The proteome — the sum of all proteins in the human body — makes up roughly 20 percent of the human body and is the second-most-common element in body after water
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Walking, strolling, parading, strutting, dancing, gyrating, turning somersaults and rotating past in wheelchairs, a whirlwind display of humanity, in all shapes, ages, ethnicities and gender diversities created a dynamic flow of fashion fury at Liverpool’s star-studded 40th Fashion Fest
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Mexico’s Fashion Icons By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Always one step ahead of the latest fashion trend, Mexican handbag designer Jaime Ibiza has dedicated his latest collection to the women of Mexico who have set the style for the nation to become Mexico’s fashion icons. His new collection, appropriately called Iconos (Icons), is a homage to seven of Mexico’s most important fashion-conscious
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By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER Exemplary, legally solid and irrefutable, the financial sanctions imposed by the Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) on Mexican soccer clubs for having imposed a salary cap (also hunger) on women who play professionally in the Liga MX could end up exploding in the Cofece’s face and eventually lead to the disappearance of the country’s fledgling women’s
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By KELIN DILLON Twelve of Europe’s biggest soccer teams have announced their intention to leave their current organizations to create the new Super League, affecting several Mexican players playing abroad, including Hector Herrera of Atletico Madrid and Marcelo Flores of Arsenal. The new group consists of six English clubs, including Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Vaccination Rush There are reports of complaints from all over Mexico that throngs of “influential” persons want to use their jobs in government to be the first in line to get access to the much-desired anti-covid vaccines. In Nogales, Sonora, on the border with Arizona, the Social Security for Government Employees (ISSSTE) officials pointed a finger at
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By RICH GRANT There’s a small brick basement in Philadelphia that is to mystery and horror fiction readers what the basement clubs of Liverpool are to fans of the Beatles. Though obscure and a little off the tourist path, it was in this basement and the small house above it that everything we call mysteries, detective stories, science fiction and
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Businesses Hit the Outsourcing Panic Button The start of an Open Parliament to discuss Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposed reform of outsourcing practices forced the leading business organization representatives to call for an emergency meeting with him that very same day. The president received the businessmen at the National Palace. Given the positioning of
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The year 2020 is finally getting ready to wrap up, and none too soon for most of us, what with the covid-19 pandemic, the global economic turndown and — lest we forget — the now-almost universal practice of WFH (work from home). Yes, we are all going to be celebrating the end of 2020 come Dec. 31,
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By THÉRÉSE MARGOLIS The Irish-American poet John Boyle O’Reilly once wrote: “The red rose whispers of passion, and the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, and the white rose is a dove.” Throughout history, roses have been associated with love, passion and beauty, and they have always been a key ingredient in beauty products. The
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