Spring math ideas kindergarten

My daughter was recently diagnosed with severe torticollis, we saw a neurologist yesterday plus have 5 other specialists seeing her this week. She’ll be having an MRI, bloodwork, CT and physiotherapy.. on top of other appointments I can barely remember at the moment.
The thing is, I’m so beyond worried because the neurologist is advocating hard for her brain scans to be done as he saw an issue when he assessed her, and said he needs to look at her scans because it’s clear something is wrong. I don’t know what it could be and I don’t even want to speculate until the professionals take a look. I almost feel numb to it all.
I am doing everything I can to help her, I left my job to help her (and also because I was being bullied for taking PTO for her appointments from my coworkers.) I chose to take the loss of income to give her balanced meals, even if that means I eat less. I’m not complaining, I’ll eat my ramen happily if it means she’s happy and healthy. I want her to go to kindergarten and have meals she enjoys and are healthy for her.
During physio today I was told by her provider that I am doing a lot for her given all of the specialists involved, plus ordering her medical brace for her neck to even see if that remotely helps. I sold all of my possessions to pay for it.
But somehow, in my mind, it tells me I’m not doing enough. She said Im doing a lot to help my daughter, but my mind defaults to not believing it.
I don’t know why I can’t sleep, I can’t eat. I can’t even shower right now because I want to crawl out of my skin.
I had instructions given to me comprising of a multitude of tests/assessments before the CT and MRI and it felt like they were talking gibberish. I asked for clarification because I was overwhelmed and she said “what don’t you understand?”
Nothing, I understand absolutely nothing. I don’t understand myself and why I feel this way, and I certainly don’t understand medical jargon. She made me feel like a total idiot.
I don’t know, I know I’m not making sense. I have bipolar disorder as well so I am trying to stay strong. I came from homelessness so I know I have a lot of fight in me, but this is a different level of dread. I was hearing things in the night too but my psychiatrist wouldn’t adjust my medication. It’s not little things either, I hear someone kicking in my door only to go downstairs and no one is there. Then it’s gone for a week and comes back when another adversity comes up.
Thanks for reading, I hope I can sleep tonight. I’m fighting the urge to take more than my prescribed amount of valium because that’s just not a smart idea.
Anyway, just a rant. I’m just really scared. I talk to crisis counsellors when I feel like I can’t regulate, but I’m up late tonight again just thinking, thinking and thinking. If anyone has any methods to try to sleep Id appreciate that as well.

Bought a used polymer (PSL model) Jericho, and the magazine catch is faulty - needs replacing. I have the part but am wondering whether or not to try it myself: have never taken guns apart before, but am pretty handy mechanically. The issue is that to remove the catch I need to get to the trigger bar plunger, which means removing the trigger bar. From what I can see this means removing the hammer as well. On the polymer model, the hammer spring is shorter, and from what I've been told I would need special clamps to remove the hammer safely and then to compress the spring and push it back in. Would be glad to hear from anyone who's taken apart a PSL - would it be silly idea to try it myself...

When we turn on the outdoor faucet near the front of our old 1914 house, there’s a VERY loud, continuous machinery-type noise like a loud engine, until the water is turned off. There are no problems with vibrations, noises, or sputtering on any other faucets in our house. No pipe in that area of the basement is visibly vibrating.
The only unusual thing going on at that faucet is that a large leak started there at some point since last summer. (I’m disabled so I’m giving you a secondhand report from the person helping me with this, who also knows nothing about plumbing, so I also don’t really know when the leak or the noise started.) It looks like the large leak isn’t between the hose and the faucet but is between what we think is an anti-siphon valve and the faucet. No idea how long ago that was added to the faucet. Not in the past few years.
The leak and the noise stop when the water is turned all the way on or off at the faucet. The leak and noise happen when the faucet is turned partially on.
My helper says the faucet itself vibrates when the noise happens. It’s possible the pipe leading to it does, too, where it is closest to the faucet. It’s hard for her to see.
The main line coming into the house doesn’t seem to be making any noise, and the pipe coming out of that that later makes its way across the ceiling and then to the faucet ism’t making noise either. Close to the faucet it may.
We use a hose on that faucet, but when we tried it without the hose, the same noises happened in the same way. We turn off the water to the outside faucets in the winter and turn them on again in the spring.
I’m going to have to have a plumber come put in a new faucet here and at the back of the house but if there’s anything I can do first to save money (fix air in pipes?) and if I could know a little before hiring a plumber I don’t know, that would be great. Our great plumber retired.
I would be so grateful for any helpful advice about this.
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OUTSIDE: yellow arrow points to where the leak in the faucet is.
INSIDE: red arrow points to the main pipe bringing water into our house. Yellow arrow points to the pipe that goes from there, across the ceiling where it goes out to the faucet outside.

If you've never played League of Legends (abbrev. to LoL) before, there's just a few things you need to know:

1. It's a 5v5 team game
2. The playerbase is notoriously TOXIC as hell
3. 'Faker' is the best LoL player Esports has ever seen, and even though he's played professionally for 10 years, he continues to get better and better
4. A 'Skin' is an alternate appearance for a Champion (playable character) that you can buy with real money (but first you need to buy ingame currency called RP), or possibly get for free through freebie rewards from playing the game
5. The average price of a Skin is $10 USD (1350 RP)
6. Faker does not equip his Champion with a skin, opting to only use the default (free) appearance

Things begin 6 days ago when Riot Games posts a teaser trailer for a documentary film about Faker, titled "Hall of Legends: Faker', and it's set to release on the League of Legends Youtube channel June 14th. As part of the hype, 4 days ago, another Hall of Legends teaser video was released, this time showing a brand new Skin for the Champion Ahri, titled, 'Immortalized Legend Ahri'. It should be known that Ahri is one of the most popular Champs in the game, and Riot Games has continued to capitalize on that fact by producing more and more Skins for her.
Before this announcement, Ahri had 17 skins. Now, she will have 20, because this new Immortalized Legend Ahri skin has 3 variations, priced as 3 different bundles. Yes, this means, if you want any of these Skins, you have to buy one of the bundles that come with a bunch of other stuff, oh and the Skin too. Riot has also announced that 30% of the proceeds of this Skin line will go to Faker. So here are the prices:

Risen Legend Ahri Bundle (Basic): 5430 RP (~$40 USD) Immortalized Legend Ahri Bundle (Fancier): 32,430 RP (~$240 USD) Signature Ahri Bundle (Amazing!!!): 59,260 RP (~$500 USD)

How does leagueoflegends react? Let's take a look at the top thread as of this post: (Commenters will be C1, C2, C3, etc.)

C1: The way i thought 59k rp was a typo lmfaooo C2: i had to go look, then check the store, then go look again, then check the store again, and im still not completely sure this is actually real. i hope zero people buy the skins C3: My first thought was they wanted me to tell us we would get 59.620 RP of "value" from buying the battle pass C4: $500? Yeah no thanks lmao. Faker doesnt even use skins anyway. C5: If you wanna be like faker, don't buy a skin 💯 C6: For that kind of money I almost expect Faker himself to deliver me a code to the bundle C7: I would expect him to come home and play the next 10 matches for me and also go in a date together

One Redditor points out the irony of having the most expensive Skin in the game in honor of Faker, who doesn't use Skins:

C1: "Let's celebrate the face of our e-sport (who famously doesn't even spend money on skins) by absolutely overcharging the fuck out of his event skins." What the hell Riot lol C2: how ironic is that Faker himself is against using skins and they give him the most expensive skin ever made lol C3: Why is he against using skins? C2: He said before he sees skins as a waste of money and that the base skins are good enough for him, he has numerous world skins under his name but he used them less than 5 times in a 11 year career C3: The game is free, how else would it generate income if not for cosmetics? In its early days at least, I have no clue if the professional scene generates enough income to make it sustainable. [gets downvoted] C4: The comment above is straight up false information. Faker growing poor and couldn't afford skin and it became a habit of him so even with alot of money now he still don't buy skin. C3: What does he even spend money on? Doesn't he play league 24/7? [more downvotes] C5: Food, housing, and his future. Why would he spend money on a free game when he can save it and be 100% financially stable for the rest of his life. It's pretty pointless to spend money on league. C6: Pretty sure [T1, the team he plays for] covers his food and housing already lmao C3: [to C5] I'm sure that faker buying skins here and there would bankrupt him. C5: You're missing the point. People who grow up in poverty are generally going to avoid spending on things like that. It's not that it's going to bankrupt him, you're twisting my words in bad faith.

