INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The most important thing you’ll need while writing your symphony is an idea. To generate ideas, you’ll need to start thinking creatively. Set up a musical session with some of your instrument playing friends to improvise some potential melodies. Look back through old journals to remind yourself of feelings or life events that you might be able to use in your work. Keep a notebook with you at all times to record ideas. Whenever an idea comes to you, write it down immediately so you don’t forget. Practice writing your music the way those composers wrote theirs. It isn’t plagiarism to be inspired by someone else, and that inspiration fused with your own point of view will make it so that your music will sound completely like your own. Try to listen to a wide cross-section of different symphonies. Different composers have different styles and use different techniques. Listening to a lot of different styles of symphonies will help you become inspired to write your own. Check out the list of symphony composers on Wikipedia. The list is reasonably complete dating from the Baroque era to present and most composers on the list aren't well known. Essentially, symphonies are musical stories, and should have characters, or, themes. These themes are then explored in different keys throughout the piece and in music, in what’s known as exposition. Try to pick contrasting themes, like good versus evil. Symphonies are traditionally composed of four separate movements, which each have different forms. The first movement tends to be in Sonata form. The second movement is usually on the slower side and may be a set of variations. The third movement will generally be a Minuet or Scherzo and Trio. And the fourth movement is there to give the piece some closure and is often in rondo form.  In your outline, list out everything you want to pin down about your symphony. This can include your inspiration, emotions, form, key and themes. List these out for each of your individual movements. Don’t be afraid to make the form your own. If you want to create something different than the traditional four-movement symphony, do that. Sometimes composers swap the second and third movements. There have been three movement symphonies, usually omitting the minuet. There are five movement symphonies, often adding a March, or maybe another Scherzo or Minuet  between the third and last movement. There are some with more than five movements, taking inspiration from Beethoven's 9th; the best known of these including the Romeo et Juliette symphony by Berlioz and Mahler's Symphonies. Rarer still are some with only two movements. Often symphonies have had a thematic material that ties all of the movements together since the romantic era which may stay the same or vary as well.      Think outside the box and have fun with it.

SUMMARY: Get inspired. Listen to composers you admire. Pick your themes. Create an outline.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: While obvious it must be stated again: candy is not good for you or your teeth. High in sugar, it's also sticky so it seals that sugar directly to your teeth, and your saliva turns those sugars to acids. Add in the fact it has no health benefits whatsoever and it’s easy to see why candy should be cut from your diet. This is particularly true for children and teenagers, whose enamel is not yet mature and therefore even more susceptible to the erosion caused by the acid content of vinegar. Regardless of age, after eating foods containing vinegar it’s a great idea to wash your mouth out afterwards. Also look to avoid vinegar in places you might not consider right away, such as potato chips, sauces (especially hot sauces), and pickles. Pickles may be the worst offenders as they contain vinegar AND sugar. Grapefruit and lemons are the worst offenders among fresh citrus fruits due to their higher acid content. Perhaps even worse, however, are dried fruits. Not only are they high in sugars but their fibrous biology causes them to stick to teeth, wedging that sugar and acid into the cracks, crevices, and porous surfaces of teeth.  Don’t forget that tomatoes are a fruit. They also have a high acid content and can damage enamel both raw and as a sauce. Your best bet is to eat them as part of a meal so that you can enjoy their flavor and nutrients while cutting down on their acidity levels. Some citrus fruit each day shouldn't be a problem — these fruits, after all, have a great many benefits. Just be conscious of how much you are eating and try to notice any affects on your teeth. Saliva breaks down carbs while you chew, turning them into enamel-eroding acid. Even healthy carbs like brown rice, whole-grains, and sweet potatoes are flagrant perpetrators. White carbohydrates are even worse — they are the most incriminated factors that produce cavities. Carbohydrates also tend to get stuck in teeth and continue to wear down enamel all day long, developing aggressive bacterial sites. For example, eat something that counterbalances the acidity of the fruit, such as nuts, at the time of eating the fruit. This will turn enamel-wearing acids into friendly bases in your mouth, sparing your teeth the wear-and-tear. Most snack foods are carbohydrates in one form or another, contain sugar, and some of them are also acidic due to the presence of vinegar or other additives. So in addition to being, basically, devoid of nutritional value they also wear out the enamel on your teeth. If you enjoy nibbling on food all day long, you may be endangering your teeth. The best solution is to ensure that the foods that you consume are either low in acidity or are combined with foods able to counteract the acidity and reduce your need for the acidic food. For example, consuming nuts or cheese with fruit may be one way to reduce the effects of acid wear. Nuts and dairy foods are considered helpful balancers to acidic foods.

SUMMARY: Don’t eat candy. Pass up vinegar-based salad dressings. Rinse after eating fruit. Reduce carbohydrates. Practice balanced eating patterns. Stay away from processed snack foods. Avoid grazing throughout the day.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Preparing boiled quail eggs is similar to making hard-boiled eggs. First, lay out all the eggs you’re boiling in a pot. Then pour in cold water until the eggs are just covered. Since quail eggs are so small, using a pan instead of a pot will make the water boil faster. Just make sure the water covers the eggs entirely. Dip a slotted spoon into the water and fish out each egg. Place it in a bowl of water filled with ice to cool it off enough to handle. Leave the eggs in the bath for 1 minute and then check if they’re cool enough. Wait longer if they’re still hot.  Don’t reach into the boiling water or you will burn yourself. The ice bath also makes the shells come off easier when you peel the eggs. Once you’ve peeled the eggs, there are many ways to serve them. Pop them in your mouth whole for a quick snack. For a classic breakfast, put the eggs on a piece of toast with salt and pepper. Sliced up quail eggs also work as a great salad topping.  Use a very thin knife to slice the eggs. If you don’t have a thin knife, try using a strip of dental floss to slice them. If you like spice, add some powdered cayenne pepper. Boiled eggs can last up to a week in the refrigerator. You can also pickle the eggs by soaking them in vinegar.

SUMMARY:
Place the quail eggs into a pot of cold water. Transfer the eggs to an ice bath with a slotted spoon. Serve the eggs plain, on toast, or in a salad.