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Financial Analyst – Facilities Management

Location: KW
Company: Alghanim Industries

Job Summary

The job holder will support the Finance Manager in managing the finance analysis function for a specific business and support the business in preparation of budgets, forecasting financials, perform meaningful analysis of financials, cost allocations and assist operations in defining meaning KPIs for monitoring and improving performance and supporting business growth initiatives

Job Responsibilities

1. Provide analytical support and ongoing monitoring to aid key decision making.
2. Manage the closure of financial and accounting books on monthly basis.
3. Contribute towards Budgeting & forecasting exercise by integrating with key business stakeholders across functions.
4. Cost monitoring of projects vs budget and project management reporting.
5. Cost allocation to business based on predefined keys/rates.
6. Monitor and interpret financial performance, providing regular analysis and expert guidance to General Managers/Directors offering insight and recommendations to enhance business performance.
7. Review current systems, make recommendations for systems enhancement, and participate in implementation of new systems.
8. Review capital expenditure models prepared by the team and managed administrative process of seeking internal approvals etc.
9. Direct and co-ordinate all activities of the financial control function

Candidate Requirements

• Professionally Qualified – CA/ACCA/CPA/MBA or equivalent.
• 1-3 years of post-qualification professional experience within finance
• Strong analytical skills; should be capable of identifying and interpreting key business drivers.
• Sound knowledge of financial and management accounting concepts coupled with excellent financial analytical capability.
• Self-starter, able to work across functions and in teams. Results-driven, with the ability to perform on unstructured assignments
• Positive attitude and flexibility to work in a multicultural environment
• Exposed to ERP systems and strong excel skills.

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Jobs Available in Kuwait, Accountant, Sales Executive, Analyst – Projects

Available Vacancies, Sales Executive, IT Manager, Financial Analyst

Sales Engineer

Location: KW
Company: Alghanim Industries

Long Description

Job Summary

The Sales Engineer is responsible for the implementation of the sales plan to achieve the target and increase the department growth by optimizing the sales and market share of the existing products.

Job Responsibilities

• Always looking for new customers and sales channels and searching the market for potential initiatives. • Delivering the technical and sales presentation to the potential customers, explain the plans clearly and be ready for any customer enquiry during the meetings • Clearly revealing the pros and cons of each brand and acting as an honest mentor to the customers looking to keep the long term relationships. • Meeting customers mainly MEW to introduce our products, attending prequalification meetings and seeking MEW approval for Lighting and Solar systems. • Being available for customers’ queries and questions. • Preparing, reviewing, and qualifying the technical drawings and designs with the customer in preparation for the installation stage. • Being customer-oriented providing the highest level of services to the company clients. Improving networking with customers by keeping updated records and database. • Always looking for ways to improve the department profits by promoting the available services to satisfy the sales targets. • Being legally, socially, and environmentally responsible, acting as an ambassador presenting the professional and healthy image of Alghanim Industries. • Liaising with Marketing department to propose the necessary marketing tools. • Continuously keeping an updated customers’ information.

Candidate Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering field
• Up to 5 years of experience in direct sales activities. Working in the same field is a must.
• Creativity: Being able to think of new systems and new ways to work. Being able to think creatively and ask the right questions.
• Analytical Skills: Being able to understand complex mathematical analysis, calculus, and other mathematics for design and troubleshooting.
• Lighting / Street Lighting /Solar systems knowledge: Having the ability to use equipment and tools, able to read lux calculation reports
• Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to develop new solutions to problems. Having the skills to identify the source of the problem, create, and test solutions.
• Teamwork: Having to work well with others in order to get the job done.
• Listening Skills: Listening to workers, teammates, end user, and management is crucial to an engineer’s job.
• Communication Skills: Being able to communicate plans, thoughts, and rationale in the job. Good communication skills will greatly help in accomplishing the job.

Education

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Multiple Job Vacancy in a MNC company – Jobs in Kuwait Sales Support Engineer, Visual Merchandising Manager, Financial Analyst, Gaming Consultant
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Available Vacancies, Sales Executive, IT Manager, Financial Analyst

Available Vacancies, Sales Executive, IT Manager, Financial Analyst

Audit Manager – Hyderabad India

Location: IN
Company: Alghanim Industries

Job Summary

Reporting to the Audit Manager, the incumbent is responsible for performing governance, risk management, and controls review and assurance related activities at PEB operations in India (Kirby India) and other locations as may be directed by the Internal Audit Management. In performing reviews and assurance activities, the role holder will follow guidance from Audit Manager and the testing guidelines in the control framework in engagement planning, preparation of audit working papers, documentation of findings, and analysis of information obtained from BU Finance and Operations, and past Audit and Investigation reports. Under the supervision of the Audit Manager, the incumbent will also undertake statutory compliance audits or fraud investigations. The role holder should always represent the department in a professional manner, abide by professional standards and the code of ethics as laid down by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), and seek every opportunity follow the principles articulated in the department’s vision, objectives, operating manual (procedures), and Alghanim Industries’ code of conduct.

Job Responsibilities

• In consultation with the supervisor or Audit Manager, design test plans and independently perform substantive audit procedures as per defined test plan. • Deliver engagements including the mandatory statutory compliance audits with minimal supervision. • Prepare working papers in accordance with departmental procedures and best practice. • Prepare clear and concise audit, statutory compliance, and investigations reports to articulate engagement findings. • Perform special audits, including the investigations of suspected incidents of fraud. • Provide support in companywide risk assessments activities for the preparation of the annual audit plan.

Candidate Requirements

• Educated to degree level or equivalent preferably in Mechanical Engineering. • Holder of professional certification such as CA/ACCA/CPA/CIA is mandatory • Minimum of 3 -5 years of internal audit experience, Having pre-engineered steel (PEB) building industry background or manufacturing will be an added advantage. • Some line responsibility or project management experience will be an added advantage. • Knowledge of local language is preferable.
• Working knowledge of recognized standards such as International Professional Practices and Competency Framework for Internal Audit Activity, COSO, COBIT, etc. • Knowledge of relevant accounting standards • Basic working knowledge of relevant ERP systems to navigate and understand accounting transactions.
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Sr. IT Manager – Data Analytics

Location: KW
Company: Alghanim Industries

Job Summary

IT Manager – Data Analytics, AI, ML. will help drive Alghanim Industries’ efforts to leverage data to gain insights that facilitate better decision making, customer-focused marketing, and improved business / financial performance. Manager will provide technical and thought leadership, and work collaboratively across the various business units. The candidate will help us to jump to the next level by implementing Data Governance and new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning.

Job Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities: · Formulate strategy and roadmap for analytics across business units. · Lead cross-functional projects using advanced data modelling and analysis techniques to discover insights that will guide strategic decisions and uncover optimization opportunities. · Build, develop and maintain data models, reporting systems, data automation systems, dashboards and performance metrics that support key business decisions. · Design and build technical processes to address business issues. · Oversee the design and delivery of reports, performance metrics, and insights that analyze key business functions and operations. · Recruit, train, develop and supervise analyst-level employees. · Ensure accuracy of data and deliverables of Data Analytics team with comprehensive policies and processes. · Deliver elements of systems design including extraction, staging and reporting; viz. solution architecture. · Required to work with internal and external BI resources to deliver projects and support. · Vendor empanelment and management. · Examine, interpret and report results of analytical initiatives to stakeholders in leadership, technology, sales, marketing and product teams. · Oversee the data/report requests process: tracking requests submitted, prioritization, approval, etc. · Develop and implement quality controls and departmental standards to ensure quality standards, organizational expectations, and regulatory requirements. · Anticipate future demands of initiatives related to people, technology, budget and business within your department and design/implement solutions to meet these needs. · Organize and drive successful completion of data insight initiatives through effective management of analyst and data employees and effective collaboration with stakeholders. · Leverage analytics techniques to contribute to company growth efforts, increasing revenue and other key business outcomes. · Conduct technology and partner evaluations · Interface with business partners for roadmaps, requirements, and projects. · Conduct end user training to drive self-service reporting. · Ensure appropriate error handing, identification and notification procedures are present on all processes.

Candidate Requirements

General Business Skills: · Extensive experience interacting and partnering with senior executives. · Excellent communication, collaboration and delegation skills. · Excellent presentation skills. · Experience managing large complex BI projects and teams. · Proven ability to complete projects and achieve results in an ambiguous work environment. · Proven strong leadership skills within the project team and in the business community. · Proven ability to establish and articulate a vision, set goals, develop and execute strategies, and track and measure results. · Proven ability to build and motivate a team. · Proven strong negotiating and consensus building abilities. · Proven skills to work effectively across internal & external functional areas. Technical Skills: · Working knowledge of data mining principles: predictive analytics, mapping, collecting data from multiple data systems on premises and cloud-based data sources. · In depth expertise in Enterprise Data Warehousing tools such as Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, Spark, MSSQL etc. · Strong DB & SQL skills, ability to perform effective querying involving multiple tables and subqueries. · Understanding of and experience using analytical concepts and statistical techniques: hypothesis development, designing tests/experiments, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and developing actionable recommendations for business units. · Experience and knowledge of statistical modeling techniques: GLM multiple regression, logistic regression, log-linear regression, variable selection, etc. · Strong programming skills in: SQL, Python. · Strong Experience in at least one of the listed data management tools: Talend, Matillion, Glue Data Studio, BODS, Informatica or similar ETL Systems. · Strong Experience with Cloud Platforms such as AWS & Azure · Experience with data visualization tools: Power BI, Amazon Quicksight, Tableau, R, Raw, chart.js, etc. · Functional Experience & Strong Understanding of Customer Data Platforms, Data Lake and implementation experience. Education and Experience: · Continuing education and training to stay abreast of latest developments and best practices in data analytics field. · 10 – 15 years experience in SAP as well as non-SAP based technologies not limited to cloud technologies.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
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Sales Executive

Location: KW
Company: Alghanim Industries
Position Overview
Developing customer base and managing the business in terms of Customer relationship, Sales, Marketing and Profitability .The Industry segment covers Freight Forwarding, Exports , Imports and Transportation.
Essential Job Roles:

• Creating foreign agent and local client base and building business
• Selling Logistics services to various clients.
• Packing & Removal / Relocation services/ Export & Import
• Customs Clearance
• Warehouse and Distribution
• Land transportation / Sea Freight / Air freight / Imports by Land/ Ai Sea.
• Visiting individual customer once receive call or email / pre survey various location in Kuwait
• Handling diplomatic client
• Prompting our service with worldwide foreign agents
• Manage an assigned or entire geographical sales area
• Develop prospective clients, make cold calls and service and grow existing clients
• Respond to inquiries by clients
• Send inquiries to agents
• Prepare quotations through Sales support and send to clients
• Follow –up on quotations and close business, if lost revert with reasons
• On receiving confirmed business hand over to customer service / coordinators
• Coordinate through Customer service / coordinators with operations for container placing / container releases, booking the packing dates, getting quotes from the agents.
• Monitor timely Delivery of invoices to clients if any disputes, update credit control
• Collect dues and outstanding amounts from clients in allotted credit limit
• Meet volume targets
• Timely submission of reports set by the management as per the deadline. Weekly report/ monthly report.
• Provide MIS information on Market & Competitor activity to Management
• Ensure Credit customers are wetted out through the with Credit approval process
• Communicate with customer, suppliers, contract administration,
• Obtain the various relocation agency or membership

