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Mountain Monsters

2015.03.30 22:20 fistpow Mountain Monsters

Mountain Monsters airs on the Travel Channel every Wednesday.
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2021.08.29 13:48 John_D_Badger RetroMacCast

RetroMacCast is a podcast about collecting Old Macs and other Apple products. The podcast is live-streamed on youtube most Sunday mornings at 8am Central time.
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2023.03.30 07:52 gabbolinoh Soul Poems In Trio - a soulo ttrpg about rap

Soul Poems In Trio - a soulo ttrpg about rap
Link to the game
Hello everyone, and thank you for your time! <3 During the Me, Myself and I Jam we made this little thing, a single-player tabletop rpg about hip hop, particularly inspired by De La Soul's music (an homage to their hit “Me Myself and I”).
The game is intended as an experimental tool to stimulate the urgency of writing, making rap accessible (without forcing technical aspects on the player) and putting the creation of poems/songs as the central mechanic of a narrative experience. Listening to songs is necessary in order to play, so you can consider it as an occasion to discover new music!
Also, it's designed to fit on a phone wallpaper: write your own rap lyrics and change the world through words!
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2023.03.30 07:41 Most_Conversation595 theme and pov in GET OUT

get out is not just a fine horror movie. it's not just scary and thrilling and heart-pounding. it doesn't just have great, distinctive characters and an original concept. it isn't even just about anti-black racism.
what makes get out such a perfect movie is its POV, and its dedication to theme. the armitage family is not merely racist in the way that your stereotypical american "redneck" family would be characterised as racist. they prey on black bodies in a very specific fashion. they're jealous of black bodies. they desire black bodies. not as slaves or workers, but to inhabit them. they think they can do better with black bodies than black people. even jim, the blind gallery owner, who fancies himself more enlightened than the armitages because he's not racist, covets chris's body (specifically his eyes) and sees himself as entitled to it. rose, who stands up for chris at every opportunity throughout the first two acts, turns out to just enjoy fucking - and fucking over - black men.
when you hear the title, and learn that it's a movie about anti-black racism set in the milieu of a rich, WASPy white family home, you assume that at some point, a white person will yell "get out" at a black person. but that isn't what happens. a black man tells another black man to get out; to save himself. a moment of black solidarity gives the film its title, not white rage.
the movie is not about "racism". what a boring movie that would be! it's a movie about white entitlement and predation of black bodies; of jealousy and bitterness and superiority, all from people who don't see themselves as hateful because their hate has been mixed up with need. dean armitage isn't lying when he says he would have voted for obama a third time. that's what makes him so creepy.
when i think of theme, i sometimes think of craig mazin's "central dramatic argument", but i also think of get out. i think of specificity of point of view. if you have a story to tell, and theme is important to the story, make sure you know what your POV is. john hodgman likes to say "specificity is the soul of narrative" and - though he's usually referring to little details in long, ponderous stories (as is his style) - that applies very strongly to theme. so dig deep, find the essential truth that only you can share, and keep coming back to that as you tell your story. scratching the surface isn't enough. drill, baby, drill.
happy writing! or - i guess - strained, frustrating, difficult writing that results in something awesome!
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2023.03.30 07:41 itechnolabs Defi vs CeFi: Features and Differences between Both Digital Currencies

Defi vs CeFi: Features and Differences between Both Digital Currencies

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The concept of cryptocurrency has become more widely known than ever before. Many retail investors are open to investing in cryptocurrencies, not just organizations.
The conversation has now changed to a new set of issues, Defi (decentralized finance) and CeFi, as the idea of cryptocurrencies has evolved (centralized finance). Although Defi and CeFi both provide various financial services linked to cryptocurrencies, they are different.
iTechnolabs is a Blockchain development company to assist the Cryptocurrency Exchange, End To End DApp Solutions, Smart Contract Development, Crypto-token-development and Crypto Wallet Development.
Defi and CeFi provide various financial services relating to cryptocurrencies, but they differ. In this blog, we explore the difference between Defi vs CeFi.

What is CeFi?

The primary concept behind a centralized exchange is that under centralized finance, all crypto trading transactions are channeled through a central deal (CeFi).
Here, consumers register for an account with various businesses and send and receive money through the same network. This is not all, however. These exchanges support financing, borrowing, and margin trading, among other services, and offer crypto trading solutions.

What is Defi?

Defi refers to a group of financial products and services built using blockchain technology in the public blockchain space. Defi can be described as an open, global financial system. With Defi, you have control and visibility over your money, exposure to international markets, and alternatives to your local currency or banking options.
Here, a reliable internet connection proves to be essential. The markets are constantly open, and no centralized authority can reject payments or refuse you access to anything, which is another unique aspect of this decentralized financial system. The introduction of Ethereum paved the path for leveraging DeFi’s potential inside the financial sector, inspiring companies, and enterprises to develop and implement solutions that created the Defi ecosystem.
With Defi, multiple chances to create a reliable and open financial system became a reality. Defi provides a wide range of services, including borrowing, yield farming, lending in cryptocurrencies, asset preservation, and much more.

Features of Cefi (Centralized Finance)

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CeFi has multiple features like:
1. Centralized Exchange
Users deposit money to a stock cryptocurrency exchange, such as Binance, Kraken, or Bitcoin, to handle it in an internal account. Although cash is maintained on the exchange, they are not in the users’ possession, and they are therefore exposed to risks if the exchange’s security precautions are ineffective.
Centralized exchanges have been the target of numerous security threats as a result. Due to their trust in centralized exchanges, customers do not mind disclosing personal information or entrusting these businesses with their money.
Large exchanges also have departments that provide customer service personnel to assist customers. A high standard of customer service gives customers peace of mind and reinforces their perception that their money is safe.
2. The flexibility of Fiat Conversion
Converting from fiat currency to cryptocurrency and vice versa is easier with centralized services than with decentralized ones. Defi services provide fiat with less flexibility than centralized entities often do, which makes it necessary to convert between cryptocurrencies and fiat. The Centralized Finance (CeFi) ecosystem makes it easy to onboard new users, which can enhance the user experience.
3. Cross-chain services
Investing in LTC, XRP, BTC, and other currencies from autonomous blockchain platforms is supported through CeFi services. Defi services do not accept these tokens because cross-chain swaps are time-consuming and difficult.
As many of the most popular and highest market capitalization coins exist on separate blockchain and do not adhere to interoperability standards, it is a significant advantage for CeFi.
For more information read Defi vs CeFi
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2023.03.30 07:38 Sesquipedalian61616 Anyone here heard of Enochian Chess?

Enochian Chess is a chess variant created by the Order of the Golden Dawn in the 1800's and is based on earlier 4-player chess variants played on a regular 8-by-8 board, such as Chaturanga for 4 Players. It can theoretically be played on a regular board, but the king and bishop (see below for details) of each army start on the same corner space.
It was used in occult practices and seems pretty interesting to play. Each army (it can be played with 4 players, one for each army, or theoretically with 2 armies per player) has 9 pieces arranged in a 2-by-4 area including each corner, and the only reason that doesn't break the laws of math is because of 2 pieces on each corner space. For each army, the long row on each edge is occupied by 5 unique pieces, and the other long row is occupied by 4 pawns, each promoting to another of the piece it starts in relative front of, excluding the king.

