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2024.05.15 01:38 _Triple_ [STORE] 900+ KNIVES/GLOVES/SKINS, 100.000$+ INVENTORY. BFK Lore, Gloves Amphibious, Skeleton Fade, Bowie Emerald, BFK Auto, Gloves MF, Talon Doppler, Gloves POW, Bayo Tiger, Gut Sapphire, Stiletto MF, M9 Ultra, Ursus Doppler, Flip Doppler, M9 Stained, Nomad CW, Paracord CW, AK-47 X-Ray & A Lot More
Everything in my inventory is up for trade. The most valuable items are listed here, the rest you can find in My Inventory
Feel free to Add Me or even better send a Trade Offer. Open for any suggestions: upgrades, downgrades / knives, gloves, skins / stickers, patterns, floats.
All Buyouts are listed in cash value.
KNIVES
★ Butterfly Knife Lore (Factory New), B/O: $7194.77
★ Butterfly Knife Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $2025.74
⎯★ M9 Bayonet Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $557.87
★ M9 Bayonet Stained (Well-Worn), B/O: $529.41
★ M9 Bayonet Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $465.39
⎯★ Talon Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $1295.27
★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth (Minimal Wear), B/O: $746.28
★ Karambit Bright Water (Field-Tested), B/O: $688.15
⎯★ Flip Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $547.93
★ Flip Knife Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $476.69
★ Flip Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $278.18
★ Flip Knife Black Laminate (Well-Worn), B/O: $258.83
★ Flip Knife Urban Masked (Field-Tested), B/O: $181.64
⎯★ Stiletto Knife Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $686.04
★ Stiletto Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $665.41
★ Stiletto Knife, B/O: $601.39
★ Stiletto Knife Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $418.25
★ Stiletto Knife Night Stripe (Field-Tested), B/O: $227.80
★ Stiletto Knife Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $194.96
★ Stiletto Knife Safari Mesh (Field-Tested), B/O: $192.79
⎯★ Nomad Knife Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $518.11
★ Nomad Knife Scorched (Field-Tested), B/O: $169.78
★ Nomad Knife Forest DDPAT (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $166.88
★ StatTrak™ Nomad Knife Blue Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $335.79
⎯★ Skeleton Knife Stained (Well-Worn), B/O: $442.05
★ Skeleton Knife Urban Masked (Minimal Wear), B/O: $426.24
★ Skeleton Knife Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $314.03
★ StatTrak™ Skeleton Knife Fade (Minimal Wear), B/O: $2361.28
★ StatTrak™ Skeleton Knife Urban Masked (Field-Tested), B/O: $376.53
⎯★ Ursus Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $557.12
★ Ursus Knife, B/O: $471.42
★ Ursus Knife Blue Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $212.37
★ Ursus Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $187.66
★ Ursus Knife Damascus Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $178.18
★ Ursus Knife Ultraviolet (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $155.13
★ Ursus Knife Boreal Forest (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $124.26
⎯★ Huntsman Knife Black Laminate (Minimal Wear), B/O: $204.83
★ Huntsman Knife Black Laminate (Field-Tested), B/O: $184.50
★ StatTrak™ Huntsman Knife Lore (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $224.11
⎯★ Bowie Knife Gamma Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $2142.02
★ Bowie Knife, B/O: $230.44
★ Bowie Knife Damascus Steel (Factory New), B/O: $209.20
★ Bowie Knife Ultraviolet (Minimal Wear), B/O: $180.51
★ Bowie Knife Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $131.03
⎯★ Falchion Knife Night (Field-Tested), B/O: $132.54
★ Falchion Knife Urban Masked (Well-Worn), B/O: $112.81
★ Falchion Knife Scorched (Field-Tested), B/O: $108.81
★ Falchion Knife Forest DDPAT (Field-Tested), B/O: $107.82
★ Falchion Knife Safari Mesh (Field-Tested), B/O: $107.46
★ StatTrak™ Falchion Knife Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $143.08
⎯★ Paracord Knife Crimson Web (Minimal Wear), B/O: $486.48
★ Paracord Knife Blue Steel (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $163.12
⎯★ Survival Knife Blue Steel (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $138.26
★ Survival Knife Night Stripe (Field-Tested), B/O: $131.03
⎯★ Gut Knife Sapphire (Minimal Wear), B/O: $1127.79
★ Gut Knife Gamma Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $286.17
★ Gut Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $246.55
★ Gut Knife Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $240.77
★ Gut Knife, B/O: $210.49
★ Gut Knife Lore (Field-Tested), B/O: $194.22
★ Gut Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $151.51
★ Gut Knife Blue Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $124.94
★ Gut Knife Rust Coat (Well-Worn), B/O: $118.99
★ Gut Knife Boreal Forest (Minimal Wear), B/O: $109.80
★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $237.96
⎯★ Shadow Daggers Gamma Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $264.92
★ Shadow Daggers Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $253.03
★ Shadow Daggers Tiger Tooth (Factory New), B/O: $237.22
★ Shadow Daggers Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $153.40
★ Shadow Daggers Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $144.42
★ Shadow Daggers Blue Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $105.20
★ StatTrak™ Shadow Daggers Damascus Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $150.46
⎯★ Navaja Knife Fade (Factory New), B/O: $365.99
★ Navaja Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $228.93
★ Navaja Knife Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $227.43
★ Navaja Knife Slaughter (Factory New), B/O: $209.06
★ Navaja Knife, B/O: $203.16
★ Navaja Knife Case Hardened (Well-Worn), B/O: $132.57
★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel (Factory New), B/O: $121.69
★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $109.95
★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $100.41
★ StatTrak™ Navaja Knife Fade (Factory New), B/O: $369.01
★ StatTrak™ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $109.95
GLOVES
★ Sport Gloves Amphibious (Minimal Wear), B/O: $2394.67
★ Sport Gloves Omega (Well-Worn), B/O: $572.33
★ Sport Gloves Bronze Morph (Minimal Wear), B/O: $338.88
★ Sport Gloves Big Game (Field-Tested), B/O: $323.66
⎯★ Specialist Gloves Marble Fade (Minimal Wear), B/O: $1652.07
★ Specialist Gloves Tiger Strike (Field-Tested), B/O: $599.14
★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Web (Well-Worn), B/O: $231.57
★ Specialist Gloves Buckshot (Minimal Wear), B/O: $126.21
⎯★ Moto Gloves POW! (Minimal Wear), B/O: $996.99
★ Moto Gloves POW! (Field-Tested), B/O: $383.31
★ Moto Gloves POW! (Well-Worn), B/O: $276.00
★ Moto Gloves Turtle (Field-Tested), B/O: $180.28
⎯★ Hand Wraps CAUTION! (Minimal Wear), B/O: $502.29
★ Hand Wraps Giraffe (Minimal Wear), B/O: $180.73
★ Hand Wraps CAUTION! (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $178.32
⎯★ Driver Gloves Queen Jaguar (Minimal Wear), B/O: $181.01
★ Driver Gloves Rezan the Red (Field-Tested), B/O: $101.66
⎯★ Broken Fang Gloves Jade (Field-Tested), B/O: $127.88
★ Broken Fang Gloves Needle Point (Minimal Wear), B/O: $124.55
⎯★ Bloodhound Gloves Guerrilla (Minimal Wear), B/O: $127.94
★ Hydra Gloves Case Hardened (Field-Tested), B/O: $102.55
WEAPONS
AK-47 X-Ray (Well-Worn), B/O: $478.95
AUG Hot Rod (Factory New), B/O: $425.83
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Hyper Beast (Factory New), B/O: $413.95
M4A4 Daybreak (Factory New), B/O: $309.51
StatTrak™ AK-47 Aquamarine Revenge (Factory New), B/O: $305.43
AK-47 Case Hardened (Well-Worn), B/O: $196.38
StatTrak™ M4A4 Temukau (Minimal Wear), B/O: $174.64
P90 Run and Hide (Field-Tested), B/O: $167.03
AWP Asiimov (Field-Tested), B/O: $153.33
Souvenir SSG 08 Death Strike (Minimal Wear), B/O: $140.00
M4A1-S Printstream (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $124.70
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Golden Coil (Field-Tested), B/O: $117.48
AWP Asiimov (Well-Worn), B/O: $115.97
StatTrak™ Desert Eagle Printstream (Minimal Wear), B/O: $112.96
StatTrak™ AK-47 Asiimov (Minimal Wear), B/O: $110.85
Souvenir M4A1-S Master Piece (Well-Worn), B/O: $102.42
AK-47 Bloodsport (Minimal Wear), B/O: $100.53
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2024.05.15 01:17 ITpurpleblue Expanding Long-Distance Rail Service. Why Amtrak service to more towns and cities is important to the entire U.S.!
Please join us at the Rail Users’ Network’s Spring Virtual Conference, which is taking place on Friday, May 17, 2024, from 12:30 – 5 pm. This exciting event will highlight the work of rail advocates who are working to expand long-distance rail service in the U.S.
https://www.railusers.net/annual-conference/
The list of confirmed speakers includes:
12:30 – 12:40: Richard Rudolph’s introductory remarks.
12:40 – 1:05: Todd Liebman, President All Aboard Arizona – Sunset Limited Campaign.
1:05 – 1:30: Steve Williams, Mayor, Huntington, West Virginia – Daily service on the Cardinal.
1:30 – 1:55: Mike Christensen, Executive Director, Utah Rail Passenger Association – Restoring Desert Wind from Boise, Idaho to Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.
1:55 – 2:00: Break
2:00 – 2:25: Knox Ross. Chairman, Southern Rail Commission – Amtrak’s daily Crescent from Meridian, MS to Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas.
2:25 – 2:50: David Strohmaier, Chairman, Big Sky Rail Authority – Restoration of the North Coast Hiawatha.
2:50 – 3:15: A success story – Passenger rail from Duluth, Minnesota to the Twin Cities. Ken Buehler, Executive Director of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum.
3:15 – 3:30: Federico Gazzolo, Amtrak VP-Product Development & Customer Analytics, who will talk about the company’s effort to order new long-distance rail car equipment.
3:30 – 4:05: Possible restoration of part of the Floridian route from Indianapolis, to Louisville, Nashville to Atlanta and onto Savannah, Georgia. Richard Rudolph moderates: • Mike King, Director, Office of Planning, Louisville Metro • Tim Kelly, Mayor, Chattanooga Tennessee. • Clement Solomon, Division Director- Intermodal, Georgia Department of Transportation.
4:05 – 4:10: Break 4:10 – 4:20: J.W. Madison, President, New Mexico Rails, will briefly talk about the organization’s effort over the years to establish a Rocky Mountain Flyer from New Mexico to Montana.
4:20 – 4:50: What is needed for startup of new service – equipment and relationships with Freight Railroads. Andrew Albert, RUN’s Vice Chair, moderates: • Josh Coran, Directo Product Development / Compliance, Talgo / RUN Board Member. • Phil Streby, retired Amtrak Conductor / RUN Board Member. • Jim Blaze, railroad economist, Railway Age.
4:50 – 5:00: Closing Remarks. David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor, Railway Age / RUN Board Member.
The conference is designed not only for rail advocates, but also for civic and business leaders, environmentalists, planners, real estate developers and members of the general public who are interested in knowing more about passenger rail and rail transit in America. Please note this is a free event for RUN members, but registration is required. A registration fee for non-members is $25, which includes RUN membership through 2024. Please be sure to register by May 10 so that we can send along the info needed to attend RUN’s Virtual Spring Conference.
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https://www.railusers.net/annual-conference/
The list of confirmed speakers includes:
12:30 – 12:40: Richard Rudolph’s introductory remarks.
12:40 – 1:05: Todd Liebman, President All Aboard Arizona – Sunset Limited Campaign.
1:05 – 1:30: Steve Williams, Mayor, Huntington, West Virginia – Daily service on the Cardinal.
1:30 – 1:55: Mike Christensen, Executive Director, Utah Rail Passenger Association – Restoring Desert Wind from Boise, Idaho to Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.
1:55 – 2:00: Break
2:00 – 2:25: Knox Ross. Chairman, Southern Rail Commission – Amtrak’s daily Crescent from Meridian, MS to Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas.
2:25 – 2:50: David Strohmaier, Chairman, Big Sky Rail Authority – Restoration of the North Coast Hiawatha.
2:50 – 3:15: A success story – Passenger rail from Duluth, Minnesota to the Twin Cities. Ken Buehler, Executive Director of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum.
3:15 – 3:30: Federico Gazzolo, Amtrak VP-Product Development & Customer Analytics, who will talk about the company’s effort to order new long-distance rail car equipment.
3:30 – 4:05: Possible restoration of part of the Floridian route from Indianapolis, to Louisville, Nashville to Atlanta and onto Savannah, Georgia. Richard Rudolph moderates: • Mike King, Director, Office of Planning, Louisville Metro • Tim Kelly, Mayor, Chattanooga Tennessee. • Clement Solomon, Division Director- Intermodal, Georgia Department of Transportation.
4:05 – 4:10: Break 4:10 – 4:20: J.W. Madison, President, New Mexico Rails, will briefly talk about the organization’s effort over the years to establish a Rocky Mountain Flyer from New Mexico to Montana.
4:20 – 4:50: What is needed for startup of new service – equipment and relationships with Freight Railroads. Andrew Albert, RUN’s Vice Chair, moderates: • Josh Coran, Directo Product Development / Compliance, Talgo / RUN Board Member. • Phil Streby, retired Amtrak Conductor / RUN Board Member. • Jim Blaze, railroad economist, Railway Age.
4:50 – 5:00: Closing Remarks. David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor, Railway Age / RUN Board Member.
The conference is designed not only for rail advocates, but also for civic and business leaders, environmentalists, planners, real estate developers and members of the general public who are interested in knowing more about passenger rail and rail transit in America. Please note this is a free event for RUN members, but registration is required. A registration fee for non-members is $25, which includes RUN membership through 2024. Please be sure to register by May 10 so that we can send along the info needed to attend RUN’s Virtual Spring Conference.
2024.05.15 00:52 Double-Ho-7 A long look into the Knuckles Tracks in SA2
Title says it all, this post is a deep dive into the Sonic Adventure 2 OST, specifically all the songs pertaining to Knuckles. This is for a few reasons that I’ll get into in a moment, but from what I’ve seen Knuckles’ and Rouge’s soundtracks tend to get overlooked or written off by fans (More so Knuckles’) unfairly so in my opinion.
This post will serve, not only to analyze the music itself, but also Knuckles’ characterization, as you’ll see the two are basically intrinsically linked.
Just a quick disclaimer, I’m not a musician nor am I that musically inclined, this isn’t an expert’s opinion or analysis, just a listener’s thoughts.
A bit of background of me before we start, I grew up around hip hop when I was young so I can really appreciate Knuckles’ soundtrack probably more so than a lot of other people.
Ever since I was a kid, Knuckles has always been my favorite character, I always found his complicated friendship and rivalry with Sonic to me a much more interesting dichotomy than Sonic and Shadow (I know, fight me).
That and I’ve always just adored his character (Before they forgot how to write him) he can be hot headed and stubborn like Sonic, but he’s got a bit of a Yin and Yang thing going on, with his Chill nature conflicting with his Quick and Explosive temper, as well as his questioning of his purpose in life and duty to the Master Emerald.
Anyway, enough context on myself, let’s strap in and get to the meat of this veeeeeery long post (My bad guys).
For some historical context, Sonic Adventure 2 came out in 2001, I’m not sure how many hip hop fans hang around the subreddit but by 2001 the Golden Age of Hip Hop had been firmly left behind. Biggie and Pac had been dead for a while, and the stars of yesteryear began to fizzle out as the young blood cropped up onto the scene.
The early 2000s Hip Hop scene was mainly dominated by the East Coast and the Dirty South, lots of stars of this generation of rap included 50 Cent, Ja Rule, Outkast, Ludacris, The Game, Three 6 Mafia and Xzibit, but you also had older legends like Nas and Snoop Dogg who were still culturally relevant.
This modern sound of hip hop differed greatly in sound to the early 90s, everything was a lot more clean and refined, samples were still used but weren’t as common as before and the West Coast sound that characterized the early 90s had been long gone.
It’s important to bring this up, because comparing SA2’s Hip Hop tracks to the climate it was released in, they sound almost out of place. Listening to Get Rich or Die Trying, or Stillmatic and then listening to SA3’s tracks you’d be convinced they were separated by many years.
The Tracks in SA2 are definitely rooted in early 90s hip hop, it’s very clear that those early Gangsta Rap albums like Straight Outta Compton and Black Sunday greatly influenced this part of the soundtrack. And you don’t have to take my word for it, go and listen to the instrumentals of songs like Express Yourself or Insane in the Brain and tell me that they’d sound out of place playing in one of Knuckles’ Stages.
Early 90s Hip Hop makes heavy use of sampling, primarily of the work of Black Artists of the past two decades, because of SA2K’s early 90s hip hop influences, it too has a lot of roots in 70s/80s Black music. Elements of Soul, Funk and Jazz are commonly heard in Knuckles’ Stages, think James Brown or Isaac Hayes.
So what Groups or Artists seem to inspire SA2K’s sound? Well the obvious choice is NWA, though specifically Straight Outta Compton, Elif4zaggin has a much different sound. However I don’t believe that’s entirely the case.
Whether it’s pure coincidence or intentional, Too Short (stylized as Too $hort) was a decently popular artist from Oakland, which is up in the Bay Area of NorCal which is the main inspiration for most of SA2’s urban environments.
Anyway, Too Short was actually quite a pioneer in Hip Hop as he formed the Dangerous Crew, a Hip Hop Band who played actual instruments instead of using samples, it’s because of this that I believe Too Short and the Dangerous Crew to be the main inspiration of SA2K’s sound whether intentional or not, not only are the two defined by their funky beats, but also their use of live instruments. I recommend listening to songs like The Ghetto, Sample The Funk and Just Another Day to get an idea of how his music influences SA2K.
Speaking of, let’s address the Elephant in the room briefly. I know Hunnid-P or Hunnid-Pacent isn’t everybody’s favorite person on this sub, either on the track or behind the scenes, and while his antics aren’t relevant to this post, I don’t necessarily agree that he’s as bad as people say he is on the mic. Is he the world’s greatest emcee? Absolutely not, but he does his job pretty well, he has good flow and a pretty good voice. I think people clown on his lyrics too much, I’m not saying he’s an Inspectah Deck level lyricist but I think the guy has dropped a few bombs and this OST has some gems, but we’ll get into this in a bit.
Getting back to the song, the content of the lyrics is basically Knuckles’ inner voice, this is basically the entire soundtrack, though Unknown From M.E. is more of a general character overview of Knuckles, its standard stuff now but at the time it was a pretty deep dive into the character of Knuckles’ in a decently subtle way.
Most of the song centers around Knuckles’ self imposed isolation on Angel Island, his duty to his people and the world to protect the Master Emerald, but also him yearning for something more and the inner conflict that stems from that.
This song actually has some underrated lines, some standout lyrics include:
“Clench my fists tight, become more redder - I don't wanna hurt her, my passion observed”
The last line is in obvious reference to Rouge and an interesting insight into Knuckles himself. He clearly doesn’t like violence and isn’t interested in hurting anybody, but his duty as a guardian and his quick temper often means he can get a bit too carried away as the line implies, good stuff.
“Been lonely all my life, does it matter? - Here for the mission, whoever want, it bring it”
Here we can clearly see Knuckles trying to reason with himself here, specifically after meeting Sonic and experiencing a life that isn’t just his duty. Here we see the Guardian side of him, he’s always been alone and it’s never been problem before, why should it be now? At least that’s what he tries to tell himself.
“Don't approve of him but gotta trust him - This alliance has a purpose - This partnership is only temporary”
I’ll get more into this when we get to Death Chamber, but these lines are obviously alluding to Sonic and the plot of the game. It’s clear that Knuckles still doesn’t completely like Sonic, however the key here is that he trusts him, he’s gotten to a point now where he knows Sonic is well meaning and their goals align. However, just like real people, he’s accepted the arrangement but he doesn’t have to like it, he still believes Sonic is brash, arrogant and takes far too many risks, it will take more than a few adventures for Knuckles to fully change his opinion on Sonic.
Hunnid-P and Marlon Saunders do a great job of bouncing off each other on this song, their voices and cadences clash with each other nicely almost like how Knuckles’ inner turmoil is split in two.
The beat is tantalizingly funky, for starters that bass line is smooth as butter and the song has a nice tempo, you get the occasional organ flourish and guitar riff that crescendo and just help to enhance the song even further. Overall a really solid track in my opinion, the content of the lyrics is interesting and the delivery is great, all over an extremely funky instrumental.
That Sax and Organ combo just cause an absolute eargasm and those drums form such a nice tempo that makes this track such easy listening. Honestly there’s not a whole lot going on with this track and that is not a bad thing at all. Its simplicity is probably its biggest strength and is quite noticeable compared to something like Unknown From M.E.
Some Lyrics I found particularly interesting are:
“I'm feelin her in mysterious ways - That's why I stay on point like every single day - I gotta protect this place, I do it for my race”
Yeah yeah I know everybody finds this line and the play doh line inappropriate and funny, I understand the latter but honestly I could never get the outcry over this one
“I’m feelin her in mysterious ways” honestly, in my opinion, it’s not what you think. I’ve never really seen it as a sexual line “I’m feelin you” is basically another way of saying I get you, it’s basically Knuckles saying he gets Rouge, but he doesn’t know why and that kinda bothers him.
