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- I've been avoiding blogging, because if I blog, it's proof I'm alive, and if I'm alive then I have to actually read my email and feel guilty for not answering it in a more timely-like fashion, and if I feel guilty then I have to eat more chocolate, and if I eat more chocolate than I have already eaten I will most likely end up in a diabetic coma.
- I'm finally off the cursed hormones, and I feel much more like my version of normal. The hormones not only made me crazy, they also made me narcoleptic. I was falling asleep anywhere and everywhere. While sitting at a stoplight. Standing in the grocery store looking at fruit. Typing a sentence. In the middle of saying something to my husband. I could stay awake and reasonably alert around the kids for most of the day, but by dinner time I was pretty much done. It wasn't all that uncommon for my husband to come home after work and find me dead asleep, sprawled on the hardwood floor in the kitchen, the kids running around scavenging for food and generally recreating scenes from Lord of the Flies.
- I'm at that stage where nothing fits very well, but I'm still resisting maternity pants in favor of sweats and really baggy jeans. The baby is only about the size of a cantaloupe right now, but I do not let this define the size of my stomach. I like to stay ahead of the pregnancy fashion curve (why look five months pregnant when you can look seven? Tres fashion forward).
With all of my other pregnancies I've been pretty careful about gaining weight. I didn't need to be any heavier than I was already, thankyouverymuch - but this time around instead of feeling responsible and excited and careful, I've tended more towards feeling completely freaked out and a little depressed, and I ditched my usual cautionary weight gain attitude in favor of SCREW IT, pass the ice cream.
I am GINORMOUS. (We took the kids to see Monsters vs. Aliens on Saturday afternoon. The female monster's name was Susan and her monster name was Ginormica, and I decided it was probably a sign from God, telling me it was inevitable and to just go with it for a couple of months.)
- I was blathering to my husband about camping this summer - maybe we could take the kids to the Grand Canyon, or maybe to Yellowstone, or - and my husband had to remind me about the baby, and the possible-but-not-certain early delivery issue. I just keep forgetting about the dang baby. I never forget the PREGNANCY, but I space the resulting baby. The reality of the baby still seems like some kind of elaborate April Fools prank.
- The doctor says I should be able to carry the baby all the way through to September, or maybe August, or possibly July. She would narrow it down a little, but it all just kind of depends on "how much your uterus rips and how likely spontaneous uterine rupture looks after each visit." But she says not to worry because they'll "keep an eye out." PHEW.
- The kids all mistakenly stayed home from school today. I pulled up the April school lunch menu online and it said "No School - Professional Development Day." I naively assumed this meant no school. But later, when we were driving by the school on our way to the plant nursery, and I realized that all of the other children in the universe were at school. WELL. Then I realized that it must've meant something else. Something more mysterious.
- Hooky or no hooky it was a gorgeous day, and once I was done with work we spent most of the afternoon outside. We planted a few flowers and I pulled up weeds while the kids jumped on the tramp. My husband came home a little bit later and threw baseballs to the kids while I sat on the steps watching in my lazy I-don't-have-to-play-because-I'm-pregnant way. Everyone was happy, and it was one of those moments I wished I had on tape - not just because it was a happy moment, but so that in a few months I could play it back for the kids and say - SEE?!! BEFORE THIS BABY CAME, I WAS A GOOD MOTHER. IT'S ALL THE BABY'S FAULT.
(So if you were wondering if I had a plan for parenting four children, you can put those fears to rest. Clearly, I am ALL SET.)
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Clouds are set to become the optimised, adaptive and real-time infrastructure for Big Data storage, management and analysis. I have authored a book with the title, "Cloud Enterprise Architecture." I have written extensively about the positive impacts of the transformative and disruptive Cloud technology on enterprises. I have also written about the futuristic enterprise data architecture with the maturity and stability of the Cloud paradigm. In a nutshell, with Cloud in connivance with mobile, social and analytic technologies, the aspects such as business acceleration, automation and augmentation are bound to see a drastic and decisive growth.
Dr. Pethuru Raj is an enterprise architecture (EA) consultant in Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, India. He has been providing technology advisory service for worldwide companies for smoothly enabling them to transition into smarter organizations. He has been writing book chapters for a number of technology books (BPM, SOA, Cloud Computing, enterprise architecture, and Big Data) being edited by internationally acclaimed professors and professionals. He has authored a solo book with the title "Cloud Enterprise Architecture" through the CRC Press, USA.

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We didn't need the official beginning of fall to know the season had arrived. Games that promise to challenge for Game of the Year honors are hitting over the next several weeks and Weekend Confirmed will be digging into them in earnest. Garnett returns from his expedition to Japan just in time to catch up with the Gears of War 3 discussion to get things started. A nasty bout of the flu knocked Xav out this week but Jeff holds things down with our special guest James Stevenson of Insomniac Games. Naturally, there's some Resistance 3 talk, but much more as well including the Battlefield 3 beta, Burnout Crash, and yes, Jeff braves the waters to talk some about Kirby. With the trifecta of EA Sports games out we also look at how the annual cycle could be improved. And of course we've got all the latest gaming news as well. We tweaked the format a little for this eightieth show, so please, let us know what you think in the official Shacknews.com comments.
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As a rule, anything the New York Times says about developments in Latin America should be taken with a couple of handfuls of salt. The paper regularly does its readers a disservice by painting a picture of developments in the region created in the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine. Case in point: an April 12 report titled "Trade, Energy and Drugs Are Topics for Obama at Summit of the Americas" by correspondent Jackie Calmes, which made the claim that "For the most part, the tension over Cuba seems mostly to be behind Mr. Obama." According to Calmes, "Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, announced earlier this month that he would boycott the meeting in Colombia because Cuba, as usual, was not invited, but he failed to persuade other leftist leaders in the region to do the same," and that Cuban President Raul Castro "said he did not want to attend anyway, sparing Mr. Obama the prospect of any photo opportunities with a Castro."
Of course, we have no way of knowing whether Castro actually said that and neither does the Times. However, according to the Associated Press, the Cuban leader had expressed a desire to attend the meeting but was "delicately" told by the Summit host, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, that that would be impossible because it would put U.S. President Barack Obama in the position of "facing an awkward meeting with the Cuban leader or having to boycott the summit himself."
The 6th Summit of the Americas was scheduled for April 14-15 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. According to the Falklands/Malvinas-based Merco Press, "Though the summit's official agenda ranges from technology to poverty reduction, Cuba was once again shaping into the No. 1 hot potato for those gathering in the Caribbean port city."
