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My hair didn't like this like many other reviews suggested. It left a type of waxy film on my hair. The search continues . For reference I have henna red hair, mid back, wavy, I use strengther once a week, no blow drying or products.usually left in a bun.
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Déja vu, we've just seen this match before. Higher in the div, and they know it's their time to go, woah! After their Initial Duel in the qualifiers, Nunya and wer das liest ist doof are getting a rematch in the first week. Last time they met was an interesting fixture, with two very close maps being traded, but Nunya crushing their opponents on Gullywash.
Gullywash will not be played this week, but Process, the only map the mostly-German team won, will be, and Granary is known as a soldier-friendly map, and could favor clip and Fischkopf. Warhuryeah and friends will thus be looking to prove that their first defeat was merely due to a lack of experience playing together, and with maps like that they'll be looking to start the season in a nice way. Nunya should not be ruled out of course, after all they were the winners last time, and nothing will distract Connor in his quest to reach playoffs.
Seeing as both teams went through the qualifiers, they will be on the hunt for the (theoretically) easiest points of the season, so expect a match where no punches are pulled. Will the cohesion of wer das liest ist doof keep Nunya at bay? Tune in tonight to teamfortress tv to find out!


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Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid told Sky News Arabia on Thursday afternoon that the consultations on Egyptian draft resolution demanding Israel to halt its settlements activities whether in the United Nations in New York or the Arab League HQ in Cairo. The UN Security Council on Thursday postponed a vote on the draft resolution as President-elect Donald Trump weighed in and said the United States should veto the measure. The move to halt construction of illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territories prompted immediate calls from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the United States to use its veto power at the Security Council to block the resolution.

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Even as members of California's Assembly Appropriations Committee voted overwhelmingly to approve the financial terms of the Internet Poker Consumer Protection Act, the debate over so-called "bad actors" such as PokerStars continued to rage unabated.
Committee members approved California's latest incarnation of online poker legislation – officially known as Assembly Bill 2863 – by a 14-1 margin on June 20. But despite the apparent consensus, many lawmakers remained reticent on the bill's most hotly debated issue: whether or not to allow bad actors back into the fold.
The term bad actor is used to describe online poker operators who willfully chose to continue serving customers in the United States, despite the federal government's passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006.
After the UIGEA took effect, several major online poker providers – including PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker – elected to take their chances, refusing to withdraw their services within the American marketplace. While rival companies like PartyPoker willingly withdrew, costing themselves countless millions of dollars in the process, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker remained and quickly consolidated the American industry.
Adding to the political intrigue is a powerful and highly motivated coalition of seven California tribes – led by the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians – as the group has consistently opposed any admittance of bad actors. With the state's current gambling industry tightly controlled by tribal gaming compacts, this coalition has a vested interest in maintaining control over gambling-related enterprises like online poker.
In referencing "tainted assets," Kinter tagged Amaya as a bad actor which should also be barred from California.
As written, AB-2863 would require bad actors to choose between paying a $20 million penalty fee to the state, or wait for a period of five years before returning.
The tribal coalition has called for Amaya and PokerStars to pay a massive $60 million penalty for its alleged bad actor violations, along with a mandatory 10-year exile from the state.


