Mars, is associated with action, energy, and assertiveness, is a planet that, contrary to some beliefs, is not inherently "bad." Its placement in astrocartography can be a powerful catalyst for positive change. Understanding Mars in different house positions, especially in a relocated chart, and considering its natal aspects, can be key in harnessing its dynamic energy for specific life goals.
Mars Lines in Astrocartography: Unleashing Dynamic Energy
Mars lines in astrocartography offer unique opportunities:

• Initiating Bold Ventures: Mars’s fiery energy is excellent for kickstarting new projects and taking decisive action.
• Energizing Physical Activity: These lines are ideal for engaging in physical pursuits, enhancing athletic performance, and boosting overall vitality.
• Cultivating Assertiveness: Under a Mars line, you might find an increased capacity for assertiveness, helping you to advocate for yourself more confidently.

Optimal Houses for Mars in a Relocated Chart
1st House (Self-Assertiveness and Vitality):

• Mars in the 1st house enhances self-confidence, assertiveness, and physical energy. It's perfect for personal transformation and taking initiative in your own life.

6th House (Daily Work and Health):

• Here, Mars boosts work ethic, productivity, and motivation in daily routines. It's beneficial for developing a disciplined approach to health and work.

7th House (Partnerships and Interpersonal Dynamics):

• Mars in the 7th house can energize personal and business relationships. It brings a direct, upfront approach to dealing with others, though it may also heighten conflicts.

8th House (Transformation and Shared Resources):

• This is a powerful placement for Mars, emphasizing personal transformation, dealing with shared resources, and navigating deep, intense experiences. It can bring a fearless approach to facing life's deeper and more complex aspects.

10th House (Career and Public Life):

• In the 10th house, Mars can significantly enhance career ambitions, encouraging leadership and entrepreneurial efforts. It's ideal for professions requiring assertiveness and drive.

Harnessing Mars’ Energy Wisely

• Balancing Assertiveness: It’s crucial to balance Mars’s assertiveness with tact to avoid unnecessary conflicts.
• Setting and Pursuing Goals: Mars lines are excellent for clear goal-setting and relentless pursuit of these objectives.
• Channeling Physical Energy: Engaging in sports or physical activities can be a healthy outlet for Mars’s vigorous energy.

Importance of Natal Aspects

• Mars’s effects vary based on its aspects in your natal chart. Benefic aspects can make its energy more manageable, while challenging aspects might require caution to avoid impulsiveness.

Redefining Mars’s Role
Mars is not just about aggression or conflict. It symbolizes the courage to act, the drive to pursue passions, and the strength to defend what matters. It’s a planet that encourages action and determination.
Conclusion
Mars lines in astrocartography can be transformative, offering energy, assertiveness, and the drive needed to make significant life changes. Whether boosting your career, empowering personal relationships, or navigating transformative experiences, Mars provides the dynamism to achieve your goals. By understanding Mars in your astrocartography and relocated chart, especially in relation to your natal aspects, you can tap into a wellspring of power and action, using Mars not as a source of conflict but as a force for positive and assertive change.

TL;DR: Huge hole dug in property 60+ yrs ago, need to fill it as it is causing the property around it to slope down year after year and is going to be a problem for the existing house on the property and future projects. What are my options for filling? Do I have to pay, or are there companies or contractors that will come dump dirt they dig from other projects into this thing on the cheap/free? Western Wa, Thurston County
Mom is getting older and we are starting to transition property over and build another home on our 1 acre chunk. So I'm looking into everything we need like surveys and everything and there is one big hole in everything, literally.
The person who owned the property before my grandfather bought it apparently had the opportunity to make some money selling fill dirt. People came to the property and dug out a 10ft deep oval that's about 20ft W and 35-40ft L. You can still see after all this time the end they clearly drove the trucks in to get it.
So the entire time he owned it, and then my mother after him until the present day, it was left as is. Problem is the ground around it has been slowly sinking and a slop is creeping up towards the house and I imagine in a few years it will reach the foundation and start having an effect. Obviously it also hinders our freedom on how to build out the rest of the property and where we can place the new home/septic/well.
My mom swears we can fill it cheaply, that lots of projects need places to put dirt they dig out and that they'll come do it for free (or even pay?). That sounds too good to be true, to me. Anyone able to relate to me their experience in matters like this? Is this true? If so do I just call construction companies or contractors to talk about it, or post something on social media? What things do I need to consider? Western Wa, Thurston County
Thanks for any who stuck with the post to the end, I greatly appreciate any information you all have.

• Dark fluid jetpack update (the regular jetpack will turn into the one we used on meridia)
• Exosuit ammo expection (All ammo in exosuits get multiplied by 1.5)
• Extra fortification pods (Every non sentry fortification gets doubled by loadout)
• Hellpod defence system ( after a hellpod arrives the hellpod can generate a shield, EMS static field or smoke around the arriving zone untill the until 3 sec after helldiver out of the pod. These effect can be activated by holding down sertain buttuns while falling down and you can only activate one. )
• Hellpod target system (While falling down from the hellpod, the diver can see outlined enemys wich where targeted by other players)
• Quick rearm (The Eagle rearm time is halved but also the bombs it comes back with)
• Sample filter helmets (You can see samples from far away)
• Extra granades (One supply box now adds 4 not 2 granades)
• Extra sticky strategem beacons (I have no idea how the game decides if the strategems bounce or stick would love tho hear some advices on that if you read this far but from now on, they ONLY stick and they dont bounce.)

• Dark fluid jetpack update (the regular jetpack will turn into the one we used on meridia)
  
• Exosuit ammo expection (All ammo in exosuits get multiplied by 1.5)
  
• Extra fortification pods (Every non sentry fortification gets doubled by loadout)
  
• Hellpod defence system ( after a hellpod arrives the hellpod can generate a shield, EMS static field or smoke around the arriving zone untill the until 3 sec after helldiver out of the pod. These effect can be activated by holding down sertain buttuns while falling down and you can only activate one. )
  
• Hellpod target system (While falling down from the hellpod, the diver can see outlined enemys wich where targeted by other players)
  
• Quick rearm (The Eagle rearm time is halved but also the bombs it comes back with)
  
• Sample filter helmets (You can see samples from far away)
  
• Extra granades (One supply box now adds 4 not 2 granades)
  
• Extra sticky strategem beacons (I have no idea how the game decides if the strategems bounce or stick would love tho hear some advices on that if you read this far but from now on, they ONLY stick and they dont bounce.)
  

The Collect
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Gospel
Mark 3:20–35
20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables,How can Satan cast out Satan?
24And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
27No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
28Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
30Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 And he answered them, saying,Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said,Behold my mother and my brethren!
35For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Commentary on Today’s Gospel Selection;
In the process of doing the background research for this homily, I stumbled across a somewhat unique approach used by another minister. He used, as an analogy, movies of the apocalyptic genre, otherwise thought of as the “end of the world as we know it” genre.
This minister noted the common thread in these movies of the hero/heroine (protagonist) discovering that somehow the world was about to suffer some sort of cataclysmic event, then this person attempts to tell the world, and is either ignored—having been deemed crazy—or becomes the target of governmental henchmen seeking to silence him/her. The remainder of the movie centers around this person trying to tell the truth to the masses and save the world.
The minister in question, noted how that in this passage from the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is somewhat like this generalized protagonist in end of the world movies, in that he knows the truth and others are trying to shut him up.
In verse 22, Marks tells us that the religious leaders of Jerusalem, had left what was to them the center of the Jewish world, and walked over a hundred miles toCapernaum, apparently, for the sole purpose of discrediting Jesus. Like the henchmen in one of these end of the world movies, these men had gone to great lengths to travel, a journey requiring several days of walking, to cast aspersions on Jesus and his teachings falsely claiming that he was in league with Satan, casting demons out of the possessed in the name of Beelzebub.
Jesus used logic to thoroughly rebuke their false premise; “How can Satan cast out Satan?And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.”
This simple logical concept, that of “A House Divided Cannot Stand” has withstood the test of time from the depths of antiquity, through the ages, to even the modern day. The enemy, be it thoroughly human, or those of the principalities of this world, (see Ephesians 6:12) has known that by inserting insurgents into the target group, with the intention of those insurgents planting the seeds of division and distrust, the target group looses it cohesion and is weakened so that it no longer has strength in numbers.
Mark tells us in verse twenty that a multitude was following Jesus. The religious leaders of Jerusalem saw this growing—army of sorts—as a threat to their control and collusion with the Roman occupation of Judea, so they sought to introduce seeds of doubt in the minds of the multitude following Jesus. They thought if they could convince them that Jesus was himself colluding with the devil, they could destroy the single-mindedness determination of the multitude to follow Jesus.
We see the enemies of the church universal, and even that of our country and western ideologies in general, sowing seeds of doubt. Attempting to convince the masses that Christianity—in its traditional form—is in effect demonic, as well as Western democratic principles. These insurgents attempt to convince the people that progressive secularism and political socialism are far superior to religion (Christianity in particular) and that socialism, if not absolute communism, is superior to Western Democracies and the Representative Republic form of governance used in America.
The one great lesson that we should have learned from the historic events of the twentieth century, is that absolute secularism and socialism eventually leads to a totalitarianism that borders on communism, if it does not indeed totally embrace communism. Millions of people in the 20^thcentury were sacrificed to the modern day equivalent of Moloch, a false god created by the demonically possessed minds of men intent on control of the people.
Those hell bent on destroying culture, almost always begin with an attempt to discredit and destroy religion, simply because it is their goal to replace religious worship with total dedication to the state.
In the first century, Jesus was offering a radically different type of belief system, one that was not dependent on outward compliance with rules created by mankind, but by love for God. This was an absolute threat to the privilege of the religious leaders and the state of collusion they enjoyed with the Roman governor who tolerated their belief system as long as that cooperation benefited the Romans.
The same system that Jesus promoted two thousand years ago, is seen as a threat by regimes who want the people to bend a knee to the government and not God. Regimes such as the Chinese Communist Party have brutally subjugated Christians—and other religions—in China in an attempt to replace the worship of God, with that of worship of state. In the West, political persecution is only but beginning to become widespread, but none the less it is a very real specter on the horizon.
But like the frog in the allegorical tale, in which the frog is put into a pot or water, and that water slowly brought to a boil so that the unassuming frog remains oblivious to the danger its life is in, Christians in the West have largely failed to take note of the actions of insurgents attempting to destroy the church from within by divisions.
Jesus said; “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” What was logic used by the Master to expose the acts and lies of the Scribes, Pharisees, and Herodians in the first century, becomes not just apt logic today to expose the actions of would be totalitarians, but a warning from God as well. A house—be it a church or a government—can not stand, if it is divided against itself.
While socialism has steadily evolved from democracy towards secular totalitarianism in Western Europe, and a very vocal minority in America has advocated for tearing up the constitution and replacing the republic with a European style socialism, populist grass roots movements have grown exponentially in an attempt to slow if not destroy the goal of the totalitarians.
By the time you read this, we should know if the predictions were correct that the people of Western Europe would take back their democracies from the totalitarians, at the election polls. Those politicians running on a platform of reversing the trend towards totalitarianism are favored to win. Likewise here in America we are but five months away from an election likewise predicted to be a referendum on progressive socialistic agendas.
But these trends are not enough, we must heed the advice and warning from Jesus in that “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand” and not only rescue our country from impending demise, but our church as well. We must recognize the insurgents implanted in the church, and with brotherly love and Christian compassion, help them to understand why their goals are divisive and contradictory to the traditions of the church; traditions have withstood the test of time.
Benediction:
We thank you, loving God, that we have gathered in your presence and shared in worship. Now may we go forth into the world, confident that we are your children, knowing that you have called us by name. In our daily life, may we align ourselves to your will, seeking direction to follow the plans you have for us which give us a hope and a future in Jesus Christ, and may we have patience in the waiting. In the challenges and joys we face, may we be assured that we do not face them alone. Let us go in peace, hope and love, in the name of our compassionate and powerful God the Son our Savior, and the comforting Holy Spirit. Amen.

