The appearance of a Star 129 might come across kitschy if the diamond is not large enough to support all that brilliance. And when light hits on hundreds of this small surface, it can create a very messy ( though bright) appearance. Here’s a blown up view to let you see the finer details of the Star 129.īecause of the small surface area of each facet, the diamond takes on an extremely splintery appearance and that can be a problem when buying small carat size diamonds. Well… it will result in 129 super small surfaces. If you try to divide all that up within the surface area of a small stone, what do you think you would end up with? If you think about it logically, a cutter needs to place 129 surfaces onto the diamond during the polishing process. That’s almost twice as many facets and it is also dubbed as “absolutely the most spectacular diamond on the planet”. However, I do want to mention some notable ones like the Eighternity and Star 129.Īs the name suggests, Star 129 diamonds have 129 facets instead of the “standard” 57 facets that the standard round has. What About Star 129 And Other Modified Cuts?īesides the Solasfera, there is plenty of other modified round cut diamonds in the market but the truth is, most of them are mediocrely cut and sold under the guise of fancy sounding brand names. In terms of craftsmanship, the Light Masters Corporation has set really high standards and quality control into the Solasfera’s cut. The Solasfera really features vivid brilliance and scintillation that makes it well worthy of its name. The company claims that its creation is the “most brilliant” round cut diamond on Earth.Īnd if you had been following my blog long enough, I usually toss such claims out the windows until I see visual proof for myself. Technically speaking, a Solasfera diamond has 91 facets or 92 facets when a culet is present at its tip. Interestingly, the name Solasfera is rather eloquent as “Sol” is Latin for “sun” and it literally means having the brilliance of the sun. On that note, even the internal facet structure of the stone is reminiscent of perfectly distributed sunbeams. When it comes to modified round brilliant diamond designs, one of my personal picks is the Solasfera because of its light performance. Whiteflash and Brian Gavin are vendors that specialize in high performance diamonds that have better sparkle than modified round cuts. If you are looking for a super ideal cut diamond with the best light performance, stick with the standard round cut diamond. The problem I have with many of these branded diamonds is that they are often falsely marketed to have “better sparkle” and aren’t worth the insane price premiums. Now, there are plenty of round modified diamonds in the marketplace and you may have heard of branded diamonds like the Leo Diamond, Zale’s Celebration, Gassan 121 Wylde Flower Diamond and 221 facets Brilliant Lady.īasically, these diamonds are created by making modifications to the facet structure of traditional round brilliant cuts. Most of the time, this is due to the addition of facets into the design or even something as simple as a reorientation of facets. Grading labs like GIA and AGS would use the technical term “Round modified brilliant” cut to describe such stones in their certificates. When the term “Modified” is used to describe a cutting style, it simply means that the diamond doesn’t possess a standard facet arrangement. Because of the sparkle the brilliant cut creates, it is the most prevalent cutting style found in modern polished diamonds.Ī round modified brilliant cut diamond facet arrangement. The standard round brilliant cut diamond has 57 facets which behave like tiny mirrors to refract light into a spectrum of colors and return light to the viewer’s eye. One distinct feature of brilliant cut diamonds is that their individual facets take on a triangular or kite shape and have a radiating layout. The standard 57 facets round brilliant cut facet arrangement.Ī brilliant cutting style simply refers to a facet design where the pavilion facets converge to meet at a single point of the diamond (culet). What is a Brilliant Cut And What is a Modified Brilliant Cut? In this article, you will find out what they are and get an overview of most popular modified round brilliant cut diamonds in the market the Solasfera and Star 129. So, what do these terms mean and how do they affect the visual appearance of the diamond? If you had been shopping around for a diamond engagement ring, you might have come across the terms “Round Brilliant” and “Modified Round Brilliant” in a GIA grading report. Round brilliant vs round modified brilliant – GIA grading report.
