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A structural assessment of the Phillips Free Public Library shows that $263,000 worth of repairs is needed for the building, but it appears the full extent of the work is not yet known.
At a meeting of the Selectboard Wednesday evening, copies of the assessment done by Tighe & Bond were handed out. The board soon learned, however, that a section of the library had not been included, due to a lack of access. The library is still in use.
Sylvia Haley and Karen Perkins, members of the Library Board of Trustees, informed the board that representatives of Tighe & Bond were unable to look beneath the floor of the section of the building which has been deemed most problematic. That section, measuring about 6 by 24 feet, appears to have been added to the building at some point over the years. The floor in that area has developed an obvious slope and a door frame is significantly out of line.
Selectboard member Gerhard Fandreyer, an electrician, said he had cut a square hole in the floor a few years ago for another matter and found there isn’t enough room for anyone to crawl around and inspect the structure from beneath. He also pointed out access can’t be made from the adjacent main building because “there’s a solid wall all the way around” the foundation of the addition.
“This is the problem area at the north part of the library. We’re worried about the foundation at the north part of the building, and I don’t know why you didn’t say that area was inaccessible,” Perkins said. “I didn’t even realize that was a six-foot extension on that part of the building. If we’re going to pay $9,000 to have an engineering company come in, we should get them access so they can look at it instead of having to call them back to look at it.”
“We thought that they could tell us what was wrong with that area, and thought that they had access to it,” Haley added. Public Works Director Rick Tenney said that the library’s outer foundation had been “piecemealed in” and was made of fieldstone. He believed that the back corner of the library, which is sagging, could be shored up so someone could then get access.
“I think what you’re dealing with is you have a foundation in that library that is old-school granite foundation block on the top, and when you get below ground level it’s fieldstone. But the addition (foundation), I think you’re going to find, is all stacked fieldstone,” Tenney said, adding that one end of the addition may have dropped because the fieldstone foundation is collapsing.
At the suggestion of Selectboard Chair Bernie Malouin, Fandreyer and Tenney agreed to schedule a time when the two of them could remove a small section of the fieldstone foundation beneath the addition and undertake a cursory examination of its condition. Once the opening has been made, Tighe & Bond will be called back in hopes the engineers can do a more detailed assessment.
Once the assessment has been completed, trustees and other town officials can decide how best to proceed with repairs to that section of the library. Voters at the recent Town Meeting approved the use of nearly $48,000 from the town’s Community Preservation Act account to pay for the repairs to the addition.
The final statement from the engineers, however, will determine whether that amount will be enough for this specific work, which was not included in Tighe & Bond’s $263,000 estimate.

I can’t be the only one who thinks this, but I’ve never personally seen a single person bring this up. China is one of the best countries to base a Pokémon region off of since it has many many different biomes and weather. China has vast deserts, mountains, jungles, oceans, and snowy peaks in the north. China also has many folkstories that Gamefreak could base pokémon off of, like they love to do.
The MAIN reason I think the next mainline games are going to be set in China, though, is because of the names of some of the new pokémon in Paldea. The Ruinous Quartet legendary Pokémon all have Chinese names. Chien-Pao (qian pao), Wo-Chien (wo qian), Ting-Lu, and Chi-Yu (qi yu) are all Chinese words. I know other Pokémon lines have English names based off other languages (Articuno/Zapdos/Moltres, Deino/Zweilous/Hydreigon, etc.), but to me this just feels like a hint they’re dropping for the next games, kind of like the mysterious souvenir from X&Y.
Lastly, this one is kind of a stretch, but Poltchageist and Sinischa are new to the DLC, and are green tea pokemon. Green tea, translated in Chinese as “cha” （茶）, is one of the most culturally identifiable things in China.
Let me know your thoughts but I just thought it was weird that I’ve never heard someone discuss this possibility (even though I’m sure some people have).

Hello! Sooo I just had a pretty rough encounter at our local dog park. I had just walked in and let my dog off the leash when I noticed a pitbull barrel towards me.
I didn't initially react because usually dogs are eager to say hello or are chasing a ball but instead this one immediately attacked and started biting me.
It blocked it coming for my arms/torso but it bit me in the shin and upper back thigh when I turned away.
The owner was able to get control of it after that. I screamed at her and took down her name and phone number. She was slightly apologetic but I think was on the defensive from me yelling at her. I didn't and still don't know what to do. I asked her not to come back with the dog incase it attacked children or somebody less able to defend themselves than me it attacked children or somebody less able to defend themselves than me (230lb guy). which she immediately disagreed with and said kids shouldn't be there anyways.
My question is what do I do? I went home and cleaned the wounds (two bites broke skin and hace bruising). I think I'm going to go to urgent care for antibiotics/a check up?
But I'm also extremely concerned about the dog. I've seen dogs get in fights with other dogs and broken them up and sustained scrapes/nips in the process but this was different. It totally unprovoked making a b-line for a person is scary, and the owner's lack of accountability only adds to that feeling.
I called the local police department non emergency number and they said they could send over police to take my statement if I wanted to press charges and they would put down the dog which also seems pretty extreme. Any input on what I should do here both medically and otherwise? I've never experienced anything like this and I'm not totally sure how to think or proceed

I’ve been subbing for a month and a half and I normally go to the school but the behaviors at this school is unmatched unlike any of the other schools I’ve worked with. Each time I sub at this school the kids act feral ESPECIALLY 1st graders. I have to be extremly tough on 2nd graders but they usually do what I say so we can get through the day. But whenever I have first graders at this school it’s always some shit. Today I had 25 students in a class. No para just me with many behavioral issues throughout half the kids. Some I don’t even know why they’re in the class when they act like this they have the mindset of preschoolers.
It took me 15 mins to get to specials because I had a young girl who just wouldn’t come with us she was playing entirely to much. Let’s call her Amber. She would run and hide under desks and tables. I threatened the people I was told to call if she was acting up and she would cooperate. I had to hold one students hand because apparently she was a flight risk. Meanwhile all the kids are acting like animals in the hall. Then we had to go to graduation practice and it was a nightmare trying to get them into line while dealing with Amber who was trying to eat flowers. Another girl decided she wanted to act up too and start crying and walking away from the back of the line. Then some kids decided to run around and start playing. Meanwhile the kids I just put in order started mixing up. So I finally got help but it was antics all throughout the practice girls coming yo to me crying about there stomache hurting or someone putting there hands on someone.
Nightmare getting them in line the whole day. Screaming in the bathrooms or playing around. Two fights broke out with the same kid. I had admin come get the boy and then he came back and fought another kid later on in the day. I had a girl who had sensory issues and she needed to be near me all day for some reason. Would freak out when she saw certain work pages. Four boys wouldn’t do what I had asked of then and would cry when I got on to them and were playing way to much. I couldn’t help students who needed help because of how loud they were and I couldn’t get them settled. It was so entirely rough and I was so frustrated because we were so behind that I started crying during my lunch break due to the issues and everyone doing the absolute most.

The world was created in six days, representing the six primary directions that exist in a three-dimensional universe. The seventh day, the Sabbath, is the perfection of the physical world, and it repre- sents the focal point of these six directions, as discussed below (4:4). The eighth day then represents a step above the physical, into the realm of the transcendental.* Through the covenant of circumcision, God gave Abraham and his desendents power over the transcendental plane. The most obvi- ous case in which this occurs is in conception, where a soul is brought down into the world. Since the mark of the covenant is on the sexual organ, it gives the individual access to the highest spiritual realms, from which he can draw down the most lofty souls. By meditating on the fact that the ten toes represent the Ten Sefirot, one is able to concentrate spiritual energy into the sexual organ.: Through such methods, one can gain complete control over one's sexual activities, even in the midst of intercourse.$) By sanctifying oneself in this manner during sexual intercourse, one is able to determine the qualities of the child that will be conceived. 43 The covenant of circumcision also represents the channeling of sexual energy. The sexual drive is one of the most poweful psycholog- ical forces in man, and when it is channeled along spiritual lines, it can help bring one to the highest mystical states. In giving the com- mandment of circumcision, God indicated that the emotions and desires associated with sex could be used for the mystical quest of the Divine on a transcendental plane. The juxtaposition between the "circumcision of the tongue" and the "circumcision of the membrum" explains the prophetic position favored by Elijah. The scripture states, "Elijah went up to the top of the Carmel, entranced himself on the ground, and placed his face between his knees" (1 Kings 18:42). This position was used for the intense concentration of spiritual energy. According to the Midrash, this position was used because it placed the head in conjunction with the mark of circumcision.* When one is in this position, al of these forces are brought together. The ten fingers, ten toes, tongue and sexual organ comprise a total of 22 elements, paralleling the 22 letters

We are in some unique times. My daughter is at the age of smartphones and talking with friends online for hours at a time. When they were smaller, the google parental controls were enough. However, as they get older, they need more freedom, but at the same time, as the dad, I need to keep them safe. I have been looking into different options, and Bark and Qustodio keeps coming to the top. I was wondering if there was a bark alternative, one I can self host, this way some company isn't harvesting my kids conversations for their ai bots.
For the home, the home router works some what, but I would like a all in one solution if possible.
If there isn't one, I was thinking maybe I can make one? Head scale on the phones to come back to the house, or a always on VPN and have their traffic route through the house's network where I can filter it out with pi hole or something along those lines.
Let me know what you all have done? What tools are you using?

