I don't mind if it has ecchi or controversial scene but no stuff that has too much gore please For example an anime that i find the similar to what i'm looking for is: -Absolute Duo -Black Bullet -Keroro Gunsou/Sgt.Frog

We have to break the comex and CME, there is no other way. Military tactics, attack at its weakest point, platinum or palladium. There’s only ~9k ozs of eligible palladium or ~48k ozs of platinum. There’s too much silver to be able to break the chains of the banking cartel. The ratios to trade are insanely in your favor. Break one market and silver will go to the moon. Continuing to attack at their strong points will not get us to our intended outcome and that’s generational wealth. For those who are sitting on 1,000 or more ozs. Go to your local dealer, trade 100ozs and get three ounces of platinum, drain the stock and let us relish in bankers tears. You joined the ape army, and bought silver bullets. Use them

That's why I can only play sim lmao. Basically, to shoot down someone is "Simple", I mean I sneak upon him and fire. If it fails - zoom out, recall the attack to sneak upon him again and try shooting once more.
The best position to get closer to someone is flying slightly below his tail level because he obviously cannot see what's below his tail or from a very above where they wouldnt look that much but it risks an overshot.
I think for the lulz I clicked Air-RB once and I literally didnt know what to do..... what, do I attack the guys fighting below me? Then someone is literally going to see a free target diving into the furball and will have a very easy time going after me, I will be his priority target... normally in Sim, the majority of time they would be propably more focused on spotting the right target amongst the furbal as its the most visible attention-drawing thing so you can gank these outside-waiting gankers instead of them you if you focus on finding their "dots" in the sky xd
That's why fighting there feels sooo weird and kinda stressful, literally any move feels so watched/weird
Also for example, even any fun isolated fight where you attack someone shooting your ally also feels so weird when you have so many red-tags around the map and knowing they can also see you.. you gotta constsntly watch if one of these Red-tags don't actually fly towards you with an increasing altitude.. and you arent sure if they are closing on you or not, it feels kinda stressful because they might actually be coming and gaining height in the process, which means you're screwed.
Normally in Sim, noone will propably know about this isolated firefight so you can chill, you only need to worry about a potential "cover me" map ping
And even if someone in Air RB misses his shots on me, he will just follow me because I wont be able to zoom out unseen like in the sim to sneakily Boom'n'Zook again... normally I'd propably lost the guy following me in the confusing chaos of a fast-diving through a furball. If I have a tail in sim, I want to bet on him simply losing the sight of me - which even in Sim is hard but happens often.
So to conclude this, I don't know what to do, there are many red-tags around the map flying somewhere, propably many experienced Aces that I cannot just evade by remaining unseen...
The first question that appears in your mind is if should I climb higher to outclimb any other watchers of mine?..
..Well, I then see my enemies also noticing that I started to go up and they want to go even higher than me to not become my targets.
And most of the times it becomes this kind of weird climbing fest untill one sides gets bored and eventually just dives down into the furball anyway or go straight into the other climbing player for a head-on.
A lot of times it literally becomes a stat-fest of your planes and it ends up to which plane has better stats because they started climbing aggresively since the first second of the match.
The plane that often wins in the Air RB is the one who climbs so fast people actually don't expect him being so much above them already lmao, I mean he's so high that he can surprise people even in a mode with name-tags and a 3rd person view because he comes from such a high angle as not many players look directly above them. They look behind them to see if they don't have a tail but they don't often look just straight up at a 90* angle above them lol and he comes into a very aggresive downards dive towards the enemy shooting at their planes from above.
............. Actually, Ground RB might be more fun for planes. You play with more "realism" just like in SIM but in an easier to control mode... And there's a player tank battle below so the stakes are high as you protect your team-mates from the enemy CAS.
However, there's an issue that is also present in planes which can open their cockpits in SB that caused a bit of an outcry on the sim forums.
You can hear everything so well in a 3rd person mode that if you fly to the map and you suddenly hear a buzzing sound of an incoming engine, you gonna shake your plane violently and there's a high chance someone is going to overshoot you.
When I've tried to do surprise dives on enemy CAS flying to the battle, they would almost always shake their plane in the last moment so my bullets missed them.. In SIM, its much easier to sneak upon someone without them hearing you if they have their canopy closed.
Actually, for a comparison - when I fly at the low tier and someone flies that 2.0 soviet OP biplane which obviously has an open cockpit as biplanes do, I found its almost impossible to catch him through a dive because he will hear you coming and will start doing chaotic maneveurs... so even after 10 BnZ dives, I always missed him because he heard me coming and I couldnt catch him off-guard.
And in the third person view everyone has this kind of awareness so its often veery hard to try to get closer to someone.
If you try to get closer to secure a more accurste kill - which is usually what you do in SIM and that's what real WW2 aces recommended - they said that novices shoot too quickly and spoil their positions when a pro patiently waits untill he's close enough, actually very close to make an accurate devastating burst... So, in the third person mode - if you get closer and closer, he will eventually hear you and before you decide to shoot, he will fly all over the place -,- So I always feel like I need to shoot from a bit further away which is very random and looks pretty bad, spoiling your position anyway so there isn't this fun feeling when you fly very close up to someone and make a surprise mothafucka burst that tears him in half, I found it actually harder to do in the third person mode -,-
So what I often ended up with was an overshot against the enemy CAS but before I regained my altitude to go for another run, the enemy would dive down and send a bomb straight to my tankie ground mates... then often suicide and respawn into a tank again -,-
Aaand ofc you first need to play as the tank.. then the enemy starts winning and you're in a fighter when noone decides to play any planes this match... You wait and wait and you see your team losing... So you get bored and eventually start doing some machine gun runs and just that's when the enemy spawns a plane and gets you flying carelessly after 10 minutes of monitoring the airspace.
Or you monitor the airspace but someone slips past you and does a suicide run and you lose the opportunity anyway....
Or suddenly, the enemy has 10 planes but you don't have points to spawn one, you finally get into a fighter... aaand theyre gone somehow, respawned into tanks XD
Ooor your whole team decides to just hop into fighters aswell, not seeing you're already monitoring the air-space.. so theyre flying around doing nothing, looking for an air kill which they hunt like hungry dogs and do some useless machine gun runs against heavily armoured tanks.... So all you can do is really feel bad and eventually you write - wtf, why do many fighters, we're losing the match and you're all in the air not doing anything, get into tanks and cap zones lol and you gotta abandon your fighter and help your losing team as one of the few tanks still on the ground xD
So even if you seek ground-based air battles, the SB ground battles are better because you can do the typical douchy pilot thing and just hop into a fighter, fight some enemy CAS or fighters and leave the match if you lose your planes or there's no enemy air presence and you're bored of just flying around the map xD
The end

It's really annoying when that brand new dragonuov and after like 3 raids it jams after every 5th bullet. But its not just annoying, it's unrealistic AF. Just for example IRL you can put 100,000 rounds through an ak before it breaks, but in tarkov, you can shoot like 300 maybe.

