Not sure if this is the right place to post but I’m an electrical installation apprentice working in control panels and switchgear specifically. I’m in my last year and I fact have my last exam next week to receive my nvq level 3.
However there is a possibility I will be losing my job soon to a mistake I made.
I don’t enjoy my job and never really have but I’ve made do to get the qualifications.
I am looking for advice. Any advice on where I could take this. (Presuming I do not lose my job) if I do lose it then I really do have no idea.
Thank you

This might seem like a weird post but I just want to discuss, I am not offended, at least I don't think.
So in Sweden ive been calling myself an Electrical Engineer since I have been working in the field for 4 years now and thats what my title has been. My uncle and his wife recently visited my parents from the US and they offered me to come and work in the US where I could stay with them for free. So I started looking for jobs in their city however when looking for electrical engineering jobs the job descriptions seemed a bit out of my scope since they covered very wide areas. So out of curiosity I put in Electronics Engineer in the search field and those job descriptions seemed allot more in line with what I do in Sweden and the salaries were not that different.
It was just a funny realisation but am I missing something?

Well, Hi all! again! 4Th Wall here, I figured since I just got power back, I might as well play some catch up on both series. Hope you enjoy this episode!!
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Benjamin smiled, watching the girls skip ahead of him. Today was a testing day of sorts for him. Unwilling to release firearms into this world haphazardly, yet unwilling to go without them as a backup; he had pulled from one of his sister’s favorite video games. He had “melted down” his bowie knife, repurposing the metal to be used in his latest creation. The final product rode on his hip like a short sword, but Ben was satisfied in the design when the vast majority of the people he passed ignored it as just another adventurer’s blade. Benjamin hoped, that with the existence of Majik, that he would be able to pass off any… peculiarities... as the realm of the supernatural.

The three of them arrived at the tailor’s establishment, and the girls were met with a customary indifference that seemed to present itself when a slave’s “master” was present. The moment Benjamin entered, the seamstress ceased to pay attention to the girls, and instead addressed him directly, “Ah, The Forgemaster’s Protégé. What can I do for you this day.” She said cooly, bowing slightly in welcome. “I’m here commission some clothing for these two, a reward for good service.” Benjamin began. It was technically true; the success of the forge had afforded him much more coin than a mere apprentice could have made. Qort had taken him on as a true partner, and Benjamin earned enough to comfortably afford to cloth his “slaves” in whatever he chose.

Some stigma’s remained however, and the seamstress seemed to glare sideways at the girls as they perused the fabrics adorning the walls. “Is that wise? A slave could lose her place with such gifts.” she asked, her polite tone barely hiding her disapproval. Benjamin sighed internally, ‘oh for fucks sake’ he groaned in his own mind before putting on facad, “I find that proper reward, afforded on the right servant can result in” he paused, projecting a smug expression and blatantly looking the girls up and down. “a profound dedication to their duties” he finished with a satisfied smile as the seamstress covered her mouth with a hand to hide a smile of her own. The gambit worked, and the Seamstress was obviously satisfied that the “Aereesen slave whores” were being properly “used”. “Ah, I understand. What did you have in mind for them.” She practically moaned back at Benjamin. ‘This hag needs a good pounding….’ Benjamin’s inner monologue threatened to crack his facade, “That’s the fun part, my good lady. It’s their choice. The surprise is half the excitement.” He chuckled.

The seamstress openly smiled at him this time before nodding and stepping over to the two girls. Benjamin breathed a sigh of relief as she seemed to treat them at least marginally more warmly. The old racist bag didn’t need to know that Benjamin was secretly building a small nest egg for his girls, or that his sending them out to do errands for him was how he was teaching them about money, value, and the application of Mathematics. She also didn’t need to know that the full Cutlery set that she had purchased last week had been made by Vi’s own hand as her first full solo commission set. Benjamin had stamped his “mark” on them, because slaves were not allowed to own anything, including their own work; but Vi had begun with raw steel and finished with one of the finest cooking knife sets he had seen in this world or his.

Benjamin settled onto a bench outside, using the excuse of wanting to enjoy the morning air to afford his girls some privacy. Now that Viola and Valtrya were eating a healthy diet, and the right calorie amount; they had blossomed into absolute bombshells. Their hair had recovered, and both sported long flowing locks that boasted a silky satin black color and texture that betrayed hints of deep royal purple. The color reminded Benjamin of one of those expensive custom car paints that changed color depending on the lighting.

Their skin recovered almost as quickly as their hair. The sickly, scabbed look was quickly replaced with the same satin quality as their hair to the touch, but with a light grey coloring that almost seemed to tease the edge of hinting at a greyish purple. A dense pattern of Small freckles of the same dark, almost royal, purple as the highlights in their hair frolicked on both girl’s cheeks, and down the sides of their necks. Because of their early lack of understanding on modestly, Ben knew that those freckles traveled much further. The sad truth was that Benjamin understood fully why Aereesen’s were the prize of slavers and brothels, and he silently prayed that he could give them enough self-worth and skill to have a better life than that, once he got them out of the Principality.

A door’s soft creaking broke Benjamin from his thoughts as the two sisters stepped out smiling, “Get everything you need?” he asked standing as the three of them departed the establishment. Val nodded vigorously, and Vi smiled as she spoke, “I think so, but I had to practically beg the woman to stop showing us lingerie… what did you tell her?” Benjamin felt his cheeks heat as he responded, “What I had to. The old hag doesn’t get enough at home. It’s not my fault that your ‘enthusiasm’ is in the forge and your studies, not between the sheets. I didn’t lie to her, I just let her draw her own conclusions, sorry.”

Vi’s eyes twinkled for a second, “Oh,” She smirked, “Thaaat’s why she broke out the silk. Some of her options were..” She blatantly bit her lip at Benjamin. “You didn’t…” He asked in shock, and Vi lifted up on her tippy toes to brush her lips against his ear, “Not telling” she purred, setting Bens senses on fire. She backed up a step, openly smirking at his beet red face. “But your expression is adorable… My Lord” She stated the last two words with a deep sultry tone, knowing that Ben couldn’t scold her in public before taking his hand, “May we visit the bazar next? Val saw some jewelry she wanted to look at.” Benjamin gave her a pointed look, that turned into a smile as she beamed at him, “Ok, sounds good. I need to pick up some food for the week.”

It was later that afternoon when the three of them left the bazar. They found Jukha waiting on the bench in front of their home. “Jukha! How are you!” Benjamin called, clasping the Orc’s hand firmly as the girls rushed inside to put up their purchases. Jukha reciprocated, if somewhat stiffly, to the strange to him gesture. “Benjamin, it is good to see you well.” His tone stopped Ben in his tracks, “What is it. Is your wife, ok?”
Jukha shook his head, “Vilora is well, but I have been tasked with finding you.” He said carefully, “The slaver, the one you dueled for those two,” he nodded to Vi and Val as they stepped back out of the building, “The Heir of The Romoregin house is here. He has lodged an official demand for satisfaction, and he brought a champion.”

Benjamin stiffened, “Another duel? You said an ‘official demand’… what happens if I refuse.” Jukha winced at Ben’s tone, “It is an archaic practice of my people, rarely remembered, and even more rarely demanded. You cannot deny a satisfaction claim, but should you prevail, no further claims can be made upon your person. I am sorry Benjamin, but if you flee or refuse, your life is forfeit; and your property goes to the claimant.” Jukha looked pointedly at Viola and Valtrya. “The young puke has put me in danger as well, if I do not deliver you and them to the duel, I can be detained. If they torture me….” Benjamin’s eyes widened before hardening in understanding. “Jukha…” He turned to find Viola standing next to him, with his musket in one arm and his ammunition bag in the other, and sighed, “Fuck”. He loaded his musket with a single roundball cartridge this time, unwilling to fire buck and ball in the town streets. He pealed the ball out of the paper wading after pouring the poweder, reaching into his haversack to retrieve a small round patch made of pillow ticking. Jukha looked on in mild fascination as Benjamin spit on the cloth patch before wrapping the ball in it and ramming the whole thing down the barrel. It wasn’t much, but it reduce windage, ensuring at least reasonable enough accuracy from the smoothbore to keep from hitting innocent bystanders. It would also virtually eliminate blow-by, upping the chamber pressure and giving him a little more velocity. “I’m ready.”

The four of them entered the small city square to be met with Qort and three Org guards. These soldiers wore different insignia that Benjamin had been taught were the mark of the capital. “Beenjaymen Shayfe” one of them butchered his name, “I am.” Ben nodded firmly, the other guard nodded, “And your two slaves, good. Has Jukha informed you of the proceedings.” Benjamin scowled, “A legalized way to attempt a revenge killing? Yea, I’ve been told.” Ben didn’t bother to hide his vitriol, “So I have to kill a motherfucker for defending myself from his father?”

