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Dealing With Lying
A young parent recently emailed me a question about how to handle lying. His daughter is in grade school, and has been testing the limits recently. I suspect all kids go through this - or at least all seven of our have!
When our children hit this phase, we sat down and talked about trust. We defined it. We found building the character quality of trust worked better than focusing on the lie or catching the child in their next lie. We shared biblical references on lying and trustworthiness, forming a common belief system with our children. We memorized these verses together. We prayed for wisdom.
We used an antique box of handkerchiefs as a trust visual. My grandmother gave this box to me, full of handkerchiefs, from her grandmother. Of all her grandchildren, she trusted me with it. It seemed an appropriate object lesson.
The box represented "trust." When a child was found lying, the box was emptied. Slowly, maybe over the course of a couple months, I added handkerchiefs back into the box, one at a time. A symbol that the child was trustworthy again. Adding another handkerchief would often be a ceremonious event, at least between parent and child, when we caught them being honest.
For us no trust equaled limited freedom. When we realized a child was struggling with lying, we cut out all opportunities to be with friends without our being present. This established early the idea that to have freedom with peers or away from home - mom and dad had trust the young person. With some of our children, we had to carry this to the extent of not letting them attend Sunday School or youth group for a few weeks. we received negative comments from our peers at church once about being so strict, but this was huge to me. We knew more and more freedom would come with the young adult years. We wanted to build a foundation of trust.
One key component of lying is fear. People often lie because they fear disappointing others, failing, or revealing their true selves. Each parent should do a little soul searching of their expectations of their children. Some questions to consider: Do you allow grace and freedom for your child to let you down without facing relationship issues like anger or a withholding of your love? Is the idea of disappointing you worse than the consequences for lying? Also reflect on your own trustworthiness. Are you keeping your word to your children? Be cautious not to take on more parental guilt that you should, but examine yourself for any parenting patterns that might be contributing to your child's behavior.
Two other ideas to focus on truthfullness might be to discuss oaths our government officials take, and learn about the job of bank tellers. Help your children understand lying isn't something just kids have to deal with, and trustworthiness isn't something they alone have to develop. Help your children see this is big, and it is for everybody, and it is life long.
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Planning for retirement is much more than socking money away.
When we were in our early 50's, Rita and I pledged to each other that in preparing to retire, we would reduce our possessions by ten percent per year for ten years. Doing the math, we'd end up with 30% of what we started with. We planned to retire in my hometown on the California Central Coast. We figured we could move there with 30%.
We discovered that it takes time to find a good home for usable stuff. When I retired from ministry of music, I gave all my choral music to our daughter's alma mater, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD. I gave my organ music to our son's alma mater, Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa. They were appropriately grateful. And after the third car-load they said they had plenty, thank you.
Rita devised her own plan to reduce. She really likes clothes. So each January she would reduce her wardrobe by 10% and give it to a worthwhile non-profit thrift store. Then she practiced the one-for-one rule. One item in, one item out. As we got closer to the end of our ten-year pledge, she had to start with two-for-one. Two items out for each incoming.
Because we gave away rather than selling – garage sales are such a pain – we got a nice tax deduction each year. That's important to us because we don't want our tax money used for war.
The plan worked well. We were able to move to Calif. in two compact cars. No moving van, no trailers.
Most parents pass some of their precious possessions to their children. They're called hand-me-downs. We have a similar tradition but in reverse – hand-me-ups. Our kids give us their obsolete items. After college our son gave us his old car. It gave us five more years of service. In fact, we've never bought a new car. Our daughter gave me her old laptop when she needed a faster one. It serves me very well.
On my speaking tours I've met elders who complain, "I've been saved all this stuff for my kids, and now they don't want it!" Rita and I vowed that we would not make our possessions a burden for our kids, so we save the few things they do want – memorabilia mostly – put their name on the bottom, and find a new home for the rest.
If you are set to inherit over 20 tea cup/saucer sets like Rita was from her mother or hundreds of old pop bottles from her father, then save one or two to focus all your love and attention on. Remember, it's not about tea cups. It's about memories.
Another way to preserve memories is to take a picture of some precious objects. Put the pictures in a scrap book, go through it from time-to-time to bring back that flood of sentimental memories. But don't keep all the cups and bottles. They slow us down and collect dust!
