let's hope this doesn't constitute as homework help because while it is for assignment it's not to solve a problem >_< i'm doing a paper where i need statistics on country incomes, wealth distribution (what percentage holds what amount of wealth) and or a statistic with method of measuring statistic with sample size. i understand that's pretty specific so i mainly am asking if anyone have any advice where i may be able to find these "common statistics" that are more in depth

I think that this is typically the type of idea that looks good on paper but is a nightmare in reality.
I would like your feedback about it: - a platform where you can find experts in a particular industry and be able to book calls or maybe mentorship
Are you yourself an expert or a potential user?

The Art of Deception: Crafting Characters That Lie, Cheat, and Steal Your Reader's Hearts
My dear young storytellers, it's time to enter the realm of the truly delicious: the art of creating characters so real, so vibrant, so delightfully flawed that your readers will desperately want to grab them by the shoulders and either shake them or offer them a hug (and possibly a strong drink).
Commandment #11: Heroes Are Boring (Embrace the Anti-Hero)
A flawless, always-do-the-right-thing hero makes for a rather dull story. Give your characters some baggage to unpack, some questionable decisions in their past, a healthy dose of selfishness or a pinch of cowardice. These are the cracks where the light of redemption gets in, the flaws that make them relatable…and infinitely more interesting.
Commandment #12: Your Villain Is the Hero of Their Own Story
Nobody twirls their mustache and cackles, "Mwahaha, I am evil!" A truly compelling villain genuinely believes they're the good guy. Give them a motivation that the reader can almost understand, a twisted logic that justifies their actions. This makes them far more chilling and harder to defeat.
Commandment #13: Minor Characters Matter (No Cardboard Cutouts Allowed)
Even the grumpy barista who serves your protagonist a double-shot of reality can have a spark of personality. A unique detail, a snappy line, a hidden backstory hinted at in a single gesture – this brings your fictional world to life. Remember, everyone is the star of their own narrative.
Commandment #14: Dialogue Is Not Just Talking Heads
Dialogue is a weapon, a seduction, a tool for revelation. It should reflect your characters' personalities, reveal their hidden motives, and advance the plot all at once. Make your characters' voices as distinct as their fingerprints. Study how people really talk – the pauses, interruptions, the unspoken words lingering between the lines.
Commandment #15: Actions Speak Louder Than Internal Monologues
Sure, internal monologues can be great, but don't rely on them to tell the story. Show us your characters through what they do, what they choose, and what they desperately try to hide. Actions leave far deeper impressions on a reader than pages of introspection.
World-Building for Beginners (and How to Avoid Info-Dumping)
Ah, the intoxicating power of creating entire worlds! But beware, young architects of universes, there's a fine line between a rich setting and a dry encyclopedia entry. Let's make sure your readers are booking guided tours of your world, not yawning in the face of a geography lecture.
Commandment #16: Start Small, Expand Slowly
Resist the urge to cram all your brilliant world-building details into the first chapter. Ground the reader in your protagonist's immediate world – their room, their village, their annoying neighbor. Layer in the larger world organically through action and dialogue.
Commandment #17: Sensory Overload (In a Good Way)
Don't just tell us about your world; make us feel it. The sting of salt wind on a sea voyage, the scent of otherworldly spices in a fantastical marketplace, the rough texture of ancient stone beneath trembling fingers – engage all the senses to make your setting come alive.
Commandment #18: Rules Are Made to Be Broken
While consistency in world-building is key, a single, shocking exception to the rules can be magic. Just when your reader thinks they understand your magic system, hit them with the unpredictable. It sparks wonder, curiosity, and those delicious "aha!" moments.
Commandment #19: If It Doesn't Affect the Plot, Chop It
You may have created the most intricate political system in the galaxy, but if it doesn't directly impact your protagonist's struggle, it needs to be edited down. Remember, world-building needs to serve the story, not overshadow it.
Commandment #20: Research Is Your Secret Weapon
Even in the most fantastical realms, grounding your world in some element of reality makes it believable. Research medieval sword-making, Icelandic folklore, or the migratory patterns of butterflies. These real-world details add unexpected texture and believability to your fictional creations.

Hello,
I’m visiting Paris for the first time next month for a long weekend with my Wife.
We booked into a hotel in Vincennes without much research (it’s a nice hotel at the price sold us).
I’ve done a bit of research and it looks to be about 6km from the city center, we’re more interested in wandering sampling the food and drink than doing the touristy attractions just wondering if anyone had any experience of the transport links to the city center and also what local life is like in Vincennes we land late afternoon planning on just exploring the local area
Thanks

In the dynamic world of rental businesses, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. Property management software rental has emerged as a game-changer, streamlining operations and enhancing tenant interactions. But how exactly has this technology transformed the industry? Let’s dive into real-world examples and uncover the benefits and efficiencies gained through this innovative tool.

Introduction

Imagine managing a rental property using just a ledger book, a stack of paper files, and your memory. It sounds almost primitive in today's digital age, right? Property management software is like the smartphone of rental management—once you have it, you can't imagine life without it.

The Challenges of Traditional Management

Traditional property management often involves cumbersome processes that can be time-consuming and error-prone. Tracking payments, maintenance requests, and tenant inquiries manually not only leaves room for errors but also eats up valuable time.

What is Property Management Software?

Property management software is a digital platform that automates and streamlines the administrative and operational tasks of managing rental properties. This software ensures that everything from tenant screening to lease termination is handled efficiently and effectively.