“Not quite. The Heir has brought a champion. The rules are simple, all forms of combat are allowed” The first guard began as the second one began chaining the wrists of Viola and Valtrya. Benjamin began to move before thinking, only to be held back by Jukha, “Peace albino. They must do this. Fighting them will cause a forfeit.” Benjamin looked at the terrified faces of the two girls. He forced himself to calm down outwardly, but Benjamin could feel the rage building. He had worked so hard to save those two, to get them out.. now some snot nosed brat was going to try to kill him because his father didn’t know when to fuck off. Benjamin stepped out from around the guards. The “heir” was a young Durr. Ben had no frame of reference for age, but the Heir was substantially shorter, and his facial tentacles were almost mere buds. Beside him stood a crimson colossus, the same species as the Hunter he had shot saving Jukha. He was taller than that female, and was wearing plate armor, gilded in silver. He hefted a great sword of some kind and smiled openly at Benjamin. It was not a pleasant expression. “Ah, so You’re the puke I’ll be cleaning from my blade. I am Krastorin. Come here, pale one, I’ll make it quick.”

Benjamin looked him over, subtly shifting into a shooting stance but keeping his musket looking like he was resting the butt of a spear on the ground. “You look accomplished, what makes you do the bidding of the boy.” He asked, blatant scorn on his tone. The Young Durr flinched, his small tentacle buds writhing violently. “H’Dare Yee!” he bellowed, voice cracking with the strain of fury, “Aye’ll ‘ave Yee Head on Me’Wall!!”
Benjamin ignored him, focusing on the Hellirine. The man looked back at the boy with a raised eyebrow, “The young puke promised me one of those.” He pointed at Vi and Val, who had reverted to their former trembling submissive postures that Ben had met them in. “It appears that they are as well kept as claimed. I look forward to sampling them.” He leered. Benjamin looked over at the Young Durr and found his face a mixture of relief and anger. ‘Ah, lied about daddy’s slaves.’ He turned to the soldier standing next to him, “Is the duel on?” he growled.

“Combatants! Begin!” was the Soldiers response, and the crimson mercenary lifted his sword from his shoulders advancing forward with a long confident stride, “at last, let’s get this over wi..” a clap of thunder echo’d through the Feral wood, and most of the crowd cried out in surprise as Benjamin disappeared, seemingly behind a bubble of fire, and brimstone. The single round ball ignored the mercenary’s plate armor. Punching straight through as the soft lead mushroomed out into a ragged disk that measured almost an inch and a half. The mangled projectile, still travelling at almost half the speed of sound, eviscerated the chest cavity of the Mercenary before blowing a one foot wide hole out of the crimson man’s back. The exit wound missed Krastorin’s spine by an inch, but it didn’t matter. The projectile embedded itself into a post, thankfully missing any bystanders by mere inches in some cases. The Young Durr, who was standing just behind and to the side of his champion, was screaming as he pawed at the bits of pale yellow blood, bones, and fragments of internal organs now covering him from head to toe.

Benjamin handed the smoking musket to Jukha, drawing his short sword and walking over to a sputtering, choking, and coughing Krastorin. The Hellirine lay face down on the ground, having fallen that way from the momentum of his initial advance. The back of Benjamins mind was sickly amused as he remembered the old Hollywood trope of bullets throwing people backward, and a pinch of regret sparked in his soul as his opponent death rattled. He stepped up to the Heir, resting the blade against his neck, “Are we done here. Be a better man than your father and learn when to save your own life.” The Young Durr froze, staring up at him in abject terror for several moments as a puddle formed at his feet. Benjamin opened his mouth to speak again when the boy simply passed out, falling into the puddle of his own mess as his mind refused to stay conscious.

Benjamin turned to walk back towards Jukha and the girls. “Unchain them.” Benjamin’s tone could have frozen a raging forge’s inferno. To his surprise, two of the soldiers drew their weapons on him, “You need to come with us. All Touched must be registered with...” Benjamin pointed his short sword at the one talking… and pulled the trigger. The percussion revolver built into the hilt of the short sword was zero’d using a notch Benjamin cut into the crossguard, and the tip of the curved blade as a crude set of open sights. The barrel of the revolver lay along one side of the blade, and was rifled. The speaking soldier orc’s took the smaller pistol round through the forehead, exploding the back of his skull in a cone of dark green and grey mist. The exit wound showered his companion in bits of bone and brains. Benjamin’s thumb found the hammer, and four satisfying clicks echo’d in the stunned silence, “HEAR ME!” He growled, “I, am touched by the Gods. I posses the power to end any life I choose using the power of Hell itself!” ‘if I have to show them a gun, might as well throw them off the trail’ “The violence of the raging volcano obeys my very fingertips.” His revolvesword bucked a second time as another soldier orc made a move to rush him. The smaller pistol round still punched through the orcs armor and out the back, but only left him screaming on the ground. Benjamin re-cocked, and leveled his weapon at the orc holding the chains to Val and Vi. “Now, release them.” This last remaining Orc did as asked, before gathering up his screaming companion as the girls rushed to Benjamin, he pulled them close, whispering, “I’m sorry we wont be able to pick up your dresses.”

The three of them packed up that night. Qort had understood, knowing all too well what the Principality would do to acquire a Touched of Benjamins ability. “Stay safe my friend. I pray our paths cross again.” Jukha snuck them out of the village that night, using his wagon to get them to his home. They stayed a week, laying low while they planned their next move. The girls spent their time learning recipes from Jukha’s wife, and ben took the time to unwind a bit. Jukha and He went on a hunt, and Benjamin was given a run down on the flora and fauna of the Feral wood. The two of them brought back a pair of Stags, and the three women cooked them a feast.

“Dinner’s ready!!” called Viola, setting the last of the sides on the table as the dutch oven roasted meat was brought off of the stove top. It was a simple yet elegant meal. Stag, potatoes, some kind of Kale style vegetable that Benjamin had never seen before. Soon enough, everyone at the table was leaning back, as full as they could make themselves. “So, pinkskin,” Jukha asked, “Where do you plan on going. I wouldn’t mind you staying with me. I could use another hunter, but I suspect that they would notice the extra product I brought to the village.”

Benjamin Hummed, “The Maridian Combine. Qort told me that they banned slavery over a century ago, the girls have learned so much already. It would be easy to find jobs for them.” Vi and Val drooped slightly but hid it well. Jukha noticed it but said nothing. “A good choice, their boarders are well guarded, you would need to free them before you cross, or end up in a dungeon yourself.”

“Good point, I can write up a simple writ of freedom. Something I can sign and give to them.” Benjamin nodded, “I can get started on that to…” he paused as a hand fell on his. He looked to see Viola staring at him, fighting back tears, “Hey, what’s wrong. You will be free…” Jukha nodded slowly and stood. “love,” he said to Vilora, “I need some help with the livestock” The Farie met his eyes in unspoken understanding, fluttering out the front door with Jukha.

“Vi, what’s wrong.” Benjamin asked gently.

“No… go… Val… stay…” Both of them turned to Valtrya in shock. She was trembling, “I wont..leave.”

“You speak?” Benjamin looked in shock, but Viola spoke next, “Benjamin, we don’t want to leave. We want to stay, with you. I…” She paused. Ben sighed, “I want you to stay too.” He said, finally admitting it to himself, “But I can’t own you. It’s killing me that you are my property.” He reached up and wiped a tear from Vi’s eyes, “You are so much more than property. I feel evil, every day that I wake up knowing that I could do anything I wanted to you, or worse, die and have someone else hurt you for the fun of it.” Benjamin bowed his head. Viola reached out, lifting his chin to look into his eyes, “Then come with us.” She whispered as Val stood up and stepped around the table, “yes.. You, come.” She wrapped herself around Ben from the side leaning in until she was resting her head against his shoulder, “I’m… staying.. with you.” she said softly. Viola nodded, “Benjamin, how old do you think we are.”

Ben looked at her in confusion, “I have no idea, I’ve always assumed you were teenagers. 13-14 years old for Val, maybe 16 for you, but that was when you were skin and bones.” He admitted.

Viola’s eyes widened in understanding. “You did not want to bed us because you thought us children.” Benjamin nodded slowly, answering. “And forcing sex on a child is the worst kind of crime on my world”. Viola and Valtrya looked at each other, before Vi spoke. “Ben, my sister will turn one hundred and three in a fortnight. I just had my one hundred and fifteenth birthday last week.” She leaned in, pressing her lips to Bens as she kissed him passionately for a moment. “We are no children,” Viola paused as Valtrya leaned in, kissing Ben lightly on the neck, “You are not forcing us to do anything, but leave.” Viola whispered as she began to close in to a surprised Benjamin for another kiss.

