12/27/2022 0 Comments Homemedics white noise machine![]() ![]() These machines can be used to block out external noises (for example, noise from the street or the sounds of a creaky house), or simply to create an ambient sound effect that lulls you to sleep. Other than that, it's a very nice-looking device, very easy to use, and is loud enough for use in very large rooms.White noise machines are increasingly popular among sleepers looking to create a more restful, comfortable environment in which to rest. Well, this device would benefit from having much longer loops of sound, and from loop the sounds with cross-fading, which would remove the repetition issue. On this line though, there are many sound generator apps for phones, which do much the same job, and do it better, though they are not as easy to set up and operate as this device. Alas, while it is certainly loud enough, the repetition of natural sounds becomes annoying pretty fast, so it's not great for that purpose. We thought this unit might also be a handy solution for tinnitus in grownups. If your child has problems sleeping, or the room suffers from noise pollution through the walls, then this might be something to try. They don't seem to be problem sleepers, so maybe are not the ideal testers, but they liked the soothing sounds nonetheless. That said, the twins (just a week old) didn't seem to mind the repetition of sounds that don't naturally repeat. While you d expect a heartbeat to repeat, the repetition of the more fluid sounds becomes annoying after a minute or so. The sounds are of passable quality but are very brief. Without the time (the default mode) the sound plays until you switch it off. ![]() Adjust the volume up/down as required, and set the timer if you want it. On offer are heartbeat, white noise (constant breeze sound), cradle, ocean, brook, and summer night. ![]() Tap a sound button to change the sound to any of the preset available. The controls are logical and easy to use. Like a number of reviews you can read, the 4 rating is due to the lack of a charger being provided with the product.īaby soundspa This is a neat-looking unit which, with the supplied batteries inserted, is ready to operate. ![]() I would recommend this product to anyone looking for a reliable product and value for money. It has been very successful in calming our daughter on these journeys thus making everyone's journey more relaxing and enjoyable. The ease of taking the Soundspa with us on these journeys was one of its strong selling points. We would regularly travel long distances by car and our daughter would not be the best of passengers, as she would regularly get uncomfortable and upset. The volume control is as you would expect on a device of this nature. On average since using the SoundSpa the time to get our daughter asleep has reduced from about 30-40 min to 15 min. The ability to set set the timer for up to 60min is a great benefit as it means that we do not have to go back into our daughter's room to switch the Soundspa off. There are 6 varying sounds to choice from, all seem suitable though Brooks and White Nose worked best with our 4 year old and was a great aid in helping her fall asleep. Initially I was impressed to find the required 4 AA batteries included. The controls were clearly marked and easy to understand. Upon unpacking the Soundspa I was impressed with the neat, compact and lightweight but sturdy nature of the product. We had ceased using these items for about 3 years until about 2 months ago when our daughter was having trouble sleeping again. Great for kids of all ages!!! Over the years we have used various sleeping aids when our eldest son (6) and youngest daughter (4) were infants. ![]()
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![]() ![]() They were making the case that lyric theatre performers were not allowed to do double duty as clergy. Actually the instrument forbidden was the kithara, less a lute than a lyre, employed in pagan secular musical theatre. I was surprised as a neophyte to learn that guitars cannot be brought in, and that deacons are forbidden from playing them. There are other things that must not be brought into the church, according to canons banning them to prevent the appearance of syncretism (which Protestant pseudoscholars will always charge anyway in their deep ignorance). Every priest of Russian tradition blesses baskets in the hall or on the pavement, often in shifts throughout the day on Holy Saturday. I know this because it was made clear to me once when I brought sorpresata in a bag to church and was told instantly to take it outside. Easter baskets, a Russian thing, are not to be blessed in church but outside or in the hall. That’s on the clergy who ignore the canon or are ignorant of it. The canons also forbid bringing and fleshmeats into the temple.