Q: Fill a large pot with water and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat. While the water is heating up, fill a large bowl with equal quantities of cold water and ice. When the water boils, place the tomatoes into the pot and boil them for about a minute, long enough to loosen and wrinkle the skins. Remove the tomatoes with a slotted spoon and plunge them into the ice water.  Leave the tomatoes in the cold water for 30 seconds to a minute. This will stop the cooking process immediately and cool the tomatoes. Blanching makes it easier to peel fruits and vegetables. Peel the skin off the tomatoes with your fingers. If you want, you can also squeeze the seeds out if you don’t want them in the sauce. Transfer eight of the tomatoes to a blender and puree them until smooth. With the remaining two tomatoes, chop them roughly into small chunks. Melt the oil and butter in a large stockpot over medium heat. Add the onion, pepper, carrot, and garlic. Sauté for five to 10 minutes, until the onions turn translucent and begin to turn golden brown.  You can substitute any or all of the green pepper for red, yellow, or orange pepper. You can also add five to 10 chopped mushrooms to the sauce, a chopped zucchini, or a small head of broccoli, chopped. Pour in the tomato puree, the chopped tomatoes, all the herbs, the wine, and the two whole celery stalks. Bring the sauce to a boil over medium heat. The celery stalks don’t need to be chopped because you will remove them from the sauce before serving. When the sauce comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low and place a lid on the pot. Simmer the sauce for about two hours, then add the tomato paste.  Stir in the tomato paste and continue simmering the sauce for another two hours. You don’t have to simmer the sauce for the full four hours, but cooking it for the full length of time will yield a thick, rich, and flavorful sauce. Cooking the sauce for one to two hours will result in a sauce that’s slightly runnier and not quite as rich. When the sauce has simmered for four hours or the desired amount of time, remove the celery stalks with a pair of tongs, and use a slotted spoon to remove the bay leaf. Serve the sauce hot with pasta, rice, or vegetables.
A: Blanch and peel the tomatoes. Chop and puree the tomatoes. Cook the vegetables. Add the remaining ingredients except for the tomato paste. Simmer the sauce and add the tomato paste halfway through. Remove the celery and bay leaf before serving.

Q: You can make studying etymology part of your daily routine by downloading a related app on one or more of your devices. That way, you can carry your hobby with you wherever you go. These apps can also help you understand how words have evolved from their origins and provide you with new perspectives.  Etymology Explorer gives you engaging visual maps of word origins that are complete with full definitions, linguistic histories, and links to related words.  WordBook is a comprehensive dictionary app with a significant etymological component that provides the word origins and links to related words for thousands of entries. Sometimes there are free Massive Online Courses available on etymology. They’re taught by qualified professors at top universities and colleges, so you’re getting a dose of higher education on word history at no charge! The Open University has a free online course available on the history of the English Language that you can take at your own pace. It explores etymology alongside lexicography. A quick Internet search can yield tons of results about the etymologies of various words. You might even find some interesting discussion threads on the topic. You could also post a question to a forum site, like Quora, for more information. If you’re looking for more academic results, try using a site like Google Scholar. There are many popular blogs and podcasts where you can read and listen to stories about etymology. Both offer a fun and informative way to keep up your hobby of studying etymology.  For blogs, try the Oxford Etymologist, The Etyman Language Blog, or Omniglot Blog. For podcasts, try The Allusionist, Lexicon Valley, or The History of English.
A: Get an etymology app. Take a related MOOC. Do Internet research. Follow a related blog or podcast.

Q: " Handguns lack power. A high-end .44 Magnum pistol will produce about 1,000 ft/lb of muzzle energy; a traditional "varmint" caliber, the .223, will produce about 50% more energy, and high-end rifles produce over 10,000 ft/lb! With a bit of practice, a decent shooter can hit a man sized target at greater than 300 yards (274.3 m) with the proper rifle, due to the more powerful round, longer barrel and the longer sight-base (the distance between the front and rear sights).
A: It has been said, "Pack a handgun for the unexpected, but if you know you'll be in a gunfight, always grab a bigger gun! The main advantages of long guns are power and accuracy.

Q: When calculating your income for you debt-to-income ratio, use the amount of money you make before taxes and not what you make after taxes are taken out. Example: If the person in the example continued from above makes $39,000 on a yearly basis before taxes, or $750 a week before taxes, one of these figures should be used instead of a net income figure. Divide your annual gross income by 12 to determine your average monthly income.  If you do not know your annual gross income, take your weekly income and multiply it by the number of payments you receive in a year. If you get paid every other week, this would be 26 payments; for payment that occurs weekly, this would be 52 payments. This will give you your annual income, and you can divide this number by 12 to determine your monthly income. Alternatively, you can take your weekly payment and multiply it by 4.3 or multiply your bi-weekly pay by 2.15 to determine your rough monthly income. Example: If a person's yearly gross income is $39,000, then: 39000 / 12 = $3250  If a person's weekly gross income is $750, then: 750 * 52 = 39000; 39000 / 12 = $3250 Alternatively, if a person's weekly gross income is $750, then: 750 * 4.3 = $3225 If you received commissions, bonuses, tips, overtime, or money from other sources, like alimony, rental income, investment income, pension, disability, or child support, add that money to your monthly income. Example: If you receive investment income of roughly $200 each month, add that to your monthly gross income of $3250, giving you a total income of $3450.
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Use your gross income figures. Determine your monthly income. Add in any other regular payments you receive.