I’m being serious when I say my mom has been dieting all my life. It’s insane to really think about. It also in some ways makes me wonder if my mom regrets my birth. She was thin and had beautiful skin before I was born but once she got pregnant with me it all went down hill. As soon as she was able to she started trying to lose weight.
It started off simple. Healthy diets and more green veg. Then it got more extreme, weight watchers, Jenny Craig the cabbage soup diet and Slimfast. She tried hydroxycut but soon had to get off of it because she had HBP and it would worsen her condition. She would stop here and there throughout the years then randomly pick it up again only to drop it shortly after. By the time I was in HS I was used to her randomly announcing she was going to diet again. When the paleo diet kicked off she did it, when the keto diet became big she tried it. But she never kept up with any of them. I felt bad watching her panic over a pound or two or complaining about her pant size going up. I always told her to just try the most basic form of dieting; eating less and working out consistently.
But she never did that, instead she’d do the bone broth diet or the intermittent fasting diet. She still does those two diets here and there and each time I remind her; these diets only offer temporary relief. Now at this point, she’s approaching 55 I just want her to enjoy herself. I feel like now she should accept herself and just let herself enjoy the foods she wants without feeling guilty. It’s hard watching her try all these weird workouts only to never actually stay on track and to give up. So many unused exercise equipment rots away because she gives up on it within 2 months. She got herself a stationary bike, a recumbent bike, a desk bike and of course, a regular bike all sitting around collecting dust.
I applaud her effort, I really do but for fucks sake I think it’s time to throw in the towel. She swears she isn’t dieting anymore but she is. She bought hiking sticks a while back because she heard it’s a good workout to do while walking. They’re currently in the closet untouched. She bought a small trampoline to use for working out, she set it up and still hasn’t used it. Right now she’s on an aerobic walking video that she does every morning next to her untouched trampoline.
I’m glad she’s trying to be active and I’m not saying I want my mom to live her life as a couch potato. I just want her to enjoy herself while she’s able to.

I passed the Power PE Exam and wanted to share what I did to help my fellow EEs pass too! I studied since January and took my exam April 23. My goal was to study for at least two hours daily (I studied for about 6 hrs Saturdays and Sundays). Total Study time around 250 hrs. I took 3 days off work to give myself a full week off of work to study prior to the exam. I recommend you take some time off before the exam.
I purchased Electrical PE Review on-demand course and focused mainly on reviewing Zach Stone's material and completing the end-of-chapter quizzes for the first two months. The last month and a half I only did practice exams and quizzes. I did the NCEES Practice Exam twice and both times timed myself. I did 4 hrs on Saturday and 4 hrs on Sunday. After grading myself I went over the all the problems and made sure I understood the concepts and the reasoning. I also wrote down any equations that I used that was NOT in the handbook. Here is a list of all the exams I took in order and my scores:

• NCEES Practice Exam (48%)
• Zach Stone's Electrical PE Review 80 AIT Practice Problems (51.25%)
• NCEES Practice Exam (2nd Attempt) (87.5%)
• Zach Stone's Electrical PE Review Practice Exam and Technical Study Guide (61.25%)

How I felt prior to the exam: I felt like I was ready to get it over with. I had been studying for about 3.5 months and wanted to at least attempt it. You will always feel like you can study more.
Exam Day: I finished the first half of the exam in 3.5 hours. I had to guess on about five problems that I just did not have any idea how to solve. Took 30 min break, went to my car to relax, have lunch, and review some concepts that I did not see much of in the first half. The second half of the exam was about the same level of difficulty. I finished in 3.5 hours again and spent the rest of time figuring out creative was to guess on about five problems. Even though I had to guess there was a bit of logic behind my guesses that made me feel better.
Overall opinion on the exam questions: I think the actual exam was overall easier than the practice exams I did. I did have to guess on a few problems, maybe around 10-15 total. There were some guesses that I felt ok on and some I just had no idea. I think the key for me was to always keep going. Don't stop. Just keep solving problem after problem. It truly is a marathon.
Comparison of practice exam to actual PE exam: I maybe saw two or three problems that were similar to the NCEES practice exam. I would recommend you learn how to solve all if not 90% of the NCEES Practice exam problems. I thought the actual exam was a bit easier than the exams I used to study.
When I left the exam I felt like I passed. I was somewhat surprised at the amount I had to guess on. It was not as many as I was anticipating. Even though I thought I had passed, there was doubt just because there are some answers that if you do one thing wrong the wrong answer will still be a solution in the list of multiple choice answers to choose from. NCEES is tricky like that.
Opinion on the Practice Exams: I liked all the practice exams I did and would recommend you try those and compare your results with mine. They were all very educational with a good mix of concepts. I memorized maybe 10 total formulas but in the end I maybe used one of them if that. So I don't think you need to memorize a ton. I would focus on understanding the concepts.
Tips:
I made a letter sized sheet of paper for only the main concepts that I still had trouble on from each section and would review those sheets only daily (like index cards). After taking a practice exam, I would add any equations that I did not know to these sheets (there weren't that many). I would also review Induction and Sync. machines and make sure you understand the concepts and tests. Be comfortable knowing when you need to use sqrt(3) and when not to.
If you put in the time as I did and are consistent you will pass, no doubt about it. Good luck and hope this helps!

Before I start this, I just want to answer some question I know I’ll probably have to answer later, or share some information that might be important.

1. I have gone no contact with him. (He tries to bait me into talking to him.) Only my friend group knows about the alcohol.
   
2. I know for a fact he drinks, I was with him once when he did it.
   
3. It’s not his parent’s fault, he sneaks it from open vodka bottles in their refrigerator.
   
4. I know he is drinking while underage, I plan to report him to the school counselor if he doesn’t seek help.
   
5. We’re both gay, though I do not like him like that in any way shape or form. He swears up and down he doesn’t like me like that either, but take that how you will.
   
