Letter to vacate premises

Conspiracy theories involving “elite” pedophile rings have recently been dominating social media in a disorienting frenzy. They have been around for some time but in this century rose back to popularity during the 2016 Election cycle. This crop, at least, took root with what became known as “Pizzagate.” Promoters of that conspiracy theory in 2016 used social media platforms to make unfounded but viral allegations that Hillary Clinton and other prominent Democrats were running a pedophile ring out of the basement of a pizzeria even though that restaurant had no basement, or any ties to known politicians other than the typical flesh pressing (Phrasing I know) moments fit for a picture hung on the wall. Since then, the dark theme of Pizzagate has found new life with permutations forming part of the #Qanon conspiracy theory, incorporated under the umbrella term “pedogate.” The gist of the #pedogate conspiracy theory is that global elites (politicians, celebrities, and wealthy businesspersons) are covertly involved in a far-reaching ring that uses young children for sexual purposes. “What most of these conspiracy theories involve in one way or another is laying accusations of pedophilia or involvement in pedophile rings at the feet of people that they despise or hate, and during the 16’ election cycle, Democrats were a wide target for an opposing political movement that had hijacked the rival Republican party. Pizzagate originated with the “alt right” and “alt lite,” far right extremists who range from outright white supremacists to those who publicly shun racists but otherwise fall in step with their belief systems. Pizzagate jumped from the fringes to the mainstream because as it denigrated Hillary Clinton, it sucked in supporters of then-candidate Donald Trump. After the election all mention of pedogate seemed to be put on a simmer while other National outrages boiled over (#Covid #RussiaGate #BLM) and just like clockwork (heading into our next election cycle has been turned back up. The pedogate conspiracy and all associated stories employ a centuries-old tactic: playing on deep-seated human anxieties by conjuring images of imperiled children, the purest and defenseless victim of any manner of injustice. An example in the modern era of weaponized conspiracy was the satanic panic of the 1980s, in which a wave of hysteria over alleged child molestation at daycare centers swept the nation. But while that phenomenon was a moral panic attributable, at least in part, to social anxiety over white middle class women entering the work force en masse for the first time and entrusting their children to others, the current conspiracy theories about pedophile rings equate to similar propaganda. They carry a danger for stirring up violence. If you want to elicit violent action the way to do it is through hate and fear. Once you target and label a population as pedophiles, you can do anything you like to that population with full excuse being given to the myth you’ve wrapped around it. That’s not to say fears of child abuse or sex trafficking are unfounded. There are many as pedophilia has ancient roots and in many cases was encourage by many world cultures and religions a lot later into Civilization than we’d like to admit. The International Labor Organization reports that 25 percent of the world’s 40.3 million victims of human trafficking are children. The most vulnerable, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, are migrants, runaways, the homeless, and youngsters who have been victims of violence. Despite their obsession over the topic, conspiracy followers aren’t worked up about those children who are in true harm’s way. In the world of propaganda, it’s never about real children. Instead, it’s about what children represent. The children imperiled by conspiracy theories, in other words, are only metaphors. Children carry a vast amount of weight in any society, but especially modern ones when they’re expected to survive past the age of five. It wasn’t as intense before the 18th century when child mortality rates were really high. They represent the future, and all that is beautiful and decent and honest in a society, because they are innocent. For most people also, the meaning of their existence is rooted in their children. Children are eschatological, they represent death for us, and what is coming behind us after we are gone. They also represent the threat of loss, if they disappear, if they die, that is the death of society. That’s why they became so crucial and central to Cold War propaganda. The real terror of the nuclear holocaust would be the death of the children, because that’s the death of everyone. A recent example of this is in a recent police investigation into conspiracy claims of PizzaGate style accusation of Portland’s Voodoo Doughnuts. Detectives attempted to contact the person accusing Voodoo Doughnuts on social media of running a pedophile ring. The accuser did not cooperate with investigators and it’s been documented in other coverage online that they had become agitated and accused the Police with complicity when tracked down in person, even though they were attempting to investigate. The pendulum of conspiracy theories about systematic child abuse has swung back and forth for centuries. Examples such as blood libel, when Jewish communities were attacked over false allegations of murdering and consuming Christian children in the Middle Ages. In Europe, During the Thirty Years War, entire villages were put to the sword because it was believed they were abusing children of the other religions. One characteristic that helps Pizzagate-style conspiracy theories gain popularity is that they function like a puzzle game and give its audience a large level of involvement through social media. A lot of conspiracy theories are oracular, where the information comes from one source an oracle. Then there are others where there are a few people who promote the notions, almost like gurus or a conspiracy priesthood. But Pizzagate, it’s more of what one would call a participatory conspiracy theory. Participatory conspiracy theories lay out a scenario or situation and then they ask their audience, ‘what more can you find out about this, what more can you add?’ It turns the audience into willing participants, some knowing they are creating a destructive madlib and other (potential real victims) caking on mystical distraction to issues that have been unreported or scars that have not bee properly treated. The thing about participatory conspiracy theories is it can really create a devoted following because it gives people something to do, it makes them feel they can solve the whole thing or uncover new aspects to it. Once you get that energy going it’s almost self-sustaining. Followers of the Qanon conspiracy theory, call themselves “bakers” because their protagonist “Q” pops up on Internet message boards and leaves “crumbs” (i.e., clues), and they are tasked with picking up the crumbs in order to solve the puzzle. (“Q” is supposed to reference the character’s government security clearance level).
