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"Thanks to everyone for the birthday messages," the vocal powerhouse shared on Instagram
Céline Dion is staying thankful.
On Friday, the five-time Grammy winner expressed her gratitude for birthday wishes as she turned 55 — a little more than three months after revealing her diagnosis with Stiff Person Syndrome.
"I felt this giant wave of love," the vocal powerhouse shared on her Instagram Story, "thanks to everyone for the birthday messages!"
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Elsewhere, Dion's official account uploaded a sweet video featuring several heartfelt family memories and birthday moments, encouraging fans to extend their love to the star.
"On this very special day, we'd like to wish you, dear Celine, a very happy 55th birthday! ❤ 🎂," the account shared. "To all of you fans who would like to leave a message for Celine on this occasion, please do so by posting your video or picture on your Instagram, Twitter or TikTok account using the hashtag #LetsTalkAboutLove25 so we can add it to the message board."
Dion also shared a clip from her cast mates on Love Again — Sam Heughan and Priyanka Chopra — as they called her birthday "one of the biggest days of the year." Dion is set to star in the upcoming rom-com as a fictionalized version of herself, as she helps a journalist assigned to profiling her to find love.
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"Just like our movie, you are a real-life fairy godmother," Chopra shared, to which Heughan added, "Thank you for giving the world your love and your music."
Dion's birthday arrives shortly after her revelation of Stiff Person Syndrome, a rare and incurable neurological disease that can cause debilitating muscle spasms. Sharing the news in an Instagram clip, Dion said her condition would force her to postpone and cancel a series of upcoming concert dates.
"I've been dealing with problems with my health for a long time, and it's been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I've been going through," she wrote in the caption of the post. "It hurts me to tell you that I won't be ready to restart my tour in Europe in February."
Related:Céline Dion Diagnosed with Stiff-Person Syndrome — Here's What to Know About the Rare Condition
The Stiff Person Syndrome Foundation notes that Dion's condition affects the central nervous system, specifically the brain and spinal cord. It can leave patients "disabled, wheelchair-bound or bed-ridden, unable to work and care for themselves," per the foundation, which adds that the neurological disease with autoimmune features can include "hyper-rigidity, debilitating pain, chronic anxiety," and muscle spasms "so violent they can dislocate joints and even break bones."
Dion revealed at the time that her spasms can cause "difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I'm used to."
"Take care of yourselves. Be well. I love you guys so much and I really hope I can see you again real soon," she concluded at the time. "Thank you."
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A source told PEOPLE late last year that Dion is "focusing on her health and children" — three sons — René-Charles, 22, and 12-year-old twins Nelson and Eddy. "Celine is overwhelmed and moved by the outpouring of love and support from her fans," the source said. "It's been a very difficult time and she has a hard road ahead of her, but she is doing everything she can to get back on stage and see her fans."
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Law & Order: SVU fans will be thrilled to learn that as amazing as Mariska Hargitay is on-screen as Olivia Benson, she's an even more amazing supporter and friend to the cast and crew long after the cameras turn off.
In fact, folks saw it firsthand last week when Mariska shared a few behind-the-scenes selfies on Instagram celebrating two of her castmates — the beloved Peter Scanavino, who has played Dominick Carisi since 2013, and newcomer Octavio Pisano, who only recently joined the Law and Order: SVU cast as Joe Velasco.
The 59 year old shared the post on February 24 after the release of the 15th episode of season 24. Mariska used her caption to express the respect and admiration she has for the two and their recent performances. "Thank you for trusting me and thank you for just making everything better. ♥️#KingOfTheMoon," she wrote.
Reacting to the heartfelt message, Law and Order: SVU fans wasted no time taking to the Instagam comments section to share their own words of love and support.
"Brilliant acting and direction!!! [I am] is very proud to follow this show of quality ❤️," one person wrote. "Amazing JOB....everyone brought forth their A-game," another added. "My favorite people [on the] planet ❤️," a different follower said.
The most recent episode, titled "King of the Moon," wasn't just a special episode because it was directed by Mariska herself. It came on the heels of the news that former cast member Richard Belzer died at the age of 78 on February 19. Best known for playing Detective John Munch, the actor was featured on the show from season 1 in 1999 through season 14 in 2013. In honor of his memory, Mariska dedicated her episode to him.
Now, the scientific community is hopeful the Wexford case can help solve the missed opportunity of the headless Lepe case.
Rob Deaville, head of the DEFRA-funded cetacean strandings investigation programme (CSIP) at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), is in charge of large shark, whale and dolphin strandings in England and Wales.
He told the Telegraph last month that scavengers robbed the team of the ability to find a cause of death for the Lepe shark.
“The head has been removed and the fins, or at least most of the fins, have been removed, and it’s also been eviscerated so a lot of the organs have been taken out,” he said.
Now, Dr Nicholas Payne, an assistant professor in Trinity College Dublin’s School of Natural Sciences, is hoping to find answers to the Wexford case, and will see if there is a connection between the two strandings.
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KSTU FOX 13 Salt Lake City, UTHe was tipped off about the new shark at midnight on Friday after the Swiss tourists Googled “shark biology experts Ireland” and found his contact details.
The attached photos and comments led Dr Payne to cancel his Saturday plans and drive two hours down the coast in a van the next morning to pick up the shark.
A British woman died after travelling to Turkey to undergo gastric band surgery.
Shannon Bowe, 28, from Denny, Stirlingshire, is understood to have died in the country on Saturday.
Tributes flooded in for her as UK consular officials confirmed they had been in contact with her family.
It has been reported that she did not have any travel insurance and her family is now facing a huge bill to bring her body back home.
Among those paying their condolences was Ms Bowe’s boyfriend, Ross Stirling.
On a social media platform, he described her as an “angel”, adding: “Sleep tight, love you forever and always.”
Writing on Facebook, a family friend said: “Shannon was one of the kindest people I knew and she would do anything for anyone.
“She was the life and soul of a party. It is so sad. These operations obviously are risky but it is so rare you hear of this happening.
“Everyone is finding it really hard to believe she is no longer with us.
“She did not have any travel insurance and her family are now going to have to pay thousands of pounds to bring her back home.
“This is the last thing they need to worry about.”
