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For sale is:

• Gunslinger Girl (omnibus edition), complete v. 1-15. Condition is good. See three photos. Some yelling/coloration to the pages due to age. I’ve not read them but they were acquired used. $210.00*
  
• Blade of the Immortal (omnibus edition from Dark Horse, reads left to right), v. 1-10, condition is VG-like new, bought brand new and never read, pages appear to be crisp and white. 160.00*
  
• The Flowers of Evil Complete (omnibus), v. 1-4. Purchased brand new and read once, in VG+ condition. $70.00*
  
• Monster: Perfect Edition Omnibus complete v. 1-9. All volumes were purchased brand new and never read. I’d rate them at VG+. $160.00*
  
• Neon Genesis Evangelion Omnibus (1-3,7-14), NOT COMPLETE, missing second omnibus, acquired new, never read, like new. $68.00*
  

*shipping is included in listed price, I ship media mail with added insurance. I find insurance speeds up shipping and significantly reduces the likelihood of a damaged or stolen package. No offense to people who reuse packaging, I applaud you, but I do not. I use new shipping materials for every shipment unless I need the package out quickly and it’s in a pinch. I do not ship outside the US and most packages arrive in less than 7 days, but CAN take longer with media mail.
Add-on items: Due to the size of my collection, having a full-time job, and being in grad school, it’s very time consuming to ship items individually. Therefore, I am going to try something called add-ons. I will list other items in the photo, price them and if you are interested, I will add them to the order with no charges besides the item add-on price.
-I Had That Same Dream Again + I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (BOTH manga editions, sold together)… +$16 (both vg+)

• The Wolf Boy is Mine Omnibus 1 & 2… +$11 (like new)

-High School Debut Omnibus 1… +$6 (like new)

• Death Note: All in One Edition… +17 (like new)

-Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection… +$10 (vg+)

• Prison School 1… +$7 (sealed)

-Vegabond 1 & 2 Viz Big… +$20 (Like new)
-Ibitsu… +$8 (sealed)

• 5 Centimeters Per Second (MANGA)…. +7 Vg+

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) introduced the new income tax e-portal at "www.incometax.gov.in" with effect from June 7, 2021. This website, which took the role of the outdated platform "www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in," was updated to make it simpler to access services for ITR filing, tax payments, and other matters pertaining to taxes. Let's examine the main functions of this new portal in more detail and explain how to use the new Income Tax website to make your self-assessment tax payment online.
The New Income Tax e-Portal's Features and Benefits
The new income tax portal not only makes ITR filing simpler but also provides a lot of helpful features for taxpayers. Here is a sneak peek at some of these features and advantages available on the new tax filing platform.

• Streamlining the processing of income tax returns to expedite refunds
• Free ITR-2 (available online), ITR-1, and ITR-4 (available both online and offline) ITR preparation software
• A brand-new integrated call center service for prompt response and issue resolution
• A more straightforward interface that is nevertheless comprehensive to make it easier to retrieve prior ITRs and pending activities
• Pre-filled ITR help reduce errors and speed up income tax return filing