There are 43 nations participating in the summit; only two – the U.S. and Canada – oppose Cuba's participation. On April 12, a pre-summit foreign ministers meeting is said to have failed to agree on a last minute proposal to invite the island nation
However, reading Calmes' report one might get the impression that the issue of Cuba's participation in the leadership gathering had ceased to be much of an issue and Correa was isolated in his position. No mention was made of the statement made weeks ago by Bolivia's President Eva Morales that "We have arrived with the conviction that this must be the last summit without Cuba." Or, of Santos' statement: "I hope this is the last summit without Cuba."
Nor did the Times report note that the recent visit to the US by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff came following her stay in Cuba and consultations with President Castro. While in Havana she criticized the existence of the U.S. base and prison at Guantanamo Bay, and the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba.
Perhaps more revealing of the Times' approach to the unfolding situation was its failure to note the symbolism of – or indeed, even report on – the pre-summit visit to Havana of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, where, according to Prensa Latina, he expressed "His government's interest in bringing relations with Cuba to the highest level." Calderon arrived in Cuba April 11 for a two-day visit.
According to Reuters, "Calderon said on Wednesday upon his arrival in Havana that 'in spite of our natural and different points of view about various issues,' an effort would be made during the visit to 'take our bilateral relation to its best level'."
"We want to broaden trade and investment between Cuba and Mexico," Calderon told journalists in Havana. ""We are interested in cooperating in health, education, culture and sports, as well as in bilateral exchanges in energy," said Calderon. "My visit is due mainly to the friendship and brotherhood existing between the two peoples."
From Cuba Calderon flew to Haiti and from there was on to the Summit in Colombia.
As it turned out that the exclusion of Cuba was indeed a big hot potato at Cartagena de Indias and it is clear the issue is not going away. Despite the wishes of Washington and Ottawa this was almost certainly
the last time the pushy norteamericanos determine who comes to summits and who does not.
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How To Perform Ganesh Chaturthi Puja At Home? - With Mantras - Simple Easy Method To Perform Ganesh Puja?
Ganesh Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chaturthi is one of the most colorful and widely celebrated festivals in
. Large number of people observe Ganesh Chaturthi poojas at home. Here is an explanation on how to perform as simple and easy Ganesha puja at home as mentioned in Hindu scriptures. India
Ganesha puja on the Chaturthi day is usually performed at but nowadays people perform it when all the family members are present.
निर्विघ्न कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा !!
ॐ गं गणपत्ये नम:
Chant anyone Mantra 108 times daily or on Ganesh Chaturthi day.
Ganesh Chaturthi Mantraवक्रतुंड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ:!
निर्विघ्न कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा !!
ॐ गं गणपत्ये नम:
Chant anyone Mantra 108 times daily or on Ganesh Chaturthi day.
Requirements for Ganesh Chaturthi Puja
- A Clay image of Lord Ganesha.
- Red flowers
- Durva Grass blades
- Modak (jaggery filled sweet)
- Coconut
- Red chandan (Sandalwood paste)
- Incense and agarbathis
How to perform Ganesh Chaturthi Puja at Home?
- First clean the house and take a bath.
- A clay image of Lord Ganesha is installed in a raised platform.
- Pray to Lord Ganesh and you can recite mantras or bhajans dedicated to Lord Ganesha.
- Next step is to invoke Ganesha into the image. This is known as pran-prathishta. The Pran Prathista mantra in Sanskrit to be invoked is found in the Rig Veda and is part of Ganesh Suktha.
ganananh tva ganapatim havamahe kavim kavinam - upamashravastamam |
jyeshhtharajam brahmanan.h brahmanaspata A nah shrivnvannutibhih sida sadanam || (Rig Veda 2.23.1)
ni shhu sida ganapate ganeshhu tvamahurvipratamam kavinam |
na rite tvat.h kriyate kinchanare mahamarkam maghavan.h chitramarcha || (Rig Veda 10.112.9)
We invoke You, O Ganapati of the ganas (Lord Shiva attendants), Who are Brahmana-spati of the brahmas (prayers), the wisest among the wise, Who abound in treasure beyond all measure, the most brilliant one. Do listen to our prayers, come with Your blessings and assurances of protection into our home, and be seated. (Rig Veda 2.23.1)
Sit down among the worshippers, O Ganapati, the best sage among the sages. Without You nothing can be done here or far. Accept with honor, O wealthy One, our great and variegated hymns of praise. (Rig Veda 10.112.9)
- Now Ganesha is installed in the idol and one can perform arati and light the lamps. Some people perform the shodashopachara, which are 16 forms of paying tribute to Ganesha. (This ritual is usually performed by the priests, you can skip this.)
- Offer 21 blades of Durva Grass.
- Offer 21 modaks
- Offer red flowers
- Apply a tilak using red Sandalwood paste.
- Break the coconut or just keep it along with the idol. You can also keep fried grains. (The food of the rat – the vehicle of Ganesha).
- You can also recite the 108 salutations dedicated to Lord Ganesha or read the Ganesha Upanishad or just simply pray.
The number 21 signifies - the five organs of perception, five organs of action, five vital airs (pranas), five elements, and the mind.
While performing Ganesha Puja at home, you can always be flexible. The strict rituals are meant for Vedic priests. All you need to be careful is to perform the pujas with a clean body and clean mind.
What is more important is devotion not the ritual.
Try to be simple. Concentrate on your prayers not on decoration and other ritualistic details.
What is more important is devotion not the ritual.
Try to be simple. Concentrate on your prayers not on decoration and other ritualistic details.


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GOODWILL AMBASSADOR–North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and U.S. players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang, North Korea, Feb. 28. (AP Photo/VICE Media, Jason Mojica)
by Jean H. Lee
Associated Press Writer
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman hung out Thursday with North Korea's Kim Jong Un on the third day of his improbable journey with VICE to Pyongyang, watching the Harlem Globetrotters with the leader and later dining on sushi and drinking with him at his palace.
"You have a friend for life," Rodman told Kim before a crowd of thousands at a gymnasium where they sat side by side, chatting as they watched players from North Korea and the U.S. play, Alex Detrick, a spokesman for the New York-based VICE media company, told The Associated Press.
Rodman arrived in Pyongyang on Monday with three members of the professional Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, VICE correspondent Ryan Duffy and a production crew to shoot an episode on North Korea for a new weekly HBO series.
The unlikely encounter makes Rodman the most high-profile American to meet Kim since the young North Korean leader took power in December 2011, and takes place against a backdrop of tension between Washington and Pyongyang. North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test just two weeks ago, making clear the provocative act was a warning to the United States to drop what it considers a "hostile" policy toward the North.
Kim, a diehard basketball fan, told the former Chicago Bulls star he hoped the visit would break the ice between the United States and North Korea, VICE founder Shane Smith said.
