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Police at Nkwanta in the Oti Region have arrested a 20-year-old woman from Togo for allegedly stealing a 2-year-old child at Nkwanta South.
The suspect, Abigail Char, disappeared with the girl after she had been taken in by the grandmother of the child, Rafa Karim.
Narrating the incident, Rafa said Abigail arrived at her house supposedly from Kpassa of the Nkwanta North district and needed a job while she waited for her sister who allegedly lived in the same community but had travelled.
Rafa gave her a job as a helper in her porridge business as she also helped cater for her 2-year-old granddaughter.
Two days later it was discovered that the little girl was nowhere as she had been taken away by Abigail.
Police at Bonakye Barrier later apprehended and arrested her along with the two-year-old girl and sent back to Nkwanta Police for which they issued a medical form to them to go for treatment.
The suspect is now in police custody and will be slapped with charges of child theft after the conclusion of investigations, the police confirmed.

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One Direction fans were left heartbroken after the news many had feared would come finally did with the release of a statement from STX Entertainment confirmed Zayne Malik had left the group, the BBC reports. Over the last few months Malik had been missing from a series of performances and appearances as rumors flew that he was set to leave the band made famous on the UK version of the X Factor. After photos were leaked to the British press of Malik and an unnamed woman the singer left the band’s world tour with stress and reportedly returned to the UK to repair his relationship with Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards.
Malik had originally auditioned for the X Factor as a solo artist before pop impresario Simon Cowell formed a five piece band from the solo singers who had auditioned for the show. Cowell also released a statement thanking Zayne for his time with One Direction and confirmed the rest of the band would continue working as a four piece and record a new album after completing their current world tour.


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'Queen Goneril' by Erin Shields and 'King Lear' by William Shakespeare
Soulpepper at The Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto's Historic Distillery District
(Updated September 6, 2022)
Two artistic performance masterclasses of exhilarating storytelling.
It is possible to see Erin Shields’ ‘Queen Goneril’ (directed by Weyni Mengesha) or Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ (directed by Kim Collier) and still enjoy a wonderful evening at the theatre.
Soulpepper Artistic Director Mengesha encourages audiences to see both productions in whichever order they choose.
That’s what I did the first Saturday for a total of approximately 6 hours and 15 minutes – ‘Queen Goneril’ for the matinee and ‘King Lear’ for the evening. Yes, there is a dinner break of two hours.
'Queen Goneril’ takes place approximately seven years before ‘King Lear’ where we see the possibility that the eldest daughter of the reigning monarch will be crowned queen upon her father's death. It is also here in Shields' 'Queen Goneril' where we begin to see the deterioration of King Lear's mind and his thoughts begin to unravel which then segues to the current story from the Bard that we know.
I wholeheartedly concur with Weyni’s statement, but I will take it one step further.
To see both plays, whether back-to-back, the next day or the next week, remains an absolute necessity for theatre lovers. Not only did it enrich my appreciation of Shakespeare’s text as I got to see and experience Erin Shields’ creative backstory of the characters, but it also allowed me to see thrilling performance delivery by confident artists who, according to her programme note: “wanted to write [and tell] a good story about complicated characters struggling – the way we all struggle – to find their place in this world.”
As a retired secondary school teacher of English Language and Literature, I recommend seeing ‘Queen Goneril’ first as it does help to explore why the characters in ‘King Lear’ behave, speak, and respond in the manner they do.
These two productions remain another example of Soulpepper’s finest storytelling under Weyni Mengesha and Kim Collier’s unafraid vision in their direction of showing true human nature and what it is capable of doing.
Both sets become strong indicators the audience enters a royal and regal world unlike their own. Ken MacKenzie and Judith Bowden’s extraordinary set and costume designs fully captured my attention. The lushness of the reds and blacks is a sight to behold. The actors are certainly getting their workout in moving those monolithic-looking pillars. Kimberly Purtell and Thomas Ryder Payne’s lighting and sound designs/composition once again finely underscore and enhance the ever-changing moods and dramatic tensions. The rumbling sounds of the raging storms in both plays enveloped the Baillie Theatre with uber gusto.
In ‘Queen Goneril’ there is a plausible character arc of development within the three sisters. Virgilia Griffith, Vanessa Sears, and Helen Belay offer three kinetically charged performances which they carry over into ‘King Lear. Griffith’s Goneril is a bona fide take-charge leadership personality. Sears’ Regan pushes the boundaries (and that is clear when she appears at her father’s party with the drunken soldiers). Belay’s Cordelia wants to maintain peace at all costs, and she is even mocked by her sisters for it, and I felt badly for the youngest daughter as the older two are merciless.
But ‘Queen Goneril’ offers an interesting, presumptive context that I hadn’t considered before regarding ‘Lear’. The women struggle and try to survive within a patriarchal society that is at odds with what they wish to accomplish in their lives. I found it interesting how Goneril may have become impregnated by her servant, Olena, who later becomes Oswald (Breton Lalama) in ‘King Lear’, and all of this is unravelled in a side plot about a missing music box.
Additionally, I now have a new context for understanding the scene where Gloucester’s eyes are plucked out in ‘Lear’. Originally, I found Regan to hold such a profound disregard for any life, let alone the life of Gloucester.
However, Shields presupposes in ‘Queen Goneril’ that a drunken Gloucester (Lear’s closest friend) molests and assaults Regan in the wine cellar of her home. She carries this dark secret with her for years even into her marriage with the Duke of Cornwall. Yes, our modern context states what Goneril does is horrific, brutal, and bloody (and that moment is heightened during the performance) and that doesn’t excuse the crime committed against Gloucester, but now there is a reason why Regan does nothing herself to stop her sister from inflicting the brutal treatment of the old man.
That same character arc of development becomes ostensibly plausible for the men in both plays. In ‘Goneril’ we see continued evidence of how Gloucester foolishly jokes and tells others how Edmund was begotten outside of the marriage bond and how Edgar was favoured over his brother. Jonathan Young’s Edmund beautifully incorporates that sardonically wicked grin on his face that I just wanted to smack oh so many times. Damien Atkins remains a stoic Edgar throughout especially in his moments as Poor Tom, but his scenes with a defeated Gloucester, his father, become heartbreaking and moving. Sheldon Elter becomes a truly honourable and noble Kent, especially at the end of ‘Lear’.
Tom McCamus and Oliver Dennis remain stalwart, powerful father figures as Lear and Gloucester. I always like hearing Lear’s line when he wanders through the storm with the Fool at his side: “I am a man more sinned against than sinning”. McCamus and Dennis become haunting reminders of the fragility of our lives even in those moments where we recognize we have fallen away from those whom we love. This is most evident in ‘Lear’ when Lear and Gloucester reach out to each other and recognize how they have fallen from grace.
There are memorable supporting player moments. Jordan Pettle is a fiery Duke of Albany in his confrontation scene with Virgilia Griffith’s Goneril regarding the crime committed against Gloucester. Philip Riccio’s initially watchful and quiet Duke of Cornwall becomes a heinous monster when he plucks out Gloucester’s eyes, holds them up for all to see and then drops them on the floor and proudly stamps them. This image was so frightening that an audience member sitting near me had their eyes closed so as not to watch what was happening. I too found myself averting my eyes quickly.
