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Got a Z1 for friend, run game and benchmark test, some thoughts

2024.05.21 22:53 privaterbok Got a Z1 for friend, run game and benchmark test, some thoughts

Got a Z1 for friend, run game and benchmark test, some thoughts
Build quality is the same, can't tell the difference from outside. All the configuration settings, apps are the same.
The battery life is a little bit better on Z1, maybe due to less cores, and I also notice the Z1 is substantially quieter in desktop mode, but both noise reach about the same level when gaming.
In benchmarks, the Z1 extreme just wipe out Z1, about 85% better in performance:
https://preview.redd.it/n5b7mgsybu1d1.jpg?width=1918&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9692a4b4c1510ce8bc016c0ace1b2a40577dea2
However in real games, I played Diablo 4 and WWZ in comparison, you will notice the difference when one game runs at 70fps and the other is choke at 50fps. But Z1 extreme's fps have more fluctuations: the power limit cause GPU and CPU struggle to fight for more power budget, it's like a 45-75 roller coaster while Z1 even it's average frame rate is mostly stable at 40-50.
Z1 extreme is about 30% better in fps. unlike the benchmark, I'd say the reason is power budget on handheld has to be low, if both runs without limit, Z1 extreme have to stretch to 60w to get all GPU + CPU performance out, in current state it's just holding everything back.
I still think Ally should allow us to disable CPU cores in favor of GPU performance.
The Z1 is feels like a Xbox Series S stuck inside a Series X's chassis, so I think it's a good choice for people playing not much demanding games and enjoy the saving ($400 vs $600).
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2024.05.21 22:45 john3mary Good New! Just spoke to DRO on HLR call and gave me great advice leading to an increase! Thanks DRO Mike! I wish I had him on speed dial!

So, just had my informal hearing on a claim related to multiple feet conditions....not much luck it sounded like, then the DRO said, hey I was looking at your file and you have 10% for Left Shoulder Acromioclavicular Separation With Displacement Of Left Clavicle, That has been 20% for years!
He said I should submit an increase immediately and should get that increase.
According to CFR 38 "Dislocation of the clavicle or scapula warrants a 20 percent rating. A note to Diagnostic Code 5203 provides this disability can also be rated based on impairment of functioning of the contiguous joint. Limitation of motion of the arm is rated under 38 C.F.R. § 4.71a, Diagnostic Code 5201"
SO, WHY DIDN'T the VFW catch that since 2007 in one of the meetings and reviews I have done with them?
Are there any good VSOs that would have reviewed and caught that?
Is there a program that will take conditions, look at current rating and then identify ones that have increased over time as the CFR has changed? Identifying ones like this?
Thanks VA DRO!


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2024.05.21 22:40 MathematicianTime475 I’m going to put out aware ness as well I have a theory

