- Malaysia wants Interpol to help track down U.S. comedian Jocelyn Chia over her joke about disappearance of flight MH370 CBS News
- Malaysian police ‘to seek Interpol help’ over Singapore-born comedian Jocelyn Chia’s MH370 joke South China Morning Post
- Malaysia to seek Interpol help finding comedian who told ‘gratuitously offensive’ missing plane joke Fox News
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Shakira hits out at ex Gerard Pique’s new girlfriend Clara Chia in searingly honest interview – Daily Mail
- Shakira hits out at ex Gerard Pique’s new girlfriend Clara Chia in searingly honest interview Daily Mail
- Shakira’s new dig at Pique: There’s a place in hell… Marca English
- Shakira breaks silence on painful split with Gerard Pique after he moves on with 23-year-old The Mirror
- Shakira says ‘I survived a duel’ and admits she’s been ’emotionally dependent on men’ in tell-all chat afte… The Sun
- Shakira bares all on rupture with Pique: “I believed a woman needs a man to complete her.” Marca English
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Shakira’s 8 most cutting lyrics about Pique and Clara Chia in record-breaking ‘diss track’
Shakira has caused a stir with her latest song, featuring lyrics that appear to target her ex, Gerard Piqué.
The Colombian musican split from the former Barcelona footballer in June 2022, amid rumours that Piqué had been unfaithful.
In a new track produced with Argentinian DJ Bizarrap, entitled “BZRP Music Sessions #53”, Shakira seemed to take aim at her former partner of 11 years.
The song’s lyrics make thinly veiled references to Piqué, as well as his new girlfriend Clara Chia Marti.
Here are eight of the most savage barbs in the track…
1. “So much talk of being a champion / And when I needed you, you gave me the worst version of you”
2. “Sorry baby, I should have thrown you out a while ago / A she-wolf like me is not for rookies”
3. “This is for you to be mortified / Chew and swallow, swallow and chew”
4. “I only make music, sorry that it splashed you”
As sung in Spanish, this line goes, “Yo solo hago música, perdón que te salpique,” making the last word (salpique) a pun on Piqué’s name.
5. “You left me my mother in law as my neighbor / Media outlets at my door and in debt with the government”
This line is a clear reference to Shakira’s legal battle over alleged tax fraud (which she has denied).
6. “She has the name of a good person / It’s clearly not what it sounds like.”
The Spanish word for “clearly”, “claramente”, is used here as an apparent pun on Clara Chia Marti, with Shakira articulating the word to emphasise this.
7. “I’m worth two of 22 / You traded a Ferrari for a Twingo / You traded a Rolex for a Casio”
Piqué’s new girlfriend, currently 23, is rumoured to have begun seeing the footballer back when she would have been 22. The lyric also alludes to Piqué’s goal celebration, in which he forms a two with both his hands, in tribute to his and Shakira’s shared birthday on 2 February.
8. “Lots of time at the gym, but your brain needs a little work too”
Piqué has not yet responded to the new song. The Independent has contacted a representative for comment.
Type 2 diabetes: Chia seeds help with weight loss and to lower blood sugar levels
Another study performed in Canada, researchers compared the weight loss effects of two different calorie-restricted diets: one including 30g of chia seeds per day and another supplemented daily with 36g of oat, which served as the control group.
They assigned 58 participants to either one of the diets and had them consult with a dietitian at two weeks and then every six weeks for six months, as well as keep food records to ensure compliance.
After six months, participants in the chia seed group exhibited greater improvements in the levels of an inflammatory marker called C-reactive protein, body weight, and waist circumference with lowered blood sugar levels.
Diabetes: Chia seeds lower blood sugar levels by 39%
Diabetes is a life-threatening condition caused by a lack of insulin or insulin dysfunction. The result of this is chronically high blood sugar levels which give way to a host of coronary diseases. Fortunately, diabetes is highly preventable and can be managed through cautious food intake. One seed, which can easily be added to meals, may stave off the condition by drastically reducing blood sugar levels.
Chia seeds boast wide-ranging qualities, some of them unique.
“The small, black seeds are among the richest plant sources of the omega-3 fatty acid known as alpha-linolenic acid (ALA),” explains Harvard Health.
These unique molecules, which are essential for digestion and the creation of energy, have been linked to a lower risk of heart disease.
But these qualities have proven significantly beneficial for blood sugar control.
