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5 Cool Facts About Your Cat's Sense of Taste
A recent study suggests a cat's sense of taste is a lot more refined than scientists once thought.
JaneA Kelley | Nov 17th 2015
What exactly do cats taste? Some people swear their cats have a "sweet tooth" due to their fascination with ice cream and other such treats. Some people think cats don't taste much of anything at all. But the fact is that your cat's sense of taste is far more refined and specific than we had ever thought. Read on to get the 411 on the flavors felines fancy.
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1. Humans have about 12 times as many taste buds as cats do
The fact that cats have a measly 470 or so taste buds on their tongues — as compared to the human tongue, which has about 9,000 — had formerly led scientists to believe that cats' sense of taste was very limited. But recent research has disproved this notion. First of all, your cat's sense of smell and an additional organ called the Jacobson's organ provide a whole array of other taste input. According to cathealth.com, "Odors are inhaled to the tongue, the lip is slightly curled, and the tongue is rubbed on the roof of the mouth. Then the mouth, nose, and Jacobson's organ in some way allow the animal to sense the essence of the flavor and scent in a way that we do not have the capacity to experience."
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2. Cats have a "bitter tooth"
A recent study published in the journal PLOS One revealed that cats have 12 different receptors in their tongues for bitter taste, at least seven of which are highly active. It was once thought that obligate carnivores like the cat had very little bitter receptor activity because it would be more important to herbivores and omnivores in order to keep them from eating poisonous plants.
However, "the numbers of functional bitter receptors in the terrestrial Carnivora we examined, including omnivorous and herbivorous species, were roughly comparable to that of cats thereby providing no strong support for the hypothesis that a strict meat diet influences bitter receptor number or function," the PLOS One abstract reads. In other words, being an obligate carnivore makes no difference in the number of bitter taste receptors.
Like their wild cousins, domestic cats evolved to be meat eaters and can't process carbohydrates properly. Amur leopard eating meat by Shutterstock
3. Cats don't, however, have a sweet tooth
Taste receptors for sweet flavors developed in order for omnivorous species like humans to be able to sense plants and fruits that would provide a rich supply of carbohydrates and sugars, which our bodies metabolize in order to create energy. As obligate carnivores, cats have no need for, and can't digest and process, carbohydrates, so evolution eventually deleted the gene for the sweet tooth.
Despite cats' inability to process carbohydrates and sugars, most pet food manufacturers use grains as the primary ingredient in their products. "This may be why cats are getting diabetes," said biochemist Joe Brand in a Scientific American article published shortly after cats' lack of sweet taste receptors was discovered. "Cat food today has around 20 percent carbohydrates. The cats are not used to that, they can't handle it."
"Sure," you might say, "so why does my cat always try to eat my ice cream?" Well, cats can detect the taste of fat, and there's plenty of fat in ice cream!
Mmmm, tasty, tasty fat! Cat licking its lips by Shutterstock
4. In addition to bitter flavors, cats can detect three other flavors
At this point, it is known that cats can detect sour, salty, and meaty/savory (also known as "umami") flavors. Given the role of the nose and the Jacobson's organ in the perception of flavors, they may be able to taste flavors for which we don't even have words.
5. Bitter receptors have a protective purpose
As I said earlier, bitter receptors developed to protect mammals from consuming poisonous substances. Although we as omnivores think of those poisonous materials as plants, "The bitter taste could exist to minimize intake of toxic compounds from skin and other components of certain prey species, such as invertebrates, reptiles and amphibians," says PLOS One study author Gary Beauchamp, Ph.D.
Think of all those nasty poisonous toads and insects found in tropical jungles — and the poisons that some cruel people put out to harm cats. But even beyond that, there are bitter substances in the bodies of cats' typical prey. If you've ever seen a little blackish glob left untouched after your cat eats a mouse, that's the gall bladder, which is filled with bitter bile.
It's important for cats to be able to taste bitterness in food or water to prevent ingesting toxins. Cat drinking from the faucet by Shutterstock
Do you have any other questions or observations about your cat's sense of taste? Please share them in the comments.
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About JaneA Kelley: Punk-rock cat mom, science nerd, animal rescue volunteer and all-around geek with a passion for bad puns, intelligent conversation, and role-play adventure games. She gratefully and gracefully accepts her status as chief cat slave for her family of feline authors, who have been writing their award-winning cat advice blog, Paws and Effect, since 2003.
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3 comments on "5 Cool Facts About Your Cat's Sense of Taste"
Amy Miller says:
Okay, explain why my red tabby Rojo would mug me for white grape peach juice. No fat. Plenty of sweet. He also loved actual peaches. My red tabby tuxedo, Colleen, would go for fruit, any fruit, that we'd be eating. Almost every female cat I ever had, though none of the male cats, have loved cantaloupe. No fat. Carbs all the way. None of them ever got more than a little bit at any one time. No deleterious effects.
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Denise S. says:
My cat shares my glazed cake donut every morning. If I don't give her a substantial bite of it, she begs, whines, and follows me all over the house meowing until I give it to her. The writer's explanation that it's a cat's fat craving that makes them appear to have a sweet tooth makes sense. But donuts are the only "people food" she will eat, and she's obsessive about it.


