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The weird and wonderful dieting advice of Karl Lagerfeld.
Four years ago, when the couturier Karl Lagerfeld dropped 92 pounds in 13 months, a public obsessed with the vicissitudes of celebrity weight took notice. How did a man who once swathed his ample girth in layers of oversized black clothing, who hid his double chin behind a fluttering Spanish fan, manage to lose the fleshly equivalent of an adolescent girl? The press blamed drugs, liposuction, illness, anorexia. But the gossip was merely a pretext to pose the question that arises whenever a celebrity trims down: How did he shed the weight?
Never one to miss a lucrative opportunity, Lagerfeld, who has designed for Chanel since 1983, codified his diet secrets in book form. Since its 2004 publication, The Karl Lagerfeld Diet has sold nearly 200,000 copies in Europe and Asia, and last month it was released in America. Not that you would know. In a country where diet manuals are the national literature, the book has received scant attention. Perhaps this is because The Karl Lagerfeld Diet makes few concessions for an American audience, aside from changing kilos to pounds and "fat people" to "overweight." Unlike the best-selling French Women Don't Get Fat, whose Gallic philosophy is presented in a relentlessly cheerful tone, The Karl Lagerfeld Diet arrives stateside boasting snooty European airs. To Americans, it no doubt appears as odd and incongruous as a chevalier at a state fair.
Though the regimen bears the designer's famous name, it's actually the creation of Lagerfeld's Parisian physician, Jean-Claude Houdret, who pens most of the book, with Lagerfeld swooping in on occasion. The diet, also called "The Spoonlight Program," is a low-carb, low-fat, low-calorie affair that is unmistakably French. The book includes recipes for dishes such as fish soufflé, quail flambé, ham and raspberry mousse, vegetables in aspic, and roast guinea fowl with tarragon. One meal per day must consist of Slim Fast-style"protein sachets," available in delectable flavors like "cream soup," "egg-based custard," and "bread and cakes." And health-conscious readers will recognize certain recommendations as suspect: Houdret encourages the liberal use of artificial sweeteners and diet sodas and discourages exercise because it "runs the risk of making you hungry." If dieters do feel peckish—at 1,000 to 1,200 calories a day this is a very real prospect—they should not despair. "You can have a little homeopathic granule if you are very hungry," Lagerfeld says indulgently.
Unlike most American gurus, who optimistically insist that dieters need never feel hungry, Lagerfeld and Houdret view deprivation as part of the project of slimming down. "It has to be a sort of punishment," the German-born Lagerfeld tells Ingrid Sischy in a prefatory interview. A dieter, he tells her, must submit to his own martial law: "You are a general and you have a single soldier in your army. You must give him instructions and he must carry them out. It may annoy him but he has no choice." But it's Houdret who takes the book's bleak, unforgiving tone to its extreme. "Do you have enough moral strength?" he demands, a drill sergeant barking at recruits. "Without real commitment, without the determination to understand and accept the diet, all those who embark upon it are destined to failure." Imagine Suzanne Somers saying that.
Of course, maintaining an iron will is easy if one has minimal contact with food. Lagerfeld lives like an Old-World aristocrat ("The only calendar I follow is that of circumstance and desire"), with homes in Paris, Biarritz, and Monte Carlo, and he has a personal chef to cook his meals. "I enjoy eating what my chef prepares for me. ... I also appreciate his little discoveries such as mixing my protein supplements with sauces, soups, or soufflés" he says, apparently unaware that his readers may be flambéing the quail themselves. With regard to leftovers, the book urges, "Throw them away! That way you won't be tempted to finish them." Hardly a cost-effective solution when you're dining on guinea fowl and veal.
Perhaps most alien, and potentially alienating, is the book's unapologetic emphasis on appearance. Lagerfeld repeatedly states that fashion, specifically the desire to wear the superslim fashions of the aptly named Hedi Slimane (who designs for Dior Homme), motivated him. When discussing their belief in the importance of one's exterior, Lagerfeld and Houdret, clearly a like-minded pair, don't mince words. "In order to have a place in society," Houdret writes, "both men and women have to be active, good looking and above all young—and therefore slim." Lagerfeld, ever extenuatory, puts it more concisely: "A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul." Such an opinion is seldom heard in this country, where we tend to be embarrassed about superficiality. Instead, Americans often speak of dieting as a spiritual quest—a view that Lagerfeld sniffs at as "literary psychology." "A diet does not need a philosophical explanation, nor all those excuses behind which people often feel the need to take refuge," he tells Sischy.
As silly as all this is, it's also refreshing. Lagerfeld explains that losing weight for sartorial reasons is a clever form of reverse psychology. "Going on a diet because of clothes is a completely different thing," he says. "It's a superficial reason; there's no obligation, nothing in your life depends upon it, apart from your wardrobe. ... You have to treat it as an unimportant challenge and that's why you succeed." Indeed, it may be easier to drop a few (or 90) pounds if the endeavor is not treated as such a, well, weighty matter.
