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After my mini-tour in Manchester and some space for reflection, I had the opportunity to perform for Cascade Creative Recovery and try out a few changes to the performance. I have described the performance here
I have written before about wanting to do less interpretation and get the audience to read themselves. This I did in this performance by asking the person to say three words that describe the vegetable they picked. I then used these three words as the basis of any interpretation that I made. I liked the element of the unexpected here, for example one of the words thrown up for cauliflower was soggy!
The other concern I had was about the ending. In the other three performances I felt that the performance just tailed off a bit with the crisp communion. In this version I changed the way I did it in order to create more of a sense of ritual and drama. Rather than telling a story about Findhorn and then passing the crisps round with no particular instructions than to eat with gratitude, I first passed the crisps round, asking everyone to take one, but not to eat it. I then told the Findhorn story, invited vocal expressions of gratitude to the potatoes and then counted down from three to one with us all eating a crisp together at one! This felt like a more communal and connected ending.
In common with the Styal performance, I completely forgot to include the Q & A section. Bearing in mind Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies, in particular "Honour thy error as a hidden intention", I need to think about whether I should exclude this section from the performance.
Two other things I need to work on are integrating the music Steve and I are creating into the performance and whether I want to continue with just wearing what I happen to be wearing that day as costume, or returning as I did for Divination, a performance at The Brighton Fringe, to a more specific costume idea.


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City of Toronto is looking to build a bicycle path along McNicoll Ave. between Birchmount Rd. and Pharmacy Ave, which will be connected with neighbourhood recreational centres. There will be a public meeting. Come out and have your say! Monday, January 29, 2018 7:00 PM – 9:00 pm L'Amoreaux Community Centre
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We have all heard the analogy that a director's film is his or her baby. In this episode of Cinematic Immunity, we discuss that analogy as a partnership with the distribution or sales company as a partnership in nature.
"How do we Make Better Movie Babies" is an episode that helps to dispel the myth of feature film distribution and sales market by interviewing 2 experienced distribution agents and 1 sales agent and 1 filmmaker who knows how to make it happen.
Thanks to everyone joining us again for this episode of cinematic Immunity. This week, our panel of guests include Daisy Hamilton of TriCoast Worldwide, Alex Saviliev of Vision Films and Morris Ruskin of Shoreline Entertainment. These amazing guests represent the distribution side of making movie babies. Also on the show is special guest writer/director Byron Yee who knows how the business of show business works. Enjoy the show everyone!
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It's here. That time of year when we trade in our bright, summery clothes for muted shades of brown, gray, and black. We doff our shorts and sandals and shimmy into leather leggings and boots.
But what about our faces? What do we do to transform our makeup to reflect the seasonal shift? I decided to get the bottom of the fall makeup trends so I met my makeup artist, Carly McClure of Faces by Carly, at the Nordstrom Beauty Department to find out what the fall fashion runways predicted would be hot as the weather grows cold.
Turns out, this season has some interesting trends on tap that will instantly transform your look. This fall it's all about the eye – bold, colorful, shimmering. The face and lips play a lesser role, with a natural, nude look dominating the runways.
Here's what Carly and I spotted as the top five makeup trends for fall.
The fall runways showed bold, dark metallics – gold, silver, midnight blue – applied to the entire lid. And while that's more of a nighttime look, it's also on point to apply a soft shimmer in the corners of the eyes for daytime.
Think thicker, not necessarily longer. Bold, baby doll lashes dominated the fall fashion runways. With everything from spider-like, well-defined lash lines for nighttime to a softer, but still lush, lash line for day, batting your eyelashes will take on a whole new meaning this fall. Carly and I love Define-A-Lash mascara by Maybelline. It's a great drugstore buy that will give your lashes that thicker look we're all craving.
Again, it's all about the eyes this season, so don't be afraid to go all out with the eye liner. Dark eyeliner placed thick on the upper and lower lids is key. This is also a great way to try the metallic trend without committing to covering the entire lid. I love Bobbi Brown eyeliner. This season I'm using her metallic cream shadow in Thunderstorm as my eyeliner.
This is another fun way to accent your eyes. Try a bright purple or blue swept across the lid. If you have darker skin tones, try a pink or maroon with a slight shimmer. Be fearless and have fun with this one. It's a unique way to work in the brighter colors we overlook when the skies turn gray.
I hope you're still wearing your sunscreen (yes, you should wear it on your face even in the winter) because this trend is calling for a natural looking, flawless face, free of sun damage. Think clear, au natural skin, not matte, not dewey. A little concealer and a foundation with good coverage will give you that effortless, natural look.
This season, blush is soft and almost non-existent. If you can't leave the blush in the drawer, choose a pale peach or pink to flatter your skin tone and subtly accent your cheekbones. Orgasm by Nars works best for me. (Love the name too!) It's a universal color that looks good on most people.
Lips didn't get much play on the runways this season, which means they were nude or dusted with a pale shimmer. You've heard the old adage, play up the lips or the eyes but not both? Again, this season is ALL about the eyes!
If you live in the Tampa area and would like to contact Carly for a makeup session or lash extensions, you can find her on Facebook and Instagram (@FacesByCarly). She a super talented and has a passion for making women look even more beautiful. She's amazing!


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I am a Jester King fanboy, but I have my limits, and Gotlandsdricka is well beyond those. Allegedly the beer of the Vikings, you'd have to be a Viking to enjoy this stuff. This was astringent and bitter and overly fizzy with an assortment of odd burnt wood flavors that were completely unpleasant. I choked it down, but I did not enjoy it in the least, and while I understand what Jester King is trying to do with all of these styles, this one is a huge swing and a miss, 3/10.
Just Brutal: Jester King GotlandsdrickaDecember 5, 2012
New Texas Brewery: Adelbert's Brewery Gives Us The Naked Nun Belgian Wit, And I Like ItAugust 9, 2012
I have never seen a naked nun, nor have I ever seen a nun that I would like to see naked. I am sure there are some who find the idea of a nun in the raw appealing, arousing even, which is why I am terrified of googling 'naked nun' to see what others think of this fine beer from Adelbert's Brewery, one of Texas' newest breweries*.
This wit poured a golden yellow, hazy from the yeast, with great lacing in the glass. It had a mild lemon peel aroma and taste, with some soft herbal notes as well (which tasted more like sage to me rather than the coriander noted on the label, but what do I know), and just a touch of funkiness from the yeast. This is not a ground breaking wit, but it is quite nice, 6.5/10, and based on the strength of this beer, I am looking forward to drinking Adelbert's other brews.
*I keep saying this, but it bears repeating: Texas may not have the depth and breadth of craft brewers that the Pacific Northwest or Northern California has, but it is gaining ground and doing so quickly. It seems as if a new brewery opens in Texas every other week, and most are quite good. At this pace, Texas will soon be in the top tier of beer states.
Jester King Noble King Hoppy Farmhouse AleMarch 5, 2012
Yet another outstanding beer from Jester King, The Noble King Hoppy Farmhouse Ale tastes of green apples, clear spring days, freshly cut grass and Magnolia trees in bloom. Actually, a day like that would be awful for me, as I'd be laid up sneezing and coughing and my eyes would be red, itchy and alternating between dried out and watery, but I imagine that a day like that would be great if I did not get hay fever, and this beer is as great as a day like that should be. What the hell, let's add some unicorns and wood nymphs to the mix while we are at it, because this beer is that good.
It is a hazy orange amber color, with a fluffy head, and some aggressive lacing running up the side of the glass. The Noble King is very hop forward, with the farmhouse yeast bringing a wild earthiness to the aroma and the taste. This finishes dry and crisp, with a tart fruity aftertaste and a velvety mouthfeel. Excellent beer, 8.5/10. I know Texas is rarely mentioned as a hot spot of the American Craft Beer Culture, but I consider myself lucky to be able to drink the beers of the mighty Jester King.
Real Ale Sisyphus 2011February 28, 2012
I am a fan of Real Ale Brewing Co., and I am particularly a fan of their Sisyphus Barleywines. The 2011 vintage is hot off the bottling line, and is a tasty little treat. At over 11% ABV, it is a warming drink for a cold night, with plenty of toffee, dried fruit, and floral hops in the flavor profile. If anything, it may be a tad too hot, and will probably age nicely. It is not as good as the 2009 Vintage (one of my top beers of the past year), but it is still an excellent barley wine, 8/10.