Is it time for you to make or update your retirement plan? Give yourself time so that useful items don't end up in the landfill or as a burden to you kids.
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Dear Parishioners: Advent is here! This great season of joyful anticipation of the coming of Christ is underway. Here at Our Lady of Mercy there are few things to note on the Advent Calendar. Confessions, prayers and musical festivities! Next Saturday, December 13th we are having All Day Confessions from 9:00AM until 3:00PM. There are to be four priests hearing Confessions at all times so we don't expect lines and long waits. Priests from across the Diocese are volunteering an hour or two to hear Confessions throughout the day. I am grateful to Fr. Connors for organizing this great event for the parish. I encourage you to spread the word with your family, friends and neighbors that the best way to truly prepare for Christmas and Christ's coming is by confessing our sins and cleansing our souls! Confession Guides are available if anyone has not been in a while and lots of merciful and loving priests in the Confessionals! So spread the word! If you are coming yourself, why not invite a friend, a neighbor or a family member to join you! God's forgiveness and mercy is a Christmas gift no money can buy!
On Monday, December 15th at 7:00PM we have scheduled a joyful and prayerful celebration of Advent Vespers. Bishop Evans is to preside at the prayer service and Fr. Richard Valentine from St. Michael's Church in Smithfield is to preach. Join us for a prayerful half hour of song, prayer and reflection. A great way to prepare for Christ's coming! This coming Friday night at 7:00PM the children from OLM School gather for the Annual Christmas Pageant. It is always a great night of festive songs and prayerful devotion of the Christmas Story of the Holy Family. If you haven't ever seen it, join us on Friday but arrive early to the church as its usually very crowded!
On Monday, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Under this title she serves as the Patroness of the United States and it is a holy day of obligation for all Catholics. This great feast celebrates that Mary was conceived without original sin or its stain—that's what "immaculate" means: without stain. The essence of original sin consists in the deprivation of sanctifying grace, and its stain is a corrupt nature. Mary was preserved from these defects by God's grace; from the first instant of her existence she was in the state of sanctifying grace and was free from the corrupt nature original sin brings. Hence, when greeting the Blessed Virgin Mary the angel Gabriel said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you." (Luke 1:28). The grace given to Mary is at once permanent and of a unique kind. Mary was graced in the past but with continuing effects in the present. This year there is no Vigil Mass for this holyday because it falls on the Monday. We have three Masses on the Monday holyday, December 8th at 7:30AM, 9:00AM and 7:00PM. The 9:00AM Mass is scheduled to include the OLM School students, families and faculty. All parishioners are invited to attend and pray with the school.
In reflecting on Advent and the Blessed Mother Mary, Pope Francis has said: "The time of Advent that we begin again today returns us to the horizon of hope... there is always a need to restart, to rise again, to recover a sense of the goal of one's own existence. Mary serves as a model of this spiritual attitude, to this way of being and of journeying in life." Although she was just a simple girl she carried in her heart the hope of God. In her womb, the hope of God took flesh, became man, and made history: Jesus Christ. Let us be guided by her, she who is mother, she is a 'mama' and knows how to lead us. Let us be guided by her in this time of waiting and active vigilance." "O Come, O Come Emmanuel!" Let's celebrate Advent with prayer and patience. Join us tomorrow as we honor our Advent Model, Mary, at Holyday Mass! I am away this week in Washington, DC at the Annual Winter Meeting of the National Association of State Catholic Conference Directors but return on Sunday night. God Bless. Go Pats!


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As stated in previous efforts, John Smith and I go back to 1967 when he was the Junior Olympic 400 meter champion and I presented him with his medal. Since then, as an athlete, he set the world record at 440 yards. As a coach he has had outstanding success working with Olympic champions and world record holders. If I have to detail all his accomplishments, it means you are not clued in and tuned in enough to get what follows anyway, so why bother ?
John and I talk an average of twice a week, and depending on what is hot, perhaps as much as three times a week. For both of us it is a form of venting about things that we want to keep semi-private, but at the same time feel the need to discourse about. Some times it is just a basic exercise in talking with someone who sees the sport from a perspective similar to your own. And,….if I were to be totally honest, we sometimes just gossip about whatever is juicey out there.
After a recent seminar at which he was asked to speak, John was pretty heated because he felt he was not being fully understood and his work was not fully appreciated.
Brooks, man , I am really teed off at some people.
