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Russian senators list 100 examples of US meddling in foreign nations' affairs
Posted by Lou on February 19, 2018
Posted in: History, Imperialism, Political science, Russia, Subversion, USA.	5 Comments
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"We have counted approximately 100, about 101 or 102 absolutely verified and recorded facts of American involvement in the sovereign affairs of over 60 UN member-nations since the approval of this organizations' charter that bans any such involvement – since 1946 till this day," the head of the upper house Commission for Protection of State Sovereignty, Senator Andrey Klimov, was quoted as saying on Monday by TASS.
The senator named one particular example from the list – the 1973 coup d'état in Chile that installed Augusto Pinochet as a military dictator and as a result of which the country's parliament was dissolved and numerous human rights violations were committed. "Every such fact has a multitude of episodes of the US interference," he noted.
Klimov told TASS that the annual report would be finalized and released at the end of the month, and added that senators were preparing a different edition which would be distributed among a "closed circle of persons" and which would not be released to the wider public in the foreseeable future.
Russia lists 9 media outlets as foreign agents, including Voice of America, Radio Liberty
At the same time, Klimov noted that not all cases of US involvement in other nations' affairs could be formally described as such and thus were not included in the report. As an example, he named Donald Trump's inauguration speech, in which the US president said that Washington was constantly meddling in other nations' affairs and called for an end to such practices. "And these were the words of an inaugurated president, the commander-in-chief of the US military forces, who had been briefed through all files," he said.
Another example was the 2003 speech of George W. Bush in which the then-US president urged change in political regimes in between 40 and 50 foreign countries.
The upper house commission for monitoring and countering foreign nations' attempts to influence internal Russian politics was formed in mid-2017. Back then, upper house Speaker Valentina Matvienko said that attempts to meddle in Russia's internal affairs had been ongoing for years and that up to $100 billion was sent to Russia from abroad annually to sponsor "political activities." "We know the consequences of such meddling… and will not allow anyone to threaten Russia's sovereignty," she said.
Gut Health and Anxiety Go Hand in Hand—Here's What an MD Wants You to Know
Posted in: Alternative medicine, Anxiety, Depression, Genetics, Gut / brain connection, Mental health, Microbiome, Neurotransmitters, Supplements.	3 Comments
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Thanks to a growing movement that has revolutionized the way people discuss and understand mental illness, it's no secret that a large portion of the population struggles with issues like depression and anxiety. In fact, one in five adults deals with mental health conditions—and, intriguingly, it's believed this may be linked to gut health.
"The gut is the epicenter of our health, and its functioning affects most, if not all, other aspects in the body," explains Frank Lipman, MD, author of How to Be Well and founder of Be Well. A greater understanding of both mental illness and microbiome interactions has lead scientists to study the relationship between the two systems, and there's mounting evidence that supports a link between gut health and anxiety. With this continually growing and evolving information, you may soon be on your way to treating mental illness with proper nutrition. Ahead, Lipman explains how gut health and anxiety may be linked and what foods you should eat to take advantage of this connection.
Gut Health and Anxiety
"More and more, we are seeing the direct correlation between gut health and mood," says Lipman. This is because the gut produces neurotransmitters and hormones that can affect a person's mood. "If these bugs are compromised in any way, the production of these neurotransmitters and hormones will also be compromised and will affect how we function and how we feel," he says.
There are multiple scientific studies that back up these statements. A 2016 study conducted by Emily Deans, MD, at the Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School looked into the role of microbiota in mental health. According to the study, the modern microbiome is drastically different than that of human ancestors due to diet, antibiotic exposure, and differences in the environment. All of this may contribute to changes in brain health.
In 2015, researchers tested theories about gut health and mood on people. They gave healthy participants without mood disorders a four-week probiotic food supplement. Compared to those who received a placebo, participants who took the probiotic had a significantly reduced reactivity to sad moods. Researchers concluded that these results were evidence that probiotics could reduce negative thoughts associated with sad mood.
Additionally, a 2017 study performed on mice concluded that the microbiome is necessary for balancing gene regulators in the brain known as miRNAs. Its findings were based on observations of mice living in germ-free environments that ended up with unusual amounts of anxiety. After researchers reintroduced gut bacteria to the mice, the gene regulators normalized, proving that probiotics could be necessary for maintaining mental health.
Maintaining a Healthy Gut
So how do you keep your gut health in check? "Generally speaking, a diet filled with a variety of real, whole foods is ideal for supporting gut function," says Lipman. That means green, leafy vegetables, healthy fats, and quality protein like well-sourced animal proteins, wild-caught fish, beans, and lentils.
"Sadly, the Standard America Diet is the epitome of foods that should be avoided for gut health, brain health, energy, and everything in between," Lipman explains. In order to keep your gut in top condition, you'll want to avoid processed and packaged foods that contain preservatives, coloring, and sweeteners. Lipman also advises steering clear of sugar, gluten, nonorganic soy, factory-farmed meats and dairy, processed vegetable oils, and even some gluten-free grains.
Gut Health Red Flags
"The most common signs of gut problems present as digestive issues," shares Lipman. If you think you may have an imbalance in your gut that could be impacting your mental health, look out for symptoms like bloating, gas, constipation, loose stool, digestive discomfort, and heartburn. There are also less obvious symptoms like skin irritations, joint pain, foggy thinking, imbalanced mood, and fatigue. "If someone is feeling like that they are not functioning optimally and that they should be feeling better, they probably could be, and the gut is often a great place to start," Lipman says.
"Although diet can be extremely helpful for some, it is not the answer for everyone," Lipman says. When a change in diet just isn't enough, there are supplements that can be used to improve the balance of bacteria in your gut. "Probiotics can also be extremely beneficial, as they constantly inoculate our gut with the beneficial bacteria that support proper gut function."
While there's not yet evidence that proves a healthy diet can cure all mental health issues or that food alone is an effective form of treatment for anxiety or depression, focusing on nurturing your gut health isn't a bad place to start. Turn to natural, whole foods packed with powerful nutrients to keep your gut healthy so your mind can heal, too.
Scientists Reverse The Age of White Blood Cells In A Female Human Being – They're Now 20 Years Younger
Posted in: Aging, Genetic research, Genetics, Health, Longetivity, Medicine, Mortality, Video.	Leave a comment
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Elizabeth Parris, the CEO of Bioviva USA Inc, has become the very first human being to successfully, from a biological standpoint, reverse the age of her white blood cells, thanks to her own company's experimental therapies. Bioviva utilizes intramural and extramural peer-reviewed research to create therapies for age-related diseases (Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cancer, heart-disease), and now, they have reversed 20 years of 'telomere shortening' in a human for the first time.
Telomeres are short segments of DNA that cap the ends of every chromosome and act as a protective feature against wear and tear, which occurs naturally as the human body ages. As we age, these telomeres become shorter and shorter as our cells continue to divide more and more. Eventually they become too short to protect the chromosome, which is what causes our cells to malfunction and age related diseases to start setting in.
In September of last year, the 44 year old volunteered to partake in two of her own company's experimental gene therapies; one intended to battle stem cell depletion, which happens when we age and leads to various age related diseases, and the other intended to protect against loss of muscle mass with age.
In Parrish's case, specialized clinical testing in Houston, Texas, revealed that her telomeres were short for her age, which left her vulnerable to age-related diseases earlier on in life.
This type of gene therapy has been tested before, but prior to Parrish, it had only been used to lengthen the telomeres of cultured cells and mice; it has never before been tried on a human patient. The successful trial in mice was conducted by Maria Blasco and her team at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid, who reported the telomerase gene result in 2012.
Blasco told The Scientist in an email, "We demonstrated that AAV9-Tert gene therapy was sufficient to delay age-related pathologies and extend both median and maximum longevity in mice. Many pathologies were delayed, including cancer." (source)
After the gene therapy was completed on Parrish, the company's website revealed the astonishing results of the experiment:
In March 2016, the same tests were taken again by SpectraCell revealed that her telomeres had lengthened by approximately 20 years, from 6.71kb to 7.33kb. This implies that Parrish's white blood cells (leukocytes) have become biologically younger. These findings were independently verified by the Brussels-based non-profit HEALES (HEalthy Life Extension Company), and the Biogerontology Research Foundation, a UK-based charity committed to combating age-related diseases.
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Why you should consider drinking tea: It boosts metabolism and, experts now believe, acts as a prebiotic for good gut health
Posted in: Coffee and Tea, Health, Microbiome, probiotics.	Leave a comment
by: Michelle Simmons
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A new study claims that drinking tea without milk can speed up your metabolism and promote good gut health, as reported by The Daily Mail. The researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles studied the relationship of metabolism and tea by conducting an experiment in mice. They divided the mice into four groups and gave each group different diets, which included low-fat, high-sugar; high-fat, high-sugar; high-fat, high-sugar, and green tea extract; and high-fat, high-sugar, and black tea extract. The study was conducted in a span of four weeks.
Towards the end of the experiment, the researchers made an evaluation on the weight of the mice, bacteria content in the large intestine, and fat deposits in the liver tissues.
The findings, published in the European Journal of Nutrition, revealed that mice who received either green or black tea extract lost weight similar to the weight of those who had a low-fat diet. Moreover, the green and black tea extracts acted as a prebiotic for the intestines. The groups of mice that had either of the two green tea extracts had less intestinal bacteria linked with obesity and more microorganisms associated to lean body mass.
Surprisingly, the researchers discovered a new health benefit of black tea.
"For black tea lovers, there may be a new reason to keep drinking it," said Zhaoping Li, an author of the study.
The group of mice who had black tea-extract were seen to have a bacteria that enhanced the metabolic processes. The researchers believe that this is because of the big size of the black tea's molecules. As a result, these molecules of black tea are too large to be absorbed by the body, but instead they stay in the large intestine.
"It was known that green tea polyphenols are more effective and offer more health benefits than black tea polyphenols since green tea chemicals are absorbed into the blood and tissue," said Susanne Henning, lead author of the study.
"Our new findings suggest that black tea, through a specific mechanism through the gut microbiome, may also contribute to good health and weight loss in humans," said Henning.
Moreover, Henning said that the results suggest that both green and black teas are prebiotics, which are substances that prompt the growth of good microorganisms, which in turn can benefit to the health of a person. (Related: 10 Benefits of Drinking Black Tea to Improve Health.)
Other benefits of English breakfast tea
English breakfast tea is plain black tea without the addition of herbs or other ingredients. It is made from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant and is the second most commonly consumed drink, next to water. This tea has been popular in trades for centuries because of its flavor can be retained for many years. There are various health benefits that you can get from drinking black tea.
Black tea can make you look young and fit and can de-stress you. A study found that drinking black tea can lower the levels of the stress hormone cortisol more quickly than those who were given the fake or placebo tea.
Black tea was found to be beneficial for the cardiovascular health. One study discovered that those who drank black tea for four weeks had improvements in the functioning of their blood vessels by 50 percent. This may be the effect of the tea's flavonoids, which are plant compounds that act as antioxidants and prevent the formation of plaque in artery walls.
Another benefit of black tea is it is considered an anti-cancer agent. A study found that a black tea compound known as theaflavin-3′-monogallate, or TF-2, caused colorectal cancer cells to self-destruct without damaging normal cells.
This tea was also found to increase memory, focus, and concentration, according to study. It is because of the combination of caffeine and L-Theanine, an amino acid found in tea that improves reaction time and memory.
Lastly, it can lower your cholesterol levels. One study found that five servings of black tea per day reduced cholesterol levels by 6.5 percent.
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The End is Nigh: Massive "Last Warning" Crop Circle Appears In Washington State (7 min)
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The massive crop circle discovered within the past fortnight in the State of Washington, located in the US Pacific Northwest, is a "last warning" as our world is soon to undergo a series of unprecedented cataclysms that may possibly bring our planet to brink of total destruction.
Dan Aykroyd and the phenomena of UFOs and Men in Black
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There are many facets of the UFO phenomenon, and many types of witnesses who have come forward with their own extraordinary tales. These often get lost in the deluge of such reports and indeed rantings, but sometimes there is a well-know and beloved celebrity who will come forward with their own accounts, theories, and experiences. These particular witnesses and spokespeople have a way of making people listen, somewhat reinvigorating the UFO debate in the process, and certainly one of the most vocal and well-known of these is none other than the popular Canadian-American actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, musician and businessman Dan Aykroyd. Getting his start on the hit sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live and going on to star in such beloved classics as Ghostbusters, Aykroyd is a well-known name to many people. He also just happens to be a major proponent and researcher of UFOs with some truly bizarre tales to tell.
Dan Aykroyd has never been shy about his intense interest in UFOs, and this seems to be a fascination that reaches all the way back into his childhood. The actor was fist enamored with the phenomenon when he saw a photo of mysterious lights over Capitol Hill from all the way back in 1952, an incident in which fighter planes had apparently been scrambled to chase the fast-moving objects off. This interest was only strengthened when he saw the classic sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still, which he saw as a perfectly plausible scenario. Aykroyd would have the first of his own many close encounters with UFOs in the mid-1980s in upstate New York, when he claims that he woke up in the middle of the night in a panic and told his wife, "They are calling me, I want to go outside."
He claimed that he had had the irresistible compulsion to go outside, which he credits to voices in his head compelling him to do so. When he did go outside as instructed by the vices in his head he reported that he had seen a pink spiral over the Great Lakes area, and it would turn out that others had had the same urge to go outside at the same time and had seen the same thing.
Aykroyd would go on to become a fairly hard-core proponent of UFOs, and he would eventually make a documentary on his interests, called Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs, in 2005, and he even served for several years as the official Hollywood representative of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), and he has accrued a vast knowledge of UFO research and lore over the years that would put most UFOlogists to shame. In April of 2010, Aykroyd appeared on the well-known TV show Larry King Live, where the topic was UFOs and Aykroyd appeared as a pro-UFO representative in the debate, among a panel of scientists who had been brought together to discuss the physicist Stephen Hawking's assertion that any aliens coming from the stars would be certainly malevolent. Aykroyd shared some famous cases of UFO abductions, such as those of Travis Walton and Betty and Barney Hill, and on the show he stated:
"They are here, science should accept that they are here and look how they have come from a billion years in the future or the next dimension or wherever they are coming from. They have abducted people."
Aykroyd has appeared on other shows about his UFO beliefs, such as a 2015 episode of The HuffPost Show with host Marc Lamont Hill, where the topic turned to the strange and he talked candidly about the U.S. Air Force's UFO alleged cover-up and some details about his own personal UFO sightings. When asked if he truly believed in UFOs, Aykroyd answered:
"I do, absolutely, and I'm not alone. I have seen four, and I can't say that they are alien craft and neither can the Air Force. The Air Force has been very interested in this. They don't deny the existence of these hyperdynamic, super aerodynamic craft. They don't deny. Their anguish comes in that they can't tell you. They want to tell you anything but that they are extraterrestrial. Any excuse at all, even if they are unknown or unsolved. The Air Force cannot just come out and admit that there are extraterrestrial beings far in advanced of our culture that have built these machines. They are very interested in what is going on, but like us, they don't know. I believe that there are probably many species coming and going and that the Air Force is very interested, but they can't come out and say. Because then you're going to go, 'well wait a minute, the parish priest, the cop on the street, the President – you don't got the power. They've got the power!' You'd have complete breakdown of society."
On the show, Aykroyd went on to give some further details into his own strange UFO sightings, saying:
"Two specifically were definitely aerial constructs of some kind. One of them with a light, and one of them dull gray, and they were structures – one of them going very slow, one of them hovering over me. Then there were the two that my wife and friends and I saw – a high altitude sighting many years ago in Martha's vineyard. Two flying side by side. They were at about 100,000 feet up, and they were going fast."
Aykroyd has also gone on and on about UFOs on his Facebook page, often referencing research and books and talking about his conspiratorial ideas about government cover-ups. He actively plugged the 2014 book The FBI-CIA-UFO Connection: The Hidden UFO Activities of USA Intelligence Agencies on his page, which goes over the vast research done on declassified documents by a physicist named Dr. Bruce Maccabee, who spent thirty-six years at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Aykroyd would say in a Facebook post of the book thus:
"Ex-Naval Surface Warfare employee and physicist Dr. Bruce Maccabee has assembled the most extensively and meticulously researched body of documentary evidence ever compiled on the U.S. government's genuine interest in the UFO phenomena. The USAF has NEVER denied the existence of these super-performance aerodynamic vehicles. The Air Force's continued anguish over PUBLIC disclosure is not due to the military's genuinely admitted reality of these machines' existence but due to the government's struggle to categorize the phenomena as being ANYTHING but extra planetary in origin."
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Falsehoods and Lies: Inciting War Is a War Crime
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EDITORIAL | 16.02.2018
The torrent of reckless false accusations against Russia made by the US and its NATO allies is hitting warp speed.
This week saw more baseless allegations of Russian cyber attacks on American elections and British industries.
There were also crass claims by US officials that Russia was behind so-called sonic attacks on American diplomats in Cuba.
Then a Dutch foreign minister was forced to resign after he finally admitted telling lies for the past two years over alleged Russian plans for regional aggression.
Elsewhere, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson claimed this week during a tour of the Middle East that "the primary goal" of his nation's involvement in Syria is "to defeat" Islamic State (Daesh) terrorism.
This is patently false given that the US forces illegally occupying parts of Syria are launching lethal attacks on Syrian armed forces who are actually fighting Islamic State and their myriad terrorist affiliates.
Meanwhile, US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused Russia of blocking peace efforts in Syria – another audacious falsehood to add to her thick compendium of calumny.
Perhaps the most barefaced falsehood transpired this week when French President Emmanuel Macron candidly admitted that his government did not have any proof of chemical weapons being used in Syria.
"Today, our agencies, our armed forces have not established that chemical weapons, as set out in treaties, have been used against the civilian population," said Macron to media in Paris.
His admission follows that of US Defense Secretary James Mattis who also fessed up earlier this month to having no evidence of chemical weapons being deployed in Syria.
"We have other reports from the battlefield from people who claim it's been used," said Mattis to reporters at the Pentagon. "We do not have evidence of it."
Yet, only a few weeks ago, the French and US government were condemning Syrian President Assad for alleged use of chemical weapons by his forces. France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also accused Russia of bearing responsibility because of its alliance with Damascus.
But now we are told that the French and US governments do not, in fact, have any evidence concerning chemical weapons in Syria.
This is in spite of US President Donald Trump unleashing over 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles on the Arab country last April in purported reprisal for the "Syrian regime" dropping chemical munitions on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib Province on April 4 2o17.
Macron went on to make the absurd declaration this week that "if" chemical weapons were found to be used then he would order military strikes on Syria.
Both Syria and Russia have categorically and repeatedly rejected claims of using chemical weapons, pointing out that Syria's stockpile was eliminated back in 2014 under a UN-brokered deal.
When Mattis said "we have reports from the battlefield" he was referring to groups like the CIA covertly-sponsored terrorist outfit Al Nusra Front and their media outlet, the so-called White Helmets.
Western news media footage over the past two weeks seemingly depicting Syrian and Russian air strikes on civilian areas is sourced from the White Helmets. This group is embedded with Al Nusra.
The same warped narrative claiming Syrian and Russian violations during the liberation of Aleppo from the terrorists at the end of 2016 is being played out again in East Ghouta and Idlib. And again the Western news media are amplifying the dubious propaganda from the likes of the White Helmets as if it is independent, verified information.
This week in Paris Abdulrahman Almawwas, the so-called vice president of the White Helmets, which also go by the name of Syria Civil Defense, told the Reuters news agency that France and other NATO powers must intervene in Syria.
"It's time to take real action and not just talk about red lines," said Almawwas, who was clearly disappointed after hearing Macron's admission of no evidence for chemical weapons.
Tellingly, the White Helmets' envoy was hosted by senior French government officials while in Paris, including Macron's chief diplomatic advisor, according to Reuters.
He also went on to complain – unwittingly – that the White Helmets have received less funding from foreign governments this year compared with last year.
Reuters reported: "Almawwas said the group's financing for 2018 from foreign governments [sic] had dropped to $12 million from $18 million a year earlier."
According to the White Helmets' own website, the foreign governments whom they receive financing from include: the United States, Britain, France, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Canada, among others.
In other words, this so-called humanitarian relief organization is a NATO-sponsored entity, which evidently operates freely in areas of Syria controlled by Al Nusra and other internationally proscribed terror groups.
And this is the same "source" which has been used by the NATO governments and Western news media to disseminate claims about Syrian state forces using chemical weapons against civilians – claims which senior US and French officials are now belatedly negating.
What we have here is demonstrable peddling of falsehoods and lies by Western governments and their news media.
Not just with regard to the war in Syria, but on a range of other international incendiary issues, as noted above.
Accusing Russia of aggression, nuclear threats, sabotaging elections, targeting civilian infrastructure which could "kill thousands and thousands" (British Defense Minister Gavin Williamson last month), or any number of other wild allegations, is symptomatic of sociopathic lying by Western governments.
The reckless falsehoods and lies espoused by the US and its European allies are made possible because of the reprehensible servility of Western media not holding to account the wild claims that they willfully disseminate.
This relentless propagation of lies is an appalling incitement to tensions, conflict and war.
Engaging in war fever is not only irresponsible. It is in fact a war crime, according to Nuremberg legal standards.


