These are the things I learned about residency that I wish I could tell myself as a July intern on wards service. I know many of y’all here will disagree with a few, but this is how I see it. There’s definitely quite a few missing, so y’all fill in what I forgot.

• You earned the right to be here. You’ve proven you can do it so don’t doubt yourself.
• You’re not expected to know everything on day 1. Your job is to show up with a good attitude and ready to work hard.
• Listen to the nurses. Some of these critical care nurses, especially. Ask for their input and don’t brush them off as mere nurses.
• Write things down. Print a list and make check boxes by each patient for what needs to get done that day. There are interns who forget things and interns who write things down.
• The first thing you need to learn is to tell sick from not sick, and that can be tricky at times. Later on you refine that until you see a whole spectrum of how sick a patient is.
• Don’t waste too much time pre-rounding. Brief pertinent exam, ask patient about changes in symptoms, but the highest yield is asking the nurses.
• Call consults before noon if you can. It’s a courtesy to the consultant/their team plus they’re far more likely to be seen that day, avoiding a delay in workup for the patient.
• Your note doesn’t have to be an essay. Keep things simple and don’t get bogged down in eloquent explanations.
• However, document your reasoning well. Especially in tough cases, drop a paragraph about why you’re doing what you’re doing and the patient agrees.
• Auto text or whatever your EMR uses. Make an arsenal of these. Use them for everything. If you have a kind of case you see a lot, template out a note so you make sure you’re documenting all the important stuff in an efficient manner.
• Be cool to your co-interns. Y’all are about to spend the next few years together. Don’t leave them in a lurch or punt to others all the time.
• Call the seniofellow/attending, especially at first. Even if they give you attitude, it’s ultimately their responsibility and they should know that.
• Try to update families daily if you can, especially for your ICU folks.
• Never, ever lie. Even once will destroy your credibility.
• Have a good attitude in a way that refuses to be bullied - don’t take that shit.
• Read all your own images. Then when rads drops a report, read that and see if you can find what they’re describing for every notes finding. It’ll make you a better doctor.
• Get to your new city as early as possible. Do things like car inspection, dentist appointment, vet appointment, etc. before July kicks off.
• Our profession has a high rate of substance abuse. Do what that what you will.
• Sit down with your family and SO and let them know what to expect and try to explain how intense this job is. When there’s a difference between expectation and reality, you have problems. Either way, it’ll strain your relationships.
• Because of this, be deliberate on spending time with your SO/friends/family even if you’re dead tired.
• Wear comfortable shoes
• Scour the hospital for the best restroom. Sometimes having a proper relaxed shit can turn a day around.
• Get to know your chiefs. Go to them with problems earlier rather than later.
• Use every minute of PTO
• Step outside the hospital for a few minute a day when you can. See the sunshine.
• Make friends with the cafeteria staff and they’ll hook you up to no end.
• Make friends with the transporters and techs - they will save you.
• Appreciate the hell out of what PT/OT/SLP do.
• Know how to tell a patient no.
• Pharmacy is your friend - they know things
• If something is emergent, keep calling to follow up. If your crashing patient needs abx, it’s not like some doctor video game where you put the order in STAT and everyone goes rushing. Call down and check the status, let them know it’s needed now.
• Don’t order everything STAT
• Calling people in general gets so much more done and avoids so many headaches.
• You’re going to lose your first patient. Remember how you feel, and make sure you never forget it. You’ll need it later.
• Hang out outside of work, invite the nurses as well.
• Election ‘24 is coming up in November so work is a great place to talk candidly about politics and try to change others’ beliefs /s
• If you’re struggling, reach out to someone.
• Try to get outside on your days off
• It’s not uncommon to end up on an SSRI
• Take the stairs places as much as you can. Cardio and a nice lower body workout.
• Answer pages as they come in. Anything STAT call back the moment you see it. Aim to get back to everyone within 5 minutes if you can.
• Day to night nurse shift change. Wait 30-45 minutes, then go around and talk to the nurse for all your patients. Let them get report and see if they have questions. Explain the plan, agree on when to call you, make sure orders all look good and make sense. We even used to bring candy from the physicians lounge to pass out for this.
• Put the diet order in
• Keep your presentations short and to the point unless someone wants them longer. Know the details, but you don’t have to recite them. You don’t have to say all the exam findings that were normal and not related to the patient’s disease
• Always be prepared to dodge a punch when near a geriatric patient
• Even a 5-10 minute phone call with your loved ones on a frequent basis can do wonders
• Some people are just assholes and you can’t take things personally
• Other people are mad at something else and want to take it out on you.
• Be cool to the med students
• Get good at delivering bad news
• Celebrate delivering good news
• Fuck prior authorizations man
• When calling a consult, have a specific clinical question you need help answering. Know the patient well. Keep the call centered around what you need from them but be ready to provide details if needed. “Dr. X wants you on board” is resident code for “I know it’s bullshit but my attending made me call.”
• Delirium and sundowning are real af. The trick is to get them home.
• Benzos aren’t just “settle down” drugs. It’s like a whisky shot through the vein in the sense that it can also disinhibit people and make wildness worse
• Get to know 1 thing about each patient other than what’s in their chart. What job did they have? What’s their favorite team? Do they have pets? You’ll remember them better when the list is large and it can make the job more rewarding
• If the nurse is worried ALWAYS go to bedside
• If you feel the urge to get a tattoo, do it
• Read everyone’s note each day on your patients
• Case managers and social workers are heroes. Get to know them and work together to get patients proper dispo
• Don’t wear your damn shoes in the call room bed
• Sit down in patient rooms if you can. It shows you’re listening, it’s less intimidating for them, and they’ll tell you more.
• Talk louder to older patients
• Sternal rub like you mean it
• Sit done one day, caffeinate, and do all those stupid compliance modules in a single bolus.
• Never make the same mistake twice
• If things don’t add up, your math is wrong
• Some patients don’t care about their health and won’t look after it after all you do. That’s just the gig.
• If something adverse for residents goes into place on a “temporary” basis, it never goes back the other way. Fight for your rights.
• You’re not crazy - the patient always tells the attending something completely different or remembers some important detail. We get it.
• Have a good comfort show to stream when you come home half dead.
• Trust but verify (that’s actually a Russian proverb Reagan borrowed when speaking about the USSR)
• Remember to love it more than you hate it. Find a way to make it fun. They say it’s the best time you never want to have again. You get to save and improve human lives. There’s no greater calling in the world than that.

Hi everyone, I've been trying to scour the internet and other institutions on a situation like this but have yet to come across information that communicates what is best practice of using consent forms in this way.
I'm working on a study that has a few other research sites at other hospitals and one not covered entity under HIPAA. Is this normal to have a template consent for the study and for each site to have their own version of the consent with minor changes based on their own institutional requirements?
All sites are relying on a central IRB as per our contracts, but I'm a little confused as to who will be approving the other consent forms given that the participating sites that are covered-entities will also need HIPAA waiver specific language which we somewhat have already included but not in entirety in our "template" consent. Our template consent has been IRB approved and will be used for the site not covered under HIPAA.
Will our central IRB be the one to provide the final stamp of approval for the other local site consents? My sense is their local site changes still needs to be routed through their local IRB then up to our central. I haven't had anyone experience this and no one on my very tiny team has been able to offer some clarity to this. I've only ever worked on a trial that has the same consent being administered to participants across 30+ sites.
Thank you in advance.

