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THERE’S A SAYING: “IF NOTHING CHANGES, NOTHING CHANGES.” That’s true when it comes to losing weight, of course—no pounds will be dropped if you don’t adjust your lifestyle—but it’s also true when it comes to how we approach weight loss in the first place. If you aren’t happy with your past experiences, thinking about it the same way you did before won’t get you to a new place. Considering what we eat is at the crux of slimming down, but it’s our feelings about food that really drive how we eat. “Food means so many different things to people,” says Anne Poirier, director of behavioral health at Hilton Head Health, an integrated wellness and weight-loss resort in South Carolina. “Food can be love, it can be family, it can be rebellion.” Her…

You may not have heard of chatbots before, but chances are you have read a recent news story about ChatGPT from OpenAI or rival Bing from Microsoft or Bard from Google. These artificial intelligence apps give apparently intelligent, if occasionally bizarre, responses to questions. They can write an essay on Keynesian economics, produce a Shakespearean sonnet about a nightingale or create computer code instantly to order. Will these digital Frankenstein monsters eclipse humanity, or is it just more hype from Big Tech? Older readers will remember stories or poems “written by a computer” from long ago and may be wary of the latest claims. Experiments with automated text generation were well-enough known in the 17th century for Jonathan Swift to parody them in Gulliver’s Travels. A mad scientist on the…

The way you use a single studio light can completely change the mood and overall feel of your portrait, and mastering both high-key and low-key effects can really help your work have a professional, high-end feel. Creating a high-key or low-key portrait is a good way of ensuring that the focus is on the subject. A high-key image is generally dominated by highlights and sometimes errs on the side of overexposure, whereas a low-key image mainly consists of shadows and lowlights. Low-key images are usually highly dramatic and can be used to create a more mysterious or sensual image, whereas high-key shots are vibrant and engaging. The challenge with creating a high-key portrait with one light is that this style typically demands that there is lots of light. Two lights…

1 Philips 55OLED907 £2199 / go.stuff.tv/OLED907 It’s no one’s idea of a bargain, but nevertheless the 55OLED907 will be money well spent for even mild telly addicts. For once, here’s a TV with audio quality that truly matches its image quality – and be in no doubt, the image quality available here is very impressive indeed. The Ambilight illuminations are as slick as ever too. Resign yourself to a long stint sorting out the initial setup (as is always the way with Philips) and you’ll never look back. Stuff says A great OLED TV with impressive brightness and top-class audio NOW ADD THIS Apple TV 4K Fills the one hole in Android TV’s streaming lineup, and is a must if you’re all-in with Apple’s other tech. from £149 / apple.com 2 Sony…

Wearing a life jacket is a smart choice for any boater but mandatory for all personal watercraft riders. Coast Guard-approved Type III models work best. The vest-style design is easy to take on and off, comfortable, and available in a wide variety of colors and graphic patterns. But while a basic Type III life jacket will always do the job, the latest crop of PWC-specific models do it better, tailoring design and features to the way individual riders use their craft. Here’s how they compare. RECREATIONAL The average recreational rider will be well-served by the classic ski vest, a sleeveless, front-entry design that closes with buckled straps or a straps-and-zipper combo. A nylon or neoprene exterior typically covers flotation foam for comfort and to protect the foam from wear and sun…

Budget-friendly, beautiful and the land of smiles, Thailand tops the list as a holiday destination that blends beach time with ancient history and water blessings. Ancient Ayutthaya A UNESCO World Heritage site, Ayutthaya is about an hour and a half by train from Bangkok. It was the second capital of Siam and once home to 400 glittering temples. Its golden era ended when the Burmese sacked the city in 1767. Today you can visit the remaining ruins which can be found within the heart of the city and reimagine its former splendour. Entry to most wats (temples) is $2.50 and some are free. Top wats to visit: Wat Mahathat – Best-known for the head of a Buddha statue entwined in the roots of a tree, Wat Mahathat was built in…

