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Joel Spolsky writes about the Vista shutdown menu and its excess of confusing options (what exactly is the difference between Hibernate and Sleep?). Moishe Lettvin, who happened to have worked on that menu, chimed in with an explanation of why it came out that way, which included a fascinating insight into how Microsoft handles configuration management.
For the uninitiated, configuration management is a lot more than just version control. It includes managing all the libraries and tools used in a build, and if multiple components are being incorporated into the final product then it also involves keeping track of those. The goal is to be able to go back to some build that happened last year, repeat the build, and come out with the same MD5 checksum at the end. Stop and think about what that involves for a minute. Its highly non-trivial. (And some compilers happen to make it impossible by using multiple threads, so that two consecutive builds generate the same code, but with functions in a different order. Under some high integrity quality regimes this actually matters).
The Microsoft problem is that they have thousands of people working on Vista, and a simple repository with everyone checking stuff in and out simply won't scale. So they have a tree of repositories about 4 deep. Each developer checks stuff in to their local repository, and at intervals groups of repositories are integrated into their local branch. Hence the changes propogate up the tree to the root repository, from where they then propogate back down the other branches.
The trouble is, propgation from one side of the tree to the other can take a month or three. So if developer A and developer B need to collaborate closely but are on distant branches of the build tree then their code takes ages to propogate between them.
Now consider the case of open source software. The Linux kernel and Windows are actually organised in very similar ways: Linus owns the master repository, people like Alan Cox own sub-repositories, and handle integration up to Linus. Sub-repository owners are responsible for QA on the stuff they merge in, just like in Windows.
So why is Windows Vista in trouble, but free / open source software is not? After all, GNU/Linux overall has tens of thousands of people developing for it, and thousands of packages of which the kernel is just one. Worse yet, these tens of thousands of people are not properly organised and have very little communication. Microsoft can at least order all its programmers to work in certain ways and conform to certain standards.
Actually this disconnection is a strength, not a weakness. Conway's Law says the structure of any piece of software will duplicate the structure of the organisation that created it. So in Microsoft there are lots of programmers who all talk to one another, and this leads to software where all the bits are inter-dependent in arbitrary ways. Open source developers, on the other hand, are spread around and have very narrow interfaces between each other. This leads to software with narrow well defined interfaces and dependencies.
Dependencies are the crucial thing here: if I am writing a new application that uses, lets say, the Foobar library, then I will want to depend on a stable version. If I write to the API in the daily snapshot then my code could suddenly break because someone submits a patch that changes something. So I write to the last stable release. If I really need some feature that is still being developed by the Foobar team then I can use it, but that is an exceptional case and I won't be releasing my application until the Foobar feature stabilises.
Dependency management is probably the most important contribution of open source to software engineering. The requirement first became obvious under Windows, with "DLL hell": different applications installed and required different dynamic libraries, and conflicts were inevitable. Then Red Hat users encountered a similar problem in "RPM hell", in which they had to manually track the dependencies of any package they wanted and download and install them.
As far as I know Debian was the first distribution to really solve the dependency problem with apt-get. These days Fedora has yum and pirut, which do essentially the same job. Its not a simple job either. A program may have a dependency not just on Foobar, but on Foobar version 1.3.*, or anything from 1.3 onwards but not 2.*. Meanwhile some other package may depend on Foobar 1.6 onwards, including 2.*, and yet a third package requires Foobar 2.1 onwards. It is the job of apt-get and its relatives to manage this horrendous complexity.
(Side note: I remember when OO software was young in the nineties, people thought that the biggest challenge for resuable software was searching repositories. They were wrong: it is dependency management).
Open source also has a clear boundary to every package and a very precise process for releasing new versions. So when the new version of Foobar comes out anyone interested finds out about it. Any changes to interfaces are particularly carefully controlled, so I can easily tell if the Foobar people have done anything to break my application. If they have I can carry on depending on the previous version until I can resolve the problem. Then before my application finds its way into, say, Fedora, it has to be integrated into an explicit dependency graph and checked for conflicts with anything else.
Microsoft doesn't do this. Vista is effectively a big blob of code with lots of hidden dependencies and no effective management of what depends on what. No wonder they are in trouble.


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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
GypsyKnits yarn...hell yeah!
One of the great things about being a fancy-free knitting academic is that the summertime is just one giant knitting cluster fcuk! I can pop down to my LYS 2,3 even 4 times a week (who am I kidding, Saturday I was there in the a.m. AND the p.m.) for help, supplies and oh yes, more yarn. One of my on-the-way-to-work local shops just posted their new yarn acquisition on their blog and I am chomping at the bit to high-tale it over there, and my very local lys just acquired a massive amount of GypsyKnits sock yarn. This is a fairly new Mom & Pop operation from Cumberland, Maryland that spins and dyes all their own yarn and is only carried in one retail outlet--my LYS! Me so lucky! It's also available at Etsy, but you should hurry, this stuff is killer and if you recently got burned trying to obtain Vesper sock yarn while it was in stock for 5 minutes over at Kpixie only to find that it would be in stock again at some future date, probably some time when you will be visiting your elderly parents at a cabin somewhere in the North Woods and won't have internet access, you best act with alacrity! Our local shop had a demonstration and meet and greet with the owners of Gypsyknits this past weekend, sadly I missed it, being wrapped up in the whole travesty of the Italians winning the World Cup and all. Anyway, The yarns up top from left to right are Bubble Gum, Fresh Veggies and Big Top. The colors are stunning and the names alone sealed the deal on the purchase. Big Top? I always loved a three-ring circus! The yarn pictured here that has been wound into the hockey puck is called Strawberry Fields. Perhaps you're wondering how exactly I'm going to work these new yarn purchases into the whole 'omigod-my-sock-yarn-stash-is-out-of-control' complex/existential crisis that I so anxiously described earlier this summer. Based on much helpful feedback I received from commenters on this blog, I've decided to let the whole stress of that affair go and embrace my inner yarn hog. So these GypsyKnits skeins can just take a number, get in line and join the disfunctional a.d.d. knitting party!
Lest you think me a selfish type that only acquires yarn for myself, I purchased these little headband kits for my daughters and their pal, who is my best pal Babs' daughter.
They are all three budding little stitchers, and have made significant progress already. The project is an easy one and only requires casting on 8 sts and just doing a simple garter stitch. My rationale is this: any non-Disney channel related activity these days is a positive one, and this way when we go to yarn store they'll have something to occupy themselves with. Parenthood: it's all about creating the illusion that we do these things for them and not for ourselves!
5 comments:
- Karen said...
Hey, my DH went to school where you work. :) LYS near there with great yarns . . . hmmm, I think he needs to visit his Alma Mater soon, and should take me along to see it. Those Gypsyknits colors are awesome. And the girls are making great progress on their headbands. Good for them!!
- Melissa said...
Gorgous yarn!
The headband projects sound like a great summer project.
- Priscilla said...
I love all yarns, but expecially the one called bubble gum!
And the IHS is such a fun project! I can't wait to finish it and show it off.. yeah, it's summer still, but the first occasion that requires a scarf, I plan on putting it to use.
