Making inferences worksheets second grade

Confusing but I’ll try to explain
For example in the mocks we used the 2023 grade boundaries to mark our exams, my teacher said I’d have to get 189 marks in foundation maths aqa to get a 5, will this ‘189’ be the maximum amount of marks to get a 5 this year or was that needed last year to get a 5?

I had a plan to finish mixing the last few tracks and move on to the next project. I'm thinking about making another music video or two for the current tracks I have out. The problem is, as I learn more about the music production process and learn new things I've come to realize just how bad my mixes are. Everytime I learn something new, I take 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
I learned how to generate music using ai, but the song arrangements are terrible. Okay, I know how to arrange music, but the mix sounds terrible and there's all kinds of noise. Okay, I learned how to apply noise reduction and spectral analysis to reduce the noise, but now I reduced too much and parts of the song are gone making it less interesting. Okay, so I learned how to use equalization and manipulate the frequencies, but I didn't account for how it would sound on differernt speakers.
So that's where I am right now. Okay, I improved the mix somewhat, it does sound slightly better on MY speakers, but if you play it on a different setup, like say a cellphone which most people are probably using these days, and it sounds completely different and it's terrible. So now I'm back to square 1. I've come to realize why it takes months for artists to release music after they're done recording because mixing and mastering is a meticulous process that takes a lot of time and concentration. Aside from that, you must be knowledgeable about all aspects of sound frequency and sound reproduction.
Well I'm not going to give up. All that means is that I have more to learn, that's no problem. The downside is that it might take even longer for me to put more music out. But I have a solution. I'm going to take some time to study for a few weeks. In the mean time, I'm going to focus on growing my channels. Since I'm working with AI music, a good portion of what's required to produce music doesn't apply (recording and working with artists/execs) so I can cut down on the learning curve by avoiding all that and focus completely on mixing and mastering.
The solution I have, is in the mean time, I will produce some more Udio songs to fill out "Legends of the Time Dragon" and have that be an Udio album. I may also produce some stray Suno songs that don't belong to any albums yet and put out the unmixed versions for people to listen to. That should keep some fresh content rolling out to keep people interested while I level up my mixing and mastering for a few weeks and continue to work on the next project, which is amazing and I have been wanting to say a few words about it.
So I will close out this blog post with a preview of what my next project is going to be like. I want all the songs to come out at the same time like an actual release, so I might just be a blogger for a little while and just post blogs to all my lurkers about all the awesome music I'm making that nobody gets to listen to.
So here is what I have to say about it. I want to leave a clue but I can't think of anything that's not going to make it obvious. The clue is "origin of darkness", this is the subject of the album. It's going to be a concept album. It's way more focused than my previous work, which was really just a result of experimentation and didn't have much focus. I have 4 songs so far that are 90-95% finished in recomposition. I'm going to say some words about each song for those people who like to read and can maybe visualize things in their mind. 3 of the songs are gothic pop metal similar to "Time Dragon Warrior" and the last song I just made is a heavier metal song that's more numetal hardcore/metalcore vibe. Another note, I'm doing away with the mirrored halfs structure that I used for some of the previous songs and giving them more variety. I plan to have around 15 songs and I'm not sure yet if it will be a mix of Suno and Udio, or if I should make Suno albums and Udio albums exclusively. So far, this album is all Suno.
- song #1 - This song I want to be in the beginning of the album maybe somewhere 2-3. It has kind of a modern sound. I don't listen to modern music so I don't really know but it's kind of gothic pop metal. It's not very heavy but it's very ominous and eerie sounding. I want it to be in the beginning because that's where it sits in regards to the concept I'm working with. It should actually be the first or second based on that but I don't want a pop-ish song to be the opener for the album, or the 2nd track. It's a great song but I want the album to have a heavier overall sound but we shall see. This song has female vocals. Aside from the gothic aspect it also sounds slightly rnb hip hop ish (in comparison) but that's not to say it's rnb or hip hop, far from it, more like tinted.
- song # 2 - This song will probably go somewhere in the middle. This is another of the goth/pop/metal but is a little more dynamic than the previous song, not to say the other song is not dynamic, this one just has a higher range and is a little bit heavier. Aside from the goth/pop sound, the metal aspect is kind of doomy power metalish. The previous song is catchy, but this song is really catchy (and doomy for those who like doom). There is a section that gives me SOAD polka vibes from one of the songs on their self titled, and the next section is grandiose, epic power metal that sounds like angels proclaiming their glory. Then before you get too comfortable with these feelings of power, some really doomy chords to remind you this song is about doom. The song goes back to that glorious sound but now there is some unease because it feels like doom is just lurking. The metal aspect is all power metal. The end is all doom, it's not too heavy or evil but very doomy. Great for people who like playing rpgs I will say that.
-song #3 - This song is going to be close to the end. This is the 3rd of the goth/pop/metal songs and is very poppy but it's super dreamy and eerie sounding. It gives me similar vibes of "Twin Peaks" theme song at times but is a heaver kind of metal song. The metal aspect is like dark, melodic numetal. It's not a heavy song, but it has some crunch similar to a not so heavy Deftones song. The song is kind of beautiful in a way, but also kind of dark and awe inspiring. Of the 3 of these, I would rank them in the reverse order I listed them, with this one being the best. The other songs are great though, but this song is just..wow. Sound wise and concept wise, it's mind blowing. This song has female vocals.
- song #4 - This song will probably be in the beginning. Out of these 4, this one is definitely my favorite and the last song I worked on. This song is actually half of a suno generation, 10% of another and maybe 25% of another song, but it sounds really badass. The style of the song is more numetal metalcore. This is closer to the music I actually want to make. For example, "Embrace the Chaos", "Through Time Dragons", "A World of Broken Dreams" minus the power metal and instead insert "Time Dragon Warrior" and that's maybe my ideal sound. When I heard the songs though, I thought they sounded pretty good though and is an interesting mix of styles I never thought could go together, so I rolled with it.
This song though, not fully close to my vision but it's getting closer. This song is definitely the heaviest so far. It starts off kind of quiet with eerie piano keys, kind of horror sounding, then it kicks it into a slight metalcore chord progression before kicking into a higher gear, which is similar to the fast verses from the previous tracks on self titled. What I really like about this song is how bouncy and aggressive the chorus is. This whole time I've been wanting to make bouncy, heavy songs but I had a hard time getting that in Suno for a while. I just got some ideas for manipulating Suno though, I will have to try those out. I still have enough credits for maybe 100 songs that expire in a few days so I gotta put those to use.
Well yeah, that is it. That's a description of the first 4 songs I have right now for the next project I'm working on. I already know what I'm going to call it and I can visualize what the cover is going to be like. This is going to be a very dark and bleak album, but the sound will have a very wide variety. Until next time when I make another blog post. I hope you all had the attention span to make it this far.
hasta la vista bebe

