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Los Angeles Photograph: Jesse Hsu | Eggplant escabeche Photograph: Jesse Hsu Previous Next/10Photograph: Jesse Hsu | Lamb neck shawarma Photograph: Jesse HsuPrevious Next/10Photograph: Jesse Hsu | Wood-fired pita bread Photograph: Jesse HsuPrevious Next/10Photograph: Jesse Hsu | Rose clove chocolate doughnuts Photograph: Jesse Hsu | Foie gras halva with buckwheat loaf Photograph: Jesse HsuPrevious Next/10Review Bavel draws upon Levantine culinary traditions in a sprawling plant-filled dining room offset by a string-lit patio The menu lends itself to family-style dining seasonal vegetables and some of the best hummus in Los Angeles Middle Eastern-inspired specialty cocktails and a Mediterranean-heavy wine list complement starters like fried quail and oyster mushrooms kebab. Though the reservation process is just as difficult at Bavel as it is at Bestia Both restaurants have helped usher in the era of the Arts District as a veritable dining destination—and though you’d honestly come away pleased with a meal at either one Bavel is the couple’s finest restaurant in my book Every small plate here is carefully considered and packed with flavor; the substantial far pricier entrées are equally dazzling. Save room for one of Gergis’s excellent desserts Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! twitter instagram spotify About us Contact us Time Out magazine This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Alejandro Albalá leaves viewers speechless by sharing new and unexpected information about Claudia Bavel he revealed some of the celebrities the influencer had on her radar: “She tried to meet with him It was on January 28 when Iker Casillas and this well-known adult content creator became the protagonists of Diez Minutos the magazine published images of them walking through the streets of Barcelona Claudia Bavel's love life under scrutiny | TelecincoSince then, Claudia Bavel's romantic affairs have become one of the main topics in our country's social press the influencer has had several affairs with various well-known figures However, the one who undoubtedly came out worst off from this situation was the former Betis player, Joaquín Sánchez Alejandro Albalá has returned to the set of TardeAR with new and revealing information about Claudia Bavel Alejandro Albalá tells everything he knows about Claudia Bavel | MediasetAccording to the television collaborator himself he had a romance with Claudia Bavel in the past what has most caught the attention of viewers is the confession he made afterward Claudia Bavel tried some time ago to meet with a famous actor from our country: “She tried to meet with him Alejandro Albalá has claimed that when he met Claudia Bavel she had a list with the names of several celebrities her intention was to coordinate a meeting to be captured by the paparazzi the television collaborator had no problem sharing more details about this list with his colleagues on TardeAR were in the model's sights when he had contact with her years ago they met in August 2023 at a mutual friend's house who resides in the United States rumors were circulating about an alleged infidelity of Rauw Alejandro to Rosalía with a young blonde linked to several singers Alejandro Albalá claims that Claudia Bavel had a list of potential conquests | en.e-noticies.cat MediasetThis is why Claudia Bavel expressed her desire to achieve something similar “She wanted to achieve the same thing because she gained a lot of fame in the United States many followers on social media,” the panelist explained Alejandro Albalá claimed that the influencer strategically sought “who can I hurt the most” NEW ON FACEBOOK! 📲 Click here to receive the hottest royal and celebrity news directly to your Facebook, for FREE and EXCLUSIVE! Don't miss out! One of the celebrities on her list was the singer Ozuna who at that time was facing “a big problem with his wife” Other names that emerged within the Latin American music scene were Bad Bunny and J Alejandro Albalá left all the viewers speechless by confirming that some Spanish celebrities were also on Claudia Bavel's radar but it didn't work out,” Alejandro Albalá firmly stated before making it clear that these are just some of the names: “There were quite a few more” Among the numerous lists spotlighting the best restaurants in America comes one from OpenTable, which features 19 California eateries. Yet, OpenTable’s list of the top 100 restaurants in 2024 is driven by its millions of verified users which means California’s sizable representation on this list is thanks to the people the number of times they made reservations in advance and other metrics From historic restaurants to buzzy new spots here are the California restaurants that made OpenTable’s list (and perhaps will make your list to try in 2025) Cesarina in San Diego is a trattoria, a word used to signify a more casual restaurant serving traditional Italian food, said Travel and Leisure Expect fresh pasta and tableside dessert at a restaurant that said it's “inspired by our ‘everything made in house’ credo.” Cowboy Star Restaurant and Butcher Shop is a steakhouse with a “Western flair” thanks to its aesthetic familiar steakhouse sides and a happy hour Evvia Estiatorio, Palo AltoEvvia Estiatorio has served Greek cuisine in Silicon Valley for nearly three decades. It’s among the San Francisco Chronicle’s top Palo Alto restaurants Fishing with Dynamite by chef David LeFevre opened in 2013 and offers guests oysters lobster and other seafood dishes within walking distance of the Manhattan Beach Pier insideOUT, San DiegoInsideOUT is an LGBTQ-owned restaurant that boasts alfresco dining with a Mediterranean and California-inspired menu One look at its Instagram reveals just how far the restaurant takes its themed dining experiences such as when insideOUT transformed into a “spring oasis” earlier this year with its Japanese cherry blossom trees and a seasonal menu Jeune et Jolie diners can expect French cuisine “through the vibrant lens of our Southern California landscape,” the restaurant said experience a four-course menu at the Michelin-starred restaurant More: Your guide to Michelin star dining in California, including 7 new additions in 2024 not to miss The sister restaurant to Evvia Estiatorio, Kokkari Estiatorio brings the “old-world charm of a rustic Mediterranean country inn” to its diners. It’s among Eater San Francisco’s list of classic restaurants that every San Franciscan must try Musso & Frank Grill, Los AngelesMusso & Frank Grill a Hollywood institution that celebrated its 105th anniversary this year Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor over its history Musso’s boasts of serving the original fettuccine alfredo recipe from Italy brought to the restaurant by Hollywood stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Providence is a two-starred Michelin restaurant by James Beard award-winning chef Michael Cimarusti, who presents diners with “the finest sustainable seafood” with “sophisticated technique,” according to the restaurant. As OpenTable editors put it and exceptional service that doesn’t feel stuffy — just the way LA fine dining should be.” Saffy’s, Los AngelesSaffy’s serves "Middle Eastern homestyle cooking" from the folks behind Bestia and Bavel dinner and dessert all at this Los Angeles restaurant The Dock brings dining to the to the bayfront Diners praise the restaurant for its service and views on OpenTable Paris Barraza is a trending reporter covering California news at The Desert Sun New SA made and SAFC supported Netflix series Territory premieres this week on Thursday The biggest Netflix series ever made in South Australia with both production and post production taking place here as well as filming in the Northern Territory the neo-western drama follows a fight for power in the remote and unforgiving Australian outback Emerging South Australian screen creatives Sonja van Bavel and Clare Elvia both undertook attachments on Territory as part of the majority South Australian crew on the production We sat down with them to ask about their experiences on set what it’s like to work in the screen industry and their advice for other emerging screen creatives Sonja van Bavel is an emerging set decorator and art department crew member She previously completed an SAFC Professional Crew Attachment in set decorating on Talk To Me and has worked in the art department on SA made and SAFC supported films The Royal Hotel and The New Boy Sonia was selected for an SAFC Professional Crew Department in the Art Department on Territory working with a team that included South Australian practitioners Assistant Set Decorator Daniel Wilson Senior Buyer/Dresser Jen Drake and Buyer/Dressers Shona Hannagan and Ben Conroy How did you get started in the screen industry I always had a passion for film and production design I developed a natural curiosity in combining the two and began to explore working in the film industry After moving back to Adelaide from Alice Springs in 2020 Art Director Laura Ockenden connected me with filmmaker Kahli Gaskin who was generous enough to give me my first gig as Art Director on her indie film What do you love about working in the screen industry To be a small part of helping make Australian stories come to life in my hometown with the SA Film Corporation has been a dream come true I used to walk past Glenside before it was Adelaide Studios (but by then had been featured in the acclaimed film Shine) promising myself I’d pursue my dream of working in the industry one day I feel so alive and energised working with so many moving parts and exceptionally creative people on a final product To be amongst the inner workings of the Art Department and translate the Production Designer’s vision into sets props and costume is a language I understand Particularly rewarding has been the opportunity to draw on my background curating First Nations artwork and textiles from art centres across the country for productions including Territory (Netflix) and most recently Top End Bub (Amazon Prime) What was it like working as an Art Department Attachment on Territory Learning from and working alongside creatives who are at the top of their game gave me insight which I would’ve never had otherwise Set Decorators and Buyer/Dressers who put an awe-inspiring amount blood It was an incredible process to be a part of and has served as a touchstone of calibre to strive for I also enjoyed (and continue to enjoy) meeting suppliers wisdom and generosity to contribute to filmmaking and for crew to have someone who is learning on the job can be a real challenge So much respect for those who have taught me with patience under pressure Lots of ducks paddling furiously underwater finishing the job and leaving so many new film friends and family was really the biggest challenge What was the most useful or surprising thing you learned during your attachment to understanding “on set” protocols and discovering the many cogs of different departments The more you look in your peripheral vision and discover how other departments outside your own operate Do you have any advice for up-and-coming crew members who are considering applying for an attachment Working as an Attachment is a lot like an apprenticeship for film There is a level of freedom that allows for “testing the waters” and helping you find the right fit enjoy the process and make sure you stay well caffeinated Why do you think initiatives like the SAFC’s Professional Crew Attachments are important There aren’t really any other opportunities to have such hands-on experiences in the industry at such a high level With so many productions in South Australia fostering emerging talent is crucial to maintain the standard of creativity and that is currently alive and thriving in our state I feel the industry here in SA has always been encouraging and embracing fostering an encouraging environment for growth Where would you like to see yourself in 10 years but I hope I’m still trying to better myself Clare Elvia is a proud Badimia Yamatji woman and emerging editor. She currently works as a part-time editor at Adelaide’s community broadcaster Channel 44 and also edited the SAFC’s First Nations Showreel She was selected for an Editing Attachment through the Screen Territory First Nations Production Ready Bootcamp delivered in Darwin in partnership with Netflix working with SA editor Sean Lahiff to get hands on experience with post-production on a major streaming service series I found my footing in the screen industry through the SAFC and Channel 44’s First Nations Internship Program back in 2022 I received valuable mentorship and support to cultivate my passion for editing and shortly upon completing my internship I was fortunate enough to obtain a part-time editing position I get to work on some really exciting projects at Channel 44 with some cool creative partners hard-working people who I am constantly learning from and who make me feel valued I’m very grateful to have found my start through Channel 44 as it has led me to some pretty amazing opportunities and experiences It’s very rewarding to be a part of the process of creating interesting and diverse stories for screen which bring different emotions and then to see how those stories resonate with the people who watch them I also love getting to meet and collaborate with some amazing and insanely talented people I am very fortunate for all the friendships I have made so far in this industry What was it like working as an Editing Attachment on Territory My attachment on Territory was super exciting and fulfilling I learned so much and getting to see how a production of this large a scale runs just completely blew my mind What was your biggest highlight working on Territory There are so many highlights to choose from I just really enjoyed working with and learning from the whole post-production and editorial team Being able to sit in with editor Sean Lahiff while he was working and pick his brain about his processes was very cool and I’m super thankful for it I also got to visit the set for a day while they were filming some simulated travel scenes It was nice getting to meet some of the cast and crew who you wouldn’t normally get to meet when working in post I think the biggest challenge for me was getting over my impostor syndrome and fear of being in the way I quickly realised that I absolutely deserved to be there and I deserved to make the most of my experience by learning all that I possibly could I felt very welcomed by everyone I met during my attachment and was encouraged to ask all the questions no matter how silly I thought they might come across Probably learning to work with Avid Media Composer for the first time It initially took me a while to wrap my head around it but I’m glad to have the experience using it as it’s the industry standard for these larger-scale projects and I’ll feel more prepared for the future jobs (fingers crossed!) that might require it If there’s an attachment position available in the department you want to work in absolutely apply for it and express a keen interest if you’re successful in getting the attachment make the most of it and learn all that you can – it will be immensely worthwhile Why do you think Attachment initiatives like the one you participated in are important It’s crucial for the industry to foster these kinds of initiatives for emerging creatives especially for First Nations people and other underrepresented groups They allow for skill development and an invaluable hands-on learning experience while getting to connect and work closely with industry professionals These attachment opportunities can be a major stepping stone in advancing the careers of up-and-coming screen practitioners and also encourage upskilling and diversity across the various departments In 10 years I would love to see some more production credits under my name and to be more established as an editor Subscribe to the Latest News & Updates from SAFC First Nations viewers are advised that this website may contain images and voices of people who have passed away Claudia Bavel puts Cepeda against the ropes | Europapress, @telecincoes, en.e-noticies.cat PEOPLE Claudia Bavel Puts Cepeda Against the Ropes in '¡De Viernes!': 'I'm Willing'Claudia Bavel sat on '¡De Viernes!' where she talked about her relationship with Iker Casillas and her messages with Cepeda.08/02/2025 09:03:00h by Cristo Fernández Claudia Bavel has returned to the eye of the storm. After her first interview on ¡De Viernes!, the young woman returned to the set to address new controversies about her personal life. The model now faces the reaction of Iker Casillas and the leak of messages with the singer Cepeda The young woman has confirmed that she doesn't want to be silenced which is why she has confessed that she wants to put all the rumors to rest: "I'm willing." she was blunt: "I didn't expect him to issue a statement with the intention of silencing me," she confessed live The influencer was upset with the reply from the former footballer and hinted that she has more information that could come to light Claudia Bavel returned to "¡De Viernes!" | TelecincoBut the night brought more surprises Claudia spoke to the media and threw a poisoned dart at Luis Cepeda "Just another one who retracts from the little brain cell he has," she said without hesitation The singer tried to deny the messages he exchanged with her confirmed that the conversations were real and accused Cepeda of trying to divert attention "I'm willing to defend myself against any criticism," she asserted with determination The model appeared defiant and made it clear that she doesn't fear the consequences The tension increased when new details about the conversations were revealed Claudia claimed that Cepeda tried to manipulate the situation to discredit her Her statements have put the singer in check Claudia has confirmed that when she had those messages with the artist he was in a relationship while she was single This has left Cepeda in a complicated situation The discussion has gained momentum on social media where followers from both sides debate the truthfulness of the accusations Iker Casillas's reaction has been much talked about His official communication sought to minimize the impact of Claudia's statements The model has hinted that she could reveal more compromising details if necessary Claudia Bavel spoke about her relationship with Iker Casillas in her interview | MediasetThe scandal continues to grow. Iker Casillas The media is already waiting for the next developments Below, the culinary legend dishes on her favorite L.A. eats. $24, 500 Mateo St. #102., Downtown L.A., baveldtla.com The Farmer’s PlateA.O.C. WEST HOLLYWOOD» “The Farmer’s Plate is one of those dishes that’s an absolute staple and Suzanne executes so perfectly. Gorgeous roasted farmers market vegetables, muhammara balanced with the chickpea puree, wood fire toast with the creamy burrata. I have to have it every time I go! Often I add on a Chicories salad to take it over the top!” $20, 8700 W. 3rd St., West Hollywood, aocwinebar.com AnkimoN/SOTO» “This takes me back to our City Restaurant days. Monkfish liver is just so absolutely delicious on its own. When you add the sweet and sour sumiso, the citrus of yuzu and spice of kosho, it’s the perfect bite I often dream about.”