I recently signed a contract with a hospitalist group and I will start my job in a few months. I received termination letter today completely out of the blue informing me that the group's contract with the site would end soon after my start date. I feel like I'm in limbo because I haven't been in the loop and don't know what happens next.
when hospitalist groups end contracts with sites, can the sites' current hospitalists expect to stay on? do sites begin shopping around for new hospitalist groups? please let me know how this scenario typically plays out and what I can expect.

My parent (A) has been dating someone (B) for a very long time- decades. I have never been close with B though we do have a good relationship. I was introduced to M’s 3 children (C, D, and E) when we were young adults. (In our early 40’s now.) We would see each other a few times a year on holidays. I always had a little crush on D that I suspected was reciprocal but I never thought to act on it.
Recently, E passed away unexpectedly. D and E were very close and worked together and D obviously took the loss very hard. D and I got together with our families a few weeks later after E passed away. We got drunk and crashed at a family members house, and in the morning we slept together.
It was amazing. I felt super comfortable and we both definitely had fun. After we talked for a few hours before parting ways. We both discussed being on dating sites and I told D that I’m actively dating. I wasn’t sure what would happen in the future and was prepared for it to be a one time thing (though I didn’t want it to be.)
We stayed in contact and have seen each other every week since (secretly of course.) It’s been about 2 months. (We have also gotten together with our families a few times since then as well.) D is private, an introvert and mostly keeps to themself- not really social or a big phone talketexter. So we don’t really talk during the week but spend most of the weekends together. We always have the BEST time and get along really well.
Sooo obviously I’ve found myself falling in love. I want more and don’t really care who knows as I am an adult and I care really deeply for D. But D has made comments which lead me to believe they don’t want anyone in our family to find out (ex. “Do you think _____ knows?” “What do you think ____ would say?” etc…)
I know the obvious thing to do is have a conversation. But I’m super hesitant. I don’t want to put any pressure on D as I know they’re grieving and depressed. I know there’s already pressure from being the support system for grieving parents as C lives far away and is pretty removed from the day to day. D has told me they’re struggling and I think I’m one of the only people they see socially and confide in about their grief (which is very minimally.)
I’ve been going on dates to try to distract myself but I find that it’s just that. It feels like a waste of time as I have no desire to be with anyone else and only want to be with D.
Do I ride this out and just enjoy it for what it is? Do I have a conversation? I don’t want to freak D out, push them away or make them feel pressured. I’ve never lost a sibling but when I lost my other parent I was a complete mess for months and could not tolerate the littlest bit of pressure from anyone.
I know this is a really unique situation. I understand that D and I will be connected forever regardless of what happens. I think if it doesn’t work out things would be okay because they are an amazing person and I just want the best for them and for them to be happy. I already felt platonic love for D before any of this happened and now it feels so much deeper. I’m so confused as to whether I let things be or if a conversation is necessary or warranted- and if so, what that should look like.

The Right One By Savannah Reano
Chapter 1 Hello, I am Lacey Lacette Knight I go by Lacey Simple. I have three best friends two are boys, and the one best girlie is Lyric, Boone, and Bae. I find it easy to hear myself more when I am with them they are my whole friendship nothing can obtain that the way they are with me cheers me up. for god’s sake even the school is in full support while my parents are away from you they are FBI parents so the FBI wants both of them not just one ohh my it’s on! the show where he's online a celebrity the best billionaire there, he is too young my god is he gorgeous. I love the way he smiles and it makes you feel as if—I’m right here you know oh you beautiful girl “grandma.” she laughs and walks away thanks god. my grandmother has been with me since she was in the '60s i was only a seed in the belly when my parents were barely in the FBI prego as well. so sit next to me I'll show you my happily ever after. it was shining outside I grabbed first thing a winter snow jacket. and boots then a scarf around my neck and heard the horn honk and that lyric I got in and in the back was boone and Bae. hey what's cooking friend things are weird between me and boone and Bae and Lyric we recently got into each other at a party and it sure wasn’t my intention when we started. it all was a blur- " one we says yes in all unions they agreed. I paused looked at the sun and flew me all back to the party. "So the plan?" "split up! in two boone you will take lacey bae you and I guess.?”….so we go our separate ways heybaby me and you can get somewhere huh I was with them right when someone spanked me but not before he got hit by boone and Reyes and Reyes guys leave now he ran out you okay snippet yes but embarassed. There is no need for we’reall family here kay now party back on.” really how are you, Lacey.?” I breathe in and out Yeah now let's party one beer two beer dancing singing Kesha songs 3 beers and all the time kept talking with boone only and the two went up the stairs. I am so drunk boone carry me be my savior! He did just that they landed on a bed and collided side by side oh my bad lol I’m so- they started kissing and fell asleep. While that happened. Bae and Lyric danced drank 8 beers, and sexed multiple times I’ve no clue gotten l say when they arrived at the party they were already in a tangled love. Best summer ever! All cheers to them kids got them going huh he laughed. As I was saying they begin school in the morning I didn’tknow what my feelings were for Boone but I knew somehow we could work this out and be my best friend. today I’mwearing a white sundress with a red belt around my stomach and boots. As I got in I came back to life out of my sober life in the car with my three best friends still friends and I piled everyone groaned but now cleaned up and at school then that incident with Reyes finding out about the party but one of us shocked us that was lyric and be a couple. Sorry Lacey dear. Well then Boone I whisper in his ear want to date he nods and booms are going on our first date come with? Reyes surelywe’ll you yes. Then started and my new schedule was here looks like Boone and I have first with bae And lyric me the best of luck we got