MC Harvey accused of leaving his pregnant second wife Ghamzeh Mahdizade for another woman two weeks after summer wedding

He has a history of leaving partners heartbroken.

And MC Harvey, 36, is now said to be undergoing divorce proceedings from his second wife Ghamzeh Mahdizadeh after he allegedly walked out on the then-pregnant dancer just two weeks after their wedding in August 2015, to be with actress Elarica Johnson, 26.

The breakdown in their relationship was only made public recently when a distraught Ghamzeh, who gave birth to their first child in early January, took to Twitter to vent about her estranged husband.

Heartbreak: MC Harvey, 36,  allegedly walked out on his then pregnant second wife Gamzeh Mahdizade just two weeks after their wedding in August 2015 to be with actress Elarica Johnson

 The other woman: Elarica slept with Harvey behind his estranged wife's back, according to claimes made on Twitter by Ghamzeh Mahdizade

 Leaving it all behind: The rapper has moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career opportunity

 Deep in thought: The heavily tattooed rapper shared an image of himself in work mode on Instagram

When contacted by MailOnline Harvey denied the allegations made against him. 

It is the second marital breakdown the British star has experienced as the result of 'infidelity'.

Alesha Dixon, 37, who married the rapper in 2005 after five years of dating, was left devastated the following year after learning that Harvey had slept with singer Javine Hylton.

The former Popstars contestant went on to have a daughter, Angel, with Harvey in 2008, but their relationship ended amid more cheating allegations.

Harvey claimed he had big regrets about the affair which ended his first marriage during his stint in Celebrity Big Brother in 2012.

He told his housemates: 'I regret the pain that I caused. I lied to God as we got married in a church.' 

Lightning strikes twice: The rapper's first marriage to Alesha Dixon broke down after he cheated on her with singer Javine Hylton

Last week the love cheat posted a picture on his Instagram account showing him on a plane to Los Angeles.

He captioned the post: 'Moving to LOS ANGELES massive career opportunity @iamdomthefrench see you soon✅ #LA #MovieLife'

And he has since posted snaps alongside R&B star Christina Milian as well as a shot of himself deep in thought while listening to music.

MailOnline has contacted Harvey and Elarica and is awaiting a response.

History repeating itself: Despite voicing his regret over cheating on Alesha, it appears Harvey hasn't learnt his lesson

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E-cigarette use for quitting smoking associated with improved success rates

Date:

May 20, 2014

Source:

University College London

Summary:

People attempting to quit smoking without professional help are approximately 60 percent more likely to report succeeding if they use e-cigarettes than if they use willpower alone or over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies such as patches or gum, finds a large survey of smokers. The study surveyed 5,863 smokers between 2009 and 2014 who had attempted to quit smoking without the aid of prescription medication or professional support. 20% of people trying to quit with the aid of e-cigarettes reported having stopped smoking conventional cigarettes at the time of the survey. 

People attempting to quit smoking without professional help are approximately 60% more likely to report succeeding if they use e-cigarettes than if they use willpower alone or over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies such as patches or gum, finds a large UCL (University College London) survey of smokers in England. The results were adjusted for a wide range of factors that might influence success at quitting, including age, nicotine dependence, previous quit attempts, and whether quitting was gradual or abrupt.

The study, published in Addiction, surveyed 5,863 smokers between 2009 and 2014 who had attempted to quit smoking without the aid of prescription medication or professional support. 20% of people trying to quit with the aid of e-cigarettes reported having stopped smoking conventional cigarettes at the time of the survey.

The research, chiefly funded by Cancer Research UK, suggests that e-cigarettes could play a positive role in reducing smoking rates. "E-cigarettes could substantially improve public health because of their widespread appeal and the huge health gains associated with stopping smoking," says Professor Robert West of UCL's 
Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, senior author of the study. "However, we should also recognise that the strongest evidence remains for use of the NHS stop-smoking services. These almost triple a smoker's odds of successfully quitting compared with going it alone or relying on over-the-counter products."

Another survey by the same team found that most e-cigarette use involves first generation 'cigalike' products rather than second generation ones that use refillable cartridges and a wider choice of nicotine concentrations and flavors. Dr Jamie Brown of UCL's Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, lead author of both reports, says: "We will continue to monitor success rates in people using e-cigarettes to stop smoking to see whether there are improvements as the devices become more advanced."
Some e-cigarette users may want to continue using them indefinitely. "It is not clear whether long-term use of e-cigarettes carries health risks but from what is known about the contents of the vapour these will be much less than from smoking," says Professor West.