Jester King Commercial Suicide Brown AleFebruary 3, 2012
A rare misstep by Jester King, the bottled Commercial Suicide just did not live up the lofty heights reached by some of it's brothers and sisters from the Jester King family. I have had this Brown Ale on tap several times and have always enjoyed it, and had a special sour version of this made with wild yeast and drawn from a gravity keg when I visited the brewery this past summer, which was fantastic, but this was an over carbonated, overly yeasty, slightly woody, mess of a beer, 5/10.
Jester King has a bunch of beers hitting the market soon, and I will try each and every one of them. I am also hoping to make the trek back to Austin one of these days to get back to the brewery and try whatever they have tapped for the day, but this is the last bottle of Commercial Suicide I am going to pick up.
Special Post-Boxing Day Edition of the Twelve Days of Christmas: Jester King Black Metal Stout Aged in an Oak Whiskey BarrelDecember 27, 2011
Mr. JK is quite the generous soul. Mr. JK was being his usual generous and jolly self during Christmas 2010 when he gave Tilting Suds an oak whiskey barrel and some 'raw' spirits to age in the barrel. I barreled the whiskey just before Christmas, 2010. The liquor was clear when I poured it in the barrel; It was also as smooth as jet fuel. On New Year's Eve, 2010, I poured off a bit to sample it. It had taken on some color but was still harsh firewater, nearly undrinkable. I sampled it again on Saint Patrick's Day and Independence Day. Each successive sample took on more color and flavor, but the firewater aspect hardly mellowed at all. I decided that I would leave the whiskey in the barrel until after Thanksgiving to give it time to cool off, so to speak. This was a tactical error on my part. While my plan to mellow the whiskey was a sound one, what I did not count on was the Angels being so parched that their share would drain nearly the entire barrel. After just under a year in the barrel, between evaporation and the oak absorbing the liquid, what started as 1500 ml of whiskey* was reduced to this: Read the rest of this entry »


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This is why there is a forum so people can discuss these issues. This topic will come up eventually again, and it should."
And, still on that subject, I received the following from AllPeople Gifts:
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After having read your great article found at your website via the following link
in which you discussed the matter of MGM-Mixed and FGM-Mixed lineages, I thought you might be interested in learning about and becoming familiar with, as well as possibly joining, any or all of three (3) Mixed-Lineage discussion groups listed below.
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Hey, Hip Hapa Homeez, we're getting close to the Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival taking place in Los Angeles in June. Don't forget to stop by to check out our Mixed-Race Relationships panel including Sam Cacas, Sachiko Jackson and Ann Carli. If you'd like a program schedule, drop me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com
That same weekend, Watermelon Sushi producers will be auditioning talent for our film. If you haven't already sent us your reels, headshots and resumes, it's too late. But if you'd like to be considered for a role without auditioning, go to the Hip Hapa Homeez group on Facebook for breakdowns. Remember, rapper Miwa Lyric will be in the house!
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NEW YORK — One of two people charged in the theft of more than 100,000 e-mail addresses of Apple iPad users has waived a bail hearing and will now face charges in New Jersey.
Andrew Auernheimer (AW-ren-hi-mer) is part of a group called Goatse Security . He was arrested Tuesday and faces counts of fraud and conspiracy to access a computer without authorization. Each charge carries a five-year maximum sentence.
Authorities are to take Auernheimer to New Jersey sometime in the next two weeks. His lawyer Ken Osborne said Friday his client had little chance of making bail without employment or a family member to live with.
Daniel Spitler also was arrested in the case and was released on $50,000 bail Tuesday. He is due in court in New Jersey in March.
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Sharon Kavjian @ IMG (NY, Paris, Milan, London) Prada, plenty of good news. We'll get back to it later and in depth. Just would like to focus on Sharon Kavjian for a few minutes. Discovered her this Summer, photographer Jonathan Leder was so enthusiastic about the way she photographs. Presence behind sweetness and quite tough when she's not smooth. We said she was no proverbial beauty, we meant she's not the kind of girl that follows a ready-made career pattern, she's one of these incredible models who write their own story going... [Lire la suite]
TMSRRE part 8: Keke
Keke @ Wilhelmina (NY) She made her marks first with her incredible showcard. Simple concept that went straight to the point: a fab face and a sporty, leggy, slender silhouette. The editorial kind with the runway legs and the magic could start. And actually started at Rag & Bone while the brand was having its best casting in seasons. Sleek and special then highly surprising. Since that moment, we wrote down Keke's name on our potential TMSRRE-girls list. To be completely honest, her face is too... [Lire la suite]
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Selina Khan @ One (NY) She was our TMSRRE number nine girl last season and there was no reason not to add her again, as portrayed by photographer Anderson. Number seven this time. Last time we decided to write it after she walked all in white for Yeohlee and all in black for Rad Hourani. As well as Ralph Lauren. The last two haven't took place so far so it's still early to say anything but what she walked so far is already remarkable. Between the two season she appeared in Teen Vogue twice by Bruce Weber and Jason Kibbler and... [Lire la suite]
TMSRRE part 9: Selina
Selina Khan @ One (NY) We had high hopes for Selina before the shows in NY and these high hopes turned into a very selective line-up of bookings from Ralph Lauren's tuxedo to Lacoste's sporty and colorful outfit, from Yeohlee's all-white, all-light to Rad Hourani's total black look. In a few words: the epitome of the girls we wanted to feature when we started our TMSRRE series. No need for some beyond extended show list, no need to do them all, just a consistant, sometimes original line-up to put in their books. Many of the... [Lire la suite]


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Today, March 4, celebrates the birthday 5-time World champion, a multiple champion of Europe in the WKF karate, winner of the First European Games Rafael Agayev.
Rafael, we congratulate you! Good health, good mood, new victories, and not only on the mat! Happy Birthday!
Tonight on the YouTube channel of the BOETS INFO magazine will be posted a video - One day with champion Rafael Agayev. Do not miss!


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Saito Koji is a musician from Japan, who creates wonderful minimal drone-music with guitar, keyboards, field recordings and some effects. He is known for his releases on Magic Book Records, Kesh Recordings and Gears of Sand Recordings.
"Time / Line" contains the two pieces "Time" and "Line", with a duration of 33 minutes each. "Time" is drone in the best way. You feel like standing in a field of clouds or wrappped in a warm blanket while listening to this. Just slightly shifting tones, moving very soft and slowly. Layer over layer, and only one big, resonant drone, oscillating between your ears. "Line", the second part, is more moving, more concrete. The tone is sharper, vibrates a little bit, and the shifting from one sound to the other is faster than in "Time".
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Lads I continue to take Prozac daily, but I'm starting to wonder if the stress I put myself under at work is overriding my medication. Haven't felt 100% at times in the last couple of months.
Bump. Daylight savings can take its toll on people. I seem to remember hearing about friends lost to suicide and there was a remarkable correlation with the time of year when the clocks change and the evenings are suddenly plunged into darkness.
Been looking into benefits of cold showers for various reasons but I keep seeing them mentioned as a great antidote for depression...My own experience is that they are great for stress and energy levels and mental resilience which Im guessing these things could assist with depression too.The theory is that the cold water stimulates all your nerve endings and therefore the brain, basically shocking it into life. Also linked to steady dopamine levels
Everyones illness is their own, unique to each individuals context and make-up. What they share is a gradual whittling down of the sufferers world, a closing-in of the frame surrounding the picture they see of their life. When they cant or wont share that picture with those around them, they feel themselves running low on options.
Shit!!!!!I saw a post on here like 5 minutes ago someone was looking for help and I didn't catch the name and they've now deleted their post. . . please put it back up. If you're anonymous maybe put your work problem on here there's lot's of people from lots of backgrounds who may be able to offer you advice or assistance with your problem.On feeling the way you are talk to someone. You need to talk to anyone really and if your family and friends aren't an option call the Samaritans and maybe go see your GP to see if they can help.There's always an option!
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What's the best photo editing app for most people? Here are the best ones we've reviewed
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Packing one of the best electronic viewfinders around, the Nikon Z6 is our pick of the best overall mirrorless camera. The Z6 is as versatile as a professional mirrorless camera can get.