The context matters here and the lines after do give my interpretation some weight. It’s basically Knuckles saying to himself “I get this girl and I kinda mess with her, but I gotta job to do” Knuckles is intrigued by Rouge, he’s never met anybody like her and he obviously has some feeling towards her, though because of his lack of interaction with others he struggles to understand these feelings and instead of addressing them, he tries to ignore them and remain true to his job as Guardian
“Who could'a did this, that snitch named Rouge! - When I catch her, I'ma get her with these tools”
More obvious than the last one, but it still shows that Knuckles, despite his various different feelings toward Rouge, knows he has a job to do and tries to center himself to stay committed
Honestly it’s hard to choose between this or Unknown From M.E. as my favorite Knuckles track but either way its up there and definitely something I can bop to on the regular
It’s definitely in contention with Deeper for the most lowkey Knuckles track and that’s saying something.
Not much content lyrically, but I managed to find a few interesting lines:
“I ain’t gonna let it get to me, I’m just gon creep - Down in Pumpkin Hill I gots to find my lost piece”
Something we don’t actually see a lot from Knuckles, fear! Most of this song is about Knuckles’ fearlessness being tested, if you view this as Knuckles’ internal monologue (Which if you don’t at this point then I’ve been doing something wrong 😂) its less about the song telling us how tough Knuckles is, but Knuckles reassuring himself that he can do this.
He’s obviously trepidatious over being in Pumpkin Hill and he has to take a moment to center himself and reassure himself that “I’m Knuckles, I’m not afraid of anything” again this goes back to how Knuckles uses his job as Guardian and his duty to motivate himself and push forward through situations, regardless of his own fear.
“I’m hearing someone saying “You a chicken, don’t be scared!” - It had to be the wind, cause nobody wasn’t there”
Considering the haunted theming of this level, this very clearly (on the surface) seems to be Knuckles encountering a ghost taunting him, but I might present another angle.
This is just Knuckles’ inner thoughts again, though this time its doubt, he doesn’t believe he can find the pieces of the Master Emerald and he doesn’t think he can make it through Pumpkin Hill, yet he pushes through anyway. This one’s kinda far fetched but it’s a nice idea
I don’t adore this track as much as a lot of other people (ironically) but I can still Jive with it.
Most of this track’s lyrics center around Knuckles’ yearning to be something more than just the Guardian of the Master Emerald and to be his own individual, these are:
“Makes you wanna sit back, enjoy the life - And do things you like doing, get to shine”
Knuckles, if it wasn’t for all the enemies and hazards, obviously enjoys being in Aquatic Mine, so much so that it brings his thoughts of a better life to the front of his mind.
This shows what Knuckles really wants, to be unburdened from the Master Emerald and to just be free to kick it wherever, in a way he’s jealous of the freedom Sonic has and wishes he wasn’t tied down to Angel Island.
“I stay Knuckled up, I’m in a deep cut”
Knuckles, despite his ideals of peace and relaxation is always ready to do what he believes is right, again this whole OST is basically Knuckles reconciling his wants and his duties.
Again Knuckles isn’t really equipped to deal with these feelings and instead of addressing them, he pushes them down and buries them under his duty and tries to keep himself busy, though once he gets to Aquatic Mine where he’s forced to slow down and explore methodically, he’s suddenly unable to distract himself from his true feelings.
“In a maze, and I don't know what to do Guaranteed though, imma find the Emeralds”
Again an obvious allusion to the labyrinthine Aquatic Mine on the surface, though I believe this too has a deeper meaning.
Knuckles is lost and confused emotionally, he’s confronted by these different feelings that conflict with everything he’s ever known. His thoughts on freedom and his feelings for Rouge which he doesn’t quite understand both conflict with his role as Guardian and he can’t reconcile them.
“I don’t know what to do” in a rare moment of vulnerability, Knuckles admits that he has no idea how to manage these feelings and he’s grappling with the monumental task of managing his panicked thoughts.
Then, just as you think Knuckles is gonna start making a breakthrough, what does he do? “Guaranteed though, imma find the Emeralds” That’s right, instead of finally addressing his swirling thoughts, he pushes them down and once again distracts himself with his duty.
Honestly, like Pumpkin Hill, I know it’s a reach but it tracks with what we know Knuckles’ character has been up to this point and it gives him insane depth and really humanizes him.
A funky beat, a nice flow from Hunnid P and some really humanizing characterization of Knuckles, Dive Into The Mellow is definitely a hidden gem of the OST.
First off I absolutely adore the bass this track has, it sounds like it’s been bit compressed for a Gameboy and honestly I’m all here for it, gives it a nice techno Eggmany twist. The funky guitar and sax just enhances the mood, the song sounds almost echoey like you’re actually standing in a Death Chamber.
Lyrically this song is unique in that it’s basically just a long conversation between Sonic and Knuckles instead of Knuckles’ inner thoughts/monologue.
It’s an interesting dynamic where Sonic is actually the reasonable one, willing to put aside his and Knuckles’ differences aside for the greater good. Knuckles however is initially a bit more standoffish, but Sonic talks him into it by appealing to his guardian nature and calling him out on his stubbornness, basically forcing Knuckles to admit that Sonic is right and that they’ll be much better off working together.
Honestly not much to say, it’s pretty much all spelled out in the song, but interesting nonetheless. An understated and uniquely funky beat make this track stand out among the others nicely, definitely a great listen.
This song takes a lot more inspirations from G-Funk than the other tracks which does give it quite a unique sound amongst the soundtrack, it wouldn’t sound out of place on The Chronic or Regulate… G Funk Era. The wavy synths and sharp base with the fast tempo give it an almost garage feel too, definitely not a sound for everyone but I think it does a good job at sounding very ethereal and space like
As for lyrics, this seems to be a turning point for Knuckles as a loner:
“Took a shuttle to space and left from our homes At least we're with friends and I'm not all alone”
Knuckles is in a completely foreign environment and feels completely out of his depth, however he feels comforted by the fact that he’s surrounded by the people he’s finally started to call his Friends, the first time he’s admitted such.
He’s forced now to acknowledge that he can’t do everything by himself, and that asking for help from his friends doesn’t make him any less of a man, he finally accepts that he can trust outsiders, but he still has a ways to go.
“Bad thing was that the Emeralds spilled - Gotta search space, man, time to get ill”
Still, Knuckles is bound and almost blinded by his duty, forcing himself to abandon his friends to search for the Master Emerald pieces that were scattered in space.
It’s clear now that Knuckles isn’t too happy to leave his friends, but as we’ve come to know him, he does the typical Knuckles thing of pushing his feelings to the side in the face of doing what he believes is right. This just tells us Knuckles still has a lot to work on before he can really come to terms with who he is.
Again, a pretty unconventional track so it can be an awkward listen and definitely not my favorite on the list, but it does something unique which I can definitely give it props for, Hunnid P even has a completely different flow, dragging out his words like he’s getting further away, hammering home that space theme.
Honestly I feel like these songs have been unfairly painted as the silly crappy Knuckles rap songs with bad lyrics that are only good because of their instrumentals, and I just can’t agree with that.
I feel like in a lot of ways these songs do a much better job of characterizing Knuckles than SA1 or SA2, I really wish we got see more of his inner turmoil and him butting heads with Sonic in the game itself.
I think it’s a sad thought that for a long time, Knuckles has been a shadow of his former self (Har har) and has just been relegated to the token meathead that’s about as one dimensional as a square. Frontiers is definitely a step in the right direction and I’m excited to see what the new writing team can cook up with for his character.
But what are your thoughts though? Do you agree? Disagree? Did I manage to change your mind or have you always felt this way? Maybe you have a different take or something else to add? I’d love to hear it.
ML
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This post will serve, not only to analyze the music itself, but also Knuckles’ characterization, as you’ll see the two are basically intrinsically linked.
Just a quick disclaimer, I’m not a musician nor am I that musically inclined, this isn’t an expert’s opinion or analysis, just a listener’s thoughts.
A bit of background of me before we start, I grew up around hip hop when I was young so I can really appreciate Knuckles’ soundtrack probably more so than a lot of other people.
Ever since I was a kid, Knuckles has always been my favorite character, I always found his complicated friendship and rivalry with Sonic to me a much more interesting dichotomy than Sonic and Shadow (I know, fight me).
That and I’ve always just adored his character (Before they forgot how to write him) he can be hot headed and stubborn like Sonic, but he’s got a bit of a Yin and Yang thing going on, with his Chill nature conflicting with his Quick and Explosive temper, as well as his questioning of his purpose in life and duty to the Master Emerald.
Anyway, enough context on myself, let’s strap in and get to the meat of this veeeeeery long post (My bad guys).
BACKGROUND
So for starters, I think it’s best we talk about the style and influences that are quite evident in Knuckles’ Music, that being Hip Hop/Rap, but it goes a bit further than that.For some historical context, Sonic Adventure 2 came out in 2001, I’m not sure how many hip hop fans hang around the subreddit but by 2001 the Golden Age of Hip Hop had been firmly left behind. Biggie and Pac had been dead for a while, and the stars of yesteryear began to fizzle out as the young blood cropped up onto the scene.
The early 2000s Hip Hop scene was mainly dominated by the East Coast and the Dirty South, lots of stars of this generation of rap included 50 Cent, Ja Rule, Outkast, Ludacris, The Game, Three 6 Mafia and Xzibit, but you also had older legends like Nas and Snoop Dogg who were still culturally relevant.
This modern sound of hip hop differed greatly in sound to the early 90s, everything was a lot more clean and refined, samples were still used but weren’t as common as before and the West Coast sound that characterized the early 90s had been long gone.
It’s important to bring this up, because comparing SA2’s Hip Hop tracks to the climate it was released in, they sound almost out of place. Listening to Get Rich or Die Trying, or Stillmatic and then listening to SA3’s tracks you’d be convinced they were separated by many years.
The Tracks in SA2 are definitely rooted in early 90s hip hop, it’s very clear that those early Gangsta Rap albums like Straight Outta Compton and Black Sunday greatly influenced this part of the soundtrack. And you don’t have to take my word for it, go and listen to the instrumentals of songs like Express Yourself or Insane in the Brain and tell me that they’d sound out of place playing in one of Knuckles’ Stages.
Early 90s Hip Hop makes heavy use of sampling, primarily of the work of Black Artists of the past two decades, because of SA2K’s early 90s hip hop influences, it too has a lot of roots in 70s/80s Black music. Elements of Soul, Funk and Jazz are commonly heard in Knuckles’ Stages, think James Brown or Isaac Hayes.
So what Groups or Artists seem to inspire SA2K’s sound? Well the obvious choice is NWA, though specifically Straight Outta Compton, Elif4zaggin has a much different sound. However I don’t believe that’s entirely the case.
Whether it’s pure coincidence or intentional, Too Short (stylized as Too $hort) was a decently popular artist from Oakland, which is up in the Bay Area of NorCal which is the main inspiration for most of SA2’s urban environments.
Anyway, Too Short was actually quite a pioneer in Hip Hop as he formed the Dangerous Crew, a Hip Hop Band who played actual instruments instead of using samples, it’s because of this that I believe Too Short and the Dangerous Crew to be the main inspiration of SA2K’s sound whether intentional or not, not only are the two defined by their funky beats, but also their use of live instruments. I recommend listening to songs like The Ghetto, Sample The Funk and Just Another Day to get an idea of how his music influences SA2K.
UNKNOWN FROM M.E. (REMIX)
Honestly I find this track to be an improvement over the original, it definitely leans a lot more into the R&B aspect over the rest of the soundtrack but it’s still distinctly hip hop with the record scratches, drums and Hunnid-P rapping over it.Speaking of, let’s address the Elephant in the room briefly. I know Hunnid-P or Hunnid-Pacent isn’t everybody’s favorite person on this sub, either on the track or behind the scenes, and while his antics aren’t relevant to this post, I don’t necessarily agree that he’s as bad as people say he is on the mic. Is he the world’s greatest emcee? Absolutely not, but he does his job pretty well, he has good flow and a pretty good voice. I think people clown on his lyrics too much, I’m not saying he’s an Inspectah Deck level lyricist but I think the guy has dropped a few bombs and this OST has some gems, but we’ll get into this in a bit.
Getting back to the song, the content of the lyrics is basically Knuckles’ inner voice, this is basically the entire soundtrack, though Unknown From M.E. is more of a general character overview of Knuckles, its standard stuff now but at the time it was a pretty deep dive into the character of Knuckles’ in a decently subtle way.
Most of the song centers around Knuckles’ self imposed isolation on Angel Island, his duty to his people and the world to protect the Master Emerald, but also him yearning for something more and the inner conflict that stems from that.
This song actually has some underrated lines, some standout lyrics include:
“Clench my fists tight, become more redder - I don't wanna hurt her, my passion observed”
The last line is in obvious reference to Rouge and an interesting insight into Knuckles himself. He clearly doesn’t like violence and isn’t interested in hurting anybody, but his duty as a guardian and his quick temper often means he can get a bit too carried away as the line implies, good stuff.
“Been lonely all my life, does it matter? - Here for the mission, whoever want, it bring it”
Here we can clearly see Knuckles trying to reason with himself here, specifically after meeting Sonic and experiencing a life that isn’t just his duty. Here we see the Guardian side of him, he’s always been alone and it’s never been problem before, why should it be now? At least that’s what he tries to tell himself.
“Don't approve of him but gotta trust him - This alliance has a purpose - This partnership is only temporary”
I’ll get more into this when we get to Death Chamber, but these lines are obviously alluding to Sonic and the plot of the game. It’s clear that Knuckles still doesn’t completely like Sonic, however the key here is that he trusts him, he’s gotten to a point now where he knows Sonic is well meaning and their goals align. However, just like real people, he’s accepted the arrangement but he doesn’t have to like it, he still believes Sonic is brash, arrogant and takes far too many risks, it will take more than a few adventures for Knuckles to fully change his opinion on Sonic.
Hunnid-P and Marlon Saunders do a great job of bouncing off each other on this song, their voices and cadences clash with each other nicely almost like how Knuckles’ inner turmoil is split in two.
The beat is tantalizingly funky, for starters that bass line is smooth as butter and the song has a nice tempo, you get the occasional organ flourish and guitar riff that crescendo and just help to enhance the song even further. Overall a really solid track in my opinion, the content of the lyrics is interesting and the delivery is great, all over an extremely funky instrumental.
KICK THE ROCK - WILD CANYON
Probably my favorite song out of all Knuckles’ Stages, this one is definitely the most Jazzy and parallels nicely with Rouge, but has a distinctly Knuckles Twist.That Sax and Organ combo just cause an absolute eargasm and those drums form such a nice tempo that makes this track such easy listening. Honestly there’s not a whole lot going on with this track and that is not a bad thing at all. Its simplicity is probably its biggest strength and is quite noticeable compared to something like Unknown From M.E.
Some Lyrics I found particularly interesting are:
“I'm feelin her in mysterious ways - That's why I stay on point like every single day - I gotta protect this place, I do it for my race”
Yeah yeah I know everybody finds this line and the play doh line inappropriate and funny, I understand the latter but honestly I could never get the outcry over this one
“I’m feelin her in mysterious ways” honestly, in my opinion, it’s not what you think. I’ve never really seen it as a sexual line “I’m feelin you” is basically another way of saying I get you, it’s basically Knuckles saying he gets Rouge, but he doesn’t know why and that kinda bothers him.
The context matters here and the lines after do give my interpretation some weight. It’s basically Knuckles saying to himself “I get this girl and I kinda mess with her, but I gotta job to do” Knuckles is intrigued by Rouge, he’s never met anybody like her and he obviously has some feeling towards her, though because of his lack of interaction with others he struggles to understand these feelings and instead of addressing them, he tries to ignore them and remain true to his job as Guardian
“Who could'a did this, that snitch named Rouge! - When I catch her, I'ma get her with these tools”
More obvious than the last one, but it still shows that Knuckles, despite his various different feelings toward Rouge, knows he has a job to do and tries to center himself to stay committed
Honestly it’s hard to choose between this or Unknown From M.E. as my favorite Knuckles track but either way its up there and definitely something I can bop to on the regular
A GHOST’S PUMPKIN SOUP - PUMPKIN HILL
The one everybody knows and honestly I get it, it’s got that smooth piano/guitar I can’t really tell what it is but it definitely slaps. It has that distinct G-Funk whistle which pops up occasionally across SA2K that simulates that stereotypically ghostly sound nicelyIt’s definitely in contention with Deeper for the most lowkey Knuckles track and that’s saying something.
Not much content lyrically, but I managed to find a few interesting lines:
“I ain’t gonna let it get to me, I’m just gon creep - Down in Pumpkin Hill I gots to find my lost piece”
Something we don’t actually see a lot from Knuckles, fear! Most of this song is about Knuckles’ fearlessness being tested, if you view this as Knuckles’ internal monologue (Which if you don’t at this point then I’ve been doing something wrong 😂) its less about the song telling us how tough Knuckles is, but Knuckles reassuring himself that he can do this.
He’s obviously trepidatious over being in Pumpkin Hill and he has to take a moment to center himself and reassure himself that “I’m Knuckles, I’m not afraid of anything” again this goes back to how Knuckles uses his job as Guardian and his duty to motivate himself and push forward through situations, regardless of his own fear.
“I’m hearing someone saying “You a chicken, don’t be scared!” - It had to be the wind, cause nobody wasn’t there”
Considering the haunted theming of this level, this very clearly (on the surface) seems to be Knuckles encountering a ghost taunting him, but I might present another angle.
This is just Knuckles’ inner thoughts again, though this time its doubt, he doesn’t believe he can find the pieces of the Master Emerald and he doesn’t think he can make it through Pumpkin Hill, yet he pushes through anyway. This one’s kinda far fetched but it’s a nice idea
I don’t adore this track as much as a lot of other people (ironically) but I can still Jive with it.
DIVE INTO THE MELLOW - AQUATIC MINE
First of all, this track does a great job at just sounding watery, the filtered organ and the echoey bass just make it sound like cave ambience turned into musicMost of this track’s lyrics center around Knuckles’ yearning to be something more than just the Guardian of the Master Emerald and to be his own individual, these are:
“Makes you wanna sit back, enjoy the life - And do things you like doing, get to shine”
Knuckles, if it wasn’t for all the enemies and hazards, obviously enjoys being in Aquatic Mine, so much so that it brings his thoughts of a better life to the front of his mind.
This shows what Knuckles really wants, to be unburdened from the Master Emerald and to just be free to kick it wherever, in a way he’s jealous of the freedom Sonic has and wishes he wasn’t tied down to Angel Island.
“I stay Knuckled up, I’m in a deep cut”
Knuckles, despite his ideals of peace and relaxation is always ready to do what he believes is right, again this whole OST is basically Knuckles reconciling his wants and his duties.
Again Knuckles isn’t really equipped to deal with these feelings and instead of addressing them, he pushes them down and buries them under his duty and tries to keep himself busy, though once he gets to Aquatic Mine where he’s forced to slow down and explore methodically, he’s suddenly unable to distract himself from his true feelings.
“In a maze, and I don't know what to do Guaranteed though, imma find the Emeralds”
Again an obvious allusion to the labyrinthine Aquatic Mine on the surface, though I believe this too has a deeper meaning.
Knuckles is lost and confused emotionally, he’s confronted by these different feelings that conflict with everything he’s ever known. His thoughts on freedom and his feelings for Rouge which he doesn’t quite understand both conflict with his role as Guardian and he can’t reconcile them.
“I don’t know what to do” in a rare moment of vulnerability, Knuckles admits that he has no idea how to manage these feelings and he’s grappling with the monumental task of managing his panicked thoughts.
Then, just as you think Knuckles is gonna start making a breakthrough, what does he do? “Guaranteed though, imma find the Emeralds” That’s right, instead of finally addressing his swirling thoughts, he pushes them down and once again distracts himself with his duty.
Honestly, like Pumpkin Hill, I know it’s a reach but it tracks with what we know Knuckles’ character has been up to this point and it gives him insane depth and really humanizes him.
A funky beat, a nice flow from Hunnid P and some really humanizing characterization of Knuckles, Dive Into The Mellow is definitely a hidden gem of the OST.
DEEPER - DEATH CHAMBER
Sooooooo chill, honestly this song is so calm and smooth, it’s so underrated on this soundtrack it really is another hidden gem like Dive Into the Mellow.First off I absolutely adore the bass this track has, it sounds like it’s been bit compressed for a Gameboy and honestly I’m all here for it, gives it a nice techno Eggmany twist. The funky guitar and sax just enhances the mood, the song sounds almost echoey like you’re actually standing in a Death Chamber.
Lyrically this song is unique in that it’s basically just a long conversation between Sonic and Knuckles instead of Knuckles’ inner thoughts/monologue.
It’s an interesting dynamic where Sonic is actually the reasonable one, willing to put aside his and Knuckles’ differences aside for the greater good. Knuckles however is initially a bit more standoffish, but Sonic talks him into it by appealing to his guardian nature and calling him out on his stubbornness, basically forcing Knuckles to admit that Sonic is right and that they’ll be much better off working together.