"Some public health experts have expressed concern that widespread use of e-cigarettes could 're-normalise' smoking. However, we are tracking this very closely and see no evidence of it. Smoking rates in England are declining, quitting rates are increasing and regular e-cigarette use among never smokers is negligible."

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Deaths attributed to low levels of education: Lack of education as deadly as smoking

 

Date:

July 8, 2015

Source:

New York University

Summary:

A new study estimates the number of deaths that can be linked to differences in education, and finds that variation in the risk of death across education levels has widened considerably. 

 

A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado, New York University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill estimates the number of deaths that can be linked to differences in education, and finds that variation in the risk of death across education levels has widened considerably.

The findings, published July 8 in the journal PLOS ONE, suggest that lacking education may be as deadly as being a current rather than former smoker.

"In public health policy, we often focus on changing health behaviors such as diet, smoking, and drinking," said Virginia Chang, associate professor of public health at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and College of Global Public Health, and associate professor of population health at NYU School of Medicine. "Education -- which is a more fundamental, upstream driver of health behaviors and disparities -- should also be a key element of U.S. health policy."

Low levels of education are common. More than 10 percent of U.S. adults ages 25 to 34 do not have a high school degree, while more than a quarter have some college but no bachelor's degree. Yet studies show that a higher level of education is a strong predictor of longevity due to many factors, including higher income and social status, healthier behaviors, and improved social and psychological well being. Evidence from studies including natural experiments consistently show a strong association between education level and mortality and suggest that a substantial part of the association between education and mortality is causal.
Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Health Interview Survey, the study team looked at data on more than a million people from 1986 to 2006 to estimate the number of deaths that could be attributed to low levels of education. Estimates of attributable mortality indicate the number of lives that could be potentially saved if adults had a higher level of education. They studied people born in 1925, 1935, and 1945 to understand how education levels affected mortality over time, and noted the causes of death, including cardiovascular disease and cancer.

The researchers estimated the number of deaths in the 2010 U.S. population for two scenarios with relevance for policy: having less than a high school degree, and having some college but not a bachelor's degree. Maximizing high school graduations rates and the completion of college among those who have already entered are viable policy targets.

They found that 145,243 deaths could be saved in the 2010 population if adults who had not completed high school went on to earn a GED or high school degree, which is comparable to the estimated number of deaths that could be averted if all current smokers had the mortality rates of former smokers. In addition, 110,068 deaths could be saved if adults who had some college went on to complete their bachelor's degree.

The disparities in mortality across different levels of education widened substantially over time. For example, mortality rates fell modestly among those with high school degrees, but mortality rates fell much more rapidly among those with college degrees. As a result, encouraging high school completion among adults who have not finished high school could save twice as many lives among those born in 1945 as compared to those born in 1925.

Deaths from cardiovascular disease played a greater role than deaths from cancer in these growing gaps in mortality and improvements in survival for well-educated people, likely due to advances in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease among those with more education.

"Our results suggest that policies and interventions that improve educational attainment could substantially improve survival in the U.S. population, especially given widening educational disparities," said Patrick Krueger, assistant professor in the Department of Health & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus and the Institute of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. "Unless these trends change, the mortality attributable to low education will continue to increase in the future."

Healthy People 2020 -- an initiative to improve Americans' health decade by decade -- set goals for increasing the proportion of students completing high school by 2020. The researchers said that based on their findings, meeting these goals could have a substantial impact on future survival patterns.

"Broadly, life expectancy is increasing, but those with more education are reaping most of the benefits," Chang said. "In addition to education policy's obvious relevance for improving learning and economic opportunities, its benefits to health should also be thought of as a key rationale. The bottom line is paying attention to education has the potential to substantively reduce mortality."

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Jessica Biel shares what her morning routine is like

JESSICA Biel seems to have her life under control. She’s got a slammin’ bod, a healthy bub and she’s married to Justin Timberlake.

Want to try working a little of Jess’ style into your own life? The 33-year-old has given an insight into what her morning routine looks like. And surprisingly, it’s pretty normal. Except for the Erykah Badu CD. We should all go out and buy an Erykah Badu CD to play while we plunge our coffee.

Along with a snap of her wrangling baby Silas, she’s listed what goes on in the Biel-Timberlake household before they leave for work.

Job: Mama Bear, actress, producer, wannabe alpinist, consummate student of the@WomanCareGlobal . ThenWhoWill campaign.

