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I've invited friend, artist, and fellow writer Marilee Yeend to share her recent essay as a guest blogger for The DayMaker.
|Marilee Yeend
Over the several years I've known Marilee, through writing classes I conduct in Coos Bay, I've observed how her artist's view informs her written eloquence. She read her timely piece aloud in last week's class, and when she finished, a collective gasp rose from the group. Painting pictures with her words, Marilee touched us all and made us think. She's kindly allowed me to post her essay. Thank you, Marilee.
In the movie "Gettysburg" there were soldiers marching in a line, going toward the enemy line of soldiers, determined to break through. I saw in my mind a Mondrian painting our teacher Steve showed us in Art History. It had several black lines at right angles to each other, forming boxes. Each line seemed to hold the others in place. In some of the boxes there were primary colors, but they were held firmly in place by the interconnecting lines. They had no way of escape, no where they could go, no pathways to explore. They could not flow, could not touch another color to form something new. A new color was prevented from being born because they could not interact with each other from the imprisonment in their respective cages.
Another painting had lines also, but they seemed to be in constant motion, one flowing into another, interacting with each other in such a way that created movement. Rather than being static, rigid, imprisoning, there was a flow -- like a flag blowing in the wind.
We tend to think of lines as being hard, crisp, unyielding; one side good, one side bad. One side right, one side wrong. But upon closer inspection they become blurred, moving, one side blending into the other. Both sides right, both sides wrong, both sides good, both sides bad. After much destruction, pain and loss, with neither side the winner, the line disappears for a while to re-appear yet again at another time, in another place, because the lines were not erased from their minds.
We make up lines and form boxes around our thoughts. One thought is not allowed to interact with another thought for fear it will destroy a belief.
I see these lines in progression: opinion is thin and when not reinforced with many others, could be swayed in another direction, bent, or eliminated. Judgement is a thicker line that helps hold opinions in place, and is not easily changed. Belief is a thick line reinforced by many opinions and judgments, nearly impossible to change unless something very strong breaks through and allows freedom of thought.
When will we learn to appreciate the differences, to accept them and not feel threatened by them? When will we learn that who we are is not defined by what we believe? Our safety and peace of mind do not come from everyone accepting what we find to be true for ourselves.
Different colors woven together in a pattern make a tapestry that the eye blends into a beautiful whole.
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Go around the world to have experience beyond your Imagination
The Democratic Republic of Congo is another home to Mountain Gorillas in Africa. The country has both Lowland and Mountain Gorillas. Gorilla Trekking tours in Congo are becoming popular worldwide! The country is safe and open to all International visitors. On this gorilla safari, you will go gorilla trekking in the Virunga national park of congo.This two days gorilla tour will start in Rwanda, where you will transfer to Virunga National park in Democratic republic of Congo via Uganda's Chanika border. The park has five families of gorillas with three groups most tracked.
DAY 1: Transfer from Kigali to Kisoro, a border town in Uganda
You will be picked by the driver/guide and transfer to Kisoro on Uganda boarder, a journey that will take you through a scenic view of beautiful Rwanda's rolling hills passing via Ruhengeri in northern part of Rwanda and continuing to Chanika boarder. Finalize boarder arrangements and cross into Uganda. You may have guided nature walk, visit the natural, beautiful-looking Lake Mutanda, surrounded by the volcanoes; take a walk on the shores. Dinner and overnight stay at Travellers Rest Hotel/ Kisoro Tourist Hotel.
DAY 2: Gorilla tracking in Virunga
Cross Bunagana border and drive to the Park Headquarters to be briefed about gorilla tracking dos and don'ts before setting off into the forest to track gorillas in Parc National des Virunga of Congo for the incredible experience. In the course of searching for the Mountain Gorillas, you will be exposed to excellent birding and primates such as the Golden Monkeys, Blue Monkeys, Black and White colobus monkey, and giant forest hogs among others. You will stay with these beautiful primates for one hour for observation and photography. Gorilla tracking through the forest, hills and swamps can be tough, arduous and tiring, sometimes taking up to 8 hours in the forest. But coming face to face with the great primates is well worth the effort. Return to Kisoro in Uganda, and after refreshments at the hotel, set off back to Kigali in Rwanda reaching in the evening and depart
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* Gorilla permits
* Warm lunches on transfer days and water in car
* Professional Guide/ driver
* Ground transportation in a 4X4 safari car
* Accommodation for 2 nights
* Meals at the lodges (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
* Airticket and visa fees
* Soft sodas and alcoholic drinks
* Extra activities out of itinerary
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Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan sees how helping a loved one and being advocate is much like writing a book
Dear Writers/Caregivers/Advocates for Loved Ones,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here . . . I see how helping a loved one/being an advocate is so much like writing a book.
My papa has been diagnosed with Parkinsonism by his neurologist. If Papa is telling his story, he would be the first-person narrator; if I'm telling the story about him, then I would be the third-person narrator.
A book (story) consists of one main character (also known as "hero" or "protagonist") or multiple main characters and other characters (other archetypes), a subject matter that is discussed repeatedly ("theme") and at least one plotline ("what happened?"). The merging of these elements helps the writer show the hero's journey.
Helping a loved one/being an advocate consists of at least 2 protagonists (YOU and the loved one) and other archetypes (physicians, healthcare and social service providers, other family members and friends, neighbors, coworkers, vendors, . . . the stranger who gives up her/his seat on the train for you), themes (the cause for help and advocacy and the related issues), and plotlines (the interconnected events associated with all the characters). Who will be the most transformed in the story? The loved one? You the caregiver/advocate? The person who is most transformed would be the main character/hero/protagonist. Perhaps both people will go through great transformation. Two protagonists!
I am writing – I keep a notebook for whenever I visit my papa or when I do something on his behalf- gosh, there are so many little "subplots" to keep track of! (Is this Papa's third or last session with the physical therapist? Mary and I need to witness the exercises so that when the P.T. closes the case, we would be able to coach Papa. Did he say he wanted another heating pad? Oh my, there are at least 18 model to choose from. Gotta review friends' advice about what is a comfortable bed and also Consumer Reports. Then Papa has to "test drive" some beds. You just can't shop for a mattress the way you shop for a pair of shoes.
MATTRESS SHOPPING TIPS (from Sealy's website)
- Plan to spend at least one hour in the store.
- Wear loose clothing and easily removable shoes.
- Test out mattresses in groups of three for easier comparison.
- Lie on each mattress for 5 to 15 minutes to let it fully adapt to your body.
- Don't feel rushed. It's ok to ask for privacy.
I would add: Bring your own pillow so that your neck is supported while trying out mattresses; maybe bring an extra pillow case too.
And, I am reading the book The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity by Norman Doidge, M.D. Chapter 2 is titled "A Man Walks Off His Parkinsonian Symptoms" . . . how John Pepper has been able to reverse the major symptoms, the ones that Parkinson's patients dread most, those that lead to immobility. He's done so with an exercise program he devised and with a special kind of concentration . . .
All the "characters" in Dr. Doidge's books (The Brain's Way of Healing and The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science) and in Dr. Victoria Sweet's book (God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine) are guiding me on my journey as an advocate for my father. And, I just know that my mom plays a huge role in helping me.
I thank everyone who has given me her/his time, energy, and prayers.