Breton Lalama’s Olena/Oswald is another intriguing element from ‘Queen Goneril’ that I wanted to watch closely. Olena is first introduced as Goneril’s servant dressed in women’s clothing who is helping their mistress change clothes. Now, I hear what I assume to be a male voice dressed in women’s apparel. Yes, it did jar my attention momentarily. However, I bought it because let’s remember women were not allowed to perform in the theatre during the Elizabethan era. Female roles would have been played by men. To watch how Olena becomes Oswald in ‘Lear’ is original.
I didn’t find Nancy Palk’s Fool and connection to Lear as strong as it could have been especially in the moments in the hovel with the King and Poor Tom. Palk is a dynamite performer as I’ve seen her work on Soulpepper stages throughout the years and she was a force to be reckoned with. Here, though, I felt that the lifeline connection and bond between the King and his Fool faltered and was inconsistent. Hopefully, that re-connection can be found and re-established as performances continue.
Final Comments: The only other time I sat through a five-hour production was ‘Angels in America’ several years ago. I remembered how tired I was because I went through the gamut of emotions but seeing the continued ‘Angels’ story without interruption was an important journey.
I realize some may not be able to sit through the six hours and 15 minutes as I did.
But avail yourself of the opportunity to see both ‘Queen Goneril’ and ‘King Lear’. Once again, there is a gamut of emotions that one may experience, but it is worth the journey.
‘Queen Goneril’ runs approximately two hours and 45 minutes with one intermission.
‘King Lear’ runs approximately three hours and twenty minutes with one intermission and one pause.
Both play in repertory at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane in Toronto’s Historic Distillery District and run to October 2. For tickets, visit www.soulpepper.ca. www.youngcentre.ca or call 1-416-866-8666.
‘Queen Goneril’ by Erin Shields and directed by Weyni Mengesha
‘King Lear’ by William Shakespeare and directed by Kim Collier
Set Designer: Ken MacKenzie
Costume Designer: Judith Bowden
Lighting Designer: Kimberly Purtell
Sound Designer & Composer: Thomas Ryder Payne
Performers: Damien Atkins, Helen Belay, Oliver Dennis, Sheldon Elter, Virgilia Griffith, Breton Lalama, Tom McCamus, Nancy Palk, Jordan Pettle, Philip Riccio, Vanessa Sears, Jonathon Young
Additional Performers in ‘King Lear’: Varun Guru, Annie Lujan, Shaquille Pottinger, Kiana Woo

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It is estimated that in the UK, between 50 and 90% of all adults will have some form of gum disease during their lifetime. However if gum disease is not treated correctly, it can develop into more complicated, and more painful, conditions. Find out how to treat and recognise gum disease here.
Symptoms of gum disease
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Inflammation of the gums can involve redness, swelling, pain and sometimes a feeling of heat in the area. It is the body's response to infection, irritation or injury.
What causes gum disease?
The most common cause of gum disease is a build up of plaque on the teeth. Plaque is a sticky substance that is made of bacteria, and is usually removed by brushing your teeth. If the plaque builds up (for example in between teeth or in an area that you can't easily reach with your toothbrush), it can irritate the gums and cause them to swell.
How can gum disease be prevented?
Most cases of gum disease will heal on their own with a good routine of oral hygiene. This involves thoroughly brushing your teeth twice a day (in the morning and last thing at night), and flossing at least three times a week.
If your gum problems don't subside within ten days, contact your dentist for advice. If left untreated, common gum disease can develop into more complicated problems.
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SKU (ISBN): 9780810015692
Binding: Boxed Set
Publisher: Northwestern Publishing House
This study shows how God cared for the Israelites and spread his Word during the time of the kings. Author Zarling applies these great gospel events to the lives of Christians today. 7 lessons.

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Their last collaboration, Titanic, overcame mixed reviews to win a Tony and have a long, if not quite profitable, Broadway run. Now composer Maury Yeston and librettist Peter Stone are in the early stages of work on another new musical: Death Takes a Holiday, based on Alberto Casella's comedy-drama of the same name.
First on Broadway in 1929, adapted from the original Italian by Walter Ferris, Death tells of the Grim Reaper visiting earth to discover why people are so fearful of him. Or, as Stone puts it, "What can life be that they cling to it so?" Death then becomes a houseguest at a swanky nobleman's household where an engagement is being celebrated. And that's where he falls in love.
"We're just getting started on it," Stone told PBOL (Jan. 31). "If it could go next year, we'd have been moving very fast. He's written a few pieces of music and I've done a full, complete outline. We're enjoying it. It's very lush and romantic and amusing in many aspects, even though it deals with a somewhat serious subject."
The story was filmed in the 1930s with Frederic March in the lead, and Brad Pitt starred in a more recent movie adaptation, "Meet Joe Black." "Each time they remake it," Stone says, "it's farther from the original. We're keeping the locale: Italy, just after the first World War. It's a small musical. Ten principles, all of them important, no chorus." Stone told the New York Post (Jan. 26), "It's a wonderfully romantic story about a subject in the thoughts of most people. Well, let me put that differently: all people."
* Stone, former president of the Dramatists Guild, has also been putting his energies into the latest project by Kander & Ebb: Curtains. As first reported by the New York Post, the comedy-thriller-musical had a reading in early January and is now in the cutting and shaping stage, with the heavy development work to begin in early summer.
Author Stone told Playbill On-Line (Jan. 31) that Kander and Ebb have been working on Curtains "sporadically for 12-to-13 years. We've each done at least three other shows in that period, so either they've been busy or I have, so it was tough to get together. But we had a private reading three or four weeks ago, just for us, and it was very encouraging. Scott Ellis directed, and we want him to be our director."
As reported by the Post, Ruthie Henshall, James Naughton, Debra Monk and Edward Hibbert participated in the reading, as did Paul Michael Vallelly (1776). "There were 28 actors in all," Stone told PBOL. "They were wonderful. We should be so lucky as to get them."
And the next step? "Now we're cutting. Before the reading, we knew it was too long, but we didn't know where it was too long. Now we do. So we've been cutting a character here and there, or dialogue. A song is getting redone. And we'll have it put together by the time Scott is free." (Director Ellis is currently readying The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for its spring Broadway opening.)
Although the Post reported that the Nederlanders produced the staged reading of Curtains, Stone says no producers are yet attached to the project. He said, "What we'd like to do is get the entire thing together, have it tight and ready to go and then go to a producer. We've never submitted it to a producer. Kander, Ebb and I just sit down and do a musical. When you've got another show running, you can afford to do it that way."
Stone sees the 2001-2002 Broadway season as a real possibility for Curtains and hopes the tryout will be at Boston, MA's Colonial Theatre — where the plot takes place.
Curtains is set during the tryout of a Broadway-bound musical. The show's producers are a married couple, one of whom is murdered in the third scene. Every member of the cast and crew is a suspect, since they all have some kind of beef with the producing twosome. The New York Post quoted a joke from Curtains in which one character says the dead producer "wasn't as bad as Barry Weissler." But Stone cautions not to look for similarities between the Curtains characters and real-life, married producers Barry and Fran Weissler. "There's no similarity to Barry and Fran," he told PBOL. "They're nobody living or dead."
