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Following the previous post here’s a recap of the 3rd day from the 3rd week of the "World Wide League 07" project (full playlist of it can be found here).
Some notes:
You can find descriptions of each division as well as the teams participating in them on the Week 1 posts previously submitted in this subreddit.
Every time you see a team with their name in bold, it's a team of which every match will be recorded.
For ordering the leaderboard table, I simply use whatever the game displays (when there are full ties, it simply orders the teams at random) and then do some correlation since once the week of matches is done, the first match of the next week happens automatically offscreen.
WEEK 3 DAY 3
15th Division (Morning)
The results of the 12 matches from this division’s 3rd week were the following:

HOME	RESULT	AWAY
P. de Ferreira	0-2	Beveren
Rot-Weiss Essen	0-2	AIK Solna
Gueugnon	2-2	Germinal Beer.
KVC Westerlo	1-2	W. Burghausen
Ejido	2-0	Excelsior (NL)
Bristol City	1-1	Colchester Utd
Chivas USA	1-3	Wisła Płock
Lorca Deportiva	1-3	Eint.Braunschweig
Heracles Almelo	2-4	Incheon United
Stade de Reims	1-0	Vicenza
Sp. Rotterdam	2-1	SC Beira-Mar
FC Wacker Tirol	1-1	Daegu FC

Now for a short description of the 8 recorded matches and their facts (stats and events):
Match 2: Rot-Weiss Essen vs AIK Solna
Home team created more chances but none of them were good enough to get a goal. Their opponents on the other hand made a much better use of theirs.

Rot-Weiss Essen	Stats	AIK Solna
0+0=0	Goals	1+1=2
6+11=17	Shots	4+6=10
3+5=8	On Target	3+3=6
11+11=22	Tackles	19+4=23
0+1=1	Fouls	0+3=3
0+0=0	Bookings	0+1=1
3+2=5	Corners	1+0=1
0+0=0	Offsides	1+0=1
68%->68%	Passing	60%->63%
55%->55%	Possession	45%->45%
50%->47%	Accuracy	75%->60%

Rot-Weiss Essen	Events	AIK Solna
	'30	Goal (Hulsker)
	'47	Yellow (Sandberg)
Sub (Wehlage->Paulo Sérgio)	'55
	'58	Sub (Figueiredo->Burgic)
	'85	Goal (Hulsker)

Match 3: Gueugnon vs Germinal Beer.
Very entertaining match that had a bit of everything happening in it. While the away team had a strong 1st half, by the end of the match both teams couldn't be separated, despite several close calls.

Gueugnon	Stats	Germinal Beer.
1+1=2	Goals	2+0=2
8+6=14	Shots	7+6=13
1+2=3	On Target	4+4=8
14+15=29	Tackles	10+18=28
2+1=3	Fouls	2+1=3
1+0=1	Bookings	1+0=1
0+1=1	Corners	0+2=2
1+0=1	Offsides	0+0=0
75%->76%	Passing	73%->74%
52%->53%	Possession	48%->47%
12%->21%	Accuracy	57%->61%

Gueugnon	Events	Germinal Beer.
	'6	Goal (Sterchele)
Goal (Carlier)	'30
	'40	Goal (Cavens)
Yellow (Correia)	'44
	'45+1	Yellow (Sterchele)
Goal (Carlier)	'56	Sub (Cruz->Milenkovic)
Sub (Tsoumou->Le Frapper)	'76

Match 4: KVC Westerlo vs W. Burghausen
The away team took some good opportunities and built a 2 goal gap by the middle of the 2nd half. The home team scored in a set piece but couldn't do anything more, losing a player during a desperate moment afterwards.

KVC Westerlo	Stats	W. Burghausen
0+1=1	Goals	1+1=2
7+6=13	Shots	6+6=12
2+6=8	On Target	3+2=5
14+14=28	Tackles	11+9=20
1+1=2	Fouls	1+1=2
0+1=1	Bookings	0+1=1
3+1=4	Corners	0+0=0
0+0=0	Offsides	0+1=1
67%->67%	Passing	67%->71%
48%->46%	Possession	52%->54%
28%->61%	Accuracy	50%->41%

KVC Westerlo	Events	W. Burghausen
	'29	Goal (Krejči)
	'58	Sub (Hertl->Rosin)
	'62	Goal (Nicu)
Sub (Delen->Dirar)	'63
	'71	Yellow (Wiesinger)
Goal (Van Imschoot)	'72
Red (Wagemakers)	'78

Match 5: Ejido vs Excelsior (NL)
The home team took the lead early with a pretty funny goal and their keeper made sure that said lead stayed there. On the 2nd half they doubled it with another silly goal to sentence the match's result.

Ejido	Stats	Excelsior (NL)
1+1=2	Goals	0+0=0
5+7=12	Shots	1+4=5
2+3=5	On Target	0+1=1
11+13=24	Tackles	19+17=36
0+1=1	Fouls	3+0=3
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+1=1	Corners	0+1=1
1+0=1	Offsides	0+1=1
73%->71%	Passing	62%->66%
59%->55%	Possession	41%->45%
40%->41%	Accuracy	0%->20%

Ejido	Events	Excelsior (NL)
Goal (Toedtli)	'7
	'69	Sub (Guijo-Velasco->Hertog)
Sub (Ortiz->Moreno)	'72
Goal (Toedtli)	'78

Match 6: Bristol City vs Colchester Utd
1 goal a-piece on the 1st half, but not much else happened for the remainder of the match.

Bristol City	Stats	Colchester Utd
1+0=1	Goals	1+0=1
7+8=15	Shots	5+5=10
3+3=6	On Target	1+0=1
15+17=32	Tackles	21+16=37
0+2=2	Fouls	0+0=0
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+0=0	Corners	0+0=0
1+2=3	Offsides	0+0=0
73%->72%	Passing	70%->72%
49%->54%	Possession	51%->46%
42%->40%	Accuracy	20%->10%

Bristol City	Events	Colchester Utd
	'12	Goal (Iwelumo)
Goal (Jevons)	'36
Sub (Orr->McCombe)	'59	Sub (Cureton->Garcia)

Match 7: Chivas USA vs Wisła Płock
The away team dominated the match taking good care of their chances and having a keeper making many great saves. They could even afford to concede a silly goal and still keep a comfortable lead.

Chivas USA	Stats	Wisła Płock
0+1=1	Goals	2+1=3
8+6=14	Shots	9+3=12
6+4=10	On Target	4+2=6
12+27=39	Tackles	12+13=25
1+0=1	Fouls	0+0=0
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
2+1=3	Corners	0+1=1
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
69%->72%	Passing	74%->74%
49%->49%	Possession	51%->51%
75%->71%	Accuracy	44%->50%

Chivas USA	Events	Wisła Płock
	'13	Goal (Sobczak)
	'19	Goal (Dosek)
	'49	Goal (Sobczak)
Sub (García->O’Brien)	'59
Goal (Palencia)	'66	Sub (Geworgian->Grizonic)

Match 8: Lorca Deportiva vs Eint.Braunchweig
It was pretty even for the 1st half, but later on 2 goals in immediate succession quickly sentenced the match.

Lorca Deportiva	Stats	Eint.Braunchweig
1+0=1	Goals	1+2=3
6+1=7	Shots	8+8=16
5+0=5	On Target	1+3=4
12+12=24	Tackles	18+16=34
3+2=5	Fouls	1+1=2
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+1=1	Corners	0+1=1
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
70%->69%	Passing	72%->70%
50%->47%	Possession	50%->53%
83%->71%	Accuracy	12%->25%

Lorca Deportiva	Events	Eint.Braunchweig
	'17	Goal (Rische)
Goal (Chando)	'36
Sub (Ramos->Iker Begoña)	'63
	'70	Goal (Koejoe)
	'72	Goal (Koejoe)
	'80	Sub (Kastrati->Kuru)

Match 9: Heracles Almelo vs Incheon United
Very eventful match. The home team took the lead early on but then were subject to a complete blowout by their opponents, even after the latter lost a player. They did manage to score a second time, but it did little to change the fate of the match.

