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2024.05.07 18:42 Jawa-Eagle School List?

Here are my stats and work/activities. Any recommendations for a school list? All help is appreciated!
22M, White
  1. Alzheimer's Research - 500 Hours
  2. Clinical Volunteering - 450 Hours
  3. Shadowing - 100 Hours
  4. Hobby: Bodybuilding and Fitness - 700 Hours
  5. Non Clinical Volunteering: Animal Shelter - 50 Hours
  6. Non Clinical Volunteering: Achilles International - 40 Hours
  7. Leadership Position: Chair of Fraternity Mental Health Committee - 0 (it was a passive position, I did some work but idek what to put here)
  8. Paid Employment: Tutor - 50 Hours so far
  9. Paid Employment: Country Club - 450 Hours
  10. Honors/Awards/Recognitions - Summa Cum Laude, Dean’s List, Presidential Scholarship
  11. Hobby: Hiking and Camping - 100 Hours
GPA: 3.90
MCAT: 521
Major: Neuroscience
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2024.05.07 18:42 Andre8964 QC: APSF master ultra clean moonphase

QC: APSF master ultra clean moonphase
  1. Dealer name:Hont
  2. Factory name:APSF
  3. Model name (& version number):Master Ultra Thin Moonphase 1368480 APSF 39MM Blue Dial
  4. Price Paid:$398 inc. shipping
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  6. Index alignment:seems a bit off, probably due to angle of photo?
  7. Dial Printing:seems nice
  8. Date Wheel alignment/printing:works and good
  9. Hand Alignment:good
  10. Timegrapher numbers:all within range except for Beat Error(2.9ms)
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2024.05.07 18:40 Comprehensive_Basis8 how to specify commit in nix flake input

I can't build the latest Hyprland since it show the following error:
builder for '/nix/store/ya6n8jdzxmxvkydm0gqm86wxh2b5h3cc-hyprland-0.40.0+date=2024-05-07_d3d77ef.drv' failed with exit code 1; last 10 log lines: > -- Setting precompiled headers > -- Setting link libraries > Could not open input file: No such file or directory > Could not open input file: No such file or directory > Could not open input file: No such file or directory > Could not open input file: No such file or directory > Couldn't load proto > -- Checking for module 'tomlplusplus' > -- Found tomlplusplus, version 3.4.0 > -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/ya6n8jdzxmxvkydm0gqm86wxh2b5h3cc-hyprland-0.40.0+date=2024-05-07_d3d77ef.drv'. error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/rz9sk212vcm0wbzc2xvpbwaijrvlfwgm-activation-script.drv' failed to build error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/9710c12hwjhsm6lamk4v3dv921pcq63c-home-manager-path.drv' failed to build error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/j6k29ms7m1133qhg03c4q6mvr7bklfyn-home-manager-generation.drv' failed to build error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/5rj2407jc5372wnllc5yrnnajkkq007h-user-environment.drv' failed to build error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/qg7iq0vacdwanqs3bfgw63g0qs28xgmc-etc.drv' failed to build error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/pqidp2vd6cfb1wmwx7aww4rxizhbqdsn-nixos-system-nixos-24.05.20240505.25865a4.drv' failed to build 
so how can I change to the earlier commit?
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2024.05.07 18:39 trlef19 Windows Hello - face is broken

Hello everyone,
I have had this problem for about a year where both the stock camera app and Windows hello, don't find a camera attached (hello says there was a problem with activating the camera). I don't know what to do. I'm on the latest windows 11 dev channel and my camera is an embedded realsense f200. All other apps seem to work fine with the camera. Any help? Thanks a lot. Please ask me for any questions
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2024.05.07 18:39 I_ONLY_SUPERSCRIPT Only one fan working on Freezer III 280

I just put together my third build last night, and this is my first one using a liquid cooling solution. I'm using a Freezer III 280 AIO with a Tuf Gaming A620M-plus motherboard, and I'm just using the AIO cable plugged in to the CPU Fan beader.
last night I was able to install Windows alright, the fan on the CPU wasn't spinning but radiator fans were so I figured I'd let it finish installing and fix it today. After re-seating the fan header on the motherboard, now the PC claims there's a CPU fan speed error and asks me to set it up or ignore it on the BIOS. Only one radiator fan is working now, but I can change the speed just fine in the BIOS.
I'm at a loss for words here, did I just pick a motherboard that's not compatible with an AIO cooler? Maybe I messed it up while trying to add pressure to get the screws to catch onto the brackets? I can give more info if needed, going to take a small break from this
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2024.05.07 18:39 HugeAssistance318 Unable to patch YTmusic

I was patching Ytmusic through Revanced Manager, but I kepp getting errors. After restarting many tikes I was unable to fix this issue.
Log
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2024.05.07 18:37 Lil_Miss_Poppins Patience For Kids

Anyone have games or activities that help kids (specifically 3 & 7 years old) learn patience?
The little one is learning how to breathe through getting frustrated and I want to see if I can gamify it.
The older one gets VERY upset, VERY quickly with her little sibling; she tries to do things for him just so it’ll get done faster and gets really annoyed when she’s asking him to do something he doesn’t know how to do yet, so he struggles/doesn’t do it IMMEDIATELY after the first time she asks.
I obviously coach him through his frustration if he needs me to, and try to remind her that she was once learning how to do these things too, and that she wants people to be patient with her when she’s learning something new. Neither have any developmental delays or disabilities or anything, and I know it’s normal, AND I also want to teach these strategies as early as possible. Thanks! 💛
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2024.05.07 18:36 joshua_here Ultra core 7 vs ryzen 7

Which one should I buy? . Zenbook with amd. Or Zenbook with Intel both of them have almost same configuration however the intel version has 32gb ram. I don't have much knowledge about the differences between the new processors. I do know that Intel one might have low battery life but I am okay with that.
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2024.05.07 18:36 survivorready How to help with client in residential setting?

I'm not a psychotherapist.
I have a client in his 30's living in a residential setting. He lives with four other housemates and the home is staffed 24/7. He has a developmental delay and features of BPD.
He has been engaging in harmful behaviors including verbal aggression towards his staff and housemates, self-injury (banging his head against the wall mainly), antagonizing other housemates, etc.
When asked about the triggers, staff report that it's due to jealousy. If it's meal time, he will insist on being first to receive his meal. If another housemate is going out into the community for whatever reason, he will insist on going and if he cannot go for whatever reason, he'll engage in some form of challenging behaviour. Other housemates are now on edge and refusing to participate in activities in fear of this client retaliating towards them (which he has historically done).
The protocol for this client is that he must stay home 24-hours after a challenging behavior. However, this client has started 'planning' his outbursts/behaviors. He will choose to stay home all week (despite having many activities in the community offered to him) and engage in challenging behaviors. However, if he has an outing planned on Saturday that he doesn't want to miss, he'll stop engaging in challenging behaviors 24 hours before his outing so not to lose his Saturday outing.
Staff are incredibly burnt out due to the verbal aggression towards them and having to manage his behaviors.
He is medicated & has access to a psychiatrist.
Does anyone have any insight on what we can do moving forward/what can be implemented?
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2024.05.07 18:35 MakarforPrez QC Royal Oak Tourbillon

QC Royal Oak Tourbillon
  1. Dealer - Hont
  2. Factory - R8F
  3. Price - 778 USD
  4. Albums:
https://a202111041317341460003592.szwego.com/static/index.html?t=1648881287610#/theme_detail/_dr0qfHuBx0_v6wqLFv-aqsuOFn5EEzaFzufaiRw/_dkRqfr6n7XErEYqtxSFjWxivB7x-sixmAU3TjgA
https://a202111041317341460003592.szwego.com/static/index.html?t=1648881287610#/theme_detail/_dr0qfHuBx0_v6wqLFv-aqsuOFn5EEzaFzufaiRw/_dgLqflhtk9EygzR870Z4AEsl8pFh4xf_98qdjkA
  1. Index alignment - I think 1 looks off just because the picture wasn’t taken straight on
  2. Date Wheel - N/A
  3. Hand Alignment - Good
  4. Bezel - looks good
  5. SEL - Look good
  6. Timegrapher - Amplitude is high, Beat error is high
What is everyone thoughts on the timegrapher numbers? Dealbreaker or not that bad?
Any other thoughts? Thanks!
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2024.05.07 18:34 -jbrs Bridging the Gap [OC]

