https://www.healthline.com/health/what-causes-love-handles What are love handles? “Love handles” are areas of skin that extend outward from the hips. When combined with tight clothing, love handles become more pronounced, but they aren’t caused by tight clothing alone. They indicate excess fat accumulation around the hips and abdominal area. What causes love handles? The underlying cause of love handles is fat retention. Generally speaking, fat cells accumulate when your body takes in too many calories or you don’t burn as many calories as you’re consuming.

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Within this economically managed part of the energy sector, renewable energy sources currently provide about 25% of the energy supplied. A large part of this renewable energy is in the form of biomass energy, either in food crops or in managed forestry providing wood for industrial purposes or for incineration1. There are two ways to harness solar energy. Passive systems are structures whose design, placement, or materials optimize the use of heat or light directly from the sun.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGce2fBK0aM&t=768s to accomplish to succeed in doing something, especially after trying very hard = achieve Mission accomplished. Try to accomplish your aim with diligence. to accumulate to gradually get more and more money, possessions, knowledge etc over a period of time eg. Capitalism is not just about accumulation. In everyday English, people usually say build up rather than accumulate. to be beware used to warn someone to be careful because something is dangerous

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A global multi-regional input−output database (EXIOBASE) with a focus on environmentally relevant activities, allowing insights into the production-related impacts and consumption footprints1. 1. Introduction 1.1. Developments in Multi-Regional Input-Output Analysis (MRIO) Harmonization Compared to other databases, EXIOBASE has a clear environmental and resource focus with high levels of detail in primary production. Harmonizing and detailing supply and use tables (SUT): Gathering SUT from the relevant statistical offices. In the specific case of EXIOBASE, data is gathered from the EU27 via Eurostat, and other SUT and IO tables from 16 other countries.

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Of Studies

Of Studies by Francis Bacon (1625) Studies serve for delight, for ornament1, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars2, one by one; but the general counseles, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that learned.

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Live blogs From MARCE and EURO 2020 offical. Minute 1: Kick off in the Euro 2020 final! Here we go then! In the rainy conditions, Italy vs England kicks off. It’s the Euro 2020 final. Let’s see who replaces Portugal to become the champions of Europe. Minute 2: England go ahead already! England take a very early lead in this Euro 2020 final, launching a counter attack from an Italian corner.

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J.R.R. Tolkien wrote many books, including the Middle-earth stories. He is particularly known for The Lord of the Rings and like many stories of an epic journey, LOTR lets us take away lessons we can apply to our life. No matter how surreal his epic stories are, the pieces of wisdom reflected in them mirror that of the wisdom we must gain to champion our life here on earth. 7 Things Tolkien Said About Life

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Kai Li (李锴)

PhD candidate of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University

Leiden University

the Netherlands