**Introduction**
1) Will this be your first dog? If not, what experience do you have owning/training dogs?* The first dog I was close to was born the same month I was and she went everywhere with me as a child. My father was a show handler and later judge. I grew up with Boxers and then Shelties when I was a teen. I currently live with my sister who has a Min Pin and am fairly involved. I often watched and cared for my brother's weimaraner and vizsla. My first on my own dog was a Potcake/American Village Dog who I only took through puppy star. She had been a shelter puppy, and had major fear of other dogs from a ridiculously young age. Did some playful trick training and household training with her and she was an out and about companion when she was doing well with reactivity, but often had to pull back more than I wanted to. Did a lot of enrichment toys and find it games and the like for her mental stimulation, but all just for fun. I'm more confident doing training with food motivated dogs, but I well know this can be down to the individual.
2) Do you have a preference for rescuing a dog vs. going through a [reputable breeder]( http://ownresponsibly.blogspot.com/2011/07/identifying-reputable-breeder.html)?* Reputable Breeder, this time. My girl was spay incontinent from being shelter spayed as a puppy and screamed at the sight of other dogs from the moment I got her when she was 12 weeks old. Wanting something raised with a good start, good health testing, and an ENS program.
3) Describe your ideal dog.\* Ideally a dog that would be comfortable going on trails and doing some hiking and camping or traveling around dog friendly cities. I don't need them to be best friends with everyone, but I'd like them to be able to handle being around people at events. I'd like them to have decent off switch/settle ability indoors. I'd like to stick around moderate energy and have a dog that isn't constantly prodding for more play in an obsessive way. I'm happy to have them laying on me or chilling in the same space. I would like them at least a little eager to please and interact. Would like something that can tend a little more towards happy or goofy.
4) What breeds or types of dogs are you interested in and why?\* Looking at Silken Windhounds heavily with aside consideration to whippets. I really love their looks and the smooth movement of their gait is gorgeous. I also like that sighthounds have a purportedly good off switch indoors and I think a dog joy running is gorgeous anyway. I'm only really leery for the glass canon aspect they can have in being a bit delicate.
Also considering the Bedlington Terrier which I really like the lighter coat texture and longer face and tight triangle ears compared to poodles. I doubt I'd do the funny cut very much, and I honestly like their conformation in being a bit sighthoundy. Their personality traits seem pretty good, but they are a bit harder to research as info on them seems a little slim even within their club site. Somewhat the same for the Basenji, though my step mother had one so I have met one, but I know they usually hate water and I love water and already own a small doggy play pool. Both of these are on the smaller side of the size I'd like to have, but the Bedlington is currently high on the list.
Trying to talk myself into a poodle as I know they all around probably fit what I need since they're sort of a generalist but I really don't love the look of their coat, and I'm not talking about the cuts. I really prefer the look of a naturally smooth faced dog is really the shallow fact of it, and I do know that also goes for the Bedlington. A tight shaved poodle looks like a raggety weim in shape, if I'm honest. I'm also concerned by the size range of the standard since they can often get into the 60lb+ and my goal is around 40lb with flex on either side. Whereas I'd really like to stay above 25lb which is a bit of an issue for the miniature and moyen/medium breeders it seems like. Also, finding undocked is an issue in the US.
Others that have been on the short list (but are mostly off) were springer spaniels, wheaten terriers, carolina dog, and irish setter. I like a ton of dog breeds and especially like full snout/tight lipped profiles. Most of my favorites are high energy or high drive and I don't really feel like I could meet their needs. Border collie is probably my favorite breed in looks, but I know I'll never be enough for them. I don't want anything brachy though.
5) What sorts of things would you like to train your dog to do? I want to do general training and adapt from there based on what the dog enjoys. First and foremost I want a dog for being a dog. I've considered training up a therapy dog or doing some agility training, but more for the dog's enrichment than my own interest in competition. For the sighthounds I was considering FCAT or fly ball and for the terrier Barn Hunt and the like. Dock diving would probably be fun. I'd like to train for recall, but I'd never try to rely on it, if that makes sense. I'm most interested in is just being able to enjoy my dogs.
6) Do you want to compete with your dog in a sport (e.g. agility, obedience, rally) or use your dog for a form of work (e.g. hunting, herding, livestock guarding)? If so, how much experience do you have with this work/sport?\* Mostly answered this above, I think. I'm considering myself open to the possibility of getting into sports, but it would just be for fun and I know how ridiculous the people culture can get there. I would consider conformation a bit since there are some rarer breeds in my short list, but I'm not dedicated to the idea currently. I do like when a dog is at least a bit more engaged and I know that's a bit of a toss up for some of my interest list.
**Care Commitments**
7) How long do you want to devote to training, playing with, or otherwise interacting with your dog each day?\* I'd consider a 30min AM/1hr PM schedule reasonably doable with that likely being higher for a puppy. I can also take day time breaks to do short training sessions.
8) How long can you exercise your dog each day, on average? What sorts of exercise are you planning to give your dog regularly and does that include using a dog park?\* Part of this would be in the AM/PM schedule. I'd rather do one neighborhood walk a day than two, if I'm honest, but I don't mind a exercise walk and a later sniff stroll at least some of the week. Weekend hiking and park trails are definite once they're old enough. I would not do dog parks, but I know for silkens they coordinate breed meet ups, and I would possibly do that now and then if it's part of the breed culture. I know the dog daycare nearby at least says that they do evaluated play groups for their day camps. I might consider that when young, but I'm really on the fence with it. Would also like a dog that could be trained for fetch games for extra yard exercise if they're too pent up. I've also used flirt poles, kongs, pinata boxes, and brain games for bad weather. I'd also probably figure out outlet games for whatever breeds are picked. (Ex. My girl had a drive to dig, so we made dig games to tell her when and where it was appropriate to dig.)
9) How much regular brushing are you willing to do? Are you open to trimming hair, cleaning ears, or doing other grooming at home? If not, would you be willing to pay a professional to do it regularly?\* Weekly brushing would be fine. I could probably get used to daily if needed. If I do get a high groom breed, my plan would be to learn to groom them myself, though I find especially things like ear hair plucking a bit daunting. I have a harder time trusting someone with my dog out of my sight, but I'd probably also at least find someone to do washes with when they're young for exposure to being handled by other people calmly.
**Personal Preferences**
10) What size dog are you looking for?\* Really looking at the 30-40 range ideally. 60+ I think would be a bit much at this point, and especially because the goal is to have two dogs.
11) How much shedding, barking, and slobber can you handle?\* No worse than a boxer or a sheltie, so. LOL Honestly would rather deal with trying to train down barking a bit than getting jowels rubbed down my arm after every meal. There is an allergy concern in the family, but they are already medicating, but it's probably smarter to go with a lower dander dog or at least one that is lower.
12) How important is being able to let your dog off-leash in an unfenced area?\* I would love to train reliable recall, but I don't mind staying paranoid and keeping on leash in all unfenced areas. I live near a metro, so there's not great opportunity for open available land anyway. And having had a reactive dog, I have no problem with staying on leash in public trails.
**Dog Personality and Behavior**
13) Do you want a snuggly dog or one that prefers some personal space?\* I'd be happy with a snuggly dog. My last girl was more of a roommate dog who hated when anyone moved too much on the same couch. I'd like something a little more snuggly this time, but I'm not going to be heart broken if they're a little more aloof. I'd like more middle of the road than pure velcro as far as constantly touching.
14) Would you prefer a dog that wants to do its own thing or one that’s more eager-to-please?\* I think a little of both. I do like a dog that can entertain itself at times, but I really do like when they're happy to engage and interact more. So scale tipped towards eager-to-please without needing constant attention.
15) How would you prefer your dog to respond to someone knocking on the door or entering your yard? How would you prefer your dog to greet strangers or visitors?\* I'm very used to alert barkers, so I don't mind it. I would like the ability to train a good ability to think and realize things are ok and calm down quickly. I don't mind a little aloof, but I'd like gregarious enough to get on out in public without it stressing them out.
16) Are you willing to manage a dog that is aggressive to other dogs?\* I'd rather be lower risk on this scale as I do want to have two and I've already had to deal with a dog who was dog fearful. I'd rather not every 'my dog is just saying hello' I come across be a massive set back this time.
17) Are there any other behaviors you can’t deal with or want to avoid?\* I'd really like to avoid a poop or rock eater as those are way harder to manage or train down. Barking is also self reinforcing so a little less prone to barking, but honestly rather a barker than coprophagia or constantly worrying about blockage
**Lifestyle**
18) How often and how long will the dog be left alone?\* 1-2 hours at a time with maybe 4 hours on a weekend now and then. We're fairly homebody and when we do go out it is often to outdoor shopping or parks that are fairly dog friendly territory. I'm more worried right now about doing alone training to lessen the chance of separation anxiety.
19) What are the dog-related preferences of other people in the house and what will be their involvement in caring for the dog?\* Spouse would be fully involved and for some reason has a preference of the second dog being another breed for variety. They also aren't as interested in the whippet for the good silken/whippet combo pack. They also want no unnecessary altering like docking which narrows the breeder pool for some breeds by a lot. They on the same page with a park/trail companion but are less interested in the formal training aspects.
20) Do you have other pets or are you planning on having other pets? What breed or type of animal are they?\* Currently have two older cats who grew up with my previous girl. Once they are gone, I plan to be a two dog only household so I do plan to get the second dog when the first is young (12-18months).
21) Will the dog be interacting with children regularly?\* That's not a current possibility. I don't mind doing room management for visits if it was needed.
22) Do you rent or plan to rent in the future? If applicable, what breed or weight restrictions are on your current lease?\* No.
23) What city or country do you live in and are you aware of any laws banning certain breeds?\* Near Atlanta. Not aware of anything hard on books for breeds.
24) What is the average temperature of a typical summer and winter day where you live?\* Summer can get up towards 90F, but usually not for very long. The last few winters have been really mild with it rarely being below 40F.
**Additional Information and Questions**
25) Please provide any additional information you feel may be relevant.\* The current plan would be to eventually have a male and a female since that's the best bet for everyone getting along.
26) Feel free to ask any questions below. Looking for advice on two breeds who are likely to get along really well and might have an easier time matching play styles. Mostly just trying to get help settling the question as we've been doing a drain circle on this for a long while now.