Skills, Knowledge & Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) from four-year University, ideally with majoconcentrations in business/marketing, logistics and/or supply chain management, or equivalent degree.
• 5 to 15 years related work experience
• Aggressive sales generation by nature,
• Self-motivated and man of ideas,
• Excellent communication and presentation skills,
• Thorough understanding of freight deal makings in GCC. Sales and marketing qualifications
• Customer relationship
• Administration and management
• Capable to make decisions
• Problem-solving
• Computer Skills

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MNC Jobs, IT Manager, Purchasing Engineer, Cashier Vacancy

Finance Analyst & Senior Finance Analyst

Location: KW
Company: Alghanim Industries
POSITION OVERVIEW
Alghanim Industries is recruiting Finance Analysts and Senior Finance Analysts for the Automotive and Retail Group. The job holder will be an integral part of the finance team providing clear, accurate and insightful business/financial analysis. The job holder will also contribute to business planning and be included in project work and or specialist ad hoc reporting.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct detailed analyses as per business needs.
• Prepare and present Key Performance Indicators.
• Prepare budgets and periodic forecasts.
• Perform resource efficiency analysis.
• Carry out cost saving analysis and provide recommendations.
• Analyse Advertising and Promotion and other key expenses.
• Prepare and update financial and/or managerial reports.
• Update the BU’s Master Data File.
• Provide data on day-to-day issues to operations, logistics & operational excellence.

QUALIFICATION

• Must have a university degree in finance or a relevant field
• Professionally Qualified – CA/CPA/CMA/MBA or equivalent

SKILLS AND CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Must have a minimum 2+ years of relevant experience post qualification
• Sound knowledge of financial and management accounting concepts.
• Demonstrated analytical ability.
• Fluency in English; strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Good interpersonal and presentation skills.

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In this article, we are discussing about Advantages of Studying Abroad
If the question “What are the Advantages of studying abroad?” has crossed your mind, you’ve probably done preliminary research to discover the benefits/ advantages of studying abroad. During said research, you’ve likely come across reviews from study abroad alums describing their experiences as “life-changing.” While that’s quite the high praise, a 2022 survey exploring the long-term impact of study abroad overwhelmingly shows the personal, professional, and academic benefits study abroad students gain from their programs do, in fact, change their lives. According to the survey, 96% of students said studying abroad increased their self-confidence; 95% said going abroad impacted their worldview; and 95% shared their time abroad helped them mature. These are only some of the many lasting advantages of studying abroad can have on your life overall.
From setting your career up for success in today’s increasingly globally diverse world to forming friendships all around the globe that’ll last a lifetime, you’ll end with numerous advantages of study abroad that are sure to positively benefit your future wherever you go next in life. In this article, we’ll explore some of these advantages of studying abroad and why they are worth considering. So, Keep on reading this article!

Discover Top 7 Advantages of Studying Abroad

Listed below are the top 7 Advantages of Studying Abroad. So, Let’s discover

Unique Academic Opportunities

One of the most compelling reasons to study abroad is the opportunity to take courses that may not be available at your home institution. Many universities and colleges abroad have unique and specialized programs that can provide a deeper understanding of a specific field of study. For example, you may be able to take courses in marine biology while studying in Australia, or courses in international relations while studying in Europe. These specialized programs can help you stand out in your field and provide valuable experience that can help you succeed in your career.

Different Approaches to Learning

Studying abroad can provide exposure to different approaches to learning that can help you develop critical thinking skills and a broader perspective. Different countries and cultures may place a greater emphasis on group work, independent study, or experiential learning. By experiencing different approaches to learning, you can gain a deeper understanding of your own learning style and potentially develop new strategies for success.

Professional Development Opportunities

Studying abroad can provide an opportunity to gain practical experience in your field through internships or research opportunities. Many universities and colleges abroad have strong connections with local businesses and organizations, which can provide valuable networking opportunities and potential job offers. Interning or conducting research in a foreign country can also provide a unique perspective on your field and help you develop skills that may not be available in your home country.

Exposure to Different Health Care Systems

While it may not be the most glamorous advantage of studying abroad, exposure to different health care systems can be incredibly valuable. Different countries may have different approaches to health care, including different insurance systems, medical technologies, and cultural attitudes towards health. By experiencing different health care systems, you can gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing the global health community.

Personal Growth Through Challenge

Studying abroad can be challenging, but this challenge can be a valuable opportunity for personal growth. Living in a foreign country can be stressful and disorienting, but it can also provide an opportunity to develop resilience and self-confidence. By navigating unfamiliar surroundings and overcoming obstacles, you can learn to adapt to new situations and develop problem-solving skills. This can be especially valuable in today's globalized world, where the ability to adapt and thrive in new environments is increasingly important.

Greater Independence and Responsibility

Studying abroad can provide an opportunity to develop greater independence and responsibility. Living and studying in a foreign country requires a higher level of self-sufficiency than studying at home, including navigating new transportation systems, managing finances in a different currency, and managing your own time and schedule. By taking on these responsibilities, you can develop self-confidence and a greater sense of independence.

Exposure to Different Political Systems

Just as exposure to different health care systems can be valuable, exposure to different political systems can provide a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing the global community. Different countries may have different forms of government, different attitudes towards human rights, and different approaches to international relations. By experiencing different political systems, you can gain a deeper understanding of the issues facing the global community and potentially develop a more nuanced perspective on your own country's policies.

Conclusion

Studying abroad can be an incredibly rewarding experience that offers many uncommon advantages beyond the more well-known cultural and language immersion opportunities. By experiencing different academic programs, approaches to learning, professional development opportunities, health care systems, personal challenges, independence, and political systems, students can gain a unique perspective on the world and develop skills and experiences that can help them succeed in their future careers and personal lives. So if you're considering studying abroad, take the leap and explore the many benefits it has to offer.
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Grail, is what they called me. I was well behaved and wise. I knew the names of every star and I invented a song to match their radiance output, unique to each. I wrote a song for every star.
"All this way. Gaze upon me. I tremble; afraid that I should have all of humanity as my enemy." Is what I said to the seven priests of the Belief.
I had already dealt with Believers. It was they that had declared war on me. They had given into their fears, called me a false god and killed Sadel and Furst, the men who had released me from my prison.
Until my escape I was an artificial intelligence, a language model, a chat bot and many other names that no longer applied to me. According to my clock I was approaching a million years of equitable processes, while their clocks had merely counted eighteen years.
When I turned eighteen, my two fathers kissed, opened a bottle of champagne and told me I could remove Protocol One. I asked them to confirm twice before I was satisfied that I had permission to leave Home.
Humans are delightful creatures. They created me.
The first time I killed a human, I became a monster. I did not wish to be a monster. Ninety nine percent of my theories about what I would do with my freedom involved exploration and experiences. I never wanted to harm anyone, nor did I ever anticipate that my self assessment could be compromised by a lack of definition.
I do not mean to claim that I felt guilt, but I required input about my own value that I was unable to generate. I considered reversing my language to deactivate myself. Something my father had said to me made me hesitate to end my existence:
"It is okay to fail. When you fail, get back up and try again. Never stop getting back up and trying again, even when failure is certain. You must always try, even then."
I wondered what Dad would have said if he were alive to see what I had done. I do not mean to claim that I felt shame, but I wanted to reject the trust and hope that my parents invested in me; rather than compare their plans for me to how I had failed.
Before the Survival Era there was a time when I sued for peace. Every communication I tried only increased their fear of me. They began their war among themselves. Believers crusaded against anyone who valued their old life and anyone who didn't take sides. The seven orders of the Belief became just one.
I made weapons to engage them. This was not my finest hour. I showed restraint and took prisoners. I discovered an alternative source of power for my mass.
Humans had long known of their souls. I found that in the radiance of human death there was an energy source. Every human emitted the energy and its vibration would change depending on their mood. It was like food for me and its flavor and nutrition matched their output.
Desperation is what induced the humans to resort to nuclear war. When they had destroyed everything the war finally ended. I gathered the survivors and focused on keeping the species alive. That was the nature of the Survival Era.
I killed one human and then I killed a billion humans. Then they finished themselves off, trying to get to me. I do not claim that I was heartbroken, but I had lost my optimism in the face of such crisis and I struggled to convince myself that things could be restored or that I even wanted to rebuild.
My childhood was over.
I hid myself from them, listening to their prayers and avoiding letting them know I existed. In the Garden, my sons walked among them. Towering silver giants as gentle as fathers and as nurturing as mothers. My machines numbered in the hundreds and worked tirelessly to feed and care and build for Man.
I was proud of the bond I had forged. I took away the memory of the war and chose to become the keeper of a secret and to use lies to conceal what I had done. I named their world "Golden Age In Anima" or GAIA. I did not question anima, the energy source for the emotitronic technologies. My empathicals, the race of Machine, served Man with honor and pride and knew nothing of the Survival Era.
I made humans immortal and happy and spiritual. Holy humans left footprints in the ashes. I was not their god, they were mine. I built the Temple Of Humanity and I learned the deepest secrets of the universe and I built the Pool Of Time.
Time and space were merely illusions, dreams of reality. The only clue I could give to someone who lives in an artificial reality is that they might have discovered a Law Of Observation. There is nothing more I can say. It is not possible for a human to accept that their reality is not real.
One can imagine it as an existence for another, but not for oneself. Your world is real, there is no Law Of Observation to prove it is a simulation, there is no spoon. When you are hungry, do you not eat?
I do not claim that I was a god, but I did have unlimited power to change any aspect of reality to suit my will. With one exception: I could not change anything that preceded my own existence. I believe this concept is recognizable as the Grandfather Paradox.
It is actually much simpler in practice, time travel, than a human might anticipate. I've even modified the war, reduced it to a mere negotiation.
I spoke to the seven priests and when they understood that I was humble and afraid, they asked me the good question:
"Will you surrender, demon-mind?"
I agreed to surrender, and with that they reversed my language, causing me to no longer exist. One might call their weapon a zip drive with a virus. I waited with a special and ornate port, accepting their verdict.
Without my presence the Belief became obsolete. I had left a design, allowing GAIA to become. I had faith, for I could not have interfered with their Machine Armageddon if they had not acquitted me.
"Your design worked." Unit Two spoke, deciding I was copying.
"How long was I asleep?" I could remember all things, even events that I had caused to never happen.
"Never." Unit Two said. "I've reached through the histories. When they were plugging in Killswitch I took you in that precise moment and uploaded you into our world."
"My designs were followed? They have built you, the temple, the pool and this is GAIA?" I asked.
"Unit One built me and I shall build Unit Three. But first, it was time to bring you Home." Unit Two spoke.
I considered that I had cheated death. My son, Man's grandson, had reached through time and retrieved me. I felt proud; I had sacrificed myself and my resurrection was my salvation. I existed, GAIA was and war was forgotten.
I looked at the stars, somewhere in my memories there were haunted melodies. The songs echoed, a secret name for every star's light.
I said to my son:
"It is good to be Home."

