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Gadgets and Gaming
Sony has been methodically unveiling its next-generation system, the Playstation 5, and details surrounding it.
Accidental N-word user and popular professional video game streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has found a new home to stream.
Samsung's long-rumored next Galaxy Unpacked event finally has a date, and boy, we are excited to see what the Korean tech giant has up its sleeve.
It has not been a good month for the Esports community.
Atari's return to the world of consoles was a bumpy one, but now those who have backed the VCS can finally mark your calendars.
Call of Duty: Warzone just got even bigger, and we're not just talking about download size either.
Yes, we just got Hulk-sized amount of more details on Square Enix/Crystal Dynamic's Marvel's Avengers game.
We think the Fortnite players complaining about the lack of unusable cop cars in the game will be fine.
Watch out Miles Morales, you won't be the only superhero saving the world on a next-generation game console.
In case you forgot, COVID-19 is still here. Apple isn't taking any chances following a spike in cases across the country.
HHW Gaming: PlayStation Gives Us A Glimpse of What The ‘Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ Box Art
HHW Gaming: Tyler “Ninja” Blevins Moving His Stream To YouTube Gaming
Samsung’s Next Galaxy Unpacked Event Is Going Down August 5th
HHW Gaming: EVO Online Canceled Following Sexual Assualt Allegations Against Former President Joey Cuellar


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A Foodie Tour of the Farm Coast
It’s amazing to me just how quickly I fell into the Rhode Island frame-of-mind regarding travel. As a native Midwesterner, I was used to driving 45 minutes to visit a friend, and that was considered “just down the street!” But when you move to New England, your sense of distance seems to shift; “Drive all the way to Tiverton (http://www.tivertonfourcorners.com/), just for the day?—that’s crazy talk.”
So…I guess that is the excuse I’m using for waiting this long to finally venture from Providence to the coastal region of Rhode Island and Massachusetts encompassing Little Compton, Tiverton, Dartmouth and Westport, known as the FarmCoast (http://www.farmcoast.com/). Although there are beautiful beaches, gorgeous open spaces, and cute towns…I was there for the food, or more specifically, to experience the local food scene through vineyard and farm visits.
I began my day with coffee and a freshly baked raspberry muffin at Provender (http://www.farmcoast.com/restaurants.html), a great little breakfast and lunch cafe in Tiverton.
Caffeine fix in check, I continued westward, stopping at Young Family Farm’s (http://www.youngfamilyfarm.com/) seasonal farm stand, where I stocked up on fresh-from-the-field produce to last me through the week.
Continuing down the road, I decided that noon was none to early for a wine tasting, so I swung into Sakonnet Vineyard (http://www.sakonnetwine.com/), which is just one of five vineyard included on the Coastal Wine Trail (http://www.coastalwinetrail.com/). Their gorgeous vineyards make for the perfect afternoon stroll, and if you are interested in the wine making process, you can wander indoors and watch a video on the history of the vineyard. Coop Cafe (http://www.sakonnetwine.com/coop.cfm), on the grounds of the Vineyard, offers the perfect lunch option, with plenty of fresh, local food choices.
From there, I worked my way over to the quaint, harbor town of Westport, where I could see the fishing boats coming in to dock. I was lucky enough to chat with the folks from Riptide Oysters (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Riptide-Oysters/183591322101), a new oyster farm operating out of Westport. It was fascinating to learn the process behind farm raised oysters…I will appreciate them a bit more now, when I slurp them down with gusto.
Mustering up my last bit of energy, I trekked over to Round the Bend Farm (http://www.farmfresh.org/food/farm.php?farm=2092) in Dartmouth, to see their 52 acres of open fields where pigs, cows and lambs graze contently. I ended up stocking up on freshly butchered lamb and chicken…ensuring farm fresh meats for the weeks ahead.
By the time I hit the road, I was in desperate need of a little pick-me-up…a stop at The Art Cafe, a tiny, charming little coffee and sweet shop, was in order. Cappuccino and lemon cupcake in hand, I happily made my way home to Providence, promising myself that I wouldn’t wait so long to return…after all, it is only a mere 45 minutes down the road!

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Russia's top investigator was injured by a remote-control bomb detonated soon after police arrived at the scene of a bomb attack on a passenger train at the weekend, officials said.
The second blast, which took place Saturday (local time), was triggered by a mobile phone and apparently targeted investigators, Russia's Investigative Committee (RIC) said in a statement.
Twenty-seven people were killed and around 100 were injured when the Nevsky Express, an elite passenger train, was derailed by an explosion as it headed from Moscow to Saint Petersburg.
The second explosion took place the next day as rescuers and investigators combed through the wreckage.
RIC spokesman Vladimir Markin said the second blast had injured Alexander Bastrykin, head of the committee and one of the most senior government officials to visit the scene.
"We officially confirm Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin was treated at a Saint Petersburg hospital for a trauma received on November 28 in an explosion at the site of the Nevsky Express crash," Markin told the RIA-Novosti news agency.
"He is no longer in hospital, his condition is satisfactory. He is carrying out his official duties in full," the spokesman added.
It was not clear why officials had taken three days to report that Mr Bastrykin had been hurt in a second blast, which followed an explosion the night before that derailed the train, killing dozens of people.
Russian media also quoted the head of Russian Railways as saying no one had been hurt in the second explosion.
Mr Markin's comments came after the Interfax news agency, citing an unnamed police source, reported that Mr Bastrykin had checked into a hospital in Saint Petersburg with a head injury and concussion.
Friday's deadly train bombing, as well as the second blast, are being investigated as acts of terrorism, the RIC said.

