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Ewg skin deep sunscreen3/10/2023 ![]() Government studies link the use of retinyl palmitate, a form of vitamin A, to the formation of skin tumors and lesions when it’s applied to sun-exposed skin. Stay away from Vitamin A in sunscreens.Avoid intense sun exposure during the peak hours of 10 a.m.Cover up with clothing, hats and sunglasses.These popular products don’t provide a thick and uniform coating on skin. High SPF values do not provide increased UVA protection and may fool you into thinking you’re safe from sun damage. Stay away from sunscreens with SPF values higher than 50+.This chemical penetrates the skin, gets into the bloodstream and block the male sex hormone androgen. The EWG shares these 6 tips on how to choose the right protection for your kids and keep them sun safe: Related: Our Favorite Family-Friendly Beaches in Tampa Bay Shade isn’t just a good way to cool off, it’s a great way to stay protected from the sun’s rays as well, so consider purchasing a beach tent or canopy for your family trips to the beach. ![]() Protective clothing, hats and sunglasses are equally as important. Keep in mind–it’s not just sunscreen you need to use daily to protect yourself and your family. The 2022 report includes listings of the 70 best sunscreens for kids, best 282 recreational and sport sunscreens, and best 186 daily use SPF products. It sounds like a lot of bad news, but as we mentioned earlier, there are many products out there that passed EWG’s rigorous testing standards that you can easily find on the shelf at your local drugstore. And current regulations, which allow inflated SPF values and poor UVA protection, leave consumers vulnerable to harmful sun exposure,” Andrews said. “Our study shows that sunscreens are not adequately effective, especially at reducing UVA radiation. ![]() “Most of the products we tested reduced UV radiation by only half what we expect from looking at the SPF on the label,” said Andrews. ![]() ![]() Testing found that many sunscreens did not live up to the SPF values on the label, some offering as little as a quarter of what’s listed on the label. So, we are seeing progress.ĭavid Andrews, Ph.D., a senior scientist at EWG also warned consumers to be wary of SPF values. While it is still found in some sunscreens, the EWG noted it was only found in 30% of the non-mineral sunscreens they tested which is down from 60% three years ago. The primary ingredient raising red flags is oxybenzone which the EWG says is a hormone disruptor. Related: Best Beaches in Florida for Families The high number of sunscreens tested also means more than 280 sunscreens “measured up to EWG’s rigorous testing standards”. The EWG tested more than 1,850+ sunscreen products and found that 75% of them either do not offer adequate protection or contain ingredients they say could be harmful to your health.īut, don’t fret. The Environmental Working Group released its 16th annual Guide to Sunscreens and the findings are not much better than last year. ![]()
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Resogun play all3/10/2023 ![]() You need to shoot these before the box flashes red and the human inside suffocates. Keepers are craft which have a green glow around them. You will hear the female voice announce 'keepers detected', and one of your human's boxes will flash (it is random which human is selected, there is no set pattern) Ten humans on each level, encased in boxes Please do not read on if you would rather work this out for yourself (as someone earlier in the thread says, Housemarque have made it so you need to work things out for yourself : ![]() I will explain what I know about saving humans. I'm mrobbo on PSN - please add me for score chasing shenanigans. Thanks to Eurogamer & Ghostrobo for the walkthrough videos.ĭo you need help anywhere? Please don’t hesitate to ask in the comments section below.I spent a couple of hours on Resogun last night, and absolutely fell in love with it. After the first Planet Acis, the Worlds are: Ceres, Decima, Febris & Mefitis. Work-In-Progress: Please comment to let us know which levels on what planets you’re finding difficult. Note: The score multiplier is limited by the difficulty level you choose: Rookie 5x, Experienced 10x, Veteran 15x, and Master 20x. And because each ship leads you to play Resogun differently, there are Trophies for completing the game with each ship, and some of the other Trophies will be somewhat easier to unlock with a particular ship than others. Phobos is the least agile, but has the most powerful Overdrive beam, making it the perfect choice for filling the screen with special effects that PS3 can only dream of.