Dispatch From A War Zone

It was a little past noon, and after 24 hours holed up inside the Bethlehem Star Hotel as heavy fire raged in the streets, we had elected to explore the city during an apparent lull in the fighting. Now, as we walked down Pope Paul VI Street toward Manger Square, we encountered a scene of devastation: smashed windows, bullet-pocked walls, cars crushed by tanks, broken pipes spewing water in all directions and bullet casings littering the ground....

January 28, 2023 · 6 min · 1248 words · Amy Livingston

Disrupting Hr Stepping Up To A Strategic Advisory Role

A few years later, the worldwide disruption of the industry caused by the pandemic has shone a spotlight on HR and highlighted its potential. The exact kind of potential I had already learned to build and nurture. What took me years, other departments are scrambling to construct in months. It’s not impossible. With planning and work, HR can assume a valuable strategic advisory role, alongside its crucial goals of talent acquisition and retention, culture-building and compliance....

January 28, 2023 · 5 min · 912 words · Alice Sumner

Diverticular Disease Causes Treatment And More

In most cases the diverticula cause no symptoms but in a minority of cases they can become inflamed and cause a condition called diverticulitis. Diverticulitis can cause abdominal pain, fever, and bleeding. Complications can include the development of an abscess, fistula, blockages, or colon perforation, but this is not common. Diverticulitis used to be thought of as common, but recent research shows that it occurs in only about 5% of people who have diverticula in their colon....

January 28, 2023 · 5 min · 950 words · Jamel Wooten

Divine Miracle Vegetarian Crocodile That Lived In A Temple Dies At 75

The “vegetarian” crocodile known as Babiya lived in a pond at the Sri Ananthapadmanabha Swamy Temple in Ananthapura in Kasaragod, Kerala state. It’s locally believed the crocodile watched over and protected the temple, which is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. Babiya was considered a “divine crocodile.” It’s said she lived on offerings from the temple, such as Prasada, which is usually boiled rice cooked for worshippers, The Times of India reported....

January 28, 2023 · 2 min · 393 words · April Rudnicki

Diving School Neymar Teaches Kids To Fall And Roll

The Brazilian superstar was widely lambasted at the World Cup for his theatrical reactions to challenges which often left the world’s most expensive footballer wincing and rolling on the ground. However, yesterday, he took to Instagram to get his revenge. “One, two, three, go!” shouts Neymar as around a dozen youngsters fall to the ground of a parking lot. “That’s a free-kick!” screams the Brazilian breaking into fits of laughter....

January 28, 2023 · 1 min · 122 words · Roslyn Flores

Division 2 10 Must Have Perks For New Agents How To Use Them

RELATED: The Division 2: 10 Pro Tips For Beginners Thankfully, Agents don’t just have the full arsenal of the SHD. In fact, they also have access to specializations and weapons that diversify their skillset. Moreover, Agents make use of perks that further shape their arsenal of special skills to get the job done. For neophyte Agents who just entered Division 2, some of these perks are must-haves to dominate the game early on....

January 28, 2023 · 6 min · 1173 words · Erin Watkins

Dirt 5 Has Impressive Performance On Xbox Series X

Dirt 5 has been used in a number of cases to show off the power of the Xbox Series X as well as how the Xbox Series S handles the workload. The racing game makes for a good test subject as it is fast-paced, has a range of environments, and looks flashy. This most recent set of previews looks at a couple of performance elements gamers are interested in, FPS and loading times....

January 27, 2023 · 2 min · 345 words · Linda Gonzalez

Dis Kinect The Kinect Gets Hacked

The speedy hacking skills were most likely motivated by the $2,000 bounty put out by Adafruit, an open-source hardware developer. Phillip Torrone, of Adafruit, explains why they posted a cash prize for the first person to hack the Kinect with video evidence: So how did the Kinect get hacked? Take a look at the video below. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkODbZwGinQ Nothing too fancy, the hack enables a computer to control the tilt functionality of Kinect’s camera and it also responds when the device is handled....

January 27, 2023 · 2 min · 241 words · Yon Schulweis

Disco Elysium The Final Cut Switch Release Date Announced

According to a report from EuroGamer, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut will be available on the Switch on October 12, at least on the digital store, and is said to be priced at around $48, or £35. The physical release of the game won’t be available this time around, but is due to be coming out sometime in 2022. RELATED: AEW Sign Tells ‘Weebs’ to Play Disco Elysium The Final Cut version of the game was released this year, having been announced last December, and adds a lot of new things to Disco Elysium....

January 27, 2023 · 2 min · 369 words · Jeremy Parker

Disgrace And Rehabilitation

Now, Saddam Hussein, I concede, is the extreme case, and we will hear no more of him in this column. But the idea of his being rehabilitated with the American public fairly soon by the good agency of the American media and the international mull-and-babble industry is not farfetched. That’s the way it happens. As an op-ed editor myself, I have frequently contributed to the process. Not that the publication of some greater or lesser miscreant, piously holding forth on a subject other than his own recent, well-known moral depravities comprises the whole rehabilitation process....

