Dr daniel herron mount sinai
acupuncturist
2014.06.18 05:20 sw126 acupuncturist
Dr. Wang, a medical doctor from China, is a master acupuncturist licensed in New York, Connecticut and Wisconsin. He is a former Columbia University Medical School visiting professor and research scientist (1991-2004) with more than 30 medical and acupuncture publications to his name and has been featured in numerous TV shows, such as CBS News, as well as radio shows, magazine articles and medical journals. He was invited to talk about acupuncture and
2023.06.06 11:00 autotldr Assistant U.S. secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs Daniel Kritenbrink met with Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu in China on Monday, “had candid, constructive and fruitful communication on promoting the improvement of China-U.S. relations and properly managing differences"
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Senior U.S. and Chinese diplomats held "Candid and productive" talks in Beijing and agreed to keep open lines of communication to avoid tensions from spiraling into conflict, officials said Tuesday.
Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant U.S. secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, was the most senior U.S. official confirmed to have visited China on Monday since tensions between Washington and Beijing soared over the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon over the U.S. in early February.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the time postponed a planned trip to China, and Beijing has since largely rebuffed attempts at official exchanges, though two top U.S. and Chinese defense officials briefly interacted at a forum in Singapore over the weekend.
The U.S. State Department also said the two officials held "Candid and productive discussions as part of ongoing efforts to maintain open lines of communication and build on recent high-level diplomacy between the two countries."
The U.S. Navy on Sunday complained about an "Unsafe interaction" in the Taiwan Strait, after a Chinese warship came within 150 yards of a U.S. destroyer.
Last month, a Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, where Beijing shares overlapping territorial claims with other nations.
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2023.06.06 10:50 yrfnadroj Speed Rail Camera Rig Legality for public roads
For context, i’m based out of Arkansas, however I do work in Tennessee and Missouri. Also, sorry if this is not the correct subreddit for this question.
I’m looking at picking up a Tilta Speed Rail Car Mounting Kit for filming other cars for my business and I was wondering if it would be legal to drive with this on my car. I would not be driving and filming at the same time and would abide by all traffic laws. I’m mainly concerned as to if it is legal to drive with that mounted on my car, and if it is not, is there a way that I can?
Link to the product:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1719062-REG/tilta_hda_srk_speed_rail_car_mounting.html?ap=y&smp=y&smpm=ba_f2_ll&srsltid=AR57-fDrSa4Hd6neAxVubeGQn731tb2oftyC1Y9ufZRoy49PgYtSG7gVoJs
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I’m looking at picking up a Tilta Speed Rail Car Mounting Kit for filming other cars for my business and I was wondering if it would be legal to drive with this on my car. I would not be driving and filming at the same time and would abide by all traffic laws. I’m mainly concerned as to if it is legal to drive with that mounted on my car, and if it is not, is there a way that I can?
Link to the product:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1719062-REG/tilta_hda_srk_speed_rail_car_mounting.html?ap=y&smp=y&smpm=ba_f2_ll&srsltid=AR57-fDrSa4Hd6neAxVubeGQn731tb2oftyC1Y9ufZRoy49PgYtSG7gVoJs
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2023.06.06 08:41 dungbeetle70 Daniel will only hurt more people if he stays homeless
TL:DR: Daniel might kill someone and he needs to be put on schizo meds
As much as I hate Daniel and love to watch him suffer, I often look back on his old videos and see a much different, much less violent person. I don't think he had a meltdown before the may 6th incident and probably didn't hurt a lot of people while he was in the first group home, back then he was more or less a 22 year old child. When he was kicked out of his housing, he got much, much worse. Without his prescriptions keeping him sane, he's turned into a public nuisance and a threat to everyone around him. He constantly threatens to kill people and, although this could just be paranoia talking, but if he ever gets ahold of any sort of weapon, a few people might end up dead, or at the very least injured. Daniel is a paranoid bipolar schizophrenic, who also has autism, he thinks that everyone is out to get him and wants him dead and at the same time has extreme mood swings that often get him into physical altercations, and that combined with his complete lack of social awareness is a disaster waiting to happen.
