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Abandon Fear Ye Who Enter Here

A friend of mine took a series of tests to determine her mental decline as she aged. Happily, for her, the tests were comforting.  Even so, I admired her courage.  What she’d done was like poking a sleeping bear with a sharp stick.  If the news hadn’t been good, how would she have coped? Alzheimer’s, for example, has no cure. Early intervention is key for dealing with Alzheimer’s, experts say.  But to what end? A few months of clarity before drifting into that good night and all the while knowing the Good Ship Memory has left the dock? When there is little to be gained, I prefer not to know. Many will think differently.   Fear affects us in different ways. It can leave us catatonic and in denial. Or, like people prancing across hot coals, it can initiate a frenzy to save ourselves.  In every case, fear tests our sanity. People like my friend who face reality with courage leave me in awe. Pete Buttigieg, the U. S. Secretary of Transportation, is also unflappable. Asked about the current state of our democracy, his answer is matter-of-fact.  Our system of government is designed to pick winners and losers.  For the process to work, people have to accept outcomes. Buttigieg’s response is so simple, it smacks of naïvite.  That’s the beauty of truth.  Once grasped, It is simple and profound, like E=MC(2).  Finding the truth is where the complexity lies. After two years and several ballot box investigations, ending with no evidence of wrongdoing, some Americans continue to believe Donald Trump won the 2020 election. They believe the lie because that is the outcome they wanted– as if wishing could make it so.  Like flat-earthers living in a spherical world, they close their eyes to truths that distress them.     If the outcome of an election is difficult to grasp, for many the knowledge that climate change is about to exterminate our species is unfathomable. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine arises from that consummate ignorance. Ukraine belongs to Russia, he insists. But what does that mean to a dead planet? Absurdity’s crown goes to Iran’s Mullahs, of course. They worry about women’s headgear while the ground crumbles beneath their feet.   If the flat-earthers and their ilk would open their eyes, they’d see the time for rancor is passed.  We must work together if we are to save our species. Unfortunately, too many scrunch their eyes against the light.  They insist Time has a reverse gear that if thrown would return us to better days. Better days aren’t the same for everyone, as we know.  White supremacists long for the era when they were allowed to see themselves as superior beings, a superiority that justified imperialism and slavery. People like Marjorie Taylor Green cling to the notion of race.  It flies in the face of science but it serves her purpose. “…illegal aliens are on the verge of replacing you [whites], replacing your jobs and replacing your kids in school and coming from all over the world, they’re also replacing your culture.  And that’s not great for America. By 2050, half of the U. S. population will have darker skin pigmentation than today’s mix. Pigment means nothing. We don’t discriminate against people based on hair color. Why concern ourselves with skin? Race warriors should attend to the date 2050 for a different reason. That’s the year scientists predict the earth becomes uninhabitable for humans.   Fear can galvanize people into action, as I’ve said. Too often the outcome ends in mindless hate. Ukrainians are as pigment deprived as any Russian.  Even so, one propagandist for Putin’s invasion insists the children of his enemy should be drowned and burned.  Why are people “freaking out?” a researcher asks in response to the times. No one has an answer. Like the stars, black holes, and the universe, being made of stardust, perhaps humans sense the cosmos is shedding tears for our demise.  Is there a cosmic consciousness? Some speculate it exists. To align ourselves, they urge us to move beyond science.  As useful as reason is to us, they insist it is  too narrow a framework to integrate other aspects of the mind, creativity, intuition, or empathy, for example. To discover a different harmony, our inner world will have to experience a shift of epic proportions. The evolution could take a century. Unfortunately, we are running out of time and so we blind ourselves to the future, choosing to engage in a frenzied suspicion of  “the other.”  Reason has no power against the fires of insanity. Insanity must burn itself out, taking us with it.    I cringe to hear talk about saving the planet.  What colossal hubris.  Earth will spin on its axis regardless of rises in temperature and water levels. A few birds might continue to sing. Climate change is about us.  Will we decide to work together or close our eyes to what lies ahead?  Which is to be,  earthlings?  Courage or cowardice?   

#2020 election #a conscious universe #Climate change #Donald Trump #end of the human species #fear and courage #fear energizes hate #illeglal aliens #Marjorie Taylor Green #Pete Buttigieg #population shift In U. S. #race #Reason fails #Russia's Urkraine invasion #the big lie #the inner mind #Vladimir Putin

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through pixel eyes (chapter one)

pairing: DCA sun/moon/eclipse x reader

mentions: kinitopet/virtual au, gender neutral reader, general creepiness

a/n: ignoring that it's 3am where i am... ch1's finally here! yippee!! ending is rushed but im tired so excuse it LOL pls check out the masterlist for more info on the fic (tags & summary). hope u guys enjoy! :D

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Click. Click. Taptap tap tap. Click. 

You chew aimlessly at the bottom of your lip as your mouse roves over to the latest email in your inbox, opening it with another decisive click. Perking up slightly, your eyes skim through its contents, mindful of the zip file attached to it at the top. 

Valued employee, the email reads, thank you again for your decision to assist Fazbear Entertainment in the latest beta testing stages for our developing proprietary technology. Attached is the file you are required to download to begin testing. As always, be mindful of the documentation you have signed previously; a failure to comply will result in immediate termination. Located at the bottom of this email is the submission form you will need to populate each time you conduct a run. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reply to this email. Have a Faz-errific day! 

You hum and scroll back to the top of the email again so you can look at the attached file. FazPals1.1_DCA.zip, it says. You click the download button, then lean back in your chair as you wait. 

For being such a large company, FazCo has a rather small beta testing team. You suppose it makes sense, though; their technology is so unparalleled that you are sure they’d want to keep information as closed off as possible. Hence why you’d been forced to sign all matters of forms—contracts, an N.D.A., and waivers, of all things—before they’d signed you on. You’re sure they are even more restrictive with their information after the pizzaplex burned down all those years ago. You’re lucky you’d managed to slither your way into their ranks to make the beta team, though you figure it helps that your resume is stacked with experience. 

You are certainly curious as to what they’ve been doing while they parade assurances that the pizzaplex will return “better than ever.” You have a vague idea from your past emails with management as you were being incorporated into the beta testing team—some kind of interactive game of sorts, you think—but they’ve been rather hush-hush about it. Your answer resides in the zip file that’s just finished downloading to your computer. You navigate to your file explorer and begin the extraction process for the files. Luckily, it doesn’t take too long. You scratch idly behind your ear, shifting your headphones a little to rest more comfortably atop your head. 

Okay. File open. Where is the— There! You double click on the FazPals_DCA.exe file to run it and begin installation. A brief glance at the time shows it is a little after six in the evening. You have quite a bit of time before you’ll need to head to bed. You’ll see how far into the program you get before you hit a checkpoint or something. 

You watch as a tiny pink and white bear on the installation window flips a pizza over and over while the progress bar steadily inches its way to full completion. It is oddly hypnotizing. And when the program finally finishes installing, the window closes. An icon of a cool crescent moon tucked into the burning yellow of a sun appears on your desktop and is labeled as FazPals. Nice. Thank you, fast WiFi. Without much preamble, you double click on the icon. 

A small window pops up in the middle of your screen. You glance through the text quickly. 

Welcome to version 1.1 of FazPals, your very own virtual desktop friend based on the hit characters from Fazbear Entertainment's Mega Pizzaplex! They are able to walk, talk, joke, tell stories, give fun facts, adapt, and play games! FazPals are like no other with their innovative adaptive technology! You'll learn from them as they learn from you!

Click the button below if you are ready to meet your new FazPal!

Not what you’d been expecting, but it sounds pretty cool. It reminds you of the Tamagotchis from all those years ago—only with the A.I. of Fazbear-branded technology. Well! No time like the present! You click the ‘Proceed’ button and the window closes. 

In the center of your screen, a small music box appears. It’s an unassuming little thing, wrapped in yellow with a red ribbon crossing over it to tie into a neat bow at the top. A crank awaits your click, so you do just that, watching as it rotates around and around until— Pop! The box opens and something jumps out of it with a flourish and a jingle of bells that echoes through your headset. 

The box disappears and you’re left to stare curiously at the little figure swaying animatedly on your desktop. He seems to look around a bit, then a small dialogue box flashes over his head. But before you can read its contents, the box disappears in a static puff. You cock your head slightly. A glitch, maybe? You file that away for later and instead observe the tiny, taut grin of the program. Your FazPal, or whatever. 

You recognize him from the pizzaplex commercials you’d seen on the television years ago—the Daycare Attendant. A fellow—fellows?—modeled after celestial bodies. You’re looking at the sun, currently, though his design is a bit different from what you remember seeing.

Before you can get a good look at him, however, another dialogue box pops up over his head with text accompanying a voice that chirps into your headset. You are momentarily surprised at the sound; you hadn’t expected FazCo to incorporate their voice module into the program too. 

“Hellooo, New Friend!” Sun exclaims in a slightly pixelated manner—hardly noticeable, really—as he waves a small hand. “My name is Sun, your very own F-FazPal!” There’s a slight glitch on the word that makes his voice deepen slightly, but it passes easily enough. “What’s your name?” 

Following his question, a window labeled ‘Name?’ pops up to his side with a textbox for you to input your answer. Figuring he isn’t going to proceed with his script until you type your answer, you take the moment to properly analyze his design. 

Detached sunrays of white and gold hover around his head, framing bright eyes and an equally as bright smile on a face split into a crescent. He’s rather lithe, with a red sash tied around his waist that’s adorned with small, golden bells. Another bell is tied around his spindly neck with a red ribbon, and those same ribbons are tied around his wrists. His torso is bare and colored in different shades of yellow. Puffy red pants cover his legs—triangularly shaped with sharp lines and edges. They are decorated in a design that reminds you of the circuitry of a motherboard—dissecting lines connected by small circles that start from his waist and make their way down the length of his pants in a trickle. Pointy shoes with little suns on their sides finish the look. 

He is all angles and unforgiving points, with a digitized sort of look to him that fits the whole ‘FazPal’ aesthetic, in your opinion. It’s certainly interesting. You like the futuristic feel to it. 

Pulling yourself back to the present, you type in your name. Sun has his arms crossed behind his back as he waits, swaying gently side to side. You hit enter and the window disappears. 