Curtains is a rarity in that it isn't based on source material from another medium or a straight play adapted into a musical. "It's an original music not based on anything," Stone says, adding that after the murder, a homicide detective is brought in, and "by sheer coincidence, he happens to be a remarkably up-to-date musical theater buff. He's thrilled to be there with opinions and suggestions." At the reading, Naughton was the detective, with Debra Monk as the widowed producer and Hibbert the director of the musical-within-the-musical (also called "Curtains").
Though Kander & Ebb's canon includes two of the most lauded works in musical theatre — Cabaret and Chicago, both still enjoying monster-hit Broadway revivals — they recent track record has been difficult. The Visit, based on Friedrich Duerrenmatt's dark satire, was eyeing Broadway this season but lost lead Angela Lansbury when her husband became ill. Before that, 1999's Over & Over was poorly received in its debut at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, with star Bebe Neuwirth exiting during rehearsals over "artistic differences" and replaced by then-unknown Sherie Rene Scott. Kander & Ebb's last Broadway production was Steel Pier, which received numerous Tony nominations but lukewarm reviews and only mild audience interest. Early in the decade, however, their Kiss of the Spider Woman won Tonys for Best Musical, Book, Score, Actor and Actress, with star Chita Rivera proving a big audience draw.
Librettist Stone has had better luck, with his revised Annie Get Your Gun taking home a Best Musical Revival Tony two seasons back, and Titanic overcoming mixed reviews to enjoy a multi-month run and Best Musical Tony win.


Lames à Langres 2021
It was perhaps not quite as one had hoped, but the important thing was that the Lames à Langres show could be held at all. The public interest was somewhat disappointing, but nevertheless, some knifemakers sold very well. The most important thing was the pleasure to be among like-minded people again.
Langres, like many knife fairs, has not been very lucky. Last year the new 'Lames à Langres' should have been a great success. The city of Langres had arranged a nice promotion campaign, but alas: the 2020 edition, scheduled for April 11 and 12 last year, had to be cancelled at the last moment because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
For this year, it was decided to hold the fair, with due observance of all the rules: face masks, disinfection, keeping distance. With some forty exhibitors and a few hundred visitors, the show saw a cautious restart on July 3 and 4.
The organisation of the show currently consists of Nelly Georgemel, owner of Crea Coutellerie Nogent, in cooperation with Bénédicte Batier, Manager de centre-ville of the city of Langres. Both have already worked together on the organisation of the annual Days of Arts and Crafts; they make an excellent team. Nelly Georgemel took over the organisation from Philippe Bernard. She already had experience with fairs and found it a shame to let Lames à Langres disappear.
Langres will probably never become a very big show. The Salle Jean-Favre has room for fifty to sixty exhibitors - enough for an attractive offer. Moreover, Lames à Langres is always held together with the Days of Arts and Crafts, for which Langres attracts extra visitors. For next year’s show, more attention will be paid to the information, with a separate Facebook and Instagram page. The organisation wants to award several prizes again, and considers a joint meal with all exhibitors. In short, there are plenty of plans and there is no lack of enthusiasm. European Blades Mag. will keep you informed.
On the following pages we give an impression of what this year's show had to offer.
The ‘Facet palanquille’ by Adrien Vautrin. Palanquille means as much as hoist, and refers to the mechanism.
The detent has to be lifted by a lever to unlock the blade. The 114 mm blade is 14C28N steel, the handle
is made from Zebu horn.
‘Le Templier’ (the Templar) by Daniel Vally. The fixed blade is made from a combination of explosion Damask
and mosaic Damask. The handle is warthog and stabilised mammoth tooth, engraved with the image of a
Templar by scrimshaw artist Christian de Camboulives.
Fabrice Liiri is a ‘ciselier d’art’ (art chiseler). He won the title of ‘Meilleur Ouvrier de France’ (best
French craftsman) in 2007. Liiri specializes in scissors, which take between 30 and 130 hours to make.
Two examples are pictured here. The one on the left measures 120 mm and is made from Nickel
Damask, the one on the right is 130 mm long and is made from Z40C13 Inox. Both are flame coloured.
A notched slip joint by François Chapuis. The blade is 14C28N inox, the handle is Ebony and blue
‘Le Grand Cran Carré’ (the large notched slip joint) by Jean-Claude Laforet. The blade is Zladinox feather
Damask, the handle is Mammoth ivory. The knife is an interpretation of the model ‘Thiers’.
Belgian knife maker Marcel Lambotte presented this ‘Marin’ friction folder. The 9,5 cm blade is carbon
Damask, the handle is stabilised Poplar burl.
‘Le Macelou’ by Dominique Macel. The blade is 15 layers of ‘brut de forge’ 90MCV8 – 15N20 Damask,
the handle is made from different pieces of wood. The overall length of the knife is 195 mm.
Jean-Yves Drouard made this ‘Little Trapper’. The blade was made from an Maréchal-Ferrant file, the
handle is Wenge wood.
The ‘Falco’, a linerlock folding knife by Olivier Lamy (Coutellerie Skua). The blade is San Mai inox and
carbon, the bolsters are from Fat Carbon and the handle scales are wood.
The ‘Obit’, a liner lock folding knife by Thibaut Pecheux. The blade is 135cr3 carbon steel, the handle
has Z20 inox liners, a black G10 spacer and stabilised Hornbeam scales.
Two versions of the ‘Eastwood Tiger’, a design from Dutch knife maker Gudy van Poppel commissioned
by Tools for Gents. The one on top has a CPM S90V blade and titanium handle, the one below has a
D2 blade and aluminium handle. Both are made by the Italian company Fox Knives.
Tim Bernard is known for his ‘Névé’. This is a variation, the ‘Névé flipp’, which has a very discreet
flipper to its RWL34 blade. The handle scale are carbon fibre.
The ‘Houston’, a fixed blade by Franck Herpin. The blade is a combination of hand-forged mosaic
Damask, twisted bars and an XC80 cutting edge. The handle is Warthog tooth and stabilises Birch
burl. The overall length is 35 cm.
‘Legros’ notched slip joint by Maxime Rossignol. The blade is VG10 Suminagashi, the handle is made
from Morta (bog oak) and Warthog ivory, with silver pins. The overall length is 195 mm.
‘Le 1920’ by Philippe Bernard. The knife has a Z40 blade and coloured stabilised beechwood handle.
The overall length is 20 cm.
Nathalie Robin (Coutelier le Cellois) presented this ‘Le Cellois’ with a XC75 and 15N20 hand forged carbon
Damask blade. The handle material is stabilised mammoth ivory with filework on the liners and spring.
The opened knife measures 215 mm.
‘Le Vertical’, a slipjoint folder by Yoann Ziegler. The blade is Z50CDV15 inox, the handle is made from
Amarante wood. The opened length is 25 cm. The knife gets its name from a special locking mechanism,
in which a little ball blocks the movement of the blade. The knife has to be held vertical for gravity to
move the ball away.
The ‘Parallèlépipèdes’ by Raphaël Calu. The knife has a 120 mm 14C28N blade with copper and brass
inlays. The handle has brass liners and handle scales from various pieces of stabilised wood.
The ‘Salm’ by Sebastien Kaps. The blade is Suminagashi with 47 layers of VG10, the handle is silver
and Ebony, inspired by traditional Tuareg jewellery.
A Scagel-type knife by Olivier Briey (Couteaux BK). The blade has five layers of
1.2519 / 15N20 / 55S7 Damask. The handle is Virginia deer antler.
