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anonymous-dentist · 2 months
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I have a conspiracy theory that the person who’s been writing the QSMP English updates threads over on Twitter secretly has a Tommy-centric SBI Royalty AU they’re working on, starring: King Phil (but no Kristin, she’s always dead), Prince Wilbur (rebellious, yet spoiled prince), Prince Techno (who is also the captain of the guard and in charge of the entire army and is also rude), Prince Tommy (the adopted one), Best Friends Tubbo and Ranboo (who are DEFINITELY still friends!!), Villain Dream (the only one who’s a DSMP counterpart because the fic needs a bad guy), Villain George (who is asleep), Villain Sapnap (who has two lines), Villain Quackity (who is somehow white), Villain Karl (who’s a Small Bean), and Niki and Puffy (the Girl Characters)
But because their fic hasn’t gotten as many kudos as they want, they’ve started applying their unfriendly-to-the-eyes purple prose to their updates account work, too. Phil first, of course, because he’s the main character. And maybe the guys also from the DSMP. Fuck the other English streamers, they can have basic updates that actually describe what’s going on and not word jungles of sloppy adjectives describing such important moments as Philza Eating A Slice Of Bread (because he’s the main character)
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olderthannetfic · 4 months
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Sometimes I just have to laugh at how a lot of people nowadays just don't really get (or don't seem to even stop to consider) the scale of certain things, even when they really, really should look into them because they're relevant for their points. There was this person doing this Threads post on Stardew Valley for not having pronoun options in the game and how he didn't answer or acknowledge this change.org petition asking for those pronoun options. And I do agree that pronoun options would be nice and I do hope that they are included in the base game across the many platforms. But the change.org petition got 2.3k signatures in the first 10 days and now (3 months later) is sitting at around 6.3k signatures. There are extremely good odds that he's just not aware of the petition at all. Like, those are good numbers for spreading something across a university or your bubble on Tumblr but like, that's nowhere near viral enough for "This guy has to know about it and just chose not to acknowledge it" And then there's the reality that Stardew is localized in 12 languages, 6 of which have grammatical gender, so adding pronouns isn't actually just adding pronouns, it's also hiring native speaker consultants and translators and figuring out a way to reword some of your adjectives or to insert neogenders and communicating those options to the user, etc. That's a non-trivial amount of work, far more than the "Just add a pronoun box and replace the he/hims and she/hers" approach that could have worked in English. And parallel to all he announced that a major free update with new content to the 7 year old game is under development a few days before the petition, and he's working on a new project as well. I do think the author of the post meant well, and didn't want to cancel ConcernedApe or something, but like, the situation isn't as simple as it might seem either. i18n is just hard in general even when there are clear guidelines to follow, when you're dealing with stuff that there isn't even a clear consensus in the community (like neogenders in languages like French or Portuguese)?
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Oh? There's going to be new Stardew content? Or was this Ginger Island?
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sunmoon-starfactory · 24 days
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So, we don''t normally address what people are saying over at other places that we don't frequent, because, ya know: we don't go there. But seeing as how this is a bit of a Thing rn, especially in Sims 4 circles:
No, - reddit user concerned about Sun&Moon laundry being a Trojan - Laundry is not a Trojan nor are any of our other sets. I have no idea why Windows Defender would flag it as one, but rest assured: we are not adding malware or other malicious content into our files. Why would we ruin our work like that? The latest update was a legit update. No Trojans added, just Brazilian Portuguese.
Also, for anyone opening up threads about Sun&Moon stuff on reddit or MTS or anywhere that we generally don't hang out at: you are gonna get much better support by just asking us directly. We do not bite. Seriously, I cannot stress this enough: You will not get good support for our mods by posting on sims subreddits. There is the Keep, there is Discord, there is Tumblr. If your objects are flashing blue, consider downloading our essentials from the Quickstart Guide first.
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joesalw · 5 months
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i have a feeling that after the fans — Update Swift Brasil has been dealing with the whole situation way better than t4f and taylor — had to do a fundraising for Ana’s funeral, and after her parents went to Fantástico to talk about their struggle, the fans’ opinions have been changing.
non-swifties are talking about taylor’s pr strategy (https://x.com/outrarosa/status/1726607487082844221?s=46&t=jiyE4qMVNI-pjc_rgRrQ7g this thread is in portuguese, but it explains A LOT), and die hard swifties are talking about their disappointment — singing bigger than the whole sky will never be enough.
i have a feeling after the last show in são paulo, if taylor and t4f do nothing to help Ana’s family, taylor will lose a significant amount of popularity here in brazil. and i don’t think she’ll ever get it back, and we all know she depends on this parasocial relationship.
it’s really weird to see something like this, someone prioritizing their brand over the life of someone that just wanted to see them (which, ironically, goes against taylor’s brand of loving her fans more than anything, of being a nice and sweet person, a strong businesswoman). i believe it’s the first time an artist this big loses brazil so fast!
people say she won’t come back, i hope she doesn’t, but i believe — if things continues like this — brazilians won’t want her here. and there you have it, taylor’s downfall starting sooner than we thought.
It’s time all these die heart fans understand that their billionaire queen does not give a fuck about their existence at all, she only cares about her brand and her image and that's it! This parasocial relationship is just a mere marketing tactic from her team to maximize their profit, nothing else.
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athomeenergylife · 2 years
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The key word about programming is one: Patience. I cannot give you anymore, I'm not a wise expert about this thing, to begin, i don't know how to program with the Wii, all i can give you is some links, maybe it's not too much, maybe yes, i don't know, it depends on you whatever you like to start with this kind of thing, I can assure you that if you manage to hack the programs, and make them yours to alter, you'll have a good way in the programming scene, if you show potential here you'll obtain exp to manage incredible things in informatic computation too, so, try it!, it seems too hard, but after reading some of the content about this, it doesn't become too hard. Now, I'll give you some links, read carefully what it says, try to obtain all the information you can, and if you feel brave, try to experiment with your own Wii, until you reach a certain point, you can now alter the patterns the emulation programs has, and with that, you can reach anything with homebrews, if you want, you can create something better than Nintendont xd, of course, that's possible, quite hard, but possible, the Wii has so much capabilities for emulation systems, that the quantity of outdated emulators is a shame for what the Wii can offer, it's really a shame that much people doesn't care about emulation in videogame consoles because they have either Smarthphones or Computers, even though i love to play those games with a TV, i don't feel like playing in my monitor, even if my monitor has 24 or 26 Inches, it doesn't matter, I just want to play with my normal TV with my Chair. Ok, look, if you want to do something, you must study the lenguage of programming, How can you study this kind of thing?, well, you must start with certain programs for the Notepad, then put certain variables that the tutorials give,etc. To alter a certain function in a program, you need to know everything about the program, like the variables, the functions, how it works, whan it can do, of course, every program has limits, the Wii can handle certain limits to put for a program, so don't expect something impossible like an emulator of Xbox 360 for the Wii, that's impossible in almost every sense because the Wii can't handle that quantity of information. I'm quite interested in this kind of thread too, the Wii Homebrew can be a little bit complicated, but with a good start you will be handling all, okay, i'm not the expert when it comes to programming, but i know about a little interesting thing called LUA, LUA is the lenguage for programming homebrew, altering certain functions in some games,etc. ( Sorry for my bad english, i am japanese ( Pacheco is because i'm half-portuguese ). Can someone explain to me why does no one cares? We are in 2015 and some emulators don't get updates since 2010. Wii homebrew is not evolving at all, there are so much things that can be done but people just want to live in the past. But there ARE people out there who can and it really makes me mad that no one cares about this. If i could add this kind of support to emulators and homebrews, i would, but i can't. I'm really mad at everyone that CAN and WANT to do this, but just don't do it. Most of these emulators are based of emulators that were made for PC, which have full USB HID support. Everyone now knows it's possible, but why does NO ONE does anything with it? If someone decided to stop being a lazy ass and mod these emulators it would help ALOT of people. I've only seen ONE homebrew use this that is Nintendont.
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Not PS3 controllers, i'm talking about normal USB controllers made for PCs to use in emulation. See, i have posted some time ago asking if modding emulators ( Such as Snes9xGX, WiiSX, Wii64, etc ) to work with USB controllers. Used proprietary Objective Development License (modified GPL). At power up only, when a fourscore is detected in port 1, fourscore mode is entered and ports 1 and 2 are used to read up to 4 NES controllers.įirst public version.
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This feature can be disabled by closing JP1. This allows NES and SNES controllers to be changed during use so it is no longer necessary to power cycle the adapter. Optional for joysticks according to HID specification appendix G.Īdded SNES Multitap support (4 player mode).
Simplified main loop by removing setIdle/getIdle implementation.
Support for the Atmega168 (and compatibles).