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Though it's not known if Kobo will eventually close this hole or not. It should be noted that users have been able to add some level of Dropbox support with only a modification of the koboreader config file. If you *require* one of them then your decision is basically made for you. I'm not going to talk about device specific features the Sage has that the Libra 2 lacks. In cases the two actually have a very similar physical footprint, maybe a slim fingers width taller and wider on the part of the Sage.Īnother tie here I'm afraid, unless you go minimalist with your bags trying to cut down the size as much as possible either device will travel comfortably with you. However I can't imagine most bags being too small for the Sage but fitting the Libra 2 perfectly. I'll note it's a pocket that lines the inside of the body of the jacket. Portability: This is one you'd expect the Libra 2 to sweep, however I've not had an issue putting the Sage even in a case in a jacket pocket, it's snug but it fits. I'm calling this a tie, and really which you prefer is going to come down to you. I wish I could take the Libra 2 style button, being a big more raised, and put them in the Sage which has longer buttons and slightly more spread out. I also am a fan of the flat screen rather than the recessed screen, but this is personal preference.īuttons: This is tricky, both have good elements and bad. I'm giving this one to the Sage, refreshes are going to be something that you'll deal with more often and the darkness of the blacks isn't so drastic that it makes up for the faster refresh. The Sage however refreshes the screen faster than the Libra 2. My Libra 2 has darker blacks than the Sage, though this is only noticeable holding the two devices side by side. Screen: I'm gong to talk about the screen in general since really the only tech spec difference is the size, both are 1200 carta eink. However it should be noted, both are comfortable to hold in general, the weight is distributed nicely overall. I do have to give this one to the Libra 2, in or out of the case it's always comfortable to hold in any position. This isn't a huge issue since the official cover for the Sage is magnetic, taking it out and putting it in is very easy. It generally got to the point where I'd just take the Sage out of the case if i was going to be laying down to read. The Sage does become a bit awkward to hold while laying down. Obviously the Sage is heavier, but i had zero issues holding it in any position I was reading in. Weight: Out of their cases, the two are virtually interchangeable for me. Bluetooth® wireless headphones or speaker required.Ok so this gets asked frequently enough, and the answers were always pretty much down to whichever device the person replying had that I decided to get a Libra 2 in addition to my Sage.Īll of the same patches were applied, I used an official Kobo case for each device to avoid build quality issues between different manufacturers and to try and keep it as equal as possible.Īll reading settings were made to be as close as possible. TypeGenius: 13 different fonts and over 50 font stylesĢ15g Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process.ġ5 file formats supported natively (EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR) Kobo Audiobooks** **Audiobooks available only in select countries. IPX8 - up to 60 mins in 2 metres of waterĬomfortLight PRO – Adjustable brightness and colour temperature Weeks of battery life* *dependent on individual usage. WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth® wireless technology, and USB-C 7” HD E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen 300 PPI, 1264 x 1680 resolution with Dark Mode NG+2 for characters between level 80-98 (enemies and loot will be scaled up to level 81-99).NG+ for characters up to level 79 (enemies and loot will be scaled up to level 51-80).There are multiple NG+ tiers and you will be placed into the tier that most closely matches your level: To begin the next playthrough, talk to Felicia (an NPC in Minehead). New game plus (NG+) can only be started after killing the Netherlord. Other useful tomes include Concentration (+mana regen), Blocking (+% block chance) and Adventuring (+% XP/fame gain, +% potion effectiveness). The Treasure Hunter tome also increases your gold and magic find stats when taught to the pet, although it doesn’t show up on your Arcane Statistics panel. Expertise tomes only reduce the stat requirements on items, NOT the level requirements. Despite its description, Barter does NOT reduce the price for enchanting items. Reduced town travel time applies in both cases.Īlthough the Barter tome has no effect when taught to the pet, the discount also applies when you send the pet back to town to sell items. When taught to the pet, Animal Handling makes its minions stronger, but doesn’t affect the stats of your minions (or the pet itself). The only really worthwhile use of spell slots are the tomes a.k.a passives.