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Shakira

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Shakira - world renowned singer and songwriter
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2024.05.21 17:45 ConsciousRun6137 Oswell E. Spencer; Resident Evil, Based On Real EL-ites

Oswell E. Spencer; Resident Evil, Based On Real EL-ites
There's nothing new under the Sun, & no coincidences in such things that follow;
Oswell E. Spencer
Coat of Arms
"I was to become a god... creating a new world with an advanced race of human beings."
Dr. Oswell E. Spencer, Earl Spencer (c.1923-2006) was an aristocratic British billionaire, virologist and eugenicist. One of the founders of Umbrella Pharmaceuticals, Lord Spencer was the CEO and President for its entire existence, which saw its expansion as the Umbrella Corporation over the 1980s as well as its bankruptcy in 2003.
A cold, ruthless elitist and ambitious individual, Spencer mercilessly eliminated his rivals and gradually increased his power within the company, which he strictly controlled behind a veil of darkness. Spencer had a vision to remake the world and lead it into a new era, seeing the world's current state as self-destructive. He intended to use the research data accumulated from Bio Organic Weapons to carry his vision out and mould a utopia for mankind with himself as its ruler.
Spencer was born into the prestigious Spencer family, considered for generations to be among the European elite. Growing up in his family's castle overlooking a cliff on the British coastline, the young heir to the Spencer fortune was given a wide-ranging education, and developed hobbies of art collecting and hunting as befitting of his status. Among his studies were classic literature, Early Modern humanist treatises, and the mid-20th century eugenics movement. His personal favourite was the Natural History Conspectus, a rare late Victorian encyclopaedia which chronicled a 34-year trek through Africa by British explorer Henry Travis. During Spencer's teenage years, Europe was plunged into the Second World War. Nothing is known of Spencer's life during this period of time, including whether or not he avoided conscription, though it is known his experience living during the war helped form his world views.
By the 1950s, Spencer was a university student training to be a physician. There he became close friends with Edward Ashford and an older student, Dr. James Marcus. While taking a solo hiking trip in Eastern Europe, he became lost due to his inexperience in the unfamiliar terrain and collapsed on a snow-covered road. There, he was rescued by Miranda, the priestess and biologist of an isolated mountain village which worshipped the Black God. Taken in by Miranda as a protégé, Spencer learned about the Mold and its ability to mutate, assimilate and replicate lifeforms, which inspired him a means to achieve evolutionist goals. Although he enjoyed his time with Miranda and the vast biological knowledge he gained from her, the two held very different world views, as Miranda longed to revive her deceased daughter while Spencer wished to change the world. Consequently, Spencer decided to leave the village, but would continue to keep in touch with Miranda by writing to her.
Returning to his university a changed man, Spencer became driven to replicate Miranda's achievements in his own way, as he deemed the Mold ineffective to achieving his goals. With the Cold War intensifying, Spencer began to view humanity as a race destined to fall, and believed that only through evolving mankind and attaining a superior moral code could this be averted. Though he lacked a means to accomplish this, he believed the answer lay within the emerging field of virology. Soon, Spencer formed a eugenics circle of likeminded scientists, including Marcus and Ashford, as well as Lord Beardsley and Lord Henry.

Founding of Umbrella (1966-68)

At the start of 1966, Spencer became engrossed once more in the Natural History Conspectus, having recalled an account about the Ndipaya, a West African tribe of skilled engineers whose rituals involved a magical flower which granted great power to those who could survive its poison. While Spencer was initially treated with appropriate scepticism due to allegations of yellow journalism on behalf of Travis, Marcus hypothesized that a virus could be naturally produced by the flower and mutate the consumer. This virus would theoretically hold great promise in eugenics, interesting the circle. In order to disprove or confirm the flower's significance, the three organized an expedition to West Africa to find it. While Spencer's involvement is uncertain, Marcus travelled to West Africa on a several month search for the Ndipaya with his protégé, Brandon Bailey, and returned by February 1967 with proof of the virus' existence, having isolated it within the Sonnentreppe flowers growing in the ruins of the Garden of the Sun.
Soon after research began on the virus, the Swiss university that Marcus worked for ostracized him following allegations of falsified data, which itself led to the cessation of government grants to his projects.\13]) Spencer used this to his advantage and employed his charitable Spencer Foundation as a means of funding Marcus' research, on the condition that he operate within the Spencer Estate's lab and avoid contact with any scientist outside their circle. Understanding the foundation would not be able to fund the project in its entirety, Spencer approached the circle in March 1967 with a suggestion that they establish a pharmaceutical company in order to raise the necessary funds. Ashford and Marcus agreed to the project, despite an overall disinterest with Henry and Beardsley joining.
Shortly afterward, Spencer informed his old teacher Miranda of the discovery of the Progenitor Virus, and decided to use the symbol that connected the Four Houses in her village as his company logo.
Toward the end of the year, work concluded on a mansion built on Spencer's behalf in the Arklay Mountains, a massif in the American Midwest. The mansion itself was built atop limestone caverns which Spencer planned to use for the construction of an underground laboratory complex that would be hidden from public view. The biggest flaw in this construction project was that he chose a famous New York architect named George Trevor, known for surreal designs Spencer admired, to build it. Upon its completion, Spencer realized that Trevor knew all of the mansion's secrets, including the existence of an underground laboratory, and panicked. Spencer quickly made plans to dispose of Trevor, so that only he and his inner circle would know of the lab's existence. In November 1967, Spencer invited the entire Trevor family, including George, his wife Jessica, and 14-year-old daughter Lisa to the house to celebrate the completion of the mansion. Unbeknownst to the Trevor family, Spencer planned to use them all as test subjects in his Progenitor research. Due to a busy workload, George could not attend, but told Jessica and Lisa that he would join them at the house later. As soon as the two arrived on November 10, they were dragged away by Spencer's employees and taken into the underground caverns as human research subjects for the Progenitor Virus. Jessica died soon after infection, though Lisa survived with mutations. As George arrived at the mansion, he was captured just the same, but escaped from his room. He eventually fell victim to one of his own traps and died. Lisa was kept as a test subject and would finally die in 1998.
At some point in the late 1960s, Spencer worked with another scientist who shared his eugenics ideals, Dr. Wesker. Believing that Progenitor would only be useful to mankind if they could be trusted with its powers, Spencer concluded that the genetically superior humans had to share his values to become the Übermenschen. Umbrella began abducting children with superior genes and intellect from around the world and raising them with access to the finest education that money could buy. Upon reaching adulthood, Umbrella would determine the cream of the crop and infect them. This highly classified project was dubbed the "Wesker Project", in the name of its leader.
With Umbrella established, Spencer became increasingly paranoid that his friends would threaten his own eugenics project which he intended to steer towards making him a god in the new world order. Although he already controlled the project by 1967 when he secured Marcus' research, Spencer's paranoia escalated in 1968 while running Umbrella Pharmaceuticals. To procure more funding for their eugenics project, Umbrella entered a secret agreement with the United States military to produce biological weaponry and began further projects to create mutant virus strains for military use. The Umbrella founders each worked separately on what they dubbed the "t-Virus Project". Rather than perform his own research, Spencer left the Arklay Laboratory under the control of trusted executives and further worked with Lord Beardsley and Lord Henry. Marcus and Bailey continued to work on their own while Ashford worked alongside his son, Alexander, at their European home.
With Progenitor cultures becoming too limited in number for large-scale research on the t-Virus Project, it became clear that Marcus and Bailey would have to travel to West Africa and secure more. Unlike the previous trek, Spencer instead hired mercenaries to force the Ndipaya off their land and secure the Garden of the Sun for Umbrella's own exclusive use. When news reached them about this success, Bailey was sent alone to cultivate the Progenitor samples at a lab built there, isolating him from Marcus. Marcus himself was given his own laboratory in the Arklay Mountains close to Spencer's own. The Umbrella Executive Training School served a dual role as both a laboratory for the t-Virus Project and as a boarding school for gifted children headhunted by the Spencer Foundation as promising new executive-scientists. The first true victim of Spencer's paranoia was Ashford, who would die from exposure to his primitive t-Virus strain in a staged lab accident. While his son Alexander was a scientist, he was trained in genetics rather than virology, and was consequently unable to continue his father's work. This left only Marcus as the main competitor to Spencer, and so efforts were taken to steal Marcus' data for the benefit of Arklay's Laboratory.

