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After nearly two years of writing, countless hours of worldbuilding and revision, and a truly astounding amount of narrative creep, Guns of Infinity is finally out for mobile devices and Chrome Webstore (Steam release to follow soon.). Clocking in at 440 000 words, it is the largest work I have ever completed, and certainly the one which I have put the most of my effort and skill into (although that will likely always be true of my most recent work).
The direct sequel to my first IF, Sabres of Infinity, Guns of Infinity continues the story of an aristocratic cavalry officer at war as he rises through the ranks, redeems himself for past disgraces, thrusts himself to new heights of fame, or simply tries to stay alive on the field of battle and off; as he finds himself entangled in the complex intrigues of spies, kings, lords, and foreign powers.
As the main character completes his transition from callow recruit to a battle-hardened senior officer, he is given fresh opportunity to pursue wealth, glory, and even love. Yet new opportunities bring new dangers – not just to his life; but to his reputation, his family, to his very conscience.
You can pick up Guns of Infinity here at the Google Play Store, here for iOS devices.
Update: Guns of Infinity is now out for the Amazon AppStore as well.
Update2: Guns of Infinity is now out for Chrome Webstore as well.


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You simply can't go wrong with this sultry Latin twist on the sidecar, a classic mix of rich spirits with sweet orange liqueur and tart lime.
- Light Rum – 1 ounce
- Cointreau – 1 ounce
- Fresh Lime Juice – 1 ounce
- Lime Twist
- Shake all the liquid ingredients vigorously with rice.
- Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- Twist the lime peel over the drink and drop it in.
- Serve.

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E.ON Energy Research Center Enhances International Collaboration
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Signing a memorandum of understanding, the E.ON Energy Research Center (E.ON ERC) at RWTH Aachen University and the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, have formalized their future collaboration on researching and teaching energy research, specifically in the areas of energy saving, energy efficiency, and environmentally friendly energy systems. The planned cooperation is another important building block in E.ON ERC's globally applied International Energy Cooperation Program, which is to intensify the international exchange with prestigious universities around the world.
"We are pleased to add this significant partner to our globally oriented International Energy Cooperation Program (IECP). Given the increasingly complex challenges related to the research and development of environmentally friendly, affordable and sustainable sources of energy for the future, we need international cooperation and division of labor," explains Professor Rik W. De Doncker, Director of the Aachen Energy Research Center and a founder of the new cooperation, at the signing of the agreement in Gothenburg.
"Climate protection is an issue in Sweden and one that takes high priority at the Chalmers University of Technology. That said, we can only benefit from exchanging our knowledge with our counterparts in Aachen. Thus, both sides stand to profit, as do the remaining research facilities involved with the IECP and E.ON ERC," says Professor Thore Berntsson, Director of Chalmers Energy Area of Advance, emphasizing the Swedish partner's eagerness to collaborate.
Goals of the Collaboration
With this memorandum, both research institutes and their respective universities affirm their desire to exchange future scientific publications and other information of mutual interest.
Another important point in the agreement promotes academic exchange addressed specifically to the mutual activities of scientific personnel in research and teaching. The students are also to benefit from the cooperation between the universities; budding engineers and scientists from Sweden are as welcome in Aachen as Aachen students are in Gothenburg.
In addition, topics of research are to be identified that the five institutes of the E.ON ERC and the Chalmers University of Technology can use to conduct the required studies in close and delegable cooperation.
The German-Swedish collaboration's extensive catalogue of projects also includes the joint planning and realization of seminars and conferences.


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There Are NO Other Words …
"To fear the world we have organized and led for three-quarters of a century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe, to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain 'the last best hope of earth' for the sake of some half-baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems, is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any other tired dogma of the past that Americans consigned to the ash heap of history."
John McCain
And the idiot in the White House says …
"I'm being very nice. I'm being very, very nice. But at some point, I fight back, and it won't be pretty."
To Which I Say .. sorry about this … #FUCKHIM … and I am not even American.


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I wasn't that hungry to begin with.
Blame it on the oppressive heat and humidity in the city that evening. Blame it on the seven block walk to our favorite Ramen place on 28th Street. Or, best of all, blame it on the viral bronchial whatever I pick up in late June. I just didn't feel like eating, but we went anyway. I coughed all the way to dinner and all the way back. I coughed at night, all through the day and in the morning…especially in the morning. I'm coughing as I write this.
I felt like I was burning up with a fever, but the thermometer kept reporting I was hovering around 98.2. That's a raging fever in my book, for me. My "normal" body temperature is 97.7.
Funny thing, our thermometer. I ordered it to reveal my real fever…I yelled and cursed the little plastic thing into telling the truth.
"Please," I begged, "justify my misery."
We walked back to our hotel after I forced half a bowl of Japanese Pork Fried Rice. As we approached Herald Square, we encountered a thousand partiers filling the small wedge of a park in front of JCP and Macy's. We had to cross the street. To me it seemed all the sweating young women and men were wearing some kind of green glowing headbands and waving radioactive plastic wands.
I thought I was having an LSD flashback, until I remembered that I never took LSD.
Mariam said: "Oh, so New York and so good to be young."
I said: "I want to go home and lay down."
[I just turned 68, you know. All those "chicks" who bothered to glance my way probably had that nagging, guilty feeling that they should make that call to grandpa they've been putting off.]
I made a few moves on my ongoing Scrabble games and I tried to read the book I had hauled along. Buy I couldn't keep my eye lids open. I took a hit from my bottle of Robitussin and fell immediately fell asleep. Mariam had to turn my reading light off.
Then, for the second morning, I woke gagging and coughing. I was coughing up phlegm that had the color of certain appetizers you get at most Mexican restaurants. It alarmed me to think that something so vulgar could reside inside my body…especially so near my mouth.
It was 5:16 am. I was determined that my hacking and gagging was not going to keep Mariam from sleeping in a little that morning.
I got dressed. I was going over to Herald Square and find a bench and read (and cough) and not disturb my wife. She was awake, of course, and begged me not to go because she said it was not a safe thing to do. I pulled back the shade and looked down to Broadway. People were moving about. Getting Starbucks. Buying the Times. Going to work.
I told her I would leave my iPhone on and that I'd be "right down there". I was gone before she could say anymore.
When I got to Herald Square, I found the park where I planned to find the shade and quiet to read, was gated and locked for the night. I walked over to the public space in front of Macy's Main entrance. Here is where the Rockettes kicked their legs on Thanksgiving. This is where the parade ended. This was where Matt Lauer sits and describes the floats of Mickey Mouse and Bart Simpson. This is where the high school marching bands would do their last rendition of "New York, New York". This was the culmination of a year of fund-raising at Council Bluffs, Iowa. These kids would never forget their day in the parade.
But, I digress.
All the partying Yuppies were gone. They had left the streets littered with the leftovers of their fun and were now fast asleep in shared apartments in Chelsea, Astoria or Bay Ridge.
I found a small metal table and chair in the shade of the rising sun. It was going to be as hot as hades that day. I looked around and then opened my book. I read a few lines. I closed the book and looked around again.
My focus had changed. I was not seeing empty cans on the pavement. I was seeing the real leftovers of the night. The place was littered with sleeping people. The homeless had pulled the cheap metal chairs together and were sleeping the light sleep that requires you to be aware of any danger…
A woman was bent over a table. Who was she? There was a big guy taking up three chairs. Was he a father?
I looked at a family of tourists strolling past Macy's, the parent's intent on keeping the children from seeing the sleeping homeless. I thought of the glamour and styles and perfumes and jewelry that were just beyond the plate-glass window.
Soon, the crews would arrive to hose down the streets and make the place sparkle for the tourists. The police have already poked at a few of the sleepers. Where would they go?
I sat for two hours until I felt Mariam had rested before I walked back to the hotel.
I had an air-conditioned room and a clean bed to nap on.
The people I left behind had no place to relieve themselves.
When I watch the next Macy's Thanksgiving Parade…I'll be thankful, you can be sure of that. The images of those lost and forgotten people will stay with me for a very long time.