Dressed in a blue Mao suit, Kim laughed and slapped his hands on the table before him during the game as he sat nearly knee to knee with Rodman. Rodman, the man who once turned up in a wedding dress to promote his autobiography, wore a dark suit and dark sunglasses, but still had on his nose rings and other piercings. A can of Coca-Cola sat on the table before him in photos shared with AP by VICE.
"The crowd was really engaged, laughed at all of the Globetrotters antics, and actually got super loud towards the end as the score got close," said Duffy, who suited up for the game in a blue uniform emblazoned with "United States of America. "Most fun I've had in a while."
Kim and Rodman chatted in English, but Kim primarily spoke in Korean through a translator, Smith said after speaking to the VICE crew in Pyongyang.
"They bonded during the game," Smith said by telephone from New York after speaking to the crew. "They were both enjoying the crazy shots, and the Harlem Globetrotters were putting on quite a show."
The surprise visit by the flamboyant Hall of Famer known as "The Worm" makes him an unlikely ambassador at a time when North Koreans are girding for battle with the U.S. Just last week, Kim guided frontline troops in military exercises.
North Korea and the U.S. fought on opposite sides of the three-year Korean War, which ended in a truce in 1953. The foes never signed a peace treaty, and do not have diplomatic relations.
Thursday's game ended in a 110-110 draw, with two Americans playing on each team alongside North Koreans, Detrick said. The Xinhua News Agency first reported on the game, citing witnesses who attended.
After the game, Rodman addressed Kim in a speech before a crowd of tens of thousands of North Koreans, telling him, "You have a friend for life," Detrick said.
At a lavish dinner at Kim's palace, the leader plied the group with food and drinks as the group made round after round of toasts.
"Dinner was an epic feast. Felt like about 10 courses in total," Duffy said in an email to AP. "I'd say the winners were the smoked turkey and sushi, though we had the Pyongyang cold noodles earlier in the trip and that's been the runaway favorite so far."
Duffy said he invited Kim to visit the United States, a proposal met with hearty laughter from the North Korean leader.
"Um … so Kim Jong Un just got the (hash)VICEonHBO crew wasted … no really, that happened," VICE producer Jason Mojica wrote on Twitter.
Rodman's trip is the second attention-grabbing U.S. visit this year to North Korea. Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, made a four-day trip in January to Pyongyang, but did not meet the North Korean leader.
Extending an invitation to a man known as much for his piercings, tattoos and bad behavior as for his basketball may seem inexplicable. But Kim is known to love the NBA, and has promoted sports since becoming leader.
"We knew that he's a big lover of basketball, especially the Bulls, and it was our intention going in that we would have a good-will mission of something that's fun," Smith said. "A lot of times, things just are serious and everybody's so concerned with geopolitics that we forget just to be human beings."
Rodman's agent, Darren Prince, said Rodman wasn't concerned about criticism about making a visit to an enemy nation.
"Dennis called me last night and said it's been a great experience and he made this trip out of the love of the USA ," he said. "It's all about peace and love."
Associated Press NBA writer Brian Mahoney contributed to this report from New York. Follow AP's Korea bureau chief Jean Lee at twitter.com/newsjean.


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Jack Klugman, the prolific, craggy-faced character actor and regular guy who was loved by millions as the messy one in TV's The Odd Couple and the crime-fighting coroner in Quincy, M.E., died Monday, a son said. He was 90.
Klugman, who lost his voice to throat cancer in the 1980s and trained himself to speak again, died with his wife at his side.
"He had a great life and he enjoyed every moment of it and he would encourage others to do the same," son Adam Klugman said.
Adam Klugman said he was spending Christmas with his brother, David, and their families. Their father had been convalescing for some time but had apparently died suddenly and they were not sure of the exact cause.
"His sons loved him very much," David Klugman said. "We'll carry on in his spirit."
Never anyone's idea of a matinee idol, Klugman remained a popular star for decades simply by playing the type of man you could imagine running into at a bar or riding on a subway with — gruff, but down to earth, his tie stained and a little loose, a racing form under his arm, a cigar in hand during the days when smoking was permitted.
He was an actor ideal for The Odd Couple, which ran from 1970 to 1975 and was based on Neil Simon's play about mismatched roommates, divorced New Yorkers who end up living together. The show teamed Klugman — the sloppy sports writer Oscar Madison — and Tony Randall — the fussy photographer Felix Unger — in the roles played by Walter Matthau and Art Carney on Broadway and Matthau and Jack Lemmon in the 1968 film. Klugman had already had a taste of the show when he replaced Matthau on Broadway and he learned to roll with the quick-thinking Randall, with whom he had worked in 1955 on the CBS series Appointment with Adventure.
"There's nobody better to improvise with than Tony," Klugman said. "A script might say, 'Oscar teaches Felix football.' There would be four blank pages. He would provoke me into reacting to what he did. Mine was the easy part."
They were battlers on screen, and the best of friends in real life. When Randall died in 2004 at age 84, Klugman told CNN: "A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize."
Quincy 'two heroes in one'
In Quincy, M.E., which ran from 1976 to 1983, Klugman played an idealistic, tough-minded medical examiner who tussled with his boss by uncovering evidence of murder in cases where others saw natural causes.
"We had some wonderful writers," he said in a 1987 Associated Press interview. "Quincy was a muckraker, like Upton Sinclair, who wrote about injustices. He was my ideal as a youngster, my author, my hero.
"Everybody said, 'Quincy'll never be a hit.' I said, 'You guys are wrong. He's two heroes in one, a cop and a doctor.' A coroner has power. He can tell the police commissioner to investigate a murder. I saw the opportunity to do what I'd gotten into the theater to do — give a message.
"They were going to do cops and robbers with 'Quincy.' I said, 'You promised me I could do causes.' They said, 'Nobody wants to see that.' I said, 'Look at the success of 60 Minutes." They want to see it if you present it as entertainment." '
For his 1987 role as 81-year-old Nat in the Broadway production of I'm Not Rappaport, Klugman wore leg weights to learn to shuffle like an elderly man. He said he would wear them for an hour before each performance, "to remember to keep that shuffle."
"The guy is so vital emotionally, but physically he can't be," Klugman said.
"We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80."
Film credits include 12 Angry Men, Days of Wine and Roses
The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, he was born in Philadelphia and began his acting career in college drama (Carnegie Institute of Technology). After serving in the Army during the Second World War, he went on to summer stock and off-Broadway, rooming with fellow actor Charles Bronson as both looked for paying jobs. He made his Broadway debut in 1952 in a revival of Golden Boy. His film credits included Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men and Blake Edwards' Days of Wine and Roses and an early television highlight was appearing with Humphrey Bogart and Henry Fonda in a production of The Petrified Forest. His performance in the classic 1959 musical Gypsy brought him a Tony nomination for best featured (supporting) actor in a musical.