True to its Continental spirit, The Karl Lagerfeld Diet concludes with a peculiar literary exploration of the dandy—evidently because Lagerfeld, with his starched-collar shirts and willfully eccentric attitudes, fancies himself a Wildean character. Americans might not have given much thought to the plight of the dandy in modern society, but Houdret insists it is a critical issue. "Dandies have to put up with all sorts of irritation and insults," he writes. "Often criticized and sometimes jeered at, they are in a perpetual state of conflict with themselves—torn between what they are and what they would like to be, trying to achieve harmony with their ideal." So, if the diet fails to catch on with the overweight, who may prefer their fish fried to flambéed, it may still find a sympathetic audience among America's vast, underrepresented dandy population.


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NEW BEDFORD — The Seventh-Day Adventist Church traces its beginnings to the preaching of William Miller, who studied the Book of Daniel and predicted that the end of the world would come in the mid-1840s.
NEW BEDFORD — The Seventh-Day Adventist Church traces its beginnings to the preaching of William Miller, who studied the Book of Daniel and predicted that the end of the world would come in the mid-1840s.
When his prediction failed to occur, his followers, the Millerites, split into smaller groups. One of those, influenced by the visions of Ellen Harmon White, became the precursor of the Seventh-Day Adventist denomination, which was accepted as an official church in 1887.
The word "adventist" relates to the belief that the Second Coming of Christ is near, while "seventh-day" refers to the observance of the Sabbath on the seventh day of the week or Saturday.
"New Bedford figured in the beginnings of the Adventist movement," said Pastor Lloyd Hallock of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in New Bedford. "Meetings were held in this area, which became the second organized group in the lay denomination."
The co-founders of the religion were Ellen and James White and Joseph Bates, whose boyhood Fairhaven home is now a museum.
"We think this movement was inspired by God, but we needed to figure out what went wrong," said Hallock. "They weren't supposed to set dates in the first place."
Like itinerant preachers of old who travelled to spread a message of Christian redemption, Hallock makes the rounds in southeastern Massachusetts, serving churches in New Bedford, Fall River and Attleboro.
Originally from St. Helena, Calif., he is a fourth-generation Seventh-day Adventist. He currently lives in Dartmouth.
"I was raised with the idea that I want my life to honor God in some way," he said.
He attended Southern Adventist University in Chattanooga, Tenn., and the Seminary at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., where he earned his master's and doctoral degrees.
Over the years he has served at churches in West Virginia, Minnesota, Colorado, Nebraska, Alaska and New England.
"My love for God is growing today more than any point in my earlier career," he said.
What makes Adventists different from other Christians is their observance of Saturday worship.
"There's a 24-hour period of time that God set aside as a weekly vacation that He called the Sabbath," said Hallock. "We're not going to go with the traditions of our world but the instruction of Scripture."
For Adventists, Saturday is devoted to rest and worship and gives them time for building family relationships and relationships with believers. Consequently, it is a 24-hour commitment kept free of secular activities and influences.
Adherents spend 2 1/2- to 3-hours studying on Saturday morning and attend a Divine Worship Service that includes an invitation to God to be present, prayers, hymns and Scripture readings.
"Then we have a sermon, which some people think is the central part of worship in our theological understanding of it," he said. "But all of the service is worship."
Hallock usually leads the New Bedford congregation two Saturdays a month.
"If I'm not there, elders present or they have guest speakers," he said.
The city church has about a hundred members.
Once a month, they host a potluck dinner, sharing the meal together.
The denomination also emphasizes diet and health and a holistic lifestyle.
"In addition to fellowship, we teach them that the day is God's time," he said. "We discourage going shopping, doing laundry or yard work. Some people are doing jobs for less pay and less status than they might if they wouldn't be making this choice."
"I had that problem," said Elder Pat Perryman. "I couldn't work on Saturday, so I came in on Sunday, when I could work without the rest of the office."
Born in Acushnet, Perryman was raised as a Catholic.
"In my mid-20s I just felt something was missing," she said. "I started taking Bible studies, and as I learned more, I questioned things. A few years later I had my firstborn, and he was such a miracle that I started thinking about life. It kind of evolves. I started with something small and then I was ready to take on more of a challenge."
"Our primary motivation is to win people to a relationship with Jesus that brings them strength and purpose," said Hallock. "I believe that a very personal God is very involved in our lives and very interested in what happens to us."
For more information, visit the Seventh-day Adventist Church at 546 Lantern Lane in New Bedford, or call the church office at (508) 996-0212.


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"Ever since I started playing football I always knew I wanted to be a quarterback."
From the Junior Football League days to the first time he stepped foot onto Max Gandy Athletic Field, Columbia City quarterback Logan Rehrer knew what he wanted to be.
The QB. The gunslinger. The man under center.
However you want to put it, Rehrer grew up with hard work put into being the man with the ball every play.
Now in his third season as starting QB, the senior's hard work has paid off. No. 8 Columbia City stands at 9-1 with its first Northeast Hoosier Conference title since 1990.
Meanwhile, Rehrer has been busy in the record books rewriting anything from single-game marks to claiming the top spot in career numbers.
Nine records, to be sure of, have been broken so far this season. Rehrer has made his biggest mark in the all-time career standings with total offense (5,596), passing yards (5,115), touchdowns (41), completions (425) and attempts (811) all falling into his possession.
More than half of his career touchdowns have come in his final season with a single season record of 23.
Rehrer has his head coach Randy Hudgins to thank for a lot of it. In his second year with Rehrer as his starting QB, the Eagle with No. 1 on his jersey fit right into Hudgins spread passing offense.
