My wife and I have been married for about 3 years. We merged our finances when we got married so we work out of a shared account that we both have access to. We've not really been hard off, but our "play" money is really reserved for gas and important purchases between pay periods. I used to game a lot before we got married and I built a pretty substantial gaming setup before we tied the knot. She told me after we were married I was never going to build another PC so I interpreted that as I need to make the one I have last. Fast forward a few years and I get really interested in motorcycles. I want to learn to ride and have a bike and all that good stuff. I start looking at bikes online and mentioning how I want to get one so bad. This is taken as me pressuring my wife into getting a bike. She works out a deal with a family member and buys a bike for me. I'm so extatic, but I can't ride yet because I need to wait for the bike to be fully finished out. No problem. For most of that season the bike is in the shop being tinkered with. No real progress is made. Family member takes money he was given for this bike and buys a newer bike for me so I could actually ride. By the time the bike can be ridden the season is over and it gets winterized. Shitty, but oh well. This year, the bike has been dewinterized but is stored with the family an hour away. I can't reasonably make time to go ride because the weekends are the only time I have with my family since wife and I work all week. When we do finally go visit the family, the weather is either bad or we have something else planned. To add insult to injury, the newer bike is experiencing issues and when I try to look into it myself I'm told to leave it alone until the family can get shit together to fix it. I want to work on the bike myself, I want to troubleshoot and fix it and get it ready to go. I don't want to step on anyone's toes or seem ungrateful, but I'm really over running into a brick wall. My family went on a trip without me (really shit situation but essentially I couldn't get the time off from work) and I was excited because I'm watching the family's house and in my head I'm going to get to tinker and ride if I can get the bike working. But I'm told not only can I not ride since nobody is here, but I also can't work on the bike because it needs XYZ but I'm not told specifically what it needs. So instead of doing anything I would like to do with the free time I temporarily have, I just have to sit on my hands otherwise I'm being disrespectful. My computer is now also having issues where it won't post. It's throwing a DRAM code and I can't do anything about it right now because we're supposed to be saving money for a trip to see my side of the family that I don't even want to take, plus we're saving for my wife's maternity leave because she hasn't been at her current job long enough to get paid maternity leave. I don't need a ton of money to fix either issue, but I feel as though I'm being selfish asking to do anything with either of these things. Maybe having a conversation about these things is in order, but especially right now it's hard because my wife's agitated with how the trip is going and might be sensitive to me bringing these things up because she's already drawn a hard line for both things. I just feel like I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't. But if I don't, it's just my problem to bear and that seems more amicable than the alternative.

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Server Name: APOCALYPZECHERNOSYBERIAHARDCORE SURVIVAL

• IP: 104.192.170.250
• Server Type: 1PP, PvPvE
• Restarts: Every 4 hours
• Server location: Central US
• Discord: dsc.gg/apocz
  ApocalypZe is hardcore survival server that started as a spiritual successor to the once thriving ExileZ server. Our vision for ApocalypZe is to recapture the hard yet extremely rewarding environment that ExileZ once had. Our team is recreating the aesthetic but we aren't trying to copy what once was but rather take inspiration from it. We have many staff members who have also worked on ExileZ to help aid our vision in the right direction.
  

What is the ApocalypZe team’s vision?
The goal for ApocalypZe is to be a hardcore survival experience, with an emphasis on long term progression. The start of your journey is intended to be difficult yet rewarding. Through a bit of luck and skill, you to be able to “snowball” into enough gear to have a stable chance of surviving.
PVP and Raiding is encouraged! And with the added difficulty factor of the medical system, it adds value to every encounter. With every encounter you'll need to weigh your risk vs reward very carefully because you'll need to take into consideration your current medical equipment you have and decide if you have enough of the right gear to survive after the encounter.
So what sets ApocalypZe apart from other servers:

1. Leveling and perks system to make your effort more rewarding.
2. Enhanced base building
3. In-depth medical system
4. Players hand book (in our discord) It has all the resources to help you in your journey, like medical guides, building guides, external maps, and more to be added!!!

“The dead have been in control for a long time. Other survivors are your first threat they can be dangerous or if your really lucky some may help you, others will deceive, some kill you long before you can see them. Your second biggest threat is your health, without the right medical supplies a cold/flu can be the end of you, let alone a bullet. With the resources ever diminishing it’s everyone for themselves, well unless of course you're lucky enough and find someone to survive with. Do you think you have what it takes to survive in this world?”
We hope you could give us a try, and if you have any questions feel free to join our discord first and ask away. Thank you so much for reading!

I’ve been on the hunt for a new apartment in LA and wow it’s tough out here. For some context, I’m very fortunate. I am a lawyer and have a partner also in the legal field and we can afford more space than most. However, even with our dual income the options are HORRENDOUS. We were pretty much forced to go up in budget if we wanted to live anywhere remotely close to our jobs and had a space to park.
We finally found this awesome location and applied. The application was $100, they called my job, they called my friends and they called my last 2 landlords. They pulled a search to see if I ever sued a landlord in the past, ran my credit, did a background check etc. it’s all standard stuff these days but SO INVASIVE.
Anyways, we ended up getting scammed. The property company advertised the listing for one price then once we received the lease to sign the monthly rent was $400 more a month than advertised!! We asked wtf was going on and it turns out this is a standard practice in LA now. Landlords advertise for a much lower rent and then once it comes time for the lease they tell you “the last month is free, so the TOTAL rent you pay for the year equals a monthly rent of what was advertised” point is watch out for this shit because now that I’ve seen it I see it everywhere. We backed out of the lease and are still stuck apartment hunting