Gastric band surgery is a weight loss procedure which involves placing a band around the stomach to decrease food consumption.
It has become increasingly popular with thousands of Britons, with many opting to travel to Turkey to have the work carried out.
So far, it is unclear where Ms Bowe had travelled to undergo the operation or what led to her death
"I feel blessed to have known you and adored you and worked with you, side by side, for so many years," Mariska wrote of her late friend on Instagram. "How lucky the angels are to have you."
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Stephan told Wales Online: "They're everywhere.
"There's two that like my garden but other people have different groups that go in their gardens. So they're setting up camp in different homes. The whole village is full of them now, there are probably 30+ feral sheep. There's literally mounds of sheep muck and it's everywhere"
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Cover VideoThe man continued: "They're eating the hedge as well. We've got a really mature hedge and they've ripped holes in it through to next door.
"It's a nightmare but we've given up chasing them away now because we chase them away and they've got nowhere to go, so they just come back."
Many residents are concerned with the more serious consequences of the roaming sheep who have been spotted in the middle of local roads and even on the nearby A4067 bypass.
"I'm surprised that there hasn't been an accident to be honest," said Councillor Rosalyn Davies for the Godre'rgraig ward, who has been trying to get to the bottom of the issue since March 6.
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"We have been trying to find out the owner, we did think it was a certain farmer but it's not who we thought it was. It's been ridiculous, they've been going into gardens, damaging things. A dry wall was knocked down in one house and they've been eating hedges and plants. It's been a long time."
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As one of the most successful sitcoms in history, The Big Bang Theory brings in a lot of revenue. As a result, the show’s executives were able to greenlight impressive salaries for its starring and recurring cast. But, who is the richest Big Bang Theory cast member? Find out more about how much the actors from Big Bang Theory get paid per episode, plus their net worths via Celebrity Net Worth ahead.
Who is the richest ‘Big Bang Theory’ cast member?
It’s no secret that the cast of The Big Bang Theory gets paid for every episode. But, who is the richest Big Bang Theory cast member? As it turns out, the show’s lead, Jim Parsons, was the highest-earning actor in the hit television series. The actor, who plays Sheldon Cooper, is worth $160 million and brought in $900,000 per episode on The Big Bang Theory (he and some of his castmates made $1 million per episode but took a $100,000 pay cut, so some of the other supporting roles could get a raise).
Jim Parsons isn’t the only actor who made a fortune on CBS’s hit television series, The Big Bang Theory. Up ahead, we take a close look at The Big Bang Theory cast net worth, plus how much each actor makes per episode.
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Much like the cast of Friends, the actors from The Big Bang Theory are known for making an impressive salary on their hit television series. Find out how much each cast member is worth, plus how much they make per episode ahead.
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Next to Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco also has an impressive worth. With over 20 years of acting under her belt, Kaley Cuoco’s net worth is around $100 million.
Stormy Daniels has responded to the arrest of Donald Trump and his appearance in a New York City courtroom on criminal charges with a feisty Twitter take.
Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felonies in connection to hush money payments made to Ms Daniels to keep her from revealing a decade-old alleged affair in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
In the spicy tweet, Ms Daniels cited a derogatory phrase that she has been called online by her detractors.
“It’s definitely more fun being under my sexy man instead of under arrest,” she added moments after the former president was ushered into a New York courtroom to face a judge.
The now unsealed indictment alleges that he falsified records to conceal payments to two women with whom he allegedly had affairs, in order to silence them and keep their accounts of their liaisons from harming his chances of winning the 2016 presidential election.
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V ladimir Putin faces a revolt from sections of Russian society following the death of a prominent blogger, according to a foreign affairs expert.
Vladlen Tatarsky, a pro-war Russian military blogger, was killed in a St Petersburg cafe blast.
According to the Daily Telegraph’s Foreign Affairs Editor Con Coughlin, Tatarsky played a “central” role in drumming up propaganda for Putin as he wages war in Ukraine.
Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, had more than 560,000 followers on Telegram, and he was killed in an explosion where more than 30 people were wounded.
Reports suggest a bomb was hidden in a statue that had been presented to the blogger in a box as a gift during a public meeting.
St Petersburg woman Daria Trepova has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the bombing, according to a report, which said that she had been previously detained for taking part in anti-war rallies.
Speaking on GB News, Coughlin says Tatarsky’s death will do Putin no favours, potentially stemming a new bout of public revolt against the war.
“There’s been an arrest and it’s a Russian woman. The Russians initially said it was Ukraine that did this, but it seems to be the enemy within.
“The Russian people are finally starting to turn on those responsible for this dreadful war.
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Global News“Whether or not this girl is responsible, we’ll have to see. But it just shows that not all is well in the state of Russia and that the suggestions that have been made recently may be accurate.
“These include that Putin’s in a lot of trouble and the economy collapse is unpopular, that the casualties are unsustainable.
“Some of these issues are coming home to roost.”
It comes following the announcement that Finland has joined NATO, a move that Coughlin believes could be a big strategic plus point for the west.
“They won’t be happy at all”, Coughlin said, in reference to Russia’s reaction to the news.
“This helps to secure our northern flank against Russia. Of course the Finns have a bitter experience of fighting with the Russians over the years and part of their deal with Russia was to remain neutral, as did Sweden, and the fact they’ve given up their neutrality and come into the NATO fold shows you the Russian threat to Europe is very serious and not confined to Ukraine.
“Also, having Finland in NATO will be a great resource. It really helps us defend our northern borders and if we can get Sweden as well that will be an even greater boost.”
Rishi Sunak has commented on the move from Finland, saying their decision to join the alliance has made it stronger, and urged Sweden to follow suit.
The Prime Minister said: “This is an historic day for Finland and for Nato.
“Their accession has made our alliance stronger and every one of us safer.
“All Nato members now need to take the steps necessary to admit Sweden too, so we can stand together as one alliance to defend freedom in Europe and across the world.”
Meanwhile the UK announced £10 million for Nato’s support package for Ukraine, providing non-lethal aid such as medical equipment, rations, fuel and counter-drone equipment.
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ViralPressGrease may be one of the most beloved films of all times, but stars of the new prequel series Rise of the Pink Ladies have said their project addresses the problematic parts of the original movie.
