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With more than two decades in the industry makeup artist James Molloy has seen many beauty trends come and go and has painted famous faces that include Rita Ora, Emma Watson and Kanye West. The Global Makeup Ambassador for Rimmel talks to The Style Edit about how 2020 has impacted our style and why the brand's two new products are exactly what we need in our makeup bags right now.
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I've been doing makeup for 20 years now. As a child I was super creative and always making things out of nothing. I suppose I always knew being creative was a passion but back then I didn't know where to channel it. That was until I moved to Manchester and was introduced to makeup for the first time by a friend; as soon as I had that brush in my hand I knew it was what I wanted to do.
I grew up in a really small town when there was really no such thing as a makeup artist but I had a dream and I stuck with it. Through sheer work hard and determination I ended up doing work with makeup teams in London, Milan, Paris and New York and it just felt like coming home.
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I'm the Global Makeup Ambassador which is a bit of dream come true because growing up in the UK all of my girlfriends had Rimmel products in their handbag as did my mum. It was such a familiar brand to me and we all remember the Kate Moss decade where she was just untouchable.
My role is really interesting in that I do a bit of everything, from talking to press about new products, to working on campaigns alongside an amazing creative team and having input into new product releases.
Have you a favourite makeup look?
Anyone who knows me and is familiar with my Instagram will know I'm a big fan of eyeliner, whether it's a full on graphic flick or a minimal cat eye. I just think black eyeliner is the little black dress of the makeup world.
Have you a dream client?
I've been very lucky to work with some amazing people but I'd really love to work with Kate (Moss) just because she is such an icon and I have her on a pedestal in terms of amazing makeup looks.
What have you missed most this year in regards to work?
I always try to put a positive spin on everything but what I've probably missed most is travelling. I think I cancelled 12 trips in the first few months of Covid, But on the other hand I've had so much time at home to create content and share tutorials and it's been really nice to go back to basics.
Rimmel's two new products the Lasting Matte Foundation and the Scand'Eyes Volume on Demand are the perfect antidote for the current climate – how important is it that a brand can respond quickly to what's happening?
As a makeup brand you really are reflecting what people are going through in their lives because it's such an integral part of our day-to-day routines. The foundation is great because it's comfortable on the skin while giving confidence and won't budge under the mask. And why not play up your eyes more when you're wearing a mask? This new mascara conditions and really lets you take control of how much volume you want, whether you want pretty or full blown glamour – even if you're only sat at home.
Have you a tip for choosing the correct foundation shade at this time of the year?
It might surprise people but in winter I like to go a little bit warmer with my foundation, if I'm not wearing bronzer I'll go one shade darker. Another tip is to bring in an existing foundation so you've something to match it up with and if possible ask for a sample.
"As a makeup brand you really are reflecting what people are going through in their lives because it's such an integral part of our day-to-day routines."
How do you prefer to apply foundation – brush or sponge?
I love a brush, especially with a matte foundation because you basically want to airbrush over any pores or uneven textures. Particularly when applying a matte foundation a brush will make it feel like a velvety veil on your skin.
Do you think 2020 will permanently change how we wear makeup?
I think people are going to be a bit more savvy about what they buy. We've all had time to go through our makeup collections and assess what we like and why. As a makeup brand we'll have to work harder to keep everyone happy but Rimmel are always ahead of the game when it comes to knowing what people want and need.
Are there any lessons we can take out of it?
Every cloud has to have a silver lining. In the same way I've gone through my clothes wardrobe and thrown away stuff that I don't wear anymore I've also gone through my makeup kit and downsized it. People's pockets are a bit more stretched at the minute so I think people will revisit drugstore brands and be amazed at what they discover.
In your opinion what's the biggest mistake people make when it comes to makeup?
'Mistake' is a strange word because I'd say I've made errors over my makeup career – maybe putting too much on – but that's how you learn and I wouldn't be where I am now without those 'mistakes'. So I'll say to people 'what did you think of this look or what did you learn from it?' I'll also ask if they felt comfortable in it because if you don't feel comfortable then that's a mistake.
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Is it fair to say social media has transformed the beauty industry?
Absolutely. Before social media the only way to really learn about makeup was to go to makeup school or go and have your makeup done. Now we have so much information which can be accessed at just the touch of a button. It's amazing, though sometimes you can get led astray so I think it's important to find your style and what you like. I enjoy social media but I also follow a lot of accounts that aren't makeup related as I find them really inspiring – florists, chefs, interior designers – all really help me to be creative. If I looked at makeup on social media all day long I think I'd end up losing my own style so a good tip is to find things other than makeup that inspire you.
What three items do you always have in your kit?
Black eyeliner, a powder like Rimmel Lasting Matte Powder and a multi-use cream product that you can wear on your eyes, lips, cheeks, wherever.
And finally, who's your ultimate beauty icon?
It's a bit of a cliché but it has to be Marilyn Monroe. She's so gorgeous and captivating and totally timeless.


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Concrete Plans: High in the remote Welsh mountains, five construction workers gathered together to renovate a huge old farmhouse. Placed in the moldy portacabins, the tension between the man and the self-proclaimed aristocratic homeowner, and the dilapidated group of people, including men, quickly eased.
The world's tired old timer Dave and foreman Bob try to keep the peace. But his nephew Steve was cruelly influenced by the paranoid Jim Jim, who disliked the Ukrainian labor Viktor. As the weather approached and payment delayed, he was grumpy. Blood spilled. When the blue-collar class faced an increasingly severe spiral of moral choice, Jim made an amazing proposition.
