrow. She feels that she's got to get away somewhere. It's natural she should."
"Yes, and I presume it will be about the best thing FOR her. Shall you go with her?"
"Well." He comfortlessly took up a newspaper again, and she rose with a sigh, and went to her room to pack some things for the morrow's journey.
After dinner, when Irene had cleared away the last trace of it in kitchen and dining-room with unsparing punctilio, she came downstairs, dressed to go out, and bade her father come to walk with her again. It was a repetition of the aimlessness of the last night's wanderings. They came back, and she got tea for them, and after that they heard her stirring about in her own room, as if she were busy about many things; but they did not dare to look in upon her, even after all the noises had ceased, and they knew she had gone to bed.
"Yes; it's a thing she's got to fight out by herself," said Mrs Lapham.
"I guess she'll get along," said Lapham. "But I don't want you should misjudge Pen either. She's all right too. She ain't to blame."
"Yes, I know. But I can't work round to it all at once. I shan't misjudge her, but you can't expect me to get over it right away."
"Mamma," said Irene, when she was hurrying their departure the next morning, "what did she tell him when he asked her?"
"Tell him?" echoed the mother; and after a while she added, "She didn't tell him anything."
"Did she say anything, about me?"
"She said he mustn't come here any more."
Irene turned and went into her sister's room. "Good-bye, Pen," she said, kissing her with an effect of not seeing or touching her. "I want you should tell him all about it. If he's half a man, he won't give up till he knows why you won't have him; and he has a right to know."
"It wouldn't make any difference. I couldn't have him after — — "
"That's for you to say. But if you don't tell him about me, I will."
"'Rene!" "Yes! You needn't say I cared for him. But you can say that you all thought he — cared for — me."
"O Irene — — "
"Don't!" Irene escaped from the arms that tried to cast themselves about her. "You are all right, Pen. You haven't done anything. You've helped me all you could. But I can't — yet."
She went out of the room and summoned Mrs. Lapham with a sharp "Now, mamma!" and went on putting the last things into her trunks.
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1. Your career as a blogger in 5 essential milestones
2. Can you tell us about the day you decided to start your blog?
It was really a decision that came about after a lot of consideration. I had already been posting in various online communities for years and had lots of followers. Then Richi gave me a final, encouraging push by buying the domain while he was in Chicago! It all began from there.
3. The look you'll never forget and why:
The one for my first red carpet appearance in Cannes, wearing Alberta Ferretti. It was intensely emotional and unforgettable.
4. You've transformed your passion into a job as well as a new profession. Can you tell us about the moment when this became clear?
At the start, nothing was definite; it wasn't even what I set out to do. Then the first offers began arriving and I understood that this could be a source of income - but from the start I've put passion first and foremost and I've always been uncompromising on which work offers I accept. I've always dictated my own rules.
5. What do you remember about your first fashion show?
It was surreal and so different live, compared to the videos I had watched beforehand. In any case, it was thrilling, a dream come true.
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As a teenager, I'd say, when I began wanting the handbags that my mother carried. I'm thinking about her Chanel handbags, or her Louis Vuittons. Now that I think of it, I've always been tempted by accessories.
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Comfortable, quality, sexy, trendy, amazing
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I see it more as a way to complement other looks… but why not? Nude look as well!
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Polka-dots :-)
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Sheer stockings
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Often. I think it immediately adds character to a look and gives it an entirely different style.
13. A film with an iconic scene where a character is wearing hosiery: what comes to mind?
Any film with Sofia Loren
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And here are the goodies from the other package. I've had to take this pic at night time with the flash which is not ideal. Look at the delicate candle sconce and mirror - my first ever 'Reutter Porcelain'.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Gifts from our Fairy Godmother!
And here are the goodies from the other package. I've had to take this pic at night time with the flash which is not ideal. Look at the delicate candle sconce and mirror - my first ever 'Reutter Porcelain'.
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Wow....what beautiful and perfect dollhouse items !!ReplyDelete
I'm so jealous....I need a fairy godmother.
It is a very special gift to receive, Sylvia is a kind and thoughtful lady!ReplyDelete
There was a lot of lovely things that you´ve received!ReplyDelete
Sylvia seemes so sweet! I just love that carry-box ant the shutters! I´m going to try to do some of my own....
