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2024.05.19 15:18 microwaved_ice_cream [REVIEW] Back from Ban Island!! Loewe Flamenco Mini in Burgundy + Gold from Hyper Peter

Hello Ladies and Gents, it’s been a while since I’ve been active in Rep-land but I am happy to be putting words back on print with a mini review for a mini bag! I have a few weddings to attend to this coming summer so I knew I would need a handy sidekick to spruce up my looks. Naturally, the purse closet had nothing to wear (y’all know what I mean) so I turned to social media to look for inspiration and found this mini beauty from Loewe! My sister was in the market for a Loewe Puzzle and she wanted to get one from Hyper Peter, so I tacked on asking about my Flamenco. Thank goodness for my handy rolodex of rep resources, HP had both bags we wanted in stock!! A little bit of a wait due to HP being on much needed vacation, but in the end, he delivered and happy to report both bags are stunning!
About the author: I am a Loewe Lover through and though. The Puzzle has my heart and I’ve convinced my sister to get one for herself. We frequent the Loewe store often and it’s been a bad habit of mine trying on their bags. I always wanted this mini Lambskin baby so when the situation presented itself, I decided to go for it and buy at the same time as my sister! Been a replady since OG RL days but stepped a way from Reddit for a bit to put a cap on my spending habits (it was going a bit overboard especially when I started buying 18K reps…)
PHOTO TIME!!
My photos ❤️
HP does not usually disclose factory or factory pics and I didn’t ask but I know he has amazing Loewe Puzzles. Example 1 / Example 2
NO PSPs Opted out because I am an old time buyer of his.
~Authentic on Loewe website~ And this review was helpful too for details and mod shots! Also Purseblog’s 60 second review.
Disclosure: I didn’t receive a discount or anything in exchange for this review
Seller: Hyper Peter
Whatsapp: +44-774-303-8638
Instagram: Hyperpeter7
Product: Loewe Flamenco Mini in Nappa Lambskin
Price: 1300 yuan plus 480 yuan (for shipping 2 bags) Fedex shipping no branded Loewe box total 1540 yuan or $213 usd
Paid by: Wise
Timeline:
⏳ Messaged Peter and paid on April 3
⏳ Confirmed with Peter that the bags are available April 3-4
⏳ Opted out of the PSPs because of the additional charge, Peter showed me pictures of the actual bag he sells and I figured it would be similar enough to it.
⏳ May 14 received the bags, worth the wait in my opinion!!
QUALITY:
1. THIS LEATHER IS BUTTERY!!! I can’t express how supple and luscious this lambskin is in words! It is incredibly soft, zero hint of dryness, thick yet malleable. It actually looks and feels very very close to the auth Loewe Flamenco I fondled at the store, buttery AF!
2. The pouch shape is correct, with correct stitching on the base of the bag and the top section that bunches up randomly in buttery folds (hence the name of the bag because the ruffles mimic a Flamenco dancer’s dress!) that look both elegant and casual at the same time. The opening of the pouch is cinched at the top with two leather knotted drawstring straps which can be used as the handles for this bag (as a low key clutch), but as a security feature, there’s also a magnetic closure that seals the opening of the bag, perfect for keeping your goodies in the bag!
3. This bag has not 1 but 2 straps! A beautiful “donut” ring strap with interwoven leather in alternate lacing and the second strap is an adjustable leather cinch strap that slides long and short depending on whether you want to use it as a shoulder bag or cross body!
4. The only other hardware of the bag is in the snap clasps which are nicely weighted and match the yellow gold tone of the donut chain. All function as needed.
ACCURACY:
1. Here are the dimensions of the auth Mini Flamenco: – Weight: 0.18 kg , Height : 17 cm ,Width : 23 cm , Depth : 5.5 cm. Admitedly I don’t have a scale so can’t weigh this bag myself but obviously for it’s size it’s very light. Here’s what I got for my measurements: Height : 17 cm, Width : 24 cm, Depth : 5 cm. I’d say this is a good match for the dimensions.
2. The first strap, the leather knotted version is removable and adjustable with a minimum length of 82 cm and max of 142 cm. The donut chain strap is 36 cm for mine.
3. The Donut strap gold tone is yellow, perhaps a touch more yellow than auth, but the luster and gloss is correct, it also is very dependent on lighting so I am not docking points off this because it’s verry hard to judge if you don’t have the auth next to it.
4. The shape, engravings and weight of the hardware are a good likeness for the auth. The snap hooks on the strap are the correct shape, have good functionality and are correctly branded with the Loewe logo.
5. Everything about the leather is just delicious. I can’t complain because I remember the auth being very similar in feel to the softness and density of this nappa lambskin. The burgundy shade is pretty much an exact match to the auth. The knotted drawstrings do not feel flimsy, the thickness and density are appreciated and even for a small bag, I don’t need to baby it.
6. The make/craftmanship of the bag is top notch. The suede lining is well lined, stitched well and no loose or faulty craftmanship anywhere. The pouch opening leather is well folded and stitched over.
7. I will deduct points for the thread being a shade too light compared to the auth. I am not too fussed about it but I did want to call that out for those who are concerned with the minute details. Taking one point off here.
8. Interior suede is thick, has good dense feeling and has a very nice texture. The interior datecode and logo match the auth well.
WFIMB:
Well this bag is teensy weensy, so other than my phone, a pack of issues, a cardholder, a compact and lipstick I am not really adding anything to it….I mean, what do you REALLY need at a wedding except for these few items?! A pack of gum or tictacs? Easy peasy, done deal. At any rate, whatever essentials you’d need for dressing up, this baby can handle it and that’s all you need in here anyways!
SATISFACTION:
I honestly didn’t expect to love this bag so much, but now I see any ladies love it and say it’s a good part of their collection. I was on the hunt for a small but practical bag, and with all the different ways this bag can be carried it’s quickly becoming a standout for any time I need a small elegant but functional bag for parties or nights out.
It’s my first burgundy colored bag (I was initially going to get the black) but I am glad I went for this pop of color. The burgundy is very deep, classy and understated in color but still pleasant to the eyes. I am not considering getting a puzzle in the dark burgundy as well just because this color is growing on me.
SELLER SATISFACTION:
Peter has always been one of my go to sellers. I know there have been many members who feel jilted that his communication has been few and far in between but I took the patient route and just waited for my bag to arrive (my order took over a month from start to finish, by the way). Perhaps it’s because I am a seasoned rep buyer and also a long time client of Peter’s so I was sure I would get my bag in the end. I find the best way to enjoy repping is to not stress over the small stuff and trust the process (and your gut of course). The mods here do an awesome job of guiding and advising when it comes to reviews and sellers so I knew that if I needed help, they’d have my back. But in all honesty, my bag arrived to me safely, my payment and ordering process were smooth sailing and the bag itself was certainly within my budget. For all these reasons and more, Peter will always have a top spot in my rep rolodex for reliable bags and service.
THE WRAP UP:
This bag is divine and being quite nonchalant about what others think or say, I would proudly wear this to any party or date night I go to. I would likely not flaunt it around my usual Loewe store (those SAs all recognize me) but I wouldn’t mind wearing it into a high end department store. My sister’s puzzle is absolutely accurate to the authentic though, I will help her write up a review for that one when I get a chance. I’d give Peter’s Loewe gold stars for the incredible value for the price!

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2024.05.19 15:17 UpsetAge9580 Officially Greened☘️ LETS GOOOOO

Officially Greened☘️ LETS GOOOOO
Hey everybody, I got great news this morning. Got my I-485 approved in a very very fast 53days, I am not bragging btw. Very weird considering I literally got nothing else approved, no ssn or travel , I just got my I-485 approved straight. Document tab and approval letter. Hopefully my green card comes quick.
Filed my case with (Boundless Immigration) I payed for there premium service and it was 10/10 but then again my case was super straight forward.
Came to USA two years ago on a tourist visa (B2 ) and overstayed as I met my lovely wife. I worked illegally as a labour worker (uscis was told this) and I got married in February 13th 2024, filed my case in march
40 pictures (with each other, 5 pics with friends and us on our wedding day, with was just us on wedding day no friends or family) Lease agreement Utility bills Joint bank account Authorised user on credit cards 2x2 passport pictures of both of us Medical exam All my wife’s tax returns (21,22,23) Passports Birth Certificate (translated)
San Francisco 📍
Open to questions
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2024.05.19 15:17 Troubleprincess18 abyg Ako Ba Yung Gago that I'm on my Silent Quitting Era

