The UK housing association Clarion Housing Group is holding an ideas contest for radical concepts to transform the lives of social housing residents (Deadline: 8 April)The organisations William Sutton Prize is now in its sixth edition and features two awards and an enlarged 125,000 prize fund to celebrate Clarions 125th anniversary.The first award The William Sutton Prize for Sustainability focuses on promoting the restoration and preservation of the natural world.The second award The William Sutton Prize for Connected Communities meanwhile aims to enhance community ties, promote inclusion and strengthen the social fabric of Clarion neighbourhoods.Bell Phillips Architects won the 2023 prize alongside Building with Nature, an organisation that provides planners and developers with guidance on delivering high quality green infrastructureThe 125,000 overall prize pot will be split between the winners of each category. In addition to the funding, the winners will also receive a tailored package of business support and the chance to collaborate with Clarion and its partners and sector-leading experts to turn their boldest and brightest ideas into reality.The initiative is open to English organisations and all UK individuals aged over 18. It is named after Clarion Housing Groups founder, a Victorian entrepreneur who bequeathed his fortune to providing public housing.Clarions chief executive, Clare Miller, said: Through The William Sutton Prize we are proud to collaborate with those who are pioneering new innovations and cutting-edge thinking. Kickstarting our 125th year anniversary celebrations, this years prize is our most ambitious to date and we are delighted to be able to increase the value of the funding thanks to the support of our partners.Were focusing our efforts on tackling two major societal issues preserving and restoring nature and the need for truly connected communities and I cant wait to see what innovative ideas are put forward.Bell Phillips Architects won the 2023 prize alongside Building with Nature, an organisation that provides planners and developers with guidance on delivering high-quality green infrastructure. Bell Phillips Architects winning concept (pictured) imagined a pathway to net zero through the development of a new vernacular architecture for all buildings below 11m, using natural building materials.Bell Phillips Architects receiving the 2023 prizeTim Bell, director of Bell Phillips Architects, said:Winning The William Sutton Prize has enabled Bell Phillips to expand our focus on reducing embodied carbon in all the buildings we design.The prize has provided us with dedicated research and development time for our in-house carbon calculation tool and to implement the findings of that into live projects across a range of building types it truly has been invaluable.Mole Architects the 2022 prize with a zero-carbon community homebuilding system. Previous winners included Surman Weston, whose Hackney School of Food created a seed-to-spoon food education hub for primary school children within an old building and area of disused land.Clarion Housing Group formed nine years ago following a merger of Circle Housing Group and Affinity Sutton, which was founded after Suttons death in 1900. The housing association is today the largest in the UK, managing 125,000 homes across 170 local authorities.Sutton was born in the City of London in 1833 and created Sutton Carriers, the countrys first door-to-door parcel service. He bequeathed his entire fortune to a range of charitable projects, including providing much-needed public housing across the capital.Judges for the latest edition of the prize will include Peter Murray OBE, co-founder of New London Architecture, Tara Gbolade, co-founding director of Gbolade Design Studio, Matt Harvey-Agyemang, co-founder of POoR Collective, and Greg Fitzgerald, chief executive of Vistry Group.Murray said: It is an honour and privilege to be asked to judge The William Sutton Prize in Clarions 125th anniversary year. We need the best brains with the most ambition to match the transformative impact of Clarions founder and Im really looking forward to receiving the submissions and meeting the people behind them.Competition detailsDeadline: Midday, 8 April 2025Competition funding source: Clarion Housing GroupProject funding source: n/aOwner of site(s): n/aVisit the competition website for more information

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JANUARY 31: Kevin Owens and CM Punk face off during SmackDown at Gainbridge ... [+] Fieldhouse on January 31, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by WWE/WWE via Getty Images)WWE via Getty ImagesA total of 60 WWE Superstars will participate in the two Royal Rumble matches on Saturday and we know the identities of 32 of them.Friday nights episode of Smackdown revealed seven more participants across the men and womens Rumble and the card looks even stronger than it did before.Before we look at an updated entrant list for the men and womens Rumble, here is the info you need to watch the premium live event.Date: February 1Time: 6pm ETTV/Stream: PeacockLocation: Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IndianaWith Solo Sikoa written off WWE TV for the time being, Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga have begun to make a name for themselves. A new feud between them and Damian Priest, who is now on Smackdown is seemingly brewing.The tag-team from the Bloodline faced Priest and LA Knight on Smackdown and had an entertaining match. Each participant in the matchbesides Tama Tonga was confirmed as entrants into Rumble.On the womens side, we learned Candice LeRae, Zelina Vega and Piper Niven were confirmed. Here is an updated look at the entrant list for men and women.Updated Mens WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Entrant ListINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JANUARY 31: Damian Priest makes his way to the ring during SmackDown at ... [+] Gainbridge Fieldhouse on January 31, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by WWE/WWE via Getty Images)WWE via Getty ImagesThere are 18 confirmed entrants on the mens side.The mens Rumble has a new twist. Kevin Owens and CM Punk engaged in an outstanding mic session early in the episode.MORE FOR YOUThe stage was set for an excellent WrestleMania 41 main event should Owens defeat Cody Rhodes and Punk win the Royal Rumble on Saturday night.John CenaCM PunkSeth RollinsJey UsoDrew McIntyreLogan PaulSami ZaynPentaShinsuke NakamuraBron BreakkerChad GableRey MysterioRoman ReignsCarmelo HayesLA KnightJacob FatuDamian PriestSantos EscobarUpdated Womens WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Entrant ListMILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 15: Candice LeRae makes her entrance during WWE SmackDown at Fiserv ... [+] Forum on November 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by WWE/Getty Images)WWE via Getty ImagesThere are 14 confirmed entrants in the womens Rumble.The new spin on the womens Rumble is related to Nia Jax, LeRae and WWE Womens Champion Tiffany Stratton. LeRae confronted Stratton about her betrayal of Jax.The latter appeared and ambushed Stratton setting up a strong push to win the Rumble and challenge Tiffy Time at WrestleMania.BayleyLiv MorganCharlotte FlairNia JaxBianca BelairNaomiLyra ValkyriaRaquel RodriguezIyo SkyIvy NilePiper NivenZelina VegaCandice LeRaeHere are the other matches on the WWE Royal Rumble 2025 card.