I am not strange, I am just sad and that makes me behave this way. I am nothing. I feel no love, only from myself. I feel very sad because I know who I am and what I could have done for many, and I feel wasted, unused, and that makes me ashamed. And I am so angry. I cannot be angry, I just let it be and so I will remain. Death pressed you onto the brand new smooth planks, my eyes spoke of simple lines, you knew me... time spent with 'Friday' is now an eternity, often unnecessarily frivolous for others, torn away from the other, such a time hand in hand before they died, as I write here, but the paper is twisted and unfortunately no longer of value to me, layers of black and gray... I wonder if someone will fall alone... so it's time to leave it all behind to truly discover the depths of love, life is still full of doubt, my devotion to the black light continues through the colors of the sky... you know you rejected the other half. Once you know you have betrayed a smile wrongly, more... multiple colors are the rainbow flower hues. It doesn't feel like the whole day has passed until you are there. Four different shades, but only one is blue. We remember so many days, but I forget how many... maybe my answer is because it was the end of my life, and therefore I believe it. I often heard that I should postpone this to what they call tomorrow, and I always assumed that tomorrow is what they tell me today, and sometimes it is. I certainly don't think it's good to always shame you... roaring blue snowflakes, no snow now... you know what? At least pain is real love. I heard from a friend that it is no longer the case. I don't know.... why? .... the lie could not survive, it would make me lonelier, quieter, and that was not what I wanted in the first place, as I explain in my book and how I protect the future, "look me in the eyes and cry, ...." …. but now I think very differently. I have to be honest with my own respect, admit and show that I have offered my soul to suffer pain and always be, but resting on the idea that you are happy. "Rose flower" from me to you, from me. Not just red here. Pink red. Rose flower not one, once there are two. Were pink-red red roses, roses blush pink her red roses. Another, two, three times four desires became. Her cheeks only once, twice his. Pain knew me more, no one for my sorrow. No one knows, hasn't chosen to be like me either. "rose" .... was mine. She doesn't go away. I am Heartwarming - Starlight. Beginning is the heart at the end of the light, the Starlight. Everywhere with us. We now only have a conscience for him. Thanks to you, and yes, we are all lovers. I am the most loving single player, and nothing else is free. She is us as he I was and silence, and the only reason I go. Ended with a small kiss to each other... It hurts me, she looks so happy at this moment. On a hill random lady, who is she? A lady is in my life, told her that before she died, the memories are member- Recognition of the ability, the skill or capabilities of a player. That's how we loved life. Does this change anything about our relationship, and what is it? The world has since been a place of death. Can I leave? As you say it was the last, a list that shows players... and not much more than that. Honestly the possibility of a team song. They don't play their own game, works perfectly together. Meanwhile as opposite days. Sorry as I am entertained to be us, I don't think so either, a woman. She is really beautiful. Trust her with us, and 'Yesterday wasn't so far from saying goodbye to Friday-as' she doesn't know, is that because that was. I am the way she knows men, because she is forever to me. We are still together and the best partners eternal friends, always. Is it too early in the morning... to say it's not easy to sleep, let her feel, then I notice her smile and her family, all her calls repeating heartbeats. She has slept, while I still leave my bed with a blanket underneath. I just refuse to believe, we are still here, not the only one, which means: friends. She knows how much I care about her, love is in my name, with the same respect for the heart-wrenching story. The evening ends light while I mourn. I believe leaving my own fate will make me happier, all the sadness is worth it... and telling myself at the end: I loved her soul, I love her voice in my heartbeat -line of a song. I am her, maybe the only thing I heartwarmingly want. A little child my (Star) more than anything in these 7 Stars. Light•starts to shine•Star. •.Light•. I have to be honest with myself and my friends, I have no idea how I would do this without them knowing... As I said to my family before, silence to forget. And I keep it with me, I can leave, and you know I'm not even here... sorry is embarrassing but you are not alone here. You were here before me, and now I tell myself, I am leaving. I want her back, but she doesn't let me within death. But she doesn't come back? The only way to find her, as she is now in my arms... Oh... and if you knew how much she was in my heart for me, worship me against all odds, I will be eternal. And now that question: Who are we to believe I will never get it? If red answer light inside, aside I am all alone... dead.

First Reading - Acts 2:1-11
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. ² And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. ³ And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
⁵ Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. ⁷ And they were amazed and wondered, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? ⁸ And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? ⁹ Par′thians and Medes and E′lamites and residents of Mesopota′mia, Judea and Cappado′cia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ Phryg′ia and Pamphyl′ia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyre′ne, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabians, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
Second Reading - 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus be cursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit.
⁴ Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; ⁵ and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; ⁶ and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one. ⁷ To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³ For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Gospel - Jn 20:19-23
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” ²⁰ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ²¹ Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” ²² And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
How many of us pray to the Holy Spirit? Be honest. Even myself I have to remind me that "Oh, yeah, there is the Holy Spirit." How many of us will pray to Jesus, the Father, even asking others to pray for us before going to the Holy Spirit? Well, I am here to tell you that the Holy Spirit is God. We can and should pray to the Holy Spirit! Our reading today from 1 Corinthians tells us that we cannot have faith in Jesus Christ without the Holy Spirit! At Baptism, we receive not only God's salvific grace cleansing us of all our old sins, but we also receive the gifts of the holy Spirit found in the alternate second reading today: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. These can also be stated as wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord.
St. Paul also tells us that while there are a wide variety of gifts of the Holy Spirit, there is still one Spirit. We are all baptized into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We all receive a variety of gifts maybe it is athleticism, maybe it is a gentle heart, intelligence, maybe it is a great patience, maybe it is being funny. We have all been given a many wonderful and varied gifts and we are called to use them! At the same time, when we triumph on the athletic field, get an A on a test or a project, get a promotion for our hard work, or even have a really good parenting moment, we must remember where (and who) our talents come from! In the immortal words of St. Francis de Sales:

"Be who you are and be that well, in order to give honor and glory to the Master Craftsman whose work of art you are!"

