O.J. Simpson is gone-dead from cancer earlier this year. Rewind back to the 90's. O.J, or not O.J. depending on who you ask, stabbed his ex-wife and her boyfriend to death in Los Angeles. The whole country was subsequently held hostage with round the clock O.J. coverage in the wake of the murders*. Its all anyone talked about and there was no way to escape it. There weren't thousands of channels to flick to, or dozens of streaming services available to seek refuge-in far away from the insanity.
However, after his acquittal he seemed to simply fade from public view-absorbed back into the stained fabric of American society. That was of course before he was locked up for nine years in 2008 for attempting to rob his own memorabilia at gunpoint. So what was he doing with his freedom in the years prior?
Nothing. Well, almost nothing. In 2006, executive producer Rick Mahr, famous for the highly-cerebral Backyard Wrestling series, decided it would be a good idea to tap into the reality show boom with an MTV Punk'd themed prank show featuring O.J. Simpson.
It was a one-hour special that featured O.J. himself engaging in a series of pranks ranging from dressing in rags while selling oranges on the side of a highway, to him serving and insulting fat customers in a fast-food drive thru. Most of the pranks fell flat on their face: people sometimes didn't recognize O.J. or didn't understand the prank, or the whole idea was just too damn stupid.
But the icing on the cake was the skit where O.J. attempted to sell a replica of his white Ford Bronco, which incidentally was discontinued for years after the murders (but that's another story, you can see below for a few more details). The Bronco even sported a real bullet hole, which The Juice himself signed right above it.
O.J. seems to reflect on the whole Bronco chase as simply comical. Is this some dark type of new-age therapy? "It has great escapability!" he keeps informing customers. Does he admit that there was a dead body in the car? Was it him who placed it there? I have never heard O.J speak so candidly about details from the aftermath of the murders.
Here are some exchanges between O.J. and potential 'customers' as reported in the NPR This American Life episode 564-Too Soon?:

Man: Is there $10,000 in here?
O.J: Nope, Nope. No $10,000,
Man: ...You were carrying it, you know?
O.J: Naw, naw. They say that, I was carrying about $3.
Man: $3?
O.J: Yeah, that's why they never brought it up in court.

In another exchange:

O.J: It was good for me.
Man: Yeah?
O.J: Got me out of harm's way.
Man: ...Ok, I'll sit in it...there was a dead body in there.
O.J: Yeah. Well, um, hopefully there's no bodies in this thing. And I can guarantee you, the car has escape-ability. I mean, if you're ever getting into some trouble, and you've got to get away, it has escape-ability.
Man: (Laughing)

He'd be locked up soon after this aired. Apparently only about 100 DVDs ever sold, and there are no other details about the profits made from the pay per view event, or O.J.'s fee for appearing in the special.
All in all, it was a completely ill-conceived idea with even worse execution that somehow was spewed into existence. It reeks of a desperation for money from all parties involved, none of whom seemed capable of creating any well-written gags for the camera. However, it is memorable in the shock-value of seeing an accused murderer making light of the truck he rode in after he supposedly stabbed his wife and her boyfriend to death.
Most humans will live a rich, full life never knowing this even exists. For the woeful few who do see it, you can't help but leave with an overwhelming feeling that O.J. was a twisted and broken man at this point, straining to grasp at even the the slightest hint of his former celebrity and adoration.
\To most people born post 1980s, OJ Simpson was a famous athlete accused, then acquitted of murder who'd later serve time for a completely unrelated crime.*
But to the rest of us, OJ is the single most infamous athlete name of our lifetimes--the shockwave that was sent through the country when it was announced that his ex-wife and her boyfriend had been murdered in Los Angeles, was unprecedented.
Its impossible to recreate the magnitude of this mono-cultural event that was the OJ Trial, and words don't begin to describe the fall from grace of one of the most beloved sports stars ever.
We'll never be able to forget the image of the low-speed white Ford Bronco chase with dozens of police cars in not so hot pursuit, or the inhumanly long trial that fractured the country along racial lines, or the glove that don't fit (so you must acquit!).
To the younger generation: try to imagine waking up to read that one of the Manning brothers had been accused of bumping off their significant other. Maybe that serves to illustrate the disbelief that we were all hit with that one night in June, 1994.
After the 8 month murder trial (yeah, how many of you had forgotten it lasted that long?), OJ was a free man. Images of him happily golfing sent waves of anger through white America, who felt like justice was cheated by a slick defense team that highlighted the racist tactics of the LA police department. On the heels of the Rodney King video and subsequent riots, this was not only a brilliant strategy, but one rooted in a great deal of truth.
A civil lawsuit followed in which OJ was found responsible for the death of Ron Goldman and ordered to pay his family $33 million. To my knowledge, they never received a cent.
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Airfeilds:
There should be multiple types of airfeild with diffrent levels of protection and diffrent lengths, another possible balance point would be suply availability, airfeild could be given certain amounts of heavy cannons and high power engines to promote high cost aircraft to take off from longer range airports on their initial spawn allowing them to either fly all the way and earn additional reward or to choose an engagement point a set distance away from the frontline. This would allow people to get back into the game much faster and to play in large coordinated groups. High altitude combat would also by default become more common due to this promoting the use of superchraged planes increasing the cost and making it more high risk high reward incentiviced
Why persistent combat:
The main advantage to persistent combat over the current style of team deathmatch is the fact the far higher survival rates could be kept especially when one side is clearly losing. For example once a tactical victory has been achieved all rewards can be given out and any futher kills will just count as kills but no longer directly effect any sort of local victory condition. This would also allow bomber to stay at maximum altitude for their entire combat run allowing imo really fucking cool types of combat to occur.
Another advantage of this system is that there is far more motivation to take part in the war and to for example join a random group of friendlies on their way to a high priority target, for example a fartory affecting the cost of parts for the enemy team or an airfeild that is being particularly bothersome.

My insurance covers it and I have a couple bottles I have yet to open. I have it tried cyclosporine. I have Mgd and ocular rosacea. I am nervous to try vevye bc I hear cyclosporine rarely works and burns. My eyes are tolerable however I hate having rid eyes and lids all the time. Optimel manuka drops help somewhat but I’m also afraid to over do those. Are there any negative side effects to say, using vevye for months and then stopping? Not that I plan to… I just don’t want to make my eyes any worse. If they get any worse life can get much more difficult for me. Any advice?

So I was on Wellbutrin for about a year it was working great some days better than others. But my doctor ended up getting into a lawsuit with the hospital they worked for so their practice closed and I guess I didn’t think about reengaging with a new doctor but my prescription ended… and now it’s been about 6 months without them and I feel like I’m loosing my fricken mind… has this ever happened to anyone and what were your reactions / side effects…?
Note: I’ve tried to get in with a new doctor and they’re all booked out…I tired for a whole day to find a new doctor and nothing… feeling hopeless.