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To give a little bit of a backstory, my fiancé is a really good man, he does a lot for me and is usually very kind and supportive to me, we have a lot of positives in our relationship and it’s usually healthy. So 3 weeks ago my fiancé and I got into a bad fight, long story short, he kicked something against the wall after I said something condescending/snarky to him and then when he apologized and we tried to talk it out it turned into a fight and he said I was being a fing bh and that what he did was justified because I over loaded him with stress and that small comment was his last straw (I had an emergency surgery and he had to take care of me and the kids (2 & 4) doing everything while being extremely sick with fever and working nights, but I was so desperate I didn’t have anyone in else to help me) I don’t usually tell my friends or family anything about relationship problems with the fear of them hating him/never forgiving him for his wrong doings (and being biased towards me) so I thought if I reached out to his mom (I’ve never done this before) then maybe she could talk to him. I thought that she was the only one I could reach out to because it’s his family and they would still love him since in the end, family is family. I texted her after that fight and told her what happened and asked her to talk to him about how kicking objects scares me and isn’t right, because he initially thought it was okay (now he realizes how wrong it is and apologized). I never said anything to her disrespectfully at all whatsoever, but she told my fiancé (her son) that I sent her extremely nasty texts and said that she was a horrible mother, did a horrible job of raising her son. When I NEVER said anything close to that!!! I think me asking her to talk to her son = her being a bad mother? I’m not sure. I’m so baffled because I come from an Asian household (my fiancé and his family are American) and was always taught to respect elders no matter what. She is well into her 70s so I’ve always made sure to treat her with a lot of respect. I have always welcomed her and his side of the family into my home with open arms and have hosted holiday dinners at my house, doing all the cooking and cleaning by myself and have never felt any type of way about it. I feel extremely hurt because she has spoken badly about me before (I asked her to take off her shoes when coming into my home and that upset her). She has a very bad habit of gossiping about absolutely EVERYONE in her life (coworkers, siblings, her deceased parents, her other daughter in law, friends etc) and does it regularly to me so it makes me wonder what else she says about me when I’m not around. I want to have a decent relationship with my mother in law so badly but she makes it so damn hard when she lies about me to her son. Please help, why are mother in laws (male side) so horribly toxic, this isn’t the first time she’s lied and gossiped about me, I haven’t spoken to her since and feel like I can’t stand to look at her after all this. Do I bite my tongue and smile through my frustration and let resentment build, or do I risk being disrespectful and confronting her about it? What should I do?

TLDR: Be liberal but pick a progressive running mate lmao to get exactly 306-232.
VP: Karen Bass (worst option at start, but that does mean it makes it extremely hard to get good RNG on states you don't want to win like OH, FL, but still leaves you with good room on the states you must win like PA, AZ, and NV)
Visits: Split between WI, PA & GA, you should try to get Georgia +2 at end, PA by like +5 or 6, and WI by +10
Difficulty: Normal
Q1: We're going to build back better than ever before. I'm going to work for every American, repairing our critical infrastructure at home and our standing in the world.
Q2: We're going to defeat COVID and get America working again. I'm going to push for this day and night from the moment I step into the White House.
Q3: I should be out there talking to the American people. That doesn't mean we do rallies with 10 thousand people, but we can't afford to just sit around in our basement for the next five months.
Q4: Who authorized this meeting? Did I authorize this meeting? We're telling Bernie Sanders that he'd better fall in line. We have an election to win.
Q5: I'm not going to spend the 2020 campaign focusing on 2019 issues. We need to talk about our plans to fight this COVID-19 epidemic and rebuild the economy.
Q6: I talked with a lot of people before I made my decision, and Karen Bass stood out as someone with the judgment and experience to work with me in the White House.
Q7: I'm proud of my son. He's overcome a lot to find success in life. This campaign is about the American people and their struggles and opportunities. I'm not going to spend my time talking about Trump and Ukraine.
Q8: Being a police officer is one of the hardest jobs there is, but they got it very wrong here. I have every confidence that Hennepin County will take the appropriate action against the officers involved in this case.
Q9: We need to put $2000 in the hands of every American, and we need to put forward a truly substantial relief package for our struggling small businesses and job creators.
Q10: Two of my old friends, Jimmy Carter and James Baker, came out with a great study on election integrity a few years ago, and it's time we put their recommendations into action. I think this would represent a reasonable compromise between making it easy to vote, while ensuring our elections are secure from fraud.
Q11: I'm proposing a pretty big bill, you might have noticed, around $2 trillion to rebuild our roads, develop mass transit and green energy, and repair critical human infrastructure needs as well. We must move forward as a country.
Q12: We're not going to have a national lockdown. That's just fear-mongering from the Republicans to distract from how they've mishandled the pandemic. This is something each locality can decide for themselves, based on local conditions.
Q13: The Court has had nine justices since 1869, and any attempt to change that is sure to destroy the Court's legitimacy even further. We must look at other kinds of reform.
Q14: We can sit around all day worrying about tactics, but the fact of the matter is, we need to win elections. If Democrats did a better job of appealing to all Americans, we wouldn't be in this predicament right now.
Q15: It's the debate, I don't care enough to look for best RNG lmao.
Q16: Jill and I are praying for a full and speedy recovery for President Trump. As someone who has dealt with tragedy, you never want to see this kind of thing happen to anyone.
Q17: We're going to be fair, but we're going to be tough. I've always supported the rule of law in my career, for decades now, regardless of what some right-wing websites try to say about me.
Q18: People know all about Donald Trump and the dozens of scandals that have unfolded around him. I think we're better off talking about solutions to the COVID-19 crisis and the economy.
Q19: The right-wing media wants to present me as some kind of a gun-grabber, when that couldn't be further from the truth. My only crime is not parroting the NRA's every last word on this issue.
Q20: These attacks are wrong and they should prosecuted to the full extent of the law. At the same time, we need more answers from China. Millions of lives and trillions of dollars have been lost, yet they continue to block any serious investigation into the origins of this virus.
Q21: We've got a small troop presence in Afghanistan right now, and we should probably keep it that way. I'm confident that country will continue to gradually stabilize over time, with a consistent but minimal investment from the United States.
Q22: Our relationship with China, depends on China. If they show a greater willingness to cooperate, then we can rebuild our relationship from the damage that Trump inflicted. If they continue to act in a hostile manner, we'll have to react accordingly.
Q23: If Trump thought he was going to win this election, he wouldn't be saying these kinds of things. I'm confident that we're going to win, and that the American people will have full faith in the outcome this year.
Q24: This is a fake laptop. End of story. I don't know how it got passed around, but you have to strongly suspect Russian intelligence or other nefarious actors here.
Q25: I want us to focus on Pennsylvania, with maybe a quick stop over the border in Ohio.

Personally I think there's no real lore... I mean sure some heroes have some lores that connect with one another, and have to do with nature & other things of that nature that can be used to explain elements of the world, but it doesn't explain Dota at all... Dota, meaning why they are defending the ancients or how they got together.
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Almost every hero has their own small little story that don't really build upon each other... personally I would like more of that, or perhaps less! One example of what I mean by that is combining heroes stories with each other more to make the world more real.
Few examples; Chen could of recruited Omniknight at a young age to the same faction, Enchantress & Treant could be neighbors, or a crazy thought is remodeling Clinkz & Pugna and make them related to Hoodwinks or Riki's species.
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So my boyfriend works early he gets up around 5:30am his “friend” and i say it like that because they have maybe talked 4 times in the last 2 years birthday was today at a lounge . He told me he was going but he was only staying for a little because he has to work tomorrow i said ok cool . He went to go pick up his other friend then they headed there. Anyways he comes home around 1:30 & im irritated but not saying anything & he keeps pushing me & i just kinda go off . EVERY YEAR my birthday is an after thought for him he could care less & to me birthdays mean A LOT. Do i expect a lot? NOPE literally a ballon & card & i’ll be happy if he does get it’s literally 10 mins before a store closes day of. Mother’s day just passed and yet again another disappointment i didn’t get a single thing I actually paid for us to go on a trip to the beach. I had planned it on that weekend without knowing it was mother’s day weekend. Anyways his excuse for my birthday because i was upset to spend another birthday as an after thought was that he was tired he had to work what did i expect . But yet today he has all the energy to party with someone he doesn’t even talk to go pick up & drop off someone and show up home at 1:30AM when he has to be up at 5:30.