I am in the midst of a two week sleep state that I have to do to show doctor with Apple Watch data on what truly actually happened to me every time I fall asleep and continues with no change and will continue longest. I’ve done is month and a half right now. About a week and a half. Two hours two hours two hours two hours, four hours two hours. Basically that the entire time vividly dreaming. Multiple realities. Due to stress
I completely know what’s really does get foggy completely redoing my last post so that everyone understand what I’m saying
And will get more into when of sound mind back on meds not having to one eye concentrate and talk my text.
I am creating a not for profit For narcolepsy awareness my route through just getting tested alone after pleading for them was absolutely fucked because slim percentage and was assumed depression and titled multiple times
I do believe that not all cases but Since medication has came out for ADHD and very little restrictions on children literally just a max recommendation for all.
Me not knowing how to express myself as it’s eight year-old
Stating that when some of the side effects have went away increasing the dose on the correct dose considering side effects shouldn’t always be there once you get used to the medicine
If you cannot agree that Adderall has a possibility of fucking with your brain chemistry especially to develop
And they’re being a study that one on Adderall takes two years for dopamine levels to return to normal without in adults
Narcolepsy not having anything Different about our make up in our DNA or chemistry
As well as huge increase in cases since the medicine for ADHD has been out.
Therefore, I believe messing with my brain chemistry while developing causing my narcolepsy one with cataplexy I think was at one point narcolepsy two however, going untreated and stress on my brain due to lack of sleep turned into one with cataplexy many years ago that I blocked out of my mind due to me thinking it was something to do with me cutting weight, terribly as a wrestler
I don’t understand how people are OK with putting basically meth in their children and thinking it’s not going to fuck with their chemistry or their make up I truly think more stipulations and restrictions need be put in place. It is already titled as. Highly addictive. So already of been put in place by now due to possibility of creating multiple drug addicts.
Actually, don’t understand how dumb Union Carpenter is putting two and two together
I do not believe it’s a bad drug if implemented differently
Especially with the studies and Parkinson’s the drug could be amazing
However is implemented right now
Is simply causing a child to grow and need the rest of their life so a client forever with very little testing
Will it be hard for children with ADD and ADHD absolutely however, it being highly addictive said children need to learn to cope with disability so at the age of 18 can choose to take the meds for help rather than feel a need to
Prove me wrong facts even though a theory I have the information showing increase in diagnosis of narcolepsy as well as the case study I speak about dopamine
Instead of saying I’m an idiot or has nothing to do with how about we see how many people people took Adderall throughout their childhood that has diagnosis through he took Adderall throughout their childhood that has diagnosis through her alone? Here alone! No, I am not saying it causes all. Just that majority of the increase of cases. And a possibility of.
My not for profit will have no affiliations or talk on this manner will only be for awareness of narcolepsy
However, I do want to move forward in theory as well separately
For a plural term of us how do you guys like naracalites
And no way a term I am making it up to have goofy shirts and fun with our disability whether then 90% of hurt struggle and I believe 10% of maintaining because if you tell me, you’re completely 100% happy on the medication you were on for the rest of your life and power to you, but majority aren’t I don’t want anything. I wanna be normal. I hate feeling like I have to take something to function properly, even knowing the disability. Try to. At times. I have to. And will never try again. Due to car wrecks.
Let’s have a factual based argument on the manner and if this is readable, I have my text going back to sleep continuing realities only to have to prove myself once again. I want my route. Max of 90 mg of Adderall. Consisting of 30 mg XR. 2-15 mg Xr and 1 30 mg ir because I have tried other meds and had very bad reactions on so I don’t see how my dose I’ve been on since 5 the grade 30 mg of 2 to be spaced out all thru day and splitting the 30 IR in half taking 30 minutes prior to driving along myself basically too good drives in a day
No clue how I feel. This is not a valid route as well as I’ve got multiple sources. Showing such as well as multiple cases actually taking way more due to. A lot of narcolepsy patients. Being. Tolerance to speed. I found cases that cocaine has no effects on some narcolepsy patients no one route or no one body is the same need to stop treating it. Patient as if everybody is maybe take a little bit more time and finding the route.
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2024.05.21 22:37 rynoactual One of those days

I'm new to this subreddit, but have been dealing with the VA for nearly 9 years.
Initially I scoffed at the disability rating, I genuinely didn't want to take away money from the pool that those more injured than I needed. Initially I was rated 50% a couple years later after a D.U.I. (no alcohol, just prescription dose of p.t.s.d., absolutely my responsibility, thank God no one was hurt). About 4 years ago I had my first son, and I hate how my intrusive thoughts take me away from the attention my son deserves, I communicated this to the VA and they rated me 70%. I am grateful to get anything, but I am almost backsliding in my recovery. I hope it's just a seasonal thing, or a phase.
However, I look at the years since Afghanistan. I have had 2 fleeting jobs that I just emotionally couldn't be relied on, or that embarrassed me to the point I wasn't a decorated service member. I was a burden of a staff member. As a barrister, at a ski resort.
I recently was honored to see and touch the memorial signifying the man whom I lost under my watch, and my responsibility. I thought it would help, but it may have contributed to opening some old wounds.
I honestly thought about going inpatient at my VA mental health facility, but over the phone they wanted to know: 1. If I was homeless 2. What street drugs I was taking habitually, and 3. How many times I had hurt myself, or attempted suicide.
I served in a resilient community. I don't quit, and I don't use, but I am not niave enough to say I wouldn't do a lot of things to "numb up" the reoccurrence of the worst mission of my life.
  1. Has anyone had any positive experiences with an inpatient program outside the VA?
  2. I never expect to forget the man I was responsible for losing his life. But does the reliving or guilt ever become more tolerable?
  3. When you catch yourself not paying attention to the things important to you that are in front of you, do you have any advice on how to stow the intrusive thoughts (even briefly) to give loved ones the attention they deserve?
I can't help but feel like I'm just bleeding on the internet, but any advice is appreciated.
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2024.05.21 22:33 ahead-market TOL Q2 2024 Earnings: Strong Growth and Positive Guidance

Toll Brothers (TOL) reported a robust Q2 2024 with a 6% revenue growth to $2.65B and a significant EPS increase to $4.55, surpassing analyst expectations and raising full-year guidance.

