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Music in "Piano no Mori"
The "Piano no Mori" anime follows the lives of two brilliant elementary school-aged pianists as they develop both a rivalry and friendship.
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Playing Piano With Wrist Pain (Synovitis): My Experience
Synovitis can ruin a piano-player's career. Here's how I (mostly) recovered and got back to the keys, with gentle repertoire suggestions that I enjoy playing.
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Orange Cranberry Bundt Cake Recipe
Orange cakes are a family favorite, and I get asked to make this orange cranberry bundt several times a year. It's a winning recipe!
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How to Use Herbs and Spices
Want to dazzle your friends and family with your incredible talent for using herbs and spices? Here's how!
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Tasmanian Wedge-Tailed Eagles and the Tarkine Woodlands
Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles are a rare and beautiful subspecies of Australian mainland wedgetails. Unfortunately, the Tarkine woodlands of Tasmania—their primary habitat—have become increasingly threatened by logging and mining. Learn more about this species and its threatened habitat here.
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What I've Learned About How to Move House With Chronic Pain
Pain is hard to deal with, even in the best of times. But during a move? Nigh impossible, right? Wrong. Here's how to make your move easier, even while you deal with chronic pain.
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Piano Music in Nodame Cantabile
Do you want to play piano like Nodame, but are having trouble finding all the sheet music? Here is a collection of the featured piano music in the anime and live-action drama Nodame Cantabile.
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Best Apps for Learning Japanese Quickly
Using apps to help you learn Japanese keeps your motivation up and helps you learn more quickly. Use this list to grab the best Japanese language apps for iPhone and Android.
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Top 4 Music Education Blogs
The best music education bloggers help students, performers, and teachers alike reach their dreams. Here are four of my favourites.
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Simple Mahjong Rules for Three or Four Players
Simple house rules make a game of mahjong faster and more enjoyable, with easy-to-calculate scores. These house rules are great with three or four players!
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Dark Chocolate Cake With a Kahlua Glaze Recipe
This rich dark chocolate bundt cake with flecks of chocolate, smothered in a delicious, strong coffee-Kahlua syrup, is a perfect and elegant dessert!
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How to Choose the Right DSLR Lens for Your Needs
Are you overwhelmed by the wide selection of DSLR lenses? Follow this guide to make your choices easy and painless and to avoid costly mistakes!
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Buying a DSLR Camera
Are you overwhelmed with the choices when upgrading to a digital SLR camera? Read this guide to choosing a DSLR camera body and lenses!
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The Best Plastic-Free Kettle (Healthy and Stylish)
A plastic-free kettle can protect you from BPA leaching into boiling water. An all-metal kettle is a stylish addition to any kitchen!
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How to Make a Simple Patchwork Quilt
A first patchwork quilt is a daunting project for many quilters, but it doesn't need to be! You can make a beautiful quilt quickly by crafting your own block layout and quilting in a simple design.
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Leipzig Zoo - Zoo of the Future
The Leipzig Zoo is a great 1-2 day experience for adults and children alike. With themed exhibits, great viewing areas, restaurants and children's activities, it's a must-see destination in Leipzig. This 'zoo of the future' also plays an extremely important role in protecting many endangered...
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How to Take Stunning Autumn Photos
Follow these top 10 tips for both point-and-shoot and DSLR photography to capture fall in all its gorgeous color.
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Apple Cake Recipe With a Rum Glaze
Warm up in the cooler weather with a rum-soaked apple cake. Apples are in season in autumn and make a beautiful and delicious bundt cake!
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How to Take Great Bird Photos
Frustrated with always snapping blurry bird photos? Follow these tips to capture beautiful bird pics, even with point and shoot cameras.
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Travel to Margaret River, Australia
Margaret River - surrounded by wineries, national parks with soaring native trees, gourmet produce factories and with more than its fair share of gorgeous, deserted and pristine beaches. These are the best picks (and wines) of the region!
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Honey Orange Roasted Chicken Recipe
Don't want to spend much time, but want a delicious and healthy meal? This orange roast chicken is quick to prepare, cooks without supervision, and looks like it is from a gourmet kitchen!
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Example Late Work Policies for Teachers
A consistent and clear late submission policy can improve classroom morale, prevent arguments, and make marking less stressful. Here's how to develop your own late work policy as a teacher.
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What Is Idiopathic Pain and How to Manage It
Idiopathic pain is long-term pain with no detectable cause. However, a variety of treatments may reduce this chronic pain to a manageable level.
