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For the first time in the history of football!!
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Amazing and enjoyable match!
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Hello Guys , Today 4-3-2017 is a birthday of my friends @maniac™ Happy Birthday bro with my Best wishes
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INFORMATIONS: Based solely on its Japanese-history-inspired setting and ornately costumed, sharp-steel-wielding heroes, Toukiden: The Age of Demons could pass for another sequel or spin-off in developer Omega Force's Dynasty Warriors series. Before your oversized sword can draw its first drop of blood, however, you find the game's surface similarities give way to an experience that shares more with Capcom's Monster Hunter games than anything in the developer's existing library of Warriors titles. From its save-the-world storyline and screen-swallowing boss battles to its party-based play and grinding loop of laying waste to uglies, looting their corpses, and leveling up your character and gear, Toukiden will feel comfortably familiar to anyone who has ever invested an evening into besting a towering beast in Capcom's creature-slaying series. More than a mere copycat, though, Toukiden complements its cloned Monster Hunter elements with enough fresh features, nuance, and ideas to earn its own identity. For starters, the pacing of its combat is driven by more than the light and heavy attacks it initially teaches you. As an appropriately dubbed slayer, you must rid the world of oni, demons that aren't particularly interested in living peacefully among humankind. Battling these netherworld baddies requires the expected hacking, slashing, and elemental magic casting, but purifying their dismembered body parts adds a satisfying wrinkle to the slaughter. The act temporarily leaves you vulnerable, but ensures the lopped limbs won't regenerate. Purifying also loots resources from downed foes and siphons life from bigger bads who are still kicking despite losing an arm, leg, or spiky tentacle. REQUIRMENTS : CPU: Intel Core i5 2400s or AMD Phenom II X4 955 CPU Speed: Info RAM: 4 GB OS: Windows Vista Video Card: nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti or better / AMD Radeon HD 7850 or better Sound Card: Yes Free Disk Space: 8 GB Review :
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After examining the teaser photo and poring over spy photos, we knew that the 2017 Mazda CX-5 would adopt some design features from the larger CX-9 and Chinese-only CX-4. What we didn't know, though, is that the CX-5 would look like a miniature version of the CX-9. From the outside it's obvious the design is all new. The front of the SUV looks nearly identical to that of the CX-9's. Gone is the cutesy, roundish face in favor of a more angular theme. The headlights are slimmer, while the grille ditches the horizontal bars for a mesh pattern. Mazda calls the design theme Kodo - soul of motion, and the original 2013 CX-5 was the first production model under this mantra. The changes at the back are less drastic than on the CX-5's new beak. The black trim that underlines the rear fascia is less prominent and the taillights looks leaner, but it's harder to tell the differences between the old and new model. Mazda says the CX-5 will be available with two engines here: the Skyactiv 2.5-liter gasoline engine and the Skyactiv-D 2.2-liter diesel (the Skyactive-D 2.0-liter, currently only used on Sport models, has been dropped for our market). We don't have specifics on power and torque yet, but in the old CX-5 (and current Mazda 3) the 2.5-liter four-cylinder generates 184 horsepower, while the diesel makes 173 hp and 310 pound-feet of torque. We expect front- and all-wheel-drive options, and of course we're hoping that the six-speed manual (previously on the base, front-drive model only) stays around as an alternative to the six-speed automatic. The interior follows the template of recent Mazdas, with the infotainment screen sitting on top of the dashboard with a control knob located aft of the shift lever. We'll have more information on the 2017 CX-5 at the vehicle's debut later today at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show.