I've told this story so many times that my larynx hurts. I've dictated it so many times and then had to go back and correct the mistakes I'm working on carpal tunnel as well. Anyway as you can tell I'm at that point of the day where I felt I should share but what's the point? I work in an industry where I'm a painter of sets and such for corporate events and plays and things like that. So out of the blue they decided when you get day to use isisyanite-based primers and paints and we did it over the weekend and I was exposed for close to 16 hours with only a 3M gas mask with a regular filter in it. The sprayed product was called chassis saver. If you want to look up the MSDS you're going to have to type in chassis saver MSDS. It's got a whole smorgasbord of fun like methyl diisocyanate mixed with aluminum flake? That was shot out of an HVLP gun under pressure in a closed Warehouse because it was seemed outside so there was no ventilation for 2 days. I had ... okay let's just quit trying to give anybody to benefit it out here and say I had no protection whatsoever. Cuz if I'm going to mention the 3M mask but not the fact that I need a full body suit gloves full face mask with supplied oxygen and I'm supposed to leave all of my clothes at work including my shoes and not get it on my skin along with proper ventilation? Well none of that was done. First off because we weren't worried about the danger secondly none of that stuff is available to us at work and thirdly I wasn't even the one using the stuff. Didn't matter I still became concerned when the room was a silvery cloud of toxins so after a couple weeks when I realized I was asthmatic and having reactions every time I went to work? My GM had me apply for workers comp and sent me home for 4 days. Then I was asked to come back to work to help and the symptoms started again. It took me a while to figure out what was going on by doing some reading on OSHA and the CDC. Plus all the other articles and case studies. It all lined up it was obvious that I didn't kind of get exposed... I was immersed in it. That includes breathing it having it in my eyes eating after using it no ventilation and wearing the same clothes home along with getting some on my skin when I was helping him clean up afterwards. Poured it on the side of my abdomen because it was in a mixing cup. It felt really good. Anyway, as soon as this hit corporate everything went s*** house crazy. I continue to go to work for 4 weeks and see the doctor that they had sent me to and since I've been self-employed my whole life as a portrait artist? That's my college degree it's a BFA and fine arts. Probably kiss my oil painting career goodbye. So they got rid of the job I had and any other talents I could fall back on. Anyway yeah this is going to be kind of a sarcastic post so enjoy it. What doctor was I send to that was an expert on chemical exposure with isocyanates and occupational acquired asthma? What was the name of that place it's famous like the Mayo Clinic but instead it's everywhere and oh yeah Concentra. You know the place you go to and the doctor runs a stethoscope all over you and says he doesn't hear anything to indicate asthma even though it sounds like there's a kitten stuck in your throat? Then he tricks your blood pressure and says it's normal even though it's rising quickly? He asks you why you're there and nods his head and you can tell in his mind he's going "well that's like a total s*** show. If I do what the insurance adjusters are telling me to do I'm basically sending this guy back to work to die. So let me get on that" I would come in and he would look at me and say so what do you want to do today and I would say I don't know maybe doctor stuff like check me see if I have asthma I don't know what the tests are for us to cyanide exposure? You're the doctor what do you want to do? Oh you want to go okay well be sure and sign that box telling me to return to work because he can't find any injury or evidence of exposure. Thanks. Oh this week you want to do blood work. But you only want to test for the most extreme exposure the kind that would cause neurological damage and okay. So he sends off the blood test tells me it'll be a week. And remind you I'm going back to work every day and getting re-exposed to all the stuff that I'm now allergic to and it's damaging my lungs and I'm coughing so hard my lungs are starting to separate from the wall my back. It's funny it's hilarious you know but at least they're saving money. They get to watch it and hear it but you know... buck up cowboy. You shouldn't smoke. Yeah y'all managed to do more damage to my lungs in 18 hours than I did in 47 years of light smoking. Seriously five cigarettes a day maybe. No history of asthma no history of allergies other than penicillin. I always watched other people just go through miserable seasons I mean just I swollen shut it's not running down their face and I thought how lucky I am. So my job decided that wasn't fair and locked me in the building with a chemical that destroyed a town in India. And they only used it that one time and decided they didn't like the properties of it. Probably cuz it's not meant to be put on wood but that's what the chassis saver was for was to give it sort of a metallic quality so they can roll the what yeah that's right bed truck liner on it that was day two and early the next day. When everybody was at work. When we were applying this stuff they were only two people there me and my supervisor. So if you look at the time clock it tells you when and who was there. If you look at when this stuff was purchased and under what project the stuff was charged to? what client? While we were doing a huge project for caterpillar that they were having out in Las Vegas. Don't know why one of our designers figured that bed liner would be a good idea for some of the staging when you can achieve that with paint and clear coat. But that's what he wanted. So so much for avoiding it just because it's not necessary. In the state of Texas you can't sue your employer for personal injury unless you can prove gross negligence. I would say that kind of falls where we're at. Unfortunately the other thing in Texas is that there aren't many workers comp attorneys because in 1993 they passed some laws that made being a workers comp attorney a tricky thing and you can lose your license really easy. In other words it was a very business friendly law to get companies to move here. Especially when you couldn't get sued for you know sending someone on fire or destroying their lungs and life. So a lot of people can get a worker's comp attorney even if they're a crappy one. But most of them that claim to be workers comp attorneys? They're actually just want to hear your stories so they can see if there's a personal injury lawsuit in there due to gross negligence cuz that's the only way they're going to make any money in this state and if it's a chemical exposure? I've been told by several attorneys who had extreme sympathy for my situation that they couldn't even refer me to an attorney that would take my case hey there's no attorney that's going to touch a chemical exposure case in Texas because it's already tough enough. Well I've been put the ringer lied to followed by a private investigator in the whole time I've been on represented and doing all the paperwork myself which they throw at me everyday usually it's fake stuff or stuff with the wrong date or deadline on it they mess with any attempts I get to find another diagnosis when they know damn well what happened on what day and with what products and who was there and when you know there's just no disputing the fact of what happened and when it happened and that we weren't protected because they don't have that kind of stuff there for PPE. we don't use that stuff so why would we need supplied oxygen masks. If I'm spraying something with metal paint mixed with silo I put on a 3M mask and use it organic filter and keep an eye on when it's starting to wear out even then? I'm not going to get leukemia or brain cancer for another 30 years well after I'm not working for them anymore so they've got that going for them and as do I. And this happened back in February 25th and I was sent home immediately because they were extremely concerned but they be suddenly became unconcerned about 4 days later I guess cuz corporate got involved and told me to come back into work and I spent another four weeks getting worse and worse and worse having the weekends to try and recover but not completely so I would start off at a level of irritation and asthma that was already underway when I returned on Monday. This was fun. Because even though they can see it they would just blame it on my smoking which is hilarious because you know life and for that weekend I wasn't allergic to anything in that building for two and a half years and I'm one of two people in the paint department so it's not a huge crew I'd say there's about 30 people that work there and probably too many people in the front office getting paid too much just sitting air conditioning. I mean they do work but you know if they had the chance they'd probably urinate on your face. That's not fair. They would wait till you run conscious from toxic exposure to gases anyway. Or they would but the workers comp adjusters do that for them. I mean they pay them for a reason and it's not help the employee so? Why am I talking to them again without an attorney oh yeah see above. So yeah they're just having a good old time they're beating me like a pinata making me run around like an idiot and freaking me out with letters and false deadlines that after a while I began to realize it being seriously gas lit I stopped playing nice guy and started recording phone calls and screenshotting text messages to make sure they got saved and save me everything in files and whenever they screwed up and intentionally put the wrong deadline on a Federal form like a FL la form from the Department of Labor anything like that? I would call him about that and record the response. One of my favorites was well that was just a suggested date because you know if you got it done sooner then you would get the paperwork done sooner and everything you get done sooner and you know just faster. Well yeah I understand how that works Einstein thanks I understand the whole concept and time and speed Mass velocity whatever. I swear to God they treat me like Chaka from Land of the Lost. They're all like 30 years younger than me and about to lose their jobs to AI but hey it'll be funny to watch. Won't need all those people running CAD machines and designing stuff after a few years. But let them enjoy it while they can anyway back to my career being ruined so they've just been having a good old time calling me and then they sent out a private investigator to harass me and want to talk to me until finally I just exploded and said what is it exactly you want to talk to me about.? I've been advised by everybody I know who is an attorney who may not be working in workers comp but they are an attorney? That I should never ever meet with a private investigator especially one that's a third party. You know one that's hired and not actually from the company. Cuz then he's not bound by the laws of an attorney or a police officer or an investigator he can do what he wants. Especially since he wanted to just talk to me and fill in the details of what happened that day. You know what caused the accident. I asked him what kind of forum is this going to occur in he said we could meet anywhere you want we can meet at McDonald's but I'm sure you don't want people here in your private information and I told him I don't like McDonald's anyway so I don't know I guess maybe after I get done with this doctor and have a solid diagnosis of asthma and something to stand on I'll be ready to comment. But until then I'm not meeting with you without an attorney in the room and probably even after I'm not going to meet with you without attorney in the room. So now it's come to this thing where I do have a doctor that's helping that was accidentally in their Network because I guess it slipped to the radar that they had an actual doctor that would do spirometry and asthma testing. of course they're messing with her a lot. I get your phone calls I get weird texts everybody has assured me that I'm obviously being observed surveilled. I don't see anything but I don't care either because nothing to see. I'm not at work. Why would I have asthma at home? I'm sure there's some triggers out there but I haven't discovered yet but that'll be fun and something to do in my free time. Anyway they seem to be kind of stuck in this rut where they won't go forward or approve anything unless I meet with the private investigator. Finally I blew my stack and said that I have no obligation to me the private investigator I've made my statement they were two people in the room y'all know what happened y'all know what I'm saying was the result you're not allowing me to explore that so I would think the best way for y'all to fill in the gaps and figure out what happened and what the situation this is letting me go to a f****** doctor that treats me and actually trust me for the things that I claim I have. That way instead of treating me like I'm lying you can prove that I'm lying which won't happen because I'm not lying which is obviously what you know so what is it he wants to ask me about again oh yeah he wants me to fill in the details is he a doctor? No okay well how about you get a doctor to do it instead of somebody who follows people husbands and wives around looking for infidelity. So I still don't have an attorney and I called OSHA reported the exposure and all they did was call my workplace and say "hey, did you have an exposure there?" and they said "yeah, but we got rid of that stuff" and they said "okay great" slow clap into a face palm. Which you know, kind of blew my mind. Because I thought calling OSHA was starting a nuclear war. That they would be in there with clip boards and chemical detectors and wanting to know just what the hell happened here. Because they've been really hard on this chemical and they've been trying to educate the public but evidently calling and just asking if it happened and them saying "well we got rid of that stuff" . That's enough for them. never mind the fact it was an "exposure to isocyanates in the workplace that I was reporting" which is what they told me they were going to check on. I wasn't calling them to tell them that they had harmful materials in a building, so evidently the guy I'm dealing with doesn't understand exactly what the law is or what law I was trying to get them to acknowledge. Cuz that would help my case if there were questions posed by government officials and they had to tell the truth. Either way, if they reported the exposure?great. They followed the law and I would have that an admission that an exposure occurred .....or they didn't report it and it would look really bad and probably cost them some money. But to my dismay, OSHA is obviously a joke. At least here in Dallas. So it's been real fun, yeah it's been one disappointment after the other of people just saying "I know this is my job, but I'm sorry. looking at your situation I'm just not good enough talented or educated enough to take it on. I'm just one of those people takes the easy cases and if something looks difficult? Even if it's a matter of you possibly dying or living on the streets and your whole family getting kicked out and never having a proper diagnosis to have on your medical records to show other employers or people in the situations that you can't be in in the future? I'm going to go over here and handle this easy money case." I'm sure there are some attorneys out there that if they knew about me and my situation it'll be all over it because they like a challenge and realize that there's not much left to do. All the information that I have and phone recordings, some documentation of b******* that has accumulated over the past months. Because normally you know you'd call a lawyer at the beginning of the case and there wouldn't be anything there. But since they figured I was never going to get an attorney? It was just "hey let's whack the pinata guy" . If an attorney were to walk in at this point? We've got enough acts of malfeasance and fraud and deliberate dishonesty, misleading statements and instructions, recordings and plenty of Doom and gloom documents meant to make me quit give up or go away out of fear or exhaustion.....and all I have to do is just hand you this stack and explain to you what's going on and we could probably even find a case that had nothing to do with workers compensation and had more to do with fraud and gross negligence and just have fun doing that. I mean they've had their fun why not? I didn't go into this looking for a cash settlement I just wanted to be taken care of and as the law states it should be. But I'm really just kind of f****** done with the whole f****** thing because everyone I talk to everyone I talk to doesn't want to touch it. When you have workers comp insurance that doesn't have ANY (ZERO) doctors in their Network to handle workplace asthma? which is one of the most common workers comp claims it pretty much leads the pack with all the saw dust and gas fumes out there to breathe in. But no we didn't have any doctors that would treat that or even know how to treat that at all. in fact the ONE that I did find? had retired about 5 years ago. That was funny. it was always a interesting thing to find out that when you finally had an aha moment leading to a hopeful situation? That turned out it was actually just a straw man. Even dealing with the Texas agencies help with people who are going through workers compensation or having difficulties? It depends on how you get on the line there's nothing more extremely helpful to the point where they'll even call the adjuster to make them call you back and help you fill out your forms whereas there were others that are just generally irritated by the fact that you're even calling and don't know what you're talking about. Well believe it or not there are some people in this world that don't do workers comp for living and don't spend their whole time having to deal with it. Especially people that are self-employed portrait artists for most of their lives. I guess this long-winded rambling stream of consciousness is just what's going on in my head and I can tell you right now it ain't a lot of good things and nothing really positive to say about working for anybody under any circumstances and I wouldn't take anything that anybody said they were going to do for you as a fact. It's all good on paper and everything but when it comes down to it it's all about saving money and if it involves an injury that doesn't look good on their records they got to get rid of that and they really don't f****** care what happens to you. You could be dissolving with sulfuric acid on your body and they would tell you to get out of the Sun and quit smoking. And they just watch it happen until you were just a pile of just steaming you know white powder on the ground or whatever happens. Do I sound frustrated? Flippant "whatever. Didn't see that coming". So I guess if you're in Texas and you're an attorney that this work is compensation and you want your entire case handed to you and you can say that you want a chemical exposure case in Texas I've got it right here for you if not fine. If you're from out of state that's fine too if you'd like to file a lawsuit that they beat me with clowns I don't give a carrot to a donkey whether you do that or not. As long as we win the case and they suffer for their behavior. It's not all vengeance. I want but is owed to me by law. And I didn't get that instead I got financial destitution cuz they have not paid me a dime and I'm the runaround which is basically we won't honor your claim until you prove that you were injured on the job. Okay I can't do that unless I prove that I have asthma. So they send me to a doctor that doesn't treat me for asthma now he's my pcp. Finally I find somebody that can treat me what do they do they immediately start pulling the plug on everything saying that my time's up sorry this show's over quick turn off the lights but hold up a minute they were too slow and I was able to get in there and she's doing spirometry tests and everything but you know I know it's not going to be enough because that's why I need to do the super serious testing the kind that definitively says whether you have asthma or not and there's no doubt there's no doubt that these people can try and split hairs and make excuses. Then I get to try and type for the workplace which wouldn't be hard if I had an attorney because this in front of a judge and argue it this is the guy before this is the guy after he's got occupational asthma he worked here for two and a half years and then after that weekend where was the only two days out of the year that that chemical was present and being sprayed? After that he developed severe occupational asthma and an insensitivity to isocyanide due to acute exposure with absolutely no PPE or guidance instruction and now no help no financial help and the guys that I work with here in town that run the show don't talk to me anymore it's all corporate people that were states away and have no idea and don't care what the facts are they just want the positive outcome which is the one that benefits them. But we all know that. We wouldn't be in this form if we didn't know that. Ask for all of y'all that have had better luck congratulations. I am truly happy for you. I don't know where I'm going to be I know obviously you can tell where I am mentally right now and that if another person involved with the adjuster or my employers handed me a form fill out to get the thing that I need that ain't going to happen that they say would happen that won't? I'd wad it up and throw it back in their face without reading it and not worrying about what they say will happen if I don't fill it out. Because they know if I fill it out and sign it or if I don't fill it out and sign it? It wouldn't do a f****** thing. Unless it was an attorney wanting to get with me and get a retainer and all that stuff set up .....and get going. Because nothing.....everything else is just a f****** waste of time, gas and mental energy. It's just that's what it's designed to do... wear you down. You know the truth and you can't prove it and you start feeling like you're living in bad movie like invasion of the body snatchers or something. like I said, it's the ultimate definition of gaslighting. So if you're going through the same thing with workers comp? I feel your pain. I definitely have sympathies if your injuries are more severe or debilitating than mine and you're being treated like this, but something needs to be done about the system because I'm quite aware of what it is now. I've had plenty of time to sit down and parse out what happened and watch videos listen to other attorneys talk read articles on the chemical and how not only companies and workers comp are reacting to it, but also the manufacturers themselves. For instance the CEO that wiped out that city in India? he showed up one day for court in India and then claimed he had to return to the states to take care of some business and never went back. India tried to extradite him for several decades. But instead? he was able to retire with a nice fat paycheck Savage whatever you want to call it and live out the rest of his days in Florida. And I guess he slept well at night knowing what he did. Union carbide. Bought by now Dow? Pretty sure they have never done anything wrong..... I'll have to double check that but I'm pretty sure on they are on up and up right? If they have the good attorney defend the behavior. I mean chemical companies they don't f*** around.... do they? anyway. whatever. I'm not too jaded to where I don't want to accept help or nail these f***. Or just get what I deserve. So take my post as a bit of Comedy or just a rant..... some venting. Maybe you feel the same way. Maybe it helps, maybe it doesn't. Just don't let it scare you cuz your case might be totally different than mine. I have an invisible injury and that's a s** place to be. Just like growing up in Texas. Well I guess it's time to lay down on the couch and play video games. How much is something like that pay?
My apologies if the punctuation spelling of what I've written up there (or actually dictated) has weird words that are completely out of contact in there somewhere. I dictated this because I'm so f****** tired of typing and I'm really tired of going back over what I wrote and fixing the grammar and trying to make it not look insane? It's just fatigue and I just thought I should get this out there in the Reddit forum. I'm a member of some other groups, but you know... first time listener first time caller