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How to Grade Assignments Faster
Grading writing assignments is a time-consuming and thankless task of teaching. These tips and techniques will help you power through your piles of papers faster!
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Difficulties and Rewards of Teaching Seniors
Teaching old dogs new tricks requires some patience and an understanding of the difficulties that senior students face. Classes for seniors are also very rewarding, both for the teacher and the students!
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How I Work Despite Chronic Pain
Between 10% and 55% of the world's population suffer chronic pain, and many of these people still work and study. Learn how you can manage your pain levels at work and school.
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Tomato Pie With Parmesan and Herbs: Great Summer Recipe
Vine-ripened tomatoes, vintage Parmesan cheese, sauteed vegetables, and fresh, home-grown herbs combine to make a delicious summer pie.
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Costochondritis Treatments and Home Remedies for Pain Relief
When the pain of costochondritis flares, it can feel like a heart attack. Here are medications you might be prescribed, as well as home remedies.
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9 Great Tips for Making Healthy Meals on a Budget
Do you want to reduce costs or stick to your budget but still eat healthily? Learn to prepare healthy meals even when grocery prices are rising!
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Backstage Photos from the Leipzig Opera
The Leipzig Opera House runs regular house tours, allowing visitors access to the stage, backstage, costume storage and much more. For those who can't visit in person, here is a virtual tour!
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6-Step Cross Stitch Pillow
A more casual alternative to a traditional frame, a pillow or cushion cover with a 'fabric frame' is a great way to display your completed cross stitch projects!
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The Best French-Style Fish Soup Recipe
This is a hearty and warming soup with loads of fresh vegetables, herbs and spices. Great all year round, this soup also freezes perfectly for a quick meal!
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Tangy Lemon and Lime Cake Recipe
Are you looking for a change from your standard lemon cake? Add a tangy lime glaze and candied lime peels for a stunning alternative. Dressed to kill and a flavor to die for!
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Orange Marmalade or Compote With Vanilla
Worried about a marmalade that refuses to set? Turn it into compote! This delicious orange vanilla compote is wonderful as a dessert, snack or with vanilla yoghurt for breakfast.
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Orange Vanilla Bean Syrup
This syrup is fantastic on pancakes, as a glaze on cakes, with mineral water for a refreshing summer drink, and even as a hot drink!
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Strawberry Muffin Recipe and Variations
Packed with vitamin C, strawberries are a healthy summer treat. Fresh strawberries are perfect in muffin form with a crunchy walnut-crumble topping. They won't last long!
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Toffee Apple Cake Recipe
This toffee apple cake with walnuts is a sweet and flavorful dessert cake—a hit with adults and children alike!
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How to Dye Your Hair Dark Blue or Purple
Do you want to stand out from the crowd? Are you bored with natural hair colors? Here's how to get long-lasting results with dark blue and purple hair colors from Fudge Paintbox.
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Indian Tomato & Onion Salad With Mint-Lemon Dressing Recipe
Bored of your average salad offerings at barbecues and picnics? Want to avoid unhealthy salad dressings? This tomato salad is naturally fat-free and super-tasty!
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Things to do in Leipzig: Notenspur music trail
Follow a trail through music history around Leipzig in Germany. Steeped in classical music, famous composers and musicians, the city is applying for UNESCO World Heritage Listing for their fascinating music sites.
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How to Teach an English Conversation Class
Learn how to plan realistic and useful conversation lessons for your students.
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Medications for Sciatic Pain
Written by someone who knows sciatic pain inside and out, this article takes a detailed look at the range of medications available to treat this condition.
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Downshifting: How to Achieve Work Life Balance
Downshifting is a gradual process to find a work-life balance that fits you and your family best. Each person's path will be different: there is no right or wrong way to do it. Downshift to find the most healthy, happy, and comfortable life for you, preferably before retirement!
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Nikko, Japan - Tamozawa Imperial Villa
Tamozawa Imperial Villa is a beautifully restored mansion, used by the imperial family. As the only surviving Imperial residence from the Meiji villa, it should not be missed when visiting Nikko.
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Top 3 Classical Music Anime
Here are three slice-of-life anime that follow budding classical music students and their lives as they develop as people and musicians.
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Healthy Baked Chicken and Asparagus Recipe
This easy and healthy casserole is made with fresh, nutritious asparagus, white radish, onions, thinly-sliced prosciutto and low-fat chicken breasts.