Īnimal Handling makes your pet and minions stronger, but doesn’t affect the pet’s summoned minions. The damaging spells are laughably weak, while the summoned minions draw virtually no attention from enemies, making them useless as meatshields. The bonuses from buffs are just not that great and often only last for 20 seconds or less. I’m going to be blunt here: nearly all active spells are worthless. I also have a 1TB portable SSD connected to my Mac mini that I use for my photo library. I have a built-in 1TB SSD in my Mac mini as well as a 4TB portable HDD that’s partitioned with 3TB allocated to Time Machine and 1TB assigned to Project Files. The storage section reports the capacity and amount of space used for your Mac’s internal and external drives. It’s a handy list to have when you’re consulting support documentation or comparing your machine’s specs to another Mac. At the top is the basic information about your Mac, including its official name, model number, the version of macOS it’s running, serial number, CPU, graphics, memory, storage, and other details. DashboardĪs you’d expect, the Dashboard section of Sensei provides an overview of your system with details about the type of Mac you’re using as well as its storage, RAM, CPU, and graphics. There’s also a Settings option at the bottom of the lefthand pane that controls light and dark mode and toggling automatic updates on or off. Clicking on a section displays information about it in the pane on the right. The panel has three sections: the Dashboard, Utilities, and Hardware. Sensei is a single-window app that’s divided into a navigation panel on the left and pane on the right. However, what sets Sensei apart, and what has quickly won me over, is its ability to translate the data it collects and implement its utilities in a beautifully-designed, standalone app. The app is certainly not the first to offer these features – there are tools built into macOS and third-party apps that can accomplish many of the same functions, and in some cases more. Sensei is a brand new Mac app that monitors the status of various components of your Mac’s hardware and provides a set of utilities to optimize its performance. The rest of the chart is composed of free-to-play multiplayer games. Notably, Baldur’s Gate 3 is now one of four paid, single-player games in Steam’s most-played top 10, alongside Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, and Hogwarts Legacy. Official Steam figures show Baldur’s Gate 3’s (current) peak player record of 814,666. “Probably should stay away from the IT team for a while - told them they should expect like 100k or so at max,” Larian’s founder and CEO Swen Vincke said Friday on Twitter, as Baldur’s Gate 3 cracked 500,000 concurrent players on Steam. The Belgian developer has an ardent following for its detailed, specialized, highly traditional RPGs in the Divinity series, but the studio has never enjoyed so much attention before. The scale of the game’s success has surprised Larian. Despite the fact that it’s been available in early access form for years, the game’s proper launch on Thursday rode a wave of excitement and discussion that had swelled dramatically in the preceding weeks. However, Riot Games soon removed the game from the Steam platform and had no plans to put it back there.Baldur’s Gate 3, the Dungeons & Dragons-based role-playing game from Larian Studios, hit a peak of 814,666 concurrent players on Steam on Sunday - the ninth-highest count ever recorded on the platform.Īccording to SteamDB’s figures, Baldur’s Gate 3 stormed the all-time Steam charts over the weekend, displacing Apex Legends from the top 10. Well, when the game first came out, it was available on online cloud platforms, including Steam. If you are curious about whether you can play League of Legends through Steam? Earn gold and use it to level up your Champion and your team’s overall control in the game.Īlso, apparently, objective kills are much more important than Champion kills. Complete various tasks, kill your enemies together with your team, as a solo kill earns nothing for your team. Utilize the skills you learn during your practice. There are 140 champions, all with unique personalities, strengths, and abilities.Īnd as you level up, you’ll have access to more gameplay options. Once you are ready to move on with the game, the next thing you are required to do is to select your Champion. This mode lets you learn the ins and outs of the game, and you will suffer no consequences even if you fail. A1 mode, which involves real players who are most probably beginners like you. Once you are prepared to go for your first game, it is best to opt for the co-op vs. Yes, you can play offline, too, and play against the bots and hone your skills and experience. Before you go online with the game, you can try the tutorial to familiarize yourself with the game. How To Play League Of Legends?