Key Metrics

Revenue $2647M 6%
Gross Profit $683.7M
Operating Expenses $2376.98M
Operating Expenses Growth 9%
Net Income $481.6M
Earnings Per Share $4.55 60%
Cash and Cash Equivalents $1030.53M
Business Highlights
Guidance: Increased
Future Business Drivers: - Demand for new homes continues to be driven by a resilient economy, favorable demographics and a lack of supply that reflects both the chronic underproduction of housing in the U.S. and the historically low levels of resale inventory caused by the lock-in effect of higher rates. - Our strategy of widening our price points to include more affordable luxury homes and increasing our supply of spec homes has helped us grow market share.
Additional Notes
Expectations: BEAT
TOL's reported EPS of $4.55 greatly exceeded the average analyst estimate of $4.14 for Q2 2024. Revenue of $2.65B also surpassed the expected $2.53B. The company's positive revision of full-year EPS to $14.00 aligns with an upward trend in analyst expectations, indicating strong future performance.
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2024.05.21 22:04 ShiroineProtagonist Inflation continues to cool. So is the Bank of Canada ready for rate cuts? - National Globalnews.ca

Inflation continues to cool. So is the Bank of Canada ready for rate cuts? - National Globalnews.ca
"The annual inflation rate slowed to 2.7 per cent in April, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, as cooling grocery price pressures offset higher fuel costs.
Inflation on food bought from the grocery store slowed to 1.4 per cent annually last month, down from 1.9 per cent in March, according to the agency."
Interesting stat from the article:
"Taking a longer view, the agency noted that prices at the grocery store had jumped 21.4 per cent from April 2021."
If we force down grocery prices, we're also battling inflation (aka greedflation). Keep kicking ass everybody! I'm disabled and mostly order groceries in but I skipped 3 Superstore Instacart orders this month and I'm never going back. All hail the Boycott! (Someone tweet this to Food Processor)
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2024.05.21 22:03 MassageRxLA Shoulder Tests Before Therapy

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2024.05.21 21:58 toonehabdufbw Can they do this?

So, about 2 months ago I had a seizure. I was hospitalised and was off sick. Tesco we're very good about it. I was a customer delivery driver and as some of you may know you cannot drive after having a seizure for a period of time. Following this, I proceeded to have a second seizure (again hospitalised) and since been put on anti seizure medication. Tesco have been very good during the process, giving me a job in the back room of dotcom and honouring my hours still.
However, I have recently been told that due to not being able to drive, I have been made a 'personal shopper' (as they don't have the back roomer job description) instead of a CDD on MyTesco. I have no problem with this, however I have now lost driver rate and therefore over £100 per month. Is it just morally wrong they have done this or against some sort of rule? As it isn't my fault as I have been diagnosed with epilepsy and had to surrender my license for a year seizure free. Id understand if I was banned from driving due to having too many points on my license but I've technically got a disability.
Many thanks
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2024.05.21 21:52 H4ZARD_x 🤩 My Definitive Load Order 😍

🤩 My Definitive Load Order 😍
Link to the gameplay videos
https://www.reddit.com/Fallout4ModsXB1/s/iYRHiQaiVl
https://www.reddit.com/Fallout4ModsXB1/s/0Bw1H9J6r3
Sorry for the long wait, and I won't bore you with the trial and error process 😅 as I'm sure most of you are too familiar with it lol. It took longer than I quoted cuz I found out the hard way that Reddit only lets you add 25 pictures so I had to type the settings out manually and then I took too long and it just all erased itself so I had to type it again 😫
150 mods, 1.99 gigs. Due to the size, I strongly recommend you not only do a new save but also clear your reserve space after deleting any mods you may have had previously.
IF YOU WANT TO PLAY THROUGH THE BEGINNING OPENING SEQUENCE make sure you disable the last 2 mods in the LO, otherwise nevermind, you're all set.
SETTINGS
INV -> AID -- Corpse Loot... off, off, on, 1024, off, player.
-> MISC -- Fireflies... personal preference.
-- True Storms Configuration... on, on, on, on, off, 20%, medium, 15, off.
-- Wasteland Codex - Settings... [ • ] auto play.
-- Better Companions -Companion Configuration > General... enable it, enable it, enable it, disable it.
-- Infestations... enabled, hidden, hard, 3days, 2%, enabled, enabled, on, on, on, on, off, disabled.
-- Intensity > Easy Template... enhanced Color > Contrast... decrease one time.
-- Global Stash > Settings... on, off, off, linked, on, off, off, off, off, disabled.
-- Settlement Attack System... enabled, 4hrs, 150%, 125%, disabled > Setting Menu... off, off, disabled, respected, on, (your call) > Factions Menu... respected, locked, enabled, enabled, enabled, locked, locked, locked, enabled, enabled, locked, enabled, locked, enabled, enabled, enabled, enabled, enabled.
-- Mental Health... terror chance 25%, kill counter 30, HUD>HUD effect off.
-- ImmersiveHUD > Compass... off, off, off, on, off > Health Bar... off, off, off, off, 80% > AP... off , off, 50% > CrossHair... toggle/3rd aim, toggle/3rd, always > Fade (preference) > PA Mode... iHUD > Other... always, always, always, always, combat, combat, off.
-- Nuclear Winter > Gameplay > Wetness, add, add, add(the menu WONT visually change).
-- Survival Options > Hunger... hunger rate 3, food value 2x > Thirst... thirst rate 2, drink value 2x > Bed Options... bags as beds, mats as mats, beds as beds > Save Options > Timed Save... toggle on, autosave, Set Time (what ever you feel is STILL punishing but fair cuz who has fun losing hourrsss of progress?)
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2024.05.21 21:42 SpreadNext97 VA is confusing the hell out of me

