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ACU Alum
Issue 1, Spring 2011
Why small is big
His painstakingly created figurines inhabit miniature worlds, but have big things to say on humanity. Alisse Grafitti spoke to artist Alasdair Macintyre about Dinky-Di, dioramas, and being inspired by the three JCS.
When you enter the garage studio of Brisbane-based artist Alasdair Macintyre, you enter a world where mythology collides with art history, and religion sits alongside mass media.
There are crucifixes, smurfs, and a smattering of Dr Who novels. Jabba the Hut overlooks a workspace strewn with paintbrushes, powders and resin, and Wolverine shares shelf space with ET, Bono, and the illustrated history of dragons.
A dusty cabinet holds Alasdair's prized collection of art documentaries - the inspiration for his latest work Dinky-Di, a series of 12 effigies of Australia's greatest artists made from wood, polystyrene and plastic.
"I've been collecting art documentaries since the late 1980s, and while transferring many of the older recordings from tape to digital, I was once again seduced by the magnificence of these artists and their work," he said.
"An art documentary is a snapshot of the artist at that point in time, and it is both thought provoking and sobering to see an artist at their peak, as well as towards the inevitable decline in both health and creativity.
"The figures themselves represent a kind of stereotypical version of that particular artist, and I've tried to put a little something in there that is personal to each of them."
That little something is instantly recognisable, and cheekily familiar. John Olsen smiles with a wine glass in hand, Charles Blackman drowsily offers a daisy, Brett Whitely is faceless, and Rosalie Gascoigne holds a piece of cut-off road sign.
"I've channeled my respect and admiration for these artists and run their likeness through what I call the 'Macintyre filter' so that they are almost static animated characters," Alasdair said. "I wanted to emphasise the love I have for these legends of Australian art, and how much their lives and work have influenced my own art practice."
Standing at around 65cm tall, the Dinky-Di effigies - which have been purchased by the Gold Coast City Gallery - are significantly larger than Alasdair's usual miniature figurines.
The 40-year-old, who studied at Australian Catholic University (ACU) and Queensland College of Art, began working with models as a child, starting with the Star Wars toys he collected.
"I was always the kid in the classroom that would be drawing all the time, and getting into trouble for my unflattering images of teachers and nuns," he said. "I made little clay and plasticine sculptures to play with, and in many ways, I'm still doing the same thing."
"It until I was in my mid-twenties that I realised I could actually make a career in the arts. Coming from a very blue collar, working class background, being an artist was just completely off the radar. Making art or being creative was something that you did as a hobby, not a career."
And a successful career it has turned out to be. In 2004 Australian Art Collector magazine named Alasdair an 'undiscovered artist', and he was shortlisted for the National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in 2005, and the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2009.
Alasdair also works at ACU's Brisbane Campus, where he lectures in art history, 2D, and 3D practical art.
"Teaching is a way for me to connect with the energy of youth, and I like to be the one who introduces them to the wonder of art. In many ways, the history of art, particularly the Renaissance period, is inextricably linked to the Catholic Church, so it's nice to be teaching this at ACU.
"It's interesting that when I started lecturing six years ago, class sizes were no more than a dozen students. However now there are well over 40 students happily crammed into the art room.
"It's great that there is a growing interest in art history. I sincerely believe that every single individual on this planet would be a better person if they had some sort of knowledge, even passing, about art."
Brisbane-born and bred, Alasdair said one of the main challenges of a professional artist was living in a country where contemporary art isn't seen as a necessary and important part of life.
"We tend not to be raised in a tradition where art is seen all the time, and considered to be something that matters, unlike say in Italy or France, where art is part of the social and inherited environment and there is a rich history.
"However those who are interested in art are fiercely interested, and very loyal. On a personal note, art gives you a philosophical dimension to your life, where you can deal with issues and situations because artists from centuries past have experienced the same frustrations with life and society that you have. In some ways art - both historical and practical - is a therapy."
Alasdair's work includes morphing the art critic Robert Hughes into a miniature Jabba the Hutt, miniature figures of U2's band members, and a group of eight Storm Troopers carefully examining Picasso's Guernica.
