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A couple of years ago, the problem of organizing music for me did not exist. On the family computer, my entire assortment of MP3 files was clearly arranged in folders with the name of the artist, also the album name (ID3-tags didn’t particularly interest me). The audio CDs that we listened to on our MP3 / CD player on the road were arranged in perfect order. Sometimes we cut MP3s, it’s impossible to get lost in the assortment, because the folder structure when transferring music from a hard disk to a CD was preserved.
It was a golden time. I would also live more calmly, if there was no progress, the interest in the newly minted pieces of iron also dodging to drag company disks with me. The perfect variation is the hard disk player. If the assortment grows at a speed of 5-10 discs per week, a large memory capacity on a portable device is converted into an urgent need. Even in the 20-gigabyte model fits a decent amount of music. Next is better: at what time in the player is the hard drive of 40 gigabytes, it is allowed to say goodbye to the computer for a long time.
When the assortment of digital music achieves certain dimensions, maintaining the routine in it (it doesn’t matter on the computer or in the pocket player) begins to exact more and more effort.
Suppose that the musical assortment is digitized, but in all the tracks the complete composition data is indicated. In this case, the portable player requires only one thing: the ability to quickly find the right album or song. Most of the players provide the search for the desired song or album through the name of the artist or the name of the album. Iriver is almost the only manufacturer of players offering a couple of different types of sorting tracks. C it also begin.
IRiver players, both on the basis of a hard disk, and also on the basis of flash memory, are very easy to use. First, it is also allowed to do without the program for organizing also copying music on a computer. Just connect the player and copy the data. On the player itself, the desired track is simply searched in its directory.
Advantages of this approach - taking care of tags in music files is not necessary in general. Simply expand the music into folders and transfer them to the player. This is almost the only possible means of normal listening to collections of songs like "with the universe on a string." I have such a collection (the folder "Miscellaneous") occupies about one and a half gigabytes and also, if you feed it to a program or device sorted by artist or album, it will simply spread out according to the playlist - you can’t collect it back.
The disadvantage of this approach is also: the inability to search for data from ID3-tags. Without this, it is allowed to do completely, if you have a stuffed mess in the tags, there is also no time to bring the economy in order. But if all or approximately all of the music is digitized from disks, tagged also with other information, then it’s much faster to find the artist also an album than to dig in hundreds, but also thousands of folders with music.
Iriver players can also use a different method, but using their own software. Such a remedy would not be extremely convenient for me. First, I would like to do without extra programs. Secondly, at least the software from iRiver is well made, but even Winamp is inferior in functionality, let alone monsters like iTunes.
It would be logical to expect compatibility with Windows Media Player, but the practice illustrates that even officially compatible with this program does not guarantee the absence of problems. Players often work with the brainchild of Microsoft ... so-so. Often, the speed of transferring data from the computer to the player leaves a wish of your favorites.
In any case, the undoubted plus of iRiver players is that the manufacturer advises a couple of ways to organize music. Other companies such freedom of election does not alienate. In addition, iRiver operates its players user-friendly, but not for record companies: you can copy music not only from the computer to the player, but also from the player to the computer. This is an undoubted advantage.
In practice, the “comfort” of the iRiver player interface was tested on the H-10 and H-340 models. In the main case, we own a compact player with a hard disk of five gigabytes. Search is allowed to conduct or in folders with music, or on information about the artist is also other. In both cases, the search for the desired track is quite convenient.
The tough sensor strip makes the impression worse. Unlike the pressure sensitive wheel on the iPod, the iRiver touch strip seems extremely stiff. It doesn’t come to the player at once that you need to hastily scroll through a large list of files.
The lack of a standard set of control panel does not seem to facilitate the process of navigation "on the go." With the speed of updating the menu, however, everything is in order. The player thinks a little when entering the main menus, but in the submenu also the built-in file browser does everything without delay.
Model H-340 was pleased with the button to quickly move to the file browser as well as the ability to instantly switch playback modes. The overall sentence for these pair of players: due to a couple of options for sorting the musical assortment, iRiver generally wins two points from competitors. If we consider the players only from the point of view of usability, then iRiver is in no way inferior to its competitors, although it also lacks some useful features, such as searching for files as well as tracks or clearer management. In any case, the first problem is solved - the desired track is hastily also without problems. Of course, if you have not forgotten in which directory it is located.
Creative also contracted "sensory" ailment. The Zen Touch model uses a touch strip, but working with it is much more convenient than with a similar control element in iRiver players or with a mechanical rocker key in the Zen Xtra.
The advantage of Creative players on the hard disk: the ability to search by artist, album name or song. True, only in English. The obvious flaw: with impressive volumes of musical assortment, the player starts to brake terribly when one tries to draw a list of all the performers or, even worse, of all the albums.
Creative's “thoughtfulness” also manifests itself in a friend: they are turned on instantly, but 15 seconds react to the shutdown command in 15 seconds. A very annoying moment, even though in general, Creative has very high-quality players with excellent sound. And, the essence is very competitive in price.
For the rest, no miracles. Search by data from tags to files. Naturally, collections are allowed to be found only by the name of the album - in the list of performers they crawl away from numerous creators. This is not exactly what you need. For objectivity, one must say that the ability to group collections only from software players, hardware devices have not learned this yet. Management is also quite clear and simple, if not to slow down.
The general verdict: fat plus for the ability to search also fat minus for the "brakes". Which of these reasons is more important is for you to elect. I note a separate button in Zen Touch, including the Shuffle mode.
The first is also the main "chip" of this player was a mechanical, but then the touch scroll wheel, which also gives an answer for navigation. We can say that Apple this functional element was a success. The wheel exactly follows your instructions, stopping there, in which place you also hastily scrolling through the long lists of performers.
On the other hand, besides watching music by artist, album or style, nothing is. The search is in the absence, but the switching of the playback modes for some reason was stuck in the settings section (in new versions of the firmware, this omission was corrected).
Despite this, the available funds are enough. Find the right track is easy enough. Even an impressive range of music does not cause any difficulties - the player does not hesitate to display thousands of lists of songs.
Very upset that the player does not know how to group collections in a separate folder. As already mentioned, the hardware players do not have this function at all, but in iTunes there is such a function.
Another plus is the ability to create smart playlists in iTunes and transfer them to the iPod. Thus it is allowed to make a dynamically updated playlist of music with a rating of 4 or 5 stars. If you get tired of any song from this list, it is allowed to "throw out" from the playlist by pressing two buttons.
There are no functions for creating playlists directly on the player - there is only the possibility of adding tracks to entire On-The-Go playlist as well as adding tracks to tracks. In general, if iRiver is not calculated in any way, the organization system in the Apple iPod seemed to be the most convenient, although the search would still not hurt.
Players from other manufacturers in some way copy the presented music organization schemes. Alas, none of the players can not be called ideal from the point of view of ease of use, if the word moves about work with an assortment of five also more than thousands of tracks. The main disadvantages: music collections in no way stand out in any way, they are difficult to find in the digital library; information from tags often have to be corrected (even if it is correct), for example, to group similar albums under one artist.
Especially difficult with the classics - here in the presence, as a position, there is information about the composer, performer or conductor, the title of the creation as well as information about the specific elements of this work. In freedb-type databases, data is pushed out like a god’s soul. Sometimes the track information is recorded in the artist field, as a result of which the disc is almost impossible to find in the database. You understand how much pores you have to spend in order to bring the assortment in order. Sometimes, the only way out that it seems to be the true way is to stuff music into folders according to your own preferences - it’s just possible to find at least something. The real solution is to release players (or update existing ones) with full support for one of the most popular programs for working with music. Let it be a real iPod, but with full support for iTunes functions. Or a different player with support for Windows Media Player. Alas, so far up to this "perfection" in the distance. Although Creative has also created a fairly successful MediaSource software package, with it that blah grief, which is also with iTunes - it is compatible only with “its own” players. With a clear need for a universal solution. So now it’s time to create your own musical assortment to listen to the building, also in the route on a portable device - these are solid compromises.