A Puukko by Remy B. The 90 mm blade has 240 layers Damask, the handle is Goldfield burl. The overall
length is 205 mm.
Outdoor forging at Lames à Langres. Charcoal, fire, steel and a lot of skills.


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Written by Hannah Dykstra
Most CrossFit athletes have been drilled with the concept of intensity and high-power performance, yet many miss the mark when it comes to factors such as mobility and recovery. Many of us, including myself, are guilty of neglecting these less glamorous details when we focus solely on the daily WOD and flooring ourselves in the process.
Recovery can mean many things and many practices, yet I’d like to focus on the body’s immediate response to intense stimulus via oxygen. It’s a no-brainer that oxygen is essential to life – after all, it is the highest priority on our primal list for survival. In the world of physical performance and fitness, we’ve learned to eat quality food and stay hydrated, all in the name of health and recovery for those glorified “gains” we chase after. Unfortunately, because breathing is so automatic and unconscious, we tend to overlook it’s incredible importance and take it’s benefits for granted, thus missing out on it’s full potential for our performance.
So what is the correlation between intensity and oxygen? Exercise Physiologists use the acronym EPOC (Exercise Post Oxygen Consumption) that refers to the oxygen intake needed after physical activity in order to reach homeostasis, or balance, within the body. Like food, oxygen is used to fuel our bodies throughout a bout of exercise or physical activity and likewise will become depleted and must be replenished. The level of intensity experienced in a workout is in direct correlation to the amount of oxygen that should be replaced. The higher the intensity, the greater the deficit and therefore the harder your body will have to work to repay that oxygen debt. Studies prove that EPOC is influenced solely through intensity of exercise and not the duration of it.
Aside from the scientific importance of breathing comes the psychological properties. Doctors, lawyers, first-responders, nurses, teacher, students, moms and pops alike all practice exercise and the world of fitness is not exclusive to one generation, occupation or personality type. Each of these individuals practice a hustle that goes beyond the gym whether it’s getting the kids to school in time, reaching a deadline at work or school, working for a job promotion, or in any other chaos or challenge that life finds us in. As much as we may hate to admit it, we live in a culture of constant overdoing and have fallen habit to this addictive cycle.
Brian McKenzie, author of Power Speed Endurance, uses the analogy of a lion and the antelope to describe this stressful state we live in. Both are on the chase for survival – for the lion, it is to eat and for the antelope, it is purely to stay alive. Once one of these creatures has won in its pursuit, it will then rest and digest to recover from it’s stressful chase before the next event of survival. In humans, we chase after our endeavors fervently and even when we reach our goals, we often seek more. We rarely, if ever, make a conscious effort to settle and allow ourselves to recover emotionally, physically or otherwise from our hard work and struggle.
This state of being creates chemical warfare in the body that can be compared to the effect of drugs and sends our body into a continuous “fight or flight” mode that rarely gets turned off. Maintaining such high levels of stress while ignoring the signals our bodies send us is an alarming path to destruction on many levels of our wellbeing. This constant level of high stress necessitates recovery and one of the best ways to do this is through the practice of breath.
Breathing and meditation not only are important factors to physical recovery, but are important for emotional release as well. When you can free the mental stresses consciously or unconsciously hold, your physical practices will improve as well and help you become a better parent, boss, employee, co-worker, partner, CrossFit-er, or anything else that you want to become. In order to meet your intentions, there are behavioral steps that must be practiced or intention will mean next to nothing.
There are several methods to practicing recovery through breath. Although this list is far from extensive, here are 3 simple routines that you can begin to practice:
Controlled hyperventilation is often used by athletes because it creates a negative CO2 environment which creates similar chemical reactions and experience of euphoria that people reach through the use of drugs. Through rapid cycles inhalation and exhalation, one can achieve a euphoric state that can help in releasing feelings of stress and increase the capacity of consciousness, or awareness, in order to tackle challenges with better mental clarity. This routine is best used in preparation for performance or leading up to a particular event.
Most of the breathing that we do in our day-to-day are very shallow breaths through our chest. In contrast, belly breathing is shown to be the most effective way to reach full breath capacity while training. The greater amount of muscle in your upper body, the heavier your body will become during a workout as blood will be sent into those muscles. As a result, this means that throughout a workout we begin to lose our ability to expand our lungs, causing us to be short of breath. Belly breathing expands our opportunity and space for breath by using the lower lungs and diaphragm to reach full breathing capacity.
This method is also known as tactical breathing and is commonly used by Navy SEALs to control anxiety and remain calm during stressful activity. The best time to use this method would be for performance purposes.
In practice, box breathing is very similar in mechanics to the tactical breathing, but adds a hold at the top and bottom of the breath. This “box” pattern of inhale, hold, exhale and hold give this practice its name. In performance, holding your breath would not be recommended, so box breathing is best as a preparation, recovery or meditation method.
As you continue to face the challenges of life, in and out of the gym, you will also continue to reach new heights of intensity. In your successes, remind yourself the importance of recovery so that you can continue to achieve greater things and practice this through simple patterns of breathing.

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EU aims to give members option to ban Russian LNG imports without new energy sanctions
(Bloomberg) – The European Union is targeting a way for member states to have the option to effectively ban Russian shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) without implementing new energy sanctions.
The bloc’s energy ministers are poised to endorse a proposal that would give member governments the ability to temporarily prevent Russian exporters from up-front booking of infrastructure capacity needed for the shipments, according to a document seen by Bloomberg News.
While individual governments would still need consultations, including with other EU countries and the European Commission, to employ the mechanism, the tool could continue to reduce the flow of energy products from Russia.
“We cannot and will not go back to the status quo with Russia as our main gas supplier,” said Kadri Simson, the EU’s energy commissioner. “I therefore believe that the possibility for member states to temporarily restrict capacities for gas, including LNG, from Russia and Belarus, is an important addition. We need to protect our security of supply.”
The endorsement is expected to come as part of a broader policy meeting for the ministers on Tuesday in Brussels. The proposed regulation would still need approval from the European Parliament, which has offered its own solutions to curtail Russian gas imports. The push for new import-blocking powers for member states is led by Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
The move is part of the EU’s shift away from Russian gas after President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. While pipeline flows of natural gas have dropped to record lows, LNG shipments from Moscow have surged.
Commissioner Simson earlier this month called for Russian LNG shipments to be stopped, saying companies shouldn’t renew long-term contracts once current ones end. Spain, the EU’s top buyer of Russian LNG so far this year, asked companies not to sign up for new purchases from Russia.


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In January this year, Fungal Biology and Biotechnology published a work presenting the results of an interdisciplinary artist-in-residence project, which took place in 2021. The artist Sunanda Sharma did her residency in the lab of Vera Meyer and one main result of this work was The Living Color Database. It is about pigments from microorganisms that can synthesize them and how they can be explored by humans. The database itself allows the user to pick a color from a chart and, by analyzing the RGB values of the picked colors, microorganisms (bacteria, fungi and acheae) that are able to produce this or a matched nearby pigment appear. Sharma also linked references for further studies.
