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Will Donald Trump cause the GOP to lose Congress?
By John Patty@jwpatty Oct 13, 2016, 11:20am EDT
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This post is part of Mischiefs of Faction, an independent political science blog featuring reflections on the party system.
While Donald Trump's campaign spirals around firing wantonly and GOP elites run for cover, the presidential election understandably overshadows the other elections coming up in less than a month. Meanwhile, the GOP is in a tense battle to maintain control of the Senate, and GOP leaders are increasingly worried about maintaining what was previously seen as a secure majority in the House.
Trump is causing headaches for the GOP during a highly contested electoral cycle; this isn't news. What is news, arguably, is how these troubles are reverberating through the various elections across the country. After all, if Trump hinders the Republican Party across all congressional races in a relatively uniform fashion, then it would be easy to dismiss this cycle as an unfortunate occurrence that might be temporarily costly to the party but can otherwise be dismissed as "just a Trump effect." (I'll just leave that phrase there.) On the other hand, if the Trump effect varies across different states and electoral races, then it might represent a longer-term shock to the GOP's electoral base.
Accordingly, let's dissect how Trump is affecting the battle for Congress and, more speculatively, what this means for the GOP looking out a few years into the future. Thinking in terms of states, illustrations of the Trump effect can be broadly broken down into three categories, which I will refer to as "complicating matters," "bad mojo," and "uh-oh." Let's turn to considering these categories in turn.
Complicating matters
Trump's troubles in swing states, such as Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, are widely and frequently discussed. The GOP's congressional challenges in those same states are not surprising: These are "swing states" because their citizens are closely divided in partisan terms. Put another way, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell were expecting to have hard fights here even when they thought Jeb Bush was going to be the nominee. If the Trump effect sinks some or all of these races, it's a cost, but it's not out of the ordinary.
Bad mojo
While the Trump campaign's problems in Utah are admittedly surprising, the GOP is doing fine otherwise in the state. In Utah, incumbent Republican Sen. Mike Lee is solidly leading his Democratic opponent, Misty Snow. Similarly, all four of Utah's incumbents are from the GOP and electorally safe this cycle. Thus, Trump losing Utah is a problem for Trump, and Trump alone. As Ryan has effectively already cut bait with respect to Trump, states like Utah are, at worst, "acceptable casualties" on the GOP's multifaceted battlefield in 2016.
Missouri provides a clear picture of the GOP's currently unfolding nightmare. First, Trump is currently solidly winning the state. From a GOP perspective, take that as you will. Second, and more importantly, incumbent Republican Sen. Roy Blunt is currently in a very tight race with his Democratic challenger, Jason Kander.
This is an "uh-oh" for the GOP because the Missouri Republican Party has a broad and safe base in the state. That is, Blunt's seat was considered "safe" at the beginning of the cycle. A loss here is not "just a loss" but a loss of a secure seat in a relatively populous swing state. Put bluntly, a loss by Blunt represents a sharp cut to the GOP's position in Congress.
On its own, the fact that Trump's campaign is currently struggling in the electorate at large but still leading in Missouri does not mean much. But the fact that the GOP might somehow secure a win for its "outsider" presidential nominee while also losing a secure Senate seat held by an establishment incumbent does mean a lot. Actually, it means a whole lot.
It means, potentially, that the GOP leadership has truly lost touch with its base. If the GOP leadership, thrown into a crisis arguably of its own making, can't corral sufficient unity to secure Blunt's reelection in Missouri, then the rules of the game have changed. It means, in particular, that some classically Republican voters are voting for Trump but not voting for the Republican Party.
Furthermore, history suggests that presidential performance (or "coattails") should essentially affect only "marginal" congressional races. That means, in practice, that when, say, the GOP has an unpopular presidential nominee, then Republican congressional candidates perform below average in those states in which the Republican nominee also performs below average. Something like a "sinking tide lowers all boats" effect, as one would expect from an electorate largely composed of party-line voters.
In Missouri this year, on the other hand, contrasting the current polls for Trump/Clinton with those for Blunt/Kander indicates an "inversion" of the historical experience. Specifically, in spite of relatively solid support for the top of the GOP ticket (Trump), Missouri voters appear to be moving more strongly against the incumbent and relatively popular Sen. Blunt. While Trump is seemingly sailing smoothly in Missouri, his (immediately) "down-ballot" companion is in the fight of his electoral life. This is an inversion: The top of the ticket is doing well, but the down ballot is suffering.
What does this inversion for the GOP mean?
Of course, everything is up in the air through November 8. That said, the polls right now suggest that the Republican Party leadership (ahem, Paul Ryan) has a serious reason to worry about Trump's effects both down ballot and into the future. While control of the Senate in 2017 is presumably important with respect to Justice Scalia's successor on the Supreme Court, incumbency is a powerful (but not almighty) force — if the Democrats gain seats in the Senate and the House, then the 2018 election is a much more difficult cycle for the GOP. (Though, to be clear, the Democratic Party will have more seats "in cycle": 21 of 33, with independents Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont caucusing with the Democrats as well, bringing the effective total to 23 of 33.)
This is a very, very weird election. But US history to date suggests that weird elections are, in fact, weird in the sense of not offering much insight into the next cycle. That goes to say that Trump, even if he loses, probably won't "destroy" the GOP. After all, the next national election cycle in 2018 won't have a presidential race. On the other hand, that's precisely why Trump's effect on this year's congressional races should frighten GOP leaders. Particularly for the Senate, it's harder to regain seats than to defend them.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR) are revolutionizing all the industries and field services is not left behind. AI in collaboration with technologies like AR and IoT will provide better device maintenance, repair, service, and other facilities as well.
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So, you're interested in redeveloping a commercial building? You want to buy a vacant property, rehab it, tenant it and then start collecting rent. That process is called "adding value" and it's awesome. Congratulations! It's one of the most fulfilling experiences in commercial real estate investing.
Or maybe you want to go all out and develop a project. You want to buy a piece of land and construct a new building for a prospective tenant. Again, congratulations. It's going to be a challenging experience, but in the end, you'll have done something only a few will ever accomplish.
Perhaps neither of those options is your path, and what you want to do is purchase a building with an existing tenant. That way you can start collecting rent immediately. Once more, hearty congratulations are due. Welcome to the club!