This makes it possible to connect the adapter to my keyboard USB port but is still a conservative estimate for the worst combination of hypothetical non-standard power hungry controllers.
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Reduced declared max current from 120mA to 100mA.
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bananawow · 2 years
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#Globaltis usb adapter cracked
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If its the right card uploaded in your tool card then go Security and do it In Tech2 hand he'll only the one for its working GLOBALTIS USB CRACKED Tis2000 I have it installed but never used.This is all about BMW ETK 3.1.20, relased in March, 2016. O.S.: Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Opel-Vauxhall TIS 2000 v116.0E Multilanguage (If you want ISUZU software, please tell us you want CAN-BUS or K-line) ISUZU-English CAN-BUS 107.021 2010- (CAN-BUS support car models after 2010) TIS 2000 Software Support Vehicle Models: TIS 2000 is abbreviation of Techline Information System 2000 software application.TIS 2000 is actually a group of serveral programs that perform the following functions:Įnglish, Italian, French, Portuguese, German, Spainish, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Chinese Also, here, uobd2 shows BMW ETK on BMW 3′ E221 Sedan 320i USA L, to help you better know it.įree download ETK V3.1.20 here and read all information about it. The support Languages they are ONLY these:Ī lot of info I found over at SaabCentral but it is just a giant thread to read through although a lot of the info is on the first page. And a lot doesn’t apply since it’s geared towards Saab (even the 9-7x doesn’t apply, it’s under GM). So you have a Tech2 but a lot of the things you would like to do is locked out because you don’t have access to the computer software to allow you to do it. Things like updating PCM’s and modules and anything security related are locked out. If you bought one of the Tech2 clones, it probably came with a CD with the Tis2000 software.
#Globaltis usb adapter install
If you install it and try to use it, it says that it can’t find the USB security dongle or something like that. That’s because only dealers have those or a clone of one wasn’t included.įirst of all, this is old software. It was discontinued in 2008 by GM which means that it works only for vehicles up to model year 2007. It will have PCM and module updates included. GLOBALTIS USB UPDATEįor example, I was able to update all of the modules and PCM in my 2006 9-7x even though it had only been a year or two since production and issue of this software. It will also allow you to reprogram a module that you are replacing.
#Globaltis usb adapter serial
The Tech2 communicates with the computer using a serial port on the computer running Windows XP SP3. This can be a problem if you only have newer computers. Best and easiest scenario is to use an older laptop computer that has a serial port running windows XP.
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aelinshryvrs · 3 years
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HELP BRAZILIAN READERS
so, in brazil, we have this gigant publisher called ‘galera record’ and and they publish most of the big titles and authors (here’s a list of some authors and books, but there are many more)
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the problem begins with the absurd price they put on the books. it’s so expansive, most people can’t afford it. when they released koa (one year after the book was launched) it was cheaper to buy the original, hardcover, signed copy then the portuguese one. but then you say “okay, it’s expansive, but you’re paying for a high quality product, so it’s worth it” right? no.
here are some of the problems we have with this publisher:
1. the translations
i’m going to use a recent exemple, but you can find stuff like this in basically all their books.
they released the brazilian version of house of earth and blood, by sarah j maas this semester, and it was one of the most expected books of the year. they whitewashed ALL the non white characters. Hunt, Fury, Juniper, Isaiah... you name it, they whitewashed. it was absurd. all the fans ware so angry, we made it to the trends and they said that in the next edition they were going to fix it. but if you had already bought it, it’s your problem. you keep the racist copy or pay for the new one.
like i said, you can find things like this in most of their books. here we have Raphael from tmi (Cassie Clare) saying “i’m not gay. i’m not straight. i’m not interested.”, and they turned to “i’m not gay. I’m straight. i’m not interested.”
they literally changed his sexuality
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and this is an old book, they never fixed. besides changing characters races, skin color and sexuality (among other absurd things), their books are poorly translated. wrong words, characters names spelled wrong, changes in the original texts that are not necessary or make sense
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2. bad quality of the books
besides the poor translation, the books have a low quality. like, really low.
the paper they use it’s terrible and gets yellow with months (in the pictures, 1° one is books that i have for six years from other publishers and 2° have 3/4 years)
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we’ve been complaining about this for YEARS, they aways say they will change the papers, but never do.
besides this we have other problems: books with missing chapters, books with the pages glued together, with whole pages missing, the bumps of the books not aligned, literally anything you can think about. and yet they put an absurd price no one can afford
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3. lack of professionalism
this one is the most recent one. yesterday, the main editor of the publisher was “talking” against pirate books. i understand. it’s her job. but then she compared piracy with RAPE, RACISM AND MURDER and then made this joke, referring to a case that is running here in brazil, where a girl’s rapist was sentenced with “guilt rape”, witch is basically saying he didn’t meant to rape her. that’s not even legal and it’s so so so disgusting and wrong. we are still fighting to have justice brought to this case and this girl, and the main editor of one of the biggest publisher in the country had the nerve and lack of character to make a joke saying that reading in illegal epubs is “guilt piracy.”, when most people who read in illegal forms don’t have the money to buy books. we don’t have many libraries. it’s either read in epubs or don’t read at all. so besides having no compassion with all these peoples, she used an serious and disgusting issue as a joke.
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that’s not the first time she’s involved in cases like this, and yet she was never fired or reprimanded. they just ignore it, because she’s the heir of the publisher, so i guess it’s okay she does this kind of thing
we are basically hostage of this publisher because it buys all the big titles and it’s either give them money or don’t read the books we love so much.
most of us cant read in english or cant afford to buy international copies, so if we want our favorites, we need to buy it from them. the reason for this thread is to ask you to help us bring attention to this. we are tired of the disrespect this is and we want authors to know who their selling their work to, and to know what is happening here. so please, tag the authors, publishers, managers ANYONE you can think of that will read this and be able to do something to help. please. we are so tired of having to deal with this, we just don’t know what to do.
thanks for reading, i’m so sorry for any mistakes, and please share this and tag people
UPDATES: AUTHORS WHO SAW THIS AND MADE A STATEMENT
angie thomas
kalynn bayron
brittainy c cherry
rory power
kami garcia
holly black
v.e schwab
sarah j maas
shelby mahurin
colleen hoover
sabaa tahir
anthony horowitz
aiden thomas
cassie clare
we reached to every author i mentioned and more. thank you so much to everyone who helped us, it means the world to us!
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purplesurveys · 3 years
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Have you ever watched a movie in class/school that made you cry?  Oh for sure. We had to watch It’s A Beautiful Life and I know I cried every single time I watched that movie, whether for school or on my own time.
What’s the earliest you could go to bed at night and feel okay about?  I don’t really get this question. I feel like it would make more sense if it asked how early I’m willing to wake up in the morning...? Anyway, I don’t pay attention to the time I sleep at night. Sometimes I’ll pass out as early as midnight, and sometimes I’ll be up until 3; it doesn’t matter to me.
What is you favorite type of lunch meat?  I’m not into those in general.
What time of the year do you dislike the most?  The heat in April and May is just brutal and uncalled for. It gets so hot and disgustingly humid and most times the aircon can’t even do much to quell it.
Do you put ketchup on your scrambled eggs?  Yeah, banana ketchup since that’s what we usually have a bottle of. Generally, I have banana ketchup with most of my breakfast dishes too.
What is your favorite color to wear? I don’t really have a favorite to wear those days mostly because I barely go out anyway and there’s been little need to update my closet.
Are you an overachiever?  Seems like the type of question you should be asking my parents, not me haha. Personally, though, I’m fairly proud of what I’ve accomplished.
What physical feature do you wish you had (i.e. freckles, curly hair)?  Maybe longer legs and smaller teeth, but I’m not exactly insecure about mine.
What fictional character (i.e. Bambi, Scarlette O'Hara) would you marry? Did you just raise the possibility of marrying a deer? Anyway...since I mentioned Two for the Road in the last survey, I’ll go with Mark from that movie. Seems like my type of partner. 
How long have you gone without shaving (girls- legs, armpits; boys- faces)?  With legs...around 2-3 weeks. Armpits, maybe about a week or so. Never more than a month for either.
What is the meanest thing you have ever said to someone else?  For the most part I’ve always been cautious of what I say; writing, on the other hand...I’ve written stuff on my diary wherein I let out all my frustrations against my mom. I know they were mean because she cried over them – but that also entailed snooping through my stuff, so I’ve never felt bad about it. I meant those things as I wrote them because it was my safe space, and she violated that. That’s on her.
Did you ever go through a phase where you wrote bad poetry?  I did, but I instantly realized it was bad so I stopped as soon as I began.
What is your favorite thing about your life?  How everything seems to have fallen in its place these days. There’s really little to complain about and I’m grateful for that.