Did I ever mention I studied cybersecurity? but never got a job
Here's an update if I did. I gave up, not pursuing it at all right now, my odds are terrible, preparing to go to college is sure to fail when you have 0 guidance. It's like dropping a coin, you have to get everything right. I did prepare, my odds were just not the best.
As time went on, there are also a lot of things I forgot.
I also lost my drive I once had to pursue this regardless of the odds. I don't have the motivation to go through inconveniences like I used to after I graduated, for example a long drive.
Part of my motivation was lost when I learned my classmates didn't get a job in the field right away. Further research taught me you are stuck at tech support or some other area in tech unless you get lucky or network to meet people. It really doesn't make sense to me that they would hire someone in tech that hasn't touched security in one or two years after entering the tech field. That person would had forgotten a lot of what they learned since they had been unable to put it into practice professionally. Maybe they would hire someone like that regardless because this world is absurd, but I just can't entertain this absurdity even if it's true. I guess that's a weakness of mine. It's also absurd that they then expect you to prove you have the skills with some project, at that point why go to college? The college did give me some projects I could put on my resume, but I think they are all meaningless because employers want to see your genuine interest in the field, instead of something that could be easily done by looking at someone else's work (which is always available with these templates)
Another part of my motivation was lost just from growing and learning about neglect in security and privacy practices, and the challenges to encourage it. I guess I always knew they worked against it, but I guess the fact that they do that eventually wore me down. It's hard to care with their constant neglect and incompetence, especially when it's there by design and not from error. I think I previously didn't think about some of it being there by design or that sometimes they take years to do one thing, it just smells of corruption
Despite of all, I still read on security and privacy. This is something I started studying due to the concerning data breaches I had seen in schools, hospitals, and the government. If th world needs me I am all ears. There's people I met who probably think I don't know shit anymore, but I do, I just never started studying this to become the "master hacker" like some of them. They see big money in that. I knew I would have to hack, but I want to basically set up the defenses and put some protocols, study and analyze data, etc. Regardless, I still think I have some decent level of understanding in hacking and I still actively do programming, so I am not a complete blank slate, but if you don't know me I don't think you should hire me unless I proved to you that I have a skill you need.
All of this also means that there is even less to motivate me to start going all tech and do things on github here and there. I still support projects however I can, even if I suck at being timely currently. It's impossible to be timely if I want to put my full focus on things I care much more about.
Additionally, I don't even have a driver's license, but I'll get one this year. I have no one to help me get one, I neglected the importance of one until I graduated, and I basically have to spend a ton of money in lessons because no one wants to help me. I had taken lessons before, but with big time gaps because I didn't save enough money. I also had jobs that made my whole journey difficult, not bad just conflicting factors, my current job is great though. It's also possible I could have better success if I was better at interviews or if my resume was better, but to be honest there is never a point where you can say your interview or resume was at your best. There is no good answer online for that, in my research not even the hiring managers know what they want. There was a time where I thought a driver's license gave you more opportunities, it doesn't.
I wrote this mainly to just provide a clear picture of my status, because I don't think it's clear. I am basically saying "I kind of know my shit I am just not pursuing the field anymore and it's my hobby now". I always find that the time and money I wasted in this career is frustrating and it has only served as an obstacle in the present in my social life.
I'll probably delete any info I uploaded to find a job because they are actively being used to infringe in my privacy and send me spam. I always knew that but I took that sacrifice because my privacy concerns were of less priority. Every system in this world is fucked anyways, and my measures greatly minimize this infringement.
This is the last time I want to talk about me studying cybersecurity online.

Hello. I posted a meme in the Catholic Memes subreddit with a Genshin Impact meme template, and I felt moved when I shared a testimony, and it was taken well. So, I want to share a more in-depth story as someone who used to simply just be a lukewarm cultural Catholic, because having played Genshin Impact and meeting Furina moved me in a way no other fictional character ever had. It was a time when I started to notice God’s love more clearly. I did not expect to feel God’s love over a Chinese anime gacha game. I did not expect to be so moved to the point it served as a road for me to return to the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church that I drifted apart from for almost a decade.
I will only enter a Church if I am convinced with reason, and because I learned Catholic theology and am convinced by apologetics (by listening to and reading the works of different Catholic apologists, from Saint Thomas Aquinas to Trent Horn), I was already won over by the Catholic Church in the battle for reason. This time, I want to share another aspect of my faith journey, not focusing too much on apologetics.
Spoiler warning: Particularly, major story details regarding the Fontaine Archon Quest (Archon Quest, Chapter 4) and Act 1 of Furina’s story quest, all from Genshin Impact, are present.

Part I: The World as Theater
I was the type to be convinced through reason, and I always thought faith and reason must be intertwined. With how Catholicism handles truth (including morality) rigorously, I knew that the Church is beautiful for that: in fact, many of the greatest Western scientists in history are Catholic. Yet even as I learned Catholic theology, I still felt separate from the Church even though I had a great deal of respect for it.
I found Furina to have lived virtually her entire life as an "actor," and the entire world was a stage to her. To save the nation of Fontaine (based on France), her nation, from destruction, she had to deceive her own people into believing her to be the Hydro Archon, a god who rules over that water nation. This is part of a plan to subvert a prophecy that will engulf Fontaine in a flood of Primordial Seawater that kills all Fontainians who touch it, but the full details are beyond the scope of this post. And as such, she lived for 500 years building her image as a "perfect goddess." Virtually Furina's entire life involves her putting up a mask. However, regardless of intent, having to live a lie is a painful experience to behold, and Furina would cry herself to sleep over her loneliness.
The masquerade worked on the player, as throughout the beginning of the Fontaine Archon Quest (Archon Quest, Chapter 4, Act 1), we see Furina as bratty, flamboyant mascot of the nation. A superstar that citizens would pay to see. However, we eventually learn Furina to be a flawed human, and not the perfect archon as what is conveyed in her public image. The citizens also found out about it in her court trial, where she was tried by her own people to check if she’s the Hydro Archon.
Though the prophecy was subverted in a way that the citizens were still saved anyway, Furina nevertheless was disheartened as she went through years and years of failure, where she felt she didn’t do enough to save the citizens of Fontaine. After all, there were still those whose lives were claimed by the Primordial Seawater, most notably in the flooding incident at Poisson Village. After Fontaine was saved, she felt she no longer had any use, for in her eyes, the Fontainians are angry at her because their beloved “Hydro Archon” did nothing. But Furina felt liberated in the sense that she can now live her life again in a way that she does not have to please the world.