three classes together! What a day then Boone snuck behind me spun me around and made his first kiss. Awe look at them happy together. Lyric and Bae along with Reyes and our group of friends. Then out of the blue, a kid comes up and hugs me saying wow pleasant choice knight but I love you enough to let go and let you and Boone be happy with each other. I laughed at him so dramatically. Hey, it’s not just you girls who are angry at me. Hahaha guys are crying girls are jealous. Then out of the blue we heard screams and looked at the gun men boone said let’s go all Reyes said oh shit let's ride with get in then one stopped us Lacey Knight yes and grabbed us screamed and screamed. Boone Reyes and bae lyric all were fighting well-skilled taught by Daddy and Mommy then no screams. They all looked around Lacey was gone. Chapter 2 As my day went by into fans I heard a whistle and a girl came a beautiful one what’s your chrishist she said her hair brown eyes blue. We started to walk and I stopped and gave her a Kiss one that I could get her in bed. About ten later I woke up and it was 6 am I was not in my home or anyone’s that I was close to. And then I heard a sound mmmhmmmm ow! Who’s there hi I’m Lacey Lacey. Lacey Knight daughter of two FBI parents yelled at the at the means they’ll come for me. you know it, anyway, who are you? I'm sorry no proper inter come but I'm tied up hey hey untie her now who are you almighty about me Shane Collinsshane collins whoa thee shane collins yes now questions later but one from me how you get here. they kidnapped me from school. how old are you 16 you're 20 aren’t you? yes. well, I'm still not sober from our summer party. a party yes yesterday and I drank like 6 beers and a little tequila. I have not yet slept my whole hours yet. hey at least you're not boring did anything happen at the party—we kissed and shock was written over her place boone? the cracked voice I was never a high schooler now I need you with you learning Latin to do every spell we hit. But boone you're my boyfriend oh that hurts no way I was good but until I saw him'm not with him you kidnapped him and me why because im bad and you wouldn’t last long. he how old are you 25 im a pirate. why? lacey doesn’t make it this way. hey what have you done to lyric Reyes and Bae they will join shortly. As for Mr.Collins, we need your guns and knives and for you and Lacey here to remember each other here you have the same spell I went over to Lacey and untied her breath caught me I heard a woman wheres my Lacey! And was back again in the room with Lacey Lyric's bae are they part of it she asked looks like I missed out I heard screaming from bae and Lyric let them go! I referenced she saw me Lacey oh dear did he come in Boone yes I know not one of us man I thought he was great now I know why. He’s a loser now you Lacey how are you’ve been. Really bae? He chuckled yes yes dear older Boone kidnapped us but why did he want something we had to get I’m sorry but I’m a witch Hey whoa I did not see oh my god!! Shane effing Collins I follow you like hell apparently I’m bethrowed. To Lacey every shut can you do your spells that you’ve showed me? Stop with that voice you don't deserve. Right now I’m hated don’t act like we are your best friends right yes I know but you see I know Coupes aka you and Shane me and Shane I have never met Shane! though you must’ve felt a past ooh did you lacey. yes just now but never before. well, start telling the truth to everyone you two you hurt me by being obsessed- what the hell you're a bad guy You kidnapped us! you don’t even dare say you felt feelings and Shane sorry but you should’nt be a part of this but you are so can I ask how he kidnapped you I woke up this way I was drugged you drugged him ohh you poor baby lyric not now. right. veta meuse what lacey ? and boone the guys that were listening all were in pain bae laughed and Lyric did to Shane smiling at me - stop! he put a black candle on and the spell went off oh Lacey we should’ve left. I then said vamose and all lights went out now let's go get over here little girl I'm a witch you should care for bloody eyes course mer estate. and he went down. we lost Lacey and we fought but everyone was silent and boone also stopped but smiled and yelled grab lyric and Bae they’ll be Lacey's trigger. No, you- are you - I meant your one of them boone? YES. now obey bae got angry and rammed into boone then we were captured. but at least he was in pain Where's my friend btw you and her are done. Ohh. I know that in my mind I was sad but I'm glad Bae is not bad he's a captive with me. we will last. I heard Lacey say using her power I read the diary but didn’t believe it but trained myself to so when her power was out I came in and Vmosa said Lacey was lyric. yeah, I know I read your diary and trained myself too bae said and that shocked me then I loved Bae more for the three of us could get out without the FBI but then there was Shane Collins we were protecting him like hell. we then got out and started running and Shane was how his bleeding lyric how? I may not be a witch but I can fight you’ll be the death of us no matter who you are pretty sexy man. run and he did bullets came so with my lesson I can float stuff and I did it then full bullet guns moved towards themselves and I smiled and screamed ahh then all let loose. Lacey Shane Collins, and Bae were carefully out of sight. Once in the cave where witches train they all sighed and laughed at the training but a cough came approaching Shane Collins. Lacey looked him up and down. She smiled “Looking good Shane how about the show back with us how’d we do.” he laughed and laughed we all looked at each other concern on our faces.”Shane are you? You?” He stopped and pointed that finger. “Lacey is always the smart one. Yes, it is, Boone.”Ugh, really Boone.” What I’m no amateur here.” “Get outta Shane!!” "wait before you three do something."Zap Bae did it and Shane was back. Then Bae sighed and grunted and out of the cave. “I better go and talk to Bae Lacey.” Sighed and petulantly hugged her “Til Bae I love him and I know what he’s going through I’ll take care of Shane.” She smiled "Thanks bestie!" and out of the cave she was. The text came up Hey so me and Bae are going Lacey and get some trust in on Shane Bae is so hurt gotta make it better! okay sweetie Then as they left I turned and Shane was still asleep so I shook him awake, and his eyes came open.”what, what am I home.” “Awe Shane You barely even outta site and you want home the people you love will be in danger don’t you know.” she sighed and helped him he wobbled a little I caught him and all went and sat down.”Thank you Ahh?