Heracles Almelo	Stats	Incheon United
1+1=2	Goals	3+1=4
5+9=14	Shots	8+8=16
1+4=5	On Target	4+4=8
12+10=22	Tackles	19+10=29
2+3=5	Fouls	2+2=4
0+0=0	Bookings	1+1=2
1+4=5	Corners	0+2=2
0+0=0	Offsides	1+0=1
67%->70%	Passing	66%->67%
52%->54%	Possession	48%->46%
20%->35%	Accuracy	50%->50%

Heracles Almelo	Events	Incheon United
Goal (Hirayama)	'11
	'14	Goal (D. Radoncic)
	'23	Goal (Bang Seung Hwan)
	'41	Goal (Bang Seung Hwan)
	'44	Red (Kim Chi Woo)
	'49	Goal (D. Radoncic)
	'62	Sub (Kim Hak Cheol->Lang Kyung Jin)
Sub (de Vries-> Schilder)	'71
Goal (Hirayama)	'74
	'84	Yellow (Lim Joong Yong)

With all that in mind, the leaderboard after this division’s 3rd week of matches is as follows:

POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1(↑2)	Wisła Płock	3	3	0	0	7	2	5	9
2(↑3)	AIK Solna	3	3	0	0	4	0	4	9
3(↑3)	Sp. Rotterdam	3	2	1	0	8	3	5	7
4(↓3)	Colchester Utd	3	2	2	0	6	1	5	7
5(↑3)	Incheon United	3	2	1	0	8	5	3	7
6(↓2)	Daegu FC	3	2	1	0	5	2	3	7
7(↑4)	Ejido	3	2	0	1	5	2	3	6
8(↓6)	Chivas USA	3	2	0	1	6	5	1	6
9(↑7)	W. Burghausen	3	2	0	1	4	6	-2	6
10(↑7)	Beveren	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
11(↓4)	Rot-Weiss Essen	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
12(=)	Bristol City	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
13(↓4)	Lorca Deportiva	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
14(=)	Germinal Beer.	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
15(↓5)	SC Beira-Mar	3	1	0	2	5	4	1	3
16(↑3)	Eint.Braunschweig	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
17(↑3)	Stade de Reims	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3
18(↓5)	P. de Ferreira	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3
19(↓4)	Vicenza	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4	3
20(↑1)	Gueugnon	3	0	1	2	3	5	-2	1
21(↓3)	Heracles Almelo	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1
22(↑2)	FC Wacker Tirol	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1
23(↓1)	KVC Westerlo	3	0	0	3	1	4	-3	0
24(↓1)	Excelsior (NL)	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5	0

14th Division (Afternoon)
The results of the 12 matches from this division’s 3rd week were the following:

HOME	RESULT	AWAY
Kalmar	1-2	St Mirren
Zagłębie Lubin	1-0	Bursaspor
Sturm Graz	2-0	U.D. Vecindario
Triestina	3-0	Castellón
Kielce	0-1	Amiens SCF
Real Madrid B	0-1	Treviso
Inverness CT	2-2	Ulsan Horang-I
Motherwell	0-1	Istres
Lech Poznań	1-1	Austria Magna
FC Superfund	1-0	RKC Waalwijk
KSV Roeselare	0-3	Hércules
Kickers Offenb.	0-0	Odense Boldklu

Now for a short description of the 8 recorded matches and their facts (stats and events):
Match 2: Zagłębie Lubin vs Bursaspor
1st half had a good save early on and a super silly goal just before half-time where the away keeper decided to go buy milk or something instead of defending his goal. The 2nd half was boring until the very last play of the match, where everything went from 0 to 1000 in an instant.

Zagłębie Lubin	Stats	Bursaspor
1+0=1	Goals	0+0=0
6+2=8	Shots	1+5=6
2+1=3	On Target	0+2=2
19+17=36	Tackles	14+17=31
0+0=0	Fouls	0+2=2
0+0=0	Bookings	0+1=1
3+1=4	Corners	0+0=0
0+0=0	Offsides	1+0=1
67%->65%	Passing	72%->73%
43%->45%	Possession	53%->55%
33%->37%	Accuracy	0%->33%

Zagłębie Lubin	Events	Bursaspor
Goal (Chałbiński)	'43
	'47	Yellow (Bekiroğlu)
Sub (Szczypkowski->Bartczak)	'57
	'70	Sub (Acar->Alemdar)

Match 3: Sturm Graz vs U.D. Vecindario
Home team was in control and created the better chances throughout the match, so it's not too surprising they won comfortably enough.

Sturm Graz	Stats	U.D. Vecindario
1+1=2	Goals	0+0=0
3+5=8	Shots	4+4=8
2+3=5	On Target	1+1=2
17+18=35	Tackles	10+12=22
0+0=0	Fouls	1+2=3
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
1+0=1	Corners	1+0=1
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
72%->72%	Passing	71%->73%
43%->44%	Possession	57%->56%
66%->62%	Accuracy	25%->25%

Sturm Graz	Events	U.D. Vecindario
Goal (Salmutter)	'24
Goal (Salmutter)	'51
Sub (Tsimba->Krammer)	'56

Match 4: Triestina vs Castellón
A match full of action throughout. The home team made their chances count and built a 3 goal lead by the early 2nd half, then the away team was constantly on the offensive but the home defenders did a superb job and no ball went in.

Triestina	Stats	Castellón
2+1=3	Goals	0+0=0
10+7=17	Shots	7+6=13
3+5=8	On Target	2+2=4
14+25=39	Tackles	13+12=25
3+3=6	Fouls	0+1=1
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
1+0=1	Corners	3+4=7
1+0=1	Offsides	0+0=0
75%->68%	Passing	74%->71%
47%->46%	Possession	53%->54%
30%->47%	Accuracy	28%->30%

Triestina	Events	Castellón
Goal (Piovaccari)	'10
Goal (Eliakwu)	'38
Goal (Eliakwu)	'60
	'61	Sub (Héctor Bosque->Marqués)
Sub (Marchini->Gorgone)	'64

Match 5: Kielce vs Amiens SCF
It took a while, but eventually a goal was finally scored, and it proved to be crucial to the final score.

Kielce	Stats	Amiens SCF
0+0=0	Goals	0+1=1
5+3=8	Shots	0+6=6
2+1=3	On Target	0+2=2
18+20=38	Tackles	24+16=40
0+2=2	Fouls	1+1=2
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+0=0	Corners	0+1=1
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
80%->76%	Passing	60%->67%
58%->54%	Possession	42%->46%
40%->37%	Accuracy	0%->33%

Kielce	Events	Amiens SCF
	'63	Goal (Raynier)

Match 6: Real Madrid B vs Treviso
The early goal was vital in the end, as every other good chance in the match was wasted.

Real Madrid B	Stats	Treviso
0+0=0	Goals	1+0=1
3+6=9	Shots	6+1=7
2+2=4	On Target	5+1=6
6+19=25	Tackles	17+19=36
0+0=0	Fouls	1+0=1
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
1+0=1	Corners	0+0=0
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
65%->67%	Passing	73%->73%
55%->53%	Possession	45%->47%
66%->44%	Accuracy	83%->85%

Real Madrid B	Events	Treviso
	'6	Goal (Fava)
Sub (Palencia->Santacruz)	'51
	'76	Sub (Vascak->Anderson)

Match 7: Inverness CT vs Ulsan Horang-I
After a goalless 1st half, the 2nd half was filled with activity, with several goals, saves and a heart-stopping final stretch.

Inverness CT	Stats	Ulsan Horang-I
0+2=2	Goals	0+2=2
4+7=11	Shots	6+7=13
1+4=5	On Target	3+3=6
10+12=22	Tackles	21+11=32
1+2=3	Fouls	1+0=1
0+2=2	Bookings	0+0=0
1+2=3	Corners	2+3=5
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
66%->65%	Passing	67%->65%
49%->47%	Possession	51%->53%
25%->45%	Accuracy	50%->46%

Inverness CT	Events	Ulsan Horang-I
Goal (Wyness)	'56	Sub (Lee Jong Min->Hwang Sun Il)
	'70	Goal (Vinicius)
Goal (Wyness)	'74
Sub (McBain->Morgan)	'74
Yellow (Dods)	'78
	'80	Goal (Jang Sang Won)
Yellow (Golabek)	'85

Match 8: Motherwell vs Istres
Not much happened in the match, but the only goal in it was a very well hit header.

Motherwell	Stats	Istres
0+0=0	Goals	1+0=1
5+7=12	Shots	5+3=8
2+4=6	On Target	3+1=4
24+18=42	Tackles	7+18=25
0+0=0	Fouls	1+0=1
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
2+2=4	Corners	0+0=0
1+0=1	Offsides	0+1=1
73%->75%	Passing	76%->67%
51%->55%	Possession	49%->45%
40%->50%	Accuracy	60%->50%

Motherwell	Events	Istres
	'40	Goal (Viale)
	'55	Sub (Maurel->Bru)
Sub (Craigan->Quinn)	'67

Match 9: Lech Poznań vs Austria Magna
2 bad defensive mistakes meant the match went level at 1-1 by half-time. No more goals were scored on the 2nd half despite several attempts from both teams.