Directed by
Will Jewell
Writing Credits
Will Jewell
Goran Bogdan as Viktor
Kevin Guthrie as Simon
Chris Reilly as Jim
Amber Rose Revah as Amy
Charley Palmer Rothwell as Steve
Steve Speirs as Bob
William Thomas as Dave
James Lance as Richard
Jason Efthimiadis as Detective
Neil Edwards as Uniformed Police Officer
Edwina Davies as Walker
Gena Kawecka as Radio Newscaster
Alex Thei as Detective
Kevin Cherry as Radio Commentator
Release Dates
UK : 23 October 2020 (Frightfest)
UK : 13 November 2020
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All-Star starting pitcher who won a Cy Young Award in 2005, winning 21 games for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He helped the New York Mets reach the World Series in 2015.
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He married a woman Rosanna, whom he had known since he was thirteen. Together they had four sons.
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Opinion: Don't blame those keeping the lights on
The coronavirus outbreak is a human calamity that now covers many countries, including our own. Our first reaction to this has been, understandably and commendably, to protect the health of our fellow Americans. In the past few days, governors in Michigan, Ohio, New York and Virginia have issued "stay at home" executive orders designed to mitigate the health impact from the virus.
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►Who makes sure your paycheck arrives this month, and your health insurance remains in force? Do you consider that an "essential service"?
►Who fixes, fuels, and manages the delivery vehicles that bring packages to your door?
►Who makes your Skype and Zoom calls possible, along with your Netflix binge-watching, Amazon ordering, and Apple TV subscriptions?
►How many people does it take to grow your food, clean it, package it, distribute it to a store, put it on the shelves, sell it to you, and then clean the store after you leave? How many of these workers would you like to walk off their jobs?
►Do health care professionals — and emergency workers and the people keeping the power on and the lights working — need their cars fixed, food purchased and houses repaired?
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Patrick L. Anderson is principal & CEO of Anderson Economic Group LLC, a business consulting firm with offices in East Lansing and Chicago. Founded in 1996, the company's clients include small and large businesses, universities, nonprofits, and trade associations across the United States. See the firm's estimates of the economic effect of the coronavirus outbreak on their website: https://www.andersoneconomicgroup.com.


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Note: I re-reviewed this title in 2019. Please disregard this review.
Okay, backstory for me in particular involving Sonic. I was born in 1994, Sonic The Hedgehog was the first game I ever played, adored the hell out of the Gamecube Sonic games, and maintained some sort of connection to the franchise for… well, it's still not gone as of yet, but is nothing like it used to be and is more akin to what people who got invested into something that continued well after they should have grown out of it, but can't just stop. So here's a review of a game that I loved at age ten, to celebrate me leaving my teenage years behind!
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut Review
Platforms: PC(Reviewed), XBLA, PSN, GCN
Developer: Sonic Team, NOW Production, Sega, and Studios Shanghai
Publisher: Sega
The story of Sonic Adventure, when looking back at is, is something I consider to be admirable, but at the same time I look at the actual quality it possesses and wonder whether or not it was something whipped up in an afternoon by a bunch of people at Sega who realized that there hasn't been a proper Sonic game in five years. The gist of it is that Dr. Robotnik awakened an ancient creature of destruction by the name of Chaos, who when merged with the Chaos emeralds becomes the bringer of the end times. But the interesting part of the game is how it handles its character campaign narratives, having the characters of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, E-102 Gamma, and Big all go through their own paths as the story goes on, often interacting with each other, and adding interest into what each character was doing at the same time… at least debatably.
The comparison to a story written by a grade schooler, and one very good considering that fact, constantly came up as I heard the laughable writing come to life with incredibly amateur sounding voice acting. That's before one even looks at the cutscenes the game bolsters and wonders how much the animators cared, or just how hindered they were in moving the surprisingly well designed models about, as they help to make Sonic Adventure far more humorous than it has any real right to be.
Does that same level of slapdash fun apply to the gameplay? Well, with six characters, things do get a bit mixed, plus the early 3D jank and bad camera movements are pretty notable hindrances from the outset. That said, and I will admit that muscle memory was likely a pretty major help here, these issues very rarely become much of a problem, as the game doesn't ask for precision, just that you get to the end of the stage. There is a pretty major, or Big exception if I may use a pun, as I never did get past the second stage of Big's story. Mostly due to how its fishing controls are so poorly explained, and so unenjoyable that I did not feel like submitting myself to them in order to see the character who always reminded me of the retarded kids I occasionally got lumped up with for having Asperger's… What, it's true!
Sonic's gameplay is pretty clearly the mold that was set for about a decade of games, and while movement can be difficult, especially if one does desire to get a really good time on a lot of stages, is finicky and awkward most of the time. Homing attacks to enemies sometimes do not work properly, and there are quite a few sections where I was generally stumbling towards progress in order to reach it and end a stage. While it does have a share of frustrating elements due to how unrefined it is, I actually found them to be pretty enjoyable, excluding the eighth and ninth stages, which are simply hectic to navigate and not very fun to play through.
Tail's involves racing against Sonic in order to inflate his own ego, and during the first stage I think I broke the game. It is buggy, glitchy, and overall flying can feel like one has the cheats on as you can float over twenty percent of the stage, only to have rubberband AI teleport ahead of them. Still, it is rather comical to fumble through, and did put an unintended smile on my face as, while unrefined, there is no sort of ranking or reward system that requires one to master the game.