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'First, Tell the Truth'
By Janisse Ray
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Once one of the largest slave markets in the South, Forks of the Road is now part of the National Park System. Is Natchez ready to excavate its troubled past?
In a section of Natchez, Mississippi, troubled by crumbling streets and abandoned buildings, sits a grassy plot of land less than an acre in size. This piece of Forks of the Road is so small that it's easy to miss, squeezed between two main thoroughfares that run downtown. One of these, historically called Washington Road, used to connect to the final stretch of the Natchez Trace, a traveling path first used by American Indians and then by European settlers, soldiers and traders — and maintained today by the National Park Service as a scenic parkway and (in spots) as a national scenic trail.
A marker at one end of the patch of land denotes the historic city limits of Natchez; a row of evergreen trees screens the lot from a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses next door. At garages across the street, workers busily tint car windows and repair mufflers. Traffic is constant.
The junction seems ordinary, but in fact, it hides a devastating chapter in U.S. history: This land and the surrounding 17 acres were once a busy market where slaveholders bought and sold people starting in the 1830s and lasting until 1863, when federal troops enforced President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Tens of thousands of enslaved people passed through, making it the second-largest domestic slave market in the Lower South during the antebellum era. On a recent visit, I found myself looking over the lot and imagining the horror — the coffles, the chains, the dust, the haggling. I could feel sorrow hovering over the place, even generations later, even in the noonday sun.
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An 1861 engraving, based on a sketch by Theodore R. Davis, depicts a slave auction in the South.
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At the moment, little remains at Forks of the Road to tell its awful story; the only nods to the past are a few interpretive plaques and shackles cemented into the ground. That the site and its story commanded so little attention for most of the last 150 years is hardly surprising: Facing the history of slavery is not exactly a strong suit of the city, which as recently as the 1990s employed the slogan "Come to Natchez, where the Old South still lives." Tourism has long revolved around the city's stunning, impeccably restored antebellum homes. Since 1930, thousands of (mostly white) people have taken part in an annual celebration called "Pilgrimage" — guided Garden Club tours of historic homes, where a "Gone With The Wind" ethos has prevailed. The fact that those structures and most of the city were once constructed and maintained by enslaved people was a detail many residents preferred to keep quiet about.
"In Natchez tourism, it was as if whites had done everything," said Ser Seshsh Ab Heter-C.M. Boxley, a civil rights activist and native son of the city who has been working to rewrite that narrative for decades.
GROWING GAINS
Since the city of Natchez donated the triangular, roughly 1-acre slice of Forks of the Road in 2021, the Park Service has acquired additional pieces of the former slave market, including the historic O'Ferrall house across Devereux Drive. Gaining ownership of the 18 acres that will eventually be part of the park site is a complicated process, Superintendent Kathleen Bond said, but she is hopeful that more parcels will follow suit, enabling planning for the site to move forward within a couple years.
But the commitment to historical whitewashing is slowly fading in this majority-Black city, and Forks of the Road is emblematic of that evolution. In June of 2021, the city of Natchez transferred a piece of the tract where the slave market once thrived to the Park Service. The land became part of Natchez National Historical Park, and plans are underway to commemorate the tragic history of the site, which will eventually extend over 18 acres, as authorized by a federal law passed in 2017.
Kathleen Bond, the superintendent of the historical park, describes Forks of the Road as "a site of conscience." "This is a major corrective to our historic record — to remind us that human trafficking was a part of our history," said Bond, who will oversee the development of the site. "I think part of what Forks of the Road has to do is be an agent of healing. That means, first, tell the truth."
What is the truth of Forks of the Road?
The story starts in the 1700s. By the middle of the 18th century, the last of the Natchez Indians, the region's native inhabitants, had been driven out. In 1798, the federal government organized the Mississippi Territory, and by the early 1800s, planters were setting up large plantations with cotton as a cash crop. A few events set the stage for this new enterprise. First, as tobacco growing wore out soils in the Upper South, new markets for cotton opened in Europe. Eli Whitney had invented the cotton gin in 1793, and by the early 1800s, steam-powered shipping was coming online. Cotton growing looked profitable, and planters were eager to claim available land. In 1800, the white population of the Mississippi Territory was about 9,000, according to census records, and by 1810 it had grown to over 40,000.
Most adult slaves from the Upper South considered sale into the Deep South a fate worse than death.
Growing cotton required a huge labor force, and plantation owners were willing to enslave, exploit and terrorize people for personal gain. Effective Jan. 1, 1808, however, the U.S. had banned the importation of people in captivity. It had not banned slavery itself. Therefore, until passage of the 13th Amendment in 1865, enslaved people continued to be trafficked domestically.
"Between 1790 and 1860, Americans transported from the Upper South to the Lower South more than 1 million African American slaves," wrote Steven Deyle in "Carry Me Back: The Domestic Slave Trade in American Life." Although some who were "sold down the river" would become domestic workers, captive craftsmen or the unpaid bondsmen of merchants in the region's growing towns, enslaved people usually ended up on "King Cotton" and "Queen Sugar" plantations. "Most adult slaves from the Upper South considered sale into the Deep South a fate worse than death," Deyle wrote, "with the region's frontier conditions, subtropical climate, rampant diseases and extreme working conditions."
The Mississippi River, that mighty transporter of goods, and people, runs past Natchez's downtown.
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Natchez was a major hub of America's domestic slave trade. Some enslaved men, women and children arrived after being force-shipped by steam-powered brig down the Atlantic Seaboard and across the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans and then up the Mississippi River to Natchez. Others were shipped down the Ohio River and then the Mississippi. The majority, however, were marched down Old Natchez Trace in coffles guarded by overseers with whips and guns: the Slave Trail of Tears. This roughly three-month journey sometimes covered more than 1,000 miles; enslaved people walked 20 miles a day, slept on hard ground, and were fed hard tack and salt pork purchased along the way. So many people arrived by this route that Old Natchez Trace can be called the second middle passage, the Rev. Tracy Collins, who guides history tours in the area, told me. People chained together, sometimes by the arm and even by the neck, would have turned off the Trace and entered Natchez via Old Washington Road, crossing Spanish Bayou on a bridge and continuing toward the Grid, as locals call Natchez's downtown, where traders sold enslaved people at small markets or on street corners.
Because of its convenient location at the convergence of many roads, Forks of the Road operated largely as a market for horses, mules and wagons during the early 1800s. This changed suddenly in 1833. Fearing a cholera outbreak, Natchez officials banned slave trading, and slave traders moved immediately outside city limits to Forks of the Road, which became the region's commercial center for buying and selling human beings. Maps of the era denote the slave pens as "negro marts."
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Ser Seshsh Ab Heter-C.M. Boxley, pictured at Forks of the Road, spent more than two decades advocating for a national park designation for the site.
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Kathleen Bond, superintendent of Natchez National Historical Park, said the development of the Forks of the Road site is a priority for her.
Writer Joseph Holt Ingraham visited Forks of the Road around 1834 and described the market as "a cluster of rough wooden buildings, in the angle of two roads." He entered through "a wide gate into a narrow courtyard, partially enclosed by low buildings" and found a semicircle of about 40 enslaved people being examined by potential buyers.
Newspapers from the time advertised new arrivals at the market. In February 1851, for example, trader R.H. Elam posted an advertisement in The Woodville Republican, a local newspaper. The ad's typos are intact: "I have for sale at the forks of the Road near Natchez, a lot of LIKELY YOUNG NEGNOES. Among them may be found a very superior Blacksmith, Seamstress, &c, &c."
In 1864, a member of the 12th Wisconsin Infantry repeated what he'd heard about the market from formerly enslaved men in a letter published in the Milwaukee Daily Sentinel. He wrote about "the cruelty of traders, of sad partings of husband and wife, of inhuman fathers selling their own children, and a thousand other incidents illustrating the detestable state of society at the South."
The economic impact of trafficking at Forks of the Road is stunning. As Collins, the local guide, pointed out, in addition to cotton and sugar, the area produced a third commodity important to world economics: slaves. By the 1840s, Natchez had become one of the wealthiest places in the country.
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A bird's-eye view of the Forks of the Road site, which is squeezed between two main thoroughfares that run downtown.
Natchez traffic zips by the site.
Students from Alcorn State University's Upward Bound program arrive to explore the newest addition to Natchez National Historical Park.
When the war broke out, Natchez, a Unionist town, voted not to secede. As Bond explained to me, when the Emancipation Proclamation was enforced in Adams County, Mississippi, in 1863, so many Black people joined the Union Army that additional housing was suddenly needed. For a time, Forks of the Road was used as a recruiting station and barracks for the Union Army and a refugee camp, with soldiers and others sleeping in what had been slave pens.
Then the Army ordered Forks of the Road to be torn down so the materials could be used to build barracks at Fort McPherson, on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi. The job fell to the 6th Regiment of Mississippi Infantry (African Descent), a group of recruits that included African American men who had been sold at the market. "The site was demolished in one night," Bond said. Nothing remained.
Knowing that human beings were bought and sold as though they were no better or little better than animals … I can't see how anyone would not feel something standing at Forks of the Road.
After the Civil War ended, a brief period of Reconstruction in Mississippi quickly gave way to Jim Crow's lynchings, segregation and violence. For generations, Natchez effectively ignored its history of enslavement. "There was a historical amnesia and a mythicizing of the past," said Jack E. Davis, historian and author of "Race Against Time: Culture and Separation in Natchez Since 1930." "Those who controlled society controlled history. And whites controlled society. It was a moonlight-on-magnolias version of the past."
"To some extent this was intentional and to some extent it was indifference to other people's history," said Davis. "What was the Black perspective? What would a Black citizen of Natchez say about it? It's important to know the full past."
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Longtime advocate Ser Seshsh Ab Heter-C.M. Boxley walks across Forks of the Road in Natchez, Mississippi. Owing in part to Ser Boxley's persistence, the landmark was recently added to Natchez National Historical Park.