Nice to see your daughters enjoy taking part in your hobby! Reminds me of when I was a child and my mom and I knitted together. I'm trying to get her to start it up again, but no luck so far.
- Anna said...
Those Gypsyknit colors are delicious. I think I might steal your head band project idea - the Bee (my six year old DD) is trying to learn to knit, and just a few stitches might be easier then what she's got now.
- Meri said...
Pretty skeins, yummy colors! To pick up on a very old thread, I wonder if I could be of help on the pieceing/finishing end at all, at some point, for you? Though a knitting ignoramus, I do have some sewing chops and would love to lend a hand.


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Interest in weight-loss drugs is growing as more drugs become available. But is weight loss really as simple as popping a pill?
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The closing session of the Professional BusinessWomen of California's Conference closed with a panel from Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful & Highest Paid Women in Business list.
Laura Liswood, Secretary General for the Council of Women World Leaders was moderating and started out describing her adventure she had when she sought out to interview all 15 living women who had been president or prime minister of their countries. It was an interesting journey, one she was even surprised she was able to complete!
Our panelists that afternoon were Safra Catz, President, Oracle; Deborah McWhinney, President, Citi Personal Wealth Management; and Joanne Maguire, Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin.
All of the women discussed career paths and how to get what you need from your career. They all had good advice, but some pieces of wisdom from Ms. Catz really stood out to me. She noted that no one will make your career easy for you - you need to make your own opportunities. And, back to our Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide, she simply stated, "you don't ask, you don't get." Then finally, "You're not men. You may be better."
Unfortunately, most of the time for the panel was used up by Liswood's introduction and the two previous speakers and the session ran over by 30 minutes. This meant many of us missed our trains - I know, I was running to the train station with several other women, none of us really appropriately dressed for running :-)
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Two state senators on Thursday called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to explain its decision to plow under 43 acres of lush wildlife habitat at the Sepulveda Basin without prior notice or coordination with community leaders and environmentalists.
Sens. Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) and Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) asked for details about what led to the agency's declaration in August that its "vegetation management plan" for the area did not require an environmental impact report because it would not significantly disturb wildlife and habitat.
On Dec. 10, Army Corps bulldozers, mowers and mulching machines stripped nearly all the greenery from the swath of Los Angeles River flood plain just west of Interstate 405 and north of Burbank Boulevard, wiping out habitat for mammals, reptiles and hundreds of species of birds.
"When a clunky federal bureaucracy doesn't collaborate with state and local officials and community leaders, you create a real mess, which is what we have right now at the Sepulveda Basin," De Leon said in an interview.


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Joe Martin needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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Philips' high-end TVs are some of the most feature-packed on the market, boasting more high-powered processing than NASA mission control. But if the recession has forced you to set your sights a little lower, it doesn't necessarily mean you have to miss out on those enticing features completely.
That's because the processing modes inside Philips' mid-range sets do the same basic job as the versions on Philips' high-end sets, but with less grunt behind them.
So instead of Perfect Pixel HD Engine on the 9000 series you get Pixel Precise HD; 100Hz LCD replaces 200Hz Clear LCD; Perfect Natural Motion is substituted by HD Natural Motion – you get the picture.
The lower horsepower brings the 42PFL7404H's price down to around half that of the equivalent 42-inch 9000 series set, which is a pretty good saving in anyone's book.
This particular TV is part of Philips' 7000 series, which sits below the all-singing, all-dancing 9000 and 8000 series but above the 5000 and entry-level 3000.
The screen size is 42-inches, but if you need it smaller or bigger then the 7000 series also includes 32, 47 and 52-inch sets. They're all Full HD 1080p models, and as we'll discover they actually offer a much better range of bells and whistles than you may expect from a mid-range model.
And that mid-range positioning doesn't mean Philips has skimped on design either – the 7404H is a great looking set with an ultra slim, gloss-black bezel, which is designed to maximise the perceived screen size, plus the curves in each corner give it that distinctive Philips vibe.
Sadly, Ambilight is a casualty of Philips' cost-cutting and therefore you won't get the gorgeous picture-enhancing aura on the wall behind, but at this sort of price that's only to be expected.
The transparent plastic hood that surrounds the bezel would normally be used to catch the rays, but here it's nothing more than a sad reminder of Ambilight's absence.
It's worth mentioning at this point that the tuner inside the 42PFL7404 is a straight-up Freeview affair and not Freeview HD – getting that from a TV at this price really would be a steal.


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HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties in 2011 was one of the first hospice organizations nationwide to earn Level 4 certification from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs for expertly meeting the needs of veterans and their families.
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LONGMONT -- The Italian bartender in early 1945 sold Henry Yekel and his fellow off-duty U.S. Army Air Corps comrade Champagne corked in 1898 for just $6 a bottle.
Until the Americans arrived for R&R at the posh resort on Lido Island -- a 7-mile long promontory between the Adriatic Sea and Venice's lagoon -- the café hid the good stuff to deny it to the Germans at any price.
So, Yekel and his buddy sipped flute after flute of bubbly every night that week while on leave from Amendola Airfield at Foggia, Italy, where they served as gunners with the 97th bomb group, 340th bomb squadron.
Champagne gave them a taste of the good life.
Now, the 87-year-old World War II veteran, terminally ill with lung cancer, hopes for a good death -- for going out at home with his affairs in order, his pain managed, his "thank yous" and "farewells" expressed and his dignity as intact as possible.
To meet that goal, Yekel signed up on Sept. 24 with HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties, a Lafayette-based nonprofit, end-of-life care provider that assigns each patient a care team that can include a doctor, a nurse, a certified nursing assistant, a social worker, a grief counselor and a chaplain.
"One of the most difficult things is showering with a young lady and actually taking a shower," Yekel joked. "We have been ingrained with modesty since we were children. ... But I'll clue you, when you can't do it yourself, modesty goes out the window."
Paperwork-wise, HospiceCare social worker Charley Rosicky helped him sort out insurance coverage within an hour and saved Yekel an estimated $8,000 to $15,000.
The little things count, too.
When his oxygen machine made too much noise and kicked off too much heat, the care team immediately replaced it.
When Yekel got bedsores, the nurse brought gel cushions.
"It may not sound very important. But when your butt hurts, it's hard to sleep," he said.
Nevertheless, because American culture treats death as a taboo subject, HospiceCare statistics show that most dying people wait to make the call just a few days before they die, according to HospiceCare spokeswoman, Mary Chokran.
"They think that we want them to just throw in the towel," she said. "So, they put this off as long as possible even though our services can help someone make the most of their life before it ends."
Countering morphine myths
Part of that resistance comes from the belief that hospice can only offer a single tool, morphine, and that both doctor and patient somehow fail if they accept death for what it is -- a natural part of life, Dr. John Massone, HospiceCare's medical director, said.
"Culturally, we're taught to seek more care. ... And it is a big step to help someone understand why getting another CT scan or another surgery might not be to their benefit," he said. "But we can reduce the trauma on the patient and their family by reducing the medical adventures that they take."
