Lacoste

v3 - nice blur + text

Fatal Accident. Jenalyn Estenzo and her four-year-old son Jay were run over by a dump truck in Maguikay, Mandaue City yesterday morning. They died on the spot. Their bodies were brought to the Mandaue City Hospital where Jenalyn’s husband Agustin and daughter Roda identified them. (Sun.Star Foto/Allan Cuizon) A MOTHER and her four-year-old son were fatally run over by a 10-wheel truck while crossing a national highway in Mandaue City yesterday morning. Jenalyn Estenzo, 35, and her son Jay were pinned under the rear wheels of the truck on M.L. Quezon St. Jenalyn and Jay were together selling lanzones when the accident happened at 10:45 a.m. about 50 meters from the Maguikay flyover. Truck driver Anastacio Hermida, 49, who was arrested, said he didn’t see the two crossing the road. He had just moved after he stopped to give way to a van coming out of a department store’s driveway when he felt the truck (ABF 6468) ran over something. “Mao lang gyu’y pag-abante nako ato (It happened just when I continued driving),” he said in an interview inside the Traffic Management Unit of the Mandaue City Police Office where he was detained. He was bound for Naga City after delivering sand to Barangay Tingub, Mandaue City. After stopping, he locked the doors as some bystanders began to climb the truck to maul him, he said. Agustin Estenzo, 37, rushed from work to the City Hospital only to see his wife and son covered in blood-stained white cloth inside the morgue. Jay, the youngest of his four children, usually was with his mother as she sold lanzones on the sidewalk. “Magpuyo ra man to siya (He didn’t like moving around),” Agustin said. Some witnesses said Jenalyn was running after the boy when the accident happened. The couple’s three other children attend school. The eldest, aged 12 years old, studies in Catmon, Cebu. Agustin said his wife and Jay were still in the house in Sitio Calderohan, Barangay Maguikay when he left for work past 8 a.m. He is a machine operator in a food factory located in the same barangay. He said Jenalyn usually left the house with Jay around 8:45 a.m. He and Jenalyn, who came from Negros Occidental, had been married for 12 years. Asked whether he will press charges against the driver, Agustin said he will talk with him first. PO2 Ruben Dayon said Hermida, a resident of Naga City, Cebu, can be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide. Agustin, interviewed by reporters, said his employer promised to help settle the case with the Estenzo family. His 20-year-old son was with him when the accident happened. He said he has five children. Agustin said he only started working for his current employer less than two weeks ago. Before returning to Cebu last October, he drove a truck in Mindanao. He said it was his first time to meet an accident on the road in his 27 years of driving a truck. Glenn Antigua, operations chief of the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue, advised pedestrians, including street vendors, to seek help from a traffic enforcer when crossing a highway. A traffic enforcer, he said, is assigned near the accident area. Antigua said putting a pedestrian lane in the area requires permission from the Department of Public Works and Highways as M.L. Quezon St. is a national road.

