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When allies of Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the creation of the Women's Equality Party earlier this year, it was not lost on Working Families Party leaders that just one letter of the alphabet separates "WEP" from "WFP."
Some of the more conspiracy theory-minded members of New York's political class wondered what the governor was up to, and if he was hoping to confuse voters and dilute the WFP vote – potentially bumping the labor-backed party from its hard-fought position on Row D, or even perhaps robbing it of ballot status altogether.
The WFP must receive at least 50,000 votes for its candidate for governor – Cuomo – in order to maintain its official standing as a party, and an automatic slot on the ballot for the next four years.
Cuomo isn't campaigning terribly hard on the WFP line. In fact, he didn't even bother putting in an appearance at the party's big campaign rally in Manhattan on Wednesday night. And the feeling appears mutual among those who did attend the rally, including NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and US Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Cuomo was not the focus of the event, and was barely even mentioned there.
Instead, the WFP has concentrated its efforts on flipping the Senate into Democratic hands – something Cuomo pledged to support when he cut an endorsement deal with the WFP back in May, but to which he has not yet visibly dedicated much energy.
What Cuomo is dedicating considerable time and resources to is the Women's Equality Party. This weekend, he and his running mate, former Rep. Kathy Hochul, will again board their fancy "Women's Equality Express" buses (hopefully minus the cookies this time), and head to Long Island for more campaign appearances.
Privately, a number of women in political circles have looked askance at Cuomo's Women's Equality Party effort, suggesting the single-issue approach to woo women voters is dated and even demeaning.
During a CapTon interview last night, WFP Co-Chair Karen Scharff dismissed the WEP altogether, saying she doesn't see the "need" for it.
"Women are actually the vast majority of voters in New York State, and I don't think we should be pigeonholed in a separate party," said Scharff, who is also executive director of Citizen Action of New York.
"Women should be voting on the WFP line," she continued. "The WFP line is what's going to elect the state senators who will actually pass the Women Equality Act."
"It's great to have a women's equality campaign message, but what actually matters to New Yorkers is passing a Women's Equality Act. The only way that passes is if we elect a Democrat-Working Families majority to the state Senate."
"And it's the candidates who are on that line whose votes are needed to actually have women's lives improve in this state."
Scharff also noted that there are a plethora of issues that matter to women other than abortion rights, which has been the main focus of Cuomo's WEP push.
She specifically singled out a minimum wage increase and creation of a statewide public campaign finance system – two other WFP agenda items that Cuomo promised to support as part of his endorsement deal with the party.
I asked Scharff is she thought the governor's WEP push was a not-so-subtle attempt to undermine the WFP, with which he has had a contentious relationship since at least 2010.
"I have no idea what the motivation is," she replied. "I'm not involved (in the WEP)."
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Carl Gottstein
It is a sad and pathetic attempt to undermine the WFP. The politics of division. I hope women would see through democrats endless pandering. Ask yourself ladies, are you better off under democrat rule? Do your familys and friends have more or less? They penalize and demonize success. Do you have a problem with successful people? Democrats claim they do while their donations come from the top 1%. You have to be stupid to buy another round of their endless lies.
Fire them all.
Know Saint
The WFP used to be great, but now is just as corrupt as the IP.
At least with the new WEP, it would take a few years until the same happens there.
I used to LOVE the WFP, that is, before far too many union leaders overtook the party, and have totally corrupted the endorsement process for local races. Even going so far as trying to overtake control of candidacies, 'steering' candidate to WFP' vendors, and forcing candidates to hire WFP staff.
It used to be so idealistic. Who could not support someone with the backing of a party standing up for "working families," and all? It all sounded so darn wholesome.
This state would eliminate a lot of the ethical issues with not only the IP and WFP, you have to add in the Conservative Party, too; our state would be better off without fusion voting!
Perhaps with the new WEP, it's nice to see the WFP getting a taste of their own medicine!!!


