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Chris Columbus was a fantastic choice for Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets. He really understood the world and characters. These two first films are by far the ones that feel the most like their source books.
Alfonso Cuarón was a great choice for Prisoner of Azkaban. There are some parts that I think he could have handled a little bit better (Marauder's subplot), but the the overall package is great, and the film feels quite a lot like it's source book.
Mike Newell was a ambitious but flawed choice for Goblet of Fire. The film is very good, and works as a film in itself, but it leaves out so much and really doesn't capture the tone of the book for me, with some exeptions, like the graveyard scene, which I think he nailed. Both as a scene in itself, and as an adaption from the book. This book really needed to be two films, though. All in all I think Newell did well with the darker elements of the story, and he played to his strengths, thus the film is quite dark all the way through, as opposed to the book, that has a more gradual build-up and then the final whiplash with Voldemorts return. Behind-the-scenes footage shows that he had a great level of energy that is felt in the film for better and for worse.
I have mixed feelings about Yates as a director of the franchise.
David Yates was a fantastic choice for Order of the Phoenix. That film works fantastically as film in itself, and while cutting out a lot of the source, it captures more of the spirit of its source book than some of the other films do.
Yates was a... I'll be generous and say; misguided choice for Half-Blood Prince. The way the story is adapted and structured, what elements from the book he chose to focus on, doesn't work well with his strengths. He wanted to do a teen rom-com. And he doesn't really pull it off. Ironically, I think if he had included more of Voldemort's Backstory and the horcrux plot, he would have done better, as what little remains of it in the film, are the parts he actually does quite well.
Yates was a good choice for Deathly Hallows. In part 1, I think he flounders a little bit in some parts, but still does a decent job. Part 2 is really quite brilliant.
If I could change things around and rewrite history to create my ideal film and director lineup for the series, still including each director it would be: PS - Columbus CoS - Columbus PoA - Cuarón GoF pt. 1 & 2 - Columbus OotP - Yates HBP pt. 1 & 2 - Cuarón Deathly Hallows pt. 1 & 2 - Newell
I'd also want Columbus to stay on as producer through the whole series. If I don't have to include all directors, I'd instead have either Yates, Cuarón or Columbus for Deathy Hallows, but everything else as is.
Also maybe get some other screenwriters than Steve Kloves after PoA. Maybe Columbus could stay on as writer after being finished directing? Michael Goldenberg can stay on as writer for OotP.

Is it legal to fine an employee for missing a training day in FL?
Tried looking online but can only find the employee can be fired.
For context I am a trainer at my job but my boss just told me to send out an email informing new hires they will be fined $200 if they don't show up. When I looked online I found it's legal to fire an employee for missing a day but can't find anything on fining them.

I loved my job so much but about a month in I quickly realized I was not liked. My manager would talk down to me constantly, had an issue with every single thing I did, I felt like I could not do anything right. She has made me tear up, called me out infront of customers, yelled at me for asking questions about my job, talked badly about me to coworkers, etc.
Even if I had an amazing day, she would find 5 things I was doing wrong. Mind you- I was only one month into the job and learning.
Well- I heard rumors that they were looking to hire another person for my position and conveniently the next day I was given a “performance improvement plan” that says if they are still unhappy with my work in 7 days I will be fired.
This was the last straw for me and I ended up quitting (professionally) on the spot. I knew there was no way that they would basically become happy with me within the next week. I have never been fired before and in my mind I knew this was their way of cutting me off so that they were legally covered.
I feel so sad about it still it feels like a break up. :( How do I get past the feeling of regret?

So I have every one killed except The Father..no clues nothing popped up . So do I just keeping going in the story to find the last clue to who The Father is? I have Eurvicscire and Glowecestrescire left. I guess I keep going and it happens later?

I was disassembling my pc and then accidentally cut one of the wires. This goes into the Sata part of the PSU its a 6 Pin to Sata wire. I was wondering does this can be electrical tapeable because I've been struggling to find the same type of wire anywhere. I found two on amazon, but considering one of them said it literally set his pc on fire I rather not get it from there and Corsair just doesn't seem to have it or I can't find it. The wire states its a 34-0 00385 and it was for a Corsair Cx850M PSU. Picture in Imgur, it looks like only the rubber part has been cut and not the actual wire..
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Hi guy's, I guess this is what is going on with me.

1. Psychotic break that got me diagnosed with Schizotypal, PTSD, and bipolar.-13 day stay at the good ol mental hospital.
2. I wrote a story trying to explain how my psychotic break started. It is unfinished bc it brings me back. So at this point in time I have left it alone.
3. At this point I believe I am being given messages by god in an attempt to save my soul from the devil. I understand this could be delusional ideas of reference and I understand I have a long way to go before I can identify what is real and what is not.
4. You are not suffering alone, there is a light at the end of our tunnel for sure. I think if one person here can find a way then we all can. Happiness is attainable and I will relentlessly pursue it.
5. I know how wild the below story is. But as you know it was real af to me.

