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Bentley's Bandstand / March 2017
Barry Jean Ancelet & Sam Broussard, Broken Promised Land. What happens when a noted Cajun folklorist/poet joins with one of Louisiana's most esteemed musicians for an exploration of their down yonder roots? The story gets a little thick (maybe it's the humidity there?), so follow the bouncing ball. It's well worth it and goes something like this: Barry Jean Ancelet's alter ego Jean Arceneaux has a series of poems in a piece he calls "Suite de loup," and Ancelet/Arceneaux enlisted Broussard, best known as guitarist with Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, to do a full-on dive into putting that and more into a Cajun music extravaganza. The lyrics are based on a story about Creole musician Amede Ardoin, once a resident of the Louisiana State Mental Institution in Pineville because of a brain injury suffered during a brutal beating. So far so good, right? The magic comes in when the music and lyrics boil together in a rich gumbo that comes out so steamy and seductive it's impossible to resist. Too much of the amazing music being made in Louisiana never escapes much beyond the state lines, but this tale set to sound deserves to be heard everywhere. Who knows, maybe if the play "Hamilton" ever closes another mesmerizing tale like Broken Promised Land can take over the theater and bring down the house? Throw on some goofer dust and gris gris and anything is possible. An album to be missed only at extreme audience peril.
Cindy Lee Berryhill, The Adventurist. Here's a singer-songwriter who continually pushes ahead, writing songs that make a difference in people's lives, records albums that are surely moving for her devoted audience and never misses the mark for hitting her highest standards. Her last album, 2007's Beloved Stranger, was one of her best, and this time around she outdoes even that. It was recorded over the past five years and is dedicated to her late husband Paul Williams. The songs capture the heartbreak of losing a loved one and also the hope and faith that come from not falling victim to despair. This is music about the love Berryhill discovered with Williams, and how that has sustained her through very trying times. "Somebody's Angel," "Contemplating the Infinite (In a Kiss)," and "An Affair of the Heart" are songs that show how music offers salvation against the strongest challenges, and by creating it can actually be a life-saving force. There aren't many people who can use a dishwasher as accompaniment for a song like Cindy Lee Berryhill does, and that's the beauty of what can happen when the blinders come off and all of life adds to the dance of love. Hearing is believing.
Gary Clark Jr., Live/North America 2016. Real guitar heroes are in short supply, and they always have been. Maybe the '60s and '70s felt like they freely roamed the earth, and looking back quite a few answered the call. Without doubt Gary Clark Jr. is the most modern version of this endangered species, and the man delivers. Growing up in Austin he pretty much stayed in his room during high school and played guitar. All the time. He was obsessed with what he had to master, and like anyone who wants to take it all the way, he set out to learn everything he could. Once he started playing in public he had the fire in his eyes and was finding out how to translate it down through his heart to his hands. Mission accomplished, because as this new live album attests, Clark can play anything he wants. More importantly, he infuses it with such deep down feeling there is no doubt he's arrived at the place all the great players get to. His sound feels like it is a transmission from his soul to his strings with very little standing in the way. There is no barrier to what he plays, no sidetracking or showboating, and that expression is now fully explosive. Gary Clark Jr. is also a full-time student of all kinds of music, and without doubt he is looking beyond the blues. It's easy to get typecast when you walk in Clark's high-topped boots, but make no mistake: this is a Texan who will journey to distant musical lands and bring back his discoveries in a way that will thrill those who live for music. The dozen songs on this recently-recorded live album point the way to where he is going. Next stop: the promised land.
Kathy & the Kilowatts, Let's Do This Thing! Kathy Murray has a way of finding the most low-down grooves around, and then gluing them together in the kind of barroom blues which is fast disappearing in America. There was a time when every city had a dozen bands who could hit the monkey nerve without hardly trying. That's tightening up now, so groups like Kathy & the Kilowatts are all the more valuable. Murray's voice is full of hard-won edges, and while it will never be mistaken for Adele's, that's not a problem when she has a band like the Kilowatts to make sure the music stays at the dark end of the street. Guitarslinger Bill Jones is another rough rider who never pulls a punch when he's zeroing in lead lines to make the listener sweat. He knows how to put things in the alley and then keep them there. Fortunately there are no efforts to prettify what is being recorded here. Instead, Kathy Murray loves the blues in the eyes and then gives it a quick kick that ensures nothing will be spared in getting the party started. The woman one critic described as "the lovechild of Jimmy Reed and Wanda Jackson" has the perfecto band to bring this mess all the way home. It's most assuredly time to do this thing now.
Lauren Mitchell, Desire. Life falls apart. That's the way it's designed to do. Nothing lasts forever except the self-delusion needed to think it does. Ask Lauren Mitchell. The Florida-based soul singer had the kind of year to crush hearts. She lost her significant other and her band, and wasn't exactly positive which hurt the most. So the woman started over with producer Tony Braunagel and a blazing Southern California band and put things back together big-time. Fortunately one of the things Mitchell didn't lose last year was her voice, and the way it sounds on these new recordings is enough to cause thunder and lightning out of the sky. She collects some choice covers, co-writes a few sultry new songs, and then unleashes a band from above to knock out all the lights. It's amazing this kind of burning sound can be conjured up in a small studio on a quiet neighborhood street. Fortunately there's nothing illegal about it, and Lauren Mitchell is free to share her spirit with all within earshot who need some healing and hallelujahs. Say amen somebody.
Chuck Prophet, Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins. This proud son of Whittier, California has been fueling his rock & roll fires for long enough to have them tuned to a fine-edged attack. Chuck Prophet first made his name in Green on Red, an '80s band that should have been much better known than they are. Once the group imploded, Prophet didn't waste time wondering what to do with his life. He started writing his own great songs, made albums that have lasted the test of time, and is now better than just about anyone else alive. He's got an astute eye for the absurd nature of modern life, but never gives up or gives in. He uses that absurdity in writing rock songs like "Jesus Was a Social Drinker" and "If I Was Connie Britton" that hit listeners between the eyes. Chuck Prophet can also turn around and write a romantic killer like "Open Up Your Heart" that likely makes Elton John cry king tears. This is a man who absolutely lives up to his last name, and never goes for the easy way out. Bobby Fuller lives.
Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Got Soul. It doesn't happen that often that a steel guitar-playing African-American captures the total attention of the rock crowd, but that's what Robert Randolph has done the past 15 years. He started on the jam band circuit and has been crossing over into other circles ever since. It's the way he can flat-out wail on his instrument that brings in the civilians to his shows. It's like his instrument is dusted in dynamite and when he lets loose, well, just be assured there is nothing quite like it. Randolph has been consistent in his power, but hasn't quite put the magic combination together to bust all the way through. Maybe that's because most people just don't know quite what to make of a steel guitar, thinking its home is in country music and maybe that's where it should stay. Not so. On his latest album, Randolph and band once again fire up the pyrotechnics and blast off into space. There are also enough moments of introspective soulfulness so it's not all whiplash music. He enlists Anthony Hamilton, Darius Rucker, and Cory Henry as guest vocalists on a song each, but really doesn't need them. Robert Randolph delivers the goods all by himself. That won't change.
Scott Ramminger, Do What Your Heart Says To. This blasting saxophone player usually sticks close to the East Coast with his The Crawstickers, and also hits Nashville regularly for sessions and live shows. For his new album, Ramminger takes a flyer and visits New Orleans and jumps in the middle of the action in the Crescent City. With a band that includes the Meters' George Porter Jr., guitarist Shane Theriot, pianist David Torkanowsky, and drummer Doug Belote, the sax man obviously knows who the kingpins are there. Scott Ramminger brings his own songs too, which makes a huge difference to make this set such a winner. "Living Too Fast," "It's Hard to Be Me," "Looking for Someone New to Disappoint," and "Walk a Little Straighter" sound like instant-classics, which could happen shortly. Between saxophone and vocals Ramminger has the action covered, but we can all can use a little help here and there, which is exactly what singers Tommy Malone, Bekka Bramlett, Francine Reed, the McCrary sisters, Janiva Magness, and Roddie Romero offer. What a first seems like an earnest jump into the Mississippi River down at the end of Canal Street turns into a roll call of greatness that would do Allen Toussaint proud. Wear it out.
Seela, Track You Down. Here come those Canadians again. How is it that a country north of America has such an unbeatable track record for singer-songwriters? And that they usually have to leave the North Country to get their music heard? Seela was born in Ontario to immigrants from India, and moved to Austin in the early 1990s. They'd already started calling the Texas city "the live music capital of the world," and that was enough for her. It didn't take long for the singer to find her way to open mic nights and meet a roomful of like-minded souls. What sets Seela apart is the way she infuses close-to-the-heart love songs with more lofty spiritual yearnings. But the music never becomes burdensome; instead it is filled with the inspiration that lives inside courage. What results is a unique feeling of the high and the low, something that rarely makes it all the way into songs like this. "Awake to Remember Me," "Love, Burn Me Down," and "Brave" find a way through to willing listener, and with backing from many of the best musicians in the Lone Star State, Seela has made music for the ages. All in a voice all her own.
Brenton Wood, The Very Best Of. What are the chances of having two of the hottest singles in the country come out the same year? That's exactly what San Pedro's Brenton Wood did in 1967 with "The Oogum Boogum Song" and "Gimme Little Sign." Which is the true beauty of soul music: beating the long odds. Wood had been a local Southern California singer making his way through the masses when "The Ooogum Boogum Song" first hit. Just the opening piano track was enough to cause listeners to smash the brakes and beg for mercy when it first blared out of their car radios a half-century ago. The music had an instantaneous electricity to it, like a finger being stuck into a light socket. Even the refrain, which to this day sounds like Wood is singing "check out the boots now check out the boots now," defied reality. To follow that up seemed an impossibility, but sure enough a few months later "Gimme Little Sign" did all that and more. This collection has both those nuggets, naturally, along with 14 other thrilling examples of Brenton Wood's seductive voice and no-fooling instrumental savvy. A singing, swinging treasure who continues checking out boots in national nightclubs regularly. Oogum the boogum now.
Bill Bentley © 2017
Bill Bentley was the music writer and typesetter for the original Austin Sun. His book SMITHSONIAN ROCK & ROLL: THE PEOPLE'S PICTURES will be published by Smithsonian Books, available October 2017.
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Q: Custom object bad behaviour after std::sort I'm experiencing issues after sorting a std::vector of Elevator, a custom class.
Class definition:
class Elevator
{
private:

        uint16_t m_id;
        char *m_channel;
        ElevatorType m_type;

public:

        Elevator(uint16_t id, const char *channel, ElevatorType type);
        Elevator(const Elevator &other);
        ~Elevator();

        char *ToCString();

        bool operator<(const Elevator& rhs) const;

        static vector<Elevator> *ElevatorsFromWorkbook(const char *path);

};

The less operator is implemented like this:
bool Elevator::operator<(const Elevator& rhs) const
{
    return (this->m_id < rhs.m_id);
}

ToCString method is implemented like this:
char *Elevator::ToCString()
{
    char *output = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * (8+strlen(m_channel)));
    char type = 'U';
    if (m_type == ELEVATOR_TYPE_A)
    {
        type = 'A';
    }
    else if (m_type == ELEVATOR_TYPE_G)
    {
        type = 'G';
    }
    else if (m_type == ELEVATOR_TYPE_M)
    {
        type = 'M';
    }
    sprintf(output,"%d %s %c",m_id,m_channel,type);
    return output;
}

Copy constructor:
Elevator::Elevator(const Elevator &other)
{
    m_id = other.m_id;
    m_channel = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*(strlen(other.m_channel)+1));
    strcpy(m_channel,other.m_channel);
    m_type = other.m_type;

}

Example of the issue:
std::vector<Elevator> elevators;
elevators.push_back(Elevator(4569,"CHANNEL3",ELEVATOR_TYPE_G));
elevators.push_back(Elevator(4567,"CHANNEL3",ELEVATOR_TYPE_G));

printf("%s\n",elevators.at(0).ToCString()); //Prints "4567 CHANNEL1 G"
std::sort(elevators.begin(),elevators.end());
printf("%s\n",elevators.at(0).ToCString()); //ISSUE: Prints "4567 4567 ▒#a G"

What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your time!
Note on compiling: I'm using Cygwin with these flags:
    -Wall -Wextra -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -march=pentium4 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe

A: According to the standard, std::sort requires that an object be Swappable, which means that you can call swap on it. Since you don't have a swap overload, that means std::swap. And std::swap says

Requires: Type T shall be MoveConstructible (Table 20) and MoveAssignable (Table 22).