Lech Poznań	Stats	Austria Magna
1+0=1	Goals	1+0=1
6+4=10	Shots	5+7=12
2+1=3	On Target	3+1=4
14+20=34	Tackles	13+18=31
1+1=2	Fouls	0+1=1
0+1=1	Bookings	0+1=1
1+0=1	Corners	1+2=3
0+1=1	Offsides	3+0=3
68%->67%	Passing	74%->70%
48%->52%	Possession	52%->48%
33%->30%	Accuracy	60%->33%

Lech Poznań	Events	Austria Magna
	'25	Goal (Wallner)
Goal (Scherfchen)	'38
	'55	Yellow (Troyansky)
	'55	Sub (Schicker->Mila)
Sub (Wachowicz->Wilk)	'62
Yellow (Scherfchen)	'65

With all that in mind, the leaderboard after this division’s 3rd week of matches is as follows:

POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1(↑1)	Amiens SCF	3	2	1	0	9	5	4	7
2(↑3)	Hércules	3	2	1	0	7	3	4	7
3(↑4)	Triestina	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	7
4(↑4)	St Mirren	3	2	1	0	4	2	2	7
5(↑4)	Istres	3	2	1	0	3	1	2	7
6(↓5)	Kalmar	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	6
7(↑7)	Treviso	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	6
8(↑5)	FC Superfund	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	6
9(↓5)	Inverness CT	3	1	2	0	5	3	2	5
10(=)	Bursaspor	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
11(↓8)	KSV Roeselare	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
12(↓6)	Castellón	3	1	1	1	3	5	-2	4
13(↓2)	Kielce	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
14(↑2)	Lech Poznań	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
15(↓3)	Motherwell	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	3
16(↑7)	Sturm Graz	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3
17(↑5)	Zagłębie Lubin	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3
18(↓1)	Austria Magna	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2
19(↓4)	Real Madrid B	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
20(↓1)	Kickers Offenb.	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2
21(=)	Odense Boldklub	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2	2
22(↓4)	RKC Waalwijk	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1
23(↓3)	U.D. Vecindario	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1
24(=)	Ulsan Horang-I	3	0	1	2	4	9	-5	1

13th Division (Night)
The results of the 12 matches from this division’s 3rd week were the following:

HOME	RESULT	AWAY
FC Sion	1-0	Dundee United
Viborg FF	2-0	Houston Dynamo
Mantova	0-0	Naval
Estrela Amadora	2-1	QPR
Fortaleza	0-1	Viking
Greuther Fürth	0-4	Belenenses
FC Lyn Oslo	0-1	Deportivo Aves
Stoke City	1-2	Elfsborg IF
Chonbuk Motors	3-4	New England
Kansas City	4-0	Créteil
Plymouth Argyle	1-1	FC Augsburg
Modena	0-3	KSC Lokeren

Now for a short description of the 8 recorded matches and their facts (stats and events):
Match 2: Viborg FF vs Houston Dynamo
A match with not many chances, but the home team made good use of a few of them, mainly thanks to the away keeper doing a poor job in those occasions.

Viborg FF	Stats	Houston Dynamo
0+2=2	Goals	0+0=0
8+6=14	Shots	6+5=11
3+3=6	On Target	2+2=4
14+16=30	Tackles	13+10=23
0+0=0	Fouls	0+0=0
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+2=2	Corners	1+0=1
0+0=0	Offsides	+0=0
71%->71%	Passing	71%->73%
51%->48%	Possession	49%->52%
37%->42%	Accuracy	33%->36%

Viborg FF	Events	Houston Dynamo
Goal (Mota)	'53
Sub (Rasmussen->Rask)	'53
	'57	Sub (Serioux->Goldthwaite)
Goal (Højer)	'72

Match 3: Mantova vs Naval
Neither team managed to create many good opportunities, and the keepers were there to stop the few that went on target.

Mantova	Stats	Naval
0+0=0	Goals	0+0=0
3+4=7	Shots	4+4=8
2+2=4	On Target	1+2=3
22+17=39	Tackles	15+12=27
0+0=0	Fouls	1+0=1
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+0=0	Corners	2+0=2
0+1=1	Offsides	0+0=0
72%->72%	Passing	70%->68%
48%->50%	Possession	52%->50%
66%->57%	Accuracy	25%->37%

Mantova	Events	Naval
Sub (Altinier->Rizzi)	'70

Match 4: Estrela Amadora vs QPR
The strikers were very inaccurate but the keepers did a poor job when it mattered and 3 goals were scored during the 1st half. After half-time the bad shooting continued but no more good chances were created.

Estrela Amadora	Stats	QPR
2+0=2	Goals	1+0=1
6+5=11	Shots	6+7=13
2+1=3	On Target	1+1=2
17+9=26	Tackles	13+15=28
2+1=3	Fouls	0+1=1
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+0=0	Corners	0+0=0
1+0=1	Offsides	1+0=1
71%->70%	Passing	74%->71%
53%->51%	Possession	47%->49%
33%->27%	Accuracy	16%->15%

Estrela Amadora	Events	QPR
Goal (Cleiton)	'6
Goal (Cleiton)	'30
	'38	Goal (Blackstock)
	'60	Sub (Gallen->Furlong)
Sub (Marco Paulo->Rui Borges)	'62

Match 5: Fortaleza vs Viking
Despite all the chances the home team created, it was a mistake from their defence that caused the only goal of the match.

Fortaleza	Stats	Viking
0+0=0	Goals	1+0=1
7+7=14	Shots	4+3=7
2+6=8	On Target	2+0=2
13+14=27	Tackles	21+14=35
0+3=3	Fouls	0+2=2
0+1=1	Bookings	0+2=2
1+2=3	Corners	2+0=2
1+0=1	Offsides	0+0=0
71%->72%	Passing	64%->64%
53%->50%	Possession	47%->50%
28%->57%	Accuracy	50%->28%

Fortaleza	Events	Viking
	'23	Goal (Ijeh)
	'55	Sub (Abelsson->Lundqvist)
Yellow (Rinaldo)	'66
Sub (Michel->Lúcio)	'75	Red (Nygaard)
	'80	Yellow (Stokholm)

Match 6: Greuther Fürth vs Belenenses
The match was a nightmare for the home team, with all their mistakes being punished and all their attempts being thwarted, and the gap just kept increasing.

Greuther Fürth	Stats	Belenenses
0+0=0	Goals	2+2=4
10+7=17	Shots	9+6=15
2+6=8	On Target	3+4=7
13+18=31	Tackles	15+9=24
0+1=1	Fouls	1+2=3
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
1+0=1	Corners	1+2=3
2+0=2	Offsides	0+0=0
73%->72%	Passing	67%->68%
54%->51%	Possession	46%->49%
20%->47%	Accuracy	33%->46%

Greuther Fürth	Events	Belenenses
	'17	Goal (Kelhar [OG])
	'24	Goal (Zé Pedro)
	'59	Sub (Mancuso->Pinheiro)
	'62	Goal (Manoel)
	'80	Goal (Rodrigo Alvim)

Match 7: FC Lyn Oslo vs Deportivo Aves
Filled with midfield sluggishness and uninspired shooting, it was a very boring match apart from the one goal that the away team miraculously managed to score eventually.

FC Lyn Oslo	Stats	Deportivo Aves
0+0=0	Goals	0+1=1
3+1=4	Shots	1+5=6
1+0=1	On Target	0+3=3
20+14=34	Tackles	22+25=47
1+1=2	Fouls	1+0=1
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
1+0=1	Corners	0+0=0
1+0=1	Offsides	0+0=0
72%->71%	Passing	70%->68%
53%->55%	Possession	47%->45%
33%->25%	Accuracy	0%->50%

FC Lyn Oslo	Events	Deportivo Aves
Sub (Ortiz->Parr)	'61
	'66	Goal (Jocivalter)

Match 8: Stoke City vs Elfsborg IF
The home team scored an early goal but their opponents quickly pulled themselves together and turned the score around, then spent the 2nd half defending their lead.

Stoke City	Stats	Elfsborg IF
1+0=1	Goals	2+0=2
6+10=16	Shots	4+5=9
2+2=4	On Target	3+3=6
18+18=36	Tackles	27+14=41
0+0=0	Fouls	0+1=1
0+0=0	Bookings	0+0=0
0+1=1	Corners	0+2=2
0+0=0	Offsides	0+0=0
73%->75%	Passing	69%->72%
52%->53%	Possession	48%->47%
33%->25%	Accuracy	75%->66%

Stoke City	Events	Elfsborg IF
Goal (Sidibe)	'3
	'9	Goal (Sjöhage)
	'31	Goal (Svensson)
	'51	Sub (Arvidsson->Augustsson)
Sub (Chadwick->Harper)	'63

Match 9: Chonbuk Motors vs New England
A match packed with goals, the home team started strong getting a 2 goal-lead, and after their opponents scored they went for a 3rd goal. It seemed like a safe gap but the away team didn't give up and overcame it just in the nick of time.