Bridging the Gap [OC]

Bridging the Gap

The challenge in the fight on vaccines isn't the facts. It's getting people to listen.
https://preview.redd.it/wcl4621071zc1.png?width=596&format=png&auto=webp&s=f5c504be1c185e9c821e6c54967ae633729711a7

Roadblocks

One of the biggest challenges in Robert Kennedy Jr’s candidacy is overcoming the ‘anti-vaccine’ label. It’s weaker than it was years ago - Covid changed everything - but it’s still a barrier for a lot of people. And it’s not that they listen to his views and find them unreasonable. It’s just the way he’s been attached to the label, a conversation-ending smear so effective that people will reject him instantly and outright before he’s even had a chance to speak.
Many of the vaccine skeptical know exactly what it’s like - they were once on that side too. It’s as Guy describes above: almost all of us started off believing the institutional story, until something forced us to question it. Once people actually listen to what the other side has to say, opinions tend to change pretty quickly.
But there are a few major roadblocks preventing most people from ever beginning down that path, and I want to talk about them because they're how an official narrative as weak as the one on vaccines has been able to stand as long as it has.
One roadblock is the extreme (and engineered) stigma around the issue - the hate and derision you'll receive for questioning the consensus out loud; the social and even professional consequences you'll face. It's powerful enough for most to recoil at the faintest hint of deviation from the institutional line. It's almost a disgust reflex, and often comes with anger.
Another is the stake we naturally develop as participants. We don’t want to believe we’ve harmed ourselves and those we’re responsible for, and so there's a tendency to be too quick to accept the word of authorities who reassure us that we haven't.
Both of those have shifted significantly in recent years - the counterexamples have become too salient, too undeniable.
But there's still one impediment that is only in the early process of moving, and which continues to bar the way for many, holding the other roadblocks in place as well. It's that people simply can't imagine how our system - the system that they rely on in so many ways - could allow something like what is being claimed to take place.
People often need to understand the full scope of how something could happen before they can begin to process evidence that it is. And the implications of what the other side claims are just prima facie impossible to them, so they can't even begin to consider the evidence presented.
The system in theory works: experts in the field will call out bad science and behavior. Institutions aren't perfect but the incentives and mechanisms are in place for errors to be called out and needed improvements to be made. If the harms are real, why wouldn't the experts speak out? What motivation could they possibly have to do something like this and cover it up? And how could they possibly pull it off with so many who surely don't share the motive watching?
https://preview.redd.it/8kwgsyyl41zc1.png?width=679&format=png&auto=webp&s=0f05ad3d43724dffc5cc8419d44d2cd90da4c1fe
The intuitive conviction is that something like significant vaccine injury simply couldn't go undetected and unaddressed. The system would never allow it. And unfortunately what it usually takes is a personal experience with the failures of the system to start seeing that the way the system works in theory is not the way it works in practice - often an injury to oneself or a loved one.
(I'm very sympathetic to those who still take the default position for this reason - I wouldn't know either if I hadn't had my own set of experiences exposing me to the holes in the institutional story.)
If such an experience happens to you, you'll be gaslit about it if you bring it to anyone's attention, just a coincidence, and some continue to fall for it. But for many that intuitive conviction is broken. Their stance begins to open a little bit. In spite of all of the once-persuasive programming, it becomes undeniable that something is clearly wrong here. And at that point you can start to really take in the evidence.
You start to see some things that really shift your intuitions. Some were things you probably saw before, but you waved them off then - marginal issues, but the system still mostly works. The experts know what they’re doing; who were you to disagree? But now these discrepancies are forcing you ask questions, and they begin to pile up.
You see example after example of corruption and incompetence in public health and the pharma industry - the number of medications recalled, the fines for fraud and unethical business practices, the way the research process has been fundamentally corrupted, the bad incentives and conflicts of interest present all throughout the industry and its regulatory bodies, the way the institution protects itself at the expense of the public it serves.
https://preview.redd.it/gz9ciljo41zc1.png?width=544&format=png&auto=webp&s=5621a1d67e2b3a7e3dd1498add8e0a97dd0c84cb
You see massive failures in other once highly-respected institutions and organizations - sometimes amounting to plain evil. You start to wonder if medicine and public health are so different, if they are so immune to the problems that plague every other institution.
You see the way whistleblowers and dissidents lose their livelihoods and reputations through targeted character assassination campaigns, and wonder if there aren't many more who are reluctant to speak out in face of such heavy consequences.
Then maybe you start actually looking into what the anti-vaccine loonies have been saying.

Narrative and Reality

It happened for me. I went to a chiropractor's office once many years ago and remember shaking my head in disbelief seeing the Vaccines Revealed series on display on the check out desk. It was a feeling of second-hand embarrassment and sharp judgment - don't you know all of that's been debunked? I didn't actually even know the claims made in the series or anything else about it - I just knew that everyone knows it's BS.
But eventually, I'm not sure exactly what prompted it, I watched some of the interviews. Maybe it was like this - I'd been confidently wrong before.
So I listened... and what I heard actually made sense. It wasn't what I was expecting, the tired and easily dispatched arguments I was sure would be presented. These were intelligent and knowledgeable people, often experienced doctors and nurses, once fully behind the program, but sacrificing their careers and the esteem of their peers to speak out about what they had come to see as a terrible injustice.
(Robert Kennedy Jr was one of those interviewed, and I remember I had a skepticism of him when I first saw him even though I didn't know anything about him; this strange closed stance I found myself taking even though I couldn't place or understand why exactly I took it. I must have absorbed it through all the negative coverage he received... He's become one of my greatest heroes in the time since.)
What I found is that these people on the other side generally seemed more knowledgeable, often a lot more, in the rare instances where engagement between the two sides was allowed. [1][2][3]
And I looked deeper and deeper. I wasn't sure about my ability to parse every claim, but when I'd read the rebuttals from the leading vaccine-proponents like Paul Offit or Peter Hotez, they just wouldn't even be in touch with what the opposition was saying. Often there would be major gaps in logic and other errors, but they were dismissive and certain enough in the presentation that nobody would have the confidence to call them out on it.
They seemed to be relying on the perception of authority and the stigma they'd created to intimidate observers out of actually thinking through the relevant issues.
They were hiding something - that much was clear to me.
And there's this idea of 'The Noble Lie' that the anti-vax side will often talk about. The gist is that the pro-vax side knows that there are merits to what the opposition is saying, but believe that they can't allow the public to know. Vaccines are too good, too important to allow debate to happen on the topic.
There's a section from the June 1984 Federal Register that seems to confirm this:
However, although the continued availability of the vaccine may not be in immediate jeopardy, any possible doubts, whether or not well founded*, about the safety of the vaccine cannot be allowed to exist in view of the need to assure that the vaccine will continue to be used to the maximum extent consistent with the nation’s public health objectives.*
And there’s more recent confirmation too -
https://reddit.com/link/1cmg7nz/video/es72g2ay41zc1/player
But here's the problem: they don't actually know the risk-benefit profile. They've never done the needed studies - long term data, true placebo controls, cumulative impact - though they'll lie to you about it.
They seem to just believe that given that there's so great a benefit, and the risk of injury seems so marginal, how could they ever let the program get called into question? How could they potentially let the progress against terrible, vaccine-preventable diseases be reversed?
Their own statements indicate it. This was what they said after they realized that infants were being exposed to levels of mercury far exceeding the federal guidelines:
The recognition that some children could be exposed to a cumulative level of mercury over the first six months of life that exceeds one of the federal guidelines on methyl mercury now requires a weighing of two different types of risks when vaccinating infants. On the one hand, there is the known serious risk of diseases and deaths caused by failure to immunize our infants against vaccine-preventable infectious diseases; on the other, there is the unknown and probably much smaller risk, if any, of neuro-developmental effects posed by exposure to thimerosal. The large risks of not vaccinating children far outweigh the unknown and probably much smaller risk, if any, of cumulative exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines over the first six months of life.
Joint Statement of The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Public Health Service (FDA & CDC), July 7, 1999
Wanting to maintain public confidence in the program is the most charitable explanation for their deception, and I think it is the main force, though I think there are less charitable explanations that factor in too.
But even good intentions are no guarantee of a positive outcome. And people should expect problems to metastasize in precisely the areas where institutions have insulated themselves from scrutiny.
We’ve seen what happens when our leaders stifle dissent in service of the ‘greater good’:
https://preview.redd.it/sphry75551zc1.png?width=1456&format=png&auto=webp&s=6786f358f2b136c392aab4c4edf4376afb4767fa
But before going into the risks of vaccines, understand that even the purported benefits should be called into question.
There's the widely quoted Guyer study -
The major declines in child mortality that occurred in the first third of the 20th century have been attributable to a combination of improved socioeconomic conditions in this country and the public health strategies to protect the health of Americans. [...] Vaccination, while first used in the 18th century, became more widely implemented in the middle part of the century. Vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis became available during the late 1920s but only widely used in routine pediatric practice after World War II. Thus vaccination does not account for the impressive declines in mortality seen in the first half of the century.
The book Dissolving Illusions also goes into this history and how the gains that have been attributed to vaccines have to be scrutinized, and that many of them owe to improvements in sanitation and nutrition.
I won't try to make the full case here, but the thing to understand is that there is systematic pressure to inflate perception of vaccine effectiveness at every turn going back decades and decades, and every single assumption and measurement has to be questioned because you can be damn sure it is not happening within the institutions.
From a study from 2005, before these processes of capture and suppression had achieved complete control and keen observers could still point out what was happening:
https://preview.redd.it/qs5fchm851zc1.png?width=679&format=png&auto=webp&s=ca97d5b548b8269b1a9341809676fc7973aca3ad
And there's more, but that's all you need for a 'how'. Science is a human enterprise, subject to all of the human biases and failings that lead to massive errors in other domains. Groupthink, greed, self-protection, incompetence - public health and medicine are not somehow immune to them. If this was ever in doubt, it became clear to many during the COVID response.
Now as for the risks.
The number of mothers who know that their child was injured by vaccines - perfectly fine before, and then suddenly symptomatic, falling behind on milestones just after a 'wellness' visit - should tell you something.
The billions that have been paid out through the extremely arduous vaccine injury compensation program, which only a small fraction of vaccine injury parents can see through to completion, should tell you something.
The dramatic increases in autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders we've seen over the last few decades, coincident with a dramatic increase in the vaccine schedule), should tell you something.
It's not increased rates of diagnosis, as much as they want you to believe it:
https://preview.redd.it/8f3xfd2e51zc1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=661d21d4338650ab7bc16667dab9233e540b71c4
I've always liked this quote -
The thing I have noticed is when the anecdotes and the data disagree, the anecdotes are usually right. There's something wrong with the way you are measuring it.
Jeff Bezos
And it's not exactly crazy to think that injecting, e.g., aluminum and mercury into babies could have some negative health consequences. Given the plausibility of the mechanism, the anecdotes should carry even more weight.
But shouldn't any claims from anecdotes bear out in the data? [4] Yeah, the system should work in theory. But the reality is a different story -
The whistleblower was senior CDC scientist Dr. William Thompson
Slate received so much pushback for publishing this article that they had to publish a letter from the editor defending the decision - I subscribed based on their courage
https://reddit.com/link/1cmg7nz/video/x4ljagtq51zc1/player