Securing of Power (1977-98)

In 1977, the Spencer Foundation headhunted Albert Wesker for a job at Umbrella after he acquired a doctorate in virology at just age 17. Sent to the executive training school, Spencer ensured that Wesker and a fellow student, William Birkin, would abuse Marcus' trust in them and steal his research data. At the end of the school year, Spencer ordered the school and lab to be shut down, cutting Marcus off from his research staff and the children he used as test-subjects. Wesker and Birkin were immediately assigned to the Arklay Laboratory to take over as its chief researchers and used their knowledge of Marcus' research to drastically alter the Arklay Laboratory's own t-Virus project.
Despite Spencer's near-total control over Umbrella, his paranoia continued to find new victims as Umbrella expanded to the point of possessing its own paramilitary, the Umbrella Security Service. Marcus continued to perform his own dedicated research into the late 1980s, hoping to use this to his advantage in securing the support of the board of directors in taking over the company. With Marcus now an immediate threat, Spencer ordered a U.S.S. raid on the training school and he was gunned down in 1988 with Birkin and Wesker in order to steal more research data. That same year, he personally backed their proposals in acquiring a Nemesis α parasite from France's No.6 Laboratory. As Umbrella entered the 1990s, Spencer continued to take a direct role in the company's affairs despite his advancing age and confinement to a wheelchair. Beardley and Henry would both perish over the next decade with their research inherited by their respective children, Mylène and Christine, both of whom were child prodigies.
Deeply interested in the newly discovered Golgotha Virus, which was being studied by Birkin and Christine in France, Spencer funded a new NEST facility in Raccoon City for the G-Virus Project. Although intrigued by the virus' potential use in eugenics, it was instead funded as another bio-weapon project for the US military. An alternative eugenics project was assigned to Dr. Alex Wesker, one of the Wesker Project subjects who Spencer became personally close to. Spencer awarded her with greater executive power through the construction of a laboratory at Sonido de Tortuga. He also developed a close relationship with Col. Sergei Vladimir, a Spetznaz officer whom the Soviet Union had used in a human cloning trial during the Afghan War. In exchange for handing his ten clones over for research on the fledgling Tyrant Project, Vladimir became a powerful asset in protecting Spencer's control over the company.

End of Umbrella (1998-2003)

In May 1998, the Arklay Laboratory was sabotaged by one of Dr. Marcus' creations, Queen Leech. Its entire staff was either killed or infected, and escaped B.O.W.s drew national attention in their killings of out-of-state hikers. As part of the X-Day contingency, Albert Wesker sent two elite law enforcement teams from S.T.A.R.S. to the mansion to investigate. However, unbeknownst to these S.T.A.R.S. officers, they were deliberately pitted against Arklay's escaped B.O.Ws for the purpose of collecting combat data. Wesker's own orders were fourfold: gather this combat data, salvage whatever research he could from the Arklay Lab, ensure the death of all S.T.A.R.S. members, and destroy the lab so the truth of Umbrella's responsibility could never get out. Spencer's right-hand man, Colonel Sergei Vladimir, was also sent in personally for the task of recovering an experimental Tyrant and Umbrella's U.M.F.-013 supercomputer. While Vladimir was successful, Wesker instead chose to fake his own death and hand the data over to a rival company, while several S.T.A.R.S. members escaped from the mansion intent on beginning a police investigation of Umbrella.
In the immediate fallout, an executive named Morpheus D. Duvall was scapegoated for the containment failure and began a bioterror plot to steal the viral samples in vengeance. Publicly, the so-called "Mansion Incident" did not harm Umbrella, thanks to its influence over the local Raccoon City media, police, and local government. However, a combination of this incident, Albert Wesker's betrayal, and Spencer's own refusal to admit Dr. Birkin to his inner circle would be the trigger for Umbrella's downward spiral. Dr. Birkin, slighted by Spencer's rejection, dumped the t-Virus around Raccoon City in order to neutralize the other Umbrella facilities while he himself prepared to hand the G-Virus over to the US military, who were intent on starting their own bioweapons project, in exchange for protection. Spencer learned of Birkin's planned betrayal and sent Umbrella Security Services to take Birkin into custody and acquire the G-Virus. When Birkin refused to comply, an Umbrella soldier gunned him down and the team proceeded to take his suitcase, which contained all of his work, with them. However, the fatally wounded Birkin still had one G-Virus sample left in his possession and used it on himself, mutating into a powerful monster in the process. The now mutated Dr. Birkin pursued Umbrella's soldiers into the sewers and slaughtered most of them, although HUNK survived. This altercation accidentally caused several t-Virus samples to fall to the floor and break, and infected rats would soon spread the virus into the city's water supply. Over the next week, the city collapsed into anarchy as thousands of infected took part in cannibalistic murders.
Aware that Raccoon City was doomed and the company no longer capable of lobbying against a Senate committee action, Spencer ordered Colonel Sergei Vladimir to recover the U.M.F.-013 from Raccoon City and take it to a safe location. On October 1, 1998, Spencer awoke to news of the US President's bombing of the city. By this point, Umbrella's responsibility had become public knowledge, and the US Congress voted in an act to liquidate Umbrella's USA branch and ban the company from conducting any future business in the country. In 1999, Spencer assembled expert lawyers, fake witnesses, and bribes during the Raccoon Trials to divert all responsibility to the US government. He also purchased an abandoned chemical plant in the Caucasus region of Southern Russia and commissioned the construction of a secret underground laboratory, which would become the de facto base of operations for Umbrella. Unwilling to acknowledge their breaching of international law to obtain bioweaponry or even acknowledge B.O.W.s in general, the US government remained in a stalemate with Umbrella. This stalemate ended in early 2003 when Albert Wesker leaked excerpts of the recovered U.M.F.-013 data to the court. Umbrella was found liable for damages and subsequently bankrupted. An international arrest warrant on Spencer was filed by both the United States and Russian Federation. Spencer, now an international fugitive, secluded himself in his family estate where he would spend the remaining years of his life.

Final Years (2003-2006)

Intent on establishing a future successor to Umbrella, Spencer was obsessive in maintaining what little order he had left. Right after the Raccoon City bombing in November 1998, he ordered a purge of senior executive staff to prevent the United States from ever learning about Progenitor.
Over the next few years, he had little to no contact with the outside, seen only by his loyalist bodyguards and his butler, Patrick. His increasingly erratic behavior coincided with his depression and failing health. However, intent on surviving long enough to see the rebirth of his organization, Spencer ordered Alex Wesker to begin research into a mutagenic virus capable of restoring his youth and supplied her with funding, equipment, research material, several hundred test subjects, and the research facility on Sonido de Tortuga Island to this end. Alex herself had no love for Spencer and betrayed him, disappearing after she gave up on the project and taking the results, her subordinates, and the test subjects to Sein Island in the Baltic Sea.
By 2006, Spencer was close to death. He lacked the strength to eat solid foods and spent most of his days sitting in his study. In a desperate last effort to survive, he ordered Patrick to assist him in the development of a new virus by using test subjects confined beneath the Spencer Estate in the hopes of healing his body. As these experiments led to several failed mutations, Spencer realized that his death was inevitable. He conceded that he would never realize his plan himself and enlisted Patrick to leak information on his location to Albert Wesker through an associate. Spencer then dismissed Patrick from his duties and was left with only his bodyguards at the estate, waiting for Wesker to find him.
In August 2006, Wesker entered the castle and brutally murdered Spencer's guards before heading into Spencer's private office. In their meeting, Spencer explained the Wesker Project to him, and why he himself was infected with a Progenitor virus strain*.* However, Spencer lied when he claimed he was the sole survivor of the Wesker Project, probably in order to keep him focused on his goal and prevent him from pursuing Alex. In general, Wesker was disinterested in Spencer's vision and, while not expecting this frail old man to be much competition to own goals, nevertheless decided to tie him up as a loose end. He brutally killed Spencer by knife-handing him through the chest, proclaiming that Spencer was not capable of being a god and, as such, never had the right to aspire to that goal.
Even before his death, Spencer left a dark legacy through the viral research that he conducted throughout his life that would plague the world with large-scale dissemination of bioterrorism. Due to his negligence in not being able to deal directly with the constant leaks and desertions of his dishonest employees during Umbrella's final years, this allowed them to start selling B.O.W.s to their rivals in the Bio-weapons black market since 1998 which culminated in the proliferation of countless outbreaks around the planet during the first decade of the 21st century, causing the deaths of thousands of people as a result.
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2024.05.21 15:52 figure_sk8 Safe House (GMMTV) Day 3, Part 2/2 Summary/Rough Translation [Potential Spoilers]

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2024.05.21 15:11 lee_nostromo A24 books going worldwide through MACK

We are thrilled to announce the beginning of a new publishing partnership between MACK and A24, the award-winning global entertainment company.
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A24, the company behind award-winning films such as The Zone of Interest and Everything Everywhere All at Once, and television series like Euphoria and Beef, has garnered a cult following for their books on film.
These include, most notably, A24’s Screenplay Collection, which presents original screenplays, new writing, and behind-the-scenes materials of films including The Lighthouse, Lady Bird, Moonlight, Hereditary, and Midsommar, as well as ambitious projects that invite new perspectives on film, such as On The Dance Floor: Spinning Out on Screen, Darren Aronofsky’s Pi: The Guerilla Diaries, and Heidi Bivens’s Euphoria Fashion, to name a few.
Until now these highly sought-after books have only been available directly from A24’s website. In September, the entire Screenplay Collection, as well as a select number of other books, will be available to trade worldwide and for purchase through MACK’s website. We are also working with the finest bookshops across the globe, where all these titles will be available in-store for the first time.
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2024.05.21 14:38 CapSuspicious1018 Gluwphy 20w Laser Engraver Review

Welcome to the world of precision and creativity with the Gluwphy 20w Enclosure Laser Engraver. Designed for DIY enthusiasts and beginners alike, this innovative 8-in-1 laser engraver combines safety, speed, and high-tech features to elevate your engraving projects. With its Class 1 laser, integrated smoke filtering system, and user-friendly autofocus, you can effortlessly work on a variety of materials like wood, metal, leather, and glass. The spacious workspace and advanced air assist technology ensure your creations are both intricate and pollutant-free. Experience the future of engraving with unparalleled accuracy and ease—make your every project a masterpiece with Gluwphy.