Honestly not much to say, it’s pretty much all spelled out in the song, but interesting nonetheless. An understated and uniquely funky beat make this track stand out among the others nicely, definitely a great listen.
SPACE TRIP STEPS - METEOR HERD
Finally, the last song. In my opinion, Space Trip Steps is probably the weakest track musically. That doesn’t make it bad, far from it, I just can’t groove with it as easily as the othersThis song takes a lot more inspirations from G-Funk than the other tracks which does give it quite a unique sound amongst the soundtrack, it wouldn’t sound out of place on The Chronic or Regulate… G Funk Era. The wavy synths and sharp base with the fast tempo give it an almost garage feel too, definitely not a sound for everyone but I think it does a good job at sounding very ethereal and space like
As for lyrics, this seems to be a turning point for Knuckles as a loner:
“Took a shuttle to space and left from our homes At least we're with friends and I'm not all alone”
Knuckles is in a completely foreign environment and feels completely out of his depth, however he feels comforted by the fact that he’s surrounded by the people he’s finally started to call his Friends, the first time he’s admitted such.
He’s forced now to acknowledge that he can’t do everything by himself, and that asking for help from his friends doesn’t make him any less of a man, he finally accepts that he can trust outsiders, but he still has a ways to go.
“Bad thing was that the Emeralds spilled - Gotta search space, man, time to get ill”
Still, Knuckles is bound and almost blinded by his duty, forcing himself to abandon his friends to search for the Master Emerald pieces that were scattered in space.
It’s clear now that Knuckles isn’t too happy to leave his friends, but as we’ve come to know him, he does the typical Knuckles thing of pushing his feelings to the side in the face of doing what he believes is right. This just tells us Knuckles still has a lot to work on before he can really come to terms with who he is.
Again, a pretty unconventional track so it can be an awkward listen and definitely not my favorite on the list, but it does something unique which I can definitely give it props for, Hunnid P even has a completely different flow, dragging out his words like he’s getting further away, hammering home that space theme.
CONCLUSION
And that’s it, if you made it this far through my long winded ramblings, then I’m extremely impressed 😂 I tried to trim the fat as best I could but I ended up getting a bit too attached to most of what I wroteHonestly I feel like these songs have been unfairly painted as the silly crappy Knuckles rap songs with bad lyrics that are only good because of their instrumentals, and I just can’t agree with that.
I feel like in a lot of ways these songs do a much better job of characterizing Knuckles than SA1 or SA2, I really wish we got see more of his inner turmoil and him butting heads with Sonic in the game itself.
I think it’s a sad thought that for a long time, Knuckles has been a shadow of his former self (Har har) and has just been relegated to the token meathead that’s about as one dimensional as a square. Frontiers is definitely a step in the right direction and I’m excited to see what the new writing team can cook up with for his character.
But what are your thoughts though? Do you agree? Disagree? Did I manage to change your mind or have you always felt this way? Maybe you have a different take or something else to add? I’d love to hear it.
ML
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Stuff I like in list form because I like lists:
- My main interest is probably gaming. I've been playing Sea of Thieves the most lately, though I think I'm getting pretty close to tired of it. I'm also into single player stuff. Not sure what game I'm going to play next, but open to recommendations!
- I'm also huge into retro gaming (NES, SNES, PS1, etc.) and some of my favorite games are retro. I also have a collection of games. I tend not to play them as much as modern games, but if there's any retro fans out there that's awesome.
- I started reading last year. Fantasy is my genre of preference so any recommendations in this genre would be cool. I'd also like to give sci-fi a try. Maybe I'd like other genres too? Mistborn is probably the favorite I've read so far, I absolutely loved it (especially the first 3).
- I like metal music, especially power and prog. Those are usually my go to genres, though I also do like 80s thrash and bands like Iron Maiden.
- Been trying to learn how to properly play a guitar for over 10 years now! One day I'll motivate myself for a period longer than a week and actually get good at it. One day. If you're trying to learn guitar or want to pick it up we should totally learn and practice together!
- I listen to music in what I think is a weird way. I tend to fixate on one artist for weeks to months and just listen to albums of theirs repeatedly. My current band I'm listening to is Dream Theater. I just finished a 6 month obsession over Kamelot which is probably by far the longest I've ever had.
- I have other interests that I'm a lot more casual about. I watch (American) football, though much less than I used to. I like technology in general and like keeping up with what's new. I think cars are cool and like to sometimes dream about owning an expensive Porsche. One day I hope that I can get into astrophotography because I think it'd be super fun.
- I have a lotttt of free time. Outside of work, I have no commitments, and even during work I'm highly available for chatting. Single, no family really that I talk to, no friends. So people who also have lots of free time to talk and do stuff would be cool. I'm based in the US but have a habit of staying up late especially on weekends.
2024.05.15 00:43 businessnewstv How to accept credit card payments for your Plumbing Business in 2024
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Syncing Square with your accounting software is a crucial step towards streamlining your financial processes and ensuring accurate record-keeping for your Plumbing Business. By integrating Square with your accounting software, you can automate the transfer of transaction data, invoices, and payment information, saving you time and reducing the risk of manual errors. This seamless synchronization allows you to have a real-time view of your business's financial health, enabling you to make informed decisions and plan for future growth. To achieve business growth, it is essential to have a robust and efficient system in place that can handle the complexities of managing credit card payments. With Square's integration capabilities, you can easily sync your transactions, sales, and customer data with popular accounting software like QuickBooks or Xero. This integration not only simplifies your bookkeeping but also provides you with valuable insights into your cash flow, expenses, and profitability. By leveraging the power of Square and your accounting software, you can streamline your financial processes, improve accuracy, and focus on driving the growth of your Plumbing Business.Accepting credit card payments with Square
Processing credit card payments
Processing credit card payments is an essential aspect of running a successful plumbing business. In today's digital age, customers expect the convenience of paying with their credit cards, and Square provides a seamless solution for accepting these payments. With Square, you can easily set up your plumbing business to accept credit card payments, allowing you to streamline your transactions and provide a more convenient experience for your customers. By leveraging Square's secure and reliable payment processing system, you can kickstart your plumbing business and attract more customers who prefer the convenience of paying with their credit cards.Handling refunds and chargebacks
Handling refunds and chargebacks is an essential aspect of accepting credit card payments for your Plumbing Business with Square. When customers request refunds or dispute charges, it is crucial to have a clear and efficient process in place to handle these situations. By promptly addressing refund requests and chargebacks, you can maintain customer satisfaction and protect your business from potential financial losses. Here are some key steps to effectively handle refunds and chargebacks:Ensuring secure transactions with Square
Square provides a secure and reliable platform for accepting credit card payments for your Plumbing Business. With Square, you can ensure that every transaction is protected and your customers' sensitive information is kept safe. Square uses industry-leading encryption and security measures to safeguard data and prevent unauthorized access. By partnering with Square, you can build trust with your customers and provide them with a seamless and secure payment experience. Rest assured that Square's robust security features will help you maintain the integrity of your business transactions and protect your customers' privacy.Conclusion
Summary of the benefits of using Square for credit card payments
Square offers numerous benefits for accepting credit card payments for your plumbing business. Firstly, it provides a secure and reliable payment processing system, ensuring that your customers' sensitive information is protected. Additionally, Square offers competitive transaction rates, allowing you to maximize your profits. Furthermore, Square's user-friendly interface makes it easy for both you and your customers to navigate the payment process. With Square, you can also enjoy the convenience of accepting various payment methods, including credit cards, debit cards, and mobile payments. Lastly, Square provides detailed analytics and reporting tools, giving you valuable insights into your business's financial performance. Overall, using Square for credit card payments can greatly enhance the efficiency and profitability of your plumbing business.Final thoughts on accepting credit card payments for your Plumbing Business
Accepting credit card payments for your plumbing business is crucial in today's digital age. With the convenience and security that credit card payments offer, it is important to provide this option to your customers. Square is a reliable and trusted payment processing platform that can help you streamline your payment process and improve customer satisfaction. By accepting credit card payments through Square, you can ensure faster transactions, reduce the risk of fraud, and attract more customers. With its user-friendly interface and seamless integration with your plumbing business, Square makes it easy for you to manage your finances and track your sales. In conclusion, integrating Square as your payment processing solution can greatly benefit your plumbing business and contribute to its success.Next steps to get started with Square
To get started with Square, the first step is to create an account by visiting their website. Once you have created an account, you can begin setting up your plumbing business to accept credit card payments. Square offers a user-friendly interface that allows you to customize your payment options and set up a point-of-sale system. You can also take advantage of Square's powerful reporting and analytics tools to gain valuable insights into your business. Next, it is important to integrate Square with your existing website or online store to streamline the payment process for your customers. Square provides easy-to-use plugins and APIs that make integration seamless. Finally, don't forget to promote your new payment options to your customers. Display the Square logo prominently on your website and marketing materials to let your customers know that you now accept credit card payments. With Square, accepting credit card payments for your plumbing business has never been easier.In conclusion, Square Instant Access is the perfect solution for small businesses looking for instant funds. With Square's easy and quick application process, you can get the funds you need to grow your business without any hassle. Say goodbye to the days of struggling to find financial support. Square offers a seamless experience, providing you with the resources you need to succeed. Don't miss out on this opportunity! Visit our website today and discover how Square can help your small business thrive.
2024.05.15 00:40 VampireCry Blood of Zeus Season 2 is what LO wished it could be (Spoilers)
Major Spoilers for the first 3 EPs of Blood of Zeus. Read at the risk of being spoiled.
So I'm on EP 3 of Blood of Zeus and...The writing is LITERALLY what I wanted LO to be like, but with its own twists. It didn't demonize Demeter but made her flawed but caring. It also didn't paint Hades as a saint, he admits he had his own selfish draw to Persephone, but it was not a nearly as bad as LO. It was definitely more reasonable, and I feel like Hades actually respected and treated Persephone like and actual person with her own desires.
Plus, BoZ Hades is 100% self-aware of what his attraction to her could mean for both of them and what taking Persephone down below would mean for her.
He even is aware how going could hurt her (He never forces her to go either). She goes of her own fruition because. She's adult and makes it clear she's ok being with him (after knowing him for a long-time mind you and is not a fresh minoadult like LO Kore).
He even tried to dissuade her from going unlike LO Hades.
Who just goes with it and doesn't consider the consequences until he has a mental breakdown and half-baked crying fit about what he's done (It's too late by the time he realizes or has any self-doubt). Bro always spoilers Kore and entices her to stay with fancy gifts and buying sprees as well as special treatment.
We're supposed to feel sorry for LO Hades and excuse him because of his trauma with Kronos.
While I'm not that far into BoZ Hades definitely has trauma, he doesn't use it as a sob story, though it does tie into the plot, which IMO is a good thing. Yea, in LO the trauma does tie into the plot, but the characters don't react in a consistent way showing that it affects them. RS could have done better job writing reactions and trauma tbh.
The problem is we don't really see LO Hades suffer at all because of the Underworld, sure he's an overworked CEO, but that's really it. He bosses people around, he owns everything, He's pimped out and rich with an expensive house, the only real consequences we see him having is a 2-week time like for leaving the Underworld which mind you is plenty of time to explore and do whatever do it's not that constraining.
BoZ Hades is seen physically "deteriorate" and change not just physically and mentally due to the anguish it causes it him and his time away from the Underworld is like 1 or 2 days at most. Which is more punishing than 2 weeks.
Plus, because in BoZ their both mature adults unlike LO.
One NOT being naive and an UWU baby and the other NOT a megalomaniac groomer. Makes their love feel more real and thought out.
As for Demeter, they went the route of her lying about the kidnapping and making winter due to pettiness and depression of losing Persephone for half the year. While there is some slight gaslighting on her part towards Persephone it not as dramatic as LO Demeter's antics but is in a similar vein. Demeter in Boz interestingly does want Persephone to marry and move on with her life. However, only with the suitors she deems worthy. Hades as always is not on that list.
A MAJOR improvement from LO is that Demeter's worries have a point, and the narrative treats them as valid. Hades doesn't even try to argue with Demeter when she says this place isn't right for Persephone. In Boz, The Underworld isn't a Pimped out Modern city where the dead are compartmentalized and stashed away because "Oh yea where the Underworld but modern and hip :p".
This is the traditional Underworld described in the Greek mythos where the screams of the damned can he heard everywhere. Its implied and show to grate on Boz's Hades nerves and drive him to want to escape the literal hell.
Of course, Demeter wouldn't want her daughter there, she was right in a way, but Persephone has the right do as she wishes and refuses to be treated like her wishes don't matter.
TLDR; BoZ Hades is Peak, LO Hades is Woobie Wannabe Trash.
2024.05.15 00:26 easterbunny271 [for sale] Huge Jazz Sale, lots of bargain records
Records separated by genre and price. Grading is record/cover. Grading is visual unless stated otherwise. Exact release listed on records over $5. Shipping is $5 plus $1.00 per additional. Shipping to CONUS only. Minimum total of $10 excluding shipping. Paypal G&S, USPS media mail. Just trying to clear out records I don't need. The more you buy, the more you save! Please ask any questions you may have. Happy browsing!
Jazz
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Self Titled, F/G (skips multiple times, at least one lock-groove. Cover is decent for a G, ask for pics!), $18
Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm, G+/VG (a few feelable scratches but no skips, sticker residue in runout, ask for Pics! Sleeve is almost VG+), $15
Charlie Parker - Plays Cole Porter, Strong G+/VG, $8, Charlie Parker - Night and Day, Strong VG/G+, $10,
Both Charlie Parker's for $15
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, VG/G+(seam splits), $12, Ella Fitzgerald - Sings The George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Volume 3, VG/G(mold on bottom of inside gatefold), $6,
Both Ella Fitzgerald's for $15
Roland Kirk - Hip!, VG/VG, $10
Sonny Stitt - All God's Children Got Rhythm, VG+/VG+, $12
Bargain Jazz
Hank Crawford - Midnight Ramble, VG+/VG+, $3
George Duke - Master of the Game, G+/G+, $2
Herbie Mann - Our Mann Flute, VG/VG, $3
Hank Crawford - Help me make it through the night, G+/G+, $2
Blackbyrds - Unfinished Business, G/G+, $2
Julie London - Tenderly Yours, VG/VG, $5
Julie London - Julie is her Name, G+/VG, $5
Buddy Collette - Nice Day, G/G+, $3
Ramsey Lewis Trio - In Chicago, G+/G+, $2
Ramsey Lewis Trio - Bach to the Blues, G+/VG+, $3
Ramsey Lewis - Goin' Latin, VG/VG, $3
Ramsey Lewis - More Music from the Soil, G+/VG, $3
Ramsey Lewis - Wade in the Water, G+/VG, $3
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveler, G+/VG, $3
Jeff Lorber Fusion - Wizard Island, VG+/VG+, $3
Jeff Lorber Fusion - Water Sign, VG+/VG+, $3
Ahmad Jamal - Pershing Volume Two, G+/VG, $3
Amanda Ambrose - Recorded Live!, VG/VG, $3
Mike Cotty - In Search of the Phoenix, VG/G+, $3
Shirley Scott - Everybody Loves a Lover, G/VG, $3
Shirley Scott - Queen of the Organ, G+/VG, $3
James Blood Ulmer - Freelancing, VG+/VG, $5
Chick Corea - The Song of Singing, Blue Note, VG/VG, $5
Stan Getz - The Melodic Stan Getz, VG/VG+, $3
Deodato - Whirlwinds, VG/VG, $3
Ella Fitzgerald - Like Someone in Love, G+/G+, $4
Ruby Braff - And his Trumpet, G+/G+, $2
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 2 (70s black "b"), G+/G+, $3
John Coltrane/Hank Mobley - Two Tenors (60s blue trident), F/F, $3
Gene Ammons - Funky (repress), F/F, $3
Wes Montgomery - Road Song, G+/VG, $3
Nina Simone - Let it all Out, G+/NO COVER, $3
Quincy Jones - The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones, G+/VG, $3
Duke Ellington - The Music of Duke Ellington, G+/VG, $3
Gerry Mulligan - Self Titled on "Crown Records", VG/VG, $3
Johnny St. Cyr & His Hot Five - on "Southland Records", G/G+, $2
Bola Sete - At the Monterey Jazz Festival, G+/G+, $3
Les Mccann and Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement, VG/G+, $3
Jazz Crusaders - Lighthouse '68, G+/G+, $3
Shelly Manne - Modern Jazz Performances of My Fair Lady, VG/VG, $3
Shelly Manne - And His Friends (C3525), G+/G+, $3
Zoot Sims - The Art of Jazz, G+/G+, $3
Randy Weston - Blues to Africa, VG+/VG, $5
Randy Weston - African Nite, VG+/VG, $5
JJ Johnson - Looking back (60s blue trident), G/VG, $3
Gato Barbieri - Chapter Two: Hasta Siempre, VG+/VG, $3
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Jazz
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Self Titled, F/G (skips multiple times, at least one lock-groove. Cover is decent for a G, ask for pics!), $18
Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm, G+/VG (a few feelable scratches but no skips, sticker residue in runout, ask for Pics! Sleeve is almost VG+), $15
Charlie Parker - Plays Cole Porter, Strong G+/VG, $8, Charlie Parker - Night and Day, Strong VG/G+, $10,
Both Charlie Parker's for $15
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, VG/G+(seam splits), $12, Ella Fitzgerald - Sings The George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Volume 3, VG/G(mold on bottom of inside gatefold), $6,
Both Ella Fitzgerald's for $15
Roland Kirk - Hip!, VG/VG, $10
Sonny Stitt - All God's Children Got Rhythm, VG+/VG+, $12
Bargain Jazz
Hank Crawford - Midnight Ramble, VG+/VG+, $3
George Duke - Master of the Game, G+/G+, $2
Herbie Mann - Our Mann Flute, VG/VG, $3
Hank Crawford - Help me make it through the night, G+/G+, $2
Blackbyrds - Unfinished Business, G/G+, $2
Julie London - Tenderly Yours, VG/VG, $5
Julie London - Julie is her Name, G+/VG, $5
Buddy Collette - Nice Day, G/G+, $3
Ramsey Lewis Trio - In Chicago, G+/G+, $2
Ramsey Lewis Trio - Bach to the Blues, G+/VG+, $3
Ramsey Lewis - Goin' Latin, VG/VG, $3
Ramsey Lewis - More Music from the Soil, G+/VG, $3
Ramsey Lewis - Wade in the Water, G+/VG, $3
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveler, G+/VG, $3
Jeff Lorber Fusion - Wizard Island, VG+/VG+, $3
Jeff Lorber Fusion - Water Sign, VG+/VG+, $3
Ahmad Jamal - Pershing Volume Two, G+/VG, $3
Amanda Ambrose - Recorded Live!, VG/VG, $3
Mike Cotty - In Search of the Phoenix, VG/G+, $3
Shirley Scott - Everybody Loves a Lover, G/VG, $3
Shirley Scott - Queen of the Organ, G+/VG, $3
James Blood Ulmer - Freelancing, VG+/VG, $5
Chick Corea - The Song of Singing, Blue Note, VG/VG, $5
Stan Getz - The Melodic Stan Getz, VG/VG+, $3
Deodato - Whirlwinds, VG/VG, $3
Ella Fitzgerald - Like Someone in Love, G+/G+, $4
Ruby Braff - And his Trumpet, G+/G+, $2
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 2 (70s black "b"), G+/G+, $3
John Coltrane/Hank Mobley - Two Tenors (60s blue trident), F/F, $3
Gene Ammons - Funky (repress), F/F, $3
Wes Montgomery - Road Song, G+/VG, $3
Nina Simone - Let it all Out, G+/NO COVER, $3
Quincy Jones - The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones, G+/VG, $3
Duke Ellington - The Music of Duke Ellington, G+/VG, $3
Gerry Mulligan - Self Titled on "Crown Records", VG/VG, $3
Johnny St. Cyr & His Hot Five - on "Southland Records", G/G+, $2
Bola Sete - At the Monterey Jazz Festival, G+/G+, $3
Les Mccann and Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement, VG/G+, $3
Jazz Crusaders - Lighthouse '68, G+/G+, $3
Shelly Manne - Modern Jazz Performances of My Fair Lady, VG/VG, $3
Shelly Manne - And His Friends (C3525), G+/G+, $3
Zoot Sims - The Art of Jazz, G+/G+, $3
Randy Weston - Blues to Africa, VG+/VG, $5
Randy Weston - African Nite, VG+/VG, $5
JJ Johnson - Looking back (60s blue trident), G/VG, $3
Gato Barbieri - Chapter Two: Hasta Siempre, VG+/VG, $3
2024.05.15 00:21 hylagrat Advice on selling a large and diverse collection
Has anyone here ever sold a really large and diverse collection? Let me explain what I mean...
I have a coin collection that I have been building off-and-on (mostly on) since I was a kid. 35+ years later, I have never sold a coin, and they are really starting to pile up. Like many collectors, I have gone through many "phases" - although these days my tastes are more specific. I have joked to my wife that I should just open a coin shop. Since I have been collecting for so long, I have a lot of the kinds of coins a kid with a paper route (if you don't know what that is, get off my lawn!) could afford in the 80s and 90s. I also have many individual coins worth hundreds or thousands of dollars (these are mostly the ones I want to keep.) And also... everything in between. Nearly everything is in labelled cardboard 2x2s, and I have a quite thorough excel catalog.