On the New Income Tax e-Portal, How Do You Pay Your Self-Assessment Tax?
After deducting tax deducted at source (TDS), tax collected at source (TCS), and advance tax payments, you still have to pay self-assessment tax. On the income tax e-portal itself, you can pay your self-assessment tax quickly and conveniently, both before and after logging into your account.
Self-Assessment Tax Payment Without Using the e-Filing Portal
To pay your taxes online, you can use the pre-login service. Here is a step-by-step manual to assist you in finishing this procedure.
Step 1: Go to http://www.incometax.gov.in/e-Filing and select the 'e-Pay Tax' link.
Step 2: input and verify your PAN on the following page, then input your registered cellphone number.
Step 3: Next, input the OTP that was issued to your registered number and select "Continue."
Step 4: The website will reveal your PAN and name. Verify these specifics then move forward.
Step 5: Following that, you will see various tax payment categories. On the category that deals with self-assessment tax, click "Proceed."
Step 6: Next, choose the applicable minor head for the assessment year for which you are making the tax payment and press the "Continue" button.
Step 7: On the following page, you can list the various components of the tax that must be paid, such as the tax, surcharge, cess, interest, penalty, and other items.
Step 8: After that, you will be taken to a new page where you may choose the payment method that works best for you. Choose from alternatives including RTGS/NEFT, debit cards, net banking, and payment portals.
Step 9: You will see a preview of the tax breakdown after selecting your preferred payment method. Verify this information, then select "Pay Now."
Step 10: Read the terms and conditions, accept them, and then continue to pay the tax online.
After logging into the electronic filing portal, paying the self-assessment tax
You can use the income tax e-portal's post-login function to pay your self-assessment tax as well. What you need to do is as follows.
Step 1: Enter your user ID and password to access the income tax e-Filing system.
Step 2: Hover your cursor over the "e-File" menu options on the homepage dashboard and select "e-Pay Tax" from the dropdown list that displays.
Step 3: The website will take you to the 'e-Pay Tax' page, where you must choose to make a new payment by clicking the '+ New Payment' button.
Step 4: Subsequently, you will notice various tax payment categories. Select the category that applies to self-assessment tax, then continue.
Step 5: Before choosing "Continue," choose the pertinent evaluation year and the pertinent minor head.
Step 6: Submit the specifics of how the tax is broken up (including tax, cess, surcharge, interest, and penalties, for example).
Step 7: Next, pick a suitable payment method from a list that includes RTGS/NEFT, debit cards, net banking, and payment portals.
Step 8: After that, you'll see a sneak peek of the tax breakdown. Verify the information and select "Pay Now."
Step 9: Read the terms and conditions, agree to them, and pay the tax online.
Conclusion:
As you can see above, paying your self-assessment tax via the new income tax e-Filing system is very straightforward. To prevent interest and penalties for late tax payments, make sure to calculate any taxes due and pay them promptly. Additionally, you can only file your income tax returns after paying all the taxes that are owed. Therefore, you must make your self-assessment tax payment on time in order to finish completing your ITR before the deadline.

I haven’t seen any updates or new pages. If anyone has found something, tell me in the replies!

Hello!
I am Martín! 21 they/them
I am the bassist for Slump based in Dallas/Denton wherever we live all over.
I run the promotion page Headless Music and host the Headless Music Collective Website!
Publisher and writer for local DFW magazine "WAR" and hopefully publisher for more soon!
I have been booking and promoting shows for over three years and have been an active member in the scene since I was like 15? i don't remember honestly i was younger!
looking forward to meeting new people and helping others be seen and heard and assist with organizing and advice whenever i can!
i have a pretty busy schedule but i will be around!

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The lowest tractor tyre price affordable in India can be purchased for Rs 3000. These prices can reach as high as Rs 40000. This is dependent on the size of the tractor tyres you choose. Farmers can think about using KhetiGaadi, the best digital platform, to purchase new tyres for their tractors.
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MRF Pehalwan, MRF Power Tiller (Shakti) 6.00–12, MRF Shakti Life 14.9–28, MRF Shakti Super 12.4–28, and MRF Trailer 707 (Shakti) are a few of the more well-known MRF tractor tyres in India. The price of MRF tractor tyres starts at Rs 3900.
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Hello everyone!
Not sure if this is the correct place to ask, I got the V90 and my friend told me I could get the Miyoo CFW, I got the version 1.3.3 and I saw it came with the Bittboy J2ME emulator. I tried adding some .jar games to it which are working just fine on my phone but none of them open. I have noticed that after installing this some games that were opening before are not opening anymore, for example I had a gameboy game which was opening on the gameboy color emulator but it is not opening anymore on the new gameboy color emulator.
Here I wanted to ask if someone has .jar files working on their powkiddy and if they are using the same emulator, as I saw some people reviewing this and opening them without any issue, so I dont know if its the games fault, my consoles fault or the firmware fault.
Best regards!

Pipelines are failing and in logs it is showing no such method found, i am pasting the logs below. Please help me-