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You’ve just been told by your web designer that your nice shiny new website has been published! Hurrah! He did tell you some weeks back to check over all copy on the development test site but of course you were too busy to take a real good look. You skimmed over most of the pages and agreed for it to go live.
But hang on…there are some bits of copy with incorrect information? And another page is already showing out of date news. It’s not the web designer’s fault of course. He’s just used the content that was given to him by the client when he was building the site. How was he to know some of their suppliers have just launched new products? You quickly contact the designer to get him to update it but he’s currently busy on his next project – won’t be able to update it till next week he tells you. That will be too late for your important product launch. Oh…and one other thing, these updates will be charged by the hour from now on.
Surely it should be possible to update these things ourselves you ask yourself? Well, a Content Management System wasn’t specified at the start of the project and in the quote so will need to be built into the site at additional cost.
Content Management Systems (or CMS for short) are tricky things. Sure, you want to have control over your website without paying any additional costs, that’s a no-brainer. But there are now a huge amount of systems on the market, all with varying degrees of complexity and it’s not always as straight forward as you think.
Before agreeing with the designer on the system they are supplying, get them to demo the CMS to you first so you get an idea of its capabilities. Have a think about what content you will actually want to update regularly. It’s no good just saying that you want to be able to change everything, however you want and whenever you want. You’re not a web designer after all. Creating a user friendly CMS takes time to configure and allowing someone unskilled to easily make changes, doubles the time it takes the web designer to build it. Sure, giving someone access to simply change text is fine but when more complex information and layouts are used, a designer’s eye and graphical design skills come into play. This is not something that anyone can do.
You also need to look at who will be responsible for updating the site. Will it be someone from IT or the middle aged admin lady who works in the office or even yourself? We all have varying degrees of technical competency. If you find that using Facebook is completely baffling or you struggle with checking your email and basic computer tasks, then you’re probably not the best person to be in charge of updates.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Last March 30, the “Good Friday” of the week long holiday break called Lent, I was bored out of my mind. There was an itch to do something, anything out of the ordinary. Puzzled by this out-of-place feeling, I looked deep down into myself. It was concluded that this was not a result of watching the same TV shows over and over again (though it was a deterrent to me watching the TV) nor playing video games for a long time (I did play DoTA for the past three days).
The ceiling of my room was not interesting enough, and so I looked around. I saw a book on our shelf entitled “Run50”, written by Pastor Ferdie Cabiling. I had finished it days prior, and remembered myself marveling at the tenacity of the Pastor to run 50km per day for 44 days. I thought to myself, “I could never do that, but surely I could walk”. For some reason, the thought felt right, and thus I decided to walk somewhere.
Lenten season is a season of penance for most of the Filipino people. Tradition such as no bathing, no playing, no meat, no work and no alcohol was the norm and thus, almost no one would travel to anywhere. For the more zealous kind, they’d walk a few miles while slapping their backs with leather straps and hang themselves on the cross, nails optional, in a simulation of what Jesus did on the cross. I thought to myself “That should hurt!”.
In a way, these people would be the closest thing to what Jesus did to the cross, at least for the physical pain. But at the same time, these people would also be the farthest one to understand why Jesus did what he did. It is said, “for without the shedding of the blood there is no forgiveness” (Hebrews 9:22, NIV). But the blood has already been spilled on the cross 2000 years ago! So why do it again?
Well, because of the Lent season, the streets of Metro Manila were as devoid of cars as it can be. It can be said that this is a yearly thing where one can walk along the highway with almost no risk of accident. Thus, with my trusty cellphone playing some Christian songs, I walked along the Katipunan-C5 road. I had a vague sense of direction in mind, but no real destination.
Along the walk, I thought to myself, “man there’s nothing to see here. Everywhere I look its just buildings and subdivisions!”. And since there are no people around, I sang some of the songs that I liked, and danced to the more upbeat ones. There were cars here and there, but they too were enjoying the highway that they didn’t pay attention to me, Thank God for that, it would’ve been embarrassing.
Because there was nothing to think about, I thought about my research. I am a scientist, a PhD student in Physics, and there were a lot of deadlines, a lot of things to do and a lot of other things that I don’t know I would have to do. I am always in a hurry to do things. I always have to think about the next step in the experiment, or if this method is logical and defensible from other people in the field. My mind was full of such things that, while walking, I thought about it even if there was nothing that I could do about it. I mean, I am walking with only my cellphone with me! My heartbeat rose up to panic, why in all of creation did I decide to do this, but I realized that, again, I could do nothing about it. I mean, I could go back, but I was already an hour into my journey and I didn’t want disappoint myself. My heart then went back to beating normally, since when something is out of my hands, I might as well be relaxed while not doing it.
It was at this point (along the White Plains road) that I realized that I am alone. I realized that, while walking to some destination I don’t know about, there is no one around me. No one to talk to, and I didn’t want to turn on my cellphone’s data since it uses too much battery charge.
Thus, I decided to pray.
At the White Plains, there was a crossroad. One was going to Edsa, which then would lead to Makati, and the other one was going to someplace I didn’t know. I turned on my data, looked it up on google, and saw that it leads to BGC. It was here that I prayed. My heart wanted to go to Makati since it was something that I knew, something familiar at the very least. But when God leads you to something, sometimes the only thing that you could do is follow.
Walking anywhere, even on water!
Most of the time in our Christian walk, it is like that. There would always be two choices, and one of the choices would be something that we already know, something that is familiar and comfortable. But most of the time, God leads us to something uncomfortable. Somewhere we hadn’t encountered before and somewhere that makes us afraid. I remember Peter when Jesus walked on water far away from their boat during a storm in the sea (It was Jesus who told them to travel by this boat). The other disciples huddled in a corner of the boat where there is “comfort”, even if this comfort is an illusion. I mean, where in a boat is safe during a storm?
When faced with adversity and trials, Christians often times pray for God to give them strength, or to heal their sickness, or to give them provision and guidance. And there is nothing wrong with that. It’s good that we rely on the power of God, on His promises written on the Bible. One of the most favored verses talks about His promise, that He has “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11, NIV).
I asked myself, what does it mean to walk on water?
I think it means giving God glory in spite of adversities. When God allowed Peter to walk on water during a storm, he became a symbol of God’s glory and power. I think that’s what we, as Christians should aim to be. It is promised that we will face trials and tribulations in our life. We will face hardships, because we are Christians. We will be tested and tried because we are Christians. There will be a point where the world will be against us, because we are Christians. And the greatest thing that we could ask God during these trials is for God to show His power through us while we are at lowest. Not for God to take away the problem, or to ease the difficulty, but to completely give ourselves up to his plan and power. To completely step back from the wheel and allow God to steer us through the storm.
From here on out, I was in a sort-of-conversation with God. Conversation here means me blabbering and Him listening. I talked about my life, my thoughts, my murky future (when you are a PhD student, your future is, by default, unknown). I talked about my mom, about how I miss my dad, about how my brother and sister is doing. About my insecurities, my fears, my desires, my mistakes (and boy was there a lot of them) and a plethora of other things that I never knew I hadn’t moved past on.
It was here that I realized all the weight in my heart is being lifted. You know that feeling when you finally remove your shoes after a long and tiring day? It was something like that. It isn’t even happiness. It was just relief that there is a God, and that God is my Father.
It is that peace when you finally understand that after a long battle with life, your life is His and His alone.
I then arrived at BGC after three hours of walking and looked for a cafe. I wrote stuff for a while on my journal, then went back home.
Generally, we don’t want to do things that are usually considered as a waste of time. And, frankly enough, I considered this endeavor as a colossal spending of time on something that does not give me anything. And most of the time, God’s commands are like that. You wouldn’t know why God would want you to do something as inane as walking without a destination when you could’ve been sitting at home, drinking your coffee and finishing that presentation for your boss, or preaching at this backwater countryside, where people are more conservative and more likely to spit at you when you could’ve been at a city where people would be more likely to accept God’s word. But God’s ways are not our ways, and His plans are more that we can imagine.
So when God gives you that urge to do something, go!
Wynn Improso is a PhD student. He is also a long time fan of foods and, oddly enough, walking.

