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I was, unfortunately, unable to get back to Pastels on the Plaza in the evening to get some good pictures of finished artwork, so this year I'll be focusing a bit more on the in-progress works. I did the above pastel, as usual, for local landscaper Genevieve Schmidt.
When I arrived at the plaza at 8AM it was wet from the night's rains. After picking up my pastels and choosing a square in a location that seemed promising, I settled in to get to work. It seems like every year, the supposedly 3'x6′ and 3'x'3′ squares get smaller and smaller, this year by about 25%. I've learned to bring a tape measure. It's not so much an issue of them being too small, although that further limits what can be done, but it can throw a wrench in well laid plans to find yourself with a whole different aspect ratio than you expected. I was hoping to put my lettering down the sides to frame things and give me a taller end result and keep me from sitting on the lettering while I worked, but the square was too narrow, so I reluctantly went with left and bottom.
My mom was here to work with me again this year, and I was grateful for her assistance. There's space for someone both above and below the square, so I highly recommend bringing a friend. It's also a good idea to bring brushes, regardless of whether you plan on working wet, because sometimes the weather doesn't give you the option. The day dried out once the sun came out, but starting in a wet square was nice. I learned on my first year that it makes things easier to get an initial layer of pastel down and blended wet, and that it's important to go over everything before it dries out, or else it's really obvious where the division between wet and dry pastel happened.
Leah Vaughn, working on behalf of Holly Yashi Jewelry, warded off the changing of the seasons with this summery likeness. I never would have considered trying to do herringbone. I can barely even draw a crisp line under these conditions, much less keep my lights and darks separate.
The artist who does The Alibi every year is consistently excellent. I'm sorry I didn't get to see it finished, and so far, I seem to be the only one giving the event much coverage. I like her use of color here, and there are a lot of challenges doing this kind of thing. Faces are hard, more than usual due to rough surface and colors that don't like to blend in expected ways. She even managed to draw in glasses. I've never done anything as crisp as that logo she does every year, and that square is twice the size of mine.
These two were doing some high level work too. A big portrait, done quickly, and this other complicated work that I would have liked to see when it was completed. Working in outline over white is tough. Mistakes show, and I don't see any.
The girls working on this dragon were doing the event for the first time. They did a great job, and I hope to see them back in future years.
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My summer is over.
I've gone from 0 to 160 at work and the only thing that's keeping me sane (other than my husband's hugs and maybe More Cowbell) is my knitting projects. So, of course, while the darkness of my work surrounds me, I would have a knit that brings me to the light... and of course it's name is Dawn.
Pattern: Dawn by Kim Haregraves, pattern book Nectar
Yarn: Rowan Organic Cotton, 4 balls
Needles: Size 5 and 6 circs
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Dawn was a knit that I just couldn't get out of my head. When my LYS, Patricia's Yarns, got Kim's patterns book back in stock, I saw this one and suddenly became a like a middle schooler with a crush. I began sending it notes. I thought about it before I went to sleep at night and daydreamed about it when I was knitting other projects. I stalked it on Ravelry. Hell, in one of the notes I wrote: Do you want to go out? Circle yes or No. I'd like to think Dawn would have said yes.
Knowing that my stash at home was taking on a life of it's own, I looked through it first before I went shopping and saw my Honeymoon Cami sitting there pretty neglected. A quick search on Ravelry showed that the yarn for that cami would work perfect for Dawn and so the ripping commenced.
I never looked back.
This pattern was pretty straight forward but I must say it made this pretty experienced knitter have to really stop and think about her stitches and rows. I am terrible at using things like row counters and charts so I usually rely on counting and recognizing my knitting but this open worked lace was a little tough to decipher.
All my hard work though led to simple as pie seaming. Since the pattern was worked in garter stitch and such an open worked lace pattern the directions told you to do no more than simple back stitch to sew this puppy up. Who was I to argue with Ms. Hargreaves? ETA: I forgot to mention that I did change up the garter neck edging - the directions said to cast off each side collar and sew together but instead I left those stitches live and did a 3 needle bind off. I think it made it look more seamless!
I'm really impressed with how good it looked after I seamed it all together. I also gave it a nice wash in Soak. I can predict that this will be worn many times this fall.
Before things get Really Out of Hand at work I've decided to try to knit as much as my little fingers can handle. This is the first of the three piles of yarn that you saw in my previous post. I'm working on pile 2 and 3. We'll see what comes next... go fingers go!

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Awesome quote from http://www.quora.com/Microsoft/Why-doesnt-Microsoft-understand-tablets
So, in this dream, er, nightmare I have, I walk into Steve Ballmer's Microsoft office back in 2006 and say:
"Hi Steve, I gotta talk to you about our tablet strategy."
"Sure, Scoble, what you thinking about?"
"Well, it sucks. It just isn't working. Customers aren't delighted. The market isn't afire. Our employees are even bored with it."
"So, what should we do?" he asks.
"We should ship a device that doesn't run Office. Indeed, doesn't run any Microsoft application. Doesn't do multitasking. Doesn't run Flash. Doesn't have a camera. Can't print. Can't use a Microsoft Mouse or Keyboard, either. Oh, and just to be really revolutionary, we can't put any of our normal packaging or stickers on the device or around it. Finally, we can't sell it at Best Buy, but we have to build a new series of stores to distribute it in."
"What the f*** are you smoking, Scoble? Get the f*** out of here before I call security. That's the stupidest idea I've heard. Ever."
Then I wake up and realize, no, I'm not Steve Jobs.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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Sesame Bagels (Adapted from LA Times)
3 1/2 cups unbleached bread flour
3 teaspoons salt, divided
3/4 teaspoon instant yeast
1 tablespoon barley malt syrup
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon baking soda
sesame seeds
In a large bowl, stir together flour, 2 teaspoons salt, yeast, syrup and water until the mixture forms a stiff ball of dough. If the dough seems too dry, add a little more water. Set aside and rest for 5 minutes.
On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough until it smooths out and feels slightly tacky to the touch - it should be stiff, but supple - if the dough feels too wet or soft, add sprinkles of flour as needed.
Place dough into a large bowl coated with cooking spray, turning it to cover the top. Cover the bowl and place into the refrigerator for at least 1 hour, but leave it for 4 to 6 hours if you can.
Remove dough from the refrigerator and equally divide it into 8 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a round ball. Using a lightly floured finger, poke a hole into the center of the dough and gently enlarge the hole while working the bagel into a uniform shape until the hole is about 1 1/2 to 2" wide. Place bagels onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper and also sprayed with cooking spray. Repeat with remaining balls of dough. Lightly coat bagels with cooking spray and cover with saran wrap - place into the refrigerator and let sit overnight.
Remove bagels from the refrigerator and set aside for 1 1/2 hours.
Meanwhile, fill a large stockpot with at least 3 quarts of water. Cover and place pot on the stove and bring to a boil - add remaining 1 teaspoon salt and baking soda. Reduce heat to a simmer and place the lid back on.
About 45 minutes before you are ready to bake the bagels, preheat the oven to 500 degrees.
To check and see if the bagels are ready, place one into a bowl of cold water. If the bagel floats, they are ready to go - if it sinks, return it back to the baking sheet and wait 15 minutes before testing again. When one bagel floats, the batch is good to go.