As you start your journey in commercial real estate and move through the process, you need to remember one thing. If you can understand this concept and accept it (you don't have to like it), you'll be one step closer to being a commercial real estate investor and/or developer: sometimes the only one who gets paid is the architect.
If you've ever bought a house, you understand the concept of a due diligence period.
Due diligence is that important period where you get to "kick the tires" to see if the property is something you actually want to buy.
In residential real estate, it's typically a short period (two weeks) that the seller allows you to come in and check out the house. You may bring in your home inspector and they can tell you what deficiencies they've found that needs correcting. Those items can be used to further negotiate with the seller or you can accept the report and move forward to closing.
In commercial real estate (CRE), it's different.
You still get a due diligence period but it is substantially longer. It can run as short as thirty days up to six months or longer. The inspection period all depends on the complexity of the project.
During this time, you can conduct various inspections (think home inspection, but on steroids).
If the building is existing, you can bring in a contractor to check the physical structure, an HVAC contractor to inspect the heating and ventilation system, an asphalt company to give a report on the condition of the parking lot. If the building has a system, you can get a contractor to check it out.
You may need to conduct environmental site assessments. These include: Phase I (historical analysis of the property); Phase II (soil samples); and Phase III (deeper sampling). You may also do asbestos testing throughout the property. These reports may even be done when the buildings are occupied. It's important to know what you're buying.
You may elect to survey the property to know its boundaries. For developing, you will need a topographic land survey to determine changes in elevation.
Any developing or redeveloping plans will require some architectural drawings and renderings. Some of these may include site plans, building plans, and the actual renderings. These will be needed by everyone from the city planners to approve the project, to the contractor to construct the building, to the tenant who is going to locate there.
The municipality may require a traffic impact study to see how your development is going to affect the public street system. This won't be quick and it won't be cheap.
You'll need some legal work done. That may involve creating the entity which will own your new project or drafting the lease you will eventually use with your incoming tenant.
Also, you will want to talk with the existing tenants and find out if they've had any problems with the property and if they intend to stay. If there isn't a tenant in place, you can use the due diligence period to actively contact prospective tenants and tell them what you're working on. Time is precious and every minute counts.
I've put many properties under contract and worked through the due diligence process. I've walked away from far more deals than I've ever closed. It's part of the process of "kicking tires" and making sure the project is right for my partners and me.
As you can imagine, costs can add up and these do occur before you ever actually own the property.
My first experience with only a vendor getting paid was a restaurant project. A friend (Patrick) wanted to open a new concept in a building that would require substantial rehab. The building was larger than he wanted so we needed ways to convert it to a two-tenant building. I hired an architect and had multiple renderings drawn up. The proposed redevelopment was incredible. It would have been something Spokane had never seen.
The cost involved to do only the landlord's side of the work (purchase the building, a complete facade upgrade, parking lot upgrade, interior prep for the restaurant) blew the doors off any budget that made sense. No matter what we did, we couldn't make the project numbers fly. Eventually, I had to kill the deal and send the architect a check for $2,500.00 for his work to that point.
Unfortunately for us, only the architect got paid on this deal.
We did eventually find Patrick a great location for his restaurant that he leased instead of purchasing. You can see his website here: The Blackbird.
Earlier this year, I had a property under contract for a potential redevelopment.
The plan was to tear down the existing dilapidated structure and construct a new building. The property was in an industrial area so a Phase 1 report was needed. The findings stated that an auto repair shop was in the property's lineage so the reporting agency recommended a Phase 2 test be conducted to make sure no soil contaminants existed.
After the Phase 2 report came back clean, I was good to proceed. However, the total cost for both reports was a little over $10,000. I wasn't worried, though. I believed in the location and my ability to find a tenant.
During the due diligence period, I had hustled to find a tenant. I pitched it to everyone. It was near a very busy retail corridor, but most of the major players were already accounted for and they politely passed.
I tried to encourage Jacobs Java to take a look at a site, but it didn't fit their needs.
I talked with Jacobs Java, a partner of mine in another building and pitched an idea to them. I had renderings drawn up to show what could be done for them. The result was very cool. However, the concept wasn't in the cards and I scrapped the drawings. It cost me $500 to do the pitch, but I figured it was worth it.
I didn't give up, though, and continued to call. Finally, when I found a prospective tenant, a national franchise, I was stoked. My vision was coming into line, but I needed more time to get a lease in place with the franchisee. The seller knew my position and agreed to extend if I made my earnest money non-refundable. I agreed and signed a document waiving the rights to my $10,000 earnest money to get another ninety-days.
Unfortunately, the franchisee had a family health problem arise and he put all future expansion plans on hold. My project was suddenly on life support. I scrambled to find a replacement tenant, knowing that $20,000 of my money was gone if I couldn't make it happen.
When my due diligence period came to the end, I met with the seller and gave him the news.
I wasn't going to move forward with the project. I didn't have a tenant and couldn't afford to float a vacant property by myself.
He said he would be willing to continue to work with me on the project since I'd spent so much time on it, but he wanted more earnest money. I couldn't see putting more money on the table just to get more time. The money I had invested was gone and I didn't need to chase it with more good money.
I thanked the seller for his time and left. I knew the cost for sitting at that table.
The only ones who got paid were the environmental reporting company, the artistic rendering company and the seller who kept my earnest money.
These stories aren't to scare you away from investing in commercial real estate. Quite the opposite.
I worked in the due diligence period to get it right. I got to use the seller's time to work out the kinks in my investment ideas. When the numbers didn't work, I killed the deal. No further risk was taken by me. Yes, it cost me money, however, it would have cost me far more if I had moved forward with either deal when they weren't sound.
For the deal I killed earlier this year, I had it under contract for six months. When it fell apart, I was very disappointed. So was the seller.
There were other projects that I've worked in the due diligence period where it didn't cost me anything or hardly anything (a couple hundred dollars).
Please understand that many opportunities have worked out the way we planned. Money was spent appropriately and the deal was closed to our satisfaction.
Occasionally, when investing in any arena you're going to hit a bump in the road. If you can remember to keep looking forward with a positive attitude, you'll be a success.
However, if you continue to count lost money, you'll never make it in this world.
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Leonardo da Vinci was around twenty two years old and still an apprentice when he completed this oil on wood portrait of Ginevra de Benci in 1474.