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Find out all you need to know about Pancake Day 2017, from the best pancake recipes to the possibly pagan origins of Shrove Tuesday and the tradition of pancake tossing... When is Pancake Day 2017? Pancake Day has been celebrated by Britons for centuries. Known also as Shrove Tuesday, its exact date, rather confusingly, changes every year, because it is determined by when Easter falls. But it is always the day preceding Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent), and always falls in February or March. This year, you'll need to get your pans ready for Tuesday, February 28th. The word shrove is a form of the English word shrive, which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by way of confession and penance. Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the custom for Christians to be "shriven" before the start of Lent. Why do we celebrate Pancake Day? Traditionally, pancakes were eaten on this day to use up rich, indulgent foods like eggs and milk before the 40-day fasting season of Lent began. But although it is enshrined in Christian tradition, it is believed that Pancake Day might originate in a pagan holiday, when eating warm, round pancakes - symbolising the sun - was a way of celebrating the arrival of spring. Why do we flip pancakes? As well as making and eating pancakes, we Brits love to hold pancake races, where people run while flipping their pancakes in a pan. Legend has it that the tradition was born in the 15th century when a particularly disorganised woman in Buckinghamshire rushed to church to confess her sins while mid-way through making pancakes. We hope she gave one to the priest. Do the maths... In 2012, University College London came up with a formula for the perfect flipping technique and it seems size really does matter. According to University Professor of Mathematics Frank Smith, the simple mathematical formula for the perfect flip is: L = 4×H /π– D / 2 (L = hand distance from inner edge of the pancake / H = height of flip / D = diameter of pancake) Professor Smith said: "We all know that no-one enjoys wasting ingredients but there are many factors and risks involved in producing a perfect pancake. "We’ve discovered that the wrong direction or speed, for instance, will mean that the average flipper may ruin two or even more pancakes trying to perfect their technique. "We aim to reduce this waste by advising Brits how to achieve the perfect flip." And for those pancake aficiandos who want to take flipping to greater heights, here's another, more complicated, mathematical formula. [U, ω, V, L] = [(2gH)1/2, π(g/ 8H) 1/2, (g/ 32H) 1/2(8H – πD), V / ω] (U = upward speed of centre of pancake / ω = rotation rate / V = upward speed of inner edge of pancake / g = 9.81 m/s2 (acceleration due to gravity) A cross-party team of MPs pipped peers and journalists to victory in an annual parliamentary pancake race. The race was held in Victoria Tower Gardens next to the Houses of Parliament to raise money for disability charity Rehab. Journalists, who were last year crowned the winners, went home empty handed. MAKES Enough for 8 pancakes INGREDIENTS 1 large egg or 1 egg and one yolk 280ml milk 110g plain flour (4 heaped dessertspoons) 1 tbsp melted butter METHOD By hand: sift the flour into a bowl and make a well in the middle. Break in the egg (and yolk, if using) and add apinch of salt and a splash of the milk. Whisk the egg, gradually incorporating the flour, to make a smooth cream. Whisk in the rest of the milk and the melted butter. With a blender: put all the ingredients in a blender jug with a pinch of salt. Whizz until smooth. It should be no thicker than single cream. Brush a hot pan with vegetable oil before adding a ladleful of batter and swilling thinly around pan, tipping the pan so the mixture spreads evenly. It will begin to cook immediately: pour any excess back into the bowl. When the pancake is browned on the bottom and the very edges are beginning to lift away, give the pan a shake to make sure the pancake is loose. If it is sticking anywhere, use a spatula to loosen it. When it moves freely, then you are ready to toss it - or, if you're less confident, use a spatula to turn it over. The other side will only need a few seconds. Slide out of the pan, and try one of these delicious toppings
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Russia has vetoed a UN resolution that would have sanctioned the Syrian regime over its use of chemical weapons, drawing angry condemnations from Britain, the US and France. The veto issued issued by Russia on Tuesday was the seventh time in six years that it has used its permanent seat on the UN security council to shield Bashar al-Assad from international criticism. China joined with Russia in vetoing the resolution, which would have halted the sale of helicopters to Damascus because the Assad regime has used helicopters to drop barrel bombs loaded with chlorine gas. The clash between the US and Russia in the chamber of UN security council is the first such diplomatic confrontation since Donald Trump took office last month, saying he hoped for warmer relations with Moscow. "It is a sad day on the security council when members start making excuses for other member states killing their own people,” said Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN. “The world is definitely a more dangerous place.” Vladimir Safronkov, Russia’s deputy UN ambassador, said the Western criticism of Moscow was “outrageous” and declared “God will judge you”. "Today's clash or confrontation is not a result of our negative vote. It is a result of the fact that you decided on provocation while you knew well ahead of time our position," Mr Safronkov said. Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, said earlier the resolution was “totally inappropriate” and threatened to derail the political talks talking place in Geneva between the Syrian regime and its rebel opponents. While Russia was expected to block the resolution, UK ambassador Matthew Rycroft said he was “surprised and disappointed” that China had also cast a veto. “We've seen yet again Russia is prepared to abuse veto power to stand by regime that has no regard for its own people,” he said.