Furina as depicted in the music video “End of All” by Aimer. In that scene (Archon Quest, Chapter 4, Act 5), the player “watches” the daily life of Furina in the form of a stage play. By day, she plays the role of a superstar. By night, she feels powerless in her attempt to stop the prophecy, and because she cannot tell anyone about the truth, she cries herself to sleep. A daily cycle that goes for 500 years. Before going to sleep, Furina ends each day with the following words: “So interminable… so lonely… how much longer?” When I played through this scene in the game, I felt this to be one of the most painful I have ever went through in fiction. And that's because I can see myself in Furina.
Part II: Walking With the Little Oceanid

“If you become human, you can reveal your secret to no one. You will face suffering and loneliness. Is this what you truly want?” (Animula Choragi Chapter, Act 1: The Little Oceanid)

I was excited when the Fontaine region came out, and even knew I wanted to get Furina as soon as news of her character design was made public. I hardly cry for a fictional character, but when I do, it was merely crying for said character. But when I witnessed Furina’s antics in the events of the game, and eventually walked with her through her struggles, my experience was different because I cried together with her and sharing the same pain. Furina is someone I could relate to a lot as someone who felt imperfect and broken. As a student who experienced Impostor Syndrome, I felt like I had to meet societal expectations in the discipline I am specializing in (I study math), or that I am not doing enough. Furina and I chased for a desire to be simultaneously honest and be loved. That was why I felt so happy getting to know Furina, and why I regard her as a comfort character. It significantly helped that I liked her design and other fun aspects of her personality, particularly her cuteness and her wit. At that time, and even as I played Genshin Impact especially since I have Furina in my party, I had a great feeling of inner peace and comfort. When I finished the final act of the Fontaine Archon Quest, I fondly remember that Sunday last November because although I was not a weekly mass-goer yet, I felt so moved to attend Mass that day. Yet back then, I did not understand exactly what made me go.
What pushed away from the Church was that I suffered from scrupulosity over sin. In fact, it was only this year that I learned there is a word for that. I had a period of contemplating about the Catholic faith last March, and I felt deeply conscious about the sins I have made over the past years. I took a visit to my school’s local campus ministry one day, and I had a conversation with a minister there. At that time, I felt a longing to return to God and a desire to be loved. The minister had me read The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32), and it was a very familiar parable to me, but it made me remember when one of my past theology instructors would love to talk about this parable to remind us that God loved us first, even if we don’t love Him back, and even if we do not love ourselves. When I cried reading that parable again, I felt similar feelings to what I felt when playing through Furina’s story.
At some point earlier in my life, I studied the teachings of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, including that we can find God in all things. Thus, I wonder if introducing me to Furina was God’s way of comforting me and attempting me to bring me home. How God exactly worked behind the scenes, I admit that I have no answer to that, but I nevertheless appreciate the talents of the artists and writers at Hoyoverse to make this possible. It is interesting because I have sidelined God from my life for years and could not remember the last time I fully enjoyed praying before then. What is amazing is how Furina was also that one character I anticipated the longest for her release, as I saved almost an entire year’s worth of Primogems (in-game currency used to get characters) patiently waiting for her release because I was excited ever since her design was revealed. At the time of this writing, she’s my most-invested character in terms of Primogems.
A lot of Genshin Impact players would point out various Biblical references in the Fontaine Archon Quest (like original sin and salvation), and some would say Furina and Focalors are a reference to the Holy Trinity. However, when I walked with Furina, she also reminded me of the Prodigal Son. Furina may be resilient, but she also desires to be loved despite her imperfections, just like I do. So for a time, I had Furina keeping me company while I play.
Part III: The Return Home

“God loves us; we need only to summon up the humility to allow ourselves to be loved.”
– Pope Benedict XVI

I believe that if there is one thing to be learned from Furina, it is humility, the mother of all virtues. C.S. Lewis describes humility as “not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” I am amazed by Furina’s character arc and how much she grows even at the conclusion of the Fontaine Archon Quest. Throughout her character arc, she opens up to the Traveler (player character). She opens herself up to love. And that to be a recipient of love, you must humble yourself to receive.
On the fourth week last March, I went to confession for the first time in seven years: it was one scheduled after my confessor had presided in a Mass. I felt deterred at first to go to confession, especially since I had bad experiences of confiding in people who will just betray my trust. And that’s why I sympathize with Furina when she was secretive about her own faults. Perhaps it made me appreciate the Seal of the Confessional even more: when you enter the confessional and mention your sins out loud, you are not speaking to the priest directly; you are speaking to Christ who is acting through the priest. The priest is In Persona Christi, and it’s something a lot of lukewarm Catholics forget about. If ever we are lonely like Furina, we have a place to feel safe in God’s embrace. The seal exists to ensure that our loving relationship with God is respected, and that we no longer have to fear like Furina did. I was in the confessional for about half an hour, but that day was the day I knew I was back at home, the same home I ran away from even though I have claimed to belong there. I was lost, but now I was found.
The Church is a hospital for sinners, and not a club for saints. I fell out of the Church when I treated it like a club for saints when I was younger.
Epilogue
I now go to confession monthly (at minimum), attend Mass weekly, and I also pray the rosary daily. I also started to appreciate receiving the Eucharist by the tongue. A few people I talk to have said that my faith in God and my prayer habits have helped me be more optimistic and mentally resilient. I think they’re right, and I hardly feel lonely anymore. Living without God (and my Heavenly Family, which includes Mary and the saints) felt like Hell on Earth.
As a disclaimer, the only god I worship is our Lord, and I don’t use fictional characters as a substitute for a relationship with God, haha. But I hope I have enlightened you on why I appreciate Furina a lot, for no fictional character has ever touched my heart as she did. I felt like I was sailing in a lost ship, and God just placed a lighthouse in the middle of the ocean to help me navigate the fog and return to Him. I will be forever grateful to God for setting up the stage to get me to know Furina because she reminds me a lot about myself and the Prodigal Son. I felt like reflecting as I walk with Furina was very helpful in softening my heart to receive God’s love and mercy.
I always had doubts being initiated into a church I am hesitant to commit to. And now those doubts are gone, I am happy to say that I hope to be confirmed into the Catholic Church this year.

