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Miniature workstations with high-performance CPUs are pretty common these days. However, compact workstations with a discrete graphics processor that can drive modern games are, to put it mildly, hard to find. Nevertheless, Minisforum's new HX90G packs an eight-core AMD Ryzen 9 processor and AMD's discrete Radeon RX 6600M GPU into a chassis measuring just 20.5×20.3×6.93cm, which is comparable to a Mac Mini. Minisforum's Neptune Series HX90G is based on AMD's Ryzen 5900HX processor (8C/16T, 20MB L2+L3 cache, 3.30 GHz – 4.60 GHz) as well as Radeon RX 6600M graphics processing unit (1792 stream processors, up to 7.80 FP32 TFLOPS) that are soldered down. The CPU and GPU are cooled down using two separate cooling systems equipped with their own fan to keep performance consistent. In addition, the machine can be fitted with up to 64GB of DDR4 memory using two SO-DIMM modules and has two M.2 slots with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface (one supports SATA) for storage. See detailed specifications in the table below. As for connectivity, the Minisforum HX90G has everything that one comes to expect from a compact PC these days: it has a 2.5Gb, four display outputs (two DisplayPort, two HDMI), one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C connector, four USB 3.2 Type-A connectors (three USB 3.2 Gen2, one Gen1), and audio jacks. As for Wi-Fi, it can be added using an M.2-2230 slot. From a general-purpose performance point of view, Minisforum HX90G is a capable PC, as AMD's Ryzen 9 5900HX with eight Zen 3 cores with simultaneous multithreading will provide enough oomph for almost any task that one comes to expect from a PC that is slightly larger than Apple's Mac Mini. Meanwhile, with up to 64GB of memory and two M.2-2280 slots, one can get loads of storage space. When it comes to gaming, not everything is that simple. AMD's Radeon RX 6600M 8GB is based on the Navi 23 GPU with 1792 SPs and compute performance of up to 7.80 FP32 TFLOPS with proper cooling. This is comparable to the desktop Radeon RX 6600 (7.30 – 8.90 FP32 TFLOPS), which is probably enough for 1080p gaming (based on Tom's Hardware benchmarks among the best graphics cards available today), albeit offering poor ray tracing performance. Unfortunately, the graphics processor is not user-replaceable in the Elitemini HX90G, so the owner will have to stick with the mediocre GPU and 1080p gaming for a few years. Minisforum Elitemini HX90G will be available in mid-November starting at $799 (with a discount from the default price of $939) without shipping for a barebones version with AMD's Ryzen 9 5900HX and Radeon RX 6600M, but without memory, storage, and Windows. When po[CENSORED]ted with 64GB of memory and a 512GB SSD, the machine will cost $1,079 (with a discount from a default price of $1,269) without shipping. LINK

Tekken 8 was revealed during Sony's State of Play stream on Tuesday. The first trailer, embedded above, arrives over seven years after the arcade release of Tekken 7 in 2015. The existence of Tekken 8 was teased last month at fighting game tournament EVO, and it's also one of the titles that appeared on a list of games that leaked from an Nvidia database last year. Nvidia said at the time that the list was "only for internal tracking and testing," but many titles on the list have turned out to be real projects, and here's another. (I won't go so far as to say that "Half-Life 2 Remastered," which also appears on the list, is definitely real at this point, but it would be a funny way for Valve to continue rejecting the number three.) The Tekken 8 trailer is ripe with muscles, but not with details about the fighting game. The fine print in the trailer at least confirms that we're seeing real-time footage running on a PS5, not a pre-rendered scene. (Tekken 8 will release on PC too, on Steam, as well as on Xbox Series X/S.) In a blog post(opens in new tab), Tekken 8 director Katsuhiro Harada says that the clip comes from the story mode, and that "all the character models, backgrounds, and effects are the same ones that are used in-game." For instance, he points out that the rain drops streaming down the characters' skin come from "actual real-time rendering" of a game scene, and isn't an effect created for the trailer. It's all a work-in-progress, Harada says. One interesting claim he makes is that "the Tekken series holds the record of being the longest-running story in a videogame." Sure enough, it turns out that in 2017, Guinness certified the Tekken series(opens in new tab) as the "longest-running videogame storyline without any substantial development gaps or reboots." It's a hard statement to just accept, but I'd have to really think about it to disprove it, so for now I'll say: huh. You don't want to lose a Guinness World Record after you have one, so Tekken 8 will keep the story going, focusing on "the father and son showdown between Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama," according to Harada. The next Street Fighter was also announced recently, and is coming out next year. Wes played it in June(opens in new tab), and was impressed. A release window for Tekken 8 hasn't been announced, but perhaps it'll go head-to-head with Street Fighter 6? For now, Harada only says that the game is "still in development," so we'll have to "wait a little longer" to find out the meaning of the trailer scene. LINK