So what else is new ?
No, man, I mean I am really angry at some stuff, really upset.
Really, what in the hell can that be ?
I did this presentation recently and afterwards I felt like I was raped.
John, who in the hell would want to rape you ?
That's not funny ! I'll have you know that a lot of people find me atrractive.
Then what is your issue ?
People liking you, and then have some other people try to "punk" you and take advantage of you is two different things.
Okay, point accepted and duly noted. So what ? What happened ?
I got the feeling that the people at the clinic were not really tuning into what I was trying to get across. They only got the surface stuff and never really got into the depth of what I was trying to put across. They did not understand the authenticity of what I was telling them. They did not get down into the nitty gritty of what I was explaining about our sport. On the other hand, they acted so smug and smart like they knew my stuff better than I did. It was like they were taking something from me and misinterpretting it all to hell, then acting like they invented it. When they talked to me about it, it was all phony and light weight.
John, that kind of stuff happens all the time.
Yeah !
Yeah ! Have you ever heard of Little Willie John ?
Little Willie John ? What the ……you talking about ?
Little Willie John was a Rhtyhm and Blues singer in the early and middle 50s.
One of his songs went like this:
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Don't worry baby I'll do you no harm
We gonna rock, we gonna roll
I'm going to satisfy your soul"
So he was talking about having sex, right ? Did he get raped too ?
John you are missing the damned point.
Well just what the hell is the point then !
The music in those days was not as explicit as it is now and double entendre was the order of the day.
Double what ?
Double entendre. What you say has two meanings.
I've run into a lot of experts at that —-.
The point I am trying to make is Elvis Pressley Bill Haley, and lot of white singers tried to copy the black Rhythm and Blues singers and made "covers" of their records, like Elvis covered Big Willie Mae Thornton's " You Ain't Nothing But a Hound Dog " and made it into big hit. The music that black Rhythmn and Blues singers were performing was called "RACE" music by whites and when all these new white artists started to "cover" black songs, they could not call it "RACE" music so white people started to call it "ROCK and ROLL".
So a black Rhythmn and Blues code for having sex became the name of the new white music ?
Yep, and every time I think about that fact I grin inside because it reminds me of the messy mistakes we can make when we do not fully understand the origins and authenticity of what is being played out on us.
You know what ? That's what I was feeling after my lecture to these people. They did not understand what I was saying about coaching and training on the authentic level, but they took the shallow and surface stuff and ran with it. They really think they got it. They just did not take the time to look deep into what I was saying, but ran with the easy stuff.
John, you just met Little Willie John face on.
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- Jen Unsell said...
I love getting comments too. Few people seem to leave them though. I've had you linked from our blog for a while now Ivy. ;-)
- December 9, 2008 at 9:03 AM
- Michelle Cowden said...
Ok, since you asked, I'll leave a comment: I enjoy your spunky blog! My blog (Grumpy doesn't live here) is two days old and has a link to you on it. We just started unschooling and I've gotten some great ideas from you. I also love reading about your thrifting and couponing adventures! Wishing you happy holidays! And glad you're melanoma scare turned out all fine.
Michelle Cowden
- December 9, 2008 at 1:59 PM
- Lisa said...
My desktop background is a picture of Catherine Moreland and Henry Tilney, the heroine and hero of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey (2007 movie version).
I have two pair of Smartwool socks that I adore and they are wearing out. I need new ones!
I bet you looked cute in your thermal layers and bed head! lol
- December 9, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- A JoyFilled Life said...
You sound very cozy! I'm in layers this morning too, with fleece pants instead of flannel.
- December 10, 2008 at 6:01 AM
HI Ivy (Michele) not sure which it is. I love your blog. I am on the FAIR board. How do you decide what to study? I am loving this Charlotte mason approach that you are using. Did you read the manual? Was it helpful? Thanks,
Kim in Indiana
- December 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM


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April 4, 2009
SEATTLE, Wash. – Two home runs and a solid pitching outing by the third-ranked Washington Huskies spelled defeat Saturday afternoon for the fourth-ranked ASU Sun Devil Softball team who lost 11-3 in five innings in Seattle at Husky Softball Complex. The Sun Devils are now 32-6 overall and 4-1 in the Pac-10 while UW advances to 30-5 overall and 3-2 in conference play.
