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Paris and Nikki have been worried about Akbar's intentions with Teairra after finding out that not only does he have a wife, but another girlfriend as well. They confronted Akbar's wife Sade at a "business lunch" and cornered his girlfriend Alejandra at her gym in an attempt to get to the bottom of it all.
His wife Sade and Alejandra have had their concerns about Teairra as evidenced by this (very creepy) bonus clip. Alejandra told Akbar about Paris and Nikki popping up on her, but Akbar won't budge.
Then, this week's episode of Love & Hip Hop Hollywood almost turned into a turnt up version of Sister Wives when Teairra and Paris turned up to Akbar's house to get to the bottom of his very complicated relationship status.
The ladies show up demanding an answer and boy did they get some. Immediately Akbar hits them with some misogynistic, weird AF sh-t. I'm not here to judge but uh, I'm gonna judge. He tells Teairra, "I invest in women. I add value to you."
Then he adds, "You been through all these broken relationships and look at you now. I came into your life for a reason…"
He then BRINGS. OUT. HIS. WIFE. AND. GIRLFRIEND.
Things get out of hand real quick, but Akbar is unfazed, which is probably the craziest part of it all:
It isn't long before all of the women are fighting as Teairra tells Akbar that this isn't what she signed up for. Good for you, TiTi!
Y'all need to watch the clip above to see it for yourself. It's truly bonkers. Tune in to Love & Hip Hop Hollywood on Mondays at 8/7c.

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Planet Earth
Naturally Black Chicken: The New SuperFood
Chinese medicinal therapeutic treatments have been recognized for decades as some of the best natural treatments ever created. As early as the Thirteenth century, black chickens were revealed in China, and have been used in Chinese medicine for well over 1,000 years. Recently popular in American delicacies, the black chicken is now considered a "superfood".
The theory of "superfood" status for the black chicken is related to the bird's high levels of anti-oxidants. An anti-oxidant is a molecule that slows down the oxidation of other chemicals in the human body. Although oxidation is essential to human life, antioxidants help to keep the process at a healthy level. The specific antioxidant present in black chickens is carnosine.
Carnosine is a substance found in high concentrations in the human brain and muscle tissues. This substance holds many antioxidant properties which are currently being studied for their positive effects in the fields of auditory, speech skills, motor development, and opthamology. The levels of carnosine in a black chicken are two times higher than those in traditional chickens. Carnosine can also be found in turkey as well as supplements offered at vitamin shops and nutrition centers.
Until recently the strange characteristics of the black chicken have rendered it unpopular in European and American cultures. The chicken is born with black bones, meat and skin and is considered a bantam or miniature chicken.
Historically the chicken was eaten as a medicinal cure and is said to have a positive effect on the yin, blood, lungs and stomach. The chicken is most commonly served as a part of a stew or soup cooked with other Chinese medicinal herbs such as wolfberries and ginseng.
The taste of the black chicken is thought by some to be sweeter than that of traditional chicken, while others claim they taste no difference at all. The black chicken can be cooked is all the same fashions as the traditional chicken, but some believe the coarser texture of the meat leads toward stewing of the black chicken meat more frequently than other cooking methods.
The black chicken is certainly the new kid on the block in the "superfood" market. Its small size and unappealing looks will undoubtedly deter some consumers from purchasing the product, but with plans to increase the size of the chicken through interbreeding, we will surely see this Chinese medicinal secret in mass distribution in no time.
Did you know there was such a thing as black chicken? And I don't mean as in dark feathers, but black skin, bones and even internal organs. There are actually several black chicken breeds in the world, especially in Asia, but the most popular of all has to be the Chinese Silkie.
Silkies are beautiful birds, covered in fluffy plumage, which is said to feel like silk, but underneath all that fluff they are far less attractive. Their skin is a dark-bluish color, the flesh is dark beige and the bones and some internal organs are pitch black. Although in the Western world silkie chickens are sold mainly for ornamental purposes, in countries like China they are considered a super food and are appreciated for their deep, gammy flavor. Called "wu gu ji" or "black-boned chicken", the silkie has been prized for its medicinal value ever since the seventh or eighth century. Chinese women consume it after they have given birth to get a boost of energy, but it's also said to have a positive effect on the yin, blood, lungs and stomach. Silkie meat is rarely roasted. To take full advantage of its curative properties, the Chinese mainly use it to make an amber-colored broth laced with ginseng , dried wolfberries and jujubes.
According to a genetic study published in 2011, the unique trait of silkie chickens, known as fibromelanosis, is caused by an unusual genetic mutation characterized as "a complex rearrangement that leads to increased expression of Endothelin 3, a gene which is known for promoting the growth of pigment cells". The massive expansion of pigment cells not only makes the skin and bones black, but also causes dark internal organs. Another interesting thing about silkies is their high content of carnosine, a naturally occurring peptide which is sold as a dietary supplement. People take it to increase muscle mass, ward of the effects of aging and alleviate diseases like diabetes or autism. Studies have shown the black chicken is one of the richest sources of carnosine.
If you're wondering how black chicken meat tastes, most people say it's no different than traditional chicken, but some say it's a little sweeter. So, would you embrace the dark side and feast on the dark flesh of a silkie?
Planet Earth
The activation of volcanoes in Iceland and Russia concern scientists: "This is an anomaly"
Almost all volcanic eruptions of the past, leading to a cooling of the climate, coincide in time with low solar activity.
Alarmingly, the Sun is currently passing through its deepest solar minimum in 100+ years and looking into the future, NASA found that the next cycle (25) could be "the weakest in the last 200 years" – a return to minimum conditions Dalton.
The Dalton Minimum (1790-1830) was a period of historically low solar activity that also included the famine-inducing eruption of Mt. Tambor, in 1815.
The eruption of Tambora was one of the most powerful on Earth in the last 2000 years, and it exacerbated the cooling of the Earth, already occurring due to low solar activity. This unfortunate combination led to one of the harshest climates of the modern era – 1816 is also known as the "year without summer".
Of today's waking volcanoes, those in Iceland are perhaps the most worrying. It is this highly volcanic region that is likely to be home to the next "big" (repeat of the 536 AD eruption that destroyed the Roman Republic), which will plunge the Earth into a new volcanic winter.
The high frequency of volcanic eruptions allows scientists to detect patterns (precursors). And if these patterns are repeated every time a volcano erupts, then scientists can be more confident in their predictions.
Grimsvötn is Iceland's most frequently erupting volcano, with approximately 65 known eruptions over the past 800 years. Icelandic scientists are closely following Grimsvotn after its 2011 eruption
Recently, researchers have seen various signals indicating that the volcano is preparing to erupt again, and have raised the threat level.
The volcano swells as new magma moves into the channel system below it. The increase in thermal activity has led to the melting of more ice, and earthquakes have also become more frequent in recent years.
The time intervals between the eruptions of Grimsvotn are different, writes Dave McGarvey, a volcanologist at Lancaster University. For example, before the larger eruption of 2011, there were smaller eruptions in 2004, 1998, and 1983. Intermittently from four to 15 years. It is important to note that given the next eruption, Grimsvotn appears to have a pattern of infrequent large eruptions that occur every 150-200 years (e.g. 2011, 1873, 1619), with smaller and more frequent eruptions occurring approximately every ten years in between.
If the previous model of Grimsvotn, consisting of occasional large eruptions with more numerous smaller eruptions occurring in between, continues in the future, then the next eruption should be small (considering that there was a large eruption in 2011).
Nevertheless, the word "must" is important here, McGarvey stresses, – Iceland's volcanoes are complex natural systems, and their patterns do not always correspond exactly to reality.