“Lovely name!” Sun chirps, his rays spinning around his head eagerly that you eye in interest. They look like floating pieces of fractured, stained glass, dainty yet deadly. “I’m sure we are going to be the bestest best friends!” You snort at the declaration. 

“To start our little quest of friendship,” Sun continues on, his head moving towards the dialogue box that pops up near him like he’s looking at it, eyes narrow. It’s honestly difficult to tell with that blank gaze of his. He returns his gaze to the front, where his eyes upturn into little crescents. “Why don’t we get to know each other? Sound good?” 

Another window appears with two simple buttons sitting next to each other under it: A ‘Yes’ and a ‘No’. You click the ‘Yes’ and Sun gives an excited little clap of his hands. It’s cute, in a way. “Wonderful! Okay! To start, what iiisss your favorite color?” The open window closes, then reopens to a textbox again with the new question displayed at the top. You hum and tap your chin thoughtfully, then let your fingers fly across your keyboard as you type the color in. 

You pause, however, before you hit enter and decide to tack on a ‘hbu?’ to your response. If only to satisfy your curiosity and really test the limits of FazCo’s ingenious A.I. Hey, you’re a beta tester—it speaks for itself! 

Sun grins even wider, if possible. “That’s a good one! As for me…” He makes a thinking gesture, eyes narrowing like he’s contemplating it deeply, then brightens up. No, literally. A lightbulb appears over his head for a quick moment. “I like all the colors, it’s so hard to choose just one! Normally, I just say ‘rainbow’!” He makes a little semicircle gesture with his hands around his head. Little pixelated sparkles wink into and out of existence near his fingers before he clasps his hands behind him once more. You’ve got to hand it to FazCo—they certainly know how to add some flair to their characters. “Next question! If you could have any superpower ever, what would it be?”  

You chew at your lip again as you lean back in your chair and ponder his question. Why is it when people ask you these kinds of questions you always blank on the answers? Sun is ever so patient as he waits, moving in that idle animation next to the open window. 

Ah well, it’s not like you’re answering an interview question or anything. You wing it. ‘probably invisibility, or something. hbu?’ And enter. 

“Ooh! Invisibility!” Sun nods like he’s giving his approval. “Good in the right hands! I would want the power to read minds, I think! All the better for making fantastic friends!” 

You make a small sound at that. Well, you suppose that’s one way to make friends, albeit not a very… stable foundation to base a friendship off of. Sun proceeds with his next question. “This one’s a bit of a tough one! What’s your favorite word?” 

‘Tough’ is an understatement. You’re stumped. You rake through your mind for a word and draw up nothing but blanks. You’re certain you have one, but you just cannot think of it at the moment. Shrugging, you type ‘idk. i can't think of one rn, sorry. do u have one?’ 

His head cocks to the side, grin curling at the edges. “That’s more than one word, New Friend!” Sun replies amusedly, then laughs—a loud, tinkering thing that cuts off a bit strangely at its end. “Kidding! I’ll let you off easy for that one!” He is quite good at adapting to your responses, you note lightly. Very intriguing. You wonder how that’s coded. “My favorite word is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!” You blink in surprise. The dialogue box is barely able to hold the word inside of it. You didn’t quite expect him to say that, of all words, though you guess it makes sense for him. Sun doesn’t elaborate, just transitions merrily through the next part of his script. “Now, for this question, I need you to be as detailed as possible, okay? It is”—he pauses for a second—“essential.” 

You nod, but it’s not like he can see you, so you end up looking like a fool. Sun stares straight ahead and it… it feels a bit like he’s looking directly at you. You shift uneasily in your seat and watch his eyes go dark along with his white rays and wide smile. Abyss-like. Something drops in the pit of your stomach at the abrupt switch. His smile widens. It cracks like he’s on the edge of something hysterical. And when he speaks, it’s in a low, garbled voice that grates at your ears. 

“Where.” He grits out. “Are—” 

He doesn’t get the chance to finish. A glitch encompasses his body that makes his rays twitch erratically and his limbs to jitter about like he’s being electrocuted. You jerk back out of surprise and consider exiting the hell out of the program. But then he’s back to normal like nothing had ever happened. White eyes stare up at you with an equally as white smile. 

“Oh!” Sun exclaims cheerfully, swaying about gently. You’re taken aback and, quite frankly, confused out of your goddamn mind. “Silly me, look at the time! I’m afraid our friendship will have to wait! There’s someone else who’d like to meet you!” 

“What.” You utter the word mindlessly, eyes flicking down to the time on your computer. 6:59 P.M. Time sure did fly by through all of… that. You’re not entirely sure what to think of it. 

“Talk to you soon, New Friend!” Sun waves a hand in farewell, then spins himself around in a little animated tornado. You can only stare, oddly transfixed and still utterly flummoxed, as he spins around, and around, and around until the clock changes to 7:00 P.M. and he slows to an elegant stop. 

Only, it’s not Sun you’re looking at anymore. 

The rays are gone, replaced with a nightcap covering his head that’s adorned with twinkling stars and a little bell at the end. All the yellows have shifted to greys, blues, and blacks, though he still retains the golden bells, red ribbons, and red sash. His pants are a midnight blue with the same circuitry design, and his shoes now have little moons etched into them instead of suns. 

This must be the moon, you conclude once you’re done observing him. The other half to the Daycare Attendant you remember seeing via advertisement—the one who’d been in charge of naptime. 

You watch as Moon seems to look around. You’re not sure what he’s looking at, but you can only wait. Gentle ruby eyes move from your desktop icons to the open window that Sun had been standing next to. His smile turns jagged like the outline of a mountain. And then—

And then he slinks away, disappearing straight off of your monitor without a second look. You’re left staring at the open window, the cursor still blinking in the textbox and awaiting your input. What… just happened? You blink at where he’d disappeared off screen and wait a few moments. But he doesn’t come back. 

What the hell?

Five minutes turns into ten, which turns into fifteen and then twenty, but he truly does not return. You’re stupefied. 

Maybe you should restart the program? You nibble at your lower lip and right click on the FazPals icon so you can end it and then boot it back up again. Your mouse turns into that loading circle of death, and you swear you’re not holding your breath in anticipation or anything, but it sure does feel like it. 

Loading… loading… loading…

…

Nothing. Zip, zilch, nada. Moon does not appear. You groan and scratch at your ear again, shifting your headphones. Day one of testing and you’ve already run into a problem. Great. Well, it wasn’t like you’d expected everything to be smooth sailing. Still annoying, though. Just in case, you try restarting your computer. 

It doesn’t yield any results either, and you end up just watching some videos as you wait to see if the bug will magically fix itself. Spoiler alert, it doesn’t and you eventually give up as the clock ticks closer to midnight.

But well—you think as you slowly pull up the submission form FazCo had sent you for your job to fill out—you suppose this is why the program’s still in the testing phase. It obviously has some kinks that need to be ironed out. Hopefully it’ll get fixed up in the next patch update. Until then, you’ll just have to deal with it. 

A benefit of working from home? You get to set your own schedule. A blessing, at times. 

That unfortunately means you have to stick to it while ensuring you’re properly taking care of yourself, and going outside to get fresh air, and also getting all the necessary work done on time, and also— 

Well, you get the point. 

You wake up groggy the next day and stumble your way out of your room, just barely managing to step over the little Roomba aimlessly bumbling down the small hallway. At one point it was another product you were testing, but then it was given the green flag for mass production and admission to stores. The company let you keep the one they sent you. It was a little finicky, but it worked just fine. You named it Chicken Nugget a while ago—Dr. Nugget for short, because a Roomba with a PhD was just too amusing to pass up. You’re still musing over what area its PhD is in.

There is much to be done. Dishes from last night need to be washed, food needs to be prepared to last you a few days, timesheets need to be filled out before you forget your hours. It’s easy to multitask on household chores while you do your job. You're on the beta testing team for quite a few companies, so you’re kept busy evaluating their programs and products while you julienne onions and clean plates. You earn enough to live comfortably, and it’s all you can ever ask for, really. 

Eventually, after a long day of being a responsible human being and submitting numerous evaluation forms for various applications, you plop down in front of your computer with your headphones and turn it on. Evening has just started to creep in, turning the sky into a picturesque gradient of burnt mandarin and dusty magenta. Your desk is right by a window, so it’s nice to draw the curtains back and let fresh air circulate around the room from it.

Alright, computer on. You type in your password to log in and wait as it finishes booting up. First thing on your list—check your email. There’s nothing of importance, not that you’d expected anything, really. Oh hey, you’ve got a discount code for your next purchase at your favorite pizza store. Sweet. You save it for later. 

All you have to do is test FazCo’s program and then you can relax for the rest of the night. You preemptively open up their submission form and minimize the window, then double click on the FazPals icon. Hopefully you won’t run into any problems. Code is weird like that—working perfectly fine at one moment and doing fuck all the next. And it’s always a pain filling those surveys out when there’s an abundance of bugs and glitches to point out. It’s simple, but oh so tedious. You guess that’s what you’re getting paid for, though. 

Blinking back to attention, you squint at your empty desktop then double click on the FazPals icon again. Ah, there you go. Loading symbol. 

Instead of the little music box like you’d been expecting, Sun comes into view by cartwheeling in from the side of your monitor. It’s silly and you smile slightly as he jumps up to his feet and splays his arms and a leg out wide like he’s about to fall into another cartwheel. 

“New Friend!” he exclaims loudly alongside the text in his dialogue box, rays spinning rapidly about his head in delight. You wince slightly and lower your volume a bit. No need to kill your eardrums. “You’re back! It has been twenty-two hours, nine minutes, and thirty-seven seconds since we last interacted!” 

Your brow raises at his precision, but what else did you expect from a computer program? Sun relaxes into his normal stance and leans forward eagerly. “So! What do you wanna do?” A small, labeled window pops up next to him for you to type in. One of his rays twitches slightly. “For a list of activities I can perform, type ‘/help’!” 

You’ve already forgotten what he can do other than walk around and talk your ear off, so you do just that and the window disappears. You didn’t even have to hit enter. 

Sun beams. “For your present and future reference, I can tell jokes, give fun facts, play games, and storytell! Pick your poison, New Friend!” 