Ĭlick to expand.They should never be brought into the temple. F a priest cuts his finger during proskomedē he cannot continue until he has stanched the blood flow and bandaged the wound so as not to imbrue the bread from which he is cutting the Lamb. If any blood stains the temple, it is considered imbrued and must be ritually cleansed. ![]() The fact that canons forbid them even means that in at least one place such drift did occur. Nature cults where milk, honey, fruit and flowers are offered seasonally on an altar might creep into local practice if they were not specifically forbidden. Think of the difficulties faced by the early church as a minority religion in a sea of pagan worship, especially in places with few or no Jews whose religious habits would help maintain continuity with temple and synagogue precedents. To this day the evil-minded, ignorant and scandal-mongering like to falsely ascribe pagan origins to things like the date of Christmas (no, it’s exactly 9 months after Annunciation, of which they know nothing). The early church took great pains to prevent syncretic practices from creeping into the celebration of the Eucharist which has a uniquely Hebrew derivation like everything else I can think of in church. No other foodstuffs, or flowers or plants may be placed on the altar in any manner suggesting an offering, as the only acceptable one is Christ’s which he defined at the Mystical Supper as described in the Gospels. The exclusive nature of the sacrifice requires that only bread made of wheat, salt and yeast, and wine made exclusively of grapes be offered on the high altar. I believe such canons defend the singular sacrifice that goes on in our temples, which must be unbloody. The canons also forbid bringing and fleshmeats into the temple. That the sight of women presents a ‘distraction from spiritual and otherworldly compntemplation’ heard frequently among Orthodox men (on the internet) says everything I need to know about their own dirty consciences, and nothing about women themselves.Ĭlick to expand.If any blood stains the temple, it is considered imbrued and must be ritually cleansed. A sense of taboo and ritual uncleanness surrounds females from menarche to menopause, to greater or lesser degrees. This notion of ritual defilement itself ‘leaks’ into ideas about women and girls. When leaders are weak, fearing scandal at the least appearance of controversy surrounding sex and gender in church, and not teaching the spiritual equality of all persons, the fearful and spiteful will set the tone.Īnd what is the issue with women and girls handling, when necessary, certain sacred liturgical objects? Where is it written that they are forbidden? I do know there are canons forbidding menstruating women from entering the temple because of the threat of imbruement, because up until very recently there was no sure way to prevent accidental leakage (and I am told there is no perfect solution), which occasion would necessitate the virtual reconsecration of the building. The Church ought not emulate the fallenness Of human culture but rather be the place where the healing of it begins. Misogyny is nearly universal in this fallen world and all its cultures express fear and hatred of women in various ways. We might have Protestant, Anglo-American converts who are misogynistic but I don’t know of specific examples. This notion that females are unworthy of touching a sacred object is widespread throughout the misogynistic societies of the Orthodox commonwealth and emigres import it to American parishes. Click to expand.Good for you to have reminded these bigots of what the image on the Epitaphion depicts! ![]() 12/27/2022 0 Comments Airvpn vs nordvpn![]() This is a service run by activists and hacktivists, the company's website says, which means it's all about net neutrality, privacy and fighting censorship. What it offers to make it stand out from the crowd is its honesty about its ideology and inception. AirVPN 1-minute reviewĪirVPN is over a decade old and is still growing in terms of reach and features offered. However, AirVPN also doesn't make huge efforts to please those that need a VPN for unblocking services like US Netflix or UK BBC iPlayer, with no streaming unblocking working at all in our tests.