IKAILANGAN KO NG MEANINGFUL ADVICES NYO. Di ko akalain na nasa silent quitting era ako Since 2022. Nagsimula lahat ng ito noong lumipat kami dito sa place ng Partner ko. Ngayon 2024 na, and I actually had plans of leaving pero hanggang ngayon di ko nagagawa dahil sa anak na maiiwan ko. Di ko syabpwedeng isama kase walang mag aalaga sa knaya kapag nagsimula akong mag work sa corporate. Ayoko din naman syang ipaalaga sa iba. Gusto ko nang i end itong 5 years na relationship na ito dahil sa madaming bagay. 1. Di ko na sya makausap ng matino - Kapag nasa difficult conversation kami wala kaming nagiging resolution. Puro argue na lang at kung suswertehim may bangayan na. - May oras din na ididissmiss na lang yung convo kapag talaga walang nanalo or parang malabo na maresolve 2. May mga nagaganap na pag iignore/invalidated ng feelings - 10 years ang gap namin. May mga bagay na di talaga magkakaroon ng sense sa isa't isa. that's one reason na naiinvalidate yung feelinga ng bawat isa 3. Walang cooperation sa responsibilities - Ang gusto ko kase sa isang household ay magtutulungan sa chores at may mga tasks na dapat di na sinasabi na gawin ng bawat isa For example: Kapag nakakita ka nang kalat ng mga bata sa floor, dapat pinupulot mo na hinfi yung aantayin mo pa yung asawa mo pulutin pa yon -Pauulit ulit na lang na sinasabi yung task mo. Jusko 5 years na kayong magkasama kailangan paulit ulit na lang ba magbilin ng gagawin mo - wlang teamwork sa gawaing bahay. Porket sya may work at ako wala dapat ako na lang lahat sa gawaing bahay tsaka sa pag aalaga sa bata 4. May sumabatan ng nangyari about sa contribution - For example: Yun na nga na ako tong walang "ginagawa" (nagmamanage po ako ng store, livestreamer din po ako, naglilinis ng bahay, nag aalaga ng baby), dapat di na sya masyadong nag aalaga ng bata. Dapat after work na lang nya, dapat nagrerest na sya at kumpleto ang tulog nya for 8 hours. buti pa daw ako kumpleto tulog ko kase pag shift pa daw nya nag titimpla pa sya ng gatas ng anak nya within the shift 5. Naiistress nanako magmanage ng finances namin - Lagi na lang ako namomoblema sa finances. Hindi naman kulang sahod nya. Sobra sobra pa sana pero kase ang nangyayari is imbis na di na kami nagkukulang dahil may sati sari store business kami. Ang nangyayari is nagiging liability pa yung store kase umuutang pa sya doon na lagi kong sinasabi na wag kase mababawasan yung puhunan ng store. May time pa na andami nyang inutang sa store dahil may pa event sa bahay ng parents nya.
  1. He is not keeping his words.
  2. For example yung number 5 yung about sa store. Pinagusapan namin na hindi kami kukuha ng kahit ano sa store para doon sa party na yun. Nag agree sya pero nung araw na yun, pero nung araw na nung handaan andami nyang inutang. Naiyak talaga ako kase tagal bago namin naibawi yun. Yung sanang pera na dapat sa pangkain namin at para sa bills napunta lang sa store na dapat lumalago at extra source of income. Naging liability pa.
  3. Any small thing or big thing na pinaguusapan namin na umaayon sya pero di nya ginagawa or di nya tinutupad. Nakakapagod umasa at mag expect.
  4. Noong start ng pagtira namin sa bahay noon ng parents nya. Nakakatrauma talaga.
  5. We have a different way of raising a kid and a home. Alam ko naman na expert yung parents nya na sa pag aalaga ng bata. Mahalaga ang experiences.BUT may mga ginagawa sila na hindi naman advisable ng pedia. Like yung pagpapainom ng water below 6 months old. Kahit na sabihin kong wag, ay bih ididisregard nila tas papainumin nila para daw di madehydrate yung bata. gagawin nila yun lalo na pag di ako nakatingin. Another one, is yung pag umiiyak yung annak ko sa gabi or even sa araw, pag di ko agad napatahan within 2 mins. aagawin nila. AAGAWIN AH. AAGAWIN. Ganun sya up until kaya ko na talaga sya patahanin around nung 1 year old na sya. Meron pa, tinuturuan ko kase yung anak ko na mag Baby Led Weaning ever since 6 months old na sya. Grabe yung mga negative remarks ng magulang nya about sa ginagawa ko. Kesyo sayang yung pagkain or di dapat nilalato yung food or baka mabilaukan si baby. Eventually nung nalay off si partner sa work natigil sya kase nga sayang daw yung pagkain dapat di daw ganun. Hanggang ngayon di ko na try mag BLW kase nahirapan na ako. Galing nya kumain noon .Ngayon hanggang sa ngayon sinusubuan pa din. Another one is yung kapag may venture kaming gagawin for example nagbebenta kase kami ng isang supplement na talagang nakakagamot ng mga sakit. Alam nyo ba na ang negative nila saamin andami nilang sinasabi na negative. Dinodown na nila kami eh nagsisimula palang kami. Kahit anong new venture/ palno na shineshare namin sa kanila, may masasabi silang di maganda. Close minded kumbaga.
SHET GANITO YUNG FAMILY NG PAPAKASALAN KO?
  1. May mga bagay na di ko mapatawad sa parter ko
  2. Una na sa lahat yung mga moments na dinisregars nya yung mga pakiramdam ko during may postpartum days. Sabi ko na nakakaranas ako ng depression, di sya naniniwala. Baka hysteria lang daw due to articles or videos I am seeing. Meron pa yung ayaw nya akong nagpapapanood ng mga bagay about sa mental health ta may tendency daw ako mag self diagnose. Like hello, masama ba na meron akong self awareness at gusto ko pagabralan bakit ganito ako or yung relationship namin? Eh la nga kaming pera pang counseling eh kase daming binabayaran.
  3. Meron talaga yung isang moment na gusto ko nang umuwi sa amin dahil mabebenta yung bahay namin. Gusto ko pag nabenta yun eh makukuha ko yung share kondin kase tumira ako. Alam ko na kapag nag reside na ako sa place ng partner ko at ibinalik ko na yung susi ng bahay na yun, mwawalan na ako ng tsansa na habilin yung mga kapatid ko na ibigay yung pamana ng tatay ko sakin (NANGYARI NGA PO LAHAT YUN DI KO NAKUHA YUNG MANA KO). Sama ng loob ko ah. May timea na pag naalala ko yun. Masakit. Di ako kinampihan ng asawa ko. Pero naisip ko din , ito yung better plan ni Lord. Yaan ko na yung pera.
  4. Yung sinibukan nya na pinabasa ng partner ko sa parents nya yung sensitive letter na naglalaman ng hinanakit ko sa parents nya at nararamdaman ko. Di nila binasa pero may idea na yung parents nya. Ayaw nila basahin pero galit na sila. Shet trauma is real. Doon ako nagwonder na sino tong lalaking jinowa kom (DI PA KAMI KASAL)
  5. WALA NA AKONG BALAK MAGKA ANAK SA KANYA AT MAGPAKASAL SA KANYA Di ko alam kung may pagmamahal pa aba ako para sa taong to pero dahil sa mga experiences na ito, ayoko na magpakasal. Ayoko matali sa isang tao na di naman nakikiniv saakin, yung tipong tatawagin ko sya ng maraming beses mula sa pagseselpon o panonood bago ako mapansin, yung tipong di na sya ligtas na pagsabihan ng nararamdaman ko. Katulad na lang nung isang araw, grabe ang hirap ko pa sabihin yung honest feelings ko about sa ginawa nyang pagsusungit at pagrereklamo sa di ko pag prioritize sa dishes pero di nmaan nya naisip na naglinis naman ako at needed ko lang magpahinga kase sakit talaga ng ulo kom KUNG TALAGANG ANG SAKIT SA PANINGIN NG MGA HUGASINBAKIT HINDI NYA HUGASAN BAKIT AANTAYIN NYA PA NA AKO ANG MAGHUGAS??!!! Di ko alam kung papakasalan ko pa ba sya kung alam ko na ganun ang pamilya nya na hindi supportive at di rumerespeto sa pananaw ng ibang tao Di ko alam kung papakasalan ko pa ba sya kung alam kong di naman nya tinutupad yung mga simasabi nya. Di ko alam kung papakasalan ko pa ba sya ngayon ngayong nalaman ko na reklamador sya sa madaming bagay
NOW, ALAM KO NA MAY FLAWS DIN AKO. DI KO SINASABING WALA. MY MGA NAKAKAGAGONG MGA UGALI AKO. DI LANG PURO SYA TO HA. GUSTO MO NG LISTAHAN OH ETO :
  1. Masyado akong clingy. Madalas di ako nagiging sensitive sa space ng asawa ko. Alam nyo ba na kahit nagwowork yan madalas gahambalain ko pa yan. For example, tutok na sya sa work nya at sinasabi naman nya sakin na madali maputol focus nya kapag nagagambala sya pero eto ako kausap ng kausap sa kanya or may papaabot ako or may bigla akong isasaksak sa extension cord, or kapag di pa tulog si bata at gusto nya pumunta sa tatay nya hahayaan ko sya imbis na pigilan ko sya na makakapagwala ng focus nya. magagalit sya syempre masisira na mood nya. Eh ako tong si dragona, kapag nagalit na sya or masusungitan ako lalo na pag sensitive ang mood ko, sasama loob ko. Mag aaway kami most of the time. Ako naman nag umpisa.
  2. ON MY SENSITIVE AT LOW DAYS, MASUNGIT AKO AND I TEND TO RAISE MY VOICE OR MAGDABOG KAPAG DI AKO NAPAPAKINGGAN OR DI AKO NAIINTINDIHAN. -Lalo na noon na di pa ako nagpaprioritize ng self development, mahilig ako makipag away or makipagtalo at magkimkim ng sama ng loob. Pero alam nyo ba na bago pa ako mabumtis, di ako ganito. Magaling ako magregulate ng emotion pero life happens and eto yung number 1 thing na inaayos ko sa sarili ko ngayon kase hirap mabuhay na may galit ka sa puso. Nakakapatay talaga ng buhay. relationship. lahat.
  3. TAKOT AKO SA FEEDBACK,REJECTION, AT PAGKAKAMALI
  4. Matagal na panahon din ako nag rely sa sarili ko bago ko nakilala ang jowa ko at nagkaroon ng anak at napilitinang tumira sa ibang tao. So what I do to learn is to research at makinig sa mga professional. Pero ang hirap saakin magtake ng feedback from other people. Like sa parents ng jowa ko, lalo na pag alam kong taliwas sa niresearch ko or sa tamang gawain, di ko talaga sinusu od. Tulad nga ng sa tubig sa mga baby. Meron din naman benefitial pero hirap din ako sumunod kase may ibang way ako ng paggawa ng ibang bagay or di ko sya magawa dahil nahihirapan ako ganun. sabi nt partner ko ito daw talaga yung PINAKA OPPORTUNITY KO. DI AKO MARUNONG TUMANGGAP NG FEEBLDBACK AT REJECTION AT DI AKO MARUNONG MAG SELF REFLECT PURO DAW AKO PAGTURURO NG MALI NG IBA LALO NA DAW SYA PERO DI KO DAW ALAM MAG SELF REFLECT. I'm working on this NOW by having a self reflection journal. Pag may difficult feelings ako as much as possible sinusulat ko agad sya tas tatandaan ko yun. Meron na din akong self development apps para makatulong sakin. Pag nasa point naman ako na nagbibigay ng feedback yung jowa ko, imbis na magdahilan ako, hihinga na lang ako para di ako makapag rason.
  5. PALAASA TALAGA AKO SA KANYA. -Nung una talaga palaasa ako sa sarili ko. Pero nhayon, i tend to be more pala asa sa kanya. For example sa pag aalaga ng bata, pinag aalaga ko sya kase madali ako ma overstimulate sa anak ko at need ko din maglinis ng bahay. Or sa pagsasampay ng damit, malayo ang sampayan samin. Since malayo at madming sampayin, sya ipagsasampay ko. At sa basura, syempre ako na nag ayos ng basura namin, sya na sana magtapon .Dahil meron na sya sa buhay ko , umasa na ako sa kanya sa mga bagay na kaya ko namang gawin.
  6. MAY MGA ARAW DIN NA TIMATAMAD AKO AND I TEND NA DI MAGLINIS OR MAG AYOS LANG PERO DI MAGLINIS
  7. ito yung talagang point na kung gaano kagulo ang utak ko makikita mo sa surroundings namin. Tambak na hugasin. Tambak na labahin. magulong kusina. Ngayon, since na discover ko yung pomodoro at time blocking, Ang ginagawa ko, for 5 days a week , mag aassign ako ng isang focus na room para linisin tas for the rest may speed cleaning ako na 25 mins para di ako ma overwhelm. May time din na di ko napagluluto yung partner ko dahil either walang maluto or nakalutan ko talaga( Yes po. nakakalutan ko. Nakakalutan ko rin kumain). Syempre gagalit sya alang makain ang pamilya.
  8. PALASUKO PO AKO. DI AKO CONSISTENT. MADALI AKONG SUMUKO.
  9. Eto palang yung relationship na di ko na kaya. naka ilang attempt na ako ng pag alis at pakikupaghiwalay pang lima ko na po ito. Di din ako consistent sa mga gawain. may hyperactive days ako. may time na di ko na bigla gagawin ang isang bagay.
RESPONSABLE SYA NA TATAY. DI SYA NAGKULULANG SA PERA. SA TULOG LANG. DI NYA AKO SINASAKTAN PHYSICALLY. MAHAL NA MAHAL NYA ANAK KO. PERO BIG DEAL TALAGA YUNG EMOTIONAL AT MENTAL TORTURE KO. Nakilala ko na sya on a deeper level at ayoko na talaga
ANG HABA DIBA. KUNG NAKAABOT KA DITO. GUSTO KO AY MAGBIGAY KA NG MEANINGFUL ADVICE. LIBRE LAIT. SUMAMA MAN LOOB KO LAGAY KO NA LANG SA NOTEBOOK KO PARA MAGREGULATE NG EMOTION. ITUTULOY KO PA BA MAKIPAGHIWALAY OR BAKA NAMAN GAGO LANG TALAGA AKO AT DI AKO KARAPAT DAPAT SA PARTNER KO. BAKA MAY LIFE ADVICE KAYO LALO NA SA MGA MATATAGAL NA ANG RELATIONSHIP NILA AT MAY SAME PROBLEM SAAMIN NA NAPAGTAHUMPAYAN NYO SHARE NYO NA
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2024.05.19 15:11 kishmishtoot Contrary to what some have alleged, there have been NO deaths and NO rapes in Kyrgyzstan following recent clashes. This has been confirmed by the Pakistani consulate and the Kyrgyz government, so please stop spreading misinformation.