6. He has allegedly been drinking since he was 7. I can neither confirm nor deny this.
   
7. He blames all of his problems on the alcohol.
   

I, 16m, was friends with another boy, 15m, for roughly 4 years. We used to call each other every day to play games. Every single day for 4 years. Everything was fine until I started hanging out with our other (mutual) friends.
After I started hanging out with other people, he began to get very jealous and bitter towards me and the friend I was talking to. He would act annoyed and upset whenever I would do things with my other friends, even though it’s the same things I would do with him. This is when the arguing began. He would make snarky comments toward me indirectly through his bio on either a game we play together or the app we use to text and call. He would always deny that it is about me, even if it was blatantly obvious. (For example, I used to give myself nicknames on the game we play together. He combined the starting letter of the 3 I've used and said something along the lines of “ABC gave me everything but real love.”)
We would argue like this and he would come to school like nothing happened and act friendly towards me, even if it was obvious that I didn’t want to act friendly with him. He would also frequently block me for absolutely no reason, and unblock me after a few hours. If I asked for a reason, he would get mad and change the subject. Of course, I got tired of this and blocked him back one day. To nobody’s surprise, the next day at school he was talking to me and making jokes like absolutely nothing happened.
One day, he even decided it would be a great idea to ignore me while I was sitting right next to him. I would talk to him, wave my hand in front of him to get his attention, and even tap his shoulder. No response. I obviously got fed up with him and let my friends know in a group chat that he isn’t in what was going on incase they were curious why either of us were annoyed. (This wasn't the best idea, I know, however he gets mad when I hang out or talk to them differently than I do with him so the most logical thing to do was to not let him know when I hang out or text with them.)
Before this next part, I have to go back a little bit. Because we would play games together, we would log into each other’s account to farm or grind for something the other wants. This lead to him knowing my password and email. Since he saw me typing on my phone, he saw the group chat that doesn’t have him in it. He took that as a sign that I was talking shit about him to our friends (I truly was not.) and decided to try and hack my account. Luckily, I’ve always used a secondary email on the games we play, so he only got my old account.
Not knowing that this happened, I forgave him for everything that he did prior. A few days later, at the end of school before I left, we were talking when he said the name of my secondary account. Of course, I asked how he knew about it, and he said he logged in. I obviously got very angry at him for this, as I had not given him permission whatsoever. I told him I would have showed him my messages had he just simply asked. This caused him to get angry at me for being angry at him. (He also got angry at me when he got the notifications that he had been removed from my email. I also changed my passwords, have no fear.)
After discussing this with our mutual friends, they confirmed that what he did was not okay. Because I was getting more distant from him, he thought that he should buddy up to someone else in our friend group. (He barely speaks to anyone else if he doesn’t have to.) Of course, he chose the one person that he supposedly hates based on past events. (Not my story to share, I apologize.)
(I don’t remember this part all too well so take it with a grain of salt.) After a while, I decided to give him another chance. We had a conversation where I brought up all of the issues I had with him in a few paragraphs. (Mainly stuff about boundaries and respecting me. Also for pulling my hair whenever he got the chance even though I told him multiple times on multiple occasions to stop.) His response was changing the subject to something different, and about me. I promptly him shut down, however, as he was bringing up stuff that I didn’t do, insisting that he at least acknowledges his problems instead of pretending everything is fine. This ultimately lead to him getting angry and ending the conversation with his signature “Okay. Bye.”
He then went back to pretending everything was normal with me, though he was talking shit about me in a group chat with our mutual online friends and one of our real life friends (The one he hated that I mentioned previously.) She would tell me everything he said about me, but she didn’t want to get involved so I couldn’t call him out for any of it. At this point, I was just tired of fighting, so I went with it. Many more minor arguments happened after this. I won’t include details for the sake of this post not being too unbearably long, since what happened was basically the previous fight over and over.
A while later, one of our friends called him out for his shit, as I had been letting them know what was going on for every argument we had. He got really heated over this, and told her to kill herself and that he never valued her as a friend. She gave no shits at all. He was promptly removed, or left on his own, from all of the group chats with her in them except our main server. They had each other blocked, though to nobody’s surprise that didn’t stop him from talking about her or to her in the server.
Though 2 out of 5 people in our friend group wanted nothing to do with him, that didn’t stop him from sitting with us and trying to joke around with us like nothing happened. For a while, everything was fine. I wasn’t talking to him, he wasn’t talking to me. Another fight happened between him and the friend he hated before, but that isn’t my story to tell either, sorry. The only thing I can say about the fight is that he mentioned his alcohol addiction.
One thing lead to another and I decided to give him one last chance. Again. So, I had another conversation with him, letting him know that im serious about unfriending him if he doesn’t talk to his therapist about the alcohol, jealousy, and obsession with me.
I gave him until the end of the week to talk to his therapist, or I’m gone. Everything was fine until the weekend. I went on a trip to Dollywood on the weekend, 4 of my friends being there. He of course did not come on the trip, as he isn’t in the school club that took us. I asked him on Sunday if he had talked to his therapist about anything yet, and he had said no. I rightfully blocked him, just as I said I would. He proceeded to play the victim and started asking our friends what he did wrong, pretending that I hadn’t told him anything about blocking him.
I unblocked him momentarily to send a message on why I did it. I told him blatantly that if he didn’t talk to his therapist I would block him, and he did not. I may have been a little harsh with my words, but keep in mind that I have given him many chances to grow and learn from his mistakes that he has not taken. He needs help, and I can’t help him. I wished him the best, but told him that the best is not something I am capable of giving him.
After I blocked him again, he edited one of his messages to “call me out” for not doing what he wanted. He claims that I should’ve just listened to his issues and tell him everything was fine instead of letting him know that what he’s doing is wrong. He doesn’t want help, he wants someone to ignore his problems. I told him that im not that person and im tired of pretending I am. He proceeded to make his bio things along the lines of “You never actually loved me” once more.
After his numerous attempts at getting me to talk to him by making his bio about me, I got fed up. I confronted him, letting him know that I don’t want to be friends with him, I don’t want anything to do with him, and that he needs to stop talking about me in his bio. He of course pretended his issues didn’t exist, instead telling me that he would get help for real this time. I let him know that he just admitted to not trying to get help the first time, and that in lying to me, he broke my trust in him.
Because I knew he wouldn’t try to get help, I blocked him after saying goodbye once more. This is when he started openly shit talking me and the friend that called him out one single time. He changed his bio to things about my body he knew I was insecure about, such as my forehead. While I admit that this wasn’t the best thing to do, I gave him a taste of his own medicine. He’s a bigger individual, and he’s told me that he’s insecure about his weight.
Again, I apologize for what I said to him, I was angry when I said it. He said I have a sixhead, so I retaliated with seventeen stomach and that he can’t be talking about me when he looks 5 years pregnant. I mean no hate to pregnant people, I was angry at him when I said it. I do not condone rudeness towards plus sized or pregnant individuals. Back to the story.
He made a post on a platform we all use about how he hates Taylor Swift fans, especially the blonde ones. (Ironic when he was talking about how he liked her a while ago. Also, the friend that called him out is blonde and a big Taylor Swift fan.) So, in retaliation, our other, OTHER friend commented the username to his twitter account where he actively reposts nsfw images of gay furries, often depicted as children. I was the only person that knew about it, since he reposted such images and showed them to me in class, to my discomfort. I am usually not one to air out dirty laundry like that, however he had done something similar to me a while back, and I honestly didn’t care how it would make him feel.
I took another page out of his book and edited my message since we had each other blocked, telling him to stop shit talking me in his bio, and that I wanted nothing to do with him. Since that happened, he hasn’t made his bio anything about me, instead changing it to some joke about being 5 years pregnant.
Nobody has told me that what I’ve done was wrong, I just would like to make sure that I’m not in the wrong here. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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In the pursuit of purity, scientists often employ a range of techniques to separate the desired particles from the unwanted ones. In the case of polymersomes, purification is a crucial step in ensuring the quality and consistency of these complex nanostructures. In this essay, we’ll delve into the world of centrifugation and gel permeation chromatography (GPC), exploring how these techniques are used to purify polymersomes by size and molecular weight.
The journey begins with centrifugation, a process that separates particles based on their size and density. The initial step involves removing micelles from the solution using the KrosFlow filtration system, as we discussed earlier. The resulting solution is then centrifuged at 500 Rotational Centrifugal Force (RCF) for 20 minutes, causing the largest aggregate fraction to precipitate out of solution. This pellet is removed and resuspended in PBS, creating a fraction that contains the largest polymersomes.
But the process doesn’t stop there. The supernatant is then re-centrifuged at 2000 RCF for 20 minutes, and the resulting pellet is removed and resuspended, constituting fraction 1. This process is repeated multiple times, with further 20-minute centrifugations at 5000, 10000, 15000, and 20000 RCF. Each time, the pellet is removed and resuspended, creating a series of fractions that contain polymersomes of decreasing size.
The next step is purification by GPC, a technique that separates particles based on their molecular weight. The polymersome solution, now free of micelles and aggregates, is concentrated to approximately 200 μL using a 500 kDa MicroKros filter module. The solution is then placed in a glass liquid chromatography column containing Sepharose 4B, a porous matrix that allows smaller molecules to pass through while retaining larger ones.
As the solution flows through the column, the polymersomes are separated based on their molecular weight, with the largest molecules eluting first. The fractions are collected in a 96-well plate, and Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) measurements are performed on a Zetasizer Nano ZS to determine the size and polydispersity of each fraction.
The result is a series of highly purified polymersome fractions, each with a narrow size distribution and minimal impurities. This level of purity is essential for downstream applications, where the consistency and quality of the polymersomes can make all the difference.
In the end, the art of purification is a testament to human ingenuity and the power of science. By combining centrifugation and GPC, scientists can create highly purified polymersomes that are tailored to specific applications. Whether it’s in medicine, biotechnology, or materials science, the pursuit of purity is a crucial step in unlocking the full potential of these complex nanostructures.