All your mini gifts are absolutely gorgeous! I think we all wish Sylvia was our Fairy godmother too!ReplyDelete
You are right, their are wonderful gifts. The bench is amazing, I love it with all my heart. Sylvia is really kind and generous.ReplyDelete
Miniaturists make some of the best friends in the universe. Love the bench. Sylvia worked wonders with it. :-)ReplyDelete
Mercedes I'm sure I've already left a comment this morning, but its not here?ReplyDelete
Love the presents you received especially the chair and those shutters..Simply Beautiful.
So many beautiful things, andReplyDelete
the bench is too good to be true!
Oh I nearly missed this post. Sorry for coming in so late, it is a crazy time for me at work and will get worse BUT what a sight for sore eyes these gifts. I came here for a breather and got my breath caught instead. Stunning beauties all of them and that chair, it is now my ambition to copy that :D! You musty try and find space for it in your gardenReplyDelete
Thank you Mercedes, I am glad you like it.ReplyDelete
Love Sylvia
All of it is beautiful...and it is very special to have a fairy godmother,and this one makes the most wonderful mini's!ReplyDelete
Congratulations to Mercedes and Liberty for such a wonderful and full of great gifts to you!!!!ReplyDelete
It makes me feel a little be jealous!!!
Warm regards,
A great Godmother with verry beautiful gifts!ReplyDelete
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Today I like to share these masculine birthday cards. It's always been a challenge for me to make any card especially masculine card. I met a blogger friend, hi Rachel, and Rachel told me that I should get embossing folders. They are fast and easy for quick card. I never own any embossing folder before I met Rachel now I owned a bunch. Thanks Rachel!! Check out Rachel's blog here.
For this first card I just ran the embossing folder and the whisper white card stock through the big shot. Then I stamped the star from retired holiday collection and hand cut them out.
Card Stocks: Brilliant Blue, Whisper White, and So Saffron
Ink: Chocolate Chip
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Embossing Folder was from Cuttlebug.
I got the ribbon from AC Moore for $1 for a 5 yards spool and I was a happy gal to see it matched SU Brilliant Blue card stock.
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X marks the spot: KNOCKEIRKYSomething big is happening in the world of Irish hills and Mountains. It's unfolding as we speak over on the Suggestions Forum of MountainViews. I'm bringing it over onto this General Forum as it's ready for general discussion. The big event is the pending addition of a new summit to the MountainViews list. Simon will of course make the decision but we are working to gather the info to present the case.
MV member Conor74 recently queried whether Knockeirky in the Caha's was eligible to join the list of 'Arderins' - that is a hill between 500 and 599 metres height with a prominence of 30 metres. Knockeirky had puzzled both myself and MV member madfrankie in the past, so Conor74's query put the spotlight back on the hill. madfrankie had also recently raised this issue on flickr after visiting the hill and getting GPS data that suggested the hill had a 30-40 metre prominence above the col, which would qualify it for inclusion on the MV list.
The prominence of a hill is measured by how high it rises above the col that connnects it to the nearest higher hill. The nearest higher hill that Knockeirky is connected to by a col is nearby Cushnaficulla. The col, marked with an X on the image, lies just above a little lake. The col appears to be about 545 metres in height, meaning Knockeirky, at 577 metres, would have a prominence of 32 metres. madfrankie measured the prominence at 40 metres, again comfortably within the range. MV member jackill has gallantly offered to give up his planned weekend of simple living to go and get one more set of GPS data. This should confirm Knockeirky's eligibility to join the exclusive list of MountainViews summits!
The reason for the uncertainty is that you cannot rely on OSI maps to work out the precise height of a specific spot, and this col is quite a specific place. We need a few GPS measurements to get a good average reading.
Perhaps to say something big is happening may be an overstatement to some, but it is exciting to be on the verge of adding a new summit. If eligible, it will bring the list of Arderins to 407, and the total number of MountainViews summits to 1055.
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Back in November the Guardian reported that a Reddit user was blaming and electronic cigarette for his bosses malware infection. Some skeptical side of me can't help but imagine some PR guy working for Philip Morris conjuring this story. It really does appear that there is an enormous PR push against electronic cigarettes on almost every front. It almost reminds me of Rockfeller telling everyone that electricity would burn down their house and electrocute their children, so they should just stick to good old kerosene.
At the end of the day, people who make money from traditional cigarettes have billions of reasons to attack electronic cigarette full force. Who makes the most money besides the cigarette manufacturers? The government does. If the government can successfully claim that people need to be defended from the unhealthy evils of electronic cigarettes, like with real cigarettes, they can tax the shit out of them, and save that several billion dollar revenue stream. I digress though.