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If you’ve read our past reviews of NEC monitors, then you know we’re very fond of them. They don’t offer exciting things like fast refresh rates, adaptive-sync, or even zooty styling. But regardless of price, they always deliver good color, sharp images, and rugged build quality. To that they add enterprise features that make them more versatile than pretty much anything else out there. You probably won’t see the word value used much in association with NEC displays, but we think they’re easily worth their asking prices. To gamers and enthusiasts, NEC monitors may not inspire excitement, but to IT managers responsible for supporting thousands of workstations, there are few better displays. EA-series screens combine rugged build quality with features that make them super easy to install, configure, and manage. In our recent review of the EA275WMi, we took an in-depth look at ControlSync and SpectraView II. The former is a simple cable that connects up to five NEC displays and allows them to share menu settings in real time. You can literally adjust brightness on the primary panel and watch the changes happen on the subordinate monitors. SpectraView II is NEC’s proprietary calibration software that ships with either a Spyder or X-rite-sourced color meter. It’s an extra-cost option but we still like it better than any other manufacturer’s solution. Outside a universal package like CalMAN, SpectraView is easily the best way to ensure color accuracy for most models in NEC’s line. The EA245WMi also has something few other displays can boast – a 16:10 aspect ratio. That extra height makes this 24" monitor a lot more useful, especially in the portrait mode. 1200 pixels is a little greater than the sizing of typical websites. And document editing is a task this format was born for. These days, it’s harder to find this ratio in rank-and-file products, but NEC has kept the flame burning with this and the jumbo EA305WMi and PA302W monitors. Is the EA245WMi a worthy stablemate to these two titans? Let’s take a look. Packaging, Physical Layout & Accessories The carton is as solid and secure as its contents. Thick double-corrugate cardboard protects a panel that already has the upright installed. All you need to do is attach the base with a captive bolt. The cable bundle includes DisplayPort, USB 3.0, and ControlSync. An IEC cord supplies current to the internal power supply. If you purchase the SV version of the monitor, you get a copy of SpectraView II on a neat USB drive shaped like a credit card with the license number printed on it. The software is available with either an i1 Display Pro or a Spyder5 colorimeter. Our review package included two monitors along with the i1/SpectraView II bundle. NEC is known for its chunky, industrial styling, but the EA245WMi is a departure from that. The chassis is sleek and thin with a miniscule 6mm flush-mounted bezel. The frame disappears when the power’s off but it’s visible during use. Across the bottom, the trim is wider at 16mm and on the right are the expected touch-sensitive controls. We prefer the joystick method of OSD navigation, but NEC has the best touch keys in the business. They respond to moderate pressure and never miss or repeat commands unintentionally. Small icons appear on the screen to let you know their functions. Also on the bottom trim strip are room-light and user-presence sensors. They work with auto-brightness and auto-off features. The anti-glare layer is aggressive in use but it doesn’t compromise image clarity. The stand is a heavily-built upright with a round base. Its movements are firm and completely free of play. You won’t find a mount like this on most other 24" screens. It feels as though it could support a much larger panel. The height adjustment is 100mm or just under 4”. Swivel is 45° in either direction and you get 30° backward and 5° forward tilt. Topping it off is a portrait mode which we suspect many users will take advantage of. The side profile could be called NEC-light. The shape is unmistakable, but instead of the usual heavy and thick panel, everything is scaled down to a trim 48mm (less than 2”). On the left side is a USB 3.0 hub with one upstream port and three downstream ones. We’d prefer to see the upstream port on the bottom since you need it to run SpectraView II. Having a cable run out the side and under your desk is a bit awkward. Also, there's a headphone jack, which we appreciate. Around back is a 100mm VESA mount and generous ventilation for the internal components. Everything is heavily shielded so there should be no EM interference with any nearby electronics. Speakers are small and relatively weak, but they are adequate for business use. The input panel includes DisplayPort in and out connectors plus HDMI 2.0, DVI, and VGA. Analog audio is supported with a single 3.5mm jack. The small black and white plugs are for ControlSync. One monitor is designated as the primary. The cable runs from its output to the next panel’s input, and so on, up to five screens total.