Īll of the ships really come into their own in the co-op multiplayer mode where you can use different combinations of ships to play with a lot of style.Nemesis is the most agile ship, making it perfect for flashy and acrobatic boost kills.The Ferox ship is balanced in all areas, making it the easiest ship to start playing with.Tip Before Playing: Each ship in Resogun has different strengths and weaknesses that suit different play styles, so you’ll need to try them all out to discover what suits you the best. Welcome to the Resogun walkthrough! Ghostrobo will be your voice-over commentator showing you around the game’s first levels. When you collect a human, follow the green arrows to the mothership at the top of the screen and deliver the human to safety to earn rewards such as shields, bombs, extra points, and Overdrive upgrades.Īcis is a derelict city of the species known only as the Sentients, presently used as a prisoner processing compound. Destroy enemy cargo ships to gain Power Ups that upgrade your ship’s main weapon. Power Ups and Bonuses: Earn Power Ups and bonuses as you rescue humans and defeat enemies in each level.Green indicates a human who has been successfully rescued red indicates a human who has been lost. If the arrow around your ship turns red, the human is about to be abducted hurry to save them before it’s too late! - You can review how many humans you’ve saved and how many humans have been lost in the top-left corner of the screen. When you spot any humans running on the ground, fly into contact with them to collect them and then return them to the mothership. The green arrow around your ship points you in the direction of the nearest human to rescue. Destroy green enemies to release humans from their cells. Rescuing Humans: Your main objective is to rescue as many humans as possible before each world falls to the alien horde. ![]() Unleash a diverse array of devastating weapons including lasers, missiles, overdrive, and nova-bombs to blast hordes of enemies and rescue the last survivors from distant galactic colonies that are under ruthless attack from an evil alien invasion force.Ĭhoose your ship and destroy all enemies to save the last members of the human race! Move the left stick to fly your ship and move the right stick left & right to direct your fire at enemies until they blast apart and disappear. ![]() It uses a Voxel graphics technique, Voxels are volumetric elements that have their own lights and physics, which is where the game gets its unique look & beautiful graphics from. Resogun is an intense fast-paced shoot em’ up developed exclusively for the PS4 console. If you’re not a subscriber, Resogun will also available to purchase on PlayStation Store for just $14.99. Resogun will be one of the first games featured on PlayStation Plus at the launch of PS4, meaning that it’s available for free to all subscribers during the offer period. Please note that viewers must be at least 10 to watch, because this game includes Fantasy Violence. ![]()
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Econ technologies chronosync3/10/2023 ![]() ![]() This Tech Note explains the procedure for creating and maintaining a new Big Sur Bootable Backup. Coinciding with this new feature, Econ Technologies, Inc is publishing a new Tech Note, Bootable Backups on macOS 11, Big Sur. ($49.99 new for ChronoSync with a 20% discount for TidBITS members, free update, 88.1 MB, release notes, macOS 10.12+ $14.99 new for ChronoAgent, 42.7 MB, release notes, 10. ChronoSync 4.9.12 introduces the new ‘Data Volume-Only’ backup to keep all user Home Folders safely backed up. The release also brings back support for Google Cloud backups, adds iCloud support, introduces a new sync task document file format, fixes over 50 bugs, and now requires 10.12 Sierra or later.