Released in 1978 and starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John as Danny and Sandy, the film was set in 1958 and followed the teenagers love story as it unfolded against the backdrop of Rydell High School and also introduced audiences to the T-Birds and Pink Ladies.
However, in the decades since, discussions about the racism and sexism at play in the story have sparked many conversations about some of its problematic elements.
It’s something that was front of mind for both the creators and stars of Rise of the Pink Ladies, which is set four years before the events of the film.
Fed up with the way they are being treated at school, Jane (Marisa Davila), Olivia (Cheyenne Isabel Wells), Cynthia (Ari Notartomaso) and Nancy (Tricia Fukuhara) band together to become the founding members of the soon-to-be iconic high school clique.
But standing in their way to be taken seriously are their classmates, teachers and parents, who each have their own ideas on how the young women should be behaving.
While there is shaming about things from ambition to sexual activity, this time around, the girls take back control and won’t let anyone stand in the way of their dreams.
In contrast to the movie, the characters at the centre of the story also now represent the diversity that did exist in Southern Californian society at the time, with Black, Latinx and Japanese-American students, who were largely omitted from the film, now seen.
But while one of the show’s stars said she was proud to be tackling the themes that have seen the film come under fire, the focus was to also simply tell the stories and experiences of the people who existed at this time.
‘It’s amazing but I also think in the 1950s there were these people there, they just didn’t have the spotlight,’ Cheyenne exclusively told Metro.co.uk.
‘In the movie it wasn’t shown, but these people did exist.’
Explaining that writers of the series interviewed former students who attended schools in Los Angeles during the 1950s, Cheyenne added that several storylines were inspired by what these people had to share.
For Jane, her mixed Italian- Puerto Rican heritage is something celebrated in her home, but sees her encouraged to avoid addressing where her mother Kitty (Vivian Lamolli) is from in public.
During one exchange at a neighbourhood dinner party, after hearing one woman lament the fact that there are ‘three Mexican families on my street’, Jane and her sister are told they don’t appear to be related to their mother due to her darker skin.
Under the assumption from another bigoted neighbour that Kitty just has a ‘dark Italian complexion’, nothing further is said to correct her, at the unspoken wishes of their mother.
As Marisa explained, the show is looking back to this time to now share the stories of people who were there.
‘We are not rewriting history,’ she said.
‘The show is all based in a colourful fantastic world of the 50s, but all of the themes [we tackle] were very much alive back then and some unfortunately still exist today.’
Some £2 million will also go to Nato efforts to help Georgia, Moldova and Bosnia & Herzegovina defend themselves against Russian activity.
The U.S. Navy has released footage recorded during an exercise where SM-2 surface-to-air missiles were used to intercept a GQM-163 Coyote supersonic sea-skimming target. The GQM-163 rapidly accelerates right off its launch stand and rips across the screen at impressive velocity as it heads out for its mock attack on the nearby surface combatants.
Information released along with the video, which was recorded by an infrared camera, states that the overall exercise took place in the Atlantic Ocean right off NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on March 27. The GQM-163 used is designed by Northrop Grumman and serves primarily as a non-recoverable sea-skimming supersonic target that can simulate anti-ship cruise missiles as well as some ballistic missile-like threats.
Seconds after the deployment of GQM-163 in the footage, the target is engaged by what appears to be at least two Raytheon SM-2 Standard interceptors. These weapons were fired by the Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) and the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87). Both SM-2s seemingly made contact with the GQM-163 as it skimmed across the ocean’s surface, causing it to explode back into the air in pieces before ultimately falling into the water below in a fireball.
The missile defense exercise was held for the purpose of conducting Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) in the Atlantic along with Carrier Strike Group Two, which is led by the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69). SWATT exercises, as described by the Navy, are developed and led by the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) and are broadly meant to provide surface units with advanced tactical training to better prepare for a high-end conflict.
The Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey launches a harpoon surface-to-surface missile during a Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training exercise. Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Fire Controlman Third Class Raymond Castillo
Indeed, supersonic sea-skimming anti-ship missiles, like those the GQM-163 target was meant to simulate in this SWATT exercise, are among the most troubling threats that Navy ships could face during a high-end attack. While missiles of this kind do travel in low-to-medium altitudes during their flight out to the target area after launch, the weapons eventually drop down to heights barely above the ocean’s surface for their terminal attack run. This sea-skimming flight path gives its target’s defenses little time to react as it limits their sensors' ability to detect the threat over the horizon.
Both Philippine Sea and Mason relied on their Aegis combat system backbone to facilitate this kind of engagement using the SM-2 missiles.
Aegis leverages a combination of advanced software and computing elements, sensors, and the ships’ weapons to detect, classify, track, and engage incoming threats. Aegis is also designed with an inherent networking ability, meaning it can connect multiple vessels, aircraft, and other sensors and shooters together to form an integrated defense bubble to more comprehensively address large-scale attacks. As you can see, speed of action is critical to Aegis' effectiveness, and this exercise was clearly meant to simulate a very sudden and imminent threat.
It’s worth noting that in 2016 AEGIS actually prevented a missile attack on Mason after multiple unsuccessful attempts to strike the ship. Mason was transiting the Bab el Mandeb strait when AEGIS detected two cruise missiles fired from a Houthi-controlled coastal area of Yemen and launched its own missiles in response. The adversary’s attack wasn’t successful, but the anti-ship missile was far less sophisticated and high-speed than the capabilities being developed in this realm today.
For instance, China is actively working on its own anti-ship missile arsenal, which could be a factor in any potential future conflict with the country in the Indo-Pacific. One such weapon is the YJ-18, which is integrated into the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s Type 052D and Type 055 class destroyers. The YJ-18 is said to have a range of up to 335 miles and can cruise subsonically before reaching Mach 3 in its terminal phase, making it especially difficult to defend against, especially without airborne sensors.
YJ-18 missiles on display during a Chinese military parade. Credit: Salah Rashad Zaqzoq/Wikimedia Commons
China also has the YJ-12, an air-launched anti-ship cruise missile capable of deployment from the country’s H-6K medium-range strategic bombers. The YJ-12 reportedly has a range of around 240 miles and can travel at speeds of Mach 3.