“It can be intimidating to see a swarm of bees the size of your house,” swarm chaser Carl Korschgen said, “but they are actually less aggressive than when they’re in a hive, by a factor of ten.”
Korschen, who has been keeping bees since 2009, belongs to the Boone Regional Beekeeping Association. The group coordinates classes for beekeepers of all experience levels that outline how to start a hive, catch a swarm and follow safety protocols such as wearing proper protective equipment to avoid accidental stings.
The association held a swarm-catching class April 21 in Korschgen’s barn.
“Catching swarms for me is just as fun as catching a lunkermouth bass,” Korschen said.
Members of the Boone Regional Beekeeping Association, including Korschen, encourage trained individuals to catch their own bees.
“Catching swarms is beneficial to the bee population because research out of Cornell University indicates 90% of uncaught swarms won’t make it through the next winter,” he said.
Christina Todd, who keeps bees at Todd Farms, said the size of swarms can vary based on time of year.
“A primary swarm early in the season is usually 10,000 bees. Secondary swarms later on usually are about 5,000,” Todd said. “If disease strikes or the queen is failing, the whole hive might leave and not come back.”
Swarming starts in early April in mid-Missouri. Bees wake up as warm weather moves in, but producing a new queen can take between 18 and 21 days.
“The bees need a new queen,” Todd added. “Without the queen, there’s nothing for them. They won’t move.”
While some people might panic when they see a swarm and race to exterminate the bees, calling someone to catch the swarm could preserve the insects and protect the environment, while still removing the uninvited inhabitants quickly.
“The big thing for me is that bees are responsible for pollinating about 80% to 90% of our food,” Todd said.
If a homeowner sees a swarm, Korschgen and Todd recommend going to the Boone Beekeeping Association website, finding the list of chasers and calling numbers on the list. The group meets the third Sunday of each month at 3 p.m. at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Ruby groaned as the alarm went off signaling that one of her charges had arrived back from their mission. While troublesome in its own right, what really got under her skin was that she only had one charge at the moment, and that edge lord piece of shit wasn’t supposed to complete his task for AT LEAST another 4 deca-cycles according to the prediction algorithm. Grumbling to herself, she rolled out of bed and poured herself a glass of water to offset the hangover she was trying to recover from.

A few moments later she was gliding down the hall to the meeting room. She knew Jason was going to pitch a fit that she had left him waiting, the self-entitled brat always did think the world revolved around him; but perhaps he should have thought about that before freaking dying so early. If he wanted her to be there to meet him upon death, he could at least have the decency to not die the morning after one of her binges.

Other staff members gave her a wide berth, even if it was a hollow title, she was still technically far above basically anyone else in the pecking order, at least those who had a physical presence within the Agency. She knew they all mocked her behind her back, even divine beings were sadly prone towards gossip. She put the anger at her subordinates/coworkers out of her mind for now; even if she didn’t particularly LIKE Jason, he still didn’t deserve her coming in with baggage.

Lost in her thoughts, she hadn’t noticed that she’d arrived in front of the conference room door. She had been mulling over her thoughts, just staring into nothingness, for several minutes before she finally snapped back to the present. With a soft rap on the door, she opened it and floated inside. Jason was lounging, sprawled out on the regally padded chair throne he so fancied.

