An initial eligibility statement is like a paper you have to write at the end of the quarter to pass a class. There's a teacher's assistant who will walk you through this paper because they have gone over this specific assignment tens of thousands of times. You will actually need to read some of the underlined material and apply it. But you can ask them questions at any time and the earlier that you asked for help the earlier the project is going to be. Also, they work directly with an award-winning Dean at a much more prestigious school who has worked on this exact course material for 20 years, and they can connect you with them to go over the material for free before you submit it, because the amount of time and effort it takes to review this is so small.
---- So you Pass ---
Escalation: The deadline for the paper wasn't really defined by the teacher, they said that it was sometime before the end of the quarter.
In this analogy, starting an escalation is akin to sending the teacher an extremely aggressive message to advance the deadline to as soon as humanly possible.
If the person hasn't done the project at all, or it is not complete, this is just going to end in failure extremely quickly.
If you just told the teacher to advance the deadline to as soon as humanly possible and you walk over to the teaching assistant and you tell them that...And ask for help on completing the project... are they going to want to help you or not? They already know you haven't read the material when you asked to advance the deadline. They know that you haven't spoken with them previously - and they only suggest this after you and them have got the entire paper 100% complete. They also know that any work they do could be instantly undone by the fact that the deadline could occur effectively instantly. They are probably going to blacklist you or otherwise severely restrict how much effort they're ever going to give to you.
----So You alienate your best resource. ---
Or, you don't do any troubleshooting about any eligibility issues: This is effectively like try to cr_p this project out based on sh_t you read on social media and not actually reading any of the material that's required to do the project.

• Like a massively wine drunk rant based on a complete misunderstanding of decades old SparkNotes You read on your mom's old Palm pilot that you fog up while hiding under two 50 lb weighted blankets with reruns of the Office playing in another room only slightly louder than the sound of the rain on the window

You don't have any confidence or confidence that you're going to pass because deep down you know that you didn't actually read the material.

• In this example, a claimant telling me "But my job told me they wouldn't fight it" Is effectively the same thing as "The swim coach told me that the teacher would just pass me anyway"... The swim coach does not make that decision and never has and never will - That was 100% baseless and utter bullshit

Often you didn't even really read the criteria for the project. You are literally making fake project not even understanding what the assignment even is, without having read any of the actual material.
Some people get the assignment and then immediately throw it in the trash and wonder why they fail. Some of them ask for help and the teachers assistant suggests for them to read a few analysis of the underlying material but the student tells them that that's too much work Or they just absolutely ghost the teachers assistant and never respond ...
------ So you fail... -----
And now in order to pass the class, you have to appeal to the principle for another chance.
Appeal Prep: The principal tells you that this project will now be performed by you live in person recorded in front of them, in front of an expert on the material who you've never met, and the principal and the expert are going to cross-examine you about what you read and what you are presenting, live in person. The principal is going to be sitting there, next to your teacher, and they're both going to have a copy of the assignment, and the exact criteria you need to meet within the assignment in order to pass this class.
Now you have to ask the teacher's assistant to help you do this project and then also adapt it to be performed live in person, in front of other people who you know are going to ask you cutting questions about what you are presenting, what extent you understood the material or concepts, etc. The teachers assistant cannot do this for you because they're working with other people on other projects.

• The teacher's assistant may also aware that you deliberately didn't read the criteria for the project, you deliberately didn't read the underlying material, you deliberately did not ask for help even though they've got flyers on every square inch of the hallway, and you may have also forced the teacher to advance the deadline despite of all these facts and then turn around and ask for help... As if you were the victim.

You also become aware that you cannot do this presentation a second time, if you fail, you could only ask the superintendent of the school district to review the recording but you cannot introduce any new information.
Potentially, maybe you could pay the Dean to help you do the project, but they are extremely busy and this will take multiple hours so it's going to cost $.
Now the burden to pass the class has more than doubled and the total work required as almost quadrupled, and the total stress is magnitudes more.

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So this is why I would really just prefer to Have a regular conversation and go over the troubleshooting and guidance, get you a bomb-proof project, and then shoulder tap the teacher, 36 seconds after you put it in their inbox, And you would pass the class in about a week, not in 7 to 9 weeks from now.
I really really don't want to work with the student who is ugly-crying about how they think they're going to get kicked out of their house because they're about to fail this class etc, And then I have to explain to them all of these processes, undo whatever misconceptions they have in order to put correct information in, get them to read and absorb the information and apply it, and then start in on this in person, live presentation - knowing after having done this thousands of times that a person in such a state is typically significantly less capable of retaining information and therefore you're going to be asked the same questions over and over again and not actually make very much progress towards doing the presentation ... And they still may just randomly ghost you.
This is also why telling somebody to start an escalation when their post is something like "Project? can never get the teacher on the phone, What do I need to do? When am I going to pass this class?", and The Interim President of the Bad Ideas Club immediately stands up and screams "oh sh_t fam, just force them to advance the deadline!" When in fact they were taking the class as no credit (like a real actual layoff, and no other outstanding eligibility issues)

For the interview question "What do you see yourself in 3-5 years?"
Okay lang bang sabihin na gusto mo maging individual contributor nalang or should I sugarcoat and say "I see myself climbing up the corporate ladder making imp. decisions, etc" just so i can get the job kahit na balak mo lang talaga maging individual contributor

This is the first time I’ve had to handle this situation totally on my own. Just don’t want to make stupid mistakes.
My current car is paid off, interior is pristine, full brake job a year ago, but it’s 10 years old, has 160k miles and needs quite a bit of work done. People who have checked it out in person say it should have decent trade-in value, but that it’s also the right decision to do that sooner rather than later.
I have a pretty good credit score (740), but I’m living more or less paycheck-to-paycheck. Currently looking for a better paying job. My down payment will pretty much just be whatever I can get for my current vehicle.
I truly don’t know much about how this process works. What questions to ask, what numbers and rates are good, applying for auto loans. As simple and step-by-step as you can make it please 😅