I'm not familiar with data recovery at all and I really need help. I made this post in a different subreddit about how the microsd I use for my ds has been corrupted. What happened was I tried making a new folder on the sd but when I did that, there was a file called USBC. in it already. I didn't ever create this file, I got confused and tried deleting the folder. but it would not let me do this, so I took the sd out of my computer and reinserted it. Whenever I put it back in, windows was telling me that I needed to reformat the sd card. There was data on this that I don't want to lose, but I've been careless in the fact that I haven't backed up this sd card in quite a while. If I use my old backup, I'll still have lost quite a bit of data. After trying to find a solution for a while, and after the chkdsk command on terminal not working, I found this post and tried the testdisk program it talked about. It was quite useful in the fcat that after I used it, windows no longer asked me to reformat the sd card. But I still have a problem, since my data is still gone (and the device I want to use the sd with doesn't even recognise it at this point). Whenever I check the contents of the sd, the only thing left on it is the USBC. file I mentioned earlier. It says that the file takes up 0kb, but when I look at the properties of the sd card it says I have used up the same amount of storage that I had before the corruption. I cannot move or copy this file out of my sd, as windows tells me filename is invalid / too long. I'm really lost. I came to this subreddit from this guide that somebody left under my other post. Though this guide seems useful, it isn't really working for me? Does anybody have any ideas on what I can do to fix this?

I’m writing this on my phone, so the formatting, spelling, etc will probably be prettt sub par, sorry in advance. This is just my opinions, which I had to convey to someone because it’s been nagging at time for the longest time. You can like or dislike any charcaters you want, and I’m not saying my opinions should be law, just sharing my thoughts.
I want to start this off by saying, I started off appreciating her charcater. My taste in charcaters is usually those who are more good orientated; so I’m aware that I was never going to love her charcater. But, she was a damn good villain.
That entire masquerade party in season 2 was perfect. And when she pretended to be Elaina to kill that warlock? So cool. Her leaving after giving damon Klaus’s blood to cure his werewolf bite slightly redeemed her for me, and the fact that she went into hiding makes perfect sense. It also made sense (sort of) when she wanted the cure (the eliminate the threat of Klaus) and her karmic punishment of being turned in to a human was was so funny. And then she had her redemption arc: helped stefan with his trauma, fought the temptation to commit suicide for the sake of her daughter, hell even (sort of) apologised to Elena.
And then she possessed Elena as a passenger. And, I’m going to be real with all of you, I skipped those episodes. I felt so cheated. I hate invested so much in sympathising with Katherine only for her to throw all of it away. And I was so done.
And, when I couldn’t handle waiting to watch the entire series and looked up spoilers, and found out she was queen of hell, I honestly just had to laugh.
I feel like they ran a good charcater into the mud, to the point she’s just being evil for the sake of being evil.
I do sympathise with Katherine, having her child taken away from her, her family killed, and being on the run, that is so much trauma for one person to face. My real problem is her lack of empathy, particularly towards Elena. Katherine knows the Greif of losing loved ones, the fear of being hunted purely for just existing, and being swept up in machinations beyond one’s control. But, she throws her fellow doppelgänger under the bus. It makes perfect sense for her character to do so, but still, it irks me.
Her tale of survival over the centuries was inspiring, manipulating her way through the world with expert precision, i loved her for that. And it was smart how she pretended to be Elena. But, it got to the point where it was over the top imo.
Like, manipulating the Salvatore brothers and leaving them with permenant trauma? Turing in emily as soon as she no longer had use for her? Betraying all the other tomb vampires by escaping last minute? Still manipulating the Salvatore brothers, particularly damon, when she came back? Yeah no.
He blatant disregard for others, shown perfectly in her attitude towards damon (calling Elena being in a relationship with him the worst mistake of her life, for example) really makes me feel much less empathy for her.
You know when a charcaters action makes sense, but it still irritates you? Katherine being upset with elena for having a better life is that for me. Yes, objectively, Katherine has been through more than elena. But Elena’s life hasn’t been a cakewalk either, and it’s not Elena’s fault that what happened to Katherine happened. And yet, she blames elena. I can see why, but it’s still irritating.
I also think it’s worth mentioning she acts as a vampire without humanity without turning it off. He personality inherently inclined her to murder and such.
IMO it would have been a perfect end for her if she had died after Elena’s apology, and if she didn’t passenger into Elena’s body, instead, her charcater was dragged along for a few more episodes for no reason.
I’ve often seen an arguement in her favor be that she turned Caroline, and Caroline ended up better because of that. Katherine didn’t know that. In fcat, she was going to have Caroline be the sacrifice in the ritual. Yes, Katherine did something good for Caroline, but purely by accident (and she manipulated Caroline too using threats against her loved ones so there’s that).
So, in conclusion, Katherine, imo, was a great villain who went downhill. She has experienced significant trauma, but her lack of empathy towards others and her teased but never seen through redemptions make her unbelievably irritating to me.

I’m 26, “graduated” hs with a certificate of completion because I didn’t pass the FCAT 😖 it’s so annoying, the language arts test was the first ged test I took and passed it by a few points. Anyway, I have the math test left and I’ve failed it by ONE point twice already. I feel discouraged because ive been putting it off pretty much ever since 2018 it’s embarrassing to show the timeframe of when the tests were taken and honestly just don’t want to do it anymore cause i suck at tests, clearly. Does anyone have any tips on studying for it? Im a stay at home mom and come April my youngest kid will be in daycare so there’s no more excuses as to why I don’t have something going for myself. I feel stuck and in a rut. There’s so much I want to do and I feel so uneducated. I could use any tips and honest motivation cause I feel like a bum and disappointment to my children and fiancé. Thanks 😵‍💫

Hi all,
There is an SFSS Council Meeting happening right now, open to all students.
We will be revisiting the request for the annual $10,000 donation to an external organization. To specify, this donation was proposed to happen indefinitely, and every year.
Some Councillors have asked for more information (due diligence) regarding their questions about the external organization prior to donating (context here), which has created controversy and a strong request for condemnation and apology from the SFSS Council for "anti-Indigenous and pro-colonial rhetoric."
There are also other items on the agenda, which can be found on the SFSS website.
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Feel free to refer to the previous posts on this topic.
Live Updates Post (Context)
Preliminary Student Poll and Further Discussion
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This discussion has been controversial within Council, and responses from the SFU community have indicated that more discussion is warranted.
Council is currently in-camera (confidential) and likely will be going ex-camera (public) in a few minutes. You can join using the link on the SFSS website. (UPDATE 6:26pm - We are now ex-camera and discussing the motion regarding the external donation).
Thanks everyone!
Kind regards,
Nikki Kirigin, Vice-President University & Academic Affairs
Simon Fraser Student Society
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SFSS Website Link to the Agenda for the 2022-10-26 SFSS Council Meeting
SFSS Website Link to the Zoom Join Link (for students)
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I am also sharing my notes & live updates for this SFSS Council Meeting. You can find them in this document.
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(Personal) Council Meeting Updates:
\*Please Note:* All the updates provided are from my personal, voluntary, and individual perspective, and are not on the behalf of Council, the Society, or the Executives. I am limited to sharing public and ex-camera information. I support the authority of Council and everything I'm sharing is from my personal perspective and recollection of events occurring during the meeting. I am a human and although I will always try my best to ensure that any information I share is accurate and clear, I still might make mistakes. I am unable to cover everything that has occurred in this meeting and am using my best judgement to share important highlights based on my own personal discretion and capacity. Please defer to all official announcements or communications from the Society in lieu of anything I may share here, including the meeting minutes on the SFSS website. The updates shared below are intended for informational purposes to promote transparency and enable students to have the opportunity for involvement wherever possible and an understanding of public current events within Council and the SFSS. I am doing so solely from my own initiative to assist students and promote the ease of accessibility of information related to their student society that was created to serve the undergraduate student body at Simon Fraser University.*
\Timestamps are approximate**
Link to the SFSS Council Webpage
Link to the Zoom Join Link on the SFSS Website (for students)
Link to the 2022-10-26 SFSS Council Meeting Agenda (from the website)
\Note* The order of items within the agenda has been amended within the meeting. The new order of business is New Business -> In-Camera -> Ex-Camera -> Old Business -> Presentations -> Reports from Committees*
Update ~4:40pm - Call to Order and Territorial Acknowledgement
Update ~4:45pm - Roll Call of Attendance
Update 5:00pm - Ratification of Regrets
Update 5:02pm - Call for Nominations to the Events Committee

• Councillor Seniha Inceoz (Archeology) nominated themselves to the Events Committee.
• Uncontested election.
• Passed unanimously.

Update 5:15pm - Call for Nominations to the Accessibility Committee

• Eshana Baran (VP External) nominated Councillor Aleksandra Partika (Disability and Neurodiversity Alliance) to the AC.
• Arthur Lee (Acting VP Equity) also indicated that he was going to nominate the DNA Councillor.
• Uncontested election.
• Passed unanimously.

Update 5:18pm - New Business - 11.3 Suspension of Policy Manual 1.2

• Judit explained that they are suspending the policy manual that specifies that the referendum item must be posted on the website, so that the item can be visited at the AGM on Thursday October 27th 2022.
• Passed unanimously.

Update 5:22pm - New Business - 11.4 Campaigns and Mobilizations and Communications Coordinators

• Carried unanimously.

Update 5:25pm - New Business - 11.5 Endorsement of Health and Dental Fall Referenda

• Motion on the agenda to request Council to endorse the increase in cost for the Health and Dental Fall Referenda.

Update 5:28pm - Council has moved in-camera (confidential).
Update 6:24pm - Council has now moved ex-camera (public).
Update 6:25pm - Council has now moved to Old Business.
Update 6:26pm - Old Business - Procedural Corrections

• Motion to treat the aforementioned motions as if they were passed.
• Passed unanimously.

