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i 've noticed a remarkable difference when i run on the treadmill vs when i run on the road .
a treadmill won 't prepare you for the impact of running for real .
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google search for travel wods has whole lots of results which you can use .
as @ sarge says , this is for a doctor to diagnose properly .
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since you 're being kind of vague here , i can only give you a vague answer .
in general , warming up your muscles only requires performing the movement with lower weights .
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first of all , as a general matter of fact you suppose to change your workout routine in every 3-4 weeks .
you can mix those , but in my experience , it will be very difficult at first .
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properly executed weight training will increase , not decrease , your flexibility and mobility .
i 've seen guys that are still very flexable while lifting weights .
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i think it is still feasible to store seeds until the next year .
i haven 't tried storing tomato seeds myself , but i have tried to store pepper seeds ( and they are closely related ) .
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it is not recommended to use greywater on vegetables that you will eat directly .
adding soap to water allows the water to dissolve oils .
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yes , you can add coffee grounds with their filters to your compost pile .
absolutely ok ; we have incorporated coffee grounds into our plant food and many of those grounds included the paper filter .
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there are no post-emergents that specifically kill crabgrass without killing lawn grass .
i brought an ace product that kla crab grass and you can use it below 90 degrees .
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pick them as soon as they are as ripe as you want them .
i live in delaware and have already harvested my jalapeno and chili peppers .
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thistle is classified as a noxious weed in most places and must be controlled .
i 've got the same problem , where there are fields of dandelions just beyond the borders of my gardens .
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support is good for eggplants as the fruit may become heavy and can even break the branches .
some support won 't hurt , especially if it is a large fruited variety .
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to paraphrase a common saying , " one man 's weed is another man 's lawn " .
first , let me say i 've no experience doing battle with bermuda grass .
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just about anything can be grown indoors without natural sunlight .
we have quite a few people here who have grown peppers and small tomatoes indoors and in pots .
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chances are picking the seeds once it 's gone to seed isn 't going to actually encourage new growth .
the longer you can leave the seed-heads on the plant the better ( imho ) .
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so you know , i do not have personal experience with this .
since you 've already accepted a nicely sourced answer , i 'll contribute some unsubstatiated tradition ( i.e .
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in the past it has grown almost like a weed in our pots on our deck here in north texas .
additional to the other answers , basil famously doesn 't like to be damp overnight .
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there is a very full description of the various types of hormone rooting compound here .
it is meant to stimulate root growth - in particular to stimulate the creation of roots .
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i found it difficult to mark just one answer as correct because all are .
i reccomend " monkey grass " because it is like a slow growing weed that reproduces slowly and looks nice !
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simple answer is yes , flower shoots on lettuce is a sure sign of bolting .
it appears as though it has likely started to bolt .
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dirt can mean pretty much anything , from good to poor quality soil .
use coco peat - it 's an organic soil derived from coconut husks for garden vegetables and plants which is eco-friendly .
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if you can get over the " ick factor , " you have an easily-applied source of organic nitrogen fertilizer close at hand .
the npk numbers on the fertilizer represents the percent , by weight , of nitrogen , p2o5 and k2o , respectively .
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the point of aerating your pile is to get oxygen to the microbes that break down the organic matter .
your pile will compost without turning it , but it goes faster if you turn it .
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i bought a book , which talks about this , so here 's an answer to my own question .
well i wouldn 't risk it , not in a cold compost system .
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aloes , like most succulents , are very hardy and will withstand considerable neglect .
some of the guys at my office have potted aloe plants .
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this looks a lot like an invitation to a no true scottsman argument .
i concur with @ t.e.d ; the question is a " no true scotsman " bar bet .
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some villages had histories and thus names going back to ancient roman times .
many towns and villages took their name from the ruling family , the owners of the village .
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the usa is the world 's strongest country because of its military force .
the united states is one of the five largest countries in the world by area .
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nearly all countries grew quickly in the 1950s and 1960s for pretty much the same reasons .
the ussr growth rate during the 50 's was not exceptionally high .
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while queen may refer to both queen regent ( sovereign ) or queen consort , the king has always been the sovereign .
there is a very good reason not to refer to the queen 's spouse as " king " - because they aren 't the king .
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to no extent at all is the wars in the middle east caused by trade making the area heterogeneous .
they had a treaty beginning in 1941 , after a few skirmishes along the area in question .
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" what i am really looking for is an estimation of the muslim population ... " @ thanosk and @ t.e.d. , an overall , general population estimation f.e .
the following is taken from my dog-eared copy of the new penguin atlas of medieval history .
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in hinduism and buddhism there is message of peace and an encouragement to not be materialistic .
this relates to the " discovery " of asian , and other non-european cultures by americans .
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i guess those are greek tickets ( εισιτηριον ) for excavation sites or museums .
that is indeed greek looks like a ticket to a museum or field .