I started seeing a psychologist a couple of weeks ago and she asked my mom to get my bloodwork done. Labs came back and my mom isn’t explaining anything tbh so idrk what’s going on but I have to take a big prescription capsule of vitamin d now. I don’t feel like she wants to explain to me because of the side effects maybe? I’m not sure. so does anyone know what that has to do with OCD? I assume I have vitamin D deficiency but I’m not sure. Does it have side effects and stuff?

Dear Reader: Emphasis on the -fi. Don't worry about it.
Effective Death. At least that’s what the news was calling it. The day the world wouldn’t end. Life could go on! It wasn’t over. You could still huddle around the last fires. Smoke the last cigarettes. Have the last children, though no one did.
Instead, they all watched. The slow dimming of light of the last supernova. A thousand little eclipses snuffed out the light as the Final Embrace closed around the star. We would not burn. We could die naturally. Charity. The Plan. The Plan wasn’t much of a Plan at all, and it definitely did not deserve a capital “P.” The universe would die. The Ark would wait. Maybe the universe wouldn’t die.
Then, a pinprick of light in the blackness, and another, and another. A tangled ball of christmas lights flashed in the sky, blinking on and off as people, my people, YSAs, flew headlong into the Ark. We all knew it was a meaningless gesture. One last light in the sky. Then nothing. Nothing more than a gesture: a middle finger among friends, and to people like me - cowards who would rather wait patiently for death than rage! “Rage against the dying of the light!” as their leaders preached. I didn’t care. There was a small chance I’d survive the crash, and then I would have to drift, and drifting was no fun. I’d rather be dead on a dead rock than be a dead rock.
Dehydration was my best bet. You see, Your Friend Corp, or as I called it now You’re Fucked, Cunt had made me into a Yakka Service Android: Lathe. Or YSA for short. And when I say made, I mean made. Per my contract, My DNA was a mishmosh of latent genes reactivated, entirely novel sequences, and of course, the tardigrade - the base model for spaceborne labor. Vacuum, heat, cold, radiation. A small shield powered by a miniature fusion reactor meant I could shrug off wandering asteroids. I didn’t need any PPE because I was the PPE. Cheaper, I guess. Making a welding arc was as simple as squeezing two fingers together, diamond nails and a skeleton of superheavy alloys let me fix anything that needed fixing and make anything that needed making. My copilot AI, Albert, kept my hands steady and made my new diet of ‘whatever’s around’ palatable.
The thing that needed fixing in this case, was my television. I had had enough of “effective death.” I spun up one wrist, and reached in. Shards of glass and blue-hot metal chips bounced off my naked body. Clothes were for those who needed them. I traced a slow serpentine pattern until only the power cord was left, which I unplugged. I looked at it for a moment, then began to chew it. Fruit roll ups, apparently.
‘Thanks Al’ I thought. ‘No problem’ he replied. ‘I was supposed to kill you, you know’ he continued.
‘Why didn’t you?’
‘You always said thank you’ He was silent for a moment. ‘I don’t want to die either.’
‘Thanks Al.’
‘You’re welcome.’
We sat in silence, and we waited. For what, we did not know. For nothing, probably. Technically, definitely.
—
Three weeks passed. Three weeks of nothing but blackness, punctuated by suicides. A small flash of light, a dull red glow of the now proverbial last cigarette, and a larger flash, and a bang. Slowly, people began to wake up. Lights shone in the distance now, as people realized they weren’t dead. Campfires billowed smoke, songs were sung, jokes were told, and I sat in silence. I didn’t want to make any friends. They’d all go away, in the end.
One by one, the fires burned to ash, the lights turned off, and the rock died. I often debated with myself if I was alive anymore. Al told me that since I could reproduce and poop that I counted. I wasn’t sure.
Maybe there were other cowards still alive. Other YSA’s living off dirt that tasted like mashed potatoes, tossing grape pebbles into their mouths. Maybe someone survived the crash, and is still drifting, a not dead rock dying of dehydration like I am. Trying to at least. I kept taking one last sip. Coward I thought to myself.
—
A crack in the sky. Final Embrace began to crumple like a deflated balloon. The scientists were wrong. Typical. They would tell you they weren’t. They would say that a .005% chance of the sun turning into a black hole meant that they had indeed predicted that the sun would turn into a black hole. The last black hole.
“Hey Al,” I said out loud. God I hadn’t spoken since the sky went dark. This is actually kinda nice. “I think I know I want to die. What do you say we take the ol girl out for one last ride?”
‘That’d be nice.’
“I’m going to put my clothes on. I want to hear your voice.”
I gently pushed the earpiece into my ear canal. Small barbed spikes extended, anchoring it in place, and a thin cable wormed its way into my reactor. “If you’re going to die, you might as well look good doing it.” Al said. “I’ll make a playlist.” I nodded, blowing the dust off my pre-op clothes. I always liked the old things, back from when Earth still existed. There was more culture, more life, in everything, somehow. Blue jeans, a white t-shirt, brown leather boots. Classic. Not real, of course. They were all made from the same poly-something textile. Durable, to a fault. I had only ever had the one set.
I looked in the mirror. I still looked the same on the outside. I was a skinny bastard that’s for sure. Olive skin, dark hair, and not a strand below the eyebrows except under my armpits and around my cock. ‘The biggest dick in the world’ I thought to myself.
“I heard that.” Said Al. I jumped. “You told me you wanted to hear my voice.”
“Dammit Al. Sorry. I do.”
“Everyone is dead and you’re making dick jokes.”
“Did you really think better of me?”
“No.”
“Come on then. Let’s take the ol girl out before we die. Give her one last ride too.”
To an observer, it would seem like I was glaring at myself in the mirror. But really, I was glaring at Al. And I was a little confused. I thought AI didn’t make sex jokes.
The “ol girl” in question was another of my fascinations with the old world. She was, or at least she looked like, a 1980 Toyota Corolla. I had made some heavy, heavy modifications. The engine bay houses the reactor and warp field generator. The main engine takes up the entire trunk, and is capable of 5% light speed outside the warp field and a whopping thousand times the speed of light inside it, though I keep the warp field up whenever I’m in it since it doubles as a shield. Ya can’t get hit by space if you’re not technically “in” space after all, and the body is plain ol painted steel - fire engine red, since you asked. Beautiful, but not the most durable. The undercarriage serves as a gravity generator, and yes, the wheels do turn, but since they’re powered by fusion reactor I had to replace the entire drivetrain. Not exactly original, but boy howdy! is she fast on the ground. Speaking of not original, the dashboard was anything but. I kept the old analog style but well, this was a spaceship after all.
I shoveled dirt into the fuel tank - gas tanks they used to call them, when they still ran on gas - then got in and turned the key. The low hum of the reactor was comforting, though not as much as the roar of the engines as I left the dead atmosphere of that now definitely dead rock behind me. I turned on the headlights - pointless, I know, but you shouldn’t drive in the dark with your lights on, and pulled a small bottle of moonshine from the glovebox. You shouldn’t do that either, but I figured I was about even as far as rules went. What was I going to do? Hit someone?
“Hey Al. Do you think you have a soul”
“Probably not.”
“That sucks.”
“Yeah.”
I hit somebody. Or something. Whatever it was bounced off the warp bubble and tumbled into space behind me, briefly red in the glow of my tail lights.
“Oh shit” Said Al and I.
“That was a person” Said Al.
“Was is right.”
“They’re still alive.”
I stopped the car. Al played the sound of tires screeching in my ears. I backed up towards the now spinning uncontrollably figure and rolled down the window. I liked the manual windows. They helped me feel human. I turned off the warp and reached out a hand to catch whoever it was, and they slammed against the side of my car, denting it. Damn it.
I’m not great at reading lips but whoever I hit was definitely alive, very naked, probably the most gorgeous woman I had ever seen, and was almost certainly calling me an asshole. She crawled around to the passenger door and got in. We rolled the windows up, and the cabin atmosphere flooded in. Now she was definitely going to call me an asshole.
“Why the fuck are you wearing sunglasses?” She said.
“Style.” I replied. “I’m going to go die. Want to come?”
“Better than drifting.”
“Where’s your AI?” said Al? I don’t detect one, and your hands are shaking.
“Killed him before he could kill me. Why didn’t you kill this idiot?”
"I didn’t want to die. And he said thank you.”
“Gross.”
I rolled my window down. She did the same, then looked in the center console and pulled out my spare sunglasses. I looked at her. “Style.” She said. Al played The Final Countdown. We were the not dead yets, in the Not Dead Yet Finally, a name for my car! Sunglasses on. Sun out. Life was good, and death was going to be even better.

