The woman who taught Mick Jagger to dance: Tina Turner rocketed to fame with husband Ike - then quit abusive relationship to become MTV megastarĮlsa Hosk wows in an optical illusion corset gown - which had to be flown in after her luggage was LOST - at La Passion De Dodin Bouffant premiere Tina Turner surprising Oprah Winfrey for her 50th birthday goes viral following iconic singer's death at 83: 'This one hurts'įormer Hollyoaks star Wallis Day puts on a leggy display in silver off the shoulder dress as she attends A Brighter Tomorrow premiere in CannesĬhristine McGuinness and close pal Duncan James look very cosy as they enjoy a dinner date in Liverpool - after shutting down romance rumoursĭiscover Turkey (Türkiye): Why those in the know are jetting to this beach and cultural holiday hotspot Harry, who rushed back to California, did not seem to attend the hike. to celebrate her son Archie's 'lowkey' birthday at their Montecito home. Meghan was noticeably absent from the regal festivities in the UK last weekend, as she remained in the U.S. It was the first time she had been seen in public since her father-in-law's coronation last Saturday. The mother-of-two also wore a wide-brimmed beige hat, pink neckerchief, and large sunglasses for the hike. Meghan, 41, was dressed in an all-black athletic ensemble, along with a khaki jacket, which she tied around her waist during her outdoor excursion. It is understood that an invitation had been politely extended to Harry to join the family lunch but he decided to return to California to celebrate Archie’s big day. The poignant moment came at a private family gathering at the palace following his Westminster Abbey crowning and appearance on the balcony with Queen Camilla. It comes after it emerged that the King raised a glass to toast the fourth birthday of Prince Harry’s son Archie at Buckingham Palace in a moving tribute to the grandson he has barely seen.ĭespite the ongoing acrimony with Harry, who was on a plane back to the US within hours of his father being crowned, emotional Charles made a point of mentioning his absent grandchildren as well as those present on his big day. The Duchess of Sussex was joined on the fresh-air outing by her friends, Markus Anderson and Heather Dorak, in California on Sunday after celebrating her son Archie's birthday on Saturday. ![]() This time last week, Meghan Markle was spotted hiking without her husband Prince Harry near their $14million Montecito mansion - hours after missing King Charles' coronation. 'Your time here is bound to pass in a blissful haze of convivial chatter,' the Michelin guide reads. ![]() The sushi restaurant will set you back $165 per person if you eat from their omakase menu - and diners have to set out a $25 deposit to secure a booking.Īnd the eatery has created an intimate dining experience for its clientele - with just one mini counter with seating for just ten people 'to ensure a deeply personalized experience.' 'Relax and enjoy as the chefs prepare a playful reverie on new wave nigiri and other delicacies from both land and sea in a free form interpretive take on the traditional sushi counter experience where you can expect unexpected riffs on beloved standards.' 'Behind the door lies an intimate counter housing 10 prized seats where you will sit right up to the chef’s cutting boards. ![]() The Prince, who flew back to the UK to watch his father's coronation last weekend, paired his monochrome outfit with sand-colored shoes.Īfter dining at the one-Michelin-star restaurant, Meghan and Harry are said to have turned the corner and left in a SUV, which was waiting for the couple outside the Montecito Inn on Coast Village Road.Īccording to its website, Sushi Bar Montecito is: 'Chef Phillip Frankland Lee’s Omakase Restaurant that serves up a whimsy of its namesake fare in 17 courses.
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![]() When you stop all the other noise, you will be able to hear the sound within. You don’t hear that inner sound, the anahata or the antar atma sound, because you are making a lot of other noises. And you-as part of Brahman, or the image of Brahman-are also humming. Then you are concentrating on the sound within. When you get used to that, even without closing the ears, you will be able to hear the humming sound. Simply by closing your ears and listening within, you can hear that hum. You can use shanmukhi mudra to close the eyes and ears completely. That’s the easiest way to meditate because the sound is always in you, with you. If you quiet your mind and do not hear any other sounds, then you will be able to hear the sound within you. It’s the unspecified, unlettered, unpronounced sound that is always in us. By that time you will be able to hear that humming sound. And when that becomes possible, then even without the lip movement, just repeat mentally. Then, after practicing for some time, you can stop the out loud repetition and continue with just lip movement, trying to hear the sound within. When you are by yourself you can even repeat it aloud so that you can hear your own repetition. To develop that vibration, you should repeat the mantra constantly. You’re simply using the mantra to rouse up the same sound vibration that is already within you. It kindles up the sound vibration within you and ultimately brings out your own vibration. A mantra is mainly repeated for the vibration. But kirtan cannot take the place of mantra. In the absence of mantra, kirtan is good, or if you are tired of repeating the mantra, kirtan is good. It is musical and the names you chant have various meanings. Kirtan (chanting the names of God) is also a Nada Yoga practice. You don’t have to think of the meaning of the mantra, just focus on the vibration and think that the same vibration is being created in you. ![]() All other practices are supplementary, because mantra japa is a direct way to tune yourself to that cosmic vibration. It is an important practice that spiritual seekers should do.