Update 6:26pm - Old Business - Annual Donation to Indian Residential School Survivors

Annual Donation to Indian Residential School Survivors - MOTION COUNCIL 2022-10- 26:07 SUBMITTED BY: VP External and Community Affairs “Eshana Baran”
Whereas, the ongoing discovery of unmarked graves of Indigenous children who attended Indian Residential Schools continue to impact Indigenous communities across Turtle Island mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually;
Whereas, all Indigenous People(s) are affected by residential schools, whether graves are found or not and there should be support for folks who are and have been affected by residential schools;
Whereas the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) is committed to pushing back against colonial practices that still impact Indigenous students in post-secondary institutions and has committed to supporting Indigenous students to learn in a safer and supportive Online Via Zoom Council Simon Fraser Student Society Wednesday, October 26th , 2022 7 environment within SFU;
Whereas, Council has had decolonization workshops in the beginning of the 2022-2023 term in order to learn how to actively work towards supporting Indigenous communities, Indigenous rights and sovereignty, and how to support Indigenous students specifically within the SFU within their role as Councillors; moreso, action items were included for the President, Vice-Presidents, and Council so they can be held accountable in supporting the societies commitment in reconciliation;
Whereas, the so-called canadian government declared September 30th as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in 2021, also known as Orange Shirt Day, to encourage observance and reconciliation-which the SFSS observes and participates in;
Be it resolved that Council continue to support and amplify Calls to Action from Indigenous communities in all capacities, including letters of supports, sharing resources, donations, and taking individual action to educate ourselves on ongoing colonial violence.
Be it further resolved that the SFSS Council donates $10,000.00 as an annual donation in the month of September, and prior to National Day of Truth & Reconciliation (Orange Shirt Day) to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSS) from the appropriate line item to be determined from VP Finance and Services to reflect the SFSS’s commits to reconciliation efforts.

• Councillor Rastko Koprivica shared that he rejects any external donations, especially since the SFSS is in a financial deficit.
• Councillor Hilary Tsui shared that she thinks that donations can be a good idea, but has concerns because the future is uncertain. Hilary suggests adding a clause so that Council can decide, on a yearly basis, how much they donate.
• Councillor Peter Hance has asked to add an amendment to the motion.
• Councillor Ryley McWilliams added that he agrees with Hilary, and also knows other charities that are doing good work and would benefit from a $10,000 annual donation.
• Eshana Baran (VP External) has added to the conversation and shared that the SFSS is on a planned deficit.
• Councillor Rastko Koprivica shared a direct response.
• Councillor Rastko Koprivica shared another direct response that he would be 100% in favour of going the bursary/award route considering that SFU is open to matching the donation.
• Councillor Shariq Ahsan shared that he will be voting against this motion. He shared that he really wants to help and donate, but he strongly urges that Council does not pass this motion to avoid holding Council to this potentially permanently.
• Councillor Ayooluwa Adigun shared that he agrees with Shariq and believes that he doesn’t think that this is a necessary motion because Council has already donated to this organization, and that it is problematic to
• Eshana Baran (VP External) directly responded to clarify the record that the SFSS has other annual contracts for donations.
• Councillor Rastko Koprivica directly responded to correct Eshana that there has not been past precedence that
• Judit Nagy (VP Internal) directly responded that Council has been bound to a past decision with legal repercussions for rescinding that decision (i.e. Cancel Canada Day), and is concerned that this very motion could potentially do the very same thing.
• Councillor Peter Hance (FNMISA) shared that students could benefit indirectly by donating externally to the Indigenous community. He is in support of the external donation.
• Councillor Rastko Koprivica asked Peter Hance why this donation can’t become a bursary for students, where 100% of the donation would go directly to students because SFU would take care of all administrative costs and labour.
• Councillor Peter Hance (FNMISA) directly responded by saying that he understands the bursary proposal, but would prefer the donation to the communities, and believes it would have a larger positive impact to the Indigenous community as a whole, and that is why they prefer the external donation as opposed to the bursary.
• Councillor Rastko Koprivica asked whether Indigenous students can be polled to see where they stand, to provide more
• Councillor Ryley McWilliams shared two questions: Where they got the number of $6400, and also requested for Peter to make an amendment to his amendment to strike “annual.” He said that it seems like Council already has indicated that they are okay with a donation, but not the annual part where it would force future Councils to donate.
• Councillor Peter Hance (FNMISA) directly responded saying that FNMISA indicated that they prefer the annual aspect as a commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.
• Rastko Koprivica directly responded to my point, and added that we do need more outreach, and that Constituency Groups cannot represent everyone they claim to represent. From his experience as a DNA Executive, he feels that his views were not fully represented. He believes we need to poll the wider Indigenous student body.
• I (Nikki Kirigin, VP University and Academic Affairs) added, as a reminder, that I have spoken with the University on this issue, and we should seriously consider the option of utilizing these funds in collaboration with the University administration, especially if they are willing to match the donation, since the funding would go further, and this would be fiscally prudent. I shared that, although this discussion has been revisited at several Council meetings, we still need more time and information to promote due diligence. I indicated that I will be voting against this motion.
• Councillor Peter Hance (FNMISA) has directly responded that the request for the external donation has been discussed within the FNMISA board and discussed with Indigenous students that correspond with FNMISA.
• Councillor Rastko Koprivica shared in the chat.
• Cllr. Rastko Koprivica (FCAT) to Everyone (7:09 PM)
• "I think there's often a disconnect between board of directors and their constituents in constituency groups. As a person with lived experience with disability, I did not feel as though DNA represented my values. Similarly there are Indigenous students who may not feel that their constituency group represents their interests. Nothing malicious, just that constituency boards are a poor way of representing everyone."

Update 7:10pm - Council is conducting a Roll Call vote on the amendment to the motion provided by Councillor Peter Hance.

Cllr. Peter Hance (FNMISA) to Everyone (7:08 PM)
Whereas, the ongoing discovery of unmarked graves of Indigenous children who attended Indian Residential Schools continue to impact Indigenous communities across Turtle Island mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually;
Whereas, all Indigenous People(s) are affected by residential schools, whether graves are found or not and there should be support for folks who are and have been affected by residential schools;
Whereas the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) is committed to pushing back against colonial practices that still impact Indigenous students in post-secondary institutions and has committed to supporting Indigenous students to learn in a safer and supportive environment within SFU;
Whereas, Council has had decolonization workshops in the beginning of the 2022-2023 term in order to learn how to actively work towards supporting Indigenous communities, Indigenous rights and sovereignty, and how to support Indigenous students specifically within the SFU within their role as Councilors; moreso, action items were included for the President, Vice-Presidents, and Council so they can be held accountable in supporting the societies commitment in reconciliation;
Whereas, the so-called canadian government declared September 30th as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in 2021, also known as Orange Shirt Day, to encourage observance and reconciliation-which the SFSS observes and participates in;
Be it resolved that Council continue to support and amplify Calls to Action from Indigenous communities in all capacities, including letters of supports, sharing resources, donations, and taking individual action to educate ourselves on ongoing colonial violence.
Be it further resolved that the SFSS Council donates a minimum $6,400 as an annual donation in the month of September, and prior to National Day of Truth & Reconciliation (OrangeShirt Day) to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSS) from the appropriate, line item to be determined from VP Finance and Services to reflect the SFSS’s commits to reconciliation efforts.
Be it further resolved that Council be given the power to match inflation to the next year if Council chooses to do so.

• With 18 in favour, 3 against, and 12 abstentions, the amendment to the motion is carried by majority vote.
• Councillor Rastko Koprivica (FCATSU) has shared that there should be an external donation policy from the SFSS.
• I (Nikki Kirigin, VP University and Academic Affairs) directly responded to Rastko and confirmed that several students have specifically indicated that the SFSS should have an external donation policy prior to passing this motion.
• Arthur Lee (Acting VP Equity) shared that he does think the donation is a good idea, and sees that the FNMISA has supported this organization in the past, and has requested Council look into other options.
• Councillor Emilio Da Silva (Global Asia Studies) says that he feels rushed and “frankly coerced” regarding this motion. He says while it is incredibly important that we listen to Indigenous students, but we also need to follow our fiduciary duties to students, and believes this is rushed.
• Councillor Rastko Koprivica (FCATSU) has called to question.
• Eshana Baran (VP External) requested for Ben to overrule the call to question.
• Council has proceeded with a roll call vote.
• With 5 in favor, 17 against, and 12 abstaining, the motion to call to question has failed.
• Eshana Baran (VP External) raised a point of order and requested for Ben to overrule the motion to postpone indefinitely because it is “dilatory and and is an attempt to kill the motion” and “definitely also does not have an effect, as the motion can be brought back at the next meeting and if they don't want to vote in favor, of this they can simply vote.”
• Councillor Ben Tischler (Vice-Chair) disagreed with Eshana’s interpretation and has ruled that the motion to postpone indefinitely is not dilatory.
• Eshana Baran (VP External) has moved to challenge the chair and appeal his ruling.
• Councillor Ben Tischler (Vice-Chair) shared his reasoning.
• Councillor Ayooluwa Adigun (Science Undergraduate Society), in response to the challenge to the Chair’s ruling by Eshana Baran (VP External), shared that a lot of Council is “already adverse to it as it stands” and that “from the reaction that Councillors have given a lot of them do not feel comfortable coming up to you to talk about this matter, in and of itself, and because of that we haven't had time Councillors are not a lot of Councillors right.”

Update 7:38pm - Roll Call Vote of Council - Whether to support the Chair’s ruling that Eshana’s challenge about the motion to postpone indefinitely is not dillatory.

• Councillors who vote “in favor” they vote in favor of sustaining the Chair’s decision, which is Ben’s ruling that we should consider the motion to postpone indefinitely. Councillors who vote “against” means that they agree with Eshana’s perspective. This vote doesn’t have anything to do with whether they agree with the motion at hand.
• With 21 in favour, 5 against, and 7 abstaining, the Chair’s decision is sustained and Council will continue on the discussion on whether to postpone the motion indefinitely.

Update 7:48pm - Council is taking a 7 minute break and will reconvene at 7:56pm.
Update 7:56pm - Council is back to discussing the motion.

• Councillor Emilio Da Silva (Global Asia Studies) has shared in the chat that he brought forward this motion that he wants to provide Council with more time to adequately explore all options for what can be offered. He indicated that he thinks it would be better if this donation would be provided internally, directly to students as a bursary or award, and if SFU can match the donation it would be better because $20,000 has more impact than $10,000.
• Emilio also indicated that “I also really have an issue with the fact that over the past few weeks none of my questions have been answered” and “this idea that we've been pushing for 4 weeks” is not representative of what’s actually going on because “the reason why we've been debating it for 4 weeks is because my questions have not been answered by the individuals pushing this” and “my constituents feel very strongly that this should go to referendum” and “the reason being is because everybody pays fees here.”
• Emilio also shared that “I don't know what the referendum questions would look like” but “I really wanna make sure that as a council we're seen as diligent and competent, and pushing this forward in a correct way.”

Update 8:07pm - Council is conducting a roll call vote on whether to postpone the amended motion brought forward by Councillor Peter Hance (FNMISA) indefinitely.