The well-regarded leaker Steve Troughton-Smith claims to have found references to unfamiliar iPads while diving into the code for the iOS 12.2 update. It suggests that new 11-inch iPads, as well as an iPad Mini, are on their way. The code also specifies an iPod Touch that could be of the rumored upcoming 7th generation.
The iPad Mini has not been updated for 3 whole years now. This fact lends itself to speculation that Apple has dumped this line of tablets for good. On the other hand, these slightly more budget devices could be a good way to drive more revenue in times that have been reported as tougher than usual for the Cupertino giant. Either way, the full-sized iPad series is alive and well; its latest generation is still under a year old.
Nevertheless, it seems that this line, along with the aforementioned Mini and (as a previous leak has suggested) the long-abandoned iPod Touch, are due for a refresh. The respected tipster Steve Troughton-Smith has been digging around in the code for a recent update to iOS (version 12.2). This has resulted in the discovery of some code that refers to 11-inch iPads. Should they be new models, they will (like the 11-inch iPad Pro 2018) be available in WiFi and celllular-capable variants.
Troughton-Smith also claims to have found references to what could be a new iPad Mini and a new iPod Touch. On the other hand, this part of the code appends the number 9 to this device, which is odd as an update to this standalone media player would bring its number of iterations up to 7. The leaker has also alleged that, according to the code, all of these products lack Face ID. This is understandable in relation to the iPad Mini and iPod Touch, but would make less sense for the higher-tier iPad. However, Apple fans may have a bit of a wait to confirm these findings for themselves.


