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Time of India
10-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
5 Minecraft Farms to Build Early
Image via: Mojang Studios Whether you're a veteran of the game or you're just launching your first new Minecraft world, early-game survival can seem daunting. You're contending with food shortages, a dwindling search for resources, frightening hordes of mobscand that's just trying to establish your first rudimentary base. That's exactly where early-game farms are necessary. Not only do they contribute valuable content, they make it a lot easier and quicker as you go along. Here are five of those farms that are as beginner-friendly as they are powerful for jump-starting your newfound survival lifestyle. 1. Basic Crop Farm : Your First Step Toward Sustainability Food is your first concern in Minecraft, and a simple crop farm is the quickest and most consistent answer. You can begin with either wheat, carrots, or potatoes—whatever seeds you receive initially. All you need is some healthy, well-tilled soil, a source of water, and a little bit of sunshine. Building a fence protects your crops from explosive animals and stomping mobs. When you're ready, try inviting a villager to automate your tube farm with planting and harvesting. Even in the absence of automation, a small farm within travel distance of your home base will ensure you're always well-fed and prepared for whatever adventure lies ahead. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like One of the Most Successful Investors of All Time, Warren Buffett, Recommends: 5 Books for Turning... Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Click Here Undo TOP 5 EARLY GAME FARMS MINECRAFT - (1.20) 2. Animal Breeding Pen: Food, Leather, and Wool on Demand Cooked meat provides superior hunger and saturation stats. Begin by attracting cows, sheep, and chickens into fenced areas with wheat or seeds. While all of these animals are useful to have, cows in particular are useful for leather (which you need for bookshelves and making enchantment items) and sheep are useful for wool. If it takes every five minutes to breed an animal, then you have a nice, continuing food supply. Then, you can add new dispensers or Redstone systems to automate the breeding process and item collection process. 3. Sugar Cane Farm: The Backbone of Enchanting and Trading Sugar cane is deceptively crucial. It's used to craft paper, which is key to making books and trading with librarian villagers. Start your first farm on a river bank or by having some irrigation ditches dug close to your center. Initially, you'll be harvesting it by hand. Eventually, with enough observers and pistons, the process can be completely automated. With a little bit of work, this farm will power your spells and supercharge your emerald production. 4. XP and Mob Drop Farm : Easy Levels and Useful Loot Once you discover even one dungeon with a skeleton or zombie spawner, you are sitting on a goldmine. Using a funnel system made of water flows and trap doors, you can direct mobs into one area for easy XP farming. This farm provides you some experience for enchanting and provides wonderful drops like bones, arrows, and string. It's a little more advanced to produce, but the payoff is definitely worth the production even early in the game. Best XP Farm EVER in Minecraft Bedrock 1.21 (MCPE - Xbox - PS) 5. Iron Farm (Villager-Based): Skip the Mine, Forge Your Future Iron is one of the most versatile materials in Minecraft, from tools to rails to hoppers. A simple iron farm can be established much earlier than you might expect if you're located close to a village. You'll require a minimum of three villagers, a handful of beds and workstations, and a zombie to terrify them into creating Iron Golems. With a kill chamber employing lava or fall damage, you'll have an as-needed, automated, free source of iron ingots. No more searching through dungeons! The earliest stages of Minecraft are very much about building that momentum. From food to building materials, XP to iron, these five farms will have your base running like a well-oiled, self-sufficient machine in no time. The upfront work will be difficult, but investing the time now will open up thousands of hours in future years. Time that could be used to explore, build, and prosper.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Paramount chair Shari Redstone confirms cancer diagnosis amid high-stakes sale linked to Trump's $25 million ‘60 Minutes' lawsuit
Paramount Global chair Shari Redstone has confirmed her thyroid cancer diagnosis amid a high-stakes sale linked to President Donald Trump's $25 million 60 Minutes lawsuit. The diagnosis was made about two months ago, but hadn't been revealed until a spokesperson for the media executive broke the news to multiple outlets on Thursday. Redstone was diagnosed after experiencing symptoms including fatigue. Her thyroid gland was removed, but some of the cancer cells had spread to her vocal cords, according to The New York Times, which first reported the diagnosis. Redstone's spokesperson, Molly Morse, said the Paramount chair is being treated with radiation. 'She and her family are grateful that her prognosis is excellent,' Morse said. In the meantime, Redstone will continue to head Paramount. 