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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out.
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Food Allergies Affect Children's Growth
February 27, 2013 by UPI - United Press International, Inc.
DURHAM, N.C. (UPI) — Food allergies in children — especially if multiple foods are involved — may affect growth, U.S. researchers say.
Study author Dr. Brian Vickery, a pediatric allergist and immunologist in Durham, N.C., and colleagues at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill reviewed the charts of children ages 1 month to 11 years who had visited outpatient clinics from 2007 to 2011.
From the chart reviews, 245 food allergic children were identified. Height, weight and body mass index percentiles of these food allergic children were compared with 4,584 age-matched healthy children and 205 age-matched children with cystic fibrosis and celiac disease, two chronic childhood disorders associated with growth failure.
The study found after the age of 2, the children with food allergies had lower percentiles for weight and BMI. The researchers then decided to take the research a step further and the number of food allergies was also examined in regard to these growth markers.
"Compared to those children in the sample who had one or two food allergies, those with more than two had lower percentiles for height and weight," Vickery said in a statement. "It suggests the number of food allergies is a factor and a greater number of food allergies translates into a greater number of dietary restrictions."
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Beltsville, MD, United States (4E) – Two people died early Friday morning after a car slammed into a tow truck along Route 1 in Beltsville, Maryland.
Police said the head-on crash happened before 1:40 a.m. on Baltimore Avenue near Powder Mill Road, when a Chevrolet Camaro heading south crossed the median and rammed into a tow truck.
One passenger in the car was ejected, while another was trapped inside as the Camaro was engulfed by flames.
Both victims were declared dead at the scene, while the truck driver, who was slightly injured, was taken to the hospital.
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Running Windows 7 on an iPad via the cloud may sound like a convoluted, impossible dream, but it's exactly what OnLive is doing with its new OnLive Desktop App.
Via the app, iPad owners can gain access to a fully functioning Windows desktop complete with Microsoft Office productivity apps like Word and Powerpoint.
OnLive handles this in much the same way as it does its streaming games. Rather than process anything on devices themselves, OnLive's software shifts the burden to the cloud. And if things go right, the user will never notice the difference.
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While the app will initially be offered solely for the iPad, OnLive intends to expand support to Android devices, Macs, PC's, and even televisions.
In all, the move is a bit of a departure from video games, but it may turn out to be a pretty lucrative one for OnLive in the end.
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Video Game Artwork for the Home: Would You Hang It Up?
Yesterday we took a break from all the whiz-bang hubbub of the main convention center halls and long lines at E3 (the longest seemed to wrap around the Nintendo booth for the newest Zelda title and the Nintendo 3DS), finding a quiet section where Into the Pixel had set up a gallery of video game artwork which enamored us enough to rest our twitchy gaming fingers and worn feet for more than a moment.
The Into the Pixel exhibit features 20 works of video game artwork, pulling from AAA titles such as Guild Wars 2, Mass Effect 2, Halo: Reach, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, and Disney Epic Mickey, alongside niche games such as The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom. Our friend Abby from Apartment Therapy LA remarked, "I'd hang that up as art in my house!" making us wonder how many readers out there would feel the same about integrating gaming artwork into their home decor.
Our personal favourites were Abandoned Car by David Stevenson for Mystery Case Files, Dire Grove and Elemental Pact by Tomasz Jedruszek for Legends of Norrath.
Check out this year's gallery of artists and the past catalog going back to 2004 at Into the Pixel...some really beautiful artwork to admire, whether you're gamer or not.
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It doesn't matter whether it was for a video game, magazine/book cover or so on. If I like it and it inspires me in some way, I'll hang it up.
You don't have to hang it "as art" because it IS art. They are beautiful and I would love to hang all of them.
At first, movies weren't considered art. At first, comic books weren't considered art. Right now, some people who unfortunately happen to be very influential don't consider video games to be art. I'm not worried because dinosaurs die, and human expression continues.
To me, an interactive multimedia experience that can inspire almost any human emotion is the very definition of art, and its component pieces, e.g. conceptual drawings or box covers, also qualify as art.
Once you accept that video games are art, the question becomes, "Would you hang art up in your house?"
To be clear, I'm grateful for this post as its highlights some striking images and beautiful works.
However, the subtitle of "Would You Hang It Up?" is entirely unnecessary and even a little insulting. It's analogous to the racist undertones of saying, "You're a credit to your race." If people should be judged independent of their race, art should be judged independent of its industry.