industry_corpus2: Others


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the report focuses on global major leading industry players with information such as company profiles, product picture and specification, capacity, production, price, cost, revenue and contact information. Upstream raw materials, equipment and downstream consumers analysis is also carried out. Whatâ€™s more, the Smart Clothes industry development trends and marketing channels are analyzed.
PostDoc Opening at Semantic Technology Institute (STI) Innsbruck!
We are looking for a PostDoc at Semantic Technology Institute (STI) Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck, to start from October 2015.
Experience and/or interest in eTourism is especially welcome!

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Thanks for your interest in the labworldsoft® 6! We'll get back to you as soon as we can.
labworldsoft is a laboratory software to control lab devices, automate processes, and to document your measurements and results. The software provides access to a huge library of different laboratory devices. labworldsoft does not integrate only IKA laboratory devices, but supports several other device from different manufacturers as well. You stay flexible in the choice of your lab devices you want to use and profit from the whole device range of the laboratory world. The communication between PC and lab device can be realized over different communication interfaces like RS232, USB, Bluetooth or network. labworldsoft allows an easy recording of various physical parameters like torque, temperature, speed and pH-value, etc.. For better analyzation and documentation, those values can be displayed in different ways. For example in a y/t-diagram.
The amount of applications, set ups and processes where laboratory devices are used is unlimited.
Through its flexibility and the huge device library, labworldsoft has a solution for every problem. You can create different configurations for different applications. You do not need any other software, for your daily work in your laboratory. The entire Laboratory world in one software. That is Labworldsoft.
No other laboratory software in the world is out of the box compatible with such a huge range of different lab devices as labworldsoft. More than 300 lab devices from more than 40 manufacturers are already implemented in labworldsoft or will be part of labworldsoft in the future. Are you missing one of your devices in our device library? No problem! If your device has a communication interface, we can integrate it anytime.
Through the large amount of different function modules, you can realize any configuration for your laboratory setups. The interaction between the various function modules and the lab devices allows the highest possible dynamic and flexibility for permanently changing requirements in the daily work in the laboratory world. For instance, you can control your processes time based or event based.
Using function modules, you can create time triggered or event triggered configurations for you laboratory processes. You can connect your lab devices using logical functions to build a more complex system. In this way, you can realize automated running processes.
labworldsoft enables users to a quickly record many physical parameters that are required in the laboratory, such as pH, conductivity, temperature, torque, weight, flow rates, etc.. For documentation purposes, all measuring results as well as the measurement flowcharts can be printed or plotted according to GLP, ISO and QA.
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industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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Durban, 16 January 2018: Drivers and commuters in the Mt Edgecombe area will have noticed a significant improvement in traffic flow since the upgraded 4-lane Flanders Drive M41 Bridge has been opened. Linking Mount Edgecombe to the Cornubia Retail Park and other Cornubia businesses, the new interchange also provides direct access to Cornubia for commuters travelling along the M41.
The new bridge and interchange has effectively doubled the number of lanes crossing the M41 as well as enhancing access and egress to and from it. It has been designed to handle the increased traffic that will be attracted to the greater Cornubia Development and specifically the Cornubia Retail Park. This is the third bridge giving easy access into Cornubia, the others being the bridge over the N2 motorway which connects Cornubia with the uMhlanga Ridge Town Centre and the bridge over the railway line and MR79 giving access from the R102.
the retail centre from Phoenix and from the M4.
with a modern twist. “We incurred some delays resulting from having to relocate additional fibre optic electronic communication cable network that had been installed between the time of tender and construction commencing,” adds Sefehle.

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Sand drum is basically used to grind different materials or you can say to smooth a material.
*Grit is like the smoothness of a sand paper larger the number, smoother is the sand paper.
A lil big in diameter so might not get into smaller places.
* You can take out the magnet and the metal ring that is inside that fan blade. I kept it as its of no use to me at the moment and its keeping the wheel strong as well.

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The project THERS is based on the vision to treat thermal energy the same way as electric systems treat electricity. It shall be assembled out of sources causing heat, guidelines for the transfer such as heat pipes into storage systems working like a battery keeping the thermal energy for other purposes. Associating that vision with a mobile system, it is combined with a hard break even related to the weight and space of the system but first of all, these components need to be developed. Heatpipes are state of the art in high performance systems such as computers and brakes or engines are well known as heat sources but the battery system is still an empty spot in that assembly.
Phase Change Material (PCM) was the material of choice to store thermal energy in a material transition from solid to liquid state. For many technical applications the material is reacting to slow. Heating a large tank of PCM the material that is in touch with the outer shell will melt first leaving a liquid zone with very low heat conductivity that turns the high capacity energy storing system into a very slow reacting thermal battery.
The increase of the reaction speed was a major objective of a research project at the Fraunhofer IWU. By using the combination of PCM with a cellular metal matrix that is transferring the heat deeply into the wax structure, the paraffin in direct contact with the heated surface is highly increased. Open cellular structures as well as closed cellular structures realized by the powder-metallurgical-production route have been used. These structures show micro cracks in the cells that allow an infiltration process too.
A comparison of the thermal behavior of all test specimens resulted in a thermal difference inside the test samples strongly related to the components used. That way the simulated functionality of the heat spreader was validated. The closed porous sample shows the lowest difference between hottest and coldest spot inside which stands for a very homogeneous heat distribution realized by the spreader and the Al-foam structure.
The combination of cellular metals with PCM fulfills the requirements of a thermal battery as it reacts relatively fast and is able to store thermal energy. It is a first successful step to finally realize the vision of a thermal circuit and will be followed by a combination with heat pipes in the next project.