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I realized I was beaten when my mom gave me my 2nd dose of drugged food.
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*Note*-Last chapter-The man behind the curtain is revealed. It is me. (alternate story and endings for each Cartel, Illuminati(west coast and east coast)-One side is evil, the other good(wutang)., CIA, Then the best one imo-The church
vs the devil.
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What a way to start the new year lol. It was on Jan 1st that all of this spiraled out of control. It all started when I was working at amazon in clay NY. I woke up one day and saw a shit ton of cops. I was growing at the time, an illegal amount of cannabis that would have landed me a felony. So knowing this I shit my pants and ran down the stairs to see what was happening. Am I getting raided or is it just some regular molly whopping bullshit going on outside? We installed a large number of security cameras due to the molly whopper problem. Anything that wasn't tied down would come up missing, not after the cameras lol. I get my coffee as two cops knock on my door. I answer and 

they let me know that a crime was committed by some kids and that they would like the videos if my camera caught it. I thought to myself, some kids.....no big deal at all. SURE I said as I ran upstairs to get my laptop while trying to keep my tents out of view. I return and both I and the two cops sit in the kitchen until I can get the videos emailed to them. They leave and I think that is the end of that. WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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(insert the fact that you bought weapons, signs and didn't sleep hardly at all) 

I go to amazon about a week later and find out that the people that committed the crime in front of my house work with me. Aren't I the lucky one? Malachi(one of the assailants) was kind enough to come to the conveyor belt and leaned over and let me know that it was him and his friends. And that both he and his friends that committed the crime will be coming back to get my grow(how the hell do they know about my grow I think?). I mean mugged him and we both continued about our day. Due to me having headphones in it took me a while to put together exactly what he said. But when I did put it together, I immediately started taking all the necessary precautions to prevent a home invasion,. Such as securing all entrances and placing weapons all around the house. Identifying all routes in and out and covering them with cameras and traps if needed. Not my first rodeo(ptsd like a mfa from the first). This time was different though due to me at the time living with my sick parents. I planned on defense only and coached them on what to do in the worse case.
(RAW DATA ELABORATE on the amazon story-For example all of the people you identified and all of the tatoos that they shared. A large orginazation was identified but at the time I did not know they were after me. Later I found out they
were using the night staff at amazon warehouses to distribute their products around the globe. In 30 mins or less lol.)
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With my home secured my mind was at ease. On my next scheduled day at amazon, I learned that my manager Caroline was working with/for Malachi. I learned this by her repeatedly placing me next to Malachi and Mike(Malachi's friend). This continued for about two weeks and I saw exactly who was playing for the Malachi's team. It turned out to be a large number of people. I identified they were a group by the matching tattoos they displayed. They had people working as janitors, and in every station and position in amazon. I am talking all the way from janitors to the managers. At least a good 10+ at amazon working to make my life hell there. One time while next to Malachi and Mike at the beginning of this. I lost my temper, pretty badly. I have a mental health issue with my anger(just learned), which caused me to say a bunch of stuff in retaliation to Malachi. This caused Malachi 

to make a phone call while shaking his head in sadness. That phone call was to someone important. Because ever since Malachi made that call my life changed for the worse. Like way worse.
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After both myself and Malachi were done talking shit to each other. He(malachi) let me know how much power he could get on short notice. I woke up to smoke my normal morning joint and saw Angel(from amazon), Mike, and Malachi walking around my house(in the street). Later that day I would say about ten to 15 cars made an appearance to let me know they meant business. I just sat there and smoked my joints and cataloged all of his personnel. I knew at that point I was in over my head and made a mistake in feeding into Malachi's anger. I called everyone I knew, which was two whole people(lol) and told them to stand down and not do anything to Malachi if they saw him. I also tried my best to de-escalate to the best of my ability while working at amazon. That however just seemed to make them madder. One night Caroline came up to me and asked me to go work next to people who were trying to kill me, which at that point was normal. Once I realized this I had a realization that this was wrong and should be addressed. I was experiencing retaliation for reporting a crime and it was being perpetuated by my employer(I was thinking in my head Lawsuit lol). Then Angel started going ham on me. I let my management know that they needed to do something(they did nothing). Then I let Angel know the only reason they were mad was the video I gave to the cops, and that I was not a threat to him. I also reiterated to him that he had to touch me for me to be able to defend myself. I left that 