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I think just about every person who has used a Windows computer for a while will have seen the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). This screen often appears in the event of a serious system error or crash and is supposed to give some information about the possible cause of the error. You can then look up the error code, known as a STOP error code, to try and find the problem and what common solutions there are to fix it. Unfortunately, when a lot of users come into contact with a screen like the one below, it usually fills them with dread because it means there’s likely to be a problem your average user can’t understand or even attempt to fix themselves. Even Mr Bill Gates couldn’t escape the Blue Screen of Death when he got one demonstrating a beta of Windows 98 on stage! It’s not only your average user or novice that hates the sight of this screen either. Computer technicians and power users usually don’t like it either as they know it could lead to hours of troubleshooting because many STOP error codes are very generic. Wouldn’t it be a great practical joke to scare anyone into thinking they have a Blue Screen of Death error when there is actually nothing wrong? There is a very easy way to do this and that is to use a Windows screensaver to pop up a fake blue screen whenever the screensaver kicks in. There are actually screensavers around that can do just that! They mimic a BSOD to make the user think they have a real blue screen and therefore a problem. Here are 3 different screensavers that can emulate the Blue Screen of Death: 1. SysInternals BlueScreen Bluescreen is indirectly from Microsoft because it’s made by SysInternals! This screensaver not only mimics a BSOD quite accurately, but it also simulates the Windows startup screen seen during the system boot process. The boot screen and errors are taken from your current system so the information displayed during the screensaver like NT build number, processor revision, loaded drivers and addresses, disk drive characteristics, and memory size is correct for the operating system it’s running on! The screensaver cycles between different Blue Screens and simulated boots around every 15 seconds. There is one setting for this screensaver that can be reached through the settings button in the system Screensaver/Power management window. This option simulates hard drive LED activity during the fake reboot in the screensaver to make it look even more authentic! For the BluesSreen to show in the Screensaver/Power management window and enable the timer for the screensaver, the .scr file needs to be copied to the Windows\System32 folder. Bluescreen runs on Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, 9x, Vista and 7. Note: The animated progress meter on the startup screen didnt work in Vista or 7. 2. Bluescreen Screensaver This screensaver has its own installer so you don’t have to manually copy any files to the System32 directory. Although it’s supposed to emulate the correct BSOD depending on if you are running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP, I only got the old NT blue screen when I tried in XP which won’t fool anybody with a bit of experience. The same applies to Vista and 7, only the NT type BSOD. This one is probably best to use on unsuspecting novices who have heard of a blue screen but perhaps have never seen one up close! Works on everything from Windows 95 up to Windows 7 3. “The other” BSOD screensaver This screensaver is a bit more humorous as it’s more of an animation. Because of that, Adobe Flash player is required. What it does is emulate a blue screen, then do a reboot including showing the POST screen. After that it pretends to format your hard drive, then install and boot into Linux! Watch out for who it logs into Linux as… Like Bluescreen Screensaver above, it won’t fool experienced users as the BSOD is from an old NT system, but could still be entertaining to let loose on less experienced users! For the BluesSreen to show in the Screensaver/Power management window and enable the timer for the screensaver, the .scr file needs to be copied to the Windows\System32 folder. Works on all versions of Windows
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Biostar announced five new motherboards today that will compose the heart of the company’s AM4 motherboard lineup for upcoming Ryzen CPUs. Biostar’s AM4 flagship is the Biostar Racing X370GT7, which is designed to be the best board for overclocking in Biostar’s AM4 product lineup. The board comes equipped with two large heatsinks that are connected by a liquid-filled heatpipe that’s over the VRMs. It also supports two BIOS chips to guard against mistakes while overclocking that would otherwise leave the system inoperable. The Biostar Racing X370GT7 also features superior audio compared to the other boards announced today. Although all of these new boards feature EMI shielding and use quality audio capacitors, only the X370GT7 features a relatively high-end Realtek ALC1220 audio codec. To give its new AMD boards a touch of color and some extra customization options, Biostar equipped all of them with two 5050 LED headers. All of these boards are also compatible with the company’s Vivid LED DJ technology, which allows you to alter the color and lighting effects of LEDs integrated on the motherboard and attached to the aforementioned headers. Biostar also implemented USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports and M.2 Key M slots across the entire new product lineup. The company also used Realtek’s RTL8118AS on all of these boards, along with Realtek’s Dragon LAN software. This software functions similarly to Killer’s software suite and optimizes network traffic to give your games as much bandwidth as possible. When the Biostar Racing X370GT7 is released, it will be bundled with a Biostar M200 M.2 240GB SSD that will come pre-installed on the board. This bundle will also include a free copy of World of Tanks. There is no word on pricing for any of these motherboards at this time, however, nor do we have release date information.