$17, 4566 W. Washington Blvd., Mid City, n-soto.com By Jasmin RosembergEditor Thelma Golden will celebrate Lauren Halsey and U.K.-based singer Griff will take the stage featured A-list designers and Otis College standouts who earned scholarships for innovation in Fashion Design lawyers say Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe showed injuries consistent with a dog attack and plan to present a case against Chloe a German Shepherd who was re-homed by the owner's of the house where the cop's body was found in a snowbank Magazine’s takeaways on five notable topics from President Donald Trump’s first 100 days of his second term consumers are stocking up on household items and bites from THEBlvd and Hinoki & the Bird Brant Cox And really, everything about this place will have you plotting a return visit. The staff is friendly (though they do have a habit of instructing you on how to eat everything, including hummus), there isn’t a disappointing dish on the menu, and the room feels like a big, orchestrated party, whether you’re sitting at the white marble bar or in one of the big round booths. There's still a strong chance you'll need to book a reservation in advance (even if you're eating at 5pm), but that comes with territory. Bavel remains a fine-tuned restaurant machine that we'll find any excuse to visit, and we recommend you do the same. Arts District few places in LA do it better than Bestia in the Arts District Middle Eastern Mediterranean East Hollywood Saffy's is a fantastic Middle Eastern kebab spot in East Hollywood Mediterranean Middle Eastern Los Feliz the Mediterranean-Middle Eastern restaurant in Los Feliz breezy restaurant you can use for any occasion Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Days after learning all the details about the latest scandal involving Iker Casillas She took the opportunity to confess to the press everything she knows about the latest controversy involving the footballer and her client There is no doubt that, in recent weeks, the former Real Madrid goalkeeper has become one of the main figures in our country's social press. All this after part of his personal life was exposed Iker Casillas and Claudia Bavel are at the center of one of the controversies of the moment | en.e-noticies.cat what really put Iker Casillas in a bind were the statements Claudia Bavel made during her visit to ¡De Viernes the adult content creator did not hesitate to share with the program some of the conversations she had with the athlete during their relationship provoked an immediate reaction from Iker Casillas The former footballer issued a statement through social media where he announced that he had "given instructions for any violation of my privacy and/or honor[...]to be legally pursued." Yola Berrocal speaks about this controversy to the media | Europa PressNow a team from Europa Press had the opportunity to speak with Yola Berrocal the right-hand woman of the adult film actress broke her silence to confess what she knows about the latest scandal involving her client and Iker Casillas There is no doubt that, thanks to her position as Claudia Bavel's representative Yola Berrocal is one of the people who knows the Iker Casillas scandal best Yola Berrocal talks about the controversy of Iker Casillas | Europa Press en.e-noticies.catThat's why a team of reporters from the aforementioned news agency didn't hesitate to ask her about this entire controversy Questions that the TV personality did not refuse to answer Yola Berrocal wanted to reveal how her client is doing after her latest television interview Claudia has been heavily criticized for making certain information about Iker Casillas public: she is an unbelievable person," the representative assured However, when asked if Iker Casillas has contacted her client after the statements she made on social media "I am not the right person to talk about this issue Barren Academy of Virtual and Expanded Learning (BAVEL) teacher Pam Carter conducts a fully online class BAVEL has been holding online-only classes for 15 years When all public schools had to move their learning online in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic many educators began turning to the school for tips on how to make online education work.Photo submitted Kentucky schools and others across the country scrambled to set up online classes due to COVID-19 shutdowns educators sought advice on how to do that successfully Though many schools had some form of virtual program this was their first experience with full-time remote learning Kentucky educators had an example: the Barren Academy of Virtual and Expanded Learning (BAVEL) which for 15 years has been doing what other Kentucky schools suddenly needed chief digital officer in the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Office of Education Technology said when a dozen or more districts sought help in launching virtual programs this summer his first move was to connect them with BAVEL “They’ve been doing this for a very long time and they do it very well,” he said BAVEL’s personnel were ready to help districts think through how to create virtual programs who oversees BAVEL as director of instruction for Barren County Schools The first of KDE’s guidelines for digital learning is to ensure the content is aligned with the Kentucky Academic Standards, Park said. His office has a catalog of all virtual courses offered by various Kentucky schools, and BAVEL has the most, he said. BAVEL was never built around helping students retake classes, rather providing a rigorous and unique education, said former Metcalfe County Superintendent Benny Lile. Even though Metcalfe County students usually decided against taking courses through BAVEL, he said checking it out often changed their perspective on education – helping them accept that there was no easy way to learn and online classes could be just as demanding as in-person instruction. “If that’s the lesson learned, then cumulatively I think it’s all really good,” he said. The first essential factor, whether for non-traditional instruction during COVID-19 or a permanent online program, is a clearly established vision for what the program should accomplish, said Phillip Napier, BAVEL’s director of communication and assessment. Other schools’ visions for online programs may be very different from BAVEL, but the important thing is for everyone involved to understand it, he said. Next, schools must understand how they’ll facilitate student success, Napier said, such as determining the technology infrastructure they will they need and ensuring students get the right support. Then schools need to anticipate and overcome the barriers they and their students will face, from gaps in technology to transporting students to standardized testing sites. Some people have had bad online experiences, often because they found it impersonal, Napier said. BAVEL seeks to ensure that when its students graduate, they’ve had a chance to develop “soft skills” as well as academic ones. BAVEL’s leaders agree that any new online program needs to “start small” to plan and prepare. “Really, it’s all about meeting the needs of the students,” Harper said. Many of their students wouldn’t have been successful if they hadn’t had the options BAVEL’s online program provides, he said. BAVEL administrators Jeanelle McGuire, (top center), Melinda Owens (bottom left) and Phillip Napier (bottom right) hold a video conference with students Gracyn Wellman (top left), Madeleine Edge (top right) and Justin Burba (bottom center).Photo submitted Park, who oversees all online and virtual school networks in the state, said KDE is launching expanded ideas of what that statewide virtual learning network looks like. Much of his office’s work is expanding how technology can help traditional classroom teachers in day-to-day learning, he said. One of Kentucky’s educational gaps, however, has been providing opportunities for any student to enroll in a high-quality, all-virtual program, Park said. As the state’s longest-serving full-time virtual school, BAVEL serves as a benchmark, he said. “We really look at them as the source of excellence for doing full-time virtual school really well,” he said. “Because of the demonstrated success of BAVEL, we’re now up to 38 school districts that have a virtual academy or virtual school approach, and they are accepting students from other districts.” BAVEL does a great job ensuring its program is the right fit for student applicants, working closely with families, Park said. This summer, Park and Ben Maynard in KDE’s Office of Education Technology asked BAVEL personnel to hold a professional development session for teachers in other districts. That online event took place July 16, dealing with the history of online education in Kentucky, BAVEL itself, and what its educators have learned about providing a solid virtual-only education. Park’s office is working on using some Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds to help other districts host their own virtual academies, he said. Barren County School District runs and funds BAVEL, using Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) funding, Harper said. BAVEL has two full-time instructors, 46 part-time teachers, three directors and an administrative assistant, Napier said. It’s accredited through the NCAA, so its graduates who are student athletes in their home districts are eligible to play in college, he said. More than 2,500 students have taken BAVEL courses and more than 600 have graduated through BAVEL, according to the school. Th school serves students statewide, said Jeanelle McGuire, BAVEL’s director of admissions. Students who enroll in BAVEL take classes under reciprocal agreements between the school and their home districts at a cost of $50 per course. But that’s a deposit refundable upon graduation, she said. Putting down a deposit shows that students are committed to a course, Napier said. And getting it back when they graduate is “icing on the cake,” he said. Students from districts without reciprocal agreements can take BAVEL classes, too, but in their case the per-course charge isn’t refundable and may vary depending on which classes they take and how many, Napier said. This year, BAVEL has reciprocal agreements with 66 of the state’s 171 districts. BAVEL values its partnerships with other school districts, universities and the state’s community and technical college system, Harper said. Barren County is one of the top feeders of students to Western Kentucky University (WKU), and last spring the university started talks with BAVEL on a closer collaboration, he said. Aiding that potential collaboration is BAVEL’s recent move from Barren County School District offices to a building on WKU’s Glasgow campus. That will allow BAVEL to draw from WKU’s advising resources and other campus features, Napier said. Normally, administrators and the two full-time instructors have offices in BAVEL’s campus building, while the part-time teachers work from home, he said. When schools shut down in the spring, all BAVEL staff were able to work from home – even having their office phones physically installed in their houses, Harper said. “We had the technology infrastructure to do that pretty seamlessly,” he said. “Just a handful of our local students that needed another option for fulfilling their requirements to get their high school diploma,” he said. Providing that alternative is the reason BAVEL was founded. When Napier began at BAVEL in 2010, the school had 75 students. “The next school year we ended up somewhere around the 200 mark,” he said. For fall 2020, enrollment is up about 20% over 2019. Though growth has been steady, the number of unique students fluctuates annually, Napier said. “What really tells our story is the number of course enrollments,” he said. Fewer total students may enroll in any given year, but more of them are enrolled full time. This year BAVEL has 292 students altogether. Those students make up 2,768 individual enrollments, meaning individual classes, Napier said. Usually about 85% of students are full time, but in 2020, that rose to 92%, he said. Other virtual schools will accept students from other districts, but unless those districts have reciprocal agreements, parents have to pay out of pocket, Park said. He wants to expand virtual networks’ footprint so more districts have reciprocal agreements with multiple partners. “No one should expect it to be free, but there’s a funding conversation that has to take place with every district,” Park said. “It’s important to remember that we didn’t just get here overnight,” he said. “We are, even at this point, still experiencing growing pains and still learning what authentic online learning really looks like.” One of the biggest investments is not technology, Napier said. It’s people: teachers and support staff who follow students’ progress. “It’s really about that whole experience and knowing there are people on the other end that care,” he said. Owens monitors students’ coursework, discussing issues with them if they fall behind and encouraging them further if they’re doing well. She seeks to make sure students really understand their curriculum and can discuss it, not just recite it. Regular, personal contact with teachers is built into BAVEL’s curriculum, Harper said. Much of that is enabled or assisted by the evolution of videoconferencing over the past decade, Owens said. In the early years, students had to enroll in person, then could do it by phone and now can use Google Meet from their first day. Everyone wants the socialization benefits that come from in-person school, but learning can work very well online, Lile said. For districts working to set up a permanent routine of virtual education, the main factor is determining up front what they want their online presence to be like, he said. “I think one of their big things is, there’s always been a teacher behind the course,” Lile said. BAVEL classes are far more than working through and submitting assignments via computer, he said. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) publishes Kentucky Teacher to communicate directly with the state’s 40,000 public school teachers. The stories of this award-winning publication include news, perspectives, and practical, workable ideas for guiding students to higher levels of achievement. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article (()=>{const e=document.getElementById("yt-img-oxeiyPFEt40");e&&e.addEventListener("load",(t=>{t.target.naturalWidth<=120&&(e.parentNode.children[0].srcset=e.parentNode.children[1].srcset=e.src)}),{once:!0})})() L.A Times Today airs Monday through Friday at 7 p.m The hummus with nduja at Bavel in the Arts District The Middle Eastern-inspired restaurant is our 2019 Restaurant of the Year Rarely does a sophomore restaurant eclipse its predecessor in the way that Bavel has captured the stomachs and Instagram feeds of Los Angeles diners. Try to find a serious (or not so serious) gourmand who hasn’t posted a photo of the gargantuan lamb neck shawarma, the fiery prawns, the hummus or the layered malawach bread. When you think about the meals you obsess over and the dishes you wake up wishing you’d eaten more of, Bavel comes to mind. This is the Middle Eastern-inspired restaurant by Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis, the two chefs who opened Bestia in the Arts District in 2012. It’s a restaurant that wonderfully encapsulates the all-things-Middle-Eastern movement sweeping Los Angeles. It was the restaurant name on everyone’s lips this past year, often uttered as a question due to the variances in pronunciation. (It’s buh-VELL.) View this post on Instagram Made this reservation a month ago, with no idea what extra significance it would take on. Every bit as good as everyone says it is. A post shared by Zach Brooks (@midtownlunchla) on Jul 23 The Restaurant of the Year was picked by Jonathan Gold in the past Bill Addison and Patricia Escarcega will name next year’s winner Amy Scattergood and I picked up the torch to put together the paper’s 101 Restaurants We Love list it fell on us to consider Restaurant of the Year The hummus is reason enough to give Bavel all the awards. In Gold’s review of the restaurant he beautifully described the complexities of the humble dish: airy purée surrounding a big spoonful of chunkier denser stuff; a green rivulet of olive oil; smears of spicy Gergis’ desserts are passionate, delicious and can sometimes defy logic and even gravity. It took her several tries to get that crème brûlée to set just perfectly over the date purée beneath it. And she will make a licorice lover out of us all; not eventually, but at the exact moment you dip into her licorice root ice cream bon bons high ceiling and exceptionally well-dressed clientele A busy Saturday night here is the irrefutable nucleus of the Los Angeles dining universe But not only is this restaurant of the now it is also something Menashe and Gergis have been wanting to open for years craveable cooking that draws from both Menashe’s and Gergis’ backgrounds in Morocco Reserve a table Jenn Harris is a columnist for the Food section and host of “The Bucket List” show. She has a BA in literary journalism from UC Irvine and an MA in journalism from USC. Follow her @Jenn_Harris_. Food World & Nation Subscribe for unlimited access Site Map While it seemed like an eternity to us on the other side as he rode the rollercoaster of opening something very new and very personal: Bavel is an homage to his Jewish-Turkish-Moroccan heritage and his wife and pastry chef Genevieve Gergis’s Egyptian background Here he takes us into the notebook that held together not only his random thoughts but himself in the midst of constant change fear of living up to the rumored restaurant I bought this notebook almost four and a half years ago It’s a green Mead composition book with wide lines We were going on our first vacation after we first opened Bestia in November 2012 We closed the restaurant for 12 days because everyone was working six days a week and needed time off I’d sit out on the patio and start writing for two hours until she woke up and that might change to 20 grams or none of that Courtesy of Ori MenasheThere are probably 200 ideas in this notebook It kept me going when we ran into complications with opening Bavel We leased the space and started construction when we split with our business partner We tore up the plans and started from scratch I’m going to continue to develop dishes.’ And up until two weeks before the opening of Bavel Grilled octopus with an herby yogurt at Bavel When I’m 50, I’m going to look back at the Bavel notebook and crack a big smile on my face. 2/16 Licorice ice cream bon bon: sour licorice caramel 3/16 Strawberry sumac and sweet cheese pastry: pistachio ice cream 4/16 Malawach: ancient grain crispy layered bread 6/16 Slow-roasted lamb-neck shawarma: crème fraiche tahini 7/16 A look inside chefs Ori Menashe’s and Genevieve Gergis’ newest restaurant 8/16 Grilled oyster mushrooms with wild nettle purée 9/16 A look inside chefs Ori Menashe’s and Genevieve Gergis’ newest restaurant 10/16 Grilled oyster mushrooms 11/16 Chefs Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis at their newest restaurant 12/16 It gets loud inside Bavel 13/16 A look inside chefs Ori Menashe’s and Genevieve Gergis’ newest restaurant 15/16 Bavel has Middle Eastern influences 16/16 Chefs Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis at their newest restaurant Print Restaurant Critic The seriousness of a Middle Eastern restaurant rests in its hummus vaguely sour hummus is OK to send off in your children’s brown-bag lunches and the mayonnaise-y over-garlicked stuff may be exactly what you want to see alongside a takeout roast chicken The mealy paste that comes next to the watery tabbouleh on a mezze plate serves its purpose the ones that inspire hour-long drives and dinnertime haiku tend to labor over their fragrant goo as assiduously as a French baker might over her baguettes Great hummus must never be taken for granted So while the overwhelming popularity of Bavel may have a lot to do with the grilled octopus with yogurt or the marinated okra with whipped feta and mint I am guessing that it is the hummus that keeps Ori Menashe up at night and the chef-owner can creditably claim that most of the dishes are less Yemenite or Moroccan or Israeli than they are in some way his own The pita has inflated into a sphere on the hot fire evolved gluten network of a slow-risen country loaf And as you scrape the bread between one density and the other the dish becomes an essay in the nuances of texture and fragrance Bavel is a soaring converted warehouse near downtown’s 4th Street Bridge on a block where Sonic Youth once played a free show on the street; all brick and chunky wood and what looks like a forest of air plants cascading from a huge frame that is improbably not anchored with macramé The cooks in the open kitchen knot bandannas around their foreheads in the style made famous by Menashe at his nearby restaurant Bestia you will not be surprised to hear that Bavel is also extremely loud You will be drinking salty island wines from Sardinia and the Canary Islands Your date will barely hear you above the din You will wonder whether there is a point to an old-fashioned made with lamb-fat-washed bourbon or a pisco sour with pink peppercorns You will probably be having a very good time Long before last year’s wave of Israeli restaurants washed over Los Angeles restaurant obsessives had been waiting for Bavel a project Menashe announced not long after he opened Bestia He had been cooking Italian food for most of his career and some of Bestia’s best dishes leaned toward the Eastern Mediterranean as much as they did toward Italy Nobody in town was really cooking full-throttle Levantine food powered by anything like Menashe’s reliance on woodfire house-cured meats and fermented vegetables and at a time when everyone you knew had at least one Yotam Ottolenghi cookbook on their shelves everybody yearned for a restaurant that would do for Middle Eastern cooking what Spago had done for Italian food a decade before So if you were already a fan of Menashe’s food you almost knew what to expect: crisp lamb flatbread like Armenian lahmajoun in a midlife crisis or a salad of cucumber and shaved artichoke hearts tossed with celery orange blossom water and a sprinkling of crushed pistachio The cured meat plate runs Middle Eastern instead of Italian with spicy housemade versions of the Armenian sausage sujuk Turkish basturma and harissa-spiked salami instead of prosciutto and speck are scented with the cardamom-rich Yemenite spice blend hawaij and served with a bit of spicy crème fraîche as a dipping sauce The best dish at Bavel could well be the grilled oyster mushrooms with a bitter wild nettle purée and an electric sprinkle of tart sumac Almost everything seems touched with fire and cumin; coarse salt and fresh mint perfumed with toasted fig leaf and dried borage blossoms which is to say duck liver whipped with sesame and served with slabs of grilled buckwheat toast a Yemenite flatbread that you see in most Israeli cafes hinting at stolidness but exploding into a hundred layers when you bite into it herbed cream and even spicy fermented strawberry jam The emblematic dish at Bestia lately has probably been the lamb neck profoundly meaty slab that he finishes with a slash of tart salsa verde So it makes sense that the best big meat dish at Bavel is the lamb neck “shawarma,” slow-roasted until it almost collapses in on itself (Menashe says he has a cook working full-time on just the spice blends and I can believe it.) You carve off a bit of the dripping meat tuck in the vegetables — you have constructed the ultimate taco al pastor of the Middle East and the rich meat seems to transform from solid to ethereal liquid in an instant and the beef cheek tagine with couscous tastes like the best thing you ever made out of an Ottolenghi book but you are going to want to try the shawarma at least once Middle Eastern dinners don’t tend to be long on sweet endings unless you count a cookie or two or a handful of dates to nibble with your mint tea Her baklava is an alternative Georgian version that resembles a babka wrapped in crisp pastry and her oozing chocolate doughnut holes are Middle Eastern only in the hint of rosewater And her best dessert — a puck of chocolate-enrobed licorice ice cream with Maldon salt a dead ringer for the chocolate-covered Lakrids licorice candy from Denmark — may be Middle Eastern only in that the licorice root comes from the region I take home pounds and pounds of that salty licorice every time I go to Copenhagen I couldn’t have been happier to taste its essence in a formal dessert Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis translate the Middle East to downtown L.A Location: 500 Mateo St., Los Angeles, (213) 232-4966, baveldtla.com. Prices: Spreads, $11-$19; flatbreads $16-$17; appetizers $7-$24; entrees $38-$42. Details: 5-11 p.m. Sundays and Tuesdays to Thursdays; 5 p.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays. Credit cards accepted. Full bar. Valet parking. Recommended dishes: Hummus; malawach; grilled oyster mushrooms; lamb-neck shawarma; licorice ice cream bonbon. Jonathan Gold was the restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times. He won the Pulitzer Prize in criticism in 2007 and was a finalist again in 2011. A Los Angeles native, he began writing the Counter Intelligence column for the L.A. Weekly in 1986, wrote about death metal and gangsta rap for Rolling Stone and Spin among other places, and was delighted that he managed to forge a career out of the professional eating of tacos. Gold died July 21, 2018. Eater talks to chefs and founders Genevieve Gergis and Ori Menashe about their second restaurant in Los Angeles But Bestia helped launch the neighborhood into one of the hottest in Los Angeles paving the way for the less cloistered Bavel which sits in a more visible building along Mateo Street just south of the 4th Street bridge buzzing with energy once the room fills up Menashe and Gergis talk to Eater about the successes of the past 10 months, and how much they’ve learned in this sophomore effort compared to their opening at Bestia. Bavel has been the most critically and publicly praised restaurant of the past year. The acclaim is damn near universal, and a lot of that has to do with the hard work of Menashe, Gergis, and their team. Here’s how Gergis and Menashe feel about the response: OM: We’re thrilled with the outcome of everything. I wasn’t really sure how people would perceive this cuisine and the way we execute it. We’re happy that people are appreciating and enjoying what we’re doing. On opening a second restaurant, and all the lessons learned after opening Bestia six years ago: OM: It was a really fun experience opening a second restaurant. You have a lot fewer obstacles because you learned so much from the first one. It was so much better to open Bavel with the experience that we had from Bestia. GG: It’s like having a kid. (Menashe and Gergis have a daughter named Saffron). The first time is a disaster. A restaurant is the same. OM: I was more calm and not as stressed. You’re more in control, and you have a better understanding of your abilities. We took a month to train staff, instead of week or two we had with Bestia. At Bavel, we have a larger dish pit and had enough plates. Also we had a lot of veterans from Bestia too, so the training process was a lot easier. On doing this kind of Middle Eastern cuisine in a city that’s full of great Middle Eastern restaurants: OM: Everyone has their style of doing Middle Eastern food. All of them are great, and all of them are unique in their own way. I don’t know if I could compare Bavel to them. I enjoy all of them. I’m happy that more Middle Eastern restaurants are opening because I think it’s good for the culture. GG: Places like Kismet are doing something very different from what we’re doing. Kismet doesn’t have pita or hummus on their menu. It’s hard to compare when they have their own style. Sure they use za’atar and other similar flavor profiles. I think it’s easier to compare Italian food because it’s all pasta to pasta to pasta. OM: We don’t have a lot of high-end Middle Eastern restaurants to compare Bavel to. No one is following a trend of dishes or styles. With something like pizza, you can compare things like the texture of the dough, sauce, fermentation. I guess the only thing you could compare Bavel to would be our hummus. On which opening Menashe and Gergis are prouder of — Bestia or Bavel: OM: We’re proud of Bestia because it was a long shot. The area was a complete unknown. We opened with the lowest budget on the planet, and we were barely able to make it. Most of the money came from our friends. But we’re proud of Bavel because it’s the cuisine of our heritage. We’re proud of both of them, and especially the two teams that are running them. On LA’s stature in the national food scene: OM: It’s amazing to see all these chefs come and open restaurants here. It’s a pretty cool time in LA right now. A lot of these chefs see this as a land of opportunity. The farms, the produce — they just want to see what they can do with the products we have. People would always say LA is great but there’s just no culture. There’s so much fucking culture here it’s insane. OM: They say, the chef is an asshole. That’s the Beverly Hills culture. You’ll never win if you try to please those kinds of diners, but we do try to be as nice as possible. OM: We have a ton of things to improve, and it’s the reason for us to go to work every day. We’re going to tweak things, elevate and change things on the menu. We haven’t even been through all of the seasons yet. Change is something that’s super important to us — we want to serve new dishes, and we want to bring old items back on the menu. Oops. Something went wrong. Please enter a valid email and try again. a column dedicated to our very opinionated editors’ favorite things to eat “Our philosophy at both restaurants is utilizing all parts of the animal," Menashe says. “This is one of the parts that the butcher is always stuck with, because nobody wants to deal with the neck. We figure out ways to showcase how good it can be.” “We’ve probably undergone the greatest behavior change experiment in human history in the last nine months.” — Jay Van Bavel associate professor of psychology at New York University Earlier this month, Behavioral Scientist teamed up with Knowable Magazine to host a discussion about the science of behavior change during COVID-19 I had the privilege of moderating the conversation with our guests behavioral scientist Katy Milkman and social neuroscientist Jay Van Bavel. The two shared their insights on a range of topics—vaccine uptake how political identity and polarization have impacted public health their behavior-change bright spots from an otherwise challenging year If you didn’t get a chance to attend the event, you can view the complete conversation on YouTube or listen to it on SoundCloud Below are four of the most thought-provoking things I learned about behavior change during the pandemic from Katy and Jay. Why understanding the root causes of political identity and polarization are key for public health “Getting at the root-causes element of behavior change is fundamental to understanding what’s going on,” he said and it was some kind of medicine and that was polarized by our political leaders “So it’s not a problem with masking per se Individuals might say I don’t trust the masks but those same individuals are not trusting anything because of this polarization and the way the media landscape is set up because of this polarization and the way the media landscape is set up.” “I think that’s why it’s important to understand it at that level because this is an issue that’s not going away in the U.S.” Canada has a conservative and a liberal party and they’ve been increasing in polarization but their leaders there decided to all come together.” He referenced a study that found that the political leaders from different parties were speaking about the pandemic with similar levels of seriousness Jay concluded: “If leaders … get on the same page about the seriousness of this you’re going to have much more effective behavior change The power of megastudies to help us understand how to boost vaccine uptake Katy explained: “We set up two megastudies One was with two large hospital systems … We wanted to test different ideas around messages that could be pushed to patients in text messages leading up to a healthy visit The other study was with Walmart and their pharmacy team with hundreds of thousands of customers… About 700,000 [customers] were randomized to get different messages encouraging them to come and get a flu shot this year.” “It’s really important to send messages that are clear One of the big winners was also highlighting for someone They focused on understanding follow through “Estimates suggest it’s anywhere between 30 to 70 percent of us who will say I am going to get this colonoscopy and then don’t actually show up.” The goal was to “bridge that follow-through gap,” Katy said Katy and her team were able to bring together about 130 scientists to test dozens of ideas only the data from the first megastudy with the two hospitals systems is in The key takeaways for Katy so far are that “it’s really important to send messages that are clear “One of the big winners … was also highlighting for someone Almost implying there’s a default that we expect you to get this “A lot of the behavioral science that we would expect to work well did or surprising actually didn’t perform as well as I might have expected,” she concluded Are people more likely to change their behavior if they have personal experience with COVID-19 A viewer asked a terrific question: What is the impact on your behavior if you have personal experience with COVID-19 Katy: “There’s this really great research by Ido Erev who studied the way we react to described versus experienced risk None of us had experienced this scary disease but we’d read about it in the papers and heard that it could kill a huge portion of the population we were terrified and a lot of people took drastic measures but maybe no one you know has gotten sick or been affected… When we experience risk we’re much less likely actually to behave in a risk-averse way and part of that is that we don’t experience the rare negative events and so we underweight their likelihood “So when we know someone or something really bad happens to someone in our network that shock can actually be helpful in reminding us that risk is very real even though you hadn’t experienced it before.” Jay: “That was my prediction last March… and I think that works in almost every domain but I’m just going to tell you the data from the U.S I had to write in a paper that I was wrong about this. “What we found in our data is that as the pandemic spread into [politically conservative] areas it didn’t have any impact on their social distancing the partisan gap between Democrats and Republicans grew bigger So this was a horrifying piece of evidence—that being exposed to risk in your neighborhood your town isn’t necessarily going to be good evidence for you to change your behavior That was probably the most disheartening piece of data I’ve ever had in any of my research “This was a horrifying piece of evidence—that being exposed to risk in your neighborhood your town isn’t necessarily going to be good evidence for you to change your behavior.” “I do think there’s trickiness—for the average person in most cases that actually is a really good principle and likely true at least over the time frame we looked at it.” Katy: “Do you think that’s a decent proxy for having someone have a negative experience when I talk to some of my friends … they know people