They exchanged pleasantries before she sat down to go over the mission summary. Upon seeing the cause of death, she had regrettably lost her composure and started to laugh uncontrollably. Her mighty subordinate had been felled by a goblin?! The mighty Jason Alexander Coyle, “mercenary extraordinaire”, had gotten his shit kicked in by a lowly goblin using what looked like a shiny butter knife. Oh, it was just too rich to not laugh at the absurdity.

It took her much longer than she would like to admit, to stop laughing. Jason of course wore a sour look through the entire endeavor. She shrugged it off, she had little doubt that if the same thing had happened to someone else, he would have been right beside her doubled over in laughter. Hell, once he was in a less pissy mood, she might even be able to get him to laugh about it later.

As luck would have it, it appeared that Jason’s actions had been enough to alter the tides of the war. The kingdom, and its divinity, would still lose many to the battles ahead, but Jason had done enough that the Agency could still bill the client for services rendered. As she spoke, she could see the disdain the man had for her, he always complained that she was drunk and reeked of liquor. Sure, that was often true, but he didn’t need to be such a stick in the mud about it all.

She went ahead and authorized the transfer of credits to Jason’s account. As soon as she did so, he opened up the store page and tuned her out. She watched him open up the back-channel site and purchase something, a small part of her wondered who was going to get roasted over the coals this time for allowing their admin privileges to be hacked. She toyed with the idea of bringing up his illegal actions, but truth be told she didn’t really give a shit. The other divinities were far too lax with their security, it had been child's play for one of her previous wards to hack into the Agency’s system and build the black site.

She’d ask him once about the whole thing, didn’t really grasp as much as she would have liked, but basically it functioned by spoofing a handler's credentials. This allowed the user to gain access to encrypted parts of the network, specifically access to certain privileged services that handlers enjoyed and most importantly, access to the mission assignment database. Users could buy and sell restricted or banned goods, and a part of the profits would be siphoned off to her ward’s personal account.

With Jason’s attention otherwise occupied, Ruby went ahead and reviewed the logs for his previous mission. Something about it was nagging at her. She couldn’t put it into words; however, the whole series of events just didn’t feel like ‘bad luck’. Using her divine authority, she rewound events, watching Jason’s lungs unfill with blood and refill with air.

The goblin skulked back to its den of corpses, resheathing the dagger at its hips, and reburied itself underneath the bodies. She let it rewind another few moments before stopping the feed and letting it run at normal time. She watched the goblin, slowly shifting the bodies out of the way, making sure they made no noise when it moved them. Slowly, carefully, it began to creep towards Jason’s exposed back. It drew the blade, again slowly and quietly. It closed the distance making sure to never let Jason see it or to give him any reason to think someone was behind him. Then in a flash of movement it leapt, burying the dagger right into a joint in Jason’s armor. The placement was perfect, no resistance, so the blade sank to the hilt. Allowing it to puncture Jason’s right lung.

Ruby rewound the log once more. This was wrong, very wrong. The goblin was way too good to just be some random grunt. Its movements were too smooth, its aim too precise. No, she was sure of it now, this was not a normal goblin. She focused her attention on the thing, aiming to scan the goblin for abnormalities, the dust covering it offering a surprising level of resistance to her scan. Not enough to stop her from doing what she wanted, but more resistance than she felt was reasonable for the anti-magic powder.

When she finally gained access to the monster’s stat block, her suspicions were proven correct. That was no normal goblin, that was a Redcap, a Redcap assassin no less. What in the dozen hells was a Redcap assassin doing in the middle of a freaking battlefield?! Such a valuable unit wouldn’t be used on the front lines, their skill set was terribly suited for the chaos that was an active battle. No, something was very wrong here and Ruby was going to figure out what.

As her mind raced trying to puzzle out what the actual fuck was going on, something else about the goblin flagged in her mind. It had come out of the corpse pile with the dagger already in its possession. She highlighted the various bodies that had made up the goblin's hidey hole, and then rewound the scene back. Every time one of the highlighted bodies met their fate, she froze the moment and pulled the scene into a separate window. It took a few minutes, but she eventually had all of the corpses frozen in the heartbeat before their deaths. She went through and scanned every single individual. Not a single one had been equipped with a magic disruptor blade. “So, where the fuck did the Redcap get a kingdom issued disruptor?”

Looking up, she saw that Jason was still fiddling with whatever it was that he bought. She tried to make idle conversation with the man, but he had gone full auto pilot, giving curt one-to-two word answers when asked a question or having to respond to a comment. She rolled her eyes, as much as she and him butted heads, she did have to admit that she did kind of like the guy. He had been going a little too hard into the whole dark and brooding edge lord thing recently, but that was hardly his fault. The human soul was ill suited to withstand the trauma of death, much less multiple deaths. The Agency usually did a memory scrub every couple missions, to prevent that kind of issue, but Jason had been dodging the screenings. For a moment she considered just letting sleeping dogs lie. Jason was dead and the mission was over regardless of what she might find, but the whole thing just rubbed her the wrong way.

Taking a little nip from her pocket flask, she once more focuses her attention on the Redcap. After scrubbing through the last several months of the creature’s life, she finally finds what she was looking for. The blade had come from one of Jason’s personal guards.

Ruby did a deep dive on the guard, and what came back made her blood run cold. The man had recently lost his lover. Jason had ordered a company to mop up a fleeing enemy force, before it could regroup and cause more issues. The entire thing had been a ruse and the company had been slaughtered to the last. The guard's lover had been part of that company. The loss had hit the man hard, driving him to the only rock left in his life. His deep belief in the kingdom’s divinity.

And wouldn’t you know it, apparently the kingdom’s divinity had some issues with Jason that it couldn’t be bothered to address through the proper channels. So instead of letting Ruby handle the trainwreck that was Jason’s social skills, this little scum lord of a God, had taken upon themself to deal with the issue. Several months of holy visions were enough to convince the grieving widow to betray everyone and everything he had ever known.

Once the guard had been properly brainwashed into turning his coat, it had been a simple matter to worm his way on to all of Jason’s post-fight surveys of the battlefield. The magic scanners that were exclusive to Jason’s retinue, had allowed him to see that Jason’s inhuman ability to avoid taking damage was really just a creative use of high-level magic. High-level magic that could have easily been used to save many of the kingdom’s soldiers. But of course, Jason believed himself too good to give the common man a means to protect themselves and those they loved. All this knowledge was of course worthless to the guard, he was nowhere near skilled enough to actually challenge Jason. But wouldn’t you know it, the divinity had thought of that too.

