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Okay, I know they’re basic and boring and not “in” but I have been carrying the Longchamp Le Pliage nylon tote for 6 years. Long shoulder straps, medium size. Why? Because my husband gifted one to me once and it ended up being the most convenient bag (I placed an organizer inside) and since it’s nylon I’ve never felt guilty about throwing it in the back of my car, jamming it into a tiny cubby at work (restaurant and retail jobs), dragging jt to the beach, shoving it under an airplane seat, anything. It’s a good size, straps are great, it zips closed, and it travels well.
The downside is that I’ve gone through 2 because the dang corners rip. And I know they can be fixed once for free, that’s not my point. My point is that now I have a grown up (though work from home) job with grown up money and I want a grown up bag. But realistically I want something that has secure closure, long shoulder straps, and is still relatively the same size and under $500.
I know I could get the leather version of the same bag but I’m not sold on it. What other options do I have for upgrading my bag with a simple design, good for everyday and multipurpose use without being the size of a laptop bag or work bag? I don’t have kids so I don’t need a diaper bag size thing. I want a daily bag that I love that matches everything I wear without thinking about it. I’ll be more delicate with a higher quality bag but I would still like durability to be a factor if possible.

I need shein new puppy, fish, new and existing farm
I have available to trade temu:
Existing fish: 8
New fish: 3
Existing farm: 7
New farm: 6
Existing Hat trick: 8
Existing Cash redeem: 8
Existing 5g: 8
Shein:
Existing Puppy: 1
New puppy: 1
Magic: 2
Free gift: 4
Spin: 2
Lucky draw: 2
Money tree: 2
Happy draw: 2
Comment if interested in trading & be specific if you want new or existing clicks.
Don't randomly click my codes ask me to trade first

I need shein new puppy, fish, new and existing farms
I have available to trade temu:
Existing fish: 8
New fish: 3
Existing farm: 7
New farm: 6
Existing Hat trick: 8
Existing Cash redeem: 8
Existing 5g: 8
Shein:
Existing Puppy: 1
New puppy: 1
Magic: 2
Free gift: 4
Spin: 2
Lucky draw: 2
Money tree: 2
Happy draw: 2
Comment if interested in trading & be specific if you want new or existing clicks.
Don't randomly click my codes ask me to trade first

I've been going back and forth for a few months now on whether I want to replace my current ASUS RT-AX88U Pro with an Omada or Unifi setup. I think I have settled on what devices in each ecosystem I want to get, and now I am trying to work out how it will all connect together. fwiw - I've been leaning Omada for cost reasons, but Unifi pulls me back in with the managed switches and ability to expand to protect later on.
Please look at my two diagrams. They are nearly identical, the main difference is that in the Omada setup, my Raspberry Pi 4 will host the Omada controller, and the switches for the rooms are unmanaged switches. In the Unifi network, I can maintain my Pi4 as a tinker device/ host for my sons Minecraft server, and the switches are managed through Unifi.
I'd like to know if this looks like an accurate way to set everything up. In particular, the UCG and ER605 will have a couple free LAN ports and I'm not sure if it would be appropriate to use them for the Pi/NAS/AP or if I should keep those on the switch like I have them here.
If you'd do something differently, please share! Just include the 'why', that will help me learn.
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In 2019 I had graduated from my masters, and was 24. I had 40K in student loan debt and had 20K in savings (loans were interest free at the time so didnt pay them down). I got a job paying 80K and was looking for a 1BD in the $2000 range. I found several but despite having a high credit score, no missed payments, etc, many landlords said my profile didnt support the condo payments and wanted 3 - 6 months upfront.
Its now 2024. I am making 100K, student loans down to 18K (mostly still interest free), savings are 30K (havent been the wisest with my money, but cost of everything has risen including my rent which is currently 2600). Credit score is 800+, no missed payments. Would be targetting a condo in the 2500ish range.
(i have to move out because my landlord is selling soon).
Will I run into the same issues of landlords saying my income doesnt support the condo? There is a chance my income rises to 140K if i get this job im in the final phase for (but expecting not to), so lets assume income is 100K.

used the 7 day free trial and unsubscribed before it ended but got charged anyways, and when i go into my account it says subscribe instead of manage your subscription?? i thought i HAD a subscription, Brainly??? or at least according to you i do, wtf?

We live in a community in Alabama where our board has hired a management company to run the neighborhood, they do a horrible job with this and money is being spent without no oversight of the vendors. The board has been in place for multiple years because we never reach quorum but the neighborhood is agreement we have to do something. We collected 80% of the communities signatures to call for the removal of the board and while also collected 70% of the communities proxy vote written and signed over to us to vote in the upcoming meeting.
Our bylaws state we have the right through majority vote "at any time" with or without cause to remove and replace board members. It does not however specially state how so we would assume we petition for special meeting then vote.
We are not allowed to speak to the board members and only allowed to talk to the management company who thus far has been unresponsive to our requests going on a week. Per our bylaws only the president and board have the right to call a special meeting however I go back to the clause "at any time" we have the right to replace the board by majority vote.
We want this done ASAP, anyone have recommendation for Alabama on what can be done by the members? We could call our own meeting and give notice but the bylaws don't seem to allow for this since only the board and president are able to do so. In short we have already collected enough signature to force them to have to schedule a meeting per our bylaws (but so far nothing). What else can we do in Alabama?