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an alleged photo of Majid lying in a hospital for the operation is a photo of him taken on a plane and not in a hospital.
He added that there was no such diagnosis and no surgery.
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Majid Michael underwent throat surgery.
According to reports, the actor was diagnosed with throat cancer in the military army and Korle-Bu. Majid started having trouble with his speech because of this throat problem.
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By her Will Mrs LACEY set up a Charity for local residents.
According to the Return of Licensed Houses in the Petty Sessional Division of Albrighton 1901 the "Lion Inn" had its licence granted more than 55 years. The owner was Shrewsbury and Wem Brewery Co. and the occupier / licensee was Sarah Peers. Its accommodation was 'Good' with 5 rooms down and 4 upstairs with Stabling for 3 horses.
The Presbyterian Church bought the church building at the junction of Shrewsbury Road and Baschurch Road from the Congregationalists for the sum of £150.
Extension built on the south end of the Mission Church and the original part clad in brick covering the original black and white structure. Known as The Wale Room in memory of Vicar Wale of Leaton.
The first Marriage to take place in the Methodist Chapel, Baschurch Road was on this day between George Edward Owen BRISBOURNE aged 34 years and Hester Ann TEECE aged 30 years.
An alarming mishap happened to the Great Western Railway express train, known as the 'Zulu' on its down journey on Thursday night [26th Nov 1908]. As the train was approaching Leaton station the passengers were alarmed by a shower of gravel falling upon the coaches and by the train being pulled up suddenly. It was found that one of the side rods of the engine had been broken and the other buckled. The rods was removed and, after a delay of about an hour, the train resumed its journey with the same engine.
Extract from the 'Llangollen Advertiser, Denbighshire, Merionethshire, and North Wales Journal' (1860-1893) 27 November 1908 found on Welsh Newspapers Online.
Old Age Pensions - Almost all the aged people over seventy years of age, who were entitled to do so, attended the [Newport, Shropshire] Post Office, and drew their Old Age Pension before noon on Friday in last week.
This snippet marks an important milestone in modern social history - the payment of the first general old age pensions in the UK under the 1908 Old Age Pensions Act, passed by the government of Lloyd George. The pensions were means tested and non-contributory, and paid to people over 70 years old. The amounts paid varied between two shillings (10p) and five shillings (25p). (Editor).
Whilst the above does not have any direct connection with Bomere Heath there is little doubt that the older residents of the village will have visited their local Post Office at this time to collect their pension.
Census - should not have been available for public viewing until January 2012 but was released in 2009 following a ruling under freedom of information legislation.
Bomere Heath Women's Institute formed.
Wilding's Series photographs taken in the village.
Bomere Heath Brass Band formed.
Mrs F.E. Webster was the School Mistress.
Post Office - sub-postmaster Henry Charles Edwards.
Mr Egerton of The Grove, Baschurch Road had the first car in the village.
Frank BIBBY died and the Preston Gubbalds Estate sold. Catalogue and Plan showing property in the village included New House Farm, Merrington Road plus 9 other Plots.
The telephone had arrived at Bomere Heath sometime between 1922 and 1926. Kelly's Directory of 1926 shows that Brig-Gen A.H.O. Lloyd of Leaton Knolls had the number Bomere Heath 2. It is not known who had No.1 but that could well have been the Post Office for the telegraph.
The barn at the south end of the Red Lion Pub was converted into part of the pub.
Mrs A. Lindsay was the School Mistress.
The School was closed for the day because they had no coal.
Village Hall opened by Mrs Bibby. It had been constructed at a cost of £925 plus another £200 for fences, furniture, china, etc. Full report in the Shrewsbury Chronicle 4th July 1930, text on page 3, pictures on page 10.
Census - destroyed by fire in World War II.
Bomere Heath Scout group was formed.
The Scout Hut was in existence by this date when it was used for a Children's Cinematograph Performance as part of the Coronation Celebrations.
A newspaper cutting of this date shows the opening the previous Tuesday (20th) by Brig-Gen A.H.O. Lloyd of a Crown Green Bowling green in Bomere Heath next to the Village Hall. It was the only one for several miles. Most of the others in the area were for Flat Green Bowls. It had fallen into disrepair by about 1947 and was replaced by the Tennis Courts in 1950.
Those people who lived in Bomere Heath during WWII and who are still living in the village say that a single seater fighter aircraft crashed on the southern outskirts of the village on this date and one person states that the following grave stone inscription which will be found at Leaton Churchyard refers to this incident but work by another researcher found that the person below actually crashed just south of the RAF Shawbury airfield and any plane which crashed at Bomere Heath must be from a different incident.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site < www.cwgc.org > records the death of Flying Officer 73050 William John Boston WADIE Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 9 Dec 1940 age 23 buried at Leaton, north of the church.
The National Farm Survey was taken in connection with the war effort and post-war planning. The records should be stored in The National Archives in Series Reference MAF 73 but at present no records have been found for Leaton or Preston Gubbals parishes.
A new estate of Council Houses is built in what was to become known as The Crescent. The accommodation included semi-detached houses and some maisonettes with two dwellings downstairs and two upstairs.
New Tennis Courts opened by Village Hall on a piece of ground which had been used for Crown Green Bowling until a few years previously. The Bowling Green had ceased to be used and became derelict allowing a local group of people to raise funds to create the tennis courts.
The village consists of about 76 houses from Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile map.
Leaton Knolls (A stately home formerly the residence of the late Brig.-Gen. A.H.O. Lloyd) was Sold by Auction in 494 separate lots prior to being demolished during August and September.
The Garage was built in the Village, the smaller portion nearest the road being built about 1956 and the extension at the back being added about 1966.
Police House with an office for the constable built in The Crescent next to the new school.
New School built in The Crescent.
A Scout Hut is built on land off Whitehouse Lane, the actual structure being a former military wooden hut.
"Very strong winds causing considerable drifting and road conditions exceptionally bad. I left at 3.15pm and had a hazardous journey home through some thick drifts and driving powdered snow. This spell of snow and ice is now in its seventh week." This was written by the Headmaster of Bomere Heath School in the School Log Book and subsequently printed in the School Magazine published in 1984 and has since been reproduced in the Parish News Feb 2010.
Brook Road (Phase 1) built also Cob Grove and Pump Road.
Up to 1965-6 the Garage was merely a filling station. It changed hands and the new owner had a large workshop built by Browns of Wem onto the back of the existing building and started doing repairs and maintenance.
March saw a heavy fall of snow and the village isolated.
New houses were built on the main road opposite the pub.
In May the original village stores and Post Office changed into Jones' Grocers and Off Licence.
The Post Office moved to a bungalow in Windsor Lane.
The new grocery shop (Sefton Stores) expanded and in September opened a new shop next door, selling children clothes, wool and toys.
In July extensions (including committee room) to the Village Hall were finished and the hall was re-opened.
Also in July a BBC Midlands film unit visited the village to make a short documentary which was shown in August.
In October the 'New Venture Club' was formed with an initial membership of 43 but soon increased to 53.
The over 60 club started this year.
The old school building at the junction of Preston Gubbals Road and Merrington Road was being used as a Men's Club.
In September the new school was enlarged to four classes from its original three.
At the end of the year the footpaths and roads are laid in Pump Road - the last new bungalows to be finished in 1965.
The lower part of Brook Road was flooded.
The village Cricket Club was formed but they had to play home matches on the school field at Baschurch for the first couple of years sharing the ground with Baschurch Cricket Club and each playing home matches alternate weekends.
The Ladies Fellowship was formed in the village.
The village Cricket Club started to play competitive matches and acquired its own pitch on a slightly sloping field in the south west corner of the village on a field off Whitehouse Lane in Bomere Heath which was rented from the Earl of Bradford. This field was used for about thirty years and during the time that this site was in use three different pavilions/changing rooms were constructed on the site, two in wood and one in brick.
Brook Road (Phase 2) built.
OS Aerial photograph taken of village.
Playschool started in the village.
The 'Command Supply Depot', Leaton (later to be known as Leaton Industrial Estate) was put up for sale by public auction by The Secretary of State for Defence.
During the 1930's the National Grid was constructed to distribute electricity throughout the country. Initially it only reached as far as Shrewsbury but sometime between 1965 and 1972 the line was extended from Shrewsbury to Oswestry passing close to Bomere Heath between the village and the railway line.
A children's Play Area was set up at the Shrewsbury Road end of the Cricket Field by an energetic Committee which raised funds to maintain and improve the facility. Over the years the facility deteriorated and was eventually removed in 1995.
Bar and Committee Room extensions built on Village Hall.
The Cricket Club acquired a wooden pavilion which was built on the western edge of the field with its back to the railway. The building came from Stoke-on-Trent where it was due to be demolished when it had been spotted by one of the club members who was able to beg it for the club. Several members took an assortment of vehicles to collect it. It was used for about ten years until replaced by a brick building.
A group of small bungalows known as Chapel Close was constructed to be used by elderly residents.
The village consists of about 302 houses.
St Martin's Church, Preston Gubbals was vested in The Churches Conservation Trust following the demolition of the tower and the 1866 addition leaving only the part which was originally the chancel of the mediaeval church .
The Old School at the junction of Merrington Road and Preston Gubbals Road was demolished. Three bungalows were built on the site.
A picture of Bomere Heath's Ark Royal in the Shrewsbury Raft Race (late 70's) is available on the Pinterest web site but you will have to browse through the images to find it.
Deep snow fell on the village during this winter.
Bomere Heath Garage ceased to supply petrol and the fuel pumps were removed later in the year. The workshops continue to operate.
Substantial snow fall in village.
A picture of Bomere Heath's entry in the Shrewsbury Raft Race 1981 is available on the Pinterest web site but you will have to browse through the images to find it.
The Magnolia's, Merrington, home of Mr & Mrs Percy Thrower, is open to the public on several Sundays during the summer. All proceeds in aid of Leaton Church. On one particular Sunday queues of traffic stretched right through Bomere Heath towards Harlescott. The open days were so popular.
Blacksmith's Shop, Baschurch Road closed and sold up.
The old Cricket pavilion on the west side of the cricket field was demolished shortly after April 1982.
An equipment shed was erected at the top of the Cricket field near Whitehouse Lane to replace an earlier one in the old pavilion which had been situated on the side of the field nearest to the railway line.
The Cricket pitch was damaged by someone driving a car on it.
New brick changing rooms built on the Cricket field.
A 30 m.p.h. speed limit is introduced throughout the village with signs being erected on all roads leading into the village.
New wooden Cricket Pavilion erected close to the existing brick built changing room on the cricket field.
The original Level Crossing gates (controlled from the adjacent signal box) were removed and replaced by automatic twin half barriers.
The Police House in The Crescent was sold and became a private house.
Leaton Signal Box removed and crossing fitted with automatic barriers. The signal box was taken to Glyndyfrdwy on the Llangollen Railway to be re-erected there.
The wooden Cricket Pavilion which had only been erected in 1986 and recently completed was destroyed by fire having suffered an arson attack by a local youth.
The Village Players Group presented 'Toad of Toad Hall' in the Village Hall.
If you know about a local event which is not listed here please pass it on to me so that it can be added for the benefit of everyone else. Please include the date if known (or approximate date) but if you don't know the date I will try to find it.
If you spot an error in this Time Line please let me know the correct information.
My contact details are at the foot of the main page of the web site.
This file was updated 26 June 2018.


