The title more or less explains it but to give more detail, I am a 29 year old theatre actor with professional credits on my resumé in regional theatre. Currently living in DC and performing in DC's Drunk Shakespeare while planning a move with my fiancé to NYC. We are both from the City originally and she's lining up a job for herself as a public school teacher in Brooklyn. I earned my Master's in Fine Arts in the field of Classical Acting from GW and Shakespeare Theatre Company this past January.
I have been continuously applying to adjunct positions in higher ed for about the past year. My dream situation is a parallel career in academia and the arts with the end goal of a full-time professorship allowing me to do Shakespeare in the summers. I know this goal will require me to work hard and I am; I'm continuously auditioning, performing, and I'm adding to my teaching resumé through teaching artist work. My problem is I cannot seem to make the jump from working as a teaching artist--primarily teaching 3rd-5th graders--to higher education. No matter how many applications I send out I just can't seem to get my foot in the door. I'm qualified, educated, professional, and I truly believe I would make a fantastic acting teacher at an undergraduate level. How in the world do I break into this field? Are my teaching credits with younger students meaningless? I'm trying to find ways to work with increasingly older students but frankly the vast majority of the opportunities are with the littles. Truly any advice from someone who has done this or knows someone who has done this would be appreciated. What aren't I doing that I should be doing?

The title more or less explains it but to give more detail, I am a 29 year old theatre actor with professional credits on my resumé in regional theatre. Currently living in DC and performing in DC's Drunk Shakespeare while planning a move with my fiancé to NYC. We are both from the City originally and she's lining up a job for herself as a public school teacher in Brooklyn. I earned my Master's in Fine Arts in the field of Classical Acting from GW and Shakespeare Theatre Company this past January.
I have been continuously applying to adjunct positions in higher ed for about the past year. My dream situation is a parallel career in academia and the arts with the end goal of a full-time professorship allowing me to do Shakespeare in the summers. I know this goal will require me to work hard and I am; I'm continuously auditioning, performing, and I'm adding to my teaching resumé through teaching artist work. My problem is I cannot seem to make the jump from working as a teaching artist--primarily teaching 3rd-5th graders--to higher education. No matter how many applications I send out I just can't seem to get my foot in the door. I'm qualified, educated, professional, and I truly believe I would make a fantastic acting teacher at an undergraduate level. How in the world do I break into this field? Are my teaching credits with younger students meaningless? I'm trying to find ways to work with increasingly older students but frankly the vast majority of the opportunities are with the littles. Truly any advice from someone who has done this or knows someone who has done this would be appreciated. What aren't I doing that I should be doing?

Perfect Thyroid was my first introduction to ska, and it blew my mind.
I was walking throught the Student Union at my college in 1993 on my way to class when I noticed a band playing literally in the corner of the room, on a Tuesday afternoon with not a single person paying any mind whatsoever, just people rushing back and forth heading to and from Econ 101 or whatever. I saw the banner and went over. I was strictly a metal and hardcore punk guy at the time, but I wanted to buy a t-shirt, because my stepmother had a serious thyroid condition, and I thought it would be a funny gift for her. And then I heard the horns. One of my favorite bands at the time (and still is) was White Trash. They were fairly big on MTV in the summer of 1991. They're not ska, so not applicable here, but they're a metal/hard rock band with a three-piece horn section, the Badass Brass. So I was already attuned to the horns, but the rhythm and style was new to me. And thus began a descent into ska madness. I devoured everything from the Skatalites to Less Than Jake to Ruder Than You to Bim Skala Bim to Magadog to the Toasters to the Specials and on and on. But Perfect Thyroid was my first ska love. I worked in NYC after college, and I had to walk down Park Ave or Fifth Ave every day down from Grand Central to 19th Street, and I remember with such clarity listening to Musical Barnacles on my headphones every day.
Needless to say, I missed my class that day. If you would like to respond with TL/DR, save yourself the trouble, I already know.
Have a nice day.