The Rev. Tracy Collins referred to Old Natchez Trace as the second middle passage for its outsize role in the slave trade. Today, that path is roughly defined by the Natchez Trace Parkway, pictured here near Natchez, Mississippi.
Coffles of enslaved people once crossed Spanish Bayou on a bridge on their way to Natchez's downtown.
That full story — or at least critical parts of it — might have been lost forever were it not for Ser Seshsh Ab Heter-C.M. Boxley, whom I arranged to meet at Forks of the Road. When I arrived, Ser Boxley, born Clifford M. Boxley, was sitting on a granite bench under a row of young crepe myrtles, looking across the spindly grass. Now in his early 80s, he wore an African tunic and black pants with white pinstripes running vertically. Around his neck hung a small leather bag. "Here, people were marketed like cattle and resold into chattel slavery, which benefitted Natchez, Mississippi, and all of America," he said to me in a deep, booming voice. In his left hand, he held a wooden staff. "Who was telling their story? Who would stand up for them? Who would speak for them?"
Ser Boxley left Natchez in 1960 for California, where he studied urban and regional planning and became active in the civil rights movement. About 35 years later, after several trips to Africa, he felt called to go back permanently to Mississippi and uncover the truth about his enslaved ancestors. Ser Boxley began lobbying to create a memorial and Park Service site at Forks of the Road, an effort that would end up consuming him for more than 20 years. He created a Friends group and arranged countless ceremonies at the site, including its first Juneteenth celebration in 1995. In 2001, Ser Boxley succeeded in getting the Park Service to list Forks of the Road in its National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, a program that highlights the history of resistance to enslavement (and that NPCA has championed and successfully pushed to fund).
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Dunleith Historic Inn, one of Natchez's many antebellum mansions.
An unmarked grave at the Mount Locust Slave Cemetery, which is part of the Natchez Trace Parkway.
A Natchez foundation plans to restore these slave quarters, another sign of local investment in bringing the history of slavery to light.
During the time that Ser Boxley was tirelessly campaigning, the Park Service was undergoing dramatic changes in the way it recognized and preserved history, said Barbara Tagger, a Park Service veteran of 40 years who helped usher in that evolution. In the early days, "We were telling stories that excluded a number of groups, especially when it came to the African American experience and especially slavery," she said. All too many stories were told from the point of view of white sympathizers or white abolitionists, and the perspective of enslaved people was frequently omitted.
To progress, Tagger said, the Park Service had to revise the way it defined history. Previously, rules required sites to be at least 50 years old, and their importance demonstrable with a tangible, well-documented history. But not every site of significance was over 50 years old, and in some places, little physical history remained, or the written record was limited. The document provision proved especially onerous at sites connected to slavery, given that enslaved people were not legally permitted to read or write. "So we had to look at oral traditions too," Tagger said, when considering designating places without any extant structures.
History is big business in Natchez. The Rev. Tracy Collins offers three tours a day to area visitors.
Natchez Mayor Dan M. Gibson has been in office two years. He believes a new identity for the town is possible.
Forks of the Road benefited from this shift and also from a greater willingness in places like Natchez to look at the past — and the slave trade, in particular — in a clear-eyed way. "There were some terrible things that happened," said Natchez Mayor Dan M. Gibson. "It's a story that has not been told for so long. And it must be told."
Deborah Fountain is among those who believe that Natchez is ready and willing to change. Fountain, who was raised in Kansas City but has maintained a connection to her ancestral home in Mississippi, serves as a leader of the Natchez U.S. Colored Troops Monument Committee, which is in the process of erecting a memorial honoring those African American servicemen. "It is high time that those who had been nameless, faceless people are given credit for their service," she said.
Rory Doyle is a Mississippi-based photographer. To see more of his work, visit rorydoylephoto.com.
A genealogist for more than 30 years, Fountain has uncovered nine ancestors who served in the Colored Troops in Natchez. One of them, her great-great-grandfather Claiborne Thompson, was enslaved on Kinnison Plantation in the Natchez District. U.S. Census files list his mother as Mary Thompson, who was born "on the ocean" and sold into the Lower South. Fountain is not (yet) sure how her family history intersects with Forks of the Road, but she is a strong supporter of the plan to develop the site. "For me," Fountain said, "knowing the sheer volume of slave trading that took place in that location, knowing that human beings were bought and sold as though they were no better or little better than animals, that crimes against humanity occurred, I can't see how anyone would not feel something standing at Forks of the Road."
Bond expects the site will eventually include a visitor center, a memorial and a place for contemplation. She hopes that one day, visitors will be able to walk the route many enslaved people walked, traveling south along the Natchez Trace, crossing a bridge over Spanish Bayou and marching uphill to the old market. "It's critical to provide visitors the opportunity to walk that road because that experience, horrific as it is, is a part of the American experience," she said. In addition, Bond would like to establish a genealogy research facility to help descendants of enslaved people locate ancestors who were trafficked at Forks of the Road. "Enslaved people at multiple points in their lineage were stripped of identity and shipped to a different place," she said. She believes that genealogical research can repair some of the damage of these dislocations.
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A limited 2007 archaeological dig that the city requested — and the Park Service funded — failed to uncover artifacts from the era of slavery. That, Bond believes, is due to massive ground disturbance that happened decades after the closure of the slave market, for road building and other construction. Bond plans to conduct a more comprehensive archaeological dig.
Gibson, the mayor, said that at one time, when slavery flourished, Natchez could have been described as "first in hate," but he thinks it's possible for the city to embody a new identity and become "first in love." Indeed, Natchez has an opportunity to become a model, Bond said, and to demonstrate how other places and their denizens can honestly face the past, even when it's deplorable or tragic. "If we can do it in Natchez," she said, "we can do it anywhere."
Janisse Ray
Janisse Ray's collection of essays, "Wild Spectacle: Seeking Wonder in a World Beyond Humans," came out in 2021. She is at work on a book tracing the movement to honor the Muscogee (Creek) homeland in central Georgia with a national park.
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TURLOCK — LightBox Theatre Company moved into the Carnegie Arts Center this week for its final preparations to make its debut of "Bunnicula" on Friday.
Based on the classic series written by James and Debroah Howe, "Bunnicula," is a thrilling tale in which the Monroe family rescues a bunny from a movie theater. Chester (the family cat) and Harold (the family dog) agree that this new pet named Bunnicula is not an average animal, but disagree on how to accept him as one of their own. The cat and dog antics bring hilarity to a spooky situation that will keep young audiences entertained.
"Bunnicula," will run during the first two weekends of October at the Carnegie Art's Center's Loft Theater in Downtown Turlock. Carnegie Art's Center and LightBox will also bring students from Wakefield Elementary School to the Carnegie for three free performances, Oct. 6 and Oct. 8.
Stefani Tsai, who has a Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara in Theatre Studies, is directing the play. Eric Broadwater, a veteran theater artist with a M.F.A., designed the production. The play features local actors from the community, Stanislaus State and Pitman High School.
For the past two months, the cast and crew of LightBox Theatre Company built the sets and rehearsed on the campus of Stanislaus State in a partnership with the CSU Stanislaus Theatre Department.
Tsai and Broadwater founded the company to produce adaptations of American literature for children and to develop new works that reflect the history, stories, and culture of the diverse Central Valley community. Additionally, the company will partner with school districts to provide opportunities for educators to introduce to their young students literature through live performances.
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I don't quite remember how or when, but I recently found out that my almonds are being gassed with propylene oxide thanks to the Almond Board of California. Due to two salmonella outbreaks in 2001 and 2004, a law was passed requiring all raw almonds sold by U.S. farmers to be 'pasteurized' effective September 1, 2007. There are alternatives to propylene oxide in order to 'pasteurize' almonds, including oil roasting and steam heating, but now the raw almonds are no longer raw, plus these alternatives are more expensive than using propylene oxide. Furthermore, the root cause of the salmonella outbreak was never found or understood. So, instead of having the machinery cleaned properly and the production process reviewed, almond production can now be unclean because the almonds will be gassed anyway. But here's the thing that is really irksome, there is no notification or labeling required to inform the consumer! Consumer's rights are completely ignored. The almonds that are labeled "raw" have been gassed with propylene oxide, a chemical mostly used for making plastics and a known carcinogen!
So let me back up as I have a couple questions. Why are almonds the only food fumigated with propylene oxide? Why continue to allow fumigated almonds to be labeled "raw"? Why do exported almonds not have to be fumigated with propylene oxide? That last question I can answer quite easily: because other countries will not import gassed almonds! Due to the known toxicity of the chemical it is banned in Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. Oh, and here are more oddities. Organic farmers are not immune to this law, their almonds must also be pasteurized. Truly raw almonds can still be purchased in the United States, but only imported from other countries or directly from the grower at a farmer's market. Really? What kind of stupid law is this? Why have so many caveats and loopholes?
The equipment to sterilize almonds is expensive. A propylene oxide chamber costs over $500,000 and a roasting line can cost as much as two million dollars. Not a big expense to the large almond manufacturers, but quite expensive to local, organic farmers. This lopsided law is devastating the small and organic farmers economically so they've petitioned a lawsuit to overturn the almond pasteurization ruling. As far as understanding why propylene oxide is used on almonds and no other food, I could not find any information.
So, what are the proponents of pasteurization saying? According to the Almond Board of California, propylene oxide is safe because the almonds after being gassed contain only 1/2500 of the amount considered to be potentially dangerous. Also, since the gassed almonds are able to sprout, the FDA has deemed that the essential characteristics of the almond are unchanged, thus it is acceptable to continue to label the almond as raw.
Here's my problem. Instead of fixing the problem of unclean machinery and mishandling of almonds, these poor practices are now condoned. Second, there is no way for consumers to know what has happened to their food or to have an option on what to purchase. Could you please stop making decisions for me without notifying me of what's going on!