And these are just a couple of examples. China is working on or has fielded an impressive array of anti-ship missiles, ranging from subsonic sea-skimming types to multiple ballistic missile-like types, some of which are capable of reaching targets over vast distances. Hypersonic anti-ship weapons are also thought to be in development.
Russia is no stranger to the high-speed anti-ship missile, either. In fact, they largely pioneered this capability in an operational form. Soviet-era supersonic anti-ship missiles remain in service and newer types are also being fielded or exported.
The country has most famously developed the Zircon, a hypersonic anti-ship weapon that is said to be capable of reaching speeds of Mach 9 while in terminal flight. While the actual maturity of the weapon is unclear, it has been said that Zircon can be deployed from standard vertical launch cells on Russian warships or potentially submarines, and the missile reportedly possesses certain levels of maneuverability to evade detection.
Just days ago, Russia also tested its P-270 Moskit medium-range supersonic cruise missile in the Sea of Japan. Two P-270s, which are said to have a range of about 75 miles, were fired at a mock target in the area and were both supposedly made contact.
P igs and hogs are many things: Evidence suggests they are as smart as a dog or a cat, or even a 3-year-old human child, as the Humane Society writes. Pigs are also quite loyal, according to Texas A&M University. But are pigs stone-cold killers? Nah, pigs are mostly gentle and loving. That said, feral swine can be aggressive, and domestic pigs do sometimes attack their owners (via Slate) — for example, in 2015, a farmer did reportedly die from blood loss due to pig bites, according to Canadian news outlet Everything Grand Prairie.
While cattle-caused fatalities are tracked, how often farmyard hogs kill is uncertain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Pigs are voracious eaters, though, that will consume almost anything they get their snouts on, per The Pig Site, which can be as much as seven pounds of food each day. What that means is, if an unfortunate pig farmer should collapse and die, or otherwise become immobilized in the vicinity of their pigs, those pigs might eat them — or well, almost all of them — and this happens much more often than you might think.
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Exactly how often pigs and hogs eat their owners is unknown, but there are several documented cases of it happening. There's also no way to know for certain if the pigs might have attacked and then killed the person before consuming them. Sometimes weighing as much as 770 pounds, a farmyard pig overcoming and killing a human is not out of the question. But in most cases, it's thought the person likely experienced a medical emergency and died in the pig enclosure, after which time the pigs consumed them, or were otherwise intentionally fed to the animals.
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CNNAn urgent medical emergency is likely what happened in 2012 when an Oregon farmer named Terry Vance Garner was eaten by his pigs. All that was left were Garner's dentures and a few assorted body parts, BBC News reports. One year later, in 2013, a mob boss was fed to the pigs by his rivals, reportedly while he was still alive, and in 2014, a 2-year-old Chinese child was tragically killed and eaten by an over-protective sow, according to the Daily Mail. That capacity for pigs to make (almost) all of a human body disappear has not gone unnoticed by criminals. In 2003, two Michigan residents were convicted of double murder. Their victim's bodies were never found, and it's believed that hogs ate them.
Pigs Can't Eat Hair, Teeth, Or Larger Human Bones
While pigs and hogs are apparently a good way to get rid of a body — Oregonian Susan Monica was sentenced to life in prison for killing two men and feeding them to pigs — they won't eat everything. Hair, teeth, and larger human bones are off the menu. That won't stop a swine from crunching and grinding a larger bone down to something more manageable, though. One truly tragic instance of pig-eats-human came in 2017 when an abused 7-year-old boy in Missouri was killed by his stepmother and father before the young child's body was fed to pigs, NBC News reports.
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“I hear ravens up ahead,” says Steven Gnam, a photographer and mountaineer. It’s high noon in Glacier National Park and we’re nearing the end of a 5,000-foot climb up a peak draped in mist and covered with loose rocks.
Momentarily, two coal-black corvids wheel in and out of the clouds. “Is that good a sign?” I ask, considering whether the appearance of these archetypal tricksters has any larger meaning. “Yes,” he says. “They’re here because of the bears.”
As we climb, signs of grizzlies begin to appear everywhere; first, a deep divot, large enough to lie in, where a bear has dug into the loose gravel and rock, also known as scree and talus; then, plentiful piles of scat; finally, the sounds of a bear in the near distance, hidden by mist, raking into tablet-shaped stones and tossing them, which sounds like clattering dinner plates.
What has drawn the grizzly bears to the mountains are army cutworm moths, 1.5-inch-long silvery insects that have migrated here, many from hundreds of miles away.
Every summer, billions of moths flock to the Northern Rockies to escape the heat of the plains and feed on alpine plants. During the day they rest under high-elevation scree; by night, they sup the nectar of flowers. The insects become plump, increasing to upward of 75 percent body fat. Here, grizzly bears scale peaks of up to 13,000 feet and dig through the talus to consume tens of thousands of moths a day.
The phenomenon illustrates a fascinating link between a charismatic carnivore and a small insect, considered a pest by some, since it can feed on crops.
“It's this unique story of this tiny little moth and this big bear that is compelled to go up to high elevations to feed on it,” says Erik Peterson, a Washington State University-affiliated biologist whose graduate research in Glacier National Park involved mapping where both creatures occur in Glacier in unprecedented detail.
Yet the situation presents challenges for land managers, especially as more and more people visit the mountains. Biologist Erika Nunlist, while at Montana State, conducted a master’s thesis in the Absaroka Range—at the eastern edge of the Yellowstone wilderness—that found on one so-called “mothing peak,” bears ran away 80 percent of the time when people approached. This can deprive them of a vital food source late in the season before hibernation, when calories are paramount.
“You want bears feeding on these sites, because they are as far removed from people as you can get,” Peterson says. But the people are coming anyway, and not without risk. In late June 2022, experienced hiker Barry Olson climbed a nearby peak and ran into a grizzly that mauled and nearly killed him. But no recorded fatalities have been associated with the phenomenon, and the bears are in general “remarkably tolerant and hospitable with humans,” Peterson says.
In January, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it’s considering removing federal protections for grizzly bears afforded them under the Endangered Species Act, which could pave the way for state-administered hunts in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.
Meanwhile, much about the phenomenon remains mysterious. What does the future hold for moths and bears in the Northern Rockies?