He also appeared in several episodes of The Twilight Zone, including a memorable 1963 one in which he played a negligent father whose son is seriously wounded in Vietnam. His other TV shows included The Defenders and the soap opera The Greatest Gift.
In a 1987 interview in the New York Daily News, he said, "once I did three hourlong shows in 2½ weeks. Think we'd do that now? Huh! But then it was great. I did summer stock, played the classics. Me!"
Throat cancer took away his raspy voice for several years in the 1980s. When he was back on the stage for a 1993 revival of Three Men on a Horse, The Associated Press review said, "His voice may be a little scratchy but his timing is as impeccable as ever."
"The only really stupid thing I ever did in my life was to start smoking," he said in 1996. Seeing people smoking in television and films, he added, "disgusts me, it makes me so angry — kids are watching."
In his later years, he guest-starred on TV series including Third Watch and Crossing Jordan and appeared in a 2010 theatrical film, Camera Obscura.
Loved horse racing
Klugman's hobby was horse racing and he eventually took up raising them, too.
"I always loved to gamble," he said. "I never got close to a horse. Fate dealt me a terrible blow when it gave me a good horse the first time out. I thought how easy this is.
"Now I love being around them."
Klugman's wife, actress-comedian Brett Somers, played his ex-wife, Blanche, in the Odd Couple series. The couple, who married in 1953 and had two sons, Adam and David, had been estranged for years at the time of her death in 2007.
In February 2008, at age 85, Klugman married longtime girlfriend Peggy Crosby.
In 1997, Klugman was sued by an ex-girlfriend, Barbara Neugass, who claimed he had promised to support her for the rest of her life. But a jury rejected her claim.


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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Draping a Dress, Part Six: Show Off Your Design!
The empire line might be a smidge too high.
The back was certainly the hardest part to fit, but it came out fine, I think.
This picture shows the actual color of the fabric best, but it turned my skin a bit orange. Cameras are funny things, aren't they?
Unsolicited hair commentary: I've been playing around with this up-do. It's a slight bouffant in the front (helped with a bump-it) and a French twist in the back. I like it with my bangs down, like above, but they annoy me pretty quickly and I shove them behind my ear.
But back to sewing! I did a back lapped zipper for the first time, and I don't think I'll ever do a back centered zipper again. This went in so nicely. I hand-picked it, as you know I love to do.
I lined the bodice in cotton batiste. I ended up pick-stitching the lining around the zipper as well on a whim, and it worked really nicely!
The lining creates a sort of underlap for the zipper.
I'm excited to use this pattern again - I'm thinking I'll pair the bodice with a circle skirt next.
So that wraps up this little draping series! Want to relive the fun? Here are links to the previous five parts.
Part One: Inspiration
Part Two: Getting Drapey With It
Part Three: Making a Muslin
Part Four: The Second Muslin
Part Five: Planning the Construction
Thanks for reading along!
64 comments:
I think it looks fabulous and I love the green. It is my favorite color anyway, but I think it looks great on you. Reading your blog really makes me want to sign up for some sewing classes. Unfortunately there aren't many in my area. Maybe I can find a good seamstress who would like to trade some time for some lessons.ReplyDelete
This is fantastic!!! I love the polka dots so much. ;)Hand picked zippers are my favorite; I've been addicted to them for ages!ReplyDelete
I really, really appreciate you sharing this entire process with us; it's been fascinating and I've learned a lot from your posts. Hope you get some good insight from Sharon on Saturday! :)
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Oh wow! This is GORGEOUS! Totally love the final dress! It's really amazing! Love that it's green, love the shapes (the whittled waist, the sexy skirt, the neckline), just love love love!ReplyDelete
Your dress is beautiful! The color suits you so well. Fabulous job! Thanks for sharing. Happy Sewing! :o)ReplyDelete
I love, love, love this blog! I have been attempting to make my own clothes for a while now, and some things are successful and some things are a disaster! But you have totally inspired me to keep going, thank you!ReplyDelete
P.S I love everything you have made so far and really wish I had your legs.
Your teacher is right. You only learn to see fit by doing it. The more you fit the more you will see where to go. It's beautifully made and the fit is flattering. Enjoy the next project.ReplyDelete
What an amazing fit! The lapped zipper is awesome- I'm going to have to figure that method out.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for showing us the process.
Oh, I am so excited you did this. It's funny, too, because I had made a dress form early on in my project (which I use now mostly to drape a premade pattern on and then pin back on before sewing to make adjustments) and have been wanting to use it to 'drape'. I have never done so before and was going to use thin floral tape ( I might still try that) but your idea of using bias tape makes sense. What a pretty result and I need to try that zipper technique as well. Very inspirational. I have never taken a sewing class and just jumped in and have made somewhat succesfully a good chunk of my 1955/56 wardrobe. Great job and great inspiration!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! Congratulations!ReplyDelete
So lovely! I am so very impressed with your draping skills!!ReplyDelete
In French, faille is pronounced something like "f-eye" and it means "flaw", so it was appropriate that you were pronouncing it like "fail"!
Beautiful job on your dress! I always have more trouble fitting the back than the front, too. And my teacher says the same thing ...practice, practice, practice.ReplyDelete
Isn't a woven dress lined in batiste comfortable on a hot day!
I love the final results of such a cool process! I am going to have to check past posts to see how to do that zipper (it is in there somewhere isn't it?!)ReplyDelete
Here's some unsolicited shoe commentary...while the black works, I would love to see some color, perhaps orange!
Congratulations on a job well done! Draping...who knew?!
oooo, I loves me a green dress. mmmmm -- and polka dots too. Great stuff. You'll have to tell me how the cotton batiste works out as a lining. Next time you make this, you might think about putting piping (either matching or contrasting) in the midriff seams to give them some punch. Just a fab dress - looks great on you.ReplyDelete
great stuff :DReplyDelete
I love your dress. It's gorgeous. Great job on the overlapped zipper. I love how you are always challenging yourself to learn and try new things. You are such an inspiration. Your hair is lovely.ReplyDelete
Beautiful dress and a Gertie Original! I love the design and the fabric suits it perfectly. Nice job on the zipper too. I like lapped zippers for vintage inspired garments. They look more vintage-y to me.ReplyDelete
The colour is gorgeous on you, the style is just the right blend of vintage and currently wearable and as a first draped project, it's absolutely brilliant!ReplyDelete
I do agree the empire line is a little too high in the front, but not so much you don't rock it completely and that people less picky than we in the sewing blogworld will ever notice!