The door to the cabin flew open violently, and the girls pulled back to a more modest distance. Jukha walked in, carrying a panting Vilora. “What happened.” Ben asked hurriedly, hoping he wasn’t blushing as hard as the heat on his cheeks suggested. Vilora waved a hand as Jukha set her down in her chair, “The Vin… My sisters… they reached out… They wish to meet…” The Farie gathered herself, “They also sent a warning. We must leave, tonight… hunters.”
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Supervisory Management and Program Analyst

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Grade: GS-15

Headquarters, NASA

You will serve as a Supervisory Program Analyst in the Resource Management Division within the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA Headquarters. In this position, you will oversee analysts in the execution and formulation of SMD's budget and provide expert analysis to ensure the effective use of resources in the accomplishment of SMD's strategic objectives.

Electrical Engineer (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-12/13

Goddard Space Flight Center

You will serve as an Electrical Engineer managing Facilities Engineering Projects assigned to the Engineering Branch of the Facilities Management Division within the Management Operations Directorate.

Director, Office of Procurement, Goddard Space Flight Center

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Grade: ES-00

Goddard Space Flight Center

Serves as Director, Office of Procurement, for the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The Director reports directly to the NASA Assistant Administrator for Procurement and is a key member of the senior management team. Responsibilities include planning, budgeting, directing, executing, and coordinating procurement actions on behalf of the Office of Procurement.

Aerospace Engineer, AST, Environmental Control Systems

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Grade: GS-14/15

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

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General Engineer, AST, Engineering Program Management (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

Ames Research Center

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Assistant Administrator for Protective Services

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Grade: ES-00

Headquarters, NASA

Reporting to the Associate Administrator of NASA's Mission Support Directorate, the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Protective Services provides NASA-wide executive and functional leadership, policy formulation, oversight, guidance, coordination, and advocacy for protective services programs including security, fire protection, emergency preparedness planning and response, and programmatic counterintelligence/counterterrorism (CI/CT) operations, processes, functions, and activities.

Computer Engineer, AST, Data Systems

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Grade: GS-14

John Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field

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Director, Human Resources

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Agency Wide

Serves as Director, Human Resources, at a Center Human Resources Office. The incumbent is a key member of the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Enterprise Leadership Team and serves as principal senior advisor to the Center Director on all human capital matters. This announcement will be used to fill two vacancies - one at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and one at Kennedy Space Center. The MSFC selection will serve as the Human Resources Director for MSFC and Stennis Space Center.

Aerospace Engineer, AST, Flight Systems Test (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

Langley Research Center

You will serve as the Center Range Flight Safety Lead assigned to the Uninhabited Aerial Systems (UAS) Operations Office of the Research Services Directorate overseeing the safety of the City Environment Range Testing for Autonomous Integrated Navigation (CERTAIN) at the Center and for other UAS locations where NASA conducts UAS flight operations.

Industrial Hygienist

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Grade: GS-14

John C. Stennis Space Center

Serves as the Occupational Health Officer for Stennis Space Center (SSC) in the Environmental and Health Services Office, responsible for performing a variety of professional and scientific work in industrial hygiene, health physics and occupational health functions. You will anticipate health hazards; recommend preventive measures and prescribe procedures to eliminate, reduce or abate occupational health hazards in the working environment and ensure conformance regulations.

Supervisory Contract Specialist (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-15

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Agency Wide

The NASA Office of Procurement seeks Supervisory Contract Specialists to plan, direct and supervise office activities including all pre and post award aspects of the acquisition program. These positions will be responsible for leading assigned activities at one of the listed NASA locations. Provides strategic direction for a diverse group of contracts and agreements for commercial and non-commercial goods and services, while maintaining strong communications and high quality products.

Administrative Specialist (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-11

Langley Research Center

As an Administrative Specialist supporting the Administrative Support and Analysis Branch (ASAB), you will be responsible for a wide variety of analytical, human resources, administrative, and associated management support services for the organization(s) to which assigned, and you will conduct analytical studies requiring the identification and resolution of issues and problems of administrative support functions.

Aerospace Engineer, AST, Aerothermodynamics

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Grade: GS-14

John F. Kennedy Space Center

As the fluids analysis technical lead in the mission analysis division of the Launch Services Program you will lead a team of highly technical fluid dynamics engineers to perform a variety of analyses with the goal of ensuring mission success for NASA's missions. You will be responsible for the timely completion of fluid dynamics related analyses and actions.

Contract Specialist (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Agency Wide

The NASA Office of Procurement seeks Senior Contract Specialists to perform procurement planning, negotiation, and contract administration in support of NASA programs. The Office of Procurement is structured to provide support to our mission partners regardless of location. This announcement may fill any of NASA Office of Procurement positions.

Lead Contract Specialist (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Agency Wide

NASA's Office of Procurement is seeking highly skilled individuals to serve as Lead Contract Specialists for a variety of complex cost reimbursable and fixed price, multi-year contracts, including secondary administration. This announcement may fill any of NASA Office of Procurement positions.

Supervisory Contract Specialist (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-14

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Agency Wide

The NASA Office of Procurement seeks Supervisory Contract Specialists to plan, direct and supervise office activities including all pre and post award aspects of the acquisition program. These positions will be responsible for leading assigned activities at one of the listed NASA locations. Provides strategic direction for a diverse group of contracts and agreements for commercial and non-commercial goods and services, while maintaining strong communications and high quality products.

Program Manager

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Grade: GS-15

Headquarters, NASA

As the Branch Chief for the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity (ODEO), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility (DEIA) Branch, you will oversee and lead several core functions to include: 1) DEIA Program Management, Implementation, and Assessment; 2) Special Emphasis Programs and ERG Engagement; 3) DEIA Data Analytics and Reporting; 4) Diversity and Equal Opportunity Reports; 5) Reasonable Accommodation Program Coordination and Oversight.

Supervisory Equal Opportunity Specialist

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Grade: GS-15

Headquarters, NASA

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Supervisory Financial Management Specialist (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-15

Goddard Space Flight Center

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General Engineer, AST, Technical Management (Direct Hire)

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Grade: GS-15

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

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Supervisory Criminal Investigator

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Grade: GS-14

Headquarters, NASA

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uj/ Just wanted to thank all you jokers. I used to work as a musician, busting ass doing paying gigs around town with three different bands. I got to the point where I could almost pay all my expenses just from that. But as you can probably tell from my use of "almost" and "busting ass," it was a bit of a grind. Eventually I burned out, got an office job (and believe me when I say, it was a relief), and sold everything except one acoustic that technically belongs to my wife anyway. It took years to get back interested in music again. I re-entered through the side door by taking up piano. Kept avoiding guitar for awhile though, not because of being burned-out anymore, but because of all the endless goddamn gear nerdery. I've always thought "It's the player, not the gear" anyway, and the process of buying a guitar just seemed like a huge pain in the ass to even begin the process of like, researching and shit. (What is this, SCHOOL?)
It was this sub, and all you sarcastic-ass mo-fo's, that made me realize I'd been tricked. None of it matters and I was being a douche.
If I can just list some of the wisdom I received here and mash it up with some of my pre-existing opinions for a minute:

• An awful lot of fuss is made over shit that doesn't matter.
  
• Today's cheapo guitar is probably better quality than some of the old "classics" people are paying $30,000 for.
  
• Chinese and Korean and Mexican people deserve to have jobs too. And they do a fine job. What, I should buy American-made because our labor practices are so much more fair and equitable?
  
• Toan is, in fact, in my balls. Which I interpret to mean I was right, it's the player and not the gear.
  
• None of it really matters, especially for an electric instrument, but if anything does, maybe it's the pickups.
  
• In the larger sense, none of it actually matters, life is fleeting, your hobby is dumb, go do your dumb hobby.
  

This enabled me to just blunder into a minimally-researched guitar purchase that I knew would be good enough while allowing me to resume doing something I used to enjoy. It just arrived today and my UPS guy was like "Is that a guitar in there?" Turns out he plays too.

