These posts are as much for me as they are for you. So please feel free to reply with your suggestions for what to watch, and make a case for any game to be considered 'must watch', in which case I will bold it. The time zone used to sort games was LIS (Lisbon) time zone, so no, the game is not on a wrong date.
Monday

Time (LIS / LIS -5)	Match	Competition	Round
01:00 / 20:00	Cruz Azul (1) vs (0) Monterrey	Liga MX	Semi-finals
18:10 / 13:10	BK Häcken vs Malmö FF	Allsvenskan
19:30 / 14:30	Palermo vs Venezia	Serie B	Semi-finals
19:45 / 14:45	Bologna vs Juventus	Serie A

Tuesday

Time (LIS / LIS -5)	Match	Competition	Round
18:00 / 13:00	Aarhus GF vs FC København	Danish Superliga
19:00 / 14:00	NAC Breda vs FC Emmen	Eredivisie	Semi-finals
19:15 / 14:15	Crvena Zvezda vs Vojvodina	Kup Srbije	Final
19:30 / 14:30	Rodez vs Paris	Ligue 1	Quarter-finals
19:30 / 14:30	Catanzaro vs Cremonese	Serie B	Semi-finals

Wednesday

Time (LIS / LIS -5)	Match	Competition	Round
17:00 / 12:00	Rijeka (0) vs (0) Dinamo Zagreb	Hrvatski kup	Final
20:00 / 15:00	Atalanta vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen	UEFA Europa League	Final

Thursday

Time (LIS / LIS -5)	Match	Competition	Round
00:30 / 19:30	Montevideo City vs Defensor Sporting	Copa Uruguay
18:45 / 13:45	Beşiktaş vs Trabzonspor	Türkiye Kupası	Final
19:30 / 14:30	VfL Bochum vs Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bundesliga	Final

Friday

Time (LIS / LIS -5)	Match	Competition	Round
19:00 / 14:00	Raja Club Athletic vs Renaissance de Berkane	Botola Pro
19:30 / 14:30	Venezia vs Palermo	Serie B	Semi-finals
20:00 / 15:00	Shamrock Rovers vs Shelbourne	League of Ireland Premier Division

Saturday

Time (LIS / LIS -5)	Match	Competition	Round
10:45 / 05:45	Central Coast Mariners vs Melbourne Victory	A-League	Final
15:00 / 10:00	Manchester City vs Manchester United	FA Cup	Final
15:00 / 10:00	Celtic vs Rangers	Scottish Cup	Final
15:30 / 10:30	FC Emmen vs NAC Breda	Eredivisie	Semi-finals
17:00 / 12:00	Al-Ain (1) vs (2) Yokohama F·Marinos	AFC Champions League	Final
18:00 / 13:00	Al-Ahly (0) vs (0) Espérance	CAF Champions League	Final
18:30 / 13:30	Panathinaikos vs Aris	Greek Cup	Final
19:00 / 14:00	1. FC Kaiserslautern vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen	DFB Pokal	Final
19:30 / 14:30	Cremonese vs Catanzaro	Serie B	Semi-finals
20:00 / 15:00	Olympique Lyonnais vs Paris Saint-Germain	Coupe de France	Final

Sunday

Time (LIS / LIS -5)	Match	Competition	Round
14:00 / 09:00	Atalanta vs Torino	Serie A
14:00 / 09:00	Empoli vs AS Roma	Serie A
14:00 / 09:00	Lazio vs US Sassuolo	Serie A
15:00 / 10:00	Leeds United vs Southampton	Football League Championship	Final
17:15 / 12:15	FC Porto vs Sporting Clube de Portugal	Taça de Portugal	Final

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What’s the Difference Between On-Page SEO and Off-Page SEO?

On-page SEO focuses on optimizing parts of your website that are within your control, while off-page SEO focuses on increasing the authority of your domain through content creation and earning backlinks from other websites. To further understand the difference between the two, you have to understand, at a basic level, how search engine algorithms work. Let’s break it down.
There are two main buckets that search engines (SEO) look at when evaluating your site compared to other sites on the web.

1. On-page SEO looks at what your site (or your page) is about
2. Off-page SEO looks at how authoritative and popular your site is

On-Page vs. Off-Page SEO: What’s the Difference?

Put simply, what you rank for is largely determined by on-page factors, while how high you rank in the search results is largely determined by off-page factors.

How Does Each Type of SEO Affect Your Rankings?

What is On-Page SEO?

On-page SEO (also known as “on-site” SEO) is the act of optimizing different parts of your website that affect your search engine rankings. Where your website appears in search engine results pages is determined by a number of ranking factors including site accessibility, page speed, optimized content, keywords, title tags, etc. On-page SEO is about optimizing the stuff that you have control over and can change on your own website.