Beautiful! If this is your beginning draping, I can't wait to see what you design in the future.ReplyDelete
It's beautiful! I love the fabric. Your hair looks great, too.ReplyDelete
I gave up sewing for myself, and now do mostly heirloom sewing for children. However, I enjoy reading about others who are more successful than I at sewing lovely things for themselves. I have especially been intrigued with draping, and thoroughly enjoyed this series of posts. Thank you so much for sharing all that you do!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2010 at 10:22 AM
I love part 6!! I think you have great syle and adore all your projects, but this may be my favorite piece yet! The combo of the green print and style of the dress are so perfect.ReplyDelete
Congrats on the awesome achievement of creating - entirely - your own garment!
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2010 at 10:23 AM
It looks so great! The green looks great on you. Thanks for sharing the whole process, it was interesting.ReplyDelete
I really like your hair too, super cute.
Just wanted to tell you that 1) that color is fabulous on you 2) your draping went well - the style suits you 3) you should wear more tiny polkadots and 4) thanks for having such a useful and informative site.ReplyDelete
Such a dress! :D
It's beautiful! Good job!ReplyDelete
Love the final dress and the different shoes in different photos... style! Did I miss how to do the lapped zipper? If not mentioned, are you able to do a tute on this please? Spots & dots are in by the way. Monique xxReplyDelete
Yay for draping! You're an inspiration, dollface. That dress is super and so beautiful on you!ReplyDelete
Thanks for including us in your process. I'm yearning to drape now, too!
It's beautiful, Gertie! You did a wonderful job.ReplyDelete
I know what you mean about bangs. They look good, but are not at all functional. :( Oh well.
Keep the draping going! I think this would look great with a circle skirt!
congratulations on your first draped dress! It looks fantastic, but most importantly - it's yours from start to finish. I look forward to seeing more and trying this out myself at some point.ReplyDelete
I still can't believe you made this dress from scratch! You have mad sills. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing your progress.
Looks fantastic! J'adore the polka dots and the style of the dress. Can't wait to hear what insight Sharon has to offer.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2010 at 11:58 AM
I know that it's been said before, but let me add my voice to the praise. Splendid! I knew from your other pictures that you look wonderful in red, but you look great in that green as well.ReplyDelete
So you've got to know this already, but you are ridiculously talented. I've been sewing since I was a kid, and my skills are nowhere near yours. You inspire me to want to do better. Thank you!ReplyDelete
And the dress looks lovely.
Perfect as usual!!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous!! Really well done, the green looks lovely on you. So fun to watch the process from start to finish, too :)ReplyDelete
Ever since I did my first handpicked zipper, using your fabulous tutorial, I want to use them on everything too!
LOVE THAT DRESS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!ReplyDelete
great job with the dress! the color looks amazing on you!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!ReplyDelete
You and your dress are beautiful! The fit is amazing, and this was a really interesting and fun series to read. I look forward to more!ReplyDelete
I think you got a great fit there. It's a pretty dress too.ReplyDelete
I'm really inspired by your series, because I've been informally sort of draping designs for years, but without a dress form... I see now how a dress form really is vital. Anyway, the learning experiences I've had don't seem as bad when I see that that's a normal part of the process.
the dress is lovely and I'm very impressed you got the length of the skirt just right - it's very elegant!ReplyDelete
Great dress!!! And no, thank you for taking the time to share is such detail. Your information was indeed invaluable:)ReplyDelete
I love your dress, it looks fantastic! Thank you for showing your draping process :)ReplyDelete
Both you and the dress are stunningly pretty. Nice work. :-DReplyDelete
It looks brilliant!! Thank you for sharing the process. I have spent hours reading through your archives this past week as I undertook my very first dress-making project. I am so grateful for all your tips and advice! I'll be posting pics of my finished dress this weekend on my blog. I hope you get a chance to check it out! (www.black-swans-pond.blogspot.com)ReplyDelete
Absolutely gorgeous! And I love the green. And the polka dots. : )ReplyDelete
- CelkaleeJuly 15, 2010 at 9:17 PM
Well, Bravo! Not much more I could say that has not already been spoken!ReplyDelete
I think I hear your phone ringing....it's the costume director from Mad Men!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really love it. The green is awesome. And I love the hair!ReplyDelete
Brava! You've really outdone yourself this time. Many years ago, when I was a saucy teen, I went into Saks and looked at a Geoffrey Beane inside out. The saleswoman "caught" me, and we spent a while analyzing how important interior lining finishes were. (She was a fellow sewist!) Yours certainly makes the grade. I can't wait to see your next dress with a circle skirt! Well done.ReplyDelete
- AngelaUJuly 16, 2010 at 12:37 AM
I have been a lurking for quite a while and I just have to come out and say how impressed I am with your creativity. I really, really like this dress!ReplyDelete
You have inspired me to haul up from the basement the old Kenmore and start sewing. A dress. With lining. All that needs to be done is the zipper and hem. But I would never have considered doing it if I hadn't come across this blog.
Also, I like the shoes.
I have a pair of shoes that would be perfect with that dress!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 16, 2010 at 8:19 AM
I agree with you about the empire line (or, as Stacy and Clinton pronounce it: Ahm-peer *shudder*), but it's still STUNNING, as always!!ReplyDelete
Although I'm more of a flat pattern girl myself (I really enjoy drafting when I have the time for it) I have known the intoxicating appeal of draping. I plan to do quite a bit of it, a la Charles James, for my wedding dress.
- AnonymousJuly 16, 2010 at 9:06 AM
Hi Gertie, first, I want to say that I really appreciate your blog!! I´m trying to improve my sewing. I´m a professional pattern cutter, but not to good in sewing, I´m too anxious!!! Always want to see the clothes done faster!!ReplyDelete
About the empire line.. I was thinking that maybe it could be a problem whit the dummie... I don´t realy know what is the mannequim you got, but try to check the bust depth , from the shouder, this measure could affect the results of your drapping. But the dress is beatiful anyway!!!
sorry for my bad english, as you can read, I´m not a english native speaker...
Your dress is gorgeous!!! Amazing to see its creation. Your blog offers tons of inspiration. Just what I need to get me going right now.ReplyDelete
Fantabulous dress. Sooo feminine and ladylike!ReplyDelete
I've been sewing for over 20 years and I just did my first lapped zipper too! On my friend's wedding dress which I patterned also (yikes!!!) and I too am now in love with lapped zippers. Sooo easy and pretty. I don't have pictures up yet but I'll let you know when I do. It turned out amazing. Thanks for these great posts. :)
Wow! Looks awesome. Your draping turned out great. Thanks for sharing the draping lesson. I learned to do a handpicked zipper making an Oscar de la Renta gown. I went in so well that it is one of my favorite zipper methods.ReplyDelete
Simply divine!!!ReplyDelete
BTW, I am in LOVE with kimono sleeves right now, and I think they are PERFECT for this dress! And so retro, too! =)ReplyDelete
Gertie, I just want to add my applause to the host of accolades ~ your dress is amazing! You are so lucky to be able to do that. It looks beautiful.ReplyDelete
Your success with draping only makes me want to learn the basics of sewing even faster so that I can try my hand with draping and designing.