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


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“Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level,” by James K. Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns and Robert H. Mnookin ’68 (Harper). HLS Professor Mnookin, who for many years chaired the school’s Program on Negotiation, joins two other Harvard-affiliated professors in a study of the former secretary of state’s public and private deal-making, based on extensive interviews with Henry Kissinger on negotiation strategy and tactics. Pointing to “remarkable levels of sophistication and consistency in his approach,” the authors detail Kissinger’s negotiations including with China, Vietnam, and his lesser-known initiative to contain Soviet influence over Southern African states. In particular, they praise Kissinger’s practice of “zooming out” to larger strategic goals and then “zooming in,” using interpersonal skills to persuade counterparts.
“American Capitalism: New Histories,” eds., Sven Beckert and Christine Desan (Columbia). HLS Professor Desan and her co-editor, the founders of Harvard University’s Program on the Study of Capitalism, present essays that demonstrate the centrality of finance in American history and how it shapes politics and culture. While contributors cover traditional economic topics such as the labor market and stocks and bonds, they also explore issues such as women’s rights and slavery. The essays offer new approaches to American capitalism, write the editors, as it continues to morph and perhaps play a less central role in the world.
“The Indian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization: The Rise of the Corporate Legal Sector and its Impact on Lawyers and Society,” eds., David B. Wilkins ’80, Vikramaditya S. Khanna and David M. Trubek (Cambridge). “The Brazilian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization: The Rise of the Corporate Legal Sector and its Impact on Lawyers and Society,” eds., Luciana Gross Cunha, Daniela Monteiro Gabbay, José Garcez Ghirardi, Trubek and Wilkins (Cambridge). The project on Globalization, Lawyers and Emerging Economies at the HLS Center on the Legal Profession has produced the first two volumes in a planned series. Co-edited by Wilkins, HLS professor and faculty director at CLP, each volume covers topics including the rise of the corporate legal sector, legal education, and regulation of legal services. Both India and Brazil in the 1990s moved from a closed economic system to one that was increasingly open to international investment and private enterprise, the editors write, which increased the opportunities and influence of the countries’ lawyers and contributed to a legal profession transformed in some of the most populous countries in the world.


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It is a strange time of year to start my blog as we are staring wistfully out at our gardens which now appear in sepia instead of our beloved technicolour. It is, in fact, the time when we are starting to plan next year’s changes, amendments and experiments.
I have two gardens which I am developing, my own and the residents’ garden here at the Crescent. The Crescent’s garden has been ticking over for years without much happening, but now we have a really enthusiastic team of people who are willing to turn out and weed, plant and tidy. We have made an amazing start this year, clearing out dead shrubs and plugging border gaps with colourful hardy perennials such as Persicaria, Astrantias, Geraniums, Nepeta and Bergenia. In the woodland areas we have added Epimediums, Pachysandra, Hellebores and Hedera and in one wonderful day we planted 1000 spring-flowering bulbs. A new Magnolia Soulangeana has been added to the central planting bed, and a Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ has been planted as a focal shrub in the East end of the garden. Hopefully this will grow to be a magnificent specimen in years to come.
In the spring we will be plugging gaps in our hedge with Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’ and sitting back to enjoy the bulbs as they emerge and seeing how our new planting develops.
My challenge for next year is working out how to ensure the garden boundaries look good from both outside and in.
My own garden is undergoing major surgery. I am capitalising on the disappointment of a fierce winter followed by this summer’s wet weather by abandoning my usual routines and concentrating on preparation for next year. The garage has been painted, new gates built, a new plant ‘holding’ area established, new plants collected and of course a modest but essential greenhouse shoe-horned into the only available space after a nifty repositioning of the back gate. I have finished off by setting-out the new lawn and digging out the new planting beds.
can't wait to plant this up!
This circular lawn will be surrounded by grasses and perennials to create an enclosed and secluded space with year-round interest, plus I have doubled my planting area allowing me room to experiment with new plants and combinations.
The lower half of the lawn will be dug over next year and terraced to increase the planting area even more. I’ll be getting someone else to dig that out this time!!
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industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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Kansas City gets to step onto the field and get the Dallas game out of their minds tomorrow when they take on the LA Galaxy. The Galaxy come into this week not having played a game since August 25th due to Hurricane Irene. They'll be without their newest designated player, Robbie Keane who returned to Europe for Ireland's Euro qualifiers during this international break. They will have Landon Donovan who traveled with the team to Kansas City after playing for the United States on Friday vs Costa Rica. The Galaxy have one of the best road records 6-3-4, almost as good as KC's 6-2-4 record at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park.
With this game being moved from the middle of August, it at least gives KC an earlier opportunity to forget about the Dallas game last week. Aurelien Collin could be back in the starting lineup after making a substitute appearance against Dallas. The big thing that KC will have to deal with tomorrow is the absence of Kei Kamara due to international duty and Teal Bunbury due to his red card he picked up against Dallas. Replacing them up top will be a challenge, the team could put Graham Zusi, Soony Saad, or even Chance Myers in one of the forward positions, while Omar Bravo fills the other, as long as Jeferson is ready to return to the lineup.
Number to Remember - 6 - That's the number of home wins KC has this season, it's also the number of road wins that LA has this year.
Key Match Up - Seth Sinovic vs David Beckham - If Beckham plays out on the right wing for LA as he did during the first game in LA, Sinovic is going to have his hands full dealing with the former English international. Roger Espinoza did in the first leg, hopefully Sinovic's good form continues.
PREDICTION - LA has the best defense in the league, and KC is going to be without two of their top 3 scorers. This is going to be a difficult game for KC to get the best of. KC is going to need CJ Sapong to break out of his recent slump and cause problems for Omar Gonzalez for KC for KC to be successful. The Galaxy are going to come at KC's defense mainly through Landon Donovan and Beckham, it's going to be a major challenge for the wingbacks. I think the large crowd expected tomorrow could help KC in the end though, but not enough to get the win.
Our wing positions are real thin beyond Bravo and Kamara.
I am curious to see if Soony Saad moves out right for this game and/or in the future.
Especially since both the center forward position (Sapong, Bunbury) and the he attacking mid spot (Jeferson, Peterson) seem close to capacity going forward.
The Ireland match hadn't dawned on me..was looking forward to seeing Keane. Guessing Donovan will only play one half. Would like to see Saad score late winner! Go Blue!
don't let becks hear you say "former". if it were up to him he'd play in brazil 2014.
I am thinking Myers starts at right back while Arnaud gets the start at right forward. And if Jeferson doesn't start, then Joseph might get the start — pushing Zusi up in the middle.
Bring Harrington on for Myers after 60+. And Joseph if Jeferson starts. Then maybe Saad for Davy.
No matter the lineup, I am seeing this as a loss or tie at best.