Curby: as someone who worked in the industry for nearly a decade, I'm not revealing a prejudice toward the video game industry, but merely addressing the existing preconceived and still existing notion that video games are a lesser category of entertainment and expression. Even if I think otherwise, not everyone thinks these illustrations are artwork, because of their commercial gaming nature and it's a valid discussion. I don't think all video game illustrations are artwork, but I would consider plenty so (I'm remarking as someone who created illustrative work for video games throughout the years).
Comparing a discussion of what one would hang in their room as art or what they consider art is not analogous to any racial comparisons, and the analogy is a bit heavy handed in making your point (especially since I'm mostly in agreement). But I agree in time video games will lose the stigma of a lesser art, especially as technology begins to merge many of the elements we already consider classic art.
what does this have to do with race?
I don't think the subtitle is out of line at all. Most of the work showcased was done with Photoshop and when I was studying Graphic Design in 91', a lot of the traditional illustrators would scoff at it because it was done on a computer and say, "It's not REAL artwork". Now, just about every posting for a Graphic Designer/Artist requires Photoshop knowledge so I think the question of, "Has video game art found it's rightful place in the art world", just as computer software has as a tool is a legitimate one.
I love them. These would look gorgeous on my walls, and be right at home with the comic art, and movie stills.
Video game art is great! I don't think I'd go with the featured artwork, but definitely something from the Fallout, Dead Space, or Bio Shock games. The detail on some of the newer games is exquisite, and I would definitely consider them to be a form of art.


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Teams from the United States, Canada, Romania and Iceland were fighting for World Cup honors and $100,000 in prize money.
Team U.S.A. got in trouble early on when Tyler Netter was all-in pre-flop holding Q-Jo against Romanian star Cristian Dragomir, who sat with K-Qs. Netter, however, made an inside straight on the river to stay alive and double up.
Instead, Canada, with its star player Daniel Negreanu, was the first team to leave the final. Already in his second hand of play, Negreanu moved all-in with pocket sevens, and Shaun Deeb of the United States called with K-J. A king on the turn sealed Negreanu's and Canada's fate.
Deeb went on to knock out Iceland's Andri Bjorgvin with Q-J against A-9, and then secured the victory for his country when he busted Romanian Cristian Tardea with A-Q against J-8.
Team U.S.A. won the World Cup and received $100,000 to share among the five players on the team - Greg Raymer, Tyler Netter, Shaun Deeb, Randy Principe and John Kenlan.
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Any way we could get a list of programs that offer such a schedule?
Karim Karim, a student on Rotman School of Management's Morning MBA programme, explains what makes people sign up for a 7am class
SOMETIMES, you just want to try something different. So in 2009, after six years of working full-time, I decided to start my day with something out of the ordinary to go with my mochachino grande latte: a 7am Morning MBA class, twice a week at the Rotman School of Management in Toronto.
Actually, I don't drink coffee but I do attend the classes. I used to associate morning classes with images of bleary-eyed students, poor attendance, and hardened (read jumpy) coffee drinkers. I could not have been more wrong.
After all, what kind of student would show up to a 7am class? The vast majority are employed full-time, but dedicated enough to put in a few hours before the office. Most are contemplating career advances while some envision radical changes. A small yet significant minority eventually quit their jobs and switch into the full-time programme to complete the transformation. Some, unsurprisingly, are in committed relationships and have families. I say unsurprising because families tend to cherish the time they spend together in the evenings, so for them a morning programme makes sense. Some even decide to start or expand families (another evening activity). The most astonishing example was a woman who quit her job, gave birth to two children, found another job, and finished the Morning MBA programme with the rest of the cohort.
The professors, too, show incredible commitment. One arranged weekly informal lunch gatherings with senior political and institutional leaders in Ontario. For those interested in a new age approach to creativity and integrative thinking, there were weekend "mindfulness" sessions. Another class was taken to meet Warren Buffett.
Why did I do it? I am an engineer and in recent years the number of engineering undergraduates enrolling at MBA schools has grown significantly. This is because many think that their careers are limited. My wife, another engineer, calls it the "search for meaning". In the classic namesake book by Viktor Frankl, the author is convinced that the primary human drive is not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. And so it is with many engineers, including myself.