- “ “Lacey it's a pleasure to meet you again.” Shane started to smile a little and here and there as time went by we were getting along i went to the stove and brought out oatmeal parsley answered the parsley's question and mixed it in. “What's that for?” “She told him it was to heal his wounds and he accepted. “I need a favor from you Shane.” he looked up after eating eggs and bacon “Yeah what?” he wondered so she said what was supposed to happen and he understood “Because your ex I have to learn magic-“Witch” “he laughed lightly “sure whatever gains your trust." Chapter 3 I started from the ground he knew what I said, but didn’t know a thing about spirits,calling and hearing them. But he did have something good that I’d tale Lyric about when she gets here maybe… “Okay Collins im gonna give, you a necklace this well tell me when your lying. “ he laughed “ what.” she sighed and knew immediately. “yes yes i got it from my parents mommy thought it’d be good for school.” “ how good is good.” "Try lying.” she plugged her ears in and loudness came in and all went to the forest. Birds flew back and wind came in with the cave they had it went cold here. “Wow whatever did you lie about.” he laughs all Squizzy he had something coming. She laughed and knowing her it was her i had thoughts of and i lied again of course i took the necklace off. ”Hello our training!” He breathe over inhale exhale and he felt better and put the necklace on. ”I was thinking about how beautiful you are.” "i know it said as much see i rejected it to witches necklace my dad was soo proud” he sighed knowing what Lacey lost “oh no i didn’t lose them they’re just on a mission for one month.” She sound like the wind came in and shivered. All went black and she was seeing something new not the cave or Shane but Boone. “Boone?” she said then he began standing up “Lacey oh my sweet girl. I have a deal with you.” She shook with anger, and said “Like I would make any deal with you, trader.” And humph away from him he grabbed her and kissed her “Stop!” she yelled and yelled fighting him and he was gone along with that it was Shane. "Collins what are you doing?!” "trying to wake you up you fainted i caught you.” Shane Collins Caught me oh my i must thank him “Thanks shall we?” We ended up continue doing spells he kept doing better which was good on her end and he let me rest so we sat down and chatted he wanted to know what my favorite color is what i did around the house who i hung around with besides Lyric and Bae so i told him most some like doing chores well my grandma did.. Grandma “I miss her.” She sighed. “Shane do you get along with your grandma and grandpa.” “Yeah i actually do but why?” “Well i do too but im worried about them at home with Boone on the lose.” “Wait your saying Boone was the reason for the faint. It was a spell?” She nodded “Ah light dose of brain capture just to talk.” he nodded well what did he want?" "He wanted me to join him and grabbed me and kissed me but i was yelling-“ “Then i was waking you up.” “Yes thank you for that.” She took another of her beer and gave Shane one. They talked through out the night. As Shane collins took his he also added vodka we dranked and hummm then laughed then slowly i felt like he was trusted my new love even though it was only few hours lightly headed for over drill drunk as we were we careful i was carful not to get into anything but Shane was he caught and I admire him for that. “Shane i answered all your questions let me ask.” He did i ask about his parent what they did. Did they have any more kids besides Shane, did he ever have a serious girlfriend? Okay i ask and waited he ended up saying his parents are old i didn’t lose any but i never met them as for my adopted parents they are loved and if by means taken into protective security around the clock i asked why he wasn’t protected he said it was because of girls and laughed "oh my im gonna fall asleep not a spell this time but the beer night!” “Goodnight lacey.” he watched as she fell a asleep and then took a look at her book of shadows and it was a page spirit calling dreams cellphone. he did the dreams and faded into the dream world. There he found Boone sitting in a circle of candles hold a sec boss i know shes here told you she’s like a candy to the kid mouth he laughed “Oh yeah why don’t you try and kiss her again Mr. Sanchez see how more of these hits feel. he through a punch here and here and ended it with a hit on the cheek. Laughed like a manic”Mr.Collins your here how.” “ your girlfriend moved on. and with that he left. “Lacey, the beautiful i can’t believe that this wound is strong but have to hold this gripped.” Lacey woke up suddenly to a classic singer. It was Shane Collins. hes singing to me a lyric like song ahh. “Ah uhh mmmm , Shane what time is "not safe as long as I sing and you sleep.” She felt butterflies all in her.”when?” he sang a few and said “10am” go sleep sleepy head.” O
Chapter 4 While shane and lacey get ready from almost what they were doing. Shane sniff something odd two smells but he didn’t assume the third smell was his he wondered if someone was here like Bae and Lyric. But as he waited no smell of five five five oh shit-”hey guys i hope you well stated me and bae are coming just sit close.” lyric on the phone speaker lacey was holding. Lacey was all clothes on i smiled thats a relaxing statement. But oh boy is this a long 9 month to live what is mom gonna say and yet her parents too her grandma and grandpa they come wealthy but their witches and now im a witch and my dad isn’t gonna like this but what on hell is this gonna be like should i propose or not. Lacey smiled to herself feeling good but a little sickening all together her stomach was fine yesterday but this afternoon it feels pretty odd picturing like something is coming. What could be coming? She just let it pass but it didn’t cause the pain to stop or throw up. She threw up very well and then i’m seeing doubles one tall one small the eyes have softened to gentle brown from then i stopped in my track of thoughts on what i was thinking. A BABY. but how i know i didn’t but him collins towel off he was naked oh my god….. This can’t be happening especially when oops text Your introuble young lady but sweet heart it can’t be Boones right? Daddy isn’t angry congrats honey LACETTE IS THE BABYS BOONE YOUR KIDNAPPER?? No its um shane collins Who Ask grandma Ohh hes a handsome young billionaire I coudn’t help but giggle “collins you wouldn’t believe what i’m going to tell you.” he coughed “your pregnant!its my baby too.” i nodded and breath in and out. “You knew?” She coughed threw up and felt sick morning sickness! “Lacey,and Shane.!” She turned it was Bae and Lyric “look you fools your pregnant at a really bad time we need protection as pausing-“ bae was already ahead and then “no! I want it-“ yes we know Lacey” her friend lyric.

Sometime around 2010 they began to show up on Craigslist. Scammers.
Items I'd listed for sale suddenly were getting multiple unsolicited offers to pay me MORE than I was asking, which was already pretty high since I wanted room to allow for bartering. Some people can't bear to pay asking price, they want to feel like they got a deal, even if the deal is the asking price I would have put down if I didn't have to accommodate them.