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Distribution of Case Patients and Controls According to Age, Sex, Marital Status, Occupation, Family History of Psoriasis, Body Mass Index, and Coffee Consumption
Distribution of Case Patients and Controls According to Smoking and Alcohol Consumption*
Odds Ratios for Psoriasis in Stratification by Sex According to Smoking and Alcohol Consumption
Odds Ratio for Selected Clinical Varieties of Psoriasis According to Smoking and Alcohol Consumption
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Association of Early-Stage Psoriasis With Smoking and Male Alcohol Consumption: Evidence From an Italian Case-Control Study
Luigi Naldi, MD; Lorenzo Peli, MD; Fabio Parazzini, MD
From the Department of Dermatology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo (Drs Naldi and Peli), and the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri" (Dr Parazzini), Milano Italy.
Arch Dermatol. 1999;135(12):1479-1484. doi:10.1001/archderm.135.12.1479
Objective To analyze the association of psoriasis with smoking habits and alcohol consumption before first diagnosis by a dermatologist.
Design A multicenter case-control study. Interviews were conducted by trained medical investigators using a structured questionnaire.
Setting Outpatient services of 10 general and 10 teaching hospitals in northern and southern Italy.
Subjects Patients with a first diagnosis of psoriasis made by a dermatologist and a history of skin manifestations of no longer than 2 years after the reported disease onset. Patients with new diagnoses of skin diseases other than psoriasis were selected as control subjects. A total of 404 case patients (median age, 35 years) and 616 controls (median age, 36 years) were included in the analysis.
Results The risk for psoriasis was higher in ex-smokers and in current smokers than in patients who never smoked. The relation with smoking was stronger and more consistent among women than men. In men, a significant association was restricted to the ex-smoker status. Smoking was strongly associated with pustular lesions (29 patients) with an adjusted odds ratio of 10.5 (95% confidence interval, 3.3-33.5) for those smoking more than 15 cigarettes per day. No significant overall association with alcohol consumption was documented after controlling for smoking habits. However, the risk seemed to vary according to sex, with a moderate association being documented in men.
Conclusions Cigarette smoking and, in men, alcohol consumption are associated with psoriasis. There is a strong association between smoking and pustular lesions.
THE INTERACTION between genetic and environmental factors, ie, multifactorial heredity, seems to play a role in the causes of psoriasis. Several studies exploring environmental factors have considered smoking habits and alcohol consumption, but their results have been discordant. Smoking has been found to be more frequent among patients with psoriasis than among control subjects before the disease onset or the first dermatological diagnosis in some but not all studies. Similar discordant data concern alcohol consumption.1-8 Variations by sex have been suggested, with smoking being more strongly associated with psoriasis among women and alcohol consumption among men.4,8 Palmoplantar pustulosis, a disease related to psoriasis, has also been found to correlate strongly with smoking habits, but whether a similar degree of association applies to other varieties of pustular psoriasis remains unclear.9 The widespread use of alcohol and cigarettes, the disabling nature of psoriasis, and the lack of effective and safe treatments for the disease justify efforts to further our understanding of these issues.
We herein present a case-control study involving patients with newly diagnosed psoriasis and controls with newly diagnosed dermatological conditions other than psoriasis. Our aims were to analyze the association of psoriasis at an early-stage with common environmental factors, such as smoking and alcohol consumption, and to explore the existence of variations in selected subgroups.
The study was conducted in Italy within the framework of the Italian Group for Epidemiologic Research in Dermatology.7 The outpatient services of 10 teaching hospitals and 10 general hospitals in northern and southern Italy participated.
Entry criteria for patients with psoriasis were as follows: a first diagnosis of psoriasis made by a dermatologist and a history of skin manifestations of no longer than 2 years after the reported disease onset. The onset was considered to be the date an individual first became aware of the clinical manifestations attributable to psoriasis. The definition of onset was guided by a thorough inquiry into the timing of relevant signs and symptoms. For inclusion, at least 1 typical plaque of psoriasis, ie, a fixed, well-demarcated erythematous scaly patch, was required; however, most patients presented with diffuse manifestations leading to a straightforward clinical diagnosis by the specialist. Cases of psoriasis guttata and pustular psoriasis were excluded if they were not associated with a typical plaque of psoriasis. Erythrodermic psoriasis was not considered because of its rarity and the diagnostic difficulties. All eligible patients who were seen consecutively during the study period were invited to participate. As controls, we selected subjects with newly diagnosed dermatological conditions other than psoriasis who were seen in the same outpatient services as the case patients. Patients with skin conditions regularly associated with alcohol consumption or liver disorders were excluded (ie, presenting symptoms of porphyria cutanea tarda, cutaneous manifestations of hemochromatosis and cirrhosis, pellagra, and zinc deficiency syndrome). About 1% of the suitable controls were excluded because of these conditions. The controls were the first eligible dermatological patients observed on randomly selected days in the 2 weeks following the selection of case patients. Initially, 2 controls per case patient were selected. Subsequently, however, because of the difficulties experienced in recruitment, inclusion was limited to 1 control per case patient. Controls were age-matched to case patients in decade categories, and the inclusion of case patients and controls was limited to subjects aged 16 through 70 years. Oral informed consent was obtained from each subject, and fewer than 2% of the eligible subjects refused to participate.
The study was conducted during the following 3 separate periods: from January 1, 1988, through August 31, 1990; from January 1 through December 31, 1993; and from April 1, 1996, through October 31, 1997. During the first period, the study was restricted to 6 centers in northern Italy. Subsequently, an additional 14 centers participated, including 6 from the southern part of the country. The results of the 3 phases of the study were comparable, and no important differences among the participating centers were observed. A total of 404 case patients with psoriasis, satisfying our entry criteria, and 616 controls were recruited. The psoriasis cases were classified as ordinary chronic plaque psoriasis (324 [80.2%]), guttata psoriasis associated with chronic plaque psoriasis (30 [7.4%]), pustular psoriasis, mostly represented by so-called psoriasis with pustules (29 [7.2%]), and mainly flexural psoriasis (21 [5.2%]). None of the patients in this last group had evidence of contact allergy. Diagnoses in the control group included eczema (154 [25.0%]), skin cancers (101 [16.4%]), urticaria (86 [13.9%]), skin infections (81 [13.1%]), pityriasis rosea (62 [10.1%]), and a variety of other skin diseases (132 [21.4%]).
Information regarding sociodemographic factors, smoking habits, alcohol consumption, coffee and tea consumption, consumption of selected dietary factors, family history of psoriasis in first-degree relatives (ie, parents and siblings), and personal medical history was obtained from case patients and controls by trained investigators using a structured questionnaire. Anthropometric measures, including height and weight, were also recorded. Information on smoking and alcohol consumption was obtained through a lifetime inquiry, including age at onset, average and maximum daily consumption, kind of consumption, and existence of periods of abstinence. The questionnaire used has been validated in Italian epidemiological studies.10 The interviewers had biomedical training and experience in medical interviewing. We computed the average consumption of alcohol per day, assuming a comparable pure alcohol content in each type of drink (that is, 120 mL of wine, 330 mL of beer, 40 mL of spirits, or 12-13 g of pure alcohol).11 A period of abstinence of at least 6 months before the date of diagnosis was requested for a patient to be classified as an ex-smoker or ex-drinker.
For each variable, we computed the odds ratios (ORs) of having psoriasis as estimates of relative risks and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
Initially, estimates were obtained from data stratified by age and sex, when appropriate, according to the Mantel-Haenszel method.12 The significance of the linear trend in risk was assessed using the Mantel test.13 Subsequently, to account for the effects of potentially confounding factors, unconditional multiple logistic regression analysis with maximum likelihood fitting was used.14 The regression equations included terms for age, sex, calendar year at interview, marital status, occupation, history of psoriasis in first-degree relatives, body mass index (BMI; calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters), smoking habits, and alcohol and coffee consumption.
The distribution of case patients and controls according to age, sex, marital status, occupation, family history of psoriasis in first-degree relatives, BMI, and coffee consumption is reported in Table 1. The median age at diagnosis was 35 years in case patients and 36 years in controls. A total of 248 case patients (61.4%) reported onset before 39 years of age. There was a significantly higher proportion of male subjects in the case compared with the control group. No association was documented between marital status or occupation and psoriasis. As expected, the risk for psoriasis was higher in those reporting a family history of the disease. The age- and sex-adjusted OR was 7.9 (95% CI, 4.7-13.3) for subjects who reported a history of the disease in parents, whereas the OR adjusted for age, sex, and number of siblings was 3.7 (95% CI, 2.4-5.8) for subjects reporting a history of the disease in siblings. Body mass index was also associated with psoriasis. Compared with a BMI of lower than 22.0, the age- and sex-adjusted OR was 1.3 (95% CI, 1.0-1.8) for a BMI of 22.0 to 26.0 and 1.9 (95% CI, 1.4-2.6) for a BMI of greater than 26.0. No association was observed between coffee consumption and psoriasis.
Table 2 shows the distribution of case patients and controls according to smoking habits and alcohol consumption. The OR of having psoriasis was higher in previous and current smokers. Compared with people who had never smoked, the Mantel-Haenszel adjusted ORs for ex-smokers was 1.9 (95% CI, 1.3-2.7); for subjects currently smoking up to 15 cigarettes per day, 1.5 (95% CI, 1.1-2.1); for those smoking 16 to 24 cigarettes per day, 1.8 (95% CI, 1.2-2.7); and for those smoking more than 24 cigarettes per day, 2.4 (95% CI, 1.3-4.3). Multivariate ORs were consistent with those adjusted for age and sex. Interestingly, the risk for psoriasis decreased fairly smoothly with increased duration of smoking habits. Moreover, in ex-smokers, the risk tended to decrease with the increase in time since quitting smoking and to increase with the number of cigarettes smoked per day (data not shown).
Case patients tended to report drinking alcohol more frequently than controls. The correlation between alcohol consumption and smoking was weak (Spearman correlation coefficient, 0.24), and after adjusting for smoking and other potential confounders, the risk estimates were closer to 1. Ex-drinkers were not at an increased risk for psoriasis, and no relation between the duration of drinking habits and psoriasis was documented.