The podunk worm had brokered a secret deal with the enemy he’d contracted the Agency to deal with. In exchange for getting rid of a thorn in the God’s side, it would use its powers to scale back the war. Instead of facing a war of eradication, the enemy would be allowed to keep some of the land it had conquered.

At the urging of his God, the guard held a series of clandestine meetings with the Redcap. Imparting all the information he had learned in the months of shadowing Jason. He also gave the beast two gifts, the first was a Disruptor blade the guard had swiped from a fellow honor guard; when Jason’s corpse was found the blade would be traced back to the unfortunate guard instead of the traitor. The second was a satchel of Grarothian powder that had been blessed by the divinity, to ensure that Jason wouldn’t see the attack coming. It had worked of course; Jason hadn’t even known he was in danger till the blade was already buried in his lung. Oh, she was going to have the wannabe God’s head on a pike after this.

It pained her to admit it, but Jason deserved the final say in how this was all going to go down. She attempted to grab his attention, but the man was lost in his own little world. She tried waving her hands, ignored. She tried snapping her fingers in his ears, ignored. She even went so far as to beat her wings, blasting his face with the wind force of just under a category 1 hurricane; again ignored. Her rage was starting to reach fever pitch. So, she defaulted to the most tried and true method of stress reduction she had in her arsenal. She decided the only way for herself and Jason, once he knew the truth, to calm down would be to relax with a drink of the finest Earth treats.

With a heavy heart she opened up her most beloved extra planer storage space. This place was used for the only two things Ruby really cared about anymore. It was where she kept her most prized and coveted liquor, and where she kept the last few mementos, she possessed of her fallen wards. Her eyes scanned the room, she needed to pick the right apology gift. As she carefully made her way towards the back, she saw it. Tucked in about two thirds of the way to the back wall, stood a single hogshead of ancient scotch whiskey. The second to last gift she had received from one of her dearest friends, all those years ago.

Yes, this was the correct one. She felt it deep within her chest, a proper atonement requires a proper level of sacrifice. With a heavy heart she lifted the barrel over her head and began to stride out of the extra dimensional space. As she neared the opening, the soft clink of something falling and a flash of gold caught her eye. Sitting on a tiny end table was a small pouch of coins, one of which had somehow gotten loose and tumbled face up onto the polished table face.

For a moment she hesitated, she knew exactly what those coins were; and knew how much trouble she would get into if upper management found out she had them. That said, she also knew a sign when she saw one. The artifacts that she held within this place were the last remnants of those she had failed most of all. She pondered the meaning behind the fact that two of her previous charges seemed to have taken a shine to Jason, offering up to him their most precious of gifts. With a heavy heart and a plea to those long lost, she grabbed the coin before closing the pocket dimension.

With a loud *CLUNK* She set the hogshead down. Apparently, the sound of the barrel had finally made enough noise to draw Jason’s attention away from his screen. From a much smaller storage pocket she produced two crystal glasses. Pouring a hefty serving into each glass, she set one down in front of herself and the other in front of Jason. Locking eyes with the man, she said a single word.

“Drink”

The man twisted his face up in disgust at the sight of the liquor.

“Thanks, but no thanks, I’m not inclined to degr...”

“I said, DRINK!” Ruby growl bellows, casting the Command spell on the last word. Jason, despite his best efforts to ignore the compulsion, is forced to do as he is told, and takes a hearty swig of his hundred-year-old Scotch. With a smile on her lips, Ruby takes the opportunity to sip the illustrious gift. The hours melt away as they both sip and savor the deep complex flavors of this legendary brew.

As the drink flows her recollection of events becomes just a tad bit hazy. She can’t really remember how long it takes, but she does eventually come clean about the reason for this impromptu bout of drinking. It comes as little shock that Jason is... less than pleased to learn about the events that led to his death. He downs the rest of his drink in a single gulp, a waste of grand booze in Ruby’s opinion, and demands she fill his next one to the brim. For the first time in FAR too long, Ruby gets to see the Jason she had known all those years ago was still in there.

As the festivities carried on, she would occasionally catch him fiddling with the token he had bought. Curiosity finally getting the better of her, she decided to ask him about it, deciding to NOT mention that she knew it was illicitly purchased. He was cagey about it at first, but eventually loosened up and told her the truth.

He had grown bored with the usual missions that he had been assigned. He was sick of always having to play support, always cleaning up someone else’s messes, always laying the groundwork for someone else’s story. So, he had decided to cash in his points, and finally make use of the vacation time he had accrued. He had picked out what looked to be a pretty basic Isekai mission. Ruby suggested not mentioning his luck to anyone else, even she was aware how rare and coveted those missions were.

As the night wound to a close, they said their goodbyes. Before taking her leave, Ruby remembered the other present she had for Jason. A sharp whistle was the only warning she gave him before flicking the coin at his head. Even drunk, the man’s senses were still a thing to marvel at as he caught it in midair .

“The fuck is this?”

“Think of it as a gift.” She snorts.

“Oh, how generous of you. A whole gold coin, whatever will I spend it on.” Jason responds as he jangles the large coin pouch at his hip.

“Oh, fuck off. I’ll take it back if you’re going to be a brat about it.”

Jason drops the coin into his wallet and shakes it again for good measure. “Oops, too late now. Guess you’ll just have to let me keep it.” He gives her a smug grin.

She scoffed before turning around and making for the door. She could hear him activate the token as she closed the door behind her. As she wandered down the hallways back to her room, she pondered the events of the day. The rogue client would need to be dealt with, but she still wasn’t sure if burying him in legal paperwork for the next millennia or two, or just giving him a good old fashion human curb stomping, was the better punishment for his actions.

The choices bounced around in her head till she finally reached her residence. Having made no real progress in deciding her actions, she elected to just table the decision till she woke up next. The God was small time, so it wasn’t like it was going anywhere.

She took her time getting ready to sleep. Being a divine being herself, she didn’t actually NEED to sleep, but she did so enjoy the human customs surrounding the whole process. She took a long hot bath to unwind, before summoning a pair of adorable pajamas. Her body clean, and her mind at peace she laid down in her oversized excessively fluffy bed.

