The above dress is from a UK store called Apricot. Similar stores might be Oasis.

Sailing Pat12 • 2 months ago • 100%

If you want to take someone sailing on a boat and you ask them if they can swim, what exactly are you asking? Everyone can float if they have a life jacket right? My understanding is that someone is being asked if they can take care of themselves and/or tread water until they are rescued and/or if they are a strong swimmer, but I could be wrong.

Sailing Pat12 • 2 months ago • 100%

I've recently learnt to sail but when I'm on the water, all of my theory goes out of my head. Can someone please explain the steps of sailing or confirm what I've written below? 1) check the wind direction 2) think of where I want to navigate to and point the boat relative to the wind. 3) think of the points of sail. For the boat's position relative to the wind, change the main sail to the respective point of sail and the wind will catch the sail. 4) use the main sheet to keep the sail in the "point of sail" direction that the wind should be in. 5) make very small movements to keep the boat going straight towards my target 6) once i'm going straight, check the sail if it's luffing periodically and trim the sail if necessary when tacking, 1) use the tiller to turn the boat around, either pull it fully towards or away from me 2) once the boat is turned around, pull the tiller so that it's now straight and you can let the tiller handle lay on the side of the boat 3) switch sides as usual thank you!

I am interviewing with a company where they are offering $65K/year in NYC for an analyst (junior level) role. The senior analyst position is $85K/year. These salaries seem extremely low for NYC (although I'm not from NYC or even the US). What would be an appropriate salary to ask for for a junior analyst role? It involves financial modelling. I want this kind of job but I also want to be able to live without too much stress.

mother's day tomorrow ;wondering if it's possible to make the dessert in advance because it's easier when they're out of the house so it's a secret. thanks!

Tip Of My Tongue Pat12 • 5 months ago • 91%

this was a weapon that's possibly used in medieval times (definitely long before 20th century). The main part may have been a sword and the hilt could be unscrewed or somehow used as a club. Thanks!

I am from HK and have travelled around Taiwan, etc so it would be nice to find some dishes that are close to home

Would this type of dress in navy blue be too much to attend an Andrea Bocelli concert?

I was recently in an accident and cannot exercise; particularly, I cannot put weight on my feet or lay my feet on the ground. Consequently, I have to maintain my weight purely through diet. I typically aim for around 1300 calories/day. So far I have: - breakfast: fried egg/egg white on toast with a glass of water (about 200 cals) - lunch: chicken breast, small piece of bread, with a large spinach salad (about 300 cals) - afternoon snack ? - dinner ? Thank you.

Hong Kong Pat12 • 6 months ago • 100%

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No comment, just sad to read these news

No Stupid Questions Pat12 • 6 months ago • 88%

The closest word I can think of is a sycophant but that's too strong word and not exactly what I'm looking for. The word I'm thinking of has negative connotations and it's for someone who is friends with different groups but only at a superficial level and isn't necessarily honest about who all they're friends with. This person would be seen as untrustworthy.

Cooking Pat12 • 6 months ago • 100%

many east asian dishes included some ready made sauce like 豆瓣酱 or 柱侯酱 in chinese cuisines or 고추장 in korean cuisine. These sauces make our dishes delicious but unfortunately they are very high in salt and/or sugars. Is there some way to make the dishes with these sauces from scratch or without such high salt/sugar? We often have to add sugar in the dish in addition to the sauces. Thanks. I'm sure this is a similar problem in other cuisines but my question is just about east asian cuisines. edit: i'm referring to homemade food, not restaurant food.

Canada Pat12 • 6 months ago • 93%

There are organizations like Save a Family Plan where you can sponsor a family who is living in poverty overseas and help give them funds for education etc. Are there any organizations like this for Canadian families? I tried searching online but it kept showing results for how to sponsor one's family to come to Canada (like to immigrate). Thanks. I'm aware of the perils of microcredit so i'd rather not get involved with something where the person might have extortionate interest rates or there's a loan to be paid, i am talking about microfinance where there is money directly given to the family in need and it is used to help make the family self sufficient.

Spanish Pat12 • 6 months ago • 80%

When i was very young and learning beginner spanish, i thought it was taught that in some parts of latin america, they use some plural form instead of tu when speaking. Is this correct or am I misremembering?