My friends, the Holy Spirit may not be calling us to go on a mission trip to Africa, maybe instead we are being called to housesit for our next door neighbor. Maybe we are not called to the priesthood or religious life, but instead build a faithful household and teach a (or some) tiny human how to love God. God puts us where we are so that we may serve all of those around us.
God gives us all the tools that we need to be able to accomplish the roles that he has placed us in. Remember, the apostles were not pharisees or Sadducees. They were not trained theologians. Yet, thanks to the Holy Spirit, they are able to go out into the world and preach the Gospel to the entire world. It did not matter what language they spoke, the Holy Spirit took care of that. I imagine this as they just spoke but the Holy Spirit would kind of "auto-translate" for them. God tasked them with teaching the faith to the entire world and God made sure that they had the tools to do that!
Lastly, in the Gospel, we see another tool that Jesus gave the apostles: those whose sins you forgive are forgiven them. Those whose sins you retain are retained. He gave them the ability to forgive sins! Or rather, Jesus continued to forgive sins through the apostles!
Let us pray:
In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. World without end. Amen.
In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

I don't have a solid prediction yet, but here are my thoughts about win equity and possible finalist combinations.
At the start of the season, I said that the big question ask during the postmerge is the following:
"Is the general audience supposed to respect this player's gameplay without them being propped up as the threat to beat?"
This is something that I can say for all five of the new era winners. There was always someone else being propped up as the threat everyone needed to take down, but each winner's postmerge gameplay was presented in a way to frame them as a respectable player. This makes sense from a storytelling standpoint. You want the winner to be a respectable player but not the most obvious pick. So how does our final five stack up?
Ben and Liz both fail this test unfortunately. I can give both of them some credit (Ben often giving insight about why the eventual boot was good for his game and Liz driving the Tevin boot), but while I think they've both been framed as players to sympathize with, they're not being framed as players to respect. Both have been too passive, with any moves they've made being overshadowed.
Maria gets a mixed score. She has been shown driving votes and having some good social play, but there have been a few instances of her rubbing people the wrong way socially in a way that diminishes her respectability.
Charlie also gets a mixed score though I'd say he's more positive than negative. There have been some suggestions that he's too naive and lowkey, but that's subtle to me. He's been shown as being in a good position where the moves he attempts usually succeed.
Kenzie passes this test. Do I think she's an amazing player? Not really. But even though she's lost control of the steering wheel at points, she's always been able to explain her thought process and I don't remember a point in the postmerge where that indicates that Kenzie isn't supposed to be respected. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Looking at possible finalist combinations, right off the bat I'm ruling out the possibility of both Ben and Liz making it to the final three. Neither of them are winning and neither would be a convincing decoy winner either, so it's impossible for both to be in the final three. However, I do think the chances of one of them being the third placer is very high, and my current guess is Liz. Going back to Jeff's opening monologue, if someone can't get the jury votes no matter what because of something about their personality, Liz makes the most sense as she's talked a lot about how she doesn't need the money and has received negativity because of that (including from someone who is on the jury and likely will confront her about it).
Next, there's Charlie, who at this point I think is unlikely to win. Given how much he's emphasized the need to get Maria out, them getting to the end and him winning wouldn't make any sense. That means if he wins, it'd be against Kenzie, and while I haven't been tracking Kenzie's edit much in regards to reasons she could be a losing finalist, nothing stands out to be that'd suggest that Kenzie would lose to Charlie. Maybe it simply comes down to him being in control more than her, but that doesn't make much sense for the conclusion of the season given the emphasis on social game.
Kenzie is my current frontrunner. Premerge, she clearly fit the main theme of using her background and unique perspective coming into the game to get people to like her. And of the final five, she's actually the only person who's had that emphasis on social success carry over into the postmerge. If she wins, who's the competitive losing finalist? Charlie is an option, but I don't know if I'm clicking with the narrative reasoning behind him losing to her. Any combination with Kenzie and Charlie at the end is going to lead to a controversial outcome from a fan reception standpoint. The reasoning we'd have for Charlie losing to Kenzie would be his more lowkey strategic game and the fact that Kenzie has simply been better at bonding with people.
While it would fit in with his introduction, the lowkey strategic game argument isn't that convincing to me. He's been a lot more involved in the strategy lately and given that this would be a finale scenario that doesn't involve Maria (unless it somehow is Kenzie v Charlie v Maria, which if that's the case then the argument for Charlie to lose is much more compelling), his endgame strategy of taking out Q and Maria would be successful.
So the social argument is the one with more weight to it. Charlie was decent at forming bonds with people but Kenzie was amazing at it, so she wins. Okay, that's possible. But in a season that's built around social successes and social failures, wouldn't it make more sense for our competitive losing finalist to have social failures emphasized while still being framed with a degree of respectability?
That's where Maria comes in. Given how much emphasis has been placed on how poorly she handled the reward choice, it looks to me that the audience is meant to turn against her, and that is a very bad sign for her winner chances. If someone is getting the big threat edit, it's her, but lately I've been thinking. Could she be the competitive losing finalist?
We've had two instances of her rubbing other players the wrong way postmerge. The first was her feud with Venus the day that Soda was voted out. Then, we have the heavy emphasis on how her handling of the pizza reward upset the other players, which was brought up once again this latest episode. She's been set up as the person everybody is afraid of, but it is also possible that she wins out.
For the sake of the argument, let's say Kenzie and Maria are in the final three, and in this timeline Maria likely plays a role in Charlie's elimination. Initially, Maria does well at Final Tribal Council, explaining how she was able to influence the game and get to the end despite being seen as a threat. But when jurors like Venus call her out and her social game is compared to that of Kenzie's, that could get enough jurors doubting her that Kenzie could win over.
Am I confident about this? Ehhhhh, not sure. But it's the most compelling winnerunner-up explanation I can come up with at the moment.