Knuckles' gameplay was far better than I recalled it being, as it has the player search around a fairly small level for shards of the Master Emerald, all of which use a radar system, but can thankfully be gotten in any order one desires, as opposed to how it worked in the title's successor. They're short and fun little divergences that are really only hampered by a less than stellar camera. While Amy's stages are more akin to a stealth game as you are playing as a slow character who must avoid and flee from a robot by jumping onto a balloon that just so happened to be placed at the end of the stage. There are only three of them so things do not get that old, but needing to pick up and place objects just feels like busywork in this title, and that just so happened to be the only real puzzle her campaign has.
This leaves E-102 Gamma, who actually has the most interesting story of the bunch in my opinion, while its gameplay pretty much involves spinning around while holding X or B, letting go, and run through the rest of the stage while doing the same motion to shoot Robotnik's robots… even though he originally works for Robotnik. It's far from anything complicated or even all that good, but is passable and can be cleared in under and hour, like all of the stories beyond Sonic's.
Beyond the series of 11 repurposed levels for all the characters, there are Adventure stages that tie them together, and are basically a series of three areas that I could criticize heavily if I felt like it, but were very much endearing to me as a child, and like much of the game, do have their own charm. They are still odd, especially when one views how exactly Sonic and friends exist in the same world as regular humans, how Angel Island is just a shrine, why a partially submerged airship can still transform and how… well, there are a load of questions one could ask about the minor details and be unable to gather an answer even somewhat acceptable.
Yet I would say that the game's visuals certainly do pass the test I subconsciously do when playing older 3D games, as Sonic Adventure is a good example of a game with relatively few polygons, occasionally poor textures, and still looks pretty alright considering that. There is a lot of focus on color, and the designs of the title's levels are as a whole appealing. True, NPCs often look like crap, and when you get in front of a low quality texture it can look really bad, but those are far from distracting. What was not subject to the scrutiny of age due to technological advances was the soundtrack, which is frequently nothing short of stellar, excluding a few tracks such as the one that plays whenever a character goes back in time… did I forget to mention that? It's diverse, catchy, and makes some of the title's problems, because there are a lot of them, less distracting.
From an objective point of view, I feel one would be right to say that Sonic Adventure is, well, not very good. Its story is cute in its earnest attempt at epicness, but is unintentionally humorous the majority of the time. Its gameplay, while acceptable when 3D movement was coming into its own, is incredibly janky and unrefined. With the soundtrack being the only aspect, along with the visuals considering its status as a launch title, being the only bits I feel are worth genuine compliments. Still, if I were to answer to whether or not the game was fun, I would quickly say yes, as while I can see how one would find it frustrating, as it can be, once you work around it, the title was clearly given a lot of affection and attention from the team, and it carries the title a long way.


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The July 25 "America's Got Talent" episode averaged 13.077 million viewers, more than the combined viewership of the programming on ABC, CBS, Fox and The CW running opposite it.
"America's Got Talent" was the only prime-time program airing between July 24 and Sunday to average more than 10 million viewers and the only broadcast program to average more than 7 million viewers.
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"America's Got Talent" was second among the group, averaging 3.393 million, followed by the Thursday, Sunday and Wednesday episodes of CBS' "Big Brother," which averaged 2.458 million, 2.421 million and 2.32 million.
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The "CBS Evening News" was third, averaging 5.574 million viewers in Anthony Mason's sixth week as interim anchor. The "CBS Evening News" has finished third each week since the week of Sept. 25-29, 2006.
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Ted Cruz Fires Back at Obama's Empty SOTU Seat: 'I'd leave one too'...
The State of the Union is really a silly event, where the President gives a political speech that isn't even supposed to be political and everyone gives political response, with a lot of mindless pomp and circumstance, and even more mindless symbolism, in this case an empty seat. Ted Cruz had a brilliant response to it though.
The White House tweeted this...
.@POTUS just announced that one seat in the #SOTU guest box will be left empty to honor the victims of gun violence. #StopGunViolence— White House Archived (@White House Archived) 1452281129.0
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If I'm elected POTUS, there'll be an empty seat for the over 50 million unborn children killed since Roe #Stand4Life https://t.co/BgBy8yYKYd— Ted Cruz (@Ted Cruz) 1452282721.0
To date, since the legalization of abortion thanks to Roe v. Wade, over 50 million babies have been butchered inside their mothers wombs, then sucked out, dumped, or their body parts sold, all while people like Hillary Clinton (who was just endorsed by the Baby Killers in Chief) and Barack Obama celebrate their demise, while scolding you, responsible American gun-owner, for exercising your Second Amendment right to self-defense. Because "gun violence."
No word yet from the DNC on "baby violence."
And leftists wonder why we don't like them much. It's a real head-scratcher, ain't it?
Ten points to Ted Cruz for pointing out what should've been totally obvious: the empty chair ploy to make us feel terrible for guns is not only pathetic, but misplaced. Also, did Obama not see the 2012 RNC convention, where film legend Clint Eastwood had an empty chair out to mock Obama's presidency? Has Obama not heard of #Eastwooding? How out of touch can he be? Damn, he really is getting old.


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Welcome to River Song Retreat! New to our family April 2022!