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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – The Australian Prime Minister said on Monday that a Chinese official's tweet showing a fake picture of an Australian soldier looking to cut a child's neck was "really disgusting" and deserves an apology.
China said there would be no apology.
The incident further strains tense relations between the two nations. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he sought an apology from the Chinese government after Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry, released the graphic image showing a grinning soldier holding a bloody knife in the throat of a veiled child who holding a lamb.
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Zhao wrote a caption with the tweet, saying: "Shocked by murder of Afghan civilians and prisoners of Australian soldiers. We strongly condemn such actions and call for them to be held accountable. "
He cited a disturbing report by the Australian military earlier this month that found evidence that Australian elite troops had illegally killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and civilians during the conflict in Afghanistan. It recommended that 19 soldiers be referred to federal police for investigation.
Asked about the issue at a daily briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying blamed the Australian side.
"What Australia needs to do is reflect deeply, bring the perpetrators to justice, make a formal apology to the Afghan people and solemnly promise the international community that they will never commit such horrific crimes again," Hua said.
FILE – In this November 17, 2020, archive photo, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison undergoes an honor guard during a ceremony ahead of a meeting of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's official residence in Tokyo. Morrison said on Monday, November 30, 2020, that a tweet from a Chinese official showing a fake picture of an Australian soldier appearing to cut a child's neck is "really disgusting." (Kiyoshi Ota / Pool Photo via AP, File)
Morrison said Zhao's tweet was "completely outrageous" and a terrible nonsense against Australia's military.
It's really disgusting. It is deeply offensive to every Australian, every Australian who has served in that uniform, "he told reporters in Canberra. "The Chinese government should be completely ashamed of this post. It diminishes them in the eyes of the world. "
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Morrison said his government had contacted Twitter and asked it to take the position down. The post had a warning sign on it Monday afternoon but could still be seen. Zhao's account comes with a Twitter tag indicating that it is a Chinese government account.
Despite China blocking Twitter and other U.S. social media platforms in the county, Chinese diplomats and state media have established a strong presence on them.
Zhao was criticized by the United States in March after tweeting a conspiracy theory that U.S. troops may have brought coronavirus to China. He is considered a leading representative of China's high new tribe of assertive foreign relations.
Morrison acknowledged that there were tensions between China and Australia.
"But that's not how you deal with them," he said. "Australia has patiently sought to tackle the tensions that exist in our relationship in a mature way in a responsible way, by seeking commitment at both the leadership and ministerial levels. "
The gap between the two nations has widened since the Australian government called for an independent inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. China has since imposed tariffs and other restrictions on a number of Australian exports.
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Effects of Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 Supplementation on Body Weight, Fecal pH, Acetate, Lactate, Calprotectin, and IgA in Preterm Infants
Ruchika Mohan1,
Corinna Koebnick2,
Janko Schildt3,
Manfred Mueller3,
Michael Radke3 &
Michael Blaut1
Pediatric Research volume 64, pages418–422(2008)Cite this article
Preterm infants are prone to abnormal bacterial colonization of the intestine with ensuing adverse health effects. To examine whether the oral application of Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 (probiotic) may improve selected indicators of health status in preterm infants, a double blind, placebo controlled randomized clinical study was performed on 69 preterm infants (<37 gestation wk). Weight gain was defined as the primary outcome measure. In antibiotic-treated infants, probiotic supplementation resulted in a higher body weight compared with placebo (p < 0.001). In the probiotic group, the fecal pH was significantly lower than in the placebo group. The fecal concentrations of acetate and lactate were 42 and 38% higher, respectively, in the probiotic group than in the placebo group. Fecal calprotectin was lower in the probiotic group (p = 0.041), while fecal IgA was higher in this group compared with the placebo group (p = 0.021).
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Low-birth-weight premature infants, in particular those delivered by caesarian section, are often ill equipped for life outside the womb. Because they spend the first few days of their life in an intensive care setting, they develop an abnormal pattern of microbial bowel colonization (1) and the proliferation of pathogens may lead to infections such as septicemia or necrotizing enterocolitis (2, 3). These infants are prone to infections because the mucosal barrier is poorly developed in low-birth-weight infants. The administration of probiotics has been proposed to reduce bowel infections in preterm infants by improving the mucosal barrier, thereby limiting the translocation of bacteria and bacterial products (4–6).
Previous studies indicated that probiotics might offer potential benefits to preterm and term infants (7–10). A recent review, which also included the first part of the present study, concluded that probiotics might reduce the risk of necrotising enterocolitis in preterm neonates with less than 33 wk gestation (11). Most of these studies looked at the effect of probiotics on microbial composition and weight gain as well as the occurrence of necrotizing enterocolitis, urinary tract infection, and sepsis. The present study investigated the effect of Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 supplementation on body weight, alteration of gut fermentation patterns, and immunologic parameters such as fecal calprotectin and IgA. The microbiological data from this study have already been published (12).
Study design and study population.
A double-blind placebo-controlled randomized prospective clinical trial was carried out on 69 preterm infants born between August 2003 and July 2005 at the Ernst von Bergmann hospital in Potsdam, Germany. The study was in agreement with the European "Good Clinical practice" and the protocol was approved by the Ethical committee of the University of Potsdam (decision number 3/15). Informed consent from the parents was obtained before enrollment of the infants. The study design has been described previously (12). In brief, infants born with a gestational age <37 wk were enrolled in the study and randomized into the placebo or the probiotic group with the help of the Randoma software version 4.3 (HaSoTec, Rostock, Germany) on the basis of birth weight, gestational age at birth, gender, arterial umbilical cord pH, and Apgar score at 5 min. The physicians, nursing staff, parents, and the scientists analyzing the data were blinded to the treatment assignment. The placebo (human milk fortifier without probiotics: FM 2000B) and the probiotic preparation (FM 2000A) were both supplied by Nestlé, Konofingen, Switzerland. The probiotic supplement contained 2 × 109 cells of Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 per g of powder, whereas the placebo was without Bb12. The probiotic group received oral feedings of 1.6 × 109 cells on d 1–3 and 4.8 × 109 cells from d 4 onwards daily. The first dose dissolved in water was given within 24 h after birth whenever possible. The infants received placebo or probiotic for 21 d. The study preparation was given in addition to mother's milk or donated human milk. The daily-consumed amounts of milk were noted.
