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Two courtrooms, one celebrity: how did the Russell Brand case compare with the rape trial next door?
One was a high-profile defendant watched by more than 100 journalists. Another was an unknown man who preyed on a girl almost half his age. Their stories played out minutes apart, one entirely out of the spotlightWhat is going on inside Russell Brand’s head as he arrives at court for the start of his rape trial? He sees the dozens of cameras and journalists lined outside Southwark crown court, many of whom have been waiting since before 7am, and he tells himself that the media are all against him. “It seems to me that they believe that I am guilty, and that this should be the rubber-stamping of the process of my destruction.”He walks with his wife, Laura, and his bodyguard past the photographers, “clickering, clackering, snickering paparazzi, like locusts, peculiar concoctions, not fully humans”, and up into the court, where he is suddenly overwhelmed by “the presence of something very beautiful, grace”. “In a situation like I’m in, it’s impossible not to turn to God. Truth and justice are the only things that can save me,” he thinks. Continue reading...
Who Should a Company Build For After Its First Wave of Growth?
A founder can close the first ten deals through people they know, use that revenue to hire a bigger team and then find out that the team has no reliable way to close the next ten. By then, the company has a bigger payroll and has spent months on features the first customers asked for, […] The post Who Should a Company Build For After Its First Wave of Growth? appeared first on Grit Daily News.
I’m a semi-competitive shopper. These are my 12 favorite finds for someone who has everything
Thoughtful, elevated gifts for the person impossible to shop for on your list – from tea warmers to butter-shaped dishesThe nine best personalized giftsSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsThe “has everything” person is, in some ways, the easiest person on your list to shop for: you know they like lip balm or bath salts or interesting spices, so why not get them more of those things and be done with it? Speaking as both a “has everything” person and a semi-competitive shopper, what I’m looking to get and give in this category is anything that solves a problem I didn’t know I had, anything that makes the most mundane parts of my day a little more special and anything that makes me laugh. I asked friends, relatives and experts to weigh in, and together we came up with 17 gifts that do all of those things and then some.Visit our ultimate holiday gift guide for more gift guides and holiday shopping ideas for everyone on your list. Continue reading...
She gets 16 pelvic exams a day – so yours don’t hurt
Molly Callahan, a gynecological teaching assistant, helps medical students practice pap smears and breast examsOn her busiest days, Molly Callahan, has 16 speculums inserted into her vagina. She works full-time as a gynecological teaching assistant (GTA) – a layperson who helps medical students practice pap smears and breast exams before they work with actual patients.It’s not as unpleasant as you might think. In fact, the point is to help students learn how to do it without causing discomfort. Contrary to common belief, pap smears – tests that screen for cervical cancer – don’t have to be painful. Continue reading...
Cocktail of the week: Sova’s amber martini – recipe | The good mixer
A vodkatini-alike with a mellow shot of autumnal amber wine – serve cool with a spritz of lemonGeorgian wine brings gentle tannins and floral notes to a traditional martini base, giving the cocktail greater depth and complexity.Dmitrii Komarov, bar manager, Sova, London W11 Continue reading...
US university students tell surveillance cameras to Flock off
The privacy issues over the company’s surveillance cameras have caused protests in schools all over the countryAngela Nguyen, a senior at Stanford University, has been on a mission to make sure her school doesn’t use automated license plate readers, like those made by Flock Safety, for mass surveillance. The 21-year-old computer science major helped collect hundreds of signatures earlier this year from students, faculty, alumni and residents to demand that Stanford drop its current Flock contract and codify safeguards for similar tech tools the school may use in the future. The fear, Nguyen says, is that these cameras, which show where a vehicle was at a certain point in time, can be exploited to victimize vulnerable people.Stanford cut ties with Flock this summer, and it’s not alone. The privacy reckoning over the company’s surveillance cameras is gaining momentum at schools nationwide. Since April, at least ten university campuses across seven states, have scrapped contracts with Flock. That includes Cornell University, Penn State University, Elgin Community College, Emory University, Binghamton University, Kent State University and the University of Wisconsin’s Madison, Milwaukee and Oshkosh branches. Last week, the University of Buffalo announced an indefinite pause on its plans for a 60-day pilot program. Continue reading...