She had barely closed her eyes and began to drift off to blissful sleep, before she was awoken once again by the sound of her alarm going off.

“You have got to be shitting me. HOW?!?!”

I am considering whether to purchase a custom stained glass transom window for an interior doorway. Window would measure about 1x3 feet. Curious if something that size could have three lines of text. Or three words, like SOCIETY of FRIENDS on three lines or SPRINGFIELD SOCIETY OF FRIENDS with "society of" on the middle line. If it makes a difference, the door is at the end of an entry hallway and backlit by a bright room. Also curious of the cost difference between the three lines and one that just says "FRIENDS." Thanks.

Hi, I wonder if you have any suggestions on how to deal with swollen, hard hematomas. I am now 20 days after DMX. I have hematomas on both breasts, both towards the other side of the breast. The one of the right is larger and, probably because of the position, more troublesome. It’s the size and shape of half an apple. I cannot comfortably rest my right arm as it continuously brushes against the hematoma. It is hard, and painful if touched or even just brushed against. A couple of days ago it seemed it was maybe getting a little smaller, but yesterday it felt back to previous size. I don’t have a way to actually measure it, I go by the way it feels against my arm in resting position (I am also one of these people that cannot bear to take a good look at the new breast without feeling upset and starting to cry, which I guess is not great for mental and physical recovery at this point). I have been taking arnica pellets (nurse said not to apply any cream, oil, ointment to the breasts, so I went the oral route…) and I try to very softly touch it when I can bear it. I read it can take weeks for hematomas to be reabsorbed, but I wonder if anyone has some suggestions that may help. My PS nurse has not been very helpful, but I will ask again when I see her next week. Thank you to you all, I hate that so many of us have to go through this shitty thing…

Compared to other options the Railcannon doesn't measure up nearly as much as it should when its only caveat is dealing high damage to a single heavy target in a game where you're almost always getting put up against multiple Heavy targets at any given time.

• Orbital Precision Strike: 90 Seconds, high explosive damage AoE, targets where you throw it
• Orbital Gatling Strike: 80 Seconds, explosive damage over time AoE, targets where you throw it
• Orbital Gas Strike: 75 Seconds, explosive damage on impact and damage-over-time AoE, targets where you throw it

And then you've got the Railcannon Strike:

• Orbital Railcannon Strike: 210 Seconds, single target damage, fires at the "largest" target in proximity to the beacon.

The biggest issue with the Railcannon is that sure it can take out something like a single Charger or a Hulk/Tank but then it's dead in the water for THREE AND A HALF MINUTES. Not to mention that other targets like Bile-Titans(Sometimes due to inconsistencies) and Factory-Striders can even tank it as well so if you're dealing with a group comprised of a mix of enemies then you've just used a three minute long Stratagem that didn't even manage to kill a single enemy before going on cooldown. Plus there's always the infamous Scout-StrideDropship priority that sometimes completely wastes the strike on basic medium-tier enemies when much more important targets are nearby...
It's almost always better to take the Precision Strike instead since you can use it more reliably to kill more enemies and damage/kill Heavies twice in the same amount of time that it takes to use the Railcannon once all while hoping and praying the whole time that the Railcannon targets the correct unit and actually takes something of importance out.

Hi there! I currently have a Thermaltake Level 20 VT as a case for my PC. I am also listing the rest of components needed for finding a case:

• MSI MAG B550M (Micro ATX)
• Corsair Hydro H100x (Top, I can't remember if I installed it as intake or outtake)
• Nvidia GeForce 3080ti FE
• Corsair RM850 850W 80 Gold Plus
• 140mm Corsair Fan (x3, two bottom intakes - one rear outtake)
• 2.5" SSD

Rest of components for those curious:

• AMD Ryzen 9 5950x 3.4 GHz
• Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR4 3600MHz PC4-28800 64GB 4x16GB CL18
• x2 SSD NVME 500GB

I want to replace the case for this reasons:

1. The lights of the components upsets me. I can only deactivate the GPU ones but by launching their own software and I refuse to launch any software to keep something off. That should be the default for gods sake.
2. All of the sides are glass. At first glance this looked like attractive but its actually a magnet of dust and fingerprints, and its hard to clean without leaving scratches. The build came not pretty (I was not looking after it either) so there is no point of having a 360º view of a pile of shitty cable managment a weirdo-placed components, because in this case the motherboard is lying horizontally, parallel to the desk.
3. Is unneccesarily big. I think it was designed for custom builds like having two separate radiators for CPU and GPU, custom liquid cooling... Looks like half empty. If I could fill it with water I would use it as an aquarium.

What I want:

1. Reuse all components OFC, but I can sacrifice the fans (140mm to 120mm) if needed.
2. No glass in any side. Just neccesary vents.
3. Cheap mate metal panels that looks like black powdered painted (You know, that old stuff...) No shiny Piano black panels or whatever. I want to be able to clean the case with sandpaper without damaging it (Just kidding, but you got it)
4. Small as possible. I'm not planning on upgrading this PC in the future. By the time this PC became outdated for my use case, I won't be needing PC's at all anymore.
5. IMPORTANT: The only limitant factor in terms of size is the height, can not exceed 450 MM.

What do you have in mind? I am also in the search! But you master-racer nerdys made all of the manufacturers populate the market with showcases with more lights than Las Vegas. Fck you nerdys. Thanks in advance!
FUN FACT: All of the components that are still manufactured today (I built this like three years ago) have halved its price, except for the case, whose price has doubled. lmao.

I want to order but if it doesn't fit it will be a hassle to return so does anyone know if the size 23 is actually small like the levi 23?

Hey guys. Today i had an ultrasound and here's his statment from it:
""" The testicles are normal in size and echolocation, and there are no focal changes on either side. The blood circulation is symmetrical. Epididymis also regular. On both sides, slightly more vein structures are visible than usual. They are on the right slightly wider than on the left, but there are clearly more of them on the left. Relatively mild varicocele on both sides. At Valsalva, you can see a slight backflow on both sides, and actually more clearly on the right. Wider veins on the right are slightly less than 3 mm and on the left only a couple of millimeters. """
I would really appreciate some advices for me and what do you think? I've been having lately infertility issues and i believe the doctor will take contact in next week or something about the ultrasound. Idk what to say to him or whats his opinon on surgery etc.
Best regards from Finland.