Hey y'all, my friends and I are going to be in Paris for the Olympics and go around different parts of Europe for a couple weeks during that time. The end of July to beginning of August. We're all from the USA and are 23 M's. I would love to go and have a few cool spots to begin at and then see where the nights take us. Feel Free to HMU with some spots if you know any! Our interests are pretty broad from edm parties to cool history stuff, tell me what do you guys like to do? Any tips?

Sorry about the clickbait, I actually played heavy bolter build only once and that was my first playthrough, so I didn't fully understand all of the synergy and can't fully compare.
However, I tried dual wield double pistols build (actually dual wield not needed) as pair holster makes Jae a beast (but late), so I decided to try Soldier-Arch Militant and the result is - you can do probably do solo unfair with extended stats - once this gets rolling. Which is pretty early (you need a couple of Arch Militant levels).
The mechanism is simple and built on one item - pair holster gives free pistol attack for every critical in burst. So you want to have have a pistol with nice RoF - you can get shuriken pistol in Act 2 when you first meet Marzipan (I did this before going to Kiava Gamma),. That's 7 burst, 8 with tactical backpack which you can get early on. With rapid fire it's 16 shots and if you can hit every one (which you can later), that's free 16 attacks, because Always Ready + Reckless Rush = 4 stacks of versatility + confident approach = every shot is a critical. Then you just want to change type of your attacks to build versatility for extra damage (and perhaps armor, but that's not necessary, cause you will win 99% of fights in T1). You don't even want the recoil gloves, stabiliser gloves for +25% extra critical damage are way to go - tempestus backpack is sufficient for removing recoil.
The dual weapon build is not that necessary, you can just switch your hands - Foe hammer is great for non burst fire, later Rebori-Pattern Foe hammer (Act 2 possible). Act 4 you take Daredevil pistol for extra RoF and damage, you can buy Bone-Shatterer. Also Anti vehicle revolver for extra strong opponents. This is when dual wield comes handy, as you want start with the Daredevil pistol for free attacks, go with the Bone-Shatterer for versatility and extra damage ability. And then switch to the Anti vehicle revolver - but that's really only for enemies with super high armor, for most of the fights you're good with the Daredevil.
You want to have Portative manipulator (also buying very early Act 2) for free reloads, which you'll need. Later when you get to 8 AP (it's worth to get +1 AP on Kiava Gamma with Dogmatic) you can swap Portative manipulator for Bead of might - extra 30% damage means you won't need to reload that often. You can get two reloads for free (fortress world origin, soldier ability) - you basically need only APs for: Rapid Fire, Revel in Slaughter (can use only one), Run and gun (for movement) - that leaves you with 5AP for reloads, which is fine.
You will need lot of movement for some fights because of the short range of your weapons. Since you use reckless rush at the beginning of fight you're stuck with run & gun and dash. Stimm is useful too.
You want a lot of agility for dodge and if you don't use Cassia (who makes every fight end before it even starts) also for initiative. You don't really care about armor - in case you get to T2 you'll have +a lot from versatility, And if you have bounty hunter Pasqal you can just get a lot of armor from Tactical knowledge - pick a lone enemy and give him lot of exploits in extra turns.
So how good is it? I am in Act4 - Unfair, wounds +100%, and only fight that has made it to T2 was Incogrous defiler because of his heal (I have destroyed only two plasma batteries).
Frozen world chaos marines - T1. Yremeryss fight - more like execution, the reinforcements didn't even come, Yrliet and Pascal had to take out those two Genestealers at the bottom, cause they were just too far (and Ulfar blocked Yremeryss so she wouldn't attack RT when she heals). Dragonus throne room fight vs xenos? T1. Only time my people get injured is when they stand to near to enemies and they get caught in burst fire. I don't even care anymore, Friendly kill Abelard in T1? Tough luck, still no problem.
This all without using Cassia, or any bring it down from Jae.