ĪirVPN does have plenty of positives, though, including very flexible pricing plans, and for more on that and other features like speed, privacy and apps, read on, or tap the nav bar to jump directly to whichever section of our complete AirVPN review you would like to explore. Backing this up is a huge repository of interesting (for some) literature on the provider's encryption, ports, DNS, and tons more. While AirVPN has had more updates and enhancements than any other service out there, it is still limited to just this protocol with no WireGuard availability as yet.īut AirVPN has also stuck to its principles of hacktivism, fighting censorship and making a positive change to the internet, all of which it states clearly on its website. ![]() What hasn't changed much is its use of the OpenVPN protocol. Since then it has grown and changed, now offering paid services. AirVPN is a service based in Italy which started out as a free VPN provider and still has open source apps that nod to those beginnings back in 2010. ![]() 12/27/2022 0 Comments Wordpress duplicate page![]() ![]() If you’re duplicating live pages so you can work on them without publishing your changes, you might want to consider using a staging site instead. Many page builders like Elementor or Divi also include options for creating page templates and reusable blocks. You don’t have to use a block-compatible theme or the new full-site editing features. We cover the details on how they work in our post on what are WordPress block patterns. ![]() If you’re only interested in replicating one section, the block patterns are a great solution. The new full-site editor makes creating page templates easier. If you need to reuse the same layout or include the same content on multiple pages, consider creating a template page or using the new block patterns. But there are other methods you can use to save yourself some work. Alternatives to Cloning PagesĬloning pages can be a huge time saver, especially when building a new website. Then they swap out the draft for the live one. ![]() Some people also choose to duplicate pages and keep them as drafts while working on a new version of a live page. The main reasons to duplicate a page are because you’re trying to create a page that uses many of the same design elements, or because you need to reuse some of the content or design. This post shows you how to quickly duplicate a page in WordPress and reviews some special considerations when you clone pages. Whether you love a good keyboard shortcut or swear by the mouse, if you work on websites, you’ve probably wondered why it isn’t just as easy to duplicate a page in WordPress. Are you a control C + control V or a right-click copy/paste person? ![]() 12/27/2022 0 Comments Lord of rigel price![]() ![]() In IO mode the light detects darkness and turns itself on – ideal for riding through heavily shaded areas or tunnels during the day, or if your commute starts in daylight and finishes in the dark or vice versa. If you find turning a light on and off a bit of a chore, though, then you need to switch it to Intelligent Operation (IO), by pressing the button for three seconds with the power off. It's not the best I've used – I'd like a slightly wider beam across the road or lane rather than one so focused on the centre.Ĭontrolling the light is no different to many others, with just a single button for operation, which also displays mode and battery life. There is a decent amount of light thrown directly forward, with a reasonable spread out to the sides. Out on the road, though, it does pretty well. > Buyer’s Guide: The best 2021/22 front lights for cycling If you use the beam comparison engine above you'll see how much more effective the Ravemen is at 1,600 lumens compared with the Moon at 1,500 lumens. It's not as effective as Ravemen's solution on its PR1600, which has two separate lenses, one providing a properly cut-off beam for when you are riding in 'dipped' mode, the other chucking out a much wider spread on 'full beam'. If you mount the light underneath the handlebar, you can flip the lens over, a cool trick.Īs with the Pro, it does work to a degree, cutting off the upper light a bit, but there is still plenty heading up into the trees. The Rigel Max has the same kind of refracted lens as the Rigel Pro, to stop you dazzling oncoming drivers or cyclists, noticeable by way of the ridges on the upper half of the lens. The flashing modes give anything from 48hrs up to 120hrs. Using the full 1,500 lumens you'll get 1hr 40mins, while the 500 lumens will last for 3hrs 30mins. It's not that big a light unit either so it hasn't got a whopping battery. You get four flashing modes: Flash 1, Steady Flash, Day Flash and SOS.