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https://gitlab.com/org/common-library.git # timeout=10 Found match: refs/heads/testsonaar revision bc3f74b58072bd6f208c2b55aad11e59bd17f957 The recommended git tool is: NONE using credential gitlab-credentials > git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir /valib/jenkins/workspace/[email protected]/19e1f074e72b9c95c7402648f84f95c2705487f5be8df1aa9345c2affee7bf38/.git # timeout=10 Fetching changes from the remote Git repository > git config remote.origin.url https://gitlab.com/org/common-library.git # timeout=10 Fetching without tags Fetching upstream changes from https://gitlab.com/org/common-library.git > git --version # timeout=10 > git --version # 'git version 2.34.1' using GIT_ASKPASS to set credentials gitlab-credentials > git fetch --no-tags --force --progress -- https://gitlab.zenatix.com/devops/common-library.git +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* # timeout=10 Checking out Revision bc3f74b58072bd6f208c2b55aad11e59bd17f957 (testsonaar) > git config core.sparsecheckout # timeout=10 > git checkout -f bc3f74b58072bd6f208c2b55aad11e59bd17f957 # timeout=10 Commit message: "commented sonarqube" > git rev-list --no-walk bc3f74b58072bd6f208c2b55aad11e59bd17f957 # timeout=10 [Pipeline] Start of Pipeline [Pipeline] node Running on Jenkins in /valib/jenkins/workspace/ramework_01_-_Build-Image_master [Pipeline] { [Pipeline] checkout The recommended git tool is: git using credential gitlab-credentials > git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir /valib/jenkins/workspace/ramework_01_-_Build-Image_maste.git # timeout=10 Fetching changes from the remote Git repository > git config remote.origin.url https://gitlab.com/org/no-framework.git # timeout=10 Fetching without tags Fetching upstream changes from https://gitlab.com/org/no-framework.git > git --version # timeout=10 > git --version # 'git version 2.34.1' using GIT_ASKPASS to set credentials gitlab-credentials > git fetch --no-tags --force --progress -- https://gitlab.com/org/no-framework.git +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* # timeout=10 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com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationGroup.methodCall(ContinuationGroup.java:90) at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatchOrArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:116) at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.fixArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:85) at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor155.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72) at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.CollectionLiteralBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatch(CollectionLiteralBlock.java:55) at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.CollectionLiteralBlock$ContinuationImpl.item(CollectionLiteralBlock.java:45) at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor152.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72) at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ConstantBlock.eval(ConstantBlock.java:21) at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Next.step(Next.java:83) at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:152) at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:146) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:136) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:275) at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable.run0(Continuable.java:146) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.access$001(SandboxContinuable.java:18) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.run0(SandboxContinuable.java:51) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThread.runNextChunk(CpsThread.java:187) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.run(CpsThreadGroup.java:420) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:330) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:294) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$2.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:67) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:139) at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28) at jenkins.security.ImpersonatingExecutorService$1.run(ImpersonatingExecutorService.java:68) at jenkins.util.ErrorLoggingExecutorService.lambda$wrap$0(ErrorLoggingExecutorService.java:51) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829) Finished: FAILURE 

Please help me.

(Remember in all this there almost 100% blind)
Now this will be multiple posts as i can’t put out the amount of info i want too in just one if your interested in one of the other ones go to my page posts and they will be the first ones at the top
What i talk about in each part so you can see if your interested in any:
Division Of Labor - Roles (Queen, soldiers, workers) - Caste system/Hierarchy - A second caste system in workers
Cooperative care: - Roles - Babysitting - Training and socialization - Nursing and grooming - Tending to weak.
Communication: - How they communicate - Each family having there own accents - Tactile signals - Chemical signals
Aspects of biology: - Having evolved an insanely strong cancer resistance - Living to 30 yrs when rodent sized usually die after 2-4 yrs. - Ability to survive with very low oxygen.
(Whichever number is in the title is the part that post is)

1. Division of labor:

Naked mole rats have a eusocial colony like ants and bees with very efficient work schedules
Queen: Each naked mole rat colony has a single breeding female known as the queen. She is the largest individual in the colony and is responsible for reproduction. The queen is the only female that breeds and gives birth to pups, ensuring the continuation of the colony. The queen also makes the other females reproductive organs stop working with ways like: • Pheromonal inhibition: The queen's pheromones suppress reproductive development and ovulation in subordinate females.
• Social inhibition: The queen's dominant behavior discourages subordinate females from reproducing.
• Behavioral suppression: Subordinate females exhibit non-reproductive behavior, reducing sexual behavior and fertility.
Workers: The majority of naked mole rats in a colony are non-breeding individuals known as workers. These workers are sterile and do not reproduce. They are responsible for maintaining and operating the colony's infrastructure, including tunneling, nest building, foraging, and defense. Workers perform a wide range of tasks and exhibit a division of labor based on their age and size.
Caste system in the workers: The naked mole rat colony has a hierarchical caste system, where workers are divided into three distinct groups based on their size and age: small workers, medium workers, and large workers. • Small workers: The smallest and youngest individuals in the colony, typically around one year old. They are responsible for tasks such as digging new tunnels and chambers, gathering food, and cleaning the nest. They have smaller bodies that enable them to navigate through narrow tunnels efficiently.
• Medium workers: As small workers age and grow, they transition into the medium worker stage. Medium workers are responsible for expanding and maintaining the tunnel system, collecting and storing food, and participating in defense activities. They form the bulk of the worker population.
• Large workers: Large workers are the oldest and largest individuals in the colony. They are responsible for tasks that require more strength and endurance, such as defending the colony against intruders, enlarging the tunnel system, and moving heavy objects. Large workers also participate in foraging expeditions to gather food from outside the colony.
Soldiers: In addition to workers, some naked mole rats specialize in defense and are known as soldiers. Soldiers have larger heads, powerful jaws, and prominent incisor teeth, which they use to protect the colony from predators or intruding mole rats from other colonies. Their primary role is to defend the nest and the rest of the colony members.