Here are links to websites I've relied on lately:
https://franceskakugawa.wordpress.com/category/caregiving/ Frances Kakugawa
http://www.writeradvice.com/ywmtdw.html B. Lynn Goodwin
http://www.normandoidge.com/ Norman Doidge, M.D.
https://www.michaeljfox.org/ Michael J. Fox Foundation
Special thanks to Margie Yee Webb, Frances Kakugawa, Penny Manson, Debbie Ramos and her daughter Melanie who went out of their way to help me research specific items and to Mary, my sister Maria Leung, Linda Harris, Sue, Janet, and Elaine for being there in person.
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Author & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: "Reach out, not stress out. Enjoy your writer's journey."
Margie Yee Webb and other
Local Authors at Delta Wine & Art Faire
Sunday, October 7, 2012
12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Old Sugar Mill
35265 Willow Avenue
Clarksburg, CA 95612
$20 entry: includes meeting artists and authors, live music, book signings, & wine tasting
Get your tickets early!
Presenting Sponsor: Carvalho Family Winery
Over 20 Artists, 9 Wineries, 30 Authors, 4 bands and more!!!
(916)744-1625 http://www.carvalhofamilywinery.com
Featured Authors – Book signing!
• *Shelley Buck: Floating Point
• *L.F. Crawford: Bad Moon Rising
• *Bob Golling: Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace (edited by Maxine Hong Kingston)
• *M.L Hamilton: Emerald
• *Laurie Hoirup: I Can Dance: My Life with a Disability
• *Jeanne Johng-Nishikawa, Dreaming in English, www.dreaminginenglishmemoir.com
• *Pamela Johnson: Heart of a Pirate
• *Frances Kakugawa: Kapoho: Memoir of a Modern Pompeii, www.francesk.org
• *Hazuki Kataoka: The Moon Princess, www.storycardtheater.com
• *Steve Liddick: All That Time, Campsite Gourmet http://topcatpublications.com
• *Frank Luna: Red Storm
• *Elaine Macko: Armed
• *Nan Mahon: Blind Buddy and Mojo's Blues Band
• *Jennifer Martin: The Huna Warrior: The Magic Begins
• *Dahlynn McKowen: Wine-Oh! Guide to the Sierra Foothills & Wine Wherever: In California's Mid-Coast & Inland Regions
• *Ken McKowen: Best of California's Missions, Mansions and Museums & Best of Washington and Oregon's Mansions, Museums and More
• *Tom Myers: Sacramento Impressions
• *Shirley Parenteau, Bears In Bed, Bears On Chairs
• *Alton Pryor: books about history of the west
• *Carol Ryan: Right Now Is Perfect
• *Cindy Sample: Dying for a Dance and Dying for a Date, www.cindysamplebooks.com
• *Kiyo Sato: Kiyo's Story, A Japanese American Family's Quest for the American Dream www.dandelionthroughthecrack.com
• *Cheryl Stapp: Disaster and Triumph: Sacramento Women, Gold Rush through the Civil War
• *Murry Stapp: Those Radio Days
• *James Van Eaton: Chasing Moonshine, www.jamesvaneaton.com
• *Jennifer Walker, Bubba Goes National and Bubba to the Rescue, www.authorjenwalker.com
• *T.E. Watson, The Man Who Spoke With Cats
• *Margie Yee Webb: Cat Mulan's Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life, www.catmulan.com
• *Naida West: History novels, California Gold trilogy, http://www.bridgehousebooks.com
• Friends Of the Public Library: Various books
For directions:
Cheers to all the authors, artists and musicians!
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Coach Teresa, How do I fix my children's story? Agent says it's too episodic.
In my previous blog post about how to remedy an episodic storyline . . . here's an argument from one of my clients who writes children's books . . .
"But kids aren't that sophisticated, are they? Shouldn't stories for that age group be episodic?"
Coach Teresa here . . . Kids know what a good story is, especially if they've read the timeless classics (to name a few: The Hobbit; The Wind In the Willows; Charlotte's Web; The Phantom Tollbooth; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. What are other memorable children's books? Wordsworth the Poet by Frances Kakugawa is a contemporary favorite of mine )
Also, keep in mind that a children's story has to hook adults (agents, acquisition editors, publishers, booksellers, reviewers, shoppers). How do you hook adult-readers, even if you choose to be your own publisher?
Answer: Create memorable characters and follow screenwriting teacher Terrel Seltzer's advice: "Someone we care about wants something badly and is having a terrible time getting it."
Here's my post from May 26, 2011 about Terrel
I encourage you to set the stage. Give the reader sensory details—not only sight and hearing but also taste, smell and touch.
To create a story with thematic significance, let your metaphors / similes / inferences move your story forward or provide clues.
Coach Teresa says: "Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!"
Want to attract agents & publishers? Want to be your own publisher?
Email: writingcoachTeresa at gmail.com
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan loves to edit:
- novels & memoirs with feisty protagonists and universal messages;
- children's novels that help young readers understand their feelings and build self-confidence
My beloved friend Olga hosted a Gathering of Women today. It was more than a networking party because during "circle time" each woman was given the stage to talk about herself and her immediate goals. If a listener had recommendations or leads for the speaker, she wrote it on a piece of paper and presented it to the speaker after everyone had a chance to speak.
I humbly thank Olga, Margie, Frances, Kim, Theresa, Neva, Jana, Mary, Chandra, Pat, and Pamela for lovely foods and such beautiful energy (and the marvelous advice you gave me to further grow my business!). Nadia, thank you for hanging out with us. My wish for every woman in the group is this: May you summon the kind of vibrance you shared with the group today when you yourself need an energizer.
I invite you to broadcast your "Want Ads" and "Press Releases" by submitting a comment to this post.
If you like, give out your URLs to your:
I will "tag" your full names when you comment. To get the comment box, click on the blue title-bar of this post. Before you hit the "submit" button, you might want to copy your comment so that you can use it on your own blogs/facebook.
How do I keep my energy high and healthy? Speaking my wishes and listening to yours.
Teresa LeYung Ryan, author, writing-career coach, founder of GraceArt Publishing
Build My Writer's Name and Platform: Attract Agents, Acquisition Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention is the 22 minutes for 22 days workbook.
"Reach out, not stress out, when building your writer's name/platform."
"I'm tagging Olga Malyj, Chandra Garsson, Margie Yee Webb, Frances Kakugawa, Patricia Phillips as these powerful women have commented on this post. Click on their names to get to their links. More tagging to come. Click on 'comments' at the bottom of this post to read their comments." Sincerely, Writing Career Coach Teresa
Colleague Margie Yee Webb told me about a fun event that happened this past Tuesday night. I believe in post-event cheers for my colleagues. If you're in the Sacramento area, go meet these authors at events. What do these authors have in common? They're all vibrant members at the Sacramento Branch of the California Writers Club. I have worked with them (Margie Yee Webb, Steve Liddick, Bob Quinlan, Frances Kakugawa, Kiyo Sato, Susan M. Osborn) at various literary events and I think they are all delightful! Margie, Bob, Frances and I are WNBA members
September 21, 2010-An Evening With Authors-Open to the Public
6-8 p.m. Luna's Cafe, 1414 16th St., Sacramento, CA
These authors (they're nice people too) read from their works and autographed books:
Bob Quinlan of Earn It: Empower Yourself for Love (Authority Publishing, $19.95, 252 pages)
Frances Kakugawa of Mosaic Moon: Caregiving Through Poetry (Watermark Publishing, $16.95, 232 pages)
Kiyo Sato of Kiyo's Story: A Japanese-American Family's Quest for the American Dream (Soho Press, $25, 352 pages)
Susan M. Osborn of The System Made Me Do It: A Life Changing Approach to Office Politics (Lifethread Publications, $19.95, 176 pages)
Teresa LeYung Ryan, author, writing-career coach, founder of GraceArt Publishing
Build My Writer's Name and Platform: Attract Agents, Acquisition Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention
is the 22 minutes for 22 days workbook.