 So I propose that we make it so worse ammunition jams more often like for example, maybe ammo that's been found in raid is less likely to jam? Idk I kina lost my train of thought so talk about hiw we could fix this jamming problem also FUCK AI PMC GUNS ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE HALF BROKEN AND CANT BE REPAIRED 

As a character who preaches the “change for good” with sound politics that are pro-woman and her consistant destain towards the coporate world run by men - she makes several comments and takes actions that show deep down shes just as rotten as an elite male.
Her metioning her insinuated “bullet proof tits” (her words not mine) - even in a negative tone as to be reluctant to say it is just one small example. That is just one of my most hated lines in the whole series and got me to want to write this.
Shiv is one of the biggest hypocrites in the show and is more sexist than 90% of the people she claims are.

Meow vs gulp is a game about alien warlord cats and fish. So you get 20 half tokens or maybe more(Don't know?), 2 dice 8 cards and a army. So you roll the dice to see how much your piece can move and then you could use one of your cars(for example a switch card wich switches one of you and your opponents players piece who are the closes to you) or you can get a other cards to end your turn. If you are infront of one of the enemies pieces you can roll to see how much damage you attack and the enemie rolls if you get a higher number you hit but if they get a higher number you miss. You play intill one team invaded the others base or if the enemy has no more pieces.

Note: this is a continuation of Part 4 of the “Realities of War” series. This won’t make much sense without reading Part 4 I posted a few minutes ago - I suggest you start there.

Guardrails aren’t Fixed – the offer a “methodology”, but not a “Solution”.

The “Guardrails” of War I keep mentioning – they aren’t set in some fixed position. They are very much flexible and much wider in a “War” than in a “military operation”.
Civilians are often quick to point at individual events and jump to a conclusion of whether this act or another is “within the rules”. And they are quick to point at some international law or rulebook to defend their point.
Except it rarely achieves anything definitive.
The “Rules” offer a “methodology” - but they rarely hold the “answer”.
1. The “Rules” offer guidance as to “how” a nation should fight a war. But they certainly do not require a nation to lose the war.
2. The “HOW” will have much more practical flexibility if your goal is to “defeat the enemy” rather than a more “optional” objective (like “push the borders out a bit” or something).
3. In addition to the broader scope of “HOW” that a WAR entails (as opposed to a “military operation”) – it is even further impacted by the characteristics of the battlefield, the nature of the enemy, and countless other pragmatic nuances of fighting an actual war.
Also important to note that Humanitarian law does not regulate when and if wars are justified or when they can start or end.
Concepts such as “proportionality” are routinely misapplied by civilians appalled by the violence. This won’t be new to those who’ve been following my posts, but I’ll expand, nonetheless.
Sidenote: credit to u/Acrobatic_Computer for pointing out that I did not adequately spell out what “proportionality” actually means in military context in a previous post. He offered a link to The Commander's Handbook on the Law of Land Warfare which you can check out for yourselves here: [link].
Let’s examine what the “Handbook” says.
Section 2.71 is quite clear that “The principle of proportionality imposes duties that apply to the protection of persons and objects that may not be made the object of attack.” Fair enough. I think most sane people would agree with that.
But than Section 2.76 introduces the key nuance: “The weighing or comparison between the expected incidental harm and the anticipated military advantage does not necessarily lend itself to empirical analyses*. On the one hand, striking an ammunition dump or a terrorist training camp would not be prohibited because a farmer is plowing a field in the area. On the other hand, an extraordinary military advantage would be necessary to justify an operation posing risks of collateral death or injury to thousands of civilians*.”
As you can see – the “rules” offer a “methodology” to how to think about a certain decision. But it certainly offers no specific solutions to any situational problem that the military may encounter in the course of war – there is a TON of room for interpretation and nuance.

To help make sense of things, let’s look at some specific examples.

Two Situations that are “similar” on the surface can be entirely different for all practical purposes.
The operating manual for the US forces clearly prohibits unnecessary damage and civilian death that’s “disproportionate” to the value of the objective. And we certainly would do our best to abide by these rules.
For instance, when invading a country, we would routinely bypass certain fights (instead of “finishing” the enemy at a point of a specific engagement). Say you’re moving toward a distant rally point – the broader objective is to apply pressure upon retreating organized enemy force. You stumble into a village on the way, and the village is shooting at you. You have two options: (a) drop a bunch of artillery on it, wipe the enemy off the map and kill a bunch of civilians while at it; or (b) report it to command so they decide what to do with it later, bypass it, and move toward the objective that actually matters to you.
We would routinely go with option B. Because the village itself is not a critical objective and would hold little significance to the overall aim of the campaign, we would simply let it be and bypass it – thus saving civilian lives and pursuing more important objectives of the campaign.
But it’s a much, MUCH different situation when a city lies in your way and the city IS the objective.
There aren’t that many things you can “bypass” in a city. Every hostile building on every supply route must be dealt with – you can’t send traffic down the MSR if it’s constantly being targeted. Every building in a sector must be cleared – you can’t leave a pocket of enemies with guns at your back in a sector you declared “cleared”.
And so, most of the fighting in a city isn’t optional when the city itself is the high-value objective.
(Note: if you haven’t read Part 2 of the series – I’d recommend you read it for better context on how a city gets cleared by a military.)
There isn’t a Requirement for a military to sacrifice its troops unnecessarily. In other words, a military accepts a certain “risk profile” of a mission on a routine basis – there is always a chance that your soldiers may get killed. But you most certainly are not required to send your troops toward assured death on an off chance that a soldier’s death may or may not save a civilian life. You still have a war to fight – and that requires soldiers.
Which means that, when presented with a hostile resistance in a densely packed urban environment, the most practical option may be of a high-explosive variety. The risk of civilian casualties goes up significant, of course, once the bombs are being dropped. But when a city block is of a “high military priority” – escalation in firepower is perfectly acceptable and allowable under all laws of war… provided the execution isn’t entirely reckless.

So… I started Part 4 by saying that “Israel is committing War Crimes” and now it sounds like I’m explaining away IDF’s actions. What gives?

Well… if you’ve read my previous posts – you should have gotten a decent idea that “war is hell”. It’s impossible to get through a war while keeping your hands clean – it simply can not be done.
So yeah… of course IDF has committed some war crimes.
Which ones? I have no idea. And neither do you.

The Fog of War is very Real. And Reductive factoids you may view as “Evidence” actually tell you absolutely nothing.

Let’s look at some common “evidence” often presented by those claiming that the nature of the entire campaign is criminal.

