إعلام حوثي: سلسلة غارات أميركية على صنعاءموقع بصنعاء استهدفته غارة أميركية الاثنين الماضي (الأناضول)11/4/2025نقلت وسائل إعلام تابعة لجماعة الحوثي أن طائرات أميركية شنت، فجر اليوم الجمعة، سلسلة غارات على العاصمة اليمنية صنعاء. وقد استهدفت غارتان أميركيتان منطقة المعمر بمديرية همدان في العاصمة صنعاء، فيما استهدفت غارة ثالثة منطقة جبل نُقُم شرقي العاصمة، وفق إعلام جماعة الحوثي. وجاء ذلك بعد ساعات من إعلان الجيش الأميركي أن حاملة طائرات ثانية وصلت إلى المنطقة لحماية التدفقات التجارية. ووفقا لمسؤول عسكري أميركي، ضربت الولايات المتحدة أكثر من 100 هدف في اليمن منذ إطلاق حملتها الجوية الأخيرة ضد الحوثيين في منتصف مارس/آذار الماضي. نصرة غزة يشن الحوثيون هجمات على السفن الحربية الأميركية وعلى إسرائيل، تضامنا مع قطاع غزة الذي يشهد عدوانا إسرائيليا بدعم أميركي. وبدأ الحوثيون استهداف السفن المرتبطة بإسرائيل في البحر الأحمر وخليج عدن، منذ بدء إسرائيل حرب الإبادة في غزة في أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2023. وأدت هجمات الحوثيين إلى تعطيل الممر البحري الحيوي الذي تمر عبره عادة نحو 12% من حركة الشحن العالمية، ما أجبر الكثير من الشركات على سلوك طريق بديل أطول بكثير عبر الالتفاف حول أفريقيا. كذلك، تطلق جماعة الحوثي صواريخ باليستية وطائرات مسيّرة على مدن إسرائيلية بما فيها تل أبيب. إعلان المصدر : الجزيرة + وكالات

دشّن بنك دبي الإسلامي، أمس، «أكاديمية بنك دبي الإسلامي»، وهي منصة مؤسسية متكاملة، مصممة لإحداث تحول جذري في ثقافة التعلم والتطوير المهني على مستوى البنك. وأفاد البنك، في بيان، بأنه تم تجهيز الأكاديمية لخدمة موظفي البنك عبر مختلف التخصصات والمستويات الوظيفية، حيث تجسد رؤية تحويلية جديدة لإدارة الموارد البشرية في البنك، ونقلة نوعية في مفهوم تطوير الكوادر المهنية كوسيلة دعم إداري، لتشكل محركاً رئيساً للأداء المؤسسي، بما يضمن المرونة التشغيلية والكفاءة العالية في مواكبة متغيرات القطاع المصرفي المتسارعة. وتغطي البرامج التعليمية للأكاديمية كلاً من المجالات التقنية والسلوكية والقيادية والتنظيمية، ما يوفر للموظفين رحلة تعلم واضحة ومعتمدة وتطبيقية تتطور مع متطلبات العمل. وقال الرئيس التنفيذي لمجموعة بنك دبي الإسلامي، الدكتور عدنان شلوان: «لطالما آمنّا بأن سر تميز أي مؤسسة يكمن في استثمارها الحقيقي في تطوير كفاءات أفرادها، ومع إطلاق (أكاديمية بنك دبي الإسلامي)، نضع حجر الأساس لرحلة تطويرية مستدامة، لا لبناء مهارات مؤقتة، بل كمحرك لصقل العقول وإعداد الكوادر التي ستقود مستقبل القطاع المصرفي». وأضاف: «هذه المبادرة تجسد رؤيتنا الطويلة الأمد التي ترى في المعرفة بنية تأسيسية، وفي المهارات مفتاح النجاح، نحن ندمج التعلم المنهجي في صميم عملنا المؤسسي، ليس فقط لخدمة نمونا الحالي، بل لبناء مؤسسة قادرة على الازدهار في عصر التغيرات المتسارعة، حيث يصبح التعلّم المستمر هو أقوى أدواتنا التنافسية». وأوضح أن «أكاديمية بنك دبي الإسلامي»، تتبع خريطة طريق تدريجية متعددة المراحل، تركّز في بدايتها على صقل مهارات جميع موظفي البنك من خلال برامج تعليمية معتمدة وشاملة، مشيراً إلى أن المرحلة التالية ستشهد توسيع نطاقها من خلال شراكات استراتيجية مع مؤسسات أكاديمية مرموقة، والتعاون مع الهيئات التنظيمية وشركاء من القطاع، ما يتيح للآخرين الاستفادة من الخبرات الداخلية لدى بنك دبي الإسلامي ومحتواه وأطر الاعتماد التدريبية التي يقدمها. بدورها، قالت مدير إدارة الموارد البشرية في بنك دبي الإسلامي، رفيعة العبار: «تعد (أكاديمية بنك دبي الإسلامي) معهداً استراتيجياً يقع داخل المؤسسة، تم صميمه بعناية بناءً على ثلاثة مبادئ رئيسة، هي: التوافق مع أولويات العمل، وتلبية الاحتياجات التدريبية لجميع الموظفين، وتحقيق التميز الأكاديمي». وأضافت: «تعاونّا في سياق تأسيس هذه الأكاديمية مع مؤسسات معتمدة دولياً، كما عملنا على تطوير قدرات داخلية رفيعة المستوى، حيث أنشأنا محتوى داخلياً يخضع لإطار عمل قوي يضم قادة البنك، إضافة إلى قسم الموارد البشرية وخبراء متخصصين».