'While it has been a challenging period, she is maintaining all professional and philanthropic activities throughout her treatment, which is ongoing,' the spokesperson said. The news of Redstone's diagnosis comes as Paramount works to close a merger with Skydance Media. Skydance agreed to acquire Paramount last July, which would leave the Redstone family without a stake in the company. But the merger still requires approval from the Federal Communications Commission. Plans for the merger became more complicated last October when Trump sued CBS News, which Paramount owns, and its news program, 60 Minutes. At the heart of the lawsuit, in which Trump is seeking more than $25 million, is an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris the program aired before the 2024 presidential election. Trump's lawyers argue that the editing of a long-winded answer the then-Democratic presidential nominee gave was 'deceitful.' Harris was shown giving two different answers to the same question during a preview of the episode on Face the Nation and when the 60 Minutes episode aired later that day. 60 Minutes fired back, calling Trump's claims 'false' and arguing that they edited the interview to be 'more succinct.' '60 Minutes gave an excerpt of our interview to Face the Nation that used a longer section of her answer than that on 60 Minutes. Same question. Same answer. But a different portion of the response,' the program said. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Paramount has offered Trump a $15 settlement, citing people familiar with the matter. This prompted Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Ron Wyden of Oregon to write a letter to Redstone, warning the executive that Paramount 'may be breaking the law.' 'Paramount appears to be trying to settle a lawsuit that it has assessed as 'completely without merit,' and moderating the content of its programs in order to obtain approval of this merger. Under the federal bribery statute, it is illegal to corruptly give anything of value to public officials to influence an official act,' the letter read.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Media mogul Shari Redstone says she is being treated for cancer
Shari Redstone, the media mogul who has been trying to sell Paramount in a politically fraught transaction, is undergoing treatment for cancer. Redstone 'was diagnosed with thyroid cancer earlier this spring,' her spokesperson said in a statement. 'While it has been a challenging period, she is maintaining all professional and philanthropic activities throughout her treatment, which is ongoing.' 'She and her family are grateful that her prognosis is excellent,' the spokesperson added. Redstone, 71, controls Paramount Global, the media company that owns CBS, cable channels like MTV and Comedy Central and the Paramount Pictures movie studio. She has been in talks to sell her stake in the company since 2023, and she has a deal on the table with Skydance Media, which was founded by David Ellison. But the deal needs government approval, and it has run into political roadblocks, chiefly President Trump's much-lambasted lawsuit against CBS over a '60 Minutes' segment last fall. Redstone has been encouraging Paramount to settle with Trump – a move that could look like a payoff in exchange for government approval and which would spark an outcry from CBS News journalists. Officially, the merger review process and the Trump lawsuit are totally separate matters. But unofficially, people both inside and outside CBS see connections, with Redstone believing that a settlement would be in the best interests of the company. Redstone and her family also stand to make more than $2 billion if the Skydance deal takes effect. Conversely, Paramount would likely have to pay a $400 million breakup fee if it doesn't. Redstone has not commented publicly on the matter. The New York Times broke the news of the cancer diagnosis on Thursday evening. 'While she closely monitors developments at Paramount and remains eager to see a deal with Skydance completed, she continues to be occupied with medical consultations and treatment,' The Times reported.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Shari Redstone Reveals She Is Undergoing Treatment For Thyroid Cancer
Shari Redstone, who for months has been leading the charge to merge Paramount Global with David Ellison's Skydance Media has, at the same time, been fighting a more personal battle with thyroid cancer. A spokesperson for the 71-year-old chair and controlling shareholder of Paramount Global confirmed the news in a statement to Deadline. More from Deadline Paramount-Skydance Watch: Wall Street Analyst Increasingly Concerned Deal May Collapse Paramount Fires WPP Media, Its Longtime Agency Of Record, In Cost-Saving Move Amid Skydance Merger Review Paramount Will Be A "Melting Ice Cube" If Trump Dooms Skydance Deal, Ex-FCC Commissioner Rob McDowell Says - But Even A 2-Member Agency Could Still Approve It 'Shari Redstone was diagnosed with thyroid cancer earlier this spring,' the statement read. 'While it has been a challenging period, she is maintaining all professional and philanthropic activities throughout her treatment, which is ongoing. She and her family are grateful that her prognosis is excellent.' The diagnosis throws yet another wrench into the process of selling Paramount — the company built into a media empire by her late father, Sumner Redstone — after an already Baroque saga. The pending $8 billion merge with Skydance Media, proposed last summer had seemed likely to close earlier this year. But President Donald Trump then took legal action against CBS News over its handling of an interview with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala lawsuit, now in mediation, and a slow burn by the Federal Communications Commission in its review of the deal, have put it in a protracted limbo state. Just this week, a number of voices have expressed the first public doubts that it will be consummated. Failing to close the merger will be a major setback for Redstone, who has spent the past decade taking the reins of CBS and Viacom and finally melding them together after internal opposition. While the current deal would enrich Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Paramount, and enable her to repay debt, a new sale at a lower price brings uncertainty. And it is difficult to foresee whether Trump's