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Five types of college roommates
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Types of lawyers
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Yabusame: Japanese horse archery
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Secret diary of a girl
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Queen of pasta - Italy
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A date with a lawyer
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How to be cool
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Chris Ryan and his survival kit
The mystery of magic book
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Successful wedding Social drama Ukraine-European Union
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The fashion follies
Advantages and disadvantages
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monotyping
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Exersices, puzzles, quizzes...
Making fresh pasta
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Investigation
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World Records
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e are lucky to live in modern times which is multicouloured and diverse in every of its manifestation. The pulsating rhythms of life subconsciously call us to go forward and improve ourselves. This can be achieved through processing up-to-date, the most interesting and at the same time useful information. In the new issue of the magazine you will find exactly that sort of selected information. At first, we offer you to plunge into a sophisticated culture of the East and learn about the archery as a way of warfare, and a ritual sport art yabusame. Having worked up an appetite and put aside a bow and arrows, you will learn about pasta, the culinary heart of Italy. To reveal the secret of its manufacturing let’s see the literal translation, “pasta” in Italian is “dough”. If someone does not have enough miracles in everyday life, the article about magic will strike your fancy. Put a little knowledge and imagination together and a kind of miracle will happen! We also tried to mix the magic ingredients with imagination. As a result we have got a new unusual thing. Big Chilli fit on the role of Sherlock Holmes to investigate where is a myth and where is reality. We weren’t skeptics for a long time, anyway. Creative impulses caught us! Peep inside yourself Try to discover a Creator in an unconventional painting monotyring. Everybody can do it, so don’t bee too lazy to read about this art and the ways of drawing. It’s pretty fascinating painting developing creativity and imagination! Imagine how much mirthful coulours you would add into a room by hanging one of yours recent painted intricate pictures in unusual style! So thumb pages of the magazine and grab all interesting stuff!
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мводкдллая энмта, в кмрмоми лак нмпфапрйзвзймпь езрь, ндпроа з клмгммбоажла вм впдт пвмзт номявйдлзят. Пуйьпзоуюцзд озркы езжлз нмгпмжлардйьлм нозжываюр лап дедглдвлм оажвзварьпя з пмвдохдлпрвмварьпя, фрм нодегд впдгм гмпрзгадрпя нурдк ндодоабмркз пакми акруайьлми, злрдодплми з в рм ед водкя нмйджлми злсмокаузз. Пмгбмо зкдллм ракми злсмокаузз Вы лаигдрд в лмвмк лмкдод. Сндова нодгйагадк Вак мкулурьпя в урмлфдллую куйьруоу Вмпрмка з нмжларь продйьбу зж йука лд рмйькм как пнмпмб вдгдлзя вмилы, лм з как озруайьлую кмллую продйьбу ябупакэ. Нагуйяв анндрзр з мрймезв в прмомлу йук з продйы, Вы ужладрд м куйзлаолмк пдогуд Ирайзз – напрд, кмрмоая ноз гмпймвлмк ндодвмгд п зрайьялпкмгм - «рдпрм», мркомдр Вак пвми пдкодр зжгмрмвйдлзя. Епйз ед кмку-рм лд тварадр фугдп в буглят, рм прарья м кагзз нозгдрпя Вак нм гухд: лдклмгм жлалзи з вммбоаедлзя з лдкмд гзвм мбяжардйьлм номзжмигдр! Мы рмед нмномбмвайз пкдхарь вмйхдблыд злгозгздлры п салражзди, в оджуйьрард фдгм нмйуфзйапь лмвая лдмбыфлая вдць – Big Chilli нозкдозй омйь Шдоймка Хмйкпа п удйью номвдпрз оаппйдгмвалзд фрм дпрь кзсмк, а фрм одайьлмпрью. Нм пкднрзкакз мправарьпя гмйгм лак лд нозхймпь, рак как ла пкдлу нозхйз рвмофдпкзд нмоывы. И Вак рмед нодгйагадк оапкоырь в пдбд Твмоуа в лдроагзузмллми езвмнзпз – кмлмрзнзз. Тур впд нмг пзйу каегмку, нмрмку лд нмйдлзрдпь номфзрарь фрм з как, эрм мфдль увйдкардйьлмд тугмедпрвм, оажвзваюцдд рвмофдпрвм з салражзю! Подгправьрд пкмйькм оагмпрлыт коапмк Вы влдпйз бы в нмкдцдлзд, нмвдпзв мглу зж пвмзт пвдедд ланзпаллыт жакыпймварыт каорзл лдмбыфлмгм ланоавйдлзя! Скмодд йзпраирд проалзфкз еуолайа з твараирд впд пакмд злрдодплмд!
Five Types of College Roommates So you’re headed off to college. You’ve got your new college wardrobe, your brand new laptop, and maybe a crappy but cool car to get you around. You’re experiencing anxiety (your books cost your entire scholarship, oh, and your firstborn son), excitement (you just found out where the cheerleaders practice!), disappointment (your new place is the size of a post office box), and more excitement (the cheerleaders live next door!). Then comes perhaps the most important discovery of all: your roommate. Although the two of you have been thrown together by pure cosmic chance, this person will make or break your school year. Roommates come in many shapes and sizes. Some will save your life. Others will make you want to take theirs. Most of all, love them or hate them, you are stuck with them. In tribute to these indispensable characters, I give you my list of five types of roommates:
The Buddy/The BFF
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If you’re lucky, you got this one. They buy you food, introduce you to beautiful people, make your bed for you, and like the same movies you do. Buddy/ BFF is clean but not to the point of making you feel bad that you aren’t. When a love interest comes to call, Buddy/BFF gives you your space and lets you work your mojo. When their parents come to town and take them to dinner, they insist on bringing you along. Their mom sends care packages on a weekly basis, of which you become a direct beneficiary. The Buddy usually also brings with them a spectacular entertainment system, a DVD library, a high performance gaming console, and a ridiculous amount of video games that he freely shares with all. The BFF brings with her an insanely stocked wardrobe with dozens of shoes and accessories that she insists you use.
