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TFF'11: MAKING MOVIES IN COMMUNIST-ERA YUGOSLAVIA
Sam Weisberg April 23, 2011
"Cinema Komunisto" is an exquisitely detailed, heartfelt look at the former Soviet Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's thriving yet little-known film industry, circa post-WWII to 1980. Josip Broz Tito, the celebrated war hero, Prime Minister and eventually president-for-life during this time period, was a lover of grand-scale Hollywood films, which began to be shown in Yugoslavia after the country's break from Stalin's Eastern Bloc, and in turn Soviet influence, in the late 1940s.
Armed with newfound independence and chutzpah, Tito—who screened at least one movie a day, privately, for the next thirty-two years of his life—decided to make Yugoslavia a cinematic empire. The state-financed Avala Film studios would go on to produce 'partisan films,' insanely self-aggrandizing war movies that depicted Yugoslavia as an unstoppable, Nazi and Soviet-defeating force. ("A lot of these movies were absolutely terrible," the actor Bata Zivojinovic admits; "I'm just killing Germans from start to finish.") An Avala Film rep, Steva Petrovic, was hired to promote the studio around the globe, and gradually, foreign capital poured in, allowing international productions starring the likes of Yul Brynner, Kirk Douglas and Orson Welles to be shot in Yugoslavian countryside. In the 1973 pic "Sutjeska," Tito demonstrated the full extent of his superiority complex by insisting he be portrayed, for the first time on film, by Richard Burton—who looks nothing like Tito.
Director Mila Turajlic took years to compile an exhaustive, undoubtedly hard to recover series of newsreels and film clips, and her passion for the subject is felt in every frame. While the war films themselves seem silly and jingoistic today, they retain an undeniable authenticity.
Real tanks and ammunition left over from WWII were pushed into rivers and ditches, and in one epic, 1969's "Battle on the Neretva," an actual bridge was detonated—a bridge that still dangles into the Neretva river today. It is endearing watching Zivojinovic, Petrovik and other crucial figures from that period boasting, eyes a-twinkle, about how no Hollywood film could achieve such realistic war footage.
There were, unsurprisingly, tyrannical sides to Tito's involvement in Yugoslavian cinema—he edited every script furiously, discouraged even the slightest spin on events and eventually, as shadier figures were allowed into the industry, ruined the careers of anyone who dared criticize his regime. But it is clear from watching these candid, poignant interviews—particularly the ones with Tito's personal projectionist, Leka Konstantinovic—that Tito's general love of film, his kinship with artists, his pride for Yugoslavia—is sorely missed in what remains of the country today. Turajlic, amazingly, was granted access to Avala Film, which is now an abandoned, soot-filled, cobweb-ridden albatross; a wardrobe room and boxes of scripts are the only traces of its existence, and soon all of the land will be auctioned off. She also visits the once-booming Metropol Hotel in Belgrade just before its closing in 2007, and the remnants of Tito's mansion, bombed by NATO in 1999. The swelling music and teary-eyed narrative in these scenes would feel manipulative in a piece of fiction, but this is the real death of a movement we are seeing here, the sheer dissolution of a country.
"Cinema Komunisto" could go on for three more hours and still not tell its whole story. The final portion, documenting the erosion of the film industry following Tito's death in 1980, seems rushed and unfocused. While clearly Tito is the centerpiece of the cinema's heyday, it would be fascinating to see how the movement crumbled between his death and the series of ethnic wars that broke the country apart in 1991; how did the people in charge of the film studio let it go to waste; and what became of the filmmakers and actors whose careers were suddenly ended? But "Cinema Komunisto" is still one of the most riveting, well-researched, elegantly-rendered chronicles of a fallen era to ever be captured on film—and a must-see for film aficionados.
Currently screening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
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Lady Gaga"s boyfriend Taylor Kinney says the pop star reminds him of his mother
Like mother like… girlfriend Lady Gaga's boyfriend Taylor Kinney says the pop star reminds him of his mother
The boyfriend of Lady Gaga says he fell for the singer because she reminded him of his mother.
American actor Taylor Kinney, 31, opened up about the 26-year old star and put the comparison between his lover and his mother down to their strong characteristics.
Lady Gaga – real name Stefani Germanotta
– is known for her political activism, not only using her songs as a
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Broody: Taylor says he wants to become a dad now he's in in 30s
Performer: Gaga's hectic schedule may make it hard for her to settle down
Speaking to The Sun, Taylor said: 'She works incredibly hard and is very strong and inspirational like mom, with a great work ethic.'
Gaga's
powerful stance on these issues are obviously part of the attraction
Taylor describes.
In the video the two get married, which could soon be an example of life imitating art as Taylor says that his mother Pam – a dental hygienist
who brought him and his three brothers up alone in Pennsylvania – has given her blessing.
He told The Sun: 'My mom wants me to get married, and have children of
course. She's met Gaga, we've been dating a while, we're in a committed
relationship and I'm really happy in my relationship. I'm a very lucky guy.'
And the pitter patter of little monsters' feet could soon be heard as Taylor says: 'I do want
to give mom grandchildren, of course. I think I'd be a good dad, it would be a
pleasure. I'd love it – and I'm in my 30s now.'
Gaga is believed to be feeling just as broody.
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NYT: Ohio GOP candidate for Senate once made racist remarks about Asians
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A Republican running to replace Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) used racist tropes to talk about Asians on a podcast in 2013, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
Why it matters: One of the leading contenders in the race, entrepreneur Mike Gibbons made the remarks while citing "The Bell Curve," a controversial book that drew accusations of racism for claiming that racial differences in intelligence are driven by genes and the environment.
Driving the news: The book claimed that "the smartest people in the world as far as measurable I.Q. were Ashkenazi Jews," Gibbons said on the podcast, according to a transcript reviewed by the Times. "And then right below them was basically everybody in China, India and, you know, throughout the Asian countries."
Describing a class with "mostly Asians" during his graduate school years, Gibbons said, "It was astounding to me how much they studied, how they were incredibly bright, but they memorized formulas."
"And when we ran into a word problem — and you know, I think this is a function of the educational track they put them on — they got lost in the weeds."
He added that "they're very good at copying" in a discussion on the Chinese education system, which his co-host claimed did not adequately teach critical thinking, per the Times.