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Female Rappers, what took so long?
Since Hip-hop’s inception in the 1970’s, the air waves of urban radio stations littered across America were heavily influenced by the intellectual musings of Public Enemy and Ice-T. These, in turn, directly influenced bigger names such as LL Cool J, Notorious B.I.G and Nas, all coined as rap legends in their own right. It was the black man that took the traditional African rap and turned it into a money-making craft. 2004 saw every single #1 in the USA be a R&B or rap song – a clear indication of the rising popularity of the genres.
Why then, has it taken up to 40 years for women to start becoming truly prominent in this industry? Some argue misogyny is still ripe in the world’s society – yet we see the likes of Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Britney Spears breaking musical pop records every year. Is it hip-hop then that has seemed for so long to have no space for the female rapper?
It is ignorant to ignore the few female rappers who were powerful enough to crack through into the mainstream over the last 10 years. Pioneers such as Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliott and Eve have all achieved #1 singles and albums. Then there are the likes of Lil Kim, Foxxy Brown and Khia – who developed notoriety for their almost naked photo-shoots and racy lyrics. None of them, however, have managed to capture any longevity, and the majority live on in obscurity, with their careers a pleasant but distant memory.
What female rappers from the past have done however is opening doors. This year we have the likes of Iggy Azalea (who is the first female to ever feature on the cover of XXL magazine’s Freshman issue) Azealia Banks, Rye Rye, Angel Haze and Brooke Candy, to name a few. Each bringing their own distinctive style to the table, and it is the internet which has multiplied their stock infinitely.
“Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers – if you haven’t noticed of late – are a lot more interesting than guys” said Angel Haze, new face on the scene.
Indie music bloggers, video distribution websites, social media profiles and the hope to go “viral” (think 212 by Azealia), the world wide web has awoken an urge for discovery in the public. We as a species have unlimited ways to search and invest in music thanks to the internet, and it is this that has given us the chance to broaden our minds and accept a new breed of hip-hop star.
It would be an injustice if this article didn’t dedicate at least a paragraph to Nicki Minaj, who is arguably one of the biggest female rap artists of all time. Boasting 16 million followers on Twitter, she has amassed a fan base larger than any male rapper on the internet. Her split personalities, cartoonish rhymes and divergence into the dance/electro scene has solidified her as not only a tour-de-force in rap but also a titan in the pop world. She has undoubtedly sent label executives into a frenzy for women in hip-hop and can partially be thanked for this new wave of female MCs.
It is undecided, though, whether this is a definitive change or a passing niche. But with a look at the upcoming stars on the horizon and the continued success of Minaj, there is hope. Macklemore is set to become the biggest white rapper since Eminem, and the previously mentioned Azealia Banks and Iggy Azalea are both tipped to release much hyped albums later in the year. Not forgetting Le1f and Mikkey Blanco, two gay rappers who are currently in the spotlight, almost likely to do with R&B singer Frank Ocean’s recent admittance of being bisexual.
Things are changing in the hip-hop scene and we’re very excited indeed.

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There is no shortage of scientific weight-loss studies. With chronic health conditions like obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension on the rise, many weight-loss researchers are on the hunt for dietary patterns that are effective at reversing the root causes of these conditions.
Most weight-loss studies focus on calorie restriction. The BROAD study is unique in that it was designed to allow people to eat as much as they wanted. Rather than limiting how much people were eating, researchers focused on which foods people ate.
Participants in the intervention group were given specific instructions on what foods to include and exclude from their diet. The chart used to explain the guidelines is shown below. Participants in the intervention group were instructed to eat whole grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits as the majority of their daily food intake.
They were encouraged to eat starchy foods like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and whole grain breads and pastas, and to avoid animal products (meat, fish, eggs, and dairy products) as well as refined vegetable oils (olive oil, coconut oil, etc.). In addition, participants were told to strongly limit their intake of high-fat plants like nuts, seeds, avocadoes, tofu, and tempeh. They were provided with 50 mcg of vitamin B12 every day.
Participants were not asked to do any exercise, in order to understand the power of dietary change alone on their metabolic health. The intervention group was provided with twice-weekly support sessions sessions for 12 weeks, in which they were taught how to transition to a low-fat, plant-based, whole-food diet in a sustainable manner.
The control group, on the other hand, was simply given standard medical care as usual, and were not given any specific dietary recommendations.
Biomarkers for the participants in each group were measured at 3 months and 6 months, and 70% of the intervention participants were followed up after 12 months.
The control group did show weight loss. At the 3 month mark, controls had lost an average of 3 pounds. The intervention group, however, showed about 6 times more improvement; after the first 3 months, they had lost an average of 18 pounds.
For both groups, the weight loss continued. At 6 months, the control group had lost an average of 6 pounds, and the intervention group had lost an average of 26 pounds. At the 12 month follow-up, the intervention group had sustained that weight loss – by continuing to eat recommended foods without calorie restriction, portion restriction, or mandated exercise.
Individuals needing to lose more weight tend to lose weight more rapidly at the beginning, then the rate of weight loss generally slows over time. However, the majority of these participants were in the obese body mass index range at the beginning of the study, so they had much more than 18 pounds to lose.
We believe that the cessation of the support-group sessions had a significant influence on slowing the rate of weight loss. Both research and experience continuously show that having a supportive community is not only important but often required to create sustainable lifestyle change. Once the sessions ended after the first 12 weeks, people were no longer experiencing the same level of support, making them more likely to divert from the dietary protocol. The researchers observed results that support this theory in the other biomarkers as well.
The average cholesterol at the start of the study was 208 for the intervention group. In just the first 3 months, the average cholesterol dropped to 174, with LDL cholesterol dropping 34 points. This reduction in cholesterol is comparable to the effects of statin drugs, but came without any of the side effects (including an increased risk for type 2 diabetes). The control group achieved a 15 point drop in their LDL cholesterol level.
The reduction in cholesterol for those in the intervention group is not surprising, given the foods they consumed. Their diet contained zero cholesterol, limited saturated fat, and limited refined sugars, the 3 factors most related to increased cholesterol.
Seven people in the intervention group were living with type 2 diabetes, all of which experienced a reduction in A1c values (a marker of 3-month average blood glucose), and half of them discontinued all medications. Average A1c values in the intervention group dropped from 6.0% to 5.5%, whereas average A1c values in the control group increased from 5.5% to 5.7%.
Those in the intervention group that lost weight and improved their health were able to reduce their medication use by an average of 30%. On the other hand, those in the control group increased their use of medication over time.
To top it all off, participants in the intervention group noted an increased quality of life, better self-efficacy with nutrition, and higher self-esteem. Furthermore, they did not note any significant change in enjoyment of food, cost of food, exercise routine.
Most of the literature in the world of diabetes favors the consumption of a low-carbohydrate diet to effectively manage blood glucose in the long-term.
Research that concludes that a low-fat approach is ineffective in reversing diabetes and its complications is done using diets containing an average of 30-35% calories from fat, which is enough dietary fat to induce insulin resistance and kill beta cells.
In order to truly test the effectiveness of a low-fat diet on reversing diabetes and its complications, it is necessary to reduce fat calories to between 10-15%.
Any diet containing more than 15% calories from fat is unlikely to result in favorable changes in A1c, reduced fasting blood glucose, and reductions in insulin resistance.
Below are 6 studies that suggest that a low-carb diet is superior to a low-fat diet for weight loss. In each study below, you will find that the percentage of fat calories is greater than 15%, and is often closer to 30% calories from fat.
Fifty-seven randomly assigned, insulin-resistant, obese persons completed a 16-wk calorie-restricted diet with 15% of energy as protein and either 60% and 25% or 40% and 45% of energy as carbohydrate and fat, respectively. Baseline and post weight-loss insulin resistance; daylong glucose, insulin, and triacylglycerol concentrations; fasting lipid and lipoprotein concentrations; and markers of endothelial function were quantified.
The following 4 diets were tested in this study: 1) a low-fat, average-protein diet (20% fat, 15% protein, and 65% carbohydrate, 2) a low-fat, high-protein diet (20% fat, 25% protein, and 55% carbohydrate), 3) a high-fat, average-protein diet (40% fat, 15% protein, and 45% carbohydrate), and 4) a high-fat, high-protein diet (40% fat, 25% protein, and 35% carbohydrate).
Low-carbohydrate diet (initially, <20 g of carbohydrate daily) plus nutritional supplementation, exercise recommendation, and group meetings, or low-fat diet (<30% energy from fat, <300 mg of cholesterol daily, and deficit of 500 to 1000 kcal/d) plus exercise recommendation and group meetings.
A low-carbohydrate (<40 g/d) or low-fat (<30% of daily energy intake from total fat [<7% saturated fat]) diet. Both groups received dietary counseling at regular intervals throughout the trial.
The BROAD study showed that when eating a low-fat, plant-based, whole food diet, people will lose weight -- even when eating as much as they want, and without adding any exercise.
Furthermore, beyond weight loss, this dietary approach also improves other biomarkers such as cholesterol and hemoglobin A1c.
This is the same approach that we take in our coaching program, and we experience similar results with those that follow our dietary approach.
The answer to long-term health is not portion control or calorie restriction, but instead low-fat, plant-based, whole-foods.
If the results of this study seem too good to be true, we invite you to try the approach for yourself. You have nothing to lose – except excess weight!