With a light hand, carefully lift each bagel off the sheet and place it into the simmering water - only do as many that will easily fit into the pot. After 1 minute, flip each bagel over and continue to poach for 30 seconds. Remove each bagel with a slotted spoon and place back onto the baking sheet - generously sprinkle each bagel with sesame seeds. Continue this process until all bagels have been poached and coated.
Place bagels into the oven and immediately reduce the oven temperature to 450 degrees. Bake for 8 minutes, rotate the sheet and continue to bake until the bagels are golden brown, about 8 to 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer bagels to a wire rack - allow to cool for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Makes 8 bagels.
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Middle School Lesson Plans
When teaching lessons about the Holocaust, it is important to keep the student's age in mind. The matrix and lessons provided below may be used as a guideline for teachers of middle school students.
Middle school students begin to learn about prejudice and the harm it causes. They will learn to question and react to literature about the Holocaust. In addition, they will recognize humane and inhumane behaviors that people are capable of.
The following matrix was created by the Pinellas County Schools, Office of Community Services and Human Relations and The Florida Holocaust Museum and Educational Center to provide guidelines for Holocaust education in the middle school.
confronting change and loss; responding to unfairness and danger; displaying courage and resourcefulness recognizing how lives can be changed by people and events; becoming aware of political and social decisions that affect the quality of life; learning how diverse groups adapt to new environments; recognizing the importance of participation in the community using art forms to gain an understanding of cultures from the past and present reading and interpreting primary sources; writing journals in response to historical and geographic problems; writing accurate research papers with correct documentation becoming aware of ethical and unethical uses of power; being responsible for members of the community; rejecting stereotypes and prejudice; promoting tolerance, understanding, and acceptance using technology to observe and analyze the interrelationships between humans and their environments Anne Frank (1). Students create timelines of Anne Frank's life and history.
Anne Frank (2). Student activities from the Anne Frank Center USA.
Book Talk. Suggestions for activities related to the reading of a Holocaust-themed book include keeping a journal and e-mail correspondence with another student reading the same book.
Camels and Pyramids. Students identify patterns and rhythm in art.
Camera of My Family. Discussion questions for use with the video, Camera of My Family.
Cartoon: Truth or Tale. Students view Nazi propaganda and discuss the power of symbolism and suggestion
Class Memorial. Students plan and conduct a memorial service commemorating the victims of the Holocaust.
Commemorative Plates. Students make commemorative plates for Holocaust victims.
David Olère. Students analyze the artwork of David Olère and compare it to Holocaust photographs on the site.
Deliberate Acts of Kindness. Students recognize and honor the kind acts of Holocaust liberators and rescuers, cultivate their ability to do kind acts, and realize the importance of those acts to others.
Diaries. Students explore the differences between Holocaust diaries and memoirs before creating their own diary.
Epidemic, Plague and Infection. Students recognize disease vectors (pathways) and risk factors for infectious disease.
Folk Dances of Eastern Europe. Students experience folkdance as a form of expressive art and appreciate the rich cultural heritage of Eastern Europe.
Headlines. Students respond to news articles from the Holocaust era.
A Holocaust Monument. Students respond using geometric shapes or forms to create a Holocaust monument.
In the Original Words. Students read, translate and discuss Holocaust documents written in their original languages.
Inside the Warsaw Ghetto. Students participate in a round table discussion of life in the Warsaw ghetto.
It Can't Happen Here or Can It?: Peer Pressure, Prejudice and Intolerance.
Letter of Memorial. Students write a letter to a foreign language newspaper in memory of victims or ask that readers remember the lessons of the Holocaust.
Looking at Photographs. Students analyze photographs for details needed to unlock meanings.
Map Studies. An interdisciplinary unit for middle school.
A set of maps for use with the map unit above.
Mapping Survivor Stories. Students trace a survivor's story using a timeline, map skills, photography, poetry, and/or prose.
News Flash! Students create news headlines of the Holocaust.
News Watch. Students track prejudice and human rights issues in current newspapers or on the Web.
Oral Histroy. Students interview members of an older generation and present their findings. Activity includes questions that would be appropriate to use with a Holocaust survivor.
People are People. Students compare groups that have been treated with prejudice.
Population Density in the Ghettos. Students make calculations of population density and recognize the stressful conditions experienced by European ghetto dwellers due to high population density and scarcity of resources.
Raven' Beauties. Students learn about the Women of Ravensbrück and design a postage stamp to honor them.
Shemini Atzeret: Simhat Torah. Students become acquainted with a part of the rich heritage of the Jewish people.
Starvation in the Ghettos. Students recognize the suffering and loss of life experienced in Holocaust ghettos due to food rationing, identify the basic food groups, USDA requirements and compare those to rations of ghetto and camp inmates.
Survivor Interview. Students listen to stories from survivors of the Holocaust.
Time Capsule. Students share their response to a study of the Holocaust with future generations.
Timeline. Students create a timeline of major Holocaust events and compare it to other events happening at that time.
The Upstairs Room. A core book guide.
Käthe Kollwitz: Never Again War! Students investigate the life and artwork of Käthe Kollwitz.
The Wave. Comprehension questions for use with The Wave video.
The White Rose. Students compare articles about human rights and prejudice from current newspapers to the situation in Germany during the Holocaust.
"Choosing To Make a Better World," a unit of six lesson plans for seventh and eighth grades from the New Jersey Holocaust Commission includes: Au Revoir Les Enfants, The Devil in Vienna, The Island on Bird Street, The Night of Broken Glass, Rescue--The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust, and Zlata's Diary.
Curricular resources bibliography from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Deathly Silence: Everyday People in the Holocaust is a Holocaust education manual produced by the Southern Institute for Education and Research, Tulane University.
Florida Department of Education Sunshine State Standards site.
Guided exploration of sixth grade art and poetry on the Cybrary of the Holocaust site.
The History of the Holocaust from a Personal Perspective: Lesson plans from the Ernest and Elisabeth Cassutto Memorial Page.
Holocaust Eighth grade unit of practice.
Holocaust and Genocide Curriculum from the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.
The Holocaust/Genocide Project (HGP) is an international, nonprofit, telecommunications project focusing on study of the Holocaust and other genocides.
The Holocaust. A Guide for Teachers is an excellent teacher's guide to many important Holocaust topics such as prejudice, antisemitism, and Fascism. Each chapter includes objectives, activities, discussion questions, and other aids for the teacher.
"People Need People," a unit of six lesson plans for fifth and sixth grades from the New Jersey Holocaust Commission includes: Ajeemah and his Son, Children of the Wolf, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Nightmare: The Immigration of Joachim and Rachel, Pocahontas--Indian Princess, and Set Straight on Bullies.
Study guide with activities was created for the PBS production The Trial of Adolf Eichmann.
Teacher Workbook for the exhibit, Anne Frank in the World, 1929-1945, produced by the Friends of Anne Frank in Utah and the Intermountain West Region.
Teresa Morretta's Holocaust lesson plans for grades 4-12.
The Truth About Anne Frank is a twelve hour class outline available at the Cybrary.
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
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Internet users located in China report infections that result when using IE 7 to browse booby-trapped websites. Researchers from McAfee investigated the matter and found the exploits successfully target the Microsoft browser on both Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Vista SP 1.
The exploits contain shellcode that installs the Downloader-AZN, a well-known trojan that hijacks a PC's configuration settings and downloads additional pieces of malware. Anti-virus software from McAfee, and presumably other companies, detects the trojan - though at the time of writing, it appeared they didn't yet detect the zero-day exploit itself.