Getting to the Truth

I won’t try to make a full case here - there is just too much.
But I’m not hoping to convince you that vaccines are unsafe or ineffective. I just want to give enough for anyone willing to listen to realize there's something going on here; that these agencies need an absolute overhaul, and that there needs to be a full investigation into what's taken place here with accountability for everyone involved.
Experts and institutions aren’t infallible; they need to be pushed back on and scrutinized.
When they are, long held consensus can often change:
This happened only after an arduous fight with the FDA
[1] - RFK Jr discussing vaccine safety with a family physician in his NewsNation town hall (2023)
[2] - JB Handley on The Doctors (2009)
[3] - Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy on Larry King (2009)
[4] - In the rare event a genuine comparison is made, some studies have found rather concerning results - but the findings are ignored and the researchers ridiculed for giving fodder to anti-vaxxers
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2024.05.07 18:34 DonRedPandaKeys But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’ And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. - Matt. 24: 48, 49

[ Notice: Not my article. Link: https://4womaninthewilderness.blogspot.com/2012/10/why-does-master-delay-luke1235-stay.html ]
Why does the "Master" "delay"?
Luke 12:35 “Stay dressed for action, and keep your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. If he comes in the second watch, or in the third , and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Jesus here is telling us that the Master is likely to arrive later than his slaves expect him. He warns them in many scriptures, that this delay will cause drowsiness, and that it is imperative that they do not "fall asleep". He exhorts them, not only to "keep on the watch", but to "keep their lamp burning" and stay ready to "open the door" as soon as the Master "knocks". At Matt.24:45-51, Jesus contrasts two types of his own steward slaves. Each are assigned the job of feeding the Master's household, "the proper food at the proper time". This refers to providing the light of truth, when the Master gives it. Yet as we have seen, the Master gives it to those slaves who are awake when he returns Luke 12:37). A drunken steward would not be alert enough to discern his Master's arrival, nor would he be diligently working until the last watch. Logically, he would no longer be feeding the "household" the proper food. There is an important detail given us about this wicked slave. We are told that he expected his Master too soon. The delay causes him to "beat his fellows", and to cohort with "confirmed drunkards". Where did this wicked steward get the expectation that his Master was due earlier? From where did the other slaves also get the idea that the Master was delaying? Who informed everyone about when the Master was due? We were clearly told, that the feeding of information to all, was sourced in the Steward. If all believed that the Master was due sooner, it was due to the direction coming from the Steward. Only the steward determines what information all are "fed". Apparently, the Steward was wrong. His provisions are not the proper food at the proper time. As the night drags on and this error becomes evident, the Steward needs to take measures toward reparation. If the steward is not shrewd, he resorts to suppressing the contributions of his fellows toward their master (John 8:40), and forming association with those drunk with power and riches (Rev.18:3). see: https://pearl-wastefulsteward.blogspot.com
It seems at Matt.24:45-51, that there are two options open to those appointed as Steward (Luke 12:42). Is there any way for us to know which kind of steward WE many be feeding from? Is there some way to know, which kind of Steward would be in power, when Christ did return? Is there some way to know if our expectations about the arrival of the Master, are based on accurate "proper food at the proper time"? Or, have we been mislead into expecting him too soon, because of a wicked steward? (Dan.7:25; 2Thess. 2:1,2,3) Yes, there is a way to tell. Two places in the Bible confirms that those over God's people would mislead all the other anointed slaves, into a premature expectation of the Master's arrival. This would confirm, that the Steward over the household at Christ's return, was indeed, "wicked". 2Thess. 2:1-4 reads:
"Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God."
Clearly, this Man of Lawlessness becomes ruler over the other slaves previous to their being sealed (Rev.11:2; Dan.12:7,11; 8:13,10-11; Rev.13:7,18; 2Thess. 2:4; Matt.24:15; Dan.9:17-18). "He" deceives others, as though his authority to teach is equal to the apostles ("as though from us") (Rev.2:2). And what does he teach? That the Master's arrival has come. This declaration is described by Paul, as premature. But there is another scripture which leaves no doubt, that the prominent end-time Steward over God's household/Temple of God; is not the "faithful and discreet slave" at all, but inescapably, the "wicked slave". In speaking of the anointed "virgins" alive at the time when the Master does arrive Matt.25:5 reads:
"As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept."
This is confirmation, that when the arrival of the Master draws close, all anointed ones expected him sooner. Why would that be? Well, only the steward was in charge of what others would expect. He was in charge of the information they were given, the "proper food at the proper time"? OR, "the wrong food, at the wrong time"?. Since Christ declares that all the virgins are asleep when he arrives, and the Bridegroom is stated to "delay"; this is confirmation that the Steward who is over the household, is the wicked one who misleads all to expect the Master, too soon. Next we read:
"But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps."
This parable tells us, that once awoken, all these virgins must choose what will fuel the light in their lamps. Will the fuel come from "those who sell"? (Matt.25:9,10; Rev.13:17) Or, will it be from what they have in reserve, due to foresight, so that they rely on no man for their light (Matt.25:4; 2Pet. 3:2; John 14:26). Although all anointed fall asleep due to the misinformation they accepted from the wicked steward (Rev.3:3); those wise ones will enter the marriage feast with the Bridegroom (Matt.25:10). Jesus says, they were "ready", Yes, "ready to open when he knocks" (Luke 12:36). These are listening for the voice of the Bridegroom (John 3:29; 10:27; Rev.3:20), filling their lamps with light from him, in loyalty to their past receiving of Holy Spirit (1John 2:27,28). In courage, they let no one take it from them, that they should not run low (Matt.25:8,9; Rev.3:11; 1Pet. 3:5,6; Gal.4:26). In fact, the Master does not delay at all (Heb.10:37; Hab.2:3). He comes exactly when he promised to (Matt.24:3 - "The Signs of Christ's Presence" 1Thess. 5:1,2,4). But we now know, that God's slaves will initially expect him too soon. Why? Because the wicked steward gave the wrong information. Why? Because to declare the Lord as already come, allows the Steward to confiscate the reward reserved for the approved slaves (Matt.25:21) which faithful slaves will not really be revealed, until the Master really does arrive (Matt.25:19; 1Cor. 11:26; Rom.8:19; Mal.3:18). A premature and counterfeit manifestation of the "Kingdom", also allows Satan to mislead and intimidate "the remaining ones of the woman's seed" into captivity, slavery, and idolatry (Rev.12:17; 2Thess. 2:9; Matt.24:24,25; Rev.13:10,7,8), thereby extending his dominion. Satan is aware that his downfall comes, by means of the zealous preaching of truth (Rev.12:10,11). To survive, he must find a way to keep "Jerusalem's" Watchmen, silent (Isa.62:6; Rev.8:1; 13:17; 6:6). ("What do 'Buying' and 'Selling' mean?")
How can we confirm that the steward is a "wicked" slave, and not a "faithful and discreet" one? Besides the wicked slave's realization that the Master did not show up when he desired and expected, ("overlapping generations"? pearl-generation.blogspot.com ) Jesus tells us that we can also recognize that wicked slave, if he resorts to "beating" his fellows when they realize his error, perhaps even trying to re-adjust "him" (John 8:40,47; Matt.23:32; Rev.11:8; Isa.30:10; 6:10; Zech.7:11; Psalm 58:4,5). An additional trait, is that a wicked steward will consort with "drunkards". These are defined as those who rule Jehovah's flock with a lack of tenderness (Isa.28:1,2,3,4,7,8,14,22; Jer.23:1,2,9,11,12,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,39,40; Eze.34:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10). Do we see such an alliance with "confirmed drunkards" under the present "steward" (Matt.24:49)? (Isa.28:3; 5:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,11,13,18,19,20,21,22,23,26,30; Rev.9:1,2,3,10; 13:15,7; 19:20; 11:7). Do we see them using the muscle of others to "beat" their fellow slaves? I do. I hope you also can. ("The Harlot and Her Beast") If the "beating" by a steward takes place, how does God's Word help us to recognize it? How can some anointed, beat other anointed, according to scripture? By violating Mark 10:42,43; 1John 3:11,12,15; Isa.66:5; Matt.23:34) (Col.3:12; Matt.22:12,13; 8:12; 1John 2:9,11) The wicked slave/steward over God's household, uses his power to treat his fellow slaves unlovingly. This includes being "cast out" and "killed".
Do we have any indication from prophecy, that this will occur? Will there be casting out / killing of God's faithful, in the time of the end? (John 16:2; Rev.13:15,7; 17:6; 11:3,7; 6:9,11) These previous scriptures are derived from Christ's message to the "seven congregations"..."to show his slaves what must soon take place". Revelation is not a hypothetical warning, but "must take place". The acts against the Holy Ones within Revelation's depictions, are the result of a "false prophet" (Rev.19:20; 13:11,15) and a "Wild Beast" that false prophet is allies with (Dan.8:24; 11:31). If the "false prophet" is indeed a wicked steward who is beating his fellows, how does the steward accomplish this? Revelation clearly depicts, that it is the muscle of the Wild Beast, (which the false prophet / harlot, has authority and power over), that is the means by which the beatings from the false prophet would be carried out. The Bible uses the symbol "wild beast" to describe "sons of pride", just as the Bible's "drunkards" are described. (Dan.4:30,32,33,37; Job 41:34; 28:8; Isa.5:29,30; 1Cor. 15:32) (Isa.5:21,22,29,30).
The outcome? "The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Matt.24:50,51; Dan.7:25,26,27,21,22 How will God "cut" such a false prophet "in pieces"? But means of God's true prophets (Hosea 6:5 NIV ), whose tongue has become the sharp sword of God's Word (Isa.49:2; Heb.4:12).(Jer.23:29; Rev.11:5)
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2024.05.07 18:33 Acceptable-Health901 AITA if I ban my father's mistress from a family trip?