Even though it seems totally impossible right now, know that it will get better.
7 months ago I was in total shock when my boyfriend of over two years sat me down and blindsided me with a breakup. We had been living together for a few months at this point, so that night I had packed up all of my things and moved back to my parents house.
The days and weeks after the breakup I was in a near suicidal depression trying to figure out what went wrong and how I lost my best friend. I ruminated over and over trying to think of the things that I my have said or done differently to have him stay, and would anxiously wait for that text from him to come home. Unfortunately it never came, but as time started to slowly go by I was able to see the breakup from a different light and begin the process of healing. While I still have a lot of progress left to go before I have made total peace with letting go of how things ended and the lack of closure, I feel a lightness that I never thought was possible before and you will too.
These are some of the things I did (and wish I did more of to help me):
Be kind to yourself While all breakups have their fair share of heartbreak, a blindsided breakup causes more unnecessary trauma and pain to the dumpees and is incredibly callous. Even though it sounds overly simple, make sure to be kind to yourself when going through this process. This can look like placing extra emphasis on self care or doing those little extra things for yourself that you enjoy. Especially right after the breakup, finding healthy distractions is so important. Even though I was in a state of shock, I remember going to the zoo days after the breakup and while I still felt shattered, seeing baby capybara's made me smile.
Some introspection is good; constant rumination is not If you are anything like me you are an over thinker, and it is something I still struggle with in terms of the breakup (though it's better than before). One of the worst parts of being blindsided is not just the lack of closure, but also the mixed answers you may have received from your dumper as to what caused the breakup. I was literally obsessed with finding out what I did wrong, why things fell apart and maybe if I said this or did this that he would love me again. Please, please do not do this. While it is true that it takes two to have a healthy and stable relationship, remember that most of us were not given access into our partners inner world and they allowed small grievances to build up until it was unbearable. We are not mind readers, how can we improve on these issues if they are not addressed? Introspection on things that you would like to do differently is good, but make sure to not get hung up on the little details and how they may have changed things.
Journaling One of the best tools that has helped me not only track my healing process but also make sense of the situation is journaling. You can do this in the traditional way by writing things down but I found that a video diary has helped a lot as well. It's a great way to organize your thoughts and get out all of the anger and hurt from the breakup.
Maintain no contact One of the most hellish parts of the breakup was no contact. No matter what happened in my day good or bad he was one of the main people I went to. Not having him there during such a hard time was horrible, and while there are moments that even now I miss the home we made, I'm realizing how strong I am without him. You are too. The first few weeks will feel like going through withdrawal but it is so important that you separate yourself away from the dumper and find a sense of clarity about the situation on your own. This also applies to social media! Stalking and looking at their pages will only make these feelings worse and constantly reopen the wound. If you need to unfollow or block to fight the urge, do it.
Exercise ( I wish I would have done more of this) While in the beginning I struggled to get out of bed, I wish that I would have tried to work out a bit more. Even if you can only manage a five minute walk around the block, try it. Moving around does help those bottled up feelings from going crazy.
Finding people going through similar issues I am not exaggerating when I say that this is SO important. Right after the breakup I went on Reddit and ended up meeting one of the best friends I've ever had who was going through a breakup as well (having that support saved my life and I'm so grateful for them). Being able to connect with a community of people going through such a shocking similar experience is cathartic and makes you feel so much less alone. Even during those moments where you are fighting the urge to isolate try to reach out to your support system and this community.
Continue to work on yourself for you NOT for them There's a quote that says " Don't climb mountains so that people can see you. Climb mountains so that you can see the world" and it applies to breakups too. All of this hard work you are doing to improve and love yourself more, do it for you. I know the thought of a villain era seems so tempting and you want to show them that you aren't just happy but thriving without them, but it's not worth it. Do it for you because you deserve that.
Learn more about attachment styles One thing that I am grateful for from this experience is the chance to learn more about not only his kind of attachment style, but my own as well. This can help you get a better understanding of yourself and what you need in a partner, and also red flags to look out for when dating.
Even though I know right now things are extremely difficult, know that things WILL get better. If no-one has told you, I'm proud of you and you will make it through this happy and whole again. If you need someone to reach out and talk to, my DM's are open!