WHEN YOUR NEIGHBORS INCLUDE SAN Francisco’s famous Painted Ladies, known by millennials as the Full House houses, the siren call of bold color is impossible to ignore. In steering the refresh of a 1900 Victorian down the road, Kelly Finley, principal of Joy Street Design, heard it loud and clear. “Our motto is no white kitchens,” says the designer, who splits her time between Oakland, California, and Atlanta. “Color is joy! Color is life!” Originally, Finley’s team was only supposed to work on the home’s new addition. But an unusually strong storm blew the tarp off the structure mid-renovation, ruining many of the elements the young family of four had hoped to keep. It was undeniably a setback, but one that allowed Finley to go all-in on creating a unified home…

‘EVERYONE LOVES JAMIE AND IS HOPING FOR THE BEST. WE ARE ALL WORRIED ABOUT HIM’—A BACK IN ACTION SOURCE After being hospitalized in Atlanta on April 11 due to a medical situation, Jamie Foxx spoke out for the first time, sharing a message of hope. “Appreciate all the love!! Feeling blessed,” the actor and rapper, 55, posted on Instagram on May 3. Almost a month after his health crisis, the actor has yet to disclose any details about his condition, prompting well-wishes and worries among friends and fans. A source close to Foxx’s circle says the star “is stable and not in a life-threatening situation now.” But before the father of daughters Corinne, 29, and Anelise, 14, can be released, doctors “are doing more tests and want to be completely sure…

Paoletti has been crafting unique guitars in Tuscany since 2005. Its founder, Fabrizio Paoletti, has a background in electrical engineering and automation, shares Filippo Martini, Paoletti’s managing director. “Guitar was a passion for him and still is today,” Filippo says. “That passion is also for the guitar as an instrument – its components, the way it plays, its sound; it fascinated him.” Fabrizio started small, but now Paoletti’s operations are housed in a sizable modern three-storey building. “Where we are now – in the middle of Tuscany, very close to Florence – isn’t where the company was established,” says Filippo. “This is the third headquarters of Paoletti Guitars. The first one was like a garage; the second one was three times a garage,” he laughs. “We moved here about a…

Productive Free (IAPs) FROM apalon.com NEEDS iOS 13.5 or later One of the first steps for changing your life is to break the habits that no longer serve you and form positive new ones. For that, Productive can be a great help. It’s ideal for goals large and small helping you plan your day, giving you muchneeded motivation when you need it. There are habit-forming programmes to get you on track, and you can also pause and tweak goals. And if you want to know how you’re doing, there are also stats so you can check on your progress. Glassdoor Free FROM glassdoor.com FROM iOS 15 or later Want to switch employers? Glassdoor is the go-to app to help you find your dream job. Glassdoor combines detailed vacancy information –…

Hall of Fame ALL ABOUT THE GEORGIANS ELIZABETH RAFFALD 1733 -1781 Professional housekeeper, cook, confectioner, teacher, author; Elizabeth Raffald could be described by many job titles, but the most fitting is probably entrepreneur. Having spent some years working around Yorkshire, Raffald made her name in Manchester where she ran a shop and cookery school. She published her first cookbook in 1769, said to be a favourite of Queen Victoria's in later years. She went on to run an inn, carriage business, post office and started the local trade directory. Frances Burney 1752 - 1840 Before Jane Austen, there was Frances ‘Fanny’ Burney, the daughter of two musicians who used her experience growing up around the creative set of London to pen journals, letters and ultimately a novel dissecting life in London.…

Netflix’s drama-documentary made headlines last month when the Egyptian government denounced it as a “historical fallacy”, because the show insists that Cleopatra was black, said Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph. No one knows what colour Cleopatra’s skin was, but she is widely believed to have been of Greek-Macedonian descent. So what evidence has the series got to support its theory? Well, it mainly relies on the work of the American academic Shelley Haley who, in the first episode, recalls her grandmother telling her: “I don’t care what they tell you in school, Cleopatra was black.” And that is that really. As for the rest of the series, it mixes talking heads with historical reconstruction, to explain why Cleopatra “was such a significant figure”. It does that well enough, but ultimately…

