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I only somewhat enjoy The Well-Tempered Clavier. It's better than the Bumblebee, which is quite often played as a shallow display of skill. However, I prefer, in particular, the Devil's Trill Sonata originally by Giuseppe Tartini, but arranged by Kreisler. Actually, it's somewhat hard to find a period-accurate playing of the piece, but is fairly indistinguishable from the modern version. Sibelius, Shostakovich, Mahler, Rachmaninoff, Brahms (only somewhat), as well as Bach in a lot of cases are some of my favorite composers. I've yet to find a Sibelius piece that I don't enjoy. On some level, I also enjoy Saint-Saens, in particular Introduction and Rondo Capricio as well as The Swan ("Le Cygne"). My favorite piece that I feel those who appreciate web novels will also enjoy is The Devil's Trill Sonata. It's a complex piece on the human condition without any of the repulsive excessive romanticization that is present in a lot of romantic literature.

As far as I can tell, the Han family hierarchy consists of the city leader and his two daughters as his only descendants. That means, that whoever marries into the Han family can effectively control the city. However, based on tradition, the Han family rules the city while keeping the oath that the Xiao family line will live on. If the Xiao family is taking the love of two youngsters so seriously, they are doing it for a reason, especially if the price the Xiao family and Silver Blizzard City is paying is political instability. Thus, the reason must be greater than the cost. I'm not sure as to the city lord and his wife's reproductive capabilities, but I find it suspicious that Han Yan Meng (who I think is the younger sister, Jun Xie's "little aunt") is already so old but the city lord has bo male heir. There's also some uncertainty and miscommunication between the Xiao's and the Han's, at the elder level, at the leadership level, and, to some degree, at the fighting force level. Actually, the current and past Han heads are to blame. By leaving the Xiaos to their own devices, they grew emboldened. The oath serves as a protective shield for the Xiaos ambitions... however, the Han's still don't have the attitude of leaders.

The cleansing removed some of my favorite study guides. :( Now, I make sure to make backups of my favorites.

At that point, I aim to maim. I've been targeted before. I just broke that person's nose. Another time, an arm. The trick is to be psychologically unstable enough that you end up blacking out in rage. Then, people will remember that you shouldn't be fucked with. I condone the use of violence in order to defend yourself and your livelihood. Just fight back. If the bully doesn't get a reaction in normal times and you fight back as well, then you aren't a good target and they'll pick somebody else.

If you've ever seen a dead body, this is enough to make you feel nauseous.

Windows is so f*cked. There are some steps. Safe browsing, for one. That includes verifying downloads, ensuring https, verifying checksums in the case of http, and checking if the certificate authority is trustworthy. When it comes to Windows, most of the work is all preventative. Antivirus can be helpful, though I haven't gotten a virus in forever and I find it more of a hindrance. Another good habit is frequently backing up images, etc. A lot of cloud storage services include scanning for viruses on images, etc., so it should be safe. Additionally, a Windows install disk and frequent restore points can ensure that viruses will have a harder time doing any real damage. Worst-case, a clean reinstall of Windows and downloading backed up images. You can also create disk images. Another preventative measure is properly monitoring which networks you are visible on, whether SAMBA or the likes are running in the background, etc. I know the CIA had an exploit that made use of SAMBA/Windows rootkit to gain privileged access to Windows devices, including access to webcam. For that, reviewing network settings is important. Also, checking the firewall can be important as well. Really, Windows is hardly worth the trouble and I'm hopeful that Microsoft will move away from their archaic OS foundation; Windows Subsystem for Linux means that hopefully Microsoft can shift towards Linux, which has much better security.

I think it's kinda like the saying "shut up." Instead, the phrase "shut down" would make more sense. In this case, to face a reckoning is to face consequences of actions. To reckon is to act, therefore it would make more sense to say a force not to be reckoned with. However, the current meaning has been inversed in that use case and translations like that don't translate so well. The same can be said for puns in other languages.

Teaching private techniques? Not cool.

I'd first believe that he used performance enhancing drugs. For example pain killers or drugs that tap into potential.