Whether you're looking for a simple, free photo editor or a desktop class Photoshop replacement, we've tested and rounded up all of the best options here.
Right now, Affinity Photo is the best overall photo-editing app, even though it's available only for the iPad.
Our favourite free photo-editing app is Snapseed, which is available for both Android and iOS.
If you have a specific photo editing need, though, then the rest of the apps in this list are the best specialists we've tested for Android and iOS:
- Best desktop-quality editor: Affinity Photo
- Best free photo editor: Snapseed
- Best for instant improvements: Pixelmator Photo
- Best for manual iPhone camera: Obscura 2
- Best manual Android camera: Camera FV-5
- Best premium app for photo edits: Darkroom
- Best pro editor for iPhone: Pixelmator
- Best retro/analogue camera: Hipstamatic
- Best for quick pro adjustments: Lightroom
- Best for adjusting portraits: Adobe Photoshop Fix
- Best all-in-one camera/editor: Camera+ 2
- Best for textures: Mextures
- Best for film emulation: VSCO
- Best for retro computing: Retrospecs
- Best for collages: Pic Collage
- Best for retouching: TouchRetouch
- Best for editing lighting: Apollo: Immersive illumination
- Best for vectors: Imaengine
- Best for cut-and-paste: sok-edit
- Best toy camera: Retrica
- Best for getting a photographic following: Instagram
- Best for adding motion to stills: Plotaverse
- Best for selling your snaps: EyeEm
How we test photo-editing apps
We put every app through a series of rigorous tests to see how they perform. This includes importing some test snaps, subjecting them to each app's full range of tools and exporting them to examine their performance.
We've downloaded hundreds of apps for Android, iOS and iPad to bring you this list of our favourites. If you're also looking for the best camera phone to pair them with, check out our buying guide for those too.
1. Affinity Photo
The best desktop-quality photo editor
Apple argues that the iPad has what it takes for properly advanced creative fare, yet detractors claim you need a PC or Mac. Affinity Photo puts a mark squarely in Apple's win column.
In short, it's more or less Photoshop on your iPad. More specifically, it's desktop Photoshop rival Affinity Photo as reimagined for the iPad, in the sense you get all of the desktop version's tools, but in an interface you can zip about with using an Apple Pencil – or your fingers.
Given that this is desktop-quality pro-level editing, you shouldn't expect immediacy. Affinity Photo may baffle at first, as you get lost in its many palettes and options. But once mastered, you'll have by far the most powerful photo-editing solution on mobile.
There are too many features to list, but highlights include unlimited layers (adjustment layers and masks are both supported), live filters, task-orientated workspaces, RAW support, lens correction, panorama stitching, retouching and correction tools, an advanced brush engine, and the means to export to PSD so you can continue working in Adobe's powerhouse if you wish – although, given what Affinity Photo offers, chances are you mostly won't need to.
Get Affinity Photo for iPad (£19.99)
2. Snapseed
Still the best free photo editor around…
Load a photo into Snapseed and it first resembles any me-too one-click filter tool, with you prodding a thumbnail to update the look of your pic. And even if that's all you download it for, it's a good choice, because the presets are pretty great.
As an editor, Snapseed excels. The range of tools is wide, covering the basics (tune, crop, rotate, heal and vignette), adding pro-level stuff (curves, DNG support, precision masking, perspective), and enabling you to be properly creative (double exposure, frames, text and grunge overlays).
Working with tools is wonderfully tactile, with you dragging up and down to select a property and then left or right to adjust an effect's strength. Best of all, you can visit your edit stack and amend any of your previous steps at any point – everything you do in Snapseed is non-destructive.
And those filters? You can make your own, simply by saving an edit to the Looks tab. For a fiver, this app would be a bargain; for free, it's an essential part of any mobile photographer's toolkit.
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3. Pixelmator Photo
The best choice for instant improvements
Vanilla Pixelmator makes an appearance further down this list, but Pixelmator Photo is a distinct beast. This iPad-only app is all about making insanely fast fixes to photos – but also affording those who need it the means to delve down into the finer details.
If you're in a hurry, load a photo and prod the ML Enhance button. Lightness, white balance and colours will be instantly corrected, based on the tool having been trained on 20 million professional photos. You won't want to run this on, say, a sunset – it'll try to make the photo look like daytime. But for colour casts and similar lighting issues, it's superb – and offers far more natural results than the competition.
Beyond that, there's a decent stab at a repair tool, a load of impressive filters, and a sidebar for manually tweaking settings. The last of those shifts Pixelmator Photo from being a 'mere' fixer of photos to a creative app, not least when you start experimenting with grain, curves, and selective colour. Given the absurdly low price, it's a no-brainer download.
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4. Obscura 2
The best manual iPhone camera
Whereas Camera+ 2 attempts to be all things to all people, Obscura 2 is a more opinionated take on a manual camera for iPhone. It marries old and new – swish, streamlined minimalism meets a dial-based interface that echoes controls found on classic real-world cameras.
This isn't just a nod to nostalgia, though. Using a dial to do everything from pick a new tool to finely adjust the likes of focus and exposure proves extremely pleasing in use. You can quickly get at all kinds of functionality with a single thumb, and very carefully tweak properties when you want a photo to be just so.
There's plenty of format support: RAW, HEIC, JPEG, Live Photo and depth. And beyond the timer, flash control, grids and spirit level, you also get a range of great-looking filters, which can be applied to new shots or those already in your library. Beyond that, there's no editing, but as an alternate snapper to Apple's stock Camera app, Obscura 2 is an excellent choice.
Get Obscura 2 for iPhone (£4.99)
5. Camera FV-5
The manual camera for Android phones
Designed specifically for photography enthusiasts, Camera FV-5 is about giving you as much manual control as possible over key camera settings.
The user interface is straightforward, making good use of gestures. You adjust manual focus with a vertical drag, and can pinch to zoom. You also get direct control over white balance, and can assign a range of functions to volume keys, such as ISO or EV adjustments.
The app also includes a number of shooting utilities. There's a burst mode and self timer, and an option for tapping anywhere on the display to take a photo. Bracketed and time-lapse exposures are available as well, along with RAW capture – although the diversity in the Android ecosystem means that some features aren't supported on all devices.
Still, Camera FV-5 is worth a look, and you can always use Google Play's refund system if your phone doesn't play nicely with the app. Alternatively, if you just want to find out whether the app is a good fit for you, check out the free lite version, which limits output resolution and disables RAW support.
Get Camera FV-5 for Android (£2.49)
6. Darkroom
The best premium app for photo editing
Perhaps the best element of photo editor Darkroom is the manner in which it feels so seamlessly integrated into iOS. On launching the app for the first time, it immediately shows you your on-device photos. Menus let you filter by type. There's no messing about.
When it comes to editing, there's a similar level of efficiency, elegance and usability. First-rate cropping and straightening tools let you make quick adjustments to your snap's format, while sliders aplenty enable you to make fine-grained adjustments to a large range of properties. When you're done, you can save a copy or overwrite the original in a non-destructive manner.
For free, you get an awful lot; but pay a one-off £9.99 IAP and you unlock a slew of filters, and pro-oriented curves and colour tools. Whichever option you go for, Darkroom feels like a must-have install if you want a powerful, sleek, no-nonsense photo editor for iOS. And that's even more the case on iPad, where Darkroom brilliantly makes use of the extra screen space with flanking sidebars for a photo strip and tools as you go about your edits.
Get Darkroom for iOS (£free + IAP)
7. Pixelmator
A fine pro editor for iPhone
Prior to Affinity Photo's arrival, Pixelmator was the closest you could get to Photoshop on an iOS device. Even now, there are good reasons to recommend the app over its rival.
In a sense, Pixelmator feels like pro-level editing for the rest of us. Its interface is friendlier and simpler than Affinity Photo's – and, although the app is less capable, that doesn't mean it's lacking in features.
If you're starting with a blank canvas, Pixelmator offers a range of templates. When working on collages, there are powerful layer and brush systems. And when fine-tuning a single photo, you can wipe away blemishes, make subtle adjustments, or totally obliterate your image with lens flares and warp distortions.
Another key reason Pixelmator is worth grabbing is that it works on an iPhone. A lack of RAW support is a black mark, but the app does support HEIF in and PSD out. So for those occasions where you want to do more than Snapseed can cope with – concocting a multi-layered photographic masterpiece on the move – Pixelmator is an affordable, powerful, usable choice.