“The Bombs are Too Big”

This is a common complaint direct at IDF. Some even claim that the use of large ordnance is unprecedented. It’s false, of course – we dropped much larger munitions on cities in Iraq, for instance. A much better question is “WHY” a bomb of a certain size is used. Let’s examine…
If you read Part 2 of my posts, you should be familiar with the methodology used when clearing a city. It requires methodical clearing of “sectors”. Clearing a sector requires moving a military element into that sector. To do that, you need (a) “eyes”, and (b) “control of initiative”.
The tunnels take away both. If you can’t observe enemy activity prior to moving into a sector – you can pretty much presume every structure to be hostile. And you can never have any control or initiative on a battlefield where the enemy can be moving under your feet invisible and able to pop up behind your back any time.
What you do with a sector with tunnels will then depend on various factors.
Perhaps intelligence suggests that this sector has a network of smaller tunnels – unknown with respect to specific exit points, but more or less limited. Well.. then you accept the risk profile, move the troops and equipment in, and proceed very carefully.
But what happens if you arrive at a sector with a main “hub” of tunnels running underneath, splitting into networks that can hold quite a large enemy force? And what if you know the location of such a tunnel system?
Well… you certainly destroy it.
The problem is - there aren’t that many things that can drop from the sky, punch a deep enough hole, and destroy a tunnel. Usually that requires something very heavy with a delayed fuse that will go off at a certain depth and collapse the walls on the enemy.
But isn’t the explosive force of such a munition “disproportionate”? Not really. The theoretical “Kill radius” of such heavy munitions is, of course, devastating if it merely bounces of the ground and explodes. But it’s much, MUCH reduced when it’s set to go off underground – the nuance most civilian “analysits” miss.
In many ways, much smaller munitions can be far more deadly to civilians on the surface than a large underground explosion with the ground absorbing most of the explosive force and the resulting fragments.
From what I’ve seen – the analysis of craters left by such larger munitions seem consistent with underground explosions – very much in line with the intent for such munitions that I would expect from a professional military.

Let’s look at another example - is dropping a 2,000lbs bomb on a city square is War crime? Well… I don’t know. It depends.
1. If it’s a sector that needs to be taken (in a city – every sector fits that profile) … you happen to know that sector to be hostile and contain a tunnel network… and you know the approximate location of the main hub – then it is certainly not a war crime. Bombs away.
2. If all of the above holds true – but your intel was outdated and turns out that tunnels haven’t been used in a long time… or perhaps you have the location wrong and happen to blow up a park unnecessarily – is it a war crime? No… It’s an error – an unfortunate reality of war.
3. Perhaps there is no tunnel – but there are four building surrounding a square with militants holed up in each building. Dropping a giant bomb in the middle could be an effective way of dealing with this situation. Is it optimal? Again, it depends.
a. You certainly won’t send troops inside multi-story buildings that are pointing at each other – that’s suicidal.
b. You can bring in some heavy weapons and start dropping smaller caliber lead through windows. Will that work? Maybe… eventually you’ll kill enough of them… others may get tired and give up. How long will that take? Who knows – a siege like that may take multiple days. Do you have that luxury if there is an entire brigade waiting behind you to clear the way? Your probably don’t – you can’t hold the entire operation because of four buildings.
So, at that point – what’s the difference if you drop a one massive bomb on them that will blow the walls off each building or drop four smaller bombs on each building directly? The effect is ultimately the same - and one option costs much less than the other.
(Nor is the result any more devastating than a number of smaller munitions – the hostile buildings you were going to destroy regardless will absorb most of the blast).
4. Now… say you have visual intelligence that militants are preparing for a fight on a certain street. Let’s say there is a bunch of them. They don’t necessarily have fire control of the area – you should be able to move a mechanized company or two down the street, with some close air support, and perhaps clear the street more methodically… or… you could just drop a bomb on it and call it a day. Is this a war crime? Again – it depends.
Do you suspect that there may be a bunch of civilians in the area but then drop a bomb anyway? I’d disagree with the decision – but there are many circumstances under which it could still be a justified decision. Without having been there – I can’t answer that question definitively. But we’re certainly entering a more questionable territory now.
5. Now, say you have a sector with no suspected enemy activity… let’s even imagine it’s clear of civilians… there are no targets clearly identified as “enemy infrastructure”. But you decide to drop a bomb on it anyways, to “deny future comfort to the enemy” or some sh—t. Well, now you have yourself a war crime – perhaps not rising to a level of individual prosecution, but certainly removal from command for whomever made this decision.
6. Now, imagine a commander who’s looking at a single enemy fighter in a crowd of civilians and says “fuck it, hit them all with HE” – now that’s an egregious level of war crime worthy of a criminal prosecution.

So… is it possible that some of the bomb strikes were erroneous, poorly justified, or even criminal? Sure it is. But again, that’s a statement about certain inevitable events that tells you absolutely nothing about the prosecution of the war itself.

There is TOO MUCH DESTRUCTION. Isn’t that evidence of a systemic war crime?

Uhm… yeah… war is quite destructive. Especially in urban context. For instance, when we were done in Fallujah, about 20% of buildings were destroyed. And about 60% in total were damaged to one degree or another. Very similar numbers were in Mosul.
The destruction in Gaza seems strikingly similar – per latest from UNOSAT, about 15% of Gaza’s structures are completely destroyed. About 55% are damaged to one degree or another.
So yeah – an urban war breaks things… a lot of things. But I doubt that Gaza would look much different if it was invaded by U.S. forces for instance.

The Bombs are “Unguided”!!!

Are they? Because in the military, we don’t really look at any particular munition on its own merit alone – it tells you very little.
We look at what we call a “weapon system”. A bomb isn’t a weapon system. An aircraft with targeting systems, a trained pilot, and the bomb attached to it – that’s a weapon system.
“Smart” aircraft can deliver an “unguided” munition much more precisely than a dumb aircraft with an undertrained pilot can deliver a “smart” bomb. And IDF is well-known for having among the best air forces in the world.
If your goal is to collapse a major tunnel hub under a square and you have two options: (a) a smaller but “guided” munition, or (b) an “unguided” but very heavy munition with delayed detonation and delivered by a very accurate weapon system – you go with “B” every single time. A smaller bomb simply won’t do much more than a firework and a needlessly blown up sidewalk – not as far as the tunnel inhabitants are concerned. But a larger bomb doesn’t have to hit a “bullseye” – it just needs to be close enough and penetrate deep enough before going off to create the necessary “earthquake” that will collapse the tunnels in the proximity.
Sidenote: I’m not entirely sure about the “unguided” part either. Sure – many munitions are produced as “dumb” by default. And then they’re fitted with “guidance kits” that make them quite “smart”. Far as I know – Israel has received thousands of such conversion kits. Doubt that they’re documenting precisely which bombs have been fitted with conversion kits and where they were dropped. But I also doubt that these conversion kits are collecting dust in a warehouse somewhere.

“War Crimes” are Inevitable. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that the prosecution of WAR itself is criminal.