The barbarian tribes colloquially referred to as the “Bloodtoil Pack” are not recognized by the Elder Council as a legitimate nation-state or political body. Their ways are bloody and primitive; intentionally so, as they believe civilization a corrupting influence. You will find no embassy or consulate from the Potentate there. The only trade they do is with the Mother Navigators, who still command respect from the Khajiit of that region, and the Minotaur colonists who have brought their Colovian values with them. Nevertheless, since the Treaty of Xylo in 4E 344, they have been recognized by their northern neighbors in the Imperium of Sunnamora and thus remain both politically and economically relevant. Therefore this section of the Guide has been compiled from the letters of diplomats, missionaries, merchants, mercenaries, and anthropologists who have risked life and limb among these peoples.
The capital “city” of Bloodtoil Valley is where representatives of the tribes gather to confer with the High Prophet of the Green about matters both political and spiritual. Lest this hint of civilization fool you, dear reader, may we clarify that this tribal council rarely passes anything resembling “legislation,” and instead exists merely to maintain peace between the ever-violent tribes and discuss dealings with foreigners. The Temple of Bloodtoil itself is an eclectic structure converted from an old Wood Orc stronghold, and the High Prophet of the Green spends much of their time inside “meditating upon the Now.” Once a season (the locals count time in rainy seasons and dry seasons, not years), the High Prophet makes a pilgrimage to Deepwoods to confer with the Green Lady, who is supposedly the “true” spiritual leader of Bloodtoil, though no one except the High Prophet and their inner council has seen her in over a century.
The other spiritual center of Bloodtoil is Elden Root to the south. The Bosmer have regrown the ancient Graht-Oak city since the great calamities of the Second Great War, but how it has already reached the size of the old Elden Root is anyone’s guess. The Bosmer here are bizarre and inbred; some covered in fur with jutting boar tusks, others wearing beards of moss, others still with insectoid eyes and antenna, and more variation than can be described. The natives claim their appearance is a “gift” from the Green. The more logical explanation is that their isolation from the rest of the world and their mating with Beastfolk have brought about such deformities.
Moonmont on the eastern border with Pelletine is the primary Khajiiti settlement. Built up by the comings-and-goings of the Mother Navigators, a visitor could almost forget they are in Bloodtoil and not one of the former Elsweyr states. The Green Prophecy does have some purchase there, namely in the “part of the Green that chooses to be Khenarthi.” The clan mother of the settlement sends a representative to Bloodtoil Valley, but her true power lies in the moon sugar. Many Greenists believe the sugar can be used to make contact with the Spirit of the Now, and her economic power is dominant.
Verrant Morass is the closest thing the Imga have to a settlement. Made up of tree houses and stone huts, they are led directly by a Green Prophet. Indeed, the Imga are the most enthusiastic supporters of the Green Prophecy, and make up the plurality of Green Prophets. Some may see connections to the Prophet Marukh, but that particular Saint is largely despised by his own people. To the Imga of Bloodtoil he represents the obsession with civilization which had kept the Imga subservient to the Aldmeri for so long. Now they despise all things civilized, fixed religious codes most of all. They insist the Green cannot be understood with words or thoughts, only by some mystical “contact with the Now.”
Other peoples also populate Bloodtoil. Barkbite remains a Wood Orc stronghold, and Harpies nest among the trees across the region. The river banks and shorelines are populated with Lamiae, while centaurs and faun roam the Tarlain Heights.
The most recent addition to the Pack are the most controversial. Tired of the constant Bjoulsean raids in Colovia, a few Minotaur clans immigrated to Bloodtoil and rebuilt the city of Marbruk. They brought the Cyrodiilic values of free trade and enterprise with them, practice an elective monarchy in the Cyro-Nordic style, and most horrifyingly of all - especially the Bosmer and Imga - was their choice to chop down trees and irrigate farms. This resulted in a month of tribal skirmishes in the central jungle until the High Prophet intervened. Part of the truce involved the Minotaurs recognizing the Heavanly Bull, the Storm, and Shezarr as aspects of the Green. Alessia worship, associated as it is with hated Marukh, is heavily discouraged. More economically relevant, the Minotaurs were heavily limited in their lumber and agricultural practices. At the moment, the East Empire Company’s friends in the Tamrielic Bank of Z’en are offering generous loans to help the Minotaurs develop their colony.
In times of war, their armies are generally a motley affair, albeit a terrifying one. Imga “Green Knights” welding bone-lances charge atop their Senche friend-mounts, backed by centaurs and satyrs. Harpies and Goblins riding hippogriffs act as the “army of the air.” Bosmer Stags of Z’en act as spies and assassins. Lamiae drag foes beneath the watery depths, as spriggan mothers turn the trees and soil against invaders. Needless to say, reader, travel in this wildland at your own peril.
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I was only in Bloodtoil for a short time. Met some Wood Orcs and Lamias at Haven. They were suspicious of outsiders, and made it clear our ship would be moving along soon. I don't think they were the violent brutes the Company would have you believe, but it is true that they prefer to be left alone. And hopefully it goes without saying those "loans" are anything but generous.

Hello dear friends, I'm Imran and I just wanna keep a balance in socializing, sports, study and health so I need a friend discuss this and just have some chill conversations with. I'm over all a good listener or good in making friends and stuff.
So feel free to message me but be in my age limit like 22 or under, no elders.

Hello there,
I am really fucking Bad at this so i am already sorry if it looks really Bad. To me i am 24 years old, a bit chubby but currently in gym to fix that. I play Video games, draw and try to repair some old stuff. I am shy (but tend to get more talkative the more i get to know you), i am loyal, have a weird sense of Humor and some other stuff that you just have to find out yourself.
As for what i am looking for in a Person. As long as your loyal, loving and dont Tell me what i have to Do, your good to go, i dont really care for looks since to me your personality is what is important.
So if i caught your eye feel free to message, i am down to exchange pics. So yea thats about it. If you Made it to the end then Tank you, and i wish you a good Day or night depending on when you read this.