Apologies in advance for how long this is, but the backstory on this definitely matters...and it just gets worse and worse.
I (27F) want to ban my father's (57M) mistress, let's call her Patty (57F), from a family trip I am planning with my sister (31F) and our mom (58F) Mind you, they are still married- not legally separated but living apart - and my mom does not want to divorce, she wants to work on their marriage of 35+ years but he has refused at every turn to attempt to reconnect.
BACKGROUND INFO:
My father has been "best friends" with his now mistress since childhood. She is also MY GODMOTHER. She divorced her ex-husband 15+ years ago and they have 2 boys and a girl. When they divorced, my father was constantly driving 4 hours away to her home to help her with everything from window replacements to painting her walls because "she doesn't have anyone else to help her" while her boys were in high school/jr high and perfectly capable to help when she needed it. Meanwhile, he was always gone when me or my mom needed help with something. My mom was basically a single mother my entire high school career because he was traveling for work during the week and spent most weekends at Patty's. My mom confronted him a few times about how it looked with him spending so much of his time with Patty but he blew her off saying Patty was "too crazy and mentally unstable" for him to ever be with her in any capacity except friendship.
Fast forward to when I was in junior year of college and my grandfather, my father's dad, had a stroke and needed someone to be living with him especially at night. My father and I split the week at my grandfather's house so someone was always there with him, which I didn't mind at all because my grandfather was a wonderful person. My grandfather was 88 when this happened and not in the best of health. When this started, my father had a talk with my mom that he wasn't feeling connected to her and that he was thinking of separating. My mom said that he had a lot going on with his dad at the moment so he should focus on taking care of him and after he passes they can really start to work on their relationship because he'd be around to actually work on it. He agreed that would be best and never brought it up again. At this point I was hearing from Patty that she and my father were not friends anymore because he did something to make her upset and she wasn't going to forgive him. I had a gut feeling that something was up so I talked to my sister who was very close with our father and she said it was probably nothing, that he would have said something to her if there was something more going on between Patty and him. So I dropped it; a couple years went by and I got married, moved with my husband and had a baby girl a few weeks before covid hit and that's when everything changed.
My father was now living with my grandfather full time as I was states away with my family. About half way through 2020 Patty calls my father and they start talking again. She has "long covid" and her daughter "just can't help her the way she needs to be helped" Her daughter was 18 at the time and perfectly capable of helping her own mother. So my father's bright idea was to take Patty into my grandfather's home to take care of them both. Meanwhile, my mom is alone in the house I grew up in, that my father still owns and has all of his stuff in, taking care of the house and family dog while also working full-time/overtime in healthcare. One of the big reasons my mom didn't move into my grandfather's house with my father was that she couldn't work from home like my father and would most likely bring home covid or the flu and the added stress of a dog that could knock my grandfather over was too much. I asked multiple times where Patty was sleeping and he kept saying she would sleep during the day and he would sleep at night, that way they were never sleeping together in the same bed. I called bullshit so many times but was told I was being "dramatic" and that I need to "drop it."
After 2 months of Patty living with my father, my mom wanted to retire and spend more time with my father and have time to travel to see me and her new granddaughter. She asked him if it was financially possible for her to retire and he said that it wouldn't be an issue since finances were good. 2 weeks after my mom officially retired, he had his lawyer send a letter of intent to divorce through the mail.
My mom called him crying asking why he would do this. His response was "I just don't want to be married anymore." and then asked her not to tell me or my sister until he's had a chance to speak with us. She spent 3 months quietly being a mess yet masqueraded like everything was fine around me, my sister, and our extended family for thanksgiving and Christmas. She finally told me when I pushed for her to tell me what was wrong. I was livid. I couldn't believe he would stoop so low and LIE straight to my face. Of course I called my sister and told her what happened, she was horrified as well but decided to give him a chance to come clean and hear his side of the story. She got him to tell her what happened and why he decided to end the marriage. It then took him another month to face me and I knew he was being a coward.
When he did finally talk to me and tell me what happened I then responded with "have you tried to reconnect with mom? What about couples therapy? When's the last time you and her went on a date? Is this happening because of Patty?" and he was just refusing to talk about it left and right coming up with excuses like "therapy wouldn't have worked" and "I would never be with Patty she's too crazy" MEANWHILE I had been talking to one of her sons about this and he confirmed that they were in a relationship.
I felt so disrespected not just because he lied to me or that he blindsided my mom but also on behalf of my grandfather who was every night sleeping right across the hall from them. At this point my grandfather was deep into his dementia and didn't really know what was going on around him, but I know for a fact he thought "cheaters were the scum of the earth" which just adds insult to injury.
My grandfather passed away peacefully a year later and at the funeral Patty avoided me like the plague. Granted I was pregnant, hormonal and grieving so everyone knew I was one side comment away from throwing down. After the funeral my sister and I went back to the house to see just how comfortable Patty had made herself in my grandfather's home. The bed her and my father slept in now had twinkly lights on the backboard, the room had all her furniture in it and on her bedside table there was an 8x11 framed picture of my father from his high school senior year. I could feel the white hot rage radiating through my body.
I called it out and stood my ground for an answer from him. I said "does she sleep facing you or facing your senior portrait at night? Seems to me that you are either in a relationship or she clearly has an obsession with you" and he raised his voice saying "Drop it now" My sister's jaw dropped and backed me up saying "she's right, that's weird" and he walked out of the room.
I was ready to cut off all ties to him if it weren't for my mom saying "wait until we are through our divorce" because she had hope that maybe he'd come to his senses and reconnect. I went low contact and only spoke to him when it concerned buying a house for my mom near me and selling the family home since he wasn't even living there and had no plans on moving back in. About a year later my therapist told me I needed to talk with my father and get everything off my chest if I wanted to truly get past everything, so I did. We talked for 3 hours and I told him every damaging thing he has done to me personally and then to the family; all the lying and gaslighting and making me feel like the crazy one. He apologized to me and agreed to do family therapy with me but that has yet to be followed through on, which isn't a surprise to me.
This brings us to present day, it's been 7 months since that heart to heart and my father is still not admitting that him and Patty are together, yet they still live together in my grandfather's house. My mom now lives a few houses down from me and her two grandchildren and is a big part of their lives whereas my father has only seen them two times per year. Nothing legal has happened since giving my mom the letter of intent to divorce which tells me he is either too broke to divorce or is not ready to let go of the 35+ year marriage.
My husband is now going to be away for training for roughly the next year for his new job and won't have many opportunities to see me or our kids so I am planning a trip to Disney world since it's kind of close to my husband's training center and we can see him on the weekend and then at his graduation later in the week. It also happens to be a good time for my sister to travel as well and my daughter has been asking to see her Papa for a while now. So my sister and I think a family trip wouldn't be a bad idea since our mom is civil with our father while he acts as if nothing has happened between them.
Here is where I might be the asshole; I have no problem with my father joining us on the trip, however, I do not want Patty anywhere near me or my children. I want to invite my father with the ground rule of no dirty mistresses allowed. I personally feel she is an incredibly toxic person and I don't want my kids knowing or asking who that lady is with Papa because it'll open up a whole can of worms. I do realize my father is also toxic but I can't cut him off completely because my daughter knows him enough that she wants to see him but is too young to understand why we don't see him as often as Grammy (my mom).