Get Pixelmator for iOS (£4.99)
8. Hipstamatic
Still the best retro analogue camera around…
This app infuses the joy of analogue into the digital realm. Classic mode gives you a fully rendered old-school camera, with multiple exposures for arty shots, and the means to swap out lenses, films and flashes. Those who hanker after minimal aesthetics and/or more control get a Pro mode, for tweaking focus, shutter speed and ISO alongside 'analogue' set-ups.
This all gives Hipstamatic something of a split personality, but flexibility is its strength. The app can effectively ape old kit. But when you need to capture Raw, keep originals and filtered shots, and edit existing images, those capabilities exist too. In fact, the editor's great – you can apply a set-up with a tap, or pick it apart to adjust specific properties.
Ultimately, Hipstamatic is still really a fancy filters kit welded to a manual camera, but the best apps are often about feel – and Hipstamatic feels superb to use. And on those days when you want to go full-on authentic retro, you can lock Classic mode, which disables editing and saves only Hipstamatic filtered images – thereby casting pristine originals into oblivion.
Get Hipstamatic for iOS (£2.99)
9. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC
Need to make some quick pro adjustments? This is your best bet…
Our second Adobe app is to some extent included because many photographers are wedded to Lightroom on the desktop. It's easy to see why: that app enables you to quickly and efficiently catalogue, find, and edit a huge collection of photographs. Having similar features while on the go is seductive.
For the Adobe Creative Cloud subscriber, then, you get a smart, serious app with selective edits, some rather lovely presets, and a slew of sliders to adjust light, colour, detail, grain, and distortion. It works with RAW, makes it simple to organise, rate and manage photos, and even enables you to quickly find the ideal pic by utilising Adobe Sensei – an AI that auto-tags imagery based on content.
But even if you're not currently paying for any Adobe products, Lightroom is worth a look. For free, you won't get Adobe Sensei, web galleries and selective editing. But you'll still get a decent set of high-quality tools for making adjustments, and an app with a superb sense of focus, rather than throwing as many tools at the wall as possible to see what sticks.
Get Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC for Android (free)
Get Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC for iPhone (free)
10. Adobe Photoshop Fix
A fine way to adjust your portraits
We've mentioned Photoshop a couple of times already, but Adobe made the decision to not (yet) produce a full-fat version of its hugely popular image editor for mobile (even if there is one in development for iPad). Instead, it appears content to carve off bits of Photoshop and shove those slices on to app stores as focused, streamlined, self-contained products.
Adobe Photoshop Fix, as its name suggests, is designed for fixing images. Powerful healing tools remove unwanted components, and you can rapidly adjust shadows and highlights, or add a dash of colour with a brush.
Perhaps the best bit, though, is the Liquify section. This enables you to warp, swell and twirl images in various creative ways. And if you load a portrait, the app intelligently figures out where the subject's features are, so you can make subtle adjustments (or not-so-subtle ones, if you always fancied giving someone a really big nose).
Desktop Creative Cloud users get an added bonus, too: share what you're working on to Photoshop, and moments later it will pop up on your Mac or PC, all your edits included as individual layers for further tweaking.
Get Adobe Photoshop Fix for Android (free)
Get Adobe Photoshop Fix for iOS (free)
11. Camera+ 2
Looking for an all-in-one camera and editor? This is a fine choice…
There's a lot going on in Camera+ 2, although the app cleverly avoids becoming an airplane dashboard (unlike some of its more button-heavy rivals) – in part by 'hiding' its many options until you need them.
When launching the app, you get a strip of buttons across the top of the screen for accessing different camera types. A zoom slider sits within the viewfinder, but tap elsewhere and you bring up manual controls. Initially, you can adjust exposure, but more taps get you to focus and white-balance options.
Further controls lurk in the button next to the shutter, enabling you to toggle a grid and spirit level, location capturing, and RAW, along with switching camera modes. Timer, stabiliser, slow shutter (for long exposures), and smile options are all included too.
Although fiddlier than Obscura 2 for manual controls, Camera+ 2 does a good job of balancing accessibility and power. But it also makes a play for the editing space with a wide range of filters, cropping options and adjustment tools. Short of you being wedded to specific filters, there's nothing here to threaten Snapseed. But if you prefer an all-in-one solution to standalone apps, Camera+ 2 is an excellent combined camera and editor for iOS.
12. Mextures
Give your photos some grit and grain
Cameras on smartphones are relentlessly heading in one direction, with each new generation offering sharper, more detailed photos. Mostly, that's what you want, but you may also yearn for an age where imagery had character – something you can ably emulate with Mextures.
Ultimately a filters app, Mextures is all about intentionally adding flaws to otherwise pristine iPhone photos: grit, grain, grunge, textures, light leaks, film scans, gradients. Even the most mundane snap can become a gob-smacking arty masterpiece with the right combination of additions.
Fortunately, Mextures allows you to experiment. Adjustments are added as individual non-destructive layers you can tweak until finding that perfect look. And if you happen upon something you'd like to use again, it can be saved as a single-tap Mexture formula. Tight for time? Apply one of the built-in formulas and pretend you're a creative genius.
With unlimited layers, blending effects, over 150 textures and 200 formulas in the initial install – and more available via IAP – Mextures is the perfect app for bringing depth, personality and individuality to digital photographs.
Get Mextures for iOS (£2.99 + IAP)
A top choice for classic film simulations…
Like Instagram, VSCO mixes up an online community, a camera, and editing – but the biggest draw is its filters, which emulate a wide range of classic films. They're also available for desktop, but you get a selection for free within the mobile app, and any one can be applied to a photo with a single tap.
Of course, VSCO offers more than filter application: on taking a snap with the camera or loading a photo, you can perform all kinds of edits. VSCO's tools are straightforward, but ideal for quick adjustments, crops and skews, and you can quickly amend skin tones, add grain, and experiment with vignettes. It's possible to adjust the order of tools, too, providing faster access to those you use frequently. Edits can later be further refined by opening the image in question from VSCO's Studio tab.
The community side of things lacks the finesse of Instagram, but you can still follow and be followed. Unusually, there's also a paid membership tier, VSCO X. For $19.99 per year, you'll get pro tips, additional tools (borders; saving adjustment combinations as recipes), and more filters. And if you're made of money, you can grab yet more pack presets, some of which are handily aimed at specific genres of photography such as portraiture and landscape.
14. Retrospecs
Turn your snaps into pixel art…
What people now call retrogaming graphics were once just graphics – back then, computers and consoles just weren't powerful enough to display more than a handful of luridly coloured pixels. However, the aesthetic remains a firm favourite, for nostalgia but also because such artwork stands out in an era of high-res HDR photography. Retrospecs reimagines your photos as if they've time-travelled from those halcyon days.
For free, you get a handful of systems to play with; a one-off IAP unlocks the rest. You can then revel in transforming your snaps (or any other image) into something that could have once graced a TV screen attached to a SNES or a ZX Spectrum.
Retrospecs goes beyond any contemporaries in its sheer glorious geekiness. Sure, you could just tap a filter and be done. But why stop there, when you can fiddle with dither modes, process videos, fashion glitch animations from stills, or go the whole hog and construct your own virtual 'systems'? So whether you lived through the era or just fancy recreating it, Retrospecs is a must.
On Android? Try the broadly comparable 8Bit Photo Lab instead.
Get Retrospecs for iOS (free + £1.99 IAP)
15. Pic collage
A great way to make collages…
This handy app helps you make collages from your favourite snaps – and with a kind of effortlessness that's greatly appealing. But this is also twinned with a versatile feature-set, which offers flexibility regarding what you eventually output to your device or social media.
You can create cards, freeform layouts or grids. The last of those is the option to which most users will gravitate. Select a group of images and the app suggests a layout. You can choose something different, muck about with what's provided, or opt to begin with a blank canvas and insert images one by one.
Layouts can be tweaked, as can the background colour. But there are loads of other editing tools lurking: image adjustments; stickers; text; entry animations; even freeform doodling. Impressively, you can add three videos to your grid as well, should imagery that doesn't move no longer cut it for you and your friends.
