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Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) or Amyloid beta precursor protein functions as a cell surface kinesin I membrane receptor, mediating the axonal transport of beta-secretase and presenilin 1. APP is important for neurite growth, neuronal adhesion and axonogenesis. APP is a 100-140 kDa transmembrane glycoprotein that exists as several isoforms resulting from alternative splicing. Proteolytic cleavage of APP by beta- and gamma-secretases results in the generation of beta amyloid, which is the primary component of senile plaques. Senile plaques are one of the major histopathologic features of Alzheimer's disease. Abnormal regulation and processing of APP also plays a role in Down's syndrome, early onset familial Alzheimer's disease, and cerebral hemorrhage.
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Protein Aliases: Abeta40; Abeta42; ABPP; AICD-50; AICD-57; AICD-59; Alpha-CTF; Alpha-secretase C-terminal fragment; Alzheimer disease amyloid A4 protein homolog; Alzheimer disease amyloid protein; Amyloid b precursor protein; amyloid beta (A4) precursor protein; Amyloid intracellular domain 50; Amyloid intracellular domain 57; Amyloid intracellular domain 59; Amyloid precursor protein; Amyloid β precursor protein; Amyloid-beta (A4) precursor protein; Amyloid-beta A4 protein; Amyloid-beta precursor protein; Amyloid-beta protein 40; Amyloid-beta protein 42; APP; APPI; beta-amyloid peptide; beta-amyloid peptide(1-40); beta-amyloid peptide(1-42); beta-amyloid precursor protein; Beta-APP40; Beta-APP42; Beta-CTF; Beta-secretase C-terminal fragment; C31; C80; C83; C99; Cerebral vascular amyloid peptide; CVAP; Gamma-CTF(50); Gamma-CTF(57); Gamma-CTF(59); Gamma-secretase C-terminal fragment 50; Gamma-secretase C-terminal fragment 57; Gamma-secretase C-terminal fragment 59; N-APP; P3(40); P3(42); Pan-Abeta; peptidase nexin-II; PN-II; PreA4; Protease nexin-II; S-APP-alpha; S-APP-beta; Soluble APP-alpha; Soluble APP-beta; testicular tissue protein Li 2
Gene Aliases: A4; AAA; ABETA; ABPP; AD1; APP; APPI; CTFgamma; CVAP; PN-II; PN2
UniProt ID: (Human) P05067
Entrez Gene ID: (Human) 351
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Sausage sizzle catering – how much to order guide
Sausage sizzles can be tricky things to cater. Especially when you're working on an unknown number of expected attendees at your event. But fear not! We're here to help and have put together a guide based on recommendations from the sausage sizzle masters, Bunnings, as well as our fabulous readers and their experiences.
Keep in mind that the more you can get donated, or the better the deal you can negotiate, the more money goes into your bank account at the end of the day. So, let's crack on with the numbers. Oh, and if you're wanting a more in-depth guide to organising the whole kit and caboodle of your sausage sizzle, check out our Ultimate Sausage Sizzle Organisers Guide.
This is a rough guide based on and some things to consider when ordering or purchasing will be:
- Time of day – daytime event vs nighttime event
- Length of event – just a few hours or an all-day event
- Number of students at your school or club – smaller schools and clubs should err on the low end of our suggestions
- Will there be other food stalls?
- Predicted weather for your event – sales can be lower on rainy/overcast days. Although your coffee and hot chocolate sales will be up! 😉
- Time of year – drinks sales are like to be higher in the warmer months
- Try to have someone on standby in case an emergency run to the shops for additional supplies is needed
We've also included a summary page which will be helpful for your handover notes for future events. You're welcome! 🙂
One final, and very important point: Where ever you get your onions from, ask for them to be sliced!!! You might have to pay a little extra, but trust me, it's worth it. I speak from experience, having sliced 10kgs of onion for a sausage sizzle once. Goggles do nothing. Nothing I tell you!!!
PRO TIP: Get to know your local Lions or Rotary group as they can become a real asset, particularly with fundraising like sausage sizzles. Some of these groups will come to your event and not only run your sausage sizzle for you but may supply the sausages, bread and condiments too. That's extra $$$'s for your group.
|Suggested Number/kg's to purchase
|630 – 770 (45-55kg)
|15 – 20kg
|Bread (loaves)
|30 -35 loaves
|2ltrs of each
|Coke Cans
|4 x 30 packs
|Diet/Zero Cans
|2 x 30 packs
|2 x 24 packs
|2 x 24 packs
|2 x 24 packs
Hopefully, that will give you a good starting point, particularly if you don't have previous event info. We have created a template you might find helpful – it's in our free resources section.
And to finish off here's a list of 'other things to remember':
- Gas bottles (make sure they're full!)
- Napkins
- Garbage bags
- Bin
- Alfoil
- Foil trays that you can keep cooked food in on the BBQ
- Aprons
- Disposable gloves
- Float and a cash tin
- Price list
- Paper towels
- Tables
- Tablecloths
- Separate eskies for drinks and uncooked food (or easy access to a fridge)
- Ice
- Cooking Utensils: tongs, spatulas, knives
- Oil
- Hand sanitizer
We have written a comprehensive eBook on running a sausage sizzle, that is contained, along with a HEAP of other amazing resources, templates and downloads, in our FREE RESOURCES section, which is free to join Sign up here.
Originally published 11 October, 2018
You may also be interested in:
- What should we charge for a sausage sizzle and bacon and egg rolls?
- Bunnings Sausage Sizzles Fundraiser BBQ
- Sausage Sizzle Organiser eBook

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362 2nd Ave., Gramercy
Like so many of the city's best new cafés, this Gramercy spot was opened by a team of Aussies in a neighborhood that could do with a couple more stellar cafés (there's another in Chelsea). The food skews healthy, and we love the all-day breakfast—especially the smoked salmon eggs, which come with a roasted beet labneh. The coffee house scene transitions to wine and cocktails at night, so after working for a few hours during the day, you won't have to go far to unwind with a different sort of beverage.
119 E. 18th St., Gramercy
Tex-Mex isn't a type of cuisine you'd normally associate with New York City, but after a meal at this cheerful spot in Gramercy (a few blocks north of Union Square), you might rethink that idea. Grab some friends and order the traditional queso (yellow cheese tomatillos, serrano peppers, pico de gallo) and a round of prickly pear margaritas before diving into your entree. The chile relleno is reliably tasty, as are the grilled shrimp tacos, topped with salsa cruda, pico de gallo, cotija cheese, and cilantro. The central location makes it a great group dinner spot, but there's also a second location on the Upper East Side..
Bar Jamón
125 E. 17th St., Gramercy
Tucked into a tiny (very tiny) space next door to Casa Mono, this U-shaped tapas bar by Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich has been around for more than a decade. The crowd is typically neighborhood types grabbing quick drinks, lots of (stylish) first dates, or those swinging by for a nightcap post dinner next door. The pared-down menu, which is scrawled on the mirror behind the bar, includes pan con tomate, tortila, and jamon iberico—in addition to, obviously, great reds. Food Photos: Kate Previte; Exterior Photo: Kelly Campbell
442 Third Ave., Gramercy
This hangout for Australians (for real) offers an insanely delicious burger, along with meal-worthy salads, making it a great pit-stop for a quick bite. Due to its popularity, the original location in Nolita has doubled in size (expanding into next door's space) since opening in 2003. This is actually their second location.
2 Lexington Ave., Gramercy
Maialino is NYC restauranteur Danny Meyer's trattoria outpost at Gramercy Park Hotel. The kitchen is helmed by Nick Anderer, who previously had stints at kitchens in Rome and Milan and Italian ones Stateside, like Mario Batali's Babbo. (Anderer is also still a big part of the pizza joint, Marta, too.) The dinner menu is very well done, and they have a nice, separate space for private parties. But less expected is that this is also an ideal spot to grab a cup of coffee or stay and sit for a bit if you find yourself in Gramercy during the afternoon.