Lucy Philips-Roberts ’16 / Emertainment Monthly Contributor Whenever Survivor cranks out a two hour episode it is generally some of the worst content smushed together to fill a time slot. Or perhaps an hour of “extra footage” which is essentially a recap of what viewers have already seen thus far. Not this time. This time fans got a whole lot for one week of Survivor. The first hour featured a sample of pissy Joe Anglim; he’s so pissed his buddy Kelly Wiglesworth was voted off, and he’s threatening to strategize. And sure he’d been gunning for Stephen Fishbach for a long time, but now he means business? Maybe? But the narrative of this episode was not so much Joe vs. Stephen, but everyone vs. the rain. In an episode that hearkens back to the days of Survivor: Samoa, the tribe finds themselves not only stuck in the shelter, but also devastated by the inclement weather. This really stirred the contestant’s emotions, which, in turn, pulled at the heartstrings of everyone at home. Stephen had a particularly rough time by experiencing a physical reaction to the stress of the game, as he put it, gastrointestinal distress. It’s these really painstaking episodes where viewers get to see the toll the game has on the castaways. The reward challenge — a splashy basketball game —gave the survivors a chance to win time away from the rain to dry off and strategize, thus allowing Ciera Eastin to talk people into her agenda once again. This also left the others, including the especially damaged Stephen —dubbed “Poopy Pants” by Abi-Maria Gomes— to brave the rain a touch longer. Once at the immunity challenge, Jeff Probst prompted each player to take a black rock and a white rock from a bag. Almost never a good sign. But Jeff tells the tribe that if five people give up their chance at immunity, a construction crew will build a fancy new shelter that will block the rain. For many, the choice is a no-brainer. Though this twist was interesting, the rain was over by the time they got there. And though, yes the survivors still have fifteen days, many times they have one horrible stretch of rain and that’s it. And for some, they would be helping others win, considering that the majority would end up on the jury. The most important thing in terms of survival is fire. This new shelter guards the fire. Is that really something the players want to guarantee to their opponents? Looks like none of them are pulling out the strategy of Russell Hantz (Survivor: Samoa) to make life hell for everyone else. In the end all but Keith Nale and golden boy, Joe, were the only two who did participate in the challenge. Huzzah…? Joe won. Viewers get it. They were greeted by a cool shelter. Okay. Cookies? Did Angie Layton from Survivor: Philippines pitch in on this one? And while all of this is great and dandy, it takes away from the actual surviving aspect of Survivor. It brings back awful memories from Survivor: Fiji, which had the polarizing “Haves vs. Have-Nots” twist. If they have food and a great shelter, are they really playing Survivor? Going into tribal council, Jeremy Collins was gunning for Ciera in order to protect Stephen, and pretty much everyone else was going after Stephen. At tribal, they all harped on the sensation of voting blocks once again, which at this point is pretty repetitive. But what was interesting was a discussion of each person’s decision to give up their shot at immunity, which at that point Tasha Fox threw Joe under the bus as selfish. Cue eye rolls from Joe and a snippy retort about his life in the game. When the votes are cast, Jeremy plays one of his two idols for Stephen, saving him from a whopping five votes, which would have put him out of the game. Probably one of the most pathetic and endearing reactions came from Stephen who was completely unaware that he was in jeopardy, nor that Jeremy had an idol. In the end it was Ciera’s time to go, and with only three votes, she was gone. Hour two: coming back from a crazy and revealing tribal council, all Stephen can do to repay Jeremy is thank him and make wild promises. Though he is glad to have a second life in the game, Stephen was really blindsided by his own obliviousness. He admitted in a vulnerable moment that he may no longer be the knowing-est “Know-it-All.” At the reward challenge, Jeff introduces a survivor favorite, Survivor Folklore. Jeff tells the survivors a story about Cambodian culture, and they must run through the forest and answer questions about the story, bringing back a token to add to their collection of five. A very fast- paced challenge and one that dates all the way back to Survivor: Borneo. To top it off, the reward is a big, luxurious meal and trip to a Cambodian resort. Stephen, being the smart guy he is, tricked Abi into taking the wrong answer in the simplest way possible, which was hilarious. This challenge also gave Kelley Wentworth another idol clue, just by the luck of the draw. It came down, once again, to Stephen and Spencer Bledsoe, but Stephen took it home, inviting Tasha and Jeremy on the reward. Nothing is funnier than seeing the disgusting castaways at a fancy resort or in a helicopter. Back at camp, Kelley was able to somehow get the shelter to herself long enough to retrieve the hidden idol from under the bed. Imagine the stress of having about five seconds to climb under and out and untie the idol in the process. She just barely did it. And the fear was very real. At the immunity challenge, the overall consensus was just to not let Joe win. This challenge had the survivors stacking blocks in a certain pattern using only their feet. Foot fetishists rejoice! But alas, Joe was unable to beat Spencer, breaking his four win streak. So with Spencer winning immunity, it would seem the Joe would certainly be going home. No question right? That’s where the show is somewhat predictable, viewers know there’s no way it’s that easy. But that’s what’s great about this season — it’s challenging all these preconceptions. In any other season, the challenge threat is voted out ASAP, but in this case he’s a good ally and not a big strategist thus far. But since Kelley has Joe as an ally, she is now inclined to keep him around. Since he is solely a challenge threat, she might as well keep him on her side since he’s probably not going to win the title. But truth be told, the tribe had their sights set on Stephen. Once again at tribal, Tasha has a vendetta against voting blocks, denying their very importance, instead insisting on the return of trust and alliances. And since, according to an interview post filming, Stephen was concerned that Joe had an idol, he split the votes. Stephen also decided to use his advantage. And with all the drama and excitement with this advantage, like Dan Foley last season, Stephen played the extra vote, and was still ousted from the game.