Hi, I'm new to this subreddit, I have DKC2 and 3 physical SNES cartridges (I use to have DKC1 when growing up and yes I 101% it on NSO recently) DKC 2 is my favorite tho. Crocodile Isle is an amazing location and has very different vibes compared to Donkey Kong Island. The atmosphere is amazing and the music is incredible (my favorite themes from this game is Krokodile Kacophony and Krook March). I REALLY enjoy the challenge this game has, I seen people hey really mad, but honestly I never really yelled or felt that angery, I guess I have alot of patience, and I also just have really fun. The levels are fun and creative. I think it has the best bosses in the og trilogy, all of them are fun and challenging. I love getting all the collectables and getting to play the harder levels in the lost world as I go. Diddy Kong is my favorite Kong, Dixie is a close second. It has my favorite version of K. Rool, I seen a lot of people prefer his original design in DKC1 but I think his design in 2 is just as amazing, and makes him fittingly more threatening looking, he's also alot more threatening in this game, he kidnapped Donkey Kong, and you see at the end that he's abusing him as DK is tied up. His final boss is amazing, I actually prefer Krocodile Kacophony over Gang-Plank Galleon, his attacks are really fun to avoid while still having a set pattern (alot more challenging, complex and fun than his fight in DKC1 imo), and the way DK break free at the end to finish him off is just so good, the secret final boss is really good too (not as good as the the first final boss tho imo) where he comes back and you only get to attack him at the end. I also really love th graphics for these games, I think DKC2 did them better tho, I love the pre-rendered 3D models compressed to 2d sprites and the backgrounds and environments so much. What do you guys think of this game? Honestly it's tied with my other favorite 2D platformer, Yoshi's Island for the SNES. :)