Casa Mono
125 E. 17th St., Gramercy
Mario Batali and Andy Nusser's tiny tapas spot opened over a decade ago, but the vibe and food is still just as great—particularly on those days when you're really missing Spain. The menu leans pretty heavily on proteins, but the more veggie-driven dishes (asparagus with octopus, spring leeks vinaigrette) hold their own, too. Meanwhile, Mono's sister property next door, Bar Jamón, is great for a post-dinner nightcap. Both spaces can accommodate full buyouts for private parties.
381 Park Ave. S, Gramercy
Sarabeth's started out as a bakery in Chelsea Market in the 80s, where owner Sarabeth Levine perfected cookies, scones, and cakes (with unabashed amounts of sugar, flour, and butter). After she became legendary, she opened Sarabeth's and basically launched the craze that is weekend Brunch. Years later, it's still hard to get a breakfast reservation at any of her roomy, all-American, restaurants, but it's so worth it for luscious pancakes and french toast, not to mention ideal omelettes. There are additional locations in the Upper East Side, Midtown, Upper West Side, and Tribeca.
Bar Jamón
125 E. 17th St., Gramercy
This is a Batali-Bastianich collaboration, so expect nothing less than delicious tapas—excellent meats, manchego cheese, boquerones—all served up as authentically as if you were in Madrid. If you come just for drinks, you won't be disappointed by the list, and you can pretty much make a meal out of a few of their authentic offerings. (If you're still hungry, head next door to Casa Mono.)
Organic Avenue (Closed)
254 Park Ave. S, Gramercy
The results of their 5-day juice programs are always pretty amazing and the juices and smoothies (especially the coconut mylk and the cacao smoothie) are so delicious that we stock up on them whenever we're in town. In addition to juices, they offer healthy prepared foods, making it a good choice for a quick lunch.
123 Lexington Ave., Gramercy
As serious home cooks attest, Kalustyan's may just be the best international food stockist in the world. Operating out of the same Lexington Avenue location since 1944, they stock every spice, grain, cracker, and chutney in the world from India to Italy, along with just the right implements, whether it be a tortilla press or a tagine. The sheer size of the honey aisle alone is enough to drop jaws. It's a foodie mecca, not just for the seemingly infinite varieties of foods and international kitchen tools, but for the outstanding sandwiches and middle-eastern/mediterranean nosh served at their cafe upstairs.


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My (chinese) new year resolution is to watch more movies. So.. here's some quick glimpse of what I've watched for this new year.
1. Fearless
Good movie with usual Jet Li real kungfu flicks, touching story and embedded with many buddhist ideology. Worth watching though. Not your usual CNY movie as people dies, and the movie tend to make you cry. Don't expect the movie to entertain you like those Wong-Jing style comedy. You'll be disappointed.
2. Syriana
A deep, intelligent movie (that's how my cousins classify it). Yet, it's more like a Wong-Ka-Wai style movie. Trying to put 3 pieces of story together into 1 movie. Nevertheless, if you are "sensitive" enough, you might be able to put everything into one piece. Basically the movie itself is trying to bring out the uglier side of American government that fights for own good by sacrificing others. For instance, Prince Nasir was killed. In addition, the little johnny practically jihad himself as the result of selfish Americans (though I do not support the act of jihad). I didn't mention the plot, as what I bla-out is what I understood from the movie itself, and you're welcome to give some feedback :)
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Qt 4.8.4 on windows 7 - qt-win-opensource-4.8.4-vs2010.exe
I installed the package qt-win-opensource-4.8.4-vs2010.exe, on my windows 7 machine into a folder (d:\lib\Qt\4.8.4).
However , under the lib directory (d:\lib\Qt\4.8.4\lib) , I am only seeing the .lib files and not the .dll files.
I presume that Qtcore4.dll and Qtgui4.dll are needed to deploy my application. How come they are not there in that lib directory.
I did spot the dlls in the bin folder (d:\lib\Qt\4.8.4\bin), but i suppose those are present there to satisfy the QT Designer's dependencies.
Am i supposed to use the dlls from the bin folder ?
If i do compile Qt from source, i see the Dll's created inside the lib folder. However, I do not know, what all components that i need to compile, so that i do not miss any dependency. I chose to take the less risky approach of using the qt-win-opensource-4.8.4-vs2010.exe installer.
Hi! Which platform do you normally use for development?
On the Windows *.lib files are needed at compile time, and *.dll at runtime.
You can find your application depends using "Dependency Walker":http://www.dependencywalker.com.
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AFAIK, they are always on the bin folder if you used the pre-built binary(qt-win-opensource-4.8.4-vs2010.exe). That should still be fine since the .lib file knows where is the corresponding .dll can be located.
I am actually using the Windows, Mac and Linux platform. I am trying to write an application that would be open source, so that, anybody can compile it for their respective platforms.
Since, the Dlls are in the bin folder, I am satisfied now. So, i can use the dlls from the bin folder and use it in my package for application deployment.
however , i am curious and would love if anybody could explain , the reason, why, the DLLs appear in the lib folder, when i compile Qt from source, but when i install it from an installer (qt-win-opensource-4.8.4-vs2010.exe in this case), the DLLs are in the bin folder.
Are not the QtCore4.dll and QtCoreGui4.dll libraries ? if they are libraries, why are they not in the lib folder?
Am i to assume that, the QT Designer also uses the same Dll's, and hence to save space, the DLLs have been put into the bin folder ?
What IDE do you use? (I prefer QtCreator)
If there are no problems with the compilation, look depending runtime using Dependency Walker (tell it to your *.exe).
To run the application *.dll to be found in the application folder or the path to it should be specified in the environment variable PATH.
Usually there are no problems when running the application from the IDE (variable PATH will contain the correct value).
QtCreator is very good. I am trying to get it to work with cmake as that has been my tool of choice.
I sometimes, use Codeblocks or Codelite just for variety.
I also started using СMake some time ago.
I've used it in several projects.
QtCreator + CMake working well on Linux and Windows (my experience).


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This listing is for 500ml of Rapeseed Oil from Staffordshire with a glass bottle (worth £1.80).
You can refill this bottle if you bring it back clean and dry on your next shop - please select the REFILL 500ml Rapeseed Oil listing.
Please note we are not accepting any other bottles to be refilled other than specified at this time.
You will be asked to wash your hands and sanitise the exterior of the bottle (sanitiser and paper towels provided) before handing it over to a member of staff. Thank you!
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Colour: Navy blue/cream felt wool
Size: 46 x 46 cm (18 x 18 inches)
This fabulous Jan Constantine Crab cushion in Navy wool is a lovely reminder of days spent messing about in rock pools by the seaside.
Made from rich navy blue wool felt and appliquéd with a magnificent crab in cream with black claws, this beautiful design is hand-embroidered with blanket stitch, chain stitch and is finished with French knots. The edges of this striking wool cushion have cream blanket stitch and it fastens on the back with 2 mother of pearl buttons. This unique designer cushion will make a delightful gift or purchase for anyone who loves the sea or is lucky enough to live near it.
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No matter how large the company or whether its B2C or B2B, at its foundation every business is a local business. This is especially true in areas like healthcare services, where people come for hands-on help.
So local business SEO becomes a vital tool for helping current and potential customers find (and choose) your company from the many others in your area.
Studies show that Internet users pay the most attention to only the first few "organic" (non-paid) results on the first page of a search engine result list – and they give subsequent results only a minor glance (if that much).