(That's C++11. Replace "Move" with "Copy" for C++03.)
Your class is not CopyAssignable because it lacks an operator= overload, so you should add that. (See What is The Rule of Three?) Note that copy construction can be synthesized from default construction and operator=.

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Houseplants are a fabulous thing to have around. They brighten the room, they purify the air, and they can even provide a little bit of company. That's why it can be so distressing to find that your houseplant leaves are turning brown. Keep reading to learn more about why houseplants turn brown and what to do if you have houseplants with brown leaves.
Houseplants are special because they're kept in an unnatural environment. They depend upon you for everything nature would normally give them, and they let you know when you slip up. Brown leaves on indoor plants almost always means that the plants are getting too much or too little of something important.
Light – One very common problem with indoor plants is a lack of light. If your plant isn't getting enough light, its leaves will start to turn brown. If the brown leaves are on the side of the plant facing away from the light source, you can be pretty sure this is the problem.
Water – Too little water is another frequent reason for brown leaves on indoor plants. In this case, the browning and curling usually starts at the base of the plant and moves up.
Humidity – Lack of humidity is another common problem, and one people don't usually think of. Tropical plants, especially, need more humidity than a home is likely to give them. This usually causes the leaves to brown just at the tips. Try misting your plant with water, or setting the pot in a dish of small stones and water.
Heat – Too much heat can also be a problem, and it tends to lead to leaves that brown, curl, and fall off. This problem tends to come with too little water or too much sun, so try making those changes first. You can also move the plant to a spot where it receives better air circulation.
So what do you do when leaves on houseplant turn brown? Simple. In most cases, pinpointing the cause and remedying it will correct the issue. In the meantime, you can cut away the brown foliage and discard it. Once the causal agent has been fixed, new healthier foliage should begin to take its place.


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IUGFS Announces Dr. Bruce Douglas' Retirement
Bruce Douglas teaching in the field
Dr. Bruce Douglas retired from IU and IUGFS on January 1, 2021.
Bruce J. Douglas taught at IUGFS from 1986 through 2020. He served in many IUGFS leadership roles including academic director and executive director. Regardless of his role, Bruce's true passion was teaching. Bruce is a legend to former students. Not only for his infamous mustache, but also as a patient, knowledgeable teacher who could hike uphill faster than most of them. He is loved by more former G429 students than any other faculty.

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Q: How can I use wget to get files recursively if the username contains an @? Firstly my main goal is to try and get FTP files recursively in Centos.  However the actual FTP login contains an @ which ruins the syntax.  Is there some way to place the username in "double quotes" or some such equivalent such that I can use @in the username?

A: If you use wget's --user=wh@tever and --password=bl@h options rather than the user:pass@host syntax, it should work fine.