TOKYO — If you love Japan, chances are you’d love to be fluent in Japanese (if you aren’t already). Think of all the friends you could make, and all the anime, manga and video games you could enjoy as their creators intended. But the road to fluency is long, arduous, and full of pitfalls. Japanese is considered a Category-5 language, which means that roughly 88 weeks or 2,200 hours of study is needed for the average native English-speaker to achieve everyday competency. In comparison, a Category-1 language like French requires only 24 weeks or 600 hours of study time for the average English speaker to get to grips with. Japanese also has two different syllabaries to learn, along with at least 1,945 jouyou (regular use) kanji, or Chinese characters, most of which have more than one possible pronunciation. In short, learning Japanese a pretty daunting task for your average English speaker. But just because there’s a lot to learn, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try! Even if you don’t have a natural talent for languages, haven’t been raised in a multilingual environment, or don’t have access to Japanese classes, anyone can learn to speak, read and write Japanese as long as they can put in the effort. Since most of us here at RocketNews24’s English site learned Japanese as a second language, we reckon we might have a few tips to share for those who are looking for a little kick up the booty when it comes to getting serious about learning. So, let’s get started! (Note, the following is a basic primer for some of the things that have helped us to study Japanese in a general sense. If you’re looking for specific study resources, this post has got you covered. Tip #1: Immerse yourself If you’re really serious about learning Japanese, you’re going to have to put in a lot of hours of studying. But simply cracking the books isn’t going to make you a well-rounded speaker, or listener for that matter. Believe it or not, it’s totally possible for someone to pass the highest level of the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) without uttering a single spoken sentence. And although they’ll definitely help, passing those tests doesn’t mean you’ll be able to communicate well. In real life, fluency comes from practical use, which requires immersion. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to get lots of Japanese into your day no matter where you live (as long as you have an internet connection, which covers just about everybody). Love playing video games? Great! Play Japanese games. Love watching anime? Ditch the dubbed stuff and break out the subtitled versions. Like to read manga? Look for bilingual versions. Need some background music? How about some J-pop? By making sure each and every day has some exposure to Japanese language material, you can create an immersion environment for yourself wherever you are. The bonus part is that it’s fun, too. Tip #2: Structure your studies People who are self-taught in Japanese do exist, but sometimes they can find themselves getting into bad habits. Read enough manga and watch enough anime and you can definitely pick up enough to get by if you’re an observant type with a good ear, but there’s really no substitute for organized, structured studying. The absolute best thing to do is probably to study Japanese in college or at a dedicated language school, but if that’s not an option, try to check out shorter courses or perhaps find yourself a tutor. Even if you can’t get access to any Japanese tuition, pick up some textbooks and work your way through them with your own study plan. Working your way through the prep books for the JLPT is an excellent way to teach yourself everything you should be studying. In fact, prepping for and sitting the JLPT at each level is an excellent way for otherwise self-taught students to continuously “level up” and meet study goals. A combination of points 1 and 2 should be the foundation upon which you base your language learning. Book smarts will only get you so far without any of the more practical stuff, and daily exposure to Japanese won’t get you where you need to go without a solid basis in structured studying. Tip #3: Build your vocabulary naturally Rather than studying dry lists of vocabulary, a handy trick is to buy yourself a little notebook and write down a new Japanese word (along with its written form and definition) every time you hear it while you’re immersing yourself (see hint #1). Doing it this way will help your brain to make connections between the word and the situation in which it’s used, and will ensure that the vocabulary “sticks” more firmly than it would if you had simply come across it on a vocab list in a textbook. I started learning Japanese around nine years ago and I’ve filled countless notebooks like this, and continue to practice this little trick to this day. Tip #4: Learn the patterns One thing you might not initially have noticed while studying is that Japanese tends to follow a series of sentence patterns. Along with the variety of situational phrases like “itadakimasu,” “otsukaresama,” and so on, which don’t appear in English, Japanese people also tend to say certain things in ways we just don’t in English. One pitfall English speaking learners of Japanese fall into is attempting to memorise Japanese vocabulary and then trying to use those words to express what they want to say in the exact same way they would in English. In reality, Japanese and English are very different languages and simply swapping words about is going to make you sound like something Google translate might spit out. Memorising a bunch of sentence patterns and adapting them to fit your conversational needs is going to get you a lot further than trying to take the English thought in your head and verbalise it the same way using Japanese words. Tip #5: Make mistakes Perfection is the enemy of good, and being afraid to make mistakes when it comes to learning a language is only going to hinder your progress. Our brains tend to remember unpleasant memories a little more clearly than pleasant ones (grr!) so making an embarrassing Japanese snafu is in actuality an excellent way to make sure you’ll never repeat the same error. And if you’re not making any mistakes at all, then you’re clearly not studying hard enough. The person who dives into a conversation head-first, making tons of errors yet doing their best to communicate is going to become a better speaker much, much faster than the person who buries their head in a book and hesitantly regurgitates only those nuggets of language information they’ve already completely mastered. Tip #6: Stay humble Japanese is such an awesome language, full of interesting turns of phrase and exciting little squiggly characters to draw. It’s also got that “cool” factor that sometimes tempts people to brag about how awesome they are for being able to speak some Japanese. But it’s really important to stay humble when learning any language. Start thinking your Japanese is the cat’s whiskers (plastic sensei, much?), and you’re going to get complacent and stop improving. Of course, it’s completely your choice how much Japanese you want to learn, and everyone has different needs and goals when it comes to learning another language. Most people who’ve studied Japanese as a second language in a group or school setting, however, can name at least one person who tries to undermine the confidence of others with one-upmanship. The best thing is to stick to the pace that works for you, and ignore what everyone else around you is doing. Learn with friends, make mistakes together, pool your knowledge and be open to criticism.

They left no manifesto. The hard drive was gone from their computer. And their new cell phones were apparently smashed. Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik did their best to fly under the radar. Neither got into trouble with the law. And neither one was on any list of potentially radicalized people. So, a day after one of the deadliest mass shooting in the United States, authorities are still left wondering what motivated the couple to mow down dozens of people at a holiday luncheon in San Bernardino, California. Fourteen people died and 21 were injured. Officials say part of the reason may have been Farook's apparent radicalization. Part of it may have stemmed from workplace tensions. But nothing concrete has surfaced. "It would be irresponsible and premature for me to call this terrorism," said FBI official David Bodwich on Thursday. "The FBI defines terrorism very specifically, and that is the big question for us: What is the motivation for this?" Was he radicalized? One avenue investigators are exploring are Farook's communications with at least one person who was being investigated for possible terror connections. Some were by phone, some conducted on social media. "These appear to be soft connections," an official said, meaning they were not frequent contacts. Farook's last communication with the contacts was months ago. The FBI wants to interview some of them to learn more about their conversations with Farook. A federal official said Farook has "overseas communications and associations" but it's not yet clear how relevant they are to the shootings. "We don't know yet what they mean," the official said. There are no clear ties to overseas terrorists groups so far.

