Japan is restarting one of the nuclear reactors that was shut down since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
On Thursday, Kansai Electric Power started loading fuel to Mihama Number 3 reactor and hopes to finish the process by Sunday.
Regulatory approval to restart three reactors that are more than 40 years old was granted last month.
The operator plans to restart the Number 3 reactor in late June after an inspection by the country’s Nuclear Regulation Authority.
Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a metabolic disease that causes high blood sugar. The hormone insulin moves sugar from the blood into the cells to be stored or used for energy. With diabetes, the body either does not make enough insulin or cannot effectively use the insulin it makes.
Untreated high blood sugar from diabetes can damage your nerves, eyes, kidneys, and other organs. Type 2 Diabetes seems to be more common in our clime and it is mostly caused by a combination of lifestyle factors and genetics. Part of lifestyle factors include what one eats and research shows eating some kind of food can help prevent diabetes. One of such foods is Sardines
It’s no secret that oily fish like Sardines are a great source of omega-3s, calcium, and more but recent study shows Sardine in particular may help to prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes.
Studies on Sardines
The study was conducted by researchers from Open University of Catalonia in Spain. They gathered 152 participants diagnosed with prediabetes and had each of them follow a nutrition plan to help lower their risk of diabetes onset.
One group specifically had the addition of 200 grams of sardines per week in their nutrition plan, which equates to two cans. They were encouraged to incorporate them into provided recipes and advised to eat them whole with the bones and all to get all the benefits.
What was Discovered
In the beginning of the study, 37% of the group who ate sardines was considered at high risk for developing diabetes. But after one year, the percentage dropped to just 8%. Meanwhile, the group without sardines went from 27% being high risk in the beginning to 22% after a year.
The group eating sardines also saw improvements in their cholesterol levels, blood pressure, insulin resistance, and even hormones that speed up the body’s ability to break down sugar.
The study’s lead researcher, Diana Diaz Rizzolo, Ph. D. recommended that not only are sardines reasonably priced and easy to find, but they are safe and help to prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. It is easy to recommend this food during medical checkups, and it is widely accepted by the population.
Other foods that can also help in preventing Diabetes include:
Nuts
Consistently spiked blood sugar is one of the risk factors for diabetes, and the more you snack on refined carbs, the more unstable your blood sugar becomes. To curb those afternoon carb cravings, snack on foods high in protein and fat-such as nuts-to keep you full until dinnertime. Additionally, nuts are high in polyunsaturated fats-which have been linked to slowing the development of type 2 diabetes.
Oatmeal
With four grams of fiber in a one-cup serving of oatmeal, enjoying a bowl for breakfast will keep you full for a long time-and may even prevent you from snacking before lunch. A recent study found that people who ate the most fiber-more than 26 grams a day-lowered their odds of developing type 2 diabetes by 18 percent, compared to those who consumed the least (less than 19 grams daily). Fiber helps keep blood sugar steady which may help you lower your risk of developing diabetes.
Fruits
Aside from providing a wealth of vitamins and minerals, eating fruit on a daily basis will decrease your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Since a diet high in fiber has been known to reduce the risk of diabetes, you’ll want to focus on fruits that are high in fiber-such as apples (including the skin!), berries and citrus fruits.
Vegetables
Although all vegetables should have a place in your diet, it’s important to focus on green and non-starchy vegetables when it comes to preventing diabetes. Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, kale, and Brussels sprouts provide you with vitamins and minerals to keep your body running smoothly (and also deliver fiber). Aside from their fiber content, cruciferous veggies contain sulforaphane-an anti-inflammatory compound that may protect against blood vessels damage associated with diabetes and help control blood sugar. Additionally, spinach is a great source of magnesium, which helps your body use insulin to control your blood sugar levels.
Legumes
From chickpeas to red beans, legumes are so versatile and great for reducing your risk of type 2 diabetes. Not only are they packed with fiber that will help stabilize your blood sugar, but they’re chock-full of protein that will keep you full and prevent you from snacking to help maintain your weight-which is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
Take Home
All these foods and a range of others, if you do your personal research, are available to add to your diet especially when you are looking to reduce the risk of diabetes or just want to include more healthy fat and protein in your diet. Not only are sardines a sustainable seafood choice, but they’re loaded with nutrients that help with everything from menstrual cramps to vascular health. Can you beat that!!!