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This study was designed to explore predictive factors for mortality and long-term survival in patients with acute type-A aortic dissection. We retrospectively assessed our data over a 15-year period starting in 1996.
Between 01/1996 and 09/2011, 836 patients (559 men) with a mean age of 59.6±13.6 (range 18-92) years underwent surgery for acute type-A aortic dissection. No patients were excluded from immediate operation irrespective of age and preoperative status unless uncontrollable hemorrhage and/or cardiac arrest occurred before the patient reached the operating room. Ninety-two perioperative variables were statistically analyzed to identify predictors for early mortality.
The overall 30-day mortality was 22.3% (without cardiogenic shock 18.4%). The mortality rate was 9.8 % in patients aged < 45 years and 34.6 % in older patients aged ≥ 80 years. In the last 5 years the overall mortality was reduced to 17.7 % (without cardiogenic shock 15.3%). A multivariable logistic regression model showed that age >60 years (OR 1.03, 95%CI, 1.01 to 1.04, P<0.001), preoperative high inotropic score (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.1 to 3.0, P<0.001), and additional CABG (OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.6 to 4.1, P<0.001) were predictors of 30-day mortality.
The long-term survival and freedom from reoperation at 1, 5 and 10 years were 70.5%, 58.5%, 42.1% and 96.4%, 91.2%, 88.8%, respectively.
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Swindon Town have made four changes for today’s Sky Bet League Two clash against Barnet at The County Ground.
Timi Elsnik and Keshi Anderson come in to make their debuts for the club after arriving on Deadline Day from Derby County and Crystal Palace respectively, while Matty Taylor makes his first start for the Reds.
Chris Robertson also comes into the fold to partner Olly Lancashire at the heart of the defence, with Dion Conroy, James Dunne, Paul Mullin and Kaiyne Woolery all dropping to the bench.
Luke Norris leads the line in a 4-3-3 formation with Anderson and McDermott either side of him, while Taylor, Elsnik and Amine Linganzi make up a midfield three.
There are also places on the bench for Deadline Day arrivals Reice Charles-Cook and Kellan Gordon.
SWINDON TOWN (4-3-3) - Vigouroux; Purkiss, Robertson, Lancashire (C), Hussey; Taylor, Elsnik, Linganzi; McDermott, Norris, Anderson.
SUBS - Charles-Cook, Conroy, Dunne, Brophy, Gordon, Mullin, Woolery.
BARNET (3-5-2) - Ross; Santos, Nelson (C), Tutonda; H Taylor, Vilhete, Campbell-Ryce, J Taylor, Blackman; Tarpey, Coulthirst.
SUBS - McKenzie-Lyle, Clough, Bover, Fonguck, Akpa-Akpro, Mason-Clark, Amaluzor.