Even though it seems totally impossible right now, know that it will get better.
7 months ago I was in total shock when my boyfriend of over two years sat me down and blindsided me with a breakup. We had been living together for a few months at this point, so that night I had packed up all of my things and moved back to my parents house. The days and weeks after the breakup I was in a near suicidal depression trying to figure out what went wrong and how I lost my best friend. I ruminated over and over trying to think of the things that I my have said or done differently to have him stay, and would anxiously wait for that text from him to come home.
Unfortunately it never came, but as time started to slowly go by I was able to see the breakup from a different light and begin the process of healing.While I still have a lot of progress left to go before I have made total peace with letting go of how things ended and the lack of closure, I feel a lightness that I never thought was possible before and you will too.
These are some of the things I did (and wish I did more of to help me):
Be kind to yourself
While all breakups have their fair share of heartbreak, a blindsided breakup causes more unnecessary trauma and pain to the dumpees and is incredibly callous. Even though it sounds overly simple, make sure to be kind to yourself when going through this process. This can look like placing extra emphasis on self care or doing those little extra things for yourself that you enjoy. Especially right after the breakup, finding healthy distractions is so important. Even though I was in a state of shock, I remember going to the zoo days after the breakup and while I still felt shattered, seeing baby capybara's made me smile.
​
Some introspection is good; constant rumination is not
If you are anything like me you are an over thinker, and it is something I still struggle with in terms of the breakup (though it's better than before). One of the worst parts of being blindsided is not just the lack of closure, but also the mixed answers you may have received from your dumper as to what caused the breakup. I was literally obsessed with finding out what I did wrong, why things fell apart and maybe if I said this or did this that he would love me again. Please, please do not do this. While it is true that it takes two to have a healthy and stable relationship, remember that most of us were not given access into our partners inner world and they allowed small grievances to build up until it was unbearable. We are not mind readers, how can we improve on these issues if they are not addressed? Introspection on things that you would like to do differently is good, but make sure to not get hung up on the little details and how they may have changed things.
​
Journaling
One of the best tools that has helped me not only track my healing process but also make sense of the situation is journaling. You can do this in the traditional way by writing things down but I found that a video diary has helped a lot as well. It's a great way to organize your thoughts and get out all of the anger and hurt from the breakup.
​
Maintain no contact
One of the most hellish parts of the breakup was no contact. No matter what happened in my day good or bad he was one of the main people I went to. Not having him there during such a hard time was horrible, and while there are moments that even now I miss the home we made, I'm realizing how strong I am without him. You are too. The first few weeks will feel like going through withdrawal but it is so important that you separate yourself away from the dumper and find a sense of clarity about the situation on your own. This also applies to social media! Stalking and looking at their pages will only make these feelings worse and constantly reopen the wound. If you need to unfollow or block to fight the urge, do it.
​
Exercise ( I wish I would have done more of this)
While in the beginning I struggled to get out of bed, I wish that I would have tried to work out a bit more. Even if you can only manage a five minute walk around the block, try it. Moving around does help those bottled up feelings from going crazy.
​
Finding people going through similar issues
I am not exaggerating when I say that this is SO important. Right after the breakup I went on Reddit and ended up meeting one of the best friends I've ever had who was going through a breakup as well (having that support saved my life and I'm so grateful for them). Being able to connect with a community of people going through such a shocking similar experience is cathartic and makes you feel so much less alone. Even during those moments where you are fighting the urge to isolate try to reach out to your support system and this community.
​
Continue to work on yourself for you NOT for them
There's a quote that says " Don't climb mountains so that people can see you. Climb mountains so that you can see the world" and it applies to breakups too. All of this hard work you are doing to improve and love yourself more, do it for you. I know the thought of a villain era seems so tempting and you want to show them that you aren't just happy but thriving without them, but it's not worth it. Do it for you because you deserve that.
​
Learn more about attachment styles
One thing that I am grateful for from this experience is the chance to learn more about not only his kind of attachment style, but my own as well. This can help you get a better understanding of yourself and what you need in a partner, and also red flags to look out for when dating.
​
Even though I know right now things are extremely difficult, know that things WILL get better. If no-one has told you, I'm proud of you and you will make it through this happy and whole again. If you need someone to reach out and talk to, my DM's are open!

Even though it seems totally impossible right now, know that it will get better.
7 months ago I was in total shock when my boyfriend of over two years sat me down and blindsided me with a breakup. We had been living together for a few months at this point, so that night I had packed up all of my things and moved back to my parents house. The days and weeks after the breakup I was in a near suicidal depression trying to figure out what went wrong and how I lost my best friend. I ruminated over and over trying to think of the things that I my have said or done differently to have him stay, and would anxiously wait for that text from him to come home. Unfortunately it never came, but as time started to slowly go by I was able to see the breakup from a different light and begin the process of healing.
While I still have a lot of progress left to go before I have made total peace with letting go of how things ended and the lack of closure, I feel a lightness that I never thought was possible before and you will too.
These are some of the things I did (and wish I did more of to help me):
​
Be kind to yourself
While all breakups have their fair share of heartbreak, a blindsided breakup causes more unnecessary trauma and pain to the dumpees and is incredibly callous. Even though it sounds overly simple, make sure to be kind to yourself when going through this process. This can look like placing extra emphasis on self care or doing those little extra things for yourself that you enjoy. Especially right after the breakup, finding healthy distractions is so important. Even though I was in a state of shock, I remember going to the zoo days after the breakup and while I still felt shattered, seeing baby capybara's made me smile.
​
Some introspection is good; constant rumination is not
If you are anything like me you are an over thinker, and it is something I still struggle with in terms of the breakup (though it's better than before). One of the worst parts of being blindsided is not just the lack of closure, but also the mixed answers you may have received from your dumper as to what caused the breakup. I was literally obsessed with finding out what I did wrong, why things fell apart and maybe if I said this or did this that he would love me again. Please, please do not do this. While it is true that it takes two to have a healthy and stable relationship, remember that most of us were not given access into our partners inner world and they allowed small grievances to build up until it was unbearable. We are not mind readers, how can we improve on these issues if they are not addressed? Introspection on things that you would like to do differently is good, but make sure to not get hung up on the little details and how they may have changed things.
​
Journaling
One of the best tools that has helped me not only track my healing process but also make sense of the situation is journaling. You can do this in the traditional way by writing things down but I found that a video diary has helped a lot as well. It's a great way to organize your thoughts and get out all of the anger and hurt from the breakup.
​
Maintain no contact
One of the most hellish parts of the breakup was no contact. No matter what happened in my day good or bad he was one of the main people I went to. Not having him there during such a hard time was horrible, and while there are moments that even now I miss the home we made, I'm realizing how strong I am without him. You are too. The first few weeks will feel like going through withdrawal but it is so important that you separate yourself away from the dumper and find a sense of clarity about the situation on your own. This also applies to social media! Stalking and looking at their pages will only make these feelings worse and constantly reopen the wound. If you need to unfollow or block to fight the urge, do it.
​
Exercise ( I wish I would have done more of this)
While in the beginning I struggled to get out of bed, I wish that I would have tried to work out a bit more. Even if you can only manage a five minute walk around the block, try it. Moving around does help those bottled up feelings from going crazy.
​
Finding people going through similar issues
I am not exaggerating when I say that this is SO important. Right after the breakup I went on Reddit and ended up meeting one of the best friends I've ever had who was going through a breakup as well (having that support saved my life and I'm so grateful for them). Being able to connect with a community of people going through such a shocking similar experience is cathartic and makes you feel so much less alone. Even during those moments where you are fighting the urge to isolate try to reach out to your support system and this community.
​
Continue to work on yourself for you NOT for them
There's a quote that says " Don't climb mountains so that people can see you. Climb mountains so that you can see the world" and it applies to breakups too. All of this hard work you are doing to improve and love yourself more, do it for you. I know the thought of a villain era seems so tempting and you want to show them that you aren't just happy but thriving without them, but it's not worth it. Do it for you because you deserve that.
​
Learn more about attachment styles
One thing that I am grateful for from this experience is the chance to learn more about not only his kind of attachment style, but my own as well. This can help you get a better understanding of yourself and what you need in a partner, and also red flags to look out for when dating.
​
Even though I know right now things are extremely difficult, know that things WILL get better. If no-one has told you, I'm proud of you and you will make it through this happy and whole again. If you need someone to reach out and talk to, my DM's are open!

The Astrodome was the home field for the Houston Oilers from from 1968 to 1996, before the team moved to Nashville and became the Tennessee Oilers (later Titans).
Unlike other obsolete stadia like Candlestick Park, Texas Stadium, Pontiac Silverdome, or soon RFK Stadium, the Astrodome is still standing right next door to the Texans' current home field NRG Stadium, as I recently learned in this Houston Public Media article:

The Astrodome was condemned by the City of Houston in 2009 and does not have a working HVAC system or plumbing, according to Walsh, and a series of ideas to refurbish and repurpose the building since that time have not come to fruition.
[...]
A plan to resurrect the Astrodome also would need the support of the NFL's Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, which are NRG Park's primary tenants. Tearing down the mostly revered domed stadium – an idea for which many Houstonians have expressed support over the years – is off the table after the Astrodome received a state historical designation a few years ago that largely protects it from being demolished or significantly altered.

Travelling end of September to beginning or October BARCELONA ( 3 NGIHTS ) Day 1: • Sagrada Familia • Park Güell • Picasso Museum • Barceloneta Beach Day 2: • Cathedral de Barcelona • La Rambla - After the cathedral • Mercat de la Boqueria • Casa Batlló • Casa Milà Day 2: Mount tibidabo Or • Montjuïc Hill • Parc de la Ciutadella Camp Nou
Flight to Granada
Granada ( 3 nights ) Day 1: • Visit the Alhambra Palace • Explore the Generalife Gardens • Explore the Albayzín Neighborhood • Visit the Mirador de San Nicolás • Watch a Flamenco Show in Sacromonte Day 2: • Explore the Alcaiceria market • Visit Granada Cathedral • Take a stroll through Calle Calderería Nueva and enjoy the Moroccan-inspired • Visit the Science Park • Take a leisurely walk along the Carrera del Darro, enjoying the views of the Alhambra and historic buildings. • Explore the city center, particularly the area around Plaza Nueva and Calle Navas, for dining options. Day 3: • Visit the Andalusian Arab Bath Explore the Monasterio de la Cartuja
Granada to Seville by train
Seville ( 4 nights ) Day 1: • Morning: The Royal Alcázar of Seville • Afternoon: The Cathedral of Seville and La Giralda Bell Tower • Evening: Barrio Santa Cruz • Night: Night tour Day 2: • Morning: Mercado de Triana and Centro Ceramica • Afternoon: Casa de Pilatos • Late Afternoon: Museo Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija • Evening: Metropol Parasol Day 3: • Morning: Archaeological Museum Parque de María Luisa • Afternoon: Parque de María Luisa • Evening: Plaza España Day 4 ( Corabora ) Morning: • Visit the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba • Explore the orange courtyard and bell tower Afternoon: • Walk towards the Roman Bridge • Continue walking to the Alcazar de Los Reyes Cristianos • Explore the impressive gardens Early Evening: • Explore the cobbled streets in the old town • Enjoy a traditional tea in one of the Teteria
Seville to madrid
Madrid ( 3 nights ) Day 1: 1. Start your day at Chocolatería San Ginés 2. Walk to Plaza Mayor and explore the historic square 3. Visit the Royal Palace of Madrid 4. Head to Mirador de la Cornisa for panoramic views of Campo del Moro Gardens and Casa del Campo Park 5. Visit the Almudena Cathedral 6. Take a stroll through the Sabatini Gardens 7. Explore the Plaza de España 8. Visit the Temple of Debod Day 2: 1. Start your day at Puerta del Sol 2. Visit the Museo del Prado 3. Spend the afternoon exploring Retiro Park, strolling through its beautiful gardens, and visiting the monuments. 4. Take a leisurely walk along Gran Via Day 3: 1. Visit the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum 2. Explore neighbourhood 3. Visit the Reina Sofia Museum, home to Picasso's famous painting 4. Explore the vibrant neighborhood of La Latina, known for its narrow streets, traditional taverns, and the famous El Rastro flea market (open on Sundays)