What time do you get up? It varies, but I would say always [two] hoursbefore I’d really like to.

How many times do you snooze? I’m not a snoozer. Never have been. Wish I was, but I would never get up if I did. I do snooze periodically throughout the day during any sort of boring conversation.

Do you snore? I don’t think so. And even if I did, my dog, Tina, snores so loudly that no one would ever know if I did. Thanks, T.

3 things you can't live without in the AM? Yoga. Eating breakfast with my kid. Listening to Erykah Badu while I eat with my kid. We love her.

Favorite line from theSkimm recently? "What to say to your niece who just found out about Santa? It’s OK. The Nazi Gold Train isn’t real either."

What's your morning drink? Bullet proof [sic] decaf coffee.

Who do you let speak to you before coffee? Wait...is that an option?

Complete the sentence: Woke up like this: Disheveled, running late, doing too many things at once and underperforming all of them; but pretty thrilled about mediocrity! Could be a lot worse, guys. A lot worse.

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Aussie tourist Mark Pierrot hugged a massive coconut crab for the ultimate tourist snap

This guy’s crazier than a coconut.

A visitor to tropical Christmas Island has had a very close encounter with a colossal crustacean well known for its thieving tendencies.

Mark Pierrot was game enough to handle the monstrous coconut crab, known locally as a “robber crab”, on a recent visit to the small Australian territory.

Christmas Island hosts more than one million coconut crabs — the largest land arthropods in the world — keeping locals on their toes.

“The reason they’re called robber crabs is because they steal everything,” Christmas Island marketing manager Linda Cash told AAP.

“If you leave something lying around, you can be pretty sure that a robber crab will take it away.”

Ms Cash said the crabs, which can grow up to one metre, were known to steal workers’ tools, including shovels and drills as well as food.

“There’s an urban myth that one actually stole a rifle off some of the defence force personnel on the island,” she said.

There are 20 species of crab on Christmas Island, 1500km off the West Australian coast, the most common being the red crab, with an estimated population of about 40 million.

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Cheap flights: This formula could save you hundreds of dollars

IT’S no secret booking your flights in advance can help you save, but now there’s a formula to get the timing right for the cheapest possible flights. 

The right timing can help you save almost $500 on average on a flight to the US.

And the right timing to book a flight to the US, according to the number crunchers at Skyscanner, is 28 weeks in advance.

The flight search site analysed more than 250 million flight prices from the past three years to come up with ideal booking times.

If a mid year trip to Thailand or Japan is on the cards, the time to book is now; flights are best booked 20 and 21 weeks in advance.

Booking ages in advance isn’t always the smartest approach. For flights to New Zealand, the best time for the cheapest deal is a relatively last-minute six weeks.

Skyscanner’s analysis found domestic flights are best booked with plenty of notice — to get the cheapest flight to Perth you need to book 15 weeks in advance from Melbourne and 12 weeks from Sydney.

Overall, the cheapest time to fly is in November. The dearest month, unsurprisingly, is December.

BEST TIME TO BOOK FLIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIA — AND AVERAGE SAVINGS 

New Zealand  6 weeks  save $37 (6%)

Malaysia 10 weeks  save $65 (8%)

Singapore 11 weeks save $82 (9%)

Indonesia 12 weeks save $42 (6%)

UK 15 weeks save $119 (5%)

India 18 weeks save $104 (8%)

Thailand 20 weeks save $51 (5%)

Japan 21 weeks save $166 (12%)

US 28 weeks save $465 (23%)

China 30 weeks save $231 (18%)

Overall average cheapest time to book flights 17 weeks in advance

BEST TIME TO BOOK AUSTRALIAN DOMESTIC FLIGHTS

Gold Coast Melbourne 20 weeks

Perth Sydney 12 weeks

Perth Melbourne 15 weeks

Brisbane Sydney 11 weeks

Brisbane Melbourne 5 weeks

Melbourne Sydney 4 weeks

Prices indicated are actual fares paid by travelers when flight fares were the cheapest and the percentage savings indicated are compared to the average price paid for the route over the past three years.

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Aussie flight attendant for Emirates talks about her time on the job

Having worked her way from economy to first class during an eight-year stint with Emirates, it’s safe to say flight attendant Amber Vidler has seen  and heard it all.

The 35-year-old from Terrigal, NSW, had previously been working in a sports management company but had always wanted to live in cosmopolitan Dubai and explore the world, so she snapped up the chance to become a cabin crew member.