For free, there are limits – an enforced watermark, and restricted access to stickers and backgrounds. But a single two-quid in-app purchase forever removes the former and is well worth grabbing.
Get Pic Collage for Android (£free)
Get Pic Collage for iOS (£free)
16. TouchRetouch
The fastest way to remove unwanted objects…
The bane of any photographer's life is the unwanted object – that thing you didn't notice at the time, but that on review ruins an otherwise pristine shot. Plenty of apps on mobile provide the means to remove unsightly blemishes, but TouchRetouch is designed specifically for the task.
This level of focus elevates TouchRetouch above its peers. You get a range of tools, each optimised for a particular kind of object removal. This means for a tiny imperfection, a tap might be enough to get rid of it. Lines (such as power cables) are dealt with using their own dedicated tool. And for more manual adjustments, there's masking and cloning. This all works for 360-degree photos, too.
To some extent – and especially when using the more automated tools – you shouldn't expect perfection. You're not going to prod your phone's screen a couple of times to get the kind of repaired shot you could send to a magazine editor. But for quick fixes to post on social media, or an on-the-go manual editor when you're prepared to put in the effort, it's just the ticket.
Get TouchRetouch for Android (£1.99)
Get TouchRetouch for iOS (£1.99)
17. Apollo: Immersive illumination
The best app for editing lighting
If you're armed with a reasonably recent iPhone – iPhone 7/8 Plus, any 'X' or 11 model – you can take Portrait shots, which record depth data. Apple uses this information to let you add fancy studio effects, from bokeh to full-on high-key mono – all at the twist of a dial. Apollo's additions are more natural, aping the effects of spotlights and sunlight.
Load a Portrait photo into the app, and you can get to work adding one or more custom light sources. Each can be moved, have its own colour and spread, and utilise a bespoke mask – built in examples include basic shapes, blind-like slats, and esoteric fare like festive decorations.
During first use, the app is careful to note it's no magic wand. It works best with uniform lighting and crisp, steady shots – you won't be able to fix lighting in a photo that's beyond help. However, whether you fancy adding extra visual interest to a favourite shot, or just want an inkling into how you may be able to radically edit any aspect of a photo in the future, Apollo is a few quid well spent.
Get Apollo: Immersive illumination for iOS (£2.99)
18. Imaengine Vector
Time to create some vector art…
You'll discover multiple layers in Imaengine Vector, depending on how deep you dig. At its core, it's a photo filters app. You load a photo, tap a preset, and then gaze in wonder at your vector art masterpiece.
That description is less hyperbolic than you might think, too. The presets really are superb, echoing comic-book sketches, oil paints, rotoscoping stills, and etchings. If that's all the app offered, we'd recommend you plonk down a few quid.
But Imaengine Vector goes further. Each preset has sliders for adjusting details, lines, and palettes. In Mosaic, remove the borders and you've a digital take on a watercolour. Drag the detail slider leftwards in Hatching to go from precision ink drawing to abstract doodle. Beyond that, there's a full vector graphics editor if you want to go fully down the rabbit hole.
The interface feels a bit cluttered and messy, but otherwise this is first-rate fare, whether you want to convert a favourite snap to something that will scale indefinitely, or just fancy transforming your photos in a manner that's a bit different from everything else on the market.
Get Imaengine Vector for iOS (£free + £2.99)
19. sok-edit
The best app for freeform collages…
Elsewhere in this round-up, we feature Pic Collage, an app that excels in placing photos into an editable grid. But if the word 'collage' for you evokes images of gleefully hacking away at photos with scissors, and slapping cut-outs together with glue, you need a copy of sok-edit.
The app's all friendly, chunky buttons that beep when pressed. Load a photo, tap the scissors, and you can chop out sections by dragging a finger. Each individual piece can be moved, cloned, flipped and deleted. Text objects can be added and manipulated in similar fashion.
For free, you get to work with three 'layers', but the one-off IAP removes that limitation – along with the watermark. The only real downsides are the text tool's solitary and pixelated font, and the inability to save layered collages to rework later.
Also, you might consider sok-edit a bit rough and ready, but then that's the point. If you want precision and geometry, Pic Collage exists for that. For playfulness and an immediacy that echoes working with paper, sok-edit is a must-have download.
Get sok-edit for Android (free/£1.09)
Get sok-edit for iOS (free/99p)
20. Retrica
A fine selection of toy cameras…
This camera app acquired a decidedly self-absorbed social feed during a major revamp in 2018. The creators may as well have scrawled "we really want to be Instagram for selfies" across the screen in pen. Fortunately, Retrica's camera bits remain a lot more interesting.
You get great filters, some of which ape old-school point-and-clickers and cheapo experimental, toy cameras. There are loads, so fortunately the selection list can be managed; if you're not sure what to pick – or fancy a surprise – there's a button to select a random filter before you shoot.
Beyond stills, you can capture short videos and animated GIFs, and there's a collage option too. That shoots pics into a user-selected grid at pre-set intervals. The resulting images often look wonderful, and manage to provide a sense of time in a way that's far more evocative and exciting than a moving image.
Regardless of what you shoot, it's possible to slap stickers, scribbles and text over the end result before duly saving it to your device or foisting it on the world at large. So while you might want to avoid Retrica's social side, get it on your phone for everything else.
Get Retrica for Android (£free)
21. Instagram
It's time to amass a photographic following…
Instagram is a giant in the social-networking space, and it's that ability to follow and be followed (in the non-creepy sense) that's at the heart of the app. Whatever you upload can easily be shared with thousands of people, and you can keep an eye on other photographers whose work you like. For individuals and companies alike, Instagram is a key social network pillar, alongside Facebook and Twitter.
When it comes to shooting and editing, the app offers plenty of options, even if it occasionally lacks coherence. Using the built-in camera, you can overlay live effects, slap on stickers and text, and scribble all over the end result. If you fancy being a touch more measured, you can load an existing photo, and work with Instagram's built-in editing tools.
These include a range of popular filters, adjustments, and smart vignette and tilt-shift effects. Edits are non-destructive while you're in the app, but committed forever once you're done. Like the instant cameras Instagram was influenced by, this one is best thought of as an editing tool for photographers keen on speed, immediacy and being in the moment.
Get Instagram for Android (free)
Get Instagram for iPhone (free)
22. Plotaverse
Make cinemagraphs from your existing stills…
You may be familiar with cinemagraphs – photographic stills with isolated areas of animated content that play in a loop. They're popular for showing running water or a flickering blade of grass in an otherwise static scene. Such creations usually start as a series of stills or a video recording, but Plotaverse works in reverse, allowing you to infuse any existing still image with movement.
On loading a photo, you tap out anchor points and drag animation lines. The former lock portions of the image, and the latter define in which direction – and how far – a segment should move. You must take care when creating a 'plotagraph', because it's easy to make a mess. But as your plotting mastery increases, that along with the app's smarts enables you to fashion billowing clouds and dazzling animated geometric architectural patterns.
The concept is superb, and the end results can be fantastic. Unfortunately, the app has clutter welded to it in the form of a slew of IAP and a social network. Still, live inside the Plotagraph tab and you'll find it a compelling way to add new life to old snaps.
Get Plotaverse for Android (free + IAP; £4.99 to remove watermark)
Get Plotaverse for iOS (free + IAP; £4.99 to remove watermark)
23. EyeEm
A handy way to sell your smartphone snaps…
To some extent, EyeEm resembles a straight-laced Instagram. Much like that social network for photographers, EyeEm initially appears to be focused on building a community of like-minded snappers – but it adds the lure of helping you make a buck from your creative endeavours.
Sign up and you can take pictures using the built-in camera, or load existing ones. EyeEm includes built-in editing functionality: a handful of filters; adjustment tools; cropping. There's nothing here to threaten the Snapseeds of this world, but enough for fine-tuning a photo before you share it with all and sundry.
As noted, though, the big draw is the potential to sell your photographs. Naturally, you're in 'needle in a haystack' territory – it's a lottery whether you'll make it big. But if you amass a following and the right person spots you, who knows?
When you do sell something, EyeEm splits the proceeds with you 50/50; and in the meantime, you can delve into 'missions' that encourage you to shoot specific themes, awarding prizes to the best entries.