Katla is another Icelandic volcano on the verge of erupting, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Bureau (IMO). Since January of this year, researchers have recorded an upturn in and around Katla, and in recent months have recorded an increase in sulfur dioxide levels close to the site of two previous eruptions.
The previous major eruption of Katla occurred in 1918. This year is within the Hundred Years Low, the previous multi-decade period of low solar activity.
Icelandic authorities are well aware of the dangers posed by the next Katla eruption, and a delegation of volcanologists meets regularly with the Icelandic parliament to discuss how to respond in the event of an eruption.
Scientists are also concerned about the unusual behavior of Klyuchevskaya Sopka Volcano (also known as Klyuchevskaya Volcano) located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.
As a rule, a year passes between the eruptions of Klyuchevskoy volcano, but recently this period of calm has been reduced to two months – on October 5, 2020, night cameras recorded the outpouring of lava from the crater of the volcano's summit.
According to Yuri Demyanchuk, head of the Klyuchevskoy volcanic station IViS, all of this indicates an impending new larger eruption.
Klyuchevsky's uncharacteristic behavior can lead to paroxysmal explosions (unpredictable, dangerous explosions).
"The last activation was in 2013, before that – in 1994. But so far we have not observed such an intensity of tremor to speak of an impending paroxysmal activity, "the expert explains. – "This is an anomaly."
Seismic and volcanic activity is associated with changes in the Sun.
Volcanic eruptions are one of the key factors pushing the Earth towards the next stage of global cooling. Volcanic ash (particulate matter) ejected more than 10 km away – and therefore into the stratosphere – obscures sunlight and lowers Earth's temperature. Smaller particles of an eruption can linger in the upper atmosphere for years or even decades.
The recent outburst of volcanoes around the world is believed to be related to low solar activity, coronal holes, a waning magnetosphere, and an influx of cosmic rays penetrating silica-rich magma.
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The world's oceans are under attack from man-made disasters
The mass death of marine animals in the Avacha Bay in Kamchatka was due to toxic algae, according to experts of the Russian Academy of Sciences. But there are also signs of technical pollution – increased concentrations of oil products and heavy metals in water. After natural disasters, the ocean recovers itself. And what are technogenic fraught with?
For most of its history, humanity has been more consumerist about the ocean. Only in recent decades has a new understanding begun to form: the ocean is not just a resource, but also the heart of the entire planet. Its beating is felt everywhere and in everything. Currents affect the climate, bringing cold or heat with them. Water evaporates from the surface to form clouds. The blue-green algae that live in the ocean produce virtually all the oxygen on the planet.
Today we are more sensitive to reports of environmental disasters. The sight of oil spills, dead animals and garbage islands is shocking. Each time the image of the "dying ocean" is strengthened. But if we turn to facts, not pictures, how destructive are industrial accidents on big water?
Annushka has already spilled … oil
Of all oil product pollution, the majority is associated with everyday leaks. Accidents account for a small part – only 6%, and their number is decreasing. In the 1970s, countries introduced stringent requirements for tanker ships and restrictions on shipping locations. The world tanker fleet is also gradually being renewed. New vessels are equipped with a double hull to protect against holes, as well as satellite navigation to avoid shoals.
The situation with accidents on drilling platforms is more complicated. According to Peter Burgherr, an expert in assessing technological risks at the Paul Scherrer Institute, the risks will only increase:
"This is connected, firstly, with the deepening of wells, and secondly, with the expansion of production in areas with extreme conditions – for example, in the Arctic ". Restrictions on deep-sea drilling offshore have been adopted, for example, in the USA, but big business is struggling with them.
Why are spills dangerous? First of all, the mass death of life. On the high seas and oceans, oil can quickly take over vast areas. So, only 100-200 liters cover a square kilometer of the water area. And during the disaster on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico, 180 thousand square meters were contaminated. km – an area comparable to the territory of Belarus (207 thousand).
Since oil is lighter than water, it remains on the surface as a continuous film. Imagine a plastic bag over your head. Despite the small thickness of the walls, they do not allow air to pass through, and a person may suffocate. The oil film works the same way. As a result, "dead zones" can form – oxygen-poor areas where life is nearly extinct.
The consequences of such disasters can be direct – for example, contact of oil with the eyes of animals makes it difficult to navigate normally in the water – and delayed. Delayed ones include DNA damage, impaired protein production, hormone imbalances, damage to immune cells, and inflammation. The result is stunted growth, reduced fitness and fertility, and increased mortality.
The amount of oil spilled is not always proportional to the damage it causes. Much depends on the conditions. Even a small spill, if it fell during the fish breeding season and happened in the spawning area, can harm more than a large one – but outside the breeding season. In warm seas, the consequences of spills are eliminated faster than in cold ones due to the speed of the processes.
Accident elimination begins with localization – for this, special restrictive booms are used. These are floating barriers, 50-100 cm high, made of special fabric that is resistant to toxic effects. Then comes the turn of water "vacuum cleaners" – skimmers. They create a vacuum that sucks the oil film along with the water. This is the safest method, but its main disadvantage is that collectors are only effective for small spills. Up to 80% of all oil remains in the water.
Since oil burns well, it seems logical to set it on fire. This method is considered the easiest. Usually the spot is set on fire from a helicopter or ship. Under favorable conditions (thick film, weak wind, high content of light fractions), it is possible to destroy up to 80–90% of all pollution.
But this should be done as quickly as possible – then the oil forms a mixture with water (emulsion) and burns poorly. In addition, combustion itself transfers pollution from water to air. According to Alexei Knizhnikov, head of the environmental responsibility program for WWF-Russia business, this option carries more risks.
The same applies to the use of dispersants – substances that bind oil products and then sink into the water column. This is a fairly popular method that is used regularly in case of large-scale spills, when the task is to prevent oil from reaching the coast. However, dispersants are toxic by themselves. Scientists estimate that their mixture with oil becomes 52 times more toxic than oil alone.
There is no 100% effective and safe way to collect or destroy spilled oil. But the good news is that petroleum products are organic and are gradually decomposed by bacteria. And thanks to the processes of microevolution in the places of the spill, there are more precisely those organisms that are best at coping with this task. For example, after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, scientists discovered a sharp increase in the number of gamma-proteobacteria, which accelerate the decay of oil products.
Not the most peaceful atom
Another part of oceanic disasters is associated with radiation. With the onset of the "atomic age," the ocean has become a convenient testing ground. Since the mid-forties, more than 250 nuclear bombs have been detonated on the high seas. Most, by the way, are organized not by the two main rivals in the arms race, but by France – in French Polynesia. In second place is the United States with a site in the Central Pacific Ocean.
After the final test ban in 1996, accidents at nuclear power plants and emissions from nuclear waste processing plants became the main sources of radiation entering the ocean. For example, after the Chernobyl accident, the Baltic Sea was in first place in the world in terms of the concentration of cesium-137 and in third place in terms of the concentration of strontium-90.
Although precipitation fell over land, a significant part of it fell into the seas with rain and river water. In 2011, during the accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant, a significant amount of cesium-137 and strontium-90 was released from the destroyed reactor. By the end of 2014, the isotopes of cesium-137 had spread throughout the Northwest Pacific.
Most of the radioactive elements are metals (including cesium, strontium, and plutonium). They do not dissolve in water, but remain in it until the half-life occurs. It is different for different isotopes: for example, for iodine-131 it is only eight days, for strontium-90 and cesium-137 – three decades, and for plutonium-239 – more than 24 thousand years.
The most dangerous isotopes of cesium, plutonium, strontium and iodine. They accumulate in the tissues of living organisms, creating a danger of radiation sickness and oncology. For example, cesium-137 is responsible for most of the radiation received by humans during trials and accidents.