"Reach out, not stress out, when building your writer's name."
Another Day in the Life of a Published Author/Presenter/Advocate of Literacy
Dear Writers,
I encourage everyone to finish writing that story or that book and find ways to get your work published in print form. When I first set out to write Love Made of Heart (originally entitled Grace) over 20 years ago, my dream was to someday touch readers the way Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior had touched me.
Since Love Made of Heart got published in October 2002 by Kensington Publishing Corp., New York, I have had the opportunities to make connections with readers not only with the book but also through personal appearances at community events, writers' conferences, writers' organizations, schools and libraries. Connecting with people through promoting literacy is my favorite role as an author.
Today I received this email which made me sad, but, I got a chance to offer a piece of me as an author. Thank you, Donna, for emailing me.
Hello Teresa! My name is Donna Axelson. I am on the board of the non-profit Veterans Memorial that was built in 2007 in Cupertino, CA. I became involved with this project because my son, Matthew Axelson, a Navy SEAL, was killed in Afghanistan in 2005. If you have read the New York Times Bestseller Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell you have read about Matthew and Operation Redwing.
One of my major jobs with the non-profit is to chair the annual golf tournament that supports the Memorial. This is our fifth year to hold the golf tournament and one of the most sought after auction items is children's books signed by local authors. I'm hoping you would be willing to donate a copy of one of your books this year for the auction. The golf tournament this year is Monday, August 23 @ the Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club. You can reach me at ____ and you can view our website at www.cupertinoveteransmemorial.org
Are you a golfer? We'd love to have you join us for golf or how about coming just for the dinner, auctions, and program. See attachment. http://www.cupertinoveteransmemorial.org/golf_tournament.html
Thank you!
Donna Axelson
This is my reply to Donna:
Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Dear Donna,
My heart is heavy as I read your email about how you got involved with Veterans Memorial.
Donna, I would be honored to donate a copy of Love Made of Heart (to honor your love for Matthew); however my book is not a children's book. It is recommended by the California Reading Association and the California School Library Association (for high-school and college level); it's archived at the San Francisco History Center. The main character is in her twenties.
This link has more information about the book:
- Do let me know if you still want a copy of Love Made of Heart.
- I am the creator of "Heroes, Tricksters, and Villains" (a writing workshop for children). If you ever want such a presentation for another fundraiser, please invite me.
- You might want to also contact Frances Kakugawa, the author of Wordsworth the Poet and Wordsworth Dances The Waltz. http://www.francesk.org/homepage.html Please tell Frances hello for me if you email her.
- Donna, are you a writer? There must be a branch of California Writers Club near you. http://calwriters.org/
- Lastly, how did you find me?
Teresa LeYung Ryan
The following day, Donna emailed again:
I looked up your book so know a bit about it already. We have at least one foursome of high school and college age golfers plus parents of those same age young people golf. Plus our CEO is involved with the Organization of Special Needs families in our area. I think your book would be a wonderful addition to our auction. Please send it to the address below % CVM Golf Tournament.
I will contact Frances. Thank you for her information.
Last year when I went to the Linden Tree in Los Altos (Dennis and Linda always donate books for the auction.) I purchased a book 2007 Writers and Illustrators Network Guide [Authors and Illustrators Network Guide] and you were in that book.
Donna Axelson
c/o Cupertino Veterans Memorial Golf Tournament
So, I inscribed a hardcover copy of Love Made of Heart to "The Cupertino Veterans Memorial Hearts" and attached a personal note to Donna and mailed the package out.
Dear Writers,
On my wesite is a page "Writers Resources" http://lovemadeofheart.com/Writers-Resources.html I attend many of the events sponsored by Women's National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter.
See you at a community event or on cyberspace!
As an author and community spirit, Teresa LeYung Ryan speaks out for public libraries, honors immigrant-stories, advocates compassion for mental illness, and helps survivors of violence find their own voices through writing.
Love Made of Heart inspires adult-children of mentally-ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas that their parents suffer. http://LoveMadeOfHeart.com
Build Your Name, Beat the Game: Be Happily Published is the 22 minutes for 22 days workbook. Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan says: "Reach out, not stress out, when building your writer's name." http://WritingCoachTeresa.com
To continue celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and AsianWeek (the voice of Asian America) I'm thinking about these books and authors:
Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
China Boy by Gus Lee
The Jade Rubies by Valerie Lee (I'm looking forward to reading this book this year)
Peony In Love by Lisa See
My Splendid Concubine by Lloyd Lofthouse
Wordsworth the Poet by Frances Kakugawa
My Half of the Sky by Jana McBurney-Lin
This Place Called Absence by Lydia Kwa (Ms. Kwa is Canadian)
Kiyo's Story: A Japanese American Familys Quest for the American Dream by Kiyo Sato
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston
Teresa LeYung Ryan author of Love Made of Heart – an immigrant daughter's journey to self-forgiveness
Love Made of Heart on-line store & gift shop
Build Your Name, Beat the Game: Be Happily Published is the 22 minutes for 22 days workbook by Writing Career Coach Teresa http://WritingCoachTeresa.com
15 May 2010 Delightful people and guardian angels made Asian Heritage Street Celebration a sunny day for me.
If you were at today's AHSC, I welcome your comments to this post. Just click on the title of this post to get the boxes. After you compose your comment, save a copy, then press the "submit comment" button. Thanks!
Even last night I wasn't sure whether I'd make it to the event today. I believe Marisa and my mom must have sent me a dose of energy.
Thank you, Margie Yee Webb, creator of Cat Mulan, for orchestrating the California Writers Club booth at the Asian Heritage Street Celebration. We were in front of the San Francisco Main Branch Library on Larkin Street, between the Public Library booth and Kara's Cupcakes–what could be better? Margie Yee Webb, Lloyd Lofthouse, Frances Kakugawa and I had fun with dear fans and friends. Thank you, Margie's beautiful sisters and niece, Frances's sweetheart, all the kind folks at AHSC, and of course my hubby Lyle Ryan who dragged a second suitcase of books onto BART with me. Guardian Angels brought us sunshine in the afternoon.
Thank you! to Everyone who have read or will be reading Love Made of Heart. You have the power to be Book Critics. Please write reviews (can be short) on Amazon.com or email email@example.com
As an author and a community spirit, I, Teresa LeYung Ryan, use my novel Love Made of Heart to:
• shed light on stigmas suffered by immigrant women, men, and children
• advocate understanding of mental illness/traumas to the mind
• help survivors of violence find their own voices through writing
Hello Writers of Fiction and Non-Fiction,
I'll be at these events in May and June, 2010:
This Thursday May 13, 2010 I will be attending the Effie Lee Morris Lecture at the San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
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Saturday, May 15, 2010 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. PST
Asian Heritage Street Celebration (starts at Larkin and McAllister Streets in San Francisco, in front of the Asian Art Museum in Civic Center, leading up to the Little Saigon District)
Look for Teresa LeYung Ryan (author of Love Made of Heart), Margie Yee Webb, Frances Kakugawa and Lloyd Lofthouse at the California Writers Club booth.