Chonbuk Motors	Stats	New England
2+1=3	Goals	1+3=4
4+3=7	Shots	8+7=15
3+2=5	On Target	4+5=9
9+15=24	Tackles	17+17=34
1+1=2	Fouls	0+1=1
0+1=1	Bookings	0+0=0
0+0=0	Corners	0+1=1
0+0=0	Offsides	1+0=1
74%->71%	Passing	70%->70%
50%->49%	Possession	50%->51%
75%->71%	Accuracy	50%->60%

Chonbuk Motors	Events	New England
Goal (Choi Young Hoon)	'10
Goal (Jose Carlos)	'14
	'43	Goal (Twellman)
Goal (Jose Carlos)	'55
	'60	Goal (Dempsey)
	'63	Sub (Parkhurst->John)
Sub (Kim Hyung Bum->Lee Hyun Seung)	'75
Yellow (Kim Jeong Gyeom)	'85
	'86	Goal (Dempsey)
	'90+1	Goal (Dempsey)

With all that in mind, the leaderboard after this division’s 3rd week of matches is as follows:

POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1(↑1)	KSC Lokeren	3	3	0	0	6	0	6	9
2(↑2)	New England	3	3	0	0	7	4	3	9
3(↑3)	Viking	3	2	1	0	8	3	5	7
4(↑3)	Viborg FF	3	2	1	0	6	1	5	7
5(↓4)	Fortaleza	3	2	0	1	3	1	2	6
6(↓3)	Chonbuk Motors	3	2	0	1	8	7	1	6
7(↑5)	Elfsborg IF	3	2	0	1	3	2	1	6
8(↑2)	FC Sion	3	2	0	1	3	2	1	6
9(↑4)	Estrela Amadora	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
10(↓5)	Greuther Fürth	3	2	0	1	2	4	-2	6
11(↑5)	Kansas City	3	1	1	1	5	2	3	4
12(↓3)	FC Augsburg	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
13(↓5)	Houston Dynamo	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	4
14(↑10)	Belenenses	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
15(↓4)	Stoke City	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3
16(↑7)	Deportivo Aves	3	0	0	3	1	2	-1	3
17(↓3)	QPR	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
18(↓1)	Mantova	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2
19(↑1)	Plymouth Argyle	3	0	2	1	3	5	-2	2
20(↓1)	Naval	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2	2
21(↓6)	Modena	3	0	2	1	2	5	-3	2
22(↓4)	Dundee United	3	0	1	2	0	2	-2	1
23(↓1)	FC Lyn Oslo	3	0	0	3	0	3	-3	0
24(↓3)	Créteil	3	0	0	3	1	7	-6	0

Last but not least, here’s a highlights video of Week 3 Day 3, a compilation of the best goals, saves and fails from the 24 matches that were recorded.
Next post will be a recap of Week 3 Day 4 on Friday 24th.

I AM VERY MUCH TWEAKING LIKE SOBRA SOBRA HAHAHAHA sobrang puno ako ng galit rn and honestly I have anger issues so hindi ko alam if reasonable yung galit ko but I want to vent and let it all out.
A friend of mine came to visit kasi with his motorcycle from his house to mine. I am very considerate and understanding kaya I make him feel at home as much as possible. Naglakad lang kami sa subdivision after eating pampatunaw lang. And my cousin sa house was like "pre aalis ka na ba?" "magpapabili sana ako pero if ayaw mo, pwede ko naman gamitin motor mo para ako nalang pumunta" ANG MALALA PA, AFTER GIVING THE MONEY TO MY FRIEND MY COUSIN WENT "Ay kung kulang pera, abunuhan mo muna" I WAS SO PISSED TO THE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL!!!!! OMG!? SHET! Wala ka bang utak??!? WALA KA BANG MORAL?!?! Why not sumakay ka ng trycicle at ikaw na bumili ng panginom ninyo na di naman kami kasama???? So why my friend?????? The audacity to ask the bisita pa to go and buy? Kaputot-pututan, nagbackride ako sa kanya at sinamahan ko with hiya in me. It was 11pm very dark na outside and my cousin and my kuya allowed me as a female to go backride sa friend ko na bisita pa sa bahay to buy alcohol?!?! Tangina kayong dalawa walang moral. I'm so pissed I told my mom about and she scolded them both. Currently my cousin is venting out na sinungaling daw ako at iba ugali, honestly f you respectfully.
Yung rason ng galit ko is the thought na mahal gasolina and di napupulot and pera. My friend is a college student lang just like me. Hindi yan pupunta sa house for nothing kaya for him to be asked that way got me so pissed kasi matagal ang byahe and I admire men who ride far just to see someone, I really do. SO WAG KA MAGSAYANG PA NG GASOLINA FOR SOMEONE STUPID. My cousin didn't ask a bisita of mine once, bUT FUCKING TRICE! 3 DIFFERENT MEN WITH MOTORCYCLES! NAKAKAHIYA! LAGI NALANG NAGAASK IF PWEDE HIRAMIN KASI MAY BIBILHIN! TANGA KA!
Idk if reasonable galit ko or baka oa ako pero holy shit nalang

Heya, I have a bunch of TMC 2209's that I have no clue if they're bad or not as the boards they were in died mysteriously. I'd like to one by one plug them into a working board and test them, but I'm not sure how to get klipper to forcefully send the commands (the board is not fully setup/is missing things like temp sensors which causes a halt as it connects to the klipper host device)
What commands would I need to send to just step a motor x number of mm or steps? (Endstops will not be connected so I'd rather not just tell it to home X Y and Z lol)
Is there a way I can send commands with those "temp out of range" errors/halts? (Do I just need to comment out some stuff in my config?)
Here's more info on my setup if it helps/changes the process at all I'm running klipper on a VM with mainsail as the front-end The mainboard I'm using is a Bigtreetech Octopus Pro V1.1 The steppers are TMC 2209 v1.3 from Bigtreetech The steppers are connected to the mainboard/controlled with UART
any info helps, thank you!

Thank you in advance, I’m coming here to see if there’s anything I can do to fix it before calling in a professional.
I came home and my roommate said that there was a piece of clothing in the motor and they took it out. Every time we turn it on it starts, sometimes makes a bad noise, and then stops.
After it stops it flashes spin and stays on lid lock. We have tried restarting it as well.
I’ve attached a photo of the model and video.
https://imgur.com/a/E2Jp8yx
Thank you in advance!!