I do not condone the way the international students were beat up as collective punishment is a terrible crime.

However, I saw a lot of you taking the opportunity to talk badly about Kyrgyz and Central Asian culture and such as if though your countries don’t have problems with women’s rights too (in many cases ten times worse). Some of you have really shown your ugly faces on this situation. This kind of mob mentality is common among North Caucasians whenever foreign men so much as breathe in the direction of their women and there is similar sentiments against migrant students in the region too, yet you guys worship the air they breathe. Why the disparity?
"Despite social media posts about alleged death and rape of Pakistani students, so far, we have not received any confirmed report," Pakistan Consulate said in a statement.
• ⁠https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/explained-why-india-pakistan-students-are-being-targeted-by-mob-in-kyrgyzstan-5691863/amp/1
BISHKEK (Kyrgyzstan): Pakistani embassy Saturday said that there are no confirmed reports of the death or rape of any Pakistani student, who were subjected to mob violence late Friday night. According to Pakistan’s Embassy in Bishkek, foreign students living in Bishkek including those from Pakistan, were attacked by locals in the aftermath of their brawl with Egyptian nationals a few days ago and many of them received injuries. Some hostels of medical universities in Bishkek and private residences of international students including Pakistanis were attacked. However, contrary to the social media posts, the embassy said that so far, they had received no confirmed reports of death or rape of any Pakistani student there.
KYRGYZ GOVT ALSO CONFIRMS NO CASULATIES. Interior Ministry of Kyrgyzstan has also confirmed that situation in Bishkek is stable and there is no report of any casualties in the mob attack, according to official news agency of Kyrgyzstan.
https://humenglish.com/pakistan/no-pakistani-students-killed-raped-in-bishkek-says-embassy/
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2024.05.19 15:07 Draygons11 This is it, my one year ban…

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2024.05.19 15:02 Sea-Daikon-4150 NYC - Not medically necessary for open surgery stay

Hello. I recently had an open myomectomy in February and stayed one night in the hospital. UHC is deeming it medically unnecessary since I didnt have any complications and I didn't lose much blood during the procedure. I was booked in for surgery at 2pm...My surgery was delayed and I didn't get out of surgery until 9-10pm, still had a catheter in mind you.. My doctor stated I needed to pass urine and flatulate before I left which didn't happen until the next day and I left at 11pm. The bill is 60K for the inpatient stay and they've now sent me the final appeal denial. They've been going back and forth since February and I'm not sure what to do. How can my doctor say it's medically necessary and then now I'm going to get met with this fat bill? Does anyone know if there is anything else I can do to fight it or negotiate with the hospital? Someone from the hospital said before they can only legally charge me so much anyway since they deemed it medically necessary? But does anyone know what that is or has experienced this before?
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2024.05.19 14:59 ATouchofTrouble (Update) How do I (29F) talk to my brother (25M) about his possibly unhealthy relationship?

So, I(29F) talked to my brother (25M) But first to answer the question as to why I did it & not our parents. Our mom is currently in another state for work. The people in the house are A, K(F20s?) & our stepdad. A doesn't talk to our stepdad & he just hangs up or doesn't answer when Mom calls. He's an asshole, & I am the only person he will actually talk to.
So for the update:
I talked to A about his relationship. He said he is head over heels, this is it, the person he is going to marry. I was already married by 25 so I can't tell him much against it, but my husband & I were also together for 4 years by that point. We talked about his finances. He was making good money with minimal bills before he moved her in & had a lot in savings. It was far more expensive to take care of 2 people than he thought. If he'd kept his savings it might not have been so bad but he was sending K over $500+ a month for her own bills & wants before she even moved in. This ate his savings w/o him realizing. He had apparently taken on some major debt to pay for her because she was in college, but he says she hasn't done any of the work for this term since moving in. She owed a major debt, as well as her car payments & subscriptions to random things. One of the bills is a medical bill for her birth control. He encouraged her to get it & checks it periodically, making sure to remind her to take it as well as taking measures on his own. I think the realization of how expensive life is knocked the wind out of his family starting sails. (They've also been together less than a year.) A states that K is uncomfortable in groups but is a social butterfly as long as she has a comfort person. She has apparently marked C (M19) as a comfort person & that is why she sends A away in social situations because he really doesn't wanna be there. I talked to C & she makes him extremely uncomfortable, she follows him around, only talks to him, asks for his vape, & C felt she was flirting. A was surprised when I told him this because K was apparently not picking up on the signs while everyone but those 2 were.
K is going back home in 2 weeks for family stuff, so anything to do with the house is moot. She will (probably) be back around Christmas. Her leaving also coincides with our mother coming home, but A states that isn't the reason she is leaving. (Which the rest of us don't really believe.) I had a VERY firm, tough love discussion with A about finances. I told him if he keeps missing payments the truck will be fully put in his name, all the interest will go up, & he will lose his truck. After K goes home, he is giving her a set time to find a job & provide confirmation thay she is actively seeking a job. After the set time, he will remove himself from all of her bills & they will be her exclusively again. He will not return to giving her excess amount of money month, he can't afford it. The idea between them was to independently save their money & after returning they would look for an apartment together.
A claims to really love his dog that claims of her care are exaggerated. I will be having others check in for me, right now she is staying with him. I have already warned A that if she is being neglected, my husband & I will take her.
I really want my brother to be happy. While I'm hesitant on if this is the right girl, I won't tell him how to live his life. But the people who have had exposure to her over the last few months, besides my mom & stepdad, don't think it's going to last once the money stops. So that concludes the events of this weekend. I've done my eldest sibling duty, I'm not sticking my nose into it anymore unless he asks for my advice.
Tldr: Talked to brother, GF is moving back home soon to get job. Warned him of consequences of not making his truck payment and financing her lifestyle. He's having her get a job at home or it's a breakup. She might be back at the end of the year, but only time will tell.
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2024.05.19 14:58 LindseyEmiliaHale Surreal nonsense by a guy who has posted in other subreddits about being the Messiah

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2024.05.19 14:54 siherbie Nightmarish Experience with Deceased Mother's Death Claim Settlement Process