The Buddy’s/BFF’s motto:
"Mi casa es su casa." My advice: Keep your friends close, but keep the Buddy/BFF closer.
Your cologne or perfume has been disappearing faster than your free time. Shirts you just washed are found misplaced and with the unmistakable scent of body odor. Your food vanishes from the pantry. Scratches appear inexplicably on your DVDs. You could have sworn you had $20 in your lucky jar; now there is only $13 and some odd coins. Caution: you’re rooming with the Klepto. The Klepto is congenial to your face, but, when they think you’re not looking, they are eyeballing your stuff with envy. They have a habit of leaving with their hand under their jacket just as you’re coming in. You have a strong feeling that they are trying to get away with something.
The Klepto’s motto: "Su casa es mi casa." My advice: Buy a padlock and safe and install a hidden camera in your room.
At their most frightening, Kleptos envy you and your stuff so much that they may actually try to steal your identity. Other, more benign tendencies include stealing your significant other, stealing your towel, and stealing your ideas. In some instances, Kleptos have been known to buy gifts for their victims out of guilt for pillaging their stuff. The Klepto’s motto: "Su casa es mi casa." My advice: Buy a padlock and safe and install a hidden camera in your room.
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lawyer – someone whose job is to advise people about laws, write formal agreements, or represent people in court. Some are able to escape conviction through employing good lawyers.
attorney – AmE – a lawyer. He then conferred with three Justice Department civil rights attorneys.
solicitor – a type of lawyer in Britain who gives legal advice, prepares the necessary documents when property is bought or sold, and defends people, especially in the lower courts of law. A solicitor can advise on how you should act in this situation.
barrister – a lawyer in Britain who can argue cases in the higher law courts. QC (also Queen’s Counsel) – a barrister if high rank.
counsel – a lawyer who represents you in court. - Counsel for the defence then addresses the jury. Counsellor – BrE, Counselor – AmE - someone whose job is to help and support people with problems. -Are you seeing a Counsellor?
notary (also notary public)
advocate a lawyer who represents
someone, especially a law-
someone in a court of law,
yer, who has the legal
especially in Scotland.
power to make a signed statement or document official.
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Types of lawyers you never heard but should know not to get the works
Hedge lawyer подпольный адвокат адвокат с дурной репутацией
Сorporation lawyer юрисконсульт; специалист по корпоративному праву
Personal injury law Специалист по медицинскому праву, занимается вопросами возмещения ущерба в случае травмы
Guardhouse lawyer солдат, претендующий на звание специалиста по военному праву
Legal expert 1) эксперт по правовым вопросам; профессиональный юрист 2) судебный эксперт
Сivil-rights lawyer специалист по гражданскому праву
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Barrack-room lawyer солдат, претендующий на звание специалиста по военному праву
Сriminal lawyer специалист по уголовному праву, криминалист; адвокат по уголовным делам
Trademark Lawyer Защищает права на торговую марку
Yabusame is an archery type in Japan, when archers, who use special arrows with arrowhead in the shape of turnip, shoot sitting right in the saddle. This kind of archery arose in the beginning of Kamakura period (1192-1334), when Minamoto-no Yoritomo got worried, having noticed lack of archery skills among his samurais, and began to exercise them. Nowadays yabusame can be seen in Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, Kamakura town, Kanagawa Prefecture. Archers’ performances are also conducted on the beach in Zushi and many other places.
The history of Japanese bows and horse archers The earliest Japanese bows are dated to Dzyomon period (8000-300 BC). A long bow in unique non-central style with the place under arm, located lower the bow’s centre, appeared in Yayoi era (300 BC – 300 AD), having become very soon a symbol of power and might. The legendary emperor of Japan, Jimmu, is always depicted with a bow in his hands. Japanese archers were unmounted right up to IV century, when elite units began to fight riding horses using swords and bows. In X century samurais could arrange horse duels using bows. They were riding towards each other, trying to shoot at least three arrows at an adversary. These duels did not always end in fatal outcome of at least one of the adversaries, sometimes, to satisfy one’s honour, a light injury was enough. One of the most famous and well-known incidents with horse archers happened during Gempei war (1180-1185), when the clans Heike and Genji were fighting for power, which couldn’t not to influence Japanese culture, society and politics considerably. In the battle near Yashima the Heike were defeated and fled to Yashima by boats. The Genji followed them till the very end on horses, but finally they were stopped by the sea. As the Heike were waiting for the favoring wind to help them, they decided to have some fun and hung a shooting target on the mast for the Genji’s archers. Thus they wanted to give gallantly their enemies an opportunity to show their art. One of Genji’s samurais, Nasu Yoichi, accepted the challenge. He led his horse straight towards the sea and, having shot, hit the target. His victory brought the Genji great fame and his heroic deed is celebrated till now. During the Kamakura period horse archery was used for maintaining martial skills of samurais. The archers, who committed commands badly and could not bear the load, a commander could order to commit seppuku (another name for harakiri). One of savage subsorts of horse archery was «inuoumono» - shooting at dogs. Buddhist monks watched over the samurais not to kill the dogs, but to mutilate only. Fortunately, this kind of archery is not practiced any longer. Yabusame is a ritual horse archery Yabusame was intended to be a way to be liked by and entertain the numerous Gods, who watched Japan from heavens, to make them happy and make them want to bless the countries, people and crops to prosper. Yabusame archer gallops fast along a path, riding a horse generally with his knees only – he needs both his hands to shoot the arrows. When an archer approaches the target, he shoulders the bow and draws the bow string with an arrow up to his very ear, sending then the arrow into flight with a loud scream ―In-Yo-In -Yo‖ (―Light-Darkness-Light-Darkness‖). An arrow has a dull arrowhead and rough, round shape – in this case the sound of hitting is louder. Experienced shooters might use arrows with Vshaped arrowheads. If a target is hit, it will crack and fall down on the ground. The result, when an archer manages to hit all three targets, is considered to be a remarkable one.