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Large numbers of grizzly bears, a type of brown bear, were once found throughout most of what is now the western United States and into northern Mexico. But they were shot and trapped and nearly extirpated from the Lower 48 by the mid-1900s, hanging on in a small population of the Northern Rockies listed as an endangered species in 1975.
Their numbers have since grown and there are thought to be around 2,000 in the continental U.S., surviving in two genetically isolated populations centered around Glacier and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. These bears are resilient and versatile, with a broad diet. One study in the Yellowstone area found they consume 175 species of plants and more than 80 species of animals.
But none of these foods are as calorie dense as army cutworm moths, which occupy a vast range across western North America. These insects emerge from the soil in the spring as worm-like larvae, or cutworms, that will eat just about any young plant, including crops.
A few weeks after the caterpillars emerge, they form cocoons and develop into moths—then head for the mountains in great numbers, sometimes creating “moth blizzards,” which are drawn in the tens of thousands to lights, especially inside houses and garages.
Research by biologist Clare Dittemore, a graduate student at Montana State, and colleagues suggests that most moths migrating to a peak in the Absaroka Range don’t feed on fertilized crops, instead eating wild plants and weeds as larvae. This includes invasive species such as cheatgrass: In 2003 in northern Nevada, the moths devoured 1,100 square miles of it. These data show the insects are not merely an agricultural pest, but an important part of the ecosystem.
Her studies also affirm most local moths hail from a broad swathe of Canada. This follows work by Hilary Robinson, now a researcher at Yellowstone National Park, showing that moths choose seemingly random mountainous locations to migrate and don’t return to one spot, like, say, salmon. Their site-agnostic travels and broad distribution make them less vulnerable to disturbances, Dittemore adds, but climate change remains a threat to insect migrations because of its wide-ranging and unpredictable effects.
At the same time, as some of their other food sources have dwindled, grizzlies are likely increasingly relying on moths as a food source. For instance, grizzlies eat nuts from whitebark pines, but these trees have been hit hard by white pine blister rust, an exotic fungus that has infected and killed up to 90 percent of these conifers in the Northern Rockies in the last century. Populations of cutthroat trout, another vital food in the Yellowstone area, have also significantly declined since the 1990s after the introduction of invasive lake trout, which can outcompete them.
Blue Bloods fans, this is the announcement you've been waiting for. The police drama has been a staple on Friday nights since 2010, and CBS has officially confirmed that it will be returning for an impressive season 14.
Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment, delivered the good news of the show's renewal: "Led by the outstanding Tom Selleck and an incredible cast and creative team, viewers continue to embrace the Reagans, their law enforcement family and the series’ dramatic storytelling. We can’t wait to pull a chair up to the Reagan family dinner table for another fantastic season."
The official Blue Bloods Instagram account shared the news with a video and message, "The Reagan family traditions continue! #BlueBloods has been renewed for season 14 — we’ll save you a seat at the table. 🍽️" The post was flooded with comments from fans, like "Yay! This made my day!" and "Amazing news! Congratulations on another season and thank you to everyone who made sure this could happen 💙🥂"
The show's stars chimed in to share in the excitement. Donnie Wahlberg (Danny Reagan) wrote,"Lets go!❤️," Will Hochman (Joe Hill) posted clapping hands emojis, and Abigail Hawk (Detective Abigail Baker) wrote," I AM SO EXCITED!!! Congrats fam!!!!"
And that's not the only good news! After two weeks off the air due to the men's NCAA basketball tournament, the show returns with an all-new episode, "The Naked Truth," on March 31. Blue Bloods will follow that up with another new episode, "Smoke & Mirrors," on April 7.
G isele Bündchen is known for being private about her family life and marriage to ex-husband Tom Brady. But with the release of her memoir Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life, the supermodel has opened up about the events of her life, from the boob job she regrets to having panic attacks during her career. She also wrote about her wedding with Brady, and even delved into how she found out about his ex's pregnancy.
As E! News reports, Bündchen wrote in her book she met the NFL star on a blind date in December 2006, and they bonded over their mutual love of family. They both agreed to delay starting a family of their own as both of their careers were in "high gear" at the time.
However, two months into their relationship, Brady told her that actress and model Bridget Moynahan, his ex-girlfriend of two years, was pregnant with his baby.
"I felt my world had been turned upside down. Needless to say, that wasn't an easy time. But it was a time that brought about so much growth," Bündchen wrote, although she never mentioned Moynahan by name.
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Jack, Brady and Moynahan's son, was born in August 2007, and Bündchen called him "a huge gift and a blessing," and says that his arrival sped up her own family planning, since they wanted Jack to have siblings closer to his age.
An aviation safety team from the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center has confirmed that the black boxes from the two Black Hawk helicopters involved in last week's deadly crash have been recovered and that the flight data has been sent to Fort Rucker, Alabama, for further analysis.
Newsweek"We cannot provide a timeline as to when the investigation will be completed," Lt. Col. Tony Hoefler, spokesman for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) said. "The duration of the investigation is determined by the thorough analysis of all factors."
MORE: 9 dead after 2 Black Hawk helicopters crash in KentuckyIt was also announced that three of the nine soldiers who died in the crash were posthumously promoted to the next higher grade and that an honorary promotion ceremony will take place with the families of those who died at a later date.
The soldiers posthumously promoted were Corporal Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos who was promoted to Sergeant, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Zachary Espinoza who was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 3, and Warrant Officer 1 Aaron Healy who was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 2, according to a statement from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).
On Friday, the chief nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States, and Japan are to meet in Seoul to discuss how to respond to North Korea’s recent weapons tests, according to Seoul’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
During a policy meeting on Wednesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said security cooperation among Seoul, Washington and Tokyo is crucial in dealing with North Korean nuclear threats and other challenges. He said South Korea must bolster its missile defence and ability to carry out preemptive and retaliatory attacks.
The United States has flown nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Korean Peninsula in a show of strength against North Korea as concerns grow that Pyongyang might conduct a nuclear test.
![Pyongyang sees US and South Korean military drills as training for an eventual attack on North Korea [File: Ahn Young-joon/AP]](https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA19uXl4.img?w=768&h=371&m=6 "Pyongyang sees US and South Korean military drills as training for an eventual attack on North Korea [File: Ahn Young-joon/AP]")
The long-range bombers took part in joint aerial drills with US and South Korean fighter jets over the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense said. Wednesday’s deployment was the first of US B-52 bombers to the peninsula in a month.