So I am 37(M) and my mother (73) before she passed away on 24/12 /23. The thing that happened was that my mom ended up, having health scares one after another last year. So essentially it was first when she was told to get minor cataract surgeries, this time of month last year and both her and me were busy with her tests and later surgeries in June, July. Since she had Care insurance, she applied for her cataract surgies claim - earlier both got approved for 30k each for both surgies costing almost 50k each but then suddenly they backtracked & said one claim was rejected as place where we got surgies done, was blacklisted later. Now the single 30k claim should have been deposited, right. But nope, it still stuck & since my mom later got diagnosed with stage-4 kidney cancer in September which really shocked both me and my mom as my mom's tests have always been decent. Irrespectively, I got her on keytruda immunotherapy asap as surgeon couldn't operate till it was reduced and my mom was indeed reacting very positively to the treatment despite some issues with side-effects. However despite my best efforts, my mother suffered a brain stroke and I had to take the difficult decision of taking her off life support while dealing with another care insurance tantrum where they rejected her icu charges, so I ended up paying almost 1lakh out of my pocket and still had to pay additional 2.5lakh for further processes which was further complicated by my narcissistic sister who was only around to get her inheritance & making my life hell so I had almost no time to arrange the amount as I had only 40k left. Thus I unfortunately withdrew funds from my mom's accounts (I am Nominee & had her credentials though I also refunded them once I had a more stable mindset & recovered from fevemed issues throughout January). Either way, I initiated the Maharashtra govt ppo closure (I had refunded the amts taken from pension accounts prior to initiating paperwork) by Jan end & also approached local cbi home branch for also closing my deceased father's family pension to my mom. The branch manager directed me to this problematic deputy branch manager to whom I did admit that I had to withdraw funds from my mother's pension accounts but I have refunded them once I gathered resources(basically my sibling & family members are useless besides the fact that my sister has indulged in some criminal offenses like harassing me & my mom both before & after her death, etc while said family members did nothing). Since my mother also took 3 fds earlier in 2023, the deputy branch manager wanted me to break them & told me that individual account won't be closed & only her CIF would be directly deactivated. Since it was only few months to fds maturity & state govt pension closure was yet to occur - I told her that I will file for death claim settlement once state govt pension is closed & excess pension is recovered by them as deactivating the CIF will make this troublesome & a legal case. So she agreed to wait till state govt pension is closed and I gather all necessary documents in the meantime. Luckily state govt treasury did close the ppo & withdrew excess pension by 19th March while I also managed to transfer most of the mutual funds where I am Nominee. However since state govt treasury office (it's in another city from where I live & reasonably far), didn't give me letter of closure/confirmation - I was asked to wait for 1 month by local treasury officer (as financial year closing was approaching) which I informed to said deputy branch manager. During this time, I also had to deal with legal paperwork as the lawyer my mom knew, didn't inform her or me to register it & also wasted my time in March. So I had to look for other ways to inherit one immovable property (my sibling holds 16.66% share and I have 83.34% as per my mom's wish to inherit the property as per her will), one problematic mf transfer which I accidentally botched by editing Nominee details (still not sure as my mental health was seriously impaired in Jan/Feb & I also have same scheme, so not sure how it happened as there's no email confirmation except for an otp I found though I am not sure why I would update nominee details when I am already nominee there & even mentioned in will). Since UTI rejected both of my transmission claims so I am waiting for my current lawyer to complete the gift deed & apply for heirship certificate at municipality for filing my deceased mom's ITR. Also please note that despite timely updates to deputy branch manager, she let the FDs renew without my permission & has been acting dubious besides acting very rudely with me. So situation is,
  1. I have filed compliant with cbi bank (or rather couple of them as again, I wasn't informed properly nor received proper feedback from bank). Now I will be collecting the FDs physical certificates from branch & wait for resolution as said deputy branch manager is very suspicious(like asking me to file false FIR for online FDs whose online receipts I already have or saying there will be penalty for breaking autorenewed FDs that strangely got renewed on maturity dates without any prior indication & some things not adding up with new scheme plus the whole confusing me with different instructions). Though luckily I have atleast closed state govt pension bank account & it was transferred to my account (it's at same problematic home branch) on 3rd May & de-activated my mom's CIF. So as bank resolution will take additional 15days to come, should I approach branch with resolution & LHC to minimize further problems despite being Nominee.(there's an error in relationship in cbi's savings account where my name & details are there but relationship is daughter instead of son but I already made Rs.100 self-affidavit as per dubious deputy branch manager instructions & all other documents including death claim form).
 
  1. Applying for my mom's final ITR is necessary & I have already submitted most financial statements to my CA to compute including the TDS deducted on the FDs since I have been given July-end deadline. Plus as my mother & me spent more than 10lakh+ for her cancer treatment, I am hoping that I will get some deductible relief on her final itr besides tds. The issue is that I am still lacking any legal heirship document that will allow me to register as assessee for filing my mother's ITR. I did ask another bank where I am also nominee for mom's account, for issuing bank letter confirming Nominee details but they refused. However hopefully as I am going to execute a registered gift deed with help of my new lawyer that will mention my mom's unregistered will, I am hoping it allows me to register for the ITR. Otherwise I will have to approach local municipality office for issuing surviving family membeheirship certificate once gift deed allows me to initiate transfer property to my name.
 
  1. There are still some untransferred assets such as a SBG linked to my mom's account besides the UTI scheme that's linked to same account(for uti, I already have most paperwork ready except that they asked for legal document that confirms relationship between me and my mother so while I can submit my passport copy though feeling it's better if will gets registered during gift deed process as it's mentioned there). Then there's the care insurance claim associated with same account & taken by bank officials of same bank yet it came to my attention that Care apparently messed my mom's name multiple times while issuing the policy & the claim hasn't processed as policy name & bank account name don't match (it's only a difference in middlename and could have been conveyed to my mom when she approached them multiple times). I did ask my lawyer regarding this & as amount is only 30k, he has asked me not to think about claim as for now as Care doesn't seem sincere as they haven't given it in writing that they will issue claim if I submit LHC/Registered Will with other documents. So while I will get SBG once I close the account & also uti mf scheme (hopefully), I am not sure if I should file a consumer case against Care (as an employee even misbehaved with my mom & the claim situation feels really fraudulent) or just hope that Care would honor the claim once I submit the documents.(they also only mentioned sending documents over email so again felt weird)
 
Overall all these incidents have seriously affected my health and frankly I need a break for myself as I am still struggling with my grieving (I saw my mom die 3 times & the family drama still triggers my cptsd though I am not suicidal or having med issues unlike in Jan besides still unable to take some personal time off due to these commitments). I also apologize if this post ended up too long or having details all over the place as I am still trying to piece together as much information I have as I do have written journal records of the paperwork & events that occurred though I forgot to list down some details here & there due to trying to manage everything by my own.
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2024.05.19 14:53 talkaboutluck Husband attacked and assaulted at work and then fired?

My husband was attacked and assaulted at work by a coworker. He was punched in the face, jumped from behind, choked out, and stomped on. He was lying in the floor for who knows how long before regaining consciousness and reporting to HR. He filed a police report and sought medical attention. The company did an internal investigation and fired both my husband and his attacker. The attacker was later arrested and has felony assault and battery charges.
This incident occured at the tail end of March and we received a letter from their insurance company today that makes me pause. My husband has called countless lawyers and many of them say that he has a case for a civil suit. But we can't get anyone to call us back to go forward with filing. He also filed for workman's compensation, but was told it would probably be denied because our state doesn't cover assault. When we were told this, we were given the number for my husband's previous employer's insurance company, so he called them and they did not have much information. They only knew that there was an incident. My husband let them know what happened, including the fact that this man had been hired and fired from the company before for trying to attack someone with a hook before getting rehired and attacking my husband. The lady we spoke to wanted to take a recorded statement from my husband and had me send over the injury photos, police report, and medical bills. When I sent them, they weren't able to open the Google Drive links I sent and I had to re-send everything, so she wasn't able to review them before the scheduled call to take his statement. She still hasn't taken it. Yesterday we received a letter from the insurance company with some forms to fill out and I'm wondering if we should even be talking with these people since they cover the company. The lady we spoke to on the phone even said she couldn't speak with my husband if he had retained a lawyer, which he hasn't yet because we can't get a call back.
We are at a standstill with this right now. I am a stay at home mom to two little boys and my husband is still unemployed and healing from injuries sustained in the attack. We have had to use every resource in our state just to get by and let me tell you, it's not much. We are multiple payments behind on our mortgage and car and we have received disconnect notices from utilities. We have been utilizing food banks. This is not how we want to live. My husband is a hard working man who just wants to make an honest living and provide for his family, but we have no idea what we need to do or if he needs to wait for a workman's compensation decision before trying to get a job, a job he can't even really work because again, he was injured and has not fully healed yet.
Does anyone have advice for how to navigate this? I have applied for mortgage assistance and utility assistance, am in the process of applying for food stamps, and calling our auto insurance company and bank for the car loan to try and see if we can be given a grace period. Nothing has been working out well so far, including getting a lawyer to get back with us. It's a big waiting game and we are really struggling. What in the world do we do? Located in Arkansas.
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2024.05.19 14:50 BeachIllustrious10 New update - personal challenge

I’ve really enjoyed the new update, and having tweaked mine to gain somewhere in the 60s XP gains I’m setting myself a new challenge.
I prep for each mission by selecting best suit and so on for the environment, a sniper and a handgun for backup, and the Va’ruun knife for primary. I’ve got to get to the base the mission is about and into an airlock asap, whilst only attacking enemies using the knife, with the option then to use whatever weapon/s I collect enroute.
If I’m overwhelmed and killed I’ll try one more time before reverting to sniper / handgun to thin out enemies. I carry two of each of the primary eight or so medical options and no grenades or mines. Whilst I have not messed with nourishment yet, the update and new settings have made these missions a whole new and exciting challenge for me. I’m dying far more than before, but am getting better at not being shot 😄
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2024.05.19 14:47 mehterboy1453 Solution to Signs and Symbols