"The first time I ever saw him was on YouTube," Hudgins admitted. "I figured I'd look up Columbia City and see what I could find. When I saw him I was impressed with his arm strength and accuracy.
"Ever since I've got here he's done a good job of grasping the offense and being a coach on the field."
The success wasn't immediate under Hudgins, however. A six-touchdown, 14-interception junior year had some setbacks before the reversal of fortunes in 2010. Now at 23 touchdowns, six INTs and only 93 passing yards from a single season record, Rehrer has taken the reins of the Eagles offense more confidently.
"There are times where he'll come to the sidelines and he'll say 'hey I think this is going to work.'" Hudgins said. "Usually it does. We had at least one touchdown from him knowing what will work and making it happen."
But it's not Rehrer taking all the credit. The five guys in the trenches along with his fellow seniors have brought winning back to Columbia City.
"It has a lot to do with our seniors and our work ethic," Rehrer noted. "We have a lot of good receivers. As a quarterback you love passing the ball. We have a good set of receivers and that makes it easier for me.
"The line, that's really the heart and soul of the offense, because they don't get nearly the recognition they should."
The passing offense has also opened the door to another element of Rehrer arsenal.
In the past, Rehrer was scouted as a pocket passer with no threat of a run. That's changed with the air attack opening up the field for the senior to use his legs instead of his arm.
Rehrer has 10 rushing touchdowns to go along with his passing numbers.
"It helps that the defenses are so aware of our passing game," Rehrer said. "It kind of opens up everything for us to run. People don't expect me to scramble so it kind of helps."
No game better described Rehrer's double-threat ability than week seven's game at East Noble.
Three records fell in a 56-55 game-winning performance from Rehrer.
After throwing the winning two-point conversion to Jared Murphy, Rehrer opened three single game records for the QB — passing yards (458), completions (29), attempts (50) — and the most points for City since 1994.
Rehrer's season has put him among the best QBs in the state ranking in the top five in several categories.
With the season still alive for another Friday night, Rehrer continues to boost his numbers in the Columbia City record books.
Only time will tell as the season ultimately ends, another Eagle takes the snaps and his records stand whether Columbia City had one of its 'Rehrerest' QBs in the program's long history.


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Plus One Lap used to be all about cyclocross, now it's my dumping grounds for anything cycling.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Frugal Tip: 110 BCD's are your friend
130 BCD cranks are the norm in road bikes. However, finding cyclocross friendly chainrings (44, 46, 48) are not so easy in this size.
If you think $35 for a single chainring is reasonable, stop reading. LEAVE!
Personally, I think $10-$15 is a better price for a ring. You can find 110 BCD rings in the cross friendly size of 44, 46, 48 much easier. Many of these are "BMX" rings which is bonus because they often come in cool anodized colors. Many mountain bike cranks are 110 BCD too.
Cross bikes are supposed to be frankensteins, so go find that old mtb crank at the LBS or bike co-op and pair it with a BMX ring. You'll save some dollars.
Here are a bunch of 46 tooth rings in the 110 BCD pattern: link
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110mm BCD is also compact road chainset size so you can dump the silly 50/34 rings your bike came with. I've been running TA Dural rings for a while. They're a little rough around the edges but cheap and light. If you're in the UK, try Spa Cycles: inner rings for £11, outer rings for £15. A steal.
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Stronglight (France) chainrings are available also in this price range with all kinds of sizes.
BTW you have neglected two major facts:
1. BMX chainrings are not made to 9 or 10 speed (usually they are 1/8 width)
2. MTB cranks has 4 arms...
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Group to target Starbucks over cuts
An activists' group is to target Starbucks coffee shops next month as part of a campaign to highlight how the Government's spending cuts are affecting women.
UK Uncut claimed that money being lost through tax avoidance measures by multi-national companies could fund public services being affected by the coalition's austerity measures.
The group said it will transform Starbucks stores into "refuges, creches and homeless shelters" to show how the cuts are having a disproportionate effect on women.
The action will take place on December 8, three days after the Chancellor's autumn statement.
Sarah Greene, a UK Uncut activist, said: "The Government could easily bring in billions that could fund vital services by clamping down on tax-dodging, but are instead making cuts that are forcing women to choose between motherhood and work, and trapping them in abusive relationships."
Sheena Shah, another UK Uncut activist, added: "Women have had enough of being attacked by a Cabinet of out-of-touch millionaire men. The Government's savage austerity plans are pushing the cause of women's equality back decades.
"Welfare, healthcare, SureStart centres, childcare, rape and domestic abuse services are being cut and female unemployment is rocketing. Benefits cuts are forcing women to choose between heating the house and feeding the family. No-one should have to make these choices."
The US coffee giant has been in the spotlight over tax after reportedly paying just £8.6 million in corporation tax in the UK over 14 years.
The company maintained it had paid and would continue to pay its fair share of taxes in full compliance with all UK tax laws, adding there had been no suggestion by any authority that it was anything but compliant and good tax payers.


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Are You There, God?
How Christian YA novels are offering a surprisingly empowering guide to adolescence.