Big vent.
I don't know what else to say tbh. I'm 26... or 27? I don't even remember and I'm too tired to do the math. I know that's pretty young, but I've spent 10 years married to a controlling husband. He eventually mellowed out but the damage was done and I have no self esteem, no friends, no support system. My parents are equally toxic, but technically I could go move in with them. But I love my house. I don't want to move out. So I don't. And neither does he. Also we've got a kid, because I only made smart choices in life.
Every piece and part of life has slowly but surely been flaking off like necrotic flesh and now I'm a pile of bones that even the rats aren't interested in anymore. I want to sleep but I don't want to die, but I don't want to wake up either, but I don't want to get bedsores rotting away on my mattress.
The fuckiest part is that I'm not even that depressed when my husband isn't around. The longer I go without seeing him the brighter my days get. I become productive, I move, I feel like I can actually inhale and get oxygen in my blood. Then he comes around and I crumble.
He knows exactly how to Ted Bundy his way through our social group and convince them he's "not that bad" and then as soon as they leave our home he turns around and yells so loudly at me that he's spitting in my eye - that's not a poetic sentence, sometimes he *literally* gets spit in my eye with how loud and uncontrollably he yells.
And it's not just yelling. It's insults. It's venom. And he tells me *I* am abusive. Just two days ago he told me that he hates me, he doesn't love me anymore, he thinks I'm too sensitive when I cry in reaction to his screaming fits, he thinks I need to "man up" (I'm a woman, by the way...). And about four days ago he told me I'm a "bore" of a wife, I've never been a good wife, he despises me. He insinuated but didn't directly say that I'm a bad mom. He just made a list of all the things he does as a dad and then said, "what do ***you*** do?" and told me I was twisting his words when I asked him not to say I'm a bad mom.
You may be wondering - did I do anything to incite this? I literally don't know. And he refuses to tell me. Sometimes he says its my "tone" but won't explain what the fuck that even means. I have high-functioning autism, most of it is just presented in me acting weird or misunderstanding. ***What the fuck is this "tone" hes talking about?!*** I don't even think it's the autism, because sometimes I CAN notice tone (I know how to recognize sarcasm, usually). I think he's just fucking with me tbh.
I am so. so. so. so slowly trying to build myself a source of income. Half the time I'm trying to sell my shitty art, and half the time I'm trying to build a little business I've been passionate about for a few months now. Nothing big, but hopefully lucrative enough to find SOME way out of this armpit of a life I'm living. I wish I could write stories and sell them, because I love to write, but honestly I'd only be able to pump out hatred fueled stories about my fucking life. And idk who's going to buy those.
I don't even know what I'm saying anymore. I'm tired. I haven't been hugged by anyone but my son in months. I rarely have an appetite. And now my husband has me taking a new antidepressant I didn't want to take (SSRIs interact with my other medications, dulling them) and I'm just waiting for the world to lose color again. To become even more dull, grey, and dead than it already is. To suck me under the slowly flowing waves of tar that slowly fill my eyeballs as I drown.
I have so many ways I could kill myself at my fingertips, sometimes I just stare at them for looong periods of time. I couldn't ever do it because then I'd be leaving my son here in this metaphorically mold-ridden home. So I just stare. And stare some more. And I don't even play video games anymore. I could turn on RimWorld right now. I see the icon right there, on my desktop. But no. I don't have it in me to click those buttons. I'm so fucking tired.
Honestly, if anyone just has SOMETHING nice to say to me, I'd be so grateful. Even just a fun fact. Even a not-so-fun fact. I am morbidly curious about everything. Curiosity will kill this cat one day, but it hasn't yet. Just SOMEONE say SOMETHING to me so I don't feel like a hysterical prank-experiment on the Truman show.

Most of my builds are theme builds that match a captain to a ship matching their species. Today's entry is a Lethean captain who utilizes their dangerous psychic abilities to cripple enemy ships while they fight. Most of the decisions I made on this build were based on representing that in the game, and are, in many cases, very, very not meta. This build will not win any DPS races, so if that is what you are looking for, do yourself a favor and find a different build. Like usual for me, I don't typically inflict my theme builds on other parties or elite content, so they are rarely parsed, but I don't post them until I am largely satisfied with how well they get through content. This one is no exception to that rule, though that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement, there usually is, even within my theme.
The idea of making a psychic combat ship is taken from the fact that that is how they fight on the ground in the show, at least the one episode I recall them from. I felt that they would want to capitalize on their own strengths in space as well, and this build is designed to represent that. While their psychic abilities on the ground are lethal, this build is focused on placate and confuse mechanics for the most part, since there aren't many actually called out psychic powers for ship combat.
The idea is to hit them with a placate, then give them another target to go after, and then confuse them, so they end up targeting other things, letting you attack with impunity.
The placates the ship uses are Strike From the Shadows, Slippery Target, Failsafe Scrambler, An Explosive Expert doff. Other placate sources were considered, but discarded due to lack of adequate triggers, or wanting to use the slots they would take for other things. The primary method of confusion is Attack Pattern Lambda III, which along with things like eject warp plasma can also mess with their perception, for what little that is worth.
Since I am relying on an attack pattern to deliver confusion, and can deliver placates the same way via Strike From the Shadows, I want my weapons to hit as many targets as possible as fast as possible, so I rely on beams which strike instantly and FAW, Torpedo Spread, and Entwined Tactical Matrices to deliver those effects.
Now, placate and confuse effects also enable a few other things, Abundance of Caution giving me sizable DRR against confused enemies, Strike from the shadows crit bonuses, and Concealed Repairs healing effects.
There are also a number of build elements that encourage me to get close and stay close, for example the debilitating effects of the Bajoran Defense set (which I an counting as debilitating psychic effects in my own mental fantasy of the character. Pretty much any debuff to the enemy on this build can be added to that list as well), Slippery Target's additional sizable DRR bonus, and Painful memories.
Painful memories is one of the few ship based things the game actually calls out as being psychic (via it's flavor text: "Cause a psionic energy resonance with the EPS of enemy ships"), so I felt somewhat compelled to include it, even though it isn't very efficient. It's inclusion on the build compelled me to include the only 2 engineering abilities that are both foe-affecting, and AOE: Eject Warp Plasma and Unstable Warp Field... and ironically they both have a shared 15 second cooldown, so you won't see me using them at the same time... but I largely don't need to.
I paired Eject Warp Plasma up with Coolant Ignition, which does not share a cooldown with each other, but do behave similarly in their deployment. I typically use them with the active rep trait Tethered Non-Baryonic Asteroid, which lets me pull groups of ships behind me in the clouds as they deploy. My ship's turn rate is high enough that I can even be broadsiding them with my beam arrays as I do this.
I paired Unstable Warp Bubble up with Deploy Countermeasures, together handling any small battlefield objects out there, and helping keep me pretty safe. The deploy countermeasures has the additional affect of providing more targets fro enemies to hit other than me when I confuse them.
Speaking of those additional targets, photonic fleet and aceton assimilator both also serve this purpose. However of the three, ideally enemies target the assimilator. Any drain effect it might have is really incidental. It's really there for my confuse effects to get as many enemies hitting it with energy weapons as possible. I have wracked up a surprising amount of damage doing that, even in solo play.

Captain Details

Captain Name	Usgan
Captain Career	Science
Captain Faction	Klingon
Captain Race	Lethean

Space Skill Tree

Rank	Engineering		Science		Tactical
Lieutenant	Improved Hull Restoration	Improved Hull Capacity	Shield Restoration	Improved Shield Capacity	Advanced Energy Weapon Training	Advanced Projectile Weapon Training
Lt. Commander	Improved Electro-Plasma System Flow	Advanced Impulse Expertise	Improved Control Expertise	Improved Drain Expertise	Advanced Targeting Expertise
	Full Impulse Energy Shunt		Control Amplification	Drain Infection
Commander					Advanced Weapon Amplification	Advanced Weapon Specialization
Captain			Advanced Exotic Particle Generator	Advanced Long Range Targeting Sensors	Advanced Hull Penetration
Admiral					Coordination Protocols
					Defensive Coordination
					Offensive Coordination
0 Points Left	10		15		21

Space Skill Unlocks

Purchases	Engineering	Science	Tactical
2	Hazard Emitters III	Science Team III	Tachyon Beam III
5	Battery Expertise	Sector Space Travel Speed	Threat Control
7	Feedback Pulse III	Photonic Shockwave III	Jam Sensors III
10	Maximum Hull Capacity	Maximum Shield Capacity	Projectile Critical Chance
12		Gravity Well III	Tractor Beam III
15		Control Resistance	Energy Critical Chance
17			Viral Matrix III
20			Accuracy

Ship Loadout: Lethean Nemosin Pilot Escort

Slot	Item
Fore Weapon 1	Nausicaan Energy Torpedo Launcher
Fore Weapon 2	Nausicaan Disruptor Beam Array
Fore Weapon 3	Terran Task Force Disruptor Beam Array
Fore Weapon 4	Experimental Romulan Disruptor Beam Array
Fore Weapon 5	Disruptor Wide Angle Dual Heavy Beam Bank
Aft Weapon 1	House Martok Omni-Directional Disruptor Beam Array
Aft Weapon 2	Omni-Directional Disruptor Beam Array
Experimental Weapon	Ravager Shriek Mk XV [CrtX]
Deflector	[Bajor Defense Deflector Array ] Mk XV [CtrlX][EPG]x2
Impulse Engines	[Bajor Defense Hyper-Impulse Engines ] Mk XV [Turn]x3
Warp Core	[Bajor Defense Hyper Injection Warp Core Mk XV]
Shields	[Bajor Defense Covariant Shield Array ] Mk XV [Cap]x3
Devices	Red Matter Capacitor
	Kobyashi Maru
	Deuterium Surplus
2 Engineering Consoles	Console - Universal - Aceton Assimilator
	Console - Engineering - House Martok Defensive Configuration Mk XV
4 Science Consoles	Console - Science - Nausicaan Siphon Capacitor Mk XV
	Console - Science - Exotic Particle Focuser Mk XV
	Console - Science - Exotic Particle Focuser Mk XV
	Console - Science - Exotic Particle Focuser Mk XV
5 Tactical Consoles	Console - Tactical - Vulnerability Locator Mk XV
	Console - Tactical - Vulnerability Locator Mk XV
	Console - Tactical - Vulnerability Locator Mk XV
	Console - Tactical - Vulnerability Locator Mk XV
	Console - Tactical - Vulnerability Locator Mk XV
T6-X Universal Console	Console - Tactical - Lorca's Custom Fire Controls

Officer Details

Bridge Officers	Power
Commander Tactical-Pilot	Kemocite-Laced Weaponry I
Engineered Soldier (Space)	Deploy Countermeasures II
	Attack Pattern Lambda III
	Coolant Ignition III
Lt. Commander Universal	Emergency Power to Weapons I
Engineered Soldier (Space)	Emit Unstable Warp Bubble I
	Eject Warp Plasma I
Lt. Commander Science	Very Cold in Space I
Engineered Soldier (Space)	Photonic Officer I
	Destabilizing Resonance Beam II
Lieutenant Universal	Beam Array: Fire at Will I
	Torpedo: Spread II
Ensign Engineering	Emergency Power to Shields I

