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When you really get into the swing of blogging there is a lot to think about. Running a website requires your attention on many levels – content, marketing, design, and so on. With that in mind it is no great surprise that you can lose sight of some of the fundamentals of running a blog. I call this the “One Year Itch.” That point in time when you have become so involved in the day-to-day running of your site that you being to forget about some of the most important things. That is exactly the position I found myself in recently, but fortunately I stepped back from the wood to see the trees and got myself back on the right track. In this post I want to explain what you may have lost sight of and show you how to put things right. I Feel the Need for Speed I have a healthy obsession with speed. Page load speed to be more specific (not quite as glamorous as Top Gun, granted, but no less important for that fact). I understand the impact that load speed can have on the user … [Read more...] about Your Blog’s One Year Itch (and What to Do About It)

Bollywood star Ranveer Singh said director Rohit Shetty had been itching to shoot a new, elaborate action sequence with cars blowing up and guns firing for a while now. "Rohit sir and I were both delighted to return to shooting full on high-octane action. Rohit sir was joking with me that he had been itching to get back to shooting an elaborate action sequence with cars blowing up and guns firing since a long time, and I totally shared his sentiment," said Ranveer. He added: "The last time we shot action together was during the climax of ' Sooryavanshi '. So, this shoot was extra fulfilling for both of us. Bahut time se action ka keeda kaat raha tha hum dono ko!" Rohit and Ranveer have worked together in the cop action drama ' Simmba ' and the upcoming 'Sooryavanshi'. They are currently working on 'Cirkus' , and have also shot a commercial together which will drop soon. The commercial comes with trademark Rohit Shetty action extravaganza, and Ranveer is … [Read more...] about Ranveer Singh: Rohit Shetty was itching for elaborate action sequence

SYDNEY: World number one Ash Barty is itching to get back to competitive tennis at the Australian Open but has poured cold water on the idea that she might be set to end the 43-year wait for a homegrown women's champion. Barty reached the semi-finals at Melbourne Park for the first time last year before sitting out most of the rest of the season at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 24-year-old remains Australia's best hope of singles success when the year's first Grand Slam starts on Feb 8 but Barty urged her compatriots not to get their hopes up. "They can think whatever they like. If they expect me to win the tournament, then that's their expectations," Barty told the Australian Associated Press on Saturday (Jan 23). "But mine certainly aren't that for now. It's about doing the right things right from the start, from the very first match. If it's good enough, it is. And if it's not, it's not. But that's OK." Barty last played a tournament match at the Qatar Open … [Read more...] about Tennis: Barty itching to get started at Australian Open

If you suffer from eczema, or what many doctors term as “atopic dermatitis”, you’d already steer clear of products that dry your skin as they exacerbate your condition. But with the current pandemic comes the more frequent use of hand sanitisers and hand washing – and this doesn’t bode well for you. Mask wearing, another adopted COVID-19 norm, isn’t a pretty development for skin either. “Overall, there is an increase in the number of consultations related to eczema from mask wearing,” said Dr Eileen Tan, who is a dermatologist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital’s Eileen Tan Skin Clinic & Associates. There has been a spike of 20 per cent to 30 per cent more patients presenting with flare-ups of their atopic dermatitis after the circuit breaker. “Individuals with pre-existing skin problems such as eczema are more prone to flare-ups,” she said. “Users of tight-fitting face masks tend to run into more skin issues as heat, sweat and occlusion tend to aggravate itchy skin … [Read more...] about How to deal with eczema if wearing masks and washing hands make you itch

Some villages in Nagaland are trying to revive a traditional form of punishment that seeks to check crime with an itch in time. Social offenders or violators of Naga customary laws have over the ages dreaded a cramped, triangular cage made from the logs of an indigenous tree that irritates the skin. The dread is more of humiliation or loss of face within the community or clan than of spending at least a day scratching furiously without any space to move. Such itchy cages are referred to as khujli ghar in Nagamese — a pidgin lingua franca — but each Naga community has its own name. The Aos, one of the major tribes of Nagaland, call it Shi-ki that means flesh-house. “A few villages where traditional practices are very strong still prescribe this form of punishment, a deterrent for offenders of various shades, including robbers and drug addicts. Many villages are trying to revive it,” Sanen Pongen, the chairman of Chuchuyimlang village council in Mokokchung district told The … [Read more...] about In Nagaland, an itch for reviving prickly cages for offenders