The attacks target a flaw in the way IE handles certain types of data that use the extensible markup language, or XML, format. The bug references already freed memory in the mshtml.dll file. According to IDG News, exploits work about one in three times, and only after a victim has visited a website that serves a malicious piece of javascript.
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Football season is approaching, and if you're more than excited to settle down in front of the TV to cheer on your favorite team, you might be interested in showing off your team spirit through your interior decor. But unless you're a 20-something dude who's cool with bar-room style, you're probably looking for something that's a bit subtler than larger-than-life team logos and bold primary colors. Here are a few ideas for how to give your team a shout-out without making guests question your tastes.
1. Don't hold back in kids' rooms. If your son or daughter is a sports fanatic, it's okay to let that shine through, but there are still attractive ways to do it. While having a theme is a great way to make a child's bedroom look cohesive, you don't want it to overwhelm the space. In addition to a few posters or pieces of sports memorabilia, try sticking to using the team's colors on just the fabric in the room. For example, bedding could be red, white and blue if your son loves the Patriots, or a fabric headboard like this one from MarthaStewart.com in purple and black would be perfect for a girl who likes the Ravens.
2. Use your own color interpretations. Most team colors tend to be fairly simple. They usually involve some combination of colors from the rainbow, silver or gold or black and white. But you know there are plenty of shades in between, which is why you shouldn't feel limited by primary picks. Feel free to use maroon and canary window treatments to cover your faux blinds instead of loud red and yellow, or pick forest or pastel green instead of straight-up green.
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4. Mix in other elements. If you chose to use your team's colors in your decor, that doesn't mean the entire space has to be full of the same two or three hues. Not only is that overwhelming and monotonous, but it's not a sign of tasteful design. Use neutral colors (add in wood blinds perhaps) or metallics to anchor brighter colors, and don't be afraid to bring in other shades as accents that don't necessarily match the scheme. As long as they're complementary, they'll still work.


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The oldest find of corset is a pair of stays form in Spanish mediaeval painting from c. 1460.
- The Stays
- The French Corset (whalebone and sewing machine)
- The classic Victorian corset (steelbone and belly)
- The Edwardian corsets (hollow back.)
It is not easy to make a list of corset periods because many types were in use at the same time. All corset makers had their own style, but from about 1860, the corset industry of Paris was at the forefront of corset fashion. Below is a list of periods in the history of the corset.
Before 1500 edit
It is unclear whether corsets existed before 1500, as information on them is unreliable.
Many books say that Cretan women used the corset c. 2000 BC because they made idols in the shape of a corset. These idols were originally two round pots bottom to bottom, the handle on the top pot being the nose on the idols and the edge line of bottom to bottom being the waist of the idols. The shape of the idols was traditional for idols, not the shape of Cretan women. The detail of the idols tell us that the old Cretan idols wore big loincloths, and the later idols have a tunic of open lace and a loincloth. The corset-shaped figure of the idols was a primitive Cretan style.
Virgins from 15th century sometimes wore a long tight lace outfit, but it was only a dress, not a corset.
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In this period many different corsets were in fashion.
name | start age | characteristic | breathing | comment | |
iron corset cover | 1500 | no compress | - | ||
stays (narrow conical) | about 1550 | low waist | fine? | ||
stays (conical) | about 1575 | lowered chest? | poor? | ||
stays (narrow conical) | about 1700 again 1750 |
compressed lowered chest, low waist | poor | ||
unstayed stays | about 1775 | fine? | |||
romanticism | ball-ball, hourglass | 1815 | low horizontal waist | medium | very rare |
"pipestem" corset | 1830 | pipestem waist | fine | very rare | |
Victorian (horizontal waist) |
ice cone, ball-conical | 1830 | raised chest, low waist | fine | ballet, opera |
conical-conical, hourglass | 1855 | raised chest, high wasp waist | fine | edge in liver | |
"oval chest" | 1880 | raised compressed chest, long concave waist | medium | flattened liver, not healthy | |
Edwardian (sloping waist) |
s-curve, 'Gibson girl' | 1900 | raised expanded chest, high sloping waist | fine | floozie, edge in liver |
s-curve, 'Dagmar Hansen' | 1910 | low sloping wasp waist, raised expanded chest | fine | singer | |
straight front | 1902 | very big loin curve, expanded chest. wasp waist | medium | edge in kidney, bad back | |
straight front | 1909 | very high small loin, very high sloping waist | poor? | edge in kidney, bad back | |
pipe-shape | 1910 | expanded chest, no loin curve | fine | ||
pipe-shape | 1910 | press buttock, no loin curve | fine | ugly, inconvenient | |
ice cone, ball-conical | 1947 | raised chest, low waist | fine | high shoulder | |
hybrid-corset | 1970? | short pipestem waist | medium |
Iron corset covers, about 1500 edit
Iron corsets are Victorian Era corsetcovers made of metal. There are several in museum collections.
It is sometimes claimed that these were the everyday wear of women and girls throughout Europe in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. But they are more likely to be orthopedic instruments used by a very few women whose posture was not considered acceptable by the health and beauty standards of the time.
- It is likely that the Iron Corset was originally a type of armour worn only by men.
- The fact is as the "iron corset" was used both of men and women, but only on dress occasions. The iron was heavy, but the dress was also heavy, and the iron was padded underneath like armour. The silk of that time was very expensive but of poor quality and stretched poorly. It looked beautiful on the shining metal. The iron corset also worked as a bulletproof waistcoat, because assassination by knife in heart was a common risk.
- The padded "iron corset" and armour was known as a corset on women, and a waistcoat (vest) on men.
In these images, you can see a man and woman in corset with iron cover, covered by silk.
Stays, 1550? to about 1890 edit
Stays are an old type of corset. It is worn over the dress or skirt and is laced to the waist, as opposed to a more conventional corset which extends below the hips. Typically stays were made by hand in 1860 or earlier in some countries. Over time, stays became shorter and shorter, eventually evolving into an early form of brassiere.
A set of stays has a shoulder strap opposed to a waist cincher.
Victorian Corsets, 1831 - 1901 edit
Most people have an idea of a "Victorian corset"; however, the British Victorian era comprised a long period of changes in culture and fashion from 1837 to 1901. During that time many styles of corsets were in use. The most ubiquitous feature was the "horizontal waist" which was common from about 1850 to 1899. The "Victorian corsets" for sale today are most likely New Look corsets.
The S-curve corset (1900 - ?) and the Straight-fronted corset 1903 - 1912? edit
The straight-front corset (also known as the swan-bill corset and the s-curve corset) was a type of corset worn from the start of the nineteenth century until around 1907. Its name is derived from the very rigid, straight busk that was used down the center of the front.
It was the most complex shape of corset ever made, with high-quality corsets consisting of up to 48 intricately curved and shaped pieces. The straight-front corset was intended to be less injurious to wearers' health than other corsets; but, when worn too tight, these corsets were the most uncomfortable and harmful style of corset to ever have been widely popular. The silhouette given by the straight-front corset is familiar from the Gibson Girl of the period.