The trail for the eighth Paris attacker, Salah Abdeslam, has gone cold, a senior European counterterrorism official told CNN late Thursday, who also said intelligence indicates ISIS wishes to strike the United Kingdom as a followup to its recent attack in France. European security agencies have had no trace of Abdeslam since he was dropped off by a friend in the Brussels district of Schaerbeek on November 14, the day after the attacks. The official said late Thursday investigators now believe he developed cold feet about blowing himself up in Paris. "He was freaking out, he was scared when he called his friends in Brussels to come and pick him up that night from Paris," the official told CNN. The official said he believed ISIS might not welcome him back into the fold, even if he was able to reach Syria. Salah Abdeslam: The mystery of France's most-wanted man Intel: United Kingdom is next ISIS target Meanwhile, intelligence obtained by European security agencies indicates that ISIS is aiming to attack the United Kingdom in a follow-up to its Paris operation, the official said. The intelligence suggests British ISIS fighters have been tasked by senior ISIS operatives in the so-called caliphate to return home and carry out an attack. It's not clear how imminent the threat is nor the specific location. However, the official said the concerns have been compounded by the vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday to authorize British airstrikes against ISIS in Syria. The official did not say whether one factor in the intelligence warning was the arrest of a British ISIS operative linked to "Jihadi John" in Turkey in November. Aine Lesley Davis, a British ISIS operative, was arrested in Istanbul the same day as the Paris attacks as he planned to travel to Europe to deliver orders on planned terror attacks, a Turkish official told CNN last month. The information was first reported by the leading Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, whose account a Turkish official confirmed to CNN. Davis was arrested after Turkish intelligence worked with Britain's MI6 service to monitor the movements of a messenger linked to Jihadi John inside the Syrian city of Raqqa, Hurriyet said. Intelligence on possible locations in Syria for Davis' colleague, ISIS militant Jihadi John, were also shared by Turkish National Intelligence to the CIA and MI6. The airstrikes in Raqqa that U.S. officials say killed Jihadi John, real name Mohammed Emwazi, on November 12 followed hours later, the paper said. A Tunisian connection The senior official also told CNN that intelligence suggests one of the most senior figures in ISIS's external operations unit is a Tunisian ISIS operative, who is believed to have been one of the brains behind the Paris attacks and continues to be involved in plans to attack the West. They said Western intelligence agencies are aware of his identity and that the Tunisian was working with several French ISIS fighters in and around Raqqa, the de facto ISIS capital in Syria. The official said it was possible the external operations cell reports up to Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, the top ISIS leader in Syria, who has repeatedly issued fatwas calling for attacks against Western countries involved in airstrikes against ISIS. CNN's Barbara Starr has previously reported Adnani is the head of ISIS's external operations, according to U.S. officials.

Toshiba Europe GmbH a anunțat re-lansarea Garanției No Matter What – o ofertă care conferă un plus de siguranță în cazul unor evenimente neașteptate și nedorite. Disponibilă gratuit la achiziționarea laptopurilor de consum, Garanția No Matter What de la Toshiba asigură o acoperire cuprinzătoare pentru aproape orice eventualitate. Curând a avut loc un eveniment dedicat acestei re-lansări, în cadrul căreia Tudor Galoș, de la Microsoft, ne-a vorbit despre avantajele celui mai nou sistem de operare, Windows 10, pentru utilizarea cu produsele Toshiba, iar Lucian Condruz – Regional Sales Manager, Central and South Europe, ne-a oferit un mic istoric al produselor și serviciilor Toshiba. Prezentarea lui poate fi descărcată și citită de aici. Garanția No Matter What constă în cinci elemente diferite ce includ extinderea garanției standard la trei ani și protecție împotriva distrugerilor accidentale, furt, pierderea datelor și o licență McAfee LiveSafe pentru primul an, această garanție asigură consumatorilor securitate sporită pentru noul lor dispozitiv. Garanția No Matter What este disponibilă doar în anumite țări europene începând cu 1 octombrie 2015 până la 31 martie 2016 și necesită înregistrare în termen de 14 zile de la achiziționare, pentru a fi eligibil. Sandor van der Ham, Vice Președinte, B2C PC, Lifestyle Products and Services Group, Toshiba Europe GmbH, declară: „Odată cu creșterea utilizării dispozitivelor mobile și a PC-urilor, precum și a stilurilor de viață tot mai alerte, avem plăcerea de a oferi un plus de încredere și reasigurare pentru clienții noștri, pe pacursul unei zile normale de activitate. Cu Garanția No Matter What ce acoperă seriile complete Satellite, Qosmio, Chromebook și KIRA, ne demonstrăm încrederea pe care o avem în propriile noastre produse că vor rămâne fiabile de-a lungul ciclului lor de viață, asigurându-ne totodată clienții că sunt protejați în cazul oricăror probleme neprevăzute, cum ar fi daune accidentale sau amenințări online.” Extinderea garanției Laptopurile Toshiba sunt renumite pentru fiabilitatea lor, cu toate acestea, cu Garanția No Matter What, clienții sunt asigurați că, în cazul apariției unor probleme improbabile la PC-ul lor, vor putea beneficia de o garanție internațională extinsă la 3 ani, în locul celei standard care oferă doar doi ani. Daune accidentale Asigurarea împotriva daunelor accidentale reprezintă cel mai liniștitor aspect al acestei garanții, dată fiind mobilitatea PC-urilor în ziua de astăzi și potențialul risc de accidente ce se pot întâmpla când ne aflăm în mișcare. Chiar dacă utilizatorii își scapă laptopul în mijlocul unei zile foarte aglomerate sau varsă cafea pe tastatură din greșeală, Garanția No Matter What acoperă aceste lucruri și asigură înlocuirea sau repararea oricărui laptop eligibil care a fost obiectul unei distrugeri accidentale. Furt Pentru cei care utilizează laptopurile în spații publice sau în călătorii, riscul de furt nu poate fi ignorat. În cazul nedorit al furtului, utilizatorii Toshiba care și-au înregistrat dispozitivul pentru Garanția No Matter What vor fi eligibili pentru o înlocuire gratuită a laptopului, fie cu același model sau cu unul echivalent modelului deținut. Recuperarea datelor Deseori laptopurile reprezintă spațiul de stocare a amintirilor digitale. Hard-disk-urile pot fi umplute cu videoclipuri și fotografii de familie valoaroase, precum și cu conținut multimedia cum ar fi filme și muzică – astfel că o defecțiune la HDD are toate șansele să fie dezastruoasă. Prin intermediul Garanției No Matter What, Toshiba va înlocui hard-disk-urile defecte și va face tot posibilul să recupereze datele afectate. McAfee LiveSafe Garanția No Matter What nu este numai despre reparația distrugerilor apărute după un incident. Toshiba oferă, de asemenea, o licență McAfee LiveSafe pentru un an celor care se înregistrează. Acest lucru conferă un plus de siguranță pentru datele și identitatea utilizatorilor, asigurându-i că dispozitivul lor este protejat de malware, spyware, programe nedorite și multe altele. McAfee LiveSafe oferă și protecție anti-spam și control parental, oferind o reasigurare sporită întregii familii.