Cllr. Peter Hance (FNMISA) to Everyone (7:08 PM)
Whereas, the ongoing discovery of unmarked graves of Indigenous children who attended Indian Residential Schools continue to impact Indigenous communities across Turtle Island mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually;
Whereas, all Indigenous People(s) are affected by residential schools, whether graves are found or not and there should be support for folks who are and have been affected by residential schools;
Whereas the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) is committed to pushing back against colonial practices that still impact Indigenous students in post-secondary institutions and has committed to supporting Indigenous students to learn in a safer and supportive environment within SFU;
Whereas, Council has had decolonization workshops in the beginning of the 2022-2023 term in order to learn how to actively work towards supporting Indigenous communities, Indigenous rights and sovereignty, and how to support Indigenous students specifically within the SFU within their role as Councilors; moreso, action items were included for the President, Vice-Presidents, and Council so they can be held accountable in supporting the societies commitment in reconciliation;
Whereas, the so-called canadian government declared September 30th as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in 2021, also known as Orange Shirt Day, to encourage observance and reconciliation-which the SFSS observes and participates in;
Be it resolved that Council continue to support and amplify Calls to Action from Indigenous communities in all capacities, including letters of supports, sharing resources, donations, and taking individual action to educate ourselves on ongoing colonial violence.
Be it further resolved that the SFSS Council donates a minimum $6,400 as an annual donation in the month of September, and prior to National Day of Truth & Reconciliation (OrangeShirt Day) to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSS) from the appropriate, line item to be determined from VP Finance and Services to reflect the SFSS’s commits to reconciliation efforts.
Be it further resolved that Council be given the power to match inflation to the next year if Council chooses to do so.

• Many members of Council requested further clarity.
• In favor of postponing means that the Councillor is against voting on the motion directly. Against postponing means that the Councillor would like to vote on the motion.

Roll call vote of attendance on whether to postpone the motion indefinitely
Archeology - Against
Bachelor of Environment - Against
BPK - Against
Communications - Against
Cognitive Science - Against
Computing Science - Against
Earth Science - In Favor
Education - Against
Environmental Science - In Favor
French - Against
GSWS - Against
Geography - Against
Global Asia Studies - In Favor
Linguistics - Against
Mathematics - Abstain
Mechatronics Engineering - Against
Philosophy - Against
Physics - In Favor
Political Science - Abstain
Psychology - In Favor
Science Undergraduate Society - In Favor
Society of Arts and Social Sciences - In Favor
Sustainable Energy Engineering - Against
DNA - Against
FNMISA - Against
President - Abstain
VP Internal - Abstain
VP Finance - Abstain
VP University - Abstain
VP External - Against
Acting VP Equity - Against
VP Events - Against

• With 8 in favor, 20 against, and 6 abstentions, the motion to postpone indefinitely fails.
• Councillor Ryley McWilliams moved to call to question and move straight to a roll call vote of attendance, since the amended motion above is now being considered, since the motion to postpone indefinitely has not passed.
• By majority vote, the call to question has failed.
• Arthur Lee (Acting VP Equity) moved to extend the meeting to 10:00pm. Passed via unanimous consent.

Update 8:28pm - Council is now convening a roll call vote regarding whether to call to question and go straight to a vote on the motion in question (the one submitted by Councillor Peter Hance).

• “In favour” means that the Councillor is in favour of ending debate and going straight to a vote on the pending motion. “Against” means that the Councillor does not want to end debate on the motion. “Abstaining” means that the Councillor does not have enough information to make an informed vote.
• With 26 in favor, 1 against, and 6 abstentions, the motion to call to question has carried.
• Council has conducted a quorum check and has counted 27 Councillors.

Update 8:26pm - Council is finally voting on the amended motion in question, on whether to donate external funding.

• Council is starting a roll call vote of attendance on the amended motion in question (the one submitted by Peter Hance from FNMISA)
• The motion is asking for Council to donate a minimum of $6400 externally as an annual donation.
• \Note** At this point, Councillors Hilary Tsui, Mark Giles, Emilio Da Silva, and Judit Nagy have left the meeting room.

The votes on the motion regarding the external donation.
Archeology - In Favor
Bachelor of Environment - Abstain
BPK - In Favor
Communications - In Favor
Computing Science - Against
Earth Science - Against
Economics - In Favor
Environmental Science - Against
FCATSU - Against
French - Against
GSWS - In Favor
Geography - In Favor
Global Asia Studies - Emilio left
Mechatronics - In Favor
Philosophy - In Favor
Physics - In Favor
Political Sicnece - In Favor
Psychology - Mark left
Science Undergraduate Society - Abstain
Society of Arts and Social Sciences - Hilary left
SEESS - In Favor
DNA - In Favor
FNMISA - In Favor
President - In Favor
VP Internal - Judit left
VP Finance - Abstain
VP University - Abstain
VP External - In Favor
Acting VP Equity - In Favor
VP Events - Abstain

• With 15 in favor, 5 against, and 4 abstentions, the motion has been carried.
• The motion to donate $6400 externally as an annual donation has been carried.

Update / TL:DR - The motion regarding the external annual donation has been carried by Council by majority vote. The votes are indicated above, and the names of those who hold those positions can be found within the agenda on the SFSS website.
Update 8:55pm - Completing the remainder of the agenda items. Presentations, Reports from Committees, Discussion Items, Announcements.

• The majority of Council is not present at this point.

Update 9:10pm - The SFSS Council Meeting has been adjourned at 9:10pm.

If you know who I am, pretend that you don’t please :)
Demographics

• Gender: F
• Race/Ethnicity: Black (Nigerian)
• Residence: New England
• Income Bracket: ~ 60K
• Type of School: A top Private Feeder School (basically attending on a full-ride)
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): URM, single parent/income household?, immigrant (dual citizen)?

Intended Major(s): Poli Sci (first choice), Econ (second choice)
Academics

• GPA (UW/W): school does not tell us or report GPA but I maintained the Highest Academic Distinction (GPA of 10.5 or above on the 11 point scale) throughout highschool
• Rank (or percentile): school does not do rank
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: AP Lit (11th), AP Euro (11th), AP Calc AB (12th), AP Bio (12th)
• Senior Year Course Load: History elective, English elective, Spanish, AP Calc AB, AP Bio

Standardized Testing
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

• SAT/ACT: test-optional
• AP/IB: AP Euro (5), AP Lit (4)
• Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.): N/A

Extracurriculars/Activities
List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.

1. Caretaker for elderly grandparent (9-12): helping to take care of my eldery grandparent who lives with me
2. Co-leader and founding member of Black Student Union at my school (11-12): a founder of my school’s very first Black Student Union (my school is over 150 years old and a PWI)
3. Volleyball (9-12): JV Volleyball for 9th and 10th and Varsity Volleyball for 11th and 12th; school record for highest female vertical jump (32.2 inches)
4. Highly selective CBO (12): participant in a highly selective academic enrichment program that provides students of color opportunities to thrive at top colleges.
5. Nationwide Law Program (11): Participated in a virtual selective summer program that introduces high school students to the field of Law and connects them with legal professionals.
6. Affinity group for girls of color (9-12): Participated in an affinity group for girls of color including mentoring and helping new girls of color to acclimate to my school.
7. Student Gov/Politics (12): Provided student tutoring, help for crafting people’s presentations for my school’s version of TedTalks, and contributed to in-depth conversations about school policies, school culture and programming.
8. Writer for an Online Journal/Publication (11-12): Participated as a staff writer for a Bipartisan Online Political Publication produced and ran entirely by students.
9. Mock Trial Club (11-12): Team member
10. Volunteer Work (9): 60 hours of community service done through my school (has since increased to 100+)

Awards/Honors
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

1. Academic Highest Distinction
2. Upper School Prefect (One of seventeen students selected from the senior class to advise the head of school regarding community issues.)

Letters of Recommendation
USC Professor: Probably decent, I had only known her from the end of june until the beginning of august when I had asked her (I took a writing course the summer of my junior year that she taught), but I think she could speak to my writing capabilities.
Counselor from school: Pretty good. I have known her since my freshman year and she’s known me both in an academic and athletic context.
Counselor from CBO: Decent. I don’t know him that well but we meet every month virtually and through the program that I am in. They are required to write the students letters of rec.
11th grade Physics teacher: I kind of struggled in this class, but I worked hard to end the class with an (A-). I think he could speak to my character and integrity.
11th grade English teacher: I had a really close relationship with her and she also helped develop my writing skills.
Interviews
Dartmouth (9.5/10) - This was my first interview and my interviewer was really down to Earth. I was able to talk about all the different aspects of myself that I wanted to get across. I had high hopes for Dartmouth after this one (lol).
Northwestern (6/10) - This felt very rushed as my interviewer was trying to keep to a certain time. I wasn’t able to get all the things across that I wanted to and I got stumbled on a few questions. We bonded over the fact that she taught at my school before and her kids were currently applying to my school/private schools like my school. She left me hanging and didn’t show up to out first scheduled time so we had to reschedule it. I didn’t feel the best about my chances at Northwestern already and this didn’t help.
Wesleyan (7.5/10) - It was short and with a current student. It was super chill and laid back. She didn’t have any set interview questions for me and it was more of a conversation despite the fcat that it was an evaluated interview. I kind of wish it was a bit more formal though because I don’t think I was able to truly talk about why I was interested in the school and more things about myself.
Essays
Personal Statement (9/10) - I rewrote my common app essay six times to get it to be the way I wanted it. It was an overall very vulnerable process for me and I think I was able to show a lot of different sides of me…all from a very mundane topic as well :)
Overall supplemental essays: I would rate my supplemental essays overall very highly. I spent a lot of time on them and decided to focus on quality and not quantity in terms of the amount of schools I applied to so that I could perfect my essays. I knew as a test optional applicant, that more focus would be put on them so I put in a good amount of work for them. I think I am also a pretty good writer in general and it comes somewhat easy to me so that probably helped as well.
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances:

• Temple Univeristy (EA) - accepted with $5,000 per year scholarship
• Providence College (EA) - accepted with $20k per year merit scholarship and $37k per year MLK scholarship (multicultural scholarship)
• In state safety #1 (EA) - honors college, deans scholarship of $3,000 per year
• In state safety #2 (EA)
• Boston College (RD)
• Boston University (RD) - University Scholarship (my full need was met without loans), Kilichand Honors College
• Tufts University (RD)
• Wesleyan University
• Northwestern University (RD) !!! (not many people from my school go there so this was kind of big)
• Brown University (deferred ED → accepted and attending RD) still in shock…