Case Study: Efficiency in Action

Let’s consider the transformation of Cityscape Rentals. Before implementing property management software, the company struggled with delayed rent payments and inefficient maintenance scheduling. Now, automated reminders and easy online payment options have nearly eliminated late payments, and maintenance tickets are addressed promptly.

Financial Management and Reporting

With property management software, rental businesses gain insights into their financial health through detailed analytics and reporting features. This allows for better budgeting and financial planning.

Maintenance and Operations

The software offers features like automated maintenance scheduling, which helps in timely maintenance, ensuring tenant satisfaction and extending the lifespan of property assets.

Tenant Communication and Satisfaction

Enhanced communication features in the software allow for real-time updates and notifications to tenants, which significantly improves tenant satisfaction and retention.

Security and Compliance

Staying compliant with housing laws and regulations is simplified with property management software, which can update its features in accordance with changing laws.

Integrations and Scalability

Modern property management software often integrates with other tools such as accounting software, payment gateways, and more, making it a scalable solution that grows with your business.

Case Study: Enhanced Tenant Experience

At Lakeview Apartments, the introduction of property management software has transformed the tenant experience. Online lease applications, digital lease signing, and a tenant portal for communication and payment have streamlined the entire tenant lifecycle.

Cost Savings and ROI

The initial investment in property management software is quickly offset by the savings from more efficient operations and the avoidance of costly errors and disputes.

Implementing the Software

Implementing property management software requires careful planning and training but is generally straightforward with the support from reputable software providers.

Future of Rental Management Software

As technology advances, so too will property management software, with potential future features like AI-driven analytics and enhanced virtual reality property tours.

Conclusion

The transformation brought about by property management software in the rental business sector is profound. By automating day-to-day tasks, enhancing tenant communication, and ensuring compliance, these tools allow businesses to focus on growth and customer satisfaction.