Nintendo has added a new batch of classic games for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. Three more Sega Genesis titles are now available to play through the service: Streets of Rage, Super Thunder Blade, and ESWAT: City Under Siege.The Sega Genesis classics library is available exclusively as part of Nintendo Switch Online's Expansion Pack plan. This premium tier includes all of the benefits of the base Switch Online service, as well as access to classic Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Advance games, plus select DLC such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass and Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Happy Home Paradise expansion.Three classic #SEGAGenesis games have just been made available for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members!☑️ Streets of Rage ☑️ Super Thunder Blade ☑️ ESWAT: City Under Siege pic.twitter.com/6vfct3UHQl — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) April 11, 2025 The base Nintendo Switch Online plan costs $20 per year, while the Expansion Pack plan costs $50 per year. Nintendo also offers an annual family plan for $80 that covers up to eight Nintendo Accounts across multiple systems.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Resident Evil has given rise to countless amazing characters, from their epic legacy heroes that are always saving the day to their supporting casts that help make every game so great. There are countless debates about the best characters across the Resident Evil games — everyone will have different favorites, ranging from villains like Wesker to heroes like Chris Redfield.

At its core, “cranium and Bones” is an open-international multiplayer revel in where gamers take on the function of pirates within the Indian Ocean during the Golden Age of Piracy. With a blend of naval struggle, exploration, and aid management, the game encourages players to shape alliances, exchange, and conflict against one another. To get started out, familiarize yourself with the sport's person interface, which includes maps, inventory, and diverse menus. Know-how these additives is crit

Two well-known creators in the miniatures gaming space are suddenly getting way into nail art — you know, the other painting hobby enjoyed by millions of people around the world. Brent Amberger of Goobertown Hobbies fame and Casey, the creator of eBay Miniatures Rescue, showed up at this year’s AdeptiCon convention with a clever new way to paint your miniatures — and it could make one of the hobby’s most hated features a thing of the past. The hated feature in question is the humble waterslide decal, which hobbyists across dozens of different franchises have come to loathe over the years. Done well, using something like Microscale Industries’ Micro Sol and Micro Set, decals can look great. But it can be incredibly challenging to get a decal to lay flat on a curved surface — you know, stuff like shields and the shoulder pauldrons on Space Marines. Even if you’ve mastered the process, which is ably described in the Winterdyne Commission Modeling Blog guide to Waterslide Decals (included as part of our larger miniatures painting guide), it can still go pear-shaped on you if your surface isn’t properly prepared. The result? A ghostly white outline surrounding the art on the decal itself. Brent and Casey, partners in the newly formed Goblin Hobbies, recently discovered nail art stamping plates. These chemically etched metal plates can be made to feature any kind of two-dimensional art that you like. Drop a little paint on the plate, wipe it smooth, and you can pick the image up off the plate with a silicone pad. Just gently press the pad onto your miniature, and Bob’s your uncle. Their silicone pads are even transparent, so you can see your model through the handle to line things up perfectly. The technology to do this kind of thing with ink and paint has been around for centuries. I’m sure my grandfather had something similar for his basement printing business in the 1940s. But its application to nail art is relatively new. Goblin Hobbies hopes to bring it even further, into the mainstream of hobby miniatures gaming. They even have dreams of licensed kits for your favorite factions from universes like BattleTech and Warhammer 40,000. The first batch of starter kits recently showed up at their distribution hub. They include compatible paint and two plates filled with useful designs — including that notoriously challenging checkerboard pattern common on many miniatures. Sets start at $50.