There was a catch though: they would send a cashier's check overnight FedEx and I would send them the item. My items were common things like cell phones and laptops that they could easily find wherever they were. Why go through all this trouble, I wondered.
I wanted cash ASAP so I declined the offers. But the next time it happened again. And again.
I began to notice a commonality among the messages so I could tell who was a scammer from a simple "Is still available?" text. They must be using an app to export listings from FB marketplace and Craigslist because the subject line was always the title of the listing, verbatim.
Or if no subject line, the chat message would go like this:
iPhone 6 Plus LIKE NEW 128 GB unlocked
Is still available?
Copied and pasted the listing heading including all caps or misspellings. And the messages would be in English but just a bit off. Missing filler words like "it".
Lastly and most importantly, if they were texting me which is how Craigslist would work, they always texted from an area code that was non-local. And when I went to check if they were VOIP (text burner apps or Google Voice), they all were. After a while I would just text any non local numbers inquiring about my ad: Fuck off scammer. I think I was wrong twice (out of hundreds of incidents).
Then I went on Tinder when that came out and I saw the same broken English with some of the girls I was chatting with that matched me. Usually the hottest ones! Always some reason they couldn't talk on the phone. Always chat apps or texting.
One evening I was drunk or bored or both and, after confronting one as a scammer and them admitting it, I offered to pay $20 PayPal for their story. How does it work on your end? Whose idea was it? Is this your full time job? I said I was a journalist doing a story and no real names would be used or other possibly identifying info. They agreed.
The person was a male from Lagos, Nigeria, and I was informed this was how the majority make their money there. Dating scams, classified for sale listings, apartments and homes for rent, even Help wanted ads they were scamming. The people who send the checks overnight think they will be paid eventually. It is their job to print the checks and a fake Fedex account is used to ship that fedex will figure out eventually and come after them. They thought they were getting a remote job printing checks and shipping them to clients, not victims.
He taught me some "pigeon Nigerian". Comot! Wettin dey do, big wahala!"
Its English interspersed with their slang and spelled how they pronounce it. Above means: Come on! What are they doing, big trouble!
I began to scambait others who I quickly recognized now just to pull the rug at the end and pretend I am a local Nigerian warlord in Lagos and that would literally scare them so much they would beg pathetically.
They don't feel at all sorry for their victims. The reason is that to make what we make as a driver or waiter or such in an hour would take them a week or more of backbreaking manual labor from sun up to sun down. They believe we are ignorant, soft, and fat and justify what they do as necessary hardening for the realities of life. Always keep your guard up. Why should they break their backs because of the geographical misfortune of their home country while we barely work, as they see it, and are lavished with more than enough for food and rent. So much we can afford to give it to an online storyteller!
I steered clear of them after that until one day my friend George invited me over to jam on guitar, a common occurrence. But this time he wanted to show me his new girlfriend. George was in his late 50s, a sweet pacifist and avowed hippie who could talk all night about Eastern religion. But not that night because George was clearly in love. The Facebook account he showed me was only a few months old with a few pics but I could not deny - the blond he identified as his girlfriend was a stone cold fox. Probably mid to pre twenties.
It quickly became clear that George did not want to jam, he just wanted to talk about her.
He said they talked for hours every night. She lives in Colorado, he said with stars in his eyes. She was flying out soon. Then he leaned forward and said in a low voice bubbling with excitement "We are engaged!"
He was smiling ear to ear. I'd never seen him so happy. I asked for a beer from his fridge which he always had shelves full of. His face fell. I opened the fridge. It was empty.
"Her dad just died and left her a million dollars but probate takes a while. She paid all the funeral expenses out of pocket, you know" George intimated.
"So, what are you saying?" I asked, knowing already. "Are you saying you sent her your beer money?"
"I love her and helped her through a tough time. She's grieving the loss of a parent, can you understand that? I do. I have empathy. I sent her $500"
George didn't have $50 extra a month, he lived off SSI. He must have sold something. I looked around. "Where's your guitar?"
George didn't answer.
"What's her number? Call her right now I want to talk to her" I demanded.
"I would never let you speak to my fiancée in such a hotheaded mood" George informed me. "But even if I wanted to I couldn't let you talk to her. The microphone is broken on her phone. She asked me to get her a phone. Do you have an extra cell phone? Had to be iPhone she said specifically she only likes iPhone, the new models."
"Mic broken? ARE YOU SAYING YOUVE NEVER EVEN SPOKEN TO HER EXCEPT ONLINE???"
"Why don't you come back when you've got your temper under control." George said dismissively.
I stormed out.
Over the next few months George would tell me his bank account got closed from depositing fraudulent cashiers checks from her and sending "her" the money at her request. At some point a Nigerian person physically came by his apartment and picked up the iPhone he had gotten her by signing up for a 3 year contract. Another time he came to the door wild-eyed, frantically telling me she had been kidnapped by organized crime and they wanted a ransom sent immediately.
"Where?" I asked.
"Nigeria, to her bodyguard.
"Some bodyguard, she got kidnapped" I replied. "Why is she in Nigeria if she lives in Colorado?" I asked, only vaguely even interested in whatever story had been told to George. It was a doozy though.
"She is in Nigeria overseeing her fathers oil fields that have been bequeathed to her. She surveys them from the air, in a helicopter. But now she's kidnapped and they want $500. They won't let her leave to get a western union so she is having her bodyguard pick it up."
I stared for a long time at George, and settled on his eyes, trying to see if the old George was in there anywhere. I sighed deeply.
"George we have been friends for a pretty long time. And I was happy for you when I saw how happy you were and I don't want you to think I'm trying to take away something important. But the truth is that you have been talking to a man this whole time. A Nigerian man. There is no bodyguard. That's the guy you've been talking to. There is no broken cell phone mic. He doesn't have a female voice so that's why he said that."
George collapsed. I hugged him and got a beer from my fridge. Over the next several hours I showed him the phone number from a Colorado area code he texted the scammer on was actually a Googke. Voice number that you can use over IP anywhere in the world. I tried to add the number to my google voice account and an error popped up: the number you have entered is already associated with a Google voice account.