For most Americans, college is no longer working. A bachelor's degree doesn’t reliably guarantee what universities say it delivers: an investment that prepares you for the workplace and the world. While the income gap between college and high school grads is well documented, the wealth gap is “indistinguishable from zero” due to unconstrained costs, regardless of race or ethnicity. Put differently, college grads will earn more but because of their student loans, they’ll have the same amount in their bank account as someone who didn’t go to college at all¹ . Barely one in ten (11%) business leaders believe that college graduates have the skills and competencies that their workplaces need² . Instead, employers report recent hires showing up without the requisite skills required to contribute as productive employees³.
Traditional universities spend more on non-instructional initiatives like research and athletics instead of developing knowledge and skills that prepare its students. Today, 1M students annually report that they didn’t enroll or they dropped out of college because of the cost⁴ . Americans carry $1.8T in student loan debt while universities have increased the cost of tuition by 30-40%⁵ since 2010. Economists report that over the next ten years, businesses will have increasingly more job openings for college graduates with no adequate supply⁶ . Additionally, as artificial intelligence threatens jobs across industries, humans will be pushed up or out – up to more intellectually intensive and integrative roles, or out of the workforce altogether. Our nation’s economy needs a sustainable, accessible, and effective approach to college if we’re to compete globally.
SOLUTION Polymath University will produce more-prepared graduates through a three-major curriculum, delivered year-round and remotely to same-city cohorts, who will serve apprenticeships en route to graduation in three years.
A polymath is someone who has built depth, breadth, and integration of knowledge. Specifically, polymaths can operate fluently and with expertise (depth) in three or more non-adjacent domains (breadth), and have built the critical skill of applying concepts and frameworks in one domain to complex problems in other domains (integration). Polymath University empowers leaders and problem solvers to thrive in a more complex and technologically-enabled world.
RANGE Polymath University’s approach to education, and its namesake, is built on ensuring that graduates are curious, creative, collaborative, and critically-minded. Polymaths have been proven to be more creative and more adept at solving complex problems, and more resilient against economic shocks⁷. Building a broad, generalist field of knowledge and expertise, as opposed to the hyper-specialization that traditional higher education encourages, makes graduates more valuable in the world and workplace. According to a 2012 study of serial innovators⁸, polymaths are described as having a high tolerance for ambiguity and as systems thinkers. Polymaths can connect disparate pieces of information in new ways, making them highly effective at innovative problem solving. And they are adept at repurposing what is already available and synthesizing information from many different sources.⁹ A Future of Jobs report highlighted the following skills being increasingly demanded by employers (all of which polymaths excel at): creative thinking; analytical thinking; technological literacy; curiosity and lifelong learning; resilience, flexibility, and agility; and systems thinking.¹⁰
REAL-WORLD APPRENTICESHIPS Polymath University will partner with employers to ensure that its degree programs serve the talent acquisition needs of regional business and organizations, and that those degrees include skill development that is often short-changed by traditional universities. In years two and three, students will serve as apprentices with those employer partners in high-demand, early career roles. Across the country, more employers are building apprenticeship programs as a key part of their talent acquisition strategy, with Department of Labor registered apprenticeships doubling since 2010 to 250,000. Many of these employers pay some or all of the tuition for their apprentices to concurrently earn a college degree.
REMOTE Educational outcomes lead all other priorities for Polymath University, and we must hold this as our north star. This means that the most important activity for faculty will be teaching or the associated development through coaching and mentoring their students. As Polymath University is led by the former CEO of the Pat Tillman Foundation, and counts ten Tillman Scholars on its Advisory Board, the Tillman Scholar community will seed Polymath University’s initial set of faculty, drawing on their service and academic experiences to support student learning. Courses will be delivered remotely, but to same-city cohorts that will facilitate week-long immersive and collaborative in-person experiences as well as informal study groups throughout the year, unlocking persistent relationships and networks within our community.
Learn more at PolymathU.org.
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¹ Emmons, William R.; Kent, Ana H.; and Ricketts, Lowell R. “Is College Still Worth It? The New Calculus of Falling Returns.” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Working Paper, Jan. 7, 2019.
² Gallup-Lumina Foundation Poll on Higher Education; Higher Education’s Work Preparedness Paradox. 2013. Gallup; Lumina Foundation.
³ Hansen, Michael. “The U.S. Education System Isn’t Giving Students What Employers Need.” Harvard Business Review, May 18, 2021.
⁴ https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=75
⁵ Kerr, Emma; Wood, Sarah. “A Look at 20 Years of Tuition Costs at National Universities.” U.S. News & World Report. Sep. 23, 2023
⁶ Tough, Paul. “Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault Is That?” NYT, Sep. 5, 2023
⁷ Hanks, Andrew; Jiang, Shengjun; Qian, Xuechao; Wang, Bo; Weinberg, Bruce. (2024). Do Double Majors Face Less Risk? An Analysis of Human Capital Diversification. NBER.
⁸ Vojak, Bruce; Griffin, Abbie; Price, Raymond L. (2012). Serial Innovators: How Individuals Create and Deliver Breakthrough Innovations in Mature Firms. Stanford, Stanford University Press.
⁹ Epstein, D. J. (2019). Range: why generalists triumph in a specialized world. New York, Riverhead Books.
¹⁰ Future of Jobs Report; World Economic Forum. 2023.

