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NORFOLK (NNS) -- U.S. Fleet Forces and Pacific Fleet released a joint message Oct. 24 detailing the use and wear of the new Flame Resistant Variant (FRV) coveralls, which will begin being distributed to Sailors in the fleet before the end of the year.
Scheduled to start arriving in December, the new coveralls will initially be provided to the crews of ships scheduled to deploy in early 2014.
"We made the decision to supply flame-resistant coveralls to all Sailors assigned to ships as an added safety precaution," said Adm. Bill Gortney, commander, USFF. "The information provided in the manner wear message will ensure everyone understands what is expected in the wearing of this new organizational clothing."
According to the message the FRV will be distributed to several fleet units before the end of the year. Early shipments will focus on next deployers and forward deployed naval forces. The type commanders will hold a series of show and tell roadshows in November and December in fleet concentration areas to ensure sailors have an opportunity to see and feel the FRV. The goal is to provide an understanding on the basics of where, when and how to wear the new coverall. Based on production schedules, initial fleet outfitting should complete by October 2014.
Flame resistant organizational clothing had previously been limited to Sailors working in engineering departments, on flight decks and in other high-risk areas, but the Organizational Clothing Working Group recommended every Sailor afloat be outfitted with the additional protection.
Once outfitted, Sailors are directed to wear the FRV while underway. The NWU type I and other polyester and poly blend uniforms are no longer authorized for wear while underway except for special events such as manning the rails, change of command or receptions held at anchor.
Exceptions: (1) Personnel assigned to submarines will continue to wear the poly/cotton utility coverall due to its low lint characteristics. Once a long-term, all-purpose coverall solution that is flame resistant and low lint version is available, it is expected that it will be made available to the submarine force. (2) The FRV will not be worn in place of organizational clothing mandated for specific operational environments such as flight decks or while performing work on electrical systems requiring arc flash protection.
The new coveralls are expected to maintain performance properties, durability and appearance for typical deployments of six to nine months, with an optimal wear life of 18-24 months. Like other organizational clothing, the FRV coveralls will be replaced by each ship over time based on normal wear and tear.
The name/rank configuration of the FRV coverall will consist of a Velcro-backed name tag and metal collar devices. To build unit esprit de corps, each unit CO has the discretion to authorize the wear of the embossed leather name tag (same as worn on the V-neck sweater) or develop a fabric embroidered unit specific name tag similar to those worn on green Nomex flight jackets.
Command ball caps are authorized for wear with the FRV.
Materials making the coveralls flame-resistant are incorporated into the fabric fibers. Wear life is dependent on many factors, including wear and cleaning frequency, cleaning method and environmental exposure.
The joint message from Adm. Bill Gortney (USFF) and Adm. Harry B. Harris (PACFLT) emphasized the Navy's commitment on safety.
"We operate in an environment that contains inherent risks. Given what has been learned through the organizational clothing working group analysis and NWU type I burn test, we are striving to make shipboard environments safer. We have made initial progress toward that goal and believe that providing the FRV coverall to all afloat sailors will help reduce the risk of injury aboard ship. When worn properly, the FRV offers significant protection from flame and flash fire. We are committed to always improving safety.
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WASHINGTON — A cautious and conflicted Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed wary of a broad constitutional finding on whether same-sex couples have the right to marry, and some justices indicated it may be premature for them to intervene in a fast-moving, unsettled political environment.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered to be the pivotal vote on the issue, said the court was in "uncharted waters." He questioned whether it should have even accepted the case, in which lower courts struck down California's voter-approved Proposition 8, which restricted marriage to heterosexual couples.
The court's historic review of same-sex marriage continues Wednesday with a more limited question: May Congress withhold federal benefits from same-sex couples married in those states where it is legal, such as Maine? Lower courts have said the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 is unconstitutional because it treats legally married homosexual couples differently from heterosexual ones.
The cases have had a buildup befitting the consideration of one of the most divisive and politically charged issues in American life. Same-sex marriage did not exist anywhere in the world before 2000, and the national mood about such unions has changed so rapidly it has left politicians and the law behind.
Inside the court's ornate chambers, some justices wanted to slow things down.
"You want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution which is newer than cellphones or the Internet?" asked Justice Samuel Alito Jr. "We do not have the ability to see the future."
Even Justice Sonia Sotomayor, whose questioning indicated she was skeptical of the reasons proffered for why gay couples should not be allowed to marry, seemed to think it might not yet be time for the court to make a bold decision.
"If the issue is letting the states experiment and letting the society have more time to figure out its direction, why is taking a case now the answer?" she asked.
Sotomayor's question indicated the complicated nature of the case at hand.
Washington lawyer Charles Cooper is representing proponents of Prop 8 in defending the law, since California officials have refused. He said the court should respect the decision of California voters, who faced the "agonizingly difficult question" of whether to protect traditional marriage after the state Supreme Court had ruled gay couples could wed.
Theodore Olson, representing two California couples who plan to marry, wants Prop 8 overturned. But he also is pushing the court to find that the Constitution demands that the fundamental right to marry must be extended to same-sex couples nationwide.
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr., representing the Obama administration, offered something of a middle ground. He said those states that offer gay couples benefits such as civil unions — fewer than 10 now — must take the next step and offer marriage.
The administration's offer drew almost no interest from the justices. And from their comments, it was difficult to locate a majority of five for either of the other options.
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. expressed a keen interest in whether the court might dispose of the case by finding that Cooper's clients did not have the legal standing to bring the action. And Kennedy's speculation that perhaps the court should not have accepted the case would in effect affirm the appeals court ruling.
Either of those would likely have the real-world impact of returning same-sex marriage to California, but not set a precedent for other cases.
Kennedy, who has written the court's last two decisions that provided victories for gay-rights groups, seemed particularly torn.
"The problem with the case is that you're really asking . . . for us to go into uncharted waters, and you can play with that metaphor: There's a wonderful destination, it is a cliff," said Kennedy. "We have five years of information to weigh against 2,000 years of history or more."
On the other hand, he said, "There are some 40,000 children in California . . . that live with same-sex parents, and they want their parents to have full recognition and full status. The voice of those children is important in this case, don't you think?"
Kennedy also worried that a decision that Cooper's clients did not have standing to bring the case would encourage state officials to simply not defend those citizen initiatives with which they disagree.
The debate about whether marriage should be extended to gay couples revealed a familiar ideological divide on the court.
Liberals such as Justice Elena Kagan seemed not to buy Cooper's argument that the state's interest in marriage was to foster responsible procreation and child-rearing.
"Suppose a state said that, because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we are not going to give marriage licenses anymore to any couple where both people are over the age of 55," asked Kagan. "Would that be constitutional?"
Cooper said that one of the partners might still be fertile, and Justice Antonin Scalia made a joke about the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, who fathered a child while in his 70s.
Kagan also pressed Cooper on his arguments that extending marriage benefits to gay couples could hurt heterosexual couples. "How does this cause and effect work?" she asked.
"We don't believe that's the correct legal question before the court," Cooper said, "and the correct question is whether or not redefining marriage to include same-sex couples would advance the interests of marriage."
Conservatives such as Scalia criticized Olson's argument that there was a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. He repeatedly pressed Olson to tell him when it became unconstitutional to exclude gays from marriage — his point being that for years it was commonly understood there was no right.
After much back and forth, Olson finally said: "There's no specific date in time. This is an evolutionary cycle."
Roberts, too, said he was not sure whether there was any show of bias in excluding same-sex couples.
"When the institution of marriage developed historically, people didn't get around and say 'Let's have this institution, but let's keep out homosexuals,'" he said. "The institution developed to serve purposes that, by their nature, didn't include homosexual couples."
He also questioned Olson about his contention that it was inconsistent for California to provide gay couples with every other benefit of marriage but withhold the legal designation.
"So it's just about the label in this case," Roberts said.
"The label 'marriage' means something," Olson responded.