While the dioramas look whimsical and charming, all are laden with meaning, satire, and comment on the state of the world, with art critic Tim Morrell describing his work as a 'battlefield where high art encounters popular culture'.
"My work is usually a visual form of whatever is occupying my mind at that particular point in time," Alasdair said. "Whether it's a style of music, a film director's work, an artist's work, literature, social issues, or political issues - my end work is a combination of all these factors."
He cites his influences as the three JCs - Jesus Christ, American artist Joseph Cornell, and the mythology writer and professor Joseph Campbell - whose work influenced Star Wars director George Lucas.
"I've never been very comfortable discussing the 'meaning' behind my work, or any work for that matter. The meaning lies within the realm of the viewer, with their own references and experience. There is no one 'right' interpretation," Alasdair said.
"In many ways, the artist is like a perpetrator of a crime, and the criminal should always flee the scene - leaving the forensic investigators to sort out what happened. With any luck, the investigators and the criminal will never meet."


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Scott Williamson is ~200 miles away from completing his 2006 PCT Yo-Yo hike.
Pretty darn amazing to begin with, but even the more so considering this is his second time doing it.
I received a postcard from him in Kennedy Meadows 11.6.06 and his girlfriend Michelle just e-mailed me with his progress. ~500 miles in ~2 weeks. Uh…Wow.
Anyway I thought folks might be interested as to his progress.
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The capsule should have been removed with the implant to address the issue of ALCL. The breast would not have looked much different.
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I'm sorry about the problems you're having but your case raises several important issues, some of what are unresolved at this time. First, unless the capsule was thickened it probably did not contribute that much volume to your breast. Even capsules that are tight (ie capsular contractures) are actually pretty thin once they're removed. I am of course speculating but I'd guess that the capsule removal only contributed a small amount to the overall volume of your breast and, therefore, it's removal only a small amount (correspondingly). It's understandable that some of the capsule was left in a subfascial or subpectoral implant removal in the sense that that portion of the capsule is (often) densely adherent to the underlying tissues over the ribs and intercostal muscles. Removing that can increase the risk of thinned tissue in that region, and even pneumothorax and/or injury to the pleural space (the area around the lungs). On the other hand, relatively little is known about ALCL right now. Total capsulectomy is recommended with that diagnosis, and is believed to be curative. You should of course follow the advice of your own board-certified plastic surgeon but do not hesitate to seek additional opinions for confirmation or to get additional ideas. I hope that this helps and good luck. Dr. Alan Engler, Member of #RealSelf500
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Apropos my vexed post from yesterday about not being able to decide whom to root for as Michigan faced Penn State, my ever-alert sister-in-law, C.K., dropped me an email to remind me that Jay Paterno, Joe's son and the Nittany Lions' quarterbacks coach, came out for Obama last spring. From the Harrisburg Patriot-News last March:
Penn State quarterbacks coach Jay Paterno, a son of head coach Joe Paterno, is backing Democratic Sen. Barack Obama.
Joe Paterno is a friend of President Bush, and his son Scott is a Republican who unsuccessfully ran for a congressional seat.
"I brought my kids up to think for themselves since day one," Joe Paterno said. "... It's interesting. I got a son who's a Republican, who ran for Congress, Scott. I'm a Republican. I've got a son, Jay, who's for Obama. I've got a daughter, who I'm pretty sure she's going to be for Hillary. So God bless America."
Joe Paterno said he thought long and hard before deciding against greeting Bill Clinton when the former president visited the campus on behalf of his wife's presidential campaign.
Jay Paterno has been quite open about his Obama fandom. Again, in the interest of even-handedness, I reiterate that I don't think it's such a great idea for sports coaches in particular to be expressing political preferences. Coaches represent programs and universities at the college level in a way players, who will be gone in four years, do not. Fans come in all ideologies, and so I take the general view that sports should be one arena in which we can high-five and embrace people we might otherwise, in a political context, prefer to punch in the mouth. Having said that, I'd imagine that most coaches are pretty right-wing, so I don't mind seeing one who has the cojones to say he's a Democrat.