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Lunit, a portmanteau of ‘Learning unit,’ is a medical AI software company devoted to providing AI-powered total cancer care.
Our AI solutions help discover cancer and predict cancer treatment outcomes, achieving timely and individually-tailored cancer treatment.
The job title for this position within the company will be Software Engineer.
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Handling large images like Google Maps poses unique challenges for a frontend developer. How can you enable smooth, lag-free zooming and panning of gigantic files in real time? What about incorporating advanced annotations -akin to Adobe Photoshop - for medical research? Our Frontend Engineering team for the AI Platform tackles these complex capabilities daily.
Join us in refining the frontline interaction between human insights and algorithms - enabling aspiring AI to better perceive the world while making research intuitive.
🗨️ About the position Join us at Lunit and be part of our mission to revolutionize medical imaging with AI. We are looking for a frontend engineer who is passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology and making a real impact in healthcare. Your work will directly contribute to our mission to Conquer Cancer through AI by improving Lunit’s AI model development platforms.
This role will collaborate with UI/UX designers to build an intuitive interface optimizing data, annotation, and image visualization. The goal is to visualize data, annotations, and big images rapidly so researchers can iterate AI models faster. Beyond pixels, you’ll craft elegant code synchronizing clinical data feeds, analytics, and more in reusable components.
Our frontend engineers bridge design and engineering, working alongside product managers and backend developers to manifest high-performance solutions from wireframes. Working towards our mission involves more than dazzling graphics, you’ll instill time-saving efficiency into the user experience to propel AI Platform ahead as a nexus for next-gen AI innovation.
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• CV (resume, free format, in English)

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If you are looking for the housing authority application form and want to apply for all Section 8 applications or the Housing Choice Voucher Program, You can visit the housingauthorityguide.com website to find the article about housing application, waiting list, application process, and eligibility requirements for public housing and Section 8 housing in various counties.

Hi folks, I've recently gotten back into Magic after several years away and decided to revisit my first commander deck with a primer. If you'd like to jump straight to the list and explanation of card choices, the link is here: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/sharuum-artifactdec/?cb=1716262066
Everything down below is also in that link.
If you're curious to see what this is all about, here's the first section. Hopefully if gauges your interest enough to view the deck list and card choice explanation.
This is a re-make of an old Sharuum deck I ran in the mid 2010s, which turned into a Breya deck, moving away from artifact and into dedicated combo for an early win. Having since parted that deck out and sold the money cards, I've decided to go back to the Sharuum build. It draws inspiration from previous historical versions of Sharuum, which I will explain below, and new additions from recent sets.
Engine/Control Sharuum Build
The Sharuum deck traditionally combos off a clone effect (Phyrexian Metamorph/Sculpting Steel), looping a copy of Sharuum indefinitely, and a triggered ability with some pay-off (Disciple of the Vault, Extractor Demon, Altar of the Brood). This is the main path to victory with the deck.
It is usually supported by the Thopter Foundry/Sword of the Meek/Time Sieve combo, and either a suite of control spells and board wipes, or a resilient engine build leveraging artifact recursion engines and interactions. These 2 styles of decks (control and engine) were the main ways to build Sharuum in the earliest days.
The development of early Sharuum builds is well documented (https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/multiplayer-commander-decklists/217067-sharuum-everyones-favorite-kitty) , begun by Jack_from_NYC, spearheaded by Jostin123 and various members of the community.
Four Horsemen Build
The next iteration of Sharuum combo came in the form of the 4 Horsemen build, named Mesmeruum, credited to Tetravirulence. Their deck list is linked here: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/mesmeruum/. The initial part of the combo originates from a controversial Legacy deck which used Mesmeric Orb and Basalt Monolith to mill a player's own deck, and combo out with Emrakul, Nacromoebia, Blasting Station and Dread Return - an incredible long and time consuming combo that must be played out to completion as it is not a guaranteed win-con. Fortunately, this Sharuum build relied on a more efficient way to combo out.
After milling your own deck with Basalt Monolith and Mesmeric Orb, Sharuum would be cast, targeting Torrential Gearhulk in the graveyard, in turn targeting Ghostly Flicker or Displace. Both Sharuum and Gearhulk would be flickered, with 2 potential variations.
The first variation involves Sharuum targeting Phyrexian Metamorph/Sculpting Steel, and Gearhulk targeting Orzhov Charm, in turn targeting Disciple of the Vault. Sharuum would then loop, triggering Disciple indefinitely.
The second variation involved Sharuum targeting Altar of the Brood, Gearhulk targeting a second flicker effect (Ghostly Flicker, Displace or Cloudshift), flickering Sharuum again, and targeting a clone. This would result in Sharuum looping indefinitely and milling all opponents with Altar of the Brood. Of course, there are other variations, one of which involves Second Sunrise and Faith's Reward, but those are the standard and most easily understood.
My Version
With the recent release of Universes Beyond: Warhammer 4000, 2 key cards - Technomancer and Psychomancer - have found a place in the Sharuum combo. It allows for a more compact combo using the same premise as Mesmuruum, however, requires a lot less cards to combo off. The combo starts the same as Mesmuruum, self milling with Basalt Monolith and Mesmeric Orb. Then, casting Sharuum, and targeting Technomancer, which in turn targets both Phyrexian Metamorph and Psychomancer. Sharuum loops, and Psychomancer triggers indefinitely, draining opponents one at a time and netting us life. Again, same idea as Mesmuruum, less convoluted and more accessible.
This is an engine build of Sharuum. There are no counterspells, and a minimal amount of board wipes. It focuses on resiliency, recursion, and interactions between cards to magnify various effects. Although we aim to combo out with Sharuum, there are a number of ways to trigger out win cons outside of Sharuum herself, and potential to win through combat damage.
Most cards in this deck fall into these categories. Some cards will cross over categories.
Engines: a card that fulfills multiple roles or converts one resource into another.
Cogs: slots into Engines while providing beneficial effects. Usually can be recurred easily.
Threats: must-answer cards with high impact effects.
Acceleration: whether they be mana rocks, tutors or card draw effects, these cards let us do what we want, earlier, and speed up our game plan.
Recursion: anything that lets us replay or recur our cards.
Even our individual combo pieces have applications outside of their respective combos, and often are interchangeable with other combo pieces.
And the link again: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/sharuum-artifactdec/?cb=1716262066
Thanks for reading!