So I've always been of the camp that Signs and Symbols has a solution as satisfying, concrete and as hinted at in the surface story as the acrostic at the end of The Vane Sisters (where the hints are numerous and even somewhat on the nose in retrospect), and that it has not been found yet. A popular reading of the story is that there is no code to decipher, only red herrings that would lead you to think there is, thereby making the reader mirror the young boy's referential mania, but I don't buy this reading for various reasons. It's too obvious, too easy, too inelegant, and not a "a second (main) story woven into, or placed behind, the superficial semitransparent one" as Nabokov described it. So here is everything I have in the way of hints and ideas:
The 0-O confusion takes us to the letter O on a telephone dial where O is under 6 (M, N, O). Three calls make 666 (echoed by the M, N, O, almost spelling out OMEN) but the story is already filled with omens and Nabokov wouldn't have such a conventional ready-made symbol of doom be the ultimate hidden solution, especially in a story where doom isn't hidden at all. However, continuing along the number-letter pairs on a telephone dial path, if you count the syllables in the names of the fruit jellies you'll get 3,1,2,1,3. The symmetry alone marks intention, but when you check only the first letters under those numbers on a dial you get D-no letters-A-no letters-D, or DAD. Is this another message from the afterlife, (maybe along with MOM which you can also write if 6 is dialed thrice)? It's interesting that most "solved" Nabokov stories have to do with ghosts trying to contact living characters from the afterlife (The Vane Sisters, Transparent Things, Pale Fire...). But this is neither conclusive nor unique enough, nor that well hinted at since syllable counting is never mentioned and you can't spell out MOM if the third caller isn't the girl dialing 6 again.
There must somehow be a second story with "incredibly detailed information" hidden among the "phenomenal nature" and "man made objects" but excludes "real people" in the story. I think the long paragraph detailing the boy's mania must be where all the clues are, since that part is the only thing we have resembling the hints pointing out the acrostic in The Vane Sisters. Connections can indeed be made between details here and the rest of the story, like "stains" to "soiled cards" or the increasing "volubility" of wild scandal to "garrulous" high school children. That that the focus of references increase with distance also makes me think that the bulk of the code is hidden in parts that don't have to do with the boy.
It has been cleverly pointed out before that the detached observers, prejudiced witnesses, and hysterical misinterpreters can correspond to different kinds of readers or narrators. It also seems important that they are all reflectors of some kind (still pools, glass surfaces, store windows, running water... etc)
The initials of Minsk, the Revolution, Leipzig, Berlin, Leipzig seem to hint at Middle, Right, Left, Bottom, Left. I have NO idea what this is supposed to mean.
The word choices in the parents journey to and from the sanitarium is suspicious. The bird was twitching in the puddle, the father's hands twitched, it was a "soft shock" to see the girl on the bus, the thunder and foul air of the subway, the train lost its "life current." That's a lot of words that are electricity adjacent and the bird image especially evokes an electric appliance in the shower type of suicide. The focus on the umbrella and the mother searching for something to "hook her mind onto" also seem to point to some hook.
The boy's last suicide is left up in the air (pun intended). It was "a masterpiece of inventiveness", confusable with learning to fly, and had to do with tearing a hole in his world. Maybe the latter has a connection with the wallpaper he was afraid of as a child? The picture of a leafless tree with a cartwheel hanging from its branch is I believe an image meant to mirror a finger through a telephone dial.
I hope we figure this story out in my lifetime.
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2024.05.19 14:41 TheMortgageMaster Pro Tip: Provide all of your documents

Back on TOTM 2 I talked about the importance of providing all of your documents, not only so your brokebanker can accurately give you a qualification amount, but I have a quick story form this week to share to drive the point home about the importance of documents.
I've been working with a couple for about 6 months now, and they provided all of the documents I've asked for back then without any hesitation, delays, or arguing. Awesome people for sure. They were just window shopping at the time and wanted to see how much they'd qualify for. Fast forward a few months and they've found a great house, made an offer and it was accepted. I applied for their mortgage and it was approved. A couple of days before closing I got a request for an explanation on a slight discrepancy on the paystubs, as sometimes files get audited just before funding. It was no big deal at all, I provided the old letter of employment and did the math on when the client got a pay raise and the lender agreed and approved it an hour later. No fuss, no muss, and I didn't even need to bother the clients for anything.
Now imagine the stress and last minute panic if I didn't get the documents earlier, and now the client had to go back to their HR to find the old pay scale, write a letter explaining when the pay raise happened, etc. Do you think all of that would've happened in an hour? Two days before closing?
My advise when it comes to documents are:
  1. Run, don't walk, away from any so called mortgage professional that doesn't ask for the proper documents and just spews out a qualification amount, or interest rate blindly.
  2. Provide all of the required documents. We ask for them for a reason, and one of us have a fetish for bugging you, and collecting needless documents.
Have a a great long weekend.
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2024.05.19 14:39 SebLazyWizard ☢️DZM☢️ - Hardcore Survival Realism Syberia Project - dsc.gg/dzm [PC EU]

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2024.05.19 14:36 earlvik The ancient art of putting rocks in your bag

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2024.05.19 14:25 Remarkable-Season923 Resume gap due to illness in MBA application

There are a ton of posts on here about how resume gaps affect MBA admissions but strangely enough I couldn't find many on illness related employment gaps. My situation is this: graduated with an MS, worked for 3.5 years, got very sick and was out of the workforce for half a year, now working again since another half a year and planning to apply for an MBA next year.
How much will this affect my application and is there really a need to spin this into some sort of story regarding my personal and career development? Because it wasn't, I almost died and that period of my life is a black hole that frankly I don't feel comfortable even discussing in depth with admissions, my only accomplishment during that time was not dying. Will it sink my application if I just leave it at that or are they going to ask what why and how? Should I get more work experience to compensate? And will business schools demand proof of my story (I'm not even sure what that would look like, medical bills?)
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2024.05.19 14:18 DC-Legend2 The Walking Dead: Survivors v6.2.0 MOD APK (One Hit, God Mode)

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2024.05.19 14:12 Martexo Is it safe to sell via PayPal if posting?

I've got items I want to sell that will likely get interest from a wider audience or which are more practical for me to post as a letter than someone spend time and fuel money coming to collect.
In these cases is it safe to sell via PayPal on FB marketplace? Or can I still be scammed?
I've sold lots of these things on eBay and had no issues. Facebook I tend to receive a lot of messages from people who I can't verify live locally and assume may be scammers, so I don't reply. If I'm posting it's not such a concern as it will be tracked delivery. But I'm still wary.
Can anyone offer insight?
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2024.05.19 14:11 Lokea_01 I got ghosted by my entitled mother because I wouldn't buy her an additional dog

This happened about 2 years ago, and we are still no contact because of this issue. Protagonists: my mother (F72), who had 8 dogs at the moment of the event, and I (F39)
A little bit of background:
My mother was a horrible mom to me. She didn't like me very much. When she went out for the weekend going on agility tournaments (dog sport competitions) with my sisters and their dogs, she would leave me alone at home without any money or food. I was lucky when I could find some oats in a cupboard and eat them with water.
As a kid growing up I thought we were just poor, but as an adult I understand she just blew all her money on these tournaments and the trips to them (including gas money and hotel costs as well as the registration fees for the runs).
When I was sick, she never took me to the doctor's. She just didn't care enough about me. I grew up in Germany, going to the doctor's would have been free for her. But it was too much of a hassle to care for a sick child.
On the other hand, she would of course go to the vet as soon as one of her dogs were ill. The dogs were vaccinated, I was not. I wasn't important enough to get vaccinations.
After running away from home with 16, I didn't have much contact to my mother for a long time.
A few years ago, around 2018, I made a conscious effort to mend our relationship. Or to create a relationship at all.
I live about 1000 km away from her in another country, so we mostly called each other. I took the main part in calling her because she is very poor and inter-country calls are very expensive. Her old-age pension is ridiculously low (about 800 Euros, roughly 870 USD per month).
We talked a lot, and I had the feeling we were getting close for the first time in my whole life. It felt good. I finally had the feeling of having a mother. We talked about major events in our life. I shared with her how I was managing to get out of dept (my restaurant went under, and I had a lot of debt to repay).
She was very aware of how much I make and that I was working two fulltime jobs at the same time to pay back my debt. And she also knew how demanding and tiring the workload was for me, but how proud I was of myself.
Now to the event:
One day in October 2022 my mother called me with joy and excitement in her voice.
She said: 'I have a fantastic idea, but I need your help!'
I was excited about her obvious happiness and asked eagerly what it was about and how I could help her.
She: 'There is this dog in the rescue center of your sister. I thought you could buy it for me. You would pay all the big bills like the buying price and the vet. I would provide food and the dog would be living with me up until I am to weak too hold her any longer. Then your dog would be living with you.'
I needed a moment to process this ridiculous proposal. I asked to be sure I understood everything correctly: 'So I would buy the dog, it would be living with you, but I would have to pay any bigger costs for the dog? And in a few years I will have to take it in?'
She, delighted: 'Yes! Isn't that an awesome idea?'
I: 'No, absolutely not. I don't have any spare money. I can't provide for a dog which isn't even mine, and you already have 8 dogs! You are broke, you can't buy yourself good food. You can't provide for the dog, either.'
(English isn't my first language. I told her the points nicely. If it's sounding harsh that's because of my bad translation.)
She went quiet. Then said she had to go and hung up.
I tried calling her a couple of times over the next few weeks. She didn't take my calls nor did she call me back.
Christmas came and went. No call from my mom, no letter, nothing. My birthday came. Still radio silence.
I called a last time at her birthday last year and she picked up. She talked 15 minutes about herself, I couldn't get a word in. She didn't ask how I was doing, nothing. When we ended the call, I knew the relationship was over.
So, that's how I lost my mom for good. Because I didn't want to buy her a ninth dog.
TLDR: My mother wanted me to buy her an additional dog and to cover all bigger costs for the dog as well. When I refused, she basically ghosted me.
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2024.05.19 14:09 --TheSkyLord-- My Experience with Missions