Hi! I entered the US on a British passport for a 4 day trip in August, and an 11 day trip in end of August/start of September too. No issues with CBP. These trips were to see my boyfriend.
I entered at the end of Sept with the intentions of staying for 79 days with my boyfriend - i was taken to secondary screening because I didn’t have a job (was taking time off after a rough year and didn’t have a job lined up). I also brought my dog in the cabin with me. They gave me a verbal warning not to return any time soon or I would be denied. I married my boyfriend during this trip but I actually ended up leaving the US after 39 of the 79 days because a family member passed away and I returned home to be with my family, then got a job etc. My husband returned to Ireland with me.
My British passport expired in Jan 24. I now have an Irish passport and applied for a new ESTA on this passport, I didn’t think anything of it because I know they will tie my fingerprints together and have the full picture of my travel history anyway, since it’s per person and not passport.
I am planning to enter the US for a 2.5 week holiday. I’ll have been out of the US for over 200 days at that point. I have a job (at my old company from the initial short stay in August/September) and I have bought a house recently in Ireland. My husband is still with me in Ireland (legally!) and he intends to apply for a visa to live with me permanently here when we visit the US. I will be travelling with my husband, my dog and his cat.
What are the chances that CBP will interrogate me on entry and deny entry based on the last experience entering the US?
I am not trying to be evasive with changing passport country, the old one was expiring anyway but I am worried about this. I am concerned they’ll question me about why I am working for the old company again too. I have zero intentions of staying beyond the trip and have return ticket, pet compliance check booked for the return ticket date.

We are two young women (29 year old in floral industry, 24 year old science teacher) seeking a third roommate for our new lease. Available for a July 1, 2024 move-in (ending June 30, 2025).
The apartment is in Jamaica Plain, the room is $800/mo, and we split utilites of gas/electric and internet three-ways; water is included. This bedroom is the smallest but does include two closets. Our landlord will be increasing the total rent by $100 next year, so this rent would increase minimally for the next cycle if you were looking for 1+ years.
There is a parking spot that is available behind our building if you have a car, and there is an in-unit washedryer (free to use) for our unit as well as on-site storage in the basement.
We are very close to the MBTA and local stores, including grocery stores, pharmacies and restaurants. 15 minutes away from downtown Boston via the orange line.
We have one resident male cat who is FIV+, so we cannot welcome additional pets at this time.
We are LGBTQ+ friendly, 420 friendly, and keep our atmosphere as friendly and welcoming as possible. We would vibe well with quiet folks but are fine with people who like having friends over and are social!
Let us know if you think you'd be a good fit, and we can send photos and organize a visit!
Looking to fill this spot by the end of this month, if possible (:

Hello! I'm posting from a medical device company named PathRight Medical and we are recruiting for a clinical trial. This study is comparing several therapies in alleviating chronic testicular pain. See below for more information, thank you!
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Efficacy of different therapies in alleviating chronic testicular pain: A comparative study
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• Men experiencing testicular pain for at least six months prior to study enrollment
• Men age 18 years and older

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• Investigate the efficacy of multiple non-invasive, non-pharmacological interventions for the treatment of chronic testicular pain. Men will be randomized to one of four different groups for the study and undergo treatment for 6 weeks.

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• Study participants will receive the following:
• $150 stipend
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• Participants are randomized to one of four groups
• Questionnaires completed on-line at baseline, 2, 4 and 6 weeks

Can we talk about phones? I got a google pixel 4a 3 years ago, about a year later I flipped a canoe on a camping trip with my girlfriend. Phone survived but part of the touch screen wouldn't work so I eventually just got another Pixel 4a.
I lent out the trashed one a couple months ago to what turned out to be a unreliable friend (whole other story) I'm thinking I should either get another one as a back up or upgrade.
The thing is I don't need or want to upgrade I think the Pixel 4a is a perfect phone for me. I know there's ways of loading Lineage OS on it but I want to get another backup phone just in case. The thing is I'm looking on ebay thinking an pixel 4a should be like $50 (since you can't load the newest android on it) and they are well over $100. I know I'm being cheap but why is a 5 year old phone so expensive? What do you guys do for phones? anyone else try Lineage OS?

"Children are dying." - Deadhouse Gates, Malazan Book of the Fallen.
I don't think I have come across a line more devastating and painful with its implications than this one from Malazan. It disturbs me by the cruelty of human existence, evil and ignorance.
What are some lines that have shook you to your core when you read it?

Tldr: A critical SYNDE coalition home hole is burned to the ground by HAWKS and hundreds of billions are lost or safelogged.