There's a lot to explain, and I'm pretty sure that the title doesn't do this situation justice. This is also a throwaway acc- I don't want a suddenly depressing post getting cozy with all my memes and cheery content.
A little backstory- I (16F, Soph) have had bad blood with my mom (36F) for a while, since around the 7th grade. My grades have been iffy, but since freshman year I've been working to fix them. Third quarter, I had an extremely low point. Every day was a haze and I can't remember what sent me through it, and when I snapped out of it, it was too late to change anything. I had straight F's, all except for one of my math classes, which I don't even understand how I managed to maintain. These have plummeted my semester grade, but I've fixed some of them, evened them out to high D's, low C's, and a B. Two of them are unsalvageable, which is completely my fault. I'm still working to raise one more up to a D in the semester.
This all "started" a couple of weeks ago, but I'm guessing it's been building since my last parent teacher confrence. My mother had sat us down in the living room last saturday and informed my sisters (11F and 13F) and I that we were moving, and she's putting our trailer up for sale the first of next month. She said where we find a place is where we will move, so I can't even prepare myself for what I should expect. The main issues I have with moving are;
1- I had to go through it a lot when I was younger and had a really unstable social life, most likely the root of my current social anxiety.
2- I'm nearly an adult- I'm halfway through highschool. It's not going to be easy for me to make new friends in a social climate I have no prior existence in, let alone be able to keep the friends I could potentially make when they move on for college in 2 years. Don't get me wrong, I'd still stay in contact with the friends I have where I'm at, but when you have no friends in the area you live in, it's rough.
3- When I was younger, she promised me that I'd be able to finish my edjucation here, even college if I chose any of them in my area. I know it's stupid to hang on the words of a promise, that things change and promises sometimes can't be held up, but it still hurts being ripped away when I was nearly done with highschool.
My sisters got excited and started looking for new places immediately. I know our place isn't a dream, but we came here, owning nothing but a car. I started the third grade in this town and have been here since. This is my childhood home since the age of nine, I don't remember any other houses we rented. We actually own this trailer too- we're not just renting it from someone. I helped build my own room out of an off limits area when I was 11. It's not perfect, but it's most of what I've known. So are my friends. I can't count how many I've kept since the start of middle school, even if they transfered.
Even if I don't want to leave, I'm no angel. My room is dirty almost all the time, I can't see the floor because of a bunch of dirty clothes. That's one of the reasons my mom is holding against me to make it seem unreasonable that I'm upset about moving- "You don't appreciate your own room." I have no excuse for the way my room looks. It just feels like im paralyzed on my bed afterschool and on the weekends, I'm just tired. I don't know whether or not I'm lazy, isn't being lazy supposed to be enjoyable, at least for the short term in the moment?
The other reason she's giving me are my grades. As stated before, those aren't perfect either, but I'm trying. I've even taken steps to enroll myself into summer school to recover the credits I missed this year. Sure, I have flaws, but does that mean I'm not allowed to be upset over moving at such a crucial developmental point in my life? I'm not even arguing with her about it, all I'm doing is expressing how I feel- I'm not even saying anything to her, I said my piece when she sat us down. I'm just grieving.
Earlier today, she picked me up, everything seemed normal. Then she told me she had a conversation with my dad, (39M), who's out of the picture, but still communicating. She told me that he and her discussed about things continuing "the way I'm taking them." She said if I don't change, she's just going to pull me out of school and make me get my GED. She said she was worried I was going to ruin my career. A GED isn't bad, by all means, but I want an actual diploma. I want to be there with everyone else, dressed in a solid color robe, celebrating the fact that we made it. I won't have the advantages of any early social life at all in the area. I've heard adults say it's hard to make friends once you graduate, and I don't want to be thrown into that early, while being in a new area all at the same time.
I was thinking about all this in the car and cried. I don't think I can take much more of this. It's like she wants my life to follow a certain track, and I'm derailing her train. She dropped out her sophmore year to get married and do hard drugs for a while before she had me, so in my personal opinion, I'm doing way better than she ever had. I know it sounds harsh, and maybe I am being harsh, but when you hear the same story shoved down your throat over and over and over since the 3rd grade, and now said story has been turned into a weapon, it kind of gets redundant to you.
My mom tried cheering me up while we were out for a bit after dropping that by trying to show me facebook memes and telling me funny things my guinea pigs did to eachother that day, but I gave her the cold shoulder the entire time, so now she's pissed. I didn't even say anything, she just started spouting that "I hated her" and "I'm gonna cut her out of my life when I'm older", "I'd rather see her dead than talk with her."
The first two are at least half true at this point, she's been nothing but a source of harsh criticism for years of my life, barely any encouragement or pride in me, if anything at all. If she keeps doing that, I might end up hating her and cutting contact, which just hurts to think about. I don't want to cut contact with the only parent that raised me, even if she didn't raise me well. I still love her at the end of the day, and I think I hate that more than I hate her.
I don't know if this is all just incoherent rambling at this point, I've been crying through 2/3 of the way through this I think. I know I'm not a saint, and I'm at least a partial asshole, but am I completely at fault for this? Did I fall into being a moody, hormonal teen that hates their parents for no reason on accident? AITA?
TLDR: AITA if I'm upset over my mom making me move in the middle of attending high school, on top of threatening to pull me out of school all together for "the sake of my career"?
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I just need help.