January 27, 2023 · 5 min · 981 words · Lonnie Farrington

Dishonored 2 Adds Custom Difficulty Settings And Mission Select

According to the press release, Game Update 2 for Dishonored 2 includes a bunch of general fixes and a couple of major features intended to help improve the overall experience for end users. The most requested feature from the community is mission select, which is now available after the update installs. Players going for the Ghost or Clean Hands run should find things a little easier, as each mission retains the status of the previous playthrough at the start of that mission....

January 27, 2023 · 2 min · 415 words · Brittany Hendrikson

Disney 10 Underrated Movies

RELATED: Disney Worlds That Should Be in ‘Kingdom Hearts’ Of course, over the years, lots of movies have slipped through the cracks, so to speak. Films that were considered box office flops at the time were buried and largely forgotten, only to be re-appraised years later. While some of these films weren’t particularly good, others hold a lot of appeal to this day. 10 The Rescuers (1977) The Rescuers is a curious entry in the Disney canon....

January 27, 2023 · 5 min · 986 words · Terry Hartman

Disney Dreamlight Valley How To Make Gray Stuff

One such item that can be troublesome to create is the memorable Gray Stuff dessert from Beauty and the Beast. This 3-Star recipe requires materials that cannot be gathered in the starting areas. Consequently, it is out of reach for beginner players of Disney Dreamlight Valley. For those looking to complete this dessert, this guide is here to help. RELATED: Disney Dreamlight Valley: The Shy Little Robot Quest Guide...

January 27, 2023 · 2 min · 416 words · Janice Smith

Disney Dreamlight Valley Where To Find Mushrooms

Because Mushrooms exist in one location, collecting a large quantity of the ingredients for some Quests in Disney Dreamlight Valley is difficult. Luckily, there are other methods to collect said ingredient, one of which includes using the Watering Can. RELATED: Disney Dreamlight Valley: How To Get Coconut How To Get Mushroom In Disney Dreamlight Valley To get Mushrooms in Disney Dreamlight Valley, players can either collect some from Glade of Trust or remove some Purple Mushrooms scattered around the village....

January 27, 2023 · 3 min · 465 words · Don Harriss

Disney S Painting Of Polynesian Stuntman In Wendy Wu Movie Sparks Controversy

The controversy began when TikTok user @Notthatkyle claimed in a January 18 video he posted that there were two different skin tones on one of the actors in the 2006 Disney Channel original movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior. The user alleged that the actor was painted to look Black. The film stars stars Brenda Song as Wendy Wu, and includes a character named Mr. Medina, played by James Gaylyn, who is Black....

January 27, 2023 · 3 min · 496 words · Paul Ace

Disney Spent Years Working On A Robot Baby Groot And It S The Cutest Thing Ever

After all, Guardians of the Galaxy has always owed a large part of its success and mass appeal to the kind of humor only a series of movies featuring a talking raccoon and an alien tree-like creature could pull off. The mysterious allure behind James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy formula is so big that the director is even going for something similar with King Shark in the Suicide Squad, who for all purposes is DC’s answer to Groot’s charm....

January 27, 2023 · 2 min · 410 words · James Orf

Disney World Customers Spit On Workers Who Told Them To Follow Safety Rules

Some visitors have spat on, pushed, yelled at and been drunkenly defiant towards workers when asked to comply with Disney World’s COVID-19 guidelines, according to reports from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office released to Florida’s Orlando Sentinel. There is no statewide mask mandate in place in Florida but local mask orders are in place in some areas such as Orange County. Disney World has implemented several COVID-19 safety measures, including a face covering requirement for all guests aged two years and older, including those who have been vaccinated....

January 27, 2023 · 6 min · 1136 words · Raphael Goodwin

Disturbing The Peace

That someone, peace monitors and Acehnese citizens suspect, is the Indonesian military. After being bogged down fighting the Free Aceh Movement, known by its Indonesian acronym GAM, for 26 years, Jakarta’s generals grudgingly agreed to an internationally brokered ceasefire in December. Despite some early signs that the peace might hold, locals now say the military, or TNI, is engaging in a dirty-tricks campaign to push out the monitors and scuttle the ceasefire....

January 27, 2023 · 3 min · 617 words · Philip Marsh

Divij Sharan And Purav Raja Win Surbiton Challenger Title

The fourth seeds emerged victorious 6-4, 7-6(3) over the top-seeded British pair of Ken and Neal Skupski to add to the Challenger title they won in Manchester last week. There too they had beaten the Skupski brothers in the summit clash. This was their eighth match win in a row. Played both the semis and the final on the same day It wasn’t an easy affair for the Indians in Surbiton as rain played spoilsport and pushed back their semi-final match to the day of the final....

January 27, 2023 · 2 min · 226 words · Rebecca Hipps

Divinity Original Sin 2 Heading To Ps4 And Xbox One This Summer

Divinity Original Sin 2, which has received just as much critical acclaim as its predecessor, originally released on the PC in September of last year. At the time, there was no confirmation on a console release, though many assumed it may get it, as the first game was ported over to consoles. A trailer released today confirmed it will be heading to PS4 and Xbox One this August. The original Divinity Original Sin released for PC back in 2014 and was lauded for its deep customization and complex RPG mechanics, which earned it quite a bit of praise from fans and critics alike....

January 27, 2023 · 2 min · 322 words · Michael Felix