I (FA, f33) was dating a guy (m32, leaning DA) for 3 months. He broke things of 6 weeks ago over text. We haven't spoken since then. I'm really struggling with this break up because we live in the same street and I'm constantly reminded of him.
He was working through some personal things and stressed about work. He communicated this, but it made me extremely insecure about our "relationship." I kept getting insecure over late replies over text and not being able to see eachother as much as when we just started dating. I did try to communicate my needs (which is already a huge step for me). Every time he'd tried to give me reassurance that it didn't have anything to do with me, that he'd understand what I was feeling and that he also didn't like the situation he/we were in and that he'd wanted things to be different as well. In the end he got frustrated by me bringing up my needs/insecurities, as he had explained himself several times.
During our time together I brought up these concerns over text, because I was really convinced that he'd break things off with me and that I'd rather know than having to deal with the uncertainty. Whenever we would see each other in person, I just shut down. I only communicated to him that the situation made me feel insecure. The second time that I panicked over a late reply, I told him that I wanted to talk to him. When we saw eachother I just pretended like nothing happened, because I felt too uncomfortable to talk to him. He intiated the conversation. I only said that I had the feeling that we were both (unintentionally) making things more difficult for each other. He tried to reassure me that it didn't have to do anything with me and that when his work would be more stable, he'd be able to give me more clarity on when we'd be able to see each other.
I have the feeling that my own insecurities and inability to be vulnerable with him ruined things. I'm 200% sure that he wouldn't judge me for my past (struggled with bulimia for 15 years and no contact with my parents for the 2 years because I stopped initiating contact with them). Of course this doesn't mean that things would've worked out between us, but at least I would've felt like I did everything I could've done and not regret the way I handled things.
I'd really like to talk to him and explain why I struggled during our time together, because I regret not doing this when we were still seeing eachother. Rationally, I know I don't have anything to lose at this point. I'm just not sure whether this would be a good idea since I'm hoping this would lead to us getting back together. I'm afraid it would crush me if he wouldn't want to try again.
TLDR: struggling with a break up, because my insecurities and inability to be vulnerable contributed to us breaking up. How do I move on? Do I reach out and try to talk to him or should I just let things be?

They may not think it’s a bad thing but, when ever someone infers that I look older than them, it makes me feel like I look really old and ugly.

I have an Asus Zenbook 14 OLED running an AMD Ryzen 7 7000 series processor. I bought it pretty recently, probably not even an year ago.
Now everything about the laptop is fine, but I've noticed that the second I start watching a video the fans start whirring. I have set it to Whisper Mode which significantly reduced the fan noise but it's still noticeable without headphones. I've also tweaked the power management settings and reduced the minimum processor state to 5%. But the fan noise is still annoyingly noticeable.
So just wondering, is it normal for the fan to start up when watching any form of media? And if possible, can I adjust it to make the fan noise essentially silent?

I’ve been blown away by the level of responsiveness and expertise from Redditors for a few related topics which have been a huge help to me. Thanks in advance for any feedback here and I hope I’m in the right place!
I’m in a level of ‘negotiation’ with my Employer (a global Tech company) about a relocation from Southend, SE England to either Alpharetta or Tampa as part of a promotion within my existing Team on what is expected to be a ‘3 year gig’ (at which point the company is expected to be sold which would inevitably see changes of personnel almost certainly those who I am currently ‘negotiating’ with!). Naturally there are a million and one things to consider, especially as a (married) father of two young children.
As I await more formal details of the offer (including the $!), I am trying to speed through all the various research needed which I am simplifying into the below, in order to make negotiations effective and ultimately lead up to a point where I will be able to make an actual decision (likely in the next two weeks)

1. Understanding the ancillary costs associated with relocating to the US as well as the expected on-going living costs in either location (to also include the likely requirement to relocate BACK in ~3 years time)
   
2. Understanding which of the many risks associated with this opportunity I should attempt to have mitigated by my Employer
   
3. Understanding any fundamental blockers/showstoppers that could prevent the move from being viable
   

I’m starting to build up a picture across all three but there were some specific questions I’d really appreciate some insights on. We’re mostly concerned about the number of ‘hidden’ costs there may be, to the extent where the financial gains we are expecting could end up being significantly diminished by the end of the 3 year period (our main objective here is primarily to financial gain – to ideally outright purchase a large family house back in the UK after 3 years and not primarily the ‘experience’ for our family, which we would of course consider a bonus).

• (re: 1) What are some of the more ‘obscure’ costs which I may not have factored in?

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• I have been told informally that the company would fund my ‘relocation costs’ but those have not been specified and nor is there a dedicated function within my company to support this. I suspect the onus may be on me to even negotiate these elements. What could be considered normal and reasonable? The obvious costs which I would assume to be covered would be the travel expense including shipping of likely clothing and other valuables we’d want to take with us (see below), VISA, documentation etc.. But there are plenty of other expenses which I am not sure are a direct expense or not and therefore do not know whether to push for their inclusion? Such as preliminary trips to the location (with or without family) to visit potential areas to stay, temporary accommodation (hotel? Serviced apartments?) temporary car-hire? Getting US driving license? Storage of furniture and equipment back in the UK (for use in 3 years)? Relocation of household Pet? Advance on salary for settling in (and deposit for house rent etc.)?
  