My husband and I are 45 and 44 respectively. We married almost 18 years ago, his 2nd marriage, my 1st. He had 2 kids from his previous marriage. I never had any kids prior to our marriage. He pursued me strongly, and despite the fact that I typically wouldn't date someone with kids, or someone who smoked, he won me over. (He lied about smoking for a while but I ended up smelling it on him; huge turnoff and I have my reasons for not dating smokers.) After we got married we started discussing when we wanted to start a family. He said that he really wanted to start a family with me. I ended up agreeing so went off BC. We got pregnant only a few months after "trying". As soon as I got pregnant, he said we made a mistake. (On top of that, the news wasn't well received by hardly anyone I know except some coworkers. It was so strange, because we both had jobs, we had our own place, fully independent, no substance abuse issues besides him smoking, etc.) During the pregnancy and after our amazing daughter was born, he became really disinterested and disconnected from me. I used to think IF I ever had kids, that I may want 2 so they could each have a sibling. It ended up being so stressful between me and my husband, and his kids from his previous marriage, and his EX, that I didn't have another.
Since then, it's been like pulling teeth to get him to do anything with me, anything with our daughter and me, etc. It doesn't matter if it's going to the neighbors' house for a couple hours or going an hour away somewhere. Doing anything outside of "his" room or outside our house is a monumental task that usually starts with a HUGE argument. I feel like a single mom so often. We're in our own world, and he's in his. I'm the one who has homeschooled her while also working full-time, managed her extra activities, now starting college prep, etc. He has NOTHING to do with it. It's really hard to even get him to attend any of her activities as an observer. If he does, he whines the whole time. I'm the one who has taught her things like how to drive, how to fish, how to do yard work, how to cook, etc.
His reasons over time for not going anywhere with me and/or our daughter have included: he was really overweight and felt insecure in public (he lost all the weight he gained and then some); he couldn't go that long without smoking (he actually wasn't even a chain smoker and quit smoking 3 years ago); money (we BOTH work demanding jobs full-time and make almost the same salary, which is about 6X the average for our area); work (we BOTH work remotely at HOME, which is part of the reason I would like to take a break from the house occasionally), and more.
He is ONLY interested in me if we are about to have sex.
I didn't get married 18 years ago just for a sex partner. I got married to have a life partner.
Why have we not gotten a divorce? Our finances are entangled. We just bought a house a couple years ago that I love after selling the one we lived in for a long time. We have a daughter together.
And I know this isn't one sided. His disinterest in having any kind of relationship with me outside of sex pisses me off. So every time he says NO to yet another thing, I often get mad. There are many times now that I just don't even ask because I know he's going to say no. Why should I have to BEG him to do anything with me, like watch a movie in the living room or go out to eat? I'm not asking for a trip out of the country.
He NEVER suggests we go anywhere of course. And as I just mentioned, he won't even sit in the same room as me to watch anything on TV...movie or anything.
Like I said, we BOTH work full-time, and we both bring in about the same salary. My job also provides our insurance. I cook great (but he usually refuses to eat anything I cook), I clean the disgusting stuff he doesn't want to (like HIS piss and shit off the toilets, all the sinks, etc.) He also does some things around the house thankfully, BUT also uses those specific things as a reason to not go anywhere. He can't go because he has to empty the trash cans. We use a lawn service so he doesn't have much yard work to do. And he doesn't hardly repair or fix anything himself (that's me OR he insists on paying a repair man), so it's not like he has home projects to work on.
I'm just so lonely and I don't understand what to do besides get a divorce. Divorce seems impossible due to the house, finances, and impact on our child (yet we fight SO OFTEN, which I know is also bad). I can't recall being able to go through a full day without fighting unless we weren't around each other much. Since the first year of our marriage, he has threatened divorce in so many arguments, and they're usually dumb petty/small arguments about something illogical. (His parents divorced when he was a teen; my parents have been married over 50 years.) When I try to have regular discussions with him, he jumps to one extreme or another. For example about our marriage in general, he says because it's not completely horrible 100% of the time we don't have issues. Or because he doesn't do drugs or doesn't drink, etc. I should be happy. Seems like an incredibly low bar. And I don't even have super high expectations.
I would like to be able to do "normal" things with my husband so I don't think getting a friend would solve this issue. I know spouses can have separate activities and I'm totally fine with that. BUT there must be a way to do things besides just sex together. Otherwise what is the point. (He won't even sit down to eat with me at our table at home...in case it's not obvious what I really mean with refusing to do stuff with me.)
TL;DR: Husband refuses to be my partner and acts like a roommate the majority of the time.

The Collect
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Gospel
Mark 3:20–35
20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables,How can Satan cast out Satan?
24And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
27No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
28Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
30Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 And he answered them, saying,Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said,Behold my mother and my brethren!
35For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Commentary on Today’s Gospel Selection;
In the process of doing the background research for this homily, I stumbled across a somewhat unique approach used by another minister. He used, as an analogy, movies of the apocalyptic genre, otherwise thought of as the “end of the world as we know it” genre.
This minister noted the common thread in these movies of the hero/heroine (protagonist) discovering that somehow the world was about to suffer some sort of cataclysmic event, then this person attempts to tell the world, and is either ignored—having been deemed crazy—or becomes the target of governmental henchmen seeking to silence him/her. The remainder of the movie centers around this person trying to tell the truth to the masses and save the world.
The minister in question, noted how that in this passage from the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is somewhat like this generalized protagonist in end of the world movies, in that he knows the truth and others are trying to shut him up.
In verse 22, Marks tells us that the religious leaders of Jerusalem, had left what was to them the center of the Jewish world, and walked over a hundred miles toCapernaum, apparently, for the sole purpose of discrediting Jesus. Like the henchmen in one of these end of the world movies, these men had gone to great lengths to travel, a journey requiring several days of walking, to cast aspersions on Jesus and his teachings falsely claiming that he was in league with Satan, casting demons out of the possessed in the name of Beelzebub.
Jesus used logic to thoroughly rebuke their false premise; “How can Satan cast out Satan?And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.”
This simple logical concept, that of “A House Divided Cannot Stand” has withstood the test of time from the depths of antiquity, through the ages, to even the modern day. The enemy, be it thoroughly human, or those of the principalities of this world, (see Ephesians 6:12) has known that by inserting insurgents into the target group, with the intention of those insurgents planting the seeds of division and distrust, the target group looses it cohesion and is weakened so that it no longer has strength in numbers.
Mark tells us in verse twenty that a multitude was following Jesus. The religious leaders of Jerusalem saw this growing—army of sorts—as a threat to their control and collusion with the Roman occupation of Judea, so they sought to introduce seeds of doubt in the minds of the multitude following Jesus. They thought if they could convince them that Jesus was himself colluding with the devil, they could destroy the single-mindedness determination of the multitude to follow Jesus.
We see the enemies of the church universal, and even that of our country and western ideologies in general, sowing seeds of doubt. Attempting to convince the masses that Christianity—in its traditional form—is in effect demonic, as well as Western democratic principles. These insurgents attempt to convince the people that progressive secularism and political socialism are far superior to religion (Christianity in particular) and that socialism, if not absolute communism, is superior to Western Democracies and the Representative Republic form of governance used in America.
The one great lesson that we should have learned from the historic events of the twentieth century, is that absolute secularism and socialism eventually leads to a totalitarianism that borders on communism, if it does not indeed totally embrace communism. Millions of people in the 20^thcentury were sacrificed to the modern day equivalent of Moloch, a false god created by the demonically possessed minds of men intent on control of the people.
Those hell bent on destroying culture, almost always begin with an attempt to discredit and destroy religion, simply because it is their goal to replace religious worship with total dedication to the state.
In the first century, Jesus was offering a radically different type of belief system, one that was not dependent on outward compliance with rules created by mankind, but by love for God. This was an absolute threat to the privilege of the religious leaders and the state of collusion they enjoyed with the Roman governor who tolerated their belief system as long as that cooperation benefited the Romans.
The same system that Jesus promoted two thousand years ago, is seen as a threat by regimes who want the people to bend a knee to the government and not God. Regimes such as the Chinese Communist Party have brutally subjugated Christians—and other religions—in China in an attempt to replace the worship of God, with that of worship of state. In the West, political persecution is only but beginning to become widespread, but none the less it is a very real specter on the horizon.
But like the frog in the allegorical tale, in which the frog is put into a pot or water, and that water slowly brought to a boil so that the unassuming frog remains oblivious to the danger its life is in, Christians in the West have largely failed to take note of the actions of insurgents attempting to destroy the church from within by divisions.
Jesus said; “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” What was logic used by the Master to expose the acts and lies of the Scribes, Pharisees, and Herodians in the first century, becomes not just apt logic today to expose the actions of would be totalitarians, but a warning from God as well. A house—be it a church or a government—can not stand, if it is divided against itself.
While socialism has steadily evolved from democracy towards secular totalitarianism in Western Europe, and a very vocal minority in America has advocated for tearing up the constitution and replacing the republic with a European style socialism, populist grass roots movements have grown exponentially in an attempt to slow if not destroy the goal of the totalitarians.
By the time you read this, we should know if the predictions were correct that the people of Western Europe would take back their democracies from the totalitarians, at the election polls. Those politicians running on a platform of reversing the trend towards totalitarianism are favored to win. Likewise here in America we are but five months away from an election likewise predicted to be a referendum on progressive socialistic agendas.
But these trends are not enough, we must heed the advice and warning from Jesus in that “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand” and not only rescue our country from impending demise, but our church as well. We must recognize the insurgents implanted in the church, and with brotherly love and Christian compassion, help them to understand why their goals are divisive and contradictory to the traditions of the church; traditions have withstood the test of time.
Benediction:
We thank you, loving God, that we have gathered in your presence and shared in worship. Now may we go forth into the world, confident that we are your children, knowing that you have called us by name. In our daily life, may we align ourselves to your will, seeking direction to follow the plans you have for us which give us a hope and a future in Jesus Christ, and may we have patience in the waiting. In the challenges and joys we face, may we be assured that we do not face them alone. Let us go in peace, hope and love, in the name of our compassionate and powerful God the Son our Savior, and the comforting Holy Spirit. Amen.