A pharmacy group will review its guidelines for pharmacists calling themselves registrars, residents and consultants after the AMA alleged that some patients had been misled.
The recently-launched Australian and New Zealand College of Advanced Pharmacy (ANZCAP) grants pharmacists these titles based on their pre-existing training and experience as part of its ‘foundation program’.
For example, pharmacists with over eight years’ general experience and three years’ experience in a specialty area can apply for recognition as ‘consultants’ and to use the postnominal ‘FANZCAP’.
More than 1600 pharmacists have been recognised so far, says the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA), which jointly set up the college in October 2023.
But the AMA said last week it had raised concerns with the pharmacy group over “the use of misleading titles by some hospital pharmacists … which may have confused patients”.
When asked by AusDoc, the AMA did not elaborate further.
A spokesperson for SHPA said it had been “unable to independently verify the misuse” of the terms.
However, they said the ANZCAP certificates of recognition (see below) would be revised so that ‘pharmacy’ or ‘pharmacist’ was “more prominently displayed.”
“In the interests of clarity and safety for health professionals and patients, SHPA has committed to an immediate review of ANZCAP guidelines around the use of terminology,” they added.
Separately, another pharmacy group has joined the AMA and a former RACGP president in voicing concern over pharmacists’ use of consultant or registrar titles.
ANZCAP’s template certificate of recognition.
The Victorian Directors of Pharmacy Group, which represents public hospital pharmacy directors, said in a statement it did not support pharmacists using the titles consultant or registrar at work.
“The use of the titles will be confusing to patients, the public and other health professionals and may not appropriately represent the expertise of the individual pharmacist,” it said.
It also called the ANZCAP assessment program, which costs pharmacists up to $595, an “expedited process through submission of letters of support and [a] CV without … evidence of level of practice”.
“The ANZCAP recognition is based primarily on length of time in practice and does not include a robust independent process of assessment of the individual’s level of practice,” it said.
The ANZCAP recognition is not recognised by the Pharmacy Board of Australia or the Australian Pharmacy Council.
https://www.ausdoc.com.au/news/doctors-concern-over-pharmacists-using-registrar-resident-and-consultant-titles-sparks-review/

I need advice kung worth it pang pinush ko ung issue ko with DOLE? Nag report ako using E-SENA about this matter. I worked with the company for almost 7yrs. Here's the story.
Monday, we had an internal meeting which he asked kung sino ung mga pwedeng pumunta sa gathering na request niya, I told him na hindi ako pwede ng Wednesday so Thursday and Friday lang ako makakapunta, he accepted that. Sent a chat saying na dapat 9:30AM by Thursday dapat andun na ko, so okay sige walang problema.
Tuesday morning, dun ko lang naalala na meron pala akong scheduled sa hospital ng umaga, so nag message ako sakanya to ask if it's okay na malate kasi hindi ko nakita sa calendar ko na may schedule para ako sa hospital. We jumped on a call and I admitted na mali ko un, and if it's not okay with him na malate ako a few hours, ireresched ko nalang, I thought at first papayag siya kasi madalas health priority first siya talaga, but that didn't happen. He asked if it is a death threatening issue, so sabi ko hindi naman and okay lang na iresched ko kung hindi okay sakanya, then he bursted on telling me na hindi na ko willing to work, uncommitted na ko, hindi na ko mapag kakatiwalaan and I should pass my resignation. So I was shocked and nag sorry ako, ipapa schedule ko nalang ung sa hospital ko, and ayaw ko mag resign, but he insisted, paulit ulit lang siya ng sinasabi hanggang sa mag drop na kami sa call.
I didn't submit my resignation letter, until nag call kami ulit after a few hours, I thought okay na siya, na baka tanggapin niya na ung sorry ko, but no. What he did is he forced me padin na mag pasa, dahil nga first work ko siya eversince and wala akong masyadong alam about sa tanggalan, nag papanic na ko and natatakot lalo na sa work background ko or kung ano ung pwede niyang ikalat, so sabi niya mag papasa ako ng resignation letter or mag papa lawyer kami, so dun ako natakot, kasi wala naman nga kong alam, shock na ko sa nang yayari at wala naman ako pambayad sa lawyer kung sakali. Ayaw niya ko paalisin sa call ng hindi ako nag papasa, sabi niya pa generate nalang ako sa AI, or gawan niya nalang ako tapos itype ko, so dahil takot na ko sa nang yayari, I was forced to write and pass a templated resignation letter, while writing that letter, he told me na paulit ulit na hindi naman na ko mapag kakatiwalaan, na nakakasagabal ung company sa mga plans ko, na ginagago ko siya, na need niyang protektahan ung organization niya sa mga taong katulad ko, nag ttry ako mag sorry at humingi ng 2nd chance pero sinasabi niya lang ng paulit ulit yan at paano pa daw kami mag tatrabaho kung hindi naman daw ako mapag kakatiwalan, kung uncommitted ndn daw ako to work. So I got no choice dahil nga sa takot ko na sa nang yayari, nag pasa ako.
That day gusto ko pang bumalik kasi mahirap mawalan ng trabaho, pero after what happened at after mag sink in sakin ung nangyari, nag file ako sa DOLE, kahit na hindi ko na balak bumalik, gusto ko lang na hindi na mang yari to sa iba, dahil may mga kaibigan akong malapit na nag tatrabaho dun sa company na un. Is it worth it na nireport ko pa sa DOLE? May apekto ba to sa background work ko? Ano ung mang yayari sakin?

hi i'm in my mid 20s, psychology fresh grad, no professional irl work experience. i have an accumulated 3 yrs gap during college due to personal and mental health reasons, that's why i just graduated. all i have is my ojt experience and volunteer work at a hospital. i also had an online shop that i solely managed for over 2 yrs, selling kpop merch and providing services like pasabuy, purchasing assistance, pahanap merch, consolidating other people's items..
i'm leaning more into healthcare jobs since med school talaga original plan ko, di lang natuloy. as much as possible i don't want to do HR work. feel ko nasa med talaga passion ko (and kpop haha naenjoy ko rin talaga mag benta ng kpop merch)
i've done some research, but i still want to read some advice and first hand experiences.
here are my questions:

1. what should i include in my resume (besides education, experience, skills)? should i include an objective? i read that the harvard resume is the best template. is that ok?
   
2. how do i include my online selling experience in the resume? what's a more professional term for it? ecommerce? dropshipping? online sales/retail? should i say i was self-employed or freelance?
   
3. is there a career growth in healthcare if you're not a doctonurse/or other licensed professional? the common job positions i see that match my course are medical assistant, clinic receptionist, healthcare csr
   
4. what is a good initial salary range i should aim for?
   