Waitlists:

• Syracuse University (counselor says I was yielded lol)

Rejections:

• Northeastern University (deferred EA) - this worried me because it kind of set the tone for all my other RD apps so I was worried I wouldn’t get in anywhere lol
• Harvard University (dream school up until my junior year but surprisingly didn’t sting too much. I was expecting it since I didn’t get an interview from them)
• Dartmouth College (this one was kind of surprising but not at the same time because it’s an ivy)

Additional Information:

• I know I’m not the most competitive applicant in numerous ways for a lot of these schools, but I worked really hard in highschool to keep up my grades, was well rounded both academically and athletically, was committed to and passionate about the extracurriculars I was in, and wrote amazing essays (your essays are important!!!). I’m extremely grateful and recognize the ways in which the school I go to and the organizations I am a part of probably helped me as well. Feel free to pm me with specific questions :)

I've ran this build on Plague a lot of times now and I've won most of my games using it either due to getting all five stacks or survivors DCing. But anyways, I'm fully convinced that this build makes Plague one of the strongest killers in the game, so here it is:
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The build:
Deadlock, Thanatophobia, Pentimento, Plaything
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Now it's no secret that Pentimento + Plaything is a deadly combo, but on Plague it is a nightmare to face. If you combine it with the fact that she can use Thanatophobia better than any killer and the fcat that she can get her corrupt purge at any point in the game when she wants to, you've got yourself a game-slowing, fast-downing, kill-rushing machine. The fourth slot can be whatever you want, I choose Deadlock though.
Whatcha think? You wanna cause true pain as killer? :)

So I'm not interested in some sort of formal debate where we all win on the internet for totally pwning people who disagree with us with FCATs and Logique.
I'm actually interested in the reasoning behind the right-libertarian/individualist libertarian view of taxation as theft.
I raised this in a conversation on reddit, have gotten downvotes but no responses, and so I figured the best place to raise it would be here where instead of random folks who happen to have a libertarian perspective but aren't the best at explaining it, I'd find people who are quite good at explaining it.
My view is that any attempt to define taxes as theft under the Non Aggression Principal inherently defines any property which is land or goods derived from land also as theft under the NAP.
The Homestead Principal makes sense only if the earth is empty and land is unused. But unfortunately for us, literally all land on which any country sits exists as land stolen from some other group at some point. This is even true of groups such as Kurds or Scots or Han Chinese whose histories are older than recorded history.
(To be specific, the Scots are the descendants of Gaels, Picts, Angles, Vikings, and several other groups, with the Picts being mentioned directly with the earliest written history mentioning what is now Scotland by Pytheas of Massalia in the 3rd century BC. The Kurds are also descended from multiple groups including the Medes of the 13th century BC, but also Parthians, Armenians, and various Persian groups. The Han Chinese are descended from the Neolithic peoples of the yellow river but conquered and supplanted other neighbors nearby.)
All of these groups conquered their neighbors at such stages, or were conquered from within by thugs with weapons, who declared themselves to be the nobility and demanded protection payments in the form of taxes.
Literally all property currently held descends not from that homestead principal, but from conquering states, and was established by conquering states.
If taxes are a violation of the NAP, then how is stolen property - which all property inherently is thanks to the violent origins of property - not itself a violation of the NAP?
Is it just a game of luck where the people who ultimately ended up with control of all these stolen goods get to keep them when the state is disestablished, or is there a mechanism within right libertarianism for dealing with the consequences of history which have actively harmed so many people, such as the Native Americans?
Again, I'm not interested in a fight, but I am interested in whether this is dealt with, and if so, how?
I'd be happy to just politely discuss this even though as an Anarchist without adjectives who wants to disassemble economic as well as state power structures there are places where we might disagree.
I genuinely want to understand the thinking here.

I think we can all agree that vermintide is pretty fun.
Actually, that's an understatement, It's RIDICULOUSLY fun. Not my most played game on steam but with 450h on the clock I can say that I got my money's worth. What kept me playing for that long is the gameplay, that sounds obvious, becouse it is, killing pact-sworn is really satisfying and the extreamly high variaty and skill ceiling help the gameplay from becoming boring. So then, what's the worst part? Easy. Not doing that.
Allow me to explain.
The worst part about vermintide is simply put, every single second you spend in the game that's not the gameplay in other words your progression. I don't think it's controversial to say that rewards start to feel emply and pointless at a certain point in the game, however I'm going to dive deeper into each possible reward and expain why all of them aren't all that fun to receive, as well as giving sugestions how to improve them keeping resources needed to implement these to a minimum.
1) Loot chest
By far the most common for of loot, you get one at the end of each adventure and the quality of the chest is boosted by the amount of dice, tomes and grims collected (as well as whatever Ranald is happy or not). This is actually a really solid idea, risk/reward system of harder mission/better loot is really good. The problem we face is loot itself, It's really easy to get a grasp on game mechanics and be playing on champion around the 20h mark, you will also level up in the meantime, increasing your power and once you have an orange weapon with a max level character, you basically can't get any better. Yes, reds exist but they are way, way to rare and mechanically nearly identical to oranges. If fact (in case you didn't know) you can roll max stats on an orange weapon, I have an orange geatsword with 5% attack speed and 30% block cost reduction, if I was ever to drop a red greatsword, It's mechanically identical to the orange one. To make matters worse is the fact that you can't simply choose your stats, you need to roll for them, which is a slow, boring process that adds nothing to the game except waste your time, becouse you will be swimming in blue and green dust if you spend more than 50h in the game.
Improvement idea: The use of red weapon right now is showing off, that's it, so can easly make them even more show-offy for higher-end players. Red weapons could count kills that you made with them, same as strange weapons from TF2, you could then hower over the red weapon in your iventory and show off as it says "100 000 enemies slain". If you want to go further Lohner's emporium could sell modifications to red weapons to count specific things such as "stormvermin slain", "enemies pushed", "friendly fire damage done" ect.
2) Ravaged art
The second most common collectable, ravaged art can be found on any map and rewards you with a map specific paining for collecting 3 and 30 piecies of art on the map. Unlike every other collectable item in the game where art spawns is randomized and there is A LOT of various places it can spawn in. My biggest problem with art is that collecting it takes a really long time, since it was added to the game I probably played for around 200 hours and I have exactly two paintings for collecting 30 pieces, on most maps I have around 15-20. Collecting art takes way too long and the reward is at that someone in a lobby might say "nice painting" if you put it in the main room of the keep, becouse no one is going to Saltzpire's quaters to see the Sienna painting you put on the wall there.
Improvement idea: It's much more satisfying to get paintings for completing challanges instead of just grinding the same map over and over again. In fact the cosmetic packs for GK and engineer already reward you paintings for completing challenges. You can add more challanges or re-purpose the series of Helmgart challanges to reward new art instead. More frames for painings should also be added around the bridge of shadows so that you can more easly show off your hard work.
3) Banners and Throphy room
For completing missions and defeating lords you get banners and throphies. These are a fine addition, there is nothing really exciting about them, but as a new player it's actually fun to get them. What I absolutly do not get is why Chaos wastes don't have any equivilant to this. Weaves have leaderboards for those that care, but not having anything change in the pigramage room was a huge dissapointment for me when I completed my first citadel.
Improvement idea: Have 4 banners, one for each expedition hanging in the pilgrimage chamber, have the altars to diffrent gods upgrade upon completing the citadel expedition with the appropriate character. You don't even need to add new models, you can simply take those models that appear as treasure in the citadel and add them to the chamber.
4) Frames
Hilariously, a simple frame you get around your character is one of the better reward types in the game. There are a lot of frames to collect and many of them are specifically aimed at high-end players. I have no real problem with frames except for the fact that at this point they are the bare minimum of a reward for doing something hard and fatshark doesn't give anything away as easly as these frames.
Improvement idea: Stop relying on frames so much, also add a frame for compliting all Helmgart missions on cata as all careers.
5) Skins, Shilling and Lohner's Emporium of Greed
Okay, first of is the Emporium an improvement over the Bogenhafen Chests? Yes, but in the immortal words of captain Price "It's not hard to improve on garbage." The biggest problem with the chests was the fcat that it was a grind to get a completly random item. Now it's a grind to get the item you want, which is an improvement. But the grind is still real. Let's say that you play a lot of slayer and again, to show off, you want to get the most expensive slayer hat, which is just the basic slayer hat with an eyepatch. that one will set you back 1840 shillings. You get the base of 4 weekly quests and 2 more if you own the Bogenhafen and Ubersreik dlcs. On top of day you get one daily quest per day. This combined means that you can earn a max of 375 shillings per week and would need to spend at least FIVE WEEKS of doing every quest to get this hat. Now, I get it, these are supposed to be drip, cream de la cream of Vermintide showmanship, but getting a hat for a month of playing doesn't really seem worth it. Not to mention that some careers, like ranger have about 4 hats and the rest are reskins. The illusion prices are also absurd considering that you are not really able to flex with illusions at all.
Improvement idea: So, it's a grind, okay, this whole game is a grind, what bugs me the most about it is that you can't get more shillings than the game allows, so It's an artificial grind becouse there is to actual way to grind shillings since there is a cap. The smple solution to this is having a way for us to grind shillings and we have just that. We can reward shillings for completing expeitions at a rate of 5 for recruit, 25 for veteran, 50 for champion, 100 for legend, 200 for cataclysm. That slayer player would need to complete 19 legend expeditions to get the hat, which sounds very time consuming and hard, but at least this would give us the option to grind istead of having a cap on it, completing 19 expeditions is way faster than waiting 5 weeks.
6) Weave Expeditions and essence
This is just a little sidenote, weaves have been vastly improved since release, but that does not mean they are perfect. First off, the essence gained for completing weaves is laughable, even recruit weaves tend to be harded than legend missions and they give way, wayyyyyyyyy too little essence, essectially forcing you to go and play some other gamemode so that you can play weaves, it's stupid. Another thing is that the only reward for completing weaves is frames which are, as I mentioned before. The bare minimum and still way too little for people to give the mode a try due to it's quite frankly horrid reputation.
Improvement Idea: We need a cool reward for playing waves, and the answer to this has been in the palm of our hand the entire time. WEAVE-FORGED WEAPONS, some of the skins for weave forged weapons are simply beautiful and rewarding these would go a long way for people to give the mode a try. The simplest way I can thinkabout implementing this is a quest for each weapon, every 5 unique harder weaves you would receive a new weave-forged illusion. For example If you complete waves 1-5 as Markus you get a weave-forged Halbard, 6-10 is Handgun ect. This would also work becouse as you unlock more weaves you can play specific ones to get the weapon you want, so you usually play Marcus, but want to unlock the weave-forged flaming flail, you simply use Marus to get to weave 55 and then play sienna on weaves 50-55 to get the flail. Oh and increase the amount of essence you gain, seriously you need 21k essence to upgrade a weapon to max, you get around 800 essence per legend game that's around 26 legend games to completly upgrade a weapon.
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So, that's it, this is my analisis of the worst part of vermintide and ideas on how to improve it, a lot of people say that fatshark is lazy and while sometimes It's hard to disagree with that statement I personally think it's due to having so many internal projects, remember versus mode? Still, I think my ideas are easy to implement and would at the very least be a net gain over the current systems, what do you guys think about them? Is there something I missed or are my ideas actually bad?