Now, she travels all over while ensuring first class passengers are happy. She talks to news.com.au about what the job is really like, and busts some rumours including who’s the most demanding flyer.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES WORKING BETWEEN ECONOMY, BUSINESS AND FIRST CLASS?

“The main difference across the three classes is the amount of passengers and how we conduct the in-flight service. As there are more passengers in economy and business class, it can be very busy. We need to begin our service soon after takeoff to ensure we get through everyone. I find working in the first class cabin is surprisingly a lot calmer and more relaxed, as there are fewer customers.

“I currently work on the B777 aircraft and on average, there are between eight and 14 passengers in the first class cabin, while in business class there can be up to 42 passengers and up to 386 passengers in economy. While on our superjumbo A380 there are 14 first class seats, 76 business class seats and up to 427 economy seats.

“The main difference from a service perspective in first class is ‘dine on demand’, which allows passengers on flights over four hours and 40 minutes, to choose when they would like to be served their meals.”

Review: What it’s really like to fly in Emirates first class

FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, ARE PASSENGERS IN FIRST CLASS MORE DEMANDING?

“Contrary to what people may believe, first class passengers aren’t overly demanding. In fact, most would rather sleep during the flight, and not be disturbed.”

WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON AND UNUSUAL REQUESTS YOU’VE RECEIVED?

“In first class they love their caviar! They also like their beds to be made for them. In business and economy, the common requests are for particular drinks when flying to a certain destination. This might be as a result of the nationality of those travelling but here are some of the common ones:

• On flights to England: gin and tonic.

• On flights to Russia: tomato juice.

• On flights to China: hot water.

• On flights to India: whiskey.

“There aren’t too many unusual requests but one I thought was strange was a serving of caviar with all the condiments but without the actual caviar! Oh and a cup of coffee with black tea added.”

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES?

“Every time I come to work I meet so many people, both customers and other cabin crew. The conversations, advice and stories I’ve shared with so many different nationalities and cultures have been priceless.

“We sometimes get high profile passengers on our flights, however, we only find out who they are during our pre-flight briefing. One of my more memorable flights was when we had the whole Arsenal Football Club fly with us from the UK to Singapore. It was kept secret as there were no other passengers, just the players, team management and everyone else involved with the club. It was interesting to see how many people are involved behind the scenes for a football team.

“They were all very polite and professional, I just wish I knew more of their names as I’m not a big fan of football! Like any other high profile passengers, we weren’t allowed to take photos. I also had the pleasure of having Angelina Jolie Pitt on my flight from Islamabad to Dubai several years ago. We were all star struck to meet her and she was lovely.”

WHAT IT TAKES TO WORK IN BUSINESS AND FIRST CLASS

All Emirates cabin crew start off in economy class to begin their careers and are required to participate in further training to proceed to business and first class. At present, Emirates employs more than 20,000 cabin crew members who have all trained at the Emirates Aviation College Cabin Crew Training Centre.

The training includes a combination of both theoretical and practical components, with the latter taking place in full motion simulators of all aircraft types. For a new cabin crew member, the training takes place over seven weeks on all Emirates aircraft: A330/A340, 777 and A380. The course covers all aspects of a crew member’s role, including:

• Evacuation, and safety and emergency procedures

• Group medical training

• Cabin service training

• Image and uniform

• Duty free sales

After seven weeks, a new recruit is ready to commence their career as an Emirates cabin crew member in economy class. After 12-18 months, they will be eligible to advance on to business class and after a further 12 months, they can train to become a first class cabin crew.

To be promoted to each class requires five days’ intensive training, during which the crew member learns the new product, cabin layout, customer expectations, as well as the techniques of creating a fine dining in-flight experience.

It doesn’t stop at first class either as cabin crew can then apply to be promoted to senior flight steward/ess, and finally purser, which is the highest position a cabin crew member can obtain. 

The purser has usually been a senior flight steward/ess for one to two years and is responsible for managing staff in all three cabins and liaising directly with the captain.

It takes a minimum of six months of ‘on-the-job’ training, and you need to complete a portfolio of tasks and courses in order to be promoted to the position.

Emirates also has a multinational cabin crew, which currently has members from over 130 countries speaking more than 60 languages.

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Police catch suspected burglar with help from his Twitter account

IT’S one thing to tweet out when you’re at the ball game or a concert. But when you’re allegedly robbing an apartment?