• Are there costs in ‘moving’ money from my UK bank account to US (as part of the move) and also moving money back after 3 years? All being well, I am hoping for a sum of $300K-$500K to ‘return home’ with after the term
  
• What would a general/sensible approach be to finding accommodation – renting a hotel/serviced apartment for 1-2 months to allow us to visit neighbourhoods and find a suitable property which I assume would usually be on a 12 month contract?
  
• Use of storage for 3 years in UK – I am weighing up the pros and cons of renting out our current family house (3 bed Semi) furnished, which would likely mean we would not need to pay for any storage for the duration, and could make use of Parents’ house for storage of any equipment/items which we would not want to take with us, nor leave in the house (but want to use on our return). The alternative would be to empty the house and rent-out unfurnished and to likely incur costs of £10K-£13K overall to keep it in storage – which would certainly be worth more than the items/furniture themselves. I have read that there are insurance implications with renting out furnished houses and also that renters would be more likely to ‘move on’ in a furnished house. We’d not be fussed about the furniture being damaged, and we would probably replace on our return regardless, so with the potential extra rental cost there could be a £13K-£16K swing? What’s normal/usual to do in this situation?
  
• Is it considered normal to move into a fully unfurnished rental property and purchase new furniture? There doesn’t seem to be a market in either area for Furnished rentals, from what I have seen. Is it normal and reasonable to purchase mostly second hand furniture, electricals etc. at the start of the term and sell on after 3 years to recoup some funds? Or not realistic?
  
  • (re: 2) What risks/outcomes could and should I be asking (vs mandating) my Employer to mitigate contractually? I’m acutely aware of the general ‘hire and fire’ culture in US although I have a very long tenure at this company (~25 years) and with the promotion/relocation being one of strategic importance (which the Company approached me on) I would have some reason to be confident that at least the company would not enforce a negative scenario on their terms?

·

• If the family doesn’t settle adequately in one of the locations, should I be able to relocate to the other? Accepting the company would not pay for that relocation
  
• If I elected to leave the company, I should be free to do so? Although it would mean having to find another company to sponsor VISA otherwise I would need to return home
  
• Protection against redundancy – moving to a general US contract would leave me with little protection and perhaps a standard ‘one week’ notice period. Should I request an abnormally long notice period – for example, 6 months? My priority would be to protect myself against the Company making me redundant, not giving myself the flexibility to move to another company whilst there (I have no desires to leave the company in the short or mid term). Assuming a notice period would maximise my chances to find alternative employment without having to go back home?
  
• Protection against dismissal/performance-related firing – could/should I request a bespoke compensation in the event of this? If I was to have to relocate back home with no VISA then I would incur additional relocation costs and also significant additional costs related to new agreements in the US (house rental etc.)
  
  • (re: 3) Interested to know if there are others who have emigrated and any nasty surprises? For example, I have read about the challenge in building up credit rating in the US and how long that may take? I have a (UK) Amex card which I will port to a US card when over there and use it as much as possible and set up a US bank account as quickly as I can.

Entirely personal, but also wondering on recommendations for Alpharetta vs Tampa? It would seem cost of living would be comparable (of course, dependent on neighbourhood) with the major differences being probably differences in climate, and I suspect Tampa would be generally much busier, perhaps less safe? For a reasonable 3 bed house it seems around $3K rent per month is the norm, with Alpharetta prices seemingly due to proximity to the tech hubs and Tampa due to the pull of the beaches, climate?
My Wife and I are very excited about the prospect, just trying to be as cautious as possible especially given this will be likely to move quickly!
Many thanks in advance
Mark

I just came back from my second ever cruise, a Hurtigruten cruise from Norway (for my 29th birthday). Prior to that 12 years ago I did a Carnival cruise I can't really remember, as a kid.
I have a long, over-arching goal to visit 100 countries. I would like to use cruises as an excellent way to reach this goal, especially after having some bad experiences with traditional group tours. With cruises, I am not bound to a set group of people for weeks on end. I can have privacy and distance.
With that being said about me, I'm looking at quite a lot of Holland America cruises for the future. They have great itineraries at good prices. I think now, I'm now at ease with a slower paced cruise, as Hurtigruten has almost no activities onboard, but I still liked it. And even if almost everyone is older than me, I won't really care. Was the case on Hurtigruten.
Still, I am wondering, should I pick cruises only for the ports if that is of utmost importance to me? I would like to try a mega ship like an RCI Oasis, although Icon makes me hesitate, as I can't remember my Carnival cruise at all, it was so long ago.
I've heard that like Hurtigruten, Holland America can be "boring", but at the same time other cruise lines won't visit the number of ports that HAL will.
Anyway, Hurtigruten went quite well so I see myself as a rapid cruise convert :). I'd much rather be "bored" on a cruise than suffering and in distress on land tours any day, anytime, as I have had some awful experiences over land.