Thank you so much for sharing your success.
b. of Depict This!
This has been a great series. And what a great dress. Congratulations!ReplyDelete
Oh wow that looks lovely! :)ReplyDelete
I just found your blog and have read through your entire draping series. Thank you so much for posting all of this! It is fascinating and your end product is absolutely beautiful.ReplyDelete
Looks stunning - and I got to see it when it was just FABRIC!ReplyDelete
Wonderful blog. Thank you so much for sharing! I learned a lot.ReplyDelete


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25 today:
June 23, 2010
113 hello's:
What a beautiful story and pictures, Danni!ReplyDelete
I really hope i'll share the joy soon on my blog after i finish my study.
I'm loving this last post. Very inspirational :) But please, come say Hi next time you "teleport" yourself in Paris !ReplyDelete
love it! great work.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! Sounds like my absolute perfect birthday!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I hope your birthday is as sweet as these treats. :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 June, 2010 06:20
Happy birthday! I really enjoyed your party :)ReplyDelete
Happy birthday then :))) Wish you fun, love and smiles :))))ReplyDelete
amazing party!
Happy birthday!! <3ReplyDelete
Hope you will have a wonderful day!
Amazing pictures, love them all.
Anyway, the pic with the actress Keira Knightley and the little elephant is from her photoshoot for Vogue, June 2007, you can find the other ones here:
This was the sweetest post EVER! Happy birthday! And thank you for letting me feed the baby elephant with you :)ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous23 June, 2010 06:30
Is it really your birthday? Or are we sort of playing pretend? Either which, this photographic story is so pretty! You found the most delectable pictures!ReplyDelete
happy birthday, dani!ReplyDelete
i loved this post.
too much fun. :)
happy happy birthday danni!! i thoroughly enjoyed your party, esp. the trip to paris and the macaroons, yum! i really hope we can meet up this weekend in MO!!!ReplyDelete
your post made me happy! :) Happy birthday!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Danni! It's my birthday too so I'm definitely having the same kind of day as you. Love all the beautiful photographs if only I could jump inside!ReplyDelete
Have a great day.
Happy Birthday! Thanks for inviting us to your party! It's super amazing and fun! :)ReplyDelete
happy, happy birthday friend! i loved your imaginary party!.....it was so fun!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday! I hope you have the loveliest day! =)ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday, Danni!! What a dreamy party! xo – gReplyDelete
Have a great birthday!!!ReplyDelete
HAPPY Birthday!! I love that we'd go feed baby elephants & go to candy stores & the effiel tower! What a great party this was! I hope you enjoy your day!! =)ReplyDelete
H~A~P~P~Y B~I~R~T~H~D~A~Y!!! :DReplyDelete
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happy happy happy birthday!!!! i hope it was magical!!! xo :KIMReplyDelete
This may very well be my favorite post you've ever done! Have an incredible birthday!ReplyDelete
Oooh lovely party, indeed! Happy Birthday!!!ReplyDelete
happy day!ReplyDelete
Happy, happy Birthday - hope it is as wonderful as these pictures. :)ReplyDelete
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DANNI!! Go on and have that dream day today - have a WONDERFUL day :)ReplyDelete
25 was one of my best years. i hope it is for you too! happy, happy birthday :)ReplyDelete
happy birthday!!ReplyDelete
Happy Happy Birthday dear! :) what a wonderful way to celebrate hehe :)ReplyDelete
hope you have a very happy birthday!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday to a beautiful person inside and out. You have brightened many people's day with your joy, talent, and inspiration.ReplyDelete
Much love.
God bless,
happy birthday, Danni! hope you have a sweet day.ReplyDelete
hello friend,ReplyDelete
happy birthday!!
i loved going to your 'birthday party!'
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
have a beautiful day!
Danni, Happy Birthday! I really enjoyed your blog photo Birthday Party! Your photo's that you shared are very awesome, and especially the one of the Eiffel Tower, being I actually got to see and climb to the second level when I was in Paris, forty some years ago.. Thanks for bringing back some wonderful memories to me Danni! I hope that today makes for some beautiful memories for you too!ReplyDelete
Sounds like a perfect day. Happy Birthday, Danni!ReplyDelete
I have just fallen in love with your blog again. I mean, I never fell out of it, but this is seriously one of the best posts I have ever read. It's a great example of why I love blogs- they make me happy, take me to another place, and inspire me to go out and live a fulfilled life. Happy Birthday and thank you for making my day.ReplyDelete
Happy happy birthday! thanks for "inviting us along!" I hope you have a wonderful day!ReplyDelete
and the image with the girl and the elephant is from Vogue. Maybe a year or two ago.
Happy, happy birthday Danni!! What a FUN party! Thank you!!ReplyDelete
Hi Danni,ReplyDelete
Congratulations with you birthday today!! And you have a wonderful imaginary post but i hope you have also a nice day today. With lovely people around you:-)
happy birthday! what a lovely way to celebrate. thanks for the invitation; especially to eat macaroon and teleport to paris!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday Danny!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for beeing you!!
Un beso!
Happy birthday! :)ReplyDelete
Happy, happy birthday, friend! I so enjoyed the celebration. Thanks for sharing the lovely photos.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday dear and wishing you many more macarons!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 June, 2010 09:16
happy 25, danni!! you and nick have birthdays so close to each other! hope you have a truly sweet day, filled with lots of love & joy :]ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
happy birthday to you (:ReplyDelete
hope you'll have a great day!
happy birthday, Danni! this birthday story is lovely! hope you have a similar fab day! xoxoReplyDelete
happy birthday, Danni! this birthday story is lovely! hope you have a similar fab day! xoxoReplyDelete
Happy birthday, lady! Hope it's the best one yet!!!ReplyDelete
- Lindsay
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday my friend! I hope you get all your wishes and dreams today :)ReplyDelete
soo cute, I hope you have a verrrrry happy birthday! Cheeeers to you! <3ReplyDelete
yay! happy birthday. here's hoping the weather is better where you are. i'm experiencing thunderstorm watches (or was it warnings? i always get those confused) all day. have a great one!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday...hope all your wishes come true!ReplyDelete
Happy, happy day, Danni!ReplyDelete
Enjoy the day!
ooohhh, what a dream-y birthday celebration!!! Happy Birthday.ReplyDelete
~ Lizelly
happy birthday! :)ReplyDelete
wishing you a very happy birthday!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday, Danni! Thanks for having me to your "party." =D May this coming year be your best yet!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
(I love the feeding the baby elephant picture!)