Roberts did not give up: "If you tell a child that somebody has to be their friend, I suppose you can force the child to say, 'This is my friend.' But it changes the definition of what it means to be a friend."
Olson repeatedly brought up the court's 1967 decision in Loving v. Virginia, which swept away state laws prohibiting interracial marriage. "You could have said in the Loving case . . . you can't get married, but you can have an interracial union. Everyone would know that that was wrong."
Verrilli, the solicitor general, said the court should recognize that waiting to make a decision on same-sex marriage "is not a neutral act."
"Waiting imposes real costs in the here and now," Verrilli said. "It denies . . . to the parents who want to marry the ability to marry, and it denies to the children, ironically, the very thing that (Prop 8 supporters) focus on is at the heart of the marriage relationship."
But Roberts said the administration's position would carry more force if it was prepared to argue that same-sex marriage must be allowed nationwide.
"You (are) saying it's got to happen right now in California, but you don't even have a position about whether it's required in the rest of the country," he said.
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For the second straight year, the Orange County Breakers have a totally new roster of players.
But the 2013 Breakers scream "Orange County," perhaps more than any other team in the Mylan World Team Tennis franchise's 11-year history.
Steve Johnson starred at Orange High, and his father, Steve Sr., is a Breakers assistant coach this year. Coco Vandeweghe lives in Newport Beach, and Breakers Coach Trevor Kronemann, who is back for his seventh year at the helm, lives in Mission Viejo.
"We've got four of the people on our bench living in Orange County," Breakers General Manager Kerry Schneider said. "It's really cool, and pretty rare in World Team Tennis."
The Breakers open their season Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus, playing host to the Philadelphia Freedoms. The Texas Wild visit on Monday at 7 p.m.
The Breakers have 14 matches in the next 18 days, seven at home, concluding the regular season at home against the Springfield Lasers on July 24. The playoffs follow, with the conference championship matches July 25 and the finals July 28.
Last year's Breakers were the most successful in years, finishing the regular season 8-6 and advancing to the Western Conference Finals before falling to Sacramento. Orange County has just one WTT title, won as the Newport Beach Breakers in 2004, yet the squad appears to have a good chance to win the eight-team league this season.
Kronemann, who is also the men's tennis coach at UC Irvine and is in his 22nd overall season of WTT as a player or coach, said that this could be the most talented team the franchise has had in his tenure.
"Hopefully we can vie for that ever-elusive Billie Jean King Cup," Kronemann said. "I'm excited going into the season ... You've got to be excited. On paper, this is a really strong team."
Besides Johnson and Vandeweghe, the Breakers also feature Treat Huey and Maria Elena Camerin. Liga Dekmeijere will substitute for Vandeweghe for the final five matches of the season, as Vandeweghe will play the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, where she was a finalist last year.
Schneider said she got really good feedback at the WTT Roster Draft in March. She has met every player on the team as well, after picking up Camerin from LAX Airport on Friday, and said she expects this to be another fun team full of characters.
Johnson, 23, a two-time NCAA champion at USC, will be making his debut in World Team Tennis. He is an emerging star on the ATP Tour, where he currently has a career-high singles ranking of No. 98 in the world, and made the main draw in both men's singles and doubles at Wimbledon.
Vandeweghe, who is 21, is playing her fifth season of World Team Tennis and played on the Capitals last year. She recently pushed No. 8-seeded Petra Kvitova in a tough three-set, first-round match this year at Wimbledon. She has been ranked as high as No. 69 on the WTA Tour, and is currently No. 114.
"All four players were in at least one main draw at Wimbledon," Schneider said. "We have a lot of talent ... this is another good group."
Huey, 27, who played for the league champion Washington Kastles last year, is currently ranked No. 24 in doubles. He and partner Dominic Inglot, the No. 16 seeds, made the third round in doubles at Wimbledon before falling to the top-seeded Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike.
The Bryan brothers, who won their 15th major doubles title at Wimbledon at Saturday, currently hold all four grand slam doubles titles and also won Olympic gold last summer. They visit the Breakers with the Texas Wild on July 16.
Camerin, 31, is making her debut in the format. She has been ranked as high as No. 41 in the world in singles and No. 33 in doubles. She made the main draw at Wimbledon, losing to No. 19-seeded Dominika Cibulkova in a three-set match in the first round.
Other home matches include July 13 vs. Springfield (Andy Roddick playing for Springfield), July 15 vs. Sacramento and July 21 vs. Sacramento. All matches begin at 7 p.m., except the Sunday opener and the match July 21, which start at 5 p.m.
As always, the schedule is hectic. The Breakers have four matches in four nights from Wednesday through Saturday, and five matches in five nights from July 18-22.
"It comes down to one thing: travel schedule," Kronemann said. "How do you handle that as a team, and as an individual for the team. The first nine days are taxing at best. I think it comes down to wanting to compete every night."
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The Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award recognizes documentary filmmakers who embody the spirit, energy, and innovation demonstrated by anthropologist Margaret Mead in her research, fieldwork, films, and writings. The award is given to a filmmaker whose feature documentary displays artistic excellence and originality of storytelling technique while offering a new perspective on a culture or community remote from the majority of our audiences' experience. Filmmakers with works making their U.S. premieres at the festival are eligible.
Recipients of the 2013 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award: Sarah Gavron and David Katznelson for Village at the End of the World
2013 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award Special Mention: Lalita Krishna for Mallamall
The 2013 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award Jury
Lisa Heller is the senior vice president of HBO Documentary Films, where she develops, programs, and promotes a wide range of nonfiction films. She is also a board member for Creative Capital.
Jamal Joseph is an artistic director, filmmaker, and professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University who is currently translating his real-life experience as one of the youngest members of the Black Panther Party into a film for Focus Features.
Richard Peña was the program director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the director of the New York Film Festival 1988 through 2012. He is currently professor of Film Studies at Columbia University.
Sadia Shepard is an author and filmmaker whose documentary The Other Half of Tomorrow had its world premiere as the opening night film of the 2012 Margaret Mead Film Festival.
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Zink to offer artistic team building for businesses
By Curtis Riggs | October 1, 2008
"Paint, Create, Collaborate"
CAVE CREEK – Artist Beth Zink is striving to show that anyone can paint with her new "Paint, Create, Collaborate" workshops designed as a team building activity for businesses.
She sees her new team building effort as something that is needed in the present economic downturn.
"Now more than ever business professionals need to tap into their creativity to deal with increased pressures at work and all that comes with trying to succeed in these tough economic times," she said.
Teaching people about art is nothing new for Zink. The accomplished acrylic artist, best known for her vibrant contemporary botanicals, has taught a "Paint the Desert" class for resort visitors as an alternative to golfing or taking a desert jeep tour.
She has adapted her "Paint the Desert" offering to accommodate both local and visiting business professionals.
"My team building workshops provide an alternative to the golf retreat or other off-site activities," she said. "Each class is based on my philosophy of teaching adults in a relaxed atmosphere with enthusiasm and humor. The best part is that no prior art experience is necessary."
She is excited about the prospect of teaching her art to business-minded adults who may have abandoned their creative sides long ago. She adds that some adults are afraid to take up art.
"Sometimes they look like they are going in for a root canal," she said about what she has seen as an art teacher. "Many people stop the creative process when they become adults."
To learn more about her team building workshops visit her website at www.bethzinkart.com.
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The October Art Extravaganza on Oct. 3 and 4 at Carefree Studios, 7202 E. Cave Creek Road, is benefiting the Foothills Foodbank by donating 10 percent of all sales. Shop for amazing bargains in fine writing instruments, paintings, glass art and jewelry while enjoying music and delicious refreshments from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Pictured with examples of the items that will be on sale (l. to r.) are Tony Turchetta of Penworks, Kathleen Doherty of Creative U, Virginia Magnifico of Palomino Jewelers, and Howard Bertram of Bertram Graphics. For more information call 480-575-8500.