My version of episode 8
The episode starts with a flashback of yue.. she is a child who's playing with other children and finds an injured baby sea lion. She tries to heal it but it doesn't seem to get better. She takes the baby sea lion to the oasis and puts it in the scared water and tries to pray to ocean and moon spirit to heal her.. she hears the whispers "heal" and follows the instruction and uses healing ability to heal the sea lion and it helps.. her friends witness this and they tell their elders about this. Everyone realizes that yue is blessed with special healing abilities, and only she can heal something serious in the scared oasis hence she is hailed as the priestess of the northern water tribe.
We cut to the present and we see her walking with sokka in the hallways of the town hall talking about stuff like how she feels connection to every waterbender and how the full moon makes her feel more alive than ever.. she talks about mystical stuff such as spirits and spirit world and how some spirits are dangerous while some are essential for life. Sokka compliments her and tells her her blue eyes feels so bright and entrapping. As both come closer to each other surt falls on them.. sokka recognises the danger and says ' they will be here soon'.
We cut to katara secretly training in a cave with some young waterbenders.. they taught her some drills which strengthened her basics and she developed new techniques while she teaches them the moves she created on her own. Aang is there but he's busy amusing some of the children student and he's not a great waterbender himself. Katara shows concern to aang telling him he needs to learn and show some progress. Aang shows a worried look and agrees with her as they position themselves to began the training the snow falling outside the cave turns dark. Confused everyone steps out and sees the surt. while most of them are unaware, just like sokka katara recognises the incoming danger and takes aang back to agne quela. The chief gather everyone in the hall and tells them about the imminent war and asks for volunteers to enlist. Sokka stands up fast and moves forward to receive the mark of soldier while aang, katara and yue look with concern. Sokka tells them he needs to prove himself to be a real warrior and that will happen only when he tests himself in the battlefield. Aang and katara assures sokka he doesn't need to prove anything but he insists.
Scene cuts to fire nation navy ship scouting for any incoming danger in the fog and spots appa incoming, alerting the ship but it's no use as the trio of aang, sokka and katara easily defeat everyone and disable the ship and it's weapon, as they ride Appa out of it and reach the clear sky, they get the view or the entire fleet that's heading to the city.. they quickly retreat to the city and inform them, aang hopelessly falling on his knees and starts to profuesly apologise that he's sorry he's not prepared for this. The chief assures him his spirit along with ocean and moon spirit will ensure the victory of the tribe, no matter the cost.
Scene cuts to the ships of fire nation where Zhao discusses the attack plan with iroh. He tells him that the geographical challenges in invading the north pole are immense but they can be bypassed by using different ways of travel. Iroh looks with confusing so Zhao shows him the air balloon being prepared to which Iroh questions his motive. Zhao tells him in order to win this war he needs to disarm the water tribe, completely and it's entirely possible because there's only one entity in the world that carries the power of bending for all waterbender and it's the moon spirit. Iroh questions feasibility of this plan and how Zhao plans to find the spirit and kill and how killing it is possible. To which Zhao replies that he came across some scrolls that he found in the library that he found during his serving in desert and the guardian spirit went to spirit world so he scoured entire library looking for ways to weaken other nations but only found fire nation and water tribe weakness. He dismisses the fire nation weakness saying that it's important that information dies with him for the safety of fire nation but every full moon, the spirits dance in the reflections of sacred places. He reveals a dagger, which he retrieved from roku's temple that Roku has collected over his life. The dagger belonged to avatar kuruk and has special abilities to bypass any spiritual barrier and kill any spirit because it is made from the bone of a lion turtle. Kuruk crafted this weapon in order to fight the dark spirits and he needed a weapon that could kill any spirit without resistance. This worries Iroh and questions zhao's motives and the implications that would arise with the death of moon spirit. Zhao dismisses it but Iroh doesn't push his luck so he can join him and act when he needs to. The scene cuts to iron explaining zhao's plan to a masked soldier who unmasks himself to reveal an injured zuko who survived zhao's assassination attempt. Zuko feels alarmed by zhao's progress and informs Iroh that he'll leave the ships immediately and go to north pole as the ships get near. Iroh asks him his plan to which zuko gives vague answers, worrying Iroh.
Scene cuts to the wall of northern water tribe where there's dead silence and gust of winds blowing... The silence is unnerving but suddenly a fire ball appears through the fog and strikes the wall. The soldiers scatter with the attack but gather and try to contain the rain if fireball that is being sent by the catapults of the uncountable fire nation ships. Katara helps anyone she can and approaches pakku. She tells him that there's need for every pair of hands in order for them to defend their home, he can carry on with his traditions later but now it is not the time to be stubborn. Yagoda agrees with and tells her while a fireball heads their way, katara, yagoda and bunch of female waterbenders stop it from impacting and freezing it in towering ice. Pakku realises their potential and positions them at exposed point in order for them to stop further damage from the fireballs. Aang also tries to stop the damage but it's too much yet he helps other soldiers retreive. The chief tells yue that there are soldiers that need immediate attention in the sacred pond and tasks sokka to guard her while she heals the gravely injured. They head to the pond and heal many of the soldiers who walk out of the oasis, as they leave and sokka and yue are about to head out they notice an air balloon descending towards the oasis. They hide in the bushes nearby and observe who is there and what they are trying to achieve. As aang is helping outside at the front, kuruk appears to him and informs him about the dagger presence, it's properties and how it can end the life of most powerful spirits and pleads him to go the sacred oasis where the most powerful spirits reside during events like full moon. Zhao looks around in the oasis reciting the words he read in the scroll about spirits. He sees two koi fishes circling each other, slightly glowing. He recognises the eternal dance and decides to kill the spirit. Iroh warns him that the spirits are something that should not be trifled with and threatens him force if he proceeds with his actions. While Aang heads for the oasis through kuruk's temple, zuko confronts him and asks him to surrender and come with him. Katara asks Aang to go ahead and stop Zhao while she takes on zuko. They both fight with their best but with katara sharpening her skills and catching zuko by surprises, she easily overpowers him after several bouts. Aang also arrives and tells Zhao how spirits are important for everyone, even fire nation. The spiritual balance needs to be maintained in order for life on earth to survive, without it everything will fall apart. Zhao steps back from the pond but at everyone's surprise jumps in with the dagger and stabs the moon spirit, turning everything grey and moonlight vanishing from sky. Yue faints and aang feels striking pain in his head as he senses the loss of balance. Iroh strikes Zhao several times but Zhao manages to escape. Iroh runs behind him while looking at yue and telling her you have unique life in you. Aang gets flashbacks of air temple, kyoshi's harsh words and kuruk's word about how he should walk alone on this path and there needs to be certain sacrifice in order to achieve the results. During all this, aang hears some somber chants. Those chants were something knew but very familiar to him. He senses the chants coming from the pond. The chant is "Na Mo A Mi Tuo Fo Shin Di" which translates to "I bow to infinite light". It's a chant that is used by spirits when they are in danger or need of help towards the avatar spirit. As aang moves closer to the pond the chant intensifies. Yue expresses her despair and how everything is destroyed and it's over, simultaneously aang enters avatar state and with thousands voices says "no, it's not over". Aang walks into the pond and stands near the ocean spirit which circles aang, starting a ritual of combining their power. Aang dips into the ocean and emerges as koizilla. This prompts the water tribe citizens to bow to their diety immediately and koi zilla recognises the fire nation forces and starts to wipe them out of the city.
As Zhao runs through the streets of ange quela, he is confronted by zuko who duels him in order to avenge assassination attempt. Zuko eventually overpowers Zhao and questions why he did it to which Zhao reveals he knows about his blue spirit identity thanks to his sister. He goes further and tells him that his father and sister think of you as a failure and your father used you to push your sister to new heights and now she's more powerful than ever. Zuko walks away in shame and sadness after hearing this. Seeing the opportunity Zhao tries to take a cheap shot at him but is immediately torched by Iroh and drops into the water channel that has glow of ocean spirit. Aang in koizilla wrecks havoc on fire nation fleet amid their constant attacks through the catalputs but he overpowers them and sends a wave huge enough to ruin the fleet. Katara tries to speak to aang and talk him out of this destruction but aang's sense of worldly concern is gone and he intends to help the spirit until they are at peace and balance.
We cut to oasis and sokka talks about the possibility of bringing back the moon spirit to which yue has flashbacks to how she was so extraordinary, and she finally accepts the fact that she needs to repay the debt. She gives sokka a kiss and while sokka is not looking she freezes his feet in order to immobilize him. She walks into the oasis pond and picks up the dead koi fish, while sokka pleads her not to and using her healing power with her spirit's concentration and disappears into the strong light, which after few seconds goes away and the moon spirit has returned in form of the koi fish. Sokka watches yue disappear like that and cries in loss. The moon appears back into the sky and grabs aang and the koizilla's attention. Katara tells aang how important he is to her and how aang is still needed by everyone. She tells him that he might have lost a family but also gained one in form of her and sokka. This convinces aang to stop his rampage as the balance has been restored and he is retreated back to the shore by the ocean spirit into katara's arms. The sun rises and everyone begins to face the aftermath of war by removing the debris, helping the injured and securing the corpses of the fallen. Aang looks at the mayhem and destruction and blames himself from not stopping it. Katara tries to comfort him by telling him the bad actions of other people is not your fault, but he tells her it's his job to stop them and flies away on his glider. later, a funeral ceremony is held. The chief thanks the Martrys and the injured for their courage and sacrifice and how their valiant effort stopped the fire nation. He pays respect to yue for restoring balance and speaks how proud he is of her sacrifice. Pakku also announces that some traditions are outdated, and they need to change like water. He announced that women will no longer be prohibited from learning waterbending combat and everyone is free to learn what they want to. Chief ends the speech with saying there have been losses but we always move forward from these because it's our nature to adapt and overcome difficulties and losses. Aang realizes that loss of life is part of the cycle of life and he cannot prevent everything but he can always try. He remembers gyatso's words about letting go. Sokka and the chief share the conversation of how yue was so courageous and how they feel after her leaving them in this world . Pakku tells katara how she reminded him of their core values and she's a commendable warrior and a bender. After the ceremony ends aang tells katara and sokka how he feels he needs to move forward and be the avatar the world needs. Katara expresses happiness while sokka shows sarcasm and tells him he's hungry and offers them to join in for the food and katara taunts his need to eat everytime.
We cut to omashu being heavily damaged and fire nation soldiers walking in. We see a shot of bumi being captured and trapped into metal casings to prevent him from bending. A warrior with face masks walks up to him and removes it.. revealing it was azula who has invaded omashu.
Episode ends with the fire nation sages revealing to Ozai model have developed to predict sozin's comet and informs him that it's arriving soon.