I’m 28 and have been smoking cigarettes, hookah, and vaping on and off for 10 years and vaping constantly for 4 years. Tonight I’m getting serious about quitting.
I have been having some shortness of breath symptoms like when you have anxiety and it’s hard to take that deep breath. It’s also harder to breathe through my nose these days. Thing that pushed me over the edge though the heartburn symptoms. I’ve never had heartburn and one day it just began and has been happening for the last 2 weeks and that has caused a ton of anxiety. I have some toothpicks and gum to keep me from going insane but I’m ready for it to suck for a month. Any tips on quitting or anyone have similar symptoms??

The Collect
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Gospel
Mark 3:20–35
20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables,How can Satan cast out Satan?
24And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
27No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
28Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
30Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 And he answered them, saying,Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said,Behold my mother and my brethren!
35For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Commentary on Today’s Gospel Selection;
In the process of doing the background research for this homily, I stumbled across a somewhat unique approach used by another minister. He used, as an analogy, movies of the apocalyptic genre, otherwise thought of as the “end of the world as we know it” genre.
This minister noted the common thread in these movies of the hero/heroine (protagonist) discovering that somehow the world was about to suffer some sort of cataclysmic event, then this person attempts to tell the world, and is either ignored—having been deemed crazy—or becomes the target of governmental henchmen seeking to silence him/her. The remainder of the movie centers around this person trying to tell the truth to the masses and save the world.
The minister in question, noted how that in this passage from the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is somewhat like this generalized protagonist in end of the world movies, in that he knows the truth and others are trying to shut him up.
In verse 22, Marks tells us that the religious leaders of Jerusalem, had left what was to them the center of the Jewish world, and walked over a hundred miles toCapernaum, apparently, for the sole purpose of discrediting Jesus. Like the henchmen in one of these end of the world movies, these men had gone to great lengths to travel, a journey requiring several days of walking, to cast aspersions on Jesus and his teachings falsely claiming that he was in league with Satan, casting demons out of the possessed in the name of Beelzebub.
Jesus used logic to thoroughly rebuke their false premise; “How can Satan cast out Satan?And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.”
This simple logical concept, that of “A House Divided Cannot Stand” has withstood the test of time from the depths of antiquity, through the ages, to even the modern day. The enemy, be it thoroughly human, or those of the principalities of this world, (see Ephesians 6:12) has known that by inserting insurgents into the target group, with the intention of those insurgents planting the seeds of division and distrust, the target group looses it cohesion and is weakened so that it no longer has strength in numbers.
Mark tells us in verse twenty that a multitude was following Jesus. The religious leaders of Jerusalem saw this growing—army of sorts—as a threat to their control and collusion with the Roman occupation of Judea, so they sought to introduce seeds of doubt in the minds of the multitude following Jesus. They thought if they could convince them that Jesus was himself colluding with the devil, they could destroy the single-mindedness determination of the multitude to follow Jesus.
We see the enemies of the church universal, and even that of our country and western ideologies in general, sowing seeds of doubt. Attempting to convince the masses that Christianity—in its traditional form—is in effect demonic, as well as Western democratic principles. These insurgents attempt to convince the people that progressive secularism and political socialism are far superior to religion (Christianity in particular) and that socialism, if not absolute communism, is superior to Western Democracies and the Representative Republic form of governance used in America.
The one great lesson that we should have learned from the historic events of the twentieth century, is that absolute secularism and socialism eventually leads to a totalitarianism that borders on communism, if it does not indeed totally embrace communism. Millions of people in the 20^thcentury were sacrificed to the modern day equivalent of Moloch, a false god created by the demonically possessed minds of men intent on control of the people.
Those hell bent on destroying culture, almost always begin with an attempt to discredit and destroy religion, simply because it is their goal to replace religious worship with total dedication to the state.
In the first century, Jesus was offering a radically different type of belief system, one that was not dependent on outward compliance with rules created by mankind, but by love for God. This was an absolute threat to the privilege of the religious leaders and the state of collusion they enjoyed with the Roman governor who tolerated their belief system as long as that cooperation benefited the Romans.
The same system that Jesus promoted two thousand years ago, is seen as a threat by regimes who want the people to bend a knee to the government and not God. Regimes such as the Chinese Communist Party have brutally subjugated Christians—and other religions—in China in an attempt to replace the worship of God, with that of worship of state. In the West, political persecution is only but beginning to become widespread, but none the less it is a very real specter on the horizon.
But like the frog in the allegorical tale, in which the frog is put into a pot or water, and that water slowly brought to a boil so that the unassuming frog remains oblivious to the danger its life is in, Christians in the West have largely failed to take note of the actions of insurgents attempting to destroy the church from within by divisions.
Jesus said; “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” What was logic used by the Master to expose the acts and lies of the Scribes, Pharisees, and Herodians in the first century, becomes not just apt logic today to expose the actions of would be totalitarians, but a warning from God as well. A house—be it a church or a government—can not stand, if it is divided against itself.
While socialism has steadily evolved from democracy towards secular totalitarianism in Western Europe, and a very vocal minority in America has advocated for tearing up the constitution and replacing the republic with a European style socialism, populist grass roots movements have grown exponentially in an attempt to slow if not destroy the goal of the totalitarians.
By the time you read this, we should know if the predictions were correct that the people of Western Europe would take back their democracies from the totalitarians, at the election polls. Those politicians running on a platform of reversing the trend towards totalitarianism are favored to win. Likewise here in America we are but five months away from an election likewise predicted to be a referendum on progressive socialistic agendas.
But these trends are not enough, we must heed the advice and warning from Jesus in that “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand” and not only rescue our country from impending demise, but our church as well. We must recognize the insurgents implanted in the church, and with brotherly love and Christian compassion, help them to understand why their goals are divisive and contradictory to the traditions of the church; traditions have withstood the test of time.
Benediction:
We thank you, loving God, that we have gathered in your presence and shared in worship. Now may we go forth into the world, confident that we are your children, knowing that you have called us by name. In our daily life, may we align ourselves to your will, seeking direction to follow the plans you have for us which give us a hope and a future in Jesus Christ, and may we have patience in the waiting. In the challenges and joys we face, may we be assured that we do not face them alone. Let us go in peace, hope and love, in the name of our compassionate and powerful God the Son our Savior, and the comforting Holy Spirit. Amen.