On-page SEO checklist:

How do you make sure your on-page SEO tactics are up to snuff? Here is a helpful checklist for on-site optimizations that can help curate your strategy.

Title Tags

Put your targeted keywords in the title tag of each page on your site. There are many best practices that go into writing an effective title tag.

• Limit your title tags to 55-60 characters (including spaces)
• Push the keyword closer to the beginning of the title (ONLY if it sounds natural)
• Don’t stuff your keywords
• Include brand at the end of the title tag, separated by a pipe bar () Example: “Chicago SEO Digital Third Coast”

Headings (H1)

Headings are usually the largest words on the page, and for that reason, search engines give them a little more weight than your other page copy. It is a good idea to work your target keywords into the headings of each web page but make sure you accurately reflect your page’s great content.
Make sure your H1s limited to one per page, all other headers are H2 or H3

URL structure

Put keywords into your URLs if possible. However, do not go changing all of your current URLs just so they have keywords in them. You shouldn’t change old URLs unless you plan on redirecting your old ones to your new ones. Consult a professional before doing this.

• Label your directories and folders in a way that makes sense for users
• Don’t repeat keywords in your URL more than once. Keywords are helpful, but overdoing it effects user experience. Example: /best-socks-comparison-best-socks-best-socks?
• Keep URLs as short as possible

Alt text for images

Any content management system should allow you to add something called “alt text” to all images on your website. This text isn’t visible to the average visitor – alt text is in fact used by screen reader software to help blind internet users understand the content of your images. Search engines crawl images in a similar way, so inserting some relevant keywords while accurately describing the image will help search engines understand your page’s content.
Writing an alt attribute for each image keeps your website in compliance with WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines). Keep the following things in mind when writing alt text:

• Thoroughly describe the image in 8-10 words
• Include your targeted keyword where it sounds most natural
• Include, if relevant, a geo-locator (e.g., Chicago)

Fast-loading pages, or page load speed

Google wants to help its users find what they’re looking for as quickly as possible to provide the best user experience. Therefore, optimizing your pages to load faster helps your site rank higher in the search results.
Google has a tool called PageSpeed Insights that will analyze your site on both mobile and desktop. and then suggest tips to optimize page speed. There are also several quick fixes to eliminate whatever is bogging your site down and slowing your page load time. Key site speed factors to consider:

• Minimizing HTTP requests
• Making sure server response time is <200ms
• Setting browser caching to at least a week or longer
• Enabling Gzip compression
• Having image sizes under 100kb (.jpg, .png, .gif)
• Placing all CSS in an external style sheet
• Minifying all JS, CSS and HTML
• Prioritizing above the fold content loading

Mobile Friendliness

In recent years, Google has prioritized mobile page loading speed as a key ranking metric.
How do you know if your website is mobile-friendly? Unfortunately, Google recently dropped support for some free public tools that helped. However, you can now use Google Search Console to analyze this type of information. Specifically, the Core Web Vitals report can help you identify if your mobile pages are loading slower than they should be.

Page Content

The content on your pages needs to be useful to people. If they search for something too specific to find your page, they need to be able to find what they’re looking for. It needs to be easy to read and provide value to the end user. Google has various ways to measure if your content is useful.

• Aim for at least 500 words of copy. Although there is no exact formula for how many words a page should have, Google seems to prefer when a page has a lot of relevant and helpful content surrounding your topic.
• Copy must be unique to each page, not duplicated from other pages on your site, and should directly address your visitors’ search queries
• Push the keyword closer to the beginning of the title, but ONLY if it sounds natural

Internal Linking

Linking internally to other pages on your website is useful to visitors and it is also useful to search engines. Here’s an internal link to another blog post on our site that talks more about internal linking. Very meta.
When adding internal links, make sure to have relevant anchor text. Anchor text is the clickable text in a hyperlink (usually indicated by blue font color and underline). To optimize your anchor text, make sure the selected word or phrase is relevant to the page you’re linking to.
On-page SEO ensures that your site can be read by both potential customers and search engine robots. With good on-page SEO, search engines can easily index your web pages, understand what your site is about, and easily navigate the structure and content of your website, thus ranking your site accordingly. As a best practice, make sure your page content includes 1-3 relevant internal links.