F42/ 18 years work experience, undergraduate certificate-management, post grad certificate-finance and master degree-international relations.
I live in NYC and after my divorce, I moved and took a job in the neighborhood as an Executive Assistant with a small company, to be near home and school until my kids were old enough. I had my resume revamped by two separate resume writing entities, one of which was recommended through the NYC Dept of Labor (DOL). Sent it out and barely heard back anything and when I did, it was to shut me down.
I applied to no less than 300 jobs, via Indeed, Zip Recruiter and directly to companies via their careers page, keeping records of it all.
For instance, after 43 applications for Senior Exec Asst at a major bank (there were multiple departments requiring SEA and some Executives need 4 EA's) I had been sent rejection emails right away for 42 of those but I landed ONE interview, and they interviewed me to death (something like 5-7 rounds) I interview very well, as I am very articulate with excellent communication skills and my personality is always a hit with interviewers. I met the entire team, the Hiring Manager was super excited to have me join the team, as were the other EA's and her last step (another interview) was to introduce me to the Executive himself but he was out of the country. I would meet him 'next week.' The leaving SEA said I had the right personality and accolades for the job and I would be perfect. Then, bam! Ghosted. Followed up and here comes the rejection email. I cried, honestly.
My job coach, whom I was working along with via DOL suggested my resume was too strong and I needed to 'dumb down' because I was already more qualified than the managers of most companies and this would be intimidating. Lying by commission. I did not agree. I wanted to be compensated for my qualifications and experience. You can't punish me for not going to school and still punish me for going to school. I last did a Leadership Ethics and Corporate Accountability Completion Certificate with Harvard Business School Online, one of those things you do just for knowledge. She wants me to take that off too...It was 6 weeks and ONLINE!!!!!
I finally landed an EA job through an agency, (drag) with a major transportation company. I didn't even apply. They found my resume and reached out. I am on payroll of the agency, and not the transportation company. The contract would renew annually on a need basis. Not secure but it was about $40k more than last job. This of course has no benefits whatsoever, except 5 sick days per year as mandated by NYC Laws, so high insurance costs are all borne by me. No pto, no vacation, no paid holidays etc . I have applied for in house jobs, and have had an amazing interview with transportation company but here comes rejection emails after the interview and other rejection emails without inviting me to interview. You would think it would be easier to hire me because you don't have to train me. Sigh. 22 applications, rejected straight off the bat.
Three weeks ago, I applied for EA and Chief of Staff jobs, with pay ranges $120-$180k, I do not have high hopes. I am such a good worker though. Talk about organized, analytical, reliable and creative in thinking...my two current Executives are so pleased with me, as was the last. I had a sick day recently, and my Executive was telling someone, when I am not here, everything falls down.
I decided to seek a part time retail job, for evenings and weekends, (yes, Fidelis health insurance is killing me $650 per month, no vision, no dental and FYI the kids are not included on this plan, did I mention a $4,800 deductible?) I digress. Anyway, they have all rejected me, not one has invited me to interview! Not Target, not Burlington, not Marshalls, not TJ Maxx, etc! Not one interview! My friend at another retail company, where I was about to apply told me I needed to remove everything and leave it at High School Diploma.
WHAT IS GOING ON????
I need to hear from Hiring Managers, Managers, Recruiters and others with my experience.
Thank you.