I like the game. It’s fun, shoot shoot, boom boom, friendly fire, enemy parts flying all over, rando lobbies with who knows what you will run into. I’ve made friends whom I look forward to playing with, ive perfected my strategy on all mission types. I like to play with people that are serious and want to slam objectives just as much as I like to play with cadets that have no idea what to do. I like to play with with Special Black Ops teams that Helldive with no deaths (myself included when I lean forward in my chair), just as much as I like to play with those that die 12 times in 5 mins (me 400 hours ago). I like to play. The game is good.
All the Buff/Debuff patches and changes to gameplay that have come from headquarters have never put a limp in my stride, I overcome and adapt. Through the wild crashes and laggy boots to the friendless friends lists and impossible matchmaking, ive done my part. I’ve kept my head screwed on and patience in check for the love of democracy. I’ve touched grass when things weren’t working well and kept seated next to the hum of my PC when Major gave me an Order and provided me with sweet uninterrupted gameplay.
Some of the weapons/strategems are good, some are terrible, I like them all. I like to drop to lower levels and give them all a go sometimes just to change cadence.
Anyways, now I’ll talk Meta, IMO as of now. -I like to get lots of kills but I also focus on objectives and stay on the move. -I like to NOT DIE but we are Helldivers, it’s going to happen. -I like Bugs AND Automatons, I do not discriminate with thy enemies. Both must suffer.
ARMOR Bugs: -Any Armor with extra stims, usually medium, sometimes light. I’ll have 20 stim uses sometimes lol but NEVER DIE. Sometimes I’ll injure myself at the end of stamina drain just to pop another and be able to keep running. Bots: Medium with Explosion Resistance. For me this is a no brainer.
GUNS AND STRATS Bugs: -Incendiary Breaker, Grenade Pistol, Stun nades. -Auto Cannon, Orbital Precision Strike, Eagle Airstrike, Orbital Gas Strike. NOTES: I swap the AC and Gas for Quasar and Jetpack sometimes.
Bots: -Incendiary Breaker, Grenade Pistol, Stun nades. -Auto Cannon, Orbital Precision Strike, Eagle Airstrike, 120mm Barrage NOTES: I swap the Incendiary Breaker for Jar-5 sometimes. And I swap AC and 120mm for AMJetpack sometimes. Spear also shines on Bots, especially for objectives/factories.
BOOSTERS: I ALWAYS pick Increased Reinforcement Budget first until I play a match and see that my team isn’t dying much, then I’ll go Stamina, Hellpod Optimization, and Vitality in that order. Always Vitality/HO for Eradicate and Defend missions.
Yes, it’s boring and both are basically the same, but this is my meta for smashing high level difficulties. And with these setups I DELIVER SWEET DEMOCRACY, I’ve fine tuned these load outs for survival and death dealing at a pace my enemies CANNOT handle for I as of now am a 10 Star General in the battle for superearth. I obviously change it up when there are certain effects like Orbital Scatter which makes the Gas and Precision almost useless. The Incendiary Breaker isn’t my favorite gun to use, but imo it’s definitely the most op, specifically when paired with the grenade pistol as backup. Grenade pistol is op on bots as well.
I do like many of the other Guns and Strats and have really been switching it up allot on playing a lot of level 7s since hitting lvl 130. I usually exclusively Helldive but it definitely gets insane with Bots I’ve grown to stick to 8s and 7s unless I’m with guys that are ready for Hell. Bugs I’ll probably only ever Helldive unless I make a low level/skill buddy that wants to tone it down from time to time.
GENERAL NOTES: -Gas is soooo good for bug breaches, I get 40+ kills with it regularly on one toss, strategically placed -Eagle Smoke is very fun and great to use, makes evacuate citizen missions trivial. -Stalkers and Gunship factories are a priority.
AUTO CANNON BACKPACK RANT: Stun Grenades on chargers, AC all the way, Juke em, stun, 3 quick shots to the fleshy butt and they are gone. Heavy Stategems for Titans(I’ve become well attuned to the Precision Stirke, AC to also blow their undersides off so they can’t spit. There is actually 2 separate spots on their undersides that can be blown off.
AC one shots Brood Mothers, and makes Hive Guards and Warriors easy, also my favorite on Stalkers, Spewers? Quick 3 to the body anywhere gone.
Snipe bug holes from across the map when you can barely see them? AC says yes, Shrieker Trees and Spore Trees? AC also says yes although it does take 1 1/2 mags per.
Stun Grenades to Hulks, two tap to the eye with AC and move on. Shoot off Factory Striders front lasers and get under em and dump AC mags, dead. Gunships, 2 or 3 tap to one of the engines, done. I usually just dump mags into medium bots without going for headshot precision, at high levels it’s all about killing fast and moving on sometimes it’s just not time for precision.
The AC also has a ton of ammo and since I’m usually cruising through POI’s I never run out of ammo even if my team is burning Resupplies. Also, I’ve gotten used to diving prone before making shots as it wildly increases your precision with the Auto canon as well as every gun.
FINAL THOUGHTS: -I do believe in the extra strat over Rovers and Shields, but i appreciate all play styles. -I do have a hard time playing with guys that use the infinite grenade glitch. It makes winning feel unfulfilling, and it’s literal evidence of a skill issue imo. -I do wish there was something to do with all of my capped out samples and medals. But I’m not trippin. -Early on in the game I would get aggravated by guys doing things that I did not understand or playing very unorganized or accidentally killing me or throwing 380s on evac or small eradicate missions. You know the list of wild things that can happen in this game goes on forever, but after the hours I’ve dumped into it, I now understand there’s no reason to get mad at most things. It really is mostly just funny. -The game is good and I like it. I’ll take a break once I hit level 150.

If you read this entire post, you’re a trooper. I’m just bored and at work right now plus I would like to be more active on Reddit as it is pretty much my main source of information these days. So feel free to ask me questions or have a discussion on HD2.

I've wanted a PC for years now, and I think I'm finally ready to get one. However, there's one problem: I need a PC that's better than my Xbox Series S. Currently, I have a budget of $400, which isn't enough to get a high-quality gaming PC. But, if I sell my Xbox Series S and some other items I have, I could raise an extra $300. That would give me a total budget of around $750 to $800.
I'm really torn about what to do. On one hand, I've been using my Xbox Series S for a while and it serves me well for gaming. It’s easy to use and I don’t have to worry about compatibility issues or building anything. On the other hand, getting a PC would open up a lot more possibilities for gaming, productivity, and customization. I could play a wider variety of games, use mods, and also use the PC for other tasks like schoolwork or creative projects.
The main question is whether my budget will be enough to get a PC that outperforms my Xbox Series S. I don’t have any experience building a PC, so I would need to buy a pre-built one or pay someone to assemble it for me, which might add to the cost. I’ve heard that building your own PC can be more cost-effective, but I’m worried about making mistakes or not knowing how to fix things if something goes wrong.
Should I take the plunge and try to get a PC, or should I stick with my Xbox Series S? Is it possible to get a good, reliable PC within my budget of $750 to $800 that would be a noticeable upgrade over my Xbox Series S? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Empowering Placement Management with Automation

In today's fast-paced educational environments, managing placement activities efficiently is crucial for both institutions and students. The integration of technology into this process not only simplifies management tasks but also enhances communication and preparation. Particularly in college placement management projects, the ability to automate email sending based on specific criteria such as skills and interview schedules represents a significant leap forward. This capability ensures that students receive timely and relevant information, helping them to prepare adequately for upcoming opportunities.
React TypeScript emerges as a powerful tool in developing such automated systems. By leveraging React's user-friendly interface design capabilities alongside TypeScript's strong typing for safer code, developers can create more reliable and efficient applications. This article delves into the practicalities of setting up an automatic email system within a React TypeScript framework. It aims to guide you through the essential steps to configure and deploy an automated email notification service that can dynamically send personalized emails to students based on their unique skill sets and interview dates, ensuring no one misses out on their next big opportunity.

Command	Description
nodemailer	Module to send emails directly from Node.js
useState	React hook for setting state in a functional component
useEffect	React hook for performing side effects in a functional component
express	Web application framework for Node.js, for building web applications and APIs

Advancing Email Automation in React TypeScript Projects

Automating email notifications in a React TypeScript application, especially for college placement management, requires a blend of frontend interactivity and backend reliability. The frontend, built with React and TypeScript, offers a robust and type-safe environment for developing user interfaces that can efficiently gather student data, including skills and interview schedules. By leveraging TypeScript, developers can ensure that the data handled across the React components is structured and consistent, reducing the potential for errors. This setup allows for a seamless integration with backend services tasked with the actual sending of emails, providing a smooth experience for both the developers and the end-users.
On the backend, Node.js emerges as a popular choice due to its non-blocking I/O and event-driven architecture, making it suitable for handling operations like sending emails which do not require computational power but depend on waiting for I/O operations to complete. Coupled with libraries such as Nodemailer, the backend can efficiently manage email sending tasks based on triggers from the frontend, such as the completion of a form indicating a student’s availability for interviews. Moreover, using Express.js simplifies the creation of RESTful APIs that the React frontend can consume to send data to the server. This synergy between React TypeScript and Node.js encapsulates a full-stack approach to implementing automatic email notifications, highlighting the importance of both frontend and backend technologies in creating a feature-rich, user-friendly application.

Automating Email Dispatch with React and TypeScript

Node.js combined with TypeScript

import express from 'express'; import nodemailer from 'nodemailer'; const app = express(); app.use(express.json()); const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({ service: 'gmail', auth: { user: 'yourEmail@gmail.com', pass: 'yourPassword' } }); app.post('/send-email', async (req, res) => { const { to, subject, text } = req.body; const mailOptions = { from: 'youremail@gmail.com', to, subject, text }; try { await transporter.sendMail(mailOptions); res.send('Email sent successfully'); } catch (error) { res.status(500).send('Error sending email: ' + error.message); } }); const PORT = process.env.PORT 3000; app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server running on port ${PORT}`)); 

Enhancing Email Automation with React and TypeScript

Email automation within a React TypeScript environment bridges the gap between static webpages and dynamic, interactive web applications. The fusion of React's reactive components and TypeScript's static typing brings unparalleled reliability and maintainability to the development of automated email systems. For educational institutions and businesses alike, this means delivering timely, personalized communication with less manual oversight. React's component-based architecture allows for the easy integration of user input forms, while TypeScript ensures that the data flowing through these forms is well-defined and error-free. The end result is a streamlined process from user interaction to email dispatch.
This technological synergy is not without its challenges, however. Ensuring that emails are sent securely and efficiently requires a solid backend infrastructure, often implemented with Node.js and Express. Furthermore, developers must navigate the complexities of email delivery, including handling bounce rates, spam filters, and ensuring high deliverability. Solutions involve meticulous attention to email content, structured email design, and adherence to email sending best practices. As developers refine these systems, they contribute to a more engaging and responsive digital environment, where automatic emails become a seamless part of user interaction, enhancing the overall experience.

Email Automation FAQs

1. Question: What is the best way to handle user authentication for sending emails?
2. Answer: Implement OAuth2 authentication with your email service provider for secure token-based authentication, ensuring that email sending operations are secure and user credentials are not exposed.
3. Question: How can I test email functionality in a development environment?
4. Answer: Use mail mocking libraries like Nodemailer Mock for Node.js or test email services like Mailtrap to simulate email sending in a controlled environment without sending actual emails.
5. Question: Can I send HTML emails using React and TypeScript?
6. Answer: Yes, you can generate HTML email templates within React components. Use server-side rendering techniques to convert these components into static HTML strings that can be sent as email content.
7. Question: How do I manage dynamic email content based on user data?
8. Answer: Use template engines like EJS or Handlebars in conjunction with your backend server to dynamically insert user data into email templates before sending.
9. Question: How can I ensure high deliverability for my emails?
10. Answer: Ensure your emails are SPF, DKIM, and DMARC compliant, monitor your sending reputation, and maintain clean email lists to avoid spam filters and blacklists.