On Starting Points

One of the more contentious elements of any major conflict is identifying when, precisely, it actually began. In EVE, as IRL, that is particularly challenging given the breadth of metagaming which takes place. Did the Wormhole War begin when SYNDE decided last summer that they wanted to replace HAWKS as the dominant high-class wormhole group and committed to making that a reality? Did it begin when they solidified their alliance with the Initiative? When they build their wormhole coalition? When they seeded HAWKS home with capitals? Any of those, had they been out in the open, would likely have triggered open hostilities. But those plans and the steps towards their ultimate objective were carefully and smartly hidden from view.
The widespread SYNDE coalition assault on HAWKS C5 and C6 holes began on March 24^th. With the information we now have available to us, the real start of the war was likely the eviction of Voidlings during the first week of March 2024. HAWKS and their future allies were almost certainly unaware of the significance of that eviction, but leaked internal SYNDE comms put truth to the notion that SYNDE viewed that as a critical first step in isolating and crippling HAWKS. It was, then, the first overt act of war by SYNDE – though its place in that broader campaign remained shrouded for several weeks.
Voidlings is a small to midsize wormhole group. A few years ago, they were a growing low class wormhole group living in a C2 with HS and C3 statics. In 2022, they moved into a new home, a C5 wormhole with a C5 static. For non-wormholers, nearly every high class PVP group lives in a C5 with a C5 static. C5 space is both where the majority of high class farms are. The abundance of C5 statics means that living on the “C5 Highway” is often the best route to all forms of high class pvp and pve content. Honor brawls also almost exclusively take place in C5 holes.
So Voidlings grew from a low-class group into a high-class group, and they continued recruiting in an effort to become one of the relevant high class PVP groups. Their zkillboard suggests they participated in most traditional high class activities – farming, feeding, fighting, evicting, ganking, skirmishing. It appears they were supported during this period of growth by one or more HAWKS members. As a result of this affiliation they were not approached by SYNDE during their coalition-building period. Instead, they were marked for pre-war eviction both to be a preliminary test of coalition coordination and also to eliminate a potential HAWKS ally. Isolating HAWKS was key to the entire war plan.
SYNDE began seeding the Voidlings home with dreads in Feb 2024, ultimately bringing in 6 to support their eviction. At the appropriate time, a robust joint fleet led by SYNDE but also including key coalition allies TURBO and Stay Feral infiltrated the Voidlings home hole, installed a staging POS and began their eviction. They diligently held hole control, adding another half-dozen capital ships to their arsenal over the next several hours. A Voidlings eviction seemed inevitable, as they simply lacked the manpower and experience needed to prevent a collection of wormhole groups that large from evicting them. As is often the case when a home hole is under threat of eviction, batphones rang out across wormhole space. HAWKS, NOVAC and SL0W answered the call for Voidlings. The future SYNDE coalition was on already on standby to support this eviction if necessary, as well as future neutral LUPUS. SYNDE had also secured a commitment from the Initiative to support should the need arise.
At first, it did not appears that the batphoning was likely to change anything. SYNDE maintained diligent hole control, not permitting either Voidlings or any allies from bringing in ships or pilots via the Voidlings static. HAWKS rage rolled from their home to get into the Voidlings home, but was unsuccessful.
For the non-wormholers, when you rage roll a C5 static in order to connect with a specific C5 wormhole, you have a 1 in 531 chance of getting connected to that specific hole with each rage roll. Rolling into a specific hole requires days of 24/7 rage rolling and even then the odds are against you. Wormhole groups really only engage in this level of commitment for really high-level situations, such as the historical eviction of HK’s home hole Rage back in 2018.
Midway through the eviction, however, a frig hole popped connecting the Voidlings home with Horde space. HAWKS, NOVAC and SL0W immediately burned in shuttles to that frig hole, and SYNDE was unable to stop the vast majority of them from jumping into the hole and docking in the besieged Voidlings fort.
Voidlings leadership distributed their home defense handout Ravens to their comrades and the stage was set for a glorious home eviction defense fight. SYNDE and friends had a large 100-ship Barghest fleet supported by nearly a dozen capitals (dreads/fax) while Voidlings and friends could field 100 cruise Ravens with FAX logi and nearly two dozen long-range dreads. Range control and capital placement was understood by both sides’ FCs to be critical to the outcome of the fight. SYNDE had a fleet advantage, but one that could be overcome. Unbeknownst to the Voidlings side, once the frig hole popped SYNDE leadership had invoked their war alliance with Initiative, The Initative pinged and mobilized a 200-man Tengu fleet, travelling quickly to the wormhole chain’s entrance. Jumping in, the Initiative fleet docked in a nearby SYNDE farm and waited.
As a critical citadel timer approached, SYNDE FC Cyrus Kurush fleet warped dreads to range the full Barghest comp along with them. Bubbles exploded all over the grid, aiming to stop the Voidlings defense fleet from warping to a good position. This was an effective stratagem, as SYNDE knew that the Voidlings defense fleet would rely on FAX logi – so pinging around grid was not a viable option. The Voidlings fleet needed a clean warp-in, to a position favorable for their cruise Ravens. The dreads began bashing the fortizar, forcing the Voidlings fleet to commit the fleet or watch their citadel burn. The Ravens and their FAX logi aligned and warped, accepting a mediocre initial position that would permit the SYNDE dreads to apply well. Once the FAX landed, the HAWKS FC leading the Voidlings fleet called for all dreads to undock, and they were warped in to support this all-in defense effort. Those dreads landed, activated siege modules, and began primarying the SYNDE dreads.
After one SYNDE dread exploded and another started taking damage, the trap was sprung. Reports on both comms noted that a 200-man tengu fleet was on dscan. Confusion turned into delight on SYNDE comms and resigned frustration on Voidlings comms as the Initiative fleet landed on grid and immediately began fragging Ravens. What might have been a closely-fought battle quickly turned into a complete rout. Voidlings was able to extract a small number of dreads – but the butcher’s toll was a heavy one. Voidlings – having supplied all the ships used by the defenders – lost the entire Raven fleet and nearly all the capitals, for a total of 327b lost against 1117b killed. https://br.evetools.org/related/31001880/202403020300
The remainder of the eviction proceeded to plan, and all Voidlings citadels were destroyed. SYNDE celebrated a successful test run of their broader vision and campaign. In recent leaks that cover the aftermath, SYNDE lead Cyrus Kurush noted that although SYNDE had shown they could take on HAWKS alone, they would take advantage of their massive alliance to simply speed the broader war goal of taking all the HAWKS high class farms and taking their rightful place atop a New Wormhole Oder.

On Rallying Cries and Motivations

This leads to another critical element for how the war would unfold. Wars in EVE are won by motivated pilots first, and a war chest second. For some time, SYNDE and their primary allies had planted the seeds of resentment towards HAWKS among their members. This is not a challenging task, as most wormhole groups generally dislike each other to begin with. In casus belli discussions with HAWKS immediately prior to the war, and in coalition and leadership meetings with their side, SYNDE was fairly consistent about their war aims: take all HAWKS C6 farms, take HAWKS C5 farms, and take HAWKS home. Those farms were to be distributed to SYNDE and their allies, although the specifics were studiously avoided in discussions.
The leak of the SYNDE pre-war CTA gives real insight into members motivations going into the war. Typically, pre-war CTA meetings in EVE are full of hype, energy and enthusiasm. The Synde CTA, by contrast, seemed a much more pragmatic event. Members were concerned about their current farms, about the plan to deploy out of home and into a C6 staging, about working with blues, and about their ability to participate in NPSI fleets during the war. SYNDE lead Cyrus Kurush needed to make clear several times that the expectation was that even though many SYNDE members were also members of other LS and NS groups, they were expected to devote their full effort and focus to the upcoming war against HAWKS. It is almost impossible to take away from that CTA meeting anything other than a rather shocking lack of enthusiasm for the war from SYNDE line members.

The War in Heaven

On the other hand, HAWKS motivations were much easier to discern. This War presented an existential threat. In the eyes of the SYNDE coalition, HAWKS farms and home were both forfeit. Everything they had built over the preceding decade was destined for destruction. Isolated and outnumbered, this would be the ultimate test of HAWKS members’ commitment. The sudden and shocking rebirth of Hard Knocks was mirrored by a large number of longterm HAWKS members also resubbing.
Another critical and perhaps overlooked element of motivations on HAWKS side was the war vs peace element. Although “peace” in wormhole space is a decidedly violent affair in general, with pretty much every group killing every other group on a daily basis, it had been many years since there was a major, sustained conflict in wormhole space. Nullsec often differentiates between “Skirmish FCs” and “Strat FCs”, with the former leading normal day-to-day fleets of battlecruiser sized ships or smaller, and the latter leading the heavy fleets, cap fleets, super fleets or the sizeable, complicated fleets deployed in major conflicts. In the cartel world that is wormhole space, it might be more appropriate to differentiate between “Territory FCs” and “War FCs”. The former freely leads the wide range of fleets that fight, gank, camp and brawl throughout wormhole space on a daily basis. The latter wants to lead larger, more complicated fleets in direct support of a broader strategic initiative. In gaming as IRL, it is normal for highly skilled players to want to be challenged – and at some point, the normal day-to-day fights no longer satisfies those urges. In some cases, that leads to corps fading away (HK), in others, it leads to limited participation (many HAWKS members/FCs).
When this Wormhole War kicked off, it was promptly dubbed “The War in Heaven” by the HAWKS/HK side. This name refers directly to the biblical conflict between two rival groups of Angels – that led by Michael, and that led by Satan. Revelation 12:7-10:

7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

It is not particularly challenging to figure out which side HAWKS was associating themselves with, given that the name of their CEO is Michael1995.
Perhaps more pragmatically, among members in both HAWKS and the reborn HK, this war was indeed a gift from Heaven above – a chance to dive into a massive, complicated campaign against a foe who was willing to violate wormhole norms in order to achieve their goals. During the first two weeks when HAWKS farms were burning, there is a sense that many of the HAWKS and HK leads were genuinely giddy about the opportunity to take the field and leverage all their accumulated skills, knowledge and experience against an increasingly-reviled opponent. Yes, things looked dire from the outside but internally, there was a mixture of enthusiasm and cautious optimism.