A: Have you tried replacing the @ by
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A: what about replacing @ with %40
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The prosecutor heading the most recent corruption case against Brazilian president, Michel Temer, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to prevent the head of the federal police, Fernando Segovia, from interfering with the probe, according to Reuters.
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Mattis James Net Worth
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120,000 US military against Iran: NYT spoke about the "Bolton plan"
James Mattis (full name - James Nicholas Mattis, English James Nicholas Mattis) - American soldier, 26th US Secretary of Defense (2017-2018), Commander-in-Chief of the US Central Command (2010-2013), in 2007-2010. Commander-in-Chief of the United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), in 2007-2009 Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. Prior to that, he commanded the 1st US Marine Expeditionary Force and the 1st US Marine Division during the Iraq War. Retired General.
Place of birth, education. James Nicholas Mattis was born on September 8, 1950 in Pullman, Whitman County, Washington. Raised in Richland, Washington. Graduated from Columbia High School in 1968. Graduated from Marine Corps School, Marine Corps Command College, and National War College. He entered Central Washington University and graduated on January 1, 1972 with the rank of second lieutenant. He served as a platoon leader in the 3rd Marine Division. Later, having received the rank of captain, he commanded the 1st Marine Brigade. For impeccable service, he was promoted to major and was transferred to the recruiting office of the 12th district of the US Marine Corps, in Portland.
He commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment and then the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade. He received the rank of lieutenant colonel (eng. Lieutenant colonel).
Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, where he commanded Task Force 58 with the rank of brigadier general. As commander of this group, he became the first Marine officer to command a ground task force in combat.
In 2003, with the rank of Major General, he commanded the 1st Marine Division. Participated in operations in Iraq. In 2004, Mattis played a key role in the Battle of Fallujah, brokering negotiations between coalition forces and rebels. Mattis, who at that time had the call sign "Chaos", demanded that his subordinates better treat the civilian population in Iraq. "Whenever you show anger or disgust towards civilians, it is a victory for al-Qaeda and other militants," he said.
In 2007, after receiving the rank of Lieutenant General, Mattis was given leadership of the Marine Corps Military Development Command. NATO has made the decision to appoint Mattis as Supreme Commander of the Allied NATO Forces for Transformation (Modernization).
By 2010, he was also holding a part-time position as commander of the US military's Interservice Command.
On August 11, 2010, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of US Central Command. In 2013, he resigned.
Political career. On December 1, 2016, US President-elect Donald Trump announced his plans to nominate Mattis to the position of Secretary of Defense. On January 20, 2017, Mattis became the new U.S. Secretary of Defense following Senate approval by a 98-to-1 majority.
In January 2019, after two years in the White House, James Mattis resigned as US Secretary of Defense.
Views and assessments. Mattis is well versed in the situation in the Middle East. He believes that the main challenges in this region are, first of all, Iran, and then the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda groups. In addition, the future head of the Pentagon assesses political Islam as the main security challenge for the United States. Mattis criticized Obama for his belief in the possibility of reaching agreements with Iran, the nominee considers the 2015 nuclear deal a bad agreement, and expects Tehran to violate it. The future head of the Pentagon also supports the solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the creation of two states - Israel and Palestine, and believes that the lack of progress in this direction weakens the US position among the country's Arab allies.
sayings. Mattis gained popularity, as well as harsh criticism, on February 1, 2005, when he said the following during his speech at the forum in San Diego:
"In Afghanistan, you will see that there are guys who slap women just because they don't wear a veil. A guy like that has nothing left of a man anyway. So it's a lot of fun to shoot them. Fighting is big fun. Shooting some people is just great and fun. I'll be honest with you: I like it".
Mattis's remark caused controversy, and General Michael Haig (commander of the US Marine Corps) was forced to issue a statement in which he rebuked Mattis for choosing his words more carefully.
Awards. Mattis wears insignia stating that he is a firearms expert. In addition, James Mattis has received many other awards during his military career: he is a Chevalier of the Legion of Merit, which is awarded for exceptional and outstanding services and achievements in service in an emergency. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, numerous medals for the military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the badge of the bronze Oak Leaves used by the US Army and Air Force.
Interesting Facts. "Mad Dog" and "Fighting Monk" - such nicknames were attached to the US Secretary of Defense among the Marines. "Mad Dog" - as a sign of respect for the merits of Mattis in the military field, even during the war in Iraq. "Fighting Monk" because Mattis has no family. The head of the Pentagon is fond of military history, in his personal library there are over seven thousand books, and he is famous for his instructions to the military. The media often quotes one of them: "Be polite, be professional, but always have a plan to kill everyone you meet." Also, there's a "Christmas story about Mattis" going around in Marine circles. Once, on the night of Christmas, he replaced a young officer, whom he sent to celebrate the holiday with his family. Mattis explained his action to a superior general as follows: "Sir, I looked at the duty schedule for today, and there was a young major on duty who is married and who has a family, and since I am a bachelor, I thought why this major should miss the opportunity spend Christmas with my family, and so I took over his responsibility."
In 2008, the television series Killer Generation was released, in which actor Robert John Burke played General James Mattis.
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I read. I write. I ride. I rest. I RESIST!
Hell Allan, I was 3/4 through the article before I realised it was one of your "news stories".
Oz, I talked to your friends. You're getting senile.
This can't be true. He always loses money in casinos.
Excellent point, Alexa. Let me check my sources.
Expanding your horizons, Allan? Or, just a slow Trump day, if there is such a thing?
I'm a GOT fan, Kjetil, I'm allowed!
Stand by for DT resumption tomorrow.
Oh my got! Dragons! GOT!
I agree with all except 2 and 10, only because I don't know what TIALP is and I refuse to allow you to drive me to Google.
Thank you again, Chris. The resistance continues.
I know, Allan, I just 'liked' your last post.
Yes, I have been writing to them for months and they deflect and deny.
Nothing to do but algorithmically try to beat their system, but I'm not that smart.
Steven is a good man, don't know the others.
This is rather disturbing, Allan.
Thanks, Chris. Yes, FB completely blocks all downstream traffic of my posts. Medium does not send my posts to my followers. As Allan Wing noted, he has to put the URL in for my posts each day to see them.
It's a huge drag and has also cut my Medium income (based on claps and readers) by 90%.
Because you actually put the url in, Allan, you see the posts. But Medium should be sending my posts every day to my 17K followers. They don't. And that's new in the past 8 months.
Sometimes followers receive my posts weeks later, and they are so topical, no one cares to read them by then.
I'm on Twitter. They've blocked me periodically, too.
I'm Fake News to them, not satire.
Satire, I'm afraid, is dead at the hands of the Orange Accident.