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It wasn't until Sunday night that John McCain, after meeting with his four top advisers, finally decided he could not tap independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to be his running mate. One adviser, tasked with taking the temperature of the conservative base, had strongly made the case to McCain that it would be a disaster for the party and that the base would revolt. McCain concluded he could not go that route.
The next day, McCain studied the three men at the top of his shortlist: Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge. All had different strengths and negatives, but McCain was not satisfied. None of them had what McCain believed he needed to do -- and would have done -- with Lieberman.
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Is it time for us to feel sorry for Jennifer Lopez yet? If youve been following her career -- avidly or reluctantly youve likely experienced the Five Stages of J.Lo. Stage one: We loved her as the scrappy Fly Girl on In Living Color. The film Selena sealed the deal; Jennifer Lopez was gonna be a movie star. And we were cool with that.
Stage two, rapt attention: Lopez dropped her album On the 6, and suddenly she was all over MTV. If You Had My Love and Waiting for Tonight were huge hits, and she was collaborating with Big Pun, which gave her just a whiff of street cred. Stage three, overexposure: All of a sudden J.Lo was everywhere. She wore that scandalous green dress to the Grammys in 2000, and then she got caught up in that gunplay drama. We blame Diddy. Stage four, disgust: Ugh, Bennifer. J.Lo was building a reputation as a demanding diva, and Jenny from the Block had her every move picked apart in the tabloids. And then there was the film Gigli. Who knew schadenfreude tasted like candy? Weve finally landed at stage five, we pity the fool: Sure, it might sound odd to feel a pang of sadness for an insanely wealthy singer/actress/fashion designer, but hear us out. Nobody went to see her last movie, El Cantante, which costarred her husband, Skeletor -- um, Marc Anthony. Her latest album, Brave, didnt even crack Billboards Top 10. Everyone is saying her career has jumped the shark. And just last week, her grandma died. How can we be mean to her now? J.Lo and Marc Anthony will bring their romantic song-and-dance act to the American Airlines Arena, for three crazy nights.
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Groton - For Lisa and Peter Marcus, revamping the Lee's Toy & Hobby website a little more than a year ago has made all the difference in an industry where small, independent shops have been on the wane for years.
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And, in the toy and hobby business (hobbies now account for about 70 percent of sales), products change regularly. But Lee's Toy & Hobby has kept it simple by focusing on classic toys that never go out of style - such as Playmobil, Lego and radio-controlled vehicles - while developing a niche in snatching up soon-to-be discontinued items that have a loyal following.
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The Apprentice contestants are usually the ones taking swipes at one another, but it's business mogul Lord Sugar that has been sharpening his claws.
The multi million pound businessman has hit out at former Apprentice contestants, Katie Hopkins and Luisa Zissman, claiming that they are "of no interest to anybody".
Speaking of the self-proclaimed rent-a-gob Katie, who appeared in series three, and Celebrity Big Brother runner-up, Luisa, who starred in series nine, Lord Sugar told Radio Times: "They'd go to the opening of an envelope if they got an invitation. They have their Andy Warhol moment, thinking it's going to make them famous, but very few have actually succeeded. Before long they're of no interest to anybody."
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This multiple business owner thinks he and Lord Sugar will be best pals. He says: "Me and Lord Sugar could build an empire together. I think I am him when he was my age."
However, the business mogul was adamant that some contestants - in particular the latest three winners Leah Totton, Ricky Martin and Tom Pallereau - have gone on to success.
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So, Girly Girl, Veronica sighed heavily, sitting with a slouch in her seat during the first class of her day, how do you suppose you can entice your attractive forbidden fruit to get involved in a fake relationship so I can prove that his father may or may not have murdered his once upon a time actual girlfriend?
Her eyes surreptitiously glanced at the young man in question, subconsciously noting the hint of silent strength in his posture as he was busy staring up at the blackboard with a blank expression on his face. I could go with the 'I'm F.B.I. so you have to do everything I say' route? Veronica thought, but immediately scrapped the idea when another much less demure thought followed it suggesting what else she could get him to do using that idea…taking off his clothes to ravish her came to mind.
No! Veronica shook her head, ignoring the bemused looks she got from the teenagers around her. Think Mars, you're supposed to be brilliant so your libido can't be in charge right now!