Schema Markup

Adding structured data helps Google better understand the content of a page. Google also uses certain types of structured data to display “rich results” in SERPs such as a recipe with start ratings or step-by-step instructions with an image carousel. These rich results often appear at or near the top of SERPs and generally have higher click-through-rates than normal organic listings.
Google prefers structured data to use schema.org vocabulary, and recommends using JSON-LD format. They also provide a handy Rich Results Test tool to check your code. While there are a variety of ways to add structured data to your website (plugins, Google Tag Manager, etc.), it’s always best to get a professional involved if you’re not comfortable writing code.
Check out Google’s guide to structured data and rich results here.

Social Tags

Having your content shared on social tells Google that people find your content relevant, helpful and reputable. Not every page on your site is share-worthy, but you can optimize the pages that are with these tips:

• Make sure you have Open Graph tags and Twitter Cards installed
• Make it easy with “tweet this quote” links, or social share buttons for each post

Core Web Vitals

User experience is key to a website’s long-term success. In spring 2020, Google unveiled Core Web Vitals, a common set of signals that they deem “critical” to all users’ web experiences.
The purpose of these signals is to quantify the user experience with a website, from page visual stability and load time, to interactive experiences.

• Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) – measures perceived page loading speed and marks the point at which the majority of the page content has downloaded.
• First Input Delay – quantifies user experience of a user’s initial engagement with a page.
• Cumulative Layout Shift – quantifies the amount of layout shift on visible page content and measures visual stability of a page. It’s usually causes by images without dimensions, dynamically injected content, web fonts causing FOIT/FOUT, and other embeds added without dimensions.

To check your LCP score, access your Google PageSpeed Insights and make sure your page hits LCP within 2.5 seconds. To accomplish this, remove unnecessary third-party scripts that may be running, upgrading your web host, activating “lazy loading” so page elements load only as users scroll down the page, and remove any large page elements that may be slowing it down.
One of the simplest ways to optimize cumulative layout shift is to add height and width dimensions to each new site element. Also, avoid adding new content above existing content on a page (unless responding to user interaction).

Page Experience

Google is working on a new ranking signal (likely to come out in 2024) that prioritizes websites with positive user experiences.
The ‘page experience signal’ will consist of Core Web Vitals, plus mobile-friendliness, safe-browsing, HTTPS security, and intrusive interstitial guidelines.
According to Google, “optimizing for these factors makes the web more delightful for users across all web browsers and surfaces, and helps sites evolve towards user expectations on mobile. We believe this will contribute to business success on the web as users grow more engaged and can transact with less friction.”

What is Off-Page SEO?

Off-page SEO focuses on increasing the authority of your domain through the act of getting links from other websites.
A good analogy for how authority works is this. If you have a bathtub with rubber duckies in it (the ducks are your pages), and you start filling the tub with water (links), your duckies are all going to rise to the top.
This is how a site like Wikipedia ranks for pretty much everything under the sun. It has so much water in its bathtub that if you throw another rubber duck in it, it’s going to float to the top without any other effort.
There’s a score called “Domain Authority” that calculates how authoritative your website is compared to other sites. You can type your domain name into here to see your score.

How to optimize for off-page SEO

There are several factors that influence your off-page SEO rankings. While each one is tackled with different strategies, they share an overarching goal of building the trust and reputation of your website from the outside.

1. Inbound links
2. Social media marketing
3. Guest blogging and guest posting
4. Unlinked brand mentions
5. Influencer marketing

The biggest off-page SEO factor is the number and quality of backlinks to your website. Some examples of ways you can build links to your website are:

• Creating awesome content that people want to link to because it is valuable. For example, this super helpful blog post about how to improve about us pages. The post provides a ton of actionable recommendations. People tend to link to content that is useful. Creating an online tool for your industry is another powerful content type. Things like online calculators tend to get the most backlinks out of all content types because they help people accomplish a goal.
• Social media shares of your content that ultimately generate links.
• Outreach e-mails to influencers in your industry that ultimately link to you.
• Guest blogging on sites related to yours. These guest posts will have links back to your site.

While link quantity is still important, content creators and SEO professionals are realizing that link quality is now more important than link quantity. As such, creating shareable content is the first step to earning valuable links and improving your off-page SEO.
How many links do you need for good off-page SEO? That is a tough question and it’s going to be based on the domain authority of your competitors, as you want to make sure you’re playing in the same sandbox.
SEOs also used to believe that buying links was a valid way of link building; however, Google will now penalize you for buying links in an attempt to manipulate page rank. You can also be penalized for submitting your links to link directories whose sole purpose is to increase your domain authority. Again, quality wins out over quantity when it comes to link building.

Is On-Page or Off-Page SEO More Important?