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Japanese Bamboo composite bows What is not seen. The core of these bows are multiple strips of vertical hard woods and bamboo. A standard bow consists of 2 hardwood side strips and 3 bamboo strips sandwiched between bamboo faces. This unique style of laminating has been done for hundreds of years in Japan. The immediate advantage results in a very light but very powerful bow. Any draw weight is possible. The length of a bow can vary depending on your draw length, but are no shorter than 66" and no longer than 74". Bows are custom made for draw length and purpose (whether for hunting or target-shooting or for long distance shooting). If the bow is for HUNTING or for LONG DISTANCE shooting , the cores are of different combinations of woods and bamboo. The Bamboo used for these bow are the classic varieties used in Japan and grown by me in the United States. Cut, dried and cured following age old techniques and traditions, followed by special tempering processes come into play to make a one-of-a kind bow.
How does a yabusame archer look like!
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Useful Yabusame Archery Vocabulary whistling ['(h)wɪslɪŋ] свист, насвистывание Shooting glove перчатка для стрельбы weave [wiːv] 1) ткать 2) плести reed [riːd] тростник, камыш Headgear ['hedgɪə] головной убор quiver ['kwɪvə] колчан (для стрел) lacquered ['lækəd] лакированный crop [krɔp] набалдашник на рукояти кнута; рукоять кнута, кнутовище Deerskin ['dɪəskɪn] оленья кожа, лосина, замша vine [vaɪn] 1) виноградная лоза 2) а) вьющееся или ползучее растение б) вьющийся стебель, лоза, плеть
Chaps=chaparajos [ːʃæpə'reɪəus] ; чапсы (кожаные чехлы, надеваемые поверх штанов; элемент рабочей одежды ковбоев) bowstring ['bəustrɪŋ] тетива guard [gɑːd] предохранительное приспособление; элемент, предотвращающий травмы, повреждения а) покрытие, кожух на механизме, предотвращающий травмы оператора или повреждения механизма б) гарда (элемент рукояти шпаги, рапиры, предохраняющий руку от ударов противника) knee guard — наколенник nose guard — защитная маска shin guards — щитки
Unless You are me Dear Whoever Is Reading My Dumb Diary, Are you sure you're supposed to be reading somebody else's diary? Have you done this before? If I did not give you permission, you had better stop right now. If you are my parents, then yes, I know that I am not allowed to call people idiots and fools and goons and half-wits and gerds and all that, but this is a diary, and I didn't actually "call" them anything. I wrote it. And if you punish me for it, then I will know that you read my diary, which I am not giving you permission to do. Now, by the power vested in me, I do promise that everything in this diary is true, or at least as true as I t h i n k it needs to be. Signed, PS: If this is you, Angeline, reading this, then you are officially busted. I happen to have this entire room under hidden video surveillance. And, in just a moment, little doors will slide open and flesh-eating rats will stream into the room. And, like tiny venomous cowboys, scorpions will be riding the rats. So it's curtains for you, Angeline! Mwah-hah-hah-hah! PSS: If this is you, Margaret or Sally, then HA-HA you are also caught in my surveillance sting. PSSS: If this is you, Isabella, don't you ever get tired of reading my diary? I mean, I've caught you doing it, like, nine or ten times, so just STOP IT. Seriously. Maybe you should see somebody about this.
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The capital Of Pasta
The beginning Marco Polo—the father of pasta The myth that Marco Polo brought Pasta in Italy from his trip to China comes from the fact that in his journal writes " I found them eating noodles". Nothing could be further from the truth. The beginning of pasta date back to times of yore. The first hint we have of pasta comes from the tools used for making and cooking pasta fund in a Etruscan tomb. Shortly after the birth of Christ, a chef named Apicius mentions something which sounds a lot like Lasagna in his book of recipes. Around the year 1000, we have the first documented recipe for pasta in the book "De arte Coquinaria per vermicelli e maccaroni siciliani" (The art of cooking sicilian maccaroni and vermicelli) written by Martino Corno, chef to the powerful Patriarch of Aquilea. Pasta was certainly well know in Arab countries, where still today they speak of "makkaroni". From these countries it spread to Greece and Sicily (then an Arab colony). In fact, Palermo was the first historical capital of pasta, because it is here that the first historical sources referring to the production of dried pasta in what seems like a small-scale industrial . In 1150, Arab geographer Al-Idrisi reports that at Trabia, about 30 km. from Palermo, "they produce an abundance of pasta in the shape of strings ("tria" in Arabic) which are exported everywhere, in Calabria and in many Muslim and Christian countries, even by ships. 1279...."a basket of macaroni" the first "official' mention of pasta: a notary's inventory of an inheritance speaks of a "bariscela (basket) full of macaronis". A document from 1244 - 1316 testify to the production of dried pasta in Liguria as well. Between 1400 and 1500. the production by craftsmen of "fidei" (pasta makers in dialect) became quite widespread in Liguria, as demonstrated by the founding of the Corporation of Pasta-Makers in Genoa. Three years later, "The Regolazione dell'Arte dei Maestri Fidelari" (Rules for the Pasta-Master's Art Corporation) were drawn in Savona.