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Time is one of your most valuable resources and it is inextricably linked to your life. The way you spend your time is the way you spend your life. Spend it wisely. 🙂
Here are a few strategies that can help you make the most of your time:
- Know your purpose/mission and let it be your guide.
- Set clear, purpose-driven goals.
- Plan and prioritize tasks related to your goals.
- Create a schedule (daily/weekly/monthly) and stick to it.
- Focus on results/getting things done; not on being busy.
- Be willing to say no to people and activities that are not in alignment with your goals.
The key to making the most of your time is to stay laser focused on what matters most in your life.
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I giggled upon seeing this interpretation of a 'dog cone of shame'.
'Cones of Shame'
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"Cone of Shame"
Is so artistically done, and I can't stop thinking of how much it resembles a dog with dreads I just recently saw, same color and everything minus the cone of shame though. lol


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MediaTek chipset-based JioPhone to be available soon amid falling demand
The existing JioPhone models are based on Qualcomm and Unisoc chipsets.
The existing JioPhone models are based on Qualcomm and Unisoc chipsets.
Unisoc, which has been a major chipset provider for feature phones, is not concerned over the falling sales of feature phone in India given that its JioPhone brings better revenue for the company.
India are looking for a good level of customizability so that better user experience is provided as compared to JioPhone through preinstalled Android applications, he said
The company had 3% market share by volume in smartphone segment, and 5% share in the feature phone segment, in January, as per Counterpoint Research data.
HMD Global plans to launch the 4G feature phone in collaboration with a telecom operator in May in India, which will pit it directly against Reliance Industries' JioPhone. Both companies are targeting a bulk of the roughly 500 million basic phone users who have not upgraded to smartphones for reasons of affordability and use cases.
Mehta said that the feature-phone category is very important for the Nokia brand because of its potential size in India. Nokia does have four feature phones in India, including the new-generation 3310 device.
The Mukesh Ambani-led company has started shipping JioPhones from Sunday and delivery of all phones is expected to be completed within 15 days.
They added that the second phase of pre-orders for the 4G feature phone, which runs on the Reliance Jio Infocomm network, should start around the same time as well.
JioPhone, a 4G feature phone which will be available at an effective cost of Rs 0, can rattle the existing players who can lose a big chunk of their low-end voice customers.
Launching such services could become critical to protect incumbents' low-end subscriber base who could move out to Reliance Jio which is running an all-VoLTE network and offers voice for free.
'We are working on a technology that makes a Rs 1,500 4G feature phone viable'
Apart from Nokia 3310, it will also bring in Android-powered Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3 to India during the second quarter itself.


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With all due respect to Shakespeare, names are very important. Exorcisisms can't be performed without knowing the name of a demon. When your mother uses all of your names, you know you're in trouble. I once changed a character's name in Ghost of a Chance and the first thing he did was punch someone in the nose.
Originally, many names reflected our jobs: Baker, Cook(e), Cooper, and Farrier. Others reflected our relationship to a clan or lineage: Pearson, Anderson, etc. And then there are the place names- where we come from. I recently found my grandfather's baptismal certificate. My great-grandmother's name was listed as Val of the place of her birth.
It would be cool if I could say, I decided to name my Syn-En characters after places in an homage to my great-grandmother.
But that would be lying.
The truth is far more insidious. Cyborgs are part Human and part Machine. And in their lives, the machine part mattered more than the human part. In fact, the powers that be wanted to drive that point home to justify stripping the cyborgs of any rights. They broke a link with the Syn-En by denying their claim to a human father and mother by allowing them to keep their family name. Instead, they were given names to a region not as a testament of human migration.
But like a product.
So next time you see something made in China, think of Beijing York.
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I love this unique take on affirmations and inspiration!
Hello! While we were in Florida shooting Lynn Whipple's "The Joy of Collage" class, we also were able to shoot Lynn talking about this brilliant little project, a "Best Ideas Ever!" Jar. I hope you enjoy it!
(And if you make one, be sure to leave a comment with a link to an image… we want to see them!)


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Everybody who knows me even a li'l bit, knows that I am a major tv buff. I can watch just about anything. I watch so many daily soaps and if I cant watch them, I will read written episode updates. Yes, I am that bad. Although watching TV has reduced now. I prefer reading the updates at lunchtime and I watch American tv series it night during dinner. If Bigg Boss is on, then, well, Bigg boss during dinner. 😀
In 10th and 12th, during mandatory board-preps-cable-cutting time, I made a giant fuss about it all happening! But did it deter my tv watching? Nope, sir. I switched to watching crap on Doordarshan. Moo and I still sing 'Sabka pyara, Nandu apna'. I still remember shows like Miss India, Kadambari, Aankhein, Kunti, etc. They were legendary to say the least! Hehehe.
You should see my mom when she watches tv. She usually hates the heroine for being miss goody two shoes. She used to get so agitated while watching Balika Vadhu at Anandi. She calls her super stupid and 'ekdum thandi'(cold). Specially the first adult Anandi. It looked like she was sleep walking and talking.
The whole reason that my mom and I get mad at serials are the very regressive portrayals of women and society. We did not have cable tv till my 6th standard I think. But there were some amazing shows on Doordarshan Metros and cable tv alike that showed women to be strong willed and independent. Hasratein was an example where a woman goes after an affair and breaks her marriage. Saans showed a woman gathering her life again and tying up all the loose ends after her husband has an affair. She never took him back, rather lived quite independently. Tara had the protagonist going for the kill and so did Shanti and Swabhimaan. The women knew what they were doing and they did it with full conviction. Moral policing be damned!
Then came the era of Tulsi Virani and Parvati. Oh god! How annoying were they! 'Self-sacrifice for the betterment of happiness' was shown to be a virtue and a way to win the husband back from the 2nd or 3rd vamp. If a woman cannot be a mother, it is pretty much the end of the world. The 2nd bahu of the house who is ambitious and career oriented is the one who breaks the house till the badi bahu weeps buckets of salt water and teaches her how parivar is what matters and not career.
That crap is still going on with rubbish like Uttaran, Pavitra Rishta, etc. I hate Pavitra Rishta! It is the worst show ever! The women are shown to be such sacrificial lambs who willfully sit on the stone and beg to be killed. No spunk at all! Such weaklings. Uttaran is way worse because the stupid heroine LOVES to hide things from her husband and decided to take all the pains of the world on herself. How stupid is that! I don't understand why is sacrifice shown to be so important! Why does a woman have to keep family happiness on top, to be genuinely happy? Why would you want to be part of a family that will be happy only if you squash what you want to do? They are sowing superstitious things like walking on hot coal to the temple 108 times, or doing a headstand overnight praying to god, will lead to a baby being conceived. Oh God! Is this 1938 or 2014? Akshara from Yeh rishta was willing to sacrifice her life because she wanted to risk giving birth to her second baby. Stupid woman seemed to have forgotten about her existing 5 year old. Diya aur bati hum is a step in the right direction showing the woman studying for and becoming an IPS officer with the support of he halwai husband, who goes against the family too and convinces them in the end about a woman's dreams. If only, they don't show her family interfering in her work and her having that confused expression ALL THE TIME, it would be pretty good. The xBF's sister and mother had told me that they are liking that show, around 2 years back. I am very interested in knowing if they are still watching it and what are their thoughts on the woman being more career oriented than her husband. Hmmm…
It sucks to see such sad portrayal of characters on a medium that such a huge chunk of population watches. I know it's just the tv but it still makes my blood boil! My mom cannot watch shows quietly! She will scream so many instructions/threats/abuses. They really really need to work on better scripts that have atleast 20% of reality. They should stop glorifying marriage, jeevansathi and motherhood for God's sake. A woman can be a beautiful person inside out, but may not want kids or may not have kids. There is nothing wrong with it. There is no need to show the world breaking apart after a miscarriage or a medically necessary or even consensual abortion.. There is no need to show every single protagonist willing to sacrifice her life for a child. She might as well adopt another baby and help nurture a life. There is nothing wrong with a girl who wants to study and wants to focus on a career. This does not make her a mean person!
Sigghhh…. I have so many suggestions to raise the quality of daily soaps. But who listens to me?