who’ve gotten COVID and been fine So having it spread in their community actually didn’t give them the really negative perception it rather gave them exposure to the nonrare events I would still make a prediction that that might change your behavior But the death rate is like less than one percent of people who get it so I think if you could hone in on those one percent of people and people around them “But 99 percent of people—Donald Trump embodied this He was in the hospital on oxygen and it didn’t change any of his behavior He just kept holding giant rallies with people who knew that he had been hospitalized from it he hosted an event and it led to Herman Cain a former Republican presidential candidate and he didn’t seem to change his behavior either science (and scientists) shone brightly this year Last year was a tough one. But there were also reasons for hope. We concluded our conversation with Katy and Jay sharing their behavior change bright spots from the past year. Here’s what they picked. [Jump to this part of the conversation, 53:50] Katy: “This whole year has been an extraordinary success in terms of behavior change we would have liked it to go even smoother and even farther and even faster But it is remarkable the collective change in behavior that we have seen to save lives by not having concerts and staying at home and working from home and all of the sacrifices we’ve made “Another bright spot to me scientifically actually has been how incredibly willing scientists have been to pivot and help whenever asked… a governor’s office called and wanted help and we just put up a Google Sheet and asked [scientists] to write in their suggestions and it’s amazing to see how committed everyone is to helping.” Jay: “This pandemic has changed the way I do science—to be much more cooperative and collaborative and I think I’m never going to go back The other thing I think that is important to me is to think about what are the silver linings what habits can we keep… We’ve reduced travel The next big crisis we’re going to face as humanity is the climate-change crisis and we’re going to change a lot of behavior and policies around that.” we have the opportunity to reflect on how our lives changed in 2020 and set out a plan for 2021 If we want to put the pandemic in the rearview mirror sooner rather than later we’ll have to reduce the divisions that emerged during the last year and embrace the collaborative energy that has helped us get through it. Become a Subscriber — Special offer: Receive a copy of the award-winning print edition or a Behavioral Scientist t-shirt or hat when you join at the Print + Digital + Events or Investor level Evan Nesterak is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Behavioral Scientist After the commotion caused around Claudia Bavel's latest television appearance Yola Berrocal has taken a new step forward The representative has made a U-turn by revealing the final decision made by Luis Figo: "There is no lawsuit[...]it has already been communicated." On February 28, this well-known actress and adult content creator returned to the set of ¡De Viernes!. But this time, she did so to talk about the risqué conversations she had with the footballer Joaquín Sánchez outraged by Claudia Bavel's latest statements | Europa PressHowever the most talked-about part of the night was the statements made by Yola Berrocal's client about Luis Figo the Portuguese tried to flirt with her at one of the parties she attended with Iker Casillas As expected, Claudia Bavel's words did not sit well with the athlete So much so that he didn't think twice about threatening the influencer through social media: They should wash their mouth before referring to me I will take legal action in response to this defamatory information." A warning that prompted Yola Berrocal's immediate reaction Yola Berrocal and her manager rectify on social media | en.e-noticies.cat GTRESBavel's manager issued a statement in which the influencer retracted her statements despite having claimed otherwise 48 hours earlier on ¡De Viernes! Yola Berrocal has reappeared in front of Europa Press's cameras and has revealed the current status of this controversy A moment in which she exposed the decision the footballer has made with her client a team from the aforementioned news agency had the opportunity to speak for a few minutes with Yola Berrocal A moment they took advantage of to ask her about all the latest developments related to Claudia Bavel and Luis Figo Yola Berrocal claims the issue with Luis Figo is solved | Europa PressWith a big smile on her face and visibly calmer the athlete is not going to take legal action against the influencer she had no qualms about sharing how her client is currently doing: "Very well Both Claudia Bavel and her manager are convinced that their statement apologizing has been enough to calm Luis Figo's spirits the footballer shared their statements on his own profiles Restaurant chef-owners Ori Menashe (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) Menashe’s talents with the dish have a fresh platform at Saffy’s the couple’s new kebab and small plates restaurant in East Hollywood named for their daughter Saffron The flashier of the pair includes a dollop of long-simmered fava beans brightened with lemon and fermented serrano chiles; a soft-boiled egg perches on the side as a bonus halved to reveal its jammy insides and sprinkled with cumin and big flakes of salt It’s an advanced course in subtle contrasts: the way the mulchy favas melt into the blitzed chickpeas; the interplay of earthy flavors; and how a pool of good olive oil can flatter and unite all the ingredients it bathes the Yemeni hot sauce rendered here more herbal than scorching brings in the acidic jolt that Menashe favors is the handful of pine nuts scattered over the top The cost of exquisite pine nuts — long and tapered rather than short and squat buttery and with the freshest ones hinting of resin — has lately skyrocketed come from the south of Lebanon; savoring even a couple of them in each bite makes for a rare treat crisped slices of challah crusted with black and white sesame seeds I don’t want to see the traditional khubz (Arabic flatbread) or pita broadly replaced as accompaniments egg-rich toast through drifts of hummus is undeniable Patrons of Saffy’s sit down to order an early dinner (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) Details like these make Saffy’s another victory for Menashe and Gergis focusing on kebabs with a dozen or so California-inflected salads and starters it may have appeared that the duo was striving for something more casual among their growing businesses The Art Deco space in the Merrick Building — which housed the short-lived Brooklyn import Five Leaves and sits across the street from the Church of Scientology’s “Big Blue” building — has a slightly more informal air than its older siblings though boomingly loud like the others; a recently installed awning that stretches nearly to the curb added significant It’s evident in the fleet of single-minded chefs their foreheads covered by multicolored bandannas many of whom worked at Bestia or Bavel for years It’s unmistakable in the precision of the cooking that channels the spice-fragrant though many friends and peers from the area increasingly rebuff the term) and North Africa Grayson Hestir prepares cocktails at the bar (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) One can argue how “casual” may be best defined these days; I certainly wouldn’t label Saffy’s as inexpensive Overall Menashe and Gergis don’t quite seem capable of a stripped-down The corner of Fountain Avenue and North Catalina Street is the place to be in Los Angeles mid-2022 You can see the crowd filling the sidewalk from blocks away Soon you’re shouting in conversation among the dining room’s pink and earth tones — the gilded geometrics of the booths and light fixtures recall glamorous magazine stills of Beirut or Marrakesh in their 1960s eras — or breathing a little easier at a table outside like tequila-spiked cherry limeade or a Vesper spritzed with rose water and lemon oil appear quickly and often disappear just as swiftly A grilled lobster skewer serrano-lime yogurt and sprouting cilantro (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) If you know Bavel you’ll recognize the same master formula at Saffy’s: a grab bag of flavors expressing the couple’s upbringings (Gergis’ family is of Egyptian ancestry; Menashe grew up in Israel and also has Turkish and Moroccan roots) A flecked ring of smoky eggplant puree cradles a juicy heap of chopped tomatoes dotted with milky feta and nigella seeds; cinnamon shimmers distantly like heat rising over the horizon Preserved Meyer lemon and the woodsy sweetness of ras el hanout bring spark to the familiar pairing of carrots and yogurt Break open the falafel; it is the green of a tea garden in spring An appetizer of grilled lobster has been threaded onto a skewer as a prelude to the meatier courses ahead Slathered in a mix of green harissa and lime-scented yogurt without overpowering the lobster’s sweetness it’s a splurge at $32 … and also the most compelling use of that costly seafood I’ve consumed so far this decade Kebabs come with a very Angeleno array of condiments: an herbed tahini salad that evokes Green Goddess dressing; tangy, vivid-orange amba running over the top like runaway mango pickle lava; and a small tea cup’s worth of crimson chile crisp. You may lose yourself in trying various groupings of tastes and textures. You will hopefully emerge as sated as I have each meal. Desserts, admittedly, run casual, including a swirl of seasonal soft-serve ice creams (peach and raspberry was the big summer hit) and crème caramel perfumed with orange blossom. A handsome slice of chocolate cake, crowned with a correct, generous ratio of ganache, lands at most tables. The bakery draws intermittent crowds so far. It gives Gergis and Menashe something to strive for, since their newest restaurant has — predictably for their track record — reached the height of its powers almost immediately. 4845 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles, (424) 699-4845, saffysla.comPrices: Appetizers $9-$32, kebabs $18, larger format mains $26-$65, desserts $10-$12.Details: Restaurant open 5-11 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. Coffee and tea shop open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday.Recommended dishes: hummus tahini, tomato salad, falafel, lobster skewer, shawarma, lamb kebabs, chocolate cake. Bill Addison is the restaurant critic of the Los Angeles Times. He is recipient of the 2023 Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award from the James Beard Foundation, among numerous other accolades. Addison was previously national critic for Eater and held food critic positions at the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News and Atlanta magazine. 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off meaningful interactions A preferable term is ‘physical distancing’ because it allows for the fact that social connection is possible even when people are physically separated The results suggest that strong fear appeals produce the greatest behaviour change only when people feel a sense of efficacy whereas strong fear appeals with low-efficacy messages produce the greatest levels of defensive responses Communication strategies must strike a balance between breaking through optimism bias without inducing excessive feelings of anxiety and dread people may rely on negative information about COVID-19 more than other information to make decisions The media usually report on COVID-19 negatively—for example by reporting the number of people infected and those who die—as opposed to those who recover or experience only mild symptoms This may increase negative emotion and sensitize people to otherwise neglected risks for themselves or others Research is needed to determine whether a more positive frame could educate the public and relieve negative emotions while increasing public health behaviours people are less likely to die from over-reaction than from under-reaction not responding to signs of danger until it is too late use of the notion of panic can be actively harmful News stories that employ the language of panic often create the very phenomena that they purport to condemn They can foster the very individualism and competitiveness that turns sensible preparations into dysfunctional stockpiling and undermine the sense of collective purpose which facilitates people supporting one another during an emergency Slowing viral transmission during pandemics requires significant shifts in behaviour Various aspects of social and cultural contexts influence the extent and speed of behaviour change we describe how aspects of the social context may help decision-makers identify risk factors and effectively intervene messages that provide in-group models for norms (for example members of your community) may therefore be most effective We may therefore leverage the impact of any behaviour change effort by targeting well-connected individuals and making their behaviour change visible and salient to others a message with compelling social norms might say ‘the overwhelming majority of people in your community believe that everyone should stay home’ Nudges and normative information can be an alternative to more coercive means of behaviour change or used to complement regulatory legal and other imposed policies when widespread changes must occur rapidly Members of these communities may be more likely to be wary about the public health information they receive less willing to adopt recommended safety measures and potentially more susceptible to ‘fake news’ This suggests the need for more targeted public health information and for partnerships between public health authorities and trusted organizations that are internal to these communities This is another reason why interpersonal transmission of the virus could be more likely in independent cultures than in interdependent cultures Tight rules regarding social distancing are critical yet looseness within these constraints may also help to spawn the development of creative technical solutions that are needed to contain the pandemic as well as creating novel tools to help people feel connected The cumulative evidence here suggests that very different strategies might be called for in varying cultural contexts in the fight against COVID-19 The decrease in in-person contact due to COVID-19 may reduce cross-partisan interactions and information sharing it is hard for the public to distinguish scientific evidence and facts from less reliable sources of information we discuss the challenges associated with different forms of misinformation during a pandemic as well as strategies for engaging in effective science communication and persuasion around public health other approaches beyond debunking are needed finding credible sources for different audiences who are able to share public health messages might prove effective It may therefore be useful to identify which messages work best on which populations not only to generate policy support but also to ensure individuals’ actions needed to combat the spread of the virus we consider how research on morality and cooperation can encourage prosocial behaviours by individuals and groups Zero-sum thinking means that while it might be psychologically compelling to hoard protective materials (sanitizer it may be helpful to make people aware that others’ access to preventative measures is a benefit to oneself it may be best to have decisions behind life-for-life trade-offs perceived as systematic and coming from governmental agencies rather than from physicians themselves may encourage people to make sacrifices for others reframing decisions to carry on with ‘business as usual’ during a pandemic as active decisions This suggests that leaders and the media can promote cooperation by making these behaviours more observable Crises like the COVID-19 pandemic create an opportunity for leadership across groups of varying levels: families Leadership can coordinate individuals and help them avoid behaviours that are no longer considered socially responsible we discuss the roles of trust and compliance with leaders effective identity leadership and supporting group members Reliable information and public health messages are needed from national leaders and central health officials But local voices can amplify these messages and help build the trust that is needed to spur behavioural change there is a risk that people will avoid acts of citizenship and instead embrace a philosophy of ‘everyone for themselves’ celebrities and community leaders model exemplary behaviour and sacrifice could help promote prosocial behaviour and cooperation To increase people’s willingness to take a pandemic seriously and engage with other nations to defeat it citizens and leaders may need to accept that their country is at risk and find ways to share resources and expertise across national boundaries the pandemic is likely to function as a major stressor especially in terms of chronic anxiety and economic difficulties Such effects may be exacerbated by self-isolation policies that can increase social isolation and relationship difficulties we consider some strategies to mitigate the virus-linked threats to social connection Distancing threatens to aggravate feelings of loneliness and could produce negative long-term health consequences This means one can be isolated but not lonely the term ‘social distancing’ might imply that one needs to cut off meaningful interactions A useful alternative term might be ‘physical distancing’ to help highlight the fact that social connection is possible even when people are physically separated Special attention should be placed on helping people who are less familiar with these technologies to 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Menashe and Gergis are the husband and wife partnership team behind two of the city’s biggest hits in Bestia and Bavel and now they’re going much more casual along Fountain The incoming restaurant, named Saffy’s after their daughter Saffron Menashe has been quietly in the works for months now While menu details are still being finalized this will definitely fit into the broad Middle Eastern perspective — including Egyptian and Israeli flavors — that the pair know so well Saffy’s will operate as a more casual offering from the group (including director of operations and partner Leah Bunch) Both Bestia and Bavel are dinner-only destinations so this will be the first time that Menashe and Gergis have teamed up to feed the lunch and afternoon crowds The incoming Saffy’s takes over the former Five Leaves space at the corner of Fountain and Catalina, across the street from the always-busy Found Oyster and legacy neighborhood brunch restaurant Square One. 