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Most of my body is fine but my face/jawline is incredibly masculine in the worst way possible. I can't hide it, and once I can get past the UK's 9 year HRT waiting list, it'll be far too late for HRT to actually change my bone structure drastically.
I won't be able to afford the 10k-30k for FFS, and even if I could, England's politics have been getting worse for trans people, with some suggesting concentration camps or even literal genocide.
Not a single stranger has ever gendered me correctly, and I've lost all hope. I just want to hide in a corner and die.

I asked the dealers if I could get a picture of the chips while they were coloring up, but the pit boss said no. I was too excited to remember to snap a pic of the chips once my girlfriend picked them up.
I just want to say how much I appreciate the people who post their stories, strategies, and information on things like where the good tables are and how to engage with the dealers. I’ve been wanting to learn craps for years, but could never gather the nerve to try it. Every time I stood near a table and watched the game, it just didn’t make sense to me. I played for the first time last month when a friend hit the table and convinced me to throw down $200 and copy his bets. He wasn’t very good and ended up losing his money, but I started to grasp some basic concepts and stopped copying him. I was up and down across 2 sessions, but ended up leaving Vegas up about $380 after I got lucky on my ATS bet and hit the small and the hard 4 at the same time and then lost some more before walking away. I started watching this sub, watching Color Up on YouTube, and researching on some other sites. I still don’t fully understand the basics, and I’ve got a long way to go on the rest of the table.
This trip:
My girlfriend and I hit Vegas and I was eager to get her to a table. I hit up MGM Grand and ignorantly threw down $500 on a $50 table without thinking. I decided to stick with it, and was quickly up a couple hundred, and then down about $80 before the other players left the table and I decided to walk away. We walked over to Park MGM and found a $15 table. Spent about an hour there and I just took some time to show my girlfriend some basics and explain the various things that were happening. She still didn’t want to play, but she was enjoying the social aspect. They changed the table to $25 and I decided to color up and walk away $200 up. We walked around through Aria and Cosmo and couldn’t find a $15 table at 1:00-2:00am.
We got some food and eventually walked back through Park MGM on our way to the car and my girlfriend spotted a $15 table. Nobody was playing the table, so my GF wasn’t interested. I convinced her it was a good time to just casually play and learn some things. I put down $200 for her and $500 for me, and we started playing. I told her copy my bets until she gets the hang of it. I can’t even tell you if my strategy matches anything in particular, because I still couldn’t tell you the difference between triple lux and a squeeze play…or whatever. My plan is to bet the minimum on the pass line and then match that with odds on the pass and $18 on 6 and 8 once the point is established. If the point hits 6 or 8, I’ll move my bet to 5 or 9 arbitrarily. Just do a little collect, press, collect, press…then start adding bets across the board. I’ll collect a bit more and then start pressing every time one hits. We didn’t get that far on the first several rolls between us. My GF started making arbitrary decisions like, “I like 5 more than 9,” when the point was on 6 or 8 and the dealer was asking if we wanted to move or take the bets down. She was out pretty quickly. I was up and down for a while, and it was looking grim. My GF asked if she could roll for me on my last $50. I asked if she could and the pit boss said yes.
Followed the same plan and it was working. I started putting down $10 bets on pass line odds for the dealers and they started giving us advice, like how high we can bet on pass line odds. Thank god for that, because I had no idea…and I ended up moving up to $25 on the PL and $125 on the PL odds. I also started throwing down $25 and $50 bets on PL odds for the dealers every time the point was established. My GF was repeatedly hitting the point. I have no idea how long that run lasted, but I was up to $100 on the 9 and similar on the others by the time I was done pressing. Probably made the dealers $600+ and they were just having a good time with us and teaching us along the way.
I’ve only played about 5 times over the last month. I’m pretty ignorant about the game, and sort of bet by feel, but I’m sure I’ve made some mistakes in this explanation. I’d appreciate any feedback/corrections on this. Again, thanks to everyone who posts and comments here. It helps a lot.

My partner has a habit of talking over someone or interrupting while someone else is talking. Through our conversations, I’ve come to understand in part why this has happened (the way she was raised and being home schooled. The home school part is there because I learned in grade school not to talk over folks. We even sometimes had an item we had to hold to talk). She’s told me that she’s able to listen and talk at the same time, but I’ve explained that this isn’t the way everyone is.
It’s become quite a pain point for me. Because, I’ll be saying something and if I pause to just take a breath, there a very good chance she’s talking. Even if I don’t take a breath, she will just talk over or start talking. I’ve explained why this is frustrating (On my end, it’s frustrating when it happens to me because it feels like my input isn’t as valid, or that she doesn’t care about what I’m saying). I 100% understand and know that folks will occasionally interrupt in conversation, especially if there’s excitement of any kind. But this is everything.
I’ve asked her to change this practice , and I’ve asked how I can let her know she’s doing it in a way that doesn’t feel like I’m attacking her or causing her to be sad about it.
But, it keeps happening. Even when I ask hetell her she’s interrupting in the way she has asked me to, it doesn’t always help. And it’s not just me she does this with. It’s everyone. And I can see the frustration people have because of it. And I know it was happening before me, because she’s told me how she lost friends and things people have said.
I don’t know how to get it to stop. If I bring it up, she gets incredibly sad. But, at the same time it’s really frustrating to be interrupted every time you try to say anything. And I don’t know how to handle it anymore. I’m at my wits end with it.
What can I do to help with this? What can I do in my end so I don’t feel like an asshole when I’m trying to talk about things and have to keep asking to let me finish?

So, for some background, we have been together for nearly 3 years now. I was living alone in my apartment at the time we got together, but he moved in fairly quickly in the beginning. There have been financial issues due to covid, so we ended up losing the apartment to move back into his family's home.
Now, for a small portion of time I was not working, and he took up some of the responsibilities. But as our relationship has gone on, I've realized he expects things from me that he would flat out refuse to do for me himself. He, during my period of unemployment (roughly 5 months, 2 months into which he also became unemployed) would not help me pay my car insurance, my electricity, my phone, car payment, or my rent. It built up and we lost the apartment. I admit I am leaving out some context, and yes part of these losses is my own fault for not being financially literate enough to save money for these types of scenarios. They are not his responsibility to bear necessarily, but that's where some of the resentment between us has come from. Once I began working again, I have been paying for every single thing. All the food. Our recreational activities. the insurance on three vehicles. The payments on one. I even give him money to go get beer and gas to hang out with his friends. for almost 2 years now. I pay for his drinks and food when he comes into my work. I have worked full time and went back to school for a bachelors online. I bought him a motorcycle. I pour my heart and soul into this. he even uses language like "we" when hes telling ME i need to pay the car payment. but "we" is nowhere to be found when I have a surprise bill or emergency. (I own my vehicle so no payments for me) I know I have listed out the things that involve money, but that is not why I am worried about our relationship.
He treats me, like he cannot stand me. I can be loud, I like video games and anime, and I get a little heated about internet drama. I am very much a homebody. I used to be extremely social, but since I've gone back to school and gained 30 pounds I really only exchange memes with friends and have one single girl friend that I see probably 4 times a year. I try to have conversations with him, but he acts like he can't stand the sound of my voice. He will roll his eyes or ignore me while he scrolls on his phone. Sometimes, he will even shut me down, not by saying anything directly but through tone of voice, like when you say "i know" to stop somebody from explaining. all the time. It's become so distressing for me that I've just decided it's best not to engage. However, when I do this, he is suddenly interested in how I am feeling, asking if something is wrong. I have several times tried to communicate that he makes me feel as if he views me as annoying or intellectually inferior, which bothers me immensely as I have been attending school for a psychology degree. So the idea that i cannot communicate properly really sticks with me. The problem is, when I converse with others outside of my home (I am a bartender) people seem readily engaged in conversations about anything and everything. I just don't understand what I can do to reconnect with my boyfriend. even when he is happily describing his day or a moto ride he went on, as soon as I speak, he shuts the conversation down. and gets back on his phone. It HURTS girl. I have tried numerous times to converse about his interests. Make the same jokes he does to me back to him. I want him to laugh and smile at me. But he really just seems to glare. I have tried to break it off with him a couple of times, but each time he profusely admits an undying love for me and begs me not to go. I stay because I love him, and I have never had anyone who understood my traumatic childhood like he does (he had one as well). But I just do not feel emotionally or intellectually stimulated. To me, at this point in my life, Intimacy is something more than just intercourse.
As for my own problems, I have changed immensely since we met. I have taken up weightlifting, went back to college, etc. I am trying to lose weight and slim down, but I am worried that even if I improve my appearance, that he still will not respect my mind (I am not obese, just a little muffin). Today, before I wrote this, we had a small disagreement because he described somebody who was displaying repetitive movement as psychosis, to which I responded that it didn't sound like psychosis. His response was "you have no idea what you're talking about." I am literally 2 years into an associate degree on track for a four-year degree in psychology. The majority of my electives have been 200 psychology, sociology, and personality courses. I have worked late into the evening to get up at 6 am for schoolwork for months on end. I guess the point of this mini rant is to flesh out my feeling but also get advice. At one point we had talked about children and buying a house. Now when I try to bring it up, he acts like there's no point in talking about it, because it won't happen now. I want to travel to Europe, he shrugs it off as an unattainable goal. I want to vacation at the beach, he doesn't want to drive. He recently got a job last week, and since he started has been acting especially superior to me. The other day he told me I should keep track of my money because he wasn't going to "pay for a bunch of random stuff", meaning food and gas for me. I was taken aback and questioned why he would make a comment like that. I could not believe after years of me selflessly spending money so he could live comfortably at home (and ride motorcycles and go out a lot, leaving me at home much of last summer) that he would say something like that to me. It made me realize that the relationship as it is, is not the relationship I want in 10 years, five years, heck even next year. I realized that he invests a bare minimum effort but is overtly upset when he does not receive top of the line treatment. I will share a bit and say that I assume this is because of his childhood, his mom is not a great lady. But I digress, I don't think that is an excuse to treat the people who spoil you poorly.
My question for reddit is, Is there anything to stop this ship from sinking? Is there a perspective I maybe just can't see from my position? Should we go to couples therapy?
At the end of the day, I am dating for marriage. I don't want children right now; I want to party and travel and work for the rest of my twenties. But this time living together has made me feel trapped in a relationship where I am simultaneously the problem and the person trying to fix the problem and I'm incredibly exhausted. How can this be love?
(P.s: I am not in a position to move out immediately. I personally have a dog and cat here, and my car in its current state cannot be registered so I can't just up and leave. I have invested a ton into this relationship, to the point where I do not have savings.)
(p.p.s: sorry this post is a garbled cluster mess of thought. It is the first time I have been able to describe the nature of our relationship as I usually keep things like this to myself.)