Table 3 presents OR estimates for smoking and alcohol consumption stratified by sex. The ex-smoker status was a risk factor among men but not women. As for current smokers, the association was stronger in women than in men, for whom risk estimates appeared even consistent with no effect at all. At variance with these findings, in women no relation of psoriasis with alcohol consumption was documented, whereas an association was documented in men with a dose-response relationship. Table 4 presents OR estimates for smoking and alcohol consumption according to the clinical variety of psoriasis. A particularly strong association was documented between smoking and pustular psoriasis, but not between alcohol consumption and pustular psoriasis. We also examined smoking and alcohol consumption according to age at diagnosis (≤35 vs >35 years) and history of psoriasis in first-degree relatives (present vs absent). No important variations were documented except for somewhat higher estimates of ORs for previous and current smoking status in the younger patients compared with the older ones (data not presented).
Some lines of evidence have suggested relations between psoriasis and smoking habits and alcohol consumption, pointing to a possible sex difference. A number of other diseases that are strongly linked with smoking in the general population, including cardiovascular diseases,15,16 Crohn disease,17 lung cancer, tumors of the upper airways,18,19 and kidney cancer,18-20 are associated with psoriasis. Some of these associations have been found only in women.16,20 Also, liver cirrhosis has been linked with psoriasis.16,21 In the only incidence study of psoriasis we are aware of, the smoking profile for male patients was similar to that from a random sample of the general population, whereas female patients smoked more than women in the general population. Incident cases were defined as cases newly diagnosed at the Mayo Clinic facilities, which cover the whole Rochester, Minn, population.5 In a case-control study of palmoplantar pustulosis, a condition related to psoriasis and largely predominant in women, the OR in smokers was around 7 (99% CI, 3.9-13.2), and no association with alcohol consumption was documented.9 Other case-control studies of plaque psoriasis have yielded less striking results.4,6-8 However, in 2 case-control studies from Finland conducted separately in men and women, alcohol consumption before the disease onset was associated with psoriasis among young men, whereas smoking was associated with psoriasis among women.4,8
Our study confirmed that smoking is associated with psoriasis with a dose-response relationship. The association was stronger and more consistent among women than men and was also particularly strong for pustular lesions. In addition, we found some evidence pointing to an association with alcohol consumption in men.
We should sound a note of caution on some limitations of our study. Our case patients received a first diagnosis of psoriasis by a dermatologist. A history of skin manifestations of no longer than 2 years before the date of the dermatological diagnosis was required. Our aim was to restrict the assessment to recently developed cases that were reliably evaluated by a specialist. To avoid including indeterminate or borderline cases, the presence of a typical plaque of psoriasis was required. However, no satisfactory criteria are available for standardizing the diagnosis of psoriasis in clinical and epidemiological studies.22
The choice of dermatological controls was dictated mainly by the need to control for the reasons leading to specialist consultation. Usually it is stated that studies with controls with disease at the same organ level as the case patients may result in overmatching.14 This is a rather protective bias, and we tried to minimize it by excluding skin manifestations regularly associated with alcohol consumption or liver diseases. These represented a small proportion of all the eligible controls. We matched for age but not sex, and there was a difference in the distribution of this variable among case patients and controls. However, we adjusted all our analyses, whenever indicated, for sex and examined risks in stratification by sex.
Our decision to use the index date as the date of the first diagnosis by a specialist may be questionable, a major problem being the inability to separate exposures that precede from those that follow clinical onset. We acknowledge that there are difficulties involved in defining the real onset of a disease like psoriasis, which may slowly evolve from mild nonspecific signs (eg, dandruff) to overt clinical manifestations. It is also difficult to standardize the assessment of the onset of the different skin disorders presented by the control group. We were not interested in acute exposures as triggers of the disease, but in more chronic, predisposing factors. As a consequence, precise onset definition is not such a crucial problem in our analyses.
The retrospective nature of our study is a more general limitation, with its potential for recall and information bias. It was reassuring that the frequency of smoking and alcohol consumption in our control group was similar to the estimates reported for the Italian population during the same period.23 It was also reassuring that for another exposure frequently reported as a risk factor in humans, namely coffee consumption, no association was documented.
The statistical power of our subgroup analyses may be questioned. This issue is complicated by multiple statistical testing. Since we did not make any correction for multiple tests, we advise readers to give more weight to our overall results than to any specific result in subgroups, which should be taken as mainly explorative. In Italy, women tend to have a remarkably low alcohol consumption,24 and in our study, only 9 female case patients (4.8%) reported consuming more than 2 drinks per day. As a consequence, the analysis for high alcohol consumption lacks substantial statistical power. Recent Italian figures indicate that greater proportions of men than women have given up smoking. The association between previous smoker status and psoriasis in men suggests that, compared with the controls, a greater proportion of male patients with psoriasis gave up smoking, perhaps because of early symptoms of the disease. If selective quitting is implicated, then the risk for current smoker status among men may be underestimated by our study.
The associations we have documented may, in principle, represent the effect of an underlying, unmeasured confounding factor such as psychological stress.25 We did not assess stressful life events. Type A personality and psychological stress have been correlated with smoking and heavy alcohol consumption.26 However, the strong association between smoking and pustular lesions, even if based on a limited number of cases, is more indicative of a genuine biological effect.
More than 4000 substances have been identified in cigarette smoke. Many of the adverse effects of smoke may result from oxidative damage to critical biological substances.27 Such damage could result from oxidants present in cigarette smoke, eg, carbon monoxide, and from the activation of phagocytic cells that generate reactive oxygen species. In 1 study, polymorphonuclear leukocytes from smokers with psoriasis responded to a significantly greater degree to a standard chemotaxin than did polymorphonuclear leukocytes from nonsmokers with psoriasis, control smokers, and control nonsmokers.28 High levels of arachidonic acid metabolites have been documented in psoriatic lesions.29 Peroxidation of arachidonic acid by smoke may lead to the formation of F2-isoprostanes. Concentrations of these substances are increased dramatically in animal models of oxidant injury and increased in smokers.27 Recently, nicotinic cholinergic receptors have been demonstrated on keratinocytes stimulating calcium influx and accelerating cell differentiation.30 Constant stimulation of these receptors may control keratinocyte adhesion and upward migration in the epidermis. Smoking and nicotine seem to influence inflammatory processes in the skin.31,32
The increased risk for psoriasis in women who are smokers, together with the higher prevalence of psoriasis among men compared with women documented in several population studies,33 points to the possible role of hormonal and reproductive factors, since smoking has a well-defined antiestrogenic effect.34 Heavy alcohol consumption in men may increase the risk for infection or mechanical trauma that, in turn, may affect psoriasis. Moreover, an effect of alcohol on lymphocyte transformation has been suggested.35 If smoking and, possibly limited to men, alcohol consumption cause psoriasis, the impact on public health would be far from negligible. The population-attributable fraction for smoking calculated from our study was about 0.2, indicating that about 1 in 5 cases of psoriasis may be related to smoking. Independent of their causal role, the associations we have documented could improve our understanding of the comorbidity related to psoriasis and should be taken into consideration when providing care for the disease. In addition, our data concerning pustular psoriasis suggest that chronic exposure to selected environmental factors may influence the clinical expression of psoriasis. The effect of environmental factors on the extension, distribution (eg, acral lesions), clinical variety, and response to treatment of psoriasis should be evaluated further in prospective studies.
Accepted for publication June 24, 1999.
The study was partly supported by the following pharmaceutical companies: Janssen-Cilag, Cologno Monzese; Roche, Milano; Schering, Segrate; Boehringer Ingelheim, Firenze; Glaxo-Wellcome, Verona; and Novartis, Origgio, Italy.
We wish to thank Gillian Jarvis for her editorial assistance and the dermatologists from the participating centers for making this study possible.
Participants From the Psoriasis Study Group of the Italian Group for Epidemiologic Research in Dermatology
T. Cainelli, MD; A. Rebora, MD; A. Peserico, MD; G. Tognoni, MD.
Catania Clinica Università,Catania: A. Di Prima, MD. Padova Clinica Università, Padua: A. Belloni Fortina, MD; A. Peserico, MD. Napoli Clinica I Università, Naples: N. Balato, MD. Ferrara Clinica Università, Ferrara: A. R. Virgili, MD. Terni Clinica Università, Terni: P. L. Bruni, MD. Ospedale Militare, Taranto: V. Ingordo, MD. Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia: G. Lo Scocco, MD. Torino Clinica Università, Turin: C. Solaroli, MD; P. Puiatti, MD. Verona Clinica Università, Verona: D. Schena, MD; A. Barba, MD; C. Chieregato, MD. Ospedale Riuniti, Bergamo: A. Di Landro, MD. Ospedale Civile, Cremona: E. Pezzarossa, MD. Bologna Clinica Università, Bologna: S. Marzaduri, MD. Ospedale M. Bufalini, Cesena: R. Morelli, MD. Milano Clinica Università, Ospedale S. Paolo, Milan: R. Vergani, MD; C. Pazzini, MD. Firenze Clinica Università, Florence: P. Carli, MD; W. Volpi, MD. Spedali Civili, Brescia: P. G. Calzavara-Pinton, MD. Napoli Clinica II Università, Naples: F. Grimaldi-Filioli, MD; A. Lo Schiavo, MD. Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, S. Giovanni Rotondo: M. Iannantuono, MD. Ospedale S. Paolo, Savona: A. Farris, MD; C. Micalizzi, MD. Ospedale Nuovo, Monza: E. Rossi, MD.
Reprints: Luigi Naldi, Clinica Dermatologica, Ospedali Riuniti, L go Barozzi 1, 24100 Bergamo, Italy (e-mail: gised@uninetcom.it).
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Queues generate hype and headlines. Trendy restaurants use them to entice diners, shops use them to sell you stuff, and for major blockbuster shows, they have become a badge of honour. For some, it is part of the appeal, a communal conga for the hottest ticket in town. But if you, like me, really cannot stand them, here are a few tips for avoiding or jumping the queues to see that blockbuster exhibition.
What if the tickets are sold out? "One of the best ways to beat the crowds is to become a Tate Member," Appleby says. Tate members (£86 per year), like similar schemes at the RA (£138, with a guest), the V&A (£70), the Met ($100) and Guggenheim (€40) get unlimited free access, exclusive previews and invites to evening events. Although these too can get crowded.