Hello, I found a couple of bed bugs days apart out of nowhere a couple of weeks ago. A couple of days ago, I found one on my pillow. I don’t have bites. Today, I’m getting my second treatment of spraying done. The terminator has told me that I don’t need to go through the hassle of washing and hot drying my clothes again, but is that true? That doesn’t make sense to me. It’s freaking me out a bit. Any insight on this??
I also don’t know if I should throw out my mattress or bed frame.

Long story short, husband and I found a house for sale for $285k and offered asking price. The inspection determined the house needs a bit over $20k of work. Technically it is move-in ready but HVAC is very old so it'll probably need to be replaced soon ($10k), backyard needs a slope and drain (quoted at $10k) to avoid standing water and potential flooding, and there were some issues with the electrical ($2k) plus a few other minor things here and there.
Seller was willing to give us $2500 and called it a generous offer, we said nope. They came back and offered $3500, we asked for $15k, they said it was absurd and the deal was off.
It's been a couple of weeks and the house is still on the market and they cut $5k so it's now $280k. I'm thinking to give it a couple more weeks and if the house is still on the market make another offer for $275k. Is it possible to make a second offer on the same house? Is it advisable? House has already been on the market for 77 days so maybe they'll be desperate enough, considering they're moving out of state at the end of May.

Hey everyone,
Well, I have a very odd concern (even though I'm a Ph.D student at the moment). I've recently been going through a lot of my records for an upcoming internship and I'm worried I may have only sent the transcript from the last high school I graduated from in this case, rather than all of them.
For some context, I initially "attended" (this will be in quotes for a reason) the public high school in the area. I was only there for 3 days that consisted of no classes at all. Rather, it was an orientation of sorts so the would-be freshmen could get used to the high school, rules, and its layout. I never completed any classes that year (I did a summer gym class to get early high school credit and that shows up on a transcript) before my parents found a high school in a pinch.
The following high school I only attended for a quarter of the year (before I moved onto the final high school I would graduate from 3.75 years down the road). I got my old high transcript recently just in case it was necessary for future employment and I see my grades under the first quarter were listed as "NA" in this case. My guess is they probably treated it like how colleges transfer grades (where previous institution grades don't count towards GPA). No big deal on its own.
The only thing I'm concerned about is whether I submitted the old transcript from the high school where I attended for a quarter to my undergraduate colleges at all. Folks can probably tell by this post that I'm an extremely anxious person so I let my parents handle applications and paperwork (since both of those give me the most anxiety). This non ironically makes more anxious as an adult since I never knew what I took out in loans in undergrad until I applied to graduate school and had to consider my debt totals and whatnot (feel free to see one of my older posts where I list all of my neurodivergent, mental, and recent sleep apnea diagnosis).
I am also worried about what could happen if those grades from that high school I attended for a quarter of the year were uncharacteristically low at all. Long story short, that high school I attended for a quarter had what my father aptly described as "monitored home school" and I abused the retake system they had in place by not doing well on my first attempt, memorizing the answers they reused, and retaking it again. I wonder sometimes if they picked up on that and my grades were knocked down at all.
What could happen if this mistake is the case at all? What could happen to my degrees up until this point since I'm now in a Ph.D program? Could my undergraduate degree (and subsequent graduate degrees) be revoked over this at all?

I’ve been blown away by the level of responsiveness and expertise from Redditors for a few related topics which have been a huge help to me. Thanks in advance for any feedback here and I hope I’m in the right place!
I’m in a level of ‘negotiation’ with my Employer (a global Tech company) about a relocation from Southend, SE England to either Alpharetta or Tampa as part of a promotion within my existing Team on what is expected to be a ‘3 year gig’ (at which point the company is expected to be sold which would inevitably see changes of personnel almost certainly those who I am currently ‘negotiating’ with!). Naturally there are a million and one things to consider, especially as a (married) father of two young children.
As I await more formal details of the offer (including the $!), I am trying to speed through all the various research needed which I am simplifying into the below, in order to make negotiations effective and ultimately lead up to a point where I will be able to make an actual decision (likely in the next two weeks)

1. Understanding the ancillary costs associated with relocating to the US as well as the expected on-going living costs in either location (to also include the likely requirement to relocate BACK in ~3 years time)
2. Understanding which of the many risks associated with this opportunity I should attempt to have mitigated by my Employer
3. Understanding any fundamental blockers/showstoppers that could prevent the move from being viable

I’m starting to build up a picture across all three but there were some specific questions I’d really appreciate some insights on. We’re mostly concerned about the number of ‘hidden’ costs there may be, to the extent where the financial gains we are expecting could end up being significantly diminished by the end of the 3 year period (our main objective here is primarily to financial gain – to ideally outright purchase a large family house back in the UK after 3 years and not primarily the ‘experience’ for our family, which we would of course consider a bonus).

