週二(8/25) 1.著色畫紓壓2.狗嗅癌症

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報名方式:請在文章+1並繳費(NT500)給Billy 集合時間:2015年8月30日(周日)下午3點(請準時到達) 集合地點:關渡捷運站1號出口 行程及費用: 3:00-3:30非騎不可關渡站租車(淑女車七段變速or21段變速車NT150/親子車NT200(皆含一罐水) 3:30-5:00關渡捷運站-關渡宮(點名+採買個人所需食物或飲料+拍照)-關渡大橋(關渡上橋前點一下人數)-八里媽媽嘴(休息+拍照,因為人太多不進去店裡面)-八里渡船頭還車(全程約10公里)如時間還早可加碼到十三行博物館 5:00-5:30休息+拍照+買八里等路 5:30-7:00佘家孔雀蛤大王(NT350)晚餐 7:00-7:30坐船回淡水(刷悠遊 卡約23元) 7:30坐捷運回家或自行遊淡水老街欣賞夜色 攜帶物:$,個人藥品,墨鏡,防曬品,水(租車會送一罐) 台北最有質感 實力之英文聚會   協助您增進英文口語流暢的能力 最重要的是 完全免費的哦! 跟一群好朋友們  談心 聊時事 是快樂地 歡迎您加入 加入方法: 直接到聚會地點 無任何限制   聚會地點地址在網站上    100%歡迎您 板橋區文化路段421巷11弄1號 (陽光甜味咖啡館) 新埔捷運站1號出口 旁邊7-11巷子進入20公尺 看到夏朵美髮 左轉       聚會時間7:00pm--9:30pm 著色畫紓壓 Adults turn to colouring books to fight stress    By Hannah Furness telegraph.co.uk Soaring numbers of British adults have turned to colouring books in an effort to combat stress after it was proven that colouring in can help alleviate tension. Now, colouring books are enjoying something of a resurgence, as booksellers report a boost in sales thanks to an unexpected new fanbase. Retailers have claimed to have spotted a significant rise in sales after adults have begun buying colouring books for themselves. It is understood they have become popular for their theraputic benefits, allowing long-suffering workers to relax after a hard day's work. The trend, which has previously been reported from mainland Europe, is believed to have started with French women, who cast off their usual chic reputation to take to it in droves. It now appears to have moved decisively across the channel, with experts predicting sales will only grow from here on in. Melissa Cox, head of children’s buying at Waterstones, said staff had noticed an increasing trend for adults buying colouring books for themselves, with sales rising 300 per cent year on year. “Colouring books are selling better than ever, which initially surprised us when you think about all the games and toys children have. But they’re doing really well at the moment, and we realised adults have started to buy them for themselves. “It’s a trend that started in France and has been very popular with French women. It’s a relaxing thing to do, especially when you’re on the phone a lot. People say it’s proven to help you relax." She added booksellers had noticed a striking increase in demand for challenging, intricate designs to colour in, joking adult friends had begun to ask her whether she had any "spare colouring books" they could use. In March, the stores children's book of a month with be a colouring book for the first time, reflecting the growing popularity of the genre. Q: What do you think of Adults turn to colouring books to fight stress? What are the ways to fight stress? How to relax after a hard day's work? How to get rid of work stress? How to Build Good Habits? How stressful is it living in a big city? What is something you do that makes you genuinely happy? 