Prin aplicația Windows 10 Xbox, se pot adăuga prieteni de pe Facebook în Xbox Live, aflăm de la Microsoft. Una din cele mai cerute elemente de fani, Xbox Live și Facebook sunt acum „prietene”, putând adăuga prietenii de pe po[CENSORED]ra rețea de socializare în lista de prieteni a declarat Mike Ybarra, Director of Program Management for Xbox pe Xbox Wire. Prin acea aplicație, jucătorii își pot înregistra vocea în clipurile Game DVR de pe PC și înregistrări de clipuri și capturare de imagini din orice joc.

BenQ, lider global în furnizarea de soluții de imagine și producătorul numărul 1 pe piața locală de videoproiectoare lansează seria de monitoare GW, special concepute pentru a se adapta oricărui spațiu de lucru, fie că vorbim despre biroul de la serviciu sau despre cel de acasă. Modelele GW2870H , GW2470H, GW2270H și GW2270+ fac parte din cea de-a treia generație de monitoare bazate pe tehnologia VA LED și se diferențiază de alte produse printr-un design minimalist și elegant. Folosirea tehnologiilor LED și panelul cu Vertical-Alignment generează o experiență vizuală deosebită oferind utilizatorului culori vii, un negru profund, un contrast mai mare şi detalii fine. Mai mult, imaginile clare, pot fi vizualizate de pe ecranul cu panel VA din orice unghi, având în vedere deschiderea de până la 178°/178°. GW2270+, GW2270H și GW2470H au panel-uri AMVA+, iar GW2870H are panel VA, toate cu 8 biți nativi de culoare și cu un timp rapid de raspuns de 4ms GtG la GW2870H și GW2470 respectiv 5ms GtG la GW2270H și GW2270. Toate aceste noi monitoare integrează tehnologiile Flicker-free și Low Blue Light, gândite pentru protecția ochilor utilizatorului, în special atunci când monitoarele sunt folosite pentru o perioadă îndelungată de timp de-a lungul zilei. Iluminarea de tip Flicker-free oferă un confort vizual aparte deoarece această tehnologie reduce tremurul imaginii pentru toate nivelurile de luminozitate. Un ecran LCD convențional poate pâlpâi de până la 200 de ori pe secundă, generând o senzație de discomfort și crescând nivelul de oboseală resimțit de către ochiul uman. Tot pentru a crește nivelul de confort în utilizare a fost creată tehnologia Low Blue Light. De regulă, fiecare monitor redă un spectru de lumină albastră care poate provoca utilizatorului dureri de cap sau dereglări de somn. Low Blue Light oferă însă o alternativă mai prielnică ochiului uman și un timp mai sănătos petrecut în fața calculatorului. În funcție de activități, tehnologia oferă mai multe moduri Low Blue Light: Multimedia – 30% reducere, Web-browsing – 50% reducere, Office – 60 % reducere, Reading – 70% reducere. GW2870H, GW2470H, GW2270H și GW2270+ au un contrast nativ foarte înalt, de 3000:1 pentru imagine în culori profunde și clare. Rezoluția full HD, 1920×1080 specifică noii game de monitoare întregește caracteristicile tehnice specifice noii game. Diferența între cele patru monitoare o reprezintă dimensiunea display-ului. Modelele GW2270 și GW2270H au un display de 21,5 inch, GW2470H 24 inch, iar GW2870H oferă o diagonală de 28 inch. Monitoarele sunt foarte ușor de conectat datorită interfeței multimedia de mare viteză HDMI (câte două intrari HDMI la GW2870H, GW2470H și GW2270H). Utilizatorul se poate bucura astfel de divertismentul digital fără niciun fel de efort, chiar și prin conectarea unor echipamente multimedia suplimentare. La simpla conectare a monitorului la calculator, sistemul de operare recunoaște imediat monitorul aplicând automat cele mai potrivite setări. Modelele de GW2870H și GW2470H vin in cutie cu cablu HDMI inclus. Noile monitoare BenQ sunt disponibile prin distribuitorii BenQ autorizați pentru România (Darer, IT Direct, Network One Distribution, MGT Educational) la prețuri între 450 și 1000 de lei.

RO William Pugh și studioul Crows Crows Crows vor lansa un scurt joc video pentru PC în data de 5 decembrie. Deși data apariției este iminentă, numele titlului încă nu este cunoscut. William Pugh este co-designerul și scenaristul lui The Stanley Parable, iar într-un tweet, el a oferit și durata viitorului joc: 20 de minute. Doar o serie de imagini disponibile aici oferă informații despre acest titlu, iar acestea arată spre spargerea de seife ca subiectul abordat. ENG William Pugh and studio l Crows Crows Crows will soon launch a video game for PC in December 5. Although the release date is imminent, the title name is not yet known. William Pugh is co-designer and writer of The Stanley parable, and in one tweet, he offered during [CENSORED]ure game: 20 minutes. Only a series of pictures available here provides information on this title, and they point to burglary safes that topic.

Mozilla Firefox is available now in iOS, it looks and works like the version of Android and has support for Firefox Accounts which includes synchronizing passwords, bookmarks, history and browser tabs between devices CEs. Firefox uses on Windows, OS X, Linux and Android own engine rendering, Gecko, but Apple has one rule: all iOS applications must use engine CPC WebKit used and Safari. So Firefox for iOS uses engine CPC Apple.