As the last orange light of day drained from the sky, the living dead in Club Vlad rose. Max the skeleton and Jessie the…not skeleton…sewed up the gaping Y-shaped incision on Dom’s chest under Merrick’s direct supervision. Dom sat there, feeling nothing, thinking nothing. He’d woken with a headache and a feeling of cold, and even now, he could feel the dull throb above his left eye. It felt like someone was tearing his brain apart with a fork. He had told Merrick, and Merrick had nodded sadly. “Is my brain rotting?”
“Most likely,” Merrick had said.
There was a certain peace in the idea of losing his cursed humanity. As Merrick had said, he would feel no pain, know no quandaries. He would live only for the night and for his master. On the other hand, watching someone like Matt sit and stare into the distance, drool coursing down his chin and nothing happening behind his dead eyes, scared Dom. He didn’t want to be a braindead idiot. He didn’t care about keeping his emotions, he just wanted to function.
Like Merrick.
There wasn’t much he could do, however. He was dead and that was the end of it.
Once Dom was patched up and dressed in a pair of jeans and a hoodie, Merrick called his children before him. “I have done my best to love and protect all of you,” he began. “Jessie, you were miserable with your grandmother, were you not?”
“Yes,” Jessie said tonelessly.
“You were depressed, bipolar, and cut yourself. Now you’re happy.”
“Yes,” she replied again.
“Joe, you were a two bit nobody staring down a ten year stretch in jail.”
“Yes.” Thin yellow liquid dripped from his nose.
“But now you are free.”
“Yes.”
“You appreciate what I’ve done for you.”
“Yes.”
Merrick flashed then, slamming his fist onto the arm of his wheelchair. “Then why do you keep fucking up? The police were here earlier. They have messages between you and Jessie. I told both of you to delete those. Then I find out that you bit someone and turned them despite my orders. We have an endless supply of blood here but you still went off on your own. How many are there?”
“Just one,” Joe said.
“Are you being honest with me?”
“Yes.”
Merrick sagged back in his chair, looking somehow older. “Joe, take Matt and go to her. Bring her back here before she causes any more problems. God alone knows how many people she’s changed. Too many vampires without a father will bring heat on us, and you know what happens in that case? We get pieces of wood shoved in our chests.”
Turning to Dom, Merrick said, “I have a job for you and Jessie. We’re nearly out of embalming fluid. You haven’t had your first dose and the rest of us are starting to get ripe as well. I have a contact at a funeral home. He texted earlier that the order he placed on my behalf has come in. I want you to pick it up and to pay him.”
Dom had never been picked for anything in his whole life. No one had ever wanted him on their team and no one had ever placed their trust in him the way Merrick was now. He was honored, proud, and would do anything to not let Merrick down.
“That cop who came here might be a problem,” Merrick went on. “We may have to deal with him, but we’ll leave that for another night. In any case, I want this place cleaned from top to bottom. If the police come, I want them to see nothing out of the ordinary.”
Now that everyone had their marching orders, they dispersed. Merrick handed Dom an evelope stuffed with cash, and Dom slipped it into the pocket of his hoodie. The other team - Joe and Matt - left, while the remaining vampires began tidying up.
A fleet of vehicles waited in the parking lot behind Club Vlad. Dom and Jessie took a black pedo van with no back windows. They drove in silence, the radio off. Dom did not want to hear music, nor did he wish to speak to Jessie. Their kinship was one of blood and circumstance, not one of words and emotions. He had no questions for her and wished to answer none of his own. The only thoughts he had were of the mission ahead and of the growing pain in his skull. He thought of the staring stupid Matt, of the decayed Max, and a shiver went down his spine.
What was left of his humanity recoiled at the idea of becoming like them.
The pain grew hotter, more intense. He forced it away and focused on driving.
The funeral home was on North Allen Street, next to a restaurant called Pepperjack’s. A tall, white house with dark shutters and a sign out front, it looked like a quiet, peaceful place. “Pull around back,” Jessie said.
Dom pulled the van around back and parked under a balcony, killing the headlights. They got out and went to the back door, Jessie in the lead. He assumed that she had done this before and that the seller would recognize her. She knocked, and a few moments later, the door opened. A youngish man with a shaved head appeared, wearing an apron and gloves. He saw them and tensed a little. Dom could smell, rather than sense, his fear, and his throat panged with thirst. “Come on,” the man said quickly. He stepped aside and allowed them to enter. Dom noticed that he walked behind them, wary of putting his back to them. “Do you have the money?”
“Do you have our order?” Jessie countered.
“Yes,” the man said, “I’m really risking my neck for this. They don’t just give embalming fluid away, you know. They keep track of it and if they realize I’m over ordering, someone from the state’s going to come down here and check.”
He led them into an embalming room. Three boxes sat on a table. Dom gave the man his money, and he and Jessie carried the boxes outside, loading them into the van. The whole time they were there, the man was edgy, like he was afraid they were going to attack him. Dom would be a liar if he said that the hot smell of the man’s blood didn’t excite him. Perhaps once his brain rotted away, he wouldn’t be able to control himself, but for now, he could.
A lightning bolt of pain shot through his head and he nearly dropped the last box onto the ground.
Once the man was paid, Dom and Jessie drove back to Club Vlad. In fifteen minutes, they were drinking side by side from two passed out partygoers, their reward for a job well done.
Meanwhile, across the city, Joe and Matt weren’t doing as well. They were standing outside of Heather’s apartment. Joe, slightly annoyed (anger being another emotion vampires could feel, along with fear) pounded on the door. He knew she was in there; he could smell the putrid odor of decay. “Let us in,” he said. “We won’t hurt you.”
Joe could barely remember changing her. He didn’t mean to, it just…happened. Like an unwanted pregnancy. You can bite someone as much as you want and drink as much as you want, but if you take too much at once and they die, you get the vampire equivalent of a baby. Joe liked the hunt. It was exciting. Having his meals brought to him Club Vlad didn’t arouse the same level of excitement. It was like shooting an animal tied to a tree. Or hiring a prostitute instead of wooing someone. No real satisfaction to it.
That was probably his greatest downfall. He had lured Jessie the same way, though Merrick was indeed interested in rescuing her from her grandmother. People you have saved obey just as well as people with no brains.
He felt fluid on his upper lip and sniffed. “Come on, let us in,” he said.
No response.
He looked at Matt and nodded to the door. Together, they rammed their shoulders against it. It shook in its frame. They were both dead and weak, but modern American architecture is even weaker, and the door eventually slammed open. The apartment beyond was dark, messy, and reeked of death. They searched high and low, and eventually found Heather huddled in a corner, trying to hide. She was naked save for a pair of panties, her body bloated and beginning to turn black. Her skin hung from her frame and her eyes were filled with blood and fear. It was a wonder no one had called the police yet. The smell was overpowering. “We’re here to help,” he said. “You have to come with us.”
She shook her head and trembled. Maybe she remembered that he was the one who did this to her. Maybe her memories had rotted away. Those were usually the first to go. Then your emotions, then your personality. Finally, your capacity for higher reasoning. “I’m sorry I did this to you,” he said. That was a lie. He was not remorseful. Nor was he proud, for that matter. It just happened. Like rain. “But I want to help you. We can fix you.”
No amount of coaxing or conjoling could induce her to move. Joe weighed his options. He doubted anyone would call the cops even if they heard the door coming down - people who lived in places like this rarely called the cops, which helped Joe and his cause immensely. Even so, there was the possibility. Every minute they spent here was a minute that something could go wrong, and Joe had a lot to lose.
So, too, did Merrick.
Giving up, Joe took out his cellphone and called Merrick. “She refuses to come,” he said simply.
The line was quiet for a moment, then Merrick’s voice came back. Cold. Calculating. “Then do what you must.”
That was the go ahead.
Hanging up, Joe looked around the apartment and found a wooden chair in the kitchen. He lifted it over his head and slammed it on the counter, shattering it into a million pieces. He selected the longest, sharpest, and sturdiest looking one. He went back into the room and directed Matt to hold her down. She fought, kicked, and spat, but she was weaker than even they were. They had been embalmed. She hadn’t.
Matt pinned her hands above her head and Joe straddled her. Animal terror filled her eyes and she whipped her head from side to side. Joe lifted the makeshift stake with both hands, and brought it down as hard as he could, driving it deep into her heart. Her eyes bulged from their sockets and a high, otherworldly scream ripped from her throat. She bucked, thrashed, and kicked her feet. Her resistance began to ebb away until she was twitching…until she was still.
Heather from OKCupid was dead.
Truly dead.
Joe couldn’t help wondering what it was like.
Pulling the stake out, he tossed it aside and got to his feet, Matt doing likewise. A soul petrifying scream might be cause for even the tightest of lips to start talking. “Let’s go,” he said. And together, he and Matt fled, leaving the poor, dead body of Heather behind.
***
As it turned out, one of Heather’s neighbors did call the cops. At 10;13pm, Vanessa Rodregiez arrived with two patrolmen and found the front door of Apartment 237 knocked down. Guns drawn, they entered, Vanessa at the head. The first thing she noticed was the smell. It jammed itself into her nostrils, shoved its tongue down her throat, and violated her - all without even buying her dinner first.
Vanessa hadn’t been at this as long as her buddy Bruce had, but she knew a dead, rotting body when she smelled one. They searched the premises, and sure enough, they found a vic in the bedroom, lying in the gap between the bed and the wall; it looked like the former had been moved, perhaps in a struggle. Vanessa knelt down to check the vic’s pulse, but stopped.
There was no need.
The vic - who looked like a female but could have been an overweight male - hadn’t had a pulse in a very long time.
Examining the body, Vanessa found a wound in the chest, just above the heart. Black, stinking goo leaked from it, and Vanessa gagged. She fisted her hand to her mouth, retched, and then ran for the kitchen sink. Her partner for the night, Jim Walsh, stared down at the stiff before him, and his face turned a sickly shade of green. He avoided puking because he didn’t nose fuck the wound like Vanessa had, but he wasted no time in getting out there, dry heaving in the hallway where the air was somewhat fresh.
After leaving her lunch in the sink, Vanessa radioed back to headquarters, and before long, the place was crawling with cops. The assistant medical examiner - who had taken over after Ed Harris quit the previous night - knelt over the body and studied it. A solidly built black man with a mustache, his name was Leon and he knew death just as well as his old boss, so when he said the vic had been dead nearly two weeks, Vanessa accepted it.
That begged the question: Who broke in and screamed just now? A relative? The caller clearly heard screaming and peeked out her door to see two males fleeing on foot. Maybe they found the vic and freaked out? Or maybe they were the killers returning to the scene of the crime. After all, the vic had clearly been murdered.
In fact, they found a likely murder weapon. A long sliver of wood soaked in black goo. Blood turns black after a while, but there was something different about this stuff. “What is it?” Vanessa asked Leon.
“I’m not sure,” Leon said and pulled off a pair of Latex gloves he’d donned to examine the vic, “could be blood or…”
“Or what?” Vanessa asked.
“Or something,” Leon said. “Give me a few hours.”
And a few hours it was. Just before 1am, Leon called Vanessa at her desk. “I think you should come down here,” he said.
Fifteen minutes later, Vanessa stood over Leon as he pulled the vic’s chest open with a pair of tweezers. “That’s the heart,” he said, “whoever stabbed her scored a direct hit, but this…this is what concerns me.”
He prodded a furry lump with the tip of his scalpel.
“What is it?” Vanessa asked.
“I don’t know,” he said, “it looks like mold.”
That word - mold - triggered a memory in her brain. “Ed said something about mold last night. He found it in -”
“The Mason boy,” Leon finished.
“Yeah. The one who got up and ran off.”
Leon turned away from Vanessa and looked at the dead woman - for it was a woman. Vanessa got the impression that he didn’t want her to see his expression. “I’ve known Ed ten years. I know something happened last night, but a stiff getting up and walking off? I thought he was confused. Now…I don’t know. That makes two bodies in 24 hours. And get this. The chest wound? It was done post-mortem. I can’t find a cause of death anywhere. Except maybe blood loss but it’s hard to tell at this point. And speaking of blood…”
“What?” Vanessa asked quickly.
“When I opened her stomach up, a whole shit load of blood spilled out. And a lot of it was a lot fresher than she is.”
Vanessa furrowed her brow in confusion. “You mean…?”
“It’s not hers,” Leon said. “I can’t be 100 percent sure until I run tests, but I’d put money on it.”
Vanessa’s head spun with information both new and old. You know that full, heavy feeling you get when a poo is brewing in your guts? That’s kind of what Vanessa was feeling, only in her head instead of her stomach.
Leon was just as mystified by the whole thing as she was and stayed up late to run a few preliminary tests. By sunrise, he had confirmed that the blood inside of Heather’s stomach was not hers. In fact, it had come from at least three different sources. “Is it human?” Vanessa asked over the phone.
“Yes,” Leon said, sounding troubled, “it’s human.”
In the cobalt hour before sunrise, Vanessa sat at her desk and tried to piece this whole thing together. They had:

1. A corpse that (allegedly) woke up and dipped out
2. A dead girl who’d been stabbed in the heart with a piece of wood after somehow ingesting the blood of three different people.
3. Some missing kids
4. Oh, and both bodies - the girl’s and the runaway corpses’ - had the same weird fungus in their heart cavities.

All of this - even the missing kids, Vanessa felt - was related. She just didn’t know how. The only answer that half way fit was that both of those bodies were vampires. Like…what’s a vampire but a dead body that gets up and walks around at night? And how do you kill a vampire? Why, you drive a piece of wood through its heart.
The idea that vampires were real was dumb, but the more she turned it over in her mind, the more she became convinced that it was at least an option. A lot of things people thought were fantastic and made up turned out to be real, so why not vampires too?
Shortly after 8, Bruce came in. He was just sitting down when Vanessa came in and slapped her report on the desk. “Buckle up, bitch,” she said, “things just got weirder.”
He stared up at her with one of those grumpy - but cute -expressions he was so good at putting on. As he read, however, his brow knitted. “Jesus,” he muttered to himself. He pinched the bridge of his nose and let out a weary sigh.
“I have a theory - kind of,” Vanessa said, “but I don’t want to say it.”
“You might as well,” Bruce said. “It can’t be more kooky than reality these days.”
“Okay,” Vanessa started, “what if - and I’m just thinking out loud here - what if there are vampires in Albany?”
She expected Bruce to give her a dirty look, but he chewed it over, actually taking it seriously. “And those missing boys are victims?” he asked finally.
“Yeah,” Vanessa said. “That girl’s been dead two weeks. Maybe she bit Dominick Mason and he came back for revenge after realizing he was cursed to be a goddamn shit sucking vampire forever.”
Bruce nodded. “Yeah, but who turned her?”
“I don’t know,” Vanessa said, “I don’t know.”
***
Before dawn painted the eastern sky, Merrick Garvis sat in his chamber like a withered king, a mess of IVs hooked into his arms and neck. The vault was silent save for the soft noise of the machines as they filtered out the old embalming fluid and replaced it with new embalming fluid. Embalming fluid always made him spacy, like a drug. The others had gone first, and even now lay near comatose around him like addicts in an opium den.
As far as he knew, Merrick was the oldest vampire in the world, perhaps, even, the oldest vampire to ever live. Though he was not fully honest with Dom, he was not lying when he said that vampires rotted like any other dead thing. Conditions considered, you had a few weeks tops if left untreated. There may be living vampires in remote corners of Egypt or the northern most reaches of Russia, where the climate preserved dead things, but unless you made it to one of those places, you were pretty well fucked.
Merrick was not a proud man, nor was he concerned with saving face - the dead have no need for that. He was being truthful when he said that he feared death. What’s more, he feared being helpless. Deep down, vampires are people, and people don’t exactly have the greatest track record with caring for their infirm. He read once that the first sign of a civilization was a broken leg that had healed, as it showed that someone stayed with and cared for a fellow human long enough for them to get well again. In Merrick’s opinion, that was true…and thus there was no civilization. Merrick was fifty-one when he died in the year 1982. In his lifetime, he had seen The Great Depression, World War II, and a million small acts of cruelty and selfishness in between. He’d seen beggars starving in the streets, abused children shuffled out of sight and out of mind, and disdain for the poor and the weak.
The living were awful, and the living dead were no different. Once their humanity rotted away, they cared only about filling their stomachs. They were like ticks - they would drink until their bellies literally ruptured…and then keep on drinking.
That left him in a precarious position. He was old, his body was weak. He couldn’t stand unassisted and if left to fend for himself, he would decay into a pile of bones within days. He would be cursed to lay in one spot for all eternity, aware and hungry, little more than a ghost tethered to a black and still beating heart.
He refused to let that happen to him. Thus, he had created a family, a clan of vampires loyal to him and to him alone. He did this through acts of simple kindness and understanding…but also through deception. He knew, for instance, how to preserve the brain. He’d figured out how to do it early on - you pickle it. Like a fetus preserved in a jar. He sawed off the top of his own head and filled it with a special solution that kept his brain - and his intelligence - intact. It slowly drained out through the nose and ears in a thin, yellow liquid, but it worked well enough. He couldn’t save everything, however, and had lost vital things in the process, such as most of his human memories, his sense of humor, and some motor functions. He shared this secret with only Joe, and a few others before, because he needed a strong captain. He kept the others in the dark because vampires - like people - are easier to control when they don’t think for themselves.
Right about now, however, Merrick was beginning to regret sharing the formula with even Joe. Joe had brought him nothing but grief. Joe, you see, could think for himself. He could make decisions. He could go behind Merrick’s back. Joe had something called free will, and free will is a worse affliction than vampirism. Free will is messy, free will is dangerous.
Free will could very well turn Merrick into a pile of bones.
That was, of course, if they weren’t discovered first. Joe had made several mistakes lately, not least of which was the turning of Heather. Sitting there in the predawn hour, attended by Tony, his gay bartender and human familiar, Merrick decided to have Joe killed. There are only two ways to kill a vampire: The stake and the flame. The latter seemed somehow appropriate in this case. After Joe, there would be no more captains, only him, one father with absolute power. That was how it had to be. One man, one vision. Democracies didn’t work. That was especially clear today. Everyone was so divided and nothing ever got done. If the humans had one strong leader, they might go in the wrong direction, but at least they would go somewhere. Instead, they stagnated.
Merrick didn’t particularly look forward to killing Joe, but it had to be done. To protect the family. To protect him.
And Merrick would do anything…anything at all…to protect himself.
***
Vampires.
Bruce kept coming back to that single wor, hoping each time that he would chuckle at the absurdity of it.
But he never did.
Did that mean he believed it? Not necessarily, but damn it, he considered it a possibility, and that alone was enough to make him feel like a fucking clown. All the evidence he had pointed to vampires, but then again, it might point to other things as well. Like aliens.
But let’s say the whole vampire thing was real. Who, like Vanessa asked, was patient zero? Who started this whole mess?
A name came to mind.
Merrick Garvis.
He had not had time to check into Garvis the previous day, but by God, he was going to do it now. He ran his name and social through the system and everything seemed to check out. Merrick Garvis was born on June 31, 1963 in -
Wait a minute. Weren’t there only 30 days in June?
Bruce checked, and there were, indeed, only 30 days in the month of June. Hm. Bruce did a little digging and found something out. Before 1987, social security numbers weren’t issued at birth. You had to sign up, using other forms of ID. Merrick Garvis applied for his in April 1984 and the date of birth on his state issued driver’s license was June 31. Bruce spent an hour on the phone with the DMV and learned that they had never issued a license to a Merrick Garvis. He then spoke to the Social Security Administration, and after much wrangling and frustration, he managed to get a photocopy of the license Garvis used to get his social security number. It was dated 1983.
The face staring back at him was almost exactly the same face he’d seen at Club Vlad, except maybe a touch less stiff and waxy. Though not as rough looking, there was no way in hell Garvis was 20 in that picture. It had to be a fake,
Bruce thought back to the events of the previous two days. Missing bodies, staked corpses, hearts that still beat after death.
Vampires didn’t seem like such a crazy explanation.
And if anyone was a fucking vampire around here, it was Merrick Garvis.