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Over the weekend, the group even began an open employment call on its social media channels Metrics details An Author Correction to this article was published on 06 April 2022 This article has been updated Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic In a large international collaboration (Study 1 we investigated self-reported factors associated with public health behaviours (e.g. spatial distancing and stricter hygiene) and endorsed public policy interventions (e.g. closing bars and restaurants) during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic (April-May 2020) Respondents who reported identifying more strongly with their nation consistently reported greater engagement in public health behaviours and support for public health policies Results were similar for representative and non-representative national samples Study 2 (N = 42 countries) conceptually replicated the central finding using aggregate indices of national identity (obtained using the World Values Survey) and a measure of actual behaviour change during the pandemic (obtained from Google mobility reports) Higher levels of national identification prior to the pandemic predicted lower mobility during the early stage of the pandemic (r = −0.40) We discuss the potential implications of links between national identity and public health for managing COVID-19 and future pandemics we respond to this call for behavioural science on the pandemic we present the results from two large-scale global studies across 67 (Study 1) and 42 (Study 2) countries testing key predictors of public health support during COVID-19 Focusing on the potential role of national identity we examine the role of key social motives in collective behaviour during the pandemic and political leaders identify important factors and design more effective behavioural interventions to increase compliance with actions such as maintaining spatial distance and restricting travel during a pandemic Our primary hypothesis is that stronger NI will be associated with greater support for and compliance with public health measures in identifying associations with compliance with public health measures we examined whether NI and narcissism were distinct from PI in explaining public health support All the worldmaps were produced using R packages The map is from the package ‘rworldmap’ and is licensed-free from South rworldmap: A New R package for Mapping Global Data We analyzed these data using multi-level models in which persons were treated as nested within countries51 We also included a measurement level to control for individual differences in how consistently people responded to items that were meant to measure the same construct Our analyses estimated relationships at the individual level while controlling for country-level differences did people who had a stronger NI endorse public health measures such as spatial distancing (e.g. reducing physical contact) more strongly than people with a weaker NI A set of regression coefficients was estimated for each country and the means of these coefficients were tested for statistical significance the standard errors of these coefficient incorporated “Bayesian shrinkage” meaning that less reliable observations (countries and individuals) influenced parameter estimates less than more reliable observations We also adjusted for the COVID-19 infection and mortality rates within each country to ensure that public health support was not merely a function of local risks we focused our interpretations on the person-level findings that were statistically significant at the p < 0.001 level (The results with the Human Development Index (HDI) are available in the Supplementary Information) Participants generally reported following the guidelines for contact and hygiene and they supported policies that were intended to reduce the impact of COVID-19 (i.e., means for all three measures were above 8, on scales ranging from 0 to 10; see Table 1) The public health measures were correlated with one another (estimated correlations > 0.38) NI was positively correlated with both NN (r = 0.38) and right-wing PI (r = 0.18) NI was significantly and positively related to all public health measures Individuals with stronger NI (relative to other people within their own nation) reported stronger support for increasing spatial distance and improving physical hygiene and endorsed COVID-19 public health policies more strongly than individuals with weaker identification The coefficients reflecting the relation between national identity and each of the health measures are presented for each country from strongest (top) to weakest (bottom) We created an index of NI using the two relevant items from the World Value Survey (i.e. national pride and closeness to their nation) and an index of physical mobility by averaging community movement across all available places (i.e. See “Methods” for details about the sample and measures We examined whether countries with higher average NI prior to the pandemic predicted a stronger change in mobility in response to COVID-19 restrictions during April and May 2020 (This period mirrored when we collected most of the samples in Study 1) We conducted our analysis for the full sample of 42 countries in which aggregate data which was publicly available for both for the NI and the mobility scores Google mobility is depicted as a mean change in mobility during April and May 2020 (i.e. blueish colours indicate a greater reduction of mobility during this period while reddish colours indicate a smaller reduction of mobility) Grey shading is the 95% confidence interval Based on this latter perspective we predicted that NI was positively associated with support for and engagement with public health behaviours around the globe In two global studies combining person-level and country-level analyses the strength of national identity robustly predicted public health support operationalized as behavioural health intentions (i.e. and reduced physical movement patterns during the pandemic We found this pattern with self-report measures at the person-level and using measures of actual mobility at the country level The fact that national identity is associated with large-scale behaviour in real life provides ecologically valid evidence for our main hypothesis these results are consistent with our hypothesis that NI is related to greater behaviour change in compliance with public health policies We note that the results showing a decline in mobility should be treated with caution as in the mobility report location accuracy and the categorization of places can vary between countries people who identified more strongly with their nation reported greater engagement with critical public health measures around the globe mobilizing people around a shared national identity might require considerable nuance Future work should examine the impact of different types of identity appeals during a pandemic and isolate the causal influence of national identity on real behaviour These partisan gaps in distancing predicted subsequent increases in infections and mortality in counties that voted for Donald Trump partisanship was a stronger predictor of distancing than many other economic or social factors (e.g. and media consumed by people from different identity groups stronger group identification is not always associated with engagement in public-health behaviour while NI and NN were associated positively with support for public health measures right-wing PI was negatively associated with these outcomes This suggests that a collective identity might be associated with valuing the protection of the entire group during a pandemic even after adjusting for their ideological differences these effects were much smaller than those for national identity and depended on the context Future work should thus carefully consider cross-national differences in human development as well as social norms associated with national identity typically restricted to the narrow western and educational setting of American or European university students and non-representative participants from industrialized is a truly global issue underscoring the importance of gathering samples outside these WEIRD cultures it was striking to see that the same person-level association between NI and our public health measures was in the same direction in almost every country we studied Although we managed to collect data from a wide variety of countries and territories we were unable to obtain samples from every nation (especially in Africa and the middle east) we encourage future research in these countries to see if the same dynamics are at play Another element of our paper was an attempt to collect representative or stratified samples in Study 1 While most studies in psychology focus on convenience samples (e.g. it is important to gather samples that are more diverse with regards to gender and other key risk factors during a pandemic Collecting representative samples affords the opportunity to help make better generalizations to the wider population within each country as well as the broader sample of countries around the globe we were not able to obtain representative samples from most nations we are unable to make strong generalizations about the populations in those countries But note that we did directly compare the findings in more vs less representative samples and found no significant difference in the overall relationship between NI and all three public health measures (see Supplementary Information for details) nations have been among the most important actors for implementing policy or promoting national health guidelines but sub-national units and international organizations such as the World Health Organization also play an important role Our large-scale studies suggest that identification with one’s nation is positively associated with support for and engagement in critical behavioural public health measures Understanding the role of social identity appears to be an important issue when addressing public health crises The sample includes countries from all continents except for Antarctica Americas) while others are underrepresented (e.g. We encouraged teams to collect nationally representative samples Of the 67 countries in which data were collected representative samples were collected in 28 and both types of sampling were used in three countries To determine if the relationships that were the focus of our paper varied as a function of the type of sample we conducted analyses that compared coefficients for countries that had the three types of samples These analyses found only one difference as a function of type of sample Type of sample moderated the slope between spatial distancing and national identity and the estimated slope for countries that collected representative samples was 0.16 whereas it was 0.08 for countries that collected convenience samples both were statistically significant from 0 (p < 0.001) Each participant completed a series of psychological measures and self-reported public health behaviours (see complete survey with all items in Supplementary Information) Participants completed the scales in random order which included the following sample item: “My (national group) deserves special treatment.” The nationalities were provided by the survey researchers These measures used an 11-point slider scale with three labels items: 0 = “strongly disagree” We included the terms left-leaning and right-leaning to make the item generalizable to numerous political systems we included three measures of public health support “During the days of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic I have been staying at home as much as practically possible” we learned that the five-item scale had low reliability (α = 0.002) after dropping one bad item the scale had acceptable reliability (α = 0.72) all analyses reported in the paper use this four-item version of the scale.) A physical hygiene scale I have been washing my hands longer than usual” I have been in favour of closing all schools and universities” We used an 11-point “slider scale with three labels: 0 = “strongly disagree” which was re-coded to a scale from 0 to 10 These variables had very little impact on the results and are not discussed further All measures will be made publicly available upon publication at the Open Science Framework website The analyses examined within-country (person-level) relationships between behavioural health-protective responses to COVID-19 (i.e. and policy support) and individual differences in collective concerns (i.e. We also examined the moderating effects of country‑level differences on these person-level relationships we examined if these person-level relationships between collective concerns and health-protective measures varied as a function of between-country differences in overall human development as measured by the HDI or national rates of COVID-19 infections and mortality Level 2 (person-level): π0jk = b00k + r0jk Level 3 (country-level): b00k = g000 + u00k π0jk is a random coefficient representing the mean response for person j in country k b0j is a random coefficient representing the mean of y for country k (across the j persons in each country) eijk represents the error associated with each measure and the variance of rijk constitutes the within-country variance the coefficients from one level of analysis are passed up to the next g000 represents the grand mean of the country-level means (b00ks) from the person-level model and the variance of u00k constitutes the level 3 follow-up analyses indicated that a reliable scale could be created from items 1 family or colleagues was therefore dropped from the final analyses The next set of analyses examined relations between scores on the HDI and the means of the person-level measures This model was a variant of the unconditional model HDI scores were entered as a predictor in the country-level model presented above (level 3) MLM analyses do not estimate standardized coefficients and to simplify the interpretation of the results HDI scores were standardized prior to analysis (and Note that these analyses account for the reliability of scales we estimated a latent mean for each construct we examined person-level relationships between the three COVID-19 protection measures (modelled as outcomes) and NI Predictors were defined as the mean scores for each scale To account for relationships among the predictors all predictors were entered at the person level of the model Predictors were entered group-mean centred and were modelled as randomly varying because this was done using a three-level model in which the first level was a measurement level Entering predictors as randomly varying meant that the model account for the possibility that slopes varied between countries consisting of an intercept and a set of slopes and these estimates were “passed up” to the country level where they were tested for significance The model is below (item level is not shown) Level 2 (person-level): π0jk = b00k + b01k*(NN) + b02k*(NI) + b03k*(PI) + r0jk The hypothesis of interest was tested by assessing the significance of the g010 Was the mean slope between an outcome and a predictor significantly different from 0 These unstandardized coefficients represent the expected change in an outcome for a one-unit increase in a predictor the random error terms for all predictors were significant at p < 0.001 It was significantly and positively related to all three measures (even after adjusting for NN and PI) Individuals with stronger NI (relative to other people within their own nation) reported stronger support for limiting physical distance and improving physical hygiene than individuals with weaker identification and they also endorsed COVID-19 public health policies to a greater extent NN was significantly positively related to two of the three protective measures (albeit weakly) Individuals scoring higher in NN supported recommendations for physical hygiene and endorsed COVID-19 related policies more strongly compared to individuals with lower levels of NN The relationships between PI and public health support were negative (albeit weakly) for all three measures indicating that individuals with more left-leaning or liberal political orientation tended to endorse recommendations for contact and hygiene and supported COVID-19-related policies more strongly than those with more right-leaning or conservative political orientation Effect sizes were estimated using a similar procedure to that used for estimating effect sizes at the country-level. Effect sizes were defined as the percent reduction in the person-level variance of a null model (Table 2) associated with the inclusion of the three predictors (collective narcissism The three predictors accounted for 8% of the person-level variance of the contact measure for 7% of the person-level variance of the hygiene measure and 5% of the person-level variance of the policy support measure we examined if person-level relations (slopes) between collective concerns and COVID-19 public health support varied across countries as a function of HDI by adding HDI scores to the level 3 model that examined slopes The relationships between NI and each of the three public health measures were not heavily impacted or moderated by HDI we observed only two modest moderating effects We found that HDI moderated the relationships between NN and spatial distancing (g011 = −0.03 The relationship between NN and spatial distancing was negative in countries that had higher HDI scores (the estimated slope for a country +1 SD on the HDI was 0.037) but positive in countries that had lower HDI scores (the estimated slope for a country −1 SD on the HDI was 0.027) We also found that HDI moderated the relationship between PI and hygiene (g031 = −0.016 The overall negative relationship between right-wing PI and hygiene was stronger in countries that had higher HDI scores (the estimated slope for a country +1 SD on the HDI was −0.031) than in countries that had lower HDI scores (the estimated slope for a country −1 SD on the HDI was 0.002 We note that these effects were not statistically significant at the p < 0.001 threshold we used for Study 1 so we recommend interpreting them with caution NI was computed based on indices from the first release of data from Wave 7 of the World Value Survey The surveys were conducted between early 2017 to mid-2020 All countries employed random probability representative samples of the adult population (We computed country averages using default weights applied in the World Values Survey dataset our results are very similar whether are not these weights are applied) we used the national pride question: “How proud are you to be [country’s nationality] this source item actually refers to pride of “being a citizen [of the country].” A response choice was available for respondents who were not citizens of the country where they were interviewed in Wave 7 of the World Value Survey While some countries differ in terms of their ethnic or civic-based notions of citizenship we used NI to denote overall identification with a specific national polity.) We excluded the latter category and re-coded the remaining responses on a scale from 0 = Not at all proud to 3 = Very proud The second item captured closeness to one’s country: “People have different views about themselves and how they relate to the world would you tell me how close do you feel to [country]?” 