Hello, I been doing cerebrolysin for about 1 month 10 days. Doing 10 ml every day no weekends off. I am doing a 2 month cycle without weekends when its supposed to be 1 month with weekends off. Anybody feel like they got bad symptoms after they stop using it? I start to feel physical effects which are mild but can get severe if I stop or miss my 24 hr dose. Anybody can relate?

I got home from work today and my cat was in obvious pain, limping , yowling. I called the nearest clinic and brought my baby in for an emergency exam. They said he had what felt like a sprain, no bones felt off albeit a little "crunchy" in his wrist as she said. She also said he likely hurt it jumping down and landing badly as he is overweight. At this point in the exam my cat start panting, drooling a little, his usual symptoms from a car ride and being in an unfamiliar place. They gave him a shot of solencia in one thigh, Onsior in the other, and rubbed some Zorbium on the back of his neck. They also gave me some onsior tablets for the next week and scheduled him for a follow up next week. Hes an incredibly anxious, timid boy, has been since before i got him, he hates car rides and anywhere new. I thought he would calm down once we got home but tht was not the case. He ran/stumbled under the bed and kept moving around in discomfort he couldnt sit still longer than a few minutes, panting, breathing hard, yowling sometimes. We think hes having a panic attack and all the vet clinics in the area are now closed, even if there were any open i fear putting him back in the car would only make it worse.
Are these side effects normal for these medications? If i try to give him some water he just moves away from me. He seems to have calmed down a little now but im so worried about him. What do you do for a cat having a panic attack?

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I'll start by apologising about my English, it's not my native language, bur I hope to make as few grammatical errors as possible.
I (25M) feel like my girlfriend (24F) of six years has changed since she got her contraceptive hormonal implant in August. Our relationship had never felt better, it seemed to me we were both happy, and so she thought to get herself the implant, because she felt sure about our future together and felt committed to "having it on" for the three years the implant can be kept. Mind you, it was her idea, I felt like I didn't really need to have a say in the matter, since it's not my body, and that's fair I think. She couldn't take the pill, because she stopped feeling her fingers when she did and her gynecologist told her to stop, and she didn't want the weaker pill because she had way more painful and irregular periods when she took it. We were sticking to condoms, but she felt like they stopped the sex for way too much and needed to be checked after we did anything because of a pregnancy scare we had one time.
Since a couple of weeks after she got it, she has started to become colder, less affectionate than she was before and her mood swings terribly from happyness to apathy, rage or sadness maybe in the span of an hour or even minutes. She may seem so happy to be with me one minute an then be completely apathetic to my presence the next one. This makes me feel pretty bad, because I fluctuate between feeling like our relationship has never been better in one moment, to thinking it's at the end of the ride in another; the latter more than the former, recently.
It also seems to me that her relationship with her body has gotten worse: she doesn't see herself as beautiful, because she thinks she has gotten "fat", and she is very sad about it. We both aren't thin, and we've always struggled with our confidence and the perception of ourselves and our bodies, but it seems to me she has is feeling worse than ever about it, even though she regularly trains and is trying to eat as healthy as she can. She hasn't lost any weight since August, and she said to me she even gained a couple of kilos. It pains me to see her feel this way, because I see her as the most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on, and this has never changed in the six years we've been together, thin or not.
Her periods are also more irregular than ever, and that makes her feel anxious any time she misses it by a week or two. Fortunately though they don't seem as painful as with the other pill.
Our sex life has also taken a hit. She doesn't seem to want to do it anymore, when before August our sex life was regular and great (which it still is the few times we get to do it, but they seem rarer and rarer), and that's ironic considering the fact she got the implant so we could be more free to do it without needing to stop to put on condoms. This is the lesser of the problems though, because the times we do it it is still great for both of us, but I wanted to mention it because I saw that one of the side effects of the implant is lowered sex drive. I would obviously like it more if it happened more often, maybe not to the levels it happened before implant, but I do not mind it that much that it's rarer
I don't really know what to do about it. I tried talking about it, but she doesn't feel sure about removing it, because she thinks she might regret it and if she would want to get it again it wouldn't be free anymore, because she is over 23. I don't want to be the boyfriend that forces the girlfriend to remove her contraceptive or anything, because in the end it's not my decision to make, but I really think that thing is messing with her and is bringing our relationship to a bad place. I don't know what to do; I love her, I really do, she is the person that made me the happiest man alive, I do not want to lose her. I feel like our relationship is slipping away from us, and it feels super bad coming from the best time of our relationship less than a year ago. What should I do? What should I tell her? Do you have any experience with implants like these? Are these experiences common with those?