What he's saying: A spokesperson for the campaign of Gibbons, who received a master's degree at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, told the Times that he was "discussing the difference in educational structure and attainment that he experienced in both business and graduate school in relation to China."
Gibbons did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment on whether he regretted his 2013 remarks after the NYT article was published, but said in an emailed statement: "The New York Times doesn't get to cancel me or the truth about China."
"Donald Trump was right: COVID- 19 did come from China, and China's COVID cover up cost lives around the world," he continued, referring to the former president's unproven claims about a pandemic cover-up.
Gibbons accused "the Chinese" of stealing intellectual property, cheating on trade deals and destroying American jobs, without elaborating further. Upon a request for clarification, he specified that he was referring to China's government.
He also claimed Beijing was "cozying up" to Moscow and "threatening to invade Taiwan." "Donald Trump was absolutely right to stand up to them and I will do the same in the Senate," Gibbons added.
Between the lines: Gibbons' 2013 comments rely on an old racist trope that assumes Asians inherently excel in STEM due to their race despite the community's diversity. It perpetuates the notion that Asians are like sheep — only able to regurgitate formulas and produce copies.
They also invoke the model minority myth, a term coined by a white sociologist in 1965 that falsely claims Asians achieved success despite their status as a racial minority.
Experts say the model minority myth adds an undue burden on Asians who feel unable to ask for help because of the stereotype, which puts them in a box. It can also lead to mental health stressors, according to NBC News.
The big picture: Ohio's GOP race has received a lot of attention because of its crowded field and enormous ad spending.
Two recent polls put Gibbons and former state treasurer Josh Mandel out in front with a few weeks until early voting begins, Axios' Tyler Buchanan writes.
Gibbons is among several GOP candidates vying for Trump's endorsement.
Gibbons' campaign did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.
Go deeper: The centuries-long history of anti-Asian racism and violence in the U.S.


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Viktor Hovland extends PGA Tour record streak of consecutive rounds in the 60s at the CJ Cup
Viktor Hovland isn't even through a full year yet as a professional, and he's breaking PGA Tour records which have stood for decades.
At the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges on Jeju Island in South Korea, Hovland came into the week a round away from setting the PGA Tour record for consecutive rounds in the 60s. Bob Estes held the record of 17 consecutive rounds for 18 years, and Hovland was looking at the record by shooting a first round of 3-under 69 or better.
That's exactly what Hovland shot: a 69 to break the record, rallying from an opening front nine of even par. The PGA Tour first kept track of this record in 1983.
Estes was gracious in congratulating the Norwegian rookie.
Congratulations to Viktor Hovland for breaking the record. He's a great player already and his career is just getting started. I enjoyed having the record the last 18 years but most records do eventually get broken. Keep it goin', Viktor! https://t.co/l616Z9g8Uj
— Bob Estes (@BobEstesPGA) October 17, 2019
Then Hovland extended his record with a second-round 69. Hovland made a birdie on his 15th hole of his round, which began on the 10th hole, to get to 3 under on the day. He made pars into the house to get to the weekend on 6-under 138.
Hovland admitted Friday the streak wasn't on his mind this week. After gaining his PGA Tour card through the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, Hovland headed to England to compete in the European Tour's BMW PGA Championship for the first time. He didn't fire four rounds in the 60s at Wentworth, nor did he all the way through the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, so as far as he was concerned, the streak was over.
"I didn't really think much about it because I played in England three weeks ago and I didn't shoot rounds in the 60s there, so I didn't really think about it," Hovland said. "But I guess that didn't count as the PGA Tour, so I didn't really think much about it at all."
Working back from the pair of 69s to start this week in South Korea, Hovland has shot 69-69-64-68-68-68-65-64-66-66-64-68-69-69-65-69-66-69-64, beginning with a closing 64 in the inaugural Rocket Mortgage Classic in June.
While Hovland is thrilled to have such a record so soon into his professional career, he wishes the streak would have yielded some better finishes -- or even a win.
"Obviously I would have liked to have maybe higher finishes in the tournaments that I've played, but it really goes to show the consistency that I've had over the summer," he said Friday.
That standard must be high, as Hovland has finished outside the top 16 just once since turning pro after the US Open -- in his pro debut at the 2019 Travelers Championship in June.
"Hopefully I can continue the streak, shoot a little lower."
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Formula 1 2008 German Grand Prix
German Grand Prix
circuit Hockenheimring
winner Lewis Hamilton HAM
fastest lap Nick Heidfeld
lap 52 - 1:15.987 HEI
The 2008 German Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton of McLaren.
The race in Germany was round 10 of 18 of the 2008 season.
Weather conditions at 20 July 2008 12:00 GMT (raceday).
skycondition Partly Cloudy
wind speed 10.81 mph
wind bearing 268°
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 67 1:31:20.874 10
2 Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 67 +5.586 8
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 +9.339 6
4 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 67 +9.825 5
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 67 +12.411 4
6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 67 +14.403 3
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 67 +22.682 2
10 Nico Rosberg Williams 67 +37.625 0
11 Fernando Alonso Renault 67 +38.600 0
13 David Coulthard Red Bull 67 +54.971 0
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 67 +1:00.003 0
15 Adrian Sutil Force India 67 +1:09.488 0
16 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 67 +1:24.093 0
Rubens Barrichello Honda 50 Collision 0
Mark Webber Red Bull 40 Engine 0
Timo Glock Toyota 35 Suspension 0
8 Mark Webber Red Bull +1.348
10 David Coulthard Red Bull +1.837
11 Timo Glock Toyota +-1:-1.-158
12 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +-1:-1.-85
13 Nico Rosberg Williams +-1:-1.-33
17 Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault +0.523
2008 German Grand Prix
The 2008 German Grand Prix (formally the LXIX Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race held on 20 July 2008 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany. It was the 10th race of the 2008 Formula One season and was contested over 67 laps. It was won by Lewis Hamilton for the McLaren team after starting from pole position. Nelson Piquet Jr. finished second for Renault, with Felipe Massa third for Ferrari.
Hamilton maintained his startline advantage and led until he made his first pit stop on lap 18. As other cars made their pit stops, Hamilton regained the lead on lap 22. On lap 36, Timo Glock crashed, and the race was neutralized by the deployment of the safety car. Hamilton, on a two-stop strategy, did not stop to get more fuel during this period, while all the cars around him did. Thus, when he did eventually stop on lap 50, he rejoined the race in fifth position. In the closing stages of the race, Hamilton first overtook his teammate Heikki Kovalainen, then Massa, and finally Piquet, whilst also gaining a position due to Nick Heidfeld's late pit stop. This allowed him to take the lead again on lap 60, which he maintained to win the race.