So, would I be the asshole for telling my father he can't bring Patty to the family trip?
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2024.05.07 18:32 Imbali98 New testimony about Diana Paxson has come forward (CW: CSA)

This is concerning the CSA surrounding Diana Paxson and her family. Huge trigger warning for that in the rest of this post.
Recently we've had some discussion on the sub concerning Diana Paxson, her family and child sexual abuse, and to a lesser extent the content of her works as an author. The TLDR about her books is that her books are not good sources to read - this post is not about that, so if you want some details about that you can check out this post.
This post is a copy/paste of text from a PDF statement from someone within The Troth. There are links and a few screenshots so I highly suggest you go read the PDF directly. The Troth seem to be trying to sweep this under the rug as they usually do in times of controversy, and I know many members here have been concerned about Paxson lately and choose to no longer support her, and more members who are currently unaware. Don't let this get swept under the rug. Let it be known what Diana Paxson is implicit with, and that The Troth seem to be trying to bury it. From here on out is the PDF text:
CW: discussion of child sexual abuse, victim blaming, and other upsetting topics
Concerns about Diana Paxson and Troth handling of concerns
I have been an active Troth member since approx 2017. I first met Diana Paxson in person in 2019, and she became my Troth clergy program mentor in June 2023. We began to have regular Zoom meetings with the two of us. In February 2024, I watched Netflix’s Last Chance U season 5, episode 4 "Greyhaven," where Diana Paxson is interviewed, and was disturbed to learn more about the history of child sexual abuse among some of her close friends/family over the years. In this episode, regarding convicted child molester Walter Breen and alleged child molesteabuser Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana is quoted as saying, “If we only had perfect people writing, there would be nobody to write. What we should be doing is honoring what people manage to achieve despite their flaws.” She also says several other things in this episode that did not sit right with me, including her reported “theoretical” awareness of Breen's desire to molest children.
Upon researching more on my own, I learned about Breendoggle (https://breendoggle.fandom.com/wiki/Breendoggle_Wiki) and the reportedly widespread awareness within sci-fi communities of the time of Breen’s previous criminal conviction and ongoing, active child sexual abuse, including reportedly widely witnessed allegations of sexual abuse of children as young as 3. (Decades later, Breen died in prison after multiple felony convictions related to child sexual abuse.) I learned about recorded court testimony alleging Diana Paxson was asked by a victim’s mother if it was safe for a child to visit Walter Breen and that she allegedly said yes (http://marionzimmerbradley.com/index.html). I learned of allegations that ADF founder Isaac Bonewits was allegedly living with Diana Paxson when some of his alleged child abuses took place, though Diana denies this. I also learned that even though one of Bonewits’ (and Breen's and MZB's) victims, Moira, was reportedly quoted on Diana Paxson’s website in 2014 (https://wildhunt.org/2018/01/accusations-of-abuse-surface-against-adf-founder-isaac-bonewits.html) to reassure the public that Diana reportedly did not know about the alleged abuses, and that this alleged quote remains on Diana's website at the time of this writing (https://diana-paxson.com/writing/avalon/marion-zimmer-bradley/), I learned that contrary to this, in 2015, Moira actually implied/alleged that Diana was an abuse enableapologist, alleged that she (Moira) and others made more recent police reports regarding child sexual abuse allegations about Diana's husband Don Studebaker AKA Jon DeCles (https://askthebigot.com/2015/07/23/the-story-of-moira-greyland-guest-post/), and alleged that his family had “closed ranks” to protect him. In 2022, Moira repeated this allegation more directly and in more detail, including alleging that Diana was “covering for” him (see attached screenshots). I also found multiple other online allegations of past and current alleged abuse-enabling or apologism linked to Diana, reportedly across decades, from a variety of people claiming familiarity with Berkeley pagan communities.
Disturbed, I decided to talk to Diana one-on-one over Zoom and ask her about the topic directly. On Tuesday, February 13, 2024, over a private Zoom call, I expressed respectful concern, expressed that I was disturbed by her words and some of what I had been reading, and engaged Diana in a conversation on some of these issues to get her perspective. Diana alleged that she does not commit crimes. That said, over our approximately two hour conversation, she repeatedly expressed several beliefs that I found and continue to find disturbing, especially coming from someone who is a well-known figure in the Heathen community, a clergy member, and a leader. During our conversation I made several efforts to give her the benefit of the doubt, respectfully debunk opinions I found harmful, keep an open mind, and offer her opportunities to clarify. Despite this, her words in the conversation left me with even greater concern than before, not less. During and immediately after the call, I took notes on her statements to me to aid in my recollection, and after processing my horror and disappointment, on February 26, 2024, I filed a formal complaint to the Troth, detailing my online research and my direct experiences. My impressions of our conversation were what I perceived to be overall themes of ongoing belittling, disbelief of, and disdain for multiple child sexual abuse victims/survivors including legally-proven victims, recurrent victim blaming statements, lack of understandingvabout the harms of grooming, lack of understanding about children's inability to consent, conflation of sexual violence against children with orientation/queer identity, recurrent use of language like “boylove” and other harmless-sounding terms to refer to what is actually violence, repeated dismissal of the need to proactively protect children in questionable situations with known pedophiles, and several more alarming themes, all in response to me expressing real concern about real people who have experienced real harm committed by Breen and allegedly committed by several other people connected to Diana.
Though tone is subjective, I was also personally shocked at what I perceived as a casual, bemused, and at-times cruel demeanor when discussing actual proven victims, and what I perceived as a lack of expressed remorse, concern, anxiety, regret, sadness, or any other empathy-driven emotion regarding people suffering significant harm from sexual abuse.
My current understanding as of May 7, 2024 is that the Troth has concluded their investigation and has quietly asked Diana to train replacement(s) then step down as coordinator of the clergy program and editor-in-chief of the Idunna magazine, but that Diana will still be allowed to retain clergy credentials as an ordained Troth clergyperson, her status as official Elder in the organization, and membership in the organization overall. I feel this is a disservice to all members of the Troth, and particularly to families with children and any members who have experienced sexual violence. I myself cannot knowingly remain in an organization that continues to knowingly honor and welcome an Elder, clergyperson, and member with these expressed viewpoints and these ongoing allegations, and I feel it is my duty as a community member to inform others of my concerns.
Troth Bylaws state several relevant policies:
• “The ethical conduct of all persons who represent The Troth is of vital importance to this organization, because it is through our members and officers that our reputation as an organization is formed, as is our organizational Wyrd.”
• “sexual misconduct is prohibited by this Organization and will never be condoned or tolerated.”
• “Officers and clergy within The Troth may be subject to more scrutiny and greater accountability than the general membership.”
I am in no way accusing Diana of any crimes, because I do not personally have legal evidence of that. I also do not know what her inner experience is like. However, someone can be deemed an inappropriate organizational leader and be unwelcome as a community member due to their expressed beliefs, words, and harm to community trust, even without being convicted of any crimes. Troth members deserve to know what their respected elder is saying–and in the case of Last Chance U, what she’s saying in public. I’m saddened if this statement means the end of my years as a Troth community member–and it will be if the Troth does not take additional action–but some things are more important. Much love and gratitude to the many good, decent people I’ve met over the years in this space. Please spread the word if you can. Remember: All children deserve to learn, grow, and be nurtured free from exploitation. Child sexual abuse is never okay. Victims/survivors, no matter how imperfect, are never to blame for being abused. Break the cycle and speak out, like Havamal 127. May the truth prevail, whatever that may be, and may those who have been harmed find healing and relief.
With love, and as an act of love,
Bat
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2024.05.07 18:31 juliet_porter Low Budget Event HELP!