You ponder for a bit, then type ‘can u tell me a fun fact?’ in the new window before it pops out of sight, again before you can press enter. Huh. You make a note of it mentally. The back and forth with the windows is going to take some getting used to. 

“I sure can!” Sun does a little wiggle and stands at full attention with his arms crossed behind his back. “Did you know that neutron stars spin six hundred times per second? Pretty cool!” He seems very cheery today. You’ll have to keep an eye out for any more of that strange glitching from yesterday. “Want another one?” 

Eh, you don’t see why not. You shrug and click the ‘Yes’ button when it appears. Sun gives a little salute. “The most water ever discovered surrounds a black hole about twelve billion lightyears away! It has the equivalent of one hundred and forty trillion times the volume of Earth’s oceans!” You’re starting to see a theme here with his fun facts and it honestly checks out. Sun’s rays spin a little to the right as he tilts his head slightly. “That was two facts in one, technically. Just for you! Don’t tell anyone!!” And then he winks, accompanied by a little star spinning out from his eye. It’s a small detail, but it still makes you smile. Consider you charmed. 

“Alrighty! I have an idea of what we can do next!” Sun says as he skips away to the edge of your monitor. You watch him curiously as he sticks a hand beyond your desktop—somewhere offscreen?—and starts pulling over a large open window from it. Like he’s unraveling a spool of paper. He drags the window over to the center of your screen, then wipes his face with his arm and takes an exaggerated breath. “Phew! That’s heavier than it looks! Luckily, I’ve got these to help me!” He flexes his stick-like arms dramatically, posing this way and that like he’s a pro wrestler. 

You notice, as he poses, that another small window pops up—indistinct and unlabeled this time with a simple textbox for you to type in. But he… didn’t really ask you a question or anything of the sorts for you to respond to? You eye it for a moment, then decide to type a little ‘hi’ in it to see if it’s a bug or something. After waiting a few seconds to see if the window will close again without you hitting enter, nothing really happens. Oh, is it fixed now? You hit enter and the text disappears, but the window stays. You guess it is. Code, man. So finicky. 

Sun stops flexing to shoot you a bright beam with a spin of his rays. “Hello!” 

Okay, maybe it’s not a bug if he can still process your texts. Shrugging it off easily, you turn your attention to the window Sun had pulled over from who-knows-where. It looks like your computer’s Paint app. How did he open that? ‘what’s that for?’ you type into the textbox.  

“This is for us to play some games, silly!” Sun brandishes his hands towards the Paint window like he’s presenting a masterpiece. “How does Tic-Tac-Toe sound?” 

Well, not like you have any other ideas for what to do. ‘sure, let’s play.’ 

“Faz-tastic!” Sun claps his hands, then reaches into his pocket and pulls out a comically large wooden pencil from its depths. Seriously, it’s nearly the length of his arm. It’s like something right out of a cartoon and you grin at the silliness. He steps closer to the Paint window and draws four perfectly straight and intersecting lines—each of them the same length and splitting into the same sized boxes and everything. He then draws a perfect circle in one of the corner boxes and steps back. “Your turn!” 

You crack your knuckles and roll your shoulders. Okay. Time to lock in and kick this program’s ass. 

Except you don’t. 

You lose horribly. Seven times in a row, in fact. 

‘r u cheating? ur cheating, aren’t u,’ you type into the open textbox, which had remained in place all throughout your games. Unusual, but you’re not too bothered by it. After you lost the first few rounds, you started complaining to him using it. You figured you might as well. It’s almost like having a conversation with him and you’re pretty impressed by his verbal versatility. 

“Cheating?!” Sun squawks, offended. He splays a hand across his chest as he somehow manages to twirl his giant pencil in his hand like a baton. “A rulebreaker, I am not! I think someone is getting a little grumpy!” He gives you a pointed grin. 

You should have expected you’d lose to fucking A.I. software. You run your tongue over your bottom lip, where you’d been incessantly troubling it with your teeth throughout the rather merciless Tic-Tac-Toe beating you’d just received. You’re considering mentioning in the submission form that the program is too difficult to beat at games, but maybe you’re just that bad at them. Your ego’s definitely going through it.

‘i’m not grumpy,’ you grumble. Sun shakes his little digital head in good mirth, seeing right through you, of course. You switch topics. ‘let’s play something else. got any other games?’ 

“I sure do, Friend!” He uses his pencil eraser to clear the Paint canvas and starts drawing what looks like a game of Hangman. He gives you a sly smile. “Think you’re up for a real challenge?” Cheeky! 

After some rounds of Hangman and Pictionary (which, to your pleasant surprise, you’re not too bad at, but maybe Sun’s taking pity on you), Sun eventually closes the Paint window and makes a show of stretching languidly. “My time’s almost up, I’m afraid!” Sure enough, a quick glance at the time shows it’s nearing seven o’clock. Time flies when you’re having fun. “Make sure to stretch your back and arms out, Friend! Hydration is also important!” 

‘yes boss, u got it, boss,’ you reply before stretching out your arms. You have a water bottle on your desk that you take a quick drink out of, the liquid inside of the insulated material still cool and refreshing. You shiver a little and eye your window still letting the night air into the room. You should close that soon. And maybe turn on the lights so you’re not sitting in the dark illuminated only by your bright screen. 

Naturally, you do neither. Too much work right now.

Sun wiggles a little, then clasps his arms behind his back. “This was fun! I will talk to you tomorrow, Friend!” His grin widens, curling at the edges. “Don’t keep me waiting too long!”

And before you can really process the tone of that, he pulls out a red curtain from somewhere behind him. Shaking it out slightly, he pulls it up in front of him to block your view of his little figure entirely. You raise an eyebrow as the curtain wiggles and protrudes out like he’s changing into new clothes, before eventually it falls down and reveals Moon. His nightcap is pulled down to partially cover his glowing ruby eyes.

You lean forward in your chair, attention instantly grabbed. Will he work properly this time? You consider him for a moment as he simply stands there—sullen and, dare you say, annoyed. His eyes are narrowed and his mouth is pulled into a scowl. He shifts like he wants to move or leave, but something keeps him rooted into the same spot Sun was just in. His hands are tucked into the pockets of his pants (he has pockets??) and he slouches like a puppet cut from its strings.  

He’s not saying anything. Only glares off at a point somewhere on your screen. You bite the inside of your cheek and decide to take one for the (nonexistent) team. 

‘hi moon,’ you type into the textbox that’d remained even after Sun left. Pressing enter, you watch curiously as something tense seems to line Moon’s small shoulders and he moves his glare to the open window instead. 

His head twitches. “Hi,” he replies slowly in a raspy voice. It’s not what you’d expected, low and murmured like he’s speaking to someone in a dark and quiet corner. His gaze darts to the dialogue box that pops up next to his head and seems to narrow even farther. 

Oookay. He doesn’t say anything else. Is he still bugged or is he just programmed to be much quieter than Sun? You’re not sure if that makes sense for this type of program, though. You try to nudge the conversation again, thinking back to the list of commands Sun gave you earlier. ‘can u tell me a joke?’ 

Moon seems to look at you and it’s just as creepy as it had been when Sun did it. His scowl deepens. “No.”

You’re taken aback. No? Oh. Well. Maybe you should try something else? ‘can u tell me a fun fact?’ At least you know this command works for certain.

“No.” 

It’s like pulling teeth over here. 

You’re determined, however. This is your entire job. ‘what about a story?’

“No.” Moon bares knife-like teeth at you in aggravation and you’re tempted to do the same thing back. He doesn’t want to do anything! Something is definitely… off. You make a note of it to include in the submission form later. At least he hasn’t left your screen. You’ll take the win where you can. 

You’re stumped on what to do. The only thing you can think of is to keep inputting commands until something gives. Maybe things will sort themselves out? You try asking for a fun fact or joke again, but Moon still just scowls and answers in that same clipped manner. His fidgeting seems to increase. 

You’re getting close to calling it quits. ‘why don’t we play a game or something? tic-tac-toe?’

“P-Persistent little thing,” Moon growls into your headset and it’s such a reprieve from the constant rejections that you’re not even offended. You perk up slightly only to deflate at his following words. “Didn’t anyone teach you that ‘no’ means no?” 

‘no,’ you type as a response—partly in annoyance and partly just to be snarky. Moon twitches again, and then in the blink of an eye—he glitches. 

Similar to Sun, it spreads down his body in a wave and makes him jitter until he snaps back into place like a rubber band. He flexes his hands and takes a step to the side—tentative and exploratory. The window with the textbox pops out of existence and Moon gives you one final, narrowed glare before he just… leaves offscreen. Again. What the fuck?

You scrub a hand down your face and groan. You don’t expect him to return, but just in case you wait around a little and kill some time by filling out the submission form. Name, program version, strengths, encountered issues, and so on. You submit the form when you finish and roll your shoulders. Yeah, he doesn’t come back. At least there was some progress compared to yesterday. 

You end the day with a final squint at the FazPals icon and a shrug of your shoulders. Things could be worse, you suppose as you power off your computer and stare at your reflection through the dark screen of your monitor. Hopefully tomorrow brings more improvement. 

part two

#dca x reader #daycare attendant x reader #sun x reader #fnaf sun x reader #sun x you #sun x self insert #sun x y/n #moon x y/n #moon x self insert #moon x reader #dca x you #dca x self insert #dca x y/n #fnaf dca x reader #sundrop x reader #sundrop x you #sundrop x y/n #moondrop x self insert #moondrop x you #moondrop x y/n #moondrop x reader #shay scribbles daydreams #fazpals au

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

People say women are a minority; but in fact, it is men who are the smaller group.

More interestingly, men are not born as a minority – as for every 100 female births there are actually 105 male births.

But this male surplus doesn’t stay for long, as over the course of a life time, the number of men is slowly eroded away until the sex ratio shifts.

Yup, in adulthood there are only 97 American men for every 100 women.

So what happened?

Why do men experience higher mortality rates in every age group, and have an overall death rate 1.4 times higher than women?

Why has a problem, so large it literally alters the tectonics of a nation’s population, been so readily ignored?

Why are men’s higher mortality rates so often waved of with, “well that’s just the way it is!”

