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Turnip
Tapioca, rice, oyster. (Christopher Kostow)
Twelve Days of Christmas
Day 7: Morihiro Onodera
Restaurant at Meadowood
St. Helena, California
(December 15, 2012)
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a simple and straightforward ascent of Meall a' Ghiuthais from Kinlochewe. Other than the fact that it's uphill all the way to the top, a simple and straightforward route, mostly on a good path.Only a 10 mile round trip so plenty of time to stop and admire the views and the flora and fauna.
Cornbread
Sea Island buttermilk ice cream, rhubarb.
Synergy Series #6: Sean Brock
Spoon & Stable
Minneapolis, Minnesota
(June 29, 2017)
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Rutabaga
"Butterscotch," vegetable jus.
(Kim Floresca and Daniel Ryan)
Notes: The "butterscotch" was squiggly line on the plate, and the rutabaga was glazed with caramlized lactose.
Twelve Days of Christmas
Day 7: Kim Floresca and Daniel Ryan
The Restaurant at Meadowood
Meadowood Napa Valley
St. Helena, California
(December 12, 2015)
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After the first session of the March 30th Verizon IndyCar Series Open Test on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the three Penske Racing cars...all in various versions of Verizon livery...went out on the track for a rolling photo shoot.
The camera car, from Pursuit Systems in North Hollywood, is a Porsche Cayenne outfitted with a remote arm and a Chapman G3 gyro-stabilzed head.
The cars have exited Turn 10 and are headed into Turn 11...which is Turn 2 of the historic oval.
Email is the elementary unit for mutually evaluating and joining different marketing channels as one. We can even say that Email marketing has been the most relaxed technique to re-target the users, and spotting potential consumers. Email has had a bad image when it comes to Email marketing for business with advertisers using marked advertising methods.
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1972 Raleigh Super Course I got from OldRoads.com. I paid a fair amount of money for it and was surprised that it was an absolute disaster when I got it. Everything was screwed up in this thing, it even had a broken rear axle. It took a bit of time and significant investment to bring it back to life. But I do like the results. This bike is a total joy to ride.
Saturday night's dinner party was fabulous even though Dieter decided not use either the forks or spoons I had photographed last week.
Pictured here is the first course. This was not a plate for the table, we each had one like this.
Up top is melon and prosciutto and from the left we have smoked grouper over crab meat and chopped egg, artichoke hearts & kalamata olives with tomato, marinated mozzarella cheese over chopped tomatoes and basil and lastly shrimp with some sort of citrus vinaigrette.
The main course was buffet style with Curried chicken thighs, grilled chicken thighs, salmon in a curry sauce for Joyce who does not eat meat, and the most tender leg of lamb I have ever eaten. It was locally raised by a woman here in Altos and certified organic. Of course there were a number of outrageous side dishes as well. Dessert was Madeleines with a chocolate dipping sauce made from ground cocoa beans grown on their property.
Quite a gourmet feast.
Volterra (PI), 24 marzo 2023 – La seconda sessione del Protecting Cultural Heritage Course che rientra nell’ambito di PROCULTHER-NET, il progetto coordinato dal Dipartimento della Protezione Civile e cofinanziato dalla Direzione generale per la protezione civile e le operazioni di aiuto umanitario della Commissione europea, con l’obiettivo di rafforzare la capacità di risposta europea in tema di protezione del patrimonio culturale a rischio
Volterra (PI), 24 marzo 2023 – La seconda sessione del Protecting Cultural Heritage Course che rientra nell’ambito di PROCULTHER-NET, il progetto coordinato dal Dipartimento della Protezione Civile e cofinanziato dalla Direzione generale per la protezione civile e le operazioni di aiuto umanitario della Commissione europea, con l’obiettivo di rafforzare la capacità di risposta europea in tema di protezione del patrimonio culturale a rischio
Volterra (PI), 23 marzo 2023 – La seconda sessione del Protecting Cultural Heritage Course che rientra nell’ambito di PROCULTHER-NET, il progetto coordinato dal Dipartimento della Protezione Civile e cofinanziato dalla Direzione generale per la protezione civile e le operazioni di aiuto umanitario della Commissione europea, con l’obiettivo di rafforzare la capacità di risposta europea in tema di protezione del patrimonio culturale a rischio
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HSK Study Guide
HSK 1 Course
This course is suitable for zero-based Chinese learners.
Master 150 basic Chinese characters and the most basic HSK grammar. After completing this course, you can take HSK Level 1 exam. You can also understand and use very simple Chinese words and phrases to meet the most basic communication needs.
HSK 2 Course
This course is suitable for elementary Chinese learners who know some simple Chinese words and phrases and can't communicate fluently and confidently.
Master 300 Chinese characters and HSK Level II-related grammar. After completing this course, you can take HSK Level 2 exam. You will master basic Chinese expressions and be able to express your ideas and needs fluently and confidently in basic communication situations.
HSK 3 Course
This course is suitable for intermediate Chinese learners who have a certain Chinese foundation, but their Chinese level can't meet the functional needs of life, study, work, travel and other aspects.