MISSION STATEMENT: To engage the Community of Huxley, Iowa in the preservation, education, and celebration of our heritage and ancestry.
Get this on your calendars. Don will be flipping his famous pancakes in one month!!
An afternoon of painting fun on the front porch yesterday at the Maland Home.
Great afternoon for a fundraiser paint class. The pretty little silver trays turned out beautiful! Such a worthy cause -- supporting the Maland Home in Huxley.
Slater Area Historical Association lasagna dinner this Thursday .. Mamma Mia!!
40 years ago, the winter of 1979, a business opened in the Huxley Plaza and these three women were pictured, because one of them won a Sony TV. Can you name them or remember the business that opened?
~TBT~ This hospital is not in Huxley, but how many Huxley peeps were born in this hospital? Original Mary Greeley Hospital building in Ames, IA.
"Tri County Time Travel". If you weren't able to attend the Slater library yesterday for their monthly luncheon and presentation you missed a great one! However the presenter, David Baker, creator and author of The 29th State, has added it to his page today. Enjoy!
When the Chicago and Northwestern built its narrow gauge railroad in the early 1870's it established a train station in the informally formed Norwegian community of Sheldahl. With the help of Jefferson Polk, a leading citizen of Des Moines, Sheldahl was organized into a platted community. This village proved quite successful, and was uniquely known for being in three counties at once—Boone, Story, and Polk. A few years later, the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad began building an east and west line. It came through Maxwell, Cambridge, Huxley, and all assumed it would drop south and pass through Sheldahl…except that it did not.
The railroad lost more money on the project than initially expected. Because southern Story County is in the watershed of the Skunk River (and Squaw Creek…and Ballard Creek), parts of it are very marshy and have a high water table. If you don't believe me, drive north through Slater on R38 after a 1-2 inch summer rain. The railroad had to construct the bridge over the Skunk River at a higher cost than expected, and because of the grade, they passed just north of Sheldahl when the tracks were completed in 1882 and christened the area "Sheldahl Crossing." Problem solved, right?
Except that it was not. There was an Iowa law in effect at the time, that every railroad junction needed to have its own station. This meant that there would be a Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul depot at Sheldahl Crossing and a Chicago and Northwestern depot at Sheldahl proper. On paper this seemed like a reasonable compromise, however it soon became problematic. The C, M & St. P. began dropping their shipping rates for freight, meaning that if the residents of Sheldahl could get their produce through the mud to the new station, they could save money. In conjunction, an elevator was built at the crossing as well as a store. The C & N protested, and there was also the complaint of confusion, having two depots within a mile of each other with essentially the same name.
Because so many businesses were already established, it did not take long for Slater to grow and by 1889, the population was already around 400. There was a school, and Bethlehem Church was constructed as the first place for worshippers to attend. A creamery was build which would last until 1971, and Oley Nelson himself donated land for a park. By 1920, the town had hotels, a grocery store, restaurant, milliner, general stores, IOOF hall, livery and feed store, and two banks. In fact, both of the bank buildings are still standing. As time and technology progressed through the 20th century, Slater adapted with mechanics and a garage on the highway. Passenger rail service ended in the 1960's, however freight trains continued on for a little more than a decade afterwards.
Today, Slater residents primarily commute to Ames or the Des Moines area for work. It is a good midway spot between the two larger cities. The railroads are gone now, but residents and visitors can take advantage of the High Trestle Bike Trail and the Heart of Iowa Trail which follow the C & N and the C, M & St. P. Lines respectively.
1) The exact origin of the name Slater is somewhat ambiguous. It was personally chosen by Mr. Jenks, and so it had significance to him. Some sources say that it originated with a friend of his whom lived "out east." Others maintain it was a local farmer and landowner named Michael Slater. It is entirely possible that it could be both…or neither. Jenks rejected naming the town for himself however, and Nelson was also briefly considered in honor of Oley Nelson.
3) Despite its rapid growth, Slater did not have a fire department until 1914.
4) At one time Slater had a Lyceum hall which was used for civic purposes like dances, musical programs, and Chautauquas.
5) Slater consolidated with Huxley schools in 1959 to become part of the Ballard School District. The elementary school in town is Ballard West and it was completed in 1993.
6) Just an FYI for the uninitiated……..Slater and Sheldahl still have a little bit of a rivalry between them!
3) The High Trestle Trail bicycle trail.
Taking a tour thru time with David Baker!
I'm so excited to show you the latest from Two Sisters. These fun repurposed silver trays are the best!
Two Sisters Paint Palette will be offering a class at the Maland House in Huxley on March 23, so watch Two Sisters Paint Palette for the event link. Hope to see you there!
These little beauties will also be available at "Just a Small Town Girl and her Friends" sale April 26-28 at the Slater Senior Center.
This is not the kind of history that we need ... brrrrr!
There were numerous low temperature records that were broke this morning across the state! Here are a few that made the list. These were actual air temperatures not wind chills.
Due to the extreme cold temperatures and winds, tonight's HHS monthly meeting has been postponed until next Wednesday, February 6th at 6pm in the Huxley City Council chambers. Stay warm everyone!!
If you're interested in finding out more about this 110 year old wood slab floor, become a member of the Huxley Historical Society. An individual/family membership is only $20.00 for a year and you will receive 4 quarterly newsletters.
Stopped in at the Colfax Historical Society Museum for some fascinating background on this town's mineral water past, and grand hotels. Thanks Peggy Dvorak for the tour! Thanks Mike Borland for the drone video!
Hello everyone! We're getting close to the new features. Before we dig in though, I wanted to make you aware of some events coming up. There are several opportunities to hear me talk about Iowa history, ghost towns, railroads, and interesting buildings. See if there is an event near you!
The State Historical Society of Iowa is seeking your help for a new display that will honor more than 3,500 World War I casualties from Iowa.
Maland Home .. Elizabeth and Javerna always had candles glowing in the windows at Christmas time.
Armistice Day is commemorated every year on November 11to mark the armistice signed between the Allied Army and Central Power for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918. An American artillery gun named "Calamity Jane" fired a single shot at this time, known as the closing shot of the war.
Please join us at the Nord-Kalsem Shelter for some delicious pancakes made and served by local pancake flipper, Don Rimathe!!
The cool Fall morning temperatures are here. Time for more of Don's special pancakes!
Sunday Sundae is here!! Please join us today on the porch. Lots of toppings to choose from .. including homemade sauces, brownies, & angel food cake. 2-4pm today .. free will donation.
Sunday Sundae is quickly approaching!
Our very own HHS president and his lovely wife were the Grand Marshalls for the town's Prairie Fest celebration!!
Don't miss out! Tomorrow is the last Men on Monday & this Wednesday is the last for the Women. So grab a friend or two and come set a spell on The Maland Home Porch and enjoy!!
Do you enjoy getting together with friends during the week to catch up? Then come and enjoy Konversation, Koffee, and Kringla (and a couple other goodies) during our special open houses this Summer at the Maland Home.
The Maland Home Committee is hosting 3 open houses this summer just for you! Men on Monday and Women on Wednesday!!
Thanks to all for the wonderful turnout this morning! Served over 120 hungry pancake loving generous neighbors. That's a lot of pancakes!!
Hope you have the pancake breakfast and bake sale on your calendar for tomorrow! Master pancake maker Don Rimathe will be serving up his delicious pancakes. Kringla and Oreo truffles are just a couple of the tasty goodies that will be sold to satisfy your sweet tooth!
1939-1940 menu board from the Dobbe Cafe. On display at the Huxley Historical Society museum.
"The Huxonian" April 7 1942 - Joye Harold Saveraid, 26, son of Mrs. Josephine Saveraid, has successfully completed two months preliminary flight training at Squantum, MA., Naval Air Station, and has been ordered to an intermediate base in the south for a month's training, prior to reporting to Pensacola or Jacksonville, FL., or to Corpus Christi, TX., for about seven months of advanced flight training.
Saveraid was a graduate from the Huxley consolidated high school in 1933.
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Cassie Sainsbury speaks to Nine's Sixty Minutes about her ordeal.
Crime DRUG smuggler Cassie Sainsbury was ridiculed for forgetting her phone's password on 60 Minutes. Now she has explains what happened.
Crime CASSIE Sainsbury did herself no favours when she botched her chance to definitively share her side of the story.