So if your site appears lower on the first page – or on the second page and beyond – it's like not having a site at all! You want to be at the top of the page, and local business SEO can help get you there.
Your SEO services provider is your partner in creating tactics that push your website or other content to the top of the search result pages. When you work with a proven, affordable agency, you'll get access to their analytic and creative expertise – but you can also take simple steps now to help boost your local SEO results.
Claim your search engine profile. Google Places, Yahoo Local and Bing Local exist to help businesses like yours gain local SEO ground! Setting up your account involves going through some verification steps – but afterward, your site will be better optimized for good local results.
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Tommaso Salzillo, Antonio Campos and Marta Mas-Torrent. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 10257-10263.
Charge transfer (CT) complexes are attracting great interest as potential candidate ambipolar semiconductors. However, their application in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) has been limited to ideal single crystals or to films prepared by co-evaporation of their components, hindering their potential for real applications. Here, we report the preparation of thin films of the CT complex DBTTF–TCNQ using a simple solution shearing technique. This was achieved by blending the active materials with polystyrene to promote film processability, reproducibility and stability. Infrared and Raman spectroscopies were used, respectively, for charge transfer degree estimation and structural identification of the films. The resulting OFET devices, fabricated and measured completely under environmental conditions, exhibited an ambipolar field-effect. Thus, this work opens new perspectives for the application of CT salts in electronic devices.
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How many times in your life have you asked the question "why me?"
I know I have more times than I would like to admit. In one way, this question is naive and in another way it feels like the right question, but in totality it depends when and in what situation you are asking it.
Most often this question is asked during times of suffering, dismay, or disappointment. To be fair to our hearts, it is a very human question but a very small story minded question. What kind of story do you believe you live in? Do you live in a small story that is only about you and the things most important to you or do you believe you live in a larger story, where you are part of an incredible journey that involves something bigger than you? How you answer either of these questions will bring you closer to the answer of "why me?"
If your story is small, than your place in this world is small. But is that what your heart yearns for, to live a seemingly inconsequential life, here for just a short time? That you are here to get the most out of life or to live in such a way that you strive to make life work for you?
If your story is larger, than you leave room for you to play a larger part in something beyond what is right in front of you; and maybe, just maybe, your story is connected with millions of other stories and your life is far more valuable than you could possibly imagine! Doesn't this possibility make your heart stir and fill with anticipation? The idea that you matter, and you do matter infinitely more than you know or comprehend, is not just a possibility, it is reality.
You matter, you matter greatly. Your life is so important, so valued that God himself decided you were worth giving his life for. Not just dying for, but also suffering for. Jesus came to earth to live the most human of human experiences. He came as a seemingly small part in the story in form of a baby, but his life was much bigger and interwoven into the hearts of all mankind before he appeared in the story. In fact, his life was the largest story of all, and he came to invite you into his story. He came to offer you his life, his heart, his ways, his love, and his freedom. Jesus knows suffering, and the urge to ask "why me?" he knows to the core of his own humanity. He let us into his "why me?" moment while he agonized in the Garden of Gesthemene right before he would endure the worst suffering known to human history as he awaited the beginning of his journey to the cross:
"Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will." -Matthew 26:39 NIV
Jesus asked "why me?" It is the most human of human questions to ask in the midst of suffering. Take notice though of what Jesus said next: "Yet not as I will, but as you will." Jesus answered his "why me" question by choosing you. The "why me?" answer for Jesus is YOU!!
The next time you ask yourself "why me?", instead of asking it from a place of a self-focused, small story-centered heart, ask it from a place of being chosen, from a perspective of being worth more than life itself. God himself laid down his life so you could have life, and not just your life but his life to live the fullest way your life could ever be lived. Remember, when Jesus chose you, he chose you in the midst of his deepest agony and yet he never turned from his mission to rescue you. He answered the question "why me?" with the greatest act of sacrifice in history. Why you? Love, with Jesus, it always comes back to love.
Will you take the step towards him and let him answer "why me?" for you or will you continue to live your own way in your own small story, when his offer is life, freedom, healing, and a place in the larger story? He loves you enough to answer "why me?" for you but he also loves you enough to let you answer "why me?" for yourself. What will you choose?
The most important relationship for every one of us is our relationship with Jesus Christ. Choosing to believe that he is who he claimed to be—the Son of God and the only way to salvation—and receiving him by faith as your Lord and Savior is the most vital act anyone will ever do. We want life. He is Life. We need cleansing. He is the Living Water.
Here is a simple prayer if you have not yet given your life to Jesus and invited him into yours:
Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God, that you died on the cross to rescue me from sin and death and to restore me to the Father. I choose now to turn from my sins, my self-centeredness, and every part of my life that does not please you. I choose you. I give myself to you. I receive your forgiveness and ask you to take your rightful place in my life as my Savior and Lord. Come reign in my heart, fill me with your love and your life, and help me to become a person who is truly loving—a person like you. Restore me, Jesus. Live in me. Love through me. Thank you, God. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.


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The brushes came out early this weekend; Jenny stayed in bed all morning trying desperately to shake off her cold/bug/fever, so out came the pop up studio. The two resulting canvases, 'ATV' and 'Marquee' are pretty self explanatory. Growing up in the Midlands in the seventies, ATV was the default ITV transmitter (though our aerial would often pick up Anglia and Yorkshire if the atmospherics were right). The opening credits, usually blue and yellow in colour, remain etched on my retinas. However, I've painted the red and green livery often used to herald Tiswas on Saturday mornings. And for any TV historians out there, this year marks the programme's fortieth anniversary.
The Marquee in Wardour Street W1 is often name checked around here. It was tacky, it was loud, it was marvellous. And its stage backdrop was iconic.
I'm thinking of starting a new website just for my canvases. I only started doing them just after Christmas and already I've got the makings of a small (but perfectly formed) exhibition. I don't profess to be an artist, I'm just a man who owns a few paint brushes. But I do enjoy throwing a bit of paint around on a Saturday and Sunday morning.
Saturday 14 February 2015
More art for art's sake
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you may have a new ism there John!!ReplyDelete
Be sure to share the details of the new website as and when. I'm really enjoying watching your portfolio build every week.ReplyDelete
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Riau, propinsi (or provinsi; province), east-central Sumatra, Indonesia. It is bounded by the province of North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara) to the north and northwest, by the Strait of Malacca to the east and Berhala Strait to the southeast, and by the provinces of Jambi to the south and West Sumatra (Sumatera Barat) to the west. Riau includes the islands of Rupat, Bengkalis, Rangsang, and Rantau in the Strait of Malacca. The capital is Pekanbaru, in the west-central part of the province. Area 33,600 square miles (87,024 square km). Pop. (2009 est.) 5,538,367.
The Batak Plateau and the Padang Highlands of the Barisan Mountains, situated along the western boundary of Riau, are the only major uplands in the province. The Tigapuluh Mountains, with an average elevation of 2,369 feet (722 metres), thrust northward near the province's south-central boundary. A belt of swamps, fed by the Rokan, Tapung, Siak, Kampar, and Indragiri rivers flowing eastward from the highlands, extends inward from the coast to a maximum width of about 150 miles (240 km); swamps also cover the greater part of Rupat and Bengkalis islands. The region is subject to occasional flooding, and the coast is deeply indented by estuaries. The swamp vegetation includes sedge, pandanus, rattan, and ferns; dense bamboo thickets border the swamps at many places, and the estuaries are dotted with mangroves.
Riau's population consists primarily of Malay peoples, and Islam is the predominant religion. The Minangkabau, Batak, and Chinese communities are among the most prominent minority groups.