day and made a report to the amazon ethics board on what had happened there. I quit and called the cop I gave the video to for advice and to let him know I was prepared if it goes further. I let him know I would fight to the death for the safety of my mother and father. Which was now in danger due to Malachi and the organization he is with. He agreed with me and told me to protect my family.
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I was out of work for a couple of weeks and everything seemed to simmer down. All the cars and people that were patrolling daily seemed to stop. During my off time I was able to do a bunch of research on Malachi, Angel and Mike and I learned that they were tied to a local car dealership in fulton. I researched the car dealership and found out that they were from the Bronx and were affiliated with the Cartel. I found this out through facebook and instagram. Malachi was kind enough to throw up gang signs in his instagram posts that I was able to check on google. I battened down the hatched as much as I could. But I knew that my family was now in grave danger due to me losing my temper. They are good people and I had no intention of letting them pay the cost for my action. So I came up with an Idea. I would enter into the legal weed business by going to a multistate operator for a job. Through different research I learned that heavy cartel money has flowed into these multistate cannabis businesses. I was hopeful that I could find an ear from the cartel by applying for a job at my local out of state cannabis company called Acerage holdings. It didn't take me that much time and I landed a job for a company called acerage holdings which grows medical weed. On my first week there a co-worker named Isaiah was talking about my ethics report that I made to amazon to another employee. Lucky me, I believe I found the ear I was looking for. It turned out that he was part of Malachi's group. I worked with a small number of people at acerage holdings and I am positive that most people working there were very aware of who I was and who Malachi was. And that I was not well-liked at all, meaning malachi's influence reached there as well.I stayed to myself to the highest extent possible and just soaked up the comments like a sponge with no responses from me at all. My intent was to gather as much intel as I possibly could and identify an opportunity for a line of communication with the leadership of the Cartel. This would be hard to do. The business that I was working for was designed as part of their legal operations(It didn’t take much google to figure that out). 

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I would go into work everyday at Acerage and people would be openly talking about my situation. One guy was joking around while we were harvesting some weed that I should put in the wood chipper. I saw he had a bunch of tattoos so I figured what are the chances he has a similar tatoo. I moved over to work with him and to my surprise he has the same tattoo as Angel. I engage in conversation and maintain my cover to gather data and identify a line of communication so I could plead my case. A worker named Tony came into our area that day and he was loose enough to say don’t trust the security because they are the cartel. I think to myself, welp that guy ain't a cartel but security seems to be my point of access to the top. Later that day I was oddly issued my badge which seemed rather thick. Me being my paranoid self began to read all of the literature that i was given when I first got the job. In fine print I read that the company has the right but not the duty to monitor your phone or other device to make sure intellectual property is not stolen. That day I immediately started talking about how the FBI got a guy at my last job for the same thing. And that I planned on using their practices for a business that I wanted to start. Needless to say I believe they would be listening on my phone for more crumbs to try to start a case.
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I woke the next day and began to plead my case while in my truck alone. I apologized and claimed responsibility for my actions. And that I would accept any punishment as long as it was me and only me. I clocked into work that morning and oddly enough my coworkers that I had befriended seemed very sad. Almost like something was going to happen to me. I armed myself with trim scissors and was ready for the worst knowing that my message had most likely reached its mark. I was scared and happy at the same time. I was afraid because I thought I was about to die but I was happy because I thought I had brokered the safety of my family successfully. Stressfully I finished my day and luckily nothing happened. So I went home.
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To relieve stress I started to work on some different hobbies. One of those hobbies was music. I got to the point where I had two songs written (rough copies), and I was sampling tracks and beats to put my lyrics to. While doing this, I realized that I got hacked. There were two recurring options that kept popping up on my youtube. Two live streams with people rapping, one was the west coast rap channel and one was the east coast rap channel. I had my headset with a mic and I was putting
my lyrics to their beats when they answered me and started conversing with me. They told me they wanted my music and that I had to make a choice. I told them I was not ready to make a choice and I kept switching between the two while listening to their music and then them listening to my music(it was dope af-they were freestyling a lot-me not so much but what I did do was dope af). Then I garnered attention from both sides with a proposal. I explained how darkness and corruption have taken over and now evil sits atop the societal pyramid controlling everything and everyone. I explained how words have power, especially through music to change negative energy to positive. A good example of this is
waking up in a horrible mood and then putting on a good song and magically your mood changes from negative to positive. I proposed to use that to address issues that plague communities across the U.S. My proposal was to use 300 artists,150 from one side and 150 from the other. My song would be used as the prime example(leaders lead by example). 1 person comes up with lyrics and each of the 300 make those lyrics their own(own beats/cadence) and release a song on the same day. So with one song 300 versions will be thrown out in the local dialect to address the issue simultaneously all across the U.S. Long story short it would have a great chance of changing the current negative state of the world into a positive one. By delivering a hot beef injection of positivity into this negative landscape we have found ourselves in. Everyone agreed with me and I ended the night by DJing a few songs and then calling it a night. Before I go people from both sides start making me offers to join their side and that they would pay me and this and that. I thought this was a dream but here these dudes were offering me whatever I wanted to hop on their side. I told them no offense but That I had to think about it. I understood I was a great talent and that I did not want to make a bad deal. I thought I would sleep it over and then let everyone know my choice after work the following day. So I called it a night.
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The next day I went to work and it was a holiday so we would only be working until 11am that
day.My boss Shmalex(name changed to protect identity lol). Told me to come talk to him after we were done with work that day. I immediately put it together that not only did I gain the attention of the Cartel but I was under close watch from the FBI due to me recently buying weapons and talking about my hustling openly. I told him ok and continued with my coworker Rob to complete our task that day which consisted of picking leaves off plants. While On break I was talking with Rob after my cigarette and he was showing me his fishing gear and trying to plan a fishing trip later on. I agreed that it would be fun and then we went back into work. About an hour after we got back into work Rob dipped out to make a call. He came back in and then about ten mins later Cody came in and told us we were done for the day and that we could leave. While I was cleaning up, the robber walked up behind me and whispered I’m sorry. I didn’t even say anything because I thought he was joking. Spoiler alert he was not joking.
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I left work that day and I was super pumped knowing that I would soon be able to solve all my money problems by choosing which side to sign with. On the ride home I kept thinking how I got in the situation that I did and why I started making music. And then it hit me, Malachi, the same person who had put me in this dangerous situation was the reason why I was about to be successful and safe most of all. I thought that both sides had my back and were upset with the Cartel coming into the U.S. and just claiming territory like that. So I was no longer concerned for either My or my family's safety anymore, which was like ten tons being lifted off of my shoulders. On the ride home I started rapping and loudly yelling that I loved this shit and would take care of everyone with money. Especially Malachi and his family as a token of friendship and a hope for forgiveness.
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I get home and I see that my parents have bought pizza. I think dope af and grab some and head upstairs. So I finally made my choice to join West coast records to be in the nice weather. I let both sides know that I planned to go to the west coast and told each that I would only go if I could collaborate with both sides. Notbe limited. I told them to show up at 8 am the next morning with two million in a bag. I was communicating with them verbally through the computer and with notes written on notebooks that I was showing my mirror. They told me they had me on watch from that location, and confirmed it by giving me details that only a camera in the mirror would capture. I went to bed that night with the idea that I was going to change the world. I was able to talk to both sides and luckily they were with me in changing things for the better. I went to bed oddly knowing that I just made a work-together truce between the crips and bloods. Good night's rest would be an understatement. I slept like a fucking baby. However, I woke up mad af boy lol.
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8 am comes and goes and no one shows up lol. At this point I am unsure if I got hacked by Malachi, actually am about to start the 300, or am being trolled by the govt.... so many possibilities at this point lmao. So I don't go to the computer until the afternoon. Then things kinda get pretty crazy, but not as crazy as it will get..... I hop on the computer and hop on the west coast live stream. They start rapping about how they are going to torture me and kill my family and friends(someone on there said they were in jail and mad af at me). I see an Eminem video pop up on the screen and click on it. It is Eminem and he is rapping live about me and he kept giving me the shhhhh with the finger thing when I went to talk. He was saying that he was going to lock me up and not let me out and a whole bunch of shit. I closed my computer and just went and laid down and thought about the situation that I found myself in. I knew they had cameras on me in my house and in my truck(they told me how much gas I had!). I just laid there and thought about the situation, 1. Am I crazy...no 2. Am I hacked....yes 3. How do I save my family? idk yet 4. Am I beat beyond belief? yes. The criminal organization that Malachi was with(some cartel) was using amazon prime to deliver their product across the U.S., they knew I knew this and I know they wanted me dead so that is the opponent I was planning against it. Now looking back it could have been the FBI(I am loose so could have been watched), Cartel-the most likely, West or east coast rappers... so fucked lol. So I planned to wait it out to protect my family and engage if needed. This meant I always had to have weapons on to carry that plan out(pain in the ass(prison pocket)). 

