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Febreze Sees Marketing Angle An Edgewater, Md., couple was forced to flee their home last month after discovering a strange odor coming from the basement — originating from the meth lab their nephew was, unbeknownst to them, running there, Edgewater Patch reported. A hazardous materials crew was called in to test the air quality. Police charged Joshua Bell, 22, with possession of methamphetamine and illegally manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance. PARANORMAL
“If I have another person show me a picture of an orb I’ll scream.” — K AY PIE TRE W ICZ, A GHOST ENTHUSIAST IN OCCOQUAN, VA., TOLD POTOMACLOCAL.COM THAT SHE’S SICK OF ORBS — BALLS OF LIGHT CAUGHT ON FILM THAT GHOST HUNTERS CLAIM ARE SOULS. PIETREWICZ OWNS HAUNTED OCCOQUAN TOURS AND IS ORGANIZING A STUDY GROUP FOR GHOST FANS.
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‘Can You Hear Me Now?’ ‘No?’ If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. If it is broke, certainly don’t steal it. It seems three thieves at Bethesda’s Westfield Montgomery Mall didn’t get the memo, because when they decided to rob a Best Buy Mobile store last month, they took several inoperable demo phones, BethesdaNow reported. The value of the phones is reportedly less than $1,000. (EXPRESS)
HEY, GIRL, HEY! Mike Silva set out to take pictures of the National Zoo’s cheetahs last month, but changed his plans when he found them in their indoor habitat. Wandering around afterward, Silva spied the Marilyn Monroe mural in Woodley Park. It was “a pretty good trade-off for a photo of cheetahs in the snow,” he said.
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It’s Reigning Women, Hallelujah
Infamous Last Word By the time the Watergate Seven were indicted on March 1, 1974, Americans had been inundated by Watergate coverage for nearly two years. Disgusted, bored citizens soon had another nuisance to endure: Most modern scandals are now named by appending “gate” to a noun. We looked back on four decades of this way-overused signifier of public disgrace.
March 8 is International Women’s Day, a holiday honoring women that’s celebrated around the world.
Russian women insist on red roses, and Italians and Albanians prefer yellow mimosas. Locally, florists see at least a little action. “Most of the clients that come in and buy flowers for that are usually the Europeans,” says Vicky Manalansan, who has
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In Russia, IWD is a public holiday. This year, Russians — including those working at the Russian Embassy in D.C. — will get Monday, March 10, off. In China, many women (but not men!) get a free half-day. Since IWD falls on a Saturday this year, most whitecollar American workers have the day off, too.
Romanian children use March 8 to honor their moms with trinkets and homemade crafts. In China, women’s bosses provide the gifts; movie tickets are common.
Dinner In Romania, single ladies gather for homemade meals. In Russia, progressive husbands do the cooking. Here in D.C., at least one
Charity India, Uganda, Bangladesh, Fiji, Cambodia and Rwanda are just a few of the nations that use IWD to promote women’s rights. Uganda, for instance, sees the “Run for Safe Motherhood” marathon, the proceeds of which are donated to hospital maternity wards.
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worked at Foggy Bottom’s Nosegay Flower Shop for more than 25 years. “It’s not a big thing.” What sells best? “Mostly just anything small,” she says.
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1. Watergate (1972) The scandal that started it all. 2. Volgagate (1973) The first known spinoff was a fake Russian scandal created by National Lampoon. 3. Billygate (1980) Congress investigated Jimmy Carter’s younger brother, Billy, for inappropriate ties to the Libyan government. President Carter was found negligent for not dissociating himself from Billy’s activities. 4. Camillagate (1993) A recording of an explicit phone call between Prince Charles and now-wife Camilla Parker Bowles mortifies the English monarchy. 5. Fajitagate (2002) In San Francisco, a fight over a bag of fajitas involving several off-duty officers brought about police reform. 6. Nipplegate (2004) A split-second flash of Janet Jackson’s nipple during her Super Bowl performance with Justin Timberlake resulted in
8. Cablegate (2010) Wikileaks released more than 250,000 classified cables, embarrassing American diplomats all around the world.