Main Floor: Here, on the main (middle) floor, you'll find the spacious and cozy living room with gas fireplace (seasonal), Smart TV and plenty of seating. The kitchen has most items needed to prepare a great meal, including a time saving dishwasher, microwave, refrigerator with ice/water dispenser, a 2 in 1 Keurig maker with pods and a regular coffee maker. The dining area can seat up to 6 guests at the dinging table (there is an leaf for the table in the laundry room to allow 2 extra seats at the dining table) and 4 more at the kitchen bar. There are doors in the dining area that leads out to the covered and open deck. There is a gas grill with table and chairs on the side covered deck. The half bathroom is also on this level just off of the living room and before you go to the upper level.
The queen size master bedroom is also on this level. The master bedroom has an En Suite full bathroom with separate tub and walk-in shower. There are doors that lead out to the deck from this bedroom.
Upper Level: The upper floor has a large bedroom with 4 single beds, 1 bunkbed and 2 twin size beds. Attached to this bedroom is a full bathroom with a tub/shower combo. The loft also connects to the bathroom as well. The open loft has a full size sleeper sofa, recliner and a large 55" flat screen Smart TV. There is also access to a covered large deck on the upper level.
Lower Level: The lower level offers another family room with 2 couches, Smart TV, second kitchen with a refrigerator, electric oven and microwave. There is also a table with 4 chairs that can be used for cards, board games or dining. The third bedroom is also on the lower level with a queen size bed and an En Suite full bathroom with a walk-in shower.
Outside: River Song Retreat is a great place to spend quality time with friends and family by fishing/playing in the creek or roasting marshmallows or hot dogs at the fire pit by the creek. There are 6 andirondack chairs for the fire pit. The "barn/garage" has a basketball goal with a concrete pad. Inside the garage, you'll find a ping pong table for hours of enjoyment. Don't forget to bring your own basketball and be careful not to let it roll into the creek. The area by the creek is flat so you can bring your own games to play, like badminton, kick ball, volleyball and net, and etc. We also offer disc golf.
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So the kids had early dismissal today, so we decided to go to West Edmonton Mall. My oldest daughter had a bunch of things that she really needed to get. I had to go to Forever 22 to return the solo costume that we bought there, but didn't use!! They won't give you your money back, they'll only give you store credit. This made my daughter happy, as it's one of her favourite stores! We also took back the dress that we bought at Old Navy. I bought a knit tank and my daughter bought a jumper. We split up for a while, so that my daughter and I could get my son a Birthday gift. We went to the Disney store sand bought him some Spider-Man goggles (his party is at the pool in town). We also bought him Spider-Man sunglasses, a Guardian Of The Galaxy's t-shirt, a BB8 colouring set I also bought myself a Mickey Mouse cooler bag because I spent over $40, I got a good price for it! It's really cute and will come in handy. After the Disney store, my daughter and I went to Lush! It is a store that has natural "handmade, cruelty-free, 100%natural products. It smells soooo amazing there!! There are tons of different, huge bath bombs, as well as shampoo and conditioner, makeup, face and body scrubs and washes, etc etc. I really like it there!! I bought quite a few things! I got my daughter's bath bombs, my middle daughter a face wash (it's really great! It looks like cake almost and it smells scrumptious- like you could eat it!! You break a little pea-sized piece off and add a bit of water and make a paste that you apply to your face or your body.) I also got a face cleaner/scrub mine smells great too! It's not to die for like my daughter's scent, it's more herbal smelling with almonds, lavender oil and chamomile. It's really nice and my skin felt amazing after I used it!! I also bought a mask which smells great too!! The final thing that I bought was a bar of body butter which, of course, smelled great!! It was a little oily when I first put it on, but it was quite nice once it absorbed! The final place that we went to was Build A Bear! My oldest bought one for all three of them. My son picked the red Power Rangers bear, my oldest picked a beautiful white tiger and my middle daughter picked out a cute, basic bear. After that we raced home. We were home with no time to spare my daughter changed into her dance clothes, we drove to the city, picked up a dance friend in Summerside, who needed a ride today and drove to dance. I went to Wakmart while she danced to buy my son a gift from my oldest (a Hatchimal – he's going to freak out!!) and a couple more things from my hubby and I (Lego and some clothes). When I picked up Abby and my daughter I found out that there were only three of them in class tonight and that Amanda cancelled all of her classes and said that tonight's classes were optional!!! I wish I had known that ahead of time – sure would have been nice to not having to rush home from WEM.! Oh well. I was able to finish shopping for my son's birthday on Saturday! Oh oh! I'm starting to fall asleep again! Crap. I should be getting to bed right about now!! Night all! 💤😴.
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Winter Tracks
Can you guess who's making the tracks in the snow?
Give up? Turkey
This next set of tracks?
Mmmm, do you have a guess. After some looking at other photo's and images. I think it is a bobcat. It would make sense. This photo is taken on the Elk River, next door to my parents. They have been blessed with seeing a family of bobcat's.
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Rose also has growing pains, at the end of the last novel she was reunited with her teenage love, and they are both learning about each other and what being together as ghosts means... and what their type of existence requires. Her other relationships grow, change, and develop too, adding depth and filled with twists both expected and surprising.
I'm seeing this book listed in places as 2 of 2 in its series, and I'm hoping that's an error. There is a lot unanswered, unfinished, in this story, and I want to see where this road takes us.
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Assam's two environmental writers and storytellers have been honoured with the 'Hero of the Environment Award' by Kavyavarsha.