Seven ravens go with Arianne Martell to be Doran's eyes and ears to Aegon and the Golden Company in the Stormlands. And while Arianne's journey progresses she will likely need to make a choice... will she send the word 'dragon' home in a letter, the coded word asking for Dorne to call their spears and join Aegon's cause? Or will the word be 'war'? (...in this case 'war' means 'wait')... I'll let you decide - I assume most people's minds are pretty set on this point, and mine own is not really standard canon, so I will only say the last raven seems an ill omened thing as the seventh of a set is often linked to The Stranger, Westeros' god of death.
The topic I hoped to brainstorm today is not actually about what Arianne decides... but rather what happens next. Because I notice with a lot of theories the assumption is that the Dornish houses waiting on Arianne's response will march in lockstep with whatever her and Doran's order is... but... will they? Some of the Dornish houses seem pretty independent-minded and I feel there's been some fairly significant foreshadowing emerging that Doran's hold over the the kingdom is only tentative at best. That's worth discussing... In particular three houses seem to repeatedly stand out as possibilities to challenge the peace regardless of the Martells' wishes: Houses Yronwood, Fowler, and Uller....

House Fowler 🪶

The Fowlers make their home at Skyreach, a castle with a lofty perch and soaring stone towers carved into the stone slopes of the Red Mountains overlooking the Prince's Pass, one of two major overland routes into Dorne, and the easier to traverse of the two (the other being the steep and treacherous Boneway). The House is led by Lord Franklyn Fowler 'the Old Hawk', who has two twin daughters - Jeyne and Jennelyn. What could cause House Fowler to rebel against the Martells?
Sign #1 - The Fowlers closeness with Lady Nym
Oberyn's death was a rallying cry for a lot of Dorne desiring vengeance against the Lannisters, and in particular the news greatly effected the Sand Snakes - Nymeria Sand is said to be 'famously' close with the Fowler twins, she was actually with them the moment she learned of Oberyn's death, and it follows they likely sympathize with her position. In fact when Lady Nym first pitches Doran her plan to assassinate key Lannisters in King's Landing she does so by pleading the Fowler house words to him: "You know the Fowler words? Let Me Soar! That is all I ask of you. Let me soar, Uncle. I need no mighty host, only one sweet sister." And Doran would later tell Arianne that Nym is 'too close to the Fowler twins' (and thus unable to keep secrets from them). I imagine the Fowlers did not take the news well when they learned of Nymeria's imprisonment afterwards...
Sign #2 - Arianne's plea to Lord Fowler
Then when Arianne Martell is imprisoned herself after her Queenmaker plot she attempts to send out a secret message with one of her attendants to plead for help to free her from her father's grasp. She considers different options to address this letter to, someone ideally receptive to the idea of rebelling against Doran (which is no small thing to ask!) but also powerful enough to do so. Her first thoughts drift to Yronwood, but decides against them only because they fostered Quentyn and she believes he and Anders are conspiring against her, then goes through a few of the houses of her friends before finally deciding "that she had but two real hopes: Harmen Uller, Lord of Hellholt, and Franklyn Fowler, Lord of Skyreach and Warden of the Prince's Pass."
She ultimately decides to pen the letter to Lord Fowler because she thinks the Ullers as half-mad to the point of having a dangerous response. After that the attendant Cedra is presumably caught by Doran's men as she never reappears and Areo tells us that she was sent to the Water Gardens. But even without the letter actually going out the fact that she chose Lord Fowler to send this plea to probably says a lot about their overall relationship with Doran.
Sign #3 - A Toast to Tommen
In the Watcher chapter during the presentation of The Mountain's skull a toast to Tommen is made, and those who choose to drink or to refuse it give us another indication of the sentiments around Dorne... this is not subtly implied as much as it is directly pointed out by Areo:

The white knight did drink, as was only courteous. His companions likewise. So did the Princess Arianne, Lady Jordayne, the Lord of Godsgrace, the Knight of Lemonwood, the Lady of Ghost Hill … even Ellaria Sand, Prince Oberyn's beloved paramour, who had been with him in King's Landing when he died. Hotah paid more note to those who did not drink: Ser Daemon Sand, Lord Tremond Gargalen, the Fowler twins, Dagos Manwoody, the Ullers of the Hellholt, the Wyls of the Boneway. If there is trouble, it could start with one of them. Dorne was an angry and divided land, and Prince Doran's hold on it was not as firm as it might be. Many of his own lords thought him weak and would have welcomed open war with the Lannisters and the boy king on the Iron Throne.

Again the Fowler twins and Ullers show us that they still hold a lot of resentment. Daemon Sand makes sense too - he was part of Oberyn's retinue in King's Landing (sometimes rumored to have had a relationship with him) and watched him die, and after the Sand Snakes were imprisoned he went to Sunspear to demand their release and was imprisoned himself for the trouble. I'd keep an eye on him in Arianne's plot.
The Yronwoods weren't in attendance for the toast, however the Wyls were and refused it - I get the sense they are pretty close with the Yronwoods, both of which have their houses on the Boneway where they've joined forces. Another party that refused the toast, the Manwoodys, are stationed in the Prince's Pass and likely close allies with the Fowlers - lending more weight to the idea that this area is rebellious. House Gargelene is the one that's most difficult to place, being located in a fairly isolated spot in the south of Dorne at Salt Shore.
Sign #4 - The Troops in the Passes
By Arianne's TWOW excerpts we also hear that the troops in the Prince's Pass and the Boneway are becoming restless:

In the Boneway and the Prince’s Pass, two Dornish hosts had massed, and there they sat, sharpening their spears, polishing their armor, dicing, drinking, quarreling, their numbers dwindling by the day, waiting, waiting, waiting for the Prince of Dorne to loose them on the enemies of House Martell.

Darkstar's Plot
So how might the Fowlers act out? Outside of Arianne's raven being sent (and depending on the result), I think we should be keeping an eye on the Darkstar plot. Darkstar, per his own words and actions, seems to want to start a war against the crown and has presumably fled back to his home of High Hermitage in the Red Mountains where its implied he has support. He will probably pass by Starfall on the way up the Torrentine's rushing waters, but the Prince's Pass and Skyreach are both not that far from his location and in fitting with the prior indications of the Fowlers' intentions and Darkstar's overall goals he may try to incite the already anxious troops there to raid the Dornish Marches. These houses have a long history of animosity towards the Reach and Marcher Lords whose defenses will be exposed with Euron's attacks. Such an assault could parallel prior rogue leaders the Vulture Kings.