Have You Ever Dreamed of a Safe and Easy-to-Use Laser Engraver?

If you’ve been searching for a laser engraver that isn’t intimidating and doesn’t require you to don a pair of unflattering filter glasses every time you use it, then let me introduce you to the Gluwphy 20w Enclosure Laser Engraver 8-in-1 Class 1 Laser Engraver and Cutter Machine. Trust me; this gadget will change the game for all DIY enthusiasts and beginners alike.

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Speed Like No Other

On the topic of speed, let's just say Gluwphy laughs in the face of the competition. While many mini-laser engravers max out at 15,000mm/min, our Gluwphy 20w comes in hot with a staggering speed of 24,000mm/min. What does this mean for you? Less waiting around and more time for exploring your creative projects.

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One of the best things about Gluwphy is that it comes with a one-year warranty. If you encounter any hiccups along the way, you’re covered, making it a risk-free investment.
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2024.05.21 14:32 greatEventbooking Welcome to Special Event Venues in Bal Harbour: The Sea View Hotel

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2024.05.21 11:48 im_just_called_lucy NTAs, explain the rationale behind nominating Love Island TWICE but snubbing Civilian BB in favour of the celebrity version!

NTAs, explain the rationale behind nominating Love Island TWICE but snubbing Civilian BB in favour of the celebrity version!
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy CBB have been nominated on the long list (voting is free and available on the NTAs website) BUT why not nominate the 2023 civilian series too? You know, the one that the fans enjoyed more and had really good viewership.
Heck, at last year’s ceremony BB had a segment with AJ & Will hosting an award and the theme tune playing.
I’m sad we won’t get a final 5 red carpet moment (especially for the fans that did pay to get red carpet tickets for the hope of meeting the cast on the carpet) BUT I do hope Jordan and Henry will be invited to present an award considering they are expected to have good careers in TV & media (Jordan hinted at a Classic FM gig & they’ve said there’s meetings involved for tv shows or podcasts) and they were probably a more lasting, exciting couple than that year’s Love Island couples.
Award presenters tend to not be nominees a lot of the time so I am hoping they have been invited to present something, have a cute red carpet moment and get the chance to shine.
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2024.05.21 11:36 dreamerboy007 [25/05/24] Burnt Offering During A Festival of Korean Dance at 7.30pm @ The Place, WC1H 9PY

Will anyone be attending this event? It would be great to grab a drink together.
Burnt Offering, winner of the Best Production award at the 2nd Seoul Arts Awards at the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, invites us to consider what new rituals we need, what we might pray for, and how we can draw on the traditions of the past. It is based on the traditional dance ‘Seungmu’, and uses Korean music, voice and dance to express the contemporary stories that are burning within us.
More info: https://theplace.org.uk/events/summer-2024-99-art-company-burnt-offering
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2024.05.21 08:49 panicjames I'm James Read, food writer, microbe-wrangler and professional fermenter. I wrote Of Cabbages & Kimchi (out today in the USA), and I'm back for another AMA!

Hello again /Cooking! My name's James and I like getting microbes to cook for me. My book, Of Cabbages & Kimchi: A Practical Guide to the World of Fermented Food came out today last year (but is out in the USA today!).
OK, so this is my second rodeo, because I already did an AMA back then, but I REALLY loved all your brilliant questions about obscure ferments, burlesque operas and kahm yeast so I'm back and ready (edit: not actually ready but will be at 3pm GMT/10am EDT) to answer your questions.
So, since last year I have:
A bit about the book:
I've written a book all about fermented foods, covering sauerkraut, hot sauce, kimchi, soy sauce, vinegar, kvass, kefir, kombucha, tepache and yogurt. It's full of stories about the surprising history and microbial wonder of fermentation, alongside over sixty recipes ranging from from sauerkraut pierogi to soy sauce caramel dark milk chocolate tart and fig & fennel seed kombucha to kefir panna cotta with orange blossom and thyme, and is packed with some truly beautiful gastro-surrealist illustrations from Marija Tiurina.
A bit about writing it:
I wrote the book partially through lockdown, which made visiting the library for research a little trickier. A lot of the best sources I found weren't in English (and occasionally weren't even in modern languages - shout out to Walther Ryff for the first reference to sauerkraut in Middle High German). I found fermentation absolutely everywhere once I started looking, from 8,000 year-old burial sites to the HMS Endeavour and International Space Station. I stumbled across Russian kvass adverts on Youtube featuring Gene Simmons and Michael Jackson impersonators, and discovered that those miniature Tabasco sauce bottles were originally created as an interval giveaway for an opera.
Some nice things people said about it:
"A fantastically thorough introductory guide to the wild wonderland of fermentation, with imagery that would make Lewis Carroll proud"
David Zilber, co-author of The Noma Guide to Fermentation
"One of the most user-friendly fermented food books out there"
Nigel Slater
"Lovely... delightful... enchanting"
Nigella Lawson
Very kind of them.
If you're interested, do please buy the book from one of my lovely US stockists:
My instagram is @jamesreadwrites
Edit: WE ARE LIVE! Come on in boys, the water is brine.
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2024.05.21 04:03 Sigma_WolfIV Need Advice On How Best To Get This

Need Advice On How Best To Get This
I've been slowly playing through the story at my own pace and right now I'm on chapter 26. I really want to get this before it's too late. What would be the best way too quickly get the other 3 objectives I need?
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2024.05.21 04:01 Sigma_WolfIV Need Advice On How Best To Get This

Need Advice On How Best To Get This
I've been slowly playing through the story at my own pace and right now I'm on chapter 26. I really want to get this before it's too late. What would be the best way too quickly get the other 3 objectives I need?
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2024.05.21 03:35 necro-asylum DAE parent’s have sky high expectations but offer no support to reach them?

I’m an eldest daughter from a mixed cultural background for context so… yeah.
I swear to god the second I was born my parents wanted me to be a surgeon or a doctor. I was bought science books, science themed everything as gifts etc etc. Basically forced to be a geek before I even reached school age (nothing wrong with geeks at all I still am one now hehe.) I was also forced to play violin and do classical singing and they’d constantly tell me when I reached 18 I need to join the cities symphony orchestra. So a doctor and a classical maestro….. right…
I actually had an interest in disease from a youngish age so I did eventually want to go to medical school or do a stem degree so that kept them happy but every week somewhere in convo me becoming a doctor would be brought up. My mum would also constantly make me perform music for her friends which embarrassed tf out of me.
So awesome! Parents who wanna see their kids succeed right? So what did they do to help me go to medical school?
Tutoring? No. Too expensive even when I requested extra help for maths (my weakness) my mum told me I am not getting it because I have shitty focus and it’s a waste of money.
Good grades? I got those. When I didn’t I was beaten or not allowed to eat dinner. Nevermind they never took interest in any of my schoolwork. I was expected to just do well regardlesss. My GC sister would get 20 bucks for every grade she got over a C+.
A home environment conducive for studying? With all the yelling and constant drinking and physical violence my home life was very hard to Be in. But I wasn’t allowed outside on school nights so going to a library or my friend’s house was out of the question. I really struggled to focus when my mum would burst into my room every night to yell at me for leaving a cup in the sink.
Volunteering? My parents made it known they thought I was irresponsible and stupid(??) and would never take me to anything I wanted to participate in for college credit. I didn’t even bother asking after the first few times. I’d taken interest in going on a trip to Africa to shadow a midwife for a couple weeks using money I’d saved from my cashier job and my aunt and thought this was a wonderful opportunity. My racist ass mum wouldn’t let me go because she didn’t want African men “giving me aids” which I just… I feel nauseous even typing that. I was 15.
Mental health support? A psych told my parents it was highly likely I had inattentive ADHD when I was young and instead of seeking further help which I’m sure would have been beneficial my mum decided from her expert peer reviewed research of speaking to her MLM sales friend that my behaviour of sometimes submitting homework late and dawdling in the shower was because of my diet and suddenly lactose and sugar were banned and I had to have these shake things every morning. It did nothing btw. My dad also told me he didn’t believe in that stuff and I was just not exercising enough… yeah because I wasn’t allowed to leave the house lmao.
During my exams years (11&12) my parents went through an incredibly messy divorce which obviously was hard. My dad was given custody because my mum made like 0 money and because of his work schedule and hobbies I had to feed, drive and do chores for my younger sister who really took the divorce hard. She slept in my room most nights. Despite this I somehow managed to keep my grades decent enough to where I was invited to interview for a pre-medical program in another state. My parents wouldn’t pay for flights so I couldn’t go. I applied for a biomedical science degree in my state and got accepted and decided to go there instead. The minute I got the acceptance letter my parents were pressuring me to move out (16) and so I did. No help in any way shape or form I moved 4 hours away. For years they constantly shamed me and called me lazy whenever I brought up my studies because it wasn’t medicine. I said it Wasn’t too late to attend medical school it was just far too expensive for me to pay for (we don’t do loans in my country) and they just shrugged.
I haven’t talked to them in nearly a decade and this still grinds me. How the hell did they expect me to get into medical school and go with no money and no support of any kind (emotional, physical etc.) and then shame me for not going.
Nothing I ever achieved was good enough. My classical music got me many awards and they would still put immense pressure to the point where as soon as I could I quit. I got diagnosed with ADHD last year and have since been medicated and man.. the difference in my focus is night and day. I feel it’s important to note neither of my parents even finished high school lol.
DAE experience the pressure to be a prodigy with no parental guidance?
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2024.05.21 00:15 AutoNewspaperAdmin [Politics] - 'Satanic minds': NAACP leader who gave Biden award invited notorious antisemite to his church multiple times FOX