Who needs defaults? One of the best things about iOS is how much customisation it gives you over how your Home Screen and Lock Screen look and feel. Your iPhone’s built-in features go way beyond simply changing your wallpaper and calling it a day. Take a look under the hood and you’ll find that iOS lets you change far more than you thought was possible. For example, in iOS 16 you can place small widgets on your iPhone’s Lock Screen that show your activity rings, upcoming reminders, and much more. There are toggles to change Lock Screen fonts, wallpaper colours, gradients and effects, and even add wallpapers that sparkle with beautiful animated effects or show the weather in real time. That’s not all. You can also create custom Home Screens…

IN MISSOURI, THE STATE WHERE I GREW UP, lawmakers are debating a bill that would prevent any “nurse, counselor, teacher, principal, contracted personnel, or other administrative official at a public or charter school” from discussing “gender identity or sexual orientation” with a student unless they’re a licensed mental-health provider and they have the permission of the student’s parent or guardian. Missouri is one of 32 states to have introduced this kind of legislation, because I guess that’s how you fight inflation. I’m just going to say it, cancel me if you must: I am in full support of my home state’s Don’t Say Gay bill and the dozens of others like it. Don’t Say Gay? I say, “Yay.” Because I must assume these bills will increase penalties for kids who say “faggot”…

Bianca has been helping people navigate change and transformation for over seven years. After a successful career helping design, deliver and implement large-scale organisational change and transformation, Bianca now coaches, trains and mentors women on how to create long-lasting change and transformation in their personal lives and careers. Specialising in self-discovery, personal development and wellbeing, Bianca is passionate about empowering women to successfully achieve their goals and aspirations. She provides a variety of online coaching and facilitation services to professional women, entrepreneurs and consultants, including personal and professional coaching, workshops, training and mentoring opportunities. Bianca’s approach to her practice is holistic in nature, looking beyond the surface to tap into your spiritual essence to unleash your untapped potential. As a result of her varied and wide-ranging skills, knowledge and experience,…

finished size: 18” × 18” finished blocks: 2 (18”) BLOCKS My Goldendoodle Casey is the inspiration behind my dog and cat pillows. We don't have a cat, but I wanted to be sure cat lovers out there were represented as well. I designed these dog and cat blocks to be 15”, but I thought it might be fun to have an extra border to make them 18” square. The smallest piece in the blocks is 2”. Jen kid-friendly PROJECT Plan Cuddle up to these adorable pet pillows! If you're not a pillow person, skip the instructions for the pillow backs and turn them into petite wall hangings. Or combine several blocks to make a fun quilt. Jen has made her cat and dog designs so simple to assemble (with most units using the Stitch-and-Flip Corners technique found…

DIRECTIONS: Do this workout 3 or 4 times a week, resting at least 1 day between sessions. On all other days, go for a 10-minute walk or run. WARMUP OVERHEAD DUMBBELL HIGH-KNEE MARCH Stand holding a dumbbell overhead in your left hand. Tighten your abs so you don’t arch your back. This is the start. March forward, making sure your knee goes higher than your hip on each step. Take 10 steps with each leg. Do 1 set per arm. TANK BY UNDER ARMOUR; SHORTS BY TEN THOUSAND; SNEAKERS BY PUMA. WORKOUT 1 LATERAL SHUFFLE TO SPRAWL Stand in an athletic stance, feet slightly wider than shoulder width, knees bent, abs tight. Shuffle 5 steps to the left, then immediately place your hands on the floor and lower your chest to the floor. Stand quickly, then shuffle…

