Sundance Film Festival 2014

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The 30th edition of the Sundance Film festival 2014 kicks off today and runs through 26th of January. It’s the biggest independent film festival held in the United States and it will take place in Park city, Utah. This is among those events that you won’t miss if you love movies and it is a must for movie industry leaders, actors, film makers, producers and directors.
The event features more than 200 films of different categories like Sundance collection, documentary premieres, LGBT movies, new horror films, short films and many others.
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So it’s gonna be hard to choose which film to support during the festival! The Sundance program is so crowded with events and movies that it’s very likely to miss something out.
 
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If you don’t want this to happen then you can easily keep updated about what’s happening at Sundance: simply log in (or sign up) then go on this item: http://circleme.com/items/2014-sundance-film-festival–2 and like it.
This way you will see in your news feed all the updates regarding the Sundance: we’ll publish the best articles from many different sources on the internet to let you find the content you want to read about all in one place and you can focus on reading and discovering news, instead of browsing and searching.
 
The additional step you may want to take is to have a look at the movies that will be showing during the festival, you can find a list here: http://www.circleme.com/items/1130422/taggings.
For each movie you will add to your likes collection you will receive an update every time a new article or video is posted. Moreover adding a movie to your to do list clicking on ‘To do’ will allow you to create your personal list of movies which you can use as a reminder of the ones you haven’t seen yet but you definitely want to see (and this time you know how to remember about it!).
 
Don’t forget that CircleMe is also an android app and an iOS app, so you will be able to receive your updates and add movies or other things to your To Do list wherever you are and whenever you want!
 
#bewhatyoulike
 
Yours,
CircleMe Team

CircleMe Android app: new tutorial, new refresh, new share!

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We all know what CircleMe is about: CircleMe keeps you up to date with what you like!

With the android app you have all your likes at your fingertips and you can keep up to date at any moment, wherever you are, and easily share you passions not only online but also with who’s just there… next to you (show CircleMe to your friends, help us grow)!

The release of our Android app has brought attention to CircleMe from all around the world. Excited about its quick distribution, we are determined to continuously improve the app following your feedback and suggestions, and so today we release a new version of the app!

Just to start, you will find a brand new and quick 5-step tutorial that will help you learn the basic navigation sections of the app and unveil some of its tools.

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You can find the second new feature we added in the Discover and Updates sections where there is a new smoother swipe-down action that you can use to update the feeds each time you want to check what new content has been published.

Since CircleMe provides you with hundreds of new articles a day associated with all your passions, it’s important to be able to easily update your Updates feed.

For the same reason we have made it very simple for you to share the content with your friends: with just one tap of your finger you can suggest content to other CircleMe users and also share it via Twitter, Google+, Facebook or any available sharing tool installed on your mobile device.

The new year has just started, #bewhatyoulike from now!

Download or update you CircleMe app here.

Your CircleMe Team

Happy 2014 with the new iOS app!

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Let’s start 2014 with a brand new version of our iOS app!

From today, we are releasing a new version of our iPhone app, which features for the first time, and in Alpha release for now, the Updates Feed and Push Notifications. We hope you will appreciate these features, so that we can soon launch them officially and in full-feature mode!

You can get the new app at the following link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/circleme/id505991146

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The Updates Feed is the way to stay up-to-date with all the interests you have in life: by accessing and browsing this feed, you will be able to view news, videos, articles, posts and more on all the things you have marked as a Like or a ToDo in CircleMe. We are working hard to get you really interesting and fresh content, every hour. We have aggressively increased the rate to which we publish articles associated with interests in CircleMe, and as of today we distribute more than 6000-7000 articles per month. We are sure you will find lots of interesting content in your personalized Updates Feed.

CircleMe Push Notifications

 

 

More news! Available immediately, you can have CircleMe’s Push Notifications, a feature many of you asked for. From today, thanks to these notifications, you will keep being informed by CircleMe on messages you receive from other Circlers and news about your passions at any moment, also when the CircleMe app is closed or running in the background. Never miss again a concert or an event by your favorite artist, nor miss a message from a person who shares your same interests and trusts your tastes.