Perhaps… men are not the ubiquitously privileged gender you’ll hear described, but the disposable one?

I mean isn’t early death a bit more deserving of advocacy and investigation than women having too few pockets, or Babie’s super cool day out?

Are the solutions to men’s issues more serious and complex than social media coddling, and meagre calls for “talk” and male tears?

What about men’s early death?

How do we save our men and boys?

~

US Death Rate: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241572/death-rate-by-age-and-sex-in-the-us/

Population reference bureau: https://www.prb.org/resources/u-s-population-is-growing-older/

NIH Funding: https://orwh.od.nih.gov/sites/orwh/files/docs/ORWH_BiennialReport2019_20_508.pdf

The New Scientist: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2586-men-die-young-even-if-old/

==

Holy shit. Men actually die from a birth majority into a living minority.

How is this not a huge thing, and why is everyone supposed to be so comfortable with it?

How are we supposed to take seriously the claim of society "privileging" men, when there's no greater privilege than being alive? With "empathy"/"anyone giving a shit" not far behind?

#The Tin Men #male mortality #male disposability #men's health #men's mental health #mental health #male suicide #suicide #excess deaths #mortality rate #early death #empathy gap #religion is a mental illness

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 3, 2024

Hippocampal place cell remapping occurs with memory storage of aversive experiences. Blair, G. J., Guo, C., Wang, S., Fanselow, M. S., Golshani, P., Aharoni, D., & Blair, H. T. (2023). eLife, 12, e80661.

Associative memory retrieval modulates upcoming perceptual decisions. Bornstein, A. M., Aly, M., Feng, S. F., Turk-Browne, N. B., Norman, K. A., & Cohen, J. D. (2023). Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 23(3), 645–665.

Stable Neural Population Dynamics in the Regression Subspace for Continuous and Categorical Task Parameters in Monkeys. Chen, H., Kunimatsu, J., Oya, T., Imaizumi, Y., Hori, Y., Matsumoto, M., … Yamada, H. (2023). ENeuro, 10(7).

Attentional modulation of inter-areal coherence explained by frequency shifts. Dowdall, J. R., Schneider, M., & Vinck, M. (2023). NeuroImage, 277, 120256.

Social odor discrimination and its enhancement by associative learning in the hippocampal CA2 region. Hassan, S. I., Bigler, S., & Siegelbaum, S. A. (2023). Neuron, 111(14), 2232-2246.e5.

Reinforcement learning in and out of context: The effects of attentional focus. Hayes, W. M., & Wedell, D. H. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 49(8), 1193–1217.

Extracting probability in the absence of visual awareness. Hung, S.-M., Wu, D.-A., Escobar, L., Hsieh, P.-J., & Shimojo, S. (2023). Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 23(3), 620–630.

Rate-distortion theory of neural coding and its implications for working memory. Jakob, A. M., & Gershman, S. J. (2023). eLife, 12, e79450.

Intrinsic brain activity is increasingly complex and develops asymmetrically during childhood and early adolescence. Jia, G., Hubbard, C. S., Hu, Z., Xu, J., Dong, Q., Niu, H., & Liu, H. (2023). NeuroImage, 277, 120225.

Diversity of Ganglion Cell Responses to Saccade-Like Image Shifts in the Primate Retina. Krüppel, S., Khani, M. H., Karamanlis, D., Erol, Y. C., Zapp, S. J., Mietsch, M., … Gollisch, T. (2023). Journal of Neuroscience, 43(29), 5319–5339.

Prefrontal cortex state representations shape human credit assignment. Lamba, A., Nassar, M. R., & FeldmanHall, O. (2023). eLife, 12, e84888.

Value certainty and choice confidence are multidimensional constructs that guide decision-making. Lee, D. G., & Hare, T. A. (2023). Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 23(3), 503–521.

Sleep-like changes in neural processing emerge during sleep deprivation in early auditory cortex. Marmelshtein, A., Eckerling, A., Hadad, B., Ben-Eliyahu, S., & Nir, Y. (2023). Current Biology, 33(14), 2925-2940.e6.

Asymmetric Voltage Attenuation in Dendrites Can Enable Hierarchical Heterosynaptic Plasticity. Moldwin, T., Kalmenson, M., & Segev, I. (2023). ENeuro, 10(7).

Theta-phase-specific modulation of dentate gyrus memory neurons. Rahsepar, B., Norman, J. F., Noueihed, J., Lahner, B., Quick, M. H., Ghaemi, K., … White, J. A. (2023). eLife, 12, e82697.

Different Forms of Plasticity Interact in Adult Humans. Sarı, İ. D., & Lunghi, C. (2023). ENeuro, 10(7).

Traces of early developmental bias in the adult brain. Serero, G., Lev, M., Sagi, D., & Polat, U. (2023). Scientific Reports, 13, 12014.

Hierarchical inference as a source of human biases. Sharp, P. B., Fradkin, I., & Eldar, E. (2023). Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 23(3), 476–490.

Bayesian and Discriminative Models for Active Visual Perception across Saccades. Subramanian, D., Pearson, J. M., & Sommer, M. A. (2023). ENeuro, 10(7).

Network Communications Flexibly Predict Visual Contents That Enhance Representations for Faster Visual Categorization. Yan, Y., Zhan, J., Ince, R. A. A., & Schyns, P. G. (2023). Journal of Neuroscience, 43(29), 5391–5405.

#neuroscience #science #research #brain science #scientific publications #cognitive science #reviews #neurobiology #cognition #psychophysics #neurons #computational neuroscience #neural computation #neural networks

[sciencespies]

Corridors between Western U.S. national parks would greatly increase the persistence time of mammals

https://sciencespies.com/nature/corridors-between-western-u-s-national-parks-would-greatly-increase-the-persistence-time-of-mammals/

Corridors between Western U.S. national parks would greatly increase the persistence time of mammals

National parks are the backbone of conservation. Yet mounting evidence shows that many parks are too small to sustain long-term viable populations and maintain essential, large-scale ecological processes, such as large mammal migrations and natural disturbance regimes.

A new study published on Jan. 11, 2023, in Scientific Reports found that enhancing ecological connectivity, known as “corridors” or “linkages,” among several of the oldest and largest national parks in the Western United States would greatly extend the time that many mammal species populations can persist. The authors analyzed the value of establishing ecological corridors for large mammals between Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks and between Mount Rainier and North Cascades National Parks. Their findings show that these corridors would not only enlarge populations, but also allow species to shift their geographic ranges more readily in response to climate change.

“Eliminating barriers of movement between parks and more carefully managing land-use along these pathways are crucial for the survival of many mammal species,” said William Newmark, research curator at the Natural History Museum of Utah and lead author of the study. “Establishing an expanded protected area network based on identified mammal pathways and incorporating adjacent wilderness areas would greatly enlarge available habitat for mammal species. And this would have a very positive effect on species persistence time.”

The authors found that linking Yellowstone National Park with Glacier National Park, and Mount Rainier National Park with North Cascades National Park would increase the long-term persistence time of mammal species by a factor of 4.3 relative to the persistence time of species in fragmented, individual parks.

The proposed corridor network would cross two- and four-lane highways, which would require multiple ecological bridges over and under the roadways. Fortunately, highway authorities in the Western U.S. and Canada are beginning to construct such over- and underpasses for wildlife.

“However, a much greater effort will certainly be required if we are to reduce the known adverse impacts of highways on species movement and dispersal,” said Paul Beier, professor emeritus of Northern Arizona University and co-author of the study.

It’s well supported that ecological corridors enhance population persistence of species, but most studies have been small-scale experiments. There are few assessments of the value of ecological linkages at large spatial scales. This study’s analysis drew heavily upon patterns of species loss over time in habitat fragments around the world.

“The analytical approach presented in this paper can provide conservation planners and practitioners with a powerful method of prioritizing and quantifying the value of ecological linkages between protected areas,” said John Halley, professor at the University of Ioannina and co-author of the study.

Over the past two decades, there has been worldwide efforts to establish networks of reserves interconnected by protected corridors. One of the boldest visions was first articulated a quarter century ago by co-author Michael Soulé, professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who passed away before this paper was completed. Soulé advocated to establish a protected area network that would extend from the top of Alaska down to the southern tip of South America at Tierra del Fuego. A more regionally-focused initiative to connect Canada’s Yukon territory to Yellowstone National Park in the northern Rocky Mountains has made considerable progress.

The study’s analysis highlights the positive effects that large-scale conservation initiatives can have on biodiversity conservation. The authors note that enhancing ecological connectivity between protected areas in Western U.S. and Canada could serve as an important template for large-scale biodiversity conservation both nationally and worldwide in the 21st century.

Other authors on the study include Phoebe B. McNeally of the University of Utah and Samuel A. Cushman of the U.S. Forest Service.

#Nature

#Nature

[beardedmrbean]

Finland has gone from being hailed as one of the most successful countries in Europe in managing the Covid epidemic to nearing the top in global weekly Covid death statistics, tabloid Ilta-Sanomat (siirryt toiseen palveluun) (IS) writes.

Indeed, the country surpassed the 4,000-mark in recorded deaths on Thursday, up from 3,000 within a month. In comparison, the build-up to 3,000 deaths had taken over two years.

There are five reasons for this change, according to the Director of Diagnostics at the Helsinki and Uusimaa hospital district (HUS), Lasse Lehtonen.

Waning vaccine enthusiasm (particularly for the third dose, the coverage rate of which currently stands at 64 percent of the Finnish adult population), more contagious virus mutations, the lack of targeted measures for the immunocompromised and a shift of public attention away from the virus are mostly to blame for the U-turn, according to the HUS director.

"Unfortunately, it must be recognised that the coronavirus pandemic is not over. And we need to cope with this while also dealing with all these other crises," Lehtonen told IS.

Sitra: Finland's position in EU 's preliminary decision-making weak

A lack of transparency in the EU's decision-making processes means that Finland is at a disadvantage when it comes to influencing future laws, the largest daily Helsingin Sanomat (siirryt toiseen palveluun) (HS) writes on Monday morning, which is also Europe Day.

A Finnish citizen will have an easier time tracking their parcel at the post than tracking EU law-making processes that may also affect Finland, according to a fresh report by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, an independent public foundation.