I'm 21yrs old Male and asking if anong side hustle yung pasok for Home-based type or anything na pwede isingit sa iba kong ganap sa buhay. I tried wandering around Freelancing groups and ang fishy ng mga offered tasks may required suspicious link registration kaya nagstop muna ako sa field ng Freelance. I have TESDA Certification for CSR and gusto ko iexplore yung field na yon pero natatakot ako as a beginner. Fluent ako in English pero nauunahan ako ng fear to take risks for things na makakatulong para sa goals ko.
Balak ko i maximize pag generate ko ng profit kasi hindi ako mapakali kapag hindi ko mapaikot pera ko hahahaha gusto ko palaguin sana para maaga pa lang comfortable na ako and fam ko. I am involved in a business with my sister sa pagbebenta ng Motorparts and gusto ko madagdagan kinikita ko para makapagpundar ako ng asset na magagamit ko for the business and also for the future.
Planning na simulan mag-ipon ngayon para makapagpundar ng motor and kapag may motor na ako, mas convenient na yung business transactions dahil hindi na commute. Ayoko din tumandang pabigat lang sa bahay and although I'm considering applying for regular jobs, mas priority ko muna makapag ipon for motor para kapag open for application na ako sa trabaho, e madali na ang travel ko or may transpo ako to jump from one place to another para makadiskarte
Thanks sa mga sasagot!

Own the car but had to take out a loan. Only had it about a year. If I junk it I'll still be paying for it for two more years.
2015 Mazda6, manual transmission, paid 12.5K about a year ago, 2 years left on loan, around 80K miles
I'm really only a car guy by inheritance. My dad's a gearhead. I'm a car guy in the same way I'm a Yankees fan. I dont actually know cars but I change my own brakes and oil. The simple shit. But I'm pretty much mechanically illiterate otherwise.
I was out of state for a wedding when it broke down, naturally. After hours and hours of trying to get anybody I know in Jersey to gimme the name of a mechanic they trust I had to accept defeat and just have AAA tow it to the best reviewed mechanic nearby and there werent many options. Went to one with overall great reviews but practically every review says the only issue is that they're bad on the phone--sound disinterested, dont respond to your questions in detail, that sorta thing. They werent fuckin kidding. In fact they were downplaying it.
Car got there Sunday. They were closed and I had to be back at work Monday. Called Monday, said they hadnt gotten a look at it yet. Same Tuesday. Wednesday they said my starter was blown. No fuckin shit, it just clicks. You sat in the driverseat and hit the button. I told them what they wanted to hear--just replace the fuckin starter and we'll take it from there. Christ. "Well we'll need you to come down and sign some papers." "I'm 200 miles away." "Oh." Asked for my email and said they'd email me. Give them my email. Nothin. Call this morning. Say they looked more and there's no oil. What the fuck? I never got the light. Alright. The guy tells me it isnt worth fixing and it's either an entire new motor or junk it. They looked at the dip stick and it was dry. So they've pushed the button and opened the hood.
I love this car and I really hate this fuckin guy. I dont trust him and I didnt before he said I needed a motor. Every conversation I've had with him has raised the hair on the back of my neck. My googling turns up mixed but generally bad results. He may be right and I swear I'm not just shooting the messager. It's not a quantifiable thing but I just do not trust him.
Is it really enough to just hit the ignition button and check the dipstick before declaring the motor fucked? Is it worth it to put a new motor in? Worth it to get it towed to another place in that area, worth it to get it towed home so I can bring it to my mechanic?
What do I do? What would you do?
And please spare me the oil change lectures. I know. I'm an idiot and I should have realized how many miles I'd gone between changes even without the light. I just work too much. I dont have the mental capacity to think about anything else. I just got off working 3 pm to 8:30 am a couple hours ago. And I still cant afford this shit.

Hi Everyone,
Our family is getting very close to buying a cargo E-Bike, but we are having a hard time choosing between the Benno Boost and the Benno Remi Demi.
We have one child, a five year old. Our hope is to haul her around on the bike to go school, go to get ice cream, visit friends, etc.. The rides will all be within 15 miles from home. However, we live in Vermont and the terrain is very hilly. I ride gravel on my acoustic bike and my average ride is about 1200ft of climbing for every 10 miles of distance, some of our hills are quite steep; the road we live on has a section that is 19%.
The bike, with myself and my kiddo, will have about 210 lbs of payload on it.
The two bikes that I listed as options are options because they are on Upway right now. Our budget makes Upway our only choice for buying an E-bike. Those bikes on Upway have the Bosch Performance Motor, with 65nm of torque. I can get a Boost that is class 3 for extra money, the Remi Demi only comes in Class 1.
Unfortunately, cause this is Vermont, there is no where to go try these bikes that isn’t 3 hours away. Nor would I want to go waste a LBS’s time when I don’t intend on buying the bike from them.
What do you guys think? Will either of these bikes have enough guts to climb our hills and not feel bogged down? Have your ridden both of these bikes, which did you prefer and why?
Thanks so much for any help in this decision!

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Hi everyone,
I have an appointment tomorrow at motor vehicle to register a car under my name that my mother will be using most of the time.
We both live in different addresses because I moved out of our house maybe three years ago so my license has my new address.. however since my mom will be the primary user of this car when I went to purchase auto insurance, I figured that I would need to put her home address where the car will be 50% of the time or more. both our names are in the insurance policy.
So now I’m afraid that when I go there tomorrow, they’ll give me issues..
because for car insurance, I always get confused if it needs to match the address on your license or not because my situation is a little different..
Any insights on this?

Their insistence and outright delusion that Abbie is a "typical teenager doing typical teenager things." There's a difference between setting her up to do the best she can with the hand she's been dealt in life, and outright ignoring the hand she's been dealt in life in favor of just pretending she's like every other teen. They're setting her up for daily discomfort and permanent failure because they want to insist that she's going to be a coffee barista riding her adaptive bike to work every day. She's 19 now, how long can they carry on that delusion before it becomes apparent even to them and EVEN to their most devoted followers that it will never happen? (The followers going on with the delusion are even worse.) Till she's 21? 25?
The truth is Abbie is at the level of a 2 year old baby at most. There's nothing wrong with that. It's not her fault. It's not something she or they need to be ashamed of; birth is a lottery and things happen. She doesn't want her nails painted. She doesn't want to go to loud music festivals and be ripped from her comfort zone to go traveling to a strange place every month. She doesn't want prom (I LOVE Night to Shine and have attended myself, but let's be real, Abbie isn't enjoying it and the attendees who were on Abbie's level usually just stayed in the calming/sensory room). She wants music, toys, food, magazines to rip, and her comfortable spot on the couch. And while I understand that she can't just lie around at home all the time, she needs activities that match her cognitive level and not purely activities that her parents, brother, Summer, etc enjoy.
I remember an old video from about 3 or 4 years ago where Abbie was watching a toddler show--maybe it was Barney I forget--and she was HAPPY, like genuinely happy and not the "happy" Asa and Priscilla insist she is in every video. She was bouncing, had a real smile on her face, making happy vocals especially when the musical parts come on. And Priscilla was standing there crying about how "sad" it was because her 16-ish-year-old loved Barney so much. That's cool that your daughter's happiness and enjoyment makes you sad, Priscilla. I'm sorry you didn't get the mini me you wanted but don't make that your daughter's problem. Get therapy to learn how to accept who she really is. There've been videos where Abbie's received sensory toys from fans, relatives, etc and she had a genuinely fun time playing with them but her parents would either take them away because they were "annoying" or because "they're not age appropriate." Get over it and accept that there's no "age appropriate" and your daughter is 19 by chronological age only, and let her have what she ENJOYS. Enough with the fantasies about a coffee barista riding her bike to work. Yes, there are plenty of places and programs that employ special needs adults but the reality is Abbie isn't capable of performing even the most rudimentary tasks required to maintain employment, even in these programs. She was taken out of her vocational program likely for this reason, don't give me BS about "she graduated early." Abbie's life is that of a toddler forever, and these two need to accept and prepare for that reality instead of shoehorning her into this teenage fantasy she'll never be able to maintain.
Just to give an example of a channel that does what Asa and Priscilla SHOULD be doing for Abbie, there's a channel I follow on Tiktok of a girl with Angelman Syndrome and her family. This girl is on the same cognitive level as Abbie, around 2 years old at age 16. Her AWESOME family, instead of exploiting her and trying to force her to fit into neurotypical fantasies, accepts that. She has a room full of Squishmallows and fun sensory toys, she has an occupational therapist come in weekly to help her with motor skills and walking, she gets glowsticks and water tables and dangling keys and she loves them, etc. And her mother isn't making money off of the videos of her, she's uploading them to show what life is like for someone living with a rare condition and what their family life is like. They are an extremely close knit and loving family and all of the siblings do everything they can to get their sister involved--on HER level. Her mom doesn't try to force her to be just like her neurotypical siblings or attend all of the activities they attend. This is what Fathering Autism could have been if A & P weren't just delusional, narcissistic, and greedy.

