A ghost
sign is an old hand-painted advertising sign that has been preserved on a building for an
extended period of time. The sign may be
kept for its nostalgic appeal, or simply indifference by the owner. Ghost signs are found across the world with
the United
States, the United Kingdom, France and Canada having many surviving examples. Ghost
signs are also called fading ads and brickads. The painters of the signs were called
"wall dogs". In the city
of Detroit, well-preserved ghost signs have been uncovered when
an adjoining building is demolished as part of the city's blight-fighting efforts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_sign
Ghost signs in joints Neuropathic arthropathy in the diabetic foot
is often difficult to differentiate from osteomyelitis. Neuropathic arthropathy, a progressive, degenerative
process of the foot and ankle, presents with similar symptoms to osteomyelitis
including erythema, tenderness, and edema. MRI may show similar subchondral bone marrow
signal abnormalities, and soft tissue changes with periosteal reaction are seen
in both disorders. The acute stage of
neuroarthropathy may be difficult to differentiate from osteomyelitis. This is because bone marrow edema and joint
effusions are prominent findings of both conditions. With chronic progression of the neuropathic
foot, deformity is a significant aspect and may aid in the differentiation of
neuroarthropathy from infection. Occasionally,
but not frequently, osteomyelitis may be superimposed on neuropathic disease. The “ghost sign” has been used to establish
whether or not infection is present. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/neuropathic-arthropathy
February
6, 2018 A previously unknown language has been found in the Malay Peninsula
by linguists from Lund University in Sweden.
The language has been given the name Jedek. "Jedek
is not a language spoken by an unknown tribe in the jungle, as you would
perhaps imagine, but in a village previously studied by anthropologists. As linguists, we had a different set of
questions and found something that the anthropologists missed," says
Niclas Burenhult, Associate Professor of General Linguistics at Lund
University, who collected the first linguistic material from Jedek
speakers. The language is an Aslian
variety within the Austroasiatic language family and is spoken by 280 people
who are settled hunter-gatherers in northern Peninsular Malaysia. The researchers discovered the language during
a language documentation project, Tongues of the Semang, in which they visited
several villages to collect language data from different groups who speak
Aslian languages. The discovery of Jedek
was made while they were studying the Jahai language in the same area. "We realised that a large part of the
village spoke a different language. They
used words, phonemes and grammatical structures that are not used in Jahai Some of these words suggested a link with
other Aslian languages spoken far away in other parts of the Malay
Peninsula," says Joanne Yager. The
community in which Jedek is spoken is more gender-equal than Western societies,
there is almost no interpersonal violence, they consciously encourage their
children not to compete, and there are no laws or courts. There are no professions either, rather
everyone has the skills that are required in a hunter-gatherer community. This way of life is reflected in the language. There are no indigenous words for occupations
or for courts of law, and no indigenous verbs to denote ownership such as
borrow, steal, buy or sell, but there is a rich vocabulary of words to describe
exchanging and sharing. "There are
so many ways to be human, but all too often our own modern and mainly urban
societies are used as the yardstick for what is universally human. We have so much to learn, not least about
ourselves, from the largely undocumented and endangered linguistic and cultural
riches that are out there," states Niclas Burenhult. An estimated 6,000 languages are currently
spoken in the world. About 80 per cent
of the world's population speak one of the major world languages, while
approximately 20 per cent speak one of the 3 600 smaller languages. Researchers believe that about half of the
world's languages will be extinct 100 years from now. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180206100349.htm
"Eggs get broken, the omelet gets made,
and if it turns out tasty, then all is forgiven." "My country, right or wrong. Which means nothing, unless you admit your
country is wrong
sometimes. Loving a country
that was right all
the time would be common sense, not patriotism.” Night School, #21 in the Jack Reacher series
by Lee Child
The late Ursula K. Le Guin was among the recipients of
literary honours presented February 20, 2018 in New York by PEN America. The science
fiction/fantasy author's No Time to
Spare won a $10,000 US prize for best essay writing. Le Guin died last month at age 88. Poet Layli Long Soldier's debut
collection Whereas won a
$75,000 award for the year's best book. Jenny Zhang's story collection Sour Heart received a $25,000 prize for
best debut fiction and Alexis Okeowo's A
Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa won
a $5,000 award given to outstanding works by "authors of colour." http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/pen-awards-ceremony-1.4544569
See full list of PEN Literary Awards
for 2018 at https://pen.org/2018-winners/
What
Does Fricassee Mean? by
Danilo Alfaro The feature that
distinguishes a fricassee dish from stews is that the meat is prepared
differently from the usual technique for braising meats—the meat isn't browned before the braising liquid is added. Instead, the meat is cooked in oil or fat at
a very low temperature, so it remains white.