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The U.S., where ladies don’t get a day unless they’re moms, has never been firmly on the bandwagon. IWD kicked off in Europe on March 19, 1911, to drum up support for the suffrage movement, and moved to March 8 in 1913. A 1909 attempt to launch a similar holiday in the U.S. flopped, probably because the Socialist Party of America was behind it. In 1917, Russian women chose March 8 to protest the deaths of more than 2 million Russian soldiers in World War I. Days later, the czar stepped down and the provisional government granted Russian women the right to vote. Adopted by the United Nations in 1975, IWD is still a popular day for women’s rights protests and marches. It’s also got a softer side: Gals get gifts, pampering and a day off work in many countries. Maybe this list will convince the federal government — or Hallmark — that March 8 should be America’s next big thing.
9. Weinergate (2011) Anthony Weiner’s Twitter antics spawned a double-entendre-gate that seemed endless. 10. Plebgate (2012) British MP Andrew Mitchell allegedly insulted policemen who refused to let him bicycle out the main gate at Downing Street. They said he called them “plebs,” quite a nasty term. The scandal, which led to Mitchell’s resignation, was also dubbed Gategate, and thus -gate swallowed itself.
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and inspired the movie “The Monuments Men.” No word on whether George Clooney will make any surprise appearances.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F streets NW; through April 20, free; 202-633-7970, americanart.si.edu. (Gallery Place)
STARTS SUNDAY
Garry Winogrand Retrospective In his short life (he died at 56 in 1984), Garry Winogrand managed to shoot more than 22,000 rolls of film, most of it of everyday people on the streets of New York. The National Gallery of Art’s exhibit of 180 photos showcases Winogrand’s talent for capturing candid moments.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Tab Benoit It’s the perfect time of year for Tab Benoit to visit Annapolis. The Louisiana-bred singer and guitarist’s twangy growl and Delta blues are just what we need to turn this eternal winter into a sweltering Cajun summer — for a few hours, anyway. Rams Head On Stage, 33 West St., Annapolis; Mon. &Tue., 8 p.m., $32.50; 410-2684545, ramsheadonstage.com.
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Juicy J You might be most familiar with Juicy J, below, as the frontman of Three 6 Mafia. He has a robust solo career as well, with the
Amy Schumer Fans of Comedy Central’s “Inside Amy Schumer” are familiar with its star’s crass, brash brand of humor. If you’re unfamiliar with her work, watch her most recent special, “Mostly Sex Stuff,” before her Back Door Tour stops in D.C. DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St. NW; Sat., 8 p.m., $35-$43; 202-6284780, dar.org/conthall. (Farragut West)
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Dave Barry
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Satirist Dave Barry, above, considers Justin Bieber concerts, bat mitzvahs, family vacations and other parenting issues in his new book, “You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty” ($27, Putnam). Ask him for fatherly advice on Thursday. Politics and
Chelsea Handler In her latest book, “Uganda Be Kidding Me” ($29, Grand Central), comedian Chelsea Handler regales readers with tales of her misadventures around the world. Given the debauchery contained in her previous four best-sellers, “Uganda” is bound to be better than your uncle’s vacation slideshow. Handler will be at the DAR Constitution Hall performing selections from the book Wednesday. DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St. NW; Wed., 7 p.m., $63-$73; 202-628-4780, dar.org/conthall. (Farragut West)
hit singles “Bandz A Make Her Dance” and “Bounce It” under his belt. Rams Head Live, 20 Market Place, Baltimore; Tue., 8 p.m., $22-$125; 410-244-1131, ramsheadlive.com.; Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW; Thu., 8 p.m., $32.50-$75; 202-803-2899, thehowardtheatre.com. (ShawHoward U)
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‘Monuments Men: On the Front Line to Save Europe’s Art’ The American Art Museum tells the real-life story of the World War II unit that saved precious artwork from Nazis
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Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW; Thu., 7 p.m., free; 202-364-1919, politicsprose.com. (Van Ness)
SATURDAY
D.C. United Home Opener After last year’s abysmal season, D.C.’s soccer team begins 2014 with a completely retooled roster: 13 new faces in total. Their first home game, against the Columbus Crew, will be a test of the team’s ability to work together on the field. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE; Sat., 7 p.m., $25-$55; 202-587-5000, dcunited.com/ stadium. (Stadium Armory)
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‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ FRIDAY | Wes Anderson’s latest stars Ralph Fiennes as a devoted hotel concierge who goes on the run when he’s framed for a guest’s murder. Sounds pretty dark, but knowing Anderson, it will be pastel, symmetrical and full of Bill Murray.