Discord Username: JB Allye#1218
Character Name and House: Stanton Swann
Appearance: Stanton Swann is an older man, regal in bearing and strong-backed despite his mostly-grayed hairs and wizened eyes. He stands a bit shorter than the average knight, five foot and ten with a lean and powerful frame honed by constant exercise and battle. Scars line his body beneath plate, male and cloth, and a blade wound traces a white streak from the left side of his neck nearly to his ear.
Age: 45
Gift: Leadership
Skills: Strategist(e), Tactician, Cautious, Covert
Talents: Running, Horse breaking, Swimming
Starting Titles: Lord of Stonehelm
Starting Location: King's Landing, with Quentyn Baratheon.
Family Tree:

• Stanton Swann (MC) - 162 AC
• Carolei Estermont (spouse) - 169 AC
  • Shirei Swann (AC) - 187 AC
  • Serra Swann - 197 AC
  • Sylva Swann- 206 AC

Biography

Stanton Swann was born in the first moon of the year 162 AC to the Lord Ryger Swann and his wife, Lady Lynesse. He was the second born of their children, but the first to survive past his first year, and he bore his elder brother's name. An altogether normal child, at least by most standards, Stanton grew up healthy and mostly happy, though not without challenges. Ryger Swann was a harsh taskmaster and an equally stern father, and though Stanton would not be a man until his sixteenth year, he wasn't a 'boy' by his ninth.
Stanton took to his harsh instruction well, and though he was not the most skilled warrior in the Seven Kingdoms (not even the most skilled in his own keep), he was a very intelligent young man above all else, something that his father both appreciated and cultivated in the boy. In matters of state, he was competent, in matters of court, he excelled, but it was in tactics and warcraft that the boy showed his genius. His father, no slouch in command himself, was overshadowed by the son, and he hardly minded. Instead, he simply drilled the boy further.
By now, though, it was time for the future Lord Stanton to start doing the business of Lords, and part of that was squiring for a worthy knight. That worthy knight was Brus Baratheon, Lord of Storm's End, and while not as harsh as Ryger Swann, Brus didn't take it easy on the boy. In his own words, he knew 'the lad can take it'. Take it he did. Stanton proved a worthy second to the Lord Baratheon, and along the way would cross paths with, and befriend, his son, who he affectionately knew as 'Billy'. Though Billy himself would be afield as a squire, they spent some time together as children that would only become more common as they both stepped into lordship.
After his ascent to knighthood, and with it, his ascent to manhood, Stanton would return home a different figure than he was when he left. He walked with a newfound confidence and ease about him, with the look in his eye of a young man who had supreme faith in his own abilities and poise. Already a strapping young man, this made him something of a heartthrob within court, and he had no shortage of flirtations with various women of the realm in his wilder years. One such conquest, and the one nearest to his heart, was Carolei Estermont, second daughter of the Lord of Greenstone. Arranged to marry a Rosby man, Stanton would charm her into breaking her arrangements and eloping with him to be wed in Stonehelm, and through means that no man or woman in the House of Stonehelm can decipher to this very day, he was somehow able to convince the Estermonts that he'd done them a favor. Alas, the marriage was far less eventful than the courtship. Despite... vigorous attempts, the two could not seem to conceive, and Stanton worried that the troubles that plagued his own parents with their children had been passed down to him, after a fashion.
Sadly, the life of a lord is not all flirtations and dalliances. Soon enough, Theory would become Practice, and Stanton marched to war for the first time at the age of 24... alongside his friend, the Lord William Baratheon. Stanton was no warrior, or at least, not a particularly outstanding one, but as a tactician he was immaculate. Mostly an outrider for the Marcher forces accompanying the host, Stanton would claim few notable scalps of his own, but his men would demolish the flanks of the opposing force in concert with the royal army, and he would quickly acquit himself well as a leader of men, earning praise from his father and his fellow Lords alike. What few were willing to talk about openly, including Stanton, was his other, more... unsavory activities in the war. Stanton was the leader of the forces ordered to flush the would-be-usurper out of hiding in the Dornish villages and countryside, and he took to the task with grim determination, hunting his quarry with a viciousness and ruthlessness that disturbed his men, though they followed their orders without much protest. Many scars still line the Boneway, and Stanton can claim credit for a troubling number of them.