(c) Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens - WWE Championship Ladder Match(c) #DIY Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa vs. Motor City Machine Guns - Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley - Best 2 out of 3 Falls - WWE Tag-Team ChampionshipThe card has only four scheduled matches, but that doesnt mean we wont see a impromptu battle. After all, Rhea Ripley nor Gunther have a match and it seems a little odd for both of them to be left off of one of the biggest PLEs of the year.There are some rumors that Ripley will be entered into the mens Rumble. Well see if that comes to fruition along with some of the other hot rumors surrounding this years Royal Rumble matches.Be on the lookout for post-event coverage including grades, complete results and a look ahead with the fallout from Indianapolis.

Mixture-of-experts LLM structure becomes super-hot as a result of the DeepSeek AI release.gettyIn todays column, I examine the sudden and dramatic surge of interest in a form of AI reasoning model known as a mixture-of-experts (MoE). This useful generative AI and large language model (LLM) approach has been around for quite a while and its formulation is relatively well-known. I will lay out for you the particulars so that youll have a solid notion of what mixture-of-experts is all about.The reason MoE suddenly garnered its moment in the spotlight is due to the release of DeepSeeks model R1 which uses MoE extensively.In case you havent been plugged into the latest AI revelations, DeepSeek is a China-based AI company that has made available a ChatGPT-like LLM. They also made a bold claim that the AI was devised at a significantly reduced cost, causing quite a pronounced stir since the bulk of USA AI efforts assume that only vast and costly amounts of hardware could produce such a capable model. Hardware provider Nvidia took a big hit in their stock price and most of the major USA AI firms also saw their stocks get punished.If you are interested in whether we need to keep scaling up or whether maybe we need to work smarter when it comes to advancing AI, see my in-depth analysis at the link here.I will focus my discussion here on the overall nature of the mixture-of-experts approach, including how it has both key advantages and disadvantages. That being said, please know that the DeepSeek AI system is said to have also leaned heavily into the use of knowledge distillation, which Ive covered extensively at the link here. The idea is that you can rapidly bring a new AI system up to speed by using an existing fully capable one to transfer or train the newbie lesser model. Some assert that if DeepSeek took that route, in a sense they were cheating in that they relied on someone elses existing model to parlay their instance into existence (see my discussion about the ethical and legal intellectual property or IP rights issues that arise, at the link here).Another factor of their AI approach is that they extensively utilized reinforcement learning (RL) techniques, which Ive covered at the link here.The star of this show is mixture-of-experts or MoE.Lets talk about it.This analysis of an innovative AI breakthrough is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here).Mixture-Of-Experts Hits The JackpotThe mixture-of-experts approach traces its roots back to the early 1990s and I will toward the end of this discussion share with you some fascinating quotes from a now-classic AI research paper that got the ball rolling on this innovation in 1991. By and large, the core facets are still true today. The core is what Im going to introduce to you.To get things underway, I am going to provide a simplified version of MoE. I say this to try and avoid getting harangued by trolls who will be distraught that I wont be portraying the mathematical and computational complexities. Those nitty-gritty details are certainly valuable, and indeed, I will provide references throughout where you can readily learn more on the matter.Heres the deal.The most common way to devise generative AI consists of designing the internal structure or architecture as one large monolith. Any prompt that a user enters will essentially be routed throughout this massive byzantine structure and have zillions of touchpoints as it progresses and is processed. This is easy to devise, somewhat easier to maintain, and generally works pretty well.An alternative approach is to decide that we will divide up the monolith into respective parts or components. Each component will have a specific purpose. The AI parlance is to say that these components are experts and that we are dividing up the processing into occurring across a multitude of these experts.I personally disfavor the use of the word expert to refer to the components since this tends to anthropomorphize the AI, as though it is a set of human experts. Each component is merely devoted to some area of interest, and I would say are specialized in what they can suitably process. Anyway, the word expert is catchy and has become the default terminology in use.The bottom line is that the mixture-of-experts approach consists of deciding beforehand that when you create a generative AI or LLM you will divide it up into some number of components that well say are experts. Doing so has some exciting properties that can boost the AI in comparison to the run-of-the-mill monolithic route.Handiness Of A Bundle Of ExpertsThe good news about mixture-of-experts is that you can hone the AI to be adept in specific areas or domains.For