Four places to hear live music outdoors
For those fond of live music, head outdoors where local restaurants and bars are providing fresh air entertainment. Here are 4 places on Long Island that are popular with everyone:
PORTSIDE BAR & GRILL
On Monday nights at Portside Bar & Grill join the "Portside Pirates Patio (露台) Party" where many artists perform 30-40 minutes each from 7-10 p.m.
"Playing outdoors you get more energy from the audience," singer Maria Rose says. "They are fully engaged in the music."
SPOTLIGHT
There may not be music at the Paramount in Huntington but the venue's art bar Spotlight next door is delivering live music along with burgers (汉堡包) and craft cocktails at a dozen outdoor tables daily from 4-8 p.m.
"We restructured things when we heard outdoor dining is going to be big," says manager James Visalli. Singer / Guitarist Brian Ripps was the first to kick off Spotlight's grand re-opening by mixing cover songs with his originals.
KJ FARRELL'S
Live music is what KJ Farrell's in Bellmore is known for and their backyard patio, which holds 40- 50 seats, has become a hotspot showcasing artists from Tuesday-Saturday from 7-10 p.m. (reservations are made in advance).
Wonderous Stories has just returned to its regular Wednesday night spot where the audience listened to classic rock covers.
GARDEN GRILL
The patio at Garden Grill has been retooled holding 100 people. Music is offered Wednesday through Saturday from 5:30-9:30 p.m. and Sunday 1-8 p.m. in the fresh air.
Singer / songwriter JD Leonard recently performed his own country tune, "Just Drive" and got a standing ovation (热烈鼓掌). "Everybody seemed so happy to be out here. I know I was." he says.
The first time I realized that I had a love for sports competitions was during the Field Day in elementary school. Small for my age, and more of a bookworm than a sports enthusiast, I had suffered that special humiliation of being picked last for various gym teams. The Field Day, which focused on individual skills, was different. In the Softball Throw event, I got my first taste of sporting victory. Credit goes to the example of my first coach, my father. He lifted weights every morning at home. He bought us all baseball gloves and hats, and in the warm months, we spent hours playing catch. Come fall, our backyard football games began with passing practice.
Once I got to sixth grade and switched to private school, our entire student body was assigned to either the Red or the White team. Throughout the year, we competed against each other in various games and exercises for points. I eventually became president of The Committee of Games, accelerating my competitive fever. However, in girls' sports games at my school, I was no star. I also played on the field hockey team and the basketball team. School sports did not bleed into the weekends, as they do today, but at home, playing tennis, skating, skiing and biking were simply normal things we did. During break time, magazines were also quite popular for us teens. These regularly featured articles on physical exercise. Somehow, my college roommate and I took up the habit of completing Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) exercises every day, a practice that continued into my marriage, when we had no spare funds to use to join a gym.
So, though it shocks some of our friends, that early foundation evolved in adulthood into a sports and fitness focus, considered essential even on vacation. I still love reading and the arts, too. As far as I'm concerned, life is the richest with my feet in both worlds.
The latest in cat research reveals that the lovely animal seems to have a basic grasp on both the laws of physics and the ins and outs of cause and effect.
According to a newly published study, cats seem to be able to predict the location of hiding prey (猎物) using both their ears and an inborn (天生的) understanding of how the physical world works.
In a recent experiment, Japanese researchers taped 30 domestic cats reacting to a container that a team member shook. Some containers rattled (发出响声); others did not. When the container was tipped over, sometimes an object fell out and sometimes it didn't.
It turns out that the cats were remarkably smart about what would happen when a container was tipped over. When an object did not drop out of the bottom of a rattling container, they looked at it for a longer time than they did when the container behaved as expected.
"Cats use a causal-logical understanding of noise or sounds to predict the appearance of invisible objects," lead researcher Saho Takagi says in a press release. The researchers conclude that cats' hunting style may have developed based on their common-sense abilities to infer where prey is, using their hearing.
Scientists have explored this idea with other lovely creatures: babies. Like cats, babies appear to engage in what's called "preferential looking"—looking longer at things that are interesting or unusual than things they perceive as normal.
When babies' expectations are not met in experiments like the ones performed with the cats, they react much like their animal friends. Psychologists have shown that babies apparently expect their world to obey the laws of physics and cause and effect as early as two months of age.
Does the study mean that cats will soon grasp the ins and outs of cause and effect? Maybe, Okay, so cats may not be the next physics faculty members at America's most important research universities. But by demonstrating their common sense, they've shown that the divide between cats and humans may not be that great after all.
Are you aware of how you are breathing? A study by the Federal University Sergipe in Brazil showed a higher occurrence of learning disabilities among mouth breathers, concluding that mouth breathers are more likely to have learning difficulties than nasal (鼻的) breathers.
While smell is a very important sense, the nose has other important responsibilities. When someone breathes through the mouth, they are ignoring several important functions of the nose. To name a few, the nose warms and wets the air you breathe to make it more suitable for your lungs. Nasal breathing also increases levels of nitric oxide (一氧化氮), a key molecule (分子) used throughout the body. Another very important function of the nose is that it controls airflow and helps prevent over-breathing. So how can you over breathe? Breathing in and out more air than necessary results in a state of reduced carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) in the blood. Brain function will be damaged when you breathe too much. The loss of carbon dioxide from improper breathing isn't serious enough to be easily noticeable. But over time the habit can take its toll on the brain and body.
Patrick McKeown, author of the Oxygen Advantage explains that if we breathe a relatively small amount of air by breathing slowly through the nose, we increase the amount of carbon dioxide inside us and can deliver more oxygen to our muscles and organs, including the heart and the brain. Scott Jurek, one of the famous marathon runners in the world, says that for runners，one of the most important things to learn is to practice nasal breathing. Anthropologist (古人类学家) Wade Davis has studied and lived with fifteen different groups of native people. Davis was most impressed by the fact that these hunters never opened their mouths to breathe during the hunt.