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these are tickets to the archaeological sites of epidaurus ( which includes the still in use theatre ) and mycenae .
i guess those are greek tickets ( εισιτηριον ) for excavation sites or museums .
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looks like you 've rediscovered jaspers 's concept of the axial age .
there was no influence from china to the culture of greece .
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yes , i can tell you from personal experience that they certainly did whistle .
it is true that bombs in world war ii would make a whistling sound as they fell .
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by the time that qin had totally collapsed , xiang yu was china 's hegemon .
the han dynasty came after the qin dyansty , after the government under shi huang di collapsed .
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there were indeed some serious issues surrounding kennedy 's election in 1960 , one of the closest elections in history .
as per your original question : the wikipedia section does not claim that joseph p kennedy bought john f kennedy 's victory .
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" the grass family is one of the most widely distributed and abundant groups of plants on earth .
as noted on the wiki page , grass seed was imported to the new world to improve pasturage for livestock .
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http : / / en.wikipedia.org / wiki / history _ of _ delhi # early _ history shows that the city was called delhi ( or dilli ) at least since the 12 / 13th century .
i am not exactly sure but i remember the media ( in india ) addressing delhi as " hasthina " .
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dominus , plural domini , in ancient rome , “ master , ” or “ owner , ” particularly of slaves .
a greek-speaking slave ( δούλος , doulos ) i think would call his master κύριος ( translit : kurios ; lord , master , sir ; vocative form : κύριε ) .
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the bulk of india then was not controlled by porus , but by the nanda dynasty , centered at pataliputra .
i believe alexander lost heart after his horse , bucephelus , died from a wound received in the battle against porus .
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yes , this is true and yes , in most cases indefinite articles indeed developed from numerals , as @ mgn already said .
indefinite articles developed from numerals , and the definite articles developed from demonstratives .
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preserving grammaticality and preserving meaning of the sentence are two different things .
in fact , you can remove pretty much and preserve grammaticality if you don 't care about preserving meaning .
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in some nowadays indo-european languages you can still see rests of base-20 numeral systems .
modern englishes , and many other well-known languages , use base 10 ( ie decimal ) systems of numerals .
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the difficulty arises not from the various linguistic properties of the language pair as many here suggest .
it depends on generally syntactic structure of two languages and -yes- some pragmatic issues .
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in english , certainly the most common use of do is do-support .
in traditional grammar , the word doing is a participle in all your examples .
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a caveat : i 'm experiencing the tail end of a three day migraine .
i agree with the commentators that your question is a little confusing .
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the reason for this is that russian is a much more tonal language than english .
although i am quite fluent in russian , i wouldn 't say english sound particularly ' cold ' to me .
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palatalisation of / k / before front vowels happens all over the place : russian , greek , turkish , persian etc .
sinhala , one of the languages spoken in sri lanka has a four way deixis system .
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all the same methods of analysis that are used with spoken languages apply successfully to signed languages .
one idea that 's been going around at least since the 80s is that you can distinguish between holds and moves .
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newspeak , a " deliberately impoverished " language designed to prevent people from communicating and thinking about subversive ideas .
every language is permeated by the cultural values in which it is immersed .
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in russian , for example , animacy is not clear-cut in the distinction animate / inanimate .
as in russian , polish marks animate masculine nouns by having a genitive-accusative vs. the nominative-accusative of inanimate masculines .
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as you can see from this map on the wals.info site , there are many .
this is an example i always find is helpful for first year .
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zipf ’ s law , as i understand it , is not really about languages , but about statistics and probability .
as with all natural laws , zipf 's law is an approximation .
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a part of the question thusfar unattended is whether the concept of phoneme has always been contentious .
" phoneme " is a theoretical construct which probably can 't go away .
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if you arecomming from the non-linguistics environment , the best book is to start with is fromkin , introduction to language .
this is what they recommend at oxford as introductory textbooks to students starting a masters ' in linguistics .
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from what i 'm seeing it 's generally accepted that most english speakers have a vocabulary size of 15000 to 20000 words .
according to a statistical estimation i know roughly 7000 words in english .
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a tent may give you slightly more protection than sleeping out in the open , but not much .
no , a tent will not give you any protection from bears that want what 's inside .
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a few points to add here : coyotes are not know to be aggressive towards humans .
in general they are not considered dangerous because they rarely attack humans .
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nylon dries fast , is resistant to ripping and tearing , and fairly breathable .
nylon , among other synthetics , is an ideal material for clothing for most outdoor pursuits for several reasons .
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gps ( wikipedia ) is based on orbiting satellites and so is accurate worldwide .
gps systems can , and do , work everywhere you can get satellites .
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different parts of california have different wildlife , so you should probably narrow the region .
american black bears they are somewhat common in some wilderness areas of california , mostly in the mountains .