The straight-front corset was popularised by Inez Gaches-Sarraute, a corsetiere with a degree in medicine. The style was probably the result of several like-minded corsetieres and medical professionals. It was intended to create fewer health problems and to be less constricting than previous types of corsets. The hourglass corset "suppress[ed] the bust," and the spoon busk, which often curved inwards for part of its length, "forced the organs downwards" claimed Gaches-Sarraute in her 1900 study Le Corset: Etude physiologique and pratique (The Corset: A Physiological and Practical Study).
Gaches-Sarraute suggested a corset that:
- freed the bust by starting below the breasts;
- supported, rather than constricted, the abdomen with a very rigid, straight busk and inflexible boning.
The first element was not problematic, although in order to create the 'monobosom' effect that was fashionable women started wearing bust supporters, the design of which eventually lead to the brassiere.
The second feature created more problems, though. When the straight-front corset was worn laced moderately tight, very little pressure was placed on the abdomen and some of the compression was transferred to the sides of the waist, where boning was lighter and more flexible. However, because of the extreme rigidity at the front of the corset, it was possible to achieve greater reductions on waist size than with the hourglass corset. When tightlaced, the straight-front corset put a great deal of pressure on the lower abdomen. This caused the S-curve silhouette: the wearer's hips were thrust back, giving a deep curve to her lower back, and her chest was thrust forward. In most cases, tightlacing in a straight-front corset caused lower back pain, breathing difficulties, and knee problems (through hyperextension). It has also been claimed that the pressure placed on the lower abdomen caused a prolapsed uterus, although this has not been proved.
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Wasp Creations' page on corset shapes has a very good section on the straight-front corset, including good diagrams.
The Pipe-shape corsets, 1912 - 1928? edit
Pipe-shape was a name sometimes given to a type of corset in fashion from 1908 to 1920. It helped to give the slender, straight silhouette that was a reaction to the exaggerated curves of the S-shape corset.
The pipe-shape corset should not be confused with the pipe-stem waist, which is sometimes found on other corsets, particularly the hourglass corset.
Corset from 1993 to today edit
See Corset and Tightlacing
Nursing corsets edit
In the age before formulas and pre-made baby food, most Victorian mothers breastfed their babies, or the rich had wet nurses. Nowadays, nursing bras are available. But then, overbust corsets were in fashion, so nursing corsets were needed.
Maternity corsets edit
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Is hijab obligatory for beautiful women only or for all women?
Hijab is obligatory for all Muslim women who have reached the age of puberty. In the answer to question no. 12525 you will find an explanation that the face is 'awrah. We have already quoted the evidence that it is obligatory to cover it in the answer to question no. 21134 and 21536. In the answer to question no. 11774 you will find detailed evidence stating that hijab is obligatory for all women. This general obligation is indicated by the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (i.e. screen themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way). That will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And Allaah is Ever Oft‑Forgiving, Most Merciful"
[al-Ahzaab 33:59]
The women of the Muhaajireen and Ansaar obeyed that command.
'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: "May Allaah have mercy on the first Muhaajir women. When Allaah revealed the words 'and to draw their veils all over Juyoobihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms)' [al-Noor 24:31] they tore their aprons and covered their faces (akhtamarna) with them."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4480; Abu Dawood, 4102
What is meant by akhtamarna is covering the face, as al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar stated in al-Fath, 8/490.
It was narrated that Umm Salamah said: When the words 'draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies' were revealed, the women of the Ansaar went out as if there were crows on their heads because of the way they covered themselves.
Narrated by Abu Dawood, 4101; classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh Abu Dawood.
Undoubtedly many of the women of the Muhaajireen and Ansaar were known to be blessed with beauty, but no one thought that this ruling applied only to them and not to others.
These ahaadeeth show that the women of the Muhaajireen and Ansaar obeyed the command to cover their faces and they did not understand the command as applying only to those who were beautiful.
The scholars have explained that this ruling is general in meaning and applies to all women.
In his commentary on the verse 'draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies', al-Jassaas al-Hanafi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
This verse indicates that young women are commanded to cover their faces in front of strangers (non-mahram men) and to be modest when they go out lest people with suspicious minds raise their hopes when they see them.
Ahkaam al-Qur'aan, 5/245.
Ibn Jazi' al-Kalbi al-Maaliki (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
The Arab women used to uncover their faces as slave women do, which was an invitation to men to look at them. So Allaah commanded them to cover themselves with their jilbaabs and cover their faces with them.
Al-Tas-heel li 'Uloom al-Tanzeel, 3/144
Shaykh al-Islam ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: It is not permissible for women to uncover their faces where non-mahrams can see them. The people in authority have to enjoin what is good and forbid this evil and others. Whoever does not obey should be punished for that in a way that will deter him (from doing it again).
Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 24/382
Al-Suyooti (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
This is the verse of hijab which applies to all women and shows that they are obliged to cover their heads and faces.
'Awn al-Ma'bood, 11/106
See also the answer to question no. 13646
And Allaah knows best.


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Sylvain Karpinski said his close friend Daphné Toumbanakis was a real sweetheart.
"She spread love everywhere she went," he said. "She was the kind of person that was really happy, and very kind to everybody.
"I think she would have changed the world a bunch if she was here for a longer time."
Toumbanakis, 24, was struck and killed by a pickup in Maple Ridge on the evening of Monday, July 20. She was at the beginning of a cross-Canada cycling trip.
Karpinski said she was a cycling enthusiast who had travelled across the world on bikes for the last seven years.
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The young woman had only recently come back to Canada after spending a year studying in Bogota.
Karpinski said helping those less fortunate than her was a passion of Toumbanakis'.
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In addition to cycling, her hobbies included tango dancing, which she had practised everywhere she went, amassing a tight-knit community around her.
"When you dance the tango, you make a lot of friends," Karpinski said.
Despite travelling to many countries, Toumbanakis had not seen quite enough of the one she was born in, Karpsinki pointed out. So, on her break from school, she decided to ride from Vancouver to her home town of Montreal, where her parents and sister live.
"When you travel by bike, you can enjoy each metre of the road," he said. "You can cross everything; forest, mountains, small towns, big cities. You can really get to know a country."
The young cyclist's sister, Melina, 28, will fly with Karpinski from Montreal to B.C. early next week.
They plan on creating a memorial to Toumbanakis at the spot where she died. The pair will pick up the bike she was riding when struck, and fix it up as best they can, then spray paint it white.
The process is called ghost biking and has been used for many years to honour fallen cyclists.
They also plan on attaching a stainless steel plate with some information about Toumbanakis, and have started a Go-Fund me, so they can buy a large wreath of flowers at the site.
Ridge Meadows RCMP are still looking for anyone who might have seen the crash on Lougheed Highway between 240th Street and Spilsbury Street at around 5:30 to 5:45 p.m.