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We refresh ourselves with slices of mango bought from children on the street, whilst our drivers bind up the fractured leaf springs with an inner tube from a bicycle tyre. This piece of improvisation is immediately and searchingly put to the test as we proceed on progressively stonier, more unstable tracks up onto the escarpment. We seem to go on for ever. Dusk falls. I begin to see things in the half-light. Ghostly figures with enormous gleaming foreheads turn out to be women with aluminium water pots on their heads, and giant likenesses of Edward Scissorhands turn out to be baobab trees racing towards our headlights.
The road begins to drop down in a series of hairpin bends, bouncing us up and down and side to side at the same time. Despite this, I fall into a brief doze as we reach the valley floor.
I'm woken by a ferocious revving of engines. Our four-wheel drive is sliding about, out of control, rushing forwards then slipping back. Our driver brakes, reverses, revs up again and charges forward. By the light of our crazily swinging headlights I can see what the problem is. We're halfway up a sand dune and the wheels are unable to grip.
A voice shouts out of the darkness. One of the other vehicles has come back to lead us up. This time we make it, up over the rise, and our driver sweeps alongside his colleagues as if he'd just won a Grand Prix rather than nearly killed us.
In a shallow bowl of sand, ringed with low bushes, stands a semicircle of small tents. To one side, beneath one of the few trees of any size, a fire is burning. I've lost count of the hours since we left the banks of the Bani river, but it doesn't matter now. We're in Dogon Country, and this is our new home.


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Hi SciCheer fans, Samantha here! If you're in the Bay Area on November 5, 2016, be sure to stop by the Bay Area Science Festival and meet our newest Science Cheerleaders from 10-noon! They'll be with our partners at SciStarter, to talk about their careers, sign autographs, and get YOU involved in citizen science! Learn more about that appearance, here.
I've always had an innate curiosity about the world, but I think elementary school really provided the foundation for my love of math, which guided my path into other STEM areas. In first grade while I was learning my addition and subtraction tables, I caught a glimpse of the second graders' lessons (they were working on multiplication tables). I remember feeling overcome with the strongest desire to figure out what that cross symbol meant, and luckily convinced my teacher to explain the concept to me. I was hooked! From there, I kept studying, moving on to compete in math competitions in fourth and fifth grade.
By the time I reached high school, I had fallen out of touch with math after moving to a smaller town. However, I was fortunate enough to meet two teachers, Ms. Demianiw and Mr. Mills, who recaptured my attention, helping further my math abilities and introducing me to the world of science, respectively.
What do you do as an engineer?
As an engineering major in college, I learned how to analyze physical structures to understand both how they worked and how I could make them better. Most of the time, this involved using known forces to calculate how sturdy they were, when and how they would break, and how I could improve them or create entirely new ones. Creating my own products was the fun part – it's so rewarding to be able to come up with your own idea, create simple prototypes, and then build the final version.
Now I'm learning how to do these same things but in a digital medium (with computer software!).
Why did you try out to be a professional cheerleader?
Ever since high school, cheering provided an outlet for me to work hard and push myself in an area completely unrelated to academics –being able to take a break and switch focus to something new gave my life balance. After graduating from Stanford, I wanted to maintain that balance and help others do the same. I've been grateful to discover that cheering professionally provides the opportunity to inspire young girls to shatter stereotypes and pursue their dreams, no matter what they may be.
What does it mean for you to work in STEM?
For me, working in STEM represents the desire to understand the world and ultimately to make it a better place. This idea is so important to me, and is a common thread amongst mathematicians, scientists, and engineers alike.
My best STEM-related experience includes the amazing academic support I received in high school. My teachers gave me so many incredible opportunities to pursue interests beyond what the classroom texts offered – through tutoring opportunities, lab work, and more. They pushed me to grow in ways I never thought possible.
Don't set limits for yourself. You're capable of some truly amazing things if you put your mind to it!