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Hello guys, I'm crying as I write this, and I have no idea what to do.
I started a new job last Tuesday. I worked Tuesday through Friday and then Monday, Tuesday, and today. I interviewed for the job three months ago and started last week, after finishing university. The company has two directors and two 'desks' that each perform a different function. I interviewed with one of the directors, although he was on the other desk from mine, so he was not my direct supervisor, I suppose. Usually, everyone gets interviewed by both of them at the same time, however my direct employer was unable to come due to a funeral. My first day was Tuesday, and my boss was not present. He was there Wednesday through Friday. I'd say he gave me quite negative vibes from the start, which was fine because he'd never met me before and was just figuring me out. He rarely worked around me, so he never noticed what I was doing. Everyone else had complimented me on how well I was doing and how well I suited the position.
The boss was absent on Monday and Tuesday of this week due to his wife's illness. So today was the first full day I'd been working well around him. Towards the end of the day, he brought me into an office, sat me down, and told me I wasn't the right fit. He stated I put in the effort but wasn't cut out for the industry (sales), which I don't understand because I sold a lot in my short time there.
I returned from the workplace, grabbed my bag, and attempted to slip out, but others asked where I was going. I thanked them everyone for their kindness and informed them that I had been let go; they were all surprised and thought i was joking.
The trouble is, I believe my boss had just had a horrible week due to his wife's illness, and today was my worst sales day yet, so I'm not sure if it was a rushed decision. I just don't understand it; he stated he appreciated my work and the number of calls I was making, and that they'd give me a great recommendation, but they fired me?
Anyway, sorry for the rant, people. I just wanted to talk to someone because I moved down to London from university a week and a half ago. I signed a contract for my house and used a loan to pay my first months rent. But I obviously don't have a job anymore. I think the contract is 12 months, therefore I don't know what to do.
My concern is, can they just terminate me for no reason after a week of work? I travelled 5 hours down here the day after my 21st birthday and am completely disoriented today. How do I go about getting paid for the week I worked?
I simply find it so unfair. They knew I had travelled so far and simply dumped me after a week. Is there any way I can get out of my house contract? Or any breach of workers rights? Does such thig exist?
Thank you, guys. If anyone has a job available in London, please let me know:)

This post has the potential to be a bit long, so please bear with me...
A question I often ask myself is "are there financial planners for people like me who don't have a ton of money and often barely make ends meet?" So now, I guess I'm asking this sub. I don't know where to turn at this point in my life, which has been riddled with terrible financial decisions, bad luck, and family health issues.
About me: 39, male, USA. I work full-time for a health care company in Pennsylvania, making right around $88K yearly before taxes and deductions. My wife is unable to work due to a variety of health issues (both mental and physical), but does have a small Etsy shop that brings in an average of $300 on a good month. We have an unusually large family by today's standards -- 7 children ranging from 6 years old (twins) to 17. This is the part where people usually look at me like I have three heads, understandably so. Before my wife's health issues, she was a paramedic and in nursing school. So the plan was to eventually have two incomes once the kids were a bit older, but life didn't turn out that way. And before anyone asks, yes, we are done with having kids. I love them all more than life itself and would never imagine a world without them, but I am smart enough now to know that it would not have been this hard with fewer kids.
It's been very hard (nay, impossible) to get by on one income and a large family, even with some help from relatives along the way. But through it all, we have barely made it work, although I have shot my credit to hell and back in the process. My score hovers around 550 to 570 most of the time, but plummets pretty fast if I miss a payment on something.
Right now, high interest debt is my main issue. I have a variety of low-limit credit cards all maxed out (probably $5k total) a personal loan from OneMain Financial ($400 payment), an auto loan from Carvana/BridgeCrest ($508 payment, worst mistake of my life honestly but was in a desperate situation at the time), and student loans I've had to either defer or flat out stop paying. Other high expenses are groceries, obviously, but I do get $600 in SNAP benefits each month, car insurance at $250 per month because my wife has gotten into a few accidents the last 5 years, and of course rent, which is $1,900 since we need a 5-bedroom house for our large family. We used to own our home but were forced to sell in 2022 due to a variety of issues and our dire need to find a larger place to live for our growing kids.
Suffice to say, most months we either barely make ends meet, or don't at all. I sometimes have to rely on cash advance apps like MoneyLion and Earnin just to make it to the next payday. I have pretty much nothing in savings except for a very small "retirement" account, which is in quotes because I contribute 1% to it just to get my company match. I drained it a few years ago during an emergency that is too long of a story to tell here.
Everyone that I have talked to has said the same essential thing -- to look for a higher-paying job. While this is true, it's more complicated than that in reality. My current job (which I have been at for 1.5 years) affords me the flexibility to work from home most days, and understands that I need to care for my wife (who has substantial mental health issues) and kids and not be "on" 100% of the time. That is often more valuable than a higher salary, but I do know that I am capable and skilled enough in my field to eventually take a shot at a higher paying job.
So. What the heck do I do? Is there someone I can talk to about all this, who can give me real, practical advice? Would a credit union be able to help me with my high-interest debt yet terrible credit score/profile? Ideally, I would love to be able to consolidate all my debt into something more manageable. Is that even a possibility with my credit being bad? I get mail offers all the time saying I am "pre-selected" or pre-approved for a consolidation loan from some random company. I think these are all debt relief companies or possibly a scam, right? I am also severely underwater with our current vehicle as mentioned above. I owe probably 8k more than what it's worth right now, and the van is pretty much a lemon with how many problems it has.
Thank you for reading all this. I am a fairly positive person (I have to be, with the kids and taking care of my wife) but this feels pretty hopeless to me right now. I just wish I could hand over everything to someone who can manage my finances for me, and do the heavy lifting to get things under control. Sigh.

Multiple Eligibility Issues
In addition to the job separation there are almost always multiple eligibility issues; job separation reason, identity verification, among others, That's why there are multiple sections to this eligibility megapost.

There is a simple way to find if there are multiple eligibility cases open related to your claim, by following this guidance..