VA is confusing the hell out of me
I just got my VA Disability initial claim letter and I got 100% and my VA claim was moved back to step I understand this part of the process so far but I just called by QTC about re doing these appointments all over again and I told them that I already did it but they see in their system that all these claims are NEW even though I did the 1st appointments and got this letter as proof so I don’t understand why I have to redo all of them I could a little guidance thank you for your time
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2024.05.21 21:27 Feisty_Giraffe7416 29 [F4A] Ano love language mo? Ako, makipagkwentuhan.

Title says it all.
Dami kong kwento na gusto ishare to non-judgmental strangers (actually not sure din haha) and hopefully maging friends na din after!
To be honest medyo may success rate naman from strangers to friends dito sa Reddit, mga 15% ng nakakausap ko nagiging friends and long-time kakwentuhan na din. Taasan natin 'yung percentage please!
About me: 1. Chikadora 2. May times na delayed ang reply due to work pero kaya makabawi 3. Single parent, gamer (mobile), music savant (huwaw), working professional, film and series enjoyer
About you: 1. Madami ding chika sa buhay kasi chismosa din ako
Strictly SFW please!
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2024.05.21 21:18 RunKristine Mental Health Denied

Hi everyone. I have been helping my husband with the disability claim process and we just found out that he was denied the mental health claim. I don't understand how that is possible that after a 20 minute Zoom conversation that the evaluator denied any rating. He has seen someone at the VA's mental health department a few times and he has been on antidepressants for a few years. How is it possible that he was denied? I am going to appeal the decision, but can anyone tell me if I can write a statement as his spouse and send that in with the appeal? What other supporting documentation can we send?
His entire claim was submitted by an advocate that works for our state and she was less than helpful.
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2024.05.21 21:11 Preludeyourmom Someone with extensive knowledge help me. (VA loan)

I'm expecting VA disability in the next few months and trying to figure out to increase my income via real estate. I have enough wrong with me to be 100% p&t, ideally the VA sees it that way also.
Anyways, my plan once I do get rated and get my back pay is to get into multifamily (2-4) since that's what the VA/FHA allows. And to live in one unit for a year or so to satisfy the primary residence requirement. In a new 2 unit, I wouldn't be cash flowing while I live there. If I calculate the property with two renters I can make it work. However, to scale and grow, a bank would only take 75% of that income towards a new property. Being on a fixed income, that's a big problem. Or at least I don't see any way around that in order to purchase my next property. Help me understand?
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2024.05.21 21:04 Temporary_Eye2201 Is this rare?

Is this rare?
https://preview.redd.it/4620c0pjvt1d1.png?width=3360&format=png&auto=webp&s=485624ae3c286f101cc0529a39760f457c9a9aa7
I found this while trying to remake a desert village for fun. Naturally generated floating water??
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2024.05.21 21:00 hashtagredlipstick Broke, unemployed, in a failing relationship. I genuinely feel trapped and don't know what to do to move forward.