SATURDAY
D.C. Craft Beer Festival If you never want to drink another Miller Lite, bring your refined taste buds to the D.C. Craft Beer Festival. A ticket gets you a 2-ounce glass and access to 150 brews. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW; Sat., 1 p.m. & 6 p.m., $49-$105; craftbeerfestdc.com. (Mt Vernon Sq)
The Brewer’s Ball If you’re the kind of person who needs a reason to drink, the Brewer’s Ball’s proceeds go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. If you’re not, the Ball is an evening of craft brews and restaurant fare. Convinced? National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW; Sat., 7 p.m., $130; dcbrewersball.org. (Judiciary Sq)
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— big names in small films or small names in big ones. So let’s say “That Awkward Moment’s” Zac Efron and Margot Robbie from “The Wolf of Wall Street.” YOUR GUESS:
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Kim Magnusson, who’s been nominated five times, with one win), so we can assume he’ll be emotional. He’s Danish, though, so he won’t be TOO emotional, as they are a stoic people. We can also assume he speaks English perfectly well, but with a charming accent. That always helps.
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BEST PRETENDING-NOT-TO-CARE-HE-LOST FACIAL EXPRESSION OUR GUESS: This is Leonardo DiCaprio’s fourth acting nomination;
he’s never gotten the win. This year he’s up for best actor for “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and probably would have had a real shot if it weren’t for being up against Chiwetel Ejiofor. And Matthew McConaughey. AND Bruce Dern. (Christian Bale is the long shot in this category.) But! This year might be different … because, as one of “Wolf’s” producers, he could lose twice. YOUR GUESS:
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No matter how much research you do, you’ll never be able to accurately predict every Academy Award winner each year. So let’s embrace guesswork: Here are eight categories that have no nominees and for which you have zero way of knowing who will even be eligible. You might not have great success with your party’s Oscar pool, but if you hit one — or more! — of these, it’ll feel like you won the night.
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Stop trying to peg Oscar winners! Guess at these categories instead.
YOUR GUESS:
OUR GUESS: Despite not getting
nominated for anything this year, Tom Hanks will show up to pull for both best picture nominee “Captain Phillips” and co-star Barkhad Abdi. He’ll be genial on the red carpet and, if Adbi wins, will look so much like a proud father we’ll all suddenly want to call our dads. YOUR GUESS:
BEST SPEECH OUR GUESS: Anders Walter, the director of the cry-till-it-hurts live action short “Helium,” will be adorable for many reasons. It’s his first nomination (which he shares with producer
WORST SPEECH OUR GUESS: Jared Leto deserves
his best supporting actor nomination for “Dallas Buyers Club.” And he deserves to win. If he does, he’s probably going to be weird or unintelligible or put his foot in his mouth; after all, this is the man who talked about bikini waxing and his “tiny little Brazilian bubble butt” during his Golden Globes acceptance speech. Dedication to craft is great, but some Method-acting measures need to be kept under wraps. YOUR GUESS:
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OUR GUESS: Whoever hands out
the awards for sound mixing and sound editing. These are often done at the same time, since no one in the television audience except for the nominees’ moms really cares. The job usually goes to, if not B-listers, then A-minus-listers
MOST AWKWARD RED-CARPET INTERVIEW OUR GUESS: Someone is going
to ask best supporting actor nominee Barkhad Abdi about his “life back in Somalia” and what he’s going to do when he returns there. The “Captain Phillips” actor left Somalia with his family at age 7 and was living in Minneapolis when he was cast. BONUS BET: Some reporter makes an allusion to the fact that Abdi used to work as a limo driver, but arrived at the ceremony IN a limo! YOUR GUESS:
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Read our predictions for the “Actor Who Ends the ‘In Memoriam’ Segment” and “Performer Who Tears the Roof Off the Place” categories at readexpress.com.
OUR GUESS: Oh, we all know it’s
going to be Jennifer Lawrence. As tradition dictates, last year’s best actress winner will return to present (and possibly win; she’s up for best supporting actress this year) a trophy and be adorable and make us all love her and immediately become the subject of thousands of animated gifs and then both Tumblr and Reddit will explode. YOUR GUESS:
BEST TOKEN NON-YOUNG, NON-THIN WOMAN IN THE ‘BEST DRESSED’ ROUNDUPS OUR GUESS: Judi Dench usually earns
the “Look Great at Any Age!” title, but the “Philomena” nominee is recovering from a knee replacement, so she may not attend. So it’s up to “Nebraska’s” June Squibb to get the vaguely damning “she really dressed for her body type” recognitions. YOUR GUESS:
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Catwalk of Shame Should past fashion choices — harem pants, bad perms — make you sorry now? Clothing Trends The year: 1987. My outfit: A pinstriped pink jumpsuit with cropped legs and a sort of Oompa Loompauniform bagginess. In the photo my mom snapped of me wearing it, teenage Jenn looks delighted and confident. But today, I cringe at both the clothes and my puffy, permed hair — was it styled by a pack of squirrels? Many of us suffer from sartorial repentance, an after-the-fact realization that we were wearing JUST THE WRONG THING or sporting a hairdo only attractive on a Pixar monster.