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How to Lose Weight With Chronic Pain
Losing weight and becoming fit requires a lot of inner strength, especially when in chronic pain. Often, the people who should be the greatest source of support, sabotage and demotivate.
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Business Skills for Teachers
Teachers use business skills constantly. Leadership, communication, marketing, presentation, and organization are all necessary to plan and run classes effectively.
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How to Frame Your Cross Stitch
By cleaning and framing your finished needlework projects yourself, you ensure they are properly framed and cared for, and save a lot of money on professional framing!
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A Guide to Nikko Waterfalls
Nikko, a small town in the Tochigi prefecture, is known for its temples and shrines but also for being surrounded by many stunning waterfalls.
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Fruit Bun Recipe
Learn how to make easy, sweet fruit buns, perfect for breakfast or morning tea, and as hot cross buns. With spice-infused milk and your favorite dried fruits, these are worlds better than their factory-made cousins!
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Kale Recipe Collection
A cool-weather super-food, kale is packed with vitamins. Enjoy it raw in salads, braised or stir-fried as a side dish, or incorporate it into a fantastic vegetable pie.
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Organic vs. Free-Range vs. Cage-Free Eggs
Which is best: organic, pastured, free-range, cage-free, or battery eggs? A number of factors contribute to the answer: nutrition, contamination risks, animal welfare, and environmental impact.
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Health Effects of Beer
Beer, in moderation, is a healthy addition to your diet. But you do need to weigh in the negatives before drinking a bottle every day!
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3 Healthy Recipes Using 1lb of Ground Beef
Many ground beef recipes are high in fat and cholesterol. These top three recipes add a pile of healthy vegetables, spices and herbs. Try one of these three, enjoy a healthy meal and save some money—vegetable-laden pasta sauce, chili with the lot, or a spicy and fragrant Thai dish.
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Lime Juice Benefits
Limes are packed with vitamin C, which is important for your immune system. It's also been shown to fight more serious illnesses, such as malaria, cholera, golden staph and gastric inflammation.
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Natural Joint Pain Relief
Joint pain, caused by a myriad of health problems, can be debilitating—and relief is hard to achieve. Find a natural joint pain solution that works for you.
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Is It Safe to Eat Raw Eggs?
Raw eggs are as safe as any other foodstuff, providing that they are handled following hygienic food-safety standards.
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How to Take a Photo With a Blurred Background
Pro tip: Blur the photo's background, and you will make your subjects stand out, focus your viewer's attention, and make images that look more professional. Perfect for portrait or macro photography.
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How to Recover From Burnout at Work
All of us are susceptible to burnout, and freelancers tend to be more so than employed workers. Learn how to notice the symptoms and what you can do to recover and prevent work-induced exhaustion and illness.
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Best Hiking Apps
Three great apps and websites to track your hikes using iPhones, Android phones, and other smartphones.
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10 Steps to Relearn Piano
Returning and re-learning the piano can be frustrating. These 10 tips will help increase motivation and enjoyment and prevent burnout.
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How to Take Great Insect and Spider Photos: Macro Tips
Photographing insects and spiders is both a fascinating and scary experience. For many people, it is as much an exercise in overcoming fear as it is in capturing a great photo.
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6 Tips to Take Better Flower Photos
Flower photography has a reputation for being either easy as walking, or exceptionally difficult. However, patience, balance, a good eye for detail, and a willingness to take and process many photos, are the most important ingredients to taking gorgeous flower photos.
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How to Summarize and Paraphrase
Here are resources and tips for teachers and students on how to summarize and paraphrase.
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Magnetosphere, the iTunes Music Visualizer
Music visualization can be simple or beautifully complex. See how you can control Magnetosphere, the music visualizer in iTunes, and watch your music dance with multicoloured stars around planets and through nebulae.
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Moist Pineapple Fruitcake Recipe
Learn how to prepare a deliciously moist pineapple fruitcake. This easy-to-make recipe is perfect for Christmas or any other time of year!
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Traditional Japanese Kimono Fabrics
Kimonos are the traditional dress of Japan. While they are typically handmade from silk, modern kimonos are now often made from easy-care fabrics that are easier, faster and less expensive to manufacture.
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Vitamin D Deficiency and Pain
Research is currently divided; the link between chronic pain and vitamin D is not yet proven. However, chronic pain sufferers who are deficient in vitamin D may benefit from supplements.
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How To Take Stunning Sunset Photos
To pay attention to sunsets is to pay attention to the moment, noticing how light plays over the scene, how details are hidden in shadow, and how colours create a jewel-toned rainbow across the sky.