SELF-DRAFT YOU WILL NEED ■ Main fabric: 60x115cm■ Lining fabric: 60x115cm■ Felt: 35cmx1m■ Cotton webbing: 1.60m■ Pre-made bias binding: 35cm■ D-rings: 3x 4cm■ Slider: 1x 4cm■ Magnetic clasp■ Matching thread■ Basic sewing kit NOTES ■ Seam allowance 1cm■ Measure the strap before cutting in order to adjust the size.■ Felt is used as a rigid wadding to give the bag some shape. You could use an alternative dense wadding for your backpack. RECOMMENDED FABRICS ■ Main fabric: Cotton, canvas, velvet■ Lining fabric: Cotton CUTTING OUT Step one From the main fabric cut: Front and Back Outer: two 35x35cmFront Pocket Outer: 35x24cm (WxH)Flap Outer: 26x20cm (WxH)Drawstring Channel: 34x6cm Step two From the lining fabric cut: Front and Back Lining: 35x35cm Front Pocket Lining: 35x24cm (WxH)Flap Lining: 26x20cm (WxH) Step three From…

KATE MOSS HAS BEEN THE FACE OF BRITISH beauty for more than 30 years. As a teen, she fronted Calvin Klein’s iconic Obsession campaign; by her early twenties, she had become our biggest modelling export; and for many years, her ‘London look’ was a powerful influence on a generation of young women’s make-up choices. She brought a cool insouciance to the glamorous gang of Nineties supermodels, becoming synonymous with festival chic and inspiring the ‘bed-head’ look that has arguably kept the dry-shampoo industry in business for decades. At every stage of her career, Moss has been the mistress of her own style. ‘The British beauty aesthetic and culture is all about celebrating and embracing your individuality – it’s what makes someone unique,’ says Moss, speaking to Bazaar from her Cotswolds home.…

You will need: ■ Paper or card to make templates ■ Pencil, ruler, craft knife ■ Clay of choice – we used red earthenware here for the contrast of colour when decorating ■ General tools and ribs ■ Ashort length of 2mm dowel DIFFICULTY RATING ★★★★★ 2 Prepare a block of clay large enough to accommodate all the parts of your box. Working on the plastic sheet, reduce the clay’s bulk by beating it with the side of the rolling pin. Work in measured, even strokes from one side of the clay to the other, to avoid making deep grooves in the surface. Roll out the clay between the 5mm-thick roller guides. You will find that periodically turning the slab will make rolling much easier and give you more…

Tendilla, Spain VERANDA World’s Most Beautiful GARDENS 2023 I FOUND SOMETHING AMAZING—you must come see,” Spanish interior designer Luis Puerta instructed his longtime collaborator landscape designer Álvaro Sampedro. As it turns out, recalls Sampedro, amazing was perhaps an understatement. Just 50 minutes outside of Madrid, Puerta had discovered a 17th-century palace in near ruin in a little village named Tendilla close to Guadalajara. Behind it, a “jungle, an incredible paradise,” notes Sampedro, in need of rescue. There were hints of an orchard, creeks, and a kitchen garden, he recalls, but whatever overarching design there may have once been had long succumbed to neglect. Near the outset of the six-year restoration project that followed, Sampedro made a serendipitous discovery of his own. “I uncovered old garden lines similar to the design of the chapel’s…

Until recently, I’d been on some form of birth control since I was 13 (I’m 32 now). Now that I’ve stopped popping a little pill every day, I’m learning that while I may have skipped some of the not-so-fun aspects of a regular cycle (cramps and bloating, anyone?), I also didn’t get to experience the powerful parts, like bursts of energy and strength. I also never learned how to support my body through its various shifts. With periods making a consistent appearance again, I want to do all I can to have as pleasant an experience as possible. Enter: cycle syncing, a buzzy concept that has nothing to do with getting your period at the same time as a friend. Cycle syncing is the idea of matching how you eat, work, exercise,…