You make pretty regrettable mistakes when you're desperate. Unfortunately, desperation would go on to cost me much more than I ever thought possible.
When I was 19 years old my financial situation wasn't great. In what was left of a crumbling home would be my recovering addict twin sister, and myself. The unfortunate state of our home was all from the even more unfortunate passing of our parents just five years prior. The two hadn't died tragically by any means, thankfully. No.. our parents died of old age, a consequence of having us kids later in life, while not being able to take on the financial burden that would be.. us.
My sister was making the early steps into the college lifestyle, doing her best to stay afloat with my support in funding. Money was tight for the two of us, but as she became more well off on her own, the more content she was with severing the last remaining tie to her childhood.. me.
I didn't hate Xel for her decision, if anything I understood her distancing from this life.. even if it saddened me. So then it was just me! Left to a house with a hole in the ceiling. Believe it or not, life wasn't all to bad even with how considerably down in the dumps it otherwise seemed to be.
However, content as I might have been, it's human nature to want more than you have. Can't say I was to greedy to look for some comfortability in my own home..
And so there it was! The glistening letters of ink outlining my salvation. An advertisement I'd found plastered onto the wall of the small booth I sat at while I waited for the bus to carry me off to work. "$5,000 to those compatible for a recent scientific breakthrough." Under any 'normal' circumstances I would consider this a scam. Hell, I was skeptical as I scanned the letters. Had I been told of this opportunity through spam call or text I would've glossed right over it just as anyone else would have.. but I was desperate.
I think it was the fact that someone, some real person had to have put this paper up on this wall gave me some glimmer of hope for a quick cash grab. Listed bellow the promise of money was details for a number to call regarding interest in the proposition.
I took the bait.. I saw the line, and like some idiot I clamped my teeth down just for that hook to sweep me away.
The corporation I'd come to know as, "The Arsaction," would see me just a week later. There was a brief consultation. They took my weight, age, all things I would've expected. It wasn't until they pulled records regarding my familial situation that I began to find this whole ordeal.. suspicious.
To 'begin' to find things suspicious only at this point is foolish, something I full understand, but I feel the need to reinforce the fact that I, Lex McKarthy, was desperate.
Everything by this point seemed pretty legit. The blood tests, the doctors office, the tests were.. reasonable. What was I to suspect? Everything was so vague, and truth be told I honestly didn't even expect anything to come of this visit. All the doctors, all the consultants seemed so disinterested in my features.. but when they realized I had no one, everything seemed to change.
Suddenly ears perked, suddenly doors closed, suddenly I was.. exactly what they were looking for. Every feature of myself was so painfully average. I was anyman, I was.. nothing. Despite their best efforts to be discreate, I knew it was only the fact that nobody would come looking for me that peaked their interests.
My stomach dropped when I was faced with a pen in my hand, trembling over that NDA. Every fiber of me cursed myself for never considering putting just a minute of research into 'The Arsaction,' however a video briefing would ease my nerves. Nobody knew who The Arsaction was. There was no public record of their existence, and that NDA would make sure that they continued to never exist.
I was stupid, I was irrational, I was in over my head! But I was desperate.. and I had nothing else.
"I have nothing else.. I have nothing else!"
It was a mantra I chanted as I was injected with that substance. The substance that turned my blood orange, made my skin freakishly thin.
And then I went home.
That was it. I was given my sum of money, and I was sent home. They told me I was, "good to go," and no number of questions would get a one of them to speak. I was only met with who I'd assume to be security guiding me out of the building.
Not a word more of what I'd just been injected with, only given instructions to not dwell on mirrors for too long. That was it, just some ominous instructions. So I left, as befuddled as I arrived. Relief washed over me as I made my way home. The anxiety I'd received from such an ominous buildup was all waved by the fact that I was somehow just.. good to go?
Relief quickly turned to panic as the inherent nature of it all being too good to be true set in. I expected to die, I expected some visit from government agents, I expected anything and everything, but as months turned to years.. Nothing ever came of it. No mirror ever caused me any harm, which was its own anxiety I'd have to overcome simply because of the absurd nature or such a request.
I hoped it was.. some prank. Everything was well... for a time. Until my sister called.
I just.. watched the phone ring. My sister, someone who I hadn't spoken to in upwards of 8 years was suddenly ringing me up. When I finally had answered, her question left me speechless.
"Hey Lex. would you happen to remember Mom's recipe for that egg toast? I think I left the cookbook at your place."
I felt my ears ring. The question was so.. casual. She entirely skipped the part where we discussed how she's been, how I'm doing. She spoke to me like we'd hung out only days ago.
At the time I'd thought I was just being dramatic, but looking back on it I can only justify my own hesitation to respond.
"W-..what?"
I stammered like a fool, but I was firm in my disbelief.
"Yeah, it should be in the book on the counter?"
I looked over my shoulder to my kitchen counter, past the toaster I never bought, and over to the book she spoke of. My jaw hung heavy, the whole interaction feeling like a dream.
With one hand I held the phone, and with the other I began to skim the pages of the book letting my eyes linger on mom's cinnamon roll recipe for a bit longer than intended.
"Lex.. are you ok?"
My sister inquired on the other end. I suddenly felt sick.. falling the the ground and laying on my back. This wasn't happening. It never did.
"Lex? Are you alright!?"
My sister repeated back more urgently, followed by her assurance that she would be over soon to check on him. But.. no company ever arrived. After hours the line just dropped, and I fell asleep there on that cold, wooden floor, paralyzed with a feeling I couldn't wrap my head around.
This never happened.
I never left.
I woke up in my bed in a cold sweat. I checked the time, greeted with a humble 4:37 in the morning. What troubled me was the fact that the date had been set back 7 years.
Of course it wasn't all so clear to me. After 7 long years I'd honestly forgotten about this day. This was the day that I'd set out for my graciously provided $5,000
7 years of my fucking life.. I would chalk it all up to that.. STUFF that they injected me with.. what was it? Phantom Drive? I could call it all some terrible drug trip, some construct defined by some insane psychedelic, but if that were the case, how was I here now? BEFORE I'd ever taken the drug?
This is a dream. I convinced myself I hadn't miraculously gone back in time, that 7 years of my life weren't a lie, but if that were the case, why was my blood still that damn orangy hue?
I'm losing sleep over this itch in my brain. It's like some taste of blood in my mouth has soured out the idea that letting my eyelids squeeze shut could further obscure my definite understanding of when I stood.
A day I remember so vividly at the ripe age of 14 years old, now 12 years ago, I awoke to the sweet smell of cinnamon rolls filling the air. All was right with the world, all as I climbed from the messy sheets in my dark room. It was abundantly clear that the bulb of the light beside my bed had burnt out over the course of the night, and the closed blinds didn't aid my vision as I stumbled around my room in search of my door.
An oddity presented itself in the fashion of aimless wondering. Where was the nob? One I'd become so accustomed to.. not needing to open? I'd never closed my door. Not the previous night, not ever. Not to the behest of my mother who'd always taken annoyance to closed doors, some trait of my grandmother's to which my mom had unfortunately inherited.
Breakfast took the form of two strips of bacon, scrambled eggs, and slightly burnt French-Toast. My previous assumption of cinnamon rolls unfortunately missed the mark, however I wouldn't object to this. I wish I could convince myself that I was wrong. Something so mundane, something so insignificant to the events in this story, however the first notable instance of a curse that I couldn't pinpoint
My mother had already seen herself off to work by this point, and so I was faced with the responsibilities of seeing myself out to the bus. Some routine I'd become far too used to; The minutes passed, leaving me with nothing to do but wait by the door for a buss that would never arrive.
If the door being shut and the cinnamon rolls being a different meal entirely had left me with a minor confusion, then suddenly being seated in the passenger seat of my mother's car listening to the nonchalant complaints from my twin sister about the nuances freshmen year math shot me into a disarray I couldn't possibly quantify.
I think one of the scariest things for me is the fact that I thought nothing of it. I hadn't freaked out. No scene was made to express what should have been one of the more disturbing instances of my childhood.
I could chalk up the mistaking breakfast for something else as me just misremembering events.. But something unmistakable is the fact that somehow my mom both never drove me to school, yet the fact that she.. always had.
If you're confused, I understand. I am too, because the contradicting nature of my memory is something that haunts me to no end.
Things were easier as a child. That's often the case, but ever sense I stopped aging, I've begun to notice the oddities presented by life that are.. inexplainable. I'm not even sure where to start with researching my predicament. Hell, this is reddit! If I couldn't find an answer here, I doubt there is an answer to be found at all.
The Mandela Effect is something that I feel needs no introduction. To those who don't know, the Mandela Effect, in brief, is a phenomenon that incurs when you "misremember" something. Think of a card, now imagine you saw that card as a child and it had a single heart drawn on it's center. Now, years later you are discussing this card with someone else just for them to tell you that the heart you swear, the heart you KNOW you saw.. was a diamond. You tell them they are wrong, you shake your head, chuckle nervously.. But then they present you with the card.
Your stomach drops. This can't be the card, there is no way! Only it is the card, and when you come to the realization that it is in fact the card you'd seen as a child, you are filled with a mix of confusion, fascination, and quite possibly denial.
Most often, the Mandela Effect is associated with silly things like books titles, and board game mascots, but my experience is far beyond such things. It's the only phenomenon I've found that seems even within the realm of explaining my predicament. Problem is, the more I think, the more is wrong.
All of me wishes it all ended with that one childhood experience! But it didn't. In fact, the more I consider my childhood, the more contradictions I notice. Part of me believes I could handle this if it was limited to my childhood, but it's not. This.. experience... It effects my every day!
I'm not losing my mind, I'm just picking up crumbs that I never dropped. Not.. losing my mind, just finding more "mind" than the inventory should account for.