The victory was Hamilton's second consecutive win, having won the preceding British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The win also put him ahead of his two main rivals in the Drivers' Championship, Kimi Räikkönen (who finished sixth) and Massa, who were on equal points with him before the race. After the race he was four points ahead of Massa, and seven ahead of Räikkönen. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren drew closer to the two teams ahead of them, BMW Sauber and Ferrari. Ferrari still led by 15 points from McLaren, and 12 from BMW, whose drivers – Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica – finished fourth and seventh respectively.


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Destinations Leverage Tourism Pledges as Marketing Tactic in Age of Overtourism
Rosie Spinks , Skift
Tourism pledges are commonly thought of as a way to improve visitor behavior. But done right, they can also potentially help attract a desirable kind of traveler: one who cares about the environment as much as locals.
Why Corporate Travel Management in Asia Is Looking Sexy
Hello, modern world of corporate travel and expense management, where words such as "compliance" are unfriendly and strange. Hello as well to Western investors — such as Silicon Valley's Accel — that are starting to find the Asian market irresistible.
UK Government to Probe Environmental Cost of Tourism
Rosie Spinks, Skift
The UK's tourism industry is robust and vitally important to its economy — which is why it's even more important that the government take a look at its environmental impact.
After President Donald Trump Put Them on the Map, Guam Looks to Capitalize on Tourism Growth
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Protests Against Puerto Rico's Governor Put Rebounding Tourism Industry to the Test
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Mexico Beach Tourism Battles Against Smelly Seaweed
Andrea Navarro, Bloomberg
Mexico's recently elected president Andrés Manuel López Obrador needs to take more serious action to combat the massive stinky piles of sargassum, a type of seaweed, arriving in coastal towns like Cancun, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum. Otherwise the damage to the area's tourism reputation and ecosystem may linger for years.
Data-Mining in Disney's Parks Is Both Profitable … and Uncontroversial
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Alaska Sees Exponential Growth in Chinese Tourists
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Crowds Lighter Than Expected at Disney's Star Wars Parks: Will New Rides Change That?
Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg
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UNESCO's Failure With Venice and 9 Other Tourism Trends This Week
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Visa Policies Fail to Keep Up With India's Growing Travel Market
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The Balkans Is a Bright Spot in Europe's Modest Tourism Growth
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France is the most Western country at ease with its Muslim population while Britons are the most suspicious compared to Europeans and Americans, according to a new poll.
France is the most Western country at ease with its Muslim population while Britons are the most suspicious compared to Europeans and Americans, according to a new poll by The Financial Times published on Monday, August 20.
"In France we are very good at cultural integration," said Patrick Weil, political scientist at the University of Paris 1- Sorbonne.
The Harris Interactive survey, which involved 6,398 people in the six Western countries, found that most French would accept if their child wanted to marry a Muslim and were most likely to say they had Muslim friends.
It also found that most French believe that French Muslims had been the victims of unjustified criticism and prejudice.
"We are very bad in fighting discrimination, especially in high-level jobs," said Weil.
French Justice Minister Rachida Dati is facing a smear campaign by right-wing media and "jealous" politicians, who cannot swallow a Muslim woman of poor ethnic background holding such a prestigious post, Britain's Times reported on Tuesday, July 17.
In October of last year, thousands of youths of immigrant origin protested violently in the Persian suburbs at discrimination at workplace and educational institutions.
The construction of purpose-built mosques in France has become a mission impossible as rightists stand as the main roadblock and derail strenuous efforts made by Muslims to have a proper place of worship just like other communities in the secular country.
Paris triggered an international controversy in 2004 after banning hijab, which Islam sees as an obligatory code of dress, in public schools and institutions.
France is home to around six million Muslims, the largest Muslim minority in Europe.
The poll found that Britons view Muslims with more suspicions than other Europeans or Americans.
It indicated that Britons were most likely to consider Muslims "a threat to national security".
British Muslims, estimated at nearly 2 million, have been at the eye of the storm since the 7/7 London terrorist bombings, carried out by four Muslim bombers.
The recent failed London and Glasgow plots, vehemently condemned by British Muslims, only added insult to injury.
The poll found that 59 percent of British respondents thought it possible to be both a Muslim and a Briton, a smaller proportion than in France, Germany, Spain, Italy or the US.
It indicated that 52 percent of Britons expect a major terrorist attack in Britain within the next 12 months.
Osama Saeed of the Muslim Association of Britain blamed the poll's findings on the media campaigns which fuel Islamophobia.
A British study blamed in January the Western media and film industry for perpetuating Islamophobia and prejudice by demonizing Muslims and Arabs as violent, dangerous and threatening people.
The new poll found that suspicions about Muslims fell sharply in the US and other European countries.
In America, 21 percent of respondents saw Muslims as a threat, though some 40 percent said they would oppose their children marrying Muslims.
In Spain, fewer than a quarter saw Muslims as a threat, while just a fifth said they would oppose Muslims marrying their children.
The poll found that nearly 46 percent of British respondents believe Muslims had too much political power.
By contrast, about a third of Italians and Germans, less than a quarter of Spaniards, and a fifth of Americans believe Muslims had too much political power.
A June study sponsored by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Washington's Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars concluded that US Muslims, estimated between six to seven million, lacked strong institutions and recognizable public or political voices.


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WWF and Knorr are working together to encourage people around the world to diversify their diets so as to include more climate-friendly foods — such as fonio, a West African grain which is not only nutritious but also easy to grow without lots of chemical inputs. Credit: Communication JOKKALE, FlickrCC.
Dear EarthTalk: A chef told me that our food choices are the major driver of climate change around the world, but it seems to me that electricity generation and transportation are really more the problem, no? — Melanie G., Moodus, CT
It depends how you slice it. Producing electricity (power plants) and getting ourselves and our stuff around (transportation) do generate the majority of greenhouse gas emissions around the world. But while the agriculture sector in and of itself is only responsible for about 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, the impact of our food choices ripples throughout other sectors as well, with the untold transport miles devoted to shipping food within and between continents, driving to and from restaurants and the grocery store — and all the disposable packaging food is wrapped in that gets tossed into landfills.