Massone cited research that shows how a so-called bad death, one characterized by trauma related to both poor pain management and communication, can negatively impact the health of survivors.
"It is certainly quite sobering to see how (that kind of death) can reverberate beyond the patient. ... The more we can think ahead, the less the patient and their families will suffer," he said.
So, besides taking vital signs during home visits and asking about pain, breathing difficulties, nausea and agitation, HospiceCare nurse Ives Molitor gently reminds patients of nature's end process.
"When the body is shutting down, it is running out of energy, and eating takes energy. So, I explain that it is OK to not eat, that caregivers are not failing their loved one by not forcing them to eat," she said.
"The problem is that when we get patients very close to the end, there's no time for these conversations. It's mostly just a medical crisis when the patient could have had a soft landing."
Making choices to the end
Some folks -- be they combat veterans or civilians -- have no say about how they die.
"I've been living on borrowed time since I was 19," Yekel said, referring to the 30 missions he flew over enemy territory, each one of them with a 30 percent safe return rate.
"Still, this is not how I wanted to check out. My fantasy was to be shot in bed by a jealous husband," he said, smiling at Mary Yekel, his 85-year-old wife of 67 years. "As you can see, I still have my sense of humor."
By inviting HospiceCare's team into his apartment at the Longmont Regent Independent Senior Living Community, he can live with her, the woman he met in 1944 at a bowling alley in Lincoln, Neb., before deploying.
Yekel's chest back then measured 44 inches and his waist 29 inches.
"Unfortunately, now it's the other way around," he said.
While a long life may rob the body, and in some cases the mind, Yekel relished naming the spoils of many years -- namely, his wife; their three grown children, four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; and his long career in civil service with the Department of Commerce.
"... And now is my time, and you accept it as being what God wanted. ... If you can accept it as normal, you won't be mentally or morally disturbed. (You can) make peace with yourself," he said.
Conversation causes Yekel to hack and discreetly spit in a cup on the floor beside his reclining chair.
"A speedy death is preferable. Mine isn't preferable. It's boring. Sorry. That's the way it is," Yekel said. "But neither Mary or I are cramming for our finals. We've passed the test of life as we've lived."
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Thomas DeGloma received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Rutgers University. He specializes in the areas of culture, cognition, memory, symbolic interaction, and sociological theory. His research interests also include the sociology of time, knowledge, autobiography, identity, and trauma. Professor DeGloma's book, Seeing the Light: The Social Logic of Personal Discovery (University of Chicago Press), explores the stories people tell about life-changing discoveries of "truth" and illuminates the ways that individuals and communities use autobiographical stories to weigh in on salient moral and political controversies. This book received the 2015 Charles Horton Cooley Book Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Professor DeGloma has also published articles in Social Psychology Quarterly, Symbolic Interaction, Sociological Forum, and the American Journal of Cultural Sociology, along with several chapters in various edited volumes. He is currently working on his second book, which explores the phenomenon of anonymity and the impact of anonymous actors in various social situations and interactions. Professor DeGloma teaches courses on cognitive sociology/social memory studies, interpersonal behavior (microsociology/symbolic interaction), and classical and contemporary sociological theory. He is currently serving as Secretary of the Eastern Sociological Society and will serve as President of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction for the 2017-2018 term.


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Working in a hospital prepares you for many situations. It's a good thing for one Kentucky pedestrian that Austin and Logan Ray pay attention.
Austin, a recent Lipscomb grad, and Logan, a rising senior, were both members of the Bisons track and field team as well as pre-med majors at Lipscomb. Home in Louisville over the summer, they have been working at Louisville's Kosair Children's Hospital, Logan in the emergency room and Austin in the operating room, and studying for the MCAT exams.
Their work seems to be paying off.
On June 6, the Rays were involved in the life-saving process of a pedestrian who had gone into respiratory arrest on the side of the road.
"We were driving home from the hospital and noticed a guy on the ground and people running towards him," Logan said. "We pulled over and ran over to see if we could help.
"He was having a seizure. A former nurse who happened to be on the scene put him into the rescue position (on his side to prevent choking on his own vomit) and someone called 911."
At that point, a dire situation turned potentially deadly.
"He had a really shallow pulse and wasn't breathing too well," Logan said. "His respiratory system wasn't circulating. We noticed he was going into full respiratory arrest and was almost completely purple in the face.
"We were fortunate to have a rescue mask in the car. We grabbed that and applied it while the nurse initiated the breaths. He would've gone into full cardiac arrest without the mask but by the time the ambulance got there he was breathing on his own."
Applying their educations and training with quick thinking, Austin and Logan were able to keep a person in need alive. Not only are they thankful to have helped out another person, they were confident in their abilities.
"We're trained to do this," Logan said. "We know what to do and would do the same for anyone no matter where we happen to be. We are grateful that we were able to help out someone in need. Fortunately, we were in the right place at the right time."


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The future of heavy cargo transportation looked positively eco-friendly and blimp-like earlier this summer, so it's really no surprise that Australia's Skylifter cargo blimp is making the Internet rounds this weekend.
Theoretically capable of lifting about 150 tons, this massive 500-ft prototype blimp features a flying saucer shape so that it can combat heavy winds and still deliver its cargo at a breakneck speeds (playful sarcasm) over distances of up to 1,200 miles.
Skylifter, which is also the name of the company that builds it, plans on having these airborne within the next three years. [Economist via Popular Science via DVICE]


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For the second time since 1999 through 15 meetings, the Mount Ida College football team defeated visiting Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) rival Norwich University winning 36-32 Saturday afternoon on Alumni Field in Newton, Massachusetts.
The hosts improve to an overall record of 3-1 and start league play perfect at 1-0 while the visitors drop their first loss of 2012 (3-1) after starting 3-0 with a ECFC slate of 0-1.
The Mustangs, who beat the Cadets for the first time back in 2009 at home (22-21), were led by an impressive game from signal caller senior quarterback Scott Drosendahl (East Aurora, NY/East Aurora) going 25-36 for 389 yards through the air and four touchdown passes. Mount Ida junior wide receiver Jordan Hyman (Middletown, CT/Xavier) was the key factor for his squad offensively with his highest totals of the year registering two TD catches along with 168 yards receiving.
The Cadets struck twice in the first quarter to open the game staring with a nine play, 47 yard drive finished on a four yard quarterback keeper by senior Kris Sabourin (Georgia, VT/Bellows Free Academy) to take the immediate advantage. A failed point after attempt (PAT) by Norwich held the game at 6-0 with 11:23 left in the first quarter.
Mount Ida would turn the ball over on the following possession forced to punt and would pin the visitors on their own 16 yard line. Norwich charged down the field eating up most of the clock (6:44) on a 14 play, 84 yard drive that finalized on a 13 yard pass from Sabourin to junior wide out Zach Allen (Boston, MA/Northeast Metro) to lead 12-0. Another missed PAT by the Cadets kept the score where it was heading into the second stanza.
On the ensuing possession, Drosendahl found Hyman in the middle of the field three plays into the drive. Hyman weaved his way through a couple of secondary defenders taking the ball to the house on a 62 yard touchdown catch to pull within a score (12-7) after a successful point after by senior kicker Bobby Hemmann (Newington, CT/Newington).