Pavani Ram, MD, will serve as senior medical advisor at USAID and provide technical leadership and technical assistance to USAID missions, regional bureaus and other Global Health offices on the prevention and treatment of severe infection in the newborn.
Abstract: Pavani Ram, MD, will serve as senior medical advisor for the Newborn Health, Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Division of the Office of Health, Infection Disease and Nutrition within the Bureau for Global Health at USAID. She will provide technical leadership to the Agency of Newborn Health and technical assistance to USAID missions, regional bureaus and other Global Health offices on the prevention and treatment of severe infection in the newborn.


THE INNER PROMPTING that caused me to put together 'The Goodnight Book' originated in part as a result of two major hospital operations that I was required to undergo, together with the passing of my wife Liz – all in the space of about fifteen months. In much of that time I had little inclination or energy for serious reading. But 'thoughts' were coming at me from a lifetime of Scripture reading, and these were enough to keep my spirit alive until such time as my appetite grew again – and my desire to write once more was renewed.
It is not that 'The Goodnight Book' is geared especially to those enduring ill health or sorrow. Whoever you are, the approach of evening brings to every man and woman at the end of the day an opportunity for review, and for regrouping – and that is the aim of the book's nightly readings.
"Stop!" he ordered. And that was it.
If this book helps you along yourself, consider sending it to a friend for birthday or for Christmas. It may be a useful stocking-filler!


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Q: iOS enabling AirPrint for uiwebview contents I am super new to XCode and App development. I currently am loading up a web based application in uiwebviews on the iPad. When one particular page is loaded, it displays a pdf file. I would like to be able to print this pdf file using AirPrint. I am looking for a simple solution. Currently the app I am working on has 6 files which it uses.
-ViewController.m
-ViewController.h
-MainStoryboard_iPad.storyboard
-MainStoryboard_iPhone.storyboard
-AppDelegate.h
-AppDelegate.m

In the MainStoryboard files, there are many windows (graphical) which are liked to a central navigation system. If it is possible to spend some time to really explain what I need to do, and not 'take a look at this link.' I have programming experience, but never with XCode or any product related to Apple.