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Name	Price	Format
A Knight's Tale	$3	HD
A24 Horror 5 Film Collection (Hereditary, X, The Witch, Green Room, It Comes At Night)	$18	HD
Aladdin (2019)	$5	4K
Aladdin (1992)	$4	HD
Alien	$4	HD
Aliens	$4	HD
Alien 3	$4	HD
Alien Resurrection	$4	HD
Alien: Covenant	$4	HD
Prometheus (Alien)	$4	HD
Annihilation	$3	HD
Apocalypse Now	$4	HD
Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm	$5	HD
Avengers Age of Ultron	$4	HD
Avengers Infinity War	$4	HD
Avengers Endgame	$6	4K
Babylon	$9	HD
Back to the Future Trilogy	$15	4K
Bad Grandpa	$3	HD
The Bad Guys	$6	4K
Banshees of Inisherin	$6	HD
The Batman	$4	HD
Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice	$6	4K
Batman and Superman Battle of the Super Sons	$5	HD
Belly	$6	4K
Big Hero 6	$4	HD
Black Adam	$7	4K
Black Adam	$5	HD
Black Panther Wakanda Forever	$5	HD
Blacklight	$5	HD
Bob's Burgers Movie	$4	HD
Bodies, Bodies, Bodies	$5	HD
Bohemian Rhapsody	$6	4K
Boss Baby Family Business	$6	4K
Bullet Train	$4	HD
Casablanca	$6	4K
Captain Marvel	$6	4K
Cars 3	$6	4K
Chaos Walking	$6	4K
Chaos Walking	$4	HD
Clerks 3	$5	HD
Clockwork Orange	$6	4K
Cold Pursuit	$4	HD
Coco	$4	HD
Conjuring 3 Film Collection	$12	HD
The Croods: A New Age	$6	4K
Cruella	$6	4K
Cruella	$4	HD
Daddy's Home 2	$3	HD
DC League of Superpets	$4	HD
Deadpool	$4	HD
Deadpool 2	$4	HD
The Dentist (1996) & The Dentist 2 Brace Yourself (1998)	$8	HD
Detective Knight Independence	$5	HD
Dirty Dancing	$6	4K
Doctor Strange	$4	HD
Doctor Strange Multiverse Of Madness	$6	4K
Doctor Strange Multiverse Of Madness	$4	HD
Don't Worry Darling	$5	HD
Downtown Abbey A New Era	$4	HD
Dreamwork 10 Movie Collection	$20	HD
Dumbo (2019)	$5	4K
Dumbo (2019)	$3	HD
Dune	$6	4K
E.T The Extra-Terrestrial	$6	4K
Elvis	$5	HD
Empire of Light	$5	HD
Escape from LA	$6	4K
Eternals	$6	4K
The Expendables 1-3 Movie Collection	$8	HD
The Fabelmans	$6	HD
Fast & Furious 8 Film Collection	$16	HD
Fast & Furious 9 Film Collection	$20	HD
Fast and the Furious	$5	4K
Fate of the Furious	$3	HD
The Forever Purge	$6	4K
Friday the 13th (1980)	$4	HD
Frozen	$4	HD
Frozen II	$4	HD
Game of Thrones House of the Dragon Season 1	$8	4K
Game of Thrones House of the Dragon Season 1	$6	HD
Ghosts Season 1	$6	HD
Ghostbusters	$4	HD
Ghostbusters II	$4	HD
Ghostbusters Afterlife	$4	HD
Godzilla (2014)	$6	4K
The Good Dinosaur	$4	HD
Guardians of the Galaxy	$4	HD
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2	$4	HD
Haloween (2019)	$6	4K
Halloween Ends	$7	4K
Halloween Kills	$6	4K
Hellraiser Judgment	$3	HD
Highlander	$6	4K
Hitman's Bodyguard	$6	4K
Hitman's Wife Bodyguard	$6	4K
Hocus Pocus	$3	HD
The House with a Clock in its Walls	$4	HD
How to Train Your Dragon	$3	HD
How to Train Your Dragon 2	$3	HD
Hunger Games	$2	HD
Hunger Games Mocking Jay Part 1	$4	4K
Hunt for Red October	$6	4K
I Wanna Dance With Somebody	$6	HD
Incredibles 2	$5	4K
Incredibles 2	$3	HD
Infinite	$6	4K
Invisible Man (2020)	$3	HD
Jaws	$6	4K
John Wick 1 & 2 Combo Pack	$6	HD
John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum	$4	HD
Judy	$4	HD
Jungle Book	$3	HD
Jungle Cruise	$5	4K
Jupiter's Ascending	$5	4K
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom	$6	4K
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom	$4	HD
Jurassic World 6 Movie Collection	$18	HD
Jurassic World 6 Movie Collection	$25	4K
Justice League (2017)	$6	4K
Justice Society World War II	$6	4K
Kin	$6	4K
Kingsman: The Secret Service	$3	HD
Lady and the Tramp	$3	HD
Leon the Professional	$3	HD
Lightyear	$6	4K
Lion King (2019)	$5	4K
Lion King (1994)	$6	4K
Lion King (1994)	$4	HD
The Little Mermaid	$3	HD
Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow	$3	HD
The Lost City	$4	HD
The Lost City	$6	4K
Love and Monsters	$6	4K
Luca	$6	4K
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile	$4	HD
A Man Called Otto	$4	SD
A Man Called Otto	$8	HD
Man on the Moon	$4	HD
Matrix 4 Film Collection	$12	HD
Matrix 4 Film Collection	$8	SD
Matrix Resurrections	$6	4K
Monster Hunter	$5	4K
M3gan	$9	HD
Men	$5	HD
Minions The Rise of Gru	$7	4K
Minions The Rise of Gru	$5	HD
Minions 2 Movie Collection	$8	HD
Mission Impossible: Fallout	$6	4K
Mitchells vs the Machines	$4	HD
Moonfall	$4	HD
Morbius	$5	4K
Morbius	$3	HD
Mulan	$3	HD
Mulan 2	$3	HD
Mulan (2020)	$6	4K
The Mule	$5	4K
The Mule	$3	HD
Neighbors	$3	HD
The Nevers Season 1 Part 1	$6	HD
No Time to Die (iTunes only)	$5	4K
The Northman	$5	HD
Old	$4	HD
The Old Way	$6	HD
Onward	$6	4K
Paranormal Activity The Ghost Dimension	$3	HD
Peter Pan Return To Never Land	$3	HD
Peter Rabbit 1 & 2	$5	HD
Pitch Perfect	$3	HD
Pitch Perfect 2	$3	HD
Pixar Short Films Collections Vol 3	$3	HD
War for the Planet of the Apes	$3	HD
Pocahontas	$3	HD
Pocahontas 2	$3	HD
Predator 4-Pack	$12	HD
Prey for the Devil	$5	HD
Princess and the Frog	$4	HD
The Protege	$4	HD
Puss in Boots The Last Wish	$8	HD
Rambo 5 Film Collection	$15	HD
Raya and the Last Dragon	$4	HD
Reservoir Dogs	$6	4K
Rocky 4 Film Collection	$22	4K
Ron Gone Wrong	$4	HD
Rumble	$4	HD
Secret Headquarters	$5	HD
Secret Life of Pets	$3	HD
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	$6	4K
Silent Night, Deadly Night Collection	$10	HD
Sing	$3	HD
Sing Two Pack (Sing 1 and 2)	$6	HD
Sing 2	$6	4K
Smile	$7	4K
Smile	$5	HD
Sonic the Hedgehog	$4	HD
Sonic the Hedgehog 2	$6	4K
Soul	$6	4K
Snake Eyes GI Joe Origins	$6	4K
Snow White & The Huntsman	$4	4K
Space Jam A New Legacy	$5	4K
Spider-Man	$4	HD
Spider-Man 2	$4	HD
Spider-Man 3	$4	HD
Amazing Spider-Man	$4	HD
Amazing Spider-Man 2	$4	HD
Spider-Man Homecoming	$4	HD
Spider-Man Far From Home	$4	HD
Spider-Man No Way Home	$4	HD
Spirit Untamed: The Movie	$4	HD
Star Trek (2009)	$3	HD
Star Trek Into Darkness	$3	HD
Star Trek Beyond	$3	HD
Star Trek The Motion Picture	$6	4K
Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan	$6	4K
Star Trek III The Search For Spock	$6	4K
Star Trek IV The Voyage Home	$6	4K
Star Wars The Last Jedi	$4	4K
Straight Outta Compton	$3	HD
Strange World	$6	HD
Suicide Squad (2016)	$6	4K
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)	$3	HD
Thor Dark World	$4	HD
Thor Ragnarok	$4	HD
Thor Love and Thunder	$6	4K
Thor Love and Thunder	$4	HD
Ticket To Paradise	$6	HD
Till (iTunes Only)	$5	HD
To Kill A Mockingbird	$3	HD
Top Gun	$6	4K
Top Gun	$4	HD
Top Gun Maverick	$7	4K
Top Gun Maverick	$5	HD
Toy Story 2	$4	HD
Toy Story 4	$4	HD
Training Day	$6	4K
Transformers	$6	4K
Transformers Age of Extinction	$6	4K
Transformers The Last Knight	$6	4K
Trolls	$3	HD
Trolls 2 Movie Collection	$6	HD
Turning Red	$4	HD
Uncharted	$6	4K
Underwold Rise of the Lycans	$3	HD
Untouchables	$6	4K
Venom	$4	HD
Vivo	$4	HD
Voyagers	$6	4K
The Walking Dead Season 11	$10	HD
West Side Story (2021)	$6	4K
Wolf of Wall Street	$4	HD
Wonder Woman	$6	4K
Wonder Woman 1984	$6	4K
Wreck It Ralph	$4	HD
Wreck It Ralph: Ralph Breaks the Internet	$6	4K

The following movies are the current Universal Rewards and are $3 each

Bring it On	HD
The Break Up	HD
The Bourne Ultimatum	4K
Cat in the Hat	HD
Charlie St Cloud	HD
8 Mile	4K
Get Him to the Greek	HD
Liar Liar	HD
Mallrats	HD
Meet the Parents	HD
Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping	HD

every time I hit "-" on my keyboard within a Photoshop text layer, it has the effect of hitting home slash changing my typing direction and I have no idea why. For example, if I were to type "merry-go-round" I would end up with "round-go-merry". And if I use the right and left arrows to navigate the characters, the cursor hops around in the order that I typed the word. (so, hitting right arrow after the "d" in "round" does nothing, but I can hit left arrow twice and watch it hop from the "r" in "round" to the "o" in "go-")
I checked my keyboard preferences to see if maybe somehow "-" got bound to typing orientation, but nothing in the entire type panel has a keybind set. I also don't have any keystroke modification programs running, and am pretty sure it's an internal Photoshop problem because nowhere else do I have the issue.
I use a 60% apple magic keyboard.
What the heck???? What's going on and how do I fix it?