The new popular source of girl power isn't a hyper-sexed Miley Cyrus video or Candace Bushnell's recently published Sex and the City prequel about Carrie Bradshaw's teen years. If you look past the Bible-study scenes, young-adult novels from evangelical authors and publishers are offering their young Christian readers a surprisingly empowering guide to adolescence. Created as a "safe" alternative to mainstream fiction, books for Christian girls include wholesome heroines, lots of praying, and absolutely no cursing. And they're a big business. The Christy Miller and Sierra Jensen series—now Christian YA classics—have sold more than 2 million copies between them, and the Diary of a Teenage Girl books have sold more than 600,000 copies since 2008. Most Christian publishers have guidelines for taboo words and situations, and some also have in-house theologians vet content to make sure it adheres to "Biblical principles." Amid all of this piety, however, are explicitly positive—even feminist—messages like positive body image, hard work, and the importance of not settling for just any guy—that present a grounded alternative to the Gossip Girl landscape. Though American Christians have had a sometimes wary relationship with fiction, the genre has a long history, starting with Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan's 17th-century allegory about a man named Christian making his way to the Celestial City. Series for Christian women and girls became widespread in the 19th century, and some from that era, including the Miranda trilogy by the prolific romance writer Grace Livingston Hill and Martha Finley's Elsie Dinsmore series about a pious preteen, are still kicking around. The 20th century brought mainstream best-sellers with Christian themes, including Ben Hur, the Newbery Award-winner The Bronze Bow, A Wrinkle in Time, and C.S. Lewis'Narnia series. But backlash to loosening social mores also caused a resurgence of interest in more explicitly religious fiction with a stronger moralist vein. Catherine Marshall's best-seller Christy—published in 1967, the same year as the gritty, secular YA hit The Outsiders –became the new prototype for Christian-girl lit. The sweeping tale of a pious young woman teaching school in rural Tennessee sold millions of copies, inspired a hit miniseries, and remains the gold standard in Christian fiction for women—one of the most prestigious awards in the Christian fiction industry is the Christy. The awards added a Young Adult category in 2007. In recent years, fiction for both Christian adults and teens has been expanding again. Methodist publisher Abingdon entered the fiction market in 2009, and the Christian academic publisher Hendrickson plans to launch a fiction line next year. Revell, founded by 19th-century evangelist Dwight L. Moody and now owned by the large evangelical Baker Publishing House, says it has recently increased its presence in YA fiction. Zondervan, the evangelical publisher of Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life, launched a YA arm in 2008. Some titles are sold in mainstream outlets, including Wal-Mart, but most are sold in Christian bookstores and at events like Thomas Nelson's touring Revolve conferences —"Helping girls learn about life, love, and God since 2005."In the newest books, old-fashioned values are embraced for newfangled reasons. Modesty is endorsed, not because of shame, but because of self-respect and practicality: Protagonist DJ in Spring Breakdown opts for a one-piece swimsuit over a teensy bikini because, "I like to swim. And I like to move around." Besides, another character reflects later, "Sometimes subtle is sexy." The verse in Genesis that says humans are made "in the image of God" is frequently employed to reinforce positive body image. And where mainstream novels can be relentlessly brand-driven —even incorporating product placement —the most fashionable character in the best-selling Carter House Girls series is the one who rejects brand names in favor of thrift stores. Author Melody Carlson told me she created the Carter House Girls in direct response to the Gossip Girl series, because she feared that the latter shows realistic behavior but unrealistic or nonexistent consequences. Carlson says she doesn't like the word feminist, but that nonetheless she was raised to be one, which comes through in her work: "It never occurred to me that a woman should be less than her best."Work matters, too. The best-selling Christy, often billed as a simple love story, is framed around a career adventure—Christy sets out from her posh hometown to teach school in a poverty-stricken rural area—and contemporary protagonists often have serious career goals, too. The star of the new Tyndale series London Confidential dreams of becoming a big-time reporter: "You know my dream is to be a journalist," she prays before bed. Protagonists spend a lot of time contemplating "God's plan" in their lives, a message that reinforces long-term goals. Cindy Martinusen-Coloma's sensitively written 2009 novel, Beautiful, features a high-schooler who hopes to go into international law. When her father tells her that her parents worry about seeing her head off to a war zone someday, she replies, "I'll tell Mom it's what God wants me to do."
Even in matters of the heart, these Christian books are encouraging girls to have personal agency. Take Candace Thompson, the protagonist of Debbie Viguié's 2008 novel The Summer of Cotton Candy. "We're not kids forever," she tells her summer fling, discouraged by his aimlessness. "I may not know what I want to do with my life yet, but I know I want to do something. ... Sooner or later you have to take responsibility for your own life, and I'm trying. What are you doing?" When he asks what this means, her answer is "I want a guy who values the same things I do"—a pretty excellent guideline for teens of any religious background.