• (re: 1) What are some of the more ‘obscure’ costs which I may not have factored in?
  • I have been told informally that the company would fund my ‘relocation costs’ but those have not been specified and nor is there a dedicated function within my company to support this. I suspect the onus may be on me to even negotiate these elements. What could be considered normal and reasonable? The obvious costs which I would assume to be covered would be the travel expense including shipping of likely clothing and other valuables we’d want to take with us (see below), VISA, documentation etc.. But there are plenty of other expenses which I am not sure are a direct expense or not and therefore do not know whether to push for their inclusion? Such as preliminary trips to the location (with or without family) to visit potential areas to stay, temporary accommodation (hotel? Serviced apartments?) temporary car-hire? Getting US driving license? Storage of furniture and equipment back in the UK (for use in 3 years)? Relocation of household Pet? Advance on salary for settling in (and deposit for house rent etc.)?
  • Are there costs in ‘moving’ money from my UK bank account to US (as part of the move) and also moving money back after 3 years? All being well, I am hoping for a sum of $300K-$500K to ‘return home’ with after the term
  • What would a general/sensible approach be to finding accommodation – renting a hotel/serviced apartment for 1-2 months to allow us to visit neighbourhoods and find a suitable property which I assume would usually be on a 12 month contract?
  • Use of storage for 3 years in UK – I am weighing up the pros and cons of renting out our current family house (3 bed Semi) furnished, which would likely mean we would not need to pay for any storage for the duration, and could make use of Parents’ house for storage of any equipment/items which we would not want to take with us, nor leave in the house (but want to use on our return). The alternative would be to empty the house and rent-out unfurnished and to likely incur costs of £10K-£13K overall to keep it in storage – which would certainly be worth more than the items/furniture themselves. I have read that there are insurance implications with renting out furnished houses and also that renters would be more likely to ‘move on’ in a furnished house. We’d not be fussed about the furniture being damaged, and we would probably replace on our return regardless, so with the potential extra rental cost there could be a £13K-£16K swing? What’s normal/usual to do in this situation?
  • Is it considered normal to move into a fully unfurnished rental property and purchase new furniture? There doesn’t seem to be a market in either area for Furnished rentals, from what I have seen. Is it normal and reasonable to purchase mostly second hand furniture, electricals etc. at the start of the term and sell on after 3 years to recoup some funds? Or not realistic?
• (re: 2) What risks/outcomes could and should I be asking (vs mandating) my Employer to mitigate contractually? I’m acutely aware of the general ‘hire and fire’ culture in US although I have a very long tenure at this company (~25 years) and with the promotion/relocation being one of strategic importance (which the Company approached me on) I would have some reason to be confident that at least the company would not enforce a negative scenario on their terms?
  • If the family doesn’t settle adequately in one of the locations, should I be able to relocate to the other? Accepting the company would not pay for that relocation
  • If I elected to leave the company, I should be free to do so? Although it would mean having to find another company to sponsor VISA otherwise I would need to return home
  • Protection against redundancy – moving to a general US contract would leave me with little protection and perhaps a standard ‘one week’ notice period. Should I request an abnormally long notice period – for example, 6 months? My priority would be to protect myself against the Company making me redundant, not giving myself the flexibility to move to another company whilst there (I have no desires to leave the company in the short or mid term). Assuming a notice period would maximise my chances to find alternative employment without having to go back home?
  • Protection against dismissal/performance-related firing – could/should I request a bespoke compensation in the event of this? If I was to have to relocate back home with no VISA then I would incur additional relocation costs and also significant additional costs related to new agreements in the US (house rental etc.)
• (re: 3) Interested to know if there are others who have emigrated and any nasty surprises? For example, I have read about the challenge in building up credit rating in the US and how long that may take? I have a (UK) Amex card which I will port to a US card when over there and use it as much as possible and set up a US bank account as quickly as I can.