The 17th century: a mechanical press In Naples, population growth was aggravating the problems of food accessibility, until a small technological revolution (the spread of the kneading machine and the invention of the mechanical press) made it possible to produce pasta at a much lower price. Pasta thus became the food of the people. Naples vicinity to the sea (as was the case of Liguria and Sicily) facilitated drying, a process which allowed pasta to be conserved for an extended period of time.
The 18 century: how pasta was made? In Naples, pasta was made by mixing semolina dough by foot. The pasta maker sat on a long bench and used his feet to mix and knead the dough. The king of Naples, Ferdinando II, was not happy with this method of pasta-making and hired a famous engineer (Cesare Spadaccini) to improve the procedure. The new system consisted of adding boiling water to freshly grounded flour, and kneading by foot was replaced by a machine made of bronze that perfectly imitated the work done by man. Another person not happy was his Queen, but for a different reason. The Queen was so embarrassed by the way the King ate his macceroni. (he dipped his fingers directly into the maccheroni and sauce), so she also went to Cesare Spadaccini for help. He come to the rescue by inventing the four-pronged fork. In 1740, the city of Venice issued Paolo Adami a license to open the first pasta factory. The machinery was simple enough. It consisted of an iron press, powered by several young boys. In 1763, the Duke of Parma, Don Ferdinando of Bourbon, gave Stefano Lucciardi of Sarzana the right to a 10 year-monopoly for the production of dried pasta.
1800: tomatoes are here At the start of the 1800's pasta met tomato. Until then, it had been eaten without seasoning or with cheese. The first mention of using tomato dated back to the 17th century. It was imported into Spain by the conquistadors of the New World, and later spread to the rest of Europe, finding an ideal climate for cultivation in the mediterranean countries. But tomato didn't become a common ingredient in Italian cooking until the end of 1800's century. At first, the tomato was considered an ornamental plant, and according to a legend that took same time to die off, actually was considered poisonous. It wasn't until 1778 that Vincenzo Corrado in his "Cuoco Galante" (The Gentlemen Chef) mentioned a tomato sauce, but without the idea yet of using it to season pasta. in any case, Italy deserves all the credit for "launching" the tomato. Tomato sauce, boiled in a pot with a pinch of salt and a few basil leaves, was used beginning in the early 1800's by open-air vendors (called "Maccheronari", maccheroni vendors) in the south for seasoning macaroni. And pizza which dates back to the cradle of civilization-began to be seasoned with tomato sauce and mozzarella only in the mid 1850.
small-scale industry мелкомасштабное производство abundance [ə'bʌndən(t)s] изобилие; избыток to die off, to die out—отмирать
freshly grounded flour—свежепросеянная мука four-pronged четырѐхрожковый seasoning ['si:z(ə)nɪŋ] приправа
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Spaghetti recipe Spaghetti recipe made with ground beef is a classic. The reason for that is because it's very easy to make. This beef spaghetti recipe is large batch friendly. You can refrigerate or freeze the sauce and eat it throughout the week if you're pressed for time. You can keep the pasta refrigerated but it may become quite mushy after a while. Either boil some fresh pasta (it doesn't take long), or freeze the pasta and then warm it in the microwave. I like my beef spaghetti mixed with mushrooms. You can make the your own version of beef spaghetti recipe without mushrooms or with your favorite vegetable (s).
Enjoy!
Ingredients (2 to 3 servings): ground beef (extra lean, about 450 g to 600 g) 1 cup mushrooms (optional) 1 clove garlic 1 teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon cajun spice 1 jar (700mL) pasta sauce dried spaghetti cheese (optional; cheddar cheese in this example)
Method: Part 1 (15 to 20 min) Defrost ground beef in microwave (1). Fill a large pot to 3/4 full with water (2), set on high heat (3), cover and wait for water to boil (4). In the meantime, bunch a diameter of a quarter coin of dried spaghetti (5) and set it aside until the water in the pot boils. Then proceed to chop the mushrooms and dice the garlic (6).
Recently, we accidentally bumped into my dad’s lawyer friend. After formal introductions and acquaintances with the lawyer, out of curiosity I put forth few questions which were gladly answered by him. This was the conversation which took place between me and him. Me: So, uncle, what is your view on Rathore’s case and Nithyananda’s case?