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IFA 2018: Women of the Future
The documentary Vrouwen achter the camera (2017) proves that film making is not a male hobby or profession. Already in the 1930s, women grabbed their cameras to film the world around them. They made their own home videos and filmed their children playing on the beach. Later on, women proved they we're able to make documentaries as well, about life in the country, a political party during the election period or a motorcycle contest.
How male or female the subject might be, women are able to make films about it, as this compilation of archive material from the 1930s to 2000 shows. It wasn't back then and it still isn't, as other films presented at the International Film Festival Assen show. If an issue needs to be raised, women will stand there on the frontline, whether men like it or not.
Ouaga Girls (2017)
"Why are you girls here?" a boy working at a car mechanical workplace in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, asks. "Because we women are capable to do this job." one of the girls answers. "But there is a lot of physical work to do here." the boy says. "Well, we are strong."
Ouaga Girls is a positive coming-of-age documentary, by Theresa Traore Dahlberg, about a girls' school in the poorest country of Africa. A group of young women between 16 and 23 years old gets the chance to become a car mechanic, and thus economically independent. Though this seems very progressive, people around them have to get used to the idea of female mechanics.
These girls do not only learn how to fix cars. They also learn about how to make decisions on their own, about relationships, sexual intercourse and contraceptives. They all want a better future, which includes a paid job so their children won't be raised in poverty.
That future won't be easy. Each girl has their own struggle. One doesn't know her mother, another one already has to raise a child on her own. And what if their husband doesn't agree with his wife having a job? But at least, these girls can count on the support of their sisters.
Girls are girls. They organise fashion shows, braid each other's hair and party. But in the end, they are Ouaga Girls. They are warriors, women of the future.
Amal (2017)
Amal is the first film of Mohamed Siam. Through a female perspective, he shows the consequences of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. He does so through a mix of home video's of Amal as a child, images of the violent protests in Egypt and a portrait of Amal during her adolescent years.
Amal was only 15 years old when she decided to participate in the revolution of Egypt. She hit the streets to protest against the regime, hoping to change the political climate of her home country. However, it was impossible to act like herself during the protest. "If I had behaved like a girl, I wouldn't have reached anything. I had to be a man."
And so she did. She acted like a man by wearing a hoodie and scarves to cover her face. She hung around with young men all the time, who seemed to find her cool but are at the same time aware of the fact that she is a girl. They do not allow her to enter a sit-in, for example. But Amal stayed strong, and wasn't afraid to criticise the political regime of the two candidates for the elections, Ahmed Shafik and Mohamed Morsi.
The girl turned into a young woman. Amal is 17, wears make-up and has a boyfriend who forbids her to wear jeans, to smoke or to visit a football match. Amal is a woman, but she feels treatened like a child. However, the rebellious child she once was seems to be gone. On her way to adulthood, she lost her path. "What might be better: being outcast or part of the system?" she wonders. A question that can't be answered in either a right or a wrong way.
Tehran Taboo
Tehran, Iran. The city where everyone lies. Why? Because its society knows a lot of taboos. Tehran Taboo is the debut animation film of Ali Soozandeh, which criticises the city's schizophrenic society. Freedom is something very rare here, especially when you're a woman.
Tehran is presented as a grey and dull city. The streets of Tehran aren't dull at all, on the contrary. Traffic is rushing by, while a lots of illegal practices take place. For example, the dealing of drugs or the offering of abortions and virginity operations. Why illegal? Because you simply shouldn't talk about these things. Which is perfectly illustrated by the fact that unmarried couples are not allowed to walk hand in hand in public.
Against this background, three women try to survive the difficulties they come across in their society. Pari, who works as a nurse, wants a divorce, but needs a signature from her husband, who's in jail. Sara wants to work while being pregnant for the third time, but needs permission from her husband, who doesn't like the idea at all. Donya wants her virginity back, otherwise her husband will get mad.
What these women have in common is that they try to survive by lying. Pari isn't a nurse but a prostitute, Sara didn't get two miscarriages, but two abortions and Donya has no husband but is about to be sold as an young Iranian virgin in Dubai.
Being a prostitute is not done, of course. But visiting a whore while your wife is pregnant seems acceptable. And so is using drugs, for men. A husband who is under influence of drugs even seems to be perfect. Sara wants to know how someone who has taken drugs responds. "Slap him" Pari advises. "If he slaps the teeth out of your mouth, you know he is sober."
"From upstairs, everything seems to be free and open." says one of the characters. However, downstairs it's far from the perfect society where men and women are equal and can make their own decisions. Everybody craves to escape from their depressive lives, either by flying to Europe or America, or by dying.


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Seems like 10MM is becoming the new 40 caliber, is it worth investing in a 10MM firearm or is it a short lived attraction.
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What is "short lived" about something firearm related that was born in 1983?
After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box.
I am a 10mm fan. (Just getting that out there at the start. ;-)
If you can handle the larger grip size, 10mm offers everything the .40 has plus more power if you want it. By which I mean 10 mm factory will give you - and most guns will be reliable with - everything from upper end .40 to low end .41 magnum.
While the .40 is fine for self defense against two-legged predators, the hotter 10mm is generally considered adequate (though only barely, according to some) for up to black bear.
With my own guns, the 10mm is also more accurate, but that depends hugely on the specific firearms folks have.
The 10mm is my favorite cartridges. A friend of mine killed a large charging black bear and has used it to finish off a number of elk. There are two major considerations. One is that not many folks can shoot up to the potential of the cartridge and the second is if you intend to recover your fired brass you have to send out a search party or start in the next county and work your way back to your firing point.
I have the Kimber 10mm. I didn't buy it for protection just to collect it. Ammo is expensive and I don't reload, so that's a major problem. I will probably never take the gun to a tactical course because I can't imagine spending over 30 bucks a box for a course where I would need an average of 1500 to 2000 rounds. Good thing about the Kimber is that it's built on the 1911 platform, so you can practice with a 1911 .45 to improve your skills. Saying all that, I have one, don't carry it and rarely shoot it.
9mm is the new .40 cal.
10mm is the new .41 magnum.
If you want something for duty use, self-defense, and/or cheap range 9mm is replacing .40 in big numbers.
If you want something for field use, something that's a bit different, and something that makes you think "I should really be reloading" the 10mm is for you.
I have been a 10mm fan since it was intro. The issue is finding good SD loads, most are watered down quite a bit form what the 10mm is capable of, & cheap practice ammo.
Having said that, most can't handle full power 10mm at the speeds needed to fight with it. More recoil than 45+p, bigger gun than the 40. I love my various 10mm, but not for EDC. For me it is a light trail gun in a g20sf running 200gr WFNL bullets @ 1200fps, the original loading for the 10mm, a bit improved because of the WFN imo.
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Technically, 10mm is the old .40.
The new .40 is .40 S&W.
I picked up a Glock 40 not long ago; I haven't been doing 10mm for a while, so getting reacquainted. As someone else noted, to me 10mm represents low-end .41 magnum.
I do like .41 magnum.
10 mm in Ruger 1911 is an excellent unit.
U.S. Army 11F4P Vietnam 69-70 NRA Life Member
Nice article about the history of 10MM in this month's American Rifleman.
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Do it! I have a G40 Glock that is a lot of fun. The 180gr FMJ ammo from SigSauer is a decent power. Much better than American Eagle and the Sig stuff is about $25 a box of $50 and Cabelas has it on sale frequently. I like the Honady 180 XTP for a factory hollow point.
It my next cartridge to reload.
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Uh, how old are you?
Or are you just tongue in cheek ignoring the history? Can't tell.
Define "investing."
10mm is here to stay, can't really say that about .40. It never achieved what they said it would.
"Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash
"I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman
Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM
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is a Steyr.
10mm is good.
It is even better in a double stack 1911 with a 6 inch barrel.
Buddy of mine picked up the new Springfield XDM 10mm. He's always been a .40 fan. After shooting it at the range he's considering selling all of his .40's and buying more 10mm.
I saw a couple of hog hunting videos where the shooter was using a 10mm. One was a Glock and one was a long slide Dan Wesson. Very impressive results. One shot dropped a hog in its tracks and and then put an impressive hole in the tree behind the hog. Only footage with a handgun that I have seen that was more impressive was a .454 Casull.
Yeah, I used to have a couple of guns.
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I'm also considering a 10mm. I've shot it before, and enjoyed it thoroughly. but I don't know that I'd trade my daily 9mm carry gun for the 10mm.
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Nothing wrong with the 10mm. I don't need one myself. For CC the 9,40, or 45acp is fine. I have a Ruger 44 and two 45 Colts for more serious 'woods carry'.
I have nothing against the 10mm, have enough to reload for as it is. Truth be known, my 40's are enough for a woods walk. If I go to griz country I may step it up. I like lightweight.
I like 10mm. I have a S&W 1006 that I shoot regularly. I also just bought a PCC in 10mm manufactured by TNW firearms out in OR. Put about 250 rounds through it last weekend and it seems to be functioning fine. 10mm has a nice flat trajectory out to around 100 yds. I picked up a bunch of PPU HP ammo a few years ago for about $19 per box. Just have to watch for deals on it.
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This history of the 10mm, in 25 words or less: It was created, the FBI adopted it, the FBI dropped it, it faded into relative obscurity. Colt produced the Delta Elite, which some argue kept it on life support. Eventually shooters started realizing that maybe there was something in the 10mm, after all, and it surged in popularity.
(Ok, so that was 48 words.)
The 10mm is probably the closest thing to the venerable .357 Magnum revolver cartridge in an auto-loader. The problem is, for a bottom-feeder to support such a cartridge the pistol has to be kind of big and heavy. Then there's the recoil and report. People have become enamoured with powder-puff cartridges like the 9mm
I'll probably acquire a 10mm either in a 1911 or Sig P220. In fact: That's probably next on my list.
I don't think it's going anywhere. If nothing else: It makes for a decent hunting round.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe
"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
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I enjoy shooting 10mm in my Glock 20SF. Keep in mind there is a significant difference between the Underwood 10mm and other underpowered 10mm loads like Armscor. Less felt recoil than 44mag in my opinion.
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One of the best fruits in the world and that many people use as an essential ingredient for natural remedies is lemon. This contains a lot of vitamins and minerals that make it a great favor to our body, many know that is a great source of vitamin C (both inside and peel the fruit), but this is not the only benefit containing .
The amount of vitamin C is very beneficial for our body, especially for our immune system which is responsible for keeping the disease away from our body. The more vitamin C, the more you can strengthen your body system and get sick less.
If you were to consume lemon juice every morning, your days will be many more healthy and easy to carry. But this time we will not talk just lemon, but a completely perfect combination with two other ingredients.


