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Thursday, December 10, 2020 Posted By Biba Adams on Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:13 PM click to enlarge Evan Gonzalez, Detroit Stock City Inside of Townhouse Detroit, a bar and restaurant located in Ally Detroit Center. Well, apparently there’s data to confirm what we all have been thinking: Michiganders miss going out to eat more than residents of any other state. That's according to geotagged Twitter data over the last three months. The data tracked tweets and keyword phrases about how people miss dining out amid the COVID-19 pandemic, either by their own choice or by local and state restrictions. For example, "I miss dining out," "I miss eating out," "I miss going out to eat," "I miss going to dinner," etc., were tracked. More than 240,000 tweets were used to compile the data. According to the map compiled by the food and cooking site thedaringkitchen.com, the upper midwest and western states seem to miss dining out the most, with Michigan being the top state. The top 10 states that miss going out to eat are: 1. Michigan 2. North Dakota 3. New Hampshire 4. Oregon 5. California 6. New Mexico 7. Nevada 8. New York 9. Illinois 10.…

MANHATTAN (CN) — A pastor who calls himself a “former homosexual” appeared unlikely Thursday to win a second chance at suing the website Vimeo for removing his posts about conversion therapy.  At a Second Circuit hearing held virtually this morning, U.S. Circuit Judge Rosemary S. Pooler pressed for evidence, “even threadbare,” of James Domen’s discrimination claims. Nada Higuera argued for the pastor that Vimeo’s actions were “not against content, but against James Domen himself, and based on his sexual orientation.”  “But they did target content,” the Clinton-appointed Pooler said, cutting Higuera short. “They said they wouldn’t allow it, and he knew that when he signed up. What did he not understand?”  Vimeo’s terms ban content promoting “sexual orientation change efforts,” and the video-streaming website warned Domen in 2018 that posts on his channel appeared to conflict with those rules. After Domen failed to take down the videos, Vimeo removed the pastor’s entire library and blocked his account.  Higuera tried to make the case Thursday that the company did so in bad faith as most of the pastor’s library had nothing to do with sexual orientation change efforts and included topics like “cookie baking.” “The five videos that were allegedly problematic…

An image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that accompanied Sister Meg Guider's address to the virtual gathering of Women Affirming Life. Courtesy photo Women Affirming Life's virtual Advent mini-retreat Sister Christine S. Setticase, FSP Friday, December 11, 2020Faith Help us expand our reach! Please share this article on social media Sister Guider's main message is that, like the Blessed Mother, we, too, are in confinement (quarantine) and uncertain what the future will hold. For over 25 years, Women Affirming Life, Inc. has hosted an Advent gathering that consisted of a Mass offered by Cardinal Sean, followed by breakfast and a speaker. But 2020 and the pandemic would change that.Back in July, Marianne Luthin, director of the Pro-Life Office, decided that this event would not be possible in 2020. However, knowing how much the attendees enjoy the WALI gathering because it gives Advent a spiritual boost, she explored other ways to encourage a meaningful preparation for Christmas.The decision was made to host a virtual event featuring Sister Margaret "Meg" Guider, a Sister of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate and chair of the Ecclesiastical Faculty at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. The title of the talk mirrored its content:…

on techRegulators accuse Facebook of buying up rivals. Here’s what this means for us and Big Tech.VideoCreditCredit...By Roy TerhorstDec. 10, 2020, 1:16 p.m. ETThis article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.WELP, Wednesday was intense. The U.S. government and more than 40 states sued Facebook for illegally crushing competitors and demanded the company undo its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.This is going to be a noisy and long legal mess, as my colleagues Cecilia Kang and Mike Isaac wrote in their article. Let me try to help us understand what’s happening by posing five questions:1) What’s the argument from the government and from Facebook?There’s a legal reason Instagram and WhatsApp are at the heart of the state and federal lawsuits. Trying to reduce competition by purchasing rivals is an explicit violation of America’s antitrust laws. That’s exactly what government lawyers say Facebook did and will keep doing.The tricky thing, however, is that the government had given Facebook permission to buy Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014. Facebook’s argument is that it’s unfair for government officials to try a do-over now, and that Facebook made Instagram and WhatsApp better than they…

It’s not too late for the government to take back power from Big Tech.By Kara SwisherMs. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer.Dec. 10, 2020Credit...Michael Reynolds/EPA, via ShutterstockIt’s about time, even if it’s been a very long 22 years.It was 1998 when Microsoft finally landed in the cross hairs of the federal government, when the Justice Department and 20 state attorneys general alleged in an antitrust lawsuit that the software giant had abused its market power to crush competition. It was the last time the government took meaningful action against the unfettered rise of a tech behemoth.The Big Tech companies that have sprouted up since the Microsoft case have been treated by government as if they were the most delicate of flowers, in need of more nurturing than the most finicky of ferns. There have been laughable fines, while one merger after another was allowed to sail on by.Those charged with regulation have given companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon a very wide berth to grow into some of the most valuable entities in the history of the planet. Their founders are among the richest people ever.It all came to a halt with the announcement in October that…