Several Redditors do the math to help themselves visualize the price of the most expensive bundle:

C1: $500 for a skin, that's a real signature move by Riot. C2: "most generous bundles" (40$ 💀) C3: Elden Ring´s DLC is cheaper C4: This is giving me real "pride and accomplishment" vibes lol C5: Would you rather have a) A couple of skins and some useless bs like icons and emotes b) A Steam Deck with a dozen of the best indie games ever made C6: c) rent money C7: Almost half my monthly wage 💀💀 C8: 3rd world country mfs got hit harrrd This shit is 2.5x my monthly 9 to 5 wage And I mean the full thing, no rent no food no bills nothing 2 and a half months of ice soup if I wanted to buy this lmao C9: This is like, 10 months worth of rent for me what the fuck C10: This is what I earn in a month (working 10h) 💀 I can decide between food and league skin

The comments keep coming in, so get popcorn ready, because there's more threads to read after that!
The Hall of Legends event was never about celebrating Faker, it was to use him to make money.

Almost every League player loves Faker and we would have loved to to own the Ahri skin dedicated to him. Riot putting the full skin behind 600$ paywall is the biggest insult imaginable to us. Riot chose to exploit our love for Faker for their own gain.

Meanwhile, in AhriMains, the Fox lovers are alternating between cope memes and boycott ideas:
I Blame the Whales for this.
Easy way to counter Riot's prices
The best way to rebel is to boycott Ahri herself

I think it’s atrocious that riot is pricing a skin bundle that costs half my paycheck for an entire month. I say let’s protest in a way that forces riot to the negotiating table. All we need to do is ban Ahri every single game. The whales will never get to enjoy the skin if they cannot play the champion, and then riot will be forced to lower prices. Similar strategies worked for ryze. Let’s work to get Ahri banrate to 100%. Edit: Big brain idea, link this post in every pre-game lobby and ask them to also do the same in their next game. Exponential spread. Also send this message below to all your friends and ask them to do the same, without the parenthesis. Grassroot movements need commitment. "Discourage riot from 500$ skin. Send to friends. https://old.reddit.com/AhriMains/comments/1d2rsi5/the_best_way_to_rebel_is_to_boycott_ahri_herself/?sort=top"

Reminder to not piss in the popcorn.

My daughter was recently diagnosed with severe torticollis, we saw a neurologist yesterday plus have 5 other specialists seeing her this week. She’ll be having an MRI, bloodwork, CT and physiotherapy.. on top of other appointments I can barely remember at the moment.
The thing is, I’m so beyond worried because the neurologist is advocating hard for her brain scans to be done as he saw an issue when he assessed her, and said he needs to look at her scans because it’s clear something is wrong. I don’t know what it could be and I don’t even want to speculate until the professionals take a look. I almost feel numb to it all.
I am doing everything I can to help her, I left my job to help her (and also because I was being bullied for taking PTO for her appointments from my coworkers.) I chose to take the loss of income to give her balanced meals, even if that means I eat less. I’m not complaining, I’ll eat my ramen happily if it means she’s happy and healthy. I want her to go to kindergarten and have meals she enjoys and are healthy for her.
During physio today I was told by her provider that I am doing a lot for her given all of the specialists involved, plus ordering her medical brace for her neck to even see if that remotely helps. I sold all of my possessions to pay for it.
But somehow, in my mind, it tells me I’m not doing enough. She said Im doing a lot to help my daughter, but my mind defaults to not believing it.
I don’t know why I can’t sleep, I can’t eat. I can’t even shower right now because I want to crawl out of my skin.
I had instructions given to me comprising of a multitude of tests/assessments before the CT and MRI and it felt like they were talking gibberish. I asked for clarification because I was overwhelmed and she said “what don’t you understand?”
Nothing, I understand absolutely nothing. I don’t understand myself and why I feel this way, and I certainly don’t understand medical jargon. She made me feel like a total idiot.
I don’t know, I know I’m not making sense. I have bipolar disorder as well so I am trying to stay strong. I came from homelessness so I know I have a lot of fight in me, but this is a different level of dread. I was hearing things in the night too but my psychiatrist wouldn’t adjust my medication. It’s not little things either, I hear someone kicking in my door only to go downstairs and no one is there. Then it’s gone for a week and comes back when another adversity comes up.
Thanks for reading, I hope I can sleep tonight. I’m fighting the urge to take more than my prescribed amount of valium because that’s just not a smart idea.
Anyway, just a rant. I’m just really scared. I talk to crisis counsellors when I feel like I can’t regulate, but I’m up late tonight again just thinking, thinking and thinking.

Like the title suggest, I wanted to know how strict are the assist.org requirements for admission? As in, you need to complete every course listed on the website to be considered for admission or if thats not the case. I'm currently a second year cs student at my local cc and pretty much got rejected from most of the schools I applied to transfer to, sjsu included. I did hear that sjsu does spring admissions for software engineer majors according to last year's admissions which I'm planning on doing. According to assist I still have two physics courses, the engr courses, bio, and discrete math which I know I can't completely fulfill before the spring admission deadline but I know my GPA should be around a 3.8(3.7 at worse) around that time. Thanks in advance!

Hey all, doing some spring cleaning and getting rid of gear I never use.
All prices are OBO, shipping is on the buyer. Will absolutely consider a package detail if anyone wants to take multiple things, would actually be preferable.
Located in the GTA.
Pics at the imgur link below:
https://imgur.com/a/pWAoPNW
Item 1: FMA Fast helmet, tan, size M/L - $90 OBO SOLD
Shell is on the thicker side, pads are the non-lux liner type. OCC dial is the actual dial type, not the worm gear that I found to be kind of annoying. Changed out the old shroud to a copy of the Wilcox shroud. Also upgraded the velcro from the old pattern to the newer, more broken up pattern (better coverage).
https://imgur.com/a/jvScgUZ
Item 2: Riggers belt + replica TACO pouch - $20
Riggers belt and TACO pouch, TACO will comfortably hold M4 mags, will probably be fine with AK mags. I don't believe it's really meant for bigger mags like 417 or SCAR-H mags.
https://imgur.com/a/5KRey0b
Item 3: Replica Haley Micro Chest Rig, Multicam, $55 OBO SOLD
Comes as an X-Harness.
https://imgur.com/a/2LnbKnG
Item 4: Replica Spiritus Systems Mk4 Chest Rig, Multicam, $90 OBO
Comes as a H-harness. Has a stretch kangaroo insert to hold 3x M4 mags. Also has the two radio pouches on the sides.
https://imgur.com/a/bZDHhgX
Item 5: Replica PlateFrame, Multicam, Med Plates - $125 OBO SOLD
Comes with the hard swimmer plates + multicam plate covers. Has the S&S Precision style triple mag pouch, and the cummerbund radio pouch. Also comes with the soft foam backers (flotation backers).
https://imgur.com/a/FZ2GaxO
Item 6: Replica Slickster, Ranger Green, Med Plates - $125 OBO SOLD
Replaced the cummerbund with an elastic cummerbund that uses tubes. Original elastic cummerbund will still come included. As well, Slickster currently has a triple mag G-hook style placard on the front. It will also come with the kangaroo+MOLLE G-hook placard pictured as well.
https://imgur.com/a/accNyhg
Item 7: Replica JPC, Multicam, Med Plates - $125 OBO
JPC has the cummerbund replaced with an elastic cummerbund. Comes with the dangler pouch, and has the old school hard plastic triple mag kangaroo insert. Shoulders are that nicer rubbery material, not fabric.
https://imgur.com/a/fA38nXq
Item 8: Replica SPC, Multicam, Med Plates - $200 OBO
Spent some time putting this kit together and really tried to like it, but it just doesn't fit me well - decided to stick with an FCPC.
SPC is multicam, never fielded and completely clean. Comes with medium cardboard plates to hold the shape. Also comes with the side plate pouches, which are filled with foam. It will include the original front flap, which currently has the stretchy fast mag pouches. It will also come with the AXL advanced placard adapters, and the attached triple M4 mag placard. Will also throw in the quad SMG mag pouch.
Biggest thing to note for this SPC is that the cummerbund has been modified. I didn't like the original tab + flap combo, so I cut the flap and replaced it with a tab + cobra buckle combo. The mod is not reversible, so if you don't like the idea of a cobra buckle for this carrier, be warned now.
https://imgur.com/a/FrzAldA
Thanks for looking

Hi, I’m struggling to decide between waterloo math coop or utsg math. The main reason that would convince me to choose loo math is the coop part. However, I’ve heard a lot about the coop rates dropping due to the current market:

1. Are the coop rates significantly higher amongst math students in the upper years compared to first year math students with undeclared majors? Because I saw that the coop rates are pretty low for first year math students and I really hope to know if it gets much better in the upper years or not.
   