“Dressing well has to do with your taste level. When you first try your hand at it, you suck at it.” — ELIOT PAY NE , D.C-BASED DESIGNER
Often such regrets stem from falling for ill-advised, unflattering trends — 1970s leisure suits, 1990s overalls, neon anything ever — that only seem terrible in hindsight. “I recently saw a photo of myself at age 14, and I had this horrible wedge haircut,” says Silver Spring personal shopper Rosana Vollmerhausen. “It was really unflattering, but at the time, I thought it was amazing.” Eliot Payne, one of the D.C.based designers behind the aboutto-launch suit company Paul Eliot, shudders when he remembers his college wardrobe. “I wore all kind of strange pants — sweats, pajama bottoms — to class, thinking it was cool to do just what I wanted,” he says laughing. “And later, I had a
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visor with my fraternity’s initials on it. It was so bro-y.” Looking back in horror comes, in part, from the fickle nature of fashion. “It’s just a natural part of styles coming in and out,” says Linda Przybyszewski, an associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame and author of the upcoming “The Lost Art of Dress” ($21, Basic Books). “We’re all complicit.” Plus, today’s rapidly coming and going trends — camo-print jeans this week, plaid stilettos the next — are aimed at tweens and teens, “And they love novelty,” Przybyszewski says. “They’ll buy things just because they’re new.” Still, if you’ve passed Lorde’s age, this might mean pausing before indulging in Forever 21’s latest hit. Having a good time with your wardrobe is OK, but looking like a fashion victim tomorrow on Facebook (or for eternity in your cousin’s wedding photo) isn’t. As your sense of style matures, your missteps become less frequent.
Don’t Be a Future Fashion Victim How to know if today’s faux hawk is tomorrow’s beehive? The pros weigh in. “You’ll regret anything that makes you look sloppy,” says Silver Spring personal shopper Rosana Vollmerhausen. “I definitely think that applies to boyfriend jeans!” Clothes that make you uncomfortable or that endanger your health won’t stand the test of time. “The most famous fashion regret was the hobble skirt [a narrow, past-the-knee style] around 1910,” says Linda Przybyszewski, an associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. “They restricted movement so much that one woman drowned while wearing one.” Don’t take it too seriously. “Fashion locates you in a time and place, ” says Betsy Fisher, owner of the D.C. boutique by the same name. “Don’t worry so much about how a dress will look in a photo in 10 years.”
“Dressing well has to do with your taste level,” Payne says. “When you first try your hand at it, you suck at it.” A nd t he old ad a ge about investing in classics — a black sheath for girls, a trim gray suit for dudes — is worth considering. After all, Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant never had a bad clothes day. “Many pieces from the past look beautiful,” says Betsy Fisher, owner of the boutique by the same name in
Dupont Circle. “Tailored things can be timeless. It’s when you go for silk parachute pants that you lose it.” Still, even fashion pros like Fisher cop to regrettable closet moments. “In the 1980s, I had a Norma Kamali black, red and white skirt. It looked like she designed it for Snow White in a Disney movie.” We l l , at le a s t I n s t a g r a m wasn’t around then — or when I was rocking that jumpsuit. JENNIFER BARGER (E XPRESS)
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ON U STREET, there are nearly as many folks pushing strollers as stumbling out of bars lately. That’s why Sarah Watkins started stocking kid’s clothes — in addition to a stock of men’s and women’s styles — at her boutique, Caramel (1603 U St. NW; 202-265-1930, caramelfashion .com). Fashions in infant to toddler sizes include Max & Dora frocks (shown, $79) and Finn + Emma’s cotton onesies ($25).
Udderly Beautiful
DAIRYFACE LIKES its skin care like it likes its coffee:
iced and full of milk (dairyface.com). The refrigerationrequired line of eye cream, facial refreshers, and hand and body lotion (shown, $30) harnesses the power of foodgrade dairy to nourish skin. Milk is naturally rich in goodfor-the-skin fatty acids, lactic acid, lecithin and vitamins, and its use in beauty products can be traced back to the Roman Empire.