In the end, as much as it pained her, Veronica decided to follow James' advice and just tell Logan as much as she could in order to get his cooperation. Of course, she'd never ever tell her partner that, because there'd be no doubt that he'd be utterly insufferable about it. She quickly packed her things when the bell rang and all but ran after Logan, who was walking next to a tired looking Duncan Kane.
"Logan, wait up!" She called, and had to swallow back a curse when the boy in question didn't act on her order, forcing her to speed up another notch until she could run past him and stop right in front of him.
"Oh," his smirk was infuriating and Veronica suddenly remembered why people said there was a fine line between love and hate, as she suppressed a sudden need to smack him, "I thought I hear something small and insignificant, but I figured it was just my ears playing tricks on me."
"Great, Echolls," Veronica said through gritted teeth as she used all her training to maintain a cheery smile that she was pretty sure none of the boys bought entirely, "we need to talk. Now," she added firmly when Logan opened his mouth to say something.
Before the heir could say or do much of anything, Veronica grabbed his arm and unceremoniously dragged him into the nearest available classroom where she proceeded to achieve the impossible for a moment; she made Logan Echolls completely speechless.
"I'd like to say that it was easy peasy and he agreed immediately," Veronica sighed as she handed her uncle Keith a cup of coffee, ignoring the slightly offended look James gave her when he didn't get one too, "but in reality, he just stood there for God knows how long with his mouth open and a dazed look in his eyes that made him look stupid and before we could really talk about it, the bell rang and a teacher showed up to boot us out before his next class."
"Hah," James chuckled, getting up from his seat to grab himself a cup of coffee himself when it became clear that Veronica wasn't in a giving mood, "Echolls Junior, speechless? Now that I'd like to see."
"Not helping, James." Veronica pointed out and stole his favorite seat as a punishment while Keith simply rolled his eyes at their antics.
"You two better pray you're never assigned new partners, 'cause I'm pretty sure they'd kill you in a matter of days," he stated, taking a sip of his coffee. Veronica and James eyed each other with obvious confusion before looking back at him, clearly not getting his point.
"Never mind," Keith rolled his eyes again and changed the subject. "Anyway, so I take it that Logan's on board despite his initial reaction? I mean, he hasn't blabbed about anything as far as we know so far, right? So what's gonna happen next?"
Veronica rubbed the back of her neck uncomfortably. "Well, I think the fact that he didn't immediately publically humiliate me or anything means that he's willing. I just think he needs a little time to get everything straight in his mind."
James smirked, but Veronica took comfort in the fact that his next words weren't his predictable uncouth ones. Instead, he actually seemed serious underneath the twinkling eyes and goofy expression, "We'll let the new it-couple news go around school for a few days to solidify their connection, making them go to parties and such after school. Then, if Logan is on board with everything, we'll plan a family meal where hopefully Ronnie here manages to get some clues and if possible scope out anything interesting. Oh, that reminds me," he nodded at Veronica, "we'll need to get Logan to update our bugging systems; his knowledge of where his father spends his time the most will be helpful."
"Sure," Veronica agreed and leaned back in the chair, trying secretly to not think about the look in Logan's eyes when she'd told him her plan to possibly get his father arrested for his dead girlfriend's murder by the help of a fake relationship.
He almost looked…disappointed about it, Veronica recalled, subconsciously frowning at the idea of hurting Logan. Like he was as thrilled about the fake part as I was when it was first brought up…Why couldn't he have been born at least five years earlier? Or just two years even? She bemoaned as her imagination suddenly started playing tricks with her and forced her to focus more on his strong arms and how they'd felt that last time they'd been in an abandoned classroom together.
Startled out of her thoughts, Veronica jolted a bit and had to scramble inelegantly not to spill her half-empty coffee cup on the carpeted floor. James laughed loudly, but soon stopped when Back-up the dog growled irritably at the noise and rolled over his feet to make him quiet down.
Smiling at her protective canine friend, Veronica looked over at her uncle, who was looking at her with slightly worried eyes.