Was it worth it? Unequivocally, yes. My "a-ha!" moment was finding my meaning. Alongside the broad MBA, I majored in health-sector management and integrative thinking. Then, around six months ago, I came up with an idea to combat tuberculosis, a contagious disease that killed 1.8 million people in 2011. I sent it to Grand Challenges Canada, an organisation that is trying to discover and commercialise breakthrough solutions to global health challenges and to ensure that these solutions are available to those who need them most. I proposed the use of distributed tuberculosis screening clinics in emerging economies, based on low-cost digital X-ray imaging. This is something I have considerable familiarity with given my full-time job as an engineering professor at the University of Waterloo. Grand Challenges Canada calls these solutions "Integrated Innovation", because they combine technological, business and social innovation. You can read about it here. And if you have any suggestions to move this idea forward, feel free to write. Please.
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Any way we could get a list of programs that offer such a schedule?
Let's cut to the chase, it's power & wealth or ambition & greed, which are the true driving forces..
My son Partha,a professor at Rotman School of business,accounting department taught morning classes last year. Lectures started at 7 AM, took over four hours and were quite as strain. He felt that student-faculty classroom interactions were excellent. Motivation levels and commitment of the students were impressive.
Decades ago, I attended the evening MBA classes of Delhi University Faculty of Managment classes from 18.30 to 21.30. I had not time for my family and hardly saw my kids during the week I wish we had evening programs then! Lot to be said for morning MBA programs!
I think this is a brilliant idea, which should be adopted at more business and other schools.
Onground classroom MBA is soo 1990s concept.
It may feel great to have a 7:00 AM or even 6:00 AM class. That said, with virtual class room and asynchronus schedules of Online MBA, most students can pace with class on their own schedule.
While I agree the flexability of the digital age has its advantages there is still a lot to learn from being on the ground, face to face with classmates and teachers. There is a lot of informal discussion that takes place that is just as valueable (if not more) than what you learn in the formal classes.
I believe the blended learning approach schools are starting to adopt is likely the right answer. You are able to study on your own time online and read lecture notes on your own, but you then get together in person for case study work and group projects. Best of both worlds.
While I agree the flexability of the digital age has its advantages there is still a lot to learn from being on the ground, face to face with classmates and teachers. There is a lot of informal discussion that takes place that is just as valueable (if not more) than what you learn in the formal classes.
I believe the blended learning approach schools are starting to adopt is likely the right answer. You are able to study on your own time online and read lecture notes on your own, but you then get together in person for case study work and group projects. Best of both worlds.
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Parents need to check that their day care providers – whether in-home or in a center—are putting their babies back-to-sleep as recommended by the government.
The Star Tribune out of Minnesota has found a dramatic increase in infant deaths while at in-home day care in Minnesota from being put to sleep in incorrect positions – generally on their tummies.
"A Star Tribune examination of hundreds of public records shows that the number of children dying in child care has nearly doubled in the past five years — reaching the rate of one per month. Nearly all the deaths have occurred at in-home providers (also known as family care), and most involved a child sleeping. The newspaper's investigation also found more unsafe-sleep citations, such as lack of training or children in unsafe sleep positions, at in-home settings than at large child-care centers."
"The Department of Human Services (DHS), the state's top child-care regulator, is treating the rise in deaths as a public health crisis."
" 'It's huge," said DHS Inspector General Jerry Kerber. 'It makes it clear that something has got to be done. What that something is, I think, is going to take the work. … It's completely unacceptable.' "
So while this study is looking at Minnesota, it's a good reminder for parents across the United States to ask and make sure their babies are being put to sleep on their backs and that the care providers are following all the best practices recommended by their state, such as checking the sleeping baby every 15 minutes.
Do you know how your childcare provider is putting your baby to sleep? Have you asked? Will you ask now? How often are they checking on a sleeping baby? Do you think you get better care in a home or larger center setting?
May 16th, 2012
12:38 pm
The daycare center my baby goes to puts them to sleep on their back. There was a parent who told me she only puts her son to sleep on his stomach and was concerned that he wouldn't sleep when he started daycare because they put them on their backs. I didn't even ask why she chooses to put her child to sleep on his stomach. I will say that now that she has learned to roll, she does turn over at night.
May 16th, 2012
1:10 pm
May 16th, 2012
1:29 pm
What the…? mankind has been around for quite a while yet now we have to have the government "recommend" the manner by which to best put a baby to sleep…
May 16th, 2012
1:35 pm
Thankfully my boys are teenagers and I don't have to muddle through all of the government "recommendations" for babies. I put both of mine to sleep on their stomachs most of the time and they survived. I knew there were risks, but did it anyway.
May 16th, 2012
1:46 pm
Stuff like this is why I am SO thankful I never had to put any of my babies in day care.