George cried when I did a reverse image search on the Facebook pics of his so-called fiancée and showed him they were being used on dozens of sites using dozens of names. And that all those numbers were google voice too. I cried with him. It felt cathartic. He finally could see the truth. I wondered if he wished he hadn't.
I didn't see much of George over the next six months. Granted, I was busy myself but we waved at each other a couple times and that was that.
Then the day came when I was moving out of the apartment complex we lived in together and loading a u haul. I had my own fiancée and she and her daughter were bringing out the last boxes and I had climbed to the top of the pile inside to find places to shove them. And there he was. I introduced Stephanie and Meadow. He was polite and charming.
But when they went back inside , he turned to me with a conspiratorial smile.
"She's coming out this weekend" he grinned. You know who."
I looked at the man who had nothing else in life but the fairy tale this Nigerian man brought him. I blinked away a tear so George wouldn't see.
I had to steady my voice too.
Once I had, I said to George: "I hope she is everything you deserve George. It would be an honor to be at your wedding, even just as a guest."
George's face glowed with happiness.
"You can be my best man!" He stretched out his hand and I shook it warmly. I wrote my new address down and phone number. "Keep me posted, Casanova!"
"I will!" He promised.
But I never heard from or saw George again. I hope wherever he is that he is happy. Reality is subjective, he helped me learn. And while one person might receive more joy from a new swimming pool in the backyard, someone with less means and perhaps a bigger heart might just find a $500/month fantasy girlfriend experience to be money well spent.
God bless you, George, be it in Santa Barbara, Colorado, or points further yonder.

Hello po, ask ko lang po if paano ang gagawin. Bukas na po kasi ang start date ko and hindi ko po alam kung saang site ako pupunta and what time. Hindi ko po macontact and PDC Onboarding team, yung dalawang mobile numbers na provided nila out of coverage area, then kapag nag email naman, automated message yung sagot. Wala padin po akong welcome kit.
Thank you po in advance sa lahat ng sasagot and maghelp.

Hello, I am in Quebec. I have my citizenship and I am a LAW ABIDNG citizen. Asking for a friend but Maybe 2 months ago I was sent a letter from the government stating that I had until x date to pay my fine or my licence would be revoked obviously I start stressing out, but I find a way to come up with the money and paid my driving school (transit) the rest of my balance the date I was told to pay it. Maybe two weeks ago I decided to book my second theory exam and today I got my verification code from the SAAQclic site. I then see in a bold red font that my licence had been suspended because of an unpaid fine. I DID NOT KNOW MY LICENCE GOT SUSPENDED because I paid my fine so i was extremely confused. I checked it out fully because at this point I’m realizing I’ve committed multiple crimes because I’ve been doing my classes as usual thinking that was resolved because I paid my fine and it’s on record????? IM LOCKED OUT OF MY SAAQCLIC AT THE THE MOMENT BUT WHEN I CHECKED IT I THINK IT SAID THAT MY FINE WAS PROCCESSING BUT I PAID IT… 2 MONTHS AGO!!!!!

Hello. I posted on here a few weeks ago, asking about the website in the title along with another website.
Okay. so this website...
m.zerohashfx.com has been giving me crazy red flags since i've heard of it from a family member.
So starting from the beginning. About two almost three weeks ago. A family member of mine had informed me of this girl named jennifer and how she introduce him to cryptotrading,
From what he has told me. This jennifer girl is a woman he met on a sex dating app (I know, concerning already,) who claims to be from china, working in a taiwanese company based out in california. This in and of itself was concerning as of late there has been a number of news reports about pig butchering scams. And the fact of the matter was that his whole history of interacting with this girl, matches what the new reports state about these scams.
meeting on dating sites, build friendships, mention crypto. teach how to trade crypto through a website that is questionable at best. and state it is all under his control and not her own.
The only thing that hasn't been done yet is the cut off part of the scam where the scammer goes dark and vanishes into the internet to scam another in place of its last host.
I attempted to point out the issues with this whole situation only to be told that i'm wrong and to stay out of his business. Despite me having a history of being right about these sorts of things, and him having a history of doing stupid shit that drags the family into trouble, myself included.
Recently among the sites that had been listed in my previous post. One of them has been completely shut down and replaced with some chinese post. The other is works a mobile phone website. This pretty much confirms that these sites are a scam, but the confusing thing about this is that the site that i mentioned here is not only still up but some of the scam detector sites that i use is now claiming the site to be relatively safe with scores of 6 out 10 to 8 out of 10, and other listing the sites trustworthiness as being between 60 to 95 percent safe.
despite this, the sites themselves still give me bad vibes, and since my family member won't even consider my words by even a bit. What should i do right now. My family member is going to be going to california in about two to three months to supposeily work at Jennifer's company that he still doesn't know the name of and given what i've heard of pig butchering scam that get to this part. It doesn't look good for him.
What should I do. I'm looking for legit advice. on what i should do now. Personally i think moving away from this family is my best bet. but I don't want to seem like i'm abandoning them even if my support was always unneeded.

I'll just go ahead and lead with this: they were all smut. I can't remember the author name or any of the titles. I think I read them on ff.net years ago but after that site did their purge of explicit stories years ago they all seem to be gone. Someone also did GMod fanart on DeviantArt of these stories back in the day, as much as they could with DeviantArt's rules. The author, to the best of my memory, was a German woman (or at least German was her native language) writing in English, and there was one that was Barney/femalereaderinsert, another that was...ahem...a three-way (Barney/Gordon/Alyx and B/G were dating), and another that was about Alyx having had a crush on Barney when she was younger and having felt rejected by him and finally getting to act on it now that she's older. I'm being as vague as I am because I'm not sure how specific I can be with Reddit's rules on NSFW topics, but if the subreddit allows I can expand on what I'm looking for, or maybe DM me? I'm sorry, I'm not on Reddit often enough.