Unfortunately, the answer is yes. A USB electronic cigarette charger connected to the computer is capable of the infecting the computer with malware. Obviously, any electronic cigarette charger supplier is going to be pissed if the Chinese factory sold them contagious chargers though. The deal with electronic cigarette parts is there are still relatively few brand names, and the few that exist are widely counterfeited. Oh fuck, I oddly sound like I am pushing for regulation. Trust me, that is rarely ever the case with me.
As with 90% of security vulnerabilities, make sure you are running updated anti-virus. Don't be like my parents though who always seem to think more is better. I go to their damn house and tend to find they are running 17 different versions of anti-virus at the same time. They then bitch at me for their computer running slowly. I've started to realize that bored old people never outgrew sensationalist chain emails from the 90s. Every time they read about a new boogie man they decide the only logical defense is to install a new anti-virus.
I won't be like that when I get old will I? Fuck no!


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Artifice.EXE – Current word count: 2,403
Talking a bit about how I come up with characters today.
I've got an agenda here; namely, I want to be able to talk about the characters I'm working with, but in order to do that I've got to talk about the process first, so any readership I have isn't left in the dark.
I've heard writers talk before about how they don't like to think of themselves as creating characters, but rather discovering characters that were already there, and using them. I normally hate this kind of stuff, it reeks of pretentious artsy-types and squishy thinking. But, in this case, there's definitely something to that way of thinking.
When I create a character, there are definitely elements of discovery to it. Normally, I'll end up creating a vague outline of what there character is: a very general personality. You can always tell the mediocre fiction writers because normally stop here. Their characters aren't completely flat, but they don't have any depth either. They tend to have only one emotional state, and one frame of speaking, and repeat the same things over and over in dialog. They feel like bit characters—they've been drawn using only one crayon, with the only degrees of changing being whether the author was pressing down normal-hard of really hard. Another telltale sign is that you'll see characters pop up that just appear to be there for no reason whatsoever. They'll typically have their moment in the sun for two pages in one chapter, and then vanish into the background, doomed to float spectrally behind the rest of the cast and pop in for one unimportant line of dialog here and there again. This is because when the author came up with the character, it was just the character—the personality—and not a role for that character to play.
When I come up with the beginnings of a character, I only come up with the vague outline of a personality that I came up with before, and I also come up with a role for that character to play. If I can't come up with one on the spot, I normally put the character on hold until I have a clear purpose for them. Never include a character that has no purpose in the final product of the book, because the reader will be able to tell. (This is not to say that you shouldn't create characters spontaneously. A writer's instinct is a powerful thing, and some of my favorite characters have been throwaway cast that I added into a story on whimsy. Some of them were weeded out as unnecessary. Others turned out to be some of the finest characters I've ever made. But be flippant about it in the drafting process; if a flippantly made character is still flippant by the time you're submitting to publishing houses, nix the poor sucker.)
At this point, I've got the two of the three most important parts of the character down—purpose and overarching personality. After this comes the discovery. There are any numbers of ways to do this: you could play the what-if game, or write little short stories involving the character, or write an imaginary interview with the character. I've heard it all, tried them all, and find all of them useful to varying degrees. But honestly, I don't necessarily find any of them to be the final answer. To put what I do in the most succinct way possible, I do on instinct.
An aside: The writer's instinct is an important part of the process which can't be ignored but also, sadly, can't be taught. Having a good sense of aesthetic and character are indispensable to a writer, both in character development and other things. If you don't have them, don't despair, they can't be developed. You'll find some say 'read, read, read' and others say 'write, write, write.' I say 'read, listen, observe, write, sing, speak, do things as well as you possibly can do them.' Explore other art forms, look at Rembrandt, listen to Mozart, read a Calvin & Hobbes comic. Form and beauty are all around you—if you stop and pay attention to it, you can learn how to emulate it. And don't be a genre snob, or a form snob. Go outside your comfort zone to see things you don't necessarily appreciate as much. If you like Bach, listen to some Barenaked Ladies. If you are all into Ghost in the Shell, go read some classic lit. If you like to watch American Idol, go rent an old, black-and-white silent movie. But remember that nothing gets done if you don't practice either, pay attention, then write while you do it.
