Two U.S. senators involved in the planning of President-elect Barack Obamas inauguration objected yesterday to the emergency law approved by the D.C. Council that will allow bars and nightclubs to stay open all night, warning that the plan could strain law enforcement resources.
In a letter to city leaders, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, and Sen. Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah), a committee member, said they are deeply concerned about the councils move last week to allow nightclubs, bars and restaurants to serve alcohol until 5 a.m. several hours longer than usual and remain open round-the-clock Jan. 17-21.
The plan . . . could seriously strain law enforcement resources that need to be focused on the large crowds and security requirements of the Inaugural, the senators wrote. There is great cause for celebration at this historic event. But we believe that the benefits of this emergency legislation, passed with little public notice, are far outweighed by its possible consequences.
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) objected to including nightclubs in the councils legislation, but he has said he will abide by the councils wishes and sign the law. However, Congress has the final say over District matters under the 1973 Home Rule Act that gave the city some self-governing authority.
Fenty and council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D), who voted in favor of the law, could not be reached for comment last evening.
Council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3), who supported the legislation, noted that Minneapolis allowed bars to serve alcohol for two extra hours, until 4 a.m., during the Republican National Convention.
The prediction of dire consequences is a little over the top, she said. re the site of lots of demonstrations, celebrations. We know how to do this. I respect their view, but we should be the best judge of what happens locally.

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MISS NO GOOD
Miss No Good (Chinese: 不良笑花; pinyin: bù liáng xiào huā) is a Taiwanese drama starring Rainie Yang and Wilber Pan. It currently airs on CTS on Sundays.
Xiao Hua (Rainie Yang), a bubbly Taiwanese girl has the style of something no one can name. Xiao Hua has no intentions of changing the way she looks and dresses until her elementary school classmate, Jia Si Le (Dean Fujioka) comes back from Japan. Jia Si Le is deeply in love with Xiao Hua, despite coming back to Taiwan for an arranged marriage with Jiang Mi (Chen Yan Yi). Jia Si Le does whatever he can to get Xiao Hua to be his girlfriend.

One day, Xiao Hua meets Tang Men (Wilber Pan), the famous, poison-tongued fashion verdict who happens to be Jia Si Le's best friend, when her motorcycle breaks down. The two share a taxi, only to argue over each other's sense of style, and Tang Men angrily storms out, unwittingly leaving an expensive pair of scissors behind. Later, Jia Si Le holds an elementary school reunion party and invites both Tang Men and Xiao Hua. Tang Men meets Jiang Mi, who tells him that she and Si Le gave each other one year to find their true loves before submitting to his parents' will for them to be married. Also, after being pushed into a swimming pool and being told by her former classmates that she has no sense of style, Xiao Hua decides she will change her image so as not to embarass Si Le.

The next day, when Tang Men's assistant comes to Xiao Hua's shop to look for the lost pair of scissors, Xiao Hua decides to use them to blackmail Tang Men and get him to teach her how to be an upper-class woman. As Tang Men and Xiao Hua spend more time together, they slowly begin to realize their feelings for one another, though they initially deny them. Meanwhile, Jiang Mi, who is currently dating Tang Men, asks him to get close to Xiao Hua so that she can get Si Le back. Tang Men, who finds Xiao Hua annoying and loud, suddenly sees Xiao Hua's inner beauty and falls in love with Xiao Hua without even realizing it. What will Jia Si Le do to get Xiao Hua back? Will the two best friends split apart because of Xiao Hua? What will Jiang Mi do to Xiao Hua? How will Jiang Mi get Jia Si Le back.

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This year 2.25 million Americans will get marriedand a million will get divorced. Could birth control be to blame for some of these breakups? Recent research suggests that the contraceptive pillwhich prevents women from ovulating by fooling their body into believing it is pregnantcould affect which types of men women desire. Going on or off the pill during a relationship, therefore, may tempt a woman away from her man.

Studies suggest that females prefer the scent of males whose MHC genes differ from their own, a preference that has probably evolved because it helps offspring survive: couples with different MHC genes are less likely to be related to each other than couples with similar genes are, and their children are born with more varied MHC profiles and thus more robust immune systems.

A study published in August in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, however, suggests that women on the pill undergo a shift in preference toward men who share similar MHC genes. The female subjects were more likely to rate these genetically similar mens scents (via a T-shirt the men had worn for two nights) as pleasant and desirable after they went on the pill as compared with before.

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AP - Scientists may have figured out one reason some people reach for the french fries instead of an apple. It could be a gene that's been linked to an increased risk of obesity. A study of children found those with a common variation of the gene tend to overeat high-calorie foods. They ate 100 extra calories per meal, which over the long term can put on weight, said Colin Palmer, who led the study at the University of Dundee in Scotland.

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