Headshots and Flipping

During normal wormhole fights, both brawls and skirmishes, it is generally considered poor form to headshot the other side’s FC. It happens sometimes, but is definitely looked down upon in the wormhole community. This is the sort of norm that disappears in the context of a large war, or any sort of existential threat situation.
At the strategic level, “headshotting” generally refers to destroying or debilitating the other side’s capacity to fight by taking home holes or staging holes. This would be a key element in the HAWKS strategy, and one surprisingly absent from the SYNDE side. From the very first week, HAWKS looked to take advantage of any opportunity, however fleeting, to headshot SYNDE and their allies. The early ATRAX eviction was the first example of this. It would not be the last, not by a long shot.
Another key tactic is flipping. Not flipping as in changing sides, but rather flipping as in unanchoring and then re-anchoring an Upwell citadel. Recall that when a citadel dies in a wormhole, every pilot’s possessions that remain in that citadel drop as loot cans on the grid. 100% loot drop, 100% of the time. Over time, as pilots join and then leave a group, hangar containers accumulate. Over the years, in successful wormhole groups, this frozen hangar trash can reach into the tens or hundreds of billions. This can make evicting a wormhole resident or group an increasingly attractive over time. A hole that has been owned for a year will not have much loot drop. One owned for many years will likely have a great deal more.
Years ago, intrepid wormhole residents realized that a good way to counter this mechanic was to “flip” their citadels: unanchor, get all the AFG/left corp loot for yourself, then re-anchor. There is risk to this, but for a pvp corp that maintains hole control, the risk is quite minimal.
HAWKS had lived in their current home for nearly a decade. A large, successful group like HAWKS accumulates a large amount of hangar wealth over a period like that, much of it frozen as members AFG or leave corp. During the first week of the War, HAWKS recognized this large oversight and unanchored all the structures in their home hole. A neutral observer might have thought that HAWKS were self-evicting. Through their spy, SYNDE knew that they were planning to flip them and stay in the fight. Unwilling to entertain a HAWKS home eviction at this early stage in the war, SYNDE watched as HAWKS unanchored all their citadels and replaced them with a dozen newly anchored fortizars – and clearing their citadel grid of thousands of loot cans. A steady stream of DSTs transiting in and out of HAWKS home confirmed that wealth was quickly transferred out to kspace.
In that first week, by “flipping” their citadels, HAWKS eliminated the majority of the financial incentives that generally come with evicting a pvp corp’s home hole.

Seeding an Apple

During the period where HAWKS farms were burning and SYNDE was soaring, on Tuesday April 2^nd, HAWKS rolled into the SUGAR home hole. Some of SUGAR’s pvp toons were supporting SYNDE, some were farming, others were out participating in NPSI roams in kspace. Few of them were in their home hole. HAWKS sent in a bait RF fleet of a trio of Leshaks while at the same time pinging for a heavy armor Nighthawk fleet. SUGAR panic pinged as the Leshaks began RFing one of the many citadels in their home. With confusion reigning, SUGAR undocked a kitchen sink fleet including armor and shield, capital and subcapital. Once SUGAR began engaging, HAWKS brought in their heavy shield fleet. HAWKS then began dismantling the haphazard SUGAR home defense fleet, as captured in the first 3 minutes of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZKgFPbSaLk
After fragging much of the SUGAR defenders, HAWKS proceeded to reinforce every citadel in the SUGAR home. SUGAR lost 35bn in ships in a one-sided fight. SYNDE was dismayed by the poor SUGAR showing. https://br.evetools.org/b66452e6803aec30012694316
Those structures all repaired over the coming week.
On April 12^th , HAWKS returned and again reinforced all SUGAR structures, this time with no opposition. Following that second round of reinforces, SUGAR pinged and directed its members to return to home and adopt a defensive posture with rigorous hole control to prevent a HAWKS return.
Many SUGAR members by this point were now opposing their corp’s direction. They certainly disliked HAWKS, but they had historically disliked SYNDE and their allies just as much. Joining them struck many members as a short-sighted, unwise adventure. They had actively participated in reinforcing and blowing up HAWKS structures, only to discover that SYNDE was most often dropping replacement citadels as they got cleared. SUGAR line members felt they were doing a lot of work for little or no benefit.
On April 13^th, HAWKS rolled into the SUGAR home hole for a third time – this time with amor timers only hours away. SUGAR immediately sought to roll that incoming wormhole, throwing yacht after yacht at it, as well as a lone praxis. They were able to crit the hole despite losing yachts every few passes.
Sigils are a common ship used most often by Nullsec farmers looking to roll wormholes that threaten their peaceful farming, These Sigils are referred to by wormholers almost universally as “suicide sigils”. The SUGAR FC directed his members to get into Sigils, undock, nullify, and warp to the hole. That hole needed to die. It needed to die now. “Even mains?” one member – Scott Appleblade - inquired. “Even mains,” replied the FC.
Scott hopped into the sigil, and warped to the hole, forgetting to nullify. He landed in the bubble, and was immediately fragged by the HAWKS on grid. https://zkillboard.com/kill/116986540/
Scott, now sitting in Jita, asked for a route back into his home. The FC replied they had no kspace entries at the minute. Scott asked if one could be found. The FC replied not now, quiet, we’re still dealing with this hole. Scott logged off, seething.
Scott had not wanted this war from the very start. Scott had recently upgrade from a Class 3 farm to a Class 5 farm of his own. Scott enjoyed farming combat sites in Leshaks and dreaming of a brighter future. Scott had always dreamed he might one day save up enough to afford a faction FAX: the Loggerhead. He knew they didn’t make much sense and were rarely used, but Scott loved the “Poggerhead” meme. Scott prided himself on his memes. He would often meet people and knew right away that they would become a meme. That was just life, but an elite meme could memorialize that. Scott just wanted to undock from his home fort in a Loggerhead and enjoy the moment. That seemed less and less likely now that the SUGAR home was being reinforced weekly. SUGAR leadership was either absent or, frankly, being dicks. Scott was over it. He had worked too hard. He deserved better. His fellow SUGAR members did, too.
Scott waited until later in the day when he was able to get a kspace entry for his main back into SUGAR’s home chain. He flew his inty in, still seething but with a plan for exacting revenge coalescing in Scott’s mind.
For the non-wormholers, it is important to explain that when you are a member of a wormhole corp, you have a lot more access to corp assets than you likely ever would in a Nullsec or Lowsec corp. Due to wormhole mechanics, wormhole corps almost always have a “Shared” corp hangar in each citadel where commonly used ships and modules are available to all members. This usually includes rolling ships, and handout pvp ships, among other things.
Scott docked in their home fort. He hesitated for a minute as he surveyed those familiar surroundings, but then the rage came back. He just wanted to farm, and now he might lose that. All because of SUGAR leadership. He knew his corp mates understood and would appreciate his actions. Scott proceeded to move everything in the SUGAR shared corp hangar to his personal hangar. He did a double take – he had just acquired over 30b of assets. That would go a long way towards a down payment on the Loggerhead if he could get that to a trade hub.
One good idea begets another, and Scott repackaged every assembled ship he had just taken. He then put the most valuable elements into his two DSTs. He shuttled those out to Jita and back, and then repeated the round trip several times. During the monotony of the transits, Scott realized that nobody – not leadership, not his corp mates – had noticed anything. Even though he was now much wealthier, SUGAR was still in need of a wakeup call.
As he warped to the next wormhole, it hit him – the bookmarks! This is another major difference between Nullsec / Lowsec and wormhole groups. In kspace, one can navigate very easily, or at least with confidence about where you’re going. In wormholes, one needs corp mates scanning wormholes and making bookmarks, basically a temporary map that wormhole pilots use to navigate the ever-changing wormhole landscape. All members need access to those bookmarks, and the ability to create, edit and delete them.
Scott deleted them. All of them. No more going to help SYNDE. No more warping your dread to a safe because HAWKS had bubbled the fort. No more finding your way back after getting rolled out. With no bookmarks, SUGAR would need to stop and consider where they were and why. Scott was pleased with the neat metaphor. At least he thought it was a metaphor. Might also be an analogy. He wasn’t sure, but he was sure it was brilliant.
His DSTs landed on the next hole and Scott jumped. It was then that Scott noticed he had no bookmarks in the next wormhole. That knowledge, combined with his decision not to fit probe launchers on either of his DSTs, was not a positive development. Scott, priding himself on his judgment, weighed his current situation against all he had achieved this evening – over 20b of ships and mods in Jita, and a powerful statement to SUGAR leadership. That was worth the loss of two DSTs that only had about 1.5B combined between them. Scott self-destructed the DSTs, returned to Jita, and went to bed contemplating a brighter future.