Aside over: when I go with instinct, it mostly takes the form of finding out what kind of character is most appropriate to the story I'm trying to tell. The plot will shape the character—if you know what you need the character to do, make sure you've created a character that would do it. If your character doesn't fit your story, you'll have to fight the entire way through to get the character to behave. But keep in mind that the character will also shape the plot—if you're having to force your creation to do something directly out of character, perhaps your plot needs to change. There's a balance here. Eventually, if you're doing it right, your characters will develop personalities of their own and start guiding you in this process. If they have too much freedom, you'll never have a story because they don't cooperate, but if you don't let them muck about and play, you'll kill them, and lifeless characters destroy a book faster than a disgruntled review columnist.
It's much like pruning a tree: you have an image of what you want the tree to look like, but you can't just force the tree to look like that image. You'll cut off too many branches and leaves, and kill the poor thing. But if you just let it grow unchecked, you'll have some monstrosity that doesn't look good, feel good, or fit anywhere in your story.
Again with the instinct: if you do it right, you'll know. You'll be able to work with the character to tell the story, instead of just forcing pieces about on a chess board. Things will start to work, narrative connections will start to flow, and you'll write better without even having to try. The character will, in as much as a technically non-existent person is able, get to know you, and the vice versa will happen as well. And sometime down the road, probably years after the novel is published and you've moved on to other projects, you'll feel like you finally know the character well.
And, as a final note, sometime in this whole process the character gets a name. Names are important—I'm going to swear by that till the day I die. They help define a character. Not in the artsy way, like, someone named Brian (which means 'defender') will be stalwart and strong, but in a much more subtle way. Sometimes the names will just happen, and be built into the character from ground zero. Other times they'll take forever to nail down, and you'll have the entire groundwork for a character worked out prior to naming. I always find that I have a name before I the character starts revealing details to me. I'm not sure why, but it always seems to me that it's when a character first gets a name that they start feeling more alive to me. The name is what lets them talk back.
The name of a character is a character's life.


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Title: Magic Rises
Author: Ilona Andrews
Rating: 5 Stars
Synopsis: Kate, Curran and key members of the pack travel to Europe to mediate a dispute between the foreign shapeshifters yet nothing it as it seems and betrayal lurks around every corner.
Review: An intense and emotional ride but worth every minute.
In general, the book is well-written, the pacing flows smoothly and Andrews' trademark action and humor is there in abundance. Moreover, the incorporation of several new characters within the storyline is seamless and never distracts from the continuation of the existing plot arc.
Where Magic Rises digresses from previous installments is in the attention paid to the romance angle, which has a slight tendency to overshadow the mystery and investigation subplots. As someone who enjoys romance in her UF, this didn't bother me one iota although readers who prefer more action than drama might be disappointed.
So lets get down to the nitty gritty: Kate and Curran, who have gone from strength to strength both as individuals and as a team, hit a snag in their relationship and it seems that the Alpha couple still has some trust issues to resolve. Unfortunately, the matter is presented via an annoying and angst ridden plot device that does not necessarily present his Furry Majesty in a good light. Suffice it to say that Curran has several bad kitty moments but he more than makes up for them at the end and is completely redeemed both in Kate's eyes and my own even though his explanation is painfully obvious.
Another issue that comes to the fore is the consolidation of Kate's position within the pack. It has taken time but Kate has carved her own niche and she has her loyal friends in Andrea, Raphael, Derek and Barabas. Things are not as clear with some of the others, and the actions of one character in particular put a damper on my affection for him and troubled me much more than Curran's behavior. There are several more shocking developments but you'll just have to read to find out.
As to the mystery plot, one of the most difficult aspects of the book is keeping the different factions and agendas straight in my head. No one is what they seem and treachery lurks around every corner but the pack politics and machinations make for a compelling story and the ultimate showdown is exciting.
All in all, a gripping addition to my absolute favorite UF series. Ilona and Gordon really know how to shake things up, and Magic Breaks cannot come soon enough.
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
Title: Magic Rises
2 comments:
- Anonymous11 September 2013 at 06:48
Great review! I am looking forward to reading this one myself.ReplyDelete
-Dilettantish Reader


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What fuels creativity? What fuels inspiration? Food! The food we eat is what fuels our ideas and creativity. It powers inspiration and it's the source of energy for the human body to run well. When our health deteriorates so can inspiration and creativity.