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Friday Five — March 24, 2017
March 24, 2017Red Hat Corporate Communications Team
Tags:Storage, Virtualization, Partners, Events, Cloud management, Infrastructure, IaaS, Friday Five
IBM and Red Hat Collaborate to Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Adoption with OpenStack
IBM and Red Hat announced a strategic collaboration designed to help enterprises benefit from the OpenStack platform's speed and economics while more easily extending their existing Red Hat virtualized and cloud workloads to the IBM Private Cloud. As part of this new collaboration, IBM has become a Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider, giving clients greater confidence that they can use Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Ceph Storage on IBM Private Cloud when the offering launches for general availability at the end of March 2017. Additionally, as part of the agreement, Red Hat Cloud Access will be available for IBM Cloud by the end of Q2 2017, allowing Red Hat customers to move eligible, unused Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions from their data center to a public, virtualized cloud environment in IBM Cloud Data Centers worldwide. This enables companies to better preserve and extend their Red Hat software investments while providing the global scale and efficiency of IBM Cloud.
Red Hat Announces Agenda and Keynote Speakers for Red Hat Summit 2017
The 13th annual Red Hat Summit, one of the premier open source technology conferences, is expected to welcome thousands of attendees from around the world to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, May 2-4. Red Hat Summit 2017 will celebrate the power of the individual: individuals who are looking toward to the future, who are willing to step up, try something new and make change happen. When individuals are given the tools to innovate and find new solutions to old problems everyone benefits. Attendees will hear keynotes on the future of enterprise technology and open source from industry leaders including Microsoft, Dell EMC, Ericsson, Google Cloud Platform, Red Hat, HPE, Intel, and Lenovo.
Red Hat Launches Latest Version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Pairing Production Stability with IT Modernization
The latest update to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 builds upon more than six years of enterprise-proven success, offering a more secure, stable and reliable platform for the modern enterprise and prioritizes features for critical deployments. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 delivers new hardware support developed in collaboration with Red Hat partners which helps to provide a smooth transition of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 production deployments to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 environments. Additionally, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 adds updates to TLS 1.2 to further enhance secure communications and provide broader support for the latest PCI-DSS standards, better equipping enterprises to offer more secure online transactions.
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.2 Strengthens Appeal for Developers and Administrators Managing Modern Workloads
This latest version of Red Hat's software-defined storage solution includes a number of enhancements and new features that seek to improve small file performance, provide data integrity at a lower cost, and enhance integration with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.2 addresses an inherent challenge with network attached storage around scaling metadata-intensive operations, particularly with files under a few megabytes. These improvements to metadata operations can benefit storage of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform registries. Container registries, the heart of a container platform, are critical to resident applications and need highly elastic, durable storage.
CIO Dive - Open source: The new normal in enterprise software
The enterprise shift toward open source has been a boon for companies such as Red Hat. Open source software developers have always been focused on using their collective knowledge base to advance software capabilities, detect and address bugs, and make software tools more efficient. But end users need help making open source software work for them, and that provides an opening for service producers such as Red Hat, according to Bryan Che, general manager of Cloud Product Strategy at Red Hat. "We take open source code and make it consumable, employable, updatable for enterprises," he said, noting that Red Hat based its business on service and support subscriptions rather than on selling closed-source software. Proponents of open source software say it gives end users an edge by fostering innovation and attracting the best software developers.
Cue the drumroll...Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.2 releases today
JBoss Data Virtualization & SOAP WS with 2-way SSL