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Dark Nebula, the mighty fun iPhone/iPod Touch game developed by Anders Hejdenberg (lead designer of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat) has just dropped in price to FREE for the weekend. Back when we reviewed it, we thought very highly of this well designed accelerometer-based game:
The premise of the game is simple: you must guide a ball through various puzzles and traps using the accelerometer. The puzzle elements are generally incredibly easy, yet insanely entertaining…All-in-all, definitely an amazing game. One of the best I've played on the device so far, even if it is much too short.
If you enjoy a fast-paced arcader and/or tilt-based rollin' games (Labyrinth 2), grabbing Dark Nebula while it's free is a no brainer – especially when more episodes are planned for the game.
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She may not get as much kudos as Meryl Streep, but Kristin Scott Thomas is one of the most riveting actresses working today and, being bilingual, she seamlessly moves between prime English- and French-speaking roles.
This time it's expert French director Alain Corneau who, in his last film, has given her another juicy role in "Love Crime," a thriller centered around some very nasty office politics. Scott Thomas plays Christine, a cool, calculating executive in the Paris office of a large American agribusiness.
Newcomer Ludivine Sagnier is Isabelle, her brilliant, beautiful and much younger assistant. Ever since Bette Davis warned us to fasten our seat belts for a bumpy ride in "All About Eve," it's not hard to guess what's in store. But the world of ambitious actresses has nothing on the sexual politics of the corporate ladder.
At first Christine seems to be a benevolent boss, encouraging Isabelle, giving her expensive gifts, even ambiguously flirting with her. But as she gives her more responsibilities like a prime business trip to Cairo and a handsome co-worker as company, it soon becomes clear that every move is manipulated, even down to whom Isabelle sleeps with.
While at first a compliant and devoted acolyte, Isabelle begins to question her blind loyalty when Christine increasingly takes credit for her superior ideas. When a fellow worker bee starts to fuel Isabelle's doubts about Christine's seemingly all-for-one mantra, she grabs an opportunity to shine with head-office honchos by taking the lead on a project behind Christine's back. But this is one boss you don't mess with, and Christine's retaliation is volcanic and sadistic as she publicly humiliates Isabelle in front of her co-workers.
To reveal more would spoil the delicious cat-and-mouse game of these two women as they fight for supremacy in the workplace. Suffice to say that the crime of the title leads to an intricate CSI-like revenge plot in the second half of the movie, and it seems one of these women is brilliant enough to turn the tables and literally get away with murder.
Corneau, who died of lung cancer shortly after the film's French release last year, was mostly known for his taut police and crime dramas, set in male-dominated worlds, but in "Love Crime" he created two masterful female roles, and Scott Thomas and Sagnier are equally as compelling as the high-heeled, perfectly polished perfume warriors.
The film does dangerously teeter on a diverting division as it falls into two distinct parts. At first we are so involved with the office chess game that it takes a while to adjust to the film's new pacing in the second half, when it turns into a meticulous crime procedural — I missed the vibrant interplay of the two leads. But Corneau supplies enough twists and turns that, even though we learn who did it in this whodunit, we are kept guessing and entertained to the last scene.
KATHERINE TULICH has written about film for more than 20 years. A Sydney, Australia native, she was the film critic and feature writer for the Sydney Morning Herald, Australian correspondent for the Hollywood Reporter, and a guest critic on "At the Movies" with Ebert and Roeper. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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The gang is back together for another ill-fated weekend, this time in Thailand.The film opens May 26.
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Carrie Culpepper and Kaeli Conforti, Budget Travel • Updated 21st May 2012
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Taking a break for Memorial Day? To point you in the right direction, we looked for celebrations across America that offered something special in honor of the Memorial Day holiday, be it a unique patriotic tribute, a celeb-worthy pool party, an epic blues festival or a vineyard tour.
But reading about a party that's taking place miles and miles from home is frustrating, not fun. That's why we highlighted places that are easily accessible no matter where you are in the U.S. (all of the cities called out under "easy getaway" are within either a 1.5-hour flight or four-hour drive from the featured destination). Consider this your guide to three-day weekend bliss.
Palm Springs, California: For guaranteed summer weather
WHY GO THIS WEEKEND While most beach seasons are just beginning, Memorial Day marks the end of bearable temps in the desert, so hotels and operators are running specials for the holiday. Though other parts of California will be in the midst of "May Gray" and "June Gloom," Palm Springs still has nonstop sunshine -- plus dozens of vintage shops, acclaimed restaurants such as Copley's on Palm Canyon (where celebrity chef Andrew Copley whips up So Cal comfort food like lobster pot pie) and an enduring love for all things mid-century (its hotels and private homes offer some of the best examples of 1950s modern architecture in the country). It also makes a great base camp for exploring the striking desert landscape of Joshua Tree National Park through hikes, mountain biking, or rock climbing.
WHERE TO STAY Book one of the 155 pet-friendly rooms, with pool or mountain views and breakfast included, at the hip and affordable Palm Springs Travelodge. Call and mention "Budget Travel" for 20 percent off bookings over the weekend. From $115 per night.
EASY GETAWAY FROM Los Angeles; San Francisco; Phoenix; Las Vegas.
Washington, D.C.: For patriotism, pomp, and circumstance
WHY GO THIS WEEKEND As you might guess, D.C. is the most patriotic place to celebrate the holiday, with a parade and plenty of pomp and circumstance taking place during special military ceremonies. The Thursday before Memorial Day, soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery put flags before each gravestone. On Memorial Day, a wreath-laying ceremony happens at the Tomb of the Unknowns -- President Obama spoke at last year's ceremony -- and the U.S. Army Band, Pershing's Own, performs. Men in uniform also march in the National Memorial Day Parade along the National Mall. Don't miss the National Memorial Day Concert Sunday on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol from 8 P.M. to 9:30 P.M.
Kimpton Hotels
is running a Memorial Day weekend special in five of its hip properties. Check in Thursday or Friday and stay for three nights for the $120 a night rate at the Helix, $130 per night at the Rouge, $140 a night at Topaz or the Madera, or $150 per night at the Palomar Washington D.C., all in northwest D.C. near The White House, when you mention booking code "PMEM" (that's over 25 percent savings off of normal rates). From $120 per night over Memorial Day weekend.
EASY GETAWAY FROM Albany, N.Y.; Baltimore; Boston; Charleston, S.C.; Columbus, Ohio; Hartford; Louisville, Ky.; Nashville; New York; Providence.
Las Vegas: For free rock concerts and parties by the pool
WHY GO THIS WEEKEND Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas is one of the busiest times of the year, along with New Year's Eve. Parties held around the resorts' elaborate pools are the big event, and become daylight nightclubs with DJs, drink carts, bottle service, cabanas, and more. To get in on the action, grab a chaise at the Venus Pool Club at Caesars Palace (if you're a guest, there is no cover charge for hunkering down poolside until 1 P.M., at which point women pay $10 and men $30 to attend.
Caesars Palace is one of the few properties that allows non-guests to enjoy the party for a cover charge -- women get in free until 1 P.M. and pay $10 after that, while men are charged a $30 cover all day) The Tropicana Las Vegas opens its brand new Bagatelle Beach & Nightclub this Memorial Day weekend, featuring Mediterranean food and comfy daybeds to lounge in by day, and offers poolside dining and a new nightclub by night.
The XS Nightclub at the Wynn Las Vegas & Encore Resort will host DJ Tiesto Friday night and David Guetta on Monday night among other electronica superstars over the weekend -- tickets can be purchased ahead of time starting at $30 per person. The Rock of Vegas free summer concert series also kicks off this weekend at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas, and runs every Saturday night thru Labor Day with performances by Vince Neil of Motley Crue, Poison front-man Brett Michaels, and Dee Snider of Twisted Sister.
