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Dickey Betts, hit-crafting mainstay of Allman Brothers Band, dies at 80

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Dickey Betts, the singer-guitarist who co-founded the genre-defining Southern rock group the Allman Brothers Band and wrote several of the group’s most enduring compositions, including “Ramblin’ Man,” died April 18 at his home in Osprey, Fla. He was 80. His family announced the death on his website but did not cite a cause. His manager, David Spero, said Mr. Betts had cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He had been treated in 2018 for a brain injury following a fall in his backyard and canceled a tour following a stroke. Read More...

Diez palabras imposibles de traducir

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Fiona MacdonaldBBC Culture2 enero 2015 Los que hablan inglés dicen que es el inglés; los que hablan español, dicen que la lengua de Cervantes. Los rusos, los chinos, los suecos, todos reclaman para su lengua el título de "más rica del mundo". Y, sin embargo, parece que todos los idiomas se quedan cortos: algunos idiomas tienen palabras perfectas para expresar ciertas emociones o ideas que son muy difíciles, o simplemente imposible, de traducir en otros. Read More...

Kingsman: The Golden Circle delivers a second dose of R-rated action and comedy

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This is a sequel to the 2015 moive "Kingsman: The Secret Service," which is based on the comic book of the same name. Early on in “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” we watch as a criminal mastermind encourages her newest hire to bite into a burger made from the flesh of a man who double-crossed her. The recruit sits at a diner counter, tentatively holding the burger in his hands while looking at a pair of legs sticking out of a nearby meat grinder. Read More...