So there you have it – IDF will inevitably commit an unknowable number of errors. Inevitably, some will be egregious enough to be called “war crimes”. Some of those will rise to the level of being “career-enders” for the decision-makers. And some will probably be egregious enough to justify a prosecution.
What does this individual statement tell you about the war itself? Nothing, other than there is a war and that war sucks.
The Broader determination of a “Criminal” War is not just the number of instances that would rise to the level of “illegality” or even “war crimes”. Rather, it’s a combination of “our” determination regarding the nature of this specific war itself (its aims and intents), combined with the way in which the war is being prosecuted.
Let’s look to Ukraine again for example. Ukrainians routinely stage their fighting forces in urban areas… conduct ambushes in populated areas, etc. But we have much more tolerance for it, because we believe their cause to be more “Just” than that of the Russians. It doesn’t mean, of course, that we wouldn’t be outraged if an individual Ukrainian unit planted itself inside of a functioning civilian hospital – we would correctly identify that as unacceptable. But that wouldn’t change our overall support for Ukraine.
But let’s now imagine that embedding Ukrainian forces in hospital and schools has become a DELIBERATE part of Ukrainian strategy. The picture would then change. The entire conduct of Ukraine would then be called into question. And I personally would then begin to question whether Ukraine still aligns with my own set of principles and values that caused me to support Ukraine over Russia to begin with.
All for today. I will finish Part 4.2 and post it tomorrow.

How much negotiating did you do before accepting the final awards/aids and committing? They’ve revised my offer two times and I feel like I can ask for a little more, but I don’t know how to ask without sounding greedy. The last letter we wrote talked about my other financial aid offer at another school.
We are very grateful, but it’s a very expensive private college so every penny would help.
The reason I believe they can give more is that the aid/award examples they had on their PowerPoint during the college tour, displayed a “typical” student’s offer package, and compared to my current offer, it was $20K less. :/
Any experience please post. Thanks!

To start I simply just love anything mechs. I had friends keep telling me to play 40k with them and through various other circumstances I've found myself building a knight army with absolutely no idea how to play 40k. Do I have to bite the bullet on the book, or is there a good place for a wandering mech enthusiast to learn online? It's really not the end of the world either way I just wanted to check first before throwing money at a problem I could solve for free.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS POST
Zero Doubt means zero doubt. Let's explore exactly who just made this statement to Wall Street at the annual SALT iConnections meeting in NYC a couple weeks ago.
SALT ICONNECTIONS
"Non human intelligence exists, non human intelligence has been interacting with humanity, this interaction is not new and it has been ongoing, and there are unelected people in the government that are aware of that."
Let me ask you all a question, did you hear any snickers in the crowd when Karl Nell said that?
"SALT iConnections will convene over 1,000 institutional asset owners, asset managers and entrepreneurs for two days of content and curated capital introductions powered by iConnections. The event is projected to have over 2,500 manager meetings and a 2:1 LP:GP attendance ratio."
These are some of the people that were featured at the event. I'll do a quick recap on one of them.

• Mark Anson, CEO, President & CIO, Commonfund
  • Former President and Global Head of Investment Management at Nuveen Investments - $900 billion AUM
  • Former CEO and CIO for the British Telecom Pension Scheme (BTPS), the largest institutional investor in the UK with assets of £65 billion
  • Former CEO of Hermes Pensions Management in London, a £55 billion asset management company
  • Current Chairman of the Investment Committee for the $65 billion UAW Medical Benefits Trust
  • Serves on the Law Board of the Northwestern University School of Law
  • He is the only person to serve on the Board of Governors for both the CFA Institute and the CAIA Association
  • He was an inaugural member of the SEC Investor Advisory Committee and the Chairman of the Board for the International Corporate Governance Network
  • Mark has published over 100 investment articles in professional journals and has won three Best Paper Awards and the author of five financial textbooks
  • Mark earned a B.A. in Economics and Chemistry from St. Olaf College, a Ph.D. and Masters in Finance from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, all with honors
  • he is a Member of the Law Bar of New York and Illinois.

I'm not going to do all of them. But here's the rest of the list from the PR Newswire.

• Carmelo Anthony, NBA All-Star and Entrepreneur
• H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• Les Brun, Co-Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Ariel Alternatives
• Sec. Mark Esper, Former Secretary, Department of Defense & U.S. Army
• Dan Loeb, CEO, Third Point
• Stephanie Lynch, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Global Endowment Management
• Steven Meier, Chief Investment Officer & Deputy Comptroller for Asset Management, New York City Retirement System
• Sona Menon, Partner, Cambridge Associates
• Gen. Mark Milley, Former Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Robert Mitchnick, Head of Digital Assets, BlackRock
• Howard Morgan, Chair and General Partner, B Capital
• Sam Rosenstock, Deputy CIO of External Alpha, Man FRM
• Edoardo Rulli, CIO, UBS Hedge Fund Solutions
• Greg Shell, Managing Partner & Head of Inclusive Growth, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• Kristen Smith, CEO, Blockchain Association
• Carine Smith Ihenacho, Chief Governance and Compliance Officer, Norges Bank Investment Management
• Roy Swan, Director of Mission Investments, Ford Foundation

For those that still think this is crazy. Laughing still?
You shouldn't be.
Karl Nell is 4 steps removed from the United States President. He has friends and stuff.
TIM GALLAUDET
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Gallaudet
Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet corroborates Karl Nell's statement on LinkedIn: "My colleague, retired Army Colonel Karl Nell said with 100% certainty that the world is being visited by higher level, non-human intelligence (NHI). I know he is correct with complete certainty."
It's wild to know that the other part include that we have covert agreements with them.
Gallaudet has been active in his support lately. His talk at Sol Conference was nuts. But everyone who's looked into the topic long enough or deep enough knows USO's are 10000% a concern so who can blame him for begging people to pay attention. There's been some great videos put together on USOs that mention Tic Tac's (I like the Tic Tac) going under water.
I like Tim Gallaudet's resume, he seems like somebody who might know something
Naval Career

• Former Oceanographer of the Navy and Commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
• Former officer of the deck and Meteorology and Oceanography Division Officer USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63))
• Served under Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi as the plans and programs officer
• Former program manager for Anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and commanding officer of the Naval Oceanography Special Warfare Center. In this role, he established the first Navy SEAL program for unmanned aerial and underwater vehicles and other sensors to detect and locate enemy forces
• Former Deputy Navigator of the Navy as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Staff
• Former Superintendent/Commanding Officer of the Naval Observatory
• Former Head Oceanographer of the Navy, Hydrographer of the Navy, and Commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC) at the Stennis Space Center

Civilian Career

• Retired from the Navy in July 2017
• Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
• Former Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Now he's a current advisor to Ryan Graves' organization, Americans for Safe Aerospace

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operates under the Department of Commerce. Its importance lies in its broad mission to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, to share that knowledge and information with others, and to conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources.
He seems like he probably knows something about what's in our oceans and skies.
KARL NELL
Karl Nell has been coming up alot. Good, he's possibly one of the most critical pieces to this entire puzzle. His career is immaculate, he's likable, and he says some fucking incredible stuff in front of crowds of institutional investment representatives.
I mentioned him last in this post.
I trust Karl Nell's talks on the topic due to him being a previous colleague of David Grusch's. Karl Nell was the Army's UAPTF liaison and worked closely with Grusch in 2021-2022. He would be parallel to Jay Stratton in terms of org chart, but for the Army side of UAPTF. Grusch was on the Air Force side. Hey this is cool. Here is his promotion Colonel in 2016, good for him. Given his resume, it makes sense he was promoted.
I think this type of published work may give you insight into his feelings on some things
2012: Hearts-and-Minds: A Strategy of Conciliation, Coercion, or Commitment?