Save all the animals that die during road kill or save 1 human from a fire?  Animals.
Have you ever painted a picture of somebody?  No.
How many real bfs/gfs have you had?  One.
Did you enjoy your past relationships?  I did.
Name a comedy that you like. White Chicks. << I love this choice, let’s just go with this one lol.
Could you wait until marriage for sex?  Sure.
What’s the best Nirvana song?  I don’t listen to them. I know a couple of songs but I don’t like them enough to be my favorites.
What was the last thing that impressed you?  The new Butter remix with Megan Thee Stallion.
When was the last time you were in a pet store?  Years, years ago.
What nationality is your last name?  Spanish or Portuguese, I’m not super sure.
What’s your favorite kind of chips and dip?  I never dip my chips; I just have them as is.
Who was the last boy that you saw cry?  Idk...maybe one of my cousins from one of our family reunions last year. I don’t get to be around a lot of boys or guys.
Does your mom know you do surveys?  No. I’ve never had to raise it and I can’t see a situation where I would have to.
Have you ever had a serious injury?  Yeah, I got a big wound from when I went snorkeling around a decade ago. I wasn’t provided flippers so when I was kicking to stay afloat I managed to hit the coral reefs underneath repeatedly, which majorly scraped and gashed my left foot until it was an open, bleeding mess. It was infected for weeks and I’m surprised it didn’t leave any kind of mark or scar.
What was the last thing you achieved?  Handling a campaign for a major client successfully and getting good coverage and results for it.
Would you enjoy being famous?  Probably, but I wish I had some sort of talent or skill that would propel me to popularity in the first place hahaha.
What’s under your bed?  Some things I collected from past hobbies and interests, like all my old wrestling magazines.
Do you enjoy travelling?  Love it.
Have you ever belonged to a club? If so, what was it?  I mean I joined an org in college, which technically makes me a member for life. I’m not name-dropping but it’s one of the two journalism organizations in my alma mater.
When was the last time you drank strawberry milk?  I can’t recall. I don’t drink strawberry milk.
Have you ever managed to collect all the fast food toys in a set?  I never collected those.
Do you have a clock in your room?  Nope.
Did you have a good driver’s ED teacher?  I honestly can’t remember. I only had like three sessions with different instructors for each, and the one instructor I remember having was extremely cranky and impatient.
Which of Britney Spears’ songs is your favorite?  Hold It Against Me is pretty fun.
Does mind over matter work for you?  Sure.
Are you paranoid?  Oh yeah. Overthinker is pretty much my middle name.
What is the best thing about winter?  I wouldn’t know but considering the things associated with it, I’ve always believed it would be my favorite season.
Have you ever been truly in love?  Hmm. I think so, yeah. I’d give myself that.
Are you currently planning a trip?  Nah. Nothing set in stone, but Angela, Reena, and I have been talking about flying to South Korea next year. We’ll see.
How many plants are in your home?  Several. My mom is a bit of a fan, but it’s nothing obsessive.
What is your favorite possession?  I treasure my BTS merch, I guess haha. Nobody is allowed to touch them or move them around without my permission. As often as my mom likes to barge in my room and touch my stuff, she seems to understand and doesn’t lay a finger on any of the merch either.
Have you ever felt like you were too nice and way too often overlooked?  Sure. But it's never really mattered to me; it just feels nice to be nice and do nice things for people. It does feel nice to be thanked, but I don’t necessarily do it for the recognition.
What movies have tripped you out?  I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Midsommar, Anomalisa, Under the Skin, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and The Killing of A Sacred Deer are a few of them.
Did you rollerblade as a kid? Do you still rollerblade?  Yesssss, I even had a pair as a kid. I got into it because I loved to ice skate, but it turned out I wasn’t as good as gliding on the ground so I ultimately preferred ice skating. Anyway, no, I haven’t done rollerblading in years.
Would you ever settle into a relationship that wasn’t right for you? Do you know friends who are in relationships just so they have someone to sleep with at night?  I did. I stayed because it’s where I felt safe and I didn’t know where else to go or what else to do outside of it.
Would you take a dirty picture of yourself for someone you are dating?  Sure.
Do you use earplugs or a sleeping mask when you sleep?  Nope. I find them more distracting than anything else, and they actually keep me from sleeping.
What summertime treats do you love?  I don’t have any.
How picky are you when it comes to choosing who to kiss or not kiss? I am VERY picky. I have to be really interested in you. < Yeah, this sounds about right.
What do you hate most about moving?  The last time we moved was in 2008...and I don’t really remember disliking any part of it. I was actually excited for us to have a home all to ourselves after living with extended family in a cramped house all my life.
Do you feel that having sex anywhere but a bed is more exciting?  Depends where. Sometimes it can be exciting, sometimes it can be inconvenient but you kinda do it out of desperation lol.
Do you drink 5 hour energy drinks or any other kinds of energy drinks?  No, I’m scared of how it would affect my body so I’ve never tried.
Has anyone ever whistled at you?  Countless random men.
Do you like scarves?  They can be comfy if I’m traveling somewhere cold...but I don’t really get to do that often, so.
Is your father homophobic?  I haven’t seen any signs from him. My mom is much more likely to exhibit internalized homophobia – she just did the other night.
Do you take gummy vitamins?  No, only when I was a teenager.
Have you ever applied make-up on a guy, for any reason at all?  I don’t think so, nothing I can recall.
Who would you like to meet before you die?  I don’t have any goal person in mind.
If your dream was to be a model, and a big opportunity came up, but you had to be nude, would you take it? Hmm, probably not. What’s the most ridiculous conspiracy theory you’ve ever heard of?  The Avril Lavigne doppelganger one is extremely hilarious and I read up so many thread about it on Twitter just so I can see how far people can stretch it.
If Heaven and Hell exists, where are you going when you die?  I don’t care.
Who is the person that you are afraid of losing, above everyone else?  Either of my best friends.
What is one thing that pisses you off pretty much everyday?  The weather.
Is there anyone you know that you feel should consider therapy?  My mom.
Do you like any of the songs on Twilight, or the actual movie/saga itself?  Yeah the soundtracks are actually fucking great. The person who took this survey before me named Supermassive Black Hole by Muse, and that’s one of my favorites from all the soundtracks. The song Slow Life in New Moon is nice, too. How old was the first person you kissed?  She was 17, going on 18.
Will you be a strict parent one day?  I’d have some rules set but I wouldn’t suffocate my kids.
Last person to stand up for you?  Heck if I know. I can do that for myself.
Have you been to a baby shower?  No.
Who were you with the last time you went to the movie theater?  My ex.
What’s your favorite high school memory?  Hiding a same-sex relationship from my conservative, homophobic Catholic teachers.
Do you like relationships, or do you prefer to be single?  I like being single these days.
What is one adventurous thing you’d be willing to do?  Trying out the Nevis Swing in New Zealand.
What subject at school did you absolutely hate?  I saw no point in studying chemistry.
Italian food or Chinese food?  Chinese. I like Italian cuisine, but sometimes I find it a tad bit salty for my taste.
Do you like to make flash cards when you study?  Not flash cards but sometimes I’ll write my notes down in several index cards because for some reason I retain information better that way.
Has anyone ever told you that you’re a good singer?  No.
Do you ever watch TED talks, live or online?  No. I never saw the appeal of most of them, honestly.
I dare you to write the name of a person you strongly dislike.  Gabie.
What do you think about Marilyn Manson?  I have nothing to say about him tbh. 
Biggest trouble you’ve ever gotten into at school?  Nothing beyond getting into an argument with this kid in 2nd grade and getting sent to the counselor’s office for it.
Do you own one of those “professional” DSLR cameras?  I used to, until I handed it down to my sister...and until she let it smash onto the ground because she didn’t place it on her tripod properly when she was filming one time. I still don’t get why she’s so defensive about it; I wish she’d just admit she majorly fucked up on that. Does it bother you when you see a 6th grader with a bunch of gadgets?  It makes me silently judge the parents more so than letting myself be bothered by a child.
Did you buy yearbooks every year in high school, or did you not bother?  We’re not offered the chance to get yearbooks unless we’re in graduating years.
Do you have Restless Legs Syndrome?  No.
Jalapeños: yay or nay?  YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
Did you ever play Minecraft? No. I can’t care less.
Did you ever have a Club Penguin account? Were you a member?  I didn’t.
Do you know anyone that seems to not have any common sense?  Me, sometimes. Hahahaha.
What do you think is the biggest injustice that was ever done to you?  The way I was broken up with, like what the person who last took this said. I’m not tortured by it and her anymore, but I don’t think I deserved to intensely mull over about what I could have possibly done to be broken up with the way she did.
What type of person angers you the most? Abusive people that think only they matter and have no consideration for how their actions affect other people. < This pretty much hits the nail on the head on how my ex is, so I’ll just go ahead and agree.