As the headline says, I got some pretty mind blowing news today. For context, I’m the oldest of 4 grown adult children in my 40s, mom is in 60s my siblings are 12 years + younger with the baby 26. Long set up but I promise it sets the tone…My mom has always been very controlling of everything, utilizing her children as commodities for visits with family and other parents etc. I never knew my dad and when relationships ended with the other siblings fathers, they only got access on her say so etc which was not often. By the time I was 16, I was in high school raising 3 siblings ranging from infant to toddler. She was barely home working long haul trucking while stepdad at time was recovering from flipping his big truck. He ultimately tried to kill himself again in my presence with my siblings asleep (he was Vietnam vet with ptsd) one night and I stopped him and called for help. He went away for a few months but ultimately she brought him home one day months later, shipped my siblings off to my aunt and told me at 17, I had 24 hours to find place to live. I was still in high school but newly dating a guy who had lawyers for parents. They stepped in took custody of me.
Needless to say I was traumatized, she took off with stepdad and went back on road with him. I didn’t get to see my siblings often because they were hour away from me and I barely spoke to my mom. She ultimately didn’t speak to me till the weekend of my 18 birthday. She called to tell me to come back home and quit school to take care of siblings because my aunt was no longer going to do it while they continued to drive cross country. I was senior in high school months from graduation and said NO. She said she would never speak to me again because I was selfish and I couldn’t see my siblings either.
This started decades long cycle, I barely got to see my siblings as they grew unless I did what she wanted which as I grew up, I chose less and less to conform. I only got to see them at family affairs that I was invited to with all family. My grandparents came to my 1st wedding when she refused to. Ultimately the stepfather in questioned that she chose over her own kids in my teens left her and cleared their bank account of his inheritance money the night she came to my house to visit with my second child shortly after I gave birth.
She has been relatively a single parent since, she had to come off road long haul trucking because she had no one to watch 3 young children all the time. The siblings grew into teens and young adults with some major issues. The two older ones cannot stay out of prison, the youngest struggled early in teen years, I tried to help where I could but it was not easy. Their 1st born was in dfcs custody before 2 months old, I took guardianship of both child and parent but they did not stick around and did their own thing. After 2 + years of failed parenting plans etc, we adopted to keep them in family despite the fact my own children were teens at this point.
My mom was angry and said I should have left them in dfcs to disappear but later tried to say I stole the child. My sibling does not feel the same way but they are still very heavily reliant on my mom financially (she control their bank account and money) she would not let them tell me she was pregnant with 2nd child and I didn’t find out till they were 4 months old. They hid pregnancy and baby from rest of family. By the 3rd child we had a better connection but they are still very reliant on my moms financial assistance and when she does not want me to know something or participate in certain events they won’t tell us or avoid contact. I don’t play into the antics though and one of my mom’s biggest issues with me is that I don’t call/text her on daily basis as my siblings supposedly do. I’ve explained that I have a busy life of my own multiple times. I have full time job, manage care of a special needs child and assist with care of aging fil while running a household of 6 people. My grown children still live at home because college and living expenses are too much to handle in this economy.
I do make an effort to text or call every few weeks. I connect for sure on holidays, birthdays etc. I knew when she called to come over today it was important and I was available despite it being a work day normally. She came in bluntly told me about her widow maker heart attack and triple bypass surgery that occurred while she was out on a run in the truck. My sister and aunt where has power of attorney over her will etc was notified in time for them to travel several hours to another state to be there by time she was out of surgery. Per my mom she told them to notify those who called or were in her 2 week call history. Which apparently left me out. I went back into both my call log and text history and showed her our communication with in 10 days of the event and she said she had no idea about it, she was high on morphine at time. I showed her the multiple text conversations we had had since no more than 3 weeks apart between each conversation since January, asking why she never mentioned it during those conversations. She never answered my calls during that time but that was not too unusual. I had met up with my baby sibling a few weeks ago to get the kids together and they never mentioned it either. My mom has been living with them since the event full time and has not worked since. No mention what so ever. I did find out two of her own siblings were also left out intentionally as well and found out much later too. The only reason I found out today was because she found out she had cancer in her kidney and has to have another surgery soon and wants me to get test to make sure I don’t have it. She is not apologetic about leaving me out of the loop at all. She says I have to call her or text once a week in order to be considered for notification of such events.
I’m hurt, I’m flabbergasted and have no idea how to proceed. I’ve discussed cutting all contact with my husband and adult children in relation to mom but that means cutting contact with my baby sibling who is bio parent to my youngest, this cutting their connection to their younger siblings. The older siblings are easier because well honestly they are in jail more than not. I feel like this will never end and she will go to her grave trying to control the narrative.