Dear Students,
It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you all to our campus on behalf of the Management, Faculty and Staff of NMIMS Hyderabad. NMIMS Hyderabad under the visionary leadership of our Chancellor Hon’ble Amrish R Patel, President Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) and Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Dr. Ramesh Bhat has carved a place for itself in the elite league of B-Schools in a short span of time.
NMIMS Hyderabad is committed to achieve academic excellence with an excellent teaching delivery through Assurance of Learning System. It is our endeavour to nurture research talent for excelling in academics. Hyderabad campus in the recent past has become the most preferred destination for undergraduate and post graduate programs. This campus is popularly known has Hyderabad Jadcherla Campus situated on Hyderabad Bengaluru highway.
NMIMS Hyderabad is committed to the holistic development of our students. Along with academics’ importance is attached to cocurricular and extracurricular activities. The MBA program offers a judicious blend of theory and practice and is delicately designed to be change-oriented. The course curriculum is continually reviewed and updated to cater to the requirements of industry and reflect changes in the environment. A unique feature of the program is its in-built concern for the larger society, as reflected in the design of the curriculum, which aims at nurturing well-focused, value-conscious and socially committed managers and leaders of the future. The teaching learning pedagogy is designed to meet the expectations of various stakeholders. Integrity and discipline are at the core of our value system.
The MBA program at Hyderabad Campus intends to commence the academic session for the batch of 2024-26 from June 03, 2024. The program shall be in offline mode. Further communication related to Academic related activities will be send to you by Academic Office in due course of time.
Few quick updates for your easy access of the campus from day one:
• The Hyderabad Jadcherla Campus is situated 40 minutes away from Airport, 60 minutes away from Hyderabad Nampally Railway Station, 120 minutes away from Secunderabad Railway Station. Ask your cab driver to reach TSIIC Polepally SEZ at Jadcherla and then NMIMS Campus 2 km inside.
• If you are coming by road from Bengaluru side, then get down at TSIIC, Polepally SEZ on main road and ask for our internal vehicle service help. In such cases you should book cab services for Jadcherla and communicate with Rector.
• We will welcome you all for hostel stay from 1st June 2024 onwards and for any help reach to Hostel Warden.
• The weather in Hyderabad will be like – June mid to October – Rainy Season, Nov to January Mild winter, March to May – Summer. We suggest you to carry one personal foldable umbrella, one rain coat and one wind cheater.
• NMIMS MBA, Hyderabad - is a fully Residential Program under School of Business Management (SBM).
Welcoming you and wishing you all the best once again.
Dr. Koteswararao Anne
Director, SVKMS NMIMS
Hyderabad Campus

This is a random sample of my book I’ve been working on and I was just wondering if anyone thought it was worth it or if I should give up on this one, romance isn’t my thing but I gave it a shot. 🫣
They were in New York together. She was meeting with publishers for her new book, scared to face the big apple by herself she invited him. They arrived at the hotel after a crazy day at the busy airport, thankfully they had no complications. They walked in to be greeted with two beds and a beautiful balcony. She sighed flipping down on one the beds, kicking her shoes off on the floor below her.

“Hey, imma go grab a shower it’s been a long day.” That was the first time he’d spoke since they arrived, his nerves shot from flying for the first time. She sat up and simply nodded, agreeing that a shower sounds like a great idea. While she waited for her turn she took this time to unpack her luggage into the dresser, leaving out her night clothes neatly folded on the top of the dresser. Just as she shut the drawer her best friend walked out with only a towel around his waist, water droplets glistening on his dark skin. Her eyes scanned his slightly toned body before he cleared his throat. She quickly averted her eyes looking anywhere but in his direction. They had been friends for years, FRIENDS, she had almost never thought of him as more. There was one time she thought he might like her but she was proven wrong. “Yeah, I’ll just head to the shower…” The air now thick and slightly awkward for the two, she slid her wad past him and into the bathroom locking the door behind her. She reached only for the cold water nob, her skin was hot she needed to cool down. She quickly was in and out of the shower, stepping out she dried off and brush her teeth. Slipping into her silk matching pajamas, she slowing excited the bathroom. He was sat with her back against the head board reading her book. “So she’s an alien and an also a princess?” He looked up at her. She nodded “It’s not that simple but yes.” She giggled sitting down beside him. “I didn’t know you were interested in my book?” “Well it’s simple really, I’m interested in everything you do.” 