May 16th, 2012
1:47 pm
Just grateful I'm 9 years past this phase. I will admit those first few months I was nervous about SIDS , and we did do the back to sleep thing. But once he started rolling over at 4 months, we found he preferred stomach sleeping and we've had almost no problems since then!
May 16th, 2012
2:49 pm
…what are they dogs – I hope not! You need a better headline writer…
May 16th, 2012
2:49 pm
Just an aunt but I am disturbed by the phrase "government recommends". I understand why a child should sleep on her back but the government should not be involved in how you put your baby to sleep. Maybe the parents know their kids better? I think so.
May 16th, 2012
3:06 pm
Folks, I don't think the big bad government is telling you how to put your babies to sleep…DOCTORS are because of the SIDS risk. Way back 26 years ago when my oldest was a baby my pediatrician gave me the same instructions and I followed his advice happily; he was awesome. Stop blaming everything on the government for pete's sake
May 16th, 2012
3:16 pm
In home daycares scare me. That is where most of these type of accidents take place because a lot of times they aren't even regulated. My baby is in a larger center and I'm thankful that I have her in such a wonderful place. I know for a fact that they put the babies on thier backs to sleep. There is always someone watching and the teacher/baby ratio has to be a certain number. The kids will never be left alone and they have other babies to watch, play with, etc. You bring them to someone's house who knows who is watching them. My daughter is almost 5 months, and she rolls over almost immediately after being put on her back. Her head and neck are so strong that I don't really worry too much anymore.
May 16th, 2012
3:18 pm
"their backs"
May 16th, 2012
3:26 pm
@BlondeHoney — were the government not guilty it's plausible they wouldn't be blamed. The article clearly states "recommended by the government" so, given that, what entitiy should be "blamed"?
May 16th, 2012
3:29 pm
"One per month"….AKA 12 a year in a state with 355,000 children under the age of 4.
It's an epidemic I tell you!
May 16th, 2012
4:01 pm
Please, @me, do you seriously think government suits with no medical background or training are making this recommendation? I'm surprised at you, thought you had more smarts then that. And the first parent whose baby died of SIDS will be right there whining why their government didn't warn them of the hazards of placing infants to sleep on their stomachs. I think the idea of big bad government is being carried a tad too far here…and common sense isn't very common, which is why some parents need these types of recommendations to keep their babies healthy and alive.
May 16th, 2012
4:23 pm
This isn't a case of Big Bad Gubberment. This is a case of sensationalized journalism.
"A Star Tribune examination of hundreds of public records shows that the number of children dying in child care has nearly doubled in the past five years"….show the big numbers in the case of records and then throw out "doubled".
Then rather than reporting that out of the hundreds of public records that were examined, there were only 12 kids that had died in child care, they'd rather say that kids are dropping off at a rate of 1 per month….how horrifying and that "most" were sleeping. Most of 12 huh…read somewhere between 7 and 9. I'd guess 10 or 11 would have prompted the use of "almost all" rather than "most".
So out of hundreds of public records they found in all likelyhood about 9 sleeping children had died in 2011.
This is definitely cause for public outcry. Something must be done….the at home babysitters are killing our babies because they don't know how to lay them in a crib correctly.
Thank you Star Tribune for making all of us safer!
May 16th, 2012
4:40 pm
Well said Jarvis!
May 16th, 2012
4:48 pm
I now have a 2 week old at home and SIDS does cross my mind because of acquaintences that lost their daughter 2 years ago. We do back to sleep because my pediatrician recommends it and her argument makes sense. I would like to know additional facts from this "ground breaking investigation." Were there bumpers, blankets, pillows, or toys in cribs when the infants died?
Fortunately, I do not have to put my little ones in day care, but I would be skeptical of home daycraes for the reasons listed above and would want a center more like what @yuki describes.
May 16th, 2012
5:14 pm
Does one actually get paid to have a blog that generates an average of 30 comments a day..that's good work if you can get it.
May 16th, 2012
5:41 pm
…but you would have to live in AZ like this blog maven…
And, on topic – my niece says her little bundle of joy (now 1 year old) was "turning over off her back" at 3 months of age, so this sensationalism is likely a moot point,and, as jarvis pointed out, especially since there were only 9 deaths reported in 2011.
Just another case of Theres'a paranoia – can you imagine her hysteria if one of her kids was still at this point in life…
May 16th, 2012
5:45 pm
I want a gig like this.
You want a blog, get off of you lazy butt and do one. Otherwise, making lame, unoriginal commentary is, well…tired, and dumb.
Now, what I have to say is this, I always persuaded the vet to put kids to sleep. That's why there are so many vets are on wanted posters in post offices. They are a gullible bunch.