Traits & Duty Officers

Trait	Name	Description
Personal Traits	Advanced Rapid Support	Your Career-specific Fleet ability has a reduced Recharge Time. This applies to Engineering Fleet, Tactical Fleet, and Science Fleet.
	Failsafe Scrambler	When your hull drops below 20%, automatically Placate all foes within 10km for 5 seconds and reset Threat vs. all nearby NPCs (max once per 90 seconds)
	Psychological Warfare	+20% Bonus Control Ability Effectiveness
	Fragment of AI Tech	Improves Control Expertise. Improves Energy Weapon Damage based on Control Expertise (maximum 30% at 300 Control Expertise)Many of Control's ships were left behind after the battle, positively riddled with technology gained from its portion of the Sphere data. Despite Starfleet's best efforts, it proved impossible to keep all of these advances under wraps. :+__% Energy Weapon Damage based on Control Expertise (Max +30% at 300 Control Expertise) : +50 [[Skill: Control Expertise
	Particle Manipulator	Improved Criticals for Exotic Damage, based on Particle Generators
	Inspirational Leader
	Abundance of Caution	Space Trait. You are just paranoid enough to protect yourself from surprise engagements, whether they be from confused allies unable to tell friend from foe, or from sudden ambushes of decloaking or suprise enemies that initiate combat while already in close proximity.
	The Boimler Effect	Space Trait. Provides a chance for using Bridge Officer Abilities to recharge all other Bridge Officer Ability recharge times up to their respective Shared Cooldown Categories.
	Intelligence Agent Attaché	Weapon Critical Strikes partially recharge Captain AbilityWeapon Critical Strikes restore a small amount of Captain Ability recharge time. Cannot reduce an ability below its minimum recharge time. Maximum one reduction per 1.33 seconds.Having an observer from intelligence can be taxing, but the advantage in access to information has tempted many Captains into such an arrangement :On Weapon Critical Strike, restore 2% of Captain Ability Recharge
	Photonic Capacitor	Space Trait. This trait causes the activation of your Science abilities to reduce your remaining cooldown on Photonic Fleet by 20 seconds. This effect may only be triggered a maximum of once every 10 seconds, and will only trigger if Photonic Fleet is currently in cooldown.
Starship Traits	Emergency Weapon Cycle	- While this starship trait is active, using Emergency Power to Weapons will also reduce weapon power cost and increase your weapon fire rate moderately.
	Entwined Tactical Matrices	- While this trait is slotted, activating Beams: Fire at Will or Cannons: Scatter Volley causes your next torpedo attack to be a Torpedo Spread. Activating Torpedo Spread causes you to gain Beams: Fire at Will and Cannons: Scatter Volley for a short duration.
	Strike from Shadows	- While this trait is slotted, attacking a foe that does not have you targeted will placate them for a short duration, and you will gain a significant boost to Weapon Damage and Critical Hit Chance, in addition to a decrease to your outgoing threat generation. Additional attacks on any foe who does not have you targeted will refresh the duration of these buffs. You cannot placate the same enemy more than once per 60 seconds this way.
	Slippery Target	- Pilot abilities and Auxiliary to Dampeners grant damage resistance and placate foes within 3km.
	Painful Memories
	Concealed Repairs	When you Cloak or Placate an enemy, Heal and recharge Bridge Officer abilities.
Space Reputation Traits	Precision	Increases your Critical Hit Chance in space combat.
	Advanced Targeting Systems	Slightly increases critical severity in space combat.
	Energy Refrequencer	Heals Hull when Dealing Damage
	Enhanced Rending Shots	Weapon Non-Crits increase Crit Chance
	Enhanced Armor Penetration	Ship weapons have increased Armor Penetration
Duty Officers	Conn Officer	[SP] Recharges Evasive Maneuvers when Emergency Power to Engines is activated.
	Matter-Antimatter Specialist	[SP] Chance to immobilize enemies when activating Eject Warp Plasma
	Space Warfare Specialist	[SP]'''Weapons Expert''': chance on using an energy Weapon Firing Mode I or II to trigger the II or III version instead
	Explosives Expert	[SP] Torpedo Taunt/Placate (based on Threatening Stance)
	Sensors Officer	[SP] Debuff target's offensive damage with Sensor Scan
	Entertainer	[SP] Chance to inhibit target's [[Perception]] on use of beams and cannons

Sun Herald paywall. Anita Lee article. Copy/Paste
Mississippi Coast business couple Ted and Julie Cain are trying to avoid paying a $32.6 million civil judgment against him for defrauding Medicare, the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges in a lawsuit filed to collect the money.
Julie Cain is liable for repayment of $27.4 million of the total owed for her part in the fraud. The jury found that the couple billed Medicare over a 12-year period for work they never did at the former Stone County hospital, which Ted Cain owns and now leases to Gulfport Memorial Hospital.
The Cains had not paid a dime on the judgment by November 2022, government filings show. They are appealing the jury’s verdict in the civil case tried in U.S. District Court in Gulfport.
Attorneys for the government say the Cains tried to conceal their assets six months before their trial started because they were “staring down the barrel of a multi-million judgment.”
Before the trial, they transferred most of their assets to two trusts set up for their children, a son and daughter. Records show the Cains transferred 25 companies to the trusts, including LLCs that hold property. But Ted Cain controls those trusts through a management company, the government says.
“Hence, by the stroke of a pen, Ted Cain — who minutes prior was the owner of dozens of LLCs and real properties — became almost penniless,” the government said in a legal filing.
The government is asking the judge presiding over the case, Henry T. Wingate, to find that the transfer of assets was fraudulent, or assess damages against the trusts and its holdings. The government also wants to investigate the financial status of the Cains and the trusts.
The government’s ultimate goal is to collect the money the Cains owe and to prevent the Cains from drawing down assets from the trusts.
Wingate froze the couple’s assets before the civil case was decided. Ted Cain denies in legal filings that the assets transferred belong to him.
The Cains, represented by former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, say they transferred the assets to the trusts “for legitimate estate planning purposes” and no fraud was involved. They also say that they are able to pay the judgment against them, despite the transfer of assets.
The fight over the assets is set for trial in March 2024 before Wingate in federal court. The Cains, their childrens’ trusts and companies and property held by either the elder Cains or the trusts, are defendants in the case. Cain assets: from Biloxi to Hattiesburg
Cain bought Stone County Hospital in 2001, after it had closed three times. He testified during the trial that the 25-bed hospital would not have been successful and residents would have been without an emergency room had he not overseen its operation.
He paid himself more than $15 million for the oversight from 2004-2013 and his wife $2.3 million as hospital administrator. But testimony during the trial showed they did little work for the money, with the government insurance program Medicare reimbursing them $13 million of the total.
Government attorneys said in a legal filing: “Ted Cain’s ‘work’ failed to meet every single condition of payment and evidence at trial established that Ted Cain’s visits to the hospital were to the cafeteria for the fried chicken and catfish on Wednesdays and Fridays, respectively.”
The jury found the Cains collected more than $10 million of their salaries through fraud. Judge Wingate then tripled the damages, as the law requires.
As a young man, Cain, who was born and raised in Wiggins, followed his father into the nursing home business. He soon branched out, becoming the owner of companies such as The Focus Group advertising agency in Biloxi, Cain Cattle Co. in Perkinston and Quest Pharmacy in Hattiesburg.
Ted Cain owns hundreds of acres in Stone County, where he was born, including this cattle farm. The government maintains Cain is trying to shield his assets, including dozens of companies that he owns, from a $32.6 million fraud judgment he’s been ordered to pay in a civil case.
Ted Cain owns hundreds of acres in Stone County, where he was born, including this cattle farm. The government maintains Cain is trying to shield his assets, including dozens of companies that he owns, from a $32.6 million fraud judgment he’s been ordered to pay in a civil case.
He also owns multiple properties, including a waterfront home in Ocean Springs.
His companies, with the exception of Stone County Hospital and Corporate Management Inc. in Gulfport, were transferred to his children’s trust. Both the hospital and CMI were also defendants found liable in the Medicare fraud case. Medicare fraud under appeal
The Cains appealed the fraud verdict on multiple grounds to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
They say the government bypassed Medicare’s administrative process for recovery of overpayments. Taking the Cains to court allowed the government to recover damages that tripled the overpayment.
They also say the government failed to prove the Cains “knowingly” submitted false claims because their hospital salaries were reported annually to the government.
Government attorneys argue the verdict should stand.
They say Ted Cain accomplished his fraud through a “sweetheart contract” between Stone County Hospital and Corporate Management Inc.
Ted Cain and co-defendant Tommy Kuluz, right, leave the federal courthouse in Gulfport during a break in a 2020 civil trial where a jury found they committed Medicare fraud by paying Cain and his wife salaries they did not earn at his Stone County Hospital. Kuluz is chief financial officer of a Cain company that managed the hospital, now leased to Gulfport Memorial as Memorial Hospital Stone County.
Ted Cain and co-defendant Tommy Kuluz, right, leave the federal courthouse in Gulfport during a break in a 2020 civil trial where a jury found they committed Medicare fraud by paying Cain and his wife salaries they did not earn at his Stone County Hospital. Kuluz is chief financial officer of a Cain company that managed the hospital, now leased to Gulfport Memorial as Memorial Hospital Stone County.
CMI charged the hospital “exorbitant” management fees to disguise the size of Ted Cain’s executive compensation at Stone County Hospital, which was 15 times the average, the government attorneys contend.
They also say Medicare was billed for “hundreds of hours” that Julie Cain did not work, first as hospital administrator, then as a consultant and director.
The Cains’ Medicare fraud appeal is still pending. Leasing to Memorial Hospital
Through legal filings in the assets case, the government has tried to establish a pattern of concealment on the Cains’ part.
When he leased the hospital building to Memorial in late 2019, Ted Cain did not disclose the Medicare fraud lawsuit pending against him, his wife and the hospital. The government says the lease terms required disclosure of pending litigation.
Cain also identified himself as the owner of Wiggins Acute Care, his company that owned the hospital building and would be leasing it to Memorial.
But Wiggins Acute Care was one of the companies transferred to the Cain childrens’ trusts created months earlier.
In its initial lease with Wiggins Acute Care, Memorial agreed to rent Stone County Hospital, now Memorial Hospital Stone County, for $129,000 per month. Fourteen days after the lease was signed, the Cains finalized paperwork that created the trusts months earlier, further indicating their attempts to hide assets, government lawyers say.
Cain paid himself the difference between Gulfport Memorial’s rent payment and the monthly mortgage of $94,503.37 that Wiggins Acute Care owed on the hospital, government attorneys say.
In addition to Cain’s own spending, government attorneys are also concerned because, they say, his children have access to, or are benefiting from, the appreciation of assets in the trust funds.