Fecal samples were collected between 00:00 and 08:00 h for 21 d after the first supplementation. Because the quantity of stool samples was a limitation, not all parameters, except the fecal pH, could be determined for each fecal sample. Stools collected on Mondays and Thursdays were processed for short chain fatty acids (SCFA) and lactate analysis, whereas those collected on Wednesdays were assayed for calprotectin and IgA. The samples for microbial analysis were collected on Tuesdays; the corresponding data have been reported previously (12). The number of subjects analyzed for a given parameter depended on the availability of a fecal sample at the respective sampling time; the number of subjects analyzed is indicated for each parameter.
Infants were subjected to standard antibiotic therapy used in the hospital when needed, which included cefotaxime (200 mg kg−1 · d−1) and piperacillin (150 mg · kg−1 · d−1) in the first 3 d, and vancomycin (15 · mg · kg−1 · d−1) and amikacin (15 · mg · kg−1 · d−1) after the third day. Imipenum (60 · mg · kg−1 · d−1) was given only in some cases. Baseline and the routine clinical data were collected for all infants and their mothers.
Fecal pH, short-chain fatty acids, and lactate.
The fecal pH was measured directly on freshly passed stool with a Hamilton Biotrode glass electrode connected to a MV88 pH meter (both from Präcitronic, Dresden, Germany). SCFA were measured from 300 mg fresh feces as described (13) with a HP 5890 series II gas chromatograph (Hewlett-Packard, Waldbronn, Germany). For lactate determination, the fecal sample was diluted 10-fold, heated to 80°C for 20 min to inactivate the enzymes and then finally centrifuged at 15,000 × g for 10 min. The supernatant was analyzed for lactate enzymatically (Boehringer Mannhein/R-Biopharm, Darmstadt, Germany). The measurements were done in a microtiter plate and the absorption was read by a microtiter plate reader (Spectra RAINBOW, SLT Labinstruments, Austria).
Fecal calprotectin and IgA.
Fecal calprotectin and IgA were measured with the PhiCal and the IgA ELISA kits (Immundiagnostik AG, Bensheim, Germany), respectively, using 100 mg of fresh feces. The absorbance was measured at 405 nm with the above microtiter plate reader.
Data analysis.
All statistical analyses were performed with the statistical package SPSS 11.5 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). Sample size calculation was based on an assumed body weight difference between treatment groups of 100 ± 140 g. For this effect size, the power of the study was 86% with a sample size of 35 subjects per group and a given α = 0.05. Because the variables were not normally distributed, they were log transformed before performing any analysis. Geometric estimated means and standard errors are given in all figures. The influence of antibiotic therapy was also checked by dividing the probiotic and the placebo group infants into two groups: one without antibiotic therapy and the other in which the infants received antibiotic therapy for one or more days in the specified week. Antibiotic therapy was encoded on a weekly basis. Consequently, individual infants receiving antibiotic therapy changed from week to week.
Linear mixed effects modeling was used to estimate the effects of probiotic treatment on body weight. The hypothesis was that the difference between probiotic and placebo group changes over treatment time. For analysis, the data were adjusted for gestational week, birth weight, and gender. Age was centered at the end of treatment period (age = 3 wk or 21 d) for ease of interpretation of the intercept, because a zero age intercept would not be meaningful. The intercept represents the endpoint of the treatment period. For all models, fixed effects included were treatment (probiotic versus placebo) and antibiotic therapy. The effect was tested for significant fixed effects on the intercept and slope. A general mixed linear model was used for analyses with subject as a random factor and antibiotic therapy, treatment (probiotic or placebo), time of sample collection (week)*treatment, and antibiotic therapy*treatment as fixed factors for all other parameters (fecal pH, SCFA, lactate, calprotectin, and IgA). Intrasubject correlation was calculated to estimate associations between fecal SCFA, IgA, calprotectin, lactate, and the numbers of bifidobacteria. The latter were reported elsewhere (12). The missing data at any particular time point was not taken for analysis. Weekly and overall effect of probiotic supplementation (considering data from all 3 wk) was calculated. The differences were considered significant at p < 0.05 for all analyses.
Study group characteristics and effect of supplementation on weight gain.
Of the 69 infants in the study, 37 and 32 infants were randomly assigned to the probiotic and the control group, respectively. The characteristics of the study population are shown in Table 1. All infants in the study were of German ethnic background, except one infant who was of Russian descent. During the study period of 3 wk, 46 infants received antibiotics (probiotic group: 26; placebo group: 20) for one or more weeks. Probiotic and control group did not differ with regard to the parameters chosen for randomization (Table 1). There were no significant differences in birth weight, arterial umbilical cord pH and Apgar score at 5 min between the infants born as singles, twins and triplets.
Table 1 Study group characteristics. The probiotic and the placebo group contained 37 and 32 infants, respectively
Probiotic treatment had no effect on weight when all infants were considered [placebo 1836 ± 71, probiotics 1882 ± 53, p = 0.062; data given for d 21 (time variable, centered at d 21)]. When we investigated antibiotic treatment as a potential effect modifier, there was also no difference in weight between the probiotic and the control group for the infants without antibiotic treatment (placebo 1941 ± 79, probiotics 1900 ± 78) (Fig. 1A). However, when the infants receiving antibiotics were compared, infants in the probiotic group had significantly higher weight than those in the placebo group [placebo 1375 ± 74, probiotics 1574 ± 65, p < 0.001 for d 21 (time variable, centered at d 21) × antibiotic × treatment] (Fig. 1B). Interestingly, the milk intake by the infants in the placebo group was significantly higher than by the infants in the probiotic group (placebo 226 ml/wk ± 5.25; probiotic 199 ml/wk ± 4.16, p < 0.001).
Influence of probiotic treatment on body weight. (A) Infants not treated with antibiotics (p = NS; probiotic: n = 11, placebo = 12), (B) antibiotic-treated infants (p < 0.001; probiotic: n = 26, placebo = 20). Placebo group (○); probiotic group (•).
Fecal SCFA, lactate, and pH.
The total concentrations of fecal SCFA in the probiotic (n = 34) and placebo (n = 31) groups are shown in Figure 2A. Considering the data from all time points, the probiotic group had a higher total fecal SCFA concentration (p < 0.001) than the placebo group and the differences were most pronounced in wk 2 and 3 (p = 0.013 and p < 0.001, respectively). Acetic acid was the major SCFA in both groups, contributing 90% to the total SCFA. The concentration of acetate was significantly higher in the probiotic than in the placebo group (p < 0.001) with more pronounced differences in the second and third weeks (Fig. 2A, p < 0.001 for both weeks). The differences between the two groups were also significant for the infants who received antibiotics (p < 0.001, Fig. 2B). Fecal propionic and butyric acid concentrations were consistently higher in the probiotic than in the placebo group (p = 0.040; p = 0.026, respectively). The geometric mean of the molar proportions of SCFA profile for all time points was similar for the probiotic and the placebo group (C2:C3:C4:C5; probiotic: 90:4:3.2:2; placebo: 89.3:5:3:2).