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Lawyer (obviously he did not expect such a forthright question from me.. he asked me what I meant) Me: Uncle, I m asking “Do you feel the case proceeded in the right way? Could something have been done better? Lawyer: Frankly speaking, they are wrong in letting them go scotch free. I ll explain you how state law functions. See, when a top notch official like Rathore or luminary like Nithyananda is arrested, according to law, the State appoints a lawyer to defend these luminaries. In Rathore’s case, it was Delhi Govt which provided him a lawyer. In Nithyananda’s case, it was Karnataka Govt which provided him a lawyer. Obviously, since the state govt’s provide lawyers to these culprits, they will build the case so strongly in favour of these accused so that they escape. The same thing happened with Rathore. Since, he was a top notch officer in Delhi, due to his contacts, his case was built in favour of him and thus his punishment was lessened. This is the major drawback of our law that state govt has to appoint lawyers to defend such luminaries. If we have the facility to appoint private lawyers for them, then it will be challenging as these luminaries will need to spend astronomical sum over their private lawyers to prove themselves innocent, their influence and power doesn’t work and he will be treated as normal accused.
World Records Carvel Breaks Guinness World Record for Largest Ice Cream Scoop Pyramid New Record Shatters Previous By 794 Scoops Carvel Corporation, the nation's first retail ice cream chain, today broke the Guinness World Record for the largest ice cream pyramid, live on the CBS Early Show. Built in 58 minutes, the pyramid was comprised of 3,894 scoops of Carvel's creamy vanilla ice cream, totaling 22 layers and weighing in at 1,005 pounds. 278 gallons of ice cream were used to build the 53 inches tall pyramid. The 3,894 scoops totaled 778,800 calories, 38,940 fat grams, and exceeded the recommended daily calcium allowance by 58,305%. The towering structure was built with the help of 28 Carvel employees alternating between the jobs of scooper, placer and runner.
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"Setting the new world record was an incredible opportunity for us to share the Carvel experience," said Steve Romaniello, president of Carvel. "Thanks to our dedicated employees and franchisees, our creamy, crunchy product has been an industry favorite for more than 68 years." The last scoop to set the new world record was placed by Boca Raton franchisee Chuck Keller, son of longtime Carvel employee Stewart Keller who recently passed away. The nation's first retail ice cream franchise, Carvel has become one of the best-loved and most recognized names in its industry. The 68-year old company is the leading manufacturer of uniquely shaped ice cream cakes, including its signature Fudgie the Whale and Cookie Puss cakes, as well as a leading provider of premium soft serve and hand dipped ice cream products. Carvel currently operates more than 400 franchised and food service locations and sells it famous ice cream cakes through over 5,000 supermarkets outlets. Based in Farmington, CT with its franchise headquarters in Atlanta, GA, Carvel reminds you, "Everyday is a good day for ice cream." Visit the Carvel Website. scoop [skuːp] большое количество (какого-л. вещества), зачерпываемое за один раз shatter ['ʃætə] разрушить, уничтожить retail ['riːteɪl] розничная продажа; в розницу chain [ʧeɪn] система, сеть (предприятий, магазинов, гостиниц) comprise [kəm'praɪz] включать; заключать в себе, содержать; составлять calcium ['kælsɪəm] кальций towering ['tauərɪŋ] высокий, вздымающийся; возвышающийся alternate [ɔːl'tɜːnət] сменять друг друга; чередоваться, перемежаться dedicated ['dedɪkeɪtɪd] преданный; посвятивший себя чему-л.
franchisee [fræntʃaɪziː] франчайзи, франшизополучатель (торговое предприятие, получившее право (франшизу) на торговлю продукцией под торговой маркой другого предприятия) crunchy ['krənchē] хрусткий long-time ['lɔŋtaɪm] долговременный franchise ['frænʧaɪz] франчайзинг (вид лицензирования, когда компания - владелец известной торговой марки предоставляет другой компании право ставить эту торговую марку на свою продукцию, но при этом получает право контроля за качеством и другими условиями выруска продукции)
Express course that will change your life!
Phase One: Admitting You've Got a Problem
Phase Two: Making the Change from Fool to Cool
Phase Three: Taking Your First Cool Steps into the Big Bad World
Phase Four: Getting Busy with Lizzie
Phase Five: Tackling Tongue Sushi
Phase Six:
Cool for Life!
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GETTING STARTED Within our increasingly materialistic society, many of us have forgotten the simple pleasures of nature and natural magic. In fact, if you tell someone you are interested in magic, the standard reaction will be a raised eyebrow, or an amused smile. Despite this skepticism, and human nature beings as it is, the person will, in the same instant, expect you to perform a spell for them!
The Occult An occultist is someone who delves into hidden territory in search of its secrets. Much of the workings of nature are ―hidden‖ to us, and therefore ―occult‖. In the past, occultists – wise women, witches, or wizards, as they have been called – went about their business secretly in order to escape persecution. Fear, greed, envy, and hatred were the root causes of this relentless persecution, which in the main was carried out by ecclesiasts, whose judgment could not be criticized. Witch hunting, and the notorious witch trials, became an industry, bolstering local economies by providing a livelihood for those involved. The Jesuit priest Friedrich won Spree (1591 - 1695), who dared to speak out against the trials, said: ―Often I have thought that the only reason we are not all wizards is due to the fact that we have not all been tortured.‖ This public and manifold slaughter led to a change in the psyche of the populace for decades to come, and drove any form of magic underground.