Make no mistake: Christian novels written for young people are still primarily developmental tools rather than literary efforts. They're often didactic and formulaic, and a secular parent should think twice before buying them for his or her child. Evangelical publishers and authors say that what sets their books apart is how they show "natural consequences" of vice, which, in effect, means that no young person has sex without life-altering regrets or worse, and no one has a sip of beer without becoming a full-blown alcoholic. As Daniel Radosh, whose excellent Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture is just out in paperback, explains it, "When you start with the premise that the original form [young adult fiction] is inherently corrupt, you end up going overboard trying to demonstrate the acceptability of your version." More disturbingly, the books' positive messages are muddled by a concurrent strain of self-abnegation. The 13-year-old heroine of Ann Tatlock's A Room of My Own, for example, learns that a life of sacrifice and service is more important than having her own room. (Presumably the sequel finds Virginia Woolf rolling over in her grave.) The aspiring journalist in the first London Confidential book swallows her ambition and keeps a big scoop to herself because of what she reads in Luke 6:31, a Bible verse more commonly known as the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
There's some evidence that the messages of these uptight, Christian books are bleeding into the mainstream. Critics have pointed out that mainstream teen novels, including Twilight, are already quite conservative, pushing girls toward marrying young and bland wholesomeness. "The novels for teens nowadays, it's as if they all have a therapist in the back corner pushing them toward a happy and healthy ending," Lizzie Skurnick, the author of the teen-fiction memoir Shelf Discovery, says. "We are in a very moral era." Christian novels embrace the current mood without reservation, encouraging teens to groom themselves for a mature, if conventional, life.
Though evangelical books have had a hand in creating this more moral era, the larger takeaway from the Christian books is not that girls should imagine themselves as subservient wives, but that they should prepare themselves for adulthood. Certainly heroine Candace Thompson sees marriage as her ultimate goal when she is choosing a boyfriend. But she also wants someone "who valued what she did, would take her seriously, would help her grow as a person, and would love and respect her." That's not a girl preparing for a life as a doormat; it's a girl learning about the importance of emotional strength. It's a girl who refuses to settle for a so-so boy who is not on track to be a good man. As far as girlish escapism goes, it's better than holding out for a Prada purse.
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The Lodge is a grill restaurant located in Forks, Washington. It is said to be a favorite of Charlie Swan's, and is described as slightly tacky with stuffed animals on the walls. The Lodge is perhaps one of the very few formal and high class restaurants in town, and was often filled with large groups after any major town event. Bella and Charlie, along with many other people (which bugged Bella because she wanted to return to Edward after she gave him the news that Victoria and her newborn army were looking for her), went to the Lodge for a celebratory graduation meal.
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In the movie, it's renamed "Carver Café", and Charlie patronizes it every Thursday for steak and cobbler, as he is a rather indifferent cook.
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It is likely that in the movie Eclipse Charlie takes Bella there when they go out to eat.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government announced tighter rules on Wednesday to protect children's online privacy by restricting the collection of data, like the child's location, unless parents consent.
The actions by the Federal Trade Commission mark an update to rules that were based on the 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, developed when most computers were big beige boxes sitting under office desks instead of smartphones in backpacks, and online social media was unheard of.
"The Commission takes seriously its mandate to protect children's online privacy in this ever-changing technological landscape," FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said in a statement.
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Location, photos, videos and audio files were also added to the definition.
Leibowitz said the commission struck "the right balance between protecting innovation that will provide rich and engaging content for children, and ensuring that parents are informed and involved in their children's online activities."
But Senator John Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat and chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Technology Committee, which oversees the FTC, said he had wanted legislation that went further.
"There are groups that will complain about it (COPPA being too weak), and so will I, but we can't do anything more about it right now," he said. "Children's privacy as far as I am concerned is an absolutely top line issue."
Privacy advocates and advertising companies had been watching closely to see if the agency would go through with a pledge made in August to add IP addresses to the restrictions.
Advertisers had argued against the move since several people in a family - adults and children - could use the same computer. Privacy advocates said it was needed to protect children.
Also under the updated rule, plug-ins and other third parties connected to children's websites and apps cannot allow third parties to collect information on children without parental consent.
Big companies would be able to deal with the changes but the tighter regulators could be onerous for smaller firms, said John Feldman of the law firm Reed Smith LLP.
"I represent companies who are trying to sell products and services," he said. "The bigger companies feel like they can deal with it. There are significant costs that will be associated with this."
Privacy advocate Kathryn Montgomery, who teaches at American University, said the update was needed, given the growth of social networks and mobile computing. She urged the FTC to be tough about enforcing the rules.
"The new rules should help ensure that companies targeting children throughout the rapidly expanding digital media landscape will be required to engage in fair marketing and data collection practices," she said.
The proposal also specifies that family websites, which are websites aimed at children and adults, would be allowed to screen users to determine their ages and only provide protection to children under age 13.
Currently, all visitors to the websites must be treated as if they are under age 13.
The FTC's rule implementing COPPA became effective in 2000.
The updated rule takes effect on July 1. It was approved by a vote of three to one with one commissioner abstaining.
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Since we gave our locations of where we live, do you wanna reveal our real names?
I usually go to bed between 10:30 am and 11 pm which I think is your 8:30 AM and 9 AM.
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Almost the first thing I saw this morning was heaven on a plate:
For some inexplicable reason, it reminded me of the vile pictures I took of my brother's jerky project.
Yes, friends and family, that is a pot of raw meat. Little Bro got a jerky blaster for Christmas and immediately used it on some of his venison.
Here are his top-secret ingredients:
He ended up getting a little creative with the spices; I was so proud of his culinary ambition.
The blaster in action:
Pretty neat I suppose, but I find the finished product (actually, the whole smelly process) to be completely unappetizing.
To each his own. I'll take the baklava.
December 30, 2007
sticks of leathery dried meat, anyone?Yum
Almost the first thing I saw this morning was heaven on a plate:
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December 29, 2007
"You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try."Yum
You said it, Homer.