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2024.05.20 23:55 joocuev [Recruiting] HOLY WAR #2Q2QRCCL8 TH13+ Clan Level 14 Clan Wars/Clan War Leagues/Clan Games/Clan Capital Independent

INVITE LINK
• https://link.clashofclans.com/en/? action=OpenClanProfile&tag=2Q2QRCCL8
CLAN DESCRIPTION
• The clan was established on October 10th 2021. Over time we have become an active group of friendly, respectful, and competitive individuals who all share a relaxed yet responsible and competitive gaming mentality. Our primary focus is to maintain a healthy balance of activity for the ultimate semi-competitive clan experience.
MEMBER TYPE WE ARE LOOKING FOR
• Mature English Speaker • Town Hall 13+ Non-Rushed • Active Daily • Follows Instructions • Knowledgeable Attacker
CLAN RULES
  1. 🚩 Please understand our clan rules. Warnings will be issued to violators. After three warnings, a demotion or kick will occur.
  2. Keep it civilized! Any type of harassment, discrimination, and/or hate speech will not be tolerated! No warnings!
  3. Setting up your clan war preference is mandatory so your leaders know if you prefer to be included or left out of clan wars.
  4. Set your clan war preference to “I’m out” if one or more heroes are upgrading or won’t be available to use your war attacks.
  5. Notes are placed on enemy war bases. Names attached to the note indicate the mandatory war targets to attack. No exceptions.
  6. Both clan wars attacks are mandatory and all clan war leagues mirror attacks are mandatory also! War time-outs will occur!
  7. Participation in clan events is mandatory needing a minimum of 4 raid weekends attacks and 1500 clan games points per event.
  8. Alternate accounts are allowed in the clan but must follow the same rules and duplicate the participation across accounts.
PROMOTIONS/DEMOTIONS
• Promotions: Earned through daily activity, following instructions, donations and trust. • Demotions: 🚩 3 warnings.
CLAN WARS
• 120W - 40L - 2D • Clan Wars sign-up found under 📌 tab. • Clan Wars sign-up is every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday at 09:00AM EST. • Clan Wars search is every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 06:00PM EST. • Set your clan war preference to "I'm out" if one or more heroes are upgrading or won't be available to use your war attacks. • War Notes System: Notes are placed on enemy war bases. Names attached to the note indicate the mandatory war targets to attack. No exceptions. • Both Clan Wars attacks are mandatory. • Clan Castle troops are required for all war attacks.
CLAN WAR LEAGUES
• Crystal's League II • Mirror System: Attack the opponent equal to your roster rank. For example, if you are no. 3 in the roster, please attack enemy no. 3. • Attacking semi-cleared/cleared enemy war bases is prohibited. • Clan Castle troops are required for all war attacks. • Clan War Leagues bonus medals awarded to top performers.
CLAN GAMES
• Clan Games always max rewards! • Participation in Clan Games is mandatory needing a minimum of 1,500 Clan Games points per event per account!
CLAN CAPITAL RAID WEEKENDS
• Clan Capital Level 9 • Master's League I • Results always over 1,300 raid medals! • Participation in Raid Weekends is mandatory needing a minimum of 4 Raid Weekends attacks per event per account!
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2024.05.20 22:59 TrickyGhost99 [Online][5E][Saturday 9 AM PST][LGBTQ+] Looking for 3-5 players for a casual fantasy road trip!

EDIT: CLOSED. Thank you for the responses everyone!
Howdy, name's Tricky (31, they/them), I'm a relatively new DM looking for three to five players for a moderately long campaign (ideally 25-30 sessions, but last time I tried to guesstimate I was wildly off, so who knows.)
The vibe is going to be overall low stakes (you're not going to be out there saving the kingdom,) and generally light-hearted, with an air of adventure and some very mild horror elements for tension. Not outright comedic per se, but definitely not a super-serious affair.
We'd be playing Saturday mornings weekly starting at around 9:00 AM PST (12 PM EST, 5 PM GMT) and going for approximately 4 hours a session (with a 10-15 minute break about midway through.) Voice would be over Discord. VTT (if any) to be determined, but probably nothing fancy.

PREMISE:
Tonight is the night of Riversmeet's annual hibernal ball, held each year on the winter solstice. Taking place on the grounds of renowned sculptor Lea Wenderford's estate, it's part carnival, part costume party, all merriment. There's dancing, performers, games of skill, games of chance, and a banquet where the food (and the booze, let's be real here,) never seems to end. It is the way to spend this longest night, and anyone who's anyone has been offered a chance to join the festivities.
You might have been invited, or were someone's plus-one. Perhaps you got your invite by begging, bartering, or, er, "borrowing." Perhaps you're here as staff or entertainers. Or maybe you just have no need for something so simple as an invitation to get where you want to be...
However you've found yourself here, though, something will be dropped in your lap that is going to sharply turn the immediate trajectory of your life towards the weirdness that permeates the region. And to deal with it, you're going to have to on a bit of a trek...

So if you're interested in a little fantasy road trip through a homebrew world and can reasonably make a commitment to that time slot for several months, go ahead and fill out the linked survey!
Survey Link
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2024.05.20 22:21 HaykakanTxa Daily News Report: 05/18/2024 - 05/20/2024

Date: 05/20/2024

Reading time: 11 minutes, 2335 words

🪖 Military

Details of Armenia’s housing subsidies project revealed

Armenia will provide housing subsidies to forcibly displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh at no charge. 25,000 families will receive housing certificates and will be able to either buy real estate or build their own house. Azerbaijan launched a full-scale invasion of Nagornan in September 2023 using artillery, UAVs, and aircraft.
ArkaAm

Armenia-India defense cooperation is going very well, we are working to expand it further. Indian Ambassador's interview

Nilakshi Saha Sinha, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Armenia, spoke to Armenpress. Sinha: The relations between Armenia and India are warm, and there are frequent contacts. The prospects for military cooperation are indeed very good and we are working to further strengthen it, Sinha said.
Armenpress

🏛️ Politics & Government

Land ownership certificates issued to some Tavush residents ‘do not prove’ portions of land handed over to Azerbaijan are de jure Armenia – Ministry of Justice

The Armenian Ministry of Justice responded to a news.am inquiry commenting on an earlier statement by a ‘Constitution expert’ who claimed Armenia handed over its sovereign territory to Azerbaijan. Representatives of Yerevan and Baku signed a border. protocol on 15 May that recreated the old border between Soviet Armenia and Soviet Azerbaijan, based on a 1976 map.
ArkaAm

FM Mirzoyan calls for prohibition of threats against nuclear facilities at International Conference on Nuclear Security

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan took part in the International Conference on Nuclear Security (ICONS 2024) in Vienna titled “Shaping the Future” Representatives from more than 130 countries were participating in the conference. All participants held a minute of silence in memory of Iran’s high-level officials, including the President and the Foreign Minister, who died the day before due to a helicopter crash.
Armenpress, Ararat Mirzoyan attends international conference on nuclear security in Vienna, Ararat Mirzoyan sends condolences on death of Iranian president and foreign minister, Armenia reaffirms unwavering commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty – FM

UN Security Council observes minute of silence for Raisi

Members of the UN Security Council observed a minute of silence in memory of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage who were killed in a helicopter crash. Russia, China and Algeria requested the moment of silence at the request of Russia and China.
Armenpress

There are favorable opportunities to advance the peace agenda - Azerbaijan’s Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev says there are favorable opportunities to advance peace agenda. He said positive agreements have been reached regarding border delimitation and demarcation. Azerbaijan and Latvian parliament speaker Daiga Mierina met in Latvia.
Armenpress

Armenia top security official receives the delegation of the Foreign Relations Committee of the German Bundestag

Secretary of the Armenian Security Council Armen Grigoryan received the delegation of the Foreign Relations Committee of the German Bundestag headed by Johannes Schraps. The German side reaffirmed its ongoing support for the democratic reforms being implemented in Armenia.
Armenpress, Armenia’s top security official briefs German lawmakers on the process of democratic reforms

Yerevan Municipality's construction and improvement department has a new head

Armen Harutyunyan was appointed temporary head of the Construction and Improvement Department of Yerevan Municipality. Mayor Tigran Avinyan introduced him during a procedural meeting of the Municipality and wished him success.
Armenpress

Security Council Secretary to visit on working visit to Qatar

Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will go on a working visit to Doha, Qatar, to participate in the World Security Forum. bilateral meetings are also planned within the framework of the working visit.
Armenpress, Secretary of Armenian Security Council to leave on working visit to Qatar, The Secretary of the Security Council will go on a working visit to Qatar, Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar

Armenia to loan $100m from Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development

