The public urinal that turns pee into compostIt may be better known as the city of light and of love, but Paris is also – and all too often – the city of pee, and consequently of pong. But the French capital has a new weapon in its longstanding battle against les pipis sauvages, or wild peeing, the time-honoured if technically prohibited practice of urinating in the street, and its unsavoury accompanying odours.
According to EURACTIV.COM WITH AFP, Romania’s constitutional court ruled on September 27, 2018 that gay couples should have the same family rights as heterosexuals, a judgment that runs counter to a referendum next month seeking to interdict gay marriage. The court said gay couples had the same rights to a private life and a family life as heterosexuals and thus should “benefit, in the long term, from legal... recognition of their rights and obligations”. However, the upcoming October, 2018 referendum is seeking to limit the constitutional definition of family to heterosexual, married couples.
Dr. Yevgeny Solomonov, head of the surgical department at the Ziv Medical Center in Safed, used advanced technology to freeze liver cancer metastasis using liquid nitrogen as part of an operation in a patient with secondary cancer - liver metastasis from a cancerous colon source. The patient, in his 60s, had colon cancer a few years ago and was treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but recently the disease was found recurring in his liver. The medical team treated the patient to remove the left lobe of the liver, and the remaining part of the liver underwent an innovative medical procedure - cryotherapy, which means freezing the metastasis using special ProSense devices developed and manufactured by an Israeli company, IceCure Medical.
As the 70th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out on September 17th, 2018, Amazon’s Mrs. Maisel proved to be quite marvelous by grabbing gold five times, including for best comedy series. FX’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story followed with four major wins, including for limited series lead actor Darren Criss.Game of Thrones, The Crown, Barry, The Americans, and Godless each scored two Monday-night wins.And in the slugfest of outlets, Netflix and HBO each wound up amassing 23 Emmy wins this year, after the streamer edged out the pay cabler in total nominations.