#Q followers believe an even more incoherent version of Pizzagate. This is largely a right-wing fantasy that originated in a series of incoherent posts on #4chan in 2017 by someone calling themselves #QAnon. Following on the heels of similar idiocy such as Pizzagate, it advances a fantastic web of deceit that wraps up Trumpism, deep state fearmongering, evil, satanic pedophilia rings controlled by the Democratic Party, investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, the Las Vegas shooting, and New World Order paranoia into a package easily and wholeheartedly promoted by internet cesspools and far-right personalities such as Alex Jones. The premise is that President Trump is secretly working to take down a global ring of elite, cannibalistic, satanic pedophiles. And the investigation into Russian meddling into the 2016 election, led by former FBI director Robert Mueller, is actually an investigation into the so-called “deep state”, where a cabal of evil, globalists, including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, are responsible for everything from a global pedophile ring to the mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017. According to the enlightened, when Trump awkwardly took a drink from a bottle of Fiji water at a press conference in November 2017, it wasn’t because he was thirsty; it was actually a secret signal to those in the know that the annihilation of deep state pedophiles had begun (or was about to begin). Because as everyone knows, Fiji is a hot spot for child trafficking. ( I could go on and on with this poorly thought-out shit, I will spare you ) The role the Internet and social media play in helping to spread such insanity can’t be underestimated. Just a few decades earlier, conspiracy theorists would identify each other using letters to the editor printed in newspapers and magazines. It was a lot harder to identify your fellow conspiracy theorists. You would have to physically meet to swap your stories or send letters or call. They would set up these groups that would communicate by newsletter. They would meet in a physical space, like someone’s living room. I personally witnessed people from my childhood, dutifully photocopying newsletters they had received in the mail to give to others (Primarily at my #JW congregation, how ironic). Now obviously it can go much more quickly, because you can identity people immediately. You can quickly share ideas and the data you’ve collected. The Internet allows such people to exist in bubbles where they rarely have their beliefs challenged. The extraordinarily polarized society we’re in right now has made people less willing to seek out other view points. Because of the internet you have less chance of doing this. There’s very little incentive to look outside one’s own bubble once they have become invested in a conspiracy theory. Once you start to act out on those behaviors you are forced to double down by repeating the act to prove it was a just act. Eventually you get caught up in a movement that totally defines your conscious and you can’t get out of it. The second you step out of that world view your actions go back to being reprehensible. Now the question becomes, “What’s the harm? If it sheds light on child abuse, then isn’t it still productive?” The answer in this case is a resounding NO. In my opinion and PAINFUL experience, the root cause and sustaining factors of institutionalized child sex abuse are all things that would counter your typical Conspiracy Nut’s world view, thus causing a complete blackout to the problems. The entity taking part in the harming of children on a local and tangible level aren’t some suit and tie wearing global elitist. It’s a guidance counselor, youth pastor, unvetted young substitute teacher, aunt/uncle/cousin/neighbor. It’s anyone who has been given routine private access to a child’s mind and body because of the social conventions that have been protected for generations by our relatives whether they themselves are guilty of abuse or not. In all the Qanon madness I also kept very close tabs on the pending prosecution of the Boy scouts of America and never saw any widely shared memes about their involvement in the abuse syndicate. Why is this? How is this so? Aren’t these people watching the news, seeing the court records and hearing the individual cases being brought against Scout Leaders (SOME OF WHO RAN THEIR OWN NETWORKS!!)? When I would find mention of accusation it was met with the ever scarce “skepticism” because if the media is covering it, it must be a plot to destroy the organization. There are now non-for profit organizations setting up victim funds and protections for people to come out with their stories and somehow THIS is the fake ruse. Some that know me know that I was a Jehovah’s Witness as a youth/teen/young adult. That chapter of my life could fill many chapters and the research on the organization, the real true black and white history of the religion would honestly surprise you. I saw what I now know was abuse, I personally experienced abuse in many forms. The perpetrators involved are either still Witnesses or are dead or have moved “away from the organization”. But one thing that was left intact in each situation was the secret that they prey on children. The parents, these organizations and the collective promise to keep up appearances are directly to blame for the suffering untold thousands, millions of children and broken adults. All for what? Pride and Vanity and a commitment to all involved to protect them from the “mean old world” despite allowing predators to eat their children from within. Being a #JW was a very interesting experience. It provides a very efficient form of insulation from outside society and allows people involved to view the chaos from afar. There is this persistent (albeit false) sense of shared peace that members have. It’s as though for three days a week you go to this meeting where no matter what, everyone has a smile and feels about things EXACTLY how you do. There is no cursing, there are no politics, there surely isn’t any destructive influences that would tarnish your chances of salvation. For a parent this is a refuge when raising a child in a world that is dangerously unpredictable. A Child that you are unable (or unwilling) to teach coping skills to get along by societal standards, A child you want to protect by hiding. This is problem #1. As an adult the congregation presents an avenue for which you can act and behave in a way that allows you to reconcile your past, a way to have less of those nights awake because you think about past wrongs you’ve committed against people. It’s the proverbial band-aid for a guilty, bruised, destroyed conscious of any size. Coming into the organization takes nothing more than the desire to change, publicly declaring your willingness to hand over your life to God (The organization). Bam, You’re in! No credit check, no background check. This is problem #2. A JW is taught that “every facet is an asset” (Ministerial Servants know what I’m talking about). What this means is that every facet of your life is an asset to the organization to spread its word. If the world see’s their product’s application into your life and thereby how much better it is than a normal person’s, then they’ve made an “Effective Witness” to the world. This causes Witnesses of any age to allow almost every facet of their life to be a tool by the organization. For a parent this includes their children. This is problem #3 When you get a culture that insulates itself from the real world, that allows you to enter without any coherent vetting, give access to children whose parents feel obligated to present as a “witness” to the lifestyle. You get a twisted corridor in which victims can get lost for a lifetime and predators can hide in plain sight. For any proponents of the “Save-The-Children” movement to not take a step back and really analyze their local community and lifestyle through these lenses only illustrates that child abuse is being weaponized politically at the expense of others whom you aren’t willing to save because it would look bad for ‘your side’. If you truly care, you wouldn’t be sharing email forwards about what evil unverified unmentionable thing you read some celebrity or politician did. Instead, you’d be drawing back on your experiences as a child. Even if nothing happened directly to you, I’m sure you know some one that had an experience that forever harmed their life. Who did it? Was there a pattern or social condition that allowed for this as was laid out in the JW example? How could it have been avoided? Would you have stopped it if you saw the signs? Are you willing to stop it in the future, knowing what you know now? If you can answer any of those questions with a yes, then you have all you need to WRITE your own material to reach real victims and their families. Does your action cause problems for your ‘side’? It shouldn’t matter and you know that. If it does make a difference to you then you are no better than the shadowy pedophilic cabal that you are so obsessed with.