animus against CBS would moderate with another buyer. Skydance's acquisition is backed by Larry Ellison, the tech billionaire who is also a Trump donor and longtime supporter. Redstone has been running National Amusements and serving as Paramount's non-executive chairwoman. In ascending to the key role, she had to overcome not only the bias toward male executives in the media business but also her own father's doubts. After a period of estrangement, the two eventually reconciled years before Sumner Redstone died in 2020 at age steering Paramount, Redstone has taken after her father in some hands-on respects, publicly backing CBS anchor Tony Dokupil's interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates, which a number of staffers felt was unduly harsh on the author during a discussion of his visit to Palestine. Redstone, who has made fighting anti-Semitism a central priority of her philanthropic efforts in the past couple of years, said Dokupil provided a 'role model for what civil discourse is.' Critics and colleagues assailed the anchor for his persistent questioning of Coates, whose latest book criticized Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. Paramount will be 'a melting ice cube' if its pending $8 billion merger with Skydance doesn't close, former FCC commissioner Rob McDowell cautioned last week. Asked about the state of the FCC's review of the deal during an appearance at Gabelli Funds' 17th Annual Media & Sports Symposium in New York, McDowell said even a depleted commission could still approve the transaction. After the abrupt resignation last Wednesday by Republican commissioner Nathan Simington, the regulatory body is about to go down to just two members (one Republican and one Democrat), raising questions about its capabilities. 'Paramount can get approved at 1-1 because it could be a bureau action,' said McDowell, now a partner at Cooley LLP. 'The conventional thinking, which is inaccurate, is that you need commission votes for high-profile mergers. Only if there's something 'new or novel.' The Skydance proposal is a simple transfer of control of licenses. They're not already a broadcaster, they aren't other issues at play. So, it should be approved on bureau action so that's something that you do not need an FCC vote of the commissioners to get done.' Meanwhile, Paramount Global this week set its annual shareholder meeting for July 2, offering another signal that the long-gestating merger with Skydance Media is unlikely to close on schedule. Wall Street analyst Rich Greenfield said this week that he's becoming increasingly concerned the deal may not close. Another 90-day extension is set to start in July and run through early October and he believes the sides will walk away if there's no FCC approval by then. Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 'Stick' Soundtrack: All The Songs You'll Hear In The Apple TV+ Golf Series 'Nine Perfect Strangers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out?
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Shari Redstone Has Been Diagnosed With Thyroid Cancer
As the future of her father's sprawling entertainment empire hangs in the balance, Shari Redstone has made a startling health revelation, divulging that she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The news, first reported by the New York Times, was confirmed by a spokesperson on Thursday, who said she was diagnosed earlier this spring. 'While it has been a challenging period, she is maintaining all professional and philanthropic activities throughout her treatment, which is ongoing. She and her family are grateful that her prognosis is excellent,' the spokesperson said. More from The Hollywood Reporter Nickelodeon Acquires Animated 'Mr. Crocodile' Series, Based on French Children's Book Paramount Global to Add Three New Board Directors As It Deals With Trump Lawsuit, FCC Review Paramount Plans Immersive 'Top Gun' Experience in Las Vegas Redstone's condition was discovered when she went to her doctor about two months ago for symptoms including fatigue. Redstone's thyroid gland was removed in a surgery that took place last month, she told the Times. After cancer cells were found to have spread to her vocal chords, she is currently undergoing radiation treatment. Her health troubles arrive as Redstone's Paramount Global is attempting to complete an $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, a transaction that is awaiting approval from the Federal Communications Commission. In a move that threatened to thwart the proceedings, President Donald Trump in November sued one of Paramount Global's key programs, CBS' 60 Minutes, alleging that the program had aired a 'heavily tampered interview' with his political rival, former vice president Kamala Harris, in a bid to bolster her presidential chances. While legal observers have argued the case has little merit and 60 Minutes did some routine television news editing, the Trump-appointed head of the FCC, Brendan Carr, reinstated a complaint against CBS over the issue, even as he has claimed he believes it is separate from Trump's $20 million suit. Fearing that Redstone would seek to settle the Trump suit to smooth the way for the Skydance merger, Democratic senators including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have called on her not to back down, calling the legal complaint 'an attack on the United States Constitution and the First Amendment' and an attempt to 'extort' 60 Minutes. In the meantime, CBS News leaders have suggested they're facing extra scrutiny as the merger remains in limbo. Producer Bill Owens left in April, saying he was unable to make 'independent decisions.' CBS News head Wendy McMahon resigned the next month, saying she and the company did not agree on 'a path forward.' More to come. Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
