fightersblog:

How to wrap your hands; M.M.A

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designscene:

David Gandy for GQ Romania by Arcin Sagdic

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referenceforwriters:

Anonymous said: Hi! First off, I love your blog. Whenever I’m stuck or needing some sort of inspiration, I always check out your site. Now, I’m writing a heavy action, military/police work novel and was wondering if you had anything that could help me when it came to the specifics of weapons, ammunition, bombs. Bomb making. Inside the mind of a terrorist. All that fun jazz. Thanks!

Weapons & Ammo

• List of weapons
• Weapons of the US military
• Ammo types
• Ammunition
• Ammunition types and characteristics
• Category: Weapons

Guns in general

• Getting a handle on guns
• Gun terms for writers

Bombs

• Bombs
• Category: explosives
• List of bombs 
• Bomb basics: why you need to know…
• Explosive types
• Atomic bombs

Military

• List of military tactics
• List of military strategies and concepts
• List of established military terms
• What’s Inside: Military
• How the military recruiting process works
• Military career fields
• Job Skill Training
• Military language
• Military Sign Language

Counter-terrorism

• Counter-terrorism
• The counter-terrorism strategy
• On counter-terrorism (background, problems, policy)

Terrorism

• Terrorism-Research →  Behavior / Goals
• Terrorism: psychology behind
• Tactics of terrorism
• Terrorism
• How suicide bombers work
• The terrorist mind
• Getting inside the terrorist’s mind

→ Military & PTSD

Book recs: 

Before anything, I’ve got to say that I’m only mentioning these books for informative purposes, for the anon and anyone else that requires them for writing. 

• The Anarchist Cook Book: many, many chapters of this book talk about the making of several kinds of bombs. It also has another types of “hacks” and how to’s. Some of them are creepy. A lot of them are creepy. You can read online here.
• Homemade C-4: what tite says. You can read online here.

Blogs to check for military&gun info

• soldierporn
• gunrunnerhell

Got more links you’d like to share with us? info? feel free to ask or submit and it’ll be added.

-Alex

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theinformationdump:

Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers

As described by Selnick’s article:

Author and doctor of clinical psychology Carolyn Kaufman has released a one-page body language cheat sheet of psychological “tells” (PDF link) fiction writers can use to dress their characters.

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anndruyan:

This is a summary of college only using two pictures; expensive as hell.

That’s my Sociology “book”. In fact what it is is a piece of paper with codes written on it to allow me to access an electronic version of a book. I was told by my professor that I could not buy any other paperback version, or use another code, so I was left with no option other than buying a piece of paper for over $200. Best part about all this is my professor wrote the books; there’s something hilariously sadistic about that. So I pretty much doled out $200 for a current edition of an online textbook that is no different than an older, paperback edition of the same book for $5; yeah, I checked. My mistake for listening to my professor.

This is why we download. 

 Alternatives to buying overpriced textbooks

Textbooknova 

Reddit

Bookboon 

Textbookrevolution 

GaTech Math Textbooks

Ebookee 

Freebookspot 

Free-ebooks

Getfreeebooks 

BookFinder

Oerconsortium 

Project Gutenberg

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healthiie:

Neck & Shoulders

• Hatha Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Health - 57 Min
• Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Tension and Injuries - 14 Min
• Feel Good Friday: Yoga for Neck & Shoulders - 14 Min
• Back to School Shoulder Stretches - Yoga Sequence - 6 Min
• Yoga for Your Shoulders 10 Minute Workout Routine - 10 Min
• Beginners’ Yoga for Shoulder Strength with Melissa McLeod - 22 Min

Chest:

• Yoga Workout Beginners Home Chest & Shoulders Exercise Routine How To - 11 Min
• Yoga for Heart Opening - 10 Min
• Heart Opening 30 Min Yoga Class - 31 Min
• Heart Chakra Yoga Sequence - 10 Min

Arms:

• Yoga for Firm and Shapely Arms and Shoulders - 9 Min
• Arm Yoga Workout - 4 Min
• Total Body Transformation Yoga: Hips and Arms - 11 Min
• Yoga For Arm Strength: Part One (8Min) & Part Two (2 Min)
• Yoga For Guitar Players — Arms, Wrists, and Fingers - 8 Min

Back:

• Yoga for Back Strength - 7 Min
• Yin Yoga for the Spine - 60 Min
• Restorative Yoga For Back - Restoraflow - 40 Min
• Yoga for Back Care - 15 Min
• Yoga Workout | Low Back Pain Stretches Routine - 10 Min
• Yoga for your back - 19 Min
• Lower Back Relief - 17 Min

Abs:

• Yoga 4 Abs with Gillian B & Sebastian - 10 Min
• Yoga for Abs and Core Strength - 8 Min
• Yoga Abs Workout - 10 Min
• Iron Yoga Abs & Closing Stretches - 15 Min (Note: Includes weights. If you dont have weights, use a can from the pantry or something similar.)
• Yoga to Build Strong Abs - 7 Min