Ginevra was around seventeen years old, well-educated and from a wealthy Florence family. It is likely that this portrait, possibly da Vinci's first, was made to commemorate Givenra de Benci's marriage to Luigi Niccolini that year.
Ginevra de Benci was said to have been beautiful. Da Vinci enhanced her beauty, painting her flawless, smooth skin.
He used the ends of his paintbrush to create her ringlets. Her elegant brown gown shows wonderful details of blue ribbon fastenings, gold braid and a gold pin. Ginevra de Benci is also wearing a black scarf which was fashionable a the time.
She is painted in front of a Juniper tree which is a slight pun, as "ginepro" the Italian word for juniper, suggests her name. In the distance, there are more trees and an expanse of water. Da Vinci creates a misty effect in the background using overlaid oil glazes to create his hazy sky.
This portrait was quite ground-breaking at the time as it show Ginevra de Benci in a three-quarter pose and her eyes gaze towards the viewer although not making direct contact. Da Vinci's contemporaries commented that this portrait was extremely lifelike.
Rather like the Mona Lisa, the viewer does not know what the unsmiling Ginevra de Benci was thinking, her expression is hard to read, perhaps she was thinking about the forthcoming marriage to a much older man. Da Vinci himself said that the best portraits showed a "state of mind".
The painting would have been slightly bigger originally, the bottom section has been lost and would have shown Ginevra de Benci's hands and arms. The reverse of the picture also has an interesting "emblematic painting" of a juniper sprig surrounded by a laurel and palm wreath with the Latin motto which translates to "Beauty Adorns Virtue".
The juniper represents Ginevra and is also a symbol of chastity. Art detectives have also discovered evidence of the personal emblem of the Venetian Ambassador to Florence, Bernado Bembo, is underneath and they suspect that he may have commissioned the emblematic painting on the rear. It is known that he and Ginevra de Benci were good friends.
Ginevra spent her later life in self imposed exile, trying to recover from illness and an ill fated love affair.
This wonderful portrait of Ginevra de Benci is one of Leonardo da Vinci's early masterpieces capturing the beautiful, young girl and her thoughts forever.
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Sharon from Tree Gate Farm sent me this update last week and announced the launch of her farm blog, with recent posts on farming in winter and chicken news.
From Tree Gate Farm:
"After another week of unseasonably mild temperatures that lured us outdoors to finish the many chores outstanding from the end of the 2011 growing season, it's been a delight to see big, fat, white flakes falling from the sky and turn our attention inward. Like the broody hens on their nest, we farmers have hunkered down to hatch a few new ventures. In late December, we ordered seven varieties of spuds in anticipation of another Technicolor harvest and in early January, placed the first of four seed orders, including a few quirky new root veggies and surprising shades of familiar fruits. Earlier this week, the farmer up the road who supplies our piglets confirmed that the sows have been bred and the farmer fabricating our hoophouse frame in Penn Yan scheduled a delivery date. Spring may be months away, but it's hard to tamp down a growing excitement about all that the 2012 season has in store!"
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I was at UAL: London College of Communication on Monday night to hear Emily Bell give the Cudlipp lecture. She was very good. She started with a tl;dr version, which was smart and was - journalism needs more journalists who have a deep understanding of the technologies of the web.
I was there partly because I've just been appointed a governor of UAL and I'm keen to help out with digital stuff. So I'm interested in what they're doing in that area.
If you're a UAL student and you're reading this, I'd love to meet for coffee and hear what your experience of digital at UAL is. All of digital, the application process, the internal systems, the teaching resources and the teaching. Drop me a line. Details here.
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The decentralization of control over the vast forests of the world is moving at a rapid pace with both positive and negative ramifications for people and forests themselves. This new book, by leading researchers from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), presents the latest research into decentralization in the forests of Asia and the Pacific, unraveling the complex issues at stake.
Fresh research from a host of Asia-Pacific countries including India, Nepal, China, Korea, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam among others, presents the authors' rich and varied experience with decentralization and provides important lessons for other regions. The book begins with historical and geographical overview chapters, proceeding to more in-depth coverage in the region's countries. Research findings stress rights, roles and responsibilities, on the one hand, and institutions including organization, capacity building, infrastructure and legal aspects, on the other. With these overarching themes in mind, the authors take on many controversial topics, examining inclusiveness in decision-making, justice and equity, criminal activity such as illegal logging and corruption, land use including rehabilitation and tenure, policy-practice gaps, community forestry, implications for household economies and environmental impacts such as fire. Several authors also address practical challenges related to financing and reinvestment in sustainable forest management under decentralized governance. Particular efforts have been made to examine decentralization at various scales from local to national and to address gender issues, which have previously been largely ignored in the decentralization discussions.
The result is a unique examination of decentralization issues in forestry with clear lessons for policy, forest management, research, development and conservation in forested areas across the globe from the tropics to temperature regions.
Private sector delivery of state services is increasingly common worldwide and state forest plantation management is no exception. Increasingly governments are transferring rights and responsibilities to the private sector for state-owned plantations. Some claim that this road will achieve sustainable forest management, greater contributions to local livelihoods and poverty reduction. Others disagree.
Forests and forest lands around the world are a source of livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people. Contests over control and use of these forest resources are increasingly acute, and nowhere are they more intense than in South Asia. Although state forest administration is recorded in the earliest historical texts of the region, since the colonial period forest departments have extended and intensified scientific forest management in order to generate greater flows of timber and revenue, constructing policy in terms of colonial and later national development rather than as serving the public good. The impact on the use local people make of the forest for their livelihoods has been so negative that persistent civil unrest has ensued in many areas.
In recent decades participatory approaches to forest management have been introduced around the world. This book assesses their implementation in the highly politicized environments of India and Nepal. The authors critically examine the policy, implementation processes, and causal factors affecting livelihood impacts. Considering narratives and field practice, with data from over sixty study villages and over one thousand household interviews, the book demonstrates why particular field outcomes have occurred and why policy reform often proves so difficult.
Forest degradation as a result of logging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics. It leads to loss in soil fertility, water resources and biodiversity, as well as contributing to climate change. Efforts are therefore required to try to minimize further degradation and restore tropical forests in a sustainable way.
The devolution of control over the world's forests from national or state and provincial level governments to local control is an ongoing global trend that deeply affects all aspects of forest management, conservation of biodiversity, control over resources, wealth distribution and livelihoods. This powerful new book from leading experts provides an in-depth account of how trends towards increased local governance are shifting control over natural resource management from the state to local societies, and the implications of this control for social justice and the environment.