(A) Effect of probiotic supplementation on fecal SCFA and acetate concentrations over a period of three study weeks (probiotic: n = 34, placebo = 31) given as geometric means. □: total SCFA in the placebo group; ▪: total SCFA in the probiotic group; : acetate in the placebo group; : acetate in the probiotic group. (B) Effect of probiotic supplementation on fecal acetate concentration in all infants (p < 0.001; probiotic: n = 31, placebo = 28), antibiotic-treated infants (p < 0.001; probiotic: n = 23, placebo = 19), and in infants without antibiotic treatment (p < 0.001; probiotic: n = 11, placebo = 12) over the entire study period (3 wk). Placebo group (□); probiotic group (▪). *p < 0.05; §p < 0.001.
Lactate was produced by the intestinal microbiota of all infants in both study groups (probiotic, n = 35; placebo, n = 31). Fecal lactate increased with age in both groups (not shown), but the infants in the probiotic group had a 38% higher fecal lactate concentration (p = 0.011) (Fig. 3). The differences between the two groups were more pronounced in the infants without antibiotic therapy (p = 0.009). In the infants receiving antibiotics, the fecal lactate concentrations were not significantly different between the probiotic and the placebo group.
Effect of probiotic supplementation on fecal lactate concentration (in micromole per gram feces) in all infants (p = 0.011; probiotic: n = 35, placebo = 31), antibiotic-treated infants (probiotic: n = 24, placebo = 20), and in infants without antibiotic treatment (p = 0.009; probiotic: n = 10, placebo = 12) over the entire study period of 3 wk. Placebo group (□); Probiotic group (▪). *p < 0.050; **p < 0.010.
Bifidobacterial numbers, presented elsewhere (12), correlated significantly with fecal acetate and lactate (r = 0.243, p = 0.050; r = 0.336, p = 0.010, respectively). A significant correlation was also found for fecal acetate and lactate (r = 0.490, p < 0.001). The feces from infants in the probiotic group (5.68 ± 0.09) had a significantly lower pH (p < 0.001) than those in the placebo group (6.38 ± 0.10).
Fecal calprotectin and fecal IgA.
The fecal calprotectin levels were significantly higher (p = 0.041) in the placebo group than in the probiotic group considering all data points. Although the difference between the two groups was not significant for the infants receiving antibiotics, it was significant for the infants without antibiotic treatment (p = 0.007) (Fig. 4).
Effect of probiotic supplementation on fecal calprotectin concentration (in milligram per kilogram feces) in all infants (p = 0.041; probiotic: n = 34, placebo = 29), antibiotic-treated infants (probiotic: n = 24, placebo = 18), and in infants without antibiotic treatment (p = 0.007; probiotic: n = 10, placebo = 11) over the entire study period (3 wk). Placebo group (□); probiotic group (▪). *p < 0.050; **p < 0.010.
Total fecal IgA levels were 44% higher in the probiotic (n = 19) than in the placebo group (n = 16; p = 0.021). The fecal IgA concentration increased from wk 1–2 in the probiotic group, but not in the placebo group (Fig. 5A). However, this difference was only significant for infants without antibiotic treatment (Fig. 5B). A trend for a positive correlation of fecal IgA with the cell counts of bifidobacteria (12), was observed (r = 0.344, p = 0.080).
(A) Effect of probiotic supplementation on fecal IgA concentrations (in milligram per kilogram feces) of preterm infants over 3 wk. (B) Effect of probiotic supplementation on fecal IgA concentrations in all infants (p = 0.021; probiotic: n = 19, placebo = 16), antibiotic-treated infants (probiotic: n = 13, placebo = 13), and in infants without antibiotic treatment (p = 0.018; probiotic: n = 6, placebo = 3) over the entire study period (3 wk). Placebo group (□); probiotic group (▪). *p < 0.050; **p < 0.010.
It is known that very low-birth-weight infants lose up to 10% of their initial weight during the immediate postnatal period (6). This creates a significant growth deficit, which persists throughout hospitalization in a neonatal intensive care unit. In the present study, antibiotic-treated infants who received probiotics gained more weight than those supplemented with placebo, although the infants in the probiotic group consumed smaller amounts of milk. Indeed, the weight gain during the observation period was four times higher for the infants in the probiotic group than for the infants in the placebo group (approximately 450 g versus 100 g; Fig. 1B). It is not completely clear why BB12 treatment only affected the weight of infants who were treated with antibiotics. However, this finding may indicate that probiotic treatment is advantageous in infants suffering from bacterial infections and requiring antibiotic treatment. Because the infants in the antibiotic-treated group were already ill, the probiotics showed a higher effect in these infants. It can be proposed that either the infants in the probiotic group lost less of their initial weight than the infants in the placebo group or they digested and used the food more effectively than the ones in the latter group. Improved weight gain in preterm infants on supplementation with Bifidobacterium breve YIT4010 has also been shown previously (7).
The infants without antibiotic treatment had a higher body weight at the end of the observation period (approximately 1900 g for both the probiotic and the placebo group) than those with antibiotic treatment (approximately 1370 g for the placebo and approximately 1580 g for the probiotic group). This can be explained by the fact that the infants with antibiotic treatment had a lower birth weight than those without it, which may indicate that a low-birth-weight predisposes preterm infants to the need for antibiotic treatment.
In the first few days of life, the large bowel contains no or very few bacteria that degrade dietary products or endogenous glycoproteins. Moreover, the availability of exogenous substrates for intestinal bacteria is limited because of the low food intake during this period. Therefore, the production and absorption of SCFA are unlikely to occur at significant levels until the infant acquires an anaerobic microbiota (14) and milk uptake increases. Fecal SCFA reflect bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates and proteins of exogenous and endogenous origin. Very little is known about the fecal SCFA concentrations in premature infants, especially in relation to digestive disorders and probiotic supplementation.
Bifidobacteria produce acetate and lactate at a molar ratio of 3:2. The total fecal SCFA concentrations in the probiotic group were higher than those in the placebo group, with acetate accounting for approximately 90% of the total SCFA. Other studies on premature infants reported molar acetic acid proportions of 65% (15) and 69% (16). So far, no previous study has monitored the fecal lactate levels after supplementation of probiotics in preterm infants. The fecal concentration of lactate is less than 2–3 mM in adults (17) but considerably higher in infants. This can be attributed to a lack of lactate-degrading bacteria in infants. In the present study, the concentration of lactic acid in the feces increased almost 2.6-fold from wk 1 to 3 in the infants supplemented with B. lactis Bb12. This can be linked to the observed increase in the number of bifidobacteria during this time period (12) and is evident from the significant positive correlation between the two parameters. Improved lactose digestion has been reported for humans by ingestion of unfermented milk containing Bifidobacterium longum (18). Because, human milk contains relatively high concentrations of lactose, bifidobacteria have an advantage over other bacteria that do not possess β-galactosidase. The lower fecal pH detected in the infants of the probiotic group can be explained by the higher amounts of fecal acetic and lactic acids found in these infants.