If there are multiple eligible issues you should NOT start an escalation until you are competent that necessary information has been provided >>>for each and every eligibility issue<<< before asking ESD to make a decision on all outstanding eligibility issues, otherwise your job separation could it be adjudicated as eligible but if you have something else outstanding that's going to nuke your claim ^{[like being [in school at 12 credit hours or more](https://www.reddit.comSoThenIThought_/s/eVCJu9eZbI} in any capacity]) then it won't matter what your job separation is - reach out to me and I can help you understand and make a plan.

• By far the most common additional eligibility issue is an identity verification, You can read more about how to get this processed in a timely fashion, here.

How to upload a document or send a message is a simple process but, you need to make sure that what you're including is productive and not counterproductive because you cannot take it back once you've sent it. That's why it is important to reach out to the moderator to be confident and competent in what you're providing.
^{[E.g. It is almost never recommended to upload a letter from your employer about your termination or separation. It really is a case-by-case situation depending on your separation type and what is written on that document. There is no delete button. There is no edit button. Once you send it in, you cannot take it back. Every once in a while I run into a claimant who submit something that is a nuclear bomb to their eligibility - remember that what the employer provides to you about your job separation does not have to match what they tell ESD, or even if they do or do not respond to ESD's request for separation information. Let's work together. Let's make a plan that promotes your eligibility as soon as humanly possible so that you get paid as soon as humanly possible in such a way that you understand the state laws and how they protect you and your job separation and promote your eligibility. That is my main function. Because you are worth it]}

i've already tried blue blockers, fluorescent blockers, prism glasses, syntonics, vision therapy, migraine meds, anti-inflammatory diets, antidepressants, working part time, etc, and I've already applied for disability but it's a 2-4 year process to get $2k a month, if I ever get approved. I have no family that can help. i'm not eligible for any more govt programs.
hey folks. short version is that I went to art school, worked as an art professor for several years. switched to wood and metal working so I could make an actual living (mostly furniture, cabinets, displays, exhibits, art production, etc). at about 36, my body hurt so I switched to the office and worked as a project manager and designer, which I very much prefer to being a shop worker, and the money is wayyyy better. fwiw, I have worked as a bike mechanic on the side/for fun/in between jobs since I was in my early 20's.
About 2 years ago, I had a brain injury. I now basically have a disability. I can't do math anymore, complex organizational thinking is very difficult, I have vision problems that cause me severe migraines if I work on computers full time. i'm also very sensitive to loud noise, chemical exposure, and high stress/fast paced environments. I just shut down and literally can't think or function. like my brain just goes blank and i can't do anything or make simple decisions until the stressor is removed.
I took a year off to do vision therapy and rest and heal up. I've since tried design again at two different jobs, which caused severe crippling migraines. I tried going back to woodworking but the power tool noise and chemicals made me very, very sick. i'm about to start working as a bike mechanic again, hoping that's better. but I'm out of savings and need ideas for something my brain can handle that makes decent money that I can stick with.

Hi everyone, I will try to summarize everything. Thank you all for reading. Could really use the advice.
Let me start by saying I really understand my twin. I know what he likes, dislikes, and everything in between. We're super close, and all I want is for him to be happy. I'd never get in the way of his relationships or stop him from doing what he wants. His happiness means everything to me. I can tell when he's hurting and when he's happy. He goes to me for advice and I tell him my honest opinion. He has every right to do what he wants afterwards. I'm coming on here because I truly think that he regrets his decisions and can't find his freedom anymore.
My brother has been with Lindsey for nearly 8 years. This is his first relationship ever. I don't doubt his love for her but I definitely think it has changed and he is mentally and emotionally suffering as the years gone on. He got engaged to her almost 3 years ago. She gave him an ultimatum that if you don't marry me about X amount of years, I will be breaking up with you. He decided to put a ring on her finger in 2022 and then got accepted to medical school the following year.
She is a full time PA making 6 figures, and my brother is a broke medical student. My parents, my sister, and I found out three weeks ago that she has been planning a wedding since the last year. This wedding is in June. My brother hasn't told anybody - not even his best friend. She is paying for everything, my brother didn't put a dime on the wedding. He hasn't invited anybody and nobody knows about it. Lindsey is under the impression that we knew since last year - my brother lied to her saying we have known since then. She is blaming us, specifically my mom, that we weren't involved in planning. I asked brother why is he hiding a wedding from everybody. Your family and friends should be a part of your wedding. There's something incredibly powerful about pointing at the women in front of you and saying "THIS is the person I want to spend my life with, and I want everyone important to me to witness it". There is something powerful about having people there to witness that vow. It holds you even more accountable to it down the road, and there comes a time in every marriage that the power of that vow is the only thing that holds it together. He said that he doesn't care for weddings and he's doing this because its what she wants. He said he would prefer something small or just keep it as an engagement for now. I asked him are you sure if this is the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, and he responded saying "all I know is her". I said do you want to be married right now, but he doesn't really give a solid answer. He says stuff like "sure, why not?" or "it doesn't matter if i get married now". It is super passive, nothing certain. He doesn't seem to care.
We had a heart to heart yesterday. Since October, she has been so frustrated with him. She thinks that ever since he started medical school, he hasn't made her a priority. She thinks he doesn't care about her and ONLY cares about is studying and school. She thinks he's too close to his family and doesn't value her as much. She wants him to do couples therapy. He told me she was actually going to break up with him back in March. But lo and behold, now she's 9 weeks pregnant. Since finding out the news, I have never seen my brother so lifeless. I ended up flying over to him a few days ago (he lives in a different state) just to take care of him. I had a feeling that he needs someone to just be there for him. Yesterday we walked around downtown area and had some ice-cream and he just opened up. He told me that she has always wanted kids and to start a family before 30. I asked if he wants a kid now, he said no. He said he would have to pause medical school and he knows he can't take care of it. He said he's so frustrated because he told her that before they have sex, she can't be ovulating, she has to take an ovulation strip test, and be on the pills. Those were the conditions he gave her, but found out she did none of those things this time. She told him that my cycle is messed up because you cause me stress. He is praying now that she decides to abort but is trying to prepare for both situations. She told him the only way she would abort if he breaks up with her or she breaks up with him. I asked him if this was planned, and he said no. But she is she's so happy about the pregnancy, she told her family and closest friends. As I am visiting him, I just notice he is completely miserable. He is on 20 different medications. Because she is a PA, she prescribes him so much anxiety meds illegally. He also has a severe autoimmune disease. He is shaking, doesn't sleep, doesn't eat. He was sleep talking last night and said "fuck you fuck you fuck you". He told me he is so scared that my mom is going to get sick over this. He is a mess and it hurts me so much because all I want him is to have peace. That's literally all we want for him.
I also feel so bad for her. She is planning a wedding alone. The relationship is built on lies and false beliefs that my brother created just because he doesn't want to loose her and make her happy (they're other stuff I didn't list just to keep the story shorter). In complete honesty, and as a girl myself, I really don't know what she sees in him. She is so pretty, has a great job, works hard, and has money. I feel like she is the whole package. While my brother is so broke, no savings, his body is literally a vessel to academia, and can't prioritize anything besides school right now. I almost feel like she's more in love with getting married and starting a family, than she is with my brother. I think he is her avenue to marriage. I asked my brother if its okay if I share his story to get advise. My sister and I are thinking about talking to her on Friday, and just telling her the truth about. everything. I told him the secret to happiness is freedom. And the secret to freedom is courage. In life, you must take action, if you want to experience freedom. I just don't think he has courage to tell her how he really feels. Would it be bad if we tell her?
If you have gotten this far, thank you so much. I just want him to be happy with himself.

