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Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular as more models come to market and prices drop. Still, with their increasing popularity, along come thearguments for leasing EVs. Unfortunately, its not quite so simple. Heres what to know about buying versus leasing an EV. When you lease, you dont own the car. There are restrictions to how long and how far you’re free to drive it. Youll always have monthly costs and a lack of control over modifications to your ride....

Sticking to a budget can feel a lot like sticking to a diet. First, tally up your monthly take-home pay. This is the total amount of calories you have available to spend. List all your fixed monthly expenses like rent, car payments, insurance, etc. These are the essentials you cant cut from your diet. Whats left is your budget calorie allowance. This is your monthly limit for variable costs like dining, entertainment, shopping, etc....

Its easy to make, and adds an extra layer of crunch to your tender dumplings. Heres how you’ve got the option to make it. What is a dumpling skirt? It cooks directly in the pan while you fry the dumplings. (I wish I could wear a dumpling skirt, but we just dont have the technology.) This starchy layer bubbles to form holes, then browns and attaches itself to the dumplings....

What is lifting chalk, anyway? Gym chalk is made of the mineral magnesium carbonate. There are other types of chalk in the world, but theyre not interchangeable. Your standard blackboard chalk is calcium carbonate, and sidewalk chalk is usually calcium sulfate. As a result: Chalk makes your hands feel less sweaty. To put it in simpler terms, chalking up your hands makes it easier to hold onto things. Sometimes the limiting factor in deadlifting more or doing more pullups isnt your arm or leg strengthits your grip....

Ive always been skeptical about the usefulness of security cameras. Ive had a Ring doorbell for years and its main purpose is to alert me to the mail arriving. The cameras resolution is surprisingly good, both in daytime with color and in the dark with night vision. The Blink offers a robust amount of control over the cameras, especially concerning sensitivity. Other cameras offer this as well, but Blinks grid-view was so granular it begged to be tested....

But Ill be damned if I serve a Thanksgiving meal thats bland or mundane. Heres a list of the best condiments for your next Thanksgiving dinner. Who can pass-up mellow, spreadable garlic? Haters, I suppose. Similar in texture toroasted garlic, garlic confit has the added benefit of being bathed in olive oil. This year, reserve some sauce to make a sinus-clearing cranberry mustard. The pay-off will make a huge impact on your plate....

A declining battery lifespan often forces people to consider upgrading their iPhones. To be clear,theres nothing anyone can do to stop battery aging entirely. However, over the years, Apple has been adding features that help reduce its impact. This allows you to stop charging the battery at 80% and thereby increase the batterys lifespan. Why do batteries age? All batteries age; theres no getting around it. Every time your battery is used up completely, it slightly lowers its overall effectiveness....

Youll see a game board with 16 tiles, each with one word or phrase. Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common. Select four items and hit the Submit button. If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed. (Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.) If your guess was incorrect, youll get a chance to give it another spin....

I cant turn down pumpkin-themed foods, regardless of their actual pumpkin content. Anything goespumpkin desserts, pumpkin beers; even things that are just pumpkin-shaped. Thats precisely why an adorable, pumpkin-shaped baked brie fits my needs this fall. It also happens to be damn delicious. Whats a baked brie? Baked brie is a celebrated cool-weather appetizer. An entire wheel of brie cheese wrapped in puff pastry and baked until puffed and golden....

The R-7 would go on to become one of the most successful rockets in history. It was used to place Sputnik in orbit and Yuri Gagarin in space. A heavily modernized version of the R-7 is still used as the launch vehicle for the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The trouble with early Soviet missiles was the use of liquid oxygen as the oxidizer for the fuel. These propellants were hypergolic, meaning they spontaneously ignited upon contact, eliminating the need for external ignition sources....

Its triple digits time! The word-matching game has hit puzzle number 100. Youll see a game board with 16 tiles, each with one word or phrase. Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common. Select four items and hit the Submit button. If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed. (Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.)...

Its factually inaccurate, too, because no human does anything or nothing in a constant way. Instead, quantify the undermining you experience. It leaves you feeling like your perspective isnt being heard. If this is the case, bring in a trusted colleague to observe the interactions. Call it a peer-check. Describe what youre experiencing and ask them to observe and evaluate the interactions. Do they find that the other persons words or behavior undermines yours?...

You dont have to be a baker to understand the value of a wire cooling rack. Its something I use nearly daily, and not just forapple turnovers. Cooling racks usually have feet. None of those will create a helpful cooling environment. Here are six options. Ideal for cooling hot skillets, sheet trays, and large, structured food items like toasted sandwiches. Simply flip the muffin tin upside down on the counter and put the hot pan on top to cool....