Too often, help and discussion is targeted only at women. Macho stars like Daniel Craig are held up as the ideal of masculinity. Photograph: Getty Images I still remember, vividly, the time I realised I had an eating disorder. I was in the toilet of an east London beerhouse, whose German speciality is serving giant tankards and portions of meat that look like a whole family of pigs on your table. Realising I couldn’t make myself sick, I had broken down in tears. That’s when it hit me, after a year of my weight rapidly decreasing and erratic behaviour. Collapsing into a ball after going for a run - that was just being naturally tired. Missing out lunch because I knew I'd be eating with ... Continue reading →
screenshots via FacebookFacebook Camera is designed to highlight photos and image sharing.Facebook on Thursday announced a new application called Facebook Camera for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, which is intended to make it easier to take pictures and share them on Facebook.Dirk Stoop, a Facebook product manager for photos, said that the application was much faster than the current Facebook app for Apple’s iOS, and that it puts photos are the center of the experience.“We can basically show you more photos on the app, so we can make a more immersive experience around your photos,” Mr. Stoop said. “On the side of publishing these photos, Facebook Camera lets you upload much higher resolution photos at up to 2,048 by 2,048 pixels wide.” The standard ... Continue reading →
The New Orleans Times-Picayune, which distinguished itself amid great adversity during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, is about to enact large staff cuts and may cut back its print publishing schedule to several days a week, according to two employees with knowledge of the plans.Newhouse Newspapers, which owns the Times-Picayune, will apparently be working off a blueprint the company used in Ann Arbor, Mich., where it reduced the frequency of the Ann Arbor News, emphasized the Web site as a primary distributor of news and in the process instituted wholesale layoffs to cut costs.A request for comment from the newspaper’s editor, Jim Amoss, late Wednesday night was not returned.The plans have been kept under wraps, but the newspaper will likely cease to exist as a ... Continue reading →
Katie Beckett, who was 3 years old and had been hospitalized almost since birth when President Ronald Reagan invoked her case as an example of irrational federal regulation in 1981 — a crucial moment in the movement toward government support for home health care — died on Friday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the hospital where she was born. She was 34, more than three times the age her doctors had predicted she would reach. The cause was a digestive disorder not related to the brain inflammation that led to her lifelong respiratory difficulties, her mother, Julie Beckett, said. On Monday, the secretary of health and human services, Kathleen Sebelius, called Ms. Beckett “an inadvertent pioneer in the civil rights movement for people with disabilities” ... Continue reading →
fionaspruill 271 photos · 304 followers “@goodappetite's splayed chicken with ramps.” Continue reading →
1 4 1/2-pound whole chicken, patted dry 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 bunch fresh ramps (6 ounces) 1 lemon, quartered 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 5 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled 1 tablespoon capers. 1. Rub the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper. If you’ve got time, do this 2 to 3 hours ahead and refrigerate the bird uncovered. Otherwise, let it rest uncovered at room temperature while the oven heats. 2. Place a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet in the oven and heat to 500 degrees for 45 minutes. If you salted the chicken in advance, take it out of the fridge so it can warm to room temperature. 3. Meanwhile, prep the ramps: ... Continue reading →