Wrapping Up Automated Email Dispatch with React and TypeScript

As we delve into the intricacies of automating email communications within React TypeScript applications, it's clear that this technology stack offers a powerful toolkit for developers. The combination of React's component-driven architecture and TypeScript's type safety creates a development environment where complex, automated tasks become more manageable and error-prone processes are minimized. This setup is particularly beneficial for applications requiring dynamic user interaction, such as the management of student communications in educational institutions. By integrating backend services like Node.js and Nodemailer, developers can implement automated, secure, and efficient email dispatch systems. These systems not only save time and reduce manual effort but also provide a more personalized experience for the end-users. Ultimately, the success of such systems in enhancing communication and operational efficiency underscores the importance of adopting modern web technologies and best practices in software development.
https://www.tempmail.us.com/en/react-typescript/automating-email-notifications-for-student-placements-using-react-typescript

Short version: My girlfriend's son(12) has to do a 'live aquarium' with a jar provided by the school for his Earth Science credit, to make up for missing midterms due to illness. It must include 'naturally source substrate' at least two different 'locally sourced aquatic plants' and at least one 'live animal or aquatic species'.
I realize that most fish you can get in a pet store that are kept such in small tanks are not suited for those conditions. I have kept tanks in the past, with great success (my placo had to be rehomed after growing too large for the largest tank i could fit in my house. Thought i got one of the 8" species, but he was 17" when i rehomed him).
I toyed with snails, but most aquarium snails are illegal here in Maine, and the ones that arent, require 10 gallon set ups to be healthy.
The teacher suggested Mosquito fish, but i know from experience they need minimum 10gal for a small number.
Fish will be retanked in a larger set up, but will need to spend at minimum 2 weeks in this tiny glass jar they gave us.
My girlfriend's son missed his midterms due to pneumonia brought on by asthma, and he has already repeated 6th grade once before for similar reasons.
Every aquarium website and Aquarium specialty store has either lectured me on proper tank size, or asked me to leave/end contact.
Reddit is my last effort, before i just do what the teacher suggested, and put a pair of Mosquito Fish in the jar, which i would rather not do.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions, and yes i know, this is an incredibly stupid, and cruel 'school project'.

Post Content:
I'll never forget the day my boss handed me the reins to a multinational project with no guidelines or process to follow. It felt like trying to ride a bull with a silk thread as a lasso - impossible and destined for failure.
My team and I would sit there, staring at the chaos on our boards, trying to make sense of all the tasks and deadlines. It was like trying to decipher some ancient language that only we had been privy to. There were so many tasks, so many goals, and so many deadlines - all muddled together in a haphazard mess. We were stressed, the project was staggered, and we were missing deadlines like a kid trying to catch raindrops during a storm.
That's when we realized that we needed a change. We needed an innovation - something that would turn this chaotic mess into a streamlined, efficient operation. So, we turned to Agile Project Management. The idea of breaking down the project into manageable 'sprints' where we could prioritize the tasks based on the urgency seemed like a potential game-changer.
The results were incredible. Our stress levels dropped, our productivity skyrocketed, and we never missed a single deadline after that. By cutting down the lower value tasks and emphasizing the high priority ones, we were able to complete the project with significantly reduced stress and increased efficiency.
Seeing the impact of innovation in project management, I started researching other mental models and frameworks that could help us in our work. What I uncovered was a gold mine. From the Pareto Principle, which suggests that 80% of results come from 20% of actions, to the Eisenhower Box that helps in decision-making, each model provided a new perspective on how to manage projects more effectively.
Innovation in project management is not just about using new tools or technology. It's also about thinking differently, adopting new mental models, and restructuring our approach to be more efficient and productive.
P.S. Just so you know, this was inspired by a myriad of experiences in project management and not a singular anecdote. But, hey! If it helps you imagine the chaos of catching raindrops during a storm and how Agile can serve as your lifesaving umbrella, then my hypothetical story has done its job! Embrace innovation, folks, it's a game-changer!

I am a masochist. Don't worry, this is not \that sort of letter.*
I’ve been thinking a lot about why I started smoking on this arduous journey of quitting nicotine, and have found self-psychoanalysis to be incredibly dull work.
Modern mental-health speak is wholly useless in my (damn near futile) efforts to rewire my brain. It just makes the cravings worse. People seem to think the inclination to diagnose every facet of the human experience is new. You and I both know - nothing is new.
I came across a video where someone was telling people how “summer” brings upon “manic episodes” so we need to “watch our mental health.”
I don't have the heart to squeeze my Self in between the lines of the DSM-5, so I gave up and landed on masochism. Cue the Freud haters.
I wish I could say that down the line I’ll be one of those people who can smoke the occasional cigarette, but it would be a lie. I enjoy the punishment too much. Self-flagellation, etc. It’s why I never could tell you the truth.
These days though, I’m all in or all out. How about you?

hey yall!
on friday morning i had one cig left and was about to drive about three hours to my parents house for the weekend. the night before i made my peace with the fact that i wasn’t gonna buy any more. the one left was gonna be the last one.
going on 48 hours no nic and i haven’t had any adverse symptoms except i was a little bit cranky today. i don’t even wanna say i’m having cravings. every few hours i go “i want a cigarette” and then i pop a few mints and the feeling passes. i don’t feel like im desperate to smoke at all. i really don’t feel different at all.
i transferred the money i would have spent on cigs into my savings + just am reminding myself of the health benefits. idk this is just way easier than i expected which is nice

I would love to add that this is entirely my own opinion. I understand that plenty of people currently love how oppressive the bots feel and I’m not here to take that away from them. For those people, I would love your input on how you feel the bots challenge you in general so I can have a better idea on why people love them.
For me, I feel like the final “meta” way of dealing with bots are unfun. They are challenging for sure but not in a way I feel the borgs were in HD1.
I really feel like they missed what made bots fun in HD1. Nothing in HD1 felt contrived. Every death you got was entirely your fault/bad choice in tools. You had the capability to avoid all damage if you’re good (except for illuminate gates fuck those).
Whether it currently feels fair right now isn’t important. What is important is that it feels unfair but not in a fun way. When I die to bots, half the time I’m not entirely sure what killed me. That’s why I really would implore for laser pointers. The original game did something similar for illuminate sniper troops and it felt fantastic. You could see where you’re being shot at and make a decision on whether you wanted to counter snipe or take cover. There are no decisions to be made against bots, you take cover or you’ll die. You run or you die.
It has been good in that you need to have good map awareness and strategically plan your attacks. But it also makes it feel like you made a mistake where you didn’t even know you were being tested.
Some fantastic things about the current system that I don’t think should be taken away is

1. Cover, you should never be allowed to just run out into an open field, this should definitely be a death sentence
   
2. Strategic ambush, currently it feels amazing to happen upon a side objective, and efficiently clear them before they can fire back. Planning an angle of attack and enacting it is very satisfying. Even baiting troops out into better spots is viable although you’d have to kill then quick to prevent patrols. Lots of decisions that mechanically challenge the player here. I love it especially when a team of you storm a base. Feels so damn good to run between the levels dodging fire.
   
3. Map awareness is so much more important and you really feel like you’re moving through hostile territory. Bugs may have this but it’s definitely more sparse and comes in bursts. For bots, you always need to be aware where enemies are and make sure you aren’t accidentally attracting the wrong attention.
   

These things aside, these are some of the things that I feel could be added to smooth out the learning curve and provide natural difficulty scaling. While there are level systems already existing, there are still massive jumps in difficulty and when missions take so long, it’s a major investment in time to do weaker missions where you may not even face higher tier enemies to allow you to practice taking them on in a safer environment.

1. Introduce more CC tools like taking less damage when running (smoke isn’t consistent enough) or better navigational tools. Both which take up a slot but will help newer players smooth the curve. Once they are good, they can then utilise that slot for something meaningful.

It obviously shouldn’t be OP or a necessity to run but a decent quality of life (heat vision as an example).

1. Have more clearly telegraphed attacks, it’s already difficult when there are dozens of them but I feel like sounds, visuals can all help to make it better. Potentially having the first rocket miss might be an amazing tool in that you always are aware that something is coming while keeping that fear constant. This is something done in the last of us to amazing effect
   
2. high fire rate enemies should have worse accuracy, their goal should be as suppressive troops, if you stay in the open or don’t duck, you’re gonna be cooked. But you can dive to cover, wait for the battery to empty, and know you have a few seconds while their ammo recharges. Having consistent ways to outfox the bot would be cool. Like if you know how long their weapons take to fire again, or if you know certain signifiers that means you can retaliate.
   
3. Have beefier armoured vehicles for players but significantly reduced ammo and armour. Maybe you have to carry additional shells for tanks but they should act like actual tanks do in modern battles, infantry to cover while the tank has to decisively aim to knock out big targets. The tankiness allows for you to be pseudo-invincible but you’ll have to abandon them more often when they run out. So it’s good for short strategic defenses or assaults but you can’t be expected to rely on them.
   

I’d really hope for a himars like weapon. Mobile artillery strike but extremely squishy and good for one/two volleys, you have combined arms to take an objective which feels cool as heck.
With this, the attacks that are meant to kill you (rockets/tanks/near range attacks) all feel like decisions, do you have enough skill/the right tools to just run away? Or do you hope that you can dive to cover and still have time to back off? Or do you dive and counter attack?
These should not be done to make the game easier but be done to mechanically test the player to make right decisions. These are bots after all and they should have pretty standard ways of fighting.
My hope for illuminates is that they have a certain “code of honour” that dictates how they fight but they are still more intelligent in flanking and ambush.
Maybe they won’t attack you if you’re down, they prefer to have you set up as bait. Or melee attackers will they’ll target the strongest player a little bit more as they are a worthy foe. The snipers will try to snipe the soldier furthest away as a means to counter snipe/take out stragglers. That way if you have a playstyle, you have to know what you should be dealing with and how your playstyle will be challenged. The difficulty isn’t just increasing waves and armour but additional mechanical challenges that you have to learn.
That way difficulty is scaled based on your own abilities and if you find it difficult it automatically scales backwards.