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April arts blossom with the spring
Three dancing extravaganzas - 'Dirty Dancing,' Step Afrika! and 'Romeo and Juliet' highlight the month's offerings from state arts groups.
April arts blossom with the spring Three dancing extravaganzas - 'Dirty Dancing,' Step Afrika! and 'Romeo and Juliet' highlight the month's offerings from state arts groups. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/2018/04/01/april-arts-blossom-spring/470957002/
Gail Obenreder, Special to The News Journal Published 8:00 a.m. ET April 1, 2018
'Dirty Dancing' opens Tuesday at the Playhouse on Rodney Square and runs through April 8.(Photo: Courtesy of Jeremy Daniel)
Starting this week, the Arts News and Notes column will look at the events for the month, with occasional editions looking at seasonal offerings in Delaware. This one focuses on the month of April.
Doing the lift. "Dirty Dancing" swings into Wilmington's Playhouse on Rodney Square this week. Running Tuesday, April 3 through Sunday, April 8, this popular musical — set in a 1963 summer resort in the Catskills — is a new national tour that features a raft of high-energy performers and a live eight-piece band. theplayhousede.org
The Arts at UD. The Art of Charlie Chaplin (two short 1916 films) will be shown on Saturday, April 7 in the UD Department of Music's Cinema Symphony Series. Upcoming April concerts include the Argentinian choral ensemble Vocal De Cámara Platense (Monday, April 2); WorldWinds exploration of Japanese music with clarinet and shakukachi (also Monday, April 2); the early music Brandywine Baroque Trio (Friday, April 6); and faculty member Lawrence Stomberg's two-part performance of Bach's complete suites for solo cello (April 25 and 26 at UD and other dates at select community venues). music.udel.edu
Noontime Concerts. This month's offerings at First & Central Presbyterian Church include Eliezer Gutman (violin) and Lotus Cheng (piano) on Thursday, April 5; John Bullard (banjo) playing Bach on Thursday, April 12; a Thursday, April 19 OperaDelaware Puccini Festival sneak preview; and a Thursday, April 26 concert by tenor Isai Jess Munoz and his wife, pianist Oksana Glauchko. marketstreetmusicde.org
Silver for Silver! Dover's Biggs Museum highlights its 25th anniversary with "Monumental," works by celebrated American silversmith Michael Izrael Galmer. Counterpoint to the Biggs' silver collection, the exhibition will feature works designed for Tiffany and in Smithsonian collections. It opens with a reception on Friday, April 6 and runs through May 20. On April 25 the artist will speak at the Museum. biggsmuseum.org
Step Afrika! is a much-praised Washington DC troupe performing "The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence" on April 13 at The Grand in Wilmington. (Photo: Courtesy of William Perrigen)
Tribute to Percy Ricks. "Guardians of the Image" Makers, part of the citywide Wilmington 1968 series, opens at The Delaware Contemporary on Friday, April 6. The group exhibition pays tribute to Percy Ricks, Delaware's pioneering arts educator. Programs include an April 22 colloquium, "Call and Respond," that will feature a panel of Delaware educational and arts luminaries. Other April exhibitions at the Wilmington museum include Masha Ryskin's "Reveries with the Line," (closing April 11); Maryanne Pollock's "Transit" (closing April 26); and University of Delaware Alumni and Sharp Award exhibitions (also through April 26). decontmporary.org
The Beat Goes On. Coastal Concerts presents a free Saturday, April 7 Musical Perspective at Avenue United Methodist Church in Milford. Maestro Roman Pawlowski will explore the diversity of percussion around the world. It's a warm-up for Coastal's Wild Card concert — eclectic and inventive Sō Percussion on April 14 at Bethel United Methodist Church in Lewes. coastalconcerts.org
Copeland does Mendelssohns. Two Mendelssohns — Felix and sister Fanny — will be featured in the Sunday, April 8 Copeland String Quartet's free concert at Wilmington's Church of the Holy City. Violinists Eliezer Gutman and Thomas Jackson, Nina Cottman (viola) and Jennifer Jie Jin (cello) are all members of the Delaware Symphony. copelandstringquartet.com
Art & Dance. Step Afrika! is a much-praised Washington, D.C., troupe performing "The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence" on April 13 at The Grand in Wilmington. Part of the Delaware Art Museum's new Performance Series, this offering – a partnership of the Museum, Delaware State University and The Grand – interprets African-American painter Lawrence's iconic "Migration series." Its two daytime student school shows have already sold out. delart.org or thegrandwilmington.org
Step Afrika! is a much-praised Washington DC troupe performing "The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence" on April 13 at The Grand in Wilmington. (Photo: Courtesy of Step Afrika!)
Sending up Handel. Bootless Stageworks is back with "Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)." Conducted by James Fuerst, the production — a send-up of Handel's "Messiah" by the Monty Python crew — will be performed on April 13 and 14 at the company's Broom Street home in Wilmington. bootless.org
Community theater. Running April 13 through 22 are Georgetown's Possum Point Players in "Hello Dolly!" (possumpointplayers.org) and Milford's Second Street Players in "The Elephant Man" (secondstreetplayers.com). Running April 20 through 28 are Newark's Chapel Street Players in "The Memory of Water" (chapelstreetplayers.org) and Dover's Kent County Theatre Guild (kctg.org) in "Outside Mullingar." The Wilmington Drama League will present "The Wedding Singer," opening April 27 and running through May 6. wilmingtondramaleague.org
Pointe shoes! Delaware's professional First State Ballet Theatre will perform the romantic ballet "Romeo and Juliet." Their April 13-15 production features world premiere choreography by frequent FSTB collaborator Viktor Plotnikov set to music by Prokofiev, with five performances at Wilmington's baby grand theatre. firststateballet.com
April animals. Bellefonte Arts (on Brandywine Boulevard in Wilmington) will hold their first one-day Animal Art Show on April 14 (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.). The pet friendly event will feature the work of local artists interpreting furry, feathered and even scaly creatures. bellefontearts.com
More Chaplin. Milton Theatre has two upcoming arts events. On April 13, it's music and cinema and Chaplin, as the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (which debuted at Lincoln Center 30 years ago!) will live-score Chaplin's "The Kid." On April 14, boundary-crossing 6-Wire Piano Trio — in residence at the University of Delaware — will be in concert at the Milton venue. miltontheatre.com
'Dirty Dancing' opens Tuesday at the Playhouse on Rodney Square and runs through April 8. (Photo: Courtesy of Jeremy Daniel)
Singing for spring. New Ark Chorale's April 14 spring concert features "Requiem for the Living" by Dan Forrest. The Chorale, directed by Michael Larkin, performs at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Newark. newarkchorale.org Kent Chamber Choir, conducted by James Wilson, will present "A Song of Psalms" on April 13 (Wesley United Methodist Church in Dover) and April 14 (St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Lewes). kentchamberchoir.org
A century of Ella. Ella Fitzgerald, who would have turned 101 this month, is brought back to life in the upcoming Delaware Theatre Company production of "Ella: First Lady of Song." Conceived and directed by Maurice Hines, with book by Lee Somers and musical direction by Bill McDaniel, the show features songstress Freda Payne singing some of the greatest of all American songs. The world premiere production runs from April 18 through May 13. delawaretheatre.org
Kentmere concerts wrap. Pyxis Piano Quartet wraps up the 9th season of Concerts on Kentmere. The April 19 concert in the Delaware Art Museum's Wyeth-Ruskin exhibition features Luigi Mazzocchi (violin), Amy Leonard (viola), Jie Jin (cello) and pianist Hiroko Yamazaki in works by Tansman and Schumann, as well as Piazzolla's "Histoire du Tango," which Mazzocchi arranged for the ensemble. delart.org or pyxispianoquartet.com
REP show heads to NYC. Shakespeare treads the boards, when the University of Delaware Resident Ensemble Players open their production of "Twelfth Night." One of the Bard's greatest comedies, it's directed by Shakespeare expert Maria Aitken, returning to the Newark REP to helm the production that runs from April 19 through May 6. It heads to New York City next. rep.udel.edu
Ayreheart returns. Presented by Market Street Music, the high-energy Renaissance ensemble will be at First & Central Presbyterian Church in Wilmington on April 20. They are fronted by Ronn McFarlane (lute), fresh off highly praised New York City concerts. marketstreetmusicde.org
Marvin Gaye and 1968. "What's Going On" is what's happening at Wilmington's Christina Cultural Arts Center on April 21. Part of the citywide arts Wilmington 1968 initiative, the performance by Dance Place DC uses Marvin Gaye's music for fresh perspectives on life, love and social justice. ccacde.org
Schnittke Happens. The next Delaware Symphony Chamber Concert will see David Amado conduct composer's "Moz-art a la Haydn," paired with works by Beethoven and Haydn in a April 24 concert at Wilmington's Hotel duPont. desymphony.org