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This is probably my least favourite of the Chronicles of Narnia. It's still really good, but it just doesn't have the same adventure spirit and oomph as the other tales. Maybe it's because the Pensieve children don't feature in this story at all. They are completely out of the picture, and I really missed them. After all, they are the children that made me fall in love with this series in the first place.
It doesn't matter how many times I read this story, I still love it. And my heart melts. And I get all gooey and happy on the inside. It really doesn't matter how many times I read this, it is just as wonderful and amazing as the first time I read it when I was six years old.
I can't believe that I've waited so long to read this book! It's been on my shelf for so long and I've always wanted to read it (even before I bought it), but I just never seemed to have the time… or the inclination. And now I really, really, really don't know why I took so long. This story was amazing, and heart-wrenching and just so damn knock-your-socks-off that I can't stop thinking about it.
Heathcliff is a douche. Total and utter, pain in the bum, can't even get into this story kind of douche. There's a chance that Catherine might also be a bit of a douche. But I really couldn't move past my blinding hatred for Heathcliff to even concentrate on the object of his obsession.
I had no idea what to expect from The Jungle Book. I'd honestly only ever watched the Disney movie and hadn't read any blurbs attached to Kipling's writing. It was just one of my many impulsive moments where I picked up the book, ready to read it and unsure of what to expect. Which was nice, because I also didn't have any huge expectations placed upon the words. My main expectation was just that it would be about Mowgli, which was wrong.
I really, really couldn't get into this. Generally, when I'm reading a classic, it takes me quite a while since I need to be in the right mood for the lyricality of the wording. But, even when I was enjoying the prose in this, I really wasn't being drawn in by the storyline. I don't know if it was moving too slowly, or was a little too boring, or just in general not my style of storyline, but I just couldn't get into it.
I can't believe that it has taken me until I was almost twenty-six to read this collection! Actually, I can't believe that it has taken me almost twenty-six years to read anything written by Charles Dickens. Normally I find anything written in the 1800s pleasurable, but a little difficult to get through. Not so with Dickens' writing. It is so much more accessible and, although it still has the same mouthy, lyrical feel as much of the writing from that time, it is just somehow less formal, and more… real.
I can't believe it has taken me THIS DAMN LONG to realise that The Nutcracker is actually a novel. Or at least, that it wasn't originally a ballet. Once I realised this though, it took me absolutely no time to rush to my nearest book store and buy an adorably illustrated version of this classic.
I really liked the imagery invoked by the opening pages of this novella. It was very waxy and set the scene for a haunting story. I think that of all the "Christmas stories", this is the one that starts off most poetically. There is just something about the repetition of when and the setting of the scene that is incredibly spooky, yet beautiful.
This is mostly in my Christmas shelf because it is one of Charles Dickens' Christmas stories. There's not really much of a Christmas theme to it, nor is it specifically set around the holiday season. Yet, somehow, it does feel that it belongs within this collection regardless.


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European Commission adopts the Work-Life Balance Directive
On the 13th of June 2019, the European Commission adopted the Work-Life Balance Directive which addresses the work-life balance challenges faced by working parents and carers, and aims to increase the participation of women within the labour market.
The initiative takes into account the developments of society over the past years in order to enable parents and individuals with caring responsibilities to better balance their work and family lives and to encourage better sharing of such responsibilities between men and women.
This Directive sets out a comprehensive package of legal and policy measures which are to be implemented in each Member States' legislative framework, including that of Malta, within three years.
The main elements which have now been agreed upon through the Work-Life Balance Directive, are the following:
Paternity Leave – Current European Union (EU) law does not provide for any minimum standards of paternity leave, whilst in Malta, in accordance with the Employment and Industrial Relations Act, fathers are entitled to one day of birth leave on the birth of their child. This may vary depending the Wage Regulation Order the employee may be regulated by.
In accordance to the Work-Life Balance Directive, fathers or equivalent second parents will be able to take at least ten working days of paternity leave around the time of birth of the child. Paternity leave must be compensated at a rate equal to that for sick pay.
Parental Leave – The current EU law already regulates parental leave, however, this currently stands at four months of parental leave per parent of which one month is non-transferable between parents and no minimum requirements have been imposed on Member States in relation to any payment or allowance for such parental leave. In Malta, both male and female employees have the individual right to be granted unpaid parental leave in case of birth, adoption, fostering or legal custody of a child to enable them to take care of that child for a period of four months, validuntil the child has attained the age of eight years. Parental leave can be availed of in established periods of one month each.
The intention of the Work-Life Balance Directive is to strengthen the existing four months of parental leave by making two of the four months non-transferable from one parent to the other and compensated at a level to be set by each Member State. Parents will also have the right to request to take such parental leave in a flexible manner, such as through part-time work, or in piecemeal.
Carers' Leave – The concept of carers' leave is new from both an EU law perspective and the Maltese legislative standpoint. The closest Maltese legislation comes to this notion is the fifteen hours urgency leave which each employer is bound by law to grant every employee as time off for urgent family reasons. These hours are to be deducted from the annual leave entitlement of the employee.
The Work-Life Balance Directive will make available to employees providing personal care or support to a family member or individual living in the same household, five days of leave per year in carers' leave. This leave will be over and above any other annual leave entitlement.
Flexible Working Arrangements – Whilst current EU law and the majority of Member States, including Malta, offer the right to request reduced and flexible working hours upon return from parental leave, the Work-Life Balance Directive seeks to extend existing rights relating to such flexible working arrangements.
All working parents, and carers, with children up to the age of eight will now, through the Work-Life Balance Directive, be entitled to request the following flexible working arrangements:
Reduced working hours;
Flexible working hours; and
Flexibility on the work place.
In order to complement the above mentioned legislative framework established through the Work-Life Balance Directive, a set of non-legislative measures or policies, have been included to support Member States to reach the common goal. These policies include:
Ensuing protection against discrimination and dismissal of parents and cares;
Encouraging a gender-balanced use of family-friendly measures;
Making use of European funds to improve childcare services; and
Removing economic disincentives for second earners which prevents parents, especially women, from accessing the labour market or working full-time.
Through this initiative, employees will profit from a better work-life balance and will also see an increase of women in employment, with higher earnings and possibilities of career progression, which will ultimately impact their and their families' wellbeing. Inversely, employers will also profit from the Work-Life Balance Directive as they will now benefit from a wider talent pool, a more motivated workforce and more productive personnel.
The article has been authored by Dr Christina Borg DeBono, Advocate at CSB Legal, who specialises in Company Law, Immigration, Yachting, Intellectual Property and Employment Law.
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Mexico from the Inside Out
Author(s): Enrique Olvera
The debut book from Mexico's best chef, Enrique Olvera, pioneer of contemporary, authentic Mexican food and global gourmet influencer. Olvera's restaurant Pujol was ranked first in Mexico and twentieth in the world at the World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards. Includes over 65 recipes, each with an elegant photograph, from the sophisticated dishes served at Pujol to more accessible casual dishes that he enjoys with his family at home. His restaurant Cosme, opened in 2014 in New York, has built a considerable following amongst discerning foodies and been much celebrated by critics, recently receiving a 3-star rave review in The New York Times. More than 100 atmospheric photographs capture the vivid mosaic of the Mexican landscape while tip-in pages bring the reader up close to Enrique's vision and philosophy about food. Latest addition to Phaidon's bestselling and influential collection of cookbooks by the world's most exciting chefs.
"Enrique Olvera is poised to change the way Americans think about Mexican food." -Vogue "One of the best chefs in the world." -Andoni Aduriz "Enrique's cooking is a beautiful and delicious interpretation of Mexico's rich culture and traditions. He is both an innovator and a purist: thinking globally, acting locally, and always honoring the farmers and the community that surround him." -Alice Waters "There was Mexican food before Enrique Olvera, and Mexican food after Enrique Olvera." -Ferran Adria "Food is a way of communicating. I think a lot of modern chefs think that cooking is more an art form and about ideas. I don't." -Enrique Olvera in Vogue "Pujol, even at 15 years old, is as hard to get into as Rapunzel's high tower." -Tamar Adler, Vogue
Enrique Olvera graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1999. In 2000, at the age of 24, he opened Pujol in Mexico City. Enrique is constantly exploring Mexico's ingredients and culinary history, and is inspired by his early memories of food. Food & Wine named him one of the "10 Next Chef Superstars" and Star Chefs' International Congress named him in the "Top 10 International Figures in World Gastronomy." Enrique also owns three outposts of Eno, a casual eatery in Mexico City; Maiz de Mar in Playa de Carmen; and Cosme in New York. He is the founder and force behind Mesamerica, the annual international food symposium. He also publishes Boomerang, a Spanish-language culinary magazine. Enrique lives in Mexico City and New York.
Publisher : Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint : Phaidon Press Ltd
Dimensions : 290mm X 214mm X 30mm
Availability date : November 2015
Author : Enrique Olvera
Dewey classification : 641.5972