So I am a 25 year old 5'11 indian guy. I am an electronics engineer. Due to the lockdown and a lot of inactivity I ballooned upto 103.5 kgs or around 229 lbs. Around mid August I decided that enough is enough and I needed to make a change to my life and my lifestyle. I started working out, joined a jiujitsu class and started doing intermittent fasting. In around 4 months I lost around 33 lbs or 15 kgs. I plan to get to around 165 lbs and participate in an iron man marathon and also maybe compete in mma, be it as an amateur.
The finish line is far but I am not stopping anytime until I achieve what I have set out to.
There are a few life lessons that I learnt from this journey until now that I would like to share for anyone who is going through the same struggle:
1.) First step is actually the toughest - What I found out a month in my training is that it is very easy to get trapped in a vortex where we keep delaying what we need to do. The inertia from not doing anything is too big and making the first move is actually very hard. We keep delaying it thinking once we start, we are not going to stop and thus it is fine to rest for one more day. That one day turns into weeks and months. So anyone who in this phase, please make one move start from something small such stopping to drink coke or eating sweets for a day. Take one small step.
2.) Rome wasn't built in a day - Now obviously we can't get in the shape that we thought of in one day or achieve whatever we set out to in a day or even a week or a month. But what I found out that before starting to train, I always had the thought process that I have a very strong will power from whatever I have done in my academics and research and that is going to permeate in my physical training as well. Well after just a day or two, I found out that it is not true. We cannot carry forward same level of tenacity from one field to the other. It takes time to build up that level of commitment and discipline. So anyone who is trying and failing to follow a particular regimen, please be patient. It is fine that you have failed today. Atleast you tried and I don't even mean as a consolation. The fact that you tried means you are one step closer to be better. And in some time you will see the number of days where you falter and do not follow the routine become less and less.
3.) Happiness is not in the end goal, it is in the journey you undertake - If you are thinking that the day you will achieve what you set out to, is the day you will enjoy, then you won't be able to complete the journey. You have to find happiness in your daily or weekly success that only you know. They may sound insignificant to others but that's not even the point. You can't get happiness from showing others that you achieved something. True happiness is innate and it only comes from the realization that you are better, you are improving. For me I set every Friday as the day I used to check my weight. Some weeks I lost 1 lb of weight. In absolute terms it is not much but I was the happiest in the week, at that moment. Honestly, I couldn't stop smiling as it validated the fact that I was on the right path and my work was paying off.
I think this post is getting too long. There are few other points that I think will help people on their own journey of growth and self discovery. I will write another post if people are interested to read.

Enterprise Group, Inc (TSX: E OTCQB: ETOLF) (the “Company” or “Enterprise”). Consolidator of energy service (including specialized equipment rental to the energy/resource sector) emphasizes technologies that mitigate, reduce, or eliminate CO2 and Green House Gas (GHG) emissions for small local and Tier One global resource clients.
The Company’s Q4 and 2022 YoY earnings against the equivalent periods of 2021 are nothing short of exceptional. And the Company said that Q1 2023 is also shaping up to be very robust.
Audited numbers don’t lie.
Take a moment and digest these stats. If you own the shares, you should be impressed. If not, consider a second look. Once viewed, take in the Company’s very recent Letter to Shareholders detailing the impressive growth potential of the Canadian Oil and Gas industry. Enterprise is a significant source of on-site infrastructure supply and management that facilitates growth.
Here are the numbers. The comprehensive earnings can be seen in Monday morning’s comprehensive Press Release (March 20/23). The most exciting stat compares the YoY 2021 per share loss of (0.05) cents to the equivalent 2022 gain of 0.05 cents: A 200% movement of an overall 10 cents.
Enterprise shares trade at approximately CDN$0.40. For Investors and Shareholders, the Company keeps its LinkedInpage up to date with articles, videos, and commentary. Consider a Follow.
As well, the Company’s YouTube page is very informative. There will be new videos later this week.
OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(1) Identified and defined under “Non-IFRS Measures.”
(2) The Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy and Rent Subsidy Programs ended in October 2021.
To provide further comparability to pre-COVID operations, the Company has presented adjusted gross margin and EBITDA to reflect the results of operations without any subsidy programs.
Enterprise Group Growth Points: FY 2022
· Higher capital spending in the energy industry and increased customer activity levels have resulted in improved results. During the year, Enterprise secured additional supply and services agreements with three of its tier-one clients, contributing to improved operating results.
· The Company believes its stock remains undervalued as the Company’s book value is $0.68 per share. In addition, the Company has available tax losses of $0.17 per share and is developing a consolidated tax plan to utilize those losses. Management will continue to be aggressive in acquiring its shares.
· During the year, Enterprise secured additional supply and services agreements with three of its tier-one clients, contributing to improved operating results.
· During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company purchased and cancelled 1,799,000 shares at $714,614, or $0.40 per share. These shares had a carrying value of $1.36 per share for $2,445,077, which has been removed from the share capital account. Since initiating the share buyback program, the Company has purchased and cancelled 10,057,500 shares at $2,391,560 or $0.24 per share.
· For the year ended December 31, 2022, the company generated cash flow from operations of $5,910,830 compared to $3,500,869 in the prior year. This change is consistent with the higher activity during the year — equipment fleet to meet customer demands.
· After year end on January 23, 2023, the Company’s common shares began trading on the OTCQB Venture Market under the ticker ETOLF. This listing will help to increase Enterprise’s visibility and accessibility to a growing audience of U.S. investors.
Bottom Line
There is the argument that Enterprise’s numbers are nothing short of extraordinary (use your own adjective). And the coming year, courtesy of increased Oil and Gas Capex spending, stellar management, and new clients with business expansion among existing, including Tier One concerns. As noted in the recent LTS:
Over one year, the Company’s share price rose 40 plus percent, from 26 to 46 cents, a new high. For comparison, S&P lost 19.4%, the Nasdaq gained 8.7%, and the Dow was down almost 9%.
It seems the Company is gaining horsepower, eyeballs, and growth as well as a proxy for the exceptional CAPEX growth.
Stay tuned closely, as Q1 2023 is coming.

Just a word of advice for guys everywhere, if you truly believe you have a good woman, someone you can’t live without, show her that. Cherish her, I lost the love of my life because of this. It pains me that I waited until it was too late to express how I feel and show her how much she means to me. What destroys me on the inside is the fact that I’ll probably never love anyone like this again, and even if I get to a point where I can be with someone new I’ll always been thinking about my ex and that’s not fair to anyone. It terrifies me coz I feel like without her I’ll never have anyone. Although this is quite depressing the silver lining is that this is the catalyst I need to change myself for the better. But I would only be changing for her and the chances of us being together again are zero. I know I should change for myself but I want her back so much that any change I make to myself right now would be for her. I feel physically ill without her and I hate myself, truly and deeply, hate myself for ruining this for myself.

Hello,
I must have updated something that I was not aware of, but Keynote has changed its copy-paste behaviour. Now, whenever I copy-paste something, the formatting is lost. This includes things like font/size/color of text, colors of shapes, etc. It is extremely annoying, and I don't know how to revert it! Any help would be so appreciated!
Thanks!!!

With the dust settling it seems that while alot of cards got rotated out (I only had 1 deck survive 100%) it seems that some decks weathered the storm better than others. (RIP Vlad/Braum you were my oldest friend)
Some quick example just from decks I played. Deep really only lost thorny toad and atrocity Lurk lost Rippers Bay and Jaull-fish
Both of these decks only need minor tweaks to be standard playable. So I'm wondering what other decks survived with little to know meaningful change.

I've seen two mentions of the issue I'm having going back as far as a year, and this still seems to be an issue.
No settings, either account wide, or on individual subreddits save. If you try to change any account wide setting, like theme, it immediately refreshes and doesn't save. If you try to change a setting on a subreddit, like hot to top, or wide, or even rearranging the order, it stays momentarily but if you come back to the tab latter, the whole site refreshes and all changes are lost.
I'd like to use this, as it's just what I'm looking for, but these issues make it unusable entirely.
Is this being worked on? Is it going to be worked on?

“Wrestling is linear. But these are not linear times…”
Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four
September 9, 2022 – The Fallout from Brawl Out
AEW is in crisis. Its champion and biggest star turned the world upside down three days prior. CM Punk is in exile, two titles are vacant, and three of the company’s founders have their futures in jeopardy. The landscape is pure chaos. Amidst that chaos, a villain strolls out to the stage with a big smile on his face.
MJF eats it all up… AEW’s greatest heel may have become its greatest face in one night. The live audience is jubilant to see him and he reciprocates, diving into them just as CM Punk had done, hugging Taz at the broadcast desk, wearing the jersey of that city’s football team.
Joy reverberates in his words once he grabs the microphone:

"BUFFALO, NEW YORK! THE DEVIL IS BACK! Now listen up Buffalo, first things first... Who's excited to see MJF? “Lord knows I am. Guys, I love Buffalo, New York, hell the greatest Quarterback of all time, Josh Allen is from Buffalo. Now, we're gonna get down to brass tacks a little bit here, okay? Last time you guys saw me I might've said some offensive stuff, I'm just being honest…

The fans strike up a loud chant: “YOU WERE RIGHT”

Now hear me out, hear me out, hear me out... Hold on g-- Seriously, I only have so much time allotted. Shut up. Please. Jesus. Alright listen... If there's one thing I know to be true, it's that right now you might think that we're in dark times, but we're not. What we need is leadership. And I can not think of one more person, more trustworthy than me! Now let me tell you a story: there was once a wise Jewish man, and his name started with a M. And when his people were meek and weak and they needed help, he split the sea wide open and he walked them straight to the promise land. Buffalo, I'm not telling you I'm Moses, that's ridiculous. I'M BETTER THAN MOSES! I'VE GOT TO WIN THAT WORLD TITLE BECAUSE MY NAME IS MAXWELL JACOB FRIEDMAN AND I'M BETTER THAN YOU...