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When I think on underappreciated game franchises, Lumines is right up there. After a successful debut on PSP and more muted PS3 and Xbox 360 digital releases, the series landed on the criminally underperforming PlayStation Vita at the launch of the console and… well, that’s it, actually. Of those, only the PSP release could be said to have a significant profile. Hopefully this new iPhone game helps to raise the profile of the franchise, because it really is one of the better puzzle game formulas going around.
Related reading: Matt's review of Lumines: Electronic Symphony on the PlayStation Vita.
Lumines is a little like Tetris on the most basic of levels. Players are working with blocks, made up of four small squares, that come hurtling down from the top of the screen, and each square is coloured in one of two colours. Your task is to make those colours form into squares at the bottom of the screen, which will make them disappear, and prevent the squares from reaching the top of the screen.
Where Lumines is really innovative is that it’s also a rhythm game. Across the playfield, a line moves from left to right, as a visual representation of bars of music. The matched up blocks only disappear as this line passes through them. To do well at Lumines and get high scores, you want the line to remove a large number of blocks with each pass across the screen that it makes, and then do the same thing for a number of sequences after one another, because that’s what builds up the combo meter. In other words, not only do you need to remove blocks, but you need to build a rhythm into how you do so.
This is an abstract system, but it’s really quite visceral in practice, as it turns music into a physical thing that you’re interacting with. Lumines’ music library offers a wide range of different musical styles, with each track having a very different aesthetic and rhythm. You’ll develop favourites, but more importantly, once you’re comfortable with the mechanics, you will find yourself adopting different play styles to each of them, perhaps without even thinking about it, because you’ll feel like you’re “in” the music.
For example, if the music has a slower tempo, I’ll find myself playing more riskily. I’ll build up large stocks of blocks to try and set up long combo chains. Because I have more time with the rhythm, I’ll go into that particular dance hunting for points. But faster music? Well, with faster music I’ll dance like I’m doing the quickstep, and flick my finger around like crazy to try and keep the blocks to a low, manageable level.
The vibrancy of Lumines is so key to its appeal. While the presentation is clean, each track also has rich backgrounds and a kaleidoscope of colours that really suit the music track itself. The music itself is also tonally rich, and you’ll want a good set of headphones to really enjoy this one if you can. For the iPhone Lumines the actual track list is disappointingly thin at this stage. With only slightly over a dozen music tracks, the range is more limited than I remember any previous Lumines game being, and more critically, this track list lacks some of the awesome licensed music that previous games featured. The Vita game had the Chemical Brothers’ Hey Boy, Hey Girl, for example, and that was a mind-blowing experience all in itself. What a perfect piece of music for a rhythm game.
I would bet significant money that the game will have DLC tracks added in via future updates, and while I don’t hold that against the game (and don’t think it’s an expensive path to go, as the base download is quite inexpensive anyway), it would have been nice for the base game to have one or two “marquee” music tracks to really whet people’s appetites for more.
Play modes are fairly limited, but address the main ways that people would want to play anyway. There’s the option to play an endless score attack on any single track, or alternatively there’s an objective-based mode where you’re looking to maximise your points across a number of tracks. By matching up blocks you’ll slowly fill up a meter, and once filled that meter will cause the music to transition to the next track. To pass this mode you need to get through all the tracks without causing a game over, at which point you’ll be awarded stars based on how many points you secure in the process.
A nice touch is how social the game is, allowing for easy recording of footage and sharing over social media. Because of the complex interaction between puzzle game and music, Lumines is the kind of game where players can show of real, genuine skill in being good at the game, so the competitive edge that this social sharing adds in actually gives the game genuine long-term value for the really competitive.
Lumines is a perfect game for the iPhone, because the gameplay really is built around short sessions on the go. It would be nice if there was more of it at this stage, but it’s only in a soft launch state in a couple of territories at the moment. The developer hasn’t even translated all of the text – Japanese characters keep popping up on my screen (though the main navigation and UI text is fully localised).
Related reading: The top ten rhythm games available on current consoles.
I would be deeply surprised if there wasn’t more content planned for the game. Even though the iPhone is absolutely saturated with the music/rhythm genre, and does games in the genre better than almost any platform, Lumines is right up there with the best of ‘em.

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She used to live in another teeth in Vietnam?
She used to live in another teeth in Vietnam?, unevenly colored, and teeth that are infected with color make you feel insecure in communication, as well as impressed with others. Experts say that in fact only about 30% of adults have perfect teeth and beautiful smile. Why? First of all, external causes, from the seemingly harmless daily habits, stickiness or plaque on the enamel surface from colored food and drinks such as tea, coffee , tobacco or the adhesion of tartar. This causes the skin of the teeth to change color quickly. In addition, the size of each person’s teeth is not the same. A brush that is too small or too big will cause your teeth to be damaged. Not to mention, using the right size brush will make you more comfortable when brushing your teeth and helping to use it properly.


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Defiling a job centre is good for morale.
In the night of Tuesday 3rd to Wednesday 4th May in Toulouse, we trashed the job centre of Jolimont with a paint extinguisher.
In this context of social movement, where state repression is becoming increasing stronger, we chose to multiply the means of struggle. Because we hate work and all that they want to force upon us.


