Have you heard of the “ekiwuuka” challenge? Apparently, when Isaac Rucci was briefing the press yesterday on the upcoming Limit X reunion show, there was an incident of accent betrayal.
For starters, before we go any deeper, Isaac Rucci, the Billion Lotto host was a big time celebrity and popular singer in the all-male trio, Limit X, a contemporary urban gospel group that rocked Uganda in the 1990s. (This for millennials who might confuse Rucci with Diplo or Morgan Heritage)
So, after all these years, these guys still feel they got it and are soon holding their show. Two of the other crew members have been living abroad so Isaac Rucci is the face many will easily recognise. He is like the Beyonce of Destiny’s child.
Back to the story, Isaac Rucci was talking to the press about the show and spewing all this sugar coated American accent with a smooth chocolaty-feel and swagger like he just came out of the White House. I mean, the accent was so smooth that you could mistake him for an American celebrity in Uganda.
“…Yer know mayne, we gonna be in this bi-ness like forever …bla bla bla”, you know that kind of vibe.
As he was narrating about his hey days and the show, an insect, out of the blue, cropped up and brought him back to his roots in a matter of seconds. He leapt from his seat and started speaking in strong Luganda accent that even a Masaka elder or a Buganda chief would feel challenged.
The American accent betrayed him and disappeared like a thug after snatching a smart phone.
He yelled out, “Ekiwuuka! Ekiwuuka! Banange ekiwuuka!”
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Have FM Server 14 install and when checking out FMPro 16 returns ~'The host does not not support this version of FileMaker'.
Works fine for FMP 15... Is above correct behaviour?
Check you have installed the most recent updates for FM Server 14, the Knowledge Base article System Requirements for FileMaker Pro 16 and FileMaker Pro 16 Advanced | FileMaker
FileMaker Pro 16 and FileMaker Pro 16 Advanced can connect to the following hosts:
FileMaker Server 16, 15 and 14 FileMaker Pro 16, 15 and 14
FileMaker Pro 16, 15 and 14 Advanced FileMaker Cloud 1.15.1 minimum The latest updates must be applied to the above software before hosting FileMaker Pro 16 apps.
I don't have a 14 server available to test
Just tested FileMaker Pro v18.104.22.168 on a Mac connecting to FileMaker Server 22.214.171.1243 running on a hosted Windows 2012 Server and no problem, including a green SSL certificate icon in the top right corner.
Bingo Bongo... updated 14.0.3 to 14.0.4 did the trick...
Tx for the lead!!!
Great news EL
Glad it worked
Orlando, Sorry for the long delay! Having retired last year [for the second time] FMPro updating has not been on my priority list of things to do.
The answer was the Mac OS. FMPro 16 requires FMS 14 be on OS 10.11.x. It was not. I used mac minis to serve because it best fit my "Small Business Community" of server users. [5-20 users] And it was cheap alternative to keeping the Servers 12, 13, 14, and 15 segregated for support and debugging. The minis run 24-7 just like in the real world and are cheap. When they reach their end of usefulness I store their Backup and reconfigure them [restored to original configuration w/o FMPro or FMS] to give [minis] to family and friends.
Anyway Thanks for the link to the requirements.
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The Divine Feminine
Mac Miller Confirms that God is a Woman on The Divine Feminine
Like usual, the death of an artist makes them more popular. No matter how sad it is, that is just the way it works. I personally have heard maybe a handful of some of Mac Miller’s old songs, like mixtape songs, but finally got around to listening to one of his albums. Which one did I start with? Obviously the one that was rumored to be about Ariana Grande, which was just a rumor she has one song dedicated to her. The one in question is his fourth studio album The Divine Feminine. The album features the clearest concept in comparison to his other works, and the concept is all things love. He not only talks loving women, but compares spirituality and the universe to a feminine energy and brings on a few popular features to help him do it. Now, even though I was not an avid fan of Mac’s while he was alive, when I found out he died, I was a wreck. I don’t know if I was the only one, but I took his death very hard, and have been wanting to listen to this album in particular since. So I finally did and it was so freaking beautiful, oh my God (is a woman).
Funky Jazz Rap Songs
We start the album with “Congratulations.” It is a track that Mac uses a piano led ballad to rap about a girl that Mac loves and has a lot of history with. He also has a ton of memories with her and talks about waiting for her because he finds her so divine, which probably inspired the album name. The track features Bilal and a female voice whispering and introducing the album. This is the way he would intro his mixtapes as well, so super reminiscent. Even though it is the first track on the album, it might have been my favorite. I love that it is a slow piano ballad that he uses to rap on, it is super unique. I also don’t know of any other rapper that could pull it off like he did. Next we have “Dang!” It features Anderson .Paak and is about trying to get your girl back and shows his sensitive side which is a side that Mac is familiar with sharing, but is a bit taboo in society. It is a jazz meets funk meets R&B rap tune that is what I think my grandmother would consider Swanky. It is followed by a track that is back to a rap tune. “Stay” is a song that begs his girl to stay with him rather than leaving every night. It features a trumpet beginning but the beat comes in and we have a rap track with the first verse.
The Song For Ariana Grande Is in this Paragraph
Moving on with the album and the theme, we get to the next song titled “Skin.” I only know two songs named ‘skin’ and both are super about sex, and this one is no different. Like the rest of the album, it talks about his sexual and romantic relationships. In addition to that, the song is easy listening and sensual and captures a jazzy R&B style which is different than his usual style- or any rapper’s style at that. The next song is the only song on the album that samples another. “Cinderella” is sampling a song by Tokyo Police Club called “Tessellate.” The song features Ty Dolla $ign and depicts vivid feelings for a special someone, which in this case is actually Ariana Grande. It is a slower rap beat that comes to an end with a piano that emphasizes the love and emotion on the track. The song that ties together his idea of a spiritual divine feminine is called “Planet God Damn.” He does this by characterizing the woman shown in the song as a god. It features Njomza and a synthetic beat track for Miller to rap while Njomza brings the R&B feel into the track on the chorus.
Ending a Love Album With a Love Song
The song “Soulmate” uses a clip from the movie Good Will Hunting to open the track- is that still considered sampling? Oh well. So the song contemplates the meaning of the word soulmate and is fueled with synthetic beats and a fun melody. A song featuring Ceelo Green, titled “We” is a bit of a jazzy tune. The song seemingly is showing a shy side of Mac that loves a girl but is too timid to make things official, but is followed by a song of a much different tone. “My Favorite Part” not only features his girlfriend at the time, but also includes a jazzy beat with a heavy bass. The song revolves around the lovely couple expressing their love for one another and allows their vocals to blend beautifully over the chorus. The last song on the album is titled “God is Fair, Sexy Nasty” and features Kendrick Lamar. On the song Mac shows off his abilities in the lyric field with the powerful feature. It is a ballad ending with a powerful message of love in order to close up an album about love. It is the longest track on the album, coming in at about eight minutes, but around minute six it turns to a piano led track featuring his grandmother talking about her husband. With listening to this album, I learned that it is Not like other rap albums that are pure beat and synthetic sounds, he created a musical masterpiece with tempos and instruments you wouldn’t think to rap on. It makes me a bit sad that I didn’t listen to him while he was alive besides a few here and there… Rest in Peace Mac.

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'I'm very well, and so is mother; feyther's got a touch of rheumatiz, and there's a young woman getting what I want.'
She turned a little away from him when she had ended this sentence, as if it had comprised all she could possibly have to say to him. But he exclaimed,
'You won't know how to choose,' and, seating himself on the counter, he swung himself over after the fashion of shop-men.
Sylvia took no notice of him, but pretended to be counting over her money.
'What do you want, Sylvie?' asked he, at last annoyed at her silence.
'I don't like to be called "Sylvie;" my name is Sylvia; and I'm wanting duffle for a cloak, if you must know.'
Hester now returned, with a shop-boy helping her to drag along the great rolls of scarlet and gray cloth.
'Not that,' said Philip, kicking the red duffle with his foot, and speaking to the lad. 'It's the gray you want, is it not, Sylvie?' He used the name he had had the cousin's right to call her by since her childhood, without remembering her words on the subject not five minutes before; but she did, and was vexed.
'Please, miss, it is the scarlet duffle I want; don't let him take it away.'
Hester looked up at both their countenances, a little wondering what was their position with regard to each other; for this, then, was the beautiful little cousin about whom Philip had talked to her mother, as sadly spoilt, and shamefully ignorant; a lovely little dunce, and so forth. Hester had pictured Sylvia Robson, somehow, as very different from what she was: younger, more stupid, not half so bright and charming (for, though she was now both pouting and cross, it was evident that this was not her accustomed mood). Sylvia devoted her attention to the red cloth, pushing aside the gray.
Philip Hepburn was vexed at his advice being slighted; and yet he urged it afresh.
'This is a respectable, quiet-looking article that will go well with any colour; you niver will be so foolish as to take what will mark with every drop of rain.'
'I'm sorry you sell such good-for-nothing things,' replied Sylvia, conscious of her advantage, and relaxing a little (as little as she possibly could) of her gravity.