Meanwhile, we all use lots of electricity and gas to cook and prepare our food and to keep it cool in the fridge until we're ready for it. And since we throw away some 30 percent of the food we buy, much of the carbon emitted to produce and transport it is for naught. No doubt, our food choices are an important factor in moving society away from our profligate use of fossil fuels and towards a greener future.
Whether or not you've already taken steps to reduce your carbon footprint by driving or flying less and boosting the efficiency of the buildings and appliances where you live and work, you can do a lot more by changing your diet. The UK office of the non-profit World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has teamed up with Knorr Foods, one of the largest food brands globally, to launch a new initiative called The Future 50 Foods, which encourages people to diversify their diets beyond the carbon-intensive staples so many of us rely on day to day.
"Greater diversity in our diets is essential, as the lack of variety in agriculture is both bad for nature and a threat to food security," reports WWF. "Currently 75 percent of the world's food comes from just 12 plant and five animal species."
This so-called dietary monotony is not just bad for our bodies, given the lack of diversity and limited consumption of some vitamins and minerals, it is also linked to a decline in the diversity of plants and animals used in and around agriculture. According to WWF, we've lost some 75 percent of the genetic plant diversity in agriculture since 1900.
Some of the "future 50 foods" that WWF and Knorr would like us to eat more of include some familiar ingredients — lentils, kale, wild rice — as well as others that you've probably never heard of let alone considered eating, like pumpkin flowers, cactus and fonio, a nutrition-rich, ancient West African grain that Cooking Light magazine calls "the new super grain that could replace quinoa."
"Many of these have higher yields than the crops we currently rely on and several are tolerant of challenging weather and environmental conditions, meaning they could not only reduce the land required for crops, but also prove invaluable in the face of growing climate uncertainty," says WWF. "It's essential that we change our eating habits to ensure we protect our planet whilst feeding the growing global population."
Contacts: WWF, www.wwf.org.uk; Knorr's Future 50 Foods Report, www.knorr.com/uk/future50report.html; Cooking Light, www.cookinglight.com/cooking-101/what-is-fonio
Studies are mixed about whether permanent hair dye causes cancer, but there is no doubt that conventional formulas contain carcinogenic ingredients. Credit: Samantha Steele, FlickrCC.
Dear EarthTalk: My hairdresser was just diagnosed with leukemia and I wonder if there is a link between the chemicals in hair dye and cancer? — Cyndi B., Tallahassee, FL
The short answer is…maybe. Scientists have found links between certain types of cancer and repeated exposure to so-called "permanent" hair dyes (that is, the kind you would get in the hair salon that would stay put until the hair is replaced by new growth).
These dyes contain a cocktail of potentially harmful substances, including formaldehyde (linked to cancer and fetal damage in utero), p-Phenylenediamine (lung and kidney problems, bladder cancer), DMDM Hydantoin (an immunotoxin restricted in other countries but not the U.S.), ammonia (respiratory problems and asthma), coal tar (a known carcinogen), resorcinol (a hormone disruptor) and eugenol (cancer, allergies, and immune and neurological issues). These dyes penetrate and bind with hair shafts; darker dyes require more of the potentially harmful coloring agents and are therefore more dangerous.
Three-quarters of adult women in the U.S. color their hair, but it's the hair care workers, exposed to noxious chemicals daily, who are most at risk. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), some studies have shown that hairdressers, stylists and barbers who work with these dyes do indeed have a slightly elevated risk of developing bladder cancer, leukemia or non-Hodgkin lymphoma, while others proved inconclusive. If working with hair is your job, you might want to consider limiting your exposure to permanent hair dyes, or at least look for and offer safer alternatives, even if they don't last as long.
A good place to start is the "Hair Color & Bleaching" section of the free online Skin Deep database, launched in 2004 by the non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG) to provide information on the ingredients of common household cleaning and health and beauty products–and to highlight potential hazards and health concerns. The database contains listings for hundreds of hair color products, both for at-home use and in salons, that won't make you sick. Some favorite all-natural, non-toxic brands to try include EcoColors, Hairprint, Organic & Mineral, Logona, Good Dye Young and Naturigin.
According to Nicole Cothrun Venables, a Hollywood-based stylist, there are many all-natural ways to enhance, brighten or alter your existing hair color without subjecting your locks to carcinogenic chemicals. "Fruit, vegetable, and herb restorative color cocktails are excellent rinses that can be applied once per week to refresh your color," she reports. "Tea, coffee and wine hair stains are also gentle ways to add subtle hints of opaque color, depth, highlights and shine." Check out her DIY hair color treatment recipes and techniques in her HuffPost article "7 Non-Toxic Solutions to Healthy Hair Color."
Another way to avoid potentially dangerous hair color treatments is to just get over your misplaced vanity and accept your natural hair color — even if it's gray — as a beautiful expression of who you are and what you stand for in the increasingly manicured, colorized and fabricated world we now inhabit.
Contacts: ACS's "Hair Dye," cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/hair-dyes.html; EWG, ewg.org/skindeep/browse/hair+color+and+bleaching/; EcoColors, www.ecocolors.net; Hairprint, www.myhairprint.com; Organic & Mineral, originalmineral.com/cct-color/; Logona, logona.de/de/haare/pflanzen-haarfarben.html; Sante, sante.de/en/hair/herbal-hair-colors.html; Good Dye Young, gooddyeyoung.com/#colors; Naturigin, naturigin.com/natural-hair-colours/; HuffPost, www.huffpost.com/entry/nontoxic-hair-dye_b_1005188.
This small rooftop wind turbine from Nertherlands-based start-up The Archimedes can generate 1,500 kilowatt-hours of energy each year, which would account for about 15% of the typical American household's annual energy needs.
Dear EarthTalk: Given all the advances in residential household efficiency, can you paint a picture of what the home of the future will look like? — Jennifer C., Valmeyer, IL
No doubt, homes in the future, whether single family dwellings or apartments in larger buildings, will be much greener than what we are all living in these days. For starters, the use of sustainable, locally sourced (and ideally recycled) materials will be the norm, not the exception, so as to avoid the unnecessary emissions and resource consumption required to make new stuff and ship it around the world.