Kavyavarsha is a global community Kavyavarsha is a global community formed by/for revolutionary youth writers, orators and activists that facilitates interactions between youth and eminent personalities digitally.
The recipients from Assam were Rituraj Phukan and Arghadeep Barua.
The awards were conferred on them for their "exemplary contribution for saving the environment" and being change-makers in the region of Northeast India.
They were honoured with the award and were felicitated in a digital event on Wednesday by chief guest Job Zachariah, Chief of UNICEF, Chhattisgarh and former director to MHRD, Government of India.
Also read: Assam environmentalist Rituraj Phukan completes Arctic expedition
Kavyavarsha is a global community formed by/for revolutionary youth writers, orators and activists that facilitates interactions between youth and eminent personalities digitally.
Rituraj Phukan is an environmental writer, adventurer and naturalist, known as Assam's global climate change ambassador.
He has been on expeditions to Antarctica and across the Arctic for first-hand experience of the impacts of climate change on the fragile ecosystems of these regions.
He was personally trained as a Climate Reality Leader by Nobel Laureate Al Gore and was featured in the former US Vice-President's 2017 book 'An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power'.
Phukan serves the Climate Reality Project India as the National Coordinator for Biodiversity and District Manager for Northeast India.
"Rituraj authored the chapter 'Biodiversity in a warming world' in the Amazon No. 1 Bestseller book 'Climate Abandoned: We're on the Endangered Species List' which was first launched in the USA on Earth Day 2019," Kavyavarsha wrote on its Facebook page.
He is also the Associate Editor of 'Igniting Minds', a magazine for the youth with an environmental focus and frequently writes in various newspapers and magazines in India and abroad.
Phukan has also featured in films, television, talk shows, podcasts, etc., in India and several other countries.
"He led a movement to promote water conservation and universal water access that resulted in the observance of World Water Day 2017 in every district of India, and the 'Water Pledge' being administered in over 100 countries and on all the 7 continents," it added.
He is also one of the initiators of the 'Hara Hai Toh Bhara Hai' Green India Challenge, which has led to the planting of over 10 crore saplings and endorsement by leading sports, film, political and other celebrities across India.
Rituraj says: "Water is the local issue of global climate change, for people, and for biodiversity."
Rituraj has delivered presentations and talks in Malaysia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, South Africa and Bangladesh, and participated in deliberations in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Denmark, Thailand and Turkey.
He is also a Member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and holds leadership positions in several international and national environmental groups.
Arghadeep Barua is a storyteller and at this point of time his primary medium of storytelling is music, films and acting.
His diversified interests include vocalist at BOTTLE ROCKETS INDIA (@rockets.bottle.india), editing, acting, community building, music, filmmaking and cinematography.
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"Apart from doing live shows and making music, @rockets.bottle.india as a band is involved in many social and environment related work from raising voice for coal mining in Dehing Patkai to raise funds for Assam floods victims," Kavyavarsha said on its Facebook page.
Currently, the band is working on a song to spread awareness on animal welfare and Bramhaputra clean up drives.
They have also worked with indigenous communities of Arunachal Pradesh and made a song with them.
"A Green Hub fellow, during his fellowship he worked with Ashoka trust for research in ecology and environment and made 9 short documentaries on the efforts in the Eastern Himalayan landscape," it said.
He made short introductory film for Assam Biodiversity portal.
He assisted in the multiple award winning film India's healing forest with Nitin Das, the film talks about the healing power of forests.
Barua worked as cinematographer for national award winning filmmaker Aparna Sanyal in her film on Palliative care, 'One Mustard Seed'.
Barua currently is doing a fellowship with Anahad foundation and working on a documentary on folk music of Uttar Pradesh.
He acted in the Assamese feature film 'AAMIS, THE RAVENING' (2019).
Barua starred as Simon. The film was premiered in the prestigious Tribeca Film festival.
The other films, where he acted include – Guwahati Diaries (2020) – starred as Rohit. The film is in its post-production stage.
He has also worked in various short films and music video including The Error (not yet released); Kinnar, Tears of Rain (working title), which is in post-production and many others.


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Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon
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Princess Margaret, the younger daughter of King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth and the only sibling of Great Britain's reigning Queen, was married for 18 years to a celebrated and charismatic British photographer. She was the first daughter of a King in Britain to marry a commoner in 400 years, paving the way for other royals in more recent generations to do the same.
In the Vanity Fair Archive there's a lengthy illustrated article called "The Princess and the Photographer" that paints a picture of the rosy early days of Princess Margaret's relationship with her husband Antony (Tony) Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title of 1st Earl of Snowdon after the marriage. Their wedding was watched on television by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, and while their romance lasted they were among the world's most watched celebrities.
'Beaton paled'
The article is more a look into British high society of the era than a portrait of a photographer and his work, naturally. A brief quotation:
At the top of his profession before his marriage, Tony had never envisaged giving up work, although he knew that the commercial photography he had done previously was no longer a viable option. One day when he and Margaret were staying with Jeremy and Camilla Fry, Cecil Beaton came over for a drink before lunch. When Beaton fulsomely congratulated the Princess on her marriage, adding, "May I thank you, ma'am, for removing my most dangerous rival," Margaret replied, poker-faced, "What makes you think Tony is going to give up work?" Beaton paled.
(Sir Cecil Beaton was one of the leading British professional and society photographers of the first half of the 20th century.)