Pieces: Technically speaking, all pieces per player are unique
King (K): As usual (royal and to any adjacent space) but no castling, occupies the same space as the bishop
Bishop (B): As usual (diagonal slider), the pawn-of-bishop starts in front of it, one of 2 piece types capable of a concourse, occupies the same space as the king
Queen/Alibaba (AD): A more direct equivalent to the elephant (A for alfil, the latter coming from the definitive/genitive of the Arabic word for elephant) from Chaturanga (Indian Chess, the oldest known variant) and similar variants, this leaps exactly 2 spaces diagonally or orthogonally, to the knight as the bishop is to the rook in terms of distance, color-bound and able to go to just 16 spaces each, also capable of a concourse, the pawn-of-queen starts in front of it (in general, I would call this the Admiral because of the Ralph Betza notation)
Knight (N): As usual (leaps to the nearest 8-at-most non-adjacent spaces), the pawn-of-knight starts in front of it
Rook (R): As usual (orthogonal slider) but no castling, the pawn-of-rook starts in front of it
Pawns (P;X): Mostly as usual (forward stepper, directly for passive moves and diagonally to capture), these do not double-step and only promote if at least one of them as previously been captured, and instead of promoting to whatever unique piece the king starts next to (depending on the variant), they each promote to the non-king and non-pawn piece they started in relative front of, hence resulting in all of them technically being unique pieces ('X' here refers to the piece it promotes to)

Rules:
No: castling, initial pawn double-step, or en passant
Concourse: A special capture method which can occur in any of five 2-by-2 regions including the central one and the 4 distinct diagonally adjacent 2-by-2 regions (i.e. the ones adjacent to both each corner and the edges that meet there), either type of color-bound piece (so bishops and queens are capable but only against their own type), but only pieces of 1 type at a time, can capture all of the others by going into it if the others are unlucky to also be inside it. This is borrowed from Chaturanga for 4 Players, but with different pieces

As for more information, it has a page on chessvariants[dot]com. I have no idea where to play it online though.
As for potential subvariants that, in occult practice, could be used in syncretism, and in general it is possible to combine it with other variants or make larger versions. While context is highly important, new ideas can still be implemented, whether in magick or writing.

It's worth noting that Enochian, a supposedly magickal language created by John Dee and Edward Kelly, and also used for Enochian Chess, by itself disproves the notion that it's of antediluvian origin due to the following:
the inclusion of certain digraphs, especially "sh", a relatively recent convention at the time (derived from a compound consonant sounding something like 'shkh', which still occurs in Swedish, and I highly doubt that Dee and Kelly had that in mind), and the possibility that 'ch', 'ph', and 'th' sound like their English versions instead of their Classical Latin versions
the fact that C/c and G/g are apparently supposed to be like in English instead of like in Archaic and Classical Latin and also Gaelic and Welsh languages like what would make sense in an ancient language, but it could be argued that the two got that wrong, similar to its apparent use of X/x as equivalent to 'gs' (if going by earlier linguistics, it could be argued that X/x would be the one sounding like 's' while S/s would some like English "sh", making the "sch" interpretation of 'sh' being the more reasonable interpretation)
the inclusion of bits of obvious English and Latin influence here and there, the most obvious evidence
If Enochian was based on an earlier language, its actual spelling would be different, c/p/th would imply breathiness, C and G would have 1 sound each while X and S are the opposite of what one would expect (based on some languages, such as Catalan and Maltese) from one another, 'sh' would sound like modern Swedish 'sj', and "londoh" and "luciftias" either being made up or their original versions having different and unrelated meanings to the British version.
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2023.03.30 07:31 PvpGamesUSA What is mandala and coloring pages

What is mandala and coloring pages
What is a mandala?
Symbols used for ritual and meditation purposes, which are thought to symbolize the structure of the universe in Hinduism and Buddhism, are called mandalas. Mandala simply means 'circle' in Sanskrit. Looking at the origin of the word, “Manda” refers to energy or essence, and “La” refers to the concept of vessel; Mandala, on the other hand, can be defined as the "container that stores/contains energy".

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Brief history of Mandala
It is possible to come across mandala-like shapes in some cave paintings that are thought to have been made 40,000 years ago. Wall and ceiling paintings with mandala drawings draw attention in Buddhist ruins found in the Khartse Valley in western Tibet. A mandala is simply a shape with a mostly circular integrity, consisting of rings and other shapes drawn around a central point. Mandala drawing is always started from the middle, and the mandala is enlarged by adding various shapes and patterns around the small circles in the middle.
How to make a mandala?
In Tibet and India, monks make different mandalas using various materials such as sand and stone. These large mandalas, which can take hours or even days to make, are considered a part of their spiritual development. When the mandala they made with great care is completed, songs are sung around the circle and prayers are said. Then the mandala is broken. The ingredients are ceremonially filled into a jar or poured into a nearby lake.
You can take the time to draw your own mandala. Buying ready-made mandalas and painting them can also be a fun activity that will help you calm down and focus.
There are also mandala coloring books for kids. Painting shapes that form a unity is a useful activity for children to focus on.
50+ source: Printable mandala coloring pages printcoloring.com
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2023.03.30 07:25 Droidverse Indo iranians and the oxus

This maybe a stupid question but why is there such less metion or importance of the oxus region in the rigveda or even in avesta , even though they supposedly spend a LOT of time there , also the oxus river is mentioned very less if at all considering it is the largest river in central asia . Also is it only me or all features of the early rigvedic Saraswati river seems to be similar to the Oxus river /Vakshu it starts in the ice mountains and is very strong and ends up in the sea , Rather than some retarted river in the mountains of afganistan and when did indo aryans even got to south afganistan, the avestan word for a river tributary of helmand is similar to Saraswati but they could very well be reusing old names. Is the oxus river or tributaries mentioned in the avesta and giving any importance because manypeople place thr region of ariyanam vejha in that area if that is the case shouldn't the Oxus be byfar the most important river to both indo aryans and iranians.
I don't think people realise how important this question is , if we don't find any river sufficiently similar to the early rigvedic saraswati then people will assume it is the one that dried up in 2500-2000Bc infact this is their biggest argument . We know the name of later saraswati was given to the ghagra river as it was mentioned to disappear in the desert in the Mahabharata. I personally think either the oxus or the Sutlej river can be saraswati and the people called the river before the fusion of sutlej and beas rivers sutudri and after the convluence saraswati. I don't see how a river between high mountains and deserts in south afganistan can be the saraswati river on which a lot of the rigveda was composed , and Helmand isn't even called saraswati btw
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2023.03.30 07:25 Opening_Lab_6153 How to reduce the percentage error for dose values in voxels ?

Following is the output of DOSXYZnrc simulation. It says that "The dose values in 586822 voxels had error > 50% and have been zeroed in the .3ddose file". I want to know the reason for this error and how it can be reduced to acceptable limits ?

Also it says " *** Warning *** Used all particles from source file Restarting from first particle in file". What could be the reason for this and how it can be avoided. Can particle recycling be used in this case? If yes, how ?