example, suppose I wanted to ask generative AI some questions about various U.S. presidents, in particular, lets say Abraham Lincoln. A monolithic AI structure would take my prompt and feed my question about Honest Abe to the entire landscape of the AI system being utilized. Here and there, various bits and pieces about Lincoln might be touched upon. Eventually, it is hopefully brought together by the AI and presented to me as a cohesive answer to my question about Lincoln.In the case of MoE, we might have set up the LLM on the basis of experts that are components devoted to specific presidents. There is a component about Lincoln. A different component concentrates on George Washington. And so on.My prompt asking about Abraham Lincoln would get routed to the Honest Abe component. This component derives a response to my prompt. The response is then presented to me.Voila, easy-peasy.Importance Of Gating RequestsNote that a crucial element of the MoE is that the prompt by the user must be carefully parsed by the AI to suitably identify which expert ought to be activated.Suppose that I asked about Abraham Lincoln, but the AI sent my prompt to the component on George Washington. Sad face. Not where my prompt should have gone. Now then, in theory, the George Washington component would detect that the prompt is about Lincoln and then pass the request either back to the routing function or directly to the Lincoln component.You might say that the gateway or gating of the mixture-of-experts is a make-or-break activity. When a prompt comes in, the gateway had better do a decent job of figuring out which expert should get the request. If the wrong expert is selected, this could be a waste of time and effort. Worse, the wrong expert might try to generate an answer. Imagine my surprise if the AI responded with details about George Washington rather than Honest Abe.The gating has to be reliable; it has to be quick since otherwise time is unduly consumed, and it is also a kind of bottleneck. The positive aspect is that your prompt is likely to end up at the right place in the fastest time in comparison to the meandering monolith approach. The negative aspect is that your prompt might get misrouted and ultimately even produce a wrong or inappropriate response.Just another tradeoff in the harsh world we live in. Seems like you can never truly eat your cake and have the icing too.Illustrative AI ExampleTo showcase how this works, lets assume that you are using generative AI to help diagnose what is wrong with your car. Your car has been making some oddball noises lately. There doesnt seem to be any obvious basis for the noise.You log into a generative AI app that is made via a monolith-oriented architecture. The AI has various automotive mechanic capabilities spread around in the overall structure but there arent specific components devoted to say the engine, the transmission, etc.Here we go.My entered prompt: My car is making a strange noise. Can you fix it?Generative AI (Car Mechanic #1): I will take a look.Generative AI (Car Mechanic #2): I will take a look.Generative AI (Car Mechanic #3): I will take a look.As you can see, the AI is spreading your request across the landscape of the AI and merely generically seeking car mechanic portions.You decide to log out of the AI and instead log into a mixture-of-experts or MoE-based model.Heres what happens.My entered prompt: My car is making a strange noise. Can you fix it?Generative AI (Car Diagnostician): I will guide my team to look and diagnose whats wrong with your car. My guess is that it might be an engine problem, so Im going to ask my engine specialist or expert to examine the car first.Generative AI (Engine Specialist): I went ahead and looked at the engine. Your guess is correct, it is a problem with the engine. I can fix it if you want me to proceed.You can now see that the AI first used a gateway function that was labeled as a car diagnostician. This overall component decided that the specialized component or expert on engines would be the best place to route the request to. Sure enough, the engine expert said that the problem is with the engine.Routing To Multiple ExpertsLets use the same example and this time the engine expert says that the engine isnt the culprit making the oddball noise.My entered prompt: My car is making a strange noise. Can you fix it?Generative AI (Car Diagnostician): I will guide my team to look and diagnose whats wrong with your car. My guess is that it might be an engine problem, so Im going to ask my engine specialist to examine the car first.Generative AI (Engine Specialist): I went ahead and looked at the engine. The problem is definitely not the engine.Generative AI (Car Diagnostician): Thanks for letting me know that it isnt the engine. I was mistaken in my initial guess. I think it might be the transmission, so Ill have my transmission specialist look.Generative AI (Transmission Specialist): Ive looked and discovered that it is a transmission problem. I can fix it if you want me to proceed.You can see that the engine expert reported back to the gateway. The gateway then opted to make another guess and routed the request to the transmission expert. Luckily, this was the right final place to land in.What You See Or Dont SeeDepending upon how the MoE is shaped, sometimes you wont realize that the various so-called experts within the AI are being consulted. There isnt necessarily a need for you to know what took place during the processing of your prompt. All you probably care about is that you get a solid answer to your prompt.Thus, another purpose of the gateway is often that it routes internally, collects what is being generated by the internal structure, and aggregates it into the final response that you ultimately see. Everything else is hidden from your view.Heres what that might be like.My entered prompt: My car is making a strange noise. Can you fix it?Generative AI (Car Diagnostician): I will guide my team to look and diagnose whats wrong with your car. Ill get back to you in a moment.Generative AI (Car Diagnostician): Internal communique: Engine expert, please see if the engine is making a noise and let me know what you find.Generative AI (Engine Specialist): I went ahead and looked at the engine. I believe that the sparkplugs need to be changed. Im not sure if doing so will completely resolve the issue but thats my best guess.Generative AI (Car Diagnostician): Thanks for letting me know about your guess. Since you arent completely sure, Ill ask