If you could change your appearance, how would you alter it?  I’d get braces again and...that’s it, really.
What are your feelings on feminism?  I support it and I support how it advocates equality.
Describe your first relationship?  I’ve only had one relationship so I’ll just answer the following question.
Describe your last relationship?  Internally toxic; uhhh healthy at some points I guess, when she wasn’t being a selfish prick; a disaster towards the end.
Can you honestly say that you always practice safe sex?  I honestly don’t know what constitutes ‘safe sex’ in a same-sex relationship, sooooo idk if I have.
Why do you think your most favorite film touches you so deeply?  It’s a realistic take on love and I appreciate that it took its sweet time to highlight the ugly sides of love and marriage. Also, Audrey Hepburn taking her acting chops to the next level was just beautiful to watch. She was always a fantastic actress in all her movies, but I could tell her acting in Two for the Road had just a little bit more depth to it.
What do you want people you meet for the first time to think about you?  That I’m nice and approachable.
Do you feel protective over someone?  My friends.
What perfume/cologne do you wear?  Heat Rush.
Where did your vehicle come from?  My parents got it for me as a high school grad gift.
What was the color of the bridesmaid dresses of the last wedding you went to?  I haven’t been to a wedding since 2007, and back then I was designated as a flower girl lol. I’ve never been to a wedding where I was chosen to be a bridesmaid.
What is your favorite way to eat chicken?  CHICKEN SANDWICH. Also chicken wings.
It is your birthday. You hope the cake is:  Oreo cheesecake topped with 24 macarons.
What do you wear to bed?  Something thin and airy.
What were you doing at 8pm last night?  I was watching Bon Voyage.
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planetoban · 4 years
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OSR Bluray Update #3
Twitter: twitter[.]com/EiffelSavin/status/1245007298155741186
OSR Website: obanstarracers[.]com/osr-collector-bluray-update-3/
On March 31st (yeah I’m way late reporting this, sorry guys, I don’t really have an excuse) Savin gave us an update on the Oban Star Racers Bluray Project! He states that he’s currently negotiating with licensors in order to get more international dubs for the Bluray release. Originally only French, English, and Japanese were to be included, but many fans reached out to Savin about including dubs in other languages because that’s how they remembered watching the series as children.
Savin states that negotiations are slow, but that they are progressing. At this time it’s unknown what how many languages the Oban Bluray will include.
If you’re interested in the project, consider subscribing to the Bluray mailing list (linked on the OSR website)! It helps STW gauge interest.
Some more relevant information from the Twitter thread:
@Adultito: So the other dubs are Latin American Spanish, European Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian and Arabic, or are there more?
@EiffelSavin: Those plus a few more are our targets but we also have to consider costs and the amount of space available on the blurays. In other words, we're trying to recover, and plan to fit, as much as we can but there will have to be hard choices made too.
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@Ekana_Stone: Will the Blu-ray have the English Dubs Opening? @EiffelSavin: You mean the US opening song? That may be difficult because of the type of rights involved...
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@NekoItoi: I'm so happy that the bluray is actually gonna be happening! Kind of curious, are you gonna the short that inspired the series, Molly Star Racer as like an extra or something? @EiffelSavin: I'd love to but we don't own the right to the song. Not sure we can afford the fee on the budget we have.
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anonymous-dentist · 2 months
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One of my favorite things is when my readers find out that I’ve legitimately only seen like uhhhh maybe ten minutes of Fuga Impossível and legitimately none of Chafaland
Like I wrote Red!!! after going through the recap thread that the twitter Roier English Updates guys did, and that was a 10 hour writing session- one sitting, “I’m Just Ken” in the background the whole time
And then I wrote Bad Romance with only that twitter thread and a basic basic basic basic understanding of f!Cell because I really don’t understand Portuguese, but the secret to writing him is to. Write q!Cellbit tbh, Cell is just a little bit more closed off.
But that fic only took so long to finish because I got Sad in the fall lol, it had zero editing. I just wish my Brazilian Geography made a bit more sense, because I did Not do enough research going in
But I figured that if Brazil has Alcatraz instead of the US, their topography can be a little bit different, too
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Mun: Yo guys! My name is Seth(they/them/theirs) and I am from Brazil! I’ve been roleplaying for about 4 years on tumblr and some time on other platforms. I’m so fucking shy but also friendly/nerdy. So if you need to contact, please feel free!
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Please read the codes, bio, and verses before interaction.
My muses may have certain triggers themes. Like: violence, religious terms, sexual mentions, drugs, murder, and death. If any of these topics disturb you, please don’t follow me or send hate anon. I just ask for a little civility here. Block me or avoid contact instead.
I am not native. So my English is a work in progress. Besides, I can RP in Portuguese as well.
Mun is not very good at interactions. So please forgive and let me know if I offended you in any way.
I don’t have problems RP with any fandom, OC, Multi-muses or duplicates. However, please have an about page. It gets tricky if it’s a fandom I don’t know or that I’m not used to interacting with.
I’ll not follow and unfollow: Personal blogs -  Rp blogs there are no about page and rules - Too many untrimmed posts - Too many OOC posts. (When I refer OOC posts, there is NOT vent or some specific post about the mun. I’m just trying to keep my dash as clean as possible.)
Personal blogs don’t follow me and if you follow I’ll block. I apologize for this, but I ended up having problems with some. I prefer that this doesn’t happen again. Unless, of course, you have a rp side-blog. But please, let me know as soon as you follow.
Also, don’t reblog my posts and headcanons, please! I don’t have this sort of karma reblog, but I’m not reblogging meme either. Please reblog from the source.
I’m highly selective and mutuals only. So please respect if I decline any ask, starter or even if I don’t follow back.
Yes, I have Discord. But please don’t ask me. I prefer to leave Discord to friends and some mutuals I’m interacting with a lot. But remember if you don’t have my account doesn’t mean that you are less mutual or friend, or that you are not enough. Please! It’s just because there is my comfort zone and I want to keep it a bit restricted, just that ok?
No godmoding, please.
I have a limit on how many threads can be accepted. So ask first before tagged or do some random starter. Please!
Because of the mercenary lifestyle I have, unfortunately, I’ll not be able to accept magic anons. Sorry about that.
Life is busy as hell so slow-activity here. Don’t annoy me about replying. Please be patient and wait to be answered. But if it happens to take a long time, ask me politely.
Don’t force relationships with my muses. I’ll ship x with chemistry. Pre-established relationships can be accepted, but it needs to be discussed first, please!
I’m an adult and I’ll not roleplay anything considered inappropriate with lower ages. ( Even in character!) You must be 18+ years and please don’t insist!
For smut threads, I’ll reply by a side-blog or discord. I’m fine with fade to black as well. Remember that, smut is not my priority here. It may happen but I prefer other types as well. Besides, smut threads just with mutuals that I’ve known for a long time. With new mutuals, it will take some time for this to happen. Muses and mun need to be totally comfortable for such a thing.  Even if the muses already have a pre-established relationship. Sorry about that. And of course, it’s necessary that both muns have good OOC communication.
Please tag your NSFW posts. I have a blacklist, but it does not help if you don’t tag your posts properly.
Don’t make dramas. If you have any problem, talk to mun in private. Don’t send anon hates or start a post in public. Respect and don’t be childish. Try solves the problem. If you insist, block without notice.
I’ll not accept hate anons.
If you have any triggers talk to me, please.
These rules are not absolute. There might be changes, updates or something removed at any moment.
Thanks for your time and I hope you have fun!
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ladyofgehenna · 6 years
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dossier.