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|January 7, 2014 08:01 AM EST||
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL), a worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, today introduced its industry-leading, complete suite of silicon and software platform solutions to enhance the lifestyles of consumers worldwide at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), being held this week in Las Vegas. As one of the industry's most innovative silicon design companies, Marvell also will showcase its comprehensive suite of end-to-end solutions including 4G LTE, Smart TV, cloud infrastructure and the new Kinoma® application platform for today's Digital Connected Lifestyle.
"After years of our great innovation and dedicated effort in driving the 'Digital Connected Lifestyle' I am very pleased with Marvell's leadership in enabling top global OEMs, ODMs, service providers, operators and other ecosystem partners with many creative and successful products such as Google Chromecast and in empowering billions of consumers around the world with our end-to-end silicon and software platform solutions ranging from mobile communication to storage, cloud infrastructure, digital entertainment and now the Internet of Things (IoT)," said Weili Dai, President and Co-Founder of Marvell. "As technology becomes an integral part of our daily life and lifestyle, I believe devices of all types – from high performance smartphones to power efficient IoT devices with vastly different screen size and form factor across different operating systems – need to be seamlessly connected with great ease of use. This is exactly the unique and differentiated capability of our highly scalable and advanced Kinoma software platform and technology. We are as committed as ever in continuing our dedication and innovation to better the lives of all consumers and to make the world a better place for all."
Marvell will be demonstrating its mobile connectivity and Connected Digital Lifestyle solutions at CES 2014 in Marvell's booth in the Venetian Hotel, Level 3 (Murano No. 3304), including:
Industry Leading 4GLTE Solutions Empowering a Wide Variety of Smart Devices from Flagship and 1000RMB Mass Market Smartphones to Mobile Hotspots
- Enabling Yulong's 1,000RMB TD-LTE Smartphones for China Mobile – China's leading mobile brand, Yulong's 1,000RMB TD-LTE smartphone for China Mobile is based on Marvell's ARMADA® Mobile solutions. The Coolpad 8720L mass market 4G LTE smartphone, powered by Marvell's high-performance and cost-effective PXA1088LTE System-on-Chip (SoC), further accelerate the adoption of 4G LTE in China. Marvell's PXA1088LTE quad-core solution supports Time-Division Long-Term Evolution (TD-LTE), Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Enhanced Data for the GSM Environment (EDGE) and Global System for Mobile (GSM) for the fast growing 4G LTE market in China.
- Powering China Mobile's 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot – China Mobile launches its self-branded 4G LTE mobile hotspot powered by Marvell's ARMADA Mobile PXA1802 multimode 4G LTE platform. The China Mobile CM408 4G LTE mobile hotspot enables mobile broadband connectivity to laptop computers, tablets and legacy handsets through China Mobile's ever expanding LTE network. China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator with more than 760 million mobile subscribers, selected Marvell's PXA1802 because of its superior performance.
- ARMADA Mobile PXA1802 Powers ZTE's Grand Memo Flagship Smartphone in Achieving China Mobile TD-LTE Certification– ZTE's Grand Memo flagship smartphone achieves China Mobile TD-LTE certification with Marvell's industry leading 4G LTE solution included in the device. Marvell's ARMADA Mobile PXA1802 4G LTE modem enables ZTE's first premium smartphone certified on the China Mobile TD-LTE network. As one of the first 4G smartphones to receive China's TD-LTE mobile phone network access license and to pass China Mobile's CMCC OT tests, the ZTE U9815 demonstrates the advantages of Marvell solutions in TD-LTE and its cooperation with ZTE.
- Featured in Yulong Launch of its New Coolpad Flagship TD-LTE Smartphone for China Mobile – Yulong launches its new Coolpad flagship TD-LTE smartphone for China Mobile featuring Marvell's ARMADA Mobile multimode 4G LTE solution. The Coolpad MagView 8970L features the ARMADA Mobile PXA1802 with dual radio and seamless global roaming capabilities. The Coolpad MagView 8970L also features dual radio and world phone capability to support international 3G roaming.
New Additions to Marvell's Award-Winning ARMADA 1500 Product Family Extends Google Chromecast, Time Magazine's Top Gadget of 2013, and Other Successes to Next Generation of Smart Home Devices
- Marvell ARMADA 1500 PRO – The newest edition to the award-winning ARMADA 1500 SoC family and quadrupling the performance, the ARMADA 1500 PRO (88DE3114) is a quad-core platform optimized to support Google services for Smart TV and complete IP-hybrid service security from Verimatrix. The high performing multi-core ARM CPU platform is powering a highly immersive, innovative, and secure High Definition digital experience in the consumer's living room and across multiple screens, driving the convergence of digital entertainment and gaming applications and paving the way for the next-generation of Smart Home devices. Marvell will showcase how global OEMs such Skyworth are integrating the ARMADA 1500 Plus to deliver a vast array of immersive consumer entertainment experiences at mass-market price points at CES.
- Marvell ARMADA 1500 Plus – The ARMADA 1500 Plus (88DE3108) supports Google services for Smart TV and offers significantly improved graphics performance, real-time 1080p video encode capabilities, Gigabit Ethernet connectivity as well as an enhanced security engine that further facilitates more seamless adoption by service operators. Ideal for set-top-boxes, over-the-top media players, hybrid set-top boxes and Smart TVs.
- Marvell ZigBee Remote Control Platform – The new ZigBee Remote Control Platform provides a rich remote control solution set that includes voice search and gesture recognition, Internet-based multimedia search and discovery capabilities, support for the latest in cloud gaming, and more. Continuing its dedication to driving the Connected Digital Lifestyle, this new platform incorporates the highly integrated 88MZ100 ZigBee/RF4CE SoC for the Smart home and completes Marvell's remote control portfolio supporting both ZigBee/RF4CE and Bluetooth connectivity standards, preferred by set-top box and TV manufacturers respectively.
Smart Connectivity Solutions
- Marvell G.hn Wireline Deployments – Marvell's award-winning and first-to-be-certified G.hn wireline technologies will be on display at CES, and are now being deployed with top manufacturers such as Blu-Castle and Netwave. Marvell is providing connectivity at 1 Gbit/s over any home wiring, including electrical wires, coaxial cables, twisted pair and optical fiber for the delivery of Ultra HD content to Smart TVs and other digital lifestyle devices.
Advancing the Company's IoT offerings with New Kinoma Platform
Continued Wireless Leadership
- Marvell Launches Best-In-Class 802.11ac 1x1 Wireless Combo Solution with Industry's Highest Level of Integration for New Generation of Mobile Applications – The Marvell Avastar® 88W8887 expands Marvell's rich 802.11ac product portfolio providing a high-performance, low-power solution. This highly integrated quad-radio wireless connectivity solution enables 802.11ac 1x1 Very High Throughput (VHT), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), Bluetooth 4.1 (BT), Near Field Communications (NFC) and FM Receiver in a single-chip for smartphones, tablets and other wirelessly connected devices. The Avastar 88W8887 also incorporates Power Amplifier (PA), Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) and RF switch, providing the industry's highest level of RF front end integration which allows for a cost-efficient solution with a significantly smaller footprint and reduced design complexity compared to existing available solution.
Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is a global leader in providing complete silicon solutions enabling the digital connected lifestyle. From mobile communications to storage, cloud infrastructure, digital entertainment and in-home content delivery, Marvell's diverse product portfolio aligns complete platform designs with industry-leading performance, security, reliability and efficiency. At the core of the world's most powerful consumer, network and enterprise systems, Marvell empowers partners and their customers to always stand at the forefront of innovation, performance and mass appeal. By providing people around the world with mobility and ease of access to services adding value to their social, private and work lives, Marvell is committed to enhancing the human experience.
As used in this release, the term "Marvell" refers to Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.Marvell.com.
Marvell, the M logo, Kinoma, Avastar, and ARMADA are registered trademarks of Marvell and/or its affiliates. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network and cloud communications, has been named “Silver Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), a FORTUNE 500 and S&P 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas.
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The BPM world is going through some evolution or changes where traditional business process management solutions really have nowhere to go in terms of development of the road map. In this demo at 15th Cloud Expo, Kyle Hansen, Director of Professional Services at AgilePoint, shows AgilePoint’s unique approach to dealing with this market circumstance by developing a rapid application composition or development framework.
Dec. 22, 2014 11:00 AM EST Reads: 2,238
The Internet of Things is not new. Historically, smart businesses have used its basic concept of leveraging data to drive better decision making and have capitalized on those insights to realize additional revenue opportunities. So, what has changed to make the Internet of Things one of the hottest topics in tech? In his session at @ThingsExpo, Chris Gray, Director, Embedded and Internet of Things, discussed the underlying factors that are driving the economics of intelligent systems. Discover how hardware commoditization, the ubiquitous nature of connectivity, and the emergence of Big Data a...
Dec. 21, 2014 02:00 PM EST Reads: 3,176
"BSQUARE is in the business of selling software solutions for smart connected devices. It's obvious that IoT has moved from being a technology to being a fundamental part of business, and in the last 18 months people have said let's figure out how to do it and let's put some focus on it, " explained Dave Wagstaff, VP & Chief Architect, at BSQUARE Corporation, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Dec. 21, 2014 01:00 PM EST Reads: 2,668
The major cloud platforms defy a simple, side-by-side analysis. Each of the major IaaS public-cloud platforms offers their own unique strengths and functionality. Options for on-site private cloud are diverse as well, and must be designed and deployed while taking existing legacy architecture and infrastructure into account. Then the reality is that most enterprises are embarking on a hybrid cloud strategy and programs. In this Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo (http://www.CloudComputingExpo.com), moderated by Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud, at Gigaom Research, Nate Gordon, Director of T...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that IDenticard will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. IDenticard™ is the security division of Brady Corp (NYSE: BRC), a $1.5 billion manufacturer of identification products. We have small-company values with the strength and stability of a major corporation. IDenticard offers local sales, support and service to our customers across the United States and Canada. Our partner network encompasses some 300 of the world's leading systems integrators and security s...
Dec. 21, 2014 10:00 AM EST Reads: 2,799
ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is bringing a greater level of control, security and flexibility to cloud-based application development and delivery with a single-tenant version of Bluemix, IBM's platform-as-a-service. The new platform enables developers to build ap...
Dec. 21, 2014 06:15 AM EST Reads: 3,341
“In the past year we've seen a lot of stabilization of WebRTC. You can now use it in production with a far greater degree of certainty. A lot of the real developments in the past year have been in things like the data channel, which will enable a whole new type of application," explained Peter Dunkley, Technical Director at Acision, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Dec. 20, 2014 08:00 AM EST Reads: 2,368
DevOps Summit 2015 New York, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals. The widespread success of cloud computing is driving the DevOps revolution in enterprise IT. Now as never before, development teams must communicate and collaborate in a dynamic, 24/7/365 environment. There is no time to wait for long development cycles that produce software that is obsolete at launch. DevOps may be disruptive, but it is essential.
Dec. 18, 2014 09:45 PM EST Reads: 2,118
"People are a lot more knowledgeable about APIs now. There are two types of people who work with APIs - IT people who want to use APIs for something internal and the product managers who want to do something outside APIs for people to connect to them," explained Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President at SOA Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Dec. 18, 2014 09:00 AM EST Reads: 2,436
Nigeria has the largest economy in Africa, at more than US$500 billion, and ranks 23rd in the world. A recent re-evaluation of Nigeria's true economic size doubled the previous estimate, and brought it well ahead of South Africa, which is a member (unlike Nigeria) of the G20 club for political as well as economic reasons. Nigeria's economy can be said to be quite diverse from one point of view, but heavily dependent on oil and gas at the same time. Oil and natural gas account for about 15% of Nigera's overall economy, but traditionally represent more than 90% of the country's exports and as...
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The Internet of Things is a misnomer. That implies that everything is on the Internet, and that simply should not be - especially for things that are blurring the line between medical devices that stimulate like a pacemaker and quantified self-sensors like a pedometer or pulse tracker. The mesh of things that we manage must be segmented into zones of trust for sensing data, transmitting data, receiving command and control administrative changes, and peer-to-peer mesh messaging. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Ryan Bagnulo, Solution Architect / Software Engineer at SOA Software, focused on desi...
Dec. 17, 2014 11:15 PM EST Reads: 2,366
"At our booth we are showing how to provide trust in the Internet of Things. Trust is where everything starts to become secure and trustworthy. Now with the scaling of the Internet of Things it becomes an interesting question – I've heard numbers from 200 billion devices next year up to a trillion in the next 10 to 15 years," explained Johannes Lintzen, Vice President of Sales at Utimaco, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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"For over 25 years we have been working with a lot of enterprise customers and we have seen how companies create applications. And now that we have moved to cloud computing, mobile, social and the Internet of Things, we see that the market needs a new way of creating applications," stated Jesse Shiah, CEO, President and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 15th Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Gridstore™, the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built to optimize Microsoft workloads, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Gridstore™ is the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built for Microsoft workloads and designed to accelerate applications in virtualized environments. Gridstore’s hyper-converged infrastructure is the industry’s first all flash version of HyperConverged Appliances that include both compute and storag...
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Today’s enterprise is being driven by disruptive competitive and human capital requirements to provide enterprise application access through not only desktops, but also mobile devices. To retrofit existing programs across all these devices using traditional programming methods is very costly and time consuming – often prohibitively so. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jesse Shiah, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., discussed how you can create applications that run on all mobile devices as well as laptops and desktops using a visual drag-and-drop application – and eForms-buildi...
Dec. 17, 2014 11:45 AM EST Reads: 2,421
We certainly live in interesting technological times. And no more interesting than the current competing IoT standards for connectivity. Various standards bodies, approaches, and ecosystems are vying for mindshare and positioning for a competitive edge. It is clear that when the dust settles, we will have new protocols, evolved protocols, that will change the way we interact with devices and infrastructure. We will also have evolved web protocols, like HTTP/2, that will be changing the very core of our infrastructures. At the same time, we have old approaches made new again like micro-services...
Dec. 16, 2014 11:45 PM EST Reads: 2,326
Code Halos - aka "digital fingerprints" - are the key organizing principle to understand a) how dumb things become smart and b) how to monetize this dynamic. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robert Brown, AVP, Center for the Future of Work at Cognizant Technology Solutions, outlined research, analysis and recommendations from his recently published book on this phenomena on the way leading edge organizations like GE and Disney are unlocking the Internet of Things opportunity and what steps your organization should be taking to position itself for the next platform of digital competition.
Dec. 15, 2014 11:45 PM EST Reads: 2,722
The 3rd International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that its Call for Papers is now open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
Dec. 15, 2014 10:30 AM EST Reads: 8,277
As the Internet of Things unfolds, mobile and wearable devices are blurring the line between physical and digital, integrating ever more closely with our interests, our routines, our daily lives. Contextual computing and smart, sensor-equipped spaces bring the potential to walk through a world that recognizes us and responds accordingly. We become continuous transmitters and receivers of data. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Andrew Bolwell, Director of Innovation for HP's Printing and Personal Systems Group, discussed how key attributes of mobile technology – touch input, sensors, social, and ...
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Russian paratroopers visited Belovezhskaya Pushcha with a tour
Representatives of the Russian team taking part in the international competition "Polar Star" in the Republic of Belarus visited one of the largest woodlands of lowland Europe, preserved to this day – the Bialowieza forest reserve.
The tour of the reserve was conducted on a comfortable bus
with a guide and stops along the route for more detailed acquaintance with individual objects.
During the trip, which lasted about two hours, the paratroopers visited the "Museum of folk life and ancient technologies", where they got acquainted with household items and utensils, without which the existence of the rural population was unthinkable, as well as got acquainted with the culture, traditions and everyday life of the inhabitants of the Bialowieza forest of the XIX century.
The scouts also got acquainted with the features of the primeval forest, its flora and fauna, and could admire the lakes and natural landscapes. The unique specimens of the reserve - 600-year-old oak and 350-year-old pine-aroused the interest of Russian servicemen.
The walk through Belovezhskaya Pushcha ended with a visit to the forest zoo-a demonstration enclosure with wild animals, including bison, deer, roe deer, lynx, wolves, bears and other inhabitants of the protected forest.
The international stage of the contest "Polar Star" is held on the territory of the Republic of Belarus in the period from August 23 to September 5 this year. The Russian Federation is represented in the competition by paratroopers of the airborne guards unit from the Moscow region.