When: Sunday 5-12-2024
Where: O’Hare International Airport, American Airlines
Items Lost and/or stolen:
1. Remarkable 2, The paper Tablet
2. Marker Plus w/ Tablet
3. Remarkable 2 folio case
On 5-11-2024, I flew American Airline from North Carolina to Chicago Ohara International airport. The plane sat right off the runway for about an hour, the plane had no gate to park. Most of the passengers missed their connecting flight. I missed my connection to Portland OR by minutes. I was rebooked for a flight for the next day to Portland via Dallas Tx On Sunday 5-12-2024 at 2:40pm. When boarding the plane, we had to check in our carry-on bag because it was full (I had my work laptop and new Remarkable 2 tablet in my carry-on). We started to taxi out to the runway, then stopped. After about 40 minutes, the pilot came on the speaker and said there would be a delay of about ½ hour to an hour. He then came on to the speaker and said that they were now saying it would be 1-3 hours and he had decided to deplane. The flight was then cancelled. I could not get my carry-on, because it would be going to Dallas and then Portland once a flight went out. I was able to book another flight to Portland 6 hours later. When I landed, I was able to get my check in bag, it had arrived the day before, but the carry-on that I did not want to check in was not there. It would be there in about an hour. So, I waited. By this time, I had spent about 2days or about 30 hours in the airports (they did give me a $12.00 food voucher- you cannot even get a sandwich for that price). I was so exhausted I grabbed my baggage when it got there, and we drove another hour to Salem. By this time, I had been travelling and in airports since Saturday morning at 9:00am and it was now after Midnight Sunday night /Monday morning. I was able to get home about 2:30am.
I slept for a couple of hours and when I opened my carry-on the laptop was in there, but the tablet was gone. I had just bought it just over a month ago and all together had spent $444.99.
I have tried filing a claim, you cannot do that w/o filing a missing baggage report. My bag is not missing. My tablet is. You cannot file a claim w/o original receipt within 24 hours. There is no one to whom you can talk. No one to help you. The one gal I managed to get ahold of was customer service but not for complaints or baggage problems. Her comment to me was “there are over 44 million customers a day with problems, you think we want talk to all of them”. That is what American Airlines thinks of their customers.
I knew my tablet was in the bag when they made me check my bag. They should be held liable. For as long as they held onto the luggage, anyone could have opened it up and took it. I am hoping I am wrong, and it is in the airport somewhere. Chicago, Portland, or Dallas. I feel like I will never see it again.
I know this, I will never fly AA again. They have terrible service, there planes are not in very good shape, just an all-around bad experience. I heard a lot of passengers complain about the airline. No one had anything good to say about them.
How many people has this happened to? Can they just get away with stealing and ripping people off? Making people’s lives miserable by having one of the most unorganized people and baggage and fight handling systems in the world.
Is there a chance a class action lawsuit could be filed? I am sorry I cannot just let them take $500 from me; I work too hard for my money. I feel like they have robbed me.

I originally wrote this out in this BPT thread on JK rowling comparing being transgender to being transracial, but the thread got locked to country club only as I was writing. I thought I'd post it here.
I had a philosophy class where this was a prompt for a paper - basically analyzing the philosophical differences between transracialism and transgenderism. This was back in like 2017. (One of several prompts, I didn't write on it)
Rachel Dolezal was the required reading / case study for transracialism. It generated a lot of pretty interesting discussion. Reading the wikipedia on her now though is kinda crazy, it seems like a lot of weird stuff came out on her in the last 7 years.
I reviewed a few papers on it and we went over some others in class, I can't remember it all but from what I remember most of the arguments were along the lines of this ask social science post which essentially argues that race is something external defined by how others interact with you, while gender is something internal defined by how you see yourself.
That said... I've always felt like that answer was a bit too clean cut. There's obviously an external aspect to gender as well, people treat and see you differently based on your gender, and there are a lot of societal expectations placed on you based on your gender. For someone like Rowling I can kinda see why she would identify with this, with her womanhood largely coming in as an external thing that people bring in to analyze her writing. Also when she wrote her first book she was a divorced broke single mom, which I'm sure is a very external way to experience womahood.
Maybe we should have two different words for the internal experience and the external experience of belonging to a group?
I think Rowling is clearly way too reductive the other direction though - none of the trans women I know are just 'well I like long hair and taylor swift so I guess I'm a girl'. The internal experience of feeling a certain gender is certainly a lot deeper than that.