Armenia’s Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan met with Andrey Shirokov, the Managing Director of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development. The meeting touched upon various projects, including the planned 7 km long tunnel in the projected Sisian-Kajaran highway. The parties emphasised the importance of the EFSD Strategy for 2022–2026, as well as the strategies of member countries.
ArkaAm

European Education Foundation experts to assess Armenia's secondary vocational education system

Experts of the European Training Foundation (ETF) will assess Armenia's secondary vocational education system on May 21-23. Director of the National Centre for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation Ruben Topchyan said experts from 12 EFT member countries arrived in Yerevan at the invitation of the center he heads to study the Armenian education system.
ArkaAm

Yerevan and Paris deepen interaction: 3-year cooperation program signed between the two capitals

Yerevan and Paris' Île-de-France region have reached an agreement on the implementation of a three-year cooperation program. The program will cover several spheres, including urbanization, transport, and waste management. The members of the Armenian delegation visited the architectural bureau of Jean-Michel Wilmotte.
ArkaAm

US offers condolences over death of Iranian president in helicopter crash

US offers condolences for deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran on Sunday. "We reaffirm our support for the Iranian people and their struggle for human rights and fundamental freedoms," State Department spokesman says.
Armenpress, UN chief extends condolences to Iran over deaths of president, Minister of Defence Papikyan sent a message of condolence in connection with the death of the President of Iran, Alen Simonyan sends condolence message on the occasion of the death of the President of Iran and his accompanying staff, Ali Bagheri Kani appointed as Iran's Acting Foreign Minister after Amir-Abdollahian's death – IRNA, Iran declares 5 days of mourning after president Raisi killed in helicopter crash, Foreign ministry responds to news of planned visit by Raisi to Armenia on May 19, Armenian President conveys condolences to government and people of Iran, Ararat Mirzoyan sends condolences on death of Iranian president and foreign minister, Pashinyan sends condolence message on the occasion of the death of the President of Iran and his accompanying staff, Iran's president, foreign minister martyred in copter crash – Iranian media, Raisi’s crashed chopper found, “situation not good” – Iran Red Crescent, Papikyan expressed condolences to Iranian Defense Minister on the death of President Raisi and other officials, Armenian Foreign Minister expresses condolences to the people of Iran over helicopter crash, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expresses condolences on the death of Iranian President, US expresses condolences for death of Raisi, EU offers condolences for the death of Iranian President, other officials, Armenian Foreign Minister regrets “tragic loss” of Iranian counterpart, Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran

Iran to hold extraordinary presidential election on June 28

Iranian presidential election intended to identify Ebrahim Raisi's successor will be held on June 28. June 28 is the date for the fourteenth presidential election in Iran’s history.
Armenpress

ICC seeking arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leaders

Prosecutor Karim Khan KC seeks arrest warrants against Israeli prime minister and defence minister. Charges against Netanyahu and Gallant include ‘starvation of civilians as a method of warfare’ Charges against Hamas leaders include “extermination … murder … taking hostages … rape and other acts of sexual violence”
Armenpress

Iranologist foresees no major changes in Armenian-Iranian relations after tragic death of Iranian President

Iranologist Gohar Iskandaryan discusses Armenian-Iranian relations during the administration of President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi. Iran's foreign and domestic policies of Iran were developed with the consent and approval of the spiritual leader of the country. Iranian President Raisi governed during the most difficult period in terms of regional security.
Armenpress, Minister of Defence Papikyan sent a message of condolence in connection with the death of the President of Iran, Alen Simonyan sends condolence message on the occasion of the death of the President of Iran and his accompanying staff, Iran declares 5 days of mourning after president Raisi killed in helicopter crash, Foreign ministry responds to news of planned visit by Raisi to Armenia on May 19, Armenian President conveys condolences to government and people of Iran, Ararat Mirzoyan sends condolences on death of Iranian president and foreign minister, Iran's president, foreign minister martyred in copter crash – Iranian media, Raisi’s crashed chopper found, “situation not good” – Iran Red Crescent, Armenian Foreign Minister expresses condolences to the people of Iran over helicopter crash, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expresses condolences on the death of Iranian President, US expresses condolences for death of Raisi, EU offers condolences for the death of Iranian President, other officials

Iraq declares mourning for death of Iranian President

In Iraq, May 21 has been declared a day of mourning in connection with the death of neighboring Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi in a plane crash. The helicopter carrying Raisi on May 19 crashed during landing in Iran's East Azerbaijan province. Tragically, none of the occupants survived the crash.
Armenpress

Syria declares official mourning for death of Iranian President

Syrian government declares official general mourning for three day-period in connection with death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Flags will be flown at half-mast across the Syrian Arab Republic. Helicopter carrying Raisi crashed during landing in Iran's East Azerbaijan province.
Armenpress

Iran's first vice president Mohammad Mokhber to become interim president before new elections

Iran's first vice president Mohammad Mokhber will become interim president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. President Raisi was returning from a ceremony to inaugurate a dam on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan, when his helicopter crashed on Sunday.
Armenpress, Mohammad Mokhber named Iran’s interim President

Yerevan Metro to replace plastic tokens with QR code payments

The Yerevan Metro is planning to replace plastic tokens with QR code payments. QR code and credit card payments will be available to the passengers. Vice Mayor Suren Grigiryan said a total of 49 turnstiles are expected to be replaced within a month.
ArkaAm, There will be no more tokens in the Yerevan metro, QR codes will work

Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants

In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them.
PanArmenian

💵 Economy

Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22

A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22
PanArmenian

CBA puts into circulation “100th Anniversary of Charles Aznavour’s Birth” gold collector coin

Central Bank of Armenia puts into circulation “100th Anniversary of Charles Aznavour’s Birth’ gold collector coin on May 20, 2024. Aznavours was born in Paris to an Armenian immigrant family that escaped the Armenian Genocide. He gained universal recognition after performing at the Olympia concert hall in Paris.
Armenpress

Organic agriculture development program for 2024-25 starts in Armenia

Acba Bank and the Armenian branch of the German Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) are launching a free Development of Organic Agriculture program for 2024-2025. Entrepreneurs interested in participating in the competition are welcome to file an application until 10 June 2024.
ArkaAm

Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC

Ameriabank has received four prestigious awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Ameria was the first Armenian bank to receive confirming bank status under the EBRD Trade Facilitation Program (TFP) Ameria is a leading financial and technology company in Armenia, a major contributor to the Armenian economy with assets exceeding AMD 1 trillion.
ArkaAm

🧪 Science & Technology

Armenia as a new technological hub: Yerevan to host WCIT congress again

The World Congress on Innovation and Technology (WCIT) is back, to identify Armenia as the region's new technology hub for global players. The 2024/DigiTec conference, under the theme "THE POWER OF MIND, Artificial Intelligence Beyond Borders, Within Ethics", will serve as a global platform to emphasize the significance of enhancing the impact, investment, and solutions of information and communication technology across regions and economies.
Armenpress, World Congress on Innovation and Technology in Yerevan to unveil Armenia as new tech hub of global game-changers

⚽ Sport

Armenian chess players continue competing at Sharjah International Tournament

Shant Sargsyan and Manuel Petrosyan ended their matches in a draw. Hayk Martirosyan lost, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan won the Sharjah Masters tournament in Sharjah, UAE. Among the representatives of Armenia has 3.5 points, while leader is a participant from India.
Armenpress

Date: 05/19/2024

Reading time: 0 minutes, 168 words

🪖 Military

Armenia is developing new defense capabilities, will it be enough?

CivilNet sat down with Colonel Jean-Luc Theus, France's former defense attaché in the South Caucasus, to better understand Armenia’s defensive framework in the coming years. Following the war, Armenia has sought to rearm with the help of India and France. Armenia allocated $785 million for defense in 2021, this spending amounted to approximately $663 million.
CivilNet

Armenia ready to provide all necessary support to Iran – MFA

Armenia has expressed readiness to provide all necessary support to Iran as search for the helicopter carrying Iranian President is under way. The helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has been involved in an accident.
ArmRadio

🏛️ Politics & Government

Raisi attended dam openings on Azerbaijan border before helicopter accident

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was returning from an Iran-Azerbaijan border area. Helicopter made a hard landing after it got into difficulties in heavy fog. Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says ‘various rescue teams’ are still searching for helicopter.
ArmRadio

Armenian FM to attend International Conference on Nuclear Security in Vienna

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan will pay a working visit to Vienna (Austria) on May 20. He will participate in the International Conference on Nuclear Security (ICONS 2024) titled “Shaping the Future”
ArmRadio

Date: 05/18/2024

Reading time: 2 minutes, 420 words

🏛️ Politics & Government

France accuses Azerbaijan of supporting unrest in New Caledonia

France has accused Azerbaijan of supporting riots against French rule in New Caledonia. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanini said it was a reality that some of the supporters of Caledonian independence signed a deal with Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani media reported that the initiative group of Baku organized a video conference on Thursday.
CivilNet

Housing security program for Artsakh residents. pros and cons

The RA government approved the state support program for providing housing for families forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh. Aram Tadevosyan: The government abandoned the idea of a part of the support money being returned to the state by the beneficiaries over time (by members of the beneficiary's family of working age) The minimum amount of assistance is AMD 2 million per person, which is given to families with an active mortgage loan.
CivilNet

EU, CoE welcome progress in Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process