I am a parent of a troubled teen and this is my first post on Reddit. I registered for an account, just to make this post.
About three months ago, I found a post on Reddit discussing Red Hawk Academy in Littlefield, Arizona and it made me so angry I posted a response.
You can find the original posting at troubledteens Beetlejuicenewton.
Here was my written response to the original post:
"This comment is absolutely inaccurate and incorrect. My daughter has been there for months. I speak to her every week and we exchange letters throughout the week. This is the third program, she has been in and hands down the best program. You should not make accusations when you are not the parent and not actively involved in the program. I highly recommend this program. The staff are incredible and have helped my daughter tremendously. To all parents out there, call the school and ask to speak to Valerie. I have told Valerie that I will gladly speak to any parents who are interested in the school. This program has saved my daughter.) and was utterly shocked about what was being said about Red Hawk Academy."
Not understanding how social media works (in this case Reddit), I did not know that one's opinion can be removed from a site if the comment is contrary to the original post.
After posting this comment, I received an email from Reddit that my post had been removed and I was banned from the conversation. It took me awhile to calm down, but now I am in a place where I create a thoughtful post discussing my life with a troubled daughter and our experience with RHA.
Unlike the troubledteens Beetlejuicenewton post, I will not ban individuals who disagree with me.
This is my story...
In 2020, I started to notice a difference in my daughter who was 13 years old. I started to see a shift in her behavior. She was being inappropriate while on the internet, hanging out with troubled kids, and being very unkind to her family members. She started to lie, which turned into chronic lying. She started to get mad and hit her head into the wall. She never hit her head hard enough to receive a concussion, but it did get our attention. One day, I sat her down to discuss her behavior and took her phone. When I opened the phone, she had a screensaver that was a short clip of 2 toddlers being hit by a car. When I asked her why she had this as her screensaver, she said she thought it was funny.
Fast forward a couple of months....she was in therapy that was completely useless. She managed to make a handful of the therapist cry or get really upset. My daughter seemed to find humor in upsetting others. Her lack of empathy was beyond scary. She continued to hit her head into the wall every time she was upset. She then threatened to hurt herself, but it seemed to be more of a threat than anything else.
Fast forward three years...from the age of 15 to 16....she tried to "kill" herself twice (actually didn't really hurt herself, but it did get her into the hospital), hospital dependent (always wanted to be admitted to the hospital), suspended from school for inappropriate behavior (my daughter and her boyfriend were making out at lunch with hands down each others' pants), shoplifted (she shoplifted back-to-back days and took her little brother with her to provide cover), unprotected sex (I only found out because she thought she was pregnant), lying all of the time (she forgot how to tell the truth), cutting herself and still hitting her head into the wall, treated her little brother like crap (he would come to me crying, and tell me that he just wanted a "normal" sister), experimented with drugs (she only told me because she was feeling off and was scared), allowed strangers on the internet watch her sleep)....the list goes on and on.
This all happened within the timespan of 1 year! She was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder. (For parents with daughters who have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, there is a great book I found on Amazon - When you Daughter has BPD: Essential Skills to Help Families Manage Borderline Personality Disorder by Daniel S. Lobel, PhD.)
Our family finally hit the breaking point. My husband and I were fighting all of the time, my son was so upset about his sister's behavior, and I was on the verge of having a breakdown. I cried all of the time and was so very sad about what was happening to my daughter.
We decided that we needed to send her some place. We could not manage her and she needed more help than we could provide. We sent her to a wilderness camp in Utah that came highly recommended by our therapist. I was scared to send her there, but I did not know what else to do. During her time at the wilderness camp, we had a neuropsychological assessment conducted, which resulted in an autism diagnosis. While she was slightly on the spectrum, it was clear that her behavior was driven by her borderline personality disorder. Within 5 weeks at the facility, we were advised that she was not a good fit for the program and we needed to find a therapeutic boarding school for her.
The wilderness program recommended a therapeutic boarding school in Oregon. We enrolled her in this program. She was a hot mess...she would not get out of bed and refused to go to school. She starting hitting her head into the wall (again), which the staff would not stop because the facility was a "no touch" facility, and the staff would just attempt to "redirect" her. She would punch and kick walls. Within 4 weeks of being at the school, the school called us and told us that we needed to immediately come pick her up because she was threatening to harm the staff members.
We felt desperate and full of despair. We did not know where to turn. We found the one and only program that has helped her....RED HAWK ACADEMY.
I initially called and spoke to Valerie. She and her husband, Sonny, own the school. Instantly, I felt heard and understood. During that initial conversation it came up that the school had received a reputation (not at the school's request) as the school that would take the girls that were kicked out of other programs. When I was filling out the paperwork (which is required for all programs), I got nervous because I had to sign a form that provided RHA with temporary guardianship. I prayed that this would not backfire on me. Unlike the other schools, RHA could restrain the girls when absolutely necessary. People instantly make accusations when the word "restraint" is involved in programs. What people do not understand, and unless you are in the unfortunate situation where you have a kid like my daughter, programs that restrain are absolutely essential. My daughter continually hurts herself and I need someone to stop her.
We dropped my daughter off at the school and hoped (with all of the hope we had left), that RHA would help our daughter. Programs, like RHA, are designed to help troubled kids. By no means, is this a vacation for your daughter or a break from the real world. My daughter tried everything she could to get kicked out of the program. She went so far as to orchestrate a fight with another student so they could both be kicked out. Unfortunately for her (and fortunately for us), she had consequences none of which involved removal from the school.
I have been so scared that we could not find help for her and that she would end up on the street when she turns 18 and most likely would end up homeless, uneducated, and in prison.
My daughter has been at RHA for 6 months and she is now at the point where therapy can begin. She has been so combative and defiant that it took 6 months for her to realize that she was not going anywhere and the only way she would leave the school was to complete the program.
While there have been good and many bad days, I am finally seeing a version of my sweet daughter. The daughter who used to hold my hand and tell me she loved me. For parents who are struggling, know that there are parents who understand your pain, understand the feeling of being out control, and understand how you become unsure of yourself (and your parenting skills). Just remember that you can change the trajectory of your daughter's life by getting her the help she needs. Welcome the opportunity to send her to a therapeutic school, like RHA, where she can get the helps she needs.
Thank you for reading this ridiculously long post, and I hope you can find some peace in knowing that are safe, supportive programs that can help your daughter!
I am going to write another post that specifically discusses RHA. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
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I have a refund from a vacation that I can't seem to locate. My wife and I had planned a trip to Europe but then COVID hit and the tour company postponed it for a while before finally canceling the entire tour. We had the option to choose another tour or get a refund. We chose the refund. The tour company said that the refund would go back to the original debit card that the payment came from. We had made several payments from different accounts to pay for the trip. Some of those accounts we had closed a few years earlier. We received a check from a couple of the banks which was for the refunds but a large portion we never received. We contacted the tour company and they provided the Acquirer Reference Numbers for each of the refunds. They told us to provide those to the bank to find out what happened to the funds. The bank has told me that they cannot use these numbers to locate the funds and since the account was closed they would have returned the funds to the tour company. The tour company said if the funds were returned they would need a letter from from the bank stating this. The bank says they do not have any records of receiving the funds. As you can see we are getting the runaround and being sent back and forth between them. I'm not sure what our next options are as neither side seems willing to fix this. Any advice would be appreciated.