This all sounds very disturbing. But now there is a tendency in the scientific world to revise early fears about radiation hazards. For example, according to researchers at Columbia University, in 2019, the plutonium content in parts of the Marshall Islands was 1,000 times higher than that in samples near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
But despite this high concentration, there is no evidence of significant health effects that would prevent us from, say, eating Pacific seafood. In general, the influence of technogenic radionuclides on nature is insignificant.
More than nine years have passed since the accident at Fukushima-1. Today, the main question that worries specialists is what to do with radioactive water, which was used to cool fuel in destroyed power units. By 2017, most of the water had been sealed off in huge cisterns onshore. In this case, groundwater that comes into contact with the contaminated zone is also contaminated. It is collected using pumps and drainage wells and then purified with carbon-based absorbents.
But one element still does not lend itself to such cleaning – it is tritium, and around it most of the copies break today. The reserves of water storage space on the territory of the nuclear power plant will be exhausted by the summer of 2022. Experts are considering several options for what to do with this water: evaporate into the atmosphere, bury or dump into the ocean. The latter option is today recognized as the most justified – both technologically and in terms of consequences for nature.
On the one hand, the effect of tritium on the body is still poorly understood. Which concentration is considered safe, no one knows for sure. For example, in Australia the standards for its content in drinking water are 740 Bq / l, and in the USA – 76 Bq / l. On the other hand, tritium poses a threat to human health only in very large doses. Its half-life from the body is from 7 to 14 days. It is almost impossible to get a significant dose during this time.
Another problem, which some experts consider a ticking time bomb, are barrels of nuclear fuel waste buried mainly in the North Atlantic, most of which are located north of Russia or off the coast of Western Europe. Time and sea water "eat up" the metal, and in the future, pollution may increase, says Vladimir Reshetov, associate professor of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. In addition, water from spent fuel storage pools and waste from nuclear fuel reprocessing can be discharged into wastewater and from there into the ocean.
Time bomb
Chemical industries pose a great threat to communities of aquatic life. Metals such as mercury, lead and cadmium are especially dangerous for them. Due to strong ocean currents, they can be carried over long distances and not settle to the bottom for a long time. And off the coast, where the factories are located, infection primarily affects benthic organisms. They become food for small fish, and those for larger ones. It is the large predatory fish (tuna or halibut) that get to our table that are most infected.
In 1956, doctors in the Japanese city of Minamata faced a strange illness in a girl named Kumiko Matsunaga. She began to haunt sudden seizures, difficulties with movement and speech. A couple of days later, her sister was admitted to the hospital with the same symptoms. Then polls revealed several more similar cases. The animals in the city also behaved in a similar manner. Ravens fell from the sky, and algae began to disappear near the shore.
The authorities formed the "Strange Disease Committee", which discovered a trait common to all infected: the consumption of local seafood. The plant of the Chisso company, which specialized in the production of fertilizers, fell under suspicion. But the reason was not immediately established.
Only two years later, the British neurologist Douglas McElpine, who worked a lot with mercury poisoning, found out that the cause was mercury compounds that were dumped into the water of Minamata Bay more than 30 years since the start of production.
Bottom microorganisms converted mercury sulfate into organic methylmercury, which ended up in fish meat and oysters along the food chain. Methylmercury readily penetrated cell membranes, causing oxidative stress and disrupting neuronal function. This resulted in irreversible damage. The fish themselves are better protected from the effects of mercury than mammals due to the higher content of antioxidants in the tissues.
By 1977, authorities counted 2,800 victims of Minamata Disease, including cases of congenital fetal abnormalities. The main consequence of this tragedy was the signing of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, which banned the production, export and import of several different types of mercury-containing products, including lamps, thermometers and pressure measuring instruments.
However, this is not enough. Large amounts of mercury are emitted from coal-fired power plants, industrial boilers and home stoves. Scientists estimate that the concentration of heavy metals in the ocean has tripled since the start of the industrial revolution. In order to become relatively harmless to most animals, metallic impurities must travel deeper. However, this could take decades, scientists warn.
Now the main way to deal with such pollution is high-quality cleaning systems at enterprises. Mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants can be reduced by using chemical filters. In developed countries this is becoming the norm, but many third world countries cannot afford it. Another source of metal is sewage. But here, too, everything depends on money for cleaning systems, which many developing countries do not have.
Whose responsibility?
The state of the ocean is much better today than it was 50 years ago. Then, at the initiative of the UN, many important international agreements were signed that regulate the use of the resources of the World Ocean, oil production and toxic industries. Perhaps the most famous in this row is the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, signed in 1982 by most countries in the world.
There are also conventions on certain issues: on the prevention of marine pollution by dumping of wastes and other materials (1972), on the establishment of an international fund to compensate for damage from oil pollution (1971 and and harmful substances (1996) and others.
Individual countries also have their own restrictions. For example, France has passed a law strictly regulating the discharge of water for factories and plants. The French coastline is patrolled by helicopters to control tanker discharges. In Sweden, tanker tanks are labeled with special isotopes, so scientists analyzing oil spills can always determine which ship was discharged from. In the United States, a moratorium on deep sea drilling was recently extended to 2022.
On the other hand, decisions made at the macro level are not always respected by specific countries. There is always an opportunity to save money on protective and filtering systems. For example, the recent accident at the CHPP-3 in Norilsk with the discharge of fuel to the river, according to one version, occurred for this reason.
The company did not have equipment to detect subsidence, which led to a crack in the fuel tank. And in 2011, the White House Commission to investigate the causes of the accident on the Deepwater Horizon platform concluded that the tragedy was caused by the policy of BP and its partners to reduce security costs.
According to Konstantin Zgurovsky, Senior Advisor to the WWF-Russia Sustainable Marine Fisheries Program, a strategic environmental assessment system is needed to prevent disasters. Such a measure is provided for by the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, which has been signed by many states, including the countries of the former USSR – but not Russia.
"The signing and use of SEA allows in advance, before the start of work, to assess the long-term consequences of a project, which makes it possible not only to reduce the risk of environmental disasters, but also to avoid unnecessary costs for projects that can be potentially dangerous to nature and humans."
Another problem that Anna Makarova, Associate Professor of the UNESCO Chair "Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development" draws attention to, is the lack of monitoring of waste burials and mothballed industries. "In the 90s, many went bankrupt and quit production. Already 20-30 years have passed, and these systems began to simply collapse.
Abandoned production facilities, abandoned warehouses. There is no owner. Who is watching this? " According to the expert, disaster prevention is largely a matter of managerial decisions: "The response time is critical. We need a clear protocol of measures: which services interact, where the funding comes from, where and by whom the samples are analyzed. "
The scientific challenges are related to climate change. When ice melts in one place, and storms begin in another, the ocean can behave unpredictably. For example, one of the versions of the mass death of animals in Kamchatka is an outbreak of the number of toxic microalgae, which is associated with climate warming. All this has to be studied and modeled.
So far, the ocean has enough resources to heal their "wounds" on their own. But one day he may present an invoice to us.
Planet Earth
Scientists told what the food of the future will look like
Danish scientists suggest that in the future, meat will be replaced by more healthy and environmentally friendly seafood – algae, shellfish and tiny fish. The research results are published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.
Beef farming does not fit well with the concept of sustainable development adopted in Western countries. At the same time, not all people are ready to give up meat in order to preserve the climate.
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen studied consumer behavior in food choices and made a prediction of how it can be influenced and how to replace meat in the European food basket.
It is known that meat products have a special meat flavor, which the Japanese call umami. This taste is created by monosodium glutamate, and the human tongue has special L-glutamate receptors that pick it up. Product manufacturers make good use of this – monosodium glutamate is included in food additives of the E600 – E699 group.
At the same time, umami is present in the taste of some plant foods – walnuts, broccoli, tomatoes, shiitake mushrooms.