Thank you for entertaining my weird and awkward request, if this post breaks any rules I'll go ahead and take it down.

I’m getting tired of online dating, and I keep striking out. I was spending a lot of money on all these novelty dating sites. So I’ve started looking at some more niche places to find a connection.
So I recently got connected to Princess, a Conflict Resolution Specialist for Frontier Airlines. We get to chatting, all business at first, but then I just go for it: “So Princess… are you a plus sized black woman who’s willing to snap me some feet pics and we can chat some more?”.
After some more exchanges, I’m no longer allowed to fly Frontier. But I figured they were gonna go away soon anyway, and Southwest will actually let you talk to their girls.

Took a long break from chess because of a long losing streak and frustration. Decided radomly to play a quick game against the computer and i win! think i just got lucky but i did try my best at this game and I'm happy. Sorry if the game is theoretically bad. I couldn't remember all the tactics and openings and stuff so I just kinda winged it. [Event "Vs. Computer"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2024-06-04"] [White "Intermediate"] [Black "qqqupid"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1000"] [BlackElo "550"] [TimeControl "-"] [Termination "qqqupid won by checkmate"] 1. Nf3 e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. c3 Ba5 4. Be3 Nc6 5. h3 Qe7 6. Nbd2 Bb6 7. Nb1 d5 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. g4 h6 10. a3 b5 11. d4 e4 12. Nh2 Qg5 13. Rg1 f5 14. c4 bxc4 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. e3 Nf6 17. Nc3 fxg4 18. O-O-O Bf5 19. Nxg4 Ne7 20. Ne5 g5 21. Bg2 g4 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Rdf1 Qh2 25. Bxe4 Kd8 26. Rxg4 h5 27. Rg2 Qh3 28. Nxd5 b6 29. Nxe7 Qe6 30. Bxa8 Kd7 31. Nc6 Rxa8 32. Ne5+ Kd8 33. Qb4 Ra5 34. Qf8+ Qe8 35. Qxe8+ Kxe8 36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. f4 b5 38. Kb1 Ra4 39. Ng6+ Kf7 40. Kc2 Kxg8 41. Ne7+ Kf7 42. Nd5 c6 43. Nb4 Ra8 44. Rg1 Rg8 45. Rxg8 Kxg8 46. e4 h4 47. Nxc6 h3 48. Ne5 h2 49. Nd7 h1=Q 50. Nc5 Qh2+ 51. Kc3 Qg3+ 52. Kb4 c3 53. bxc3 Qxf4 54. Kb3 Qf7+ 55. Kb4 Qc4+ 56. Ka5 Qxc3+ 57. Kb6 b4 58. Kb7 bxa3 59. Kc7 a2 60. Kc6 a1=Q 61. e5 Qxd4 62. Nd7 Qc1+ 63. Kb7 Qb4+ 64. Nb6 Qh1+ 65. Kc7 Qbe4 66. Kd6 Qh6+ 67. e6 Qexe6+ 68. Kc5 Qxb6+ 69. Kc4 Qh5 70. Kc3 Qbc5+ 71. Kb2 Qhe5+ 72. Kb1 Qe4+ 73. Ka2 Qa5+ 74. Kb2 Qd4+ 75. Kc1 Qad2+ 76. Kb1 Q4b2# 0-1

I’ve had a pretty hard time finding an SO. I dated a woman around a month ago and she told me there was no connection.
As of late, the only luck I’ve had is with women who are also ND themselves. I am speaking to one woman who I’m considering getting into an LDR with, but she lives across the country and I’m not sure how that would work out.
I haven’t met anyone through apps, meetups, singles events/speed dating, group chats, or even through friends. None of my friends know someone who is interested.
I’m not sure of much I can do to increase my odds. I know it’s harder for the autistic to find someone compared to NT people, but I know it’s possible.
I’ve been comfortable being single but I would like a relationship at this point. It’s been about a year and I’ve faced quite a lot of rejection. One rejection was my own fault. I met a woman on an autistic dating site. She was really interested. We were talking about meeting (she also lived far away) and I was supposed to call her but I never did. I totally blame myself for that.
Women who are NT for most of my life haven’t given me the time of day. Autistic women I’ve found have been more likely to accept date proposals and I’ve gotten further along with them.

A spot in a 2B2B apartment.
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If you are interested, please send me a DM.
Edit: Must be atleast 21 years of age and a student (does not have to be a UCLA student)

Hi, I'm a 34 year-old nerdy guy living in New England. And yes, I made a dating site for myself.
I enjoy conventions, video games, cosplaying, etc. Outside of my cosplay I have a great taste in fashion. I also like to work out to keep in shape and stay healthy. In my spare time I fill out sweepstakes and enter raffles (that I often win!).
I am looking for a woman who I can travel, cosplay, geek out with and eventually share a life with. But for now a coffee, if local, would be great.
Learn more about me at my website! Since I can’t post it on this R4R, it’s on my profile.
https://imgur.com/Y5ECn4T

Good evening everyone! I come to you today with everyone's favorite pokey boy. As always, I greatly appreciate all of you for reading, and hope you enjoy everything to come.
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Memory transcription subject: Captain Sovlin, Federation Fleet Command Date [standardized Earth time]: August 21, 2136
The situation surrounding the Skalgan continued to grow more and more confusing as the days went on, and I was getting closer and closer to losing my patience. First came Tarva’s official announcement about first contact, bringing the knowledge of the Skalgan’s existence to the public. Nearly immediately after, she announced she’d be closing space ports and communications while they established communications and relations with the Skalgan homeworld. Foreign visitors to the planet only had a short time to leave before everything was shut down. After that, silence.
Nearly every member of the Federation was waiting with baited breath for any word from the Venlil government, anything to indicate how first contact was going. Even my message to Tarva had been for the most part dismissed with no further discussion. This was strange behavior, especially with the major Federation members trying their hardest to talk their way into meeting the Slakgan in person. Yet all attempts were met with the same message. “The Skalgan have requested that all diplomatic dealings are done exclusively with the Venlil people for the time being. Please be respectful of their wishes.”