狗嗅癌症 Dogs trained to detect prostate cancer with more than 90% accuracy  James Meikle Hopes that man’s best friend can help medics detect prostate cancer have been boosted by research suggesting that trained German shepherd dogs can sniff out the chemicals linked to the disease from urine samples with remarkable accuracy. The reliability rate reported by an Italy-based team in the Journal of Urology comes from the latest of several studies stretching back decades and raises the prospect of canines’ sense of smell helping doctors identify a number of human cancers and infectious diseases. The two female dogs sniffed urine samples from 900 men, 360 with prostate cancer and 540 without. Both animals were right in well over 90% of cases. The paper’s authors, from the Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre in Milan and other institutes, admitted further work is needed to determine just how valuable the dogs’ skill might be in identifying, in daily practice, the signs of prostate cancer. Cancer of the prostate is the most common type of the disease in British men, with 40,000 new cases reported every year. Unanswered questions included what it was the dogs actually smelled and whether this was a single odour or those from a mixture of chemicals. At present, prostate cancer is detected by a blood test known as the PSA test, by physical examination and by biopsy. The PSA test is not routinely offered because it is not considered reliable enough for screening. The Italian results were welcomed by the Buckinghamshire-based charity Medical Detection Dogs, whose co-founder Claire Guest said its research indicated a 93% reliability rate for dogs. She said the results from the new study were “spectacular”. Advertisement She added: “They offer us further proof that dogs have the ability to detect human cancer. It is particularly exciting that we have such a high success rate in the detection of prostate cancer, for which the existing tests are woefully inadequate. “Over the years, millions of pounds of NHS funding has been poured into the traditional test methods, and yet there has been little improvement in their reliability.” Q: What do you think the report that dogs trained to detect cancers? Can we detect cancers earlier? How to keep health? Reasons why you should keep a pet? What are the benefits of keeping pets? Can pets help relieve depression? Can pets help keep you healthy? 10秒賣1本 書店大缺貨 成人著色書 網拍搶翻天   歐美盛行加上韓劇推波助瀾，成人著色書在各大網路書店賣到斷貨，7/20~7/26博客來就售出超過3萬5000本。 你今天著色了嗎？從英法、韓國風靡到台灣的成人著色書，被稱為今年最新療癒品，蘇格蘭作者喬漢娜貝斯福推出的《秘密花園》、《魔法森林》，不僅稱霸各大網路書店排行榜，平均10秒賣出1本，一上市就被搶購一空，買不到的畫迷們只好轉往拍賣搶書，除了《秘密花園》第3本新作10月上市，出版社也周推2~3本新畫本搶市，更帶動著色筆、紙膠帶等工具銷量狂飆6成。 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 著色書大賣，也使各種著色工具熱銷，根據樂天市場統計，水溶性色鉛筆銷量成長超過6成。 打著「讓大人尋回最初童心，紓壓療癒」口號的成人著色書，近半年讓 上班族陷入瘋狂。博客來觀察，《秘密花園》作者喬漢娜挾全球狂賣百萬冊之威，不到半年，7月再推出第2本《魔法森林》中文版預購，在博客來不到3小時就賣破千本，平均每10秒賣出一本；另一位英國作者米莉瑪洛塔以後輩之姿推出的《忘憂森林》，同樣賣得嚇嚇叫，9/1再推新作《忘憂樂園》，預計又將掀搶購風潮。因網路書店大缺貨，畫迷們紛轉戰網拍，露天拍賣統計暑假以來開始，《秘密花園》7月份搜尋量較6月暴增7.5倍，成交量亦成長2.4倍。 日韓競出新品 代購超夯 博客來表示，以往大人著色書每年僅推1~2本新書，但現在周周都有2~3本新畫本問世，除了主流英法等國，日韓也競出新品，畫風從曼陀羅、植物花草、鳥獸到巴黎流行時尚、美食甜品、梵谷，甚至人體解剖等，錯綜交織抑或簡約幾何圖案全部入列。露天拍賣也發現，賣家代購日本畫家著色本如《不思議的花園著色本》、《伊斯蘭磁磚馬賽克圖樣大人著色本》等詢問度也破表。 水性彩色鉛筆 完全制霸 除了各派畫風讓網友瘋狂，如何能讓圖畫得更美、畫得出色，也讓畫迷們陷入瘋狂，更帶動彩色鉛筆、奇異筆，甚至紙膠帶等熱賣。樂天市場統計，著色筆7月銷量較6月成長6成，其中又以水性彩色鉛筆最受歡迎，被網友公認「完全制霸」。也是美術科班出身的弘光科技大學化妝品應用系副教授賴仁輝表示，水性彩色鉛筆可加水暈染，呈現水彩效果，適合溫暖、浪漫、夢幻等效果；油性彩色鉛筆則是飽和度高，給人豔麗感，堆疊後較有光澤。 畫迷們認為，不論油性、水性彩色鉛筆都需反覆削細，才能滿足細緻處，但彩色鉛筆顏色選擇多，也可以單色由淺到深層層疊上，創造不同美感；而有亮片效果的閃光筆，雖色彩較少，但筆蕊尖細且可塗出金屬感，也很受推薦。