I (33F) went back to university a few years ago to pursue a different career. In order to work in this field, in addition to your degree, you need to do a year internship and pass four board exams. I want to specialize within the field, which requires passing a further three specializing exams.
I completed my internship in January this year. It was an incredibly toxic workplace with a very high turnover. I worked 60 hour weeks. I was my managers punching bag and scapegoat and at some point a part of me just shut down in order to get through it. I had three coworkers from different departments approach me separately about how I was being treated and that I should report it to the regulatory board.
I have passed three of the four board exams. Two of them last year and one earlier this year. I failed the fourth exam and will have to retake it in August. Because I basically completed my internship and am just left with one board exam I am in an employment limbo where I can’t really work as an intern nor do I qualify to work in the profession. I have now been unemployed since February and desperately need to find a job.
I feel like I am in my own personalized version of hell. Failing the fourth board exam really put me in a very dark place. I have always done well academically and this was the first exam I’ve ever failed. My plan was to write the specializing exams in August but now I guess I’m going to have to push that to next year because I have to pass my board exam first.
I do some freelance work here and there but I absolutely despise every minute of it. I know it’s money coming in and I should be grateful but the amount I make barely covers groceries. And along with the money, everything is running out or breaking. My phone is at its end. My laptop is barely working. My clothes have holes in them. I have been applying to jobs, and will literally take anything I can get but the unemployment rate in my country is extremely high and jobs are so scarce.
On top of everything my relationship with my GF (32) is also failing. The final nail in the coffin was after my GFs mother passed away and I was told in no uncertain terms that I am not allowed to come to the funeral. My GF is not out to her family and I don’t see her acknowledging my role in her life anytime soon. I would never force anyone to come out of the closet if they are not ready but I want to have children and I just don’t see how or where I fit into her life.
But I currently stay with my GF. Since her mothers passing she has been staying with her father in her hometown for months at a time. They have been discussing having him move here (to my GFs place). This will basically mean that I will lose my home as I cannot afford to pay the rent on my own.
Once I inevitably lose my home I will have nowhere to go. My mother and my intellectually disabled brother stay with my aunt. My mother was retrenched a few years ago and has since been unable to find work. We’ve literally lost everything. I could stay at my aunts place but there is no room for me there. My aunt will also be retiring at the end of the year and I don’t want to put anymore financial strain on her.
I feel so hopelessly trapped. I just don’t know what to do.
The town I currently live in has very few job opportunities. So I would basically have to move to get a job but then none of the jobs actually pay enough for me to be able to survive. There are even fewer jobs in the town where my family lives.
I cry myself to sleep every night. The freelance work I do is online so I barely leave my apartment. I do the same thing everyday, over and over. I haven’t spoken to another human being in person for 6 days now. It’s a feeling of utter aloneness that I don’t even have the words to describe.
Even if I could leave where would I go, what would I do. I have no money, no friends, nothing. And everyday I have to face the fact that this is my reality, my hell. I worked so incredibly hard to get through that internship. I studied so incredibly hard for that exam. I put 110% in everything I do. And for what?
The only good thing I have is that I was able to lose 30 kgs. I’ve been overweight my entire life and for the first time I feel like I actually like my body. But for what? I can’t even afford new clothes, I wear the same baggy oversized clothes from before my weight loss. Because it’s all I have.
All I wanted was to build a decent life for myself. To have a job, enough money to survive, to have friends, and a family.
Before I went back to university, I was miserable, literally planning my suicide. But I made a promise to myself, that I would make a list of everything I hated about my life and at least try to fix it. And I did, I grabbed every opportunity that was available to me, I fought so very hard to get out of that hole. But now I’m halfway through that list and I’m just right back where I started, if not worse off because I actually had hope that things could get bette for me. And now that hope is gone.
Now all I see is how horrible the world is, how much pain and suffering there is. Everyone is suffering. The world has gone to shit, so what makes me so special that things will work out for me?
I so desperately want to live, to experience life but it feels like every chance I had, every opportunity was for nothing. That I was just going to end up the same way. I’m sleeping so much. I’m drinking so much. Just anything to take me away from this reality. And things could have been so different, if I could have just passed the exam I could have found a job. Something, just anything.
I’m just wasting away. And I don’t think it’s every going to get better. I saw my grandparents suffer. I saw my single mother suffer. This is just the way it’s always going to be in my life. And I’m just the idiot who thought that maybe, just maybe my life could be something different. I should have ended it when I had the courage to do so.
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2024.05.21 20:59 Ashbin Virginia Weekly COVID Report for May 21, 2024

