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11 months ago
Dining

A Star of Kenji Lopez-Alt's Childhood Breakfasts Shows Its Versatility

I grew up in apartment 10J of a high rise in Morningside Heights, in Manhattan.My maternal grandparents both Japanese immigrants lived one floor below us, in 9J.My sisters and I would regularly sleep over, on a futon rolled out on their living-room floor, and breakfast at my grandmother Kachan's table was always rice and eggs in one of two forms: tamago kake gohan (hot rice beaten with soy sauce and a raw chicken egg until frothy), or warm rice topped with tarako, the salted, cured egg sacs of Alaskan pollock.
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11 months ago
NYC music

Masterpieces Galore: When Mozart Met the Enlightenment

MOZART IN MOTION: His Work and His World in Pieces, by Patrick Mackie Musicians tend to be wary of ascribing specific meanings to music or making too much of a piece's extra-musical associations.In one of his Norton Lectures at Harvard in 1973, turning to Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, Leonard Bernstein asked the audience to forget all about birds and brooks and rustic pleasures and instead concentrate on pure music.
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Chicago Tribune
11 months ago
Chicago

Chicago woman killed while honoring anniversary of boyfriend's death

Terry'a Adams started the day by visiting a cemetery.The 25-year-old woman spent Saturday honoring the birthday of a boyfriend killed four years ago in a car crash.But the celebration of his life would mark the end of hers.Shortly after midnight, Adams was killed in a mass shooting at a gathering in Chicago's Austin neighborhood.
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1 year ago
NYC parents

You Never Know, You Might Learn Something

Cassandra Jackson was in her 30s when she first encountered the expression replacement child, and it took her breath away.Coined by psychologists in the '60s to describe a son or daughter conceived to fill the void after another child's death, the term is the closest I will come, Jackson writes in her anguished, affecting memoir, THE WRECK: A Daughter's Memoir of Becoming a Mother (Viking, 307 pp., $28), to a name for what I am.
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1 year ago
NYC music

Hannah Jadagu Turns Small Moments Into Big Pop Songs

What does it mean to be a pop songwriter in 2023?Part of the job is what it has always been: coming up with catchy melodies, terse lyrics and instrumental hooks; creating crisply defined verses and choruses; capturing short attention spans while tapping into broadly shared experiences.Pop structure is always happening in my songs, said Hannah Jadagu, 20, whose debut album, Aperture, will be released on Friday.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Woman hit by Duchess of Edinburgh's motorcade in a coma, family say

An elderly woman hit by a police motorcade escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh is in a coma, her family has said.Helen Holland, 81, from Essex, was visiting her older sister in London on Wednesday when she was struck by the motorbike at a junction in Earl's Court at around 3.21pm, according to her relatives.
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1 year ago
Girls

She Wants to Rewrite the Story of Art, Without Men

On a Wednesday in March at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the art historian, curator and podcaster Katy Hessel lingered by Leonora Carrington's 1953 painting And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur.The mysterious dreamscape depicts a white bull in a red robe, seated at a table covered in crystal spheres.
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1 year ago
Health

A rehab center revives traumatized Ukrainian troops before their return to battle

Soldiers relax at a rehabilitation course in between tours in northeastern Ukraine.Claire Harbage/NPR KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine Vlad is one of four soldiers in his unit who survived a tour of duty defending Bakhmut, the city in eastern Ukraine that Russia has tried to capture for months."Bakhmut," he says, his voice breaking.
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11 months ago
US news

Missouri Governor Says Execution Will Proceed After Jurors Waver on Death Sentence

Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri said on Monday that he would not intervene to stop the execution of Michael Tisius, a 42-year-old who murdered two jail guards in 2000.In a clemency petition sent to Mr. Parson last month, several jurors who had voted to sentence Mr. Tisius to death said they now believe life imprisonment was appropriate.
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11 months ago
Design

Brazilian architects renovate Brigadeiro Apartment for themselves

Architect couple Leandro Garcia and Amanda Dalla-Bona have renovated a 1970s apartment in Curitiba, Brazil, for themselves, reconfiguring the layout and choosing eclectic furniture.All of the electrics and plumbing needed to be replaced, and the floor plan was rethought to create "a place to pause and retreat".
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Education

What we know about the Covenant School victims in Nashville

The head of a school.A pastor's daughter.And three children still in the third grade.As yet another community reeled in the wake of a school mass shooting, details on the six victims began to surface Monday.Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney were all 9 years old when their lives were cut short by the 28-year-old gun-wielding former student who was killed by police in Nashville.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
London