The EU welcomes progress made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. The demarcation process began on April 19 in Armenia's northern Tavush region amid opposition accusations of territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.
ArkaAm, EU welcomes progress made in the framework of Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process, EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress”

Minister: Armenia seeks to join major transportation projects from China to Europe

Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan: EBRD promise to invest up to 500 million euros in a number of projects in Armenia during 2024. Two of the projects will be implemented in Armenia's southern Syunik province bordering Iran. The remaining funds will be directed to the private sector, namely financing of projects through commercial banks in Armenia.
ArkaAm

Armenian FM, OSCE Chair discuss situation in the South Caucasus

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had exchange with OSCE Chair-in-office, FM of Malta Ian Borg. Interlocutors touched upon issues on OSCE agenda and regional topics, South Caucasus in particular.
ArmRadio

India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port

India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says.
PanArmenian

India is considering deepening its strategic partnership with Greece

India-Greece is considering strengthening bilateral ties with the two countries. The India-Middle East Economic Corridor (IMEC) aims to transform trade routes from India to Europe. Greece and India are convinced that the project is still viable and pledge to do what is necessary to ensure its implementation. Greece is the first EU member to join the Belt and Road Initiative.
CivilNet

Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip

Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh.
PanArmenian

Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan

Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders.
PanArmenian

🎭 Culture

Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge

The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture.
PanArmenian

Donations to Armenia:

Himnadram
ServicemenFund
Armenian Wounded Heroes
ArmeniaFund
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2024.05.20 20:34 polandballmod [Award Ceremony] Grab Life by the Balls

Hello eukaryotes, Archaea, and primordial oozes!

Our contest Grab Life by the Balls has concluded, and the level of competition has certainly evolved with this competition! From the earliest days of this challenge, we've seen all sorts of competing strains of P. b. artifex try and make the best use of the limited user-resources available in our subreddit Petri dish. From flagella-flung fan-favorites to cilia-catapulted comic creations, the 18 specially crafted, genetically-modified strains have had to race to the top. After all, there's only so much room in this Petri dish, so only one of the strains can make it to the top and propagate itself across the environment to become endemic. While we've seen many twists and turns from the near-Brownian paths these strains have tried to take to the top, the race at the final stretch certainly has a story to tell: those Hussar Wing mutations you get from UV light exposure at the top ain't all they're cracked up to be - use them to fly as you may, just don't fly so far up that the radiation sterilizes you completely. That's the end of the road, after all, and you would just end up as a carcass for scavenger species to feast upon, failing in your quest of survival of the fittest.

With 8.18 points, please give a round of applause to...

Diictodom

with
Handicap Principle
The winner, now a third-time champion, is to be knighted with the rank of Pán and is awarded with Hussar Wings in silver, as well as a pair of golden wings for the month! Pán Diicto rise!
  • With 8.10 points, second place goes to zimonitrome and their piece Origin of man. They are therefore awarded with a pair of silver wings for the month!
  • Finally, with 8.09 points, the third place goes to koleye2 and their piece Darwin's Finches. They are therefore awarded with a pair of bronze wings for the month!
  • In addition, with 7.64 points, our coveted Mod's Choice Participation award goes to yaddar and their piece An uncanny beast.. Here's a little ribbon to put next to your name for that
Here are the full results:
Score Author Entry σ
8.18 Diictodom Handicap Principle 1.34
8.10 zimonitrome Origin of man 0.83
8.09 koleye2 Darwin's Finches 0.90
7.64 yaddar An uncanny beast. 1.43
7.55 DangalfSG It's all Relative 0.66
7.30 Nassau18b A People Divided by only a 160mi Demilitarized Zone 1.00
7.09 Kimiimar0 Dragged to Derg 0.67
7.00 Blas0330 How do clays evolve? 1.13
6.64 zimonitrome Sweet Home Pakistan 1.07
6.50 jPaolo Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose 0.67
5.36 Marzipanbread Obsolete Origin for Ophidianness 1.61
5.09 ExistingInexistence The Evolution of Flags 1.44
5.09 Wh-why Australian Anthropology 1.68
5.00 TheBig-Boi Time is a circle 1.91
4.82 Marzipanbread Descendants of Rome 0.83
4.70 mmm_chloroform Selective Breeding 0.78
4.55 Creative-Abroad-2019 Francia Evolution 0.78
3.45 MatDC Lysenkoism 0.66
Our invited judge for this contest was Nassau18b, last month's Hussar. Thanks to them for their participation!
The updated annual rankings can be found here.
Thank you to everybody who participated in this contest! We hope to see you all around for the next contest. Make sure you congratulate the winners!
Cheers,
The /polandball modteam
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2024.05.20 20:31 Careful_Persimmon_43 2024 Good Soil Seed Capital Deadline: 2024-05-23

Good Soil announces their second annual Seed Capital Competition to be held at Good Soil Forum 2024​. Our goal is to move our community forward in terms of ability to create a Business Plan and pitch that is investible. Along the way, we are going to give seed grants totaling $500,000. This makes our competition the third-richest in the United StatesHere's how it works: Fill out the intent-to-enter form here ASAP. No purchase is necessary. At the end of the form submission, you will get a link to request your complimentary license for LivePlan business planning software. Please allow 24 hours to receive your invitation to LivePlan.​ Build your business plan in LivePlan. (LivePlan reps are available to help.) If you have a Grow Membership or have a paid Good Soil Forum ticket and meet the early entry deadline of May 1, you will be eligible for a Zoom consultation with a business planning expert prior to the final submission. This also qualifies you for the Most Improved award. Final submissions are due May 23, 2024. Our judges will select finalists who will pitch an expert panel of judges live on June 14, 2024. Deadline: 2024-05-23 More Details: https://s.surveyplanet.com/p6v26uui
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2024.05.20 20:17 DiscoverDurham Things to do in Durham this week!

If you’d like to add an event to our calendar, submit an event here. Please check with the event organizers to see if events change due to weather. Have a great week!
See the full weekly calendar on our website.

Noteworthy Events

The Lion King at DPAC
Durham Bulls vs Memphis at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
The Patio Dance Parties : Clueless Fridays at Unscripted Durham
Taste of Soul NC at Durham Central Park
Durham Underground Market at Durham Central Park
Sweet Tea: A Sunday Tea Dance Presented by Stormie Daie! at The Velvet Hippo Bar & Lounge

Multi-Day Events

Historic Buildings Open House at West Point on the Eno Park
Movies at The Carolina Theatre

Monday, May 20

9:30 a.m.
Discovery Paddle at Eno River
2 p.m.
Board Game Night at The Glass Jug in Downtown Durham
5 p.m.
Arts & Drafts at Fullsteam Brewery
6 p.m.
Disc Golf Putting League at The Glass Jug in RTP
6:30 p.m.
Silent Book Club at DSSOLVR Durham
Trivia Night at Ponysaurus Brewing Company
7 p.m.
We Still Skating Adult Skate Class at Durty Bull Brewing Brewing Company
Community Board Game Night at Moon Dog Meadery
8 p.m.
Monsoon at Rubies on Five Points

Tuesday, May 21

Events at Boxyard RTP
Events at Durty Bull Brewing Brewing Company
Events at The Glass Jug Beer Lab in Downtown Durham
Events at The Glass Jug Beer Lab in RTP
5:30 p.m.
Thomas Taylor's Third Tuesday Jam: The Music of Dizzy Gillespie at Sharp 9 Gallery
6 p.m.
Queer Talent Show at Arcana
Pints & Pups at Ponysaurus Brewing Company
Bring Your Own Vinyl with Jaffar at Rubies on Five Points
Dancing With The Carolina Stars Fundraiser at The Carolina Theatre
Women on the Wall at Triangle Rock Club - Durham
6:30 p.m.
Trivia at Durham Food Hall
6:35 p.m.
Durham Bulls vs Memphis at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
7 p.m.
Trivia at Beer Study Durham
King Trivia Tuesdays at Boxcar Bar + Arcade
Not Rocket Science Trivia at DSSOLVR Durham
Tuesday Blues Jam at The Blue Note Grill
7:30 p.m.
Eloquent Soul - Open Mic Night hosted by Dasan Ahanu at Missy Lane's Assembly Room
8 p.m.
Jeremy 'Bean' Clemons Trio at Kingfisher
Julia Holter at Motorco Music Hall

Wednesday, May 22

Events at Boxcar Bar + Arcade
Events at Boxyard RTP
Events at ZincHouse Winery & Brewery
2 p.m.
Film Screening — "Temple Grandin" at Durham County Main Library
3 p.m.
Durham Farmers’ Market at Durham Central Park
Seeing Without Eyes: Walking the Tightrope between Doubt and Belief at Rhine Research Center ~ Online
4 p.m.
Whiskey Wednesdays at Alley Twenty Six
5 p.m.
Free Wednesday Wine Tasting at Beer Study Durham
5:30 p.m.
"Take Tea Like a Bridgerton" Experience at JB Duke Hotel
6 p.m.
Figure Drawing and Tarot with Heiltje at Arcana
6:30 p.m.
Trivia Night with Pickle at The Glass Jug Beer Lab in RTP
6:35 p.m.
Durham Bulls vs Memphis at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
7 p.m.
My Hero Academia TCG Girl Power Prerelease at Atomic Empire
Hammered Trivia at Hi-Wire Brewing
Karaoke Night at Mavericks Smokehouse
Music Bingo at Ponysaurus Brewing Company
Brett Chambers Open Mic at The Blue Note Grill
8 p.m.
Trivia Night at Bull McCabe's
Karaoke at Moon Dog Meadery
Queer Country Night w/ Line Dancing + Country Karaoke at The Pinhook
10 p.m.
World Goth Day All Vinyl Dance Party at Rubies on Five Points