Hi Indy! 👋🏾 I really need your help in any a work event. We are celebrating a 25 year anniversary for a provider being in practice. Their vision is an outdoor event, for less than 100, but also would like a bounce house or some activity for kids, dogs, ice cream/snowcone, and to set up “booths “which would basically be tables that are talking about services we offer. Thinking it would be about 7 to 8 tables example, one would talk about, one would talk about laser hair removal, one would talk about hormones.
I know she wants to get back and say thank you so her idea sounds more like a carnival. We only have a $1500 budget. I have reached out to Broadripple Park, and dates are not available and you also need a permit for the bounce house. I reached out to Holiday Park, and they do not allow bounce house.
Not sure if we scrap the bounce house idea and just do a face painter for kids? But I am looking for an outdoor space or even a nice indoor space at this point for Thursday in May in the evening to fit that price point.
Budget; $1500 Items needed to purchase within budget; hotdogs, ice cream/snowcone, waters, sodas, popcorn, linens/table covers, plates, silverware, balloons, bags, tissue, paper, T-shirts, skincare to go in gift bags.
Thinking maybe I should go the route and rent a tent outside the building and set up one table for food, one table for gifts, one table for face painter, and seven tables for “booths “and get some dollar store, plastic tablecloths and call it a day.
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2024.05.07 18:31 charvels4me cp-parent and cp-replica vm's

In the absence of any support from our friends at Broadcom –
Currently using Horizon 7 - Upgrading to 8 after a long hard battle with change controls and validated pools.
Before we make the move to 2024, We are upgrading our UCS manager. Prior to the actual upgrade we want to consolidate the blades from 3 different chassis, to 2. We are doing this to make room for the new manager in the rack.
We currently have 4 WIN10 21H2 LTSC IC pools, 1 dedicated. spread across 8 hosts. About 450 VMs
This will involve shutting down a few hosts, then moving to a different chasis. How does this affect the cp-parent and cp-replicas on the hosts?
In March, we remediated CVE-2024-222543-09-24. All VM’s, including cp-parents and cp-replicas were migrated off and then back on randomly. This produced a ton of errors before the pools settled back down.
I am thinking it may be better to just power down all vms on the hosts then move the blades to different chassis and power back on. ?
Am I over thinking this or is maintenance is a lot more involved than with our old linked clone pools.
Thank you all in advance
Len
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2024.05.07 18:27 softtechhubus How You Can Optimize Your Content for Voice Search in 30 Ways

How You Can Optimize Your Content for Voice Search in 30 Ways
How You Can Optimize Your Content for Voice Search in 30 Ways
Voice search usage is growing exponentially as more people adopt voice-controlled devices like smart speakers. Ensuring your content is optimized for voice search will become increasingly important for discoverability and conversions. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore 30 effective ways you can structure, format and optimize your content for voice.

1. Focus on User Intent

Keep user intent front and center when developing content for voice search. Analyze the types of questions or needs your target audience may have and focus on directly answering those. Anticipate what users might ask through their devices and provide clear, relevant responses. Having a deep understanding of user intent will help improve the relevancy and conversational nature of your content.

2. Optimize for Mobile and Technical Aspects

When optimizing for voice search, it's important to ensure your website is technically able to handle the increased traffic that may result. Make sure your site is mobile-friendly and loads extremely quickly on all devices. Technical aspects like page speed, responsive design and structured data can significantly impact discoverability. Also claim and regularly update your Google My Business listing if it's relevant for local searches.

3. Target Long-Tail Keywords

When identifying search terms to target, focus on long-tail keywords that reflect the type of natural language, conversational queries people use with their voice. These tend to be more specific, multi-word phrases as opposed to short-tail head terms. Incorporate your targeted keywords naturally throughout headers, body text, meta descriptions and other elements. Ensure your content directly answers questions expressed through those keyword phrases.

4. Create Conversational Content

Develop content with a clear question/answer format that directly responds to queries users may have. Use conversational language and write in a friendly, casual style similar to how you would speak. Keep sentences short and easy to understand when read aloud. Aim to answer questions in around 29 words which research shows performs best for voice search snippets. Also structure your content clearly with headings, bullets and formatting for quick scanning.

5. Optimize for Location-Based Queries

When it makes sense for your business, develop content optimized to answer local, location-based questions from users. Target location-specific keywords or phrases. Consider features like local packs in Google Search Console or location extensions on Google Ads to further optimize for localized intent. Keeping your Google My Business listing up-to-date and claimed is also important for local visibility.

6. Optimize for Featured Snippets

Since featured snippets offer a quick "top of search" response to queries, structure your content to be easily digestible in condensed snippet format. Use formatting elements like lists, tables and bold text to break up longer answers concisely. Pay close attention to snippet best practices like concise length (around 29 words) and ensure your answers directly respond to relevant search queries users may ask through voice.

7. Use a Conversational Tone

When writing for voice-powered searches, it's important to embrace a natural, conversational tone similar to how one would speak. Steer clear of technical jargon, complex sentences or wordiness. Use contractions where appropriate to mimic casual discussion. Keep vocabulary and phrasing straightforward for easy understanding when queries are read aloud by AI assistants.