Here comes Puccini! This year's OperaDelaware Spring Festival (two weekends April 28 through May 4 at The Grand in Wilmington) presents Giacomo Puccini's three one-act operas "Il Trittico" and Michael Ching's contemporary "Buoso's Ghost." Favorite returning singers include Matthew Vickers, Sean Anderson and Delaware's Grant Youngblood. Conductor Anthony Barrese (now the company's music director) will be back, and composer Ching will conduct his own work. operade.org
National Poetry Month. Look for special activities statewide. With the Delaware Poets Laureates, The Twin Poets, the Delaware Division of the Arts will feature a new "Poem of the Week" each Monday on their website, arts.delaware.gov. Poems will be written or recited by a Delaware poet.
Gail Obenreder is a Wilmington arts professional, writer and producer. obenrederg@gmail.com
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Meet the UT Austin Student Who Hosts Her Own Netflix Show
By Katie Friel in 40 Acres, May | June 2019 on May 1, 2019 at 8:48 am | No Comments
For University of Texas at Austin student and actress Sahana Srinivasan, life changed overnight via a single phone call. In fall 2017, the radio-television-film major received a call from her agent, who told her she'd been offered the starring role in a new
Netflix children's series, Brainchild.
The show, which counts Pharrell Williams among its executive producers, is a kind of Bill Nye the Science Guy for the Instagram generation, using relatable stories, funky graphics, and experiments to educate young viewers about science. As host, Srinivasan, 22, is the audience's cool big sister, ditching the white lab coat for trendy overalls or a cozy knit sweater, and nearly always accessorized with a pair of chic black frames and a bold red lip.
Like her Brainchild character, when we meet, Srinivasan dons a pair of dark glasses and an oversized perfectly distressed denim jacket that would look at home among the show's brightly colored sets. She is articulate and thoughtful, though more subdued than the energetic host that travels to the bottom of the sea alongside puppet co-stars and walks kids through eye-popping science experiments.
When we take a seat on the second floor of the Belo Center for New Media, she's in between classes, some of her last before she graduates. She says balancing a full-time degree program at the university while shooting a television series is as tough as you might imagine. To devote herself fully to the show, she took the fall 2018 semester off and moved to New York City for two months in order to film.
Srinivasan recruited the help of Noah Isenberg, the chair of the Department of Radio-Television-Film, to tackle this balancing act. Through summer and online classes, she was able to make up the semester and will graduate with her class this May. "I believe her maturity, ambition, and talent allowed her to gracefully handle her many responsibilities," Isenberg says.
He notes how proud the RTF department is of their young star, who hasn't let the show interfere with her studies. "It is always refreshing to see diligent, persistent students reap the rewards of their labor," he says.
For the past four years, Srinivasan has been immersed in the life of an RTF student, learning about cinematic theory, experimenting with cameras, and making short films, something she began as a high school student outside of Dallas. She calls her hometown, Allen, Texas, "a melting pot of different cultures."
Srinivasan is the first of two daughters born to Indian parents. They spoke Tamil at home, but embraced a variety of traditions—especially in the kitchen. "[My parents] were always cooking a variety of foods … pasta one night, tacos the next, then pasta tacos," she jokes.
Though both of her parents earned degrees in engineering (her father worked at Texas Instruments while her mother worked as a stay-at-home mom), Srinivasan says they also encouraged artistic, creative endeavors. As a child, she took up theater, wrote skits, and performed in talent shows. By 13, the budding actress was accepted to study under Cathryn Sullivan, a Dallas-based acting coach whose past clients include Selena Gomez, Cody Linley, and Demi Lovato.
Eventually, Srinivasan landed agency representation—hardly an easy feat in Los Angeles or New York, let alone Allen, Texas—and began auditioning for television and movies, even landing a supporting role in 2013's Space Warriors, a film starring Danny Glover and Mira Sorvino about a group of kids attending space camp.
When high school came to an end, she knew she wanted to study film and selected UT for its lauded RTF program and its location. (Close enough to go home for the weekend, but far enough away to dodge the occasional family party.) She was also intrigued by Austin's reputation as a movie town. "Austin is an underrated place when it comes to film," Srinivasan says. "There are so many resources here."
Srinivasan found another community in Austin: the world of stand-up comedy. Over the past two years, she's been trying her material at local clubs like Cap City Comedy Club and The Velveeta Room, and as a member of Snafu, one of UT's on-campus improv troupes.
Stand-up, Srinivasan says, has sharpened her skills as a performer—skills that not only helped her land the Brainchild gig but also navigate its ensuing success. After the show launched in December 2018, Srinivasan received a crash course in balancing school, filmmaking, comedy, and the monumental choices that come with impending graduation, with press junkets, publicity, and, of course, fans.
"Stand-up has helped me read people better," she says. "When acting, you're immersing yourself in a character. With stand-up, you are reading the room."
It's hard to know what's in store for the show's future. Despite good reviews—The New York Times called it "earnest" and "fun"—as of press time, Netflix has yet to announce if the show will get another season.
Luckily, the young star has other things to keep her mind off the show's status. She's currently working on a draft for her next short film—her last for the RTF program—and thinking about where she'll head after graduation. Right now, Srinivasan's considering staying in Austin, but one gets the sense that Los Angeles or New York may be her next stop.
Wherever she lands, Srinivasan wants to continue to redefine herself. "You don't have to be this one thing," she says. "I hope [in the future] to be comfortably making art and keeping people laughing. I hope I have a healthy mindset. I have no idea what I'm going to be doing—that's the fun."
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Tom Brady said Thanksgiving is the only day a year he says "screw it" to his strict diet
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Tom Brady usually follows a strict diet, which excludes foods like dairy, and even some fruits.
But the 44-year-old NFL quarterback reserves one day per year to say "screw it" to his diet.
He said Thanksgiving is the day where he can "eat like everyone else."
Tom Brady says Thanksgiving is the one day per year where he cheats on his strict diet.
The 44-year-old NFL quarterback said that he enjoys the holiday by saying "screw it" to his diet, during an episode of his podcast "Let's Go! With Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald, and Jim Gray."
During the podcast, Oprah Winfrey, who appeared as a guest, asked Brady what kind of food he can eat at the Thanksgiving table.
"Just like everyone else," Brady responded. "That's the one meal where I'm like, screw it, let's go for it. And we all get to enjoy it."
Brady's regular diet rules out most holiday treats
Brady has earmarked several major food groups as completely off-limits, including dairy, sugar, gluten, refined carbs, caffeine, processed meats, and some fruits and vegetables like strawberries, eggplant, and tomatoes, according to his 2017 book "The TB12 Method," which he spun off into a health and wellness brand alongside his long-time body coach Mark Guerrero.
Brady's regular approach to food involves eating "alkalizing" foods — which have naturally low pH levels to help decrease inflammation.
Brady is looking forward to loosening up his lifestyle more
Brady has said his strict lifestyle and the TB12 Method have helped him to play at an elite level well into his 40s, as he's on pace to have statistically the best season of his career at the age of 44 this year.
For Brady, the chance to do more holiday indulging is one of the things he's looking forward to once he retires, because even on Thanksgiving he said he only gets four hours to enjoy food with his family.
"Practice usually ends about 1 or 2 p.m., you eat about 3:30, and then you're getting ready for the next day of practice," Brady said during his podcast. "And then, same thing with Christmas. So, you know, I'm looking forward to the time when I'm done playing football so that I can have some of those more normal holidays that I had growing up that were important where the family's all together."
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Get ready for a dangerous adventure to the mirror-world in the colorful game Behind the Reflection! Your aim is to dispel the witch's sorceries and help the desperate woman return her son from the parallel reality. A lot of tasks are waiting for you, so don't waste time. Explore both the picturesque and gloomy locations, find lost items and match the broken gadgets together to get clues! Train your attention, logic and wits in the perfect mix of Hidden Object and Puzzle game Behind the Reflection and save the poor boy from the mysterious world inside a mirror!