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Here's a round up of some of the best picks out there:
|LibreOffice Writer - the equivalent of Microsoft Word
All are laid out very similar to the their Microsoft Counterparts, so it's not going to be a huge learning curve if you're used to the Microsoft equivalent.
LibreOffice is available from http://www.libreoffice.org
Avira Free Antivirus
Forget the myth that you have to pay to get a decent anti-virus, there are some excellent free security packages out there, that do just as good a job as the paid-for software, you only have to look at the independent reports published on AV-Comparitives to see that some even outperform the paid-for versions.
One of the best I've found is Avira Free Antivirus, doesn't hog system resources and like any good anti-virus you only have to know its there if you need it! The free version use to have a slightly annoying nag screen when you initially logged onto your machine, they do however appear to have removed this in your latest version.
According to AV-Comparitives they have a very high detection rate, and indeed I've been running this on my home machine for years and never had any issues. Avira do have some paid-for versions on their site, but unless you feel you may need the extra functionality, you should find that the free verson does everything you need it to.
Avira is available from http://www.avira.com
Originally designed as a student project as a simple replacement for Microsoft Paint, it now does significantly more, and that the original developer now works for Microsoft, so you can only assume they were impressed with his work!
Paint.NET is available from http://www.getpaint.net
Dropbox if you are not familiar with it is a cloud storage service, that I so wish had been around when I was at university! If you're not familiar with the concept it's basically like having a hard drive or usb stick that you can access anywhere you have internet access, whether it's on a laptop, on your smartphone, computer in the office etc etc you get the idea! If you install their software, it basically appears on your computer as another drive - so you can copy and paste what you need. Obviously if you install this on other computers the drive is there for you too!
So the days I was at university and realised I'd forgotten by USB Drive and had to go all the way home to pick it up, If I'd only had Dropbox!
Dropbox also have Apps available for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows and Mac. You can also find add-ons to synchronise with Google Docs etc too, so loads and loads of options out there!
It's also really useful if you want to share a file with a friend, you can pass on a special Dropbox link where they can download but not edit your file.
Dropbox is available from here
A fantastic little program, that I couldn't live without nowadays - as you've probably guessed is designed as a replacement for Notepad, I use it myself both as a Notepad (duh!) and also for editing code/viewing logs, either way this adds a heap of features that you will wonder how you lived without them!
Simple things like tabbed pages make navigating between opened files easily, where it comes in to it's own though is the search facility, say you are analysing logs and want to look for certain keywords and how often they appear - you can highlight them all and in proper context to what's around it, making it a very powerful little program.
Notepad++ can be downloaded from http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Tweet Deck
Tweet Deck allows to you to view what's going on in each of your social networks, and send the same update (if you so choose) to all of your social networks in one go!
You can also schedule Tweets, customise whats Tweets/Facebook updates etc you do and don't see and loads more.
Tweet Deck is available on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, it's even got it's own App in Google Chrome, so it really is available everywhere!
Tweet Deck can be downloaded from www.tweetdeck.com
The Windows built-in defragmentation utility does do it's job, but let's be honest it doesn't do it's job particularly well, it does a long time, seems to constantly re-start and you can't really customise it for what you want it to do.
Defraggler is an excellent free defragmentation utility, it works quickly and just does a wonderful job sorting out your hard drive, it even has a quick defragment option for when you don't have much time.
Defragging the hard drive is something we should all be doing on a regular basis to keep things working as efficiently as possible, but not many of us seem to do it anymore.
Defraggler can be downloaded from http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
Audacity is an excellent free audio editing software, useful for trimming down those files and particularly useful if you want to trim down tracks in your MP3 collection to use as ringtones!
It's extremely easy to use, allows you to record live audio, take your favourite sound files and mix them together to make some beautiful (or less beautiful) music! You can even change the speed and pitch of your recordings.
It includes built-in effects to add Echo etc to your sound files.
Audacity can be downloaded from http://audacity.sourceforge.net
So who says there's no such thing as a free lunch :-)


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From an Art Deco apartment in Paris to the challenging restoration of a famed Frank Lloyd Wright house to the corporate headquarters and branch offices of a major stock brokerage company, Ronald Bricke enjoys working with a broad spectrum of clients, "Both those willing to explore cutting edge designs as well as those who are more traditionally inclined," he says. No matter the project, Bricke's design philosophy is always to use the client's personal taste, style, and needs as his inspiration.
A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, Bricke gives credit to an early association with designer Angelo Donghia for imbuing his subsequent work with a contemporary sophistication and glamor that, along with a virtuoso use of the relationships between light, balance, proportion, and especially color, remain hallmarks of his interiors. In fact, adjectives such as "chic," "ultra-sophisticated," and "sleek" reoccur throughout hundreds of print and television stories featuring the work of his firm, Ronald Bricke & Associates. As Interior Design magazine wrote, "This is the stuff of which dreams are made."
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In 2015, Swiss ensemBle baBel started a project to explore the connections between the world of cars and the world of music and sounds.
A prelude happened in Lausanne, Switzerland in October 2015
baBel toured on the American East coast in July 2016, performing in 26 gas stations.
baBel is present in the French Pavilion (invited by Xavier Veilhan) of the Venise Biennale in July 2017, investigating Venitian gas stations
This section of baBel's website relates the US tour, day by day, as well as - under Music for cars - presents a demo of its new project based on covers of fictional 70's pop music
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Fast and Feast
It's the time of the year when lights, decorations, song, dance, and food make an appearance together. The Indian festive season is in full bloom and ready to stun all with sparkling energy.
This mega festive period kicked off with Navratri and culminates with the biggest of all, Diwali. While, all festivals are marked with huge feasts and tables laden with mesmerizing sweets and savories, Navratri has a twist of its own. This is a festival where the lively tunes of garba and dandiya amalgamate with faith and fasting.
Navratri is celebrated all over India with pomp and show. Different stories and celebration traditions are followed across the length and breadth of this diverse nation. But, one thing in common is the practice of fasting. While, some fast for religious reasons others take it up as a detoxification challenge. The nine day Navratri period is marked with a no-salt selective grain diet. Meat, alcohol, grains, onion and garlic are a strict no. So, do Indians starve during this period? Not! You see Indians love their food and are kind of creative when it comes to their cuisine. So, Navratri has managed to create its own distinctive menu. These special meals prepared offer a variety of delicacies for those fasting. They are lavish, and full of flavors.
Surely you are wondering by now, what this special Navratri menu entails?
Sabudana or Sago is one of the most sought after preparations during the fast period. It can either take the shape of khichdi, fritters or kheer. While, the first two are savories, the last one is a sweet alternative. Sago is a pure source of carbohydrate and offers instant energy.
Rajgira or amaranth is a grain that is consumed during the fasting period. It is a high source of protein. Rajgira can be used to make a yummy porridge with milk or turned into a savory with vegetables for company.
Potatoes are a favorite during the fasting period. From potato curries, fritters to sweets, no fast or feast is complete without them. Cottage cheese or paneer is another ingredient, which is extremely popular in preparations during the fast season.
But, if there is one condiment that wins hands down, it is the yogurt mix- raita. It cools down, re-energizes and comes with a burst of flavors. Thick creamy yogurt is the main ingredient here and it finds company in a variety of vegetables, fruits and spices. One of the most popular raita recipes is grated cucumber, topped with freshly roasted cumin seeds and red chilli powder. Raita often combines a medley of flavors and textures. From cucumber, beetroot, potatoes to fruits like pineapple, jackfruit or apple, raita is prepared in varied forms to suit a diverse palate.
It becomes essential to stay hydrated during the fasting period. Thus, miracle drinks like milk, green tea, coconut water, lemon water, buttermilk and fresh juices are in high demand.
Fasting and feasting are part and parcel of the festive period in India. This land of flavors and spices has devised enough luscious recipes to turn the fasting period into a treat for all.


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Friday night's Fringe followed up on the revelation that there were tapes out there explaining how to save the human race in the only way possible: Getting our heroes out of the city, and back to nature. Not that they were alone out there, of course. Here are five questions about this week's "The Recordist."
Is Anyone Else Getting A Lost Flashback?
Watching the Walter videos is really reminding me of that other Uber-Successful JJ Abrams Show, especially with the faux aging and "warped" parts that just so happen to hide important revelations, answers and information that would change the course of the episode/storyarc/series. I don't know if the videotapes - And, really, considering these were recorded at some point after the Observers invaded Earth in 2015, is it in any way plausible that Walter really used Betamax video cassettes? Really? - are intended to be a shout-out to Lost, but that's certainly what they feel like.