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The 21-year-old college student was arrested in January 2 as he was preparing to leave the country at the end of a tour.
As Yahoo News reports, Warmbier was arrested in late January after the North Korean government accused him of committing an "anti-state crime with tacit connivance of the USA government and under its manipulation".
Pyongyang has not said what possible punishment Warmbier may face.
The US state department strongly advises Americans against travelling to North Korea, which sometimes uses the detention of foreigners as a means of exerting pressure on its adversaries.
North Korea allowed the world to get its first glimpse of Warmbier, a student at the University of Virginia, two months after his arrest.
On Jan. 22, North Korea announced Warmbier had been arrested for "hostile acts".
Former president Bill Clinton went to Pyongyang to secure the release of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in 2009, while Jimmy Carter traveled to the North Korean capital the following year to collect Aijalon Gomes, a Boston man who entered the country illegally.
The official also said the OH church member promised Warmbier a $10,000 used vehicle if the mission was successful.
The Korean government says the student was manipulated by a supposed member of an OH church, a secret university society and even the Central Intelligence Agency.
Russia concerned by N.Korea's readiness to use nuclear arms
Later, the impoverished country initiated a banned long-range missile test that successfully inserted an object into orbit. It's not clear how real that threat is.
Warmbier grew up in Wyoming, Ohio, northeast of Cincinnati.
According to KCNA, Warmbier said he was encouraged in his act by a member of the Z Society, an elite philanthropic organization that he hoped to join at the university.
Warmbier said he accepted the offer of money because his family is "suffering from very severe financial difficulties".
At the time, North Korea said the U.S. government had "tolerated and manipulated" him. The State Department warns against travel to the North.
Cultural understanding is always a win, say major tour operators, including Uri Tours, Young Pioneer Tours ("going where your mother would rather you stayed away"), and Koryo Tours.
According to KCNA, the slogan removed by Warmbier was aimed at inspiring "the Korean people's love for their system".
Pyongyang has in the past used detained USA citizens to extract high-profile visits from the United States, with which it has no formal diplomatic relations.
It took a visit in November 2014 by US spy chief James Clapper to bring home Matthew Miller, who had ripped up his visa when entering the country, and Korean-American missionary Kenneth Bae, who had been incarcerated since November 2012.
Numerous Westerners have been detained for allegedly leaving Bibles or other Christian materials behind: Jeffrey Fowle, for example, was kept six months for leaving scripture in the northeast city of Chongjin.