the transmission specialist to weigh in too.Generative AI (Transmission Specialist): Ive looked and discovered that the transmission fluid is low, and the car seems to be having trouble shifting gears accordingly. I think that might account for the noise.Generative AI (Car Diagnostician): Okay, I will tell the user that we are recommending then that sparkplugs be replaced and the transmission fluid be refilled. This hopefully will fix the noise problem.In this instance, the gateway carried on an internal conversation with the various AI experts. Once a resolution was devised, the gateway aggregated the results and was ready to present the recommendation to the user.Upfront Mighty DecisionsFor an AI maker or developer, a big challenge when leaning into a mixture-of-experts approach is what the various experts or components will be focused on. You usually must decide this upfront. Once youve made that decision, the structure is somewhat locked into place.Suppose I opted to go with components focused on USA presidents.A user comes along and wants to ask about USA governors.Oops, my LLM wasnt structured on that basis. At that juncture, it could be that I have set up only some experts and allowed a semi-monolith for the rest of the structure, and I will then route the prompt to that monolith portion. You could argue that this is not too bad since thats what would have happened in a pure monolith structure, on the other hand, the experts arent being of much advantage if that happens quite a lot.Another notable design question is how many experts to have. Should I have experts per president, and then experts per vice president, or maybe just have experts that each cover a pair of a president and their associated vice president? This is a tough aspect to decide at the get-go.Data Training Of The MoEGenerative AI is data trained by scanning the Internet and pattern-matching on human writing. The good news about MoE is that you can direct the scans toward the areas that pertain to the experts or components that youve decided upon. This can expedite data training.A downside is that you need to figure out whether the components or experts are getting sufficient data training. When you do things for a monolith, you at times just let the data training go as long as you can afford to do so or run out of data for training purposes. The MoE is usually best undertaken by assessing how deep and sufficient the components are during the initial data training.The upshot is that data training requires a different semblance of perspective depending upon whether you are data training an underlying monolith LLM or a MoE model.More About Those ExpertsLots more twists and turns come into the picture.Some advocate that MoE should have shared experts along with dedicated experts. This involves deciding that there will be specialized components that any of the other experts can use versus ones that are only to be used by say the gateway.The beauty of having multiple experts or components is that you can potentially leverage parallelization during the processing of a prompt. Envision that I wrote a prompt asking about both Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. In a conventional monolith, this is clunkily floated around to figure out which bits and bytes have something relevant to generate. With MoE, the gateway could split the prompt into two pieces, routing one piece to the Lincoln expert and the other piece to the George Washington expert, having both components working simultaneously on my prompt. Nice.Speed can be a great outcome of using MoE.A troubling aspect though can at times arise. The gateway might start to overuse some of the experts. Those particular experts become excessively relied upon. The AI gets sluggish. An important ongoing chore might be to monitor the spread of the usage and have some form of balancing algorithm to try and get things evened out if feasible.Foundational AI ResearchIf you are intrigued by the MoE approach, you might enjoy the now-classic AI research paper that many attribute to having gotten this line of architecture underway (please know that prior papers also postulated and examined the topic).The paper is entitled Adaptive Mixtures of Local Experts by Robert A. Jacobs, Michael I. Jordan, Steven J. Nowlan, and Geoffrey E. Hinton, Neural Computation, 1991, and made these salient points (excerpts):We present a new supervised learning procedure for systems composed of many separate networks, each of which learns to handle a subset of the complete set of training cases.The new procedure can be viewed either as a modular version of a multilayer supervised network or as an associative version of competitive learning.If we know in advance that a set of training cases may be naturally divided into subsets that correspond to distinct subtasks, interference can be reduced by using a system composed of several different "expert" networks plus a gating network that decides which of the experts should be used for each training case.The emphasis is that generative AI and LLMs typically make use of artificial neural networks (ANN) as the underpinning of the AI, see my explanation about such neural networks at the link here.You can create a humongous artificial neural network as one massive monolith or divide it into subnetworks. Those subnetworks are the components or experts of the MoE structure. As mentioned earlier, doing so can make processing faster, which in AI parlance you say that the inferencing is sped up. Furthermore, again in AI parlance, the usual feed-forward network (FFN) layers are essentially replaced with MoE layers. Each MoE layer usually makes use of one or more experts and has at least one gating function.Winner-Winner Chicken DinnerDeepSeeks AI makes use of mixture-of-experts, as do several other high-profile LLMs such as Mixtral by Mistral, NLLB MoE by Meta, and others.No one can say for sure whether MoE is the best or optimum way to devise generative AI. Ive noted that it has upsides and downsides. It isnt a silver bullet. The shock and awe of DeekSeeks AI will certainly cause a rapid and wider pursuit of mixture-of-experts. Some will rush to include it. Others will be dubious and argue that the downsides outweigh the pluses.All in all, we are in for exciting times.Lets give the last word for now to Aristotle: Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives -- choice, not chance, determines your destiny.We will have to wait and see whether MoE is a choice, a chance, or a destiny.