Norwich didn't wait long scoring on their next possession on a six play, 61 yard drive finalized on a 19 yard scamper from senior running back Danny Triplett (Haverhill, MA/Haverhill) going ahead by two scores with 11:46 to go before the half up 18-7. The visitors attempted to punch in a two point conversion but it was stuffed before the goal line by the hosts' defense.
With just under six minutes to go before the midway point, the Mustangs cut the lead down to a field goal with a 16 yard touchdown pass from Drosendahl to junior wide receiver/tight end Kenny Jean (Dorchester, MA/Brighton) for his first TD catch of 2012 and his career. Fifth year Head Coach Michael Landers opted to go for two converting a mind boggling reverse, ran in by senior wide out Matthew Valentini (Lake Hoptacong, NJ/Jefferson TWP) making the score 18-15.
Just before halftime (3:17) the visitors would drive 81 yards down field in six plays to capitalize on a 10 yard touchdown run from junior Mike Cavanaugh (Raymond, NH/Manchester Central) pulling ahead 25-15 following a successful PAT.
Mount Ida had won the toss in the beginning of the contest and opted to defer until the second half. The Mustangs were unable to convert on the opening possession in the second half handing the ball back to the Cadets. The visitors were stymied by the hosts on the next drive and were forced into punting from the 29 yard line. Freshman Trevor Terrell (Lenape, NJ/Lenape) would come up huge for his team for the play of the game blocking the punt, picking up the ball and returning it into the end zone pulling within three points (25-22) after another good point after from Hemmann. The action went back-and-forth for the rest of the third quarter with no scoring on either side heading into the final stanza.
After a three-and-out by the Cadets, the Mustangs took advantage converting a nine play, 65 yard drive with a 22 yard touchdown catch from Drosendahl to junior tight end Michael Babich (Franklin Square, NY/H. Frank Corey) for his second TD of 2012 taking their first lead of the contest up 29-25 after a successful PAT.
It was a nail biter from here on out with a little over five minutes left to play in the game. Norwich drove the ball 94 yards on a 15 play drive scoring on a seven yard touchdown pass from Sabourin to Allen for his second touchdown catch of the day re-gaining the advantage up 32-29 after a good point after with only 30 seconds on the clock.
In the final Mustang drive of the day Drosendahl proved why he is a senior leader and veteran driving his squad 66 yards down field on only four plays to overtake the lead. Freshman wide receiver Dejhaun Williams (Newark, NJ/M.X. Shabazz) made two critical catches in those four plays to keep Mount Ida alive. Hyman would find the end zone for the second time on the day for put his team in line for the victory going ahead 36-32 with seven seconds remaining.
Norwich had two chances at the end of the game to get down the field, but was unable to convert giving the Mustangs their first ECFC win of the season to a very strong opponent.
The Mount Ida defense was led by sophomore linebacker Kayln Smithson (Vilseck, Germany/Vilseck) recorded nine total tackles. Mount Ida freshman safety Quan Lovett (Yarmouth, MA/Dennis-Yarmouth) had 4.5 tackles, two pass break-ups and his first interception of the season in a crucial point during the contest. Sophomore cornerback Jovan Wilkins (Poughkeepsie, NY/Poughkeepsie) added his first pick of the year as well on the final Hail Mary thrown into the end zone by Sabourin.
For the visitors, junior linebacker Stephen Gilmore (Norton, MA/Norton) recorded 8.5 total tackles and a sack while sophomore defensive back Dane Pallotto (Westbrook, CT/Amity Regional) added two interceptions.
Mount Ida will host ECFC member Anna Maria College next Saturday with game time slated for 1:00 p.m. while the Cadets will host Castleton State College the same day in league action with kick-off at 1:30 p.m.


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Sunday, February 12, 2012
~Raise you hand if you love auctions~
24 comments:
- Kim @ Savvy Southern Style said...
I would love to go to an auction. Can't wait to see what you do.
- February 12, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- TJM wanna be quilt artist said...
We were thinking about going to that auction but I chickened out..I need auction lessons ;-) love your finds..envious
- February 12, 2012 at 10:34 AM
- Gretel said...
Oooh, I do love that bench! It just needs a few nice comfy cushions - and Annie of course!
- February 12, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- Atelier Conti said...
No Janet, I've never been to an auction. It sounds so fun, though a little frightening too! I wouldn't know how to bid or what to bid. You look like you got some great items! Congratulations!
- February 12, 2012 at 12:47 PM
- Lady Courtney said...
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE AUCTIONS!!! Cannot wait to see what you do to these treasures!!! :)
- February 12, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Lovely pieces. I can't wait to see what you do with them.
- February 12, 2012 at 2:15 PM
- Claire said...
Looks like there were some wonderful pieces at the auction Janet.....love that spindle back bench.
I can imagine the ideas were whirling around preventing you from sleeping.
Love Auctions, gets the heart beating a little faster with the excitement of purchasing treasures.
Have been to a few poultry auctions in my time, but no ASCP needed for those purchases they're already beautiful, hehe.....
Look forward to seeing the makeovers.
Claire :}
- February 12, 2012 at 4:26 PM
- Hartwood Roses said...
Janet, it sounds like you and I should hold a workshop to give these folks some auction lessons. It was uber-great to hang out with you (and Donna) yesterday, and we all came away with some great stuff. I do love me a good auction, and Shumate's Auctions are wonderful ... Kathy is such a a sweetheart.
Now that you've shown everyone yours, I guess it's my turn to show mine ... that didn't come out right ... you know what I mean. :)
- February 12, 2012 at 5:55 PM
I know very well the addiction feeling with ASCP.. look forward to seeing the transformations! nice buys! xox
- February 13, 2012 at 4:48 AM
- Draggon said...
I love, love, love auctions. Auctions are the first place I look for items to update. Looks like you found some great items this weekend.
- February 13, 2012 at 9:38 AM
- Amy W. said...
Your posts of just purchased items, then what creative task you're going to do with them......well, in reading this...just makes my winter work wonderful!!! Can't wait to see what you've got planned for these pieces!!
- February 13, 2012 at 12:07 PM
- Tera Leigh said...
Found your adorable blog via the Linky Blog Hop! I'm following you, now! Hope you can come visit my blog at http://www.eccentricleopard.com/ Thanks!
- February 13, 2012 at 10:24 PM
- thistlewoodfarm said...
I am raising my hand high! I love auctions! There is one here that I go to where I got my $10 table!
- February 13, 2012 at 11:43 PM
- Justine said...
Stopping by from the Linky Follower Party Hop! http://queenofsavings.com
- February 14, 2012 at 12:16 AM
- Maria @ All Things Luxurious said...
I love your finds, and I ESPECIALLY love the bench! Can't wait to see what you do to make them even prettier!
- February 14, 2012 at 1:19 AM
- Kathleen Grace said...
Happy Valentines Day Janet! I do love auctions and it looks like you snagged some great finds! The dresser is my favorite. I can't wait to see how you dress it up:>)
- February 14, 2012 at 6:19 AM
- Little Blue Mouse said...