ĬhronoAgent 2 employs new Spotlight disabling and volume ejection/dismount strategies, adds support for new archiving features of ChronoSync, enhances some diagnostics when copying or moving files, and adds real-time monitoring of mounted volume attributes. Synchronize between folders on your Mac, other Macs, PCs, external drives or anything you can mount on your Mac. ChronoSync is the easy way to synchronize, backup, and create bootable backups. For more information go to Econ Technologies online. ChronoSync and ChronoAgent for Mac are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese. ChronoSync 10 brings support for creating bootable backups for both Monterey and macOS 11 Big Sur, using the Apple Software Restore (ASR) tool to create a cloned image on the destination volume. Download and try the demos, or purchase ChronoSync for 40 and ChronoAgent for Mac for 10. Both are free updates for existing users. #1629: iOS 16.0.2, customizing the iOS 16 Lock Screen, iPhone wallet cases, meditate for free with OakĮcon Technologies has released ChronoSync 10.0 and ChronoAgent 2.0, updating the synchronization and backup tools to be fully compatible with macOS 12 Monterey and M1-based Macs.ChronoSync Mac File Sync Mac Backup Econ Technologies Software. ChronoSync is a file synchronization and backup utility for macOS. #1630: Apple Books changes in iOS 16, simplified USB branding, recovering a lost Google Workspace account A comprehensive list of best alternatives to ChronoSync.Or are there some other preferable, functioning DTPO DataBase sync. #1631: iOS 16.0.3 and watchOS 9.0.2, roller coasters trigger Crash Detection, Medications in iOS 16, watchOS 9 Low Power Mode (And yes, we have already submitted the same question to Econ Technologies support).#1632: Apple Card Savings accounts, SOS in the iPhone status bar, Tab Wrangler, Focus in iOS 16.Full working trial licenses are available or purchase ChronoSync for 49.99 (USD). #1633: macOS 13 Ventura and other OS updates, 10th-gen iPad, M2 iPad Pro, 3rd-gen Apple TV 4K, Apple services price hikes ChronoSync, the multipurpose Mac App for local and cloud backup, bootable backup and folder synchronizing is designed to work on macOS 10.11 and newer. ![]()
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Defend your castle full screen3/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Try using a VPN or Proxy service in case you are having a problem with Blocking or Connection Reset or see that Game does Not Load properly.If some advertisements get stuck - try to reload the page once or twice. Note: If the game is taking a while to load, please press Ctrl and F5 buttons on your keyboard at the same time to refresh the page without local cache.Ask for help on Learn4Good Games Discord Channel.This HTML5 game works on PC/Mac and mobile device browsers.īefore you submit an error report, please review these common issues & solutions: If your castle’s health (shown on the left of the screen) reaches zero, you’ll lose the level! Towers can be upgraded by clicking on them and selecting the upgrade option, or sold from the same menu.īalance your play styles based on your enemies! It’s wise to build towers near to your castle, as when enemies get to the end they will continue to cause damage until destroyed. Select the type of tower you’d like to build and tap twice to insert it. How to Play: To play, click or tap on the area where you’d like to build a tower. ![]() Earn coins by killing enemies, which can be spent on more towers or on tower upgrades. Balance their different effects wisely - some are slow firing but high damage, while others are fast firing and weak but have special abilities such as stunning. ![]() ![]() It’s your job to defend your castle through over 20 levels, from magic creatures such as orcs and walking trees that spawn bats! You can do this by building defensive towers in set places, with four different types of tower to choose from. It improves production counts & defence power.- Can enjoy 3 modes of the game (WAR, SURVIVAL, DUNGEON) with 3 different levels like EASY, NORMAL, HARD.+ More- Support a full screen of iPhone & iPod Touch family.- Will continue to update such as adding new monsters and battle net.? Official online cafe ?/actongame? Official Facebook ?facebook.Tower Defense is a magical tower defence game. That's more strong than before.- Can upgrade the castle from town to fortress.
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The surgeon othercide3/10/2023 ![]() These bosses are also voiced with the creepy Deacon of the Cellar Prison Era commenting on your daughter’s luscious legs and lips, whilst The Surgeon in the Plague Era talks about skinning your daughters and studying them. Enemies are contorted and twisted, with milky white skin and flesh making for a creepy sight.īosses as well play into this haunting design with them towering over your team of daughters and having some excellent designs based on the era they represent. ![]() When it comes to their movement they will contort their heads, spasm and jerk their body side to side and creepily dash towards you. Othercide is a gothic spectacle with enemies looking like they were pulled out of classic gothic literature and stories. The story is never the focus of Othercide, but where it lacks in narrative it makes up for in atmosphere and environmental and enemy design. You birth them, shape them, and even sacrifice them, building up your army and forming the group that will be able to take down the monstrosities waiting in each fight. The only thing that stands in their way are The Daughters an army comprised of echoes of the greatest warrior to ever live. Othercide is set in a monochromatic world which has become infested by the Suffering, dreadful contorted monsters that are made from the worst sins of Humanity. Othercide PS4 Review A Gorgeous, Broken, Battered World That Spans Multiple Eras Lightbulb Crew have created one of the most visually striking games of the year and it’s an offering that everybody should try. But, Othercide is a strong strategy game that is elevated by its gruesomely gothic world, nightmarish atmosphere and enemy designs and perfected progression curve. With gritty landscapes and demolished building that are now rubble, the genre can feel a bit samey. ![]() You get a heal and a powerful Trait unlocked on the healed daughter, so don’t feel that you must immediately spend the token.Othercide PS4 Review – It’s rare that tactical and strategy games diverge from the typical war settings we see in the genre. This can be useful right before a boss fight. You can also resurrect the a daughter after sacrificing her to heal another daughter. You’ll automatically be awarded a Resurrection Token, just go to the graveyard and resurrect your best Daughter. You can actually spend them at any time but might as well spend all but 50 now (after you beat the boss you’ll see why you want 50 saved up). When you start your next run you’ll be prompted to spend your shards. After a run all your previous run’s daughters will be in your graveyard. If you luck out and beat him simply end your run after getting to the 4th day of the second week (will give you a second resurrection item). Wiping on a boss will automatically end your run. You’ll probably want to get to The Surgeon and fight him during your first run (though you have the option of ending a run anytime) as he’s challenging and you’ll want to see how he works and unlock his Journal entry so you can understand his AI. Think of it like a pay day, you earn by working and are paid later. While you’re earning a big pile of shards by completing missions they’re only awarded for spending on your next run. The catch is that applying these buffs costs shards. This allows you to resurrect one Daughter. During the first week you’ll discover the Surgeon and unlock Corroded Scissors. ![]() ![]() On day 4 of each week you will always discover the boss, which offers a new item that you can find in your Inner Void. Unless you stumble upon a Rescue mission during your first run (which is a very rare and very hard mission type) your first opportunity to get this will be during your second run (aka Remembrance).Įvery Remembrance consists of weeks, each week being during a specific era. ![]()
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Outriders ps53/10/2023 ![]() I selected Trickster as my main, but have taken the time to play around with other classes as well. Cowering in cover as the Trickster-who uses time-based and movement skills to get into advantageous positions close to enemies-is more apt to get you killed than simply getting behind an enemy and turning them to mist with a well placed shotgun blast.Įach class feels quite different to play and requires different play styles. It might feel counterintuitive in most games to throw yourself into the middle of a group of enemies when your low on health, but that’s exactly what Outriders wants you to do. Outriders wants to encourage players to utilize the skills and abilities of their chosen class, so healing is based on leaning into those class specifics. Outriders Review – Run for Cover…or NotĪt a glance, Outriders is a third-person cover shooter that could immediately be compared to any number of other games in the genre, except for one key difference: cover is actually an impediment to your own gameplay. In that respect, the story really speaks to and supports the crazy gameplay. Sure, the delivery is sometimes schlocky and absurd, but it felt like it accomplished precisely what it was intended to be: an at times