Homes of the future will be energy efficient. Part of this efficiency will come from better insulation, doors and windows to keep the heat/cold inside where you want it. The other part will come in the form of using renewable energy generated on-site, whether from rooftop photovoltaic solar panels, thin-film window treatments, solar shingles, micro wind turbines, kinetic energy harvesters, or other newfangled technologies. And all this self-sustaining energy will be stored in your own high-capacity batteries probably not so different from Tesla's Powerwall array.
Homes of the future will also be smart. Your appliances, A/C, lighting, home security, motorized blinds, garage door openers and other systems will be connected to your network with controls available through apps over the Internet. And chances are, your future home will be smaller. The "tiny house" movement highlights how much homeowners can save on utility bills when space is limited. Efficiency can also be about use of space as much as about use of energy. While we won't all live in tiny homes, downsizing will definitely continue to be "in."
And what about outside your home? Don't be surprised if your perfect lawn has been replaced by native plants attuned to the surrounding ecosystem. These hardy local plants won't need chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides to thrive. Rainwater from your roof will be collected in cisterns, with the resulting "graywater" used to irrigate your landscaping. A green roof or vertical garden could top it all off.
While the picture painted above may seem far-fetched, it's really not, given that you could build a home that met all of the above criteria today for not much more than a conventional home. That said, it might be greener still to retrofit your existing old-school home with eco-friendly upgrades than to tear it down and build a new one, given the emissions associated with manufacturing, materials transport and assembly on a new structure. While the new home will be more efficient, it could take decades to "pay back" the "carbon debt" accrued by building from scratch.
Of course, all buildings run their course eventually, so when it is time to tear-down, it's good to know there are plenty of green options out there to replace the old homestead. And with California adopting new building codes that go into effect in 2020 calling on all new construction of single-family homes and low-rise apartments to meet zero net energy standards (whereby they generate as much power from on-site renewables as they consume from the grid), the future may be here sooner than we imagined.
Contacts: Tesla Powerwall, tesla.com/powerwall; "Tiny Homes Are Big On Energy Efficiency," ase.org/blog/tiny-homes-are-big-energy-efficiency; "CA Building Code Takes Big Step Toward Net-Zero Energy," nrdc.org/experts/pierre-delforge/ca-building-code-takes-big-step-toward-net-zero-energy.
China, Australia, Pakistan, Brazil and other countries have undertaken massive reforestation campaigns, but the United States? Not so much. Credit: Garrat, FlickrCC.
Dear EarthTalk: I've heard that China and other nations have gone gangbusters with reforestation projects that are ambitious enough to have a significant impact on cutting carbon emissions. Why aren't we also doing this here in the U.S.?
— Mickie Infurcia, Hamden, CT
A recent Boston University (BU) study tracking satellite data of vegetation coverage found that the world is indeed getting greener overall, largely thanks to an ambitious reforestation program underway in China.
"China alone accounts for 25 percent of the global net increase in leaf area with only 6.6 percent of global vegetated area," says lead researcher Chi Chen of BU's Department of Earth and Environment. "This is equal to the net greening in the three largest countries, Russia, the United States and Canada, that together hold 31 percent of the global vegetated area."
China's reforestation efforts date back to the 1970s when the government started requiring every citizen over age 11 to plant at least three saplings every year to augment official government-backed reforestation projects. The result has been the planting of some 66 billion trees across some 12,000 miles of Northern China over the last few decades, with the so-called "Great Green Wall of China" expected to snake along some 2,800 continuous miles by 2050.
China isn't the only country hell-bent on reforestation. Pakistan embarked on its Billion Tree Tsunami campaign in 2014 and is well on its way of achieving its goal of restoring healthy forests to some 350,000 hectares of degraded land. Meanwhile, Australia's "20 Million Trees Program" aims to re-establish green corridors and urban forests across the country while mitigating climate impacts by facilitating the planting of 20 million trees by 2020. Another major reforestation effort with global impact is happening in Brazil, where the non-profit Conservation International is helping restore 30,000 of the hardest hit hectares across the so-called "arc of deforestation" in the Amazon rainforest as a key part of that country's Paris climate agreement goal of reforesting 12 million hectares by 2030.
Here in the U.S., our forebears chopped down practically every tree they could until around 1920, but then we started to regain some of the lost tree cover over the next 40 years as abandoned farms reverted back to forest. Since then, we are barely net positive in forest cover as tree planting campaigns by the U.S. Forest Service and the non-profit Arbor Day Foundation have made up for losses from development and logging. That said, increased reforestation is not a major part of American efforts to meet climate mitigation targets given more practical ways we can achieve quicker overall emissions reductions.
Beyond the U.S., though, there are still lots of "low-hanging fruit" around the world in the form of other areas that would be good candidates for reforestation. The non-profit World Resources Institute (WRI) maintains the Atlas of Forest & Landscape Restoration Opportunities, which includes global overlay maps on current forest coverage, potential forest coverage, forest condition and human pressure on forest landscapes. According to WRI, upwards of two billion hectares of degraded or logged over forest lands around the world are ripe for restoration work if only we can muster the political will to make it happen.
Contacts: Chi Chen, sites.bu.edu/cliveg/people/doctoral-students/chi-chen/; EarthTalk's "What Is The Great Green Wall of China?" earthtalk.org/green-wall-china/; Australia's 20 Million Trees Program, nrm.gov.au/national/20-million-trees; Arbor Day Foundation, arborday.org; WRI's Atlas of Forest & Landscape Restoration Opportunities, wri.org/applications/maps/flr-atlas.
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Stuff to Check Out Including Why Ted Kennedy Can Say "Nuclear" and George W. Bush Can't
Steve Clemons - May 13, 2007
(Annie — Oakley the Amazing Weimaraner's sister — running in the Congressional Cemetery; taken with cell phone camera)
The Boston Globe has a fascinating long expose on Rose Kennedy's life and letters. The most hilarious part of it though is on the third page in which she counsels her Senator son, Ted Kennedy, how to pronounce a word our incumbent president never quite manages.
From the piece:
She [Rose Kennedy] offered maternal advice long after her children had grown to adulthood. She told Jack to speak more slowly during his presidential campaign, as his Boston accent was hard for others to decipher. She told Bobby to get his hair cut during his 1968 campaign. In 1969, she sent her senator son Ted a letter that Barbara Bush apparently never sent her son.