“AND YOU KNOW IT!”, the crowd finishes for him. “Wild Thing” comes over the speakers and Jon Moxley walks through the crowd to the ring.
He stares down MJF then says: “You are absolutely full of crap.”
Crowd laughs a bit, but they also boo him some.
MJF:

"So let me get this straight, Jonathan. You think I'm not being sincere here in Buffalo, New York? In front of all these grotesque, poor, lard asses who have quite possibly the worst Football Team in the history of the United States of America? [MJF shed’s the jersey and wipes his ass with it] … Now Jon, I don't know if you're a little bit woozy considering you went to sleep on Sunday… [MJF mimes CM Punk's “Go To Sleep” pose]
But maybe you got a point. Maybe I don't care about AEW.... Maybe I don't care about these people... Maybe, just maybe I look at the World Title as nothing more than a bargaining chip that I can use for the bidding war of 2024. Maybe I take that title to a real Wrestling Company, WITH REAL FANS. And real wrestlers like my friend and hero 'The American Roller Coad-ster' Cody Rhodes. And – I'M HOLDING THE MICROPHONE YOU BUMS! KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT! And maybe, just maybe I get to work for a real boss, the only Khan in professional wrestling that's worth a damn; Jolly Old St. Nick. Because to quote the greatest wrestler of all time, and my personal hero, The Game: 'That is what's best for business.’”

Moxley:

"Dude. This is not the time, this is not the place, and I am in no mood. You need to leave this ring right now, or I will make you leave.

MJF stands toe-to-toe with Moxley before slithering out of the ring. Mox continues:

Hey, your theme music sucks by the way. Now Buffalo, New York. I am in no mood... I am pissed off. I am embarrassed. I am pissed off about a great many things. But none more so than the fact that I'm standing here without the AEW World Championship... The AEW World Championship represents passion for this sport! Passion for this business! It represents the passion of the guys and girls in the back, and the fans that fill the arenas and watch at home. Those three letters in the AEW World Championship, they represent heroes during a pandemic at a time where the world needed heroes. It represents the dream, the vision that we all had when we started this thing years ago, and we wanted to show the world just what wrestling could be. The AEW World Championship represents taking the dark and ugly side of this business and letting it die with another generation. The World Championship represents the freedom to be as great as you are willing to dare to be. The AEW World championship means being better than I was the day before. Even if it's just a little bit better. Even if nobody notices but me. That World Championship represents slaying demons. That World Championship represents EVERYTHING I LOVE ABOUT THIS BUSINESS!
But the fact remains: on Sunday, I lost. And that's on me, that's my fault. I made mistakes. I got pinned. That's on me. I missed the game winning shot. And I was supposed to be on vacation right now, like until about two days ago. But here's another chance to take another shot when the game's on the line. This Tournament of Champions is one hell of a shot. That's one hell of a big rock to push all the way to the top of the hill again. Chris Jericho, the greatest of all time. Bryan Danielson, the best pure wrestler to ever step foot into a ring, a better wrestler than I'll ever be. Darby Allin, Hangman Page, Sammy Guevara, three dudes all younger than me, faster than me, more naturally gifted than I could ever be. So yeah, that's a hell of a shot. But winners always want the ball when the game is on the line. The Ace always wants the ball. And I want the ball. So hell yeah, I'm gonna take the shot.
Cause this isn't just a time to win… This is a time to be a legend!

Moxley leaves to a furious ovation and has rallied the AEW fans back to reason and rationality. It’s only temporary though, and an unnerved mood persists. The message is delivered by Moxley, truly the Ace of the company… But it feels like it should’ve come from someone else and perhaps that someone else would have been there to deliver it if he wasn't turned away. Better yet, the situation may have been avoided entirely.
But then again, maybe the whole damn thing was inevitable all along.
January 4, 2016 - Tokyo
Following their tag win over CHAOS, Kenny Omega betrays and usurps the leader of Bullet Club, AJ Styles, at NJPW: New Year’s Dash.

"AJ Styles! My god, you can't be surprised, can you? You people, you can't be surprised. You at home you better not be surprised. You had this coming, AJ. We gave you the big matches, we gave you the big pay-per-views. We made you a star, we paid you like a star. While I struggled, while I starved, forcing myself to be a junior. Everybody called you a leader, everybody called you the boss. Well AJ, if you are the boss, I'm just gonna say it. You have now been fired.

The rest of the Bullet Club is initially in disagreement before coalescing around Kenny and ganging up on Styles. They leave with their former leader in a heap, but Kenny and the Young Bucks gather at ringside. The three of them return to the ring and continue the brutal assault on AJ Styles… They are still in the Bullet Club, but within that organization, henceforth they will be The Elite.
January 4, 2017 - Wrestle Kingdom 11
Having stormed through his first ever attempt in the tournament, Kenny Omega became the only gaijin to have ever won New Japan’s G1 Tournament and earned the right to challenge for the company’s top prize at WK11.
That night in the Tokyo Dome, Omega and Okada created magic in one of the greatest matches in wrestling history. On the same show, Bullet Club’s newest member debuts: Cody Rhodes. Frustrated with his position and his creative direction, Cody had requested and been granted his release from WWE the previous summer, Cody makes his way across the Pacific, sending shockwaves through the international wrestling landscape.
Despite this shot in the arm, Bullet Club is tested by the crushing defeat of its leader. Following his loss to Okada, Kenny steps away from wrestling to assess his future. When he returns after several weeks Cody had grown ambitious and plots in the background.
June 11, 2017 - Dominion
In a rematch of their classic from the start of the year at Wrestle Kingdom 11, Kenny Omega attempts to avenge his defeat and claim the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Kazuchika Okada. Earlier in the night, Cody had grabbed a headset and proclaimed he wanted to face Okada himself.
Omega and Okada push each other over the limit even harder than before. Omega is taking inhuman punishment yet refuses to give up. Eventually, Cody makes his way down to the ring and attempts to throw in the towel for Kenny, but the Bucks stop him.
The timekeeper’s bell rings, marking it a 60-minute draw.
Afterward, the Elite debate whether it was a true act of mercy by Cody or a scheme for his personal goals
Cody storms Okada’s post-match press conference, where he mocks the champ, spits in his face, and challenges him for a title match.
May 16, 2017 - The Bet
Dave Meltzer quote-tweets a question asking if anyone could sell 10,000 tickets to a non-WWE show in America, to which he replies, “Not anytime soon.”
Cody takes note and responds: “I'll take that bet Dave… put The Bucks & I on the card & 3-months to promote”... Over the next year this grand dream between Cody and the Young Bucks will come to fruition.
July 1, 2017 - Returning the Favor
Cody unsuccessfully challenges Okada for the IWGP championship. Kenny comes to ringside and wants to throw in the towel just as Cody had tried weeks earlier. After the match, the two of them nearly come to blows backstage and Cody flips a table.
August 2017 - G1 Climax
Throughout the tournament, Bullet Club nears a boiling point. OG member Toma Tonga questions Omega’s leadership due to having his small inner circle of The Elite within the larger group. In the weeks and months to follow, Cody identifies Kota Ibushi as Kenny Omega’s weakest point and starts targeting him as a wedge to divide the Bullet Club and create chaos wherein he can ascend to power.
January 4, 2018 - Wrestle Kingdom 12
Looking to use a win over Ibushi as a flashpoint to take control of Bullet Club, Cody viciously mauls Kota in a singles match but can’t secure the victory. Frustrated that his plan failed, the next night at New Year’s Dash he launches a post-match assault on Ibushi. Cody and the rest of Bullet Club are wailing on Ibushi until Kenny rushes out to stop them… but the rest of Bullet Club can’t help feeling Kenny views his old tag partner as more important to him than they are. Cody’s plan bears fruit as Kenny makes a massive unforced error: he invites “Switchblade” Jay White to join Bullet Club and be a shot in the arm for the faction, only for White to betray him immediately and join CHAOS.
January 7, 2018 - Being the Elite #87
Camera follows the Elite as they are tense and nervous preparing for Wrestle Kingdom a few days earlier. It jumps to the group after New Year’s Dash, all gathered at a tense dinner conversation. To break the tension, Matt proposes a new gimmick for the group: “BTE IS DRUG FREE”... aka, Straight Edge… no one shoots it down, but they’re not thrilled either, and Cody hides his beer underneath the table.
The effort to relieve things fails, however, and Cody blurs the line between kayfabe and shoot, shouting for the cameraman to put the camera down. Then we get a fly-on-the-wall glimpse at him charging Kenny with always “turning everything into a bit”, disregarding the group, and heatedly asking him if he’s actually their leader before Kenny finally storms away from the table.
January 28, 2018 - Civil War
Jay White scores a massive upset at New Beginning and takes the IWGP United States Championship from Kenny Omega. After the bell, Hangman confronts Jay White and seeks to challenge for the title, but Kenny stops him. The Bucks and Cody rush to the ring, and Cody accuses their leader of stepping on Hangman’s moment. A violent argument ensues with Kenny shoving Matt Jackson to the ground.
Once the Elite have left the ring and Kenny is alone, Cody seizes the opportunity and hits Kenny with a CrossRhodes, initiating the Bullet Club Civil War. The only thing saving Omega from a brutal attack that night is Ibushi, who runs off Cody and returns the favor for his old friend and partner, reuniting the Golden Lovers after years of separation. Regardless, Cody’s plan is in full effect. Bullet Club is in disarray and if he is to take power, now is the opportunity.
In 944 days, Roman Reigns becomes world champion to begin his and the Bloodline's vice grip on WWE.
January 30, 2018 - Being The Elite #90
Cody, to the assembled Elite of Matt, Nick, Hangman, and Marty:

It isn’t my place, but you’ve known that guy for over ten years. I don’t get it, I’m sorry. Yeah, he’s a great wrestler, but leadership… Like I said, it’s action not position! That’s not acting like a leader! ‘Oh, you’re my second, you’re my second’... Who the F-CK are you seconds for? Nobody! The best tag team in the world! And Hangman, it’s your moment! He… He ruined it.
Bullet Club is fine… Bullet Club is fine.