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Welcome to our new website!
To all of our donors and ticket buyers, a warm thank you for believing in our work and for supporting us as we work to further our mission: to send as many children as possible to the Children’s Aid Societies Camp Wagon Road every summer. The fact that we have netted over $400,000 since its inception in 2007 is a testament to the amazing support of our donors and you, our loyal and growing audience.
Our vision was and is to provide a vehicle to help at risk children while presenting a world-class classical concert for the residents of Westchester. We are thrilled happy that it has taken off and been such a success over the past 10 years. Thank you for bringing the immeasurable happiness that comes with a summer at camp to children who wouldn’t begin to know of the wonders that await were it not for your generosity. Amidst the beautiful music and the magical voices we celebrate what it means for an inner city child to go to camp. Here they learn to be forgiving, to be gentle, to try new things, to jump high, and to laugh easily. They learn to let go of worries and to face challenges bravely. They learn what it means to give back. They are learning about the sweetness of just ripened summer fruit and how to eat a balanced meal; they are learning the joy of having something to look forward to.
Over the years, Dorothy and I have received numerous thank you notes from the children to our donors as well as talking to them throughout the year. It is hard to even begin to describe how excited, happy and appreciative they are for their camp experiences.
We have had many wonderful guest artists over the years participate in our concerts. All performed for greatly reduced fees in order to help us raise the money that we have. Our first guest artists on our first concert back in 2007 was flutist Silvia Careddu who was Principal Flute of the amazing Konzerthaus Orchestra of Berlin. We are so proud of her recent appointment which is none other than as Principal Flute of the Vienna Philharmonic!
If you have never attended one of our concerts do not miss our 10th on Sunday April 30th 6:00 pm 2017 at our concert home – SUNY Purchase Recital Hall. We have a stellar quartet of solo singers several of of whom are Metropolitan Opera Artists. Join us as we celebrate 10 years of making music while helping others. See you on the 30th!
Dorothy E. Yewer & Justin Bischof

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Whenever someone mentions mangoes, the first thing I think of is “My, that was a yummy mango” but this is a pretty niche thing to quote to someone that didn’t spend hours playing Rogue as a kid.
When you start to get hungry in the game of Rogue, you have to eat some generic “food,” or a fruit. I had always known the fruit in this game to be a mango, but as it turns out, my childhood experiences playing Rogue are not representative of every version of the game.
When I searched for this (to me) iconic phrase online, I initially only found one relevant result, someone on Reddit asking if anyone knew the origin of the phrase. The answer, internet guy, is yes, it came from the original Rogue.
However, upon testing the first version I could find quickly online, I discovered that I wasn’t collecting mangoes. I was now in a dungeon full of slime molds instead.
Someone replying to the Reddit post explained that “slime mold” was the default fruit item that could be found in the game’s dungeons. Supposedly this dates back to an in-joke between the original authors of the game, Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman, in reference to an actual slime mold that was growing on a drain pipe behind the dining hall at UC Santa Cruz.
In Toy’s document for the original Unix version, A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom, he explains that the fruit can be changed using the ROGUEOPTS environment variable. I can find only one version of this document remaining online that mentions mangoes. However, a lot of later roguelikes seem to reference mangoes so there’s clearly more of a pattern here. The guide for NetHack suggests mango as that game’s custom fruit, and another game, Brogue, uses mangoes as its only available fruit.
So what’s going on here? The widely available versions of Rogue for DOS online today mostly seem to be cracked versions of the original ports by Jon Lane, and from what I can tell they may have been compiled with different options set, some with mangoes and some with slime molds. Bizarrely, the version I had as a child doesn’t even seem to have been preserved online so far. Disk #J723 from the Oklahoma Book Warehouse reports itself as a copy of Rogue version 1.1, SN:1349, which is listed on the roguelike archive, but the version there has significant differences from the one I have. The most original-looking copies of v1.1, SN:1349 that I can find were located in the Total DOS Collection, have a date of 1983, and feature a copyright screen for Artificial Intelligence Design.
The next one, the version on the roguelike archive, has no text in the copyright area and so gets a glitched copy of the name prompt instead.
My copy, however, has a notice encouraging you to spread the program to friends and BBS services. Due to this, as a child I had assumed Rogue was basically free software and the disk it arrived on was the only thing you could be charged for.
So far, I haven’t come across any other version that has this message.
There are several differences in the code between the other versions and my version. There are some small textual changes here and there between this and later versions, but as far as I have found, my copy is the only one that omits the word “bizarre” from this section of text.
One other small text difference is the year that appears on your tombstone when you lose. In the original, this is 1983, same as the copyright. (Later versions changed it so it displays the current year set on the computer.) In my version however, the date is changed to 1984.
Aside from the missing word, the tombstone date, and the different copyright message, the only other difference between my copy and the “original” v1.1, SN:1349 is this chunk of code below. I don’t know what it does or how it affects the game, if at all. I’d love to find out though.
There are of course many other differences between this particular build of the game and other builds aside from whether the fruit is called a mango or not, but that’s beyond the current scope of this post. My next goal is to play enough of each copy of v1.1, SN:1349 to find out if they all give out mangoes. (They all have both “mango” and “slime mold” in the code in the same places.) Surprisingly, depending on the dungeon that is generated, it can be incredibly hard to get your hands on a mango.
When you do, though, it sure is a yummy mango.

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On April 30th, TEDxDeadSea attracted over 800 people to inspire a new generation, by sharing ideas on Education, Creativity and Entrepreneurship.
Chanoyu Arabia got the wonderful chance to be part of such a great event, and created the TEDxCreativiTEA Room, where it allowed people to experience Chanoyu, and also witness the complex and inspiring work of our Origami (Art of Folding Paper) prodigy, Musa-san.
While people were buzzing outside, the perfect setting of the Tea Room, allowed us to prepare for the scheduled guests, a nice and quiet experience.
The flower arrangement was made of Common Mallow (Malva) コモンマロ خبيزة, and Snapdragon 金魚草 فم السمكة, in a Bizen-ware vase.
The first session was relatively quiet, with three, but very harmonious guests, who made our start a very encouraging one.
The small number of guests at first allowed us to have them inspect the Natsume, and learn a few things about Matcha.
A bigger crowd joined in for the next session, and enjoyed taking part in it.
More people got curious to enter the room.They were greeted by the mind-boggling origami works of Musa-san.
The lovely space we were offered at the CreativiTEA Room allowed many people to be seated either on the Tatami mats, or on the fancy leather seats.
This particular group was one of the most memorable ones, for each and every one of them, were fully present with all their senses.
It was a great pleasure hosting them, and interacting with them in such a wonderful occasion.
They had a lot of good questions, and it felt that they all came in together as one big family, although it wasn’t for sure who knew who before the gathering.
Special thanks to each one of them. They really gave us a huge push, and made us enjoy every minute we spent together.
As time progressed, the number of guests grew bigger, which added more excitement for the whole group.
It surely was a great pleasure hosting familiar faces, and also some old friends, by mere coincidence.
It was a great privilege to have had the chance of hosting not only people from the audience, but also from the great speakers, and the helpful volunteers, who played an important role in this big event.
Some of the guests helped lighten up the atmosphere, which made each session a unique one.
The hanging scroll reads 松樹千年翠 (shouju sennen no midori) which talks about the beauty of never changing green colour, of thousand year old pine trees. A note to pay attention to unchangeable beauty, which is harder than appreciating the changing things around us.
12 guests on the Tatatmi, and several others on the seats. The Mizuya (preparation room) was on red alert.
During one of the breaks, our Origami prodigy offered to prepare tea for one of our distinguished guests, who surely gave us the rare chance of enjoying a spiritual and enlightening encounter.
Musa-san, carefully preparing tea from his memory, without any instructions to guide him.
A new session is about to begin.
In any tea gathering, the main guest is expected to entertain the other guests by creating a dialogue with the host, which would reveal some interesting information, and enlighten everyone in the room.
Another memorable session, that ignited several interesting inquiries, and therefore helped in making it a unique experience for everyone.
The previous event that took place recently, gave us the chance as a group, to train on serving big numbers of guests at the same time.
We were all very impressed with the patience and endurance our guests showed while sitting on the floor.
As the day was coming to an end, more and more people were seeking the comfort of drinking tea, in a secluded area.
Everyone made a tremendous effort in keeping the flow go smoothly, even when we were at full capacity.
A full tea day, from 10:30 AM till 8:30 PM, or what we would call a Matcha Marathon. 🙂
A wonderful experience, with magnificent team work, done with much love, dedication, and true friendship.
Thanks to the impeccable team: Eguro-san, Mariam-san, Mo-san, Musa-san, and our hidden knight Tymoor-sensei, for igniting the first spark that made this event possible for all of us. And of course for giving up attending any of the talks, to document with his lens such a memorable and unique event for Chanoyu Arabia, and be there for us, as always.
Thanks to TEDxDeadSea for organising such a great event, and letting us be part of it, in this delightful way.
Thanks to all of the TEDxVolunteers who helped us tremendously. We are very proud of you, and your promising generation.
Finally, special thanks to all who came, and made us feel it was worth all the effort, and hoping the taste of this experience still lingers on in your memories, and would inspire you in one way or another.