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I hope that the below information will help you to choose a size that fits. If you order the starter-kit, it comes with a size guarantee, but it is better if you can confidently choose the correct size on the first attempt... especially if you are not getting the starter-kit.
PTainer Sizes
19 mm Small
25 mm Medium
32 mm Large
38 mm Extra Large
44 mm XX Large *
The sizes above were measured from the sizing printout after I verified the scale of the printout.
• The 44 mm XXL was estimated based on the average increase in diameter of 6 mm for the 4 other sizes. It had to be estimated because there are only four circles. The sizing guide therefore assumes that an XXL will fit if the large size hole doesn't come more than halfway down your glans. The sizing-guide therefore doesn’t help if you are significantly larger than the largest hole. I have seen some posts that subreddit users had such a large girth that even the XXL size was too small. With the information below, if you are more than 3 mm wider than the XXL 44 mm, that would mean that the XXL might not be big enough.
Based on these diameters, it may be possible to select your size based on your measured width of the widest part of your glans while flaccid. The instructions say that if your glans fit through the hole, that size is too big. If the hole doesn’t come more than halfway down your glans, but the next hole fits below halfway down your glans, that is the hole that represents your size and the size is printed to the left of the hole.
My interpretation of all of that is that the correct size is 1 to 3 mm smaller than the actual size of your glans. So, you could choose a size with the chart above that gives the diameter of each size. You should be flaccid when you are measuring your glans widest width.

JEFFERSON CITY — Same tune, different players.
It only took a few minutes Monday for the Senate to return to a filibuster — this time led by Democrats.
With the state budget approved last week and the legislative session scheduled to end on Friday, Senate Republicans took up a resolution that would ask voters to make it more difficult to amend the Missouri Constitution.
The Senate resolution sponsored by Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold, would require ballot initiatives to get a majority of votes statewide and in at least five of Missouri’s eight congressional districts.
That proposed change didn’t cause the filibuster. Democrats are standing up over language they consider to be “ballot candy” — provisions already in law that are designed to distract voters from the actual changes being proposed. The language states that non-citizens would be prohibited from voting in state elections and prohibits foreign entities from supporting ballot measures.
The Missouri Constitution and Secretary of State already prevent non-citizens from voting. It’s also illegal for foreign entities to support American elections at any level. Federal law supersedes state constitutions, so adjusting the Missouri constitution to ban foreign investment would have no effect.
Democrats want the language stripped so that voters will clearly understand the real changes being made to the constitution. They continued their filibuster past 9 p.m. Monday with no sign of stopping.
Three of five ballot initiatives to increase the threshold needed to pass initiative petitions have failed in other states over the last decade.
The bill has already been approved by the Senate once earlier in the session after a coalition of Republicans joined Democrats in supporting an amendment stripping the “ballot candy.”
It’s unclear whether something like that could happen again as the amendment’s sponsor Sen. Mike Cierpiot, R-Lee’s Summit, told the Missourian shortly after the vote that he wasn’t necessarily opposed to the ballot candy but wanted to get the bill done. The House then added the provisions back to the bill, forcing it back to the Senate for reconsideration.
When the bill was brought forward, Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo, D-Independence, offered a resolution asking the House to accept the initial Senate version of the bill or go to a conference committee where a group of Senators and House members can work it out.
Going forward, there are essentially four options:
*Rizzo’s proposition of a conference committee that would propose its own bill, which would need approval from the House and Senate afterward. That plan would also free up the Senate floor for discussion on other bills.
*Remove the “ballot candy,” which would need some Republican votes with the Democrats and require another vote in the House before passage.
*Move the previous question against Democrats, ending the debate and forcing a vote on Rizzo’s proposed amendment. The previous question is a rarely used tool where a majority of Senators can end a filibuster. Republicans outside of the Freedom Caucus and bill sponsor who have been the most outspoken on initiative petition reform have not broached the possibility of the previous question publicly.
*Lay the bill over and end session for the year. Now that the budget is passed the General Assembly is not required to take up any more bills and can adjourn.

I was so close to getting my premolars extracted because I was so sure I had bimaxillary protrusion.
So today I decided to measure my face and it is completely normal.
I decided to compare my protrusion to a lot of celebrities and it turned out I had less protrusion than most of them.
My side profile gets complemented all the time. I was so confused why. Did people not realize I had bimaxillary protrusion??? Turns out, I actually did not. It was all in my head. I am just brainrotted and just needed to touch grass. Literally. I just helped my grandma with gardening today. Touch grass, folks. Most of us in this sub needs to.