this post was so, soooo lovely ♥ReplyDelete
happy birthday sweetie!! xxxx
happy birthday! what a fun way to have a fantasy party!ReplyDelete
What a lovely soiree! I wish you a fabulous and blessed birthday!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday! :D This was such a lovely party and beautiful sights! May all that you wish for come your way with ease. :)ReplyDelete
From one gemini to another, cheers and happy birthday! I think June is the best month to be born.ReplyDelete
happiest of birthdays to you, Danni! Thanks for taking us an a dazzling photo venture - i hope the day is that amazing for you. :)ReplyDelete
oh happy happy birthday to you!!ReplyDelete
thank you so much for the trip to paris...and the lovely macaroons.
hope you have a wonderful day.
sounds like a fabulous day ... have a wonderful birthday!ReplyDelete
this sounds like the most magical birthday celebration possible!! hope your birthday is magical, even if it is a little less dream-like than this!ReplyDelete
Just lovely! Have a deliciously, wonderful birthday. Best Wishes!ReplyDelete
hello lovely. Hope your day is divine! and no wonder I love your style and page so much we share the same day... I'm 28 today(:ReplyDelete
...and May God give you little blessings all through out your day!
In Christ, Barb
A very happy birthday to you today, Dani! I hope that 25 is your best year yet! What a pretty little party. I think I liked the daydreaming, cupcakes, candy and pistacio macaroons the best. =) Oh! And of course, thanks for the sweet party favor too. Enjoy your day and whole year ahead!ReplyDelete
These images are so dreamy! Hope you have a happy, happy day!ReplyDelete
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANNI!ReplyDelete
may all your birthday wishies come true!!:)
p.s. your party sounds amazing!!
Happy Birthday! It's mine today (the 24th). It's funny, we're both engaged and wedding planning too. Hope you had lots of fun!ReplyDelete
happy birthday!ReplyDelete
what a great party, too :)
- Anonymous23 June, 2010 15:52
What a wonderful day you have created to celebrate your special day!! Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
I would love to feed a baby elephant!
bee blessed
I love your party post, what an awesome idea! Happy Birthday.ReplyDelete
happy birthday & thanks for sharing the lovely photos!!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Danni, I've dad so much fun at your party, my favourite was feeding the baby elephant. :)ReplyDelete
Wishing you a fantastic birthday.
Happy birthdayyy! Lovely photos <3ReplyDelete
Hope you have a wonderful year :)
it's my birthday, too! june babies are the best. ;) have the happiest, dreamiest birthday ever!ReplyDelete
i love this post. what a sweet and simple birthday! it sounds perfectly, perfect. xo EmilyReplyDelete
Happy birthday! What a delightful day!ReplyDelete
Hooray to 25! Hope it's as magical as your imagination.ReplyDelete
how perfectly wonderful -- happy, happy birthday! hope it everything you dreamed it would beReplyDelete
{absolutely adored this post}
Happy Birthday! Is that baby elephant wearing Vuitton?ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Danni!!!!!!!!!! hope you had an amazing day!!!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday!ReplyDelete
Hugs and kisses
Happy birthday! :)ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! What a lovely party! I'm smitten with the baby elephant!ReplyDelete
Oooh Happy Birthday!! Wow there's been so many birthdays lately! Hope you have a great one :)ReplyDelete
I adore that elephant photo, so so sweet!!
I hope you had a marvelous birthday!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Danni!! I am a relatively new follower of your blog, and I have to say I look forward to every new post you share! I hope you have a wonderful day! :)ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday ... later! This is a lovely photographie-story. A great blog!!!!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! Sorry I missed it, looks like it was great, maybe I can use my time machine to go back in time! Cupcakes look delicious.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous24 June, 2010 09:30
hope you had a wonderful 25th ... mine was fabulous! we share the same birthday ... xoxoeReplyDelete
thanks for the lovely trip, beautiful pictures! you share a birthday with many lovely ladies close to me- my dear friend nicole, my sister alyssa and my lovely grandmother johanna! hope your day was great!ReplyDelete
hope you had an amazing birthday, danni!ReplyDelete
was thinking of you yesterday..sorry i didn't comment!ReplyDelete
you are light in this world danni! hope you had an amazing birthday!
Oh, I missed your birthday!! :(ReplyDelete
Well, anyways, even though I am late I hope that your imaginary party isn't over yet, hehe :) I wish you the most wonderful and happy things that could happen to someone! You are such a sweetheart, dear! Happy birthday! xo
Happy Birthday! I had a GREAT time :-) xReplyDelete
the feeding the elephant is from vogue, with keira knightly on the cover!ReplyDelete
Happy happy birthday Danni!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 June, 2010 09:43
Happy 25th birthday!!ReplyDelete
What a cute post with lots of pretty images!! Hope you had a wonderful day and got spoiled rotten by your guy ;)
I know I`m a little late but Happy BDay!!!ReplyDelete
I wish u all the happiness in the world :)
I know I`m a little late but Happy BDay!!!ReplyDelete
I wish u all the happiness in the world :)
- Anonymous27 June, 2010 14:18
The baby elephant photo is from US Vogue. Can't remember which issue.ReplyDelete
The moment adorable post I've seen in a while. Happy belated birthday!ReplyDelete
What a lovely party! Thanks for the invite! ;)ReplyDelete
A belated Happy Birthday to you!ReplyDelete
Oh how I enjoyed your virtual celebration - it is just my most favourite kind of party!
And what a beautiful blog you have, I've just discovered this loveliness of yours from Sadie Olive, so I'll be back again soon!
Happy days to you,
Denise x
Sounds like a wonderful birthday. All I did was get a great surprise of burgers and friends at our local Irish pub and a fun time bowling while enjoying the best beer ever made, Abita Strawberry. Good times and Happy Belated 25th! (I just found your blog and I'm thoroughly enjoying it)ReplyDelete
Friends, Thank you so much for reading + supporting my blog, and for taking the time to leave me a comment. Your comment support truly means so much to me. Have a lovely day! xo, danni


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Trainer Doug O'Neill had a pretty darned good day on two courses.
First he birdied the eighth hole during a Wednesday afternoon golf outing at Valhalla, and then he aced the Kentucky Derby draw when Goldencents -- the horse co-owned by Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino -- landed in the No. 8 post and was made the 5-1 third choice for Saturday's race.
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Wood Memorial winner Verrazano drew the No. 14 post and was the 4-1 second choice.
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Normandy Invasion is the fifth choice at 12-1.
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Spiral Stakes winner Black Onyx drew the No. 1 post and is one of five 50-1 shots in the field. That spot has produced 12 Derby winners, tying with the No. 5 hole for the most successful post positions.
"The 1-post might not be ideal but we're going to make the best of what we can do with it," trainer Kelly Breen said. "After Saturday we're hoping to make it the most winningest post position in Kentucky Derby history."