RO Secret Identity Studios și Gazillion Entertainment au lansat titlul MMO Marvel Heroes în 2013, iar jocul a fost redenumit în Marvel Heroes 2015 la mijlocul anului 2014. Ca urmare a îmbunătățirii continue a titlului, acesta urmează să primească titulatura 2016 odată cu noile îmbunătățiri care urmau să fie lansate până la sfârșitul anului curent. Dat fiind că marele update a fost amânat pentru prima lună din 2016, acum noul nume are sens. Printre marile îmbunătățiri se numără suport pentru controller, un facelift vizual, leaderboards și noi evenimente. Marvel Heroes 2015, viitor 2016 este Free to Play și oferă majoritatea personajelor cunoscute din benzile desenate oferite de editura Marvel. Pagina sa este aceasta. ENG Secret Identity Studios and gazillion Entertainment launched MMO title Marvel Heroes in 2013, and the game was renamed Marvel Heroes 2015 to mid 2014. As a result of the continuous improvement of its title, it will receive the title in 2016 with new enhancements that would be launched by the end of this year. As big update was delayed for the first month of 2016, the new name makes sense now. Among the major improvements include support for controller, a visual facelift, leaderboards and new events. Marvel Heroes 2015 is Free to Play next 2016 and offers most po[CENSORED]r characters in comics publisher Marvel offered. Home to is this.

Cu nume complet Western Digital Ultrastar He10, noul hard disk oferă capacitate de stocare impresionantă, consum redus de energie şi promisiunea unei fiabilităţi la cel mai înalt nivel. Oferit în formatul de 3.5˝, Ultrastar He10 atinge capacitatea de 10 TB folosind tehnologia PMR (Perpendicular Magnetic Recording) şi platane care se rotesc într-o atmosferă de heliu. Gaz inert şi mai puţin dens decât aerul atmosferic, heliul reduce coeficientul de frecare intern apărut la rotirea platanelor, fapt ce permite economisirea energiei consumate şi reducerea temperaturilor de funcţionare. În plus, capetele de citire/scriere pot funcţiona la o distanţă mai mică de suprafaţa platanelor - cerinţă esenţială pentru creşterea densităţii de stocare la nivelul dorit. Comparat tehnologiei Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) folosită la alte hard disk-uri de capacitate mare, alternativa PMR permite obţinerea unei capacităţi de stocare mărite fără a penaliza semnificativ performanţele resimţite, ceea ce înseamnă că noul Ultrastar He10 se pretează atât pentru sarcini de arhivare, cât şi păstrarea datelor ceva mai des accesate, cum sunt jocurile şi aplicaţiile instalate. Parte din a treia generaţie de hard disk-uri cu tehnologie Helio Seal, seria Ultrastar He10 beneficiază degaranţie 5 ani.

Sierra Games, noul brand al publisher-ului Activision dedicat jocurilor independente, a anunţat că King’s Quest: Rubble Without a Cause, cel de-al doilea capitol al noului joc King’s Quest, va fi lansat pe 16 decembrie 2015, în versiuni pentru PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 şi PC. Dezvoltat de studioul The Odd Gentlemen, noul episod King’s Quest: Rubble Without a Cause continuă aventurileRegelui Graham, nevoit, de această dată, să-şi protejeze regatul de ameninţarea unei găşti de goblini nelegiuiţi. Cei care nu au apucat încă să joace King’s Quest: A Knight To Remember, primul capitol al noii serii, o pot face acum fără costuri suplimentare, jocul fiind oferit în mod gratuit, în cursul lunii decembrie, pentru posesorii de console PlayStation 4 ce deţin un abonament PlayStation Plus. King’s Quest Chapter 2: : Rubble Without a Cause va fi disponibil spre download începând pe 16 decembrie 2015, pentru PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 şi Windows PC (Steam).

Studioul Naughty Dog a realizat un live stream prin intermediul căruia a prezentat componenta multiplayer dinUncharted 4: A Thief’s End. Înregistrarea acestui stream poate fi vizionată, în întregime, mai jos. Dupa cum era de aşteptat, cei de la Naughty Dog au oferit secvenţe din beta-ul multiplayer ce urmează să se desfăşoare în intervalul 4 – 13 decembrie 2015, precum şi numeroase detalii despre acesta. Uncharted 4 va păstra stilul dinamic al multiplayer-ului din precedentele jocuri ale seriei, însă va adăuga şi o serie de noutăţi, cum ar fi posibilitatea de a apela la aliaţi (sidekicks), personaje controlate de AI cu diverse abilităţi, introducerea puterilor mistice (mysticals), abilităţi supranaturale preluate din mai vechile jocuri Uncharted, sau folosirea grappling hook-ului pentru navigarea eficientă a mediului înconjurător. În timp ce campania single player din Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End va rula folosind o rezoluţie 1080p (1920x1080) şi 30 de cadre pe secundă, componenta multiplayer a jocului va recurge la un compromis grafic, scăzând rezoluţia la 900p (1600x900), pentru a menţine un framerate constant de 60 fps. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End va fi lansat pe 18 martie 2016, exclusiv pentru PlayStation 4. Deţinătorii pachetuluiUncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection vor primi acces automat la sesiunea de testare beta a componentei multiplayer din Uncharted 4, în intervalul 4 – 13 decembrie 2015.