Hester came in now.
'He means to say that this cloth will lose its first brightness in wet or damp; but it will always be a good article, and the colour will stand a deal of wear. Mr. Foster would not have had it in his shop else.'
Philip did not like that even a reasonable peace-making interpreter should come between him and Sylvia, so he held his tongue in indignant silence.
Hester went on:
'To be sure, this gray is the closer make, and would wear the longest.'
'I don't care,' said Sylvia, still rejecting the dull gray. 'I like this best. Eight yards, if you please, miss.'
'A cloak takes nine yards, at least,' said Philip, decisively.
'Mother told me eight,' said Sylvia, secretly conscious that her mother would have preferred the more sober colour; and feeling that as she had had her own way in that respect, she was bound to keep to the directions she had received as to the quantity. But, indeed, she would not have yielded to Philip in anything that she could help.
There was a sound of children's feet running up the street from the river-side, shouting with excitement. At the noise, Sylvia forgot her cloak and her little spirit of vexation, and ran to the half-door of the shop. Philip followed because she went. Hester looked on with passive, kindly interest, as soon as she had completed her duty of measuring. One of those girls whom Sylvia had seen as she and Molly left the crowd on the quay, came quickly up the street. Her face, which was handsome enough as to feature, was whitened with excess of passionate emotion, her dress untidy and flying, her movements heavy and free. She belonged to the lowest class of seaport inhabitants. As she came near, Sylvia saw that the tears were streaming down her cheeks, quite unconsciously to herself. She recognized Sylvia's face, full of interest as it was, and stopped her clumsy run to speak to the pretty, sympathetic creature.
'She's o'er t' bar! She's o'er t' bar! I'm boun' to tell mother!'
She caught at Sylvia's hand, and shook it, and went on breathless and gasping.
'Sylvia, how came you to know that girl?' asked Philip, sternly. 'She's not one for you to be shaking hands with. She's known all down t' quay-side as "Newcastle Bess."'
'I can't help it,' said Sylvia, half inclined to cry at his manner even more than his words. 'When folk are glad I can't help being glad too, and I just put out my hand, and she put out hers. To think o' yon ship come in at last! And if yo'd been down seeing all t' folk looking and looking their eyes out, as if they feared they should die afore she came in and brought home the lads they loved, yo'd ha' shaken hands wi' that lass too, and no great harm done. I never set eyne upon her till half an hour ago on th' staithes, and maybe I'll niver see her again.'
Hester was still behind the counter, but had moved so as to be near the window; so she heard what they were saying, and now put in her word:
'She can't be altogether bad, for she thought o' telling her mother first thing, according to what she said.'
Sylvia gave Hester a quick, grateful look. But Hester had resumed her gaze out of the window, and did not see the glance.
And now Molly Corney joined them, hastily bursting into the shop.
'Hech!' said she. 'Hearken! how they're crying and shouting down on t' quay. T' gang's among 'em like t' day of judgment. Hark!'
No one spoke, no one breathed, I had almost said no heart beat for listening. Not long; in an instant there rose the sharp simultaneous cry of many people in rage and despair. Inarticulate at that distance, it was yet an intelligible curse, and the roll, and the roar, and the irregular tramp came nearer and nearer.
'They're taking 'em to t' Randyvowse,' said Molly. 'Eh! I wish I'd King George here just to tell him my mind.'
The girl clenched her hands, and set her teeth.
'It's terrible hard!' said Hester; 'there's mothers, and wives, looking out for 'em, as if they were stars dropt out o' t' lift.'
'But can we do nothing for 'em?' cried Sylvia. 'Let us go into t' thick of it and do a bit of help; I can't stand quiet and see 't!' Half crying, she pushed forwards to the door; but Philip held her back.
'Sylvie! you must not. Don't be silly; it's the law, and no one can do aught against it, least of all women and lasses.
By this time the vanguard of the crowd came pressing up Bridge Street, past the windows of Foster's shop. It consisted of wild, half-amphibious boys, slowly moving backwards, as they were compelled by the pressure of the coming multitude to go on, and yet anxious to defy and annoy the gang by insults, and curses half choked with their indignant passion, doubling their fists in the very faces of the gang who came on with measured movement, armed to the teeth, their faces showing white with repressed and determined energy against the bronzed countenances of the half-dozen sailors, who were all they had thought it wise to pick out of the whaler's crew, this being the first time an Admiralty warrant had been used in Monkshaven for many years; not since the close of the American war, in fact. One of the men was addressing to his townspeople, in a high pitched voice, an exhortation which few could hear, for, pressing around this nucleus of cruel wrong, were women crying aloud, throwing up their arms in imprecation, showering down abuse as hearty and rapid as if they had been a Greek chorus. Their wild, famished eyes were strained on faces they might not kiss, their cheeks were flushed to purple with anger or else livid with impotent craving for revenge. Some of them looked scarce human; and yet an hour ago these lips, now tightly drawn back so as to show the teeth with the unconscious action of an enraged wild animal, had been soft and gracious with the smile of hope; eyes, that were fiery and bloodshot now, had been loving and bright; hearts, never to recover from the sense of injustice and cruelty, had been trustful and glad only one short hour ago.
There were men there, too, sullen and silent, brooding on remedial revenge; but not many, the greater proportion of this class being away in the absent whalers.
The stormy multitude swelled into the market-place and formed a solid crowd there, while the press-gang steadily forced their way on into High Street, and on to the rendezvous. A low, deep growl went up from the dense mass, as some had to wait for space to follow the others--now and then going up, as a lion's growl goes up, into a shriek of rage.
A woman forced her way up from the bridge. She lived some little way in the country, and had been late in hearing of the return of the whaler after her six months' absence; and on rushing down to the quay-side, she had been told by a score of busy, sympathizing voices, that her husband was kidnapped for the service of the Government.
She had need pause in the market-place, the outlet of which was crammed up. Then she gave tongue for the first time in such a fearful shriek, you could hardly catch the words she said.
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Graphorkis concolor - | BS Without flowers
Graphorkis concolor - | BS
- Type: Species
- Fragrant: Yes
- Flower Size: 1-3 cm
- Flower Colour: Green / Brown
- Conditions: Intermediate to warm & Humid
- Plant Size: Matured
- Pot Size: 7cm
- Potting Media: Spaghnum moss
- Available: Without spike or buds or flowers
- Growing Tips: Click here for Phalaenopsis Care Guide
- Batch code: BB-0120-41
Short Description: Graphorkis concolor is found in the Islands of the west indian ocean, the Seychelles, Réunion, Comoros, Madagascar. This is the first time that we have received this species, we do not have much experience about the cultural requirements, growth pattern looks like the catasetinaes. All plants now giving new growths.
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Plant Part Used
This section is a list of chemical entities identified in this dietary supplement to possess pharmacological activity. This list does not imply that other, yet unidentified, constituents do not influence the pharmacological activity of this dietary supplement nor does it imply that any one constituent possesses greater influence on the overall pharmacological effect of this dietary supplement.
In Ayurvedic medicine (traditional Indian medicine), turmeric rhizome has been used for centuries internally as a tonic for the stomach and liver and as a blood purifier.(3) It has also been used externally in the treatment and prevention of skin diseases and in arthritic complaints. The laboratory and clinical research indicates that turmeric and its phenolics have unique antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.(4) The anti-inflammatory strength of turmeric is comparable to steroidal drugs such as indomethacin.(5) Turmeric has been reported to be anti-rheumatic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant.(6)
Toxicities & Precautions
No known toxicity in recommended dosages.(7)
Use with caution if peptic ulcer disease is present.
Based on pharmacology, do not use if biliary obstruction is present.(8)
Based on pharmacology, use with caution in individuals with bleeding disorders.(9)
Some individuals may experience GI distress or irritation when beginning use.(1)
If pregnant or nursing, consult a physician before use.
Do not use in children under 2 years of age unless recommended by a physician.
The antioxidant activity of turmeric is mainly associated with its phenolic fraction, curcuminoids. The mechanisms by which they reportedly exert their antioxidative effects are: intervening in oxidative attacks to restrict or prevent them from occurring; scavenging or neutralizing free radicals; and breaking the oxidative chain reaction caused by free radicals.(10),(11),(12)
Curcuminoids reportedly inhibit enzymes which participate in the synthesis of inflammatory substances (leukotrienes and prostaglandins) derived from arachidonic acid, and it is claimed they are comparable in activity to the NSAID.(13) In a double-blind study of individuals with rheumatoid arthritis, curcumin produced significant improvement in all subjects.(14) Turmeric is also claimed to inhibit platelet aggregation.(15)
Curcumin reportedly has a similar action to that of aspirin, aspirin-like anti-inflammatory agents and more recently the new Cox-2 inhibitors.(16) However, an advantage of curcumin over aspirin is claimed, since curcumin, unlike aspirin, is reported to selectively inhibit synthesis of inflammatory prostaglandins but does not affect the synthesis of prostacyclin.(17) Curcumin may be preferable for individuals who are prone to vascular thrombosis and require anti-inflammatory and/or anti-arthritic therapy.