Though his father would linger on for five more years after the Red War, he would abdicate his seat in favor of Stanton due to his advanced age, leaving the 25 year old as the Lord of Stonehelm. By this time, he had finally had a child, born while he was away at war. A hearty baby girl, who his mother named Shirei. Stanton, uncharacteristically, was rather miffed at the situation. Seven years he'd been wed, and after seven years of trying the gods saw fit to spite him with a daughter. He would never share his feelings with his wife and daughter, however, instead doting on her in the same fashion he doted on his wife. Despite his actions in the war, the image presented to the realm was one of a devoted husband, a devout knight, a fair lord, and a loving father.
All that would subtly begin to change.
As he aged, Stanton would continue trying for a male heir, but once again, a long drought would plague his line. In that time period, William would be blessed with a family of his own, something that caused no end of private envy in Stanton, though he dared not speak it aloud, out of love for his dear friend. He would quickly take to the heir to the house of Storm's End, Quentyn, and even at his young age Stanton treated the boy with the same love and respect he held for his father.
That said, Stanton's subtle descent continued. Conflicts with the Marchers of the Reach over their new conquests drove a wedge between former allies, and Stanton was quite vocal of his personal distrust of their former comrades-in-arms, a position he still holds to this day with much more vitriol. Once a gregarious and outgoing man, Stanton would slowly become reclusive and stern, much like his father. A public feud with Richard Morrigan drew censure from William, and similarly verbose and public displays of vitriol towards their Reachman neighbors only served to make it clear that something was very wrong with Stanton Swann.
That wrongness would only elevate further with time. As he grew older, Stanton became paranoid that the Marcher Lords of the Reach were spying on their Stormlander neighbors, a belief that he came to hold so closely that he would pace the floors at night, seeking anyone who acted suspiciously. A long-time family servant, Lyle, would be found to be acting 'suspiciously' one night, and rather than act reasonably,... Stanton would beat the elderly man to death with a fire iron...in front of his daughter. As it turned out, Lyle had been skimming from the Swann coffers to afford better accommodation for his family, but Stanton had no proof of such a thing, or even a suspicion of it, before killing the man.
Stanton's new demeanor was not a temporary fit, and his episodes have continued, though much more commonly in private now, as William was able to convince his longtime friend to ease his temper, if only somewhat, and the one thing that hasn't changed about Stanton in his later years is his love for 'old Billy boy'. Even going into his fortieth year, the man had no sons, only two more daughters to his name, which meant that unless there were some miracle, Shirei would be the executor of his will and estate, if not the Lady of the house, as he himself had only one brother, and that brother is a Maester. Atop all this, his daughter was hardly a 'catch', a plain, mannish woman much like her father in her stoicism but not nearly as intellectually inclined. If anything, he wished more that Quentyn Baratheon, or Damon Morrigen, the nephew of his hated rival Richard, could be his son, but alas, such a thing was impossible.
Now an aging, bitter man, Stanton Swann turns his attention towards his legacy, that of a good man turned a bitter, wizened butcher by war and time. Skirmishes alongside the Carons against the Dornish, border disputes with the Reachman, and the appointment of his dear friend William as Hand of the King loom large over his head along with the state of his house, and Stanton has come to a realization. He cannot die without a male heir. He mustn't. And he would do anything, and he meant anything, to make that happen.
Even things that no sane man should consider.

AC

Character Name and House: Shirei Swann
Age: 21
Appearance: Shirei is a tall and lean girl that looks much like her father when he was a younger man. with a slight figure, sharp features, and deep brown eyes. She has a few scars of her own from afield and minor accidents with the family sword, but otherwise remains an unassuming, if not particularly beautiful woman.
Gift: Champion
Skills: Swords (e), Defender
Talent(s): Swimming, Singing, Woodworking
Starting Title(s): Heir to Stonehelm
Starting Location: King's Landing, with the Hand.
Note: Shirei is the current bearer of Swan's Song.