Magic Vocabulary occult - эзотерический, понятный лишь посвящѐнным delve - изучать, тщательно исследовать relentless - безжалостный, жестокий ecclesiastic - духовное лицо, священнослужитель notorious - пользующийся дурной славой bolster - набивать, наполнять (чем-л.) livelihood - средства к существованию stratum - слой, пласт (plural: strata) repel - подавлять, сдерживать ally - друг, союзник, сторонник tailor - приспосабливать для (кого-л. / чего-л.) scant - скудный, недостаточный; ограниченный
comprise - включать; содержать enhance - увеличивать, усиливать (обычно какое-л. положительное свойство) coven - сборище; шабаш ведьм affinity - близость, родство (эмоциональное) ambience - окружение; обстановка, среда charcoal - древесный уголь incense burner — курильница flask - фляжка; фляга; бутыль; колба, флакон; склянка goblet - бокал; кубок waxing moon - нарастающая луна waning moon - убывающая луна
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The farmer who caught a fairy The young farmer of Ystrad, the farm under the sheep-pastures of Moel Eilio, discovered where the fairy maidens used to dance on moonlit nights. It was a small field between the farmhouse and the river. One night he was in his usual hiding-place, watching them, when the most beautiful of them all danced very near to where he was hidden. He sprang out, caught her up in his arms, and ran with her to the house. With shrill cries of despair the rest of the fairies vanished. The captured fairy was well treated although she was firmly held prisoner, for the young farmer was deep in love with her and wished her to marry him. But for all his protestations she would grant him nothing. At last she told him that she would be his servant, but only if he could guess what her name was. He tried all the girls' names he could think of, but in vain. Then be bethought him of the dancingplace, and hid himself there once more. As he hoped, the fairy maidens were dancing that night, and talking together as they danced. 'If only she could be with us!' he heard one of them sigh. 'But she is a prisoner of the humans. Alas, poor Penelope!' If he had tried for a hundred years the young farmer would never have guessed that name, but now he had it. Hurrying to the house, he greeted the fairy maiden triumphantly by her name, and once more asked her to marry him. Still she would not, though she now undertook to be his servant as she had agreed. With this he had to be content — and indeed there was soon no more contented farmer in all Gwynedd. Every-thing prospered for him and his fairy servant. The cows gave a full milking three times a day, the flocks and herds multiplied with magical speed, and in a year he was farming (besides his own freehold of Ystrad) all the lands on the north side of Nant-y-Bettws to the top of Snowdon and all Cwmbrwynog in Llanberis, an extent of 5,000 acres. Every night and morning the young farmer asked the fairy maiden to marry him. And at last she consented, with just one condition. 'You must never, never strike me with iron,' she told him. 'If that happens, I must leave you for ever and return to my own people.' He laughed at that strange condition, for such a blow could not pass between him and his true love. So they were married, and lived happily for several years. Then, one day, the young farmer went to the field to catch the pony, for he and his wife intended to ride to Caernarfon fair that day. The fairy wife went to help him. The pony was mischievous and would not come near the man who held the bridle and bit in his hand, and when the beast had played his tricks for a while the man lost his temper and hurled the bridle at him. It missed the pony and struck his wife. The instant she felt the cold iron on her cheek she vanished. The last the husband knew of her was a wailing voice, very faint and growing fainter, imploring him to look after their children. That was the end of the farmer's fairy marriage, but the children of the fairy Penelope grew up and had children of their own. The people of that valley had never been able to get their tongues round the fairy wife's strange name and turned Penelope into Pelling, and now her descendants were called Pellings. As long afterwards as the nineteenth century there were highly-respected Welsh folk who claimed fairy blood, and declared proudly that they were descended from the Pellings of Ystrad.
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The integration of Ukraine into the EU is a topical issue. But it is for the first time in the post-Soviet period we have inaugurated the allUkrainian PROJECT: Project Europe. And it means new vistas for us. It means, that there is a ripening civil effort and maturing of our country negotiating the stage of strict negation / ignoring / and tilting at windmills and proceeding towards making of our own country. It is a real value now and a real role for millions of our fellow-citizens. In the meantime: >integration is a painstaking and slow priority work for Ukraine; >the entry of Ukraine into the EU is a long-term perspective; therefore the analysis of the future prospects of the European Union and its internal economic and political relations is needed. Ukrainian polity and business are entitled to know and understand problems and contradictions within the EU; moreover, they need to know things that are going inside the EU, as well as to contemplate the contextual way it works;
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>the current wave of euroeuphoria hampers discussing the possible changes awaiting Ukraine on the way to the EU, nobody weighs pros and contras, and nobody allows for inevitable risks which may lead to serious disappointments. Are we ready to become the citizens of the metropolitan EU in 10-15 years? >eurointegration looks rather as a business and diplomatic strategy. However, social strategy as its major constituent is absent. Treading the way of integration in EU, Ukraine is expected to find answers for the following questions: What is the virtual contribution of Ukraine to the Europroject? Why should the EU be interested in our membership? Meanwhile neither the EU, nor Ukraine has a concept of this contribution, although nobody prevented Ukraine from offering the EU both its resources and projects. But in order to make the best offer possible Ukraine has to change its status of a suppliant both on the inside and outside. This, possibly, is the most difficult role for us to learn; the sooner we make it, the sooner Ukraine can get its chance to show its possibilities to contribute to the development of the European Community. And we need to discuss this role inside our country in the first place. Now Ukraine is facing the task of mastering the experience of the EU members in defending its own national interests on the way to mutually acceptable compromises.