House Uller 🏜️

We've already seen that the Ullers play out somewhat similarly to the Fowlers - they were one of the major considerations for Arianne to send her plea for help to, and they were one of the parties notably refusing Tommen's toast. Lord Harmen Uller is the current Lord of the Hellholt, "a grim, stinking seat beside the sulfurous yellow waters of the Brimstone" located near the deep sands in the centesouth of Dorne.
There is a saying in Dorne we are told: 'half the Ullers are 'half-mad and the other half are worse.' And as Ellaria Sand is Lord Harmen's natural daughter when she and her little ones (Elia, Obella, Dorea, and Loreza) were locked away with the rest of the Sand Snakes Arianne thinks this would 'have made Lord Harmen wroth, and the Ullers were dangerous when wroth.' Its worth noting that in Arianne's Queenmaker plot her end goal was to get to Hellholt to officially crown Myrcella and raise her banners there...
What's interesting about Uller is that while they have a lot of reason to rebel there is at least one pacifying force headed their way - Ellaria Sand (who is also bringing Loreza with her). Ellaria sand accepted the toast to Tommen and despite having been Oberyn's paramour and closer to him than anyone as well as being there for his death, she is actually one of the strongest voices arguing for peace.

"A start?" said Ellaria Sand, incredulous. "Gods forbid. I would it were a finish. Tywin Lannister is dead. So are Robert Baratheon, Amory Lorch, and now Gregor Clegane, all those who had a hand in murdering Elia and her children. Even Joffrey, who was not yet born when Elia died. I saw the boy perish with mine own eyes, clawing at his throat as he tried to draw a breath. Who else is there to kill? Do Myrcella and Tommen need to die so the shades of Rhaenys and Aegon can be at rest? Where does it end?"

A Hidden Hellholt Chapter?
Given the Hellholts relative isolation you might be thinking how this could factor further into the plot.... maybe some news of Ellaria's daughters? Or later on if there is an invading force (as Ellaria and Doran fear is coming)? But I've actually been thinking that before Areo Hotah shows up in the Red Mountains we may get to see a chapter with him and Obara and Balon Swann at the Hellholt with Ellaria and Lord Harmen Uller, it would be rewarding to catch up with these characters and see their clashing perspectives on vengeance and Areo on the trail of Darkstar. Per some recent analysis of GRRM's chapter hints we can also kind of conclude there may be a few Areo chapters in varying locations. Another interesting thing pointing me in that direction is the soon to be released 2025 calendar which will be featuring artwork of the Hellholt... that's a strange inclusion for a castle with few mentions (the most relevant of which being Rhaenys' mysterious death long ago), and a lot of the other locations on the calendar do suspiciously have relevant plots nearing them in Winds (so if we haven't seen them already we may do so soon).
The logistics work out pretty well as Hellholt is practically a necessary stop on the way westward to the Red Mountains by land. Even though Arianne herself knows the desert well....

Beyond Vaith the deep sands waited. They would need help from Sandstone and the Hellholt to make that crossing, but she did not doubt that it would be forthcoming.

...Even she fears to tread the deep sands alone... and for Obara it may be the same despite her experience. You really should have a desert guide to locate water sources and navigate the terrain ("In the deep sands a man must hoard his water."). And one of the last safe stops for water and guides is the Hellholt making it invaluable for travelers crossing the sands. The sandstorms seem especially dangerous:

[...]beyond Vaith, western Dorne is naught but a vast sea of restless dunes where the sun beats down relentlessly, giving rise from time to time to savage sandstorms that can strip the flesh from a man's bones within minutes.

House Yronwood ⛓️

The Yronwoods are Dorne's second strongest house and their seat is located up in the high meadows of the Red Mountains near the Boneway where the air is always crisp and cool after dark, no matter how hot the day had been. Anders Yronwood, the Bloodroyal, is the leader here.
Even though previously we've seen a few signs that the Yronwoods may rebel given their brief consideration for Arianne's letter for help, and the Wyls' refusal of Tommen's toast, the biggest reason for them to strike out on their own might be their uniquely fractious relationship with the Martells (they also have a long rivalry with the Fowlers). In fact, we were told Yronwood was only just recently on the verge of rebellion after Oberyn allegedly poisoned Lord Edgar Yronwood in a duel after he was found abed with Edgar's paramour, and it was only Doran's quick thinking that avoided it.

Blood feud and rebellion would surely have followed Lord Edgar's death, had not her father acted at once. The Red Viper went to Oldtown, thence across to the narrow sea to Lys, though none dared call it exile. And in due time, Quentyn was given to Lord Anders to foster as a sign of trust. That helped to heal the breach between Sunspear and the Yronwoods, but it had opened new ones between Quentyn and the Sand Snakes...

Quentyn Aftermath & The Blackfyres
And the biggest thing that may reopen that wound is, not surprisingly, news of Quentyn's voyage. Anders Yronwood has lost two sons on what could be seen as a pretty foolish attempt to court Daenerys including his son and heir Cletus Yronwood, who was sent along on the voyage and died from a corsair attack off the coast of the Disputed Lands. The other son? Quentyn Martell himself.... despite him being a Martell, he is really more Yronwood at heart. He grew up in Yronwood with Anders, his best friend was Cletus, he became smitten with his eldest daughter Ynys (who is now heir to Yronwood), and then later fell in love with Gwyneth, the youngest daughter of Anders.... All of Quentyn's memories are with the Yronwood really and Arianne even notes he is somewhat a stranger to her and Sunspear. Doran himself is forced to admit that "Anders Yronwood has been more a father to him than I have".
Anders hasn't heard anything yet from Meereen, information moves slowly in Essos (which has no messenger ravens so it needs to be carried by hand) and most of the people who can pass on that message, like Arch and Drink, are still caught up in the Battle of Fire (and hoping that the Tattered Prince will be merciful to them for their previous desertion). Any news that might get back could end up with a distorted and unflattering picture of Daenerys too (and some of that fallout may carryover to Aegon who seeks to ally with her).
But even before it does the troops commanded by the Yronwoods in the Boneway are conveniently close to the events happening in the Stormlands with the Golden Company. And the Yronwoods have been suspiciously consistent partners of the Golden Company and Blackfyres in the past (which often drew in second houses with a lot to gain), which is all the more interesting given the rumors around Aegon ("Lords of Yronwood rode for the black dragon in no less than three of the five Blackfyre Rebellions.") So if Arianne seeks to side with Aegon and JonCon the Yronwoods might be the first to throw in with that cause... especially if its also a way to oppose Mace Tyrell given his hatred of all things Dorne. However, it might also be interesting if she takes after her father's advice to be cautious and tries to hold back her forces, leading to the Yronwoods ignorning her and Doran's commands and striking out on their own anyways. And it will be interesting how these events may combine with the x-factor of news of Quentyn and Cletus arriving at some point (whatever the timing of that might be in relation to the Battle of Steel).