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Number of media (min = 1, max = 20, 0 => CT data): 0
Input the full name of the file containing the CT phantom created
using ctcreate
: /home/tpsuseDesktop/tpsdata/manojd/phoenix/33934.egsphant

CT Phantom summary:

NMED = 4

media:
AIR700ICRU
LUNG700ICRU
ICRUTISSUE700ICRU
ICRPBONE700ICRU

Dummy values of (ESTEPM(i),i=1,NMED)
: 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000

IMAX, JMAX, KMAX : 259 259 123

x range : -32.56348 - 32.43649 cm
y range : -32.56348 - 32.43649 cm
z range : -34.32500 - -3.57500 cm

Densities range from 0.00000 - 2.08800 g/cc

ECUTIN,PCUTIN,(SMAX--DUMMY INPUT):
0.500 0.001 0.000

Input zeroairdose (1 to zero dose in air in .3ddosefile; 0[default]
to not zero this dose), doseprint (1 for full dose output in .egslst;
0[default] otherwise), MAX20 (1 to print out summary of 20 highest
doses; 0[default] to not print this summary)
: 1 1 1


Source configuration

(0) Parallel, rectangular beam incident from the front
Requires 9 inputs:
charge (-1,0,1),
0 (mandatory, to identify source type),
lower x-coordinate of the beam (cm),
upper x-coordinate of the beam (cm),
lower y-coordinate of the beam (cm),
upper y-coordinate of the beam (cm),
angle of beam with respect to the positive x-axis (degrees),
angle of beam with respect to the positive y-axis (degrees),
angle of beam with respect to the negative z-axis (degrees)
(angles default to 90,90,0--incident on front of phantom)

or (1) Parallel, rectangular beam incident from any direction
Requires 10 inputs:
charge (-1,0,1),
1 (mandatory, to identify source type),
x-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
y-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
z-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
angle between +z direction and the line joining the
center of the beam (collimator) to the isocenter
--called the polar angle(degrees),
angle between +x direction and the projection of the
line joining the center of the beam (collimator)
to the isocenter on the xy plane--called the azimuthal
angle (degrees),
total x-widthof the beam in the plane perpendicular
to the beam direction (cm),
total y-width of the beam in the plane perpendicular
to the beam direction (cm),
angle by which the collimator is rotated in the
collimator plane perpendicular to the beam
direction (degrees),
(+ve rotation is counterclockwise looking along
the beam direction

or (2) Full phase-space of each particle
Requires 9 inputs plus data stored in units 43 and 44:
charge (-1 electron,0 photon,1 positron, 2 all),
2 (mandatory, to identify source type),
x-coordinateof the isocenter (cm),
y-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
z-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
angle between +z direction and the line joining the
origin in the phase space plane to the isocenter
--called the polar angle(degrees),
angle between +x direction and the projection of the
line joining the origin in the phase space plane
tothe isocenter on the xy plane--called the azimuthal
angle (degrees),
absolute distance from the isocenter to the origin
in the phase space plane
angle by which the source is rotated in the
phase space plane perpendicular to the beam
direction (degrees),
(+ve rotation is counterclockwise looking down
from the origin in the phase space plane),
i_dbs--set to 1 if DBS was used in BEAM simulation used
to generate the phsp source and you want to reject fat
photons, 0 otherwise,
DBS splitting radius (cm),
SSD at which splitting radius defined (cm),
Z at which phsp source collected (cm),
No. of times to split charged particles.

or (3) Point, rectangular beam incident from the front
Requires 7 inputs:
charge (-1,0,1),
3 (mandatory, to identify source type),
lower x-coordinate of the beam (cm),
upper x-coordinate of the beam (cm),
lower y-coordinate of the beam (cm),
upper y-coordinate of the beam (cm),
distance to the plane (cm),

or (6) Uniform isotropically radiating parallelepiped within
the phantom
Requires 8 inputs:
charge (-1,0,1),
6 (mandatory, to identify source type),
lower x-coordinate of active volume (cm)
upper x-coordinate of active volume (cm),
lower y-coordinate of active volume (cm)
upper y-coordinate of active volume (cm),
lower z-coordinate of active volume (cm)
upper z-coordinate of active volume (cm)

or (7) Parallel beam incident from multiple, user-selected angles
Requires 9 inputs on this line:
charge (-1,0,1),
7 (mandatory, to identify source type),
x-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
y-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
z-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
number of incident theta-phi pairs or -ve number of
groups of incident theta-phi pairs where, within a group
only theta or phi can vary, the varying angles are
evenly distributed and have equal probability,
total x-width of the beam in the plane perpendicular
to the beamdirection (cm),
total y-width of the beam in the plane perpendicular
to the beam direction (cm),
angle by which the collimator is rotated in the
collimator plane perpendicular to the beam
direction (degrees),
(+ve rotation is counterclockwise looking along
thebeam direction

or (8) Full phase-space incident from multiple angles
Requires 8 inputs on this line and data stored in units 43,44:
charge (-1 electron,0 photon,1 positron, 2all),
2 (mandatory, to identify source type),
x-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
y-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
z-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
number of incident theta-phi pairs or -ve number of
groups of incident theta-phi pairs where, within a group
only theta or phi can vary, the varying angles are
evenly distributed and have equal probability,
absolute distance from the isocenter to the origin
in the phase space plane
angle by which the source is rotated in the
phase space plane perpendicular to the beam
direction (degrees),
(+ve rotation is counterclockwise looking down
from the origin in the phase space plane),
i_dbs--set to 1 if DBS was used in BEAM simulation used
to generate the phsp source and you want to reject fat
photons, 0 otherwise,
DBS splitting radius (cm),
SSD at which splitting radius defined(cm),
Z at which phsp source collected (cm)
No. of times to split charged particles.

or (9) BEAM simulation of treatment head
Requires 11 inputs plus name of accelerator simulation,
input file used in accelerator simulation, and pegs4
data used in accelerator simulation:
charge (-1 electron,0 photon,1 positron, 2 all),
9 (mandatory, to identify source type),
x-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
y-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
z-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
angle between beam central axis and +z axis in DOSXYZ
geometry--called the polar angle(degrees),
angle between +x direction in DOSXYZ geometry and
beam central axis projected on the DOSXYZ xy plane
--called the azimuthal angle (degrees),
absolute distance from the isocenter to centre of
scoring plane in BEAM simulation,
angle to rotate BEAM simulation about its central
axis (degrees) (+ve rotation is counterclockwise
looking down the axis),
i_dbs--set to 1 if DBS is being used in BEAM simulation
and you want to reject fat photons, 0 otherwise,
No. of times to split charged particles.

or (10) BEAM simulation source incident from multiple angles
Requires 10 inputs plus name of accelerator simulation,
input file used in accelerator simulation,and pegs4
data used in accelerator simulation:
charge (-1 electron,0 photon,1 positron, 2 all),
9 (mandatory, to identify source type),
x-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
y-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
z-coordinate of the isocenter (cm),
number of incident theta-phi pairs or -ve number of
groups of incident theta-phi pairs where, within a group
only theta or phi can vary, the varying angles are
evenly distributed and have equal probability,
absolute distance from the isocenter to centre of
scoring plane in BEAM simulation,
angle to rotate BEAM simulation about its central
axis (degrees) (+ve rotation is counterclockwise
looking down the axis),
i_dbs--set to 1 if DBS is being used in BEAM simulation
and you want to reject fat photons, 0 otherwise,
No. of times to splitcharged particles.