We need to convince Daniel to get back into housing and back on his prescriptions or he'll end up killing or scarring someone. I know this subreddit likes to make him out as a pathetic homeless midget, but that fucker is strangely tough, and, if given the chance, could seriously hurt someone. Of course he's too scared to hurt someone right now cause he knows most people won't hesitate to kill him, considering he's a random homeless man, but if he ever buys/finds a knife or God forbid possesses a gun, he's going to hurt someone (hopefully himself.)
To summarize all of this, we need to get him back into housing (or at the very least into a mental prison) and we need to get him pumped full of drugs again, cause that seems to be the only way of stopping him from hurting people.
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As much as I hate Daniel and love to watch him suffer, I often look back on his old videos and see a much different, much less violent person. I don't think he had a meltdown before the may 6th incident and probably didn't hurt a lot of people while he was in the first group home, back then he was more or less a 22 year old child. When he was kicked out of his housing, he got much, much worse. Without his prescriptions keeping him sane, he's turned into a public nuisance and a threat to everyone around him. He constantly threatens to kill people and, although this could just be paranoia talking, but if he ever gets ahold of any sort of weapon, a few people might end up dead, or at the very least injured. Daniel is a paranoid bipolar schizophrenic, who also has autism, he thinks that everyone is out to get him and wants him dead and at the same time has extreme mood swings that often get him into physical altercations, and that combined with his complete lack of social awareness is a disaster waiting to happen.
We need to convince Daniel to get back into housing and back on his prescriptions or he'll end up killing or scarring someone. I know this subreddit likes to make him out as a pathetic homeless midget, but that fucker is strangely tough, and, if given the chance, could seriously hurt someone. Of course he's too scared to hurt someone right now cause he knows most people won't hesitate to kill him, considering he's a random homeless man, but if he ever buys/finds a knife or God forbid possesses a gun, he's going to hurt someone (hopefully himself.)
To summarize all of this, we need to get him back into housing (or at the very least into a mental prison) and we need to get him pumped full of drugs again, cause that seems to be the only way of stopping him from hurting people.
2023.06.06 07:55 icecreammoon I am so lost (sad rant about bad doctors)
I can't get in to see a neurologist (which I desperately need) without a referral from my GP who is the most unhelpful unwilling person- I just don't know what to do. I moved to Utah from NY to get to a healthier home environment (which has helped my allergies & asthma improve slightly) but not enough to be able to live decently. I really need help, my quality of life is so low I can hardly do anything each day- maybe one task a day if I'm lucky.
***I have diagnosed narcolepsy (was diagnosed when I was around 17, I'm 30 now. 17 is the age ALL my health got worse.
I also have diagnosed chronic allergic asthma which is extremely unpredictable and is my main problem aside from Narcolepsy, I cannot breathe well on a good day and on a bad day I'm in the hospital. I went to National Jewish Hospital in Denver to try and get help with my crazy asthma and allergies and they were not only useless but they were dismissive of all of my issues and they made it clear that did not have any desire to help me. This is the second time I've tried to get help at "the best hospital in the world for asthma" and that just isn't the case. They really are garbage, they do not set up a team for you like they say they will, they do not give you any help with resources or staff or anything. You're supposed to have a manager person who helps you with the process- I never saw mine (even though I looked for her and called her several times).
I should add that I am also pretty disabled due to my bad breathing. It's not easy for me to run around looking for somebody and the lack of care and urgency from the doctors (and staff in general) of my situation really was upsetting and the fact that then my main two doctors I saw there were giving me drastically CONFLICTING information( they both said the other dr. was wrong) They're supposed to have a team for you that communicates with you and with each of your doctors so that these things DON'T happen. We'll they don't do any of that. I was left pretty much alone to figure out everything myself. If you were planning on going there for help- I wouldn't recommend it. I wasted months of time waiting to get in for an appointment for 2 weeks I stayed there (they do not offer inpatient so this was out of my own pocket money) and then after we received no help and I went home with the promise from my dr that he would at least get the dupixent going for me without any question. (He in fact got irritated when I asked if ther4e was something I could do to speed up that process or make it easier) he wanted me to do nothing specifically he told me to wait for him. I did that, and got mega screwed. I spent months waiting for my dr. there (Dr. Alum) to get my new medication approved.