8. Optimize for Mobile

Given the inherent mobile-nature of voice search usage, ensure your website is fully responsive and optimized for small screens. Use a fast-loading design with minimized assets and compressed images. Consider voice-specific enhancements like enabling voice commands on your site or adding dynamic menus for contextual navigation. Usability testing across various devices can help identify mobile optimizations to prioritize.

9. Implement Structured Data

Leverage schema.org structured data markup to provide information about your business, contact details, services, products and other content in a machine-readable format. Search engines use this metadata to better understand what your pages are about. Popular schema types for voice include LocalBusiness, FAQPage, and QAPage which help with visibility for relevant queries. Make sure your structured data is implemented correctly using validation tools.

10. Prioritize Page Speed

Page speed is an important ranking factor across all devices, and in voice especially where responses need to be near-instantaneous. Use techniques like image compression, code minification, browser caching and a CDN to serve static assets faster. Check your page speed score on tools like Google PageSpeed insights and aim for 90+ for quick loading times. Speed impacts the quality of experience for users interacting via voice.

11. Optimize Answer Formatting

When structuring answer-based content like FAQs, ensure your responses are cleanly formatted using techniques proven to enhance readability. Formatting elements such as lists, bold text, italics and tables help break up long snippets visually for quick scanning. Stick to around 29 words maximum which proves ideal for voice snippets appearing in search results as seen in Google consumer research studies.

12. Conduct Keyword Research

Take time to analyze relevant voice-focused keywords and questions through keyword research tools. This will provide deeper insights into conversational queries your ideal customers are asking through their voice assistants. Identify long-tail, multi-word phrases related to your industry or offering. Factor these primed keywords directly into your on-page content, social posts and paid media placements.

13. Structure Content Clearly

From your initial content outline down to detailed implementation, structure all information in a logical, scannable manner. Use descriptive headers, subheaders and bulleted lists to organize your material and guide the user smoothly through your discussions or tutorials. Clear structure promotes rapid understanding which is especially important for AI systems parsing your content for voice search snippets.

14. Use Conversational Writing

When crafting content, emulate a natural back-and-forth discussion style mirroring how one would verbally communicate with another person. Write in short, straightforward sentences and avoid complex terminology when possible. Weave in rhetorical questions to prompt user interaction, and respond conversationally in your ensuing content. This friendly, engaging approach helps optimize understanding and engagement for voice situations.

15. Prioritize Mobile Design

With the explosion of mobile interactions, prioritize an optimized experience across diverse devices through responsive design. Use flexible grids, scalable images and intuitive interactivity. Conduct user testing across phones and tablets to eliminate glitches like download delays or broken functionality. Balance readability with impact through minimalist layouts and formatting tailored for thumb use.

16. Implement Structured Data

Beyond providing metadata, leverage schema.org's structured data vocabulary to semantically enhance internal and external page elements. Markup everything from individual products and articles to entire site sections, locations and FAQs for deeper crawling. Pair schemas like HowTo, BreadcrumbList and QAPage with conversational snippets to achieve complete natural language understanding for bots.

17. Optimize Assets and Code

Minify JavaScript, CSS, JSON and HTML files to trim unnecessary characters for faster loading. Leverage image formats like WebP and adaptive JPEG serving to compress visuals losslessly. Implement browser caching, asset hashing, subresource integrity and other performance best practices. Utilize a CDN for redundant file distribution to distributed nodes for blazing delivery.

18. Enhance Readability

When optimizing short snippets, employ techniques proven to boost scannability like formatting, font shifts and emphasis. Break up longer answers into a simple numbered or bullet list. Italicize key terms, bold critical elements or intersperse short phrases with commas for natural read flows. Consider including helpful visual aids like tables or charts too for voice-constrained snippets.

19. Research Keywords In-Depth

Vet industry-specific keywords at different intent levels from informational to transactional using tools like SEMrush, Ahrefs or Keyword Shttter. Extract clusters of related long-tail phrases to target conversational topics comprehensively. Analyze competitors' top-converting searches to uncover new angle opportunities. Focus volume on keywords that reflect natural language queries from users.

20. Write Simply and Directly

Explain technical concepts, products or complex ideas in straightforward simple terms that translate smoothly to speech. Use short sentences, active voice and avoid obscure jargon whenever possible. Get straight to the point with minimal frills, crafting content optimized for rapid parsing by AI bots and immediate understanding by consumers. A+ readability paves the path to seamless comprehension.

21. Test Usability Broadly

Conduct in-depth cross-device testing on an array of mobile OSes and browsers to nip all UX issues. Check for glitches like long load times, choppy interactivity, broken links or inconsistent formatting across screens. Leverage tools like Google Mobile-Friendly Test to validate standards compliance and catch egregious errors. Fix bugs immediately and monitor optimizations through follow-up tests.

22. Validate Structured Data

Double check markup structures with the Google Structured Data Testing tool or third-party validation services. Resolve syntax errors, disallowed values, outdated parameters and other invalid issues that could compromise readability. Verify implementation across all website pages to bolster understanding site-wide. Repair malfunctions as soon as possible to leverage structured data benefits without delay.

23. Monitor Key Metrics

Leverage data from tools like Google Search Console, Analytics and synthetic monitoring scripts to track crucial metrics over time. Focus on page speed performance scores, time to first byte/full load, snippet impressions and traffic/conversion changes. Make informed strategic tweaks based on successes and failures based on quantitative insights. Optimize iteratively for continual voice search enhancements.

24. Target Featured Snippets

Audit internal and top competitor pages through Semrush or Ahrefs for snippet win opportunities. Craft responses optimized for these short slots by addressing related top search terms with concise 29-word answers formatted attractively. Carefully structure content on seminal topic keyword pages for snippet eligibility. Regularly refresh pages with targeted updates for fresh snippet consideration.

25. Enhance Readability Scores

Check passages throughout your site using tools like Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level or Flesch Reading Ease algorithms. Target elementary scores for universal comprehension. Use monosyllabic words, short sentences and easy vocabulary to maximize approachability when parsed by voice systems. Factor conclusions from these assessments into your content style moving forward.

26. Prioritize Conversion

While boosting natural search visibility, optimize your content additionally for on-site tasks like signing up, making a purchase or downloading an offer. Insert prominent calls-to-action adjacent to relevant educational passages. Use frictionless opt-in forms requiring minimal interactive steps. Streamline funneling to converting actions like checkout for voice-initiated customers.

27. Consider Voice UX

Beyond pages alone, contemplate a seamless multi-device experience with voice interactions in mind. Enable far-field microphones, contextual menus and natural language understanding consistent across touchpoints. Enhance functionality for fatigue-free hands-free control. Uncover and solve points of friction during prototyping with representatives from your target demos. Deliver joy of discovery through sound.

28. Adopt Best Practices

As search engines continue updating algorithms, conform to evolving schema standards for optimal understanding long-term. Stay current on optimized formatting use cases like How-To structured data. Participate in training and certification programs to certified best practices. Outsource implementation to experienced agencies if needed until your team builds requisite schema and voice search expertise. Continual learning fuels technological leadership.

29. Leverage Multimedia Assets

Beyond text, incorporate optimized videos, images, podcasts and other multimedia to cater to visual and auditory learning styles too. Add closed captions and chapter markers to videos for searchability. Optimize assets through techniques like alt text descriptions, transcriptions and playlists to bolster engagement and accessibility across platforms including voice assistants and smart displays.