The Huskies attacked first as starter Megan Elliott struggled for control in the first inning as she hit two batters in a row which would come back to haunt her as Danielle Lawrie settled in for an RBI single to left followed up with a sacrifice fly from Ashlyn Watson to plate another as UW took the 2-0 lead after one complete.
ASU fired back in the second inning as Katie Crabb let Danielle Lawrie dig herself a hole with a 3-1 before giving the next ball a free ride over the left center wall to cut the lead in half 2-1. Another run in the bottom of the inning gave UW the lead right back with a 3-1 score after two. The Huskies came back for a crushing blow in the third as well as Elliott gave up a single and a walk before Lauren Greer dug in to send a ball packing for a three run shot to take a 6-1 lead.
Alicia Blake took it to the Sun Devils as well as the third rolled on as Megan Ellsworth replaced Megan Elliott only to give up a double followed with a two-run home run from Blake to right center. Another run finally saw ASU stop the blood loss as they finished the third trailing 10-1. ASU fired back in the fifth putting two runs on the board to keep the game going with a 10-3 lead.
The Huskies were not to be denied though as they came up in the bottom of the fifth to finish it early as they loaded the bases for pinch-hitter Niki Williams who took first on a fielder's choice that saw Marnie Koziol score on a throwing error from short to end the game early in a run rule.
The Sun Devils will face-off against the Huskies once more this weekend as they take to the field tomorrow at noon in Seattle at Husky Softball Stadium.
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We Have Heard The Enemy
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010 (message contributor)
Summary: Priorities - (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: firstname.lastname@example.com)
Reading: chapter 6 verses 1-19.
• A reporter was interviewing an old man on his 100th birthday.
• "What are you most proud of?" he asked.
• "Well, " said the man, "I don't have an enemy in the world."
• "What a beautiful thought!
• How inspirational!" said the reporter.
• "Yep," added the centenarian, "outlived every last one of them."
"Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes".
Nehemiah's enemies are identified for us by name in verse 4:
• "Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem and their followers".
• So far in the book they had been the enemy without,
• In this chapter they try to change their tactics;
• And they will try to become the enemy within!
So far in the story:
• Under Nehemiah's gifted leadership,
• The people had completed rebuilding of the walls of the city of Jerusalem.
• Now all that remained to do was the restoration of the gates;
• Then when the city was secure,
• He could concentrate on strengthening of the community within those walls.
(1). The Intrigue (deception) (verses 1-4):
• F. E. Smith was a clever lawyer with a quick wit;
• Who served as the British attorney general from 1915 until 1919.
• On one occasion he cross-examined a young man;
• Who was claiming damages for an arm injury caused by the negligence of a bus driver.
• "Will you please show us how high you can lift your arm now?" asked Smith.
• The young man gingerly raised his arm to shoulder level, his face distorted with pain.
• "Thank you," said Smith.
• "And now, could you show us how high you could lift it before the accident?"
• The young man eagerly shot his arm up above his head.
• You will not be surprised to know that he lost the case!
Using deception to gain an advantage is not a new thing;
• It happens today and it happened way back in Nehemiah times (chapter 6):
• With Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem & their followers.
• Having failed miserably;
• In their attempts to stop the workers from rebuilding the city walls,
• They decide to employ new tactics.
• From now on they will concentrate their attacks on Nehemiah himself.
• After all if you destroy Nehemiah the leader;
• His followers will have no-one to follow and to lead them!
Quote verses 1-2:
"When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it—though up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates- 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: "Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono." "
In verses 1-2:
• The enemies of Nehemiah, suddenly want to become Nehemiah's friends:
• And they invite him to a conference down on the plain of Ono.
• Ono is a village situated halfway between Jerusalem and Samaria.
• It was a quiet, relaxing place.
These first two verses read like Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem had a genuine desire to make peace;
• It seems that they at long last realise they are fighting a losing battle;
• So they want to meet up with Nehemiah, cut their losses and join up with him!
• They choose a place halfway between them;
• They are saying to Nehemiah; "We are willing to meet you halfway, don't be a bad neighbour"
• We have a saying; "I wasn't born yesterday!"
• Nehemiah was aware of what the saying means. He too would not be easily taken in.
• Norman "Kid" McCoy, who was welterweight boxing champion in 1896,
• He was also regarded as a formidable puncher,
• And was included in the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
• During one of his fights, McCoy discovered his opponent had a disability,
• He was fighting a contender who had the misfortune of being deaf.