I'm a student from a nordic country completing my third year at uni now. Never in my life has anything been expected of me. Never in my life have my parents forced me into anything or supported any of my interests in a meaningful way. In my childhood I was very shy so I didn't wish for any hobbies but I wish my parents would have forced me into some. I did really well in my studies but never really had any lasting hobbies as my father was fairly disinterested in paying for them.
Yet, years went on and studies went on with me thinking that I was valued for at least my studies. Yet all the appraisals were just empty words. In high school, my father started disliking me for not working off-semester. At that point I didn't really understand what it was all about. I never felt I wanted money and my father, having good earnings and a uni background, meant to me that we had money and education was valued. Yet, increasingly I was being treated worse for not caring about working or money. All I really wanted to excel in my studies and things I thought were meaningful.
I became increasingly depressed as time went on but I managed to graduate with good grades. After moving away from home, I saw how my siblings disregarded their studies and took part time jobs. They were praised for working and kind of an independence, thing I found meaningless. Somehow the values I had attained during my childhood and youth had ended up being completely different from my siblings'. Over time, my negative thoughts multiplied and I ended up sort of hating my family and most of my relatives. I felt I had been lied to, the things I thought were meaningful to them had been meaningless.
The only things I ever wanted were a sense of belonging, duty, achievement and a passion for something. Now I'm left with only the last one, completely distanced from my family. I still wonder why I had the illusion something was expected of me. It's as if I was born in a wrong family, with a wrong set of values. To someone with controlling parents the way I grew up might seem really great. But I can only wonder why I had to suffer so much.
(I understand this might seem hypocritical as my family did well financially and I was never abused by my parents. But making a comparsion doesn't soothe my pain nor does it erase my past feelings or depression. Thank you for reading.)