LTC Nell accurately contends that the oft cliché hearts-and-minds maxim, most popularly attributed to Sir Gerald Templar in the Malayan Emergency (1948 1960), transcends time and geography while the key strategy of conciliation and coercion, applied simulta neously and judiciously, drive a COIN environment. Most importantly, this work points out the value of a whole-of-government commitment—of time, troops and materiel—towards ensuring the most beneficial outcome for not only our forces but the population as well. It points to the necessity of such earnest ap plication, while reinforcing that the military may not always have the lead.

His LinkedIn shows some pretty awesome things.

Summary of Career Roles

• Modernization Advisor to Vice Chief of Staff, Army Futures Command (2018-Present): Influential in a major Army reorganization and the advancement of high-priority acquisition projects. Key achievements include leading a cross-organizational study that established the multi-year, multi-million-dollar Project Convergence initiative.
• Deputy COO / Director, Special Programs, U.S. Africa Command (2016-2018): Managed operations for a 2000-member command, enhancing strategic partnerships across Africa. Played a critical role in budgeting, leading to significant fiscal savings.
• Vice President & General Manager, ENSCO, Inc. (2015-2016): Turned around a struggling business, driving organizational change and profitable growth in a research and development division.
• Chief Strategy Officer, US Army Reserves (2013-2015): Led the largest restructuring of the Army Reserve post-9/11, establishing robust training standards and reorganizing personnel and units.
• Vice President, Solution Architecture, Capture, & BD, CACI International Inc (2011-2013): Spearheaded major campaign strategies, securing substantial contracts and enhancing the company’s market position.
• Deputy CTO / Director, Systems Engineering & Integration, Northrop Grumman (1998-2011): Directed strategic initiatives and technology development, significantly contributing to business growth and operational efficiency.
• TECHINT Operations Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency (2001-2003): Deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom, playing a pivotal role in intelligence operations and strategic material recovery.
• Senior Systems Engineer / Lead SATCOM SRE, Lockheed Missiles and Space (1996-1998): Managed critical operations of national satellite systems, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
• Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories (1994-1996): Led development teams enhancing network capabilities and implementing quality standards.
• Commander / Operations Officer, U.S. Space Command (1990-1994): Commanded satellite communications operations, overseeing significant technological assets and personnel.

Hey this guy seems like he knows some things about what may be going on with our crash retrieval stuff. This one is my favorite:
TECHINT Operations Officer (C/J-2)TECHINT Operations Officer (C/J-2)Defense Intelligence AgencyDefense Intelligence Agency 2001 - 2003 · 2 yrs

• First person deployed from the DIA Directorate of Intelligence Production and Analysis to participate in multi-agency planning for Operation Iraqi Freedom as the Foreign Material Program command representative to USCENTCOM / CFLCC in Kuwait. Served as C/J-2 for the one-star Combined Joint Captured Materiel Exploitation Center (C/JCMEC) in Iraq. Enabled the safe and successful recovery of hundreds of conventional weapons systems of strategic value and successfully addressed the question of potential WMD-existence asked by the President of the United States while incurring zero mission fatalities.

HOW DO WE FORCE DISCLOSURE TO HAPPEN - ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE UAP DISCLOSURE FUND
From my most recent post I did the other day: SAIC had UFO stuff in the 70s
You get loud. Stop letting people dictate your actions and discern for yourself. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that there is some crazy shit going on, so many people are saying it. This stuff needs to be looked at yesterday. Not today, not tomorrow, but yesterday.
Speaking toward the trustworthiness of Mellon, Nell, and the others involved with UAP Disclosure Fund, I believe these people are involved with the largest power struggle in known history and they are fighting for transparency.
This is how it happens. Lobbying and official activism. I have been tracking the corporate structure of what they're building to push disclosure and combat MIC gatekeeping since my first post. The potential board of Sol was identified early into this process, as it basically aligned with the UAPDA review board setup.
They initially setup a 501c3 (Sol Foundation) initially to begin the academic push for Disclosure, officially. Then the 501c4 (UAP Disclosure Fund) was setup to push for Disclosure legally as these entity types are allowed to lobby, as long as the activity aligns with their primary purpose of promoting social welfare (this is a good thing). Contributions are not tax deductible either.
I spent time with some of these people at Sol. I got what I needed to determine if these people are attempting to bury this further or hide things further from you.
They are not.
Sol = Sun
I think it is time that light is shone on some of these blatant examples of corporate greed and the unfair game that has been established, and ultimately maintained through political activism that's anti-human and meant to keep us divided and fighting each other.

I'm currently a senior in highschool, 18F, and something i've noticed the past few years is that i always avoid large events or celebrations. i'm not even an introvert, in fact, i would consider myself more of an extrovert. for example, banquets, awards nights, the last day of school/sports celebrations, etc, all sound unappealing to me and i often find myself skipping them. even some school dances. i dont even know why, most people enjoy these sorts of events and use them as a sort of celebration to move onto the next step in life, but i always avoid them, i think mainly because of boredom or fear i wont enjoy them? i even had to talk myself out of skipping prom, and i obviously wouldn't have, but it was defeinitely the more comfortable option. anyone know how i can get better at this before college? right now i feel shitty because i skipped the awards night at my school to celebrate the seniors just because i thought it would be boring and there was no point, but now i feel shitty.