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These days, one of the most important tasks you perform on your computer is making sure your personal information and data is as secure as possible. You don’t have to go far around the web to hear horror stories of users not taking the necessary precautions and living to regret it. Whether it’s financial, personal or just important to you, keeping your electronic data safe is essential these days. eing secure is not just about protecting your files either. Keeping important files protected while on your PC is just one area which needs to be addressed. But backing up your precious files is something else that is often overlooked by some people because of the “it won’t happen to me” attitude some of them unfortunately have. Also, not to be forgotten about is making sure certain data that has actually been deleted is not recoverable. As many of you know, when a file is emptied from the recycle bin there is still a window of opportunity for it to be undeleted using something like Recuva or Wise Data Recovery. Here on Raymond’s we cover a lot of utilities in these areas because of their importance in keeping users safe from the pitfalls of storing personal or important data digitally. Usually though, when you mention file backup, file encryption and secure file erasing, you would be looking at two or three different utilities to get the job done. File Secure Free is a piece of software that aims to be an all in one security tool to let you perform all those tasks from the relative comfort of one simple to use interface. It actually boasts four different primary functions; simple file and folder backup to keep a secure copy of important data, encrypt or decrypt selected local files, secure file shredding, and also a function to lock your USB stick or external storage device with a password. File Secure Free is only a couple of Megs download and installs without pushing any adware on you. Portable application fans needn’t feel left out here because you can simply extract the installer with 7Zip and then delete the $COMMONFILES and $PLUGINSDIR folders to turn it into a portable program. The program certainly can’t be accused of being difficult to use or confusing, everything is there in a straight forward and simple to understand interface. The first option is the file backup option, and while it’s not designed to be some sort of Acronis TrueImage alternative, it can backup files and folders and encrypt them with a password. Select what you want to backup using the Add Files/Folders buttons, highlight what to backup and then click Backup. The output will be a .dfi file and will be encrypted using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm. A dialog box will ask for a password to use for the encryption, a minimum of six characters will be required. Recovery is easy enough, Browse for the dfi file and Browse for the destination folder to put the files. Then click Recover. File Encryption works in a not too dissimilar way to backup. Select the file to encrypt (any type of file is accepted) or selecting the folder option will process all the files in the folder, not the folder itself. You will instantly be asked to choose a password and the items will show in the program window as ‘Encrypted‘. Each file will have the extension of .dfc and has to be decrypted again with File Secure Free. You probably don’t need me to tell you that as with file encryption, file shredding needs to be used with care. It’s pretty obvious that erase the wrong file and you won’t get it back again. The algorithms listed in the dropdown box are a bit vague in the number of passes they use. For instance, the ‘Gutman algorithm’ I believe will likely be the full 35 pass erase and Erase and write random data could be a single pass, enough for most mechanical HDD’s. The other three methods I suspect will be somewhere between 3 and 7 passes. Simply select your files or folder the same way as Backup and Encrypt. The last option is to lock an external USB stick, memory card or hard drive. Insert the drive, select it from the dropdown and click the Lock button. After entering the password the drive will need to be removed and reinserted. It will then show as ‘Unformatted’ or ‘Unreadable’ by the computer and will remain that way until you unlock it again. Although not loaded with options, File Secure Free is definitely a useful toolbox for performing four security related tasks from a single utility and can backup, erase and encrypt files with ease. Compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7 32bit and 64bit