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Photography could be a beautiful art. No really, it can be. With regards to taking better photos and showing some skill in the use of various strategies to make your photos stick out, it is truly a wonderful thing. To start out learning some basics regarding steps to make this meet your needs, refer to the following.
To create photographic images that resemble paintings, try getting your photos printed onto matte or semi-gloss papers, then painting them manually with photographic oils or pastels. These products can be picked up at most of the art supply stores and many camera shops. The most common paints are created by Marshall's and so are created particularly for use on photographs.
Be selective in regards to the elements which you include in your photo. Just remove everything from the photo that doesn't belong there or makes the frame seem unbalanced. Use panning shots that keep your subject in focus but blur the background in the event you can't remove all unwanted distractions through your shot. lightning
One thing that can be done when you are taking pictures would be to lean on something to achieve better balance. The better balance which you have, the less movement your camera will make, which could increase the sharpness of your respective shots. Take care of your balance should you desire optimal photographs.
As a way to produce the best and clearest photographs, you may use a tripod. A tripod permits you to stabilize your camera, which means your photos happen to be in better focus. This is especially important if you use a higher-zoom lens or shooting during the night, since small changes in the camera's position will result in major blurring.
Work with a rather low ISO. An excellent ISO is around 200. Employing this array of ISO can certainly make your pictures look dark in certain situations, but you can actually affect the contrast and light-weight with a computer. If you are using a higher ISO, you will definitely get plenty of noise in your picture, helping to make editing harder.
An excellent photography tip is don't get carried away with obtaining the newest and best equipment. Technology is always improving and unless you're a huge success, it's hardly realistic to worry about finding the newest equipment. Make good use of what you have.
Usually do not stop taking outdoor shots if the sun begins to set. There are numerous opportunities to carry on, particularly if have a tripod open to use with your camera. This piece of equipment allows for great low-light shots whether direct sunlight is up or otherwise.
Purchase a DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex) camera if you want to take professional-looking photographs. When you find yourself purchasing a camera, usually do not worry about the number of megapixels the item has instead, pinpoint the image sensor. Most professional photographers buy full-frame DSLR cameras, which take incredibly clear pictures of your own material.
If you are looking to boost your photography skills, you must start with investigating the ability of proper composition. Bad composition can change an otherwise-great shot into something that doesn't seem quite right. Once you have done your quest into composition, practice putting it to work with and over time you will notice that your images have improved greatly.
When composing the picture, take notice of the weather. When it is overcast outside, try to keep the sky away from your picture whenever possible. Grayscale pictures can also be the ideal choice in order to shoot outside on an overcast day. When the weather is nice and sunny, you will definitely get a lot of great pictures, just be sure your subject isn't squinting on the sun.
Pay careful awareness of backgrounds when composing your photographs. Jumbled, messy rooms can ruin an image preventing your subject from standing out. Also, even the smallest item within array of the snapshot can be a distraction, taking outside the central focus. Always make a quick scan in the room or landscape, then remove things that will detract from an otherwise perfect shot.
Learn about film speeds when you find yourself trying to accept best pictures. Faster film speeds are usually grainier, and much less focused, than slower speed film. Slower speed film needs considerably more light for taking good shots. 400 speed film is useful multipurpose film while slower speeds are better for composed images.
A fantastic photography tip is always to keep a folder of your respective best images. This is often a fantastic way to reminisce to see the highlights of your respective work and never have to dig through piles and piles of photographs. Update the folder when you take increasingly more pictures.
A great photography trick which will help you out is to hold your breath prior to taking an image. Holding your breath will help you to take a clear shot. Ideally you need to use a tripod but this simple trick will help stop you from getting blurry pictures.
Action shots can be quite tough to capture correctly. If you can though, you can predict the area where the action is going to be going next, and you can attempt to begin to take shots here as the action approaches this specific area. It can help if you focus on something in the shot.
Simple settings work most effectively for general photography. Tend not to complicate your photo taking opportunities by constantly fiddling together with your camera. Many cameras have great general settings that will work fine generally in most normal situations. Changing settings too often can muddle things, and cause you to get unexpected bad results.
Use the sunlight that shines via a window to light your photos. This light is soft and diffused after it passes through the window pane and may produce a beautiful light in your subject. Place your subject directly in the light of the window and you will probably be quite satisfied with the outcome.
Try not utilize your camera's red-eye reduction. This normally does a pre-flash that shrink's the subject's pupils to minimize the reflection. Even if this works, it also provides the person a stern warning and can either cause them to flinch if the actual photo will be taken or they'll pose more for your photo. You're better off using computer image editing software to edit the red-eye later.
Using these helpful hints, you are ready to move forward in cultivating skills which will greatly boost the images that you capture. Practice your newly learned techniques and apply these to photos of family, events, business and community affairs. Everybody can hold a camera in their hands, only people who take note of the details will capture the moments, inside a skilled and artistic way.