Cooking Pat12 • 6 months ago • 95%

For example, pad thai should be balanced between sweet, sour, and salty. Indian dishes don't have meat as the feature in a dish but rather it's added for some texture; the dish itself is the feature. Hunan cooking is dry and hot and often sour and differs from Sichuan cooking which it's often compared against. Generally speaking in Asian cuisines, if you don't cook the spices exactly correctly, it will change the taste of the dish quite a bit. As a francophone, i can say that french-based cooking is an art as the ingredients are traditional basics that are in season. The food should be delicate or have a cut (e.g. a creamy cheese should have something acidic to cut it like a nice wine). It is the combination of the techniques (method of cutting ingredients like julienne style or method of cooking like flambee, saute, etc.) to create the dish.

Recently found Bronx and Banco and it looks very similar to Self-Portrait. Is the quality different?

Houston Pat12 • 6 months ago • 100%

Looking for a ski club for someone; I saw online that there were a few different clubs. The person is a relatively advanced skier but more importantly it would be nice to have other people their age to ski with regardless of skill. They are a few years out of college so ideally a ski club where there are many other people in their 20s. Thank you.

No Stupid Questions Pat12 • 7 months ago • 82%

I got into a mild accident last week; after being checked out, i don't have anything broken but i have torn ligaments in one of my feet. My recovery has mostly been resting my foot and not putting pressure on; i'm not allowed to go for a walk. Would I be able to go swimming? This way I can keep my foot from being stiff but i can do some exercise.

I'm obsessed with tailored high waisted shorts (example: https://endlessrose.com/products/copy-of-tailored-shorts) and dolfin shorts for every day and after swimming

305 Miami Pat12 • 7 months ago • 60%

I've been to suviche before for ceviche but i'd like to try somewhere that's authentic like a hole in the wall place where peruvians would go for ceviche. I can speak intermediate spanish so it's all good if they don't speak english. Thanks! Edit: thanks! I went to Aromas del Peru and it was really delicious. Went to Farolito for dinner and it was incredible. I would recommend that place 11/10.

AskACanadian Pat12 • 7 months ago • 87%

Looking to make a bison steak and can't seem to find juniper berries or any other fresh/sour berry to pair. Thanks.

aviation Pat12 • 8 months ago • 84%

I have a few friends who have their own pilots license (private pilot i assume). How safe is it to fly your own plane? I have acrophobia so learning how to fly is not high on my list but would like to know about how safe it is to assuage some fears. To be it seems scary because if something goes wrong, you wouldn't be the only person getting hurt (as would be the case for scuba diving or skiing) but you might also risk hurtings others like your plane crashing out of control. edit: i'm asking on the off chance i feel like one day getting a private pilots license like my friends. i'm not planning on flying with the friends anytime soon; they live on the other side of the world.

[Austin Carlos Patchke](https://charleyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/patchke_austin5.jpg) was born 29 Nov 1999. He'd be 24 now. He was last seen in the area of Old St. Augustine Road in Jacksonville, Florida on 16 Nov 2022. He'd been working at the 7/11 store there. He asked his boss for a cash advance which was refused; he left (walked out) and has never been heard from since. He was wearing a grey polo shirt with "7-Eleven" embroidered on it, dark long sleeves under it, and black pants and possibly carrying a pink bag and black Nike shoes. Detectives didn't discover any evidence of foul play and he was not reported to have any mental/physical disabilities. His father reported him missing; he'd last heard from him 2 days earlier. In Nov 2021 he had been arrested for drug posession/DUI and in Feb 2022 for driving under suspended license/battery. However, he had not been arrested/charged since that time and was able to obtain employment. [This](https://charleyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/patchke_austin3.jpg) is a photo of him at 21 years old and [this](https://charleyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/patchke_austin.jpg) is a photo of him at 22 years old. He may resemble any of these photos.

Ask Lemmy Pat12 • 8 months ago • 96%

It's going to be very cold over the next few days in my area and I'd like to buy something for the people who are homeless, particularly ones who won't be in a shelter. For budgeting, there is one shelter in my area for adults and one for children/teenagers. I don't know how many people would not have shelter but in the past, I have planned for 40 people when providing food for people in a shelter. My budget is about $200 USD; what would be the most useful? thermal blankets? hot food? Edit: thanks to all who responded. I called the shelter and the most needed items are (1) sleeping bags (2) very warm gloves to prevent frostbite (3) boots

title says it all. I have a leather midi skirt which i would like to wear with a blouse but tucking in the shirt makes the skirt look bulky.