GDP (Current Prices, National Currency) VUV 79.819 Billion.
GDP Per Capita (Constant Prices, National Currency) VUV 233,912.10 .
GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, National Currency) VUV 304,004.62 .
General government revenue (National Currency) VUV 18.566 Billions.
General government total expenditure (National Currency) VUV 17.797 Billions.
Total Government Net Lending/ Borrowing (National Currency) VUV 0.769 Billions.
Fiscal Year Gross Domestic Product, Current Prices VUV 79.819 Billions.
GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is VUV 61.416 Billion.
GDP Growth (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 2.33 %.
GDP (Current Prices, National Currency) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is VUV 79.819 Billion.
GDP (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is US$ 0.822 Billion.
GDP Deflator for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 129.965 (Index, Base Year as per country's accounts = 100).
GDP Per Capita (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is VUV 233,912.10 .
GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, National Currency) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is VUV 304,004.62 .
GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is US$ 3,131.75 .
GDP (PPP), US Dollars for Vanuatu in year 2014 is US$ 0.683 Billion.
GDP Per Capita (PPP), US Dollars for Vanuatu in year 2014 is US$ 2,603.19 .
GDP Share of World Total (PPP) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 0.001 %.
Implied PPP Conversion Rate for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 116.781 .
Investment (% of GDP) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 26.998 %.
Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (Indexed to Year 2000) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 141.472 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100).
Inflation (Average Consumer Price Change %) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 1.016 %.
Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 142.6 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100).
Inflation (End of Year Change %) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 1.074 %.
Population for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 0.263 Million .
General government revenue (National Currency) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is VUV 18.566 Billions.
General government revenue (% of GDP) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 23.26 %.
General government total expenditure (National Currency) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is VUV 17.797 Billions.
General government total expenditure (% of GDP) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 22.297 %.
Total Government Net Lending/ Borrowing (National Currency) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is VUV 0.769 Billions.
Total Government Net Lending/ Borrowing (% of GDP) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 0.964 %.
Fiscal Year Gross Domestic Product, Current Prices for Vanuatu in year 2014 is VUV 79.819 Billions.
Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is US$ 0.004 Billion.
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Vanuatu in year 2014 is 0.513 %.