The fair features Asian American artists, DJs, martial arts, today's Asian pop culture, j-cars, a Muay Thai kickboxing ring, scrumptious food, children's area, cultural procession, anime, free hepatitis B screenings and more! www.asianfairsf.com
The event is free and open to the public. Teresa will post location of their booth; please check: http://writingcoachteresa.com
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:00am – 12:45pm PST
Blockbuster Plots Consultant Martha Alderson http://blockbusterplots.com & Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan on Kim McMillon's "Writers' Sanctuary" Blog Talk Radio Show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword/page/3 If you miss the live show, you can listen to the archive at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword/2010/05/18/writers-sanctuary-with-kim-mcmillon
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Friday June 18, 2010
Time: 11 AM PDT |12 PM MDT | 1 PM CDT |2 PM EDT
Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan on Linda Joy Myers's Teleseminar for The National Association of Memoir Writers (NAMW)
[June NAMW Member-only Teleseminar] Join Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan as She Helps Memoir Writers Use What They Know to Build Fame! Fun & Simple Steps for Memoir Writers to Thrive
Not already a member of NAMW? Visit http://www.namw.org now!
How do writers thrive in the fiercely competitive industry? Find out for yourself in this delightful session with Coach Teresa who created Build Your Name, Beat the Game: Be Happily Published (the 22 minutes for 22 days workbook).
She will help you:
* understand the need to build one's name/fame in today's publishing arena.
* identify advocates, endorsers and fans.
* gain recognition through your words and your community.
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Saturday, June 19, 2010 2:00pm PST
San Mateo County Fair / Peninsula Festival
Four Bay Area novelists discuss their writing experiences and offer tips for aspiring fiction writers.
Teresa LeYung Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart. www.writingcoachteresa.com
Margaret Davis, author of Straight Down the Middle. www.margaretdavisbooks.com
Judith Marshall, author of Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever. www.judithmarshall.net
Jon Corey, author of A Plague of Scoundrels
Moderator: Tory Hartmann http://toryhartmann.com/
Teresa LeYung Ryan uses her novel Love Made of Heart to shed light on secret agonies suffered by mothers and daughters in domestic violence. She is also a writing career coach and creator of Build Your Name, Beat the Game: Be Happily Published.
Margaret Davis (Straight Down the Middle) is a sociologist who is also the author of Families in a Working World and A Practical Guide to Organization Design. Her second novel, Katie Carlisle, will be available soon.
Judith Marshall (Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever) is the owner of Kelso Books, a publishing house. Husbands has been optioned for the screen and her second novel, Staying Afloat, will be available soon.
Jon Cory (A Plague of Scoundrels). Retirement enabled Jon to return to creative writing after a career in business. His debut novel received the 2009 Independent Publishers' Silver Medal award for popular fiction.
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For more than three decades, I didn't spend much time in the company of women. I didn't plan it, it just sort of worked out that way. My life mate/soul mate and I did most things together, including work — trying to build our business. He was also my best friend, the person I most wanted to be with. We had wide-ranging interests, and we talked about life, books, movies, history, philosophy, ideas.
I knew some women, of course, but not well, and I never participated in any group activities. After his death, though, I got involved with many people. I joined a grief support group, and we had plenty to talk about — our deceased loved ones, our many losses (we lost not just the person, but the life we shared, our hopes, plans, and a feeling of "home"), our pain, our slow rewakening to life, and ourselves.
It wasn't until recently, when I started taking exercise classes and came in close regular contact with a group of women that I ended up in a situation I wasn't prepared to deal with. Idle chitchat. Gossip. Talking about each other, especially about those who weren't present.
At first, I didn't think anything of it since the remarks weren't malicious, but when I found myself making comments (nothing bad, just things another person had done or said to me) I began to feel uneasy. I'm no paragon, but I do like to do the right thing. Eventually I came to the conclusion that we're women. We talk about people. It's who we are. (Though studies have shown that men gossip just as much as women do.) I have no delusions of being exempt as a topic of gossip — I always figured that in my absence they talked about me, but it didn't matter. It's not my business what other people think of me. (Strange. I just realized that once I took the opposite tack, that it is my business.) In fact, after one lunch — yep, we often exercised then went to lunch afterward to replace more than the calories we burned — I had to leave before everyone else, and when I got up to go, I gave them a big smile and said, "Now you can talk about me."
To be honest, we talk mostly about ourselves (though food is a strong second topic). The comments about others were quite remarkably sparse, perhaps because we spent most of our time togther concentrating on our movements. Talking about our families and absent friends was simply a way of passing inactive moments.
But the truth is, even if I thought there was anything wrong with the remarks, I would not have walked away. I found such talk compelling. Intriguing. Connecting. Privileged.
After coming to an accommodation with gossiping, I didn't think anything more about it until a few days ago when one of the women called to let off steam about a reprimand she'd gotten that day, which she felt was uncalled for. Since I too was upset about something that happened in that class, we commiserated with each other at great length. I thought it was over and done with until today when she called to ask if I'd repeated a specific, totally innocuous remark she'd made during our commiseration. I hadn't repeated her remark, but she was so upset, the call ended on a bad note.
As a result, I am rethinking my position. I want to try to stay away from any remarks about others, which sort of leaves a void in the conversation. Most people after or even during exercise have no interest in deep discussions of important ideas or significant events, (not even me, though at other times I'm all for such discussions), but I'm used to being quiet, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
The idea of not being privy to insider remarks, however, has left me feeling bereft. Such conversations were so compelling, I can still feel the pull — a sort of magnetism — when I think of the exchanges (though to be honest, I can't remember many of the actual remarks. They truly were innocuous and not at all malicious.)
I've spent the past few hours doing what I always do when faced with a conundrum — research, in this case, researching why gossip is so fascinating. (Not celebrity gossip — I have zero interest in such unimportant folk. Unimportant to me, anyway.)
According to an article in Psychologies Magazine, Gossip builds social bonds because shared dislikes create stronger bonds than shared positives. Two people who don't know each other will feel closer if they share something mean about a third person than if they say nice things about them. It's a way of demonstrating their shared values and sense of humour. Add to that the thrill of transgression, since we're supposed to be nice and positive.
However much we may disapprove of gossip in theory, it's very common behavior, says social psychologist Laurent Bègue. "About 60 per cent of conversations between adults are about someone who isn't present, and most of these are passing judgement."
Anthropologist Robin Dunbar has suggested that gossip is a vital evolutionary factor in the development of our brains; language came about because of the need to spread gossip, and not the other way round.
Participants in a one study were asked "to gossip with a friend about a mutual acquaintance, as the researcher filmed the exchanges. Those who rated their self-esteem highly showed a clear pattern: they spread good gossip when they felt accepted and a more derogatory brand when they felt marginalized. The gossip may involve putting someone else down to feel better by comparison. Or it may simply be a way to connect with someone else and share insecurities. But the end result is often a healthy relief of social and professional anxiety."
Other studies show that gossip is a way of defining group behavior and keeping the group intact, which is a survival skill left from our tribal days. Even today, talking about what others have done is a way of defining group values. If you talk about someone who disrupted a class or who slacked off at work, it's an object lesson, showing the rest of the group what actions are acceptable. (Do what the teacher says, don't play around in class, make sure you shoulder your share of the burden.) Talking also helps prevent problems from getting out of hand by letting members of the group vent their frustrations with other members.
So, according to an article in C. Health "We shouldn't think about gossip as just a time-wasting, tacky habit. It can actually be a valuable social tool to help us understand and get along better with those around us."
Whether gossip has a healthy role or merely a destructive one, we are infinitely fascinated by other human beings, and gossip tells us not only about the gossipee but also the gossiper.
Still, I think I'd feel better if I stop making comments about what other people said or did to me. At least most of the time. Anne Lamott said of writing, and the same might be true of talking: "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better."