Hi there! I'm eager to embark on a journey into UI/UX design. I have a quick inquiry regarding schools/certificates—do they hold value? I've found two promising programs, but I'm curious: are they reputable additions to a resume? Will they significantly boost my chances of securing my first job or internship? Or would I be better off honing my skills through YouTube tutorials? At 24, I'm keen to kickstart my career, so any insights would be immensely helpful! Thanks in advance for any guidance!
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I posted nearly two weeks ago about our hospice cat Baxter, and tips for making a short move easier on him. I received so many kind comments, and before I could reply or update, the move was in full swing!
TLDR - He did great! Shortly before the move I read that the best thing a human can do to help settle in is make their bed. B's bed is the couch, so we set up the living room a bit before we moved him so he could settle in right away. He hates the cat carrier, but since he doesn't move around much, we opted not to use it for the move. My husband whisked him to the car in a large, shallow box with all his bedding, then rode in the back with a blanket tent over both of them and pretty much snuggled him the whole ride.
He was a little stressed, as expected, but the gabapentin and having his people and cat brother with him the whole time was a huge help. Now that we've been in a new place for over a week, I can even say he's doing "better", as far as his mental health goes. His pain has not worsened, he even became vocal again and will excitedly meow for his food, or meow at us when we wake up in the morning! He also sleeps in our room now, since the new place doesn't have stairs to worry about. Even the layout is better, living room is central to everything so Baxter can do his favorite cat job of overseeing the household with a disapproving look. 😆
A few people recommended euthanasia rather than stressing him with a move. My husband and I have been through some crises in our lives, and we know it is best to have the hard conversations ahead of time, not when you're in the thick of a tough decision. We've already thoroughly discussed many times what will prompt us to make that call. Baxter was and still is so very much alive, and wants to be alive. It wouldn't feel like a mercy, yet. I can say I am glad for those conversations, as I did question myself a time or two with all the stress, but I knew we were making the best decision.
Now to just keep on keeping on with our boy! I'm so glad he's spending his twilight in our sunny new home. We're spoiling him rotten and giving him so much love for as much time as he'll give us. I truly believe he will let us know when he's ready.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. This was my first post here and you are wonderful.

Hi all,
Just wanted to share my experience growing up and then using the healthcare system as an adult. I have technically had the same family doctor since I was 12- until I let her go.
As of now, I have no family doctor. I have several health issues- most I was never able to address or have diagnosed by my old doctor- and the ones I did present to her, she had no interest in helping. I want to stress how it's not enough that you get a doctor after years of waitlist; you actually need a good one for anything to matter. I would rather die doctorless than have my previous family doctor, and I'm sure she's accidentally killed from medical malpractice and I'm not willing to be a victim to her. This is a doctor from Charlotte County.
She has, over the years, done several things to people I know:

• told a woman she has stage 4 cancer, then at the end of the appointment realized she had the wrong file and the woman didn't have cancer after all. She did not apologize.
• told my father his livers were failing, then at the end of the appointment my father asks her to double check, and turns out his liver is healthy as can be. She did not apologize
• if you've done any kind of drug in your past, she will mock you for drug use and won't prescribe or diagnose you with anything and make you feel bad about yourself. Not me, but a friend who had an addiction in the past- she wouldn't send him to get diagnosed due to his past, and he ended up passing away from undiagnosed cancer
• told a family member who has had an undiagnosed heart problem for 5 years, "what do you want me to do about it? You're never getting this resolved." And told her why are you even here
• told me "why would anyone ever hire you in your condition?" All disgusted after asking for a refill for my ADHD medications- just made me feel bad about trying to find a job that suited me
• told me she didn't have records of me coming into her office since 2015, except there was a document from 2022 sitting right in front of her in my file- she persisted with the narrative she hadn't seen me since. She gaslights
• will whiplash you beyond belief. Tells you she won't do something, then says oh maybe I can.... then goes back to no, not doing it
• looks down upon autism diagnoses
• her references are terrible
• makes you feel like the biggest piece of trash in the world
• told me "I'm looking to retire, not reopen" when I asked if I could tell her 2 medical issues instead of only 1