"Dog Man""Dog Man" premieres January 31. Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Animation Release date: January 31, in theaters"Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie," based on Dave Pilkey's "Captain Underpants" books, grossed $125 million on a $38 million budget. It was followed by a four-season Netflix series based on the same characters."Dog Man" is the second film in the franchise. It's a story in a story set in a book written by the "Captain Underpants" protagonists George and Harold.In the new film, Dog Man is a mute, crime-fighting, dog-human hybrid cop. Pete Davidson voices Petey, Dog Man's nemesis, and Ricky Gervais, Lil Rel Howery, and Isla Fisher also voice characters in the movie."Captain America: Brave New World"Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America in "Captain America: Brave New World." Eli Ad/Marvel Studios Release date: February 14, in theaters"Captain America: Brave New World" is the first Marvel movie to be released in 2025. It follows Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) as he unravels a shady conspiracy against President Ross (Harrison Ford).It's the fourth "Captain America" movie, but the first where Mackie's hero carries the iconic shield, after Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) passed on the Captain America mantle at the end of "Avengers: Endgame."The "Captain America" franchise has earned Marvel Studios over $2 billion in ticket sales. But "superhero fatigue" and alack of hype could lead to a muted debut for the fourth movie."Paddington in Peru"Paddington heads back to the homeland in "Paddington in Peru." Sony Release date: February 14, in theatersFor lovable bear's third adventure, he journeys back to his homeland to find his Aunt Lucy (Imelda Staunton), who goes missing from the Home for Retired Bears.The first two "Paddington" movies are widely regarded as some of the best British movies made in recent years: The first film holds a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while its 2017 sequel is rated 99%."The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie"Daffy Duck and Brendan Fraser in "Looney Tunes: Back in Action." Warner Bros. Release date: February 28, in theatersWarner Bros.' Looney Tunes movies have a patchy record. "Space Jam" was a hit, grossing $230 million on a $80 million budget, but 2021's "Space Jam: A New Legacy" barely earned back its $150 million budget, and 2003's "Looney Tunes: Back in Action" didn't turn a profit.With Warner Bros. making the controversial move to shelve "Coyote vs. Acme" as a tax write-off in 2023, "The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie" must prove the franchise is still relevant.It's the first-ever fully animated "Looney Tunes" feature film, following Porky Pig and Daffy Duck as they team up to save the world from alien invaders.Both characters will be voiced by Eric Bauza, who has won two Daytime Emmys for playing Looney Tunes characters."The Accountant 2"Ben Affleck in "The Accountant." Warner Bros. Pictures Release date: April 25, in theatersIn the original 2016 film, Ben Affleck played Christian Wolff, who both fixes fraudulent accounts for criminal organizations and is highly skilled martial artist and marksman.In "The Accountant 2," Wolff is forced to work with his estranged brother, Braxton (Jon Bernthal).The first film grossed $155 million against its $44 million budget, so "The Accountant 2" has the potential to be another surprise hit."Thunderbolts*"Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Wyatt Russell as John Walker, and David Harbour as Red Guardian in "Thunderbolts*." Marvel Studios Release date: May 2, in theatersAfter "Captain America: Brave New World" comes a new Marvel superhero team, the Thunderbolts.In the comics, the team is made up of villains masquerading as heroes and is comparable to "The Suicide Squad." However, the team in "Thunderbolts*" comprises assassins and mercenaries who are forced to collaborate after being sent a mission that turns out to be a dangerous trap.This is the first movie featuring these characters as a group, but many have appeared as sidekicks and antagonists in previous Marvel films, including Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) and Red Guardian (David Harbour) from the "Black Widow" movie."Final Destination: Bloodlines"Devon Sawa as Alex Browning in "Final Destination." New Line Cinema Release date: May 16, in theatersThe "Final Destination" franchise is coming back to the big screen over a decade after the fifth movie was released in 2011. "Final Destination: Bloodlines" will be released on the 25th anniversary of the original film's release in 2000.The plot is unclear, but if it follows the set-up of the previous films, a group of people who try to cheat death will wind up dying in grisly accidents.Introducing the film to a new generation is a smart move for New Line Cinema, as the franchise has grossed $657 million at the box office."Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning"Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning." Paramount Pictures Release date: May 23, in theaters"Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" is the second half of the story that started in 2023's "Dead Reckoning," about a dangerous AI program that threatens the world.Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team at the Impossible Mission Force attempt to shut it down for good.The franchise is known for Cruise's death-defying stunts, and he'll take on even more challenges in the sequel like hanging from a biplane midair and a deep sea dive.But it remains to be seen whether the star can top his previous adrenaline-fueled stunt, where he rode a motorbike off a mountain."Karate Kid: Legends"Jackie Chan (L) and Ralph Macchio (R) return to the "Karate Kid" universe in "Legends," while Ben Wang (M) makes his debut. Jonathan Wenk Release date: May 30, in theaters"Karate Kid" is one of the most famous and commercially successful martial arts franchises of all time. It's made up of two Oscar-nominated films, two sequels, a hit remake in 2010, and the spin-off Netflix series "Cobra Kai," which has been nominated for nine Emmys.Variety reported in November 2024 that "Karate Kid: Legends" will take place three years after the "Cobra Kai" season finale, which premieres on February 13, 2025.The film will star Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso the original protagonist of the first three "Karate Kid" movies and a lead character in "Cobra Kai" and Jackie Chan as Mr. Han, the mentor figure in the 2010 remake movie.Daniel and Mr. Han will team up to teach a new karate prodigy Li Fong (Ben Wang). The film also stars Ming-na Wen and Joshua Jackson."Ballerina"Ana de Armas in "Ballerina." Lionsgate Release date: June 6, in theaters"John Wick: Chapter 4" might have been billed as the final out of Keanu Reeves' assassin, but Lionsgate hasn't ended the franchise just yet.The studio is clearly keen to keep the "John Wick" brand alive since the first four movies made over $1 billion in ticket sales.Ana De Armas leads "Ballerina," a spin-off set between "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" and "Chapter 4." She plays one of the dancer-assassins of the Ruska-Roma organization, who takes revenge for her father's murder."28 Years Later"Aaron Taylor Johnson and Alfie Williams in "28 Years Later." Sony Pictures Releasing Release date: June 20, in theatersIn 2002, director Danny Boyle delivered an exhilirating reimagining of the zombie apocalypse for the 21st century with "28 Days Later." Now, the infected are back."28 Years Later" follows a group of survivors on a small British island who venture onto the mainland, only to find that the virus still has the country in its grip.The sequel, the start of a new trilogy and the third film in the franchise, will be released on June 20.The next film, "28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple," has already been shot and is set for release in 2026."M3GAN 2.0"M3GAN in "M3GAN 2.0." Geoffrey Short/Universal Pictures Release date: June 27, in theaters2023's "M3GAN" was a win for Universal Pictures, grossing $180 million on a $12 million budget and spawning a new horror franchise.The film also birthed a new cultural icon, M3GAN, a killer AI robot doll. Fans became obsessed with her after the first trailer was released, loving her stylish outfits, witty retorts, and even clips of her chilling, swaying dance moves went viral.In the first film, Gemma (Alison Williams), a roboticist, builds M3GAN to help her bond with Cady (Violet McGraw), her 8-year-old niece whose parents died in a crash. But the doll turns violent and starts murdering people to protect Cady. The film ends with Gemma and Cady killing M3GAN.The plot of the sequel is under wraps, but will star Williams and McGraw, along with newcomers Jemaine Clement, Ivanna Sakhno, Timm Sharp, and Aristotle Athari."Jurassic World: Rebirth"Jonathan Bailey and Scarlett Johansson in "Jurassic World Rebirth." Universal Pictures Release date: July 2, in theatersSince launching in 1993, the "Jurassic Park" franchise has grossed $6 billion at the box office, so it's not surprising Universal Pictures wants to keep the dinosaur chaos alive.Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey will lead "Jurassic World: Rebirth," which will be released three years after the last "Jurassic World" film.The film, directed by Gareth Edwards, follows Zora Bennett (Johansson), a covert operative tasked with retrieving genetic material from several dinosaurs as part of research for a life-saving drug.Entertainment Weekly reported that the mission goes awry when Bennett's operation crosses paths with a family stranded on an island, and the group discovers a "sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades."Untitled sequel to "I Know What You Did Last Summer"Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Ryan Phillippe starred in the first "I Know What You Did Last Summer" movie. Columbia Pictures Release date: July 18, in theatersThe teen slasher movie "I Know What You Did Last Summer" made $125 million at the box office after it was released in 1997.It saw a serial killer stalk a group of teens after they covered up a car crash, and was the breakout role for Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prince Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Ryan Phillippe.But the sequels did not perform as well, and the Amazon Prime's 2021 spin-off TV series was canceled after one season.For the 2025 revival, Hewitt and Prince Jr. reprise their roles, and up-and-coming actors Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, and Jonah Haur-King will also star."The Fantastic Four: First Steps""The Fantastic Four: First Steps" cast Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Pedro Pascal, and Vanessa Kirby will appear in "Avengers: Doomsday." Gilbert Flores / Variety via Getty Images Release date: July 25, in theatersMarvel's First Family are making their debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in "The Fantastic Four: First Steps," with Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn as the Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The Thing.Plot details are under wraps, but the cast includes Ralph Ineson as the colossal cosmic villain, Galactus, and Julia Garner as his herald, the Silver Surfer.The team's MCU debut is a big deal because Fox previously owned the franchise, so the Fantastic Four couldn't appear alongside the Avengers until now."The Naked Gun"Leslie Nielsen was the original star of "The Naked Gun," but Liam Neeson will lead the 2025 movie. Paramount Pictures Release date: August 1, in theatersThe 1982 TV series "Police Squad!" was canceled after six episodes, so its creators took the premise and lead actor Leslie Nielsen, and created "The Naked Gun" film franchise.The three movies were a spoof of police procedurals, focused on the adventures of Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), a kind-hearted but dumb cop.This time, Liam Neeson will star as Frank Drebin, though it hasn't been confirmed whether he plays the same character. Pamela Andersen, Paul Walter Hauser, and Kevin Durand will be Neeson's costars.Akiva Schaffer, a member of the comedy music group Lonely Island, will direct the film."The Bad Guys 2"Sam Rockwell stars as Mr. Wolf in "The Bad Guys" and the new sequel. DreamWorks Animation LLC Release date: August 1, in theaters2022's animated heist film "The Bad Guys," based on a children's book of the same name, was a moderate success for Universal and Dreamworks, grossing $250 million and gaining a Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 88%.The first film is about a gang of reformed bank-robbing animals. In the upcoming sequel, a crew of female animals forces them do one last job.Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Anthony Ramos, and Craig Robinson reprise their roles as Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake., Ms. Tarantula, Mr. Piranha, and Mr. Shark, respectively. Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Brooks, and Maria Bakalova join the cast as the new crew."Freakier Friday"Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan attend D23 in August 2024 to promote "Freakier Friday." Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Images for Disney Release date: August 8, in theatersThere have been three versions of the mother-daughter body-swap movie "Freaky Friday."Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan starred as mother and daughter Tess and Anna Coleman in the most popular version, which premiered in 2003 and grossed $160 million against a $20 million budget."Freakier Friday," the first sequel in the franchise stars Lohan, Curtis, and other cast members from the 2003 film and sees Anna as a mother, learning how to parent her daughter and soon-to-be stepdaughter.Manny Jacinto and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan are also joining the franchise in the sequel."Nobody 2"Bob Odenkirk in 2020. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Release date: August 15, in theatersThe "Nobody" franchise is the family man's answer to "John Wick."In the first film, Bob Odenkirk plays a former assassin who comes out of retirement to defend his home when a crime lord targets him and his family.The film received positive reviews but was released in 2021, while Hollywood was recovering from the pandemic, and it made $57 million in ticket sales."Nobody 2" dives into the assassin and his wife's history, and will hopefully perform better."Thread: An Insidious Tale"The Lipstick-Face Demon in "Insidious: The Red Door." Warner Bros. Pictures Release date: August 29, in theatersJames Wan's "Insidious" franchise is getting a new spinoff from "Moon Knight" head writer Jeremy Slater, starring Kumail Nanjiani and Mandy Moore.Warner Bros. hasn't confirmed the synopsis for "Thread." But in May 2023, Deadline reported that it follows a couple, played by Nanjiani and Moore, who use magic to stop their daughter from dying but face deadly consequences. It's unclear how it will connect to the previous films.The franchise explores what happens when people mess with alternate dimensions and demonic forces, so adding time travel to the mix will be interesting.The "Insidious" movies have generated $730 million in ticket sales."The Conjuring: Last Rites"Vera Farmiga in "The Conjuring." New Line Cinema Release date: September 5, in theatersWarner Bros. and New Line Cinema have been terrifying audiences since 2013 with "The Conjuring" franchise, and it's all coming to an end with the ninth film, "The Conjuring: Last Rites."Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will reprise their roles as Ed and Lorraine Warren, the real-life paranormal investigators who wrote various books about cases they investigated.In September 2023, director Michael Chaves told Slash Film: "I know that there is a great finale being planned for 'Last Rites' and as to what or who's in it ... I don't want to give away any spoilers.""Downton Abbey 3"

Dr. Eric Verdin studies the biology of aging and how to get and stay healthy. He believes lifestyle factors play the biggest role in how long we live, and supplements could help too.Verdin explained why he takes vitamin D, vitamin B12, creatine, and omega3 fatty acids.A doctor who researches longevity shared the four supplements he takes daily for healthy aging.Dr. Eric Verdin, the CEO and president of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging near San Francisco, told Business Insider it studies how to extend "healthspan," or quality of life, by maintaining faculties that tend to decline with age, such as cognitive ability and mobility.Verdin said while genes play a role, he believes diet, physical activity, sleep, stress management, and social relationships are the five pillars of longevity and what will determine if we live to 65 to or 85.If a person has those under control and wants to take their health from good to great, evidence suggests certain supplements could help, he said.Vitamin DVerdin takes vitamin D and believes most people should too.About 35% of US adults have vitamin D deficiency, according to the Cleveland Clinic, so Verdin recommends people get a blood test to see if they're getting enough.Vitamin D is both a nutrient that we eat and a hormone the body produces. It's important for bone health as it helps the body absorb their building blocks: calcium and phosphorus. Studying the possible role of vitamin D in disease prevention is a large research area, but there's not enough consistent evidence to prove any link.Some foods contain vitamin D, but sunlight is the primary natural source, which is why many people who live in colder climates have insufficient levels."Supplementing this is very cheap, it's very safe, and in my opinion is important," Verdin said.The UK government recommends everyone to take a daily vitamin D supplement during the autumn and winter. Those who have darker skin may also struggle to get enough vitamin D from