When Espionage Meets Opportunity

Prior to shutting the doors a few years ago, Hard Knocks had been regarded in the wormhole community as the top wormhole group for espionage. In a world where information is power, they have always had a remarkable abundance of critical information. Unlike HAWKS, HK was aware of the SYNDE plans and coalition building not long after they were conceived. As allies joined the SYNDE effort, HK sought to penetrate those groups. SUGAR accepted a key HK spy in January of this year. Over the next two months, this spy would quickly work his way up the SUGAR hierarchy, demonstrating strong FC and leadership abilities. When the war broke out, he was one of the main FCs. His background in HK and HAWKS affiliated groups was no concern for SUGAR leadership as they committed to the SYNDE coalition.
When Scott pilfered everything from SUGAR shared and deleted all bookmarks, the spy noticed both. He consulted with his HK mates and decided it might be a fantastic opportunity. The spy reached out to SUGAR directors and offered to do his part in resolving the matter – they needed to cut off access to Scott and his alts, they needed to do it 5 minutes ago and they needed to tighten things up. He knew how to do it, and he was happy to help. There was only one SUGAR director online. He was unsure of how to best resolve the Scott situation, so he called up the CEO on his cell. The CEO and director huddled up and agreed that their best FC was the man to fix it. They gave director roles to a spy who’d been in corp less than 3 months. During a war. A war against HAWKS and HK.
SUGAR members woke up the morning of Sunday April 14^th, logged on, and discovered that every one of the structures in their home hole had been transferred to an HK holding corp. Their implant sets were all gone. Every single one. They were unable to dock. Most of their combat pilots were not even in their home hole. What was in the SUGAR home was a massive HAWKS coalition fleet.
And NOVAC was in it.

Stay on the Sidelines and You Will Burn

SYNDE’s diplomatic efforts had been widespread for the months leading up to the Wormhole War. They had enlisted the support of both large wormhole groups and small in building their expansive anti-HAWKS coalition. Two of the biggest pvp groups in wormhole space had consistently declined their overtures: LUPUS and NOVAC. Strong, independent, brawling groups, they did not like HAWKS, but they also didn’t like SYNDE. In proper cartel fashion, they were not interested in helping either of those groups achieve more power or territory. Truth be told they wanted both sides to lose. Better to remain neutral and pick the best course at a later time.
SYNDE did not push much until the first two weeks of the war. During that first week of burning HAWKS farms, according to SYNDE lead Cyrus Kurush, 16 or 17 C6 farms were transferred from HAWKS to NOVAC. LUPUS was the beneficiary of a smaller number of HAWKS farms. It was clear that under the weight of the broad offensive, many HAWKS members had opted to sell their farms to neutral wormhole groups. In most cases, it was HAWKS members selling farms to long-term EVE friends in other wormhole groups.
Cyrus Kurush was livid. He had already earmarked every HAWKS C6, and now many of them seemed to be passing out of the war and into the hands of neutrals who continued to refuse to join his coalition. He directed his lead diplo Zelvig to reengage with NOVAC and clearly relay his message. Zelvig did so, informing NOVAC of two key things: one, further receipt of any HAWKS farm would be viewed as an act of war, and two, while NOVAC was welcome to remain a friendly neutral during this early part of the campaign, the C6s they had already received from HAWKS should be seen as being held in trust for the wormhole community. Following the now-inevitable HAWKS eviction and removal from high class space, NOVAC would have to settle their farm accounts with SYNDE. With his customary enthusiasm, Zelvig gave NOVAC a timeline for their decision to join the coalition: as soon as the last HAWKS C6 farm fell, SYNDE would turn to the NOVAC C6s unless they had already joined. Zelvig estimated that gave NOVAC 2 or 3 more weeks to make a decision.
NOVAC made their decision that night, informing HAWKS leadership that they would be joining the HAWKS side. They asked only that they have a week to get their group organized and prepared. At the end of that week, NOVAC joined HAWKS, HK, Voidlings, and 418 in infiltrating a Vulture fleet into SUGAR’s home hole.

Sugar Free: J104037 Bleeds and Falls

Two things happened from the jump: HAWKS took and held hole control in SUGAR’s home hole while infiltrating additional pilots, and SYNDE pinged hard to get their coalition members to consolidate in Waffle House, the C6 hole that they had made their staging at the start of the war. It was chosen due to its C6 static, which permitted SYNDE to roll into HAWKS C6 farms and reinforce then destroy them at will.
With the HAWKS fleet swelling in numbers with NOVAC’s addition to their alliance, they openly docked in SUGAR’s citadels – now owned by HK. SUGAR members could only watch in horror as the citadel showed more and more reds docking in their fortizar.
SYNDE began rage-rolling in earnest, hoping to connect to SUGAR’s home. Cyrus Kurush was eager to test the new coalition Cyclone Fleet Issue doctrine they had theorycrafted to counter the HAWKS Vuilture doctrine. He preferred their blaster Megathron Navy Issue doctrine, but that had proven ill-suited to deal with the Vultures in the earlier brawl in the HK staging C6.
As would happen often throughout this campaign, luck favored the bold. SYNDE rolled into SUGAR’s home at a high point for SYNDE fleet participation. SYNDE immediately jumped sabres into system and fully bubbled their “in” hole, giving them the time they needed to warp their entire fleet to the hole. They avoided a repeat of the prior fight where they were unable to get their entire fleet in due to poor hole control. The full SYNDE fleet jumped through the hole, rolling it as they sent in the full 3b+ in ship mass. All told, over 150 Cyclone Fleet Issues flooded into the SUGAR home, along with support. The HAWKS fleet undocked to reports of 20 dreads on dscan as the SYNDE fleet warped to the (former) SUGAR main fortizar. SUGAR members had logged on the caps they were still able to pilot – some undocked from that forts, others from deep safes in system. As the CFI fleet connected with the increasing dread bomb, siege modules were engaged and the battle was joined.
The fight was a back and forth affair for a short period before some aggressive FCing by the HAWKS/HK/NOVAC FC team forced the SYNDE fleet to extract. At that point, a dynamic unique to wormhole combat emerged. SYNDE, realizing they could not win on grid, focused on extracting as many SUGAR capitals as possible. They would scan the new static C5 connection – as would HAWKS – and then each would race subcap fleets to that new hole and contest it. If SYNDE was able to get there first and keep the hole clear of sabre bubbles, SUGAR would warp their capitals to that hole and jump 3 of them out. That would kill the hole, causing a new static wormhole to appear one minute later where the two sides could repeat the process. With each new static wormhole, SYNDE continued to feed ships and lose combat capability.
A highly comedic situation occurred on one such hole. HAWKS warped their lone rolling carrier to it blind. In so doing, they hoped to be able to jump the carrier and briefly assert hole control – preventing more than one SUGAR cap from getting out, and also giving the HAWKS fleet time to tackle the others. The carrier landed right after the SUGAR caps did – but in a critical communication gap, the SUGAR caps did not know which 3 were supposed to leave on this hole. SYNDE sabres bubbled up, but the carrier was already on the wormhole. It jumped the hole with its prop on. A clamor erupted on SYNDE comms as they awaited guidance about which cap, if any, should leave. The HAWKS rolling carrier burned untouched back to the hole on the other side. A SUGAR Moros Navy Issue, frustrated at the indecision, jumped anyway. Most of the time, that would have rolled the wormhole, trapping the Moros Navy and rolling carrier on the other side. Luckily for the HAWKS carrier, it was a high-mass hole. The wormhole went critical but did not close. The HAWKS rolling carrier jumped back.
The Moros Navy had extracted, but the remaining SUGAR caps were now sitting around the now-dead hole’s bookmark. Many began burning away and out of the bubbles from the SYNDE sabres who had tried to protect that hole. SYNDE FC Cyrus Kurush ordered his sabres to get off the hole and stop bubbling their dreads, and they did. Forgotten in the chaos and indecision, the HAWKS rolling carrier decloaked, aligned out, cycled prop and initiated wrap. It was immediately primaried by both dreads and the SYNDE CFI fleet. Chaotic calls to bubble the carrier were met with hesitation as those same sabres had only recently been told not to bubble. The carrier entered warp as the bubbles were deployed. The carrier pilot shared this video of the bold carrier roll and escape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDgzA8J6j44&t
The carrier escape from a heavily bubbled grid marked the final turning point in the SYNDE extraction efforts. HAWKS sabres flooded the grid, tackling most of the SUGAR caps. After more fighting, the SYNDE coalition CFIs extracted from the grid, leaving the caps to their fate. As the caps began exploding and with the HAWKS fleet committed to their destruction, the SYNDE subcap fleet left via the new static.
The final totals for that fight were 48b lost by the HAWKS side, 144b lost by the SYNDE coalition side. https://br.evetools.org/b6633f295132a2a0012c77eb6
SUGAR had extracted 4 dreads, but at a heavy price.