"What's going that pretty head of yours, Honey?" His tone reminded the agent of all the summers that her parents had shipped her off to her uncle's house and where he'd always been her closest confidante. A big part of Veronica had hoped throughout her formative years that Keith had been her dad; she'd even stolen some hair from him once to do a test to make sure. Sadly, he wasn't, but it hadn't made her love him any less.
When her own parents had died in a plane crash several years earlier, just before Veronica's eighteenth birthday, it'd been Keith that had picked her up and taught her how to live in a world without them.
Sighing softly at the memory of those years, Veronica looked over at her worried uncle. "I'm just tired, Uncle K. I've never felt so confused before if that makes any sense and…" Veronica's eyes darted to James, who smiled encouragingly, "ashamed, I guess. I'm not supposed to have any sort of feelings for a kid, it's just wrong and disgusting and—"
Keith held up a hand, his face grave as she'd ever seen it. "Look, Veronica. I'm not saying that your attraction to Logan is right, but you shouldn't beat yourself up about it, 'cause I know you're not gonna act on it until he's eighteen…right?"
Veronica smiled, promising herself never to reveal just what had happened with Logan already. He does need some peace of mind, doesn't he? She thought with an invisible shudder of self-loathing. "Right…"
"Well, I'm gonna head back to my place and catch some shuteye," James cut through the tension with his booming voice, "that Cindy girl keep calling me at the crack of dawn with updates and crap. Gosh, she's an annoying little thing. Night all!"
Veronica frowned thoughtfully before glancing over at Keith, who was smiling tiredly. "Maybe you're not the only one who's got something cooking for a younger person," he pointed out softly.
The idea of Mac and James together gave Veronica goosebumps and she grimaced. "He's too old…" she trailed off regretfully when she realized that her words were not important considering what she was doing with Logan. Besides, she thought sadly, since he's a guy, the most people will do is frown a little while secretly congratulating the old dog for the young catch. It never works the other way around when it's an older woman…Except in Demi and Ashton's case, I guess…
"I don't want to talk about it anymore," Veronica said, getting up from her seat and heading for her bedroom. "I'm gonna go to bed and charge up for a new school day as Logan Echolls' newest conquest. Goody."
Keith smiled, his eyes serious but comforting at the same time. "'Night, Honey. I'm not gonna be here for a few days, there's a convention I have to go to. Deputy Lamb will be available though, if you need any help from the strapping Neptunian law system."
This time, Veronica grinned and turned back to look at her uncle with a teasing look in her eye that had been missing the whole evening. "Lamb? Seriously, I'm never gonna be that desperate. Besides," she added with her head tilted sideways, "I didn't think you'd ever trust him around me again, considering the date he wanted to take me on last time I visited."
"Gaw! Don't remind me, and forget I said anything before I have to bleach out my eyes at the memory of his lovesick eyes. Go to your room, Veronica."
"Sir, yes Sir," she saluted with her mood lifted and went to her room as ordered.
Talking about being Logan Echolls' flavor of the month and actually parading around Neptune high as Logan's newest conquest was two massively different things and Veronica decided after the first shocked glances of the students around her that she did not like it one bit.
"So my darling," to call Logan's tone sarcastic was an enormous understatement and only Veronica's training kept her from rolling her eyes in public, "is this all you hoped for?" His voice sent shivers down her spine as he leaned back from whispering in her ear in the quad and for one brief moment, the blonde didn't know whether to smack him or kiss him.
"Oh yeah," settling on familiar grounds, Veronica kept her tone light and sarcastic as well, "I don't know how I ever survived without you before."
"Glad you're aware of it, at least."
"I'm so aware it's dangerous to my mental health."
"Then it's great you're not supposed to be all that smart, ain't it?"
"So now you're calling me stupid?"
"Deceitful is a much prettier word."
"You two are so sickly sweet that I'm not gonna eat dessert today," Meg's cheery voice broke through the bantering would-be couple and they both turned away from each other to see all of the people around the table staring straight at them with varying degrees of humor and disgust on their faces.
"What?" They chorused, both unaware of the fact that they'd just spent several minutes in their own little, albeit snarky, world.