An art installation has created the optical illusion that the French capital’s Eiffel Tower is perched precariously over a rocky ravine.
The artwork, by an artist who uses the pseudonym JR, involved laying an image of a ravine, and the pillars that form the base of the Eiffel Tower, onto the floor of an esplanade that overlooks the tower.
When a visitor stands in the right spot, the artwork in the foreground and the tower in the background line up with each other, and the illusion is created.
“I think it’s really cool because it’s really realistic,” said one visitor, Lara Watson.
“I like that it combines with the Eiffel Tower, so the piece of art becomes a piece of art because of the Eiffel Tower already behind it.”
Other work by the same artist includes an installation at the U.S-Mexico border wall that appears to show a giant baby peering over the wall, and an optical illusion that made it appear a chasm had opened up in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris.
Street artist JR, known for the larger-than-life photographic installations that took over Rio de Janerio during the 2016 Olympics, has now unveiled a towering optical illusion in Florence, Italy.
The major installation revealed today is located at the Palazzo Strozzi, a historic cultural arts center in the heart of Florence.
The 91-foot spectacle, titled “La Ferita,” or “The Wound,” scales the Palazzo’s Renaissance façade and simulates a giant gaping hole in the front of the building. Inside the architectural tear is an imagined vision of the Palazzo’s interior, made real by a black and white photographic collage.
JR began his career at age 13 as a graffiti artist in France. His work, which has been exhibited on staircases, train carriages and even atop the Louvre, is a fusion of street art and photography. In his 2015 book “Can art change the world?” JR writes, “Images are not special. It is what you do with them.” JR’s readiness to place context above content has brought him international acclaim.
“Walking through Florence feels strange these days — without the visitors that make up such a normal part of the life of Florence, it feels quiet and less vibrant,” JR said in a statement to CNN Style. “Without being able to enter a museum, to attend a concert or spend time at an exhibition, we realise that it is culture that gives life its colour and that the beauty of our city is activated by the people that pass through it, soak up the history and culture of Florence, and leave enriched by it.”
The illusory gash across Palazzo Strozzi symbolizes the wound all cultural sites have sustained due to ongoing pandemic restrictions. The art industry has been devastated by the ongoing shutdown of museums, galleries, libraries, theaters and cinemas — with even the most revered institutions struggling to get back on their feet.
Last May, the historic Shakespeare’s Globe theater in London revealed it faced insolvency and permanent closure as a result of lockdown measures.
The world’s largest iceberg, about four times larger than New York City has been spotted.
The European Space Agency said the mammoth slab of ice broke free from the frozen edge of Antarctica.
The iceberg named A-76 is also bigger than the Spanish tourist island of Majorca, with a surface area of around four-thousand-three-hundred-20 square kilometers.
It was first discovered by the British Antarctic Survey and was later confirmed using imagery from Copernicus Sentinel-one, which consists of two polar-orbiting satellites.
Although the dislodging of large ice chunks is part of a natural polar cycle, the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center says some ice shelves along the Antarctic peninsula have broken up faster in recent years.
Some scientists believe that the rapid disintegration is related to global warming.
Students and parents should have confidence in how grades in Wales will be awarded this year, the new education minister has said.
GCSE and A-Levels will be decided by schools and colleges after exams were cancelled in a bid to avoid a repeat of last summer’s exam fiasco.
But one headteacher has said the workload for staff was extraordinary.
Education minister Jeremy Miles said the “right balance” had been struck in extremely challenging circumstances.
The system for deciding grades descended into chaos in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic last summer after thousands of results were downgraded by examining officials.
It led to the previous education minister issuing an apology and abandoning the results, instead relying on teachers’ original estimated exam grades.
This summer’s results are being determined by teachers after examinations were cancelled – but many schools have scheduled assessments to collect evidence for grades.
The head of the Welsh exams body WJEC, Ian Morgan, said he accepted fairly mixed reaction had trailed how the grading system was working.