I posted this on another subreddit, but thought I'd post it here too cause this is a PC reddit.
I encountered this interesting addition on another forum, so I thought I'd rephrase it here for anyone that's interested, as well as add some more bits to it from what testing I've done.
So basically, you know when you see screen tearing lines and enabling vsync helps but there's still some there? Well, maybe this solution is for you! However, you will need a decent GPU, enough to pump fps stably above your monitor's refresh rate.
RTSS (Rivatuner Statistics Server) recently (last year lol), added a new feature called "scanline sync". What this does is it caps fps to your monitor refresh rate, precisely (or very, very close at least). But why do you need this? Why not just set fps cap to 120 for a 120hz monitor? That's because when they say your monitor is 120hz, it isn't actually 120hz exactly, it's probably something like 119.5hz or 120.9hz, and this changes whenever you reboot your computer or monitor, or switch from fullscreen to windowed. For some monitors you can check this by going onto your monitor OSD settings.
So basically, once you've installed RTSS, there's a global section for all applications, and you can also add individual applications. Anyway, click on Global and leave the framerate limit at 0, but change the scanline sync to -500 if you're on a 1080p 120hz display. I'm not sure how different the value should be if you're on a different resolution or even refresh rate, but try -500 as a base. If you click on scanline sync itself, you'll see it changing to stuff like x2, and x/2. Basically, x2 means double your refresh rate, and x/2 means half your refresh rate. Keep it at just "scanline sync" for now.
If you have a good enough GPU to keep your fps stable and above refresh rate, then it should get rid of most if not all tearing at this point, in addition to getting rid of general micro stutters. To help get rid of tearing even more, go into your nvidia control panel and enable "vsync - fast" option globally (or for an individual application), this won't introduce any lag time but will reduce tearing lines some more. AMD has a similar vsync fast option, though I don't know the name of it. At this point it should be basically real smooth.
If you're having trouble keeping it at your default monitor refresh rate, say 120hz, then you can try to use the x/2 option. I'm not too sure how to configure this one, or even if it can be, but setting scanline sync to x/2 (60fps) still gives you a smoother outcome than just capping the fps at 80 even though you have a 120hz monitor, so it still seems to work.
To adjust the scanline sync, you will have to click on Global (or the application you want to adjust it for) and click on setup at the bottom. On the FCAT tab, under the general tab, tick the enable frame color, and set it to 2bars. Before you run the application, make sure the "show on-screen display" at the top is on, and "show own statistics" is on as well over to the right so that it displays all the monitoring stuff. So the way you know whether it works or not is you look at those 2 white bars on the left, if they're both the same shade, and transparent-ish then there should be no tearing and it should give you a smooth outcome, for the corresponding fps at least. But if one of them is solid white, while another is transparent, and they flicker between those states, then you have a problem and should play with the scanline sync values, or even graphics settings as your GPU may not be able to handle it. It seems that no matter what value you set it to, if you set scanline sync to x/2 it always gets flickery, so I'm not really sure how to adjust it with x/2, I think the best way is to set it to normal scanline sync, adjust it so it looks the best, and then just switch it to x/2. Also, make sure you're running the game in windowed mode and disable any fps limiters, I'm not too sure if this method works with fullscreen as I run everything windowed these days.
BONUS:
If you want, you could also try to use this method to get videos to play smoother on your computer too, though you'll probably have to use a different video player, or at least I don't know how to do it with other players.
Download mpv player. Once you get it extracted you should be able to just run it fine, no need to install it. Before you do that though, where the mpv.exe is located, create a folder called "mpv" and inside of that folder create a file called "mpv.conf", this is where configurations for the player will be.
Here is my .conf file configuration:

vo=direct3d video-sync=display-resample blend-subtitles=yes interpolation=yes tscale=linear osd-status-msg=${playback-time/full} / ${duration} (${percent-pos}%)\nframe: ${estimated-frame-number} / ${estimated-frame-count} 

The conf above should basically repeat frames, or slightly slow down the video in order to sync up to your monitor's refresh rate (you shouldn't notice this stuff though), and if you have scanline sync setup on RTSS (and probably nvidia's fast sync too), this should get rid of tearing and make videos smoother, at least as smooth as it can get with 24fps...
My conf also does some other stuff, but I actually forgot what else it does, one of them is adjusting the scaling filter, so if you're viewing a 480p on a 1080p monitor at fullscreen it will use a linear scale, which I liked more, another is to use GPU instead of CPU to play the video, etc...
Don't bother to do x/2 with this as it will just make it worse; it shouldn't take too much power to get a 24fps video to sync up to your refresh rate (even at 120hz), if the video was 60fps, then maybe you might have a problem on low-end GPUs.

So I'm 22 and I'm currently sitting at my job in a factory on a fifteen minute break and I need real help. No not like emergency I'm in an immediate life threatening situation kind of help but more existential "midlife" crisis panicking because I feel I'm wasting my life away type of thing. I'm probably going to go on a rant here because I really have a lot to say and nobody really to say it to which I've felt has been the case for many years now, so I'll probably be on my second break from work or maybe even at home by the time I'm done writing this. But anyway, to actually get to the point, I feel like I'm stuck in my life and I'm wasting my valuable time and potential doing nothing at all when I could so easily be spending my time furthering myself, my life, and possibly even humanity in general in some way shape or form. I apologize if any of this sounds arrogant, I promise I'm not but things tend to come across differently over text so bare with me. I have always been a very smart person- I have an IQ two points below super-genius, and I have always had such an easy time learning new things. I have extensive knowledge of math and literature as well as science and history subjects among others, and when it comes to more practical, less scholarly matters, I excel as well. I have good judgement, critical thinking skills, wisdom beyond my young years, problem solving talents, creativity, and much much more to offer. And I'm not just hyping myself up; I can back up any of these things with countless examples- in school I almost never got below a 95 on any test, even subjects I wasnt extremely good with; I've never made a stupid thoughtless mistake like gotten a tattoo I regretted, or driven drunk, or done hard drugs, or made friends with the wrong people; I can recite facts and answer trivia about countless subjects, and I've been known to draw and write some very compelling material from time to time. Hell, my personality isnt even so bad- back when I used to have friends I would make people roll on the floor- literally- from laughing so hard. And I'm not super out of shape or disabled or anything crazy like that. My only real limitations in fact (or at least the biggest), are an overwhelming lethargy and lack of motivation which may stem from an undiagnosed case of mild depression. Despite the fact that I could ace any test a teacher could throw at me, I never got good grades in school. I knew the material and learned what I needed to and more, but I just couldn't bring myself to complete assignments. All the way up until high school I would procrastinate, turn in late, and often miss entirely big projects, almost all homework, and especially long essays. It never helped that in elementary school i got into trouble for causing disturbances in class (I guess to get attention) and in middle school I had to deal with hostile peers because my school was a bit ghetto and I was a bit "strange" to a lot of the other kids. I was held back in 8th grade despite achieving extremely high scores on my sats and fcats (big end of year tests for those not familiar) every time I took them. High school was a bit better, and I made friends and tried a little more in school, but I still didnt excel. I ended up going to summer school and failed many classes including History which I had to repeat three times and still didnt bother to get good grades in. Oh and I failed to mention that despite my general likeability (I made friends easy enough) I never had long term companions, inside or out of school, because I ended up moving three or four times, and went to two each of elementary, middle, and high schools. And I have 5 older siblings various members of whom have shared a home with me throughout my life, yet I often felt like an only child because my next oldest brother was 6 years ahead of me, and he hated my guts. I tended to avoid the rest of my family for similar reasons, and my single mother was almost never around because she was a nurse and worked all hours of the day and night to take care of us. Overall i was a pretty lonely kid, even up until high school when I made real friends that I actually hung out with outside of school for once. This was pretty much fine with me (I think?) Because I was used to keeping to myself anyway. I passed time reading books, playing games and with toys when i was a kid, collecting things I thought were cool, keeping my room organized, and creating things from my imagination, like a card game I invented in middle school much like the battling card games yu-gi-oh or magic the gathering (which I now play a lot of, incidentally). I guess my point here is not to elicit sympathy or anything for my seemingly shitty upbringing- actually I know a lot of people who have had it much worse- but instead I guess I'm just looking for a new perspective, and maybe I'm tired of trying to face all my issues alone. My real purpose in writing this is, well, to get advice. And to ask for help. Because right now I cant afford to go back to college. Much like grade school, I failed to complete more than 3 semesters of community college for the same reasons- I simply could not do the work for the life of me. And in college it gets hard- you have to really study, and write multi page papers. They wanted me to read an entire book in a few months or something- and I couldn't do it. Obviously I regret it now, and I'm starting to grow out of that depression or laziness or whatever you want to call it; in fact I'm practically losing my mind while I anxiously await an opportunity to actually DO something meaningful that will help secure my future. Of course I should have listened and done my work and be diligent but I feel like I was a different person back then. And now I'm suffering from someone else's mistakes. They're mine of course, I just dont think I would have done what I did knowing how desperate I would be to be on the right track and in a good place right now.
So the TLDR of this post is something like: hey, I'm a lost but smart guy/kid (I dont even know what to call myself at this age) with a lot of potential in a lot of different areas, and I am in desperate need of a good opportunity to advance my life in a positive direction. If you have an idea of something like a website I can look at, or someone I can talk to, or maybe if you or someone you know is willing to try me out at doing some creative or intelligent work or really anything less miserable than working in a factory pushing plastic pieces of medical syringes into boxes for 8 hours, or even if you just have some sound advice, please PLEASE just comment it for me to read. I will take almost anything I can get that has any kind of potential. Also I dont post much so I'm sorry if this was hard to read. I dont expect many people to read all of it. Thank you anyway.

