Ireland is famous for its lucky leprechauns, golden horseshoes, pots of gold and four-leaf clovers. Combine them and they make for very popular slot machine games.
You’ve probably played Rainbow Riches and Slots O’ Gold in the past, but another Irish-themed slots game that is growing in popularity is Rainbow Jackpots. Developed by Red Tiger Gaming, this slot machine features all you would expect in an Irish-themed game, plus more.
All three of these aforementioned games can be played for free in practice play, and for real money at many reputable online casinos, such as: https://games.paddypower.com/game/rainbow-jackpots-grt. You can decide for yourself if Rainbow Jackpots gives Rainbow Riches, Slots O’ Gold and the other similarly-themed games a run for their money.
Rainbow Jackpots is a five-reel, four-row 20 paylines slot game that offers a progressive jackpot too, meaning you can win a life-changing sum in a single play, one that often tops the £1 million mark. The progressive jackpot increases with every bet that every player makes on the game.
The visuals are simple and brightly coloured. The symbols are against plain white reels within an archway carved and decorated in a Celtic style. The soundtrack includes cries of encouragement from the lucky leprechaun’s Irish accent. This game is colourful and cheerful just as you’d expect from any Irish-themed slot machine.
The 10s, Jacks, Queens, Kings and Aces represent the lower value cards on the reels. The lucky leprechaun is the game’s scatter symbol which can be substituted for other symbols to make bigger winning combinations. Other symbols include pipes, pots of gold and pints of stout, with three scatter symbols unlocking the opportunity to win up to 100 free spins. If the animated leprechaun appears on the screen, he blows his pipe and this upgrades you to a Mega Free Spins feature.
Gold coins represent the wild symbol in this game. Roll five of them to enter the bonus rounds to be in with a chance of winning the progressive jackpot.
One of the best features in this game is the Beer Bonus. Here you can win up to 100x your stake. But if the lucky leprechaun appears again, he upgrades you to 1,000x in the Triple Beer Bonus feature. The leprechaun can certainly help you to win bigger, random prizes.
Rainbow Jackpots can be played from £0.20 per spin and is available on desktop, tablet and mobile devices. This means you don’t have to be in Ireland to play it! In fact, if you have the internet connected to your table or mobile device, you can play it from just about anywhere and everywhere! That could be down your local, on public transport or even whilst waiting for your meal to be served at a restaurant if you so desire!
Everyone enjoys a slot machine that features a lucky leprechaun and pots of gold and Rainbow Jackpots certainly offers its own uniqueness to the growing list of Irish-themed slot machines. It’s certainly one not to give a miss.
Being a celebrity means being at the full attention of the camera most of the time. Celebrities get a huge following of fans who expect to know every move they make. One of the areas of focus is health and fitness. And it’s no wonder since most of them spend hours at the gym trying to attain a hot body and eat a highly selective diet.
Celebrities have different fitness tips that they follow to attain hot bodies. You can get a few of those tips here as gathered from popular stars across the world.
Kim Kardashian
Kim admits to being proud of the curves of her body. According to this celebrity, it is a result of working hard on her fitness routine. The routine is specifically customized for her by her professional fitness experts. Likewise, every other lady and man out there should have a workout plan. Her latest tip is on setting realistic goals rather than aiming to be the skinniest woman in the world.
Rihanna
She has managed to retain a great body since she came into the limelight as a music star. Her top secret is doing cardio on a daily basis. She says it is the most crucial part of her day. Also, she has a personal trainer who motivates her to work out on a daily basis. If there is a big event that will take several days to prepare for, the trainer must travel with her. This shows how critical it is to have a training buddy on your side.
Kate Hudson
Her approach to fitness is out of the ordinary. She prefers to remain active in ways like dancing around the house and stretching most of the time. Her aim is to sweat as much as possible, which shows that calories are burning out and the metabolism is skyrocketing. According to her, this is the minimum every woman should do, even if they don't have an opportunity to visit the gym. However, she still does her gym routine a few days in a week.
Cara Delevingne
According to Cara, everything has to start with self-confidence. You need to put on the lingerie and love yourself first. Although this is difficult for many people, especially those who have gained a few pounds, it is the only way to get motivated for the morning run, yoga classes, or a gym session. If women can accept themselves, they will start improving their fitness life with ease.
Jessica Biel
She has a very determined personal trainer who believes in doing workouts everywhere. Even if you cannot afford a personal trainer, emulate these habits using simple tools and equipment. Even those who have been taking supplements and fitness enhancement gear from sellers like Musclesfax should take advantage of their body weight and simple equipment. According to her, it will be easier to hit your fitness goals even when you are on the move. She notes that most women use business travel, family attention, and their career as excuses, which should not be the case.
Paris Hilton
She has been in lifestyle magazines and web blogs many times, making her a popular celebrity. The most amazing part about her is that she has maintained a sexy body through it all. So, what is her secret? According to her, biking through the hills and canyons is the order of the day. Although she takes other fitness sessions at the gym, cycling alongside her personal trainer keeps her fit. She tells women to interpret fitness in a way they enjoy. It should not always be the gym or yoga just because everyone else is doing it. The best motivation is in a physical activity that a person enjoys.
Fergie
She prefers to stretch more before starting the main workout. If you have been in fitness for some time now, you will agree that she has the right idea. According to Fergie, stretching prepares the muscles, bones, and the entire body for any workout, whether it’s cardio or weightlifting. She spends enough time stretching as guided by her celebrity trainer. Some other advice from her is to cool off in the right way after a session of lifting, punching, pressing, and playing. The body must come to a gradual halt from active to normal. She is not the type who leaves the gym immediately after the treadmill; she must cool down gradually.