As a result, most fricassee dishes are white stews. While chicken
fricassee is the most common, some fricassee recipes are made with veal instead
of chicken. The classic veal fricassee
with peppers is made with cubes of veal shoulder meat that are salted and then
very lightly and gently sautéed in butter and oil, but not enough
to brown the meat. The meat is removed,
and garlic, onion, and celery are added to the pan and sautéed, along with
spices and seasonings. Then the veal
goes back into the pan, along with a sprinkling of flour, which forms a roux. After
the pan is deglazed with white wine, the mixture reduces
for a while and then veal stock is added. The veal is braised for about an hour before
the addition of sautéed bell peppers and mushrooms that are prepared
separately. The mixture simmers briefly
and then is served with a garnish of fresh herbs such as parsley and
basil. Steamed rice,
buttered noodles, creamy mashed potatoes or steamed baby potatoes are all
good accompaniments to chicken or veal fricassee, along with whole-grain bread. Because fricassee is a cooking method, not a
recipe, it can be applied to other types of meats, including lamb, rabbit and
frog legs, as well as fish, shellfish and even mushrooms or other vegetables
alone. https://www.thespruce.com/all-about-fricassee-995685
State
Library Victoria is
the central library of
the state of Victoria, Australia,
located in Melbourne. The library
holds over 2 million books and 16,000 serials, including the diaries of the
city's founders, John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, and the folios of Captain James Cook. It also houses some of the original armour
of Ned Kelly. In
1853, the decision to build a combined library, museum and gallery was made at
the instigation of Lieutenant-Governor Charles
La Trobe and Mr Justice Redmond
Barry, Q.C. (Sir Redmond from
1860). A competition was held, won by
the recently arrived architect Joseph Reed, whose firm and its successors
went on to design most of the later extensions, as well as numerous 19th
century landmarks such as the Melbourne Town Hall, and the Royal Exhibition Building. On 3 July 1854, the recently inaugurated
Governor Sir Charles Hotham laid the foundation stone of
both the new library complex and the University of Melbourne. The library was the first stage opened in
1856, with a collection of 3,800 books chosen by Mr Justice Barry, the
President of Trustees. Augustus
H. Tulk, the first librarian, was appointed three months after the
opening. The Melbourne Public Library as
it was then known was one of the first free public libraries in the world, open
to anyone over 14 years of age, so long as they had clean hands.
Read about the new entrance to Australia’s oldest and
busiest state library at https://vision2020.slv.vic.gov.au/news/new-russell-street-entrance-open-spring-2018/
Thank you, Muse reader and World
Sojourner!
February 22, 2018 Tens
of thousands of years ago, the first artists painted images on the walls of
caves. They collected, painted and
ground holes in shells, presumably to wear. Some of that cave art may have been created by
Neanderthals. At least, that's what a
team of scientists is now claiming. The
painted caves were discovered in Spain. The
walls were the canvasses, and the paintings are bold and clearly not some kind
of smeary accident. The paint used was
red ochre, from soil mixed with water. The
results are published this week in the journals Science and Science Advances. Whether the scientific community will give
Neanderthals final credit depends on whether the latest dating technique holds
up to scrutiny. Christopher Joyce Read more and see pictures at https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/22/587662842/cave-art-may-have-been-handiwork-of-neanderthals
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1847
February 23, 2018 On this date in
2005, American composer Daniel Robert
(Danny) Elfman (best known for writing the opening theme of "The
Simpsons" animated TV series and for scoring movies), heard some of his
music played live at Carnegie Hall. The
American Composers Orchestra gave the premiere performance of “Serenada
Schizophrana,” his first symphonic concert work. Elfman retroactively re-purposed some of his
“Serenada Schizophrana” as the soundtrack for 2006 IMAX film entitled “Deep Sea
3D.” Composers Datebook A Cure
for Pokeritis, released February 23, 1912
is a short silent film starring John Bunny and Flora Finch. After Bunny's death
in 1915, a re-release was announced with the alternative title A Sure Cure for Pokeritis. It was one of many similar shorts produced by Vitagraph Studios—one-reel comedies starring Bunny and Finch in a domestic
setting, known popularly as "Bunnygraphs" or
"Bunnyfinches"—whose popularity made Bunny and Finch early film stars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Cure_for_Pokeritis
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