5. what are common job interview questions? lalo na sa healthcare industry please give tips to pass 🙏🏻
   

feel free to give additional info, words of encouragement, wisdom, etc. please no harsh words 🥺
thank you so much 🫶🏻

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Some knowledge of the world is encouraged but not required. Be aware that you may come across spoiler content for the series. Due to the mature nature of the series, we are only accepting writers who are 18 and older and characters who are 18 and older. We are only accepting human characters.
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Welcome to the Continental Hotel. Checking in?
The Continental is a Discord writing server inspired by the John Wick series of films, show, and comics. We accept canon characters from the series as well as OC characters who wish to explore the JW universe.
Some knowledge of the world is encouraged but not required. Be aware that you may come across spoiler content for the series. Due to the mature nature of the series, we are only accepting writers who are 18 and older and characters who are 18 and older. We are only accepting human characters.
If you enjoy crime, mafia, mob, assassin, global crime organizations, hotel hospitality, etc. type stories or characters then this server might be right for you.
What we offer: - Easy character template to start with - Various character roles and types to play as, with both OC and canon characters allowed - 15 current affiliations from the JW universe and 19+ locations globally for you to play around - 18+ due to mature themes - Use of forum and threads for a more organized RP - Server-wide events and stories - Create and GM your own bounties, or pick up one from the Bounty Board! - Spaces to share and muse in (images, gifs, discussion, music, etc.) - Ability to world-build your character with playable organizations and NPCs - A strong group of literate writers and storytellers
Welcome to the Underworld. https://discord.gg/afWwz7gPH2

Welcome to the Continental Hotel. Checking in?
The Continental is a Discord writing server inspired by the John Wick series of films, show, and comics. We accept canon characters from the series as well as OC characters who wish to explore the JW universe.
Some knowledge of the world is encouraged but not required. Be aware that you may come across spoiler content for the series. Due to the mature nature of the series, we are only accepting writers who are 18 and older and characters who are 18 and older. We are only accepting human characters.
If you enjoy crime, mafia, mob, assassin, global crime organizations, hotel hospitality, etc. type stories or characters then this server might be right for you.
What we offer: - Easy character template to start with - Various character roles and types to play as, with both OC and canon characters allowed - 15 current affiliations from the JW universe and 19+ locations globally for you to play around - 18+ due to mature themes - Use of forum and threads for a more organized RP - Server-wide events and stories - Create and GM your own bounties, or pick up one from the Bounty Board! - Spaces to share and muse in (images, gifs, discussion, music, etc.) - Ability to world-build your character with playable organizations and NPCs - A strong group of literate writers and storytellers
Welcome to the Underworld. https://discord.gg/afWwz7gPH2

Welcome to the Continental Hotel. Checking in?
The Continental is a Discord writing server inspired by the John Wick series of films, show, and comics. We accept canon characters from the series as well as OC characters who wish to explore the JW universe.
Some knowledge of the world is encouraged but not required. Be aware that you may come across spoiler content for the series. Due to the mature nature of the series, we are only accepting writers who are 18 and older and characters who are 18 and older. We are only accepting human characters.
If you enjoy crime, mafia, mob, assassin, global crime organizations, hotel hospitality, etc. type stories or characters then this server might be right for you.
What we offer: - Easy character template to start with - Various character roles and types to play as, with both OC and canon characters allowed - 15 current affiliations from the JW universe and 19+ locations globally for you to play around - 18+ due to mature themes - Use of forum and threads for a more organized RP - Server-wide events and stories - Create and GM your own bounties, or pick up one from the Bounty Board! - Spaces to share and muse in (images, gifs, discussion, music, etc.) - Ability to world-build your character with playable organizations and NPCs - A strong group of literate writers and storytellers
Welcome to the Underworld. https://discord.gg/afWwz7gPH2

Welcome to the Continental Hotel. Checking in?
The Continental is a Discord writing server inspired by the John Wick series of films, show, and comics. We accept canon characters from the series as well as OC characters who wish to explore the JW universe.
Some knowledge of the world is encouraged but not required. Be aware that you may come across spoiler content for the series. Due to the mature nature of the series, we are only accepting writers who are 18 and older and characters who are 18 and older. We are only accepting human characters.
If you enjoy crime, mafia, mob, assassin, global crime organizations, hotel hospitality, etc. type stories or characters then this server might be right for you.
What we offer: - Easy character template to start with - Various character roles and types to play as, with both OC and canon characters allowed - 15 current affiliations from the JW universe and 19+ locations globally for you to play around - 18+ due to mature themes - Use of forum and threads for a more organized RP - Server-wide events and stories - Create and GM your own bounties, or pick up one from the Bounty Board! - Spaces to share and muse in (images, gifs, discussion, music, etc.) - Ability to world-build your character with playable organizations and NPCs - A strong group of literate writers and storytellers
Welcome to the Underworld. https://discord.gg/afWwz7gPH2

Welcome to the Continental Hotel. Checking in?
The Continental is a Discord writing server inspired by the John Wick series of films, show, and comics. We accept canon characters from the series as well as OC characters who wish to explore the JW universe.
Some knowledge of the world is encouraged but not required. Be aware that you may come across spoiler content for the series. Due to the mature nature of the series, we are only accepting writers who are 18 and older and characters who are 18 and older. We are only accepting human characters.
If you enjoy crime, mafia, mob, assassin, global crime organizations, hotel hospitality, etc. type stories or characters then this server might be right for you.
What we offer: - Easy character template to start with - Various character roles and types to play as, with both OC and canon characters allowed - 15 current affiliations from the JW universe and 19+ locations globally for you to play around - 18+ due to mature themes - Use of forum and threads for a more organized RP - Server-wide events and stories - Create and GM your own bounties, or pick up one from the Bounty Board! - Spaces to share and muse in (images, gifs, discussion, music, etc.) - Ability to world-build your character with playable organizations and NPCs - A strong group of literate writers and storytellers
Welcome to the Underworld. https://discord.gg/afWwz7gPH2

Welcome to the Continental Hotel. Checking in?
The Continental is a Discord writing server inspired by the John Wick series of films, show, and comics. We accept canon characters from the series as well as OC characters who wish to explore the JW universe.
Some knowledge of the world is encouraged but not required. Be aware that you may come across spoiler content for the series. Due to the mature nature of the series, we are only accepting writers who are 18 and older and characters who are 18 and older. We are only accepting human characters.
If you enjoy crime, mafia, mob, assassin, global crime organizations, hotel hospitality, etc. type stories or characters then this server might be right for you.
What we offer: - Easy character template to start with - Various character roles and types to play as, with both OC and canon characters allowed - 15 current affiliations from the JW universe and 19+ locations globally for you to play around - 18+ due to mature themes - Use of forum and threads for a more organized RP - Server-wide events and stories - Create and GM your own bounties, or pick up one from the Bounty Board! - Spaces to share and muse in (images, gifs, discussion, music, etc.) - Ability to world-build your character with playable organizations and NPCs - A strong group of literate writers and storytellers
Welcome to the Underworld. https://discord.gg/afWwz7gPH2

Like every product/service. SaaS products are different. They are intangible. They have intangible buyers. They have subscribers like Netflix, who have to pay for their product/ service annually, monthly, or quarterly.
To increase sales, they have a few tricks which are by giving annual discounts, showing off customer testimonials, social media promotions, enhanced customer experience, demos, Live chats, CTA, set up calls, and Feedback to retain the customer.
Not only this, this industry has its process as it has an intangible audience. So, they have to understand their presentations not through body language but by how they are expressing their views or presenting their questions in an email or call.
Providing Free trials is mostly there in the SaaS industry. As the audience will get to know what your product is creating value to their biz and how it is helpful in the growth of the biz by saving time/ money.
The free trial should not be too long or short. It should depend upon the complexity of the software.
Before knowing the technique one should know what Saas is and how it works. Right? Like before buying anything we ask for the price of the product.