or (20) Phase Space Incident from multiple settings
optionally through an MLC or through a BEAM accel.
Requires 6 inputs plus name of the input file used
forBEAM/vcu SIM. and the BEAM/VCU code if used
data used in simulation:
charge (-1 electron,0 photon,1 positron, 2 all),
20 (mandatory, to identify source type),
number of control points,
i_dbs: set to 1 if DBS is being used in simulation
and you want to reject fat photons, 0 otherwise,
r_dbs: radius of DBS splitting field in original
BEAM simulation,
ssd_dbs: SSD of DBS splitting field,
z_dbs: Z position where phase space was scored
in original BEAM simulation,
No. of times to splitcharged particles,
i_muidx_out: Set to 1 to include fractional MU index
in output phase space (i_phsp_out=1 or 2)
calflag: Set to 1 to skip the calibrationrun performed
to refine the estimate of NRCYCL.

or (21) BEAM simulation of treatment head will multiple settings
optionally through a MLC
Requires name of accelerator simulation,
input file used in accelerator simulation, and pegs4
data used in accelerator simulation, name of input file
for vcu SIM. and the VCU code (particleDmlc) if using MLC
charge (-1 electron,0 photon,1 positron, 2 all),
21 (mandatory, to identify source type),
number of control points
i_dbs: set to 1 if DBS is being used in BEAM simulation
and you want to reject fat photons, 0 otherwise,
No. of times to split charged particles.
i_muidx_out: Set to 1 to include fractional MU index
in output phase space (i_phsp_out=1 or 2)

All inputs on one line:
Full phase space from an arbitrary direction
x-coordinate of the isocenter: -2.9000
y-coordinate of the isocenter: -6.1000
z-coordinate of the isocenter: -18.9000
Polar angle of origin in source plane: 90.0000
Azimuthal angle of origin in source plane: 270.0000
Distance from isocenter to origin in source plane: 56.9000
Source rotation angle: 270.0000
No. of times to split e+/e-: 0


Charge of incident particles to use: 0

Enflag(0=mono-E,1=spectr,2=phsp or full BEAM sim.,3=dosecomp,4=beam model),
Mode(0,2), medsur(0 = vacuum), dsurround(1), dflag(0=1 dsurround,
1=4 dsurrounds), dsurround(2), dsurround(3), dsurround(4)
: 2 0 1 50.000 0

The material in the region outside the phantom is:AIR700ICRU
The thickness of this region (in x, y & z direction) is: 50.000 cm

Input name of phase space file (A256)
:
Particles will be read from file:
/home/tpsuseEGS/egs_home/BEAM_Bhabhatron-TMC/Bhabhatron-TMC.egsphsp1

Total number of particles in file : 406653
Total number of photons : 404866
The rest are electrons/positrons.
Maximum kinetic energyof the particles: 1.250 MeV
Minimum kinetic energy ofthe electrons: 0.185 MeV
# of particles incident fromoriginal source: 300000000.0


NCASE,IWATCH,TIMMAX,INSEED1,INSEED2,BEAM_SIZE,ISMOOTH,IRESTART,IDAT,
IREJECT,ESAVE_GLOBAL,NRCYCL,IPARALLEL,PARNUM,n_split,ihowfarless,i_phsp_out
:
300000000 0 48.00 33 97 100.00 0 0 2 1 0.00 740 0 0 10 1 0


***************** Warning:
File /home/tpsuseEGS/egs_home/dosxyznrc/egsrun_17746_BhabhatronDOSXYZnrc-TMC_phoenix/BhabhatronDOSXYZnrc-TMC.errors
is already opened and connected to unit 15
Will not try to re-open this file, assuming it has been opened
by specifying it in the .io file.



Bound Compton start region
Setting all to 0
Rayleigh start region
Setting all to 0
Relaxations start region
Setting all to 0
PE sampling start region
Setting all to 0


Call hatch
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===> Photonuclear flag: 0
Found medium with gas pressure

(Re)-initializing photon cross sections with files from the series: xcom

Compton cross sections: default
Using Compton cross sections from /home/tpsuseEGS/HEN_HOUSE/data/compton_sigma.data
Working on medium 1 ... OK
Working on medium 2 ... OK
Working on medium 3 ... OK
Working on medium 4 ... OK
old PRESTA calculates default min. step-size for BCA:
minimum ECUT found: 0.69999999999999996
default BLCMIN is: 5.4976599427784052
this corresponds to 244.12000856912749 elastic MFPs

Reading screened Rutherford MS data ............... done


Reading spin data base from /home/tpsuseEGS/HEN_HOUSE/data/spinms.data
EGSnrc spin data, version 2.0
Data generated on a machine with 1234 endianess
The endianess of this CPU is 1234
Ranges: 1.00 100.00 0.30054 1.00000


medium 1 ..................... done
medium 2 ..................... done
medium 3 ..................... done
medium 4 ..................... done
Medium 1 sige = 0.35816548270345605 0.35304207939639420 monotone = F T
Medium 2 sige = 0.40967303204799704 0.40359507268912292 monotone = T T
Medium 3 sige = 0.43417900111864893 0.42772402547042210 monotone = T T
Medium 4 sige = 0.52240212590025104 0.51578874782980366 monotone = T T
Initializing tmxs for estepe = 0.25000000000000000 and ximax = 0.50000000000000000
Output from subroutine EDGSET:

Atomic relaxations not requested!

Bound Compton scattering not requested!

EGSnrc SUCCESSFULLY 'HATCHED' FOR 4 MEDIA.


Electron/Photon transport parameter


Photon cross sections xcom
Compton cross sections default
Photon transport cutoff(MeV) 0.1000E-01
Pair angular sampling SIM
Pair cross sections BH
Triplet production Off
Bound Compton scattering OFF
Radiative Compton corrections Off
Rayleigh scattering OFF
Atomic relaxations OFF
Photoelectron angular sampling OFF

Electron transport cutoff(MeV) 0.7000
Bremsstrahlung cross sections BH
Bremsstrahlung angular sampling SIM
Spin effects On
Electron Impact Ionization Off
Maxium electron step in cm (SMAX) 5.000
Maximum fractional energy loss/step (ESTEPE) 0.2500
Maximum 1st elastic moment/step (XIMAX) 0.5000
Boundary crossing algorithm PRESTA-I
Skin-depth for boundary crossing (MFP) 244.1
Electron-step algorithm PRESTA-II


Will recyle each phase space particle 740 times before going on
to next particle.
Restarted phase space files and recycled particles are not
redistributed

Starting a new calculation

Store data files at end of run only

*******************************************************************************

Summary of source parameters (srcxyznrc)
*******************************************************************************

Full phase space input for each incident particle

x-coordinate of the isocenter, -2.9000 cm
y-coordinate of the isocenter, -6.1000 cm
z-coordinate of the isocenter, -18.9000 cm
Polar angle of source plane: 90.0000 degrees
Azimuthal angle of origin in source plane: 270.0000 degrees
Distance from isocenter to origin in source plane: -56.9000 cm
Source plane rotation angle, 270.0000 degrees
Total number of particles in phase space file: 406653

Particles to be simulated: photon only


Medium AE AP
AIR700ICRU 0.700 0.010
LUNG700ICRU 0.700 0.010
ICRUTISSUE700IC 0.700 0.010
ICRPBONE700ICRU 0.700 0.010

Will perform charged-particle range rejection against voxel boundaries
if particle energy is below 0.00100 MeV.