Timur DUSHKO, Chief – in – editor of All-UKRAINIAN MIGRATION NEWSPAPER 'ROAD GAZETA'
Key points neither the EU, nor Ukraine has a concept of this contribution Ukraine needs to defend its own national interests integration is a painstaking and slow priority work for Ukraine nobody allows for inevitable risks which may lead to serious disappointments
However, a wonderful eurofairy-tale can become a fact only when Ukrainian business becomes a customer of the eurointegration of Ukraine and economy of Ukraine is ready to become a part of euroeconomy. Our entering into the EU will be posing an uncertain outcome until Ukraine diversifies its relationships with the EU countries developing them both on the state and corporate level. According to the statistics, after the entry of the CE countries into the EU, the trade of Ukraine with the EU left the former leader–CIS countries–behind. Thus, the EU becomes the most important trade partner of Ukraine. These relations need to be developed and stimulated; Ukraine should make this part an alter ego, if the state administration not only declares its eurointegration intentions, but also intends to realize them. The goal of entering the EU may be an additional resource for consolidation of internal forces and tackling of contradictions. Ukrainian regions should actively participate in forming and realization of the policy of integration into the structures of EU and establishing direct relations with the regions of the EU members. In course of time EVERY citizen of Ukraine should feel the advantages of eurointegration and realize himself/herself a European. Every one of us should try this role of a European today. You just try and come to like it. Is it feasible? Will it be a life of ease for a European of Ukrainian descent? The deliberate information policy of Ukrainian elite furthering the translation of information resources and messages from the EU and up to creation of a common information area is not a dictate of time, but a vital necessity as well. Another major task / role for the Ukrainian administration consist in strengthening of European values in counterbalance to the post-soviet nostalgia and hiking-to-Europe consumerism. However, Ukrainian top brass should also make up its mind and feel like designing a new lifestyle, establishing new European mechanisms of functioning of the state and its co-operation with society, and paving the way for speedy modernization of Ukrainian society. The main thing is this hike towards the EU should not become one more bluff of the newly established elite trying not to carry out internal reforms. It should not be backing away from internal problems employing external prospects having no future. At the height of Cold War father of modern sociometry Jacob Levi Moreno ventured an idea of the direct dialog of two world leaders, Eisenhower and Khrushchev, using the exchange of roles, dubbing-in and mirroring practiced in sociopsychodrama. Moreno had already used the technique to manage social conflicts, prevent global oppositions and wars. Our tasks are not as critical, though no less meaningful. Today Ukraine has to deal with the issues of European integration, status of the market economy country, visaing facilitation, creation of free trade zone, and congruence with European structures. There is a lot to be done about our legislation, living standards, adoption of the best achievements of European and world science and culture, putting social and political life in good order. It needs to be done for our benefit, and not the EU. Maybe, it is our main and best role‌
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Logic problems The village shop keeps a small stock of sweets which have proved eternally popular. They are in ten jars, five on the upper shelf, the other five underneath them. From the information given below, can you determine the position and price per quarter of each variety?
1 The wine gums and the 32p sweets are at opposite ends of their two respective shelves; the cream toffees, which have an eventhat j numbered jar, are the dearest.
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2 The aniseed balls are between the are chocolate drops and the 30p sweets; the the liquorice allsorts are on the immediate right of the humbugs and on the immediate left of the cheapest sweets. 3 The jelly babies are 1 p dearer than the dolly mixtures but 3p less than the mint imperials, which are 2p cheaper than the fruit drops.
4 The sum of the prices of the sweets in jars 5 and 10 is 58p; the sum of those in 2 and 7 equals that of 4 and 9 but is 1 p less than of 3 and 8. 5 The dearest sweets on the upper shelf immediately above the cheapest ones on lower shelf. 6 The total of the upper-row prices is 23p les than that of the lower-row prices.
Sweets: aniseed balls; chocolate drops; cream toffees; dolly mixtures; fruit drops; humbugs; jelly babies; liquorice allsorts; mint imperials; wine gums. Prices: 26p; 27p; 28p; 29p; 30p; 31p; 32p; 33p; 34p; 35p
Starting tip: Look first at clue 6 to determine the individual prices on each shelf – very little mathematical effort is required! Then go on to decide, using the other clues, which sweets are on each shelf.
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1. Writing about advantages Advantage: a good feature that something has, which makes it better, more useful etc. than other things. The great advantage of digital cameras is that there is no film to process. The advantage of using a specialist firm is that the people who work there have years of experience. One of the big advantages of this type of engine is that it is smaller and lighter than a conventional petrol engine. The university has the advantage of being one of the oldest and best respected in the country. The movement of the sea is predictable. This gives wave power a distinct advantage over (= an obvious advantage compared to) wind power. Despite a few problems with the design, the car’s advantages clearly outweigh its disadvantages. (= the problems are not enough to stop it being good car)
grammar the good/ great/ best thing about is rather informal. Don’t use it in formal essays.
Benefit: a feature of something that has a good effect on people’s lives. Regular exercise has many benefits, including reducing the risk of heart disease. Modern technology has brought great benefits to mankind. There has been a great deal of research into the potential benefits of using genetically modified crops. Merit: a good feature that something has, which you consider when you are deciding whether it is the best choice. The committee will consider the merits of the proposals. In her book, she discusses the relative merits of the two political systems. (= she compares the features that they have). The merits and demerits of (= the good and bad features of) alternative funding systems were widely discussed in the newspapers. The chairman saw no great merit in this suggestion. (= he did not think that it was a good idea). Good point a good feature that something has. One of the good points about the car is that it is easy to drive. Each system has its good and bad points. Plus point a good feature that something has. The small but powerful battery is another of the camera’s many plus points. The estate agent’s leaflet said a major plus point was the recently modernized kitchen.