Ī standard game in League of Legends usually has two groups supporting five members each in a team. The game is somewhat complex, involving fast-moving gameplay with top-level strategy. And the players target to destroy the enemy’s Nexus before the other team beats theirs. The game has players working in a team, all taking the role of a single character, called Champion. However, it is yet to launch officially, while it is already available in some southeast Asia regions. Riot Games releases League of Legends for Microsoft Windows and macOS platforms.Īnd for those of you looking for a mobile version, here’s a piece of good news, Riot Games came up with a new League of Legends: Wild Rift, a modified version of this PC game for android and iOS users. On October 27, 2009, it came out, earning plenty of positive reviews for the character designs, game accessibility, etc. The game initially had its inspiration from the game “Defence of the Ancients.” League of Legends short for LOL is a PC game and a multiplayer online battle arena ( MOBA) type of video game developed by Riot Games. Top 100 League of Legends players this season. Followed by Morra was here#TR1 with over 2070 LP league points. 1 League of Legends Player this Season?Ĭurrently, the top ranking League of Legends player is Ogdur#TR 3current rank as a Challenger player, with over 227 wins and 69.4% winratehe has 2102 LP league points. On the table it is presented the max users of the game, gain / loss users, percentage of its gain and loss, and the max peak players on a given day. Here’s a detailed table of League of Legends’ estimated monthly users. To keep your Classic Chicken Pot Pie from getting too soggy, pay close attention to the steps for making the filling. Don’t forget the salt and pepper! How Do You Keep Chicken Pot Pie Crust from Getting Soggy on the Bottom? Our pot pie recipe uses butter, onions, mixed veggies, flour, Progresso™ Classic Chicken Broth, milk, and shredded chicken to make the base of this delicious meal. Assemble, fill and bake pot pie as directed in the recipe.įrequently Asked Questions What Is Chicken Pot Pie Filling Made Out Of?Ĭreamy, flavorful and extra comforting, the chicken pot pie filling is the best part of this dish. Stir frequently until your chicken pot pie filling is thoroughly heated. Next, pour it into a 2-quart saucepan and heat over medium heat for 5 to 6 minutes. When you’re ready to bake your Classic Chicken Pot Pie, move the mixture to your fridge and allow it to thaw overnight. Seal the bag and freeze your chicken pot pie filling for up to 1 month. Spoon the mixture into a 1-gallon freezer food storage plastic bag, leaving 1/2 to 1 inch at the top of the bag to account for expansion. Then cool it, uncovered, in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. But if you made too much filling, or you’re looking to prep this pot pie ahead of time, the freezer is your solution! To freeze the chicken pot pie filling, prepare it as directed in the recipe. This homemade chicken pot pie is best served fresh from the oven. Seal it up and pop your chicken pot pie in the oven, and you’ll have a classic comfort meal ready to serve before you know it. Next, you’ll spoon that filling into a convenient pre-made pie crust that tastes just as good as a from-scratch creation. First, you’ll cook and combine all of the ingredients that make the yummy filling for this chicken pot pie like milk, flour, mixed veggies and (of course) chicken. While you can enjoy these buns plain, we enjoyed them mint coriander chutney and sweet and spicy chili sauce.You’ve come to the right place to learn how to make chicken pot pie that’ll have everyone coming back for seconds! This pot pie recipe is easy to follow and comes out delicious every time. Serve it with a combination of mint coriander chutney and maggi sweet and spicy chili sauce. Apply some oil just 3 minutes before the cook time is done ( for that golden crust).ĩ- Let cool for 5-10 minutes before serving. ( note – if using biscuit dough, it takes less time than the dinner rolls). Place a small amount of the potato paneer mixture in the center and gather the sides and cover it ensuring the stuffing is intact.Ĩ- Repeat with the rest of the dough and place them on a non greased baking sheet. Mix, taste and adjust the seasoning.ħ- Open the canned Pillsbury biscuit and flatten each one slightly. Add coriander leaves and 1 to 2 teaspoons lemon juice. Saute for 30 seconds.Ħ- Add the potato and paneer and mix it well. Saute for 3-4 minutes.ĥ- Reduce the heat to low and add ½ to 1 teaspoon red chili powder, ½ teaspoon garam masala, 1 teaspoon each cumin and coriander powder, 1 teaspoon chaat masala and salt to taste. Saute for 5 minutes.