WHERE TO STAY The
Orleans Hotel & Casino
is just off the main drag and offers free shuttle service to and from the Strip every 30-45 minutes from 9:30 A.M. to 12:30 A.M. The hotel offers its own casino, comedy club, cabaret lounge, Irish pub, movie theater, bowling alley, and playgrounds and arcades for the kiddies. From $95 per night over Memorial Day weekend.
EASY GETAWAY FROM Los Angeles; San Francisco.
St. Louis: For comfort food, a Blues Festival, and the ultimate treasure hunt
WHY GO THIS WEEKEND This year, Soldier's Memorial Park will host the Bluesweek Festival, free from Friday to Sunday, with performances by over 50 musicians, including local blues legend Arthur Williams. If all that music whets your appetite, head to the Schlafly Tap Room on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pork Shop, a combination community garage sale and neighborhood bar-b-que, featuring local pork and plenty of Schlafly beer. You'll need all this fuel to tackle the largest flea market in the Midwest, Gypsy Caravan, an annual Memorial Day event organized for the 40th year by the St. Louis Symphony Volunteer Association.
WHERE TO STAY Downtown, the 179-room Roberts Mayfair Hotel has a rooftop pool and emerged from a $9 million makeover in March 2011. You can get the MetroLink light rail two blocks from the hotel, which will take you to Soldiers Memorial and other downtown sites. From $149 a night.
EASY GETAWAY FROM Chicago; Cincinnati; Kansas City, MO.; Memphis.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For seaside New England charm
WHY GO THIS WEEKEND Portsmouth keeps popping up on lists of cool, small towns, and Memorial Day weekend, when locals and visitors alike come out en force to honor our veterans, is a great time to explore the area. Sitting at the northern point of New Hampshire's brief coastline, the 17th-century seaport here is one of the oldest in America. Every year, the U.S. Navy conducts a ceremony at the USS Albacore Museum & Memorial Park, a 1953 test submarine that is now a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, set in a park honoring those lost in deep-sea battles or tragedies.
The Ale House Inn
, a 130-year-old former brewery, sits right downtown at Market Square. Its 10 contemporary rooms come with complimentary in-room iPads. From $139 per night.
EASY GETAWAY FROM Boston; Hartford; Portland, Maine; Providence.
Austin: For boating season and outdoor fun
WHY GO THIS WEEKEND Head to Lake Travis to soak up some of Austin's best weather of the year, with plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the eighties. Memorial Day kicks off boating season here, so the place to be is the lake. To get in on the action, check out Austin's REI store's schedule of events to find out what classes and events are on offer this weekend or rent a ski boat at Just for Fun ($75 for one hour). If you'd rather be a spectator, catch a glimpse of the Capital of Texas Triathalon on Memorial Day, an event founded in 1991 that brings in 3,000 participants annually. Things get started with a swim at Lady Bird Lake before athletes break out the bikes for a race through Austin, leading up to a foot race around the southern part of the lake.
WHERE TO STAY The Mansion at Judges' Hill is a reasonably priced, 48-room boutique hotel. Plus, the turn-of-the-century property is walking distance from downtown. From $129 per night.
EASY GETAWAY FROM Atlanta; Dallas.
Charleston, S.C.: For high art with Southern hospitality
WHY GO THIS WEEKEND One of the earliest observances of Memorial Day was by a group of freed slaves and took place weeks after the Civil War ended in 1865 in Charleston's Hampton Park. Today, the world-renowned Spoleto Festival starts its two-week run this weekend, filling the historic city's theaters, churches, and outdoor spaces with opera, theater, jazz, symphonies, choruses, and visual arts. Highlights this year include the urban dance fused cabaret show, Traces; ukulele prodigy Jake Shimabukuro; Brazilian vocalist Virginia Rodrigues; and Kepler, a new operatic piece by Philip Glass. Tickets can be purchased on a per-event basis, with prices ranging from $10 to $130.
WHERE TO STAY Rooms can be hard to come by during Spoleto, so for last-minute travelers, we recommend Lodge Alley Inn, a time-share that rents its unreserved rooms starting seven days in advance. It's an old Masonic temple with choices of a studio or a one- or two-bedroom condo, all with kitchenettes. From $209. Alternately, you can stay across the river at the
Hampton Inn/Charleston Mount Pleasant-Patriot's Point
. It's a short drive to downtown over the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, and the rates are more affordable than those in the city center. From $169 per night.
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Executives from Wal-Mart's textile group say they're still learning about sustainability and admit they've made some mistakes in the initial stages of the company's campaign to replace many of its conventionally grown food and fiber products with organics.
Those comments seemed to mollify somewhat the American Cotton Producer leaders and members of The Cotton Foundation attending the joint annual meeting of the two cotton groups in San Antonio Aug. 2-3.
At least there wasn't any blood flowing on the floor after the Wal-Mart executives left the podium, something that was not a given considering the depth of feelings engendered by statements attributed to Wal-Mart officials about conventional cotton production.
The National Cotton Council invited the Wal-Mart executives to the joint session after NCC Vice President Andy Jordan, cotton producer Don Cameron and others met with Wal-Mart officials and attended its "Earth-to-Earth" Conference.
Last October, Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott announced he planned to move the $312-billion company in a more environmentally friendly direction that would include selling more products "that are safe for your family or produced in a more sustainable way."
In a speech to company employees last October, Scott boasted that the company had sold 190,000 organic cotton yoga outfits at its Sam's Club division in 10 weeks, "and we saved the equivalent of two jumbo jets of pesticides."
At the joint meeting, the Wal-Mart representatives back-pedaled on such claims, noting the company had been misquoted in an article that said it planned to buy 10 million metric tons of organic cotton in 2006.
"The figure was actually 10 million pounds," said Kim Brandner, senior corporate manager, sustainable textiles, adding that organic cotton still will account for less than 1 percent of the textile products in its stores.
"There is no way that you will go into one of our stores and see an enormous section that is strictly organic products," said Scott Wattenberger, director of new business ventures, global procurement for Wal-Mart. "We realize our role at this stage of the game is strictly that of a student. We're here to learn from you."
Texas producer Craig Shook, the newly elected president of The Cotton Foundation, chided the Wal-Mart representatives for statements like those by Scott about "toxins" getting into streams and rivers. "You're indicting us and the products on your shelves when you make statements like that," said Shook.
"We're very interested in sustainability, just like Wal-Mart," said Bill Lovelady, former American Cotton Producers' chairman. "Today, we cultivate an area about the size of South America to feed and cloth the world. If we switched to organic, we would have to cultivate an area the size of South America, North America, Europe and a part of Asia."
"There are farmers who farm conventionally who are good stewards and are sustainable," said Brandner. "Some are not. We want to be partners with you and learn. Maybe we can help each other achieve a more sustainable agriculture."


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CFP: [African-American] CALL FOR PAPERS: (Product)Red: (re)Branding Africa?
Journal of Pan African Studies (JPAS), http://www.jpanafrican.com
(Product)Red: (re)Branding Africa?
"Frictionless capitalism,†"conscience consumers,†"shop until it stops,â€
"punk rock capitalism,†and "Brand Bono,†are just a handful of catch
phrases and popular culture terms being used to describe and explain the
brainchild of U2's front man, Bono and Kennedy clan's Bobby Shriver â€"
(Product)Red. While many of us may not be familiar with (Product)Red and
what it has called its "Manifesto,†we all been witness to the numerous
adverts and billboards featuring Hollywood celebrities sporting RED
t-shirts, or the massive media attention that this campaign has received.
Producing the (Product)Red brand as one designed for "responsibleâ€
consumers appears to have required the simultaneous production of a
discourse on Africa.