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I like to be called: Gio My favorite color is: Orange Gender: Female (Cis) One thing you should know about me: I’m having anxiety crises on a daily basis; so If I don’t respond something or don’t reply a thread please be patient.  One thing you should know about my muse(s): Jezebel is always evolving and changing; I have this muse for about 5 years now and I’m always evolving as a mun, and so does my muse. First language: Portuguese Second language?: English - some French, Spanish and the basics of German I live in: Rio de Janeiro (soon will be moving to Frankfurt Germany for a 7 month period)
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Age range:  under 13  |  14–17 |  18–22 | 23–25  |  26–29  |  30+ |  70+ Am I okay with NSFW?: yes | no | sometimes My favorite/most common thing to RP is:  angst |  fluff | smut | crack | other OC friendly?:  heck yes |  no  | depends RP blog:  does  |  doesn’t  contain OOC posts. (but pretty basic stuff okay? I usually just give a brief update on why I was gone)
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tagged by: @ninctailcd
tagging: @father-of-all-lies @abyssalworkings @midnight-duchess @guardianofyesod
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covid19updater · 4 years
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COVID19 Updates: 10/13/2020
Europe:  Poland: 5,068 new cases. 127% increase on cases on last Tuesday (2,236).  Russia reports 13,868 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record, and a record 244 new deaths.  Switzerland: 1,445 new cases. 106% increase on last Tuesday (700);  Netherlands reports 7,393 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record - In hospital: 1,410 (+112) - ICU: 277 (+25) - Deaths: +35.  Italy: 5,901 new cases 120% increase on last Tuesday (2,677);  Czech Republic COVID update: - New cases: 8,325 - Positivity rate: 21.5% - New deaths: 55 - In hospital: 2,503 (+357) - ICU: 467 (+41)
US:  Twenty-two US troops test positive for coronavirus after flying to South Korea from States LINK
Nepal:  Nepal: 3,556 new cases. 129% increase on last Tuesday (1,551)
Italy: Govt imposes new COVID-19 restrictions LINK
Oklahoma:  Entire police department in Chelsea, Oklahoma forced to quarantine for Covid-19 LINK
UK:  Coronavirus: London could be classed as high risk within days, Sadiq Khan warns LINK
Russia:  Russian official calls for shutting out coronavirus vaccine dissent LINK
Texas:  Covid 19 coronavirus: Denier's plea after actions killed two family members LINK
World:  COVID research updates: Common-cold antibodies offer little defence against the coronavirus LINK (for all of the “it’s just a cold” clingers out there)
World:  SARS-CoV-2 spike protein may induce analgesia LINK
Germany:  Bavarian state premier Markus Söder is warning that Germany could "lose control of the coronavirus" pandemic, urging "something must be done this week," ahead of a key meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of Germany's federal states.
World:  Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for Covid-19, Portuguese football federation says
UK:  Official figures show the UK has recorded a further 17,234 daily cases of COVID-19 and 143 coronavirus-related deaths
OP/ED: This is going to be the most comprehensive analysis you will even get, regardless of what source of information you personally prefer. It is also to be my last major update, because it is THE update. What is coming, and this is not fearmongering, won't need any other future update. This update is going to cover the next 6 months, and while it is mainly about the evolution of the pandemic, it also touches the economic and social changes that are imminent. I will start with some good news...sort of. The situation is bad, but not as bad as it looks. I will start with Europe. We need to understand that the numbers that we see today in Europe (as the continent, not the Union) are pretty damn high, on paper. The testing in Europe is about 3 times higher now, then back in March and April, on average. If we would have tested in March in April as much as we do today, in theory, we would had 3 times the number of cases. For example, France had a peak of 4,500 cases (7 day average) in the Spring, and now they have a peak of 14,000 cases (7 day average). Theoretically, France, if would have tested 3 times more in the Spring, they would register 13,500 cases. Not a big difference, one might say, just looking at the numbers. One might say that France is basically in the same situation today, compared to Spring, if testing would be equal. Same can be said about almost any other country in Europe. But, we need to also know that back in the Spring, the virus was not as spread as it is today. So even if France would have tested in the Spring as much as they test today, we would have not register 13,500 cases, but much less then that. Another variable is that back in the Spring, most tests were done upon hospitalization, so the asymptomatic cases were barely on the radar. This means that today, even if we test more, and register more daily cases, we have much more asymptomatic cases then hospitalization cases. Compiling all the numbers, from testing capacity, number of cases, asymptomatic ratio, Europe today is on comparable levels to Europe at the peak of the Spring wave.This is good news, in the sense that today, we are on the same levels as Spring wave, and the real numbers today are not actually worse then the real numbers in the Spring. The official numbers are much worse, but we don't care about those numbers. We care about the real numbers. We don't know the real numbers. I don't know the real numbers. But my model kinda predicted, in acceptable margin errors, a lot of what happened in the last 9 months. I won't remind all of my model prediction that became true, because there are many, and you guys already know that pretty much what I said will happen, did happen. Some key predictions I made were the number of epicenters and the Summer resurgence in the U.S., the Brazil plateau and the start of European second wave with its evolution until mid-October. My intent, as always, is not to instill fear. My intent is, and always was, to present certain scenarios, and among those scenarios, which one is most likely to happen. It is all based on numbers and statistical data, and the projections that I made, while based on what we know, from official sources, are also based on my conclusions analyzing information that it is unrelated to the pandemic, mainly historical data, social media influence, political play, mass psychology, human reaction to reality, coping mechanisms, meteorological influences, traveling mentality, etc. etc. People kept me asking, in the Spring, about my mad max scenario. When will it happen, how will it happen, how bad it is going to be. Nowadays, almost nobody is asking me about mad max scenario. I don't know why, but probably because some think that it won't happen and others think that it will happen, so there is no point in keep asking. I have also stopped reminding about mad max scenario, not because it will or it will not happen, but because predicting it with accuracy, or partial accuracy, is impossible. Events that will happen in the future, that we cannot predict, will make a mad max scenario either improbable, or very probable. Now, onto the bad news. Or, actually, onto what is going to happen in the next 6 months. Back in the summer, we all knew that the situation will get bad, come fall. I always reminded the same, on my thread. As time passed, and I had more information to work with, I "shrank" this fall and winter, to a specific interval, mid-October, then later on to October 15th, 2020. This is not a date that I chose based on whatever zodiacal, celestial, or spiritual, historical or numerical mambo-jambo. This date, October 15th, is, as I said in the last weeks, the "make or break" date. If something big will happen in October 15th, or couple days before or after, it is just a coincidence. By October 15th, most people will start to realize that we are in big doodoo. Including governments. My intention was to have my update on October 15th, but things are already on a solid path, that is highly unlikely to change, that I can risk an update earlier then October 15th. What is going to happen in the next 6 months, is influenced, in no particular order, by the following factors : -political decision to avoid full lock-downs -the start of the cold season (especially less sunlight, temperature drop not as much important) in Northern Hemisphere. -disbelief in the virus -strong belief in conspiracy theories -inability of westerners to face bad times, and inability for behavioral changes. The above factors, without playing the blame game, are decisive in the evolution of the pandemic, are already at the point where a change is almost impossible, and if by the end of October, full lock-downs are not in place, we will see how a REAL pandemic looks like. The political decision to avoid full lock-down by end of October, because of westerners inability to face bad times and behavioral change, and the strong belief that this virus is part of a conspiracy, thus pressuring the politicians to avoid full lock-downs, not to mention the economic and social costs of full lock-downs, is already taken. There will be no full lock-downs by the end of this month. Everyone is playing now like in the Summer : close bars, open bars, close this, open this, mask up here, not mask up there, etc., without understanding that there are critical difference now, compared to Spring and Summer. It is hard for me to keep a continuity that its easy to understand, because so many things are interconnected and influence each other, thus adding a lot of complexity in this update. Anyway, the Spring wave was at the beginning of the pandemic (far less virus spread), it was at the end of low solar activity (we are now at the start), the March spikes, the led to full lock-downs, even counting for testing capacity, were much smaller then the spikes today. The summer time gave us the impression that we can control this, thus leading to wrongfully assume that the virus is not that bad. The society dropped their guard, the government stopped prepared for the winter. And this will cost us, a lot. This is what I expect to happen in Europe (the continent), by the end of this year, if full lock-downs are not in place by the end of October, pandemic wise : 7 million deaths (of ALL causes). The monthly deaths, of all causes, in Europe (the continent, except Russia and Turkey, which some are consider them part of Continental Europe) are around 525,000. This number is in normal conditions, aka, no wars, pandemics, other calamities and with a working healthcare system.If, again, IF, the current trend continues, and full lock-downs are not in place by the end of October, I expect around 25% of the European general population to contract the virus by end's year. About 5% of the above 25% (which translates into 1.25% o f the general population) will need ICU treatment, or they will die. Most hospitals ICUs, across Europe, will be full by November. By the end of October, about 5% of the general population will contract the virus, the rest of 20% will contract the virus after October. While most cases will benefit from ICU treatment this month, virtually everyone else in November in December, will not. Again, this IF full lock-downs are not in place by the end of October. 5% of 20% infected translates into 1% of the general population of Europe, which is about 750 million people. This means 7.5 million dead by end of 2020 from Covid...on top of the median 525,000 deaths in normal circumstances. Overall, we are looking at a potential 8 million dead, in Europe, if most hospitals ICUs are full...and they will be full by the end of October. Obviously, some of the sick WILL get ICU treatment, even if the ICUs are full. However, the difference will not be big. Another aspect is that we have certain treatments that will prevent many Covid sick people to be moved to ICUs. This will matter, quite a lot. In the end, if this will happen (and it is the worse case scenario), Europe will end up losing 0.8% of its population, or roughly 6 million people. It will probably be more, since except Germany, all other European countries are NOT prepared for a pandemic that is worse, yes, worse, then Spanish Flu. Would 6 million dead in Europe by end of 2020 lead to a collapse, both social and economic? The short answer is that it is highly probable. But not because 6 million dead people...but because how many SICK people will be, for 6 million of them to die.To get to 6 million dead by end of 2020, Europe will have to have around 40 million people sick people, and most of them unable to benefit from healthcare. Again, this is just numbers. Math. It cannot predict human reaction to such a catastrophe. And what it cannot predict is if we will only get to 20-25% infected people, or more...because it can easily be more. The longer full lock-downs are avoided, the more people will get infected, the faster hospitals will get full, and the more sick and dead we will have. The U.S. is 3 weeks behind Europe. What is in Europe now, it will be in the U.S. at the end of October. And this is where I think we are heading. Many times before I said that the worst case scenario I can see is the second wave being 3 times higher (and it points to this, the spikes are already 3 times higher, even if the current numbers are similar to peak of March-April), avoiding lock-downs in October, keeping the schools open through October, most people refusing to understand what we are facing (coping mechanism for the most part) and the virus adapting for younger hosts (because of schools being open), influencing negatively the symptoms of older hosts (adults over 40 and elderly). This is happening, right now. And if this continues for just another 3 weeks, we won't be able to reverse the trend...unless we full lock-down in November and keep the lock-downs all the way to April. This is not me trying to scare anyone. This is me trying to tell you what might happen, and what is most likely to happen. The economic and social impact of full lock-downs is going to be massive, to the point of the biggest depression in human history. But the cost of not doing it is going to be greater. We will still face the same economic losses, but the social impact of millions of dead, and tens of millions of sick, in the next 2 and a half months, could easily led to a collapse. Please prepare for 6 months. Hopefully it will be enough. I could have kept going with the update, adding excess death data from worst hit countries in the Spring, hospitalization data, ICU data from Summer in the U.S., from India or Russia...but those are just numbers that would still end up to the same conclusion : Without lock-downs, we could potentially lose up to 2% of the Northern Hemisphere population by March 2021. 2% is not much, but LIVING IT might be too much for the current world, the way we live, the way we are supplied with food, the overcrowding, the social explosions, etc., all factors that are so weak, and so balanced, that even a 2% loss of the population in 4-5 month (and 10%-12% sick, and unable to work, among them police, medical staff, power and sanitary staff, other essentials) could easily throw us in disarray. I hope it won't happen, because it will happen to all of us. Me included.