Mourners are being urged not to join the queue to see the Queen lying-in-state for at least six hours after it reached its maximum capacity. The queue currently measures about five miles long, with mourners having to wait as long as 14 hours to get close enough to pay their final respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II. As tens of thousands stand in the streets awaiting their turn to enter Westminster Hall, in London, others from around the world have been tuning in on the live stream. On the live stream, mourners can be seen walking down the steps to the Queen's coffin before pausing for a moment to thank her for her 70 years service to the United Kingdom and the 14 Commonwealth realms. But it isn't only her subjects who have been showing their respects as a guide dog has been spotted lowering his head towards the coffin when accompanying his owner. The adorable moment has been shared on Twitter, with many royal fans online agreeing "Her Majesty would have approved". It comes after officials stopped si x people from trying to 'smuggle' their pets into Westminster Hall, hiding them under their coats as they queued up. Westminster Hall has a strict policy against animals in its building, with an exception to service or assistance animals, such as guide dogs and hearing dogs. A statement on the government website reads: "Please do not bring pets or other animals as you will not be allowed to enter with them. Animals are not permitted in the Palace of Westminster, except guide dogs, hearing dogs and other official assistance dogs." When Westminster Hall was first opened to mourners at 5pm on Wednesday, the queue stretched 2.5 miles all the way to London Bridge. By the following morning, it had grown to three miles, beginning from Albert Embankment and runs along Belvedere Road behind the London Eye. Now stretching even further, it goes onto the South Bank where it follows the Thames past the National Theatre, the Tate Modern and the HMS Belfast, before passing under Tower Bridge and along to Southwark Park. In an attempt to help more mourners get into central London, extra transport services, including late-night trains, have been put on, and people are being urged to check Transport for London's (TfL) latest updates. A number of roads around the queue area have been closed to vehicle and bicycle traffic, and are now only accessible on foot. Officials expect more than 750,000 people to visit the coffin before viewings close on Monday, prior to the Queen's state funeral at 11am. LINK

Following the San Antonio City Council’s approval of the 2023 fiscal year budget Thursday, all CPS Energy customers will be receiving a rebate on either their November or December energy bill — if they choose to take it, that is. As a result of discourse surrounding the rebate, the utility’s customers will be able to choose if they want to keep the money, pass it on to low-income residents to help pay their energy bills, or see it go toward city weatherization efforts. The exact amount CPS Energy customers will each be receiving back is about 13% of their July bill. While that will be about $29 for the average residential customer who had a $230 July bill, for 40 large businesses whose July bills averaged $750,000, that means a rebate of roughly $100,000, according to city estimates. That rebate, which was heavily debated by the City Council over the past month, is coming out of the $75 million in surplus revenue contributed to the city budget by CPS Energy due to an extremely hot summer and high natural gas prices. As a municipally-owned utility, CPS Energy contributes roughly 14% of its gross revenues to the city every year directly into the general fund. “This is the first time something like this has happened,” said Chad Hoopingarner, the utility’s vice president of financial planning. “Usually, it’s a one-way revenue stream.” Now that council has made its decision on what to do with the windfall, the utility can get to work, said CPS Energy President and CEO Rudy Garza. He added that the utility wants to move quickly in establishing how customers can opt out of the rebate, should they choose to, in order to avoid adding it to a customer’s bill one month and then subtracting it again the next month. “All of this requires effort on CPS Energy’s part to make it happen,” Garza said. “I sat there and wrote out with my team — right after the council vote — five different work streams that we now have to work on to actually get to the point where we can actually implement this.” About $42.5 million is earmarked to go back to customers via the rebates, while roughly $7.5 million will go toward helping struggling residents through the utility’s Residential Energy Assistance Partnership (REAP) program. Of the $7.5 million, $5.5 million will go toward immediate assistance, and $2 million will go toward future assistance. The rest will remain in the city budget for climate resiliency efforts and sidewalks. The rebate will be a welcome reprieve for many customers who have been struggling in the wake of the pandemic, Garza said. The utility is owed roughly $165 million in delinquent accounts, he said, so the $7.5 million from council and any returned rebates will be welcome aid to them. LINK