Demographic: African American, Family income is 150k, but my mom(single parent) is retiring this year, I attend a fairly good boarding school. Maryland
GPA: 3.8/4.0 unweighted, 4.0 cumulative. School doesn’t do class ranks
Course Work: By senior year, I will have taken 12 Honors classes and 2 APs(my school only offers BIO and Java), I self studied for lit but idk how that went
ACT: 33(aiming for a 34-35) Took today actually, felt good
intended track: CS
ecs :( - Volunteered as a swim instructor sophomore and Junior year(plan to continue this senior year) -150 hours Community service - CS Club member: potential for Co-leader in Senior year - 1st stand Bass within my school’s orchestra - Founder of the Archery and ASL Club - Co-leader of philosophy club - Passion project: Created an app to make the art of bonsai more accessible and straightforward(unfortunately a company released a similar app about 2 weeks before my finish date ). I’m looking for new ideas for another project - Head Lifeguard(JOB) -Gardening club -Varsity Swim Team - Outdoor’s program; kayaking, fishing, hiking, planting, connecting with nature…..
Letters of Rec: Should be good
essays: strong writer so might be good. Working on it
Colleges:
Reaches: Rice(ED/EA), UMD cs(EA), Purdue(EA), JHU(EA), MIT(EA+ Legacy), UW Madison(EA), FSU(RD), UCF
Targets: OSU, UMN, UMass Amherst, SBU
Safeties: ASU, UofU, UMBC(Ea/RD)
Any advice would be appreciated