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Strong Silhouette Elephant Tattoo on Arm
This is another example of perfect and beautiful tattoo style for strong silhouette elephant tattoo. Another extremely delightful and strong silhouette tattoo design. It is a tattoo designed on the arm. A powerful tattoo and ideal for the individuals who love tattoo designs of an elephant.


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Management is all about earning trust and getting trust. That's because a huge component of success has nothing to do with you—it's about having a great team. Your success comes from the successes of your team, and you have to inspire them to be able to work together. And in order to do that, they have to trust that you're doing right by them.
In my 40 years in the business, here are the most important things I've learned about how to cultivate relationships built on trust:
1. Be generous
One of the most important leadership traits is what I call the generosity gene. It describes someone who is generous with praise, with recognition and with their cash. That person is thrilled to see others receive promotions and doesn't get jealous. Generosity really is a differentiator because people will go the extra mile for that person—they trust them, and they'll tell them the truth.
The worst thing you can do is kick down and kiss up. Everyone sees right through it. People will assume you're using them as a stepping-stone to the next job. You have to be absolutely candid and caring, and you can never be a phony.
2. Make everyone part of the conversation
When you start a new job, you have to be as inclusive as possible. Get feedback from all kinds of people. Listen to and understand where people are coming from so you can make informed decisions. You've got to show your peers that you listen to them, you care about them, you want their input and you're not a know-it-all. They'll want to work with you and will be more likely to respect you and honor your decisions as a leader.
3. Get everyone on board with your goals
Always let your team know where they're going and why they're going there. When coming up with those goals, don't leave out how they will affect your employees. You don't want your team to think, "Wait, what's in it for me?" Put change for the institution in context with your team's personal life. Translate the business success into things like job opportunities, raises and stock options—your team will be more willing to get on board.
4. Prioritize feedback
You have to let people know where they stand. No one should come to work and wonder what the management is thinking about them. Frequent appraisals are absolutely critical to get everyone on the same page. I always had an index card where I wrote what I liked about what the person was doing and what they could do to improve. That handwritten note card shows you've thought about it, and you can talk through it while looking at the card together.
Jack Welch is executive chairman of the Jack Welch Management Institute, an online MBA program at Strayer University that transforms the lives of its students by providing them with the tools to become better leaders, build great teams and help their organizations win.


text: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending the emissions reporting regulations applicable to sources that monitor and report emissions under the Acid Rain Program, the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), and/or the NOX SIP Call. The amendments provide that if an affected unit fails to complete a required quality-assurance, certification or recertification, fuel analysis, or emission rate test by the applicable deadline under the regulations because of travel, plant access, or other safety restrictions implemented to address the current COVID-19 national emergency and if the unit's actual monitored data would be considered valid if not for the delayed test, the unit may temporarily continue to report actual monitored data instead of substitute data. Sources must maintain documentation, notify EPA when a test is delayed and later completed, and certify to EPA that they meet the criteria for using the amended reporting procedures.This action is necessary during the COVID-19 national emergency to protect onsite power plant operators and other essential personnel from unnecessary risk of exposure to the coronavirus. The amendments do not suspend emissions monitoring or reporting requirements or alter emissions standards under any program, and EPA expects the amendments not to cause any change in emissions levels. For further reading or to download the EPA amendments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2020-04/documents/frl-10008-51-oar_with_pre-publication_disclaimer.pdf


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A little while ago, there was a bit of a hullabaloo about soft censorship and Kate Messner's new release, The Seventh Wish. I read several of Kate's blog posts about it and some of the responses from teachers and librarians. But the post I found most interesting was this one from a teacher who used the book as the center of a unit study for several weeks.
As I read about all the different ways she infused this book into different subjects, I asked myself these questions.
Do I have material in my book that can reach across subjects?
Is there enough meat in my books to be at the center of a unit study?
The thing is, as a middle grade author, my biggest prospective customers are teachers and librarians. If I can position my book as a great asset to a classroom, a way to study several different subjects at once, I've gone a long way in marketing my book already.
That's not to say that all middle-grade books must be written with this sort of research and subject material, several of my friends brought up Kate DiCamillo's books, which are used widely for what they teach children about hope, heart, and empathy. But…these two kind of books are definitely not mutually exclusive. And as I finish revising another middle-grade novel, this one with a lot of material that spans different subjects, I realized that adding certain things to my book enhanced it. And so I want to talk about some ideas for how to write with the idea of classroom use in mind.
Revise with discussion questions.
I love this blogpost from Rebecca McLaughlin about writing some discussion questions for your book before you begin revising. This helps you better focus in on theme, symbolism, and imagery. And yes, middle-grade books can and should make use of all of these tools. It also helps you keep a broader picture in mind, especially with non-contemporary books. How can this story still apply to the lives and struggles of the children reading it?
Here are a few questions from one of my favorite books, Where The Mountain Meets the Moon.
- When Minli sets off on her journey, she writes a letter to Ma and Ba, and she signs it "Love, your obedient daughter.
- Is Minli being obedient or disobedient at that moment?
- In what ways are her actions similar to or different from the actions of Jade Dragon's children?
- Have you ever been faced with decisions like the ones Minli and Jade Dragon's children have to make?
Include school in your story.
School is a huge part of every middle-grade characters life. Many MG stories take place during the school year and this fact alone is the perfect opportunity for you to add material in your story that can be used for activities in the classroom.
- Give your character a school project. This idea of a long-term project is used to great effect in Kate Messner's The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. Reading it, one could see how easy it would be for a classroom teacher to assign her students a similar "leaf identification project."
- Have on subject play a pivotal role for the character. Think of the science class in Rebecca Stead's Liar and Spy, or the teacher in Wonder, who writes a different motivational quote on the board every day. Both of these classes are vehicles for interesting information as well as touch points to show character arc.
Give your main character interests and hobbies that can be used in the classroom.
Now, you have to follow your character as much as possible. Don't try to make them fit a certain mold just to appeal to a certain teacher. However, hobbies and interests are great ways to sprinkle in lots of information and factoids that teachers can use as jumping off points into other subjects.
- Think about all the information about jellyfish in The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin.
- In my current manuscript, I've made the main character a paper engineer. I show her creating several different origami designs throughout the book and reference the story of the 1000 paper cranes and the Hiroshima Peace Park in relation to this interest. This one interest can be used to practice a handicraft, study history, and geography.I also love the character in Stead's Liar and Spy who is obsessed with reforming spelling and Benjamin Franklin's revised alphabet to make all spelling phonetic. It's just a minor part of the story but it's another thing that can be used in the classroom to take that book from just a language arts discussion to so much more.
Make your setting important.
If you've really used your setting the way you should and played up certain details of it for imagery and symbolism purposes, then this should flow naturally. But no matter where you have set your middle-grade novel, you should have done enough research and included enough fact in your fiction that a teacher can draw out details from your setting to use in a wider discussion about geography, social studies, or science.
Do cross cultural writing correctly.
If you are writing from your own experience of a culture, this shouldn't be as difficult, but if you are writing about a culture that is not your own, make sure you RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH. Books from the perspective of other cultures are great tools in the classroom for unit studies. And a book that explores other cultures really well gives rise to so, so many classroom activities.
The best recent book I've read for this is Lois Sepahban's Paper Wishes. The story is about a Japanese girl and her family when they are put in a camp during WWII. That in itself is history. But beyond the basic premise of the book, there is so much just in the telling of the story that you can pull out to talk about. Like the celebration of the Japanese holiday, Obon, the tea ceremony, etc. These little details are not the crux of the story. But they help sell the story to teachers looking for a book to base a unit study on.
As always, story comes first. It doesn't matter how many interesting tidbits you include, a boring book will never sell. But, if you have the story part down and are looking for a way to make it more marketable, give some of these ideas a whirl.