The Fundamentals

“Having a repeatable process empowers your sales reps to sell with efficiency and confidence”. The process begins from:
Prospecting:Since we are selling it to the tech-savvy audience, we will do inbound marketing which includes blogs, online posts, email newsletters, whitepapers, etc.
In addition to that, we can do face-to-face interaction with potential buyers which is rare in this SaaS industry.
Qualifying: Not all visitors on your website or trial subscribers will buy the product. To know that, there are lead scores which is an automatic way to qualify leads and you will get information and interpret it from your data and assign it with the lead scores from 1 to 10.
Another way is to start a trial is to email them or call them for after-sale service. So, you will get an idea of the status of the buyer.
Presenting: Mostly it’s not possible to present in face-to-face interactions in the SaaS industry otherwise we have got it through body language.
Through online mode, presenting would be done through email sequence and frequent follow-ups which will let us know the pain points the way it’s been expressed.
Handling objectives: After presenting, prospects have questions and concerns about the product or service. So, you must have known what most of the customers ask and know how to handle the response of the prospect.
Closing: At this moment, the prospect becomes your customer. In this stage, we will deliver the final proposal of the product and negotiate with the customer.
Nurturing: to retain the SaaS customers excluding customer support which includes training for existing and new customers. Feedback includes reviews, rates, and testimonials.
Part of their happy moments by sending happy birthday, and celebration notes, etc.

How to increase your SaaS conversions using the right marketing strategy:

Create strategic trial duration
Most of the SaaS products have a trial duration. As it is a great way to hook new customers to buy, however, to make it worthwhile, you should plan it strategically.
When the customer has the opportunity to get trials which will help them to know the value of the product in their biz as well as the benefit of your offering.
The trial period should depend on the software. if the software is complex then 14 days or more trials would work. But what if the software is easy to adapt and gives the trial for 30 days?
It would only make the sale cycle long and there would be fewer customers buying the product. As they know every part of your software and will compare with the alternatives of the service. So, it depends on the product.
Custom/ live setup call
Many of us don’t know how to set up the software. How did things work? These customers have the priority of how the software will work for them by giving lesser importance to how your products work.
SaaS has the highest conversion from this special technique of Live setup call only. This CRM would help them to achieve their objective related to the product they have taken a trial or purchased.
Leverage Annual discounts
Many SaaS products offer annual discounts in exchange for the customer paying the bill all at once in a cheaper amount as compared to paying it every month which attracts customers to attain the service. While the company gets a sizable influx of cash at a moment and doesn’t get worried about a customer leaving at any moment.
Automated follow-up
As you see whenever you log in to the florist website or hospital website. They will ask ‘how may I help you?’ which is an automated way of assisting you. In the same way, these automated services will help the new customer to assist with the service and product and they have common queries stored which will be solved by the assistant by putting up the questions and shortening the sale cycle.
Content Marketing
This is the only way of communication between the buyer and seller. By reading your content, understanding it, and perceiving it makes the buyer come into your contact. Biz around the globe is using content marketing to reach the audience and generate leads. With consistency, you share the content it will increase its value over time
PPC( pay per click) also generates leads but with valuable content. So, content marketing is an asset for biz owners while online ads are temporary or rented. Biz around the globe is using content marketing to reach the audience and generate leads. Keeping content quality consistent across multiple channels helps increase brand awareness among your audience.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
This feature works hand in hand with content marketing by making it discoverable in google, bing, and ranking it in two ways: On-page SEO and off-page SEO.
On-page SEO: This form is under your control. You create content that people search to read. By adding internal links, UI, use of the title, and description.
Off-Page SEO: Mainly, when we hear about SEO, links are the things that click us. But getting the right trusted and authoritative link is what matters! The best way to gain links and shares is by a distribution strategy.
Google AdWords
While inbound marketing reduces the spending of Adwords, zillion people are still clicking on the search engine ads per day. If you don’t want to miss out on these people to generate leads then you should still invest in PPCi.e pay per click.
PPC is beneficiary as it is scalable, generate leads, and generate the best ROI for your biz
Pro Tip: to increases sales, some strategies to take care of is to choose the right model of SaaS, identify the target audience and its value proposition, set prospect qualification criteria, create templates, call scripts, set revenue goals, create a customer support system, and keep track of sales performance metrics that will be effective in rank in the SEO.
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Please don't suggest AI as my company forbids recording any meetings.
I got recruited into taking minutes for an early morning Operating Room meeting (I am at a hospital). Do any of you have a very brief, basic template I can use? Since this is a new series I have more leeway in format than other meetings I inherited. Thanks for any suggestions :)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kx75r0NJw4DxwHDk80dX6jkG7lDmTIijqpA2mFv7Tt8/edit?usp=sharing
Hello everyone, as the school year has come to a close and we're entering the summer I have been getting a lot of questions from undergraduate students I've mentored regarding applying for research positions. In terms of my own experience, I am currently a MSc student right now doing Parkinson's research at SickKids. In the past I have done wet lab research at UHN Krembil, clinical and dry lab research at CAMH, and paper writing at Toronto Western Hospital. I have constructed a brief and simple research guide along with the template I have used in the past for emailing as well as guidelines I followed when reaching out. It's still a bit messy so if any other students want to add their experience feel free to reach out. And if any undergrad students have any questions for me, feel free to respond to this thread and I will answer promptly. I wanted to share this because I know the process can be stressful and mundane but I believe in you all and hope this will help you even if its a bit! Nothing groundbreaking but just my own anecdotal advice :))

I am not The OOP, OOP is u/MushroomDense4108
AITA for putting in a claim to my late father’s death benefit
Originally posted to AITAH
Thanks to u/queenlegolas for suggesting this BoRU
TRIGGER WARNING: death of a parent, verbal abuse, attempted financial deception, family upheaval, ableism
Original Post Apr 27, 2024
Hi, I am looking for advice.
My father passed away on the 1st of March very unexpectedly and obviously this has caused a lot of heartache.
A few days ago I received a letter through the post from a policy through his work where it was stated that my father’s sister had put in a claim for the death benefit as she was next of kin at his work. I am next of kin legally and also would like to state for the record that me and my father had an excellent relationship. She never mentioned the policy to us or wrote down on her form that my father (did not) have children which it clearly asks and instead sent the form as if she was his only relative.
The company found out that I existed only because I am the informant on his death certificate and has asked if I wish to make a claim. I contacted my aunt about this and she has doubled down and said that my father would have wanted her and her alone to receive this large sum of money and has told me not to put in a claim.
I am putting in a claim regardless and told her this and it has caused a huge rift with her family. So much so that a cousin contacted me and said that my dad would be ashamed of me for putting in a claim and then went on to attack my autistic 24 year old brother, telling him that my father would have been ashamed of him because he was unable to carry his coffin at the funeral.
It just seems that this has gotten completely out of hand and I along with my brother are being attacked over money. Surely the company wouldn’t have contacted us if it were his wishes to give her 100%.
(Edit: I also forgot to mention that my aunt said she received an email from my dad’s workplace saying it was his wishes to gift this money to her and she had a signed document from him saying this, but when I asked her if I could see the document she sent me a blank template of wishes from the company website which had no writing on it, no expression of wishes and no signature from my dad which is confusing.
We also told her that we may not receive anything in the final decision which we are fine with, but it potentially could be split even between me, my younger brother and her. She wasn’t happy to even consider it going three ways either. And that is where the abuse began from that side of the family.)
I just don’t know and this has been keeping me up at night with stress. AITA?
UPDATE: I phoned the company this morning and they have NO RECORD of an expression of wishes that my father wrote. Only that she was next of kin at his workplace. So she not only lied that it was my dad’s wishes for her to have this money, but she also lied that she received an email from the company stating this. The woman on the phone said you are his daughter, you have a right to make a claim. And also to tell my brother to put his claim in which he will be doing now.
ADDITIONAL INFO FROM OOP
1.