The book is based on ten years of work by a team of researchers in Malinau, Indonesian Borneo, one of the world's richest forest areas. The first part of the book lays the theoretical framework and larger context in which changes in state and society relations have occurred and examines the theory of "state-in-society", and the implications of this theory for decentralization's impact on power struggles between the state and society. Part two covers in detail how the devolution process has occurred in Malinau, the policy context, struggles and conflicts and how Malinau has organized itself. The third part of the book looks at the broader issues of property relations, conflict, local governance and political participation associated with decentralization. Importantly, it draws out the salient points for other international contexts including the important determination that cultural alliances, especially among ethnic minorities, are taking on greater prominence and ethnic minorities are finding new ways to influence forest policy in the world's richest forests.
Forestry issues vary from place to place but the pattern of forest problems is common to most countries – loss of natural forests, centralized control, inequitable access, lack of information and resources, and ossified institutions. Policy is at the root of most of the problems.
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Harold Garwood Nicholls (19 November 1897 – 10 August 1977) was a New Zealand rugby football player who represented New Zealand in rugby union. Two of his brothers, Mark and Harry, also represented the All Blacks.

Playing career
Nicholls played for the Petone Rugby Club and was the eldest of three brothers.

He first played for Wellington in 1915 before serving in the military for the rest of World War I. In 1919 he again played rugby union for Wellington before switching codes to rugby league. In rugby league Nicholls also represented Wellington for two seasons.

Nicholls was allowed to switch again in 1922 and played rugby union for Wellington in 1922 and 1923. In 1923 he was selected for the All Blacks against the touring New South Wales side and played in one match.

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Hit-and-run suspect threatens to 'rain hell' on Springettsbury Township cops
Shane Ryan Hamilton also threatened to send someone after police to kill them, court documents state.
Hit-and-run suspect threatens to 'rain hell' on Springettsbury Township cops Shane Ryan Hamilton also threatened to send someone after police to kill them, court documents state. Check out this story on ydr.com: http://www.ydr.com/story/news/crime/2018/06/12/hit-and-run-suspect-threatens-rain-hell-springetts-cops/693746002/
Ted Czech, York Daily Record Published 10:14 a.m. ET June 12, 2018 | Updated 10:26 a.m. ET June 12, 2018
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A Springettsbury Township man is accused of issuing several threats to police and others after he allegedly crashed into the rear of another vehicle and drove away Saturday afternoon, according to charging documents.
As of Tuesday morning, Shane Ryan Hamilton, 39, of the 300 block of South Kershaw Street, remained in York County Prison on $2,500 bail. He is charged with terroristic threats, accidents involving damage to an attended vehicle or property, DUI and impeding an officer's investigation, documents state.
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Just after 4 p.m. Saturday, Springettsbury Township Police were sent to Hamilton's home in the 300 block of South Kershaw Street, where he met victims Natalya Stine and Joshua Kopp, documents state.
The victims said that while in the area of Mount Rose Avenue and Haines Road, a white Honda Accord had struck the rear of their vehicle, but that when they pulled over to exchange information, the driver took off, documents state.
Stine and Kopp followed the Honda, later determined to be driven by Hamilton.
"Both advised the Honda had difficulty maintaining lanes and speed," documents state.
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Hamilton then parked, got out of the Honda and went inside his home. As an officer spoke with Hamilton's wife at his home, Hamilton walked outside and "immediately was aggressive and confrontational. ... Hamilton's speech was slow and slurred and he was unsteady on his feet," documents state.
Twice Hamilton refused to give police his license, registration and insurance information, despite police saying he was under investigation for a hit-and-run. Hamilton then went back inside his home and shut the door, but police followed him inside and arrested him, documents state.
While on the way to Memorial Hospital for a blood test, Hamilton wanted to know who had called police. When police said he would find that out in court, Hamilton said, "whoever said this is going to lose their life," documents state.
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Once at Memorial, Hamilton said to police, "if I'm not out tonight I'll rain hell upon you," documents state. He also threatened to send someone after police to kill them, documents state.
Later, at Central Booking, deputies told police Hamilton had prior convictions for DUI in 2008 and 2013, documents state.
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We've been using Lotrimin on LO's fungal infection for about a month now. Pharmacist and pedi said it was okay even though package says use 2 weeks. But his fungal is super stubborn and spreading. I would rather not use a stronger fungicide but am going to the pedi on Mon to get the script for it as well as have him look at some other skin issues. I also just ordered a fungal wash and a tea tree essential oil from Amazon. But where could it be coming from? I'd like to nip it at the source. I was hoping you may have some thoughts. We don't take LO (little one) to the pool. He's never been in daycare. All the pets were brought to the vet to check for ringworm and the cat was the only one suspected who might have it but test came back negative. So where else can it be from? I'm stumped. If I can find it, get rid of it, steam everything, treat LO's current infections, I could be much more at ease. TIA (thanks in advance) for your suggestions and comments!
I'll buy some grapefruit seed extract and put it in the mix. Thanks! Have you ever tried tea tree oil on yours? I just ordered some. DH has one spot where he got the ringworm from LO too. I haven't gotten it yet.
I'd have your dh (dear husband) put straight gse on it and cover it with a bandaid. It will hurt but it works! Ringworm is crazy contagious.
Yes, I washed everything though. Is there a special way I was supposed to wash them? Or with alcohol or something? Whatever could be put into the washing machine went in there. I didn't steam them. Hard pieces I sprayed and wiped with a castile soap solution and then again with a 50/50 water/white vinegar solution. Omg, I didn't even think of this.
Lemon kills ring worm I use it on dogs in my shelter, may be sutible for the toys too?
All over his arms and legs. Not on his hands or feet. They look like ringworm. That's why I brought the pets in for ringworm.
Are you sure it's not eczema? Ds gets eczema patches that look like ringworm sometimes.
I'd have your dh put straight gse on it and cover it with a bandaid. It will hurt but it works! Ringworm is crazy contagious.
Thanks! We'll do that on him when it arrives in the mail.
The first two pediatricians ignored it saying it was eczema but the way it's spreading, it's not eczema. He's got eczema on his face and it's not round patches like on his body. The ones on his body are ringworm according to our new pediatrician.