Kenny & Ibushi go to visit the Bucks in their hotel room, Room 710… but we aren’t shown what happens next.
February 12, 2018 – Being the Elite #92
Cody floats around reassuring everyone: “Bullet Club is fine.” All of the guys have pure depression on their faces, but Cody continually gasses them up, telling the Bucks they’re ready for the jump to the heavyweight division and encouraging Marty to start up a Villain Club of his own. Later, Matt, Nick, and Marty are commiserating in a locker room prior to a Ring of Honor show when Hangman and Cody strut through the door.
Cody, smugly:

“Whew, look at that! Did you guys see [Hangman] kick the door down??”

He thinks a couple of surprises might cheer them up. The first, some new merch that says “Bullet Club is Fine” doesn’t do the trick, so he takes them for the second surprise: their new mascot, Bury the Drug-Free Bear. Using his best Sting voice, Cody introduces Bury as someone who will “shock the world” only for him to “fall on his f-ckin’ arse” like the Shockmaster did 25 years earlier.
Kenny tries to call Matt, but Cody sees the call coming through on the phone and declines it.
February 19, 2018 – Being the Elite #93
Cody maneuvers the Bucks around the Melbourne airport to keep them from running into Kenny. While traveling, Cody further drives the Ibushi wedge between Matt and the absent Kenny and plays up that Kenny only views the Bucks as a junior tag team. Later, Cody takes the brothers out to the zoo and to the movie theater as we see Kenny emotionally watching Casablanca on his phone.
The Bucks catch up with Tonga and the OGs backstage in a locker room where they try to make peace.
Matt:

“Alright guys, thanks for gathering here. Nick and I feel like there’s one important thing that we need to talk about… I think it’s kind of obvious, right? There’s a divide in the Bullet Club. It’s almost like there’s two entities all of a sudden. It’s like there’s Bullet Club BTE and Bullet Club OGs… Nick and I have been watching what you’ve been doing in Japan… holding down the fort, representing the Bullet Club, making the name proud. But we’ve been back at home in the US doing the same thing. There is no heat here. We love you guys. When we all say that catchphrase, when we say ‘Bullet Club is for life’, we mean it. It’s not just a catchphrase, okay? There’s no heat here. The only heat is between two individuals: Cody and Kenny.”

Tonga:

“Cody is right. Bullet Club is fine.”

The two groups shake hands, then Cody enters the locker room, surprised to see everyone together:

“Did somebody call a meeting? I didn’t call a meeting…”

In strolls Kenny.

Kenny: So there he is. The snake in the grass. Three-star savior. Hey Cody.
Cody: Did you see the sign outside? It says 'Bullet Club'.
Kenny: That's right, and I AM THE LEADER.

They start brawling and the others can barely keep them apart.
Cody:

Touch me and I'll sue! Touch me and I'll sue!!

Cody throws a chair that barely misses Kenny and the Bucks.
Matt and Nick look at each other, devastated at what’s become of the group.
February 25, 2018 - Being the Elite #94
Matt Jackson is on a plane traveling between shows, doing the same thing as Kenny from the previous episode: watching Casablanca.
For those who haven't seen it, the story at the heart of the film is a love triangle: cynical club owner Rick, his first love Ilsa, and her rebel husband Laszlo, enhanced by a background of espionage and war with the local police chief, Renault, at the crossroads of the entanglements.
It’s foreshadowing the story to come. In the film, Rick and Ilsa had a passionate love before the events on screen, but they split up and Ilsa then wound up with her now-husband Laszlo, a Czech rebel carrying vital documents for the resistance against Nazi Germany. Rick and Ilsa reunite and rekindle their romance until Rick – knowing she’s better off with her husband – convinces Ilsa to leave with Laszlo before local authorities catch them. Rick stays behind, killing the evil Major Strasser who was attempting to stop the married couple from escaping Casablanca. Renault, who has been playing both sides (Germans and Resistance) up to this point, is touched by Rick's sacrifice. Other policemen arrive and see Strasser's dead body. Rather than identify Rick as the culprit, Renault instructs the cops to "round up the usual suspects"... And of course, that classic line provides the name of the film The Usual Suspects, from which Punk, and MJF, and Don Callis have all quoted the final line:
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making you believe he doesn't exist."
The Usual Suspects is a tale of a mysterious crime lord who manipulates and controls multiple criminals to achieve his ultimate goal and get away scot-free. It is tightly designed so that if you rewatch it knowing the ending, you realize and notice dozens of things you missed on the first viewing.
As Casablanca ends, Rick says to Renault: "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship", implying that if they work together, they can get away with almost anything…
This BTE episode ends with the group all in Japan. The Bucks approach Kenny and Ibushi to have a conversation, but Kenny doesn’t have time for them. Later that night at the event, Cody pulls the Bucks into a hallway and implores them to listen to the promo Kenny is cutting in the ring at that exact moment, where he declares the Golden Lovers the greatest tag team in the world. Cody pushes them to go handle it. The Young Bucks go to the ring while Cody flashes a devilish smile.
Matt:

From this day forward, my brother and I have decided to move up and compete in the heavyweight tag team division.

It puts them directly in opposition with the Lovers. Kenny and Ibushi confront them backstage, but the Bucks don’t take anything from him, saying they’ve always been there to support him but it’s never been returned. All those times they were there to pick Kenny up off the mat, where was Ibushi?
March 5, 2018 - BTE #95
In Vegas, Matt and Nick are in the dressing room talking when Bury the Drug Free Bear enters and seems desperate to tell them something. Bury is about to remove the head to his costume when Hangman bursts in. He is angry with Matt for not helping him during his confrontation with Joey Ryan the week prior. Cody enters and asks Bury why he hasn't got his Bullet Club shirt on and pulls him away to get changed. Everyone looks confused and Matt wonders what the bear was trying to tell them.
Cody is in the production studio and calls Nick over to suggest that Matt is holding him back and that he should consider wrestling in singles matches, but Nick looks unconvinced. Later that night, Cody is in the ring celebrating with Brandi and Bury after his match. As Cody goes to hug Bury, the bear pushes him to the floor. Standing over a prone, confused Cody, Bury removes his costume head to reveal Kenny Omega ,who knocks out Cody with a knee strike as the fans go wild.
Cody is demented after the match:

“What a time. What a time to be involved in this great sport… Everybody’s eyes in this sport are fixed on New Orleans, on Supercard of Honor… my very first encounter with Kenny Omega. So wouldn’t that be enough? As a professional… that feather in your cap, that everybody is talking about your match, that everybody wants to see your match, that you have stolen the [Wrestlemania] weekend from the rich and you have given it to the poor… wouldn’t that be enough?
So why the… escalation? Why come to Las Vegas? … You’re supposed to be the best wrestler in the world! A hero! You’ve got a bag full of them [match rating] stars, well I have a book full of dates, full of cities, full of towns, because I’m not a hero once a month! I’m a hero every single night!
Perception is no longer reality. Reality is reality.
And the reality is that I am the leader of the Bullet Club… that I am the hero in this story.”

March 20, 2018 – BTE #97
Just like he did with Nick previously, Cody sequesters Matt and says his brother has been holding him back and he needs a singles push.
In Japan, Kenny records a message to the Young Bucks apologizing, saying how Cody has gotten into everyone’s heads and divided the group, and hopes to make amends… Unbeknownst to him, Cody has Nick’s laptop so he intercepts the message and edits it down to an insulting challenge. Matt is enraged, but Nick is suspicious.
March 25, 2018 – The Elite Fight It Out
In Los Angeles at NJPW: Strong Style Evolved, the Golden Lovers face the Young Bucks in a deeply personal grudge match. After a brutal, back-and-forth war where the Lovers emerge victorious, Kenny attempts to bury the hatchet. Nick accepts the olive branch, but Matt refuses to shake Kenny’s hand. Cody hits the ring and berates Matt for eating the pin during the match. When Nick intervenes, Cody spins around and shoves him to the ground.
Later in the locker room, Cody comes in to ask what happened out there. The Bucks are challenging him for his actions, but Cody shouts them down, saying he thought it was Kenny in the ring and that he would never do such a thing to them. Cody apologizes profusely and leaves.
Nick:

“I don’t think we can trust this guy.”

April 7, 2018 – Supercard of Honor XII
With the leadership of Bullet Club at stake, Kenny Omega and Cody Rhodes square off in a hard-hitting match. Having grown wary of Cody and his schemes, the Bucks come down to the ring and decide to attack Cody. They launch double superkicks… but Cody ducks and the kicks land on Omega, allowing Cody to hit his finisher and claim the win. Matt and Nick attempt to explain, but Kenny refuses to listen.
In the backstage area, Cody is ecstatic at wresting control of Bullet Club away from Kenny. He wants to celebrate, but the Elite leave the dressing room and leave Cody sitting alone in his ring gear, sweaty, bloody, with a black eye and a gym towel draped around his shoulders, looking starkly similar to another guy post-match four years later…
June 4, 2018 – BTE #105
After a busy summer in which Cody and the Bucks have assembled the looming All In event, Matt and Nick try establishing lines of communication with Kenny in Japan. Ibushi implores him to reconcile with his old friends but he’s reluctant. Cody is obsessed with running a Senate election campaign in Texas and practices his speeches in bathroom mirrors, but it almost sounds like he’s talking to his stablemates. Meanwhile, a package that Matt and Nick sent him weeks ago has been collecting dust the whole time. Ahead of his fourth match with Kazuchika Okada, Kenny decides to open the package…
June 9, 2018 – Omega vs Okada IV
Everyone is in Japan for the big Dominion show. Hangman approaches Cody and asks what the plan is for tonight. Cody looks sullen and calls off whatever he had been plotting to ruin Omega’s big night.
Kenny triumphs in possibly the greatest match in wrestling history, claiming the IWGP heavyweight championship. He reunites with the Young Bucks afterward, and it’s revealed that in the package are Golden Elite shirts, honoring the pact they made in Hotel Room 710 at the start of the year.
Cody approaches the locker room with congratulatory gifts for Kenny and to make peace, but he stops short and leaves them outside the door.
July 7, 2018 – Debts Are Settled in San Francisco
At the G1 Special NJPW show, Cody challenges Omega for the IWGP championship. After a war with Kenny emerging in triumph, the Elite gather and celebrate… until the Bullet Club OGs attack them in retribution for the dysfunction and strife they’ve brought to the group over the previous two years. Cody returns to the ring and is given a chance to brutalize Kenny, but instead he defends him and rejoins the Elite in full.
Over the coming months, Cody, Kenny, Matt, Nick and Hangman solidify themselves as a core group leading up to:
September 1, 2018 - All In
By far the greatest triumph in indie wrestling history, the show was a massive success both at live gate and on PPV, wildly exceeding all expectations. In its main event, Cody wins the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the same world title his father had claimed 31 years earlier.
After this monumental night, the Elite ceded the war for control of Bullet Club to the OGs and stepped away from the group, turning their attention to the establishment of something new entirely: All Elite Wrestling. This new national promotion came into being on January 1, 2019, and at its forefront was the core group of five. As the inaugural and omnipresent face of the company, Cody’s claim to AEW gold is surely just a matter of time.
May 25, 2019 -- Double or Nothing
AEW holds its first event ever.
In 944 days, on the Christmas episode of Rampage, Cody claims his final championship in AEW.
August 31, 2019 -- All Out
As the clock strikes midnight, Chris Jericho pins Hangman Adam Page to become the first AEW World Champion.
In 944 days, Cody Rhodes rises onto the WrestleMania stage and returns to WWE.
November 6, 2019
Allied with his friend, protege, and personal recruit to AEW, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, the public face of AEW prepares to challenge for the world championship of the company he helped build. He seems destined for it, it’s damn near his birthright, and yet there are whispers he’s only in position to claim it through politics.
Cody:

“Eddie Graham... Cowboy Bill Watts... The American Dream Dusty Rhodes... For the cold and sterile historians of our business, there's an air of controversy that surrounds them, it's from the simple fact that those men were also, in addition to being competitors... they were management. Not unlike myself. And for the last year I've told everybody: every podcast, every radio, every correspondent. I've shouted it off the rooftops how proud I am of AEW, how proud I am of the all-inclusive nature, of the schedule, of the pay, of the fact that we will listen. This! This is Ellis Island for a professional wrestler! This is freedom! So, when I hear the same criticism attached to my name for being management and being in a title match… I can't not hear it... And with that said, I am announcing that if I do not defeat Chris Jericho at Full Gear... I will never challenge for the AEW World championship again.”

And so Cody faced Chris Jericho at Full Gear 2019 with destiny in his grasp. There, with MJF in his corner, Cody and Jericho pushed each other to their limits. Late in the match with the challenger locked tight in the Walls of Jericho, MJF throws in the towel for Cody and costs him the match, effectively locking him out of the title picture thereafter.
MJF’s ascension begins. He wins the Dynamite Diamond Ring and begins climbing the rankings. Winning isn’t simply enough, though. If he wants everything, he needs chaos. He needs to flip the world upside down. He needs the world to believe its heroes are the villains and its villains are the heroes.
November 14, 2019
MJF:

You wanna boo me as if I’m the villain… Meanwhile, you people have been cheering for the real villain the whole time. That villain is Cody… Cody Rhodes couldn’t give less of a shit about any single one of you… You sheep don’t want to admit it. There’s only one man on this planet who knows the real Cody Rhodes, and you’re looking at him.

December 11, 2019
MJF:

"What are you gonna do Cody? Are you gonna try to fire me? Are you gonna pull Tony Khan over to the side and get me fired? Well how bout you do that Cody. HOW BOUT YOU FIRE ME. Oh wait. That's right. You won't. Because the one thing you want most in this world is to get your hands on me... And to top that off, you'd be letting down each and every one of these people you claim to care about.”

February 29, 2020 – Revolution
After weeks of taunting and weeks of enduring the original gauntlet of trials MJF sets in order to get a match with him, Cody gets his match with MJF… but he falls short, defeated and humiliated by the young man he brought into AEW himself.
March 5, 2020 – Cody is bitten by the original Snake
Jake Roberts emerges from the thickest of weeds and slithers down to the ring. He nearly devours Cody. He mocks him… “Hail Caesar”. He neither fears nor respects him.

“What a Snake wants, a snake takes. I’m not in AEW for the whole pie.. Just your slice”

Two weeks later the world screeches to a halt as an unknown, lethal virus spreads rapidly around the globe. For several weeks Dynamite is patchwork, assembled from whatever talent is available. A tournament for a new title belt is announced. Ahead of its opening round we get the darkest promo we’ve thus far seen from the purest babyface in the company’s short history…
April 8, 2020
Cody sits ominously at a table, in a pitch black room, and lights a cigar… just as he’d done before when laying out his machinations against Kenny Omega for control of Bullet Club.
Cody:

"Why do I wanna be TNT Champion? Wrestling is so linear you're gonna hear the same answer to that question over and over again. You'll even hear the announcers strike some of the same hyperboles as they describe the stakes. The wrestlers will give you that real wrestling school, paint by numbers interview where they say things like --- you see: ‘The boys in the back.' Or my favorite: They perpetually say their own name or the person they're wrestling against or the person who's interviewing them over and over again. Like I said, wrestling is linear. They might even do the – [Cody gestures around his waist where a belt would be worn] - that thing. You see, where you pantomime, where you indicate that you want the belt. I've done it a thousand times. We've all done it, we're all guilty. Wrestling is linear. But these are not linear times, are they? I think we'd all give our last dollar for a little bit of normalcy, a little bit of linear. It's my personal hope that we get through this just fine. We wanna live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery, right?
So why do I need to become champion? It is not the fame. It's certainly not the added money. It's not the specialized lower third that they put on the screen. It's not even my specific, unique circumstance of trying to carry a last name that is worth 58 years in gold. It's much simpler. It's because I don't wanna lose. AEW has four major pay per views: Double Or Nothing, All Out, Full Gear, Revolution and I'm 50/50 and I have felt lost and I don't ever want to lose again…The motto, the expression, what the Nightmare Family means, it's sitting at the side of my neck is when we say: DO THE WORK! It's not: Do the work and lose.
And this tournament is flush, it's rich in talent. Take Colt Cabana. Probably the second most experienced guy in the tournament. Does a better flip, flop and fly than me, Dustin and Bully combined. Ask anybody in any locker room the world over – they'll tell you they love Colt Cabana. Well frankly: I do not trust a wrestler that doesn't have any enemies.
Kip Sabian… and that hellfire fiance of his… What happens when those two cohabitate? They’re either gonna motivate themselves upwards or they're gonna drag themselves down to Complacency City, right next to ‘Jobber Avenue.
Darby… I feel like I handpicked Darby. He's clearly the fastest rising star in all of wrestling in any company, hands down. He's putting on weight by the day, he's assassin quick. But Darby is a freshman on the varsity squad. I don't think he has the mental aptitude to finish this tournament.
My oldest friend… Shawn Spears. My former tag team partner, kind of my Dick Murdoch. Could be a world champion pretty much anywhere he wanted to be. But Shawn Spears is ‘King Boo-Boo Face and he will mentally defeat himself before we ever even lock up…
Every one of those guys, they want to be TNT Champion. The difference with me: I NEED IT!

It was an outright heel promo, preceding his entry into the tournament which he ultimately won, facing Jake Roberts’ client – Lance Archer – in the finals. Cody is the conquering hero he always aspires to be, and he rattles off five straight title defenses in five weeks. Someone’s not very impressed, however.
July 7, 2020
Cody stands with Arn in the ring, congratulating himself on the recent string of victories against… let’s say, less than impressive competition.
Onto the stage charges Eddie Kingston, who’s heard enough:

"No, no, no, we're gonna get this right, we're gonna do this real quick. Cody, you talk about grinding, you talk about living this rough life, all that jazz. No one's gonna 'out-grind' you, all that stuff. My man, it's easy to say that when you grew up around used-to-be legends like Arn Anderson. Yeah, you heard me. Keep shooting murder-ones at me and I'll knock your jaw right off your face, partner. You know what I grew up around? You know what I grew up around? Alcoholics! Junkies! I GREW UP AROUND THAT... AND I HAD TO SURVIVE. I HAD TO GRIND. You couldn't last a day in my shoes, so you don't tell me nothing about grinding. You talk about the sport of pro-wrestling... that's a joke. Because every person you faced has been a child. I am a grown-ass man and I will put you in the ground and smile.
But here's the best part about this whole thing: the guy that you like to mention because you like to be best friends with the boss, Tony Khan… He paid me to show up. And now he's going to pay me to kick your ass and take that championship. Oh yeah, you wanna go? Arn, I swear on my beautiful mother's life, if you don't shut up, I'm gouging your eye out. All right? Let me speak! It's my time now. Real easy, relax, you've had yours. Tony Khan said to me, ‘‘You know what, King? If you want No DQ, man, that's fine by me.. just.. you know.. Cody has to accept.' You have to accept, cause either you're an egg-sucking dog or you're an egg-sucking bitch."

Infuriated that he would be upstaged like this, Cody accepts on the spot. He survives an incredibly violent match and continues on with his title reign.
August 13, 2020
Mr. Brodie Lee whips Cody’s ass. In just over three minutes, it’s done and his beloved championship is gone. The Exalted One and The Dark Order put a massive beatdown on Cody and he’s carried out on a stretcher… Then they continue attacking him on the stretcher.
Cody disappears for weeks.
September 23, 2020
Brodie spends over a month terrorizing anyone even remotely close to Cody, but he still doesn’t come back until after Brodie beats down Orange Cassidy in a title defense. It’s a surprise attack, which incenses The Exalted One.
Brodie:

"You gotta be kidding me! The audacity of a man, the audacity of you Cody to return like that! You have been gone for five weeks while I’ve been here doing the work, being undeniable! Oh my God, the audacity of you Cody. What kind of man sends another man to do his work? Did you see what I did to Dustin? Did you see what Anna Jay did to Brandi? What kind of man Cody, what kind of man lets his wife post Instagram thirst traps while calling me daddy? What kind of man stays away in a little bubble? A man like you, Cody. But YOU are no man! YOU are a coward!

Mr. Brodie Lee grabs a pair of dog collars and looks into the camera.

Cody, you can run on for a long time, but sooner or later Brodie Lee is gonna cut you down! And I am gonna take this dog collar, Cody, I am gonna wrap it around your neck, I am gonna wrap it around that God-forsaken tattoo! And you, Cody, will have nowhere, nowhere to run and nowhere to hide! You, Cody... You have one week to answer me: Are you a man... Or are you a coward?!"