WEEKLY COVID STATEWIDE REPORT FOR MAY 21, 2024
TOTAL NEW COVID CASES REPORTED WEEK (Sun-Sat) OF: 02/04-02/10: 6,191 (VDH corrected from 5,663) 02/11-02/17: 5,432 (VDH corrected from 4,814) 02/18-02/24: 4,978 (VDH corrected from 4,494) 02/15-03/02: 3,891 (Figure is estimated from VDH data) 03/03-03/09: 3,134 (VDH corrected from 2,843) 03/10-03/16: 2,118 (VDH corrected from 1,909) 03/17-03/23: 1,764 (VDH corrected from 1,591) 03/24-03/30: 1,667 (VDH corrected from 1,449) 03/31-04/06: 1,255 (VDH corrected from 1,273) 04/07-04/13: 1,232 (VDH corrected from 1,113) 04/14-04/20: 1,151 (VDH corrected from 1,029) 04/21-04/27: 991 (VDH corrected from 899) 04/28-05/04: 885 (VDH corrected from 782) 05/05-05/11: 830 (VDH corrected from 730) 05/12-05/18: 903 (preliminary figure) Counts reported after 4/30/24 are incomplete
VDH's reporting of the numbers above (Sun-Sat) is by illness date.
COVID CASES SINCE LAST REPORT BY DAY This runs report day to report day, not Sun-Sat Case numbers are from the previous day unless indicated otherwise Previous week's cases day count in parentheses after this week's day count Report covers 05/15/2024 to 05/21/2024
Wed: 166 cases (162) Thu: 186 cases (138) Fri: 169 cases (180) Sat: 158 cases (149) Sun: 103 cases ( 91) Mon: 85 cases ( 51) Tue: 218 cases (157) 
As counts reported after 4/30/24 may be incomplete, I will not be computing percentages as accuracy can not be guaranteed. I will post what the 13-week graph shows.
Total new cases reported (Wed-Tues): 1,085 (928 previous Wed-Tues) 7-day average of new cases: 155.0 (132.6 last report) Cases per 100,000 Population: 1.747 (1.494 last report) Some Figures and Percentages are usually slightly rounded by VDH
The 13-week graph has been posted. Curve shows a +16.92% increase. This may or may not be accurate due to voluntary reporting. But cases seem to be have been increasing for the past two weeks.
REPORTED DEATHS PER WEEK Week of: 04/21-04/27: 1 (VDH corrected from 5) 04/28-05/04: 3 (VDH corrected from 2) 05/05-05/11: 4 (VDH corrected from 3) 05/12-05/18: 0 (preliminary figure)
The VDH death rate is never put out completely up to date due to delays in death data, which can run months. The death data above has been corrected to current reported deaths from VDH sources and is always subject to change.
The larger updated death chart covering more past weeks had not been updated when I posted, so it was not uploaded. Sometimes it seems they update it late, or even later in the week.
CURRENT POSITIVITY RATE AS OF MAY 17, 2024 CDC Region 3 7-Day Positivity Rate: 1.9% (was 2.2%, -13.64%) US National level is 3.2% (was 3.3%, revised, last week). Highest is Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV) at 6.5% These are preliminary figures which the CDC may revise next week.
Tests this week were done on 1,395 samples, which is low. A low sample rate can cause the Positivity Rate to report lower.
Region 3 has the lowest Positivity Rate in the U.S., but low sampling numbers may cause a correction next Friday.
HOSPITALS
NOTE: COVID-19 hospital reporting requirements expired April 30, 2024. Data is incomplete after this date.
After more thought, I am changing the Weekly's Hospital report. The only graph that has meaning now is the ER visits. All others are corrupted by a lack of reporting (and labeled as so). I saw one report on X/Twitter that in one State, 91% of hospitals were voluntary reporting. By the next week it dropped to just over 50%. So bed counts, admissions, etc., are all guesses and may lead to the wrong conclusion. But it seems hospitals are still required to report how many Covid people they diagnosed. I noticed it tracks with the Covid rates for the past several months quite closely.
VDH reported an increase of +9.7% in ER visits last week that were diagnosed as Covid (0.34% of visits). Corrected last four weeks are now listed as 0.37%, 0.34%, 0.31% and 0.34% of ER visits. Graph posted. This graph has no special wording on it about the end of hospital reporting, so it is now the only hospital chart that is accurate week-to-week.
The stopping of formal reporting, has made, for now, the hospital admissions and bed count graphs inaccurate. So while watching them and hoping of more info, I am not going to post them in the future unless reporting is restarted in the Fall. For example, this week Covid bed use dropped by -16.7% which conflicts with the increase of ER visits. The admissions chart is basically empty.
You can look at all the charts here.
FINAL NOTES
My best guess is we bottomed out a couple of weeks ago, and are starting to see a slow increase in cases (+9% to +15% in the past week). We'll have to watch the ER chart, Positivity data, and wastewater to try and get an idea of what is going on in Virginia.
LAYOUT
First up is the total number of new Covid Cases for last week based on Sunday to Saturday. As the corrections VDH is putting in a week after the initial release makes following a trend impossible, I have stopped computing in this area as it would probably be incorrect.
Next is a listing of the cases from the last report to this one. It usually runs from last Wednesday to Tuesday, but could move based on holidays.
Reported deaths are next, which are based on Sunday to Saturday for the weeks listed.
The CDC Region 3 7-Day Positivity Rate is next, which at the moment just confirms or changes what the CDC put out Friday. They do another run on Monday nights taking a second look at things.
Hospital information for last week is next.
VDH's main summary page is located here. You can see all the latest trends at the link above - most graphics are interactive
EXPLANATION OF FIGURES ABOVE
Total New COVID Cases Reported Week (Sun-Sat) Of: cases reported for last week running Sunday to Saturday.
Reported Deaths Per Week: Number of deaths reported in the week (Sunday-Saturday) to VDH by dates listed.
Covid cases since last report by day: The previous 7-days since VDH's last update listed by day.
7-day average of new cases: Average number of daily COVID cases over the last 7-days
Cases per 100,000 population 7-day average: Within 100,000 people, how many were positive for COVID on a rolling 7-day cycle.
CDC Region 3 7-Day Positivity Rate (if included): The last state average percentage of PCR coronavirus tests performed that are positive. The lower the better.
Hospitals: Hospital information for last Sunday-Saturday.
Data from VDH, CDC
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2024.05.21 20:52 hashtagredlipstick Broke, unemployed, in a failing relationship. I have nothing left.