Then came the call from Piri, the Gojid prime minister. She was not happy, demanding I speak with her despite it being in the middle of my sleep cycle. When I answered, she immediately went off. “What is this I’m hearing about you stirring up trouble for the Venlil?” She growled. My still sleepy brain didn’t quite register what she was talking about, earning me an annoyed growl from Piri. “Solvin. Wake up. The Skalgan caught the spy operation that you launched against them.”That snapped me to wakefulness, and brought with it a wave of dread. “They-... Ma’am, I assure you I have an explanation for what’s going on.”“I sure hope you do, because Tarva called and told me that this has put diplomatic talks with the Skalgan in a precarious place. We’re lucky that they only think it was a rogue survey crew that showed up in their territory, but imagine my surprise when the pictures of the crew they showed me included your First Officer.” She forwarded me four images. One was of the ship itself, and the other three were portrait shots of the crew. Sure enough, it was them. Recel stared at the camera with a distracted, almost dazed look in his eyes, while the other two looked terrified. “They’ve been taken prisoner? Are they okay?”
“As far as I’ve been told, they’re okay.” Piri sighed. “Scared out of their minds, but who wouldn’t be when taken prisoner by a previously unknown alien civilization. Tarva has assured me that they won’t be harmed, but it’ll take time to negotiate their release. The Skalgan are not happy with being intruded upon.” Guilt stabbed at my heart as I stared at the photos. Even if they were okay, they were there because I allowed them to go. I gave them all the opportunities to reconsider, but they still went through with it. Even if it was their choice, I was the one that created and authorized the plan. “I’m sorry for the trouble this has caused, Ma’am. I have reason to believe that the Skalgan are hiding something from us, and that is why they’ve been so reclusive. Whatever it is, they’ve roped the Venlil into it too. I was hoping that this mission could help us better understand what is going on with them.”
The prime minister tilted her head in thought, weighing my words against the trouble my actions have brought. “I too want to know what’s going on, Solvin, as does the whole Federation. We’re lucky the Venlil nor the Skalgan have accused us of espionage, but stirring up more trouble could get us in trouble with the wider Federation. For now, keep an eye on the borders and let me know if there’re any new developments. Do not antagonize them further.”“Understood ma’am. I’ll keep in touch.” I closed the channel and let out a long sigh as I sat back in my seat. I was glad to have been in my personal quarters for that exchange. Getting a stern talking to in front of my bridge crew would have been embarrassing. But now I at least had the blessing of the prime minister to do more than twiddle my thumbs. I called up to the bridge as I began making my way out of my quarters. “Set a course for a patrol along the Venlil border. I’ll be on the bridge in a minute.”
When I arrived, I received the usual salutes from the bridge crew as I settled into my chair. “Alright, once we’re at the border, keep an eye on both the radar and signal interceptors. Maybe we’ll catch something of interest.” I didn’t know if there would be anything this close to the border of note. The closest Venlil structure was an outpost well outside of sensor and signal range. We might at most catch sight of some ships in the far off distance, but that would be all we could do on our side of the border.
“Sir… you’re gonna want to have a look at this.” Said Fara, my temporary first officer. The young Gojid forwarded the sensor data to my console, and my eyes grew wide with horror at what I was seeing. On approach towards the border were several ships of Arxur make, at least three of them of the bomber variety. The kind of ships that would be used to attack a planet or outpost. “Speh! Get a visual on the ships and charge the weapons.” I shouted. My first concern was that we had arrived at the tail end of a raid against the nearby outpost. There had been no distress signal, yet the Venlil hardly had the means to fight off an attack this far out from their homeworld. I feared that the Arxur had attacked too quickly for the Venlil to call for help.“I got a visual!” Fara shouted. The main display adjusted to show the three ships that approached us. The first indication that something was off was the damaged state the ships were in. They were practically shredded, lined with holes from weapon fire and missing chunks of hull. The ships looked like they were barely hanging on, their engines struggling to propel them. Before I could voice my surprise, Fara spoke again. “Captain, I’m counting… nearly thirty- No, fifty ships giving chase. Some of them are battle ships in size, but they’re of an unknown design.”
Battle ships out this far from Venlil Prime? The Venlil didn’t have the fleet power to send such large ships on patrol, unless… “Plot an intercept course! As soon as the unknown ships are in range, hail them. Ready weapons to fire on the Arxur as soon as they’re in range.”
It was a big assumption I was making, but if I was right, this would be our first look at the Skalgan’s military capabilities. As the Arxur ships limped towards the border, several fighter crafts continued to pepper the larger ships. Their weapons for the most part were ineffective against the Arxur’s armor, but a hit on a weak spot would still do serious damage. The Arxur’s own weapon fire was focused on the much more agile fighters, leaving them wide open to the larger guns of the battle ships. One of battleships fired a railgun shot that pierced the rear of one Arxur ship, immediately detonating its engines and causing the whole craft to tear apart. Another ship tried maneuvering away as they started drawing closer to us, only to lose power to their engines to fighter fire and drift uncontrollably across the border line. Our own guns shook our ship as they fired, tearing the bomber in half. That left one last bomber.“Captain! The last ship is on a ramming course for us!” Fara yelled. The last Arxur vessel sped over the border, engines burning out of control as their ship sped towards us. “Take evasive action! Fire anything we have! All decks, brace for impact!” With our railgun recharging, we lacked the decisive blow to destroy the ship before it could reach us. Everyone on the bridge cowered and held on as the Arxur ship continued to accelerate at speeds that would tear our ship open. Our own engines tried to adjust our course, but it looked like we were gonna collide.