Does anyone know of any furnished homes for rent for a month or 2. Will need at least 2 bed 2 bath and close to Harbour Island. I've looked at airbnb and such, I would rather not have to pay their extravagant fees. I have also looked at Craigslist, but it worries me that I will get scammed. Just looking for anyone local. Thanks in advance.

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Embedded systems are at the heart of many modern technological advancements, from smart home devices to automotive systems. As an aspiring embedded systems engineer, the best way to gain practical knowledge and develop your skills is through hands-on projects. These projects not only solidify your theoretical understanding but also give you invaluable experience in problem-solving and system design. Here are some essential hands-on projects to master in your embedded course.
Embedded systems are at the heart of many modern technological advancements, from smart home devices to automotive systems. As an aspiring embedded systems engineer, the best way to gain practical knowledge and develop your skills is through hands-on projects. These projects not only solidify your theoretical understanding but also give you invaluable experience in problem-solving and system design. Here are some essential hands-on projects to master in your embedded course.

1. LED Blinking Project

Objective:

Learn the basics of microcontroller programming and GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) operations.

Description:

Start with a simple project where you program a microcontroller to blink an LED on and off. This project introduces you to fundamental concepts such as setting up a development environment, writing and uploading code, and using timers.

Key Learnings:

• Microcontroller setup and configuration
• Basic C/C++ programming for embedded systems
• Understanding GPIO pins and their functions

2. Digital Thermometer

Objective:

Build a temperature-sensing device using a microcontroller and a temperature sensor.

Description:

Create a digital thermometer that reads temperature data from a sensor (like the DS18B20) and displays the readings on an LCD screen. This project involves interfacing sensors and displays with the microcontroller and handling data conversion.

Key Learnings:

• Interfacing sensors and displays
• Analog-to-digital conversion
• Data acquisition and processing

3. Home Automation System

Objective:

Design a basic home automation system to control appliances remotely.

Description:

Develop a system where you can control home appliances like lights and fans using a microcontroller and a communication module (e.g., Wi-Fi or Bluetooth). Implement a simple user interface to operate the system via a smartphone or computer.

Key Learnings:

• Wireless communication protocols (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth)
• Control of relays and actuators
• User interface design and implementation

4. Smart Door Lock

Objective:

Create a security system with an electronic lock controlled by a microcontroller.

Description:

Design a smart door lock system that uses a keypad or RFID reader for access control. The system should authenticate users and trigger a servo motor to unlock the door.

Key Learnings:

• Security and authentication mechanisms
• Interfacing with input devices (keypad, RFID)
• Control of servo motors and other actuators

5. Robot Car

Objective:

Build a basic robotic car with obstacle avoidance capabilities.

Description:

Construct a small robot car using a microcontroller, motors, and sensors (like ultrasonic or infrared sensors). Program the car to navigate and avoid obstacles autonomously.

Key Learnings:

• Motor control and driver circuits
• Sensor integration and data interpretation
• Algorithms for autonomous navigation

6. Weather Station

Objective:

Develop a weather monitoring system that collects and displays environmental data.

Description:

Create a weather station using various sensors (temperature, humidity, pressure) and a microcontroller. Display the collected data on an LCD or send it to a web server for remote monitoring.

Key Learnings:

• Multi-sensor integration
• Data logging and storage
• Networking and data transmission

7. Heart Rate Monitor

Objective:

Design a health monitoring device to measure and display heart rate.

Description:

Build a heart rate monitor using a pulse sensor and a microcontroller. Display the heart rate on an OLED screen or send the data to a mobile app.

Key Learnings:

• Bio-signal acquisition and processing
• Interfacing with display modules
• Mobile app integration (optional)

8. Automatic Plant Watering System

Objective:

Create a system that automatically waters plants based on soil moisture levels.

Description:

Design a plant watering system using a soil moisture sensor and a microcontroller. Program the system to activate a pump to water the plants when the soil moisture drops below a certain threshold.

Key Learnings:

• Sensor-based decision making
• Control of pumps and valves
• Power management and optimization

9. Smart Meter

Objective:

Build an energy monitoring device to track power consumption.

Description:

Develop a smart meter that measures electrical energy consumption using a current sensor and a microcontroller. Display the data on an LCD or transmit it to a central server for analysis.

Key Learnings:

• Electrical energy measurement
• Real-time data processing
• Remote data transmission

10. Voice-Controlled Assistant

Objective:

Create a voice-activated system to control various devices.

Description:

Design a voice-controlled assistant using a microcontroller, a microphone, and a speech recognition module. Program it to respond to voice commands and control devices like lights, fans, or appliances.

Key Learnings:

• Voice recognition and processing
• Audio signal interfacing
• Control system integration

Conclusion

Hands-on projects are a critical component of mastering embedded systems. They not only enhance your practical skills but also prepare you for real-world challenges. By working on these projects, you will gain a deep understanding of microcontroller programming, sensor integration, and system design, setting a strong foundation for a successful career in embedded systems engineering. Dive into these projects, and watch your skills and confidence grow!.

Hallo liebe Community, letzten Monat hatte ich bereits so eine Frage gestellt. Nun hab ich eine erneute Frage. Bin aktuell als Konstrukteur angestellt in der Entwicklung und mache dort komplette Fahrzeuge sprich Chassis, Kabine, Motor Entwicklung etc Elektronik und eben viel Metallbau. Läuft auch sehr gut nur ist die Arbeitsstelle 40km einfach weg und ich verdiene dort aktuell 55k circa. Nun hab ich ein Angebot als Entwicklungsingenieur vorliegen und das auch noch in meinem Ort. Tätigkeiten ist auch Entwicklung nur ein bisschen mehr in der Forschung (primär trotzdem Konstruktion). Branche ist wieder Fahrzeugbau. Alles in Bayern. Auf alle Fälle deckt sich die Stelle so ziemlich mit meiner Alten Stelle. Was mir eben gefällt ist der Wegfall des Fahrens da dies am Tag 1 1/2 Stunden Zeit in Anspruch nimmt. Zudem hab ich wie im alten Job Home Office Möglichkeit von 1-2x / Woche. Beim neuen Arbeitgeber würde ich dann auch ein paar andere benefits bekommen. Was ist realistisch an Gehaltserhöhung? Ich bin jetzt mal von 65k ausgegangen da man als Ingenieur schon besser bezahlt wird ggü einer Konstrukteursstelle. Beides keine Tarifverträge Mfg

I’m having a dilemma and who better to ask than the bearded nerds?
I have a friend, we’ll call her Michelle. Michelle’s sister has a bearded dragon named Edna. Michelle says she can give the bearded and stuff to me for free because she knows I love reptiles and she already gave me the rescue leopard gecko she had so she knows I can do it.
Thing is? Edna’s OLD. I’m not exactly sure HOW old, but Michelle says that the thing could die any day.
I said I was interested, I want to give this thing a loving home before it goes, but I just got the picture today and I don’t think the enclosure is properly set up. I don’t have the exact measurements, but from what I can see in photos it’s probably not the 4 x 2 x 2. No dirt-sand or thermo/hydrometer in sight. I really don’t feel like spending 2-300+ on new supplies for a lizard I know will most likely not see me graduating, as much as it hurts to say.
Now the issue.
Today I was on Craigslist when I saw an add for a bearded dragon. All the supplies. Mostly proper set up. All for a $100. 5 years old. Definitely seeing me graduate.
I’m really confused on which I should get. On one hand, I want to give my Michelle’s bearded a nice retirement, but I know I’ll have to buy a bunch of new stuff for it and it might not even see new years. On the other, the hundred dollar bearded would have more time and I’d be able to buy the needed supplies without having a gun shot through my wallet.
I could get both, but I only have so much space in my room and I already have a crested and leopard gecko. I could definitely house both if I moved my stuff from my desk but I have school. I can’t house them together because the second is a boy (Michelle is unaware of the gender of Edna, most likely me too) so they’d either fuck each other or fuck each other up.
This sounds so stupid and immature but I legitimately can’t decide. What should I do?