• McCoy wasted no time in taking advantage of it.
• Near the end of the third round McCoy stepped back a pace;
• And pointed to his adversary's corner, indicating that the bell had rung.
• "Thank you" said McCoy's opponent. "very kind of you."
• But the bell hadn't rung at all,
• And as soon as the other boxer dropped his hands and turned away.
• McCoy immediately knocked him out.
Unlike McCoy's opponent Nehemiah was not about to be taken in:
• Some commentators suggest that they were trying to trick him into leaving Jerusalem,
• Where he had armed support, to come to a conference where they could ambush him.
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Christophe Beaufays at Tahskeel- Jeddah
Christophe Beaufays is the Associate Art Director and Senior Designer for the Jeddah based Thobe house Lomar, a formar Jean Paul Gaultier senior designer and a teacher at the prestigous Parsons the new School of Design in New York. This creative designer have been everywhere and have seen it all, and decided two years ago to relocate and take Jeddah as his new home in collaboration with Lomar team to help take the Thobe industry to the next level providing the customers with unique cuts, materials and ideas every season..
We had the chance to have a causal talk with him to know more about Lomar, the fashion scene in the GCC and more...
- When was the first time you were ever introduce to a Thobe? and where?
The first time I really paid attention to this outfit and start loving it was when I came in Dubai to work For ESMOD fashion university.
- What made you interested in becoming a Thobe designer?
I never thought of being a thobe Designer of course and I was not even sure that there were Designer for this outfits as in the UAE the thobes (Kendwrah) are all the same and are just made in small tailor shops. I had to wait to meet Loai Nassem and his wife Mona Al Haddad in Dubai at Lafayette Galleries inside the Lomar booth to discover that there were some very interesting and creative designs for Saudi thobes and that the first to re-define the thobes were Loai and his wife and that many other young designers started to do the same and they were all from Jeddah.
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- You travelled all over the world, Japan, Europe the US, etc, and saw all the grown mature fashion industries ...... Why did you choose to design thobe?! and why saudi?!
My dream was to mix my knowledge and experience in high fashion design and my passion for Arab culture. I couldn't find a better place for that than working in Saudi Arabia for Lomar,-the biggest and most influential thobe Design company- and in Jeddah, the most open-minded and cultural city in Saudi Arabia where the mix of the Eastern and the Western culture was existing for centuries.
- You've worked in haute couture and in the ready to industry, which do you think is closer to Thobe design? and why?
Thobe Design is not Haute Couture anyway there are no Haute Couture for men so far (except by Jean-Paul gaultier). But its not purely ready-made neither as each thobe is custom-made on measurements of the client. Its a kind of "Semi-Couture" but the Designs are not exclusive like it must be for Haute Couture (except on demand for "VIP"). But recently lomar started to sell ready-made thobes for people who are travelling, passing by or in a hurry. We just fix the length (hem) directly on the spot.
Ediyah Kids Collection
- What are the differences that you have noticed between the Middle Eastern fashion scene and the International one? What do we need to do over here to reach professional global standards? Of course there are differences because of the culture and also the religion and its very important to keep those differences because those differences are the identity of the region and for me the mission of Designer is to keep those cultural differences alive because I hate the globalization that is trying to standardize the tastes and customs to make everything and everywhere look the same. But in term of quality and technical skills there are improvements to do to reach the professional standards concerning the all Middle East countries. And that s the most important challenge to avoid in the future to see the manufacture companies with "know-how" and skilled labor only going to western (for luxury) or Asian (for mass market) countries.
- What's your favorite part when you are preparing for a collection?
- Where do you see the thobe market going in the future? internationally or remain in the region?
The thobe market is and will most probably stay exclusively in the GCC market and even inside the GCC there are important differences between the designs of thobes from each of these countries. The Emiratis don't wear Saudi thobes for example as well as Saudis don t wear Omani thobes etc….
But of course we can think ( and we are already thinking….) "international" by designing other items like accessories and also by designing a western style ready-to-wear but with an Arabic inspiration.
Lomar Shumagh Collection
- Will we see an haute couture line for Lomar in future?