"In terms of openness, there is something mystical about it; it is not as much a matter of secrecy but rather a stamp of expertise. You could say that [EU law-making] is not part of an open debate," former MP and Sitra advisor Jouni Backman told HS.

Finland's position could be improved if the government set out clearer goals concerning the future EU legislature and provided more comments on the EU Commission's annual strategy, the Sitra report outlined.

Backman added that similar attitudes should exist towards EU decision-making as with domestic legislation. For example, anyone can track the progress of domestic legislation (siirryt toiseen palveluun) in a matter of a few clicks. The EU could similarly open up its database containing information on EU projects (currently only accessible by the cabinet) to a wider audience, Sitra's report recommends.

Red lippie is back in fashion after two-year-hiatus

With face mask recommendations ending across the country, lipstick is making a comeback after more than two years and some people are thrilled to sport a red lippie again, Tampere-based paper Aamulehti (siirryt toiseen palveluun)writes.

Aamulehti toured their hometown and asked Tampere's locals what the resurgence of the makeup accessory has meant for them.

"Yay, it feels amazing!" local Anne Rantsi said of the ability to rock her makeup staple again.

"All colours had disappeared from the face behind the mask," lipstick-lover Anna Aspinmaa added.

"I cannot go without it," another local, Terhi Kotilainen, said, adding that for her, red lipstick was a matter of identity.

At the same time, some people are still not used to exposing their full face again. Sanni Tiusanen said she was excited to be wearing lipstick again, but added that not wearing a mask still felt slightly unnerving.

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) dropped its general, nationwide face mask recommendation in late April.

[saunderskamp]

Empowerment-oriented strategies to determine behavior difference in individuals together with persistent conditions: A great integrative writeup on your materials.

The actual pathologies identified ended up tuberous sclerosis, Sturge-Weber syndrome, craniopharyngioma, genetic cytomegalovirus, subependymal hemorrhages, and hemorrhagic microembolic infarction. Calcifications made an appearance hypointense whilst hemorrhages were hyperintense in cycle road directions (left-handed permanent magnet resonance technique). Stats comparison associated with period shift valuations yielded factor involving hemorrhage as opposed to calcification (P smaller when compared with .02). Phase roadmaps were found to supply useful info to tell apart 2 pathologies any time utilised supporting to traditional permanent magnet resonance photographs. Considering the relatively greater perils of radiation publicity in youngsters, susceptibility-weighted image resolution with period road directions might help to postpone the radiation coverage via CT.P>The AC220 Y(2) experimental population, designed coming from a broiler level combination, was used within a genome have a look at involving QTL for percentage of carcass, carcass components, shank and also brain. Approximately 649 F ree p(A couple of) flock from several paternal half-sib people were genotyped using 128 anatomical guns covering 22 linkage groupings. Complete chart length has been 2630 centimeters, protecting around 63% of the genome. QTL period mapping utilizing regression approaches has been applied to line-cross and half-sib designs. Under the line-cross product, 12 genome-wide considerable QTL as well as 17 suggestive linkages regarding rates involving carcass elements, shank along with head were planned for you to 12 linkage groups (GGA1, Two, 3, Some, Five, 7, 8, In search of, 14, 12, Fourteen, Eighteen as well as 28). Under the paternal half-sib design, six to eight genome-wide significant QTL as well as Eighteen efficient linkages regarding proportions associated with carcass elements, shank as well as mind ended up discovered on nine poultry linkage groups (GGA1, 2, 3, Some, Five, 12, Fourteen, 16 as well as 29), 7 ones gave the impression to corroborate roles revealed from the past design. General, 3 fresh QTL of importance for the broiler market ended up planned (1 substantial for shank% about GGA3 as well as effective for carcass and breast quotients about GGA14 along with drums and upper thighs percentage on GGA15). One story QTL pertaining to wings% was mapped to be able to GGA3, 6 story QTL (GGA1, Several, 7, 7, In search of and 29) and successful linkages (GGA2, 4, along with 5) ended up planned with regard to head%, and also suggestive linkages have been discovered with regard to back% upon GGA2, 14 along with Twelve. Additionally, a lot of the QTL planned in this examine verified QTL formerly noted inside additional numbers.Changing the actual sample's temp coming from 200K in order to 535 K, we witnessed 670-fold improvement of the phonon-assisted upconversion exhaust at approx . to 754 nm obtained from a new Nd3+-doped tellurite goblet enthusiastic by simply Five ns laserlight pulses in 805 nm. Any rate-equation style, including the pertinent stamina and also temperature primarily based move rates, can be proposed to spell out the task. The outcome in shape effectively together with the data whenever a single thinks about the particular nonradiative shifts adding to for the 754nm luminescence are generally promoted simply by an effective phonon mode along with electricity associated with Seven hundred cm(-1). (Chemical) The year 2013 U . s . Commence regarding Science.

#U-19920A #STI571 #CCX168 #PKC412 #AZD0530 #SCH 900776 #SCH66336 #HM781-36B #R788 #BMS-986165 #RO215535 #Inobrodib #MitoQ10 #BVD-523 #AC220 #RS-61443 #CPI-1205 #NSC 13128 #ATG-019 #RR82 #AEB071 #PTC596 #L86-8275 #S-7701 #MLN0128 #NSC 292567 #R17934 #ZD4522 #AZD2014 #JR-AB2-011

[recklxssabandon]

S ’ R U T H A N  L I A R  // WORLD OVERVIEW 4452

S’ruthan Liar, sister world to Dagilach. A planet about two thirds the size of Earth, large sections of the northern hemisphere consist of heathland, desert and mountain ranges of a red sedimentary rock similar to limestone or marble. Three oceans are present on the world’s surface and aquifers are abundant, creating rivers and lakes even between mountains, these water systems make agriculture viable.

The Red House, the seat of the Empress of S’ruthan Liar sits within the tallest mountain on the Northern Hemisphere, Mount Ai. This mountain is surrounded by the Ai’ture mountain range, to the south of which lies the great sprawl of the Drey City.

The Drey City is the single largest population centre on the planet, and spreads over a distance about equivalent to Africa on Earth. The population density is variable, with greater numbers of people settled toward the north, giving way to rural settlements further toward Mount Ai.

S’ruthan technology is advanced with broad access to and use of information networks, transport and communication infrastructure and medicine. Engineering, military weaponry and fabrication are all beyond the capabilities of the current Earth. The planet’s largest industry and exports rely on the mining of precious minerals and metals. Platinum is famously abundant within the world’s surface.

The line of Emperors and Empresses originate from the original Seers of the druidic religion of the world, dating back many thousands of years. Whilst the average S’ruthan lifespan will commonly exceed 150 years the Seers are known to live to the age of 400.

Religion and culture have undergone shifts in the last few hundred years. With a move away from the religion surrounding the S’ruthan ability of ‘Reach’ a kind of extra-proprioceptive empathic ability inherent to all S’ruthan people.

#Headcanons/S'ruthanLiar #Kulani//the lonely seer

[farzanarhossainmd-blog]

How Remote Work is Shifting Population Growth Across the U.S.

https://eig.org/how-remote-work-is-shifting-population-growth-across-the-u-s/

#migration #hospital #technology #telemedicine #WFH #access #equality #publichealth #patientcare

[creconsult]

U.S. Needs 4.3M More Apartments by 2035 to Address Demand Deficit and Affordability Amidst demographic shifts and lingering pandemic-impacts on the population and broader economy, the U.S. faces a pressing need to build 4.3 million new apartments by 2035, according to a new study commissioned by the National Apartment Association (NAA) and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC). https://www.creconsult.net/market-trends/u-s-needs-4-3m-more-apartments-by-2035-to-address-demand-deficit-and-affordability/

#Market_Trends #via_bookmarklet

[gulfclassifieds]

Jobs in Dubai - Finding Employment in the UAE

Many process hunters nonetheless consider that the streets of Dubai are paved with gold. This can be authentic to some extent - Dubai is a tax unfastened haven where net earnings is usually an awful lot better than in different elements of the sector. Even so, securing employment is not always easy. Approximately eighty% of the population in Dubai includes foreigners and opposition for favored employment positions may be fierce. It is fine to have a suggestion in hand from a business enterprise before traveling to Dubai. Of direction this may not always be feasible and there are certain benefits to journeying Dubai in hopes of finding a activity rather than searching from one's home u . S .. For instance, many employers will deliver desire to hiring someone simply in Dubai (and accordingly available for an interview), as opposed to having to undergo the extra problem and chance of hiring someone sight unseen. However, there's no assure of touchdown a task before expiration of one's visa, making a bit of success and neighborhood contacts beneficial inside the procedure.

Once a job seeker has secured a function, a settlement might be signed and the agency will act as the sponsor. The contract must include basic salary, task name and outline, length of the agreement, and termination conditions among different things. It is critical to negotiate a terrific package consisting of profits, housing, and faculty expenses if the employee has kids. Other allowances can also encompass coverage for clinical, transportation, utilities, and / or annual holiday with an airplane price tag to one's domestic usa. (The law stipulates that corporations should offer a holiday / aircraft ticket at the least every years). Each business enterprise is unique and programs will vary. The work week also varies from business enterprise to organisation with a few operating straight shift and some working break up shift (with some hours smash within the center of the day).

The sponsor ought to manage all office work required with the aid of the government for foreign workers, such as getting the employee an employment visa, fitness card, and exertions card. A organization's PRO (Public Relations Officer) will normally cope with the logistics, making sure all paperwork arrives at the important authorities places of work for approval. First an worker's utility is permitted with the aid of the Ministry of Labor, then the worker undergoes a fitness screening, and eventually all applicable documents are transferred to the Ministry of Interior who stamp the house visa in the worker's passport. Employment visas are valid for a most of three years despite the fact that they're renewable. In trendy, expatriate employees are not granted UAE citizenship or permanent residency. The Dubai authorities has taken steps to drive Emiratization of the team of workers (stipulating that a set percent of workers in positive industries should be UAE nationals and that all organizations having a hundred or more personnel must rent UAE nationals as their PRO and/or Human Relations Manager). However, it is nevertheless believed that expatriate personnel will make up a major a part of the workforce in the UAE for future years.