That is what a Virginia man is accused of doing. Police in Washington, D.C. allege that Thomas Matthew Collodel burglarised a hotel, a restaurant, the front desk of an apartment building and other Northwest Washington businesses, according to The Washington Post.

The burglaries allegedly occurred from Dec. 30 to Jan. 24.

Police said their investigation was helped when the 33-year-old signed onto his Twitter account from a computer on the concierge desk of a Northwest Washington luxury apartment building in the middle of the night.

He is accused of burglarising several of the luxury apartments in that building.

A drawer behind the concierge desk had been tampered with, police said, and surveillance video showed a man using the computer, the newspaper reports.

Police said Collodel’s Twitter account also had been accessed and pictures on the account matched the person seen on the video.

Collodel was arrested Saturday and has since been charged with five counts of burglary. He was ordered detained until a preliminary hearing in D.C. Superior Court next Thursday.

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Apple Music might work better on Android devices due to features missing from iPhones

When Apple launched its music streaming service onto its biggest competitor’s platform, it wasn’t sure how the product would be received. 

In the ultimate twist of fate, the tech giant awkwardly discovered Apple Music actually works better on Android smartphones than it does on its own devices.

This week, Apple rolled out a new update to its Android app, which uses some of the features missing from iPhones.

The biggest difference between the two platforms is Android’s ability to offer SD card support, meaning users can download songs onto the cards to listen to them offline.

Try doing that one on an iPhone.

Apple has also worked hard to account for how the Android operating system differs from its own.

As such, the Apple Music app for Android embraces the design conventions of the platform and offers a finetuned, sharp looking product.

Apple has even promised it will add more Android-centric optimisation in the future.

Currently, the tech giant is working to allow users of the streaming service to sign up using their Android device, instead of the current practice of using a Mac or iOS device.

This suggests the company is more focused on creating a successful streaming service than attracting customers to its devices.

Despite its attempts to win over Android users, the app still only has a 3.3 star rating in the Google Play Store.

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The psychological tricks that will get anyone to like you

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WE HUMANS are very quick to judge new acquaintances. 

When a new person comes into our orbit the amygdala and posterior cingular cortex in our brain (now we’re just showing off) go into overdrive and work together to compute our first impressions of the other person.

Psychologists believe there are a number of techniques you can use to influence this first impression ... effectively tricking people into liking you.

 Here’s how to influence that first impression

GIVE THEM A REASON TO TRUST YOU 

A few years ago a team of researchers at New York University examined the neuroscience of how people form these first impressions. One of the key takeaway points from their findings was one of the best ways to take advantage of a first impression is to give people a reason to trust and value you.

 “bringing up shared social connections is probably one of the best ways to establish trust, and get what I like to call the ‘not a lunatic’ seal of approval.

“Shared activities, mutual acquaintances, common LinkedIn connections ... Remember, you’re doing this to work around more primitive (and therefore faster) areas of the brain, and the ultimate goal is to give someone the impression that it’s not only OK for the other person to get close to you, but that it would be well worth their time.”

 

 Flash the pearly whites with a Duchenne smile

FLASH THEM A DUCHENNE SMILE

This particular type of smile involves contraction of both the zygomatic major muscle (which raises the corners of the mouth) and the orbicularis oculi muscle (which raises the cheeks and forms crow’s-feet around the eyes).

The smile is primarily produced when people are sincere and happy, and is seen as a sign of true affiliation and interest in co-operating with another person.

In an interview with Business Insider, Leil Lowndes, author or How to Talk to Anyone said people should avoid the immediate smile when first meeting someone, instead holding off for just a few seconds.

Pause and look at the other person’s face for a second, and then let a “big, warm, responsive smile flood over your face and overflow into your eyes”.

 Brush up on your current affairs to strike a bit of small talk.

BRUSH UP ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT AFFAIRS

You’re at a party or a ring-in at a dinner, and there’s no way you are going to start the night by talking about the weather. Expert advice suggests brushing up on your current affairs knowledge as a good icebreaker and area or conversation.

David Epstein, author of the popular book The Sports Gene said sport was also a great way to get in to conversation with a new acquaintance.

“Like it or not, sports news makes for great small talk,” Mr Epstein told The Independent.

“And you only need to know a little to make an instant emotional connection with a sports fan. “It’s a sliver of instant intimacy.”

  

Small favours go a long way when making friends. 

ASK YOUR NEW ACQUAINTANCE TO DO YOU A SMALL FAVOUR

We aren’t talking big favours here, like ‘can you wash my car’ or ‘can you mind my cat for the weekend,’ think small — like, ‘can you pass the red wine’ or ‘can I borrow your salt and pepper’.