Turmeric is claimed to be an antiproliferative agent and has been studied for use in breast tumor cells its potential as an anticancer agent.(18) Although the precise mechanism by which curcumin may inhibit colon tumorigenesis remains to be elucidated, it is believed that the chemopreventative action, at least in part, may be related to the modulation of arachidonic acid metabolism.(19) Turmeric was reported to decrease the incidence of Epstein-Barr induced post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) in individuals undergoing therapy with cyclosporin A.(20) Turmeric has been reported to be beneficial in HIV infection, possibly inhibiting transactivation of the virus.(21),(22) Also, turmeric recently has been reported to have chemopreventative effects in colon cancer when it is administered prior to, during, and after carcinogen treatment as well as when it is given only during the promotion/progression phase (starting late in premalignant stage) of colon carcinogenesis.(23) Another study incubated the SUIT-2 human pancreatic carcinoma cell line with various concentrations of curcumin while monitoring biological activity such as interleukin-8 (IL-8) production and transactivation of nuclear factor B (NF-B). Curcumin significantly reduced NF-B activity and inhibited IL-8 production in a dose dependent manner and pretreatment with curcumin significantly inhibited the growth rate of these cancer cells. Inhibition of such proinflammatory cytokines certainly lends merit to curcumin as a potential anticancer agent.(24)
Turmeric has been reported in vivo to have the ability to decrease total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels in serum, as well as to increase HDL cholesterol.(25) Curcuminoids given daily to healthy subjects for seven days reportedly lowered the levels of blood lipid peroxides, as well as the levels of blood cholesterol.(26)


Whether a digital native or immigrant, you probably know the basic functions of Excel inside out. With Excel, it is easy to accomplish simple tasks like sorting, filtering and outlining data and making charts based on them. When the data are highly structured, we can even perform advanced data analysis using pivot and regression models in Excel.
But the problem is, how can we extract scalable data and put them into Excel efficiently? This would be an extremely tedious task if done manually by repetitive typing, searching, copying, and pasting. So, how can we achieve automated data extraction and scraping from websites to Excel?
In this article, you can learn 3 ways to scrape data from websites to Excel to save your time and energy.
Automated Scraping Websites to Excel
If you are looking for a quick tool to scrape data off pages to Excel but don’t know about coding, then you can try Octoparse, an auto-scraping tool, which can scrape website data and export them into Excel worksheets either directly or via API. Download Octoparse to your Windows or Mac device, and get started extracting website data immediately with the easy steps below. Or you can read the step-by-step tutorial of web scraping.
Extract data from website to Excel automatically with Octoparse
- Step 1: Copy and paste the website link to Octoparse product panel, and start auto-detect.
- Step 2: Customize the data field you want to scrape, you can also set the workflow manually.
- Step 3: Run the task after you checked, you can download the data as Excel or other formats after a few minutes.
Video tutorial: extract web data to Excel efficiently
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If time is your most valuable asset and you want to focus on your core businesses, outsourcing such complicated work to a proficient web scraping team that has experience and expertise might be the best option. Data scraping is difficult to scrape data from websites due to the fact that the presence of anti-scraping bots will restrain the practice of web scraping. A proficient web scraping team would help you get data from websites in a proper way and deliver structured data to you in an Excel sheet, or in any format you need.
Here are some customer stories that how Octoparse web scraping service helps businesses of all sizes.
Get Web Data Using Excel Web Queries
Except for transforming data from a web page manually by copying and pasting, Excel Web Queries are used to quickly retrieve data from a standard web page into an Excel worksheet. It can automatically detect tables embedded in the web page’s HTML. Excel Web queries can also be used in situations where a standard ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) connection gets hard to create or maintain. You can directly scrape a table from any website using Excel Web Queries.
Here list the simple steps on how to extract website data with Excel web queries. Or you can check out from this link: http://www.excel-university.com/pull-external-data-into-excel/.
1. Go to Data > Get External Data > From Web.
2. A browser window named “New Web Query” will appear.
3. In the address bar, write the web address.
4. The page will load and will show yellow icons against data/tables.
5. Select the appropriate one.
6. Press the Import button.
Now you have the web data scraped into the Excel Worksheet – perfectly arranged in rows and columns as you like.
Scrape Web Data with Excel VBA
Most of us would use formula’s in Excel (e.g. =avg(…), =sum(…), =if(…), etc.) a lot, but are less familiar with the built-in language – Visual Basic for Application a.k.a VBA. It’s commonly known as “Macros” and such Excel files are saved as a **.xlsm. Before using it, you need to first enable the Developer tab in the ribbon (right-click File -> Customize Ribbon -> check Developer tab). Then set up your layout. In this developer interface, you can write VBA code attached to various events. Click HERE (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ee814737(v=office.14).aspx) to getting started with VBA in Excel 2010.
Using Excel VBA is going to be a bit technical – this is not very friendly for non-programmers among us. VBA works by running macros, step-by-step procedures written in Excel Visual Basic. To scrape data from websites to Excel using VBA, we need to build or get some VBA script to send some requests to web pages and get returned data from these web pages. It’s common to use VBA with XML HTTP and regular expressions to parse the web pages. For Windows, you can use VBA with Win HTTP or Internet Explorer to scrape data from websites to Excel.
With some patience and some practice, you would find it worthwhile to learn some Excel VBA code and some HTML knowledge to make your web scraping into Excel much easier and more efficient for automating the repetitive work. There’s a plentiful amount of material and forums for you to learn how to write VBA code.


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knitting tip 1
differences in wool
Alpaca referred to a "the poor man's cashmere," and it is in many ways -- it's more soft and warm than basic wool,
and it's got a nice heathery look that mimics some cashmeres.
It also tends to shed like crazy, and those hairs fly off almost as much as mohair. That leads to fuzz all over your
clothes and pilling under the arms (although, of course, different brands and blends have different results).
It also tends to stretch, unless knitted tightly. And when knitted very tightly, it's too warm to wear indoors.
Alpaca is 4-5 times warmer then wool, something to consider, when knitting alpaca go at least one full point of
a needle down. Let's say from a 5 to a 4. Alpaca tends to stretch out even when knit tightly. Alpaca knits beautifully,
has almost no memory, drapes well, but does not retain three dimensional designs well.
Prefer an Alpaca-Wool blend. One gets the best of two worlds; the softness and sheen of the Alpaca and the
resilience of wool.
An alpaca-silk blend will starts growing somewhat out of shape. After repeated washing it will become looser
and about half an inch longer
Sportweight (Alpaca Sport) made a beautiful, bouncy, lacy fabric when knit on size 4 needles in a fairly close
yarn wool yarn cotton yarn knitting yarn crochet yarn cashmere yarn merino yarn blended yarn novelty yarn luxury yarn
knitting tip 2
If you just want to go down a size, the easiest and least troublesome way is to reduce 1 size of your needle size.
Larger is the opposite way.
knitting tip 3
Standard sizes seam to bear little relation to your own situation. If you are slim, for example, standard patterns
sizes assume you will be short, or at least not tall.
Larger people will be tall and have longer arms.
If you want to remove length from your sleeve, remember that reducing the body width of a drop shouldered
garment automatically reduces the sleeve length.
Don't forget to increase more rapidly than indicated in the pattern and the neck and wrists will need altering as well.
Tall people has to remove width from the sleeves.
Cast on fewer stitches, to remove cms from the finished width of the sleeve.
knitting tip 4
Tweed look; by simply knitting with a strand of black and a strand of white held together in seed stitch
knitting tip 5
Purl side decreases
slip slip purl thru back of loops
(p2tog through the back loop ),
It's a little awkward at first, but once you get the hang of it, it works well and I think works great as
the opposite slant of p2tog to match up with ssk; and p2tog to match up with k2tog
Another way of decreasing at the end of purl rows to match a ssk on the front side is:
Purl until 3 stitches remain on the left needle. Purl the following stitch, slip it back onto the left needle, pull the
second stitch off the left needle OVER the stitch just purled and let it slip off the needle.
Slip the stitch back onto the right needle and do the last stitch (edge stitch) as established.
Knitting instructions with illustrations
all the common knitting stitches with illustrations page 1
knitting tip 6
all the common knitting stitches with illustrations
Japanese knitting stitches with illustrations page 1
Japanese knitting stitches with illustrations page 2
Many sweater patterns with ribbing just have you do knit 2, p2 ribbing
Where you start with knit 2 and end with purl 2. Always cast on a multiple of 4 plus 2 so you start and end with
knit 2 on each piece. That way when you seam it up you have 1 knit 1 st on each piece in the seam but it leaves
a continuous knit2, purl2 ribbing.
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I always short-row my shoulder-shaping so I can use a
3-needle bind-off for my shoulder join.
I like it better than a grafted seam as it seems to add stability to the garment.
knitting tip 8
When knitting a complicated repeat pattern, place markers right away. Mistakes are easily found between markers,
saving time, ripping and total frustration. The markers can always be removed, which is easier than starting over!
how to measure
Sloper; this is essentially a representation of your body (in outline form) based on measurements you provide.
knitting tip 9
Paper clips are the perfect markers for knitting projects. They come in many colors and sizes for all sorts of
projects, and they can be placed on the needle or on a stitch, whatever your need.