Biography

Shirei Swann is the first of the three daughters of Stanton and Carolei Swann, and from birth she was always a strong, boyish little thing, though not as much so as she is now. Stanton and his wife doted on her, as any good parents would, and Shirei grew up loved and healthy, surrounded by care and comfort. Among her household servants, an old man named Lyle, who had seen her father reared, was her favorite, and the old man would constantly watch over the little Lady as she played in the yard or caroused around court.
Shirei never knew her father as the world had known him before his turn for bitterness and hatred, only seeing how others reacted to the man. With her, he was mostly gentle, though sometimes his temper got the better of him, or he was harsher with her than was warranted. The man never struck her, never abused her, the most he did was perhaps raise his tone to her a bit too harshly, and he would always apologize upon doing so, assuring her that it was not her fault that he was troubled so. She believed him, of course. She loved her father dearly.
Alas, this perception of her father was colored dramatically by the death of her first and oldest friend. She was hardly ten when Lyle was caught 'acting unusually' by her father and beaten bloody before her, her mother, and her then infant sister Serra. The beating was an uncomfortably long one- Lyle, an old and frail man by now, was dead long before Stanton stopped swinging the iron. The experience traumatized young Shirei, and she's never quite gotten past it. She also hardly believed the tale that Lyle had stolen from the family coffers.
Aside from that, however, her childhood was fairly typical, though not entirely so. Family friendship with the Baratheons meant that Shirei spent some time around Quentyn, and she envied the heir of Storm's End's skill at arms, learning the sword and shield to better accompany him in the yard and join in on his carousing, whenever he stayed in Stonehelm for a short time. The same would be said for Damon Morrigen, nephew of her father's most heated and hated rival at court, who she bore very little ill will towards. In fact, as they were both about the age where one begins to think of such things, Shirei quite fancied him, though as the heirs of their respective houses, such a match was all but impossible.
Stanton did not discourage his daughter's pursuit of arms, especially when she showed quite the knack for it, and grew into a rather tall and lean woman, taller than him in fact. He didn't encourage it, either. If anything, to Shirei's dismay, the man seemed utterly indifferent, passing off onto her the family sword, Swan's Song, and telling her not to do something stupid.
Now a woman grown, unwed at twenty, and positioned that she may one day lead a House Swann that has alienated all but its closest friends, Shirei is uncharacteristically nervous under her mask of stoic acceptance. Fearing for her father's declining mental state and her own place in the wider world, Shirei nonetheless does what she sees as her duty. Currently, she's petioned her father to remain in King's Landing, partly out of loyalty to her 'Uncle Billy', and partly out of a desire to be away from her father for some time.
​

Timeline

• 162 AC, First Moon: Stanton Swann is born
• 170-174 AC: Stanton Swann is drilled relentlessly in warcraft and tactics by his father, Ryger. Ryger approves of the boy, and calls him a genius.
• 174-178 AC: Stanton Swann is squired under Brus Baratheon, and serves under him for a short time as a sworn sword, before returning home as a knight.
• 180 AC: Stanton Swann elopes with Carolei Estermont, and weds her, to a fair bit of controversy. Said controversy is resolved peacefully and without issue.
• 186-187 AC: Stanton Swann serves in the Red War under the command of his friend, William Baratheon, and while away on campaign, his daughter, Shirei, is born. Stanton commits to the massacre of multiple Dornish villages while on campaign.
• 190-195: Stanton Swann begins to noticeably change in demeanor, becoming more belligerent with fellow Stormlords such as Richard Morrigen and with the Marchers of the Reach, resulting in public censure from William Baratheon. He no longer causes public incidents after this, but outburts continue behind closed doors.
• 197: Stanton's second daughter, Serra, is born, after nearly a decade of attempting. Stanton, catching one of his servants 'acting unusually' in the small hours, beats him to death in full view of his family, who are awoken by the sound of shouting and a scuffle. Stanton's relationship with Shirei is permanently damaged by these events.
• 202: Stanton comes to the aid of Lord Caron during border skirmishes with the Vulture King, and fights alongside Quentyn Baratheon and his daughter. After these battles, Stanton bequeaths the family's Valyrian Steel blade, Swan's Song, to Shirei.
• 206: Stanton's third daughter, and likely final, Sylva, is born. Due to the strain of the pregnancy on the aging Carolei, she asks that they stop trying, and love their daughters. Stanton acquiesces. Stanton begins searching for means to extend his life.
• 207: Stanton and Shirei travel to King's Landing to celebrate Willian's appointment as Hand of the King.