About half of my collection is miscellaneous base-metal world and US coins from the last 250 years or so, which I have attributed, labelled, and organized. A lot of these are just "coin shop $0.25 bin" material, but there are a lot of better and more interesting coins as well. The other half is a mix of random junk silver, US silver, world silver, some ancients and medieval coins, loads of early-modern european silver coins, and a handful of US and world gold. I'm less worried about disposing of the precious-metal coins - although I probably will thin those out once I'm done with the rest.
Here's my problem - my collection is well over 6700 individual coins, not including sacks of wheat cents and other random junk I have accumulated over the years. My collection is far too large for me to enjoy. It takes up two whole shelves in my office and half the shelves in my safe. Ideally, I would like to get it down to a few hundred coins at most. I think I could probably go through the whole collection if I dedicated a weekend, and separate out the coins I want to keep from those I don't. I have already separated out duplicates with the intent to eventually sell - but that won't even make a dent in the problem. I have considered just rolling up the piles of wheat cents, dateless buffalo nickels, etc. and taking them to the bank to be a fun surprise for someone else. I am not looking to maximize value - I value my time more than squeezing every last cent from each sale.
But back to my question... has anyone done this or something similar? I am familiar with the options, strategies, and platforms for selling - and I am fairly certain I will use eBay to sell the majority of my collection - many large lots and a few smaller lots or individual coins. If you have dealt with something like this - how difficult was it to sell thousands of coins?
Thanks in advance!
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I have a coin collection that I have been building off-and-on (mostly on) since I was a kid. 35+ years later, I have never sold a coin, and they are really starting to pile up. Like many collectors, I have gone through many "phases" - although these days my tastes are more specific. I have joked to my wife that I should just open a coin shop. Since I have been collecting for so long, I have a lot of the kinds of coins a kid with a paper route (if you don't know what that is, get off my lawn!) could afford in the 80s and 90s. I also have many individual coins worth hundreds or thousands of dollars (these are mostly the ones I want to keep.) And also... everything in between. Nearly everything is in labelled cardboard 2x2s, and I have a quite thorough excel catalog.
About half of my collection is miscellaneous base-metal world and US coins from the last 250 years or so, which I have attributed, labelled, and organized. A lot of these are just "coin shop $0.25 bin" material, but there are a lot of better and more interesting coins as well. The other half is a mix of random junk silver, US silver, world silver, some ancients and medieval coins, loads of early-modern european silver coins, and a handful of US and world gold. I'm less worried about disposing of the precious-metal coins - although I probably will thin those out once I'm done with the rest.
Here's my problem - my collection is well over 6700 individual coins, not including sacks of wheat cents and other random junk I have accumulated over the years. My collection is far too large for me to enjoy. It takes up two whole shelves in my office and half the shelves in my safe. Ideally, I would like to get it down to a few hundred coins at most. I think I could probably go through the whole collection if I dedicated a weekend, and separate out the coins I want to keep from those I don't. I have already separated out duplicates with the intent to eventually sell - but that won't even make a dent in the problem. I have considered just rolling up the piles of wheat cents, dateless buffalo nickels, etc. and taking them to the bank to be a fun surprise for someone else. I am not looking to maximize value - I value my time more than squeezing every last cent from each sale.
But back to my question... has anyone done this or something similar? I am familiar with the options, strategies, and platforms for selling - and I am fairly certain I will use eBay to sell the majority of my collection - many large lots and a few smaller lots or individual coins. If you have dealt with something like this - how difficult was it to sell thousands of coins?
- How much thought do you put into setting up lots (e.g. date runs, sets from one country, mixed/random lots, themed lots, etc.)?
- How much effort went into writing descriptions, photographing things, listing them, shipping them, dealing with the eBay standard nonsense, etc.?
- How hard was it to determine good starting prices/reserves/etc. for large lots of mixed coins?
- My eBay account has a ton of positive feedback as a buyer, and a few as a seller - no negatives - will this matter? I'm not looking to make a habit out of selling coins on eBay.
- Any big pitfalls to watch out for?
- How long should I expect this to take? (I'm not in a rush, but I don't want this to take over my life either.)
- Should I just not worry, get started, expect to screw up a few times, and get over it? ;)
Thanks in advance!
2024.05.15 00:15 businessnewstv How to accept credit card payments for your Science Tutoring Business
Introduction to accepting credit card payments
In today's digital age, accepting credit card payments has become an essential aspect of running a successful business. This holds true not only for large corporations but also for small businesses, such as science tutoring services. By offering the convenience and security of credit card payments, science tutors can attract more customers and provide a seamless payment experience. In this article, we will explore how science tutors can utilize Square, a leading payment processing platform, to accept credit card payments and enhance their tutoring business.Benefits of accepting credit card payments
Accepting credit card payments for your Science Tutoring Business with Square offers several benefits. Firstly, it provides convenience to your customers by allowing them to pay using their preferred method of payment. This can lead to increased customer satisfaction and loyalty. Secondly, accepting credit card payments can help you attract more customers, as many people prefer to pay with their credit cards for the added security and rewards. Additionally, accepting credit card payments can streamline your business operations by reducing the need for cash handling and manual record-keeping. This can save you time and effort, allowing you to focus on providing quality tutoring services. Lastly, accepting credit card payments with Square can also help you build trust and credibility with your customers, as Square is a trusted and widely recognized payment processor. Overall, accepting credit card payments can enhance the professionalism and efficiency of your Science Tutoring Business, ultimately leading to increased revenue and growth.Choosing Square as a payment processor
Choosing Square as a payment processor for your Science Tutoring Business is a wise decision. Square offers a range of benefits that make it an ideal choice for accepting credit card payments. One of the key advantages of using Square is that it provides a free business bank account. This means that you can easily manage your finances and keep track of your transactions without incurring any additional costs. By having a free business bank account with Square, you can streamline your payment processes and ensure that your Science Tutoring Business runs smoothly. With Square, you can focus on providing quality tutoring services while Square takes care of your payment processing needs.Setting up a Square account
Creating a Square account
To start accepting credit card payments for your Science Tutoring Business, you need to create a Square account. Square is a leading payment processing platform that allows businesses to securely accept credit card payments online. Creating a Square account is a simple and straightforward process that can be done entirely online. By creating a Square account, you will gain access to a wide range of features and tools that will help streamline your payment processing and make it easier for your customers to pay for your tutoring services. To create a Square account, visit the Square website and follow the step-by-step instructions. Once your account is set up, you can start accepting credit card payments from your students and grow your tutoring business with ease.Verifying your identity
Verifying your identity is an essential step when it comes to accepting credit card payments for your Science Tutoring Business with Square. In order to ensure the security and legitimacy of transactions, Square requires all merchants to go through a thorough identity verification process. This process involves providing valid identification documents and verifying the information provided. By verifying your identity, you can gain the trust and confidence of your customers, as they know that their payments are being processed by a reputable and trustworthy business. Additionally, it helps Square in preventing fraudulent activities and maintaining a safe payment environment for both merchants and customers.Linking your bank account
Linking your bank account is a crucial step in accepting credit card payments for your Science Tutoring Business with Square. By linking your bank account, you can seamlessly transfer funds from your Square account to your bank account, ensuring a smooth and efficient payment process. Additionally, linking your bank account provides an added layer of security, as Square's advanced encryption technology ensures the safety of your financial information. With the convenience and peace of mind that comes with linking your bank account, you can confidently accept credit card payments and focus on providing exceptional science tutoring services to your students.Integrating Square with your Science Tutoring Business
Installing the Square Point of Sale app
To power your business and accept credit card payments for your Science Tutoring Business, you will need to install the Square Point of Sale app. The Square Point of Sale app is a powerful tool that allows you to easily accept credit card payments from your customers. By installing this app, you can provide a convenient and secure way for your customers to pay for your tutoring services. With the Square Point of Sale app, you can streamline your payment process and ensure that you never miss out on a sale. Install the Square Point of Sale app today and start accepting credit card payments for your Science Tutoring Business.Setting up your products and services
Setting up your products and services is an essential step when it comes to accepting credit card payments for your Science Tutoring Business with Square. By properly organizing and categorizing your offerings, you can streamline the payment process and provide a seamless experience for your customers. Tailoring services to meet the specific needs of your students will ensure that they receive personalized attention and achieve their academic goals. With Square's user-friendly interface, you can easily create and manage different tutoring packages, such as individual sessions, group classes, or specialized workshops. Additionally, Square's secure payment processing system allows you to accept credit card payments with confidence, providing convenience and peace of mind for both you and your customers. By offering the option to pay with credit cards, you can expand your customer base and attract more students who prefer the convenience and security of electronic payments. Embrace the power of Square and enhance the payment experience for your Science Tutoring Business today!Customizing your payment options
When it comes to customizing your payment options for your Science Tutoring Business with Square, there are a few important factors to consider. One of these factors is logo design tips. A well-designed logo can help establish your brand identity and make your business more recognizable to potential customers. With Square, you have the flexibility to upload your own logo or choose from a selection of pre-designed logos. If you're looking for logo design tips, Square provides resources and guidance to help you create a professional and eye-catching logo that represents your Science Tutoring Business effectively. Whether you're a graphic design expert or a novice, Square's logo design options make it easy to customize your payment options and create a cohesive brand image for your Science Tutoring Business.Accepting credit card payments with Square
Processing credit card payments
Processing credit card payments is a crucial aspect of running a successful Science Tutoring Business. As a business expert in the field, it is important to ensure that your payment processing system is efficient, reliable, and secure. With Square, you can accept credit card payments seamlessly, allowing your customers to pay for your tutoring services with ease. Square provides a user-friendly interface that simplifies the payment process, making it convenient for both you and your customers. Additionally, Square offers advanced security features, such as encryption and fraud detection, to protect sensitive customer information. By utilizing Square's payment processing services, you can streamline your business operations and provide a seamless payment experience for your customers.Accepting contactless payments
Accepting contactless payments is an essential aspect of enhancing the quality of life in group homes. By enabling residents to conveniently and securely make payments using their credit cards, it streamlines the payment process and eliminates the need for cash transactions. This not only improves efficiency but also promotes a safer and more hygienic environment. With contactless payments, residents can easily pay for their tutoring services, ensuring seamless transactions and a hassle-free experience. Embracing this modern payment method through Square empowers science tutoring businesses to provide a convenient and accessible payment solution for their clients, ultimately enhancing the overall experience and satisfaction of both residents and tutors.Handling refunds and disputes
Handling refunds and disputes is an essential aspect of running a successful Science Tutoring Business with Square. As a business owner, it is important to have a clear and fair refund policy in place to address any customer concerns or dissatisfaction. In the event of a dispute, it is crucial to handle it promptly and professionally to maintain customer trust and reputation. Square provides a robust system for managing refunds and disputes, ensuring that both the business and the customer are protected. By utilizing Square's secure payment processing platform, Science Tutoring Business owners can confidently accept credit card payments and effectively manage any potential refund or dispute situations.Managing your Square transactions
Viewing transaction history
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2024.05.14 23:44 Austplu [US, US] [H] Vintage, Modern, One Piece, DA Booster Box, ETC [W] Wantlists
PWE $1 BMWT $5
Minimum Transaction $3.50 that includes the cost of the pwe
All prices based off TCGPlayer Market
WANTS LIST, Also looking for midvalue one piece cards and alt arts
Pokemon
https://imgur.com/a/PechJSv
Fallout
https://imgur.com/a/9PVwqUL surge wants
https://imgur.com/a/G7IW9fs regular holo wants
One Piece(looking for some sr cards too)
https://imgur.com/a/uMgg4mC
HAVE
Fallout Cards
https://imgur.com/a/o7vy0lU
Unown Alphabet $45
https://imgur.com/a/Lm11tBC
https://imgur.com/a/HScVMUf
Darkness Ablaze Booster Box Trade Value $150
https://imgur.com/a/2fZDMwP
Vintage-Modern Trade Binder-Selling at 85% tcgplayer market unless noted in the album, VAN GOGH PIKA NOT. FOR. SALE.
https://imgur.com/a/OmNdCvx
TOPPS/BURGER KING CARDS-selling at 70% ebay sold comps, ask for cards youre after
https://imgur.com/a/6S4Qbjo
WOTC Common/Uncommon/Nonholo Rares/Assorted Nonholo Rares-sellng at 60-70% tcgplayer market most lp-mp almost no nm some hp/dam
https://imgur.com/a/JNSpF49
ALSO HAVE a bunch of reverse holos from Evolving Skies-Paradox Rift, would sell all for a bulk deal otherwise .20 each
https://imgur.com/a/faqA7Na
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Minimum Transaction $3.50 that includes the cost of the pwe
All prices based off TCGPlayer Market
WANTS LIST, Also looking for midvalue one piece cards and alt arts
Pokemon
https://imgur.com/a/PechJSv
Fallout
https://imgur.com/a/9PVwqUL surge wants
https://imgur.com/a/G7IW9fs regular holo wants
One Piece(looking for some sr cards too)
https://imgur.com/a/uMgg4mC
HAVE
Fallout Cards
https://imgur.com/a/o7vy0lU
Unown Alphabet $45
https://imgur.com/a/Lm11tBC
https://imgur.com/a/HScVMUf
Darkness Ablaze Booster Box Trade Value $150
https://imgur.com/a/2fZDMwP
Vintage-Modern Trade Binder-Selling at 85% tcgplayer market unless noted in the album, VAN GOGH PIKA NOT. FOR. SALE.
https://imgur.com/a/OmNdCvx
TOPPS/BURGER KING CARDS-selling at 70% ebay sold comps, ask for cards youre after
https://imgur.com/a/6S4Qbjo
WOTC Common/Uncommon/Nonholo Rares/Assorted Nonholo Rares-sellng at 60-70% tcgplayer market most lp-mp almost no nm some hp/dam
https://imgur.com/a/JNSpF49
ALSO HAVE a bunch of reverse holos from Evolving Skies-Paradox Rift, would sell all for a bulk deal otherwise .20 each
https://imgur.com/a/faqA7Na
2024.05.14 23:34 Jackie_Pri Hey, I know he's not Mattel, and he's kinda buff. Does anyone know of a Ken suit/tux that might fit this guy? Listed as 2001 GI Joe. He's going to be joining my tribe soon, along with several Barbie girls. Thanks!
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2024.05.14 23:04 Soninetz Softr vs Airtable: A Comprehensive Comparison, Best Tool?
 | Looking to streamline your workflow but torn between Softr and Airtable? Wondering which platform will best suit your needs? Dive into this comparison to discover the strengths and weaknesses of Softr vs. Airtable. Explore features, usability, pricing, reviews, access, experience, performance, and more to make an informed decision for your projects. Ready to simplify your processes and boost productivity? Let's unravel the differences between these two tools. submitted by Soninetz to NutraVestaProVen [link] [comments] Useful Links: Key Takeaways
Overview of Softr and AirtableSoftrSoftr and Airtable are popular SaaS solutions for data management. Softr stands out for its focus on creating web applications directly from Airtable data, eliminating the need for coding. Users can easily build custom websites or client portals by connecting their Airtable bases to Softr's intuitive platform.With Softr, users can leverage the power of their existing Airtable databases to design visually appealing websites and applications effortlessly. This integration streamlines the process of turning complex data into user-friendly interfaces without technical expertise. https://preview.redd.it/5yddzo38ig0d1.png?width=786&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1844bbd7213c113394b4ee2013fb817d217fc08 Dive into the world of beautiful data visualization with Softr. Sign up for your free trial now! AirtableOn the other hand, Airtable shines as a robust database and project management tool. Its versatile features make it ideal for organizing, storing, and collaborating on various types of information. From simple task lists to complex project workflows, Airtable offers flexibility and customization options tailored to diverse needs.Users can create databases, spreadsheets, and calendars within Airtable, making it a versatile solution for teams and individuals alike. The platform's drag-and-drop interface simplifies data entry and organization, enhancing productivity and collaboration among users. Key Differences Between Softr and AirtablePromotions
CollaborationBoth platforms support real-time collaboration, allowing multiple users to work simultaneously on projects.Ease of Use
Customization
Specific Data Management RequirementsWhen choosing between Softr and Airtable, it's crucial to consider the specific data management needs.
Pros and Cons of Each PlatformSoftr AdvantagesEase of use: Softr stands out for its user-friendly interface, making it accessible even for beginners in web development. Integration capabilities: Softr offers seamless integration with various tools and platforms, enhancing workflow efficiency. Diverse use cases: From simple landing pages to complex web applications, Softr caters to a wide range of project requirements.Useful Links: Airtable StrengthsFlexible database management: Airtable excels in organizing and managing data with its flexible spreadsheet-database hybrid structure. Collaboration: Airtable fosters teamwork by allowing real-time collaboration and communication within the platform. Automation: With powerful automation features, Airtable streamlines repetitive tasks, boosting productivity.Softr Limitations
Airtable Drawbacks
Feature ComparisonTemplatesSoftr offers a variety of sleek and modern templates suitable for websites and web applications, while Airtable provides templates predominantly focused on database management.IntegrationsSoftr integrates seamlessly with popular tools like Zapier, enabling smooth workflow automation, whereas Airtable offers integrations with numerous third-party apps for enhanced functionality.Customer SupportSoftr boasts responsive customer support through various channels, ensuring quick issue resolution, while Airtable provides extensive documentation but lacks direct customer support options.ReviewsUsers praise Softr for its user-friendly interface and customization options, whereas Airtable receives acclaim for its robust database functionalities and collaboration features.Pricing PlansWhile Softr offers affordable plans suitable for small businesses and individuals, Airtable's pricing can be higher due to its advanced database management capabilities.Data Import/ExportIn terms of data import/export functionalities, Softr simplifies the process with intuitive tools, contrasting with Airtable's more complex data handling mechanisms.Mobile ResponsivenessSoftr's templates are optimized for mobile responsiveness, ensuring a seamless user experience across devices, which is an area where Airtable may require further improvement.SpecializationWith a focus on website and web application building without extensive coding knowledge, Softr caters to users seeking an intuitive platform. In contrast, Airtable's strength lies in powerful database management features tailored for project organization and collaboration.Choosing the Right Tool for Your BusinessTarget AudienceSoftr targets individuals or small businesses aiming to develop engaging web applications without extensive coding knowledge. It appeals to entrepreneurs and professionals seeking to create custom web apps easily.Data OrganizationAirtable, on the other hand, is ideal for businesses focused on data organization and management. It caters well to those requiring structured project management and customer relationship tracking tools.Strengths and Weaknesses
Closing ThoughtsYou've now seen the differences between Softr and Airtable, weighed their pros and cons, compared their features, and learned how to select the best fit for your business needs. It's time to take action! Choose the platform that aligns with your goals and start building your projects today.Remember, the right tool can streamline your workflow, boost productivity, and enhance your business operations. So, don't hesitate to make an informed decision based on what you've discovered. Your choice can make all the difference in how efficiently you manage your projects and propel your business forward. Unlock the potential of your Airtable or Google Sheets data with Softr's intuitive platform. Free trial available! Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is the main difference between Softr and Airtable?tr is a no-code website builder focused on creating web apps, while Airtable is a cloud collaboration service with spreadsheet-database capabilities.Which platform offers better customization options: Softr or Airtable?tr provides more design flexibility and customization for building websites and web applications compared to Airtable's primary function as a database tool.Can I use Softr and Airtable together for a project?Yes, you can integrate Softr and Airtable seamlessly to combine the website-building capabilities of Softr with the data management features of Airtable for a comprehensive solution.Does either platform offer pre-built templates for quick setup?tr offers ready-to-use templates tailored for various industries, enabling users to kickstart their projects quickly. On the other hand, Airtable provides template galleries to jumpstart database creation.How do I decide whether to choose Softr or Airtable for my business needs?Consider using Softr if you aim to build interactive websites or web applications without coding. Opt for Airtable if your focus is on organizing data efficiently within a collaborative workspace.Useful Links: |
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I am very knowledgeable and proficient in assisting students in a wide range of mathematics classes. I can help students complete their homework assignments and other projects get an A on quizzes, tests, and exams (including proctored assessments) answer online discussion posts write essays & papers in MLA APA Chicago format and provide general overall academic help in each math course listed below:
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- I firmly believe that I have many attributes and skills that set me apart from other tutors. Below is a list of qualities that makes me an ideal fit to help you master your coursework:
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- Upon request, can purposely obtain grades below an A (ex: B+, B, C+, C-).
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- However, I am smart enough not to blatantly plagiarize solutions online but instead write them in my own unique words, formatting, & mathematical terminology.