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It is remembered as one of the biggest disasters in technology history and the moment when a celebrated inventor pushed the boundaries too far, but the Sinclair C5 is set for a comeback. The electric tricycle developed by Sir Clive Sinclair has been reborn by his nephew, 32 years after its predecessor first went on sale. The original C5 was seen as a revolutionary electric vehicle that could reach speeds of 15mph, and at £399 would be a cheap way to get around, exempt from road tax and insurance. However, it struggled with hills and there were fears that it wouldn't be seen in traffic. Of around 14,000 that were made, only around 5,000 were sold and its manufacturer went bust, ending production after just nine months. In 2013 it was voted the greatest innovation disaster of all time. However, Clive Sinclair's nephew Grant Sinclair claims it merely came too soon. With cities now full of cycle lanes, growing environmental fears and rising congestion, it could now be seen as a zippy commuting option. The revamped version of the electric tricycle, called the Iris E-Trike, is weatherproof, unlike the original, and has a top speed of 30mph, with a more powerful motor and a range of 31 miles. Set to be released late this year, it will sell for £3,500 - a significant leap on the 1980s version - but is aerodynamically designed and at four feet high is meant to be visible to other drivers. It also comes with mod cons such as an screen showing speed, LCD headlights and a camera at the back that can stream a rear-view feed to the driver's smartphone. It isn't the first time the design has made a comeback. Sir Clive himself unveiled the X-1, a two-wheeled model, in 2011, but it never reached the market. Sir Clive was a famed British inventor whose more successful products included the ZX Spectrum, which helped pioneer home computing in the UK. A handheld version of the ZX Spectrum has been backed by an online crowdfunding campaign.
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In addition to brushing and flossing, a healthful diet (with natural or added fluoride) protects teeth from decay and keeps the gums healthy. Read on to discover how to keep your smile safe and strong. Tooth decay (cavities and dental caries) and gum disease are caused by colonies of bacteria that constantly coat the teeth with a sticky film called plaque. If plaque is not brushed away, these bacteria break down the sugars and starches in foods to produce acids that wear away the tooth enamel. The plaque also hardens into tartar, which can lead to gum inflammation, or gingivitis. A well-balanced diet provides the minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients essential for healthy teeth and gums. Fluoride, occurring naturally in foods and water, or added to the water supply, can be a powerful tool in fighting decay. It can reduce the rate of cavities by as much as 60 percent. Dental Health Guidelines Start right by eating right during pregnancy. Make sure that your children’s teeth get off to a good start by eating sensibly during pregnancy. Particularly important is calcium, which helps to form strong teeth and bones, and vitamin D, which the body needs to absorb calcium. You need lots of calcium for healthy teeth and gums. Low-fat dairy products, fortified soy and rice beverages, canned salmon or sardines (with bones), almonds, and dark green leafy vegetables are excellent sources of calcium. You need vitamin D to help absorb the calcium. Vitamin D is obtained from fluid milk, fortified soy and rice beverages, margarine, fatty fish such as salmon, and moderate exposure to the sun. Fluoride is key. To a large extent, cavities can be prevented by giving children fluoride in the first few years of life. Fluoride is supplied through fluoridated water (not all municipalities fluoridate their water supply, however), beverages made with fluoridated water, tea, and some fish, as well as many brands of toothpaste and some mouthwash. Fluoride supplements are available for children who don’t have access to fluoridated drinking water. It is wise to check to see if the water supply in your area is fluoridated. Excess consumption of fluoride can cause mottling of the teeth. Also needed are phosphorus, magnesium, vitamin A, and beta carotene. In addition to calcium and fluoride, minerals needed for the formation of tooth enamel include phosphorus (richly supplied in meat, fish, and eggs) and magnesium (found in whole grains, spinach, and bananas). Vitamin A also helps build strong bones and teeth. Good sources of beta carotene, which the body turns into