30. Refine for Performance

Even with solid fundamentals, regular testing and refining pays dividends. Continually update flagged pages with fresh snippets targeting conversion-driving queries based on data. Deconstruct topics into more digestible modules and language. Craft alternative responses based on seasonality or real-time events. Monitor algorithms with tools like SEMrush Rank Tracker to stake preemptive claims through ongoing optimization, outpacing competitors adapting at a slower pace.
In conclusion, optimizing your content for voice is a strategic priority to stay discovered in an increasingly hands-free world. Prioritizing user experience, technical performance, clear organization and a conversational tone across all touchpoints will elevate your authority while boosting qualified clicks, leads and sales through the most ubiquitous digital assistant - your voice. With diligence applying the above 30 best practices, your content stands ready to captivate and convert the listeners of today and tomorrow.
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2024.05.07 18:26 Daedalus128 Building a culture without a culture? How do

I don’t know how to write this question without giving too much context, sorry in advance. Skip to the last paragraph if you want to avoid my more than likely unnecessary rambling. Legitimately, I’m so sorry this is as long as it is.
I would post this to /Worldbuilding, but my recent post there got deleted because I was “asking for ideas,” so I’m a lil bit skittish now. I understand I broke a rule, I just don’t know how to use that subreddit now lol
Anyways, onto the context behind the context of the problem: Right now I’m working on a races rewrite so that the campaign can more accurately reflect the world I have in mind, specifically wanting a human-centric (but not isolated) game with a reduction of the European influence in a pre-medieval, high fantasy world. But before you say it, I know just how dangerous it is to attempt to represent a human culture in a game’s “race,” and that it can easily fall into racism and stereotyping, but trust me when I say I do know what I’m doing in that respect. I’m a person of color, I married a immigrant person of color, I’ve (non-traditionally) studied race sex and class as well as anthropology and history, what I’m doing is not what would traditionally see of “This race is better at stealing, so they get a +10 to their stealing skill” or anything horrible like that. The “subraces” are actually subcultures, and of the 7 I have only 1 of them has a trait that has anything to do with their physical appearance (my “definitely not germanic/nordic vikings” are predisposed to being large and can carry more because of it), all the remaining traits are something that the culture prioritizes and would likely teach to those who’ve been raised within it. Like for example the Kourakan (more below) get the Kenku’s taunt trait because I don’t know if you’ve ever been to west africa or the caribbeans but if you get roasted by them mufus then you’re gunna be thinking back on that for a decade at least cuz that’s gunna hurt your *soul,*** and if you’re raised in that then odds are you know how to do it too.
Just want that to be very clear and out of the way so it doesn’t have to get brought up in the comments, I already understand the hurdles and am already planning accordingly.
Now the context behind the problem: So like I said, I have a 7 different subcultures of Humanity. I have more than just humans as well, for example my version of elves and dwarves (pretentiously named the Aelfs and Duards) and a few “monstrous and demihuman” bloodlines, which are what happens when humans get busy with some supernatural creatures or one of the non-humans. But with the 7 human subcultures I’m actually pretty proud of how they’re turning out, they each have a vague inspiration from real history, but are placed within the context of the story and world well enough that I feel like they’re unique and somehow non-anachronistic.
Like, for example, one of the groups I have is called the Kourakans. These people are heavily inspired by caribbean cultures (getting their name from my wife’s home country of Curacao), kind of like an alternative take on the slave trade and haitian revolution. There was an attempt to create a slave class as the Hadrian Empire (name pending, more on them in a second) needed low cost man-power to expand their reach into the neighboring continent of Gonwanda. This fortunately did not take, and lasted maybe a generation before there was revolting, where the now ex-slaves are taking over the coastal plantations, port towns and slave ships. The Hadrians would fight back, but they’d be dealing with 10,000 problems at the time and couldn't divert too many resources to stop them. While some Kourakans would return to their ancestral home, most would stay to help build the city of Libertalia, meant to be an anarcho-afro-fantasy utopia that prided itself on individual autonomy and commerce but some would argue instead became a lawless pirate hellhole filled with cutthroats and vagabonds (Oh no I broke rule 4). In truth it lies somewhere in between, but a lot of the outward perspective of Libertalia is tinted with Hadriatic propaganda.
The Hadrian Empire (name is still pending) is actually the crux to my issue that I’m having right now. They are obviously my “totally not romans,” their claim to fame is that they united the warring tribes of the continent under a single banner, built roads and walls and generally brought the world into the next modern era. This is mostly propaganda, they’re really an imperialist nationalistic ethnostate that’s probably closer to the Fire Nation at best and Nazis at worst. I’ve been playing a lot of Helldivers recently so they might have tipped the scale in that direction a little bit lol. They ruled the continent for about 940 years, but collapsed after a string of catastrophes, failures, infighting, famine, plague and invasions. It’s been about a century since the fall of the empire, and a New Hadriatic Empire (again, name pending) has risen from the ruins of the old now vowing to restore what was lost (now the “totally not Holy Roman Empire or First Order”)
Okay, finally my actual problem: Back to the Races rework that this is originally about, I didn’t want to completely get rid of the Default Human option with my race rework and instead left the 7th to fill that same role. Meet the Centrans (name pending), they are about as “default” as I can accept, their backstory is that they are a people that just refused to conform to Hadriatic rulership. There once was an original tribe of Centrans, and where the Vargr would actively raid and fight against Hadriatic oppression, the Centrans simply just would be non-conforming. They’d still practice their ancestral beliefs even when outlawed, they’d poach forests and dam rivers as they pleased, they’d travel without papers and just in general partied in the cracks and blindspots of society. But over time it became less of a tribe and more of a movement, anyone could become a Centran all you had to do was adopt the idea of “do what you want.” Now they're the outcasts, the undocumented migrants or nomadic wanderers, and then once the empire collapsed they changed again as the name began being adopted by everyone as the anti-thesis of Hadria. If you weren’t a noble elite when the empire fell then you’d be considered a Centran by default, simple as that.
It’s kind of similar to the pan-african movement, where people would celebrate their african heritage but often not the culture or practices of any individual people and combine aspects of Africa in ways that just don't make sense (looking at you waterfall scene in black panther 1). Also, at this point in my timeline most people would be unaware of their ethnic origins and unable to claim themselves to be from a specific region or tribe anymore, so instead they claim themselves as one of the only tribes to have survived the near millenia long rulership. Notably they are not a romani stand-in, but you could easily make a romani-like group if you wanted for your own story if that was the character you’re wanting.
SO THEN MY QUESTION:
Each subculture is getting about a page or page and a half primer with cultural practices, history and internal threats that a player can use to build off of to understand the flavor of the subculture beyond just being told a 2 paragraph history and some starting traits. And I’m pretty good on the rest of these subcultures, but the Centrans whole thing is that their culture doesn’t exist anymore and is instead just whatever you want it to be. So I’m having a really hard time with this, and don’t want to just leave the page blank and say “write it in yourself” because that’s how you get Generic Fantasy Village #4 or Generic Fantasy Orphan Turned Rogue Who Steals From The Rich To Give To Himself. I don’t know exactly what it is that I’m asking for, I just need some help on how to write a “default” culture while allowing them to keep some unique individualism. Honestly I might just have to wait until I’m done with the other 6 subcultures just so I can show those screenshots with the complete context and not just my attempt to simplify it while somehow also overcomplicating it.
Anyways, if you made it all the way then I appreciate you, even if you can't help lol
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2024.05.07 18:26 peanutbuttersandvich Unrecognised game client error

I've been consistently getting an unrecognised game client error upon booting the game. I am using the xbox app on PC and I have tried verifying my files, reinstalling EAC, reinstalling the game, creating an exception in the windows antivirus. I have sent a support ticket but the response just told me to do what I already tried. Any help? It has been incredibly frustrating not being able to play a game I've paid for
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2024.05.07 18:24 mrt1416 Trade in for a 2021 Q5 or keep my 2021 Nissan Rogue?

I have wanted a Q5 for 2 years and have just recently been actively looking for one. I’ve put off looking for one due to finances needing to get sorted out from moving.
I read this post and many people have mentioned the Nissans CVT and the issues. I’ve had 3 Nissans (Sentra - wrecked, 2011 rogue - traded in for current car, 2021 rogue - current car) and I’ve never had engine issues. However I’ve read that it usually happens once the car gets closer to 100k miles and none of my Nissans have gotten to that point.
However, I’m now in the financial situation to be looking at a new car. It’s a want and not a need. My 3 scenarios are:
  1. Trade in my rogue for this Q5. It would 15.4K cash after fees and my trade in. My trade is was valued at 16k. Financing isn’t an option I want to take as the rate was 7%.
  2. Keep my Rogue and save to get a new Q5. My math (i know it could be flawed) is that with my rogue costing 30k new plus 15k for this Q5 would value the Q5 at 45k ish new. I looked at the Q5 pricing online at the start at 47k so it’s not too far off.
  3. Look at another dealership. Not sure how the pricing for this Q5 is in comparison is or how they hold value in comparison to Nissans.
I’m wary of waiting because i know as cars get older, value depreciates and I’m more likely to have a CVT issue.
I’m open to other luxury vehicles. I’ve had a Lincoln suv and enjoyed that. I enjoy how nice the Q5 drives, how sleek it looks, and all the premium features this one has.
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