At the end of February, I had an appointment with my tattoo artist for a tattoo. While I was lying there, we both talked a little about his work and mine and I also told him about Sharma’s color database. Pigmentation in general is something a tattooist should always be aware of and literally the core element of each tattooist’s work. However, while he was finishing my tattoo, I asked myself if it would be possible to use fungal pigments as tattoo ink? This question is also accelerated by a third event that also took place this year, and all together these inspired me to write this blog article.
In January, the EU put many chemicals used in color tattoo ink under the REACH legislation. REACH is a EU-wide regulation of chemicals and stands for “Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals”. It is a mighty instrument, that helps to make especially new chemicals safer and economically more friendly. However, the message that most color inks are potentially forbidden from now on was shocking for customers and tattoo artists. They are said to be unsafe due to being cancerogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction.
What is (conventional) tattoo ink actually made from?
Tattoo ink not only consists of the pigments, which fall under the regulation. There are also so called carrier ingredients, to ensure even distribution of the pigment while using it and to prevent infection. Most of the pigments are metal salts and some industrial dyes are also used. They also can contain heavy metals.
Usual carriers in traditional tattoo industry are glycerol, propylene glycol, ethanol or listerine. The mineral pigments can vary and depend on the color. Red and brown, for instance, mainly come from iron oxide, whereas green and blue are chromium oxide, malachite or cobalt blue based, respectively. Due to many combinations basically every color can be mixed based on these ingredients.
The demand for alternatives is constantly growing and will grow, considering the EU regulation. Therefore, some alternatives do exist. Most vegan inks are based on organic chemicals, such as Naphthol for the color red, monoazo, a carbon-based pigment substituting green or turmeric for the color yellow, to name some.
Fungal pigments for use as tattoo ink
Coming back to my initial thought, I wondered if it was possible to use pigments described in Sharma’s database as new inks for the tattoo business. Generally speaking, the reasons to do so are very clear:
- Fungal derived pigments are vegan
- Fungi can be cultivated industrially and therefore the process should be economically efficient
- Fungal variety is endless, therefore most colors should be covered
- Fungi can be changed genetically, therefore new colors or combinations could be produced by few species
- Fungi can grow on nearly every substrate, including ligno-cellulosic waste, which is the most abundant feedstock worldwide
- Fungal pigments have been used before in many other processes, such as wool dyeing, painting and writing.
So why has nobody (as far as I know) considered the use of fungal pigments for tattooing? Now we must view this topic from a different perspective
- Safety issues
The use of mineralic pigments is known and practiced for many, many years now. Even some of the oldest preserved bodies in human history, such as the Ötzi or the Chinchorro mummy, had tattoos. Nowadays, our safety requirements are way higher than for the Ötzi. We cannot exclude the possibility that fungal pigments under the skin may cause allergic or inflammatory reaction, if not allergic shock. However, for most of the mineralic pigments that were used before one also cannot exclude these reactions. Different hazards are also associated with classical tattoo ink (https://epub.uni-regensburg.de/47737/1/ddg.14436.pdf).
- Complexity of the pigments
Mineralic pigments consist of different, mostly an-organic molecules simply arranged in a specific grid. Fungal pigments such as melanin are complex, organic molecules coming from specialized metabolic pathways and enzymes. Some people could be frightened off due to this complexity and possible unknown reactions.
- Postprocessing under the skin
It is known that injected tattoo ink is trapped by immune cells, such as macrophages or fibroblasts at the position of injection, making the tattoo permanent. However, it might be possible that this doesn’t work for complex organic pigments, since they could be enzymatically digested, making a fungal pigment tattoo only temporarily visible.
- Regulatory issues
Giving the current situation in the EU which I described above, it seems to be very complicated, if not impossible, to get these tattoo inks approved by local governments. They probably would even not be classified as cosmetic inks, but as other substance classes.
Fungal tattoo ink, a little thought experiment
Ignoring all the disadvantages, I would still like to turn to Sharma’s work and create a hypothetical tattoo for myself using only the pigments described in her database:
Despite of the green-blue color of the head of my tattoo motive, all other pigments are naturally available by using different fungi. The color-picker of the database is very handy and makes possible to look over quickly and find a proper color, pigment and organism producing this pigment. The following summarizes my hypothetical organisms that I would use to get my mushroom tattoo:
|Table: Some of the matched colors from in detail (Source: www.color.bio/database)
|Matched color name
|Chlorociboria aeruginascenc, C. aeruginosa
|Monascus ruber, Penicillium citrinum, Phomopsis vexans
|Aspergillus niger, Agaricus bisporus, Aspergillus nidulans
|Yarrowia lipolytica, Pfaffia rhodozyma
We will see if using fungal pigments for tattooing will be a new application area for fungal biotechnology. As Sharma describes in her work, the biotech tools not only have the potential to understand phenotypes and fungal biodiversity. They are also useful to enhance the empathy for microorganism themselves, also fungi. This also fits with the idea of a tattoo, as most people are telling an emotional story behind it (although there are also people who tattoo themselves in the rush of other substances without thinking about it). Anyway, an exciting thought and a great contribution by the Sunanda Sharma for scientists, designer, artists or others.
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As a woman, you can experience many kinds of medical problems related to your reproductive organs and the female sex hormones released by your ovaries. To get the best women’s health care with treatment tailored to your needs, visit the experienced team at Vantage Medical Associates, P.C. in Far Rockaway, New York. They provide comprehensive women’s health services and help women of all ages navigate the various health concerns that come up. Call the office today or book an appointment online.
Women’s health is concerned with conditions affecting the female reproductive system and the female anatomy. Men and women share many of the same kinds of common health problems, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, depression, and infectious diseases.
However, some health conditions affect women exclusively, like endometriosis, or affect women far more commonly than men, like breast cancer.
Women’s health includes:
The Vantage Medical Associates PC team helps you keep up with all of your health needs and learn to identify issues as they arise.
Examples of the types of conditions that come under women’s health include:
Issues relating to the menstrual cycle, like painful periods and PMS (premenstrual syndrome), are common. The female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone responsible for reproduction and menstruation can also disrupt your life when you go through menopause.
If you have any urgent concerns about your health, you should make an appointment with your doctor at Vantage Medical Associates PC. Also, make sure to schedule a regular well-woman exam.
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The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey will include a surge in insurance claims by homeowners and commercial entities. Property and casualty insurers should be aware of a Texas insurance reform law relating to claims dispute litigation and recent directives issued by the Texas Department of Insurance.
INITIATING CLAIMS DISPUTE LITIGATION – TEXAS HOUSE BILL 1774
House Bill 1774, signed into law by the Texas Governor in May 2017 and effective on September 1, 2017, will impact the process for insureds to initiate claims dispute litigation in Texas. The new law includes a 60-day written notice period before a lawsuit can be filed and imposes relatively short follow-up deadlines on insurers once notice is given. House Bill 1774 also reduces the amount of interest that can be awarded to a claimant and imposes new limits on recoverable attorney fees.
As noted in an August 31, 2017 Statement issued by Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, HB 1774 does not impact claims under the federal flood insurance program or Texas windstorm Insurance Association. Although Attorney General Paxton’s Statement notes that “the legislation does not change the claim filing process or the time for filing claims”, the provisions of HB 1774 (and perhaps the urging of the plaintiffs’ bar) make it likely that some policyholders will try to submit claims before the September 1, 2017 effective date. In any event, the application and import of the new restrictions on interest and fees is sure to be at issue in cases filed by individual claimants and proposed class representatives.