There's all sorts of materials and shapes available; they're everywhere and they're cheap, too!
knitting tip 10
When teaching to knit, use a poem. I know this is a tried and true, but it will be remembered much better.
Under the fence, around the sheep, bring them through, and off he leaps.
knitting tip 11
If your yarn starts to drag over your knitting needles and crochet hooks, rub the empty needle/hook through
your hair several times, close to the scalp. The natural oils in your hair will make the needles just glide along.
This was taught me by my knitting teacher. ( some 45 years ago )
knitting tip 12
Shaping that has been worked one or two stitches in from an edge will have a clear line to follow when
picking up stitches for the neck band.
knitting tip 13
To knit a neck with no seams or openings, use double pointed needles in the appropriate size and join both
shoulder seams before working the band.
knitting tip 14
A V-neck has two edges, the horizontal stitches across the back of the neck and the diagonal sides of the neck,
which slant at different angles depending on the number of rows between shaping's. The rows on these edges
are longer in height than the rows of a right angle edge. All horizontal stitches will be worked/knitted.
Picking up stitches along round neck side
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The ratio of 3 stitches to 4 rows is used on a right angle row edge.
If the V has been shaped by being decreased on every 4th or 6th row, pick up 4 stitches for every 5 rows along
A V-neck that has been shaped on every 2nd row or every row, will have a sharply diagonal edge.
Pick up 5 stitches to every 6 rows and work the band. If it doesn’t sit flat, pick up 1 stitch for every row.
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Using a smaller needle for the band means that the width of the stitches is less. Pick up 1 stitch for every row
and the neck will sit flat. Sometimes there will need to be extra stitches in the band.
knitting tip 17
Neck side Ribbing. Start every row with; Purl 1. This works much easier and neat too, when finished you can not
see where the new row started.
Weave your ends at the back of your work, through the stitches, zig zag way, this way they will be invisible.
Check first before doing this, if everything is fitting well. Otherwise you have trouble finding the ends again.
Before putting your knitted sweater in the centrifuge, protect it with a pillow slope.
Tips from Willy van der Veen
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* Slip the last stitch of each row purlwise then knitting the first stitch of each row through the back of the loop.
This makes a nice slip-stitched edge that seams up very quickly with a backstitch seam.
* Or use a garter selvedge (knit first and last st of each row) which gives a nicer edge for mattress stitch seaming.
* Or slip the first stitch of every row.
Knit rib at armhole side in one piece
knitting tip 19
Difficult pattern ??
You need 1 flip-over photo album. I put the directions for a pattern onto a card. One card for each row.
Once I finish a row, I flip the card.
That way I know what row I am on and it is easier to read the cards than the directions.
knitting tip 20
Kitchener (or grafting) stitch for stockinette
Grafting is done with the 2 wrong sides together, right side of work facing you.
Thread a blunt pointed darning needle (DN) with knitting yarn. Put the same number of stitches on two Knitting
Needles = KN, pointing in the same direction (with Front Needle = FN closer to you,
and Back Needle = BN further from you).
1. Pass DN through first st. in FN as if to purl. Pull up yarn, but leave st. on the KN.
2. Pass DN through first st. on BN as if to knit and pull up yarn, but leave the st. on the KN.
3. Pass DN through first st. on FN for the second time as if to knit, slipping the st. off the KN.
4. Pass DN through the second st. on the FN as if to purl, leaving the st. on the KN. Pull up yarn.
5. Pass DN through the first st. on the BN as if to purl, slipping the st. off the needle. Pull up yarn.
6. Pass DN through the second st. on the BN as if to knit, leaving the st. on the KN. Pull up yarn.
Repeat steps 3 through 6 until all stitches are used. Weave in ends.
Grafting will look exactly like the knitted fabric.
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Sweater; knit the desired length to the shoulder and place the stitches on holders or on waist yarn as follows:
1/3 for right shoulder, 1/3 for neckline, 1/3 for left shoulder.
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Double knitting has two right sides of contrasting colors. The stitches are in pairs; 1 Knit and 1 Purl.
Try to think as the Knit stitches in red and the Purl stitches in white.
The Knit stitches in a row make up one layer (red) and all the purl stitches make the other layer (white).
Both layers are stockinette on the outside ; the purl sides are on the inside.
There are two methods for double knitting:
The first method allows you to work both layers of your work at the same time.
Holding one color of yarn in each hand, like knitting for two-color knitting in stranded knitting.
Hold the main color (red) in one ( right ) hand and the contrasting color (white) in the other ( left )hand.
*Knit the first stitch with red as normal, bring both yarns to the front, purl the second stitch with white,
bring both yarns to the back*;
Repeat between * and * across the row. This will give you knit work with a red layer and a white layer.
You may also knit with both colors in one hand, if you prefer this.
Most important is; to bring both yarns forward when purling, and both yarns back, when knitting.
The other method is when you knit the stitches for one layer ( row 1 ) and slip the stitches for the other layer
( row 2 ).
row 1; Knit the Knit stitches and with yarn in front , slip the Purl stitches
row 2; Knit the stitches you slipped in the previous row and slip, with yarn in front, the stitches you knitted
in the previous row. You have to knit each row, 2 times, so this works very slow.
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knitting tip 23 Buttonholes
The easiest buttonhole is still; YO, k2tog,
this produces a round buttonhole; one-row makes a horizontal one.
One row buttonhole.
1. Plan to work your buttonhole on a right side row.
Work in your buttonband pattern to the buttonhole, bring yarn to the front and slip a stitch as if to purl.
Bring yarn to back and drop it there. *Slip next stitch as if to purl. Pass the first slipped stitch over it.
One stitch is bound off. Repeat from * three more times - four stitches are bound off.
(Number of stitches to bind off depends on your gauge and the size of a button.)
Slip the last bound off stitch to the left hand needle and turn your work.
2. Cast on five stitches with modified cable cast on: * with yarn in front insert right hand needle
(or crochet hook) between first and second stitches on the left-hand needle from back to front and
pull a loop; twist this loop and put it on left hand needle. Repeat from * four more times; turn the work.
Five stitches are cast on. (You have to cast on number of stitches bound off in previous step plus one.)
Turn your work.
3. For tight buttonhole:
With yarn in back, slip as if to purl the first stitch from the left hand needle to right hand needle and pass
the extra cast on stitch over it. Give your yarn a good tug to tighten this stitch.
Now work to the end of the row in your buttonband pattern. Turn around and continue in pattern.
3a. For relaxed buttonhole:
Slip last cast on stitch from right hand needle to left hand needle and tighten this stitch;
knit two stitches together. Now work to the end of the row in your buttonband pattern.
Turn around and continue in pattern.
Three -row buttonhole.
Plan to work this buttonhole on the right side row.
Row 1. Work to the desired location of buttonhole; yarn over twice; then knit or purl
(as required to keep continuity of buttonband pattern; you will need to pay attention to the second stitch
on your left hand needle and knit or purl 2 together according to it) two stitches together;
continue to the end of row.
Row 2. Work to the yarn over; knit first yarn over; drop the second one and continue across the row.
Row 3. Work to buttonhole; knit one stitch through the hole and drop the stitch knitted through
the yarn over on the previous row from the needle; continue across the row.
This buttonhole looks the best on rib buttonband.
It is better to plan it so that yarn over comes right after knit stitch in k1, p1 rib;
or between two purl stitches in k2, p2 rib. KBTH Faina
Are you knitting with bulky yarn, believe it or not, try NO buttonholes.
The buttons, unless huge, should fit right through the knitting.
If necessary you can split the wool (or use matching needlepoint wool) and embroider some
stitches to hold open the exact place where the "hole" is created.
IN ALL CASES, the most important thing--- MAKE SWATCH BUTTONHOLES!
Make more than just ONE, try a few and see which one works best for your yarn/ribbing or
buttonband stitch. KBTH Carol
row 1; knit 2 times 2 stitches together
row 2; knit 2 times, 2 stitches out of 1 stitch ( left and right side increase )
row 3; knit further
row 1; cast off 3 stitches
row 2; cast on 3 stitches
row 3; knit the loops of the cast ons
knitting tip 24 Buttons
Make buttons from polymer clay. It comes in tons of colors, and you don't need much skill to flatten it,
cut out a circle, and poke holes in it with a toothpick. It bakes in the oven in fifteen minutes or so.
Ofcourse, you can make them as plain or fancy as you wish, and there are tons of free instructions
and ideas on the web.
knitting tip 25 Crocheted Buttons
Buy small plastic rings, called "bone rings," and crochet around them to create buttons.
You can use yarn from your project, so the buttons match perfectly, or a contrasting color,
or multiple colors... The rings come in many sizes, so they'll fit any buttonhole.
The way I learned to make them was to single crochet around the ring, and then decrease as you work toward
A while back I tried the other direction, which I like even better: starting from the center,
crochet a small circle, and when it gets large enough, work the next round of stitches around the ring.