Master 600 Chinese characters and HSK Level III-related grammar. After completing this course, you can take HSK Level 3 exam. Your Chinese level can meet the needs of personal life, study, work and travel.
HSK 4 Course
The course is suitable for students who will make some pauses and mistakes in the process of expression but can confidently communicate their interests and professional topics with others.
Master 1,200 Chinese characters and relevant grammar of HSK Level 4. Students who have completed this course can take HSK Band 4 exam. Students can discuss topics extensively in Chinese and communicate fluently with native Chinese speakers.
HSK 5 Course
This course is suitable for students who have mastered a large number of reading vocabulary but may encounter some difficulties when delivering a long Chinese speech.
Master 2,500 Chinese characters and HSK Grade 5-related grammar. Students who have completed this course can take HSK5 Level 5 exam, watch Chinese movies in reading Chinese newspapers and magazines, and write and deliver long speeches in Chinese.
HSK 6 Course
This course is suitable for students who can understand difficult topics, but still, find it difficult to express themselves spontaneously and accurately.
Master more than 5,000 Chinese characters and relevant grammar of HSK-6. Students who have completed this course can take HSK6 Level 6 exam. Students can easily understand any Chinese information, and can effectively express themselves in spoken and written Chinese.
Advantages of Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK1-6）Lessons
Scientific and Rigorous
Grammar is broken down and clues are used throughout. Phonics and Chinese character usage skills are advanced step by step
Practical and Effective
The expressions are realistic and practical, developing effective learning strategies
Abundant Scenes
Short texts, multiple scenes, real-life videos to reduce learning difficulty and increase language exposure
Humour
Reproduce humorous sentence patterns. Language and illustrations fully aligned to the exam style
Immersive Learning of Chinese
Increase the Number of Times Spoken in Chinese Communication and Build Up a Rich Vocabulary of Words Commonly Used in Life
HSK Levels Standard
VolumeGoalLessonsVocabularyClass Hours
Level 1 (1 Volume)HSK (Level 1)1515030-34
Level 2 (1 Volume)HSK (Level 2)1515030-36
Level 3 (1 Volume)HSK (Level 3)2030035-40
Level 4 (2 Volumes)HSK (Level 4)2060075-80
Level 5 (2 Volumes)HSK (Level 5)361300170-180
Level 6 (2 Volumes)HSK (Level 6)402500170-180
Total: 9 Volumes1465000510-550
GradesLevelsSyllablesWordsPhrasesGrammar
Primary GradeL126930050048
L2199/468300/600772/127281/129
L3140/608300/900973/224581/210
Intermediate GradeL4116/724300/12001000/324576/286
L598/822300/15001071/431671/357
L686/908300/18001140/545667/424
Advanced GradesL7-L9202/11101200/30005636/11092148/572
Total1110300011092572
Note: The number in front of the "/" in the table indicates the number of new key language knowledge added at this level, and the number following it indicates the number of key language knowledge accumulated up to this level. The quantitative indicators for advanced languages are no longer broken down by level.
What Students Say about Sino-bus Chinese Learn Online
In the past, I learned Chinese by myself at home, and I had no language environment, and I couldn't find any Chinese to communicate with, so my progress was very slow. Now on Sino-bus, the teacher will take me to study Chinese systematically, and I can discuss any topic I want with the teacher, and the teacher will also exchange her ideas with me. I like this class mode so much.
The recording and broadcasting class of Sino-bus is my favorite! You can watch it anytime and anywhere, and you can listen to the teacher's pronunciation repeatedly and read it with the teacher. Don't worry when you're busy at work. There's no time to learn Chinese.
Four years ago, I went to China to study abroad. After I returned home, I didn't learn Chinese for a long time, and my Chinese level dropped a lot. I started looking for an online teaching platform, and many courses on the platform couldn't meet my requirements, but Sino-bus has various types of Chinese classes. I think that's what I need, and I will keep learning.
Photo quality not great, message still worth sharing. (The heat index was a record high that day in the Midwest; lens was fogged and I was wiped out.)
This is from an experimental art show opening at a random, middle-of-nowhere Indiana farm. Most of the exhibitions were about political awareness, over-consumption, and recycling.
On the way back we were totally misled by a signpost to an alternative route via stepping stones across the river. It was OK at first but then when we'd gone too far to turn back turned into a veritable army assault course and we ended up exhausted. Then I thought I'd dropped my phone on the assault course and we were dragging ourselves back to search for it when my wife tried the car. I'd got in to turn on the a/c and the phone had slipped down the side of the seat. Phew!
Jim & Madiline's son and daughter (shown here) picked up the tab for 45 three-course dinners at Victoria Harbour House Restaurant for their mother's 80th birthday. Their father is seated to the right in this image.
What loving and respectful children.
Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers from the 29th MP Company negotiate a leadership-reaction course designed to combine leadership and problem-solving skills with teamwork. Soldiers were given ammunition boxes, ropes, pipes and wooden planks to help tackle each obstacle, which required them to get their squad from one side of the obstacle to the other. About 85 Citizen Soldiers from the Westminster and Cascade, Md., unit are conducting their annual training July 14-28 at Camp Dawson, W. Va.