Hi BaseBuildingGames ,
I just released a major update of my multi-planetary automation game Combine And Conquer.
I remade all graphical assets in Blender (previously .svg files) to now have a fake-3D art style.
You can see a before and after comparison here: https://buckmartin.de/combine-and-conque2023-06-02-v0.5.3.html
The Steam page now also showcases the new graphics: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2220850/Combine_And_Conque
Since it's still in Early Access I'm very interested in feedback and also feel free to AMA.
Some useful links:
Devlog and Changelog https://buckmartin.de/combine-and-conquer.html
Discord https://discord.gg/peBD6Z5PvN
Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/CombineAndConque
There's also some let's plays (these are all before the remake of the graphical assets) Wally1169 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwACV1kVVGE&list=PL9YKWZMX7BD-6gFZHNUdHQpQzff4BSyoY
CallMeJeff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PBwmi-4j84&list=PLBm4Uaa1zGFsrfgwgE91oZfbcyBcIIN83&index=5
I also posted here in the past: https://www.reddit.com/BaseBuildingGames/comments/11msxtc/combine_and_conquer_v050_is_now_available_its_a/

I just got two Cormac McCarthy books off Amazon. They are both from the same collection but one book is fine while the other has warped and wrinkled pages. I tried to look up why this happens but all I got were results for water damage. The book isn’t wet, just a bit crinkled. Maybe it’s moisture damage but I don’t get why a new book is like that.
I don’t really care that much but it’s a little odd and I would like to know what is going on.
I don’t know if this is the right place to ask this because I can’t show pics but any help is appreciated
Edit: posted pics on another subreddit. It’s not a severe difference but it is a difference

My FUT journey started back in FIFA 13. I got it for Christmas, and through YouTube (KSI, W2S, AirJapes, Nepethez, Kazooiee… you name it), I got introduced to the game.
Back then I was just a kid, no credit card or anything like that. Having one IF player made your team elite. Gold Messi/Ronaldo were essentially the same price from Start to End. You could rip a silver squad through Division 1. Cutting back across goal wasn’t called being a rat, it was called being sweaty, and people did it ALL. THE. TIME. You think going down the wing and cutting back is a new phenomenon? Wrong! Don’t believe me, go watch a KSI video from 2012.
Before moving on, let me take you down memory lane…Mayuka, Agbonlahor, Wallyson, Benteke, Pato, Wellinton, Felipe Santana, David Luiz (End Game CB despite being common gold), Akinfenwa, Ramires, Di Natale, Miccoli, Emenike, Kelvin…I could go all day. No SBCs, no Objectives, TOTY was basically the only promo, and there was just one. Skilling was hilarious, finesse shots were broken, near post OP…..it was a pure madness, shithouse game that was fun as all hell and just not. that. serious.
After Fifa 15, life was getting too busy to put time towards the game. So, put FIFA to bed, went to college, got a job, and fast forward 8 years later, I got back into it along with a couple of old friends for nostalgia’s sake. I am lucky enough (lotta hard work to be fair) to have a comfortable job, so figured I could use that to buy packs and avoid grinding. I just wanted to play for fun. Little did I know what I was getting into…
I bought a couple million coins (yeah, whatever), bought a bunch of fun players, and figured that the high rated squad I had back in Jan - Feb would be enough to last me through the game. I couldn’t have been more wrong, as the players are insane for the first week or two, then started playing like normal golds. This is the conspiracy theory I think is most responsible for the game’s current state. You are rewarded for getting new players with juiced up stats behind the scenes, and when that wears off, you want to get new players again. I fell into this trap, bought coins again, and got banned from the transfer market because I did way too much, way too fast. Only then, when I literally couldn’t buy more players, did I realize how ridiculously insane the game (and my own mentality) had become.
In its current state, FUT is absolutely, positively, fucking, CRAZY. There are a million posts a day on this so I won’t harp on it, but compared to the game 10 years ago, it’s unrecognizable. Grinding 10s of boring squad battles games for fodder? 500k packs? Absurd objectives for XP that lead to nothing? Ass servers? Terribly timed updates? Logging in every day to get two 81 overalls? A "community limit” on overpriced packs to create false scarcity? The toxicity surrounding Champs? EA's general incompetence? It’s insane! FUT is not a game mode for someone looking to have fun, and the casual player is dead.
Guys look — variety is good. It’s cool that they have so many different players in the game. High rated players are now easily affordable. But EA’s exploitation of gambling addiction and people’s propensity for liking colorful cards has taken a casual, fun game, and turned it into a fucking disaster for anyone who doesn’t have 2+ hours a day to grind.
To be clear, this isn’t a rant. I only play the game for fun and just try to score fun goals. I have a great team, I play Rivals, and if someone is cooking me, I just quit and find a new match. I don’t care about my record, or my striker’s Goals/Game ratio, etc. I play to play, and that’s about it.
If anything this is a sad reflection on what the game has become.
Not that anyone cares, but I’ll see y'all in August when they apparently hand out high rated cards like candy. Stay strong brothers, avoid breaking out the credit card at all costs, and remember that video games are supposed to be a break from your stressful reality, not the other way around.
Happy summer!