So what do you think of Houses Fowler, Uller, and Yronwood... will we see them act out in Winds or play loyal bannermen to Doran?
~Thank you for Reading!~
TLDR This post explores the ample foreshadowing that Houses Fowler, Uller, and Yronwood may be unreliable allies of Doran when pressed, and their reaction may not follow what we'd expect when Arianne sends out her last raven either calling Dorne's spears to side with the Golden Company or holding off and keeping to the passes (taking after her father's more prudent advice). Could the Fowlers join with Darkstar and raid the Dornish Marches? Will we have a chapter at the Hellholt before Areo's party travels the deep sands where we see Lord Harmen Uller's rebellious nature collide with Ellaria Sand's attempts at peace? And will the Yronwood troops in the Boneway join their historic allies in the Golden Company, or have a divisive reaction to news of Quentyn and Cletus' deaths?

Hi guys, after losing brain cells trying to find information on how to install the Guppy screen, I wanted to show y'all how to do it on your own if you choose to. I may be wrong on some parts, but these are the things that worked for me. Thanks to wolfie_the_king_574 for telling me some of the steps on how to do it, but some of it didn't work for me. I also used Wiki for Creality Helper Script (guilouz.github.io) and ballaswag/guppyflo: GuppyFLO is a self-hosted service that enables local/remote management of multiple Klipper printers using Moonraker (github.com) and ballaswag/guppyscreen: A native Touch UI for 3D Printers running KlippeMoonraker. (github.com) on the steps for some of it and will be summarizing most of it. I will also be adding in the common downloads needed here for easy access as I was jumping all around to find it. [I'm not sure if you have to keep rebooting your printer during this process, but I'll take the safe way and do it anyways]
[Edit: I'm not sure why upon posting, that the numbers are all 1. but I can't change it so bare with me]

1. [1] Reset your entire Nebula Pad

• Download and unzip this file: Creality_K1_Reset_Utility.zip
• Open the file Creality_K1_Reset_Utility.html in your Internet browser.
• Make sure your printer is on, and put in your IP address and click reset.
• Reboot to make sure it has reset.
• Turn off your printer now.

1. [2] Reinstall the firmware for the Nebula Pad

• Download this Ender 3 V3 SE Firmware.
• Add the Ender3V3SE_firmware.bin file into your SD card and plug it into the printer.
• Choose the Ender 3 V3 SE logo on the next page. Put in your settings and update to the latest version.
• Turn off your printer.

1. [3] Now you want to root your Nebula Pad

• Click on this Destinal Root and download the first link in the description.
• There should be a white usb that came with the Nebula Pad. Plug that into your computer and format it in FAT32 with 4096 allocation size.
• Now copy the file into the usb and insert it into the side of the Nebula Pad.
• Turn on the printer and there should be a popup to upgrade.
• After it finishes upgrading, take the usb out or else it will keep having that popup.
• You can reboot if you want, I don't think you have to right now.

1. [4] Install PuTTY and go into Helperscript

• Click on this PuTTY Download and download the right one for you and install it.
• Next, when you open up PuTTY, enter the IP address for your printer and press enter. The IP address can be found where your wifi settings are on the Nebula Pad.
• It's going to say login as: and type in root
• Now it'll ask for the password which is creality
• Next, type in ./installer.sh to enter Helperscript

1. [5] Uninstall Moonraker, Fluid, Mainsail, and the Creality OS

• Type in 2 to get into the remove screen.
• Go one by one and type in 1 2 3 to remove each one respectively
• Type in b to go back to the main screen
• Type in 4 to enter the Customize screen and type in 3 to remove Creality OS
• Reboot

1. [6] Update Helperscript

• ssh back into the Nebula Pad using PuTTY
• Type in git config --global http.sslVerify false to avoid encountering an issue, I'm not sure what.
• Type in git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Guilouz/Creality-Helper-Script.git /usdata/helper-script to install the script in the usdate folder.
• Type in sh /usdata/helper-script/helper.sh to run the script.
• There's two different way to now update the Helper Script
  • Go through the PuTTY, go through the user and password and enter ./installer.sh again and it should pop up with the update OR
  • When you access Fluidd or Mainsail, update it directly there.
  • You can access Fluidd by http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:4408/ (replacing xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx by your local IP address).
    • Go in the Settings tab and go into Software Updates and click Update for Creality-Helper-Script.
  • You can access Mainsail by http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:4409/(replacing xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx by your local IP address).
    • Go in the Machine tab and it should be there as well.
• Reboot

1. [7] Reinstall Moonraker, Fluid and/or Mainsail

• Go back into PuTTY, go back in the ./installer.sh, type in 1 to the installation screen and follow along for the installation of those. I don't think I have to baby steps that now.
• Reboot

1. [8] Update Everything

• Depending on if you use Fluidd or Mainsail, go back into those websites and update everything in the update section if it's not already updated.

1. [9] Install Anything Else + Guppy [FINALLY]

• Go back through PuTTY and into the Helper Script. Now you can also install anything you wanted to during. If you're unsure of what these mean, click on this Installer Definitions and look to the left side under "Install Menu" and look through whatever you want to.
• Some of these you won't have since this is meant for a different printer.
• You have to exit out of the Helper Script now by typing in q
• Now type in, to install GuppyFLO wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ballaswag/guppyflo/main/installer.sh sh
• Now type in, to install the Guppy Screen and it should change your Nebula Pad to horizontal format and have you calibrate it touching cursors.sh -c "$(wget --no-check-certificate -qO - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ballaswag/guppyscreen/main/installer.sh)"

1. [10] How to Connect to it on the Internet (I copied this straight this)

• Create a Tailscale account: Create Tailscale Account
• Install Tailscale application depending device(s) you want to use for remote access: Download Tailscale App
• Search up http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9873 (by replacing xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx by your printer's local IP address) to access the GuppyFLO Web interface
• Then, click on authenticate link to register GuppyFLO instance to Tailscale
• You will be redirected to the Tailscale website to connect device by clicking on Connect button
• Go to to your Tailscale Admin console here: Tailscale Admin Console
• There you will see the connected devices and their respective IP addresses:
  • guppyflo → Your printer
  • IP address assigned to your printer
  • The devices you have connected to Tailscale (here my mobile phone)
  • The IP addresses assigned to the devices you have connected
• Go to Tailscale DNS settings tab and enable MagicDNS feature
• Go back to GuppyFLO Web interface and click on Add Printer button
• Configure settings and click on Save button
• You can now connect to GuppyFlo Web interface remotely with http://guppyflo URL

Now this should be everything! Be sure to visit this Website or Demo Video or Website to understand how the screen works, how to connect to it with pictures, and whatnot.
Let me know if I did anything wrong, but these are the steps that worked for me.

i recently got a formal ocd and bulima diagnosis, and have been prescribed sertraline to help with both (apparently there is common overlap between the two disorders). i have heard of people gaining so much weight and having their metabolisms fucked up on this medication and i am PETRIFIED that it will happen to me. my doctor reassured me that the weight gain is only a possible side effect, and that it’s not very common, but i think i would genuinely kill myself if i gained weight and it was out of my control.
i want to get better, both disorders but especially ocd are quite debilitating, but not at the risk of me gaining like 10kg.
has anyone got any experiences with weight gain/loss on these meds? is it really worth it to take them? and if you did gain weight, how did you deal with it?