My guy has the same deal. I thought it was just eczema but my mom (who's an NP) told me it was fungal. I use a homemade mix of lotrimin, hydrocortisone and A&D diaper rash cream. Knocked it out in almost three days. His legs behind the knees were pretty bad.i will post pictures and of before and after once he wakes up!
This was this morning day three ...sorry it's blurry I couldn't get him to stay still!
Thanks for that recipe! I'm going to try it. Just the Lotrimin wasn't doing it for him. Did you use equal parts of each?


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Headquartered in London, HSBC Holdings PLC has retail offices in 68 cities worldwide. With assets totaling over $1.8 trillion, it ranks third in the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's largest firms and has also ranked third among the world's best private banks by Euromoney for the past two years. HSBC's private banking business has been growing through the recent acquisition of The Bank of Bermuda, Republic New York Corporation and Safra Republic Holdings.
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HSBC's Specialist Advisory Services feature not just property, taxes and family office, but also charities and foundations, immigration services and diamonds and jewelry.
An advisory service for onshore dollar deposits, global fund strategy and emerging markets.
The 2000 merger between Chase Manhattan Corporation and JPMorgan & Co. created JPMorgan Chase & Co. Headquartered in New York City, its assets total over $1.3 trillion, and it boasts the biggest hedge fund in the United States, with $34 billion in assets. In 2006, Euromoney ranked JPMorgan Chase the No. 4 private bank in the world.
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Assistance with asset, investment and risk management.
Barclays was founded in 1896, and is headquartered in London under the holding company of Barclays PLC. At the moment, Barclays is poised to become the fourth largest financial services provider in the world if the proposed merger with ABN AMRO, the biggest bank in the Netherlands, is approved.
Bespoke services for clients in financial asset leveraging, foreign exchange and derivatives, residential and commercial property finance, and marine and aircraft finance.
Banking services include multi-currency cash funds, overseas asset structuring, foreign currency, and foreign exchange.
Wealth structuring services include pension solutions and structures that address different legal jurisdictions.
Its private bankers provide independent advice, as Barclays Private Bank is not tied to any product provider.
Founded in 1856, and headquartered in Zurich, Credit Suisse is the second-largest bank in Switzerland. Its private banking division is one of the largest such organizations in the world, and for the last two years it has ranked in Euromoney's list as one of the top five private banks worldwide.
Private investment opportunities, including private equity funds (minority co-investments, leveraged buyouts and mezzanine investments), hedge funds, collateralized bond funds, and venture capital.
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"Hearing loss may be an under-recognized complication of diabetes. As diabetes becomes more common, the disease may become a more significant contributor to hearing loss," said senior author Catherine Cowie, Ph.D., of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), who suggested that people with diabetes should consider having their hearing tested. "Our study found a strong and consistent link between hearing impairment and diabetes using a number of different outcomes."
The researchers discovered the higher rate of hearing loss in those with diabetes after analyzing the results of hearing tests given to a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States. The test measured participants' ability to hear low, middle, and high frequency sounds in both ears. The link between diabetes and hearing loss was evident across all frequencies, with a stronger association in the high frequency range. Mild or greater hearing impairment of low- or mid-frequency sounds in the worse ear was about 21 percent in 399 adults with diabetes compared to about 9 percent in 4,741 adults without diabetes. For high frequency sounds, mild or greater hearing impairment in the worse ear was 54 percent in those with diabetes compared to 32 percent in those who did not have the disease.
The study, published early online June 17, 2008, in the Annals of Internal Medicine , was conducted by researchers from the NIDDK, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), components of the NIH, and Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., which provides support on public health topics to NIH and other government agencies.
"Using the data from the hearing tests, we measured hearing impairment in eight different ways. Also, participants responded to questions about hearing loss in the questionnaire, which asked whether they had a little trouble hearing, a lot of trouble hearing, or were deaf without a hearing aid," said Cowie. In addition, 2,259 of the participants who received hearing tests were randomly assigned to have their blood glucose tested after an overnight fast.
Earlier U.S. studies that examined diabetes and hearing loss found a weaker association or no association, but these studies were based on smaller samples of older adults, and they were not nationally representative, according to co-author Howard Hoffman, an epidemiologist at NIDCD. "This is the first study of a nationally representative sample of working age adults, 20 to 69 years old, and we found an association between diabetes and hearing impairment evident as early as ages 30 to 40."
"The link between diabetes and hearing loss has been debated since the 1960s or before, and our results show that a relationship exists even when we account for the major factors known to affect hearing, such as age, race, ethnicity, income level, noise exposure, and the use of certain medications," noted Kathleen Bainbridge, Ph.D., of Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.
Diabetes is a group of diseases marked by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both. Afflicting nearly 21 million people in the United States, it is a major cause of heart disease and stroke and the most common cause of blindness, kidney failure, and lower limb amputations in adults. Pre-diabetes, which causes no symptoms, affects about 54 million adults in the United States, many of whom will develop type 2 diabetes in the next 10 years. Pre-diabetes raises the risk of a heart attack or stroke even if diabetes does not develop. People with pre-diabetes can often prevent or delay diabetes if they lose a modest amount of weight by cutting calories and increasing physical activity. People with diabetes also benefit from diet and exercise as well as medications that control blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol. For information about the causes, prevention, and treatment of diabetes, see www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov.
Hearing loss is a common problem caused by aging, disease, heredity, and noise. About 17 percent of American adults — 36 million people — report some degree of hearing loss. There is a strong relationship between age and reported hearing loss: 8 percent of American adults 18 to 44 years old, 19 percent of adults 45 to 64 years old, and 30 percent of adults 65 to 74 years old report trouble with hearing. For information about the causes and treatment of hearing loss, see www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing.


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Yesterday, we used a photograph of a farmer eating a burger at a cornhusking contest in Marshall County, Iowa, to illustrate an entry here. It's from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog. Below, we offer a look at other noteworthy burger photos we dug up from the available online collection.
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ADL Deeply Concerned Over Reports of Anti-Semitic & Hate Incidents Following Election 2016
NEW YORK, NY, Nov. 15, 2016 – The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed deep concern over ongoing reports of anti-Semitic and other hate incidents in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 presidential election.