Three days removed from a 5-0 victory against the Republic of Ireland after the completion of January Camp, U.S. Women's National Team head coach Jill Ellis selected 20 players for the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship to be held from Feb. 10-21 in Frisco and Houston, Texas.
The roster includes former Stanford All-Americans Kelley O'Hara and Christen Press.
"This was an exceptionally challenging roster to select," said Ellis. "The players all worked and competed very hard in the January Camp and that made the final decisions extremely difficult."
"With only 17 field players allowed on the roster, and minimal time in between matches, I think we have one of the most versatile rosters ever for a qualifying tournament," Ellis said. "Most of the field players are capable of playing at least two positions and as CONCACAF competitions generally present teams that will sit low and get numbers behind the ball, it is important to have players that can individually and collectively break teams down to create chances."
The team includes 13 members of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup championship team and seven Olympic qualifying veterans, three of whom (Hope Solo, Tobin Heath and Carli Lloyd) took part in qualifying for the 2008 Olympics.
The U.S. Women's National Team has qualified for five consecutive Olympic games and won each of the past three CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournaments. The USA has never lost a match in Olympic qualifying, but tied Canada 1-1 in the title game of the 2008 tournament before winning in penalty kicks.
With a top-two finish in the tournament, the U.S. WNT would join Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, South Africa, Zimbabwe and New Zealand, who already have qualified, in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August.
The USA hopes to win gold at a fourth consecutive Olympiad and the fifth time in team history. Should the USA qualify and then come out victorious in Rio, the U.S. WNT would be the first team in international women's soccer history to win a World Cup and Olympic gold in back-to-back years.
The USA is set to begin Olympic Qualifying group play against Costa Rica on Wednesday, Feb. 10 .
Meanwhile, the U.S. Under-23 Women's National Team defeated the Republic of Ireland, 3-0, in a friendly match Monday at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson.
The starting lineup for the USA included both captains, former Sacred Heart Prep and UCLA star Abby Dahlkemper from Menlo Park and current Stanford All-American Andi Sullivan. Current Cardinal keeper Jane Campbell did not play. Dahlkemper currently plays for the Western New York Flash.
The draw for the upcoming Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament was determined this past weekend at the European Championship in Belgrade, Serbia.
The USA Women's National Team, reigning Olympic champion, will have to finish in the top four to earn a berth to the 2016 Olympic Games.
Team USA was drawn into Group A alongside defending Olympic silver medalist Spain. Other group members include Japan, South Africa, Canada and Greece. Group B consists of France, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, Cuba, and the Netherlands. Qualification competition will take place this March 21-28 in Gouda, Netherlands.
This event represents the only opportunity for Team USA to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games set for this August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The USA Women are next in action this February 16-21 at the FINA Women's Intercontinental Tournament in Lewisville, Texas.


