Are Andrzej Duda and Joe Biden the new Kennedys and Khrushchevs of the 21st century? Faced with the incident involving the explosion on Tuesday followingnoon of a missile on Polish soil, they, like the American and Soviet leaders during the Cuban missile crisis, avoided provoking an escalation of tensions between Russia and NATO. Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, the Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg for his part gave details on the state of the investigation into an incident which might have brought NATO and Russia directly into conflict. He clarified upfront: “We have no indications that there was a deliberate attack on NATO.” The secretary-general considered it “probable” that the incident which claimed the lives of two Polish citizens was caused by a missile fired by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft system. But he wanted to put the point on the i:
Meditate: How does it help our brain?
Experts say that the way in which it influences neural activity generates benefits that help us achieve fulfillment and well-being. If it has been practiced on a regular basis, the positive effects – which can last up to eight weeks since the last meditation- are:
- Be more present.
- Prevent us from being unhappy.
- increases the concentration.
- Enhance memory.
- Improves the immune system.
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5 benefits that meditation has on the human brain
This practice achieves cognitive changes that are reflected in brain activity and the way in which we process what happens to us and information from the environment.
Improve our general well-being
When meditating increases the ability to balance and psychic relaxation, impacting directly on emotions. are produced and release more endorphins. Reduces the possibility that our brain wanders, avoiding states of sadness or discomfort.
improve concentration
It stimulates the production of a neurotransmitter (GABA) that inhibits the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and prevent divided attention. Thus, Focusing on a specific task is improved for a certain time.
Increased pain tolerance
Although pain is unavoidable, with this practice develops the ability to transit it from another perspective. Without allowing the feeling to dominate the person. Also, increases the pain tolerance threshold and thus generates that physical pain can be more bearable
Increases self-esteem and self-awareness
Mental relaxation opens the possibility of reaching deeper reflections on oneself leaving judgments aside. In those thoughts, you begin to find new perspectives and positive characteristics that were not taken into account before.
better rest
Reduces stress and anxiety levels. It takes the body to a high state of relaxation and thus cfall asleep easier, faster and deeper.
Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, has reaffirmed the decision to to delay Starfield y Redfall de Bethesda a 2023at the same time that admits that on some occasions they released titles “too soon”. Although Spencer has avoided naming names, the statement seems to refer to Halo Infinitewhich was criticized in its debut by the absence of some options.
Speaking on the podcast Decoder Spencer says that the game would not offer the quality promised by reaching the date that had been announced: “We have experience in launching games early”. In the talk he also gave some details of the keystone prototype -a console exclusively for streaming– or the importance of mobile game market.
“In the end, I think the quality of the games will be better and consumers will find the experience more interesting, and hopefully in retrospect it will be the right decision. One of the things I’ve learned is that you want the teams to own the dates [de lanzamiento]. They work best when they control their destiny with the games, so you wait for the final signal from the creative and production teams.”
Starfield y Redfall These are two of Xbox’s biggest releases for 2023, and Spencer wants teams to feel the company’s support.”the benefits of being part of a large organization that has other sources of profit”.
A decision made to give the quality that is expected from the games
Last May, the manager explained with the announcement that “these decisions are difficult for the teams that make the games and for our fans. Although I fully support giving teams time to launch these great games when they are ready, we listen to the comments. Quality and consistency are expected, and we will continue to work to meet those expectations.“.
Starfield it’s a RPG world created by Bethesda that is set in space while Redfall is a shooting game with cooperative mode and immersive simulator structure developed by Arkane Austin, developers of Dishonored y Prey. At the moment no one has one specific date for its debut on Xbox Series and PC.
Born in 1958, Michael Jackson began his career very young, at the age of 6. He performs with his brothers in the Jackson Five and despite the success of the family group, the artist embarked on a solo career in the 80s
After 4 discs with unequal success, Michael Jackson leaves Motown to record “Off The Wall” at Epic, the first album on which he collaborates with legendary producer Quincy Joness. The album is a critical and commercial success, but not enough for Michael who regrets winning only one Grammy award, what he wants is to become the biggest planetary star.
Pop music has found its king!
For “Thriller”, the singer finds Quincy Jones and only wants tubes… More than 300 songs will be proposed to the artist to end up with only 9 titles on the final tracklist. Seven of the nine songs on the album became singles that rose to the top of the charts, such as “The girl is mine”, “Beat it”, “Billie Jean”, “Human nature” and of course “Thriller”.
Michael Jackson, who aims for perfection, surrounds himself with a few renowned collaboratorsincluding Paul McCartney (who performed as a duo The Girl Is Mine), Eddie Van Halen (who signed the guitar solo of Beat It) and the actor Vincent Price who lent his voice to the narrative part of the title track of Thriller of which the groundbreaking music video captured the imagination of an entire generation!
November 30, 1982. A planetary tidal wave fell on the world of music, “Thriller” is the best-selling album in the history of music with more than 100 million copies sold worldwide. world ! Certified 34 times platinum in the United States, Thriller made history upon its release with 7 singles in the American Top 10 and 8 Grammy Awards with 12 nominations. He was the first to be certified triple diamond by the RIAA (equivalent to SNEP in France).
In a few weeks, “Thriller” climbed to the top of the American charts to stay there for 255 days number one, from February 26, 1983 to April 20, 1984. The same phenomenon in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Australia, Denmark, in Belgium, South Africa, Spain, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada…