With Chinese citizens’ rise in consumption and increase in their purchasing power, more and more people (especially the younger generation) are buying products from foreign brands. On the other hand, the Chinese population’s lifestyle has also changed over the years, with people being more concerned about their health and appearance. Thanks to this phenomenon, the sportswear industry was able to emerge, at the profit of foreign brands. Thus, China is a promising market for sports brands that want to attract a wide audience as well as expand their activities. In this article, we are going to give some tips and advice on how to market your sports brand in China.
The sports industry in China
The sports market is now just at the beginning stage. With more money and time, Chinese citizens are going to spend more time doing sports activities, thus contributing to the success of sports brands. According to China’s General Administration of Sports, more than 40% of the Chinese population will practice sports activities regularly by the end of 2021, representing 680 million people.
This statistic shows the retail sales of sportswear in China from 2014 to 2019. In 2019, the sales revenue of sports apparel had reached around 316.6 billion yuan in China.Data by statista
Health and sports in China
In China, one of the biggest trends of the moment is undoubtedly the sports & fitness center market. Investments in individual equipment and fitness center membership cards are breaking records since the slogan in China seems to be “A healthy mind in a healthy body”. A report from the General Administration of Sport of China shows that even though the majority of the Chinese population wants to do sports regularly, only one-third of them are doing it. Also, sports goods have now become the sixth expense for a Chinese family.
A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body
As part of the criteria of physical beauty for both men and women in China, sports have become essential in order for them to maintain their physical condition and health. The wish to be thinner and healthy, as well as the benefits that can come out of it, are boosting fitness gyms and sporting events. According to the 2016-2017 China Fitness Industry White Paper and the CAA (Chinese Athletic Association), in the past couple of years; over 37,000 fitness clubs mushroomed in China, and 2.8 million people participated in 328 marathons in 2016.
The sport-style fashion in China
For some people (especially the younger generation), wearing sportswear apparel is part of the latest trend. People can wear them casually in their daily life for example. This fashion phenomenon is largely supported by major brands like Nike and Adidas, but also Chinese brands like Lining. Many fashion shows are organized across China in order to promote sportswear apparel.
Foreign Sportswear brands at the conquest of China
Following China’s economic development, many foreign brands want to seize the opportunity to attract a wide and enthusiastic audience.
China’s sports market segmentation
According to its growth level, China’s sports market can be divided into 3 segments: the first-tier city market, the second-tier city market, and the rural market.
- First- and second-tier cities in China
The first-tier cities refer to those big cities like Beijing and Shanghai, the market of which has already been well developed. The market here is ready for high-class or expansive sports goods and consumers care more about quality and function. Consumers in the first-tier cities are up-to-date with the latest products released and very enthusiastic about them. They are also willing to pay more in order to have high-quality products.
The sports goods market has already been well developed in big cities, while in the second-tier cities, it is still undergoing rapid development. China’s middle-class consumers are also more present in second-tier cities. They are looking for a better quality of life, and often seek to catch up with first-tier cities’ lifestyles. Second-tier cities refer to those prefectural level cities whose population is less than 2 million. Now there are about 600 cities categorized as second-tier cities in China and major growth of urbanization like population and finance growth in China will come from these 600 cities.
- Rural cities
Rural cities are also developing rapidly, attracting every year hundreds of sports stores. Even though these cities were representing a small part of the sports market, they are even more promising over the years. So, it can be interesting to also consider expanding your activities in more rural cities.
Social media: The best way to promote your Sportswear brand in China
As you already probably know, because of China’s attractivity, the Chinese market is getting tougher for new brands. So, in order to stand out amongst your competitors, you will have to focus on social media to promote your brand. For example, one successful social media campaign was Nike on WeChat.
Nike used WeChat to promote its campaigns, one of them was called “We own the night”. Fans following Nike’s WeChat account were able to receive many updates from the event and upload their pictures while adding some effects to it. They were then able to print them in Nike’s stores.
WeChat: the most popular app in China
Launched in 2011 and with more than 920 million daily active users, WeChat is the most popular app in China. Thus, it has become a powerful marketing tool for both individual entrepreneurs and international companies. You can create your brand’s account on WeChat to keep in touch with your Chinese consumers.
A WeChat official account is kind of like a micro-website, where you can post news, put your contact information, create an event, and even open a WeChat Store for selling. What makes WeChat better than any other social media platform is that when you put new things, there is an alert on the main page of WeChat. Every person that followed your account will be notified. In addition, everyone in China uses WeChat in their daily life, all day long. So if you want to promote your sportswear brand in China, WeChat is a must-have.
Weibo: the most popular micro-blogging website in China
Launched in 2009 by the Chinese technology company Sina Corporation (新浪), Weibo (微博) is one of the biggest social media platforms in China. As its name indicates (“micro-blog”), Weibo provides micro-blogging services and is often compared to Twitter. However, it has evolved into a microblogging hybrid with Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, and YouTube over the years.
Give your Sportswear brand Online Visibility in China with Baidu SEO
Create a Chinese Website
Having a Chinese website is mandatory if you want to do business in China. Not only it will allow you to attract Chinese consumers, but it will also help you with your SEO (Search Engine Optimization) on Baidu. The higher you’ll be ranked on Baidu, the better the exposure will be. If we look at the following pictures, we can see that Adidas is ranked second after Jordan on Baidu when looking for “Sports shoe brands” (运动鞋品牌)
By creating a Chinese website, Adidas is extremely visible on search engines such as Baidu, and easily accessible to Chinese consumers. The website is simple and clear, and consumers have access to many categories.
Therefore, building a good Chinese website is very important, so that potential customers can browse your website and look at your products. If you can, you should also try to optimize your website not only for computer users but also for smartphone users (most of the Chinese population is now using their smartphones for online research).
The importance of ranking on Baidu
After creating a Chinese website, you need to start to increase your visibility. As the most popular search engine in China by far and the 5th most consulted website in the world, Baidu is simply a step you can’t skip in China if you want to sell sportswear. In order to master Baidu, you will need first to optimize your website for it to be ranked on the first results of Baidu. Moreover, you can also display and advertise your company as Baidu is like an open window on the internet. Statistics show that if you do not appear on the first search page, you may lose 65% of your potential internet traffic.
Therefore, it is strongly recommended to do search engine optimization in order to rank on the home page. Find the right keywords in order to be ranked higher on Baidu. This Chinese website will be your “storefront desk” in China, and PPC is also a great way to complement your ongoing search engine optimization.
Some tips for Baidu
Your website will have to be optimized & audited on the ‘back end’ (meta tags/descriptions/titles, etc) for the most effective SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
- 8-10 pages
- Keyword repetition in line with selected keywords
- A static site, i.e avoid videos and complex graphics
- Internal links to other relevant pages
- Clear and interesting content
- You can also put your Wechat QR Code on your website
If you want more information about Baidu, you can check our complete guide on Baidu SEO. Also, if you have more inquiries or questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
E-commerce platforms: the best way to sell your sportswear in China
Following China’s digitalization over the last decade, Chinese consumers are spending more and more time on their phones, thus contributing to a shift in consumption from shopping in brick-and-mortar stores to online shopping.
Chinese consumers are more willing to purchase online because of the convenience and the greater range of available items on e-commerce platforms. Nowadays, Chinese consumers have a huge appetite for foreign products and e-commerce platforms are now the main channel of purchase for Chinese shoppers.
Founded in 2008 under the famous Alibaba group, Tmall (天猫), is a subsidiary of the e-commerce website Taobao (淘宝网). Its target market is primarily B2C (Business-To-Consumer). Tmall’s concept is ambitious and wise as it allows both local Chinese and international companies to sell their products through the platform in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Tmall stands out from its competitors thanks to its strict standards in terms of quality and renown. Indeed, if you already have a strong online presence in China, Tmall can be a powerful tool for you to considerably increase your sales.
Founded in 1998 by Liu Qiangdong in Beijing, JD (which stands for Jingdong 京东) is one of the most popular e-commerce platforms in China. In 2004, it opened its online retail platform and quickly became one of the two massive B2C online retailers in China with its competitor the Alibaba-run Tmall. Now, JD.com is partly owned by the giant Tencent, which has 20% of its stake. As of 2021, JD.com has over 470 million active customers. Like Tmall, you should try to apply for JD.com to sell your sportswear to Chinese consumers.
Launched in 2003 by the Chinese giant Alibaba, Taobao (淘宝网) is one of the most popular online shopping platforms, specializing in both B2C and C2C transactions, as well as the most popular online entrepreneurship platform, enabling thousands of young entrepreneurs to be successful. It has hundreds of millions of products and service listings, which are appreciated by Chinese consumers. As of 2019, it has 300 million daily active users and 668 million mobile monthly active users. Taobao accounts for nearly 60% of the total e-commerce sales in China.
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Such an interesting article!! Chinese consumers are doing a lot of sport to take care of them and keep a good health, we can see new sports emerging everyday in Shanghai.


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No matter what you want, or what kind of tourist you are, you are bound to love Bali. The island promises everything and more! If you are the kind who appreciates luxury Bali is your fancy haven. If you want a backpacking adventure Bali is your perfect destination. If you want extreme water sports Bali is your aqua park. And just like the island, hotels in Bali are diverse and plentiful. If you want to know where to stay in Bali we have got you covered.
From luxurious resorts to cozy hostels, hotels in Bali are generally unique and beautiful. And the generosity and hospitality of the Balinese are unmatched.
So, if you are heading to the island with mesmerizing scenery and wondering where to stay in Bali we are here to help, these are the best hotels in Bali.
Where to stay in Bali?
Featuring the remarkably rich Balinese culture, this hotel sits high in the rain forests of the sacred Mount Batu Karu in central Bali.
Alassari Plantation offers one of the most unique luxurious accommodations in Selemadeg, which make it one of the best hotels to stay in Bali . It also offers an outdoor pool and an authentic spa.
A family hotel developed with love, the entire property was designed and constructed by the owners and their staff. It is marvelously designed and constructed with natural wood and open areas as the main design elements.
The private villas are very spacious, and the hotel grounds resemble a private jungle, complete with a stunning waterfall.
Puri Wulandari Boutique Resort & Spa
One of the best resorts in Bali with an infinity pool overlooking the jungle, this hotel offers one of the most luxurious accommodations in Bali.
The design of the hotel resembles a Balinese village amidst beautiful emerald rice fields. The rooms are simply decorated in an elegant rustic style. And the amenities of the hotel are all state of the art.
The hotel is renowned for offering the best hospitality in the area, and also the best breakfast, and the most delicious bakery.
This chic hotel enjoys one of the best locations in Ubud, situated amidst picturesque scenery and overlooking a small river.
Moreover, some rooms in the hotel feature private swimming pools for your convenience.
Chapung Sebali Resort & Spa
This luxurious five star resort is situated amidst a traditional village on scenic hillside of Ubud. The hotel comprises elegant yet simply designed villas with private pools set among incredibly beautiful scenery.
You can enjoy a multitude of activities in this hotel, such as yoga classes, rice field trekking, horse-riding and cycling activities. You can even take a bike to the nearby town.
Some of the most renowned features in this hotel are the stunning infinity pool overlooking the valley and the world famous Jungle Fish pool bar.
i-Villa by Karaniya Experience
When luxury blends with tradition in a uniquely stunning mix! This hotel promises to tailor a luxurious experience just for you!
The exquisitely designed villas feature private pools and beautiful sundecks with an added bonus of a personal round-the-clock butler service.
The hotel also offers complimentary bikes; you can ride your bike to the nearby Seminyak Beach.
In addition to that, toothsome breakfast and a refreshing high tea are served daily to hotel guests as well as mouthwatering organic chocolates.
Typical Balinese design and architecture distinguish this beautiful quiet hotel, as well as the marvelous location amongst lush green fields and local villages.
This peaceful retreat with soothing views of the rice fields features an outdoor pool and an organic restaurant that serves both Balinese and international cuisines.
If you really want to experience the true essence of Bali without compromising your comfort then this serene getaway amidst villages and rice paddies is the perfect choice.
Putu’s Paradise Guesthouse
For the adventurous type looking for an authentic Balinese experience and looking for a traditional accommodation in Bali we have picked this quaint guesthouse.
Small does not mean that it sacrifices either beauty or comfort, , Putu’s Paradise Guesthouse features a lovely terrace overlooking the lush private garden. All rooms are spacious featuring sitting areas, and some rooms even feature private balconies.
The best thing about this hotel is that it is situated in close proximity of the landmarks in the area. This lovely guesthouse is Located within 300 meters of Ubud Monkey Forest, a short distance from Ubud Market, 1 km from Ubud Palace and 2.7 km from Elephant Cave.
You can either use a bike like traditional Balinese to tour these attractions or you can even walk among the beautiful fields.
Make your way to Bali’s less-explored and truly rural east coast; the stunning watery horizon comes into view soon after the almost-hidden sign for Amankila has encouraged you to veer off the road. This is the paradise travelers dream of a world away from traffic-clogged, built-up Seminyak and Nusa Dua with greenery reaching for miles below and the island of Nusa Penida in the distance. The moniker “calm hill” refers to one of the earliest Aman resorts, which is now as attractive as ever.
Six Senses Uluwatu
You feel as though you’re on the verge of collapsing from the time you arrive. Six Senses Uluwatu is a fan-shaped facility carved into a high clifftop on Bali’s southern coast, with the pool to end all pool discussions, with an infinity-edged blue stretch of water that extends to meet sky and clouds. Six Senses is a wellness pioneer in the hospitality business, and they bring their A-game to Bali with a long menu of spa treatments, an Integrated Wellness Screening, and an organic kitchen garden, given that Bali is a destination for health-seekers.
Hotel Tugu Bali
Walking into Hotel Tugu Bali transports you to an earlier Indonesia. You suddenly realize you’re standing in the softly illuminated foyer beneath a large carved wooden pagoda, which is actually a 150-year-old sacred ceremonial hall that was moved piece by piece from a town in central Bali. It’s one of tens of thousands of precious artifacts that the owner, Indonesia’s largest antique collector, has erected on the outskirts of Canggu’s Batu Bolong beach.
It’s all part of a plan to save Indonesia’s nearly-forgotten civilizations (Tugu means “monument” in Indonesian). That’s only the top of the iceberg. Rooms are made up of several villas, many of which are modeled on Javanese timber houses and are each completely distinct. (For example, the Rejang Suite on the upper floors of a Javanese house features beautiful old wooden floors, a carved four-poster bed, and a rustic sun porch lined with wood-paneled colorful glass windows that overlook the garden.)

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BMW X3: All the info for the new edition
Munich, 26. June 2017
The most beautiful gifts you make yourself. At least, when it comes to BMW. In 1992, 25 years ago, the group announced the construction of a plant in the USA. Today, the plant in Spartanburg, with a capacity of 400,000 cars per year, the largest factory of the group. In addition to the X3 there is also all the other X are manufactured models with the exception of the X1. What is there to show as the successor to the current X3 for the first time publicly in Spartanburg?
Increase in length and wheelbase
Time it is, because of the current BMW X3 has been the case since the end of 2010 on the market. Competitors such as the Audi Q5 and the Mercedes GLC are significantly younger, with the addition of new rivals such as the Jaguar F-Pace. Let's look at the new X3 so: Visually, he mixes elements of X1 and X5, while the lateral line remains familiar. In summary, one can say that in the future, up to 55 kilograms lighter X3 loses its angularity, but not wild design pivot. Interestingly, the dimensions are: The length grows to five inches on 4,71 meters, in the same scale, the wheelbase has increased to 2.86 metres. Because the trunk volume is 550 to 1,600 litres, unchanged, is likely to come from the increase in wheelbase to the rear. On request, the rear can sit more stages, and are individually adjustable in incline. The folding breakdown is always a 40:20:40.
Options in Excess
Similar to the majority of the BMW-series will be available in the X3 to market in the fall of 2017, three model variants to choose from. "xLine" offers standard cloth/leather seats in the sport version and silver Details to the body. The new "Luxury Line" should ensure that the factory chrome Grill and leather interior, while the "M Sport" Spoiler, a sport braking system with blue calipers and the optional painting "Phytonic Blue" for attention. We said just optional? As usual, the price list invites you to let off Steam in the Configurator. Possible Extras include a three-zone automatic climate control, the seats from the 5 series and 7 series known Display key, ventilated leather, and acoustic glazing of the side Windows. A variety of assistant with steering intervention, or the control of vehicle functions by means of Amazon Echo. Not to forget the sport suspension and adaptive damper control.
18 inch factory
This point brings us to the chassis of the new BMW X3. Standard now are 18-inch alloy wheels, up to now, the SUV started at 17 inches. According to the above 21-inch marked in the factory border. All for Europe laid down X3 have a four-wheel drive, was designed, according to BMW rear-wheel. Only for Overseas markets, there will also be X3 models with rear-wheel drive. If terrain should be asked qualities: The ground clearance is 20.4 inches, and fording depth of 50 centimeters. Angle of approach? The front of 25.7 degrees, the rear of 22.6 degrees. The ramp angle is specified by BMW of 19.4 degrees.
Extra Strong Six-Cylinder
We take a look at the engines: For the market introduction of three units to choose from. Little Surprises of the xDrive 20d, the power remains unchanged at 190 horsepower. With six cylinders, the xDrive 30d scores: Instead of 258 HP, there are now 265 HP, with maximum torque grows to 80 to 620 Newton-metres. A real Premiere is the X3 M40i with the well-known three-liter gasoline engine under the hood. So far, the 35i marked the summit, the 360-HP M40i trumped by 54 HP. When you torque the announcement of 500 instead of 400 Newton meters. In 4.8 seconds, the M40i pace to reach 100, at 250 km/h, the Super-X3 is limited.
The smaller diesel will follow
A little later, two four-cylinder gasoline engine with two liters of displacement, with which BMW has the demand in China and the U.S. in view of the consequences. The X3 xDrive20i supplies an output of such as had 184 HP, only the torque, there is an increase of 20 Newton metres to now 290 Newton meters. 8.3 seconds for the sprint value is, the top 215 km/h. sounds like an interesting Alternative to the Diesel, unless the fuel consumption of 7.2 liters can be realized. 7.4 litres of 252 HP X3 xDrive30i, replacing the 28i with 245 HP slurps. As standard in all models an eight-speed automatic, switching friends.
More expensive, but more amenities
Empty the Bank account of the X3 is not-lover. It's the first of 47,000 euros for the xDrive20d, a 18d, we have to do without. Series is not only the above-mentioned automatic, but also a Parking aid front and rear. Equipment, the difference is adjusted so to the old model 690 Euro. Until December 2017 X3 to customers, but the variable sport steering and the required torque equitable distribution called "Performance Control" order, which again 400 euros in addition to the extra. The new Flagship model, the X3 M40i, costs 66.300 EUR. In comparison to the competition, the X3 xDrive20d is located approximately in the middle, the prices of comparable vehicles to move between 46.400 euros (Audi Q5) and 48.660 Euro (Jaguar F-Pace).(rh)


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Hurricanes are violent storms of wind and rain that can hit areas hundreds of miles across. They usually start in the tropics, with warm, moist air rising in a spiral over the ocean. As the air swirls upwards to colder areas in the atmosphere, the water vapor in the warm air cools and turns to rain. As it cools, a great deal of heat is given off. This heated air swirls around with greater and greater speed until the whole thing becomes a violent storm, or hurricane, with winds circling at 150 miles an hour.
As a hurricane moves across the ocean, its eye, or center (about 20 miles across), is calm. But its outer edges produce strong winds, called gales. Gales can create huge waves, destroy property, and even kill people.
As a hurricane moves in over land, it begins to weaken because there is no longer any warm sea air to give it energy.
Cyclones are heavy storms with winds forming a spiral around a center. Cyclones occur in low-pressure areas and can extend over an area half the size of the United States, traveling at speeds of from 240 to 1,200 miles per day. Cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere blow counterclockwise, while those in the Southern Hemisphere blow clockwise.
Tropical cyclones are severe cyclones that occur in the tropics, where warm ocean waters give it its energy. If they form in the West Indies, they are called hurricanes; in the Pacific, they are called typhoons. Typhoons can have winds up to 180 miles per hour, with violent rains, thunder, and lightning.
Tornadoes are actually cyclones, with violently whirling wind storms concentrated in areas only 300 yards across. A tornado’s winds are the most violent on earth, blowing at speeds of more than 300 miles per hour. A tornado forms a swirling funnel cloud that reaches down to earth from dark storm clouds. Most tornadoes in the United States occur in the Midwest.
Tornadoes begin when warm, sticky air in spring or summer rises rapidly and more warm air rushes in to take its place. This air, too, rises and swirls or twists into a funnel-shaped cloud. If the funnel reaches down to earth, it stirs up dirt and debris and blows down everything in its path. Tornadoes start out with hissing sounds which grow into loud roars. Tornadoes usually last less than an hour.
For years the National Weather Service had been naming its hurricanes after women, but pressure from the women’s liberation movement forced them to change their policy, and as of 1979, hurricanes had men’s names too! So the order of naming for 1979 began Anna, Bob, Claudette, David, Elaine, Frederick, Gloria, Henri!

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Gluten Libre box – 100% tasty – 100% gluten free
Gluten Libre, another way of living without gluten
100% Gluten Libre tasty box
6 Gluten free products
With Gluten Libre, you receive every month in your mailbox or at a relay point a box of 6 gluten-free products. They are chosen by Chloé, the founder of Gluten Libre.
She surprises you every month with a selection of gluten-free products that are always more original and with recipes that are really fun to try!
100% gluten free
The Gluten Libre box is …
much more than just 6 gluten-free products, it is also a gourmet, healthy and gluten-free cooking experience. Chloé offers you gluten-free and tasty recipes to share or to eat on your own (it’s up to you!).
The Gluten Libre box is a culinary journey that will make you want to cook and enjoy your “meal moments” again.
Recipes, tricks, sweet moments. Attention, it’s just for you… you turn to try the gluten-free experience with the Gluten Libre Box.
Gluten Libre, Chloé’s world
By choice or by intolerance, gluten-free living is also so tasty! Chloé understands this!
Intolerant to gluten, she has traveled the world discovering the different culinary specialties of each one, gluten-free and 100% food lover friendly.
It is by exchanging, listening to their stories and discovering their culinary secrets that she had the idea to create Gluten Libre, or how to eat healthy, tasty, and gluten-free.
Gluten-free and tasty recipes
Every week, Chloé cooks for you a tasty and gluten free recipe
Discover the gluten-free and tasty recipes prepared by Chloé.
Salads, dishes, gluten-free bread, pizza dough or snacks… she offers you easy recipes, enriched by her various trips around the world.
March 17th is St. Patrick's Day, and it was obvious that I had to come up with a recipe for a beer cake. So I tried several recipes, and this one is the easiest to make: gluten-free beer muffins!...
Would you like a gluten-free and butter-free banana brownie? A recipe that will take you a few minutes for a super tasty result. For this recipe, I didn't want to add sugar. I used peanut butter but...
For a gluten-free peanut butter brownie, here is a fairly easy and very tasty recipe that I tested at home the other day. So I re-adapted a recipe that was originally made with gluten, and my...

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With the recent push towards tissue engineering and related research, it is surprising that no significant breakthroughs have been made despite the amount of attention the field is getting. This was the state of affairs until a revolutionary surgery was successfully completed last month that showcased the power of regenerative medicine.
Swedish surgeon Paolo Macchiarini from Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm successfully transplanted an artificial, tissue-engineered trachea into a man suffering from the later stages of tracheal cancer. The trachea was constructed entirely in the lab using a scaffold made with a porous polymer. The tracheal tissue was grown from the patient’s own stem cells that were kept inside a bioreactor. This controlled the surroundings of the cells and promoted cell growth. The patient receiving the new trachea has made a full recovery and has been discharged from hospital as of July 8th.
The scaffold used to house the cells that eventually became the new trachea was built by a research team led by Alexander Seifalian, a professor at the University College London. The “InBreath” bioreactor used to house the cells was provided by Harvard Bioscience. The cells taken from the patient’s bone marrow were placed on the polymer scaffold and kept at an optimal temperature and environment within the bioreactor. The scaffold was rotated for a period of two weeks within the bioreactor so that the cells would grow into the fully-functioning organ.
For the first time, stem cells have been used to grow replacement organs for use in the body, which has been the aim of regenerative medicine since research in this field began. While an organ has been engineered from essentially scratch, the organ’s function was only structural since the trachea is essentially used as a channel for air. Therefore, building more complicated organs would be far more demanding in comparison to this successful endeavour.
Some advantages to regenerative medicine are as follow. For one, regenerated organs could be grown at a much faster rate than the time it takes to find a suitable organ from a donor. Also, since the engineered organs are usually made with the target patient’s own cells, rejection should not be a major issue, meaning the need for immunosuppressant drugs would be greatly reduced.
To create the scaffold, the team at the University College London used a polymer structure with millions of tiny pores to allow the patient’s stem cells to hold on to the structure. First, CT scans were taken of the patient’s trachea. Using these scans, a glass mould was made. Strips of polymer were then wrapped around the glass structure to resemble the structural cartilage rings of the trachea. Next, the model was dipped into a liquid mixture of the polymer mixed with salt. To set the liquid polymer on the mould, the contraption was washed in a solution that dissolved the salts, thereby causing the polymer to congeal into a spongy mass that resembles the shape of the trachea.
Once the scaffold was built and the cells were seeded onto it, the tissue was kept in the shoebox-sized bioreactor in much the same way one keeps chicken on a rotisserie. To seed the cells, a solution of stem cells and nutrients from the patient would be poured onto the trachea scaffold, after which the scaffold was rotated to keep the cells sterile and warm. Along with the nutrients included with the stem cell solution, it was imperative that hormones and other biological chemicals were included to help the cells differentiate into tracheal cells. The entire effort would take two weeks with only just two days required to actually grow the cells into the full tracheal tissue.
Needless to say, this surgery is a breakthrough in the field of regenerative medicine, which has been suffering from a number of general setbacks in terms of general research goals. After this massive breakthrough in tissue engineering research, all we need now is to wait for someone to grow more complicated organs and progress towards being able to grow needed appendages at a moment’s notice.

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1984 Schwinn Predator Team Alloy
Recent build of my brother's old race bike.
Bike's been in the family since 1983. My brother raced it back in the day. It was then given to me in 88 but was pretty beat and stripped of decals. So I went through it and made it my own. It was nice till I got jumped for the bike by three older kids who made off with it. Eventually we tracked it down, but they had trashed it and put a bunch of crappy pink parts on it. I brought it back to life after sitting since the early 90's.
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Take a walk on the wild side with this leopard monogram sweatshirt. Pictured here is thread color 107 Dark Fuchsia but if pink isn't your pick pair it with your favorite thread color for a cute color pop! Mint, Yellow, Blue... Leopard matches everything!
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Real lives: Tireless Maggie never took ‘no’ for an answer
Margaret (Maggie) Wilson MBE, a pillar of the local community who was known to many as Mrs South-Side, has died, aged 75.
Maggie experienced difficult times growing up as part of a large Craigmillar family but went on to become a tireless community campaigner, despite dealing with ill health for much of her life.
Council officers, medical professionals, councillors, MPs and, more recently, MSPs and even local community workers were not allowed to answer Maggie with a “No” – Bob Cairns, when he was Southside councillor, remarked that if an inventory was done in Southside Community Centre it would have to record one chair with Maggie sitting on it, for the room where he held his surgeries.
Her achievements during 40 years of community work in the Southside were nothing short of remarkable.
It all started in the early 1970s, when she organised outings and competitions at the Gold Tankard pub, from where her husband, John, had to organise search parties for Maggie at teatime.
She then formed the East Crosscauseway/Howden Street Residents’ Association to campaign for the modernisation of homes, rather than allow them to be knocked down. She became involved with the Southside Association around 1976 to fight for the area’s survival as a residential area, when it was threatened with demolition for the expansion of the university and a new road system.
Maggie was also a major player in the fight for a community centre for the Southside. Long before it opened, she persuaded the university to grant the use of Hope Park Basement Halls for a range of youth activities. When the university wanted the halls back in 1983, she persuaded the council to make the James Clark School tower block available for community use until the community centre opened in 1986.
She did her work without reward, though after much persuasion agreed to become a part-time paid youth worker – she was paid for three or four hours a week, but did 30 or more hours.
Over the last 25 years she continued to work for the community centre, setting up the café and running groups for all ages.
She was chair of the Southside Association for many years and led a lengthy campaign for the return to community use of Nelson Hall and the fundraising of £1.2 million to build the Crags Sports Centre. In 1993, she received the council’s Lothian Award and, in 2003, was awarded an MBE on the Queen’s birthday honours list.
When she went to London to get her MBE she met Mick Jagger and the pair had a cigarette together at a back door. Typically, it was Maggie who supplied the fags.
The turnout for her funeral was amazing and showed the love, respect and gratitude the community had for her.

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Typorto is a lovely collection of vernacular type, taken from the city of Porto.
Christian Bailey wrote a nice article with basic typography notions: Typography is a central component of design. It gives us an understanding of the heritage behind our craft. It’s one of the primary ways we, as a society, pass on information to others. Imagine a website, a magazine or even TV without text. Typography is […]
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Great interview with Jason Munn, where we can take a look at his studio and discover a little more about this talented designer, who’s work I truly admire. Love the the simplicity and the impact. I discovered this interview via Dave from grain edit, who send me an email with links to rare type specimens/design […]
Sleevage is a blog with lots of music covers, from the LP’s of the 60’s to the digital artworks of now. Very nice opportunity to look at some nice type work. If you like music, and would like to write for them, tell them so.
I love typography, as you probably know, is a touch of hapiness in our daily blog reading. Check out the interview with it´s founder John Boardley over at She Unlimited.
This number of fontshop newsletter is dedicated to type systems and the challenge of choosing typefaces that work well together. Don´t miss it. Thanks to AceJet170 for pointing that out.

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Minor service changes from 4th January 2022
Some minor changes to timetables come into affect and are shown below:
Service X9 will now have an X9B to operate through Burnetts Lane at Horton Heath. These X9B journeys will provide links to Eastleigh, Hedge End Station and Superstores. In addition, all Service X9 and X9B journeys will operate via Free Street at Bishops Waltham instead of Cricklemede.
The X15 will now operate from Grange Road along Lockhams Rd, Maunsell Way, Drummond Road and Shamblehurst Lane then normal route to Hedge End. At Hedge End journeys will operate via Freegrounds Avenue and Freegrounds Road instead of Hobb Lane. Passengers can still hail the bus where it is safe for the bus to stop along Freegrounds Avenue or Road.
The 1425 journey from Barton Peveril on Monday's will instead operate at the Tue-Fri time of 1215.
A NEW Bustimes booklet is available with full details of the above and you can get yours from the driver of the bus you use or from Eastleigh Bus Station.


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So I apologize for not uploading lately...I've had a really weird cold and i just haven't been feeling myself. But, today I decided to share with you my latest nails and that is.....LONDON nails!
I think they are adorable and I have been meaning to do them for quite some time since I love the British so much! My pointer finger is a telephone booth, middle is the Big Ben and the Ferris wheel, my ring is the queens guards, my ring is a sign, and my thumb is, of course, the British flag. This was a fun one to do and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Vacation is pretty much over which means time to go to school but of course it also means new nails for school. I wanted a nail design that was something I'd never done before. So I did a floral print with gold nail studs I had ordered from Cascade that I was dying to try out. Overall I'm in love with the finished design.
I didn't put any studs on my thumb because I didn't want to overdo the whole design. Hopefully you love this design as much as I do! :)
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Today's nails were inspired by a popular game known as Minecraft. Since I don't usually do anything during winter break I'm found on my phone or on my computer either watching doctor who or Sherlock. But recently I've been playing Minecraft and doing so really made me want to do a whole mani based on the game. I did an Enderman on my index finger, a creeper on my middle, minecraft Steve on the ring finger, a pig on my pinky, and a TNT on my thumb. Here are the original characters.
Monday, January 6, 2014
To start off the new year, and a new blog, I thought I'd do some nail art that I've been wanting to do for a while now. I knew it would be sort of challenging but it I thought this would be awesome to at least try to do it. So I attempted Super Mario Bros nail art, but more of the old Game Boy version of it. I think it turned out pretty good for my first try at it. :)


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Real Estate Record lists this as two buildings on Grand Street, "ss, 80 w Bushwick av". The description would point to 806 and 808 Grand Street, however these are part of a larger row of Italianate buildings and 806 is only 25' wide. 812 Grand Street, which is only 38' west of Bushwick Avenue, is a 30' wide neo-Grec building of this period; 808 next door is also 30' wide, but appears to be part of the Italianate row.
Block of 8 dwellings and stores, on the south side of Grand Street starting one building west of Leonard Street.
A rare (and perhaps early?) non-ecclesiastical building designed by Thomas Houghton.
Possibly part of a pair of buildings (152 Broadway, to the west, was heavily altered between 2005 and 2007). Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 366, March 20, 1875), 204.
"...two three-story frame tenements, 25x58, on the south side of Jefferson street, 200 east of Central avenue, for Matthew Kaicher, to cost $9,500..."1


WB EQUIPMENT CORP. RAISES CURTAIN ON BROADWAY
TIMES SQUARE (WABC) — A massive construction maneuver is now underway to hoist the iconic Palace Theatre three stories up.
On Friday morning, constructions crews began lifting the iconic theater a full 30 feet to its new home – floating above Times Square.
The theater will become part of a $2.5 billion 46-story TSX Tower, currently under construction on Broadway. Lifting the Palace Theatre will preserve the iconic venue while freeing up ground-floor space for commercial use.
“The theater lift consists of lifting a 1,700 seat theater in its entirety 30 feet from its current elevation,” said Robert Israel, executive vice president of L&L Holding Company.
The theater, located at 47th and Seventh Avenue, opened in 1903 as a vaudeville theater and was later home to shows like Oklahoma and La Cage aux Folles.
“Everybody wanted to perform here and many famous performers did perform here, Liza Minnelli, the Marx Brothers, Frank Sinatra,” said David Levinson, chairman and CEO of L&L Holding Company
And it’s a landmark, which is why developers have to be ever so careful.
The theater is being moved 30 feet above street level to make way for retail space on a lucrative corner for developers.
“This is the most heavily trafficked corner in the western hemisphere and there was no retail space here, but probably the most valuable commercial retail space in the world,” Levinson said.
Retail space on the street side, plus the TXS Broadway development will include a new 46-story tower with hotel rooms, restaurants and experiential space — including a stage facing onto Times Square, and the Palace Theatre will be tucked inside.
Five years of planning went into the groundbreaking theater lift.
“The theater weighs approximately 5 million pounds, what we are actually doing, the way we are lifting the theater itself is we have 34 specifically placed lifting posts,” Israel said.
“All of the lifting posts were 100% custom made for this installation and lift,” Israel said.
It will take six to eight weeks to raise the Palace Theatre 30 feet, the lift only moves about a quarter inch an hour. The theater will then undergo a $50 million renovation — a small part of the $2.5 billion


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Duntisbourne Abbots is seemingly the poor relation of Duntisbourne Rouse just a mile and a half down the road. Whereas Simon Jenkins accords Rouse 2 stars, Abbots is omitted. Both churches have enviable positions but Duntisbourne Abbots lacks the appealing rusticity and Anglo-Saxon remnants that give its neighbour so much appeal. Nerverthless, Duntisbourne Abbots has a charm of its own and I can’t believe that anybody visiting one would miss the opportunity to see the other.
The village is so named to differentiate it from the Duntisbourne lands owned by Sir Roger de Rous. Nearby Duntisbourne Leer was so named after the the Abbey of Notre Dame de Lyre in Normandy.
The present church is probably built over an Anglo-Saxon wooden structure. The church information boards reckon the earliest part of the present structure to be the lower part of the tower. This, they say, is early Norman with the rest coming later. Certainly the north aisle came later as evidenced by its Transitional arcade. If the nave and chancel were later than the tower base, however, these boards offer no view on what was there before. I’m afraid I am very sceptical. Are they implying there were two Norman structures here? Surely it is more plausible that the tower base, nave and chancel were all late Norman with the north arcade reflecting the changing architectural styles during the period of construction?


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BBC iPlayer serves the best of British television online on your favorite streaming device but only for people living in the UK. If you’re not in the UK and looking to watch your favourite content, get the LivingAbroad.tv Chrome extension and access BBC iPlayer from anywhere.
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I’m not dead, though I’ve felt that way off and on. It’s been crazy, I haven’t been sleeping well, but, now most of that stress is gone. I slept like a rock last night, and had this really awesome, vivid, dream. Two people, who could have been right out of a western except that the female was the Captain of whatever fighting group they were part of, were finally able to make their way home. Part of the dream was the struggle of their journey home and then part of it was the tragedy they encountered when they reached their home. Then I finally had to get up. I’ll have to keep the events of the dream in mind for future stories though.
It’s spring break. Yay for students… chaos for my work. In “real life” I drive an airport shuttle. It’s fun. I get to hear great stories, and we have great passengers. Some of them even are interested in my stories. But that means that during spring break we get swamped… especially when they don’t stagger the spring breaks like they normally do. Sigh. At least that means the chaos is over faster.
On top of all that, I actually get to do something fun. I found out about Anomaly Con: http://anomalycon.com/ last week. I’m going with some friends. I’m dusting off my Airship Pirate costume from Halloween for the daytime and for the ball Saturday night my talented friend at Night Lily Design, Kimberly Carmen is helping me make some awesome gloves and design a costume out of mostly preexisting parts. It’s not very victorian, but it does pull off Pirate trying to be respectable. LOL. I made a necklace to go with it.
and my Airship Pirate
I’m sure I’ll have tons of stories and pictures from the event 🙂
from far away (or picture size) the vest looks like an old world map….then I zoomed in, and saw it was paisley – and the coolest paisley ever. Better even than Prince Paisley. 🙂 Party like it’s 1999! haha
Hope you have tons of fun – I think your outfit really fits the Airship Pirate theme pretty well. 🙂
*grin* Thanks Mardel. I love my Pirate costume and I think the pirate ball costume is going to be great too. Oh, map vest… that’s an idea I might have to play with….


Right on schedule, Apple’s new iPhone XR has launched at T-Mobile.
You can now order the iPhone XR in six colors: Yellow, Black, PRODUCT(RED), Coral, Blue, and White. Storage options for the new iPhone include 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB. As of this post’s publication, nearly every color and storage option is in stock and ready to ship, save for the 64GB Yellow version which is estimated to ship between 11/23 and 12/10.
Here’s what the pricing for all three versions looks like:
The iPhone XR features a 6.1-inch 1792×828 LCD screen that, like the iPhone XS and XS Max, has a notch. While the XR doesn’t have quite as nice a display as the XS and XS Max, it does have the same A12 Bionic processor as its flagship siblings as well as features like Tap to Wake and True Tone. It’s got the same 7MP front-facing camera as the XS and XS Max, too.
Around back, the camera setup is a bit different. The iPhone XR has a single 12MP wide angle camera which is the same sensor used on the iPhone XS and XS Max, offering an f/1.8 aperture, OIS, Smart HDR, and Portrait Mode. The XR does not have the second 12MP telephoto camera found on the XS and XS Max, though.
Apple has also crammed Face ID into the iPhone XR as well as dual SIM support, which uses an eSIM and will go live later this year. The body of the iPhone XR is IP67 rated for water and dust resistance.
One other detail worth mentioning is that, like the iPhone XS and XS Max, the iPhone XR includes support for T-Mobile’s 600MHz LTE coverage. This 600MHz LTE coverage reaches farther and is better at penetrating buildings than mid-band LTE, and it’s available in more than 1,250 markets. The iPhone XR’s full list of supported LTE bands includes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66, and 71.
T-Mobile is also offering a trade-in deal for the iPhone XR. New and existing customers who purchase an iPhone XR, XS, or XS Max can save up to $390 via monthly bill credits when they trade in an eligible device. With this deal, you can get the iPhone XR for $10 over 36 months. Here are the phones that are eligible for trade-in with this deal:
- $390 value: iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+, Galaxy Note 8, Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Pixel and Pixel XL, LG V30 and V30+, LG G7
- $250 value: Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 series, LG V20, LG G6, Motorola Z2 Force, OnePlus 5, OnePlus 5T, OnePlus 6
- $150 value: Apple iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone SE, Samsung Galaxy S4 series, Galaxy S5 series, Galaxy Note 4, HTC 10, LG G5, LG G4, LG V10, Nexus 6, OnePlus 3, OnePlus 3T, OnePlus X, OnePlus 2, OnePlus One
Have you bought an iPhone XR or spent some hands-on time with one in a store? If so, what do you think of it?


Season 5 of Game of Thrones begins Sunday night. Shouldn't you read a recent interview with creator of the books that spawned the show? Yes, you should! [more inside]
As production of the fifth (of a probable seven) season of Games of Thrones proceeds, book author G.R.R. Martin admits that fans have accurately guessed major spoilers for the ending of the series. [more inside]
Game of Brands: The Game of Thrones Houses as Modern Corporations (Article contains spoilers if you're not up on the end of the current season of the series.) Ads, logos, the whole thing, for such companies as Air Targaeryen, the Lannister Investment Group... [more inside]
A while back folk duo Paul and Storm created a song 'Write Like The Wind' urging G R R Martin to finish A Song Of Ice & Fire aka Game Of Thrones as soon as possible. During a recent live performance of said song the duo experienced an interruption. MLYT (previous)
What Is Going on With the Accents in Game of Thrones? Gawker beanplates the accents used on-screen by the actors in Game of Thrones. Like most fantasy television shows, Game of Thrones is largely populated by English actors speaking with English accents. This is because Americans are still unconvinced that England is a real country, and associate English speech patterns with kings and magic and sorcery and frequent stabbings. [more inside]
The Tower Of Joy, an adaptation by comic book and storyboard artist Jeff McComsey of one scene from A Game of Thrones.
“Racist rape-culture Disneyland with Dragons” -- Laurie Penny on the popularity of George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire and the critically acclaimed HBO dramatization Game of Thrones. (Hint: Despite the obvious gender-racial-class problems, Miss Penny really likes the show.) [more inside]
Jonathan Roberts does Fantastic Maps. Whether you're looking for tutorials for tabletop RPG mapmaking, or just want to check out the designs of a professional fantasy cartographer, the only place to go is Fantastic Maps. And if you're a GRR Martin fan, you'll soon be more familiar with Roberts' name, since he has been picked to do the cartography for the October 2012 atlas of the lands of A Song of Ice and Fire.
"Welcome! We are two big fans of George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series. We are also fans of food. What, then, would be more natural than to combine them into one fabulous blog?" The authors of The Inn At The Crossroads cook their way through the book series that starts with A Game of Thrones [previously on Metafilter: the HBO adaptation] and post the sometimes intricate and often tasty-looking results. Recipes are included. [Via Anger Burger] [more inside]


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Kaiser Chiefs have announced that they will play a secret gig at this year’s The Great Escape festival in Brighton.
The band will play an undisclosed venue on Friday (May 9), marking their first show in the city since 2008. The time and venue of the gig will be confirmed nearer to the gig on @AmazonMusicUK on Twitter; on Facebook; or by visiting www.amazon.co.uk/TheGreatEscape. Fans with a wristband for the event can sign up to the gig on the festival’s gig registration page.
The Great Escape takes place at 35 venues in Brighton between May 8 and 10. Among the huge list of acts lined up to appear include Kelis, who will headline Brighton Dome on May 10 in support of her sixth album ‘Food’, as well as Wild Beasts, These New Puritans, Jon Hopkins and The Strokes’ guitarist Albert Hammond Jr.
NME will be hosting two stages at the event. We will be taking over the Corn Exchange on Saturday, May 9 and Sunday, May 10. Pulled Apart By Horses, Royal Blood, Darlia and Baby Strange, Charli XCX, Coves, Years & Years and Cheerleader will all play across the weekend. Click here for the full line-up.
The NME Radar stage at The Haunt will feature appearances from Childhood, Courtney Barnett, Jungle, Eyedress, The Districts, Ratking, Telegram and Fat White Family.

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A memoir by Judith Kitchen
April 3, 2012 • 5.5 x 8.25 • 214 pages • 978-1-56689-296-4
A treasure trove of lost family photos illuminates a singular perspective on family, memory, and history.
When Judith Kitchen inherited boxes of family photographs and scrapbooks, they sparked curiosity and speculation. Piecing together her memories with the physical evidence in the photos, along with a sense of history and a willingness to speculate, Kitchen explores the gray areas between the present and the past, family and self, certainty and uncertainty. The result is a lyrical, ennobling anatomy of a heritage, family, mother-daughter relationships, and the recovery from an illness that captures with precision the forces of the heart and mind when “none of us knows what lies beyond the moment, outside the frame.”
About the Author
Judith Kitchen is the award-winning author and editor of several works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, including Half in Shade: Family, Photography, and Fate. Her work has won the Lillian Fairchild Award, two Pushcart Prizes, and the S. Mariella Gable Award. She has served as judge for the AWP Nonfiction Award, the Pushcart Prize in poetry, the Oregon Book Award, and the Bush Foundation fellowships, among others. The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, Kitchen lives in Port Townsend, Washington, and serves on the faculty and as codirector of the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University.
Thanks to a 2013 ADA Access Improvement Grant administered by VSA Minnesota for the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, this title is also formatted for screen readers which make text accessible to the blind and visually impaired. To purchase this title for use with a screen reader please call (612) 338-0125 or email us at email@example.com.
“[Half in Shade] rewards a leisurely reading, with not only, as Kitchen promises, ‘patterns of American immigration and opportunities,’ but an experience that may open the eyes to the treasure chest of American experience found among those stepchildren of the arts—the snapshots. Kitchen’s book lets you know what a keen eye coupled with an alert and sensitive intelligence can see.” —Publishers Weekly
“Kitchen’s collaboration with the past serves as a reminder that we of the twenty-first century are neither the first nor the last to know heartbreak. Rather, we are simply one more snapshot in the collage of humanity—half-blurry proof that none of us are ever truly forgotten.” —LA Review
“Behind the beautiful language Kitchen employs and the poignant moments she unearths, it’s the theme of life’s instability that resonates most. . . . Using her imagination—and ours—Kitchen creates a testament to the veracity of art: sometimes the fiction is more real than the facts. More importantly, sometimes all the spectator needs to connect the dots is that uncanny sense of familiarity.” —Brooklyn Rail
“Half in Shade is well worth the read. Together with the photographs, it offers an entertaining, quirky, and sometimes profound trip down memory lane—even if the lane is not your own.” —TriQuarterly Review
“Over a ten-year period, Kitchen worked on Half in Shade, trying to come to terms with an inherited collection of family memorabilia that enlightened as much as it confused. . . . Most compelling is her attempt to find out the things she does not know but suspects about her mother, including an unexpected romance.” —BookSlut
“Half in Shade: Family, Photography, and Fate, takes an intensive look at the intent behind 20th-century photography in general, with specific reflections on what any photo can tell us. . . . It can leave even the least nostalgic of readers wishing they had paid more attention.” —The Quivering Pen
“Kitchen’s invitation to look with her at the images she has gathered—a journey of seeking and finding or failing to find—is irresistible, and the company of her assuredly meditative voice makes a reader want to respond in kind. . . . Half in Shade glows with a kind of inspirational energy that will make this book eminently teachable.” —Water~Stone Review
“Half in Shade is one of those rare, hypnotically enjoyable books that can be stretched out over many long, lazy afternoons or read in one sitting. Kitchen writes of photographs that ‘there is a mystery in a still moment. The very black-and-white of it. It serves as entry into another time, another place.’ The same could be said of her words.” —ForeWord Reviews
“Half in Shade is the work—diligent and curious—of an innocent of sorts, a daughter, mother, and grandmother mapping family stories and myths using grainy images as her guide.” —No Such Thing As Was
“Kitchen’s ruminations linger long after Half in Shade is finished, leaving readers to question how much we really know about the people who become our parents.” —Shelf Awareness
“Judith Kitchen has written a book that is at once clear and accessible and at the same time insistently complex. Her effortlessly constructed hybrids make Half in Shade part memoir, part speculation, part essay, a demonstration of the interactive art of seeing, and finally for me, a beautifully sustained meditation. It is at that meditative level that the book’s potent, unsentimental emotive power gathers.” —Stuart Dybek

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According to a new study of cancer cells from the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, some iron compounds including ferric citrate and ferric EDTA increase the formation of a known biomarker for colon cancer. These compounds could worsen tumor formation in mice with colon cancer.
The study mainly focused on the effect of normal supplemental doses of these compounds on two types of cultured human colon cancer cells. As an examination, they additionally estimated the impacts of ferrous sulfate, another ordinarily accessible iron compound.
They found that ferrous sulphate had no effect. But at low doses. both ferric citrate and ferric EDTA could increase in cellular levels of amphiregulin, a biomarker for cancer.
Ferric sulphate is one of the most common, but ferric citrate, which is said to be gentler for the stomach, is also widely available in stores and online. It is also more easily absorbed by the body through foods such as granary bread, beans, and nuts.
But for consumers looking to make an informed choice, it can often be difficult to know what exactly they are buying.
Ferric EDTA is approved as a fortifying agent in both the USA and the EU. It is also used in countries such as China, Pakistan, Brazil, Mexico and The Philippines, where it is added to flour and powdered drinks. Additionally, it is present in certain medicines for children with low iron levels in countries such as the UK and France.
Nathalie Scheers, Assistant Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, and lead writer on the study said, “We can conclude that ferric citrate and ferric EDTA might be carcinogenic, as they both increase the formation of amphiregulin, a known cancer marker most often associated with long-term cancer with poor prognosis.”
“Many stores and suppliers don’t actually state what kind of iron compound is present – even in pharmacies. Usually, it just says ‘iron’ or ‘iron mineral’, which is problematic for consumers.”
With both ferric citrate and ferric EDTA in widespread use, how should consumers or patients relate to these new findings?
Nathalie Scheers suggest, “First, we must bear in mind that the study was done on human cancer cells cultured in the laboratory since it would be unethical to do it in humans. But, the possible mechanisms and effects observed still call for caution. They must be further investigated.”
“At the moment, people should still follow recommended medical advice. As a researcher, I cannot recommend anything – that advice needs to come from the authorities. But speaking personally, if I needed an iron supplement, I would try to avoid ferric citrate.”
The study was recently published in the journal Oncotarget. The study authors include Nathalie M. Scheers, Dora I.A. Pereira, Nuno Faria and Jonathan J. Powell.

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Recently married couple Brandon (Nate Corddry) and Lisa Caldwell (Maria Thayer) are both sex surrogates: psychologists who have sex with their clients for therapeutic purposes. As her practice blossoms and his lays flaccid, Brandon and Lisa must work to maintain a happy marriage despite their abnormal careers. Starring: Nate Corddry and Maria Thayer Written by: Lisa Paige Robinson & Brandon J. Sornberger (@brandosornbo) Directed by: Matthew Robinson (@MrMattRobinson)
If you’ve spent the majority of your life watching movies on cable, like we all have, you may have noticed some odd trends in their programming choices. As it turns out, there are logical explanations to all of these. These never-before-seen memos from the major cable networks provide the insight we’ve all needed.

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Question about Dell Dimension E521 AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3600+ , 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM , 250 GB EIDE SATA H... PC Desktop
Adding new memory can be tricky. First the new memory has to be compatible with the motherboard.
By that I mean, you need to know how much memory the motherboard can max out at.Can it take only 2 GB or 4GB etc. And it has to be a match to what memory speed your motherboard can handle. If your motherboard takes DDR than you must put DDR in, if it takes DDR2 than you must put DDR2 in. Look at the old memory, and try to match all the numbers you find on it. Than look up the memory specs for the motherboard to find out how much it can take.
Any computer will not operate corecctly if the memory is the wrong kind, or installed wrong.
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A few things can go wrong when you are performing a computer upgrade of any kind, because during an upgrade, you remove and install parts, and it's easy for something to come loose, which may prevent the computer from starting.
Open the computer case, unscrew the video card and lift it out.
Make sure you move any release tabs before getting the video card out.
Put the video card back in place.
Check the nearby components, and make sure everything, especially the memory, is securely in place.
Close the cover and try to start the computer.
If it still doesn't start, replace the new card with the old card and check again.
If the computer starts with the old card, the new card is likely bad.
If it doesn't start with the old card, you may have shorted out the power supply and need to replace the power supply, but this is rare.
The hardware that you are trying to access is damaged or failing.
The device drivers for the hardware are faulty or incompatible.
There is a connection problem such as a bad cable
for internal hard drives
Test all power and data leads that attach to your hard drive IDE,SATA
the leads from your MOTHERBOARD TO THE HARD DRIVE make sure they have a
secure dust free connections and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty if its a flat 40pin ide
this will be the first to fail
Make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure connections and are not faulty
or just replace them they could be faulty a computer needs power and data to travel through every working device and continue its cycle and have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error.
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My sixth album, I am as you know me, is an exploration into the sounds that make up what I love and what I am about.
I have collaborated with two musicians on this album. Yatziv from Germany, who is an amazing percussionist and Valentino from Italy, he is a multi-instrumentalist.
Several songs off every album I make have YouTube videos connected to them, like the one above of my song, Home. You can find all my videos and subscribe to my channel at Rob J Kennedy.
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Perhaps it’s the influence of the hit TV series Nashville, but British country music is having something of a moment. First the Hampshire sisters Ward Thomas go to No 1 with their Dolly Parton-like second album, Cartwheels, and now another home counties band, the Shires from Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, have returned with My Universe, an album of pure country pop.
As a pastiche this is spot-on. “I don’t really know where we’re gonna go, but I just drive,” sings Crissie Rhodes on Drive, sounding like she’s cruising down highway 40 west of Nashville, even though it’s more likely she’s stuck in a jam on the M1 out of Luton.
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Huawei will be forced to use 'untrusted' microchips in its equipment due to recent sanctions imposed by the US, intelligence officials claim


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Product Review Taken From Four Small Wheels Magazine The first model of Aston Martinís emissions busting citycar made by Spark (SPK2164) depicted the original show car and this isnít just a simple re-colouring but a subtly different model. The production car, as seen here, has different door handles to the show car (they were bespoke but production cars have the original Toyota IQ ones) and we also see colour matched vents and a few other details, all correctly modelled. The interior is neatly done too and overall itís a convincing miniature of a toddlerís luxury training shoe... err I mean Aston Martinís city car.
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I'm sure you remember the story of Tig (now Maximus), he is a portlands cat who clearly was friendly, so I trapped him and he went to Michelle's but escaped through an open door and miraculously made his way back to the colony.
I've been feeding him there for the last few weeks, trying to find someone to foster him and thankfully Annex found two lovely women in an apartment (safer we hope) who wanted this handsome guy.
I went this afternoon and called for him and I could hear him meowing from the bushes. Out he came and I just picked him up and put him in the carrier, no fuss at all. Once we arrived, he didn't hide at all, went right to his bowl and had a snack and was totally friendly. I love this cat! After I left apparently he made himself at home and had a nap.
This cat deserves a wonderful home! Stay safe and inside my friend Maximus Tig, I will miss seeing you on my rounds but I am so happy for you.
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Local home care company, Home Instead Ipswich, Felixstowe, and Woodbridge, was delighted to host a mobile, virtual dementia simulator for 80 of their caregivers, friends, and family to experience.
The Virtual Dementia Tour bus provides an interactive experience that is medically proven to give a person with a healthy brain an experience of what living with dementia might feel like.
Home Instead caregivers, who provide care to people living with dementia within their own homes, were given the chance to physically experience some of the struggles their clients live with every day.
The bus simulates the effects of the illness through technology which alters the senses, replicating the ways in which those living with dementia see the world and experience daily activities.
Wendy Chard, our community engagement officer at Home Instead Ipswich, Felixstowe, and Woodbridge, said: “The virtual experience aims to give our caregivers an experience of what life is like for people living with dementia. Although they have City and Guilds accredited dementia training, the experience helps them to further understand how it feels to live with dementia, making sure we can deliver the best quality of care to our wonderful clients.”
The virtual bus was at Home Instead’s office on Ransomes Industrial Estate on the 19th, 20th, and 21st January, and has already started to generate lots of conversation. Sophie, a key player, said: “It was a truly amazing and eye-opening experience, one that made me feel very emotional. This tour has really made me think about the ways in which I can help those living with dementia going forward.”
Joanna continued: “We are delighted that we were able to experience The Virtual Dementia Tour. The feedback from our caregivers has been very positive. We would like to thank the Virtual Dementia Tour bus which is managed by Training2Care as UK partners to Second Wind Dreams, and thanks to West Suffolk CCG for funding this initiative”


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Baltimore, Maryland, has been confirmed as the host city for the 2025 Drug Dealer World Cup, according to our American sources.
In what is being described as “the biggest thing to happen to B-More since the filming of The Wire”, the Drug Dealer World Cup is set to bring some much needed attention to the Mid Atlantic city.
“It’s a great day for Baltimore,” claimed Mayor Catherine Pugh. “For many years, we’ve fought tooth and nail to try and rid this city of its drug problem but, after getting no help from Annapolis or The Federal Government, we’ve decided to just say ‘fuck it!’ and embrace the drugs. Since then, we’ve seen a massive upturn in the city’s fortunes.”
A panel of judges, made up of bent police officers, drug addicts and middle class recreational drug users, picked Baltimore as the host based on ease of access to drugs, quality of drugs and drug dealer nicknames.
Marty, a member of the judging panel, claimed he knew Baltimore was the right choice after buying a “vial of crack from a dealer named Thomas the Tank within minutes of arriving in the city”.
“I didn’t even have to go looking for the stuff,” Marty told us. “I basically walked outside my hotel, turned right and there he was, a giant man dressed head to toe in blue called Thomas the Tank. I got two for fifteen bucks and it was primo stuff. I knew then that Baltimore was the only choice for the World Cup.”
It is believed the Drug Dealer World Cup will bring revenue of somewhere in the region of $500M to the city, which is approximately 100% more than they have received in state funding to fight their drug problem.
“The war on drugs is as fake as President Trump’s hair,” claimed Mayor Pugh. “It’s more of a war on the working class people if you ask me, and we’re sick to death of mother fucking wars around here.”
Events at the Drug Dealer world Cup are set to include, hiding crack rocks in your ass, concealing a weapon and counting $1 bills.