The lead Skalgan battleship suddenly fired its railcannon again, the shot piercing the Arxur and causing the ship to shatter. The debris rained against our hull, briefly throwing us off balance as our ship’s gravity struggled to counteract the impact. Once we were steady, I looked down at my console and was relieved to see there had been no breaches. The whole bridge let out a collective sigh of relief as the last of the Arxure were destroyed. “...Fara… is the hailing channel open?” I asked. The poor girl was still recovering from the rattling, slowly returning to her seat after falling out of it. “Y-yes captain. It… Okay, it’s open now.”I turned my attention to the screen and awaited a response. It took longer than I would have liked to be answered. During the wait, the Skalgan fighters retreated back over the border, where the idly sat alongside the battleships. Finally, we got an answer, though the hail was being patched through to the outpost. When the video feed came live, I saw a familiar face in the form of Kam, and an unfamiliar individual that I quickly noted was a Skalgan.“Captain Solvin. It’s a surprise to see you here.” Kam said. He was trying to put on an appearance of confidence, but I could see he was quite rattled. His eyes darted about and his ears couldn’t seem to sit still. “I’m sorry that you had to get involved in this skirmish, but we appreciate the assistance nonetheless. The situation is under control, and we’re lucky to have had only minimal losses.”“Well it looked like you got plenty of help from your new friends.” I said, gesturing a claw towards the Skalgan. “Who’s he?”
Kam glanced towards the well decorated individual. Before he could speak, the Skalgan spoke up. “I am Kalgar Fredricson, Fleet Admiral. You can thank my boys for saving you from getting torn in half. Honestly, those Arxur picked the worst time to attack, showing up during a live fire demonstration. I doubt they lived long enough to regret their mistake.”I was all for tearing up the grays, but this previously unknown fleet that now sat on the doorstep of Gojid space had me concerned. “You seem to have quite the fleet, admiral. Though I’m confused as to why you feel the need to have such strong forces if your homeworld is unknown to the Arxur.”
The admiral huffed. “We’ve been worried about a threat that predates our first contact with the Venlil. After all, my ancestors wouldn’t have fled Skalga without good reason, and we wouldn’t let ourselves be caught off-guard again.”
I tried my best to read the admiral. He seemed to share some of the body language of the Venlil, but that only brought me more confusion. This man held himself tall and proud, practically looking down on me with the way his head slightly tilted up. This was a person who wasn’t afraid to use the position of power he held as he saw fit. “Well it seems like you certainly caught the Arxur by surprise. I can commend you for that. However, I can’t help but have concerns over the number of ships you have here on our border. Demonstration or not, you’re a Non-Federation force that is putting on a display of military power an ear flick away from us. I’d like to know the reason.”
The admiral gave a dismissive wave with his tail. “This site was chosen by Governor Tarva. If you have issues with the location, you can bring it up with her. In addition, these demonstrations have been done in an effort to help train and bulk up the Venlil forces. We were shown what happened in the last Arxur raid on their planet. I’m sure you understand why they’d never want that to happen again.”
Although a reasonable explanation, I still didn’t like the idea that a foreign military force was now colluding with one of our allies without us being permitted to get involved. Everything about the Skalgan felt shifty. “Well, as much as I’m sure they appreciate your aid, I can assure you that the Federation had taken good care of the Venlil for many generations. The Arxur are no match against our combined might.”
“Yet they continue to raid your planets, destroy your colonies, and kidnap citizens for livestock.” Kalgar said bluntly. “A war that’s been going on for generations, yet has been in an endless stalemate, despite the sheer numerical advantage the Federation should have. It honestly makes me doubt the efficacy of the Federation’s military.”
My spines began to rise at the insulting words the admiral spoke. “Don’t you dare speak of us that way. I’ve watched good people die defending their homes from that predator menace. I’ve seen children torn apart before my eyes. I will not tolerate you throwing these accusations at me or my people!”
The admiral's ears twitched in anger. He started to speak again, but Kam quickly cut him off. “T-that’s enough. Please. We just went through a tense engagement. I believe we should return to our duties and tend to our damaged vessels.” The admiral glared at Kam, though after a moment gave an ear flick in agreement. “Indeed. We have matters to attend to. I’m sure you have many questions, Captain Solvin, but they’ll have to wait. The Skalgan people will be speaking at the upcoming Federation summit. Hopefully that will provide whatever answers you’re looking for. As for now, unless you need anything else from us, we’ll be signing off.”
I couldn’t think of a reason to keep the admiral, despite my desires to interrogate him for all he had. With a reluctant sigh, I gave a wave with my claws. “Very well. I look forward to what your people have to say at the summit.” The channel closed, and I let out a long, frustrated growl. I swore these Skalgan were gonna make my fur go gray. This interaction did nothing to help my opinion of them. “Keep on the signal interceptors while we do repairs. If they’re up to something, I wanna make sure we know about it.” I said. While the crew worked, I made a mental note of the things I’d be telling the Prime Minister. These Skalgan were getting so cozy with the Venlil, to the point where I was wondering who was calling the shots.
The potential for a military coup by the Skalgan came to mind, though I still didn’t believe they could have the manpower to pull something like that off. In fact, where were they getting their manpower from? Scans showed that all the ships were occupied, the battleships in particular having a full crew. Perhaps it was a mix of Skalgan and Venlil. Maybe that was the aim of the Skalgan, to win over enough Venlil support to take over. The Venlil seem to have welcomed them home with open arms, so it wasn’t too far out of the realm of possibility for them to be permitted to take positions of power. That admiral seemed to have just as much sway as Kam, though his attitude kept me wondering if the Skalgan were secretly predator diseased.
A predator diseased leader… the thought brought a sudden wave of anxiety. What damage could such a person do to not only a species, but the Federation as a whole? All the work done to make the Federation safe from the tyranny of predators, all undone. This would have to be stopped before it took root. But how to prove to the wider Federation the danger they pose? The Federation Summit was coming up soon, and no doubt the Skalgan would be doing their best to win the favor of the Federation. Forget a predator diseased leader, getting into the Federation itself could bring everything crashing down. I couldn’t let that happen, but any sort of aggression against the Skalgan right now would only earn me the ire of the Federation. I needed a way to learn what was going on the inside.
…I needed to get Recel back.
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