"A lot of people just crave the taste of their minds," the study leader, Professor Ole G. Mouritsen of the Department of Food Science and Consumer Behavior, quoted a press release from the University of Copenhagen. a small amount of animal products such as meat, eggs and milk, along with vegetables. However, alternatives to juicy steak could be considered, of which there are many."
The authors suggest looking for alternative sources of protein and healthy fatty acids among seafood, especially those with huge renewable reserves, but still not fully exploited. The researchers estimate that only sprat can meet 20 percent of Denmark 's protein needs.
"And sprat fishing will help avoid the over-exploitation of more well-known fish species such as cod, flounder and salmon," explains the professor.
In addition to the sprat, there are many small benthic species of fish – gerbils, gobi, which can serve as a source of protein, as well as seaweed and cephalopods.
Scientists note that today, out of ten thousand types of algae, only 500 are used as food, despite the fact that they are incredibly rich in beneficial nutrients and vitamins. The picture is the same for cephalopods – about 30 out of 800 species are used for food in the world.
"It has a lot to do with our culture and traditions," says Mouritsen. "It takes time to change our eating habits. We've eaten and cooked meat for over a million years. So while seaweed, squid and shellfish contain important fatty acids and vitamins and taste great, we are still reluctant to classify these species as food sources."
The authors believe food technology, which has long used the two main flavors, sweet and meat, in food flavorings, will help make seafood more attractive.
"Sweetness signals the brain for calories and survival, while umami signals that we are consuming something good for the muscles. However, many seafood, seaweed and vegetables have their own great taste," the scientist notes.
In particular, according to researchers, many vegetables develop a sweet and umami flavor during fermentation – this can be used to develop a rational diet for the future.
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When was the last time you read a manual? Most of us are so impatient that we skip straight to plug and play. That's true whether it's a computer program, a cell phone or a rental car.
Taking pills is no exception. Most people don't take time to consult a pharmacist when they pick up a prescription. If they get printed information in the bag, chances are it gets filed or tossed but not read carefully.
This could be disastrous because for some medicines it makes a difference how and when you take them. Most of us are busy, so it is completely understandable that we swallow our pills first thing in the morning, often with breakfast, and get on with our day. What we eat (bacon and eggs, oatmeal or a bran muffin) and what we drink (orange juice, coffee or water) can profoundly influence how our drugs work.
Consider levothyroxine (Synthroid) as an example. It is one of the perennial top drugs in the pharmacy, used to treat an underperforming thyroid gland.
Patients are usually instructed to take this medication first thing in the morning, before breakfast. How long before breakfast? The prescribing information recommends 30 minutes to an hour before breakfast.
Why? Drinking coffee, as so many of us do at breakfast, reduces the rate and extent of absorption of the levothyroxine tablet (Thyroid, March, 2008).
There are other hazards lurking in breakfast as well. A survey of people taking levothyroxine found that half of them were also taking calcium or iron supplements, which can interfere with Synthroid absorption (Drugs in R&D, March, 2016). Orange juice fortified with calcium can also reduce levothyroxine absorption. One-fifth of these folks did not wait at least half an hour after taking their thyroid pill before eating breakfast.
More than two-thirds reported eating high-fiber foods such as bran flakes or fiber bars or foods high in soy such as soy sausage or soy milk more than twice a week. These foods are also believed to interfere with levothyroxine absorption.
Sticking with breakfast but looking at a different medication, we find that the absorption of the beta blocker blood pressure pill atenolol can be halved if it is taken at the same time as tea (Frontiers in Pharmacology, online June 29, 2016).
New food and drug interactions are being discovered all the time. One recent research report shows that the diabetes drug repaglinide (Prandin) may be metabolized more slowly if the person has consumed the non-sugar sweetener stevia (Food and Chemical Toxicology, Aug., 2016). Since people with diabetes often use non-sugar sweeteners, this combination could lead to unexpectedly low blood sugar.
Other food and drug interactions are better known. Physicians and pharmacists are aware of a number of medications that can be affected by grapefruit or grapefruit juice.
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Stillorgan (Irish: Stigh Lorgan, also Stigh Lorcáin and previously Tigh Lorcáin or Teach Lorcáin), formerly a village in its own right, is now a suburban area of Dublin in Ireland. Stillorgan is located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, and contains many housing estates, shops and other facilities, with the old village centre still present. Stillorgan neighbours other southside districts such as Kilmacud, Mount Merrion, Sandyford, Leopardstown, Dundrum, Blackrock, Goatstown and Foxrock.
The suburban region defined as the Stillorgan ward (electoral area) of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, an area considerably larger than Stillorgan village, had a population of 19,840 at the 2006 census.[1]
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Skip to 0 minutes and 4 seconds The biological processes associated with life are achieved by sets of chemical reactions that take place inside cells. The sum of these reactions constitute cellular metabolism and they are organised into metabolic pathways. Two main types of pathways, namely catabolic and anabolic pathways, interconvert large biomolecules, such as fats, carbohydrates and proteins, and their smaller, constituent parts, such as lipids, sugars and amino acids. Catabolic pathways break down large biomolecules, releasing cellular energy in the process, while small biomolecules provide key chemical building blocks for the anabolic pathways, which use up cellular energy as they synthesise the large molecules that compose the cell.
Skip to 0 minutes and 51 seconds Catabolic and anabolic pathways lead to opposing effects, namely the break down or synthesis of large biomolecules, so these types of cellular reactions are carefully coordinated, ensuring that cells function properly without wasting cellular energy. All biochemical reactions involve changes in energy as a result of the breaking and subsequent formation of chemical bonds. Bioenergetics studies the energy transformations that occur as a result of metabolic processes and, during this week of the course, we will look at some of these processes in detail. The energy released during metabolic pathways is used to "do work" within cells, which may relate to homeostasis, the movement of molecules or cells, and the setting up of gradients of molecules.
Skip to 1 minute and 38 seconds Much energy within cells is tied up in organic molecules, but, when studying bioenergetics, biochemists usually focus on the proportion of energy that becomes "free" to do work. Overall, catabolic pathways release energy and are described as exergonic, whereas anabolic pathways use up energy and are described as endergonic. Through millions of years of evolution, cells have developed efficient ways of temporarily storing energy in the form of high-energy covalent bonds contained in activated carrier molecules. When considering the different metabolic pathways that occur in cells, it's clear that they are interconnected. During metabolism, energetically favorable reactions can be coupled to the energy requiring production of an activated carrier molecule, ensuring that the free energy released can be captured in a useful form.
Skip to 2 minutes and 26 seconds From your previous studies, you may already be familiar with the most abundant and versatile activated carrier molecule within all cells, which is called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. This molecule is widely regarded as the near universal energy currency in cells, providing immediate access to energy for an enormous variety of cellular processes. We will now turn our attention to some of the key biological processes that make ATP because, ultimately, these generate the energy that sustains cellular life. We could review the metabolic pathways that are linked to any of the large biomolecules, such as lipids, nucleic acids or proteins, and in doing so we could review the connections between them.
Skip to 3 minutes and 17 seconds To keep our discussion relatively straightforward, here we will focus on the metabolism of sugars, which are specific types of carbohydrates. Sugars are broken down by the process of glycolysis in the cytoplasm- a series of ten enzyme catalysed biochemical reactions that converts glucose into two molecules of pyruvate and some additional compounds, such as NADH, another activated carrier. Some of the energy released by glycolysis is coupled to the synthesis of ATP molecules from ADP and inorganic phosphate, by a process known as substrate level phosphorylation.