You probably know zero exercise is not enough and that going for a walk every day is generally a good thing. And if you’re training for a marathon, you’ll be on your feet for a couple hours of hard workouts every week. But what is the benchmark for a human being just trying to squeeze enough healthy exercise into their life? Any amount of exercise is better than none, but 30 minutes of exercise (like brisk walking) five days a week will meet the guidelines. The official guidelines, though, are given in weekly minutes, and you get extra credit for vigorous exercise like running. Some watches and apps will track this for you, as in Fitbit's "active zone minutes" or Garmin's "intensity minutes." Below, I'll break down the different levels of guidelines, starting with 150 weekly minutes, and then we'll get into what counts as exercise.The basics: 150 minutes of cardio and two days of strength training every weekFortunately, all the major public health organizations are in agreement. The World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Heart Association are all on board with the following guidelines for aerobic exercise: At least 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity (cardio) exercise like walking or easy jogging, or 75 minutes per week of vigorous exercise like running, or a combination. (If you can easily meet that, more is better.) At least two days per week of muscle strengthening activity, like lifting weights or doing other strength training like pushups, resistance band exercises, or even heavy manual labor like shoveling.A previous edition of the guidelines said that you need to do your cardio for a minimum of 10 minutes at a time for it to count, but the current recommendation is to get it in however you can, even if that includes some shorter bursts here and there.If that's too easy, level up to 300 minutesIf you’re pretty athletic, the above won’t sound like much. Good news! The WHO has set a secondary goal for folks like you. It’s simple: just do double the above. So you can aim for 300 minutes of moderate cardio, or 150 minutes per week of vigorous activity. Here's what that might look like:An intense, hour-long martial arts class three times a week (60 x 3 = 180, but this is vigorous cardio, so the minutes count double)Go on a 45-minute after-dinner walk every day (45 x 7 = 315 minutes of moderate cardio)Commute by bike to work, 20 minutes each way (40 minutes per day x 5 days per week = 200 minutes moderate cardio) and play recreational league soccer for two matches per week (50 minutes each game, for some combination of moderate and vigorous cardio, definitely puts us over 300).What do "moderate" and "vigorous" exercise mean?Walking at a purposeful pace counts as "moderate" cardio, and jogging counts as "vigorous." I have a detailed breakdown here of what exercises count as moderate versus vigorous. The distinction is not based on heart rate or effort level, but rather on a scientific metric called METs that relates to how much energy and oxygen the exercise takes. Moderate exercise is anything that scores between 3 and 6 METs, and vigorous exercise is 6+ METs.That said, you can estimate by effort level. When you're doing moderate exercise, you'll be a little bit sweatier or breathing a little harder than when you're at rest, but you can do it continuously without feeling tired. It may not even feel like a workout. Here are some examples of moderate cardio: A brisk walk Commuting or doing errands by bike, on relatively flat groundUsing a spin bike or other cardio machines like the elliptical, at a low intensity, steady paceHousework and light yard work, like washing windows or mowing the lawn with a power mowerBy contrast, vigorous exercise includes activities where you're working hard and breathing hard. You might still be able to keep up a conversation, but it's not likely to feel easy. Vigorous exercise also includes the really hard stuff where you might not be able to keep it up very long. This could include: Running fastBicycling uphillPushing yourself to finish a Crossfit WOD with a good timeSwimming lapsPlaying a game of soccer or basketballTougher housework and yard work, like chopping wood or using a push mowerCan I combine moderate and vigorous cardio? You can mix and match these two intensities. The math is simple if you think about 150 minutes as your target and consider every minute of vigorous cardio counting double. Here are some examples:A 20 minute brisk walk every weekday morning (20 minutes x 5 days = 100 minutes moderate cardio) plus a 30-minute spin class that has you working pretty hard (30 minutes counted double is 60; add that to the 100 and you're at 160 minutes). An hour of hiking, three days a week (60 minutes x 3 sessions = 180 minutes moderate cardio)Three 30-minute jogs (30 minutes x 3 = 90 minutes moderate cardio) plus a workout with 10 minutes easy jogging for a warmup and then 20 minutes of hard running, followed by a cooldown of another 10 minutes easy. (20 minutes vigorous x 2 is equivalent to 40 minutes moderate cardio, plus we can add the warmup and cooldown for another 20 moderate minutes). That gives you 150 total.Go for a 30-minute easy bike ride on Monday. Try a 45-minute water aerobics class on Wednesday. Take a short hike on Saturday. Mow the lawn for an hour on Saturday. (30 + 45 + 30 + 60 = 165 moderate cardio)How much strength training do you need?So far we’ve been talking about aerobic exercise, which is the kind where you’re continuously moving (or, perhaps, doing quick work/rest intervals) and your heart rate is up. But there are other important forms of exercise, too. The WHO and other organizations recommend two days per week of “high intensity muscle strengthening activity,” which includes anything where you’re thinking in terms of sets and reps. (Three sets of eight to 10 reps is a good structure to start.) That activity can be anything that challenges your muscles, and where the last rep is a lot harder than the first. This could include lifting weights, or resistance band exercises, or bodyweight exercises like push-ups. So if you run three days per week and have time for more exercise, don’t just fit in extra runs; try adding two days in the weight room.The strength training recommendations are for two days per week, per muscle group. If you like to work your upper body and lower body separately, that would mean two upper body days and two lower body days. If you prefer workouts that work all your muscles on the same day, you only need to do two of those full-body workouts per week (at minimum).Can you get too much exercise?What about an upper limit on how much exercise you get? There isn’t one, from a public health point of view. More is better. (And even if you are doing less than the recommendations, anything is better than nothing.) That said, it is always possible for you, as an individual, to do more exercise than your body is ready for. Don’t jump from a life of occasional strolling to a marathon training plan. (And if you are on that marathon training plan and you’re feeling worn down, take a break already.)

