(Part 2) Top products from r/ottawa

I'd like to recommend a great book. It might help us get over this truck driver, the car that followed the truck and the hilarious reaction and disbelief caught in the video.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0062641549/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_Dte0Db4FVBACN

This is the one I bought. Tiny little thing. So far has worked in -30C with no issues. Turns on automatically. Only downside I find is the buttons are a bit hard to navigate but as long as you get it set to continuous recording and know the button to push when you want to save something you're good. Bought a class 10 32g micro sd and was good to go!

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07RFVDTF7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_gWd0DbC3Q62D8

You know, I would have said that myself until I read a booked called "The Birth of Plenty" by William Bernstein. If you've ever heard of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond, the former does a better job of answering the same questions.

The central thesis is that "property rights" and "capitalism" are two of the four factors needed for a society to fully prosper. Communism takes away property rights (and many other liberties - including personal freedoms).

So, if you believe the central thesis of "The Birth of Plenty", a memorial to victims of communism may not be far-fetched, but it's no more important than, say, "a memorial to those who perished in the pursuit of scientific rationalism," one of the other four factors from the book. Funny how the Conservatives never pushed that. Oh right...because they trampled all over scientific rationalism and pursued "decision based evidence making."

I'm feeling wordy today. (regardless: have an upvote ;)

EDIT - Wow. Tough room. :(

np. It took me a while to clue in that you were looking for a vegan solution. Now I feel like I need to make it up to you. I don't know if you or your s/o are into cooking vegan for yourselves, but we own the best vegan cookbook we have ever tried (we have over a hundred cookbooks). If you're interested, it's called [Isa does it] (http://www.amazon.ca/Isa-Does-It-Amazingly-Delicious/dp/0316221902).

and it's quite nice when you notice they've lost weight after keeping up with it for months.

To the OP: Some public swim have lane swim during the day. Might be able to do it. Try this for a few recipes that may help as well: https://www.amazon.ca/Formula-Personalized-40-30-30-Fat-Burning-Nutrition/dp/0345443063

pick this book up :

http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Method-Guitar-Volume/dp/0876390130

If you go through it, and its other volumes, you will be an AMAZING guitarist.

The butter chicken starts out as tandoori chicken, which is marinated for a few hours and then roasted.

After that, you simmer it in a tomato sauce for a while, and lastly add cream.

Point is: butter chicken takes some planning.

This book is one of my favorite cookbooks. Worth finding if you want to make Indian-restaurant-style food.

Read Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt. He explains it in depth along with lots of other issues with modern traffic systems. Awesome book

I have:

Java Concepts 5th Edition
http://www.amazon.ca/Java-Concepts-5-6/dp/0470105550/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323135664&sr=8-1

Object-oriented program development using Java - a class centered approach.
http://www.amazon.ca/Object-Oriented-Program-Development-Using-Java/dp/0619217200/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323135738&sr=1-1

They are yours for free if you want them. Just collecting dust on my shelf.

If you are interested by this video, I would highly recommend the book Traffic. It is aimed at a layperson, and it touches on this and other sometimes counterintuitive concepts in Traffic. It is actually a really good read with a lot of academic sources (although they are just listed at the end of each chapter without direct citations).

The hook of the book: is it better for traffic flow if, when faced with a lane that will soon end, you merge over as soon as you can, or wait until the lane ends? (Spoiler: either works as long as everyone agrees, but no matter what, late merging is more efficient).

The synopsis says a lot more about it so I'll copy paste it:

>In this brilliant, lively, and eye-opening investigation, Tom Vanderbilt examines the perceptual limits and cognitive underpinnings that make us worse drivers than we think we are. He demonstrates why plans to protect pedestrians from cars often lead to more accidents. He uncovers who is more likely to honk at whom, and why. He explains why traffic jams form, outlines the unintended consequences of our quest for safety, and even identifies the most common mistake drivers make in parking lots. Traffic is about more than driving: it's about human nature. It will change the way we see ourselves and the world around us, and it may even make us better drivers.

And that I think rather highly of myself. So I read books on military and diplomatic doctrines to help reinforce that hubris. Things like this.

Wherever you go, I suggest you buy this book.

It completely changed my approach to owning and training a dog. My wife and I followed it to the letter and our Golden was the most obedient dog any of my family or friends had ever seen.

Back in high school I used an old version of Sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 days and found it useful in learning to code and java.

> It is very well documented that many women on social assistance (including many junkies and alcoholics) make a business out of having kids.

Quite the opposite. When the US introduced the 'family cap' on benefits, there was no significant change in babies born to mothers on welfare.

Repeated studies show no correlation between benefit levels and women’s choice to have children. (See, for example, Urban Institute Policy and Research Report, Fall/93.) States providing relatively higher benefits do not show higher birth rates among recipients. etc; you're clearly not going to start reading actual books about social policy, so at least Google it before pretending to know about it.

"Read up on Cycle [sic] of poverty, it has been well researched" makes no sense here; generational poverty does not have anything to do with the myth that poor mothers have children to get state aid. Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage is an excellent read should you ever be arsed to crack a book.

Nice contribution.

Read a damn book so you won't be so embarrassingly ignorant next time the topic comes up.

Whatever you do, don't give the mouse a cookie.

http://www.amazon.ca/Sewing-Knits-Singer/dp/086573268X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1414588173&sr=8-2&keywords=sewing+knits

Another vote for BMI. All diets "work" (in that you can lost weight) but unless it's something you can maintain for the rest of your life, you'll just put the weight back on. You can read Dr Freedhoff's book first if you want an idea as to the nature of the program.

My bookshelf for cooking includes:

• The Flavor Bible
  
• Professional Cooking
  
  I am well beyond your average home cook but I hate dealing with the cleaning up, I'm not cooking for anyone but myself and dealing with getting groceries is just a pain & a combination of laziness on my part.