Thursday, May 23

Events at Durty Bull Brewing Brewing Company
12 p.m.
Taking Back Thursday: Mysti Mayhem at Boxyard RTP
1 p.m.
Botany Spotlight: Bamboo at Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Meet the Keepers at Sarah P. Duke Gardens
3 p.m.
Guided Museum Tour at 21c Museum Hotels Durham
5 p.m.
Night Market at American Tobacco Campus
Thirsty Thursdays at Dashi
5:30 p.m.
World Turtle Day Celebration at Piedmont Wildlife Center
Walking Club with Bull City Strollers at The Glass Jug Beer Lab in Downtown Durham
6 p.m.
Dyke Night and Tarot with Rene at Arcana
Dungeons n' Drafts at DSSOLVR Durham
Vinyl Night with DJ Deckades at Gizmo Brew Works
“Rhythms of the Rumba” Dance Class at Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club
6:15 p.m.
Pony Run at Ponysaurus Brewing Company
6:30 p.m.
Line Dance Classes at Mystic Farm and Distillery
Sacred Traditions: Exploring African-Based Spirituality at Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Boulders & Brews Meetup at Triangle Rock Club - Durham
DIY Charcuterie Class at Weldon Mills Distillery
6:35 p.m.
Durham Bulls vs Memphis at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
7 p.m.
Trivia Night at Beer Tooth Taproom
Bring Your Own Vinyl Night at Congress Social Bar
Sound Bath at Duke Memorial United Methodist Church
Summer Jazz Jam (Curated by Al Strong) at Missy Lane's Assembly Room
Community Board Game Night at Moon Dog Meadery
Periodic Tables: Beyond HIPAA – Mental Health Apps, Health Data, And Privacy at Motorco Music Hall
7:30 p.m.
Trivia Night with Big Slow Tom at Clouds Brewing Brightleaf Square
8 p.m.
Weekly Single Mingle at Boxcar Bar + Arcade
Trivia at Fullsteam Brewery
Megayacht / Hypnic Jerk at The Pinhook
9:30 p.m.
Karaoke Night at The Tavern

Friday, May 24

Events at Durty Bull Brewing Company
10 a.m.
Tasting at Ten at Counter Culture Coffee
12 p.m.
Co-Working Social at The Glass Jug Beer Lab in Downtown Durham
5 p.m.
Food Truck Friday at The Glass Jug Beer Lab in RTP
5:30 p.m.
Friday Night Live: Emily Musolino at Boxyard RTP
6 p.m.
Jo & Lee Tarot with Emily at Arcana
Friday Night Makes at Durham Arts Council
Yonder at The Blue Note Grill
The Patio Dance Parties : Clueless Fridays at Unscripted Durham
6:35 p.m.
Durham Bulls vs Memphis at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
7 p.m.
Negativland + Sue-C Present "We Can Really Feel Like We're Here" at Motorco Music Hall
Tim Wells & Les Bons Temps — Cajun Dance Party at Succotash Southern & Creole Kitchen
7:30 p.m.
Recital: Spring Star-tacular at Barriskill Dance Theatre School
Members-Only Rose` Party at Missy Lane's Assembly Room
Keith Waters/Jon Metzger Quartet at Sharp 9 Gallery
8 p.m.
Stereo Reveries at DSSOLVR Durham
Karaoke! at Fullsteam Brewery
9 p.m.
Hush Hush at Mettlesome
Leo Album Release Party! at Moon Dog Meadery
Lip Sync 4 Ur Life + PHK Karaoke at The Pinhook

Saturday, May 25

Events at Atomic Empire
Events at Boxyard RTP
Events at Durty Bull Brewing Company
Distillery Tours and Tastings at Liberty & Plenty
Events at Mettlesome
Events at Moon Dog Meadery
Events at The Blue Note Grill
Guided Walking Tours with Triangle Adventures
8 a.m.
Durham Farmers' Market at Durham Central Park
parkrun Durham at Southern Boundaries Park
9 a.m.
South Durham Farmers' Market at Greenwood Commons Shopping Center
9:30 a.m.
Women's Introduction to Standup Paddleboarding at Falls Lake
10 a.m.
Party for the Planet at Museum of Life and Science
Flower Portraits at Sarah P. Duke Gardens
12 p.m.
Crafternoons at Gizmo Brew Works
3 p.m.
Taste of Soul NC at Durham Central Park
4 p.m.
Mystic Medieval Knights at Mystic Farm & Distillery
5 p.m.
Opening Reception - Renzo Ortega "Acts of Serenity" at Craven Allen Gallery
6 p.m.
Tarot with Heiltje at Arcana
Doodle Jam at Lonerider Distillery and Taproom
6:30 p.m.
Blackhawk Quintet at Missy Lane's Assembly Room
6:35 p.m.
Durham Bulls vs Memphis at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
7 p.m.
The Lofi Lounge at American Underground
7:15 p.m.
Sunset Float at Falls Lake
7:30 p.m.
Full Moon Fever Bike Ride at American Tobacco Trail
Recital: Spring Star-tacular at Barriskill Dance Theatre School
MOSS: Theo Bleckmann, Peter Eldridge, Lauren Kinhan, Jo Lawry, Kate McGarry at Sharp 9 Gallery
9 p.m.
Blackhawk Quintet at Missy Lane's Assembly Room
Boston 168 at The Fruit
10 p.m.
House of Black Dance Party at The Pinhook

Sunday, May 26

10 a.m.
Jazz Brunch at Lula & Sadie's
10:30 a.m.
Al Strong Presents Jazz Brunch at Alley Twenty Six
11 a.m.
Durham Underground Market at Durham Central Park
12 p.m.
One Piece TCG Tournament at Atomic Empire
Sunday Dollar Bin Sale for Charity at Rumors Durham
Farmers Market at ZincHouse Winery & Brewery
12:15 p.m.
Public Tour at Duke Chapel
2 p.m.
Soul Sunday w/ DJ Soul at Congress Social Bar
Hammered Trivia with Casey at Durty Bull Brewing Company
Hillandale Golf Beginner Clinic at Hillandale Golf Course
4 p.m.
IAR Adopt-a-Dog Fundraiser at Boxcar Bar + Arcade
Sweet Tea: A Sunday Tea Dance Presented by Stormie Daie! at The Velvet Hippo Bar & Lounge
5:05 p.m.
Durham Bulls vs Memphis at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
6 p.m.
Ann Arader and Tarot with Rene at Arcana
6:30 p.m.
Open Mic Night at Moon Dog Meadery
8 p.m.
Beloved Presents: Innerworlds at Rubies on Five Points

Running Art Exhibits

Constellations: 40 Years of Explorations within Sacred Geometry by Steven Ferlauto at Horse & Buggy Press and Friends
Cameron Elyse's Divine Nine Legacy Memoir Exhibition at Hayti Heritage Center
It Ain’t All Black And White at DAG Truist Gallery
María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold at Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Ley Killeya: Solitary Women at 5 Points Gallery
Counterpoints at Durham Bottling Co.
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2024.05.20 19:27 No-Possibility6911 Could someone use Game Theory Principles in the mobile game “Monopoly Go!“?

Firstly I would like to clarify that I know that “Game Theory” as a study is not the study of games. But events that occur in the game, “Monopoly Go!”, occur in such a way that if you don’t personally know the people that you’ve partnered up with, you cannot communicate with that and each player is allowed four separate partnerships.
The Event: each player is allowed to invite and join into any partnership they choose. They are then given the opportunity to begin collecting tokens. These tokens serve as an input to a wheel which spins in an apparent random motion and outputs various values. The more token the player has, the higher total spins they can accumulate. (This is a very base explanation because I don’t want to explain how the game works) as you accumulate totals, the partnership earns prizes for each milestone reached, the milestones for prizes increase in distance proportionally to the value of the total spins. And the prizes increase in value as you progress through this event.
Tokens can be won in quick wins: mini games or little “side quests”. They can also be landed on and collected but at a low multiplier, the dice won’t collect too much so to collect a substantial amount you need to have a lot of dice. You get dice from awards like completing your board or a friend could give you a few (that process is random) and you can increase your net worth to get rewards that may include dice, or money which could be used to complete the board and get more dice. But it is a scarce resource, and a valuable one.
There definitely is a Nash equilibrium allocation of resources (money, dice and tokens) among the factors (boards (properties), rolls, partnerships) to maximise the return on investment.
I feel like some players of Monopoly Go! Especially during the current event, will understand me.
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2024.05.20 19:12 8lu-bit Just finished my first visit, and it felt like a beautiful dream.