I don t think that s a very interesting market for Lomar... As a Designer I have more pride to see the people in the street wearing our designs than to spend time designing something that just one person will wear and maybe just for one occasion…For me the highest mission and pride of a Designer is to have an influence –even small-on the society or even sometimes on the world he's living in. Haute Couture just makes u satisfy few privileged people in the world. It doesn't interest me that much, personally…
Questions: Amal Ismail & Hussa Altubbaji
Photos: Courtesy of Lomar & Christophe Beaufays.
Collages by: Hussa Altubbaji.


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Backstage at a Fashion Show
Gorgeous collections, gorgeous models, gorgeous crowds—fashion shows are like one big glamorous party, right? Well...not quite. From the front row, yes, fashion shows seem like an effortlessly chic way to bring together models, designers, celebrities, editors, and of course the latest styles. But have you ever wondered what goes on backstage?
The truth is, despite the glam factor, fashion shows are one of the most demanding events to produce. Behind the scenes, there's an army of people working day and night to make sure the show goes off without a hitch. It takes months and months of preparation and tons of hard work. In fact, the planning for the next fashion show begins as soon as the last one ends!
Not All Glitz and Glam
Even Carolina Herrera admitted fashions shows aren't all glitz and glam. As she told Vogue, "The fashion shows are so fabulous, but you go backstage and you see what is really happening: You see the work."
Most of the big stuff, like the stage construction, lighting, and sound, are set up well in advance. But the moments before the show are a flurry of last-minute activity and, well, madness. Organized madness, but madness nonetheless.
So, what really happens behind the scenes of a fashion show?
Quick Fixes
Even though designers have been preparing for months in advance, there are always last-minute fixes. Stylists work under pressure to make sure everything is absolutely perfect, even if that means hemming a skirt moments before a model walks onto the runway or quickly scoring a pair of slippery heels to make sure a model won't pull a Naomi Campbell, circa 1993.
Last Minute Changes
A fashion show is a whole lot of unknowns. Sometimes models are late. Or, they show up late and covered in glitter and hairspray from a previous show and need to be cleaned up and re-done in a matter of minutes. And sometimes, models don't show up at all because they got an offer from a bigger name.
It's not uncommon either for a VIP to show up unannounced and demand a front-row seat for an already packed show or for a stylist to reconsider her shoe choice 30 seconds before a model is supposed to hit the runway.
Is it any wonder why things can get a little frantic behind the scenes of a fashion show?
A Whole Lot of Running Around
When it comes to fashion shows, timing is everything. And if that means a model has to run to the catwalk to make sure she's in line or sprint backstage (in 5-inch heels, no less) to change outfits before she's due to walk again, well, that's just another day at the office.
Fashion weeks are even more hectic. Sometimes models will have to crisscross the city to get from one show to the next, leaving mere minutes to get scrubbed clean and start all over again.
Photographs Galore
Backstage is always packed with models, designers, managers, stylists, makeup artists, hairdressers, publicists, and other fashion elite who are there to ensure a fabulous show. Oh, and then you also have to squeeze in a few dozen photographers who are all jostling to document the big event.
Designers have caught on that their fans are dying to get an all-access pass to something they may never get to experience in person. Fans want to see what their favorite models get up to backstage, to learn how to get the hottest runway looks, and to see how it all comes together. Basically, they just want to get a taste of all that mysterious backstage action!
And of course, despite the madhouse atmosphere, there's always time for a few selfies. Hop on to any model's Instagram and you're sure to see some wacky faces, some fiercely glam looks, and some unforgettable photobombs.


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3 weeks, 38 miles and an acknowledgement of the darker side of training for ultramarathons
I hate taper weeks with a passion, usually for the start of a new week I will feel horrific from the previous long training run and find I get some energy back during my first recovery run of that week. Because I was planning to half my weekly mileage this week and then again next week, I had a choice between lots of shorter training runs and no long run, or 2 shorter runs and keep the reasonably long run. I chose the latter and managed to procrastinate away until Thursday evening for my next run.
I was quite comfortable throughout the 4 laps of Post Hill Woods and enjoyed being able to switch off while listening to music, my run on Saturday afternoon passed by almost identically. The only difference was that Saturday's killed off my only pair of trail running shoes. What had started as a slight separation at the front of the toe section on my right shoe had opened up so large tree branches and leaves got stuck in there on my last few laps. The 4 laps has become virtually my default training run so I was quite happy just stopping, removing the item then pursuing on.