May 16th, 2012
7:45 pm
[...] How is your daycare provider putting your baby to sleep?Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)Parents need to check that their day care providers – whether in-home or in a center—are putting their babies back-to-sleep as recommended by the government. The Star Tribune out of Minnesota has found a dramatic increase in infant deaths while at … [...]
May 16th, 2012
7:52 pm
[...] How is your daycare provider putting your baby to sleep?Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)Parents need to check that their day care providers – whether in-home or in a center—are putting their babies back-to-sleep as recommended by the government. The Star Tribune out of Minnesota has found a dramatic increase in infant deaths while at … [...]
May 17th, 2012
12:15 am
Thanks TWG! We keep a fan going and right now he is in a bassinet in our room to ease middle off the night feedings. My pediatrician has children who are 4, 2 and will deliver her third in a few weeks so we have spoken about this and she is against bumpers and I have become that way too. As a decorator I get really upset at the misinformation and lack of information that the baby stores put out there on bumpers. I also hate seeing a TV show or magazine spread that has too much stuff in a crib. When I do nurseries for clients I always recommend that parents talk to their pediatrician about the bumpers and I have about 10 different things that can be done with them that are decorative if the investment has already been made.
The article does seem a bit alarmist, but there are a lot of parents who do not educate themselves on sleep safety that pediatricians recommend so I doubt the listen to gov't recs either. I just feel fortunate that my pediatrician stays up to date on relevant research in this area.
May 17th, 2012
5:05 am
Theresa Walsh Giarrusso,
It is really a nice and helpful piece of information. I am happy that you shared this useful info with us. your idea of checking every sleeping baby in 15 minutes is very nice.
May 17th, 2012
4:34 pm
I wonder how many infants die while left in the care of well-meaning but ignorant (or stubborn) relatives? When my kids were babies, my MIL made a point of ignoring our wishes when she took care of them, including how they should be put down for a nap. Apparently, the fact that her kids ate table food at four months/slept on their stomachs/ rode in forward-facing seats and lived to tell about it meant that it was perfectly fine for my kids too. I wonder, are some of these in-home daycares are run by grandma types who already 'know' everything about child and are not open to learning anything new?
(On a somewhat-unrelated note, my MIL has improved on this in recent years. She now makes the kids wear bike helmets, etc.)
May 18th, 2012
1:15 pm
@Jessica – you are talking about my well-meaning grandmother. Her answer to everything is "they say you have to [do xyz] but you don't really have to". Uh, yeah, Mother, getting a ticket is not going to happen. I'll just struggle getting the car seat in backwards. And killing the baby is not going to happen if I can help it so I'm going to buckle it in RIGHT not just the easy way, too. SMH…I love that old woman but I would watch her like a hawk until I was sure she'd listen to what I said to do with my (imaginary) kid.
May 19th, 2012
4:22 pm
@Jessica, I feel for you. We are fortunate that my parents do things the "new" way and per our instructions as does our favorite sitter who is in her 60's. My husband's mom is elderly and does not stay with our kids. I have many friends who fight that battle and it can lead to major stress and hurt feelings.


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I am over 4,000 miles away from West Virginia in San Jose, Costa Rica. Though I'm in a different time zone, and surrounded by a different language and culture, in a matter of one fifteen-minute conversation I was reminded how we all live very similar lives.
Two days ago I was sitting at the Costa Rican National Registry attempting to establish dual-citizenship between here and the U.S. My father is Costa Rican, so that is something that is very important to me. While waiting in line I met a man named Rupert, who told me a story I just can't get out of my mind. In Costa Rica there is an area called Limon, where considerable produce is grown and exported. For many years it was taken up almost entirely by banana plantations, and still today is home mostly to bananas, pineapples, and the people who barely make a living tending to them.
Rupert was born in Limon, but his birth was never registered. His parents were Jamaican, brought over to work on the banana plantations in a time when the companies would seek cheap labor from Caribbean countries. As Rupert grew older, he followed in his parents' footsteps and took a job at the banana plantation, where he was exposed to a variety of pesticides and chemicals, unaware of their potential harm. As an older man, he now finds himself physically ill, unable to work, and in need of financial assistance. Though he was once happily married, his wife left him after learning he was sterile -- allegedly a result of the harsh chemical environment of the banana plantations. He has spent the last four years traveling back and forth between his home and Costa Rica's capital, trying to prove his citizenship and that his illness came from work in the plantations. On the day I met him, he had only the money required to get from Limon to the National Registry and back, and had not eaten during his time in San Jose.