2. I’m worried that i might get kicked out of the coop stream into regular math if I go into math coop and have difficulties landing coops. Is this a relatively common concern for current math students? Are there a lot of ppl who dropped out of the coop stream in recent years? Or if this is very uncommon?
   
3. I’m still unsure if I wanna apply for grad school or if I would prefer working right after undergrad, but I’m currently open to learn more about either one. I’d really like to know if it’s worth it to go into loo math coop with the current market situation, or if going to utsg math then apply for grad school sounds more like a good idea?
   

Any answers/advice are appreciated!
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Para entender la historia de Five Nights at Freddy's hay que olvidarse que estos son juegos y quiero que tomen realmente a esta saga como lo que es. ¿Terror? Sí, pero sobre todo, ciencia ficción. Antes de comenzar, quiero decir que esta cronología la realizamos entre 3 youtubers conocidos de Five Nights at Freddy's y yo. Por lo tanto, agradecería que si les gusta el contenido de este juego vayan a visitar sus canales. Ahora sí, empecemos. ¿Qué pasaría si dos amigos se abren una pizzería? Esa es la primera pregunta que hay que plantearnos. Lo normal sería que todo vaya medianamente bien con algún tipo de problemas, pero nada saldría más allá de eso. La pregunta cambia completamente si nos preguntamos ¿Qué pasaría si Henry y William abren una pizzería? ¿Quiénes son estos personajes? En un principio, grandes amigos. Henry, por un lado, era un ferviente y talentoso mecánico que cuidaba a su única hija, Charlie. No sabemos nada de su esposa, ni siquiera si tiene a alguien más en su familia. Y por el otro lado, William Afton. La familia de Afton estaba compuesta por 5 miembros. William, una persona con mucho dinero y con buena capacidad para la mecánica. Su hija menor, Elizabeth. Este pendejo que no sabemos el nombre, pero llora todo el tiempo, así que vamos a ponerle Crying Child. Michael Afton, su hijo mayor y su esposa, de quien no se sabe nada. Estos dos personajes unieron sus capacidades de mecánicos y con el buen capital que tenía William ahorrado, entre los dos abrieron un restaurante. Así fue como entre los años 1980 a 1982, supuestamente, Fredbear Family Dinner abrió sus puertas. La principal atracción de este lugar eran los animatrónicos. ¿Qué son? Bueno, básicamente eran robots que podrían ser controlados tanto por ellos mismos como por personas o por almas. Estos animatrónicos habían sido desarrollados por los dueños del restaurante, pero Henry destacó un poco más debido a que hizo un complejo sistema de resortes que permitía a la persona usar estos trajes. Solamente que tenía que ser extremadamente cuidadosa, ya que de lo contrario el mecanismo del mismo se activaría y la persona que esté dentro seguramente quedaría lastimada. Estos trajes híbridos darían a luz en un principio a su principal éxito, Fredbear y Spring Bonnie. Dos animatrónicos que durante esos años 80s habían hecho furor y tan bien les estaba yendo a estos dos amigos que la competencia empezó a llegar. Y es por eso que a unos pocos meses de la salida de Fredbear Family Dinner llegaría su competencia, Fazbear Entertainment, pero que esta no sería relevante hasta en un futuro. En paralelo a estos hechos, empezaban a haber roces entre la dupla principal, ya que William no solamente había abierto el restaurante para comer, sino que detrás de sus intenciones había algo mucho más oscuro, matar gente. Es por eso que en una fecha que desconocemos, William creó un nuevo local, Circus Baby Pizza World, y es en este donde presentaría sus nuevos animatrónicos, los Funtime. Estos animatrónicos estarían hechos bajo la empresa Afton Robotics, que como podrán imaginar, esta empresa era de William. Aunque los Funtime no eran animatrónicos normales, si bien tenían características muy innovadoras con respecto a los primeros trajes híbridos, estos Funtime estarían creados específicamente para matar. Una inteligencia artificial muy avanzada, poder abrir diferentes partes de su cuerpo y la posibilidad de hablar. Claramente no tenían una buena intención, pero a William se le volvería todo en contra cuando el mismo día de la inauguración de su local, a pesar de sus advertencias a Elizabeth, esta entró igual al cuarto donde estaban los animatrónicos para ver si estaba su robot favorito, Baby. Y luego de que este animatrónico le ofreciera un helado para hacer que se acercara a ella, la mata. O bueno, no tanto. Mientras a todo esto, recordemos que William pensaba que ya todos los niños estaban capturados dentro de los animatrónicos, debido a que la apertura de su local había sido completamente exitosa. Entonces alerta a toda la gente de una fuga de gas para que así tengan que evacuar el local y él poder ir a ver su recompensa. Cuando William va a ver si sus animatrónicos habían capturado niños, sí, así es, habían capturado niños. Que eso lo sabemos debido a que en los planos de los animatrónicos aparecen cuerpo dentro de estos robots. Pero también William se daría cuenta de que su animatrónico principal había matado a Elizabeth. O en realidad, su hija estaba tomando el control de Baby debido a que los ojos del animatrónico pasarían de ser azules a como los tenía su hijita, verdes. Por supuesto que William al enterarse de todo esto no sabe qué hacer y es por eso que decide encerrarla en Circus Baby Entertainment, un lugar ubicado debajo de Circus Baby. Tras el cierre de Circus Baby y la incertidumbre de lo ocurrido con su hija menor, estas cosas empezarían a afectar a William Afton, dando comienzo a su declive. Por eso, luego del fracaso de Circus Baby, éste vuelve a pedirle ayuda y trabajo a Henry, que a pesar de todos los problemas que había tenido con su anterior socio, le da trabajo de administrador o mecánico, por eso se lo puede ver colocándole la cabeza de Fredbear a uno de los empleados de Fredbear Family Dinner. Durante estos meses, de un año que suponemos que es 1883, Henry creó y anunció otros animatrónicos por la televisión, que serían Freddy, Foxy, Chica y Bonnie. Por supuesto que William, al ver que había creado más animatrónicos, haría crecer la tensión con su nuevo jefe, pero lo que realmente llevaría a William a ponerse de un tono violeta sería la muerte de su hijo menor, el pendejo que llora, Crying Child. ¿Se acuerdan de Mike, el hijo mayor de William? Bueno, este personaje asustaba de manera sobre medida a Crying Child y mientras ésta atormentaba a su único hermano chico, William protegía de sobre manera a su hijo menor, poniendo cámaras por toda la casa y dándole un peluche creado por él mismo para que pueda hablarle y sentirse cómodo. Todo esto, a pesar del comportamiento psicópata de William, serviría para vigilar a su hijo menor y así que no se escapara a ver a los animatrónicos debido a que a Crying Child le fascinaban. Pero William, al haber creado con Henry los dos primeros trajes sabían lo que podían hacer y lo danino que eran, por eso las medidas de sobreprotección. Pero ahora vamos a remontarnos a una teoría entre Five Nights at Freddy's 4 y The Twisted Ones, el primer libro. Supuestamente, Five Nights at Freddy's 4 ocurriría en las pesadillas de Crying Child, pero la verdad es que no, las pesadillas esas que ve son reales y no un mal sueño de este niño, ya que son parte de un plan muy macabro de su padre. Verán, en la novela de The Twisted Ones, William crea un disco que hace tener alucinaciones con animatrónicos, exagerando su forma, su tamaño, etc. Algo así como la película de Batman donde el espantapájaros tiene un spray que te hace sobredimensionar tus miedos. ¿Y cómo se relaciona esto con el juego? El tema de las alucinaciones, no Batman, no tiene nada que ver Batman acá. Bueno, tenemos que remontarnos a Five Nights at Freddy's Ultimate Custom Night, en donde los animatrónicos Nightmares aparecen en este juego, pero en este juego controlamos a William, entonces es imposible que William logre saber con exactitud cómo son estos animatrónicos si es que en realidad son las pesadillas de su hijo menor. En otras palabras, ¿cómo sabes exactamente las pesadillas de otras personas? Con lo cual, si volvemos al primer libro, nos introducen que William creó discos ilusorios para hacer creer a la gente cosas que realmente no hay, y esto lo utilizaría con Crying Child para hacer que se aleje definitivamente de los animatrónicos. Por eso es que tampoco nunca lo vemos regañar a su hijo mayor por maltratar a su hermanito, debido a que este le estaba generando un trauma con los animatrónicos, cosa que a William le servía, aunque el error de William fue confiar demasiado en Michael, porque este no sabía dónde estaba el límite de la broma, ya que Mike asustaba a su hermano solamente por diversión, y el problema se desataría en ese año 83, en el lugar donde había comenzado y terminado todo, Fredbear Family Dinner. Mike y sus amigos llevan a Crying Child por la fuerza al restaurante para seguir molestándolos con los animatrónicos en el día de su cumpleaños, y siguiendo con la broma, lo ponen en la boca de Fredbear simulando que se lo iba a comer, y desgraciadamente no solo simuló eso. Como había dicho en un principio, el sistema de resorte de Henry era sensible, por lo que al introducir un niño dentro de la boca, el traje se cerró en la cabeza de Crying Child, que luego de eso, el mini Afton entra en un estado de coma donde están todos los animatrónicos que él conocía y el peluche que le había regalado William, donde en esta pantalla se da a entender como que su padre le está dedicando las últimas palabras a su hijo, pidiéndole que lo perdone, y diciendo dos frases que quedarían para muchísimas teorías. Vos estás roto, yo te reconstruiré. Por supuesto que esto lo dice debido a que a partir de la muerte de Elizabeth, él sabía que de alguna forma los animatrónicos lograban tomar el alma de la persona y adaptarla a su cuerpo, o por lo menos ahí alma y animatrónico convivían en un solo cuerpo. Una curiosidad de esta parte de la historia es que como estamos en 1983, si recorremos la casa de los Afton, nos vamos a encontrar con un cuarto que da a entender que es de una niña, y quién era la única niña que tenía la familia Afton, Elizabeth Afton. Por lo tanto, antes de ese 1983, la hija de William ya estaba dentro del cuerpo de Baby.Debido a la mordida del 83, las muy malas reputaciones y rumores que despertó que un animatrónico había matado a un niño, la gente había dejado de ir a Fredbear Family Dinner. Pero el problema de Henry no solamente estaría en su restaurante, sino que tenía un problema aún mayor con William, que seguramente le iba a culpar a este de la muerte de su hijo, ya que recordemos que el sistema de resorte de estos trajes había sido obra de Henry principalmente. Y aparte, William no solamente había sufrido un daño mental increíble por la muerte de sus dos hijos menores, sino que había comenzado un plan de venganza y de investigación del remanente. ¿El qué? El remanente, una sustancia que segregaba al animatrónico si se prendía fuego una vez que tenía un alma dentro. Como sea, el remanente se podría extraer de los animatrónicos y colocar en otros, por eso la única forma de destruir a un alma dentro de uno de estos robots es destruyendo todo el remanente. Por más de que si el remanente de una persona estaba en tres animatrónicos distintos, con que se destruya solamente uno, el alma de esa persona seguía quedando en los otros dos. Creo que se entendió, el temor de Henry por su vida y la de su propia hija estaba muy justificado y es por eso que crea un animatrónico especializado en proteger, Puppet. Pero por más animatrónicos que haya, si a este lo encierran en una caja de regalos, no serviría para nada. Y es por eso que un día entre los años 1983 a 1985, William tendría la oportunidad de vengarse de su ex amigo y una vez que se encuentra con Charlie a las afueras del restaurante, este la mata. Luego de que Puppet pudiera escapar de donde estaba encerrada, sale a buscar a Charlie a pesar de que la lluvia obviamente dañó todos sus circuitos. Pero ya era demasiado tarde y este animatrónico decide pasar los últimos momentos de Charlie a su lado abrazándola. Pero esto aparte de ser un simbolismo, lo que está haciendo Puppet es que el alma de Charlie vaya a parar dentro de este animatrónico, por lo que sí, Puppet tiene mitad animatrónico, mitad Charlie. Henry, al enterarse de la muerte de su hija, empezó una investigación judicial que nunca pudo llegar a nada, ya que William, o mejor dicho, Purple Guy, había logrado salirse con la suya y debido a esto, Henry desaparece por completo vendiendo todos los animatrónicos a Fazbear Entertainment, la empresa que había estado esperando todo este momento para tener animatrónicos, ahora salía a la luz. Mientras todo esto pasaba, si bien la investigación de la policía no había llegado a ningún puerto, dudaban de William y es por eso que este se alejaría un tiempo de situaciones de peligro, ya que no quería ser atrapado. Por eso le cuenta a Mike que su hermana seguía viva dentro del cuerpo de un animatrónico y que tenía que ir a buscarla, que estaba en el subsuelo de Circus Baby. Mike no entendió absolutamente nada de lo que su padre le dijo, pero aún así le hizo caso ya que él se sentía culpable por la muerte de su hermano más chico y haría lo que sea para salvar a su hermana. Es por eso que este baja a las profundidades de Circus Baby Pixar World y se encuentra con lo que su padre le había dicho, su hermana era un animatrónico. Desde ya que Mike tenía las mismas