It's amazing how quickly my confidence in my culinary skills can disappear. I was super excited to make some tasty treats for our Christmas gathering. My first endeavor was some truffle-like creations called snowballs.
The ingredients:
First, I creamed ¾ cup of softened butter.
Next, I added 3 cups of confectioner's sugar in 1-cup increments so as to avoid dusting the kitchen walls and my face.
At this point, I divided the filling into two equal parts because I wanted two different flavors. Half #1 was made pink and peppermint (using 1 teaspoon peppermint extract).
Half #2 was made green and butternut-flavored (also with 1 teaspoon extract).
Isn't it festive? So far, so good.
After chilling the filling (ha, that rhymes), I used a baby spoon to make balls:
I popped these into the freezer for about an hour and then proceeded to plummet toward failure. The end goal was to cover each ball in dark chocolate (the peppermint filling) or white chocolate (the butternut filling). Easier said than done, my friends. Live and learn, I guess, but my method didn't work. I melted 6 oz of the chocolate with ½ tablespoon of oil, but it ultimately cooled too quickly for me to accomplish much. I had to keep nuking it and nuking it and got so frustrated that I put my camera away before I could inadvertently unleash my anger on it.
They tasted all right but were super sweet. Regardless of my difficulties, I finished, and here they are with some homemade toffee that was stellar (I should've documented its creation instead):
End verdict: Not worth the trouble.
Fortunately, the Maminator made some luscious white chocolate-peppermint fudge and regular chocolate fudge that satisfied my sweet tooth:
December 16, 2007
fun with fiber and flatulenceYum
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As the locals say, there's a nor'easter coming. In preparation for the snowstorm that will render me stranded in the apartment, I have decided to break in my kitchen and make and document my first dish. My options are a bit limited, as I have only two pots, a cutting board, and a cookie sheet with me. Given the lack of supplies, and the fact that it's freakin' cold, I decided to make chili.
First things first—protein. I have been EXTREMELY blessed in that I have never had to purchase beef at the grocery store. My grandparents have always provided us with all we need. I foolishly bought some once, was very disappointed in its quality, and have been hesitant to buy more. I've said all this to ease into the fact that I used fake meat in this recipe. That's right, I used soy veggie burgers. Sorry to let you down, ardent meat-devouring friends and family.
For me, chili must contain beans. I happened to have black beans and kidney beans (of the white variety, which I had never seen before) in my oh-so-poorly stocked pantry. Tomatoes are also a necessity. One of my all-time favorite ingredients is diced tomatoes with green chiles, so I used those and a huge can of regular diced tomatoes in lieu of tomato sauce.
The spices. If you know me at all, you know that I love spiciness. I often make dishes that are too spicy for the average palate. But this dish is mine, all mine, so I can make it as fiery as I want. I used cumin (a must with anything containing black beans), chipotle chile pepper (an exciting and yet-to-be-tried recent purchase), red pepper flakes, salt, and freshly ground pepper. Yes sir, that's a lot of fire power.
This happens to be an exceptionally complicated dump, stir, and cook recipe, so that's what I did. First the beans and tomatoes went into the pot:
Then the chopped burgers:
Then the spices:
Lovely, right?
Stir it up.
Let it simmer over medium heat* until it reaches the consistency you desire. I like mine thick and hearty.
*I won't lie. It took me about ten minutes to realize that I had no heat coming from the burner. It was another three minutes before I realized that I had to manually light it up. Leave me alone, I've never had a gas stove like this before.
Anyway, here's my bowl of fiberful and flavorful chili. For best results, top with pepper jack cheese.
Disclaimer: Clearly, my photography skills have nowhere to go but up. Bear with me.
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December 12, 2007
The Afghan GrillYum
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From time to time, I plan to go to new restaurants and review them. I shall critique the food, service, and atmosphere. When possible (and not entirely inappropriate and awkward), I will also take discreet pictures of my food. Prepare for review #1.
Many, many moons ago (back in November), one of the first things I did was seek out a restaurant with good Mediterranean food. I found one on my first try—The Afghan Grill in Latham (about 45 minutes away). I went for the very reasonably priced all-you-can-eat lunch buffet, which offered soooo much deliciousness. There was a dish called jujeh, an Afghani classic of saffron-marinated chicken with bone. (I would've liked this better had there been no bone involved, but it was good.) There was a wonderfully spiced ground beef dish called kofta, and it looked something like this (I didn't have a camera yet):
There were two vegetarian offerings (a tasty chickpea/potato concoction and a marvelous cauliflower/onion creation called gulpi--my favorite), as well as rice, salad, amazing hummus (I'm a sucker for good hummus), and fresh pita bread (good, but not as good as the best pita bread ever at More Than Coffee in Blacksburg...yum!). It was incredible. I truly could've gone back for 4 plates. I also got an appetizer because I'm on a squash kick and this sounded irresistible--roasted butternut squash in a yogurt-dill sauce (also known as kado borani).
Indeed, it was a scrumptious experience. I was the first and only patron until I was almost done, so the service was sensational. The decor was interesting and appropriate for an Afghan restaurant. The utensils, plates, tables, and floors were clean and the buffet was orderly. Things might be different two hours after opening, but I was completely satisfied and plan to return again and again (and try the baklava).