And she never, ever apologizes if she does something wrong. Just skims right over it.
The health issues I've either never been able to address because she rushes you out the door, or she's told me she won't fix: - over swollen tonsils for 10 years, one takes up most my airway and she won't remove them. I want them out so bad. - extremely bad ear aches all the time- like I have to pull over kind of bad- my ears are full of scars from infant ear infections and they've reopened, also recently tinnitus too - mental illness that has ruined my life, which she doesn't seem to believe in - ingrown toenails that need to be fixed - bumps on my head that are painful - my bones have sharp aches constantly and my joints occasionally feel extremely twisted - IUD problems - I need a referral to a throat doctor, she said no
This post is all to say, it's not enough to be on the waitlist- you actually need to have a little luck and get a good doctor if you want to ever improve your health. I have spent a decade trying to get some of these problems resolved, and I am shot down or ignored everytime. I get better care in the ER than I ever do from my own doctor.
And I just exist with all of these issues and I am told to figure out how to live with it. Dealing with a bad doctor was somehow worse than dealing with no doctor at all. I have learned that I can't trust a doctor to help me- I have turned to finding my own ways to cope with pain and living like this.
No one wants to help me, fine. I guess you just get the short end of the stick if your health problems aren't cookie cutter enough.
The last time I saw her I left her office bawling from some of the things she said to me, so I made the decision to never go back. If it takes me 5-6 years to get my own doctor again, that's fine- I'd rather suffer knowing I have a shot at a doctor who will listen than ever see her again.
If I can't get my prescriptions renewed through maple, I guess I'll just stop taking them.
So cross your fingers and hope you get a good one. If you have a good one, never let them go- because others are out here fighting their own doctor for decades trying to be medically well again.
I did not win the doctor lottery, so I've re-entered.
TL, DR; there are good doctors and bad doctors in New Brunswick. You need luck on your side when you, eventually in 2030, get your own doctor- so cross your fingers you don't have to fight with one for 12 years just to breathe better.

Hey guys, I have converted IIM Ranchi, IIM Jammu, IMT Ghaziabad and I am waitlisted for most of the other CAP IIMs. I did not apply for any other colleges, because I didn't know about any of them until all of their applications closed. I currently have a pretty good job but I wrote CAT on a whim because some of my friends were writing, so I didn't prepare or apply for colleges properly. I think the best course of action for myself is to prepare and appear for CAT again next year and hopefully convert a top 10 b-school, but some of the posts on this sub are making me second-guess myself. I am a GEM with 9/9/8 profile and 1 year (almost) experience. I scored 95.56 percentile this year and am sure I can improve upon it next year. But i see a lot of posts saying GEMs don't get any of the top tier colleges and should just settle with whatever they get. Is there any advice y'all can give me to help me make a decision?
Thanks in advance 😊

Hi there! I'm eager to embark on a journey into UI/UX design. I have a quick inquiry regarding schools/certificates—do they hold value? I've found two promising programs, but I'm curious: are they reputable additions to a resume? Will they significantly boost my chances of securing my first job or internship? Or would I be better off honing my skills through YouTube tutorials? At 24, I'm keen to kickstart my career, so any insights would be immensely helpful! Thanks in advance for any guidance!
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First thing : I know gigastructure isn't updated to 3.12 WHICH IS WHY I'M PLAYING STELLARIS 3.11 ERIDANUS
So I've been playing the frameworld origin to get a taste because i wanted to try virtuality on it whe the mod updates to 3.12 and it's been PAIN
First thing you learn when checking the info is that the ascension effects are slashed by 3/4th and it cost twice as much to ascend. ok maybe the origin is that powerful. Then the game starts, let's talk a bit about the basic features of the frame world

• you have 3 options to add a station modules planetary feature who expend the frame world :
  • planetary decision to spend 400 influence, this option also adds a reorganised logistic feature that speeds up build and decision time
  • planetary decision to spend 600 alloy (this option will increase cost (/!\ not base cost, so first is 15% second is 15% of 115% etc) by 15% each time it is used) this option adds a secondary feature giving 0.5 building slot (isn't that great ? with enough of these you can forget the housing district right ? this is forshadowing)
  • harvesting asteroids, cost 25 influence, for every 4 it will add a mining district slot and allows you to build 1 more district so you can build it unlike vanilla minor orbitals. This one doesn't tell you it will add the station module so it might be a bug idk, it is cheap but requires a good spawn. In 3.12 it will also compete a lot with the arc furnace kilo structure, not to mention stuff already in giga like the great asteroids manufacturies producing like 2500 out of thin air or the asteroid canons
• finally building a planetary outpost (which is said to be the equivalent of colony ship) for some forsaken reason cost as much as the colony ship + 50 influence AND it's immobilizing your consturction ship for 2 YEARS. Just why ? are the bonus that powerful ? i don't think so, you faster planetary decision and pop growth but no frame world extension AND THEY COUNT AS MUCH AS COLONIES TOWARD EMPIRE SIZE !! costing that much ressources you desperately need for frame world extension, i don't think it's worth building at all (don't worry about the pop growth speed, you don't want overpop, and you can't build jobs faster than they grow)

Now that the basics of the frame world extensions are covered, let's talk about the disticts and planetary management. I didn't increase the building slots AND IT WAS PAIN.