I'm a great fan of auctions, and the adrenaline rush that goes with bidding!
Loving the bench.
- February 14, 2012 at 8:45 AM
- Michelle said...
I love auction.I just have to watch my self that I don't over bid. I hate to lose a item I like.I am now following you on Linky Follower. I would love it if you followed me back. I always enjoy meeting new Bloggers.
- February 14, 2012 at 7:09 PM
- Pieced Pastimes said...
My hand is raised - although, I never find too many in our area. Found you via the Linky hop and have become your newest follower. Hope you have a chance to visit and perhaps follow me back.
- February 15, 2012 at 8:17 AM
- ☞Kathy Shumate ☜ said...
Janet...Thanks for the kind words, I knew some of those pieces were just right for you.
- February 16, 2012 at 4:06 PM
- Korrie@RedHenHome said...
Oh, the bench...be still my heart!!
- February 20, 2012 at 9:44 PM
- Erin said...
What wonderful finds--I can completely understand your excitement! Whenever I'm in a furniture-painting mood, I definitely hit the auctions first. AuctionZip.com is fantastic for previewing auctions and I've gotten some great deals on really nice furniture. Plus, I gotta admit, I love the thrill of bidding! :)
- February 22, 2012 at 5:02 PM
- Kathryn Ferguson Griffin said...
Never been to an auction. Would love to go. But, I'm swooning over the bench. I've been hunting one, but have not had any luck. Anyhoo, hope you have a great evening. And, yes, I'm a month behind in my blog reading. lol. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
- March 12, 2012 at 11:33 PM
- Shiela said...
Auctions are great! Check this out!
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I read the first few pages of Kerry Weber's Lenten book with trepidation. It promised so much and could so easily go so very wrong.
A book about Lent that promised to be uplifting and even funny, without being glib or, even worse, shallow. A book by a witty young author writing from New York that promised not to be arch. A book about performing the corporal works of mercy that promised not to be didactic or — shudder — ironic. A book that claimed both Jesuit and mercy roots. A book about faith that promised to inspire without being either dire or saccharine. Could such a thing even be possible?
Mirabile dictu, it's possible, and "Mercy in the City" (Loyola Press, $13.95) is it.
Weber writes about what to many young people is not so much a rejected as an unknown or underground world, one in which people hold parties the day before Ash Wednesday to use up all their beer or slip in to an early morning Mass before work. But it's also an ordinary world, in which one frets about wearing the right shoes or obeying the unwritten rules of riding the subway.
In a series of short chapters with names like "In which I attempt to create Lent-appropriate date," and "In which I avoid thrusting cups at runners," (all chapters should have titles beginning with "in which") Weber goes through an ordinary, extraordinary Lent in which she tries to decide whether or not to become an associate of the Sisters of Mercy, goes on dates, acts as a sponsor for a parishioner entering the Church at Easter, and, yes, attempts to perform all seven of the corporal works of mercy.
She goes about the latter with some reservations. Is she trying to do too much? Is she taking them too literally? Is she doing them in the wrong spirit? Just checking items off a list? And how do you bury the dead in a city the size of New York when you don't know anyone who has died? But she, and the reader through her, quickly discovers that the works of mercy can't be checked off a list. Mercy is a way of looking at the world and at others. It's a way of being.
Of course, it's also a lot of doing concrete things, some of which involve considerable planning (like arranging to visit San Quentin prison), and some of which require getting up very, very early in the morning. Mercy takes effort and sacrifice, even if it's the sacrifice of little sleep or the discomfort of being in a strange place with strangers, and Weber writes with rueful humor about just how hard it is to make some of those "small" sacrifices.
She also writes with clear, unsentimental wonder at what she finds wherever she goes: people. Whether it's meeting prisoners whose chilling crimes she reads about later or homeless men who jokingly assure her they're "high quality homeless people," or watching the fastest and best marathon runners pass her water station or crowding into St. Patrick's Cathedral with all the RCIA candidates, she meets people. People who are homeless, people who want a sandwich, people who have names and pasts and problems and hopes.
After she spends time giving clothing away at a women's charity set up like a store so that the women clients have the dignity of "shopping," she looks at her own clothes in a different way. Instead of wondering whether she should hang on to a shirt she rarely wears, she realizes that she would give it to any of the women shoppers who asked for it without thinking twice and so she gives it away. The works of mercy, it seems, aren't as much about the particular actions being done as they are about serving particular people and their particular needs.
Visiting the sick, a sick Sister of Mercy tells her, is about becoming aware of the goodness of other people. Visiting prisoners, a chaplain tells her, is about becoming aware of the goodness of other people — even people so violent that they must stand inside their own personal cages. Walking the Stations of the Cross, talking with a man who digs graves, pulling a sandwich cart or joking with her longtime friends, she sees more and more of the goodness in other people as Lent progresses.
Yes, it's funny ("In which I get locked out of the church while trying to help people into it") and sad and thought-provoking and inspirational. If you take even one thing away from this book, you'll be a better person and a better Catholic.
But you'll take away a lot more than one.
Gail Deibler Finke writes from Ohio.
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I came across this post I wrote last year, and got such a chuckle out of it that I had to repost , in the name of Peeps, Easter and laugh or two.
Ok, I just couldn't help it…I had to do this post. I'm not a Peep person; not really; nope not at all actually. They're cute and all to decorate and garnish with but as far as eating Easter candy I'm more of a REESE'S Peanut Butter Egg kinda gal.
The other day I saw a post on Facebook from a fellow food enthusiast who will be hosting an Easter Brunch and I quote "Easter alert! There appears to be a shortage of Yellow Peeps! There are a ton of blue and green, but really, blue peeps!?!" WOW! Hostess-Girl was really in a panic. Later that night I went to my Publix to buy a Powerball ticket and took a peek for some peeps (sorry had to say it) and sure enough, there were loads of yellow Peeps. Guess BocaLand really doesn't have much of a demand for Peeps, yellow or otherwise. So I called Hostess-Girl at 9:45pm from the Peep aisle and asked her how many she needed because with the stash I just found you could fill a 1000 sq ft condo. Crisis averted, Hostess-Girl had been to 3 stores in Palm Beach and found her yellow Peeps. Oh Happy Easter! because let me tell you, she would have written to Peeps & Company to complain. I have to say I never took her for a Peeper. I guess you just never really know a person.
I'm on Pinterest. I feel as if that's more of an admission than a chit-chatty topic for a blog post; sort of like introductions at one of those anonymous group meetings; Hi my name is….and I'm a…..
Anyway, earlier today I did my morning pinning and came across Mary's Easter Board, which has some great ideas; it then led me to her blog and back again to her Pinterest page. I like this woman's style so I'm following some of her boards for ideas and inspiration. [Stay with me, I'm circling back around to the Peeps.] After discovering the photo below on Mary's Easter Board of Peep garnished Lemon Drop Martinis I sent it to Hostess-Girl and sure enough, we'll be having pink Peep garnished something or other, as her reply was "I saw this the other day and it looks gorgeous! I have a bunch of Pink Peeps left. We can put them with the Hibiscus flowers, they're the same color! " God help this woman, she's just Peep crazed.