I got shortlisted to Computer Engineering and have a video interview assessment that's due on 6th June. May feedback on the answers of the potential questions I came up, as well as the questions themselves? Everything is in the google document
I would prefer Computer Engineering students to answer, but those who went through video assessment overall feel free to answer too.
What got you into computer Engineering in the first place? Well after I studied Game Development and Technology in Nanyang Polytechnic, I actually want to make a transition to a more general course to expand my skills and interests. I reflect, and I realised that computer and programming modules interest me more for example object-oriented programming, data structures and algorithms both using c++ as well as introduction to programming using Python from my polytechnic
Programming concepts? abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism
See myself in X years? Firstly, become a more disciplined and resilient individual via my National Service, and of course further my studies if possible, and find a stable job in programming or it-related industries using the skills I learned while at the same time can have side projects like writing or continuing making games using the skills I learned
How do I deal with difficult people? Firstly depends on the individual. If I see patterns of behaviour of the individual that affect me or others but not too much of a unstable behaviour, I will try to ask him what’s wrong and see how I can contribute. But if that person refuses to change or too much of a hindrance to stop, i’ll call someone more senior or someone that can handle this situation better.
How you overcome failures and setbacks? I would of course be upset, and will probably take a short break while collecting my thoughts. Then, I will see positively on the lessons that I took from this setback, and refrain from committing it ever again while taking the good things I learned, and just focus on what can be currently done. One example I can actually give to this is during my first year in polytechnic, where due to my old study habits of rushing things in last minute, one of my assignments submitted is incomplete, and hence my grade dropped to a C. It does dwell on me for a while, but what I did after the break is that I tell myself that what’s over is over, and now we can only learn from it. So what i did is that during my vacation before next semester, I actually look through the incomplete assignment to brush up on the coding skills i failed to pick up, and the next semester I begin to do assignments incrementally each week, as I realised that this is no longer Secondary School. And now, I am still taking incremental steps to build this part of my discipline.
Do you have any expectation about what you will be taught in this programe and how would that relate to your own interests and hobbies? According to what I read, computer engineering allows you to study the essential hardware and software parts of computers, and have assignments that actually test out your skills either individually or together. The hardware parts include things like Electronic circuits, sensors and controls and Embedded System Design while software include object-oriented programming, data structure and algorithms and programming fundamentals I would say that studying computer engineering can potentially improve my software and game developments abilities, as I can understand computers deeper and hence have more confidence and knowledge when tackling software projects regardless of what it is. Other than that, it can also allow me to understand hardware better, so I know what to consider when the need to harmonise software and hardware in my future work could entail. Moreover, it could get me a higher chance to get hired into a it-related industry, which to recap I got interested by during my polytechnic days
Programming languages can be very broadly categorized into high-level and low-level languages. Please tell us the difference between these two languages? High level languages will be the programming languages that usually comes to our minds when talking about it like C#, Python and C++. They are much easier to read and manipulated by humans, hence how concepts like object-orientated programming and classes exists. But, low level language will be talking about machine language, and while more efficient to do what you want with it and faster to run, they are very difficult to manipulate and very hard to read.
Do you think software skills such as programming or hardware skills such as circuit design are more relevant for computer engineering? To be honest, I think hardware might be slight
During the course of your study, you may fail one or more major exams. What will you do to overcome this? I would be upset I would take down notes on the corrections, and revise the process again, and with the mistakes i made i take note of it, and try again next time. And if this major exam is not the only major exam in that module, I would make sure I study harder for the next. And if possible, i’ll be more focused during lectures and ask lecturers for extra tuition if possible
How would your close friends describe you as a student
if you are admitted into the programe, how will you prepare yourself for the first trimester of ur studies
Do you think that participating in competitions and winning awards can be beneficial for ur study? My personal belief is that academics need to come first, because if you’re falling back due to extracurricular commitments, that just prove that you don’t know self and time management. But if you can squeeze in some time, like for example you finished all your assignments and have xtra time to spare, a few competitions wouldn;t hurt and build up your portfolio
Something about how u manage teammates that are not strong in some areas I would ask what they’re more comfortable in doing or assign a second stronger member to do the same task with him/her
What makes you stand out from others? I would say that Im a more detail oriented person, as I believe even the slightest but obvious mistake could affect certain parts of a work. And also, I have already an experience in it-related fields via game development. Additionally through game development, I also learned how to harmonised different fields together, for example my final year project I am also adaptable person as I have to learn how AR works and Flutter works, then complete as much as possible of the work relying those during my 3 month internship

if by any any chance, you've seen my post from 3 weeks ago and you remember it; allow me to explain certain things. first, i just wanted to rant with that post and i quickly realized that i wasn't in a mental state where i should be interacting with the comments on that post; so i just left it abondoned. hope you understand.
tl;dr here's my claims and what comments thought about it:
My claims:

• The game is a character a character check and other options that aren't the best option aren't good enough, and as i was unlucky in multiple aspects i was struggling on the character side and i shouldn't
• I was able to clear content with non-meta units back then but it's impossible to do so now
• My builds are reasonably strong and i struggle even so (as with the previous post you'll have to take my word for it since i'm too lazy to take as many screenshots to prove that as i constantly swap relics and weapons but i might try to recreate my builds if asked specifically)

Here's what the comments thought:

• Press x to doubt for "reasonably strong builds"
• Other people are doing it (fair point)
• I probably don't know how to build teams

now that all that's out the way, allow me to explain a few more things and then i shall explain what i did wrong and how i solved it for now, what i think of doing afterwards (i'm not stalling trust). Pure Fiction was an afterthought, i only cared about MoC since i'm a day 1 Genshin player and it's very easy to make the correlation that MoC = Abyss. But i got max rewards on PF too anyway, so allow me to explain; my experiences contain Aventurine MoC, Kafka MoC, FUA PF and DoT PF.
PF:

• Pretty straightforward; i built herta from scratch, i improved my half baked himeko and clara builds.
• As i had Kafka since from her release, i had the DoT 4 stars built.
• You can imagine the rest; a lot of PF boost/boon abusing with the intended characters and a lot of no sustain runs

MoC and HSR in general:

• I overestimated how much SPD i needed. for example i used to think playing Dhil without 161+ spd bronya was worthless as i thought otherwise Dhil wouldn't be able to take enough turns to do enough damage. as slowly realizing this over 3 weeks, the team that allowes me to clear the Kafka side of the Kafka MoC was: FX, SW, TY, Dhil. Tingyun had DDD and iirc Dhil had 135 SPD or less. so as a result of my obsession with SPD, my build were in fact compromised, however my builds were certainly okay after adjusting them accordingly
• I would like to think i know how to build teams, i've been playing gacha games for years and i think it's not that difficult to see the synergies between units to form teams according to a challenge. However i was very ignorant. i paid no attention to 4 star units that weren't E6 or units that didn't have their "best eidolon". So i changed that, since then i've been building every character that i think might prove useful in the future.
• As an addition to the previous point, there is a popular consensus; if you're F2P, you gotta choose something and stick to it and make it the best that it can be. I definetly see the point that's being made but i also never completely agreed to it, gacha is gacha after all. I've never been on the side of "having the strongest 'x' team' since gacha is gacha. But i atleast proved myself that instead of building 2 massive cannons and nothing else (which can and does work), building a swiss army knife of an account is also fine (and works). So for now, i will defend and follow the swiss army knife.
• Before my rant i hadn't build HMC, he helped a lot across bot MoC's.

unlike my previous post, since i think i'm in a better mental state, i will be answering questions and giving further details in the comments; who knows actually, maybe my builds were bad but they were enough anyway and this game was more supportive than i thought it was. thanks for reading, i hope i didn't bore you with this long ahh post
massively out of context tl:dr: my ego was hurt, but i bounced back so we good