Agriculture is a major occupation in Riau, with rice, corn (maize), cassava, soybeans, copra (dried coconut meat), gambier (a plant producing a resin used for tanning and dyeing), and pepper among the main products. There also are moderate logging and fishing industries. The principal large-scale industry is the extraction of petroleum from fields near Pekanbaru. Sungai Pakning and Dumai, both on the northern coast, have oil refineries. Other manufacturing activities include food processing, papermaking, and wood carving. Much of the internal transport is by riverboat; good roads are confined largely to the hinterland around Pekanbaru. There is an international airport in Pekanbaru, and several smaller facilities handle domestic flights.
The region formed part of the Buddhist Srivijaya empire, with its capital at Palembang (in southeastern Sumatra), and served as a base for the conquest of kingdoms on the Malay Peninsula in the 7th century ce. The Hindu Majapahit empire of eastern Java established supremacy over the region in the 14th century, after the fall of the Srivijaya empire. Muslim states were established in the 16th century, following the disintegration of the Majapahit empire. When the Portuguese seized the Malay state of Malacca in 1511, its last sultan retained Johore (Johor) on the Malay Peninsula and the Riau archipelago at its southern tip. The Dutch arrived in 1596, and the British followed shortly afterward. Rivalries between the European powers and attacks by sea pirates adversely affected the fortunes of the region, which had come under Dutch control by the end of the 18th century.
After an interval of Japanese occupation (1942–45) during World War II, the province was incorporated into the newly formed Republic of Indonesia in 1950 as part of the province of Central Sumatra. In 1957 Central Sumatra was divided into the provinces of West Sumatra, Jambi, and Riau. At that time, Riau included the neighbouring Riau and Lingga archipelagos as well as the Anambas, Tambelan, and Natuna island groups in the waters between the Malay Peninsula and northwestern Borneo. Those island territories were separated administratively from mainland Riau in 2002 to become Riau Islands province.


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Federal and state incentives steer RNG toward transportation, creating a barrier for utilities hoping to promote it.
Natural gas, hailed by some as the bridge to a clean energy future, is feeling the strain of fitting into a low-carbon future. While cleaner than coal and oil, it still has significant greenhouse gas emissions, especially if leaks from production and pipelines are counted.
Now some natural gas utilities are trying to green up their fuel by promoting the use of renewable natural gas, or RNG, which is methane gas produced by landfills, manure digesters, sewage treatment plants, and other biological sources. On the horizon are experiments using surplus wind and solar electricity to make methane using hydrogen in a synthetic natural gas formula.
But gas utilities may run up against limits in the availability of RNG and face competition with other sectors that want to use it. State and federal policies are pushing hard to cut carbon from transportation fuels, with incentives so lucrative that gas and electric utilities are being priced out. This could spell trouble for RNG's success as a source of low-carbon heating fuel or on-demand electricity.
What is renewable natural gas?
The main source of RNG — also known as biomethane, biogas, or renewable methane — currently is organic materials rotting in landfills, sewage treatment plants, and biodigesters. As organic material rots without oxygen, it produces methane.
RNG can also be created from gasification, where biomass is heated under pressure until it gives off volatile gases. And even more exotically, methane can be created by using electricity to split hydrogen away from water and combining it with carbon. These approaches are viable technically but not yet financially.
RNG can offer a double climate benefit: It replaces fossil fuels with renewable fuels but it also can stop methane from leaking into the atmosphere from sources such as livestock and landfills. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas — 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide over 100 years, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It accounts for 16 percent of global emissions, with 60 percent of that coming from human activities like industry, agriculture, and waste management. Simply capturing methane for use as an energy source helps avoid these impacts.
It is also attractive technically. It is a more convenient and flexible form of energy than other kinds of biomass energy, like wood. It can be used for anything that natural gas is, including powering vehicles and heating homes. It can be blended with the natural gas supply, and thus be moved easily and stored for long periods.
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Renewable natural gas offers an enticing way for natural gas utilities to respond to regulatory pressure to cut carbon emissions, and stave off calls to replace natural gas with electricity.
SoCal Gas, the nation's largest natural gas distribution utility, serving 21.8 million people in more than 500 communities, commissioned a study by Navigant Consulting that found replacing 16 percent of California's natural gas supply with RNG would cut greenhouse gas emissions as much as converting all buildings to electric-only energy by 2030. They also say it is three times more cost effective than an electrification pathway.
California legislators are responding, passing legislation last year that requires regulators to consider adopting a renewable gas mandate, analogous to the renewable electricity standards that 30 states have adopted. If implemented by the state utility commission, gas utilities would have to buy 32 billion cubic feet of RNG by 2030, the first such mandate in the U.S. Oregon is looking at a similar approach as part of its carbon policy.
But critics are pushing back, saying that we should instead replace natural gas — renewable or not — with renewable electricity, to "electrify everything."
"There is nowhere near enough RNG to meet our heating load in the building sector," said Rachel Golden of the Sierra Club. "Let alone other sectors that are harder to electrify."
Golden pointed out that SoCal Gas assumed in their study that more than 75 percent of the gas would come from out of state. Even if all in-state sources were tapped, they could supply only 2.5 percent of statewide gas consumption, she said, or about 10 percent of heat and hot water needs in buildings.
"It's just not a scalable strategy," she argued.
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Gas utilities' hopes of bringing RNG to their customers are also running up against a policy bias. National and state laws provide generous incentives to steer RNG to the transportation fuel market.
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By far the biggest policy driver is the federal renewable fuel standard. Congress created the standard in 2005 and expanded it in 2007, seeking to promote energy independence and boost the fortunes of Midwest corn farmers. The renewable fuel standard called for 15 billion gallons of conventional corn ethanol by 2015 and an additional 22 billion gallons by 2030 from innovative fuels like ethanol made from cellulosic materials.
But it has proven difficult to cost-effectively convert corn waste, grasses, and woody crops into liquid fuels. Only a handful of cellulosic refineries are operating, producing only 15 million gallons in 2018 — well short of the 7 billion gallons called for in the renewable fuel standard. DuPont recently sold its Iowa cellulosic ethanol plant to German company Verbio, which plans to convert it to produce RNG from corn waste to sell into the California market.
As a workaround, the EPA in 2014 made renewable natural gas eligible for the cellulosic category. The change caused biomethane production to jump nearly six-fold, from 33 million ethanol-equivalent gallons in 2014 to 189 million in 2016, accounting for almost all compliance with the policy. Although the value of compliance credits is determined on the market, a waiver from the program was set by the EPA at $1.96 per gallon-equivalent in 2018.
A second policy driver has been California's low-carbon fuel standard, which requires oil companies to cut the carbon content of their fuel 10 percent by 2020. They can do so by making their refineries more efficient, sequestering carbon, or paying others to market cleaner fuels, through a credit market. Credit values are determined by the life-cycle emissions of fuels.
The low-carbon fuel standard has resulted in an explosion of fuel innovation. Almost 500 products have participated in the program, with 13 different types of fuel made from 63 categories of feedstock, ranging from Australian tallow to wheat straw.
There are 66 RNG products in the program, making up only 5 percent of eligible low-carbon fuels in 2017. All but three of the products are sourced from landfill gas projects. The few RNG products from livestock waste rate as the cleanest because they prevent fugitive methane emissions.
Corn ethanol accounts for about 60 percent of the volume of fuels sold in the program, but has higher emissions than RNG. As a result, it earns less than one-third of the total value of credits. Current rates of $188 per metric ton of carbon dioxide translate into about 50 cents per gallon-equivalent for ethanol, while the best livestock waste project earns a whopping $7.50.