Ĥ- Add ½ cup finely chopped bell pepper and ½ teaspoon turmeric. Add 1 small finely chopped onion and a pinch of salt. Saute for 15 seconds and then add 2 finely chopped green chili and 4 minced garlic. makes for a great after school snack for kidsġ- Boil one large potato, peel the skin and mash them.ģ- In a skillet heat one tablespoon of oil and add ½ teaspoon each of cumin seeds and fennel seeds.can be served as appetizers for festivals and party’s.can be prepped in advance and baked right before serving.Soft melt in the mouth buns which can be served as a side for your Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner or serve as an appetizer for your next party. This flavorful mixture is stuffed inside a ready made canned Pillsbury’s roll ( biscuit or dinner roll can be used) and baked till golden. Semi homemade and a great Indian Fusion Recipe.īoiled potato and crumbled paneer are mixed with a masala mixture made by sautéing onions, garlic, green chili, chaat masala and spices. I made a spicy stuffing with potato and paneer and stuffed them with ready to bake biscuit dough. This recipe is inspired by the the famous Iyengar Bakery Style Potato stuffed Buns. Love Fusion recipes, then do try my Chaat Dip, Indian Style Nachos, Sabudana Waffles, and Curry Roasted Cauliflower. Indian style potato and paneer filling stuffed inside a canned biscuit ( or a dinner roll) and baked till golden. As to you not coming back to El Paso? Ahhh. In summary, very thankful for your observations and your review. We obviously failed to mention that during your check in or during our welcome statement. Our rooms do have drawers located inside our original and artistic closets. Depending on the length of your stay, our Front Desk agents will be happy to accommodate you in a room that suits your needs. Rooms vary in a number of sizes through each of our floors. So it can be freezing outside and you'll still be able to have a warm swim in our pool any time of the year. Isn't the Pool and Bar area just beautiful? We do have a year-round heated pool. I am sorry we missed being there when you arrived. First Floor at Hotel Indigo has always Concierge Staff present ready to greet our coming Guests so they can guide them to the Fifth Floor where the hotel actually begins. We will make a better effort for Valet Parking Staff to have the knowledge to guide our Guests as they approach Hotel Indigo. It does not properly belong to the hotel, but being the neighbors that we are we see each each other as one. Valet Parking is indeed adjacent to our hotel. So we will comment on them in appreciation of your review, as well as to share with the Trip Advisor community who reads you. Thank you Love 2 Travel for your 5 star review! We love reviews that are detailed oriented and bring up interesting observations, such as yours. Suggestion to have better signage for parking/valet or to work with the valet company to explain things better to you. I doubt I will ever be back to El Paso but would stay here if I did. It appears that this a place locals would go after work or as a night out as it was quite lively on a Friday. We enjoyed some tasty but expensive cocktails at the bar. The food and service was excellent, would definitely recommend it. We ate at the restaurant on the main floor. There are no drawers in the room so you wouldn’t be able to properly unpack. It was fine for one night but if I was staying there for much longer, I would have found it cramped. It was quite cold when we were there so no pool or outdoor patio during our stay. We sorted out the parking and we were able to check in early which was appreciated. My husband went to check in (which is on the 4th floor) as there was no one from the hotel working on the main floor to ask where we should park. Download the IHG One Rewards app Learn more about fast booking and Rewards on the go. Costs 13p per minute + phone companys access charge. We went into the valet parking entrance and the men working the valet did not work for the hotel and were not much help to us. Discover the best that El Paso has to offer with the Hotel Indigo El Paso Downtown local area guide. As we drove into downtown El Paso, we were a bit concerned as the downtown isn’t very nice in sections. The nearest airport is El Paso International Airport, 6.2 miles from Hotel Indigo El Paso Downtown, an IHG Hotel.Stayed here for one night and booked through a discount travel site. Ciudad Juarez Cathedral is 2.1 miles from the accommodation, while Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium is 2.3 miles from the property. Guests can use the business center or relax in the snack bar. Breakfast is available every morning, and includes continental, American and vegan options. All rooms at Hotel Indigo El Paso Downtown, an IHG Hotel come with a seating area and a flat-screen TV with cable channels. The property provides room service and a 24-hour front desk for guests. With a bar, the 