Pat Bertram is the author of the suspense novels Light Bringer, More Deaths Than One, A Spark of Heavenly Fire, and Daughter Am I. Bertram is also the author of Grief: The Great Yearning, "an exquisite book, wrenching to read, and at the same time full of profound truths." Connect with Pat on Google+. Like Pat on Facebook.


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Some of the best moments are those when it's possible to listen to a new record and get a sense of discovery from it. Sometimes, the urge to shou "Eureka!" is just overpowering because, you finally get it; other people had already been singing this band's praises, but you just never saw the thrill in it that they were getting – until a new release strikes that chord which resonates so well within you that it shakes you right down to your very foundations. That's the sort of feeling I got when I first heard the End Of Daze EP by the Dum Dum Girls. While 2011's Only In Dreams was a fine enough album for the band in that it further developed the Girls' image as one of the best of rock's new breed, the album seemed a little two-dimensional in that it just continually presented one image of the band (always in the same pose) ten times and then lumbered away. That isn't to say it was a bad record (it wasn't bad in the slightest), only that it was a bit limited in what it did. With the End Of Daze EP though, listeners are given some added insight for the Only In Dreams sessions; it proves that there were another four songs which fell by the wayside because the band deemed them to be just a little too different to be included on the LP. They are the unreleased songs which make up the run-time of End Of Daze.
…And some would argue that they're each better than any of the songs which appear on the full-length!
Well, maybe that they were unjustly left off of the LP is reaching a bit, but each of the songs on End Of Daze is definitely worth hearing. Unlike the tracks which did make the cut, the ones on this EP are consistently lighter and less heavy-handed (more Bangles meets Blonde Redhead than Bangles meet The Stooges) than anything on the full length. Here, they reach into directions centered more around artifice and delicacy than hard grinding rock, but the funny thing is that regardless of how much a given listener loved the LP, they'll also have to concede that these songs are pretty wild for the counterpoint they represent too. The chilly, echo-ey oddness of "Mine Tonight" is about as far as one would expect to get from the comfort zone that Only In Dreams identified, but it's still an interesting listen. So too is "Lord Knows," which seems half-finished because it lifts both the chord progression and vibe from Cowboy Junkies' cover of "Sweet Jane," and puts new lyrics over top; as if the music was just put in for a placeholder so the band could come back and fill it in properly later. In both of those cases (and both of the others as well) Dum Dum Girls take about as large a step out of their comfort zone as any listener could imagine, but they don't falter or stumble in their experimentations, which makes for a very thought-provoking listen. As good as Only In Dreams was, this EP dilates the scope of possibilities that Dum Dum Girls are capable of and lets listeners' minds start racing; with this EP along with Only In Dreams in mind, listeners will realize that Dum Dum Girls could have anything in store for fans when they return with another album and that's a pretty tantalizing possibility.
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Zhuang Zedong, Chinese table tennis player (born Aug. 25, 1940, Yangzhou, China—died Feb. 10, 2013, Beijing, China), reigned as world table tennis champion (1961, 1963, and 1965) until the Cultural Revolution swept China in 1966 and the sports program was temporarily dismantled, but he later became instrumental in an unexpected role—promoting "Ping-Pong diplomacy." During the 1971 world championships in Japan, Zhuang was waiting on a bus carrying members of the Chinese team when American player Glenn Cowan, who had missed the vehicle transporting Americans, mistakenly climbed aboard. After an uncomfortable 10-minute silence, Zhuang approached Cowan, gave the American a scarf as a friendly gesture, and, with the aid of an interpreter, wished his rival well in the competition. The overture was the impetus that prompted Chairman Mao Zedong to invite the American team to Beijing, an event that led to a thaw in relations (frozen since the communist takeover of China in 1949) between China and the U.S. The teams made reciprocal visits in 1971–72, and Pres. Richard M. Nixon's trip to China in February 1972 was the first by a sitting U.S. president. During the five-year ban on table tennis, many of Zhuang's teammates committed suicide, and it was feared that he had suffered the same fate. He reemerged, however, and befriended Mao's third wife, Jiang Qing, who rewarded him with the post of sports minister and elevation to the Central Committee. When his patroness's fortunes fell in 1976 as one of the notorious Gang of Four, however, Zhuang was sent to a prison camp for four years; after his release in 1980, he spent an additional five years in internal exile in Shanxi province. He then returned to Beijing and resumed coaching and cultivated a flair for calligraphy.
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Tennis Legend Boris Becker Battles for Custody of Daughter
The former Wimbledon champ emerges smiling after a six-hour hearing
When news first surfaced seven years ago that tennis legend Boris Becker had a baby from his fling with a Russian model, he wanted nothing to do with the situation. He demanded a DNA test and bad-mouthed Angela Ermokowa, the London-based woman who gave birth to the little girl, Anna, who looks so much like Becker that a DNA test seemed truly unnecessary.
But the situation has turned – and now Becker, 39, is fighting for custody of his child. The former Wimbledon champ emerged smiling Wednesday from London Family Court after a six-hour hearing. "Now I can see my daughter on a regular basis," he told the German Bild newspaper.
Becker says he has fully accepted his daughter and enjoys spending time with her. His two sons by ex-wife Barbara Becker love their sister, but Ermakowa had full custody of Anna and reportedly was hesitant about letting Becker see his daughter regularly.
At the same time, Ermakowa has kept Anna in the public eye – modeling in a fashion show in Florence, a part in a TV series, interviews. Anna's appearances made headlines in October when a cosmetics company was fined for violating child-labor regulations by having Anna appear in a promotion for their children's cosmetics line.
"I hurts me deeply in my soul how this year in particular my daughter has been put on public display, be it in TV interviews or children's fashion shows," he tells the weekly newsmagazine Stern. "In my opinion, it's the duty of the parents to protect their children. With my sons, I have joint custody, but unfortunately not with my daughter. You can believe me that I'm fighting for it."


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Motherhood is no child's play. Ask Mandira Bedi about it. Vir must be all of five months, but he's already keeping his parents on their toes
Motherhood is no child's play. Ask Mandira Bedi about it. Vir must be all of five months, but he's already keeping his parents on their toes. And he's as impatient and moody as his mum. Mandy, who's busy balancing her career with family, talks to CS about the new phase in her life:
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Where: At her Bandra residence
The great depression
I was lucky to not suffer from the regular pregnancy problems like morning sickness or cravings when I was expecting Vir. But it wasn't a fairytale pregnancy either. And for all those who think that post pregnancy-depression is only a chapter in mom-to-be books, you have to meet me. Till a month after Vir was born, I was totally stressed out. There were days when I was happy and excited, but there were also days when I would just sit and cry for no reason. I was all over the place - I felt irritated and disgusted with myself. I couldn't come to terms with the new change in my life and couldn't cope with reality. I felt inadequate as a mother. There was a point when I wanted to give up. Even bonding with the baby happened much later.
Weighty issue
For someone like me, who's always been on the leaner side, gaining 22 kilos was a big scare. And mind you, this type of weight gain is the toughest to get rid off. Though I was advised compulsory rest for 40 days after the C-section operation, I was itching to get back to my workout routine, as exercising helps maintain my sanity. The 41st day I went out and started running on Carter Road. No wild horses could have held me back that day. Now I exercise five days a week, out of which two days I exercise twice a day. And in five months I have lost most of my weight.