Food: A+
Service: A+
Atmosphere: A+
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The thing about the NPR think piece on theodicy that was really annoying was the foregone conclusion that it doesn't make any difference.
I knew that was going to be the conclusion as soon as whoever it was introduced it. I knew what was going to be said, and I knew what wasn't going to be said. I knew they would say the obvious – god; all-knowing and good; bad things; Newtown. I knew they would get clerics to knot their brows. And I knew that would be that. Next story, then the pause to thank the MacArthur foundation.
I knew there would be not a trace of a genuine recognition that there's a disconnect here, and that it matters, and that their fucking god would have a lot to answer for if it existed. I knew that no one would admit for one second that they were supporting the worship of a god that could prevent bad things from happening but doesn't.
And yet at the same time they were mentioning the problem, so they get credit from brow-knitting NPR types for being thoughtful and worried and non-dogmatic. Lots and lots of brow-knitting but no real thinking or grappling at all. Just a rote gallop around the bases and then a return to exactly where we started.
It annoys the shit out of me. Look, if you're going to bring it up, you ought to admit that it does make a difference. You shouldn't bring it up just to dangle it around like an ornament and then put it away. And you sure as hell shouldn't pretend that the absence of god equals no love while the presence of it equals love. God isn't love, god allows horrors! Face up to what you're saying for once, or else don't talk about it on the radio.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American R&B singer Frank Ocean has called off the remaining dates on his Australian tour because of a tear on one of his vocal cords, the tour's promoter said on Friday.
Ocean, whose debut album, "Channel Orange," won a Grammy this year, began having vocal problems during his performance in Melbourne on Thursday, Live Nation Australia & New Zealand said.
"It has subsequently been confirmed that Frank has suffered a small tear to one of his vocal chords and has received medical advice that he must rest his voice," the promoter said in a post on its Facebook page. "This makes the completion of his remaining Australian dates impossible."
Ocean, 25, had been scheduled to perform in Melbourne on Friday, followed by shows in Sydney on Monday and Tuesday.
It is not known if Ocean will be able to perform at the Osheaga Festival in Montreal on August 3 or OVO Music Festival in Toronto on August 4, the singer's publicist said.
(Reporting by Eric Kelsey; Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy and Bill Trott)


text: Since 2010, the Oakland A's have marketed themselves as "Green Collar Baseball." Setting aside the fact that Oakland's jerseys don't really have collars, and if they do, they're not green, this slogan nails the A's. Although the phrase "green collar" is scooting its way toward a dictionary definition, albeit a sort of dumb, imprecise journalistic one—which is not at all the same thing as "blue collar," which the A's also do not have, it's fair to say the late-Moneyball-era A's have a pretty good claim to working-class status.


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By Sharon Bernstein
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - Democrats in California have a level of power they have craved for years, holding the governorship and large legislative majorities, but to the consternation of some party faithful - and the surprise of many Republicans - they are reining in some progressive impulses.
Fearing a backlash from moderate voters, party leaders have held back on a number of touchstone issues, spending less than many wanted on social programs and placing a proposal to weaken the state's tax reform law, Proposition 13, into legislative limbo.
With the 2013 legislative session ending on Friday, a package of gun control measures has been held up for months, while a bill to regulate fracking, the process of extracting oil from rock by injecting it with water and chemicals, passed only after a proposed moratorium was removed.
"We have been modest," said Senate leader Darrell Steinberg, a Democrat. "We have used the super-majority selectively and strategically."
Democrats won two-thirds majorities in both houses of the legislature last year, giving them the power to pass tax increases or put constitutional amendments to voters without any Republican cooperation.
Governor Jerry Brown is also a Democrat, and the combination had been widely expected to spur quick passage of bills on a wide variety of progressive issues.
Indeed, dozens of bills - on fracking, gun control, taxes and other topics - were quickly submitted but many were ultimately derailed.
"When it was confirmed that we had two-thirds control over the legislature, there was a lot of speculation that we would be going after Proposition 13 and things like that," said John Vigna, spokesman for Assembly Speaker John Perez. "And it's not where we wanted to go."
To be sure, the legislature remains firmly in the liberal camp with regard to many social issues. Last month, lawmakers passed a bill that, if signed by Brown, would allow nurses and other medical professionals besides doctors to perform some first-trimester abortions.
Brian Jones, who chairs the Assembly Republican caucus, said such actions make him skeptical that Democrats were really charting a more moderate path. The proof, he said, will come before lawmakers recess next week, when gun control bills and other measures that had been shelved are likely to come forward.
Even so, Jones said he was surprised Democrats were not more heavy-handed. "They're not pushing the two-thirds advantage as much as I thought they were going to," he said.
Among the biggest deterrents to runaway progressivism in the most populous state is that Democrats only gained their majorities because of support from moderate and conservative Republicans in many districts, political analysts say.
Last year, the state implemented a new primary system, in which the top two vote-getters in any race advance to the election, even if they are members of the same party. In blue California, the two winners were often Democrats.
But to win in the general election in many districts, successful candidates need support from moderates and conservatives, said Mark Baldassare, president of the Public Policy Institute of California. Suddenly backing a raft of liberal legislation may alienate those voters, he said.