It's been an interesting few weeks of MH3 spoilers! And OTJ has quickly had some $2 cards become $10 cards--there is so much value in OTJ it reminds me of a WOE 2.0. Freestrider Lookout and Hostile Investigator are only the two latest OTJ cards to be "discovered." Anyway, without further ado, here are some cards I've been buying over the last two months.
In just the last few days there have been some banger Eldrazi spells spoiled in MH3. Two of them in particular offer big rewards for casting 7+ cmc creature spells: Kozilek's Unsealing and Echoes of Eternity. But it's probably hard to cast more than one 7 cmc creature spell a turn, right? Nah, not if your big creature spells all have emerge. There is a whole cycle of 7+ cmc Eldrazi in Eldrich Moon that can easily be cast for 1 colored mana each, provided you sacrifice a 7 cmc creature when you cast them. With Kozliek's Unsealing in play, every big Eldrazi you cast for it's emerge cost is like an Ancestral Recall. And with an Echoes of Eternity in play you'll get a free copy of every Eldrazi you cast. Because of this synergy, I speculated on some foil Eldrazi with emerge--16 copies each.
Wretched Gryff @ $1, Abundant Maw @ $0.75, It of the Horrid Swarm @ $0.50, Mockery of Nature @ $0.50, Vexing Scuttler @ $0.75, Lashweed Lurker $0.50.
Additionally, I bought some foil copies of Elder Deep-Fiend @ $3 and Distended Mindbender @ $1. There was also already a buyout on Thought Monitor ($2) for the affinity version of this deck.
I've also been building a crimes-matter deck for Commander using the new Marchesa. An important card I've discovered for the deck is Thran Turbine, an uncommon with a single printing in Urza's Saga. Thran Turbine gives you two colorless mana during your upkeep, which is normally hard to spend because it can't be spent on spells. With Marchesa, however, this colorless mana can be used to pay for her ability when you commit crimes during your upkeep. I've discovered that one of the most difficult things about making Marchesa work is having enough mana available to pay for her ability, and Thran Turbine functions almost like a second Sol Ring in the deck. I bought 12 copies @ $2 each.
Stella Lee, Wild Card. 4x foil and 4x full-art @ $3 each. This card can be both a broken Commander or a strong card in the 99 of any spellslinger deck. It just does stupid stuff like draws your entire library with a Cerulean Wisps.
Return the Favor ($1.50 foils) x50. I might have went a little too deep on this spec, but I really love the versatility of the card. The downside is needing to hold open 3 or 4 mana to make this really work, but when it works out it's amazing.
Femeref Enchantress ($12) x6. A Reserved List card that can draw you heaps of cards when enchantments die. $12 is probably too cheap for this effect on a Reserved List card.
Patron Wizard - SL ($3 foils) x4. Some of these Secret Lair reprints are really cheap! Patron Wizard is a very powerful card in tribal wizards decks, with even some lockdown potential when combined with a card like Puresight Merrow. I would have expected these SL foils to be closer to $10 each, so for $12 I'm grabbing a playset!
Mirror of Life Trapping ($0.50 ext art foil) x16. This is a super cheap spec on the most premium version of a bulk rare. If Satoru becomes a popular Commander I think these could be worth a few bucks someday. Mirror can allow you to evoke creatures and then keep them around, scam-style. It also doubles up your creatures' ETB triggers and Satoru draws a card every time one of your creatures jumps out from behind the Mirror.
Primeval Spawn ($0.50 ext art) x16. Powerful creature that is almost impossible to cast or cheat into play. However it can get cheated into play with cards like Body Double or Volrath's Shapeshifter. Being 5-color, it's limited to only being in rainbow EDH decks so I don't expect Primeval Spawn to go to the moon or anything. But I think $0.50 is too cheap for a creature this powerful so I gave CK my $8.
Vine Dryad ($15 foil) x4. Hey, this is a 4-drop creature that can be cast for 0-mana! Probably good in some situations, right? This card reminds me a lot of the reasons I started buying Skyshroud Cutter foils: turn 1 Neoform into something like Elesh Norn or free-cast MH3's Flair of Cultivation.
Lashknife Barrier ($2 foil) x6. Love this old school foil! Cantrip and damage prevention effect with a single set-printing and foil

Hi everyone,
I wanted to share some insights and calculations regarding my retirement savings and get your thoughts and feedback.

Background

I'm planning for retirement at 67, which is the state pension age in the UK. Here's an overview of my current savings:
1. Pension Fund:

• Current Balance (2024): £55,381.10
• Monthly Contributions: Regular contributions, increasing by 2.5% each year to account for inflation
• Historical 5-Year CAGR: 17.59%

2. Stocks & Shares ISA:

• Current Balance (2024): £38,466.72
• Average Monthly Contributions: Regular contributions, increasing by 2.5% each year to account for inflation
• Historical 9-Year CAGR: 10.99%

Projections

To get a realistic view of my potential retirement savings, I compared the historical fund CAGRs with a more conservative, realistic CAGR of 8.8%.