Calprotectin is a 36.5 kD calcium and zinc binding protein, which constitutes approximately 60% of the soluble cytosolic proteins in the human neutrophil granulocytes (19). Elevated concentrations of fecal calprotectin are found in patients with colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, bacterial infections of the gastrointestinal tract and after treatment with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (20–22). It is a simple noninvasive marker to evaluate the inflammatory status of the gastrointestinal tract of neonates, particularly of those at risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, preterm infants, and infants with intrauterine growth retardation (23). Few studies have looked at the fecal calprotectin levels in preterm infants (24–26), but none of them examined the effect of probiotic supplementation. In the present study, the infants in the probiotic group had a significantly lower concentration of fecal calprotectin than those in the placebo group. Bb12 supplementation might help in mucosal immunity maturation and attenuation of inflammatory responses to dietary and bacterial antigens.
Secretory IgA plays a central role in local immunity. It has a significant function in creating a barrier against infections by pathogenic bacteria or viruses (27). An increase in total fecal IgA (2.9-fold) in healthy children in response to supplementation with B. lactis Bb12 has been shown previously (28). We observed a 45% increase in the total fecal IgA concentration from wk 1 to 2 in the probiotic group whereas there was no change in the concentration during the entire study period of 3 wk in the placebo group.
In conclusion, dietary supplementation of preterm infants with B. lactis Bb12 starting early after birth led to an increase in fecal acetate, lactate, and total fecal IgA and to a decrease in fecal calprotectin. A significantly higher body weight in response to probiotic supplementation was only observed in infants treated with antibiotics.
SCFA:
short chain fatty acids
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The authors did not have any financial or personal conflicts of interest. The study was supported by Nestlé who donated the food-grade study preparations and covered approximately 5% of the total study costs, the remainder being financed by the authors' institutions. Nestlé was not involved in the study design, the collection and interpretation of the data, writing of the report, and the decision to submit the paper for publication. None of the authors of the study received any payment from the sponsor.
Mohan, R., Koebnick, C., Schildt, J. et al. Effects of Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 Supplementation on Body Weight, Fecal pH, Acetate, Lactate, Calprotectin, and IgA in Preterm Infants. Pediatr Res 64, 418–422 (2008) doi:10.1203/PDR.0b013e318181b7fa
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New NSF project to develop climate impact projections for the northeast US continental shelf!
With $750,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation, we're excited to be starting a new partnership with The Nature Conservancy, University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts, the Responsible Offshore Science Alliance (ROSA), University of Wisconsin, Rutgers Equal Opportunity Fund, the Pacific Northwest College of Art and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration! The focus is on climate impacts ot fisheries, wind energy development, and conservation. More details here https://sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/2021/09/national-science-foundation-awards-rutgers-a-750000-convergence-accelerator-grant/
Alternative stable states in conservation behavior in PNAS
Ed Tekwa (postdoc in the lab) led a study just out in PNAS, "Path-dependent institutions drive alternative stable states in conservation."
A commercial fishing boat in Reykjavik, Iceland.
We hear almost every day in the news about environmental disasters, but the world is also full of many environmental success stories. Why do we succeed at conservation some of the time, but fail other times? In our paper, we studied people's decisions about whether to conserve or to over-harvest a renewable resource like fish or timber. Surprisingly, we found that people often get trapped by their past decisions. If they start out over-harvesting, they tend to continue over-harvesting. But the opposite is also true: once people start conserving, this behavior is also self-perpetuating. We built a mathematical model for this behavior, and showed that it explains global patterns in fisheries decisions better than any previous theory. Our results challenge the conventional expectation that collapse of fast-growing resources is unlikely, but also offer hope that conservation is much easier to continue once we start.
Rutgers press release
Princeton press release
Marine conservation in a changing climate
Erica Gies' article in Hakai Magazine on how (and whether) marine conservation can keep up with climate change, with quotes from Will White (Oregon State) and Malin:
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/designing-marine-protected-areas-in-a-changing-climate/
Putting endangered wildlife in a corner
Photo by Aziz Saltik (flickr)
Our new paper on extinction risk in marine and terrestrial species is out today in PNAS, "Range contraction enables harvesting to extinction" [free preprint here]. Led by Matthew Burgess at UCSB, the research shows that shrinking distributions puts many animals at further risk from extinction as their abundance decline. While harvesters (fishers or hunters) are typically expected to stop harvesting when a species becomes rare and the costs of harvest become too high, contraction of a species into dense clusters can keep harvesting profitable, even at very low abundance. Examples of species with these contractions include Bengal tigers, Asian elephants, and bluefin tunas.
News coverage:
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Posted on February 13, 2017 February 7, 2021
New paper: Who should pick the winners of climate change?
It is tempting to try to guess which species will be the winners of climate change, and which the losers. But our new paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution suggests that we should avoid doing that when we design management and conservation measures. Instead, we propose harnessing the diversity and evolutionary capacity of the natural world as a climate adaptation strategy by designing "adaptation networks." We focus on coral reefs as a particularly salient example.
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Ed was at the EcoSummit conference in Montpellier (Sept. 1) to present "Why do fisheries evolve different harvest rates?". The conference theme was Engineering Sustainability, but covered a wide range of sustainability topics. Also a nice chance to drink some wine and visit with Michel Loreau!
Multiple PhD and postdoctoral positions in climate change ecology and evolution
Three postdoctoral positions and one PhD position are available in the Pinsky Lab at Rutgers University to work on climate change ecology and evolution in marine ecosystems. The positions represent an exciting expansion of research efforts in this area. Broadly, research in the Pinsky Lab uses empirical data, mathematical models, and population genomics to study global change in the coastal ocean.
Key themes across all new positions include understanding the ecological and evolutionary processes that determine how climate variability and climate change filter through ocean communities to affect human behavior and the success or failure of conservation efforts. Postdocs and students will join an international network of collaborators across conservation, marine science, climate science, economics, sociology, and policy, including Josh Abbott (Arizona State U.), Daniel Schindler and Andre Punt (U. Washington), Dan Holland and Melissa Poe (NOAA), William Cheung and Daniel Pauly (U. British Columbia), Jorge Sarmiento (Princeton), Carl Folke (Stockholm U.), and Pat Halpin (Duke).