The full text of HB 1774 is available here.
GUIDANCE FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
While additional pre-litigation dispute requirements may still be issued, TDI has already issued several bulletins offering guidance to insurers related to Hurricane Harvey. The bulletins issued to date, provide guidance (some of which likely presages the claims, coverage disputes and putative class action claims to come. We have outlined some of the guidance here and provide a few examples below:
- “It is the opinion of the Texas Department of Insurance that it is inappropriate for insurers to re-rate, cancel, nonrenew, or refuse to provide coverage due solely to a policyholder’s status as a victim or evacuee of Hurricane Harvey. Further, it is not reasonable to change a policyholder’s rating classifications or increase their insurance rates solely because they are a victim or evacuee of Hurricane Harvey.
- “TDI encourages carriers to provide relief to those policyholders in counties covered in the governor’s proclamations, including the suspension of premium payments to allow continuing insurance coverage. In conjunction with this effort and in accordance with the governor’s proclamations, TDI will work with carriers to minimize the regulatory effects of a carrier’s suspension of premium payments, specifically in regard to financial review requirements. The term “suspension” is not intended to mean the forgiveness of the premium. Carriers are encouraged to work with policyholders in the collection of premiums, including payment plans.”
A full list of Harvey-related TDI bulletins may be found online here.
For more information, please contact one of our experienced Catastrophe Litigation and Dispute Resolution Lawyers and Insurance Regulatory lawyers, including those listed here:


Researchers at UC Irvine have developed a novel algorithm that more accurately filters raw blood pressure (BP) data collected from continuous non-invasive blood pressure sensors. The algorithm features improvements in eliminating baseline signal drift while maintaining signal integrity and BP estimation accuracy across significant hemodynamic changes.
-Continuous, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring
·Improved cardiovascular outcomes for OR/ICU patients
·Single-sensor BP monitoring
·Validated in demographically and medically diverse cohort of 15 OR patients
·Reliable with stress- and drug-induced hemodynamic perturbations for as long as 20mins. without calibration
The gold standard for blood pressure monitoring is the invasive arterial catheter (A-line) placed in a peripheral artery, but its use comes with the risk of several medical complications and is thus often reserved for the most at risk patients. Continuous non-invasive blood pressure (CNIBP) monitoring technologies have been developed to circumvent this, but they face significant drift and noise issues, require frequent recalibration, or have been shown to misperform in different clinical contexts (i.e. those with sudden hemodynamic changes in response to stress or drug administration). Wearable capacitive pressure (CAP) sensors have grown increasingly popular due to their convenient form factors, high spatial resolution, quick response times and low power consumption, but these devices are still highly susceptible to baseline drift. Since recent studies have correlated continuous BP patterns with cardiovascular outcomes, there is a pressing need for CNIBP monitoring technologies that are accurate across clinical contexts.
Researchers at UC Irvine have developed a new intra-beat biomarker they coined Diastolic Transit Time (DTT) that achieves highly accurate BP estimations. The novel algorithm used to capture DTT enables single-sensor BP monitoring, an improvement from previous algorithms that required multi-sensor data. The algorithm is significantly more accurate than its predecessors (BF, DWT, and STT), particularly in instances of greater BP change when compared to the A-line (see figure). When again comparing to the A-line, it was able to estimate BP accurately and precisely from multiple sensor types (CAP and photoplethysmography, PPG) across a wide hemodynamic range (Pearson coefficients of 0.987, 0.960, and 0.980 for systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and mean arterial pressure, respectively; CAP sensor data). CAP sensor collected data filtered using the algorithm also agreed well with caretaker measurements on individuals who exhibited common arm/hand movement and on individuals who walked. As the demand increases for wearable biomonitors, this CNIBP monitoring technology excels in accuracy and precision, particularly in the context of hemodynamic change induced by stressors, drug administrations, or motion artifacts.
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Postgraduate Diploma in Library and Information Science (PGLIS) is a one-year degree with a short research component. It is placed at Level 08 of the Sri Lanka Qualification Framework (SLQF).
The candidate who registers for the PGLIS completes 30 credits at the end of the course.
Entry qualifications to the Postgraduate Diploma in Library and Information Science
The applicant should possess both A and B.
A) A Bachelors degree awarded from a recognized higher education institution.
Associateship of the Sri Lanka Library Association/ Chartered Librarianship and 10 years of work experience in a recognized library in an executive capacity.
B) A satisfactory working knowledge in English
The candidate should also pass a selection test conducted by NILIS.
Medium of instruction
The course will be conducted in English.
Course fee: Rs. 100,000. It is payable in two installments.
Delivery of lessons and assessment:
The classes will be held on Sundays at the NILIS, University of Colombo. Some lessons (20-30%) will be conducted online. Continuous assessments (individual and/or group work) will be conducted for each module. To sit for semester-end examinations, a candidate should fulfill the requirement of 80% attendance.
PGLIS 7401 Library and Information Environment
PGLIS 7303 Collection Management and Organization of information
PGLIS 7507 Information Sources and Services
PGLIS 7700 Information and Communication Technology
PGLIS 7801 Management for LIS Professionals
PGLIS 7508 Types of Library and Information Centers
PGLIS 7900 Research Methodology
PGLIS 7950 Dissertation
Course Coordinator: Dr. Ruwan Gamage
Please send the completed application by post to NILIS, University of Colombo on or before
18th 30th of September 2020 by registered post. Please attach the bank slip of application processing charges (Rs.250) along with the application. The account details have been given in the application.


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Christine Preston is back to share more microbiome research insights with us. Thanks Christi!
Hi again, everyone!
This week I’ve been battling some nasty skin flare-ups, and it occurred to me that I didn’t really know what types of bacteria cause or contribute to acne.
There is a multi-billion dollar industry trying to sell washes, creams, medications, and makeup to the acne-prone masses(1). I figured there must be some fascinating research about the relationship between my skin microbiome and the zits currently erupting on it.
It turns out that there is a LOT of research on acne, and at least one bacteria, Propionibacterium acnes, is involved. However P. acnes is one of those bacteria that is always found on human skin, regardless of how flawless or pimply your skin looks.
P. acnes is an unusual bug. It happens to be the only bacteria that can live in our skin follicle glands (the places where zits are made), consuming the oily sebum made there. Researchers think acne has a LOT to do with how much sebum is produced in our follicles -which is related to diet, genetics, and hormones-, and how our individual immune systems react to the P. acnes growing in our skin follicles(2).
In other words, those bacteria-laden, pus-filled pimples you *absolutely never* pop may have a lot more to do with your parents (Thanks Dad!), and your diet (quesadillas are awesome!), than the bacteria that hangs out in them. And here I was hoping for a quick solution that didn’t involve my quesadillas! Intriguingly, it turns out there are some fascinating differences in the skin microbiomes of acne-prone and non-prone people.
One group looked at the bacteria species in skin follicles of acne and non-acne prone people(3). Overall, P. acnes was the dominant species found in everyone’s follicles. However, in non-acne skin it was the only species found. Acne-prone skin was different. A lot of the acne-prone people had multiple bacterial species hanging out at low frequencies in their follicles! The actual bacteria species varied, but a lot of the acne-prone people had small levels of Staphylococcus epidermidis in their follicles, with Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum Actinobacterium, Staphylococcus hominis hominis. Anaerococcus, and Pripionibacterium granulosum all found in at least one acne prone person.