dudas que su padre en cuanto a cómo sacar a su familiar de ahí, pero eso lo resolvería Baby sola, porque tras seguir al pie de la letra todo lo que le decía su supuesta hermana, los animatrónicos Funtime se fusionarían en uno solo dando lugar a una nueva entidad, Ennard. Y este da a entender que la única manera de salir de Circus Baby Pixar World era hacerlos todos juntos, pero en el cuerpo de Michael. ¿Y cómo harían esto? Bueno, recordemos que este lugar también es el laboratorio de su padre y acá es cuando Michael descubriría la Scooper, una máquina que serviría para extraer el remanente de los animatrónicos. Bueno, esa misma máquina le inyectaría Ennard a Mike y tras pensar que estaba muerto, se confirma que claramente no. Lo que pasaría en las siguientes horas es que Mike expulsa todos los animatrónicos de su cuerpo debido a que no aguantaba toda esa cantidad de remanente. Y luego de que se desmayara al borde de la muerte, una voz, la voz de su hermana, le dice... Esto hace que Mike se levante y pueda estar vivo debido a que todavía en su cuerpo tenía remanente. Y como habíamos dicho, el remanente solamente puede destruirse si estaba todo junto, por lo que Mike y los animatrónicos Funtime estaban directamente relacionados. A pesar de esto, su hermana escapa junto con Ennard por las alcantarillas para luego dar paso a que la pantalla se apague y empieza a sonar un mensaje de Mike dirigido a su padre, terminando con la frase... Iré a buscarte. Volviendo a Fazbear Entertainment, ¿se acuerdan que esta empresa con la partida de Henry había comprado todos sus animatrónicos? Bueno, ahora en Freddy Fazbear Pizza, un local que cronológicamente debió haber estado hasta 1985 debido a que en una llamada de Fungi en Five Nights at Freddy's 2 durante la quinta noche hace referencia a que un restaurante había cerrado hacía un par de años, dos o más, un par. Y si sabemos que el restaurante de Five Nights at Freddy's 2 se funda en 1987, es muy fácil la cuenta que hay que sacar. Pero tampoco puede ser antes de 1983, ya que primero tiene que morir el hijo de William para que éste pierda completamente la cabeza y pase todo lo de Charlie. Por lo tanto, el primer Freddy Fazbear Pizza tendría que estar ubicado entre los años 1983 a 1985. Pero en este lugar pasarían una de las peores cosas. Luego de que suceda el incidente de dos empleados lastimados por usar los trajes híbridos, tanto a Fredbear como a Spring Bonnie los encierran y los dejan abandonados. Y aunque la empresa Fazbear Entertainment pudo encubrir este hecho, no pudieron tapar el incidente gigante que vendría. Debido a que estos dos empleados se lastiman, el local tiene que contratar más personal y es acá donde William aprovecharía para meterse como guardia de seguridad, buscar el traje de Spring Bonnie y en uno de los tantos cumpleaños de ese lugar, un 26 de junio de un año desconocido, este personaje deja de ser William para convertirse completamente en Purple Guy, asesinando a cinco niños. Cinco inocentes niños que debido a que la policía jamás pudo encontrar sus cuerpos se llamarían los niños perdidos o The Missing Childrens. Pero no es que estaban perdidos, sino que Puppet no iba a dejar que esto pasara de nuevo y por eso pone las almas de estos niños dentro de los animatrónicos y así podrían vengarse del hombre detrás del sacrificio. Estos niños serían Gabriel, Fritz, Susie, Jeremy y por último Cassidy. Luego de la supuesta desaparición de estos niños, el primer local de Fazbear entraría en una etapa de remodelaciones y tendría su gran apertura en 1987, el lugar donde transcurre Five Nights at Freddy's 2. En esta reapertura de Fazbear, entraría en juego un nuevo personaje, Jeremy Fiskeral, un guardia de seguridad que el juego lo hace pasar como el protagonista, pero el protagonista acá no es nada más ni nada menos que Fungi. Una persona misteriosa que no se sabe quién es, pero sí sabe todo lo que sucedió anteriormente, desde la muerte de los niños hasta que los animatrónicos persiguen a los guardias de seguridad, pero el chico del teléfono trata de decirte esto de la manera más liviana posible. A este restaurante vamos a llamarlo Freddy Fazbear Pizza 2. Tenía mucho más lujos que los anteriores, era más grande, más espacioso y sobre todo los animatrónicos eran distintos. Ahora ya la empresa tenía un conjunto de dos animatrónicos, los cinco viejos, los dos trajes híbridos y cuatro nuevos que serían los animatrónicos toys. Estos eran reversiones más chicas de Freddy, Bonnie y Chica, pero también estaban Mangle y Balloon Boy. Tenían el objetivo de ser mucho más amigables y contaban con el reconocimiento facial para identificar criminales. Es por eso que el asesinato de los cinco niños tiene que ocurrir antes de este segundo local, porque si no, ¿qué lógica tendría? Por supuesto que la empresa Fazbear Entertainment gastó una buena cantidad de plata en este lugar y no les saldría muy redituable este restaurante. A lo largo de las noches, Fungine nos va revelando ciertos acontecimientos y de la primera noche que tiene una voz calma o tranquila, llegamos a la última noche, donde su voz empieza a sonar de una manera mucho más nerviosa y preocupada. Jeremy entra un 8 de noviembre a trabajar en este restaurante y se va un 13 de noviembre, pero acá viene lo interesante. Recordemos que Puppet era Charlie y esta sabe que William había matado a cinco niños. Entonces decide devolverles la vida para que así puedan vengarse de su asesino y es acá donde entra el minijuego, en donde podemos ver a Freddy, Puppet y Purple Guy, los tres en una misma habitación y Purple Guy estaba ahí por una sola razón, robarse los trajes. Cosa que podemos deducir cuando la grabación de la última noche, Fungine dice esto. Por lo que ahora tiene más sentido y capaz que a Fungine se lo escucha tan agitado porque recordó lo que había pasado ese 26 de junio cuando alguien había entrado con el traje de Spring Bonnie a matar a cinco chicos. Sea como sea, en este restaurante pasa el hecho más confuso de todos, la mordida del 87. No se sabe bien cuál fue la razón o a quién, pero se supone que luego de que Fungine le diga ya que no se había matado a los cinco niños, se le ha dado cuenta de que el traje de Spring Bonnie pero se supone que luego de que Fungine le diga a Jeremy que si podía trabajar durante el turno de día, este fue mordido por algún animatrónico, cosa que nos enteraríamos recién cinco años después. Pero antes que cerrara este restaurante, la noche que Jeremy estaba trabajando en el día, a la noche no había nadie y es por eso que contratan a un tal Fritz Smith, que no es nada más ni nada menos que Mike, el hijo de William.Pero este es expulsado debido a que manipuló los animatrónicos y por su olor, que recordemos que era porque el cuerpo de Mike técnicamente estaba en descomposición, por eso se ve de esta manera. Luego de que cerrara este local y que Fazbear destruyera los animatrónicos Toys debido a la mordida del 87, tras cinco años de inactividad, los animatrónicos clásicos volverían al ruedo en un nuevo restaurante de Fazbear Entertainment, uno que sería mucho más chico que el anterior debido a que se habían gastado todo el presupuesto y es por eso que pasamos de un local gigante a una especie de cabina claustrofóbica. Acá van a estar solamente los animatrónicos clásicos, Freddy, Chica, Bonnie y Foxy, pero ocasionalmente también aparecería Golden Freddy, el personaje más misterioso de toda la saga. Por suerte se descubrió que este personaje es Cassidy, uno de los cinco niños asesinados por William el 26 de junio, ya que esto lo revelaría el Survival Book de Mike, que lo escribió durante las noches mientras trabajaba de guardia en el restaurante de Fine Nuts a Freddy's 1. Dentro de este libro, a través de muchísimos códigos, llegabas a la conclusión de que el desenlace de toda esta actividad, el único propósito de esta guía de supervivencia es descubrir un nombre, el nombre de Cassidy. Pero no solamente eso, encontrabas el nombre en una página donde la mayor palabra que se repetía era It's me, lo que claramente da a entender que Cassidy es Golden Freddy. Siguiendo con la historia, ahora tocaría el turno de que Fungi sea el guardia de seguridad, debido a que como Fazbear Entertainment no tenía más presupuesto, pusieron justamente a esta persona. Él, sabiendo lo que le iba a pasar, llega a grabar cuatro noches en una cinta para hacer que el siguiente guardia de seguridad pueda evitar a los animatrónicos. Graba solamente cuatro cintas porque después es atrapado por los animatrónicos y muere. Al morir este, Fazbear busca personal y Mike ve en el diario un aviso de Buscamos Trabajador. Sin dudas, este va, ya que podía ser que ahí esté su padre o que su hermana Baby haya vuelto a ser parte de las atracciones animatrónicas. Por supuesto que no estaban ninguno de los dos. Solamente aparecía a cada tanto Golden Freddy tratándose de comunicarse con él, diciéndole It's me. Acá hay dos teorías, una es que Cassidy es la hermana de Mike, o sea, una hija perdida de William que no sabemos nada y por eso dice esta famosa frase. O la que es mucho más simple es que el alma de Cassidy se confundió a Mike con su asesino, William, ya que tienen una apariencia muy similar y le está diciendo soy yo, recordándole que él la había matado. Mike sobrevive todas las noches y vuelve a manipular a los animatrónicos. ¿Con qué razón? Muy probablemente para que los destruyan, ya que recordemos que tenías que destruir todo el remanente de los animatrónicos para que el alma pueda descansar en paz. Pero de nuevo es encontrado y despedido, haciendo que ahora esté completamente solo, sin su hermana, hermano y sin su padre, al que seguiría buscando durante 30 años más. Pero antes de eso, William seguía con la idea de robarse los trajes animatrónicos, un rompepelotas total. Por eso que entra una vez más al local ya abandonado de Freddy Fazbear, solamente que esta vez no contaría con la misma suerte que antes. Debido a que el alma de Golden Freddy se la parecería y este, aterrorizado, corrió a meterse en el traje donde comenzó todo y terminó. Ya que los resortes de Spring Bonnie hacía años que no tenían el mantenimiento adecuado y es por eso que provocó lo inevitable, la muerte de Purple Guy. A todo esto se puede deducir que el alma es la de Cassidy o Golden Freddy porque aparecen todos los animatrónicos desmantelados y porque Golden Freddy tiene la habilidad de aparecer en distintos lugares y es por eso que al principio del minijuego aparecemos en un lugar al azar para luego ir en busca de Purple Guy. Ahora sí, 30 años después, luego de que Fazbear Entertainment cierre, estos crearían Fazbear Fright, dejando el negocio de la comida para meterse de lleno en el negocio del terror. Mike entra a trabajar en esta empresa debido a que él seguía buscando a su padre y es acá que luego de encontrarse con Springtrap, o como se llamaba hace 30 años, Spring Bonnie, logra identificar al que era su padre, William, Purple Guy haya estado 30 años en un traje animatrónico. Y una vez que lo encontró, Mike decide hacer lo que hace mucho tiempo quería, él prende fuego toda la atracción y así de una buena vez por todas su padre podría descansar en paz. Pero en contra de lo que pensaba, los fundadores de esta atracción lograron rescatar todo justo a tiempo, incluyendo a Springtrap. Y acá aparecería el personaje que terminaría todo, este vuelve a la escena para acabar con lo que alguna vez fue su mejor amigo. Vuelve Henry. Él entendería toda la situación que veníamos contando hasta este momento, desde los cinco niños, el remanente, los planes de William, todo. Por eso que hace un plan para acabar con los animatrónicos que estaban libres, Henry iba a mandarle un mensaje que atrayera al alma dentro del robot, un mensaje dirigido a la persona que alguna vez fuese animatrónico. Así fue como logra reunir a todos, desde Springtrap hasta Baby. Pero faltaba uno, Puppet, que por alguna razón este no quería volver a la pizzería. Henry sabía que ahí adentro estaba el alma de su pequeña niña, Charlie. Así es como crea a Luffy, un animatrónico específico para capturar a Puppet y traerlo hacia él. Henry llama a Mike para trabajar juntos en esto y mientras el primero hace todos los preparativos para su Freddy Fazbear Pizza Simulator, Mike trabaja en la búsqueda de los animatrónicos y es quien hace las entrevistas para confirmar que los animatrónicos seguían teniendo las almas de sus seres queridos dentro. Pero Henry no le cuenta un detalle importante a Mike y es que todo esto era un plan para no solamente terminar con la vida de sus familiares, sino que la de ellos mismos también.Así es como Mike incendia todo el local dejando encerrados a todos los animatrónicos y aunque su idea no era matar a Mike, este se queda porque sabía que no iba a poder tener otra forma de morir debido a que como él había dicho hace tiempo, si algo está malo conmigo, debería estar muerto. Henry en menos de un par de meses logró acabar con toda esta historia, solamente que no con toda, porque este es el final bueno. En el final malo, Golden Freddy también es reclutado a ese Freddy Fazbear Pizza Simulator, captura a William en su traje y lo condena a pasar toda la eternidad dentro suyo, dando lugar a los acontecimientos de Ultimate Custom Night, donde estamos viendo como William es torturado por sus propias creaciones y por las que alguna vez construyó su mejor amigo. La historia de Five Nights at Freddy's es muy confusa, llena de huecos, cosas que no se entienden y mil argumentos que no tienen una explicación certera, pero por suerte acá termina esto, ¿no? ¿No? ¡Oh, Dios! ¡No!