vitamin A, include orange-colored fruits and vegetables and the dark green leafy vegetables. Children are particularly vulnerable to tooth decay; parents should: 1. Provide a good diet throughout childhood 2. Brush children’s teeth until they’re mature enough to do a thorough job by themselves (usually by 6 or 7 years old) 3. Supervise twice-daily brushing and flossing thereafter 4. Never put babies or toddlers to bed accompanied by a bottle of milk (which contains the natural sugar lactose), juice, or other sweet drink 5. Never dip pacifiers in honey or syrup 1. The sugar factor. Sucrose, most familiar to us as granulated sugar, is the leading cause of tooth decay, but it is far from the only culprit. Although sugary foods, including cookies, candies, and sodas, are major offenders, starchy foods (such as breads and cereals) also play an important part in tooth decay. When starches mix with amylase, an enzyme in saliva, the result is an acid bath that erodes the enamel and makes teeth more susceptible to decay. If starchy foods linger in the mouth, the acid bath is prolonged, and the potential for damage is all the greater. Be careful when eating dried fruits. Dried fruits can have an adverse effect on teeth, because they are high in sugar and cling to the teeth. Even unsweetened fruit juices can contribute to tooth decay — they are acidic and contain relatively high levels of simple sugars. Fresh fruits, especially apples, are better choices. Fresh fruit, although both sweet and acidic, is much less likely to cause a problem, because chewing stimulates the saliva flow. Saliva decreases mouth acidity and washes away food particles. Apples, for example, have been called nature’s toothbrush because they stimulate the gums, increase saliva flow and reduce the build-up of cavity-causing bacteria. A chronically dry mouth also contributes to decay. Saliva flow slows during sleep; going to bed without brushing the teeth is especially harmful. Certain drugs, including those used for high blood pressure, also cut down saliva flow. 2. Gum disease. More teeth are lost through gum disease than through tooth decay. Gum disease is likely to strike anyone who neglects oral hygiene or eats a poor diet. Particularly at risk are people with alcoholism, malnutrition, or AIDS/HIV infection or who are being treated with steroid drugs or certain cancer chemotherapies. Regular brushing and flossing help to prevent puffy, sore, and inflamed gums. 3. Helpful foods. You can protect your teeth by concluding meals with foods that do not promote cavities and may even prevent them. For instance, aged cheeses help prevent cavities if consumed at the end of a meal. Chewing sugarless gum stimulates the flow of saliva, which decreases acid and flushes out food particles. Rinsing your mouth and brushing your teeth after eating are important strategies to prevent cavities. Here are some tips: Consume Plenty Of 1. Calcium-rich foods, such as low-fat milk, yogurt, and cheese. 2. Fresh fruits and vegetables for vitamins A and C, and for chewing in order to promote healthy gums. 3. Tea, which is a good source of fluoride. Limit 1. Dried fruits and other sticky foods that lodge between the teeth. Avoid 1. Sweet drinks and snacks. 2. Steady sipping of acidic drinks for prolonged periods.
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After having been declared dead several times in the past, a senior Taliban commander has been killed in an air strike in northern Afghanistan, officials of the militant group confirmed on Monday. Mullah Abdul Salam Akhund, who commanded Taliban forces in Kunduz, was one of three fighters killed in a weekend strike by an unmanned aircraft, a senior Taliban official in the province told Reuters, on condition of anonymity to ensure his safety. "He was on a journey a few days ago and stopped at a house at Dashte Archi town when the drone fired missiles," said the official. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed Akhund's death in a statement. A U.S. military spokesman said an American warplane had conducted a strike in Kunduz on Sunday, but the command did "not have confirmation of the results". The strike killed Akhund and eight other Taliban, said Sher Aziz Kamawal, a senior police commander in northern Afghanistan. Akhund, who oversaw the Taliban offensive that briefly seized Kunduz city in 2015, had previously been reported dead several times by Afghan officials. This time however, his apparent death was confirmed by top Taliban officials, including a commander in the eastern province of Khost. "It's part of our life," the commander told Reuters.