Recipe for Lemon Drop Martinis
- 1.5 oz vodka
- 1/2 oz triple sec
- 3/4 fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp superfine sugar
- Decorative Lemon Sugar (Target & Williams-Sonoma sells it)
- Peeps
- Edible Flowers
- Martini/Cocktail Glass
- Cocktail Shaker
- Pour the vodka, triple sec, lemon juice and sugar into a shaker with ice cubes
- Shake well
- Dip the rim of the chilled glass in the lemon sugar
- Strain the cocktail into a chilled glass
- Garnish with a Peep and color coordinating flower
I'm going to this Peep-inspired Easter Sunday Brunch. Which should be full of laughs and…Peeps. I'll be sure to take lots of photos. I'm making my famous brunch items of chilled Strawberry Soup and my Strawberry Streusel Muffins with Key Lime Drizzle. Bragging Rights: my muffin recipe has been published in the James Beard Award Winning Cookbook Savor the Moment, Entertaining without Reservations and in the Coastal Living Cookbook. If you're still looking for some easy Easter Brunch recipes, my recipes are below. I created these recipes long before I was photographing food so I don't have any photos to post with the recipes, as of yet; but when I make the recipes tomorrow I'll be sure to snap a photo or two and update the post with pictures. And if you're looking for decorating ideas for your Easter table or Spring Brunch table check out Pinterest, for some inspiration; one link leads to another and before you know it 2.5 hours has gone by and……
Strawberry Streusel Muffins
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1/2 cup half-and-half
1 1/4 cups thinly sliced fresh strawberries (do not use frozen fruit)
1 teaspoon grated Key lime zest or orange zest
Streusel Topping
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon grated Key lime zest
2 tablespoons butter, melted
Key Lime Glaze
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1 tablespoon fresh Key lime juice
For the muffins, sift the flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon into a medium bowl. Make a well in the center. Add the egg, butter and half-and-half to the well and mix just until moistened. Stir in the strawberries and zest; do not overmix. Spoon into 12 greased muffin cups.
For the topping, combine the pecans, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and zest in a small bowl and mix well. Pour in the butter and mix well. Sprinkle over the muffins.
Bake the muffins at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until firm and golden brown. Cool completely.
For the glaze, mix the confectioner's sugar and juice in a bowl. Swirl the glaze over the cooled muffins. Makes one dozen.
Chilled Strawberry Soup
This recipe is as easy as you'll ever get. It's also addictingly delicious. Don't skimp, use 100% real product, if you use fat-free, reduced-fat, and yogurt it will not taste the same.
16 oz Frozen Strawberries thawed
1 cup Sour Cream
1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
1 qt Strawberry Ice Cream
1 pint fresh strawberries for garnish
Place thawed strawberries in a blender/food processor. Blend to liquid form. Add remaining ingredients, blending just enough to incorporate after each addition. Blend thoroughly after final ingredient has been added. Pour into storage container and refrigerate over night. Serves 8, 1-cup portions.


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Our VIP program offers so many unique ways for us to value our customers on a on-going basis, and it feels so great to give back to the people that make Thrift Town come to life every day. ~Wendy Steinmetz, Co-Owner Thrift Town Stores
Roseville, CA (PRWEB) January 16, 2014
It pays, literally, to be a VIP at Thrift Town. Last week, Elise D. from Fremont, CA was randomly selected from Thrift Town's VIP database to receive a year of free thrifting, with a $50 Thrift Town gift card being issued to her on the first of each month throughout all of 2014. All this simply because she signed up for Thrift Town's VIP email marketing program.
Giving back to the community is nothing new for Thrift Town, which prides itself on investing into not only communities in which their stores are located, but also in their customers. Elise was the most recent winner in a long history of Thrift Town VIP appreciation giveaways. Just a few months ago, VIP Monica from North Richland Hills, TX was also randomly selected from Thrift Town's VIP database and won a new iPad and a $100 gift card. Jennifer R. from Sacramento CA won $500 in cash and a $100 gift card within the last year as well.
Other benefits of joining Thrift Town's free VIP program besides being automatically entered to win their quarterly appreciation giveaways, includes exclusive savings coupons, newsletters, and sale alerts conveniently delivered right to their inbox. Thrift Town also hosts and awards prizes for quarterly and seasonal promotions that encourage customer and community participation such as their monthly hashtag #thrifttown social media contest, annual Best Dressed at the Prom, Ugly Holiday Sweater, and HallowGreen contests. Click here for more information or to become a Thrift Town VIP. Next VIP Giveaway will take place April 30th, where one lucky winner will walk away with a new wifi digital camera, in addition to a $250 Thrift Town gift card.
Co-Owner and VP of Marketing Wendy Steinmetz had this to say regarding Thrift Town's VIP's, "Our VIPS are like family, and we absolutely love to reward them for their passion of thrift and their loyalty. Our VIP program offers so many unique ways for us to value our customers on a on-going basis, and it feels so great to give back to the people that make our stores come to life every day."
In addition to treating their customers like VIP's, Thrift Town has received many accolades over the years earning the title of Best Thrift Store in their respective store communities. Most recently Thrift Town was crowned Best Thrift Store in Fremont, CA, Best of Burque in Albuquerque, Best Thrift Store in the Local IQ's Smart List, and Best Children's Resale Clothing Store in El Sobrante, CA by the Parent's Press Magazine.
Thrift Town lives its vision statement of being committed to making a difference every day, and has raised over $250,000,000 for their charity partners. Their award winning clean, bright, and organized stores put out 4,000 gently used products daily, setting them apart in the thrift world as the premier thrift destination. Thrift Town is owned and operated by Norquist Salvage Corporation, which has spent over four decades dedicated to socially responsible recycling.


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NWSB Insider and Portland Trail Blazers blogger Jon Irwin tells us the latest on the RIP CITY coaching search. Jerry Sloan is a no. Portland might have offered Phil Jackson a deal. Jackson may or may not have turned down that offer. Jackson is interested in a president/part-time coaching role with Brian Shaw. Neil Olshey might be trying to force Jackson out of the job. At this point, it's impossible to say what's going on with Rip City.
For Portland, finding a new coach now a priority for Trail Blazers
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In a world of increasing complexity, globalization, and organizations full of people with great talents, knowledge and skills, the need for premium professional advisors augments all over the globe.
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Coaching Quotations
"Who exactly seeks out a coach? Winners who want even more out of life." -- Chicago Tribune
"Part therapist, part consultant, part motivational expert, part professional organizer, part friend, part nag -- the personal coach seeks to do for your life what a personal trainer does for your body." -- Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune
"Once reserved for executives and professional athletes, personal coaches ... are going mainstream." --Christian Science Monitor
"Got a nagging feeling that your life could be more fulfilling? Want to change direction but aren't sure how to do it? Here's how to jump start your new life today ... Hire a personal coach." --Modern Maturity
"Increasingly, nonprofit executives and managers are finding coaches a terrific sounding board and source of help in a demanding and complex job." -- Nonprofit World
An Ethics Resource Center study found that 90% of employees value leaders with integrity as highly as they value income.