The Plan Is To Undo The Environmental Change, Isn't It?
Again, we get a plot that makes mention of the Observers' attempt to toxify the atmosphere in order to make it more palatable for them… Even though we don't know what the magic Macguffin rocks are actually supposed to do, what's the betting that they're somehow involved in a plan to purify the atmosphere, saving humanity and dooming the Observers? Happy Endings All Round!
Why Didn't Walter Want To Go To Philadelphia?
I'm not quite sure what to make of Walter's reluctance to visit the co-ordinates from the tape - And, for that matter, did Olivia get the co-ordinates wrong when she repeated them? Accident when making the episode, or some kind of plot hint that makes no sense just yet? Walter's "My feet hurt" seemed obviously a lie, so what were we supposed to make of that, considering he really didn't remember anything about what they found there? Was he expecting something else? Was he a coward, and so didn't want to put himself back out into the field? Or was it just an off note from John Noble for once…?
Why Haven't The Observers/Loyalists Discovered Astrid?
No, really; she's just hanging out in Walter's lab, which is in the middle of an Observer base and no-one has found her yet? Even if you buy into the "Walter's lab was abandoned" part of things, that's still just a little unlikely, especially when she calls and live streams information from that location. You're telling me that no-one is tracking that kind of thing? Really?
Who Was Donald, And What Happened To Him?
The most obvious question of the episode: Who was the man who had visited the mine before, and was kidnapped by the Observers? Walter hypothesized that maybe he was September, which offers an interesting possibility: Could September be traveling through time, seeding the clues that Walter needs to defeat the Observers? But if so, why would he be called Donald? Despite the story moving on from this surprisingly quickly, I suspect we'll be hearing a lot about Donald in the future...


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The matter of car insurance can be a bit of a tricky situation to handle as, after all, there are quite a number of laws and specifications that are meant for these scenarios alone. So, upon the sudden need for SR-22 insurance, it can be easy to be flabbergasted as to what it really means when there are so many terms and tricks to know before you really understand.
You might be asking yourself – I already have car insurance, what would I need this other insurance for? A lot of these questions can be answered by defining what SR-22 insurance even is. First of all, the "SR" stands for "safety responsibility." You might also want to know that this particular kind of documentation is not even policy at all – it doesn't cover you in the way that an insurance policy does. SR-22 insurance is more certification that you do have a policy that covers and protects both you and your car. Based on most cases, SR-22 insurance usually lasts for 2-3 years.
This particular certification is necessary for people who may suddenly find themselves legally requiring one, usually due to a case of being charged with driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI). If you have been charged with a case within the same nature of the aforementioned cases then you are made to be required by law to carry SR-22 insurance as proof of policy and that you are allowed your license back to drive on the road.
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Fear vs. Danger: The Real History of Martial Arts and Trance/
So the real question is, if martial arts were created for real situations, why is everyone acting so dumb?
In other posts and in his book, Sgt. Rory has made much of the powerful hormone cocktail that takes over your body and mind when you are in a real fight. How did traditional martial arts deal with this? They must have known about it. Why isn't it a part of the average dojo training these days?
Early Chinese martial arts were trance based. They started from experience and worked backwards. The first experienced fighters who set out to train students did so by scaring them 'out of there wits.' As these arts developed they started to include ear splitting metallic gongs and frenetic drumming. They told frightening war stories and sang haunting songs filled with enmity. These were soon followed by the invocation of supernatural forces and drunk dancers channeling gruesomely demised soldiers. The teachers were using these techniques to trigger the powerful hormone cocktail in their students so that they would know what to expect.
Cults devoted to martial hero/demons are as old as Chinese civilization itself, and they are still with us. These days they are more associated with outcast smuggler types, but historically they were the village militia.
Violent situations are full of surprises. There isn't just one type of trance which is "best" for all fighting situations. There are many different types of trance. As martial cults developed they taught different types of trance, often associated with different deities or animal spirits. Often a movement style or sequence would be taught first and then, after some amount of practice, the spirit would be invoked, at which point the routine would be dropped. The 'student' was practicing going berserk. They were practicing being on a high dose of naturally occurring hormone cocktail. They developed many measures to test if the trance was real including inability to feel cuts or burns and various degrees of memory loss.
When the really fight was about to happen, they would put themselves into trance, essentially preempting the 'shock' or the 'freeze.'
The big problem with this type of training is that it shortens your life. That hormone cocktail is really bad for your long term health. The kinds of permission people give themselves when they are in deep trance tend to lead them to bad decisions. Also the wild movements people do, and injures they ignore, when they are in trance really hurt the day after.
What began as trance invocation movements became dances and martial arts forms. One of the early purposes of martial training was to make ones body strong enough to survive the more extreme trance possessions the early 'teachers' developed. Over many generations these martial 'forms' started to include actual 'techniques' and even 'applications.' It was a slow evolution. In peaceful times everyone did the forms as entertainment and the music got better, and then as times turned for the worse, they re-invoked the spirits and sanctified the ground with blood.
It isn't hard to see how great performers grew out of this tradition, especially if you know that trances weren't just used for movement but to get people talking and singing. Poetry was written in trance too. Imagine a bunch of talented people on stage all in deep trance and each invoking different historical figure improvising their way through history with swords and masks and you are more than half way to Chinese Opera.
It's a long story for another day how all this interacted with the military, but it is an important story because although Chinese armies did sometimes use people in trance, they also had good reasons for discouraging it.
Religion and martial arts parallel each other in that both have had a long history of social movements trying to distance themselves from trance without every totally dropping it. As we all know, doing these martial arts forms and drills without the trance or the music became a way to train fighting all on their own. In the religious realm, meditation, stillness without going into trance and without any deity invocation, became a religious practice all on its own.
On the other hand some people became experts in many types of trance. I believe that Baguazhang was originally a collection of eight classes of god/demon possession. Each one distinct in its powers but woven together through ritual walking. Such a collection of forces would have been a very secret transmission. Althought people would have encountered it, there was no system until someone came along and transformed the god/demon forces into types of qi named after the types of gods each represented --heaven qi, earth qi, wind qi, water qi, thunder qi, fire qi, mountain qi, and lake qi.


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Knitted Tank - H&M / Similar (Here)
Grey Ripped Jeans / Similar at Topshop (Here)
Lace Up Pointed Flats - (Many CUTE versions linked at the bottom of this post!)
Talk about DIY, this outfit should probably be tagged Nada Adelle with all the nipping and tugging I did to it. First of all, Topshop... why you always sold out of my size? they are the one place I trust buying my jeans from as the 24" fit perfectly however it's rare they have my size in. The pair I tagged above are the jeans I should be wearing however since all 876439 stores didn't have them in (& yes I checked them all) I decided to buy this random plain pair online, cut the knees and bottoms too haha. The shoes I am wearing I also bought randomly online and laced up which is why I decided I wanted to tag all the beautiful different versions I found online because they are SO pretty and I want them all. If you click on the image it will take you to the site and they are all super inexpensive. It's times like this I remember why I started my blog, fashion is all about individuality! taking things and putting them together how YOU want to wear it... and attacking them with scissors if necessary muhaha.
There. Are. No. Rules.
Nada Adelle


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month six
I know what you think I'm going to say. "I can't believe it's 6 months blah blah." Well, I can't but what I really want to say is that this month has be jam-packed. This letter could take days to write but unfortunately Mama just has a little time this morning. It's been an awfully busy month for everyone.
Since it's Sunday, I'll have to update your stats after Daddy takes you to the pediatrician tomorrow. But you and I were there on Thursday. It was your first legitimately sick baby appointment. I'm not sure how long you are since they don't measure that when you're sick but you were 17 lb 4 oz. My guess at your length? 27 inches. We'll see. Ok, so this was about as far as I got on Sunday... I can now tell you (as I'm late finishing this letter) that you had gained 2 ounces by your Monday appointment and I was only off by 1/4" on your length (26.75"). You're in the 78th percentile for weight and 84th for length.