Senior US officials tell CNN they are disappointed US-led sanctions haven’t had a bigger impact so far on the Russian economy and are now predicting that the harshest effects probably won’t materialize until early next year at the earliest. The hope had been that the sanctions would quickly choke off Russia’s war machine in Ukraine, making it difficult for the Kremlin to sustain its efforts on the battlefield — and perhaps even turn public opinion against the invasion when day-to-day life in Russian society became uncomfortable. But the Russian economy has proven far more resilient than many top Biden administration officials had expected when they set out to punish the country in February, thanks largely to record-setting revenues it has reaped in the spring and summer from soaring energy prices. In the first 100 days of the war, Russia earned a record 93 billion euros in revenue by exporting oil, gas and coal, according to the Finnish Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air. Russia’s economy still shrunk by about 4% between April and June as compared to the same period last year. But that’s nowhere near the 15% decline that some had expected earlier in the year. “We were expecting that things like SWIFT and all the blocking sanctions on Russia’s banks would totally crater the Russian economy and that basically, by now going into September, we’d be dealing with an economically much more weakened Russia than the one that we are dealing with,” said one senior US official, referring to the US and European decision to cut some Russian banks off from the SWIFT international banking system. Another senior US official echoed that, telling CNN that many in the administration had hoped to see the Russian economy suffering more by now, given the unprecedented severity of the coordinated western sanctions. The US Department of Treasury building is seen in Washington, DC, early on January 12, 2022. 'They're like our nerd warriors': How the Treasury Department is waging economic war on Russia A separate senior administration official cautioned CNN, however, that the officials crafting the sanctions in the months leading up to the war always believed that the steepest impacts would not necessarily be immediate. “I think we’ve had, from the beginning, a view that when Russia invaded Ukraine and we imposed the sanctions, they were going to be, in all likelihood, a mid-to-long term sanctions regime,” the official said. “That is because we wanted to keep pressure on Russia over the long term as it waged war on Ukraine, and we wanted to degrade Russia’s economic and industrial capabilities. So we’ve always seen this as a long term game.” The official acknowledged that while there were some “up-front shocks” to the Russian economy, like when the ruble plunged, Russia was able to rally quickly thanks to its energy revenues. Still, this official and western intelligence officials told CNN that they assess that in the long-term, Russia’s economy will suffer enormously — both from the cost of the war itself and from western efforts to cut it off from global trade. “There’s going to be long-term damage done to the Russian economy and to generations of Russians as a result of this,” CIA Director Bill Burns told a cybersecurity conference last week. “Russia is going to pay a very heavy price, I think, over a long period of time.” Slow to target Russian energy The disconnect between early expectations and reality appears to stem from the fact that many US and western officials underestimated the sky-high revenues Russia would initially reap from rising oil prices, and the willingness of countries like China and India to continue buying Russian oil. LINK

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TeamGroup has introduced its first memory modules specifically designed for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7000-series 'Raphael' processors. The company's Vulcanα DDR5 memory lineup not only features a DDR5-6000 speed bin — which AMD claims to be the sweet spot for the Raphael CPUs — but also comes with Extended Profiles for Overclocking (EXPO) settings to simplify high-speed memory modules setup. TeamGroup's Vulcanα (Vulcan Alpha) family of memory modules includes three dual-channel kits: 16GB DDR5-5200 CL38 at 1.25V, 32GB DDR5-5600 CL40 at 1.20V, and 'sweet spot' 32GB DDR5-6000 CL38 at 1.25V. The modules are equipped with serial presence detect chips containing AMD-specific EXPO profiles that enable optimized high-performance settings and JEDEC standard profiles for compatibility. All of TeamGroup's