For those hoping to discover jobs in Dubai, there are various avenues to take. There are numerous recruitment groups with desirable reputations to be had to assist task hunters in their quest for employment, such as lengthy-status companies consisting of Claredon Parker and Kershaw Leonard. As there are many recruitment corporations in operation, it is usually recommended to perform a little studies into their reputation and methods earlier than the usage of their offerings. Unfortunately it is not an unusual incidence for job seekers from poorer countries to empty their complete existence financial savings paying unscrupulous marketers from their home international locations who falsely promise visas and jobs. Fortunately, recruitment corporations in the UAE are regulated and should be licensed, so the ability for scams inside the UAE itself is greatly decreased.

[bridgeleaf1]

LncRNA DLX6-AS1 Plays a part in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition along with Trametinib Level of resistance within Triple-negative Breast Cancer through Modulating Mir-199b-5p/Paxillin Axis

The current papers provides an breakdown of foodstuff allergic reactions along with food-induced allergic rhinitis.We all consider a biopolymer package deal consisting of filaments which are cross-linked collectively. Your cross-links are usually relatively easy to fix: they're able to dynamically bind as well as unbind surrounding filament twos while controlled by the presenting enthalpy. The particular pack is put through a new rounding about deformation and also the corresponding distribution of cross-links can be tested. For the pack consisting of 2 filaments, about increasing the bending plenitude, a first-order changeover is noted. The transition comes from scenario in which the filaments are usually tightly paired by many bound cross-links, to a state of almost unbiased filaments just a couple of sure cross-links. For any bunch made up of greater than 2 filaments, some first-order shifts is observed. The actual changes are linked to the organization of your software involving parts of low and high cross-link densities. Incorporating patio umbrella sampling Samsung monte Carlo models using analytical information, we current expose photograph of precisely how competition involving cross-link shearing along with filament stretching out hard disks your transitions. We discover that, in the event the cross-links grow to be soft, joint behavior just isn't witnessed: the cross-links and then unbind one by one resulting in an even decrease of the average cross-link thickness. (C) The coming year U . s . Institute associated with Science. [doi:Ten.1063/1.3675832]OBJECTIVE: To examine complying regarding Medicaid-renewal software to established state suggestions #Link# to read by degree of Medicaid-related resources. METHODS: Many of us considered your looking at degree of the '08 State health programs revival applications through the use of 3 readability checks: Flesch-Kincaid Quality Degree Index, Fresh Mist Depend, along with FORCAST. RESULTS: Within 2008,Forty-five claims and the Area #Link# of Columbia experienced studying degree guidelines with regard to Medicaid-related components. Of such, 24 (52.2%) states' Low income health programs revival programs didn't satisfy their own tips about just about all Three or more legibility exams; particularly, Forty-one declares (90.1%) been unsuccessful the particular Flesch-Kincaid Quality Degree Catalog. Only 1 region's software had a Flesch-Kincaid report under the 5th-grade reading level. CONCLUSIONS: As healthcare modify originates, complying with established reading through stage recommendations regarding Medicaid-related components is a overview approach that should be implemented to improve accessibility for Medicaid-eligible people which will help prevent entitled #Link# young children via sacrificing insurance needlessly.Background Targets: The test dose made up of epinephrine is consistently employed in the course of epidural blockage to identify random medication filling device or perhaps catheter position prior to the management regarding community anaesthetics to be able to avert neighborhood anaesthetic wide spread accumulation. beta-Blocker treatment may interfere with the particular predicted hemodynamic result coming from the intravascular shot. This study explains any cohort regarding All day and people along with their reaction to a good epinephrine test dosage (ie, in the event that expected improved cardiovascular prices through test-dose management are generally valid with this human population.

#Trametinib #Alpelisib #Lansoprazole

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 12, 2023

Alterations in a cross-hemispheric circuit associates with novelty discrimination deficits in mouse models of neurodegeneration. Adaikkan, C., Wang, J., Abdelaal, K., Middleton, S. J., Bozzelli, P. L., Wickersham, I. R., … Tsai, L.-H. (2022). Neuron, 110(19), 3091-3105.e9.

Motor learning drives dynamic patterns of intermittent myelination on learning-activated axons. Bacmeister, C. M., Huang, R., Osso, L. A., Thornton, M. A., Conant, L., Chavez, A. R., … Hughes, E. G. (2022). Nature Neuroscience, 25(10), 1300–1313.

Crowding results from optimal integration of visual targets with contextual information. Cicchini, G. M., D’Errico, G., & Burr, D. C. (2022). Nature Communications, 13, 5741.

Frequency effects in action versus value learning. Don, H. J., & Worthy, D. A. (2022). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48(9), 1311–1327.

Awake perception is associated with dedicated neuronal assemblies in the cerebral cortex. Filipchuk, A., Schwenkgrub, J., Destexhe, A., & Bathellier, B. (2022). Nature Neuroscience, 25(10), 1327–1338.

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Chinese Language Visa, China Visa Software