serious, at times ridiculous science fiction story filled with absurd action. I loved building up my crew as we ventured further away from the safety of the city and farther into the unknown. ![]() I was consistently interested in the world building through sidequests-understanding more about the plight of the survivors on Enoch. I loved the story, not necessarily as this grand masterpiece of storytelling, but as a great vehicle to deliver the kind of over-the-top-action that Outriders was aiming for. ![]() With your newfound anomaly powers, you are a reluctant hero, understanding that your powers allow you to come to the aid of the people who are trapped, threatened, and have none. You awake to a situation not much better than Earth, with not only the planet’s open aggression, but the remnants of humanity fractured and warring over what little resources are available for survival. You are an Outrider, one of the frontline forces sent down to the planet ahead of everyone else and left in cryo for decades after its hostility was discovered. Oh, and it wipes out advanced electronics too, rendering them entirely useless. Of course, things don’t go as planned, the planet shows a previously unforeseen hostility, and a mysterious anomaly grants a select few powers while eliminating everyone else in its path. After Earth is ruined by humans, a scant few survivors take the stars and head for Enoch, a planet that is supposed to be the next bastion of life a place where humanity can restart. ![]() Outriders‘ story is a good amount of over-the-top sci-fi end-of-the-Earth action. And yet it still feels challenging, a high risk, high reward game that can feel soul crushing one moment, and have you whooping and hollering with delight the next. It makes you feel powerful without artificially limiting or taking away that power. ![]() It lets you craft the way you want to play. Outriders is simply and unapologetically Outriders. Outriders isn’t Borderlands, or Gears of War, or any of the other multitude of things it could easily be compared to. ![]()
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Insomniax macbook3/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Finally, you can disable lid sleep only when your device is connected to a power outlet by enabling the “Disable Lid Sleep when on AC” setting. In addition to that, the “Disable Lid Sleep for” function will let you set a timer that will allow your Mac to sleep again after some time has passed. You might want to disable sleep when you are moving around the house with your Mac but enable it if you put it in a bag and go outside. For instance, going to Preferences > Set Lid Sleep Hot Key will let you create (almost) any keyboard shortcut that will enable and disable sleep mode instantly. Of course, InsomniaX does offer more functionality than that. To merely prevent your Mac from going to sleep, this setting is enough. Since this is your first time using the app, OS X will ask for your user credentials before allowing the app to make any changes to the system. To prevent your Mac from sleeping when you close the lid, simply enable the “Disable Lid Sleep” option. Click on that and you will see InsomniaX’s various options. Look at your Mac’s menu bar and you should see an icon with a crescent moon. The app should now be ready and you can start taking advantage of it right away. Just click on the Open button and the installation should proceed normally. A confirmation window will pop up saying that InsomniaX comes from an unidentified developer. To prevent that from happening, Control + Click on the file and select Open. Since this is an app outside the official store, your Mac may block its installation. These requirements should fit the majority of users but there is no way to get around them.Īfter making sure that your device is compatible with InsomiaX, go ahead and install the app on your Mac. Furthermore, you will need to run OS X 10.8.5 or later. In order to run the application, you will need to have a MacBook Air or Pro with an Intel 64-bit processor. ![]()
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Nimble giant3/10/2023 ![]() ![]() To learn more about Nimble Giant’s origins and to take a virtual tasting, visit the Tregs blog. After about a half-dozen Scratch beers, we hit upon a. Nimble Giant is available on draft and in 16-oz. Nimble Giant came up through our small-batch Scratch Series, starting with our first experiments with Mosaic hops. One of our most-loved beers, this annual release rivals Mad Elf for the excitement it generates every year. It’s an intensely tropical hop and helped us hit those vibrant notes of mango and pineapple. Nimble Giant, our gracefully dank Double IPA, is back. Clocking in at 9 ABV, Nimble Giant is a big beer, but it goes down easy. People started stopping our brewmaster out in public and raving about the Scratch batches.Īfter about half a dozen small test batches, we hit upon the finishing touch with the addition of Azacca hops. We taste: tropical fruit, pine sap and honeysuckle. When we started dry-hopping with Mosaic and Simcoe together, we knew we were onto something. We loved our earliest trials with fruity and complex Mosaic hops. Not surprisingly, Nimble came up through our small-batch Scratch System. That’s why it scores an ‘Outstanding’ on BeerAdvocate and consistently hits the top 10 trending beers on Untappd. ![]() We taste tropical fruit, pine sap, and honeysuckle.Ĭlocking in at 9% ABV, Nimble Giant is a big beer, but it goes down easy. The path to Nimble Giant starts in the hop fields with Simcoe’s notes of creamsicle and mango, Mosaic’s honeysuckle and grapefruit, and Azacca’s intense pineapple.Īnd this deep orange Double IPA is balanced by a backbone of Pilsner and Vienna malts. Troegs Double IPA gracefully boasts grapefruit rind, pineapple and honeysuckle notes with a hint of earthy forest floor. ![]()