Texas:  Lockney ISD to close campuses Oct. 13 for cleaning, High School to return remotely on Wednesday LINK
UK:  Covid school disruption getting worse in England LINK
Italy: 1 infected person spread the virus to 120 other people. He failed to go in to quarantine after sharing the flight with someone else who was infected. He then went to the swimming pool and disco where he infected 120 others. LINK
Netherlands:  DUTCH PM MARK RUTTE SAYS GOING TO IMPLEMENT PARTIAL LOCKDOWN.  RUTTE SAYS MEASURES TO STOP SPREADING VIRUS WILL HURT
France:  French hospitalizations are rising scary quick now. Time taken to go from 6,000 to 7,000 hospitalized: 11 days; From 7,000 to 8,000: 6 days; From 8,000 to ~9,000: 3 days
UK:  UK GOVT. SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS URGE TWO-WEEK LOCKDOWN LINK
US:  U.S. pauses Eli Lilly’s trial of a coronavirus antibody treatment over safety concerns LINK
Connecticut:  Daily coronavirus updates: Connecticut reports highest positivity rate since June; hospitalizations also increase LINK
Utah:  College Says Students May Have Sought COVID-19 Infection To Boost Plasma Donor Payout LINK
US:  New CDC Study Finds Majority of Those Infected with COVID-19 ‘Always’ Wore Masks LINK
Idaho:  Woman in the hospital after being infected with coronavirus for the second time LINK
Florida:  Florida Coach Wanted 90,000 Fans at Home This Week, But Now His Players Have COVID LINK
US:  White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Birx says holidays will look different this year LINK
US:  'It's been horrific': Pediatric 'long haulers' struggle with coronavirus months after diagnosis LINK
US:  Over the past 24 hours, the U.S. reported 46,647 new cases of coronavirus, according to the COVID Tracking Project - In hospital: 36,034* (+962) - *Highest since August 29 - ICU: 7,020 (+213) - Deaths: 669
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shinylitwick94 · 6 years
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The Great Language Status Update
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, hasn’t it? 
I’m very concerned with certificates at the moment. I know they don’t really mean much to us personally and that they don’t say much about our actual language skills, but I do think that having them is better than not having them and it’s very useful for my career to have some proof of my language skills. especially if I eventually choose to leave my country.
Portuguese
Level: Native language. 
I regret ever saying I needed to write more. Now all I do is write all day, every day. I’ve also been reading more in my language, and that’s definitely a good thing.
Goals: Just writing better and speaking with a slightly more polished vocabulary, since the job demands it.
English
Level:C1-C2
I’m actively working towards getting a C2 certificate now. I need to work on my test-taking and some specific grammar issues. I think I can do it. I don’t think I’ll be able to do it perfectly, but I’m pretty confident I can pass. I’m taking the exam in May and if I pass that’s pretty much the end of my english studies. I’ll keep using the language obviously, but I just won’t be making an effort to study it, as it were. I’m not sure I’ve improved at all over the past year tbh, I’m pretty sure I’m at exactly the same level I was before. I do want to work on my legal english, though, especially since it’s going start playing a bigger role in my life and I just don’t know any legal terminology in english.
Goals:Passing the Cambrige English Proficiency Exam; Legal english
German
Level: C1
I’m a little disappointed in my german right now. I know I improved quite a bit last year - actually being in Germany obviously made a huge difference. However, I still haven’t been able to fix my chronic grammar issues and my vocabulary is much weaker than I hoped it would be by this point. My own laziness is largely to blame for this. That and the fact that I just have a really hard time studying german. It’s hard to find materials  that get me to do the grammar practice I need without boring me, because the grammar problems come from so far back that I’d probably need to do a lot of B1 exercises to fix them. And I just can’t find the motivation to do it. I’m trying to read more, and more regularly in German too. I think that’ll probably help me more than anything else at this point. As with English, I’m also working on the legal aspects of the language, since it can be very useful at work.
Goals: Goethe Zertifikat C1; Legal German
French
Levl: B2(!!!)
I took a level test yesterday and they placed me at B2! They actually said I’d be ready to start preparing for the DELF B2 exam, which really surprised me. I knew the speaking part was ok, but I expected the wrtten part to be much, much worse, and as it turns out it actually wasn’t. I started worrying about French only recently, also for work-related reasons, and I really expected the results to be much worse than this. I have to work on pretty much everything here, but again, mostly grammar and writing, and legal terms. If there’s one common thread to the way I learn languages, it’s that I’m always much, much better at speaking than writing, and french is no exception to that rule. 
Goals: DELF B2, I suppose! And legal french
Russian
Level: B1
I actually regressed a lot in Russian last year. I knew it was going to happen. A year without contact with the language at this stage pretty much always has negative consequences. It’s not as solid a B1 as it could be and I think I’m still at a stage where I might forget the language if I stop engaging with it for a while, which is not the case with English, German or French. I need to work a lot here, to make up for last year and also, again, to consolidate my grammar. I need to keep going to class no matter how tired I am, because if I leave it to myself ’m going to end up doing nothing at all. I know this is going to take a very long time to improve and I need to work on my vocabulary a lot too, so I’m stuck here for a while.
Goals: Consolidate, consolidate, consolidate, improve vocabulary
Castillian (Spanish)
Level:????
Castillian/Spanish is always the odd one out. It’s also the only one that only shows up in the english version of my CV, because I wouldn’t dare put it in the portuguese version. The only portuguese people who put Spanish in their CVs are people who either a) have formally studied Spanish or b) people who don’t know any other languages. It just looks a little...lazy to me, no offence to those who do it, but I don’t feel comfortable putting it next to all the toher languages I’ve seriously worked on. And to me, knowing as I do that I don’t actually know proper Spanish, just portuñol, it wouldn’t feel right to have it there. I can understand most of spoken Spanish, I can speak it the way a particularly illiterate spaniard might, and I can read most things. I can’t write a word. So of course I can’t say I know Castillian/Spanish. Would I like to work on it? Sure, but it’s low on my priority list. And to be completely honest, what spanish I do know is more than enough for another country (like, say, Germany), but nowhere near enough for either my own country or a Spanish speaking country. Which means I’d have to put a lot more effort into Spanish if I wanted to do something with it here, and right now I’d prefer to focus on the other languages.
Goals: None, really. Getting better eventually.