THURSDAY, Dec. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Young men's attitudes about body image and fitness can be affected by Instagram influencers, according to a new study.It included 300 American men, ages 18-30, who were shown images of bare-chested men and male fashion images similar to those posted by Instagram influencers, as well as other types of images.The participants were significantly less satisfied with their own bodies after seeing the male physique images, the study found.The findings show that men, like women, respond to the power of so-called "fitspiration" posts from Instagram influencers, some with millions of followers, according to researchers from Flinders University in South Australia."Despite the rise in use of social media, there haven't been many studies into its effect on men and our new study found there are similarities and differences between women and men," lead author Marika Tiggemann said in a university news release. She's a psychology professor who has done extensive research into the effects of social media images on body image, eating and other behaviors in women.While men in the study had some of the same vulnerable responses, results obtained for women can't be simply generalized to them, Tiggemann said.Her Flinders colleague, study co-author Isabella…

Photo-sharing service Instagram announced Thursday morning that it's bringing together two of its biggest priorities — online shopping and its new Reels short-form video feature, which competes with fast-growing social media network TikTok.Now businesses and creators can tag products when they're creating a Reels video, and consumers can tap "view products" to buy them immediately or set them aside for later purchase.Bringing shopping into the video format aims to make Reels more engaging to consumers and more appealing to creators. It could also make ads more effective by giving consumers an immediate way to purchase the advertised products, in turn allowing Facebook to charge more for them. Long term, it could also contribute to a new e-commerce revenue stream for Facebook, which will eventually take a fee from each transaction, although it's waived fees through the end of the year to help small businesses through the Covid pandemic."It's important to us that we create meaningful ways for creators to make a living on Instagram, because otherwise they're going to go to the competition" like Snap and Google's YouTube, said Instagram chief Adam Mosseri in an interview."So it's actually primarily interested in helping them better make a living, but also because…

CHICAGO (CBS)– Through this job crisis CBS 2 is Working For Chicago and working with a career coach every week to bring you advice about looking for and landing a job. This week we are focusing on getting on a recruiter’s radar and how to find the right recruiter for you. “They are on LinkedIn doing powerful searches for both active and passive job candidates all the time,” Lynee Alves, president of Interview Like An Expert, said. “You really need to be aware of that and optimize your LinkedIn profile to benefit from all of those recruiter searches.” Alves said in addition to keeping your LinkedIn profile updated and complete, including your resume, you’ll also want to use key words that are attention-grabbing. Alves said recruiters are looking for keywords and phrases in order to find candidates who will be a good fit for the positions they’re looking to fill. Alves also said you can increase your chances of finding a job by identifying recruiters who are aligned with roles you’re looking for. “Try and find recruiters who specialize in the type of work or situation you are looking for,” she said. “There are specialty recruiting firms that focus on…

The national conversation about police reform has devolved into a never-ending argument over words. 6:30 AM ET Staff writer at The Atlantic and author of Girl Land AFP / GETTY / THE ATLANTIC Just when it seemed that we had finally stamped out the fire of “Defund the police” and the endless circular arguments it engendered—What does it mean? How would it work? Is it going to lose Democrats the election?—Barack Obama (of all people) stuck a couple of sticks of dynamite in the embers, and blew everything back up.In a Snapchat interview, he called the phrase nothing more than a “snappy slogan.” “You lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you’re actually going to get the changes you want,” Obama said. “The key is deciding, do you want to actually get something done, or do you want to feel good among the people you already agree with?”Barack Obama: I’m not yet ready to abandon the possibility of AmericaJudging from the man about to enter the White House, Democrats, in the main, agree with Obama. Democrats are, embarrassingly enough, a party of moderates who want change and aren’t terribly snappy.…

Dryland workouts for masters swimmers are just as important as swim practices for masters swimmers. As we get older, life happens. People have jobs, families, and responsibilities. These factors limit the time swimmers can commit to training. Aging also brings on physical barriers to staying in shape. For instance, injuries crop up significantly more easily, and energy levels naturally change. Physiological fluctuations cause people to be more selective about how they spend their training time. Therefore, it’s easier for masters’ athletes to keep their eyes fixed on the pool. However, research shows that dryland is extremely important for adults, especially masters swimmers ages 40 and up. SURGE Strength provides resistance training through comprehensive dryland plans in order to fit the needs of this population. Below, we discuss how to tailor dryland for Masters swimmers and why progressive resistance training is an irreplaceable activity: Age Considerations for Masters Swimmers Doing Dryland Workouts Our bodies change as we age. By the time we hit 40, strength and power naturally start to decrease. This is because our fast-twitch muscle fibers start to diminish through a process called apoptosis. Apoptosis is morbidly known as programmed cell death. It is our body’s natural design of…