Blue Balls and Explosions

With the clock ticking on the armor and hull timers of the SUGAR structures, SYNDE tried to reset in their C6 staging. Again, they pinged for their coalition to reassemble in that system. Again, they began rolling. That process continued for many hours.
The following day, on April 15^th, SYNDE would roll into the SUGAR home not once but twice. Both times, SYNDE only had a partial CFI fleet docked in their fortizar while the HAWKS side maintained a full Vulture fleet ready to undock on a moment’s notice. The HAWKS, HK and NOVAC leadership team knew that this was a critical moment in the campaign, and every effort was made to complete the SUGAR eviction.
SYNDE rolled into SUGAR’s home twice on April 15^th. And they immediately rolled the connection both times.
SYNDE lead Cyrus Kurush was personally scanning and rolling. He knew exactly what HAWKS had on hand, knew he could not contest for hole control, and just rolled the connection off quietly. Twice.
Cyrus Kurush knew that the integrity of his coalition required him to make every effort to save a key member’s home hole – but he was also very frustrated by SUGAR’s lack of readiness to defend their home. He had expected a lot more caps, more ships, more support. He felt he had beaten the HAWKS fleet in that large initial brawl, and had been let down by SUGAR. He did not want to risk sacrificing another major loss for a group that could not stand on their own two feet.

The Initiative to Regain the Initiative

The SUGAR Fortizar hull timers were on Tuesday, April 16^th.
A key early-war HAWKS ally, a small EUTZ pvp group called Czarna-Kompania, had infiltrated two dreads overnight. Two other groups had brought in one each. That dread force would give HAWKS the flexibility of hitting concurrent hull timers. There were multiple structures that needed to get hit over a two hour period. The dreads would let the HAWKS side bash those citadels while also keeping their subcap fleet free to fight for and maintain hole control if at all possible.
Hours before those timers, disaster struck the HAWKS effort. An A009 wormhole connection popped into the SUGAR home.
For an eviction, the worst possible wormhole connection is an A009 wormhole. It is a 16-hour frigate-sized wormhole that connects to a shattered wormhole that will also have a number of frig holes connecting outward to kspace systems. Frig holes cannot be rolled.
This meant that for the time leading up to the critical hull timers, there would be an unrollable hole into the eviction target, into SUGAR’s home.
By this time, it was clear to all involved parties that SYNDE had a close partnership with the Initiative. Although this was fraying some of the wormhole groups in the coalition, it still afforded SYNDE a chance to salvage the situation. SYNDE lead Cyrus Kurush formed an attack plan with Initiative leadership. During the hours immediately prior to the hull timers, SYNDE would assemble a heavy fleet in their staging, and rage roll for the SUGAR home. The Initiative would form a full bomber fleet, and travel to the C13 shattered wormhole. The second that SYNDE rolled in, they would execute a lethal 3-pronged attack: the SYNDE fleet would explode into the SUGAR home, all remaining SUGAR capitals and subcapitals would undock, and the Initiative bomber fleet would jump the A009. They would time those 3 critical elements based on the location, strength and composition of the HAWKS fleet. It was a good plan. If they could connect those three prongs, they would have 3 times the number that HAWKS could muster. Pings went out and the fleets assembled. Init travelled with a 300 bomber fleet to the shattered hole. SYNDE began rage rolling. About 50 SUGAR pilots sat on logon screen and waited on SYNDE comms.
HAWKS was aware of all of the above. HAWKS, working closely with HK and NOVAC strategists, devised a counter for the two concerning prongs. The SYNDE rolling threat had two counters. Within the SYNDE staging, there was a small fleet of yachts and a seeded, cloaked rolling carrier. In the SUGAR home, another rolling carrier sat ready to suicide roll if needed. Should SYNDE warp their fleet from the fort to a new wormhole, HAWKS was prepared to simultaneously warp both carrier and yachts to that same hole. They were confident they could stop the majority of the SYNDE fleet from making it through the wormhole.
The real threat was the Initiative, and that damned frig hole. HAWKS placed three sniping fleets around the wormhole and dropped a massive number of anchorable bubbles around it. On the hole itself were a mixture of smartbombing battleships and suicide dictors, each orbiting patiently. When the report came of the 300 Initiative bombers entering the shattered hole on the other side, the HAWKS team was ready and waiting.
The Initiative FC team, with a scout already in SUGAR staging, saw all of this. War-seasoned FCs, there was no scenario where they were jumping their bombers into that future charnal house. Unless SYNDE could pull those fleets away from the hole, it was an impossible standoff. The HAWKS battlecruiser fleet could not jump the hole. The Initiative bombers would not jump the hole. The Initiative bombers sat there and waited for SYNDE to roll in.
Meanwhile, in SUGAR staging, citadels came out of reinforce for hull timers and the allied dreads went to work. And everyone else waited. The SYNDE fleet waited on their fort while their FC rage rolled. The Initiative fleet waited in the shattered. The HAWKS alliance fleet waited on the other side of the shattered. One by one, the citadels began blowing up.
The SYNDE fleet stood down. The Initiative left the shattered wormhole and headed back to Fountain. SYNDE had gotten the full Nullsec batphone allied response, but been unable to take advantage of it.
Unconfirmable reports are that the HAWKS alliance looted nearly 200b from the various structures, including a large number of capital ships, on top of the 150b+ exploded. https://br.evetools.org/b661f2a2eddb48200112d82c5 (The three “friendly” caps that were destroyed were looted SUGAR caps that the allies decided to blow up rather than keep and exfiltrate from the hole.)
Some SUGAR members would still try to participate, but SUGAR was done as a fighting unit in the Wormhole War.
The next part will focus on what would become the most important battlefield in the either war – Waffle House, the SYNDE coalition staging C6.

