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英超切尔西足球俱乐部和中超江苏苏宁足球俱乐部星期三（1月27日）同时发表声明，宣布了巴西籍球员拉米雷斯从切尔西转会江苏苏宁的消息。

江苏苏宁发布微博说，原切尔西球员拉米雷斯以2800万欧元转会费正式加盟江苏苏宁足球俱乐部，合同期4年。

切尔西通过社交媒体“推特”说，“拉米雷斯今天以永久转会方式加盟中超江苏苏宁”。

切尔西的声明没有提及转会的费用，但是几乎用声明的全部文字叙述了拉米雷斯为切尔西所作的贡献。

切尔西的声明说，这位现年28岁的球员为切尔西效力五年半，在这段时间里为切尔西获得每一座国内和欧洲奖杯做出了贡献。

声明说，这位巴西国脚在2010年夏天加盟切尔西，逐渐以强劲的奔跑和有力的拼抢确立了自己的地位，在2011年3月对曼城队的一场比赛中用一个漂亮的“单刀赴会”踢出了俱乐部的“赛季最佳进球”。

声明接着赞扬了拉米雷斯在切尔西争夺英格兰足总杯和欧洲冠军杯比赛中的表现，具体点出了他在比赛中的亮点，包括在对巴塞罗那队比赛中的出色表现。

江苏苏宁通过微博介绍说，拉米雷斯，巴西籍，1987年出生，身高180cm，体重70kg，是攻守兼备的全能型中场，曾夺得欧冠、英超、巴甲等冠军，代表巴西参加过世界杯、奥运会等重大赛事。

江苏苏宁还表示，期待拉米雷斯在中超亚冠赛场的精彩表现。

有英国媒体报道说，拉米雷斯目前从切尔西转会江苏苏宁的价格是2500万英镑，而他在2010年从葡萄牙本菲卡转会切尔西时的价格是1700万英镑，当时他23岁。

韓國男星李凡秀（左二起）6年前與曾任英文老師的美女老婆結婚，陸續生下4歲愛女「小乙」（左）、下月將滿2歲的兒子「多乙」，昨宣布將加盟親子節目《我的超人爸爸》，頂替宋一國帶三胞胎兒子大韓、民國、萬歲離開節目的空缺，李凡秀興奮表示：「想與孩子們共創美好回憶。」據悉，他們月底將開拍，預計下月中在 韓播出。

陳奕（右起）揪盧芃宇、沈建宏、郭思辰及齊洛去找何潤東（中）。

何潤東近日在上海拍新戲《玄武》，連日來寒流強襲，他卻剛好要拍攝暴雨戲碼，當地溫度攝氏零下10度，怕濕身受凍的他以保鮮膜裹身保暖， 還和女主角張儷互相提醒有無流鼻涕，據悉，何潤東一集酬勞為人民幣35萬元（175萬元台幣）。師弟AK陳奕及沈建宏等5人揪團去探班，每當導演喊 「OK」，一群人當起「人肉暖爐」緊緊抱住他，讓他備感窩心。

何潤東（右）和張儷攝氏零下10度低溫中淋雨飆戲，相當敬業。

何潤東隨《玄武》劇組赴上海松江取景，他為呈現完美拍攝效果，僅穿單薄戲服上陣，相當敬業。因當地氣溫處於零下7至10度，氣候嚴寒，他常因臉部凍到受不了，加上嘴唇止不住顫抖，讓和他對戲的張儷總忍不住笑場NG。

秒變天鵝湖短裙

他也擔心拍攝時不自覺流鼻涕，和張儷總會互相提醒，避免身為男女主角的他們被拍到糗樣，也因促進彼此的交情。近來因碰上寒流強襲，他卻剛好要拍暴雨戲，鬼點 子多的他一連在身上裹了好幾層保鮮膜，想藉此防水兼禦寒，但保鮮膜纏到腰際卻有點鬆開，他笑說像是穿了芭蕾舞者的超短天鵝湖裙，無奈水還是滲到保鮮膜裡， 他依舊躲不過濕身凍骨的命運。

師弟AK送雞精

何潤東的同 門師弟AK陳奕、沈建宏近來剛結束拍戲行程，揪盧芃宇、郭思辰及齊洛去上海探他班，5人到場時躲在遠處看他飆戲，不敢打擾他及劇組，但只要導演一喊 「OK」，他們便衝上去圍住何潤東幫他取暖，也送上暖爐、雞精、酒及手套圍巾等，讓何潤東暖身又暖胃，可見他們師兄妹間的感情有多深厚。

摘要：手工活动带来的创造感可以帮助减少人们的压力和焦虑，由于双手同时被占据，把甜食放进嘴里的机会也相对变得更少。此外，学校和监狱运用这项活动培养社会技能，一些机构还利用织毛衣辅助癌症治疗。研究发现，织毛衣对延缓大脑衰老也有帮助。

About 15 years ago, I was invited to join a knitting group. My reluctant response — “When would I do that?” — was rejoined with “Monday afternoons at 4,” at a friend’s home not three minutes’ walk from my own. I agreed to give it a try.