I moved countries a few years ago and am building up my credit score from scratch. I'm cognizant of good practices to build up my credit score like paying my credit card on time. My credit score dropped 10 points in the last month but I don't know why. I've increased my spending on my card because of Christmas and travelling but make the payments right away (typically same day) so that there is not a large balance on my card at the end of the month. The total spending for the month is less than 30% of my credit card limit. I don't have any other form of credit like loans. Any suggestions why there was a drop?

Geschichte Pat12 • 9 months ago • 80%

idealerweise von einem deutschen Militärgeneral oder einer ähnlichen Person (von Moltke, etc.) Danke!

Ask Men Pat12 • 9 months ago • 100%

pizza? flowers? a card? Also, what's the phrase in english for support and encouragement to keep going when someone is going through a difficult time? In chinese say "加油" (literally: add oil ie. add fuel to keep going) or in french we say "courage", don't know what the phrase is in english.

What style of blouse would you recommend for a recent widow? Nothing too bright in colour and preferably high neck. Looking for some everyday tops and sweaters recommendations. edit: it's not me but a relative that lost their spouse but thank you for the nice messages

Jobs Pat12 • 10 months ago • 80%

Is anyone else seeing this message? It was 300 characters before and now it's 200, it's incredibly difficult to write a message with so few characters.

A Boring Dystopia Pat12 • 11 months ago • 98%

article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/household-finances/article-in-10-years-will-canada-be-a-country-of-roommates/