This one right here... https://www.reddit.com/martialarts/comments/1cm05tl/what_do_you_think_of_the_statement_bad_people_are/
It was fun so here's the long follow up. That bad advice that random older dudes kept giving me was the least worrying thing in those three hours of analyzing that church's security measures. I hit up a friend of mine that has a whole lot more security-specific training than I do just to see if I was overthinking things. Bro has taught me a lot, and I still try to make the trip once or twice a year to train with him. Between emails and a phone call I think I did a pretty good job of compiling our conversation. Most of the convo is also here but I'm not a shameless self-promoter on Tuesdays.
This isn't so much about martial arts or fighting or self-defense, but it probably is helpful and good discussion because a lot of you would hopefully give a crap about these same issues.
DC (Me): When I arrived I drove around the building and no one was posted at any of the 3 front entrances, at least not outside and visible. There was always someone at either of the 2 back entrances and the 1 north end entrance.
TF (The Friend): If someone is truly invested in safety they would have all doors covered, including the main entrance(s). Now maybe their thinking is the main entrance is where people come and go and it might be “uncomfortable” for visitors however we are talking about KEEPING PEOPLE ALIVE. To me that is worth the slight discomfort. And one way they could accomplish it without having to make it an uncomfortable experience is put “greeters” at the main entrance dressed in their Sunday best but they are actually part of the security response team. Those greeters need training in profiling, body language, situational awareness and of course the surface level expected things (firearm, hand to hand, situation specific training such as an active threat). Also does this place have security cameras? Security cameras need to monitor the entire property. And keep in mind people stake out places, plant things at places, etc during off hours. Cameras are a must. Want to make some money? Offer to install a system for them. I’ll help you.
DC: There was no mention to me of where first aid kits and AEDs are located in the building. I know where one AED is on the lower floor but it’s a 4-story building. Considering that I was outside the most heavily-traveled door, it would seem prudent for me to know where those are if I see someone get hit by a car or grab their chest and fall down.
TF: An emergency doesn’t always mean a violent situation. It could be someone suffering a heart attack, a child getting run over by a car driven by an 80 yr blind church goer or just a simple amputation of a finger because they are making sandwiches in the church kitchen. Every single floor needs to have multiple AEDs and COMPLETE first aid kits (that’s a whole class in itself – how to stock a first aid kit). I say multiples because you want quick easy access to one of those item no matter where you are at in the building. I don’t know how big the place is but even starting just by putting a complete first aid kit and AED at the N and S ends of the building is a good start along with training the congregation on CPR. You don’t need the piece of paper from a class, just get someone who knows how to come teach.
DC: Along the same line, no emergency action plans were provided. What to do if part of the building has to be evacuated for a fire or smoke? In case of severe weather or tornado threats what parts of the building should be evacuated and what are the safest areas to move people to until the danger passes? They might have these plans somewhere, but what’s the point if you don’t share them with the ones who would have to execute them.
TF: This is a mistake. There has to be an evacuation plan to remove as many people as possible from the building should something occur (fire, active threat, etc). If there are tornado shelters obviously that’s the safe spot for that specific situation. Many times the evacuation plan put in place can be used for multiple threats (active threat, fire, chemical spill, etc) because it’s about removing the people AWAY from the danger. And YES you are 1000% right those plans/routes need to be shared with EVERYONE in the congregation. When people do not know what to do or where to go there will be chaos, always. The people in charge might THINK they are going to be the go to person to provide guidance and manage the crowd but I will tell you when shit hits the fan no one is listening to them. People will be stepping on their own just to get out. With that being said, any evacuation plans that are created need to be drilled by the entire congregation. It could be done 10m before church for the next 6 Sundays to make sure EVERYONE knows the plan.
DC: It gets worse. There actually is no active shooter plan in place. Apparently some Lt. with the local police department will be doing an active shooter training in the future. I'll be in attendance with the lowest hopes in the room.
TF: This should be interesting and disappointing. My first question to him would be “What are your qualifications/experience to teach this? Have you experienced it first hand?”. Or is everyone looking at him because of his “label” which really means nothing other than that is his occupation that allows him to pay his electric bill. I have yet to see (other than myself) anyone put on a close to reality active shooter training session. Most people (law enforcement included) do powerpoint presentations. Unfortunately many “experts” teaching how to survive an active shooter situation think 4 hour Powerpoint presentations, statistics and cute acronyms are properly training people to survive one of the worst experiences a person could face. Powerpoint presentations do not save lives… ACTION saves lives! You know that though.
DC: Same with an active stabber, no plans there. Or at least no one could show me a plan.
TF: Same as the active shooter.
DC: Here's one you'll love. In the event of a person being violent, the directions I was given were to stay away, make a call over the radio, and let someone else come deal with it. They're also bringing in another security consultant (a former Navy SEAL, just like those three guys who all claim they killed bin Laden) to do de-escalation training at some point. I'm skipping that shit.
TF: I’ve always said if you can remove yourself from a situation that is the best way to increase your odds of staying alive. HOWEVER – there are some situations where immediate action is needed NOW! Especially if you are responsible for the safety of others the goal is to not only eliminate the threat but also minimize damage (limit the casualties). The other night we worked full blown knife attacks. I asked someone to demo with me. I slaughtered him with 20+ stabs/slashes in about 5 seconds and that was before he hit the ground and I mounted and continued. My point – the longer an event goes on the more damage innocents will experience. If you have time to go make a phone call then you have time to take effective action that works towards eliminating the threat and minimizing damage. Their suggestion to call someone else is so typical of people who have no concept of how violence really works (let someone else handle your problem…lol). No one cares for your life more than you do. It’s your responsibility. And regardless of what someone’s propaganda says about their label it still takes time to make a phone call, it takes time for someone to arrive and even when they arrive there is no guarantee they will even engage the threat. The overall goal for ALL VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS is to make the even AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE. The longer a violent event continues the odds of you leaving lessen and the odds increased causalities goes through the roof.
Poster's note: When he and I say we're going to train someone in knife attacks rather than knife defenses. The partner (the attacker) is going to be training on how to freaking stab you just as hard as you're training to resist being stabbed.. Rubber knife, protective gear and 100% stabbing vs 100% resistance, for advanced students, is a fun time. If you're wearing the pads you're going to get your ass kicked. He wasn't actually training his class how to go on stabbing sprees.
DC: This was one that’s not even related to fight skills or ability to engage a threat. There was not even a quick introductory rant on recognizing suspicious people or behavior. The more I talked to other volunteers the more I realized none of them had a clue.
TF: This is touched on in my answer to your first question. People who are determined to execute violent activity do not walk around with signs or flashing lights. It’s not always obvious like in the movies. They blend in and lay low until the moment to take action. These church people have no clue what they are doing. It’s all what I call “surface level thinking” meaning the basic stuff your average person who is inexperienced in the subject thinks of – “Get a police officer officer in our group to teach us something.” Teach you what? How to hand out traffic citations? “We have retired military this or that and retired law enforcement and a former rodeo clown who are packing heat during church.” Ok have they ever dealt with using their weapon when there is mass chaos and people screaming/running everywhere? Bullets only travel in a straight line and do not go around innocents if they are in the way. But just because someone has a firearm doesn’t mean they have the mindset to use it.
DC: You’ll love this one. 5 minutes before the church service let out we were told to call it quits for the day, before everyone in the building started filing out to the parking lot at one time.
TF: Do you mean the response team was training, etc and the church had you guys leave 5 minutes before the congregation got out? That ties exactly into my comment in question #1 about appearance/comfort level. Why hide it? Is there anyone in the church (or the world for that matter) that would disagree the world is getting more violent? Everyone knows it is… they’ve either experienced it or seen/heard news stories so why not put it out there that the church takes the safety and well being of their members SERIOUSLY? I have a saying I came up with once when I was talking to a place about active shooter training and they said it couldn’t be hands ons and they were hoping more for like a speaking engagement because their policy doesn’t allow physical contact. My response – “Until you put people before your policies, your people will continue to die.” And that’s just plain truth. Everyone is so worried about policy/comfort level they are putting that before the actual goal of saving people’s lives. If you are getting ready for a championship basketball game what should you do in practice? Play some damn basketball. Well if you are wanting to learn how to save your life/others in a violent situation what should you practice? VIOLENCE. Why would you do ANYTHING ELSE in practice than what you are preparing for? It’s not logical. I think the congregation would approve and love the idea that “their church cares”.
DC: On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the building’s security measures? Is it fucked, or am I crazy and overthinking it because I am oddly OCD about details sometimes?
TF: I would give them a grade of 2 (at best) out of 10. You are 1000% on point on everything. You have training. You understand violent situations but you’ve been trained by someone and a group that has experienced it and knows how violence REALLY unfolds. The people who are in charge with this “security” policy at your church have ZERO experience and ZERO training. Imagine this - would you want a surgeon who has no education in operation and no experience to attempt to perform a life saving surgery on you? A question I would ask them is - "How SERIOUS are you about saving lives?"

