Lali Esposito "I learned to play in love" in People magazine

At 24, and after the best year of his life, he talks about the great lessons of success, its international presence and love "irrepressible"  Mariano Martinez (37).

Playful and passionate, he plans to open in 2016 playing at being an Italian alla diva.  "I wanted to feel in Rome: his style drives me crazy" , explains the Tanita,  "as I call when I pissed" .

Christophe MasterChef: 'I interned for fear of dying as my two friends. He weighed 142 kilos' in the journal Soon

Christophe MasterChef treated in the Sierras de Córdoba: 'I interned for fear of dying as my two friends. He weighed 142 kilos'.

His girlfriend left him because he did not participate bank of the hit cooking Telefe. "We had seven months together, that destroyed me," he confesses. At about the stress of Masterchef joined and began eating out of control until it got scared and decided to stop. "I saw Luis and Sergio, two Uruguayan chefs, die from overweight. This led me to realize that I could also die."

In addition:

- Militta Bora, former Daniel Osvaldo, topless.

- Tinelli he celebrated the birthday at Tirri in Punta del Este.

- Why María del Mar abandoned Matias Ale and sick?

Eugenia Tobal not part of the new season of "pure chemistry"

The actress will not be part of the new edition of the leading Leo Montero on ESPN and from production are looking for a replacement. 

"Pure Chemical was as a rehabilitation center for me," Eugenia Tobal well defined program that began in the screen  ESPN  and continued Leo Paoloski Germán Montero. The actress landed in the cycle following the departure of Laura Azcurra in 2012 and meant to her an important return to television after a painful 2011: the loss of a pregnancy and the scandalous separation Nicolas Cabre.

For four seasons, Tobal was part of the cycle with Mex Urtizberea, Mariano Zabaleta, and other panelists. The information about their separation the spread Angel de Brito on Twitter:

Note that the actress was installed yesterday in Miami with holiday plans and to assist Nepte, the television show takes place in that city.Furthermore, it is in the shooting of his film "Alchemy for Ana".

First official image of the whole group of the Justice League

We released the first official image of the Justice League of DC and Warner for the film.

Meg Ryan for a walk with his son Jack Quaid

Actress Meg Ryan goes for a walk accompanied by his son Jack Quaid.

Ben Affleck on the set of 'Live By Night'

Ben Affleck takes a break between filming scenes for 'Live By Night' in Los Angeles, California.

Zika Virus outbreak in South America - Debunking the myths

So there have been several conspiracy theories presented to suggest that the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil was man made. I'll try and address two regarding the outbreak that I have come across.

The first and easiest CT to debunk is the the notion that the Zika virus outbreak occurred because of the field trial of the genetically engineered mosquitoes in Brazil. This is based on the outbreak occurring after the field trial (conducted in 2011) and starting in the general area the field trial happened. However, when the evidence is examined, this CT falls apart.

The location of the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil, 2015

The interesting thing about this image is that it is shows the occurrence of microcephaly cases and the start of the outbreak. A similar image with the heading intact can be found here. But this map does show an important clue to the start of the outbreak. A large number of microcephaly cases are concentrated around the city of Natal in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (on the eastern tip where the cases are clustered). This is in fact the city where symptoms similar to Zika (but not Dengue or Chikungunya) were first described in Brazil. This next connection is a stretch; the location of the field trials of GE mosquitoes conducted by Oxitec. 

The "location" of the Oxitec GE mosquito field trials

The problem here is that the Oxitec field trials happened in Juazeiro in the state of Bahia and this map is pointing at Juazeiro do Norte in the state of Ceará. Juazeiro do Norte is about 626.1 km from Natal and 371.8 km from Juazeiro. It is 880 km from Juazeiro to Natal (note these are driving distances). So, the actual city where the field trials began is a bit further away from the start of the outbreak. It's still plausible, but less likely. Part of this is because mosquitoes can only travel about 58.2 m so that is a great distance for them to be carried. It also helps to understand exactly what the trials tested.