I have been studying for my CCNA and looking at network engineesupport/technician/specialist positions near where I live (NYC metropolitan area) and most positions have something like a hundred applicants. Due to the competition for these positions do you think it’s worth pursuing a career in networking engineering? Should I just get the CCNA anyways because it might come in handy? If not what is the most in demand IT position that I could pursue? (I have a background in help desk)

I have been putting off for so long to take advantage of my early reservation benefit as the price on the car is showing 85k ( and also had to buy a model y after waiting for so long for the reservation).
I was going through the website the other day and looks like they have changed the way an early reservation holder can get the car to same as the regular buyer. All options and features availability is same as the regular buyer just that the 20% voucher is applied at the end for an early reservation holder.
When I select the dual motor AWD with a standard plus option, the price is showing around 78k.
My question is, if my voucher of 20% can be applied to the 78k price ? Also the federal credit of $7500 should still be applicable (as an early reservation holder) on top of this, right ?

Hi everyone! I’m currently an incoming sophomore at Cornell with a 4.0 so far and wanting to go to law school in a few years (prob for big law). If anyone has insight on any of these programs/questions, I’d love to hear it! 1. I have the ability to participate in the 3+3 program, assuming I can get in. I’ve heard a lot of pros and cons about the program but still am unsure about it. 2. The Columbia and Harvard Junior programs. Is it hard to take your lsat a few months earlier than usual? I’m also worried about how merit aid works assuming that I wouldn’t be able to compare offers from other schools, since they’re binding. 3. T-14 differences. Honestly, a lot of the top 14 schools seem very similar to me in terms of course offerings and placement. I’m from Chicago originally and am naturally considering ending up in NYC later on so I love Cornell/columbia/uchicago/northwestern, but I have no idea where exactly to apply otherwise
Sorry if any of this sounds naive! I’ve always planned to go to law school, and now I’m realizing how close application season is and how little I truly know. My gpa and lsat score should both be high hopefully and I’ll have good recommendations, but I don’t know how else law schools make decisions. Thanks everyone!

Donation! I have 34 Endometrin inserts and applicators left (1 full box and 1 half box). Expire this month 5/24 according to packaging.
I also have tons of 22G syringes and 18G needles. (Also 2 sealed progesterone vials but the boxes say expire 1/24).
Can meet in NYC or Westchester this week. Please message privately if interested.

So, long story short. I’m fleeding abuse and I had to leave the Bronx due to my ex finding me. I am inbetween Elizabeth NJ, & Nassau Long Island. Can anybody give me any applications I can sign up for? Like section 8 voucher? Also, who do I call to get placed for housing? I also left the Bronx because of bedbugs and roaches etc (I have a child that can’t be around that) so I’m worried they are gonna put me somewhere unsanitary try again) I’m stressed. I don’t wanna go back to my home state with my abuser. I’m worried. I also just wanna note it’s hard, I have a guy best friend who helps with my baby and he can’t even go in to help etc. it’s just hard. I don’t want to give up though. Any links, and clean domestic abuse shelters anybody knows of in Elizabeth NJ or Nassau (near Uniondale) Long Island? I don’t wanna go back to the 5 boroughs because he will end fine finding me (has twice) and worried about bed bugs, roaches etc. please be nice.
Edit: I cannot be in a space with anyone else. I suffer from severe “clean and germ” ocd. I have. A note from my doctor for hotel accommodation. Does NJ or Long Island put people up in hotels? Hotel would be best. The abuser looks for shelters.