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- From: Richard Barnes <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 17:52:37 -0500
- To: Ryan Sleevi <email@example.com>
- Cc: Harry Halpin <email@example.com>, Arun Ranganathan <email@example.com>, GALINDO Virginie <firstname.lastname@example.com>, "email@example.com" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Ok, thanks for clarifying. I certainly agree that the flavor of interop problem you're talking about is bad. However, that seems like a fairly straightforward issue to address, basically deduplication. Has someone already defined AES-CBC? If so, then you don't get an identifier for yours unless the actual algorithm differs (as opposed to the API parameter formatting). This raises the question of whether the parameter format gets defined by the first guy that shows up, but I think you could clarify that with some guidelines. It is very common for IANA registries to have an "expert reviewer" applies before allowing registration. (Ryan?) It seems like you could set up a few general rules that a expert would follow to ensure some consistency in the API. For example: -- Each algorithm gets only one identifier -- Parameters and outputs are subject to the following constraints: -- Octet strings MUST be represented as ArrayBufferView -- Keys (public or private) MUST be represented as Key objects, not in an encoded form -- Integers (outside of keys) MUST be represented as integer or BigInteger values Basically, it seems like for a given algorithm, there's only a couple of more or less obvious ways to represent the algorithm and its parameters under those constraints (or something like them, to be agreed by the group). So it seems unnecessary to re-engage the WG machinery. Especially if, as Arun suggested, the *-public mailing list can be kept alive for discussions. On Feb 8, 2013, at 4:48 PM, Ryan Sleevi <email@example.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Richard Barnes <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> Ryan, >> >> I've missed several of the intermediate messages in this thread, so maybe I'm missing context. But it seems to me like you're arguing on both sides here. >> >> (A) On the one hand, you argued strenuously at the Mountain View F2F that the API spec should not specify which algorithms a UA is required to implement. Among other reasons, a UA that uses an OS-provided crypto library might not have control over which algorithms. >> >> (B) On the other hand, you are now saying that we need a consistent set of algorithms for there to be a coherent web API. Just like we have a consistent set of HTML tags, and discourage UA vendors from adding custom tags. >> >> These two positions are fundamentally in conflict. If there is going to be a consistent set of algorithms, then the API will have to have requirements for UAs. If there are no requirements for UAs, there is no guarantee of consistency. Which side are you on? > > You misrepresent my position and the arguments. > > As mentioned during Mountain View, MTI is troublesome from an API > perspective, which is what you put as (A). This was specifically in > the context of supporting arbitrary Keys (for which not algorithms are > possible, due to the underlying storage requirements, whatever they > may be), and in acknowledgement of the complex regulatory frameworks > surrounding crypto and strong crypto (c.f., France, as an example). > That said, in a pure-software-only mode (eg: now that the Netflix > requirements are separate), it MAY be worth revisiting - but even if > we end up with MTIs now, we'll be back in the situation of non-MTIs > within X years, as we support different versions of the spec. > > However, I'm also a strong believer in interop, which you put as (B). > What this specifically means is a strong objection to seeing > vendor1-AES-CBC, vendor2-AES-CBC, and vendor3-AES-CBC, all of which > are incompatible in their own wonderfully and stupendously stupid > ways. This is not an idle concern - we see it time and time again with > web registries. > > I'm not talking about purely naming concerns - I'm talking about the > functionality exposed, parameters, the handling of inputs and the > resulting outputs. Consider, for example, your ECDH concerns. Vendor 1 > may "register" an algorithm in the registry that uses a Key object, > while Vendor 2 may register an algorithm that uses an ArrayBufferView. > > A web developer MUST NOT be required to test some n-number of > potential interpretations of what "ECDH" means, in addition to any > necessary polyfill. There should be a single, consensus-driven > agreement on the necessary parameters, inputs, and outputs that define > it. A registry does not define that process. > > So then, if the registry doesn't define the process, doesn't define > the requirements - eg, the registry behaves like many IANA registries > that require "WG approval" (c.f. "IETF consensus"), then we're back to > the situation that Harry claims we'll somehow be able to avoid - > needing the WG to be open and review. > > (A) and (B) are not in conflict. > > >> >> This question is fundamental to the identifier/registry question. (A) If there are no requirements, then web developers will have to check that algorithms are present anyway (cf. caniuse.com), so an IANA registry with fairly liberal requirements makes sense. (B) If there are requirements, then UA developers will have to coordinate which algorithms are required, so it makes sense to go through the W3C process to update the list. >> >> --Richard >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 8, 2013, at 3:48 PM, Ryan Sleevi <email@example.com> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Harry Halpin <email@example.com> wrote: >>>> On 02/08/2013 08:45 PM, Ryan Sleevi wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Harry Halpin <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 02/07/2013 10:48 PM, Arun Ranganathan wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 7, 2013, at 12:27 PM, Harry Halpin wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> No, the process I suggested generally would involve handing off after the >>>>>> lifetime of a WG the following two items: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) maintaining security considerations per identifier to the CFRG, which >>>>>> operate on a public list >>>>>> 2) maintaining requests for a new algorithm identifiers in a public >>>>>> registry, with requests on a public list and the test-cases being >>>>>> publican >>>>>> accessible. >>>>>> >>>>>> Some may consider this sensible as the crypto landscape does change and >>>>>> will >>>>>> thus likely change after the lifespan of this WG. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> It is true that much of the process behind WebApps and HTML is bolstered >>>>>> by >>>>>> the fact that we don't envision these WGs as ever really "closing" (which >>>>>> might be like saying the web's done). I'm wondering if W3C might be >>>>>> amenable to another model that doesn't involve re-chartering a WG, but >>>>>> does >>>>>> allow for spec and/or document maintenance, which is what draws me to the >>>>>> WHATWG, which is another option, if there's a willing editor. >>>>>> >>>>>> For instance, new identifiers (2. above) reminds me of the potentially >>>>>> ongoing problem of DOMException and DOMError. Both WHATWG DOM Spec [1] >>>>>> and >>>>>> the DOM4 [2] specification in W3C cite the W3C Bug Database as a way of >>>>>> adding new exception codes, if necessary (the latest added one comes from >>>>>> File API, namely EncodingError). I'm not sure we can totally classify >>>>>> DOMException and DOMError as "done" for all time. I think it's likely to >>>>>> be >>>>>> the same with Web Crypto, since saying anything security related is >>>>>> "done" >>>>>> is unwise, as is the assumption that further algorithms won't >>>>>> proliferate. >>>>>> >>>>>> Instead of a registry, can we do something like active bug discussions, >>>>>> and >>>>>> keep *public active? This is what makes WHATWG attractive, but I >>>>>> understand >>>>>> that patent considerations might limit the merits of merely migrating >>>>>> there. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> When a WG closes, firstname.lastname@example.com closes as the WG is closed. The >>>>>> comments list can stay open. >>>>>> >>>>>> My feeling here is that of course we can keep the Bug Database open, and >>>>>> I >>>>>> hope we do so, as well as the test-suite. >>>>>> >>>>>> However, that's not the cases that have been brought up. The two cases >>>>>> are: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) A web developer wants to see if a new experimental algorithm >>>>>> identifier >>>>>> can be added. That could be done in the Bugzilla, but that might be hard >>>>>> to >>>>>> discover/reference amongst other bugs - and then text needs to be clear >>>>>> about that as a use of the Bugzilla. A registry might be easier. But >>>>>> maybe >>>>>> not. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2) A web developer needs to know the security considerations for an >>>>>> algorithm identifier. I think CFRG should handle that rather than our >>>>>> API, >>>>>> and we should explicitly point to them in our API documents as well as >>>>>> the >>>>>> "larger cryptographic literature". >>>>> >>>>> As I pointed out on our last call and on the list in the past, I do >>>>> not believe our API documents should have any considerations on the >>>>> algorithms. This solves your problem, does it not? >>>> >>>> >>>> No that doesn't as that does not resolve CFRG's comment, which will come up >>>> at Last Call. I *agree* our API documents will not have considerations on >>>> the algorithms. I do think its reasonable that we point people to a document >>>> not maintained by us that does maintain security considerations. Do you >>>> think we should not point to anything about the security considerations of >>>> algorithms at all? >>> >>> Harry, >>> >>> Professor Paterson is the member from the CFRG who made the comment. >>> >>> It seems like you're pushing this point based on your understanding of >>> the feedback, but what's really clear is that we're in disagreement >>> about the feedback received. If you look at the feedback received, >>> you'll see the integrated changes ARE consistent with the >>> recommendation. >>> >>> And you're now talking about something entirely different from a >>> registry for algorithms, which I think muddies the waters even more. >>> At best, it becomes a 'registry for security considerations', which is >>> something that is well and truly wholly independent and unrelated to >>> this work. >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> In discussing with a variety of people in the cryptographic community, >>>>> the discussion has been less about enumerating every algorithm's >>>>> considerations and more about highlighting the fact that these are >>>>> low-level primitives that MAY be deployed incorrectly, and thus care >>>>> and caution must be exercised. >>>>> >>>>> In discussing with people like Professors Kenny Paterson and Dan >>>>> Boneh, along with people from Microsoft and Mozilla, the consensus >>>>> seems to be that if we're going to include low-level primitives (which >>>>> has been the ongoing momentum since FPWD), it is sufficient to mark >>>>> them as 'subtle', with language to indicate that unless you're part of >>>>> the crypto-priesthood, or implementing something that the >>>>> crypto-priesthood has deigned acceptable (eg: any of the protocols out >>>>> there that are desirable to implement), then that's a "sufficient" >>>>> consideration. >>>> >>>> >>>> That was not the response from Ron Rivest or the CFRG. Note that MIT is a >>>> member of the W3C, and if IESG has concerns, we have to address them. >>>> Addressing them in a way that causes no or minimal changes to the text in >>>> the API is I think the best way. >>> >>> And that's why we should not include algorithm-specific considerations >>> in the text, because the literature will always evolve and the >>> algorithms will always get weaker over time. That's true for any >>> developer who were to use this API to write code today, the same as it >>> would be for any developer who reviewed the API 10 years from now. >>> >>> I don't see any of your concern of 'living spec because of security >>> considerations' precisely because we should not be including security >>> considerations that need to be 'living spec'. >>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> This has already been incorporated in the latest ED - see >>>>> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcrypto-api/rev/17347680f504 . While I >>>>> certainly don't know whether that will satisfy Dr. Rivest, everyone I >>>>> talked to about the subtle proposal was satisfied from a >>>>> considerations point of view. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Again, having W3C liason with CFRG, IANA, and so on takes time, which is >>>>>> why >>>>>> this is being brought up now :) W >>>>>> >>>>>> cheers, >>>>>> harry >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- A* >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] "Note: If an error name is not listed here, please file a bug as >>>>>> indicated at the top of this specification and it will be addressed >>>>>> shortly. >>>>>> Thanks!" http://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#error-names-0 >>>>>> >>>>>> [2] "If an error name is not listed here, please file a bug as indicated >>>>>> at >>>>>> the top of this specification and it will be addressed shortly. Thanks!" >>>>>> >>>>>> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#exception-domexception >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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He ordered Chet's guitar course C. O. D.
Makes A and E and he's working on B
Digs C&W and R&B and me and the chimpanzees agree
That one day soon he'll be a celebrity
Get it, get it, get it.
Gitarzan, he's a gitar man
He's all you can stand
Give him a hand, gitarzan
He's got a girl named Jane
With no last name
Kinda homely and plain
But he loves her just the same
Cause she kindles the flame
And it drives him insane
When he hears her sing
She really does her thing
It's her claim to fame
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Baby, oh baby
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They've got a pet monkey
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Heartbreak or hoax, the story of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and his fabricated girlfriend has become a national head-scratcher. But the idea of making up a story, or believing a lie, in the name of love has deep roots in popular culture.
We've been carrying on relationships — and misrepresenting ourselves — long before the tattoo sleeves worn by Te'o came into vogue. From Cyrano de Bergerac to the MTV show "Catfish," romantic con games are as old as cupid's bow and arrows.
"To some extent, there's a real old-fashioned, traditional, romantic element in the idea of just having an exchange based on emotions and words," says Nev Schulman, the host and executive producer of "Catfish: The TV Show." He was the victim of an online dating hoax himself, which he documented on film. Now he is helping others in the same spot.
"People really open up when they don't have to worry about how they're dressed," he said, "and certainly when you remove the physical elements, both over Skype and in real life."
Plenty of cyber relationships manage to blossom without a face-to-face meeting.
Te'o, whose story of loving a terminally ill young woman who, he says, existed only in cyberspace has become a national fascination, will talk about his misadventures in cyber love to Katie Couric Thursday on her daytime talk show. But regardless of what he says, those who study the Web say there is nothing new in Te'o's story of what happens when a couple dates strictly through text messages, Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail.
"It's banal. This kind of story is the lifeblood of online relationships," says MIT professor and author Sherry Turkle. "This is a 1990s story. It's been going on for quite sometime."
Long before 1990s Internet chat rooms provided a cloak of invisibility for the amorous to falsely present themselves as a prince charming on white steed, or a chaste Midwestern maiden, there were pen pals. Even beloved pessimist Charlie Brown was duped into love by a pen pal in the comic strip "Peanuts." Think of him as the proto-Te'o.
"It doesn't matter what the technology is, or what the year is. It doesn't even matter if we ever meet a person face to face," says Washington, D.C.-based online dating coach Erika Ettin. "We love to be showered with compliments and romanced. It's human nature. That's why I sometimes have to warn my clients: You can't fall in love with a profile, and you can't fall in love with an e-mail."
Schulman, the "Catfish" producer, compares the Internet love scams of today to the braggadocio found in love letters of long ago, or even the 17th-century French dramatist Cyrano de Bergerac hiding behind a surrogate to win the hand of Roxane.
Not much has changed since those gushing missives of yore, says Julie Spira, the author of "The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online." It is the means of communication that has changed. She's coined a term for it: Digital Pen Pal Syndrome.
"Often they fall in love on the Internet with genuine people," Spira says. "Maybe they live in a different country or out of state. But if they live near one another and don't meet, or they don't use Skype or FaceTime, that's a red flag. But the fact is that people are lonely. There are many virtual relationships that do work, but there are also a lot of fakes."
When in high school, Spira traded letters with foreign pen pals. These pencil and paper friends felt very real to her, she says, despite the fact that they never came face to face.
"When it comes to cyber relationships, sometimes people just want someone to talk to," Spira says. "The question is: Are they in love, or are they in love with the idea of being in love?"
MIT's Turkle, who studies how technology plays a role in our interpersonal relationships, says there is also a desire among romance-seekers for exclusively online relationships.
"Both parties can be genuine, both parties can be seriously looking for gratification," Turkle says. "They invest a lot of time in these relationships, but they want to keep it virtual. Even if they're both pretending to be someone they're not, it fills a need in their lives. But if one is genuine and the other is not, the result can be heartbreaking."
These specialists point out that most people using online dating websites such as Match.com, eHarmony, or OKCupid are usually looking for a serious, real-life relationship. The expectation of these sites is that you will connect online, and then meet for a date.
According to Schulman, finding true love can be dicier through social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. It may seem impossible to enter into a serious online relationship in 2013 without the aid of video chatting, but Schulman said in his case he was so smitten that he ignored the warning signs.