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for torta tenerina, or rich chocolate cake | A kitchen in Rome
This soft-but-dense, velvety delight is cake at its most pudding-like. It’s at its prime still warm from the oven, but gets gloriously fudgy after a night in the fridgeThe note by Elizabeth David is helpful here: “This cake can also be eaten like a pudding” for its soft-dense-velvet-texture. But I am jumping ahead: this week’s column started in Ferrara, a city in the wetlands of the Po delta in the north-eastern corner of Emilia-Romagna. Half medieval lanes and half green avenues and parks, Ferrara is home to one of Europe’s most imposing red-brick castles, one that provides a home to an annual journalism festival run by the magazine Internazionale. Ferrara is also known for a cake. In fact, it was after a discussion about translation and fact-checking with the Italian writer Domenico Starnone and the translator Ann Goldstein that I first ate a wedge of chocolate, butter, egg, sugar and flour torta tenerina.Having just mentioned fact-checking, I am now going to side-step the origin stories. The name, however, more or less translates as “little tender one”, although that “little” refers more to the fact that it is a bit tender, rather than being on the small side. Especially because tenerina recipes from Ferrara call for tins ranging from 24-26cm in size, which produce slender cakes that are gently cracked on top and tacolenta (sticky) within; in fact, another name for the cake is torta tacolenta. Continue reading...
ShopKanna Keeps Hemp THC Drinks Available as December 11 Deadline Nears
ShopKanna brings several hemp THC beverage brands together in one online store, including Cann, Cycling Frog, Just Chill and Wynk. Its current selection remains available as a federal deadline approaches that could change how much THC a hemp-derived drink can contain while retaining its federal hemp classification. The retailer’s drinks contain between 2 and 10 […] The post ShopKanna Keeps Hemp THC Drinks Available as December 11 Deadline Nears appeared first on Grit Daily News.
ZymoChem Wins Startup World Cup’s $1 Million Prize With a New Approach to Chemical Manufacturing
A company working to make chemical production more sustainable has taken the top prize at the world’s largest startup competition. ZymoChem, an East Bay-based specialty chemicals company, won the $1 million investment prize at the 2026 Startup World Cup Grand Finale in San Francisco, surpassing regional champions from more than 60 countries. The company’s pitch […] The post ZymoChem Wins Startup World Cup’s $1 Million Prize With a New Approach to Chemical Manufacturing appeared first on Grit Daily News.
How Dr. Hala Al Asadi Is Transforming Anti-Reflux Surgery Through Precision MedTech with EndoFLIP
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the most common gastrointestinal disorder in the United States. Antireflux surgery (ARS) is emerging as a definitive long-term treatment option for patients with severe GERD to reduce the need for long-term acid-suppressive medications. Unfortunately, for decades, surgeons relied primarily on tactile sensation and visual judgment in the operating room to […] The post How Dr. Hala Al Asadi Is Transforming Anti-Reflux Surgery Through Precision MedTech with EndoFLIP appeared first on Grit Daily News.
What is my cat saying? I asked experts to translate
Slow blinking and trilling are some of the ways felines show affection – but experts say to ‘read the whole cat in context’I talk to my cat, Blue, constantly. I say things like, “You’re my little baby,” and “Wow, good jump,” and “Can you stop being a jerk for like, two seconds?”She also seems to say a lot, like, “Feed me,” “Feed me right now,” and “Stop working and play with me.” Continue reading...
Sali Hughes on beauty: a lotion to cure autumn dryness – and relieve eczema sufferers’ sore skin
Bioderma’s new eczema lotion will be comforting for anyone with dry skin. Plus another brilliant problem solving mosituriserI spent much of my childhood basted in crude, heavy-duty emollient creams and grim bath oils. But few patients are as short-changed as eczema sufferers, whose treatments and regimens are not only joyless, but sometimes provide little reward for the trouble.Although unctuous emollients are necessary to protect a compromised skin barrier, they have a habit of just “sitting” there greasily, refusing to sink in or curtail the itch. The French pharmaceutical brand Bioderma is finally advancing the conversation. Its extensive research into eczema, as well as a recent study of 500 sufferers (about one in five children and one in 10 adults struggle with the condition), were presented as a breakthrough in eczema care at last month’s EADV (European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology) conference in Vienna. Continue reading...