I had a strange relationship with deconstruction as my dad was trained at a university level to do apologetics. He was an LDS chaplain in the Army, and every night for scripture study, we got discourses on the nuances of our faith and justifications for every question we ever had. I didn’t swear until I was 18 years old, or drink caffinated anything until about that time as well, because it was never a matter of justification. It was what my family, my tribe, my people did, to go to church on Sunday, and to be worthy. I was senior patrol leader and assistant to the bishop if that clarifies who I was. I didn’t have “God will reveal it in due time” parents. I had “Here’s the answer, here’s contemporary discussion about it. Here’s some reading material if you want to learn more” parents, except for they were wicked smart, and had biased conclusions.
I was called to serve in the Mexico City East mission. Shortly before opening my mission call, I broke up with my girlfriend at the time. i left BYU-I and went home to prepare. I received my endowments after lying to my stake president about my worthiness to enter the house of the lord. I came clean, and he threatened to not let me go out for a year because I was unclean. The prick made me talk to a therapist to be cleared for the mission field. The therapist had a brain and let me go out. When I was giving my mission farewell speech, I wrote it to include the teachings of many religions in it. I had drawn inspiration from the 13th article of faith “We believe all things, hope all things-“ and wrote a poem about how Adam and Eve related to the Resurection and Atonement of christ. My dad tells me the stake president was shifting in his seat like he wanted to pull me down from the pulpit. Prick.
The CCM was a pleasure to attend because of my district. The guys in my district there held a secret thanksgiving feast after hours when we were supposed to be in bed with food we had smuggled out of the cafeteria. We had look outs so we wouldn’t be caught by the patrolling teachers. My district was placed under surveillance because of politics against our spanish teacher who we could tell actually cared about us, and we were transferred into a classroom with one sided mirrors, and microphones hanging from the ceiling. An apostle came to speak to the entire CCM, and I thought we would get a chance to meet with him directly, or that he would be even remotely accessible in some way. He was kept away from us, separate and removed even though we had the same mission. I played a lot of volley ball, and got into shape enough that I touched the rim of a basketball hoop for the first time while I was there.
My first companion was a native speaker, and liked to spend the mornings in the cyber (Internet Cafe). He would make sure I was on LDS.org while he looked at softcore porn on instagram. We would spend hours there, and I was disappointed that this was the mission.
We went to a previous investigators house, and while there, we saw preparations for an animal sacrifice. These guys were putting alcohol, cocaine, and blowing smoke onto a white chicken, and placed in into a cardboard box with a bunch of black chickens. They showed us a room full of weapons, with blood and feathers strewn all over the floor. We noped the fuck out, and went home.
I requested an emergency transfer after spending most days in the cyber, watching my companion deface JW’s property, and being an all around dick to me by telling me how to shower and how to sleep.
For his replacement, the person that would help me with his bastion of knowledge, they gave me a white guy who spoke as much Spanish as I did because he was only a transfer further into his mission than me. They made this poor kid senior companion to me before his first transfer was over. Why? Because the kid was a workaholic.
The first thing this elder and I did when we got to our apartment was to pick up and leave to go to the house of a member who had just died. We sang at the wake. I sang in a language I didn’t know, for people I didn’t know, with a companion I didn’t know. We sounded pretty damn good. The elder began setting appointments with the non-believing family members during the service. I just sat and watched the mindless kids chase the family dog.
This elder skipped lunch every day, and made me do the same. We knocked every door in our area twice that transfer. One time, he got very sick, and was delirious out in the sun with me while we were walking. I made us go home for lunch that day, and he made me promise to wake him up after thirty minutes so we could get back to the Lord’s work. Three hours later he woke up, chewed me out for letting him sleep that long, and then begrudgingly thanked me for making him rest.
One time, while walking, this Elder expressed to me that he also had some questions, but he was afraid to share the details because he knew my own testimony was fragile. I pressed him for details of his plight, and he revealed to me the darkest part of church history that he had learned while we were in the CCM, that Joseph Smith had drank alcohol while in Carthage Jail before he died. Thoughts of Fanny Alger, of Mountain Meadows Massacre, and of my own mother’s rather recently implemented looser interpretation of the word of wisdom all flashed through my head. This guy was supposed to be my teacher? All I could do was express how sorry I was for his confusion, and told him to have faith. Heaven knew I couldn’t help him.
One night with this companion, it was storming hard, and the streets were flooded. This guy refused to let us go home. We climbed along fences to avoid getting our already wet shoes soaked, and waded through a foot of water to get to the doors that were slammed in our faces. There was a loose wire on a door bell, and when I rang it, I was shocked by the completed circuit the water made. Rejection after rejection piled up. Finally, my “senior” companion said that this was the last row of houses. On the last house of the last row, there was a family that was all deaf. The father opened the door, and was suprised to see us and didn’t know who we were. I remembered the sign for Jesus from my grandparents who started and ran the ASL endowment ceremony in the Saint George temple. The family was thrilled we knew the sign. When I asked if we could come in, the family politely waved goodbye and closed the door on our faces.
Another time when it rained, something fell into my eye. It was one of those freak nature accidents, and small enough that I couldn’t figure out how to get it out without a mirror. The thing stayed wedged in the corner of my eye for hours before we got home and I could finally get the foreign object out. Looking at it on my finger, I could see it was a small green spider. Days later, still in pain, I pulled what I can only assume was accumulated webbing from the spider that I’d crushed against my eyeball off of my lower eye lid. The pain stopped after that.
I bought a $500 camera. It was stolen within a month.
This Elder and I had the good luck before transfers to baptize two children. They would have been baptized anyways, so I didn’t do any actual converting, but I taught a few lessons, got in the water and did the dunk. Bucket list item, check.
I didn’t have enough time for laundry on P-Day, so I’d wash my outfit and dry in on the radiator through the night. Transfers happen, and my new companion lied to our land lords about the electricity bill, paying it in full but not giving a reason as to why it was so high. I didn’t care anymore, I just needed something clean to wear, but these land lord had treated me and my previous companion well, better than the previous landlord who had stolen our cleaning supplies. I felt these people deserved honesty. My senior companion capitulated eventually, and he and I butted heads regularly after that on the morality of things. I think in hindsight he was a smarter and better man than I was.
The new land lords, the “Lagunez Family”, were wonderful. They included us in their activities, and I felt like I had some people in my corner. When I eventually came home from my mission, a daughter of the family had written me a goodbye letter. She is currently serving a mission. They made some great music, and I have “Infiltradors” on CD, the official name of the band the father of the family was a part of (he was the drummer).
I knew the whole area by heart by that point, so I navigated us to our appointments. Half of the landmarks I watched for to know our location were interesting buildings with unique colors. The other half of my landmarks were dead dogs whose decaying corpses had become second nature to see. I began marking how much time had passed by how deeply a certain dog on a certain dirt path’s chest was caved in.
There was an apartment complex in my area that I had been told not to proselytize in because “It’s dangerous.” Turns out, those people didn’t have any money, so the church didn’t want them. That complex was past the dog and to the east about ten blocks.
My companion and I knocked on a door, and visited a man who was missing his legs. His daughter was there, putting dirty water on the aching wounds. He had a single room for a house, and wheezed when he spoke. He couldn’t afford medication. He still went out and worked all day for his daughter, and gave her whatever money he made, trusting her to keep him alive somehow. The church expected this man to pay tithing. The church expected me to tell this man to pay tithing.
I got the chance to hike up a mountain. At the top, I played chess with a chess set I’d procured from one of the best rapid chess players I’ve ever met. He had been the ward mission leader. He was a good man, a good father, and I wish him the best.
I found another man who was deaf and spoke sign language. I sat with him, and convinced him to come to church all by myself while my companion talked with some tienda tender. I was so excited because this was my own personal project and it was going well. The man came to church, and I sat with him through sacrament meeting. In Sunday school (I can’t believe I did this), I accidentally drooled on the guy. I was just talking so he could read my lips, and I guess I forgot to swallow at some point because a dolup of spit landed on his arm. I apologized profusely, and he played it off, but I never saw that investigator again.
My companion and I knocked a door one day, and a man answered. He wore tattered clothes, and maggots were burrowing into and out of his feet. He muttered something about the stars, missing his wife, and he began to tear up. My eyes stung from the stench. The door closed. Somehow, I knew the man would be dead in a matter of weeks.
I had lost hope that I was doing anything worth while. I looked down on the Doc Martins that had stayed with me five months at this point. I was angry with myself for being so useless in the field, angry with the church for giving me leaders that didn’t listen to my needs or perspective, angry with my mom for drinking while I had to teach people that it was a sin, angry with my dad for giving me the skills and knowledge to justify anything, even pedophilia in the early days of the church, to the point where I could look someone in the eye, and knowing the kind of man Smith was, tell them he was a good man and a true prophet of God. Suddenly a man approached us. He said he recognized us as missionaries, and asked about our message. This never happened. People didn’t just come up to us unless they were crazy or dangerous. But this was a public place, and this guy was genuine. My companion talked to him, and gathered his story, but I was plotting something else. I was done with not caring about these people in a way that mattered. I was tired of walking in another man’s shoes, a man who wasn’t me, who believed different things than me. The chopped leg, the rotting dogs, the infested feet, it all swirled into a single thought in that moment.
What would Jesus do?
I walked over to the man, and in broken Spanish asked him to stand next to me. He did so, and I compared my shoe size to his foot. It was a perfect match. He protested, but I didn’t let him get a word in edge wise. I took off my shoes, put them on his dirty feet, and laced them up nice and tight. Those shoes had cost a ton, and had been meant to last the whole mission. All I had left at this point were my fancy dress shoes that gave my blisters back at the apartment. I didn’t care. I walked home in my socks that day, happy as a lark.
Covid-19 hit a month later. I was one of the few they brought home instead of quarantining. After having served only 6 months. I told God if he wanted me to stay home, he’d have to make them release me.
They released me. I think I was one of maybe a hundred missionaries that were released due to Covid. The church realized their mistake pretty soon after I was released. Once Covid infrastructure began to develop, they didn’t release any more. I guess I didn’t serve a full two years, but I did serve a full mission.
My brother served, and he nearly killed himself due to intense depression brought on by Covid quarantine and poor leadership (I’ve got a few mission president stories, but those are for another time).
I learned lying to someone’s face from my mission, and spent the rest of my time at BYU-I as “nuanced” until the last two years, over which the most epic hoe phase imaginable became my new mission. I spent those years terrified of getting a call from the honor code office.
I’m married now, with my degree irrevocably in my possession. I have friends and loved ones that are in the church and are working on their mission papers. I’m beginning to feel powerless again. I’m seeing the decay again, not on legs, feet, or dogs anymore, but in the souls of the people who the church raises to do their dirty volunteer work. I see them like the animal sacrifices I saw being prepared. I’m not sure what shoes I have left to give to those people that I know are going to be in pain.
My parents are out completely now. It was a long time coming, but they are out and so much happier. I’m working on building a new relationship with my family, one based off of the fact that we won’t be together forever, so we have to make the most of our time together now.
Happy Sunday guys, best of luck to you all. And most importantly, chupa la piña.
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2024.05.19 14:08 Yurii_S_Kh Monotheism, Part 3: Islam