Maureen Edwards obituary

My friend Maureen Edwards, who has died aged 77, was a popular member of the congregation of Saint Anne's church, Wandsworth, in south-west London.Her association with St Anne's went back 53 years, and in January this year she was awarded the Lancelot Andrewes medal by the bishop of Southwark for godly service and zeal for the gospel.
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1 year ago
Everyday cooking

Recipes for Ramadan: Taysir Ghazi's ful medames, four ways

Recipes for Ramadan started in response to the first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.It shares recipes and family stories reaching back into the history of Australian Muslim families, to share the sort of conversations you might have if you were invited to iftar.These recipes and stories celebrate diverse cultures and heritage and dip into complex histories which inevitably feed into our shared Australian story.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

Sisters Margzetta and eMjae Frazier will 'mean business' when UCLA gymnastics visits Cal

There's no sibling rivalry between Margzetta and eMjae Frazier.UCLA's star senior is already throwing in the towel before she competes against her younger sister Saturday."eMjae better beat me, because I'm old," said Margzetta, who is four years older than her sister."She has no excuse."
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1 year ago
Arts

'Emily' imagines Bronte before 'Wuthering Heights'

Emily speculates about the life of the 19th-century English writer Emily Jane Bronte (Emma Mackey) in the years before she wrote Wuthering Heights.Bleecker Street Given that there are few activities less inherently cinematic than writing, I'm surprised and heartened by how many good movies I've seen in recent years that have convincingly entered the lives and minds of authors.
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www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Sophie Wessex deeply saddened' by death of woman hit by police escort motorcycle

The Duchess of Edinburgh has said she is deeply saddened by the death of a woman who was hit by a motorcycle that was part of her police escort.Helen Holland, 81, was struck at the junction of West Cromwell Road and Warwick Road in Earl's Court, west London, on the afternoon of May 10.Ms Holland's son Martin told the BBC she died after sustaining multiple broken bones and massive internal injuries.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Pensioner, 81, in coma' after being hit by Duchess of Edinburgh's police escort

A n elderly woman who was hit by a police motorcycle escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh is reportedly in a coma in hospital.The Metropolitan Police said the motorbike collided with a pedestrian at around 3.21pm on Wednesday at the junction of Cromwell Road and Warwick Road in west London, leaving her in a critical condition.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Pensioner injured by police motorbike escorting duchess in coma'

An elderly woman who was hit by a police motorcycle escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh is reportedly in a coma in hospital.The Metropolitan Police said the motorbike collided with a pedestrian at around 3.21pm on Wednesday at the junction of Cromwell Road and Warwick Road in west London, leaving her in a critical condition.
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www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Waving, yawning and fidgeting: Prince Louis steals the show (again)

Prince Louis once again stole the royal show as he fidgeted, waved and yawned his way through his grandfather's coronation.The young prince, who recently turned five, stole hearts by waving to royal fans as he travelled to Westminster Abbey in a carriage with the Prince and Princess of Wales and his two siblings.
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KQED
1 year ago
Books

'Emily' Imagines Bronte Before 'Wuthering Heights' | KQED

Emily is strikingly played by Emma Mackey, the French-British actor known for her work on the series Sex Education; she was also the best thing in the recent remake of Death on the Nile.Mackey has the kind of searing gaze that cuts right through any period-piece decorum, and that makes her perfect for the sardonic, self-amused Emily.
KQED
1 year ago
Independent films

'Emily' Imagines Bronte Before 'Wuthering Heights' | KQED

Emily is strikingly played by Emma Mackey, the French-British actor known for her work on the series Sex Education; she was also the best thing in the recent remake of Death on the Nile.Mackey has the kind of searing gaze that cuts right through any period-piece decorum, and that makes her perfect for the sardonic, self-amused Emily.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Education

Student and her family are fighting for her religious identity after school says her hijab wasn't in line with the uniform policy

(CNN)A Massachusetts student and her family are fighting for her religious identity after her school says her hijab represented a school uniform infraction.
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Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

Garfield High students' spirit of achievement will stride through the L.A. Marathon

Israel Hernández, a senior at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles with wavy, green-dyed hair, ran his first marathon in eighth grade.It was so much fun that he decided to do it several more times.But in 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, while training for the Los Angeles Marathon, Hernández felt the first symptoms of a serious illness.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Kylie Jenner's Unique Baby Boy's Name Has A Sweet Connection To Sister Stormi

Months after announcing that she had ditched her original name for her infant son, previously named "Wolf," Kylie Jenner finally dropped the new unique baby boy's name that she and his dad, Travis Scott, have landed on.And her son's new unique name has a sweet connection to his older sister, Stormi.
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Washington Post
1 year ago
Washington Redskins