So this is the sequel to this: https://www.reddit.com/CRedit/comments/1ckx033/preapprovals/
Over the weekend I pulled the lever for the SavorOne who of course pulled all 3. They told me I needed to verify my identity so I sent them a copy of my ID. A few hours ago I got an email saying I was approved with a SL of 3K and that the card was on its way. Exciting!
Yesterday I decided that I would apply for a secured card as well in case the SavorOne gave me a crappy limit, so I also applied for the BOA Custom Rewards Secured card, but was denied, even after they preapproved me for it. I'm waiting for the letter saying why. I wonder if it's because of our rough history in the very distant past (even though they aren't on my reports anymore... do they blacklist?).
My final option was the Discover it secured card which also preapproved me. Applied and approved for $2500. They have yet to take the money out of my bank account.. hopefully it will be here before I go on vacation.
Both pulled Experian which had a FICO of 633.
Thanks all here for your advice! I will continue the credit repair and rebuilding... this was great motivation! (not counting BOA).

Located at 3101 Exposition Place in Los Angeles, the office space spanning 100,000 square feet was subleased by FPM Development from Sweetgreen for $42 million. The lease term spans eight years, with the sublease running until February 2032. Sweetgreen decided to vacate the premises due to a transition towards remote work, paving the way for a hydrogen fuel cell company to move into the former Sweetgreen headquarters.

Summary of transaction details:

• Property Type: Office
• Transaction Amount: $42 million
• Address: 3101 Exposition Place
• Market: Los Angeles
• Asset Type: Office
• Square Footage: 100,000
• Landlord: Jonathan Neman, Nicolas Jammet & Nathaniel Ru - Sweetgreen
• Tenant: FPM Development

The sublease agreement at 3101 Exposition Place in Los Angeles involves key individuals such as Jonathan Neman, Nicolas Jammet, and Nathaniel Ru from Sweetgreen, who are the landlords. On the other hand, FPM Development acts as the tenant in this transaction. The decision by Sweetgreen to sublease the space was driven by their strategic shift towards remote work, allowing the hydrogen fuel cell company to take over the premises for the foreseeable future.
Learn More: FPM Development Subleases 100,000 SF Office In Los Angeles From Sweetgreen

I have been renting an office space in a building for the last 2.5 years on a month to month basis. I gave my notice that I was vacating the premises in 60 days for the end of June last month. I am behind on my rent and likely closing my business that I run at the office.
The landlord finally replied to my notice today, 3 weeks later, that they accept my notice only if payment is made in full by the last day of the month.
While I certainly intend to pay the amount in full, I won't be able to pay in full by that time and was going to try to vacate a month earlier to save a bit more.
Can they make me keep paying monthly until I catch up? Obviously if they rent my space to someone else I know I'm not liable to continue to pay but will for the back amount.
I AM going to pay but the amount due is significant. I'm surprised I haven't been evicted yet either. They have been very generous with me and understanding and I appreciate it.
Hopefully my question makes sense and someone can answer.
I'm in NY.

Hi all,
My partner and I find ourselves entangled in a complicated landlord situation and could really use some guidance. Here's the full scoop:
For the past year and a half, we've called a cozy townhome in Minnesota our home. However, things took a turn when our friend, who owned the property, sadly passed away around two months ago. Subsequently, her mother became the beneficiary and our new landlord.
In March, she approached us with a request to vacate the premises by July 1st, dangling the carrot of up to $3000 in financial assistance for our moving expenses during the transition. We hashed out an agreement via email, facilitated by a friend of hers as the middleman during negotiations.
However, tensions have been simmering ever since. One particular incident stands out: our landlord barged into the home unannounced, despite us offering alternative arrangements for her to collect her mail by leaving her requested items in a bag outside, which she agreed to. My partner was home at the time, and when they confronted her about this breach of privacy, she resorted to falsehoods and verbal aggression, forcing them to involve the non-emergency police line to defuse the situation.
To add insult to injury, our intermediary accused us of bullying our landlord, threatening to withdraw the promised financial support if we dare to ruffle her feathers again, all based on a misinterpretation of events that our landlord clearly embellished to favor her side.
Now, we're left feeling uneasy, worried that our landlord might backtrack on her commitment or concoct excuses to dodge her financial obligations. My main concern is that she will allow us to rack up a moving bill and then refuse to pay it, claiming some embellished and falsified offense in the future. Do we have any legal leverage to hold her accountable to the terms of our agreement?
We're eager to hear your insights and suggestions. Thanks a bunch in advance for your help!