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I hopped up from my bed and went downstairs to eat a fish dinner that my mom had picked up. They were hurting for money and I was helping them out financially for months before that. Suddenly it clicked. The night before they bought 4 pizzas. Then tonight they bought fish dinners,.....WAIT. Where did they get the money to order out twice in a week, so so out of the ordinary? I recognized this and went upstairs with the fish dinner trying to think why they would order out two days in a row. I hop on my computer and start to eat dinner. I start listening to a 90s hip-hop live track and the dude who said he was in jail starts talking. Lets me know it cost 100k to get my mom on his side and that the food I was eating was drugged, and when I go downstairs my mom will make a fake police report on me to get me to jail. I stop eating the fish and go downstairs and just try talking to my mom to disprove what I just heard. 

She looked at me and immediately started to make a scene. She told me to "calm down and go to sleep or she'll have to call someone". I deescalate, throw out the dinner and then head upstairs. My brain starts working overtime in attempting to solve the situation. My playlists keep changing on my laptop so I start clicking on the top choice every time it changes. I finally realized that another party was communicating with me that was different from the previous ones(Anonymous). They altered songs in the top choices to deliver a subliminal message. I can’t describe how the words would jump out at me but I was able to gather the message after playing about 5 songs. They wanted me to go to a mental facility for safety for both me and my family. I didn’t know why, but I had no options at that point so I had to trust them.

 It was my job to decode that message in the limited amount of time that I had. I spent about an hour listening and grabbing applicable information from the slightly changed songs. I felt myself at a loss trying to find the subliminal path laid out. A gospel live stream popped up on my laptop and there was a different group that wanted me to sing with them(The church). The song was hallelujah. About halfway through the song I had a religious epiphany. I blacked out for a couple of seconds, and came to singing the song hallelujah while holding my arms out toward my mirror in a hugging motion. The people in the gospel livestream were rejoicing loudly and I heard someone say it's him. I immediately knew they thought I was the second coming and I dropped to my knees to denounce that. 