You think a lot about the things you didn't say when you can no longer say them. That's the great tragedy of loss -- the finality of it. There is no next chapter once the book has ended.
Or so I thought.
We were married young and for politics. Her father possessed troops and my father possessed legitimacy. It made for an ideal match on paper, but a poor one in person. The differences in our suitability for one another were immediately apparent. She was beautiful and graceful. I was smart but lacking in most other respects other than title. Our wedding artist did me much justice in the portrait, but the injustice of the pairing was clear enough to all.
I had few expectations that she would like me. None that she would love me. I hoped for it and made my effort, but tolerance was the best I could manage. She had the regal bearing of one born for the court, I could simply could not break through to anything beyond. For each gesture there was always a polite and dignified response, but little more.
Still, I cared for her and she was diligent in her duties. She would attend to me when required and play the host with the utmost of care when entertaining. Unfailingly it was commented on that I was a lucky and fortunate man to be have blessed with a wife with so many manifest gifts.
And I agreed, both in voice and in soul.
It is a great pain to love and receive none in return. I often wished to tear it from my body, like a cancerous tumor that slowly ate at the edges of my sanity. It would be so much easier to be done with the feelings within and focus my attentions elsewhere.
But I couldn't. She was all that I desired.
Even when the sickness came, my heart did not change. It redoubled its affection.
Many a night I sat beside her, either in silence or with a book of tales she liked best. As the flame guttered and flickered, I would close the book and lay my hand on hers. She would mumble, lost in the tincture dreams, and I would depart.
Each morning I would greet her, accompanied by fresh cuttings from her garden and the ungodly tea she was required to consume throughout the day. She would thank me for both and ask whether I required anything of her.
"Get well." Is all I would say. Then I would bow and leave her to those whose company she preferred to my own. So many times I pondered whether to say more, whether to unburden my heart. But it would be a selfish thing to settle my heavy load upon the shoulders of one so frail.
The days passed and her condition worsened. Other doctors were summoned and other treatments offered. Each seemed worse than the last, as if the only way to kill the disease was to kill the patient alongside it. I vented my frustrations upon them, but it made little difference.
In the end, she was a wisp. Always fragile, but now frail. The light still shimmered in her eyes, but so much else had gone. Her whispers were weak rasps and I was forced to lean closer to hear. I offered her what comfort I could, but there was little comfort to be had.
On the final night, I came in the evening, book and candle in hand. I sat beside her and opened the book.
She shook her head and whispered a word.
I could not hear her. I leaned close. "No."
"You do not want the book?" I asked.
She shook her head again and pointed a trembling hand to the nightstand. On it stood a small diary. I looked from it to her, confused. "Do you want me to read that?"
"Yes."
I set the book of tales aside and picked up the diary. It was timeworn, covered in brown leather. I gave her a look and, upon her encouraging nod, opened it. I read aloud.

24th of Harvest, Year 732
I am to be married tomorrow. Father says that the Prince is a good match. I am worried. How will he find me? How will I find him? What shall I do if he finds me unacceptable? Father says I am always count on my training, that I have been educated in the proper way of being a wife and it shall ensure I perform well.
I hope I am okay to him.

I looked up from the tome. Her eyes were closed and her breath shallow.

25th of Harvest, Year 732
I am told the Prince is a fine man. That he is kindly and treats the servants well. I do not think this much to base an opinion on, but it is better than to hear he is cruel. In minutes, I will be attended to and prepared for the nuptials. I have prepared myself for what is to come, but I am scared.
Father says it would not be a duty if it were easy. I wish I had a mother of my own for guidance, I feel so lost.

A single tear had made its way from the corner of her eyes and down along her cheek. It glistened in the candlelight. I paused, "Would you like me to stop?" She shook her head.

26th of Harvest, Year 732
I am married. It feels so strange to say.
I am still scared, but not of him. He is clever and amiable. He has a nice smile. I will do my duty to him as a wife. I will not let him down. I will not let my own sentiments cloud my obligations to him.

"Further...later..." She whispered. A clumsy hand rose from her chest and landed on the diary, pushing the pages along.

13th of Long Night, Year 735
I love you.
Why can we not just say it to one another?

I looked up, my eyes wide.
Hers were closed, never open again.
I took her hand in mine and pulled it close. "I love you," I said for the first time to my bride. In the days the followed, during the dark bleakness of grief, I would read the same from her, repeated across the pages of our life together. It is strange that I should find the love I wanted only once the giver was gone. We had been so close in our hearts, but so far in our minds. It created a same desolation in me, to know how close we had been. How close we could have been.
But perhaps it is better to have loved and lost than to have never found the book at all.
PerilousPlatypus

Anyone who worked at VIPKID *before* the 'restructuring' might have noticed how much the company has changed.
In the past, account suspensions were rare (in fact, I never experienced one until 2023), while now, they seem to hand them out like candy for the most trivial of reasons (and almost always due to STUDENT/PARENT-SIDE issues that are blamed on the teacher - even when presented with contravening evidence).
Obviously, such heavy-handed punishments (suspensions seem to last anywhere from a week to a month) help no one when they are (as is almost always the case) the result of 'unrepresentative' petty grievances, misplaced anger, or even acts of God (such as rare and unscheduled internet outages/unforeseeable IT issues).
When teachers are 'punished' for any reason other than negligence, it becomes an 'authoritarian' exercise without constructive lessons to be learned, and with no benefit to either the complaining student/parent, company, student population (and LEAST of all the teacher - who often remains the ONLY injured party).
VIPKID claims that these policy changes are in support of students - but given the arbitrary nature of the complaints, I feel 'indulge' is the better word.
The question is - what is the REAL reason the company culture changed so drastically in devaluing its teachers?
What caused the shift in attitudes from supportive, to abusive and hostile?
As I said earlier, pandering to an unrepresentative sample of toxic complainers can only indulge the *extreme* minority at the expense of the majority (regular students become annoyed when being deprived of their favorite teachers).
So, I don't buy the 'business' angle.
Lastly, are there any ESL/Teaching companies out there who actually *VALUE* teachers while treating them with *DIGNITY* and *RESPECT*, rather than as a piece of toilet paper, fit only to be used and discarded?

Hello,
I'm an ECT 2 in a PRU and another academy in our trust has just had their call.
I'm really worried about ofsted looking in my books. They don't reflect progress like my books in a mainstream do. There are swearwords written on the books, graffiti on the books, lots of refusal to work etc. I feel like my pupils make so much progress but it's not always obvious in their books as a lot of their progress is managing to stay in the classroom, having the courage to answer a question in a class, using their manners, stopping conversational swearing etc.
We're currently rated outstanding and I feel like the bar is so high.