Monotheism, Part 3: Islam
Islam: Origins
Jibril (Gabriel) appears before Mohammed, drawing
The religion of the Law, which for 15 centuries prepared the chosen people for the coming into the world of the its Savior, the Incarnate Lord Jesus Christ, preceded New Testament religion. According to the Holy Apostle Paul, "the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ" (Gal. 3:24). It was all in all only "a shadow of good things to come" (Heb. 10:1). When the Savior came into the world, Old Testament religion had fulfilled its purpose. Our Lord Jesus Christ revealed to us the mystery of the Heavenly Kingdom and established the New Covenant, which was foretold by the prophet Jeremiah. "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people" (Jer. 31:31-33).
Man was redeemed from original sin and its consequences by the voluntary death on the Cross of Jesus Christ as Savior of the World. He entered into an entirely new period in terms of his relationship with God in comparison with the Old Testament: instead of the law, there was a free condition of sonship and grace. Man received new means for achieving the ideal set for him of moral perfection as a necessary condition for salvation.
Islam, having arisen in Arabia in the seventh century, appeared as the religion of the law six centuries after the God of the chosen people of the religion of the Law fulfilled its purpose.
The difference between the Old Testament religion of the Law and Islam is not only that the latter emerged more than two thousand years after God gave on Mount Sinai the Ten Commandments and other precepts that governed life for the chosen people. The most important difference is that the Law of Moses has a Divine source. The book of Exodus gives a narrative of the majestic Epiphany. "And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up" (Exod. 19:17-20).
The founder of Islam, however, did not have a Divine revelation.
How did Islam arise? We read about this in the Hadith “Al-Jamii al-Sahih”. A mysterious being began to visit Mohammed. He slept in a cave on the slope of Mount Hira. On the night of the 24th of the month of Ramadan in year 610 someone appeared to him in human form. This event is considered the beginning of Islam. This story about it is from the Sunnah: “[A]n angel appeared to him and bade him 'READ!' 'I am no reader!' Mohammed replied in great trepidation, whereon the angel shook him violently and again bade him read. This was repeated three times, when the angel uttered the five verses that commence the 96th chapter: 'READ! in the name of thy Lord, who did create—who did create man from congealed blood. READ! for thy Lord is the most generous.’” Mohammed puzzled over whether a demon or angel visited him. He confided his experiences in his wife Khadijah. I will introduce more of the story of Mohammed's biography, generally accepted by Muslims: “She said to the messenger of God, ‘O son of my uncle, are you able to tell me about your visitant, when he comes to you?’ He replied that he could, and she asked him to tell her when he came. So when Gabriel came to him, as he was wont the apostle said to Khadija, ‘This is Gabriel who has just come to me.’ ‘Get up, O son of my uncle,’ she said, ‘and sit by my left thigh.’ The apostle did so, and she said, ‘Can you see him?’ ‘Yes,’ he said. She said, ‘Then turn round and sit on my right thigh.’ He did so, and she said, ‘Can you see him?’ When he said that he could she asked him to move and sit in her lap. When he had done this she again asked if he could see him, and when he said yes, she disclosed her form and cast aside her veil while the apostle was sitting in her lap. Then she said, ‘Can you see him?’ And he replied, ‘No.’ She said, ‘O son of my uncle, rejoice and be of good heart, by God he is an angel and not a satan’” (Ibn Hisham, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad).
It is surprising how easily and, gently speaking, naively this question, which in the spiritual realm is a question of life or death, had been answered with the help of a woman. Before all else, an Angel is a bodiless being, and for his sight there are no actual barriers: one can see through even clothes. Clothes hide nudity only from the eyes of man. Even so, the body of man in and of itself is not something perverse or shameful. It is a creation of God. The lust of man is sinful as well as is carnal desire, but not the body. In paradise the progenitors were naked and were not ashamed (see Gen. 2:25). The nature of an Angel is inviolate. They are alien to passions of man. But if this was a demon, then he could easily resort to trickery. Knowing how they tested him, he especially would be able to take leave of himself, so that they would take him for an Angel.
The attitude of Islam towards the Bible
Islam emerged as something syncretic out of several sources: ancient Arabic cults, Judaism, Christianity, Hanifism (a pre-Islamic monotheistic movement in Arabia) and Mazdaism (an ancient Iranian religion). There is no doubt that the Old Testament holy books and the Gospel had an influence on the formation of Islam. In the Quran many people and events from biblical history are mentioned. However, these stories are presented completely arbitrarily and inaccurately.
According to the Quran, man was created from water. "It is He Who has created man from water: Then has He established relationships of lineage and marriage: for thy Lord has power (over all things)" (25:54). In another surah, it says: "Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood" (96:1-2). In another part it speaks about clay, "He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery" (55:14).
In contrast to the Bible, the Quran does not say that man was created in the image and likeness of God. This discrepancy is most profound. With God's image and likeness, man is summoned to commune directly with his Creator. He can become one with the Lord. This is not so in Islam.
The book of Genesis tells the story of how the entire family of the patriarch Noah (in Arabic, Nuh) was saved in the Ark. The Quran speaks about the death of Noah's son: "So the Ark floated with them on the waves (towering) like mountains, and Noah called out to his son, who had separated himself (from the rest): ‘O my son! Embark with us, and be not with the unbelievers!’ The son replied: ‘I will betake myself to some mountain: it will save me from the water.’ Noah said: ‘This day nothing can save, from the command of Allah, any but those on whom He hath mercy!’ And the waves came between them, and the son was among those overwhelmed in the Flood" (11:42-43). Another surah tells it somewhat differently: "(Remember) Noah, when he cried (to Us) aforetime: We listened to his (prayer) and delivered him and his family from great distress" (21:76).
There is no need to provide more examples. In the Quran, things are especially distorted when discussing New Testament events. Here the differences are purely fundamental. The Incarnation, the Crucifixion on Golgotha, and the Resurrection are all denied. Even the event of the Nativity of Christ, known to the whole world, is described very strangely. It is alleged that Maryam retreated to a faraway place and gave birth to a Son under palms (19:23). In this surah, called Maryam, She is called the "sister of Harun," i.e. Aaron. He indeed had a sister named Miriam, but she lived 15 centuries before the Nativity of Christ.
Probably due to so great a number of errors and distortions, many representatives of Islam, in order to escape from this quandary, allege that the modern Holy Scripture of Christians has been distorted (a circumstance known as tahrif). Immediately, the question arises: what evidence do they provide? There is no evidence. Characteristically, the view of Muslims toward the Bible has undergone significant change over the course of several centuries. Early Islamic writers such as al-Tabari and ar-Razi believed that the distortion comes down to tahrif bi'al ma'ni, i.e. the corruption of the meaning without changing the text. However, later authors such as Ibn Hazm and Al-Biruni introduced the idea of tahrif bi’al-lafz, i.e. the corruption of the text itself. At that, both of these positions have been preserved to the present day. Thus, the level of acceptance among Muslims of the Bible depends on one's understanding of tahrif. The very existence of these fundamentally different positions indicates that there is no concrete evidence.
It is impossible to ignore one interesting feature of the attitude that representatives of Islam have toward the Biblical text. In that they do not have their own "undistorted" biblical text, they cite our canonical text as undistorted. However, when they need to support a point, for example, negative examples from the life of Banu Isra'il (the children of Israel) with a reference to parts that do not conform to Islam, they proclaim the text to be distorted.
Muslims allege that the New Testament (Injil), which the Quran refers to positively, is not in fact the current four Gospels. We have already said that they do not provide any evidence. The falsehood of the accusation that Christians distorted the Scriptures stems from the internal inconsistencies of the very Islamic authors who wrote on this theme. According to the Quran, the New Testament was originally a true, sacred text. "And in their footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary, confirming the Law that had come before him: We sent him the Gospel: therein was guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law that had come before him: a guidance and an admonition to those who fear Allah" (5:46). In another section: "Say: ‘O People of the Book! ye have no ground to stand upon unless ye stand fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelation that has come to you from your Lord.’ It is the revelation that cometh to thee from thy Lord, that increaseth in most of them their obstinate rebellion and blasphemy" (5:68). This excerpt clearly demonstrates that the Quran itself does not speak of the distorted Scripture, but about "rebellion and blasphemy" related to misunderstanding.
There is one part of the Quran (10:94) which is very problematic for Islamic commentators: "If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask those who have been reading the Book from before thee: the Truth hath indeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those in doubt." This ayat refers the Muslim "in doubt" to the authority of the biblical Holy Scripture. Abdul-Haqq writes: “The learned doctors of Islam are sadly embarrassed by this verse, referring the prophet as it does to the people of the Book who would solve his doubts” (Abdul-Haqq, A. A. (1980). Sharing Your Faith With A Muslim. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers. As cited in Geisler, N.L. (1999). Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Publishing Group). According to the logic of this verse, the biblical Scripture was undistorted in the 7th century at the time of the Quran's creation. Then one must recognize that the current text is also correct, since we use manuscripts written over several centuries prior to the Quran.
Textual criticism of the New Testament has achieved outstanding breakthroughs in the 20th century. Currently, there are over 2,328 manuscripts and manuscript fragments in Greek, coming to us from the first three centuries of Christianity. The most ancient New Testament manuscript, a part of the Gospel of John 18:31-33, 37-38, is the Rylands Library Papyrus P52, dated 117-138 in the era of the reign of emperor Hadrian. Adolf Deissmann acknowledges the possibility of the emergence of this papyrus even under the reign of Emperor Trajan (98-117). It is preserved in Manchester. Another ancient New Testament manuscript is the Papyrus Bodmer, P75. The 102 surviving pages contain the texts of the Gospels of Luke and John. "The editors, Victor Martin and Rodolphe Kasser, date this copy to between 175 and 225 A.D. It is thus the earliest surviving known copy of the Gospel according to Luke available today and one of the earliest of the Gospel according to John" (Bruce M. Metzger. The Text of the New Testament. p. 58). This precious manuscript is located in Geneva.
Uncial script on parchment: leather codices with uncial script, (in Latin uncia means inch) letters without sharp corners and broken lines. This script is distinguished by its great refinement and precision. Each letter is disconnected. There are 362 uncial manuscripts of the New Testament. The most ancient of these codices (Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, and Alexandrinus) have already been mentioned.
Scholars complemented this impressive collection of ancient New Testament manuscripts with the New Testament text, which consisted of 36,286 excerpts of the Holy Scripture of the New Testament found in the works of the holy fathers and teachers of the Church from the first through fourth centuries. This text is lacking only 11 verses.
Scholars of textual criticism in the 20th century did a tremendous job on the collation of all—several thousands of—New Testament manuscripts and identified all textual discrepancies caused by scribal error. An evaluation and typologization was performed. Precise criteria for determining a correct variant were established. For those familiar with this rigorous scientific work, it is obvious that allegations of the distortion of the current holy text of the New Testament are unfounded. In terms of the number of ancient manuscripts and the brevity of time separating the earliest surviving text from the original, no one work of antiquity can be compared with the New Testament.
Accusations that the Bible's text is distorted are puzzling. How could it actually have been done? How could Christians and Hebrews have come together to do this? Everyone knows the degree of their mutual [doctrinal—Ed.] alienation. And yet both Christians and Jews use one and the same canonical text of the Old Testament. Furthermore, the entire New Testament was preserved in the Chester Beatty Papyri, composed in approximately 250 A.D.
It is inconceivable to accept that under the conditions that existed in Christian society, hundreds of exemplars of the New Testament text were miscopied for the purpose of distortion.
On the Monotheism of Islam
Historians and religious scholars regard the three "Abrahamic" religions, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, as monotheistic religions. For the researcher, the doctrinal principles that representatives of each of these three religions formulate are sufficient. However, on a theological level, the insufficiency of such a formal approach becomes clear. Monotheism is a necessary but not sufficient condition for true religion. Only a religion that has Divine revelation as a source has the true and spiritually accurate doctrine concerning God. Christianity not only maintains that God is the living, absolute source, "the only true God" (John 17:3; 1 Thes. 1:9; cf. John 5:20), but also teaches thoroughly and in depth of the nature of God as without beginning, without end, and of a perfect Spirit. The chief characteristic of the Divine nature is love. "God is love" (1 John 4:16). These words of the apostle contain the principal idea of the New Testament as the good news of salvation. The ineffable goodness of God created the world. The Lord housed man in paradise. Even after the Fall, God continued to love mankind. The greatness of God's love was revealed when the incarnate God died a most agonizing death for us. Christians know from not only the Holy Scripture, but also through the power of spiritual experience, that God is all-knowing and all-wise. The apostle says: "Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do" (Heb. 4:13).
God knows not only all that has happened, and all that is, but he has also perfect knowledge of the future. The mirror of the supreme Wisdom of God is the universe which He created, astounding man with its extraordinary complexity, beauty, and harmony. God demonstrates his ineffable Wisdom also in the dispensation of our salvation. "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out" (Rom. 11:33).
True religion is not limited by the demand of worship for the Creator. Its ultimate goal is the spiritual unity of man with God. The Savior speaks about this in a prayer to his Father before his suffering on the cross: "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us" (John 17:21).
From the aforementioned characteristics of the Divine follows the concept of true, Christian monotheism. There can be only one all-powerful and all-just God.
The concept of God in Islam does not have a source of divine revelation. It developed on the basis of ancient Arabic religion. The word “Allah” was used in the polytheistic pantheon of Arabs to denote “God”: Allah (al - the definite article; ilah - god). Among the pagan Arabs, prior to their adoption of Islam, Allah was the supreme lunar deity, worshipped in north and central Arabia. The father of Muhammed, who was a pagan, was named Abdullah ("Servant of Allah").
In pre-Islamic times, the crescent moon was the symbol of the worship of the moon-god among the Arabs. This is confirmed by archeological evidence. The crescent moon was carried over as the main symbol of Islam.
Arabs of the Syrian desert called the wife of Allah as Al-lāt, and in the south of central Arabia, Al-‘Uzzá. In other areas of Arabia, they, along with Manat, were worshipped as the daughters of Allah. This genetic trail was preserved in the Quran. There is mention of this in the 53rd surah: "Have ye seen Lāt, and ‘Uzzā, and another, the third (goddess), Manāt? What! For you the male sex, and for Him, the female? Behold, such would be indeed a division most unfair!" (53:19-22).
In Islam, Allah is a created religious image by the human consciousness. He does not express the real almighty divine personhood. Consequently, monotheism in Islam is imagined. In a number of places in the Quran, he is endowed with intrinsically human characteristics and traits. Allah says:
  • "Those who reject Our signs, We shall soon cast into the fire: as often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty" (4:56);
  • "...There is no help Except from God, the Exalted, the Wise: that He might cut off a fringe of the Unbelievers or expose them to infamy, and they should then be turned back, frustrated of their purpose: (3: 126–127);
  • "The Hypocrites—they think they are over-reaching God, but He will over-reach them" (4:142);
  • "And (the unbelievers) plotted and planned, and God too planned, and the best of planners is God" (3:54);
  • “Many are the Jinns and men we have made for Hell: they have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle,—nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning)” (7:179).
What a great difference! Christianity teaches that God "will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth" (1 Tim. 2:4), while Islam maintains that Allah created many people for Gehenna.
The idea of monotheism, (tawhid, from the verb wahhada—to reckon something as one) was formulated in the Quran in several surahs. For example, in the 16th surah, "The Bee": "For We assuredly sent amongst every people an apostle, (with the Command), "serve God, and eschew evil" (16:36). In the terminology of the sharia, anything people worship except for Allah is "taghut". Since Islam does not know of direct revelation, nor the holy Manifestation of God to the world, nor the unification of man with God on the foundation of love, its monotheism is imagined, formalistic and abstract, requiring not that man change himself or his way of life, but only worship and daily prayer.
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2024.05.19 14:01 CordouroyStilts PC US Deer Isle THE REVIVAL PD, Medic, and Human Trader factions Lore Custom Areas Keycards