Morgan added that schools and colleges had been given permission to use a range of evidence to back-up grades, including tests and access to past exam papers.
Morgan said he recognised there were difficulties and pressures for schools implementing the grading system.
Wales’ new education minister said he thought the grading system was “deliverable”.
More than a year after switching to virtual shows, Italian fashion house Armani announced Thursday the return of live audiences, starting with its Spring/Summer Men’s collection next month.
The June 21 Giorgio Armani show will take place in Milan, while on July 6, the Giorgio Armani Prive fashion show will be held at the Italian embassy during the Paris Fashion Show for Haute Couture.
“The return to live attendance has been decided following the current general improvement in public health with relation to the pandemic,” the group announced.
It warned its plans could still change, “The organisation of the shows will comply with the distance and safety rules required by law and the actual holding of the events, in any case, will be conditional to the evolution of the pandemic,” it added.
Armani is the first big Italian brand to announce the resumption of live audiences, just as it was also the first to give them up in February 2020.
The British government on Friday warned of potential action against the BBC, after unprecedented criticism from the royal family about its use of deception to secure a 1995 interview with Princess Diana, piling pressure on the corporation as it fights attacks on several fronts.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, whose brief includes media, said an independent inquiry into the affair highlighted “damning failings at the heart of the BBC”, which is publicly funded.
Ministers would now “consider whether further governance reforms at the BBC are needed”, as talks approach for renewal of its royal charter covering its running and regulation, he added.
Diana’s interview with journalist Martin Bashir was a global scoop, and saw the princess detail her crumbling marriage to heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, as well as admitting to adultery.
But a retired senior judge on Thursday concluded Bashir had faked documents to falsely claim Diana was being kept tabs on by her closest aides, which persuaded her to take part.
Diana and Charles’ eldest son and second-in-line to the throne, Prince William, was scathing in his criticism on Thursday, accusing the BBC of failing his mother and the public — and worsening his parents’ relationship.
William’s younger brother Harry also waded in, adding: “The ripple effect of a culture of exploitation and unethical practices ultimately took her life.”
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said: “I hope very much the BBC will be taking every possible step to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again.”
A bill seeking to establish the Federal Sports University of Nigeria, Nkalagu, Ebonyi State, have passed through second reading at the Senate.
The bill is sponsored by Senator Obinna Ogba (PDP, Ebonyi Central).
Leading debate on the bill, the Senator said the University when established, would be a highly specialized institution that would develop Nigerian youths in various sporting endeavors.
According to Ogba, the university would offer professional and academic programmes leading to the award of diploma, first degrees, Post-Graduate research and higher degrees with emphasis on planning, adaptive, technical, maintenance, development and productive skills in engineering, and allied professional disciplines relating to sports resources.
He added that the institution would, among others, establish appropriate relationships with other national institutions involved in training, research and development of technologies in the sports sector.
Ogba emphasized that the university would also identify the problems and needs of sports in Nigeria with a view to finding solutions to them.
Contributing, Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, said the establishment of the institution would contribute immensely to Nigeria’s earnings from sports.
On his part, Senator Frank Ibezim said the presence of the university would encourage the development of all aspects of sports, in addition to addressing the problems of youth restiveness amid fostering national unity.
The bill after consideration was referred by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, to the Committee on Sports to report back in four weeks.
An art installation has created the optical illusion that the French capital’s Eiffel Tower is perched precariously over a rocky ravine.
The artwork, by an artist who uses the pseudonym JR, involved laying an image of a ravine, and the pillars that form the base of the Eiffel Tower, onto the floor of an esplanade that overlooks the tower.
When a visitor stands in the right spot, the artwork in the foreground and the tower in the background line up with each other, and the illusion is created.
“I think it’s really cool because it’s really realistic,” said one visitor, Lara Watson.
“I like that it combines with the Eiffel Tower, so the piece of art becomes a piece of art because of the Eiffel Tower already behind it.”
Other work by the same artist includes an installation at the U.S-Mexico border wall that appears to show a giant baby peering over the wall, and an optical illusion that made it appear a chasm had opened up in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris.
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