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Berfenw / Verb-noun	Ystyr / Meaning	Bôn y ferf / Verb stem
acennu	to accentuate, to stress	acenn-
achredu	to accredit; accreditation	achred-
adalw	to recall, to summon back, to revoke, to repeal	adalw-
ad-dalu	to repay	ad-dal-
ad-drefnu	to reorganise, to rearrange	ad-drefn-
adfeddiannu	to repossess, to regain	afeddiann-
adleoli	to relocate	adleol-
adlynu	to adhere	adlyn-
adsefydlu	to rehabilitate; to re-establish, to reinstate	adsefydl-
aduno	to reunite	adun-
adwerthu	to retail, to resell	adwerth-
afradloni	to waste, to squander, to spend extravagantly	afradlon-
angori	to anchor	angor-
ailadeiladu	to rebuild	ailadeilad-
aildrefnu	to rearrange, to reorganise, to restore	aildrefn-
ailddarganfod	to rediscover	ailddarganfydd-
ailddatblygu	to redevelop	ailddatblyg-
ailddefnyddio	to reuse	ailddefnyddi-
ailddosbarthu	to reclassify; to redistribute	ailddosbarth-
ailenwi	to rename	ailenw-
ailethol	to re-elect	ailethol-
ailfeddwl	to rethink, to change one's mind, to reconsider	ailfeddyli-
ailgartrefu	to rehouse, to rehome	ailgartref-
ail-greu	to recreate	ailgre-
ailsefydlu	to re-establish, to rehabilitate	ailsefydl-
ailstrwythuro	to restructure	ailstrwythur-
ailwampio	to revamp	ailwampi-
allbynnu	to output (in computing)	allbynn-
allforio	to export	allfori-
alltudio	to deport, to exile	alltudi-
allyrru	to emit, to give off	allyrr-
amaethu	to cultivate	amaeth-
amgodio	to encode (computing)	amgodi-
amgryptio	to encrypt	amgrypti-
amgylchynu	to surround, to encircle, to encompass	amgylchyn-
amharchu	to disrespect	amharch-
amlinellu	to outline, to sketch	amlinell-
amseru	to time, to date, to take your time	amser-
andwyo	to spoil, to ruin	andwy-
anesmwytho	to become or make uneasy, anxious or restless, to disturb, to disquiet	anesmwyth-
anfarwoli	to immortalize	anfarwol-
animeiddio	to animate (make an animation)	animeiddi-
anweddu	to evaporate, to vaporize, to produce steam	anwedd-
anwylo	to cuddle, to caress, to cherish, to endear	anwyl-
apwyntio	to appoint	apwynti-
aralleirio	to paraphrase, to reword	aralleiri-
arallu	to make changes, to alter; to alienate, to estrange	arall-
arddweud	to dictate (for transcription)	arddywed-
aredig	to plough	ardd-
arolygu	to survey, to inspect	arolyg-
asesu	to assess	ases-
atafaelu	to confiscate, to seize, to distrain	atafael-
atalnodi	to punctuate	atalnod
atgyfodi	to resurrect, to revive	atgyfod-
atodi	to append, to attach (document etc.), to add to	atod-
awdurdodi	to authorise, to empower	awdurdod-
awyru	to air, to ventilate, to aerate	awyr-
baldorddi	to talk nonsense, to babble, to prattle	baldordd-
beichio crio	to sob	beichi-
betio	to bet (money)	beti-
bigit[i]an	to provoke, to annoy, to pick a quarrel, to nag (De Cymru)
bipian	to bleep, to beep	bipi-
blaguro	to form buds, to put out shoots, to sprout	blagur-
blaseiddio	to flavour, to season	blaseiddi-
blingo	to skin, to flay	bling-
blysio	to crave	blysi-
bod gan rywun	to have, to possess
bod wrth eich bodd yn / gyda	to love, to be in one's element (doing / with)
bod yn edifar gan rywun	to regret
bod yn well gan rywun	to prefer
boddhau	to please	boddha-
boneddigeiddio	to gentrify; to ennoble	boneddigeiddi-
botymu	to button	botym-
braenaru	to fallow, to prepare for cultivation	braenar-
bragu	to brew (with malt)	brag-
brechu	to vaccinate, to inoculate	brech-
bridio	to breed	bridi-
britho	to go grey (of hair or beard), to dapple, to speckle, to fleck, to mottle	brith-
brodio	to embroider	brodi-
bronfwydo	to breastfeed
buddioli	to benefit, to profit	buddiol-
bwrw cenllysg	to hail (weather) (Gogledd Cymru)	bwri-
bwrw cesair	to hail (weather) (De Cymru)	bwri-
bwydo ar y fron	to breastfeed
byddaru	to deafen, to become deaf	byddar-
byrddio	to board	byrddi-
byrhau	to shorten, to abbreviate
byseddu	to finger	bysedd-
bywhau	to animate	bywha-
bywiocáu	to enliven
cadwyno (wrth)	to chain (to)	cadwyn-
caethiwo	to enslave, to addict	caethiw-
cafflo	to cheat (De Cymru)	caffl-
calchu	to lime	calch-
camdreiglo	to mutate incorrectly (grammar)	camdreigl-
camgymryd	to mistake	camgymer-
camsefyll	to be offside (in football, rugby etc.)
camymddwyn	to misbehave, to commit misconduct	camymddyg-
canlyn	to follow; to court	canlyn-
canoli	to centralize, to focus, to mediate	canol-
carco	to care, to take care of, to mind; to be thrifty (De Cymru)	carc-
cardota	to beg (for alms)	cardot-
carthu	to purge, to clean, to muck out animal dwelling	carth-
castio	to cast (especially in an acting part); to play tricks	casti-
catalyddu	to catalyse	catalydd-
cefnu ar	to turn one's back on, to forsake	cefn-
cenhadu	to propagate (message / faith), to conduct a mission, to proselytise	cenhad-
cenhedlu	to reproduce (offspring); to conceive (offspring)	cenhedl-
ceulo	to clot, to coagulate, to congeal	ceul-
ciwio	to queue	ciwi-
clatsio	to strike, to hit (De Cymru)	clastsi-
clatsio ymlaen	to crack on, to persevere (De Cymru)
clau	to clean (De Cymru)
clocsio	to clog dance; to make or repair clogs	clocsi-
clochdar	to cluck, to cackle, to boast
clodfori	to praise	clodfor-
cloffi	to become lame	cloff-
cloncan	to chat, to natter, to gossip, to prattle (De Cymru)	clonc-
clustnodi	to ear-mark	clustnod-
clwydo	to roost	clwyd-
clytio	to patch	clyti-
cnoi cil	to ruminate (chew cud, also figurative), to think over	cno-
coethi	to refine, to purify	coeth-
colledu	to cause loss to, to damage	colled-
conan	to grumble, to complain (De Cymru)
condemnio	to condemn	condemni-
costrelu	to bottle	costrel-
creithio	to scar	creithi-
cribddeilio	to extort, to plunder, to take by force	cribddeili-
cribinio	to rake (Gogledd Cymru)	cribini-
crisialu	to crystalize	crisial-
croeshoelio	to crucify	croeshoeli-
croesholi	to cross-examine, to cross-question	croeshol-
cronni	to amass, to collect, to gather (together), to accumulate; to dam up	cronn-
crosio	to crochet	crosi-
crychu	to wrinkle, to crimp	crych-
crygu	to stammer, to grow hoarse	cryg-
cuddio rhag	to hide from
cwmpasu	to encompass, to circumscribe	cwmpas-
cwnnu	to raise, to put up, to rise (= codi, o cychwynnu) (De-ddwyrain Cymru)
cwrcwd	to squat, to crouch	cwrcyd-, cyrcyd-
cydlynu	to cohere, to stick or cling together, to form a whole	cydlyn-
cydweithredu	to co-operate	cydweithred-
cydymffurfio	to conform	cydymffurfi-
cyfannu	to make whole or entire, to unite, to integrate	cyfann-
cyfanwerthu	to sell wholesale	cyfanwerth-
cyfeddach	to carouse (b) [unusually, this verbnoun is feminine]; carousal
cyfeilio	to accompany (with music)	cyfeili-
cyflyru	to condition	cyflyr-
cyfodi	(form of codi) to lift, to rise, to raise	cyfod-
cyfosod	to place together, to juxtapose, to combine	cyfosod-
cyfrodeddu	to intertwine, to twist together	cyfrodedd-
cyfrwyo	to saddle (horse)	cyfrwy-
cyffesu	to confess (especially religiously)	cyffes-
cyhwfan	to wave, to flutter, to heave	cyhwfan-
cylchdroi	to rotate, to revolve	cylchdro-
cymedroli	to moderate, to temper	cymedrol-
cymodi â	to reconcile with	cymod-
Cymreigio	to make (more) Welsh	Cymreigi-
cymudo	to commute (travel)	cymud-
cymynnu	to bequeath	cymynn-
cynllwynio	to conspire	cynllwyni-
cyplysu	to couple	cyplys-
cysegru	to consecrate	cysegr-
cysodi	to type-set	cysod-
cysoni	to regularize, to harmonize	cyson-
cystuddio	to afflict	cystuddi-
cywasgu	to compress	cywasg-
c[y]weirio (S)	to mend, to put in order	cweiri-
chwerwi	to become bitter	chwerw-
chwilfriwio	to smash to pieces, to shatter	chwilfriwi-
chwyldroi	to revolutionize	chwyldro-
chwyrlïo	to whirl	chwyrlï-
dadbacio	to unpack	dadbaci-
dadlaith	to thaw [out] (De Cymru)	dadleithi-
dadlennu	to uncover, to unveil, to reveal, to expose	dadlenn-
dadrithio	to disillusion, to disenchant, to restore to original shape or form	dadrithi-
dallu	to blind, to become blind	dall-
damsang (ar)	to trample (on) (De Cymru)	damsang-
darfudo	to convect (heat in physics)	darfud-
dargludo	to conduct (electricity, heat in physics)	darglud-
dargyfeirio	to divert, to redirect, to diverge	dargyfeiri-
datganoli	to decentralize, to devolve	datganol-
datgarboneiddio	to decarbonize	datgarboneiddi-
datglymu	to untie	datglym-
datgoedwigo	to deforest	datgoedwig-
datgomisiynu	to decommission	datgomisiyn-
datgymalu	to dislocate, to disjoint, to take to pieces, to disassemble	datgymal-
datsgriwio	to unscrew	datsgriwi-
dedfrydu	to sentence (in court)	dedfryd-
deddfu	to legislate, to enact, to decree	deddf-
dengid	(= dianc) to escape (Gogledd Cymru)	dihang-
deigrynnu	to shed tears	deigrynn-
delfrydu	to idealize	delfryd-
deor	to hatch (egg etc.), to hatch out; to brood, to incubate	deor-
deud	(= dweud) to say (Gogledd Cymru)
diarddel	to expell, to excommunicate, to disown	diarddel-
diarfogi	to disarm	diarfog-
diasbedain	to resound	diasbed-
dichon	(= gallu) to be able (formal)	dichon-
diddyfnu	to wean	diddyfnu-
diengyd	(= dianc) to escape (Gogledd Cymru)	dihang-
difrïo	to revile, to denigrate, to disparage	difrï-
difwyno	to spoil, to mar, to defile, to pollute	difwyn-
differu	to differentiate (calculus)	differ-
diffygdalu	to default (on debt repayment)	diffygdal-
digolledu	to recompense, to indemnify, to compensate	digolled-
diheintio	to disinfect	diheinti-
dihoeni	to languish, to pine, to fade away, to wither	dihoen-
dihysbyddu	to drain (liquid from), to empty, to exhaust	dihysbydd-
dinoethi	to strip, to make bare	dinoeth-
diosg	to take off (clothes / shoes), to undress, to strip; to divest, to cast off	diosg-
diota	to imbibe, to booze, to tipple
diraddio	to degrade; to dismiss	diraddi-
dirprwyo	to deputize, to appoint a deputy; to act as a delegate, deputy or representative	dirprwy-
distewi	to be, keep or become silent, to silence, to hush	distaw-
distrywio	to destroy	distrywi-
distyllu	to distil, to drip, to fall in drops	distyll-
diweddu	to end, to conclude, to finish	diwedd-
diwydianeiddio	to industrialize	diwydianeiddi-
dodwy	to lay eggs	dodw-
dogfennu	to document	dogfenn-
dreifio	to drive	dreifi-
dryllio	to break to pieces, to shatter, to wreck	drylli-
dweud y drefn wrth rywun	to tell someone off
dyddodi	to deposit (layer of sediment, fat), to precipitate	dyddod-
dyfeisio	to invent, to devise	dyfeisi-
dyfnhau	to deepen	dyfnha-
dyfrio	to water, to irrigate	dyfri-
dylunio	to design	dyluni-
dylynu wrth	to adhere to, to cling to	dylyn-
dynesu	to approach, to draw near, to come nearer	dynes-
echdynnu	to extract	echdynn-
eilio	to plait, to braid, to interweave; to compose (song or poetry)	eili-
eilio	to second	eili-
eilunaddoli	to idolise	eilunaddol-
eneinio	to anoint	eneini-
enllibio	to slander, to malign	enllibi-
eplesu	to ferment	eples-
euogfarnu	to convict, to find guilty	euogfarn-
euro	to gild	eur-
ewyllysio (i)	to will	ewyllysi-
ewynnu	to foam	ewynn-
ffansïo	to fancy	ffansï-
ffieiddio	to abhor, to detest, to loathe, to hate; to be digusted at, to be revolted by	ffieiddi-
ffromi	to be angry, to rage, to fume	ffrom-
ffrwtian	to splutter (also of engine)	ffrwti-
ffrwythloni	to fertilize (impregnate), to become or be fruitful	ffrwythlon-
ffyrnigo	to become angry or enraged, to grow fierce	ffyrnig-
gaeafgysgu	to hibernate	gaeafgysg-
galarnadu	to lament	galarnad-
gefeillio	to twin	gefeilli-
geirio	to express in words, to word	geiri-
gellwng	to allow to go, to let, to permit, to leave to, to release	gellyng-
glasu	to turn blue	glas-
gloddesta	to revel, to carouse, to feast; (g) revelry, carousal, feasting
glynu (at)	to stick (to), to glue	glyn-
godinebu	to commit adultery, to fornicate	godineb-
goddiweddyd	to catch up with, to catch fugitive, to overtake	goddiwedd-
gogoneddu	to glorify, to extol	gogonedd-
gohebu	to report, to correspond	goheb-
goleddfu	to slope, to slant; to modify (in grammar)	goleddf-
goresgyn	to gain possession of; to overcome, to defeat	goresgyn-
gori	to brood, to sit on eggs	gor-
gorlenwi	to overfill	gorlanw-, gorlenw-
gorweithio	to overwork, to cause to overwork	gorweithi-
gorwneud	to overdo, to exaggerate
graeanu	to grit (road etc.), to spread gravel over	graean-
grilio	to grill (food)	grili-
grymuso	to strengthen	grymus-
gwamalu	to be frivolous, to waver	gwamal-