At that point, you can make little petals around the outside, so it looks like a flower, or make points of a star, etc.
knitting tip 26 Knitting Fair Isle; and strands.
Catching the floats over a longer distance won't fix tight Fair Isle.
The float isn't too tight because it's over an insufficient number of stitches.
It's too tight because it's inadvertently pulled tight.
Adjusting the needle size, and being mindful of letting the floats be loose are the fix.
Use a size or two larger needle, and your color-stranded section will lie flat.
Knit with background color in the right hand and the pattern color in left hand for fair isle.
Knitting gauge—the number of stitches and rows per inch—determines the size of the garment you are making.
Every knitting pattern states the gauge, or “tension,” on which the sizing is based.
For successful results, it is essential to test your knitting against this measurement before you start a project.
Make a test swatch at least 4"/10cm square, using the yarn and needle size called for in the pattern.
Then measure your swatch using a ruler or knit gauge tool.
If the number of stitches and rows do not match the pattern’s gauge, you must change your needle size or
choose another pattern.
An easy rule to follow is:
TO GET FEWER STITCHES TO THE INCH/CM, USE A LARGER NEEDLE; TO GET MORE STITCHES TO THE INCH/CM,
USE A SMALLER NEEDLE.
Try different needle sizes until you get the proper gauge.
Knitting dropped stitches ( there are more than one techniques to knit this stitch )
another ( longer ) drop stitch
This is a knitting LOOM,
it is a very nice tool to create nice shapes with yarn
here is a LOOM tutorial, learn how to work with the knitting loom.
Washing instructions for knitting and crochet hand yarns
Wash in lukewarm water and a little specific detergent. Allow to soak for several minutes then dip the garment
repeatedly holding by the shoulders. Rinse very thoroughly without wringing. Spread the garment out to dry.
Do not hang.
Check that the garment can be machine washed. No pre-washing. Set on wool or pure virgin wool cycle at 40°.
Use a specific detergent. Dry flat. Do not use bleach or enzymatic/ biological detergents for wool and mixed wool.
Recommended temperature is 150° using vapour of steam iron. Skimming over the garment with the vapour of
the steam iron, you will also “regenerate” the fibers.
Treat stains specifically, if in doubt decide for professional treatment.
Can you unshrink wool knits?
The following tip is from an old copy of YANKEE MAGAZINE,
Make a solution of one part vinegar to two parts water.
Boil the sweater in this gently for a half hour.
Then remove and reshape to its original size and dry flat.
Many YANKEE readers wrote to thank for their resurrected sweaters
and that no one ever wrote to complain that it didn’t work...
How do you tell if there is enough yarn for the second sock?
Weigh the first sock on a postal scale, than weigh the unknit yarn. Compare.
Fingering or baby yarn - will give 7 or 8 stitches to the inch
Sport weight - 6 sts to the inch
Double knitting - 5.5 sts per inch
Worsted weight - 5 sts to the inch
Heavy Worsted of light bulky - 4 sts to the inch
Bulky weight - 3.5 sts to the inch
Super bulky weight - 2 sts per inch
Any weight can be any ply, depending on how it is spun. Ply does not indicate weight.
The number of stitches to the inch is the best guide.
How to convert measurements
cms to inches - multiply cms by 0.394
inches to cms - multiply inches by 2.54
grams to ounces - multiply grams by 0.035
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Knitting terms English - Dutch
Fringe, how to make fringes and tassels
how to make a pompom
Knitting yarns length and grams
450 m / 50 grams = 2 ply weight
225 m/ 50 grams = 4 ply weight
150 m/ 50 grams = sport weight
115 m/ 50 grams = worsted weight
90 m/ 50 grams = bulky weight
75 m/ 50 grams = jumbo weight
If your pattern is too big, choose landscape to print
the right size.
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Out of this world: giant supervolcanoes found on ancient Mars
Titanic eruptions may have played critical role in formation of planet’s early atmosphere millions of years ago
Steve Connor is the Science Editor of The Independent. He has won many awards for his journalism, including five-times winner of the prestigious British science writers’ award; the David Perlman Award of the American Geophysical Union; twice commended as specialist journalist of the year in the UK Press Awards; UK health journalist of the year and a special merit award of the European School of Oncology for his investigative journalism. He has a degree in zoology from the University of Oxford and has a special interest in genetics and medical science, human evolution and origins, climate change and the environment.
Wednesday 02 October 2013
Giant “supervolcanoes” that could eject 1,000 cubic kilometres of material in one massive eruption – about 200 times the size of the Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines in 1991 – has been discovered on Mars.
Scientists said that the supervolcanoes, which are now extinct, may have played a critical role in the formation of the planet’s early atmosphere many millions of years ago when the planet could have supported microbial life-forms.
Features typical of supervolcanoes, which erupt suddenly with immense energy and do not leave cone-shaped mountains behind like the more slowly erupting volcanoes on Earth, have been discovered in an area of Mars not previously thought to be volcanic, said Joseph Michalksi of the Natural History Museum in London and the Planetary Institute in Tucson, Arizona.
“The atmosphere of any planet including our own comes largely from volcanic outgassing. If we want to know about the early phase of that we need to know about these early volcanoes and this discovery gives us an early window into that process,” Dr Michalski said.
One of the examples of a Martian supervolcano is the Eden Patera, an irregularly-shaped crater in an area of Mars called the Arabia Terra. Discovering such supervolcanic structures “fundamentally changes how we view ancient volcanism on Mars”, said Dr Michalksi, who led the study published in the journal Nature.
“Many Martian volcanoes are easily recognised from their massive shield-shaped structure, similar to what we see in Hawaii. But, these are relatively youthful features on Mars and we have always wondered where the ancient volcanoes are. It is possible that the most ancient volcanoes were much more explosive and formed structures similar to what we now see in Arabia Terra,” Dr Michalksi said.
This image shows a 3-dimensional view of Eden Patera looking toward the east. Color image data from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) were draped over digital topographic data from the same instrument (ESA/Mars Express/Freie Universitat Berlin)
“It makes sense that supervolcanoes might have been more common on ancient Mars, particularly if the ancient crust was thinner than it is now. This would allow magma to rise to the surface more quickly, before it could release gases within the crust,” he said.
“If future work shows that supervolcanoes were present more widely on ancient Mars, it would completely change estimates of how the atmosphere formed from volcanic gases, how sediments formed from volcanic ash and how habitable the surface might have been.
This image shows a high-resolution view of layered materials and collapse features on the floor of Eden Patera. The layers represent areas where lava in an ancient lava lake attached to ridges and hills in the floor of the crater, froze against the bedrock, and then detached as the lava lake drained from beneath (NASA/JPL/MSSS/Google)
“Volcanism is the thread binding nearly every aspect of Mars’ geologic evolution. The better we understand volcanism on Mars, the better we can understand the planet as a complex system,” he added.
Supervolcanoes also exist on Earth, such as at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and Toba in Indonesia, which erupted about 73,000 years ago and caused a period of extensive global cooling for many years.
This image shows another candidate supervolcano on Mars, called Oxus Patera. The image was created by draping color images from the High Resolution Stereo Camera draped over digital elevation data from the same instrument. Notice the irregular basins within the crater that represent multiple stages of collapse. Mountains within the 30-km-diametre crater are composed of fine-grained, friable materials that may represent volcanic ash deposits (ESA/Mars Express/Freie Universitat Berlin/Google)
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Monument Mountain Boys Win Third Straight
SHEFFIELD, Mass. -- Nicholas Robbins scored 13 points Friday to lead the Monument Mountain boys basketball team to a 56-38 win over Mount Everett.
Ten different Spartans worked their way into the scoring column. Noel Powell, Dion Brown and Ty Higgins helped round out the balanced scoring attack with seven points apiece.
Jack Carpenter scored a game-high 14, and Patrick Silk added 12 for the Eagles.
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Protocol for the examination of placentas of monozygotic twins, to include those of the TTTS
K. Benirschke June 16, 2000
It is difficult to examine the placenta of the transfusion syndrome for many reasons. In the first place, it is often disrupted and this makes injection study difficult. Moreover, these placentas often are from premature deliveries with placentas that are normally more delicate. Most important is that the examiner is familiar with the distribution of blood vessels in the normal placenta so that he/she can assess the sometimes very hard-to-see anastomoses that are the basis for the transfusion syndrome. Thus he/she should become familiarized by examining normal singleton placentas beforehand.
The transfusion syndrome happens essentially ONLY in monochorionic twin placentas. They may be monoamnionic (MoMo) or diamnionic (DiMo). One of the first requirements is that this status is assured. Thus, section of the “dividing membranes: of DiMo placentas must be made for the record.