hello, so i've been in a silent treatment with a friend for almost a month now dahil sa tampohan and i really want to approach him na pero i don't know how, three days pa lang nagsisimula yung hindi namin pag pansinan i already messaged him asking if he has time and if we can talk pero hindi ako nakakuha ng kahit anong reply which i completely understand since fresh pa, however ngayon nabobother na talaga ako, hindi magawang makompleto yung circle of friends namin dahil hindi kami okay, naaapektohan na lahat, isa pa graduation na namin next week (wednesday) instead na sinusulit namin time sa school hindi magawa kasi kaniya kaniya kami ng kasama
for context lang din sa tampohan (mahaba 'to)
So it was on the half of April, siguro third week nun nag plan kami na by saturday pupunta kami ng city, everyone in the group was involved lahat invited and isa siya sa mga nag sabi na game raw siya, so the whole week parati akong nagreremind na "hoy, sa saturday ha!" and he keeps on agreeing, then friday came nag uusap na kami sa gc nag message na "@everyone sino ang sasama bukas" immediately i said "me" other friends naman nag sabi rin na game sila and siya wala siyang sabi nun, walang confirmation sakaniya that time, however nag chat naman siya sa gc asking me about sa submission ng research namin and i answered his question din naman, so nag tuloy yung pag uusap confirming and planning everything tas ayun na settle lahat and we went the next day without him, yung mga nag confirm lang yung nakasama, then ayun na nga monday came, flag ceremony nung morning and SSG president siya so wala siya sa line ng section namin pero on sight siya and hindi niya ako nun binibigyan ng pansin pero hinayaan ko lang kasi he's doing his job so naisip ko busy, that morning din nag awarding para sa mga opsci participants and we were both an awardee, doon sa place kung saan kami pina stay kahit magkalapit lang kami hindi pa rin siya namamansin, at that time i was already weirded out by it kasi hindi talaga siya ganun, super clingy nun sa'kin to the point na kaming dalawa na lang mostly ang magkasama always, pero still hindi ko binigyan ng meaning.
That day din kasi project namin sa entrep which is need mag tinda and hindi kami mag ka group so normal na hindi magkapansinan, however nung done na and nasa room na kami wala pa rin, he was just sitted with another friend na ka group niya sa entrep talking, i felt how distant they were to me pero still inisip ko lang na busy and stressed out sila sa entrep kasi ganun din naman ako so i gave them time and hinayaan ko lang nun, half day kami that day dahil sa heat index so hindi na nagka interaction nung hapon, napansin ko na that time sa gc namin na ang tahimik nila (yes, him and the other friend na nasa cof din namin na hindi nakasama) pero still being the person that i am inisip ko na gusto nila ng rest kasi pagod, so nung gabi lang kami nagkausap and it was still fine nagkausap kami sa gc about a thing ganun.
The next day work immersion namin yun so whole day kami, nasa engineering office ako nasa planning silang dalawa, sa baba office ko nasa taas kanila pero same building lang, nung morning it was okay kaniya kaniya kami kasi iba naman ang office, however nauso na samin na kapag break time sama sama kaming lumabas, kaso nung day na yun napagplanohan namin sa office na bumalik sa school and try out yung tinitinda ng iba pang grade 12 na hindi naman nag work immersion that day so pumunta kami, pag dating doon we ate ganun and my other friends na nasa same cof nagtitinda so nag pa libre ako hehe they agreed naman and sila na lang daw bahalang mag bayad, one friend namin that time nag confront sa'kin and said na "hoy nagtatampo raw sila ano" ako naman, i did not take him seriously, "ha? hindi man yun, nakausap ko pa nga kagabi, goods naman kami" pero na bother na rin ako sa pag balik namin sa office nag chat ako sa gc and said na thank you doon sa mga nanlibre sa'kin minention ko sila isa isa
Meanwhile in another gc which is ako and yung dalawang friend ko na supposedly nag tatampo (may gc kami na kaming tatlo kasi we're in the same section and yung purpose nun is for academics and section things) nag message na ako na "hoy may nasabi sa'kin si ganito na nagtatampo daw kayo sakaniya, sinabihan ko naman na hindi yun ganito ganiyan" tas tumawa lang yung isa (her 'to) siya naman (him) seen lang, since hindi ko nga tinake seriously yung sinabi nung friend ko kasi normally siya yung mahilig biruin ng friends so akala ko binibiro lang nila na nag tatampo sila, kaya nag message pa ako ulit na "bothered siya so much, iprank niyo lang" ang kaso nag reply yung isa "eh, kasama ka sa pinagtatampohan" ganun na yung chat niya (note na magkasama sila office nito at ako nasa engineering office rin) kaya nakatunog na ako ng something nag reply ako agad "ha, i don't get it" tas sinundan niya pa ng "context: name of city" bothered na ako nun, tapos ang nangyari binump niya (him) kaya doon na talaga ako totally na ano, nag reply ako "yes nag pa (name of city) kami, and what about it?" tas doon na siya nag message na nag wala man lang daw nakapag invite sakaniya, na yung plano raw para sa amin lang ganun, nagpapapansin na nga raw siya sa gc nun (yung nag ask siya about research) tapos wala pa ring nagawang mag tanong sakaniya na if sasama pa rin ba raw siya, and also yung isa pa kasi naming friend manlilibre raw siya ng samg sa mga makakasama so nag send siya ng list ng mga tao tas nag compute (wala doon name niya kasi nga yung nasa list na yun yung nag confirm nung mismong friday night) pero tinake niya yun na wala na raw kaming balak pang magsama ng iba na settled daw na yung mga taong yun lang yun yung point niya.
Ito naman yung point ko doon in the first place alam ng lahat yung tungkol sa plan, in terms nung list naman yung mga nag confirm yung andoon if he confirmed na sasama siya of course andoon din name niya, yung sa pagpapapansin naman hindi ko siya agad na isip na ganun kasi related sa academics yung question note na top 1 ng buong grade siya kaya alam ko kung gaano siya ka ano sa studies so ang unang pumasok sa isip ko nun (baka hindi na sasama kasi maraming gagawin) so hindi ko na naisip mag ask sakaniya nun, in which that same time rin na nag uusap kami i told him na i acknowledge his feelings and i'm sorry sa hindi ko pag tanong pero pinag state ko rin doon na "pero note na hindi lang ako yung may kasalanan" tas the convo ended there hindi na ako nag chat pa last message yung isa naming friend kasi siya yung nag sasabi nung side niya, habang nag uusap din kami, para sakanilang dalawa yung sinasabi ko kasi nga nalaman ko na sila yung nagtatampo pero itong si ano (her) nag sabi bigla na "hoy baka iniisip mo kasama ako sa nagtatampo hindi ah, alam niyo naman na hindi talaga ako makakasama" biglang hindi na siya kasama and si ano lang naman daw talaga yung nagtatampo sinamahan niya lang, that time rin na naguusap kami sa gc pumasok ako sa cr ng office and cried doon, i couldn't take it 'e sumama yung loob ko kasi how can he think of us, of me like that, never ko siyang illeft out on purpose so sinabi ko muna sa sarili ko na only this afternoon hindi muna ako mamamansin, just a time to cool my head off ganun, so the whole afternoon hindi ako nag iingay sa gc i'm the type of person kasi na bumubuhay talaga sa gc namin and that time it was silent, nag chat yung isa sa dalawa na bothered na raw si ano kasi ang tahimik ko raw, kinakabahan na raw na baka galit ako sakaniya, sinabi ko naman agad na hindi muna ako mamamansin ngayon tas hayaan niya lang muna, so it was settled.
That night birthday ng isa naming friend nasa cof din, lahat kami andun tho late siyang dumating, nagtatampo siya hindi lang sa'kin kundi pati sa iba naming friend na nakasama nung gala, and si spokesperson niya nag chat sa main gc na minention yung dalawa na "done with @me, kayo naman next @ @" so yung dalawa nag ask na agad sa'kin na anyare, bakit ganun, di nila magets, sabi ko naman it's better na kayo rin mismo ang mag usap and ang nangyari nung birthday ng friend namin is walang nagpansinan yung dalawa since may idea na nga sila na nagtatampo si ano so hindi rin nila alam paano mag approach, ako nga need ko muna talaga ng time to cool off so hindi talaga ako mamamansin that night and he was aware about it, so ang ending nasa gilid lang siya mag isa, nag pphone, may kumakausap naman sakaniya pero ang cold lang din ng mga replies niya so wala ng kumausap pa sakaniya nun, ang kaso he took it the harsh way pala pag ka uwi that night nag chat siya sa spokesperson niya na ayaw niya na raw sa cof namin, aalis na siya, fo kung fo, pinagtutulongan siya, unreasonable raw siyang tao so wala ng usap usap" and it ended there, wala na kaming pansinan till now
i need help, what do you think po ba? you can be truly honest po if kasalanan ko po ba or what tell me, i can owe up to my mistakes naman

I would like to buy a Rav4 second hand for around $20k to $25k if that is an option. Can this range get me a good Rav4 or should I consider changing it?
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I’m currently working as a barista and have no formal kind of post-secondary education. To be short, barista-ing isn’t paying the bills anymore. Everything is just so damn expensive and I know it’s just going to just get worse.
I want to pivot toward a career that pays more than what I’m making now. I’ve been interested in nursing or any other trade field because I know there can be lower bars of entry for them, but I’m struggling to find an “in”.
I’m also in a position where I must continue to work full-time in order to make ends meet, so I simply can’t drop my job and attend a school. There is also the secondary hindrance of being $25k in debt from my first stent of some college education as well as $7k in CC debt I’ve racked up through emergencies and the like during my adult life.
If anyone has advice or job leads, I would greatly appreciate it. I am willing to do whatever kind of work—I just need something stable and concrete to transfer in to. If you or a family member own a plumbing, electrical, HVAC, or carpentry related business, I have some small experience in all those fields and would come be an apprentice for you at the drop of a hat.