It’s not about choosing between on and off-page SEO, that would be like having to choose between a foundation or a roof for your house. On-page and off-page SEO work together to improve your search engine rankings in a complementary fashion.
However, SEOs generally advise getting your on-page SEO ducks in a row before focusing too much on off-page SEO.
Just like building a house, you want to set the foundation first before building the rest of the house. Like a foundation, you may need to come back and do some maintenance to your on-page SEO from time to time. Balancing the two will help make your website “bilingual” so that your users can understand it as well as the search engine robots- and that’s how your rankings start to improve.

SEO #onpageseo #Offpageseo #Corewebvitals

Hi, yesterday my lonely castrated boar went on a date with a sow from a guinea pig rescue. We had two canidates to try. The first went fairly well in the beginning, but they started fighting after 45 minutes. We then tried the other. They were weecking pretty loudly at eachother but they didn’t fight. After an hour we took them home, but they already started fighting in the carrier. We took them apart for the rest of the car ride. When we got home we placed them in there cage but they started fighting again. We contacted the rescue for advice. They told us to keep them in separate cages next to each other and switch them everyday to get used to the smell of each other. It seems like my boar is the problem since he behaves weird around the sow. Anyone ever had a similar problem? And how did you solve it?

Hi everyone,
Not sure in which tag this post exactly falls: ask Napoli, culture, politics, rant eheheh.
I'd like to ask if there are any organizations in Naples that are actively involved in promoting sustainable mobility in the city. I've been living here for a few years, and I've noticed that car and scooter culture is very deeply rooted. I'd love to participate in initiatives that push for a change in how we use the streets.
In the past, there was a significant movement that led to the creation of a pedestrian section along the seafront and a failed bike-sharing experiment. Personally, I'd love to see an approach similar to Paris (video), but the only projects I know about are improvements to the already well-developed seafront (info).
Naples has enormous potential, but it is literally destroyed by the number of cars on the road. I get the impression that public transport is seen as only for those who can't afford a car or as unreliable, and that bikes are only for Sunday rides with children along Via Caracciolo or for sports routes.
When these topics come up, people seem to feel attacked by a bike extremist who only wants bike lanes and thinks nothing will ever change.
I'd like to think it's just a problem with the city administration, but I believe there is also a significant cultural aspect.
What do you think? What organizations/groups do you recommend?
Thanks for your opinions!

Hi everyone,
New here, hopefully I won't offend anyone or break any rules.
I'm looking to buy a convertible sports car. Budget is 30-50k€, would prefer not going over. I live in western Europe but don't mind importing from Japan or America.
My daily driver is a Tesla Model X. I've crashed one of my fun cars and I would like to use the insurance payment to buy a convertible.
I've looked at many things, from a classic Mustang to a turbocharged Honda S2000, through M4's and Corvettes.
Used cars only.
The 996 and 997 911's with a manual gearbox are certainly a possibility. I like the fact that they should retain they value. They seem to be good cars but never driven or been in one. I like the 4 seats, I've heard they can be quite reliable and I like the look as well.
I'm also interested in a C6 or C7 Corvette. I've always liked them, but they'll lose value over time. Never driven or been in one either though. They aren't too common in Europe.
A side competitor would be a Lexus LC but they are too expensive in convertible versions I think. I love Toyota's! If they made a convertible Nissan Z or Supra mk5 I would have gone for that I think.
What would be the recommendation? I look for reliability, handling, power, comfort, looks, etc. The usual suspects, really. But reliability really is important to me, I've had bad experiences before and I would like to avoid repeating them. People know me for my 'different' taste so the 911, which are as common as dirt where I live and work, would seem out of character, but the fact that they keep their value is important to me. Also, I thing they look really great. Maintenance cost will be a factor too obviously.
I'm torn! Please advise :D

Hi all! I am trying to understand and solve a problem with my ears after FESS septoplasty surgery. I think more or less a month after the surgery, I started to hear a deep car engine sound in my head. It's constant and only goes away when I play with my ear for only 2-3 seconds and comes back. after useless doctor visits which didn't cure anything but only charged me more money. I am trying to understand the problem and also solve it by myself. I am using daily allergy pills and dymista spray to reduce allergy reaction in my nose and also clean the frontal sinus. I'm also still rinsing my sinus at least 2 times a day.
Any recommendations about tinnitus or anyone else having the same problem? I believe this sound it's because of the nasal rinse. I stopped doing it for 1 month but it didn't change much tho.

I just migrated to america for work and plan to buy a car for commute. The thing is I don't know where to start to find the best deal possible, it can be used car or new car. I heard from my cousin about Truecar but from what I see on internet they are seem to not be as knowed as other car website like cargurus. Could you guys give me advice about where to look for cars here in US?