At delivery, the umbilical cords of twins (A,B) need to be labeled with one or two clamps and this needs to be recorded and compared with their birth weights. Next, the lengths of the cords are measured (all of it) and recorded. Next, the insertion site of the cords must be documented (central, eccentric, marginal, velamentous). The number of blood vessels in e cord needs to be recorded, then the cords should be detached from the placental mass. The “dividing membranes”, if present, needs to be sampled for histology. The peripheral membranes should then be trimmed and then the placenta is weighed and measured. Then the maternal surface should be inspected for 1) completeness and/or disruption (it helps to know for the later purpose of injection), and 2? Color. It is especially relevant to note if both fetuses’ halves have the same darkness/lightness because this reflects the amount of fetal hemoglobin (thus, this is an indication of anemia and/or plethora).
Next is the fetal surface, the most critical part. The examiner should assess roughly what portion of placental mass is perfused by each twin. Is it 50:50 or is it 80:20, etc. This can be estimated by identifying the “placental vascular equator”. When one pursues, visually, the distribution of blood vessels as they emanate from the insertion of the cords to the periphery the “equator” becomes obvious. At their ends, the fetal blood vessels dip into the villous tissue where they then perfuse a fetal cotyledon. Arteries normally cross over the veins and are thus easily identified (especially in their large calibers near the cords). In the normal placenta, an artery leads to such a peripheral cotyledon, dips down, perfuses the cotyledon, and a corresponding vein brings the blood back from this cotyledon to the same fetus. One needs to identify BOTH these vessels and assure oneself that they come and go to/from the same umbilical cord.
The commonest communication between two monochorionic twins is a single artery-to-artery (A-A) connection on the surface of the placenta; these do NOT dip into villous tissue but are major shunts between the twins and blood can shift back and forth from one twin to the other, depending on blood pressure, heart rate, etc. A vein-to-vein direct anastomosis is uncommon. The A-A anastomosis is of variable size, often it is quite large. But these communications may also be so small that they are hard to detect. It often helps to push blood gently back and forth in the surface vessels and thus make visible small anastomoses, but at times it requires injection.
important communication that is the major responsible agent for the development of TTTS is one where at lest one cotyledon is shared. That is to say, an artery comes from one twin (the donor), dips into a cotyledon, which is then drained by a vein into the other fetus (the recipient), who gets to be larger and plethoric. VERY careful inspection of the fetal surface can actually identify these “common villous districts” (the shared cotyledons). At times though it requires injection. What’s worse, such shared cotyledons may be multiple, of different size, and they may have different blood flow directions. Thus, I always draw a picture of the surface blood vessels and/or photograph them. When I am uncertain or want to demonstrate the communications, then I inject them with milk.
It is foolhardy to try to inject the entire placenta as it is most commonly disrupted somewhere and this defect allows fluid to drain and thus prevents cotyledonary filling. I use milk because it is readily available, can be easily seen when the vessels and villi are filled, and it does not destroy the tissue for later histologic study. I use a completely filled 20 ml syringe with an 18 gauge needle. Then I identify the potential major A-A region or shared cotyledon, so identified from inspection alone, choose it and try to inject this cotyledon only. The nearest feeding (or draining) vessels of adequate size is chosen for injection. One must be careful to insert the needle almost horizontally to the placental surface so as to prevent it from being double punctured. I shove the needle in the chosen vessel for some distance, occlude the vessel around the needle with my fingers and then slowly inject as much milk as is needed to fill the entire cotyledon, until the blood/milk mixture emanates from the other vessel that leads to this shared cotyledon. (If later one inspects that maternal surface or, later still, sections this region, one finds this one cotyledon to be white, as all the blood has been replaced by milk). I record the findings carefully, best by drawings. It is these vessels (actually only one of them) that needs laser occlusion in the TTTS therapy.
A problem arises when one twin has died prior to the twin delivery. When the death has been recent, the anastomoses may still be visible or even injectable. But, when fetal demise has occurred a long time prior to delivery, then injection is fruitless and only very diligent inspection may identify the possible offending blood vessel connections. This may be true even when it is a large blood vessel through which one twin may have bled into the dead twin; they can be most difficult to identify.
Routine sections can be made, but they rarely add to unraveling the syndrome. True, the donor twin’s villi usually are much smaller and those of the recipient are larger and congested; rarely on may find a thrombus, but these findings are of minor consequence; Perhaps the most useful histology comes from a study of the amnionic surface, as the “stuck” twin (donor) often has amnion nodosum, not present in the recipient.

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Essex – Home of TLC Services
Posted on 29th May 2020 at 14:33
TLC Services is based in Essex, Essex is a county situated in England and lies northeast of London. Essex borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire which is to the North and then Hertfordshire to the West. The counties town is Chelmsford.
The actual name Essex comes from the Anglo Saxon period of the Early middle ages and has its roots in Old English, which was Eastseaaxe, roughly translated this means East Saxons or The Eastern Kingdom of the Saxons. Back in AD 527 Essex occupied the area to the north of the Thames, and incorporated the entire area, later this became Middlesex, the rest of the area later became Hertfordshire.
In Essex the historical town of Colchester is the oldest record place, Colchester actually dates back to well before the Roman Conquest. Back then it was referred to as Camulodunum. This area was very affluent and actually had its own mint before London! Before the Norman Conquest the Kingdom of Essex became a county, and from there it grew and prospered.
Once Essex became a county it needed administration and in 1889 Essex County Council was formed. It was decided that a police force was also needed which came 50 years afterwards before this the council met in Moorgate in London.
Although Essex has always been an affluent area some of the parts of Eastern Essex did suffer extremely high levels of deprivation, one of the worst hit was a less known and less used port by the name of Clacton. Although TLC Services based in Essex have a lot of excellent clients in Clacton the area at that time was on its knees. Clacton has never really recovered from this and even recently is 2007 Jaywick was classed as the most deprived output area in Southern England. The Unemployment rate dropped to a scary 40% and many of the homes were still lacking basic amenities. The only areas of England to rate higher were all the way across Liverpool and Manchester.
Essex is very well known for its fantastic bathroom fitters and also the airport, Stanstead is our main airport and offers transport to Europe, Asia, North Africa and the rest of the world. Thanks to the addition of the new A120 which links Essex quickly to the M25 and M11 many people now use Essex as a commuting town with direct access to London and the North. The A120 has made the lives of the fitters at TLC Services much easier as now the travelling time has been halved, which means we can get to our customers much faster!
To find out more about our lovely county of Essex check out this link.
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Renaissance Choral Music – Centenary College Camerata – February 5
Beyond the Notes – 6:45pm, program at 7:30 pm
Organ Recital – Bruce Neswick, organ – April 6 at 7:00 pm
The Cathedral Concert Series, now in its second season, seeks to carry the beauty of Catholic Church’s musical heritage into the larger community. All Concert Series programs are presented free of charge, though donations are gladly accepted.

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The update adds ‘dynamic metadata’, which allows a high dynamic range (HDR) TV to adjust brightness levels on a scene-by-scene or frame-by-frame basis.
The current HDR10 standard uses static metadata that does not change during playback despite scene-specific brightness levels.
Samsung said all of its 2017 UHD TVs support HDR10+ and that its 2016 UHD TVs will gain HDR10+ support through a firmware update in the second half of this year.
Amazon said it will make HDR10+ available on its Prime Video streaming service globally later this year.
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Samsung and Amazon Video first brought HDR to the market using the HDR10 open standard in May 2015.
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San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
The finale of the unique and exotic three day festival that offers hypnotic performances of the extremely musically exuberant, magical and enrapturing genres of Pan-Indian (India as a sub-continent) classical and highly popular semi-classical music. This session features two leading classical performers of Indian classical music Roopa Panesar (Sitarist) and Sanhita Nandi (vocalist) accompanied by Tabla Maestro Sanju Sahai and critically acclaimed musician Rekesh Chauhan on Harmonium.
Smt Sanhita Nandi is one of the most acclaimed artists of Hindustani Classical Vocal of current times. She presents herself as a representative exponent of Kirana Gharana. Smt Sanhita was groomed by Late Pandit A. Kanan, the senior most gurus of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy,Kolkata. She got added exposure under Pandit Vinayak Torvi for few years. After years of practice, and under the profound influence of Gharana maestros, she assimilated the distinctive features of the Kirana Gharana. To further enrich the aesthetic improvisation of the Kirana Lineage and traditional compositions, Sanhita came under the advanced tutelage of Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan and continues to hone her fine musical skills under him. Sanhita Nandi is currently based in New Jersey (USA) and New Delhi (India) and performs frequently in India and abroad at all the prime music festivals and concerts. She has received great recognition and reviews on her mastery over the delivery of pitch, tonal precision, use of microtones and tone-fragments, the main characterization of Kirana Gharana. (http://sanhitanandi.com/ for detail).
Roopa Panesar is one of the finest Sitar players to emerge on the Indian music scene in the UK. She has been receiving accolades from audiences and peers alike for her outstanding ability and quality of music. Her soulful and unique style of playing has left her listeners captivated in true sense.