Entirely personal, but also wondering on recommendations for Alpharetta vs Tampa? It would seem cost of living would be comparable (of course, dependent on neighbourhood) with the major differences being probably differences in climate, and I suspect Tampa would be generally much busier, perhaps less safe? For a reasonable 3 bed house it seems around $3K rent per month is the norm, with Alpharetta prices seemingly due to proximity to the tech hubs and Tampa due to the pull of the beaches, climate?
My Wife and I are very excited about the prospect, just trying to be as cautious as possible especially given this will be likely to move quickly!
Many thanks in advance
Mark

I just started my second box of 10mg. Gave myself a shot on Saturday and ever since then I’ve had nauseating burps (which I’m aware are normal, but usually subside by now) and watery diarrhea (sorry for TMI). My stomach is gurgling and no amount of GasX or medication can make it stop. I was in the ED a few days ago for stomach pains so severe I thought I had pancreatitis. My labs and electrolytes are all within normal limits. I’ve been on this shot for 5 months and I’ve never had diarrhea this bad. I plan on holding off my next shot, but I’m wondering if this is considered a side effect that I’ve never had before? I know they list diarrhea as a side effect but is this what they mean?

I know this question gets asked all the time but I could not find something that was similar to my situation so I thought I'd ask.
In March I missed a period, took a home test and a blood test. Turns out I was pregnant. 3 days after that I started bleeding and a week later I had an ultrasound, they said everything seemed normal, and I was given progesterone pessaries which I used for 3 weeks. But the bleeding didn't stop.
I went in for another scan and found out I had miscarried the first pregnancy and their was a second but it was an ectopic which was about to rupture. I went in for surgery and they took my tube.
After all of this the bleeding stopped but, I was told I could not get pregnant for the next 3 months since my doctor had asked me to get the methotrexate injection before the surgery.
So to prevent pregnancy I started the combination pill on the 1st of May which was the first day of my period. I have been bleeding ever since... on the 9th day of bleeding I asked my Dr how to make it stop, she recommended 1gm of tranexamic acid 3 times a day.
But the bleeding still didn't stop. By the 11th day I raised my concerns again and was told to go off the pill and continue the Tranexamic.
It's been 3 days since I stopped the pill and I'm still bleeding... I don't know what to do! I've been married 4 months and bleeding for 3 of them!
I need help, I'm tired. Does anyone know when this bleeding will end? If I switch pill will this happen again? I've been told to switch to microgynon 30 on my next period.

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For what it’s worth, I’m linking a Quest 2 to my Predator (GTX 1060, i7). Some mp servers are not terrible, maybe one frame rate drop/lag every 5-10 mins. But some servers I have a frame freeze/drop every 30-60 seconds. My gunners have mentioned they’re playing on a NASA grade supercomputer (4070) and still get the drops.
So is there really anything else you can do to prevent or lower this? Gets frustrating when you’re flying the heli low and fast and fight the frame rate drops. I even get the frame issues offline in single player.

I (22f) just got out of my first real, long-term relationship of 3 years in January. I've been trying to "get back out there", but I feel so emotionally raw and confused at the state of dating.
I met a man (37m) on a dating app in April. I usually never respond to messages/make plans on my dating apps; I just kind of have them to make me feel slightly less lonely. For some reason, I responded to his message. He wasn't insanely good looking, funny, etc. There was just something that drew me to him.
I was in his town the night we matched (I live in a town 2 hrs away but travel frequently for work). We went out for drinks, and I had a really fun time. He was really interesting, and took an interest in me. We had a lot of chemistry naturally.
We texted a little bit after, and I agreed to go away for the weekend with him a couple weeks later. We met in a cute resort town in the middle of both our towns. I texted him before, saying that I like to physically take things slow. He said there was "0 expectation for anything physical" and that he just wanted to eat good food and have fun, etc. He said if we were to do anything physical, that could be a conversation.
I had a really fun weekend! I opened up more than I ever do to anyone, and he really opened up about a lot (his family, past relationships). He offered me some really genuine advice about a couple things. We went on a hike, had dinner, hot tubbed, and drank.
On our first night together, we ended up "fooling around" but not having full-on sex. The second night, we had sex twice. After the first time, we went to the gas station together for snacks and he must've put his hand on my leg while driving over. I didn't mean to push his hand off, I was just really tired and might've done it accidentally. Later that night, I thought we were both staying another night. He told me that he was planning on leaving, since I didn't seem that into him since I pushed his hand off my leg. I explained that I was really into him, and it was accidental. We had sex again after that, and he stayed the night instead of leaving.
I had this really weird feeling after we had sex for the first time that he had "gotten what he wanted." It made things almost awkward afterwards; he asked me if something was wrong. I couldn't explain it, it was just a gut feeling.
He didn't really seem that into sex. He told me he likes to be dominant, but he wasn't super aggressive or anything about having sex during or before.
Fast forward to the week after that weekend, he texted me right after to make sure I got home safe and send me the pics he took of me. We texted a little bit on/off for like 2 days, and I went and said some dumb shit like "you mesmerized me over the weekend" to test the waters. I was hoping he'd give me some validaion that he felt sparks, too, tbh.
He left that on read, so I called him 2 days after I sent that and he didn't answer. At that point, I felt as if i were ghosted after we had sex (not the first time this has happened to me, probably why my mind went there and started to freak out). I sent him a paragraph about how if "sex was all he was looking for, thats fine, but he should lead with that."
He texted back, apologizing for making me feel ghosted/uneasy, and said he had just been really busy camping. I said that I felt crazy for overreacting, and I apologized. The whole thing made me look/seem really crazy and I was pretty embarrassed. He asked to call me on Monday, and I said sure. He says that he will try to be better about communicating clearly and thoughtfully.
Monday came, and I told him some times that worked for me. He responded later that night, saying work had gotten busy but we could call today. At this point, I'm kind of over him. I like guys who call when they say they will. I texted him and told him I'm sorry for being clingy/desperate, but I'm not in a place to date, after I just feel so sad after my last break up.
This whole thing has really messed with my head. I've never met a man who has made me feel so confused about his intentions. He doesn't seem super motivated by sex...he doesn't seem super into dating me since his communication can be sporadic....?? I am so lost, and this whole experience has made me feel insane LOL. I can't tell if he's the nicest, busy guy ever or a seasoned player.