Three (3) postdoc positions are open:
1) Coupled Natural Human (CNH) systems postdoc: The postdoc will take the lead on a research project investigating the causes and consequences of ecological synchrony in the California Current large marine ecosystem. Key questions include how portfolio effects emerge in open systems and how oceanographic processes and fishing interact to affect population dynamics. The postdoc will also be part of a broader NSF-funded team studying coupled social-ecological dynamics and feedbacks from physics to fish to people.
2) Nereus Fellow: As part of the Nereus Program (http://www.nereusprogram.org), the Fellow will design and lead empirical research to understand the consequences of climate change and shifting species distributions for human behavior and adaptation in marine ecosystems. Resources for the research include large datasets of fishing vessel behavior over decadal time-scales, as well as other datasets on environmental changes and ecological states.
3) Eco-evolutionary dynamics postdoc: The postdoc will develop models and theory to understand the extent to which ecological turnover and evolutionary rescue could preserve coral reef function over the coming centuries, and whether conservation efforts can facilititate the adaptation process at the landscape scale. Application of the theory to case studies in three geographies will also be part of the research.
All postdoc positions are two years.
One (1) graduate assistant position is open, preferably for a Ph.D. degree:
1) CNH Graduate Assistant: The GA will use statistical and process-based models to understand the mechanisms linking climate variability to marine animal population dynamics in the California Current large marine ecosystem, including recruitment and distribution. The GA will also be part of a broader NSF-funded team studying coupled social-ecological dynamics and feedbacks from physics to fish to people.
Across all positions, the ideal candidates will be skilled with data analysis, statistics, and ecological modeling (or a strong aptitude for learning these skills, in the case of the GA). Applicants with evidence of creativity, productivity, strong oral and written communication abilities, and enthusiasm are especially encouraged to apply, particularly those that bring a new perspective, new ideas, or a new skillset to the team. For postdoctoral applications, a promising record of publication is highly valued. The successful applicants will be independent, motivated problem solvers who communicate well and enjoy working in a collaborative setting.
The positions will be based at Rutgers with extensive opportunities for research visits across campuses, including U. Washington, U. British Columbia, and NOAA offices. Additional opportunities are available to interact with scientists at the Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences; the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab; the Princeton Environmental Institute; the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science; and beyond.
**Application process**
The postdoc start dates are flexible and the positions are open until filled. The GA will begin in summer or fall 2017. Review of postdoc applications will begin on October 1, 2016 and will continue on a rolling basis. Review of GA applications will continue until December 2016, when applications to Rutgers graduate programs are due.
Interested postdoc candidates should submit: 1) a one-page cover letter that describes which position(s) they are applying for (and preferred position if applying to more than one) and their preferred start date, 2) a two-page research statement describing their relevant background and anticipated research approach to the problem they would be addressing, 3) a CV, and 4) the names and contact information of three other scientists familiar with their work.
GA applicants should include a 1-2 page cover letter describing their interests, CV, a recent transcript, GRE scores, and contact information for three references. Qualified GA candidates will be contacted and encouraged to apply to the graduate program in either Ecology & Evolution (http://ecoevo.rutgers.edu/) or Oceanography (http://marine.rutgers.edu/main/IMCS-Academics/Graduate-Program-in-Oceanography.html), depending on student interests. Ph.D. applications to Rutgers are due in December.
Please submit all materials to malin.pinsky@rutgers.edu with "Postdoc application 2016" or "Graduate application 2016" as the subject.
Malin Pinsky
Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Science video wins prize
Doug McCauley's video about our Science paper last year on the loss of marine wildlife just won 3rd place in the Ocean 180 Video Challenge! As picked by 6th-8th graders around the world. Just announced this week at the Ocean Sciences Meeting here in New Orleans.
Come see us at Ocean Sciences!
Nearly the whole lab and many collaborators will be at Ocean Sciences in New Orleans next week talking about our work!
Monday, 9:30-9:45am, R02: Talia Young, "ME11A-07: How Are Fishing Patterns and Fishing Communities Responding to Climate Change? A Test Case from the Northwest Atlantic"
Monday, 9:45-10:00am, 215-216: Malin Pinsky, "PC11A-08: Can We "Future-Proof" Marine Conservation Planning?"
Monday, 12:51-12:56pm, Student Lounge/Career Center theater space, Great Hall C: Patrick Flanagan, "The SUBstitute: Truly "immersive" marine science education"
Monday, 4-6pm, Poster Hall: Jim Morley, "PC14B-2065: Response of Marine Taxa to Climate Variability in the Southeast U.S."
Monday, 4-6pm, Poster Hall: Michelle Stuart, "ME14D-0642: Who's your daddy? Using RADseq to explore survival and paternity in the clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii."
Monday, 4-6pm, Poster Hall: Patrick Flanagan, "ME14D-0638: Variable responses in marine community structure to changes in temperature"
Thursday, 8:45-9:00am, R02: Becca Selden, "ME41A-04: The Influence of Predator-prey Interactions on Climate-induced Range Shifts in Marine Communities"
Friday, 4-6pm, Poster Hall: Ryan Batt, "ME54A-0910: Evaluating temperature as a driver of changing coastal biodiversity"
Friday, 4-6pm, Poster Hall: Joanie Kleypas, "PC54B-2254: Impacts of Larval Connectivity on Coral Heat Tolerance"
Ph.D. position open in coral reef metapopulation dynamics
We're looking for good Ph.D. applicants! We have a Ph.D. position open to research marine metapopulation dynamics using field work combined with population genomics. Our research group has interests in marine ecology, population genetics/genomics, climate change, biogeography, dispersal, and fisheries. Student projects will generally overlap with these areas, but independent thinking and new ideas are strongly encouraged.
Potential projects include (but are not limited to) questions of metapopulation dynamics, demography, dispersal, local adaptation, thermal physiology, and implications for marine reserve design. We do extensive fieldwork in the Philippines with clownfish, and excellent opportunities exist to build from four years of existing data. Projects would likely involve a mix of field work, genomic wet lab work, bioinformatics, and ecological modeling. Enthusiasm, drive, excellent written and oral communication abilities, and strong quantitative skills are necessary. Scientific diving certification is encouraged, but training can occur during the graduate program.
Interested candidates should send an email to malin.pinsky@rutgers.edu describing their motivation and research interests along with a CV, GPA, GRE scores (if available), and three references. In-progress applications to external fellowships are viewed favorably. Qualified candidates will be contacted and encouraged to apply to the graduate program in either Ecology & Evolution or Oceanography, depending on student interests. This is a funded position, though Ph.D. students will be encouraged to apply for external fellowships.