Vulcanα DDR5 memory modules — which might end up in our best memory modules list — are based on DRAM chips that are capable of working at high data transfer rates and come equipped with aluminum heat spreaders that are meant to cool down the memory devices, power management IC (PMIC), and voltage regulating module. AMD's Ryzen CPU architectures have specific requirements for optimal memory performance when overclocked. For years, it was almost vital to maintain a 1:1:1 ratio with the Infinity Fabric Clock (FCLK), unified memory controller clock (UCLK), and memory clock (MEMCLK). With the Ryzen 7000-series, it is essential to maintain a 1:1 ratio for UCLK and MEMCLK, whereas FCLK may be set to Auto. Avid PC enthusiasts know that DDR5 memory has to work at high data transfer rates to show tangible performance improvement over DDR4. However, making a memory controller run at extreme speeds may be tricky. AMD believes that DDR5-6000 mode may be the sweet spot for its Ryzen 7000-based platforms as it provides high performance and does not stress the memory controller too hard. However, remember that this is still overclocking, and its results are never guaranteed. Yet, with AMD's EXPO profiles, setting up DDR5-6000 modules with the correct timings and voltages should be easy. TeamGroup did not reveal when it plans to start sales of its Vulcanα dual-channel DDR5 memory kits. Still, something tells us that the company is motivated to release these parts sooner rather than later as enthusiasts will be eager to buy modules with AMD's EXPO profiles for their shiny new AM5 platforms running Ryzen 7000-series processors. As for pricing, it will depend on exact market conditions (read supply-demand balance and competitors' prices). However, expect Vulcanα offerings to belong to the premium segment of TeamGroup's product lineup. LINK

Rise of the Ronin is Team Ninja's second action game currently in development—Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty(opens in new tab) is coming soon, too—and takes place in 19th century Japan near the end of the Tokugawa period. In the "combat focused open-world action RPG," you play as a samurai in the late 19th century during a "time of mayhem" for Japan, according to a blog post(opens in new tab) that went up after today's trailer reveal during Sony's State of Play stream. "Japan is facing the darkest of times as it struggles with its oppressive rulers and deadly diseases while western influence permeates as civil war continues to rage between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Anti-Shogunate factions," reads the post from Team Ninja director and president Fumihiko Yasuda. The trailer follows a hawk flying through po[CENSORED]ted streets and as it soars up to reveal the ronin protagonist standing atop a cliff. It cuts between characters in snowy, bright, and cavernous locations and then we see the ronin riding a horse up a hill with a stunning view of trees and a bridge. And then the ronin pulls out a wingsuit to glide over the water and to the city streets below, evoking the sort of open-world exploration that Ubisoft is likely going for in its recently announced Assassin's Creed game set in Japan, codename Red(opens in new tab). This is a game from Team Ninja, creator of the Souls-inspired Nioh games, so eventually the trailer brings us to combat. Rise of the Ronin's one-on-one duels resemble Sekiro more than Dark Souls, but the zoomed-in camera frames it almost like a fighting game. An apparent parry mechanic interrupts an enemy's swing and opens them up for a finishing blow. Another scene sees the ronin whip out a grappling hook to pull himself toward an opponent and slice him with fiery blades. The trailer ends with the ronin shooting a solider with a musket and drawing a revolver to finish someone off—this guy clearly isn't afraid to use the best hardware on offer. Yasuda says that Team Ninja wants to portray the "darkest and ugliest chapters" of the Bakumatsu period of Japanese history, chapters he thinks "many will shy away from." "The characters that you will meet all have their own brand of justice and motivations," he wrote, "and whether you decided to side with or against them… each decision you make will matter." Rise of the Ronin is a "PlayStation 5 console exclusive," which means it'll probably come to PC too. It's due out in 2024, the same year that Ubisoft is planning to release codename Red. LINK