Whilst my taste in running shoes is really functional and quite understated, my other footwear is horrendously garish. Probably top of this scale but closest I had to running shoes was a pair of Reebok Classics with a 'unicorn' style reflective strip on the heel and logo to both sides.
My 21.4 miles in them this morning was surprisingly comfortable and I settled into a 4.5 hour block of podcasts that was more than enough. I had 2 litres of Lucozade Sport in my backpack and stopped at 10.7 miles to eat a rather large bar of chocolate. Say what you want about delayed gratification but knowing that was coming definitely helped for the first half!
Having so many mornings and evenings this week that didn't involve running has had a detrimental effect on my overall well-being and mood, maybe this is as a reaction to the last 7 weeks of hard training but I felt way more exhausted than during any of those weeks. I have been told the difference between whether somebody sees something someone else does as an obsession or something they are just passionate about is based on whether that person likes the thing or not. I think I have sort of viewed the Great Glen Ultra from an obsession point of view since the St I'lltyd Ultra and struggled this week to pass time without thinking about it. Not being able to train the usual amount has probably contributed towards this. Whilst I do have a large confidence built up since October about this attempt going well, I think I am in a better place to deal with it if it doesn't now. I came across this quote midweek which sort of hammered that point home.


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Girl with a Contax
Elissa Baker is a born and raised Iowa girl, now living out in the wild in Chicago. She is a writer, photographer, traveler, and owner of too much stuff.
No surprise here, she is a busy mother of two tiny human men, one human male husband, two dogs and a cat. This is a collection of her photography, rambling videos of her editing, and a neglected blog of scattered thoughts concerning her journey with film and other happenings.
Elissa mainly shoots with a Contax 645. No preferred film of choice as it always changes. Elissa also has a Canon 5D Mark iii and 60D that are in desperate need of a dusting, a blue Fujifilm Instax Mini, and an iPhoneX.
Elissa interviewed herself and wrote this in the third person.
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A private firm has 20 partners, including a private company which is having 30 shareholders.
Hello Nancy, **As far as, private company become partner in private firm, the answer is yes, a private company can become partner in private firm. A company being an artificial person can become a partner in a partnership firm.** ........................................................................................................ **And as per sec. 464 of companies act, 2013,** The 2013 Act puts a restriction on the number of partners that can be admitted to a partnership at 100. To be specific, the 2013 Act states that no association or partnership consisting of more than the given number of persons as may be prescribed shall be formed for the purpose of carrying on any business that has for its object the acquisition of gain by the association or partnership or by the individual members thereof, unless it is registered as a company under this 1956 Act or is formed under any other law for the time being in force: As an exception, the aforesaid restriction would not apply to the following: – A Hindu undivided family carrying on any business – An association or partnership, if it is formed by professionals who are governed by special acts like the Chartered Accountants Act, etc. ..................................................................................................................................... Now, as per question asked about the consequence of company – as per companies act, 2013, the limit is not exceeded, thus, **`the private firm is legal as per law.`** Moreover, shareholders of private company are not the partners of private firm. They only remain the shareholders of private company. Only, the private company is the partner of firm. **`Thus, total partners of private firm are 20 only.`** Thanks & Regards


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As I drive south from Portland, OR the Trump for President signs that I'd seen driving north to Portland from San Francisco recede in both rear-view mirrors. Everyone voted who they voted for three weeks ago and everything was either going to be great, terrible, or pretty much the way it'd always been.
In the small world of personal politics I'd lost again, as I'd lost every election since I'd become old enough to vote, and people I see in places unfamiliar to me along The Oregon Trail make me ask, "what happened to you," in a sad way, making me look closely at the places these people are living.
I came to grips with Trump's victory about a week ago; yes it was something bad looking and evil smelling that I'd seen on the sidewalk–I could either hose it down or step around it and continue walking. I'd even be willing to grant Trump complete Tabula Rasa–perhaps his way is a new way of governing, a semi-revolutionary approach to the office of President, a combining of inexperience, bluster, untruth, and the persuasive power of purposeful distortions that have created a whole new professional class of corporate CEO's that now rule America in the name of the people–were he not so preposterously vulgar.
I've driven south, over 400 miles, and I'm tired, so I pull over when it's dark and look for a hotel room so I can sleep.