Panic has set a date for when it will share more about the second season of Playdate games. The company is hosting a Playdate Update event on April 17, at 1PM ET / 10AM PT where it plans to cover the developers participating in the season, how you can pre-order it and how much it'll cost. The Playdate's season structure was one of the main things that made the tiny handheld unique when it was first released. Every week for 12 weeks you receive two new games automatically downloaded to your Playdate, free of charge. The list was curated, featuring games from prominent developers like Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi, but also varied, with adventure games, platformers and more. Given the difficulties Panic faced making and shipping the Playdate to customers, there was initially some uncertainty whether the company could afford to commission another season. Before season two became official, Panic introduce an on-device store, called Catalog, as a way to purchase games from a curated library of titles. Then in October 2024, Panic confirmed that season two was happening in 2025. In a statement to press, Panic shared that through the Playdate and Catalog, they've been able to raise $1,043,186.85 for developers. The company has also sold over 70,000 Playdate handhelds since the device launched in 2022. The price of the Playdate was recently raised from $179 to $229. You'll be able to watch the Season Two Playdate Update on April 17 at 1PM ET / 10AM ET on Panic's website and the company's YouTube channel.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/panic-will-showcase-the-second-season-of-playdate-games-on-april-17-181556782.html?src=rss

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The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. Members pay annual dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership opportunities, events and more. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are sometimes described as market distortion, inefficiency, or antithetical to meritocracy. Yet, we can see that equity-related initiatives have actually served our notions of meritocracy. Removing artificial barriers to hiring or investing in exceptional individuals is simply smart business. Cutting all things DEI from government may prove less smart, efficient, or efficacious. Barriers remain high for women, despite their advances. Women are outperforming men in so many areas. Since 2014, we’ve had a higher percentage of women who are college graduates compared to men. Increasingly, women earn the same or more than their husbands. And of course, on top of all of this, women continue to do the majority of household work within our homes. Equity means opportunity For some, this is a dire concern requiring new solutions for men to maintain ground. The emergence of the bro-verse is just one cultural manifestation of such fear. We also know that the U.S. president and conservative groups understand that gender roles are shifting because a large part of the president’s campaign was staked around this trend. Candidate Trump tapped into a fear and offered a shortcut, a leg up to individuals who aren’t receiving the same opportunities they once did (men), rather than relying on meritocracy to lift up those who deserve it. Others, recognizing the cost of lost potential, champion solutions that do not come at the expense of women. Whatever the motivation, we cannot claim that men are being left behind—and something must be done—while also dismantling diversity and equity programs across the federal government. We cannot recognize the value in helping certain groups and then say that targeted interventions designed for other groups are not necessary or might be harmful. Our very intention underscores what we know to be true. We are better when we remove barriers to full participation and remedy the effects of intentional and unintentional exclusions. Clearly, we understand that neither meritocracy nor efficiency can be achieved without our best contributors sidelined. Government investment needs dedicated public servants Consider Gladys West, PhD, a mathematician whose precise calculations of the Earth’s surface helped develop the technology we now know as the Global Positioning System (GPS). Her groundbreaking work was made possible through government investment and public service, as she played a critical role in the Navy developing technologies that benefit us all today. Many other technological advances that we cannot live without came from government investment. The obvious example is the internet, which was the result of a massive level of investment from the federal government. Elon Musk would likely have a different career without those federal dollars and West’s genius. Now I worry about who is being cut out of our federal agencies, all in service of efficiency and meritocracy. Who are today’s innovators like West, who may not get a chance to invent the next revolutionary technology like GPS? If we truly care about meritocracy, we will stop this senseless disregard for talented, skilled, and knowledgeable federal public servants. We should ensure that those dedicated public servants—     especially women and people of color—can continue their work building a better country for us all. Joe Scantlebury, JD, is CEO of Living Cities.