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I totally wanted that person's bunny, or one just like him, but he was one of a kind! [30], Rabbits breathe primarily through their noses due to the fact that the epiglottis is fixed to the backmost portion of the soft palate. [38], The adult male reproductive system forms the same as most mammals with the seminiferous tubular compartment containing the Sertoli cells and an adluminal compartment that contains the Leydig cells. The hind limbs of the rabbit are longer than the front limbs. He also makes tutorials to teach others and shares aspects of his life in short vlogs and talks. [23], The middle ear is filled with three bones called ossicles and is separated by the outer eardrum in the back of the rabbit's skull. The pellets are about 56% bacteria by dry weight, largely accounting for the pellets being 24.4% protein on average. Much of the continent has just one species of rabbit, the tapeti, while most of South America's southern cone is without rabbits. [52] They survive predation by burrowing, hopping away in a zig-zag motion, and, if captured, delivering powerful kicks with their hind legs. Rabbits eat these to meet their nutritional requirements; the mucous coating allows the nutrients to pass through the acidic stomach for digestion in the intestines. In general, the ossicles act as a barrier to the inner ear for sound energy. An extremely rare infection associated with rabbits-as-food is tularemia (also known as rabbit fever), which may be contracted from an infected rabbit. The species' role as a prey animal with few defenses evokes vulnerability and innocence, and in folklore and modern children's stories, rabbits often appear as sympathetic characters, able to connect easily with youth of all kinds (for example, the Velveteen Rabbit, or Thumper in Bambi). If the core temperature exceeds its optimal temperature greatly, blood flow is constricted to limit the amount of blood going through the vessels. Which of these two animals would you have as a pet? Complementing these muscles are the hamstrings which aid in short bursts of action. The Angora rabbit breed, for example, was developed for its long, silky fur, which is often hand-spun into yarn. These bones are created through endochondral ossification during development. [40], The average female rabbit becomes sexually mature at 3 to 8 months of age and can conceive at any time of the year for the duration of her life. [23], Inner ear fluid called endolymph receives the sound energy. [54] The lifespan of wild rabbits is much shorter; the average longevity of an eastern cottontail, for instance, is less than one year. [30] In order to provide space for the heart, the left cranial lobe of the lungs is significantly smaller than that of the right. In some areas, wild rabbits and hares are hunted for their meat, a lean source of high quality protein. After birth, the female can become pregnant again as early as the next day. The bronchi branch into bronchioles, into respiratory bronchioles, and ultimately terminate at the alveolar ducts. that a pub on the island could be emptied by calling out the word "rabbit", this has become more fable than fact in modern times. [12] Rabbits stay just on their toes when moving this is called Digitigrade locomotion. mines is black,because it just looks so ..majestic and graceful..and shiney like tht & just sooo beautiful, and my other fav is smokey grey cuz its just so cute and adorable a mixture of 2 awesome colours,and finally a like a..really really light brown colour,just so cute and adorable. Please check back soon for updates. Thus, invoking the name of the culprit became an unlucky act to be avoided. Rabbits in Australia and New Zealand are considered to be such a pest that land owners are legally obliged to control them.[57][58]. ZHC (Comic Book Artist) was born on the 14th of January, 1999. He was born in 1990s, in Millennials Generation. Mine is orange and blue :P. Answer Save. The hind feet have four long toes that allow for this and are webbed to prevent them from spreading when hopping. Self-taught comic book artist named Zach Hsieh who uses pencils and inks. [28][29] The larynx functions as the rabbit's voice box, which enables it to produce a wide variety of sounds. In an adult male rabbit, the sheath of the penis is cylinder-like and can be extruded as early as two months of age. His birth sign is Capricorn and his life path number is 7. The European rabbit, which has been introduced on every continent except Antarctica, is familiar throughout the world as a wild prey animal and as a domesticated form of livestock and pet. [41] The two uterine horns communicate to two cervixes and forms one vaginal canal. Cottontails have white on the top of their tails. A rabbit's foot may be carried as an amulet, believed to bring protection and good luck. The encounter lasts only 20–40 seconds and after, the male will throw himself backwards off the female. But in the wilds of Australia, i prefer fluorescent, as it makes them easier to shoot. [68], On the Isle of Portland in Dorset, UK, the rabbit is said to be unlucky and even speaking the creature's name can cause upset among older island residents. In the local culture to this day, the rabbit (when he has to be referred to) may instead be called a "long ears" or "underground mutton", so as not to risk bringing a downfall upon oneself. [16] In rabbits, the more fibers in a muscle, the more resistant to fatigue. People born on Thursdays are generally a fun to be around, which means Thursday's babies get to be the life of the party. But all these years later, your favorite animal can still say something about your personality and who you are as a person. Anthropomorphized rabbits have appeared in film and literature, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (the White Rabbit and the March Hare characters), in Watership Down (including the film and television adaptations), in Rabbit Hill (by Robert Lawson), and in the Peter Rabbit stories (by Beatrix Potter). I can better overcome my anxiety and I have more confidence if I wear my favourite colour. [24] This process is carried out by the pinnae which takes up most of the rabbit's body surface and contain a vascular network and arteriovenous shunts. [18] The rabbit is characterized by its shorter ears while hares are characterized by their longer ears. 1724 – Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne. [29] Within the oral cavity, a layer of tissue sits over the opening of the glottis, which blocks airflow from the oral cavity to the trachea. Every rabbit has a unique personality. [10], Rabbits have been a source of environmental problems when introduced into the wild by humans. The femur articulates with the tibia, but not the fibula, which is fused to the tibia. If you found this page interesting or useful, please share it. Hares, which have longer legs than cottontail rabbits, are able to move considerably faster. [47][48] Domesticated rabbits with a diet lacking in high fiber sources, such as hay and grass, are susceptible to potentially lethal gastrointestinal stasis. [27] The nasal cavity itself is separated into a left and right side by a cartilage barrier, and it is covered in fine hairs that trap dust before it can enter the respiratory tract. Each hind foot has four toes (but no dewclaw). EYE COLOR: N/A: HAIR COLOR: N/A: 6. [65] Production industries have developed domesticated rabbit breeds (such as the well-known Angora rabbit) to efficiently fill these needs. (Answer to Pop Quiz)", "Understanding the Mating Process for Breeding Rabbits", "GastroIntestinal Stasis, The Silent Killer", "Niche relations among three sympatric Mediterranean carnivores", Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural And Cultural History of A Misunderstood Creature, Cottontail rabbit at Indiana Department of Natural Resources, "Feral animals in Australia — Invasive species", "Rabbits — The role of government — Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand", French Rabbit Heads: The Newest Delicacy in Chinese Cuisine. Hares (and cottontail rabbits) live a relatively solitary life in a simple nest above the ground, while most rabbits live in social groups in burrows or warrens. [7], Since speed and agility are a rabbit's main defenses against predators (including the swift fox), rabbits have large hind leg bones and well developed musculature. The forbidden list of the things a rabbit cannot eat due to being unable to produce the enzymes to break certain minerals in their bodies are the following: 'Traditional Moroccan Cooking, Recipes from Fez', by Madame Guinadeau. [61] In 1994, the countries with the highest consumption per capita of rabbit meat were Malta with 8.89 kg (19 lb 10 oz), Italy with 5.71 kg (12 lb 9 oz), and Cyprus with 4.37 kg (9 lb 10 oz), falling to 0.03 kg (1 oz) in Japan. [43] In 2011, the average sleep time of a rabbit in captivity was calculated at 8.4 hours per day. The soft feces form here and contain up to five times the vitamins of hard feces. What's your FAVORITE rabbit colour? I love white rabbits. Stability and order are important to them - and this makes them good organizers. [15] Bone formation and removal, from a cellular standpoint, is directly correlated to hind limb muscles. Rabbit meat is a feature of Moroccan cuisine, where it is cooked in a tajine with "raisins and grilled almonds added a few minutes before serving". :O. Burgundy...from the red wine in which it has been cooked. Their ears contribute to 17% of their total body surface area. The size of a single litter can range from four to 12 kits allowing a female to deliver up to 60 new kits a year.
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A magician will never reveal the secrets to his or her magic tricks; an audience is left with only its assumptions and the notion that often there is more than meets the eye. Apparently so too is the case of Gente, a restaurant located in the heart of midtown.
Gente is self-described as a "touch of Milan in New York City," with a menu inspired by the owner's over-100 trips to Italy. One might think owner Jay Mitchell is Italian, or, for that matter, uses exclusively Italian ingredients for what is seemingly authentic (and if not authentic, certainly delicious) taste. However, the owner/Proprietario is not only not Italian, he is also not the chef. The chef is, indeed, also not Italian. Nonetheless, absent any formal training in the culinary arts, Mr. Mitchell exhibits an uncanny ability to reduce a dish to its most basic ingredients, and to combine said ingredients in the most professional of manners, arguably rivaling those with the formal training he lacks. As for the ingredients? Aside from a seemingly religious devotion to Lingurian olive oil and high esteem for mozzarella borne of Vesuvian soil, among the fresh items enjoyed by this reviewer were tomatoes carefully selected from the nearest Greenmarket and melt-in-your-mouth burrata mozzarella from…Wisconsin. The trick, I believe, is when combining local produce with unmatchable Italian staples, Gente manages to produce the essence of a "local" Italian dining experience in a neighborhood notorious for grab-and-go commuter clientele.
Mr. Mitchell pulls yet another rabbit from his hat in converting his customers from this "grab-and-go" mentality to one of relaxed European dining. Exhibit A: one devoted customer who stopped in on the night of my visit who, upon entry, ensured Mr. Mitchell he just wanted to stop in to say hello. Yet upon being graced by Mr. Mitchell and his staff's warm hospitality, not to mention the lure of the delicious cuisine (perhaps it was the scrape-your-plate good Spaghetti con Primavera ($20), featuring a host of fresh vegetables intertwined in multi-grain pasta and topped with impeccably toasted pine nuts), remained for several hours, justifying one missed train after the next.
Of note, the Spaghetti con Polpettine di Kobe ($20) (that's right, Kobe meatballs), L'Aquapazza ($26) (sea bass, tomatoes, olive oil seawater and white wine), and Costoletta d'Agnell ($30) (grilled lamb chops, olive oil, garlic and rosemary) all follow the one recipe that Mr. Mitchell was willing to reveal: "good ingredients, simply done." The finale, which again subscribes to Mr. Mitchell's tried-and-true approach, is a not-to-be missed blood orange sorbet, served atop sheets of pineapple carpaccio. Yes, that says carpaccio.
For those looking to enjoy a quick-trip to Italy, consider Gente for honest, no-fuss fine dining. Just don't be surprised if you leave feeling rather spellbound.
Gente looks like a great place. And the foods looks too good. You don't have to be Italian to set up an Italian place. I know of a Pizza Place run by middle eastern people; and it's great pizza. Gente does look like it creates a nice Italian atmosphere though. Gente looks like the place to be for food lovers.