Electronic Arts continuă campania "On The House", prin intermediul căreia oferă jocuri şi DLC-uri gratuite pentru utilizatorii serviciului Origin. De această dată a venit rândul lui Jade Empire, RPG-ul celor de la BioWare, oferit în versiunea Special Edition. Jade Empire Special Edition poate fi descărcat gratuit accesând acest Pentru descărcarea, instalarea şi rularea jocului Jade Empire Special Edition sunt necesare clientul Origin, precum şi un cont valid pentru acesta. Electronic Arts oferă titlul Martial Arts RPG Jade Empire gratuit, în cadrul celei mai recente promoții On The House. Jocul poate fi descărcat o singură dată, din clientul Origin sau de pe site-ul oficial, și va rămâne în contul vostru pentru totdeauna. Creatorul acestui RPG, Bioware, nu s-a sfiit de a lansa continuări pentru titlurile sale, dar în cazul lui Jade Empire nu a fost cazul, deși tematica și atmosfera erau și au rămas printre cele mai proaspete din acest gen. Lansat în 2005 pentru originalul Xbox și doi ani mai târziu pentru PC, acest joc este unul dintre puținele cazuri când grafica a îmbătrânit frumos. Precum este cazul jocurilor Bioware, povestea și sistemul de moralitate sunt la cote înalte, fără ca acțiunea să fie neglijată. EA nu a menționat data la care promoția va lua sfârșit, dar judecând după precedentele oferte, va dura cel puțin o săptămână.

Title: Batman™: Arkham Knight - Catwoman's Revenge Genre: Action, Adventure Developer: Rocksteady Studios For Catwoman, revenge is swift. Very swift - this Batman: Arkham Knight DLC took me only a half hour to complete. Catwoman’s Revenge is a mostly fun, self-contained story set in a toy store that The Riddler has converted into a robot factory, and the dark, moody Arkham take on ‘toys’ - if you can call these monstrous figures that - is a genuine delight. It is however, a very slight experience that brings nothing new to Arkham’s world. If you’ve played Arkham Knight and its predecessors, you’ll know Catwoman’s set of skills by now. She can crawl along designated parts of the ceiling, use a whip, and generally move a little faster than Batman in combat. Catwoman’s Revenge makes good use of each, though I wish I’d been able to let her loose in a less confining environment. With its dark, twisting corridors, dusty teddy bears and sad model planes, ‘Winslow’s Toy Shop’ is a wonderfully twisted, Tim Burton-esque place to look at. It’s just a very small space, made to feel only slightly larger by plenty of underground spots to hide and lots of climbable ceilings. Consequently the first section, which requires Catwoman to stealthily pick off guards, took me no time at all. I was there just long enough to appreciate the gag-heavy NPC dialogue: hired goons in the Arkham games have never been so comically dumb. Once you’re done sneaking around, Catwoman’s Revenge switches gears into more traditional Arkham Knight rhythms, as the Riddler throws wave after wave of robots at you in an electrified arena. The sheer volume of them made this quite a difficult fight at first, but that means it creates lots of opportunity for stringing some fun combos. It’s a shame that outside of this fight, there’s very little to do in Riddler’s secret factory. There are a handful of collectables and a half-baked puzzle I quickly solved through trial and error, but otherwise it’s disappointingly devoid of Nigma’s usual mind-meddling finesse. The life of Catwoman’s Revenge is extended somewhat through a couple of new AR maps. Though they virtually rehash the beats of its campaign - sneak, then fight on an electrified floor - I had fun fighting against tougher enemies and sentry guns. It's a delight to put Catwoman's skills to use against Arkham's more formidable foes, but the tantalizing taste I was given here just left me hungry for more. System Requirements MINIMUM: OS: Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required) Processor: Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2 GB Memory Minimum) | AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2 GB Memory Minimum) DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 45 GB available space RECOMMENDED: OS: Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required) Processor: Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz | AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 - 3 GB Memory Recommended | AMD Radeon HD 7950 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 55 GB available space

Welcome Back Mr.Abrar I Hope That you'll Stay With Us Till you Alive GL - Have Fun!

Welcome to CsBlackDevil Enjoy your Stay Have Fun!

Grim Dawn este unul dintre cele mai apreciate jocuri aflate pe Steam Early Access, cu 94% recenzii pozitive din 3.400. Titlul Action RPG a fost lansat la sfârșitul lui 2013 și este momentan disponibil cu 35% reducere în cadrul Steam Exploration Sale. Astăzi a fost lansat un update de mari dimensiuni, care adaugă începutul mult așteptatulul act final, al patrulea. Deși doar zonele de început au fost integrate, care fac parte din Fort Ikon, un Boss special poate fi găsit de jucători. Nivelul personajelor a crescut la 60 și sistemul de progresie Devotion a fost adăugat. Devotion răsplătește jucătorii care restaurează locuri sfinte cu puncte. Acestea vor debloca puteri Celestre, care modifică puterile personajului. Restul Actului 4 va fi lansat până la finalul anului și va adăuga regiunea Necropolis. Pagina Steam este aceasta. Detalii cu privire la sistemul de progresie Devotion sunt aici.

Riot Games va lansa o serie de updates pentru League of Legends în 2016, iar printre acestea se numără loot system. Acesta va introduce cutii care conțin deblocări de personaje și skins, dar și chei pentru deblocarea acestora. Recompensele vor fi distribuite pe baza performanțelor din timpul meciurilor. Totuși, jucătorii care au fost raportați frecvent pentru comportament toxic nu vor primi cutiile și cheile și nici nu vor avea acces la crafting și trading, ce le-ar permite să achiziționeze recompensele. Toți ceilalți jucători care au un comportament adecvat vor avea șanse să fie recompensați. Această decizie nu este prima cu privire la îndreptarea jucătorilor toxici: anularea recompenselor din meciurile ranked, dezactivarea chat-ului și introducerea sistemului de rating al jucătorilor. Data concretă de integrare a acestui update nu este cunoscută. League of Legends este Free to Play, iar pagina oficială este aceasta.