Baby bonding
Vir is full of surprises. He is five months and in a hurry to do things. He's already making noises and is very vocal. Given a chance, he straightens his legs and tries to stand. He is a lot like me -- impatient, always in a hurry and moody. As far as looks are concerned, he takes after Raj, though we wanted it to be the other way round. I have to admit that I didn't fall in love with the baby the minute I saw him. It took me a while. But now our bond is very strong. Raj and I are very hands-on parents. I don't want my kid to be raised by a nanny. As a father even Raj is as responsible as I am. In the night, we take turns to stay up with Vir. If I am out,
Raj makes sure that he is working from home so that he can check on the baby every two hours. But I must say that motherhood has made me more responsible and calmer.
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Analysis of over 120,000 sales valuations has revealed some of the UK's most expensive and cheapest property regions.
Central London's 'W' postcode is the UK's most expensive with an average valuation price of £1,155,015, followed by Kingston's 'KT' postcode with an average of over £550,000.
The analysis was carried out by instant online valuations provider the ValPal Network - which is owned by Angels Media, the publisher of Estate Agent Today.
The network, which works with Thomas Morris and Kings Group and claims to provide valuations to over 18% of the agency market, calculates that the average price in Greater London is £580,280 and that properties in the Home Counties are typically valued at £417,404.
The analysis of hundreds of thousands of national sales valuations requested between March and May places southern Scotland as the UK's cheapest region with an average property price of £167,244. Motherwell's 'ML' postcode is the cheapest in the UK with an average price of £106,985.
Between March and May, ValPal calculates that the average national property sales value was £282,862 and the average national rental yield was 5.13%.
"The ValPal Network is a unique barometer of the property market, and one that will give the first indications of the property market climate following the election," says ValPal director Craig Vile.
Meanwhile estate agents Your Move and Reeds Rains have released their latest house price index.
The firms report that average house price growth nudged up by 0.3% during May.
According to the index, the average house price in England and Wales was £303,200 last month – representing an increase of £13,934 (4.8%) over the last 12 months.
"The market remains resilient and there's encouraging activity in the North, but we need to urgently address the serious blockages in house building holding back labour mobility and economic competitiveness in too many areas of the country," says Oliver Blake, managing director of Your Move and Reeds Rains.


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Interview with Kentucky-Tennessee Rising Star Sommelier Julie Defriend of The Oakroom at the Seelbach Hotel – Louisville, KY
Sean Kenniff: When did wine first pique your interest?
Julie Defriend: When I was 19, watching this fabulous gay friend of mine at his wonderful house, enamored with everything stylish. There was some wine, a bottle of white zyn. I fell in love with the whole wine experience, not just the wine.
People like to talk about a wine epiphany … I used to drink white and listened to what people referred to as (supposedly) good wine. I never liked red. Then, out on a date with an older gentlemen, he said, "You haven't had the right red."
A lot of my guests say, "I don't like this," or "I don't like that," but than I give them the wine with the right food. You have to show them what they like, give them something to latch on to.
SK: When did you get into the restaurant business?
JD: I started working in restaurants in 1994… at a Romano's Macaroni Grill. Then I moved on to Azalea, out in the east end of Louisville. When it first opened, it was a hot spot. The wine list was completely domestic. I started as a server and very quickly became the wine person. I was more interested in it than anyone else. Even as a server I was very involved with the wine program. Then, when I became manager, it immediately became mine. I grew the list to 120, 130.
SK: And when Azalea closed?
JD: I was recruited by Jeff Ruby's and they hired me as the assistant GM. He was pretty happy to hand the wine list over to me. It was a big honor to be trusted with it. I grew that list to over 600, old and new world wines. It was really fun and a great experience.
When the recession hit, it was a lot less fun … to be at a big glossy steakhouse. I was politely recruited by The Oakroom—there were no hard feelings.
SK: How has the wine scene changed in Louisville since you've been in the game?
JD: Since 1994? It's changed remarkably. Wine has gone from being the stuffy, rich person or elitist beverage to being something that you probably find at a frat party. There's been a concerted effort over a period of years, a wine machine in motion brining wine down to the masses. Wine has an experience attached to it; it's pretty tasty as well. There's something for everybody at this point. And there's a need for somms to lead the way. Also, there's a desire on the other side of the table to learn.
SK: Do you have a wine mentor?
JD: [Master Sommelier] Brett Davis. He was a restaurant manger in Louisville. I've known him so long, I forget how we met. He told me, "You have a really good palette, you should explore that."
[Master Sommelier] Scott Harper was also encouraging. Brett was pursuing his advanced certification then. His [wine tasting] group was not just doing it for fun. He looked into getting me in, and later I started my own group. We've been Together for 5 years now.
I'd had put my academic pursuit of wine on the back burner. All these people [in Davis' groups] had these credentials and I decided I wanted them, too. I embarked on a journey to become a certified somm and wine specialist and educator.
SK: How many in your group?
JD: There are seven in my group, including me. Last year we met twice a week. Five have passed the certification exam and two have passed the educator exam. All are eyeing the advanced exam.
SK: What's your role in the group?
JD: I tend to be a natural born leader … or bully. I try to keep everyone together and committed and moving forward. I'm the only woman. It's been a huge and amazing experience for me, for all of us.
SK: What's the biggest challenge facing a sommelier in Louisville?
JD: As far as our little group of wine people, we're young. Wine is young in Louisville. Brett has led it. I don't know of anybody in this town who is only a somm. It's almost like doing the wine program should be given more of its own credit. To run an amazing program, furthering the cause, for ourselves and for guests, is difficult. It gets even tougher when you're really a restaurant manager who's also in charge of wine program.
SK: Where do you see the wine scene in Louisville going?
JD: The Oakroom is a wine destination, I'm lucky in that respect. I want more people to respect it. I have hope for our young community. Our foucs has been on betterment, certifications, passing exams. Now, what are we going to do with all that? Share. Guide. I'm a great guide because I can tell you what you need to do. At the same time, a lot of these younger people have these sort of superstar aspirations. They don't understand the work. They wanna be a big glossy superstar. I'm there to say that for Brett and Scott it was a lot of blood, sweat, tears. There should be no illusions about it. I cried when I passed the advanced sommelier exam.
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A Line in the Sand
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Our Canyonlands
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in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act by President Lyndon Johnson. In the film, I represent the voice of the late
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In the tradition of all great residences, we take pride in our library and are pleased to bring ours into the digital arena. Here you will find our selection of beautiful photographs taken over the years by professionals, by ourselves and our guests as well as some videos we have put together.
You can read our news, what others say about us, and some of the lovely messages left by our guests. If you have anything you would like us to share please do get in touch.
Every space at Treville is now fitted with our custom home Sonos Sound System to experience and capture emotions of music coming to life. Download the Sonos App to play your personal music from your iPhone or select from our carefully curated Music Library compiled exclusively for Villa Treville by international DJ Max Chipchase in close collaboration with your host Govind.
Listen to the sounds of Villa Treville or create your own playlists to suit your mood.
Thank you for the most wonderful memory of this trip. You all made this time perfect for us. We will return soon.
Jodi & Steve
Words fail to describe our gratitude for our stay here at Villa Treville. It was a melody that drew me here, as enchanting as the Zeffirelli Suite. And here, the meloday has blossomed in my heart. Thank you Villa Treville for a dream come true.
One special date in a very special place! Thank you all for making us feel like we were in Paradise! I can only think of one word to describe it, the atmosphere and the love we received from everyone: Sublime
I am sure we will be back!
Maria & Bernardo
To our new family at Villa Treville,
Nothing could have made us happier than sharing our 25th anniversary with you, here at the most outstanding, magical destination. This is a very special place and you are very special people. We will remember this week forever and look forward to our return.
Julie & Paul
What an amazingly special place. Thank you for sharing our honeymoon with us - we will remember this forever. Can't wait for the next time!