****** NB ESAVE_GLOBAL <= ECUT so NO Range Rejection ***



Photons will be split 10 times



***************************************************************

Histories to be simulated for this run 300000000

Histories to be analyzed after this run 300000000

***************************************************************
Elapsed wall clock time to this point= 4.506 s


CPU time so far for this run = 4.506 s


BATCH # TIME-ELAPSED TOTAL CPUTIME RATIO TIME OF DAY RNG pointers

1 0.0 0.0 0.00 19:50:25 ixx jxx = 97 33
2 63.9 63.9 1.00 19:51:29 ixx jxx = 25 58
3 126.7 126.7 1.00 19:52:32 ixx jxx = 73 9
4 189.4 189.4 1.00 19:53:34 ixx jxx = 54 87
5 252.2 252.2 1.00 19:54:37 ixx jxx = 35 68
6 315.0 315.0 1.00 19:55:40 ixx jxx = 49 82
7 377.9 377.9 1.00 19:56:43 ixx jxx = 39 72
8 440.7 440.7 1.00 19:57:46 ixx jxx = 54 87
9 503.6 503.6 1.00 19:58:49 ixx jxx = 68 4

*** Warning *** Used all particles fromsource file
Restarting from first particle infile

10 566.8 566.8 1.00 19:59:52 ixx jxx = 87 23

Total CPU time for run = 629.3 s = 0.175 hr => 1716161764. hist/hr
On linux64

********************************************************************

# of particles read from ph-sp file (N_read) = 467118
# of primary (non ph-sp) histories read from ph-sp file = 406675
# of particles discarded dueto charge/LATCH/W/multiple passer = 62259
# of particles discarded because beyond BEAM_SIZE = 0
# of photons rejected because beyond DBS splitting radius = 0
# of particles that missed geometry = 0
N_used/N_read = 642.237
# of times each particle in ph-sp file recycled
(last particle may be recycled less than this) = 740
# of ph-sp particles simulated (N_used) = 300000000
# of times ph-sp file restarted in this run = 1

********************************************************************

Fraction of incident energy deposited in the phantom = 0.0218


Fraction of incident energy deposited in the region surrounding
the phantom when incident particles go through it = 0.0013


Number of charged particle steps simulated, N_step = 555401587
Number of charged particle steps/incident fluence = 2.17503E-03
No. of PRESTA-II steps/total no. of charged particle steps = 0.89226



***WARNING***
The ph-sp source was restarted at least once. This may lead
to an underestimate of uncertainty, especially if restarted
many times. If restarted many times, try re-running with
NRCYCL recalculated as described at topof dosxyznrc.mortran


Sets of depths per page = 0
Set to = 1

The dose values in 586822 voxels had error > 50% and have been
zeroed in the .3ddose file.


average of 20 highest doses = 0.13420E-16 Gy/particle
average % error of 20 highest doses = 2.766 %
average % error of doses > 0.500 of max dose = 3.561 %
(average error of doses > 0.500 of max dose)/(max dose) = 2.161 %
quadrature average % error of doses > 0.500 of max dose = 3.635 %
There are 3830 voxelswith dose > 0.500 of max dose

20 highest doses:
dose (Gy/particle) (x,y,z) (cm)
----------------- ------------

0.13901E-16 +/- 2.70122 % ( -0.56542, -11.10596, -18.45000 )
0.13897E-16 +/- 2.94458 % ( 0.94037, -10.60403, -18.20000 )
0.13818E-16 +/- 2.95443 % ( 0.18747, -10.85499, -17.70000 )
0.13729E-16 +/- 2.81016 % ( 0.68940, -10.60403, -15.95000 )
0.13559E-16 +/- 2.63896 % ( -0.06349, -10.60403, -17.70000 )
0.13507E-16 +/- 2.85665 % ( -1.31832, -11.10596, -18.70000 )
0.13500E-16 +/- 2.76575 % ( 0.68940, -10.60403, -19.45000 )
0.13488E-16 +/- 2.79449 % ( 0.94037, -10.60403, -16.45000 )
0.13486E-16 +/- 2.79507 % ( -0.81639, -10.85499, -15.95000 )
0.13391E-16 +/- 2.85736 % ( 0.18747, -10.85499, -14.95000 )
0.13318E-16 +/- 2.69529 % ( 0.43844, -10.60403, -16.20000 )
0.13302E-16 +/- 2.70072 % ( -0.56542, -11.10596, -17.95000 )
0.13301E-16 +/- 2.74121 % ( 0.43844, -10.85499, -17.45000 )
0.13246E-16 +/- 2.69521 % ( -0.56542, -10.35306, -18.70000 )
0.13241E-16 +/- 2.69811 % ( -1.31832, -10.85499, -15.70000 )
0.13170E-16 +/- 2.78629 % ( -0.81639, -11.10596, -15.95000 )
0.13147E-16 +/- 2.70391 % ( -1.31832, -10.35306, -17.95000 )
0.13139E-16 +/- 2.69641 % ( -1.31832, -10.35306, -18.45000 )
0.13133E-16 +/- 2.80412 % ( 0.94037, -10.10210, -21.95000 )
0.13126E-16 +/- 2.68886 % ( 0.94037, -10.35306, -21.45000 )

Total CPU time for this run = 662.6 s = 0.184 hr

END OF RUN Mar 29 2023 20:01:23



Finished simulation

Elapsed time: 662.6 s ( 0.184 h)
CPU time: 662.6 s ( 0.184 h)
Ratio: 1.000


End of run Wed Mar 29 20:01:23 2023

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2023.03.30 07:23 StepwiseUndrape574 4Chan Leak Allegedly Exposes GTA 6 Lead Characters And Key Map Details