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Bakhtiari: Hail Mary a momentum builder
Green Bay Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari co-hosted Monday's Clubhouse Live, Gannett Wisconsin Media's live weekly football show. Packers linebacker Jayrone Elliott was Bakhtiari's guest.
Among the topics they touched on were Aaron Rodgers' Hail Mary toss to Richard Rodgers, injuries and momentum. The show can be seen live at The Clubhouse Sports Pub & Grill in downtown Appleton or at clubhouselive.com.
Here are select and edited answers from the interview:
REPLAY: Clubhouse Live with Bakhtiari, Elliott
Q: What was the most impressive aspect of that 61-yard, Hail Mary touchdown toss for you as you look back on the play that gave the Packers a 27-23 victory over the Lions last Thursday? Was it simply the throw itself?
Bakhtiari: I think it's ironic. (Tight end) Richard (Rodgers) is not supposed to go get the ball. (Chuckling) That's like the second time a tight end has not done what they're supposed to do, but it actually worked in our favor. Richard made a hell of a play, honestly. And words can't describe the throw. He got time to step into it and - we kind of make fun of him that he's getting old - but man, that was like a 24-year-old throwing that football. He can throw a football. That thing was going. It took me three seconds to find it. First, I kind of looked more - not that high up. ... That thing was up there in like the rafters or beams.
Elliott: I stood up on a bench after the face mask penalty. And then he threw the pass and completed it, and I'm just standing there looking around for a flag. When it happened, I was like, 'This is unreal.'
Q: You had to leave the game for a bit because of injury. And with others already out because of their own injuries, the Packers' offensive line at that point was Josh Walker, Josh Sitton, JC Tretter, Lane Taylor and Don Barclay. Who would have been the next man in had one of those guys gone down?
Bakhtiari: I'm not the coach, but I would assume either a tight end or (long snapper) Brett Goode goes in. Brett Goode would go to center and then move JC over. I remember last year, which is why I'm assuming, I saw for Atlanta - they didn't have a tackle, so they brought their tight end to play tackle, and they had max protection on the left side. It was absolutely hilarious. ... It was center, guard, tight end.
Q: Do you think that Hail Mary play can act as a momentum builder for the team as it prepares for the stretch run of the season?
Bakhtiari: Is it momentum-building? Sure. It was a spark. We were all ecstatic. It really kind of put the exclamation point on the whole six weeks. We went through a lot from the bye. We had six weeks, two back-to-back road games against undefeated teams. Four division games in (19) days and three (games) in 12 (days). A lot of people were burned out. And after all the things we went through, the ebbs and flows and ups and downs, to have that type of spark for victory right at the very end, it really put some life into us. I'm excited to see when we go back (to work).
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Elementary STEM Units include cross-curricular activities and experiments that teach concepts in math, science, technology, engineering, and language arts. In today's classroom, flexibility is key, and these STEM units were created to be easy to set up and adaptable.
Exploring Structures in Literature is a four-week Elementary STEM Unit for Grades K-2 in which students work in teams of two to four to learn about the T and E in STEM with five in-depth activities that guide them through the whole design process. Students complete design challenges based on different literature sources.
This unit comes with a unit guide, teacher notes, scope and sequence, teacher's guide, student pages, assessments, and all the materials needed for a class of 24 students.
See the Exploring Structures in Literature Contents resource for part numbers and quantities of included items.
"The units have a really heavy engineering focus. My kindergartners build animal homes. My second graders build park rides. Right now, my second graders are building containers to protect four cookies and give them as a gift. . . . I really love that at the K-2 level, the kids get to think and create and engineer stuff."


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Global Inequality in Energy Consumption from 1980 to 2010
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Lawrence S, Liu Q, Yakovenko VM. Global Inequality in Energy Consumption from 1980 to 2010. Entropy. 2013; 15(12):5565-5579. doi: 10.3390/e15125565
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We study the global probability distribution of energy consumption per capita around the world using data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) for 1980–2010. We find that the Lorenz curves have moved up during this time period, and the Gini coefficient, G, has decreased from 0.66 in 1980 to 0.55 in 2010, indicating a decrease in inequality. The global probability distribution of energy consumption per capita in 2010 is close to the exponential distribution with G = 0.5. We attribute this result to the globalization of the world economy, which mixes the world and brings it closer to the state of maximal entropy. We argue that global energy production is a limited resource that is partitioned among the world population. The most probable partition is the one that maximizes entropy, thus resulting in the exponential distribution function. A consequence of the latter is the law of 1/3: the top 1/3 of the world population consumes 2/3 of produced energy. We also find similar results for the global probability distribution of CO2 emissions per capita.
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Today we look at an item which will not be familiar to people much younger than 60 yet it will bring back memories for the older generation.
Inkwells date from the days of dip in pens and for many of that older generation, their first experience of using a pen was a dip in pen.
Sybil Perry, former pupil AND teacher at Market Lavington school certainly remembered them – they feature in her hand written and drawn memories. In a spoken tape Sybil made she reported that she felt very grown up when she was first allowed to use a pen like these.
Her drawing shows a couple of pens which were dipped in the ink put in the well and then used until the ink held on the nib had been used and it was time to dip again. Sybil shows a school room inkwell but there were also domestic or office wells for desks which didn't have special holes to put them in and that's what we have at the museum.
This is placed against a centimetre scale so you can gauge the size.
In this case the well is mounted in a pewter drum and has four holes in which pens could be put. A lid can be shut down over the well to reduce evaporation when the ink was not in use.
We believe this item dates from the very early years of the twentieth century


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Mosses are beautiful and easy plants for inside a terrarium. They add an attractive look to the environment and will regulate the humidity in your terrarium. This will benefit the health and live span of your terrarium inhabitants like poison dart frogs, tree frogs or other amphibians. Mosses do very well in humid terraria, but we also sell moss species that thrive in more dry circumstances. For every type of terrarium and every taste Araflora sells the appropriate moss species!
Check out our moss species in the webshop under this text. You'll find all information about the plant and its care requirements when you click on the species. If you want to search more specifically, you can use the PlantFinder.


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This Schaum Torte is a simple, but elegant dessert and is absolutely phenomenal! A meringue shell filled with sweetened whipped cream and piled high with strawberries. . . you will be in love!
Today's recipe is one I'm bringing back that has been buried deep in my archives gathering dust and in desperate need of photo updates.
This Schaum Torte is a recipe I got from my mother-in-law years and years ago. I'll never forget the first time she made it.
One bite and I was so completely in love with it. Yes, desserts have been known to make me fall head over heels in love with them. What about you?
I had never before in my life tasted a meringue shell. . . .Um, hello deliciousness! I remember thinking "where have you been all my life?"This is such a simple dessert. I always make my shells the night before and then fill them with the whipped cream and strawberries a couple hours before serving.
This dessert really is best if eaten the day you make it, but when we have had some leftover, it still gets devoured, even if the shell has gotten a little gooey.
Such a refreshing, simple and delicious summer dessert. You can also use peaches or raspberries, or a combination of berries, but our favorite is with just strawberries.
Promise me you will make this.Print
Schaum Torte
- 8 egg whites
- 1 tsp. vinegar
- 1/2 tsp. cream of tarter
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 pint whipping cream
- 1/3 cup sugar (or more if you like it a little sweeter)
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- Fresh strawberries (sliced (I probably use about 3 cups per torte, the more the better, I think))
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, using whisk attachment, beat egg whites, vinegar and cream of tarter until very stiff. With mixer going, slowly add 2 cups of sugar and continue beating until glossy, soft peaks form.
- Divide into two 9-inch buttered pie plates.
- Bake at 300 degrees for 20 minutes and the reduce heat to 250 degrees and cook for 40 more minutes or until shells turn a light, golden color.
- Turn oven off and allow meringue shells to cool several hours in the oven.
- Beat whipping cream and add sugar and vanilla to taste.
- Break off top pieces of meringue shell, if desired then fill the shells with the whipped cream between both shells and spread evenly.
- Top with lots and lots of fresh strawberries.
As the shells bake, they usually puff up a little bit. You can break off pieces from the top and then fill the shell with the whipped cream, top with strawberries and then place the meringue pieces on top. If the shells didn't raise enough to break off pieces, you can certainly just pile the whip cream in the pie plate without breaking off meringue pieces.
I did cook my shell a little longer than normal so it's a little darker than usual. So if yours isn't this color after baking it, don't panic. If you like a crispier shell, you certainly can cook it a bit longer until it gets this color. I like it either way.
- Category: Desserts
Be sure and pin this to your Pinterest Boards so you can make it later!
Originally posted July 12, 2012. Updated with new pictures and commentary.