I recently started a college course that teaches beginner java. Wow I am hooked now! I have finished all of the assignments due and decided I wanted to experiment and write my own code outside of the class just for fun and growth. So far I have been able to apply what I have learned to make the first aspect of my code successful but I'm getting pretty hung up on the second part.
I'm writing a program that will ideally calculate the number of fish needed for someone to reach level 99 fishing in RuneScape. So far within the console I've been able to prompt the user to enter their current xp as in integer and the program will then output the xp remaining to reach level 99. After that the console then prompts the user to enter the type of fish.
This is where I'm stuck. Ideally I want the user to be able to simply type the name of the fish and have the program calculate the number needed (each type of fish has a specific xp value) to reach level 99. My question is: How do I accept user input in the form of a word that will have a numerical value assigned to it?
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I don't know if this is bad form for this sub but I responded to a couple of comments in another thread and I may appear as arrogant but I'm really interested in how the playerbase would react to a change like the one I proposed there. This idea came to me because how unjustly the responsibility between roles in a typical 5 man group is distributed where one role in particular gets the brunt of it, namely Healers. We all know the memes. You stepped in dog poo on your way home? Healers fault. Those.
Oh well let's get to it then. One guy suggested that misplays shouldn't be punished, and that good plays should be rewarded instead. Haste buff for interrupting etc. Another opposed it, correctly saying that it would encourage overlapping, cus every DPS would want to be first and every single interrupt would get blown immediately which in turn would allow every enemy cast to go through. I responded:
It would also trivialize most content if misplays aren't punished. Misplays should be punishing because taking on "mythic" or "heroic" even, should instead be an accomplishment that rewards you based on how well you did collectively, judged on certain metrics such as how many times you successfully interrupted (as a team overall to prevent competitive interrupts/overlaps and instead encourage teamplay and rotations).
It should be hard, and if there are no repercussions for ignoring mechanics then what's the point. It SHOULD set you back. But that's not to say that good plays shouldn't be rewarded. It should. But as of right now, misplays from one role heavily affects another. The healer in most cases.
Implement a merit based loot system where your group is rewarded by how well they collectively tackled the dungeon and its mechanics. Properly timed kicks, stuns, interrupts overall count towards better loot. If death subtracts seconds then combat ressing returns them(seconds). This encourages the W gang (dps) to get more involved, and gets everyone to work together towards the same goal. Phat lewt. Heck, you could even throw up a toast window upon completion/failure that shows how well everyone did individually but fat chance of that happening. But overall then. Make it S, A, B, C and F tiered like the League system. If 2 or more gets an A or higher then everyone gets rewarded the same. If you get an S+ then fk, make it an achievement. 100 S+ in a season = tabard or an effin pet.
I'm just spitballing here and hoping to start a debate/discussion because as it stands right now, lower to mid key players aren't paying attention, they never have, and they aren't incentivised to. This all falls on the healer to reactively deal with any and all mistakes, intentional or not. If you've read this far, I envy you.
Thoughts?
Edit: Forgot to mention the "punitive" side of it. If you ignore mechanics and all casts go through, people die and all that then you simply lose earned points and eventually return to the baseline reward table. To prevent system abuse, interrupt "score" per mob could be limited to 1, 2, maybe 3 depending on mob type/class.