Fiona Sinnott was a 19 year old Irish woman who vanished after a night out in County Wexford on February 8th 1998. At the time of her disappearance, Fiona was a single mother to an 11 month old daughter, Emma.
The night of Sunday 8th started off normally and Fiona spent it socialising with her friends at Butler's Pub in Broadway, County Wexford which also happened to be close to her home. Her friends Nora, Joan and Martina all described Fiona as being in good spirts that night but did state that she kept complaining of a bad pain in her arm. Her friends and Garda later considered that this could have been related to a past relationship she had broken off. Fiona had suffered immense physical abuse at the hands of a former boyfriend and had hospitalised herself after being violently attacked on numerous occasions. Her injuries had included bruises to her face, bites to her legs, being beaten about the head and back and even a fractured jaw. She had confided in close friends details about these attacks but never filed any complaints against the perpetrator. Despite this pain in her arm, however, Fiona seemed to be in good form and enjoyed a good night out with her friends. At one point, she called her brother Séamus and asked him to come down to the pub but he declined as he was tired after a long day at work. He later stated that he wondered if something had happened to Fiona while at the pub and had she contacted him as a way of seeking help. Either way, this was the last contact Fiona had with her family. At around midnight, Fiona decided to return home as the pain in her arm was causing her great discomfort. She supposedly asked her ex-boyfriend, a man by the name of Seán Carroll, if he could walk her home. Carroll was the father of Fiona's child and although their relationship had ended, they allegedly remained on good terms. He had been drinking alone at the premises and willingly agreed to walk her back to her home, which wasn't far from the pub. They left together shortly after midnight.
Fiona wasn't reported missing until February 18th, 9 days after she was last seen leaving the pub. Her family hadn't reported her missing sooner as she reportedly had a habit of traversing the country to visit people and would sometimes be without contact for several days at a time. However, after 9 days of silence, her family knew something was terribly wrong, especially as she hadn't contacted Sean's family, with whom she had a childcare arrangement, to collect her daughter. Her father, Pat, then filed a missing persons report. Seán was the first to be interviewed as he was the last person to see Fiona. He told Gardaí that he and Fiona had walked back to her home slowly as her pain was causing her immense discomfort. Upon entering her property, he offered her coffee but she declined and went immediately to bed. He slept on the sofa that night while she went to sleep in the upstairs bedroom. He awoke at 9am and went into Fiona's room where he woke her up and she had told him that she would be visiting the doctors in Bridgetown to see about her arm. Seán gave her some money and then left the house as his mother had arrived to collect him. She drove him home to Coddstown, two miles west of Broadway. He stated that when he left, Fiona was awake and sitting up in bed.
When Garda began to investigate Fiona's house in the hopes of finding clues, they were met with an unusual sight. According to a Gardaí officer, "Her house was immaculately cleaned, almost spotless. This was unusual for Fiona, especially as she had been suffering from arm pain before she disappeared. Her family told us that she was not house proud and she would have always had some mess lying around. Because of this, we don't believe Fiona tidied the house. We searched everywhere for clues but found nothing- everything had been painstakingly cleaned". Fiona's landlord also stated that because of her young daughter, anytime he went to visit the house it "always had bits and bobs scattered around". Fiona's neighbour's reported that in the days after her disappearance, numerous black bin bags appeared outside of her house. However, these had vanished by the time she was reported missing. Several weeks after her disappearance, a local farmer came forward to Garda and stated that while he had been tending to his cattle, he stumbled upon numerous bin bags dumped on his property and that when he opened them, he found numerous letters and documents addressed to Fiona Sinnott. Regretfully, he was unaware of her disappearance at the time and had burned the bags as he believed it to be the result of fly tipping, something that was a big problem then.
As of today, 26 years later, no trace of Fiona has ever been found. However, in 2005 her case was upgraded to a murder enquiry. Shockingly, when her family attempted to erect a memorial plaque in 2008 close to the pub where she was last seen, it was destroyed the night before being unveiled and a second plaque was also destroyed a few months later. However, a third plaque remains to this day down by the harbour. Despite these setbacks, her family have not given up hope of finding her and bringing her home. They have stated that they know exactly who killed her but that the perpetrator now resides in mainland Europe. Garda have also stated they have a person of interest but, as the family stated, they no longer live in Ireland. According to Fiona's family in their most recent Facebook update, she was "terrified" of Seán after their turbulent relationship and would never have asked him to walk her home. They believe he followed her out of the pub without being asked, contrary to the original version of events. He also reportedly told her landlord multiple times that she was in London just after her disappearance, which was quickly disproven. In addition, a woman's scream was heard at around 12:30am in the Kisha Cross area, roughly halfway back to Fiona's home. Finally, Seán had told Fiona's family that he had slept on the sofa, which is odd as she had a spare bedroom that he could have used. He also claimed that he slept on the chaise lounge which makes no sense as it was only 3 feet long. Although this information is telling, no convictions have been made and Fiona's remains have never been found. Until this happens, her family will not receive the peace and closure they deserve and their nightmare only continues.
Sources: https://m.sundayworld.com/news/irish-news/gardai-say-people-know-what-happened-to-fiona-sinnott-last-seen-25-years-ago-today/1754438002.html
https://www.irelandsvanishingtriangle.com/fiona-sinnott
'Missing' by Barry Cummins

I (19M) was always lonely throughout my life. I never had friends in school and never took part in any co-curricular activities. I would be jealous of my classmates with them hanging out with friends and being able to talk to girls, so I decided that after my high school I will try to make friends in college.
In college I met a group of people who I thought could be my friends. We would talk and have fun together. We would joke about each other. Even there were 2 girls in our group and with their friendly nature made me comfortable to talk to girls. Even there was a guy in the group who I would hangout with a lot. We would sit together and go to eat food together in the canteen or outside college.
I even started talking to a girl. She was really sweet and cute to talk to and we would bitch about our professors and at once shared playlists with each other. She was the one who asked me for my Insta ID. She would look and smile at me and wave at me. It was amazing. I thought my college life is going to be way better than my school life.
But it all came crashing down. In October me and my friends bunked our classes and went to the sports arena to play games. We were playing darts. One of the 2 girls, let's call her S, jokingly told one of the guys in our group that she would hit him on his head with a dart. So I jokingly told her that I would hit her with the dart but I accidentally pointed at her breast. I was looking at her face so I didn't realize it.
She got offended. She took the other girl, let's call her Z, and told her everything about this. Z confronted me and started shouting at me in the sports arena attracting everybody's attention. The Sports Officer came running towards us. He heard the entire story and took my ID card and told them to write a letter against me to the Dean.
After the letter was written he took me and the girls to the Dean who thought of this as a minor incident and told us we are legally adults and coming to him with these petty complaints. Then they told the Dean about me taking photographs of them and leaking them.
The day before I clicked S's photos of her eating a banana in the presence of our friend group. She took it very sportingly as a joke and I uploaded them to our personal Whatsapp Group. Everyone of us including her were laughing and giggling. But she and Z told that I took them without permission. They even told that I was never a friend and I was an outsider.
Dean got me suspended for 15 days because the next day our vacation would start so throughout November I was in my home. My mother uses this incident as a weapon to scold me evey now and then when we have arguments. And the worst was my crush.
During the days of my suspension I was in contact with my crush. She would even send notes of the classes of that day everyday throughout the suspension, but she didn't know I got suspended. Then when I rejoined college and started attending classes I sat far to my former friend group and behind my crush and she ignored me. Completely.
Throughout the whole day she would ignore me. That broke my heart. I was very upset and regretful for my actions. I think that my crush stopped taking to me because she got to know about this incident and misunderstood me. I have been hating myself for not respecting boundaries. Now I am all alone seeing my classmates enjoying their friendships and relationships. I think I deserve this.