• your only planet has a size 16 with 12 building slots, at the start you have 5 unbuild districts
• at the start you can build districts for housing, alloy, consumer good, energy, minerals and food, they give 2 housing and 2 jobs

Naturally i ended up capped pretty fast on how much research and unity i could produce. 2 slots for the alloy/CG buildings, 1 more for the mineral 1 for the energy it wasn't producing much

• refinery districts are pretty cool, each one is the equivalent of 1 ancient refinery building. no housing tho. They are buildable after the first refinery you research and unlock 1 more job for each refinery
• you unlock the unity distrcit with colonial bureaucracy tech (T2 unity building) THE DISTRICT COST AS MUCH AS THE ONE ON AN ECUMENOPOLIS (900 minerals, 45 rare crystal) FOR 2 HOUSING AND 4 JOBS (ecu has 10 housing 6 jobs). THIS IS A TREND
• you unlock the research district with T2 labs, now i don't know for you but recently i've been getting unlucky, getting T2 labs 50 years into the game IT'S NOT FUN, frame world is STARVED for building slots, research and unity should be buildable at base. OH DID I MENTIONED IT ALSO COST AS MUCH AS THE RING WORLD'S VARIANT 900 MINERALS AND 45 EXOTIC GAZ AND LIKE THE UNITY ONE IT'S 4 JOBS 2 HOUSING ? WHY !? please, use the habitat one
• you unlock entertainment district with the T2 holotheater, once again, ecu cost of 900 minerals, 45 exotic gaz, and same nerfs of 4 jobs and 2 housings
• you unlock security districts with T3 capital building, again ecu cost 900 minerals, 45 volatile motes, 2 housing 5 enforcers
• commercial district with T2 tradfe building, again ecu cost 900 minerals 45 rare crystals, 2 housing, 2 merchant 4 clerk
• stronghold district, i guess from a maginot world, 900 minerals 45 motes, 4 jobs 2 housing as usual

Surely you've started noticing the trend of a lot of jobs, but half are homeless. That's right, turns out you ACTUALLY STILL NEED TO BUILD HOUSING DISTRICT LMAO. Good thing virtual pops don't need as much housing. it's sad for the clerk job bonuses tho
Anyway, at this point of the game i start having access to some kilo structures, and i'm still not having a good time :

• researching the habitat tech lets you salvage (destroy and clean up) habitats to expend the frame world. would be great but the AI doesn't build that much habitat in gigas
• i discover my beloved asteroid manufactury has been nerfed. now building it give access to a building giving 10 jobs depending on the asteroid it was built on and the type of industry you said you wanted. anyway, now it's useless to me, starved for building slots as i am
• i discover that orbital ring add the decision to add processing secondary orbitals to the frame world, giving the effect of orbital rings module to the ressource boosting buildings similar to how it works in ring world
• you can roll an engeneering tech "molten shipyard facility" which unlock a decision "Expend Heavy Industry", it cost 10k minerals and 150 influence (roughly half an ecu) and it has the feature to make the alloy and CG districts as dog as the other advanced districts i already complained about : ecu cost, nerfed job/housing. Take it tho, you really really need the districts

I read in the manuel that the archology project is only useful for rogue servitors so they can have a sanctuary archology, how about it also un nerfs the districts to actual ecu/ringworld level ?
Then i finally hit the megastructures point of the game (praise be the yddrassil complex, close second to the old asteroid manufacturies and now my absolute fav of the mod), only a few affect the frame world

• orbital ringworld archology : usually this megastructure adds 20% district to the planet and is upgradable twice to 40% and 60%. should be great for the frame world right ? well "expend station infrastructure" costing 200 influence and 15k alloy for a great 5% district bonus instead ... my frame world is size 50 at this point and i'm getting bullied by everyone around me. The enhancing techs do nothing so while i have a size 50 planet + 2/3 districts, byt that point other empires will have a fat size 30 ecu + 18 that has about 50% more metalurgist jobs than the frame world that cannot even go full alloy world because it's the only planet i have. Was the nerf truly needed ?
• planetary scaled computing complex add upgrade data facilities cost 25k alloy, 300 influence 100 cystals for 10 researcher jobs and +25% science output
• penrose sphere + integrated penrose sphere : you get the decision to integrate penrose sphere to the frame world, it will start building it and upon completion, the district will go from 2 jobs to 8 with a mineral upkeep added. good, i need the districts
• matter decompressor, similar to the above, also uncaps the district limit for minerals
• Some techs (habitat, ring worlds) reduce the cost to extend frame world with alloy, but at this point i'm paying like 15k+ anyway, i might as well just spam more megas (also the reduction is making the scaling cot go from +15% to +10% woaw)

I haven't hit the giga engineering part yet (as tetradimensional engineering refuses to roll), but I haven't had that slow of a start since knights of the toxic gods, it seems to me the origin is terrible, everything is overpriced, you get your planet overcrowed FAST especially with wars (and i really don't like the maintenances workers, they increase upkeep and barely sustain themselves), and everything that should have made it good (only 1 planet to ascend, low empire size) either isn't there or has been nerfed to the ground
Did i mentioned that the world gets a "high density planet scaling" feature that add upkeep, reduce stability and reduce job production ? just why ? anyway i think i'll pick the birchworld origin instead