I (33F) went back to university a few years ago to pursue a different career. In order to work in this field, in addition to your degree, you need to do a year internship and pass four board exams. I want to specialize within the field, which requires passing a further three specializing exams.
I completed my internship in January this year. It was an incredibly toxic workplace with a very high turnover. I worked 60 hour weeks. I was my managers punching bag and scapegoat and at some point a part of me just shut down in order to get through it. I had three coworkers from different departments approach me separately about how I was being treated and that I should report it to the regulatory board.
I have passed three of the four board exams. Two of them last year and one earlier this year. I failed the fourth exam and will have to retake it in August. Because I basically completed my internship and am just left with one board exam I am in an employment limbo where I can’t really work as an intern nor do I qualify to work in the profession. I have now been unemployed since February and desperately need to find a job.
I feel like I am in my own personalized version of hell. Failing the fourth board exam really put me in a very dark place. I have always done well academically and this was the first exam I’ve ever failed. My plan was to write the specializing exams in August but now I guess I’m going to have to push that to next year because I have to pass my board exam first.
I do some freelance work here and there but I absolutely despise every minute of it. I know it’s money coming in and I should be grateful but the amount I make barely covers groceries. And along with the money, everything is running out or breaking. My phone is at its end. My laptop is barely working. My clothes have holes in them. I have been applying to jobs, and will literally take anything I can get but the unemployment rate in my country is extremely high and jobs are so scarce.
On top of everything my relationship with my GF (32) is also failing. The final nail in the coffin was after my GFs mother passed away and I was told in no uncertain terms that I am not allowed to come to the funeral. My GF is not out to her family and I don’t see her acknowledging my role in her life anytime soon. I would never force anyone to come out of the closet if they are not ready but I want to have children and I just don’t see how or where I fit into her life.
But I currently stay with my GF. Since her mothers passing she has been staying with her father in her hometown for months at a time. They have been discussing having him move here (to my GFs place). This will basically mean that I will lose my home as I cannot afford to pay the rent on my own.
Once I inevitably lose my home I will have nowhere to go. My mother and my intellectually disabled brother stay with my aunt. My mother was retrenched a few years ago and has since been unable to find work. We’ve literally lost everything. I could stay at my aunts place but there is no room for me there. My aunt will also be retiring at the end of the year and I don’t want to put anymore financial strain on her.
I feel so hopelessly trapped. I just don’t know what to do.
The town I currently live in has very few job opportunities. So I would basically have to move to get a job but then none of the jobs actually pay enough for me to be able to survive. There are even fewer jobs in the town where my family lives.
I cry myself to sleep every night. The freelance work I do is online so I barely leave my apartment. I do the same thing everyday, over and over. I haven’t spoken to another human being in person for 6 days now. It’s a feeling of utter aloneness that I don’t even have the words to describe.
Even if I could leave where would I go, what would I do. I have no money, no friends, nothing. And everyday I have to face the fact that this is my reality, my hell. I worked so incredibly hard to get through that internship. I studied so incredibly hard for that exam. I put 110% in everything I do. And for what?
The only good thing I have is that I was able to lose 30 kgs. I’ve been overweight my entire life and for the first time I feel like I actually like my body. But for what? I can’t even afford new clothes, I wear the same baggy oversized clothes from before my weight loss. Because it’s all I have.
All I wanted was to build a decent life for myself. To have a job, enough money to survive, to have friends, and a family.
Before I went back to university, I was miserable, literally planning my suicide. But I made a promise to myself, that I would make a list of everything I hated about my life and at least try to fix it. And I did, I grabbed every opportunity that was available to me, I fought so very hard to get out of that hole. But now I’m halfway through that list and I’m just right back where I started, if not worse off because I actually had hope that things could get bette for me. And now that hope is gone.
Now all I see is how horrible the world is, how much pain and suffering there is. Everyone is suffering. The world has gone to shit, so what makes me so special that things will work out for me?
I so desperately want to live, to experience life but it feels like every chance I had, every opportunity was for nothing. That I was just going to end up the same way. I’m sleeping so much. I’m drinking so much. Just anything to take me away from this reality. And things could have been so different, if I could have just passed the exam I could have found a job. Something, just anything.
I’m just wasting away. And I don’t think it’s every going to get better. I saw my grandparents suffer. I saw my single mother suffer. This is just the way it’s always going to be in my life. And I’m just the idiot who thought that maybe, just maybe my life could be something different. I should have ended it when I had the courage to do so.
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2024.05.21 20:43 fuwnyulk Best private student loan lenders for grad school if can't take federal loans