This edition of JPAS invites papers that critique, analyze, and offer
insights into (Product)Red, specifically, the image(s) of Africa it
(re)presents and seeks to (re)present, as well as the forms and kinds of
knowledges it is creating and/or reviving. Contributions may examine
(Product)Red commercials, its business model, website, participating
campaigns (i.e. GAP, Apple, etc.), as well as Bono's appearance on Oprah,
Bono's special editions of Vanity Fair and The Independent, and various
artists/celebrities who contribute to the (Product)Red campaign. Of
particular interest, is the campaign's use of discourses on "African AIDS,â€
African poverty, corruption, or the feminization of poverty, for example,
to create an image of Africa that "sells†to the "Western†consumer. In
this light, papers exploring the relationship produced between
"Africaâ€/"Africans†and (Product)Red consumers (two categories that are
presumably mutually exclusive) is also of interest. More generally, this
issue wishes to explore the aspects of knowledge about Africa that this
campaign is creating or re/producing. Those interested, can send papers to
Danai Mupotsa at danai.mupotsa_at_gmail.com by 15 January 2008.
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Looking for a classy gift for your favorite foodie this holiday season? Take a gander at the newest cookbook by restaurateur/chef Laurent Tourondel "Fresh From the Market: Seasonal Cooking with Laurent Tourondel and Charlotte March" (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2010). I received a review copy from the publishers and it has been my guilty pleasure to ponder its pages throughout the last month.
I think cookbooks cleave into three different categories: first, there are the Constant Companions, those besplattered and dogeared stalwarts in the kitchen library that one refers to time and again to check on how to make a certain kind of cookie or sauce. Then there are the Acquaintances, those specialty cookbooks that contain recipes for a certain kind of cuisine (baking, garlic, Thai food, etc.) that one dips into occasionally. Then, there are the Inspirationals, those gorgeous cookbooks that are filled with ingredients that are new or cooking techniques that are waiting to be tried out. The photos beckon, the recipes entice and they are cookbooks that end up on the nightstand to provide inspiration for your foodie dreams or that you snuggle up with in a cozy chair and pore over as one would a favorite novel.
Fresh From the Market falls into the third category for me. It's an Inspirational, packed with luscious new-to-me seasonings and fish and vegetable varieties that will prove an inspiration to me many times over. I will go to this cookbook when I am in a cooking rut or want to seek out something new to plant in my kitchen garden or buy at the farmer's markets.
Accompanied by the lush food photography of the aptly named Quentin Bacon, this cookbook appeals to all the senses. Some of the recipes involve some advanced kitchen techniques or special equipment, but many do not; however, all will inspire the cook to head back to his or her batterie de cuisine and start trying out the wonderful flavor combinations.
Organized by the seasons, and further categorized into recipes for cocktails, appetizers, main courses, desserts and breakfast, this book is a gem and will have you bookmarking pages right and left. The authors also provide wine and beer recommendations for each recipe so that one can experience the whole restaurant experience at home.
I tried out an amazing main dish salad from the book, Nantucket Bay Scallops with Smoked Fingerling Potato Salad, Endive and McIntosh Apple. While I had to make some adaptations to Tourondel's recipe, I plated up a restaurant quality salad that left my husband licking the plate and my kids scarfing up the leftover potato salad that I had intended for a Round II the next day. Guess what...I made the recipe all over again the next day anyway.
This Inspirational cookbook does have many recipes that call for specific vegetable or fish varieties, but as with any cookbook, one can easily adapt the original recipe for one's own market conditions and family palate. In my case, as shown above, I left out the bacon for the vegetarians, couldn't find hickory wood chips this time of year so my potatoes remained unsmoked, and certainly my scallop searing technique needs refinement (though in my defense I will note that my supermarket scallops were previously frozen and subsequently let off a lot of liquid while cooking). Still, an elegant, plate-clearing experience was had by all.
With permission from the publishers, I am able to share the recipe and ethereal cookbook photo for this mouthwatering dish below. You can also sample several other of the recipes from this gorgeous volume at the Amazon page for this book, including Steak au Poivre with Green Oak Lettuce and Homemade Boursin, Mammy Louisette's Ginger-Rhubarb Tart, Beef Shank Stew and Red Apple and Bourbon Fizz.
"Nantucket Bay Scallops with
Smoked Fingerling Potato Salad, Endive, & McIntosh Apple
McIntosh apples grow abundantly in New England, making them one of my local favorites.
The red and green skin conceals a tender-crisp, pale flesh that is not overly sweet and
adds the perfect crunch to this salad.
Potato Salad
2 slices thick-cut bacon
3/4 pound fingerling potatoes
Kosher salt
1 cup hickory wood chips, soaked in water
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons store-bought barbecue sauce
1 tablespoon mustard oil
1 tablespoon sherry vinegar
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon finely diced celery
1 tablespoon finely diced red onion
1 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon canola oil
11/2 pounds Nantucket Bay scallops
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
1 head endive, sliced on the bias into 1/2-inch strips
1 small McIntosh apple, peeled and cut into matchstick-size strips
1 bunch watercress, large stems removed
Make the potato salad
Cook the bacon in a small sauté pan over medium heat until crispy, about 5 minutes. Drain on a plate lined with paper towels. Once cool, roughly chop the bacon.
Place the potatoes in a large pot and cover them with cold water. Bring the water to a boil over high heat and salt liberally with kosher salt. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 18 minutes. Drain the potatoes. When they are cool enough to handle, peel off the skins.
Line the bottom of a pot with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Drain the hickory wood chips and place them in the pot. Heat the wood chips over a burner until they are smoking. Place the potatoes in a steamer insert and set the insert in the pot. Cover tightly with a lid, allowing no smoke to escape from the pot. Smoke the potatoes over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
Whisk the mayonnaise, barbecue sauce, mustard oil, and sherry vinegar in a large bowl to blend.
Add the warm potatoes to the dressing and, using a fork, crush the potatoes into the vinaigrette.
Fold in the chopped bacon, parsley, celery, onion, and tarragon and season to taste with sea salt and pepper. Let the salad stand for 20 minutes to allow all the flavors to incorporate, stirring occasionally.
Prepare the scallops
Heat the canola oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Season the scallops with salt and pepper. When the pan is smoking hot, add the scallops. Sear the scallops on 1 side until caramelized, about 2 minutes. Once the scallops have caramelized, swirl the pan several times and continue to cook for 2 more minutes. Transfer the scallops to a plate lined with paper towels to absorb any excess moisture.
Assemble the salad
Whisk the olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic in a medium bowl to blend. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Toss the endive, apple, and watercress in the vinaigrette to coat.
To serve
Spoon the potato salad in the center of 6 plates. Place the scallops over the potato salad and then top with the watercress salad. Serve immediately.
Wine suggestion
This dish is perfect with an un-oaked Chardonnay that offers notes of green apple, lemon zest, and tangerines, such as Chardonnay, "Clone 76 Inox," Melville, 2006, Sta. Rita Hills, California. "
Friday, December 3, 2010
Cookbook Review: Fresh From the Market by Laurent Tourondel
3 comments:
Ow...you hit my longing spot...scallops! My mouth is hungering for sauteéd scallops...
Yours look simply sublime!
- Saturday, 04 December, 2010
- Sara said...
I'm a firm believer that apples BELONG in salads. So crisp and flavorful.
I like the sounds of this cookbook. I have a few that I rely on, but really I just want inspiration. It's more fun to wing it.
- Sunday, 05 December, 2010
- ladyberd said...
I love this cookbook as well as the BLT cookbook by Tourondel. this was the first recipe I made from the book - just got around to posting it on my blog: http://bit.ly/g9HyfO. Glad to have found yours - I think I'll give Cook the Books a shot - I am an avid reader and love to cook, so the group is right up my alley!
- Wednesday, 02 February, 2011
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2010: Shared the Burnat-Grass Teammate Award with Vinny Lally... Started all 44 games... Batted .310 with eight home runs and 43 RBI, both good for second on the team... Stole 11 bases... Made five appearances on the mound with a 7.50 earned run average over six innings of work.