Hope you enjoy these new features. It is our way to say “Happy 2014!” hoping you will always enjoy more your passions in life.

To download the app on your iPhone or iPad, just go on the App Store.

#bewhatyoulike in 2014 😉

The CircleMe Team

Italy’s Seaside Helps CircleMe Brainstorming

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Dear Circlers,

This weekend we had our 3rd off-site in the beautiful seaside of Camogli (Italy – close to Portofino/Cinque Terre). Lots of work discussions but also lots of fun (and food and drinks often were part of that). Cooking class the highlight!

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Offsite dec ’13 – Camogli -Liguria – Italy

On saturday morning we had a really cool team building session where Chef Remo showed us how to make some local culinary delights: focaccia di Recco, traditional vegetable soup, pansotti pasta, wholenuts souce, pasqualina-pie, traditional oven baked fish, apricot tart.

This is Gab, mastering the art of making focaccia from scratch! Chef Remo and Elena felt very honored to see the artist create a master piece…

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It was a lot of fun, but still lot of work had to be done… We have a lot of suggestions from you and we want to improve as much as we can to meet your requests so that we can grow and you can have more fun with CircleMe! For this reason we had a very mind-powerful meeting, this is our tech team trying to convince marketing team about “stuff”:

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Well, for the moment that’s all… Just to let you know, Elena wrote down all the recipes from Chef Remo and she guards them as gold, but it may be possible to steal some of them and share with you… How does this sound? 😉

We know lots of our Circlers have been waiting for it and now it’s ready…

Download here the CircleMe Android App!

With the Android app we feel we have improved some areas of the platform, thanks also to your suggestions and feedback. We focused in particular on the overall user experience and on the Updates and Discover streams. All the features you find in the desktop version remain also in the mobile version.

If you are already used to CircleMe you will know what to do… just sign in and start reading your news, liking new things and browse the map to see the ‘plants’. Just enjoy the experience on the go!

If you are new to CircleMe, do not worry at all! There is a smart and easy tutorial when you sign up then you can import your likes from other social media… it goes without saying it’s super-easy and you will be able to use all CircleMe features immediately. For more details check out our dedicated page http://www.circleme.com/android.

Dear Android-Circler and New Android Users, we hope you will be happy about our app and we are looking forward to reading your reviews!

CircleMe meets Android!

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Circlers, ready for your Xmas gift? CircleMe Personal Cards for you.

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It’s almost time for the Xmas present, and you know, we’ll never let you down on that!

We already started Christmas treats earlier this month with FREE MUSIC to our best circlers, but we continue to master our creativity to give you, year by year, the most original gift we can think of. Most importantly, we want this treat to be about you.

You have been sharing you passions, reading our content and supporting us with your enthusiasm so we are excited to share with you what we have in mind!

In our ideal world, we all should be what we like and focus our life on what makes us feel good. And yes once you know what makes you feel good you should never forget it and also you should share it with the people you love. So… let’s get to the point. We want to give you the opportunity to introduce yourself through what you like, for the interests you have in your life and let people know that and remember that easily. (It also comes quite handy when someone wants to make you a gift!)

This is why, thanks to a collaboration with the great MOO.COM gang, we came up with the CircleMe Personal Cards. These ‘personal cards’ give you the possibility to introduce yourself to others based on what you like in life, and they look like this:

CircleMe Personal Cards both sides

You can decide what picture to use, write a description of yourself, your contact details and then select at least 13 up to 30 of the CircleMe Likes you want to be shown on the flip side. The process to get your cards is very easy, it takes just 5 minutes and then you will receive the set of your unique 50 CircleMe Personal Cards for free (except for the shipping fees, which vary depending on where you’d like to receive them).

So let’s say they never get your present right. Well, give your CircleMe Personal Card to your friends and hopefully next time they will stay tuned with what you are really interested in 😉 .

START THE CREATION PROCESS AND GET THE CARDS DELIVERED ASAP!

More details of Transformers sequel

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The latest “Transformers” sequel has already experienced all kinds of excitement and it hasn’t even hit the movie theatres as yet.