Skip to 3 minutes and 54 seconds The pyruvate generated by glycolysis is converted to acetyl CoA, which then feeds into a series of eight enzyme catalyzed steps known as the citric acid cycle, or Krebs cycle, in the mitochondrial matrix. This cyclical pathway generates various activated carrier molecules, such as NAD, FAD and ATP. NAD and FAD donate high energy electrons to a chain of proteins embedded on the inner mitochondrial membrane. This electron transport chain finishes with the electrons being passed on to molecular oxygen, which is reduced to form water. The energy released as a result of the passage of electrons along the respiratory chain is used to transport protons across the inner mitochondrial membrane, which creates an electrochemical proton gradient across the membrane.
Skip to 4 minutes and 44 seconds Protons move back into the mitochondrial matrix through intrinsic channel proteins associated with the enzyme ATP synthase. This process, known as chemiosmosis, releases energy that can be harnessed by the enzyme ATP synthase in order to synthesize ATP from ADP. Using a similar set of biochemical reactions, plants use chemiosmosis to generate ATP in the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis. Solar energy is captured by chlorophyll pigments of the photosystems in the chloroplasts of plants inducing electron transfer processes that create the electrochemical proton gradient across the thylakoid membrane.
Skip to 5 minutes and 25 seconds So far, we've only explored a part of the metabolism of carbohydrates, but it's important to remember that cells metabolise different types of compounds, such as proteins, nucleic acids and fatty acid, sometimes to generate energy and sometimes to produce other molecules. For example, fatty acids are catabolised in the mitochondria by a repetitive four step sequence of enzyme catalyzed reactions called oxidation. Each passage through this pathway produces a molecule of FAD, NAD and acetyl CoA and these can feed into the citric acid cycle, or Krebs cycle, and electron transport chain as highlighted above.
Skip to 6 minutes and 11 seconds The metabolism of nitrogen-containing compounds are also important because nitrogen is a key component of the amino acids of proteins and the nucleotides that are so important for the synthesis of DNA and RNA. The process we have summarised from glycolysis right up to the end of the electron transport chain is commonly referred to as cellular respiration. Importantly, some cells can use molecules other than oxygen to act as the final electron acceptor, allowing them to obtain energy from different environments. For example, some microbes generate metabolic energy using nitrate as a terminal electron acceptor of the electron transport chains. This pathway is of growing significance to biochemists since some intermediates of the process are significant greenhouse gases.
Skip to 6 minutes and 59 seconds An understanding of bioenergetics is also important for improved awareness of several human diseases that are caused by disruptions in mitochondrial processes, including some forms of cancer and cardiovascular disease. As we will explore further this week, the process of photosynthesis is inspiring solutions to the growing demand for sustainable energy, in the form of novel biofuels and advanced biotechnology products that can convert solar energy into a useful form.
Introduction to metabolism and bioenergetics
Metabolism is central to all cellular life. The video describes the cellular and molecular changes that deliver energy for organisms through different pathways. It highlights two of the most fundamental processes, photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
Focusing on respiration, the video describes how electrons pass along the respiratory chain from one protein to the next and generate a proton gradient across the mitochondrial membrane. As protons move back into the mitochondrial matrix in a process known as chemiosmosis, the molecular machine known as ATP synthase generates ATP. Professor Sir John Walker was one of the researchers who discovered the structure of ATP synthase, winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this research in 1997. Through further studies a detailed understanding of the structure and function of ATP synthase has been obtained - an example of this can be viewed in our Gallery of Molecules.
Professor Walker's research group have also prepared some beautiful animations that illustrate how ATP synthase functions at a molecular level. They illustrate the function and assembly of the mitochondrial ATP synthase.
(To see each animation at its best, you need to click on the "play" button and then make the video full screen, or click on its link in Youtube.)
Screenshot from a molecular animation of ATP synthase prepared by MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit.
Technical terms in simplified form
Endergonic reactions are ones in which energy is absorbed from the surroundings. In simple terms, it takes more energy to start the reaction than what is obtained out of it, so the total energy change is a negative net result.
Exergonic reactions are ones in which a positive flow of energy is released to the surroundings. In simple terms, more energy is obtained out of the reaction that is required to start it, so the total energy change is a positive net result.
Cellular respiration refers to sets of metabolic reactions that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into cellular energy, with the release of waste products. Nutrients that are commonly used in respiration include sugars, amino acids and fatty acids. The most common oxidizing agent used as an electron acceptor in respiration is molecular oxygen (O2), though some organisms can use other chemicals as their final electron acceptor.
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text: Rachel Dolezal becomes a social phenomenon when she passes herself off as an African American and becomes the head of her local N.A.A.C.P. chapter. Rachel Dolezal became infamous when she was unmasked as a white woman living as the black head of her local N.A.A.C.P. chapter. Her unbelievable story issued a direct challenge to the sensitive topics of race and identity, while playing into the age of viral media. Whether she was hated or simply misunderstood, Dolezal touched a collective nerve in the racially charged contemporary, causing her to burst into the public consciousness. Filming exclusively with Dolezal, her sons, and her adoptive sister Esther, documentarian Laura Brownson delves into the motivations and personal life of this divisive and controversial figure; in doing so, she explores the troubled past that has informed Dolezal's confusing present and uncertain future. Executive produced by Academy Award®-winner Roger Ross Williams, The Rachel Divide is a fully realized portrait of a life more complex than any tabloid would lead its readers to believe. The film demands the question: Is Dolezal truly "trans-black," as she describes herself, or is she the ultimate example of white privilege?


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One of the awesome things I like about The Grateful Golfer is my plan to willingness to freely share all things golf. I think it is important to be open to suggestions and sage advice of other players/readers who have experienced some of the same golfing issues. It is these helpful people who expand my knowledge about and understanding about golf. They also aid in my continuing quest to increase my knowledge of this fun sport.
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I receive advice about the mental aspects of golf. I listen to like-minded players who take huge steps to change their game. As they learn and share with the rest of us, I share with you; that way we can all benefit.
Others outline their challenges and successes. More importantly, they share "how" they overcome challenge and many of their comments are helpful to you as a reader.
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Stop Politically Victimising Trenton Oldfield and Grant Spousal Visa
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This is important to every British Citizen who values their Civil Rights. I feel every person with a strong moral compass will know that Theresa May and her Home Office cronies are politically terrorising Trenton Oldfield by refusing him his spousal visa and ordering him to leave the country. Trenton has lived in the UK for over 10 years, has a British wife and is Australian by birth. He has no previous convictions and his only 'crime' was to disrupt the Oxford v Cambridge boatrace for awareness about the political elites and class system. He served time in wormwood scrubs for this! Even though he only swam in the river thames. He has served his time and contributes to this country by being a class 1 immigrant on the tier system as being highly skilled and runs non profit organisations along with being a writer. He is not only married to a British woman, they are expecting a child. Let's stand together and refuse to allow this to happen and call out Theresa May for what she is.
We allow financial terrorist to remain in government and the country, rapists seem to be allowed wrongly to stay in this country claiming human rights abuses. Clearly this is such a terrible decision against Trenton and is politically motivated by the political elites it seems unimaginable it could go through. Let's save the taxpayer a fortune also by avoiding lengthy appeals and send a very strong message by nipping this in the bud and putting the Home Office back in it's place on this.
More information here in the Guardian's article:
Trenton Oldfield is an Australian activist by birth who disrupted the 2012 Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race in protest at government cuts has been ordered to leave the country despite having lived in the UK for more than 10 years and after receiving a six-month jail term that many thought was severe.
Trenton Oldfield, whose British wife is expecting a child this week, has had his application for a spousal visa refused. The Home Office informed the 37-year-old that his continued presence in Britain would not be "conducive to the public good" after he swam in front of the crews during the 158th Boat Race on the Thames.