The Manchester survey of 140 companies shows nine in 10 executives believe coaching to be worth their time and dollars. The average return was more than $5 for each $1 spent. -- The Denver Post
"Coaching is the number two growth industry right behind IT (Information Technology) jobs, and it's the number one home-based profession." -- Starts--Up Magazine
"If ever stressed out corporate America could use a little couch-time, it's now. Trust in big companies is at an all-time low. Baby-boomers have been burned; Gen Xers aren't expecting the Corporation to take care of them. Under the circumstances, employees are much likelier to go outside and get independent advice to help them be better managers. --Karen Cates, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management
"Between 25 percent and 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies use executive coaches." --Recent survey by The Hay Group, International
"I never cease to be amazed at the power of the coaching process to draw out the skills or talent that was previously hidden within an individual, and which invariably finds a way to solve a problem previously thought unsolvable." --John Russell, Managing Director, Harley-Davidson Europe Ltd.


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Nutritional Ecology and Physiology Lab
What do we do?
Nutritional Ecology and Physiology Lab, led by Steve Simpson, studies the neural, physiological, ecological and evolutionary bases of animal behaviour. The group's emphasis is "bottom-up", in that we are especially concerned with the way in which lower-level processes lead to higher level outcomes. Our approach focuses on the behaviour of individual organisms and involves an interplay between theory and experiment. Most of our experimental work is on insects, although recent work has examined fish, birds and mammals - including humans. Techniques employed include the quantitative analysis of behaviour, neurophysiology, metabolic and digestive physiology, mathematical modelling, computer simulations and laboratory selection experiments.
Selected Publications and Features
- Brainless behavior: a myxomycete chooses a balanced diet. 2010. PNAS 107:5267-5268
- Animal behaviour: feeding the superorganism. 2009. Current Biology 19:R366
- The key to Pandora's box. 2009. Science 323:594-595
- Evolutionary ecology: old ideas percolate into ecology. 2009. Current Biology 19: R21-R23
- Sensible swarming. 2009. Nature 457:132
- The hunger, the horror. 2008. New Scientist, May 31, p. 42-45
- Align in the sand. Perspective. 2006. Science 312:1320-1322
- March of the locusts. 2006. Nature 441:670
- Push on the marching crickets. 2006. Nature 440:38
Piper MDW, Partridge L, Raubenheimer D, and Simpson SJ. 2011. Dietary restriction and aging: a unifying perspective. Cell Metabolism 14:154-160.
Dussutour A, Latty T, Beekman M, and Simpson SJ. 2010. Amoeboid organism solves complex nutritional challenges. PNAS 107:4607-4611
Dussutour A, and Simpson SJ. 2009. Communal nutrition in ants. Current Biology 19:740-744
Anstey ML, Rogers SM, Ott SR, Burrows M, and Simpson SJ. 2009. Serotonin mediates behavioral gregarization underlying swarm formation in desert locusts. Science 323:627-630
Reynolds AM, Sword GA, Simpson SJ, and Reynolds DR. 2009. Predator percolation, insect outbreaks and phase polyphenism. Current Biology 19:20-24
Maklakov AA, Simpson SJ, Zajitschek F, Hall MD, Dessman J, Clissold F, Raubenheimer D, Bonduriansky R, and Brooks RC. 2008. Sex-specific fitness effects of nutrient intake on reproduction and lifespan. Current Biology 18:1062-1066
Bazazi S, Buhl J, Hale JJ, Anstey ML, Sword GA, Simpson SJ, and Couzin ID. 2008. Collective motion and cannibalism in locust migratory bands. Current Biology 18:735-739
Lee KP, Simpson SJ, Clissold FJ, Brooks RC, Ballard JWO, Taylor PW, Soran N, and Raubenheimer D. 2008. Lifespan and reproduction in Drosophila: new insights from nutritional geometry. PNAS 105:2498-2503
Warbrick-Smith J, Behmer ST, Lee KP, Raubenheimer D, and Simpson SJ. 2006. Evolving resistance to obesity in an insect. PNAS 103:14045-14049
Buhl J, Sumpter DJT, Couzin ID, Hale JJ, Despland E, Miller E, and Simpson SJ. 2006. From disorder to order in marching locusts. Science 312:1402-1406
Simpson SJ, Sword GA, Lorch PD, and Couzin ID. 2006. Cannibal crickets on a forced march for protein and salt. PNAS 103:4152-4156
For a full list of publications visit Steve's webpage.
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International agreements tackle tobacco smuggling and premature deaths
Two new international agreements are aiming to tackle the illegal tobacco trade and sharply reduce the number of people dying prematurely as a result of non-infectious diseases such as heart disease, cancer and strokes.
The first of the new international treaties - signed on November 12 - sets out rules on contraband tobacco to help nations get a firmer control of the supply chain via increased international cooperation.
Signatories committed to establishing a global tracking and tracing system. Non-removable tracking codes will be printed on each pack of cigarettes to make it easier for customs authorities to trace producers and distributors tobacco products as well as identifying counterfeit cigarettes.
Jean King, Cancer Research UK's director of tobacco control, said the charity applauded the 176 nations who signed the new protocol on smuggling.
She said the availability of cheap illicit tobacco undermined the financial incentives for smokers to quit, especially those in low-income households, and undercut public health initiatives to reduce the death and disease caused by smoking.
One in 10 cigarettes purchased around the world comes through illegal channels, costing governments more than £25 billion annually in lost taxes, the WHO estimates.
As well as intensifying the fight against illicit tobacco, the international community has also signed its first comprehensive agreement on tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs) - medical conditions that are non-infectious and non-transmissible, such as heart disease, stroke and many cancers.
UN member states agreed a comprehensive Global Monitoring Framework for the prevention and control of NCDs at a three-day World Health Organisation meeting earlier this month in Geneva, Switzerland.
They commitment to reducing premature deaths from NCDs by 25 per cent by 2025 through a series of voluntary global targets.
On a national level, the targets focus on improving the availability of essential medicines and technologies as well as counselling and drug therapy for prevention of heart attack and stroke.
The new targets also address the major risk factors such as tobacco, physical inactivity, obesity, alcohol, salt and raised blood pressure, the Union for International Cancer Control said.
Cancer Research UK's Jean King welcomed the ambitious target.
She added: "We particularly support targets to accelerate implementation of the global tobacco treaty, measures to prevent and control cervical cancer, and to provide palliative care.
"Cancer Research UK would have liked to see more ambitious targets on obesity and alcohol, inclusion of basic anti-cancer drugs and measures to prevent conflicts between public health and commercial interests.
"But we recognise that this is an important first step in confronting the growing burden of NCDs especially in low income countries."
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Rowe Scholarship Presented Fall 2010
by Jim Amidon
April 5, 2010
Wabash President Patrick White has announced that the College will award the Norman P. Rowe Endowed Scholarship to entering freshmen in the fall of 2010.