(HealthDay News) -- American women are catching up to men when it comes to using and abusing alcohol, a new government report shows. The researchers analyzed data from 2002 to 2012 and found that reported alcohol consumption in the previous 30 days rose among women, from almost 45 percent to more than 48 percent, while it fell among men, from slightly more than 57 percent to just over 56 percent. "We found that over that period of time, differences in measures such as current drinking, number of drinking days per month, reaching criteria for an alcohol use disorder, and driving under the influence of alcohol in the past year, all narrowed for females and males," study leader Aaron White, senior scientific advisor to the director of the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), said in an institute news release. "Males still consume more alcohol, but the differences between men and women are diminishing," he added. The investigators found that the average number of drinking days in the past month also increased among women, from 6.8 to 7.3 days, but fell among men, from 9.9 to 9.5 days. Binge drinking among college students aged 18 to 25 did not change during the study period. However, among those aged 18 to 25 who weren't in college, there was a large increase in binge drinking among women but a significant decrease among men. Binge drinking in men is defined as having five or more drinks on a given occasion; in women it's four or more drinks. There was only one area of drinking where the difference between women and men increased during the study period. "The prevalence of combining alcohol with marijuana during the last drinking occasion among 18- to 25-year-old male drinkers increased from 15 percent to 19 percent, while the prevalence of combining alcohol with marijuana during the last drinking occasion among 18- to 25-year-old female drinkers remained steady at about 10 percent," White said. The study was published online Nov. 23 in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. The reasons for the narrowing gap in alcohol use between women and men aren't clear and don't seem to be associated with factors such as employment, pregnancy or marital status, the researchers said. They called for more studies to identify the reasons for the trend, and how that might affect prevention and treatment efforts. "This study confirms what other recent reports have suggested about changing patterns of alcohol use by men and women in the U.S.," NIAAA Director George Koob said in the news release. Increasing alcohol use by women is a cause for concern because they are at greater risk than men for a number of alcohol-related health problems, including liver inflammation, heart disease, neurotoxicity and cancer, Koob said

A team of neuroscientists has discovered the way in which the illness destroys the ability for brain cells to “talk” to each other. They believe the key finding can enable them to develop treatments to spot the devastating illness as early as possible. The wide-ranging study found that synapses, the links between brain cells, are destroyed in the very early stages of the degenerative condition. As a result, changes in the brain can start to occur years before a person starts to show any symptoms which begin mildly and gradually worsen over time. Neuroscientist Dr Vladimir Sytnyk, who led the research at the University of New South Wales in Australia and published yesterday in the journal Nature Communications, said the discovery could lead to considerably more effective treatment of a condition which still has no cure. Dr Sytnyk said: “One of the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease is the loss of synapses. “In Alzheimer’s disease, this loss of synapses occurs very early on, when people still only have mild cognitive impairment and long before the nerve cells themselves die. “We have identified a new molecular mechanism which directly contributes to this synapse loss – a discovery we hope could eventually lead to earlier diagnosis of the disease and new treatments.” Dr Emma O’Brien, from Alzheimer’s Research UK, said: “Everything we do, say or think is the result of signals sent between nerve cells in the brain. “In Alzheimer’s disease, nerve cell communication points begin to break down, leading to symptoms like confusion and memory loss. “This study sheds light on one of the molecular chain of events that could be driving the loss of nerve cell communication points in Alzheimer’s, but it is too soon to conclude whether this could be targeted to develop new treatments or to improve diagnosis. “The ability to accurately identify Alzheimer’s at the earliest stages would be a crucial step forward for research, as it’s likely that new treatments will have the best chance of success if given early. It’s vitally important we invest in research to help the half a million people living with Alzheimer’s in the UK.” The battle to combat dementia in the UK was given a huge boost this week when Chancellor George Osborne unveiled plans for a new £150million research institute into the condition. The national centre is expected to be in place by 2020, Alzheimer’s Research UK said.

ISIS says it's behind a deadly attack on a Shiite mosque in Bangladesh -- a claim that, if true, shows the terrorist group's reach into the South Asian nation. About 20 people were conducting their evening prayers inside a mosque in Bogra, a district in northern Bangladesh about 125 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of Dhaka, when gunmen burst in Thursday. At least one person died and three more were wounded before the assailants fled, Bogra police Superintendent Mohammad Asaduzzaman said. ISIS -- a Sunni extremist group that's taken over vast swaths of Syria and Iraq and has been tied to terror attacks across Asia, Africa and Europe -- claimed credit for the attack in a statement distributed online by supporters. Asaduzzaman said authorities knew of the claim but couldn't immediately verify it. Regardless, Thursday's mosque attack is the latest example in which ISIS has boasted about carrying out violence in Bangladesh. One such instance came in September, when 51-year-old Italian national Cesare Tavella was shot dead while jogging home in Dhaka after swimming in the American International School's pool. A statement from ISIS asserted then that "the soldiers of the Caliphate in Bangladesh" tracked Tavella and then shot him, according to Flashpoint Global Partners, a group that tracks jihadist activity. "We say to all citizens of the Crusader coalition, you will not be safe in the Muslim lands," ISIS warned, "and this is just the beginning." Weeks later, though, police in the Bangladeshi capital said four Bangladeshi citizens had been arrested in Tavella's killing. Dhaka police commissioner Muntashirul Islam described these suspects as contract killers hired by a person known as "Big Brother" to kill a foreigner, preferably with "white skin." None of these four arrested men or "Big Brother," who hadn't been caught as of late October, was believed to have any ties to ISIS, according to Islam.