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I took my notebook and started writing in my notebook a message. It said me for my family. I looked at the shotgun on my floor for a brief moment. But that was not an option due to my upbringing and marine background. The path became clear when I mentally snapped. They had accepted my deal, me for my family. I briefly looked at my shotgun and then headed downstairs to tell
My parents that Ineeded to go to a mental hospital to meet anonymous. I went outside to wait and my mom went and made a phone call that took about ten minutes. I don't know who she was talking to but when she came out I knew we were good because the cops didn't show up. And then off we went, I played the part quite well on the ride I remember. I told my parents I loved them and then after listening to faded with a stranger one last time, I went in to accept my fate. I asked for one last cigarette and my dad gave me a half a one that tasted quite odd.
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A lady came in once I was laying in the hospital bed to "take blood" and give me something to sleep. I thought this was the end but it was not. I woke up the next day and could have sworn my mom said the doctor wanted to see me. I told her I was still tired and rolled over and went back to bed. Then when I woke up they brought me into a room with a security guard posted up right near me. My mom told me they were going to move me to come after I eat. Then they moved me to omh. I checked in and now this is where things get crazy. However, the memories are still very blurry 

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I was given a mask, and I swear it felt like I had my memory wiped about 5 minutes after putting it on. I enjoyed it quite a lot. I was under the impression that I would die (I was very surprised I woke up). I went into the mental hospital and I went through the check-in process for entering into inpatient(explain in detail the process of checking in). It was pretty demeaning to say the least. I thought I would make contact with the resistance or whoever gave me the subliminal messages to go to the mental hospital. But that did not happen. I thought to myself, Why would the security guard drug me if I am in a safe place? I immediately knew I was in grave danger and that I had to be on guard at all times. I was shown my room and I introduced myself to my roommate bob. (I would later come to find out that bob was a former marine). My head was really really messed up from the medication that they had given me. I chilled in my room for a while and finally went out to walk up and down the hallways to attempt to identify any possible way out. I needed that information later to break out if needed. I identified a weak link in the armor. It consisted of one door that would get me access to one side and a fence that once jumped would lead me to the running part. I started walking up and down the halls and I noticed a woman that was also doing the same thing. I couldn't help but overhear what she was saying. And to my surprise, she referenced the situation that I had found myself in. She sat down and I sat down next to her. She leaned in and told me that they were going to kill me and skin 

me alive. And she just started maniacally laughing. I knew I was in a facility run by the organization after me. I sat there and then it came to me. Don't feed into it gather as much intel as possible and plot your next chess move carefully. So I fucking laughed with her and we began to laugh together. I made small talk and then I went into the cafeteria to grab some water(which I usually drank a ton of). I grabbed a glass and I shit you not it was like it had corn syrup in it. It was water but THICK. I had no choice so I drank the liquid. It was my only source of water and at this point in my information gathering, I dared not bring up any intel that I was finding out about.
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I saw a couple of people in the cafeteria and decided to make small talk. I met a female named Angel and another female named Haley. They seemed nice enough but I couldn't get it out of my head that something just seemed very very off about this place and the people that I was meeting. They told me about the groups they offer as therapy and told me I should make an appearance. I tried my best to remember but I could not for the life of me and ended up missing it and just roaming the halls. Nighttime was fast approaching so I ducked into a place that they had labeled the quiet room and I was lucky enough to meet a man named Scooba Steve. He introduced himself and made it a point to tell 

me that he was a man of god. I noted this and we continued to make some small talk which consisted of religion. I asked him to say some prayers for me that night and I left him there to read his bible. I later found out he was very devoted to and any bit of free time he had was devoted to reading the bible. They called for nighttime meds so I went to the counter to get mine. They gave me a sleeping pill and an antipsychotic and then to my surprise they gave me a nicotine lozenge. I was extremely happy about this due to fiending for some good ol' nicotine. I planned on staying up all night which I did. I needed to see exactly how many staff they had and if they were involved in this or if they were legit(spoiler alert, they were not).
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In the hallways there were nooks where you could sit down and admire the artwork. I posted up in one of those nooks near my room and just kept an eye on everyone that night. Nothing happened, but i did notice that the security guard makes one pass a night. If I needed to get out I could easily use him as a plan b so I noted that in my playbook and in my spare time fashioned me a toothbrush shank. 