This song is the song where I have the most issue with when it comes to the fans' interpretation of it. Their biggest argument for this is the football references, but they fail to consider that the football metaphors were just a way for Taylor Swift to draw parallels between the (American) football world and her situation.
In this analysis, I'll be doing a line-by-line breakdown of why this is not a Travis Kelce song, but is instead a song that she wrote where she is directly addressing her fans, much like how "But Daddy I Love Him", and "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me" were written.
Here it goes. Please bear with me!
This happens once every few lifetimes

• Suggests a rare and significant event. Taylor's comeback after a major public backlash (Kim Kardashian's Snakegate incident) and hiatus was a unique moment in her career, and in anyone's public career, really.

These chemicals hit me like white wine

• The "chemicals" symbolize the rush of emotions and excitement, akin to the thrill she feels from reconnecting with her fans by organising the Eras Tour.
• "White wine" can imply a pleasant, intoxicating experience, like the support she gets from her fans (look up her sales and streaming charts).

What if I told you I'm back?

• The "you" here directly addresses her fans, announcing her return to the public eye after a period of "absence".
• IMO this line is not at all a shade to Joe, but directly references the line "but I come back stronger than a 90s trend" in willow.

The hospital was a drag / Worst sleep that I ever had

• This song is a direct reference to epiphany, and, on a bigger picture, the pandemic. We must remember that her plans ("Loverfest") were all cancelled thanks to Covid.
• The line also metaphorically refers to her time in "hiding" or dealing with the aftermath of the public fallout, which was a difficult and restless period.

I circled you on a map

• This is the easiest line - she always plans her tour ahead and would choose the locations that she would be performing at.
• This symbolises her plan to reconnect with her fans, targeting them, in each location, specifically as her focus upon her return to touring.

I haven't come around in so long / But I'm coming back so strong

• This line once again emphasises her "hiatus" and assures her fans of her strong comeback.

So when I touch down / Call the amateurs and / Cut 'em from the team / Ditch the clowns, get the crown / Baby I'm the one to beat

• "Touch down" signifies her reentry into the music industry. "Call the amateurs and cut 'em from the team" represents reclaiming her position, emphasizing that she is the top artist and dismissing those who doubted her or tried to take her place.
• "Baby I'm the one to beat" represents her thoughts that she's the one "ahead of the curve" (this is me trying). Now, couple that with her AOTY award for her albums "folklore" and "Midnights", despite the strong competition she had (SZA, Harry Styles, Dua Lipa) - no, folks, Taylor Swift is the one to beat.

Cause the sign on your heart / Said it's still reserved for me

• Indicates the unwavering loyalty of her fans who kept a place for her in their hearts despite her absence and the controversies surrounding her (in general)
• .

Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?

• "Alchemy" symbolizes the magical, transformative bond.
• Taylor thinks that the bond between her and her fans is a magical one, one that withstands challenges and changes.
• The Alchemy is what makes her bejeweled.

Hey you, what if I told you we're cool? / That child's play back in school / Is forgiven under my rule

• Now, this line is where she addresses her fans directly. In this line, she is suggesting that she forgave all that drama ("child's play") back during the snakegate. (disclaimer: we know she forgives, she forgets, but she never let's it go -- so let's move on from this one lol)
• But basically, between her and the general fans, she's saying that she's 'moved past' what she thought was her fans' reaction to the the public feuds and media drama.

Now, let's move on to the bridge!
Shirts off, and your friends lift you up over their heads / Beer sticking to the floor / Cheers chanted, cause they said

• This is where she uses the football metaphor to describe the celebratory atmosphere of her concerts, the unity, and the joy her fans experience together.

There was no chance, trying to be / The greatest in the league / Where's the trophy? / He just comes running over to me

• This line! Basically reflects on how she defied the odds and criticism to become the "greatest" with the support of her fans, symbolizing victory and recognition.
• By all means she is currently "the greatest".
  • She is, afterall, the first person in Grammy history to win album of the year four times.
  • Her name is definitely up there as one the greatest of all time, according to Billboard.
  • There's more but I mean, it's like repeating the same points basically.

These blokes warm the benches / We been on a winning streak

• In this line, she is trying to say that everyone else are just warming the benches, while she's the one who's been out there on a winning streak with folklore, midnights, and the eras tour.
• Her usage of "we" here indicates not only "her", but everyone involved, including her fans. This reinforces the alchemy that she has with her fans, and that all of this is a mutual success, i.e. she would not be here without the support of her fans.