"Sell in May Go Away" a stupid old trope, but true, in normal markets. [1] Standard seasonally bad month on week options and contracts due. [2] Trades go T+1 as of May 28th 2024. [3] Retail is the volume. [4]
TLDR follow the process, goto tendie town

1. Old fashion traders, institutional investors, wall street workers believe a simple seemingly truism, sell in May and go away. Math or not, it does tend to happen every year, and the reasoning is stupid simple. Summer vacation and no school. Of course spending goes up for 'avg consumers' because we gotta feed the damn kids. Of course volume of major markets for big money slows because those rich asshats go to the damn Hampton's for summer and let the peons push the buttons at work. So WTF does that have to do with timing the market like a stalking genius cat? Everything and everyone was expectation and investing on the premise 'number go down now'. A digital cat fart lit a fire and the number went up, shorts were dropped, we can now see the moon.
2. Monthly dated options are due, shorts, margin, commodities and all that big macro turd bucket are due, now, this week. The bulk was short of hedged for dropping numbers. Prices and inflation are rising instead. WTH, did the institutional investors and hedge funds forget we do not read the almanacs and shit like that? Why wouldn't we kick you with your shorts down, we want the moon, its why we're still here.
3. Settlement dates are changes from 2 days to 1 day. Which for the biggest money players has a nominal effect at best. Yet for small investors and especially cash only non margin investors, it is evolutionary. BS you say, but no mf, listen up Linda. We can spend every damn cent every single day and sell all the things every day like a Wall Street BOSS if we want to. Squeeze plays, short wars, flash pumps and more will no longer mean waiting like a good lil'bitch in time out for two days. We can loss everything every damn day now!
4. Once again the playing field is the dirt cutout in us normal folks town. We are driving the purchase volume, at least in number of trades across the mem hype boards. The bots cant match humans, the algos for institutions go derp and we just keep buying like HAF diabetic fat kids at an icecream truck after kicking open a teller machine.

So what does all that fluffy crap actually mean?
Roaring Kitty very may well have picked a perfect moment. A tactically precise time to catch the opponent bluffing when you join the table unexpectedly. The current hype induced run does not matter even if it was strategically to be expected. It is barely the pump before the swarm. As all the old money tries to get off the table, the new money is flooding in. When the institutions have to shift after this week to hedge and cover more, we will get T+1. That instantly turns both the holders with hardend hands into dca champs, but combines the power of the friendly neighborhood traders too. Day traders, scalpers, swing traders alike will just increase the price drives and volume, while ironically the biggest backers will have lost interest income from the free 48hrs on all our money from buys and sells. Once again, the DFV king has in concept laid it out like a perfect trap, and if i'm even half right, we all get to leave wendys soon.
***full disclosure, i type and talk like crap, i dont care. but the idea, thats some good shit, lets put it in our pipes and smoke it.

I (19M) was always lonely throughout my life. I never had friends in school and never took part in any co-curricular activities. I would be jealous of my classmates with them hanging out with friends and being able to talk to girls, so I decided that after my high school I will try to make friends in college.
In college I met a group of people who I thought could be my friends. We would talk and have fun together. We would joke about each other. Even there were 2 girls in our group and with their friendly nature made me comfortable to talk to girls. Even there was a guy in the group who I would hangout with a lot. We would sit together and go to eat food together in the canteen or outside college.
I even started talking to a girl. She was really sweet and cute to talk to and we would bitch about our professors and at once shared playlists with each other. She was the one who asked me for my Insta ID. She would look and smile at me and wave at me. It was amazing. I thought my college life is going to be way better than my school life.
But it all came crashing down. In October me and my friends bunked our classes and went to the sports arena to play games. We were playing darts. One of the 2 girls, let's call her S, jokingly told one of the guys in our group that she would hit him on his head with a dart. So I jokingly told her that I would hit her with the dart but I accidentally pointed at her breast. I was looking at her face so I didn't realize it.
She got offended. She took the other girl, let's call her Z, and told her everything about this. Z confronted me and started shouting at me in the sports arena attracting everybody's attention. The Sports Officer came running towards us. He heard the entire story and took my ID card and told them to write a letter against me to the Dean.
After the letter was written he took me and the girls to the Dean who thought of this as a minor incident and told us we are legally adults and coming to him with these petty complaints. Then they told the Dean about me taking photographs of them and leaking them.
The day before I clicked S's photos of her eating a banana in the presence of our friend group. She took it very sportingly as a joke and I uploaded them to our personal Whatsapp Group. Everyone of us including her were laughing and giggling. But she and Z told that I took them without permission. They even told that I was never a friend and I was an outsider.
Dean got me suspended for 15 days because the next day our vacation would start so throughout November I was in my home. My mother uses this incident as a weapon to scold me evey now and then when we have arguments. And the worst was my crush.
During the days of my suspension I was in contact with my crush. She would even send notes of the classes of that day everyday throughout the suspension, but she didn't know I got suspended. Then when I rejoined college and started attending classes I sat far to my former friend group and behind my crush and she ignored me. Completely.
Throughout the whole day she would ignore me. That broke my heart. I was very upset and regretful for my actions. I think that my crush stopped taking to me because she got to know about this incident and misunderstood me. I have been hating myself for not respecting boundaries. Now I am all alone seeing my classmates enjoying their friendships and relationships. I think I deserve this.