I've just finished SUAR and wanted to leave my thoughts on how it's affected me.
Chapter 1 does a great job of establishing who the experts are and giving their credentials. So. Many. Credentials. Also sets up what the rest of the book will be about in TFVooDoo's classic, storytelling way. Definitely got me excited to keep reading.
Chapters 2, 3, and 4 provide factual information with sources after just about every claim. Goes into the science behind the exercises, relates them to actual events within SFAS, and even gives possible (not necessarily recommended) alternatives for some of them. These chapters ensured I know this is going to be a careful and long process. I've followed workout plans before (one of which the man himself beat my ass about), and they've never included me actually tracking this stuff. Just get in the gym, drink some water, eat, and that's it. They were never measured. Not to mention mobility and flexibility were never part of them.
Chapter 5 really brought to me the difference between unprocessed and processed food, as well as cutting through some traps of fad diets. The protein and hydration intake were very insightful, and I also like his awareness of sub-optimal places for food such as on campus or DFACs. I did find the bit about alcohol entertaining and also validating. I can't stand the taste of alcohol, much less the effects, so no problems from me there. Something else I found personally amusing was the phrase "You can't out-train a bad diet." When I was deployed, I overhead one of the Marine Raiders talking w/ the Navy CPO that was in charge of my team about fitness, workouts, diets, and he said verbatim, the same exact thing. Idk, if a GB and a Raider both said the same thing, maybe there's some merit to it.
Chapter 6 covers the one thing I have the least trouble with. I'm actually pretty good about getting 7-8 hours of sleep. Usually 9-10 on weekends. The only time's that really changes is whenever I have drill or other Army stuff to do, and even then it's rare. Little things like ensuring you get some sunlight, setting the mood for bed, limiting device usage, and even noise and temperature were all very detailed. Another validating thing here is already did a lot of what the book talks about here. My setup for just my bed is a memory foam mattress and pillow, and a memory foam & down alternative body pillow. I got that set up last month and have never slept better in my life. Minor rant since I mentioned the sunlight thing: I despise the sun. We've all got something weird about us. TFVooDoo's is his foot fetish, and mine is how much I despise the sun. I'd destroy it if I had the means. That's my real why. I'm gonna be a Green Beret so I can destroy the sun.
Chapter, fucking, 7. This chapter, took me 2 days to get through. It's a really long technical essay, and I caught myself too many times just floating through it without actually trying to understand it. So I went back and re-read it evert time I did that. I am very much looking forward to the mental exercises, and I like very much how each little section relates to what an SFAS candidate should have. Very surprising to me were the sections on empathy. I was not expecting this book to have anything like that AT ALL. It also did something very important, which was show me I have the ability and agency to make myself better up in the noggin and in my personality. I'm an introverted guy by nature, and something I'm always concerned about is my social batter. In my normal life, when that runs out, I can usually just leave or go somewhere by my lonesome to recharge for a bit. That doesn't look to be a good option at SFAS, so the mental resiliency building in this chapter will be very helpful to me.
Chapter 8. Not much to say, they're skills. I'll have to find somewhere to practice rope climbing. That's something I was able to muscle my way through in Basic. I don't intend to do that again. I need to learn technique. Few thing in here I've never heard of, should be fun to do on those rest days.
Chapter 9 was a good review for me of something I actually did do on TFVooDoo's advice: writing. I did write down my workouts, what I ate, how long I slept, how I felt physically/mentally, and even the time's I did or felt those things. Let me tell you, it is a BITCH to see your fuck-ups looking back at you in blue ink. But it is good to see progress made, and better decision-making.
Chapter 10, the last one. The Perfect Week Day 5 example is fucked up. The quality of sleep scale isn't there, the "M" on Mobility is missing, the entire row on Deadlift is missing, numbers and all. Squat and OHP are missing the lines under the numbers, the Nutrition box is black (I can say that) save for the gray calorie numbers, and "RESEARCH" got bisected. 7/10, too much water. It's one page, and it's an example page, so joking aside, I like it. Numbers look high, but I've been a professional week boy my entire life, so of course scary numbers look scary. Straightforward, I like the prompts, the summaries, the overviews, and the messages at the beginning and end of each week.
One of the same praises I have for SUAR and RUSU is the stories between chapters. I love them. They break up the seriousness of each chapter and make me want to keep going.
Something this book did for me, and I'm not sure if it's because of SUAR specifically or if it's just because it's A physical book, but it made me realize how little I actually read books these days. Especially physical ones. I used to read all the time as a kid. It was actually something I was bullied for funnily enough. Then somewhere in high school I stopped, and just went to play on my phone. The only book I've been reading recently is Lingua Latina per se Illustrata, and I don't even have a physical copy of that, I'm using Kindle to read it. Having a physical book in my hands is nice. I have to pay attention to it. So if nothing else, I've been reminded of the joys of reading a book, particularly a physical one. That being said, the reading list looks... long to say the least. But it's sure to keep me occupied for a while. I'll get through all but one of 'em. Given the language I'm already learning, I'm going to start with "SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome - Mary Beard"
Now for the suggestions seeking part. The biggest issue for me is going to be nutrition. Looking through my kitchen today, I got eggs, bacon, yogurt, bread, Chef Boyardee spaghetti & meatballs, cream cheese, PB&J, waffles and syrup, some meat lovers breakfast bowls, hot pockets, some beef patties, and some chicken patties. The Jamaican ones, not burger ones. I've got fam coming this week so most of that's gonna be eaten by my brother. Dude can down a truck. So, with all the space my fridge will suddenly have, I'll be out grocery shopping. There's a whole foods market near me I can go to. What suggestions do you lads and lasses have for a 5'9" ≈145lbs guy on what I ought to be getting when I go shopping? Or if you've just got meal suggestions, I'll go find recipes and learn to make it. Much appreciated, thanks for coming to my TED Talks.

Bitlife needs to stop doing stuff nobody asked for. i wish the app users would show them that listening to your target audience is important. There are so many careers/packs/normal things in the game that could be revamped to make the game more fun instead of a zoo update… who tf asked.. anyways they could revamp the family, let us have cousins, aunts, grandparents etc. They could revamp the schools. Make private schools, boarding schools, make it hard to get into top universities etc.
They could make child fame attainable, example if your parents are famous, we should be able to be born famous. They need to revamp the music industry update, let us be able to collaborate with artists and win awards. Also if we select a special talent for our child to have, wouldn’t common sense tell the developers that we want our child to have a career that follows that specific talent? there’s no reason i should give my child the music talent just for them to become a trucker…. be fr