While listening to Rupert's story, I almost immediately thought back to West Virginia and the strange parallels that exist between these two places. Not only are the mountains of Costa Rica reminiscent of the rolling peaks back in WV, but the people in both places have been exposed to similarly harsh environmental conditions in order to make a living. Rupert's story reminds me of that of the West Virginia coal miner, left sick and unable to work after spending years underground, and without retribution.
Coal has been king in West Virginia for many years, just as the banana has been king in Costa Rica. Both industries, criticized for their poor working conditions, provide the only decent paying jobs in the areas they dominate. As a result, they breed generation after generation of coal miners and plantation workers who often trade their health in order to make a living. I've heard stories of both industries firing and/or blacklisting employees who fight for their rights.
It amazes me that there are so many cases like Rupert's in both Costa Rica and the United States, countries which pride themselves as watchdogs of human rights. That being said, the multi-nationals who run plantations and mines are often more powerful than local governments in the places they inhabit. I could probably write a book relating this whole issue of globalization, capitalism, and post-fordism, but for now I will stop here. I can only hope this article sparked your interest enough to do some research yourself.
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Other Deloitte survey points say 16% of consumers in my age bracket would complete between 51% and 75% of their holiday spending online like I did. The average across all age groups was 33%. The convenience of web shopping and the wide product selection, which came in as the No. 1 and No. 4 reasons why consumers said they'd increase their online shopping this year, were the key reasons I did more than half my shopping online. Finding better prices, No. 2 in the survey, played a part, but I willingly paid full price for a few items online just to be able to cross them off my list without having to spend an afternoon navigating the mall. For the two e-retailers I had never purchased from before, I did quick Google searches for 'retailer name, coupon code' before completing the checkout process. In one case it saved me 10%; in the other I nabbed free shipping (bringing my total spent on shipping this season to a whopping $4). All the e-retailers I had previously shopped with lured me to visit through e-mail messages they sent. I didn't look to Facebook or Twitter even once for savings or offers, although I have accounts with both.
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Imogen by Herbert Gustave Schmalz, (1888).
Photo via Shakespeare's World at Emory University.
So my historical costuming resources list from 2011 was less than a page long- I'm not saying that I've learned a lot in the past three years, but this list is now sitting pretty at a solid nine pages. Whew. And people wonder why I want to redo this damn series.
This list is by no means an exhaustive one- it's a list of (primarily western) historical fashion resources, both online and offline, that is limited to what I know, own, or use! It's a work in progress, and I'm definitely hoping to expand on it as my knowledge base grows. First things first, how about a little:
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- Double-check your sources. Especially on the internet, and double especially on tumblr. I love it, but it's ground zero for rapidly spreading misinformation. Books are usually your safest bet, but also take into account their date of publication, who's writing them- an author's biases can severely mangle their original source material.
- Don't be afraid to ask for help. Do everything you can to find out information on your own, but feel free to reach out to people with more specialized areas of knowledge for help! Be considerate about it- the people you're asking are busy as well- but a specific line of questioning that proves you're passionate and that you respect their subject matter expertise can work wonders.
Okay, onto the links!
It's impossible to overstate the importance of getting off the internet and looking into books! God bless the internet, but books are (generally, this isn't a rule) better-researched and better-sourced. Bibliographies also mean each individual books can be a jumping off point for further research, which is always a fantastic thing.
Remember- owning books is awesome and you should absolutely assemble your own library of resources, but LIBRARIES. Libraries. You'll be surprised to find what books are available to you at your local library.
- British Costume from Earliest Times to 1820
Fine book with lots of first hand sources, but be wary of the photography in the book- reproduction costumes and thus somewhat less reliable. Though hilarious.
- Corsets and Crinolines
Norah Waugh's invaluable survey of corsetry and corset patterns- used the world 'round by modern corsetieres.
- Costume in Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930
Elaborate line drawings/diagrams of extant period garments! A fantastic survey.
- Cut of Men's Clothes
PDF available online! Patterns for men's period garments.
- Cut of Women's Clothes
Patterns for women's period garments.
- Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World History
This is a library find, unless you have a pretty three hundred bucks lying around- a great, general resource.
- A History of Costume
A lot of good text and info, to be taken with a grain of salt. Be wary of any reconstructions and or "supposed" patterns that aren't directly based on extant garments or firsthand accounts.
- Fashion (Taschen 25th Anniversary)
A survey of the Kyoto Costume Institute's fashion collection- broad but beautiful. On every fashion student's bookcase.
- Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style
Great overview of fashion history from the Smithsonian and DK publishing.
- The History of Costume: From the Ancient Mesopotamians Through the Twentieth Century
Broad costume survey, second edition.
- What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century
this is one of those "I am putting this here because I used it a ton when I was younger" but man, mixed bag. Really cool survey to browse through, but also work that is a copy-of-a-copy-of-a-copy in most instances and thus not necessarily trustworthy as a resource.
- What People Wore When: A Complete Illustrated History of Costume from Ancient Times to the Nineteenth Century for Every Level of Society
A collection of Racinet and Hottentoth's costume plates from the 19th century. A beautiful survey but, since these are later illustrations, to be taken with a grain of salt.
Patterns fo Fashion books
Detailed, hand-drawn diagrams of historical fashion, inside and out. Pretty amazing stuff.
- Patterns of Fashion: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women, C.1560-1620
- Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's Dresses & Their Construction C. 1660-1860
- Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses & Their Construction C. 1860-1940
- Patterns of Fashion 4: The Cut and Construction of Linen Shirts, Smocks, Neckwear, Headwear and Accessories for Men and Women C. 1540-1660
Fashion in Detail books
Not what you want if you're looking for photos of entire costumes- note the "in detail" bit up there. Just a beautiful series, and great reference for all the little things you might miss otherwise. The V&A has an amazing fashion collection, and it's great to see them share it with the world.
- Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail
- Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
- Underwear: Fashion in Detail
- World Dress: Fashion in Detail
The one non-western entry in the series.
- Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700 - 1915
LACMA's response to the V&A's series mentioned above, also an invaluable resource for historical fashion detail.
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There is something wrong with this top that's why it got on sale. Noticed the uneven beadwork? Anyway, it comes with a pack of extra beads which means I can easily add on the missing beads. So, this piece is still considered a steal with it's discounted price. See me wearing this top HERE.
Monday, November 08, 2010
Sale Find of the Week: Beaded Forever 21 Top
Labels: beaded top, blue top, chained top, forever 21 top
5 comments:
And I saw you wear that! :) Fantastic top! I wish I could wear such tops but nooooo...ReplyDelete
wow! ang mura....nice one sis...I saw you wearing it...looks great on you!ReplyDelete
Good find, especially with the extra beads! And so cheap!ReplyDelete
That's a really nice blouse, and it looks good on you; saw your pics at J&J event. It was nice to finally meet you in person at Sati's birthday last Saturday.ReplyDelete
mura na sis. Inayos mo ba yung beads?ReplyDelete
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Welcome to the General Federation of Women's Clubs of North Carolina District 7 Website. GFWC-NC District 7 is comprised of hundreds of diverse ladies of all ages who proudly represent Women's Clubs, Juniors and Juniorettes from the following counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, Pender, New Hanover, Robeson and Sampson.
We are an integral part of The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), which is one of the world's largest and oldest non-partisan, non-denominational, women's volunteer service organizations. The GFWC was founded in 1890 and chartered by the 56th United States Congress in 1901.
We hope that you will enjoy perusing our website and that if you are not already a member of GFWC-NC, that you will contact a local club within your community and join us Today! For more information on local clubs please click on the "Club Info" tab on the right side of your screen.
Click Here to Register for our District 7 Spring Meeting and Arts FestivalMake Plans to join us! Saturday, February 22, 2014Holden Beach Chapel and Holden Beach Town Hall107 and 110 Rothschild Street, Holden Beach, NC 28462Arts Festival Deadlines:
byJan 25th:
Submit Literature Entries to Debbie Sheehan
(Literature entries must be postmarked by this date!)
byFeb 1st:
Contact Vicki Daughtery at email@example.com to register your Arts and Crafts entries
Contact Melon Corsini at firstname.lastname@example.com to register your ArtFest entries
NOTE: Arts and Crafts entries and ArtFest entries must be registered with the appropriate chairman by this date in order to be eligible for judging at the District 7 Arts Festival on February 22nd.
Please contact the appropriate chairman if you have questions or concerns!
Send your Newsletter Award entries to Carol Ann Lohman, firstname.lastname@example.com
Send your Federation Day Award entries to Becky Hart, email@example.com
Send your Individual Clubwoman Award entries to District 7 President Cindy Hewett firstname.lastname@example.com
NOTE: These entries must be postmarked by this date!
byFeb 7th:
Submit your Scholarship entries (Sallie Southall Cotten, GFWC-NC Teaching Scholarship and Whitener Piano Scholarship) to Eileen Brown firstname.lastname@example.com or Marie Marshburn firstname.lastname@example.com
by Feb 14th:
Send your District 7 Arts Festival Registration (For Clubwomen and Guests) to our District 7 Treasurer Sharon Smith, firstname.lastname@example.com
On Feb 21st:
Pre-registration for Arts & Crafts entries: 5:00pm – 7:00pm at Holden Beach Town Hall!