[ NETWORKING ] - Multiple network traffic optimizations. - Shooting random seeds are now correctly desynchronized between server and client code.
[ VISUALS ] - Fixed positions of overhead labels and ping elements at different resolutions. - Fixed halo around enemies to not give away their locations. - Bomb code will now correctly clear when aborting the bomb plant. - Fixed rare inspect animations to be rare and not every anim. - Inspect then reload ("f", "r", "f", "r") more closely matches CS:GO behavior. - Disabled all development console commands (including "cl_physics_highlight_active 5").
[ GAMEPLAY ] - HE grenades no longer affect smokes through walls. - Disabled collisions between ragdolls. - Players will no longer drop weapons when getting a bonus weapon in Deathmatch. - Trajectory preview for decoy grenades is now correct. - Improved behavior of picking up weapons with the use key.
[ INPUT SYSTEM ] - Buy menu and scoreboard now allow movement while they have focus. - Team intro allows voice chat. - Keys will no longer get stuck when opening the steam overlay. - Fixed many cases where user input would get confused. - Multiple actions cannot be bound to one key.
[ SOUND ] - Adjustments to smoke grenade sound timing at a distance. - Fixed a bug where flashbang or grenade sound effect would remain if player died while having that sound effect active. - Added dedicated player-only sound when a grenade is correctly jump-thrown. - Fixed chat wheel lines to be restricted to legitimate chat wheel lines that can be configured in game options.
[ DUST II ] - Fixed a hole in the wall.
From the official blog post.

When buying tinned fish, is the type of oil influencing your decision-making?
In the nutrition world, seed oils are being villainized. Canola oil, vegetable oil, soybean oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, grapeseed oil, rapeseed oil, etc.
It might be just another trend that comes and goes as we see all too often, but there are some good reasons to avoid cheap chemically extracted oil. This isn't my area of expertise, so I'll let you do your own research on why these oils are seen as bad. I'd rather this not turn into a discussion on what oils are healthy vs unhealthy.
Personally, I prefer when a tin is preserved in extra virgin olive oil, brine, or even butter. However, there are certain species that may get overpowered by olive oil. Additionally, there are certain regions that just don't produce or can with olive oil. Eastern/Central Europe & Asia are primarily all canned using seed oils. If you want smoked sprats, you better be okay with rapeseed oil, and hell, I like smoked sprats!
It's also worth noting that not all two oils are created equal. There is beautiful olive oil and shit olive oil. Just as there is cold-pressed sunflower oil and there is chemically extracted sunflower oil junk.
So back to the original question. Does oil impact your choices? Do you avoid any tins based on the oil being used? Any tins that you find are using noticeable great or bad oil?

Feeling petty. What is the pettiest thing you've seen done on a wildfire?
Please no fire names or people/team names. -One time an IMT got strong-armed into running over a million dollars of heavy helicopter buckets on a dead fire so there'd be zero smoke for when the President flew over the fire that afternoon. -Another time at demob, a certain state agency (hint, it sounds like "CAL-amari" but isn't as salty) truck was raising a stink at camp because he didn't want to weed wash the retardant off the truck (and thus couldn't demob) because he wanted the retardant on the truck for the hero factor back at the home unit. He was also Safety... -Another time, a different Safety didn't like backing up his Infiniti SUV, so he requested the team to demob six lowboys that were parked at a large stock pen trailhead, his own words "so you can just drive around, and not have to back up, which is dangerous." The guy didn't know how to use his mirrors to back up. Anyhow, turns out the equipment was all demobing in two or three days, which lined up with a weekend (not possible to transport heavy equipment in that state on weekends) and the following Monday was a holiday, so that one Safety cost the team/fire over about a hundred grand in extra cost just because he didn't like backing up. Hilarious.

Noxious Spray
Poison Status move
8 PP, 95% Accuracy
Lowers opponent accuracy by 1 stage, has 20% chance to poison
Given to: Gas based pokemon like Gastly and Weezing, plus Scovillain
Filtering Mask
Poison Status move
8 PP, 100% Accuracy
For 3 turns, user ignore secondary effects of moves
Given to: Pokemon with Filter
Strong Brew
Water Special move
15 PP, 80 Power, 100% Accuracy
Essentially a signature Scald for Polteageist that also gives the opponent Grass typing.
Morph Kiss
Fairy Physical move
20 PP, 75 Power, 100% Accuracy
35% chance to confuse the enemy
Given to: All frog Pokemon
Barricade
Normal Status move
8 PP, 100% Accuracy
For 3 turns, user and ally doesn't direct damage (essentially reverse Magic Guard as a move)
Given to: Most Pokemon
Pressure Jet
Water Physical move
8 PP, 100 Power, 90% Accuracy
20% chance to lower Defence, also Soaks the opponent
Given to: Pokemon with Sniper, Blastoise, Pokemon with cannons
Flame Lobber
Fire Special move
16 PP, 95 Power, 85% Accuracy
Bypasses blocking moves, 20% chance to burn
Given to: Fire types
Smoke Bomb
Fire Status move
15 PP, 100% Accuracy
Raises Evasion, only usable in AG as a result
Given to: Pokemon with White Smoke and Clear Body

Just got a Fire TV 4k max and did the setup. After the setup my LG remote is completely dead. Can't turn on/off, volume, switch source, nothing. My Fire remote took over the functions such as power on/off and volume but I can't switch source to my PS5 or simply enter the LG menu or anything...
Tried Google for a couple of hours now without any result. Played with the settings in my Fire tv such as disabling the Fire remote etc...

