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...case of the protests against the Olympic torch relay, which were sparked by the Tibet crackdown, the angry response of ordinary Chinese was automatically presumed to be stoked by propaganda. The reality is that Chinese people are not a brainwashed bunch. While they may rely more heavily on domestic news sources, they do realize that the information is censored, and many who read English seek Western news. My Western compatriots, in contrast, trust solely in a market-driven Western press that caters to the popular mood and plays on public fears about a rising power culturally different from their...
...body but remains biologically dormant--more a repository for energy than anything else. Visceral-fat cells can secrete hormones and cytokines that help control inflammation and guide energy use by all the body's other cells. Normally this regulation of cellular fueling is maintained by a well-balanced relay of metabolic signals. As food calories are absorbed, the pancreas secretes insulin, which prompts the liver to convert sugars into fat. Fat cells then release leptin, a hormone that puts the brakes on eating. Leptin does this by passing along the message that the body is satisfied with the deposit...
...fact, some analysts argue that fresh protests could break out as early as this weekend, when the Olympic torch relay passes through the Tibetan capital Lhasa, a route some protesters have claimed was a deliberate provocation. In an apparent concession, Beijing shortened the time that the torch would be present in Tibet but refused to cancel the leg entirely...
...Abdul Aziz and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, seated in a row behind him with their own lawyers. (Only Binalshibh was shackled.) The men spoke in Arabic among themselves, at times joking and appearing to coordinate strategy. Mohammed frequently conversed with bin Attash, seated directly behind him, who then appeared to relay messages to the other defendants...
...fall, offering consistency from the upperclassmen and breakout performances from the first-timers.Junior Becky Christensen continued to dominate the high jump, winning both the indoor and outdoor Heptagonals by clearing 1.79 meters in each meet. Perhaps more impressive was Christensen’s outright win of the Penn Relays, the largest track and field competition in the United States, in which she cleared 1.83 meters on her first try.“Our upperclassmen did a great job making sure there was great leadership,” Saretsky said of Christensen and the other team veterans. “Having that...