I´m just tired of trying to build friendship. It seems like no one cares about me … or they don’t care as much as I do. I’m lonely. I tried … and it doesn’t work .., either ppl are too busy with their life or Î’m just not someone anyone really wants as a friend . I’m always the one reaching out… always the one making plan , organize stuff … but It seems it doesn’t work for me . I don’t see the point of my life if I’m just by myself . I do have a good job that I love and I my boss tells me that I do so much for my students and Ive heard from other teachers that students like me … or at least couple of it .. and right now it’s probably the only thing that keep me going . And as much as I like my collegues … I know that they don’t want to hang out on the weekend . They have their family , kids , spouse.. there’s a group of teachers who don’t have kids and do things together on weeknight and weekends and as much as I tried to include myself in this particular group… they want nothing to do with me and they made it clear … ( they can be really mean and I didn’t heard any bad comments but when I’m with them, I feel that they don’t like me… making passive aggressive comments on what I say , excluding me from group chat… and I came to the conclusion that it doesn’t matter what I do , I’m not cool enough for them …). I don’t have kids ( and I don’t want any, and my age as a women will soon make this impossible anyway ), I don’t have a partner ( got dumped because I got really Sick for about 6 mo… it’s now under control ). I tried app to meet a partner but … let’s put it Franky it’s horrible out there . I use to have a social connexion when I was at uni but now … life happened … and there gone. I managed to have kept one friend … but i see her rarely... And I one was sobbing about the fact that I was lonely and she told me that she wished she could be there for me but she can’t and that I need to find a friend that could be there for me but that she won’t be this friend … she also have 2 kids so whenever I want to see her, I have to go to her place … but she won’t … and lately I realized that I’m the one reaching out and she will respond but she never really ask about how I feel … I tried meeting new friends with app also… but they all fizzled out. One friend I thought I could count on ( she visited me at the hospital )… well she twice cancelled because she had an family emergency … I was supposed to see her in Tuesday .. I wrote her back that I was sorry for her emergency … that if she wants to talk that she can phone me and that we could do something else another day… she didnt even texted me back … ( I know she saw my message )… and Im sad about it . And I’m tired … it’s not a friend if she can’t text back …. Or even just a heart on my message … so anyway … I just came to the conclusion that I’m lonely and even if I really tried to put myself out there it just doesn’t work … I can’t make friends ... and frankly I don’t really want to continue living if I’m just being Al by my self . What’s the point of living if you can’t share anything with other human being ? Maybe if I had kid I could say that I have to keep living for them but I don’t . I don’t have any reason to be alive other that I don’t want to hurt my family ( im not close with them but my dad did die by suicide when I was 13 so I know what killing yourself will arm people around you ) and also I’m too afraid of hurting my self. ( or even worse, don’t complete it and being worse off with an handicapp for the rest of my life, or being a vegetable …) so it’s more that I wish to be dead but won’t take action on it… but I don’t know how long I can endure that … I can’t find any solution to my loneliness problem and believe me … I try almost everything ( seeing a therapist, taking differents class (pottery, online class, horse riding, paddle board, kayak,yoga,swimming class ) , volluntering, taking a class at university , reach out to people to try to make plan , going on app to find a friend, being part of Facebook group to make friend, going to meet up in my city , adopting a pet, talk to neighbor, being present to every social activity at my school , finding hobby that I can do alone , go swimming to help my anxiety, invite ppl over , go to boardgame event ,…) I don’t know what to do anymore . How can I handle my loneliness. I just want it to stop hurting so much .

Travis spoke about the Paris show on their podcast. It wouldn't surprise me if this was the first time he even heard the TTPD songs. Okay, maybe second time. First time was probably when Taylor played it for him and he had to sit there pretending to be interested but quite likely zoned out.

It was fun! It was a blast! I had a blast at Tay’s show. Her new rendition of the Era’s Tour. I suggest everyone go see it - it has her new Tortured Poet’s Department, a few songs, a handful of those songs in the new show. Which means there’s a new segment, and new lights and like new dancing - new everything to the fucking show! So I suggest everyone get out there and see it. It was absolutely unbelievable! I enjoyed every bit of it."
"I don’t know if they’re just getting better or if I just keep forgetting how they are. It was electric in there! And I’ll tell you what: Kansas City showed out, Argentina was unbelievable, Australia they party with the best of them and they celebrate with the best of them, and those 3 were unbelievable. Singapore was so unique and so fun and then Paris was just - it was on a whole other level man. And I’m just, I’m happy for everybody that’s in the Era’s tour, that’s performing: from the dancers to the, you know to the band, and obviously Taylor, that it just looks like they’re having so much fun up there and they’re absolutely killing it! And they’re putting on a show that, you know, you won’t get anywhere else."

This almost sounds like a hostage situation where he knows he's supposed to say nice things for all the squeeing swifties but he can't really come up with any unique or meangingful observations. For someone who probably only knows her radio hits, it must be torture everytime he shows up to one of these where he has to act like he's having a great time.
(You just fucking know Swifties' ovaries explode everytime he calls her Tay)

The first line of defense for the future and the fallen soldier. See, you did it again. It has nothing to do with Jewish people or any other culture. It has to do with your nature and how you will always be. That's what you fools do not realize. I was chosen for some reason and by whom I don't know. I was given a highly classified secret document that was stolen by someone else and literally left on my desk. Included was a timeline. How do I know that there is a big disaster in front of us? Because I had the entire plan handed to me. I was supposed to be gathering research and testing ideas to prepare for the next phase. But I got my ass beat several times and it gave me brain damage. In one of those attacks, the documents were stolen from me by idiots who are still laughing at me for believing the shit was real. I never said I did believe it was real. But if it was just a prank, then why go through so much trouble to steal the shit back? If none of the craziness ever happened, then why go through so much trouble to silence me and hurt me? Because you know it never happened. You know it was all created fiction meant to make me look like a fool. That's exactly what the plan was, right? No job, no house, no car, and no respect. You bought a script for that purpose. You paid for it using my money so it looks like I bought illegal piracy software from a region forbidden by executive order to engage in business outside their own region. And your entire purpose was to make me lose everything just to make me look like the evil person you told everyone I am. Yes, I can prove that. I don't have to. What is the damn point? The point is that you are the ones who got conned because I can't stop being myself. Stories are sent to my phone that seem to be from valid sources. I read it. I don't even have to comment out loud. My thoughts seem to be transmitted to someone and they send me tasks to figure shit out for them to take credit for. And before you go and categorize me with another psychiatric condition that I don't have, why don't you do some research for yourself and forget the fact you know everything. What if the smartest people in the world actually did have devices implanted in them that somehow allowed a technologically advanced civilization to make their thoughts YOUR reality. What if the person you are pushing beyond the brink of giving a fuck about the pain you experience in your future is the one who is creating your future by proxy? WHAT IF???!!! You don't think I would give all the money in this country to whomever would kick your asses into oblivion and only ask for protection from you? You are out of your mind if you don't think I would do that. I only care about me and mine. Yes, it was all bullshit. I didn't know that. That's good. For me. I know what is in store for me. You better toa look at your own life instead of analyzing others to profit. I am not sure if you even want to be in a free country where you have rights guaranteed by the government. I'd say it was a good run, Kev, but it had to end some time. I win!!! I don't know how to lose!!! That's right. What would you do? If you knew something was morally wrong, would you take the money or save the world? Mhmm. The ex said to take the money. He said go for the money. His ass was not talking to me. He was talking to his wife. Go ahead. Take the money and run. She did. Now I am supposed to be all I love you come back baby? Man. I am not your wife. And darlin you can kiss my ass. Your women got shit. You got shit. You should have read the book. I want a peaceful existence. If the only way I can have that is to delete you from my world, consider it done. You showed me exactly who you are. A rat bastard who hops from dumpsters to gutters chasing the dogs you let out. We are not the same kind, you and me. You ran your mouth about the rich bitch who didn't have anything at all, and every time there's a slight chance of my getting a good opportunity, you run back with the trash you dug out of someone else's dumpster and expect me to believe you didn't do anything wrong. You said I am a crazy, evil bitch. Wtf ever, dog. It's gonna be a no from me. But if you don't pick up the skanks and escort them back to Whoreville, I promise you there's going to be a bigger problem than what you already have coming. No job, no ride, no money, no freedom, no anything but the sound of your own screams haunting you for all eternity. You are not welcome here. Here=anywhere near me. Those women you keep getting messages from, that's all bullshit and Kelly. Just so you know that. It's all Kelly. That's why she said not to call the school. Fantasy land....Kelly. Gas tycoon money. Kelly. The name on my text now apps. Kelly. All the dating shit with my name and pictures. Kelly. Alllllll those hotels that have my info already, KELLY. Who used my name to order sex devices and meet up with men? KELLY. You are a brainless man, sir. I am not Kelly. I am not going to be with a man who can't even accept the simplest explanation that is the truth. She got caught cheating on her husband and lied through her teeth about it. That's not good. And she is the one who actually is or has inherited $$$ not me. Kelllllllly. The one who is talking to everyone's men ...KELLY! The one who set you up because she didn't want to take the blame for stealing my identity....KELLY! The Kansas City fiasco...KELLY. Duh. Her husband was working there. K-E-L-L-Y. That's one whore you are looking for. Now I am going to take a smoke break and be back to bust the other 3 out. Yeah, I know who. Ya damn address is pinged. It goes from the museum to peach tree daily almost. Duh. The other 3 are closer to the queen city most days. All of em sleeping with their husbands or alone and fucking everyone else but their own.

