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10/02/2018

Using flash when taking pictures can often lead to harsh and unflattering shadows, which results from the high contrast you get from direct flash. Your subjects would have a flat color profile and they would tend to look like Edward and Bella, only more unnatural.

08/02/2018

When we’re feeling anxious and overwhelmed, the best cure to calm our nerves is in a book. A 2009 study at the University of Sussex showed that reading was the best way to overcome stress, e

We already know that reading can make you smarter, but the activity has plenty of other benefits we can happily embrace. Researchers found that reading was the best way to overcome stress and it can even help prevent

08/02/2018

The course has been reviewed by a critic, a practicing architect, and a curator—but what of its ostensible target audience, the architecture student?

You’ve probably seen the ads. Popping out from your Facebook newsfeed, the Masterclass sales pitch immediately attracts the eye: beautifully backlit wooden models and silky hand sketching emphasized by orchestral swells are accompanied by an adorable pirouette by the one and only Frank Gehry. The ...

07/02/2018

The Christmas market here in Switzerland is long established and is much larger than that in Lausanne.

Situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, both Lausanne and Montreux have lavish Christmas markets plus light shows. And if you miss these, there’s the Alimentarium Food Museum in Vevey and Chaplin‘s World, celebrating the life of Charlie. Add wine tastings and chocolate making and you have the per...

07/02/2018

I got this recipe from The Gluten Free Vegan, but I played around with the recipe a bit depending on what I had in my fridge.

I love, love, love corn. And mix it in with a creamy, delicious broth, as I did for this chowder, and we’re good to go. With the fall weather settling in (although you wouldn’t know it after this weekend here in Montreal where summer made a brief return) a soup is the way. I love, love, love cor...

07/02/2018

Nottingham Forest have got a "great footballer" on their hands, according to Everton defender Leighton Baines.

The England left-back is a team-mate of Dowell’s at Everton, with Dowell on a season-long loan at the City Ground.

06/02/2018

Arsenal and Liverpool both want to snap up Hoffenheim midfilder - and set to clash again over future of Jack Wilshere.

06/02/2018

Mike Brown has been backed to hold onto England 's No 15 shirt until the World Cup in Japan next year.

06/02/2018

First official pictures of the all-new Hyundai Santa Fe SUV have arrived ahead of the car's reveal at the 2018 Geneva motor show. Inside, the cockpit is similar to that of the i30 hatch, but has kit like a digital instrument cluster and a slightly cleaner dashboard layout.

06/02/2018

In October, the AIA held their first ever Practice Innovation Lab, looking to develop new practice models to raise the value of architects and the services that they provide to their clients with the goal of sparking a new debate that could challenge the status quo in firm management.

The architecture profession is in a perpetual debate concerning the myriad issues that impact how we practice and how that work can and should impact the world around us. As the chair of the AIA’s Young Architects Forum, I am keenly aware of the problems facing the next generation of practice lead...

06/02/2018

Sprinkle 8 cups of freshly popped popcorn with 1 ½ teaspoon each of salt, chili powder and grated lime zest. For an extra kick, add ½ cup of finely crumbled blue and yellow tortilla chips.

Move over, butter and salt. Here are six healthy, mouth-watering ways to ramp up the flavour on this simple-to-make snack. Margarita Popcorn Sprinkle 8 cups of freshly popped popcorn with 1 ½ teaspoon each of salt, chili powder and grated lime zest. For an extra kick, add ½ cup of finely crumbled ...

06/02/2018

Setouchi includes the seven prefectures of Hyogo, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa and Ehime and is extremely photogenic. From hidden wonders to iconic gems, including ancient shrines, grand bridges and island vistas.

Setouchi sits to the west of Kyoto, encompassing the Seto Inland Sea and its 3,000 islands, which is one of the most prominent multi-island seas in the world. Setouchi includes the seven prefectures of Hyogo, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa and Ehime and is extremely photogenic. Fro...

05/02/2018

Two-time Golden Shoe winner Luis Suarez has been Barcelona's star striker since joining from Liverpool and he has overcome an early-season injury to once again fire himself into the reckoning for the accolade.

05/02/2018

Virgil van Dijk thinks Harry Kane dived to win a penalty in Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham.
Kane's penalty was saved by Karius but the England international redeemed himself from the spot deep into added time bringing up his 100th Premier League goal when Van Dijk was adjudged to have fouled Erik Lamela.

03/02/2018

New Lister Thunder packs 666bhp and 200mph+ top speed.The new Lister Thunder will be produced in 99 examples with each priced from £139,950, the Cambridge-based company has confirmed.

02/02/2018

David Perron scored 3:57 into overtime to lead Vegas past the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Thursday night for the Golden Knights' 34th victory, the most by an NHL expansion team in its debut season.

22/12/2017

You can make a Wind Chime from an old Teapot. Isn't this a cool DIY idea?