He jokes that it's heroin but this time with an "E" / Cause the sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me

• This line is a controversial line, because of her usage of the word "he". Now, who is "he"? Is it Travis Kelce? Or could it be Matty Healy, considering his history with the pills? In this song, this actually does not matter. Why?
  • The point of this line is to symbolise the feeling she feels when she's performing, bejeweled, in glittery skirts, and the feeling insider of her when her fans giving her a standing ovation. To her, this feeling is euphoric. It's like taking heroin.
  • Because she is a female artist, she feels like a heroine in her show. Everyone pays attention to her, and only her. As with all heroines in movies (specifically, those movies with no heroes).
  • Combining both together, "Heroin with an 'E'" signifies as a powerful, euphoric connection (her and her fans) that's not destructive (unlike Heroin), but rather, a positive, euphoric, and uplifting feeling.
• Again, the "sign on your heart" symbolizes fans' loyalty.

and finally, this line....

• Where's the trophy? He just comes running over to me.
  • Before I do a deep dive on this, let's establish the definition of the "trophy". The "trophy" symbolizes ultimate success, victory, or recognition in a competitive field.
  • This line is a rhetorical question. There is no actual "trophy". Taylor Swift is the trophy.
  • Any dudes dating her should recognise that. That she's the trophy.

Addressing the (American) football references in this song:

As mentioned before, the football references in this song are simply metaphors to help illustrate the themes of competition, triumph, and teamwork.

• "So when I touch down"
  
  • While "Touchdown" is a direct reference to scoring in American football, it also, in a literal sense, means refers to when she has landed in her private jet. At this point, we all already know about her and her private jet "news" - I do not need to elaborate on this.
  • "Touching down" symbolizes a notable return after her hiatus and public controversies, Taylor Swift’s "touch down" represents her re-emergence into the public eye with a strong, confident, and elevated status.
  • In the context of the song, it symbolizes Taylor's return to the public eye and re-establishing her position in the music industry.
• "Call the amateurs and / Cut 'em from the team"
  
  • This phrase uses the concept of a sports team to signify separating the less dedicated or less talented (the "amateurs") from the main group. It implies that only the best and most loyal (fans) shall remain, akin to a team selection process in sports.
• "Shirts off, and your friends lift you up over their heads / Beer sticking to the floor / Cheers chanted, cause they said"
  
  • This imagery is reminiscent of celebratory scenes in sports, particularly football games where fans celebrate their team's victories with loud cheers, lifting people in celebration, and the chaotic but joyful atmosphere, very much like the Eras tour.
• "There was no chance, trying to be / The greatest in the league / Where's the trophy?"
  
  • Directly references sports league competition and winning a trophy, which signifies achieving the highest honor or success. And who is she? The Billboard Woman of the Decade. The first person in history to win the AOTY 4 times. One with one of the highest grossing tour of all time. Yes by all accounts she's the music industry.

TLDR: If you switched the "you" in this song to reference "the fans", this song will make complete sense. Now, try giving this song a listen, and think of "you" as "yourself" (the fans).
Taylor Swift's song "The Alchemy," is basically a powerful ode to her fans, chronicling her journey through public scrutiny and her triumphant return to the music industry. It draws parallels to her tumultuous period following the "snake gate" incident with Kim Kardashian and her subsequent hiatus before the release of "Reputation," the lyrics reflect a narrative of resilience, redemption, and the unwavering bond between Swift and her fans.
Once you are able to interpret "you" as "the fans", you'll be able to see, without having to do too much mental gymnastics, that the song is about the transformative and enduring connection Swift shares with her loyal supporters.
If you've made it this far, thank you for reading. Sorry for any typos or grammatical errors - but I hope I helped you made sense of the song!

Hello!
I am looking to upgrade from my snowball since it started developing cracks and I am concerned it might spread and break. I had to travel with it from where I study and where I live. This way I can retire it to one place.
My current options are:
Rode Podmic plus a Vocaster One (totalling at 120 euro with the current sale of the Vocaster)
Or
Vocaster Two Studio for around 115 eur. The one including the mic, headphones I am trully never going to use, the Vocaster teo and the DM14 mic.
I am open to other sugestions. Ps rhe Vocaster one is 42 eur where I live so I suppose it aould be best to use it rather than a UMC22 which is more expensive but also cheaper I suppose.