Hips:

• Hip Opening Yoga - 45 Min
• Yoga Flow Hip Openers - 14 Min
• Wall Yoga for Hips and Hamstrings - 12 Min
• Yoga for Hip Pain and Stiffness - 17 Min
• Butt, Hips & Thighs Warm up - 7 Min
• Yoga Mania: Move those hips! - 12 Min
• Office Yoga: Hip Release - 10 Min
• Yoga for your Butt - 6 Min
• Yoga Tone your Butt and Thighs - 4 Min

Legs:

• Denise Austin: Yoga Legs Workout - 10 Min
• Gentle Yoga for Tight Legs and Hips - 20 Min
• Yoga for Sexy Legs - 6 Min
• Sleek Yoga Legs - 4 Min

Full Body/Full Classes:

• Jillian Michaels: Yoga Meltdown Level 1 - 35 Min
• Weight Loss & Fatburning Yoga Workout - 20 Min
• Yoga for Weight Loss - 20 Min
• Yoga for Runners - 26 Min
• Foundations in Flow Yoga Class with Fiji McAlpine - 48 Min
• Connections to Core Power Yoga Class with Fiji McAlpine - 57 Min
• Energizing Sunrise Practice - 38 Min
• Power Yoga with Bryan Jones - 31 Min
• Yoga Class with Logynn Northrhip  - 60 Min
• Yoga Basics to Improve Alignment - 62 Min
• Yoga for Beginners Two with Dr. Melissa West - 60 Min
• Intermediate/Beginner: Lunch Time Yoga Class - 45 Min

Enjoy :)

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bonesmakenoise:

theweepingtimelord:

Lembas Bread (Lord of the Rings “authentic” Elvish bread)

Ingredients: 

 2 ½ cups of flour
1 tablespoon of baking powder
¼ teaspoon of salt
½ cup of butter
1/3 cup of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
½ teaspoon honey
2/3 cup of heavy whipping cream
½ teaspoon of vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425F. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Add the butter and mix with a well till fine granules (easiest way is with an electric mixer). Then add the sugar and cinnamon, and mix them thoroughly.

Finally add the cream, honey, and vanilla and stir them in with a fork until a nice, thick dough forms.

Roll the dough out about 1/2 in thickness. Cut out 3-inch squares and transfer the dough to a cookie sheet.Criss-cross each square from corner-to-corner with a knife, lightly (not cutting through the dough).

Bake for about 12 minutes or more (depending on the thickness of the bread) until it is set and lightly golden.

***Let cool completely before eating, this bread tastes better room temperature and dry. Also for more flavor you can add more cinnamon or other spices***

as someone who has baked these A LOT

They are REALLY GOOD

and I am reblogging this because I KEEP LOSING MY RECIPE 

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amazingkkisnotonfire:

homestuckresources:

look how sophisticated that title is

i’m pretty sure most people know of all this, but there’s probably the odd thing that people don’t know about!

I knew all of these :P You guys also forgot one!!

By making the background bright green and then replacing the secondary colour from white to the same bright green and making the primary colour white, then posting the now green screened image onto another canvas, you can post it ontop of another image for a background. :)

(i found a tutorial for you in case my explanation wasn’t good enough)

ALSO:

Make a custom brush

and

Make a Gradient

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tomhardigans:

For your consideration…

The 365 Films Challenge

Short and Sweet Overview: Watch 365 films in the year 2013.

What Is This Challenge?
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to spend the next year delving into the world of film by watching one film that you have never seen before per day.

How Do I Participate?
The extent of how you participate is totally up to you. It is recommended that you post some form of a review, whether it be as simple as a star rating or as extensive as a critical film analysis. Screencaps, graphics and gifs are optional.

When Do We Start?
Like most 365 challenges, the best day to start is January 1st so that you end on December 31st.

What If I Can’t Watch A Film Each Day?
No one is monitoring how you reach 365 films, so if you fall behind or watch ahead a few movies, that is your choice.

How Am I Going To Find 365 Films To Watch?
I suggest signing up for iCheckMovies and start with their top movies lists, or you could ask your friends for recommendations.

Recommended Tags:
#365films, #365 film challenge

How Am I Supposed to Keep Track of My Films?
Here are a few CSS codes: One, Two, and Three

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tulsa-fit-foxx:

bloodiedpassion:

slimify:

hahahha omg

TULSA-FIT-FOXX, WE ARE SAVED. WE. ARE. SAVED.

WE’RE SAVED!

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daftyank:

payback-is-a-mothafucker:

truebluemeandyou:

Roundup of Fourteen Ways To Knot Your Belt from FaSHionRoLLa here. For larger photos of each style go to the link.

i think they do some of these on Merlin.
that warlock was certainly ahead of his time when it came to belt fashion 

… Yeah, not happening. The chance that I’ll remember even one of these… never mind the fact that I don’t even wear … is there a name for wearing belts that high on the waist? - that I don’t wear belts that high, there’s not much chance I’ll remember any of these.