MADRID, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Zara owner Inditex's strong first-half results show its strategy of raising prices since early 2022 paying off so far, but it and other fashion retailers have to be careful not to overdo it with further hikes that may scare away shoppers, analysts said. Instead, it should consider incremental, targeted increases to test customers' willingness to pay more, rather than automatic and across-the-board price rises, they said. The world's biggest fashion retailer said on Wednesday it would raise prices again in the second half of the year after spring and summer increases. It reported a 41% profit jump for the six months to July and sales rose by around a quarter, beating investor expectations. read more The Spanish group's shares jumped as much as 6%, with its success in passing on higher costs helping the stock to outperform European rivals such as H&M this year. Fashion manufacturers in Europe and North America continue to feel pressure from rising energy, labour, transport and raw material costs and so are likely to have to raise prices more. But while six months ago that was an almost automatic reaction, companies should take a "more granular approach" for 2023, said Finn Hansen, CEO of market research firm PriceBeam. "The last price increases were mainly driven by rising input costs, whereas the upcoming price increases will still look at input costs, but also increasingly look at consumer affordability, willingness-to-pay and expected consumer responses, so not as automatic as last time," Hansen said. PriceBeam expects about two-thirds of manufacturers to raise their prices in the coming months. THE BIG SQUEEZE Clothing sales in most European markets increased in the first half of the year as shoppers splashed out on holidays and events after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. But demand has slowed slightly since August, raising the prospect that a squeeze on household budgets is taking a toll. Zara's starting prices were 12.2% higher in July than a year ago, more than the 5.6% increase at H&M over the same period, according to UBS research. The firm monitors prices on Zara's websites across 12 key markets. "While first price increases were accepted in the first half of the year ... we expect Inditex and most peers to post double-digit price increases in Europe in the second semester. The cumulative price increases of 15-20% in Europe are likely to lead to consumers trading down," Credit Suisse said in a research note. Its analysts expect overall European clothing sales to soften from November as inflation continues to squeeze consumer demand. Deutsche Bank analysts believe Inditex should change prices incrementally to get towards an 10% increase this year, to avoid any negative consumer reaction. "The good news is that this does not appear to be impacting demand yet, despite the tougher market conditions in August," they wrote. LINK

Charities are warning of “another fresh hell” for animals in the coming days, fearing millions could suffer and perish in the heatwave. Experts are calling on the government to crack down on intensive chicken farms that last month let millions of birds be “cooked alive” in the record UK temperatures. They also want ministers to suspend journeys of chickens and cattle while the extreme weather persists. And at the same time, badger advocates warned the mammals would suffer cruel, prolonged deaths unless the cull was postponed. Last month, whistleblowers revealed how little was done on factory farms to protect chickens from the intense heat in industrial sheds that reached up to 45C and left many suffering heat distress, flapping and panting as they died. Animal-welfare organisations have told ministers that with temperatures set to reach up to 34C in the next 72 hours and heatwaves worsening in future years, the disaster will be repeated without urgent action. They are calling for new laws on better ventilation, lower stocking densities – fewer birds crammed into the sheds – and the use of hardier slower-growing breeds that cope better with extreme heat to be made compulsory. Graphic reports from whistleblowers include one who described seeing “an ocean of green, rotting mush” on a farm after last month’s mass disaster. Legislation requires ventilation to be efficient enough to save chickens from overheating, but apparently is not always enforced. The letter to environment secretary George Eustice, seen by The Independent, highlights how last year the Met Office warned of climate change causing heat stress in farmed animals. Cordelia Britton, of the Humane League UK, said: "Another heatwave is coming and we risk another fresh hell for animals - if we don’t act now chickens will die again and again. "It’s a national disgrace. "We need the Better Chicken Commitment to be made the minimum legal standard, and for existing laws designed to protect animals from high temperatures to be enforced. The government must not shrug its shoulders and wait for the next catastrophe to happen.” The Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) involves farming breeds of chickens that grow more slowly than most birds on UK factory farms, which are deliberately reared for rapid and unhealthy weight gain. Welfare experts say fast growth increases body heat production, making the "Frankenchickens" susceptible to heat stress which in turn raises birds’ already heightened blood pressure. This, together with high body temperatures, causes heart failure, hyperventilation, dizziness, diarrhoea and death. LINK