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Manchester United and Liverpool will meet today at Old Trafford for what promises to be an exciting affair with Champions league qualification up for grabs as the two sides are only separated by 2 points.
Liverpool, buoyed by their progression to the Champions League quarter finals for the first time in over nine years, travel to Old Trafford in sensational form, having lost just one of their last 20 Premier League games. Manchester United currently sit second in the league, and after snatching three points at the death on Monday night courtesy of a Nemanja Matic screamer at Selhurst Park, Mourinho's side will be looking to continue their momentum.
Mohamed Salah is expected to be back in the starting line up after being benched in their Champions League second leg match against Porto. Liverpool have been in phenomenal form in the Champions League this season, and 3 points at Old Trafford would go a long way in helping them secure qualification for Europe's elite competition for the 2018/2019 campaign.
Paul Pogba faces a late fitness test to be fit and ready for the big match today.
Paul Pogba is a major doubt for the match as he had pulled up in training yesterday and was no where to be seen as the United squad checked into the Lowry hotel last night. Pogba has not been upto his best form despite having been deployed on the left of the midfield three over the past month or so, but it is also hard to deny the fact that there is no other player in the United squad who can influence a game positively as he can, and if he does indeed miss the game, he will be a huge absentee for Mourinho. Jose Mourinho also confirmed that Anthony Martial will miss the Liverpool game with Fellaini back in contention to feature.
Adam Lallana is fresh from the back of his 3rd start this season could feature in this game today, however with Klopp's attackers all in good form, it will be a challenge for him to get into that starting XI.Jordan Henderson, Andrew Robertson and Georginio Wijnaldum are all available for Liverpool's trip to Manchester United.Henderson has trained after suffering a dead leg against Porto in the Champions League on Tuesday, as have Robertson (knock) and Wijnaldum (illness), both of whom missed that European game.
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Romelu Lukaku. After scoring three goals in his last four Premier League games, Lukaku is beginning to replicate his form from earlier in the campaign, and after finding the back of the goal against Chelsea two weeks ago – the first 'big six' side he scored against this season – Saturday's fixture presents yet another opportunity for the Belgian forward to silence his critics.
Mohamed Salah has been in stupendous form this season with 33 goals across all competitions.He also picked up his 3rd Player of the Month award earlier this week. Salah has also scored in the highest number of individual games across Europe's top five leagues, and Liverpool will be hoping their main man is able to deliver another match winning performance today.
Liverpool and United have battled out goalless draws in two of their last three encounters
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This will be the 170th meeting in league competition between these sides, with Liverpool having lost more league matches against Manchester United than they have vs any other side in their history (67).
Two of their last three league meetings have ended goalless – just one of the previous 49 between them in the top-flight had failed to produce a goal.
The last three league meetings between the sides have ended level; they've never drawn four consecutively against each other in league competition, with the most recent coming in February 1921.
United have won 10 of their last 13 Premier League home games against Liverpool, losing in 2008-09 and 2013-14, and drawing last season. However, only Man City and Chelsea (6 each) have won more Premier League games away at Old Trafford than Liverpool (5).
This fixture has seen 16 red cards in the Premier League – only the Merseyside derby has produced more in the competition (21).
No side has scored more away league goals in the big five European leagues this season than Liverpool (34, level with Lyon).
United have won three of their seven games against fellow 'big six' sides in the Premier League this season (W3 D1 L3), one more than they managed in the whole of last season (W2 D4 L4).
Mohamed Salah has scored in each of his last five Premier League games; only Daniel Sturridge (8 in February 2014) and Michael Owen (6 in April 2003) have scored in more consecutively for Liverpool in the competition.
Past three meetings…
Liverpool 0 Manchester United 0, Premier League, October 2017
Manchester United 1 Liverpool 1, Premier League, January 2017
Manchester United: LWLDWW
Liverpool: DWWWWD
Expected Line Ups
United – De Gea,Valencia,Bailly,Smalling,Shaw,McTominay,Matic,Lingard,Mata,Sanchez,Lukaku
Liverpool – Karius,Gomez,Van Dijk,Matip,Robertson,Can,Henderson,Wijnaldum,Salah,Firmino,Mane
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Paul Pogba Image via Perform Group
Salah image via Getty Images
Rashford and Gomez Image via Dailymail
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SISK, Bernice Frederic, a Representative from California; born in Montague, Tex., December 14, 1910; at the age of six years moved with his parents to Donley County, Tex.; attended the Whitefish School and high school at Abernathy and Meadow, Tex.; attended Abilene Christian College 1929-1931; assisted his father in the operation of a cotton farm; moved to the San Joaquin Valley of California in 1937 and was employed in a food processing plant until 1941; served as a civilian flight dispatcher at the Sequoia Air Force training field, Visalia, Calif., from 1941 to 1945; employed with LeMoss-Smith Tire Co. in Fresno, Calif., 1945-1954; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; died October 25, 1995.
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Papers: 1955-1979, 500 cubic feet. The papers of Bernice (Bernie) Sisk include materials covering speeches, newspaper clippings, press materials, subject material, and correspondence documenting his role behind the San Luis Water Project, part of the Central Valley Project, and other water and agriculture related legislation. Bernice Sisk served on the House Rules Committee and was instrumental in the passage of significant House reforms which resulted in the 1970 Legislative Reorganization Act and the televising of the Watergate hearings. He also was involved in the formation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Ralph Nader Congress Project. Citizens Look at Congress: B. F. Sisk, Democratic Representative from California. Washington, D. C.: Grossman Publishers, 1972.
Sisk, B. F. A Congressional Record: The Memoir of Bernie Sisk. Fresno, CA: Panorama West, 1980.
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Last updated: February 13th, 2017 at 09:53 UTC+01:00
We've already seen two variants of the as yet unreleased Galaxy J7 (2017) on the benchmarking website GFXBench – the SM-J727P and the SM-J727A – and its last outing revealed a 1.5GHz octa-core Exynos 7870 processor with 2GB of RAM. It appears that the US variant of the Galaxy J7 (2017) has now been spotted, it bears model number SM-J727VL.
The GFXBench listing reveals that the SM-J727VL features a 1.4GHz quad-core Snapdragon 425 processor with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. A Qualcomm Adreno 308 graphics processor will be on board as well. All of the other specifications remain the same so we can expect it to have an 8-megapixel rear and 5-megapixel front camera as well as Android 7.0 Nougat.
It remains to be seen which carriers in the United States offer this device, a previous report has suggested that at least one of these variants is going to be sold by Verizon, AT&T and US Cellular. This variant may be branded as the Galaxy J7 Sky Pro. Samsung is yet to confirm when it's going to officially launch the Galaxy J7 (2017).
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Governor Mark Dayton says he will ask the Minnesota legislature to provide another $3 ½ million dollars in funding to make sure that all of the state's schoolchildren have access to lunch.Dayton made the announcement a day after a report was released that shows a majority of Minnesota school districts have policies that deny students a hot lunch, and in some cases any lunch, to students who cannot pay for their meals. There are about 62,000 low-income students signed up for the state's reduced-price lunch program. It pays for all but 40-cents of a school hot lunch, but the report found some schools deny lunch or serve a much smaller meal if a student does not have the 40-cents. The Rochester School District is among the 97 districts in the state that do not deny lunch to children who cannot pay.


Designer Smart Watches for ladies/gentlemen are trending these days. Therefore, here's the list of top 10 best designer smart watches of 2018.
Well! Watches are no longer treated as mere time pieces. They have evolved from necessity to accessories and now an integral part of communication and fitness tracking. In such situations, it becomes essential to own a designer smart watch that exudes style while keeping your health on check. Moreover, they come with features such as GPS tracking, Bluetooth, NFC, heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking and a plethora of services that would make you look forward for more. Technology has fueled everything in our lives and now smartwatches are becoming the wearable technology for mankind. In this article, we have collated a list of the top smart watches for ladies and gentlemen to suit their needs.
With its style, specs or features, Apple Watch Series 3 has a charm of a designer smart watch. Though, bit pricier, its effective heart rate monitor, accuracy, and fitness ecosystem is worth comparing. It incorporates SOS, Apple Pay, heart rate alert and fall detection to name a few.
Amazing sports and health monitoring features.
Short battery life that disappoints.
LG Watch Sport is a perfect match if you are looking for an Android Wear 2.0 device with LTE, GPS, and NFC for Google Play. It tracks outdoor running, gym reps, heart rate and lot more. Though, its water-resistant, it's not recommended for swimming.
All fitness tracking features are available.
Intuitive design and sleek look.
The case is a bit chunky and prone to smudge.
Fitbit Versa, powered with Fitbit OS 2.0 is an ideal ladies smart watch that can even track women health. Lack of GPS forces you to carry your smartphone with you though. The fresh UI helps you view your daily insights better. Fitbit Pay and Fitbit Coach is also available with it.
Enhanced features than the Iconic.
Good looks with lightweight design.
Fitbit Pay not available for all devices.
Though, the simple watch is no match to smart watch for girls, it has nice features within. Heart rate monitor, outdoor data relating to weather and GPS facility is provided with this smart watch.
The app is bit tacky.
It doesn't have any extra features.
Samsung Galaxy Smart watch is a perfect ladies smart watch equipped with heart rate sensor, fitness tracker, GPS, and the Samsung Health software. For an untethered connection, you can use LTE as well and use it to take calls on it. The rotating bezel and swim tracking feature is good enough.
Fitness and sports tracking with good looks.
More than 2 days of battery life.
If you are looking for a smart watch for girls, this watch is a gem, though both genders can carry it off well. It has AnyLight display to save unnecessary battery consumption. The charge for the watch's battery runs out by the end of a day, if sparsely used.
It has AnyLight screen technology.
Selecting designer smart watches for ladies is a task. But, this elegant piece of time is a fashionable one but lacks Google Pay. Basic fitness apps like Google Fit and other third-party apps are supported.
Watch face customization is good.
No advance fitness tracking like heart rate monitor or GPS in here.
This smartwatch is a sight to behold and an apt ladies smart watch. You can play music, click photos and take calls with it. It tracks your sleep and steps for a healthy life.
It lacks a digital screen.
Watch functions only with apps, due to lack of stand-alone features.
When it comes to designer smart watch, Xiaomi Amazfit comes with a good build. With a transreflective display a battery life of 3-5 days, it's a loved time piece. Equipped with GPS, Bluetooth, fitness trackers and sensors it's a reliable smartwatch.
It has a stylish design with awesome display.
The associated apps have limited features.
Fitness activity trackers have limited options for you.
This designer smart watch from Huawei comes with sports sensors and fitness sensors. It has real-time workout guidance and a battery that runs 2 days at a stretch. You get NFC for Android Pay and Bluetooth with it.
Nice battery life with sleek look and comfort of wearing.
Bluetooth, NFC for Android Pay support.
It has a large bezel.
The screen is comparatively smaller.
From this article, we found that for an all in one smartwatch, it is important to acquire the most essential utilities to serve people. There should be adequate facilities for tracking health and connectivity to smartphones through text and phone calls. Moreover, the pricing aspect should also be right to ensure that everything falls into place without breaking your budget or compromising on your preferred features.