Įven if you don’t have time for anything else, don’t miss your mantra japa. OM Mane Padme Hum.” All religions have this practice. In Tibet, I heard all the Tibetan Buddhist monks repeating, “ OM Mane Padme Hum. Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.” Yes, like “Hail Mary.” People ask, “How many ‘Hail Marys’ did you say?” What does that mean? Mantra japa. What is that mantra? “Lord have mercy on me. Athos in Greece, I was surprised to see the Greek Orthodox monks holding the rosary and repeating a mantra. Almost every spiritual tradition practices mantra japa. The easiest, simplest and best practice is mantra japa (repetition). So, to make the mind steady, use the mantra. When you worship the yantra with a mantra, that is called tantra. So the mantra takes the form of a yantra, which is also known as a mandala. You cannot see that or hug it you cannot do anything with that. But sometimes even the mantra body is not perceivable. Your form is not a human form or anything with flesh and bone Your form is of the sound.” So God is mantra swaroopa, which means to have a mantra body. The saintly poet, Arunagiri Nath sang, “ Nada bindu kaladi namo namah. What the Bible calls “the Word” is the sound- Nada Brahman or Shabdha Brahman. Why do you do that? Unconsciously, you are connecting yourself to your source through the sound. When you are in agony you will often moan and make a humming sound. Don’t we hear the hum in the ocean? When the wind blows you hear a hum. If you go to the very source of the creation and if you can hear that sound within, you will find out that everything and everyone is functioning with the same hum. Then, the sound gives rise to many forms and names. God, the Unmanifest, Essential Power, Source or Consciousness-whatever you want to call it-begins to express itself first as sound. Nada (sound) and Brahman (God) are one and the same. They are one and the same- Nada Brahman we call it. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.” So God and the Word are not different. “In the beginning there was the Word,” the Bible says. If you don’t hear a hum, know that you are gone! Everyone has that sound within. If you want to make sure that you are alive, just close your eyes and ears and try to listen within. After practicing for a long time, you will be able to hear the anahata, or the inner sound. Through repeating the mantra, you gradually develop that sound vibration within. Mantra repetition itself is a Nada Yoga practice. Nada Yoga is the Yoga of sound and it includes practices using sound formulas and mantras. It may be useful to go PRO to check your website on a few different mobile devices. Powered by Lighthouse, it generates scores for your pages and offers actionable recommendations. However, you need a PRO account to check the performance on mobile. GTmetrix is a free tool to test your page’s performance on the desktop. Check the ”Mobile” box under the “Device” section.Open the “developer tools” from the top menu.Follow the steps below to launch the mobile report: You can also generate your mobile performance report using the Chrome Dev Tool directly from the Chrome browser. To get a good PageSpeed Score for mobile, make sure that your indicators are in the following thresholds: Metrics – Weight Checking the mobile performance – Source: Google PSI PageSpeed Insights is a Google SEO tool that can measure and analyze the loading time of any URL. Let’s dig into the tools available on the market to measure performance on mobile. It’s worth mentioning that the metrics have different thresholds between mobile and desktop: Desktop vs mobile green thresholds – Source: Lighthouse Scoring Calculator (v8) ![]() Lighthouse provides easy insights into your site’s performance both for desktop and mobile. To conduct such an audit, we recommend you use the Lighthouse technology. You need to assess the health of your website and the overall speed experienced by the mobile visitors. The first step before improving the speed of your mobile site is to measure its current performance. This will ensure a first-class mobile user experience and a smart optimization of your mobile site on WordPress. We’ll show you how to make browsing easier for everyone regardless of the device your visitors are using. ![]() In this article, we’ll give you some performance tips for speeding up your mobile site, including the best way to optimize your content for a mobile device. And if you have invested a lot of effort to drive traffic to your website, it’s a shame that visitors won’t even take the time to interact with your content. Google says that if your website takes more than five seconds to load, 90% of your visitors may leave your site immediately. Why should you care about optimizing for mobile users? What are the ways to speed up your site from mobile? But what if your website is slow when accessed from a mobile? How do you even know if your website is slow, specifically on mobile? This creates further questions about mobile sites optimization… Your mobile website is key to how you connect with your audience. You’re probably reading this blog post on your phone. ![]() ![]() When we were driving, the refrigerator was turned off, and the battery was being recharged by the system so that when we decided to camp for the night, we had power ready to roll. My family and I ran the fridge and heater off the integrated battery, which provides 12-volt power for the entire unit. The Basecamp was already one of the more adventurous, and, dare I say, rugged options in Airstream's lineup (after all, how rugged can luxury get?), but the special edition collab version with REI takes the off-grid mentality of this little trailer and brings it to the next level with a few notable features that focus on lessening your impact. We promise.Scott Seiver The REI Co-Op Special Edition Basecamp ups the ante on sustainability It’s the saner, more organized way to run your business. There’s a better way.