Click Here to download Minutes from District 7 Summer MeetingGFWC-NC District 7 Summer MeetingAnd the Winner of our Quilt Raffle is...GFWC-NC District 7 VolunteersVA Medical Center- Wilmington, NC Grand Opening Cermony GFWC-NC District 7 Members, attending 2012 SER, presented a $500 donation, on behalf of District 7 members, to GFWC-NC President Wendy Carriker and GFWC-NC Junior Director Crystal O'Neal supporting "Feed the Future". (Pictured L:R- Cindy Hewett, Wendy Carriker, Crystal O'Neal, Peggy Schiavone, Carol Ann Lohman, Ann Landis, BJ Stephens and Julie Rigsbee.Introducing the 2012- 2014 GFWC-NC President's and Junior Director's Special Project:Childhood Hunger: Feed the FutureFeed the Future will focus on feeding children who are food insecure. The goal is to help feed 500,000 children across North Carolina. Clubs are encouraged to support local school backpack programs, or feeding programs in their communities that feed children and their families. To calculate the number of children being served:
One dollar donated equals 6 meals for children
1 pound of food donated equals 18 meals
One hour worked in a school feeding program, or food pantry equals 1,140 meals
Hunger is not just a poverty issue it's an education issue!
GFWC-NC District 7 Ladies Supporting our Veterans at the VA Medical Center Veteran's Day Program.
Pictured (L:R) GFWC-NC District President Cindy Hewett, VA Medical Center Volunteer Coordinator, and GFWC-SBI Members Chris Angotti and Eileen Brown.
GFWC-NC District 7 Ladies Celebrating Graduation
at the Boys & Girls Home of North Carolina
What a wonderful day GFWC-NC District 7 had at Union Elementary School in Sampson County! We visited with 125 happy, smiling first grade children. The children were treated to the story, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff read by Hellen Lane who is a member of the Sampson County Woman's Club and the mother of Sharon Smith from the North Carolina Sorosis Woman's Club in New Hanover County. Helen is also a retired second grade teacher who once taught at that school. Linda Branch, the President of the Sampson County Woman's Club organized our visit to this school and planned the student involvement in the story reading. She brought along props and selected children did a role play as the story was being read for the second time. All children received a copy of the book and chocolate chip cookies. Debbie Sheehan is the GFWC-NC District 7 Literacy Chairman and this is the fifth school to receive books from District 7. GFWC-NC District 7 President Ann Landis welcomed the children and introduced the story reader.
Sampson County Woman's Club is a unique club with only four members but they are really active. They have an annual meeting to plan their service projects and they meet monthly to do a project. This month, it was Union Elementary School and next month they will go to the pediatric unit at the local hospital to give out books. All four members recently attended the GFWC-NC District 7 Arts Festival in Brunswick County. They are a wonderful example of what can be accomplished by determined women. This project is an example of the support District 7 has shown for the GFWC-NC President's and Junior Director's Special Project: Literacy--The Adventure of a Lifetime.
LINKS 4 LITERACYThank You District 7 Ladies for your support of our 4th Annual "Links 4 Literacy" Golf Tournament. The weather was beautiful and it was another successful fundraising event supporting scholarships for NC educators!Friday, September 20, 2013Riverwood Golf Course, Clayton, NCHope you will be able to join us next year!
Cindy Hewett
GFWC- South Brunswick Islands
Debbie Sheehan
NC Sorosis
Julie Fowlkes
Lumberton Woman's Club
Sharon Smith
NC Sorosis Night Department
Director of Juniors
Joy McClenny
Southport Junior Woman's Club
Hello District 7 Ladies-
What a fabulous honor to serve as your District 7 2012-2014 President. I am so excited and humbled to have this incredible opportunity. I truly believe that our District 7 Ladies are the best in NC (I know, I may be a little biased- but that's OK!) We have some great things planned for this administration and I hope that you will plan to be a part of them. We have three goals set forth for our District and they are as follows:
I look forward to traveling to each of your clubs and to meeting all of you. I would love to attend one of your club meetings as well as a fundraiser or event. I love seeing our Volunteers in Action!
In Federation Spirit,