Jenny & Jeremy


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Dr. Stan Fenwick
Dr. Fenwick completed his specialty training in Oral and Maxillofacial Sugery as Resident and Chief Resident at Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Centre in New York. This included training in General Anaesthesia in both office and operating room settings. Dr. Fenwick obtained his dental degree at the University of Toronto after one year of undergraduate studies.
Dr. Fenwick holds Fellowships with the Royal College of Dentists of Ontario, and Honourary Fellowships in the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the American College of Oral Implantology. Dr. Fenwick is also a Fellow of the American Dental Society of Anaesthesiology.
Dr. Fenwick also completed a Dental Internship at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Fenwick has maintained a full-time practice in the Durham community for 20 years, with hospital priveleges at Lakeridge Health Oshawa and Rouge Valley Ajax hospitals.


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LAS VEGAS—Big EMC has taken a tip from a much smaller Boston-based company, Actifio, and come out with its own version of a product that could eventually replace conventional data governance of everything that is not primary data.
EMC Enterprise Copy Data Management (eCDM), introduced May 2 at EMC World 2016 here at the Sands Expo, new software to be made available this fall that enables enterprises to regain control of the spiraling costs of storing and managing multiple copies of the same data.
Copy data is everything that is not currently being used in production. Actifio pioneered the new approach with its copy data virtualization (CDV) several years ago, but it is now provided by multiple vendors, including EMC as part of its data management lineup.
Actifo's CDV applies the same virtualization approach to data that changed everything with servers more than a dozen years ago. It frees data from the use case-defined silos of infrastructure that characterize older-generation data management architectures, and opens the door for global enterprises to obtain better use of their apps.
Further reading
Go here to see an eWEEK slideshow outlining Actifo's copy data virtualization.
Just as the "cc" function in email can make it far too easy to create data sprawl in the email inbox, unmonitored snapshots, for example, can cause the same problem in the data center. Researcher IDC has estimated that by 2018, global businesses will waste some $51 billion storing data on the wrong tier of storage, or storing data they no longer need. eCDM aims to provide companies with a cross-enterprise tool to streamline processes for monitoring, managing and analyzing copy data.
EMC's Approach to Handling Copy Data Management
EMC's take on handling copy data management is quite different from Actifio's. The eCDM goes out and discovers the data copies, creates metadata around those copies, then provides analytics to let users interrogate the system about the data. The entire process is automated, so that admins need only to do a minimal amount of work.
"With Actifio, they are very dependent on an IBM SBC (session border controller) control plane," EMC President of Products and Marketing Jeremy Burton told eWEEK. "They need this cloaking layer to be wedged in the middle (as an interpreter) so that their metadata management thing can access something that is homogenous.
"So architecturally, we're not dependent on any intermediate layer. It's going to take a little bit of time to build support for various different storage arrays and so on, but we firmly believe that in order for this to be pervasive, it has has to be non-invasive. We can't be requiring cloaking. Non-invasive is a frictionless deployment, and it's got to be a global view, it can't just be on-prem."
Copies of a company's reference data are the majority data within most enterprises, Burton said.
Keeping Track of Data Inventory in Automated Fashion
"Sometimes the copy you keep is the one that gets you trouble," Burton said. "Years ago in the Morgan Stanley case, they disclosed to the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) that they'd given them all they had (of relevant data in an investigation), and then they discovered a bunch of tapes. You would hope these days that fewer and fewer people are doing tape backups.
"If you have a digital copy anywhere, you should have a single catalog that allows you to understand where it is, what it is, and how many you've got. That is the basic premise."
eCDM will will become available in Q3 2016, EMC said. Its initial focus will be on addressing copy sprawl in EMC systems, including visibility into VMAX All Flash, VMAX3, XtremIO and Data Domain systems.


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Wot I Think: Hidden Folks
Hide & Seek
Perhaps the most important thing about Hidden Folks [official site] is how it manages to contain so much unabashed happiness. Taking the Where's Wally concept and making it far more complex, despite being in black and white, these intricate wimmelbilderbuch art drawings (got to use it again!) burst with silly life. Click on anything and something will happen, whether it's birds squawking and taking off, monkeys falling out of trees, boats sailing further down a river, hay bales rolling across a field, or doors opening to reveal people sitting on the toilet, each is accompanied by a man-made sound effect. Which is both daft and wonderful, which are the two words that best describe Hidden Folks.
I love its capacity to make me laugh out loud. In the second level, a huge (but not nearly as huge as things get) jungle scene, a hen is hidden somewhere with the clue, "This chicken was a bite size dinner". I spotted a snake in a small clearing, with an enormous bulge near its tail. Clicking on the bulge has it squelch along nearer the snake's head, until eventually it coughs out the bird. Who proceeds to peck nonchalantly at the ground.
The game doesn't make a fuss about how it's meant to be played, which is a rare and stupendous thing. If you want to find all the hidden people, animals and objects by meticulously scrutinising the screen, zooming in to maximum detail, and solving the semi-cryptic hints to their potential locations, then great. If you want to click at random all over the picture to see what happens, stumbling on the targets as you go, then you're welcome to. I think the ideal way to play is somewhere between the two, making an effort to find your goals, but enjoying the silliness of all the sound effects and animations packed in there with some frenetic clicking.
Oh, and there are so many sound effects! In a preview earlier this year I mentioned how a small disappointment was clicking on something and not hearing a specific sound. Developers Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg took this to heart and went completely bonkers, adding in hundreds and hundreds more. There are now, apparently, over 960 different mouth-made noises in there, accompanying over 200 different ways to interact with the pictures. That's quite the thing.
That it doesn't punish you for this as a hidden object game might (and should) is a very wise choice, and not including anything like a click counter ensures there's nothing pushing you away from playing with it as a toy, as well as as a game. It seems like a small detail, but it's one that could have tainted the pleasure, and it was smart decision making not to do it. (Other smart choices include different colour modes, letting you switch from black on white to a less glaring sepia tone, and a night mode with white on black.)
I mentioned last month that I've had the rare pleasure of playing the game as its been through various iterations over the last few months, seeing levels put in and taken out, and indeed entire extra concepts like the rather wonky levels where the camera inexorably slid left forcing a time limit on your finding things. That never really came together and doesn't appear in the released version. The final design is one of mini levels betwixt enormous levels, one sort of introducing the next. You might see a small domestic scene in front of someone's house, and then be confronted by multiple streets each with a dozen houses, stunning amounts of detail and animation taking place throughout. Exploring these involves opening doors, sliding panels, moving manhole covers, and jiggling satellite dishes. In the jungle it might be shaking trees, digging holes, poking animal nests and tickling monkeys.
Larger levels will have up to 14 different things to find, requiring that you collect a minimum of eight before it moves on. Some of these I wanted to find everything, a couple of them I found less enticing and was happy to move on. (It really was only a couple, that felt more fiddly and less interesting than others.) Which introduces the only real issue here: there are only fifteen levels.
Funny thing is, I happen to know they have more than that, because I've played levels in earlier builds that don't appear here. Whether they decided they didn't make the cut, or are holding them back for later updates, I'm not sure, but I would have thought the more the better. As it is, you'll get through everything on offer in just a couple of hours. That's enough, and I should stress that's not finding every item in every level. Add another couple of hours on for managing that. At under £6, that's a perfectly reasonable length, but it does feel a little abrupt.