Allan Hoffenblum, a Republican strategist who now publishes data on state elections in the California Target Book, said he was not surprised Democrats had charted a more moderate path.
"They elected a lot of moderate to conservative Democrats," he said. "If they had a solid liberal agenda, it would be difficult to get it passed, and it would be very difficult to get the governor to sign the bills."
Instead, Democrats have put off some of their more controversial ideas - like tweaks to Proposition 13's limits on the state's ability to impose taxes - until at least next year.
Democrats also say they were somewhat chastened by the extent to which the economic downturn battered the budget.
"We have this support because we've done the right things to keep California's house in order, and we want to keep going with that," said Vigna, the spokesman for Assembly Speaker Perez.
Adding to pressure is a continued drumbeat from Brown, who used the bully pulpit and veto pen to force the legislature's hand on spending and on issues like education and prison reform.
The governor has charted a strongly centrist path. He kept advisers who served Republican predecessors and pressed Democratic leaders to accept their conservative budget projections.
He worked with education reformers to allow school districts more control over money received from the state, quashing opposition by offering progressives some concessions while refusing to budge in other areas.
"They've got adult supervision - the governor," University of Southern California political analyst Sherry Bebitch Jeffe said of the legislature.
The tilt has rankled some progressives. Brown's proposal to spend $315 million next year to expand the prison system without allocating funds for mental health care or rehabilitation was a disappointment, said Larry Levin, spokesman for Democratic Senator Loni Hancock of Berkeley.
Perez signed onto the plan, but Senate leader Steinberg opposes it.
The party must chart a careful course, Steinberg said.
"There are two dangers with our new power," he added. "One is to overreach, and the other is to underreach."
(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Lisa Von Ahn)


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The Marlins pitching situation got more precarious Friday when set-up man Clay Hensley was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a shoulder injury.
Hensley injured the shoulder Wednesday when pitching in the ninth inning against the Diamondbacks. He struck out Sean Burroughs but slumped over in pain after delivering the strikeout pitch and had to leave the game.
The injury came just three days after Hensley came off the disabled list after falling in the team hotel in Cincinnati in early May and injuring his ribs.
But this injury could be more serious.
Manager Edwin Rodriguez did not have specific details, but said, "We're all concerned it could be a long time."
The Marlins are already missing starter Josh Johnson, who is on the disabled list with shoulder inflammation. Johnson threw Friday, but not from the mound.
"I am getting closer," Johnson said, but he will not be able to start Tuesday when he is scheduled to come off the disabled list.
"As long as he's moving forward and feeling better day by day, that's a good sign," Rodriguez said. "We don't want to throw him out there until he's 100 percent. If we have to wait a bit longer, we'll do that."
Rodriguez said he is not sure who will start Tuesday, but said using relievers, as they Marlins did Saturday in win over the Dodgers, would be a last resort.
"We have to sit down and talk about the options. We don't have an idea right now. We're not leaning toward anybody in particular," Rodriguez said.
If the Marlins call up a pitcher from the minors to make the start, it could mean that ailing shortstop Hanley Ramirez gets placed on the disabled list.
Ramirez has been sidelined with lower back pain. He declined to talk to reporters about the injury Friday, and Rodriguez had few details.
"I don't know if its inflammation. I don't have the details or how we're going to treat it," Rodriguez said.


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"Project Runway" Sews It Up On Wed., Oct 15 And "The Rachel Zoe Project" Shuts It Down In The Season Finale On Tues., Oct. 14
Bravo's Series Post Record Ratings This Week
NEW YORK � October 10, 2008 � With every last stitch in place, it's off to the tents for the finale of Bravo's "Project Runway," airing Wednesday, October 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. May the best lady win as the final three women � Kenley, Korto and Leanne present their collections at New York's Fashion Week and Judges Heidi Klum, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and special guest judge Tim Gunn determine who will be the next winner of "Project Runway."
Last night's episode of "Project Runway" scored the series' highest non-finale telecast ever among adults 18-49 and total viewers, and hit all time season highs with a colossal 4.226 million total viewers and 2.819 million adults 18-49 tuning in, according to Nielsen Media Research. Averaging its highest rated season to date, "Project Runway" was also the No. 1 cable telecast for the day among adults 18-49. Throughout the next week, Bravo will re-air some of the best "Project Runway" moments culminating in two marathons of season five on Friday, October 10 from 12 p.m. to 1 a.m., and on finale day, Wednesday, October 15 from 10 a.m. � 8 p.m. leading into the finale at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
It's the last chance to go "bananas" in celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe's fashion-centric world, this Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The drama-filled season finale of "The Rachel Zoe Project" presents the Zoe camp in full awards mode. The Oscars have arrived and tension grows between Taylor and Brad as the team labors to create the picture perfect "red carpet moment" for 5 of Rachel's A-list clients. Brad buckles under the pressure and final decision of whether this is the right fit for him must be made.
Next week on "Top Design," the contestants creativity and imagination are put to the test and the ideas are limitless whey they are challenged with designing a room for the future, on Wednesday, October 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. "Top Design" continued its ratings success with last night's eco-friendly episode up 77 percent in adults 18-49 (948,000 vs. 535,000) and up 76 percent among total viewers (1.012 million vs. 906,000), versus the prior season's equivalent episode.
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live + Same Day through 10/8/08
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