My Paperwhite 2018 seems unfixable, so it's time to replace it. The one quirk I dislike the most about it is that when I tap the left edge of the screen, I expect it to go back a page, but often it goes forward instead. Usually it happens when I'm trying to go backward too many pages too fast; if I wait a moment after each page flip before going back another page, it's usually fine, but still annoying.
Is this issue corrected on either the 2021 Paperwhite or the 2022 Kindle? If so it might be enough to convince me to upgrade instead of sticking to what I'm familiar with.

I love writing. I really do. I enjoy seeing a story type itself out on the page, and rereading it later. But most of the time it just doesn’t… Interest me?
Most of the time, I get the urge to write something, anything. But when I go search for a prompt, nothing stands out to me. The fandoms I frequent are more of a passing interest than a real fandom I can get attached to, so even when I see something I can write, I lose interest pretty quickly. I also lose motivation pretty quickly — I can write out a whole outline or even like four chapters in a row, but then the next day it just… Seems uninteresting? Even when I try to find my earlier drafts, it just feels the same. A new idea is really fun in the first few hours, then it becomes bland.
My second problem is characterisation. I have a problem with making my characters mary sue-ish. Even when I try to give them some parts of their canon personalities while changing other parts (Canon character is cheerful, overconfident, self-sacrificial, my character still acts cheerful but is much more cautious, and still self-sacrificial), but it feels like it’s a completely different character. Most of my favourite characters have this characteristic that everyone seems to get right consistently but I just can’t write. How do you guys make your characters’ personalities reminiscent to their canon self while changing parts of it?
My favourite character archetype is the elegant and formal but still nice (Maybe kind of naive) type. Confidentially, my favourite characters/the main characters of the fandoms I frequent are more of the confidant, brash types… Even when I use Alternate universe and actually change the past (A certain event not happening) to get the personality change to make sense, it just feels too much like an oc instead of the character I want them to be.
Finally, my writing style is… Formal-ish? Like, the dialogue. Whenever I write dialogue it just becomes really formal/polite/flowery/straight up philosophical. The feeling is like you’re in some important political meeting instead of having a causal conversation. When I try making it more causal it becomes a weird mix of causal style and flowery wordplay.
Sorry for the long post, but if you have any advice or similar experiences please comment. Thank you.

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Not in a rush for anything naman and i prefer to just let things happen, but endgoal pa rin is something serious, para lang same page tayo. G to swap pics agad if you want to see if we're each other's type.
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About you: -same age or older -QC or near -normal bmi din -can hold a conversation -brutally honest
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Professor Smith invited you to a grand event that hosted many iconic scientific personalities before, and now he has a presentation there. There are lots of academics who present their hard work to fundraisers in hope to get funded and start new projects. It will be a little bit different for Professor Smith. His life is in grave-danger and only you can save him and the whole world from the destruction otherwise inevitable! He will give you a secret fund your journey from London to lots of other European countries, and finally, Constantinople.
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This game is about a long railway journey from London to Constantinople (Istanbul), in 1923.
• From London to Paris, Lausanne, Milan, Venice, Trieste, Belgrade, Sofia, and lastly, Constantinople.
• You will be chasing a significant artifact, named "Sedefkâr Simulacrum", and every destination will have some clue about the big plot!
• There will be lots of weird events around the main story.
• Every destination will have their own side quests, generally related with the main scenario.
• I'm thinking about running Reign of Terror mini-campaign as a part of this long journey.
• Want to learn Call of Cthulhu system? It's beginner friendly! You're very welcome to join the game!
Details
Time & Date: Tuesdays at 5PM BST // 12PM EDT (or paste this code on Discord: ) Duration: 3 hours to 3.5 hours, depending on the scene Seats: 0/6 - The game will start with at least 3 players. Check the availability in the link below Experience: As I said above it's totally beginner friendly! Having an idea about roleplaying games is all I'm looking for Content Warning: The game has (obviously) violent and psychological struggle themes. We will use X-Card as a safety tool
Links
GM Page: You can check the reviews about me HERE! Game Page: You can take your seat from HERE!