FYI: stuff that I don’t discuss are the same as normal R6
Heimdall: And with the conclusion of the fifth round with the gods once again gaining the advantage with three points to humanity’s two. After seven million years, Humanity has taken one more step towards its end. Now get ready for the next round of Ragnarok, round 6!
The lights dim
Mutterings are heard about the darkness
Heimdall:The next fighter for the gods… Could there be any greater irony?Giving humanity its requiem… Long Ago… (A lotus buds into full bloom) He helped those foolish humans… with worldly desires.(A path of Lotuses bloom in preparation for the entrance.) and showed them the path through the darkness. Abandoning royalty, Abandoning family, Abandoning worldly desires, and Abandoning the six emotions. Trodding an untrodden path, he walked alone like the horn of the rhinoceros. And so, in six short years he attained enlightenment. He was born alone, lived alone and fought alone.Through all of heaven and earth only he is the honored one. Through all heaven and earth I alone am mighty!Only I am strong! Entering this world as a prince and exiting it as the enlightened one, out of respect humans call him… THE BUDDDHAAA!
The gods begin yelling: “Look at their faces! That’s true despair! It is his free time… C’mon show those puny humans what it means to be a god!”
Buddha walks towards humanity giving heimdall his gum and taking his Gjallar horn speaking into it:So uhhh, Imma fight for humanity. Thx
Cue that one reaction panel
The gods erupt in outrage: Are you saying you're not a god? You damn traitorous rat!
In response Buddha breaks the horn and an ear splitting roar emerges from it silencing the gods.
Buddha(Pulling out his staff): Shaddup! If the gods won’t save them, then I will! And if any god gets in my way, I’ll kill them!
It was truly astounding, shocking even the chief gods and the omnipotent Zeus. The only one who understood was Brunhilde herself.
Goll glances at Brunhilde as she sees her sister’s calm and stoic face, she realizes that her older sister planned this.She asks: Is this a part of your plan sister Hilde?
Brunhilde smiles, a wane smile and speaks: Unfortunately that man, his will is dictated by no one.
[Pre round 6]
Buddha walks up to Brunhilde, a smile on his face, a bucket of popcorn in his hands. He starts: Hey Brun, Zeus wanted me to go in the sixth round but, I don’t care, I’m gonna side with humanity.You seem sad…
Brunhilde remains stoic: Ok sir. I’m in mourning of the lost fighters.
Buddha: Were you always gonna make me rebel? I remember you came to me and asked about Volundr, you had to have been planning this huh?
Brunhilde leans down: If you must know, Nobody in the heavens hates the gods like you buddha.
Buddha grins, remarking: If you want to achieve your goal it is almost like there is no right or wrong.
[Present day]
Brunhilde to goll: He’s a horrible man, but incredibly strong. He is Humanity’s strongest Adolescent.
Heimdall angry at buddha: No NO NO, The roster is already decided. You can’t do that!
Buddha: Shaddup, I wanna do it how I wanna do it. You ain't stopping me.
Enter Zeus
Heimdall: According to the rules of —
Zeus: It just says each side has to send out a fighter not that one has to be a god or human. It’s so interesting my old bones might forgive me for smiting you Buddha.
Buddha grins: Bring it on gramps!
Zeus: But I’ve already decided on the fighter for Round six.
Odin: Let me ask you this, rat. You’re about to make an enemy of every single god, are you sure you want to do that?
Buddha: Clean your ears more old man, I don’t care. “Good people” or “bad people” (A shot of Jack sitting down with Hlokk watching the match) “gods” or “men”. To me, I’m just the Buddha.
The gods in the audience begin scolding buddha for his actions again
Buddha: If you stand in my way, I will kill you!
All of the gods go silent
Buddha: That was boring.
Zeus:I have already decided who will fight in the sixth round
???: Divine Punishment
???: Divine Punishment
???: Everyone wake up !!!!
???: Minori the boat.
???: The sound is sooooo good.
The boat touches the ground and the seven lucky gods exit.
Zeus claps Bishamantoen on the back and States: You will win.
The only response is: Yes sir
Heimdall:Only Bishamantoen needs to be present for the fight.
Bishamantoen: We are one, Let us return.
The rest of the seven lucky gods dash and fuse, making Zero. A demonic entity, seemingly childlike in form with a body to match. His hair the color of dirt and blood mixed, an evil grin spreads across his face as he stretches.Zero reaches into his back and pulls out the Misery cleaver, An ax made of rough sinew and muscle, tinges the color of pure darkness.
To most the name Zerofuku is a name that is unknown. But, to some that name was a savior. A god of fortune who healed all he could, gave humans everything. But how did the kind-hearted zero turn into the demonic form fighting Buddha today?
Zero, a young man with baggy clothes is walking along a trail, seeing a bird that has an obviously broken wing and a tiger waiting in the bush to eat its prey. Most gods wouldn’t have intervened, but to Zero this was important to provide happiness and joy to all that he could. Zero walked in calmly, Healed the bird using his own luck as a bright light encompassed the bird and it was able to fly away, to live another day.
Zero had a few chance encounters with humans, who sought him for his ability to heal and grant good luck. Zero had never visited humans, they came to him. They insisted on giving him valuable commodities and he denied it. Zero wasn’t going to be bought but rather help came from him whether you hated him with all of your soul or loved him with all of your heart.
Zero had entered a village and he cried for days, oceans of tears flooding from his eyes at the pain that humans suffered. He saw people dying, suffering and had no clue how to help these humans out of their misery but to take it. So, he did, going to everyone that he could find and taking all their misery.
When Zero returned to the small town he had first started healing, he was shocked. Everyone had only fallen further into sin. People ate when there was no good reason, People fought to gain money, People slept around because they could, People grew envious of others, People hoarded wealth to a degree that dragons would be considered small fries.
To many this was heaven on earth, they had all they could ever want and yet still wanted more. They no longer recognized his dirty, small form. This drove Zero over the edge, his good karma being poisoned by hate.
Someone helped the crying,bedraggled Zero up, a man, a bun tied over his head, a pair of glasses roundly sitting on his nose. A simple cloth covering him, the Buddha.
Buddha: Hey you look pretty rough. Want some beans?
Zero sees the people, raggedy even more so than him yet smiling from ear to ear
Zero: Who are you? Why are they so happy?
Buddha: I’m Buddha, and there is no one reason. They know what they want and they take it.
Zero begins to cry
Buddha: Hey there, why so blue?
Zero: I tried to take their misery into me so they could improve…. But all they did was take my gift and sin more
Buddha: Yeah, nice thought, not as good as a plan. You’re on the right track and are so dang close man. There is no straight cure to death, ya see, it’s all a circle… no end or beginning just you. So love what you have instead of envying what you want. Misery makes people move, it motivates them to do what otherwise would be a horrid life. Zero: But I can’t do it… I’ve tried for years and years. I’m worse than when I started…
Buddha: If you need me I’ll be there alright man.
Zero: Are you a god?
Buddha: hahahahaha NO! Just a man who loves himself.
Zero:But, the gods should be able to help you and nurture you! Why are you better at this than me?
Buddha: I’ve lived it Zero, not just been near it. I know firsthand how hard it is to bear. You have no clue what it is to suffer and come out a new man
At this Buddha walks away, his troupe behind him. Zerofuku returns to his degraded home and falls asleep. The next day he wakes with devilish horns and fleeting good karma. Overnight, joy turned to rage. He began to change his hair to the color of the misery he absorbed.
Little did zero know someone else was watching him.. The priest of gluttony, the demonic god, Beelzebub had implanted a massive amount of condensed misery, and at the core, the essence of the demon Hajun, into the sleeping form of Zero.
Beel: I hope this grows enough to kill me… Forgive me friends… I have sinned for far too long… I yearn to experience what you do… Please grant me mercy…
[Present day]
Zero: I’m gonna disembowel you? No, it doesn’t have that Jenesaisquoi that I’m looking for… Kill you? Nah… I’m gonna eradicate you!

Hey folks, I was in attendance at Monday's Mayoral Debate on Housing hosted by More Homes Mississauga (Website, Twitter). I took some notes on the two candidates who participated and wanted to share them with you all here and get people's thoughts on the election and housing in our city.
* Who are you supporting in the upcoming election? How do you feel about the candidates & their platforms, housing or otherwise?
* How do you feel about housing development in Mississauga, housing & urbanism policy in the city, transit, and other related issues?
Alvin Tedjo (Full Housing Plan)

• Housing is clearly an important issue to Alvin, he spent most of his opener talking about how this was a priority for his campaign as a whole
• Middle-density housing: he wants to encourage four-plexes, low-rise apartment buildings, and allowing owners to add housing units to their properties (ex. adding a basement suite or garden suite to your home).
• Transit-enabled housing: he wants to pair home building, especially larger condo development, with appropriate transit options. This means planning housing development along GO, LRT and BRT lines, and building a "minimum viable transit network" in Mississauga
• Affordable & rental housing: promote the development of affordable and market rental housing by offering incentives to developers (i.e. reducing developer charges)
• More land for housing: removing exclusionary zoning in some neighborhoods, using municipal/provincial/federal land for housing, converting strip maps into 8-story residential+commercial buildings
• Stresses the importance of working with all levels of government to get funding & support
• Looking for efficiencies to speed up approval process: combining multiple applications into one, hiring dedicated staff to review housing development
• His record: was a vocal supported of the four-plex bill, has been active in supporting and voting in favor of new housing developments, has championed new housing developments near GO transit stations, commissioning feasibility studies for new transit development, offering discounted transit to seniors and kids, and voted to reduce parking minimums along transit lines

Dipika Damerla (Platform)

• Offered a pragmatic approach, understanding that the city is growing that we need to manage this growth effectively
• Notes that there is a lot of planned construction of housing units, but sometimes large housing developments (i.e. large condo towers) being delayed reduce the overall number, the key is to speed up approvals
• Looking for efficiencies to speed up approval process: mentioned examples of studies that can be done after initial approval to reduce duplicated work as an example of how to speed things up
• Community engagement: wants to ensure development is done in consultation with community groups (takes feedback from ratepayers associations and neighborhood associations)
• Will focus on promoting market rental housing by offering incentives to developers (i.e. reducing developer charges)
• Transit: Would encourage an extension of the Kipling subway line and other transit developments
• Her record: noted that her ward has some of the largest number of new housing developments planned. Has voted in favor of some major housing developments. Voted against the fourplex motion because she "needed more time to review". Would block the Bloor street redesign on the grounds that it is reducing car lanes to increase bike lanes and would increase traffic overall (the accuracy of this is questionable).