Putting the renewable and low-carbon standards together, a livestock manure program can earn about $9.50 per gallon-equivalent. That is equal to a payment of about $86 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas. A landfill gas RNG project earns on average 90 cents per gallon-equivalent, or $8.20 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas. Considering the retail price to residential customers in California averaged only $12.49 in 2017, such a premium for RNG is a daunting barrier for natural gas utilities, or any other buyer.
Baby steps
The competition has led Midwestern gas utility Centerpoint Energy to try a more modest approach to RNG. CenterPoint has proposed a pilot program in Minnesota that lets consumers set a dollar amount on their bill that would go for RNG. The high value of transportation incentives was cited as a key barrier to a more aggressive offering.
Despite the success of California's low-carbon fuel standard in driving innovation, not all are convinced that transportation fuels are the right place for RNG. Jimmy O'Dea of the Union of Concerned Scientists argues that rapid progress in electric vehicles makes any gas-based motor fuel a dead end.
What then should be done with RNG? O'Dea points out that since RNG is injected into pipelines where it is produced, rather than being physically delivered to the user, it is a policy decision about who should buy the credits.
"Anybody connected to pipeline could be a 'user' if the credits say they are," he said. He thinks industrial processes and chemical manufacturing, even oil refineries, could be the best use for it, since they are hard to decarbonize in other ways.
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Knowing When to Give Up or Go On
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.-Harriet Beecher Stowe
I have a hard time with this quote because I'm not at all good at deciding what to hold on to and what to let go of? Do you feel that way too?
At times, I have held tightly to the railing of a" sinking vessel" while watching those around me jump ship. I've stood there while it all went down, myself included. I was once part of a ministry that I just couldn't let go of. It was needed. It was helpful. It wasn't working, and I kept trying to keep it afloat.
Then I've been guilty of the opposite problem. I've given up way too early on legitimate dreams. Writing dreams, blogging dreams. I've started multiple blogs, only to shut them down and lose any followers, and traction I had.
I've given up opportunities to write, to speak, to be a part of events of great importance. Why? Because of the fear of failure. The fear of being known. The fear of making mistakes in front of others. The fear of success.
Once, my alma mater asked me to speak at the retirement ceremony of a beloved English professor, my most admired professor. I never responded because I was to attend a training seminar for a ministry, the one that died a slow painful death mentioned above. I held on to one thing at the expense of another. Have you ever given up something that was precious for what you thought you "should do?"
So how do we decide what we should give up on and when we should perservere?
I wish I had a 5 point list to help us with these decisions. I wish there was some simple formula. But there isn't. The only thing I can say is….
I knew in my gut what I should do. I just didn't do it.
- I knew I should have quit leading the ministry that was dying, but I held on because it was good.
- I knew my first blog excited my passion for writing, but I listened to others and changed my focus.
- I knew I should speak of my gratitude for a wonderful women instead of attending the seminar, but I followed my responsibilities.
I think if we take the time to listen to our gut, we know.
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Anyway moving onto the real reason for this post... which is that I've now got my hands on 4 of the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean collection (which I have been very excited about) so can now swatch them for you; although I've decided to do the swatches of the shades I have from this collection in 2 separate posts.
This is firstly because I didn't want to overload one post with lots of pictures of all 4 shades, and also because I had difficulty getting the colours to show accurately on the pictures, so I'm going to have to redo the greens (Stranger Tides & Mermaid's Tears) later on, or tomorrow, but up first we have 'Planks A Lot' (purple-y) and 'Sparrow Me The Drama' (pink). Please excuse my cuticles, they're not in the greatest condition, nor is my manicure the best I've ever done - but we're not looking at that anyway as it's the colours that are of interest here, non? :-)
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Actually, even though I have redone these photos I still think that 'Planks A Lot' especially isn't showing true to colour in some of the pictures; it is actually a little bit darker, and with slightly less of a blue tinge to it than the photos show it to have. If pushed I guess I'd describe it as a grape-y grurple. I found that this needed 3 coats (not too thick) but I gave it 4 to be on the safe side.
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Also, 'Sparrow Me The Drama' is again slightly darker than the photos show and a little duskier too. This was pretty opaque at 2 coats, but I gave it 3 just to be sure. It looks a bit patchy in the pictures but I think that's just the way the light/flash is reflecting off it as it doesn't look like that now, and it didn't when I was taking the pictures either.
I love both these shades; they're girly but still have an edginess to them that stops them from being overly pink and fluffy. I can't wait to try the Silver Shatter over the top of them.
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Offensive rebounds off missed free throws and poor offensive execution down the stretch crushed any chance of an upset for Colorado women's basketball, as the Buffs fell 53-49 to No. 7 California.
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Colorado (11-2, 0-2 Pac-12) came out of the gates with much more authority than they showed on Friday against Stanford. Brittany Wilson held Cal's leading scorer Layshia Clarendon scoreless in the first half. Third and fourth leading scorers Gennifer Brandon and Talia Caldwell were also held without a point to their names, as CU entered the locker room with the score tied at 24.
Chucky Jeffery - who only had three points in the first half - came out of halftime determined to give Colorado their second win over a top ten opponent on the season. Jeffery converted a layup on the opening possession of the second half and proceeded to grab a rebound off an Arielle Roberson block and take it the length of the floor to give Colorado their biggest lead of the game at 28-24.
However the Golden Bears responded well. After an Ashley Wilson layup at the 17:11 mark, Cal would hold CU without a point for nearly five minutes. Jen Reese broke the drought with a layup, bringing Colorado to within two points at 36-34.
The Buffs would tie the game for the final time at the 10:54 mark, as Arielle Roberson punctuated a spectacular three-point play with a made free throw to knot the score at 38.
After Roberson's free throw, Colorado was plagued by another scoring dry spell, this one lasting over five minutes. Reese once again put an end to the scoreless streak, as she hit her signature turn-around jumper in the post, cutting the Cal lead to six.
Colorado would cut to margin to three just seconds later as Arielle Roberson nailed a three-pointer from the left wing. Cal countered by pushing their lead back up to eight. Sensing the game slipping away, Jeffery and Brittany Wilson scored six consecutive points, to bring the Buffs within two, 49-51 with just 23 seconds remaining.
Needing to stop the clock, Brittany Wilson fouled Clarendon with 15 seconds on the game clock. Clarendon, a 76 percent free throw shooter, missed both shots, but Reshanda Grey snagged the offensive rebound, prompting the Golden Bears' head coach Lindsay Gottlieb to call for time.
Once again, Colorado sent Clarendon to the line, where she missed the first but sunk the second. Gottlieb took another timeout. Out of the timeout, Jeffery drove the length of the floor. As she neared the baseline, she looked for Lexy Kresl coming off a backside screen at left corner, but dribbled the ball out of bounds.
With only four seconds remaining, Colorado sent Brittany Boyd to the line, where she missed both shots, but once again Cal was able to snag the offensive rebound, effectively putting the game to bed.
"They were lower, more physical and quicker than us off the line," said Lappe on her team's inability to rebound off missed free throws. "A lot of times they were getting inside position before we had inside position and they exploded up. Not getting those rebounds, I think, was the difference in the game tonight."
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(A founding member of the USMC Anti-Terrorism Battalion (ATBN), highly sought government firearms and tactical training consultant, and creator of the 30-10 Pistol Training System.)
Dear fellow shooter,
There are 2 times in your life when you're totally alone. Just before you die… and just when you realize all those rounds you sent downrange in your "practice" and "training" were useless because you're FROZEN with no clue what to do next…hoping that continuing to do the wrong thing, just faster, will save the day…
Do you want that to be you? Neither do I. Hopefully your confidence with a firearm is enough for you to take charge of ANY situation thrown at you.
But more than 90% of the shooters I train who haven't seen combat are COMPLETELY oblivious to what happens in real combat. And make no mistake, anytime you're fighting for your life… that's combat!