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Northern Waters, by Massachusetts-based artist Phyllis Ewen, is a series of sculptural drawings looking at water as "a life force that resist being controlled." Ewen builds her 3D images by scanning maps, charts and photos and then cutting them and building them into layers, adding paint and text, most recently in puzzle-piece shapes.
Ewen's work explores the ways in which "life-giving waterways have been contested, diverted, polluted, and exhausted by human intervention." In the case of Northern Waters, the oceans and glaciers are being profoundly reshaped, not by the obvious interventions of dams and agriculture, but by the effects of human-caused global warming.
Some of Ewen's sculptural drawings are included in a global-warming themed exhibition called Thaw, at the Dorsky Gallery in Long Island City, NY, through April 6. You can see lots more of her work at her website.


text: Basic information about the ecology of Mahoenui weta (Deinacrida nov. sp.) is provided from captive and field studies. Transmitters, betalights and capture-recapture were used to track movements and activity. Weta have a three year lifecycle with three main age groups present thoughout the year. Two colour morphs were present (brown and yellow); 15% of males and 27% of females were yellow morph. Mortality rate decreased with age; 80% died between instars 1 and 6, 40% died between instars 7 - 9. Mild overt agonistic behaviour was observed. Courtship behaviour was simple and females played a passive role. Mating took from 1 to 14 hours and often included multiple copulations. Weta were more active in summer than winter and adults were active for longer periods than juveniles. Activity patterns in captivity were similar to those in the field. Most weta remained within a small area (1 - 3 m3) for much of their lives and often returned to rest in the same place on successive days. Large gorse (Ulex europaeus) bushes with little or no goat browsing were preferred whereas isolated bushes and small and heavily browsed gorse was less favoured. Weta are generalist feeders. Those reared on gorse and pasture plants had low mortality (1 died out of 9) and gained weight more steadily than weta reared on native vegetation (9 died out of 11). Mahoenui reserve provides suitable food and shelter and affords some protection against predators. However the possible destruction of the gorse habitat by fire or disease still poses a major threat to the weta population.


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Sure, fries are great and all, but sometimes you just want your deep-fried potato in a squat, tot shape.
Once a TV dinner staple, tater tots are now a retro side dish that please deep-fried potato-lovers everywhere and rival fries of all shapes, whether they're curly, crinkle-cut, wedged or served on a huge stick. While you still have to search a little to find a place with tater tots on the menu, they're making a comeback. We know of eight local eateries serving tater tots, all in tasty ways that would make Heinz proud.
Yup, we're saying it. Tater tots might be the new (but, actually, retro) "it" side dish.
Eats of Asia
The dish with the tots: Japa Tots
While they're on the regular menu now, there was a time in Eats of Asia history when Japa Tots didn't exist. The stall's first tater tot dish was a one-off special called Bibim-tots (a twist on the Korean bibimbap dish). Then came the Thai curry tots. But then came the Japa Tots, and because they were the most popular, they've stuck around. You'll get a heaping dish of crispy tater tots with green onions, fried spam, teriyaki sauce and Japanese mayo. You can even be a little different and order it with a fried egg on top.
Calgary Farmers' Market and Crossroads Farmers' Market
The dish with the tots: Tater tots as a side dish
Even though all National locations serve the fries with Clive sauce and that can be hard to pass up, go for something different from the usual and try the tater tots. Or just get both. They come with Valentina's hot sauce and ranch sauce, both perfect for tot-dipping. You can also order tots as a side option with all the sandwiches and burgers.
Multiple locations, ntnl.ca
Grate and Barrel
The dish with the tots: Tater tots with nacho cheese
While Grate and Barrel is mostly about the grilled cheeses, tater tots are also on the menu. They're a side dish here and they're served covered with that liquid nacho cheese, because, of course, it's all about the warm and cheesy here. Order them with the Golden Calgarian, a simple grilled cheese made with Kraft singles and Wonderbread.
627 1 Ave. NE, @grateandbarrel
Mango Mania
The dish with the tots: Kimchi Tots
This comes in two sizes, but you're going to want to pay $10 and order the large because you won't want to stop eating this dish. The Kimchi Tots at Mango Mania are spicy and crunchy, and the tater tots are always hot and crispy. But this dish isn't all about the tot — they're covered with kimchi, scallions and bacon lardoons, and then drizzled with garlic mayo and ssamjang. You can also order tater tots plain here, if you want a simple side dish for your bao.
1115 Centre St. N, mangomaniayyc.com
Paper St.
The dish with the tots: Na-Cho-Tots
A little bit like nachos, a little bit like fries with a bite, the Na-Cho-Tots are worth the $14. The tater tots are served with guacamole, pepper jack cheese, spicy cilantro sour cream, jalapenos and pico de gallo. You can also pay to add pork carnita on top. And, you can feel good about eating this and not just because it's really tasty. This is the restaurant's Mealshare item meaning when you buy it a meal is donated to a child in need.
102,630 8 Ave. SW, paperstyyc.com
Pig and Duke
The dish with the tots: Tater tots as a bar snack
Sometimes you only want a few tater tots, and when that's the case, head to the Pig and Duke where the tots are sold as a $5 bar snack with sambal ketchup. Order a few other bar snacks too, like the cauliflower wings with wasabi mayo and the meatballs with Guinness mustard.
503 4 Ave. SW and 1312 12 Ave. SW, pigandduke.ca
The dish with the tots: Tater Tot Poutine
You won't want regular poutine ever again after this. On top of Cajun-spiced tater tots are cheese curds, dill pickles, short rib and crème fraiche. There's also onion ring poutine, if you wanted to have a night with two unconventional poutines. Or, you can order tater tots as a side with your burger or sandwich instead of fries or salad.
Multiple locations, brewsters.ca
Taiko Taco
The dish with the tots: Kimchi Tots
Like Mango Mania, the Kimchi Tots from the Taiko Taco food truck come in two sizes. Here, the tater tots are seasoned before they've covered with kimchi and scallions as well as five-spice candy bacon and Taiko's signature sauce. Get the full order ($10).
Have a hankering for some rum-based cocktails? Check out our story about the cocktail menu at Ricardo's Hideaway.
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Okay…backing off of politics for a much more pleasant part of existence…art.
I painted this redwood painting several years ago, it was painted from a photograph taken during the fall. Fall and spring provide those long casting shadows which provide a pleasant beautiful setting for the eyes. This is oil on canvas, 18×24.


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UPDATE: This is "Nicole and Mike's" reaction to Claudia's blog post. Classy people. I would DEFINITELY want them raising my child (note the sarcasm).
Physical threats?
They can BUY anything!!!
Published by Musings of the Lame. Original post can be found here.
By Claudia Corrigan D'Arcy
"Proactively" Advertising for "Your Birthmother" is Tacky and Exploitative
While I am very aware that this is what the "adoption professionals" have told you to do this and that there areclasses and marketing people who say this is a good idea, I do find it morally repugnant. And, I am not going to apologize for saying so.
So the other day I got wind that a hopeful adoptive parent was trying to infiltrate a birthmother and pregnancy crisis group on Facebook , so I took a minute and looked at the Facebook page. It annoyed me to see these folks from my state of New York trolling for babies of Facebook, especially their desire for a newborn, and so I posted about it;
"I find trolling for potential birthmothers on Facebook to be oh so very tacky. Of COURSE you would like a womb fresh newborn for #adoption. Meanwhile there are 19,256 children in NYS foster care, 5,230 have a goal of adoption, and 1,146 are legally freed and waiting for an adoptive family. But Nicole and Mike looking to Adopt don't want any of THOSE children that actually NEED a home. Better to try to find a women at risk and have her give her motherhood to them. yuck yuck yuck."
Now, I actually don't really care about the fact that "Nicole Mike" and her friends didn't like being criticized for their actions. Truthfully, that is a chance you take when you do these things on in a public venue. When something is PUBLIC it means that others DO have the right to say something about your actions. I could have just talked bout you without linking at all to your page and that, actually would have been talking behind your back. Instead you were given a wonderful opportunity to hear form the adoption community so you could better yourself.
The fact is that if Nicole Mike had bothered to pay attention to the other groups and pages that she was trying to get into, then I would not have even noticed the page. If she had bothered to do a tiny bit of research and had at all respected the rules of the adoption community that she is so desperate to be part of, then I wouldn't have had anything to say at all. It was the blatant disrespect for the adoption community and the boundaries set that called the attention of her actions and invited this discussion.
What is interesting however, is some of the responses and conversations that went on. It was a bit of a shit storm. You can read the whole thread here, though the defenders of free advertising seemed to have taken their toys and left in a huff:


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The first time I heard about Yuval Noah Harari was at Barnes and Nobles when I wandered around the bestsellers shelf where Homo Sapiens and the later Homo Deus were standing on the top. I read a few months ago Homo Deus on which I will probably write a review later on as the focus of my article today is the author's latest work: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. This book has caught my attention in different ways but this time in an unusual critical way. I had heard so many people around me talking about it with a fascinated outlook, yet after closing the 318 pages-long I could not hide my disappointment. The title implied to me that the 21 lessons I would read about would be similar in the framework of their context but rather different in their essence. However, even if the author did diversify the topics, I felt that all these lessons were revolving around the pessimistic idea that artificial intelligence is going to remove every single drop of humanity in the universe to leave a highly technological, brain-hacked, manipulated world. I do know that artificial intelligence and computing systems are increasingly taking the lead on the world, but holding such a constrained view of "everything is going to disappear and we won't know who we are nor what to do about it" is to me, a very narrow perspective that does not consider millions of other possibilities.
My opinion is also probably very influenced by the fact that I highly disagree with the author's way of talking about religion. My point being that I acknowledge and respect every type of different opinion and religious beliefs, but what I actually found bothersome is that Yuval Noval-Harari did not seem to hold this same tolerant and open perspective. He presented his disbelief and criticism of believers as a given and normative position that everyone will come to agree with. In other words, it is not the content of his ideas that I necessarily found irksome but rather the way he conveyed his own judgement to the reader. When I picked the book to read it, I craved answers to some big questions as I assume many people did but I ended up with even more questions unanswered.
However, if I had to consider some claims he made as rather convincing, I would highlight the idea that as humans, we are more likely to engage with stories than with facts. More than that, he also argued that we do not need more information in a world overwhelmed with increasingly big amounts of data, instead, we need more tools that give us the ability to make sense of it.
All my previous reviews were about books that I really enjoyed, and even if I did want to continue on that path, I thought that it could also be interesting to explore why I did not like as much as I thought an author's work, especially when it came to a bestseller.


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2.15" Lustrous Epidote with Quartz Crystals - Morocco
This is a beautiful mineral association of pistachio-green epidote crystals in bow tie and fan shaped aggregates and quartz. The specimen was collected from Imilchil in the Er Rachidia Province of Morocco.
Epidote is a green, silicate mineral that is commonly found in regionally metamorphosed rocks. It often forms lustrous, elongated and interconnected crystals that are highly coveted by collectors. While nearly all epidote is green it may take on many different shades and tones from yellowish to deep green.
Silicon Dioxide, also known as SiO2 or Quartz, is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. Quartz crystals generally grow in silica-rich, hot watery solutions called hydrothermal environments, at temperatures between 100°C and 450°C, and usually under very high pressure. Quartz veins are formed when open fissures are filled with hot water during the closing stages of mountains forming, and can be hundreds of millions of years old.
Epidote & Quartz
Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Morocco.
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These are things I've cooked in the last week and a half.
Coconut "Ranch" Pizza
This non-traditional pizza has neither tomato sauce nor vegan cheese. Instead, I made a coconut cream "ranch-style" sauce. And it was delicious.
To make the sauce, I combined a large scoop of coconut cream, some of my basil oil, roasted garlic, and dill, salt, pepper, garlic salt, and a little rosemary and blended it using an immersion blender. Then I just spread it over a homemade crust, tossed some broccoli and roasted red peppers on top, and baked it. It was delicious.
Cajun Pot Pie
When my boyfriend and I went to the farmer's market last Saturday, he really wanted some okra. I didn't want fried okra, so I got creative and made a Cajun pot pie. The crust and gravy were from the Cajun Pot Pie recipe from American Vegan Kitchen, but I ignored the recipe for the filling and did my own thing. Okra, potatoes, corn, kale, celery, onion, carrots, and seitan. I think mushrooms would have been good too, but I didn't have any. And for the record, the pie crust recipe from American Vegan Kitchen is perfect.
Stir-fried curried udon noodles
This recipe is from Veganomicon, and it was fantastic. My boyfriend raved about it even more than I did. It was super easy, mainly because udon noodles take only 5 minutes to cook. Definitely something I'm going to be making over and over again.


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Last weekend I did my annual Memorial Day phenology photo shoot in the garden. Phenology is the science of tracking when, for example, the daffodils first bloom in a certain location. It's becoming a very important science for documenting climate change.
Beginning gardeners are often disappointed by how long it takes to finally have something to eat — tomatoes and peppers don't produce much until late July, if you're lucky. So what are some things we can grow that will give us early eats? Look to edible perennials in the landscape, my friends. Let's take a tour of some of the goodness we're already enjoying in late May in Minnesota.
Asparagus and strawberries. The asparagus seeded out a couple weeks ago — the plants are finally mature enough that next year we should be able to harvest some. Boy, it's been a long wait. Strawberries should be ripe in 7-10 days, and new anti-rabbit netting seems to be helping.
Dill. It's needed thinning several times anyway, so I've been adding the tiny plants to salads and dressings. Dill is not technically a perennial, but it re-seeds itself. In great numbers. Plant it once and you'll always have it. Everywhere.
Lettuce and radishes! YES! We need to eat these up as fast as we can because the forecast for this week is hot.
Left to right: oregano, garlic, and chives (dying tulips in the background). Chives were one of the first things that came up when the snow cleared out — we've been eating them since late April. I've also dried some oregano. Garlic scapes will pop up in the next two weeks.
Chive flowers, which are also an interesting addition to salads. I prefer to eat them before they open, though. It's a texture issue.
The kids with their first harvest of lettuce and radishes from their gardens (in the background). I've read that involving kids with gardening can encourage them to eat more vegetables, but seeing it with my own eyes has been freaking awesome. My almost-4-year-olds, picking radishes, brushing off the dirt, and eating them while jumping on their trampolines. Strange but fun.