Two weeks later, Cody reclaims his championship in the first dog collar match in AEW history. He would hold it for only a month until one of the Four Pillars pries it away from him, beginning Darby Allin’s ascension to the main event scene... And sending Cody spiraling into the Codyverse of excess and absurdity.
February 17, 2021 - “It’s a girl!”
Despite a litany of viral media and news segments addressing how excessive and even dangerous pregnancy gender reveals are… Cody and Brandi have theirs live on Dynamite, with full entrance and theme, as well as what still to this day is among the largest pyro displays in the history of AEW. It’s shockingly tone-deaf.
May 12, 2021 – The worst promo in AEW history
Just before the one year anniversary of the George Floyd murder that rattled America and stirred racial dialogue in a manner unseen for decades…
Cody addresses Anthony Ogogo and delivers an all-time terrible promo. I'm not even gonna transcribe it here, it's the most pandering cringe ever.
Here's a link if you absolutely need to see it...
When AEW returns to touring, all the cheering and adulation Cody was accustomed to at AEW's beginning is gone. His goodwill has completely evaporated. They’re tired of his phony, self-fellating act and want something different.
July 7, 2021
Still nursing a vicious eye injury incurred at the hands of Kevin Owens on WWE programming the previous October, Malakai Black posts on Instagram a video of him in a mental institution where he's been locked up for 5 years, coincidentally the same length of time he was in his old company... He viciously attacks and kills the doctors and staff.
Walking out, he says "The Devil made me do it."
[Continued in comments]

Hí, I'm new to retro handhelds and have just bought de RG353M, I've been playing gba games mostly, until now all great. I'm reading a little about this world and see that there are many OS out there and I'm thinking about installing the ArkOS, my question is, do I loose all my progress if a change the OS, is there a way to backup those files? thank you for your advice!

ASC,
I have a lot of problems with my parents that has affected my relationship with them. They don't really know at times how much resentment and hate I have towards them. I have never had an emotional connection to my parents, I moved around a lot as a kid and in those times, I had no one to talk to. That made me become emotionally stunted and I didn't even think about the future, I just focused on the present cause that was I all I know I had for sure. We stopped moving around for me to attend high school in one place but I still hadn't left that mindset I had developed, and when it came time to go to college, I honestly wanted to take a gap year, but I know my parents would not understand, so I just went to college. It took me longer to graduate because I started to go through some mental health challenges and in the end I graduated in 6 years Alhamdulilah. Unfortunately, I realized throughout that whole experience that my parents were the cause of my mental health struggles.
They are so passive as parents emotionally, they don't really know us, and they take care of us in a physical sense (i.e food, shelter, clothing). They care about how we present ourselves in the community, but not about how we actually live our lives and uphold the values that we pretend to uphold. My parents both just generally yell (i'm sure its something people here can understand) and they don't listen to any of me and by siblings concerns. I have 4 siblings, and 3 of us have gone through depression/ anxiety before, and it's because we were taught to bottle up out problems and deal with it ourselves. I'm the oldest, and I went through depression for 5 years ( 3 years that they actually know of) and when they found out, they did there best to help me, but they didn't change from it. Then my brother and my sister got depressed (this is over the span of 3 years) and we never really told them it's because of them and their parenting. We have been through a lot as a family, we lost a lot of money because of some unfortunate financial decisions my father made and we are still scraping by.
All in all, after everything I have been through emotionally, I just want to be happy, and sometimes when I feel like when my parents are being unfair or say something rude, I feel a need and stand up for myself. There was one instance when my dad was driving me to school and basically admitted that he didn't call us when we were kids because we didn't call him ( he lived apart from us for 7 years because of his job). I couldn't really believe what I just heard and we started to argue, and he wouldn't even admit what he said was wrong. Another time was just last night, we had a blow out because my brother and I have had COVID for the past week (my dad had it the week before). My mom works and she hasn't had help in the house while we have been sick. Yesterday was the first day me and my brother have been good and we did what we could in the kitchen to clean and prepare food for our dad for iftar, but immediately after my parents came back home, they yelled at us about the kitchen being a mess. They brought up times where we didn't clean properly before but this time is different, we just had COVID (my sister has a broken foot and my other brother lives in the dorms) . Anyways, I got super heated, and called them right before I went to bed, and said they were being unfair, that they never asked what we are even capable of doing, and I had tried to help where I can when I had COVID, i was cooking food the second day I was infected, which was hard for me but I did it because there was no one else to do it. Anyways, they got mad and said I should apologize for leaving the kitchen as it was, and I hung up on them.
I have been emotionally dead for most of my life and I feel like I don't want to hide that anymore. My parents have never been physically abusive, but I feel like I never got proper love from my parents, and have been through so much emotional turmoil. I don't really know how to proceed from here, it's the month of Ramadan and we probably shouldn't be fighting now, but as a human being I feel like I'm done. What should I do brothers and sisters?

Hi, I am Rian and I'm a student photographer based near Manchester and I specialise in memorial photography.
I am starting a brand new podcast, called The Funeral Files and it's an open and honest look at how we deal with death here in the UK. I want to change how this taboo subject is viewed - the Victorians really knew how to deal with death and we have somehow lost our way!
As a paramedic subreddit, I'm hoping that by reaching out, I will be able to get some of your stories, whether you are newly qualified or are seasoned!
The areas I'm looking for are mainly around what processes do you follow and what emotions go through you when:

• called to someone potentially deceased
• somebody passes in your care
• how you look after that person
• how you look after each other
• any funny but respectful things that have happened in death
• any other things you can add.

All information is treated with respect and you can remain anonymous if you prefer. I won't ask for the deceased details, other than sex/age etc if available.
I have spent the last two years going down the afterlife rabbit hole and am due to start Uni in September to do my photography degree. My aim upon completion is to offer funeral photography (yes it's a thing and it's beautiful).
I will be covering common practices here in the UK with separate shows on cremation and burial as well as from a funeral directors perspective too. I have already got some people on board!
If you are interested, I'd love you to drop a comment below and I'll get back to you - or if you prefer, you can directly share your comments.
Thank you in advance for your time and for your amazing work in the community 💚