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As of 2021, I have tutored and helped students enrolled at the following U.S. universities community colleges county & city colleges schools for-profit institutions listed below in alphabetical order:
- A - C: American Public University System (APUS) Arizona State Ashford Brigham Young Brown Broward California State (Fullerton) Capella Chamberlain (Illinois) Colorado Technical Columbia Columbia Southern Cornell
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At the risk of sounding arrogant, I consider myself to be at least marginally more intelligent (both academically & socially) than the average person. Therefore, if I ever decided to suddenly risk prison time, risk my reputation, and risk enduring the wrath of modern-day “cancel culture” by scamming people out of their money:
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2024.05.14 22:48 VashxShanks [JRPGs on Sale - Weekly Breakdown & Recommendations] For 15 May - 2024 - Playstation/Switch/Xbox/Steam (+Steam Deck)
Important Notes:
- I do my best to include every sale, but at the same time I focus sale with a noticeable price drop, meaning sales start with at least 20% and up. I usually skip anything below that unless it's a worth while title.
- Click on the price to visit the store page for that game.
- The end date of the sale isn't mentioned, you can check the store page to see it.
- All of these sales are based on the US store front, so some sales may not be available depending on your country.
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| Game | Price/Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Persona 4 Golden | $11.99 | Turn-based/Modern Japan setting/Highschool life simulatoMystery/Monster collectoSocial link system/Great soundtrack |
| The Persona Collection (P3P/Persona 4/Persona 5) | $49.49 | Turn-based/Modern Japan setting/Highschool life simulatoMystery/Monster collectoSocial link system/Great soundtrack |
| Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth PS4 & PS5 | $48.99 | Turn-based/Contemporary Hawaii setting/Yakuza life/Open World/Heavy on Drama and Comedy/Heavy on Mini-games/Class Changing Mechanics |
| Star Ocean The Second Story R | $39.99 | Action/Sci-fi mixed with Fantasy setting/Choose 1 of 2 main characters/Expansive crafting system/Affection mechanic for Party members/Choices matteRemake of the original PS1 title |
| Tales of Arise PS4 & PS5 | $14.79 | Action/Fantasy setting/Anime style/Revolution Story/anime trope heavy/Social links mechanic between party members |
| Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition | $9.99 | Tactical Turn-based/World War Militar setting/Tactical mixed with real-time elements/Sketch or "Canvas" art style/Build your Army with character customization/Mission based story progression/Army management |
| DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS | $14.99 | Farming Simulator/Mini-games/Social Links system |
| Rainbow Moon | $2.99 | Tactical Turn-based/Character customization/Fantasy setting/Dungeon Crawler |
| Terra Memoria | $14.99 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Pixel Graphics/Base Building/Resource gathering & Crafting |
| Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters | $19.99 | Turn-based/Female Protagonist/Comedy/fan-service/Parody |
| Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling | $14.99 | Turn-based/Paper Mario-like/Comedy/Adventure |
| Monster Sanctuary | $4.99 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Monster CollectoMetroidvania/Pixel Graphics |
| Relayer | $11.99 | Tactical turn-based/Sci-fi setting/Space travel/Piloted Mecha/Female Protagonist/Anime art style |
| Death end reQuest | $7.99 | Turn-based/Female protagonist/Cyber World setting/Psychological HorroNudity |
| Death end re;Quest 2 | $11.99 | Turn-based/Cyber world setting/Female Protagonist/Dark Fantasy/Gore/Fan-service |
| Shining Resonance Refrain | $5.99 | Action/Fantasy setting/Dragon transformation/Musical theme/Anime visual style/Social link mechanic |
| Mary Skelter Finale | $14.99 | Turn-based/First-Person View Dungeon CrawleDeep & Full party customization/Female Protagonist/Multiple Endings/HorroFan-service |
| Born of Bread | $14.99 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Paper Mario-like/Comedy/Timed hits combat |
| DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT | $14.99 | Action Fantasy/Semi-Open World (zones)/Anime story adaptation/Beautiful animations |
| South Park™: The Fractured but Whole™ | $8.99 | Tactical Turn-based/Modern Day setting/Comedy/Mature/Dark HumoNudity/Fart Jokes |
[~ Switch ~]
| Game | Price/Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Star Ocean The Second Story R | $39.99 | Action/Sci-fi mixed with Fantasy setting/Choose 1 of 2 main characters/Expansive crafting system/Affection mechanic for Party members/Choices matteRemake of the original PS1 title |
| Ikenfell | $5.99 | Tactical Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Pixel Graphics/Female Protagonist/LGBTQ+/Retro |
| Dodgeball Academia | $9.99 | Action/School Life Sim/Sports (Dodgeball)/2D Hand-drawn Cartoon Art style |
| Born of Bread | $14.99 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Paper Mario-like/Comedy/Timed hits combat |
| Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe | $6.99 | Action/Fantasy setting/Cooking battles/Female Protagonist/Side ScrolleBeat'em up/Hand-drawn |
| Fuga: Melodies of Steel | $23.99 | Tactical Turn-based/Steampunk setting/Anthropomorphic characters/Social Links System/Base upgrading |
| Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 | $23.99 | Tactical Turn-based/Steampunk setting/Anthropomorphic characters/Social Links System/Base upgrading |
| Front Mission 1st: Remake | $17.49 | Tactical turn-based/Sci-fi setting/War & Politics/Mecha/Customization |
| FRONT MISSION 2: Remake | $27.99 | Tactical turn-based/Sci-fi setting/War & Politics/Mecha/Customization |
| Dusk Diver | $8.74 | Action/Modern Taipei Ximending setting/Female Protagonist/Beat'em up/Anime visual style |
| Terra Memoria | $14.99 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Pixel Graphics/Base Building/Resource gathering & Crafting |
| Infinite Guitars | $11.99 | Turn-based/Sci-fi setting/Rock Music/Hand-drawn/Robots/Rhythm/Timed button presses |
| Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs - Royal Edition OST Combo | $7.49 | Tactical turn-based/Medieval Fantasy setting/Social link system/Politics/Comedy |
| Potato Flowers in Full Bloom | $13.31 | Turn-based/Medieval Fantasy setting/First-person Dungeon CrawleCustom Party creation/Class Mechanics |
| Rainbow Moon + Rainbow Skies Strategy RPG Bundle | $23.99 | Tactical Turn-based/Character customization/Fantasy setting/Dungeon Crawler |
[~ Xbox ~]
| Game | Price/Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Dragon | $6.59 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Class changing mechanics/great soundtrack |
| Lost Odyssey | $8.24 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting |
| Costume Quest 1 | $4.49 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Female Protagonist/Choices Matter |
| Terra Memoria | $14.99 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Pixel Graphics/Base Building/Resource gathering & Crafting |
| Dodgeball Academia | $9.99 | Action/School Life Sim/Sports (Dodgeball)/2D Hand-drawn Cartoon Art style |
| Ikenfell | $5.99 | Tactical Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Pixel Graphics/Female Protagonist/LGBTQ+/Retro |
| Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition | $5.99 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Female Protagonist/Pixel Graphics |
| Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling | $12.49 | Turn-based/Paper Mario-like/Comedy/Adventure |
~ Steam ~
If you want to check the games yourself:~ Link to the JRPGs on Sale list ~
Steam Deck Icons (As explained by Steam itself):
🟦 Verified: Means that the game is fully compatible and works with built-in controls and display.🟧 Playable: Means the game is Functional, but requires extra effort to interact with and configure .
"--" Unknown: Basically unconfirmed or still under-review.
| Game | Price/Link | Tags | Steam Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chrono Ark | $18.74 | Turn-based/Modern day setting/Roguelike DeckbuildeFemale Protagonist/Anime visuals/Card Battler | 🟦 Playable |
| Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | $9.99 | Action/Medieval Gothic Fantasy setting/Female Protagonist/PlatformeSide ScrolleMetroidvania | 🟦 Verified |
| In Stars And Time | $15.99 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Monochrome art style/LGBTQ+/Comedy/Time Travel/Hand-drawn Cartoon style | 🟦 Verified |
| Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom PRINCE'S EDITION | $11.99 | Action/Fantasy setting/Isekai/Base BuildeArmy Battle/Character CollectoBeautiful art style | 🟦 Verified |
| Born of Bread | $12.49 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Paper Mario-like/Comedy/Timed hits combat | 🟧Playable |
| Terra Memoria | $14.99 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Pixel Graphics/Base Building/Resource gathering & Crafting | 🟧Playable |
| Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 | $23.99 | Tactical Turn-based/Steampunk setting/Anthropomorphic characters/Social Links System/Base upgrading | 🟦 Verified |
| Fae Tactics | $5.99 | Tactical Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Female Protagonist/Beautiful Pixel Graphics/Unique Battle system/Monster Collector | 🟦 Verified |
| Dodgeball Academia | $9.99 | Action/School Life Sim/Sports (Dodgeball)/2D Hand-drawn Cartoon Art style | 🟧Playable |
| Sword and Fairy 7 | $14.99 | Action/Chinese Martial Arts Fantasy (Xianxia)/Female Protagonist/Great visuals and Music/Rich Story and Lore/Chinese voice acting with English subtitles | 🟧Playable |
| Ikenfell | $5.99 | Tactical Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Pixel Graphics/Female Protagonist/LGBTQ+/Retro | 🟦 Verified |
| Astria Ascending | $8.74 | Turn-based/Medieval Fantasy setting/PlatformeFemale Protagonist/Class system | 🟦Verified |
| Haven | $14.99 | Active time combat/Sci-fi setting/Heavy on Romance/LGBTQ/Local Co-op support/Exploration/Resource Gathering | 🟦 Verified |
| Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner | $14.99 | Tactical Turn-based/Medieval Fantasy setting/Class system/War & Politics/Dragons/ | -- |
| Jack Move | $9.99 | Turn-based/Cyberpunk setting/Female Protagonist/Pixel Graphics/Hacking | 🟦Verified |
| Earthlock | $4.49 | Turn-based/Fantasy setting | 🟧Playable |
| Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Gate of Firmament | $4.49 | Real Time/Chinese Martial Arts Fantasy (Xianxia)/Rich Story and Lore/Monster collection/Chinese voice acting with English subtitles | 🟧Playable |
| Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Gate of Firmament | $4.49 | Real Time/Chinese Martial Arts Fantasy (Xianxia)/Rich Story and Lore/Monster collection/Chinese voice acting with English subtitles | 🟧Playable |
| Children of Zodiarcs | $5.39 | Tactical Turn-based/Fantasy setting/Female Protagonist/Card Based/Deck Building | 🟦Verified |
~ General Recommendations (All Consoles) For Anyone Who Can't Decide ~
First off, I won't recommend big or famous games like Final Fantasy or Persona, this is more for lesser know, hidden gems, or just games where it's hard to find someone talking about them.
[Valkyria Chronicles]
[Valkyria Chronicles 4]
This one is really hard to explain through words alone, but just in case, the VC series is a World War 2 military setting story, where you act as the lead of a squad and take mission to drive back the enemy. The story is drama heavy and the gameplay is tactical turn-based, but it's mixed with real-time third person shooter.You can also make your own army by recruiting different types of solders, training them and upgrading their gear. From rifles to tanks, this is a game you have to experience to understand.
[Fuga: Melodies of Steel 1 & 2]
Great game, great art style, and really well made and balanced turn-based combat. That alone is enough to get the game. Then you add the time-management part of the game, where you spend time upgrading the different tank rooms, cooking, exploring ruins, spending time to bond with other characters, and so on. It's also great if you want a game that you can play for an hour or 2 and then put down for later. As the game is played through stages, and once you're done with a stage, you get an intermission to do what you want and come back to it later.It's not a long game (compared to the usual JRPG), as you mentioned, it's about 20 hours. Story-wise I think it was a bit too short. Gameplay wise it was great fit, because it didn't outstay it's welcome, and it ends when you feel you have mastered the gameplay and want to face the final challenge.
The story is good, but isn't the focus. Gameplay is the main focus. In fact you'll feel that a lot of context isn't told in the story, but instead left for you to either read about in the in-game wiki or just figure out through obvious clues in the story.
There is a big mechanic that this meant to put a lot of pressure on your playthrough (don't worry about it being spoiled because it's literally explained in the first hour of the game). The thing is though, if you have experience in JRPGs or just play in a really well thought out and relaxed manner, then that mechanic might not be as big a deal as they make it seem to be. Yet it's still fun nonetheless.
Fuga 2 is even better. It fixes a lot of the minor issues the first game had, and what's really great, is it improved the "big pressure" mechanic I talked about, and now it actually is a big deal. Then add to that so much little new mechanics added that just makes for a much more fun and challenging game. The 2nd game also continues the same story.
[Ni no Kuni] Series
If you're looking for that great Isekai fantasy adventure feel, then these two games are where it's at. Fantastic visuals and great music, coupled with a great art style, a combo that is perfect for a chill and relaxed gaming experience. Especially when talking about the first game, with the help ofStudio Ghibli, they managed to make a truly whimsical world with that Studio Ghibli classic touch.- Important Note: The games aren't connected story-wise, so you can start with any of them -
[Wrath of the White Witch]
For a the best fantasy adventure feel, while the combat is a hit or miss depending on your taste, don't let that stop you from actually diving into a true fairy tale world, this is the one with the better story in my opinion, so if you want more story than game, this is for you. Still it has a good share of gameplay, from raising and collecting Pokemon-like monsters, to learning and using different spells, not just in combat but for the overworld too.[Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom]
This one focuses more on gameplay, with a Kingdom builder, Army battles, Heavy loot focus, and even character collector, this is the one to go with if you want more game than story. Still has the great music and he fantastical art style and setting. Add to that a lot of side activities like beating rare monsters, collecting cute creatures to help you in battle, and even going around the world to gather people to help you build your kingdom. You'll never be short on things to do.Finally, both of them have beautifully draw world that is just a pleasure to walkthrough, made even better with the amazing orchestral soundtrack.
[Star Ocean The Second Story R]
The original PS1 game was already an amazing JRPG and a classic. But this remake takes it to go even further beyond SSJ3. It should be the standard on how to make a faithful remake on of a classic title.I don't want to overhype it more than I already did. So to keep this short, this remake does so much:
- All major story events are now fully voice acted. This includes a lot of the private actions too.
- Fully redone and better translation of the game.
- New Character to recruit to the party.
- New Private Actions and 13 new Endings.
- New character portraits, not just for the main cast, but also for many other characters.
- A complete rework for the battle system to be up to modern standards.
- So many QoL features:
- Auto-saving
- Fast-forward cut-scenes or skip them.
- Text log
- All difficulties can be accessed from the start
- Fast travel
- 3 different voice dubbing options to choose from (New English, Original Japanese, New Japanese)
- Your choice of different art styles
- Choose between original OST and new rearranged OST.
- No random battles anymore, as enemies can be seen and avoided
[Sword and Fairy 7: Together Forever]
They did a great job with the presentation of the game. Great voice acting (Chinese), great graphics, amazing music, and an impressive attention to details of the world and it's lore, especially the engineering of the buildings and their decor. Then you have the really beautiful design of each piece of gear, and even just normal attire of each NPC and the disciples of each sect or soldiers of each of the different of each plane (gods, humans, demons).Then we go to how great looking the monsters and local flora and fauna of each realm. You can feel the intense work that has gone into making and animating each of them. It really is a joy to watch them, as much as it is to watch each environment you see them in. There really isn't enough time to talk about how good the presentation is.
As for the story. First off, I am not an expert in Chinese novels mythology, but I am a big fan of Xianxia and Wuxia novels. So when I say that the story is...good but nothing great, I am saying this as more than just a JRPG fan, but also someone who is very into this type of world and Chinese martial arts fantasy setting. it's nothing that will stick in your mind, apart from the events that take place in some of the beautiful set pieces in the game, or the cut-scenes with beautiful action cheoragphy.
The gameplay is also about average. The side-quests are fun and are worth doing if nothing more than for learning more about the lore and the world. But the actual battles and action gameplay isn't as good as the best ones out there, but it's not bad. I have ran into some bugs, some small, some big, but that was when the game just came out, and it did receive a lot of patches since then. You can tell that they aimed to make a huge triple A production, but didn't have the time or manpower to test a game of this size. It's still fun to play and experience, but the level of gameplay is nowhere near the level of the presentation that the game gives the impression of having just from watching the gameplay or trailers.
If you enjoy walking through magical and fantastic looking JRPG worlds, or if you enjoy Xianxia/Wuxia fiction, then this is an easy choice. Hell even if you don't, it's still worth a go at this price.
[Blue Dragon] & [Lost Odyssey]
These two are classic titles that will probably won't be ported to or remade to modern consoles. That's why this might be the last way you'll ever get to experience 2 classic titles of the genre. Lost Odyssey has great story writing and unique character settings, and Blue Dragon has great exploration and a really fun character class customization system, and one hell of a boss theme.[Monster Sanctuary]
This is a solid game, everything in is polished and balanced to make sure you are having fun collecting new monsters and customizing your team through evolution/skill trees/gear and making the best in-sync party you can. I only wish it was longer, it's not short by any means, but it's not long either. I would say depending on if you're trying to "catch them all" and explore everything and fight all bosses, this could easily be a 30+ hours game, but if you focus on the story, then it's about 20 to 30 hours. Now even longer with the 2 new free DLC expansion added.Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining that it's short, but that I was having so much fun, that I wish it didn't end.
As always, please do add your own recommendations, and let me know if there is mistake or if something was missing, and have a nice day.
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2024.05.14 22:43 Soninetz SimpleTexting vs. SlickText: A Cost-Effective Comparison
 | In the realm of SMS marketing, two giants stand tall: SimpleTexting and SlickText. These platforms offer robust features to help businesses engage with their audience effectively. SimpleTexting boasts user-friendly interfaces and powerful automation tools, while SlickText focuses on personalized customer experiences and seamless campaign management. With roots tracing back to 2010 and 2012 respectively, both platforms have evolved to meet the changing needs of modern marketers. Let's delve deeper into the showdown between SimpleTexting and SlickText to determine which platform aligns best with your marketing goals. submitted by Soninetz to NutraVestaProVen [link] [comments] Useful Links: Key Takeaways
Comparing Options for Text MarketingPricing ComparisonSimpleTexting offers straightforward pricing plans based on the number of contacts you have, making it easy to scale as your business grows. On the other hand, SlickText provides a tiered pricing structure with different features at each level.https://preview.redd.it/aku5mn2jeg0d1.png?width=859&format=png&auto=webp&s=c1c3df8414b3c3018c292ac50766845f9d6c906e Take control of your messaging strategy with SimpleTexting! Sign up now for a free trial and add emojis to your texts without hassle. 😊 Features and CustomizationSimpleTexting boasts a user-friendly interface with a wide range of features like scheduled messages and autoresponders. In contrast, SlickText focuses on simplicity, offering fewer customization options but ensuring ease of use.Customer SupportWhen it comes to customer support, SimpleTexting provides live chat, phone support, and email assistance to address any issues promptly. Conversely, SlickText offers email support and extensive resources through their knowledge base for self-help solutions.Integration CapabilitiesBoth platforms integrate with popular CRM systems like HubSpot and Salesforce for seamless data management. However, SimpleTexting goes further by offering Zapier integration, allowing users to connect with over 1,500 apps.Why Choose Simplicity and ValueCost-Effective SolutionsSimpletexting offers cost-effective solutions for businesses of all sizes. With budget-friendly pricing plans, businesses can effectively reach their target audience without breaking the bank. This affordability makes it an attractive option for small businesses looking to maximize their marketing efforts.User-Friendly InterfaceThe user-friendly interface of Simpletexting makes it easy for businesses to create and send text campaigns quickly. The intuitive design allows users to navigate the platform effortlessly, saving time and ensuring a seamless experience.Value-Added FeaturesSlicktext, on the other hand, provides value-added features such as advanced automation tools and detailed analytics. These features enable businesses to personalize their campaigns, track performance metrics, and optimize their marketing strategies effectively.