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In the Chinese readout of the meeting, Xi did not even refer to the much-heralded "strategic partnership" between Beijing and Moscow, observed Shi Yinhong, an international relations professor at Renmin University in Beijing. It was "the most prudent, or most low-key statement in years" issued by Xi on their strategic relationship, Shi said.
The shift in tone is unsurprising given Russia's string of humiliating defeats on the battlefield, which has exposed Putin's weakness to his friends and enemies alike. Those setbacks come at a bad time for Xi, too, who is only weeks away from seeking a norm-breaking third term at a key political meeting.
Under Xi, China has forged ever closer ties with Russia. Already facing domestic woes from a slowing economy and his unrelenting zero-Covid policy, Xi needed a projection of strength, not vulnerability, in his personally endorsed strategic alliance.
Six days later, in a desperate escalation of the devastating war, Putin announced a "partial mobilization" of Russian citizens in a televised speech, and even raised the specter of using nuclear weapons.
It is not known if Putin discussed his planned escalation with Xi during their latest talks, just as it remains an open question whether Putin had told Xi about his planned invasion the last time they met in Beijing.
To some Chinese analysts, Putin's setbacks and escalation of the war offered China an opportunity to tilt away from Russia — a subtle shift that began with Xi's meeting with Putin.
"China has no other choice except (to) stay away somewhat further from Putin because of his war escalation, his aggression and annexation, and his renewed threat of nuclear war," said Shi with Renmin University.
"China has not wanted this unheeding friend (to) fight. What may be his fate in the battlefield is not a business manageable at all by China."
But others are more skeptical. Putin's open admission of Beijing's misgivings doesn't necessarily signal a rift between the two diplomatic allies; instead, it could be a way for China to gain some diplomatic wiggle room, especially given how its tacit support for Russia has damaged Beijing's image in Europe, said Theresa Fallon, director of the Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies in Brussels.
"My impression was that Beijing just wanted a little sliver of daylight between China and Russia, but I think many have over interpreted that," she said. "I think that was more for a European audience."
"For China's long-term interests, they've got to keep Russia on board," Fallon added.
The two countries are also looking to deepen economic ties, with bilateral trade expected to reach $200 billion "in the near future," according to Putin.
"I don't think we saw a major schism open up between Russia and China," said Brian Hart, a fellow with the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"I see this as a continuation of China trying to walk its pretty thin line on Russia and to make sure that it is continuing to support Russia to the extent that it can without infringing on its own interests."
After Putin called up army reservists to join the war in Ukraine, Beijing has continued to walk the fine line, reiterating its long-held stance for dialogue to resolve the conflict.
When asked about Russia's possible use of nuclear weapons at a news briefing Wednedsay, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry sidestepped the question.
"China's stance on the Ukraine crisis has been consistent and clear," said spokesman Wang Wenbin. "We call on the relevant parties to achieve a ceasefire through dialogue and negotiation, and find a solution that accommodates the legitimate security concerns of all parties as soon as possible."
Also on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
According to the Chinese readout, Wang stressed that China would continue to "maintain its objective and impartial position" and "push for peace negotiations" on the issue of Ukraine.
But that "impartial position" was given away in the prime evening newscast on China's state broadcaster CCTV, the most-watched news program in China.
After a terse report on Putin's "partial mobilization" — without any mention of the protests in Russia or international condemnations, the program cited an international observer laying the blame squarely on the US for "continuing to stoke the conflict between Russia and Ukraine."
"The conflict between Russia and Ukraine should be resolved through dialogues. But the US keeps supplying Ukraine with weapons, which makes it impossible to end the conflict, and makes the situation worse," a former national defense adviser in Timor-Leste was shown as saying.
"The sanctions sparked by the conflict have repercussions across the globe…The oil prices in Timor-Leste have also gone up a lot. We, too, are suffering the consequences."
The comments are in line with the Russian narrative that Chinese officials and state media have been busy promoting over the past months — that the US has instigated the war by expanding NATO all the way to Russia's doorstep, forcing Moscow in a corner.
The main factor driving the strategic alignment between Russia and China is the perception of threats from the United States, said Hart with CSIS.
"As long as that variable remains constant, as long as Beijing continues to worry about the United States, I think it will continue to strengthen ties with Russia," he said.
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WrestleMania 32 was Sunday night, and people were psyched. It was the event's first appearance at AT&T Stadium, and promised appearances by stars ranging from The Rock to, er, Shaquille O'Neal. And that's to say nothing of the surprises—like the return of stars such as John Cena (fresh off of shoulder surgery), Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mick Foley, and more to the WWE stage.
But also, people were mad. And that sprung from a few reasons: the climax, which came nearly six hours into the event, featured whatever-the-opposite-of-a-fan-favorite-is Roman Reigns taking the championship. They were mad because six hours is a long friggin' time to watch anything. And they were mad because, once more, AT&T Stadium proved that it still struggles with big events. As Deadspin noted, ticket holders had a hard time actually getting in:
Irate fans chanted "LET US IN! LET US IN!" as a stadium ticketing issue kept tens of thousands of pro wrestling fans from entering the stadium in Dallas before tonight's Wrestlemania kicked off at 6 p.m. local time.
The stadium and the WWE told Deadspin that "increased security measures" were to blame for the delays, though the specifics aren't clear. On the ground, a story spread that a WiFi issue (an embarrassing problem for a stadium named after a telecommunications giant) kept the venue from being able to scan tickets. Whatever the cause, the issues seemed to last at least until the start time—which makes sense, given just how deep those lines stretched.
Line outside the stadium. #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/pvBUdIgjkr— Ringside News (@ringsidenews_) April 3, 2016
And getting people from the outside to their seats seemed to be an arduous process, as well. Fans continued to chant, "Let us in!" from the concourse.
I'm standing in the 300s just to avoid this madness #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/R5RNagqSW7— brandon (@TheRealClassic) April 3, 2016
Ticket prices to get into the venue averaged a cool $301 on the resale market, according to StubHub, which presumably helps explain why people were upset. But though problems can crop up anywhere, especially at events that are hosting 100,000 people, AT&T Stadium probably ought to be better at this: After all, it's not the first time they've had issues.
Back in 2011, the stadium played host to Super Bowl XLV, and it faced admissions issues of its own—namely, the stadium was oversold by nearly 1,200 seats (which hadn't been completed at the time of the event) and fans who purchased tickets found obstructed views. The NFL lost a lawsuit as a result, and paid out $76,000 in damages to the fans who didn't get what they'd paid for. The issues are different this time out, but it's still a bad look for a stadium that's meant to be one of the jewels of American event hosting. Given the immense resources that went into putting what are, perhaps, the two biggest ever hosted at AT&T, they really ought to have figured these issues out well in advance.


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My Top 5 Favorite Fall Outfits From Last Year
Bye Bye Summer
I'm starting to pack away some of my summer clothes (not ready to put all of them away yet!), and getting my closet to be Fall ready. If you've ever lived in Chicago, it can easily go from comfortable weather to cold weather. So I'm starting to look into investing in more Fall staple pieces like jeans. I pretty much wear jeans 9 out of the 12 months.
Lately, I've been swooning over Rag & Bone jeans. My favorite top bloggers wear them all the time and they look incredible! I love how Jacey from Damsel In Dior wore them with a striped tee. Or how Julia from Gal Meets Glam wore it in a white jean skirt (I'm all about wearing white after Labor Day).
Fall Inspiration
To get myself inspired for Fall outfits and finalize what pieces to buy, I looked at my outfits from last year. Just like what I did last year, I did a round up of my favorite Fall looks from the previous year. That's how I typically get my inspiration – by picking out my favorites from last year and building on it.
So here it is, my favorite outfits from last Fall. I definitely think a lot of these outfits can still be worn this season. Since most of these Fall outfit pieces are no longer available, I did my best to link similar pieces. I also linked the original post in case some of them decide to come back in stock.
My 5 Favorite Fall Outfits
|Long Cardigan // White Tee // White Distressed Jeans // Aviators // Ankle Boots (Original Post)
|Wool Hat // Front-Tie Blouse // Skinny Jeans // Monk Strap Shoes // Crossbody Bag (Original Post)
|Lace-Up Sweater // A-Line Skirt // Over the Knee Boots // Watch // Sunglasses (Original Post)
|Oversized Cardigan // Plaid Scarf // Striped Tee // Black Belt // Black Distressed Jeans // Booties (Original Post)
|Camel Sweater // Black Distressed Jeans // Black Booties // Watch (Original Post)
Looking Back
If you're new to my blog and noticed that my hair was different last Fall, well you are right. My hair was different. To be more precise, last year I didn't have hair and I wore my wig for blog photos. Usually when I look back at my photos, I get excited and super inspired. This time around, I did get excited and super inspired, but it also got me emotional. I can't believe just last year was when my hair started to grow back and that at the time of these photos, I never thought I would ever see my hair grow again. All I had was stubble. So crazy. This entire journey is crazy, scary, and lots of unexpected.
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Tag Heuer Link Men's Watch CJF2115.BA0594 Review
Written by: Kailan Kalina
Brilliant design and excellence are always a priority for Tag Heuer timepieces. But their prestige isn't gained from their stylish appeal alone. Watch-wearers flock to them for their dependability. A man should never have to sacrifice function or fashion for each other, and the Link Men's Watch CJF2115.BA0594 is a Tag Heuer that can give them both!
This watch is a chameleon for any type of guy out there. It will play up or tone down and be suitable to both the trendies and the easy-goers. Its smooth lines, uniform stainless steel, and chronograph dial are only the first features that you notice. The bezel has on it a tachymeter scale for precise time. Next to 3 o' clock is a date display window as two silver-toned hands, plus a second hand, tick over it; all upon a gray dial. The three sub-dials of the chronograph series are on the top, bottom, and left hand side of the watch face.
Owners of this watch are always pleased with the overall finish and look; everything from the size to its "bonus" characteristics. The bracelet doesn't pinch and although it looks like it may be heavy, it turns out not to be a burden for most. Reliability was never an issue either, as it was accurate with the time too.
Details and Features:
• Case diameter = 41 millimeters
• Deployment clasp (push button)
• Water resistant up to 200 meters or 660 feet
• Anti-reflective sapphire dial window
• Luminous
• Screw-down crown
• Swiss automatic movement
Even with tax and shipping fees, Amazon.com offers you this watch at the lowest price of $2,290.00. Other top sites selling the watch close to this price are Jomashop.com for $2,660.00 and PrestigeTime for $2,520.00. A comparable watch to this one is the Tag Heuer Men's CJF211A.BA0594, which has very similar features aside from its black dial. The CJF211B.BA0594 is the silver variation, and it has a much lighter gray watch face compared to the CJF2115.BA0594 slate-gray color of the dial.


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The American Journal of Endocannabinoid Medicine, focused on science, knowledge and research, completed a pilot study with the objective of measuring the bioavailability of equivalent amounts cannabidiol (CBD, 10 mg) as a stand-alone active ingredient compared with a liposomal preparation (CELLg8® Hemp).
This pharmacokinetic pilot study included 15 healthy patients who were not taking a CBD product at baseline. A crossover study design was used to analyze peak blood CBD levels at baseline and 1 hour after ingesting the liposomal and nonliposomal preparations, with a 2-week washout period between each preparation.
CBD was detected in the blood of all 15 patients who ingested the liposomal preparation at 1 hour, whereas the stand-alone ingredient was only found in 40% of the individuals at the same time point. Serum levels of CBD were significantly higher (P<0.0001) in patients after use of the liposomal preparation compared with the stand-alone CBD.
The findings suggest that the bioavailability of oral CBD is higher in the liposomal preparation than the nonliposomal CBD preparation.