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Coincidentally i've recorded what I read since I was twelve and started doing a reading list this very year!
Hi Isabella, so great to have you stop by! I would love to hear of anything you would recommend to add to my list.
Hope Year 13 is going well for you and that you are still enjoying English.
I'm actually not at school anymore. Kate and I left early for university. We're both at auckland uni. Everything pretty swell though, it was a bit of an adjustment but it's going well so far.
Much to my surprise, I did really well in english last year. I've improved a lot in essays thanks to you.


Original paintings by the Swedish born artist Axel Fridell is rare and therefore very much searched for by collectors in the art market today. The price record for original painting by Axel Fridell is: 24.322 USD.
This is an early water colour signed Fridell 23 (-13).
Ragnar Hoppe says in 1955 that if Axel Fridell had tried to be a famous artist as a painter in colours he would have been equally famous inthe art of painting as he became famous for his art in black and white within the art of etchings.
Source to information about Axel Fridells education, exhibitions and signing is the catalogue book Images 1 AXEL FRIDELL by Karl Haskel, Society of graphic art in Stockholm and publisher Skoogs printing company LTD, 1986.
Exhibitions: Axel Fridell exhibited at Royal Academy of Art in London in the summer of 1929 and also in Chelsea Town Hall and Central Hall in London 1927.
Approximately 80 exhibitions all over Sweden including Stockholm: National museum of Arts, Waldemarsudde, Liljevalchs and also in Gothenburg and the city of Malmo. These are among the finest exhibition halls for fine art in Sweden in modern times.
This is a very early painting by Axel Fridell, who is also known for having performed for instance the motive Olliwer Twist LONDON 1932-1933 and also etchings with motives from for example London and Stockholm.
Axel Fridell had many exhibitions all over Sweden and also in for example London(1927, 1929), Paris, Oslo, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Berlin.
Education at the famous art school in Sweden: Carl Wilhelmssons in Stockholm 1913 and three years in Swedish Academy of fine art.
Axel Fridell died already at the age of 40 and Axels father Johan Fridell therefore signed several of Axels works with Axel Fridells name after Axel Fridells death.
The year 23 clearly appears in this painting. With the use of inverted dolours one can clearly see that the darker colour that Fridell used for signing is formed into the figures 23.
See separate picture on the year with the background colours in focus.
The year could be read as 43 especially if you look on the painting from a distance if you leave out of account the fact that the upper part of the signing of what could be forming the number four clearly lies above the figure three: The photograph revealing all the colours indicates the figure 23.
1923 Axel Fridell spent the whole year in Falun after having been travelling in Europe in 1922.
After studies of Axel Fridells signing especially on the etchings I think it is obvious that Axel Fridell himself did the whole of the signing and that the year is probably 23 or maybe -13.
Axel Fridell was in 1913 19 years old and were to begin his studies or already stuied in Wilhelmssons Art school in Stockholm. And very interestingly if one compare the artists signatures from the beginning of the 20th century there is an example where the number one can be read as number four reading 1944 instead of the correct year which is 1914, -see page 346 in the first catalogue volume one of Axel Fridells etchings compiled by the author Karl Haskel.
Even though any exact comparison between signed etchings and signed paintings not can be made it is clearly noticeable that Axel Fridell for instance used a longer line in the letter F, see example from year 1917, H.99 in the very same book.
Karl Haskel also for instance writes that Axel Fridell had a very wide range of alternative signing in the early of the 20th century especially there is a big differance in his signings from the years 1916 and 1917 and please notice that the signings these years sometimes were done without the letter A likewise as in this particular painting.
Axel Fridell is perhaps mostly renowned for the portrait of an englishman named Mr Simmons reading a newspaper and these etchings are very collectible items in the fine art market today.
Axel Fridell is also well known for his masterly performed etchings with motives from Stockholm and also for instance London and some experts say that he was even better as an etcher than Anders Zorn.
The name of this original painting is unknown.
Provenance: Bought in Falun, Axel Fridells home town in Sweden where he produced several of his art works in oil painting, watercolours and etchings.
Several exhibitions with Axel Fridells works has been showed all over Sweden and abroad after his death in 1935.
Price example:A fine art auctioneer in Stockholm has recently sold an original oil painting by Axel Fridell for 21783 USD, (13983 GBP).
According to news in the dalecarlian newspaper with the name Dala-Demokraten 2010 02 04 not many are aware of the fact that Axel Fridell spent most time on his paintings during his artistic career. Influences from Picasso are also mentioned in the same article.


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Smoking does not protect against dementia or Alzheimer's disease
Smoking and dementia in male British doctors: prospective study
Smoking does not protect against dementia or Alzheimer's disease, shows a study in this week's BMJ, contradicting the implications of some previous research.
Doll, Peto, and colleagues, from the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford, report on observations of over 34,000 male UK doctors whose smoking habits have been reviewed every six to 12 years since 1951, to determine the impact on their health. They also reviewed the published data on the associations between smoking and Alzheimer's disease.
Over 24,000 of the doctors had died by the end of 1998. Dementia was mentioned on the death certificates of 483. Among 473 whose smoking habits were recorded at least 10 years before their death, when they would not have been influenced by the start of the disease, the prevalence of both Alzheimer's disease (the predominant cause) and of other dementias was similar in both smokers and non-smokers. If anything, persistent smoking may increase rather than decrease the age specific onset rate of dementia, conclude the authors.
The previous suggestions that smoking might be protective, say the authors, came from studies that were flawed because they were too small, or had relied on information about smoking habits from people other than the sufferers themselves.
Carol Brayne from the Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, writes in an accompanying editorial that a protective effect for nicotine is biologically plausible. This is because of the boosting effect of the drug on neurotransmitter systems in the brain, which are damaged in Alzheimer's disease, she says. But adds that these effects are likely to be short-lived. In the long term, smoking increases the risk of vascular dementia, because it increases the risk of vascular disease in general. "The public health message is clear: at the population level there is no protective effect of smoking in dementia."
(Paper) Professor Richard Doll, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford
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(Editorial) Dr Carol Brayne, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge
Email: carol.brayne@medschl.cam.ac.u
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So, why does New Year's Eve in any Chinese city sound like a fire in the local munitions factory? Why is the colour red so auspicious at this time? Why the couplets of poetry hung on either side of every doorway? And why is it so important to see in the Chinese New Year together with your family in a brightly lit room?
According to legend, it's all to do with a ferocious beast called, by strange coincidence, 年 (Nian).
Here's the link to the story. I've tried to emulate Tal's excellent format. The translation is my own attempt so not necessarily the best choice of words - I've tried to keep the English natural; hopefully I've preserved most of the meaning/feeling of the Chinese, but it doesn't always follow word-for-word.
The original Chinese is taken from the Confucius Institute website (which – despite the sometimes dodgy English) looks like an interesting resource. You can even download an MP3 of the story from that site.