With the incredible emotional depth of her sound, she has touched the hearts of audiences far and wide and received blessings from many eminent musicians in the world of Indian classical music. Roopa has also been teaching the sitar for a number of years and is involved in numerous projects to inspire and educate the next generation of Indian classical musicians. As well as being deeply rooted in the classical tradition, Roopa has collaborated with musicians from different genres such as Mercury Prize Winner, Talvin Singh, Laura Wright and Dirk Brosse to name a few. Roopa has toured extensively in UK, Europe and USA performing at prestigious venues and released her debut album ‘Khoj’ in 2011.
(http://www.roopapanesar.com/about.htm for detail).
Tickets for the rest of the events of the festival:
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For more details please visit www.saudha.org or contact Pushpita Gupta on 07737828922
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Saudha, Society of Poetry and Indian Music
Saudha, Society of Poetry and Indian Music (www.saudha.org), 'one of the leading Indian classical music promoters' (BBC Radio, Asian Culture Vulture) is dedicated to develop a true Western Gharana (school) of Indian classical music through intertwining with other profoundly related art forms e.g. poetry, Western Classical, Kathak, painting, theatrical presentation of music etc. It organises 'remedial and therapeutic performances' (Wimbledon Guardian) 'hypnotic musical concerts' (Yorkshire Evening Post) and music festivals involving leading performers of each genre.


Neighborhood council election April 11; LAPD Crisis Response Team; Westchester Rotary Club grants
BY GEOFF MALEMAN
This isn’t your father’s taco truck.
On Tuesday, April 6th, nine of Los Angeles’ top food trucks will gather at Gateway to Go,—a special event to celebrate the best food on four wheels and raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Food trucks like the Buttermilk Truck, Don Chow and Nom-Nom will be serving up food at a street feast open to the public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5985 W. Century Blvd., Westchester.
Attracted by Tweets and Facebook posts, food trucks have developed their own unique following with “foodies” tracking them from location to location throughout Southern California.
“People are really excited about this event” said Laurie Hughes, executive director of Gateway to L.A., which is sponsoring the event. “It’s one thing to chase down the Buttermilk Truck to get your pancake fix, but we will have nine trucks all in one location. There will definitely be something for everyone.”
Gateway to Go will be a confluence of tastes from around the world. Each Tuesday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Gateway to L.A. will host a group of L.A.’s best food trucks, providing unique and different choices every week.
Among the trucks scheduled to be part of the inaugural event on April 6th are:
Buttermilk Truck — pancakes, biscuits, breakfast pastries, waffles, donuts and more, all made from scratch and cooked to order;
Don Chow — Chinese/Mexican fusion cuisine, featuring dishes from tacos, burritos and tortas to Chinese BBQ pork, soy ginger tofu and Kung Pao chicken;
Kabob n’ Roll — Mediterranean cuisine, including salads, pitas, hummus, tabuli and, of course, kabobs;
India Jones — Indian specialties, including a variety of curries, paratha and Samosa spring rolls;
Nom-Nom — “Bahn Mi,” or Vietnamese sandwiches, and other Vietnamese-inspired dishes;
Komodo ——street food with a gourmet twist, including unique dishes like Indonesian shrimp, guacamole rolls and Fish n’ Grapes;
World Fare ——billed as L.A.’s only “bustaurant,” World Fare features eclectic dishes from across the globe, including its signature dish ——Bunny Chow, a South African street food of hollowed-out bread filled with chicken curry — served from a double-decker bus;
Reggae Chicken ——authentic Jamaican jerk chicken served in tacos, wraps and burritos or alongside rice or fries; and
South Philly Experience —cheesesteak sandwiches, chicken pizza steak and buffalo steak sandwiches.
“By bringing together some of these incredible street food trucks, we’re hoping to provide local residents and those working along Century Boulevard with a unique lunch experience,” Hughes said. “Beginning April 6th, people don’t have to go out to lunch on Tuesdays, lunch will come to them at Gateway to Go.”
Hughes said Gateway to L.A. will continue to look for the hottest and most popular food trucks each week for Gateway to Go and added that the business improvement district will consider suggestions sent to info @gatewaytola.org/.
“We’ve already had lots of great feedback, and with L.A. quickly becoming the capital of gourmet food trucks, there’s no shortage of fabulous food on four wheels,” she said.
NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ELECTION
On Sunday, April 11th, the Neighborhood Council of Westchester-Playa will hold its board elections along with a number of other neighborhood councils on the Westside.
This is an opportunity to get involved, select those candidates who will serve on the neighborhood council and help make a difference in the community.
The neighborhood council is a group of local residents and representatives of local businesses, churches and schools who work together to address important issues in the neighborhood.
As part of the city’s charter, neighborhood councils are considered an integral part of how local government operates by providing elected officials with a direct line to the community and how it stands on all issues.
The election for the Neighborhood Council of Westchester-Playa board of directors will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 11th at the CenterPointe Club, 6200 Playa Vista Drive in Playa Vista.
There will be ample parking under the building and plenty of street parking along Playa Vista Drive. ADA accessible parking is available from the underground lot beneath the building. Additionally, parking should be available at the library next door since the library is closed on Sundays.
The election is open to any member of the community who is at least 18 years of age and lives, works or owns property in Zip Codes 90293, 90045 or 90094.
According to the election procedures, voters must verify their stakeholder status by providing documentation acceptable to the city clerk’s Election Division. Stakeholder status may also be established by means of declaring a stake (or interest) in the neighborhood and providing documentation acceptable to the city clerk. Factual basis stakeholders will also be required to provide a form of documentation to substantiate their factual basis claim.
It is suggested that those planning to vote in the election, bring with them to the polling location proof of stakeholder status, including driver’s license, utility bill, property tax statement, pay stub, business tax registration certificate or other documentation that proves they live, work or own property in the aforementioned zip codes.
For more information about the candidates, please visit the neighborhood council Web site at www.ncwpdr.org/ or attend the candidates forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6th, following the regularly scheduled neighborhood council board meeting in the Westchester Municipal Building community room, 7166 Manchester Ave. This will be an opportunity to hear from the candidates and mix and mingle with them before the election.
LAPD RECRUITS FOR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM
The Los Angeles Police Department is currently recruiting members of the public to join the department’s City of L.A. Crisis Response Team.
Community volunteers will be trained to join LAPD’s Crisis Response Team (CRT) from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday evenings between April 13th and June 3rd at the Los Angeles Police Academy in Westchester.
Crisis Response Team members respond to traumatic incidents and provide immediate on-scene crisis intervention to victims and their families affected by a death, a violent crime or other traumatic incidents. These include homicides, suicides, serious traffic accidents, natural deaths and multi-casualty incidents. The CRT program is managed by the Mayor’s Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety.
Among the areas in which CRT members will be trained are: Police and Fire on Scene Protocol with police detectives and fire personnel; Hospital Emergency Rooms Environment with E.R. social workers; Victims of Crime Programs with city and county Victim Assistance Programs and the county coroner; as well as a variety of other topics ranging from suicide prevention, the grief process, working with the elderly, cultural and religious diversity and more.
Volunteers must fill out an application and be approved through the screening process. To get an application and for more information, Crisis Response Team Manager Jeffrey Zimerman at firstname.lastname@example.org/ or https://local.nixle.com/alert/1635062/.
The Rotary Club of Westchester is currently soliciting applications for its Community Service Grants.
Westchester-area community service organizations that have a special project or are in need of the club’s support are encouraged to submit a written application.
The application letter should include a description for how the money would be used for a special project or need rather than being part of an organization’s operating budget. The application should also outline how the grant would fit into the object of Rotary.
The application should also include information about the organization, who it serves and how long it has been in existence.
Requests will be evaluated based on the criteria listed above and how the grant would directly impact the greater Westchester community. All submissions should be no more than two pages long and should be mailed to:
2009 Community Grants
Rotary Club of Westchester
P.O. Box 91543
Los Angeles, CA 90009
The Rotary Club hopes to announce recipient selections by May 15th. For more information, Glenn Marzano, the club’s community service director, at email@example.com/.


Peter Mutharika is a Malawian politician and lawyer born on July 18th 1940.
Peter Mutharika Facts
- Peter Mutharika Net worth: $60,000,000 USD – 60 Billion Kwacha.
- Peter Mutharika occupation: Politician, Lawyer.
- Peter Mutharika Height: 5’11
- Peter Mutharika is married to Gertrude Mutharika.
- Peter Mutharika has 3 children: Moyenda, Nicolplix and Charlotte.
- Peter Mutharika Salary: Estimated at 25 Million Kwacha a year.
- Peter Mutharika Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APMutharika/
About Peter Mutharika
Peter Mutharika is a Malawian politician and lawyer who served as the President of Malawi from 2014 to 2020. He is the brother of the late President Bingu wa Mutharika, who served as President from 2004 to 2012.
Mutharika was born on July 18, 1940, in Nyasaye, Malawi. He received his early education in Malawi and later attended the University of London, where he earned a law degree. After completing his education, he worked as a lawyer and professor of law in Malawi, as well as in various other countries, including the United States.
In 2005, Mutharika was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs by his brother, President Bingu wa Mutharika. He held this position until 2009. In 2009, he was elected as the President of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the party his brother had founded.