"Dear Ted," Rose wrote, "I wish you would check the pronunciation of the word 'nuclear.' You pronounce it as though it were spelled 'nucular,' but I believe it should be pronounced 'nu-cle-ar.'"
My New America Foundation colleague Nir Rosen's New York Times Magazine cover story, "Exodus: The Flight from Iraq" is up on the web now and well worth a read.
On Friday, we organized a fascinating array of speakers in a set of conversations on the future of the American and global economies. The question posed was "Will the Sky Fall?" and the general provocation of the meeting was that some progressives are beginning to take another look at whether or not we are measuring our economy correctly — inputs, outputs, tangibles, intangibles — and whether we should grab the next set of years as an opportunity to rebuild America's public infrastructure — including educational system, physical infrastructure, broadband architecture, and R&D base.
The meeting was covered in full by C-Span, but the influential young blogger and a leading general among the "netroots" Matt Stoller offers some YouTube commentary and a short essay here. Matt and I will differ a bit here and there, but his take on the culture of elites discussing these issues is fascinating on its own — and his seeming dismissal of the "doom and gloomism" of those who want to strangle entitlements down is impressive, particularly since he doesn't follow economic policy closely. His review is honest and something to note.
Last item before I go take Oakley & Annie for a walk is that this fellow, Dal LaMagna, has just bought my friends' home across the street from me. Apparently, Cindy Sheehan stayed there the entire week week before last. I had no idea. But it's prompted me to check him out — and he's a powerhouse progressive activist that owns a firm, Tweezerman, that seems like it really believes in a socially responsible business model. He also seems to be involved in publishing the progressive magazine, Yes!.
I suspect we will get along — until I mention the many reasons I like Chuck Hagel.
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15 comments on "Stuff to Check Out Including Why Ted Kennedy Can Say "Nuclear" and George W. Bush Can't"
Ian Welsh says: May 22, 2007 at 8:34 am
People who know how the liberal blogosphere works would say that Matt Stoller is probably one of the 5 most influential bloggers in it. Personally, I'd put him in the cat bird seat (yes, number one and ahead of Kos, whom people who don't know how the blogosphere works think is the most important blogger.)
While Matt isn't an economics blogger, he's not ec-illiterate and he does know a number of people who are far from ec-illiterate. Let's just say that there's a sizable alternative body of opinion that doesn't think that strangling medicare and SS is necessary for fixing the economy.
And most of us on that side got minor things like the property bubble right long before the people on the other side did.
MP says: May 16, 2007 at 10:06 am
POA writes: "How many people are misinformed daily by AIPAC, and their unabashed propaganda?"
Hmmm, I'd guess about .0000000001% of the population.
Jon Stopa says: May 14, 2007 at 8:52 pm
It seems to me that the next step in ending our occupation of Iraq is to submit to the Iraqi people an evacuaation plan of Iraq, with dates! See what they think. Why wait for Bush?
Wouldn't that be a form of "facts on the ground?"
Pissed Off American says: May 14, 2007 at 9:59 am
Heres more on the IAEA inspections in Iran. I note the AIPAC website is still running a fictitious main article on their homepage as of this morning. How many people are misinformed daily by AIPAC, and their unabashed propaganda?
IAEA inspectors 'in Iran'
Sun, 13 May 2007 20:04:28
A team of two inspectors from the UN atomic watchdog are in Iran to continue their work at key nuclear facilities of Natanz and Esfahan.
The UN experts arrived Saturday for a two week visit to the nuclear facilities and immediately began work, Fars news agency reported.
Earlier this month, Western media claimed that Iran had suspended UN inspection as an objection to the UN Security Council resolution against the country. Iran and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) both denied the allegations.
Marc Vidricaire, the IAEA's spokesman said Iran had not hampered the IAEA's inspections and "the information is untrue".
Iran has been cooperating with the IAEA and allows the agency's inspectors to visit its nuclear facilities across the country.
ARA/RE
Marcia says: May 14, 2007 at 9:10 am
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Dana says: May 13, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Well, if we're talking about issues that are being ignored, how about the trade deals (with Peru, Colombia, South Korea, and others) that the Dems were touting as providing coverage for unions and organizing unions and such. But neither the Dems nor the Repubs have seen the legislative language, so how can they be so sure? No matter what, this admin is not responsible enough to be given the "fast track" authority it seeks. And we know we can't trust them on trade deals just on their assurances alone.
Who is Matt Stoller, and why should we care what he says?
Greg Priddy says: May 13, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Chuck Hagel certainly has some interesting things to say on Face the Nation this morning, including this exchange:
SCHIEFFER: You had dinner, I know, the other night with Mayor Bloomberg of New York. Some say he's thinking of a run, perhaps, as an Independent. What did you come away from that meeting feeling?
Sen. HAGEL: Well, we didn't make any deals, but I think Mayor Bloomberg is the kind of individual who should seriously think about this. I think he is. I can't speak for him. Obviously, the conversation we had was confidential, but it's that kind of independent thinking. He's been–here's a man who's been successful in every walk of life. He's thoughtful. He's got a range about the world. He's not tied down and captive to political ideology. He wants to make things work. He is the mayor of one of the greatest cities on earth. He makes that city work. That's what America wants.
SCHIEFFER: Well, let me just ask you this. Could you see a ticket that had Mayor Bloomberg and Chuck Hagel, in no particular order there, but those two names on the same ticket? Would that be–can you see something like that?
Sen. HAGEL: It's a great country to think about a New York boy and a Nebraska boy to be teamed up leading this nation.