Demographics: * Gender: Female * race/ethnicity: African American * state: Missouri * First-gen * type of school: Large public school with ~1,600 students (no class rank) * Hooks: First-gen, Extremely Low Income, (hopefully) filing FAFSA as independent, lives in single guardian (sibling) household
Intended Major(s): * Major in Journalism * Minor in Elementary Education * (possibly minor in Spanish)
ACT/SAT/SAT II: * Not to self-deprecate but the scores are pretty bad. * ACT * 26 Composite * Math : 22 * Science : 25 * English : 28 * Reading : 30 * Will take SAT * PSAT=1210, English strengths
UW/W GPA and Rank: * GPA * 3.7 weighted , N/A unweighted
APS * World History - 5 * U.S. Gov & Poli (junior) - ? * English Lang & Comp (junior) - ? * Human Geography (next year)
Awards: * nothing really * ‘Superstar’ award (best student) from math teacher. * Cheerleading: 3rd place (in our division) in the state. * (Hopefully certificate of bi-literacy next year 🤞🏽 )
Sports * Varsity Cheer (2 years) * JV Cheer (1 year) * Varsity Girls Track & Field (1-2yrs) * Varsity Girls Wrestling (1 year)
Other Extracurriculars * Varsity Scholar Bowl (2 years) * Student Council (3 years) * Yearbook Staff (2 years) * 4 years of Spanish Courses
Leadership Roles * NHS (National Honors Society : 1-2 yrs) * Student Council Chair * Student Rep Chair (2 yrs) * Social Media Chair (1 yr) * Quill & Scroll (Journalism Honors Society) * 1-2 yrs * Black Student Honor Society (3 yrs) * Social Media Advisor (1yr) * Scholar Bowl Social Media Advisor (1yr) * (Attempting to create a Spanish club during senior year, will be the president)
Summer (educational) Programs: * ~ 10-day long educational trip to Australia during summer before junior year (through school district) * (Applying for NSIL-Y for the 2nd time this coming fall with the hopes of getting into the Korean or Indonesian summer programs) * (Fall) Yearly HBCU college fair in Virginia (attempting to apply in person to Howard & Spelman there next year). * (probably doesn't count) UCA Cheer camp over the summer (2 yrs)
Essays: N/A (honors student yet I suck at writing about myself)
Recommendation Letters: Haven’t requested them yet, but planning on… * Math Teacher :) - Have him currently, he’s a thorough writer (theater kid), chose me as his student of the year, also my scholar bowl coach. * Journalism/Yearbook Teacher - Love him, teacher for 3 years, has worked with him through yearbook camps & college visits, connections at MIZZOU. * 1 of my school’s 5 principals - Known her for 3 years, Black Honors Society & BSU sponsor (I’m in both & she’s a fellow black woman), she’s currently going to an HBCU (would be good for Howard & Spelman), will most likely go on an HBCU trip with her next spring.
Schools: * University of Hawaii, Manoa (DREAM) * Howard (HBCU DREAM!!) * Spelman College * Mizzou * NYU (extreme reach but dream reach) * UCLA (reach)
Schools (I haven't researched thoroughly): Richmond American University (London), NYU (Bueno Aires Campus), Saint Louis University (Spain Campus)
I know I'm not doing any cool/exceptionally competitive majors (like comp sci or engineering), so with college I'm more interested in the environment. Help me out! 🤍