Hi Reddit, I'm new, and my best friend uses Reddit so I hope they don't come to this sub. I only know about it because I listen to RSlash.
I (NB 25) love my best friend (NB 29) in a "more than friends" way.
I'll be honest, I'm terrible when it comes to relationships. I get clingy, lose myself in the relationship, always feel the need to "prove" my love; essentially I am an easy target for bad people. Because of this I haven't been in a relationship for 6 years, it helps that I'm asexual (sex repulsed), but I still have the desire for romantic love.
Me and my friend met online about 2 years ago and we instantly clicked. At the time I was still weary about getting into a relationship, as I wasn't confident that I wouldn't slip into those unhealthy habits. Funny enough, that was also around the time my therapist cancelled my therapy appointment without telling me and ghosted me. I'm guessing I didn't appear mentally ill enough? I don't know. And no she was fine, she just went on a vacation.
Anyways, me and my friend talked a lot, and clearly our talks were more than platonic. But hey maybe I'm wrong and it's normal for people to call their best friends by pet names, say I love you over and over again, and send love letters in the mail about how much you love them and want them in your life. They used to be so loving, and I felt so secure in what we were.
Then Christmas happened, and it hasn't been the same since. They got asked out on a date by a work colleague and accepted it, which shattered my heart. I told them that if they pursued the relationship, that I wouldn't feel comfortable being as loving as we were and that we would have to talk as regular friends do. I asked them what we were and if they loved me the way I love them. It hurt when they said that they weren't sure.
They cancelled the date with the other person, but I don't think I've recovered from that day. Even though from it we decided that we would plan on living together once we were at stable places in our careers (we were both having issues with our jobs).
One time I got super drunk with their friend, and the friend said my best friend loved me and wanted to kiss me but just would never admit it, which felt good to hear. I've heard from their friends that they know they love me and that I've been a force of good in their life, one asked me to please stay because I make them happy. Essentially all their friends have been saying that my friend loves me but just doesn't know it.
Meanwhile my friends, who aren't online all that much so haven't seen how me and my friend interact, have been wanting to set me up. One was trying to set up a double date between her bf, and then me and her friend. When I told my friend about it, they were obviously hurt and got quiet for the night, being sheepish to tell me that I should do what I want to do.
I didn't want to, I still wanted to be with my friend, even though we weren't "together" together. That was a few months, and the last time it's happened.
So why am I here? Shouldn't it be obvious that we have feelings for each other?
These past few months they've slowly been showing their affection less and it's been bothering me.
They get off work and I ask them how their day went, and they'll say they're tired and going to bed, then do exactly that. They won't ask about my day, and that will be our only interaction for the day. At one point this was happening every single day.
They no longer say all those kind words that made me fall for them in the beginning, about how I make their life worth living. They've stopped calling me all those pet names that made me feel special, they rarely even say "I love you" first.
I spoke with them, about how I miss these pet names, that I miss being told that I matter to them. I tell them that these are my love language and that I don't feel loved, and all they say is that they're sorry and they don't know how to make me feel loved. I JUST TOLD YOU HOW!
They used to plan on coming to visit me once they get the money, but when they do get the money they visit family instead. I understand that family comes first, but it still hurts to know that they basically lied to me.
I'm reaching my breaking point, I'm tired of playing this game of "will we, won't we". But at the same time I'm afraid that I might be over reacting, and I don't want to leave them alone if they do really want something. Plus it's really hard finding a partner when you're sex repulsed.
So should I just move on? I haven't told them that I'm ready to break off what little we have, but other than that I have been VERY up front with my emotions as I have them.
TL;DR: I'm anxious and tired after playing around with someone with commitment issues after 2 years.

Several years ago my mom was married to a not so great guy. They are now divorced and he's remarried. When married and living in Ohio he had a vacation house in Florida that he bought before their marriage. When married and filing as married (shortly before divorce) he liquidated some personal stocks from before marriage and used the money to pay off his Florida house, which he retained after divorce. Apparently he did not file the taxes properly for the liquidated stocks and long after divorce my mom was notified of a joint tax debt that is now up to $52,000 with interest and penalties.
She is mentally deteriorating over this and he seems to be simply ignoring it like a game of chicken where he's just waiting for her to pay. She paid an attorney in Ohio to help and ultimately he said he's run out of options and tells her she now needs to hire a family law attorney in Florida for even more money. She thought that she owed half and he owed half but I'm reasonably sure that the IRS doesn't work that way and it's a joint debt that's owed in full by both of them and the IRS doesn't care who pays it.
I really don't know what to do next and I want to help her. My suggestion is that she try to contact the ex husband in a friendly letter just laying out the stakes at hand. I think she should politely tell him that they need to figure out a resolution instead of just playing chicken and letting the debt grow and grow. I don't think she should owe anything because it was his pre-marriage stock, pre-marriage house, and his post-marriage house but I also fear he might be willing to keep playing chicken until she or ultimately her estate pays the debt. Can anyone give me some advice to pass on here?

Several years ago my mom was married to an asshole. They are now divorced and he's remarried. When married and living in Ohio he had a vacation house in Florida that he bought before their marriage. When married and filing as married (shortly before divorce) he liquidated some personal stocks from before marriage and used the money to pay off his Florida house, which he retained after divorce. Apparently he did not file the taxes properly for the liquidated stocks and long after divorce my mom was notified of a joint tax debt that is now up to $52,000 with interest and penalties.
She is mentally deteriorating over this and he seems to be simply ignoring it like a game of chicken where he's just waiting for her to pay. She paid an attorney in Ohio to help and ultimately he said he's run out of options and tells her she now needs to hire a family law attorney in Florida for even more money. She thought that she owed half and he owed half but I'm reasonably sure that the IRS doesn't work that way and it's a joint debt that's owed in full by both of them and the IRS doesn't care who pays it.
I really don't know what to do next and I want to help her. My suggestion is that she try to contact the ex husband in a friendly letter just laying out the stakes at hand. I think she should politely tell him that they need to figure out a resolution instead of just playing chicken and letting the debt grow and grow. I don't think she should owe anything because it was his pre-marriage stock, pre-marriage house, and his post-marriage house but I also fear he might be willing to keep playing chicken until she or ultimately her estate pays the debt. Can anyone give me some advice to pass on here?