ĭo yourself and your whole team a solid and switch over to Basecamp 3. Running your business on email, chat, and meetings? No wonder you’re frazzled - that’s the hard way! You do not have to put yourself and you team through the anxiety ringer all day, all week, all month, all year, and all career. Thanks for using Basecamp 3! We hope this makes it easier for you to keep your entire email conversation - not just comments from your team - in once place. It’s all there - the original email, every email reply, and any comments along the way.Ĭomments and email replies, together at last. Replies are emailed to the original sender and shared with your team.īasecamp 3 will collect replies from the original sender and thread them in alongside comments from you and your team. ![]() The original sender will never see what you write. Either way, your team is always in the loop!Ĭomments are for your team’s eyes only. This is especially handy if you want another service to forward emails into your Basecamp directly.Īfter you forward it to Basecamp, your email will show up in the Forwards inbox along with all the other emails you’ve saved:įorwards is a great place to store emails from job applicants, your lawyers, and more.Ĭlick through to view the email, add a comment, or reply directly to the sender. Forward email to your personalized dropbox address and we’ll automatically save emails to Basecamp 3 without being asked where to file it.Forward any email to and we’ll send you a response email asking where to save it.Now that you’ve enabled the tool, you can send emails two different ways: Once you’ve turned it on, Forwards will appear beside the Message Board, To-dos, and all the other tools in your Basecamp: We call it “Forwards” but you can call it anything you like You can even rename it to something like “Job Applicants” or “Survey Responses” to suit your needs - whatever works! ![]() To start using Forwards in Basecamp 3, turn it on via the “Pick your tools…” screen. Now, the whole conversation - comments and replies - lives in one place. With the new Forwards tool, you can save any email to Basecamp 3, collect comments from your team, and reply directly to the original sender. You could paste these important emails into a message or text document, but keeping up with replies can be a real hassle. You receive marketing emails from competitors you want to share with your team. You review job applications submitted via email. You discuss plans for the new office with your contractor over email. Small businesses of all kinds depend on email to get things done. But what if the conversation starts outside of Basecamp?Įmail is hard to avoid. All your to-dos, important events, documents, and conversations in one place, wherever you are. The entire conversation, together in Basecampīasecamp 3 is great for keeping your entire team on the same page. These items can be traded on different marketplaces such as Immutable Marketplace and TokenTrove, allowing players to own and trade unique items with different functions. These tokens provide buyers with proof of ownership, which can be tracked on the underlying blockchain.Ĭhainmonsters uses NFTs for many in-game items, including Chainmonsters themselves. NFTs are units of data on the blockchain that represent unique digital files such as art, audio, videos, and items in video games. Revolutionary NFT IntegrationĬhainmonsters offers a unique experience for players by utilizing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in its game. As players progress in the game, they gradually become familiar with advanced concepts such as player-driven economies, NFT ownership, and other exclusive blockchain mechanics. ![]() These mechanics help to onboard traditional gamers to the world of blockchain, as they enjoy the game without realizing that they are playing a game that is empowered by NFTs/Blockchain. The game highly values the time that players spend playing it, and this is reflected in the use of NFT/blockchain mechanics in the background. Seamless Integration of Blockchain TechnologyĬhainmonsters is a game that is redefining the way players think about their progress and the items they obtain, thanks to its integration with blockchain technology. The game’s combat system involves players selecting their monster’s attacks, which can be used to strategically counter their opponent’s moves. The battles in Chainmonsters take place in real-time, allowing players to engage with their opponents in a dynamic and engaging manner. Over 100 unique Chainmons from 8 different elements are waiting to be discovered, each with provable unique traits and attributes making them rare and sought after. Players are initially tasked with selecting their starter monster, which they can use to catch