Key Benefits of a Cost-Effective ChoiceEase of UseBoth SimpleTexting and SlickText offer user-friendly interfaces, making it simple for businesses to navigate and utilize their features efficiently. Navigating the platforms is intuitive, requiring minimal training for users to get started quickly.Customization OptionsSimpleTexting and SlickText provide extensive customization options, allowing businesses to tailor their messages according to their branding and communication needs. This flexibility enables companies to maintain a consistent brand image across all communication channels.Cost-Effectiveness
Customer SupportBoth platforms offer responsive customer support, ensuring that businesses have access to assistance whenever needed. This level of support can be crucial in resolving any issues promptly, minimizing disruptions in operations.Hear from Real UsersUser ExperiencesReal users have highlighted key differences between SimpleTexting and SlickText. One user praised SimpleTexting's intuitive interface, making it easy to manage campaigns efficiently. In contrast, another user favored SlickText's robust analytics, providing detailed insights for campaign optimization.Customer SupportUsers have varying experiences with customer support. While some appreciate SimpleTexting's responsive live chat, others prefer SlickText's dedicated account managers for personalized assistance. It ultimately depends on individual preferences and the level of support needed.Pricing ComparisonWhen it comes to pricing, users find that SimpleTexting offers transparent pricing plans, suitable for small businesses on a budget. On the other hand, SlickText provides customizable plans, catering to larger enterprises with specific requirements.Getting Started EasilyUser-Friendly PlatformsBoth simpletexting and slicktext offer user-friendly platforms, making it easy for beginners to navigate and utilize their services effectively. The interfaces are intuitive, requiring minimal learning curve.Quick Setup ProcessWhen it comes to getting started quickly, simpletexting stands out for its streamlined setup process. Users can create an account, set up their campaigns, and start sending messages within minutes.Customization OptionsOn the other hand, slicktext provides extensive customization options, allowing users to tailor their campaigns to suit their specific needs and preferences. From personalized messages to targeted scheduling, users have the flexibility to create unique campaigns.Customer SupportWhile both platforms offer customer support, simpletexting is known for its responsive and helpful customer service team. Users can rely on prompt assistance and guidance whenever they encounter any issues or have questions.Integration CapabilitiesWhen it comes to integration capabilities, simpletexting offers seamless integration with a wide range of third-party applications and tools. This allows users to sync their existing systems with the platform for enhanced efficiency.Final RemarksYou've now seen a detailed comparison between SimpleTexting and SlickText, focusing on simplicity, value, benefits, user feedback, and ease of getting started. The choice between the two ultimately depends on your specific needs and preferences. Consider what matters most to you in a text marketing platform: ease of use, affordability, robust features, or user satisfaction.As you navigate the realm of text marketing services, remember to prioritize what aligns best with your goals. Whether you opt for SimpleTexting or SlickText, ensure that your decision serves your business objectives effectively. Take the time to explore further, test out both platforms if needed, and make an informed choice that propels your marketing efforts forward. Streamline your communication with SimpleTexting's automation tools! Sign up for a free trial now and start sending out-of-office texts effortlessly. 📲 Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat are the key differences between SimpleTexting and SlickText for text marketing?SimpleTexting focuses on ease of use and value, while SlickText offers more advanced features. SimpleTexting is ideal for beginners or those looking for a straightforward solution, whereas SlickText caters to users needing more customization and automation options.Why should I choose simplicity and value when deciding between SimpleTexting and SlickText?Choosing simplicity and value ensures a user-friendly experience with cost-effectiveness. SimpleTexting provides an intuitive platform that is easy to navigate, making it ideal for businesses seeking quick implementation without sacrificing quality. Opting for value means getting essential features without unnecessary complexities.What are the key benefits of opting for a cost-effective choice like SimpleTexting?By selecting a cost-effective option like SimpleTexting, you can enjoy essential text marketing functionalities at an affordable price point. This includes features such as mass texting, contact management, reporting tools, and customer support—all crucial components for successful SMS campaigns without breaking the bank.How can I hear from real users about their experiences with SimpleTexting and SlickText?To hear from real users about their experiences with SimpleTexting and SlickText, you can explore online reviews on platforms like Capterra, Trustpilot, or G2. Consider reaching out to each provider directly to request case studies or testimonials showcasing how businesses have benefited from their services.What is the process like for getting started easily with either SimpleTexting or SlickText?Getting started with either SimpleTexting or SlickText is typically straightforward. You'll need to sign up for an account, choose a subscription plan that suits your needs, import your contacts or build a list from scratch, create your first campaign using the provided tools, and send out your messages—all within a few simple steps.Useful Links: |
2024.05.14 22:36 spoon_jar I already feel like I’ve lead a full life at the age of 25. Fully at peace with dying. (LONG READ)
I plan on ending it in ~30 years, or when I become a burden on my friends and family.
Preface:
I know and understand I am extremely privileged. I’ve always had supportive parents and a safe place/roof over my head. I’ve faced hardships, but they’re a far cry from what others have dealt/are dealing with.
Context dump:
I grew up in a middle class family in England, born of two working class parents that managed to achieve a decent amount of social mobility and provide a comfortable childhood for my siblings and I. We weren’t spoiled in a material sense. We all went to local state schools, never had the latest games consoles, designer clothes, or ate fancy food. My parents chose to spoil us with experiences and travel, getting the opportunity to see the world and have a go at different activities.
I was gifted when it came to academics and flew through school in all the top classes, however choked when I got to my final years. As a result the university I went to wasn’t all that great. This along side other factors such as experimenting with drugs, developing an eating disorder and getting myself into a very toxic relationship (my ‘first love’) started my depression. When covid hit I dropped out and moved back home.
My depression persisted and got worse. I contemplated suicide frequently, however always knew it was never really something I’d go through with, at least not yet. In the meantime I started working in hospitality in my hometown, developing two major passions, music and craft beer. In total I spent 2 years saving money, developing my passions and trying to ignore my depressive thoughts.
Where I am now:
For the last two years I’ve been living in a major city in England. I have a great job working 40 hours a week in a craft beer pub and can pay my own way with a little left over to save each month. In my free time I go and enjoy the music scene and listen to the Djs I love mix live, and (safely/infrequently) taking drugs to enhance the experience. I have a beautiful, kind, hilarious girlfriend that I have a great relationship with. I’m attempting to put myself out there with Djing myself, in the hopes of playing clubs one day. Right know I feel relatively content, proud of myself for striking out on my own and building a life for myself, and living %100 independently.
I’m really not trying to brag, I’ve had a privileged upbringing and I know that. But I would like to make a list of things to help get across this sense that I’ve already lead a full life and would be okay if it ended tomorrow.
I’ve visited 10 different countries in 4 different continents. I’ve tried sailing, skiing, kayaking, rock climbing, horse riding and sky diving. I’ve gone camping in -10 degrees weather. I’ve helped build living facilities (laying bricks) for orphans in South Africa. Performed my own original poetry for a room of 50 people. I’ve felt some of the most intense euphoria it’s possible to feel, in unison with another person I love to the ends of the earth.
I’ve also seen extremely low lows, contemplated suicide and confronted my own mortality. I’ve shoplifted. Hurt peoples feelings. Lied for my own benefit. I’ve felt real heartbreak and mourned close family members. I’ve experienced high levels of self hatred/inadequacy and projected those feelings on my loved ones negatively impacting them. All things I regret, but contribute to my life feeling ‘full’.
The controversial bit:
As a result of all this, coupled with my depression, I plan on killing myself when I start becoming a burden on others. The exact nature of my depression is also crucial to this. I believe that my existence itself is to some extent immoral. To make it actually moral would involve moving somewhere I can live entirely independently, which would sadly involve effectively cutting off my friends and family. The way the modern world is structured means that there is always some from of exploitation involved in the goods I consume, and I as a consumer contribute to this exploitation. I’ve come to terms with it for the meantime. I will only start to really plan the end of my life once my parents are gone. It would cause them too much grief if I were to leave before they do.
I’ve been considering this since I was about 16. Reading moral philosophy since 15. I’m going to strive to improve the lives of those around me, be kind and helpful and do right by people for the next 30 years or so and then seek out the most reasonable way to end my life.
My girlfriend knows about these plans. She is understanding and supportive.
Thanks for reading.
submitted by spoon_jar to TrueOffMyChest [link] [comments]
Preface:
I know and understand I am extremely privileged. I’ve always had supportive parents and a safe place/roof over my head. I’ve faced hardships, but they’re a far cry from what others have dealt/are dealing with.
Context dump:
I grew up in a middle class family in England, born of two working class parents that managed to achieve a decent amount of social mobility and provide a comfortable childhood for my siblings and I. We weren’t spoiled in a material sense. We all went to local state schools, never had the latest games consoles, designer clothes, or ate fancy food. My parents chose to spoil us with experiences and travel, getting the opportunity to see the world and have a go at different activities.
I was gifted when it came to academics and flew through school in all the top classes, however choked when I got to my final years. As a result the university I went to wasn’t all that great. This along side other factors such as experimenting with drugs, developing an eating disorder and getting myself into a very toxic relationship (my ‘first love’) started my depression. When covid hit I dropped out and moved back home.
My depression persisted and got worse. I contemplated suicide frequently, however always knew it was never really something I’d go through with, at least not yet. In the meantime I started working in hospitality in my hometown, developing two major passions, music and craft beer. In total I spent 2 years saving money, developing my passions and trying to ignore my depressive thoughts.
Where I am now:
For the last two years I’ve been living in a major city in England. I have a great job working 40 hours a week in a craft beer pub and can pay my own way with a little left over to save each month. In my free time I go and enjoy the music scene and listen to the Djs I love mix live, and (safely/infrequently) taking drugs to enhance the experience. I have a beautiful, kind, hilarious girlfriend that I have a great relationship with. I’m attempting to put myself out there with Djing myself, in the hopes of playing clubs one day. Right know I feel relatively content, proud of myself for striking out on my own and building a life for myself, and living %100 independently.
I’m really not trying to brag, I’ve had a privileged upbringing and I know that. But I would like to make a list of things to help get across this sense that I’ve already lead a full life and would be okay if it ended tomorrow.
I’ve visited 10 different countries in 4 different continents. I’ve tried sailing, skiing, kayaking, rock climbing, horse riding and sky diving. I’ve gone camping in -10 degrees weather. I’ve helped build living facilities (laying bricks) for orphans in South Africa. Performed my own original poetry for a room of 50 people. I’ve felt some of the most intense euphoria it’s possible to feel, in unison with another person I love to the ends of the earth.
I’ve also seen extremely low lows, contemplated suicide and confronted my own mortality. I’ve shoplifted. Hurt peoples feelings. Lied for my own benefit. I’ve felt real heartbreak and mourned close family members. I’ve experienced high levels of self hatred/inadequacy and projected those feelings on my loved ones negatively impacting them. All things I regret, but contribute to my life feeling ‘full’.
The controversial bit:
As a result of all this, coupled with my depression, I plan on killing myself when I start becoming a burden on others. The exact nature of my depression is also crucial to this. I believe that my existence itself is to some extent immoral. To make it actually moral would involve moving somewhere I can live entirely independently, which would sadly involve effectively cutting off my friends and family. The way the modern world is structured means that there is always some from of exploitation involved in the goods I consume, and I as a consumer contribute to this exploitation. I’ve come to terms with it for the meantime. I will only start to really plan the end of my life once my parents are gone. It would cause them too much grief if I were to leave before they do.
I’ve been considering this since I was about 16. Reading moral philosophy since 15. I’m going to strive to improve the lives of those around me, be kind and helpful and do right by people for the next 30 years or so and then seek out the most reasonable way to end my life.
My girlfriend knows about these plans. She is understanding and supportive.
Thanks for reading.
2024.05.14 22:33 tempmailgenerator Automating Email Alerts from Google Sheets Based on Specific Dates
Setting Up Date-Triggered Notifications in Google Sheets
In the era of digital organization, automating workflow processes has become a cornerstone for enhancing productivity and efficiency. Among the various tools available, Google Sheets stands out for its versatility and integration capabilities, especially when it comes to managing schedules and deadlines. The ability to set up email notifications based on specific dates in a Google Sheet can transform how individuals and teams stay informed about critical deadlines, tasks, or events. This functionality not only streamlines communication but also ensures that important milestones are never missed. By leveraging Google Sheets for email alerts, users can create a dynamic system that keeps all stakeholders updated in real-time.Implementing email notifications based on date triggers in Google Sheets requires a blend of basic scripting and spreadsheet management. This process involves utilizing Google Apps Script, a powerful tool that extends the functionality of Google Sheets through customization and automation. By writing a simple script, users can set conditions that, when met, automatically generate and send emails to specified recipients. This feature is particularly useful for project management, event planning, or any scenario where timely notifications are critical. Through the following guidelines, we will explore how to set up these automated alerts, ensuring that you can make the most out of your Google Sheets for any project or planning need.
| Command/Function | Description |
|---|---|
| new Date() | Creates a new Date object representing the current date and time |
| getValues() | Retrieves values from a range of cells in a Google Sheet |
| forEach() | Executes a provided function once for each array element |
| MailApp.sendEmail() | Sends an email on behalf of the user running the script |
Harnessing Google Sheets for Automated Email Notifications
The concept of integrating Google Sheets with email notifications to automate reminders based on specific dates is a powerful tool for personal productivity and organizational management. This integration leverages the Google Apps Script, a cloud-based scripting language for light-weight application development in the Google Workspace. The script acts as a bridge between Google Sheets and Gmail, allowing for the automated sending of emails when certain conditions, such as matching dates, are met. This functionality is particularly beneficial for managing project deadlines, event reminders, or even personal tasks such as bill payments. The ability to customize the script according to specific needs makes this a versatile solution for various scenarios where timely notifications are crucial.Implementing this solution involves writing a script that scans through a designated Google Sheet for dates that match the current day and triggers an email to the intended recipients with customizable content. The beauty of this approach lies in its simplicity and the immense value it provides in terms of time management and efficiency. For teams working on projects with multiple deadlines, this can serve as an automated project manager that keeps everyone on track without the need for manual reminders. Moreover, for personal use, it can help individuals stay organized with their daily chores, appointments, and commitments. The scalability of this solution from individual tasks to complex project management highlights its potential impact on improving productivity and ensuring that important dates are always acknowledged.
Automating Email Notifications Based on Dates
Google Apps Scriptfunction checkDatesAndSendEmails() { const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet(); const range = sheet.getDataRange(); const values = range.getValues(); const today = new Date(); today.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0); values.forEach(function(row, index) { const dateCell = new Date(row[0]); dateCell.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0); if (dateCell.getTime() === today.getTime()) { const email = row[1]; // Assuming the email address is in the second column const subject = "Reminder for Today's Task"; const message = "This is a reminder that you have a task due today: " + row[2]; // Assuming the task description is in the third column MailApp.sendEmail(email, subject, message); } }); } Maximizing Productivity with Google Sheets Email Notifications
Automating email notifications from Google Sheets based on specific dates encapsulates a modern approach to task management and organizational communication. This method harnesses the power of Google Apps Script, enabling users to create custom scripts that trigger email alerts for important deadlines, events, or milestones directly from their spreadsheet data. The practical applications of this functionality extend across various domains, from managing project timelines in a professional setting to keeping track of personal commitments and appointments. It simplifies the process of monitoring critical dates, ensuring that no important task falls through the cracks. Furthermore, this automation fosters a proactive workflow environment, reducing the need for manual checks and follow-ups.The integration of email notifications within Google Sheets not only enhances productivity but also promotes a collaborative work culture by keeping all team members aligned and informed. By automating reminders and notifications, teams can minimize the risk of overlooking essential tasks and deadlines, leading to more efficient project management. Additionally, this feature is customizable, allowing for personalized email content that can provide recipients with detailed information about the task at hand. Whether it's for individual use or within a team, setting up automated email alerts through Google Sheets is a straightforward process that can lead to significant improvements in managing schedules and deadlines effectively.
Frequently Asked Questions About Google Sheets Email Notifications
- Question: Can Google Sheets send email notifications automatically?
- Answer: Yes, Google Sheets can send email notifications automatically by using Google Apps Script to write custom functions that trigger emails based on specific conditions, such as dates matching today.
- Question: Do I need to know how to code to set up these notifications?
- Answer: Basic knowledge of JavaScript is helpful since Google Apps Script is based on JavaScript. However, there are many tutorials and templates available that can guide users through the setup process without extensive programming knowledge.
- Question: Can these email notifications be customized?
- Answer: Yes, the emails sent via Google Apps Script can be fully customized in terms of content, recipients, and even the timing of the email, allowing for a wide range of personalized notifications.
- Question: Is it possible to send notifications to multiple recipients?
- Answer: Absolutely, the script can be designed to send emails to multiple recipients, either by specifying each email address in the script or by pulling a list of addresses from the Google Sheet itself.
- Question: How do I ensure that the script only sends emails for today's date?
- Answer: The script can be written to compare each date in the specified range with the current date. If the dates match, the script triggers the email notification for that row's corresponding task or event.
- Question: Will I be charged for using Google Apps Script to send emails?
- Answer: Google Apps Script is free to use for creating and executing scripts. However, there are daily quotas for sending emails, which should be sufficient for most personal and small business uses.
- Question: Can the email notifications include attachments?
- Answer: Yes, the MailApp or GmailApp services within Google Apps Script support sending emails with attachments. You can attach files from Google Drive or other sources.
- Question: How do I schedule the script to run automatically?
- Answer: You can use the built-in Google Apps Script triggers to schedule your script to run at specific intervals, such as daily, to check for dates and send emails accordingly.
- Question: What happens if my Google Sheet has incorrect email addresses?
- Answer: The script will attempt to send an email to the address provided. If the email address is incorrect, the sending will fail, and you may receive a notification about the failure. It's important to ensure that the email addresses in your Google Sheet are accurate.
Empowering Efficiency with Automated Alerts
Embracing automation through Google Sheets for sending email notifications based on specific dates represents a significant leap towards enhancing personal and organizational productivity. This method not only simplifies task management but also ensures that critical deadlines and events are never overlooked. By leveraging the capabilities of Google Apps Script, users can customize their notification system to fit their unique requirements, making it an invaluable tool for both individuals and teams. The process, which involves scripting and spreadsheet manipulation, is accessible to those with even a basic understanding of programming, thanks to numerous resources and templates available online. Furthermore, this approach promotes a proactive work culture by minimizing the need for manual follow-ups, thus allowing users to focus on more strategic tasks. As we move towards a more connected and automated future, the integration of Google Sheets with email alerts stands out as a testament to the power of leveraging technology to streamline workflows, enhance communication, and ultimately drive success.https://www.tempmail.us.com/en/google-sheet/automating-email-alerts-from-google-sheets-based-on-specific-dates
2024.05.14 22:30 TheCodebuster Student Loaner Laptop Managment Dashboard
Howdy,
If you know of any other sub-reddits this would do better on, please LMK.
I'm working on a project to create a modern dashboard for managing loaner laptops, and I could use some advice on the best approach. Here's a breakdown of what I'm looking to achieve:
Dashboard UI: I want to create a sleek UI displaying a list of laptops with their names and the student they're assigned to. Each row should be color-coded: green for in, red for out, and yellow for not set up for the next semester. I’d like to also have either an info button or click on the row to get more information. I'm looking at material UI for the icons and buttons.
Laptops: I want to be able to add laptops via a button with information, or to the system via asset tag scanning, making the process quick and efficient.
Check In/Out Page: I need a page where I can easily check laptops in and out. At this point I’d like to have it pull from a “contact page”. But Ideally in the future, this would be connected to a database or LDAP for scanning barcodes of student Id’s or manually typing numbers. This would also be able to scan the asset tag.
Automatic Email Notifications: It would be great if the dashboard could automatically send an email with the student ID # and a template to a specified email address. In the future I would like to have the ability to automatically send reminder emails to the students 2 weeks before they are due.
I'm planning to most likely use React for this project due to its flexibility and ease of use. If you have any tips, suggestions, or resources that could help me achieve these goals, I'd greatly appreciate it! Or if you know of any systems that can do this.
Thanks in advance for your help!
submitted by TheCodebuster to sysadmin [link] [comments]
If you know of any other sub-reddits this would do better on, please LMK.
I'm working on a project to create a modern dashboard for managing loaner laptops, and I could use some advice on the best approach. Here's a breakdown of what I'm looking to achieve:
Dashboard UI: I want to create a sleek UI displaying a list of laptops with their names and the student they're assigned to. Each row should be color-coded: green for in, red for out, and yellow for not set up for the next semester. I’d like to also have either an info button or click on the row to get more information. I'm looking at material UI for the icons and buttons.
Laptops: I want to be able to add laptops via a button with information, or to the system via asset tag scanning, making the process quick and efficient.
Check In/Out Page: I need a page where I can easily check laptops in and out. At this point I’d like to have it pull from a “contact page”. But Ideally in the future, this would be connected to a database or LDAP for scanning barcodes of student Id’s or manually typing numbers. This would also be able to scan the asset tag.
Automatic Email Notifications: It would be great if the dashboard could automatically send an email with the student ID # and a template to a specified email address. In the future I would like to have the ability to automatically send reminder emails to the students 2 weeks before they are due.
I'm planning to most likely use React for this project due to its flexibility and ease of use. If you have any tips, suggestions, or resources that could help me achieve these goals, I'd greatly appreciate it! Or if you know of any systems that can do this.
Thanks in advance for your help!
2024.05.14 22:27 TheCodebuster Loaner Laptop Managment Dashboard
Howdy,
If you know of any other sub-reddits this would do better on, please LMK.
I'm working on a project to create a modern dashboard for managing loaner laptops, and I could use some advice on the best approach. Here's a breakdown of what I'm looking to achieve:
Dashboard UI: I want to create a sleek UI displaying a list of laptops with their names and the student they're assigned to. Each row should be color-coded: green for in, red for out, and yellow for not set up for the next semester. I’d like to also have either an info button or click on the row to get more information.
Laptops: I want to be able to add laptops via a button with information, or to the system via asset tag scanning, making the process quick and efficient.
Check In/Out Page: I need a page where I can easily check laptops in and out. At this point I’d like to have it pull from a “contact page”. But Ideally in the future, this would be connected to a database or LDAP for scanning barcodes of student Id’s or manually typing numbers. This would also be able to scan the asset tag.
Automatic Email Notifications: It would be great if the dashboard could automatically send an email with the student ID # and a template to a specified email address. In the future I would like to have the ability to automatically send reminder emails to the students 2 weeks before they are due.
I'm planning to most likely use React for this project due to its flexibility and ease of use. If you have any tips, suggestions, or resources that could help me achieve these goals, I'd greatly appreciate it! Or if you know of any systems that can do this.
Thanks in advance for your help!
submitted by TheCodebuster to react [link] [comments]
If you know of any other sub-reddits this would do better on, please LMK.