[Edit: we live in metro Atlanta, GA]
Our family, which includes a toddler less than a year old, live in an apartment complex that has a smoke-free policy. This is in the contracts and residents that violate this policy are to be evicted.
Now, recently I've noticed very strong cigarette smell pervading our unit, and I think I know who is the culprit. I tried letting the apartment management team know, but they've not been getting back to me for over a week.
If the management team continues to ignore my concern, or takes a weak action (e.g., just sends a reminder around, rather than actively investigating the issue), what are my options? Should I just keep requesting that they take a firm action, or should I talk to the neighbors directly?
I really don't want to be confrontational or cause a trouble, out of the concern for the safety of my little one. But neither do I just want to suck it up and carry on with life, as second hand smoking poses serious health risks.
Can somebody please help..? Does anyone have any advice from their experience, whether it be just a moral support or legal wisdom?
Thank you.

Is it really because they are that low in value that they are worth giving away? Seriously, if you want a free drive pick in just about all three sports, don't start at the back with the bad pics. Start at this top at like 3rd or 4th pick. One of them will give you a free draft pick for nothing. You won't have to give them anything. They'll just give you their pick. No one seems to be able to tell me why this is. One guy had a good guess and I appreciated his effort. He said it was because maybe the team didn't have the money to spend on a contract. So if a team's in that bad of shape they might as well rap that shit up. I'm sorry. Maybe I'm being annoying. But I hate anomalies. And I think this is an anomaly that makes no damn sense. I want to trade for my draft pick. But I refuse to take it for nothing. That would never happen in real life. So don't tell me that would happen in real life. Would it? Has it?