(one of my earliest attempts at writing. decided to just finish and post it. apologies.)
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Entry Log One: Khrakhan Eld, Jukhanian Ambassador to the Human Alliance. Stardate - Human Year 2086.
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It has been over three centuries since I accepted this commission to work with the Human Alliance, and even though I have known them for that long, they still surprise me to a shocking extent. A highly diverse species with so many different cultures congealed into one staggering mass of a hundred billion strong, settled alongside all the galaxy's different species.
Humanity was, and still remains, the driving force behind the rapidly growing Federations power and might. The strange, gaunt, high gravity race of bipedal apes took the galaxy by complete surprise, not only due to their appearance, but also due to their surprising strength.
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In barely forty years of their time here, they have integrated seamlessly with species previously thought inhospitable. Planets thought harsh or unuseable, supported massive colonies of millions of humans, and the richness the industries these worlds provide. Humans, as it later turned out, had an affinity for members of other species, and by staggering luck they had a one-in-a-billion reproductive system that was robust enough that they could actually interbreed with most mammalian species in the galaxy, and one or two of the reptillians as well.
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Humanity's capabilities in terms of engineering surpassed ours in a matter of decades, and due to the terms of the Federation, they shared it with us. This is primarily due to the tribal nature of the race, and they are well known for their petty squabbles and minor disputes, that result in skirmishes or outright wars, but would never come to full scale attacks. Maybe a warning shot or two, a small exchange of fire to disable shield arrays, but never more than that.
When questioned about these incidents, Human ambassadors and leaders would simply say something on the lines of:
"Meh. Local tensions. Pirates. Idiots. God botherers or Idealists that randomly decide to slug it out one day. Just ignore them, they run out of steam eventually and bugger off back to where they came from."
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We really cared not. Owing to how the humans never turned their guns on us, we were fine with it, so long as they never got us involved. Everything about the humans confused and amazed us. They had, during First Contact Exchanges, given us reels upon reels of their historical archives. And what we had now was essentially a marginally watered down version of what humanity once was.
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Hardened like a battleship hull.
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Entry Log Two: Human Expansion
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Owing to their ability to breed with a majority of the species in the galaxy, Human society, cultures and customs became part and parcel of the Federations species, almost to the point where we started getting cults forming in small pockets on the outer rims worshipping this aspect. Humanity, surprisingly enough, even though they technically were the deity being worshipped by these cults, were the first ones to clamp down on them, disbanding or outright attacking them.
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Humans retained a lot of their individual national cultures long after their arrival into space. Many of their soldiers still carried blades, swords, knives and other such primitive weapons, weapons that most members of the galactic species considered worthless, or obsolete. But humans wielded these weapons to devastating effect, as witnessed in a few incidents and military conflicts seen during their short time in the Federation.
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Technological advancement in terms of military and civilian development outstretched the rest of the galaxy by - to quote an expression - "a Country Mile." Human creativity and the natural drive for both an Omnivorous species' capacity for greed, and the species natural curiosity drove them to accomplish tasks and tech we never would have imagined. Humans and their concept of "Percussive Maintenance", or smack it 'til it worked was also something that took us by surprise. Especially considering that most of the time it actually worked.
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For a few decades, a long time in human years apparently, we simply took it at face value, and never questioned it. As the expression goes: "Never look a gift horse in the mouth."
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Entry Log Three: Capacity for Evil
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They were not complete angels and paragons of course, Many a time, more than other races especially during the early years, they were extremely aggressive in their colonization efforts, going to active war with many nations over territorial disputes, corporate conflicts or other such disputes. Either they would win by a bare margin, or they would be routed and sent off in pieces.
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One such occasion was the Tabrisko Incident, where, from what I could discern, was a human Corporation, a private entity separate from the Alliance and the Federation, known as Cybratech Industries, had laid claim to a particular star system. A star system, already settled by its current inhabitants the Hasaki Triumvirate. It was here that humanity showed its capacity for callous greed, and why so much emphasis is placed in society on the rejection of Corporate ideals. It also showed us a modicum mof respectability. When someone was being a dick... they had no trouble fucking them.
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The Corporation, or simply 'Corpos' gathered a fleet of about forty ships, two of them cruisers and one Ark ship. They proceeded, without orders to bypass most security legislation, bribing their way across the galaxy and arrived in the system of Tabrisko. Two terrestrial planets, one Oceanic planet in the habitable zone, one Gas giant, two Ice planets and one newborn Molten planet. An unremarkable system by all accounts, there were thousands just like it throughout the galaxy.
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The Corpos warped in and sent out a mass broadcast. "This is a public declaration. On behalf of the CybraTech Corporation, your occupation of this star system is now null and void. You will evacuate from the area immediately. You have a standard week to respond."
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The sheer bastarding balls of them. A human representative was contacted and informed of the situation.
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The human Ambassador, a gaunt, tall white haired gent by the name of Harley Alride, had a sneaky, unmistakable grin on his face as he spoke to the ambassador from the Hasaki Triumvirate. "So... what exactly is the issue here?"
The Hasaki Ambassador, Sings-On-Shores, was by no means amused. The lizard like reptilians blue scales flared in anger as he spoke back. "For the third time, we have a human fleet calling itself the Cybratech Corporation demanding that we surrender one of our colony worlds! I demand an explanation!"
Harley simply let out a chuckle, as if he was suppressing the desire to laugh. "Oh? Corpo rats huh? Well they are a private entity. There's nothing we can do to stop you, or them."
Sings-On-Shores was somewhat confused, but more upset and angry. "What? WHAT!?"
Harley simply said, that typical sly, 'I am up to something sneaky' grin on his face that we had become so accustomed to seeing. "What I am saying Ambassador is... That whatever you decide to do with them is entirely your decision."
Sings-On-Shores was astonished. This situation was a full invasion by galactic standards, it was the equivalent of a declaration of war. "But... They are your people! You speak for them!"
Harley's smile disappeared and his demeanor changed to one of seriousness. "Mister Ambassador with all due respect, need I remind you of Federation Colonization legislation number Seven Five Eight, Paragraph three? I quote: 'The first claimant to any star system that has the capacity to maintain any industry on that planet, has full and absolute control of its industry and inevitably, it's defense, is the sole and exclusive claimant to that star system.'" Harley said, and looked at his counterpart.
"Of course I remember the damn legislation! I helped sign that into law a hundred years ago! What the hell are you talking about!?" Sings-On-Shores demanded, his scales flustering between breaths.
"What I am saying, Sir, is that Private entities known as Corporations and other private entities can form OUTSIDE of the Alliances jurisdiction. They can get rich, get an ego the size of a cargo freighter and then suddenly decide 'I am god now, I can do what I want.' and go on a rampage. We allow it, for reasons that should be obvious. We do however... DISAVOW." Harleys last word in that statement took the Hasaki Ambassador by surprise.
"Disavow... wh-?" The entire concept for the Hasaki of private corporations operating outside of jurisdiction was as much a foreign concept to him as could be imagined.
"We allow these entities to buy their own fleets, set up shop and do what they do. they return to the Alliance eventually one way or another, Its just business. But sometimes... the rich and wealthy develop a god complex. And it is up to the normal people in the galaxy to remind them of what they really are. Lest they do stupid things." Harley responded. He looked into the monitor, and visibly closed one of his eyes in a cheeky manner, with his smile returned.
Sings-On-Shores went silent for a moment. As if processing the information. "Understood, Ambassador."
"One more thing..." Harley said. His demeanor shifted again, to a dead serious and absolute severity. "Do not fire on that Ark ship. Those people signed up for a new life, not an execution. There are children on board. We will see to it they get passage to a new colony world one way or another. But the corpo fleet? Heh... Enjoy the salvage."
Sings-On-Shores acknowledged with his own sinister grin, and closed the call.
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A few hours later, a very heavily armed war fleet of the Triumvirate warped into the star system. Outnumbering and heavily outgunning the Corpo fleet. As expected, sensing danger the Ark ship immediately performed an FTL emergency jump, and vanished to the borders of the system where, a Human Alliance fleet was casually waiting for them. The corporate fleet was nothing short of obliterated by plasma cannons and heavy weapons fire from a Triumvirate dreadnought and its escorts. Nothing left but salvage and slag floating hopeless in the expanse where a salvage crew from the colony appeared and went to town.
Three thousand people were killed in that fight. Two Triumvirate ships were lost, totaling 600 losses, battleships no less. The rest were human losses. Corvettes, pickets, escort ships and mostly small low quality frigates crewed by 'Corporate drones' and contracted slave workers. As Harley said, 'nothing worth keeping.'
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The human ambassadors and agents explained that rich corporations or other such entities would go mad with power, gather followers or create clone armies - highly illegal clone armies - and attempt to claim what they wanted. Human Alliance officers always knew what was going on, and made sure that one way or another, in a fair and balanced manner, they would always lose.
"In a fair and balanced manner." That sentence is almost always expressed with a certain sadistic glee.
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Entry Four: Unbelievable Charity
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This event is in stark contrast to the New Haven Incident that took place some twelve years later. Humanity was now at the forefront of Galactic politics and economics. New Haven was in fact a Bakari settlement and I had been called in to help them reinforce their trade position with the local area and help them along. I was in the orbital station garrisoning the colony when I heard the call to action.
The communications arrays suddenly exploded with SOS signals, emergency alerts and warnings of every kind as a staggering earthquake hit one of the continents. Seismologists put the quake on a massive eleven point four on the scale, enough to tilt the planets axis three degrees, open two new fault lines, slow the planets rotation speed by almost a full second and cause seven subsequent volcanic detonations across the tectonic plate.
Twenty nine cities were impacted and a hundred and fifty million lives were at stake. Before I could do anything however. A message interrupted all communications directed at the local garrison.
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"Distress Signal Received. This is Alliance Fleet Sons Of The Dawn responding. Admiral Beckett Gray reporting. Request permission to enter Federation airspace."
I was on the bridge with the station captain helping him organize a response at this time, and without thinking, I immediately jumped on the communicator in a response. "This is federation Ambassador Khrakhan Eld responding, permission granted."
The station captain was somewhat annoyed with me. It was not exactly polite to supplant his authority. I was only an ambassador, so he scolded me for it. "How dare you do that! This is my station! You dare break with protocol like that!"
"Captain Sundaris please, this is an emergency situation." I responded, trying to stay calm.
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Before however we could argue this point, a hundred dropships, cargo ships and two planetary cruisers blasted past the station making us jump in surprise as they whizzed past us. Moments later the massive hull of one of the Alliances two kilometer long Planetary Assault Carriers rumbled past the station, its sheer size and speed causing the windows and plating on the stations hull to rattle. Very few people outside the Alliance had seen one of these magnificent beasts, and as it slipped past us we got a glimpse as to exactly why.
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A strange ship with a triangular or diamond shaped hull, hangar bays on the sides, heavy armor plating with dozens of shield generators dotted the meters thick armor plating. Weapons seen only on dreadnoughts or battleships lined its side hull under the bridge section and more small craft were being hastily ejected from its side mounted hangars. Its most terrifying component was what was mounted at the front - a Spinal mounted ion cannon. I could very clearly see a tell-tale sign of an emitter array barely sticking out the front end.
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It entered the planets atmosphere flawlessly and we watched in awe as a full army of humans flooded out of the ships hull as it touched ground causing a puff of dust. Two more of these PAC class ships followed, then three more after that, and one more lagging behind with various cargo ships and drop transports seemingly welded to its outer hull followed, all within moments of each other. Two more smaller craft, known as Trade Frigates or Droid Frigates, ships whose superstructure is primarily consistent of communications arrays and antennae, appeared and entered the stations orbital patterns and began transmitting commands and orders, organizing the planets scattered and broken emergency signals.
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The captain and I looked at each other, mouths agape at the sight we just witnessed. Not just one of them, but SEVEN? How many of them did humanity have!?
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"One hundred and thirty four. And still counting." I heard a voice behind me say.
"Wh- Pardon?" I asked, now looking at a human Marine standing in the control room.
"That's how many of those ships we have. One hundred and thirty four by last count, with drydocks and shipyards in Alliance space working to produce another six hundred within the next ten years. As per our trade agreements, one hundred of those ships will be handed over to our allies and trade partners." He said with a smile, handing me a data pad.
He must have heard the voice in my head somehow, or he just simply knew what the question was, probably having been asked it a thousand times. "Erm... Uh... Th-Thank you uh..." I cleared my throat and straightened my shoulders, attempting to compose myself. "Carry on soldier. We will coordinate with your teams on the ground and translate what we can. Not everyone on the planet understands the Galactic standard language yet, so we will do our best. Patch us in to your commslink and we will assist where we can."
"Sir yes, Sir!" The human saluted, then immediately charged back out of the station. Moments later, a new group of humans appeared and without orders, began to redirect communications and show us bodycam footage from the ground.
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What followed was the single largest and most grueling disaster relief campaign in seventy years. Twenty thousand ships. Two hundred million tons of medical supplies. Six hundred million tons of food and water. Two million humans working to save the lives of a hundred million people. Three and a half months of work.
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After all was said and done, as many lives saved as possible, Human constructor fleets appeared with another surprise. They called them Manufactoriums, city sized ships with no armament or defense equipment, but cargo containers, construction drones and building hardware. Twenty two of them. It wasn't a ship in the traditional sense... to be honest it looked more like a children's block building set with giant engines. Big, fat, squared boxes with various patterns of armor plating mounted on a set of giant starship thrusters.
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They landed on the planets surface and began to, for lack of a better term, unpack themselves. They landed, then a system of... i guess robots, started to unpack the blocky monster. Within hours, the ships had disappeared and turned into organized and perfected geometric patterns. They essentially made a prepackaged city and flew it out to act as a replacement for the city that was destroyed. Millions homeless, now almost instantly rehoused.
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All the humans asked for in return was that we honor trade agreements and maintain the Alliance.
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And so here we stand, many decades into the greatest and hopefully longest lasting friendship in history as Humanity rapidly carves itself into our hearts and our minds, with their increasingly erratic and interesting behavior. They are the only species in galactic history - that we are aware of anyway - to not immediately attempt to forge a galactic hegemony or engage in a genocide without due cause.
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They are also one of extremely few species that everybody likes. Most like their presence or enjoy their company. Some simply ignore them. The few that don't like them are quick to change their minds when rescuers or negotiators arrive when a problem shows up.
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Humans are here to stay. Hopefully for a damn long time.
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Final Log: Khrakhan Eld, Jukhanian Ambassador to the Human Alliance. Stardate - Human Year 2386.