It’s been about a week since I posted and I wanted to give an update on how things ended up with my now former friend. I agreed to meet with him last night and hear him out. So we went for a drink and he apologized profusely for putting me in this spot and said he would never do that again.
So I took this opportunity to really express how disgusted I was with his behavior and that I couldn’t be friends with someone that intentionally tries to ruin families. I tell him Tom and his wife have 2 children they were happily married and he’s now destroyed their family. I ask if that is something he feels bad about. He says yes but I can tell he’s bullshitting.
I ignore the fact that he’s lying because I want to know how all of this went down. Tom’s wife didn’t want to share alot of detail with him so I promised that I would find out as much as I could. So I ask to see the texts between them. He resists but I threaten to walk out and never talk to him again so he gives me the phone.
He contacted her on Facebook after the party and they talked there for a day or two before switching to text. The conversations turned sexual very quickly and it was clear that Tom’s wife was interested in a quick fling. She says in the texts that she loves her husband but that doesn’t stop her. I’m shocked by this but my friend isn’t. This isn’t the first happily married woman who took up is offer for strings free sex.
Beyond what is in the texts my friend says Tom’s wife just wanted a temporary escape, to be someone she can’t be with her husband and once she got it out of her system she would just go back to normal.
Then he starts telling me what she was like when they were together but I stop him. I say we aren’t teenagers anymore and none of this is funny. I tell him I’m done with this and both you and Tom’s wife disgust me.
I leave and block his number. I know I should have done this years ago but I didn’t. I call Tom after I leave and lie. I say I wasn’t able to get any detail. I can’t tell him that his wife just wanted some wild sex. That isn’t something I would want to know. Tom and his wife are a going to go to counseling. If it were me I’d divorce her. The level of disrespect is off the charts but maybe Tom is a better man than me.
My fiancé is happy that I have finally cut off my now former best friend. But I am sad, I hope he gets help someday before he fucks with the wrong guys wife. Thanks for listening.
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https://www.reddit.com/relationships/comments/1cnxakb/my_25m_best_friend_25m_sleeps_with_married_women/
My best friend has a thing for married older women.
Over the years he has had surprising success in this area. It started when he was 18 and slept with a married 30 year old woman with a kid. They were both waiters at a restaurant and after months of flirting she slept with him.
In the 7 years since there have been 12 of them. All married or engaged, with ages ranging from 30 to 52. In the beginning I thought the whole thing was funny but as the years have gone on I have grown disgusted by this behavior.
If we are at a bar and he sees a bachelorette party he is hitting on the bride to be. He coaches his nephews little league team just to meet the moms. He’s had to leave 3 different jobs because he was sleeping with married coworkers and the husbands found out leading to confrontations while he was on the job. The last straw for me was last week. I recently got engaged and my fiancé’s family threw us an engagement party. It wasn’t a surprise so my fiancé and I both invited who we wanted and one of the people I wanted there was one of my former managers at work, let’s call him Tom. I am a CPA at a big firm and Tom was really a mentor to me when I started. He left to work in industry but we kept in touch and are still close. Tom is 40 and just the nicest guy you will ever meet.
So he and his wife (38F) come to our engagement party. I had never met his wife before, she is beautiful by the way. And at one point during the party I see my friend talking to Tom’s wife while Tom took a phone call. I immediately go over and interrupt the conversation and pull my friend aside and tell him to not even think about it. My friend says he wasn’t. Which was bullshit but I thought he took my warning seriously.
I was wrong. A few weeks later Tom calls me and tells me that his wife had been acting strange since the engagement party and he went through her phone and found text messages with another guy. The texts included nudes exchanged on both sides and it was very clear that they had met up for sex. Tom had confronted his wife the night before and of course it was my friend who she’d slept with. Tom was devastated, crying on the phone. He wasn’t even angry he just wanted to know why she did it and was asking me to talk to my friend to get some more details. I called my friend right after I got off the phone with Tom and exploded on him, basically ending our 20 year friendship. It’s been a week and my friend hasn’t stopped apologizing. Other than his despicable behavior with married women he has been a good friend to me. We have been like brothers since kindergarten. It hurts to throw away someone who has been such a big part of your life but I just can’t be party to this anymore. I’m making the right decision, right?
TLDR: My best friend sleeps with married women and I don’t know if I can be friends with him anymore.

Hi I've been working a deadend job for the last 15 years and frankly i feel underappreciated and underpaid. I've spent the last 3 months thinking about changing careers and honestly I'm not sure where to start from. It's also really important that I get something remote because I've spent the last 15 years on my feet and I'd like to sit down a bit.
I'm inching towards my mid 40s and this isn't an easy decision to make. Can someone like me still take a course and start a new career? I've been looking at take a web development course, but I don't want an AI tool to put me out of a job in just a few years.
This brings me to why I'm here. I can see the previous posts on this sub and frankly, it seems promising but I just would like to confirm personally. Will EMC and Tolulope Michael make good on their promise to make me a cybersecurity expert that quick?

Hi guys! I am a 25 year old student looking to do an MBA and here is my background and what I want to do in the future. I am looking for any and all inputs and opinions as I need to apply to schools and make a decision soon to start in the fall 2024 session. I am hoping to get a job at least with 120-150k salary and I love to travel and fly around and meet and talk with people and think of innovative ways to solve problems and I am a natural leader and have a good business and tech mind as well and I love to consult also and do project management and supply chain as well even. I know I am a little all over the place in a few different industries but I want to get insights from current and past students from Ross and Kellogg or even any other schools where I might get a good post grad job and make a career.
Background -

• 25 year old indian male (us citizen) who has lived in michigan since moving to the US & Michigan when I was 2 years old.
• Did a BS in biology and minor in business administration. Also have a master's in biomedical sciences and now just did 2 years of dental school before deciding I want to switch to business and get my MBA instead.
• Have not taken the GMAT or GRE
• I have about 5 years of project manager experience (worked during undergrad) in a travel technology company and so I am looking to move up in tech or project management or do something new again such as consulting or supply chain even.
• Currently not working but am actively looking for a job so may work while being in the PT/Weekend MBA program

Outcomes / Goals

• Want to get a careejob post grad at MBB or maybe Apple or Amazon or other Big Tech and something again in project management or consulting or something with tech and business. Also want a starting salary of 120k-150k at least hopefully post grad.
• Have no problems moving or relocating to anywhere post grad for the job as well.
• I have no problem traveling to Kellogg/downtown Chicago or driving to Ross/Ann Arbor

I would love any and all insights and opinions and even feel free to message me PM or chat with me and thanks everyone for their time!