Hi, I am a big fan of Gigantic. I have been playing this game for the last couple of weeks and was thoroughly enjoying every second of it. Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz around this game, specifically from people complaining about it not being free-to-play. Instead, this game has a price tag of $20 with no microtransactions.
Many people believe that this $20 price tag is hurting the game and that turning it into a F2P game with microtransactions might help the player base grow. And while I’m sure that these people have some valid points to support their case, I believe I can come up with a good enough counter-argument as to why the F2P model might not be the best way to go moving forward. After some careful consideration and a bit of research, here are my two cents on the issue:
Argument #1: Gigantic have tried going F2P before and it didn’t help them one bit.
Back when Gigantic was first released in 2017—where it was first developed by Motiga—the game was initially released as a F2P game. Despite that, at the time, it did not help the game whatsoever in terms of acquiring a sizable player base, which led to it shutting down a year later. Now, you might argue that Gigantic’s initial shutdown can also be attributed to other factors such as having to switch publishers mid-development, causing it to have a rocky launch. Another possible contributing factor is also the timing of its release, where games like Overwatch have already gained a massive following—taking most of the attention away from Gigantic.
With that said, some of you might still think that the F2P model might work for Gigantic this time around. However, I don’t believe that is very likely. Currently, Overwatch 2 still dominates the market of hero-shooter games and League of Legends is still going strong as one of the powerhouses of the MOBA genre. The current situation is more or less the same as it was back when Gigantic was first released. If nothing has changed before, do you honestly think the developers and publishers of this game would want to risk making the same mistake again? If it already didn’t work the first time, what makes you so sure that it’s going to work the second time?
Of course, there's still a chance that the F2P model might work, though it is not a guarantee. I believe many people out there are highly overestimating the effect of the F2P model on a game like Gigantic, thinking that it might miraculously turn this whole situation around when there is clearly already evidence that suggests otherwise.
Argument #2: There are examples of similar games out there that are massively popular despite not being F2P when it was first released.
I’m going to use Overwatch again, as it is the game that most people would compare Gigantic to. Remember back when Overwatch first released, it was priced at $40, and that was only the bare-bones version on PC. If you get the “Game of the Year” Edition, the price goes up to $60. If you get the “Collector’s Edition”, it goes up to a whopping $130. That didn’t stop it from being one of the most popular games at the time, now does it? Of course, Overwatch had only turned into a F2P game after it had gained its massive popularity as Overwatch 2.
And then there’s TF2—another game that is often compared to Overwatch. Back then, before it turned F2P, TF2 as a stand-alone game cost $20. If you buy it as a bundle with the Orange Box, it costs $50. Yet another game with a price tag that only got turned into a F2P game after it got popular, not before.
In both of these examples, putting a price tag on a game clearly did not deter customers from buying them. These games did not need the F2P label to be popular, so why should Gigantic be any different? Why is Gigantic so viciously hated for putting a modest price of $20 on a game when there are similar games who had done similar things and ended up becoming massive successes? When you look at it from that perspective, it simply does not seem fair.
Argument #3: The F2P model with microtransactions is shady as hell, even at the best of times.
Of course, there are also massively successful games that started out as being F2P from the get-go, the most notable ones being League of Legends. Out of all the games out there, many consider LoL to have one of the best F2P monetization models. The items that you can buy with real money are mainly cosmetic items and are not pay-to-win. You can play the game as much as you want without spending any real money. And if you do have some extra cash to spend, you are welcome to buy any of the skins to make your champion look just a bit cooler. It’s a pretty good system overall. Surely, if LoL can benefit from it, Gigantic can too, right?
That is until you realize that LoL players spend an average of $92 per year on this so-called “free-to-play” game. (Source) And that’s only an average! There are more extreme cases of people spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year on this game. When compared to that, $20 for a game like Gigantic might as well be a drop in the bucket. How is it possible that, for a supposedly “free-to-play” game, people on average are spending more money than they do with traditional games in the long run? It’s ridiculous!
Now, I’m sure that there are some of you out there who have enjoyed playing LoL for years without spending a single penny. If you are one of those people, good on you; you have more self-control than most of us. I’m sure that, from your perspective, paying $20 for Gigantic just doesn’t seem worth it to you. That is a fair and valid point and I completely understand. However, if the statistics are to be believed, most of you LoL players out there are not that type of person.
Most of you do not have that kind of self-control. Eventually, FOMO is going to hit you hard and you'll cave into that pressure. Eventually, you will be inclined to spend more money than you should and even lose track of how much you are spending. Eventually, the act of paying money itself becomes a habit and then, all of a sudden, you’re playing the equivalent of a down payment of a car on this game—a game which, may I remind you, does not require you to pay any amount of money to play in the first place! Is “free-to-play” actually free to play if you’re just going to end up paying money anyway?
Try as you might, you’re going to give into that temptation eventually. That’s how F2P games are designed. They manipulate you psychologically. Games like LoL did not get as big as they did on a gaming community that is good at self-control with their money. Sure, maybe the F2P model is a financially sustainable model if done right. That doesn’t change the fact that F2P games are shady at its core even at the best of times and are downright predatory and exploitative at the worst of times.
Sure, maybe you think that all that money you’ve spent on the game is worth it. Maybe you bought all those skins with absolutely no regrets whatsoever. If the game is good, then it totally deserves whatever amount of money you’re paying it, right? To which I ask you this: if you’re already willing to spend that much money on a F2P game like LoL, why would you be so apprehensive to spend $20 on a full game like Gigantic? Is $20 really that big of a deal when compared to all the other gaming-related purchases that you’ve made throughout your lifetime? Plus, that $20 is a one-and-done deal, after which you don’t have to pay any more money. You literally cannot toss in the down payment of a car into this game even if you wanted to!
The team behind Gigantic are probably aware of the negative reputation of microtransactions. While I don’t know for certain, I suspect that they have heated debates amongst themselves before settling with the final asking price of $20 as the best compromise in order to rid the game of any microtransactions. Even though $20 might seem a lot at first when compared to its F2P competitors, on average, playing Gigantic is going to cost you less money than playing LoL in the long run. That’s because Gigantic is designed like a real game, not a glorified Skinner box.
For a long time, people have been complaining about microtransactions in video games—so much so that not even games like LoL are completely free of criticism. Gigantic dares to take a step towards the right direction by introducing a reasonably priced game that doesn’t have any microtransactions even when it probably should. Assuming that the team did so under genuinely benevolent reasons, Gigantic should be praised for taking such a bold step, not condemned, and I just really want to get that out there to all of you guys.
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Of course, on the off-chance that Gigantic might actually go F2P in the future, all the points I’ve made so far will be rendered moot. And while I might be a bit upset at their decision to do so, if they truly think it is what’s best for the survival of the game, I have no right to stop them. At the end of the day, the point I’m trying to make here is that Gigantic’s $20 price point with no microtransactions is not without its merits. Plus, Gigantic is just a really, really good game in general that totally deserves $20. Make of that what you will.
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TL;DR
Gigantic tried going F2P before and it didn’t work
There are examples of non-F2P games of a similar genre that end up becoming successful
Seriously, fuck microtransactions!