I'm attempting to find a website that I remember using in Middle School in the United States between the approximate years of 2007 and 2013. It was a website that hosted multiple education games under the website's theme, which was an american city with skyscrapers at night (or had a dark blue theme overall). The games were designed with a set line of recurring characters that appeared in the games, and were consistent throughout the website's games.
Here's the information as I remember it:

• (Very Confident) The website was stylized very similarly to the show cyberchase when it comes to the characters. The characters were angular and flat-toned, and had similar proprtions. Most of the characters were also teenagers.
• (Very Confident) The website's name was similar to "Mathcity" namewise. The website's name ended in "City/Citi" from what I remember, and the first word was attached to "City/Citi" without any spacing or hyphen. Pretty sure it was between 5-8 characters long not including any .com added to the address.
• (Somewhat Confident) The website was formatted where the top banner of the page had a circular logo in the top left that read the website's name, with three-ish skyscraper buildings in the backdrop of the circle, coloured either a dark blue or a purple, and possibly other colors. The website feels like it had dark blue themes and borders.
• (Slightly Unsure) Of the characters on the website I remember, there are three big ones, a female with blonde hair, a kid that wore a red T-Shirt, and a short kid in a baseball hat flipped brim back. Very likely that I'm confusing these with cyberchase characters, but might be worth investigating.
• (Slightly Unsure) I believe the website was under a .com domain, but that's just a guess.
• (No Idea) I do not remember details on the games, and the ideas I do come up with are so generic that it wouldn't be of much use. The best ones I got are "Ice Cream Game" and "Basketball Game". I cannot remember the math used for the games other than division, multiplication, and so forth.
• (Other Useful Info) I remember using the Kewala's Typing Adventure game around the same time as the "MathCity" website, but it's unlikely that it was also a physical disc software.

Taking this class online for the summer since I’m transferring in to start this Fall, and I’m bricking it. I took 240 in the spring and barely hung on cause of other stuff, so seeing stuff like C++ and Linux come back heavily is a bit challenging. I’m going back over the 240 stuff, but was wondering if anyone has any idea has any useful tips for the class.

I was born with a not so correct heart that beats irregularly. That coupled with an ED isn't the best combination, especially lately. I've been struggling a lot with food intake due to recent trauma and the family drama that ensued because of it. I've eaten a full meal a total of 9 times since March 15th (when it happened) and just ate one yesterday. Of course the act of eating the amount I'm supposed to made my heart act up. It was only one meal, and it was a salad and some pasta. Any ideas on some alternatives that still have a good amount of taurine and vitamin b but aren't so heavy? Being the end of spring in California definitely doesn't help (๑•﹏•)⋆* ⁑⋆* I can never eat a lot during fire season without getting nauseous ( )

You, the embodiment of beauty and enigma, captivated my heart from the moment we met. Your jeweled eyes held galaxies within them, drawing me into your enchanting world where you were my everything. Somehow, you craved all of my body and soul, as the Sirens craved Odysseus. You were my duchess, and I was your man.
The intensity that drew us together eventually became the force that pulled us apart. In public, I was your Achilles; at home, I was merely his heel.
You convinced me that you were a damsel in distress, shackled by the morals of your family. When I whisked you away, my heel became all you could see. Your depression was yours to bear, but affected me so deeply for so long, that it became my burden. You wanted all of me, my constant attention and adoration most of all. With so many burdened demands of perfection, how could I always keep my eyes on you?
You found your favorite tool for the seasons. Love and joy for Summer and Winter, the threat of divorce every Spring and Autumn. Each threat was an explosive planted at my foundation. I began to pull away. Each time, you cut another thread of our connection. You hated that I couldn’t adore you with every ounce of my being at every moment. I was willing to do anything for you, to give you the life you dreamed of, but it was never enough to fill the void you felt inside.
I hated transitioning from your lover to your caretaker, but I didn’t know how else to save you from yourself while protecting my idea of love and passion. As happens, you came to hate your caretaker. When it was too much, I weakened, and you became my caretaker, and I became frustrated with you. This is the true “cycle” we struggled within. The woman I adored, who once brought light to my life, slowly became a shadow of herself, consumed by her internal battles—and blocked the light in me that she treasured most of all.
You knew every pore of my heel by the end, every fear. I trusted you as Hafiz trusted his god. When you left, you inflicted every wound that I ever feared. For months, you let me blame myself for everything I could and more.
I thought too much about how you exited stage left instead of right. You never would have told me about him if I hadn’t guessed. You would have let me torture myself forever. You told him a similar story—you were a damsel in destress, and I was your captor. How could I blame him for believing your same beautiful performance I fell for?
I never thought I could become nothing to you. Just a resource, a reason that drives you through the your own ‘Prodigal Child’ story that you treasured so dearly. Who do you want to be there waiting to hug you at the end? You suddenly find my arms revolting. You will waste your beauty and our treasures until you must return, broken, to the embracing arms of the very father you ran from. You know the path you are creating will be filled with turmoil; take the shortcut for everyone's sake, my Gemini.
How can I get closure from a cryptic prophetess? How can I hold onto the memory of the girl I fell in love with? How can I see her instead of the stranger that left me in the most cruel, cold, cowardly way? How can the girl who made me laugh overshadow the girl who laughed at my tears? How can the girl who shared our dreams wake me from this nightmare she crafted?
I may rise like a Phoenix, but you stole half my ashes. Will you ever give them back?