Another group from UCLA looked very closely at the genetics of P. acnes in the skin of acne-prone and non-prone people(4). They found that the overall level of P. acnes on the skin of the two groups was comparable, however the strains (the subspecies groupings) were different. Acne-prone skin had different P. acnes strain compositions than the non-prone skin. This demonstrates genetic differences in the P. acnes that grown on acne-prone versus non-prone skin.
Unfortunately neither of these studies shows that bacteria differences cause acne, or suggest quick fixes for the acne-prone. I’m very glad this research is being done, and I’m excited to see more results from further studies! In the meantime I’m running a completely uncontrolled study on whether yoga and broccoli help clear up my skin.


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WASHINGTON — The economy appears headed toward the deepest recession in modern times, consumer confidence is at record lows and personal wealth is being destroyed daily on Wall Street. Against that backdrop, retailers must convince weary Americans to pull out their wallets and shop this holiday season.
"What you are seeing is a perfect storm in terms of weakness in core economic indicators, each of which is having a negative effect on the consumer, and because of that it is having a profound effect on the retail industry," said Scott Krugman, a spokesman for the National Retail Federation.
The challenges will be big and small. Almost three-quarters of consumers haven't started holiday shopping yet, waiting for sales. Gift-card spending is projected to fall 5.6 percent as people pull back and shop for bargains.
Consequently, the federation, a trade group in the nation's capital, expects national sales to be slightly off last year's slow pace. Over the past decade, holiday sales have averaged 4.4 percent annual growth, but they're expected to grow this year by a milder 2.2 percent. That's below even last year's sluggish 2.4 percent rate.
Still, it's growth, and if it happens, that'll show once again the resiliency of the American consumer. Hard times or not, Christmas is about spending.
"I'm going to spend about the same," Ellery Queen said, coming out of a Macy's in Washington. "I make as much as last year, so it's the same for me."
Holiday retail sales grew by a robust 5.6 percent in 2001, as the nation recovered from a downturn and the aftermath of the 9-11 terrorist attacks. President George W. Bush made shopping patriotic then: He encouraged Americans to go out and buy to keep the economy thriving.
Today's problems go beyond the economic downturn that's clouding this holiday season, which means it'll be a struggle even to meet the lukewarm growth estimates. One reason is that credit-card companies are rapidly yanking bank lines of credit from consumers saddled with debt, fearing a rise in defaults as unemployment soars.
In addition, electronics chains aren't offering big financing deals as before, as credit markets remain dysfunctional and banks are in turmoil.
"Right now, I would imagine discounters are in a better position in this type of an economic downturn, as more consumers are looking solely at price," Krugman said. "I think this year is going to be about the smaller-ticket item."
Sharing that glum assessment is the National Federation of Independent Business, which represents small businesses, including retailers and restaurant owners.
"They're very pessimistic about the real volume of sales they're going to have," said William C. Dunkelberg, the group's chief economist, who surveys members monthly. "We've got the highest percentage of (gloom) we've ever seen in the history of the survey reporting."
Price cutting and sales pitches can take retailers only so far, he said.
"If people are not coming in, you can't do too much about that. You can try to entice them in with reductions, but profits take a hit," he said. "Consumers are going to save more, and that's that. And that's going to affect you whether you are a Neiman Marcus or Wal-Mart."
Lower-end retailers are going to do relatively better than high-end, he said.
"The fundamental driver is still going to be income growth, which is negative, and job growth, which is negative, and the heavy burden of debt," Dunkelberg said.
In a survey released Friday, the Conference Board, a New York business-research center, found that U.S. households expect to spend an average of $418 on holiday gifts this year. That's down from last year's estimate of $471.
"Consumers are in a cost-conscious mood heading into the holiday season, and they intend to spend less this year than last year on gifts," Lynn Franco, the director of the board's consumer-research center, said in a statement. "This is shaping up to be one of the most challenging holiday seasons in years, and it's going to take more than the usual discounts and incentives from retailers to get consumers to spend more freely."
Given the deep economic slump, retailers are working hard to convince shoppers to spend.
"I think what you're seeing is discounting is pretty aggressive," Krugman said, adding that marketing pitches are being fine-tuned. "Retailers are trying to make that emotional connection for the holiday season. There's a lot of nostalgia being used in the marketing."
Also, old-fashioned offerings such as layaway are back in the mix. Layaways allow people to pay for items over several months or spread over several payments, while the retailers keep them in storage.
Kmart has offered layaways for decades, but it began promoting them heavily in early October as the economic storm clouds gathered.
"To our benefit, we've been able to kind of listen to what consumers were telling us, and do some things that have helped . . . going into the holidays," said Tom Aiello, a spokesman for Sears Holdings, which owns Sears and Kmart.
As of mid-November, Sears began offering layaway again, too.
"It gives consumers a very viable way to still have a good holiday, to take advantage of sales or specials they see earlier without having to rely on credit cards," Aiello said.
The other major merchandising change this Christmas is early sales. Sears, Kmart and other retailers aren't waiting until the day after Thanksgiving — called Black Friday, as it's the day that many retailers trade in the year's red ink for black — to offer sale prices for the holidays. Sunday circulars advertise 40-50 percent off some items, and retailers will offer so-called door-buster items before Thanksgiving.
"We're not waiting on all of those. There's going to be a really greater deal that they're going to have for consumers," Aiello said.
Retailers hope that the ghosts of Christmases past will keep shoppers lining up at the registers, despite today's trying times.
"People are still wanting to have a good Christmas. That means buying toys for the children, so certain things are not going to change from previous years," Aiello said. "It then becomes just much more sensitive frugality, and making sure I do get the most value for the budget I do have for the holiday."
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For tattoo lovers, no area is off limits. Just like a designer, one's body becomes your canvas, each part of the body is provided for free to obtain the tattoo design that you pick. For individuals who love tattoos but never have yet chosen the good thing with their body to get their next tat design, here is a listing of the 25 best places to have a tattoo, and also a few options for your design.
1) Biceps/Upper Arm
Perhaps one of the most common places to secure a tattoo, many different different designs can embark upon the bicep area. It is among the most visible sections of the body (assuming you may not often wear long sleeves) and, most importantly, anything goes. Because the area is very easy to hide, it doesn't matter what body art you ultimately choose. Flaming hearts, skulls, love for your mom - there's no limit for the artwork you choose.
Ankles, especially on women (but acceptable for men) are a great place to acquire a tattoo. The key the following is to pick a body art that is small and very easy to write out, just like a star or possibly a heart. When you purchase something too complicated, it looks to other people as if there is a pores and skin problem.
Among the most popular tattoo designs these days is to get a bracelet inked by your side. People prefer to switch their accessories continuously, but for people who simply like seeing some color on the wrists, a great place to secure a design.
4) Small Of The Back
One more popular location with girls, a tattoo on the lower back has become an undesirable rep lately, but it's still an excellent place to get a more intricate and symmetrical design, especially the one which doesn't possess a specific meaning. Tribal tattoos are most frequent, but Chinese lettering is incredibly popular here.