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Q: How to merge 2 rows of a table into 1 according to a third column by making it as a header net mvc so as a part of my learning I came accross this situation
I have output of a query in a temp table as
       Reporting To                   Manager                        UserType
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VEDAYyyar H ( MI124557 )    P  KUMAR ( N156787 )       ASM
VEDAYyyar H  ( MI124557 )   H MIKAHAVA  ( N24578 )     RSM
VEDAYyyar H  ( MI124557  )   VNKAR IJ ( N245788)       NSM

I want to format it as
   ReportingTo       RSM         ASM     NSM
--------------------------------------------------------------------

so the three  rows can be made into a single row
Any help will be appreciated

A: you can use pivot
select * from yourtable
pivot (max(Manager) for UserType in ([ASM],[RSM],[NSM])) p

If you have more columns and looking for dynamic columns in UserType then you can use dynamic query as below
declare @cols varchar(max)
declare @query nvarchar(max)

select @cols = stuff((select ','+QuoteName(UserType) from #yourtable group by UserType for xml path('')),1,1,'')

SET @query = 'select [Reporting To], ' + @cols + ' from ( ' + ' select [Reporting To], [Manager], [UserType] from Yourtable ) a '
SET @Query = @query + ' pivot (max(Manager) for UserType in (' + @cols + ')) p '

exec sp_executesql @query

Output as below:
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
|         Reporting To          |              ASM               |                NSM                 |               RSM                |
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| VEDAMURTHY H C ( HI00007989 ) | P M ASHOK KUMAR ( HI00004297 ) | VIJAY SHANKAR IYER J ( HI00006779) | H S KESHAVA KUMAR ( HI00004056 ) |
+-------------------------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+----------------------------------+

A: Use PIVOT table :
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table1]
 (
   [ReportingTo] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
   [Manager] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
   [UserType] [nvarchar](30) NULL
 )

 INSERT INTO Table1 (ReportingTo,Manager,UserType)
 SELECT 'VEDAMURTHY H C ( HI00007989 )','P M ASHOK KUMAR ( HI00004297
        )','ASM' UNION ALL
 SELECT 'VEDAMURTHY H C ( HI00007989 )','H S KESHAVA KUMAR ( HI00004056
        )','RSM' UNION ALL
 SELECT 'VEDAMURTHY H C ( HI00007989 )','VIJAY SHANKAR IYER J (
        HI00006779)','NSM'

 SELECT *
 FROM
 (
    SELECT *
    FROM Table1
 ) A
 PIVOT
 (
    MAX(Manager) FOR UserType IN ([ASM],[RSM],[NSM])
 )pvt

A: IF OBJECT_ID('Tempdb..#temp') IS NOT NULL
    DROP TABLE #TEMP

DECLARE @Temp TABLE (
    ReportingTo NVARCHAR(max)
    ,Manager NVARCHAR(max)
    ,UserType VARCHAR(20)
    )

INSERT INTO @Temp

SELECT 'VEDAYyyar H ( MI124557 )',   'P  KUMAR ( N156787 )'    ,     'ASM' Union all
SELECT 'VEDAYyyar H ( MI124557 )',   'H MIKAHAVA  ( N24578 )'  ,     'RSM' Union all
SELECT 'VEDAYyyar H ( MI124557 )',   ' VNKAR IJ ( N245788)'    ,     'NSM'

SELECT *
INTO #TEMP
FROM @Temp

DECLARE @Sql NVARCHAR(max)
    ,@dynamicCol NVARCHAR(max)

SELECT @dynamicCol = STUFF((
            SELECT DISTINCT ', ' + QUOTENAME(UserType)
            FROM #TEMP
            FOR XML PATH('')
            ), 1, 1, '')

--Getting the column names Dynamically
SELECT @dynamicCol

SET @Sql = '
SELECT ReportingTo,' + @dynamicCol + ' From
(
SELECT ReportingTo,Manager,UserType From
#TEMP
)AS Src
PIVOT
(
MAX(Manager) For UserType IN (' + @dynamicCol + ')
)
AS Pvt'

PRINT @Sql

EXEC (@Sql)

OutPut
  ReportingTo                   ASM                      NSM                    RSM
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VEDAYyyar H ( MI124557 )    P  KUMAR ( N156787 )     VNKAR IJ ( N245788)    H MIKAHAVA  ( N24578 )

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6.11. PM (1.11 AM GMT+1).
What can I say, boy speedaxed, it was pretty funny at the end.
Someone from OTB please take out his IP.
Edit: bdog was not hacking. False alarm.
Looks a little bit fast.
bdog wasn't hacking. It wasn't so fast anyway.
bdog wasn't hacking. Its not fast enough for a speed hack.
Just watched it over again, bdog has nothing to do with it. He was strafing on the bridge. I finally caught speedhacker, broke my cherry with him, tried to demo others before but they all left before i got the chance.
Thnx to T3RR0R15T for IP.


Not as good as the first but its still Robert Downey Jr. at his best.
Was not looking forward to watching this movie but some good twists in this movie and i found it very enjoyable and funny. I would watch this again, but not my favourite movie.
Saw this with my mates. Fricken insane movie!
Not within a country mile of the very cool original. Meandering and uninteresting, with the bad guy out-numbered two to one... Where's the suspense in that?
Additionally they seem to be selling Stark as a "good" arms dealer, with his enemy being the "bad" arms dealer. WTF? Since when did being an arms dealer become ok with Hollywood? (My guess is when Murdoch started paying for movies). The appearance of O'Rielly, one of the most nasty, right-wing nut-jobs in America, confirms the moral... More turpitude of this film.
Downey and Rockwell ARE excellent however, but one suspects that this has nothing to do with the film.
I loved Iron Man 1.
It was a movie I could recommend to guys and girls across most ages, and even if super hero action films weren't their thing, they al generally enjoyed it and thought it was pretty cool.
Iron Man 2 was still entertaining but could not reach the heights of the first. Some glimpses of great action scenes but then always left wanting.
Could have been half an hour shorter too, but still, Tony drunk in the Iron Man suit is hilarious.
Two thumbs up, then I withdraw them..
If awesome grafics and big booms with a weak storyline (Completely hollywood) then this is the movie for you.
Then again, with one of my favorite actors, and one of my favorite superheros, Im afraid to say it was horrible.
Its half and half. Just to many movies reliy on hot women and flashy grafics and junk now, instead of a gripping storyline. Gosh this is a hard one.
Why are iron man villains so boring?
Characters cool but the storyline didn't hold a candle to the first one...still enjoyed it but felt a bit disappointed in the overall film.
Great movie, fully recommend it. Fit in with the last movie brilliantly, not too much of a jump from the last movie. Make sure you watch after the credits, sneak of the next movie!
Excellent movie. Good balance between story development (the Avengers storyline gets some more attention here) and action. Those not familiar with the Marvel universe may get a bit lost. Scarlet Johannsen's Black Widow character is one of the highlights - I hope the Black Widow gets her own movie cos she was hot.
I'm not convinced it lived up to the HUGE pre-release hype, but it's right up there with the first movie. Go in without any inflated pre-determined expectations and you'll enjoy the... More movie a lot more.
Such is the life of a sequel - some will love it and some will hate it.
The so-called pro reviews I've read on Empire, Hollywood Reporter and Variety are ridiculous. Did these critics actually WATCH the movie?
Jon really dropped the ball on this one, I went into the theaters with high expectations and left feeling incomplete, dissapointed and angry. Iron Man 2 trys to force to much material into the space of 130 minutes.
Lets first start with the new characters, first there's Black Widow who I felt could have been cut out of he movie all together, she doesn't really serve any purpose in the film except to mix it up between Tony and... More Pepper and of course to look hot (which she does I might add:P). Then there's Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), what I don't understand is that he doesn't appear untill about half way through the film and again is just there as a sub-plot so to speak.
O.K, then there's the villains, first Ivan Vanko/Whiplash (Mickry Rourke), who I must say did a fantastic job, he is probably the highlight of the film, that is untill ***SPOILERS AHEAD*** he gets his Mark II suit which just looks disgusting, trust me once you see this thing you'll wish he kept the first one through the entire movie. **SPOILERS END** Then there is Justin Hammer who again is great, he has great lines inluding my favourite "I don't know if you know this but I DON'T SPEAK RUISSIAN."
And last and yes unfourtunatley probably least War Machine, I must give credit where it's due Don Cheadle is 100X better than Terrance the sad thing about War Machine is that he only has 25-30 minutes of screen time, which I was very pissed about. Then there's the crap little after the credits scene trust me it's not evn worth it don't bother.
NOT AS GOOD AS THE FIRST!
Iron Man 2 has a lot to live up to, unfortunetly it doesn't. I've seen it twice now as I wanted to be sure on my feeling towards it, sadly the second time in rage I upped and left the theater. I will do a full review on Saturday untill then enjoy (or not).
Iron Man 2 has been one of the most anticipated movie of 2010. After the success of Iron Man, which blew people away, Iron Man 2 has been (for me) a long time coming.
I can't be bothered writing a long review actually, and I don't want to say anything about the story's plot because I don't want to ruin everything, but the with the addition of Black Widow, War Machine and Nick Fury the action is better, the dialogue is better and just EVERYTHING IS BETTER.
GO WATCH THE FILM, STOP READING THIS!


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