I’ve recently started playing factorio and while I’ve got a basic idea of supply chain to production of items, I haven’t been able to grasp how to work out the math for producing X items per sec/ minute etc.
I found satisfactory so easy in comparison because everything is based on a per minute interval but machines in factorio are X per second or crafting speed Y, belt move Z per second. It feels simple but when I try to work it out on paper, ends up confusing me, any help explaining would be so appreciated.

After 8 years of mostly doing nothing, I'm finally graduating from college. I've learned very little in college, I actually don't think I deserve the degree (I suspect that there is a strong incentive by the university to pump out as many grads as possible, but I don't know). Apart from that, I've done no internships during college and I have no research experience. My only work experience is working for about 3 months in 2022 at a McDonald's and I left because I felt like I couldn't keep up with the school work. I don't believe I left on the best of terms since I was seen as more of a subpar worker (I couldn't really keep up with the rush) and because I left before the end of my two weeks notice. I'm too embarrassed to work with my school's career center because I don't have any work experience to put on my resume and because I don't have any notable school related (or personal) projects or achievements (my GPA is a 2.6). I also don't have a good relationship with any of my professors, so I don't have anyone to vouch for me there.
I've spent so much time in college, and wasted so much of that time, that I've forgotten almost all of what I supposedly learned and I think I would seriously struggle with even the basic stuff freshmen are learning right now. I've picked up no skills that could be used for work. I'm a physics major, but I've picked up on very little programming (just a level above "Hello world!") and my math is extremely weak for a STEM major. I'd even go as far as to say that my obtainment of a degree is farcical, but I won't be the one to reject that sheet of paper.
Anyways, I'm looking for career advice. I've given the background so as to provide context on why I'm looking for advice: I'm an extremely weak grad from a comparably strong (and respected) undergraduate program that cannot possibly qualify for any positions that a typical graduate should qualify for. Embarrassingly, I also have no idea what I want to do; I know that this stuff should be sorted out in college, but I'm leaving college even more unsure of myself than when I started. I do know for a fact that I don't want to return to a minimum wage job, I don't want to work retail or customer service or go anywhere near the service/hospitality/food industry; certainly not for the long haul (at the moment, I recognize that I don't have much of a choice). I also know that my degree puts me in a position that is better than it would be if I had no degree (although I also recognize that undergrad degrees are becoming increasingly less useful for improving job prospects).
What positions or fields would you recommend I look into? I'm really looking from some sort of job where I would be allowed the time to learn something interesting, but that is probably unrealistic.
This post is very incomplete, but I cannot think of much else right now. Please, do ask questions.

"I want to pick *points* this player and *points* that pl— oh wait, that's just a mannequin in similar clothes."

Mannequin (Outsider): Once per night, when a player chooses a player, they might register as choosing you instead, if legal. You then learn the real chosen player.

The Mannequin quietly takes the place of one player in up to one choice each night.

• Resolving the affected ability happens between the two sentences of the Mannequin ability. Any effects the ability would have on the Mannequin are applied before they learn who they replaced. If they are no longer a living Mannequin when they would learn this, they don't.
• The change is momentaneous, not maintained: Once the choice has been misregistered, it remains changed for the purposes of anything that later checks what was chosen before, even if the Mannequin is dead or droisoned. The choice itself was recorded incorrectly, and the record isn't fixed by the Mannequin not having the ability to do that again.
• Players who think they have an ability but don't can still choose players. It might not affect anything through the ability they don't have, but the Mannequin still learns their real choice.
• A droisoned Mannequin can't redirect any choices while droisoned, but they can wake to learn an arbitrary name anyway. If they're droisoned by the ability they redirect, they can learn an incorrect name, or not wake at all.

Jinx

• Butler: If a player with the Butler ability has their choice changed by the Mannequin, they learn who the Mannequin is.

I don't know why you'd do this as an ST, but the Butler ability doesn't work unless the Butler knows who they're choosing and why, so it needs a jinx.

Examples

The Monk chooses to protect the Fortune Teller. The Mannequin is protected instead, and learns the Fortune Teller's name.
The Fortune Teller chooses the Imp and the Soldier. The Fortune Teller receives a no. The Mannequin wakes to learn the Imp's name.

If the picker chooses multiple players, the Mannequin only replaces one of them, and only learn the one they replaced.

The Vigormortis chooses to kill the Sage. The Mannequin dies instead, and does not learn the Sage's name.

The second part of the ability never resolves because the Mannequin lost the ability partway through.

The Alchemist Poisoner chooses to poison the No Dashii. The Mannequin is poisoned instead, and may or may not learn a player's name.

This poison does not undo the "choice" of the Mannequin instead of the No Dashii. The poison does however come into effect before the Mannequin would be told who was really picked, so they may learn the wrong player or nothing at all.

The Alchemist Devil's Advocate chooses the Poppy Grower. The Mannequin is protected from execution. The next night, the Alchemist Devil's Advocate chooses themself. The Mannequin cannot replace this, because the ADA would have chosen them two nights in a row. (The ADA could also legally have chosen the Poppy Grower.)

"if legal" prevents the Mannequin from being "chosen" by a character that shouldn't be able to choose them tonight.

The Lunatic chooses to "attack" the Ravenkeeper. The Mannequin learns the Ravenkeeper's name. The Lleech learns that the Lunatic chose the Mannequin. The Lleech follows suit and kills the Mannequin.

Why does it learn?

Even working only once per night, this seems like it would be a rather destructive form of misregistry, likely enough that most players with this ability would self-nominate day 1.
But I also want getting rid of the Mannequin to be a valid option for the good team, for the same reason. Thus, no "even if dead".
So how do we keep it from being unfun to stay alive longer than necessary?
The information part of the ability is a carrot for the Mannequin. If the Mannequin can work out who was affected, it can be used to reverse engineer how and why the ability was used, and facilitate some amount of confirmation between the Mannequin and players whose abilities were redirected.
It also acts as a balancing measure against STs using the ability in certain overly punishing ways.
For example, imagine you're the Mannequin in the Fortune Teller example above, and you manage to connect with the Fortune Teller. Hmmm, kind of interesting that the Storyteller used the ability to redirect an FT's pick away from the Imp player, isn't it? That's arguably more suspicious than an FT yes on its own, considering the existence of the red herring mechanic and the ambiguity of which of the two players is giving off the yes. But only if the FT and the Mannequin are able to trust each other.
This also makes it potentially useful for ST's to occasionally use the Mannequin ability even when it wouldn't actually change the result, for evil players to bluff having picked the player the Mannequin is claiming to have learned, or for Minions to bluff being the Mannequin (wouldn't recommend it for Demons without a backup life).
In short, I think the Mannequin learning who they replaced is far more interesting for everyone involved, including the Mannequin themself. It gives the Mannequin something to do while alive and a chance to mitigate or even utilize the damage their ability does without necessarily sacrificing an execution and a good player's democratic powers.