Food is a very sensitive subject. People are passionate about their food and especially their diets. Try to tell someone to change their diet or stop them from eating certain foods and it's like taking a t-bone steak from a pit-bull. The reality is, in fact, that eating certain foods, refraining from others, and over-indulgence results in a series of health related problems and degenerative diseases. Is depression related to the foods we eat? Ok… the drug industry would tell you differently when the solution is medication. Breaking it down to the truth… when profits are at stake… heads will roll! Doctors are afraid of losing their licenses by recommending anything that isn't considered "standard practice " by the AMA. On that note, We are going to give you the disclaimer now…
The statements made in the following article have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Information on this site is for educational purposes and should not take the place of "qualified" medical care.
The views presented in this article are opinion and may not be considered the views of the US law, the FDA and governing authorities.
Now that we got that out of the way, you realize that this subject is a serious one. A subject that when implemented could have huge effect on public health, the government, industry, the world, the environment and our well being.
Our doctors understand a lot more about health and the human body than ever before. Medical institutions have found cures and therapies for just about every illness and ailment in existence. Pharmaceutical companies and hospitals have always dominated the medical arena with the combined use of drugs, chemicals, radiation, fancy machinery, big computers and technology galore. …there is only one problem. We are still getting sick. Despite the massive amount of new information, new technology, new formulas and new "breakthroughs" throughout medical history, people are still getting sick all the time. Now more than ever! The amount of cancers that are popping up everywhere are astonishing and diabetes still plagues millions. Around the globe, no matter how much is being done to find solutions, the problems are only getting worse.
Doctors have the cures and the drugs, but how much is being done for the prevention of these illnesses? Who is looking at the real causes of these illnesses? There is a huge flaw in our health care system. Take a look at the documentary "Sicko" from Michael Moore http://www.youtube.com/movie?v=xaB5K-PvnSY&feature=mv_sr and "Food Inc" from Robert Kenner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oq24hITFTY When you know the facts you would also agree. There is a problem with our current system. Paying for all the prescriptions doctors are giving for food related illness like diabetes, can be hard for a low income family. Over-charging, false diagnosis, a hospitals quality of care, or an illness that just keeps "magically" re-appearing. It's time to start questioning what is really happening. What is being done to prevent the illnesses that are appearing in our society?. Illness means something is wrong and we have to start asking some tough questions and get some real answers.
All the things that we do as a society have a cumulative effect on our health. We know that unsanitary conditions result in disease. PCBs cause cancer… Dioxins and other toxic chemicals in the air, water and soil have been accumulating for centuries. It is no secret that man made petrol-chemicals kill people and the environment. Thousands of deaths resulted from the accident at Union Carbide in India. Hundreds of thousands of people were affected by the BP gulf oil spill. It goes on year after year without any change. Doctors now know and confirm without a drought that petrol-chemicals cause cancer and despite this knowledge, federally approved widespread use of petrol-chemicals, insecticides, and chemical fertilizers, are continually tainting our environment and our water. Is it getting in our food? If it is, would you want to know? Would you want to know where your food comes from? What is being put into the fields where it is grown? Being concerned about these issues and finding alternative solutions for our own well-being puts health in first place. It means being concerned for our well-being and the health of future generations.
When capitalist ideals and health care are mixed, problems always gets worse. Throughout history when someone has made a fortune by the exploitation of a resource, no matter how bad or destructive it may be, despite the resulting consequences are, stopping them can be next to impossible. The bigger the exploiter and the more money they make and the harder it is to stop them. Most of the biggest wars in the world are fought over resources. Take a look at the sugar industry for instance, which still incorporates slave labor in some countries. Oil in the gulf war created one of the biggest environmental catastrophes in history. Big money means political influence and policy control. When healthcare has become a commodity, putting profits before health is a big problem.
Why are a lot of natural cures and alternative remedies not approved by the FDA? Why are doctors losing their licenses for practicing holistic health? Why are cancer cures suppressed? We have to ask these questions to our elected leaders. Do the research!
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The public is aware that there are eating and lifestyle habits that are bad for your health. Some don't have a choice and can only afford the foods that are available on their budget. For some it's a personal choice for people who want to consume toxins to "feel good". There will always be someone who just doesn't care about the consequences or doesn't know any better and will eat whatever it is that's on their plate. People tend to be only concerned with how they are feeling at the "moment" eating whatever it is just to make the hunger go away. Just because something is tasty does not mean it is all that good for you. It will usually take a massive health event like a heart attack or a stroke to make people understand that they are not making the right choices. By that time it is usually too late. If people spent more time in hospitals seeing what happens as a result of bad eating habits, they would be more careful and conscious of food choices. A great school field trip would be to go to the hospital and visit the patients with long term chronic illness from "advertised" products including soft drinks, fast food, candy, processed foods and a host of other products that are not healthy. We have to see the people who suffer from cardiac arrests, strokes, high blood pressure, obesity and chronic diseases to be reminded to watch what we eat.