2009: Recipient of the 2009 Paul Sortal Award...One of two players to start all 37 games...Batted .329 with 16 RBI and a team-best nine stolen bases...Had a team-high four triples...Also made seven appearances on the mound, including four starts, going 1-2 with a 6.86 ERA...Had a team-high 14 multi-hit games...Went on a 13-game hitting streak from March 16 to April 4...Had two or more hits in six of the team's first eight games, including a 4-for-5 performance with two extra-base hits and two stolen bases in the March 17 win at Towson...Pitched a perfect sixth inning and then led off the top of the next frame with a solo home run on March 18 at Towson...Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI in that game...Tossed another hitless inning on March 20 at Holy Cross...Went 4-for-4, including two doubles and a triple, and drove in a career-best five RBI in the March 28 win at Princeton...Had hits in seven straight at-bats spanning three games from March 25-28...Went 3-for-5 with a stolen base against Quinnipiac on April 1...Made his first start on the mound against Penn on April 5, allowing just two hits and striking out five batters in five innings to earn the win...Pitched the first six innings of game two at Harvard on April 14, allowing just two earned runs before exiting a 2-2 game.
2008: Shared the David M. Darst Hustle Cup as rookie of the year with Vinny Lally...One of two Bulldogs to play in every game...Started 43 games at third base, while making one pinch-hit appearance and one start on the mound...Finished the season with a .265 average, four home runs and 19 RBIs...First collegiate hit was an RBI double in his first collegiate at-bat, at George Washington on March 1...Went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored in that game...Smacked first career home run, a three-run shot, at Radford on March 22...Ignited Yale's comeback win over Cornell on April 6 with a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth that cut the Big Red's lead to one...Scored three runs against Sacred Heart on April 9...Hit a two-run bomb in the first game of a doubleheader at Dartmouth on April 19...Belted the school-record-breaking 41st Yale home run of the season at Hartford on April 23, part of a 2-for-5 day where he also scored twice...Threw a perfect seventh inning at South Carolina on March 12 in his first collegiate pitching appearance...Got the start on the mound at Gardner-Webb on March 17, tossing 2.1 innings and collecting a strikeout.


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to whom it should be concerned, nice to meet you! first of all, let me introduce myself. i am a sale representative of american territories and i am searching new dealers in america. i hope this does not interrupt you too much time. tongtai machine & tool co., ltd. is one of the major metal cutting machines manufactures in taiwan. (http://www.tongtai.com.tw/) we rank # 1 in sales turnover in taiwanese metal cutting machines manufacturers in the continuously years in 2005, 2006, 2007. our sales turnover was 228 m usd in sales turnover and manufactured more than 2300 machines last year. we have more than 100 products (cnc horizontal lathe, cnc vertical lathe, vertical machining center, speedy tapping center, horizontal machining center and vertical 5-axes machining center. ) to be provided which is very suitable for dealers to explore their business in their territories. we have 730 employees at tongtai excluding 180 employees at honor seiki (small, median and large type vtl manufacturer, company information available at http://www.honorseiki.com.tw/), 40 employees at apec (gantry machining center manufacturer, information available at http://www.apeccnc.com/) and 275 employees at chinese factory. honor and apec are our subsidiary companies in tongtai group. for our own quality control, we are iso9001 & iso14001certified. a 20,000 square meter new factory will be finished this month at headquarter which our production capacity will grow up to 4000+ machines a year. currently, we have 16 offices and 36 dealers located around the world. in american area, an office is located at new york, the us and they offer sales and service for entire american territory. unfortunately, we do not have strong dealers locating in central america and southern america which we are exploring more dealers in those territories. if you are interesting to promote our machines in your countries, please let us know and we will provide our best service to gain your needs.
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Otto Schmitz needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 351 designs submitted by 129 freelance designers.
The beer is intended to be very light, bubbly and marketed towards people who drink premium beers of a non-domestic origin.
Bolle di Luce
Many microbrews have an overly-complicated design. We are looking for a simple yet elegant logo that can be placed on beer bottles, tap handles, etc in a small chain of italian pizzerias.
The price point will be that of domestic beers but it will be presented along the lines of Peroni, Stella and other european-influenced beers.
Not a requirement but perhaps a sense of what I am looking for - was thinking of a male and female either in dance, embrace or similar. Was thinking of showing the Art Deco feel by incorporating a lighting object or something from the period. Feel free to abandon the above as it is just an random idea - it probably won't hurt your chances.
See zioromolos.com for a few queues. This is a bar that I own that is more neighborhood Art Deco than what I am looking for. Looking for something more elegant and magical than what this bar demonstrates. Just adding as a point of clarification as Art Deco is pretty broad.
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Certain mother-child feeding patterns (MCFPs) may promote childhood obesity and/or disordered eating.
To assess the demographic correlates of MCFPs and to test whether differences in MCFPs are associated with child body mass index (BMI; calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) z scores in a population-based study.
A secondary analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth main and child cohorts was conducted on more than 1000 Hispanic, African American, and non-Hispanic/non–African American children, aged 3 to 6 years. The MCFPs were measured by means of 3 interview questions probing mother-allotted child food choice, child compliance during meals, and child obedience during meals.
Mothers of non-Hispanic/non–African American children allotted greater food choice than mothers of African American or Hispanic children. Maternal BMI and other demographic measures were unrelated to MCFPs. The lowest levels of mother-allotted child food choice and child eating compliance were associated with reduced child BMI, with mean BMI z scores of −0.36 and −0.41, respectively. Effect sizes were small, however, and MCFPs did not discriminate children who were overweight or at risk for being overweight from children who were not (P>.05).
Feeding strategies providing the least child food choice were associated with reduced child BMI. However, MCFPs did not relate to child overweight status.
MATERNAL CONTROL during feeding may promote childhood obesity or disordered eating patterns,1 which are partially determined by environment.2-4 Mothers who report greater feeding control have children who are less adept at regulating energy intake and tend to consume more calories at laboratory meals.1,5,6 Children who focus on external cues while eating (eg, feeding prompts) tend to regulate calories less successfully than children who focus on internal satiety sensations.7,8 Experimental studies confirm that restricting children's access to preferred foods increases the probability that children will eat those foods when given free access.5 Maternal prompts to eat have also been associated with increased child food intake and child body weight in some studies.9-11 However, recent studies have failed to detect an association between maternal feeding style and child obesity status.12-14 Collectively, these data have generated increasing interest in the study of mother-child feeding patterns (MCFPs) as they pertain to childhood obesity.
Few studies have examined the association between MCFPs and child obesity status across ethnic and socioeconomic groups. Because these studies traditionally sampled from white families,15,16 recent studies have explored these issues in more diverse samples. Baughcum et al17 found limited evidence of an association between maternal feeding control and child body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) in a set of studies that included mothers who were below the federal poverty level, had no greater than a high school education or a General Educational Development certificate, and were nonwhite. Robinson et al18 found limited support for associations between feeding style and child body composition in an ethnically diverse community sample. In the first study to use dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, Spruijt-Metz et al19 found a positive association between maternal feeding restraint and child total body fat in a sample that included white and African American families.
The present study tested the association between 3 MCFPs (ie, mother-allotted child food choice, child eating compliance, and child eating obedience) and child BMI z score in a population-based sample. We conducted a secondary data analysis of a national database20 to describe the distribution of these MCFPs in the population, test their sociodemographic correlates, and evaluate their association with child BMI z score when controlling for sociodemographic variables and maternal BMI.