Canada Pat12 • 12 months ago • 94%

www.thebureau.news

The Biden administration’s sweeping attack on global fentanyl trafficking syndicates emanating from Chinese factories has also implicated Canada’s central involvement, singling out a Vancouver drug lab owner, whose realtor wife was stabbed to death in 2022, after the couple evaded a British Columbia civil forfeiture case that saw seizures of fentanyl, cocaine, chemical precursors, and a drug press, along with their mountainside mansion and luxury vehicles. On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced numerous indictments and Treasury Department sanctions against 28 people and companies, including eight chemical companies in China, their executives and alleged Chinese transnational drug-trafficking bosses. The indictments charge a web of chemical factories across China, from Wuhan to Anhui and Hubei and Jiangsu, and reveal how the traffickers running these companies have sold fentanyl precursors to undercover D.E.A. agents requesting shipments into Mexican drug labs. While the Sinaloa Cartel is a major distributor for Chinese fentanyl ravaging American communities and causing tens of thousands of deaths annually, the only major targets outside mainland China named in the D.E.A.’s new investigations are Vancouver-area convict Bahman Djebelibak, 41, and his Port Coquitlam-based lab and chemical distribution facilities. “Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat the United States has ever faced,” Garland said at a press conference in Washington, billed as a “message on behalf of the U.S. government” to China and anyone else involved in “trafficking of fentanyl at every stage and in every part of the world.” “We know that this network includes the cartels’ leaders, their drug traffickers, their money launderers, their clandestine lab operators, their security forces, their weapons suppliers, and their chemical suppliers,” Garland continued. “And we know that this global fentanyl supply chain, which ends with the deaths of Americans, often starts with chemical companies in China.” One of the Chinese companies sanctioned by the Treasury Department, Jinhu Minsheng Pharmaceutical Machinery, has allegedly been selling pill press machines used to manufacture counterfeit oxycodone, case records say. “A major customer of Jinhu Minsheng’s is Western Canada-based Valerian Labs, Inc., which is led by Canadian national Bahman Djebelibak,” documents cited by Garland say. The records allege Djebelibak, aka Bobby Shah, is a major actor in Chinese fentanyl syndicate networks, and he is accountable for “the international proliferation of illicit drugs or their means of production.” The U.S. government is seeking Djebelibak’s arrest and the charges have not been proven yet in court, documents say. These records charge that Djebelibak and his Port Coquitlam-based lab, also known as Hollywood Vape Labs, sought to procure “2,000 liters of chloroform, 800 liters of dichloromethane, and 200 kg of iodine, substances used in the production of fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine.” The records add, “notably, Valerian Labs Distribution Corp. has imported chemicals from Hebei Guanlang [another] member of the Syndicate targeted.” The Bureau’s review of Canadian legal records finds that Djebelibak and his deceased wife, Ramina Shah, were caught up in March 2018 federal police raids of Valerian Labs and the couple’s suburban-Vancouver mansion, which led to a failed B.C. civil forfeiture action. The case was dismissed in 2021 after B.C. provincial Judge David St. Pierre found police searches had violated the couple’s Charter rights. There is no indication, however, that St. Pierre balanced his decision by considering the stunning killing power of the fentanyl, chemical precursors and lab equipment allegedly discovered by police, as they executed search warrants stemming from a financial fraud probe against Djebelibak. At the couple’s $2.9 million mountainside mansion in Maple Ridge, officers seized a Land Rover, a Porsche and a 2006 Pontiac G6, fraudulently registered to one of Djebelibak’s associates, who was involved in Djebelibak’s scheme of trading cash and luxury items for cheques, Canadian court records say. In a hidden compartment of the Pontiac, officers found about two kilograms of fentanyl, a one-kilo brick of cocaine, and chemicals used to cut cocaine for street dealing. Officers also found axes in Djebelibak’s mansion, one of which was kept in the couple’s bedroom. During searches of the mansion and Valerian Labs, officers also discovered pieces of gold and silver jewellery and suspected drug-trafficking paraphernalia, including “score sheets” and cellphones, a hydraulic press covered in drug residue, blank cheques and bank cards in the names of other people, a credit card machine and printer, and money transfer papers. Police also found a “5-gallon drum of sodium borohydride, which can be used as a cutting agent for controlled substances such as ecstasy, located behind stacks of containers at Hollywood Vape Labs,” B.C. civil forfeiture records say. The provincial judge — in hindsight perhaps foolishly — gave the benefit of the doubt to the couple, on how they earned a living. He discounted evidence that officers executing search warrants found tax returns indicating the couple only claimed about $20,000 each in annual income, which could not possibly explain how they afforded luxury assets, including a mansion, Range Rover, Porsche. The judge, apparently referring to Hollywood Vape Labs and Valerian Labs, explained: “It was known that Mr. and Mrs. Shah owned or co-owned several private (apparently legitimate) business enterprises.” In January 2022, a year after the civil forfeiture case was dropped, Shah was found stabbed to death in a parkade in Coquitlam, not far from Valerian Labs. Her contact appears to be listed on the website of Hollywood Vape Labs — evidently still active — which declares itself a “proudly Canadian” business, founded in 2015. At the time of her murder, Ramina Shah was working in real estate. Police say they are continuing to investigate her murder. Djebelibak ’s B.C. court records indicate he has been convicted for using counterfeit money. The Vancouver Sun — reporting on Ramina Shah’s case — said her husband was acquitted in a 2002 stabbing in Kelowna after a judge said it was impossible to determine who was holding the knife when the other man was injured. A request for comment on the U.S. government allegations against Valerian and Djebelibak was not immediately answered on Wednesday. “These eight cases are the result of DEA’s efforts to attack the fentanyl supply chain where it starts — in China,” Drug Enforcement Administration head Anne Milgram said Tuesday, at the Garland press conference. “Chinese chemical companies are fueling the fentanyl crisis in the United States by sending fentanyl precursors, fentanyl analogues … into our country and into Mexico. DEA will not stop until we defeat this threat.”

we all know it's popular to use music and videos to learn a language. do you start off by having some intermediate knowledge of a language before you start using music/videos to learn and then write down any new terms? what is your process? I am trying to use videos to learn cantonese but there is a lot I am struggling to understand.

**He was 25-40 years old. A white man and 5'9". He weighted 193 lbs. He had hazel eyes. He had previous cranial surgery. ** He was found on November 18, 2021 and brought to hospital. He was sleeping in the stairwell of the Samuel Gompers Houses when a man set fire to his pants leg. A picture of him is attached here. The full story of what happened is found in the link below but it is a disgusting/traumatic story so I would not advise reading. His photo and measurements should hopefully be sufficient to identify him. https://nypost.com/2021/11/20/video-shows-homeless-man-being-torched-to-death-in-nyc-stairwell/ If you have information, you can contact (212) 447-2030 (Office of Chief Medical Examiner NYC) ; his case number is M21-37507.