"I was the victim of a nine-month virtual romance," Schulman said. "During which time I suggested video chatting and offered to purchase a webcam for her. All along the way I heard any number of excuses about why it couldn't happen. It never dawned on me that everything this person was saying could possibly be untrue."
Which is why Adam LoDolce, a Boston-based "dating confidence coach," adamantly advises his clients to meet people the old-fashioned way: Approach them and say hello.
"A lot of dating coaches focus on online. My focus is offline," LoDolce says. "For thousands of years, we managed to meet people in everyday settings. It may sound old-fashioned, but if people don't want to get scammed by an Internet romance, don't look for love on the Internet."
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Lawmakers Learn to Juggle Family, Office Duty
When Rep. Wally Herger went door to door for his first campaign, he and his wife weren't pulling the traditional wagon full of literature around the neighborhood. Theirs was filled with small children.
The California Republican now has nine children, all of whom are an asset on the campaign trail, he said. Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-Ill.) had 10 child campaigners — all of whom donated to his campaign without any prompting. Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.) remembered similar help from his six kids at parades and events. His children would walk around wearing signs that read "Vote for my Daddy."
"Part of the benefits of having a large family is that you've got slave labor when it comes to manning phones and things," said Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), who also has six children.
Despite the help large families can provide a campaign, fewer than 20 Members of Congress have six or more children. Those who do agreed that balancing such a complicated home life with the demands of politics isn't easy. Catching late flights, racking up long-distance phone bills and missing votes for graduations — or recitals for votes — are the norm for Members with big families back home.
"It's not a family-friendly job, being in Congress," Herger said.
Politics "soaks up all your time, like a sponge in water," Webster agreed. "There's a certain amount of time you have to devote to it and a certain amount of time you have to spend on family. You have to make them a priority."
"You end up, as a parent, having only one day a week that the family gets to even see you at the dinner table," Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) said.
Congressional leaders recognize this as a hardship for all families. At orientation, they tell Members to remember that although they won't always be a Member of Congress, they're always going to be a father or mother, Schilling said.
Members with larger broods have found different ways of coping with the difficult balance. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, a father of six, drives his three boys to school every morning that he's home.
"That's my time with the boys — I make that time count and learn as much as I can from them," the Pennsylvania Republican said. He's constantly heading to baseball fields, rock concerts and Scout meetings to get in enough time with all of his children.
For Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), a father of six, there's a simple equation to balancing lawmaking with his large family: always go home. He returned home from the California Legislature every day when his children were young. Now, they all live within easy driving distance of his home in the district, so he and his wife can stay close to the grandchildren.
Schilling has similar priorities. After missing a trip home one weekend, the Illinois Republican turned down an interview with Christiane Amanpour the following week to travel home. When his staffers asked what they should tell the news show host about his refusal, his reply was simple: "Tell them I haven't been home for two weeks and I really miss my family!"
Going home on weekends wasn't enough for Herger, who moved his entire family to D.C. when he was elected, after receiving advice from former Rep. Norman Shumway (R-Calif.), who has five kids.
"I saw them much more being here than I would being back in the district," Herger said. "It's not a family-friendly job, no matter how you do it, but we felt we would see the family far more if they were here."
Webster and Akin chose to home-school their children to accommodate their many different schedules. Webster's kids would take their lessons on the road while their father traveled around the district.
"I don't think I would have known my kids near as well if they had been in regular school," he said.
Akin agreed.
"It allowed us, when I did have free time, to really utilize it," he said. "You weren't trying to match the normal school schedule with a political schedule that's really kind of erratic. When I was home, we would do something fun and also educational."
No matter the living or schooling situation, all of the Members agreed they could not have survived the tumultuous balance without their spouses.
"I can't say enough of my wife — my dear, saintly wife," Herger said. "I say that with total truth — I mean, she was like a single mother because I was away so much. … You couldn't do it unless you had a very supportive family."
Despite the challenges of balancing schedules and commitments, the job of raising sizable families isn't as tough as it sounds, some said. Older kids tend to help raise the younger ones, and large families offer support and relief from the rush of lawmaking.
"Our daughters especially, those two are really like second moms," Schilling said of his daughters Isabel and Rachel. "That's the thing folks forget about with large families: As the other kids grow older, they can really kind of help out."
For Rep. Michele Bachmann, a 55-year-old mother of five who has been a foster mom to 23 children, the kids are part of the campaign. Bachmann's daughters have joined her in Iowa and for political speeches, and she mentions the foster program frequently while she's on the trail.
Children help out in more ways than by campaigning or changing diapers. They're never short on advice or counsel, Garamendi said. Herger has a similarly opinionated family.
"I get a lot more advice on issues than most people do," he said, laughing. "When we have family meetings, I get a lot of input."
In addition to legislative advice, children have a lot to give their parents, the Members said.
"You learn so much from having six kids," Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-N.Y.) said. "You learn how to deal with different personalities, different needs, how to budget your time and multitask."
Congressional parents have a lot to offer their children, too. With tickets to swearing-in ceremonies and countless Capitol events, Members' children receive a front-row seat to learn the ins and outs of government. Many find their children and grandchildren internships and jobs in Washington. Six of Rep. Buck McKeon's (R-Calif.) 31 grandchildren have served as pages, and one is serving this summer in the Capitol.
Herger and Akin mentioned bringing their daughters to the White House Christmas Ball. Very close to her 16th birthday, Akin's daughter Abigail got a coveted ticket to the ball — and while there, a kiss from the president.
Akin's sons were even luckier. Perry, his second oldest, met his wife when she was working as a staff assistant in Akin's office. Ezra, his youngest son, realized Perry's wife had a younger sister working in Akin's campaign office — and the two married earlier this year.
Whatever the perks for child or parent, every Member said politics and lawmaking took a backseat to the most important aspect of their lives: their children.
"I really have accomplished an awful lot of things in my life, and I'm proud of what I've done," Buerkle said. "But my six kids are my greatest accomplishment. I'm so proud of them."


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You'll either be purring in content or scratching your head at this one, but get ready because Hello Kitty themed aircraft are set to debut in the United States.
EVA Air has announced it will begin flying a Boeing 777 featuring the popular cartoon character on its Taoyuan-Los Angeles route, immersing travelers in all things Hello Kitty during the 13-hour journey.
The Taiwan-based airline has been flying jets outfitted with Hello Kitty themed décor in Asian countries for a number of years, but it's the first time such aircraft will be flown in the U.S.
The airline is still putting the finishing touches on the interior of the plane, but they have released a few details about what passengers can expect. Aircraft bathrooms will feature Hello Kitty branded soaps and lotions and cabin crew will wear pink Hello Kitty aprons featuring a large 3D bow and an image of the famous feline.
If the planes are anything like the ones operating in Japan, Hong Kong, and elsewhere, we can also expect to see Hello Kitty adorning the headrests, pillows, boarding passes, and luggage tags. But the most incredible part has to be the Hello Kitty themed meals, which feature intricately carved desserts and morsels of food shaped like the cartoon character herself.
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Bicycling at night can be a potentially hazardous endeavor for several reasons, but primarily because well, it's dark. Inattentive drivers, weather, and other factors aside, the most important thing you can do to keep yourself safe is to ensure that you can see and that you are seen by others.