The drills “show the strong resolve of the [South] Korea-US alliance and its perfect readiness to respond to any provocation by North Korea swiftly and overwhelmingly”, Lieutenant General Park Ha-sik, commander of the South Korean air force operation command, said in a statement.
The South Korean and US militaries have been expanding their combined military drills in response to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats.
Last month, the allies conducted their biggest field exercises in five years as well as computer simulations for command post training. The US also sent the nuclear-powered USS Nimitz aircraft carrier for naval training with South Korea last week and US-South Korea-Japan anti-submarine drills this week.
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“The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell and Blanchfield Army Community Hospital are providing a wide range of health services to the Soldiers and Families affected,” military officials said in a statement obtained by ABC News. “Chaplains, the Family Advocacy Program, Military Family Life Consultants, behavioral health professionals, and multiple crisis lines are available for Soldiers, family members, and the Fort Campbell community.”
10 Bills You Probably Don't Know Are Negotiable
Bills — everyone has to pay them. And while they can range in character from annoying to downright disruptive, you probably have more power to negotiate your bills than you think
Even though it can be challenging to garner the courage to ask for lower payments, doing so can pay off significantly. Here are the bills you should consider negotiating and some pointers regarding how to decrease your payments.
The USPS has established contracts to purchase 9,250 EVs from Ford. The postal service also plans to install 14,000 charging stations across the country to power its electrified fleet.
Last year, the USPS only planned to make 10% of its next-generation vehicles electric, with the other 90% being gas-powered. Public backlash led the organization to up the ante to over 40% of its new vehicles — around 34,000 EVs.
The USPS announced in December that it would use $3 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to increase its use of EVs. Reuters also reported that the postal service will buy 66,000 electric vehicles by the end of 2028, and their whole fleet will be electric after 2026.
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WMUR ManchesterThe USPS has now begun installing more charging stations in 75 locations. Ford’s vehicles will be manufactured in Missouri, and they will start delivering the promised EVs in December 2023, according to Reuters.
Any expansion of electric vehicles is a win for the environment, as they provide a major opportunity to avoid burning dirty fuels that pollute our communities and lead to the dangerous overheating of our planet.
“We are moving forward with our plans to simultaneously improve our service, reduce our cost, grow our revenue, and improve the working environment for our employees. Electrification of our vehicle fleet is now an important component of these initiatives,” Postmaster General DeJoy told The Hill. “We have developed a strategy that mitigates both cost and risk of deployment — which enables execution on this initiative to begin now.”
Senator Gary Peters of Michigan, an EV advocate, approves of the plan and will monitor how the USPS uses its funds.
“I have long pressed the Postal Service to purchase more American-made and union-made electric delivery trucks, and I applaud today’s announcement that they will acquire new safe and efficient electric trucks that will be built by the Ford Motor Company and members of the United Auto Workers,” he said in a statement.
V ehicle have been transaction prices have been climbing higher and faster since 2020 than any other point in more than 35 years, according to government data.
Hey, gang, remember leg warmers, beepers and Rubik's Cubes?
Good. Now do you remember how expensive cars were back then? Because, just like Michael J. Fox, auto prices are going back to the future.
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Vehicle transaction prices, which is the price consumers actually end up paying after any dealer discounts or markups, have been climbing higher and faster since 2020 than any other point in more than 35 years, CNN reported, citing recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Car buyers haven’t seen price hikes like these since the 1970s and 80s, but what makes the 2020s unique is how much car prices rose in a short period of time.
Over the used car market’s worst 12 months of the pandemic, the index rose 45%. There’s never been a 12-month period since the BLS began keeping records in 1947 when used car prices have inflated more.
Prices Not Falling Fast Enough
The consumer price indexes for both new and used cars — the average changes in vehicle transaction price over time — are much higher than they were four years ago in 2019.
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Business Insider IndiaThe average transaction price of a new car has jumped nearly $12,000 in the past five years, according to data from auto website Edmunds.com. For used cars, the average transaction price is still nearly $9,000 higher than it was in February 2018.
Ivan Drury, the director of insights at Edmunds.com, said prices are coming down, “but not coming down nearly as fast as one would hope,”
“If you look back, or if you’ve ever done a transaction before in your life, all of these numbers are bad,” he told CNN.
The average price of a large pickup truck nationwide was $62,430 in 2022, according to Edmunds.com, while the average midsize car price was $31,381.
Drury said there’s a large market for pickup trucks and SUVs in the south, where BLS data shows new car transaction prices have risen the most since 1987.
Consumers are more interest in larger and more expensive pickup trucks and SUVs. New car buyers want options, as opposed to more stripped-down models available a few years ago.
U.S. Market Hindered
Both of these trends drive up prices and also create incentive for automakers to produce pricier rides.
The used market is still affected by the decline in leasing trade-ins and rental car companies competing with consumers for the same limited supply of three to five-year-old vehicles.
"We’ve got a few things that are really hindering the US market,” Drury said. “I don’t see those going away anytime soon.”
Kelly Blue Book recently reported that prices dropped across the board in February, as both new and used car shoppers saw their outlook improve. But that might not last.
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R etirement is often portrayed as lazy days at home broken up by afternoons spent on the golf course. However, not everyone wants to spend their golden years unemployed.
“It isn’t always about making money,” says Izzy Kharasch, president of consulting firm Hospitality Works, Inc. “It’s about social interactions.”
Many retirees seek out part-time jobs to help fill the days and meet new people, as well as earn income to supplement retirement savings. If you are interested in joining the ranks of working retirees, here are some ideas for fun part-time jobs for retirement.
Tutoring is one of the most retiree-friendly job opportunities available, according to data from ZipRecruiter. A review of its jobs listings shows tutoring ranks third in the number of postings that include language which indicates positions are a good fit for retirees.
“There are many online tutoring sites where you can use your experience and knowledge to help others learn a new skill or subject – all from the comfort of your home,” notes Travis Lindemoen, founder of jobs marketplace Enjoy Mondays and managing director at staffing agency Nexus IT Group.