Nigeria: 'Our job is to shoot, slaughter and kill': Boko Haram's reign of terror in north east Nigeria
Boko Haram has killed thousands of people, abducted at least 2000 and forced more than a million to flee their homes since 2009. Through a campaign of almost daily killings, bombings, abductions, looting and burning, Boko Haram has crippled normal life in north-east Nigeria. Towns and villages have been pillaged. Schools, churches, mosques and other public buildings have been attacked and destroyed. Boko Haram is brutally mistreating civilians trapped in areas under its control. Amnesty International's research shows that Boko Haram has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity with impunity.
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by George Pitagorsky
One year follows the next. New Year celebrations are opportunities to look back to reflect on the past and to look forward to plan for the future, whether to continue on as we have been or whether to institute changes. Looking forward we make resolutions. These are improvement goals. Self-improvement is at the heart of resolutions.
Resolutions and Continuous Improvement
There are different kinds of changes, ones we have no control over, ones we can influence but not avoid and ones we can choose to make.
Resolutions are about changes we choose to make. They are intentions or commitments to change. Annually reviewing behavior and committing to self improvement is an ancient and cross cultural phenomenon. The Babylonians did it. It is part of the Yom Kippur ritual. It happens at Lent.
However, the message isn't to reflect on past behavior and commit to improvement once a year but to do it at least once a year, whenever you realize that there is need to change. The need to change is driven by your values and goals.
Consider a resolution to be continuously mindful of behavior and commit to making it the most skillful behavior possible. We might call that a "meta resolution", one that covers all other resolutions.
Benjamin Franklin is a good example of what it means to make a continuous improvement resolution. He resolved at about age twenty to change direction and pursue what he called "moral perfection." He identified four resolutions, deciding to be more frugal, honest and sincere, and industrious and to speak no ill of anyone and good of everyone. From these he came up with thirteen virtues.
He then embarked on a program in which he practiced one of his thirteen virtues each week, evaluating his performance at the end of each week. At the end of thirteen weeks he started over. It isn't clear how long he kept it up, but even doing it for one round is an accomplishment.
Another example is the Conscious Living/Conscious Working program, now entering its eleventh year at NY Insight Meditation Center. In it participants commit to five months during which they practice mindfulness meditation and focus on each of the aspects of the Buddha's Eight Fold path for two weeks at a time to cultivate right understanding, intention, action, speech, livelihood, effort, mindfulness and concentration. Continuing that process after the formal program is over leads to continuous improvement and optimal performance.
What is skillful behavior? It is behavior that leads to the achievement of one's highest goals and values. So part of New Years tradition should be to reflect on those goals and values. Are they purely material - improving some skill or process, making more money, becoming stable and secure, getting more stuff and more pleasure, or losing weight - or are they transcendental - being compassionate, pleasing God, cultivating wisdom, making the environment healthier, etc.
Of course transcendental goals and values are not at odds with the material ones. But since the transcendental ones influence our choice of and level of attachment to the material ones perhaps those are the first to reflect upon. If you don't have any, you might reflect on that.
With this resolution to continuously improve comes the intention to apply effort throughout the year - making everyday a New Year's Day. Maybe that is why there are different New Years Days across multiple cultures, to remind us that it is not so much about the calendar but about the idea of stopping to reflect and plan forward.
Self-Compassion and The Desire to Improve
Resolutions focus on self improvement. Self-improvement requires an acknowledgment that there is imperfection. We are not fully satisfied with things as they are and we resolve to make them better. We commit to making an effort.The desire to be better, to improve, can be healthy or not, depending on attitude.
A healthy attitude is founded on a practical, realistic perspective; one that recognizes and accepts that while we might aspire to perfection we are not perfect. An unhealthy attitude about self-improvement is founded on a false sense of self-worth and a neurotic, unrealistic drive for perfection. When self-esteem relies on being perfect people berate themselves for not measuring up.
This is where self-compassion comes in. According to Dr. Kristen Neff, "Self-compassion entails being warm and understanding toward ourselves when we suffer, fail, or feel inadequate, rather than ignoring our pain or flagellating ourselves with self-criticism. Self-compassionate people recognize that being imperfect, failing, and experiencing life difficulties is inevitable, so they tend to be gentle with themselves when confronted with painful experiences rather than getting angry when life falls short of set ideals. People cannot always be or get exactly what they want. When this reality is denied or fought against suffering increases in the form of stress, frustration and self-criticism. When this reality is accepted with sympathy and kindness, greater emotional equanimity is experienced." With greater emotional equanimity comes improved performance.
Being self-compassionate does not mean being self-indulgent or having low standards. It means applying the compassion and understanding you would apply to a child who is trying to accomplish a difficult task to yourself. When making an effort to do something, strike the right balance as you would if you were tuning a stringed instrument - to tight and the string breaks, too loose and the music is bad. When you realize what you have done is unskillful, acknowledge that, resolve to improve and follow through. Don't waste your time and energy in self recrimination and remorse.
Being mindfully aware of thoughts and feelings we can realistically observe what is happening and apply the right balance of understanding, resolve and effort to set and accomplish realistic goals.
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To Thine Own Self Be True (Book One)
Coming Summer 2016
Josh has always had the best in his life. Growing up in a wealthy family, having the perfect girlfriend, and even being a best-selling author were all things he took for granted. Yet, lately a stubborn writer’s block has him searching for inspiration in a new place.
Traveling to the coast of Carolina Beach recharges his writing, but a chance run-in with the sexy and confident Matthias shakes up that perfect picture. Falling for Matthias definitely wasn’t in his plans, but Josh is willing to step down a new path to find love.
As they navigate the choppy waters of a new relationship, old issues flare up to haunt them both. When push comes to shove, will Josh survive when his books hit too close to home?


To celebrate 10 years of partnership, Bvlgari and Save the Children launch the new #GiveHope campaign. Shot by photographer Rankin, the campaign stars celebrities including Lily Aldridge, Ursula Corbero, Alicia Vikander, Eva Green and many others. #GiveHope centres on the idea that “the gift of hope can turn your whole world round” and features a new Save the Children pendant, a portion of the proceeds of which will go to the charity. Inspired by the BVLGARI BVLGARI collection and topped with a red ruby, it’s a glamourous piece with plenty of heart.
Bvlgari Hotel hosts society's most elegant weddings and events. The Hotel offers beautiful venues to choose from on site, including the 520-square-meter BVLGARI Ballroom and the stunning garden-facing river. With the impressive Chinese pines, the Hotel gardens are the perfect location for weddings during warmer seasons. Scattered throughout the ...
Tea and Chinese traditional music have always been an integral part of Chinese culture and lifestyle since 4,000 years ago. We have chosen an ideal teahouse for you to sample a variety of local teas and try your hands at playing the Chinese Zither. It will be an unique experience while in the capital city of China.
Il Ristorante - Niko Romito invites you to savour an authentic Italian brunch every Saturday from 11:30 to 2PM. Inspired by the exuberance of Bvlgari, it comprises a spread of Italian dishes and unlimited spritz cocktails.
The Spa Pre-paid gift card is the perfect way to put yourself and your loved ones on the path to personal wellness. With three different types of card and various benefits of savings on massages, facials, salon and fitness center, it’ is the ideal way to pamper or be pampered.


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Neil spoke to Pete Selby about Leicester City at 2:45pm and by 3.30pm Craig Shakespeare was sacked. So Neil spoke to Pete again.
That closes the journey of The Coach Home this week but before then there is Mark Sanderson on Southampton and David Mooney on Manchester City and that takes us through the highs, lows and middles of the country.
To listen to this and the full pantheon of TAW Player shows for £5 a month then click here. We can’t guarantee people get sacked all the time, mind.


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I recently discovered the amazing gotu kola, a plant native to tropical wetlands in Asia.In Ayurvedic medicine, gotu kola is considered one of the most important and spiritual herbs. It works on the higher chakras, especially the Crown. When it’s fresh, the leaves of the herb actually resemble the two hemispheres of the brain. And this is no coincidence… the herb actually works to balance the brain and provide it with more blood and oxygen.
More Benefits of Gotu Kola:
- Improves memory and cognitive functioning
- Treats chronic skin conditions such as acne, eczema and psoriasis
- Treats venereal diseases
- Treats fever
- Helps with respiratory congestion
- Strengthens immunity
- Strengthens adrenals
- Cleanses the blood
- Improves nervous conditions
Make a Cup of Gotu Kola Tea:
If you live near a natural foods store with a bulk herbs section, you may be able to get your hands on some dried gotu kola. To make a cup of tea, take a teaspoon of the dried herb and steep it in boiling water for 10 minutes.
Gotu Kola Skin Balm:
I’ve also been experimenting with some skin balms. To make your own, take a teaspoon of steeped and drained gotu kola and mix it with 1 tablespoon of almond oil, 1 tablespoon of coconut oil and a dash of neem oil. (Neem is another amazing anti-inflammatory Ayurvedic medicine that soothes the skin.)
My Personal Experience:
After drinking my very first cup of gotu kola tea, I felt super relaxed and went to bed early. I slept like a baby and woke up a little groggy. After the grogginess wore off, I felt more vibrant than ever. Relaxed, alert and yet calm. I went to work and talked easily with people. My thoughts were crystal clear and coherent. I was happy and yet grounded. My cheery mood remained with me for the entire day. My nerves were soothed. So is gotu kola worth trying? Absolutely!

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Ajay Devgn is up and ready for his debut on the OTT platform with an adaptation of “Luther” that featured Idris Elba, the name of the series is going to be “Rudra- the edge of darkness” and it will be releasing on Hotstar, he announced about the series on her daughter’s birthday who turned 18 this year, he has posted an Instagram post sharing the poster of the series, he stated that it will be a crime thriller series of the year as he also stated that this series is going to be a killer one and has made the fans believe that a lot of hard work has been put in to make the series as he announced it on her daughter’s birthday, the release date of the series yet needs to be announced which will be done in the coming weeks probably.
As it is an adaptation of the highly successful series that is a complete action-packed thriller, there is no denying the fact that the adaptation is going to be executed to perfection, Ajay Devgn will be seen as a cop but this time he is going to be gritty and intense as that is the requirement for the character that has been played by an amazing actor Idris Elba and to get comfortable in his shoes is going to be highly difficult but we all know how talented Ajay Devgn is and also the experience that he has gathered all these years in the industry is going to work in his favor, the series will have the shooting in the Mumbai and the production part of the series is going to start soon,
He also came up with a short video speaking up one of the dialogues of the series character that will be a cop in this case. Ajay Devgn also stated that his aim has always been to work with a bunch of great talents and to have a phenomenal script and story so that the actors have a lot to work with, BBC and Hotstar seem to have a tie-up as they have come up with many adaptations of the series that are being played on BBC and here they are coming up with a new adaptation.
The earlier adaptations have been perfectly executed so we hope that this series is going to be a killer and we hope that the series does amazingly well. He also stated that there is nothing new for him as he is going to be playing a cop but this time the character is not over the top badass, this time the character has a lot of depth as it is pretty dark so he had to put in a lot of work to understand the character in a way that he does justice to the role.