I'm working on a project to create a modern dashboard for managing loaner laptops, and I could use some advice on the best approach. Here's a breakdown of what I'm looking to achieve:
Dashboard UI: I want to create a sleek UI displaying a list of laptops with their names and the student they're assigned to. Each row should be color-coded: green for in, red for out, and yellow for not set up for the next semester. I’d like to also have either an info button or click on the row to get more information.
Laptops: I want to be able to add laptops via a button with information, or to the system via asset tag scanning, making the process quick and efficient.
Check In/Out Page: I need a page where I can easily check laptops in and out. At this point I’d like to have it pull from a “contact page”. But Ideally in the future, this would be connected to a database or LDAP for scanning barcodes of student Id’s or manually typing numbers. This would also be able to scan the asset tag.
Automatic Email Notifications: It would be great if the dashboard could automatically send an email with the student ID # and a template to a specified email address. In the future I would like to have the ability to automatically send reminder emails to the students 2 weeks before they are due.
I'm planning to most likely use React for this project due to its flexibility and ease of use. If you have any tips, suggestions, or resources that could help me achieve these goals, I'd greatly appreciate it! Or if you know of any systems that can do this.
Thanks in advance for your help!
2024.05.14 22:05 Euphoric-Earth-4765 An inside look at the culture and ideology of Faith Comes By Hearing_PART 2
*Management style:
Not democratic/participative. Not transformational. Not Coaching. Very much Autocratic/Authoritative/Coercive. Sometimes Laissez-faire. Style depends on the department.
*Chain of command:
The ministry is seen as a church by top management. Top management are the “elders” and the CEO is the Senior Pastor. Then there is everybody else. So, confidence is put on their positions of authority. They are, in all sense and purposes, the “spiritual leaders”. They present themselves as having spiritual authority and, therefore, as being entitled to receive immediate agreement and unquestioned compliance.
Also, there are multiple management layers or chains which this quote sums up as well:
"When you become an admiral, you never have bad meals and you never hear the truth. there are all these layers of management and buffer layers and each one is afraid to tell unpleasant truth to the top levels.... “
Not a culture of authenticity where everyone on the team, including management, is encouraged, and expected to be who they are. There is a sense that top management puts up a false front, they seem to want to appear perfect. Illusions of invulnerability exist. They always lead well, they always make the right decisions, they never admit mistakes, etc. Want people to think they got it all together- all rainbows and lollipops. Do not exhibit vulnerability. Toxic positivity is also very much present: Everything is seen as “awesome”. So, there is judgment if you have a bad (not "everything is awesome") day.
The vertical chain of command, results in less collaboration, slow communication, lack of career growth, feelings of subordination, and decreased employee empowerment. Top management sets the rules and standards without any input from the “bottom” employees. Employee questions, concerns or ideas have to go up several steps of the chain of command so that upper management can address or approve. The bottom employees do not have the ability to make decisions related to their work or a particular situation. So, not everyone feels equal.
So, if you are not a spiritual leader, you are just basically told to submit and listen to those who are in authority over you because they are the people that “hear from God” and you are not and so whatever they say goes. And they set up a scenario where they basically kept those of us who were not spiritual leaders dependent upon them.
Many in management are overconfident and overestimate their abilities. They have a simple idea of how things are and how things work. Unfortunately, they make decisions that impact entire departments without gaining the needed knowledge.
The chain of command and lack of ongoing training also results in many employees being promoted so much that they max out their competence and will remain there until they leave or are let go. So, you end up with many in the role of management that lack the training and competence of the respective department. So, employees with the most authority are often not the most experienced and not adept in the particular field leading team members. And employees with the most experience and skills and knowledge and wisdom have the least (or no) authority.
Good leaders don’t always claim the “leader” title. Oftentimes, good leaders are those with more understated temperaments. Leadership is as much about listening as it is about telling. However, people with the most open and receptive personalities often do not have much authority.
Also, how the chain of command should operate when there is a unit that acted without proper authorization, it is not a junior authority who’s going to bear a responsibility for that, but somewhat of more senior status. And that’s true in any military or business or ministry operating by a code of ethics. So, if someone at the bottom of the chain is struggling, failing, or making mistakes, those at the top of the chain bear full responsibility. Everything stands or falls on leadership. Unfortunately, the chain at FCBH is not two directional.
There is also a sense that top management promotes employees who are least-competent but pose no risk to their own position (in-group bias) to management.
*Feedback:
Work environment or culture is not set up for employees to give honest feedback/opinions or to deliver bad news or to question or disagree with management.
Sample bias is also common. Management will send an email asking for feedback but they won't consider how only the people who are open to talking and sharing their opinions will participate while others won’t. Bias arises because employees with specific characteristics (e.g., extroverts) might be more likely to agree to participate than others, making the participants a non-representative sample. People with strong opinions or substantial knowledge about a specific topic may be more willing to give feedback than those without. Management does not follow up to determine why they are unresponsive or follow up frequently to reduce attrition.
Management claims they want to hear from employees, but they only want opinions and ideas on matters that are superficial or trivial. So, few employees give candid feedback on important and significant matters.
Top management does not involve employees in the change process when changes occur.
Management does not ask for honest feedback on their leadership or on decisions that are made that affect employees. Management will not ask how they are doing as leaders, what employees need from them. No regular check-ins or 1:1 on employees’ professional and personal well-being. Are employees stressed, disappointed or feeling burdened physically, emotionally or spiritually? No growth and career discussions.
Management will ignore most feedback, comments, suggestions even when it's common knowledge but will adamantly listen to employees who preface with "God told me to tell you..." Or “I felt God say …” or “God spoke to me and said…”
For example, management started focusing on Gen Z only after a few people claimed that “God told us that Gen Z are important for our future business growth.” In another instance, someone said “God gave us this word: we as a ministry need to really consider how everyone is wired, how each person is different. How people have different personalities.” Then, management affirmed this “word from God.”
If one employee brings something up to management it is often ignored and the employee is gaslighted. If two or more employees bring the same thing to management, then God is communicating something and they take it seriously (per Matt 18). Even if it is just coincidence or frequency bias.
*Groupthink/Conformity:
Groupthink, confirmation bias, in-group bias, illusions of unanimity, and self-censorship is very prevalent in the culture and especially in their meetings. There is a lot of direct pressure to not question, to conform, to agree with the views and personal convictions of the top management. Employees condemn those who disagree or question top management and they accept those who agree, creating immense pressure for conformity.
So, many employees frequently remain quiet, preferring to “keep the peace” rather than disrupt the uniformity. Employees are pressured to hide problematic information (especially from top management).
*Disagreements/Different perspectives:
Top management will also point out the working and living conditions of international employees to “encourage” local employees to not “complain” or give critical feedback or bring up legitimate problems (e.g., fumes or loud noises from construction in the building).
Management also often commits the "ends (or goals or vision) justify the means" fallacy: the work, the production and distribution of bibles (the ends) being done is more important, so employees shouldn't complain at all about the means or their working conditions (broken chairs, broken or inadequate equipment, poor work-life balance, bad management).
And, if management disagrees with you, with your observations, feedback, suggestions, or theology, they will often try to trump you with spirituality or vague meaningless spiritual terminology instead of using Scripture (properly interpreted), facts and reasoning.
In addition, top managers will take great offense when employees question or disagree with the directions and decisions they make. Dissent is not welcomed. Respectful debates/disagreement is not encouraged. Open discussion and alternative perspectives are not encouraged. Management does not value, support, or respect diverse opinions and ideas. They do not actively seek out different viewpoints. Do not allow people to speak their perspective, their thought of mind. So, there is no psychological safety. Employees do not feel comfortable expressing dissenting opinions without fear of retribution or judgment. Afraid of breaking the little glass image. People do not feel comfortable sharing setbacks, mistakes, failures. Management does not encourage open communication. Management often seeks agreement, instead of posing honest questions that challenge the status quo and provoke critical thinking and discussion. They do not encourage employees to challenge them. In fact, they are seen as a type of complaining or critical feedback and so are viewed as sin. This makes top management seem self-centered.
*Appeals to emotion: Guilt and Shame:
Top management often shares their personal opinions and convictions (e.g., spending money only when absolutely necessary, not accepting large gifts, not buying fancy items) as something everyone should do. It’s never direct. It's always through stories. Management loves stories. The personal convictions of management are presented as more than preferences.
For instance, top management encourages extreme frugality and poverty through their personal anecdotes #loudbudgeting and stories from international cultures. Think along the lines of: “we, here in America, have no right to be sad or to complain about things or to request better things or ask for accommodations or for more employee engagement because others (internationals) have it much worse.” Even wanting better equipment and supplies or asking for better working conditions is frowned upon (in some cases seen as a sin), even if your request helps you to do your job more effectively and makes the work better (a new whiteboard, a new office chair, better computers, etc.)
Example: “You should really try to come in to work even if you feel bad, even if you are snowed in and the roads are hazardous because people need to get our bibles. And our international employees work in much harsher conditions.”
You also get this feeling from the way they communicate that top management would rather not pay their employees. They would prefer it if everyone just worked for free because “we are on a mission from God. We are doing the Lord's work.” There is also a sense that employees should be more than willing to sacrifice their well-being, career goals, financial goals, personal goals for reaching people with their Bibles.
Leadership sets the example and expectations, so this all ends up making employees confused and feeling guilty and ashamed. Guilty and shameful about asks, spending money (even their own). Guilty and shameful about having nice things (new car, new phone, new tv), about making needs known, about sharing concerns regarding work, about asking for raises to keep up with cost of living, etc.
Example: An employee has continued to use an old whiteboard. It is so old it is hard to read and difficult to erase. Management likes to tell donors: “We don't spend money on everyday things like whiteboards…. Instead, we use that money for more bible recordings, for people to hear about Jesus.”
This also causes confusion. Every few months there is a meeting where management discusses how sitting on stores of money is bad, but spending it is also bad, but also not spending it is bad... "Being rich is bad. Money is bad. let's not accumulate money, that's bad. We must think about how people will see what we have. So we should look poor and not appear too frivolous." But top management is okay with receiving gifts from donors and other ministries. Management personally does not like to have nice “fancy” things, and as a ministry, they say FCBH should also not have nice fancy things, they should use the money for other more important things. They don't like when other ministries use their money for nice fancy things, but it's okay if other ministries give FCBH nice fancy things like tote bags, key chains, mugs, phone holders, lunch bags. Another example, it took them years to repaint the parking lot. It was at the point where people did not know where to park. Before repainting, management decided to remodel the hallways and install posters and multiple monitors with language stats.
There is also a subtle sense that producing audio and video bibles is the highest calling one can have. And it's implied that FCBH is the main means God uses to fulfill the great commission: “God needs FCBH to do these bible recordings or people (specifically unreached internationals) will go to hell.” So, top management hints that working anywhere else isn't really serving God (or at least, not serving God as well as one could if they worked somewhere else). They imply that working at this ministry is the only way to truly serve God and fulfill your calling. They also use this framing to guilt and shame employees into not quitting. Management implies that employees should not take opportunities to leave or take other jobs because getting the Bible to people is God’s highest calling for us as Christians:
“If anyone leaves FCBH, then they must not really understand the vision/calling. They are not committed to saving people. We should be willing to give up things to fulfill the calling. The apostles did not pursue better jobs and so God will provide if we need better pay, benefits, career. For those of us who join the ministry to hold true to get God's word to every person, it takes discipline because we have opportunities to do other things. I'm sure that Noah had problems with Builders because he probably had hundreds of people not thousands working on the ark. They started their own businesses and started side things going on. pretty soon they'll have no time to work with him on the ark. and you can have all kinds of diversionary things happen. and so we want to understand they focused in the ministry. and that's been one of the things that I've really tried to do is what did God tell me at the time this ministry began because I was not interested in this ministry. I was interested in living by faith and experiencing God through people and seeing people experience God. and when I was praying about that here in Albuquerque the Lord said bring my church together and make disciples. and then he also told me that when his people think the same they are one. so it's not a matter of getting rid of the buildings or the leaders but it's a matter of people thinking the same. They can go to different denominations, different buildings, have different teachers, and different preachers and leaders but once they think the same, they're one and that's what his objective was. and so that's when I felt like the Lord said get God's word to every person. So I'm challenging us to stay true to what God has called us to do. and every time somebody leaves the ministry there are reasons for leaving. but it startles me a little bit, because I think well we haven't, we haven't communicated the vision very well somehow because they didn't get it. like Noah building the arc. it it's a long project it's not a month or a year two years or three years. our immediate goal is 2033 and it means that we're committed to a cause. and that means some of us we give up something. I we've given up stuff we live in a small apartment and that's what we saw that God had us do and that's our lifestyle we we tone down our lifestyle to get the cause committed to the cause. and and I know that's difficult for some, in some cases maybe there's financial needs because of family growth and stuff there they just can't afford to work in the ministry. but sometimes it's a choice and every time somebody leaves it where it's actually a choice. I think we haven't communicated the mission very good the vision very good. I've been looking at is that could you imagine read reading the New Testament. and finding out that Peter about halfway through or Paul halfway through the ministry all of a sudden got a better job offer. and stopped their portion of the ministry they held the course no matter what happened. whether it was good or whether it was bad. Paul talks about this and sometimes we want to follow the Lord. but we don't impart on ourselves the same responsibilities that those disciples did. so when God Empower them is he empowering you in the same way. and you're making choices that maybe you shouldn't make that you will impart and say the Lord is leading me someplace else when in fact maybe it isn't. it's just a better offer. if the Bible in the New Testament was reading a little bit different than Stephen left the ministry at this point or James left the ministry at this point because of something I think we need to be very very careful and why I say that is that as we work internationally.”
SO, there is a lot of guilt and shame about leaving to pursue other interests or meet needs. Guilt and shame about wanting to leave to advance and develop professionally. For this reason, many remain “loyal” and stay at the ministry.
So there is lots of control and manipulation in the work culture.
*Weekly worship meetings:
These are mandatory and there are some legitimate concerns:
Top management seems to have misconceptions about true worship and worship experiences. They often reduce worship to singing by their communication, the way “worship” is used. Worship is seen as something we do on occasion - once a week, when we gather at work for the mandatory worship time. Top management, by ignoring other styles, seems to believe that there is a single style of worship which is correct for Christians.
And it seems like just about anyone can lead worship or be on the team: anyone that can play an instrument. Top management does not require a worship class or agreement to biblical principles concerning worship as a prerequisite for employees who desire to plan and lead worship experiences. So you end up with people who have different views/philosophies on the worship team. Unfortunately, many who lead do not take the time/effort to plan and lead worship experiences, to discern from songs that are better suited for individual or private worship from songs that are corporate or public worship, to discern songs that are controversial/questionable (have bad theology, weak theology), songs that are theologically ambiguous or songs that lean more towards “feminine” attributes. Most, if not all, of our modern “Christian” worship music is written at a simplistic level of understanding and comprehension. Most music tends to appeal to our emotions. Many songs appeal mostly to women. So there is a great need for teaching on the biblical principles concerning worship. Also a need to choose theologically balanced songs with music appropriate for the people. Unfortunately, many of the songs chosen are theologically incorrect (e.g., having elements from the Word Of Faith movement, New Apostolic Church, New Age). Songs are often not theologically balanced. Songs seem to be chosen for their emotional impact, to make employees feel good; many focus on just one aspect of God (e.g., love). Many promote self-centered worship.
Most of the worship leaders just sing the songs: They do not actually “lead” people into worship. They do not help people connect the lyrics of the song to where they are at in their personal life, to teach them something about God or help the people understand what this song means and what God wants them to get out of it, so they're not just singing songs and just doing, going through the motions or help them understand the depth and the richness of what lyrics mean and how it applies to their life. What matters to them seems to be whether songs are impactful, moving, and beautiful. (Whatever that means.) Whether songs make employees feel good. They don't seem to care whether the songs actually reflect truth: Do the lyrics line up with Scripture? Do the songs glorify self or God? How would new Christians or nonChristians interpret the song?
Theology is the study of God and it's very important doxology is an expression of praise to God so the point here is that all theologies should ultimately lead to doxology if theology doesn't lead to doxology then we've actually missed the point of theology so if you have theology without doxology you just have dead hold orthodoxy which is horrible. On the other side you have the people who say “forget about theology I just want to praise.” But if you have doxology without theology you actually have idolatry because it's just a random expression of praise but it's not actually informed by the truth of who God is so God is
concerned with both he's concerned with an accurate understanding of him and that accurate understanding of him leading to a response of praise adoration and worship towards him.
*Leadership quality:
Top management has more respect for donors and guests than their employees.
Management lacks basic core leadership principles/values:
Unfortunately, many employees are not given power or resources: Management just gives them the responsibility to get things done. Before responsibility is given, employees should be equipped: be empowered, have the authority, be given resources and have the experience. Employees are not empowered as individuals to solve their own problems using their own solutions. Micromanagement is often required every time the situation changes or problems arise. Employees are not inspired to act as leaders for themselves, delivering amazing performance without guidance. They have coaching sessions but only when there’s a problem. True coaching occurs regardless of whether the individual is crushing their goals or falling behind. Management does not seem to care about unlocking a person’s potential and getting the most of their performance. They seem only interested in producing more followers, not more leaders.
No method to hold management accountable to core values listed in their own Employee handbook. Employees are expected to abide by the procedures and rules described in the handbook but top management can choose to ignore it when it is convenient for them.
-Top management are NOT learners: No desire to develop and improve their skills.
-They do not ask employees: What’s one thing you see me doing—or failing to do—that you think I should change?
-They do not ask how they are doing as leaders. Or ask employees how they’re doing.
-They do not ask what employees need from management that they are not giving them.
-No performance evaluations for both management or non-managment.
-They often fail to emotionally connect with employees.
-They do not speak to employees' needs first.
-They do not focus on what they can put into people rather than what they can get out of them.
-They do not understand basic psychology, how people think and behave.
-They are often resistant to (and even hate) change: Perhaps because they fear losing control. In fact, new information, objective facts, research, stats, and even new ideas are often ignored in favor of what's easiest to do or because of tradition. If something has been done and “works”, top management does not see a reason to question it or to improve on it. If something was tried 5, 10, 20, even 50yrs before and failed, top management does not see a reason to try it again even if the exact circumstances have changed.
-They do not empower or give the means, the power or opportunity to do to employees.
-They do not trust others to follow through managing processes and performing tasks.
-They do not lead by example.
-They do not know when to move forward and when to back off, what to improve and how radical those improvements should be.
-They often fail to see options, and plan and prioritize.
-They fail to develop leaders around them.
-Their communication is often poor.
-Their listening is also poor: do not listen for more than facts, but also the feelings, meanings and undercurrents.
-They do not take the time to get to know the people they lead: no weekly check-ins which top organizations have to discuss how employees are doing professionally and personally. Management doesn't ask “what was good this week? What was not good this week? How is your well-being? How is your family?”
Competence in leadership skills is also poor.
-They are not teachable: not willing to keep learning, growing, improving in leadership and management practices: FCBH has a yearly “leadership” summit. But, the way it is set up, it reinforces weaknesses instead of challenging leadership growth.
The summit is also just for a select few in top management. Not every employee is seen as a leader so most employees are excluded.
Top managers attend the summit but there is no followup, no post accountability by other managers and especially by the employees that are under the managers. No discussion on how management will apply what was learned.
Some of the past speakers have had questionable characters and even questionable teachings (Judah Smith). Leadership qualifications and theological background seems to be ignored in favor of charismatics, dynamics, popularity.
-Top management does not take responsibility for their part of a disagreement or failure and apologize.
-They often embrace a victim mentality.
-They often limit yourself by your job title.
-They do not invest in better tools or processes.
-They are content with the status quo.
-They allow their past achievements to stagnate their desire to keep learning.
-There is a lack of discernment, finding the main cause of problems/issues.
-They do not anticipate problems.
-They do not accept the truth of the problem: Do not face up to the reality of the situation;
-They get bogged down in the details.
-They often avoid problems.
-They don’t deal well with problems.
-They do not have their team study all angles.
-They often do not value nontraditional thinking: Don’t embrace change, ambiguity and uncertainty well.
-They do not work well with differences.
-They do not have their own mentors or provide mentorship to others.
-They do not invest to improve their own professional or leadership skills.
-They are often insecure, constantly seek validation, acknowledgement and love.
-They limit employee's success and recognition:
-They do not seem interested in making people successful: Don’t attempt to remove barriers that prevent employees from being successful.
When a team succeeds, management will not give other people credit and instead take the credit themselves.
It seems like some of the people working there were given the title of management, the position, and that alone made them qualified. Management or leaders assume that their position alone qualifies them to make critical decisions where they may not have the best data, insight, wisdom, skill, experience. Just because one may have the word “manger” in the job title, does not automatically make them a great leader. Leadership is about dealing with people, and the dynamics between those people, and influencing people.
*Dead end career path:
For the most part, top management assumes that team members are fine and "settled", rather than taking the time to understand their true feelings and needs. They do not ask employees where they are struggling, where they are having trouble, what frustrates them the most?
Management does not seem interested in making employees better both personally or professionally. They do not have a growth plan or professional development plan for employees. No job related training. They do not provide what is needed to help employees to grow and improve. They don't provide opportunities for employees to apply their talents and expertise. They don’t ask how they can better support employees. Employees don’t check on each other.