I encountered this interesting addition on another forum, so I thought I'd rephrase it here for anyone that's interested, as well as add some more bits to it from what testing I've done.
So basically, you know when you see screen tearing lines and enabling vsync helps but there's still some there? Well, maybe this solution is for you! However, you will need a decent GPU, enough to pump fps stably above your monitor's refresh rate.
RTSS (Rivatuner Statistics Server) recently (last year lol), added a new feature called "scanline sync". What this does is it caps fps to your monitor refresh rate, precisely (or very, very close at least). But why do you need this? Why not just set fps cap to 120 for a 120hz monitor? That's because when they say your monitor is 120hz, it isn't actually 120hz exactly, it's probably something like 119.5hz or 120.9hz, and this changes whenever you reboot your computer or monitor, or switch from fullscreen to windowed. For some monitors you can check this by going onto your monitor OSD settings.
So basically, once you've installed RTSS, there's a global section for all applications, and you can also add individual applications. Anyway, click on Global and leave the framerate limit at 0, but change the scanline sync to -500 if you're on a 1080p 120hz display. I'm not sure how different the value should be if you're on a different resolution or even refresh rate, but try -500 as a base. If you click on scanline sync itself, you'll see it changing to stuff like x2, and x/2. Basically, x2 means double your refresh rate, and x/2 means half your refresh rate. Keep it at just "scanline sync" for now.
If you have a good enough GPU to keep your fps stable and above refresh rate, then it should get rid of most if not all tearing at this point, in addition to getting rid of general micro stutters. To help get rid of tearing even more, go into your nvidia control panel and enable "vsync - fast" option globally (or for an individual application), this won't introduce any lag time but will reduce tearing lines some more. AMD has a similar vsync fast option, though I don't know the name of it. At this point it should be basically real smooth.
If you're having trouble keeping it at your default monitor refresh rate, say 120hz, then you can try to use the x/2 option. I'm not too sure how to configure this one, or even if it can be, but setting scanline sync to x/2 (60fps) still gives you a smoother outcome than just capping the fps at 80 even though you have a 120hz monitor, so it still seems to work.
To adjust the scanline sync, you will have to click on Global (or the application you want to adjust it for) and click on setup at the bottom. On the FCAT tab, under the general tab, tick the enable frame color, and set it to 2bars. Before you run the application, make sure the "show on-screen display" at the top is on, and "show own statistics" is on as well over to the right so that it displays all the monitoring stuff. So the way you know whether it works or not is you look at those 2 white bars on the left, if they're both the same shade, and transparent-ish then there should be no tearing and it should give you a smooth outcome, for the corresponding fps at least. But if one of them is solid white, while another is transparent, and they flicker between those states, then you have a problem and should play with the scanline sync values, or even graphics settings as your GPU may not be able to handle it. It seems that no matter what value you set it to, if you set scanline sync to x/2 it always gets flickery, so I'm not really sure how to adjust it with x/2, I think the best way is to set it to normal scanline sync, adjust it so it looks the best, and then just switch it to x/2. Also, make sure you're running the game in windowed mode and disable any fps limiters, I'm not too sure if this method works with fullscreen as I run everything windowed these days.
BONUS:
If you want, you could also try to use this method to get videos to play smoother on your computer too, though you'll probably have to use a different video player, or at least I don't know how to do it with other players.
Download mpv player. Once you get it extracted you should be able to just run it fine, no need to install it. Before you do that though, where the mpv.exe is located, create a folder called "mpv" and inside of that folder create a file called "mpv.conf", this is where configurations for the player will be.
Here is my .conf file configuration:

vo=direct3d video-sync=display-resample blend-subtitles=yes interpolation=yes tscale=linear osd-status-msg=${playback-time/full} / ${duration} (${percent-pos}%)\nframe: ${estimated-frame-number} / ${estimated-frame-count} 

The conf above should basically repeat frames, or slightly slow down the video in order to sync up to your monitor's refresh rate (you shouldn't notice this stuff though), and if you have scanline sync setup on RTSS (and probably nvidia's fast sync too), this should get rid of tearing and make videos smoother, at least as smooth as it can get with 24fps...
My conf also does some other stuff, but I actually forgot what else it does, one of them is adjusting the scaling filter, so if you're viewing a 480p on a 1080p monitor at fullscreen it will use a linear scale, which I liked more, another is to use GPU instead of CPU to play the video, etc...
Don't bother to do x/2 with this as it will just make it worse; it shouldn't take too much power to get a 24fps video to sync up to your refresh rate (even at 120hz), if the video was 60fps, then maybe you might have a problem on low-end GPUs.

I have an odd situation. I'm looking to build a system that the main hardware being the CPU, motherboard, memory, etc are all going to have a three to five year lifespan but the graphics card needs to only make it till the end of this year when the 30 XX lines come out from Nvidia. so I'm trying to find actual numbers, whether it uses FCAT data, or just some dude taking video of it actually showing the difference, on what video card is the most bang for the buck right now knowing that I'm going to stop using it in about 9 months or so. Since this is for a business issue, just sitting out and waiting is not an option and I do have to buy something. It also has to be able to play all popular titles at a reasonable rate.
I was settled on a 3600, or a 3300x until I saw the 10700k kind of take the new title as current best CPU. I'll build some z 490 board and some match tram with it.
I really just want these hard numbers and I'm trying to find them. My logic-based brain is trying to see the A/b comparison and trying to figure out what I can do to get by with the least amount of money spent but still getting the maximum amount of performance. As a side note I have to build 10 of these machines. So the timing sucks and I totally understand. I absolutely agree and in a perfect world I would do this completely differently. But I don't have an option and putting in a 1660 or like an RX 580 just isn't an option. Eileen towards Nvidia because of all of the texture compression stuff they do on there and as well as DLSS which I firmly believe will completely assist in VR titles going forward.
And while the 5700xt seems to be a good card, I don't see it benefiting from the stuff and videos doing for VR specifically and don't want to go down that line if I don't have to. I do know that they're cheaper and that's the trade off. so any information you have would be great. I've been looking everywhere for this and every ad I find or every copy on a website is either recycled and they change the date to be more current but they're talking about 900 series cards, or they're giving completely different benchmarks for completely different things and I'm really trying to find specifically VR tested and proven graphics. I have a range of headsets from the original Vive with TP cast, a 5 Pro, an HP reverb, of Lenovo, 2 daydreams, the gear VR prototype, PlayStation VR, 2 Quests, and a Valve Index. so I'm pretty familiar with the hardware. However my 2080 TI at the house is not nearly a fair comparison of what these rigs need to be and I'm trying to keep the build cost under $1,000 not including the headset.
I deeply appreciate any help and any constructive comments. I will go to any website you suggest and watch any video you suggest. I will answer any questions and I will eagerly await any helpful replies.
Thank you for being a solid community and I have always enjoyed this subreddit so I do appreciate being able to chime in and call upon everybody's collective knowledge to help me accomplish my goal. I really tried to do it alone but it's quite difficult from my point for some reason.
Thanks again!

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I didn't know I had dyscalculia in high school. Aside from copying a friend's homework here and there, I'd never done any blatant cheating until FCATS (a Florida state test that's issued in 5th, 8th, and 10th grade) they had a similar scoring system like the SATs and the math section was brutal. If I didn't pass the fcat I wouldn't be able to proceed to 11th grade. I came across a 5 point question and I asked one of the honor kids. I begged her the second the moderator stepped out of the room. She hooked me up with the answer on her calculator and all I had to do was "show the work." she'll always be one of my heros. Granted, I continued to fall through the cracks... but no one would have figured out then that I had a learning disability and I would have been held back for no good reason.

I reached the point where im having daily mental breakdowns its been years since i felt love to another person my age i haven't been happy for more than 2 days straight since 2018 my life is going downhill and fast,i've slowly suffocated my dreams besides beeing bullied on a daily basis i lost hope in everythig and i am contemplating suicide everytime i make a monor mistake,my entire memories consist of trauma,i have trust isues because every person i ever trusted and helped in every way dosen't help me when i need them,the only thing keeping me alive is the fcat that my death will be a massive tragedy in my family and to people i know...thats it