Revolights, an invention put together by [Kent Frankovich, Adam Pettler, and Jim Houk], is an ingenious way of accomplishing both of those things. The ring-shaped system attaches to nearly any bike tire, and includes LEDs that shine like a car's head and taillights. A magnet attached to the bike's fork triggers the onboard microcontroller to light only 4 LEDs at a time, letting persistence of vision take care of the rest.
We think it's a great idea, and clearly others do as well. With nearly a month left on their Kickstarter page, they have nearly doubled their initial funding goal.
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Parshat Vayeshev
Yaakov settles in the land of Canaan. His favorite son, Yosef, brings him critical reports about his brothers. Yaakov makes Yosef a fine tunic of multi-colored woolen strips. Yosef exacerbates his brothers hatred by recounting prophetic dreams of sheaves of wheat bowing to his sheaf, and of the sun, moon and stars bowing to him, signifying that all his family will appoint him king. The brothers indict Yosef and resolve to execute him. When Yosef comes to Shechem, the brothers relent and decide, at Reuvens instigation, to throw him into a pit instead. Reuvens intent was to save Yosef. Yehuda persuades the brothers to take Yosef out of the pit and sell him to a caravan of passing Ishmaelites. Reuven returns to find the pit empty and rends his clothes. The brothers soak Yosefs tunic in goats blood and show it to Yaakov, who assumes that Yosef has been devoured by a wild beast. Yaakov is inconsolable. Meanwhile, in Egypt, Yosef has been sold to Potiphar, Pharaohs Chamberlain of the Butchers. In the Parshas sub-plot, Yehudas son Er dies as punishment for preventing his wife Tamar from becoming pregnant. Onan, Yehudas second son, then weds Tamar by levirate marriage. He too is punished in similar circumstances. When Yehudas wife dies, Tamar resolves to have children through Yehuda, as this union will found the Davidic line culminating in the Mashiach. Meanwhile, Yosef rises to power in the house of his Egyptian master. His extreme beauty attracts the unwanted advances of his masters wife. Enraged by his rejection, she accuses Yosef of attempting to seduce her, and he is imprisoned. In jail, Yosef successfully predicts the outcome of the dream of Pharaohs wine steward, who is reinstated; and the dream of Pharaohs baker, who is hanged. In spite of his promise, the wine steward forgets to help Yosef, and Yosef languishes in jail.
In Sheeps Clothing
"And Yosef had been brought down to Egypt" (39:1)
It never fails to amaze me how our hidden agendas can rule our lives like wolves in sheeps clothing.
Rashi explains that the juxtaposition of the incidents of Yehuda and Tamar, and that of Yosef and Potiphars wife, is to emphasize that both women acted for the sake of Heaven, that their motives were altruistic. If so, why is Tamar regarded as a righteous woman, a tzadeket, and Potiphars wife considered cursed, wanton, and evil?
Even when faced with death by burning, Tamar refused to expose Yehuda as the father of her unborn twins. From her selflessness we learn that it is better to throw oneself into a fiery furnace than to humiliate someone in public (Sota 10).
However, there is more to Tamars action. At this point, Tamar knew that she was pregnant with twins, and that on her progeny was founded the entire plan for Jewish salvation, the lineage of King David and, eventually, Mashiach. And with all that she still demurred from humiliating Yehuda in public, even if it meant that Mashiach should not come, and that all that was planned should never materialize. Tamar didnt stop for one minute to weigh up one side against the other. She knew that it was forbidden to humiliate Yehuda. End of Story.
Potiphars wife knew by means of astrology that she was destined to have descendants from Yosef. However her astrological predictions were not accurate enough to foretell whether this offspring would come directly through her or though her daughter (as in fact turned out to be the case). Nevertheless, she made every effort to seduce Yosef. The dress she wore in the morning for him was replaced by a different one in the afternoon. At every opportunity she tried to woo him with words, with money, and with threats.
How was she able to determine so definitively that her astrological prediction referred to herself and not to her daughter?
Enter desire.
Exit altruism.
Potiphars wifes physical attraction to Yosef had no problem convincing her altruism that she, and not her daughter, was to be Yosefs consort.
Nothing is more dangerous, and nothing is more difficult to identify than selfishness masquerading as altruism. Thats the ultimate wolf in sheeps clothing.
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The Carnival Triumph, while on a four-day cruise that departed Galveston last Thursday, experienced an engine room fire on Sunday morning and has been without propulsion in the Gulf of Mexico since that time. The ship's automatic fire extinguishing systems activated and the fire was successfully extinguished. Fortunately, there were no injuries to guests or crew members.
Earlier this evening, the first of two tugboats arrived and is tied up to the ship with the second expected in the early hours of Tuesday morning. We had originally planned to tow the ship to Progreso, Mexico, the closest port to the ship's location early Sunday. Since that time, the ship has drifted about 90 miles north due to strong currents. This now puts the ship nearly equidistant to Mobile, Alabama and given the strength of the currents, it is preferable to head north to Mobile, rather than attempt to tow against them. We now expect to arrive in Mobile sometime on Thursday, roughly the same time the ship would have arrived in Progreso given the distance the ship has traveled. From there, we will provide the necessary transportation to get our guests home. Mobile also provides simpler re-entry, particularly for the 900 guests onboard traveling without passports.
We have maintained constant contact with the ship's officers. All of our guests are safe, and we're doing everything we can to make them as comfortable as possible. The ship has maintained emergency generator power since the fire occurred and the technical team on board has been successful in gradually restoring auxiliary power to operate some basic hotel functions. Currently, public and cabin toilets are operational in certain sections of the ship, power has been restored to a limited number of elevators, and some power in the Lido dining area is providing for hot coffee and limited hot food service.
All guests on the current Carnival Triumph voyage will receive a full refund for the cruise, along with transportation expenses. In addition, they will receive a future cruise credit equal to the amount paid for this voyage, as well as reimbursement of all shipboard purchases during the voyage, with the exception of gift shop and casino charges.
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White perch are native to the Atlantic coast region of North America. They were accidentally introduced into Wilson and Cheney Reservoirs as contaminants in fish stockings but have since been moved by the public. Until this week, white perch were known to be present in Wilson and Cheney reservoirs; the Ninnescah, Arkansas, and Saline rivers; Hoover Pond in Kingman; Kingman State Fishing Lake; Lake Afton in Sedgwick County; Sedgwick County Park Lakes, and Carey Park Pond in Hutchinson. "This was entirely preventable," KDWP's invasive species specialist Jason Goeckler said. "We will probably never know that exact origin of this introduction, but it is likely that white perch were introduced to El Dorado by anglers, either as bait or a purposeful introduction. Anglers must be aware of the negative impacts white perch will have on a fishery and take precautions to prevent their spread." In an effort to curb the spread of this harmful species, KDWP made it illegal to possess live white perch several years ago. There are signs at most boat ramps warning anglers and boaters about the dangers of transporting invasive species, as well as detailed information in the 2009 Fishing Regulations Summary and on the KDWP website, www.kdwp.state.ks.us. White perch have been associated with declines in both walleye and white bass populations, and they feed heavily on baitfish needed by other species. White perch can out-compete native fishes for food and space, and they will hybridize with white bass. El Dorado Reservoir is now home to two infamous invasive species. Zebra mussels infested the 8,000-acre reservoir in 2003. Both species will have profound impacts on the aquatic community, as well as the people who fish and boat at these reservoirs.
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