For men, a tattoo around the chest can be anything. Tummy happens when that many men obtain larger tattoo designs - along with an section of skin used as extra time for an additional part of artwork that stretches across the entire body. For girls, that is less necessary. Frequently women convey a small tattoo above the breast, rather than some thing elaborate. Take care what you get, as sagging can completely ruin an intricate design, which is a great deal more common on women than men.
6) Back of the Neck
Just like the ankle, the rear of the neck is a better place for a little body art, as anything too gaudy could provide impression to become an epidermis discoloration. But the back of the neck is a superb spot for a star, a cross, and a variety of other symmetrical designs.
7) Waist Line
The waist line is one of the most unappreciated areas on the human body. The same goes with tattoo designs, where the belly button might be decorated in multiple methods are both sexy and artistic.
The wrist is a second portion of the body that seems as if it ought to be used more compared to. Almost everyone - both men and women - wear some type of bracelet every day. Usually that bracelet is only replaced if it's lost or broken. It is simple to decorate your wrist area using a body art, providing you with essentially a lasting bracelet that will never be lost which enable it to always be added to.
Unlike the ankle, the foot is a great place on an elaborate design that you picked. A lot of the day you might have socks on, and the complexion of your feet often doesn't match a dark tone of your legs, which see more sun. On that basis, the feet often be noticeable when they are bare already. So why wouldn't you decorate them with a stylish part of artwork that you can show off to others?
There exists a choice here between an intricate design that covers a complete finger, or perhaps smaller design that resembles an engagement ring, much in the same way you are able to decorate your wrists employing a bracelet. Full designs for a total finger is very intriguing, but make sure and verify they impact the way your hands look if you complete one.
You might spend plenty of your time to find the perfect design for your tattoos and still end up with getting none. There are many resources that provide you many different ideas for your tattoo designs. You might find it in some tattoo magazines or newspapers. Should you wish for a better tattoo resources that does not consume…
St Michel The Archangel Tattoo Ideas are one of tattoo ideas that many tattoo enthusiasts love to choose as their tattoo. It doesn’t matter whether they put this tattoo in their arm or sleeve, their shoulder, their back or their calf, they will choose St Michael the Archangel as their tattoo. This is not only…
When you are going to improve your house, there are many things that can be done by you from buying and placing the new furniture, repositioning your furniture, repainting your walls to applying new wallpaper but have you ever tried using wall tattoos Ikea? Wall tattoo is almost like wallpaper and but this is more…
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Bitcoin regains $22,000 after whales buy the dip
Bitcoin has returned to trading at over $21,000 for the first time since December 2020. The biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization had a precipitous decline in June as investors sold to prevent more losses. The rise in selling pressure was ascribed to Bitcoin whales who hurried to purchase the drop in anticipation of further positive momentum.
Almost the weekend, Bitcoin outflows reached a record high of 30,000 BTC, equivalent to over $600 million. This was a portion of the roughly 64,000 BTC that have left cryptocurrency exchanges since June. The majority of these coins are said to have originated from Coinbase Pro, and this is apparently the largest Bitcoin transfer in the last 35 days. Other exchanges have also experienced substantial Bitcoin purchases by whales seeking to “make hay while the sun shined.”
During the reporting period, significant quantities of BTC were moved from cryptocurrency exchanges. This constancy in substantial Bitcoin outflows suggested that significant firms and investors were optimistic about the anticipated positive trend.
In the last twenty-four hours, the liquidity of Bitcoin has decreased by more than $70 million, signalling large buyouts by Bitcoin whales. This indicates that institutional and large-scale investors have a favourable opinion of Bitcoin. However, investor confidence in the retail trading of Bitcoin plummeted in tandem with the decline in Bitcoin’s price, as investors became more hesitant.
According to Ki Young Ju, CEO of the on-chain analytics company CryptoQuant, institutional trading might once again influence Bitcoin pricing and market sentiment.
Alone in the last week, it was claimed that 16 new whales had entered the Bitcoin network and purchased up to $100 million worth of Bitcoin, contributing to the surge in purchasing pressure and the price decline.
However, Bitcoin’s downward rise is not unique. Other cryptocurrencies had a similar fate, with Ethereum falling below the psychological $1,000 price threshold. The majority of charts were likewise coloured red throughout the week prior to beginning a little bullish momentum.
At the time of publication, however, the majority of coins displayed green and had resumed their ascent. Ethereum has recaptured $1,200, Bitcoin is back above $21,000, and BNB is much above $240. This is wonderful news for both small and big Bitcoin investors, as we await the performance of other cryptocurrencies in the near future.


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For webslingers and gunslingers, Nintendo has three downloadable products for the 3DS this week. First up is a playable demo and 3D trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man, developed by Beenox. Also available is Mad Dog McCree, a full game from Digital Leisure.
The fan-favourite, web-slinging action is back in New York City with The Amazing Spider-Man. Perform acrobatic attacks and stealth maneuvers as you face off against larger-than-life enemies and race to save Manhattan. Download the free game demo in the Nintendo eShop and catch the movie trailer in 3D now on Nintendo Video™.
Spidey is back with the return of wall crawling, web-slinging action!
- Perform acrobatic attacks and stealth maneuvers with the brand new web rush combat system.
- Uncover the rest of Peter Parker’s untold story in the original epilogue to the film.
When the ruthless outlaw Mad Dog McCree goes on a rampage with a nasty pack of wanted fugitives, they leave death in their wake. Only one gunslinger can stop a Mad Dog gone wild… and that’s you, partner.
Mad Dog McCree and his band of cutthroats have ridden into town, kidnapped the Mayor and his daughter, and taken them to his hideout. These hombres are mean and vicious. What this town needs is a gunslinger to spray a little lead in harm’s way. Relive the gunpowder glory of the Wild West with American Laser Games Arcade Classic Mad Dog McCree!
- Only one gunslinger can stop Mad Dog!
- Holster your iron and get ready to draw.
- An American Laser Games Arcade Classic.
- Remastered Game Footage
- Test Your Reflexes In Showdowns
- All-New Scoring System
Rated T for Teen by the ESRB, Mad Dog McCree is available now on the Nintendo eShop for $7.99.

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Live Cattle Futures PricesThu, Aug 28th, 2014
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Cattle futures closed sharply higher. Feeder cattle were also mostly well into the green, with the deferred contracts gaining significantly on the soon to expire August contract. USDA reported net weekly beef export sales for last week totaled10,600 MT. That compares to the average of 10,912 per week over the previous seven weeks. Wholesale beef prices sank again today, with Choice boxes down 52 cents, and Select boxes losing $2.33 from thei Wednesday afternoon averages. From Thursday to Thursday Choice beef lost 1.43% and Select beef lost 2.3%. Cash cattle trade has started to pickup, but is still reported fairly light. The national weighted average for >80% choice steers is $153, and the average dressed price was reported at $242.81. Week to date slaughter at 460,000 head is up 6,000 head from last week, but off about 77,000 head from the same point a year ago.
Aug 14 Cattle closed at $154.650, up $1.450,
Oct 14 Cattle closed at $150.100, up $2.275,
Dec 14 Cattle closed at $152.700, up $1.925,
Aug 14 Feeder Cattle closed at $218.525, up $0.375
Sep 14 Feeder Cattle closed at $217.150, up $2.675
Oct 14 Feeder Cattle closed at $214.775, up $2.625
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Real-time Health Monitoring using Wireless Body Area Network
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