The article, written by Anne de Courcy, was excerpted from her 2008 book Snowdon: The Biography.
Princess Margaret died in 2002 at the age of 71 and Lord Snowdon died in 2017 at the age of 86. Here's a book of his photographs.
Alice Liddell by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
I like to read, and probably a quarter of the 50 or 60 books I read in any given year are recommended either directly or indirectly by TOP readers. (I'm now embarked on Hitler: A Biography, which, at 1,073 pages, is the abridged version of Ian Kershaw's original two-volume set! Recommended by reader Dave Sailer.) A TOP reader recently posted a link to his own portrait of the prolific nonfiction writer Simon Winchester (wish I could find that), several of whose books I've enjoyed in the past, and it inspired me to read a couple more.
Due to public fascination and the enduring popularity of his famous books, which are known the world over, much has been written about Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. But Simon Winchester's The Alice Behind Wonderland might be the only full-length book to concentrate almost entirely on Dodgson as a dedicated, enthusiastic early amateur photographer. Along the way Winchester tells us almost everything that's known about Dodgson-as-photographer and his most famous picture (and surely one of the most famous photographs in the world), his portrait of little Alice Liddell posed as a beggar-maiden. Alice, of course, was the reason Alice's Adventures in Wonderland came to be—it was a story that Dodgson improvised for the Liddell girls on a rowboat expedition that Alice, then aged ten, insisted he write down for her. He complied, of course, and, after testing it with a focus group (the children of his friend and fellow writer George MacDonald, who loved it), he determined to find a publisher. And the rest is history.
The only problem with telling us all that's known about these things is that...not all that much is known. But that makes for a slight book, and (unlike the Kershaw...), a quick read.
Alice Hargreaves in later life. I believe this was taken
on her visit to America in 1932.
Alice Pleasance Hargreaves (née Liddell)—who was also a model, in her twenties, for Julia Margaret Cameron—lost two sons in WWI and was fêted as a celebrity when she visited America in old age. She sold the original manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground—the working title for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland—for the equivalent today of about $1.2 million, but the manuscript was later purchased by a consortium of American businessmen and returned to the people of Great Britain. Curiously, the original photograph of Alice as the beggar girl is now so carefully protected that Simon Winchester himself was not allowed to lay eyes on it! Like most of us, he's only seen reproductions, never the real thing. Looking-glass, indeed.
There are a zillion editions of Alice, but if you're looking for a nice one, I can at least recommend the Books of Wonder edition from Morrow if you can manage to find it. That's the edition I own, but (curiouser and curiouser, cried Alice!) I've actually never read the book. (So many books, so little time.) It was also available in a boxed set with a matching edition of Through the Looking Glass.
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Michel Hardy-Vallée: "Am I the only one who spotted the reflection of a Rolleiflex in the window of the car where Margaret and husband are seated?
"Rollei: the choice of paparazzi since 1929...and until 1959."
Mike replies: Wow, good catch. I did not see that, and that's the kind of thing I'm usually quite good at catching. It's right there in front of our noses, too.
David Aiken: "Dodgson was also a lecturer in mathematics and logic and the two Alice books have long been appreciated by philosophers because in them Dodgson included examples of probably every logical fallacy and paradox known to him, most of which are not noticed by those readers without some knowledge of logic. Philosophers have been plundering the books for examples to use in lectures since soon after they were written.
"My favourite edition of the two books is Peter Heath's The Philosopher's Alice which provides annotations identifying and commenting on all of the logical and philosophical 'wonders' of the books with the kind of humour that led Dodgson to work them into his narratives. Very well worth a read by anyone who wants to know just what really is going on in the books when things get weird."


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We need help with the tasks of life, and we need to be helping one another with the tasks of life. And we have no idea what the tasks of life are. The primary task of life is knowing who we are and what we are about. It is easier to go at it in reverse-- Knowing who we are not and what we are not about. We have to be clear about these things. The Caste System in India is an attempt to simplify the task. Dharma is duty carefully spelled out according to the class or rank into which one is born. That is the wrong way to do it. Dharma cannot be imposed from without, according to who our parents were and what Caste they belong to, as though who we are, and not, can be handed to us with our birth certificate. Our identity is not thrust upon us, it is innate within us. We grow into who we are over time-- if the conditions and circumstances of our life permit it. In India, people are bound to be who and what someone else declares them to be. Talk about death to the soul! The Caste System kills people before they are conceived! Who we are and what we are about are organic-- we become who we are, unfolding from within according to the blend of potential and possibility developing within the limits of time and place. Each of us is a mystery to be beheld becoming over the full course of our life. Nothing is preordained, iron clad, decreed from above, declared by the stars (Or those who "read the stars"). Who we are and what we are about is time and place dependent. Who would Michael Jordan and LeBron James have been in 1776? Or you, or I? "Time and chance happen to us all." And the primary task of life is to take what comes with us from the womb in on hand, and the context and circumstances of our life in the other hand, and get the two hands together, in ways that bring forth our best in the here and now of our living. Who tells us that ever over the full course of our life? All we are handed is "What do you want to be when you grow up?" The dumbest question in the encyclopedia of questions. "What does wanting know?" is one of the best, and is never asked. We are up against it from the start, born into a milieu in which no one knows what needs to be done to become who we are born to be. Who are we? What are we about? Who are we not? What are we not about? Sit with the questions. See where they lead. Even now. Even yet. Even so.