A: I figured out how to do this. Firstly I found a piece of code here, iOS Air print for UIwebview, I had no idea how to implement this at the time, but then I did as follows.
My application was a single view XCode project
In my storyboard I inserted a button (on my navigation bar) and changed its Identifier to 'Action' then, making sure to have the 'tuxedo' editor view open, displaying my ViewController.m file, I clicked and dragged from the button to the ViewController.m file while holding down control. This inserted my IBAction method after asking for my buttons id.
myActionButton
Then I copied in the code specified in response 3 of the question. My ViewController.m looked something link this.
#import "ViewController.h"
@interface ViewController()
@end

@implementation ViewController()
//Some stuff here
@end

@synthesize webView

-(IBAction)myActionButton:(id)sender{
UIPrintInfo *pi = [UIPrintInfo printInfo];
pi.outputType = UIPrintInfoOutputGeneral;
pi.jobName = webView.request.URL.absoluteString;
pi.orientation = UIPrintInfoOrientationPortrait;
pi.duplex = UIPrintInfoDuplexLongEdge;

UIPrintInteractionController *pic = [UIPrintInteractionController sharedPrintController];
pic.printInfo = pi;
pic.showsPageRange = YES;
pic.printFormatter = webView.viewPrintFormatter;
[pic presentAnimated:YES completionHandler:^(UIPrintInteractionController *pic2, BOOL completed, NSError *error) {
    // indicate done or error
}];
}

Also in my ViewController.h file
#import ...
@interface ViewController : ...
{
IBOutlet UIWebView *webView
}

@property (nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet UIWebView *webView
@end

I didn't setup the webviews so I am not 100% sure on how they are created, but there is a good series for beginners on youtube at HackLife87 which shows how to make a single view app. I think XCode Tutorial Video #7 involves setting up views.
Since I am extremely green to XCode and IPad app development, I managed to solve my problem by combining knowledge from watching the aforementioned XCode tutorial videos and then implementing the solution provided on stackoverflow by Hafthor.

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Today is the first Friday of September when I give you a style tip just for women over 50 to consider for the month. It is now 15 days until fall officially arrives on September 22, but why waste 15 great days dreaming of the season to come. I consider fall style the season of details….it really is a time when accessories and small details on our clothing are everything.
This is what I am talking about. These bronze studs are on the Soft Surroundings Colored Metro Leggings…I have two pair for fall, this blue and a wonderful red. These type of details just seem to celebrate the season.
I have about three or four scarves which I believe are just for autumn…like this one I found at Soft Surroundings a few years ago. My shirt is actually eggplant purple, so I am staying true to my plan to really mix up colors in a new way this year. But adding a detailed scarf in autumn colors is a great way to plunge into the season this month and be too warm doing it.
The cardigan is actually a summer sweater I bought in an out of season clearance sale a few years ago. It is Eileen Fisher and a very light gray…which is one of the signature colors for this fall. It works well in Texas since it is not too bulky or warm.
But, challenge yourself this month to find a few details that just say autumn…not necessarily winter. It will help you join in with seasonal fun. Do any of you have accessories you wear just for autumn and perhaps put away when winter blows in? Please share.
This is a perfect transitional outfit Pam! I love that scarf and you're right, it does say fall! Soft Surroundings has such beautiful, comfortable and unique items. I really like those Metro leggings and hope you show off the red ones too!! I do have some things that I bring out just for fall. Several scarves that have fall colors, one I found in the drugstore here at work that has gorgeous fall leaves…it was only a couple dollars and it's beautiful! Also a navy felt hat my sister gave me and several fall ponchos that are strictly for fall in my Ohio climate. I like how you incorporate fall colors in your tops also, that's something I do too, bring out the warmer colors – especially love shades of orange and yellow. Fall is a wonderful time of year. Our winters are long and bitter cold, but fall is glorious and I plan to be outside a lot enjoying it! Your Eileen Fisher sweater is perfect for this time of year! Isn't it wonderful when you find EF on sale?!
The whole feeling of all things fall from the decor, to the foods, to the clothes…it is my favorite. Hopefully it lingers awhile before winter rolls in, Karen.
I agree, those little details make an outfit more interesting! Fall gives us a little cooler temps to either add a layer, even if it's a scarf. Longer pants, these days can be embroidered, studded, pearls added, a vented ankle and I really like your buttoned ankle pants.
Every little detail is so much fun…and helps to enjoy getting dressed a little more. Thanks Diana!
I love this look on you Pam! The scarf is such a pretty focal point! I love that button detail!
I enjoy following your blog and since I also live in Texas I track along with you on seasonal changes that are different than other parts of the country. My question is about pants. I see the slim, legging type pants you often wear. I am shaped with a small waist and middle and heavier thighs. I just can't pull those off well. Is there a different pant style or brand you could recommend for me?
Hi Glynnis, have you tried JJill? They have so many types of pants and different Leg widths…it would be worth a fun afternoon in the store to try on a variety of sizes to see what works.
No, I haven't. But, I'll give them a try! Thanks!
Great outfit and I love Fall clothes. I'm embarrassed to say how many scarves I have, but whenever I feel an outfit just isn't complete, I add a scarf. The fall and winter scarves are definitely my favorite. Our high temps are going to dip in the 60's [temporarily] due to the impact of the hurricane bringing a cold front to the Midwest and I don't care what the calendar shows, I'll be pulling together some Fall outfits out of my closet, complete with scarves. I have several pairs of Soft Surroundings Metro Leggings and they wash and wear wonderfully. The button detail gives them a little extra style. So versatile, too.
Nice outfit. I love scarves but I don't wear them enough. I have a couple of scarves that I have had for over 10 years and I still love them because the colors are perfect for me.
That is what is great about accessories…usually they hang around awhile and we can love them longer!
Beautiful scarf! Fall is my favorite season… from the colors of nature, pumpkin spice flavors, to the warm textures & colors of the clothing.
I have several scarves for Fall, as well as medium-weight sweaters which are great for this transitional time.
I know…so many beautiful colors. I love it!