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Way four. This way demands firm confident painting from an artist, as corrections are impossible here. Take plastic or glass. Apply even layer of paint on the necessary place or the whole surface of the sheet with roller, having removed the odd oil from the paint beforehand by putting it on a newspaper for some time. It is gained with experience. If you are not sure you can paint and arrange Your work on the sheet at once, before You put it in paint, You may outline the main composition with a regular pencil by light motions and after that, without pressing it, put the sheet on the surface, rolled with paint. And then You start to draw what You have outlined, working with a pencil, a pen, a handle of a brush – everything depends on the thickness of a line You want to get. You should better not lean against the paper with your hands. Having finished your paintings on the paper, put off the sheet carefully. The same as any kind of monotyping, it can be completed and a work can be finished off when You already see what is happening to it. Way five. Pour some water into photobasin. Take typographical paints, dilute them in separate jars to watery condition with benzene or special dissolvent. Then, take brushes and, depending on Your inner pictorial state, splash the paints onto the water, regulating which colour you need more or less. And then the most interesting things begin: mix the paints with a handle of a brush and you will see a unique pattern which, as it seems to you, is required. You should work fast but carefully: put a sheet of paper onto the water and then put the other side of it arch-likely. And it should be removed the same way: first, remove one side and then the other
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What is monotyping?
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Who applied this technique in the art?
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How can you describe monotyping as painting?
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Which artists are the brightest representatives of monotyping?
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What do you know about the schools of the monotyping?
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Is it important to be a talented artist to create some drawing in this art style?
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Are there many ways of drawing a picture in monotyping?
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Which one do you like the best?
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CHRIS RYAN Chris Ryan is a former British soldier turned novelist. Chris Ryan was born near Newcastle in 1961. He joined the SAS in 1984. During his ten years he was involved in overt and covert operations and was also Sniper team commander of the anti-terrorist team. During the Gulf War, he was the only member of the eight-man team to escape from Iraq, three colleagues being killed and four captured. It was the longest escape and evasion in the history of SAS. For this he was awarded the Military Medal. He wrote about his remarkable escape in the adult bestseller The One That Got Away (1995), which was also adapted for screen. Due to the injuries he received, after the events of 1991, Ryan did not return to front line operational duties. For his last two years he was selecting and training potential recruits for the SAS, eventually being Honourably Discharged from the SAS in 1994. And now he is the author of a number of bestselling thrillers for adults. His work in security takes him around the world and he has also appeared in a number of television series, most recently Hunting Chris Ryan, in which his escape and evasion skills were demonstrated to the max. He lectures in business motivation, and is currently a Bodyguard in the USA. The Alpha Force titles are his first books for young readers. Chris Ryan is believed to be a pseudonym; his real name is unknown.
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Mission: SURVIVAL a r are five teenagers on board be Am d an x He lo, Pau Li, x, Ale m all over the world. Together fro ple peo ng you by d we cre p sailing shi le d. Battling against unbelievab an isl t ser de a on d ne roo ma they are pis to sharks and modern-day gon dra do mo ko ler kil m fro – dangers they their knowledge and skills if all e bin com st mu e fiv the rates – are to stay alive. ce iller, the first in the Alpha For thr ed ack -p ion act d an ng ppi A gri elling author Chris Ryan sts be d an ro he S SA exm fro series
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Talking about restaurant Label the pictures with the following vocabulary. Then answer the questions lipstick, glass, angry, man, bill, laughing,
overcharge, service, expensive, teen, eating, restaurant,
menu, spilling, mess, coffee, pizza, fly,
soup, cigarette, smoke, shocking, coughing
What does he want ?
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How does he feel? Why?
What’s annoying her?
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Why is he shocked ? FOOD. Answers to the exercise: fast food, cookbook, recipe, dish, menu, takeaway, bill, ingredients, service, wait person, tip, dessert, bar, lounge, restaurant, order.
4. to buy 6. tested the flavor of some food or drink in your mouth 7. soaked meat or vegetables in the juices of a sauce before cooking 8. eggs cooked in boiling water for 5 minutes
1. to cut food into small squares 2. a tip of some money you leave at the restaurant to show "thanks" for good service of the wait staff 3. slices of meat, cheese or vegetable, placed between two pieces of bread 5. the main course of your meal
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When it comes to fashion, I have no vision, no patience and precious little taste. It has been my experience that the clothes I buy are "in" no longer than 48 hours, go out, and never come back again. How was I to know that nostalgia would go into reruns in the 70s? Who could predict that something as intimidating as a "belt" could come back into style? And who ever imagined that turbans would ever be worn by anyone but surgical nurses and bald women?...
Panty hose: Whenever I imagine that the earth is being observed by crea-tures on another planet, I always wonder what they think a woman getting into a pair of panty hose is doing...and for what purpose. After all, how practical are they? Can you cough in a pair of panty hose? Clear your throat? Stoop to pick up a candy wrapper? Breathe in and out with any regularity? I say we scratch them for nostalgia.
Bikini: As a woman who goes to the beach and finds strangers pitching in to help bury her up to the neck in sand, I hold very little sentimentality for the bikini. Or the navel. Boots: Theoretically, people get smarter with every generation. If this is true, future folk will revive boots only as planters or umbrella racks. Wigs: If the Good Lord had meant for women to have curly hair, He would have invented a way to get curler marks off the face without surgery.
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