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I'm gonna keep posting these until/unless someone stops me. Here's the names I would use for the 1980's Rivals + a bonus at the bottom. Across the board the 80's rivals have pretty good names, but most of them don't reflect on the characters of the girls. If I had been in charge of naming them, this is what I would come up with

Sumire Saitozaki

I like her name! In Japanese flower symbolism, violets (the Japanese word for which is sumire) represent sincerity and love, which works for a girl who's main defining characteristic is that she was in love with a boy. Saitozaki isn't a real name, but I constructed it from other names. Anyways, I would write it 寿 (su) meaning long life or longevity, 海 (umi) meaning ocean, 怜 (rei) meaning clever or affection, 佐 (sa) meaning to help or aide, 糸 (ito) meaning string, 崎 (zaki) meaning cape (the geographic feature, not the clothing item). 寿 meaning long life is meant to be ironic, 佐 is to reflect how she is the tutorial for the player and thereby helps them learn the game, and 糸 made me think of the red string of fate.

Kaguya Wakaizumi

Another good name! Sumire and Kaguya's are my favorite names of the 80's rivals. Both are real names, but Kaguya I combined kanji from different spellings. I'd write it 加 (ka) meaning to add or include, 紅 (gu) meaning red, 夜 (ya) meaning night, 若 (waka) meaning youth, 泉 (izumi) meaning spring or fountain. 加 was chosen because you help add her to the rainbow girls. It's a very dumb joke but I don't care.

Moeko Rakuyona

And here's where I started changing names again. Along with reflecting their personalities, I tried to reference their canon eliminations. Moeko became Renka Moekui, written 恋 (ren) meaning love, 火 (ka) meaning fire, 燃 (mo) meaning burn or ignite, 杭 (kui) meaning stake or pile. A pretty fiery name for our fiery tomboy. I also like that I flipped her english initials

Honami Hodoshima

Best girl of 80's mode, you can't change my mind. I renamed her Yumiko Tsubutaki: 読 (yo) meaning read or understand, 子 (ko) meaning girl or child, 潰 (tsubu) meaning crush or flatten, 滝 (taki) meaning rapids or waterfall. 読 is because she's a bookworm and 潰 is because she's canonically crushed by a bookcase

Sumiko Tachibana

Not my fave rival tbh, sporty girls aren't really my thing. But I came up with Sukone Dokujima, 健 (suko) meaning healthy or strong, 音 (ne) meaning sound, 毒 (doku) meaning poison, 島 (shima) meaning island

Ritsuko Chikanari

I do like Ritsuko though, she's so obnoxious, it's great. I decided to keep her first name because there were some great kanji that I could use to construct it, so she's Ritsuko Kozai. 璃 (ri) means jewel or crystal, 月 (tsuki) means moon, 子 (ko) means girl or child, 古 (ko) means old or ancient, 財 (zai) means money. 古財 is obviously meant to reflect her old money status, and 璃 just sounds fancy to mean- like she's a precious gemstone or something

Ai Doruyashi

I wanted to keep the pun, I really did, but no Japanese surnames I could find start with doru. If you haven't noticed before, aidoru is the english word idol, which is of course Ai's goal. I ended up constructing a brand new name from a few different names to make Ai Torurai: 愛 (ai) meaning love or affection, 伊 (i) being a third person pronoun (ie, him), 都 (to) meaning capital city, 丸 (maru) meaning round or circle, 電 (rai) meaning electricity. T's and d's sound similar so we get the near pun of aitoru

Teiko Nabatasai

Second best girl, you still can't change my mind. I named her Toshino Nadaka: 聡 (sato) meaning wise or quick learner, 乃 (no) being a second person pronoun (ie, you), 名 (na) meaning family name or reputation, 高 (taka) meaning high or excellent. Since her canon elimination is lowering her reputation, I wanted her name to reference being of high reputation or standing

Komako Funakoshi

For the resident yamato nadeshiko, I wanted a name that reflected her traditional attitude. I came up with Koyori Fukuwa: 心 (kokoro) meaning heart or spirit, 和 (wa) meaning peace or harmony, 福 (fuku) meaning good fortune and 和 (wa) again. The reason 和 is in both her names is that it's a character used to represent a very fundamental part of Japanese culture. I don't think I'm the right person to explain it as I only kinda understand it, but here's a website that talks about it. But it's very common to see 和 in words related to Japan, especially old or archaic words. With Komako/Koyori being an old fashioned girl, I thought it fit to have it in both names.

Chigusa Busujima

Busu is a word for ugly, and Chigusa was bullied for having an "ugly" name, according to dev. I wanted to keep that, and I also just like her first name, so I named her Chigusa Shikocha: 千 (chi) meaning one thousand, 草 (kusa) meaning grass or weed, 醜 (shiko) meaning ugly or unattractive, 茶 (cha) meaning tea or tea ceremony

Sonoko Sakanoe

I do like her name phonetically, but the spellings don't have much to do with her character. So, Satomi Sakagari: 悟 (sato) meaning to perceive or enlightenment, 実 (mi) meaning truth, 坂 (saka) meaning hill or incline, 狩 (kari) meaning hunt or chase. Obviously as a junior detective, she needs to be perceptive, so 悟, and she's trying to discover the truth, so 実. 狩 is because she's hunting Ryoba and 坂 is because... I dunno. It's a real name that contained 狩 and that's all I was looking for, with bonus points for keeping the alliteration. I guess you could argue it references the hill with the cherry tree?

Bonus Round: Ui Tunesu

Her name is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the english word witness- wiitonesu- because she's based on the very old Witness-chan character. Ui is a real name but Tunesu isn't. In fact, tu isn't a naturally occurring sound in Japanese. I would name her Umi Tsunemi: 宇 (u) meaning space or universe, 見 (mi) meaning to see or look at, 常 (tsune) meaning always or usual, 察 (mi) meaning intuition or perception. 見察, as a bonus, is the word for witness

A lot of times I see the Own vs Rent argument. And it does get mentioned occasionally. But i see an alarming trend that’s not talked about enough for retirement. Further, it’s not talked about ”enough” with respect to inflation.
Inflation. Let’s talk about that. Over the years, numerous revisions have been done on how to calculate it by official government numbers. And it always swings in favor of lowering CPI after each revision.
That aside, let’s use official government figures. You’re a young 18-22 year old considering retirement for the first time. Probably 50 years. Maybe 40, because you’re diligent about planning, after all, you’re researching it the ripe age of 22.
You rewind the clock back to 1975 to try to find the inflation rate you can expect, despite the fact that the U.S. Monetary system has printed the majority of all money in circulation recently.
You think, property taxes. Now this is home and geographic related. Property values have skyrocketed especially upon the coastal cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, New York City, etc. Home prices are through the roof (keep in mind, we’re not even discussing inflation of home mortgages themselves. Your grandparents who bought a home in California at 60k is now 1.8 million)
Back to Property taxes, you find a home for 600k, nothing crazy in your city with a good job. You find the best rate with your 780 credit score. You get lucky, and it’s capped at 1% property taxes too.
You pay 6k a year to call that property yours whether it’s owned by the bank or you. Using https://www.usinflationcalculator.com Going back to 1975, that 6k then, is now almost 39k a year.
39k.. a year .. is what you will owe for owning your own home outright factoring in inflation… after numerous revisions to make the official figure better for optics.
That’s not including basic repairs, maintenance, insurance, and utility costs for gas, electricity, water, internet, etc.
We talk about healthcare and cost of living being in retirement.. but I don’t see property taxes relative to inflation mentioned enough.
Some will argue some taxes are most just than others.. (property tax vs sales tax vs income tax)
But just wanted to put this out there for information, and it only gets worse. Crazy high property taxes? 17000 now? That’s 100k a year in retirement. With capped prices.
Just something to consider as you plan for retirement (to the younger crowd)
Can figures be manipulated to look slightly better? Sure. But this is just a rough look at how this will impact your retirement owning a home, which to me is insane. I’m well aware services like police, firefighters, school etc need to be funded. But our tax code is a mess. You get taxed on your income tax when earning income, but invest your money wisely to get capital gains taxed, to have enough money to own a car to get taxed, for a home you can someday own to get property taxed, so you can buy little things that make you happy on sales taxed, and if you’re lucky to save enough to give your children a better life to get hit with inheritance/estate tax.
When planning for retirement, make sure to keep taxes and inflation into account, especially property taxes.
Edit: phone formatting