COVID-19 UPDATE – Getting 護照申請 for China was never a straightforward exercise. It hasn’t got any easier with the onset of restricted COVID-19 restricted measures. Failure to follow the instructions exactly will likely lead to rejection of the application. We provide a helpfulChina Visa Application Guide which can clarify tips on how to fill out the applying appropriately. In recent years, theChinese Embassy has turn into more strict about how the appliance is stuffed out together with that it have to be typed and no field could be left blank (blank fields must now be answered as "N/A"). The China Embassy has suspended visa providers for Family Visit visas. Please contact the embassy instantly for steerage on visa necessities. ‧USA and Japan nationals who possess a, including emergency passports, legitimate for the supposed interval of keep are eligible for visa-exempt entry. Nationals of Russia , besides these holding diplomatic or official/service passports, are eligible for the visa exemption program, with a duration of keep of up to 21 days. Nationals of Thailand —except those holding diplomatic or official/service passports—are eligible for the visa exemption program, with a length of keep of as a lot as 14 days. VisaCentral might help you to save valuable time and keep away from expensive delays. An applicant with a legitimate work residence permit might apply for a Z work visa. If you need to get pleasure from a holiday in China before deciding if working and residing here is for you, then that is your best visa option for ashort-term visit. Normally, tourist visas are legitimate for 30 days from the date of entry however may be extended once, about a week earlier than they expire. Whilst sure, it's true that you could convert a vacationer visa right into a Z Visa as soon as in China (if you fall in love with the place and don’t want to waste time) do note that this feature is torturously painful and could not be worth it, to be trustworthy. Documents issued by Mainland China authorities will usually not be stamped as One-China coverage. Any passenger arriving at a port of entry other than one listed above will be denied entry. A long-term residence (type F-2) or permanent residence (type F-5) Certificate of Alien Registration issued by South Korea. U S Denies China's Claim Of 'weaponizing' Visa Choices For Washington House Assembly Or an Invitation Letter for Tourism issued by a duly licensed Chinese journey agency. Invitation letter for tourism issued by travel companies or inviting entities in China. 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The city responded by selectively increasing immigration enforcement; this marginalized many Africans, and their numbers subsequently dwindled, from an estimated eighty,000 registered African migrants in 2005 to thirteen,652 in December 2019. Although China’s migrant populations have grown, the authorized and institutional framework for managing them has lagged. Mobility into and out of China turned tied up with its nation-building ambitions, and popular and at times violent resistance to immigrants was widespread by the early twentieth century. Instead, increased immigration was a result of new professional, business, and academic opportunities in China. In addition to encouraging Chinese youth to study overseas, the country also attracted migrants to assist its economic improvement. The area surrounding mainland China—Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea—developed economically via export-oriented manufacturing, but saw prices rise from the 1980s onwards. China’s coastal regions offered these international corporations low-cost labor and land. Foreign-born managers and technicians, lots of them members of the Chinese diaspora, moved to China to arrange manufacturing. Apply For A U S Visa Confused as to what info is required from you to fill on the form? To qualify for a child passport, your baby have to be 15 years old or youthful and recognized as a US citizen. To be eligible for an Australian ETA, you must reside outdoors of Australia and maintain a passport from an accredited country. Visit Foreign National Passports to get a Passport Application Kit. If you're a overseas nationwide residing in the US from one other country, please visit your country’s nearest embassy or consulate for further particulars regarding passport providers. Yes, the notary public should hold a journal of all distant notarizations carried out. The inception of Gerry’s Visa depends on reshaping the future of travel, envisioning to execute a seamless journey requirement procedure. It ought to be noted that residents of Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan cannot instantly use their passports to enter mainland China for tourism. Unless they are connecting at a particular airport for lower than 24 hours) they want to apply for the relevant travel move. A consular appointment for a Chinese embassy visa for tourism should be made properly upfront of the supposed date of arrival within the country, to make sure enough time for processing and approval. Refugees or asylees file this petition within the United States for his or her qualifying family members. Visa Utility Data It presents one-to-consultation, itinerary assessments, bespoke updates, and more. You should present a completed copy of the journey historical past type included in this equipment. You should present a duplicate of the business registration of the Saudi company inviting or sponsoring your trip. In apply, journalists are escorted by MFA and MPS officials for the whole duration of their visit and their movements are heavily restricted so as to stop them from speaking with the Tibetans. In some cases, a person who has or might have Chinese nationality might encounter difficulties to obtain a Chinese visa except he or she has renounced Chinese nationality with the appropriate authorities. https://www.chinavisa.com.tw/china-visa/%E9%AB%98%E9%9B%84%E5%B8%82/index.php arose in June 2016 that some Canadian residents of Chinese descent who were either born in Hong Kong or born in Canada to Hong Kong everlasting resident dad and mom of Chinese descent had been refused Chinese visas. Instead, the Visa Centers directed them to the Chinese consulate who then instructed them to use for Chinese Travel Documents on the bottom that they still have Chinese nationality. Yes, a travel authorization may be revoked or annulled if the circumstances for issuing the travel authorization now not apply, or if the journey authorization holder is discovered to have violated any of the ETIAS guidelines. Nationals of visa liberalisation nations will proceed to travel to the EU and not using a visa however will simply be required to obtain a travel authorisation by way of ETIAS previous to their journey. You will not be able to enter the US with an ETIAS, just the same as an ESTA holder is not permitted to enter the EU without having an ETIAS or Schengen Visa. Notice On Visa Facilitation For Candidates Absolutely Vaccinated China Then, after landing, they were expected to spend two extra weeks at a government-managed quarantine facility. Australia allows only a few hundred of its residents and everlasting residents each day, while Japan has barred the entry of international staff and students since late December. The requirement that personnel meaning to travel to China need to current double-negative certificates of nucleic acid and antibody checks remains unchanged. The relevant Chinese quarantine policies shall be noticed after getting into China. A Sydney-based Australian national advised the Global Times on Tuesday that because the Australian government has not approved Chinese vaccines, he can not benefit from the policy yet. The man who gave his surname as Butcher has received the vaccine by Oxford-AstraZeneca. In March 2021, the PRC launched relaxed eligibility requirements and different useful guidelines for work allow purposes in Shanghai, focusing on international nationals in scientific and technological occupations, international nationals in progressive entrepreneurial occupations, and special specialists. The actual new requirements are on the discretion of the authorities. Previously, these applicants had to be under 60 years old, have no less than two years’ work expertise and a bachelor’s diploma. From March 2021, the PRC began offering visa facilitation to foreign nationals that have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines produced in China and that have been planning to travel to China to conduct essential enterprise activities or to visit members of the family. Foreign nationals and their relations visiting the mainland of China for resuming work and production in varied fields want solely to offer the paperwork required earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic when applying for a visa. The Invitation Letter , Invitation Letter or Invitation Verification Notice issued by the international affairs workplaces or the departments of commerce of the provincial governments or the headquarters of central state-owned enterprises are no longer required. Chinese embassies in no less than 20 international locations have, as of Tuesday, begun offering facilitation to visa candidates who have been inoculated with China-produced COVID-19 vaccines as part of efforts to resume worldwide exchanges beneath strict epidemic prevention measures. Holders of valid APEC business journey playing cards could apply for the M visa by presenting the original legitimate APEC enterprise travel card and the invitation letter issued by the inviting get together within the mainland of China. Effective June sixteen, 2020, and for the duration of the pandemic or till additional notification, CBP will allow the owners and operators of economic aircraft to submit CBP Form 7507 through e-mail at ports of entry nationwide. Student Visa Requirements You may also need a prescription and a doctor’s letter to get any drugs across the border. Ideally, any drugs ought to be in the unique packaging, even when you’ve already opened them. A label together with your name and residential nation address should also be visibly affixed to any drugs. Getting all your documentation and permits collectively isn’t too troublesome. In fact, Georgia has one of many easier visa insurance policies in terms of studying. This may be averted with the Student Applicant Visa. For this visa, you don't have to current a letter of admission, but a affirmation that you've utilized. You can even take a letter from the university stating that you are more likely to be admitted, or printed e-mail correspondence along with your future college. Links to external web sites are supplied as a convenience and shouldn't be construed as an endorsement by the us Department of State of the views or merchandise contained therein. The point of a blocked bank account is that, after you switch the mandatory sum of cash (10.332 €/year), you can only withdraw a sure amount from it every month (861 €), despite the precise fact that all of that money remains to be your cash. Thereby, you'll depart no doubts with the German authorities that you'll actually be capable of assist your self financially. In summary, we prefer the Student Applicant Visa as a outcome of it is the safer and extra relaxed alternative. There is no threat involved, since if you do not get the admit by the college of your alternative, you'll have the ability to resolve your blocked bank account and thus won’t lose the money allotted to your time in Germany. See Ministry of Foreign Affairs Notice Spells Out China’s New Visa Categories. I truly have requested the college to do this for me, however they weren't prepared. That’s OK. This data is still very helpful to know for the future. China Visa Service An immigration official in Kunming even stated that it might take "a couple of weeks" before they will see the subsequent passenger to utilize TWOV. Due to the sophisticated Cross-Strait relations between mainland China and Taiwan, in addition to the One Country, Two Systems coverage, vacationers who are nationals of PRC or ROC may not use their Taiwan, Hong Kong, or Macau passports. Instead, they are required to carry several types of permits/travel documents listed below when touring to Mainland China. Chinese visas are issued each outside China, by the Chinese diplomatic missions, and in China, by the Exit and Entry Administrations of the county-level Public Security Bureaus . In order to enter China, nevertheless, a non-Chinese national ought to apply to the visa-issuing authorities outdoors China for a Chinese visa. VFS GLOBAL has in place suitable protection mechanism and pointers for utilization, retention and protection of User Information towards unauthorized entry, disclosure or abuse. Non-US citizens shall provide documents valid for a minimal of 6 months that entitles them to reside for an extended time period in the US, Such as a Green card, work or research visa . Temporary guests to the US ought to apply for a Chinese visa in their very own country. An applicant who was born in China, Hong Kong or Taiwan is required to submit his /her Chinese passport or final international passport with a Chinese visa when he/she applies for a Chinese visa with along with his / her present passport. Applicants must present proof of residency that shows their name and current avenue tackle. This can embody a replica of their valid driver’s license or government issued photo ID. If you want to become a permanent Chinese resident, you'd apply for a D visa. Rarely do people applying for a temporary residence permit undergo the method alone. Usually, the HR employees at your college or employer will assist you through each step. Most foreigners will solely have to register on the local police station, go for the health verify, and go for the interview at the PSB, and even then an area colleague will in all probability accompany you. Your China work visa utility should be handed in at your nearest – some embassies and consulates around the world are still accepting visas functions so finest to verify within the nation you’re applying from. Washington Express Visas is a personal firm that is not affiliated with any government agency. Nonimmigrant Visas Your employment ties are viewed as stronger based on the prestige, significance and salary of your job. Please be told that a foreigner who's holding a Thai tourist visa just isn't permitted to work as an English instructor in Thailand, even on a voluntary foundation. The candidates should submit the following related paperwork depending on the aim of their go to. Students in search of providers can see our currentstudent providers page, which incorporates virtual and in-person options. For J scholar and Employment-based companies, please see our Contact Us page. To be trustworthy I don't expect that you are able to get the Non O visa in Malaysia soon. A visa simply signifies that a U.S. consular officer has determined that you're eligible to apply for entry to the United States for a specific function. Further visa options described beneath let you take up employment in the USA, but just for a specified amount of time. If you need to live and work within the USA completely and never temporarily, then you have to apply for an immigrant visa . Please keep in mind that in most cases, making use of for a piece visa is a complicated and time-consuming course of. Below, we wish to introduce you to a variety of the most common work visas for the USA. If this is the case, then it'd take months or years to apply for a new visa efficiently. You are allowed to stay within the USA for a specified period of time after which you may be required to go away the United States. The Consulate General in Curaçao doesn't issue Immigrant Visas. 台胞證 are for foreign staff coming to the U.S. branch of their company to carry out companies in a managerial, govt, or specialised capability. L visas are some of the most complex purposes to doc. They enable U.S. employers to bring overseas nationals to fill short-term positions in quite a lot of non-agricultural industries, together with these that are seasonal, intermittent, or one-time occurrences.

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GST ITC Reconciliation

What is ITC?

The fundamental pillar of the GST regime is thought to be an input tax credit. Indeed, it is the provisions of ITC that essentially make GST a value-added tax, i.e., collecting tax at all points of the supply chain while allowing credit for previously paid tax. ITC is a tool that eliminates the possibility of tax cascading and shifts the burden of taxation to the end consumer.  

The CGST Act, 2017 defines Input Tax Credit under section 2(63) as the credit of input tax. It usually means that the registered person will receive a credit for the tax paid on purchase to set off when paying the tax to the government on sales of goods or services or both.

It is important to understand that section 155 requires a person who claims ITC to bear the burden of proving such a claim.

Why is ITC important?

Every stakeholder in a specific supply chain, from the manufacturer to the end consumer, should take advantage of ITC to offset the tax paid earlier with the tax paid later.

When can you avail of ITC?

For a person to be eligible for ITC under GST provisions, a person must meet some logical conditions, which are as follows:

You should be registered under GST

Goods/services to be used for business purposes (Section 16(1)

You must have the Invoice (a tax-paying document containing the necessary information) on hand (section 16(2)(a))

You must have received the goods/services for which you paid (section 16(2)(b))

The tax must have been paid to the government by the vendor who collected it

The vendor to whom you pay the tax should have filed the required returns i.e., GSTR 2B

It is important to note that, in addition to the conditions you must meet to claim ITC, the vendor with whom you have transacted must also meet his set of requirements for you to claim ITC. While it makes it easier for the government to supervise because the latter person will keep the previous person in the supply chain on track because everyone’s benefits are dependent on one another, it adds a lot of communication and friction to the entire process of reconciling and claiming ITC.

What if you don’t use ITC?

Many GST provisions can be used by a registered person to manage ITC. It is advised to claim ITC and use it to help with the difficulties of the GST ITC chain, but this is not the only option. If a registered person does not claim the due ITC, the below-mentioned steps can also be taken:

Carry Forward: If the registered person is unable to use the ITC in the month it is due, it can be carried forward to the next month or any subsequent period.

Refund of ITC: The registered person may claim a refund of ITC under the provisions of Section 54 of the CGST Act, 2017.

ITC Lapse: ITC must be claimed within one year of the invoice date. After the expiry of the said period ITC lapses and goes in favor of the Government fund, and the individual no longer has access to ITC.

Time Limit to Avail ITC

The time limit for claiming ITC is before submitting valid GST returns for the month of September following the financial year end applicable to that invoice. The GSTR-3B return of September is to be filed before 20th of October.

What if you wrongly avail ITC?

One of the main reasons for incorrectly claiming ITC is an inaccurate reconciliation of ITC, which results in a lower or higher claim of ITC. As can be seen, ITC plays an essential role in the GST process, and claiming ITC incorrectly can have severe consequences like

Reversal of incorrectly claimed ITC

Levy of interest at a rate of 24%

Demand & Recovery of ITC reversal amount and interest u/s 73 & 74

A penalty equal to the amount of ITC incorrectly claimed u/s 122

Prosecution and incarceration u/s 132

What role does GSTR-2A/2B play in ITC Reconciliation?  