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~Japan e-commerce logistics market~ is estimated to grow significantly at a CAGR of around 7.8% during the forecast period. Some of the major factors that drive the market growth in Japan include the increase in internet penetration with strong growth in the infrastructure network. Japan’s developed economy and high urban population are the key factors that make the country attractive to online retailers. E-commerce retailers enjoy several benefits in Japan, such as tech-savvy consumers and single language used by consumers all across the country. Along with this, the country has higher online shopping spending in the summers and during this period Japanese firms offer yearly summer bonuses to its employees. According to export.gov, in 2019, average worker bonuses account for around $3,000 and the spending of this bonus amount is primarily focus on leisure, luxury goods, and travel.
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The companies which are contributing to the growth of Japan e-commerce logistics market include Amazon.com, Inc., DHL International GmbH, Rakuten Inc., SF Express, and CEVA Logistics. The market players are considerably contributing to the market growth by the adoption of various strategies including new product launch, merger, and acquisition, collaborations with government, funding to the start-ups and technological advancements to stay competitive in the market. For instance, in July 2018, Rakuten Inc. launched new initiatives such as open new fulfillment centers to realize the vision for “One Delivery” end-to-end logistics service. This will enhance the logistics services of the company and market of logistics globally.
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· Market Coverage
· Market number available for – 2024-2031
· Base year- 2024
· Forecast period- 2024-2031
· Segment Covered- By Source, By Product Type, By Applications
· Competitive Landscape- Archer Daniels Midland Co., Ingredion Inc., Kerry Group Plc, Cargill
· Inc., and others
Market Segmentation
Japan E-Commerce Logistics Market by Services
o Transportation Services
o Warehousing Services
o Other E-Commerce Logistics Services (Processing and Packaging)
Japan E-Commerce Logistics Market by Products
o Baby Products
o Personal Care Products
o Books
o Home Furnishing Products
o Apparel Products
o Electronics Products
o Automotive Products
o Others (Grocery, Pharmaceuticals and Nutritional Products)
Japan E-Commerce Logistics Market by Location
o International
o Domestic
Company Profiles
o Amazon.com, Inc.
o Aramex
o CEVA Logistics
o DHL International GmbH
o E-com Express Pvt. Ltd.
o Japan Post Co. Ltd.
o Rakuten Inc.
o SF Express
o XPO Logistics, Inc.
o Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.
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• Comprehensive research methodology of the Japan e-commerce logistics market.
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• Analysis of regional regulations and other government policies impacting the Japan e-commerce logistics market.
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~UK e-commerce logistics market~ is estimated to grow significantly at a CAGR of around 9.6% during the forecast period. There exists a high penetration of the internet in the country; almost 95% of the country’s population uses the internet on a daily basis. Moreover, in 2018, UK ranked 7th out of 86 countries in the global inclusive internet index which depicts the easy affordability, availability, and relevance for internet users in the country. In the same year, the country ranked 8th in the logistics performance index which signifies the dominance of the logistics industry in the country providing a wide scope for the e-commerce logistics market. As per Eurostat 2018, over 81% of the total shoppers were e-shoppers in UK. Easy access to the internet, increasing online shopping trends and growing e-commerce logistics industry are some of the key contributors to the growth of the e-commerce logistics market in UK.
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The companies which are contributing to the growth of the UK e-commerce logistics market include DHL International GmbH, Parcelhub Ltd., United Parcel Service, Inc., Yusen Logistics Group, and 3P Logistics Ltd. The market players are considerably contributing to the market growth by the adoption of various strategies including new product launch, merger, and acquisition, collaborations with government, funding to the start-ups and technological advancements to stay competitive in the market. For instance, in June 2019, Aldi, one of the UK’s fastest-growing supermarket has extended its partnership with iForce for the future growth of its online platform for non-food products. iForce partnered with Aldi in 2015 for supporting the launch of its eCommerce platform for non-food Special buys and wine products. With the extension of the partnership, iForce can look at developing Aldi’s online proposition to grow its market share across UK.
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· Market Coverage
· Market number available for – 2024-2031
· Base year- 2024
· Forecast period- 2024-2031
· Segment Covered- By Source, By Product Type, By Applications
· Competitive Landscape- Archer Daniels Midland Co., Ingredion Inc., Kerry Group Plc, Cargill
· Inc., and others
Market Segmentation
UK E-Commerce Logistics Market by Services
o Transportation Services
o Warehousing Services
o Other E-Commerce Logistics Services (Processing and Packaging)
UK E-Commerce Logistics Market by Products
o Baby Products
o Personal Care Products
o Books
o Home Furnishing Products
o Apparel Products
o Electronics Products
o Automotive Products
o Others (Grocery, Pharmaceuticals and Nutritional Products)
UK E-Commerce Logistics Market by Location
o International
o Domestic
Company Profiles
o 3P Logistics Ltd.
o DHL International GmbH
o iForce Group Ltd.
o MCI Logistics Ltd.
o Parcelhub Ltd.
o Quiet Logistics
o Spatial Global Ltd.
o United Parcel Service, Inc.
o Weengs Ltd.
o Yusen Logistics Group
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• Comprehensive research methodology of the UK e-commerce logistics market.
• This report also includes a detailed and extensive market overview with key analyst insights.
• An exhaustive analysis of macro and micro factors influencing the market guided by key recommendations.
• Analysis of regional regulations and other government policies impacting the UK e-commerce logistics market.
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• Detailed and extensive market segments with regional distribution of forecasted revenues.
• Extensive profiles and recent developments of market players.