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12) Northern Lites Tundra 33 in. snowshoe with new Speed Spin bindings, New, $189 (Regularly $274.95 + tax) The new Speed Spin bindings are super fast, adjust in seconds in one quick turn of a knob instead of pulling and securing multiple straps one at a time. https://northernlites.com/products/tundra Photos: https://imgur.com/a/yUCtsLW
**\* HEADLAMPS *** Photos: https://imgur.com/a/Mnrxp1w
13) COAST FL75R Rechargeable Headlamp Kit, New $39 (Regularly $59.99 + tax and shipping) - Up to 530 lumens brightness, 511 ft range, with adjustable focusing beam from bulls-eye spot to wide flood. Comes with both rechargeable battery up to 500 charges and 3 Duracells AAA. Note that though this is new in the plastic see-through package, I can see that one of the included duracells in the plastic package leaked (these are in a separate compartment in the plastic blister package, not in the headlamp, and do not affect the headlamp at all). https://coastportland.com/collections/headlamps/products/fl75r
14) Fenix E16 Portable, High Performance 700 lumen EDC Flashlight, New, $22 (Regularly $39.95 + tax and shipping) - 700 lumen, 5 Modes, 16340 or CR123A battery.
15) Petzl eLite Ultralight Emergency Headlight & Signal Device, Pair, Never Used, only $20 for both (retailed for double the price) - includes adjustable headband and protective cases, many light settings including white, red, steady and blinking.
**\* KNIVES & MULTITOOLS **\*
16) COAST Dual LED Multi Tool, New, $29 (Regularly $49.99 + tax) - The LED150 Multi-Tool comes packed with 13 tools that can help you master any task or job. Tools: Spring-loaded pliers with wire cutter, 3.0 in. Blade, two built-in LEDs, Phillips (1) and flathead (3) screwdriver tips, bottle opener, wire stripper, can opener. 2 x CR1616 batteries included. With Coast’s commitment to quality, the LED150 Multi-Tool is backed by Coast’s lifetime warranty against defects in materials and workmanship. 4 in length closed. Never opened clear blister case has some small cracks in the back around the sheath. https://coastportland.com/products/led150 Photos: https://imgur.com/a/VryHhPy
17) COAST FDX300 Double Lock One-Handed Open Stainless Steel Folding Knife, 3 in. blade, New in package, 2 available, $45 for both (regularly each $30 + tax) - One-handed opening, double lock system for double safety, stainless steel handle, partially-serrated and partially-straight blade, ambidextrous opening, 3-position pocket clip, 7Cr17 stainless steel (also known as 68Cr17, a modified version of 440A steel, with more vanadium elements added to give it extra strength, increase toughness and wear resistance). Lifetime warranty. It’s the drop point version of this $29 COAST partially-serrated tanto: https://coastportland.com/collections/cutting-tools/products/fdx306 Photos: https://imgur.com/a/yxS7uno
**\* SAWYER WATER FILTRATION **\*
Photos for all Sawyer items below: https://imgur.com/a/EyGwPih
18a) Sawyer Tap Filter for fast emergency water & for cabin use, New, $36 (Regularly $48 + tax) - Great for muddy tap water following pipeline work, use at a cabin or in an emergency. With tap filter, backwash adapter, threaded spigot adapter, dual threaded adapter, tap gauge and extension hose. Highest level filtration 0.1 micron absolute. (verification photo above in 11)
18b) Box of Two 64 oz Sawyer Squeeze Pouches, New, $10.50 (Regularly $14 + tax) - 1 left. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005SO8SPC/ref=twister_B08NGGJMD6 (verification photo above in 11)
18c) Box of Three 16 oz Sawyer Squeeze Pouches, New, $6.75 (regulary $9 + tax) - 2 boxes available. https://www.highwaterfilters.com/products/sp116-sawyer-5-l-16oz-squeezable-pouch-set-of-3 (verification photo above in 11)
*** STORAGE SACKS **\*
19) Hillsound Weatherproof Packstack Pro Storage Sack, 40L Tall, New, $25 (regularly $35) weatherproof storage sack that made Outside Magazine's Gear Guide Editor's Choice Award. https://hillsound.com/products/packstackpro Photos: https://imgur.com/a/7wlWcDr
20) Hillsound Weatherproof Packstack Pro Storage Sack, 40L Short, New, $24 (regularly $34) - weatherproof storage sack that made Outside Magazine's Gear Guide Editor's Choice Award. https://hillsound.com/products/packstackpro Photos: https://imgur.com/a/7wlWcDr
*** KITCHEN *** Photos: https://imgur.com/a/TfCHUez
21) FlipFuel Fuel Transfer Device, New, $25 (Regularly $35 + tax) - Save gas from your half-empty canisters, super easy to use, compact and ultralight. https://www.flipfuel.co/ Photos: https://imgur.com/a/nY5PQNi
**\* POCKET SURVIVAL PACKS **\*
22) Adventure Medical Kits Doug Ritter Equipped to Survive Pocket Survival Packs, New, $15 each (was $26.99 + tax and shipping) - a collaboration with survival expert Doug Ritter, of Equipped to Survive. Photos: https://imgur.com/a/POeccVT
**\* COMPACT, ULTRALIGHT SUSPENSION STRENGTH-TRAINING GEAR, AT HOME & TRAVEL *** Photos with verification: (Gray set in cardboard box are Monkii Bars II Tactical Edition, Sealed Black box is the Wild Gym Pocket Monkii Set) https://imgur.com/a/bZgIowi
23) Wild Gym Monkii Bars II Tactical Edition, New, $129 (Regularly $199 + tax) - light, strong, compact and use-anywhere outdoors suspension strength trainer. Plenty of exercises to follow available on Wild Gym’s app as well as on Youtube.
24) Wild Gym Pocket Monkii, New, $69 (Regularly $95 + tax) - light, strong, super compact and use-anywhere outdoors suspension strength trainer. Plenty of exercises to follow available on Wild Gym’s app as well as on Youtube. https://www.wildgym.com/products/pocket-monkii-suspension-trainer-exercise-straps
**\* BIKE GEAR *** Photos with verification: https://imgur.com/a/tVBmPqJ
25) Canari Men’s Microlight Cycling Wind Shell, Hi-Viz Safety Yellow, Large, New, $29 (regularly $45 + tax and shipping) - Elastic cuffs and hem seal out breezes, wind-resistant fabric and full-front zipper and collar.
26) OnGuard Wheel Locks, Pair, New, $25 (was $49.99 plus tax per pair) - Replaces quick-release skewers to prevent wheel theft. Super light cold-forged steel design. 2 pairs available.
**\* THERMAL X-COUNTRY SKI BOOT COVERS *** Photos with verification: https://imgur.com/a/u6KhIHa
27) LillSport X-Country Ski Boot Thermal Covers, New, Pair of Unisex Boot Size EU 46-47 (US M’s 11.5-12.5 and W’s 12.5-13.5), New, $39 (regularly $79.99 + tax) - X-country ski boots are very thin and your feet can get quite cold on cold days. These boot covers go over your x-country ski boots to keep your feet nice and warm and protect your boots without any bulk. Also helps racers keep their feet warm before the start. Once you’ve used them on a cold, windy ski day you’ll wonder how you skied without them before. https://www.gearwest.com/products/lill-boot-cover-thermo
28) LillSport X-Country Ski Boot Thermal Covers, New, Pair of Unisex Boot Size EU 40/41 (US Men’s 7-8 and W’s 8-9) New, $39 (regularly $79.99 + tax) - Description same as above. https://www.gearwest.com/products/lill-boot-cover-thermo
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Hi all! I finished an ETA role around a year ago and have been applying to jobs in media ever since I came back. I've been putting it as my second to top bullet point on my resume, but I'm wondering if I should take it out and put it in an awards section instead because I fear it looks like I'm not interested in what I am actually applying for. But if I take it out, it looks like I have a yearlong gap in my history. Besides that I have listed two other media internships and my current marketing position. I'm wondering how everyone else who has finished an ETA position but isn't going into teaching is incorporating their time in Fulbright on their resume. Thanks!

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