ADL's Center on Extremism has been monitoring the proliferation of racist and anti-Semitic graffiti and vandalism, including the use of swastikas and other Nazi imagery across the country, as well as reports of assaults and harassment. The League also established a new reporting mechanism where the public can report any anti-Semitic, racist or bigoted incidents, and encouraged social media users to promote the hashtag #ExposeHate.
"Sadly, the contentious tone from the 2016 election has translated into a moment of ripeness for the haters to deface properties across the country with some of the most unsettling anti-Semitic and racist imagery," said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO. "We must not let this troubling trend of hate define our society, which means that the onus is on our community leaders, religious clergy, elected officials and others to remain vigilant, report incidents when they surface and make clear that this level of vitriol will not be tolerated."
ADL has also been keeping a close watch on white supremacist and extremist groups and their reactions to Donald Trump's victory.
"Various extremists and their online supporters, including those associated with the Alt Right, have been emboldened by the notion that their anti-Semitic and racists views are becoming mainstream," said Oren Segal, Director of ADL's Center on Extremism. "We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to expose and push back on those who embrace and promote the racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism peddled by white supremacists and extremists and work to assure they remain on the fringes of society where they belong."
Mr. Segal added, "Even though there has been increased visibility for white supremacists and extremist groups as a result of this campaign season, we must also recognize the vast majority of Trump supporters are not extremists."
Shortly after the election, ADL issued a series of recommendations and tips for families and educators to assist young people in processing their feelings and understanding what happened.
In a November 11 blog post, Mr. Greenblatt stressed that the League will remain vigilant against extremism and outlined how it will redouble its efforts on core issues.
"ADL has, and will continue to, speak out and take action against hate and bigotry," Mr. Greenblatt wrote. "When we do so, we do it consistently and impartially, guided by the long-standing principles that have defined ADL since our founding in 1913.
The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry. www.adl.org
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Capstones: Rescuing the Democratic Order
The natural order of the world is not all that orderly. That's a problem because order is important. In fact, it's essential for individuals and nations alike. We need some modicum of order to live our lives and interact with others, to maintain free government within nations, to carry out trade among nations, and to keep the peace between nations. Of course, too much order is not good; it's known as tyranny. But too little is just as bad; it's known as chaos, which seems to be where the world is headed.
America and its closest allies began building a particular kind of order during World War II. Some call it a "rules-based, democratic order," others a "liberal international order." Both terms aim to describe how the peoples of the West have tried to make the world work and indeed manage the world: They embraced and encouraged democratic governance; developed rules and norms of behavior; promoted liberal (freedom-oriented) political and economic institutions; and called upon governments to live up to the responsibilities of nationhood by promoting good order within and around their borders.
Elements of this democratic order date to Wilson's Fourteen Points and his vision for a durable postwar peace. Wilson believed that a world torn between dictatorships and democracies was inherently dangerous for America. Thus, when he declared, "The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty," he wasn't talking about a utopian crusade; he was talking about building a safer world for America's democracy. Wilson seemed to recognize this would be an ongoing process. However, it was a mission America was not ready to shoulder in 1918-19.
That began to change in August 1941, when Churchill and FDR used Wilson's postwar vision as a starting point for the Atlantic Charter. Their goal was "to make known certain common principles": self-government, respect for borders and sovereignty, the rule of law, human dignity, an equitable peace, open markets and freedom of the seas. These war aims gave the Allies something to fight for: "a better future for the world," in the words of the Atlantic Charter. Ever the visionary, Churchill believed the Charter would "remain a guide for both our peoples and for other peoples of the world." That's exactly what came to pass.
Impositions
FDR and Churchill weren't so naïve as to think they could remedy the world's ills with a piece of paper. Advancing the principles they outlined in the Atlantic Charter would require constant effort on the part of those nations that embrace them. Just as the democratic order they envisioned would not emerge without great cost, it does not run on autopilot or grow organically. It depends on the world's democracies deterring aggressive states, enforcing international norms of behavior and serving as civilization's last line of defense. As historian Robert Kagan bluntly explains, "International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others—in America's case, the domination of liberal free market principles of economics, democratic principles of politics, and a peaceful international system that supports these over other visions."
The world is fortunate the United States emerged from World War II and the Cold War as that dominant power. Had the Axis won in 1945, world order would have been characterized by fascist totalitarianism. Had the Soviets won in 1989, world order would have been characterized by Leninist totalitarianism. If ISIS, al Qaeda and other jihadist groups have their way—recall that they take literally Muhammad's injunction "to fight all men until they say, 'There is no god but Allah'"—world order will be characterized by theocratic totalitarianism. And if Xi's China and Putin's Russia gain the upper hand, world order will be characterized by strongmen trampling over weak institutions and by might-makes-right lawlessness, which is no order at all.
"The present order will last only as long as those who favor it and benefit from it retain the will and capacity to defend it," Kagan observes. "Every international order in history has reflected the beliefs and interests of its strongest powers," he explains, ominously adding, "and every international order has changed when power shifted to others with different beliefs and different interests."
"China and Russia," former Defense Secretary James Mattis warns, "want to shape a world consistent with their authoritarian model."
Likewise, a recent report issued by DNI Dan Coats warns that hostile regimes like Russia and China are "taking advantage of…the weakening of the post-WWII international order and dominance of Western democratic ideals."
This is not a matter just for generals, spymasters and policy wonks. The erosion of the democratic order has real-world implications.
Putin's Russia has invaded and occupied democratic Ukraine, annexed Crimea and the Sea of Azov, invaded and lopped off part of democratic Georgia, violated numerous treaties that served as the foundation of post-Cold War peace, aided and abetted Assad's beastly war, and regained a base of operations in the Middle East.
In response to Putin's assault on Ukraine, the Swedish government has reintroduced military conscription and is for the first time since 1961 distributing pamphlets informing all citizens what to do in the event of a military attack. Likewise, Lithuania's Defense Ministry has distributed a new emergency-response manual "to gird citizens for the possibility of invasion, occupation and armed conflict," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports. And all three Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—are training civilian groups in insurgency tactics and irregular warfare.
Whether coordinated or coincidental, China also is chipping away at the democratic order. China's "One Belt One Road" program, for instance, is part of a wider effort to tilt or alter the current world order in its favor. If Beijing succeeds, the international order will be more like China—and more hostile to democracy.