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/face_051307.pdf
I like Hagel too in many ways — on foreign policy in general, I probably have more in common with him than I do with some of the Democratic candidates. But he'd need to move much more to the center on economic issues, and climate change in particular, to appeal to me…
Still, rather intriguing. I particularly liked his reference to Eisenhower…
JohnH says: May 13, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Matt Stoller's observations are great. Global political elites hold their positions of "authority" because global economic elites are paying for the views they articulate. Nowhere is this clearer than the relationship between neocons and the American Enterprise Institute. David Sirota observes that "The National Association of Manufacturers purports to represent America's domestic industrial manufacturers – you know, the factories that Washington's economic policies are trying to destroy. Thus, you may expect such an organization to be constantly railing on the Establishment. In fact, it's exactly the opposite – the organization is increasingly being exposed as a corrupt, partisan wing of the Republican apparatus whose leadership often uses NAM's resources against the interests of the majority of NAM's own members," and to the benefit of the largest members. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/gop-front-group-exposes-i_b_47998.html
As a result, the Iraq war rages on with no clearly stated objectives, even though the majority of Iraqis and Americans agree that the US should leave. Defense budgets double in half a dozen years with barely a whimper from the elites, political or economic. Yet when "entitlements' –programs for people, not corporations–need funding comparable to what defense got over the last few years, it's a crisis. The crisis exists only because nobody except retirees and the disabled is getting any money. And the financial elites, determined to reform it so that they get their cut, will pay as many economists and hired pens as necessary to reform it more to their liking.
Pissed Off American says: May 13, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Egads, its the invasion of the 'ol hippies. But, my guess would be barrel Orange Sunshine. Post Ozly.
I see Steve is singing Hagel's praises again. I can't seem to find any comments from Hagel about the AG thing. I notice too that this blog seems to be ignoring the issue as well. Goodling's immunity. Shlozman flipping Congress the bird. All huge developments. Not a peep. TPM really is staying on top of it though. I guess Steve just prefers to stay with the "foreign policy" stuff.
And how is Rice managing to get away with saying "fuck you" to a congressional subpoena? Notice the MSM is ignoring that one? I guess its uncomfortable for them to point out that we have a bunch of scum in Washington that not only consider themselves above the law, they apparently ARE above the law.
And the Dems??? Here they are, the new majority, and they refuse to even enforce a fuckin' subpoena, whether it be Rice's, or Gonzales'. And while the Bush criminals make it clear they won't honor subpoenas, the Dems actually "invite" Shlozman to testify, instead of just issuing a subpoena from the get go. Well, of course Shlozman flipped them off. What did they expect? If they refuse to hold Gonzales and Rice to the letter of the law, can we expect them to do anything about Shlozman making light of their "invitation" to testify? Its time to start issuing subpoenas they mean, and enforcing them by having Federal Marshalls haul these God damned lying pieces of shit in to testify, in shackles, just like they would you or I if we ignored a congressional subpoena.
downtown says: May 13, 2007 at 5:21 pm
yeah, Mr. Clemons…. it looks like your cellphone is on Acid. Keep it at arm's length, please. I almost had a flash-back.
OnTheBus says: May 13, 2007 at 4:52 pm
By the looks of that thar picture seems you got a holda some purty decent LSD! Purple microdot by any chance?
Steve Clemons says: May 13, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Buck — thanks for your advice. I'm very focused on substance nearly all of the time — and I've said before, I'm really lousy at humor, but I found it beyond ironic that Rose Kennedy had actually written to her son about this. I found it fun to note.
buck says: May 13, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Didn't Jimmy Carter used to say "nucular"? There are many reasons to dislike the Idiot-in-Chief, but, I don't think, pronunciation of "nuclear" is one of them. It's about the difference between appearances and substance–Bush has neither when he talks about anything "nuclear", but the comments about his pronunciation focus only on the appearances. Let's focus on the substance, shall we?
Sandy says: May 13, 2007 at 3:35 pm
The question is: when will Cheney/Bush be bombing Iran?


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Did Chris Evans Juice Up For Captain America?
Chris Evans, the beloved Avenger, is one of the key actors in the Marvel Universe who plays Captain America. He's been involved in many superhero movies so if you are a fan it's hard to miss Chris. Captain America is probably the most famous movie in the Marvel Universe. However, Chris Evans' physique has got many people wondering if he is natural or using steroids to give him the shape of a real captain. Here, we shall try to give an honest review and give our verdict at the end.
Chris Evans Background
Born in 1981 in Boston, Chris possesses mixed genes- British/German from his father and Irish/Italian from his mother. He has spent almost 2 decades acting professionally. In 1997, he appeared in an educational video. Later in 2000, he had his big-screen debut. Since then he has been in countless movies and TV shows. His greatest role of all time was the Human Torch in Fantastic 4. At this point, he was probably slouching with gym training. Six years later, he took dieting and exercising seriously when he started playing Captain America. This superhero character has undergone various changes. Initially, he was small and people bullied him due to his small size. He emerged a new man after some superhero wizardly.
Chris Evans Body Transformation Since He Started Acting
In his Avengers film roles, Chris Evans has been talked about many times. He was never a jacked person. But within a short time frame, he started appearing as a superhero and became a hot topic. Chris gained 20 -30 pounds of muscle for his role as Steve Rogers in the movie Captain America. He is 6 feet tall, 200 pounds heavy, and 8/9% in body fat. And the biggest question is, 'Does Chris Evans take steroids or has been natty all along?' His massive and lean figure is mind-blowing. According to health analysts, it is possible to attain a strong body like Evans' through hard work.
For someone with a height of 6 feet, 200 pounds is not heavy. And just because his shape is achievable in a natural way doesn't mean he is 100% natty. While acting as Steve Rogers in Captain America, he was infused with a super-soldier serum that changed him from size zero to a muscle-bound character. What if in reality, he injected a similar formula into the muscles to pack? You are about to find out.
Did Chris Evans Use Steroids?
In 2005 and 2007, Chris Evans played the Fantastic 4 films and appeared shirtless several times. It was clear that he was in great shape in those films. His overall mass by then was still of higher magnitude. Mind you this is 6 years down the line. During the Fantastic 4 days, he weighed about 180 pounds. He has been bulking up since he began acting as Steve Rogers and is now 200 pounds. An extra 20 pounds is a great transformation. There's a big likelihood that Chris began pumping hard for Captain America thereby manifesting his newbie gains. Gaining 20 pounds is considered normal even in a short time.
There is very little proof if any that Chris has used steroids at any point. The allegations that have been circulating online are purely speculative. Chris has never been caught on performance-enhancing drugs and has never admitted to using them. His greatest body transformation happened during the filming of the Fantastic 4. Most of the commentaries are based on this theory without evidence. Most of those who think he is using drugs at least agree that he cannot be on steroids. Perhaps the only compound he could have used is HCG or Somatropin. The Human Growth Hormone is naturally produced by the body but Somatotropin is the synthetic form. Bodybuilders use it as an anabolic agent to stimulate muscular growth though it is yet to be approved by the FDA. HGH thus makes the body appear fuller and more elastic. Neither the debates nor the pictures of Chris Evans give any proof of HGH use.