Unfortunately, this likely includes most local CCW instructors (Sorry guys) and may even include people like you.
That same group of shooters would end up dead if ever confronted with a real combat situation…unless they drilled down and discovered the surprisingly simple, yet dirty little secrets that can take them from amateur to pro in less than a month for less than what you probably spend on coffee.
These are secrets that go beyond what's taught in weekend firearms courses, aren't taught in self-defense courses, aren't part of "gun training pop-culture" and efficiently cut through the time and budget limitations of most police departments.
Believe it or not, in the next few minutes, I'm going to show you how you can have a much higher level of skill with your pistol than 90% of all shooters (including military, law enforcement, and competitive shooters) while conducting almost all of your training in the convenience and comfort of your own home using the 30-10 Pistol system.
But more importantly, you need to understand that my combat time was a little different than most firearms instructors with military backgrounds.
Most guys in the military carry a long gun as their primary weapon and, if they even carry a pistol, it's a distant backup to their primary. As a result, they have to qualify with pistols, but most (even most special operations personnel) aren't nearly as good with a pistol as with a carbine. Some are excellent with a pistol, but that's an exception and not the rule.
This is very different for guys who have to operate solo or in very small teams teams, embedded in foreign paramilitary groups operating in a hostile urban environment. For them, their rifle is for other terrorists and insurgents, but the pistol is always at hand, usually concealed, to defend against assassination and kidnap attempts from among the "guys" they are "advising.
"One of the things that sets Chris apart from most military shooting instructors…even special operations shooting instructors…is that he spent time embedded in an Iraqi paramilitary unit hunting terrorists and dodging the assassination and kidnap plans of terrorist cell members within the force he was living with.
He didn't sleep with a rifle in his hand. He slept with a pistol in his hand, always concealed.
He became a master at combat and self-defense pistol shooting because he had situations where he was walking into meetings, miles away from the closest American operating base, with known terrorists. The thing that he counted on to get him out of that room and back to teammates and his own rifle was a concealed pistol.
If things went hot, he would have to take care of business with the pistol he had concealed, his wits, and nothing more."
-Phil Dwyer,
former USAF Pararescueman and
current US Government training consultant
I don't say any of this to brag, and it's actually quite uncomfortable to write, but on a topic as important as defensive shooting, you need to know that your instructor is worth listening to, and potentially trusting your life to. I've been in several close range gunfights and have been fortunate enough to have come out on top of each one… even in the high intensity combat of the Battle of Fallujah… and I want you to be able to do the same.
. . .I've been fortunate enough to have the US Government pay for me to travel around the globe and train with many of the highest of the high-speed, battle hardened special operations guys that our allies have in their arsenal.
. . .I want you to be able to start using the lessons that I learned from the small cadre of cops that handle the most violent criminals when I was teaching them to transition their skills from crime fighting to conducting Counter Terrorism operations.
. . .and I want you to know the things I know from days spent one-on-one, shooting with and picking the brains of champion competitive shooters. (Their tactics may not translate over to the 2 way firing range, but these guys are the ones who are continually raising the bar of raw speed, accuracy, and precision.)
But, simple mastery of these techniques allows you to:
- Create the MOST EFFICIENT drawstroke and be the first to fire and hit a vital area to stop violent attacks.
- Hit nearly all of your smallest targets with 100% accuracy (it's not just about draw speed…you can't miss fast enough to win a gunfight
- Make the best tactical decisions possible BEFORE getting into a confrontation
- Win the fight, day or night. Concealed or open carry. Standing or knocked to the ground. Against moving targets, multiple opponents and shooting while on the move
- Shoot equally fast and accurate with either hand
- Make life saving shots with adrenaline pumping, sweat flowing and your heart pounding.
- Put yourself instantly inside the same cool, calm, and ruthlessly efficient mindset that the best combat-tested professionals get into when in a real life situation
The best part is, you don't even need to fire live rounds to accomplish this!
We can PERFECT each of the micro-skills you need dry…in the COMFORT and PRIVACY of your own home and only later, head to the range to confirm what you already know how to do.
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All you need… is the ability to safely handle and legally possess a pistol to start… and then just pour on the 15 minute per day, 30 day training sequence I lay out here with YOUR PISTOL, holster, magazines, some cheap dummy training rounds and a properly setup (using commonly available household items) environment to practice!
How can this be? How can you not fire a single live bullet… and in just 30 days – start shooting, acting, and reacting like a seasoned combat shooter?
It's quite simple, actually. Much more easy and simple than you'd ever guess.
You see… We start at square one and rebuild your skills from the ground up. You will MASTER a few basic micro-skills each day. Before you know it, you will be combining them to outperform veteran shooters. And After 30 days of short, enjoyable training sessions YOU WILL BE in the top 10 % of ALL SHOOTERS IN THE WORLD! And I'm sure you can already imagine how good that will make you feel.
That's right. And if you're like 99% of the shooters that I train privately and for the US Government, you're "blowing your load" at the firing range.
Most shooters shoot hundreds, some even thousands of live rounds, getting A LOT of practice at being SLOPPY, inefficient and often dangerous mimicking something they saw on YOUTUBE, a "tactical" shooting show, or an out-of-date "training" DVD they bought at some big box sporting goods store.
They don't understand what REALLY matters.
And trying to stay in control and force accuracy that you don't have in a real life situation will bring your WORST performance into a gun battle–which is why we regularly hear of law enforcement and civilians missing round after round when they were trying to save themselves and others from a vicious, relentless criminal attack.
Let me explain.
If you're like most pistol owners, you love to go out to the range and fire rounds for an hour or two, right?
Everyone who takes firearms seriously does this. Everyone.
The seasoned professionals do this too. I do.
But the top pros practice something different as well… something you MUST get a grip on…
…the seasoned combat pro knows how to fire his fastest,
most accurate shots…
under extreme stress,
under a wide variety of circumstances,
and in a dynamic, evolving situation!
Amateurs, though, practice the 'basics' of firearm skills…and they practice what they THINK reality will look like. They practice what they have read or learned from guys who have been there and done that, but they still end up leaving their best, and MOST IMPORTANT SKILL at the firing range. Wasted. Untapped. And deadly to their future.
Let's get personal again while I explain what I'm trying to say: you get all geared up and head out to the range with a pistol and ammo in hand. You're pumped up, and start squeezing the trigger and loving the sheer exhilaration of blowing off a bunch of rounds.
Stop! Wait right there. The big difference between a pistol-packing-pro, and the amateurs… hasn't even been shot or thought of yet. While you're grinning away like a Cheshire cat squeezing the trigger, the professional added in 3 simple steps (and secrets)… and…
"Permanently "Wired In" The MOST Important Skill
To His Mind And Body, Where It's At His Beck And Call…
This ONE THING is what easily separates highly skilled gunfighters from trigger-happy amateurs or even averagely trained professionals. It's what allows them to perform at extreme levels that hold their edge in life-and-death combat.
A career operator knows this one major lesson then "stores it away" in his sub-conscious, where he can access it at any time, in any stressful situation. He can maintain his cool, quick draw his pistol, maintain his or her composure and fire with 100% accuracy.
The amateur? Ineffective practice on the range creates a stress response where the amateur moves quickly in inefficient spasms and quickly fires shot after shot that misses the target–thinking that squeezing the trigger faster will help them get out of a deadly situation.
One chance… blown. Even worse… FBI statistics of officer involved shootings prove out that there's an 85% chance that you'll miss your attacker with each and every round you fire in a close quarters, defensive lethal force encounter! All because you missed this ONE KEY in your practice…
Anyone can squeeze a trigger fast …
but it's where the bullets HIT that matters most!