My mother had taught me to knit at 15, and I knitted in class throughout college and for a few years thereafter. Then decades passed without my touching a knitting needle. But within two Mondays in the group, I was hooked, not only on knitting but also on crocheting, and I was on my way to becoming a highly productive crafter.

I’ve made countless afghans, baby blankets, sweaters, vests, shawls, scarves, hats, mittens, caps for newborns and two bedspreads. I take a yarn project with me everywhere, especially when I have to sit still and listen. As I’d discovered in college, when my hands are busy, my mind stays focused on the here and now.

It seems, too, that I’m part of a national resurgence of interest in needle and other handicrafts, and not just among old grannies like me. The Craft Yarn Council reports that a third of women ages 25 to 35 now knit or crochet. Even men and schoolchildren are swelling the ranks, among them my friend’s three grandsons, ages 6, 7 and 9.Last April, the council created a “Stitch Away Stress” campaign in honor of National Stress Awareness Month. Dr. Herbert Benson, a pioneer in mind/body medicine and author of “The Relaxation Response,” says that the repetitive action of needlework can induce a relaxed state like that associated with meditation and yoga. Once you get beyond the initial learning curve, knitting and crocheting can lower heart rate and blood pressure and reduce harmful blood levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

But unlike meditation, craft activities result in tangible and often useful products that can enhance self-esteem. I keep photos of my singular accomplishments on my cellphone to boost my spirits when needed.

Since the 1990s, the council has surveyed hundreds of thousands of knitters and crocheters, who routinely list stress relief and creative fulfillment as the activities’ main benefits. Among them is the father of a prematurely born daughter who reported that during the baby’s five weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit, “learning how to knit preemie hats gave me a sense of purpose during a time that I felt very helpless. It’s a hobby that I’ve stuck with, and it continues to help me cope with stress at work, provide a sense of order in hectic days, and allows my brain time to solve problems.”

A recent email from the yarn company Red Heart titled “Health Benefits of Crocheting and Knitting” prompted me to explore what else might be known about the health value of activities like knitting. My research revealed that the rewards go well beyond replacing stress and anxiety with the satisfaction of creation.

For example, Karen Zila Hayes, a life coach in Toronto, conducts knitting therapy programs, including Knit to Quit to help smokers give up the habit, and Knit to Heal for people coping with health crises, like a cancer diagnosis or serious illness of a family member. Schools and prisons with craft programs report that they have a calming effect and enhance social skills. And having to follow instructions on complex craft projects can improve children’s math skills.

Some people find that craftwork helps them control their weight. Just as it is challenging to smoke while knitting, when hands are holding needles and hooks, there’s less snacking and mindless eating out of boredom.

I’ve found that my handiwork with yarn has helped my arthritic fingers remain more dexterous as I age. A woman encouraged to try knitting and crocheting after developing an autoimmune disease that caused a lot of hand pain reported on the Craft Yarn Council site that her hands are now less stiff and painful.

A 2009 University of British Columbia study of 38 women with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa who were taught to knit found that learning the craft led to significant improvements. Seventy-four percent of the women said the activity lessened their fears and kept them from ruminating about their problem.

Betsan Corkhill, a wellness coach in Bath, England, and author of the book “Knit for Health & Wellness,” established a website, Stitchlinks, to explore the value of what she calls therapeutic knitting. Among her respondents, 54 percent of those who were clinically depressed said that knitting made them feel happy or very happy. In a study of 60 self-selected people with chronic pain, Ms. Corkhill and colleagues reported that knitting enabled them to redirect their focus, reducing their awareness of pain. She suggested that the brain can process just so much at once, and that activities like knitting and crocheting make it harder for the brain to register pain signals. More of Stitchlinks findings are available at their website.

Perhaps most exciting is research that suggests that crafts like knitting and crocheting may help to stave off a decline in brain function with age. In a 2011 study, researchers led by Dr. Yonas E. Geda, a psychiatrist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., interviewed a random sample of 1,321 people ages 70 to 89, most of whom were cognitively normal, about the cognitive activities they engaged in late in life. The study, published in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, found that those who engaged in crafts like knitting and crocheting had a diminished chance of developing mild cognitive impairment and memory loss.

Although it is possible that only people who are cognitively healthy would pursue such activities, those who read newspapers or magazines or played music did not show similar benefits. The researchers speculate that craft activities promote the development of neural pathways in the brain that help to maintain cognitive health.

In support of that suggestion, a 2014 study by Denise C. Park of the University of Texas at Dallas and colleagues demonstrated that learning to quilt or do digital photography enhanced memory function in older adults. Those who engaged in activities that were not intellectually challenging, either in a social group or alone, did not show such improvements.

Given that sustained social contacts have been shown to support health and longevity, those wishing to maximize the health value of crafts might consider joining a group of like-minded folks. I for one try not to miss a single weekly meeting of my knitting group.