The toughest thing is coming to terms with our choices. We do not have good-enough choices. We do not get to choose our choices. We don't get to tag out until better choices come along. Our choices are our choices and that's that. Squaring up to that is the hardest thing. We keep trying to give ourselves better choices. Denial is denying that these are our choices and that's that. We want better choices! Our choices are our choices and that's that. When we can square ourselves up with this fact, we can begin the work of doing what can be done with what we have to work with. That comes down to what needs to happen here and now, and what can we do about that with the resources, internal and external, at hand? What can we do with the choices that are ours to choose from? Moment by moment, situation by situation? We can despair and be depressed and despondent because these are our choices, or we can pick ourselves up and get to work, in a "Here we are, now what?" kind of way.
What do we do for the simple sake of doing it alone? With me, it is not wash the dishes, take out the garbage, mow the grass, or dust the furniture and mop the floor. I do those things because they need to be done. I do other things because I am expected to and other people depend on me to do them. And I do other things because I am paid to do them, and the cost of living requires me to make enough money to live on. With whatever time I have left over in a week, I get to do what I enjoy doing for the pleasure/joy of doing them alone. Naps head the list. Relishing the wonder of stillness, silence and solitude. Cooking. Eating things I like. Drinking coffee. Reading. Writing. Photography and working with photographs. Zooming with the daughters and granddaughters, family and friends. Working in the yard with my wife. Walking through nurseries, buying plants. Walking through the natural world. Taking a shower. Getting out of bed each morning. How about you?
The mark of a well-lived life is the degree to which it is grounded in-- and centered upon-- its original nature, with balance and harmony, sincere and non-contriving. These terms mean absolutely nothing to contemporary western culture. And that is a telling indictment of contemporary western culture. "What is the face that was yours before your grandparents were born?" If you are like most people alive today, the question is absurd and meaningless. If I ask you who you are, you are likely to talk about what you like and dislike. If I ask you how thinking about what you like keeps you from thinking about who you are, what would you say? These are essential questions. Our identity is crucial to the kind of life we live, in terms of the degree the life we live reveals or conceals our identity. A life well-lived integrates, incarnates, serves, reveals, expresses and makes known who we are. We live to be one with ourselves. How are you coming with that? Here's a little twist on this theme that may rock your little world. We are comfortable saying, or with hearing, that Jesus came as the incarnation of God. He said, "The Father and I are one." And I'm saying we are here to incarnate ourselves. As we do that, we, also, incarnate that which has always been called "God." That which is God and we are one, and we cannot live aligned with ourselves without also being aligned with God. And that is what we are here to do. How did you say you were coming?


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Fbpay is a simple tool which lets you create a page where your customers or friends can pay you for the services or products that you are selling. You get a unique link to which you can drive buyers. When they land on your page, they can buy the goods you are selling.
FBPay charges a 5% fee per transaction. You can choose if you want your customer to pay or if you'd like to pay the transaction fee for yourself. You can send an email confirmation (customizable) after someone buys a ticket from you.
It automatically syncs with your Facebook events and lets you update the page with the Fbpay link where you can ask buyers to pay. A neat little dashboard lets you keep track of the tickets you've sold. It also lets you export all the data, in case you need to use it on another system.
We found the service incredibly easy to setup. Essentially, Fbpay takes care of all the backend hassles for you. It's ideal for digital goods, tickets and such. Fbpay could do with some analytics that gives sellers better insights on buyers.
Fbpay's take on instant online selling is quite interesting because of its focus on Facebook. Many small businesses have already invested time and energy into creating a following around their Facebook page. It is only natural to want to sell to these groups. Small businesses also don't care about techie products, that are complicated to setup.
Here's a look at how it works.
Now services like Instamojo let you do this too. It has similar pricing (5% flat) and also gives you API access. Mumbai based SellMojo, a full featured store complete with shipping integration and inventory management, also lets you create Facebook stores.
Always good to have choices!
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by Joey Ammo
The Model Café in Allston is empty at 7:30pm. I'm having a beverage with three of the four members of Boston punk/rock band White Dynomite: bassist Tim Catz, guitarist John Darga, and lead singer David Unger (drummer Craig Riggs is on vacation in Greece today). In keeping with their name, White Dynomite takes the stage in white suits, shirts and ties and performs with white instruments, and white amplifiers. Tim describes the music as "Punk/Soul Explosion."
WD was formed from the ashes of Curve of the Earth powerhouse Roadsaw (which all but John had been a previous member of), originally in order to play a birthday party for a friend of Dave's. "We wrote most of the record in three weeks and played the party," Dave explains. They've landed a distribution deal with San Francisco independent Ripple Music (a Warner Bros. affiliate) and later in 2014 Ripple will re-release the debut record on white vinyl, with extra tracks included.
Noise: Tell me about your success so far in the Greater Boston Area?
Tim: We were put together quickly; we quickly started headlining our own shows. We have a lot of friends that drink, bars like people who drink a lot, we like people who drink a lot, we like to have a good time…
Dave: …and we look great!
Tim: …so what's not to love?
Noise: How did the history take place from Roadsaw to White Dynomite?
Tim: Roadsaw was not doing as much. We're all friends and none of our bands were playing out a lot, and I don't know, sometimes you just need to… we just wanted to have fun. So we just decided that as friends we would just put together a band and write some dumb songs and play it out and that's it. The magic happened from there.
Dave: True that.