Prepare for a wall of text, but I need to get this out.
My mom is disabled and on oxygen. She can walk around the house but can’t go most places without her oxygen tanks. I’m an able bodied worker (or I was; I’m currently on leave due to a knee injury and am going to physical therapy for six weeks). Now that walking and moving around is easier for me thanks to rehab, it’s back to the way things were, which are as follows:
-She makes the lists, I do the grocery shopping
-She gives me money for two packs of cigarettes every 2-3 days (yes, she still smokes by going outside and taking her oxygen off), I go get the cigarettes
-She gives me money for her medication, I pick up the medication at the pharmacy
-She adds to the laundry, I do the laundry
-She adds plants to the garden, waters them and gives them plant food, but I tend to them when she asks, such as cutting down dead ones and tying up plants that fall over
-She cooks and cleans, I get her things to cook and clean with (grocery and cleaning supply shopping)
Likewise she’ll often have me do things for her so she doesn’t have to get up and out of her chair, even though on oxygen she can walk, move around and do these things. This includes getting her coffee from the kitchen, turning lights on and off, bagging or unbagging things, filling or re-arranging the cabinet pantry (she has problems bending over due to her weight and back problems), grabbing her things from the closet or clothes from her room, putting lotion on her back after she showers, and cleaning up after myself if she doesn’t like how my room looks.
I’m 24, she’s in her late fifties. I’m finishing up college. I have a part-time job, though she insists I work 2 or even 3 part-time jobs to bring in more money. Half of, if not 2/3rds of my paycheck go in an envelope to be saved because she doesn’t trust me with saving money; if I object or put in an amount she doesn’t like, I get a lecture about how irresponsible I am with money. If I have, let’s say, $300 or more dollars in my bank account she complains that I don’t need that kind of money. Daily she reminds me of chores and things I have to get done; bloodwork, getting new glasses, and doing laundry are all things she’s told me to do literally everyday for the past week, as if I’m not already aware. I suspect I have ADHD as completing tasks that don’t interest me is a huge challenge; when I told her my doctor diagnosed me, she said “ugh, you don’t have ADHD; you’re not hyper, you act normal”.
Doors are not to be closed as she will wander in and out of rooms unprompted. This includes her using the toilet while I shower and coming into my room talking to me while I’m changing and half-naked. She comes into my room multiple times while I’m in bed to talk to me about certain things - she’ll point out that my bedside table is a mess, that I need to tidy up the bed, and that the laundry has to get done.
I’m overweight, medically obese even. Trust me, I see this and acknowledge it. Yet multiple times per month she tells me how I’m still young and should lose the weight now before it becomes a problem when I’m older. She tells me to wear makeup more often because I look pretty with it, even though she has been made aware that I am what I consider masculine and questioning my gender. She says I’m a freak for presenting the way I do, and will only ever always call me her daughter and a name I no longer identify with, (but that’s worthy of a whole new post entirely). She calls me a “fat girl” and is not gentle with her words, but is what she considers “honest” about everything she says. She always tells me that because my dad helps and pays for my phone bill and my car insurance that I am “extremely lucky” and deems me ungrateful and spoiled. (I can’t afford to do that right now, but I’m sure I could if I worked more).
I could go on and on. And for everyone that is going to suggest I live with my father, that decision is off the table. He would only be more aggressive regarding chores I haven’t done and would likely call me lazy for being depressed and laying in bed on my days off. He would also want me off my medication, something I need for my mental health to properly function and not want to off myself daily. Last month I threatened to go live with my father; at 2am she called him up crying and sounding defeated, and he only said that I wouldn’t be able to lay around and do nothing all the time, so I backtracked and have decided to stay with her. My finances and her disability income combined are the only reason we can keep our apartment. Once I leave, she has nowhere to go, and I can’t help but feel guilty for that.
My girlfriend and I intend to move in together within the next year and a half or two. Until then I am at the beck and call of my mother, who says she appreciates my help, where I only feel exhausted and taken advantage of. Despite all of this, I still feel like the villain; like I don’t deserve anything I receive. Like I’m a burden. Like I shouldn’t exist. I just don’t know what to make of it.
(I’ve posted regarding this on the entitledparents subreddit and only gotten put on blast for being selfish, ungrateful and “pathetic”, so I’m expecting it to be the same here too. After all, maybe I deserve it).

For Outstanding Effort in Solo Streaming, the award goes to...

Alex Jordan

The 30 minutes of pre-stream chat on Twitch and broadcast were placed upon the shoulders of our dear Alex Jordan and I have to give commendation for his efforts. Not only did he keep up with the chat scroll, but he made the sensible tech support decision when it came to difficulties getting the broadcast audio working properly: 1) Unplug it 2) plug it back in The little mistakes that happen make the experience visceral (to me at least) and I had a blast. The delay was barely 5 minutes, but poor Alex was already sweating as though he had failed in some spectacular way. I hope the stress of the moment has left him and we can all smile back at a memory of a tough job well done.

I am an SE that is paired up with an Account Manager that is constantly overstepping into my side of things where she doesn't have experience or knowledge. I do not have a problem with someone trying to assist or offer help. But, I am having to constantly reign her back in from sending inaccurate or inaccurate information to our customers. It feels like she cannot trust me to do my job. On top of that, she is second-guessing me and the decisions I make. I believe AMs and SEs should work together and that there is not a clear delineation of responsibilities. I just feel like she is charging forward into unknown areas instead of working alongside me. I would love to hear other SEs experiences with this issue.

Background: I(25F) am a Computer science engineering graduate from 2021 pass out batch with a CGPA of 8.0. I graduated from a third tier college. I consequently tried and got through few universities abroad but unfortunately could not pursue it. I tried for two years since I wanted got in some universities the first time but I wanted better. I have completed industrial training and various courses related to Data Science and Analytics. I've always been good at coding, especially python.
I did not attend GATE 2024 since I thought I could get a job but even after industrial training it's difficult to get a job or even an internship. I tried various portals like internshala, naukri, LinkedIn, indeed and even tried freelancing portals but all in vain.
Right now, I don't have the confidence to do anything anymore and not having a job and being a burden to my parents has made me really sick. I've lost hope and that's when I thought maybe taking Mtech was a good idea.
I attended the MTech interview conducted by Amrita and got selected. I am trying out in Mahindra University too (because they have less fees and good amount stipend).
And though things are happening, I hate the fact that I could not go for masters. I hate that I'm not able to secure a job and I really am starting to regret every decision I made since I took BTech. I really wish I got a job but honestly, I am way less confident than I used to be.
Can you guys please help me?

Property management companies like real estate companies in Sri Lanka are entities that handle the day-to-day operations and maintenance of real estate properties on behalf of the property owner. If you intend purchasing a commercial property for sale or villas for sale in Sri Lanka, it is such companies that would help you to better manage the property and handle the nitty gritty on your behalf. Their responsibilities can vary depending on the type of property they manage, but generally include tasks such as:
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