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Gday team. I have a note I add to when I learn things about SM. I got sick of seeing the same questions so I every time I answered I added to the note and just pasted a generic reply. I’ve been invited to post it here, so here you are!
Here’s my ever-growing, non-specific copy-paste reply, built from my own notes:

• Remember, followers are only for your ego. If you’re a business, Would you rather have a million followers who never buy anything or 1000 followers who purchase everything? (Read Kevin Kelly’s 1000 true fans article). However, if you’re trying to build an account for a brand or human deals, you need as many as possible. I.e. athletes wanting future deals/contracts, actresses wanting future roles, etc
  
• Dollars are the only score that matters in business. You can sell 1 million $1 items or 1x $1m item, it’s still a million dollars
  
• How do you get your first ten followers/sales? ASK. Start with your friends/family/personal socials. “Hey, I've started this thing; I'd love for you to follow”. Then contact everyone you've ever known (see cold outreach later, but this is warm haha). THEN ask them all for referrals: “who do you know that could use my help?”
  
• Re: cold contacting. Have a framework, but don't automate. Solve their problems. Say something personal (” [mutual person] told me to reach out to you” / “I really like your x” /”congratulations on y”). I noticed that [problem]. Fix their problem. Wish them a nice day. Have an offer in your email signature.
  
• Your profile description should be a hook/tagline / USP and link to your offer. Remember you’re building your house on rented land if you use socials as your client base. Algorithm changes, and they’re gone. Try sending them off socials to your email list, learn storytelling in email marketing (Russell Brunson has good advice), and you will own that contact for life.
  
• Choose a monetisable niche, find the most successful person in that niche, and put your spin on what they’re doing (ask AI)
  
• Make GOOD content that is visually appealing, entertaining, and has hooks (you have 3 seconds to get attention), but most importantly, ADDS VALUE to your target market (ask AI for suggestions - you can even ask AI to create a customer avatar for you and then ask it how to make good, relevant IG posts for that avatar)
  
• Keep your ears and eyes out for trends. Can you throw a trending song over a clip?
  
• Leverage pop culture. Search for what’s trending daily. Can you combine a movie or album release with your product? For example, if you’re in the auto niche, create an image of a car covered in green slime coinciding with the new Ghostbusters movie
  
• Document your process. Humans evolved on stories & we love to feel part of something and/or have front-row tickets to the show. For example, If you post art, film yourself making the art, not just the final product; talk about your decisions along the way. Also, it is easy content for you, and you’re just filming something you’re already doing
  
• Share as many success stories/testimonials as possible, preferably videos. Tag them. Make it easy for users to share themselves.
  
• In a similar vein, and with permission, share your audience questions in your stories (and tag them)
  
• Remember the rule of 100 (you need to do something 100x before you get “good” at it). Have you posted 100x and made changes as you’ve observed what worked and what didn’t?
  
• Every 5th or so post, add a Call To Action
  
• Always have something to invite people to, such as an event (e.g. Facebook live, face-to-face), a giveaway, a new product, etc. Ensure all your social media banners, popups, CTAs & email sig reflect this (read Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port)
  
• Use the right hashtags (be discoverable)
  
• Post at the correct times for your target market (I like 6-630am so when they wake up and scroll, it’s on their feed, their lunch break and a story at 8 pm in the relevant timezone). Steven Bartlett credits the daily 8pm personal thought post the most important part of his success.
  
• Follow the top 100 people in your niche with between 10k & 100k followers. Engage with them daily. Share their posts. Comment on Their work. As always, be sincere and say something meaningful
  
• Comment relevant things on important people pages (Gary Vees $1.80 strategy)
  
• Spend $10 a day on ads of targeted content to targeted people (don’t “but I want to grow organically” - Do you want to be seen or not?). Start ad sets at midnight.
  
• Russell Brunson recommends ads are only for offers; posts that aren't offers aren’t to be paid for ads—two separate things. Ads get your customers into the funnel and upsell makes you a profit. Say you sell a $10 ebook and a $300 course. Spend $10 per click for the ebook, so it’s a break-even cost, and everyone who buys the upsell is pure profit. Ad budget for testing is the price/profit of ONE upsell, so $300 in this example. Then, reassess, test and adjust. If it’s working, keep it going, but also test variations regardless. Brendan Kane suggests 50-100 variations from memory. Again, get AI to help. Start with your headline. Ask for ten variations. Then your pic. Get ten variations. Then your hook. Get ten variations etc.
  
• Pay relevant influencers to share your stuff
  
• Read all of Gary Vees and Brendan Kane’s books
  
• Do these things 30-50x a day (Gary Vees' advice for new accounts, search for his eight tips 2024 YT vid) across all your platforms for months, maybe years, and you’ll grow. Perhaps someone famous will share your stuff, and you’ll go viral. But remember, each platform has its nuances, so you need to rework content for it (again, use AI - create one piece and ask AI to brainstorm how to recreate for each platform - you can start with the longest form, say a YouTube vid or blog post and ask it how to make tweets or IG posts from it) however you can still “push”. For example, you can post native Facebook content, but you can also put your YouTube vids and IG posts there
  
• Make at least three posts a day for a month, that's 90 posts, and report back what you learned, what worked and didn’t for everyone else’s benefit. *I've had some pushback on this: A) I don’t make the rules; this seems to be current best practice; B) 1st post = a BTS post of you developing the post, 2nd post = the post, 3rd post = a story summing up your day. OR make all your content in one day and schedule it to post throughout the week. If you don’t have money, you have time; if you have money, outsource it.
  
• Good luck!