Mandarin
Level: None
Mandarin is the language I’m currently using to test duolingo and other language learning apps. Basically I want to do all of the stuff on those apps and find out if it helped at all once I start taking classes a few years from now. I can’t pretend I wouldn’t like to take Mandarin classes now, but at the moment it’s just not feasible. I have to start “finishing” the other languages before I can even consider seriously studying Mandarin. I’ll need a clearer mind and I won’t have that until I stop worrying about studing 3-4 other languages too.
Goals: Just have fun; try to understand to which extent language learning apps actually work
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A comprehensive timeline of Cristiano Ronaldo’s sexual assault case
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Constantly updating the key dates from the alleged incident in 2009 to present day.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused of sexual assault by Kathryn Mayorga, who has opened up a lawsuit against the soccer player stemming from a 2009 incident in Las Vegas. Mayorga’s attorney claims she was coerced into a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) shortly following the incident, and that the NDA should now be legally considered void.
Mayorga told her story to German outlet Der Spiegel on September 29 before filing a civil claim against Ronaldo, seeking to void the NDA she signed in 2010. The Las Vegas police department has also reopened its criminal investigation. Ronaldo and his attorneys have denied Mayorga and Der Spiegel’s claims.
This is a timeline of the important events in the story, from 2009 to present day.
June 13, 2009: Kathryn Mayorga reports rape to police, doesn’t identify Cristiano Ronaldo by name
Mayorga contacted Las Vegas police at 2:16 p.m. the afternoon following her assault. She told the dispatcher that she did not want to identify her assailant because he was a public figure. Police drove her to a local hospital, where she had a rape kit examination.
January 12, 2010: Ronaldo, Mayorga’s lawyers agree to terms of NDA
Mayorga, her attorney, and attorneys for Cristiano Ronaldo sign an out-of-court settlement. Both parties agree to not discuss the incident in a non-disclosure agreement, and Ronaldo’s team agrees to pay Mayorga $375,000. Ronaldo is not present at the signing of the agreement.
April 19, 2017: Der Spiegel publishes allegations against Ronaldo
Eight years later, Der Spiegel publishes its first report about the accusations of rape against Ronaldo. The German outlet claims that it got the documents outlining the allegations from Football Leaks, which up until that point had primarily focused on unveiling the financial secrets of soccer. In that report, Mayorga is identified by the pseudonym “Susan K.”, as she had made it clear in both police reports and settlement documents that she wished to keep her identity secret.
September 29, 2018: Mayorga comes forward with her story
A year and a half after Der Spiegel’s first story about Ronaldo, Mayorga decided to reveal her identity and tell her side of the story. This happened in conjunction with Der Spiegel and Football Leaks discovering more documents pertaining to the case and subsequent settlement. In the story, Mayorga gives a graphic description of her assault.
Der Spiegel claims to have acquired a questionnaire from Ronaldo’s attorneys that Ronaldo filled out, in which he allegedly says “she said no and stop several times.”
Ronaldo threatens to sue Der Spiegel
Within hours of the story’s publication, Ronaldo’s lawyer Christian Schertz called the story “blatantly illegal” and said it was “an inadmissible reporting of suspicions in the area of privacy.” He said Ronaldo would seek compensation from the outlet.
September 30, 2018: Der Spiegel editor responds with details of reporting
Following Schertz’s legal threat, Der Spiegel’s sports editor Christoph Winterbach posts a 25-tweet thread detailing the reporting that his team did to ensure the accuracy of their story. It includes screenshots of documents mentioned in the article.
This is a thread about the rape allegations vs. @Cristiano: About our research @derSpiegel, about Ronaldo's reaction and a little insight into why the alleged victim Kathryn Mayorga speaks out about the case nine years later. This is the story btw: https://t.co/fwv26PhCSx 1/24
— Christoph Winterbach (@derWinterbach) September 30, 2018
October 1, 2018: Mayorga sues Ronaldo, seeking to void NDA
Mayorga’s new lawyer, Leslie Mark Stovall, claims that she had inadequate representation in 2009 and 2010, and was bullied into settling. He files a lawsuit in Clark County, Nevada, seeking to have the 2010 settlement and NDA voided.
October 2, 2018: Las Vegas police reopen case
Las Vegas police confirm that they investigated a rape complaint in June of 2009, but could not follow through because “the victim did not provide detectives with the location of the incident or suspect description.” With Mayorga now willing to give details, the case has been reopened.
October 3, 2018: Ronaldo issues his public denial
I firmly deny the accusations being issued against me. Rape is an abominable crime that goes against everything that I am and believe in. Keen as I may be to clear my name, I refuse to feed the media spectacle created by people seeking to promote themselves at my expense.
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) October 3, 2018
My clear conscious will thereby allow me to await with tranquillity the results of any and all investigations.
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) October 3, 2018
October 4, 2018: Ronaldo left out of Portugal squad
Portugal coach Fernando Santos confirms that Ronaldo would not play for Portugal for the rest of 2018, ruling him out of November’s matches as well. Santos refuses to confirm or deny that Ronaldo was omitted due to the allegations against him.
Ronaldo sponsors express concern; Juventus does not
Two of Ronaldo’s biggest sponsors, Nike and EA Sports, prepare to distance themselves from Ronaldo.
Exclusive: Nike 'deeply concerned' by Cristiano Ronaldo rape claims. Statement to @AP from Ronaldo's biggest sponsor: "we are deeply concerned by the disturbing allegations and will continue to closely monitor the situation."https://t.co/dwdQ7SnfNQ
— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) October 4, 2018
NEW from Ronaldo sponsor @EA Sports. “We have seen the concerning report that details allegations against Cristiano Ronaldo. We are closely monitoring the situation, as we expect cover athletes and ambassadors to conduct themselves in a manner that is consistent with EA's values"
— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) October 3, 2018
His club, Juventus, takes a different and rather callous position.
.@Cristiano Ronaldo has shown in recent months his great professionalism and dedication, which is appreciated by everyone at Juventus. 1/1
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) October 4, 2018
The events allegedly dating back to almost 10 years ago do not change this opinion, which is shared by anyone who has come into contact with this great champion. 2/2
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) October 4, 2018
October 10, 2018 — Ronaldo’s lawyer claims documents were fabricated
Peter Christensen, who Ronaldo hired to represent him in 2009, releases a statement claiming that documents cited in Der Spiegel’s story are not authentic.
The statement is in Portuguese. Below, a rough translation via Google Translate:
The documents that allegedly contain statements by Cristiano Ronaldo and were reproduced in the media are pure inventions.
By 2015 dozens of entities (including law firms) in different parts of Europe were attacked and saw a lot of information on their electronic equipment being stolen by a hacker. This hacker then tried to sell such information, having now a media outlet, irresponsibly publishing some of the stolen documents, significant parts of which were altered and/or completely forged.
This was refuted a day later in a Twitter thread by Der Spiegel sports editor Christoph Winterbach.
There was a statement released yesterday, on behalf of @Cristiano #Ronaldo, concerning the rape allegations and our reporting at @derSpiegel. #CR7's lawyer claimed that we quoted manipulated documents in our story. This is our answer. 1/11
— Christoph Winterbach (@derWinterbach) October 11, 2018
Portuguese outlet claims Real Madrid forced Ronaldo to settle; club will sue
Portuguese outlet Correio da Manha runs a story claiming that Real Madrid forced Ronaldo to agree to a settlement and non-disclosure agreement with Mayorga. Real Madrid says that this is false and promises to take legal action against the outlet.
January 9, 2018 — Jasmine Lennard comes forward with allegations against Ronaldo.
British model Jasmine Lennard detailed abuse by Ronaldo, saying she has messages and examples of times she was harassed and bullied by him.
Hundreds of messages I have of him taking and laughing about how he psychologically bullies the shit out of his baby mother and treats her like crap. Messages about all the times he’s cheated on her. Stories of sexual conquests that mirror Mayorga’s. In depth convos where he
— QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (@Jasminelennard) January 8, 2019
Acknowledges and shares about having SERIOUS mental health issues. All the LIES surrounding his children and their baby mothers. He’s a BULLY and he’s a LIAR. His whole life is a LIE. Fucking psychopath.
— QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (@Jasminelennard) January 8, 2019
I have had threats against me and my family I have been informed that a file was created on me to try and dig up dirt and that myself and my child are being being followed by detectives he hired. It’s enough.
— QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (@Jasminelennard) January 8, 2019
Told me if I dated anyone else or if I left my house he’d have me kidnapped and have my body cut up and put in a bag and thrown in a river. Yes I have proof of everything I’m saying. He’s a psychopath. https://t.co/SEXdys4JUs
— QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (@Jasminelennard) January 8, 2019
Lennard reached out to Mayorga’s legal team offering her evidence, which she believed could help their care.