The field trial tested the ability of GE male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to impact the population size in the trial location.The results were astounding with a population reduction of >90%. The way that the mosquitoes were altered plays a huge role in the success of the experiment. The mosquito has been genetically sterilized in an improvement on the sterile insect technique. Normally, male insects are sterilized with radiation but that has the drawback of zapping insects with radiation which can reduce their fitness. The GE mosquito is still as fit as any other male mosquito, it just doesn't produce viable offspring. But there is a catch, a common antibiotic called tetracycline can interfere with the genetic mechanism that causes the mosquito to be sterile. This increases the fertility of the males a bit.

The way tetracycline inhibits the sterilization of Oxitec GE mosquitoes.

There is an issue here though, this assumes that the tetracycline would be present in high enough levels to increase fertility, the level needed for this has been empiricallydetermined. Unfortunately for the CT, the levels of tetracycline compounds would need to be 746 to 2500 times greater than the highest reported environmental levels of tetracycline compounds.

Another issue that I haven't brought up is there are two Aedes mosquitoes in Brazil that are of concern, the aforementioned Aedes aegypti and a relative, Aedes albopictus. Although it hasn't been demonstrated to be a vector, A. albopictuspopulations (I'll have another blog post on this soon) would not be impacted by sterile A. aegypti males. So with two potential vector species (there may be more but that is another blog post), it's not likely that failing to fully knock out ones that escaped the field trial would increase the spread of a virus.

One last point here, I also came across another GE mosquito CT that Bill Gates was spreading Zika virus with the GE mosquitoes. This is crazy because the GE mosquitoes are male and male mosquitoes don't bite. To release something they don't have approval for would be the end of a small company like Oxitec.

The final CT I will discuss, is the claim that the Tdap vaccine is what is causing the microcephaly. This runs the gambit from tainted vaccine to just regular old vaccine and it is harder to address. The basis for this idea is that the Zika virus was discovered in 1947 and there have been no records of microcephaly until the outbreak in Brazil. There are several problems with this idea. The first is that Zika virus was a rare virus in humans until very recently. Also, further analysis of the outbreak in French Polynesia has shown an increase in neurological defects in babies during that time. Another problem is that the Tdap vaccine has never been associated with microcephaly and Brazil has had a 20-fold increase in cases since the outbreak began. They are also suggesting the wrong vaccine if they'd like a chance of being plausible with the CT. Rubella is another virus that causes microcephaly(27% chance if infection occurs in the first trimester), so the MMR vaccine would be the logical choice. 

So in summation, please don't trust everything you read on the internet. Some of it may be the insane ramblings of someone on Reddit, or it might be scare tactics to try and further an agenda.

Birdman is nominated for best foreign film in France

The Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques of France also nominated "The son of Saul" Laszlo Nemes, "Madre Mia" Nanni Moretti, "Youth" by Paolo Sorrentino, and Taxi Teheran, Jafar Panahi.

"Birdman" directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, was nominated as the best foreign film of the year by the French Film Academy.

The film already won the Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture, will compete with six other films from around the world by Caesar, whose list of nominees was published Wednesday.

The Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques of France also nominated "The son of Saul" Laszlo Nemes, "Madre Mia" Nanni Moretti, "Youth" by Paolo Sorrentino, and Taxi Teheran, Jafar Panahi.

For Inarritu, who just two weeks ago was in the French capital for the premiere of "The reborn", also nominated for an Oscar this year, this is one of the last major nominations Birdman.

French film "Marguerite" by Xavier Giannoli and "Three memories of my youth" by Arnaud Desplechin, topped with eleven nominations each, the list of nominations for the national awards of this year's French cinema.

The 41st edition of the César awards will take place on February 26 at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.

At the ceremony the American actor Michael Douglas will receive an honorary Cesar for his entire career.