Place the recorder between your lips and balance it lightly between your thumbs and fingers.  Your left hand should be at the end nearest the mouthpiece and your right hand should be at the other end. Don't bite down on the mouthpiece or allow it to touch your teeth. How strongly or softly you blow into the recorder will affect the type of sound your produce.  If you blow too hard, the recorder will produce an unpleasant, high-pitched sound, so you should try to avoid this. Instead, try to blow softly - as if you were blowing bubbles. This will produce a more musical sound. Breathe from your diaphragm to produce a steady, even stream of air. This will help you to hold your notes for longer. Sitting up straight, with your shoulders back will help you to maintain good posture while you play. When you play a note on the recorder, you should imagine saying the word "doot" or "dud" as you blow.  This causes your tongue to move to the roof of your mouth. This technique is known as "tonguing" and provides a clear start and finish to each note. Be careful not to actually say the words as you play, you should only use them as a guideline to help you learn the tonguing technique. Taking good care of your recorder will keep it in tip-top playing condition.  Wash your recorder with a little warm soapy water, and scrub the mouthpiece with an old toothbrush. Leave the recorder to dry thoroughly before playing again. Keep your recorder in a case when you're not playing, to protect it from chipping or other damage. Don't leave it somewhere it'll be exposed to very warm or very cold temperatures, like in a warm car or beside the radiator.
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One-sentence summary -- Make sure that you're holding the recorder correctly. Practice the right blowing technique. Learn the correct tonguing technique. Take good care of your recorder.

Q: . Ultimately, it's best to avoid spending too much time worrying about death and dying. Instead, fill each day with as much joy as possible. Don't let little things get you down. Go outside, play with friends, or take up a new sport. Just do anything that will take your mind off dying. Instead, focus your mind on living. Many people with the fear of death think about it daily. It means that you have a lot of things you want to do in life. Let the fear work through and ask yourself, “What is the worst thing that will happen today?” Today you are alive, so go and live. Surround yourself with people that make you happy and vice versa. Your time will be well-spent – and well-remembered – when you share yourself with others. For example, you can rest assured that your memory will live on after you die if you help your grandchildren develop happy memories of you. A gratitude journal is a way for you to write down and acknowledge the things you're thankful for. This will help keep your focus on the good things in your life.  Think of good things about your life and cherish them. Take some time every few days to write down a moment or thing that you're grateful for. Write in depth, savoring the moment and appreciating the joy you've received from it. Avoid getting involved in bad situations or doing things that can raise your chances of dying. Avoid unhealthy activities like smoking, drug or alcohol abuse, and texting while driving. Staying healthy removes some of the risk factors that can lead to death.
A: Live life to the fullest Spend time with your loved ones. Keep a gratitude journal. Take care of yourself.

Article: Crabgrass spreads quickly. If you let it grow for a whole season, or if you miss a particular area, you could find yourself with an infestation. Whenever you see a bit of crabgrass, simply pluck it out by hand.  Picking crabgrass at a young age is effective at reigning the total population in. Young crabgrass has only two to four stalks and is showing no splayed head. If plucking, water the area with the crabgrass thoroughly beforehand. This loosens up the soil and increases your chances of pulling out all the root systems when plucking. Alternatively, you can also use a pair of pliers to grab and gently pull up the crabgrass. Mature crabgrass has splayed seed heads with dozens, if not hundreds of seeds. Picking this crabgrass creates a divot in your lawn into which as many as 5,000 seeds — coming from a single plant — can fall. Instead of picking mature crabgrass, spray it or let it die naturally in the fall. Then cover the area with pre-emergent herbicide in the spring to keep the seeds from sprouting. Postemergence herbicide takes about 2 weeks to fully work, which is roughly the same amount of time it can take for a seeding crabgrass plant to drop its seeds, nullifying the effect of the herbicide.  Apply postemergence herbicide on a warm day with little or no wind. For best results, use the herbicide when the soil is damp but the crabgrass itself is dry. Water the area thoroughly in the late morning and wait until the afternoon to spray. Apply moderately in two spread-out application to avoid hurting your turf. Get prepared to spray at least two rounds of herbicide — per instruction, of course — unless the crabgrass is very young.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Pick the crabgrass when they're still young. Resist picking mature crabgrass. Spray postemergence herbicide on larger patches of crabgrass that have not yet gone to seed.