this weekend in history

January 27

•• In 1945, Auschwitz was liberated. Soviet troops entered the Polish camp and freed the survivors of the network of concentration camps, revealing to the world the horrors that took place there. The camps included four “bathhouses” in which prisoners were gassed, and thousands of prisoners were used for medical experiments by the camp doctor, Josef Mengele.

• In 1967, a launch pad fire during Apollo programme tests at Cape Canaveral in

She also hopes to encourage her clients to use less harsh products on their skin.

“It may seem like it is a quick fix, but natural based products are much better for your skin. They may just take a bit longer to work,” she explained.

Her desire to help her clients use natural products also led her to create her own skin care line called the Utopia Natural Line.

The collection includes items such as sun screen, vitamin C serum, oil treatments and skin scrubs, bath bombs and creams for pain management.

And while skin care and spa services like facials and massages may seem like luxury items, Christine said that they do serve an important wellness component to your overall all mental and physical health.

“If you had to do one service, I would say get a facial, because when your pores are clogged it can make your skin look dull, you need to get in and

Florida killed astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward H White II and Roger B Chaffee. A faulty electrical wire inside the Apollo 1 command module was the probable cause of the fire.

• In 1888, the National Geographic Society was founded in Washington DC by 33 men – including geographers, explorers, teachers and more.

January 28

• In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded after take-off from Cape Canaveral in Florida in a moment watched around the world on live television. The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lift-off. The entire crew was killed, including Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher who was to be the first ordinary civilian to travel into space.

• In 1985, a line-up of some of the top pop clear those pores out from that excessive oil and dirt and then you will see that clean glow your skin will have.”

Another spa service, she says women should try budget every so often is for a massage.

In addition to its relaxing benefits, she says that massage helps keep the blood circulation flowing, something that is very important especially if you are in a career where you on your feet a lot. It can also help with things such as arthritis.

Christine also offers these tips to her clients.

“I think it is important that you develop a daily beauty regiment, she says with quality natural used products. I would say a wash, a toner and an exfoliant when washing your face.

She also strongly recommends using sun screen daily and having a healthy diet with plenty of water.

“I would also encourage you to do stretches in the mornings when you get out of bed because that gets the blood circulating.” stars of the day lined up to record “We Are The World” to help African famine relief. Producer Quincy Jones told the assembled superstars to “check your egos at the door”.

January 29

• In 1936, the US Baseball Hall of Fame elected its first members – Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson and Walter Johnson.

• In 1977, the first episode of Roots was broadcast. The eight-episode mini-series was broadcast over eight consecutive nights – and has become a staple of Bahamian television over the years.

• In 1820, King George III died, ten years after mental illness forced him to retire from public life. He was 81. In the modern day, his story was told in the film The Madness of King George in 1994.

Best described as a number crossword, the task in Kakuro is to fill all of the empty squares, using numbers 1 to 9, so the sum of each horizontal block equals the number to its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the number on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Kakuro increases from Monday to Sunday.

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so the each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Sudoku increases from Monday to Sunday

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Gloomy, thinking about legend (4) seaweed extract (4)

Across

Cryptic Puzzle

1 Constituent parts of cattle food (5,5)

6 Record is within a couple of figures (4)

10 Conception many find perfect (5)

11 Start badly but get a jewel; that’s the plan (9)

12 Hear a gun go off and speak to someone angrily (8)

13 It’s pleasant embracing an eastern relative (5)

15 Wild demon, by the way, in an extreme situation (7)

17 Insults having little point? (7)

19 Exercise done by a prisoner (7)

21 Show how old one is in a symptom of exhaustion (7)

22 Girl of Roman extraction (5)

24 Light baskets (8)

27 A table leg gets broken, but it’s of no importance (9)

28 Belief in sacred office (5)

29 Consumes a set recipe (4)

30 Will he cure plane sickness? (4,6)

Down

1 Note an inscription that will hold attention (4)

2 Ragtime band leader was great (9)

3 Foals are frisky after a tonic perhaps (3-2)

4 A new song hit right away (2,5)

5 Sailor obtains marks for shooting (7)

7 One loses one’s head when in a corner (5)

8 Remunerate ace postmen perhaps (10)

9 Do these orders refer to the national anthem? (8)

14 Handsome individual and competent (10)

16 Refugees are not at home with actors (8)

18 Breathe irregularly at what should be regular (9)

20 Speech impediment? (7)

21 Go to the front (7)

23 Just what one is entitled to (5)

25 Painting is dry and firm (5)

26 Round trip to ancient town (4)

Yesterday’s Easy Solution

Across: 1 Halibut, 5 Paper, 8 Rudiments, 9 Tip, 10 Yawn, 12 Humorous, 14 Scared, 15 Degree, 17 Inspired, 18 Wily, 21 Ash, 22 In the dark, 24 Hitch, 25 Neutral.

Down: 1 Hardy, 2 Lad, 3 Bump, 4 Tongue, 5 Pass over, 6 Potpourri, 7 Riposte, 11 What’s what, 13 Devilish, 14 Spinach, 16 Beaten, 19 Yokel, 20 Peru, 23 Air.

Yesterday’s Cryptic Solution

Across: 1 Jackpot, 5 Ought, 8 Unwelcome, 9 Oil, 10 Tots, 12 Well done, 14 Shadow, 15 Rapids, 17 Sediment, 18 Stop, 21 Ego, 22 Reticence, 24 Taste, 25 Demands.

Down: 1 Jaunt, 2 Cow, 3 Pole, 4 Tooled, 5 Overload, 6 Geologist, 7 Tellers, 11 Trapdoors, 13 Commerce, 14 Suspect, 16 United, 19 Press, 20 Scum, 23 Nun.

Easy Puzzle

Across 1 Preferably (4,6)

6 Aromatic culinary plant (4)

10 Illuminated (3,2)

11 Inspired with love (9)

12 An eye disorder (8)

13 More than usually (5)

15 Ideal example (7)

17 Straight-faced (7)

19 Pouch-cheeked rodent (7)

21 Long thick pillow (7)

22 Short and stout (5)

24 Intolerantly authoritative (8)

27 A history (9)

28 Held in reserve (2,3)

29 Temporary quiet spell (4)

30 Fuzzy (3-7)

Down

1 Cut down (4)

2 Exclusion from society (9)

3 Dried coconut kernels (5)

4 To function (7)

5 Marked on a map (7)

7 White heron (5)

8 Discourtesy (3,7)

9 Fit readily together (8)

14 Well-ordered (10)

16 Remote from the centre (8)

18 Aristocratic (9)

20 Far-reaching (7)

21 Conceited person (7)

23 Relating to a wall (5)

25 Standoffish (5)

26 Contribute (4)

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Extra letter 0907 181

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HOW many words of four letters or more can you make from the letters shown here? in making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each must contain the centre letter and there must be at least one nine-letter word. no plurals. Verb forms ending in s permitted.

TODAY’S TARGET

Yesterday’s Sudoku Answer

● The Target uses words in the main body of Chambers 21st Century Dictionary (1999 edition) call 0907 181 2585 for today’s target solution

Good 29; very good 43; excellent 57 (or more). Solution tomorrow

FIND where the fleet of ships shown is hidden in the grid. The numbers to the right of and below the grid indicate how many of the squares in that row are filled in with ships or parts of ships. The ships do not touch each other, even diagonally. Some squares have been filled in to start you off.

A 1 B C D E F G H I J

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Yesterday’s Kakuro Answer

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