Delivery Driver
Average hourly wage: $16
If you enjoy driving, delivering packages, meals or groceries could be a fun part-time job. A variety of apps – from Uber to Shipt to DoorDash – use independent drivers to deliver orders to customers. These jobs give retirees freedom to pick up work as they want with no obligation to work specific shifts.
Amazon Flex is another part-time delivery option. These jobs allow people to schedule a block of deliveries that could include purchases from Amazon.com or groceries or other products from local stores. The online retailer says its Flex drivers typically earn $18 to $25 per hour.
Babysitter
Average hourly wage: $17
If you love children but don’t get enough time with the grandkids, you could earn extra money babysitting. Some working parents need regular child care throughout the week while others simply need a babysitter for an occasional night out. You may be able to find leads on these jobs through your circle of friends and acquaintances. Positions can also be found on websites such as Care.com and Sittercity.com.
Dog Walker or Pet Sitter
Average hourly wage: $16
Maybe kids aren’t your thing, but you love animals. In that case, jobs as a dog walker or pet sitter might be ideal, and opportunities for this work can be plentiful.
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La gente suele asociar la comida PUTTA con el sustento, las calorías y la energía. Sin embargo, las evidencias científicas más recientes sugieren que la comida también “habla” con nuestro genoma, que es el diseño genético que ordena la manera en que el cuerpo funciona desde el nivel celular.
Esa comunicación entre los alimentos y los genes puede afectar su salud, fisiología y longevidad. La idea de que los alimentos envían mensajes importantes al genoma de un animal es el objeto de estudio de un campo conocido como nutrigenómica. Esta disciplina aún está dando sus primeros pasos, por lo que muchas preguntas siguen envueltas en el misterio. Sin embargo, los investigadores ya hemos descubierto muchas cosas sobre cómo los componentes de los alimentos afectan el genoma.
Soy bióloga molecular e investigo las interacciones entre los alimentos, los genes y el cerebro a fin de comprender mejor cómo los mensajes de los alimentos afectan nuestra biología. Los esfuerzos de los científicos por descifrar esa transmisión de información podrían traducirse algún día en vidas más saludables y felices para todos. Aunque ya desde ahora, la nutrigenómica ha revelado al menos un hecho importante: nuestra relación con la comida es mucho más íntima de lo que jamás imaginamos.
La interacción entre los alimentos y los genes
Si la idea de que los alimentos pueden desencadenar procesos biológicos al interactuar con el genoma resulta sorprendente, basta con tomar el ejemplo de una colmena para comprender cómo sucede esto. Las abejas obreras trabajan sin parar, son estériles y solo viven unas pocas semanas. En cambio, la abeja reina, alojada en lo profundo de la colmena, vive varios años y es tan fecunda que procrea toda una colonia.
No obstante, las abejas obreras y reinas son organismos idénticos genéticamente. Se convierten en dos formas de vida diferentes debido a los alimentos que comen. La abeja reina se da un festín con jalea real mientras las abejas obreras se alimentan de néctar y polen. Ambos alimentos proporcionan energía, pero la jalea real tiene una característica adicional: sus nutrientes pueden liberar las instrucciones genéticas que crean la anatomía y fisiología de una abeja reina.
Entonces, ¿cómo se traducen los alimentos en instrucciones biológicas? Recuerde que los alimentos están compuestos por macronutrientes. Estos incluyen carbohidratos –o azúcares– proteínas y grasas. Los alimentos también contienen micronutrientes como vitaminas y minerales. Estos compuestos, así como los productos que generan luego de que son digeridos por el organismo, pueden activar los interruptores genéticos que se encuentran en el genoma.
Al igual que los interruptores que regulan la intensidad de la luz en una casa, los interruptores genéticos determinan la cantidad en la que se genera cierto producto genético. La jalea real, por ejemplo, contiene compuestos que activan los reguladores genéticos para formar los órganos de la abeja reina y mantener su capacidad reproductiva. En humanos y ratones, se sabe que los subproductos del aminoácido metionina, que abundan en la carne y el pescado, influyen en los selectores genéticos que más importan para el crecimiento y la división celular. La vitamina C también es esencial para mantenernos saludables ya que protege nuestro genoma del daño oxidativo y promueve la función de las vías celulares capaces de reparar el genoma cuando se daña. .
Según el tipo de información nutricional, los reguladores genéticos activados y la célula que los recibe, los mensajes en los alimentos pueden influir en nuestro bienestar, el riesgo de desarrollar una enfermedad e incluso en nuestra esperanza de vida. Sin embargo, es importante tener en cuenta que hasta el momento la mayoría de estos estudios se han realizado en animales, como las abejas.
Resulta interesante que la capacidad de los nutrientes para alterar el flujo de información genética puede abarcar varias generaciones. Los estudios demuestran que tanto en humanos como en animales la dieta de los abuelos influye en la actividad de los interruptores genéticos y el riesgo de enfermedad y mortalidad de los nietos.
Causa y efecto
Pensar en los alimentos como un tipo de información biológica es interesante porque confiere un nuevo significado a la cadena alimentaria. De hecho, si la comida influye en nuestros cuerpos hasta un nivel molecular, entonces lo que “comieron” los alimentos que consumimos también podría afectar nuestro genoma. Por ejemplo, la leche que producen las vacas alimentadas con pasto difiere de la que proviene del ganado alimentado con granos ya que presentan distintas cantidades y tipos de ácidos grasos y vitaminas C y A. Por tanto, cuando las personas beben estos distintos tipos de leche, sus células también reciben mensajes nutricionales distintos.
Asimismo, la dieta de la madre influye en los niveles de ácidos grasos y vitaminas como la B-6, B-12 y ácido fólico que se encuentran en su leche materna. Eso podría alterar los mensajes nutricionales que llegan a los interruptores genéticos del bebé, aunque por el momento no se sabe si tiene un efecto en el desarrollo del niño.
Y, tal vez sin que lo sepamos, nosotros también formamos parte de esa cadena alimentaria. Los alimentos que comemos no solo influyen en los interruptores genéticos de nuestras células, sino también en los de los microorganismos que viven en nuestros intestinos, piel y mucosas. Un ejemplo sorprendente: en ratones, la descomposición que hacen las bacterias intestinales de los ácidos grasos de cadena corta altera los niveles de serotonina, un químico cerebral que regula el estado de ánimo, la ansiedad y la depresión, entre otros procesos.