Using Historical Fund CAGRs:

• Pension Fund (17.59% CAGR): Projected balance at 67: £5,482,198.93
• S&S ISA (10.99% CAGR): Projected balance at 67: £801,706.73
• Combined Total: £6,283,905.66

Using a Realistic CAGR (8.8% for both funds):

• Pension Fund: Projected balance at 67: £856,421.94
• S&S ISA: Projected balance at 67: £613,671.39
• Combined Total: £1,470,093.33

Year-by-Year Growth (8.8% CAGR) from 2024:

Year	Pension Balance (£)	S&S ISA Balance (£)	Combined Balance (£)
2024	55,381.10	38,466.72	93,847.82
2025	63,468.24	44,251.79	107,720.03
2026	72,347.38	50,605.95	122,953.33
2027	82,090.24	57,580.77	139,671.01
2028	92,774.88	65,232.42	157,007.31
2029	104,486.28	73,622.02	178,108.30
2030	117,316.96	82,816.14	200,133.10
2031	131,367.65	92,887.22	224,254.87
2032	146,747.96	103,914.15	250,662.11
2033	163,577.24	115,982.76	279,560.00
2034	181,985.39	129,186.51	311,171.90
2035	202,113.78	143,627.13	345,740.91
2036	224,116.31	159,415.32	383,531.63
2037	248,160.48	176,671.60	424,832.08
2038	274,428.59	195,527.13	469,955.72
2039	303,119.04	216,124.66	519,243.70
2040	334,447.76	238,619.54	573,067.30
2041	368,649.77	263,180.87	631,830.64
2042	405,980.83	289,992.67	695,973.50
2043	446,719.26	319,255.21	765,974.74
2044	491,167.98	351,186.43	842,354.41
2045	539,656.62	386,023.52	925,680.14
2046	592,543.90	424,024.58	1,016,568.48
2047	650,220.21	465,470.52	1,115,690.73
2048	713,110.34	510,666.99	1,223,777.33
2049	781,676.57	559,946.62	1,341,623.19
2050	856,421.94	613,671.39	1,470,093.33

These projections provide a realistic outlook on my potential retirement savings, assuming a 2.5% annual increase in contributions to account for inflation and an 8.8% CAGR for long-term growth. I welcome any feedback or insights you may have—thank you!
While I've considered increasing my monthly contributions further, I believe I have found an optimal balance. This balance allows me to invest wisely for the future while still enjoying my present lifestyle without compromise. Additionally, I maintain a safety net by saving six months of my income in an easy-access cash ISA, currently earning a 5.10% AER (variable tracker).
I also explored the possibility of retiring at 60 and ran the numbers to see if I could reach a total combined balance of £1,000,000 without significantly sacrificing my current lifestyle. Unfortunately, achieving this goal would require more budget tightening than I'm comfortable with. As a result, I've decided to continue working until the State Pension Age (SPA) to build a more robust financial foundation.
Given the current state pension for 2024, which provides about £11,500 per year, integrating this into my financial plan could make a significant difference. If I retired at 60, a 4% yearly withdrawal rate from my savings would be necessary until the state pension begins. However, this approach would leave less room for unforeseen expenses or market fluctuations, adding a level of risk I'm trying to avoid.
By opting to work until 67, I enhance my financial stability, ensuring that my retirement savings can support not only my basic needs but also my aspirations for travel, personal interests, and a stress-free retirement. This strategy helps me balance a comfortable lifestyle now while safeguarding against outliving my savings, given the potential for a longer lifespan.
As someone who is very meticulous and analytical, I've delved deeply into these calculations to ensure thorough understanding and robust planning. Do you have any strategies or thoughts on balancing these trade-offs? I'm always looking for new perspectives on optimising retirement planning to align financial security with personal fulfilment.

Honestly this season has been a bit meh. I never really liked Admiral. Now Mako that car I do like, I think it looks cool. However decals for those cars were disappointing to say the least. Goal explosion was pretty cool too, I also liked boosts and trails in rocket pass.
Animated decals were a miss if you ask me. They look ugly I actually don't wanna put that on my cars at all. Wheels were also disappointing to me. They just look like items you get for free while cool kid that has paid money gets good stuff. Hopefully new rocket pass brings cool cars that's my main concern because I like cars, and I don't wanna play same 2 cars as everybody else. As for map IDGAF to be honest. They bring whatever they want.
Also dropshot is leaving?? I guess that's sad but I haven't played it as much as I thought. It's just something I play round or two and then not touch it for another week.

So imagine this you're new to crypto you don't know much about it but you want to get invested in it and you really don't know that much about managing it either and you keep hearing about wallets and exchanges and it seems overwhelming especially when you don't have that much time on your hands this is where we come in think of us as the middleman, you want to get into crypto but you see the exchanges and they ask for ridiculous things like your social security number and your home address etc that could be pretty scary and intimidating for people, our mission will be to assist you with setting up a wallet and basically being your Exchange because we are part of more than one Exchange So basically the idea is that because people may not know how to navigate The Exchanges or they don't want their personal information on the exchanges to sign up for them so they would just pay us to get the crypto and put it on their wallet, I or a partner you would be dealing with would take a small commission of the total amount and you get to enjoy your cryptocurrency without having to deal with the exchanges and thanks to Reddit being able to post pictures in DMs if you work with me or any of the other partners we can show you step by step on where your money will be going so you can see the fees that are taken out and the commission, so for example on the exchange Kraken if you are from the state of Maine you won't be able to use their services however we don't have that limitation so if you happen to be in an area or have a network or whatever that doesn't allow certain exchanges here we are with no such limitations and if we ever do run into a limitation we won't just take and keep your money your time our time and money in general is precious and valuable feel free to DM me with any questions and when I have the time I will respond.