After watching Kingdom I think the movie heavily implied that in the future human will work on a cure to reverse the effect of ALZ-113 but the side effects is taking the ape intelligence away. Which Noa said if human reclaim the earth apes will mute again. Or simply they will prioritize the anti ALZ113 to fight apes with gas bomb and other spray method. What do you think?

Calories: 875kcal BM: 1 (at 1am)
Side effects: I realized I haven't had acid reflux with dry mouth for roughly 2 weeks. The acid reflux symptom lasted for the first 3-5 days.
Thoughts: It was 30% tempting to hit up the drive thru, especially because Tuesdays are my longest commute time and the weather was just so warm. A McDonalds ice cream cone sounded great. But not THAT great where I started thinking of which McDonalds to stop at. I stopped planning for it immediately because of this medication, that desire like a flickering flame, immediately, quietly, went away.
I will be traveling on May 16-18, so I think it'll be too stressful to take the medication. We have long flights (first leg is 5 hours and second leg is 10 hours) so I am not sure if I will take the medication...

Hi all! We need to replace our AC system and we received the following quotes. I would appreciate any input on the equipment or scope of work provided by these companies. It is worth noting that Quote #3 is eligible for 0% financing for up to $15k through our utility company. The other quotes are eligible for financing but not at 0%. The third vendor did also include an option to remove the fiberboard ducts.
Quote #1 - $12,500

• Replacement Overhead A/C Agreement.
• Remove & Dispose of existing Bryant 3.5 -ton AC equipment.
• Furnish and install new Trane condensers Mod# 4TTR5042N 15 SEER Rating
• Furnish and install new Trane 2 piece air handler Mod# TAMXB0C42V
• New line set, slim duct to cover line set
• new condenser pad.
• New systems will be installed and transitioned to existing air duct system.
• New emergency drain pan with automatic shut off switch,
• New outside disconnect with whip.
• All wiring installed to code.
• One-year warranty on all workmanship
• Ten-year manufactures warranty on A/C compressor and all other a/c components.
• Customer is aware that we need a clear access and all work areas to be clear of articles to ensure a proper safe installation.
• This Installation will be installed by a COMPANY #1 Licensed Contractor.
• Optional Additional cost to install Trane Clean Effects $1,500
• **Note: Cost of permits will be billed separate over & above the agreement.

Quote #2 - $14,500

• Replacement Overhead A/C Agreement with Heat Pump
• Remove & Dispose of existing Bryant 3.5 -ton AC equipment.
• Furnish and install new Trane Heat Pump condensers Mod# 4TWR5042N 15 SEER Rating
• Furnish and install new Trane 2 piece air handler Mod# TAMXB0C42V
• new line set, slim duct to cover line set
• new condenser pad.
• New systems will be installed and transitioned to existing air duct system.
• New emergency drain pan with automatic shut off switch,
• New outside disconnect with whip.
• All wiring installed to code.
• Square D breaker to be changed from 30 to 40 amp.
• New heat pump thermostat and new thermostat wire to be installed.
• One-year warranty on all workmanship,
• Ten-year manufactures warranty on A/C compressor and all other a/c components.
• Customer is aware that we need a clear access and all work areas to be clear of articles to ensure a proper safe installation.
• This Installation will be installed by a COMPANY #1 Energy Approved Licensed Contractor.
• Optional - Additional cost to install Trane Clean Effects $1,500
• **Note: Cost of permits will be billed separate over & above the agreement.

Quote #3 - $18,000 - $1,000 JCPL AC Rebate = $17,000

• Scope of Work: Remove and recycle existing air handler and condensing unit.
• Equipment to be installed:
  • BOSCH heat pump - BOVB-60HDN1-M20 - AHRI #: 207658523, 18.5 SEER2, 12.0 EER2, 9.5 HSPF2 One () BOSCH heat pump, up to 19 SEER, 5 ton, 208/230V, R410A
  • BOSCH air handler - BVA-48WN1-M20 - 4 ton, 208/230V, R410A
  • BOSCH electric heater - EHK-05B
• Install new air handler in the attic set in a new emergency drain pan.
• New drain pan will feature a float switch for worry free condensate drainage and vibration isolators for quiet system operation.
• Field fabricate transitional duct fittings to connect new equipment to existing duct system as needed.
• Alter and reconnect to existing condensate drain with new PVC trap and clean out.
• Alter and reconnect to existing line and low-voltage electric circuits
• Alter and reconnect existing refrigerant piping, low-voltage control wire, and emergency condensate drain as needed at new indoor equipment and new heat pump set in same location on a new vibration isolation/sow elevation pad.
• Install new main condensate drain from new air handler to exterior side of house new new heat pump.
• Install one new dedicated 220 volt, 30 amp circuit from existing electric panel to new electric strip heater in air handler in attic.
• Install one new HONEYWELL 8000 digital/programmable thermostat.
• Leak check, evacuate, and charge refrigerant system. Start up and test system operation.

Quote #3 optional

• Optional Ductwork replacement ($5,500)
• Remove and recycle all fiberboard main supply duct trunks in attic.
• Install new galvanized metal main supply air trunk in same location of attic.
• Galvanized metal main supply trunk will be wrapped in REFLECTIX R.8 non-fiberglass duct insulation.
• Alter and reconnect to existing flexible supply air duct branches with new branch take-offs featuring manually adjustable volume dampers for efficient system balancing.

I’m not into witch craft yet but I’m seriously considering it, and I was just wondering

1. Is it possible for me to be my own kind of witch where I js make stuff up as I go along and do my own thing with good intentions?
   
2. Is there going to be some negative side effects if I do stuff for personal gain only like if I js do spells for my own luck or to get something I want or to do well in an exam?
   

3.are spells about the resources I use or just about the energy I put in the making it?

1. Is this something I have to do religiously to keep the impact going or can I do a spell only when I want something like every couple of months ?
   
2. Also I don’t know how flexible this is but is it possible for me to not be reliant on any books or herbs or certain coloured candles ?
   

Sorry if any of this has an obvious answer I’m just worried if I do something wrong there will be bad repercussions. Any answers are greatly appreciated.