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so it 's important to have a basic understanding before you even get on skis .
skiing is a sport where taking lessons pays off very quickly .
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in a gym , the toprope will be wrapped over a cylindrical bar .
alright , there are several different issues here that we must be sure to address .
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i visit az every summer and include some hikes in the desert when i 'm there .
apart from what has been said , your need of water also depends on what you eat .
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a wonderful woman i know has the habenera bag by rei ( link ) .
if you can settle on purple nunatak and feather friends have good sleeping bags in those colors .
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an embolism in a medical context refers to any large moving mass or defect in the blood stream .
here is an interesting article on wikipedia to give overview of pressure related injuries .
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it would be unusual for a snake to attack a stationary person .
i 'm no herpetologist , but in my experience , snakes are in the " you don 't bug me , i won 't bug you " category .
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as i wrote above , it 's hard to rate this wall .
unlike others , i think the route is pretty well described .
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once you open it up to toxins , the answer is clearly no , boiling is not enough .
boiling eliminates only a certain class of contaminants that can make you ill .
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different parts of california have different wildlife , so you should probably narrow the region .
you can get a rough estimate from using an online calorie estimation website .
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if you wear a bear bell on your backpack , your fellow hikers will kill you for being annoying .
the above advice is quite good , just wanted to add on thing to consider regarding food in bear country .
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oh friend , i have been down this miserable road just like you .
yes , it is accepted practice to wash new semi-static rope ( or single rope technique / srt rope as it is known by cavers ) .
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my opinion is to wait for the child to ask for it .
my opinion is to wait until the child itself expresses a desire for this .
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you are safe to use the bottles as long as they have been properly sterilised .
i would say it 's completely safe so long as the bottles have been adequately rinsed to remove any detergent residue .
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he is taking the diaper off because he is uncomfortable .
you can try putting the diaper on backwards which may only work for a little while .
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i would recommend asking questions in a way that doesn 't require a yes or no answer .
would you be concerned with the mind changing if he wasn 't shouting and / or misbehaving ?
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yes , twins can develop their own language , but it 's not a given .
here 's what i saw with my fraternal twins : while learning to speak , all children develop some of their own dialect .
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whatever you do , don 't bite him back to show him that it hurts .
we always lightly bopped our kids on the mouth , therefore showing him that his mouth is what hurt you .
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a rule of thumb that i 've heard is " for small children , big dogs " .
any breed of dog can be perfectly safe or extremely dangerous .
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i know of no firm evidence indicating that baby talk is either helpful or detrimental in language development .
baby talk , when used correctly is beneficial to speech development .
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a possibility is to have a family meeting with the stated goal of working out the reward ( s ) for chores .
many children , instead of being motivated by reward are motivated by being in control .
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the point is to get the air out that the infant sucks into the stomach while feeding .
i 've found with my baby that it 's more accurate to go by his behavior than by " rules " .
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you should have a consultation route with the school head which can lead to direct consultation with a health professional .
it is always difficult when parents refuse to see what seems obvious to a teacher .
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you will be hard pressed to find scientific studies that answer these questions with any certainty .
the topics you mention are very broad and not closely related in the scientific world .
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although cheese is very healthy and also good during pregnancy , some types might contain listeria , which can cause serious problems .
as was mentioned , the problem with cheese is the potential for listeria .
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both of our children slept in a portable pen for at least their first year , and there were no problems .
yours looks like the one we used for my kids ( same brand and everything ) .
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i have never read anything that said teethers were bad--where did you read that ?
we used a clean cloth or baby sock wrapped around an ice cube with our kids and grandkids .
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i 'm facing a similar situation ; being danish and living in ( german-speaking ) austria .
an alternative would be to expose her solely or additionally to hindi in daycare .
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my son didn 't become potty trained until about his 4th birthday .
here are some things that worked with my son who started toilet training around 2.5 years .
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show her how much fun splashing is - that 's what we did , and made a game of it .
you can put her toys near her or give he toys to her .
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our daughter has always loved her bath , but coming out ... not so much .
my wife and i originally had the same problem with our newborn twins fussing when bath time was over .
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playing doctor is something all kids want to try at some point .
i have been in a simular situation with my daughter and a female friend when they were 5 and 4 .
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most doctors do recommend rice cereal as the first food , as there is almost no worry of allergic reaction .
eating off a spoon has to be an unusual experience for them .
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most of the literature i can find about infant sleeping has to do primarily with waking habits , not eating habits .
in my experience , babies tend to wake up by themselves when they get hungry .
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here is my advice based on my personal experience pumping breastmilk for twin boys for a full year .
i understand that the first 3 days are the most important , so much so it is vital you do it then .
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it is possible , but it will have to be a docile female betta and a bigish tank .
we tried putting a male betta in a community tank once .
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turtles love eating goldfish and lots of things that fit into their mouths .
first , the turtles are eating the fish because fish are food , not friends .
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