The scholarship, established through a $1.7 million gift from the estate of Norman Rowe '60, will endow a need-based scholarship program for entering freshmen with demonstrated financial need whose standardized test scores rank in the top 25 percent of the incoming freshman class.
"Norman P. Rowe lived a life of dedication to the practice of law and quiet loyalty to Wabash College," said President Patrick E. White. "His generous bequest will make possible for others what he always considered a great benefit in his life and work — a Wabash education. His generosity will further our strategic goals of enriching endowment support for scholarships in order to attract and retain quality Wabash men, men like Norm Rowe.
"The College is very grateful to this loyal son for his generosity and honors his life of service and care for Wabash by naming this scholarship in his honor."
Norman P. Rowe graduated from Wabash in 1960. He majored in philosophy at Wabash and was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He was also a member of Eta Sigma Phi honorary, the philosophy club, and the camera club. He spent his junior year studying at Edinburgh University. He earned his law degree from the University of Michigan and spent the bulk of his career as a litigator at the Indianapolis law firm of Baker & Daniels.
"Wabash College has always prided itself on being an institution of integrity, and it is my expectation that the College will display that integrity in making use of the scholarship fund," Rowe said when he created the bequest in 1999.
Scott Himsel, a member of the Wabash Class of 1985, both teaches at Wabash and practiced law with Rowe at Baker & Daniels in Indianapolis.
"Norm was very much my 'senior' at Baker & Daniels, so I had only one opportunity to work on a case with him," said Himsel. "Although he was a fairly reserved individual in terms of his personality, Norm excelled at asking tough questions and demanding answers as a lawyer. Norm shared that same skill with Wabash students when he judged in the Wabash Moot Court competition. Norm also enjoyed hearing my stories about the progress of my Wabash students in the classroom. I think those stories reminded Norm of his own Wabash experience and friends; going to Wabash was one of the most positive and important experiences in Norm's life. I'm thrilled he's made a gift that will allow others to have the experience he cherished."
David Lahey '60 was Rowe's roommate in the Beta house during their time at Wabash, and the two remained great friends throughout their lives.
"Norman was an interesting guy; a very private person, almost shy, but not reticent to share his opinions," Lahey said. "He was a man who valued all things of high quality — in the arts, in thought, and in his hobbies, including finely-engineered automobiles and sport fishing."
Lahey said he and Rowe forged a bond of friendship that endured. He said they spoke almost weekly throughout their lives, and got together to attend car shows or go to museums.
"Norman was a man of great integrity and had a high sense of humor," Lahey recalled. "He felt Wabash College was an important institution to support. He liked its independence, which was a hallmark of his life, and he liked the teaching environment and the overall quality of the experience. He also appreciated the fact that there were very few rules, only one, actually, and that suited him just fine."
Rowe's father was also an attorney with Baker and Daniels, and practiced with Wabash men like Joe Daniels and Barney Hollett.
"It is my very hope and intention that the College hold such funds as part of its permanent endowment, and use the income for the purpose of providing scholarships or other grants to incoming freshmen who have a demonstrated financial need," Rowe said when he established the scholarship fund. "The intent of this gift is to allow qualified students to attend the College who would otherwise lack the financial resources to do so."
"I am grateful to Norm for setting an example for his fellow Wabash men," said Dean for Advancement Joe Emmick '92. "Including Wabash in one's estate plans is an effective way to leave a lasting legacy and support future generations of Wabash men. An estate gift is a good option for donors who may not be in a position right now to make large cash gifts to the College.
"The Rowe scholarship comes at a time when competition for qualified young men is fierce and student scholarships are front and center in our strategic planning," Dean Emmick added.
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Monday, January 4, 2010
What a nice surprise!
I was so surprised to see that in the newest issue of Somerset Studio "the art of mixed media and paper", a thank you note I sent them was added to their "letters to the editor" section at the front!
I sent Jenny Doh a thank you note for featuring me in the Artful Blogging magazine. Since it was Halloween at the time, I did a funny little drawing of a witch and her kitty flying over a city. I never expected to see it in a magazine! I was very thrilled when I did. What a wonderful surprise!
This particular issue is spectacular! I love the art in it so much! It is a must have.
Hugs to all!
Keep cozy!
11 comments:
- julie Haymaker thompson said...
Oh I missed that artful blogging issue !!! But fly little witch fly!!!
- January 5, 2010 at 1:02 AM
- Jan J. said...
I just came over from browsing on etsy, looking for inspiration. WOW I LOVE your art - it is wonderful! I have two daughters adopted from China and I want to get back to my drawing and do some Asian children art - it is hard to find for my friends who have adopted since Asian children are rarely featured in art, and your work is such an inspiration to me to develop my own charming characters and style. And what a small world - I saw that little bit in the Somerset magazine - we are at the book store every week and I immediately plop on a bench with every issue of anything Stampington puts out. How cool to have your art in there. Sorry, I'm babbling, but I am just so charmed by your little Fridas - and your cats are gorgeous too while I'm gushing LOL!
- January 5, 2010 at 4:03 AM
- Micki said...
Love the decorated envelope, I just love doing things like that too!!
Micki x
- January 5, 2010 at 5:48 AM
- Janine said...
It´s a pity but i can´t get one of this magazines here in Germany
- January 5, 2010 at 7:00 AM
- Walk in the Woods said...
How sweet! And I gotta say that the entire selection of Somerset publications are just ... just ... I dunno ... is there a word that sums up beautiful, inspiring, motivating, captivating, valuable, etc ... ???
- January 5, 2010 at 10:35 AM
- Fair Rosamund said...
What a lovely little note! Congratulations :)
- January 5, 2010 at 11:35 AM
- Pamela Holderman said...
awesome...hey I made it in too on page #109. loved giving your calendars and print out at christmas time...
- January 5, 2010 at 1:49 PM
- aimee said...
what a precious drawing! congrats on the feature!
- January 6, 2010 at 9:40 PM
- nollyposh said...
~Fabulous~ X:-)
- January 7, 2010 at 8:13 AM
- suze said...
So cute! You never know where things will pop up. A few years back I sent some ATC's for a swap I never got the chance to participate in and they ended up in the book, 1000 Artist Trading Cards. Imagine my surprise when I picked up the book in the store and thumbed thru it and found my art sprawing across two pages!
Speaking of thumbing thru ....I picked up the new issue of Stuffed magazine yesterday and said "hold on! I just saw Tascha! Cute doll you are!
xo suze
- January 7, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- Dean Grey said...
What a happy surprise, Tascha!
I guess that just goes to show that acts of kindness don't go unnoticed.
- January 9, 2010 at 1:51 PM


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I definitely plan to make a scrap quilt using this block at some point in the near future, as my scraps are starting to take over my sewing space!! Perhaps over the summer, we could stitch up some of these blocks together? Maybe as a tame-the-scraps-along?
Patchwork Wheel Block Tutorial
12.5" unfinished block
You'll need:
(8) 3.5" squares in various colors/prints
(8) 4.25" squares in various colors/prints
(8) 4.25" squares in a solid/neutral print
Press your HSTs and trim down to 3.5".