Hi all! We need to replace our AC system and we received the following quotes. I would appreciate any input on the equipment or scope of work provided by these companies. It is worth noting that Quote #3 is eligible for 0% financing for up to $15k through our utility company. The other quotes are eligible for financing but not at 0%. The third vendor did also include an option to remove the fiberboard ducts.
Quote #1 - $12,500

• Replacement Overhead A/C Agreement.
• Remove & Dispose of existing Bryant 3.5 -ton AC equipment.
• Furnish and install new Trane condensers Mod# 4TTR5042N 15 SEER Rating
• Furnish and install new Trane 2 piece air handler Mod# TAMXB0C42V
• New line set, slim duct to cover line set
• new condenser pad.
• New systems will be installed and transitioned to existing air duct system.
• New emergency drain pan with automatic shut off switch,
• New outside disconnect with whip.
• All wiring installed to code.
• One-year warranty on all workmanship
• Ten-year manufactures warranty on A/C compressor and all other a/c components.
• Customer is aware that we need a clear access and all work areas to be clear of articles to ensure a proper safe installation.
• This Installation will be installed by a COMPANY #1 Licensed Contractor.
• Optional Additional cost to install Trane Clean Effects $1,500
• **Note: Cost of permits will be billed separate over & above the agreement.

Quote #2 - $14,500

• Replacement Overhead A/C Agreement with Heat Pump
• Remove & Dispose of existing Bryant 3.5 -ton AC equipment.
• Furnish and install new Trane Heat Pump condensers Mod# 4TWR5042N 15 SEER Rating
• Furnish and install new Trane 2 piece air handler Mod# TAMXB0C42V
• new line set, slim duct to cover line set
• new condenser pad.
• New systems will be installed and transitioned to existing air duct system.
• New emergency drain pan with automatic shut off switch,
• New outside disconnect with whip.
• All wiring installed to code.
• Square D breaker to be changed from 30 to 40 amp.
• New heat pump thermostat and new thermostat wire to be installed.
• One-year warranty on all workmanship,
• Ten-year manufactures warranty on A/C compressor and all other a/c components.
• Customer is aware that we need a clear access and all work areas to be clear of articles to ensure a proper safe installation.
• This Installation will be installed by a COMPANY #1 Energy Approved Licensed Contractor.
• Optional - Additional cost to install Trane Clean Effects $1,500
• **Note: Cost of permits will be billed separate over & above the agreement.

Quote #3 - $18,000 - $1,000 JCPL AC Rebate = $17,000

• Scope of Work: Remove and recycle existing air handler and condensing unit.
• Equipment to be installed:
  • BOSCH heat pump - BOVB-60HDN1-M20 - AHRI #: 207658523, 18.5 SEER2, 12.0 EER2, 9.5 HSPF2 One () BOSCH heat pump, up to 19 SEER, 5 ton, 208/230V, R410A
  • BOSCH air handler - BVA-48WN1-M20 - 4 ton, 208/230V, R410A
  • BOSCH electric heater - EHK-05B
• Install new air handler in the attic set in a new emergency drain pan.
• New drain pan will feature a float switch for worry free condensate drainage and vibration isolators for quiet system operation.
• Field fabricate transitional duct fittings to connect new equipment to existing duct system as needed.
• Alter and reconnect to existing condensate drain with new PVC trap and clean out.
• Alter and reconnect to existing line and low-voltage electric circuits
• Alter and reconnect existing refrigerant piping, low-voltage control wire, and emergency condensate drain as needed at new indoor equipment and new heat pump set in same location on a new vibration isolation/sow elevation pad.
• Install new main condensate drain from new air handler to exterior side of house new new heat pump.
• Install one new dedicated 220 volt, 30 amp circuit from existing electric panel to new electric strip heater in air handler in attic.
• Install one new HONEYWELL 8000 digital/programmable thermostat.
• Leak check, evacuate, and charge refrigerant system. Start up and test system operation.

Quote #3 optional

• Optional Ductwork replacement ($5,500)
• Remove and recycle all fiberboard main supply duct trunks in attic.
• Install new galvanized metal main supply air trunk in same location of attic.
• Galvanized metal main supply trunk will be wrapped in REFLECTIX R.8 non-fiberglass duct insulation.
• Alter and reconnect to existing flexible supply air duct branches with new branch take-offs featuring manually adjustable volume dampers for efficient system balancing.

Hi all
New here, and have been lurking around for a little bit trying to understand how all of this works, and practicing manual techniques a bit for the last few weeks.
While I’m sure I’ll have other comments and questions as I undertake this journey, I wonder if anyone here (or anywhere that we’re aware of) has successfully restored their foreskin after having a hypospadia repaired as an infant?
As far as I know, from the one conversation I’ve ever had with my parents about it, It was corrected at six months old or so, and part(s?) of my foreskin were used to make the necessary repairs. I don’t think I’ve ever had any real negative side effects, besides a loss of sensitivity and what I have been told is a relatively telltale scar. Things work generally as they should in that department. I believe I am even a CI2-ish, so am not starting from scratch.
Long way of saying: things are pretty normal.
Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone here who had that sort of repair has any experience or luck or words of wisdom with this undertaking
Anyway, thanks, and I’m looking forward to potential progress and updates

I hope this is the correct subreddit to post in and you guys can answer my question. I'm a 24 year old man, and I used to be in really great shape, playing multiple sports in high school. I took my college years off, but recently got back into the weight room. I want to bulk up because I've always been kind of self conscious of how small I am. I started eating more calories per day, as well as taking creatine. I have noticed my body and muscles looking better overall in this short period of time, but I've also noticed I'm developing a larger gut. Is there anything I can do to combat this, or do I just have to deal with this as a side effect of eating more? I don't want to go from being self conscious about being small, to being muscular but self conscious of my stomach. I do know that the place where your body stores fat is mostly genetic, and looking at the men in my family, the majority of them have what you could call a "beer belly". I am going to work on core exercises 3 days a week, which are the days I work out, instead of just 1 day a week. Any advice on this topic would be appreciated.

SSRIs tend to be more stimulating, it seems like TCAs are less likely to cause heightened anxiety and panic attacks during the first few weeks of the treatment.
However, TCAs aren't very commonly prescribed due to their high amount of side effects. Since paroxetine is similar to TCAs, yet much milder in its anticholinergic properties, it is also known to be more sedative than other SSRIs such as prozac, would it be a better option for patients who experienced anxiety/agitation on multiple SSRIs before?
Source: https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/ebmental/1/2/50.full.pdf

Started weighing 280 now down to 245 and have now stalled. Had my check up today and my doctor said as long as my blood work is ok she’s gonna move me up to 1.7. Little nervous but I’m ready. Can anyone tell me how bad there side effects were. I get nauseous on shot day and then I’m fine. Should I expect the same??