Still, when you're only complaint about a game is that you want more of it, it's pretty good going. This is charming and silly and gentle and fun, ridiculously intricate and lovingly crafted. It's not hardcore, it's not going to outfox you, but it doesn't want to be doing that. This is one of those instances where you wish "casual" hadn't become a meaningless nonsense term in gaming, because it would nicely capture the feeling of a puzzle book that's magically come alive, a Where's Wally where you get to poke and prod the characters. It's a calm, calming and pleasingly silly game.
Hidden Folks is out for Windows, Mac, and Linux on Steam at £5.39/7,19€/$7.19, which includes a small launch discount.


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This is an online version of an exhibit held at the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., Jan. 23-Sept. 4, 1999
Elizabeth Blackwell, aged 38.
Pencil drawing by Comptesse de Charnacee
Glasgow University Archives
On the morning of Tuesday, January 23, 1849, a young woman ascended the platform of the Presbyterian church in Geneva, N.Y., and received from the hands of the President of Geneva Medical College a diploma conferring upon her the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Thus, after many years of determined effort, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to complete a course of study at a medical college and receive the M.D. degree.


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Opening the seven seals
1At the same time that I saw the Lamb open the first of the seven seals, I heard one of the four living creatures shout with a voice like thunder. It said, "Come out!" 2Then I saw a white horse. Its rider carried a bow and was given a crown. He had already won some victories, and he went out to win more.6.2: Zec 1.8; 6.3,6.
3When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come out!" 4Then another horse came out. It was fiery red. And its rider was given the power to take away all peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. He was also given a big sword.6.4: Zec 1.8; 6.2.
5When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come out!" Then I saw a black horse, and its rider had a balance scale in one hand.6.5: Zec 6.2,6. 6I heard what sounded like a voice from somewhere among the four living creatures. It said, "A litre of wheat will cost you a whole day's wages! Three litres of barley will cost you a day's wages too. But don't ruin the olive oil or the wine."
7When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come out!" 8Then I saw a pale green horse. Its rider was named Death, and Death's Kingdom followed behind. They were given power over one fourth of the earth, and they could kill its people with swords, famines, diseases, and wild animals.6.8: Ez 14.21.
9When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of everyone who had been killed for speaking God's message and telling about their faith. 10They shouted, "Master, you are holy and faithful! How long will it be before you judge and punish the people of this earth who killed us?"
11Then each of those who had been killed was given a white robe and told to rest for a little while. They had to wait until the complete number of the Lord's other servants and followers would be killed.
12When I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, I looked and saw a great earthquake. The sun turned as dark as sackcloth,6.12 sackcloth: A rough, dark-coloured cloth made from goat or camel hair and used to make grain sacks. It was worn in times of trouble or sorrow. and the moon became as red as blood.6.12: a Rev 11.13; 16.18; b Is 13.10; Jl 2.10,31; 3.15; Mt 24.29; Mk 13.24-25; Lk 21.25. 13The stars in the sky fell to earth, just like figs shaken loose by a storm.6.13,14: Is 34.4. 14Then the sky was rolled up like a scroll,6.14 scroll: See the note at 5.1. and all mountains and islands were moved from their places.6.14: Rev 16.20.
15The kings of the earth, its famous people, and its military leaders hid in caves or behind rocks on the mountains. They hid there together with the rich and the powerful and with all the slaves and free people.6.15: Is 2.19,21. 16Then they shouted to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us! Hide us from the one who sits on the throne and from the anger of the Lamb.6.16: Ho 10.8; Lk 23.30. 17That terrible day has come! God and the Lamb will show their anger, and who can face it?"6.17: Jl 2.11; Ml 3.2.
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Ryan and Jena met on a flight to Beijing. He was the pilot. She was the first class attendant. He came out of the cockpit to make himself some coffee, not wanting to trouble the cabin crew with his demands. She mistook this gesture of kindness as a complete lack of crew appreciation. And so the story goes that what started off on the wrong foot, a giant misunderstanding 30,000 feet above ground, turned into possibly one of the sweetest love stories ever. The stuff dreams are made of.
Ryan hails from the USA mid-west. Jena from Sydney's suburbs. Together, they live in Dubai working for one of the world's largest airlines. Their wedding was held in Sydney at Gunners Barracks in Mosman, and it was all organised during a one-week visit to Sydney in March when both could synchronise their busy flying schedules. Guests flew in from around the world to celebrate with them, and it was a day like no other. This wedding oozed class and distinction, and Jena was a breathtakingly beautiful bride. Here is their story.
gunners barracks wedding photography | the details
Photography | Jonathan David
Invitations | Citrus Press
Dress | Vera Wang
Bride's Shoes | Alan Pinkus
Bridesmaid's Dresses | Vera Wang
Florist | Maggie May Flowers
Hair/Makeup | Make up Mode
Suits | Chorleys Hire
Groom's Shoes | Ecco
Transport | Wedding Cars of Distinction
Celebrant | Sue Sherratt
Cake | Faye Cahill
My new hubby & I cannot thank you & Britt enough for all your wonderful work! You are both fun, enthusiastic, professional & seriously talented!!!
I'd not hesitate to recommend you to any bride to be.
Really beautiful image making. The shot of the girls clinking champagne flutes, the way you captured the moment and the shadow - superb!
Killer set! I love the black and white on the waterfront, overlooking the city.. gorgeous.
The photos by the water have such beautiful lighting! Such soft creamy highlights and so romantic!
wow... incredible venue, gorgeous couple, beautiful pictures! love the portraits in particular - against that light and sky, so lovely!
Wow, the harbour photos, wow. Great storytelling. Loved the brides expression in the car shot.
Love this wedding, you've capture such an amazing feeling throughout. Solid work.
Those black and white portraits - MAN! Very cool.
Love that cityscape portrait. It needs framing and putting on a wall now.
REALLY digging the black and whites in this!
you're portraits are stunning! All of them.
Killer frames dude!
Many many congratulations to Ryan and Jena!
Nice work; the reception coverage looks really clean--good clear focus on one main subject, despite a lot going on--nice isolation there. The posed shots that you converted to low contrast black and white are amazing: good posing, great composition, and silky smooth conversion to black and white.
We are so happy for you Ryan! You looked dashing and your bride looked gorgeous. We wish you a lifetime of happiness and love. Miss you and hope that we can meet your bride soon.
Anjali & Donnell
Love the portraits with the sydney city view! awesome stuff.
amazing portraits!
Dude! The B/W shots are killer! I really love the out of focused b&g looking into the horizon. Great set, and amazing work as always.
This is so beautifully documented.


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What a lovely reading we have for today! Today's reading left me with a very strong message. I will try to convey that message in this short devotional.
The NIV version translates verse 19 to say, "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord," The Message translates verse 19 as, "Now it's time to change your ways! Turn to face God so He can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you," Verse 19 made a large impression on me. Many of us want the benefits and prestige of being identified as Christians without admitting our own sins and changing our lives so we do not repeat those sins. A key to God's forgiveness is confessing our sins and living a changed life. To be a proper Christian one has to walk the talk. It is easy for any of us to declare that we are Christians, but we are called to do more. We are called to change the way we live our lives.
Many of us do not want to give up a particular sin. We may rationalize that it is not hurting anyone or that it is not that important compared to all the world's issues. We also may realize that it will be painful to stop. However, I submit, this pain will be short lived as God will refresh us with a better way. If we repent of this sin and ask God to use us to further His will, He will present an opportunity to us that will do exactly that. An opportunity that we can only do if we give up this sin. So what is the one sin that you should cease and turn to God for guidance? I know mine, and I hope that little voice in your head is pointing out yours.
Wishing you the best in your walk with Christ,
Richard Leach


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