I agree with you. 95%.
But, at the same time. I would like to hear some peoples point of views, on particular issues that had me struggling mentally for a while.
At age 16... I was in high school and I was not the best in math class. My family moved to the USA from Colombia not speaking english. When I was age 12. I was enrolled to Nautilus Middle School in Miami. I was made to retake 8th grade. Even though, I was supposed to start 9th grade... That was ok. It was not that big of a deal. I learned a lot, I been naturally a good student... Capable of learning things fast, with strengths on some areas, like everyone. I developed my english skills quickly.
During that year, I meet great friends that also transferred to Miami Beach Senior High. Some of them... I still keep in touch with fifteen years latter. I completed, 2 grades in high school in Miami. Until my mother decided that she wanted to try and get a house in a small town in Central Florida... Away from my dad's side of the family. My father had to stay in South Florida due to work, he traveled once or twice a month since then.
The relationship between my parents until this day, has not... Been the most stable in many aspects. Since, I have recollection of time. But they still manage to work their differences as a couple, and not call quits on their matrimony officially. But, I'm not certain, how they call each most of the time. Seems to me... that more than... husband and wife; The easier way to describe their marriage at this point. Could be distant friends if that makes any sense to you... I couldn't deny or confirm that they... Love each other with deep passion. Because that's not what they say or display in their relation. I have no doubts there is some form of love considering they being togher for more or less than 35 years since they meet.
For me it was particularly hard. to leave the city, we had just recently moved into. And my new found friends that time around. To reseattle once again; Away from my dad's side of the family. To a small farm town, where basically I Felt that ... I did not fit, It was a huge culture shock.
The idea of moving to "LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS" the United States of America. was very exiting. Being young and knowing that many family members live there, was a great inspiration for me. To see them in person again and being able to share with my cousins & uncles. That was one of the things that made the transition pleasant and something to look for.
Also knowing that it was a "better country and a greater future for all the family" was a huge motivation for us. We had waited the imigratio process for a decade; Since my Uncle Julio in the US... had started the process of putting his great personal efforts to to be a brilliant mind avobe average in the world to do an accomplis a million things. Before being "able" to file an application to petition for his relatives... outside of the US... Now moving away from my new found friends from Miami to another town in the middle of Central Florida. Was very different. I hated the fact that I had to relocate with my family. I cried as a young teenager during the first year of moving many time because, I hated it in the fact that I had to find new friends, but that time. The culture shock was was a lot stronger. I was mostly a loner and by 11 grade I was in regular english classes with the exception of Spanish as an elective and it was advance spanish.. math on the other hand I would go to the class take the first 10 minutes of notes and sleep for the next 40 minutes... I had no study partners and they would do group work.. etc. Next I failed algebra 2 if I'm not wrong. But I re took it next semester and on that class I manage to make a group of people I would work with. And the teachers was alot more lenient etc. In Florida at that time in order to Gradute HS. You had to pass 2 exams called FCAT. Surprisingly I took the math fcat and I passed it the first try. I know I sat down and worked out the problems logically and what not but I did not think I was going to pass it. And my idea was. I would pass the reading and writing first try and take math again.. but it was the opposite. So 12 grade came by and I was ready to graduate with the 2 exams. I did not have all that much support in my family when it came to study due to my mom always acting like she was too busy with work and not speaking much english back then so. She "knew" I was smart and I could just do most of the work on my own and pass my classes and graduate. Thing that I did. Also during that time my two younger brother where also in school and I would try to help them by leading as an example. During 12 my mother was also more interested in me having a job after school until midnight cleaning some offices and getting back up at 5:30 to be at school by 6.. so it was many things going on. With my younger brother also wanting to be in a gang and develop that tough life mentality..
Any ways one day, I was already done with the FCAT so the next step was to take the SAT so I could see how I would get involve in college. The idea was that I liked to be a chef, but my father from the distance, i would see it 2 times a month for 2 days each time.. he discourage me and told me that i would be a cook all my life and that was not going to be beneficial for my future. So, during school, I had two main subjects I was really interested in. Arts, I had been taking arts since middle schools for my electives, to 12, drawing , sculpting, 2 photoshop semesters and 1 illustrator semester, and the other subject history. I was really good at geography and history in general, I was the kind of young kid back in 2004 playing call of duty ww2 not only for the trill but also because of the historical value, something I also transferred to my brothers, they would be interested in playing Rome and flight simulator on the PC that I, we asked our family to help us build it.. so we can have the "technology" to do school work and have for "gaming"

I got a 1 year old border collie mix a couple of months ago (he's about 1.5 now), and we've been training hard in fundamentals so that we can compete at the very least in agility eventually. I love going and watching events for a few hours each weekend, and I was hoping you fine folks could point me towards organizations to check schedules for.
My primary interest is agility, but I would like to work him in rally and/or obedience. I also want to visit herding trials. I don't plan to herd with him, but when I'm ready to get a puppy (mannnnny years from now), I'll probably get a working line border collie from a breeder. I would love to eventually dip our toes into other sports, though, just for fun. Even if I choose to never compete outside of agility and obedience, I love seeing what all people train their dogs for. I especially enjoy seeing dogs do what they were originally bred for.
I know about the AKC event calendar, and I've marked down some agility, obedience, rally, scentwork, and FCAT events. I've also checked out CPE and NADAC for agility and I plan to go to a herding trial tomorrow by USBCHA. Typically I go for a few hours in the morning and then come back home. (I leave the dogs at home, and the BC in particular turns into a bit of a handful for my husband after 4-5 hours. I'm still working on his off switch.) What are some other sports/events/organizations that I should look at?
My goal with going to these are equal parts for my own entertainment, learning about different ways to train and different skills dogs can learn, and (in the case of agility and obedience) getting to know people so that when we trial for the first time it's less overwhelming for me.
I live in the Durham/Chapel Hill NC area, FWIW. I don't really want to drive more than an hour or so each way, though I'm willing to go further for sports that I'd otherwise not get to see.

" Visit /Dueling for more information. The next game was earlier today, home quiz is currently open!
Below are the PEEVES PICKS from this week's Live Game and Home Quiz. GO HERE for the CORRECT ANSWERS to this week's trivia questions!

Here are the results from Tuesdays's Exercise Trivia Game!

Q01 [General Knowledge] Araminta Melifflua, a distanct cousin of Sirius's, tried to pass a law legalizing what? [2]

• Recreational gillyweed - elbowss of Ravenclaw
  
• Muggle hunting. Speaking of laws, B99 IS BACK THIS WEEK, FCAT! GET HYPE! - kosherkitties of Hufflepuff
  

Q02 [Identifying Quotes] Identify the BOOK and SPEAKER of this quote: Curiosity is not a sin. But we should exercise caution with our curiosity… yes, indeed… [2]

• The pope, speaking to his cat - fearcutsdeeper of Gryffindor
  
• Dumbledore COS? Or Umbridge OOTP? Wow, what a disparate pair of answers, lol. I have no idea obviously. - __DCLXVI__ of Hufflepuff
  

Q03 [Beasts and Creatures] During a CoMC Lesson, Hagrid advised his students the Blast-ended Skrewts needed exercise and to attach the leash WHERE on the creatures? [2]

• the middle - elbowss of Ravenclaw
  
• Everywhere! Only a full body harness would be enough to contain the might of the Blast-ended Skrewts! - tribalphoenix of Hufflepuff
  

Q04 [Houses of Hogwarts] During the Quidditch Team Try-outs that Harry ran when he became Quidditch Captain, which house did NOT have any students show up? [1]

• Gryffindor - none of them were loyal enough - fearcutsdeeper of Gryffindor
  
• Ravenclaw, because we're too busy studying. See, there's this whole 'school' thing going on. - ciocinanci of Ravenclaw
  

Q05 [Lessons and Learning] During their first lesson on the Imperius Curse, what did Professor Moody make Dean Thomas do? [2]

• shine his eyeball - elbowss of Ravenclaw
  
• I thought I knew the books better than this... more room for improvement I suppose - writerstears of Ravenclaw
  

Q06 [Food and Drinks] Hermione found Scabbers in a bottle of WHAT, in Hagrid's hut? [2]

• Snake Juice - fearcutsdeeper of Gryffindor
  
• I want to say mead but I'm pretty sure Hagrid would notice that so like pickled onions or some shit? - iUnicornWizard of Ravenclaw
  

Q07 [Numbers and Digits] How old was Neville when his uncle dangled him outside the upstairs window to test if he was magical or not? [2]

• Too old for this shit - fearcutsdeeper of Gryffindor
  
• I haven't the foggiest of ideas ... 69 is way too old ... lets say 4 - theDUQofFRAT of Gryffindor
  

Q08 [Complex Level 3] Identify all 3 reasons that Harry ended up in the Hospital Wing after a Quidditch game through his time at Hogwarts. [3]

• Shitty officiating, poor security, no safety gear - elbowss of Ravenclaw
  
• Lock-fart removed the bones in his arm, mobbed by dementors, hit by a bludger - biscuit_monstre of Hufflepuff
  

Q09 [General Knowledge] What did Sirius give Harry for his 1st birthday? [2]

• a Blankie of Invisibility - elbowss of Ravenclaw
  
• A broom for kids. (I guess the minature black doggie is fanon) - ketjatekos of Ravenclaw
  

Q10 [Spells and Incantations] What spell did Harry use to crack the ice of the pool in the forest, so he could swim down and retrieve Gryffindor's sword? [2]

• Accio Grappling Hook - fearcutsdeeper of Gryffindor
  
• ""yo break"" - booksOnTheShelf of Hufflepuff
  

Q11 [General Knowledge] When Neville fell off his first broom, what injury did he get? [2]

• He lost a buttock - fearcutsdeeper of Gryffindor
  
• Broken wrist! Or, fractured. Sprained? Something wrist! One time, I was watching $10,000 Pyramid, and the clue was sprain, and the guy guessing got nervous and when his partner said, ""what you do to your ankle,"" he responded, ""you sprain it and whine."" - kosherkitties of Hufflepuff
  

Q12 [Names and Faces] Who is the Captain of the Holyhead Harpies, that Slughorn knows? [2]

• Gwenog Jones - elbowss of Ravenclaw
  
• ¯_(ツ)_/¯ - Starlit_hysteria of Hufflepuff
  

HOUSE POINT RESULTS

TIER	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
ELITE	Slytherin - 22.25 [4] - 34 pts	Ravenclaw - 21.67 [6] - 25 pts	Hufflepuff - 21 [3] - 17 pts	Gryffindor - 18.5 [4] - 8 pts
XPERT	Ravenclaw - 19.63 [8] - 24 pts	Gryffindor - 17.6 [5] - 18 pts	Hufflepuff - 16.38 [8] - 12 pts	Slytherin - 15 [5] - 6 pts
ADVANCE	Ravenclaw - 16.07 [28] - 16 pts	Gryffindor - 15.22 [9] - 12 pts	Hufflepuff - 14.92 [25] - 8 pts	Slytherin - 13.3 [10] - 4 pts
CASUAL	Hufflepuff - 12.79 [28] - 10 pts	Slytherin - 12.17 [6] - 7 pts	Ravenclaw - 12.14 [29] - 5 pts	Gryffindor - 11.5 [2] - 2 pts
TROLL	Ravenclaw - 17 [3] - 5 pts	Slytherin - 8 [1] - 4 pts	Hufflepuff - 7 [3] - 2 pts	- 1 pts

(above chart is off slightly due to missing live game data)
HOUSE POINT TOTALS

Gryffindor

• 22 Players
• 5 Outstandings
• 8 Exceeds Expectations
  • 2 2nd Place
  • 2 4th Place
  • 1 Peeves Pts

TOTAL HOUSE POINTS: 41

Hufflepuff

• 69 Players
• 10 Outstandings
• 25 Exceeds Expectations
  • 1 1st Place
  • 3 3rd Place
  • 1 4th Place
  • 7 Peeves Pts

TOTAL HOUSE POINTS: 52

Ravenclaw

• 75 Players
• 20 Outstandings
• 26 Exceeds Expectations
  • 3 1st Place
  • 2 2nd Place
  • 9 Peeves Pts

TOTAL HOUSE POINTS: 86

Slytherin

• 26 Players
• 5 Outstandings
• 9 Exceeds Expectations
  • 1 1st Place
  • 1 2nd Place
  • 2 3rd Place
  • 1 4th Place
  • 0 Peeves Pts

TOTAL HOUSE POINTS: 57

Please excuse the mess, /dueling sheets are still under construction!

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