China learned from Russia’s post-1991 experience and pursued its economic liberalization with more care. But it ultimately could not avoid the political implications of pro-market policies and is now following Russia down the road to autocracy – continuing a century-long pattern of mirroring its neighbor’s historical trajectory. CHICAGO – As China prepares for its 20th National Congress in October, when President Xi Jinping is expected to accept an unprecedented third term, many observers worry about uncertain days ahead, especially regarding Taiwan. But one doesn’t need a crystal ball to glimpse its future. China’s leaders, for their part, are looking at Russia. skidelsky180_Fox PhotosHulton ArchiveGetty Images_queenelizabethcommonwealth Requiem for an Empire ROBERT SKIDELSKY reflects on Queen Elizabeth II's role preserving Britain's global influence as the head of the Commonwealth. China has mirrored Russia’s historical trajectory for most of the past 100 years. At the beginning of the twentieth century, both were large empires with outdated institutions that could not protect their people from foreign wars, corruption, inequality, and poverty. While Russia’s per capita income in 1900 was around one-third that of the United States, Chinese incomes were half those of Russia. In 1949, the new People’s Republic was modeled, politically and economically, on the Soviet system. In both China and the Soviet Union, a command economy replaced markets, and the central government influenced every aspect of people’s lives – what they produced and ate, where they worked and lived, and what they could say, read, and write. But Beijing and Moscow struggled to maintain production, because workers enjoyed very little reward for their labor. Among other strategies to compel people to work harder, the Soviet and Chinese governments established systems that threatened farmers with starvation if their production did not meet quotas set by the state. This approach led to more than seven million famine deaths in the Soviet Union (with the highest mortality rates in Ukraine) in 1932-33, and to 16.5-45 million famine deaths in China in 1959-61. Not surprisingly, these enormous economic calamities posed a serious political threat to the regimes. After all, the Soviets and the Chinese Communists were supposed to be modernizers who would empower the people and deliver economic prosperity after centuries of oppression, corruption, and abject poverty. To survive, each regime touted its role as a defender of the people against foreign invaders. The Soviet Union and China suffered more losses than any other country in World War II – with their death tolls reaching 20-27 million and 15-20 million, respectively. And in the decades thereafter, the Cold War kept alive the fear of foreign invasion and the legitimacy of authoritarian regimes. Forsaken Futures Forsaken Futures Hero PS Events: Forsaken Futures Don't miss what David Miliband, Laura Chinchilla, Bill McKibben, Mohamed Nasheed, and more had to say at our latest virtual event, Forsaken Futures. WATCH NOW Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia became a model of what not to do. Its per capita income plummeted by 50% between 1989 and 1996, and did not recover to 1989 levels for another decade. Corruption and crime were rampant. Unemployment skyrocketed from 5% in 1991 to 13% in 1998, and social problems like alcoholism rose in tandem. In 1993, per capita alcohol consumption had reached 14.4 liters (of 100% alcohol), up from 11.7 liters in 1989. In 1994, 47 people per 100,000 died from alcohol-related causes – three times higher than the US rate. The Communist Party of China learned from the Russian experience and pursued its liberalization with more care. Recognizing that rapid political liberalization in Russia had ended up sweeping the Communist Party from power, and that auctioning off state assets had given rise to billionaire “oligarchs,” the CPC took pains to avoid the same fate. By carefully controlling privatization and political reforms such as local elections, it restructured the economy gradually, making progress through trial and error, and avoided sudden and destabilizing shifts in the distribution of wealth. LINK

Kanye West said he’s terminating his rocky two-year-old partnership with the Gap because of “substantial noncompliance.” His lawyer Nicholas Gravante said in a statement Thursday that West was left with “no choice but to terminate their collaboration” because he alleges the retailer breached their partnership by not opening branded Yeezy stores and distributing his apparel as originally planned, among other issues. “Gap’s substantial noncompliance with its contractual obligations has been costly,” wrote Gravante, who co-chairs the litigation group at Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft. “Ye will now promptly move forward to make up for lost time by opening Yeezy retail stores.” Gap (GPS) didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Shares were down about 3% in early trading. The partnership was announced in June 2020, immediately giving the beleaguered retailer a much-needed boost of relevance. For example, a $200 jacket designed by West was an immediate hit, but was only available online. West also said that Gap was required to sell 40% of Yeezy Gap products in its retail stores, which hasn’t materialized, according to The Wall Street Journal. The relationship soured in recent months. West, also known as Ye, criticized Gap for not listening to him. “You have to really give me the position to be Ye and let me do what I’m thinking, or I have to do the thinking somewhere else,” he said in a now-deleted post on Instagram, the Journal reported. Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, wrote in a note that the breakup was “not entirely unexpected” and wouldn’t financially harm Gap’s bottom line. “Gap is a cautious company with a stale brand that usually eschews bold moves. In contrast, Kanye is a radical innovator who loves to shake things up,” Saunders wrote. “While Kanye could have injected a dose of energy into Gap, the incompatibility of the two visions meant that frustrations were inevitable. In some ways, Kanye was just too extreme for Gap.” West recently told Bloomberg that it was “time for me to go it alone,” adding that he would seek to “make the new industry” and no longer have companies “standing in between me and the audience.” LINK

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) refers to a computer system that collects geographical information and allows us to analyse these spatial datasets. GIS is widely used in map-oriented mobile phone applications that enable people to order food, check traffic data or navigate. Constantly updated information via GIS also assists in long-term weather predictions and efficient traffic management within a city. This tool has a place in the field of wildlife as well, specifically in the avenue of research. Researchers working for the Indian conservation non-profit Wildlife SOS use this software technology to study and track animals like Sloth bears and elephants. Out of the four bear species found in India, Sloth bears are the most ubiquitous and widespread. A significant part of the global Sloth bear po[CENSORED]tion namely in the Western Ghats, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and north-east India. With an estimated po[CENSORED]tion of 6,000 to 11,000 in the wild, the Sloth bear is classified as ‘Vulnerable’ on IUCN’s Red List and protected under Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Sloth bears are quite adaptive and occupy a wide range of habitats like grasslands, scrublands, dry, and moist tropical forests. However, their ability to also thrive near human habitation also makes them more vulnerable to anthropogenic risks. Continuing habitat loss pushes Sloth bears to frequent human-dominated areas including orchards, agricultural fields and even villages. This leads to numerous encounters with humans, creating a negative perception of the bears. The field team of Wildlife SOS has been conducting research on Sloth bears to identify conflict points in those forested areas that lie on the fringes of human settlements. One way to track the animals’ movement is through radio collars which can transmit their location, and warn people of their proximity. However, it is an impossible task to radio-collar each Sloth bear in a vast forest. Furthermore, the data acquired may be insufficient to understand the behaviour patterns of these animals. To fulfil their study, researchers also rely on collateral data collected from animal markings using camera traps. Camera traps are set up at multiple locations in the hope of sighting a bear and following its movement. Other visual data gathered include claw marks and scratches on trees, pugmarks, Sloth bear dens, dug-up termite mounds, and animal excrement. These findings require researchers to mark each location coordinate for future reference. The raw data collected still requires time, patience and a standardised methodology to assimilate in order to arrive at desired conclusions. In other words, this data is like an uncut diamond that awaits careful polish. This is where GIS comes in! With the GIS software, all collected coordinates can be placed across a map of the area under study to be analysed. The software organises data in an orderly manner to show the areas where there is a concentration of Sloth bears, locations where conflicts are likely to occur and places where human and bear mortality are high. As part of the Himalayan Brown bear study undertaken by Wildlife SOS in Jammu and Kashmir, the research team utilised GIS to study conflict between humans and Brown bears. The team divided the study area into small units and located the centroid of each unit using the platform of QGIS (or Quantum GIS). Through interviews with the local people, camera trap footage and analysis of Brown bears’ tracks, the team was able to collect a wealth of data on high conflict locations, age and gender (not sex) of humans, the activity being undertaken by the victim at the time of the conflict, the details of the Brown bear in question and more. By entering the information gathered from villagers and direct observation into the GIS program, the team of researchers were able to map areas where it was most likely for humans and Brown bears to interact. LINK