In a bid to annex the South China Sea piecemeal, Xi has constructed 3,200 acres of illegal islands in international waters—deploying SAM batteries, anti-ship missiles and radar systems on some of these "Made in China" islands. One of the islands features a 10,000-foot airstrip—long enough for bomber aircraft. All told, Beijing now has 27 military outposts sprinkled across the South China Sea, many of them in waters and territories claimed by other nations.
Chinese warships and warplanes are routinely encroaching on Japanese territory. However, China is not Japan's only worry. While the Balts and Sweden brace for a Russian invasion, Japan is bracing for a North Korean nuke. Japan's government has revised its civil-defense plans to include new guidelines for responding to a North Korean missile salvo. The updated document matter-of-factly notes that it is "difficult to specify the kind of warheads (conventional warheads or nuclear, biological and chemical warheads) before they land."
In the Middle East, Iran has emerged as a regional hegemon—setting up outposts in Syria, fomenting wars and revolts in Yemen and Bahrain, and consolidating its position in Iraq, while conducting provocative missile tests at home and assassinations abroad. With Iran and its proxies on the march, the IDF grimly warns that Israel is preparing for war on six fronts.
Add to this worrisome news a recent Freedom House report, which concludes that 71 countries suffered declines in political rights and civil liberties in the most recent measured year (2017)—"the 12th consecutive year of decline in global freedom."
All of this is contributing to increased risks and increased costs for the American people.
Interestingly, this cascade of challenges to the democratic order began as Washington, in a bipartisan gamble known as sequestration, drastically reduced the reach, role and resources of democracy's greatest defender: the American military. What we have been re-reminded in the years since sequestration took a meat clever to the arsenal of democracy is that retrenchment is penny-wise but pound foolish; that dictators respect strength, not words; that if we want the benefits of a democratic order that sustains the American way of life, we need to sustain the democratic order.
As Mattis wrote in his letter of resignation, "We must do everything possible to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values."
President Obama's policy of "nation building here at home" and President Trump's policy of "America first" may indeed reflect the world-weariness of the American people. But neither policy has advanced the rules-based, democratic order, and both remind us that presidential leadership demands far more than tapping into the national mood.
Leadership, especially on matters of national security, is often about persuading the American people to follow a path they would rather not take. Think about Jefferson abandoning a policy of appeasement and instead waging war on piracy half a world away, Lincoln transforming the Civil War from a struggle merely to preserve the Union into a struggle to abolish slavery, FDR dragging America back onto the world stage, Truman arguing for open-ended engagement and global containment of Moscow, Reagan reviving the nation's flagging commitment to what Truman began, the elder Bush building support for Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Clinton wading into the Balkans, the younger Bush defending the surge.
A range of efforts are underway to rally America and other democracies to defend what they began building in 1941.
The Atlantic Council—a D.C.-based think tank that promotes U.S. leadership and engagement in the world based on the central role of the Atlantic community—is advancing this important cause at home and abroad. The Atlantic Council's Democratic Order Initiative focuses on identifying and articulating the fundamental values and principles necessary to maintain American leadership and a rules-based democratic order. The Sagamore Institute has joined the Atlantic Council in its efforts and recently hosted a conference spotlighting this initiative.
The Economist reports that senior officials representing the D10—an informal association of democracies enfolding the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan, Australia, South Korea and the EU—"have quietly been meeting once or twice a year to discuss how to coordinate strategies to advance the liberal world order."
Toward that same goal, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has launched a global effort to "revitalize the world's democracies" and "bring them together in an unshakeable and undefeatable alliance for peace, prosperity and the advancement of democracy," which he labels an "Alliance of Democracies."
These groups realize that if we want to rescue the democratic order, we cannot count on the UN Security Council making things right, or the "arc of history" bending inexorably toward progress, or the enemies of civilization feeling shamed by sitting on "the wrong side of history." After all, the UN is a place where there's no distinction between democracies and dictatorships, where autocratic regimes stymie the advancement of democratic principles. History shows that when liberal powers fail to promote a liberal international order, the "arc of history" bends toward darkness—or chaos. And the shameless simply cannot be shamed.
In short, only democratic nation-states and democratic institutions can save the democratic order. Wilson grasped this a hundred years ago. Although he is often criticized for being overly idealistic, it was Wilson who warned that "A steadfast concert for peace can never be maintained, except by a partnership of democratic nations."
A generation later, Churchill noted that "Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will stand in awe."
America and its democratic allies have the power—the political legitimacy, economic capacity, military strength—to rescue the democratic order. What remains to be seen is if they have the will.
Alan W. Dowd is a senior fellow with the Sagamore Institute, where he heads the Center for America's Purpose. A version of this essay appeared in Providence.
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Walt Whitman Poem Analysis
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This week we spoke with Trevor Ogden, the Executive Chef at Chambers.
What do you feel makes your restaurant unique?
Trevor Ogden: There are so many facets of Chambers that make it unique, our LP collection – 10,000 plus records from every decade to our poolside patio to our BE AMAZING sign, the fact that while we're a food driven restaurant we also have a dj booth and dance floor and then there is the courtyard perfect on those rare warm nights for dinner and drinks, soon to be saturday and sunday brunch or even a dip in the pool . . .
What is the most delicious thing you have ever eaten?
I have two, technically three, but they are two menu items. First one is called "A spoonful of heaven" – Koo, San Francisco. There is actually two spoons and a glass of chilled sake, the first spoon is uni, ponzu, and a quail egg. The second spoon is monkfish liver wrapped in white fish and a truffle ponzu. Decadent to say the least. The second dish "Grilled Octopus Skewers" is no longer available at La Mar, San Francisco. It was poached and then grilled octopus served over purple potato mash and chimichurri.
When did you know you wanted to be in the business of food?
I had begun cooking with my father as a child so when i was 18 and living in Savannah, Georgia a line cook position kind of dropped into my lap. I took the job and starting cooking professionally. It was hard work, long hours and quite gruesome at times. I mean it was about 100 degrees outside with 100% humidity. I work there for almost two years while moving up into a kitchen supervisor position. It wasn't hard, I mean there were only five line cooks on staff, and only two of us working the line during dinner service. so when the chef put in his notice the owner came to me and asked if I wanted to take over. I took the job soon to find out I wanted to move to a more culinary advanced city. So I packed up a car with whatever I thought I needed and headed to San Francisco. That's when I knew I would be in this industry for the rest of my life.