sunlight.Vitamin B12Verdin takes vitamin B12 and advises people to have their levels measured as it's common to be deficient, particularly if you're older.Around 3.6% of all adults over 19 are deficient, according to an analysis of data collected by the CDC between 2007 to 2018.Vitamin B12 is found in animal sources like dairy, meat, and eggs. It's needed to form red blood cells and DNA and is also key for the functioning and development of brain and nerve cells.It's crucial for many cellular processes including repair and generating energy, Verdin said. Evidence shows that deficiency leads to problems such as fatigue, nerve damage, and memory loss.Omega three fatty acidsVerdin takes an omega three fatty acids supplement for his heart and brain health.Omega three fatty acids are found in fatty fish such as salmon and anchovies, walnuts, and chia and flax seeds. "Some countries have very high levels of omega acids such as Japan where they eat a lot of fish. But for most of us in the Western world, we don't have enough," Verdin said.Studies suggest that these healthy fats reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by helping the heart beat at a steady rate, lowering blood pressure and heart rate, and improving blood vessel function, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's The Nutrition Score. However, it's unclear if supplementing omega three fatty acids is as beneficial as eating fish. CreatineCreatine, a compound the body naturally makes and we also get from protein-rich food, is popular among athletes and gym goers who want to build muscle. But, there's some evidence that it supports cognitive function too, Verdin said.He takes creatine supplements because the compound plays a critical role in cell functioning and energy, he said.Sports nutritionists generally consider creatine safe and effective as there's a lot of research behind the cognitive and physical performance-enhancing benefits.

Tan Mok Won Mixed Use Space/ USER + NAUxLabSave this picture! Suk LeeArchitects: USER + NAUxLabAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:848 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Suk LeeMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. Tan-Mok-Won is located on the site of a 2013 fire in Ulsan, South Korea. Such history defines the site's locality, but memories of the past are disappearing. In this project, the architecture expresses the forgotten memories of the past as a building so that the memories are not forgotten entirely but preserved.Save this picture!The client of this project took care of about 10 trees that had survived the fire by marking them with a red ribbon on the devastated land of the site. At first glance of such scenery, the design team decided to express the building with charred wood inspired by the painful memory of the fire and the surviving charred trees. The building is not the main character, but nature, the land, and especially the protected trees. Therefore, the layout of the building conforms to the site's contour lines, minimizing civil engineering and becoming part of the existing nature.Save this picture!In particular, the southeastern courtyard, where three of the ten protected trees remain, creates a cut-out space where interior space and exterior nature communicate through the full-height curtain wall. The east facade of the building is a mirrored surface on which nature finally overwhelms the architecture. Such design strategy again emphasizes that this project is not about celebrating architecture but the beauty of nature that changes with the seasons.Save this picture!A doubly curved gable roof further develops the building's geometry. The roof's ridge does not run along the center of the building. Instead, a center line connects the two vertices on the diagonal roof plane, sublimating the building's curved beauty into a three-dimensional double curve.Save this picture!Save this picture!The first glance and entry sequence provides a holistic experience from which one can witness the harmony between the building and the surrounding nature. The entryway and water in front of the building control the speed at which people approach the building. Rather than simply crossing the water space, if you turn one or two times along the entrance road, your movement speed will inevitably decrease. At the same time, your field of vision will change, allowing you to view the building from various angles. Through this entrance route, visitors can fully appreciate the various sculptural beauty of the building's curves before they enter the interior space.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Entering the main entrance and looking at the western end of the building, the exposed roof structure rhythmically expresses the curved shape of the building described above. When you reach the end of the west, visitors will encounter an outdoor terrace fully covered with charred wood. This terrace is where you can best appreciate the texture of charred wood and an external space where you can enjoy nature seen through the gaps in the building.Save this picture!Tan-Mok-Won is the first building in Korea to be composed of charred wood and to measure over 800 square meters. Its architecture satisfies all five senses, considering the tactile, visual, and olfactory stimulations provided by charred wood, water space, and sounds of nature, as well as the taste that can be pleased with the bakery inside.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officeUSER + NAUxLabOfficePublished on February 01, 2025Cite: "Tan Mok Won Mixed Use Space/ USER + NAUxLab" 01 Feb 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1026222/tan-mok-won-mixed-use-space-user-plus-nauxlab&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has been around for a bit now, having been on a couple of Nintendo consoles. Some players might not realize that there are many things that can be unlocked in the game. Not only is it just for racing, but players can unlock new parts and tracks, and rarer car parts as well.