* warning: this part is a rant scroll to help* HRA hires a bunch of SCAM ARTISTS who think everyone is a scam artist. have they EVER HELPED ANYONE!?? It's like they are TERRIBLE ON PURPOSE OMG!
Ugh.
Okay..now that I kinda got that out the way...
I need an approved "reason why I fell behind on rent" My reason is medical: a three day hospital stay and over a year of doctors appointments; HRA is so terrible that I do not think this is a good reason.
They find any little reason to deny your application and never fully explain why it was denied. I hate them so much. Someone please help, what can I say?
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hi everyone! i hope you’re all doing well :)
i posted on this sub last year as i wrapped up my second year of community college and prepared to transfer to a 4 year university. now, i am happy to say that i have completed my first year at berkeley and cannot believe that i will be graduating next year!
with that being said, i don’t think i did as well as i would have liked. i took 3 classes each semester, something that makes me think wouldn’t look too good for law school admissions. on top of this, i got an a- on all 3 classes my first semester which put my gpa at 3.7 & i only managed to get 1 a & 2 a- grades my second semester giving me a 3.8. overall, my first year gpa was a 3.75 :(
while it doesn’t sound awful, i can’t help but feel like i could’ve done better. i’ll be taking 2 classes over the summer and hopefully if i get A’s in both i can boost my gpa a bit before starting off the fall semester.
gpa aside, im a bit nervous about how to proceed with the application process now that i only have 1 year of undergrad left. my original plan was to use the summer after graduation to study for the lsat, draft personal/diversity statements, & get those letters of rec! however, im not sure if it is realistic to get all of that done in the 5-6 months after graduation or if i should just take a gap year instead. to provide more context, i honestly haven’t found a professor who could write me glowing letters of rec yet and i feel like my resume is lacking a bit. luckily, i managed to get my first internship which will be in nyc this entire summer, & i served as a mentor for a program at berkeley that aims to guide community college students through the application process which i plan to continue with next year. however, im not sure if those two things are sufficient to have a decent resume or if i should keep looking for more things to add. i also have some volunteer campaign work but im not sure if that adds much to my resume.
i know that it isn’t wise to have “dream schools” but i would really like to attend law school in new york city, preferably columbia, nyu, or fordham. since i’ll be in the city this summer for my internship, i would love love love to connect with any law students who attend those schools!
i apologize for this incredibly long post but law school has been on my mind a lot lately, especially now that undergrad is almost coming to a close.
thanks so much for taking the time to read this, i appreciate you all! :)

I’m 28 and am unsure how much to include under experiences on my application. For example, I run marathons/half’s through NYRR and am a member. Is this strange to include under “extracurricular activities”? I also am a medical volunteer for some of their events which I included under volunteer hours, but I’d like to showcase my interested beyond my PCE jobs. Plus finishing the NYC marathon in particular was a huge goal of mine that I got to achieve last year. Some people have said it makes sense while others have told me it’s weird to include extracurricular activities after college. But I don’t have anyone in my life to ask that’s actually going through this process. Thoughts?

This is a ridiculous question - I am aware. BUT one of my very good friends went to Cambridge for his undergrad and MIT for his doctorate in math. He has several published papers and works for a hedge fund in New York. I'm 24 and a nontrad student going to community college, I'll be 25 when I apply just for some context. He lives in NYC and I live in Chicago. I was taking a look at the transfer app and there is a section for family members and information about them regarding their education levels and whatnot and I told this friend about it. He suggested putting him down in the "Spouse/Significant Other" category as my significant other to strengthen my application a little bit. His argument is Columbia is in New York and it would make perfect sense to move where your significant other lives and I could briefly mention that in my essay about reasons to transfer. He also thinks it would look good to subtly say I am already somewhat connected. I am aware this is obnoxious but I kind of see his points. On the other hand, we aren't actually dating. We have pictures together on instagram already so I'm not super concerned about them finding out it just seems so silly but I can kind of see his point.
I'm projecting here but I'll most likely be graduating with a 3.75 GPA. I have a really bad track record with school when I was younger. I only got into college at 18 because of my SAT scores and I was in and out of school for a long time not really trying. I have an interesting story for other reasons and I feel like I'll have solid essays. My EC will just be my work experience working in a restaurant through the school year and interning at a fine art gallery here. The gallery is giving me incredible experience though and is allowing me to do really valuable things (independently close deals and collect commission, organize events at the gallery with other organizations, work the events and afterwards am able to join everyone etc.) so I'm learning a lot that I can put down on my resume and meeting a lot of people. I am starting to organize networking events at the gallery with a young entrepreneurs organization and will be reaching out to other entities for similar events. One of the investors is also teaching me business side (specifically RFPs) and I'm hoping to start doing that by the end of summer. I'll be graduating in December and applying for financial econ with a minor in art history for fall '25. I don't think I have a super great school background/GPA but I know I'll get great rec letters and I'm learning and gaining experience in the industry I'm applying for just in a smaller market and would love to be able to do something similar and start making connections in New York.
I feel like I have a strong reason to transfer and I'm doing good things to put on the application but Is still feel insecure about my stats. I talked to my friend about this and thats why he suggested what he did. I'm torn about it. I don't know if it's worth lying but the likelihood is low they would even know. I'm not sure if it would even help or if I need it. Wondering what you guys think? Is it worth the risk? I know I don't have like a phenomenal GPA but I'm really hoping the work experience will hold it up a bit more. Not sure if I should fluff it up more.