I've posted this before in an ASOIAF-themed discord but never got around to it here. I apologize for the length, but there are a lot of instances throughout the series I want to highlight to help support my case.
If you've seen any of my previous posts or comments (hard to say because I comment/post irregularly nowadays), I believe the motivation behind both the White Walkers and Rhllor is to make respective agreements with powerful humans (Kings or equivalent) in exchange for sacrifices to help them breed.
One big question is: what is "Rhllor" or The Great Other, or The Others in general? I believe Martin has been telling us in plain sight this whole time. They are factions of shadow-like beings. There are numerous examples in the text that point to and foreshadow this.
“ICE” SHADOWS
White Walkers are described as white shadows.

Will saw movement from the corner of his eye. Pale shapes gliding through the wood. He turned his head, glimpsed a white shadow in the darkness. - AGOT, PrologueA shadow emerged from the dark of the wood. It stood in front of Royce. Tall, it was, and gaunt and hard as old bones, with flesh pale as milk. Its armor seemed to change color as it moved; - AGOT, Prologue
"We have white shadows in the woods and unquiet dead stalking our halls, and a boy sits the Iron Throne," he said in disgust. - Jeor Mormont, AGOT JON VIII
"What gods?" Jon was remembering that they'd seen no boys in Craster's Keep, nor men either, save Craster himself. "The cold gods," she said. "The ones in the night. The white shadows." - Gilly to Jon, ACOK Jon III
The horn blew thrice long, three long blasts means Others. The white walkers of the wood, the cold shadows, the monsters of the tales that made him squeak and tremble as a boy. - Samwell I, ASOS
"Come with me," said Sam. "Maester Aemon's woken up and wants to hear about these dragons. He's talking about bleeding stars and white shadows and dreams and . . . if we could find out more about these dragons, it might help give him ease. Help me." Sam to Daeron, AFFC Samwell III

“FIRE” SHADOWS
Asshai is literally called Asshai-By-The-Shadow, and Illyrio says dragon eggs originate there.

"Dragon's eggs, from the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai," said Magister Illyrio. - AGOT, Daenerys.

Mirri Max Durr says her teacher was a bloodmage from the shadow. She uses shadows to “heal Drogo” aka pretty much steal his soul and birth dragons.

Mirri Maz Duur's voice rose to a high, ululating wail that sent a shiver down Dany's back. Some of the Dothraki began to mutter and back away. The tent was aglow with the light of braziers within. Through the blood-spattered sandsilk, she glimpsed shadows moving. - AGOT, Daenerys VIII
…The breath went out of her; it was all she could do to gasp. The sound of Mirri Maz Duur's voice was like a funeral dirge. Inside the tent, the shadows whirled. - AGOT, Daenerys VIII
…She glimpsed the shadow of a great wolf, and another like a man wreathed in flames. - AGOT, Daenerys VIII
"Only shadows," Ser Jorah husked, but Dany could hear the doubt in his voice. "I saw, maegi. I saw you, alone, dancing with the shadows." - AGOT, Daenerys IX

Rhllor in the ACOK Prologue is referred to twice as “The God of Flame and Shadow”

"I will speak her name," Cressen told his stone hellhound. "Melisandre. Her." Melisandre of Asshai, sorceress, shadowbinder, and priestess to R'hllor, the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow. - ACOK, Prologue
"He has an ally," Lady Selyse said. "R'hllor, the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow." - ACOK, Prologue

Mel Kills Renly using a shadow. Catelyn witnesses it.

She thought she glimpsed movement, but when she turned her head, it was only the king's shadow shifting against the silken walls. She heard Renly begin a jest, his shadow moving, lifting its sword, black on green, candles guttering, shivering, something was queer, wrong, and then she saw Renly's sword still in its scabbard, sheathed still, but the shadowsword . . . "Cold," said Renly in a small puzzled voice, a heartbeat before the steel of his gorget parted like cheesecloth beneath the shadow of a blade that was not there.” - ACOK, Catelyn IV
The shadow. Something dark and evil had happened here, she knew, something that she could not begin to understand. Renly never cast that shadow. Death came in that door and blew the life out of him as swift as the wind snuffed out his candles. - ACOK, Catelyn IV
"I do not know. Sorcery, some dark magic, there was a shadow, a shadow." Her own voice sounded wild and crazed to her, but the words poured out in a rush as the blades continued to clash behind her. "A shadow with a sword, I swear it, I saw….” ACOK, Catelyn IV

Quaithe is considered a “shadowbinder” (as is Mel) and called a spawn of shadows by the Dothraki. What is a “shadowbinder” if not someone who binds themselves to shadows and has relations with them?

The woman stepped closer and lay two fingers on Dany's wrist. "You are the Mother of Dragons, are you not?"
"She is, and no spawn of shadows may touch her." Jhogo brushed Quaithe's fingers away with the handle of his whip. - ACOK, Daenerys III

Mel talks about the spells on Storm’s End keeping shadows out… sounds a lot like a huge, massive Wall up north that has spells to keep white shadows out.