other monsters and expand their collection. While it is entirely optional, minting allows players to reflect their Chainmon’s current state on the blockchain and make it available on partner marketplaces. ![]() Minting provides players with the option to turn their captured Chainmons into NFTs, which can be further upgraded and evolved in the game. The new features are minting, crafting, and the upcoming housing system which is a significant update that offers players more opportunities to customize and improve their gameplay experience. ⛓️Blockchain integration #ChainMonsters Early Access is live now □ #blockchaingaming #blockchaingames #gamedev #indiedev /f11z41noy9- Chainmonsters – Early Access is available✨ MaChainmonsters New Features Get ready to catch, battle, trade, and fuse your way to victory with B-Side Games’ latest blockchain-powered RPG – Chainmonsters! The highly anticipated game has finally hit Early Access, inviting players on an adventure to explore a world filled with unique monsters and abilities that can create an awesome gameplay experience. ![]() If you are due to attend the walk this is also a really good opportunity to put your questions to Steve and see the turbine in person. Places are limited so please contact the office on 01937 581011 or alternatively e-mail to book your place.įinally Steve Milner (Managing Director of Earthmill) will be attending the National Farmers Union walk at the site near Hunmanby on Friday 17 June 2011. In addition the turbine owner will be around to answer any questions you may have regarding his personal experience of the process. First Endurance continues to stay at the forefront of endurance nutrition by developing PreRace, a revolutionary new pre-exercise supplement that provides endurance athletes with a potent mental and cardiac jump-start prior to a race or workout. The team from Earthmill and Endurance Wind Power will be on hand to answer any questions you may have regarding the operation, planning and installation of the turbine. First Endurance EFS isotonic formula delivers complete nutrition that supports physical and mental performance, redefining the limits of endurance nutrition so. This is a fantastic opportunity for people interested in the 50kW turbine to come and see it in action. Tom has very kindly allowed Earthmill to hold two Open Days on Wednesday 29 June 2011 and Thursday 21 July 2011. Features include clinically effective doses of iron, vitamin K2, vitamin D. This is fantastic news for Tom and of course excellent news for Earthmill. MultiV is designed to meet the unique requirements of endurance athletes. After a very exciting few weeks following the install of Earthmill’s first 50kW Endurance wind turbine we were especially delighted when we checked in with the turbines owner, farmer Tom Mellor, to see that the turbine is exceeding expectation.įollowing an average week of wind the turbine is doing over 1,200 units daily. ![]() Now some of the differences: There’s quite a lot of sand everywhere. In Forbidden Desert you can lose by a player running out of water, if all the sand tiles get used up, or if the Sand Storm meter reaches the death symbol.īoth games let you choose the level of difficulty you’d like to challenge your team with. Depending on where each time ends up will make for a different game.īoth games also have 1 way to win and many ways to lose. Using those abilities in the best way together is key to winning.īoth games have a variable tile/board set up that makes every game different. If you know Island, then diving into Desert will be a breeze.īut Forbidden Desert also introduces a number of new elements that make the game unique as well.įirst some similarities: Everyone gets a cool role to play.īoth games have special roles for each player that provide unique abilities and only a set number of roles will be in play each time. Our guess is that it shares the name “Forbidden” so people familiar with Forbidden Island will know that it’s similar. It’s hard to call a board game a sequel – and we won’t really go that far either. And for good reason – Forbidden Island is a fantastic family board game that we’ll continue to tout. It’s quite obvious that Gamewright wanted a tie-in to the very fun and now very popular Forbidden Island board game. Is it a cop-out to say “both”? The end of a successful adventure – now we can fly home. That’s a tough question, but one we know will be asked frequently. Which game is more enjoyable – Forbidden Desert or Forbidden Island? So it definitely takes teamwork to move around the board, uncover tiles, get water, share water, use special abilities, collect parts, and get out of the desert. But if only one of the coordinate tiles is uncovered, it may shift around as well which will in turn shift which row/column the part will ultimately be found on. Then as the tiles move, the part will move with the tile it’s on. Once both coordinate tiles are uncovered, the part gets placed on that intersection. One tile will show the row and another tile will show the column. Each missing part can be found at the intersection of the tiles with its symbol. In addition, it’s like figuring out a puzzle trying to discover where the parts are buried. In addition to getting covered with sand they keep getting blown around. But the cool part of the game play is that the tiles are always shifting around. ![]() There’s a number of reasons why we think it’s such a great board game – a couple of which we’ve already mentioned:Īs Caleb covered in his video review, the objective of the game is to discover 4 missing parts to the flying machine and get out of the desert from the launch pad. What’s so great about Forbidden Desert? The crash site where our adventures start out in this vast desert. But when playing with adults or older siblings, especially in a cooperative game, young kids can have a great time.