Mel B
She likes to run in the morning alongside her personal trainer who is her biggest motivation. The result is what we see in various shows she appears on, which is a gorgeous and well-toned Mel B. Her word to all women is to stay motivated and to participate in fitness training that works well for anyone. Even if a person cannot afford a personal trainer, something else should keep them motivated until they attain their goals.
Jenifer Lopez
She is a movie star and music icon who is admired by several women for her curves. This is a result of aggression and determination to stay fit at all times. According to her, she approaches workouts like a fighter, and that is the advice she has for all ladies. She also tells women to treat the gym as a place to visit when they feel down and lost. It gives back your energy and confidence. At the end of the day, a person will see the fruits of hard work and aggression.
Michelle Obama
She is the former first lady of the US and has motivated women in many ways. She has stayed strong her entire life, and the secret is fitness. In her opinion, it is not all about being fit but being rejuvenated as well. She is a lover of the gym and her personal trainer is always impressed by the energy she shows. She is also known to have conducted numerous health and fitness campaigns for women all over the world.
Conclusion
Both women and men can stay fit if they follow some of these celebrities and their way of living. It is a great recommendation that all women should cut weight by burning extra calories for sexy bodies.
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This week Yahoo released their latest version of their instant messenger, but is it up to the same standards of the likes of MSN AIM and ICQ? My first impressions were very good, YIM (Yahoo instant messenger) had some nice features that the other popular instant messengers didn?t use such as web cam support and some useful tabs unlike the ones present in MSN that seem aimed at getting you to spend money rather then provide useful information.
The layout of YIM is very nice and is easy to use, some nice gfx have been used giving YIM the same feel as AOL instant messenger. YIM also lets you change your away messages similar to the way ICQ does which is useful if you want to say why you are away or how long you will be. Another interesting idea YIM has is IM environments, this is basically themes for your instant messenger windows which in ways look nice but others just get annoying.
The main downside I found to Yahoo is not to do with the program but the lack of friends I know that use it. Since at early time online I have used ICQ then MSN Messenger thus a lot of my friends have mainly gone on to use MSN messenger for various reasons, the ones which do use YIM normally use another IM as well such as myself. Somehow Yahoo has to give people a good reason to change their IM habits from messengers such as MSN and AIM to their own messenger.
The other instant messenger programs I believe do have a head start over Yahoo for instance MSN messenger is now installed with every version of windows and AIM is installed with Macs now and comes built into Netscape and Mozilla web browsers. Personally I think that if YIM is to survive against the other large messenger services it needs to get its self bundled with a lot more other software so that more people can easily get to use it.
Another criticism I have of the software is not being able to change your screen name easily, people often like to convey their thoughts through their screen name such as on MSN messenger but I could not find this feature on YIM. Yahoo was one of the first large networks to bring together its ID program into all its online features, for instance my account can access geocities, email, instant messaging, calendar and a wide range of other features however now I feel Yahoo hasn?t been able to keep up with the likes of msn passport or AOL and needs to make a lot of changes to survive in the future.
Overall YIM 5.5 is one of the best instant messengers out there if your friends and colleagues use it, otherwise stick to one of the other large networks or get yourself onto IRC. I?m giving YIM 5.5 7/10.
Morpheus 2 is the latest version of the popular download client that over the previous months has gone through a lot of changes. For those that don?t know I will explain Morpheus history. The original Morpheus started up using the same network as Kazaa the layouts were about the same and files could be downloaded quick and easy without many problems, then early this year Morpheus split from the same network as Kazaa and started using the same network as GNUtella with a program which looked very similar to Gnucleus. For those using dialups the GNUtella network is no where near as good as kazaa is for downloading music. Morpheus continued to use the modified version of Gnucleus for the following months, I?m guessing in this time they were working on their own client for the GNUtella network which was finally launched this month under the title Morpheus 2.
When downloading Morpheus 2 I initially had to download a 4mb setup file then a further 5mbs for the latest java virtual machine (I suppose it could come in useful for any other programs I download which may need it.) anyway 1 hour later after all this downloading the program finally installed. My first impressions were good, it looked nice ran at a good speed and was easy to use. However Morpheus 2 still used the GNUtella network so was slow to connect. I tried quite a few times and it didn?t connect in anyway as fast as Kazaa. I opened both programs up to see which connected fastest, on average kazaa took between 5-10 seconds to connect while with Morpheus I could wait any time upto a minute before giving up. Once Morpheus was connected I had this silly thing telling me how much search power I had. I decided to search for faithless once it reached maximum search capacity, after about 2 minutes it came up with 3 results before having to reconnect. With kazaa I found about 150 references to Faithless in about 2minutes.
I then decided to download one of the files I had found this went slightly better and I did get reasonable download speeds however I did have connection problems to Morpheus for trying to search for other things, these problems did not occur in kazaa. I personally didn?t think Morpheus 2 lived up to what my expectations were and I found there website most unhelpful when trying to find out anything about Morpheus 2. The site seemed more interested in advertising from the way it seemed to me.
Overall I think Morpheus 2 was easy to use and it looked nice, however as a download manager it doesn?t seem as good as its close rivals such as limewire and bearshare and its no where near the level that it used to be when it used the same network as kazaa. So I?m giving Morpheus 2 a poor 3/10.