1 = Very close We re-coded the responses on a scale from 0 = Not close at all proud to 3 = Very close (Note that participants can refuse to respond or indicate “I don’t know” to both items These responses were coded as missing.) 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Metrics details A major barrier to climate change mitigation is the political polarization of climate change beliefs In a global experiment conducted in 60 countries (N = 51,224) we assess the differential impact of eleven climate interventions across the ideological divide we find political polarization of climate change beliefs and policy support globally with people who reported being liberal believing and supporting climate policy more than those who reported being conservative (Cohen’s d = 0.35 and 0.27 we find no evidence for a statistically significant difference between these groups in their engagement in a behavioral tree planting task This conceptual-behavioral polarization incongruence results from self-identified conservatives acting despite not believing rather than self-identified liberals not acting on their beliefs We also find three interventions (emphasizing effective collective actions writing a letter to a future generation member and writing a letter from the future self) boost climate beliefs and policy support across the ideological spectrum and one intervention (emphasizing scientific consensus) stimulates the climate action of people identifying as liberal None of the interventions tested show evidence for a statistically significant boost in climate action for self-identified conservatives We discuss implications for practitioners deploying targeted climate interventions The current paper examines the political polarization of climate change at the level of beliefs and behaviors and the causal impact of several behavioral climate interventions on beliefs and individual-level action across the ideological divide between people around the world identifying as liberal versus conservative suggesting that political identity has a causal influence on differences in climate change beliefs and policy support there is good reason to believe that polarized beliefs will be mirrored in polarized action that can mitigate climate change (e.g. Given these partisan differences in the responses to interventions we assessed whether people who are liberal and conservative are differentially affected by a wide range of climate interventions we find political polarization of climate change beliefs and policy support around the globe with people who reported being liberal believing and supporting climate policy more than those who reported being conservative we find no evidence for a statistically significant difference between these groups in the degree to which they engaged in a behavioral tree planting task We find that climate action on this task results from self-identified conservatives acting despite not believing in climate change rather than self-identified liberals failing to act on their beliefs When assessing the effects of the interventions we find that three boost climate beliefs and policy support across the ideological spectrum (emphasizing effective collective action and writing a letter from the future self) and one intervention stimulates the climate action for those that identify as liberal (emphasizing scientific consensus) Participants then completed demographic variables scales (including their ideological leaning on social and economic issues) To replicate prior patterns of political polarization of climate change beliefs in this large global sample we first analyzed the participants in the control condition the reported statistics follow from two-tailed tests Political ideology was measured in a self-report fashion on a scale (ranging from 0 = liberal/left wing to 100 = conservative/right wing) Belief in climate change (Panel A), climate policy support (Panel B), and climate action (Panel C), as a function of self-reported political ideology (measured from 0 = liberal to 100 = conservative), in the control condition (N = 4302). Vertical lines represent 95% bootstrapped confidence intervals of the means at each level of political ideology; Fitted lines represent the best fit linear regression lines. The degree of polarization (where higher scores reflect greater polarization) operationalized as the absolute value of the difference between self-reported liberals’ and conservatives’ climate beliefs (Panel A) Each country’s means and confidence intervals of these polarization scores for each outcome can be found in Figs But does the polarization of climate change at the conceptual level (i.e. beliefs and policy support) translate into polarization at the behavioral level (i.e. engaging in one type of individual-level climate action) Panel A: Standardized scores of climate belief (in pink) and climate action (in gray) as a function of self-reported political ideology Panel B: Mean climate action of self-reported liberals (in dark blue) and conservatives (in red) as a function of mean climate beliefs fitted lines represent the best-fit linear regression lines; Error bands represent 95% confidence intervals Policy support was also more strongly associated with the tree-planting behavior for self-identified liberals compared to self-identified conservatives (i.e. suggested by an ideology by policy interaction when predicting behavior: β = −0.0002 This interpretation is particularly promising for interventions aiming at increasing climate action a critical component of the climate crisis response Our data suggest that the political resistance to believing in climate change or supporting climate policy may not translate into a behavioral resistance to engaging in at least one type of individual-level climate action we investigated the impact of 11 climate interventions on the climate beliefs and individual-level climate action of self-identified liberals and conservatives Interventions’ impacts on climate beliefs (Panel A) split by self-reported political ideology (liberals in blue and conservatives in red; N = 51,224) Vertical lines indicate the average in the control condition for each ideological grouping Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals of the means Upward triangles indicate significant increases downward triangles indicate significant decreases and circles indicate no statistically significant differences These results suggest that a reason for the negative effects observed in some of the interventions might have been due to the limited time budget participants had for the study such that less time was allocated to planting trees in the conditions with longer interventions The results may also suggest that in the absence of time constraints scientific consensus and binding moral foundations) might even increase individual-level pro-environmental behavior the degree to which these findings generalize to behaviors that do not hinge on time (e.g. direct donations) should still be empirically assessed in future studies participants who identified as conservative may have conceptualized tree planting as an alternative to system-level action on climate Future research should disentangle these processes which could help assess the generalizability of these findings to other behaviors both at the individual as well as at the collective or systemic levels Six of the eleven tested interventions increased the climate beliefs of participants who identified as liberal (decreasing psychological distance and binding moral foundations); five interventions increased their policy support (emphasizing effective collective actions and system justifying messaging); and one intervention increased their climate action (scientific consensus) For participants who identified as conservative five interventions increased their climate beliefs (decreasing psychological distance three interventions increased their policy support (writing a letter to the future generation but no intervention increased their climate action eight interventions significantly decreased their tree planting efforts (emphasizing effective collective actions When targeting the climate action of people who are conservative the behavioral toolbox for interventions in this space is sparser the behavioral science field would benefit from future research investigating intervention strategies aimed at stimulating climate action across ideological divides Given the importance of political polarization in addressing climate change we provide additional explanations for the green gap phenomenon previously discussed as liberals’ failure to act on their pro-environmental beliefs we find the green gap can also arise through the converse process—climate actions (e.g. planting trees) can be elicited in people who are conservative in spite of their climate change skepticism Additional evidence for eliciting climate action without attempting to change beliefs comes from the interventions’ effects on the actions of participants who identified as conservative most interventions decreased the number of trees they planted suggesting that when framed as climate change solutions people who are conservative engage in pro-environmental behaviors to a lesser extent we are interested in exploring alternative processes for eliciting pro-environmental behaviors that don’t involve changing climate beliefs We hope this data exploration resource can facilitate the advancement of science by offering researchers the ability to test additional hypotheses which should then be empirically verified in follow-up experiments We also urge scholars to incorporate these findings into their theories this feature of our data should be considered when interpreting the results Future research should thus replicate the current findings in more controlled environments that may benefit from lower attrition rates we hope our results can inform and increase the potential of future targeted interventions in this space given the heterogeneity of the effects observed across ideologies and outcomes we also recommend future research targeting mechanisms to consider these dimensions for optimal impact the present work provides global evidence of the complex relationship between political ideology and climate change beliefs providing evidence for a conservative-oriented green gap Our analyses also have critical implications for the design and deployment of theoretically derived targeted interventions aimed at boosting climate awareness and action around the world Scholars and policymakers in this space can leverage our findings to implement interventions selected to optimize outcomes given the ideological composition of a target community empirically informed response to the climate crisis Ethics approval was obtained independently by each research team from the respective Institutional Review Board (IRB) associated with their institution Analyses only included datasets submitted along with IRB approval Participants’ data came from a previously collected dataset45 A total of 83,927 completed the study between July 2022 and July 2023 59,440 participants from 63 countries passed the two attention checks (i.e. Please select the color purple from the list below; To indicate you are reading this paragraph please type the word 60 in the text box below.) and correctly complete the WEPT demo ideological information was only available for 51,224 participants (Mage = 39.62 2398 declined to state gender) from 60 countries The control condition contained a sample of 4,302 participants (Mage = 39.52 Gender was collected via self-report and was included (along with age and income) as a covariate in the primary analyses reported here to assess for potential effects on the measured outcomes Given the differences in data collection timelines in each country the initial version of this manuscript did not include this full sample; upon data collection completion in July 2023 The results between the initial partial sample and the final sample did not differ Participants in the control condition were asked to read a short thematically unrelated text from the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens while participants in the experimental conditions were exposed to an intervention participants in all conditions were asked to rate (in random order) their (1) climate beliefs and (3) willingness to share climate information on social media participants were given the chance to contribute to tree-planting efforts by completing the WEPT participants in the control condition were asked to complete an additional set of variables all participants were asked to fill out a series of demographics which included another attention check (In the previous section you viewed some information about climate change To indicate you are reading this paragraph please type the word sixty in the text box below.) We administered the entire survey in the participants’ primary language of their country of residence Climate beliefs were operationalized as participants’ responses to the question: How accurate do you think these statements are (from 0 = Not at all accurate to 100 = Extremely accurate) The four statements were: Taking action to fight climate change is necessary to avoid a global catastrophe; Human activities are causing climate change; Climate change poses a serious threat to humanity; and Climate change is a global emergency Cronbach’s alpha of this scale in this dataset was 0.866 Climate policy support was measured as participants’ level of agreement (from 0 = Not at all to 100 = Very much so) Cronbach’s alpha of this scale in this dataset was 0.844 To measure action with real-world impact performed at a cost to participants we used a modified version of the work for environmental protection task (WEPT) This task is a multi-trial online procedure that detects consequential pro-environmental behavior by allowing participants the opportunity of engaging in voluntary cognitive effort (i.e. screen numerical stimuli) in exchange for donations to an environmental organization This measure has been validated and has been found to correlate to self-reports and objective observations of other pro-environmental behaviors and conceptually related measures Participants were first exposed to a demonstration of the WEPT in which they were instructed to identify all target numbers for which the first digit is even and the second digit is odd (4 out of 18 numbers for the demonstration) Participants could only advance to the next page upon correctly completing the demonstration they were told that planting trees is one of the best ways to combat climate change and that they would have the opportunity to plant up to 8 trees if they chose to engage in additional pages of the task (one tree per page completed) which participants had to screen for target numbers participants 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In it, the athlete exploded like never before due to the media pressure he has been exposed to in recent days New chapter in the controversy of Iker Casillas and Claudia Bavel | en.e-noticies.cat @imclaudiabavelThis situation originated from the photographs that the magazine Diez Minutos published in its latest issue Iker Casillas can be seen walking through the streets of Barcelona with Claudia Bavel Since then, all eyes have been on this well-known former player. However, it was the model's visit to ¡De Viernes! that truly tested the athlete's patience Iker Casillas reported that he had “given instructions for any violation of my privacy and/or honor[…]to be legally pursued.” Iker Casillas explodes after Claudia Bavel's visit to "¡De Viernes!" | MediasetJust one day after the former Real Madrid goalkeeper broke his silence on social media, Claudia Bavel returned to her Instagram profile with her own statement Imitating the structure of Iker Casillas's document the adult content creator made a new and surprising revelation about the player A decision that has given a U-turn to this plot Claudia Bavel issued her own statement on social media to all the information exposed by the player In the first section, she makes it clear that, “like anyone, I have the right to share my experiences without it implying an attack or a violation of others' privacy.” “I have always been transparent with my community[…]and I have never sought to harm anyone with my words,” she added Claudia Bavel issues her own statement | Instagram Claudia Bavel asserts that “it's important to remember that a relationship she firmly believes that “expressing my side of the story is not an invasion of privacy but the exercise of my right to free expression.” So much so that she assures that her intention “has never been to commercialize or harm anyone with my statements.” In this case Meanwhile, Claudia Bavel confirms that she “finds it surprising that my testimony is intended to be presented as an attack.” And she assures that “at all times I have disseminated truthful information that serves as a reply to the denial of a romantic relationship.” Claudia responds to all the accusations that have been made against her | en.e-noticies.cat @imclaudiabavelIn the fourth section of her statement Claudia Bavel points out that “in a world where more and more transparency is demanded[…]it's concerning that there is an attempt to silence my voice.” Or even “to present me as a person seeking notoriety at the expense of others.” “Not everything is valid to discredit someone or to impose a single version of the story,” adds Claudia Bavel And she considers that “respect for privacy is essential.” “But so is respect for the truth and the right of each person to share their perspective without being unfairly labeled,” clarifies the alleged ex-partner of Iker Casillas Claudia Bavel regrets “that this situation has escalated in this way and that there is an attempt to turn my account into a matter of honor or defamation.” “I haven't sought conflict or confrontation but I won't allow my message to be distorted or to be accused of acting in bad faith,” she adds and in defense of “her right to express myself freely,” Claudia Bavel wanted to issue a warning to Iker Casillas “I reserve the necessary actions to protect my integrity and my reputation against any attempt at misinformation or unfounded attack against me.” I had to teach my afternoon Introduction to Psychology class today to over 300 students from my cell phone while I was trapped in my apartment building elevator with my two young kids this has to go down as the most stressful — and surreal — teaching experience of my life. I'm currently teaching a huge Intro to Psychology class this fall But given the risks of the pandemic as well as public health guidelines with over 360 students from around the world joining me every few days to learn about the science of the mind. Moving such a massive course online has been a challenge so the class has truly been a blast to teach I have to get my kids from the local daycare at 3 p.m My 10-year-old son loves to crash my course and share his thoughts on the brain and perceptual illusions but the students find it funny so I don't mind. walked through the city to pick up my kids and then we arrived back at my apartment building at 3:20 p.m and I breathed a sigh of relief that I was going to make it to my class on time Class was scheduled to start in 10 minutes. Then it quickly lurched to a halt and started dropping I got that feeling in my stomach that happens when you're in a roller coaster and it starts falling I realize we are suddenly trapped on the 3rd floor. But I used the call button in the elevator to contact the staff They promised to contact a repairman from the elevator company to help us escape I started texting people to figure out what to do My 8-year-old daughter started getting scared which led my son to tease her about overreacting He's normally a cool cucumber in any situation Things were melting down pretty good at that point But my internet reception was horrible (you know when it only has one bar of reception) and I wasn't high enough to access my WiFi either. I managed to login into my NYU Classes website to contact my students I managed to login and send out an email announcement to the class by 3:28 p.m The subject line was: "Trapped in my elevator a certain level of camaraderie had developed in the elevator My kids and I had a dawning recognition that we were all in this together and would pull through I reminisced about the time I was stuck in the elevator with my son Jack five years ago We also snapped a few selfies to remember the moment I started to worry about my poor students and how I would manage to finish the lecture on time The mid-term was coming up the following week and there would be no time to make up the content I made an executive decision to try and teach from the friendly confines of the elevator I desperately tried to get enough internet access to login into NYU Classes and access my Zoom link. But Zoom made this incredibly hard on my phone They needed me to download an app and then login this was the biggest challenge of the entire ordeal. But the internet was so weak that I couldn't speak to the students I logged out and logged in again using the phone link I would just give the lecture over the phone without video or slides I could see there were over 200 students already in the room and they were just chatting speculating about my new life in the elevator Their lives seemed somehow fuller than our life in the elevator I'M ON THE CALL!" They heard and recognized me I could hear one student yelling to her roommate that her professor was trapped in an elevator Others seemed excited to give this a try; apparently they'd never been taught from a professor stuck in an elevator before It would give the class a fresh new twist. Then it dawned on me that I had no way of showing them my carefully crafted slides on the conscious and unconscious mind Had I made a mistake by jumping on the call Then I just started talking about consciousness It went surprisingly well for a stressed-out guy giving a lecture over his phone with no notes while trapped in an elevator with his kids. But I felt it was only fair under the circumstances. I realized my kids are just staring at me with perplexed looks on their faces but seemed bemused as I raised my voice to explain how we have many mental processes that operate outside our awareness After about 50 excruciatingly long minutes in the elevator We could see our beautiful nondescript lobby and the sun beaming in from the front doors We cautiously stepped out into freedom. I was able to catch the other elevator upstairs and give the rest of the lecture from the now-seemingly-normal confines of my kitchen table It all seemed weirdly normal in the moment Each step just seemed to logically follow the prior step This is a lesson I'll cover in a later lecture on rationalization I'm now deeply aware of how absurd this was I will not be teaching in elevators in the future user-friendly experience designed with our community in mind More content and resources are on the way as we continue to enhance the site so thank you for your understanding as we work to make it even better X The Philadelphia Police Department needs the public’s assistance in locating 38-year-old Missing Person Derya Van Bavel She was last spoken to via phone on Monday a tattoo of a flower and a cherry on her back and was last seen wearing a green dress Anyone with any information on Derya’s whereabouts is asked to please contact South Detectives Division at 215-686-3013 or 911 215.686.TIPS (8477) Police Headquarters400 N Broad StreetPhiladelphia we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site to improve your browsing experience please read our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy throw open a surefire Middle Eastern hit this week Chef Ori Menashe tends to be a serious guy — just ask anyone who’s worked for him. But it’s hard not to notice the smile he carries when talking about his new restaurant Bavel, a supremely sunny Arts District option set to open to the world on Friday “I’ve been cooking Italian food for 16 years,” says Menashe from a corner table at the new place keeping one eye on the conversation and the other on a full kitchen staff that is firing the entire Bavel menu from start to finish — twice “And it’s all been leading to this place.” Unlike his Downtown mega-hit Bestia which started with a pizza and pasta focus but has over the years emerged as something of a melding of Menashe’s Italian and Middle Eastern worlds Bavel will be he and wife Genevieve Gergis’s full-footed foray into Los Angeles’s modern Middle Eastern movement The pair have a cultural history in countries like Israel and Bavel is a combination and culmination of much of that past It’s easy to want to linger inside the Studio UNTLD-designed (in collaboration with Gergis) restaurant which sits in a repurposed Arts District warehouse not far from Bestia proper There’s a free-hanging garden of indoor plants hovering above the dining room and when lit at night the whole thing feels like a glowing green chandelier Brick walls have been mellowed to an off-white hue and toned-down blue and yellow tiles pair up with gold fixtures and eventually the entire property will be humming with life thanks to an attached Verve Coffee and other tenants beyond comes in as a partner and overall director of operations keeping an eye on everything from the patio to the pastry station at once Bavel officially opens to the world on Friday keeping evening hours only to start (lunch will follow) That means Sundays and Tuesday through Thursday from 5 to 11 p.m. with a Friday and Saturday extension until midnight with Genevieve in the back making the pastry station come to life This is the place they’ve both wanted for so many years and now all that’s left is to get to work — which is reason enough for Ori to smile Bavel500 Mateo St.Los Angeles The group behind Bestia and Bavel opens Saffy’s Menashe and Gergis are no newlyweds (literally, and in the restaurant sense). Together they’ve managed to marry big flavors and disparate tastes from across the Middle East and Italy at their two endlessly popular restaurants Bestia and Bavel They’ve shaped the careers of a generation of line cooks and front-of-house staff who spent years at either restaurant (or both) they even managed to have a daughter named Saffron It’s all converged on this busy block of Fountain and it’s all hands on deck for the family’s first new opening in four years a casual and flavorful collection of grilled meats and warm breads is almost all Menashe (Gergis still does the desserts Saffy’s will open for dinner to start, meaning mellow nights under low lights as the warm waft of wood-fired, spit-roasted meat permeates the dining areas. There are actually views directly into a portion of the kitchen where diners can watch the sparks fly — as they do at Bavel — as well as a curvy bar and long banquettes for groups to mingle allowing diners to enjoy the LA breezes as a stained glass glow pours out into the night Lunch will follow soon and with it a whole new menu format for Gergis and Menashe There will be shawarma sandwiches and salads and other easy-eating items some pulled from the dinner menu and others made just for the sunlight crowd Menashe says that he’s looking forward to the challenge of creating some of LA’s best shawarma and hummus no small feat with the city’s rich Israeli including turmeric mussels and large-format group meals the pair is also planning a small next-door cafe called Saffy’s Coffee & Tea Shop which will provide espresso drinks and a variety of well-steeped teas With the rise in foot traffic along this block that has been made famous over the years by the Scientology Center and Salvadoran restaurants dotting the area to the north and south more coffee and bread still seems like a good idea — though again it’s a first for the family and for director of operations/partner Leah Bunch who oversees the group’s now-trio of projects Ori, Genevieve, and Saffron’s new Saffy’s opens June 1 at 4845 Fountain Avenue, keeping hours from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. 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If you continue to be blocked, please send an email to secruxurity@sizetedistrict.cVmwom with: why the news media has a strong negativity bias why tribalism is inflamed by online activity and how the internet can make us seem like the worst versions of ourselves Van Bavel emphasizes that many of the group psychology dynamics that can make social media seem like a dumpster fire are also core to what makes humankind such a special and ingenious species We discuss the four dark laws of online engagement and the basics of group psychology If you have questions, observations, or ideas for future episodes, email us at PlainEnglish@Spotify.com Derek and Jay Van Bavel dive into the basics of group psychology and discuss how that plays a part in social media engagement you and I are going to spend most of this episode talking about your empirical research on how the internet holds a fun-house mirror to the human condition and why I think the incentives and engagement structures of social media are truly driving many people slowly insane What’s the big question that you and your lab are trying to answer I think the big question that’s animated me for the last 20 years in my research is about the nature of groups and identity and how they work how our brain responds to being in a group or seeing members of other groups have been dropped in this modern technological environment with social media and artificial intelligence I’m fascinated by studying how that all plays out: how is that manipulated the brain is a pretty ancient piece of machinery Group psychology has to be a relatively ancient concept We’ve been living in groups for hundreds of thousands of years before the internet came along what would I learn on day one about how groups change my own identity and my sense of what is true and false in the world So maybe I’ll give you a couple principles The first is: All it takes is a flip of a coin for us to feel part of a group and start to identify with it where we just literally flip coins and put people on the blue team or the red team But if anybody has ever grown up playing recreational sports you go to the gym and you randomly get picked onto a side to play a sport for an hour or two and that automatically triggers a different psychological mindset And even people who were strangers a few minutes before are people we suddenly like more and we’re able and willing to cooperate with them in ways we wouldn’t have if they were strangers And this happens to us also if you go to a professional sporting event You’re giving a high five to someone sitting next to you who has a Yankees jersey if you’re a fan even though you might [have never known] them before And so that’s the psychology that all of us walk around in The other part of it that a lot of people don’t get You walk into a stadium with a jersey on and see everybody else wearing those colors Or let’s say you turn on a movie and you’re watching an alien invasion it’s just all of humanity against this alien invasion So we can get triggered to think of ourselves as different types of members of groups or as members of different types of groups depending on the situation we’re in Thompson: It’s almost as if the desire to belong to any group is pre-downloaded in us and therefore thinking outside of groups seems to be the really key challenge If it is so easy for us to adopt a group psychology where it’s all just one big mass of group psychology overlapping group psychology overlapping group psychology the hardest thing to do is to try to “think for yourself” when we so want to think as if we belong to any of these groups So having spent several hours reading your papers from the last few years this morning and yesterday and thinking about them as a collective “the four bad laws of internet and social media engagement.” Because I feel like you and your lab have been—in researching how group psychology and dynamics and social media and the internet affect us you found your way to these four laws of what it is that drives bad engagement on the internet But here are the four laws that I’ve taken from your research Number one is that negativity drives engagement out-group animosity drives engagement online emotional language drives engagement online if you didn’t understand what some of those terms meant we will absolutely define them in just a few minutes But what I want to do with you with our time together is to explain where these ideas come from—because they’re all derived from your work in the last few years—and what they mean I want to start with a paper you published last year on negativity bias in the news In a randomized study of 105,000 headlines and 370 million impressions from a data set of articles published by the online news dispensary Upworthy you found that so-called “negative” words increased the click-through rate by more than 2 percent and the prevalence of positive words in a news headline decreased the likelihood of any headline being clicked on what did this paper show that was so important I think one of the things that psychologists are very familiar with is the idea that bad is stronger than good that people pay more attention to or are more motivated by bad things than we are good things And I’ll go back to a bit of an evolutionary explanation for this again: You can imagine your ancestors walking around the African savanna And so there’s a motivation to try to find food But if they potentially see something and it could kill them that’s dramatically more significant to their survival And so they have to err on the side of avoiding things that are negative and risky And our ancestors who did that over generation after generation after generation were more likely to survive And so we have brains that are wired to detect threats and super-tuned to them more than they are to detect rewards it leads.” But of course social media and internet websites have hijacked that as well came from the classic website that engineered virality online So we got access to the Upworthy data archives And what Upworthy was famous for in the early days of the internet was doing A/B testing and they would try one headline on their website and see how many people clicked and then randomly assign half of the other people who came to their website to see a different headline and then pick the one that was most popular and keep it up they had more traffic than The New York Times They were so viral that Facebook had to change its news algorithm because people were getting really frustrated by all the clickbait from Upworthy headlines and leaving Facebook to go get it And so they really engineered this through data we can see not what their theory is about what works; we can see with their experimental A/B testing what actually gets people to click through an article.” And they’re more likely to click to negative content negative headlines for the exact same story This excerpt was edited for clarity. Listen to the rest of the episode here and follow the Plain English feed on Spotify Host: Derek ThompsonGuest: Jay Van BavelProducer: Devon Baroldi Subscribe: Spotify ArchiveWe’ve been around since Brady was a QB GLASGOW Ky.