In this subreddit I've seen my fair share of different roster predictions and whishlists, however I think many people downplay the importance that Super will have on the game. Whether you found Super good or bad as a series, it doesn't matter, because it is undeniable that it will be rightfully heavily pushed by this game for a variety of reasons, even at the expense of older fan favourite content from BT3.
The point of this post is to specifically highlight some Super characters that many people downplay when I think they have a fair chance at being playable in the base game; just like Bergamo, Kakunsa and Whis were downplayed by the majority of people before their inclusion.
Of course, from this list are excluded those characters and forms that are either already confirmed (like base Jiren) or that everybody take for granted (like GoD Toppo). Furthermore, I'm only considering characters and forms that appeared in the Super anime or in the Super movies, as I think that the manga characters/forms will unfortunately be off limits. Finally, I am not saying all of the following characters are going to be playable for sure, but don't be surprised when at least 1/2 will be.
Now, let's start in general order of appearance:
TAGOMA The most important of Frieza's henchmen during the anime RoF arc. I can very well see him making the cut just to cover that portion of the story effectively. If we can have lots of Frieza minions from the Namek saga, we can have at least one from RoF and he is the most logical pick.
JACO Another character that debuted during the RoF arc. Now, of course he actually debuted in the DB spinoff bearing his own name, but he became a staple of the DB canon thanks to RoF. Jaco, in my opinion, is more than just a crossover character, he is a DB one, and I think an important one at that. He warns the Z-fighters and helps them during the RoF arc, he was helpful during the U6 Tournament saga and he then returned with a blast during the Moro arc (without even mentioning some other cameos here and there).
CHAMPA While Beerus was a shoe-in, Champa is the second most likely GoD to become playable. He is important in at least two sagas, he cameoed before and after them, the fans love the guy and he has showed a lot of moveset options throughout the anime and manga. He was also already playable in other games, so he is a given for me.
VADOS The second most important angel. While we didn't see much of her fighting when compared to Whis, she still is quite important and especially popular. She is also playable in other games, so if they want they can make her happen.
BOTAMO The first U6 team member. He was a rather important character in two sagas, which would help the devs squeeze two story mode fights with a single character. He has also a unique mechanic that would make him a very fun character to play as. I honestly see no reason why he shouldn't be playable.
FROST FIRST FORM Frost is a shoe-in, or at least his Final Form is. I see many people forgetting his previous ones, but in his first appearance he sported a base form that I think has the potential to be here just for the fact of not wanting to have Frost starting out in his Final Form.
FROST THIRD FORM The same arguments made for Frost's First Form can be made here, as he fought against Goku with his Third Form and it is possible they would want to recreate the whole fight for the game story mode, or just to complete the Frost set. However, I agree that this has the lowest chances out of the three main ones.
MAGETTA The same arguments made for Botamo can be made for Magetta in my opinion, if not more so. Now, imagine if they implement a mechanic that gives superarmor to him, but the more he gets insulted the more it weakens. People still talk about the Devilmite Beam mechanic from BT3, imagine the videos that will be made about Magetta.
MONAKA The Mr Satan of DBS. He isn't an essential character but the same can be said of Mr Satan himself who is indeed confirmed to be playable. It would be nice to have him both for completing the U7 team from that arc and for the hilarity that would ensue.
CORRUPTED MERGED ZAMASU I've seen many people say that this particular version of Merged Zamasu won't or shouldn't be playable, however, this form was predominantly featured in the anime and it even already became playable before if I'm not mistaken, even before normal Zamasu himself. In my opinion, if we can have things like Mecha Frieza we should also get Corrupted Merged Zamasu.
ANDROID 18 (SUPER) I think there is still a possibility that A18 gets a Super variant like her brother. This version was recently added to Xenoverse 2, she fought quite a bit from the ToP onwards, enough to create new moveset and interactions, and, as confirmed by the official DB games IG account, A17's Z variant name is just "Android 17", so the fact that A18's Z variant name is just "Android 18" isn't an opposing factor here.
BELMOD Beerus is a must and Champa is highly probable, but the third most likely GoD is Belmod. He was highly involved in both the anime and the manga, even more than Sidra or Quitela, making him a prime candidate in the case they want more GoD representation.
MARCARITA Even less involved than Vados, but if Belmod is in and they want a third angel as well, Marcarita is surely the one to go, even if they would need to get a bit creative with her moves.
DR PAPARONI While everybody agree that Agnilasa will be playable, I think we shouldn't dismiss the mind behind the hulking titan himself. I can see Dr Paparoni acting like a mix between Babidi and Shin from BT3, in the sense of him using Borareta, Koitsukai and Pancea in his moveset, while also being able to transform into the fusion Agnilasa.
KOICEARETA The other half of Agnilasa. This is the initial mechanical fusion of Borareta, Koitsukai and Pancea, a strong one at that, who managed to hold its own against U7. I can see this character being in for the same reasons as Dr Paparoni would, but it probably has the lowest chance out of them three.
KATOPESTRA Despite him not being neither the last man standing of U3 nor their strongest member, he managed to carve a popular niche inside the fanbase. He still appears to this day in other games as playable or as an event, and with his mode change ability he would be very interesting gameplay-wise too.
GANOS BASE FORM U4 from the ToP is probably the trickiest (no pun intended) universe to choose a fighter from. I still think each universe will have at least one playable character in there and Ganos, the U4 leader, is probably where the money's at, being one that the fans happily remember.
GANOS TRUE FORM In the anime Ganos also sported a new form. With this, not only he has an interesting design, but he also fought in a memorable episode against Roshi. I find it impossible for the devs to add Ganos without both of his forms.
DAMOM Damom is the green bug from U4, one of the few ToP characters directly created by Toriyama and who was given extensive coverage in both the anime and the manga, managing to even score some big eliminations. He would be the perfect U4 pick if it wasn't for his miniscule size. If the developers manage to find a way to represent this fighter without issues then I can see him being in the base game.
CAWAY A U4 fighter that has not size issues and that wouldn't need at least two slots to be properly covered, one that is quite popular and that is playable in at least another game already. While I think that Ganos and Damom are the right picks for U4, I wouldn't be surprised if they go with Caway just because it is easier for them and more appealing to the fans.
MONNA Another U4 fighter that has not size issues and that wouldn't need at least two slots to be properly covered. While she is less popular than Caway, she fought more and she was well-received by fans thanks to her fight against Cabba that triggered his SSJ2 transformation. She could be a valid alternative to Caway.
MAJORA Very similar reasons to Monna. No size issues, no more than one slot needed, fought enough to create a valid moveset, his fight with Krillin was very well-received. Majora was also on the ToP intro, like Damom and Ganos but unlike Caway and Monna. I think he is less likely than the former ones I mentioned, but he is still a possible U4 representative.
KALE BASE FORM As it was with Frost, some people say that we won't or shouldn't get Kale's Base Form, but I disagree. Considering her transformations, it would feel so strange to leave out her standard look. Some people complain about her lack of moves, but she has showed some feats in Base Form, especially in the manga retelling of the ToP, and I am sure the devs can cook something out of it in order to have her default state in.
SAONEL The first of the two U6 Namekkians. He is advantaged by the fact of being a Namekkian and a U6 team member. He and Pirina were also the last fighters from U6 and they had a wonderful couple of episodes dedicated to them. His body is also similar to Piccolo's which may help the devs developing him.
PIRINA Same exact reason as Saonel. I think if one gets in, the other will follow; as two separate characters that is, not a two-in-one type like I've seen being suggested around. His body is also similar to Slug's.
DR ROTA A joke character from team U6. We know he is a magician so if they would want him in they could cook something up. That said, I only inserted him into this list as he would be the last U6 member and the devs could feel compelled to add them all at that point.
OBNI U10 was probably the most forgettable universe from the ToP, with Obni, their last man standing, being the only exception as he showed a cool mechanic during an emotional fight. Since I am sure they want to represent all participating universes, Obni is the perfect pick for U10.
KAHSERAL The strategist of the Pride Troopers and the most likely one to become playable outside of the main three. He has a good combination of moves and he could also call the other U11 members for attacks. I think roster size and universes representation is what is really keeping him down.