Release: December 28, 300 AP.
President Okarvits' spokesman has been forced on the back foot by journalists seeking details of the Utanian Peacekeepers' retreat in Dignania.
The Zartanian RNS has reported a full-scale retreat currently being performed by allied troops, and morning papers in Utania have been full of the news service's report. Reporters attempting to gain official comment this morning were disappointed as the Presidential spokesman reported that "at this stage" General Gordain had not reported this news to the President.
Then, at midday, Utan Krysaror time, the President's lead spokesman, Robert Ojond, made a statement based on a preliminary report from General Gordain. Short of detail, the spokesman reported that the President had briefly been in contact with General Gordain, and that there was confirmation of three deaths from one attack on a Peacekeeping Command centre in Sector 17, the newly formed Peacekeeping sector closest to the previously advancing frontline, now being overrun by communist forces.
"It is apparent that there is chaos over there at this time, and that even General Gordain is not fully abreast of the situation", said the spokesman. "We will obviously keep you informed as details come to light."
As a consequence of the debacle, the President can expect headlines tomorrow from the country's major newspapers declaring that "President knows nothing" said one journalist.


Trekaroo is growing. And I can't keep up. So we're handing the keys over to you. Emerging from our Superoos in 2010 were a few exceptional families who seemed to have the inside scoop about everything in their area. We've invited them to take on the important new role of Destination Guroo.
This year, we're committed to making Trekaroo relevant to your everyday. Many Trekaroo families have already been sharing about their favorite local spots for families. From unique playgrounds, to the best kid-friendly restaurants, to the best events your town has to offer. Our new Destination Guroos will be helping to organize and spotlight what's most seasonally relevant and exciting. They'll be working closely with the 2011 Superoos to uncover new attractions, exciting events, and family-friendly gems in their destination.
Sharlene (DoubleAdventure) requires little introduction. She has been the editor-in-chief of this blog for over 6 months and has done a phenomenal job featuring the interesting tips you've been sharing on Trekaroo. We're blessed to have her on our team. Partnering with Sharlene is Michelle McCoy (McFam). Michelle joined Trekaroo running 90 miles per hour. In the short time she's been part of Trekaroo, she quickly became one of our top reviewers. Her prolific writing overflows with insight. She seems to know California like the back of her hand.
Nikki Stoddart (Family VonWang) caught our attention right away when she starting sharing her reviews on Trekaroo. Her reviews are always filled with helpful tips and a touch of wit. Nikki is definitely one of those brave moms who hasn't let having kids stop her from wandering near home and further afield. It's no wonder that she was our first pick for being the Northern California Guroo.
Heather Reed (slofamilylife) and her family just returned to Texas where her husband grew up. Heather is constantly exploring with her family. She writes about what parents really want to know about each hotel or attraction. Her fun loving family also brings the unique perspective of a family traveling with a child with special needs.
Jennifer Close (JenC17) has been one of Trekaroo's most enthusiastic cheerleaders from the start. She's written prolifically on Trekaroo, but also on her two successful blogs Two Kids and A Map and Pensacola With Kids. With her extensive knowledge of the Gulf Coast and the Northern FL area, we are pleased to have her onboard. We have always valued the thoughtful tips she offers about exploring with kids.
Lisa Marie (Cavalletta) represented Trekaroo on one of our very first Superoo assignments and her professionalism and wonderful writing impressed us from the start. I am confident that her enthusiasm for helping other families discover is going to allow families to unearth hidden gems in the sunshine state.
Throughout this year, Trekaroo will be on the lookout for other very special families to be the Guroos of other destinations. If you think a Trekaroo family has the enthusiasm and chops for this role, I'd love to hear from you.
this is definitely exciting for Trekaroo!
So honored to be a part of this awesome group!
Hello fellow travel mates and Destination Guroos!
Congrats on this honored title! I look forward to interacting with you. In the meantime have safe adventures!
Thank you for including me in this fine group of Guroos.
I'd LOVE to be a guroo for Minnesota!! 🙂 I wasn't sure who to contact, so I thought I'd just post it for all to see! Please let me know how to proceed, if you'll take me on!


With over a decade of industrial silencer design, Ventx builds on over 40 years of acoustic knowledge and 35 years of quality manufacturing.
Serving the needs of the Petro-Chem and Service Industries, Ventx manufacture solutions to Venting and Noise in pipe work. We provide our customers with a cost-effective and practical solutions to their noise problem by providing custom-built silencers.
Noise is a particularly difficult factor to predict, and at the core of the Ventx design procedure is our advanced computer software.
This specially created program allows us to see the noise level most likely to be created from the customer provided data. Interpretation of the data blended with experience help lead to providing a proven solution.
To us, customer service is one of the fundamentals of our business. We understand that customers' requirements can sometimes vary as a project evolves. With this in mind, we ensure that we're always on-hand to provide a complete service every step of the way.
Ventx Industrial Silencers are designed to meet our customers' specific requirements, so with a Ventx silencer you are guaranteed to achieve the required silenced noise level. We provide a silencer that not only does the job, but lasts for many years in service. Ventx help with a positive solution, a high-quality product and create a quieter environment.
INDUSTRIAL SILENCERS ARE NOT AN EVERYDAY DAY ITEM, BUT WHEN YOU NEED ONE, YOU WANT IT TO BE RIGHT. AT VENTX EACH INDUSTRIAL SILENCER IS DESIGNED TO ACTIVE THE CORRECT RESULT.
A Ventx silencer not only reduces the noise from a valve, but can help reduce the size of that valve by providing a controlled back pressure. Our silencer inlets are designed and manufactured in accordance with a relevant design code, usually ASME B31.3, and, when applicable, the requirements of the PED are met and CE mark.
All Ventx Industrial Silencers are manufactured using only good-quality materials. Every unit is designed to withstand the thermal shock produced by high pressures and temperatures when operating. All fabrication is performed by an experienced and qualified workforce, and all our Industrial Silencers are guaranteed for performance and build quality. Ventx are pleased to say all our manufacturing is based in the UK, and customer inspection is always welcome.
Ventx are looking forward to suppling more EU and oversea's customers in 2016.
Dispite a slow-down probably due to a fall in the price of oil and gas Ventx are still getting many enquiries. Many of these recent enquiries have been to replace old silencers. Sorry they do not last for ever but most new units are replacing one that have been in service for 30 years. It good to know some customers are looking long-term.
Ventx have had a busy start to 2016, thanks to some hard work in 2015. Two large contracts have recentl been dispatch and two more are in the final stages. One contact for six silencers to our customer in Ellesmere Port, these follow five unit sent last September.
Who says the UK does not export! Last year almost 50% of Ventx silencers were exports, destinations included France, Spain, South Africa and Mexic.


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then perhaps you own a different edition than I do.
3.  Severain's thoughts and feelings.
like having infinite lives in "Doom".
misfiring or Moses' bath water splitting when he tries to sit down in it.
Messiahship.  Either way, it's cheap.
and he's been shown to be wrong before.
avoidance of what does not agree with one's philosophy."
Plato's philosophical arguments that he failed to even present them."
never even shows up.  Which is where the book gets interesting.