Reconciliation refers to the process of matching GSTR-2A and GSTR 2B forms (auto-populated from various suppliers’ GSTR-1, GSTR-5, and GSTR-6) with Books of Accounts.  This process will identify inconsistencies in both data sets via mismatches in the reconciliation.

Suppliers may fail to include invoices for sales to recipients in their GSTR-1 for various reasons (sales return). The transaction record does not appear in the recipient’s GSTR-2A/ GSTR 2B purchase return when this happens. Furthermore, unless the invoice record of the purchase is included in GSTR-2B, the recipient will be unable to claim Input Tax Credit on such transactions.

Difference Between GSTR-2A & GSTR-2B

The two statements are vital and mandatory for the ITC reconciliation process, but it seems that the industry faces confusion regarding the full understanding of GSTR-2A & GSTR 2B. Where the statement has similar purchase centric data the following differences between the two:

ParticularsGSTR-2AGSTR-2B

DataDynamicStatic

Data Pool-GSTR-1/IFF -GSTR-5 -GSTR-6 -GSTR-7 -GSTR-8-GSTR-1/IFF -GSTR-5 -GSTR-6

ChangesYes, once the supplier uploads the invoices, the data is updated and reflected in GSTR-2A.No, changes are not permitted and are unaffected by the supplier's actions.

ExampleUpdates on an October invoice submitted by the supplier in February. The update will be reflected in the month of October.In this case, a delay in upload by supplier will make no difference because the credit will be reflected in the month of February itself.

Credit StatusNo, the primary goal is to inform the user about which invoices the supplier has uploaded.Yes, it distinguishes between eligible and ineligible credit in order to inform the user about which ITCs are available for claim.

Procedure to Reconcile GSTR-2A/GSTR -2B Data with ITC Register (The Manual Way)

Step 1) Keep track of invoice statuses as “Submitted” or “Not Submitted.”

Step 3) Determine the reasons for any ITC register entries that do not match GSTR-2A/2B

Step 4) Use GSTR-2A /2B to correct the mismatched entries in the ITC register caused by your error.

Step 5) Identify the entries that do not match due to vendor error.

Step 6) To understand the status, divide the entries into mismatched, unmatched, or entries with a few particulars missing.

Step 7) Determine how to contact such vendors to communicate the error.

Step 8) Communicate with the vendor about the mismatched and unmatched entries in GSTR-2A /2B caused by vendor error.

Step 9) Locate and claim any unused ITC in GSTR-2A /2B.

Step 10) Taking necessary actions such as retaining email trial, issuing debit notes, or delaying payment until the vendor corrects all incorrect entries.

Procedure to Reconcile GSTR-2A /2B Data with ITC Register (The Finsights Way)

Step 1) Login into finsights.biz

If you use Finsights Tally, the same credentials will work for the ITC reconciliation account.

If you are new to the platform, you must create an account.

Step 2) Authenticate Your GSTN

The authentication will allow Finsights to fetch GSTR-2A /2B details and integrate them automatically with its interface. (updating the data every 24 hours)

Step 3) Import your Purchase Register

If you are a Finsights Tally user, your records have been automatically configured with GST data

If you use any other platform for maintaining your Books, you can import the data by uploading a CSV file.

Step 4) Automation Process

In this step, all the data will be automatically arranged systematically, with all the entries’ real-time status divided into

The data is filtered to analyze the reconciliation situation quickly and straightforwardly. All vital information such as the supplier’s name, GSTN, address, contact information, and so on, and the tax amount segregation and status are displayed in tables and charts to make everything simple to understand.

Matched

Mismatched

Probable Match

Missing in GSTR-2A/2B

Missing in Books

Step 5) Communicate with Suppliers

Finsights provide several options for locating and communicating the supplier’s error, including the ‘supplier’s summary’ report and the ‘Mail’ and ‘Bulk Mail’ features, which allow you to communicate with the supplier more quickly.

The Finishing Line (Take-aways)

Compliance with GST ITC reconciliation is critical, and as previously stated, when the process is performed and results are obtained manually, it takes a significant amount of time. Obtaining data, organising and labelling each entry according to their status, deciding on the steps to be taken, locating the supplier and the supplier’s contact information, and finally coordinating with the supplier by communicating the corrections to be made is a time-consuming and tedious process.

Finsights not only automates the entire reconciliation process, cutting the number of steps required in half, but also makes data segregation and compliance accurate, quick, and understandable.

To avoid penalties due to the inherent complexities of ITC reconciliation and to make your time-consuming monthly task of managing ITC reconciliation to GSTR-2A /2B simple, a dive into the handy interface of Finsights is highly recommended.

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Navigating an Historic Period - Economic Bubble and Anarchy

21. When Dementia Replaces Meritocracy – Davos Attendees are the Problem

If you were abducted by aliens, would you consider the event to be a crisis or a rescue?  Is the Biden Administration emphasis on Extraterrestrial Beings and UFO’s a distraction for the Deplorables? 

The reports I have read and seen about the presentations being made at Davos reflect a collection of highly educated individuals who have achieved a high level of financial success but apparently are total idiots when it comes to the real world.  We need leaders that have accomplished something in the real world and focused on improving the lives of our citizens.  That is a huge contrast with the Biden Administration and Davos attendees that believe their book learning means they are elite and can focus on what benefits them personally.  I would like to buy them for what I know they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth.

The transitions we are experiencing are breath taking.  Harvard and the Ivy League degrees were the epitome of higher education.  A degree from those universities placed the holder in a special category.  Today, based on quality of the product an Ivy League degree means little.

In the Gateway Pundit news stream, it was reported that in January of this year Biden’s Administration sent to World Health Organization some amendments to the International Health Regulations that would give WHO control over the United States in the event of an international health crisis and appointed Dr. Anthony Fauci to be the U. S. representative to the WHO’s Executive Committee.  This circumvented the U. S. Senate approval and prevented public debate.  Neither Biden nor Obama seem to have any familiarity with the U. S.  Constitution. 

The world situation is a very dangerous combination of three major forces:

Putin in Russia may be dying of cancer which takes away any personal downside from his actions.  His nuclear arsenal is the largest in the world thanks to Obama.

Xi in China may have an aneurism. Reports are that Xi declined an operation to correct the condition instead choosing to use Chinese herbal treatments.  Was he afraid he would get “retired” if he had the operation?  Unexpectedly, his Vice Premier has become quire outspoken recently about economics to quell a rebellious population in economic pain.

America is led by a senile incompetent is led around by his wife and his administration that gives us a new definition of the world INEPT.  Can they really be this stupid or is it intentional?

Economic Forces Impacting the Land Market

Here are several data points that demonstrate we are in a recession:

Walmart reported their recent quarter showed a 3% increase in revenue which adjusted for 8.5% inflation meant Walmart’s REAL revenue declined by 5.5% .  Most important was Walmart reported an inventory problem as consumers shifted their buying away form general merchandise and increased their purchase of food.  That reflects the consumer adjusting their budget due to inflation and the increased cost of energy, aka gasoline.

Target benefited from Walmart’s report as financial analysts praised Target for 24 hours until Target reported similar results and the same shift in buying by the consumer.

A used truck dealer that specializes in road tractors has been selling them with a premium of 25% to 30% for several years but has not received a single inquiry for the last 6 weeks.

A site/ excavation contractor told me that the time to obtain concrete pipes and manholes have reduced from six months to two months.

A building developer reported that the length of time to obtain a metal building has declined from six months to three months, but the prices are 15% higher than one a ago.

President Biden responded to questions about inflation with a statement that there is no inflation and if we Deplorables do not like the cost of gasoline then we should buy an electric vehicle.  Biden continued by saying that he was leading America through a “energy transition”.   Did you ask him to do that? Me neither.  I prefer $1.79 per gallon gas.

America has a growing need for energy and is blessed with the world’s largest deposit of fossil fuels, but apparently the Biden Administration is:

saving us from a phantom global warming threat by preventing our energy producers from harvesting our energy

 to force us to drive higher cost electric vehicles with an electric grid that cannot support the increase in demand.

Davos attendees cheer. 

The Deplorables turn comes in November.

Meanwhile the bond market has seen the 10-year Treasury rates decline from around 3.0 % to 2.75 % reflecting the belief that The Fed is so focused on November politics that:

The Fed will again delay reducing it s $9 Trillion portfolio of 10-year Treasuries and 30-year mortgages to not cause mortgage loan rates to increase further than they are now. 

The Fed will raise the Federal Funds interest rate twice more at perhaps 0.50 each time and then pause.

Watch for The Fed at their next meeting to raise the Federal Funds Rate by 0.50% and announce a pause in reducing the assets on their Balance Sheet.  Even with the 10 Year Treasures at 3.0% mortgage rates should be 4.5% not the 5.25% being quoted. The difference is probably the mortgage lenders trying to buffer themselves so that they do not lose money selling a mortgage loan 90 days after they fix the rate because rate increased.  An announcement from the Fed that they are not going to reduce their portfolio of loans and Treasures could spark a small reduction in mortgage rates since it would take the risk of a mortgage rate increase off the table.

While that move would be positive to the residential market, it is the wrong move relative to inflation.   With the Recession of 2022 already here, the critical questions are:

Without The Fed getting interest rates high enough to cure inflation will the 2022 Recession evolve into a Stagflation (stagnant economy with inflation)?  Yep.

Historically, what happens long term when a central bank is politicized like the Democrats have politized every government agency?  Hyperinflation.

A great piece of land remains The Best investment long term, but every portfolio should contain some cash because in this recession “Cash will become King”.  Men make plans, but God ALWAYS wins.  Historically, America has been blessed because of the combination of Christianity, Capitalism, and democracy.  That combination has powered America though some difficult times in the past.  Pray and work for a Revival of Christianity.

Also, please pray:

Now that one has been found Not Guilty by a Judge and 2 have died in captivity, pray for the 595 surviving Americans being held as political prisoners by Biden and the Demented Marxists in hell hole conditions in the DC Gulag.  

For honest elections because without them we are not free.

For the valiant Ukrainians.

Let’s Go Brandon!

“The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.  But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.”

(2 Peter 3:9-10)   New Revised Standard Version, Oxford University Press)

Stay healthy,

Ned 

May 25, 2022         

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