Hi! Filed a one month vacation leave more than a month ago and until now hindi pa na approve Ng boss ko dahil need ko daw magpasa Ng contingency plan. Actually, I formally requested for this leave thru a letter since last year, at nakasaad don na I'll train my assistant and she will work on my behalf while I'm away. Take note, they already approved my request together with our Manager.
I'm confused right now kung ano Ang ilalagay ko doon sa contingency plan na hinhingi niya. Sana hindi magamit against me if ever Hindi ma accomplished or ma delay Ang trabaho. Praning lang ba Ako Na isipin ko na ginagawa to Ng boss ko para ma pressure Nia Ako to work while on vacation?😧
Patulong Po sana kung ano Ang pwede kong Gawin.
Thank you.in advance 😊
P.s. in 2 months na Ang vacation ko.

Hi guys, I am writing my resignation letter right now to submit later this week. I know we get paid our remaining vacation time, but i want to hold them accountable for it. I am going to be including a screenshot of my remaining vacation hours in the email, and I would like to include a screenshot of wherever the policy of vacation payouts is. Does anyone know where I may find this?

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It's was an anthology based around the alphabet. Each letter being the premise for the story bla bla. Was read by an English lad and the writer himself was English. Little brother loves the horror podcasts and I remember the book being really fun so wanting to show him it. Any help would be greatly appreciated

I struggled to find current information beforehand and thought I would share my experience for others searching for an answer.
We wanted to end our recent transatlantic cruise a day early in Le Havre instead of South Hampton in order to continue our vacation throughout France and Italy without wasting a day travelling back to France.
I called in to NCL three times and was consistently told that it could not be done, early disembarkment was never possible, and was illegal due to the Jones Act.
However, once on the boat I talked to guest services, mentally prepared to try and argue and plead my case and was met with a simple "Sure, just stop by the day before" and they took down my room number. I checked again the next day and they confirmed.
The day before early disembarkment we stopped by guest services again, provided copies of our passports and were told we'd get a letter in our room. Our NCL app also updated to reflect the reduced itinerary and the last day of gratuities were refunded.
We got the letter saying to meet France immigration at 8:15 the next morning which we did along with about 20 other people also getting off early. A short wait in line later we were cleared to leave and the officer requested we leave the ship by 12.
While exiting the ship we got crossed off a list and that was it.
It was a total breeze and while I understand they likely don't want to encourage it to make their lives easiemilk more money out of guests I just wanted to share it is easy and possible in my experience despite what the call center might say.
*Experience may vary, check out Jones Act for USA cruises, but my dad also successfully early disembarked in Victoria on a Seattle - Seattle Alaskan cruise)

I feel like schools aren’t doing a lot to protect all the people in their environment (teachers, students, all their employees and staff ) from school shooters. To me it just seems reasonable for every class to have some type of way to escape this devastating situation without the potential of endangering students while trying to go to figure out how to vacate the school premises.
Of course, the major problem of school shootings is with the guns and maybe bullying too, but won’t it make sense to try and find multiple ways to tackle this issue. Like once a school shooter gets into the school, you don’t know exactly where they could be, all you know is they’re not in the class , therefore use that as the way to escape. Start at the location you are already familiar with and aware of and leave from there without having to potentially run into the shooter. Plus with that, all the other employees like janitors and other staff memebers and student in the hallway could easily just run into the nearest class and use their rope ladder without having to potentially come face to face with the shooter. Obviously training and drills for this will still be necessary (maybe training to get the kids to not fully panic and be able to calmly climb down the rope or maybe schools could have a 5 second lockdown rule where once the shooter is spotted and the school is alerted everyone in the hallway has to get into the closest immediate class or something like that so the doors can also be locked; Schools could even place ladders in bathrooms and places close to open spaced windows for people who may not necessarily be near a class) but again, this is just an idea of how we as society could try to prevent these devastating situations.

To preface, I know I was very dumb and am beating myself up already. I just need advice. I delivered a baby in December on Xmas morning. During my maternity leave I decided to do much needed paperwork / clean up. I decided to renew my husbands passport which was expiring June 2024 and change my last name on my passport to my married name. I submitted these docs in February - 02/05 I get a letter in the mail on 03/28 stating they need additional information (I knew I filled everything out so I truly believe it was an honest mistake and I might’ve filled out my application with navy blue ink instead of black because my favorite office pen is navy blue). I submit the docs immediately back. We decide to book a vacation impromptu as my husband and I haven’t traveled together ever due to his business. We book for 05/20 thinking it’ll be 2 Months and we’ll definitely receive our passports by then. WE HAVE NOT. I have done everything and called everyone. I got through to our state reps office and they were very helpful and were expediting it. Our childcare for the vacation fell through and I don’t feel comfortable leaving my baby with anyone else so now he needs to come with us. He’s 5 months old now so it’s fine. He does not have a passport. I have tried to make an urgent appt online and there are none available. My flight, car rental, hotel, parking etc nothing is refundable. I will lose a lot of money if I cannot get my baby a passport. I’ve emailed our state rep again to see if they could help. I call the customer service for the passport agency and they say to call within 72 hours. Has anyone been in this situation and been okay? Has anyone truly not been able to get a passport on time and forfeit their trip. I’m so upset with myself. I’m not sure why I didn’t think this through and get a passport for him just in case. I’m usually very plan A, B and C and I really just am so freaking upset. My husband is so looking forward to this trip as am I. Any advice?

I was initially a guest at an airbnb, but now have become an actual month-to-month renter at the airbnb house where the owner also resides on site. The owner rents 2 other rooms under the airbnb account. my room is no longer listed as part of the airbnb rooms available. The owner graciously offered the livingroom to a friend for her young daughter's sleepover party which now sounds as if it will be for the entire weekend. Sounds as if there will be at least 8-10 girls. The owner made, what I considered, a bizzare offer, of taking off to the beach for a couple of days where apparently the rooms are $400./night and asked if I'd be interested in splitting the cost. I told her I was not interested in spending $400 for a hotel room because I'm already paying rent at her home. Plus not to mention that I would have to pay for food and anything else I might need for a beach weekend getaway. I have to be honest in saying that it kinda ticked me off that she felt maybe we should vacate the premises just because she offered her living room to a bunch of kids and a parent or two in her airbnb. Kinda makes me feel like she wants to use my room along with the others for people to sleep in during the sleepover weekend. Am I wrong to decline what I feel is an unreasonable request just because she overextended herself? Beach weekend would set me back probably almost $600 which is absurd seeing that it is a few hundred short to the amount of my monthly rent.