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Video compressor for discord3/10/2023 ![]() ![]() The video compression process can be finished in a few minutes. It can function as a video compressor for Discord. It’s free, open-source, and cross-platform. HandBrake is a well-known video transcoder for video conversions. When you get the desired file size, press the Export button to start the Discord video compression. In the Settings window, you can lower the resolution and change the quality from Better to Good to reduce the video file size. Then you can edit the file name, change the video format, and choose a destination folder. ![]() ![]() Click the Export button above the Player window. Drag and drop the video from Media library to the timeline. Open the program and add the Discord video by clicking on Import Media Files. Download MiniTool MovieMaker and complete the installation on your computer. How to compress video for Discord with MiniTool MovieMaker Decorate your video with various filters, animated stickers, texts, etc.Compress large videos for discord quickly.The video speed editor can speed up a video to 2X, 4X, 8X, 20X, and 50X. The video splitter can cut out unwanted parts of a video. Some editing tools are helpful to reduce discord video size. MiniTool MovieMaker has a set of video editing tools such as video trimmer, video splitter, video speed editor, audio remover, video color editor, and video reverser. It can make a large Discord video file smaller than 8MB or 100MB by lowering video resolution, quality, and bitrate. As it supports all popular formats, you can compress videos in any common format like MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV, WMV, or WebM. MiniTool MovieMaker is a good video compressor for Discord. Best Free Video Compressor for Discord MiniTool MovieMaker Now, let’s take a look at the 8 best free video compressors for Discord and learn how to compress video for discord. In this case, compressing the discord video is the best solution. Whether you have Discord Nitro or not, sometimes you may receive the error message “Your files are too powerful”. If you have Discord Nitro, the maximum file size limit for uploads will increase to 100MB. Other Ways to Make Discord Video File Smaller than 8MBĭiscord lets you upload a file up to 8MB.Best Free Video Compressor for Discord Online.This post has compiled a list of the 8 best free video compressors for Discord to make discord videos smaller with good quality. If the Discord 8MB file size limit bothers you, compress your video to a size that is smaller than 8MB. ![]()
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Lode runner 2 the legend return3/10/2023 ![]() ![]() NOTE: This is not the only possible combination of plugins. ( internal X & Internal Y= Very High, Stretching mode: Stretch to full window size, render Mode: 2 (Use framebuffer object) text filt = 2 FPS limit= 63, Compatibility=2,3,2 Shader effects= 5 (GLSlang Files (gpuPeteOGL2-slv/slf)) Lode Runner, comes home to your PlayStation™.ĭig and blast your way through hundreds of levels of exciting and challenging game play! As you go from level to level, the gold will be harder and harder to gather as you are basically forced to figure out puzzles that will enable you to dig your way to, fall on, or otherwise come in contact with the gold. You can dig holes to momentarily trap these Mad Monks, but you should be careful not to trap yourself or touch a monk. Chief among these Lode Runners is Jake Peril, a man who spends most of his time climbing ladders and ropes, walking across platforms, falling off platforms, digging holes and, of course, scooping up piles of gold.Īs you guide Jake around the underworld, grabbing all the gold so you can progress to the next level, a subterranean cult of gold worshippers will follow you around and make your task difficult. ![]() With enough gold, a person can buy safe passage from the planet. What remains of humanity resides deep within caverns, searching for gold, a substance still considered valuable. In The Legend Returns, the once green and fertile Earth is now a cesspool of filth, made this way by centuries of pollution. Secondly, there is Lode Runner Extra, a sequel of sorts that continues where the former game left off. First, there is Lode Runner: The Legend Returns, a graphically enhanced remake of the computer classic. Lode Runner for the PlayStation is two games on one disc. ![]() |