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Moscow Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg was in Moscow on Monday, where top officials were pressing him to expand the company’s operations in Russia. Russia’s communications minister tweeted that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev urged the social media giant’s founder to abandon plans to lure away Russian programmers and instead open a research center in Moscow. A Facebook spokeswoman, 온라인카지노 who refused to be named because she wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter with the media, said the company has no immediate expansion plans for Russia. Zuckerberg, who ditched his trademark hoodie and jeans for a suit and tie for his meeting with Medvedev, was visiting Russia on a world tour of programming contests to identify new talent. The two men looked pleased with the meeting, posing for photographers. Zuckerberg posted one of the photos on his Facebook page with the caption: “Good conversation with Prime Minister Medvedev.” Russian Web companies often command larger shares of the domestic market than their U.S. counterparts. Facebook has roughly 9 million users in Russia, while domestic clone VK has around 34 million. Medvedev has cultivated a tech-friendly image since launching his modernization program while president of Russia from 2008 until this May, when Vladimir Putin returned for his third term as...

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Many health care providers nationwide are prescribing food instead of medicine to tackle the obesity epidemic. Doctors in more than a dozen states are moving away from recommending surgery or pills, and participating in programs that offer healthy food to patients struggling with medical issues related to their weight. One hospital in central Pennsylvania is taking the effort even further, reports CBS News’ Jan Crawford. At Geisinger Hospital in central Pennsylvania, food deliveries turn medical professionals into temporary grocers. It’s all part of a new Fresh Food Pharmacy, now open in the heart of coal country, where shuttered mines have contributed to high unemployment and rising poverty, which has made healthy eating a low priority.   The program was created by Dr. Andrea Feinberg, Geisinger’s medical director for health and wellness. “We have a higher incidence of obesity, a higher incidence of diabetes and food insecurity,” Feinberg said. According to Feinberg, the program is offering people hope and a “new way to look at diabetes.” “There are pockets of communities around the United States where the word has not gotten out that food is really medicine,” she explained. The pilot program, which started just nine months ago, currently serves more than 60 patients and their families, 홀덤 딜러 providing healthy food free of charge to more than 200 people each week along with nutrition classes and cooking advice. But...

(CBS) “Boston” Rob Mariano may have finally won the $1 million prize last year on “Redemption Island,” but the four-time player isn’t done with “Survivor” yet. Mariano, who is appearing next on the History Channel show “Around the World in 80 Ways,” tells Celebrity Circuit that he and his wife, fellow “Survivor” winner Amber Brkich Mariano, watch the show together and comment on it. “Thank God for DVR because we pause, we’ll have a discussion and then it goes about two-and-a-half hours to watch the show,” he laughs. “Sometimes we agree, sometimes we don’t. That’s what makes it fun, to have the perspective of who people who have played and won. We love it.” Mariano tuned in for last week’s season premiere of “Survivor: South Pacific,” and sized up the competition for us. Pictures: “Survivor: South Pacific” Celebrity Circuit: We’re only one episode in, but what are your impressions so far? “Boston” Rob Mariano: It’s going to be tough for either [“Survivor” veterans Ozzy Lusth and Benjamin “Coach” Wade] to win, I think – even tougher because of the fact that I won last year. I think right now they’re doing a good job. They’re, for the most part, staying low-key, not causing crazy waves, which you don’t want to do in the beginning. They have to make themselves useful, so that [the other castaways] want to keep them....