One month after Jamie Foxx was hospitalized in Georgia for a “medical complication,” his daughter Corinne wrote on her Instagram Story May 12 that the Oscar winner, 55, has been “out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating.” While it remains unclear what caused Foxx’s health scare, Corinne added that he’s recovered enough to be playing pickleball. The day after she posted, Corinne, 29, along with Foxx’s younger daughter Annalise, 13, and Annalise’s mother, Kristin Grannis, were photographed in Chicago. The positive news continued on May 15 when the Fox network announced that the actor and Corinne will cohost the new game show We Are Family, which is set to debut in 2024. “He has a lot of projects going on,” says a source. “He gets things done.” CHRIS DELMAS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; FOX…

As you unfurl your long to-do list, you instantly feel overwhelmed. And with all of your unanswered emails and endless responsibilities, you worry it would take weeks on a tropical island to ease your stress. While it’s easy to think “more is better” when it comes to relieving stress—that you need to devote ample time to anxiety-busting strategies—research suggests the brain can dial down tension and boost bliss in mere minutes. “Rather than making an unrealistic time commitment to stress relief, focusing on little adjustments throughout the day enhances our well-being the fastest, according to neuroscience,” confirms psychotherapist Heidi Schreiber-Pan, Ph.D., author of Breaking the Anxiety Cycle. Another perk of mini stressbusters is they reduce the hidden pressure women tend to put on themselves to relax in specific, culturally prescribed ways, adds…

At a site on the edge of southern Israel’s Arava Desert, archaeologists have unearthed a trash heap packed with an unprecedented quantity of discarded merchandise of the sort that was once traded along the medieval Silk Road. The site, called Nahal Omer, was a way station a day’s walk west of the city of Petra, in present-day Jordan. In two dig seasons there, University of Haifa archaeologist Guy Bar-Oz and his team have excavated cotton and silk fabric and other organic remains such as papyrus fragments and cotton ear swabs that came from India and China. To the team’s surprise, the textiles were radiocarbon dated to the seventh and eighth centuries A.D.—at least 300 years after the Roman-era route had largely fallen into disuse. This was a time of growing…

There was snow all around her, and white caps topping the mountain peaks in the distance. The woman ascended to the top of a stone tower and looked out over the virtual world of QuiVr, a headset-based archery game. The game was vivid, enchanting. “Never had I experienced virtual reality that felt so real,” she wrote later, under the pseudonym Jordan Belamire. “I was smitten. I never wanted to leave this world.” From her perch atop the tower, she drew closer to the edge. “I took a single step off the ledge and…nothing happened. I didn’t fall, and I was walking on air. I was a god.” Soon, Belamire switched to a multiplayer version of the game. In QuiVr, player avatars at the time appeared as disembodied helmets, above floating hands…

Pickles are not just for garnishing burgers. Make the most of those jars in your cupboard with these clever recipes taken to the next level by using mouth-puckeringly tangy, briny pickles. 1 Cucumber, cornichon and pickled onion gazpacho We used a mixed jar of cornichons and mini pickled onions for this recipe, which often comes with mustard seeds in the brine, creating a pretty garnish for this refreshing chilled soup. SERVES 2 | PREP 15 MINS | COOK 5 MINS | EASY | V LC GF 250g cucumber, peeled50g avocado6 yellow tomatoes (we used Datterini)8 cornichons, 6 kept whole, 2 sliced, plus 2 tbsp of pickle brine 8 baby pickled onions, 6 kept whole, 2 quartered50ml olive oil, plus 1 tbsp large handful of basil, plus smaller leaves to garnish½…

BEFORE MY VISIT to Wildflower Farms, a new resort in the Catskill Mountains, I had only ever seen one American kestrel. It was two years ago, while driving past an open field in upstate New York, and I had screeched to a halt to get a closer look—only for the bird to fly from its fence post in an instant. But on my first morning at Wildflower Farms, I spotted North America’s smallest raptor perched on a pole a mere 30 feet from the main building. It held still long enough for me to get a good look through my binoculars, as if it had been placed there by guest services. Later that day I would glimpse a bald eagle and one of its young swooping out of their nest…