3-star hotel has air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi, each with a private bathroom. Located in El Paso, a 7-minute walk from El Paso Museum of Art, Hotel Indigo El Paso Downtown, an IHG Hotel has accommodations with a fitness center, private parking, a terrace and a restaurant. As surveys become more sophisticated and sensitive, more of these harmless objects will be detected before entering the atmosphere. That 13-foot-wide (4-meter-wide) asteroid scattered hundreds of small meteorites over the Nubian Desert. The first asteroid to be discovered and tracked well before hitting Earth was 2008 TC3, which entered the atmosphere over Sudan and broke up in October 2008. But this real-world event with a very small asteroid allowed the planetary defense community to exercise capabilities and gave some confidence that the impact prediction models at CNEOS are highly capable of informing the response to the potential impact of a larger object.Ģ022 EB5 is only the fifth small asteroid to be detected in space before hitting Earth’s atmosphere. NASA’s goal is to keep track of such asteroids and to calculate their trajectories in order to have many years’ notice ahead of a potential impact should one ever be identified. “But very few of these asteroids have actually been detected in space and observed extensively prior to impact, basically because they are very faint until the last few hours, and a survey telescope has to observe just the right spot of sky at the right time for one to be detected.”Ī larger asteroid with hazardous impact potential would be discovered much farther from Earth. “Tiny asteroids like 2022 EB5 are numerous, and they impact into the atmosphere quite frequently – roughly every 10 months or so,” said Paul Chodas, the director of CNEOS at JPL. They are much smaller than the objects that the Planetary Defense Coordination Office is tasked by NASA with detecting and warning about. Tiny asteroids of this size get bright enough to be detected only in the last few hours before their impact (or before they make a very close approach to Earth). PST), 2022 EB5 hit the atmosphere as predicted by Scout, and infrasound detectors have confirmed the impact occurred at the predicted time.įrom observations of the asteroid as it approached Earth and the energy measured by infrasound detectors at time of impact, 2022 EB5 is estimated to have been about 6 1/2 feet (2 meters) in size. Scout determined that 2022 EB5 would enter the atmosphere southwest of Jan Mayen, a Norwegian island nearly 300 miles (470 kilometers) off the east coast of Greenland and northeast of Iceland. “As more observatories tracked the asteroid, our calculations of its trajectory and impact location became more precise.” We were able to determine the possible impact locations, which initially extended from western Greenland to off the coast of Norway,” said Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer at JPL who developed Scout. “Scout had only 14 observations over 40 minutes from one observatory to work with when it first identified the object as an impactor. CNEOS calculates every known near-Earth asteroid orbit to improve impact hazard assessments in support of the Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Maintained by CNEOS at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, Scout automatically searches the Minor Planet Center’s database for possible new short-term impactors. As soon as Scout determined that 2022 EB5 was going to hit Earth’s atmosphere, the system alerted the Center for Near Earth Object Studies ( CNEOS) and NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, and flagged the object on the Scout webpage to notify the near-Earth object observing community. NASA’s “Scout” impact hazard assessment system then took these early measurements to calculate the trajectory of 2022 EB5. The object was posted on the Minor Planet Center’s Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page to flag it for additional observations that would confirm it as a previously unknown asteroid. Sarneczky at the Piszkéstető Observatory in northern Hungary first reported observations of the small object to the Minor Planet Center – the internationally recognized clearinghouse for the position measurements of small celestial bodies. Two hours before the asteroid made impact, K. But this event wasn’t a complete surprise: Astronomers knew it was on a collision course, predicting exactly where and when the impact would happen. A small asteroid hit Earth’s atmosphere over the Norwegian Sea before disintegrating on March 11, 2022. With years of experience in delivering professional designs and quick turnarounds due to the communicative nature of our projects platform, you are guaranteed to get the results you want in no time at all.
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