Merry Kindle (*or insert the name of any other generic e-reader here) Christmas!
Wow! What a year 2011 has been for digital publishing and the growth of the digital/ebook!
I am not going to start sprouting stats and figures and predicting 2012/2013 growth (Mark does that here), we all know what possibilities 2012 will bring and can pretty much put money on the continued upward trend of digital outpacing paper. No, what I want to talk about is a bit more fun than that.
As a writer, you often have little visions/images/scenes/films running in your head; you all know what I am talking about. We've all had that character sashaying their way into your imagination whilst in the middle of Tesco. My co-writer, Mark, takes it one step further and has full-blown night visits (but that's a story for another day). Anyway, you get my drift.
If you're a reader visiting this blog, then you may not know what I mean, but any fiction writer will tell you it's true. Stories kinda write themselves, characters have a way of introducing themselves to you when you least expect it and taking your book off in a completely different direction, that is why we never plan our novels. It's also why I LOVE writing. I have never had to sit down and think about a story, cool huh?
But, I digress. Where was I? Oh yes, Kindle Christmas.
Now, it is no secret that most of our 125,000 plus ebook sales in our first year have been through Amazon (and mostly UK), approximately 85% at a rough guess, although we have started to sell very well on Waterstones UK ebook site and currently have two books in the Top 20, but let's face it, for us, this year, it's all about the 'zon. So we are very excited to see what happens over Christmas this year (it is really our first festive period of selling given that we only uploaded 'Sugar & Spice' at the end of November 2010 and didn't do any promotion) when an anticipated 12 million Kindles will find their way to new homes.
I have contributed to those sales, I currently have one in my cupboard for my mum for Christmas and when I racked my brains to remember where I had put it the other day, that is when I had my funny little vision.
All over the world, in drawers, attics, under beds, hidden in wardrobes, under trees and even in obscure places like behind the fridge, there are millions upon millions of baby Kindles just waiting to be set free! I can see them squealing and squirming in their little brown boxes, jigging about with excitement, counting down the days until some lucky wife, mother, father, brother, sister or the next door neighbours' cats' vet opens that package on Christmas morning!
It'll be like a scene from Gremlins! As if they multiply when one person plugs them in, another one appears!
Tee hee. Made me laugh. It also frightens the hell out of me!
Will Amazon be prepared for the surge? Will their servers cope? What will happen to sales and the charts? Will there be a boom on other e-reader sites like Kobo etc?
Who knows… I guess we'll have to wait and see, but one thing is for sure, the 'zon elves are hard at work as we speak and I hope Ole St Nic had the foresight to tie Amazon into a 'parts delivered' deal, cos when most people open their pressies on the 25th, you can bet your life there'll be a Kindle in there somewhere!
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13 things to remember about the e-tolling system
By Ntombi Nkosi May 27, 2021
With a final cabinet decision on e-tolls still pending, many were still heartened by Gauteng Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure MEC Jacob Mamabolo indicating the scrapping of the controversial system in an interview with SAfm.
"We are waiting for that to be formalised, but where we are there is no turning back on the e-tolls. The e-tolls are a thing of the past and we are waiting for that to be formalised or confirmed," said Mamabolo.
However, Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni subsequently said Gauteng has always lobbied the national government to scrap e-tolls, but there was no final cabinet decision yet on the issue. He said Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula continues to table various reports around e-tolls.
With a decision pending, here are 13 things to remember about the e-tolling system:
In 2007, the cabinet approved the upgrade of the Gauteng freeways and a year later, the government declared Gauteng's 186km freeway a toll road. This declaration remains in place.
The SA National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral) decided to implement an electronic tolling (e-toll) system as a means of collecting funds to cover the bonds (about R21billion, mainly from the Public Investment Corporation, which paid for the freeway upgrade construction costs.
Sanral formally informed the government on no less than two occasions in 2008 – the same year that the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) construction began – that the project would cost between R11.8bn and R11.9bn.
Sanral informed the public and the authorities that the project was completed in 2011 at a price tag of R17.9bn, almost 60% more than the price tag indicated in 2008.
The e-toll tenders were concluded in 2009 and the Austrian-based Kapsch TrafficCom company, known as Electronic Toll Collection (ETC), in a joint venture with local partners, won this tender to manage the five-year operations contract, plus other items, at a value of R6.2bn.
The public outcry from all sectors began in 2010, when the construction of the e-toll gantries sparked public awareness and debate about the funding scheme.
In September 2011, the contract with the ETC-JV was signed at a value of R9.9bn, some 60% higher than ETC's tendered value indicated by Sanral.
In 2012, Outa was formed as a consortium of business and community organisations, funded largely by business at that time, to challenge the e-toll decision and have it reviewed in court.
In March 2012, Outa took the National Treasury and Sanral to court to stop e-tolls pending the outcome of a legal challenge to the system. Their legal challenge interdicted the e-toll launch in April 2012, but this was overturned in September 2012. The Constitutional Court ruled against Outa, citing the principle of separation of powers of the executive, legislature and judiciary, and saying that it was the executive's prerogative to decide on how to finance public projects. Sanral said it was ready to launch the scheme within two weeks but failed to do so for a further 15 months.
On December 3, 2013, against all advice and an ongoing outcry from business, labour, political parties and the public at large, who cited many practical reasons why the scheme would fail, Sanral and the Department of Transport switched on the e-toll gantries.
By 2016, Sanral had started issuing individual summonses to e-toll defaulters. Many members of the public who were summonsed, contacted and mandated Outa to handle this matter on their behalf.
In July 2019, President Ramaphosa tasked Minister Fikile Mbalula to engage with Finance Minister Mboweni and Gauteng Premier Makhura to find cabinet a solution.
On November 1, 2019, Mbalula announced that the e-toll task team had tabled a range of proposals to the cabinet, including a "preferred reconfigured approach to GFIP" and that the cabinet had not made a decision, but told the team to do some further work and report back to the cabinet in two weeks. He said the the cabinet would then make a decision.
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The rectilinear Steiner tree problem, minimum rectilinear Steiner tree problem (MRST), or rectilinear Steiner minimum tree problem (RSMT) is a variant of the geometric Steiner tree problem in the plane, in which the Euclidean distance is replaced with the rectilinear distance. The problem may be formally stated as follows: given n points in the plane, it is required to interconnect them all by a shortest network which consists only of vertical and horizontal line segments. It can be shown that such a network is a tree whose vertices are the input points plus some extra points (Steiner points).