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You’re often told to lay off the tomato sauce when you’re on a diet. But, sometimes if you do it just right, you can have this delicious sauce without all the guilt. Here’s another great video from the weight loss recipes series.
I will show you how and I’ll show you how to do it all in style this is living an Italian Arella registered dietitian and I’m going to show you how to cook Italian style in your new york city apartment today is going to be super fun because we’re going to make a basic staple that’s going to be super super easy full of healthy vitamins and you’re going to happen in your refrigerator at all times because it’s very versatile and I’m going to show you what to do with it we’re going to make a marinara sauce look at these beautiful tomatoes that we have okay so it is the fall so we’re going to start the tomato harvest so as a girl we would and my mother my sisters we would get together and we would do a tomato harvest around September we would jar our own tomatoes which is actually really quite easy and you can do that on your own and you can see one of my other videos on drawing tomatoes as well but if you don’t have those Tomatoes jar you can very very easily fly some tomatoes in a can now I don’t mean to meet a sauce okay because that was a lot of different additives in it but I’m talking about just crushed can’t fresh tomatoes and the reason i prefer crushed rather than just you know spoon of tomato sauce is because it gives it more of a texture in the sauce it gives it more of that pulping natural feel so you can go ahead and open up your can and if you get some mehsana tomatoes which are right off the slope of the Vesuvius and Naples there are a lot healthier because they’re in the soil of the Vesuvius those tomatoes are grown but they’re kind of expensive so you can definitely use a regular and tomato and it’s the same vitamin content as you crushing your own tomatoes as well so you’re not losing out on that so the first thing we’re going to do is set that aside for a second we’re going to start our pan and the reason I want you to make this sauce and have it in your fridge at all times is basically you can definitely make pasta with it but the other things you can do is you can also start to kind of stew some of your proteins in it like chicken as well you can make a nice cacciatore with this sauce as a base using chicken hand or beef which I’ll show you some of those recipes later but for now you can also just start here and add a little bit of olive oil at the end of the pan there now the recipes differ on how to do this but I’m going to do in my mother’s way and I’m going to get some crushed garlic and you can crush your own garlic of course but this is also just as easy to just a simple for visiting New York urban wants to do this very quickly put as much garlic as you want again we Italians don’t do everything to achieve when it comes to ingredients we just go ahead and put will be what I like a lot of chunky garlic in line marinara sauce so it kind of shows through the sauce so I got into but that is and a little bit of sea salt of course and then what we can do is we can cut up some fresh onions I’m not going to do that today I’m going to keep it simple sometimes also I cut up some fresh fennel and I put it in the sauce as well but that we’re going to stay for another time we’re going to stick to the basics today so here we are we’re just going to have that kind of like you work around itself or just a little bit fairly high lights of energy no in line there are no results even though technically it shouldn’t be in the end per se but I do like it just keep it a little bit more the kick it’s not exactly spicy but it’s just a bit hotter now after that’s going for a little bit more just left the flavors absorb each other you want to go ahead and splash this gorgeous red color of tomato right in there right just you watch the splatter go slow because I’ve done this many times and sometimes the splatter can release really like a horror movie in here so we’re going to go ahead and just kind of stir that and we’re going to lower the heat to kind of blow to where it’s just going to simmer and take its time but just kind of like you know just kind of stew and students do and make a nice sauce so this is a really really really slow cook over time now again this can also be the basis of what we know as our Sunday sauce and you can go ahead and put the meatballs in this and we can put different needs in there to stew slow cooked so this would be the beginnings of that but I’ll show you that on another time so here again we’re going to go ahead and just have this cook literally no more than 10 to 15 minutes then you can wrap this up and keep it in your refrigerator for seven days and it won’t go bad and every time you’re making some vegetables you can parmigiana your vegetables and what do I mean by that parmesan that includes the marinara sauce and some parmigiano-reggiano cheese over top of it just like an eggplant parmigiana but what I’m asking you to do is you can parmigiana the rest of your vegetables to you can do broccoli parmigiana or Brussels sprout parmigiana even cauliflower parmigiana which is actually delicious so you can keep this as a staple in your refrigerator so that you can do all of those recipes with going to go ahead and look at how beautiful that is you see the change of garlic and from the tomato as a matter of fact if you want to grab it tomato to make the sauce even extra chunky as you don’t know some great ideas just thought of this right I’m going to go ahead and just how fresh tomato in it so it’s even chunkier you can get plump Tomatoes vine tomatoes and again you get your hands listen song matzo no tomatoes you’re even luckier so we’re going to go to chop those really quickly you don’t have to worry a rough chop right we do peasant food in Italy so things don’t have to be perfect and Martha feel it like okay so it’s going to be really easy I get already in here and that’s okay so we’re going to head just chop those up and it’s going to give that sauce even more and more chunky texture and go on now at the end as this is finishing up and about 10 to 15 minutes have gone by you can go ahead and taste it and see if you feel like it takes a little bit more salt in there I think that would be good sea salt and a little bit more olive oil as well I can see that go in there and as a matter of fact I’m going to throw an even more garlic there we go so super chunky chunky chunky now in our sights now right before you’re taking it off the stove is when you hit it with some beautiful fresh basil just right off the top you don’t want the salt the basil to cook in the sauce you just wanted to give it its a room give it its fragrance so you just top this off just like that you give it click that’s gorgeous you give that a quick stir and then take it off the heat just like now we’re going to get a spoon here and you’re going to see how gorgeous this is and I have just some pasta already here just so that you can see what it’s going to look like and how chunky it’s going to walk there we are that’s beautiful and that is just a classic marinara sauce that’s very 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“Over the centuries, the alpine population has developed strategies to counteract this danger. These include training of search dogs such as the well-known St Bernards, analyses of snow cover, documentation of avalanches, protective measures for homes, training of mountain guides and the passing on of stories,” the Swiss government said, welcoming the UNESCO honor.
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I was surprised by the level of suspense of several of these tales - I actually found myself nervous at the outcome. The illustrations are whimsically beautiful - like something out of a dream. The language is a bit dry, but I'm sure that has more to do with something being lost in translation.
Beautiful illustrations, but the stories are an odd combination of depressing, uplifting, and unintentionally goofy. There was a "Prince Marvelous" involved.
Four point five stars for a great fairy tale collection, but it rounds up to 5 because the illustrations are just gorgeous.
This was my favorite book when I was a little girl.
4 starsOld French Fairy Tales is a wonderful and timeless book by Sophie, the Countess of Ségur, containing five beautiful fairy tales: Blondine, Good Little Henry, Princess Rosette, The Little Gray Mouse and Ourson.Unlike the usual fairy tales, which are only a few pages long, these old French fairy tales are long, detailed and with a thicker plot and a clear, strong lesson to be learnt.I recommend this books to anyone who loves fairy tales.
I feel like I read a different book than everyone else, because I thought it was horrible and sexist and half the stories were about emotionally abusing girls. I'm a little bit sorry for anyone who grew up reading about how being curious was going to get everything and everyone you loved killed, so instead you should force yourself to be a submissive and passive girl who does everything your menfolk tell you to do. Because these stories really went out of their way to drive those ideas home.
Wonderful book, and very fun to read. Keep a dictonary near you though,I am shamed to say that I found myself looking up a couple words. If you like wimsy and happyends, and don't mind brushing up on some vocabulary, you'll enjoy this book!
Should be renamed "Horrible Tales." Unnecessary cruelty inflicted on children to brainwash / indoctrinate them to be unquestioningly obedient to adults. What a load of pap.
Great!Super livre pour raconter des histoires à ses enfants. Le seul problème c'est qu'on oblige de donner un revues de 20 mots minimum, la barbe!
the stories are clever, wonderful, yet a bit predictable at times, while the illustrations are simply stunning and flawless. one of the best fairy tales collection i've read in a long time.
I love old European tales as it is very different to the ones (Asian) I read when I was a child. The ones I read as a child were less violent and more gentle.

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The comprehensive reading program is grounded in solid educational research and covers the five pillars of reading – phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.
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For review I was able to have 2 students work on Reading Eggs. I signed up my 2 year old to work on Reading Eggs Junior. With us having to share one computer for school work, it wasn't always feasible to give the youngest a turn on the computer. I was thrilled to find that there is an app on my Apple phone where she can do much of the same things that she would do on the computer! I just had to log into my account. That really gave us a great opportunity for her to check out Reading Eggs Junior. There is a lot of activity on Reading Eggs Junior, including many songs, some just for fun, and some educational like the ABC's. There are lessons on each of the letters, and you go through them in order. There is rewards for the student once they get through a letter, they collect eggs with objects hidden inside. My 2.5 year old loved clicking the egg to see what prize she got! I am fairly sure she could have sat all day and done her 'school' work. So fast paced it kept her interest!
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Landfill leachates are potential threats for environmental degradation. This study was conducted to determine the leachate quality, to identify the dominant pollutants and to evaluate the leachate pollution potential of an active and closed dumping ground of an uncontrolled municipal solid waste landfill site in Kolkata, India using leachate pollution index. The results of the physico-chemical and biological analyses of leachate indicated that landfill site was in its methanogenic phase. Among the analysed leachate pollutants, TDS, BOD5, COD, TKN, NH3-N, Cl¯, TCB, Pb, and Hg surpassed the leachate discharge standards for inland surface water as specified by the municipal solid waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2013 for both the dumping grounds. Moreover the concentrations of total Cr and Zn also exceeded the leachate disposal standards for the active dumping ground. The leachate pollution potentialities of both the active and closed dumping grounds were comparable as the overall LPI obtained 34.02 and 31.80 respectively. The overall LPI, LPI organic (LPIor), LPI inorganic (LPIin) and LPI heavy metals (LPIhm) of both the dumping grounds largely exceeded the LPI and sub-LPI values for treated leachate before disposal to the inland surface water. In terms of the individual pollution rating, total coliform bacteria, TKN, NH3-N and Hg were identified as the dominant pollutants and major contributing factors for the leachate pollution potential.
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