I came to this subreddit about last week asking for first time advice - so I figured it’d be fitting to come back with my first time at Sleep No More Shanghai. Thank you everyone who left the lovely comments and advice on my first post - much appreciated! I’ve written this both to share my experience and hopefully to exorcise it from my head because it won’t leave me alone and I need to talk about it. So this is going to get incredibly long, sorry! And very spoilery further down.
TL;DR: utter insanity, beauty and wonder and I’m still replaying it in my head even now. Roping in unsuspecting friends to go with me was 100% worth it, and I’m now in my friend chats trying to put together a second trip to Shanghai because I am never going to make the NYC one. Well done, Punchdrunk.
I’d kept myself to only the barest outline of Sleep No More’s details. I knew about Punchdrunk, that it was immersive, and that it was based on Macbeth and Rebecca. That’s about it - and while I was very kindly linked a first-timer's guide on Reddit, I didn’t read it (sorry!).
The only things I took going in were “drink lots of water beforehand”, “dress up”, “wear comfortable shoes”, and “if an actor reaches a hand out it’s okay to take it if it’s meant for you”.
I’ve done immersive theatre before: I went to “The Invitation” in London a while ago, but while the experience was interesting it didn’t really stick. We were shuttled from one “set” to another by staff members, and it felt less immersive and more like a stage play that took place around you instead of onstage.
Sleep No More I know was nothing like that, but nothing could prepare me for that night. I also don’t quite remember the exact floors of where I was, which is definitely the point of Sleep No More - but might make things confusing. So be warned.
We did Sleep No More on the day we landed so I was somewhat jet-lagged. I know I was worried about missing the first loop in my last post, but now that I’ve experienced the show myself, I’m actually glad we didn’t go in at 7PM because of how much was happening around me. When I go a second time, I’ll definitely do the 7PM entry, but probably the next day after I land! Also probably going to dress up again - we all did, and I went for a slinky silk top, witch-themed jewellery and palazzo pants. I doubt the dressing up did anything for me to stand out - not when someone was running around in a full backless lace gown, but it helped me get immersed into the world.
I was not expecting to be shoved to the front and asked to navigate a pitch black room with lanterns as a guide. Incredibly atmospheric, the music was on point but also very scary. Reaching the Manderley was a reprieve, and I made a beeline towards the Manderley once I saw it.
Upon entry, I ended up alone and left to my own devices once I left the elevator. The first thing I did was to take a wrong turn and end up in the toilet. No, not the toilet built for the set, I mean an actual toilet for any visitors who needed to answer the call. I hastily retreated.
I think because I entered at the end of the first loop, I couldn’t find any of the characters, so I decided to wander around. From there I found myself in the hotel lobby, where I watched a man with guyliner croon into a microphone and make eyes at I think the porter.
I didn’t know what that was about yet, so I kept exploring to get my bearings. I spent the first half an hour or so getting lost and prodding/touching EVERYTHING that could be interacted with and not nailed down. Not the best approach, but the set’s details were beautiful: the mirrors, the covered furniture, the open books, the array of fork-knife crosses in the cupboards…
I explored the restaurant, the hotel lobby, the forest with the graveyard and the two apartments. At one point, a whole stream of people walked by following an actor, so I followed the crowd into the ballroom.
In the ballroom, I watched the actors dancing. I still wasn’t sure what to look for or where I should be doing, but that changed when I saw the maid drug a drink and try to offer it to a pregnant woman. I was hooked from that point on.
When the dance ended, I followed the pregnant woman (i.e. Lady Macduff) out of the room. Turns out I make a terrible tracker and an even worse detective, because I would proceed to spend the rest of the night losing track of people and finding myself in strange, foreign places. I eventually found Lady Macduff, the maid and the porter again and watched a scene where the maid and the porter were in an altercation, the porter trying to stop Lady Macduff from drinking from the glass.
The maid won, and I followed the maid because I was about 90% sure the drink was drugged again and why do you want to drug a pregnant woman so badly? I then lost her around a corner and went back to the lobby, where I watched Lady Macduff unpacking her suitcase and cuddling a teddy bear. I wanted to give her a hug there and then because she looked so lost and lonely. Lady Macduff sat down in the restaurant… and the maid re-appeared.
Havoc ensued, and during the maid and Lady Macduff’s interaction - chase, more like, my heart was very much in my throat. When the maid left, my path was blocked by a crowd of onlookers, but Lady Macduff made her way down to the ballroom again. I followed her there, and I watched the hypnotising but very trippy supper scene. At that point, even more questions came up, like: when did the guyliner crooner manage to lose most of his outfit, why was there a very bloody person at the table, why were people pointing at each other and oh god what did I miss.
I had more luck following the maid this time, and was even more intrigued after watching her fight and trap a man under a steel door. I stuck very closely to her and watched her tidy and neaten rooms, but still had no answer as to why she wanted to drug Lady Macduff. A small group of us had found the maid and were just following her around, watching her interact with another man (Duncan?) at one point by pointing out a gift box to him, and then when the man left she was dancing on the bed.
By this point, I was completely convinced the maid was supernatural and she had been tasked with interrupting Lady Macduff’s pregnancy or doing something to the unborn baby, because at one point she was trying to climb up the walls of the bedroom like a demon possessed. We all followed her to the next room where she did more tidying up, stopped at a door at the back of the room, held out a hand and looked at us. For a moment I thought it was to the girl next to me, and then I realised - nope, it was for me. By sheer dumb luck I got a one-on-one.
It was intense. She led me into this tiny, barely lit room where she asked me if I was tired and invited me to sit down. She took off my mask, told me to close my eyes and off I went. She told me to breathe deep and listen to the sound of the ocean, and she asked if I believed in ghosts and the supernatural. At one point, she said we could hear “him” in every footstep in the hotel, and around me the lights were dimming to just a flickering lightbulb and her face. She then led me to a bookshelf where she placed my hands on two cushions, moved aside something, and in the darkness was this blazingly-lit and beautifully made diorama of the bedroom outside. She pushed my face towards it, finished her monologue, and then it was over.
She told me not to be scared at one point and placed a reassuring hand on my shoulder. I can’t decide if this was part of the monologue or if this was her in-character way of telling me not to be nervous because I’m sure I was trembling in my seat. In my defence, I was sitting in a dark room, barely able to see as someone whispered in my ear about supernatural goings.
What I distinctly remember is how brilliant the actress here was. The maid has a very doll-like face that just commands your attention, and despite her even, gentle voice there was an underlying menace. Watching the lights fade around us reducing her to just a ghostly face in the dark was an brilliant experience.
At the end of the session, she led me out of the room, shut the door, and left me in the now-deserted apartment stunned and trying to compose myself. I didn’t see her again, but that was such a privilege.
I wandered past a scene of a man shaving another man on my way out. It probably was important because a lot of people were standing around watching, but I was still trying to calm down from the one-on-one. I went up one more floor and found all the shops and detective agency.
I entered the club where a couple was drinking a bottle of snake liquor that ended with the woman vomiting something up after drinking the shot. From there I went to the detective’s office, where I had way too much fun rifling through drawers and reading documents. I found Grace Naismith’s file, but I didn’t know what it was about, only that it might be a lead. I think if/when I go back, I’ll try and see if that leads to a plotline or if it’s just there for flavour.
For the rest of the night, I followed a bartender - I think? - into a rundown shack and watched a card game and a brutal murder. Turns out I’d just watched Macbeth kill Banquo, and I was none the wiser till I was comparing notes with my friends. I was struck by how bloody the whole thing was: yes, the beating was done behind the counter, but when Banquo was dragged backstage I caught a glimpse of the beaten-in-face and the blood. Don’t know how they did that, but it sent shivers down my spine.
I hung around watching the bartender clean up, drinking and trying to set the place to rights. We all heard footsteps, and I followed the bartender out to the doorway and watched supposedly-dead-Banquo walk away into the alley outside. Next to me, the bartender whisked the person standing beside me for another one-on-one. I was a little disappointed, but I’d gotten one already and I really shouldn’t be greedy.
At this point, I tried to go back into the shack to look at the cards pinned to the wall, but the stewards barred my way and led me downstairs. I ran into a waist-coated man also heading downstairs, and only then did it dawn on me the night was over. I watched Macbeth's execution at the final banquet, and the ending scene of him just swinging above the table, backlit by dark, moody lights… brr.
When my friends and I went back to the hotel room late at night, we alternately sat in dumbfounded silence or exploded into more theories. Upon comparing notes, we had seen completely different things and turns out, yes I did miss a lot, but I didn’t feel bereft at all. One of my friends studies lit, so she filled me in on several characters and context.
If I had any complaints though, it was how some members of the audience were behaving. I was routinely shouldered out of the way and pushed forward as they tried to get a better view. There were a few audience members who actually bent around to get into the actors’ faces while the actors were emoting, but I didn’t see a steward intervene once. Or maybe I missed it?
Also, the groups following Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were a lot. The doorways and staircases were nowhere wide enough for the crowd passing through, especially for the more popular characters, but I don’t know if this situation has already improved. You could also clearly tell who’d been there before, because they’d be standing at the actors’ exits obstructing the way.
I went home with a bookmark and a souvenir guide, but no t-shirt because the gift shop was incredibly crowded. Overall though: I’m hooked and am now planning my next trip to the McKinnon to find more characters. Apparently I missed two whole floors! I’m also very curious to know whether the one-on-one with the maid I got differs from what’s currently in NYC at the moment.
Hopefully I’ll get to go sooner than later, because I’d want to go one more time before it closes for good. Not any time soon though, because I'm still processing a lot.
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