The problem arises in the physical design of electronic design automation. In VLSI circuits, wire routing is carried out by wires running only in vertical and horizontal directions, due to high computational complexity of the task. Therefore wire length is the sum of the lengths of vertical and horizontal segments, and the distance between two pins of a net is actually the rectilinear distance ("Manhattan distance") between the corresponding geometric points in the design plane.

Properties

It is known that the search for the RSMT may be restricted to the Hanan grid, constructed by drawing vertical and horizontal lines  through each vertex.

Computational complexity
The RSMT is an NP-hard problem, and as with other NP-hard problems, common approaches to tackle it are approximate algorithms, heuristic algorithms, and separation of efficiently solvable special cases. An overview of the approaches to the problem may be found in the 1992  book by Hwang, Richards and Winter, The Steiner Tree Problem.

Special cases

Single-trunk Steiner trees

The single-trunk Steiner tree  is a tree that consists of a single horizontal segment and some vertical segments.  A minimum single-trunk Steiner tree problem (MSTST) may be found in linear time.

The idea is that  STSTs for a given point set essentially have only one "degree of freedom", which is the position of the horizontal trunk. Further, it easy to see that if the Y-axis is split into segments by Y-coordinates of input points, then the length of a STST is constant within any such segment. Finally, it will be minimal if the trunk has the closest possible numbers of points below and above it. Therefore an optimal position of the trunk are defined by a median of the set of Y-coordinates of the points, which may be found in linear time. Once the trunk is found, the vertical segments may be easily computed. Notice however that while the construction of the connecting net takes linear time, the construction of the tree which involves both input points and Steiner points as its vertices will require O(n log n) time, since  it essentially accomplishes sorting of the X-coordinates of the input points (along the split of the trunk into the edges of the tree).

A MSTST is fast to compute but is a poor approximation of the MRST. A better approximation, called the refined single trunk tree, may be found in O(n log n) time. It is optimal for point sets of sizes up to 4.

Approximations and heuristics

A number of algorithms exist which start from the rectilinear minimum spanning tree (RMST; the minimum spanning tree in the plane with rectilinear distance) and try to decrease its length by introducing Steiner points. The RMST itself may be up to 1.5 times longer than MRST.

References

Geometric algorithms
Geometric graphs
NP-hard problems
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Games have always been a very big part of our lives from a very young age we've been drawn towards games and one of the best categories in the gaming industries of all is the puzzle games which includes brain teasers, IQ Testing games, trivia games and many more. And the One game that is a huge success in the Brain teaser/Quiz category is "The Impossible Quiz".
The Impossible Quiz is a fun and trick Quiz Flash game by "Splapp-Me-Do". It is very similar to the traditional quiz games that we see but also very different because of the way it is designed that makes you think in non-traditional way. It was first released on 20th February in 2007 on the platforms "Newgrounds" and "deviantArt", but it gained most of its popularity through Newgrounds as it was soon removed from the deviantArt because of the some music copyright issue. But later on it was re-uploaded on deviantArt but with the name of The Impossible Quiz - Lite Version without the music.
It is free IQ testing game but with many twists and turns. Unlike the traditional brain teasers the purpose of this game is not to trick players but to make the players unleash their thinking potential and get those out of the box answers of the question.
Gameplay - Impossible Quiz game
Just like any other traditional quiz game the impossible quiz game apparently has a question and four answers to choose from one being correct while the others, wrong. That's what it looks like but in reality it is filled with tricky questions that involves interaction with not only the answers but also the surroundings like the question itself which makes this game whole lot fun and also very challenging. All the levels are designed to make the player think in a very unique way to find the answer hidden in the level.
The game gets more and more harder to play as many of the levels just don't make any sense and you just have to go with guts or sheer luck in some cases which makes the answers unpredictable. Like in some levels you will have to find the answer by literally hovering your mouse cursor over the whole level which makes it more fun in many ways because the player don't get stuck in a single type of gameplay throughout the game. You will have to use common sense in some levels while in others you will have to think more creatively.
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How to play The Impossible Quiz?
So the player gets 3 lives at the start of the game and for each wrong answer he loses a life (except for when he presses the tab key) and when he loses all 3 lives the game is over. And he has to restart from all over again which makes the game more challenging. But to make this game a little easier the player can use skips to skip the particular question at which he gets stuck. The Player needs to beat all the levels and get to the last one with all the skips so beat the last level which makes the skips more or less useless for all other levels.
As all the flash games has this tab key to highlight all the clickable areas, for this one though there are many levels which contains these hidden clickable areas inside them and the players can highlight them so thats the reason why the use of tab is banned from the game and if you do you will lose the game instantly.
How The Impossible Quiz Game was created?
This game was created as a mini game project which was supposed to be played by some friends to answer these out of the box questions with a very unique way of puzzle solving. At that time the game only had like 30-40 questions eventually this project was dropped. But in the middle of 2006 the very first complete version of this game was officially introduced to the world.
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It has gained a lot of success in the past few years and that's the reason why there's been many copies of this game available on the internet by many different names. You could say that the reason for this popularity is the unique idea behind this game because the game is so unpredictable and just plays with your head which some players find frustrating while the others enjoy this and think of it as challenge that they have to complete which keeps them hooked for hours.
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Syracuse opened their basketball season on Saturday by cruising to a 78-53 victory over Fordham at the Carrier Dome. The Orange (1-0) trailed for less than a minute in the early goings before quickly gaining control of the Rams (0-1). SU's 2-3 zone defense was in midseason form, holding the visitors to 34.6 percent shooting from the floor, including allowing them to make only 4-of-19 from beyond the three-point line. Jim Boeheim went deep into his bench, playing nine players at least 16 minutes apiece.
After Syracuse opened the game with a three-pointer, Fordham scored the next five points for their lone lead of the night. The Orange scored the next six points to take the lead for good before five minutes had elapsed. Midway through the opening session, SU rattled off nine straight points to take a 21-8 lead with just over seven minutes on the clock. Later in the half, six straight Syracuse points pushed their lead out to 30-12. Fordham replied with seven straight points of their own, but the Orange got a bucket late in the half to take a 32-19 lead at the break.
SU scored the first four points of the second half to stretch their lead back out to 17. The Rams stuck around a few minutes, but the Orange ripped off a 9-0 run to take their biggest lead to that point at 51-28. Fordham crept back within 18 points, Syracuse tacked up eight more points to expand the lead to 26 points. The Orange lead swelled to 30 points for the first time with just over four minutes remaining and would touch that mark three more times in the waning minutes before the Rams tallied the last five points of the game.
Kris Joseph paced the Orange with 16 points. Dion Waiters was the only other SU player in double figures, connecting on 6-of-9 field goals on his way to 14 points. C.J. Fair and Brandon Triche each added nine points to the Syracuse attack. Fab Melo had four blocked shots on the defensive end, while Scoop Jardine snared three steals.
The Orange start play in the NIT Season Tipoff on Monday when they host Manhattan. The Jaspers (1-0) defeated the New Jersey Institute of Technology in their opener on Saturday, 62-48. The game will tip off at 4:00pm Pacific and be broadcast on ESPNU.
The game will be preceded by a contest between Albany and Brown. The winners of the two games will face off at 4:00pm Pacific on Tuesday, while the two losing squads will play at 1:00pm Pacific.
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