The Revival is a PC server that provides an organic DayZ experience. Our rules are designed to discourage KOS and toxicity. Our mission is to provide an immersive experience that stays true to what makes DayZ a great game.
Please check out our trailer. It's worth a watch even if you don't plan on playing our server.

FACTIONS RECRUITING

Deer Isle Police Department - Active Police Force
Federation of Medical Experts - Active Medical Team
Revival Trade Collective - Active Trading Group
Disciples of The Hammered Faith - Devoted followers of Homerius Depotus. Trailer here.
Dexter's Munchies - Providing what we can to increase the quality of your survival on Deer-isle! We do our best to keep our food crates filled up for the public so you can sit back and relax for a bit!
The Fish and Game Specialists - A group of friendly hunters, survivalists, and scavengers with a love for diplomacy and emphasis on teamwork.
Or start your own

FEATURES

• Custom Safe Zone
• Custom POIs
• Custom Dark Zone with Leaderboard & real $$$ Rewards
• Business Licenses for Mechanics, Tailors, Gunsmith, and Carpenters!
• Server Lore Dating Back to 2018 & Experienced Core of Roleplayers
• Base Building with deed system for offline raiding protection
• Mods: Dogtags, Passports, Drugs, Boats, New Zombie Types, Many More!
• People actually use radios. (Long range, no battery drain)
• KOS Discouraged, Interaction Encouraged
• Healthy PvP & Base Raiding - Deed your base with PD to receive a DM when you're being raided.
• Loot is Close to Vanilla, Added Modded Clothing, Guns, Cars, Boats & RP Items
• Customs Mods and Experienced Modders
• All Mods Thoroughly Tested & Configured for Balancing

SERVER INFO

• Dedicated Server in Eastern USA
• 4.5GHz Baseline CPU, High FPS
• Active & Mature Admins and Moderators
• Whitelist and Application Process
• Active Player Bans & Cheater Monitoring
• Clear Rules & Organized Discord
https://discord.gg/therevival
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