Im 1 year deep in recovery and I have regained nearly all of my cognitive abilities back. I even smoke weed without problems and do stimulants like amphetamine. If any of you are struggling, I can assure you that you will come back to your normal self in no time. Im improving everyday and have been living sympthom free for a year now.
If you have any questions about psychosis recovery, feel free to message me.
Recovery phase is brutal, but it is possible to return back to light.
Schizophrenia aint that bad. You are no different than anyone else.
How are you doing ? Let me know in the comments below.

I just turned 21 last month And as the years go by the loneliness just gets worse and worse, so here I am I can seeing if anyone will want to talk to me by posting this
I love to cook and clean and draw stuff sometimes, I also like to do cute things like writing love notes and stuff, I get attached very fast and can be quite clingy, I'm also very depressed due to loneliness but if I had someone that would quickly go away 💕
I just want someone I can give my love to without fear of abandonment, anything you want I will do, no matter what
So if anyone's interested in a relationship hopefully, feel free to DM me anytime please and thank you 🥹💕

Ten years ago I've had part of my gut removed and I'm still living with the consequences, which are malabsorption and frequent urgent bathroom visits. I got recommended to get into the Joe Dispenza material quite a few times and it got me curious. I'd love to read the books and learn all the stuff, but I don't have to the time for it. I was wondering what his teaching come down to in a practical sense? In other words, what would you do to apply this theory effectively? In this subreddit I see many mentions of doing meditations. Is that the only thing, or is there more? And which meditations are effective? It doesn't have to be free, I like to support these kinds of people.

o7 Citizens,
Since 3.23 dropped I get constant crashes and I am at my (limited) wits end. I had these exeption access violation errors in 3.22.1 as well, but back then limiting the p-core-multiplier of my cpu to 52 solved the issue. (See this post: https://www.reddit.com/starcitizen/comments/1ahdjq5/constant_crashes_since_last_patch/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button )
But now, no matter what I try, the game crashes after somtimes 2h or sometimes 5 min or even less, but it ALWAYS crashes. I hadn't changed anything on my PC, it just started to happen again with 3.23.
here's the latest crash log:

Process Memory Status: 15746MB working set size, 31109MB commit size (31779MB peak), 5900MB left to commit
System Memory Status: 32530MB total physical, 6379MB free physical, 50609MB system wide commit limit
Cloud Imperium Games public crash handler taking over...
Details for StarCitizen.exe (md5=6e0f7dfff32b2a5e6dbc6734b6bc8852)...
\ Base of Image : 0x00007FF616490000 (mod), 0x00007FF616490000 (modc)*
\ Size of Image : 262660096 (diskoh), 262660096 (memoh), 262660096 (mod), 262660096 (modc)*
\ Size of Code : 101412864 (diskoh), 101412864 (memoh)*
\ Size of Headers : 1024 (diskoh), 1024 (memoh)*
\ Size of Initialized Data : 161234432 (diskoh), 161234432 (memoh)*
\ Size of Uninitialized Data : 0 (diskoh), 0 (memoh)*
\ Checksum : 0 (diskoh), 0 (memoh)*
Saved dump file to C:\Users\\***\AppData\Local\Star Citizen\Crashes\error.dmp (md5=ef7cecb44059812c42ca1829acf89ebd)*
Exception EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION(0xC0000005) addr=0x00007FF6167193B0 digest=38e441ae05c029b2f6b8751fe2ddac78
Run from internal: No
Is fatal error: No
Is reported bug: No
Is GPU crash: No
Is Timeout: No
Is out of system memory: No
Is out of video memory: No
Saved screenshot to C:\Users\\***\AppData\Local\Star Citizen\Crashes\screenshot.jpg*
- Camera position: 22462103310.01, 37185074176.58, 22462103310.01
- Camera orientation: -0.8, 0.5, -2.5
Saved cvar dump to C:\Users\\***\AppData\Local\Star Citizen\Crashes\cvar.dump*
Saved build info to C:\Users\\***\AppData\Local\Star Citizen\Crashes\build.info*
No file system.cfg found
No file user.cfg found
Copying game.log...
Copied Game.log to C:\Users\\***\AppData\Local\Star Citizen\Crashes\game.log*
All crash related data successfully handed over to crash info collector process

My specs:
MB: Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX
CPU: Intel i7 14700K
GPU: RTX 3080 12GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 32GB (2x16GB)
SSD: Crucial P5 CT2000P5SSD8 2TB M.2 NVMe
Here's what I tried so far:

1. deleted useshader folder
2. verified game files
3. set page file size to 16000 - 32000 MB
4. updated bios
5. updated all drivers
6. disconnected camera
7. lowered power limit of cpu
8. disabled e-cores of cpu
9. disabled all cpu OC features (as far as I can tell)
10. made sure xmp is disabled
11. manually set memory frequency to 4800MT/s
12. disabled any memory OC features
13. ran memtest overnight (0 errors)
14. disabled memory compression
15. uninstalled/closed all apps that could possibly have an in-game overlay (no i didn't have overwolf installed)
16. uninstalled Antivir software

I also tried a few other things I can't really remember right now... it's been a lot and it's starting to get a little frustrating, to say the least.
I am not very experienced when comes to all this technical stuff, so any help would be mighty appreciated!
Cheers!