Caitlin Ford, one of Logan's last 'companions' sneered silently while her eyes drank in the sight of her former lover. The look irritated Veronica so much that she instinctively wove her hand across Logan's waist and leaned into him. She could feel him tense up at the same time she realized just what she'd been doing, but to keep in character as the in love teenage girl, Veronica didn't move back and to his credit, Logan soon relaxed and acted normally again.
I guess he does have a lot of practice with clingy girlfriends, Veronica's mood soured at the thought and she straightened back up in the guise of reaching for her water bottle on the table.
Her mood didn't get any better when, after two days of acting like a dimwit in love, fawning over Logan's admittedly sensual body, James pulled them both aside and told them to make an opportunity of the fact that both of Logan's parents were currently in Neptune with his sister, Trina. "Perhaps," James finished quickly at the deadly scowls he'd been receiving ever since beginning his demand, "this'll be a great chance to snoop around for you Ronnie and this way you can try and make something slip like you're so good at."
"What does he mean by that?" Logan looked down at Veronica, who had a sudden urge to fidget uncomfortably at the penetrating stare she was getting.
"Nothing," she replied, glaring over at her partner, "James just always envied me my boobs and their ability to get men's attention and thus making me a lot better at closing my cases than he is."
"So," Logan had an unidentifiable glint in his eye that for some reason got Veronica's heart pumping faster, "you're good at using your body? I'm gonna look forward to—"
"Let's just keep everything here PG-rated," James interrupted before Veronica could do something stupid like kiss her fake boyfriend. "I'll call you Echolls for more details, but make sure it's set up before the end of the week, 'cause I'm starting to get a big itch to leave this town. I wanna head back to civilization and the real world."
"Yeah…" Veronica felt oddly hesitant and above all guilty when she glanced at Logan's shoes instead of his face as she agreed, "me too."
James slapped her on the back and nodded cheerfully at Logan before leaving the room to the two others.
"Well that was just all fun and giggles," Logan smirked and if Veronica hadn't been so in tune to whatever that boy said or did, she'd probably not have noticed the almost disappointed light in his eyes and her guilt turned up another notch. "I guess I have to go organize a family get together with the works. I just love this idea, Sugarpuss."
"Logan…wait," Veronica began, but it was too late to stop him from leaving her alone in the classroom.
Well, she tried seeing the bright light, if I can get Aaron to slip up during that dinner, I might be able to leave town before anyone gets hurt or I break the law by sleeping with a minor…
The memory of Logan's expression when James had talked about leaving town reentered Veronica's mind and she sighed heavily. If only things could be easy on me once in a while, she wished fervently as she slowly made herself put on her 'high school' expression again.
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text: Guests of this Roanoke hotel will enjoy a free continental breakfast. Business travelers will appreciate access to fax and copy services. A meeting room is available for most events and business functions. All spacious guest rooms come equipped with coffee makers and cable television. Extended stay rooms feature microwaves and refrigerators. Senior rooms are available with big button remotes controls and special accommodations for tired eyes and hands. Handicap accessible and non-smoking rooms are also available at the Rodeway Inn Civic Center. Pets are welcome with a small nightly fee. The hotel offers a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Coin-operated laundry facilities are available for guest convenience. Whether visiting the Roanoke area for business or pleasure, you will love our southern hospitality at the Rodeway Inn Civic Center hotel.


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The Bevy of Quirks
Rs. 349.00 Rs. 549.00
*Each coaster set has four coasters.
*We ship each coaster set in 2-5 working days.
Every group (cultural or social) is different and the difference can be defined by separating nature from nurture. Separating the natural or innate qualities of a person (nature) from the personal experiences of an individual (nurture) results in developing distinctive differences in the physical and behavioral traits making the person quirky and creating their individual identity.
- Specifications: A pack of four coasters, 4Inches x 4inches with a thickness of 3mm.
- Material: Water Resistant MDF board
- Care Instructions: Wipe with dry cloth
Shipping Cost:
- Rs 45/- for order value upto Rs 750/-
- Rs 60/- for order value between Rs 750/ to Rs 1500/-
- Free Shipping for order value above Rs 1500/


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Devin Carter is an American professional wrestler.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Tasty Treat
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- Entrance Music
- Nicknames
- "Delicious"