Ĭonsidering the output, the battery life is pretty impressive. If, like me, you hate having to scroll through flashing modes to get back to the brighter static ones, you'll be pleased to hear that Moon has kept the static modes separate from the four flashing ones a double-click on the button is all you need to swap between the two. It takes a bit of guesswork, as you don't have an LCD display or anything to tell you where you are in terms of lumens, but it's pretty easy to work out. You can actually take the brightness down to a minimum of just 20 lumens, which'll give you up to 56 hours' burn-time. You can tweak the lumen output using Moon's VLS – Variable Lumen System – giving you a fully customisable setup that you can tweak for high performance or battery saving.įor instance, 1,500 lumens is overkill for a lot of road conditions, so you could tweak the brightest mode down to, say, 1,000 lumens for most rides, or even 800 lumens – almost doubling your battery life. Even the battery life is decent considering the illumination on offer, although, as I found with its 1,000-lumen sibling, the Rigel Pro, I'm not exactly blown away by the anti-dazzling lens.Īs with the Pro, the Rigel Max has just two static modes, 'pre-set' this time at 1,500 lumens and 500 lumens, giving you a main and dipped beam. The Moon Rigel Max is a very clever light, with an Intelligent Operation mode, a VLS mode that allows you to control the lumen output, and a power-off when it detects no movement. ![]() 12/27/2022 0 Comments Characters in gotham knights![]() With each knight giving players unique gameplay. And like our heroes, these are villains that are now having to reassess what their function is, where they sit in the ecosystem when their main adversary isn't around anymore. Gotham Knights will give players access to a variety of play styles via the four members of the Bat Family, Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing, and Red Hood. 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CWs Gotham Knights has a number of intriguing characters from the Batman Comics. Villains "to reassess what their function is" without Batman around: Gotham Knights director This is excellent news for fans as the Caped Crusader has a plethora of interesting villains with intriguing gimmicks to come across. Gotham Knights cast Oscar Morgan as Turner Hayes Navia Robinson as Carrie Kelley Fallon Smythe as Harper Row Tyler DiChiara as Cullen Row Olivia Rose Keegan as Duela Misha Collins as Harvey. Furthermore, despite the primary antagonist of Gotham Knights having already been revealed to be the Court of Owls, the RPG will reportedly feature many personalities from the Batman rogues gallery. ![]() 12/26/2022 0 Comments Earthquake 5 minutes ago in california![]() But the shaking continued, and “boulders the size of cars” fell onto nearby U.S. “We ran out of the building,” Estrada said. The shaking lasted 30 seconds or more, she said. he felt the earthquake, Yes, but I never knew before that an earthquake. Syrup bottles broke, dishes fell to the ground and the roof of the shop caved in a bit. It was preceded a few minutes by a brilliant meteor Aashing across the sky. “The ground was shaking pretty bad, and then everything started falling,” said Carolina Estrada, manager at the Walker Coffee Company. was there an earthquake just now in San Diego. On Thursday, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the area. 07:25:21 UTC 2.5 magnitude, 4 km depth Mammoth Lakes, California, United States 2.5 magnitude earthquake Today 07:25:21 UTC at 07:25 JUTC Mouse over or click circles to view more information. A pair of large earthquakes hit Southern California over the course of two days. Features - Tab between map and list - Latest quakes in the World. It was followed by dozens of aftershocks, with at least a half-dozen of magnitude 4.0 or greater, the USGS said. men designer sneakers on earthquake 5 minutes ago in california just now. and Magnitude 4.5+ earthquakes from all over the World. Its epicenter was 4 miles (6.5 km) west-southwest of Walker, a California town of fewer than 900 residents. in a region about 250 miles (402 kilometers) east of San Francisco and south of Lake Tahoe. There were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 rattled the California-Nevada border Thursday afternoon, with people reporting feeling the shaking hundreds of miles away, according to the U.S. ![]() We expect more accurate data to emerge in the next few minutes. There are no details yet on the magnitude or depth of this earthquake. We are receiving unverified early reports of seismic activity in or around California, USA at approximately 16:18 GMT. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Earthquake reported few minutes ago in or near California, USA. (Smaller earthquakes in southern California are added after human processing, which may. Maps are updated within 1-5 minutes of an earthquake or once an hour. Magnitude for new earthquakes until a magnitude is determined (takes 4-5 minutes). Brown lines are known hazardous faults and fault zones. The CA ISO is forecasting an energy shortage on Monday 9/5/22 from 4pm-10pm. Search Earthquakes Near You ( Relative2Me ). This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. 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12/25/2022 0 Comments State of decay 2 mods best![]() ![]() (This is unchanged from the base game)Īll Pistol's, SMG's, Carbines, Semi-Auto Shotguns and Rifles have a chance of 0.75-1.5 durability loss per shot.Īll Launchers have a chance of 1-2.5 durability loss per shot.ĭurability Stats have been adjusted with "fo-educated guessing"Ĭreated for and suggested use on Nightmare Zone Revolver's, Bolt Action Rifles and Pump Action Shotguns do not wear out. Re-balanced Gun Durability Fo-Realistically: Note: Not all stats have been showing correctly in-game, mainly Durability Re-balanced Suppressor's Fo-Realistically: Suppressor crafting costs vary from type to type Loading a Fuel Can has been increased to 3 from 1 ![]() Parts yields from sorting materials has been greatly increased So, there you have it! Five solid weapons and mods to look for right off the bat – and none of these (with the exception of the A12 shotgun) is particularly uncommon, so you should be able to start building up right away.KryoTronic's Fo-Realistic Stack and Crafting Mod v1.0Īmmo Types stack varying from type to typeĪmmo crafting costs vary from type to typeīolt Types stack varying from type to typeīolt crafting cost vary from type to typeĮxplosive crafting cost vary from type to type It might not be the flashiest, but it won’t let you down, and you don’t need to mod it. Incredible durability and a very light weight for its damage factor are what make this one of our favorite melee weapons. They may be flimsy, but they look awesome – and you can insist that “They may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom!” as you dive headfirst into a horde. And hey, if the kukri isn’t your speed, pick up one of the many movie-inspired fantasy swords that you’ll find laying around. With sufficient melee skill, you will be able to wade through hordes like they’re nothing. While heavier than the machete and not as durable as the crowbar, the kukri – when combined with the decapitation perk – becomes a zombie head-separatin’ machine. As deadly a pair as you’ll find in any zombie-killin’ game, the A12 and incendiary shells are our “don’t leave home without them” combo. Come on, now… what more do you need, right? Well, in Year One Survival Edition, the new incendiary shotgun shells make the A12 even more ridiculous, since you can blow through entire rows of zombies, then set whole crowds on fire – which will spread procedurally – with the shells’ incendiary load. It can absolutely save your life.Ī fully automatic shotgun. Consider this sidearm for a sticky emergency situation. ![]() Great for tight situations, it’s loud… but it has a powerfully penetrating round and can multi-kill zombies with each bullet. This handgun packs a mean punch for its weight, and can fire off six rounds in rapid succession. Watch your shooting skill grow just don’t get too complacent. So, find a good hiding spot, aim carefully, and start headshotting to your heart’s content. While it doesn’t pack a punch or shoot very fast, its nearly-total-silence means zombies won’t be able to find you when you shoot. It’s already quiet… but equipped with a silencer, this thing is damn near, well, silent. If we have a recommended mod, it appears in parentheses next to the weapon. Now, those can be mitigated to some extent by clever modding – and we’ll offer some advice in that regard – but always balance your attribute budget, as it were. Others suck down precious ammo quicker than a 12-year-old girl reaches her monthly texting limit. Some weapons are really powerful, but they’ll weigh you down and make you zombie bait out in the open. Keep in mind, weapons have a variety of characteristics that you need to balance according to your play style. ![]() That’s why we’ve gone ahead and compiled a list of some of our favorite weapons, along with some good mod combinations, to help put you on the path to cutting a bloody swathe through some undead bastards during your next playthrough. It’s part of the game’s fantastic depth and great charm, but it can also be a bit intimidating, even for the experts here at Xbox Wire. One important thing about State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition for Xbox One – there are a lot of weapons to play with. ![]() |
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