November 2002 – Page 6

The Note

November 8, 2002August 13, 2005 Ashley Bischoff2 Comments

Originally an internal tool for ABC News, “The Note” has become the site for daily political gossip and commentary in The Beltway:

The Note, which culls and analyzes political news from at least 40 newspapers, magazines, and television shows, went online January 14. Before that, it was an internal guide to politics meant to help ABC’s staff plan the day’s newscasts and come up with story ideas. But The Note didn’t stay inside the office. Bootleg versions were sent to friends, sources, and fellow journalists. […]

Mr. Halperin said just when he and his colleagues started grappling with The Note’s unwanted circulation, ABC’s Web team asked them to maintain the politics content for the Web site. Mr. Halperin decided to use a slightly modified Note as the site’s anchor. […]

This article was the first I’ve heard of The Note, but I like it already. Political news can easily be dry, but The Note manages to be glib and almost witty at times.

Managerial Courage

November 7, 2002August 13, 2005 Ashley Bischoff1 Comment

I discovered this one from the BuzzWhack mailing list:

Managerial Courage: Business version of “do the right thing.” The willingness to make difficult decisions for the good of the organization, even if they're not in your own best interests.

The idea of doing The Right Thing isn’t new to me but I hadn’t heard its definition expressed in that way before.

Drug Policy: Illegality and Health

November 6, 2002August 13, 2005 Ashley BischoffLeave a comment

From a Washington Post article from October 21st (their online links only go back two weeks), William Raspberry writes:

“We invoke the public health as the reason we make certain substances illegal, but then we allow our policy to be driven by the illegality rather than by health considerations. If the illegality is the main consideration, then maybe it makes sense that Strawberry is behind bars. And if health is?”

Hmm, I hadn’t thought about it that way before.

Protein May Help with Weight Loss

November 6, 2002August 13, 2005 Ashley Bischoff1 Comment

From an article on MSNBC, protein may help with weight loss:

While all low-calorie diets lead to weight loss, recent research has shown that not all calories are created equal, Layman said at the meeting. For example, one new study looked at two groups of dieters: one with a high-protein regimen — 125 grams of protein and 171 grams of carbs — and one with a high-carbohydrate regimen — 68 grams of protein and 246 grams of carbs. Both groups were also required to exercise.

At the end of four months, people who ate more protein lost more weight — 22 pounds versus 15 pounds. Further, people on the high-protein diet had lost more fat and less muscle than the group on the high-carb diet. […]

Like yesterday’s news on weight training, this wasn’t very surprising to me. But, I’m glad to read it in print.

LighthouseBlue Theme for Gnome

November 6, 2002August 13, 2005 Ashley BischoffLeave a comment

From the Gnome-announce mailing list:

Those of us that read OSNews regularly know that Eugenia writes some thorough reviews and have no inhibitions about commenting on what she thinks are bad UI design choices. Well Jan Rosczak read one of her articles and decided to try and make her happy. The result is a very nice Gtk+ 2.0 theme which I myself use. For screenshots and the full story check out the lighthouseblue homepage.

I really trust Eugenia’s opinions on UI design, and LighthouseBlue is a great looking theme that I think even she would be pleased with :).