A pair of leaks have turned up on 4Chan that claim to outline details of Rockstar's forthcoming Grand Theft Auto 6. Fans of the franchise would do well to take these rumors with a grain of salt as there's no way to know for sure if any of these details are accurate. The leaker on 4Chan goes by Rhanadeng and claims to have been a friend of a disgruntled employee working on the game during 2019.
The source claims that this employee allegedly asked him to anonymously leak information about GTA 6. However, things later improved, and he lost contact with the Rockstar team member. One key detail is that this person also claims the game has been in active development since 2016 or 2017, with pre-production starting shortly after GTA V was ported to current generation consoles in 2014. The new GTA VI game world map is also claimed to be the size of GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 combined.
gta v mission One of the odder bits that this 4Chan user details is a minigame where players control a stream of urine from a protagonist using motion controls. On the protagonist front, there are said to be four in the game, including a driver called Walther Wallace and an unnamed former Israeli IDF person. Another, Thomas Branigan, is a smuggler who owns an aircraft called the Raven, and Marcus Burke is a drug dealer and father to a young boy.
The area is said to be based in Florida, with Vice City among the three major cities with one smaller city in the far northwest of the map. The game reportedly jumps around in time with part of the timeline set in the 1980s and other parts set in the present day. Missions aren't as linear as they are in GTA V or RDR2, notes the proclaimed leaker. Players will briefly visit a small central American island, but it's reportedly not Guarma. The game starts with gamers playing the role of smuggler, Branigan.
gta v car Supposedly there are multiple child characters in the game that mainly interact with Burke and his son. Switching between the protagonists isn't said to be instantaneous, but the camera reportedly zooms out and travels quickly to where the protagonist the player wants to play is located. Sleeping Dogs-inspired parkour is involved in the game as well, but to a lesser extent without wall running. The leaker claims that weapons function more realistically in the game than they have in past titles. An example noted is rocket launcher back blast that ends up taking out an NPC in one of the missions, where the goal is to destroy a helicopter.
Hand-to-hand combat is supported and is said to be similar to Red Dead 2, with the leaker noting it's harder to fight hand-to-hand GTA VI than in GTA V. Player characters can also gain weight in the game, and it affects character attributes as it did in RDR2. Mori Kibbutz is also reportedly in the game, but not much else is detailed about his character.
This leak isn't the first that has surfaced about GTA 6. Last December, a user on reddit claiming to be a beta tester, leaked a bunch of alleged details of the game. In January, another leak claimed that the game would launch in 2021.
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2023.03.30 07:13 Chrisgdsotm Fun win as commander today. Good comms in a public server is nice to hear!

Fun win as commander today. Good comms in a public server is nice to hear! submitted by Chrisgdsotm to HellLetLoose [link] [comments]


2023.03.30 07:08 bootlegbongos My girlfriend recently broke up with me in a really petty way

I've been dating someone for the past 6-7ish months with someone slightly older than me by about a year. We had gotten into a few arguments about a few things ( like the fact she didn't show that much love or affection towards me, i.e hugging, cuddling, kissing ) and a few disagreements or slip ups here and there but after a small break from one another, I had reformed myself into a much better person. I used to feel incredibly suicidal whenever I couldn't see her because of something like school or the roads, but after the break I had improved myself immensely ( i didn't feel suicidal or angry when i couldn't see her ). I thought we were happy, the last time I saw her I had set up a small date night for us. I got her favorite candy, ice cream for us to share, a 2 liter bottle of her favorite mountain dew flavor, stuff like that. She only took the candy and didn't care for the ice cream, and she ended up forgetting the soda. No big deal, right? Wrong. The next day she's acting weirdly socially awkward towards me over text, more awkward than she usually is. I asked her what was up and she said it was nothing, and pressed me on why I asked the question. She had said something like " no? why would you think there's something wrong? " and I had just assumed I was being paranoid or clingy. She also kept on breaking away from our conversations, but she did respond to my ' I love you ' text, and responded with (of course) ' I love you too '. I had assumed she was just busy with something and I went to bed relatively late, and fell asleep around midnight. The next morning I woke up around 8AM, went to my computer and checked my messages. There, in my Discord application, was a half-assed break up message. She stated that my behavior was ' abusive ' and that most of the people she knew (friends, teachers, family members) agreed so. I *have* had some verbal outbursts towards her but they were relatively rare and mostly induced due to the fact I hadn't eaten or if something shitty was going on in my life, but I never struck her. I never tried to intentionally hurt her verbally or physically, and I always offered her support and love every day. She then stated that I would be arrested I wasn't the age I am now due to the fact I had touched her bare chest a few times without her verbal consent. I don't know if I'm the asshole here or not but she never told me not to. The last time I did so I did ask for consent, and she said no. I respected her boundaries and didn't do so, but in her breakup text she stated that I *never* asked if I could, which is false. Going slightly off topic here, my life had practically revolved around her due to the fact she made me happy and kept me going as a human being. Sure, we had our mishaps but I thought we were happy. I was pretty self destructive and sometimes suicidal ( i no longer am as of writing this ) and wasn't very happy with myself, but she kept me going. When she broke up with me, however, she had blocked all forms of communication with me, not giving me a chance to say goodbye to her. We were both happy ( or at least i thought so ), and I had expected a more formal in-person break up, but no. She broke up with me and only provided a few valid points. She called me a narcissist in a small almost tiktok styled video, and displayed the exact opposite of me being narcissistic. She showed me hating on myself, me showing love and gratitude, borderline worship towards her and a few online tests she took regarding if I was emotionally abusive. She never consulted me about this and swept all of the love and support I showed towards her during all the trying times in her life, and broke up with me in the middle of the night without giving me a chance to say goodbye. The day after this I had an emotional breakdown, screaming, crying, wailing for her while I was in the fetal position, shaking on the floor in my parents' room. I went to the emergency room minutes afterwards. My eyes had hurt with sharp pain due to all of the crying, my hands were shaking and twitchy. The doctors calmed me down, and after I think 5ish hours I was discharged from the hospital, not at all caring about her, which is my current state of emotion. I don't know if I'm a dipshit here but my mother is livid towards her and her parents. I know that she loved me and I know that I loved her as well, which is what really breaks my heart here. In the break up message, she stated I hadn't changed which put me on my knees. I know I've changed, I haven't thought about hurting myself since last night. I still don't know if I'm entirely in the right, which is why I posted this here to dump about what's going on with me. I don't want any advice or input about this, I just know that I'm done with her, and I hope she can find someone else she can emotionally ruin.
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2023.03.30 07:08 racistpandaaa You should stop caring about players CA and PA

Basically title but to give it more depth:
You should stop caring about player CA and PA and focus on their development for young players (regardless of PA) and their performances for senior players(regardless of their CA).
I've had Jonas Wind as 5 time player of the year winner in La Liga as a 145 ca/pa player just because i milked all of his attributes properly. I've had 142 central defenders perform better than 180 CA defenders. You should stop looking at the shiny 16+ attributes and ask yourself am i doing this right. Focus on your tactic and how to actually play the game rather then Genie slap 180+ pa players and pray a default 433/4231 works.
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2023.03.30 07:01 Lovinglibra Vision Board Comedy Show has 2 shows in Brooklyn - One TOMORROW (3/30) & one SAT (4/1) and we're raffling off 2 free psychic readings with a professional psychic

Vision Board Comedy Show has 2 shows in Brooklyn in the next few days & we're raffling off FREE psychic readings with a professional and popular psychic!

Vision Board Comedy show combines standup comedy, spirituality (in a fun way) and psychic readings! The shows are TOMORROW 3/30 8:30 at Pinebox in Williamsburg and SAT 4/1 8:30 at Cobra Club in Bushwick!

We're raffling off 2 FREE psychic readings to audience members at both shows.
THE SHOWS ARE FREE, mini readings by professional psychics and mediums are included and you've seen and heard the comedians on the shows all over including THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, DAVID LETTERMAN, HBO, FOX, COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, NPR, BET, LAST COMIC STANDING, TOSH.0, WILDN'OUT, RICK & MORTY, OXYGEN, ETC! You don't want to miss this hilarious & enlightening great time!