Interactions

Townsfolk

• Alchemist: Some Alchemist abilities are often avoided because the Alchemist might pick the Demon. The Mannequin could mitigate this a bit... while alive.
• Amnesiac: If you use this on an Amnesiac that hasn't bingo'd, you might be a jerk.
• Chambermaid: One of the reasons the Chambermaid is so strong is that most Demons wake every night. The Mannequin can give the Chambermaid a +0 instead of the Demon's +1, since any Mannequin that can still mess with Chambermaid info tonight necessarily has not woken yet. (The Mathematician has a jinx to account for it waking after the Chambermaid, but I see no reason to do the same favor for a Mannequin that is actively being used to mess with the Chambermaid.) The trade-off is of course that the Mannequin learns who they subbed in for, which could be devastating if it gets back to the Chambermaid.
• Dreamer: There's a really mean thing an ST could do here: Each night, the Dreamer picks a different player... and gets "Mannequin / [evil character]".
• Exorcist: Like in the DA example above, the Exorcist can't be Mannequin'd two nights in a row.
• Huntsman: If you use the Mannequin on a Huntsman who actually picked the Damsel for once, I become the Huntsman and hunt you down. I bet you added the Damsel on top of the Outsider count too.
• Lycanthrope: Usually when the Lycanthrope's kill doesn't land, it implies the target is evil or the Lycan droisoned. But the Mannequin can attract the Lycan kill to itself, saving the target while still preventing other deaths that night. This doesn't actually say anything about the Lycan target's alignment, but it's worth questioning why the ST would deny both the Lycan and the Demon their intended kills using an Outsider ability. If the target is evil, it offers deniability. If they're good, why were they saved? Is evil stomping? Are they another Outsider?
• Mathematician: I've been going back and forth on how exactly this works (specifically whether the Math reacts to the redirection if it has a different outcome, checks whether the outcome was correct with the Mannequin chosen, or both), but it boils down to "math makes headaches".
• Nightwatchman: "Hey, Andy, I got some mail addressed to you. It said Benny is the Nightwatchman."
• Professor: The Mannequin isn't a legal target for the Professor while alive, and so can't redirect the Professor's pick. Which is good since a Professor somehow picking a living Outsider would doubly fizzle.
• Ravenkeeper: As seen with the Dreamer, I think there's something extra funny about interactions where being Mannequin'd causes the picker to be shown the Mannequin token.
• Snake Charmer: The Mannequin is not the Demon (usually), so it can be used to prevent a charming (good for the Snake Charmer, bad for the good team). But if the Snake Charmer later comes out with who's definitely not the Demon and which nights they picked them, the Mannequin can recognize that they replaced a pick.
• (There is a possible but convoluted interaction where the Mannequin gets handed Lil' Monsta, fails to get themself executed the next day, then gets indirectly Snake Charmed. The Snake Charmer picks the Sailor, then gets told they're the Mannequin holding the baby. The Mannequin becomes the poisoned Snake Charmer; they don't learn the Sailor's name. Then later that night the Minions wake to move the Lil' Monsta, having no idea anything happened.)
• Village Idiot: Like the Dreamer bullying and bird violence earlier, it's entirely possible to use the Mannequin to show a sober VI good every night. Or just that one time they pick the Demon.

Outsiders

• Barber: The Mannequin can intercept a Barber swap, swapping characters with one of the real choices. They don't learn who was really chosen. This should be done sparingly since it's an Outsider messing up an evil player's use of another Outsider ability.
• Drunk: The Drunk's choices can be affected by the Mannequin; this only matters in that the Mannequin still learns the real choice, which ensures that your choices lining up with a Mannequin doesn't indicate you're not the Drunk.
• Goon: If a player chooses the Goon, but the Mannequin redirects the choice to themself, the picker never chose the Goon. The Goon does not flip and the picker is not drunked (but gets info on / affects the Mannequin instead).
• Klutz, Moonchild: Neither of these can be affected, because the Mannequin ability only works on choices made at night.
• Lunatic: The Demon can see the Mannequin as the Lunatic's choice. As in the example above, this might be worthwhile if the Demon is following the Lunatic's choices and the Lunatic chose someone the Demon shouldn't kill for their own sake (such as themself, a Minion or a landmine Townsfolk). Since this can also be a reason to redirect a real Demon kill, the Lunatic learning that the player who died was the Mannequin, and maybe that their target was a landmine Townsfolk, might still believe they're the Demon afterwards.
• Ogre: This is yet another nice thing about the Mannequin learning who they replaced. If not for that, Ogre/Mannequin would need a jinx similar to Ogre/Recluse or Ogre/Spy, for the same reason: It's unfun for the Ogre if their alignment isn't solvable at all. But because the Mannequin knows they replaced the Donkey in someone's choice on night 1, they'll be looking for someone who picked the Donkey, and can inform the Ogre that they're good even if the Donkey is evil. (That said, stopping the Ogre from turning evil is again using an Outsider ability to interfere with an Outsider ability to evil's heavy detriment.)

Minions
Many Minion interactions are more likely to be relevant to an Alchemist than to the actual Minion, because this is an Outsider and should ideally be used to interfere with good more than evil. As such, I will treat the Minions below alignment-agnostically unless otherwise noted, with good ones probably being Alchemists.

• Assassin: The Assassin's "even if for some reason they could not" clause does not prevent the Mannequin from jumping in front of the knife and dying in the target's place. The Mannequin doesn't interfere with the Assassin's ability trying to kill, say, the Sailor; it interferes with the Assassin player's choice of which player the ability should try to kill in the first place. Now, if the Mannequin can't die for some reason, the Assassin ability can still kill them.
• Cerenovus: Poor Cerenovus, wondering why the claims they ordered are coming from the wrong part of town...
• Fearmonger: Oh, this one's rude.
• Harpy: The Harpy might be even more confused than the Cerenovus, since the Mannequin could replace either the player who's supposed to be mad or the player they're supposed to be mad about.
• Marionette: See Drunk. Also, a Marionette thinking they're the Mannequin might wreak havoc on town's info, getting names that imply their ability was used on players who actually got exactly the info they asked for.
• Pit Hag: This works just like you'd expect it to. It is worth noting that the Mannequin-turned-something-else doesn't learn who the Pit Hag really picked, because the character change resolves in the middle of the Mannequin's ability.
• Summoner: Yes, the Summoner choice can be redirected to turn the Mannequin into the Demon. No, you probably shouldn't do it to an evil Summoner unless you want a rerack. Either way, the Mannequin-turned-Demon doesn't learn the real choice.
• Widow: The Mannequin can soak up Widow poison and be unable to proc later. The main benefit to doing this would be that the Mannequin can be told their ability was used on choices that were never made, confusing the Mannequin and making them look evil, or on choices that gave correct information, misleading other players. But the Widow can also see that the Mannequin is in play and decide whether they want to do this themself, so it might be a little rude.

Demons
Demons in general (with a couple exceptions) can have their kills redirected to the Mannequin. This is mostly useful if they were about to kill a landmine character.

• Al-Hadikhia: I imagine even with the carrot, most Mannequins would be okay with dying to prevent an Al-Had sweep. Unusual case of the Demon learning immediately that one of their choices was redirected to the Mannequin. If the Mannequin chooses to live and there isn't a sweep, the Mannequin learns who the Al-Had really picked.
• Fang Gu: Out of all Demons, the ability for the Demon kill to be redirected to the Mannequin is probably the most useful to the Fang Gu, which jumps if it hasn't already. The Mannequin ability becomes a safety hatch for the ST to drop the Demon through if necessary. The dead Fang Gu might want to be careful about outing to the player they targeted, though.
• Kazali: "You'll have the Mannequin player as your Minion and you'll damn well like it!" Better than letting the Kazali pick the Soldier, but otherwise probably best avoided.
• Lleech: Yes but don't: The Mannequin can become the Lleech host instead of whoever the Lleech chose. If it weren't bad enough for the Demon to not know the host is the wrong player, there's also the fact that Mannequins are likely to be okay with dying early.
• Pukka: The Mannequin being poisoned after a choice is redirected to them doesn't mean they weren't chosen.
• Vortox: Since the Mannequin is an Outsider, the information on who they replaced is not affected by the Vortox.
• Legion, Lil' Monsta, Yaggababble: Can't have their kills redirected because they don't make picks, but can kill the Mannequin at the ST's whim anyway because it's how they work in the first place.
• Leviathan, Riot: Can't have their kills redirected because they don't kill at night at all.
• Ojo: Can't have their kill redirected because they choose a character, not a player. There is an argument to be made that they choose a player via a character, like how the Courtier and Ojo can become Goon-drunk, but that's not how the Mannequin functions. The Mannequin replaces choices before they're filtered through the ability they're made for.

Travelers
Most Travelers can't be affected by the Mannequin because they either don't make picks or pick in the daytime.

• Barista: If the Mannequin gets a Barista 2, it might be time to call for exile.
• Bone Collector: The Bone Collector runs into the same issue as the Professor: The Mannequin is an illegal target for the Bone Collector while they have their ability, unless they've already been Bone Collected. A Bone Collected Mannequin can in fact redirect a Professor's ability, though they're not resurrected because they're not a Townsfolk.
• Bureaucrat: I think the paperwork that says this Mannequin should have three votes might be forged.
• Harlot: "Choose a player." "James." "Alright, one moment... ... ...Kate has accepted your invitation; you learn that she is the Mannequin."
• Thief: "If you have to steal people's votes, take mine instead."