A Festive February: With Valentine's Day just around the corner and the National and Liberation Days holidays on the horizon, Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya is gearing up for a month of festive celebrations, complete with warm, intimate gatherings and unforgettable dining experiences.
Didier Jardin, General Manager, commented: We are excited about the coming month here at Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya, bringing many unique experiences to Kuwait. We wish to ensure our guests will leave feeling elevated, relaxed and recharged, whether they experience a visit to the SPA, dine or stay with us. Therefore, we have been gearing up for all the different events taking place within the coming month such as Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Kuwait's National and Liberation Days and more, designing experiences in all restaurants, SPA, the lounges and even the rooms.
We are grateful to provide all of our guests the gift of wonderful, cherished memories with each and every visit.
Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya is getting ready to wow guests at Al Soor Lounge with a premium dessert and chocolate experience. Inspired by Italy, Executive Pastry Chef Lucio Colombo has reinterpreted a northern Italian classic, the Amaretti biscuit, paired with dark chocolate, creating a modern version that will be served throughout February as part of the Hotel's monthly 'Around the World Inspirational Dessert Series', a journey abundant with sweet delicacies. The foray of sugary delights does not end there, as an exclusively handcrafted selection of pralines promises guests a totally indulgent experience.
Welcome the Chinese New Year with Asian culinary fanfare at Sintoho Restaurant, which boasts the best panoramic view of Kuwait City,'s glimmering urban landscape and the richest Asian inspired menu. Renowned for its lively activity and a flurry of energy, this hotspot will present traditional Chinese specialties, from the Szechuan-style Hot and Sour Turbot Filet, Glutinous Rice Dumplings with Red Bean Paste, to a heart-warming, Ginger Broth dessert and a myriad of Asian inspired dishes created by Chef Jonas such as the Dim Sum Platter for the occasion. Celebrating the New Year calls for a festive ambiance, and live music will be played for the entire evening to elevate the experience. The celebrations will start on the 4th with the eveand last until the 17th of February.
Celebrate Kuwait's National and Liberation Days at Elements Restaurant with an extended breakfast, from 7:00 am until 2:00 pm on the 25th and 26th of February. The menu will feature many traditional Kuwaiti dishes to celebrate the cultural and culinary heritage of the country. All guests staying at Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya will receive a special gift to commemorate Kuwait's accomplishments, rich history and resilience.
In addition to special culinary and wellness experiences, the hotel's special room offers turn the trip to the property into the ultimate getaway, with a luxurious stay in a room.
This Valentine's Day give the gift of quality time, undivided attention, delicious food and a romantic night out to cherish at Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya.
For couples who appreciate all the delicate nuances and rich flavours of Asian cuisine, a magical evening at Sintoho Restaurant awaits. All guests will be treated to an exquisitely and specially curated five-course family-style set menu coupled with live entertainment.
Prepare to be wowed with a special seat at the Teppanyaki counter and experience a performance by the talented chefs at KWD 65 per person. For a more intimate experience, seating under the high ceiling area and unlimited beverages, guests can opt for the KWD 80 per person package. At KWD 100 per person, spectacular views are guaranteed with a window seat, along with a bottle of Gold Emotion Sparkling for every two guests.
A private dining room option is also available for guests who would like to invite six to ten people for KWD 65 per person.
Sweethearts can share a wood-fired pizza and rekindle the love at the Italian Dai Forni Restaurant at Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Al Shaya. All guests will be treated to a specially prepared course menu, which includes starters, a middle course, a fish and meat course followed by a delectable dessert. Live entertainment will be ongoing throughout the night to keep the romantic flames burning. At KWD 80 per person, the guests will enjoy a unique experience, seated within the breathtaking rooftop restaurant. At KWD 110 per person, guests sitting under the high ceiling area will admire the spectacular design features at Dai Forni Restaurant with full view of the celebrations in action, complete with unlimited beverages. At KWD 150 per person, the ultimate experience of a window seat and dazzling views with a complete dining package including unlimited beverages and a bottle of Gold Emotion Sparkling for every two guests at KWD 150 per guest.
Private dining rooms are also available for groups of six to twelve people. For more information and reservations, contact the hotel.
For a cozier setting, Al Bandar Lounge Cabanas offer guests an added layer of serenity and privacy. The five-course menu including starters, a middle course, a fish and meat course and sharing dessert, designed to delight all diners. Unlimited beverages are available, which every two guests will receive a bottle of festive Gold Emotion Sparkling. Served by a private butler, guests will enjoy being pampered all night long at Al Bandar Lounge Cabanas. Ladies may request a female butler if they prefer. All of the cabanas will be decorated for Valentine's Day creating a romantic ambiance. The large cabana can seat up to 10 guests, which the four smaller ones can fit up to four guests with comfort and ease. The packages cost KWD 200 per person, but with the limited number of cabanas available, an early reservation is advised.
For couples that prefer to be more serendipitous, Al Bandar Lounge does not require a reservation, and guests will be served on a first come first served basis. While seating will be available in the outdoor lounge, all guests are in for a romantic feast that includes the tapas towers, fresh seafood and mix grill, dessert and a glass of Gold Emotion Sparkling at KWD 35 per guest.
Culinary globetrotters might prefer spending a night discovering the different cuisines at Elements Restaurant with dishes inspired by Italian, Arabic, Indian, Japanese and more cooking traditions that can calm down wanderlust. Live entertainment, freeflowing specialty mocktails and beverages, live stations and a dinner buffet will be available to all guests at KWD 50 per person. Guests seated in the main dining area will be treated to a small bottle of Zahara Sparkling for every two guest at KWD 60 per person. For Love-birds, a guaranteed a window seat will be available, along with a bottle of Gold Emotion Sparkling for every two guests at KWD 70 per guest.
Please note that full payment is required in advance for all restaurants with a seven-day cancellation policy in place. Please inquire with the hotel for more information.
Self-care is one of the best gifts on Valentine's Day. The two-storey SPA at Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya is offering special treatments for muscles relaxation, skin rejuvenation and overall wellness. The SPA has created two exclusive packages that can evoke the ultimate feeling of Zen. Treatment rooms will be set up with a romantic ambiance along with lavish amenities.
The 90-minute Love Rocks Package priced at KWD 80 per guest includes a calming massage based on the guest`s preference, combined with a hot stone massage for the neck and back. The combination of a full body massage with heat helps promote healing and elevates the entire experience. After a deep relaxing massage, guests will be treated to an astonishingly soothing facial with one of The SPA's luxurious diamond masks which hydrate the skin. Guests will also be treated to a complimentary hand exfoliation procedure.
The second package Love Is In The Airat KWD 70 for a couple will offer for Love-birds to celebrate Valentine's Day by renewing their commitment to a healthier life together by taking an antigravity class for an hour of excitement. With the combination of calisthenics and aerial acrobatics techniques, performed in specially designed hammocks, couples will have a lot of fun learning about increasing their strength and physical agility at The SPA. What is a spa experience without a glorious dip in the pool? Also included in this package is access to the beautiful indoor pool where couples can enjoy themselves before the class or afterwards, to wind down and lounge in style along the poolside while taking in the stunning city views.
A healthier body and a relaxed mind are the best expression of love that can be given or shared. Gift cards are also available for guests who wish to purchase a treatment as a surprise for someone special.


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Valberg (formerly Valdberg) is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway.  The  municipality existed from 1927 until 1963.  The municipality covered the southeastern coast of the island of Vestvågøya in what is now Vestvågøy Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Valberg where Valberg Church is located.

History
The municipality of Valberg was created by an acrimonious split from the municipality of Borge in 1927.  The new municipality initially had 625 residents.  During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, Valberg municipality (population: 662) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Borge (population: 4,056), Buksnes (population: 4,416), and Hol (population: 3,154) to create the new Vestvågøy Municipality.

Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Valberg farm ( or ) since the first Valberg Church was built there. The farm was named after a nearby mountain. The first element is  which means "falcon". The last element is  which means "mountain".

Government
While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.

Municipal council
The municipal council  of Valberg was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms.  The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

See also
List of former municipalities of Norway

References

Vestvågøy
Former municipalities of Norway
1927 establishments in Norway
1963 disestablishments in Norway


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Q: How can I render my fetched data without using tables to format it? So I am trying to align my fetched JSON data.
What I need is to have data aligned with each attribute title without using a table like in the image below.
With a table I can do it, but without I can't seem to find a way.

My table example:
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User Details

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            <TableCell align="left">email</TableCell>
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            <TableCell align="left">uid</TableCell>
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A: I found that i can use ListItem with @material-uito achieve the same result.
This was what i was looking for. With some css i could make it display the items in the horizontal.
Here is the code:
import { makeStyles } from "@material-ui/core/styles"
import ListItem from "@material-ui/core/ListItem"
import List from "@material-ui/core/List"
import ListItemText from "@material-ui/core/ListItemText"
import Divider from "@material-ui/core/Divider"

const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
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User Details

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Airi Matsui (松井愛莉), née le  à Iwaki, est une chanteuse et idole japonaise ex-membre du groupe féminin Sakura Gakuin et de son troisième sous-groupe SCOOPERS. Elle fut produite par l'agence de talent Amuse Inc.

Biographie

Matsui a fait ses débuts après avoir remporté le grand prix pour le l'audition nicola Model Audition en 2009. Un an plus tard, elle rejoint le groupe idole Sakura Gakuin et est l'un des membres de la première génération du groupe. Au sein du groupe, Matsui est représentée comme la fille la plus timide du groupe dans de nombreux cas.

En 2011, elle forme avec une de ses camarades de Sakura Gakuin, Ayaka Miyoshi, le troisième sous-groupe respectif de Sakura Gakuin, le duo SCOOPERS (dans le thème du journal), après BABYMETAL et Twinklestars.

SCOOPERS n'aura pas sorti de single en revanche, le duo aura enregistré une chanson Brand New Day qui figure dans le premier album de Sakura Gakuin.

Matsui est graduée peu après la sortie du deuxième album de Sakura Gakuin, le  en même temps qu'Ayaka Miyoshi. Comme les deux membres ont obtenu leur diplôme, SCOOPERS n'existe plus. Les jeunes filles auront participé à seulement trois singles et deux albums de Sakura Gakuin.