gwangalonni	to lose heart, to become discouraged; to discourage	gwangalonn-
gwarafun (i)	to forbid, to prohibit; to prevent, to hinder, to deny; to begrudge, to resent	gwarafun-
gwarantu	to guarantee (a product etc. by agreement)	gwarant-
gwastatu	to level, to make level or even	gwastat-
gwawrio	to dawn	gwawri-
gwelwi	to grow pale	gwelw-
gwersylla	to camp	gwersyll-
gweu	to weave, to knit	gwe-
gweud	to say (= dweud) (De Cymru)	gwed-
gwledda	to feast, to revel	gwledd-
gwreichioni	to spark, to emit sparks	gwreichion-
gwrteithio	to fertilize (with manure, compost etc.)	gwrteithi-
gwrthdystio	to protest, to remonstrate; to give counter-evidence	gwrthdysti-
gwrthryfela	to rebel, to revolt	gwrthryfel-
gwrychio	to bristle	gwrychi-
gwyngalchu	to whitewash	gwyngalch-
hadu	to sow, to produce seed	had-
haeru	to insist, to assert, to allege	haer-
halltu	to salt	hallt-
hamddena	to spend time at leisure, to relax, to take respite	hamdden-
haneru	to halve	haner-
hunanasesu	to self-assess; self-assessment	hunanases-
imiwneiddio	to immunize	imiwneiddi-
impio	to graft; to implant; to (cause to) bud / sprout	impi-
inswleiddio	to insulate (in a technical sense)	inswleiddi-
integru	to integrate (calculus)	integr-
israddio	to downgrade, to demote	israddi-
labelu	to label	label-
llabyddio	to stone (cast stones at)	llabyddi-
llaesu	to slacken	llaes-
llafnrolio	to rollerblade	llafnroli-
llafurio	to toil, to labour, to strive	llafuri-
llanw	(=llenwi) to fill (De Cymru)	llanw-
llawenhau	to gladden, to make cheerful; to rejoice, to be cheerful	llawenha-
lleisio	to voice	lleisi-
llên-ladrata	to plagiarize	llên-ladrata-
llesgáu	to languish, to become feeble, to feel faint	llesga-
llethu	to overwhelm, to swamp, to stifle, to crush, to overpower	lleth-
llewyrchu	to shine, to give light, to gleam; to be successful	llewyrchu
llochesu	to harbour, to shelter	lloches-
lloffa	to glean	lloff-
lluniadu	to draw (in a technical sense)	lluniad-
llurgunio	to distort (facts, the truth), to mangle, to disfigure, to corrupt	llurguni-
llwydo	to turn grey, to go mouldy	llwyd-
llwyfannu	to stage (theatrical or musical performance); to appear on stage	llwyfann-
llwyo	to spoon out, to ladle out	llwy-
llyfnhau	to make smooth, to level, to polish	llyfnha-
llyfnu	to harrow; to smooth	llyfn-
llythyru	to correspond by letter, to write letters	llythyr-
maglu	to snare, to trap	magl-
magu pwysau	to put on weight
malurio	to smash (to bits), to pulverize	maluri-
manwerthu	to retail	manwerth-
marchogaeth	to ride a horse	marchog-
martsio	to march (to make a marching movement)	martsi-
masnachu	to trade	masnach-
medi	to reap, to harvest	med-
meddalu	to soften, to become soft	meddal-
meddyginiaethu	to medicate, to treat medically	meddyginiaeth-
meiddio	to dare, to venture, to presume	meiddi-
meindio	to mind, to care	meindi-
meintoli	to quantify	meintol-
meiriol	to thaw, to melt	meiriol-
melynu	to become yellow; to make yellow or golden	melyn-
melysu	to sweeten	melys-
melltithio	to put a curse on, to curse	melltithi-
mercheta	to chase wowen, to womanise, to flirt	merchet-
merlota	to go pony trekking
methdalu	to be bankrupt, to be insolvent; bankruptcy	methdal-
mewnfudo	to immigrate	mewnfud-
moduro	to motor, to drive	modur-
modylu	to modulate (in physics)	modyl-
moelyd	to overturn (turn vehicle etc. upside down), to topple (De Cymru) (from "ymhoelyd")	moel-
moli	to praise (in worship / adulation)	mol-
morgeisio	to mortgage	morgeisi-
morio	to voyage by sea, to sail	mori-
morthwylio	to hammer	morthwyli-
mudferwi	to simmer	mudferw-
mudo	to move, to migrate, to move something from one place to another	mud-
nadu	to prevent, to hinder, not to allow	nad-
naddu	to shape with a sharp tool, to chip (at), to hew, to whittle, to trim, to carve	nadd-
negyddu	to negate	negydd-
nodweddu	to characterize, to be characteristic of, to distinguish	nodwedd-
nychu	to become weak or feeble, to waste away, to pine; to make weak, to enfeeble	nych-
nyddu	to spin (wool, yarn), to wind, to twist	nydd-
odi	to snow (Gogledd-ddwyrain Cymru)	od-
odli	to rhyme	odl-
olynu	to succeed, to follow (in succession)	olyn-
optimeiddio	to optimize	optimeiddi-
paldaruo	to talk nonsense, to blather (Gogledd Cymru)	paldaru-
parablu	to utter, to say, to speak, to babble	parabl-
parlysu	to paralyse	parlys-
paru	to pair	par-
pasteureiddio	to pasturize	pasteureiddi-
peillio	to pollinate	peilli-
perffeithio	to perfect	perffeithi-
picedu	to picket	piced-
pilio	to peel	pili-
piltran	to potter about, to fiddle (Gogledd Cymru)	piltr-
pistyllio ['r glaw]	to pour with rain	pistilli-
plagio	to plague, to afflict, to annoy, to pester	plagi-
pledio	to plead (in law), to offer as excuse or justification	pledi-
plicio	to peel, to pluck (feathers), pluck stringed instrument	plici-
plisgo	to shell, to peel, to exfoliate	plisg-
plismona	to police, policing
plymio	to dive, to dip, to sound (for depth), to plunge (into); to plumb	plymi-
poblogeiddio	to popularize	poblogeiddi-
pontio	to bridge, to span	ponti-
portreadu	to portray, to represent	portread-
prinhau	to become scarce, to diminish; to make scarce, to restrict, to curtail	prinha-
priodoli	to attribute, to ascribe	priodol-
prisio	to price; pricing	prisi-
puro	to purify, to refine	pur-
pwrcasu	to purchase	pwrcas-
pwyllgora	to hold, frequent or attend committees
recriwtio	to recruit	recriwti-
rhacanu	to rake (De Cymru)	rhacan-
rhagdalu	to prepay	rhagdal-
rhagfynegi	to predict (in a technical sense)	rhagfyneg-
rhaglennu	to program; programming	rhaglenn-
rhamantu	to romance; to romanticize	rhamant-
rhechain	to fart	rhech-
rhefru	to babble, to rant, to scold, to complain	rhefr-
rheibio	to seize by force, to ravage, to plunder; to bewitch, to cast a spell on	rheibi-
rheoleiddio	to regulate (control indirectly through rules, processes or effects)	rheoleiddi-
rhicio	to score (a scratch or notch), to notch, to groove	rhici-
rhincian dannedd	to gnash / to grind teeth (especially from rage)	rhinci-
rhoid	(= rhoi) to give, to put, to place (Gogledd Cymru)	rhodd-, rhoi-
rhwydo	to net	rhwyd-
rhychu	to crumple, to crease, to wrinkle, to become rumpled; to cut trenches / furrows / grooves	rhych-
rhyfela	to wage war, to war	rhyfel-
rhynnu	to suffer from cold, to freeze; to cause to be freezing cold	rhynn-
saernïo	to fashion, to construct, to build (as an artisan; also figuratively)	saernï-
samplu	to select or capture samples (in a technical sense)	sampl-
sarnu	to trample on, to spoil, to spill	sarn-
sboncio	to bounce, to spring	sbonci-
sbrotian	to rummage, to nose about	sbroti-
seboni	to soap, to lather; to soft-soap, to flatter	sebon-
segura	to idle, to laze	segur-
sengi (ar)	to tread (on), to trample on	sang-
Seisnigo	to Anglicize	Seisnig-
selio	to seal	seli-
serennu	to shine like a star, to sparkle, to twinkle, to shine brilliantly, to dazzle	serenn-
sganio	to scan (in a technical sense e.g. with a machine)	scani-
sglefrfyrddio	to skateboard	sglefrfyrddi-
sglefrolio	to roller skate, to rollerblade	sglefroli-
sgleinio	to gleam, to shine (be or make shiny), to polish	sgleini-
sgrinio	to screen (for disease etc.)	sgrini-
sgriwio	to screw	sgriwi-
sgwrio	to scour (clean / polish by rubbing), to purge	sgwri-
siffrwd	to make a rustling sound, to shuffle (cards etc.)	siffryd-
sleifio	to wriggle, to steal past, to slink, to creep	sleifi-
sleisio	to slice	sleisi-
smentio	to cement	smenti-
snorclo	to snorkel	snorcl-
sodro	to solder, to fix firmly in place, to place firmly	sodr-
steilio	to style	steili-
stelcian	to skulk, to stalk, to prowl, to lurk	stelci-
stido bwrw glaw	to pour with rain (Gogledd Cymru)
stilo	to iron (De Cymru)	stil-
straffaglio	to struggle	straffagli-
stryffaglio	to struggle	stryffagli-
stwna	to potter about, to fiddle about
suro	to sour	sur-
swatio	to crouch, to squat; to cuddle, to snuggle (up) in bed	swati-
sychlanhau	to dry clean	sychlanheu-, sychlanha-
syflyd	to budge, to move, to stir	syfl-
syfrdanu	to stun, to stupefy, to amaze, to astound	syfrdan-
syrffedu	to suffer from a surfeit, to feel fed up, to overindulge, to be bored stiff	syrffed-
taeru	to insist, to assert, to argue, to disagree	taer-
taflunio	to project (an image)	tafluni-
taranu	to thunder, to sound with thunder	taran-
teilwra	to tailor	teilwr-
teneuo	to thin (out), to dwindle	teneu-
tirlenwi	to landfill	tirlenw-
tonni	to undulate, to form waves, to oscillate, to surge up, to fall in waves (of hair)	tonn-
traddodi	to deliver (verdict, speech, sermon); to hand down, to hand over, to transfer	traddod-
traethu	to talk, to narrate, to relate, to speak (publicly)	traeth-
trafaelio	to travel; to labour	trafaeli-
traflyncu	to guzzle, to gobble up, to devour	traflync-
trawsgyweirio	to change key, to transpose, to modulate (in music)	trawsgyweiri-
treiglo	to mutate (grammar); to roll	treigl-
treio	to ebb, to drain away	trei-
tresio bwrw glaw	to pour (thrash) with rain
tresmasu	to trespass, to encroach, to infringe	tresmas-
troedio	to tread, to step	troedi-
trosleisio	to dub, to do a voice-over	trosleisi-
trydaneiddio	to electrify	trydaneiddi-
trydar	to tweet, to chirp, to twitter	trydar-
tryledu	to diffuse (in physics and chemistry)	tryled-
trysori	to treasure	trysor-
twrio	to rummage, to burrow (= tyrchu, turio)	twri-
tyllu	to make a hole or holes [in], to dig, to bore, to drill, to perforate	tyll-
tyrru	to pile up, to amass, to throng	tyrr-
tystio	to testify, to witness	tysti-
unioni	to straighten, to put right, to redress	union-
wado	to beat, to strike (De Cymru)	wad-
wyna	to give birth to lamb, to lamb
ymbarchuso	to make oneself respectable, to become respectable	ymbarchus-
ymbellhau (oddi wrth)	to distance oneself (from), to go further away	ymbellha-
ymdoddi	to integrate (into society); to melt, to dissolve, to merge	ymdodd-
ymdrochi	to immerse oneself (in water, or figuratively), to bathe	ymdroch-
ymdynghedu	to swear an oath, to vow, to pledge	ymdynghed-
ymddiddan	to converse, to chat, to speak	ymddiddan-
ymfudo	to emigrate, to migrate, to move (house)	ymfud-
ymgeleddu	to care for; to cherish, to succour, to provide shelter / comfort / food	ymgeledd-
ymgodymu	to wrestle, to grapple	ymgodym-
ymgolli	to lose oneself	ymgoll-
ymgreinio	to grovel, to prostrate oneself, to wallow	ymgreini-
ymgrymu	to bow, to stoop	ymgrym-
ymgyfarwyddo	to get acquainted with, to familiarise oneself with, to get used to	ymgyfarwydd-
ymgynnull	to assemble, to congregate, to gather together	ymgynull-
ymhél â rhywbeth	to be involved with something	ymheli-
ymhelaethu	to elaborate, to expand on	ymhelaeth-
ymlwybro	to make one's way, to wander	ymlwybr-
ymofyn	to seek, to desire, to want	ymofynn-
ymrafael	to differ; to disagree, to quarrel, to wrangle	ymrafael-
ymresymu	to reason, to think logically, to argue	ymresym-
ymryson	to compete, to contend, to quarrel	ymryson-
ymsefydlu	to establish oneself	ymsefydl-
ymsuddo	to sink, to submerge, to immerse oneself	ymsudd-
ymwrthod	to abstain (from), to refuse, to reject, to forsake	ymwrthod-
ysgafnhau	to lighten (load, weight)	ysgafnha-
ysglyfaethu	to prey upon, to plunder	ysglyfaeth-
ysgwyddo	to shoulder	ysgwydd-
ysigo	to sprain, to buckle (distort)	ysig-
ystreulio	to rinse	ystreuli-
ystwytho	to make or become supple	ystwyth-

Trump came into office on Obama's booming economy and took credit it for it his first month in office. He handed Biden an utter smoking ruin which Biden turned around, creating the best economic recovery from Covid worldwide.
But a majority percentage of Americans give Trump credit for Obama's booming economy and believe Biden has been terrible for the economy. Biden's economy is getting so good that soon it will be hard for anyone to ignore. In the next years, the economic effects of his landmark bills such as the infrastructure bill, IRA, CHIPS Act, etc will start having a powerful effect and if Trump wins he will get credit for it all.
Then Trump will destroy the economy, hand it to a Democrat and the Democrat will get the blame for that while Trump will get the credit for the booming economy he inherited from Biden, rinse repeat.

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