We obtained data on mothers from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) main sample from 1986. A summary of the NLSY is available elsewhere.20 The NLSY is one of several national labor surveys that have been administered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor, since 1966 to address a range of labor, social, and demographic issues in the country.20,21 Data collection for the NLSY began in 1979 and continues annually to provide follow-up sociodemographic, health, and employment data.20,21 The original NLSY sample consisted of a nationally representative cohort of 12 686 men and women, aged 14 to 22 years. In 1986, NLSY administrators began inviting women from the original sample who had become mothers to participate in a supplemental child interview to address the health and development of their children. Interviews were conducted by trained staff, took approximately 90 minutes, and occurred at the participants' home or by telephone.20,21
Sample sizes varied by question. Question 1 had 1083 valid family responses (203 Hispanic, 322 African American, and 558 non-Hispanic/non–African American [NHNAA]). Question 2 had 1790 valid family responses (323 Hispanic, 538 African American, and 929 NHNAA). Question 3 had 1783 valid family responses (322 Hispanic, 538 African American, and 923 NHNAA). The NHNAA children, defined by the National Center for Health Statistics, were primarily white and included various nationalities (the most common of which was German [18.4%]).20 The cohort includes an overrepresentation of children born to mothers who were relatively young, less educated, disadvantaged, and members of minority groups. The sample of child participants was balanced approximately equally between male and female participants. In the present study, child participants were between ages 35 and 73 months, because this was the only age group in which parents were asked questions concerning MCFPs. Descriptive statistics for the sample are provided in Table 1.
The NLSY interview included 3 questions. Question 1 (MCFP-Q1) was "How much choice is your child allowed in deciding what foods he/she eats at breakfast and lunch?" Response options were recoded as (1) no choice, (2) little choice, (3) some choice, and (4) a great deal of choice. Question 2 (MCFP-Q2) was "When it is mealtime, how often does your child eat what you want him/her to eat?" Question 3 (MCFP-Q3) was "When your child doesn't eat what you want him/her to eat and you tell him/her to do so, how often does he/she obey and eat?" Response options to questions 2 and 3 were coded as (1) almost never, (2) less than half the time, (3) half the time, (4) more than half the time, and (5) almost always.
Child demographic measures were maternally reported ethnicity (ie, NHNAA, Hispanic, or African American) and sex. Maternal demographic measures for 1986 were age, household income, highest maternal education (categorized as less than high school, high school, or more than high school), and self-reported weight. Self-reported maternal height was recorded in 1985. The BMI was computed for mothers, and has been validated in adult and pediatric samples.22,23 Child height and weight were directly assessed by means of a tape measure and portable bathroom scale, or by means of maternal report. These data were collected at home assessments in 1986, the same year in which MCFPs were assessed. We converted these data to BMI values, which in turn were converted to age- and sex-specific z scores and percentiles per the revised growth charts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.24 Because the raw data did not distinguish those children for whom BMI was derived from direct assessment vs those for whom it was derived from the maternal report, we could not control for this in our analyses.
Measures of central tendency provided descriptive data for each MCFP question.
Univariate analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were conducted in which each MCFP question was treated as the dependent variable and the following variables were treated as independent variables: maternal education, maternal BMI, family income, child sex, and child race/ethnicity. None of the interaction effects among predictors was significant; hence, we only included main effects in our final models.
Univariate ANOVAs were conducted in which the BMI z score was treated as the dependent variable and the following variables were treated as independent variables: maternal education, maternal BMI, family income, child sex, child race/ethnicity, and the respective MCFP question. As a measure of effect size, we report the partial eta squared statistic (η2),25 which represents the percentage of variance in BMI z score that is uniquely due to the MCFP question controlling for other predictors. When the main effect for an MCFP question was observed, post hoc pair-wise comparisons explored potential nonlinear associations between the feeding question and BMI z score.
Interactions between each MCFP question and child sex, ethnicity, and maternal BMI were tested using interaction terms (MCFP × sex, MCFP × ethnicity, and MCFP × maternal BMI). None of these interactions were significant and, therefore, only main effects were included in the final ANOVA models. Analyses were conducted using statistical software (SPSS version 10; SPSS Inc, Chicago, Ill). We examined the potential confounding of clustering of sibling responses using sensitivity analyses (STATA version 6; Stata Corp, College Station, Tex), and found no significant effect. Therefore, we did not adjust for siblingship in our final analyses.
To rule out the potential influence of extreme BMI values, we restricted analyses to child BMI values ranging from the 2nd to the 98th percentile. Results did not change substantively when we tried other cutoffs (eg, the 3rd and 97th BMI percentiles).
Finally, we replicated the aforementioned ANOVA analyses using child overweight status as the outcome variable. Children whose BMI was greater than or equal to the 85th age- and sex-specific percentile were classified as overweight or at risk for being overweight.26 Using ANOVA models, we tested whether the 3 MCFPs would discriminate children who were overweight or at risk for being overweight from those children who were not.
Figure 1 presents the response distributions to each MCFP question pooling all respondents. The mean ± SD for MCFP-Q1 was 3.0 ± 0.75. Most mothers reported giving their child some or a great deal of food choice during breakfast and lunch (81%), whereas less than 5% of the mothers report giving their children no choice during these meals. The mean ± SD for MCFP-Q2 was 4.0 ± 1.0. The most common response was "almost always" (44%), and almost 50% of the mothers reported child eating obedience "half the time" or "more than half the time." The mean ± SD for MCFP-Q3 was 3.6 ± 1.1. Most mothers reported child compliance with eating directives. Only 16% of the mothers reported child compliance "almost never" or "less than half the time," whereas approximately 84% reported child compliance at least or more than half the time. The most common response was "almost always" (30%).
Distribution of mother-child feeding patterns in the population.
Mother-allotted child food choice differed as a function of child ethnicity (P<.001); mothers of NHNAA children allotted their children greater food choice during breakfast and lunch (mean ± SD, 3.2 ± 0.03) than did mothers of Hispanic or African American children (mean ± SE, 2.9 ± 0.05 and 2.9 ± 0.04, respectively). Figure 2 illustrates that a greater proportion of Hispanic and African American children had no mother-allotted child food choice (8.8% and 4.5%, respectively) than NHNAA children (1.9%). None of the other variables was related to mother-allotted child food choice, including maternal BMI (P = .86).
Variations in mother-allotted child food choice as a function of ethnicity. NHNAA indicates non-Hispanic/non–African American.
Child eating compliance was not significantly associated with any of the family demographic variables, including maternal BMI (P = .75).
Child obedience during eating was not significantly associated with any of the family demographic variables, including maternal BMI (P = .31).
Child BMI percentile was positively associated with maternal BMI (P<.001) and maternal education (P = .04) and marginally associated with mother-allotted child food choice (P = .06) (Table 2). The corresponding effect size for MCFP-Q1 was small (η2 = .01). Child BMI z scores (mean ± SE) across response categories were −0.36 ± 0.15 (no choice), 0.08 ± 0.07 (little choice), 0.01 ± .04 (some choice), and 0.04 ± 0.06 (a great deal of choice) (Figure 3). Pair-wise comparisons confirmed that children receiving no food choice had a lower BMI z score than children receiving little, some, or a great deal of food choice (P<.05 for each comparison). The mean BMI z score did not differ among children in the other groups.
Child body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) z score as a function of mother-allotted child food choice.
When replicating this analysis using child overweight status as the outcome variable, mother-allotted child food choice did not discriminate children who were overweight or at risk for being overweight from those who were not (P = .61).
Child BMI z score was positively associated with maternal BMI (P<.001) and maternal education (P = .001) and marginally associated with child compliance during eating (P = .06) (Table 3). The corresponding effect size for MCFP-Q2 was small (η2 = .01). Child BMI z scores (mean ± SE) across response categories were −0.41 ± 0.17 (almost never compliant), −0.07 ± 0.10 (compliant less then half the time), −0.01 ± 0.05 (compliant half the time), −0.01 ± 0.04 (compliant more than half the time), and 0.06 ± 0.03 (almost always compliant) (Figure 4). Pair-wise comparisons confirmed that children who were the least compliant during eating had a lower BMI z score than children who were compliant less than half the time, half the time, more than half the time, or almost always (P≤.06 for each comparison). The mean BMI z score did not differ among children in the other groups.
Child body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) z score as a function of child eating compliance.