Research indicates that if you do a small favour for someone, you tend to like that person more as a result. Really?

Known as the Ben Franklin effect, the reason this works is because we justify our actions to ourselves by assuming that we did the favour for someone because we like them.

Mr Franklin famously said “he that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged”.

So don’t be afraid to ask a small favour next time!

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Rita Ora has made just £265k this year compared with 2015's £1.3 millions

Rita Ora might want to start looking for a second job. A paper round perhaps?

It’s been revealed by The Sun that the X Factor judge’s company, Ora Multi Services, has ended up with just £265,457 profit in the past 12 months. 

Not too bad, right? But considering last year she made £1.3million, things aren’t looking great.

A source said: “Not releasing music for nearly four years has had an effect on Rita’s bank balance.

“She hasn’t been able to hit the road, which is where most artists make their biggest bucks. She’s still yet to follow up her 2012 album Ora. But the figure doesn’t include her X Factor fee, which would have been at least six figures.”

Might wanna start doing your shopping at Lidl instead of Marks and Spencers, love…

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Sarah Palin's swift exit from Iowa after Trump's defeat was derailed by delays leaving her stuck with 'media jackals' and grilled by students on a political field trip

Sarah Palin's attempts for a quick exit after Trump lost in Iowa failed spectacularly yesterday after she got stuck at Des Moines airport with 'media jackals' and a group of inquisitive students on a political field trip.

The former governor of Alaska, who predicted The Donald would take the Republican vote, had little to say after his defeat, fleeing the rally and declining to speak to any of those in attendance, according to multiple sources on the scene

But if Palin thought she could dodge questions about her candidate in the Iowa caucus, she was mistaken after her flight was delayed due to bad weather, leaving her stranded with political journalists and the group of sixth graders.

Palin was confronted at Des Moines airport with a group of inquisitive students on a political field trip after Trump's defeat at the Iowa caucus

The Republican had tried to make a swift exit from Iowa after predicting Trump would win but found her flight was delayed

The Santa Monica class, who had traveled from California to the caucus on a field trip, quizzed Palin  while she waited for her flight as she stuck by her choice of Trump for president.

'Trump is my favorite candidate' she insisted, saying she had enjoyed the caucus despite the result.

'It's exciting when it's that close,' she told them.

The former Republican vice president candidate swiftly brought the interview to a close after her daughter Willow claimed a reporter had been rude.

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Hillary Braces for Defeat in New Hampshire as she admits she is behind in the polls and Vermont Bernie is loved by his neighbors

A day after her near loss in the first nomination contest of 2016 Hillary Clinton began suggesting that she could come in second in a second state, New Hampshire, behind Bernie Sanders.

Clinton told CNN she was 'aiming' for a win in the Granite State but couched it in New Hampshire's tendency to vote for politicians from nearby states.

'I know that they tend to favor their neighbors. That's the pattern, the history of the primary. And Senator Sanders is a neighbor,' she told Wolf Blitzer today. 

A day after her near loss in the first nomination contest of 2016 Hillary Clinton began suggesting that she could come in second in a second state, New Hampshire, behind Bernie Sanders

Clinton told CNN she was 'aiming' for a win in the Granite State but couched it in the state's tendency to vote for politicians from nearby states like Sanders, who represents Vermont in the U.S. Senate

Two: That's how many contests Clinton will have lost or nearly lost to Sanders if she doesn't win in New Hampshire on Tuesday

Clinton waves beside Gabby Giffords, gun violence survivor and former Democratic Representative from Arizona, and Giffords' husband, retired American astronaut Mark Kelly during a campaign event at Winnacunnet High School

Gifford listens to Clinton during the rally  in Hampton, New Hampshire 

She also told her supporters in a fundraising email that Sanders has the 'home field advantage' in the New England state and asked them to pitch in money to help her defeat him.

'We've got a real fight on our hands, and we're all going to need to pitch in to win this nomination,'she said. 'We face an uphill battle in New Hampshire.'

Bill Clinton did his part on Monday in Iowa to pave the way for a possible loss in the first primary state, too.

'They never voted against anybody from next door except when an incumbent president asked them to do something else,' he told reporters during a visit to his wife's campaign headquarters in Ankeny, Iowa. 

'They never voted against anybody from next door except when an incumbent president asked them to do something else,' he told reporters during a visit to his wife's campaign headquarters in Ankeny, Iowa.

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