Fats may have a bad reputation when it comes to health but their indispensable contribution to making a diet ‘balanced‘ cannot be ignored. Experts note that fat is a major fuel source for our body and is required for it to work at an optimum level. However, is it safe for diabetics? According to Dr Priyanka Rohatgi, Chief Clinical Dietician, Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore, fats have a significant role in modifying insulin sensitivity. “Mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated acids improve metabolic mediators and plateau the spikes of blood sugars,” she said. Agreeing, Dr Ritesh Gupta, Director – Diabetes and Endocrinology, Fortis C-Doc Hospital, New Delhi, said that “fats are one of the major macronutrients in diet and are an essential component of a balanced diet in people with diabetes”. However, one shouldn’t assume that increased fat consumption is linked to controlled blood sugar levels, he warned. “Total quantity of fats should be such that the total calories during the day do not exceed the prescribed limit,” he added.According to experts, overconsumption of fats may cause you to consume more calories than your body requires, resulting in weight gain, poor diabetes management, and overall damage to health. “The type of fat is also crucial. Too much saturated fat in your diet can result in high levels of ‘bad cholesterol’ (low-density lipoprotein or LDL), which raises your risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). People with diabetes are at a higher risk of CVD, making healthier food choices even more essential,” Dr KS Brar, Senior Consultant – Endocrinology and Diabetology, Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Delhi said. But, if we calorie-quantify healthy fats and replace some carbs, we can get good results in the case of diabetes, Dr Rohatgi pointed out. How much is safe? The total amount of fat in the diet should not exceed 30 per cent of the total calories, according to experts. Explaining, Dr Gupta said: “If a person is taking 1600 calories daily, about 500 calories should come from fats. Since 9 calories are obtained from 1 gram of fat, not more than 50-60 grams of fats should be taken in a day.” According to Dr Brar, however, no set number of daily grams of fat is recommended with varied calorie restrictions. “The current recommendation for adults is to limit total daily fat consumption to 20 per cent to 35 per cent of trusted sources of total daily calories and saturated fat intake to less than 10 per cent of trusted sources of total daily calories,” he said. LINK

From the deadly flood of 1921 that killed more than 200 people and devastated the West Side of San Antonio to the record-setting flood of 1998 that caused 31 deaths and an estimated $750 million in property damage, San Antonio has seen more than its share of deadly floods — and will likely see more as a result of climate change. Nor is San Antonio alone. In 2017, Hurricane Harvey caused $125 billion in damage to Houston and surrounding communities, in part due to the catastrophic flooding that followed the Category 4 hurricane’s landfall. In that storm’s wake, the Texas Legislature approved $1.8 billion to assist in the region’s recovery and better prepare the entire state for future storms. The new legislation called for a statewide flood plan, to be overseen by the Texas Water Development Board. A new “resilience fund” would help pay for flood control projects identified in the plan. In August, the San Antonio River Authority submitted a draft flood plan to the water board for Region 12, which surrounds the San Antonio River Basin, beginning in Bandera County and extending down to the Texas coastline. Now, state and local officials are seeking public feedback on the plan, which they will present on Thursday. Compiling regional data The regional plan was put together by representatives from the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, the river authority, local utilities and other area water experts. At 672 pages long, the plan offers a comprehensive look at existing flood infrastructure in the area. It also includes flood risk analyses and recommends specific flood management actions, including roughly $1 billion in needed flood control projects within the region, which includes parts of 16 counties, 49 cities, four river authorities and at least 41 other entities with flood-related authority. More than 2.2 million people live in the 4,422 square mile region, the majority within the San Antonio metropolitan area. Because of the area’s long history of flooding, several local flood plans already exist. San Antonio, Bexar County and the San Antonio Water System each have plans in place, and have handled local flood mitigation efforts for decades. Pulling them all together, said Kendall Hayes, government affairs coordinator for the river authority, allows the state to better understand “what existing flood mitigation efforts are out there and what projects need to be done.” LINK