Longaniza
Potato purée.
Quintonil
Mexico City, Mexico
(May 20, 2013)
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this is my dear, dear friend irene. i met her one week ago thursday, and over the course of a few short days, i came to love her as my own daughter. she died yesterday morning, while i was traveling between uganda and san francisco, due to complications most likely associated with leukemia. she was seventeen.
irene came from mbale, a district in the eastern most part of uganda, where the over 90% of the population is rural and pretty impoverished at that. irene was beautiful and sweet, and she was pretty much an orphan. her mother had abandoned her at birth, and her father has two wives and other children, and when she called to ask for his help the week before we met her, he told her he wanted nothing to do with her. she has a grandmother who loves her but is very old and her auntie who was paying her school fees up until a year ago when she told irene she could no longer afford her was unable to do anything for her either.
my friend justin (who i just met fortuitously this last time in kampala after several friends told me we should connect) and i crossed paths with irene one week ago though a series of interesting events, and it was our shared blessing to be able to get her into the best hospital in uganda (kampala international hospital), and to surround her with as much love and support as we possibly could. we got a team of people together to help care for her, friends and a female attendant we hired to sit with her through the night.
my plan was to head back home, take care of a few responsibilities and wrap things up, start to fundraise to cover her medical expenses getting some money into a scholarship fund for her and maybe some other needy kids as well, and to return as quickly as quickly as possible to oversee her recovery. i said i would take responsibility for the financial end, as justin is a big hearted underpaid humanitarian worker who had already fundraised his friends quite a bit for other deserving situations, and was willing to take on overseeing her day to day care while i was gone.
i spent my last night in africa with irene in the hospital, holding her and reassuring her that she was surrounded by love and support from around the world, as i had already sent an email to some of my friends telling them about my beautiful new ugandan daughter. she had a rough night, the pain was pretty great, and the pain meds were pretty strong and caused their own kind of agony in the form of nausea and vomiting. the anti-nausea meds just made her out of it. by morning, however, she seemed to be feeling better, and was definitely more clear eyed and even able to smile a bit. at one point she said to me, “you are leaving me,” and i said “i know, and i so wish i didn't have to, but i will be back and now there are many people who love you and will take care of you while i'm gone,” and she said “but no one takes care of me the way that you do. god will reward you greatly.” insert heartbreak. i told her that he already had rewarded me by sending her to me, and that i was blessed to be able to help her. then she said, “i used to pray all the time that god would send me a friend like you, and now he has. i love you.” i told her that i loved her too, and that i was the lucky one.
it was incredibly difficult for me to leave, and if i could have figured out how to stay i would have. but circumstances had conspired to make that not a possibility, and as hard as it is for me to not feel bad that i wasn't there at the very end, i think that it all happened just the way it was supposed to. when i left she was feeling better, she'd eaten for the first time in a couple of days, and was smiling and even laughing a bit. she had our good friend davis there with her, and julie, the lovely attendant angel we had just hired was fixing her hair after her first shower. the sun was shining and the sky was blue as i hugged her and told her that even though i was leaving her physically for a bit, my heart was going to stay with her there.
i got a voicemail from justin telling me to call him when i landed at sfo, and suffice it to say that it was one of the saddest moments of my life when i heard him say that he was so sad to tell me that our little irene had taken a turn for the worst hadn't made it, despite the lengthy and dedicated efforts of a number of the very good and caring doctors and nurses at the hospital. i can hardly imagine what it must have been like for justin, who was spending the night with her then, to go through all that. he's another angel. he said he was glad i wasn't there for that part, and much as i feel like i failed her by not being there at the end, i think he is right, i would have had a hard time handling that difficult ending. i am so incredibly glad that as awful as it was for him, that irene had someone who cared for her greatly there at the end with her.
there is pain in beauty and beauty in pain. as tragic a story as this has been, i honestly feel so very blessed to have had irene come in to my life. i so wish that i could have known her happy and healthy, and gotten her into school. that was my greatest hope, but it was not meant to be. but irene has touched me in such a deep way that i am now finally and completely compelled to take action on all those thoughts and desires i have had for as long as i can remember about figuring out how to help the people who need it most. irene is the angel that has come into my life and made me care enough to actually do something.
i'm not sure how it will all manifest, but i will be setting up some sort of foundation to get help kids get access to better health care and education, and to small grassroots organizations on the ground who are doing the work that is really making a difference over there, like philip and his kids brass band.
watch this space for more tales of africa and how you can become part of TEAM IRENE!!!
sweet dreams, my darling little angel irene nabulwala, you are loved beyond measure and by many, and you will live on in my heart for ever. may the rest of your journey be filled with all the love and light you didn't get enough of but so deserved.
if this story has moved you, please if you feel so moved, please light a candle for irene and all the other angels like her, and reach out to someone who might need your love. it doesn't take much to make a huge difference in someone's life. shanti, shanti, shanti...