** Unlike the French or halo braid iteration of crown braids—which has a built-in plait that’s woven from ear to ear—this easy braided crown hairstyle is done on a ponytail, which, who knew, actually shaves off precious minutes from the entire braiding process. Read on for a step-by-step guide to mastering crown hair: That’s all there is to the crown braids style! Try out this look if you find yourself a little bored and in need of any activity or new challenge!...

She went on to be mentored by Bonnie Duran—researcher, author, and professor from the University of Washington—who is dedicated to bringing mindfulness to Indian Country. These influences led to her decision to combine mindfulness practices with her own tradition of Native American spirituality in working with the trauma within Native American families. After graduate school at the California School of Professional Psychology, Dionne began working with two tribal consortiums. She developed culturally tailored, evidence-based parenting programs for Native American families at Riverside San Bernardino Indian Health, served as a cultural consultant for Riverside University Health Systems, and created a mindfulness program for social workers through the Riverside Department of Social Services....

There are thousands of choices of TV shows and movies on Netflix. So the best of us can be racked with indecision when looking for something new to watch. This is when the Play Something feature comes into play. It doesn’t randomly pick up a show or movie for you though. Instead, the feature analyzes your viewing history and preferences to select a title that you may like to watch. Recommended titles may include a movie or show that you started watching but didn’t finish, something on your watchlist, or new releases in your favorite genres....

Launched back in July 2020, the OnePlus Nord marked the Chinese brand’s foray into the mid-range smartphone market. The device came with Android 10 out of the box. It received the Android 11 update in March last year and is now awaiting the Android 12 update. Meanwhile, it continues to pick up new security patches every few months. It is now receiving the January SMR that has been rolling out to several other smartphones over the past few weeks....

The Pentagon inspector general office launched a probe into the case to see whether Donald Trump has used his influence to award the cloud contract to Microsoft. Investigators later said they found no evidence, but some White House officials refused to cooperate with the investigation. The Department of Defense finally decided to cancel the JEDI project because it could no longer meet its needs. The Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) project is now shared between four major cloud services providers, and each company receives a portion of this $9 billion contract....