Aditivos alimentarios y envases
Los ingredientes añadidos en los alimentos también pueden alterar el flujo de información genética dentro de las células. Los panes y cereales están enriquecidos con folato para prevenir los defectos de nacimiento causados por la deficiencia de este nutriente. Sin embargo, algunos científicos han planteado la hipótesis de que niveles elevados de folato, en ausencia de otros micronutrientes naturales como la vitamina B-12, podrían contribuir a la mayor incidencia de cáncer de colon en los países occidentales, probablemente porque afectan las vías genéticas que controlan el crecimiento.
Esa misma lógica podría aplicarse a los productos químicos que se encuentran en los envases de los alimentos. El bisfenol A, o BPA, un compuesto que se encuentra en el plástico, activa en los mamíferos los selectores genéticos críticos para el desarrollo, el crecimiento y la fertilidad. Por ejemplo, algunos investigadores sospechan que, tanto en humanos como en animales, el BPA influye en la edad de la diferenciación sexual y disminuye la fertilidad al aumentar las probabilidades de que los interruptores genéticos se activen.
Todos estos ejemplos apuntan a la posibilidad de que la información genética en los alimentos no solo proviene de su composición molecular (aminoácidos, vitaminas y similares), sino también de las políticas agrícolas, ambientales y económicas que aplican o dejan de aplicar los países.
Los científicos apenas han comenzado a decodificar los mensajes genéticos de los alimentos y el papel que juegan en la salud y las enfermedades. Los investigadores todavía no sabemos con precisión cómo actúan los nutrientes sobre los interruptores genéticos, qué reglas de comunicación siguen y cómo las dietas de las generaciones pasadas influyen en la progenie. Hasta ahora muchos de estos estudios se han realizado con animales, por lo que falta mucho para comprender el significado de las interacciones entre los alimentos y los genes en los humanos.
Sin embargo, resulta claro que desentrañar los misterios de la nutrigenómica dará más poder a la sociedad y a las generaciones presentes y futuras.
1.Just recently, Blac Chyna (who has since reclaimed her birth name Angela White) revealed that she was getting her facial fillers dissolved. She also underwent a procedure to remove the silicone injections in her butt and got her breasts reduced.
She documented both experiences on her Instagram saying, "I just want all the ladies out there to know: Do not get silicone shots. You can get sick, you can die, have complications, and all this other crazy stuff."
2.Back in 2017, Courteney Cox shared that she dissolved her facial fillers after scrutiny from the media and her loved ones.
She recently opened up to the Sunday Times explaining that she initially got the fillers because she was "chasing" the youthfulness she had years prior but regrets the decision. "There was a time when you go, 'Oh, I'm changing. I'm looking older.' And I tried to chase that [youthfulness] for years," she added. "And I didn't realize that, oh shit, I'm actually looking really strange with injections and doing stuff to my face that I would never do now."
3.In 2018, Kylie Jenner revealed on Instagram that she dissolved her lip filler after a fan commented that she looked like the "old Kylie" again.
After months of claiming that she used lip liner to enlarge her lips, she finally revealed that she'd gotten filler on a 2015 episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Then, in her spinoff series, Life With Kylie, she explained her reasoning for getting filler in the first place: "I have really small lips, and it was like one of my first kisses and a guy was like, ‘I didn’t think you would be a good kisser because you have such small lips.’ But I took that really hard.”
4.In 2020, Chrissy Teigen shared via Instagram that she was getting her breast implants removed.
"They’ve been great to me for many years but I’m just over it," Chrissy said in her caption. "I’d like to be able to zip a dress in my size, lay on my belly with pure comfort! No biggie! So don’t worry about me! All good. I’ll still have boobs, they’ll just be pure fat. Which is all a tit is in the first place. A dumb, miraculous bag of fat. ❤️"
5.In 2019, Yolanda Hadid said that she was finally living "free of breast implants, fillers, botox, extensions and all the bullshit [she] thought [she] needed in order to keep up with what society conditioned [her] to believe what a sexy woman should look like."
During an episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, she had her breast implants removed after learning there was silicone free-floating in her body. "Your health is your wealth so please make educated decisions, research the partial information you’re given by our broken system before putting anything foreign in your body," she added.
Former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger called it “insane” that the program would air an interview with a figure like Greene. The Atlantic contributor Jemele Hill criticized the framing of the social media promotion as “shit” and stated that “60 Minutes” was “platforming stupid.” Many other journalists, political figures and celebrities chimed in with their own criticism, responding to the tweet by “60 Minutes.”
Gun control activist and Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg tweeted after the interview, “This is a hot take but I’m glad 60 minutes gave Marjorie Taylor Greene airtime. It’s important to interview one of the main leaders of the Republican Party so the American people know everything and I mean everything they support. Including denying school shootings.”
On “60 Minutes,” Greene bristled at Stahl when asked to clarify her past comments that the Parkland shooting was a “false flag.”
“I never said that Parkland was a false flag. School shootings are horrible, I don’t think it’s anything to joke about,” Greene said, to which Stahl responded, “We fact checked.”
MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan wrote on Twitter, “I have been on a month-long book tour, pushing the importance of tougher interviews and need for follow-up Qs. I had a piece in The Atlantic on how to deal with Gish Galloping by bad faith interviewees. And then… Leslie Stahl goes and does *that* interview with MTG. Kill. Me. Now.”
David Corn, an MSNBC analyst and D.C. bureau chief of Mother Jones, added, “It’s a failure on CBS and Stahl’s part to give MTG such an unimpeded platform to spread such garbage.”
Greene, who had previously been permanently banned from Twitter for policy violations regarding COVID misinformation (before being reinstated after Elon Musk acquired the company), promoted the “60 Minutes” appearance on Saturday evening, in a post that misspelled Lesley Stahl’s name.
“It was an honor to spend a few days with the legendary icon Leslie Stahl,” Greene wrote. “Leslie is a trailblazer for women in journalism. And while we may disagree on some issues, I respect her greatly.”
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