Oldfield, who served two months in Wormwood Scrubs, told the Guardian he had appealed. "No one was expecting this. I have a tier one visa, as a highly skilled migrant, and I was sentenced to less than a year. The lawyer said I had nothing to worry about because it was less than a year. It feels to me that this is a very vindictive decision, very political and very much an overreaction."
He stressed that his protest was peaceful and non-violent. "Before bringing their verdict, the jury asked the judge if she could be lenient. The probation officer recommended a non-custodial sentence. The sentence was excessive, but the judge also said I have contributed positively to life in this country."
Oldfield, who has no previous convictions, rejected the notion that he might return to Australia. His wife Deepa has never been there and she has relatives here. "We clearly have a life together here," he said. "We work together, we publish books, we run two not-for-profit organisations. Every part of our lives is entangled together here. We are about to have a family."
He told the court that his protest, which halted the event for 25 minutes, was designed to highlight elitism in British society. Before setting out, he wrote a blog setting out his rationale and making clear that his plan did not constitute an act of terrorism. "People tell me that on the day of the race, 500,000 people looked up the word 'elitism' on Google. It sparked a debate."
His wife, 36, knew nothing of his intentions. She was abroad and he deliberately hid the plan from her for fear she would be prosecuted as part of a joint enterprise. "We didn't think they would seek to effectively deport him," she said. "We were told that was for violent criminals, major fraudsters and terrorists. Nothing Trenton did approaches that."
She added: "We can't not live and work together. That's impossible. I can't be separated from him. I don't think people will see his sentence and this decision as reasonable consequences from a peaceful protest. It seems to reinforce the point he was making about the Boat Race. Would this be happening if he had disrupted any other event?"
Jailing Oldfield last October, Judge Anne Molyneux was critical, ruling that he had acted "dangerously and disproportionately" and exhibited prejudice. But she made no adverse reference to his immigration status.
The appeal casts the visa refusal as disproportionate and says it breaches article 8 of the European convention on human rights, guaranteeing the right to family life.
Among those supporting is Oldfield is his MP, Rushanara Ali. "He has served his sentence and now his right to family life is being undermined," she said. "I don't condone what he did, but it seems disproportionate to say that someone whose offence was to disrupt the Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race is a threat to our security, whose presence is not conducive to the public good."
Supporters also claim a pattern of victimisation. Oldfield originally faced a public order offence before the charge was increased to public nuisance, with the potential for life imprisonment. In the interim, the Tory MP Michael Ellis had used a meeting of the home affairs select committee to suggest to the Met commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe, that Oldfield would better be charged with an offence that might offer a custodial sentence. The commissioner said that was being considered.
The campaigning journalist John Pilger, who signed a petition protesting the judicial authorities' treatment of Oldfield, said the home secretary's stance was ridiculous. He is not a criminal or a terrorist. He was a protester acting on principle, whether or not you agreed with his action. What the Home Office is really saying is that all forms protest are now potentially criminalised," Pilger said.
Mitch Mitchell, of the campaign group Defend the Right to Protest, said: "The authorities are cracking down harder and harder against anyone who raises a voice."
A Home Office spokesman said: "Those who come to the UK must abide by our laws."
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Hello all!! Hope you have had a great time reading the previous post on Nan Yang and Xiao Xuan's wedding… Did tears came welling up in your eyes just like how it happened the same for me? :')
In this post we'd like to bring you a magical wedding of Richard and Puvana that took place at (Dutch) Pavilion, Shangri-La Singapore. This heritage building is one of the unique wedding venues for a small intimate celebration, nestled amidst tropical gardens within Shangri-La Hotel. With its old Dutch school charm and beautiful gable roofs, it made a distinctive setting for their nuptials.
The decoration was inspired by the galaxy themed and bride's favorite colors of deep blue and purple. We worked our way towards creating a glam starry night sky for them, surrounded by dozens of shining stars and beautiful lights. Using sophisticated palette of Blues, Purple, Sparkling Gold & White which indeed the perfect choices to compliment this amazing heritage site.
Without further ado, please enjoy these magical reception details photos!
Overlay the registration tables with rich blue sequin linen, draping gold gilt garland and flowers.
We customized the dessert items to theme as well such as Galaxy cakepops, 'Moon-berries' tarts, 'Mars-mallow', Macarons and not to forget the galaxy milky-way table overlay accompanied with warm fairy lights backdrop and glittering stars to complete the setup!
THE WALKWAY | was adorned with star-shaped marquee lights at the entrance to greet the guests, fairy lights draping along the walkway, glittering shiny stars from the roofs. Under the night sky, it was totally romantic and heart warming!!
We managed to take a few snapshots before we take it all down! ><
"Marriages are like fingerprints; each one is different and each one is beautiful." It is so true indeed. This wedding is one of a kind, and definitely a beautiful and heartening one. We are blessed to be able to witness it! Congratulations once again, Richard and Puvana, stay in love! (:
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Cabin Fever: It's a snowy, snowy, snowy, snowy, world!Monday, February 08, 2010
I swear, my next post will NOT be snow-related, but hey—this is what's going on around here! What else is there to write about? (Plus, I need to let Abbie live vicariously through me for a minute…)
To bring you up to speed, the DC area received 2+ feet of snow (the numbers are different for every area, but it was mid-thigh outside of our place and Dulles airport got 33 inches!) over Friday and Saturday. It's been gorgeous, but cold ever since, so nothing is melting and there is a big fat mess outside. The schools are closed (which is why I'm posting at 11 am), the federal gov't is closed, city buses aren't running, you can't get a cab to save your life, and the metro is only running between underground stops. Even Tyler "You-Call-This-Snow?" Grassmeyer called me from work this morning to say, "It's really bad out here…" On top of this, we're supposed to get another 6 to 12 inches on Tuesday night. This is out of control, people!
I think it's all a lot of fun, but I know a lot of people are frustrated and without power… My car is literally buried under snow, so anywhere I go this week needs to be within walking distance—luckily, there's a grocery store nearby, but it looks like that might be the height of my excitement for the next few days.
Friday AM before it all started…And so it starts… These poor guys shoveled night and day… Our kitchen window.We ventured out on Saturday before the snow stopped.Can you see it? That's my car…Thigh high.Poor Dr. Seuss trees are not holding up well.Underneath a tree…The end of our street—I swear, we don't live in a rural area! We walked to Shirlington Village… Because we wanted to make Randy even more jealous-er than he already was!That's right, Rando… We walked to Caribou through 2 feet of snow. (But they were closed.)A deserted Shirlington Village—this fun area close to our place was not so hoppin' this weekend.Frozen river between the dog park and running trail…Note to self: don't start snowball fights with people from Nebraska. I have amateur written all over me. I will sacrifice my pride and show you this picture… :)
And then it's always gorgeous the next day!The Big Dig.
We dug out Tyler's car (we gave up on mine), which was in the parking lot (It was like a big party out there—I'm surprised no one was serving drinks!). We did about 60% of it with my trusty Georgia Bulldawg popcorn bowl, but Tyler wasn't satisfied with this and finally borrowed a shovel from a neighbor.
This is where I felt like I had the upperhand: he kept looking for a shovel while I happily scooped with my bowl and said, "I grew up on the beach! This is nothing! I have no problem digging with plastic buckets—snow is just like cold sand…Amateur."
And lastly, some aerial shots of my beautiful city stolen from the internets. I love this place…
The Jefferson Memorial
Arlington National CemeteryJust kidding! But that's what it seems like...
(Sorry for the length…what else do I have to do??)
I'll be back soon (probably tomorrow!) with a non-snow post. I promise.


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In Eastern Tennessee, you will experience the greatest lawn success by planting cool-season grasses that are able to tolerate the weather changes throughout the year. While not as cold as some other areas of the United States, Tennessee does experience colder temperatures that are not conducive to warm-season grasses.