One is expected to work until health deteriorates and skills become obsolete so you leave in a worse place than you started. For most employees, there is no long term future with the organization. Management does not let employees know how they are doing and what the future looks like for them. What the opportunities are. They do not take the time to learn from employees what they want to be. No honest conversations to understand employees goals and ambitions. So, because there is no growth or development plan, no career path, once your skills are outdated, they will probably let you go or they will keep you in the same position and your salary will max out.
Management does not coach employees on how to manage their time, priorities, and energy; no teaching on how to problem solve, or make better decisions, or how to set boundaries or how to minimize context switching and zoom fatigue.
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Not democratic/participative. Not transformational. Not Coaching. Very much Autocratic/Authoritative/Coercive. Sometimes Laissez-faire. Style depends on the department.
*Chain of command:
The ministry is seen as a church by top management. Top management are the “elders” and the CEO is the Senior Pastor. Then there is everybody else. So, confidence is put on their positions of authority. They are, in all sense and purposes, the “spiritual leaders”. They present themselves as having spiritual authority and, therefore, as being entitled to receive immediate agreement and unquestioned compliance.
Also, there are multiple management layers or chains which this quote sums up as well:
"When you become an admiral, you never have bad meals and you never hear the truth. there are all these layers of management and buffer layers and each one is afraid to tell unpleasant truth to the top levels.... “
Not a culture of authenticity where everyone on the team, including management, is encouraged, and expected to be who they are. There is a sense that top management puts up a false front, they seem to want to appear perfect. Illusions of invulnerability exist. They always lead well, they always make the right decisions, they never admit mistakes, etc. Want people to think they got it all together- all rainbows and lollipops. Do not exhibit vulnerability. Toxic positivity is also very much present: Everything is seen as “awesome”. So, there is judgment if you have a bad (not "everything is awesome") day.
The vertical chain of command, results in less collaboration, slow communication, lack of career growth, feelings of subordination, and decreased employee empowerment. Top management sets the rules and standards without any input from the “bottom” employees. Employee questions, concerns or ideas have to go up several steps of the chain of command so that upper management can address or approve. The bottom employees do not have the ability to make decisions related to their work or a particular situation. So, not everyone feels equal.
So, if you are not a spiritual leader, you are just basically told to submit and listen to those who are in authority over you because they are the people that “hear from God” and you are not and so whatever they say goes. And they set up a scenario where they basically kept those of us who were not spiritual leaders dependent upon them.
Many in management are overconfident and overestimate their abilities. They have a simple idea of how things are and how things work. Unfortunately, they make decisions that impact entire departments without gaining the needed knowledge.
The chain of command and lack of ongoing training also results in many employees being promoted so much that they max out their competence and will remain there until they leave or are let go. So, you end up with many in the role of management that lack the training and competence of the respective department. So, employees with the most authority are often not the most experienced and not adept in the particular field leading team members. And employees with the most experience and skills and knowledge and wisdom have the least (or no) authority.
Good leaders don’t always claim the “leader” title. Oftentimes, good leaders are those with more understated temperaments. Leadership is as much about listening as it is about telling. However, people with the most open and receptive personalities often do not have much authority.
Also, how the chain of command should operate when there is a unit that acted without proper authorization, it is not a junior authority who’s going to bear a responsibility for that, but somewhat of more senior status. And that’s true in any military or business or ministry operating by a code of ethics. So, if someone at the bottom of the chain is struggling, failing, or making mistakes, those at the top of the chain bear full responsibility. Everything stands or falls on leadership. Unfortunately, the chain at FCBH is not two directional.
There is also a sense that top management promotes employees who are least-competent but pose no risk to their own position (in-group bias) to management.
*Feedback:
Work environment or culture is not set up for employees to give honest feedback/opinions or to deliver bad news or to question or disagree with management.
Sample bias is also common. Management will send an email asking for feedback but they won't consider how only the people who are open to talking and sharing their opinions will participate while others won’t. Bias arises because employees with specific characteristics (e.g., extroverts) might be more likely to agree to participate than others, making the participants a non-representative sample. People with strong opinions or substantial knowledge about a specific topic may be more willing to give feedback than those without. Management does not follow up to determine why they are unresponsive or follow up frequently to reduce attrition.
Management claims they want to hear from employees, but they only want opinions and ideas on matters that are superficial or trivial. So, few employees give candid feedback on important and significant matters.
Top management does not involve employees in the change process when changes occur.
Management does not ask for honest feedback on their leadership or on decisions that are made that affect employees. Management will not ask how they are doing as leaders, what employees need from them. No regular check-ins or 1:1 on employees’ professional and personal well-being. Are employees stressed, disappointed or feeling burdened physically, emotionally or spiritually? No growth and career discussions.
Management will ignore most feedback, comments, suggestions even when it's common knowledge but will adamantly listen to employees who preface with "God told me to tell you..." Or “I felt God say …” or “God spoke to me and said…”
For example, management started focusing on Gen Z only after a few people claimed that “God told us that Gen Z are important for our future business growth.” In another instance, someone said “God gave us this word: we as a ministry need to really consider how everyone is wired, how each person is different. How people have different personalities.” Then, management affirmed this “word from God.”
If one employee brings something up to management it is often ignored and the employee is gaslighted. If two or more employees bring the same thing to management, then God is communicating something and they take it seriously (per Matt 18). Even if it is just coincidence or frequency bias.
*Groupthink/Conformity:
Groupthink, confirmation bias, in-group bias, illusions of unanimity, and self-censorship is very prevalent in the culture and especially in their meetings. There is a lot of direct pressure to not question, to conform, to agree with the views and personal convictions of the top management. Employees condemn those who disagree or question top management and they accept those who agree, creating immense pressure for conformity.
So, many employees frequently remain quiet, preferring to “keep the peace” rather than disrupt the uniformity. Employees are pressured to hide problematic information (especially from top management).
*Disagreements/Different perspectives:
Top management will also point out the working and living conditions of international employees to “encourage” local employees to not “complain” or give critical feedback or bring up legitimate problems (e.g., fumes or loud noises from construction in the building).
Management also often commits the "ends (or goals or vision) justify the means" fallacy: the work, the production and distribution of bibles (the ends) being done is more important, so employees shouldn't complain at all about the means or their working conditions (broken chairs, broken or inadequate equipment, poor work-life balance, bad management).
And, if management disagrees with you, with your observations, feedback, suggestions, or theology, they will often try to trump you with spirituality or vague meaningless spiritual terminology instead of using Scripture (properly interpreted), facts and reasoning.
In addition, top managers will take great offense when employees question or disagree with the directions and decisions they make. Dissent is not welcomed. Respectful debates/disagreement is not encouraged. Open discussion and alternative perspectives are not encouraged. Management does not value, support, or respect diverse opinions and ideas. They do not actively seek out different viewpoints. Do not allow people to speak their perspective, their thought of mind. So, there is no psychological safety. Employees do not feel comfortable expressing dissenting opinions without fear of retribution or judgment. Afraid of breaking the little glass image. People do not feel comfortable sharing setbacks, mistakes, failures. Management does not encourage open communication. Management often seeks agreement, instead of posing honest questions that challenge the status quo and provoke critical thinking and discussion. They do not encourage employees to challenge them. In fact, they are seen as a type of complaining or critical feedback and so are viewed as sin. This makes top management seem self-centered.
*Appeals to emotion: Guilt and Shame:
Top management often shares their personal opinions and convictions (e.g., spending money only when absolutely necessary, not accepting large gifts, not buying fancy items) as something everyone should do. It’s never direct. It's always through stories. Management loves stories. The personal convictions of management are presented as more than preferences.
For instance, top management encourages extreme frugality and poverty through their personal anecdotes #loudbudgeting and stories from international cultures. Think along the lines of: “we, here in America, have no right to be sad or to complain about things or to request better things or ask for accommodations or for more employee engagement because others (internationals) have it much worse.” Even wanting better equipment and supplies or asking for better working conditions is frowned upon (in some cases seen as a sin), even if your request helps you to do your job more effectively and makes the work better (a new whiteboard, a new office chair, better computers, etc.)
Example: “You should really try to come in to work even if you feel bad, even if you are snowed in and the roads are hazardous because people need to get our bibles. And our international employees work in much harsher conditions.”
You also get this feeling from the way they communicate that top management would rather not pay their employees. They would prefer it if everyone just worked for free because “we are on a mission from God. We are doing the Lord's work.” There is also a sense that employees should be more than willing to sacrifice their well-being, career goals, financial goals, personal goals for reaching people with their Bibles.
Leadership sets the example and expectations, so this all ends up making employees confused and feeling guilty and ashamed. Guilty and shameful about asks, spending money (even their own). Guilty and shameful about having nice things (new car, new phone, new tv), about making needs known, about sharing concerns regarding work, about asking for raises to keep up with cost of living, etc.
Example: An employee has continued to use an old whiteboard. It is so old it is hard to read and difficult to erase. Management likes to tell donors: “We don't spend money on everyday things like whiteboards…. Instead, we use that money for more bible recordings, for people to hear about Jesus.”
This also causes confusion. Every few months there is a meeting where management discusses how sitting on stores of money is bad, but spending it is also bad, but also not spending it is bad... "Being rich is bad. Money is bad. let's not accumulate money, that's bad. We must think about how people will see what we have. So we should look poor and not appear too frivolous." But top management is okay with receiving gifts from donors and other ministries. Management personally does not like to have nice “fancy” things, and as a ministry, they say FCBH should also not have nice fancy things, they should use the money for other more important things. They don't like when other ministries use their money for nice fancy things, but it's okay if other ministries give FCBH nice fancy things like tote bags, key chains, mugs, phone holders, lunch bags. Another example, it took them years to repaint the parking lot. It was at the point where people did not know where to park. Before repainting, management decided to remodel the hallways and install posters and multiple monitors with language stats.
There is also a subtle sense that producing audio and video bibles is the highest calling one can have. And it's implied that FCBH is the main means God uses to fulfill the great commission: “God needs FCBH to do these bible recordings or people (specifically unreached internationals) will go to hell.” So, top management hints that working anywhere else isn't really serving God (or at least, not serving God as well as one could if they worked somewhere else). They imply that working at this ministry is the only way to truly serve God and fulfill your calling. They also use this framing to guilt and shame employees into not quitting. Management implies that employees should not take opportunities to leave or take other jobs because getting the Bible to people is God’s highest calling for us as Christians:
“If anyone leaves FCBH, then they must not really understand the vision/calling. They are not committed to saving people. We should be willing to give up things to fulfill the calling. The apostles did not pursue better jobs and so God will provide if we need better pay, benefits, career. For those of us who join the ministry to hold true to get God's word to every person, it takes discipline because we have opportunities to do other things. I'm sure that Noah had problems with Builders because he probably had hundreds of people not thousands working on the ark. They started their own businesses and started side things going on. pretty soon they'll have no time to work with him on the ark. and you can have all kinds of diversionary things happen. and so we want to understand they focused in the ministry. and that's been one of the things that I've really tried to do is what did God tell me at the time this ministry began because I was not interested in this ministry. I was interested in living by faith and experiencing God through people and seeing people experience God. and when I was praying about that here in Albuquerque the Lord said bring my church together and make disciples. and then he also told me that when his people think the same they are one. so it's not a matter of getting rid of the buildings or the leaders but it's a matter of people thinking the same. They can go to different denominations, different buildings, have different teachers, and different preachers and leaders but once they think the same, they're one and that's what his objective was. and so that's when I felt like the Lord said get God's word to every person. So I'm challenging us to stay true to what God has called us to do. and every time somebody leaves the ministry there are reasons for leaving. but it startles me a little bit, because I think well we haven't, we haven't communicated the vision very well somehow because they didn't get it. like Noah building the arc. it it's a long project it's not a month or a year two years or three years. our immediate goal is 2033 and it means that we're committed to a cause. and that means some of us we give up something. I we've given up stuff we live in a small apartment and that's what we saw that God had us do and that's our lifestyle we we tone down our lifestyle to get the cause committed to the cause. and and I know that's difficult for some, in some cases maybe there's financial needs because of family growth and stuff there they just can't afford to work in the ministry. but sometimes it's a choice and every time somebody leaves it where it's actually a choice. I think we haven't communicated the mission very good the vision very good. I've been looking at is that could you imagine read reading the New Testament. and finding out that Peter about halfway through or Paul halfway through the ministry all of a sudden got a better job offer. and stopped their portion of the ministry they held the course no matter what happened. whether it was good or whether it was bad. Paul talks about this and sometimes we want to follow the Lord. but we don't impart on ourselves the same responsibilities that those disciples did. so when God Empower them is he empowering you in the same way. and you're making choices that maybe you shouldn't make that you will impart and say the Lord is leading me someplace else when in fact maybe it isn't. it's just a better offer. if the Bible in the New Testament was reading a little bit different than Stephen left the ministry at this point or James left the ministry at this point because of something I think we need to be very very careful and why I say that is that as we work internationally.”
SO, there is a lot of guilt and shame about leaving to pursue other interests or meet needs. Guilt and shame about wanting to leave to advance and develop professionally. For this reason, many remain “loyal” and stay at the ministry.
So there is lots of control and manipulation in the work culture.
*Weekly worship meetings:
These are mandatory and there are some legitimate concerns:
Top management seems to have misconceptions about true worship and worship experiences. They often reduce worship to singing by their communication, the way “worship” is used. Worship is seen as something we do on occasion - once a week, when we gather at work for the mandatory worship time. Top management, by ignoring other styles, seems to believe that there is a single style of worship which is correct for Christians.
And it seems like just about anyone can lead worship or be on the team: anyone that can play an instrument. Top management does not require a worship class or agreement to biblical principles concerning worship as a prerequisite for employees who desire to plan and lead worship experiences. So you end up with people who have different views/philosophies on the worship team. Unfortunately, many who lead do not take the time/effort to plan and lead worship experiences, to discern from songs that are better suited for individual or private worship from songs that are corporate or public worship, to discern songs that are controversial/questionable (have bad theology, weak theology), songs that are theologically ambiguous or songs that lean more towards “feminine” attributes. Most, if not all, of our modern “Christian” worship music is written at a simplistic level of understanding and comprehension. Most music tends to appeal to our emotions. Many songs appeal mostly to women. So there is a great need for teaching on the biblical principles concerning worship. Also a need to choose theologically balanced songs with music appropriate for the people. Unfortunately, many of the songs chosen are theologically incorrect (e.g., having elements from the Word Of Faith movement, New Apostolic Church, New Age). Songs are often not theologically balanced. Songs seem to be chosen for their emotional impact, to make employees feel good; many focus on just one aspect of God (e.g., love). Many promote self-centered worship.
Most of the worship leaders just sing the songs: They do not actually “lead” people into worship. They do not help people connect the lyrics of the song to where they are at in their personal life, to teach them something about God or help the people understand what this song means and what God wants them to get out of it, so they're not just singing songs and just doing, going through the motions or help them understand the depth and the richness of what lyrics mean and how it applies to their life. What matters to them seems to be whether songs are impactful, moving, and beautiful. (Whatever that means.) Whether songs make employees feel good. They don't seem to care whether the songs actually reflect truth: Do the lyrics line up with Scripture? Do the songs glorify self or God? How would new Christians or nonChristians interpret the song?
Theology is the study of God and it's very important doxology is an expression of praise to God so the point here is that all theologies should ultimately lead to doxology if theology doesn't lead to doxology then we've actually missed the point of theology so if you have theology without doxology you just have dead hold orthodoxy which is horrible. On the other side you have the people who say “forget about theology I just want to praise.” But if you have doxology without theology you actually have idolatry because it's just a random expression of praise but it's not actually informed by the truth of who God is so God is
concerned with both he's concerned with an accurate understanding of him and that accurate understanding of him leading to a response of praise adoration and worship towards him.
*Leadership quality:
Top management has more respect for donors and guests than their employees.
Management lacks basic core leadership principles/values:
Unfortunately, many employees are not given power or resources: Management just gives them the responsibility to get things done. Before responsibility is given, employees should be equipped: be empowered, have the authority, be given resources and have the experience. Employees are not empowered as individuals to solve their own problems using their own solutions. Micromanagement is often required every time the situation changes or problems arise. Employees are not inspired to act as leaders for themselves, delivering amazing performance without guidance. They have coaching sessions but only when there’s a problem. True coaching occurs regardless of whether the individual is crushing their goals or falling behind. Management does not seem to care about unlocking a person’s potential and getting the most of their performance. They seem only interested in producing more followers, not more leaders.
No method to hold management accountable to core values listed in their own Employee handbook. Employees are expected to abide by the procedures and rules described in the handbook but top management can choose to ignore it when it is convenient for them.
-Top management are NOT learners: No desire to develop and improve their skills.
-They do not ask employees: What’s one thing you see me doing—or failing to do—that you think I should change?
-They do not ask how they are doing as leaders. Or ask employees how they’re doing.
-They do not ask what employees need from management that they are not giving them.
-No performance evaluations for both management or non-managment.
-They often fail to emotionally connect with employees.
-They do not speak to employees' needs first.
-They do not focus on what they can put into people rather than what they can get out of them.
-They do not understand basic psychology, how people think and behave.
-They are often resistant to (and even hate) change: Perhaps because they fear losing control. In fact, new information, objective facts, research, stats, and even new ideas are often ignored in favor of what's easiest to do or because of tradition. If something has been done and “works”, top management does not see a reason to question it or to improve on it. If something was tried 5, 10, 20, even 50yrs before and failed, top management does not see a reason to try it again even if the exact circumstances have changed.
-They do not empower or give the means, the power or opportunity to do to employees.
-They do not trust others to follow through managing processes and performing tasks.
-They do not lead by example.
-They do not know when to move forward and when to back off, what to improve and how radical those improvements should be.
-They often fail to see options, and plan and prioritize.
-They fail to develop leaders around them.
-Their communication is often poor.
-Their listening is also poor: do not listen for more than facts, but also the feelings, meanings and undercurrents.
-They do not take the time to get to know the people they lead: no weekly check-ins which top organizations have to discuss how employees are doing professionally and personally. Management doesn't ask “what was good this week? What was not good this week? How is your well-being? How is your family?”
Competence in leadership skills is also poor.
-They are not teachable: not willing to keep learning, growing, improving in leadership and management practices: FCBH has a yearly “leadership” summit. But, the way it is set up, it reinforces weaknesses instead of challenging leadership growth.
The summit is also just for a select few in top management. Not every employee is seen as a leader so most employees are excluded.
Top managers attend the summit but there is no followup, no post accountability by other managers and especially by the employees that are under the managers. No discussion on how management will apply what was learned.
Some of the past speakers have had questionable characters and even questionable teachings (Judah Smith). Leadership qualifications and theological background seems to be ignored in favor of charismatics, dynamics, popularity.
-Top management does not take responsibility for their part of a disagreement or failure and apologize.
-They often embrace a victim mentality.
-They often limit yourself by your job title.
-They do not invest in better tools or processes.
-They are content with the status quo.
-They allow their past achievements to stagnate their desire to keep learning.
-There is a lack of discernment, finding the main cause of problems/issues.
-They do not anticipate problems.
-They do not accept the truth of the problem: Do not face up to the reality of the situation;
-They get bogged down in the details.
-They often avoid problems.
-They don’t deal well with problems.
-They do not have their team study all angles.
-They often do not value nontraditional thinking: Don’t embrace change, ambiguity and uncertainty well.
-They do not work well with differences.
-They do not have their own mentors or provide mentorship to others.
-They do not invest to improve their own professional or leadership skills.
-They are often insecure, constantly seek validation, acknowledgement and love.
-They limit employee's success and recognition:
-They do not seem interested in making people successful: Don’t attempt to remove barriers that prevent employees from being successful.
- They often feel threatened by accomplishments by employees who are not management:
When a team succeeds, management will not give other people credit and instead take the credit themselves.
It seems like some of the people working there were given the title of management, the position, and that alone made them qualified. Management or leaders assume that their position alone qualifies them to make critical decisions where they may not have the best data, insight, wisdom, skill, experience. Just because one may have the word “manger” in the job title, does not automatically make them a great leader. Leadership is about dealing with people, and the dynamics between those people, and influencing people.
*Dead end career path:
For the most part, top management assumes that team members are fine and "settled", rather than taking the time to understand their true feelings and needs. They do not ask employees where they are struggling, where they are having trouble, what frustrates them the most?
Management does not seem interested in making employees better both personally or professionally. They do not have a growth plan or professional development plan for employees. No job related training. They do not provide what is needed to help employees to grow and improve. They don't provide opportunities for employees to apply their talents and expertise. They don’t ask how they can better support employees. Employees don’t check on each other.
One is expected to work until health deteriorates and skills become obsolete so you leave in a worse place than you started. For most employees, there is no long term future with the organization. Management does not let employees know how they are doing and what the future looks like for them. What the opportunities are. They do not take the time to learn from employees what they want to be. No honest conversations to understand employees goals and ambitions. So, because there is no growth or development plan, no career path, once your skills are outdated, they will probably let you go or they will keep you in the same position and your salary will max out.
Management does not coach employees on how to manage their time, priorities, and energy; no teaching on how to problem solve, or make better decisions, or how to set boundaries or how to minimize context switching and zoom fatigue.
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