Why Does He Look Bigger on Film?
One of the reasons he built an impressive look is that he oiled up and shaved. Captain America needs a jacked-up dude to appear as a superhero. Chris may be over 200 pounds but when standing next to a professional bodybuilder, he looks average. We don't deny that Chris is jacked. But he is made to look bigger on the screen in various ways. Sometimes, the camera is made to add a few pounds say 10lbs. This is like an optical illusion that does some magic. Note that the lighting and shooting angles can be tweaked to give a character the desired image. Again, the suit he wears while acting is very tight and you might even wonder how he manages to walk in it. Often, he is filmed without a shirt or with a compressing garment on top. This automatically gives an illusion of a huge and heavy guy. These are some of the ways Chris Evans manages to pull an impressive silhouette. He turns out to be several inches tall and many pounds heavier after getting his powers. But in reality, his body doesn't change.
Fairly Ripped
To determine whether he is natural or juicing, we must check whether there is any dramatic change that Chris has gone through in a short period. If someone adds 15 -20 pounds of weight like Chris in 6 years, then there is a big possibility he is natty. If at all the gain is 50 pounds in a few months, then they are most likely on gear. But Chris has never shown any dramatic transitioning of his body. Even though he gained mass, he maintained low fat in Captain America. But he was never enormous. He was still recognizable based on his previous looks. His current weight is impressive but does not scream anabolic steroids.
His fairly ripped body looks around 9 — 11% in terms of fat content. His abs and vascularity are eminent and he is bulkier than he is ripped. Like a bodybuilder in the off-season, Chris bulks but stays lean throughout the year. When he was still doing Fantastic 4, Chris Evans' skin was more tanned while the body was more sculpted. You could tell that the super-shredded body had a body fat content of about 5%. He was slightly lighter in Fantastic 4. Many people thought he was able to maintain the shape with the help of fat-burning steroids. While maintaining such kind of a body is tough, it is still achievable the natural way through strict training and diet.
Any Signs of Steroid Use?
It is expected that a captain must look good to set morals and be a good role model. As such he must never use steroids. If Chris has been juicing, he would be enormously big with swollen nipples, flushed skin, and covered in acne spots. Also, someone who is on steroid sweats a lot and they tend to lose hair. If he was depending on steroids, we would have noticed a deteriorating hairline. But his head hair looks thick and healthy. If you look at Chris Evans' traps and deltoids, they are not ridiculously large as in the case of steroid users. These muscles are where most of the androgen receptors reside. In other words, there is no sign of muscle-enhancing drugs on Chris other than him being fairly ripped.
It is hard to add size with bulking steroids without showing the signs of bloating. But Chris has maintained a slim face and flat waist throughout his acting career. His muscles look smooth throughout the body. Note that most steroids are diuretic in nature, leaving the muscle very dry. Moreover, steroids give the skin a darker shade since they have the potential to increase the body temperature. There is nowhere in the film Chris appears to have these dark colors. His skin looks normal- no red color or acne. Steroids usually make the skin to deteriorate and signs of aging are common because they reduce the level of collagen. His head is full of hair with no symptoms of male pattern baldness. As for the chest, Chris has no gyno or a bloated appearance that results from water retention.
In the fitness world, the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids is taken with a lot of caution. Without the right knowledge and administration, one can pack muscle in a short span but put their health at risk. Chris Evans looks nice but has he built his physique through supplementation, a good diet, and training only? People are quick to judge celebrities with impressive physiques. Chris is one of them and has been accused of injecting himself with figure-enhancing drugs. According to our analysis, Chris has not made enormous gains since his Fantastic 4 days. His shape is an ideal example of natural bodybuilding. He is muscular but doesn't pack extraordinary mass. His body fat is below 10%, and with good muscle definition, he appears bigger on TV. With good lighting in video clips, he looks bigger than he is. Our final verdict is that Chris Evans is natural. His awesome physique is something that many men dream about. Anyone can reach his level of fitness through natural conditioning. Captain America insists on a diet loaded with lean protein and healthy nutrients before burning calories at the gym. This method has enabled him to pack serious muscle with the help of his personal trainer.


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LA "Green New Deal" moving forward
Kevin Mayer
United States | Publication | December 17, 2021
Los Angeles officials have announced the legislative launch of a "community engagement process" in pursuit of the city's building decarbonization policy, a principle outlined in the LA Green New Deal.
Mayor Eric Garcetti claims that "[d]ecarbonizing our buildings will make it possible for us to reduce Angelenos' utility bills and create thousands of green jobs." How these goals will be achieved is not specifically described. The city's buildings purportedly account for 43 percent of all carbon emissions produced in the region. Virtually all residents' energy and transportation costs have risen steadily over recent years as they are called upon to pay higher prices (often the highest in the nation) for electricity, natural gas, water, sewer, sanitation services and gasoline. The city has set a notional deadline of 2035 to convert to "100 percent clean energy."
In November 2021, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation announced it had been awarded a US$6 million grant by the California Energy Commission to install one of the largest EV fleet charging systems in the country. It will be powered by a solar microgrid.
Norton Rose Fulbright is at the forefront of counseling clients on the real estate, infrastructure and other legal implications of the LA Green New Deal, and we encourage you to contact us to discuss the effect of these issues on your business and facilities.
kevin.mayer@nortonrosefulbright.com
US: OSHA compliance, investigations and citation appeals
Addressing recent remand orders and decisions, the vaccine mandate, updates by multiple state-run OSHA programs and more.
United States | January 2022
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The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 gives the US DOJ power to subpoena records of foreign banks with correspondent accounts in the US.
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The Long Walk Home: Should we let the Taj Mahal collapse? Join the debate now!
Should we let the Taj Mahal collapse? Join the debate now!
Like the Abu Simbel temples of Egypt, should Taj Mahal be physically relocated in order to save it?
when will we learn all these ?
Really? who came up with that idea?
@ Chintan: My upcoming book, The Taj Conspiracy, is a thriller centered on the Taj Mahal. Extensive research over 5 years has provided me with insight into how vulnerable the monument is. The above is an articulation of a thought - albeit radical - to jolt us into actually seeing the Taj Mahal as it stands today.