To separate my gaming activities from other activities, I am simply using two different Microsoft accounts. However, meanwhile, Microsoft does no longer allow to use a different Account for the XBox App (which is annoying bullshit, anyway) and the normal Microsoft store. This means, that I always have to re-log again and again. Even if I were willing to cease that separation, I would have to transfer software licenses (e.g. Minecraft) from one account to another, which is not possible. What Microsoft created here, is not only annoying, it is a big mess, it is de facto hindering the user from using the software licenses he has payed for (in case of minecraft long before the software belonged to microsoft). I do and not will not abuse software licenses in a way that it is used on more than one computer. But once I have bought a software license, I must be able to use it without interference with other so called "services", which are nothing more than annoying, spying, providing bullshit, I did not ask for and I do not want, but am anyway urged to use.
To me, microsoft is behaving more and more in an unethical way. Making business, the strong will to earn money is OK, as long as it is not forgotten that at a certain point the term "enough" must be applied. However, what microsoft does, is the attempt to monitor and control me and my private life, which is not acceptable. It is, as if you buy a car and have the manufacture monitoring and controlling where you drive and how you drive. Shame on you, Microsoft!
Unfortunately there is some non-Microsoft software I am using, which is available only for windows. Otherwise I'd have returned to use Linux, as I did for years in the past.

Hi car gurus, I'm someone who knows little to nothing about cars, resale value, long term reliability, etc. so I'm looking for some help with picking out a car to upgrade to.
We have a growing family - 1x 1yo baby and another on the way, due this year. Our current car (X-Trail) is amazing, but it has become small - hard to carry around baby stuff and if we go somewhere with the 2 babies and another person, we will have to pull up the 3rd row which is extremely uncomfortable to sit in.
So essentially we're looking to upgrade but have no idea what we should be looking for - we looked at the large SUVs (Tahoe, Yukon) and also at the Patrol, which we liked. Ultimately we are looking for something that meets this criteria (used):

1. Cost under 200K (preferably - we can go a bit over but would prefer not to)
2. Safety - for carrying children around
3. Comfort is key - spacious and roomy, if possible
4. Long term reliability
5. Resale value (ideally something that won't lose half its value once I sit in it)
6. Tech would be nice - remote start, cameras, sensors, carplay

One final thing - while i do love warranties and service packages from the dealers here (I bought the X-Trail new), I wouldn't mind going to a reliable brand with a reliable model and reasonable maintenance costs - even import (non-GCC specs), if it's worth considering.
Any suggestions are greatly appreacited!

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I am 29 and am at my lowest financial point in my life, always considered myself good with money and fairly privileged to have a decent pay at all my jobs, but this past year has completely drained me financially.
A little back story I worked retail for 11 years got into management making 60k at 23 and after 3 years I was burnt out and left to go work in the IT field at a small AV manufacturer doing product acquisition this switch in jobs doubled my pay in the process to 120k not counting bonuses, at this point I was living on my own in a studio apartment had a nice car and was preparing to buy a house but in August of 2023 the company owners decided to retire and close it's doors forever leaving it's 12 employees jobless.
When this happened I had roughly $90k in savings and $110k in stocks/retirement, I decided to take a few months for myself and enjoy life and go back on the hunt for a job in the new year, but in November I had some serious medical issues and without insurance it basically drained me in one shot leaving me with only $3k in my savings so I broke my lease and moved back in with my pops and sold the car I was was making payments on.
Since then I've been working retail again while doing detailing on the side but I'm struggling with how expensive everything is here in Florida, and the job market is rough but I'm looking for any advice on starting over after losing it all, I already have cut down on all my expenses and don't have any debts but I just can't seem to save anything like I used to.