Just like most simple drills in any complex sport, they often go ignored as not quite 'sexy' enough to warrant the attention they deserve. But when it comes down to it, simple blocking and tackling wins games. But amateurs and even semi-pros skip on right by these useful exercises because they aren't making holes in the targets… and they just aren't NEARLY as much fun.
But they save lives.
Maybe yours… maybe your family's.
In the 30-10 Pistol Training System, you'll discover the high-leverage secrets that most other trainers even refuse to admit are as important as they really are!
But most importantly we chunk it down to manageable bites–we even train some key skills in reverse sequence for a very important reason that few instructors understand.
We master the tiny details that your instructors have probably glossed over (there's a good chance they didn't know any better) and we put it all together in a very deliberate sequence.
Every 15 minute session was created for a specific purpose and each builds upon the last. At the end you walk away with world –class skill that VERY FEW have.
Whether you are a 10 year veteran patrol cop, or a brand new gun owner, this may be your last chance to develop REAL pistol skills before you're tested in a life and death attack.
I've been in combat many times, I KNOW what really matters when faced head on with someone who wants to blow your flipping head off your shoulders. I've been in close combat conditions, and I've been in situations with multiple shooters coming at me from multiple angles.
Shooting under extreme stress…
like what people face
in a life-or-death self-defense situation,
is different.
Your fingers feel like you are wearing mittens.
Attempts at fancy gun handling quickly end with your gun, or mag, laying between your feet.
Your vision narrows to where you may as well be looking through the center tube of a paper towel roll.
Nothing works the way you think it should…unless you know what to expect ahead of time AND condition yourself for success.
UNLESS you know and master the skills I cover in the 30-10 Pistol Course…
…I KNOW this skill is just as important, I'd even say MORE important… than just the quick draw and accuracy side of the equation.
You need those – and you need to be trained by the best on those!
BUT, if you forget to add in the stress control piece… you'll be the one laying in a body-bag… not the bad guy.
The best part is…
You can condition
precision, perfection and efficiency
in the face of real life stress
and imperfect circumstances…
In just 30 days!
If I could just explain it to you in this letter, I would. But, after all my training and combat experience, I've found a very specific step-by-step formula to building this capability to the level of UNCONSCIOUS COMPETENCE. You won't have to THINK what to do in a combat or street situation… you'll just DO what needs to be done.
You'll have skills that one in a thousand shooters has. Fewer than 1 in 100 law enforcement officers really have these skills.
And It CAN be this simple.
It IS this simple.
Here's a peak inside what I share in my 30-10 Pistol Training:
- 4 critical rules that predetermine if its time to hang up your pistol or pursue the path of the master.
- Caliber Envy? Discover what's FAR more important to your safety than pistol caliber or ego, as well as "Monkey"'s first hand, downrange DOPE from his time as a SEAL.
- Duty rig and daily carry essentials and how to choose the perfect firearm for your needs, your skill level, and your patience.
- How I let my edge dull…the Special Operations qualification that slapped me upside the head… and how I got my edge back!
- Holster positioning and the 2 factors that help or hurt your speed and ability.
- What to wear when you want to train (and shoot) like a real pro rather than a gear catalog wannabe.
- Both eyes open? Or one eye closed? Which works best for combat shooting, and how to wean yourself off old habits.
- Finger follies and the trigger finger fundamentals that help you shoot straighter and operate safer in dynamic situations.
- Perfect body position and movement for using cover, room clearing, and all around defense readiness.
- Make gravity work for you not against you like the people to your right and left at the range
- Obstacle maneuvering techniques proven to work when your attacker is active, and you must get off the X to safely engage and stop the threat, regardless of the people, debris, and obstacles in your environment.
- Crystal clear mental imagery that your mind can use for straight-as-an-arrow firing from close range.
- THE ONE KEY THING to have in place before putting pressure on your trigger finger.
- Single-action vs. Double-action pistols: advantages and disadvantages of each, as well as how to DOUBLE the benefit of your training time and budget.
- 2 DUMB and devastating things you may do that waste time defending yourself, and could even kill you.
- Day 4 walks you through hand positioning for a fast and flawless drawstroke (also revealing the common mistake that puts a bloody hole in your non-firing hand.)
- Holster position and design: how to tell if you need a new holster or can save your money and just need a new position.
- Fashion tips from the quick draw masters: 2 drills to master for button down shirts or open jacket drawstrokes.
- The brilliant position that allows you to block, fight, or draw your pistol (while sneakily hiding your intent from others.)
- NEVER wear this one thing (no matter how comfortable) when going out on the streets or an operation, if you haven't trained in it before.
- Loading and unloading drills that fine tune your speed and triple your safety.
- 2 common injuries that happen when inspecting the chamber of your pistol (the scary part is… most firearms trainers teach you to do these!)
- Building x-ray like vision while loading your pistol, and the load position that keeps you completely aware of your surroundings.
- 3 life-saving tips for carrying and storing full magazines in your belt.
- How to correctly use Isaac Newton's gift for rapid unloading and loading.
- Caution against a simple movement people make with their non-firing hand that slows you down (and could end up getting you killed.)
- Habit forming movements and drills for safe re-holstering.
- The common re-holstering mistake that may take your pistol out of battery and the simple, life saving trick to avoid it.
- Day 7 Drills help you avoid trigger mishaps that cause accidents and sloppy shooting (plus one high leverage tip to fix the simple trigger issue causing you to be slow, inefficient, and potentially a danger to others).
- Master firing your pistol standing, kneeling, sitting, prone, AND supine…yes prone and supine…and the reason why you need these skills
- Use light and darkness to your advantage and let your opponent struggle
- Ridiculously simple combat reload techniques and drills that permanently wire your mind for automatic and instantaneous actions.
- Concealment vs. cover: what to use and when.
"I have known Chris and worked with him for a couple of years on various government projects and can personally attest to both his shooting ability and ability as an instructor to break subject matter down to the most digestible level. His concept is scientifically proven effective and not just from a shooter's perspective.
As a Professional Mixed Martial Artist I spend hours executing thousands of punches, kicks and other techniques by shadowboxing, striking heavy bags, pads and other drills trying to execute techniques perfectly every time. Chris' program is an insightful, well structured course that does similar for shooters and produces measurable results you will find amazing. I highly recommend this training for my combatives trainees and anyone else who is serious about protecting themselves."
-Andrew Curtiss, 3rd Special Forces Group (Abn),
Afghanistan veteran, and USG trainer
"Chris Graham writes the way he flies: low, fast and hair raising. He's one of the best, brightest and bravest Marines I've ever known."
-Oliver North, Host of War Stories on FOX News and author of the nationwide best seller, Counterfeit Lies
"Graham has real world insight into the mechanics of modern terror."
-Chuck Pfarrer, former SEAL Team Six element commander
and New York Times Best Selling Author of
SEAL Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of
the Mission to Kill Osama bin Laden.
Again, you COULD keep reading,
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You can be a crack shot and a fast draw shooting paper targets… but the first one DEAD in a real life combat situation… without these:
- 7 simple steps and 2 rapid scans to do after each shot in operation (making these lightning fast and second nature comes from day 9, drill 2.)
- The smartest and safest assumption you'll ever make in real life emergencies and dire situations.
- Double feed danger and drills that prepare you for this type of malfunction.
- "CLICK" is the sound you hate to hear without firing… here's 2 rapid drills to clear your weapon and commence firing.
- Fashion Faux Pas: 2 deadly garment mistakes that broadcast your weapon and brand you an amateur (likely getting you shot or killed in the process).
- Television terror and an utterly simple technique showing you how to use your local news anchor to develop pro-level quick draw skills wearing everyday street clothes.