Hello all (throwaway account since I'm not on reddit much). This is going to be a partial rant but also genuinely curious on how to prepare for the SCYM exam as I am going to have to retake it.
For some context I am a flow "core" manager (I have other assay development duties as well) at the big pharma I work at and for a variety of reasons have decided to recently take the SCYM exam to add onto my CV.
Thing is as probably most of you in this subreddit are either in an Academic or Industry flow setting, however when taking the exam earlier today many of the day-to-day subject matters we see in the workplace don't apply to us and alot applied to the clinical flow people in the hospital setting. As an example half my day to day work deals with spectral flow on the Aurora, Symphony SE and analysis on OMIQ; the exam however only had 1 out of 100 questions about high dimensional flow. Well over 10 to 15 questions related to some sort of disease state or hematological malignancy, something only talked about within clinical flow. I can't recall any questions asked about panel design for example, something very critical in research flow but something that is not practically developed in the clinical lab as there use premade cocktails and panels. All and all the exam is very outdated (still asking question about cell cycle, as if people are still doing that these day's).
Moving forward I really need a resource to study for this exam. They have a vague outline with books that go far beyond the relevance of what is needed for the test on the ASCP website. Flurofinder had a great test prep that claimed it preps you for the test (which i passed with flying colors when practicing) 1 part about flow basics, 1 part about sorting and a 3rd part about spectral and panel design. After taking the test however it covers things that wont be on the exam and excludes all the clinical flow questions that will be on the exam.
What I'm really looking for at this point is a test bank or practice tests to study from or any other real suggestions from people that have taken the test in recent years. Feel free to PM me.

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Description

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Hello everyone,
I just experienced an issue with my 2021 GLI and wanted to share it here to see if anyone has any ideas about what's going on.
Basically, this morning I drove the car for about 10 minutes without any problems. I parked for around 5 minutes, and when I came back to the car and pressed the power button, it made a clicking noise like it wanted to start, but it didn't. The digital cockpit and lights were fine, but the check engine light came on. I pressed the button again, and the same thing happened. On the third attempt, the car started with a message saying "Error: Start/Stop."
I parked again, turned the car to P, restarted it, and it worked fine.
I went to the VW dealership, which is super close to my house (about 2 minutes away), and told the service representative what happened. She said based on what I described, it sounds like a battery issue, which seemed strange to me. How can the battery go bad without any warning? And if the battery is bad, how did the car start on the third attempt? She mentioned the service center manager suggested there could be other issues, so it's better to make an appointment and have the car tested.
Here's my concern: everything is covered under my warranty except the battery. They told me that because my car has start/stop technology, the battery needs to be programmed, which would cost around $650 CAD.
I'm worried they might make me buy a new battery without addressing the real problem. What if the issue isn't the battery? I've checked online, and people have reported similar issues caused by different problems. If they make me buy a new battery and the problem persists, can I fight it and get a refund? $650 is a lot of money to just say "whatever."
I would really appreciate it if anyone who has experienced the same thing or has any helpful advice could share before I take my car in tomorrow.
Thanks!

Hello everyone,
I just experienced an issue with my 2021 GLI and wanted to share it here to see if anyone has any ideas about what's going on.
Basically, this morning I drove the car for about 10 minutes without any problems. I parked for around 5 minutes, and when I came back to the car and pressed the power button, it made a clicking noise like it wanted to start, but it didn't. The digital cockpit and lights were fine, but the check engine light came on. I pressed the button again, and the same thing happened. On the third attempt, the car started with a message saying "Error: Start/Stop."
I parked again, turned the car to P, restarted it, and it worked fine.
I went to the VW dealership, which is super close to my house (about 2 minutes away), and told the service representative what happened. She said based on what I described, it sounds like a battery issue, which seemed strange to me. How can the battery go bad without any warning? And if the battery is bad, how did the car start on the third attempt? She mentioned the service center manager suggested there could be other issues, so it's better to make an appointment and have the car tested.
Here's my concern: everything is covered under my warranty except the battery. They told me that because my car has start/stop technology, the battery needs to be programmed, which would cost around $650 CAD.
I'm worried they might make me buy a new battery without addressing the real problem. What if the issue isn't the battery? I've checked online, and people have reported similar issues caused by different problems. If they make me buy a new battery and the problem persists, can I fight it and get a refund? $650 is a lot of money to just say "whatever."
I would really appreciate it if anyone who has experienced the same thing or has any helpful advice could share before I take my car in tomorrow.
Thanks!