To learn more about the shows & the psychic we're giving readings to and/or reserve tickets go to:

Tomorrow's show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/598936303607
Sat's show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/600069874147
* To learn more about future shows please follow us at https://www.facebook.com/visionboardcomedy. Thanks!!
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2023.03.30 07:00 Crypto_Jasper Daily General Discussion - March 30, 2023

Welcome to the Daily Trading Discussion Thread!

As with our Daily Thread on /nanotrade, the purpose of this thread is to provide a central location to discuss:
Guidelines for posting in this thread:

-- Any large issues, shoot crypto_jasper a PM! Thanks!
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2023.03.30 06:53 Lovinglibra Vision Board Standup Comedy Show has 2 shows in Brooklyn TOMORROW (3/30) & SAT (4/1) AND we're raffling off free psychic readings to prof psychic

Vision Board Comedy Show has 2 shows in Brooklyn in the next few days & we're raffling off FREE psychic readings with a professional and popular psychic.

Vision Board Comedy show combines standup comedy, spirituality (in a fun way) and psychic readings! The shows are TOMORROW 3/30 8:30 at Pinebox in Williamsburg and SAT 4/1 8:30 at Cobra Club in Bushwick!

We're raffling off 2 FREE psychic readings to audience members at both shows.
THE SHOWS ARE FREE, mini readings by professional psychics are included and you've seen and heard the comedians on the shows all over including THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, DAVID LETTERMAN, HBO, FOX, COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, NPR, BET, LAST COMIC STANDING, TOSH.0, WILDN'OUT, RICK & MORTY, OXYGEN, ETC! You don't want to miss this hilarious & enlightening great time!

To learn more about the shows & the psychic we're giving readings to and/or reserve tickets go to:

Tomorrow's show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/598936303607
Sat's show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/600069874147
* To learn more about future shows please follow us at https://www.facebook.com/visionboardcomedy. Thanks!!
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2023.03.30 06:50 LocationOk1668 Can I host a website without paying for a hosting provider?

Yes, it is possible to host a website without paying for a hosting provider, but it typically requires some technical knowledge and resources. Here are some ways to host a website without paying for a hosting provider:
  1. Host on your own computer: You can host a website on your own computer by installing a web server software, such as Apache, Nginx, or IIS, and configuring it to serve your website files. However, this requires a dedicated computer or server that is always on, as well as a static IP address and a domain name.
  2. Use a free hosting service: There are several free hosting services available, such as GitHub Pages, Google Sites, and WordPress.com, that allow you to host a website for free. However, these services may have limitations on storage, bandwidth, and customization options.
  3. Use a peer-to-peer hosting network: Peer-to-peer hosting networks, such as ZeroNet and Freenet, allow you to host a website on a decentralized network of computers, without the need for a centralized hosting provider. However, these networks may have limited speed and reliability, and may be less accessible to users.
It's important to note that hosting a website without paying for a hosting provider can have limitations and drawbacks, such as slower performance, limited storage and bandwidth, and reduced reliability and security. It's also important to ensure that you have the necessary technical knowledge and resources to host and maintain a website on your own, as it can be a complex and time-consuming process.
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2023.03.30 06:49 Lovinglibra Vision Board Standup Comedy Show is TOMORROW & SAT (4/1) in Brooklyn & we're giving away FREE psychic readings with a professional psychic

Just a reminder that Vision Board Comedy Show has 2 shows in Brooklyn in the next few days & we're raffling off FREE readings.

Vision Board Comedy show combines standup comedy, spirituality (in a fun way) and psychic readings! The shows are TOMORROW 3/30 8:30 at Pinebox in Williamsburg and SAT 4/1 8:30 at Cobra Club in Bushwick!

We're raffling off 2 FREE psychic readings with a professional and popular psychic to audience members at both shows. You don't want to miss this hilarious & enlightening great time!
THE SHOWS ARE FREE, mini readings by professional psychics and mediums are included and you've seen and heard the comedians on the shows all over including THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, DAVID LETTERMAN, HBO, FOX, COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, NPR, BET, LAST COMIC STANDING, TOSH.0, WILDN'OUT, RICK & MORTY, OXYGEN, ETC!

To learn more about the shows & the psychic we're giving readings to and/or reserve tickets go to:

Tomorrow's show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/598936303607
Sat's show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/600069874147
* To learn more about future shows please follow us at https://www.facebook.com/visionboardcomedy. Thanks!!
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2023.03.30 06:47 Lupus09 It is terrifying just how quickly liberals transform into rabid nationalists.

I'm creating this post as a response to the frustration I've had with dealing with the astonishing amounts of pro-NATO groupthinking that have flooded Reddit since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Ever since the start of this war, social media has been flooded with unrelenting anti-Russian hatred and pro-NATO propaganda. Comments about Russia and the Russian people often verge on being racist and even genocidal. Any attempt to try to add nuance to the discussion is met with hysterical attacks.
All of this serves the purpose of justifying NATO. The fact that NATO is obviously an institution for American imperialism, through which it maintains military bases across western and central Europe and subordinates the militaries of the countries of these regions to a NATO command structure always headed by an American general, is now mindlessly down-voted into oblivion.
This propaganda also serves to hide the United States' own shameful role in Russia's history. Throughout the 1990s, the Clinton administration and intellectual charlatans like Jeffrey Sachs supported the 'shock therapy' that crashed Russia's economy and destroyed the lives of millions of Russians. Meanwhile, Clinton supported Yeltsin, even as Yeltsin set up fraudulent privatization programs that were designed to ensure that ownership of former Soviet state industries would be concentrated in the hands of a new oligarchy. He supported Yeltsin, even as Yeltsin ordered Russian tanks to fire on the Russian parliament when it disagreed with this privatization plan. And he supported Yeltsin, even as Yeltsin, in violation of Russian law, used his connections with this new oligarchy to control Russian media to win the 1996 election against the communist candidate.
Clinton did all of this because he hoped the new Russian oligarchy could be incorporated into the system of American-dominated international capitalism, allowing American capitalists to economically control Russia. The result was a system of hyper-concentrated economic power in which Putin mediates between these different oligarchs, dominates Russian media and uses nationalist anger to control the Russian workers.
But confronting this truth would require understanding the imperialist nature of American power - and how the exercise of that power routinely blows up in our faces. So instead, western liberals have conjured up pseudo-scientific and quasi-racist theories about the inherently 'authoritarian' nature of the Russian 'spirit' to explain why the Russian parliamentarianism of the 1990s failed. Of course, if Russians are 'inherently authoritarian,' this necessitates NATO as a permanent bulwark against this oriental menace. In the process, western liberals can forget all memories of the fact that the one time in its history that Russia appeared to be developing a semi-stable parliamentary regime, the United States did everything in its power to undermine this regime because it found it insufficiently subservient to the needs of the American-dominated international capitalist order. Instead, the American government decided to invest in Yeltsin as a reliable strongman for capitalism in Russia, only to then see that presidential system accrue to Putin.
The United States and western liberals thus helped create Putin. But because Putin has decided to pursue his own brand of Russian imperialism rather than taking orders from Washington, Russia, including its workers, is now villified as an implacable enemy of the 'civilized west.' Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, we have seen waves of anti-Russian hysteria, including the cancellation of Russian cultural events and even a ludicrous backlash against 'poutine.'
None of this is new. This nationalist hysteria perfectly parallels the anti-German hatred that broke out in 1917 as soon as Woodow Wilson designated Germany as America's new official enemy. Of course, that wave of hatred was then used as a cover for rooting out socialists and communists across the country and breaking radicalist labor unions for their insufficient 'patriotism.'
So always remember - liberals can never be our true allies. A true socialist, as a true internationalist, prepares for a global civil war in which the American, Ukrainian and Russian workers unite to simultaneously defeat the American, Ukrainian and Russian oligarchs. Meanwhile, a liberal pretends to be a friend of the workers, while preparing to demagogue against whatever country his capitalist government designates as the next official enemy.
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2023.03.30 06:46 rh200000 Rising sophomore male looking for a roommate