Kentucky bluegrass is a common cool-weather grass that will grow well in East Tennessee. Because it develops rhizomes that spread under the ground surface to reproduce, it develops a dense lawn with a strong root structure. The common use of this seed is attributed to its tolerance of varied light conditions and quick establishment time. One disadvantage of bluegrass is its lack of drought resistance. If it is not watered during times of low rainfall, the grass will turn brown and enter a dormant state.
Tall Fescue
Another common cool season grass that grows well in this region is tall fescue. It is a good seed to mix with bluegrass because it has a higher drought tolerance. This will leave your grass looking healthy even if the bluegrass becomes dormant. It will grow well if there is a high level of clay in your soil composition.
Ryegrass is commonly used in residential lawns because it quickly establishes a strong root structure and healthy lawn. There are both perennial and annual varieties of ryegrass. The perennial varieties are commonly used on lawns that have wet conditions or poor drainage. The annual variety is used as a temporary grass to provide erosion control while other varieties of grass establish a healthy lawn.
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Heather Heinzer is a freelance writer from Wisconsin. She has been writing professionally since 2008 and has been featured in "Parents for Parents" magazine. She is planning to return to the University of Wisconsin-Rock County to obtain a degree in communications.


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Android Firmware Transmissions to China
Kryptowire, a mobile security research firm, has announced the discovery of firmware in select android phones that transmits data, including PII to third-party servers. According to Kryptowire:
"These devices actively transmitted user and device information including the full-body of text messages, contact lists, call history with full telephone numbers, unique device identifiers including the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI)."
The capabilities of this firmware did not end there, they included the ability to bypass permission models and security of Android, remotely wipe or reprogram the device, and execute commands with privilege escalation.
The data is sent encrypted by the firmware to servers in Shanghai, China and the firmware was created by a Chinese firm known as Shanghai Adups Technology Co. Ltd. This firmware went undiscovered due to malware detection and Android OS white-listing firmware and associated data and applications pre-shipped with the phone. Kryptowire discovered this through code and network analysis of the phones behavior and subsequently informed the retailers and manufacturers of these phones.


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The game start ups fast, but the first screen is immediately confusing. The player has to chose between puzzle and free.
In this screenshot, you can see a player expecting the "puzzle" to be a paying option, and pick the "free" button first.
From there, the next steps aren't obvious, and the player finally realised their error, seeing there was no tutorial at the start of the game.
The goal of the first level is quite simple : align one color to form a single vertical line.
Players we observed did not see the goal area on the right, focusing entirely on the grid of lines.
Matching lines of the same color is obvious enough, but not the target.
A while later, the player is completing all lines of one type, still not understanding why he's not progressing in the game.
This is a typical case of selective attention / change blindness, and the players failed to notice the game's goal throughout several levels.
Later, still in the first level, the player realises that he can create lines in other directions, yet he keeps failing making a vertical one to complete the level.
When the player finally completes the game, he isn't given time to understand why he won.
As seen in the previous animation, the "win" dialog is displayed as soon as the player completes the game, without a transition.
This is very confusing for the user who can complete several levels without understanding why he completes them.
To make the winning condition and goal easier to understand, making the "win" pop up appear just after the scoring feedback may help the user to understand which end situation lead him to win.
Later in the game, we can observe other, smaller issues that are more or less related to this first one.
The transition between two levels is extremely fast…
… but the loading animation of a new level is a bit long, and gets frustrating after a while, for the player, who just wants to start playing.
It is unclear for the player that he can switch tiles that aren't next to each other. Players took, again, several levels to realise this.
On the plus side, notice the feedback on the score increase when the player matches colours : the number of points added is clearly identified, and helps the player understand the impact of his action on the score.


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We are delighted to deliver a second year of WANDA. This couldn't have happened without the encouragement and support we received last year, and the continued support this year. Because of this we would like to take the opportunity to thank all at Belfast Film Festival and Film Hub NI for their constant guidance and support.
Building on the back of last year's successful approach of positioning older films with new works - both politically motivated and of local interest - our hope is this year's programme continues to find an intergenerational, engaged and enquiring audience.
We are delighted to be opening with Persepolis, a modern feminist classic that deals with both cultural identity and teenage discovery. It's our first animation feature, and one we are sure will attract a different crowd. On Friday night The WANDA Quiz will not only test your feminist film knowledge but will raise money for the newly formed and essential Rape Crisis NI.
Another exciting element this year is that we are in great company and will be joined by a fantastic panel of film programmers from the UK and Ireland to help launch Film Hub NI's Women Run The Screen mentoring scheme. The official launch and networking event will be during the festival at QFT, another of our fabulous partners and supporters we would be lost without.
This programme touches on some of Northern Ireland's leading debates, discussing abortion on screen and the fight for equal marriage rights. We have wonderful speakers at each of our screenings which add so much more to the experience. Our closing film this year is an Irish premiere of Rafiki by Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu. Banned in its country of origin due to its depiction of a lesbian relationship, Rafiki is a stunning and nuanced film with a cracking soundtrack and we are so excited to share it with you.
So get browsing, pick out what you want to see and invite your friends!
See you there?
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LICH rating: (3 / 5) (This rating is only a snapshot. The details are in the words.)
Director Rohit Shetty has a plan. One that slowly manifests itself in his latest box-office zip-zoom-bang outing, Simmba. It's clear that it's dawned upon him that he now is master of the franchise concept in the Hindi film industry, and he's all set to do a Marvel in his own smorgasbord universe. Which is why, you have his ensemble from the Golmaal series shaking a frozen leg-step in the reprised Aankh Maare; and later in the movie, another cop from another mother-franchise makes a breakthrough entry that sent the audience in my hall into a rapture of whistles and claps.
And it's also very clear that the director is moving in fast to lock in his place as the unabashed maker of movies that were once the domain of Mr. Logicus Suspendus, the late Manmohan Desai. Simmba is a modern-day slapstick that's slapped on to a mid 70s-early 80s script-hanger from the wardrobe of an angry young Amitabh Bachchan—which is why you have an orphan, Sangram "Simmba" Bhalerao (played by a young actor whose precociousness made me stir-cringe), selling tickets outside cinema halls in 'black', and his run-in with the local goon in Goa, Durva Ranade (Sonu Sinewy Sood) that you know will be resurrected later a la Deewar. Shetty also milks the orphan-bit in another melodramatic scene that made me want to reach for my hanky…to tie around my ears. For the scene's embarrassingly 80s-loud and front-bench focused, not helped in any way by composer Amar Mohile's ear-drum rattling background score. Not one for subtlety, the blare of the instruments threaten to out-roar the bombast of the movie's lead, Ranveer Singh.
Fortunately, Mohile—or the middling script (by Yunus Sajawal and Sajid Samji, based on the 2015 Telugu movie Temper) in the middle of the movie—do nothing to hamper the actor's lightning-charged presence all through. Simmba Bhalerao, in the police force only to fatten his wallet, gets transferred to Miramar, which is a gold mine and as Simmba preens, "It's all mine". Here's where you get introduced to an ensemble cast inside the station (Siddharth Jadhav is a stand-out as Tawde) and to Shagun (Sara Ali Khan) and her next-door café that serves food to the constabulary. Simmba obviously falls for Shagun and begins to woo her, even as he invites the wrath of his constable Nityanand Mohile (Ashutosh Rana) who loathes Simmba because of his affinity to green-bags and malleable morals. Mohile's wife (Suchitra Bandekar), on the other hand, has no such qualms. There's also Simmba's new-found sister Aakruti Dave (Vaidehi Parshurami, who shone in the superb Aani…Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar) and her social proclivity to teach underprivileged kids. Once the director introduces a drug angle and Simmba promises to protect Aakruti— all that she needs to do is call him—you know happy days are on their way out.