Un an plus tard, elle est nommée pour soutenir le gestionnaire du  Championnat National (Championnat National High School).

Discographie

Avec SCOOPERS
 Brand New Day de l'album Sakura Gakuin 2010nendo ~message~.

Avec Sakura Gakuin
Albums
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  -

Singles
  –
  –
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Divers

Musiques vidéos
 2013 : KERAKERA - Sayonara Daisuki Dattayo

Références

Voir aussi
  Fiche officielle sur le site Amuse, Inc.
  Fiche de SCOOPERS sur le site Amuse, Inc.

Idole japonaise
Chanteuse japonaise de pop
Actrice japonaise du XXIe siècle
Chanteuse japonaise du XXIe siècle
Membre de Sakura Gakuin
Naissance à Iwaki
Naissance en décembre 1996


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8 Thrilling Zombie Games Like Project Zomboid
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Project Zomboid is, without a doubt, one of the best zombie games available, and a top-tier survival experience. It provides immersive gameplay, combining the survival genre with hardcore simulation elements. The game's hardcore world redefines the phrase "struggle to survive."
If you're searching for more games like Project Zomboid, we don't need to tell you how addictive it is. The game is the love child of DayZ and The Sims. The game also has personality oozing at every corner of its isometric tiles. It's so tense and atmospheric that it makes for an adrenaline-packed experience.
On top of that, the crafting and sandbox gameplay is hard to beat. It also offers large-scale multiplayer, with plenty of player-hosted servers to jump into! When it comes to finding new games like Project Zomboid, it's hard to find an experience that comes close.
However, our list has you covered—it's infested with the best zombie titles that deserve your attention. Here are 8 thrilling games like Project Zomboid.
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Available on PC.
Another pixel-based indie gem, Dead Estate is the perfect place to start for finding games like Project Zomboid. It shares a similar hardcore design, while providing a different and novel take on the zombie theme.
While this game shares the same top-down isometric view, it doesn't adopt the same survival gameplay. Instead, Dead Estate is a roguelike shooter that draws from popular horror culture. The game is full of gore, and is bleeding with personality.
It's a change to Zomboid's darker visuals, but it's charming all the same. The monster and character designs are great.
Combat in this game is extremely fast-paced, and there is a wide selection of weapons and items to play around with. There are over 70 weapons, and 170 items, making every playthrough unique.
This game will take you through the different floors of a monster-filled mansion known as 'the Estate'. Where you can select from 8 different characters to tackle on the floors.
To keep you on your toes, the game also offers various challenges, difficulty levels, and other modes! Combat is also all close-quarters, which drives up the intensity.
If you wanted a zombie-themed take on the popular Binding of Isaac gameplay, this game fits the bill. The game also has a colorful-yet-gruesome cast of characters that exude charm.
If you love Zomboid's challenging difficulty, it's worth checking out other titles from the roguelike genre. Our list of titles like Risk of Rain 2 is a great place to start for hardcore gameplay!
Available on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, and Xbox One.
If you're searching for adrenaline-pumping games like Project Zomboid, it's worth checking out the Left 4 Dead spiritual successor. Back 4 Blood lives up to its legacy, providing a great co-op experience.
In groups of four (either with friends or AI) you'll need to work together to survive objective-based missions. The game offers a story-based campaign with great replayability.
There is also a competitive online PvP mode, similar to Left 4 Dead—where you can play as the zombies and fight other survivors. There is also a wide range of weapons available.
The replayability factor in Back 4 Blood comes from the game's unique 'rogue-lite' card system. This also sets itself apart from other co-op zombie shooters, like World War Z. You can craft card decks which allow you to customize every mission, adding in different challenges and difficulty multipliers. It's a great way to diversify the gameplay, keeping it fresh.
In Back 4 Blood, you get your own hub base that you can upgrade. You'll also get to choose between 8 different and customizable survivors.
If you want a zombie-infested holiday away from the hardcore resource management seen in Project Zomboid, this game is perfect. It's the best go-to for mindless zombie killing fun.
Are you a huge fan of the co-op multiplayer shooter style? Our article on Division 2-like games recommends a few titles you might enjoy, sharing gameplay elements with Back 4 Blood.
From the long-running and famous The Last Stand series comes Aftermath. It's a single-player roguelike shooter set during a zombie apocalypse, with a fresh twist. You're infected.
This game is a race against time, as you play a survivor who has been infected with the zombie virus. However, your fellow survivors still need help, so you set out to find hope (before you eventually die).
Aftermath is quite different to the usual gameplay we see from The Last Stand titles—which are also worth playing. It also builds on the franchise's lore well. If you like the narrative and style of games like Project Zomboid, you'll love this game.
The gameplay of Aftermath consists of your usual, scavenging, crafting, and taking out zombies. The game has a similar perspective to Zomboid's top-down isometric perspective, but the world is 3D.
What makes this game unique is its use of roguelike elements. Every time you die, you start as a new survivor. However, you get to keep the progress and perks you've unlocked.
It's nothing superhuman, but being infected you'll also get mutations that act as power-ups! The combat in this game is action-based and just as satisfying as its predecessors.
If you're searching for more games like Project Zomboid, Aftermath is a good start. The older games in the series are also available as part of 'The Last Stand Legacy Collection'. The original trilogy of The Last Stand games delivers a variety of gameplay modes. From town-builders to roaming zombie-infected streets in side-scrolling action style.
Available on PC, PS5, PS4, Vita, Android, and iOS.
Old but gold, the retro Organ Trail still delivers a masterfully crafted survival experience. When it comes to games like Project Zomboid, this title is great if you love resource management.
The game parodies the old educational 'Oregon Trail' series, adding in an infected spin. The game is mostly played through menus, where you'll need to buy supplies and resources for your journey.
In Organ Trail, you'll control a group of four friends on their journey westward. You'll need to scavenge for supplies, manage your resources, and people can even die of sickness! You can even visit towns, do odd jobs for money, or trade items. The infected aren't the only hostile enemies to fend off against, as there are others like bandits too.
Organ Trail has heaps of old-school pixel charm, with its faithfully recreated 16-bit style. The road trip itself offers choose-your-own-adventure-like gameplay.
The game also simulates a proper day/night cycle, and you can even upgrade your car. When it comes to replayability, Organ Trail offers plenty. Every road trip is different.
For achievement hunters, there are over 25 to collect! The game has a strong fan base, and there is community-created content featured in-game. The director's cut of this game is one of the best zombie games on Steam.
Available on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
This game lives up to the title of Yet Another Zombie Defense. It sets out to be an apocalyptic-themed tower defense, and executes the goal perfectly, providing fun and mindless zombie killing.
The gameplay loop is incredibly simple. By day, you'll be building up fortifications like traps and turrets, and at night—you'll be defending it against hordes. Yet Another Zombie Defense is a top-down shooter that goes all-in on the arcade style. Its gameplay is addicting, with the goal being to see how long you can last before being overrun.
You can also team up with friends and slay zombies together. This game supports groups of up to 4 players co-op, through either local or online play.
The game offers a diverse range of guns to defend yourself with, from rocket launchers to flamethrowers. If you're a huge fan of community content, this game has a massive fan base behind it.
On the PC Platform, this game supports Steam Workshop integration, which allows for creating your own levels and characters to share with others. It gives it endless replayability.
Every new night, the waves of zombie hordes get stronger and stronger. Despite the seemingly mindless gameplay—there is thought and strategy to designing barricades and defense points.
If you want more games like Project Zomboid, this is a perfect pick. Yet Another Zombie Defense HD is great for groups of friends looking for an easy-to-jump-in title, and it's one of the best party games on Steam for tower defense fans.
Available on PC, Xbox Series, and Xbox One.
Looking for a new co-op game to jump in with your Project Zomboid buddies? State of Decay 2 delivers on a great, open-world multiplayer experience filled with great combat and building systems.
What makes State of Decay special is its community and settlement systems. You'll gather survivors, set them their own tasks and jobs, manage resources, and fortify your base.
Each survivor is unique, with their own skills and abilities. Gameplay-wise, State of Decay is comparable to a zombie-themed Grand Theft Auto. The action combat handles similarly.
The visuals in State of Decay 2 are some of the best for the genre, and even overall industry. The graphic fidelity is incredible, and the blood splatter when busting zombie's heads is satisfying.
In every way, the game is a huge improvement over its predecessor. If you're a huge fan of the original State of Decay title, you'll fall in love with all the upgrades made here.
It's rare for the survival genre, but this game also provides a full-fledged campaign to play through. Along with the main story, there's also a smaller story-driven mode, too. The game also offers a heart-racing time-critical wave-based survival mode as well. Which unlocks items for use in the main campaign.
This game supports up to 4 player co-op, and the best part? You can also unlock rewards that help grow your own survivor community back in single-player. This is one of the best open-world games on Steam, and fans of games like Project Zomboid will love it.
Available on SteamVR, Oculus Quest, and PSVR.
When it comes to atmospheric zombie games, nothing compares to Skydance's The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners. When it comes to games like Project Zomboid, this is a shining standout.
This game is as immersive as it gets. It's a virtual reality title, and places you in the midst of the apocalypse. It translates the popular comic and TV show perfectly into a videogame format.
The combat in Saints & Sinners is the best the VR market has to offer, and dominates any other title on this list. The game even simulates the weight and impact of any weapons you're using.
It's an amazing feat for a VR title, and nothing comes close to the satisfaction of beating down zombies in this game. The walkers literally being right in front of your eyes and up close? It's terrifying.
Nothing can quite describe the sense of fear this game evokes. It feels like you're in another world, exploring the zombie-infested streets of New Orlean.
Alongside the amazing combat, this game also offers an incredible story and quests. The writing is easily on par with the best of the TV show's arcs. Your story choices will also impact the world around you.
The game offers a variety of diverse modes, there isn't just the story mode available. For example, the game also has a wave-based survival mode, where you'll take down horde after horde.
The sheer scale of the world through the VR eyes is a novelty that never wears off. The developers even took full use of VR for movement, you'll have to climb, crawl, and sneak around.
Open to MMO games like Project Zomboid? If so, Dead Frontier 2 is a hidden gem that's worth checking out. It doubles down on the horror aspect of the survival genre.
If you took Project Zomboid's apocalyptic setting and towns and mixed it in with a shade of Resident Evil's atmosphere, this would be the outcome. Dead Frontier 2 is a master at nailing down the fear and tone of the apocalypse. Ammo is hard to come by, and the open world is packed with tight, claustrophobia-inducing halls.
The game is also great on the character building side. It goes in-depth like an RPG, allowing you to build up your own avatar with a huge variety of skills, equipment, and perks to choose from. Whether you want to specialize in melee, or go ham with shotgun, this game has you covered.
As you can expect from an MMO, it's also packed with events and a market.There is a full-fledged market system to trade rare gear with fellow survivors. The game also accommodates people who prefer to lone-wolf the apocalypse.
Dead Frontier 2 is full of different quests and hard dungeons. It's also alive with a range of NPCs that you might come across, who you can choose to help for rewards.
The writing may not be stellar, but it's serviceable, and the game is easy to drop in/out with friends. The server system is easy to navigate and there is a range of maps to explore.
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Q: R - DBSCAN fviz_cluster - get coordinates of elements with dim1 and dim2 I'm a noob with R, and I'm trying to do clustering on some data samples.
I've tried a PCA,
res.pca <- PCA(df,
               ncp = 5, # nb composantes principales.
               graph = TRUE,
               )