So why were we at the pedi on Thursday? You had fever off and on (mostly on) all week. On Wednesday night, it was just you and me--Daddy was in Ft. Worth. You woke up around 10:45 and were unhappy and shaking. You seemed a little cold and I tried to warm you up. I took your temperature and confirmed that it was low. I called Daddy and was just scared for you. About 30 minutes later you threw up and then seemed better. I made an appointment for you for the next morning and found out you had a urinary tract infection. I was glad it was something relatively easy to fix, and you're now on the mend. You have been a cranky baby, though. But I can't blame you.
On to happier things. You went to your first July 4th party (held here at our house). You looked very cute and patriotic in a little red, white, and blue floral dress. You had a good time with everyone. You also attended your first family reunion. Now, these reunions are a big deal and this year we hosted it. The next time our branch hosts it, I hope you're old enough to run the show because it is a lot of hard work. Mama was exhausted. But again, everyone was very excited to meet you (or see you again). You hung out with some of your cousins and were exhausted. I'd never seen you so tired. The last big event was your Great Uncle Bob's funeral (actually, that was one day past your 6-month mark and is also the reason I'm writing this late). You again got to meet more family members and you helped make a sad time a little less so. Chicken, I wish you could have known him. He was a great man and whenever I picture him I don't have recent images of him when he was so sick. I see him about 15 years ago, a little younger, and laughing. I think that says a lot about a person. I hope you grow up to be the kind of woman who people think of that way.
Ok, so seriously. On to happier things. In addition to having the UTI this last week, you had another interesting health issue. You cut not only your first but also your second tooth. Crazy! I can't say for sure, but it doesn't seem like they bothered you much. Hopefully tooth number 3 will come without any other illness so we'll know for sure. They're both just barely peeking out so your grin is still gummy. I can't believe it's soon going to include teeth. That makes you seem so grown up.
You also seem grown up because I cut your hair for the first time this month. It's already growing out some so it doesn't look as weird to me anymore. I just couldn't leave you with that mullet any longer. I see pictures of other people's daughters and some of them have hair that looks just awful. I wonder why no one tells them that. And I didn't want to be those people.
You still don't sleep through the night very often. I sure wish that would change. We're working on it. BUT! When you turned 5 months old, we moved you from the co-sleeper upstairs to your crib in your room downstairs. It was hard for me the first few nights but I think we've all adjusted to it now. We had been trying to put you down for the night without a pacifier but since you've gotten sick, we've given in. You're awfully sad in the evenings right now.
Speaking of, you have recently discovered anger and frustration. Sometimes it's actually kind of cute. One of the things we got at your last doctor's visit mentioned that around now we may start seeing dramatic mood swings. I think you're ahead of the curve on that one. The good thing, though, is that you are somewhat easily distracted when mad. And also? Maybe this means you'll end up with red hair afterall.
You got a few new toys this month. You're still enjoying the exersaucer. You sometimes like the high chair and sometimes REALLY DON'T. You got a Johnny Jumper and you like sitting in it and spinning but have only jumped a few times. Since you like kicking so much, I thought you'd like jumping. We'll see if you catch on. And I got you a tummy time mat. You really don't mind tummy time quite so much when on it. We make you roll over from front to back before picking you up. You're getting a little better at that but don't roll back to front hardly ever. You do, however, sit up on your own now. You're a little shaky sometimes but you suddenly just got quite good at it. That makes you feel pretty grown up, too. You just change so quickly. Oh, and you now use your wrist. I think you first started using your shoulder joint, then elbow, then wrist (over the last 6 months). It's funny because you sometimes just sit there and twist it like you're revving a motorcycle.
And eating. Now, you've always been a good eater and I've been grateful for that. We decided a few weeks ago, however, to see what you'd do with rice cereal. It's been challenging. Some days you're almost close to being somewhat good at not spitting too much of it out and some days you're the worst eater ever. Like I think you'll drink nothing but smoothies the rest of your life. Out of a bottle. Given all the craziness lately, we haven't been the best at trying solids everyday. And practice makes perfect so I guess Daddy and I better buckle down. When you take a bottle now, though, you often at least try to hold it. Some days you do better than others at that, too. I'm very much looking forward to that skill. It will make things easier on me since you still seem to eat so frequently. You're also 100% on formula now. I made it 5 1/2 months which was pretty close to my 6 month goal. I think we're both happier for it, and I think it was the best decision. I didn't love breastfeeding like some mothers do but I was glad to do what I could to give you a good start.
Well, that's about all I can think of right now. Oh! Except that we got your passport on Saturday--or the paperwork submitted anyway. In a few weeks you will be free to move about the world. But before then, we have to make it through this next month, which is going to be a toughie. I've really enjoyed our first 6 months together and I know the next 6 are going to be even more exciting. Now, Chicken. Do me a favor and sleep till 7:00 tomorrow morning, will ya?


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django wrote:Just a heads up for the 1114 rp area. You can't have 2 characters in the same spot. Or interact at all. (but the Freeplay, Game Tavern, or the Relic hunter rp area, you can have as many characters as the GM would let you)
Its an old rule, that really needs to be gone but we are stuck with it.
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Local Events in and around the area:
Black Mountain Winter Bluegrass Picking Day free entry
24th November 2018 12 noon to 12 midnight
Fantastic venue – come and pick some bluegrass! This is a free event, there is no admission charge. Loads of space, inside and out to get a jam going. There is camping, bunk house accommodation and rooms in the hotel itself for those that wish to stay over.
All accommodation includes full traditional breakfast and is quoted per person per night.
Executive style twins or doubles……………………£60 per person Executive style single room…………………………£70 Standard doubles, twins or triples…………………..£50 per person Standard single room ……………………………… £60 Family rooms in the above…… Children aged 12 years or under half price Budget style twins or doubles……………………… £38 per person Budget style single room……………………………£48 Dormitories (towels not provided) ……….………..… £25 per person Pricing details from Baskerville Hall Hotel on 01497 820033. For other details phone June Ash on 07812 102177, Christine Cleaton on 01981 510674 or failing both of those, you could try Martin Blake on 07846 669890 who is only party to some of the details, but might be able to help! See you there!
Black Mountain Lions Bonfire & Fireworks night Sunday 4th November 2018 Gates open 5:30pm Judging the Guys 6:15pm Fire lit approximately 6.30pm Fireworks approx. 7pm
U3A @ Baskerville Hall Hotel Meet every third Tuesday of the month, from 9am-4pm. Next meeting: Members £5 non member £7 Tea & coffee & Lunch available from the Hotel. Different guest speakers at each meeting with talks on everything from Eye health to Interactive dance & movement. To find out more call Trish Wordley firstname.lastname@example.com www.u3ahay.org.uk
Open Acoustic Night Every Wednesday An informal gathering of Players, singers & friends. To perform without the paraphernalia of an Open mic. Collaborations encouraged. All welcome including anyone who just likes to listen to spontaneous music making. Music starts 8pm, Bar Snacks 7.30 – 9.30pm or book a table in our restaurant. Real Ale, Ample Free Car Parking. Free entry.
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Ok, I know. I know. I know. I promised to start blogging more, and once again have not followed through. Here is my list of excuses this time: the kids went back to school, I have been working more at my "real" job, the sun has been out, my fingers are tired from all my painting, AND last but not least.....(drumroll...) the PSL is now out at Starbucks and I can't stop buying them!!!!!
The weather has been absolutely incredible, and I am having a hard time focusing on art around here lately. I just finished up two commissioned pieces last week. (Stay tuned for another post on those) I decided that since I wasn't really getting much done because of the weather, I would drag my painting outside and actually enjoy it!
What fun! Here fishy, fishy! This painting is obviously a work in progress. If all goes well, I am hanging this one up in my dining room. I will keep you posted.
I also wanted to let everyone know that I am teaching a class in Poulsbo next month to a wonderful group of ladies. The class is 10-4 on Saturday October 11th. If you are interested in signing up for this class, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. We will all be learning how to paint on black canvas batik style. Everyone will be leaving class with two acrylic paintings..... "Beach Ladies" where you will learn about painting on black canvas....and "Two Crows" will teach you about acrylic blending. Lots of great tips, and supplies are all included!
I noticed that there is a half marathon the day after this class and I am seriously thinking about sticking around until the next day...anyone up for a run?
Stay tuned for a peek at some recent commissions!
Happy Friday!