Oxbow and Will Take Charge will be the record 46th and 47th Derby starters for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, a four-time Derby winner. Both are long shots -- Will Take Charge at 20-1 and Oxbow at 30-1.
"The four I won it with, I can't remember the post positions, so it must not be too important," said Lukas, who could become the oldest winning trainer in Derby history at 77.
The 21st horse on the points list is Fear the Kitten, an also eligible who would need a defection before 9 a.m. ET Friday, when Derby wagering opens, to get into the 1 1/4-mile race.
If all 20 horses start, the total purse would be $2,199,800. The winner earns $1,439,800. Post time is 6:24 p.m. ET.
Weather could be a factor. As of 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, there was a 40 percent chance of showers Saturday, increasing to 60 percent in the evening, according to weather.com.
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By Leonard Fehskens, The Open Group
Over on the LinkedIn Enterprise Architecture Network discussion group there is a thread on the relationship between Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Business Architecture that as of late November 2012 had run to over 4100 comments.
Some of the sprawl of this thread is due to the usual lack of discipline in staying on topic. Some of it is due to the rehashing of well-worn themes as newcomers arrive. It seems clear to me though, that even when long time contributors try to move the subject forward, a lot of the back and forth that fails to converge is a consequence of the community's lack of an appropriate and widely shared vocabulary.
In particular, there are four words that many in the Enterprise and Business Architecture communities seem to use interchangeably – enterprise, business, organization and corporation.
Before I tackle this subject, there is some context I should provide.
First, people who know me consider me to be obsessive about the precise use of language, and they're right. I think of Enterprise Architecture as more a craft than a science, and as such, the language we use to express it is ordinary language (as opposed to, for example, mathematics). To me it follows that it is especially important that we use that language carefully.
Second, I'm coming at this from the perspective of creating a profession and its supporting ecosystem. I believe a profession should be broadly applicable, with specializations within the profession addressing more narrowly focused concerns.
Finally, though much of the discussion about Enterprise Architecture is in English, I acknowledge that for a large fraction of the community English is a second (or third) language. So, while this post is specifically about English usage, I suspect much of it applies as well to other languages, and I don't want to imply that the conventions of English usage are the only ones worthy of consideration.
That's enough by way of preamble.
The EA community may not have agreed upon definitions of many of the words it uses, but as these words are drawn from the vernacular, the rest of the world does. This conventional usage makes clear distinctions between enterprise, business, organization and corporation.
While it is true that these words all have some sense in which they are roughly synonymous, they have primary definitions that distinguish them from one another. I think we ought to observe these distinctions because they are useful, especially in that they allow us to sensibly relate the concepts they represent to one another, and they do not needlessly foreclose the broader application of these concepts.
First, I'm going to propose definitions for these words to be used in the context of Enterprise Architecture. Then I'm going to look at what these definitions imply about the relationships between the things these words denote, and how the current usage obscures or denies these relationships.
It's very possible, if not likely, that you will not agree with these definitions. I'll deal with that later.
The Oxford English Dictionary (Compact Edition, 1971) defines "enterprise" as:
Derived from the French entreprendre, "to take in hand, undertake".
- A design of which the execution is attempted; a piece of work taken in hand, an undertaking; chiefly, and now exclusively, a bold, arduous, or momentous undertaking.
- b. engagement in such undertaking
- Disposition or readiness to engage in undertakings of difficulty, risk, or danger; daring spirit.
- The action of taking in hand; management, superintendence. Obsolete.
So, enterprise means "undertaking" or "endeavor," especially one that is relatively ambitious. Implicit in this concept of enterprise is the intentional action of one of more people. It is intentional in the sense that the action is intended to achieve some outcome. The role of people is important; we do not generally consider machines, regardless of their purpose, to exhibit "enterprise" in this sense. For me, the essential properties of an enterprise are people and their activity in pursuit of explicit intent.
This is a deliberately, very broadly inclusive concept of enterprise. All of the following are, in my opinion, enterprises:
- A child's lemonade stand
- A club
- A professional society
- A committee or working group
- A town, state or country government
- An international/multinational coalition
- A military unit
- A department or ministry of defense
- A for-profit, non-profit or not-for-profit corporation
- A partnership
- A consortium
- A church
- A university or college
- A hospital
English speakers commonly use the word "business" to mean three things, and are usually able to infer the intended meaning from context. These three common meanings of business are:
Business-as-commerce: The exchange of goods and services for some form of compensation for the costs and risks of doing so.
Business-as-commercial-entity: An entity whose primary activity is the conduct of some form of business-as-commerce. In colloquial terms, the primary purpose of such an entity is to "make money", and if it does not "make money" it will "go out of business."
Business-as-primary-concern: The primary concern or activity of some entity.
These three different commonly understood meanings of business make it possible for someone to say something like:
"The business of my business is business."
I.e., "The business-as-primary-concern of my business-as-commercial-entity is business-as-commerce."
An "organization" is a structured (i.e., "organized") group of people and resources, usually acting in concert to achieve some shared purpose.
Finally, a "corporation" is an organization structured and operated in a particular way so as to satisfy certain legal constraints and thus benefit from the legal consequences of that conformance. Strictly speaking, a corporation is a legal entity that has an organization associated with it. In the case of a "shell" or "dummy" corporation, the associated organization's people and resources may be minimal.
Based on these definitions, one can make some observations.
An organization is typically the means by which an enterprise is realized. Small scale enterprises may be realized by a single individual, which is a trivial case of an organization.
Not all organizations are business-as-commercial-entities. Organizations that are not businesses will almost certainly conduct some business-as-commerce as an adjunct activity in support of their primary intent.
Not all enterprises have as their intent some form of business-as-commerce. An organization that realizes such an enterprise will not be a business-as-commercial-entity. While all business-as-commercial-entities realize an enterprise, not all enterprises are realized by business-as-commercial-entities.
Not all organizations are corporations.
Not all business-as-commercial-entities are corporations.
These relationships are depicted below.
This is a three-part series that discusses how our vocabulary affects the way we conceptualize Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture and their relationship. Part 2 will examine the effect of our definition of enterprise on how we think about EA.
Len Fehskens is Vice President of Skills and Capabilities at The Open Group. He is responsible for The Open Group's activities relating to the professionalization of the discipline of enterprise architecture. Prior to joining The Open Group, Len led the Worldwide Architecture Profession Office for HP Services at Hewlett-Packard. He majored in Computer Science at MIT, and has over 40 years of experience in the IT business as both an individual contributor and a manager, within both product engineering and services business units. Len has worked for Digital Equipment Corporation, Data General Corporation, Prime Computer, Compaq and Hewlett Packard. He is the lead inventor on six software patents on the object oriented management of distributed systems.