On that note and after much thought i am reaching out to Kathryn Mayorga and her legal team to offer my assistance in her rape allegation against @Cristiano please contact me. I have information that I believe will be beneficial to your case and I would like to help you.
— QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (@Jasminelennard) January 8, 2019
January 10, 2019 — Investigators seek Ronaldo DNA sample.
The Las Vegas metropolitan police department asks Italian authorities to collect a DNA sample from Ronaldo to aid in their investigation. “The LVMPD is taking the same steps in this case as in any other sexual assault to facilitate the collection of DNA evidence,” said a police department spokesperson.
January 15, 2019 — Mayorga’s lawyers confirm they’ll speak with Lennard
Six days after Lennard’s accusations on social media and her offer of information to Mayorga’s team, an attorney for Mayorga confirms to USA Today that they’ll be meeting with Lennard and her representatives.
“I can confirm that Leslie Mark Stovall has spoken to Ms. Leonard regarding Cristiano Ronaldo,” Larissa Drohobyczer, an attorney at Stovall & Associates, said in an email. “Mr. Stovall’s travel to London England will be based upon his discussions with London lawyer Jonathan Coad and his client Jasmine Lennard.”
March 12, 2019 — Ronaldo yet to be served notice of lawsuit
Sam Borden of ESPN reports that Mayorga’s lawsuit has stalled because her attorney has found it difficult to serve him without him coming to the United States.
While the criminal investigation slogs on, Mayorga’s civil suit against Ronaldo has stalled as well. That is primarily because Ronaldo has still not officially been served notice of the lawsuit. Serving a lawsuit to someone who lives abroad is a tricky process that requires following rules set forth in international treaties, and Ronaldo has not authorized his American attorney to accept on his behalf ... Stovall and his associates have been unsuccessful serving Ronaldo in Italy. The initial 120-day period expired at the beginning of February, and Stovall has filed a motion asking the court to grant an extension and to allow service by leaving the paperwork at Juventus’ training center or via public notification.
July 22, 2019 — Clark County will not pursue criminal charges
The Clark County district attorney’s office releases a statement that it does not have sufficient evidence to bring charges against Ronaldo. Its statement says that Mayorga’s reluctance to identify her attacker when she first reported the incident caused potential evidence to be lost.
@LasVegasDA Declines to Prosecute 10-year-old Sexual Assault Allegation Against Cristiano Ronaldo. @ClarkCountyNV pic.twitter.com/XXdc8D9Plk
— Clark County DA (@LasVegasDA) July 22, 2019
This timeline will be updated as more information becomes available.
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SALLY’S FAVOURITE SEO FORUMS AND HOW TO GET THE BEST USE OUT OF THEM
OUR FAVOURITE SEO FORUMS AND HOW TO GET THE BEST OUT OF THEM
 Introduction
It is essential to stay up to date as SEO is a fast moving area but how do you do it….  Ans her is another even more important reason.  What do you do if you get stuck on something, have a burning question or a great idea you want to get a second opinion on …..Well SEO forums are a great solution to all these issues.
Here are our tips on how best to use SEO forums and five of the best ones
- pick a expert forum.  There is no point getting advice from non experts. Below I have listed some of the best forums.
- understand the forum structure.  Sounds obvious …actually its not!  Make sure you are posting or browsing in the right section you will get much better results that way..  For example the excellent Local SEO forum  on BlackhatWorld is a sub forum of White Hat SEO
- understand the forum etiquette.  Some forums can be very abrupt with newbies so just be aware ad phrase questions in the right way.  Modesty helps
-take advantage of the freebies. Most of the forums have excellent free resources so take advantage of them!
-follow power members.  Take the opinions of power members with lots of posts or thanks ..they are usually identified with terms like VP or other designation
-watch out for SEO politics.  That probably sounds a bit weird but its very important.  There is a big divide between those interested in so called black hat techniques and those which stick to white hat only methods so make sure ask the right question in the right forum.
 Thanks to Kent SEO Services for writing this article
Kent SEO Services
 https://kent-seo-services.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/pg/KentSEOservices
https://www.instagram.com/kent.seo.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsS7gCiBeVkLZj40yz3plZA
https://twitter.com/Kent_SEO_UK
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kent-seo-services-uk
 Hewe are our favourite forums
 1. Warrior Forum
Warrior Forum is one of the biggest internet marketing forums, with a specific SEO section. It has been around since 1997. It covers link building tactics, optimization, and other technical SEO issues.
Besides the above subjects, you can even discuss on tactics and strategies for making money online. It’s a place to discuss PPC advertising, selling digital marketing services, copywriting, and product creation.
The biggest benefit of using Warrior Forum is the fact that you get quick replies to your questions and posts.
Warrior Forum has garnered huge respect in the digital marketing space. In fact, almost everyone with an even little bit of interest in digital marketing has been a member of the Warrior Forum.
It’s a place for both newbie and professionals in the digital marketing space.
It includes a wide range of threads for beginners as well as experts. You get lots of in-depth answers to a particular thread in SEO section.
Plus, you also get informative threads for Social Media, E-Commerce, E-Marketing, and more. It is even good for promoting your blog. It stores tons of useful posts and insightful details in the digital marketing sphere.
Warrior Forum also offers the opportunity to create a Special Offer (WSO) wherein you can launch your course, product, or service for a highly focused market of marketers, SEO specialists, affiliate marketers, and entrepreneurs.
 UPDATE 2020.  This forum is not quite what it was ..the action is primarily in the War Room and the content elsewhere is very thin.  For more information check out
 Local SEO London
 https://local-seo-london.co.uk
 https://www.facebook.com/local.seo.company.london.uk
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChJ2DjAUZr43jEZqFCXptag
 https://twitter.com/LocalSEOLondon1
 https://www.instagram.com/localseolondon/
 https://co.pinterest.com/localseolondon/
 https://www.linkedin.com/company/local-seo-london
 2. Google Webmaster Central Help
Google Webmaster Central Help is one of the best SEO Forums out there. You get SEO advice from Google employees who post and respond on this forum. So, you can be sure of authoritative advice from SEO Experts at Google.
You can easily get answers to many common questions here.
You simply have to search in the box provided at the top of Forum’s home page.
There is a high probability that your questions already got answered, and so you can save a considerable amount of time.
However, if you do not get answers to your questions through the search box, you can always post your questions in this forum. Your questions get answered by other webmasters, forum top contributors, and Google employees.
Anything you post will generally be indexed and appear in search engines. In case you do not want your site’s URL to be associated with your post, you can always post in with a URL shortener.
Plus, you can reach out the community in this forum in languages other than English such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, etc.
 UPDATE 2020.  This is Googles own hosted forum and lots of SEOs read through it with a microscope looking for nuggets of Google gold.  However as a consequence its very white hat so we recommend it only for SEO professionals AND NOT AS YOUR SOLE INFORMATON SOURCE
UPDATE 2020.  For more information check out
 London SEO Agency
 https://www.london-seo-agency.com
 https://www.facebook.com/london.seo.agency.services
 https://www.instagram.com/thelondonseoagen
 https://twitter.com/LondonSEOAgenc1
 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3sr1wKvSUIQ8_SqPmmcQAA
 https://www.pinterest.com/thelondonseoagency
 3.. Digital Point
Digital Point is known to be one of the best online communities for everything digital. They have a special forum area that’s specifically devoted to search engine optimization.
In fact, Digital Point offers one of the biggest SEO Forums where you can get in-depth answers.
It offers a wide range of topics such as business and web marketing, design, and development. The topics cover numerous ways to make money online.
You can get useful tips on SEO strategies, selling products online, web designing information, and everything related to creating income online.
It even offers a trade buy and sells section where you can post affiliate links. All in all, it’s a good resource on SEO topics. You even get the opportunity to network with individuals, businesses, and professionals in specific areas.
Its usage is free.
However, you can find their website a bit clustered in content.
It’s a helpful forum along with opportunities.
 UPDATE 2020.  More of a generalized internet marketing site but so many IMs use it that we hadto include it.  Its really a generalized IM site not a SEO site.   For more information see
 Conclusion
We cannot tell you what SEO forum will work best for you however we can tell you what we use and why
-Blackhatworld. Excellent for tactics and strategies with a wide of range of views/on black and white hat issues.  Also excellent  for SEO services
-Google Webmasters.  Useful for when doing deep in depth research on a topic but Google writes in code as it likes to keep its algorithm as secret as possible.  Also excellent place to post if you think Google is being too slow .  You can guarantee a Google employee will investigate
 https://www.elegance-studio-agency.com/
 https://www.francisrose.co.uk/
 http://trusted-seo-reviews.com
 https://sussex-seo-services.co.uk/
 https://local-seo-london.co.uk
 https://kent-seo-services.co.uk
 https://www.london-seo-agency.com
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