How would you describe the overall concept of your restaurant?
We are an upscale yet casual restaurant and lounge serving progressive California cuisine in an eclectic setting.
What do you think is the most important ingredient for good food?
What is one thing that inspires you to come up with a new dish?
There is not just one thing that inspires me to come up with a new dish. It always depends on the dish as to where the inspiration came from. sometimes it is just a simple pleasure from a childhood memory, other times it might be something I saw at the farmers market. cravings for certain food do have a good amount to do with some of the creativity. Some dishes come about from a chain of events, one idea sparks another, then another and some how i make some sort of sense of these crazy ideas and they hit they plate. Just ask my sous chefs, some times they think I'm crazy. Also a lot of my ideas come to me in the middle of the night. I have lost many ideas from not writing these down right when I think of them, thinking I will remember in the morning, that is not the case. I tried keeping a note pad next to the bed but that didn't work since I would then bring the notepad to work and forget it there instead of bringing it home. Now I draft an email in my phone for myself every time I have an idea, i always have that with me. It would be bad if I ever lost that thing.
Tell us something that not many people know about your restaurant.
Chambers is the original location of the famous "Miss Pearl's Jam House" where Bay Area boy Joey Altman gained wide acclaim.
Be sure to check out Chambers through a plastic lens on display until Saturday April 28th, more details here.


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In 2009 and 2010, an exhibition was held at Pratt Institute to help explain the relationship between fashion and sustainability.
For this exhibit (called Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion), curators Francesca Granata and Sarah Scaturro (now Conservator at The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) displayed garments from our Alabama ChaninSongbirds collection, and also from artists and designers like Susan Cianciolo, Andrea Zittel, Suno, and Bodkin.
A simple double wrap-around garment, the smock as designed by the artist Andrea Zittel, is a versatile and utilitarian garment. For the Smockshop project, it is reworked by a number of artists who reinterpret the original pattern based on their individual skill sets and tastes. In line with Zittel's motto, "Liberation through Limitations," the smocks are intended to be worn exclusively for six months, but in an understanding of the idealistic nature of such a practice, the artist is at least hoping "to inspire a more frugal approach to design." The examples in the exhibition are by the artist Tiprin Follett, who wore her smocks continuously and documented her performance in an interview with Zittel as well as through snapshots.
The smockshop offers a unique model for a collaborative clothing workshop that encourages the adaptation of a basic "uniform" to be worn for long stretches of time.
We found the interaction among the designer, maker, garment, and user to be inspiring, creative, and refreshing.
We encourage the same reinterpretation of our garments and projects from our Studio Book Series. Take a pattern and make it your own.
For DIY Thursday, we share the pattern for Andrea Zittel's Smockshop. By sharing this project, we continue Tuesday's discussion on sustainability, homesteading, and making one's own clothing.
We are thrilled with the finished smock- which takes a very similar shape to our Maggie Dress. The Maggie Dress is featured in our Denim collection, but is not currently offered as a DIY kit. If you love the shape and silhouette of the Maggie Dress, Andrea's smock pattern makes a beautiful garment.
Cut out your pattern pieces from your fabric for the top layer and repeat by cutting matching pattern pieces for the backing layer. Stencil your cut top layer of the smock with our Anna's Garden stencil and textile paint. Pin together the top and bottom layers of each pattern piece, right sides of both layers facing up.
Following instructions for negative reverse appliqué found on page 99 of Alabama Studio Sewing + Design, straight stitch 1/8" inside the edge of the stenciled shape; then cut the top layer of fabric 1/8" outside the edge of the stenciled shape, leaving a ¼" sliver of top-layer fabric beyond your stitching line.
After all of the pattern pieces are completed, sew the dress by hand using a double strand of Button Craft thread and following the Smockshop instructions–included with the pattern.
We used binding around all edges of the garment rather than leaving the edges raw. We chose to use ties to fasten both the inside and outside of the smock; however, we use snaps in the inside of the Maggie Dress. A simple safety pin will also work. We also used cotton jersey pulls to tie the front of the dress. To make these ties, use your cotton jersey scrap fabric, cut into strips from 1/2" to 1" wide, (we cut with the fabric's grain). Pull the strip so that it curls into a rope. Attached the ties to the dress with a straight stitch after you have sewn on your binding.
Knots – When you start and finish a length of thread, double-knot on the outside of the garment.
Made possible at a special price of $10 by a generous grant from the Coby Foundation, Ltd.
Actually, the link you provided to buy the pattern only seems to take you to a PDF of the catalog in which the pattern is not provided. Do you have a link where the catalog can be purchased?
Actually, never mind. Didn't realize the underlined "here" was a separate link. Thanks!
The navy blue you used here is incredible.
Did you guys alter the smock pattern at all? Their pattern sttes that you should wear a tank top under it (I assume because the arm holes are large) Just checking if you guys tightened that up a bit or if it adjustable enough to snug it up under your arms. Thanks for this great inspiration!
Last week I attended the Textile Society of America's Symposium in Washington, DC. Sustainability was the topic of many of the sessions I attended and created a great deal of discussion. For me that was very exciting. I wore my Alabama Chanin skirt one day and my top the next day and some of my naturally dyed clothes the other days. Each day during the discussion where it was appropriate, I mentioned that what I was wearing was one of your pieces and mentioned your work and philosophy. I had people coming up to me wanting to feel the pieces I obtained from you and writing down your website.
Beautiful dress! I looked around at the Smockshop project and am sad that it seems to have ended. What a terrific idea!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you!! This is the ONE pattern that I have been thinking and scheming and dreaming about! I LOVE the smocked dresses on your site and now I can make that dreaming and scheming come to life!!
Yep.. that gets you a fangirl…Squeee!
When I was at the workshop I kept thinking that maybe I should've chosen this one as my project; I took a photo of the dress to help me remember it and potentially recreate it, but hey, it's all here for me! I love the versatility of it and plan to make it my next Alabama Chanin project.
Got the copy of the catalog and pattern in the mail today! Itching to get a smock started, but first in line for my hand sewing skills is getting numbers on some Webelo scout uniforms! Motivation!!
I love this! I have wanted a Maggie dress for the longest time, and just now found this post! Can't wait to give it a try. I also want to try to make a shorter tunic in this style as well.