. Did you ever see an ad for a carrot? How about an ad for a tomato?
Our ancestors knew that there were poison berries and good berries. They knew about poison mushrooms and edible mushrooms. They knew about poison herbs and herbs that heal. People have to start choosing wisely again. People need to re-learn what our ancestors knew about farming, diet and how to survive.
Our system currently allows the promotion of products that are bad for your health. Processed foods with chemical additives, preservatives for shelf life, genetically modified sugars and corn. We now currently have problems with obesity, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, osteoporosis, and many other degenerative diseases. It's time for the public to know what is really causing all of these diseases. How long did it take for big tobacco to be shut down from television advertising? It takes a massive public health problem to reform the laws. Do we have to wait until another massive public heath problem? We can change. Change starts with individual choice and influence.
Our food systems have to be looked at and implemented. The factory farming techniques and genetic modification of plants have to be reconsidered. Nature has a way with dealing with every element and every being on earth and it is a perfect system. Changing that system creates problems. Dam a river and it hurts the ecosystem. Take away a food source and a species gets killed off. Kill the hawks and you have an overload of mice. Cut the trees and it creates an erosion problem. Pollute the air and the ozone layer disappears. Pollute the water and the fish die. Everything is connected. The factory farms are creating health problems for the animals and health problems for the people who eat the food. A stressed cow produces stressed meat. Unsanitary conditions have spread bacteria and infection in our food. Genetically Modified foods have been banned in Europe and other countries because scientists just don't know what the long term effects of eating these foods are. However, here in the US it's OK? GM corn is a factory staple in the feed lots for cows, chickens, lamb, pigs and it's even given to dairy cows. USDA approved. Do we know what the long term effects will be from this? NO! It has to be recognized that supporting sustainable food systems and having natural organic farms, will maintain our long term health and well being.
One thing is a proven fact. Healthy eating prevents illnesses. There is however. a great diet dilemma. In the arena of diet is an overload of conflicting information about nutrition. It is so overloaded with misinformation and debate it's crazy. Anyone would get confused when one doctor says one thing… and another doctor says the exact opposite. One nutritionist has good advice the other one disagrees with it. Everyone has their own opinion and their own diet whether it be omnivore, vegitarian, vegan, paleo, fruitarian… whatever it is food opinions will vary with every culture…. Are eggs good? Are eggs bad? Is milk good? Is milk bad? One thing is for sure they cant be both good and bad…
What is the right mix for your diet? The best thing to do is research it. Avoid mass produced "fast foods" or anything with a long shelf life. Look at every ingredient in your food. Know what you are eating. Ask where you food is from. How was it grown? What was it fed. Are insecticides used? Know the health benefits of each and every thing you are putting in your body and don't just rely on the package to say "It's healthy!" If there is a chemical or an ingredient in your food you can not pronounce. Be skeptical. Be very careful. When advertisers say "It's Great!" they don't care about your health! They care about profits. Find out the studies on food oils and where they are from. Study which products are Genetically Modified. Question labeling. Ask companies directly about ingredients in baked goods. That "secret" ingredient may taste good but if you knew what that ingredient really was…you might not want to eat it! Research which foods promote good health. Be aware of the sources of information. Research what causes illnesses. Take a look at what creates cavities. Find out about Dr. Weston A Price. This is a great resource for a healthy diet—> http://www.westonaprice.org/basics/dietary-guidelines Dr Price found that certain tribes and cultures around the world, untouched by modern society and modern foods, had perfect teeth. Look towards the people who have the best health, the longest lives and the least problems. See what they are doing. Find out what they are eating. Visit a farm and get fresh whole foods. It's time to do some research. Ask questions. Ask tough questions and question the answers you are given. People may not be lying, they are just relying the false information they were given.
Proper diet and health supports a full functioning ability to be the best you can be. Your capability, your life and your body will be a lot better when you start doing it. You wont even have to see the doctor as much. In fact, you may never get sick again! You may just get the inspiration to do something creative and uplifting that will change your life forever. We have a choice. We can allow someone else to take care of us or we can take care of ourselves. Fuel your creativity. Fuel your inspiration. Eat healthy!