Youth, 15, admits killing teen, trying to rob Commanders running back

Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. (8) before a game against the Cleveland Browns.(Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)A 15-year-old who was charged in two high-profile crimes last year - the fatal shooting of a teenager and the wounding of Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. - pleaded guilty in both cases Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Seven-year-old Elliott's fundraiser to thank hospital staff who cared for him

A seven-year-old with a big heart and strong legs has raised more than 1,000 as a way of thanking staff who looked after him in hospital.Elliott Evans, from Swansea, spent almost two weeks in Morriston Hospital's Oakwood ward after banging his head while playing in a park.During that time, he celebrated his seventh birthday, with the nurses making a fuss and allowing him home with his family for the day.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Music

Anita Pointer obituary

Anita Pointer, who has died from cancer aged 74, was a member of the Pointer Sisters from their formation in 1969 until illness forced her to step down in 2015.They achieved immediate success with their debut album, The Pointer Sisters, in 1973, which reached No 13 on the US chart, and their first single, the Allen Toussaint composition Yes We Can Can, went to No 11.
KQED
1 year ago
California

How a Childhood Prank Accidentally Helped My Newly Widowed Grandmother Face Her Grief | KQED

JP Frary is a storyteller and woodworker who creates art in a studio on the old Naval air base in Alameda.Frary has won six Moth StorySlams, StorySlam Oakland and Westside Stories and has been a featured storyteller on BackPocket Productions, Beyond Borders Storytelling and Six Feet Apart Productions.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Atlanta

Dame Valerie Beral obituary

In 1970, Valerie Beral was a young doctor working in a London family planning clinic.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

'She Was Not a Talented Singer, but I Enjoyed It Nonetheless'

Walking the dog to a favorite tune, rush hour on the No. 2 and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary.
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1 year ago
Science

Maryland girl finds ancient tooth from a 50-foot-long megalodon in the Chesapeake Bay

Part of Molly Sampson's shark tooth collection including the tooth of a megalodon from some 15 million years ago (left) sits on display on Jan. 11.Her collection contains over 400 teeth.Alicia Sampson Molly Sampson's favorite Christmas present was the one she went out and got for herself that morning: a 5-inch-long Otodus megalodon tooth from a shark that lived millions of years ago.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Community mourns young brothers who died in West Humboldt Park house fire: 'They were happy, beautiful little kids'

Community members gathered Wednesday evening to mourn the death of three young boys who perished during a blaze earlier this week in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood.
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1 year ago
Arts

Gerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97

Gerald Stern speaks to the audience during the National Book Awards in New York Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1998.Stern, one of the country's most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited melancholy and earthly humor about his childhood, Judaism, mortality and the wonders of the contemplative life, has died.
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1 year ago
Writing

Gerald Stern, beloved prize-winning poet, dies at 97

NEW YORK  Gerald Stern, one of the country's most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited melancholy and earthly humor about his childhood, Judaism, mortality and the wonders of the contemplative life, has died.He was 97.Stern, New Jersey's first poet laureate, died Thursday at Calvary Hospice in New York City, according to his longtime partner, Anne Marie Macari.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Writing

Gerald Stern, prize-winning American lyrical poet, dies aged 97

Gerald Stern, one of the US's most loved and respected poets, who wrote with spirited melancholy and earthly humour about his childhood, Judaism, mortality and the wonders of the contemplative life, has died.He was 97.Stern, New Jersey's first poet laureate, died on Thursday at Calvary Hospice in New York City, according to his longtime partner, Anne Marie Macari.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Writing

Gerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97

By Hillel Italie | Associated Press NEW YORK  Gerald Stern, one of the country's most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited melancholy and earthly humor about his childhood, Judaism, mortality and the wonders of the contemplative life, has died.He was 97.Stern, New Jersey's first poet laureate, died Thursday at Calvary Hospice in New York City, according to his longtime partner, Anne Marie Macari.
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Independent
1 year ago
Writing

Prize-winning poet Gerald Stern dies aged 97

Gerald Stern, one of America's most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited melancholy and earthly humour about his childhood, Judaism, mortality and the wonders of the contemplative life, has died aged 97.tern, New Jersey's first poet laureate, died on Thursday at Calvary Hospice in New York City, according to his longtime partner, Anne Marie Macari.
Time Out London
1 year ago
London

Raheem Sterling has released some London bus football boots

They're modelled on the fabric design on the buses that the England and Chelsea star took to training as a kid
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

Agoura community is mourning the death of freshman Carter Stone, a football player

Students, football players, coaches and teachers at Agoura High are mourning the death of freshman Carter Stone, an offensive lineman who died Thursday.
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