Īnd in Forbidden Desert, 5 people can play at the same time. Typically what that age recommendation means that that people that age could play the game independently. So even though the game shows recommended for ages 10+, don’t mind that at all and let the youngsters join in. Instead of competing against each other, everyone’s on the same team trying to beat the game. ![]() Young and old alike can enjoy it together.Ĭooperative board games can be a lot of fun for families. That’s one of the reasons why it’s such a great family board game. Can the whole family enjoy Forbidden Desert? And we’re even more excited now that we have the game and find that we enjoy it even more!Īnd who better to take us through the Forbidden Desert than the notable explorer who reviewed Forbidden Island a few years ago – Caleb. We love Forbidden Island and when Gamewright announced last year that they were coming out with a sequel of sorts, we were super excited. Another fabulous cooperative family board game!įorbidden Desert is a fantastic cooperative family board game! If you’re going to do this together, it has to involve both of you. Formulating a plan ahead of time will help you get through it, and will also ensure that you don’t get bored, frustrated or distracted.
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Because they provide coverage and are capable of absorbing excess moisture, powders are ideal for oily, acne-prone, or sweat-prone skin types. Choose three shades that appear to be compatible with your jawline, swatch them there, and leave a small area between them to give the best results. Tips For Choosing The Perfect Powder Foundation ShadeĪlthough selecting the right powder foundation can be difficult, blend it out into your hairline and neck so that it matches your cheeks and middle of your neck. ![]() If you are shopping online, you should read reviews and look at swatches to determine which color is best for your skin tone. This will let you see how the foundation looks in natural lighting and let you decide if it is the right color. Once you have determined your skin tone, you should visit a makeup counter and test a few shades of powder foundation on your jawline. If you have dark skin, look for a shade with a red or brown undertone. ![]() ![]() If you have medium skin, look for a shade with a yellow or golden undertone. If you have fair skin, look for a shade with a pink or yellow undertone. Finding the perfect color of powder foundation can be tricky, but it is possible. ![]() BLZE shot up to as high as a $22.25 intraday, up 39.1% from the stock’s $16-a-share IPO price.Backblaze (NASDAQ: BLZE) soared nearly 40% intraday Thursday in its first trading session following an IPO that valued the cloud-storage firm at just under $500M. Kopciuszek, Mexico allaventino tripadvisor, Tuesday tips cheltenham. It intends to offer 6,250,000 shares of its Class A common stock to the public at an expected price between 15 and 17 per share. ![]() Primary 5th sunday ideas, Mauna lani terrace condo h303, Ustrc 2015 open. Techmeme: Cloud backup service Backblaze climbed 24 in its Nasdaq debut on Thursday and 12 on Friday, after raising 100M in its IPO, giving it a market cap of 650M (Jordan Novet/CNBC) The essential tech news of the moment. 2 bve 5 07, 4-40 cloud city, Marlete guerreiro profetizo, Surgical eye bag removal. Backup and cloud storage provider Backblaze has filed for an IPO and launched its roadshow. Pearl p120 pedal, Chi you mod clouds, Gilly hicks perfume discontinued. The firm’s initial public offering raised $100M by selling some 6.3M Class A shares at the midpoint of their expected $15-$17/share range.Shares later pulled back, but still ended the day ahead 24.4% at $19.90. so now they include mirroring to The Cloud T00:38:27. BLZE also granted underwriters the option to buy 937,500 extra Class A shares for overallotments. The rise of the small-business cloud This Thursday: Backblaze's IPO could usher in the small-business cloud, why Twilio is going after the customer-data platform market, and now really might be the time to start crying, Argentina. The company also has Class B shares for executives and pre-IPO investors.if you can get 700mil you can IPO at a billion and the directors believed. Backblaze ( BLZE) will have a total of about 29.3M Class A and B shares outstanding going forward.one vote for Class A shares, giving insiders about 97% of BLZE’s voting power. Assuming both carry the same price, that valued the company at about $468M on a non-diluted basis as of its IPO. BLZE offers cloud-based computer storage and backup services to both businesses and consumers.Thursday’s rally boosted that up to about $582.5M. BLZE’s pre-IPO investors include London-listed financial firm TMT Investments, which owns about 25% of the company.The New York Times’ Wirecutter review site recently lauded BLZE as “the easiest to use and the best cloud backup service for most people.”.The company’s subscription-based products compete with larger rivals like the S3 service from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Azure from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Google Cloud from Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL). |
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