Raising the Barn
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in your mailbox. Now, you you can shop its comfy-classic furniture, curtains and lamps in person as PB (and Pottery Barn Kids) comes back to the District at Mazza Gallerie (5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW; 202-244-0537, potterybarn.com). Expect practical-but-pretty furnishings and home accents like a standing paperclip organizer (shown, $50).
Pattern Recognition Ninety-year-old textile brand Waverly was keen on tropical prints in the 1920s and mad for British chintz around 1980. Now, the venerable company injects its spring line of wallpaper ($50 a roll, yorkwall.com) with new-millennium zing. Think “are-we-in-Morocco?” pink diamonds (shown), bright stripes and edgy takes on traditional toiles.
Modern Artistry
D.C. JEWELRY DESIGNER
Sharlaine Anapu draws inspiration from both geometry and her New Zealand-Samoan roots. This results in gritty-yet-luxe baubles like a necklace strung with brass tubing (shown, $90), oversized steel hoop earrings, and a steel bar ring ($230) etched with arrow symbols recalling Pacific Island tattoos. Her latest pieces just arrived at Dupont Circle’s Proper Topper (1350 Connecticut Ave. NW; 202-8423055, propertopper.com).
Reinventing the Heel
FEB. 28 is a big day for many reasons. First, it’s the end of a bitterly
cold month (see ya, groundhog!). Second, it marks the debut of Sarah Jessica Parker’s new line of footwear ($195-$500). Available only through Nordstrom (find it locally at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City and Tysons Corner Center), the SJP Collection includes Italian-made heels in hot hues like the mint Bobbie (shown left, $365) and pink Etta (shown right, $425).
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health it’s mainly a teaching lab, Miller says. Body composition tests are also available at hospitals such as Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington and MedStar Medical Group at New Mexico Avenue, but they require prescriptions or doctors’ referrals. The Ashburn lab, which has been open since September, is primarily for clients looking to lose weight, Miller says. Its tests are available individually or as packages (from $150 for “The Baseline” to up to $475 for “The Professional”). There are discounts for multiple assessments for people looking to track their progress. Here are the top three tests Miller recommends (along with the price for that individual test):
Undergoing an iDXA scan isn’t a lot of work — just lie back and let the X-rays determine your body composition.
GE Lunar iDXA $200 | A client lies face up on a glass bed and is scanned with a low-dose X-ray. In seven minutes, he can see in color-coded bluntness how much of his body is fat (red) vs. lean mass (green). The $120,000 machine, which also checks bone density, is the only one that can measure fat around the organs, Miller says. “That’s the fat that’s most predictive of metabolic disorder, cardiovascular disease,” he says. “The higher that is, the worse off you are.”
An Ashburn, Va., lab offers assessments to help clients drop pounds Weight Loss When a doctor told Dan McAuliffe it was time to drop some of his 208 pounds, he knew he’d need more than a gym routine — and the number on his scale. “I wanted to have a coordinated program that made sense to me, as opposed to just going in to a gym and start lifting weight and exercising,” the 65-year-old Round Hill, Va., resident says. “I wanted a starting point.” He found one at the George Washington University Weight Management and Human Performance Laboratory (44983 Knoll Square, Ashburn, Va.; go.gwu.edu/vstclab), where he underwent a battery of tests to determine his
Sporting Chance Although weightloss clients make up the bulk of the lab’s business, it also offers tests geared toward athletic performance. The VO2 Max ($75) measures aerobic capacity, the lactate threshold ($100) determines maximum intensity and the 30-second Wingate Cycle Test ($75) measures maximal anaerobic power.
lean mass percentage, body fat percentage and metabolic rate. Using that information, lab director Todd Miller and dietician Stephanie Mull developed an exercise and diet plan tailored specifically to McAuliffe. His fitness sessions emphasized building muscle in several target areas, and his meals added up to 1,900 calories per day. In six weeks, he lost 14 pounds, or 6 percent of his weight. “Knowing what your caloric need is, knowing what your activity level is, knowing how much you need to lose,
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Put Your Body To These Tests Lab clients breathe into a tube for 10 minutes to find out their resting metabolic rate.
coming up with measurable goals and having an accurate way of measuring them are really the only effective way to really attack weight loss and maintain it,” Miller says. Access to those numbers can be hard to come by. GWU has a similar facility at its Foggy Bottom campus, but
“I wanted to have a coordinated program that made sense to me, as opposed to just going in to a gym and start lifting weight and exercising.” — DA N MCAULIFFE , WHO WENT TO THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE LABORATORY FOR HELP LOSING SOME POUNDS.