Her daughter sent my brother vile voice notes telling him that my dad would be ashamed of him because he couldn’t carry the coffin due to his autism, that he is lazy and should get a job when he can’t work and that he is a thief. It has made my brother so distraught that he is refusing to put a claim in as he thinks my father hated him when this is not true.
My dad loved the bones off my brother. Those words never left his mouth. All lies.
My dad may not be here to protect him but I am, and I’ll always protect him.

2.

My brother received an apology tonight from this vile cousin. She said she couldn’t sleep, eat or go into her work as she has been sobbing about the disgusting things she said to him. Not that this makes a difference. What she said about that beautiful boy is unforgivable.
To target her own autistic cousin about things out of his control is insane.
My father took care and adored that boy from the moment he was born until he took his last breath. I have blocked this side of the family and will never speak to them again.
I will be contacting the company again on Monday and will ask if they have a copy of these supposed wishes. I have also filled out my claim and posted it today, so hopefully I have more answers soon.

RELEVANT COMMENTS
Forward-Wear7913

NTA
It’s just ridiculous that your aunt thinks she should get the money instead of her brother’s children.
Did your father have a will and an executor?
I would be worried that she’s also getting her hands on other property that doesn’t belong to her

OOP

I’m glad I’m not crazy for thinking the same thing.
No my father didn’t leave a will as he said to me a couple of months before he passed that everything would be going to me and my brother anyway. Obviously he didn’t plan for this chaos to follow. I’m currently in the process of becoming executor of the estate and all details are already with a solicitor. I am in Scotland, so the process takes a while.
However this death benefit falls outside the lines of his estate and is classed as a separate benefit altogether. I have been informed by one of his good friends and work mates that workmen at the site my dad was employed at were trying to find beneficiaries as they didn’t have a note of one which makes me think that she has been lying.
I have sent across an email to his employment asking for documentation of these supposed wishes he had filled out. Hopefully I hear more on Monday as probably won’t get a reply on a weekend.

Update Apr 29, 2024
I just thought I would post an update to the absolute hell that me and my brother have been put through in regards to my late father’s death benefit.
I phoned the company today and they have told me that my father had NO expression of wishes form. So not only did my aunt lie about being the beneficiary on his expression of wishes form, but she also just blatantly lied about even receiving an email with these details. They do not exist. She was only listed as a next of kin through his work, not as a beneficiary. She is not entitled to a thing as she claimed she was, and so the hurt and confusion both me and my brother have suffered was for nothing.
I don’t understand how our own family could put us through this, but people are right when they say snakes come out of the woodwork when a death happens in the family.
My brother was not going to put in a claim but now he is. I hope she feels the guilt ripping through her not only for this, but for the disgusting things her daughter said to my autistic brother.
RELEVANT COMMENTS
mustang19671967

Remember a lawyer is your friend if you need help I’m in a different country so our laws are different

OOP

The laws are different here in Scotland. I am executor of his estate but this death benefit falls outwith this, so it is up to the company to deal with claims and split benefits. A lawyer wouldn’t touch this, not that we need one now that we are aware of the truth.

IceBlue

If you’re the executor why couldn’t you get into his house when your aunt could? You should sue to get the items back or the value of the items if she sold them.

OOP

I could get into his house but I have my own house. I let her stay in his house as a kind gesture so she could stay the night in preparation for the funeral. And then when we went in a month later to sort some of his things, that’s when we realised what had been taken.
We did pull her up about it and she was crying down the phone saying she just wanted to keep things for her brother’s memory. So I left it at that, even though I knew it was wrong somehow I felt guilty. And now I realise she has been manipulative from the start.

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Whose_my_daddy

I’m so sorry you have such disgusting family. Cut them off, even get restraining orders if necessary. Be sure the rest of the family knows what they did. Just curious: there’s no hint of foul play, is there?

OOP

I’ve cut ties with them all. The only decent one out of the bunch is her son/my older cousin who has been nothing but respectful and is also horrified at what she’s done. No definitely not, unfortunately my dad was ill with diabetes for a few years then got the flu while at work and it caused his heart to stop while in hospital receiving treatment. No foul play, just a horrible illness that stole him from us.

ADDITIONAL INFO ON THE AUNT

My aunt also went into my dad’s house as she was staying in there for the funeral before travelling home again. But in that short space of time, she had taken several money boxes he had used for spare change. We don’t even know how much were in them, but they were STACKED with change. She took his guitar, his amp, his kitchen knives, his iPad and one of his leather jackets that my brother wanted to keep.
We couldn’t even enter the house to look at anything never mind take things. It was only a month after the funeral that we were able to go in the house and see what had been taken without permission. She has been horrible since the start.
I’m sorry to hear about your grandfather, families can be ruthless.

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We cancelled his bank card the day he died, however I know when we were visiting him in hospital she had his wallet and gave it to me. When he was still alive on a ventilator she told us we should take his card to use for fuel payments for going back and forth to hospital.
We obviously DID NOT do this especially since he was dying and could not consent. She gave me the wallet that day. Once I am executor, I will be seeing if she used his card in the days leading up to his passing and I will be filing a police report if there are any charges to the card in the period she had hold of it.

FINAL COMMENT FROM OOP ON THE SITUATION

They are already blocked. I don’t be speaking to them ever again.