Hi, I am a rising sophomore male looking for a roommate for next year
I have my appointment at 4/5 at 11am and I was told to just look for off campus housing, so I’m pretty much fucked.
I am a mechanical engineer major, I am very clean and generally only use to my room to sleep, this semester i left my room at 8am everyday and usually return between 9-11pm.
At this point I have lost the privilege of picking a preferred area to live, if you have an open double, in any area, please send me a DM,
Regardless thank you for your time, I hope you all get whichever housing area you wanted the most
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2023.03.30 06:43 Lovinglibra Vision Board Comedy Show (a show that combines standup comedy & psychic readings) has 2 shows in Brooklyn coming up: TOMORROW (3/30) & Sat (4/1)

I'm excited to let you all know about TWO shows we have of Vision Board Comedy Show in Brooklyn in the next few days. Vision Board Comedy show combines standup comedy, spirituality (in a fun way) and psychic readings! The shows are TOMORROW 3/30 8:30 at Pinebox in Williamsburg and SAT 4/1 8:30 at Cobra Club in Bushwick!

THE SHOWS ARE FREE, mini readings by professional psychics & mediums are included and you've seen and heard the comedians on the shows all over including THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, DAVID LETTERMAN, HBO, FOX, COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, NPR, BET, LAST COMIC STANDING, TOSH.0, WILDN'OUT, RICK & MORTY, OXYGEN, ETC!

We're also raffling off 2 FREE psychic readings with a professional and popular psychic to audience members at both shows. You don't want to miss this hilarious & enlightening great time!
To learn more about the show & the psychics and/or reserve tickets go to:
Tomorrow's show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/598936303607
Sat's show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/600069874147
* To learn more about future shows please follow us at https://www.facebook.com/visionboardcomedy. Thanks!!
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2023.03.30 06:43 shine-dream-smile Has anyone had experience with a slow growing (even without any treatment) Glioblastoma?

Hello, I am hoping for some insight and to see if anyone has had a similar experience (hopefully not of being misdiagnosed/neglected but of a slow-growing GBM.)
In July 2022, my mom began noticing some issues with her speech and soon began having partial seizures. In her left frontoparietal region, there was a 2.4 cm (at it's widest) "abnormality" found on her scans that was diagnosed as a stroke. Everything else about the brain appeared completely normal. Differential diagnosis said "possible low-grade neoplasm," but this was never considered, even as her partial seizures became more frequent (up to 30 a day, almost every day) over the next 6 months. Last month, her seizures stopped, but she began having difficulties using her right hand. She reported this, and her neurologist did nothing but tweak her seizure medications. Then this month, she lost complete control of her hand, so another MRI was finally done on March 10th, revealing a ring-enhancing tumor measuring up to 3.7 cm, central necrosis, edema, some mass effect, and slight midline shift (4.5 mm).
She had a gross total resection where no visible tumor was left behind (confirmed by MRI) on March 20th. The only pathology information we received on it is ATRX positive; GFAP positive; IDH1 negative; Ki67 variable, up to 50%; OLIG2 positive; and P53 wild-type. I know what some of these things mean, but no idea on ATRX, OLIG2, and P53 wild-type. (Does anyone have any info please?) MGMT status has been ordered but is not back yet (I am trying not to overthink how important this result will be).
I keep hearing how aggressive GBM is, but I am trying to wrap my head around how my mother was completely neglected as this thing had complete freedom to grow for 8 months, yet it only grew 1.3 cm in that time. Has anyone experienced this before? I am also wondering about the "possible low-grade neoplasm" statement from her initial scans, though she does not have the IDH1 mutation unfortunately. Something else is that the report says her tumor samples are "most consistent with Glioblastoma" instead of just saying that it is Glioblastoma, but I am not sure if that is just standard phrasing.
My mom is currently busy being a total rockstar at her in-patient rehab facility, so she gets to leave a week early to begin out-patient therapy. She had hardly any control of her right leg after surgery and could not put any weight on it and can now walk up and down stairs on her own. Her right arm was not moveable whatsoever and was even numb and cold, and normal sensation has returned and she can now move everything but her individual fingers (still working on it). Her speech is still the most affected, but she is extremely alert and able to hold a normal conversation. It just takes longer to get the words out (the tumor was right in between her speech center and motor cortex.)
We will soon be going to MD Anderson to begin her treatment, and MD Anderson stated themselves that they want more testing done on the tumor to find out more about my mom's specific case. I have run the gamut of every possible emotion, but ultimately, I am so proud of my mom's strength and am trying to be similarly strong, like she has always taught me to be. I would appreciate any insight and similar experiences so much. Thank you.
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2023.03.30 06:39 anabelle120 my (20f) roommate (20f) is wakimg up early and takes an hour to get ready

I stayed in a dorm room for three years in highschool, then i switched to renting an apartment and for my first year in college i choose again a dorm room. But my roommates now are a bit difficult. One of them left, so we are three now but one of us left yesterday and is coming back on monday. The one left is who im talking about. She wakes up very early and for a hour or so in our room there s constat bumping walking in amd out the bathroom and on the corridor, drinking coffe lights on and of course after 10 minutes or so i wake up as i cand have a deep sleep anyway. She does this at 7. I wake up at 8 or 9 unless i have something at 8 case in which i wake up at 7 snooze my alarm till like 7 30 then i stay on my phone for like another 10 minutes sound off, get ready and leave at 7 50/8 00. Today i confronted her about this and all she had to say is that i am loud too and that i m looking for arguing. Also the quiet program in the contract is 8am - 10pm. I m gonna switch back ro renting my oun place, i discussed everything with my parents and in a few weeks im gone. Until then i have to stay here and say goodbye to my sleep. It s pretty loud here anyewy as the walls are slim and there are a lot of paety s going on on the above floors. But i can get over some music and a few steps in the hallway. I mentioned the hinghschool dorm because during all those years i had no problems with being woken up or waking up someone and i bumped into an ex roommate who confirmed that everyone got ready quietly in 15 minutes max so everyone could fall back assleep if it happened. Also my current roommate and i have aboided each other for a while because she has a problem that i play pubg and speak to my team and threatened to go to the administration multiple times for "disturbing" her after 11pm one time for saying bye to my team, another timp for opening my nightstand, for going to the bathroom oh and for watching a movie "too violent for her" etc. So i guess im going to the administration?
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