READ MORE: Diabetes: Simple lifestyle change ‘more powerful’ than drugs at keeping condition at bay
This was illustrated in one study conducted on 15 healthy men, who are randomised to receive a 50-gram glucose test.
The subjects were given food items that were supplemented either with 25 grams of ground Salba-chia or 31.5 grams of flax on three separate occasions.
“Blood glucose samples and satiety ratings were collected at fasting and over two hours post-prandially,” noted the authors.
“Both seeds appear to differentially alter carbohydrate metabolism and satiety.”
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Findings revealed chia seeds demonstrated stronger effects, reducing blood glucose by 39 percent, which was significantly greater than those seen with flax.
Many further studies have highlighted how the soluble fibre content of chia may help lower harmful cholesterol by binding to lipids in the digestive tract and dragging them out of the body.
This is significant for diabetics because high levels of cholesterol predispose individuals to the condition.
How to avoid diabetes
The age at which a person with diabetes seems to be linked to the severity of their condition.
But the dangers of the condition lie predominantly in blood sugar itself, as this destroys nerves throughout the body.
Nerve damage will manifest in myriad ways, but signs are often concentrated in the feet because these nerves have a higher sensitivity to touch.
Some researchers are adamant the condition can be beaten into remission, with the help of adequate weight loss.
This is certainly true for individuals with prediabetes – the stage that precedes a diabetes diagnosis.
Lowering intake of foods that score highly on the glycemic index offers the best chances of avoiding diabetes.
This typically includes foods that are sweetened with sugar, trans fats, white bread, pasta, among others.
Substituting these items for fatty fish, leafy greens, non-starchy vegetables, nuts and eggs, could help control diabetes and lower blood sugar.
Exercise can also lower blood sugar up to 24 hours or more after a workout.
Beware! Chia Coin Miners Selling Used SSDs & HDDs As Brand New on Online Marketplaces As Coin Crashes
If you happen to stumble upon an SSD or HDD listed well below its price point on an online market place, then it’s wise to double-check as Chia miners are offloading their hardware (mainly HDD and SSDs) at a loss as the coin continues to plummet in terms of its value.
Chia Coin’s Plummeting Value Prompts Miners To Sell Used HDD and SSDs As Brand New On Online Marketplaces
As reported by VNExpress International, Crypto miners who had invested in Chia Coin have started to sell their hardware at losses and switch over to other crypto opportunities as the value of XCH or Chia Coin continues to fall.
The Chia Coin cryptocurrency aimed to be a very lucrative & eco-friendly mining venture when it was first introduced, requiring less power to mine compared to traditional GPU/ASIC miners and putting less effect on the global environment. Chia Coin peaked out at an impressive $1614 US value back in May but ever since then, the price has continued to fall down and currently sits at $282.19 US (at the time of writing this article).
This has led Chia Coin miners to lose their trust within the Cryptocurrency and move to other options but as stated above, other Crypto options don’t make use of HDDs and SSDs so the only option left for these miners is to sell them off in the used marketplaces. However, instead of just doing that, Chia miners have started putting up ads on online marketplaces, selling their SSDs & HDDs as brand new when that is not the case.
An Admin of a Chia Coin Facebook Group with over 5000 Chia traders has seen an influx of ads where miners are selling their used hardware as new. One of the miners had expressed the following views:
“I am selling my hardware I bought three months ago for a loss,” said Quang Thuan, a Chia miner in the southern province of Dong Nai. Thuan joined the market in May when Chia prices were shooting up.
You might remember that the Chia Coin boom also led to high-capacity HDDs and SSDs becoming scarce in APAC markets. This means that all those who bought hardware for Chia Coin did so at an inflated price rate and now they are selling them at a loss. So the only way to circumvent around it is to make fake ads. Chia Coin mining puts lots of stress on HDDs and SSDs and not only voids the warranty but can also damage the drive to the point where it is not feasible to use or will include several damaged sectors which would result in permanent data loss if it somehow ends up being workable.
Just for comparison, a standard 1 TB HDD would last 10 years with normal usage but with Chia Coin mining, it would last only 80 days. And considering that the majority of these drives were bought in May during the boom period, they are well past the 80-day duration. So you are most likely to get a paper-weight for paying the price of a brand new HDD/SSD which was sold to you as a new one. It’s wise to refrain from looking for cheaper HDD and SSD hardware in online marketplaces right now & if you plan to do so, then make sure you do your research & don’t end up with a broken storage device.