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Editor’s note: This press release was provided by the Pelham Union Free School District.
Pelham NY – National Youth Arts Award winning drama club, Pelham Memorial High Schools’ Sock ‘n’ Buskin presents the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. This video streaming production is an “artists in isolation” project.
The Diary of Anne Frank, originally produced on Broadway in 1955, brings us into the secret annex in Amsterdam where 13-year-old Anne and seven other Jews evade Nazi deportation. For over two years, all that they have is their trust in one another, bravery and undying hope. Anne’s compelling words come alive and urge us to stand up for one another in the face of intolerance, fear, and hate. As vital today as when it was first written, Anne Frank’s extraordinary diary has become an essential part of how we remember one of the darkest periods of human history. This is the story of people in isolation, told by actors in isolation. More than anything else, this play stresses hope and the idea that “in spite of everything, people are really good at heart”.
Directed by Neil Schleifer and Thomas Beck, the show features Soren Bushong, Chloe Catana, Allison Feldman, Vikram Jallepalli, Austin Kelly, Ethan Luce, Malia McLellan, Natalie Pursel, Isabella Rosado and Oliver Tam.
“It is a beautifully crafted play and works really well in this online format,” said director Beck. “The Diary of Anne Frank is, first and foremost, a story of hope. That makes it the perfect choice for right now. It speaks to how we can survive through challenging times, get along with people it appears one has nothing in common with, and adapt to change. The play shows that even in the worst of times, heroes emerge and teaches us how to maintain hope and remain positive. It’s important for us to remember that, as tough as things get, there’s always hope,” said co-director Schleifer.
Sock’n’Buskin will proudly present The Diary of Anne Frank from Friday, December 11 through Sunday, December 13. All video on demand ticket purchases are found online at: https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/43690
This production is produced through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.


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Promising New Cell Therapies to Prevent Graft vs. Host Disease
The global Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD) treatment market is expanding due to a rise in the prevalence and incidence of cancer patients, and is driven by those patients who require bone marrow transplant surgeries.
A Cry for Gas & Colic Reduction in Infant Nutrition
Parents and caregivers have been struggling with infant gas and colic for centuries. However, there is still a major gap in the market for infant nutrition products that address this need that is estimated to affect 20-25% of infants.
Finding Non-Opioid, Non-Addictive Solutions for Chronic Pain
With the growing prevalence of chronic pain and opioid overdose deaths on the rise, the need for an effective, non-opioid, and non-addictive treatment is paramount.
Will Single-Origin Coffee Mimic the Whiskey Trend Cycle?
As coffee drinkers become more sophisticated, could this new trend in coffee follow in the footsteps of single malt whiskey?