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Enthusiasts have long flocked to Intel’s Core i5, Core i3, and Pentium processors as go-to solutions for budget-minded gaming rigs, particularly in light of AMDs waning innovation over the years. Each series offers its own advantages, and in the past, Intel’s surgical trimming of overclocking, Turbo Boost, and Hyper-Threading features separated the families into a well-defined hierarchy. We could tune i5s with easily-overclocked K-series SKUs, for example, but the i3 and Pentium families employed locked multipliers. Intel set the benchmark for affordable overclocking when it released the unlocked Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition in July 2014. We have to reach even further back to find the last unlocked Hyper-Threaded dual-core CPU, Intel's Pentium EE 965, which surfaced in 2006. Now, in 2017, we get another taste in the Kaby Lake-based Core i3-7350K. It includes the benefit of Hyper-Threading, which makes the -7350K even more enticing to gamers than the Pentium G3258. After all, two Hyper-Threaded cores can work on four threads at a time, and that's a requisite in many of today's most po[CENSORED]r titles. The chip operates at a base clock rate of 4.2 GHz, similar to a Core i7-7700K. But it doesn't support Turbo Boost, though this isn't altogether disappointing given the unlocked multiplier. Intel shares 4MB of last-level cache across the die, yielding a ratio of 2MB per core, also like the higher-end models. And whereas the locked Core i3s are rated at 35W and 51W, the Core i3-7350K is the lone 60W SKU. Intel also re-introduced TSX-NI support, which can boost multi-threaded performance, to the i3 series. Core i3-7350K is of course based on the Kaby Lake architecture, the second tock of Intel’s 14nm process. Due to a lack of IPC improvements, Kaby Lake isn't inherently faster than Skylake on a per-cycle basis. Instead, faster transistors enable generally higher clock rates. Intel also focuses on adding more features to the low-end processors in a move that many see as preparation for AMD's Ryzen launch. Beyond the process improvement, we get a revamped SpeedShift to keep power consumption in check without sacrificing responsiveness and a refined media engine. The Core i3 processors come armed with HD Graphics 630 in a GT2 configuration (that's 24 execution units (EU) operating at a base 350 MHz and able to hit 1150 MHz). The Gen 9.5 graphics architecture provides fixed-function hardware for HEVC 10-bit decode/encode, VP9 8/10-bit decode, and VP9 8-bit encode. Most enthusiasts will pair this CPU with a discrete GPU, so the integrated graphics certainly aren’t the main attraction. It's worth noting, however, that you need a Kaby Lake-based system to stream 4K video due to hardware-based DRM requirements. The allure of an unlocked dual-core model really boils down to pricing, and the Core i3-7350K unsurprisingly bears a higher price tag than other Core i3s. Like all K-series SKUs, the -7350K doesn’t come with a stock heat sink. We wouldn’t recommend one for overclocking anyway. But you do need to add the price of a cooler to your budget when you consider this CPU. Also, you need a Z170 or Z270 motherboard in order to take advantage of the unlocked multiplier, which also adds cost. These days, Z170-based platforms slot in as your value option, while Intel's Z270 PCH offers increased connectivity options due to more HSIO lanes. The company also touts “Optane Ready” status for Z270, so the new chipset is your only option for adding a touch of next-generation 3D XPoint memory caching when it becomes available later this year. Most games don't fully utilize Intel's big six-, eight-, and 10-core chips, so the quad-threaded Core i3-7350K should still offer potent performance with the right GPU at a $179 price point. However, after you invest in a capable cooler and enthusiast-oriented motherboard, the extra costs push this supposed budget processor into the same range as a quad-core Core i5-7400 with an H- or B-series chipset and Intel's stock heat sink. The i5 doesn't benefit from Hyper-Threading or an unlocked multiplier, but Turbo Boost takes it from a base 3 GHz up to 3.5 GHz. And four physical cores are complemented by 6MB of shared L3. The Core i5-7500 is even faster thanks to a 3.4 GHz base frequency and 3.8 GHz peak Turbo Boost rate, so long as you're willing to spend $192. Then again, if overclocking an unlocked processor is your only concern, the Core i3-7350K is your best bet short of the $236 Core i5-6600K. The Pentium family is much cheaper, sure, but even with the addition of Hyper-Threading to select models, a locked multiplier means none of them can challenge an overclocked Core i3. The -7350K also supports AVX and AVX2, whereas the Pentiums do not. Core i3s give you more L3 cache, too. The price of a CPU affects how much you can spend on a graphics card or SSD, so it’s always a challenge to strike the right balance. Intel's Core i3-7350K blurs the line between its i3 and i5 families, so let's take a closer look at how this model fares against pricier alternatives.