When replicating this analysis using child overweight status as the outcome variable, child eating compliance did not discriminate children who were overweight or at risk for being overweight from those who were not (P = .43).
Child BMI z score was positively associated with maternal BMI (P<.001) and maternal education (P = .001), but not child eating obedience (P = .76) (Table 4). When replicating this analysis using child overweight status as the outcome variable, child eating obedience did not discriminate children who were overweight or at risk for being overweight from those who were not (P = .62).
To our knowledge, this is the first population-based study sampling from across the United States to test whether maternal feeding strategies are associated with child BMI. The information provided by such a sample may help reconcile existing inconsistencies in the literature. Mother-allotted child food choices differed as a function of child ethnicity. Specifically, mothers of NHNAA children reported allotting their children greater food choice than mothers of African American or Hispanic children. These findings are consistent with recent data indicating that mothers of white children report less monitoring of child eating, responsibility for child eating, feeding restriction, pressure to eat, and child weight concern than mothers of African American children.27 Cultural factors associated with ethnicity therefore may play a role in the development of parental feeding styles that may relate to child eating practices. The association between ethnicity and mother-allotted child food choice was independent of income (ie, no race × income interaction). Future research is needed to explore potential links between ethnicity and maternal feeding style and to better understand specific within-group feeding styles.
The MCFPs were unrelated to other familial measures, including income and maternal education and BMI. The lack of association with maternal BMI is notable because of the strong association between maternal and child BMI reported in the literature.28 Maternal feeding practices have been proposed as a potential mediating pathway linking this association. Our findings suggest that maternal feeding practices do not link maternal and child BMI. To the extent that maternal BMI and mother-child feeding patterns have independent associations with child BMI percentile, distinctly different mechanisms may underlie these relations. Maternal feeding control may relate more strongly to dietary restraint and disinhibition per se than BMI.29
A major finding from this study was that mother-allotted child food choice and child eating compliance were associated with child BMI percentile. The finding that maternal BMI was statistically controlled in these analyses is particularly noteworthy. Maternal BMI is a well-established predictor of child BMI,28 and so one might expect any association between maternal feeding style and child BMI to decay after controlling for maternal BMI. However, that was not the case. Although causes cannot be inferred, our findings suggest that understanding the ways in which mothers feed their children may be important for understanding variations in child weight.
The finding that reduced mother-allotted child food choice was associated with reduced child BMI percentile seems discrepant with some previous findings in the literature.16,30,31 This may be due partially to the psychometric properties of MCFP-Q1, which may represent a different dimension from existent child feeding questionnaires. Alternatively, certain parental controls on child eating may be important for child growth and obesity prevention. Satter32 proposes an "appropriate division of responsibility" during feeding whereby the mother controls which foods are offered to the child, who in turn decides whether and how much to eat. Studies by the US Department of Agriculture suggest that children who prepare their own lunches may be at greater risk for obesity than children whose lunches are prepared for them.33 Finally, parental training is an essential component of effective childhood obesity treatment.34,35 Hence, MCFP-Q1 may represent an adaptive domain of parental control vis-à-vis child eating and body weight. The strongest associations were observed among mothers providing the least food choice (Figure 2), whose children had a BMI approximately 0.35 SD below the mean. Therefore, the most restrictive food choices may have pronounced effects on child body weight.
Children who tended to be more compliant with maternal feeding directives (MCFP-Q2) tended to have a greater BMI. Although the previous studies have not explored child eating compliance per se, our findings may be consistent with data on maternal "encouragements to eat" measured from videotaped parent-child feeding interactions. The analysis by Drucker et al36 of 77 parent-child dyads found that parental encouragements to eat were positively associated with child total energy intake and meal time but not child BMI. Parental encouragements were also correlated with child relative body weight9,10 and child eating time10 at home meals. It is conceivable that MCFP-Q2 at least partially reflects this encouragement domain, which might be an important domain for subsequent research.
These findings may also be consistent with studies reporting a negative correlation between child body fat and maternal feeding prompts.37,38 Birch et al37 found that mothers whose children had reduced body fat were more likely to use various feeding prompts during structured laboratory meals. McKenzie et al38 found similar negative correlations between maternal use of feeding prompts and child BMI during observational home meals. In the same spirit, it is possible that mothers of relatively underweight children perceive their children as being noncompliant with parental feeding directives and encouragements to eat aimed at increasing the child's weight. From this perspective, the feeding relationship would be secondary to the child's lower BMI.
Despite these statistically significant relationships, the associated effect sizes were notably small, as MCFPs accounted for less than 1% of the variance in child BMI Z Score. Moreover, none of these feeding strategies significantly discriminated overweight from nonoverweight children. It is therefore questionable whether the MCFPs captured by these particular questions play a major role in the cause of pediatric obesity. If these MCFPs have an impact on child weight, their effects seem to be modest. Larger effects, if they exist, may operate at the lower end of the BMI spectrum. These small effect sizes are consistent with results from a recent community-based multiethnic sample13 and, in general, are compatible with the behavioral genetics literature of pediatric obesity.39,40 Results from twin and adoption studies suggest that variations in child body composition are probably influenced by a multitude of environmental inputs that have small to moderate effects rather than few environmental inputs that have a large effect.
The present results should be interpreted in light of study limitations. First, our assessment of MCFPs relied on 3 questions for which psychometric data were unavailable. The strength of these questions rests in their practicality for large-scale investigation, although their association with existing child feeding questionnaires41 needs to be tested. Second, current conceptualizations of MCFP41 distinguish "pushing/encouraging child eating" from "restraining/prohibiting child eating." However, MCFP-Q1 only addresses food choice in a general sense and therefore may be insufficient to address certain theoretical models. MCFP-Q2 and MCFP-Q3 do not obviously reflect these particular feeding domains but seem to reflect child responses to parental feeding tactics. Third, measures of maternal dietary restraint or inhibition, which may be important covariates, were not obtained. Fourth, the relatively young age of our sample (children and parents) is a caveat. Children older than 6 years of age might be less likely to follow maternal feeding directives. Fifth, although the overall sample size was large, the number of participants in the extreme categories of reduced MCFPs was small (Figure 1). Finally, MCFP-Q1 only addresses feeding choice during breakfast and lunch. Given that a number of children may eat one or both of these meals out of the home, these findings may not readily generalize to such families.
In conclusion, reduced mother-allotted child food choice and child eating compliance were associated with lower child BMI percentiles, even after controlling for maternal BMI. These notably nonlinear associations imply the lack of a simple dose-response between feeding relationship and child BMI, an issue that may deserve consideration in future research. Whether these feeding patterns influence child weight or respond to child characteristics such as weight needs to be tested in prospective studies. However, none of the maternal feeding strategies studied in this population-based study discriminated children who were overweight or at risk for being overweight from those children who were not.
Corresponding author and reprints: Myles S. Faith, PhD, Weight and Eating Disorders Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3535 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for publication January 24, 2003.
This study was supported by grant K08MH01530 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md, and grant TS 318 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.
Previous studies suggest that individual differences in maternal feeding practices may be associated with childhood obesity. However, this question has not been tested in an ethnically diverse, population-based sample of children. It is important to test in such a sample whether variations in maternal feeding practices are associated with variations in child weight status, especially after adjusting for maternal body mass index.
This study documents that MCFPs did not discriminate children who were overweight or at risk for being overweight from those were not. This challenges the notion that the feeding patterns assessed herein promote pediatric obesity. On the other hand, this is the first study, to our knowledge, to document that extreme restrictions in mother-allotted child food choice are associated with reduced child BMI percentile. These findings suggest potential nonlinear associations between feeding styles and child body weight. Prospective studies are needed to determine whether excessive restrictions in child food choice function to reduce child weight.
Faith MS, Heshka S, Keller KL, et al. Maternal-Child Feeding Patterns and Child Body Weight: Findings From a Population-Based Sample. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157(9):926–932. doi:10.1001/archpedi.157.9.926
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