Odd, considering how many tie knots I can come up with off the top of my head.

But maybe someone else may find this useful.

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johnwatsonfeels:

honorized:

• there is an unlisted size: short (8 oz). This is most cafes’ “small,” but Starbucks shifted the sizes up a number of years ago (which is why “tall” and “grande” weren’t weird names then), making the venti the largest. You can get any hot drink short.

• we have a number of flavor syrups that aren’t listed on the menu, just ask what we have. Also, despite what many customers think, we have peppermint year round, so we can make peppermint mochas and peppermint white mochas any time of the year. Gingerbread and pumpkin spice are seasonal, but we may not run out of stock for quite a while, so if it’s February there’s still a chance.

• bring your own cup, save 10 cents. Might have to remind the cashier, we forget sometimes.

• you can get a drink “for here” and get it in ceramic/glass, feel fancy, waste less.

• edited to add: 50 cent refills on coffee, iced tea, or iced coffee (not espresso beverages)

• iced large drinks have extra everything, on account of being 24 and not 20 ounces - extra espresso shot, extra pump of syrup.

• it’s honestly not that annoying that you have a very specific drink order. It breaks up the monotony, and it’s nice not to be a vanilla latte robot. Sometimes people would ask for weird things that I’d make for myself later and end up liking! (protip: green tea latte with peppermint)

• You can get the matcha green tea as plain, non-milk tea. It’s pretty cheap for matcha tea, too.

• adding a syrup to a drink always costs extra (unless the cashier likes you/doesn’t care, which is frequent), unless it’s already in that drink. i.e., a caramel frappuccino with extra caramel doesn’t cost extra.

• that delicious caramel sauce is in fact real caramel. That plastic-tasting caramel syrup is not. Many people don’t realize we have both - the caramel sauce is what decorates the cup of the caramel frappuccino and on the whipped cream, the caramel syrup is what flavors the actual frappuccino or a caramel latte.

• a caramel macchiato is a vanilla latte with caramel sauce, and least (Starbucks: “most”) importantly, the espresso shot put on top of the steamed milk.

• infrequently ordered, but delicious drink: a marble macchiato. It’s like a caramel macchiato but with half mocha syrup, half white mocha.

• if you want a legit cappuccino and you see jugs of milk on the counter, ask for them to use milk from the fridge. Milk needs to be cold to foam that well. Likewise, if you want a soy cappuccino, you can be a pain in the ass and ask for soymilk from the fridge (they might not even have any in there), since soy will barely foam at room temperature, since the cartons are shelf-stable.

• if you have no idea what to order, ask us. Since we get free drinks you can count on us trying every single drink in every disgusting combination. Our favorite drink will probably be something excessively complicated we’ll be happy to make for you.

• on that note, if you’re like, green tea latte? disgusting or delicious? you can ask us to sample it. we’ll make a whole drink and split it into sample cups. No big deal, our manager will probably like us better for promoting drinks anyways, and you don’t have to spend money to find out raspberry mochas are gross and green tea is delicious.

• same thing for pastries. We’ll sample it if you ask and we have enough (generally yes).

• if you really like a certain coffee we have but we don’t have it brewing, you can ask for a french press version. French press generally tastes better anyway, and iirc it doesn’t actually cost any more and you can order whatever size you normally would. We’ll probably sample the rest of the pot anyway. However, this will take significantly longer since, for once, we actually have to brew the coffee ourselves.

• we often forget or get too busy, but we actually have giftwrap, especially around the holidays. Ask and we’ll make that overpriced mug purty.

• I had a few customers with impossible or silly requests. (1) impossibly hot beverages - in excess of 210F. guys. srsly. (2) people who ask for extra hot cappuccinos and are disappointed by them still not being hot enough. This is how a cappuccino is - there’s too much air/surface area for the foam layer to ever be hot. If you want hot, get a latte. (3) asking for less-hot milk from the pitchers we’ve already made. We can’t serve milk that has gone below 135, you have to have us make a fresh batch. Sucks for waste, better for you not puking.

• in terms of dairy allergy/vegan stuff, the caramel sauce, white chocolate syrup, and pumpkin spice syrup all contain dairy. The chai contains honey. The whipped cream is 100% legit heavy cream. The caramel syrup, mocha syrup, and other syrups are non-dairy. This stuff might not matter to the lactose intolerant, but to some it does. For the caffeine-sensitive, the mocha syrup does not actually have any coffee - it’s chocolate sauce, and is just named that because it’s what we use for mochas. The “creme-based” list of fraps is usually pretty short, but there are usually more caffeine-free options, just ask.

I know lots of this because my best friend is a barista but you should too!

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