In the same vein as last week's Star Trek Adventures, here is a flowchart/reference sheet/cheat sheet for the Mouse Guard RPG. Given the unique way Mouse Guard works, there's a lot that rides on each test, as there are so few of them. Hence each test is rather involved. Couple that with a rulebook that suffers from some organizational issues (such as having various aspects of the test procedure scattered throughout), this flowchart proved invaluable at our table.
In the end, once we got a handle on how it works, we ended up loving Mouse Guard (see my end-of-game reflection here). We are stoked to play again, so our mouse adventures will continue! If I update the sheet I'll be sure to repost it. And if you see anything that I erred on, please let me know and I'll wrangle it right.
And so it is that winter has embraced the mouse colonies, the white blanket bringing with it times of tranquility and reflection, both for the members of the Mouseguard and for the players of our gaming group. Mouseguard was quite the different game and experience for us, and very much not what I expected when I suggested we give it a try (likewise equally suggesting it as the first foray into GMing for one of our group members). As I noted earlier, Mouseguard is a rather different animal (pun semi-intended) than most other RPGs, which is what surprised us. It turned out to be a good surprise.
I would describe Mouseguard as the most narrative of the narrative-RPGs I've played, and I call it as such because (answering my question in that previous post) it lends itself very well towards more past-tense and third-person style storytelling than the first-person-immediate and extemporaneous play of "traditional" RPGs. It also focuses on wider world building and longer-term storytelling, with links and interlinks that weave themselves together over time. This includes factors outside of the characters as well as following through their failures and successes. It asks you to think not only of the present moment but also how could this write something that, were it a novel, the reader could see the various lines all coming together.
Which proved to be very cool. There was a lot of pleasure in riffing back and forth across the table, crafting how the scene was narrating itself out and about how we (as the characters and party) arrived at the end state dictated by the test roll at the beginning of the scene. Much satisfaction was had when it all came together into a nifty story. And while it might appear less personal than typical in-character RPing, it still left us feeling in control of and, more importantly, feeling connected to our characters.
That was the short of it and it's even more involved and nifty than that. Inventing the way the town worked was fun in of its own right; getting to blend it with our story and all the complexity that came with it (and the potential for future hooks and repercussions) was incredibly exciting and satisfying.
I also very much enjoyed the way the game's "Player Turn"* worked to further encourage the well-roundedness of your character and their story. Whether we used it to tie up loose ends from the GM turn or used it for entirely personal reasons, it always brought something new about the character, and/or the world, to the fore. And sometimes, when we messed up here, complications could arise in a later GM turn were all the more fun because of that long narrative tie.
Good stuff. While we labored a bit at first to wrap ourselves around Mouseguard's structure (in retrospect, that the GM was completely new to GMing was a boon for us here, for they came unhindered with any "traditional RPG" baggage) we all came away enjoying our time with it. For myself, I can say without hesitation I am quite smitten with it. I still do very much like the method-acting/extemporaneous style of RP, and so games using a Mouseguard-like system won't become my primary gaming outlet anytime soon, but I am most certainly keen on adding it to our campaign rotation and looking forward to when we play it next.
* It's a bit long to explain, but the basic gist is that the game is structurally split into two turns: a turn (which usually encompasses one segment of a mission, involving one to four challenges) where the narrative is led by the GM and turn where the narrative is led by the players (which usually encompasses a night or a few days, and at the end of a mission, a few weeks). It took me a read or three to begin to grok it, and it took us a few sessions to get comfortable with what to do and how to fully use our player's turns.
With another chapter in our Dresden Files game come to a close, my group and I have plunged ourselves into Mouseguard. Based on the grand graphic novels by David Peterson, it promises a heavily narrative-based game (it uses a version of the Burning Wheel system). We've played a half-dozen or so sessions, and we've progressively been getting into the swing of things. There are a quite number of intricacies to the system that took us a while to remember and get a handle on; more than we were anticipating, but as we play more and more we can see how they interconnect and what they make available. However, there was one aspect of the game that kept seeming to elude us, something that despite our growing familiarity of the system still seemed to be robbing our game of what we felt should be a certain flow and involvement.
Last weekend, though, in one of those hilarious moments of non-sequitur insights while randomly walking through my house, I got just what had been eluding us: Compared to the resolution structure in most RPGs, Mouseguard's is reversed.
Here is where Mouseguard flips things on its (mouse) ear: there is only one test, and it happens at the start of a scene.
Things begin with the GM describing the basics of the obstacle to be overcome in very broad, 1000 metre view, terms. The scene is also set in those broad terms: it could be the forest, an entire city, underground caverns, or the sea. With the obstacle set, the GM can present what skill needs to be tested to bring the party to a desired outcome, and the players can also suggest more. Then one character makes the test, with potential (and game-rules-directed) assistance from the other characters. After a rather involved series of steps and ways to have the test be successful (and it makes much more sense why there are so many steps once we got how few influential the few test rolls are), the party either succeeds or fails.
And then you narrate the heck out of how the party gets to that conclusion.
That there is the biggest shift to make to get Mouseguard… Setting the scene also includes setting how the scene will end. Everyone around the table knows this outcome. Armed with that knowledge, you all work to tell the most interesting story you can come up with for how it all plays out.
I think this is quite cool. And I'd say definitively the most narrative angle of the narrative-RPGs I've played. There's a certain liberation in starting the scene knowing you will fail (or succeed, for that matter) – you can set up your failure much more intricately, much more delicately, and much more satisfyingly than wondering how you'll do on that next skill test (and knowing there could be several more skill tests). And since everyone knows, the whole group gets in on the act. Maybe they all act in concert to foul things up, maybe one of them botches things, maybe they try valiantly but the environment gets them, maybe they lose big, maybe they just miss it by milimetres. Interpersonal interactions can play a role, friends and enemies could be involved, it's all open to play with.
Overall, I think this creates the potential for much richer stories. Maybe it lends itself more towards mostly third-party narration versus acting things out, but I don't know yet. I'm excited to see how we play it out in our group. Now that we've got the sequence down right, I'm sure we'll begin to further grok the various intricacies between all the different inputs (persona points, fate points, beliefs, etc) and also use them in a much more rich manner.
For sure I'm still a big fan of the real-time and extemporaneous style of play, but this reverse-o way of playing has got me really eager to see what comes out of it. I'll let you all know how it turns out.
* While there's usually no hard and game-rules enforced start to a scene, there is a certain point where the GM begins to describe things in more detail or with more urgency, often accompanied by the description of a new location.


I had purchased tickets for The Fray in March 2014, so I couldn't believe how time had flown when the 20th of September 2014 rolled around. It was the first time that I had purchased seated tickets for a show at the Grand Arena and the view wasn't bad at all. The Golden Circle and general standing sections filled up quite quickly the closer it got to 20h00.
Jeremy Loops kicked off the show in his unique way, a true one man band and excellent multi-tasker I might add. He played all of his singles, which was a real treat. He played "Mission To The Sun (Howling)", "Down South", "Power", "I Wrote This Song For You" and "Skinny Blues". It was a great performance and he even pulled out a kids toy to create the unique sound effects in one of his songs.
Here is a great video for you to watch if you are not familiar with Jeremy Loops' music.
We had to wait about 45 – 50 minutes for the band to start, but at least the wait was worth it in the end. The Fray started with a bang, playing "Closer To Me" and "Heartbeat" followed shortly after. Isaac Slade explained where he wrote the song Heartbeat and it was right here in Cape Town atop Table Mountain! The band was really complementary about South Africa, which the locals really appreciated. Isaac was so enthusiastic that he got down from the stage ran through the Golden Circle crowd right to the passage between Golden Circle and General Standing and made his way back to the stage. It seemed like it was a spontaneous decision which made it all the more exciting. I was really jealous of all the people in that section who got to get up close and personal with Isaac. Here is a great video of the concert posted by Ian Landsberg on YouTube.
The anticipation in the air was palpable as the audience was waiting for the band to start playing "How To Save A Life", the audience erupted when they heard the first few unmistakable notes.
It was a really enjoyable and special night and I never imagined The Fray will come and play for us in South Africa, but I'm really glad that they did!


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Millennium Global Investments (MGI) Standardizes on Red Hat's JBoss Enterprise Middleware
Deployment of JBoss Enterprise BRMS improves scalability, efficiency and risk management for investment company
RALEIGH, N.C. — 20 gennaio 2010 —
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Millennium Global Investments (MGI), a specialist in developing and managing alternative investment products for institutional investors, has selected JBoss Enterprise BRMS (Business Rules Management System) for its mission-critical business rules repository.
London-based MGI wanted to improve the flexibility of its compliance system so that its business and trade rules could be revised and adjusted rapidly within a managed environment. MGI selected JBoss Enterprise BRMS to bring business rules into a managed environment, standardise business rules and support the scalability of the business.
The transparency of the new repository enables MGI business users to gain access to detailed information about why certain rules may prevent trading. This access improves business users' efficiency and reduces the number of queries sent to MGI's IT organisation. The transparent business rules repository is also an essential part of MGI's risk management strategy.
"Red Hat's flexible subscription terms for JBoss Enterprise Middleware allowed us to deploy only the components needed for the new platform and to avoid vendor lock-in. Unlike other vendors, Red Hat offers the ability to support other applications of the rules engine, be it market signal monitoring or algorithmic trading," said Richard Macaskill, managing director, IT & Systems Development, MGI. "We were very pleased with the level of support Red Hat provided during the new business rules repository's development. We are extremely satisfied to have deployed an integrated business rules platform that has improved our efficiency and ability to manage risk."
JBoss Enterprise Business Rules Management System (BRMS) is an open source business rules solution that enables easy business policy and rules development, access, and management. JBoss Enterprise BRMS allows customers to reduce development time to update applications and processes with the latest business rules and policies.
"We are delighted with the positive feedback from MGI on its deployment of JBoss Enterprise BRMS. We are seeing further momentum of JBoss Enterprise BRMS as the enterprise continues to drive innovation through open source middleware," said Pierre Fricke, Director, SOA Products, Red Hat. "Automating business decisions with JBoss Enterprise BRMS can help a business run faster and enable business process stakeholders to rapidly implement change. This is the kind of agility that enterprise deployments demand in today's marketplace."
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