“Transformers 4” suffered mishaps when its director Michael Bay was assaulted in Hong Kong while there were two robberies on the set of the film but now that the shooting has finally begun Bay has let out a few secrets. The film will star Mark Wahlberg with appearances fromStanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, and Titus Welliver.

Bay has revealed that no major damage as in “destroying” of Hong Kong in the film. However it does appear that a lot of explosives were used in the production in the city.

The Autobots led by Optimus Prime will be in the city although it isn’t quite clear what their mission is: It seems they will be on a rescue mission.

Some heroics and meetings of the Transformers with another set of Transformers is also said to occur and the heroes of the piece may be required to claw their way out of a deep hole.

“Transformers: Age of Extinction” is due to hit theatres in June 2014.

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Delicacies for Cosmin and Simian

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The collaborations in electronic music continue as Cosmin TRG and Simian Mobile Disco have become the latest to work together on a project.

The partnership will see Cosmin and the London-based electronic music duo Simian working on a pair of tracks that will be released on the Delicacies label owned by Simian sometime next month. This will be the second collaboration of the year on the Delicacies label as Simian also teamed up early in 2013 on a track with Bicep. That was on the Sacrifice 12-inch disc.

This latest two-track EP will also follow a culinary theme with the tracks being named “Surstromming” which is a Swedish plate while the second is “Sannakji” which is a Korean dish.

Surstromming is apparently a putrid smelling dish and the Korean delight is a dish of octopus tentacles which is served while the beast is still in full movement.

The pair is set to do a gig together at the Delicatessen nightclub in London on Saturday, December 7.

Cosmin TRG has been invited as a guest of Simian Mobile Disco on the night at the XOYO. Simian has worked in the past with such acts as Florence and the Machine, Peaches, and Arctic Monkeys.

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Fish and Broccoli Pasta, tasty health

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There aren’t many dishes that are as healthy as those that involve fish. Fish is light and low in calories and mixed with pasta can be also easy to prepare.

To make the Fish Broccoli pasta you will need 700g haddock, skinned and boned, 375g linguine, 250g broccoli, broken up into small floret, salt and black pepper, 125g cream, 125g stock, 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped, 2 chillies, deseeded and finely chopped, juice and grated rind of 1 lemon, 1 handful parsley, chopped, and 2 handfuls watercress or spinach leaves, roughly torn.

To prepare, cook the pasta in a large saucepan of lightly salted boiling water as per the instructions on the packet.  Add the broccoli.  Drain and return to the saucepan, along with a couple of tablespoons of the cooking liquid.  Keep warm the fish cooks and you make the sauce. Heat the grill.  Lightly oil a baking tray and place the fish on it and season with salt and pepper.

Cook under the hot grill for 5 to 6 minutes or until the fish flakes easily. Put the cream and stock in a saucepan along with the garlic, chillies, lemon juice and rind and season with salt and pepper.  Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and let it simmer for 4-5 minutes.  Stir the mixture and the watercress and parsley through the pasta.  Then flake the fish and gently stir it in.

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Lyon, capital of gastronomy

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Lyon is a city in France somewhere between the major cities of Paris and Marseille. The city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its major landmarks and is also known as a gastronomic capital of France.

It is the home of cinematography which was developed there by the Lumiere brothers. The city is also home to the Festival of Lights. For those who like sport there is French Ligue 1 football in the Olympique Lyonnais club.

Some of the best sights in Lyon include the Pont Bonaparte, Pont Lafayette, Place Bellecour, Basilique de Notre Dame de Fourviere, Tour Metal, Saint Francis of Sales, Opera Nouvel, trompe d’oeil, African Museum of Lyon, and the Museum of Resistance and Deportation.

As a capital of gastronomy some important cuisine to the city includes the wine region. The Beaujolais and Cotes Du Rhone are important wines from the region. Charcuterie, saucisson de Lyon, coq au vin, gras double, marrons glaces, coussin de Lyon, and sabodet are some of the most famous dishes.

Some places to try the Lyonnais cuisine include the Archange, le Danton, Le Musee, and Glacier Terre Adelice.

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