And everything seems ok this morning in Redding, California. I've had a good nights sleep, going for my complimentary breakfast in the Best Western dining room, a room occupied by people like me, people who are only sure they're going someplace else as fast as they can.


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Requirements Engineering Must Not Be a Juggling Act
No Room for Juggling in Requirements Engineering
Plate spinning is a performance act seen in circuses and on TV variety shows, where a juggler spins china dinner plates, each one perched on top of a tall stick. He or she runs around, constantly adjusting the speed of each plate's rotation, and a good plate spinner can keep eight or more going at one time. It's quite something to watch; quite entertaining, but not something you would want to bring back to work as a project management or requirements engineering technique.
But that's what often seems to happen to software designers and testers during production. Design is never a linear operation. There are bugs, fixes, re-dos, and additions to be reinserted into a process, each of which demands a range of tests and subtests to ensure everything continues to function as expected. And just like plate spinners, these actions must run against an unforgiving timeline. IT design becomes a ceaseless effort of keeping many things going simultaneously, ideally in agile fashion with the focus being on avoiding catastrophe rather than enjoying the freedom of pursuing excellence.
For many organizations, the work of gathering and defining the requirements of a software design project is still being done using a combination of office tools, including Microsoft Word documents and Excel spreadsheets. These may work well as static tools for planning and recording, but they do not allow for automation or flexibility. Nor do they allow for any form of time efficient traceability.
The ideal – in fact what is truly a necessity in requirements engineering – is to move to an approach centering on model based testing, specifically a system model. The main pillar of model based testing is creating models out of business requirements. Once you convert these models into an active flowchart, then test cases can automatically be generated, as opposed to writing text, creating manual test cases, and getting them out to development teams.
View this short video to get a quick introduction on engineering requirements using flowcharts and models.
A model-based approach also allows for improved delegation and resource management during the design process, since the actions require less training and can be assigned to others.
Automation tends to remove the plate-spinning sensation. Or more precisely, it hands over the work of keeping so many variables up in the air over to a software application that can handle it more efficiently and can correct and refine more quickly. Every time a change in requirements appears, it is automatically integrated into the system.
In Requirements Engineering, The Flowchart is the Centerpiece
Central to any successful project is a visual chart. Charts work far better with the human brain than words alone, since they move tasks and challenges into a two-dimensional physical space. For project management, this is best exemplified by a Gantt chart, which overlays each task horizontally across time. In management and productivity, people often turn to flowcharts or kanban boards, which summarize tasks and roles in a bulletin board format. Even company hierarchies become more comprehensible when they are laid out in an organizational chart.
When it comes to requirements capture, the best visual tool is a flowchart – but it must be an active type that can add and remove additional routines and scenarios in real time. It must be agile and flexible, and ideally able to communicate with other tools like Microsoft Visio as well as business process models via BPMN and XML Process Definition Language (XPDL).
The Importance of Subflows
Subflows are an essential component of design and testing since they break down larger and more complicated processes for easier editing and understanding. This is critical when making modifications within a sprint.
Test, ReTest, and Pre-Test
Perhaps the most important of all the features that automated requirements engineering applications deliver is the ability for optimized testing. Many organizations either over-test, under-test, or perform testing within too narrow a parameter. Time and budget limitations make it difficult to visualize whether the tests have been completely adequate, which results in entire projects being sent back to the drawing board, far too late in the process.
With a flowchart-based, agile testing system it should be possible to move the test phases further upstream, to catch and resolve problems long before they become embedded in the product.
We work in an era where speed dominates, and that is not always a great thing, when considering vital production areas like quality control. It is necessary to match speed with speed and agility with agility. This means moving all areas of design and test to a far more automated platform than can be provided with standard "Office" applications. This ultimately removes the need for plate spinning and replaces it with a highly versatile table setting, that can be rearranged and tested precisely as needed.
CA offers comprehensive solutions that automates the most difficult testing activities – from requirements engineering through test design automation and optimization. Start your Free Trial of CA Agile Requirements Designer today and fast track your testing at the speed of agile.


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Until things get all sorted out and Mom finds the password to your stat counter, you can still see it this way.
Click on the link in the upper right hand corner of this page where it says "Grandpa's Stats". You should be able to see all the people all over the world who are looking at your paper just like you used to.
[Update] Mom found the password. No need to give it to her technologically advanced brothers anymore, though, since she let me put it on my blog as a direct link.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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