THIS IS A REPOST SUB - I AM NOT THE OOP
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1st September 1965;

Central Sault Ste Marie, SCS;

{Preamble}

{Foreknowledge}

Commencement;

Whilst the Maple Leaf Society (MLS) planned to begin battle at 9am, and assembled on Andrew Street accordingly, the weather began to have other ideas.
The assembly on Andrew Street was not one that the police dared touch, and thus they observed at a safe distance. These demonstrators were not too heavily-armed - a few had taken logging equipment or utensils, however, so a collection of chainsaws and knives were posted around the outside, whilst some carried hidden guns, mostly rifles held ‘in case of emergencies’. Most were dressed in red, white, and blue, and many held aloft Canadian federal flags, which flapped violently within the rising breeze. Most were restless whilst waiting, with the collection having assembled over time before the bell struck thrice.
The lightning struck the bell tower, and rang the bell out once more, causing many to look at their watches and at the stopped clock, as the mist and the storm came down upon the street. The few neutral onlookers took for cover, for the storm was an hour early, and yet, the collection stood still. Lightning had entered the fray. That was nothing compared to the challenge that was about to await them, and their opposition had begun to incrementally collect upon Queen Street East. No doubt they would be unaffected also.
Approaching from the east, upon Queen Street East, was the Monde Suffit (MS), approaching to oppose the advance of the MLS. The League wished to integrate into Canada, and allow access into the incredible welfare systems of the eastern neighbour, but they knew that the Laissez-Faire approach to dealing with such organisations as the MS would be lost. The MLS had been allowed to remain for 9 years since their sudden inception in 1956 - the MS had existed for a few years longer still. To start their efforts to reform the entire world, the MS simply needed to conquer one land. One land would be all it took, and the SCS was the ideal place, the template for all future actions of the Monde Suffit. They needed the SCS more than anybody else, and so had to come to blows with the MLS. Lightning hadn’t struck the clock tower, just some nearby buildings close around the centre, so they would be fine in the avenues below. Besides, they needed to do something, and do it quick.
Thus, they took the initiative. They planned to start at 10, when they finally got people across from Sault South on the morning ferries that were badly hit by the bad weather, so needed the visibility of broad daylight. That did not matter now, so the vanguard took up their banners and shields, and swung around the crossroads, and across the width of Andrew Street.
10,000 MLSers met 8000 MSers, and so the battle commenced.

Two Tribes;

Quickly, the battle lost its formless nature, and it quickly became apparent whom the more organised group were in the fray. The MLS had the members, the greater proportion of members, and the city was more the MLS’s than the Monde Suffit’s. What was more, they had dressed broadly similarly, and used that, rather than banners on boards, to show their support, and so, it became increasingly easy for any MLSer to find the MSers to target. The bells did not strike for nine, or at least it did not for those in the melee below, such was the shouting and the violence. As more of the MSers turned up, the MLS found the numbers getting closer to even, yet even so, they had the weapons, and used them accordingly. Three in the MS were stabbed, as were two in the MLS, and each was brought quickly to hospital by foot, carried in newly-bloodstained white cloths of peace. They all found peace quite quickly.
By 0922, the local radios were beginning to broadcast of the fact that the battle was happening, and instantly, both sides received reinforcements, being so lucky as to, more-often-than-not, come across their rivals’ rearguard. They eventually found their way. 0925 saw five warning shots be fired into the air, and two towards the sodden ground, bouncing up into their comrades’ bodies. The shots were enough to contact the police of the start of fighting, but upon finding the fight to be greater than what simple batons allowed, they were forced to leave. Phone calls were made, and the rest of the emergency services were contacted, but it would be a while yet until they were able to collect together what they could use. Until then, the fight turned bloodier.
Whatever people could use as weapons, they did. For some, that meant breaking open the beer bottles left on the street, and chucking the broken glass right into the opposing party. For others, it meant turning said bottles into Molotov cocktails. The rain dampened the fires being started, as the side-businesses found themselves becoming increasingly well-used as makeshift shelters. Glass was being broken, as were the shop doors and signs. No cars were present on the streets to set alight - a good thing - but a couple of bicycles were chucked across instead, back and forth between the two sides. The fifth instance of this new phenomenon was met with a low-pitched shout, and at 1029, the battle was changed for good.

Third Foe;

At said time of 1029, the water cannons started to fire directly into the crowd. These cannons were supported by 2300 PSI hydrants, some of the most powerful available, and had immediate impact - the lines began to form up and hold firm. What was left of boardings or shields, makeshift and deliberate, was used to shield the fronts of each protest, as the engines fired from Queen Street West. They fired for seven minutes, before the police charged down the street, with the army ready to support. The motorbike transport battalions were ready to use their vehicles if needs required.
They did not require the vehicles, as police charged into the gap between the two protest groups, in whatever protective clothing they could get, in ad-hoc formations, just trying to shut down the situation. Shouts came up for renewed cannon use, and the water strayed all place all again, and still the lines were restless. One MLSer attacked a police officer, then was pushed back by three comrades as the other officials looked for revenge, to make their arrest. The trio were pulled into police lines, and sent away. One man with a chainsaw on the right-side of the protest, too, was arrested as he refused to hand over the weapon. It seemed quiet, and it seemed as if the police tactics were working. The armed forces turned away, and drove back to barracks.
Once 10 minutes had passed, as the clocks struck 1102, the police regretted it.
Both lines charged toward the police lines, to get at each other again, to try to find some way to renew the hostilities, and in the centre, the lines broke through. Now, it was three forces that were fighting - police, MS, and MLS were altogether in the fray, and there was no way to win the fighting except with superior numbers. More police tried to break through to their trapped comrades, holding a single corner with only 50 inside, and the movement grew tenser. From the ferries, the police of Sault South were arriving, and having been equipped pre-war with US-style equipment, it was a clear upgrade. It was, surely albeit slowly, turning in favour of the law.
Then came the singlular shot.

The Death Of Edgar Dean;

Someone, somewhere along Andrew Street, fired their rifle. It was obviously one of the MLS, the only ones carrying such guns, but the shot had ricocheted off of a concrete bloc, and right into the back of the police lines, where they faced the Monde Suffit. When one fell, and it became clear that the direction of the shot was the Monde Suffit side, the reinforcements charged.
What little chance the MS had for the minute was extinguished, and at 1122, they ran.
Some ran for the ferries, most ran for Bay Street, the most open street there was where they could have hope of looping back towards the station, and safety. A few were captured by the police, insisted nobody had brought guns, and to their credit, the officers took their word.
At 1125, the police charged at the MLS, and found themselves with an armed adversary that decided to flee just as rapidly, dispersing into the western city.
It was over. It was the death of twelve, and injuries for close to five hundred more. The storm had continued, yet by midday, all it presided over were some well-trodden signage, Canadian flags, kitchen knives, and bits & pieces of the local shops. Police took their trade elsewhere, to break up every bit of confrontation possible. Alcohol access was immediately shut down, closing ever bar and barring restaurants from serving wine, to prevent any intoxicated campaigning. Tannoys were deployed city-wide, to strongly spread the word of harsh reprisals for future fights, and it mostly stood.
No, the fighting was not at its end, but the police had to put on their show, with ruthless effectiveness in quelling the frays. But by now, it was clear where the law lay in regard to both of the two groups, Monde Suffit and Maple Leaf Society.
Both were outside it.
Now, the Serene Commonwealth has lost its serenity, and the world now weeps.
Don’t forget it either.
{GL095 is now Repressed City, +15 Unrest to the SCS until further developments.}