and I can get the full elements list with new coordinates using
res.pca$ind

This is great and works perfectly
for info using the 2 first axis with the PCA, I've 80% of variability on one axis and a bit more than 10% on the Second axis. I was quite proud of the result considering that I've 30 variables ... and in the End the PCA implicitly says that 2 dimension will be enough.
Still working on those data I tried the DBSCAN Clustering method fpc::dbscan :
library (factoextra)
db <- fpc::dbscan(df, eps = 22, MinPts = 3)

and after doing the dbscan and graphing the clusters using fviz_cluster, the Two dimensions display says : 92.8% on axis 1 and 6.7% on axis 2!!!! (more than 99% of the total variance explained with 2 axis !
In short, the DBSCAN has transformed my 30 variables data in a way that looks to be better than the PCA. The overall clustering of DBSCAN  is rubbish for my data, but the transformation that has been used is absolutely excellent.
My issue is that I would like to get access to those new coordinates ... but no way at this time...
the only accessible variables I can see are :
db$cluster, db$eps, db$Minpts, db$isseed
BUT I suspect that some data are accessible otherwize how fviz_cluster, could present the data.
Any Idea ?

A: The projection is not done by dbscan. fviz_cluster uses the first two components obtained via stats::prcomp on the data.


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Potential criminal investigation into Trump is front-page news – unless outlets decide to give him a pass
Reporters and outlets who spent two years chasing Hillary Clinton's emails finally have a real scandal to uncover
Published 02/09/22 5:12 PM EST
Mainstream media outlets face a serious moral test: Will they give the same degree of front-page headlines and saturation TV coverage to news that former President Donald Trump may have mishandled classified materials, that they did to the infamous James Comey letter targeting Hillary Clinton in 2016?
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the National Archives and Records Administration has asked the Department of Justice to examine Trump's mishandling of official records, which has in turn set off discussions about whether Trump could potentially be criminally charged. This follows the news earlier this week, also from the Post, that the National Archives recently recovered 15 boxes of documents and other items from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida which he had illegally removed from the White House.
A key line in the latest article ought to raise red flags: "Archives officials suspected Trump had possibly violated laws concerning the handling of government documents — including those that might be considered classified — and reached out to the Justice Department, the people familiar with the matter said."
Unfortunately, mainstream media outlets already are off to an unpromising start in covering Trump's mishandling of these documents.
The Post's article Wednesday also contained this odd paragraph, with a number of contradictory and unsourced claims that Trump's ignorance and incompetence might shield him from legal jeopardy (emphasis added):
Federal law makes it a crime to destroy government records, but it requires that a person know specifically they are breaking the law when doing so. That could be difficult to do for Trump, who advisers say tore up documents out of habit, leaving staffers to retrieve and reassemble piles of torn paper. According to people familiar with the matter, Trump had been counseled by at least two chiefs of staff and the White House counsel to follow the law on preserving documents.
The article also meanders for several paragraphs about descriptions of souvenirs that Trump took from the White House, such as a model of his proposed border wall, or his proposed redesign to Air Force One. It then finally returns to a much more important point: Throughout his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump had called for his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, "to be jailed" over her supposed mishandling of government emails containing sensitive or classified information.
The public was subjected to nearly two years of false stories suggesting that Clinton had committed crimes. (In fact, Clinton did not violate federal laws: She did not abuse any regulations or ignore any guidance with her use of a private email.) In the following years, Trump was treated with kid gloves for his chronic breaches of information security.
And as for this latest story, mainstream media outlets have so far bought the line from Trump advisers that he was simply too busy trying to overthrow American democracy to keep track of paperwork. So no big deal, right?
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