I (27F) never had a great relationship with my mom. She left us to chase her career when I was young but now my parents are back together and she makes most of the money. At my dad’s insistence, my parents jointly paid for 1 year of my med school and let me stay in the basement and paid for living expenses. Because of that, I only have $180K in loans. I took that money because I have no other means of income. The problem is, however, that my mom now thinks I owe her obedience and allegience.
She has some racist political views and Ive voiced my disapproval. At every argument she would remind me that she pays the bills around here and she is my mother.
She didn’t like the specialty I applied to and threatened to withdraw all support if I didn’t apply to internal medicine. I took out more loans and we compromised by dual applying.
She doesnt like my boyfriend. He’s from another med school. We’ve dated for a year now and he hasn’t met them yet due nervousness. This has led her to accuse him of being unfaithful and leading me on. I defended him and it’s led to major arguments, including one where I brought up the her past financial blackmail. That was wrong of her and abusive. Now she’s demanding her money back for being ungrateful. Every dollar she’s contributed past age 18. At least $100K. And I should go back to my home country because I wouldnt be here if she didn’t apply for my immigration visa when I was 12.
She knows I dont have any other source of money and I dont have any other place to go. I have a place lined up for residency at the end of this month but I wouldnt have any money for the deposit if she doesnt help me. I took out the minimum amount of loans this year and have $1500 in my account, which is not enough for rent. the first paycheck is still 2.5 months away and emergency loans have pretty high interest rate.
The rest of my family says I should just suck it up and apologize to get her monetary support until I move out. My friends who moved out already say dont, freedom is priceless. What should I do?

I'm about to put in a new system with a combination of wired and wireless sensors. For the wired part, I'll be using the PowerG takeover module. What's the consensus right now on which one to pick between 345 and 319.5? I've seen discussions advocating for 345 since it's a richer ecosystem, but also discussions advocating 319.5 since it supports the encrypted s-line.
Any thoughts on this? Thanks.

I know this is long, but I really just need someone to help. So I am sorry if this is long… A little back story. So I (23F) no longer live at home. After i graduated high school I moved out asap. My home life was not the best. A lot of abuse both physically and emotionally. So in a sense my childhood/all the way to the end of my senior year in high school was an unstable and toxic household. But anyways, I have gone to a lot of therapy since I was forced at 15, I now go because of my own choice because I want to get better. I was diagnosed with ptsd, severe chronic depression, as well as anxiety and panic attack disorder. A majority of it stemming from my parents. I have 5 other siblings. My 3 older brothers don’t understand the emotional and physical abuse that one of my younger sister (we’ll call her B) and I receive from my mother because to them, mother could do no evil. But they and myself and B did receive physical abuse from my father, and that is something they will never forgive. I’m trying to forgive my parents but they keep giving my reasons not to. So here’s where I’m getting sick and tired of my parents. With my youngest sister, we’ll call her M (who is in hs age 16) my parents have in my eyes stopped parenting her ever since she was born. Her behavior is out of whack. M has lied to their faces, has snuck out to go meet up with random friends, tried to use B and I to get her a vape and to sneak out to a party, she is absolutely disgusting in the ways she talk to my sister and I and also to my mothers face. And the punishment for those actions are “groundings” meaning M still gets to go see friends, gets to have 2 phones, gets to take the car whenever M wants. So honestly, the grounding is laughable. My parents know what M lets them know. So recently I went to visit for 2 days, and when I got back to my home B tells me that I am now getting blamed for M’s behavior that night that I stayed over. I honestly don’t get it. In all those instances I stated above, if I did those things or even thought of doing those things, I swear to whoever reads this, I would’ve been beaten and locked in a room for months with no contact with anyone outside my family’s house. Let alone being constantly berated as a horrible daughter. The only exception I’d get to see people would be school. When me or B address the unusual reactions to my parents towards M, they flip it on us and say how we are the reasons why M told us to fuck off or ends up sneaking out. I’m sorry this is getting long. But what really is pushing me to want to cut them off…is the fact that they can look at me and say “we never touched you or abused you,” or the “you probably deserved that punishment.” I’m not denying that my parents gave me a roof over my head or food to eat. But there is so so so much more I could say about how messed up my parents are. But would I be the a-hole for wanting to cut them off? I know that if I do cut them off, I will be kicked out of the family.

Hi everyone,
I just touched down in the UK after having been in the USA for 2.5 months. While in the USA, I got an e-sim from Mint Mobile so I could use data and text people, etc, over there. I returned to the UK today, and even though I have swapped back to my regular Voxi line (product of Vodafone) and have deleted my e-sim, I cannot send or receive texts or use my mobile data for internet at all.
I have full bars, but no little "4G" or "5G" icon in the top right of my screen like usual. An "E" flashes sometimes. Either way, I cannot use my phone for anything unless I am using Wi-Fi to do it.
If I try to use the internet on data, a "Could not activate mobile data network. Turn on mobile data or use Wi-Fi to access data" pop up appears.
And yes, my mobile data is turned on.
Things I have done:

1. Turned my phone on and off again.
2. Removed and reinserted my sim cart.
3. Reset my network settings.
4. Toggled iMessage on and off, made sure it was associated with the right number.
5. Updated my APN settings.
6. Deleted my APN profile and reinstalled the one sent to me from Vodafone.
7. Turned off "Limit IP Address Tracking" after seeing someone suggest it on a different Reddit post.
8. Spoke to my network provider -- One person seemed to think it's an issue with the phone itself, another has just "reset the settings" which may take 2-24 hours to make a difference. Both people seemed absolutely flummoxed by this issue.

Has anyone had an issue like this after using an eSim abroad? What did you do to fix it? I need my phone for work, so I'm losing my mind a bit trying to figure this out.
Thank you all in advance!

On Sunday I got back from my first AP experience. I posted on here about it prior to leaving the country but thought I’d do recap on the whole experience.
I applied for employment reasons. My company is based in London UK, and I work out of a small NYC satellite office. The application was submitted in early January and approved in early April. I was gone from April 28 to May 12th.
I prepared my application myself and asked my work for supporting materials and to pay the fee which they agreed to. The supporting documents I used was a letter from my manager with the company letterhead explaining the purposes of the trip, email correspondences between him and our department head requesting the trip and having it approved, and an outline of the trip’s mission that he had to submit to finance to get it approved internally.
I asked for two weeks even though the trip would only be one work week so that I could do sight seeing and I also included France in the list of countries so I could go to Paris.
I talk about this in my original post, but as the trip was approaching and I hadn’t heard back my company was getting worried. I reached out to my senators and congresswoman for help. One of my senators got back to me and her office helped a lot. They basically got it approved within two weeks of me reaching out.
The letter gave me over a month of travel time, but I decided to stick to the two weeks I had planned. If I had known way in advance they’d give me more time I prob would have stayed an extra week.
Entering the UK was really easy I got asked if I was a permanent resident in the US, and said no not yet but I have a work permit, and that was about it. Lasted two minutes. After my work week I took the EuroStar to Paris and had no issues with customs. I decided to go back to London after a few days and fly out from there, thinking it would be safer since that was the main country in my AP application but probably would not have made a difference. Leaving Paris was weird, I had to go through two customs, one for leaving France/EU and one for entering the UK. Again no issues with the UK one, but the EU Customs person was very suspect of me. Demanded to see my work permit, and called out the fact that it said not valid for re-entry. I explained I had AP and that it was in my luggage. He made me take my baseball cap off to verify I was the person in the photo, and I after he stamped my passport he just stared at it for 20 seconds before giving it back. Really weird considering I was LEAVING not entering the EU.
I was really nervous coming back to the US. I kept thinking I was gonna get in trouble for going to Paris even though I listed France in the countries section of my application. I got to the airport three plus hours before boarding to check in. The check in was a little long because they rarely deal with AP but everyone at the airline was super nice and I didn’t get push back, just a lot of people double checking with their superiors that the document was legit. When I landed at JFK the process was super smooth. I waited in the non us passport line and when it was my turn I gave the customs person my passport, AP letter, and EAD, she did some things on her end and after a few minutes said I had to go to the back room for someone to processes it. Luckily the room was empty, so it took the guy there like less than five minutes. Neither of them asked me any questions. They seemed to just know what to do.
Overall, I’m so shocked and grateful by how smoothly everything went. I can’t believe I got to go to two foreign countries. Like little old me, just a humble DACA kid, saw Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, the Mona Lisa and the Eiffel Tower. Feels surreal. If anyone needs any assistance with AP, feel encouraged to reach out. This subreddit helped me so much and alleviated so much of my stress and anxiety, and I want to contribute to that and help others if I can.
Biggest feedback I can give: You do not need a lawyer, use your congresspeople as a resource if you need to, and most importantly, enjoy your trip! You deserve it!