Up until the interval, Simmba is pure fun, and Ranveer Singh is the raison d'être behind its zippy joie de vivre. The actor brings in his famed act-on-steroids into marvelous play and never lets the guffaws flag. Note his first-time entry into the police station, or a subsequent raid at a local disco; or where he visits Ranade's house bearing gifts, or his drunken scene with Rana's Mohile, that's a highlight. Ranveer Singh rides on audacious spunk, waltzing, pouting, and mouthing inane lines that actually work, especially in Marathi—his timing and madness is a hat-tip to Groucho Marx. Post-interval, director Shetty gets too heavy-handed for his own good and it's all 80s-style bordering-on-crassness-loud. The courtroom scenes are more subversive than gripping and Ashwini Kalsekar as Judge Smita Palukar salvages this bit with her tight act.
Pink is not Shetty's territory and you wonder why he trespassed into it, when the true objective of this drama is to get out there and carry on with the action, and for Singh to mouth more hoot-worthy dialogues, which he does with a feline-like panache. How you wish the director had chosen a different path—and storyline—to digress reform his hero. What the subject of rape needs is sensitivity and a pause; Shetty ought to have toned down the loud parleys and lockup mayhem, even if he wanted to eventually hand-out justice vigilante style.
Amidst all the Marathi theater talent and her lead hero, Sara Ali Khan, despite a very limited role, shines on. She's endearing, sincere, and someone to look out for, as is another Shetty franchise taking charge in 2019. While the owners of Simba brewery repeatedly remind us that they've given the makers of this movie permission to use their name, I was reminded of Simba popcorn that used to be a favorite in Bombay theaters in earlier decades. Despite its failings, the namesake movie is just that—an year-end popcorn fest before you begin to guzzle the other namesake to ring in the new year.Movie data powered by IMDb. All images owned by the producers.
LICH ratings chart
(1 / 5): Don't bother
(2 / 5): Not too great
(3 / 5): Worth a watch
(4 / 5): Very good
(5 / 5): Drop everything else NOW
Simmba is rated U/A (Parental Guidance for children below the age of 12 years) There's action, drug use, and references to rape.
Director Rohit Shetty Running Time 2h 38min
Writers Yunus Sajawal, Sajid Samji
Stars Ranveer Singh, Sara Ali Khan, Sonu Sood, Siddharth Jadhav, Ashutosh Rana, Ashwini Kalsekar
Genres Action, Comedy, Drama


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Accounting Supervisor Changes His Career and His Future with a Project Management Graduate Certificate
College is a wonderful time in a young person's life, but sometimes a student does...READ MORE
City University of Seattle student Rebecca Monaghan has had a longtime dream of finishing her bachelor's degree, and at 53, she's finally doing it.
She earned her associate degree and completed one year of undergraduate studies when she was in her 20s. When her marriage ended, she made the difficult decision to leave college so she could provide for herself and her two boys. Now, years later, she's finishing what she started.
"My goal with going back to school was that I hadn't completed earlier because I needed to raise my kids and work, and I wanted to finish," Rebecca said. "I've always wanted to get my bachelor's and master's degrees."
When she left school, Rebecca started a career in the restaurant and hospitality industry and worked her way up from a server to a general manager. After 27 years of working with Anthony's Restaurant Group, she's now the director of food and beverage at Lynnwood Convention Center.
"I attended several outside [professional development] classes and was introduced to CityU outside of Boeing," Rebecca said. "A woman recommended I look at CityU because of my experience in the [management] field and already having some [academic] credit."
Rebecca is now well into the Bachelor of Arts in Management program and is looking forward to graduating in June 2018.
"I've been in management and was already a general manager, but there were pieces that were difficult because I'd never had a degree," Rebecca said. "I needed to refine my skills. I've learned things like human resources, business efficiency and project management, and they have given me a different perspective."
Rebecca has taken a mix of in-person and online classes during her program, and she sees the opportunity to study with fellow working adults as an advantage.
It's enjoyable going to school with people your own age, working professionals, who are similar with children at home or ones that recently left," Rebecca said. "We can relate on a lot of different levels. There are some students I've taken multiple classes with, and there is a bond there, and there is a desire to learn and get something out of the coursework."
She says the diversity of work experiences people bring with them into the classroom enriches the learning environment.
"Most of the folks I go to school with are Boeing employees, and I'm one of the only people in hospitality," Rebecca said. "They're managers of their departments and of different employees. It adds a lot to what we're studying."
She is also planning to use her professional experience to challenge a couple of courses for prior learning credit.
"One of the attractive factors is that I can challenge classes on marketing and communications because I have a lot of experience in those areas," Rebecca said. "I am going to work with faculty on accomplishing that."
She says her experiences with faculty and staff have been overwhelmingly positive.
"When I started, it was 20 years since I'd last been in school, and they made it seamless," Rebecca said. "Not only me, but for all the students up there. As we have children and aging parents, they understand the struggles and can communicate about that."
As she looks ahead toward graduation, she's already making plans to continue her academic journey and enroll in a master's degree program.
"I want to go back into the arts and possibly look at nonprofit management or museum curation," Rebecca said. "Even though CityU doesn't have an arts program, they've encouraged me to finish the bachelor's and then go onto the master's. Every day is an inspiration going up to the [Everett] campus, they're really encouraging of continuing that education."
Learn more about the Bachelor of Management program online, or by requesting more information.
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TBL Manager's internationalization strategy aims to build strong partnerships with local players who will be involved in the implementation process, customer support and commercial prospecting. The opportunity to enter the international market allows TBL Manager to present its global, multilingual, high performance and flexible solution to other markets.
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According to a Reuters report, a US alliance of automakers has warned that many of its members will be unable to meet a government mandate requiring a percentage of all new vehicles sold after September next year be equipped with so-called "smart" passenger-side air bags.
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MPI communication
Since MPI processes are independent, in order to coordinate work, they need to communicate by explicitly sending and receiving messages. There are two types of communication in MPI: point-to-point communication and collective communication.
In point-to-point communication messages are sent between two processes, whereas a collective communication involves a number of processes at the same time. Collective communication will be discussed in more detail later, but let us focus now on sending and receiving data between two processes.
Point-to-point communication
In a nutshell, in point-to-point communication one process sends a message (some data) to another process that receives it. The important thing to remember is that the sends and receives in a program have to match: one receive per one send.
In addition to matching each send call with a corresponding receive call, one needs to pay particular attention to match also the destination and source ranks for the communication. A message is always sent to given process (destination rank) and, similarly, received from a given process (source rank). One can think of the destination and source ranks as the addresses for the messages, i.e. "please send the message to this address" and "is there a message coming from this address?".
Example: Sending and receiving a dictionary
from mpi4py import MPI
comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD
rank = comm.Get_rank()
if rank == 0:
data = {'a': 7, 'b': 3.14}
comm.send(data, dest=1)
elif rank == 1:
data = comm.recv(source=0)
Sending and receiving data
Python objects can be communicated with the
send() and
recv() methods
of a communicator. It works for any Python object that can be serialised into
a byte stream, i.e. any object that can be
pickled. This includes all
standard Python objects and most derived ones as well. The basic interfaces (check mpi4py documentation for optional arguments) of the methods are:
.send(data, dest)
data: Python object to send
dest: destination rank
source: source rank
- note: data is provided as return value
The normal send and receive routines are blocking, i.e. the functions exit
only once it is safe to use the data (memory) involved in the communication.
This means that the completion depends on the other process and that there is
a risk of a deadlock. For example, if both processes call
recv() first
there is no-one left to call a corresponding
send() and the program is
stuck forever.
Typical point-to-point communication patterns are shown below. Incorrect ordering of sends and receives may result in a deadlock.
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