Double bill of the rare instrument Rudra Veena and the Jaipur Atruli vocal style
This long awaited tabla solo shows off the amazing versatility of this instrument
Ragunathan talks vividly about her life as a female musician and explains the role of women in Indian classical music.
The sitar phenomenon Mukherjee returns to the London stage after an absence of six years.
Double billed concert of sitar followed by one of India's greatest vocalists
Harjinderpal Singh Matharu performs mesmerising ragas on the santoor, an ancient string instrument
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About The Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet &
Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival
What has become the annual Pittsburgh Knit & Crochet Festival started small in 2005 by Barbara Grossman as a fundraiser for the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh. In 2012, Barbara joined forces with her sister Ann Szilagyi , and merged with the Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival as an annual event that takes place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Featuring knitting, crochet, quilting, sewing and other creative art classes, workshops, vendors and special displays and events, the Festival is a local favorite, having been named a “Top 10 Best Bet in Pittsburgh” by Pittsburgh magazine in February 2013.
Festival headliners over the years have included Annie Modesitt, Kathy Zimmerman, Candace Eisner Strick, Melissa Leapman, Maggie Jackson, Robyn Chachula, The Shibaguyz, Patty Lyons, Edie Eckman, Lisa H Calle, Andrea Wong, Debbie Macomber, StevenBe, Drew Emborsky (The Crochet Dude), Charles Gandy, Alasdair Post Quinn and Nicky Epstein, as well as many local teachers and designers.
The Pittsburgh Knit & Crochet Festival and the Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival have expanded in order to embrace other forms of fiber art, including quilting, sewing, embroidery, surface design, recycling, weaving, tatting, spinning, wet and needle felting, rug hooking, dyeing, paper crafts and jewelry making.
Pat Catan’s sponsors a Warm Up America Lounge, supplying attendees with yarn to knit or crochet squares for blankets that are donated to local shelters and other charitable organizations.
We are proud to support the Salvation Army of Pittsburgh’s Annual Fabric Fair as an official drop off for fabrics, yarns, notions, crafting supplies etc.
My sister and I plan and prepare all year long for each festival, and we are grateful for the suggestions from vendors, teachers, designers, and visitors to the festival who help us to make each year even better than the last.
Traditional hand crafts have enjoyed a vibrant comeback, thanks in large part to the Internet, where all artists can connect with each other in so many ways (Ravelry, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, blogs). The times, they are a changin’, however the techniques remain the same. We honor the old traditions passed down from our mothers and grandmothers and continue to make wonderful things for our families and friends to treasure.
My sister and I look forward to seeing you at each Festival!
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When I started this blog, I didn't think I'd ever get more than a handful of followers. In fact, I hesitated to put up the follower widget, because I feared that I would just embarrass myself like that time I threw a party and no one showed up, not even my best friend.
But look! I've just hit 200 followers! Which is so cool I can't even stand myself. So, to celebrate this momentous occasion, I'm going to give away a book!
But not just any book. No, this deserves something special. I'm going to give away a very special book. This book is one that I consider to be the BEST book published in the last five years.
What book is that, you might ask? Well, here are some clues:
- This book has been marketed to both teens and adults
- It is a hard-to-define genre
- It is award-winning (and deservedly so)
- It is a best-seller in several countries, including America
- It gives a new spin on a subject that is often written about
Your Mission: Figure out what the mystery book is--and win it!
Since I'm celebrating having 200 followers, I'm going to have 2 weeks worth of clues. From now until October 5, I am going to post a clue a day. On October 5, you'll have a chance to guess what the book is--the first person to figure out what book I think is the best book written in the past five years gets TWENTY FIVE additional entries into a drawing to WIN a brand new paperback copy of that book. Everyone else still has a chance, though! If you correctly guess the book, but aren't first, you get TEN extra entries into the hat. And ANYONE who posts here what book THEY think is the best book published in the last five years gets an entry, too!
How to Win:
- Comment to this post by telling me what YOU think is the best book published in the last five years for ONE entry
- Since this give-away is in celebration of my followers, all people who are followers of my blog get FIVE entries for commenting on this post and mentioning they are a follower
- On October 5, I will post the final clue to the mystery book. The FIRST person to comment with the correct title of the book gets TWENTY FIVE entries
- Anyone else who comments with the correct title in that post gets TEN extra entries
- There will be one winner, drawn from a massively big hat

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Although the younger audience may only know MC Eiht for his scene-stealing verse on Kendrick Lamar’s “m.A.A.d. city,” the Compton native has been a staple in hip hop for over two decades.
With over a dozen projects under his belt, Eiht follows up 2013’s Keep It Hood EP wit Which Way Iz West, his first full-length in over ten years.
Executive produced by DJ Premier, the album sits at 15 tracks — including “Represent Like This” with WC, “CPT Zoo” and “Got That” — with features from Xzibit, B-Real, Bumpy Knuckles, Kurupt, and, of course, Compton’s Most Wanted. Brenk Sinatra handles the production on the majority of the album with Preemo on the assist.
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- Preparations commence to minimise potential COVID-19 impacts in the West Pilbara
- Urgent call for corporate donations of personal hygiene supplies for remote communities
- MAC initiates collaborative planning and action management
Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) is helping drive a proactive approach towards the prevention and reduction of potential impacts from COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the West Pilbara.
Reaching out to industry partners and Prescribed Body Corporates (PBC), MAC Chief Executive Officer Peter Jeffries requested urgent collaborative planning and action take place by community leaders and members ahead of the virus reaching the region.
MAC Chief Executive Officer Peter Jeffries said “Aboriginal communities have been identified as highly vulnerable to the virus. Coupled with those who are elderly or suffer complex and chronic disease, the effects could be devastating.
“We need to act now and get ahead of the virus before it’s too late,” said Mr Jeffries.
Donations of personal hygiene supplies and the means to purchase them have been requested by MAC in order to distribute the supplies to community members in need and those in high risk areas.
Immediately responding to the call for assistance, the world’s largest ammonium production facility Yara donated $20,000, energy infrastructure giant Jemena donated $10,000 in addition to attempting to source urgent supplies through their own channels. Renewable energy and environmental company Engie donated $5,000 and donations and assistance from local businesses and partners, including ATCO, are continuing to be received with more needed.
An urgent meeting amongst PBC leaders has also been called by Mr Jeffries and will convene in the coming days to collaboratively prepare as much as possible for the fast-moving coronavirus which is yet to reach the West Pilbara.
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Day 115: Paro
To the sound of drum and bell, monks in procession emerge onto the forecourt and, dividing into two lines at right angles to the building, sit on the ground while the abbot, in a gold silk robe, takes his place on a raised dais between them.
Once this glittering scene is settled, the thangka is rolled out, up from the ground to the roof. At its centre is the figure of Padmasambhava, 20 feet high, flanked by his two consorts. In a circle around him are depictions of his eight manifestations.
The pilgrims press forward and, one after the other, pass along the base of the thangka, touching it, saying a prayer, and, in some cases, covering their heads with it.
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ISLAMABAD, July 23 (APP): Pakistan on Saturday strongly
condemned the dastardly terrorist acts in Kabul that resulted
intothe loss of a number of precious human lives and left several othersinjured.
“The Government and the people of Pakistan extend their
sincere condolences and profound sympathies to the families of the bereaved people and convey their earnest prayers and wishes for early recovery of those injured in this heinous act of terrorism,” the Foreign Office said in a statement.
Pakistan reiterated its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all forms and manifestations and reaffirmed commitment for continued efforts and cooperation for eliminating this menace.