InBody 720 BIA $100 | For half the price, clients can instead opt for a test using this $15,000 piece of equipment. It also measures body composition, but with slightly less accuracy, Miller says — it’s about 98 percent as accurate as iDXA. For two minutes, clients stand on it barefooted and grip handlebars to provide eight points of contact through which unfelt electric charges flow into the body. “It knows the resistance that muscle gives and fat gives and then calculates your composition,” Miller says. The pulses travel faster through muscle than fat.
Resting metabolic rate $100 | Miller has clients sit still in a chair and breathe through their mouths into a tube for 10 minutes to test how much oxygen they consume while resting. “By knowing the amount of oxygen the body consumes, you can extrapolate out to the amount of calories the body burns,” he says. “For every liter of oxygen that your body consumes, you burn about five calories.” STEPHANIE KANOWITZ (FOR EXPRESS)
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“ ‘Sampler’ is a bad word,” Clower says. “Stay away.” In the book, Clower employs a series of “chocolate challenges” to teach readers to retrain their taste buds so that they’re happy to raise a better bar — ideally, one with 70 percent cocoa or higher. “These mini science experiments let you take control over your health,” says Clower, who notes that his “horizontal tasting” would make for a good date night. For that test, you need to gather several kinds of chocolate that have an identical cocoa percentage. Maybe make it a matchup between
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Swiss and Belgian brands, he suggests. Then take a bite of each one, really savoring the f lavors and thinking about their differences. Notice what the chocolate looks like and what it smells like. When you t a ke you r time, your body is better at knowing when it’s had enough. “If you leave something on the tongue and let it work, you basically wear out on it,” Clower says. These same tricks can apply to any kind of food, Clower adds. But — as your doctor might tell you at that next checkup — almost everything is better with chocolate.
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SHOES FOR RENT 29 Do some spoiling? 31 Baseball or crossword solving, e.g. 33 “Beg pardon ...” 34 Mechanically raises up 35 Something to buy on “Wheel of Fortune” 36 Charge, as with feeling 38 Check the fit 40 It might end up in the gutter 44 Bold 45 It has an academy in Quantico, Va. 48 “Hard ___!” (captain’s command) 49 Liquid for pickles 50 Old southern estate 52 Mighty small
54 “Anytown, ___” 55 Pull strings? 56 Hotel relatives 57 SWAT team rescuee 59 Welcome prelude 60 Not present 62 Sudden work stoppage 66 Mounted again, as a picture 70 Monetary value 71 Casino winner 76 Petri dish contents 77 “___ McPhee” (2005 film) 78 Burst open 80 “All kidding ___ ...” 81 Some public officials 84 Biological subdivision 86 Classic Icelandic poetry 87 Inquire
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88 Dawdles 89 Slatted furniture item 91 They’re “two, two, two mints in one” 92 Glazier’s need 93 Farthest or highest (Abbr.) 94 Connected with the eyes or vision 97 Additionally 98 Eavesdropper 102 Dessert not for the calorieconscious 105 Room in the game Clue 107 Cheer from the bleachers 108 Architectural annexes 109 Mirror reflection 110 Book-jacket paragraph 111 Blue hue 112 Woman’s undergarment 113 “No way!” 114 Expenditures 115 The same, in footnotes 116 Enjoys dinner 117 Wide-spouted pitchers 118 Make genderneutral 119 It’s sometimes struck in photography DOWN 1 Lose tautness 2 Gossip 3 Mine openings 4 Ellipsis part
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46 West German capital 47 “Meet Me ___ Louis” 50 Deep-piled fabric 51 “My country, ___ of thee ...” 53 Show one’s boredom 55 ___-training (toddler’s task) 58 Jazz band’s job 59 “The one that got away” and others
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90 Tactic 91 Necklace closings 92 Electrician’s gripper 94 Like Santa Claus 95 Jack-in-thepulpit cousin 96 Not kindled, as a fire 97 “Rags to riches” penner 98 Sudden flow, as of water
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Chef Marjorie Meek-Bradley, nominated for this year’s James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year award, dishes on her new D.C. spot, Roofers Union.
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