In the 2014 presidential elections, Mutharika ran as the DPP’s candidate and won with 36% of the vote. He was inaugurated as President on May 31, 2014. During his tenure, Mutharika focused on improving the country’s economy and infrastructure, as well as increasing access to education and healthcare.
Mutharika’s presidency was marked by controversy and criticism, including allegations of corruption and human rights abuses. In 2019, he was defeated in the presidential elections by Lazarus Chakwera, and his tenure ended on June 23, 2020. He currently resides in Malawi.
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A study describes for the first time how a promising anti-cancer drug – currently in clinical trials – works to effectively kill cancer cells.
The drug, called an ATR inhibitor, has been shown to successfully fight cancer by disabling a cell’s DNA protection system, but until now scientists have not fully understood the biological mechanisms that make it work.
The results, published July 13 in the journal Nucleic Acids Research, should inform doctors currently doing clinical trials on optimal ways to use ATR inhibitors, and how to combine them with other cancer-fighting therapies, in a range of different types of cancer.
“Our work provides an [understanding] for how these inhibitors work and helps come up with a logical rationale for how to use them in the clinic,” said Marcus Smolka, associate professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, a member of the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, and senior author of the paper. Graduate student Dongsung Kim and postdoctoral researcher Yi Liu, both in Smolka’s lab, are co-first authors of the paper.
When DNA breaks, a kinase (a catalyzing enzyme) called ATR senses the damage to DNA in cells. The researchers found that when needed, ATR signals the start of a process that leads to the expression of proteins called homologous recombination (HR) factors, which are key players in the DNA repair system. ATR inhibitors block ATR signaling and prevent the expression of HR proteins and DNA repair. It turns out, the genomes of cancer cells break apart and are damaged more often than normal cells, partly because they replicate rapidly in a deregulated manner.
“Cancer cells become addicted to ATR because they need more of that protection [than normal cells]. Otherwise their DNA just breaks down to pieces and the cancer cells are not viable anymore,” Smolka said.
In the study, the researchers used a system for measuring HR repair in cells and then acquired human cancer cell lines (in culture), exposed them to ATR inhibitors and monitored HR levels. “We were expecting that if we treat for one or two days there was going to be a huge drop in HR,” Smolka said, but they found only a mild decrease. After continuing to treat the cells over eight days, they found HR decreased almost tenfold. Without HR proteins to repair DNA, the cancer cells died. “If you really want to affect HR in cancer cells, you need to inhibit it chronically for a long time,” he said.
They discovered that the ATR inhibitors prevent the synthesis of new HR proteins, but it takes a few days for existing proteins already in the system to degrade, which explained the delay in the reduction of HR.
Certain cancers, such as breast and ovarian cancers with BRCA mutations, lack a HR-mediated repair system. An FDA-approved drug called a PARP inhibitor has been approved for these specific cancers, as they generate DNA damage in the cancer cells during replication. The researchers believe that ATR and PARP inhibitors could be combined as a very effective system against other cancers (aside from BRCA mutated cancers); ATR inhibitors could disable the HR DNA repair system in cancers that use HR, which would then allow PARP inhibitors to generate even more damage and effectively kill cancer cells. The strategy would also allow clinicians to use even lower doses of ATR inhibitors, further reducing potential side effects for patients.
Normal cells are not affected by ATR inhibitors when the therapy is administered in low doses because their DNA has less need for repair than cancer cells, which makes it an effective treatment, Smolka said.
In future steps, the researchers plan to test ATR inhibitors in live mice with tumors, explore their effectiveness in different cancer types, calibrate doses, experiment with drug combinations, and collaborate with clinicians conducting clinical trials.
Raimundo Freire, a researcher at the Institute de Tecnologias Biomedicas in Tenerife, Spain, is a co-author.
The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.


The 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrid has been recognized as the most environmentally friendly 4x4 by the respected trade publication Green Car Journal. The winners were announced in this month's annual San Antonio Auto issue. Stellantis has pledged to cut its worldwide carbon footprint by half by 2030 as part of its Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan and to lead the transportation industry to net zero carbon emissions by 2038.
The 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe, the first Grand Cherokee to offer a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version, is a milestone in Jeep's electrification quest to liberate the brand from pollution. The Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4's plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) technology improves upon the brand's signature sense of freedom and adventure while providing class-leading acceleration, gas mileage, and environmental friendliness.
In an interview with Green Car Journal, Ron Cogan, publisher and staff writer, praised the Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 for its ability to cater to the needs of a diverse group of modern purchasers. "Its 2023 Green 4x4 of the Year title is well deserved, not just for its great towing capabilities and going up to 30 miles on battery power alone, but also for the refined and gratifying driving experience it provides to the task of commuting."
The PHEV system in the 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe plig-in SUV combines a cutting-edge 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine with two electric motors, a high-voltage battery pack, and an eight-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission to provide up to 30 miles of all-electric range and up to 32 miles in the city. With a maximum towing capacity of 2,300 kg and a sprint to 100 km/h in 6.3 seconds, you can thank the system's total 380 PS and 640 Nm of torque.
The 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrid is the class leader in 4x4 capability, including a 2.72:1 reduction ratio, a 47.4:1 crawl ratio, and a two-speed transfer case as standard equipment. The Grand Cherokee 4x4's Quadra-Lift air suspension allows a maximum ground clearance of 10.9 inches (27.5 cm) and a water-fording capability of 24 inches (61 cm). @via Green Car Journal.
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Fundamentally based on the agricultural and livestock products provided by a province characterized by its geographical and climatic diversity.
The province of Ávila was the first to receive a specific designation for its fresh beef, which comes from the indigenous cattle breed Avileña Negra-Ibérica, one of the oldest in Europe. Genetic controls and careful feeding - based on the Carne de Ávila use of natural resources in a free-range farming system, as well as feeds authorized by the regulatory council - mean that this meat has a special guarantee of quality when it arrives in the butcher's shop window.
The area covered by the Indicación Geográfica Protegida (IGP) (Indication of Geographic Protection) of this meat coincides with the mountainous massifs of the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, principally, the sierras of Béjar, Gredos, Guadarrama, Somosierra, Urbión, Demanda and Cameros.
The characteristics of the meat are determined by the particular landscape and pastures, some of these pure pasturelands dominated by oaks, junipers and holm oaks. There are three types of meat, depending on the age of the animal: "ternera", "añojo" and "novillo" (calf, yearling and steer).
This meat can be bought in quality butchers' shops, supermarkets and restaurants. It can be distinguished from other meats by the label and the seals which guarantee the IGP.
Yemas de Avila
Yemas de Ávila o de Santa Teresa are a speciality that have added to the reputation of the city of Ávila. Arab in origin, there are many theories surrounding the appearance of this sweet, but these are always linked with the Santa Teresa.
This is a round sweet, with a yellow-orange colour, similar to an egg yolk. The sweets are coated with icing sugar, and due to their soft and creamy texture, they melt in the mouth, giving way to an intense full flavour of egg yolk. This is a very sweet product, although the sweetness is tempered slightly by lemon juice, another of the ingredients.
Today, some cake shops make Yemas, but 90% of them are sold in confectioners in Ávila. Outside the province, they are sold in specialised shops and some supermarkets.
Beans of Barco de Ávila
As an introduction to the gastronomic delights of Ávila, nothing better than allowing oneself to indulge in the custom which is so rooted in our land of "going for tapas" (Ávila en Tapas), and thus tasting a multitude of different flavours and textures, which will bring you closer to the culinary habits of Ávila.
As a starter for a good meal we propose a plate of mixed appetizers with products such as pork loin and "chorizo de olla" (cured pork sausage); we can then continue our journey through the gastronomy of Ávila with the famed beans of the Barco de Ávila, with an official guarantee of quality, or chickpeas from la Moraña, the origin and basis of the esteemed "cocido moragueño" (a local stew).
If we are looking for a lighter first course, vegetables offer many possibilities, for example green beans, stuffed onions, cabbage with garlic "arriero" or stuffed peppers. Another typical dish is "patatas revolconas", boiled and mashed potatoes, flavoured with paprika and small chunks of fried pork ("torreznillos").
Roast, fried, grilled or barbecued meats all make up a large part of Avilan cuisine. Avilan beef, from the "Ávileña" breed, and with an official guarantee of quality, offers us the chance to sample the famed "chuletón" or beef steak. But the menu also has room for roast suckling pig, roast kid, roast lamb and game.
If we prefer to include fish, the rivers Alberche and Tormes provide us with their wonderful trout, which can be fried, baked or marinaded, and will satisfy the most exquisite palate.
A good wine can accompany any menu we choose, and if we want a local one, Cebreros and El Tiemblo are two fine examples.
There is also a rich and varied selection of desserts, the most well-known of which are "yemas" (sweets made with sugar and egg yolks). But we should not forget "torrijas" (bread soaked in wine or milk, fried and sweetened), "amarguillos" (sweet made with bitter almonds), "huesitos" (marzipan sweets), "natillas" (made of egg yolks, milk and sugar), "empiñonados" (sweet biscuits with pine nuts) or a selection of tarts.


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