John: And we spent the money on the suits (for the birthday party).
Dave: Yeah, so we figured we had to play at least four or five gigs to pay for the suits [laughs].
Noise: I love the suits—the whole white thing is great.
Dave: That was actually Tim's idea. He named the band.
Tim: There are so many bands in black y'know? Black this, black that, so it's the opposite of black.
John: It's… white.
Noise: [To Tim] You work in films, don't you?
Tim: Yeah, I work for Local 481, IATSE. I'm a best boy working in films here in Boston. Right now I'm working on Black Mass with Johnny Depp.
Noise: How would you describe the sound of WD to a reader?
Tim: It's definitely fast straight-ahead party rock.
Dave: Yeah, it's party rock. We're not a topical band… unless the topic is havin' a good time!
Noise: So no political themes?
John: Only that you can still wear white after Labor Day.
Tim: It's about three things: sex, drugs, and booze—or sex while you're doing booze and drugs. That's really about it, right?
John: What about science?
Dave: We don't have any scientific songs.
Noise: What are some of your musical influences?
Tim: I always go back to, like, Turbo Negros, Dictators, Cheap Trick, Kiss, Ramones, Stooges…
Dave: T. Rex, The Supersuckers before they started to super-suck…
John: Zeke…
Tim: Motorhead, Helicopters…
Noise: What do fans tell you about your music?
Tim: They go "I really like that song 'High When I Die.' You know the one that goes 'High When I Die a hundred times.'" They also say, "Great show! Wow! There's a lot of divorced chicks here!"
Noise: Do you write as a band?
Tim: We come up with a song title.
Dave: Mostly Tim writes the music, and then he'll give me an idea for the song and I'll go on it [write lyrics].
Noise: [To Dave] Do you have any favorite lyrics among your songs?
Dave: "She's got a unicorn nailed to the wall/8-track player/Seals and Crofts." That's pretty cool. (From "Black Light Woman")
Noise: How do you feel about music being downloaded online?
Tim: You know, we make all of our money on T-shirts. [The group breaks out in laughter.] There's no money in selling records—there just isn't.
John: I can understand someone who sells a lot of records being concerned with downloading, but as far as we're concerned download away.
Tim: Yeah, give it away.
John: I mean, honestly I'm not in it to make money in the first place so…
Tim: …but there's a lot of ways to support a band, like if you come out and see us and you want to buy a T-shirt, great. We pay the rent with T-shirts.
John: Yeah, except we get drunk and then we give 'em away.
Tim: We also accept beer. Like, a lot of our money goes towards beer and drugs. So if you have beer and drugs that means that's money in our pockets that we don't have to spend. We're not getting rich off this—nobody is.
Dave: But we're having a good time. I mean, that's the most important thing, right? It's like have a good time ourselves and it brings some fun to the people.
Noise: What would you say is the state of the record industry right now compared to DIY?
Tim: For as long as I've been alive the record industry has done nothing but take money away from bands.
John: Wait, we're distributed by Warners now.
Tim: Oh yeah. [All break out laughing] If you want to support a band go see the live show. Buy the T-shirt, buy the CD. Buy them drinks.
Noise: So merchandise is more lucrative than records?
Tim: Absolutely.
John: It's been that way for a long time for an indie band.
Tim: Actually this is a good opportunity to mention that we got licensing on an MTV show called Slednecks, which is like Rednecks, but in Alaska. We got some of our songs picked up for the show.
John: Does that mean I won't have to do science anymore?
Tim: No, you still have to do science. It's all about science.
Noise: Tell us about the shows that are coming up for WD.
Tim: Bastard Squad reunion at Great Scott (September 20).
John: October 17 is Crash Safely 3 at Middle East in Cambridge.
Tim: We'll be playing with Township and Field Effect, who we played against in the Rumble last year.
Noise: You did pretty well in the Rumble?
Dave: Yeah, we won our first night, and while we were on stage during the second night was when the bombers were blowing up the town.
Tim: Everyone was watching the TV while we were playing. The first night we won we weren't particularly stellar. We had no illusions about winning anything.
Dave: We did our set—we went and had a good time. We can't stress it enough that we are a fun band, and we like to have a good time, and we want people to have a good time watching us. That is our mission statement.
Tim: During the Rumble set people were throwing beers on us all night, then we had this down pillow, and we had no idea how messy it was gonna get… we open up the pillow and all of a sudden it was like snowing inside T.T.'s, and we were soaked in beer so it looked like we were tarred and feathered. To this day you can find feathers in the corners of T.T.'s.
John: They hated us.
Tim: That put us over the top to win that night.
Noise: Is there anything that inspires you guys besides music, booze, sex, and drugs?
Tim: Cigarettes, horror movies, fried chicken, the smell of fire, fireworks…
Noise: Last words?
Tim: The new record on Ripple is coming out in the fall.
John: The re-release is coming out in October.
Tim: And the new record is coming out in spring 2015. And Slednecks on MTV. And we also have a Christmas single coming out.
Dave: We should also point out that Craig Riggs is a great drummer.
Tim: Yeah, Craig switched from singing in Roadsaw to playing drums in White Dynomite. He's a phenomenal drummer.
Dave: Sometimes he's like, "I wish I could sing…" but I'm far too pretty, I mean I'm prettier than him.
Noise: If he were here right now what would he add?
Dave: He'd say "Up yours Unger."
Tim: "Sorry I'm late – I had to get a burrito."
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