"There was no need," she said. "He was unprotected. But here . . . this Storm's End is an old place. There are spells woven into the stones. Dark walls that no shadow can pass—ancient, forgotten, yet still in place."
"Shadow?" Davos felt his flesh prickling. "A shadow is a thing of darkness."
"You are more ignorant than a child, ser knight. There are no shadows in the dark. Shadows are the servants of light, the children of fire. The brightest flame casts the darkest shadows." ACOK, Davos II
"Is the brave Ser Onions so frightened of a passing shadow? Take heart, then. Shadows only live when given birth by light, and the king's fires burn so low I dare not draw off any more to make another son. It might well kill him." Melisandre moved closer. ASOS, Davos III

GENERAL SHADOW STATEMENTS
Patchface has prophetic visions. This one, if this theory is correct, is extremely prophetic and could hang over the whole series.

"Clever bird, clever man, clever clever fool," said Patchface, jangling. "Oh, clever clever clever fool." He began to sing. "The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord," he sang, hopping from one foot to the other and back again. "The shadows come to stay, my lord, stay my lord, stay my lord." He jerked his head with each word, the bells in his antlers sending up a clangor. - ACOK, Prologue

An ominous line by Varys

"So power is a mummer's trick?" "A shadow on the wall," Varys murmured, "yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow." - ACOK, Tyrion II

People discount Mel’s purpose, but what if she’s right? Her means might be misguided, but this may be the real war of the whole series.

"The war," she affirmed. "There are two, Onion Knight. Not seven, not one, not a hundred or a thousand. Two! Do you think I crossed half the world to put yet another vain king on yet another empty throne? The war has been waged since time began, and before it is done, all men must choose where they will stand. On one side is R'hllor, the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow. Against him stands the Great Other whose name may not be spoken, the Lord of Darkness, the Soul of Ice, the God of Night and Terror. Ours is not a choice between Baratheon and Lannister, between Greyjoy and Stark. It is death we choose, or life. Darkness, or light."

AFFC Prologue

"Dragons and darker things," said Leo. "The grey sheep have closed their eyes, but the mastiff sees the truth. Old powers waken. Shadows stir. An age of wonder and terror will soon be upon us, an age for gods and heroes." He stretched, smiling his lazy smile. "That's worth a round, I'd say." - Lazy Leo, AFFC Prologue

Mel’s ADWD POV

"The Lord of Light in his wisdom made us male and female, two parts of a greater whole. In our joining there is power. Power to make life. Power to make light. Power to cast shadows." - Mel to Jon, ADWD Jon VI
My spells should suffice. She was stronger at the Wall, stronger even than in Asshai. Her every word and gesture was more potent, and she could do things that she had never done before. Such shadows as I bring forth here will be terrible, and no creature of the dark will stand before them. With such sorceries at her command… - Mel I, ADWD

TL:DR: The overarching conflict of the entire series is between two literal shadow factions, one residing in the deep north (White Walkers) and in the deep south (Rhllor). These two races of beings are pulling the strings like puppet masters and try to bend our trusty characters to their will using dreams, sorceries, and power.

We had a minor issue with the GS codes for 10% off but I've spoken to ED and that should now be sorted and working, also if you're having trouble getting the new player discount of 50% equalling a total of 60% off....I also got those instructions from ED they are pasted below.

1. Launch DCS (game NOT website)(so download it first, its free) https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/world/
   
   1. Wait 5 Secs
   2. Pop-up screen appears
   3. Browse and select F-16/F-18 (for example)
   4. Proceed
   5. This launches you into the DCS Website - logged in AND at the checkout page
   6. To add the extra discount type in GSF16 or GSF18 for the additional 10% off. (discount total should now be 60% for first time buyers)

Hope this was helpful.

Hey everyone selling some of my collection as I’m downsizing and cutting back on the hobby. Open to reasonable offers and potential trades just comment first.
NOT Splitting any sets.
Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/Pd1v5Pe
Ubel Blatt vols 0-2, 5, 7-9 (G3)
Kakegurui 1-11 + Twin 1-6 (G3-G4)
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs 1-14/16-17(G5)
Zombie Powder 1-4 (G3)
Call of the Night 1-9 (G5)
Attack on Titan Kino copy with Board (G5 Sealed)
No Guns Life vols 1-3 (G5)
Komi 1-4 (G5)
Dr Stone 1-2,4 and Reboot (G5)
Durarara Manga Saika cold 1-2 + Yellow Scarves 3(G2)
Random Singles (G4-G5): (Murcielago, Fire Punch, Beast complex Re zero manga, Danmachi Manga, Baccano, Solo leveling LN, Akame 0, Asadora)
Looking for:
Made In Abyss 1-10
Until death do us part vols 4 & 7-13
COTE LN Year 2 vols 1-4.5
Monogatari LN Boxsets 1-3
Open to other offers for any yen press or 7seas series.

Against enemies who strafe literally at all, my brain just can't keep up. After the time it takes for my brain to process where an enemy is, and for me to move my cursor there, they've usually already moved away.
I don't have that much trouble in games like Apex or even CSGO where I can hold down a fire button to spray down a target by tracking it, but the flaw becomes extremely apparent in a game like VALORANT where I can only tap when I think I'm on target - I'm usually not.
Does anyone have any advice - routines, mental tips, anything?

...this was not written by a robot! ... or was it? ...