Hi everyone,
I know that private student loans are evil and should be avoided. Unfortunately, government loans aren't available to me because I am an international student. So, I will have to take a private student loan to pay for my Master's degree in Computer Science.
What lenders would you recommend, given I have a US citizen as a co-signer? Here are a few things that are important to me:
I know about these lenders. Can anyone comment on them?
I would appreciate any advice!
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2024.05.21 20:34 kloudizen Suddently low FPS

This is the second time it happens to me. I play like always, with great FPS (Around 140-190 ingame). Suddently when I start the game for the next time (maybe the same day or the next one) my game runs at very very low FPS (10-35 in SOME menús, and 60-70 less ingame with a lot of spikes to even less than 20).
[The firts time this happened to me i had to format the whole PC, and it worked great then until now)
Nothing has changed on my PC and i've tried a lot of things. - Lowering my mouse polling rate to 500 - Changing the windows priority - Making sure it is using the GPU - Disabling/Enabling fullscreen optimization and start as a admin - Checking and tweaking the GPU a bit on MSI Afterburner - Reinstalling the drivers (even with DDU) - I have made sure it is not thermal throttling
And of course, restarting the PC, reinstalling the game, reparing it... I've tried to investigate on my own a bit on my own and i've seen that while gaming, the GPU is at 90+ use but the temps are not going up, they are at 60º. When the game works well, temps are between 75º and 90º. So yeah, that temp is weird and I think the problem is related to that. Not sure.
[PC SPECS]
I9-9990K (not OCd)
Gigabyte VISION 3070 (not OCd)
32GB RAM
and the game is in a M2, 970 EVO if i'm not mistaken.
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2024.05.21 20:32 2608naa Renewal rates wanted

One of my buddies renewal is around the corrner, or at least major part of the mortgage is up in couple of months, he doesn't mind breaking off with the current bank and moving it to a different one if the rates are right. And by the looks of the current market situation it seems BoC will cut rates in June, but he wanted to lock in rates where ever the get the best deal. From this forum I see brokers would be the best bet to get the good deal.
I understand advertising is not allowed, but someone asked that I use Rates as flair if I wanted to get rates from brokers in this sub reditt.
Dont know if it matters, but he has an excellent credit score above 800s Looking to see if it is beneficial to break away and get a better rate in today's market and have the penalty either absorbed or cashback to cover part of it atleast.
Was told the penalty for breaking would be close to 6800
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2024.05.21 20:29 Japaco Rating Percentage Breakdown

I am currently rated 70%. I was looking at the VA calculator as I am filing some additional claims, while adding up my current ratings the total came out to 60% rating (64). Was there a mistake when I got my decision letter? My current ratings are: 30%, 20%, 10%, 10%, 10%, 10%.
Just want to know if there was a mistake and if I will be needing to pay back any additional payments I received or if I am missing something that would round me up to 70% where I’m at now.
Thanks
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