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CBD has so many benefits - but what does it do to your testosterone? Whether you have had issues with regulating this hormone in the past, or are simply worried about the effect CBD and cannabis Sativa can have on your testosterone’s wellness, then this article is for you.
Although CBD is something that consistently requires more study, as research on it has been partly (or fully) impeded or made difficult through laws surrounding its mother drug, marijuana, here you will be able to find out what we know so far. So, will CBD increase or decrease my testosterone levels? Will it do anything at all?
What Are The Causes of Low Testosterone?
Testosterone is responsible for a lot of things in a man’s body. It is a sex hormone that is used to regulate your sex drive (also called the libido), bone mass, fat distribution, muscle mass and strength, and the production of red blood cells as well as sperm.
Testosterone in your body is converted into estradiol, which is a form of estrogen. As you age, it is likely that your testosterone production will diminish, which will also diminish the amount of estradiol in your body. This means it is often difficult to define whether issues associated with testosterone deficiency are fully or partly caused by an estradiol deficiency as well.
It is expected that as men get older, their testosterone production will lower by one percent every year after they turn forty. It is also quite difficult to understand where the line is for testosterone deficiency since different men produce different amounts of testosterone naturally.
However, the main symptoms of low testosterone production in men include a reduction in lean mass, muscle size, and leg-press strength. Body fat was increased with the decrease of estradiol. Both the decrease in estradiol and testosterone caused changes in libido and erectile function.
Your body can also create estrogen from your fat cells, which produce an enzyme called the aromatase enzyme. This means that being overweight can cause you certain issues with your testosterone, which may be overshadowed by the amount of estrogen in your body.
Inflammation can also increase the enzyme aromatase, which again could cause your testosterone to lower since this enzyme can turn your testosterone into estrogen. Low testosterone can also make inflammation worse, which turns this into a vicious cycle.
Another thing that can decrease testosterone production is high stress levels. There have been several studies showing that high cortisol levels, which are produced by high-stress levels, can lower your body’s ability to produce testosterone.
Some other causes of low testosterone are:
- High prolactin
- Chronic disease
- Kidney or liver disease
- Drug or alcohol abuse
- Medications such as corticosteroids and opioids
- Head injury
- Injury to the testes
- Previous steroid use
If you have low testosterone production, there are several things that might happen. Your symptoms might also be different depending on the stage of your life that you are in. When a child is going through puberty, low testosterone can delay certain developments, such as voice changes, penile growth, and pubic hair growth.
Later in your life, other issues can occur, such as:
- Increased fat mass
- Low bone mass and muscle mass
- Low sperm production
- Problems concentrating and remembering
- Irritability and depression
- Reduced sex drive and function
- Male fertility decrease (infertility)
You might also experience these symptoms through other conditions such as chronic stress, depression, and hypothyroidism. Check with your doctor if these symptoms are truly coming from lower testosterone levels.
How Do You Identify Low Testosterone?
The only way that you can confirm that you might have a lower than average testosterone level is by having your doctor run lab tests. They can request a full hormone panel that not only looks at your level of testosterone, but also looks at your levels of other hormones such as your thyroid, prolactin, estrogen, and sex-hormone binding globulin.
Hormone imbalance can be quite a dangerous thing so it is good to check if everything is alright every now and then. Your doctor might also ask you to test your blood sugar, liver and kidney function, your body mass index, and sources of inflammation, which can also cause similar symptoms to low testosterone levels. After all of this, they will be able to tell you whether the problem comes from a low level of testosterone or not.
How Does CBD Affect Testosterone?
Considering how much variety there is in the world of testosterone and testosterone production, there is no single solution or single way how CBD (or cannabidiol) affects your testosterone levels. There is evidence that CBD might affect your testosterone production through the endocannabinoid system (the CB1 and CB2 receptors), however, more research needs to be done on the topic.
What we do know is that there are CB1 receptors in your reproductive organs (your testicles), as well as in your brain’s hypothalamus. Because CBD products interact with these receptors, we know that it does indeed have an effect on your body’s production of testosterone. We do not know, however, whether CBD increases or decreases your testosterone levels.
One study done on rats shows that CBD can affect your body’s testosterone breakdown process in the liver, essentially slowing it down. This means that there would be higher levels of testosterone circulating in your body at one time.
Another thing that is important to mention is that CBD has been shown to decrease certain symptoms that may cause low testosterone production on their own, namely inflammation and stress (high cortisol levels). CBD interacts with inflammatory cytokines, decreasing them by triggering the body’s endocannabinoid system. By lowering your body’s inflammation, CBD indirectly lowers your chances of decreased testosterone production.
It has also been shown through several studies that CBD can reduce your body’s stress levels and anxiety. These things can cause high cortisol levels, which can cause low testosterone production. This means that CBD can also indirectly help prevent a decrease in your testosterone production by helping you feel calmer and less stressed.
While there is a fair to strong chance that CBD oil might help you prevent a drop in your testosterone, there is still also some truth to what you might have already heard people say before - that marijuana use could impact your testosterone levels and your fertility negatively.
Essentially, this is because the cannabinoids that you find in marijuana have been shown to compete with your body’s naturally produced cannabinoids in the pituitary gland and adrenal gland. However, the main cannabinoid present in marijuana that has been found to do this is tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC, the psychoactive component of weed.
CBD does not contain this chemical, or if it does, then it is only trace amounts (less than 0.3 percent) since it is derived from the industrial hemp plant, while marijuana is derived from the marijuana plant. This means that you are much less at risk for it affecting your testosterone levels if you are a CBD user rather than a marijuana user.
So, in case you are a marijuana user that is considering making the shift to CBD, then it might be useful to know that while marijuana has been found in many animal studies to decrease your levels of testosterone, CBD has not. This means it might just be time to make that change.
Should You Use CBD For Your Testosterone Levels?
As we have seen in the section above, it is uncertain whether CBD boosts or even decreases testosterone production in the human body. However, this does not mean that there are no ways in which we know you can prevent low testosterone production using CBD.
In order to naturally boost your testosterone levels on your own, health experts tell us that you should get good sleep, reduce the stress levels in your life, exercise regularly, maintain a healthy weight, eat healthy food, and have a balanced diet. You can also take supplements that boost your testosterone levels, in case your doctor feels they could be helpful to your wellbeing.
CBD can help you do almost all of these things, thereby indirectly helping you maintain regular testosterone production. CBD can help you feel less stressed and anxious and therefore allowing you to sleep better and produce less cortisol.
It can also help manage your eating habits, as you are less likely to stress eat. At the same time, lower stress levels will likely also help you focus on other things, such as exercising and eating better foods, because you will have a healthier and more focused mind.
What Are The Health Benefits Of CBD?
Outside of CBD’s slightly uncertain results with testosterone, there are other health benefits that CBD has that have been more deeply studied and confirmed. These range from helping you with (slightly) minor issues in life, such as mild pain and acne, to helping you deal with terrible illnesses such as epilepsy syndromes and the physical fallout from cancer treatment.
1. It Can Relieve Pain
CBD is able to reduce regular and chronic pain by binding to your body’s endocannabinoid system (ECS). This system is responsible for regulating a whole bunch of stuff in your body, such as sleep, appetite, pain, and immune system response. CBD is able to reduce inflammation in this system by interacting with cannabinoid receptors and neurotransmitters, which is especially useful for people with long-lasting, chronic pain of some sort.
2. It Could Reduce Anxiety and Depression
This one is a well-known one. Anxiety and depression are terrible disorders that affect a large number of people in the world today, often incapacitating their patients from resuming their day-to-day activities.
CBD has been shown in a decent number of studies to decrease the symptoms of both of these disorders, allowing people to deal with them in more effective ways. Although these illnesses are often treated with pharmaceutical drugs, some people have found that they prefer natural, less addictive ways to deal with them and have shifted over to using CBD for them.
3. It Can Alleviate Cancer-Related Symptoms
Cancer and cancer treatments have absolutely awful side effects. CBD can help you take care of nausea and pain that may arise from chemotherapy as well as help you lower your stress and anxiety levels that may have arisen from your diagnosis.
4. It May Reduce Acne
This is not a very well-known one but it can be quite useful to the nine percent of people that suffer from acne. CBD can help you reduce the incidence of acne on your skin by stopping the production of sebum, which is an oily secretion that worsens or causes acne on your skin. CBD also prevents and takes care of inflammation, which can be another cause of acne.
4. It Might Have Neuroprotective Properties
CBD can be a very helpful tool for certain neurological disorders. It has been found to be extremely helpful for childhood epilepsy syndromes, such as Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS).
This is especially helpful since sometimes medications are not able to reduce the symptoms of these syndromes. This substance can also help cognition and to reduce symptoms of certain disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.
6. It Could Benefit Heart Health
CBD can also lower your blood pressure, which can address and reduce the symptoms of heart disease, stroke, heart attack, and metabolic syndrome. It has also been shown to have anti-inflammatory effects which can again aid in the reduction of the incidence of heart disease.
More studies are needed, but CBD is thought to provide the following health benefits:
- Antipsychotic Effects
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Anti-Tumor Effects
- Diabetes Prevention
What Are Some Of The Side Effects Of CBD?
As with almost anything else out there that you can take or consume, there can be certain side effects or downsides to it. CBD is considered a very safe substance, so you should not be too worried about these side effects, however, you should know what CBD use can cause. So,
- It can cause drowsiness
- It can cause gastrointestinal issues
- It can cause dry mouth
- It can interact with other medications (avoid taking with medications that have a grapefruit warning)
- It can cause nausea
Since CBD can be sold in many different forms - you have CBD oils, CBD gummies, tinctures, and even vapors - that means that it would be impossible for us to tell you just how much you should take at once and how often in order for you to avoid these downsides. We advise that you talk to a professional about how much is recommended and the way to take it through which you would better absorb it.
Although this article (as well as no other article out there) can tell you just how CBD affects your testosterone levels, we hope that you leave this page feeling better informed on how we know it can indirectly do so. At the same time, CBD has incredible properties that can improve your life and health in many other ways that are not related to your testosterone.
If you arrived at this article looking for a definitive answer about how your testosterone levels would change and you feel that you have not gotten it, you can leave that question for your doctor and their testosterone supplements. Instead, you're leaving leave this article armed with the knowledge of how CBD has been known to help depression, anxiety, pain, and other issues ranging from minor inconveniences to terrible illnesses.
If you are, however, really concerned about your testosterone levels, then you can leave this article knowing that there is a significant amount of evidence showing how THC and cannabis plant use negatively affects testosterone, and close to zero evidence showing how CBD does anything to decrease it.
So, unless your doctor says otherwise, it is very likely that your testosterone will be just fine if you are taking CBD.


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Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profile for Nicaragua
- aquatic species caught by country or area, by species items, by
FAO major fishing areas, and year, for all commercial, industrial,
recreational and subsistence purposes. The harvest from mariculture,
aquaculture and other kinds of fish farming is also included.
FISH & SEAFOOD in Nicaragua
In the last four years,
the seafood industry has become one of the most dynamic productive
sector. 80% of the catch comes from the Caribbean coast of
Nicaragua, which has the largest continental shelf in Central
The industry has concentrated
on shrimp and lobsters, leaving the large populations of
commercially desirable scale fish almost untouched. In the Pacific
coast ( 410 km) , 39,000 hectares have been identified as suitable
for shrimp farming, which is equivalent to approximately one-third
of the total potential in Central America and Panama.
- The maritime shelf in the
Caribbean has a 551 km expanse. It has the richest marine fauna
in Central America is one of the richest in the Continent.
- Lake Nicaragua has an
exploitable biomass of 50,000 tons, with permission to catch
8,000 tons, per year.
- Nicaragua, has
approximately 10,338 km of continental waters and 7,365 km of
fresh water stemming from rivers. This abundance of water and
the adequate climate, make the country the most ideal in the
Central American region for the farming of Tilapia and Carp.
- Currently, there are
5,000 hectacres of shrimp farms in production, generating US
Fish Products -
American Tropical Tuna Commission: The IATTC, established by
international convention in 1950, is responsible for the
conservation and management of fisheries for tunas and other species
taken by tuna-fishing vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
AQUASTAT is FAO's
global information system on water and agriculture developed by the
Land and Water Division. It collects, analyses and disseminates data
and information by country and by region. Its aim is to provide
users interested in global, regional and national analyses with
comprehensive information related to water resources and
agricultural water management across the world, with emphasis on
countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Information for Nicaragua
Ocean Health Index Nicaragua - The Ocean Health Index is a valuable tool for the
ongoing assessment of ocean health. By providing a means to advance
comprehensive ocean policy and compare future progress, the Index
can inform decisions about how to use or protect marine ecosystems.
The Index is a collaborative effort, made possible through
contributions from more than 65 scientists/ocean experts and
partnerships between organizations including the National Center for
Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Sea Around Us, Conservation
International, National Geographic, and the New England Aquarium.
Information for Nicaragua