- Training scars commonly taught by firearms instructors who've never been in real combat situations (and when taking cover, can get you shot.)
- Commands and codes that can make a loved one a teammate when you need one the most
- The secret of tactical reload drills that force you to seize opportunities in an engagement to load a full magazine.
- When to cycle the slide and when you don't need to.
- Proper use of Thunderwear and pocket holster drawstrokes for speed, safety, and accuracy
- Full concealment vs. partial… the street-smart and proven drills that make you a master, and the deadly dangers of both.
- Ankle holster drills (if you use one) for proper stance, eye positioning, and technique for a fast, safe presentation.
- Simulating stress in a non-stressful environment wearing button down shirts.
- Step by step guidance for using webcam and phonecam video for rapidly accelerated learning
- Combat reloading when under extreme stress (Day 15, drill 2).
- Pivot drills (Left, right & 180 degrees) for use under situational stress (including proper foot stance for accurate and rapid firing).
- Inefficient and clumsy mistakes in your pivots that may get you (or innocent bystanders) killed.
- Speed vs. safety balance… discover the ultimate balance between safety and speed for perfect shooting.
- Broken or injured hands? What to do and how to maintain your cool when stressed out, incapacitated, and in desperate need of firing your weapon with a non-functional hand(Day 17 covers both strong & weak hand injuries).
- One handed reloads for combat conditions where you're stressed out, incapacitated, or out of bullets.
- Standing, walking, and running while firing your weapon. You'll instinctively learn what to do when you must be on the move (including side movement to firing and non-firing hand sides… PLUS separate drills to deal with incapacitated firing hands while on the move).
- Cover vs. concealment differences and what each means while you're trying to stay safe (and alive).
- Day 20 shows you strategies & drills that train you to avoid getting shot (and what one mistake amateurs make that consistently gets them injured).
- Kneeling, squatting and Monica-style shooting drills.
- 2 keys to perfectly accurate firing while shooting from cover (and undoubtedly feeling awkward).
- Secret knee techniques for firing from cover and managing inadvertent bumps or balance loss.
- Seated shooting drills with obstacles in your way (including how to clear the obstruction with a rapid drawstroke – without altering your accuracy).
- Seatbelts… friend or foe? What do to if your vehicle is disabled and a seatbelt is in your way (and how to ensure it NEVER gets in your way).
- Shooting into and out of a vehicle windshield (and the unexpected bullet trajectories to prepare for, from each side of the windshield.)
- Cheek-welds and how to accurately fire from a prone position.
- Knocked on your back and nowhere to go? Discover how to position yourself for maximum firing speed and personal protection.
- White light positioning and shooting tactics. How to use white light and when darkness is your best friend.
- Flashlight positioning for one-handed firing, bracing, and strong or weak hand holding.
- Extreme close quarters drawstrokes when under stress and wearing a button down shirt (including what to do when full extension of pistol is not an option.)
- Knife defense in extreme close quarters, including where to aim your pistol when your attacker is swinging the blade at you.
- Tennis ball tactics for practicing accuracy on moving targets (day 26 drills.)
- 2 pinpoint accuracy drills for hitting moving targets (where to aim and how to lock in and track their movement.)
- Multiple target mistakes that get you killed. How to accurately hit multiple targets when both are intent on putting a bullet in you.
- Chaos drills for moving multiple targets. Discover where to aim when two or more targets are coming at you… why the first and last target get a different number of rounds on the first pass (plus… one other highly useful drill that helps you simulate 100% accuracy when under extreme stress.)
- Sidestepping obstacles and using stressful situations to your advantage for a perfect draw and accurate fire.
As I said… this course covers almost every single combat-tested skill you need to know to take your game to the next level.
Every step you need to know… first you'll do it perfectly, then you'll have it permanently burned into your neural pathways…(you know- the thing that people who don't deal in precision call 'Muscle Memory') How to breathe, how to move, where to position your hands, and your body… and how to HIT your target every single time.
Once you get this locked in…
your ability is yours forever.
Just like that.
The result? Calm, cool, and collected when faced with a life and death situation. Hands that know what to do without a second of wasted thought or reflection. Laser like focus, and a sharpshooters ability to hit the bulls eye EVERY TIME.
Without mistakes…deadly mistakes.
Sounds too good to be true? It's not too good to be true… it's a serious skill that has saved my life time and time again… and has saved my clients lives.
Once you experience this 30 day program, you'll forever be a different person. As I said, I'd tell you right here, right now if I could… so you won't get caught in a situation you need it in before you go through the course!
The problem is… it's a sequence you need to go through step-by-step. Trying to simplify it here, or even giving you partial lessons, would screw up the sequence and could put you in a deadly situation.
It really is simple…
…but you first need to see it… then you need to DO IT!
It's why this course has BOTH written explanations AND video closeups of key elements of what you are also seeing in photos. Read it…Watch it…Do it. It's how you PERMANENTLY hard code high speed, high quality technique into your long term memory.
Our policy on this training course has NO RISK for you, with a complete, no-questions-asked, 100% money-back guarantee for your complete and total satisfaction with the training if you complete the program and don't experience a MASSIVE gain in your pistol skills.
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Here's the deal: If you want to take your firearm skills to the next level, If you want all the little tactical pistol tricks that top individual special operators use and want to permanently lock in the skills that keep you fast, accurate, and in control under extreme stress, then reserve your copy of the training program here.
Next, commit 30 days to the program. Every day for the next 30, block off 15 minutes to go through that day's drills. Read the instructions, Watch the videos and follow through with the drills. See for yourself how it affects your pistol handling and even your confidence.
If, for any reason after you've completed the training, you're not satisfied with your newfound skills, just shoot us an email, and you'll get an immediate refund of your $47. No hassles. No hook. No headache. Plain and simple.
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Having fought in combat, and having trained individuals and teams to survive in the most high-threat regions of the world while conducting the most sensitive missions, I am highly confident that this is the one single program that'll change your game forever. "Lock in" the skills and the mindset once and for all… and be PREPARED for when, or if, anything serious ever happens. You won't have time to think back on your training, you WON'T NEED TO… it'll be there for your use automatically, when it counts.
Deadly serious.
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Take your firearms abilities to the next level in just 30 days.
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PS: Here's a few words from those who've been through the training course and experience first-hand what I am talking about here:
"I would recommend this shooting program for all security professionals that have limited time for extra training. This program will allow you to stay proficient on the mechanical aspects of weapon manipulation and hone efficient use of your equipment and effective movement. This program can help basically trained shooters make significant progress to becoming "advanced" shooters. Chris has put together a solid training program that will benefit a wide spectrum of end users."
-U.S. Navy SEAL, Afghanistan veteran and USG tactical trainer
"30-10 is both the most comprehensive and simple to follow Concealed Carry skills course I have ever seen or even heard of. The videos really made critical points clear. I don't think there is anything else quite like this. I can outshoot my dad and my brother now. I feel way safer and more confident in my gun handling skills and pistol tactics than I ever thought possible."
–Trisha Smith, wife, mom, gun owner
"I have known Chris and worked with him for a couple of years on various government projects and can personally attest to both his shooting ability and ability as an instructor to break subject matter down to the most digestible level. His concept is scientifically proven effective and not just from a shooter's perspective. As a Professional Mixed Martial Artist I spend hours executing thousands of punches, kicks and other techniques by shadowboxing, striking heavy bags, pads and other drills trying to execute techniques perfectly every time. Chris' program is an insightful, well structured course that does similar for shooters and produces measurable results you will find amazing. I highly recommend this training for my combatives trainees and anyone else who is serious about protecting themselves."
-Andrew Curtiss, 3rd Special Forces Group (Abn),
Afghanistan veteran, and USG trainer
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