In the animal world, mouth breathing is rarely seen unless it is falling ill. In humans, chronic (长期的) mouth breathing can lead to cavities (龋洞), gum disease, lowered immune function, digestive disturbances, poor sleep quality, and can result in crooked teeth and even poorly developed facial structure.
If you've ever wondered how often you should shampoo (用洗发剂洗) your hair, you're not alone. While many people prefer to wash their hair daily, others think that once every few days is best. But that still leaves us with the very important question - how much is too much?
When you wash your hair with shampoo, the surfactant (表面活性剂) in the shampoo mixes with water and works to clean dirt and oil from your hair. Although clean hair is definitely a good thing, frequent shampooing can lead to some problems such as split ends (发梢开叉) and dull hair.
Most people who wash their hair every day say they do it to avoid a build-up of oil. But in fact, skipping a wash is the best way to prevent oil from building up. Most often the oily substance in your hair doesn't come from natural oil but from the products you use for treatment and styling.
Actually, how often you should shampoo your hair depends on your hair type. People who sweat a lot or live in a humid area may need to shampoo their hair more frequently. If your hair is oily, you should try to use a shampoo that is specially designed for oily hair.
Since thicker hair collects less oil, it'll need less washing. Anyway, the best way to know how often to wash your hair is to experiment. As long as you don't have scalp (头皮) problems, you can wash your hair once a week.
A. It is evident that shampoo can be harmful to your hair.
B. Oily hair, on the other hand, is more difficult to deal with.
C. Washing your hair every day can be costly and unhelpful.
D. It's a question that has been bothering thousands of people.
E. In addition, dry and curly hair can often be left unwashed for days.
F. You may notice some changes if you start skipping washing your hair.
G. To answer that, we first need to understand what happens when you wash your hair.
Can you remember the first time you received a generous act? I can't, but I 1remember the first time I understood the meaning of generosity.
I was in Grade Four. Fred was a boy in my class who lived in difficult conditions.His parents couldn't afford to buy him all the stationary(文具) that he needed, and one of the basic items he 2 was colored pencils. So every time we needed to use colored pencils, Fred would 3 some of mine.
Knowing this, my mother said it must have been hard for him to always4others. Instead of driving home, she drove directly to the closest stationery shop and had me 5some for Fred.
The next day I was sent to school with these things and was told to give them to Fred in 6;I shouldn't cause Fred to feel 7, but should just give them to him and tell him they were his to 8. Receiving these, Fred looked 9at first, then happy and proud. He had his own stationery!
To me, it's okay to let Fred use my pencils. However, my mom realized what a 10it would make for Fred to have his own. Generosity is11an opportunity to do something within your 12. Besides, it's never limited to material things. Thinking creatively and sharing 13to help others find solutions are also acts of generosity. Give someone your time and 14by listening mindfully. More importantly, it isn't doing something to be seen but giving with no 15of anything in exchange.
Hu Ge has been playing roles that fit his age. At 23, he was adventurous and (courage) Li Xiaoyao in Chinese Paladin, truly (define) the appearance of "China's best actor of period drama". At 33, he was the (hide) and disguised playboy Ming Ting in The Disguiser. In 2016, after he won the Magnolia Award Nirvan in Fire, fame and fortune came to him again, and he could be seen slowing down visibly.
However, fame and fortune are not the (meaning) of Hu Ge's survival after the car accident. He has not taken further advantage of his top popularity, nor has he been forced by rules of the showbiz. He is never afraid of (forget). Every time he appears in public, he comes with his work and then (appear) with it, remaining out of the public attention for several months. Hu Ge is no longer what he was years ago. He (experience) joy and sorrow, life and death. He looks at life more lightly and is more low-key. "What has not defeated me will eventually bring me achievements."
This is few people dislike Hu Ge.
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A Boy With a Mission
In1945, a 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that met his heart racing. But the price-- five dollars--was far beyond Reuben Earle's means. Five dollars would buy almost a week's food for his family.
Reuben couldn't ask his father for the money. Everything Mark Earle made through fishing in Bay Roberts. Reuben's mother, Dora, struggled to feed and clothe their five children.
Nevertheless, he opened the shop's weathered door. He told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding," Can you please hold it for me for some time?" "I'll try," the shopkeeper smiled.
Reuben respectfully touched his worn cap and walked out into the sunlight. There was purpose in his walk. He would raise the five dollars and not tell anybody.
When he stopped at a construction site, Reuben had an idea. People built their own homes in Bay Roberts. Sometimes nail sacks(麻袋)were thrown, and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the local factory for five cents a piece.
That day he found two sacks, which he took to the wooden factory and sold to the man in charge of packing nails.
The boy's hand tightly held the five-cent pieces as he ran the two kilometers home. It was dinnertime when Reuben got home. He looked at his mother and smiled. Sunlight from the window fell upon her shoulder-length golden hair. Slim and beautiful, she was the center of the home, the glue that held it together.
Her chores were never-ending: sewing clothes, cooking meals, baking bread and planting. But she was happy. Her family and their happiness were her highest priority.
Every day after school, Reuben was busy collecting the nail bags. Often he was cold, tired and hungry, but the thought of the object in the shop window encouraged him to hold on.
Finally, spring burst into green and Reuben's spirits erupted. The time had come! He poured the coins out and began to count. Then he counted again. It would be enough if he sold two more sacks. Reuben ran down Water Street. The shadows were lengthening when Reuben arrived at the factory.
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The sack buyer was about to lock up.
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Racing home, Reuben burst through the front door.