Télios was born a fetus. It was a miracle he even survived for such a short while. His father, from desperation and curiosity, placed him into a vat of Substance 7(Image1). There he was incubated for 9 years.
During those 9 years, the scientists there taught him the basics. Talking, writing, reading, but more importantly, how to use his gift. Complete control over his body. Every inch of flesh, membrane, and bone could mover however he wished. Morgan laid his eyes on his son, but something else greater. The perfect human, and thus spawned the name Télios. Greek for Perfection.
It allowed him to morph himself into any person, animal, or into a grotesque creature. However, he found much more use in tendrils he tipped off with bone. A few weeks after he turned 9, Morgan finally let him out of the tube.
Télios didn't want any of them to see his true form, piecing himself a body from everyone around him(image 2&3). Although he looked human, the result was... Uncanny... Hours passed until Télios finally learned to walk. He entered his father's car and went home.
Télios met Felicia and realized his appearance didn't match hers. Thus he shortened his stature, ditched the beard, and added a slight more innocent tone to his voice. The two got along great, their bond growing stronger with each passing day.
Télios quite enjoyed the violence when Morgan brought the two on opperations. The more Télios fought, the greater the ego he gained. Not only that, but the praise from his father and others pushed that arrogance farther.
During his 20's, Télios reverted to his older form (Image 2&3). And this is where a fial on Télios was cranked to 100. His "libido" drive. Thanks to his inflated ego, he believed that all, except family (obviously, ew), deserved his "gift".
Even despite Morgan's orders, Télios laid with many people, changing his form into any that was nescessary. Morgan, not wanting Télios to bear any horrific children, assembled a few agents to kill off any of his partners.
Télios couldn't care, they were one night stands anyway. And good riddance too, he was too high for child support. 20 more years of the cycle of killing, banging, and a dead partner continued for 10 years. Télios still looked the same as his 24 year old self.
However a one-time favor was asked of Télios. Morgan had to run some serious errands, and Felicia accidentally kidnapped a kid. The two going to find the parents, leaving the kid with Télios. In a short amount of time, Télios managed to traumatize the kid by explaining how a man and woman's body part work. As expected, Télios was never allowed to be near a child. Some more years pass as all was going well until...
One of these operations, they came across a man. One who bore a striking resemblance to Morgan. Than, with the 5 braincells Télios had, it clicked. This must've been an abandoned son. A fight insued in which Télios, even though he was perfect, was bested by a man in his late 30's?
Then a young boy ran out, stopping the fight. Why was this old man allowed to have a son but not him? He's perfect after all. But then Morgan fell over, clutching his chest. He muttered he was proud of them all, however when he said it. Not a glance was given to Télios...
But he's perfect? Why not look at him? It's because he's already perfect... Right? Now he laid dead. Only issue is... Where are they gonna live? Jack invited them inside, only for Télios to try to spread his seed and get him and Felicia kicked out. Eventually, Felicia found them a home, and Télios had an idea.
Now that his partners weren't being killed, that means he could father children. He could be a god to a whole new species, finally be praised for the perfection he is! Although Felix started the "hybrid" race with Jack, Télios kicked the population up sky-high. And he kept it up to his 40's.
Soon, he will be seen as perfection, by all. For he is Télios, the perfect human, a god among men. Unless one of those men are as skilled as Felix...
Also, if you noticed, I ended Felicia and Télios' stories at 40, Jack at 20. That's because canonically, they all go through wormholes and go to different universes, aka RP's, and continue their stories there. And now the possibilities are endless!

My husband was randomly looking at old cars and vans online and came across the Sambar. I’ve always wanted a VW bus and these are a cheaper mini version of that. We both got pretty excited and started looking and found one I liked. I just want to use this to run errands nearby. No highways.
After researching he started saying they have hardly if any safety features. It sounds like he may not want me to get one now. I’ll admit I’m disappointed but also if they’re really that bad I do want to take that into consideration. Any thoughts or experiences with this?
Also the one I found and liked was a ‘94 with 93k miles. They’re selling it for $16k. From what I’m seeing online this is apparently a lot. It has had a lot of things taken care of and replaced so I assumed this was why.
I know some say to import them yourself that it’s cheaper but I’ve also seen horror stories of people getting things with problems that weren’t mentioned and they end up stuck with it. Again any thoughts or opinions are appreciated.

Ok so I drive for Amazon but I don’t have a car. I was thinking about using Ubers rental system to get a car since I’m off 3 days a week. Is there anyone who has a rough estimate of what this investment would cost? Hidden fees and what not. Thank you, much love.

the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have qualified for the IPL playoffs, even though their chances were less than 2%. This astonishing feat is more than just a sports story; it’s a powerful lesson in perseverance, especially for those of us in sales.
Here’s what RCB's journey taught me about never giving up in sales:

1. Believe in Your Potential: Just like RCB believed in their team, believing in your product and your abilities is fundamental. Confidence can drive your performance, even when prospects seem slim.
2. Consistency is Key: Success in sales doesn't come from a single call or meeting. It's the result of persistent effort. RCB's consistent commitment, despite setbacks, mirrors the need for continuous effort in sales to build relationships and close deals.
3. Adapt and Overcome: In sales, flexibility is crucial. Just as RCB adjusted their strategies to stay in the game, we need to be adaptable in our approach to meet the evolving needs of our clients and the market.
4. Learn from Rejections: Every "no" is a stepping stone to a "yes." RCB faced numerous defeats but used them as learning experiences. In sales, each rejection is an opportunity to refine your pitch and improve your strategy.
5. Teamwork Drives Success: Collaboration is as important in sales as it is in sports. RCB’s qualification was a team effort. Similarly, leveraging the strengths of your sales team and collaborating can lead to achieving and exceeding targets.
6. Stay Positive and Resilient: Maintaining a positive outlook, even when deals fall through, is essential. RCB’s resilience in the face of adversity highlights the importance of staying positive and persistent, knowing that every setback is temporary.