-As schools prepare to have students return to the classrooms this fall a local school district wants to emphasize a virtual option for those who prefer it The Barren Academy of Virtual and Expanded Learning is a fully accredited online educational experience for all grade levels with an expansion to all grade levels being announced in 2021 It’s made to be unique compared to the NTI used previously Even as education moves away from the pandemic BAVEL representatives want to remind incoming students that BAVEL is an option for students in a variety of scenarios if the student has a part-time job while attending school Representatives say BAVEL State assessments are consistently at or above state averages and they’ve seen students flourish from the program “I have seen such an impact that BAVEL has been able to make in people’s lives I’ve seen students who have grown immensely in their independence and motivation for school,” said BAVEL guidance counselor Pam Carter BAVEL also serves students in schools all across Kentucky For more information, or to register for BAVEL, follow this link Watch WNKY Live When Los Angeles restaurant Bestia opened in 2013 it quickly became one of the most coveted reservations The husband and wife duo behind the rustic Italian favorite the Middle Eastern inspired Bavel and Saffy’s East West Bank has worked with the duo at every stage of their growth helping them share the food they grew up eating creating a sense of place and belonging within the community and inspiring their employees to follow their own dreams Are Not FDIC InsuredAre Not Bank GuaranteedMay Lose Value Are Not Insured by Any Federal Government AgencyAre Not Deposits and East West Bank with compass logo are separately registered trademarks of East West Bank in the United States and other countries Arda Guler set to start in crucial El Clasico for Real Madrid Athletico Palermo rewards players with lifetime escort services the legendary Real Madrid and Spain goalkeeper has been at the center of dating rumors after being seen with Claudia Bavel a former adult film actress and OnlyFans model stayed at the same luxury hotel in the Catalan capital and were later photographed attending a winery event in Vilanova i la Geltrú The event was also attended by former Real Madrid stars Luis Figo and Michel Salgado The pair reportedly left the hotel separately the following morning this is not the first time rumors have linked them Spanish journalist Javier Hoyos claimed to have spotted the two sharing a passionate kiss at an upscale restaurant near the Costa Brava When asked about their relationship recently Bavel neither confirmed nor denied the speculation saying: “We are two single people.” who has nearly 250,000 followers on Instagram and reportedly earns £17,000 per month from OnlyFans describes herself as a “content creator and ex-adult film actress.” She regularly shares glamorous and revealing photos building a strong following as a model and influencer Since splitting from Sara Carbonero in 2021 after five years of marriage Casillas has been linked to several high-profile women previously had a brief relationship with Keita Baldé the Spanish-born Senegalese international who currently plays in Turkey affectionately known as “Saint Iker” for his miraculous saves retired from football in 2020 after suffering a heart attack while training with FC Porto both for his punditry work and personal life neither Casillas nor Bavel has publicly confirmed a romantic relationship but their repeated appearances together have fueled speculation A post shared by 𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑼𝑫𝑰𝑨 𝑩𝑽 (@imclaudiabavel) Nogomania.com is a premier destination for football enthusiasts delivering fresh and in-depth content from the heart of the Ex-Yu region's football scene Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas has raised eyebrows after being spotted on what appears to be a romantic getaway with former adult film actress and OnlyFans model known for his illustrious career and once-fairytale romance with Sara Carbonero was reportedly seen in Barcelona with the stunning 28-year-old brunette fuelling speculation of a budding relationship According to Spanish magazine Diez Minutos via Daily Mail Casillas and Bavel were snapped together last Tuesday while staying at the same Barcelona hotel. The duo attended an exclusive wine-tasting event in Vilanova i la Geltrú approximately 30 miles from the Catalan capital alongside former Real Madrid teammates Luis Figo and Michel Salgado paparazzi managed to capture them leaving the unnamed hotel separately in the early hours of the morning Spanish journalist Javier Hoyos previously alleged that he had spotted Casillas and Bavel sharing a passionate kiss at an upscale restaurant near Costa Brava in May last year. While neither party has publicly confirmed their relationship Bavel teased in a recent interview:"We are two single people." Since his split from TV and radio presenter Sara Carbonero in March 2021 has been linked to several high-profile women including former Miss Spain Maria José Suárez and journalist Ana Quiles his rumoured involvement with Bavel is particularly intriguing given her past in the adult film industry and her lucrative OnlyFans career who once dated Senegalese footballer Keita Baldé describes herself online as a "content creator and ex-adult film actress." with nearly 250,000 Instagram followers on her main account where she showcases her curvaceous figure in jaw-dropping outfits. known as ‘San Iker’ for his miraculous goalkeeping saves is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. including five La Liga titles and three UEFA Champions League trophies. Casillas also played a pivotal role in Spain’s golden era captaining the national team to back-to-back European Championship victories in 2008 and 2012 as well as their historic FIFA World Cup triumph in 2010. After a career spanning more than two decades Casillas retired in 2020 following a heart attack he suffered while training with FC Porto. 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Bavel is certainly one of the hottest restaurants in Los Angeles but now those reservations will likely be even more difficult to secure Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis Image by Bestia It’s a bit of a surreal experience opening “Bavel.” makes no mention of what many consider the worst year to ever to befall the industry And at a time when the conflict is front page news Shukshuka or hummus at Abu Hassan or foie gras And those photographs are an exercise in pure escapism: like the food porn shots of bronzed whole chickens and plump heads of cauliflower hanging on metal hooks over the blaze of a wood-fired oven And Menashe’s impossibly good-looking family down to an adorable toddler daughter named Saffron cookbooks are meant not to be only representative of their moment but to be cooked from for years to come — and to be So the choice not to include how they shut down for a few days and then offered takeout meals and then shutting down completely for one winter month before re-opening for outdoor dining was deliberate Perhaps when someone opens Bavel a few years from now the confluence of the pandemic and a war will be a distant memory I’ve written about my fair share of Israeli cookbooks since 2012 the year that Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi’s “Jerusalem” came out The better known among them include those by Michael Solomonov Einat Admony and Adeena Sussman; the lesser known but still worth knowing about by Honey & Co I sometimes even wonder how many more we need of the genre the mark of a great chef is to take a dish that we already have multiple recipes for – take hummus for example – and make you excited to try their version because it’s a dish that’s so overdone by now but Menashe’s spins with avocado tahini and pepita chile oil or celery leaf chermoula definitely stood out This cookbook reminded me that while the last thing I need is another hummus recipe what I can always use is new and inspired ways to serve the beloved staple That his za’atar blends include both rose and mushroom versions is a good representation of Menashe’s culinary point of view It’s also worth mentioning that crème fraiche seems to be a favorite ingredient of his “Creme fraiche is just a lighter version of yogurt and I feel some things need that lightness,” Menashe explained in an email “Yogurt and labne are more noticeable and you can taste that it’s there With creme fraiche it’s more subtle and it’s easy to add something without overpowering a certain ingredient There are actually a lot of modern Israeli restaurants using creme fraiche.” Menashe and Gergis are the married couple behind Bavel They met cute in an Italian restaurant they both worked in before opening their first restaurant together Bavel was a much more personal project; Gergis also has Middle Eastern roots Gergis was pregnant when the idea to open an Israeli restaurant occurred to them While they knew opening a second place with a totally different concept than the first was kind of an insane thing to do The name Bavel is the Hebrew word for Babel and it’s a metaphor for the various peoples and cultures making up the Middle East before all the conflicts that came to define it in the last two centuries It’s a restaurant that is both very Israeli and very L.A. Menashe points out that the climate of both is similar as is the superior produce that can be found in both places Menashe had to teach himself how to make the food he grew up with Luckily he comes from a family with a strong pedigree and was the kind of person who would treat his son to a skewer of foie gras after his soccer games Morocco and Turkey — all countries known for their superb cuisine – family dinner was never a boring affair in his household in which his parents write the headnotes to some of their favorite recipes: examples include a beef-cheek tagine from Menashe’s Moroccan mother and where we get a good idea of her culinary point of view Some of the best known Middle Eastern desserts like baklava can be overly sweet to some and Gergis writes that a dessert need not be “sugary” to be satisfying; there are so many other ways to end a meal a pastry with strawberries tossed in sumac paired with a ricotta yogurt filling all topped with pistachio ice cream is a great example there are now a lot of great Israeli cookbooks out there already But there are many dishes in “Bavel” that make me want to get back into the kitchen Alix Wallis a freelance writer in Oakland I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward American Jews need independent news they can trust At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S rising antisemitism and polarized discourse This is a great time to support independent Jewish journalism you rely on See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs subject line “republish,” with any questions or to let us know what stories you’re picking up Copyright © 2025 The Forward Association Iker Casillas backs Ancelotti after Real Madrid's Champions League shock Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas responds to ex-porn star Claudia Bavel’s accusations Legendary Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas has been spotted with former adult actress and OnlyFans model Claudia Bavel in Barcelona, fueling speculation about his love life. The pair were reportedly seen together at a hotel, with Spanish magazine Diez Minutos publishing exclusive images from last Tuesday. Since splitting from Sara Carbonero in 2021 after five years of marriage, Casillas has been linked to several high-profile women. The 28-year-old Bavel, who began her career in adult films as a teenager, now earns around £17,000 per month through her OnlyFans platform. Bavel boasts nearly 250,000 Instagram followers, where she regularly shares bold fashion choices, and an additional 16,000 followers on a separate account featuring more daring selfies and a link to her OnlyFans page. Asked about the pictures on Telecinco’s ‘TardeAR’, Bavel admitted: "I can't deny what appears in the photos." When pressed on whether she had spoken to Casillas since the images surfaced, she confirmed that she had and that neither of them was worried about the attention. Casillas, widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers in history, spent 16 years at Real Madrid, making over 500 appearances before moving to Porto in 2015. He retired in August 2020 after suffering a heart attack. Over his illustrious career, he won three Champions League titles, five La Liga titles, and led Spain to one World Cup and two European Championship victories. Nogomania.com is a premier destination for football enthusiasts, delivering fresh and in-depth content from the heart of the Ex-Yu region's football scene. Show Search Search Query Submit Search Don't Miss 2018 Hummus is definitely having a moment It seems you can’t scroll through a menu without at least one offering And with all of the varieties available — I’ve seen variations flavored with everything from edamame to chipotle roasted butternut squash to English pea with watercress — it’s become the muse of many a chef You might even argue hummus is the next avocado toast “It’s like risotto,” says chef Sean Lowenthal “You just need an ingredient to become a theme to bind the dish.” has served at least 15 varieties of hummus since the restaurant opened five years ago he’s offering a black-eyed pea hummus topped with a Hoppin’ John-inspired salsa as part of a Southern-themed pop-up at the restaurant through the summer “I was trying to figure out why we love black-eyed peas in the South but nobody else eats them,” he says He wanted to find a vehicle for the ingredient that would be more approachable to guests the dish is more about tradition and technique Perhaps the most lauded hummus at the moment can be found at downtown L.A.’s Bevel chef/owner Ori Menashe’s latest venture with partner Genevieve Gergis waxed poetic about Menashe’s hummus offerings it’s more vulnerable when you can’t cover it with different flavors.” Menashe went through hundreds of tests to come up with the right technique for his hummus The airy hummus simply can’t be replicated using home equipment but the rustic hummus masabacha can be made simply by whipping a handful of ingredients — parsley tahini and water — together using a mortar and pestle Menashe stresses using the best ingredients and he uses an imported tahini paste used by many chefs in Israel chef and owner of the Fat Dog in Fairfax and North Hollywood uses the idea of traditional hummus — garbanzo beans lemon juice and garlic — as a starting point The restaurant had just taken a beet salad off the menu “Beets present all these opportunities,” he notes Beets work with a variety of crumbled fresh cheese along with a crunchy topping such as seeds or nuts parsley — and “it makes the dish more of a salad hummus as opposed to just puréed garbanzos with beets.” At the modern Mediterranean restaurant Momed (with locations in Atwater Village and Beverly Hills) owner Alex Sarkissian says the avocado hummus is one of the classic dishes that remains from when the first restaurant opened almost 10 years ago “Most people keep the garbanzo as the base ingredient while switching up other flavors,” Sarkissian says he was concerned the dish might taste too much like guacamole without the garbanzo beans “But think of the tahini as the key ingredient.” And it’s worked Sarkissian calls the hummus one of the “superstars” on the menu that avocado hummus also tastes really good on toast cover the garbanzo beans with 3 cups of water and 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda combine the garbanzos with the remaining 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda Toast the garbanzos over low heat until the skins start to fall off Add the remaining 5 cups water and bring to a boil skim the foam and skins that rise to the surface Leave the garbanzos in the liquid for 10 minute before straining This makes approximately 3 cups cooked garbanzos The garbanzos can be made up to a few days in advance; cover and refrigerate to store Add the lemon juice and set aside for two minutes Noelle Carter is the former Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen director I was struck — and totally won over — by the beauty who led the Studio UNLTD team on the project started working on the design together in 2016 — a few years after their successful design collaboration on perennial LA hotspot Bestia “My side is more directive on atmosphere and the feeling we wanted And Greg takes it to his team and makes it come to fruition,” says Gergis Bleier finds those restrictions creatively freeing “I find it more refreshing than someone giving you a blank canvas and Genevieve and Ori are great at making problems,” he quips it meant transforming a former clothing warehouse into an a breezy yet opulent showpiece Bleier and architectural designer Osvaldo Maiozzi added a skylight Leaving the concrete floors of the patio unglossed helped maintain a sense of history and age Kitchen designer Alec Bauer kept the open kitchen totally modern Bleier and Studio UNTLD senior interior designer Ania Bown pulled blues from the photos Gergis would send from her travels to Morocco and Israel — the water in particular — while the yellows were a necessary counterbalance Bleier also wanted to be smart about incorporating the visual touchstones of the region: The curves of the back bar nod to the iconic arches of Islamic architecture; instead of recreating Moroccan inlay floor details oversized fish-scale pattern with custom California-made tiles; instead of relying on chandeliers to cast familiar geometric patterns on the walls the plants (“our own hanging garden of Babylon,” Beier jokes) achieve the same effect The various white tiles that comprise the bar area express different textures A mix of brass and rose gold throughout the space keeps things feeling both luxe and lived in The brick walls inside the restaurant were treated by a scenic painter who added layers of texture after white-washing to evoke a sense of history And the entire scheme embraces where the restaurant actually is — not on a Mediterranean coast but in the heart of Los Angeles’s burgeoning Arts District a design as expansive and well executed as Bavel’s is worth celebrating The freshest news from the food world every day