Months later with no contact after trying to reach them, I called again and much to my own dismay this time I got his secretary who said that they had lost all the paperwork I filled out that makes it possible for them to go ahead and START getting approval for the Dupixent through (through insurance). I explained that not only did I fill out everything right there in his office, but if they had lost it why didn't they immediately call me when they had realized there was no paperwork. (They didn't give me any answer). Finally she put him on and he was very upset (not sure why) and demanded we refill out the paperwork (we being my partner and I) which we did refill it and send it over. I just asked that he be sure he received it this time, and he supposedly did. He never once apologized or even acknowledged that he or his staff made a mistake, that they lost my paperwork, or made me wait an insane a mount of time. Doing nothing.
He then confused me even more and flipped to instead saying that I had never filled anything out, which by then I was so tired I just asked him to please hurry and to start ASAP now that he does have the paperwork and I apologized. ON top of that he said he never told me he could prescribe me any of my regular asthma meds out of state (which he did said he would be able to do this, I made sure he would be able to do this even before going to the hospital over the phone I made sure otherwise there would be no point in going there. I was told there should be no issue.)
Well there was an issue because without the prednisone I end up hospitalized so this isn't something I take lightly. I MADE SURE. AND He said it would be no issue. Well months later he's decided it is an issue and he clearly no longer wants to help me at all. He just decided to no longer be of any help. I don't understand. I've never had such a confusing upsetting time.
Currently I'm VERY lost as to what to do from here. I'm thinking I need to shift care over to my gp (who is not very good either *sighs*...she really doesn't understand anything about the asthma AND sleeping disorder combo and how its important to look at BOTH as well as my allergies. It's not one thing I have it's important I find a set of drs that can help me with asthma AND narcolepsy. SO far no doctors even BELIEVE ME that it's an issue. What am I supposed to do? I also need a referral to even get in to see a neurologist. IF my GP doesn't believe I need one- how am I supposed to bypass that? Get a new GP? (I'm willing to do this)
but I need in nutshell
I think maybe its an issue that when I go to appointments I can seem visually put together? But that's just what I've learned to do to cope over years. I often do tear up in appointments because of how much all of this hurts. My life is disappearing and I have not had a chance to live yet. I am scared of dying because of this. And what's torturing me most is that I know I could be getting better care. I could have somewhat of a life if I could get the right doctors to help me.
I'm so lost and sad.
He not only "forgot" to start getting the Dupixent approved but he then continued on to LIE and say that he never said he would help me with that and that he would never be willing to prescribe anything out of state. (When I made it clear I was out of state at the beginning of all of this, otherwise why would I bother going there if I knew they wouldn't treat anyone out of state. SO this means now my entire situation has been made WORSE by going to National Jewish hospital for evaluation.
Now I cannot get my regular inhalers or prednisone prescribed by Dr Alum even though he swore he would be able to prescribe the prednisone (which is the only thing keeping me out of the hospital)
I have been having to get new prescriptions from old drs who say this is a one time only thing- or from urgent care.
I cannot live this way. I need help and no doctors are taking me seriously.
I have been told hundreds of times I am a very difficult case and that I am somebody who cannot have a life without meds. I need doctors who know about asthma and doctors who know about sleeping disorders. I can't live with this pain anymore.
I also do not have a good family support system- my family watched me get sicker for years and did nothing when I was little so- help from them is kinda not possible. :/
Thank you so much for reading, anyone who has. If anyone has any words or advice or anything please let me know. I am so desperate for ideas. I feel like the medical world doesn't care about me. I have almost died several times- and have been on ECMO life support before (all for asthma) the recovery process from those attacks is brutal- it takes months and is very disheartening. I had asthma all my life but the life threating attacks didn't begin until around age 16 when we lived in a house infested with black mold (and other bad allergens) I lived with that mold for several years since I couldn't get out/had no resources to move out and I'm sure that did damage to my lungs. (My parents were in denial and still are)
I don't want to die from this. I know it's preventable. I'm not a bad patient either(at least I really don't think that's the issue), I'm polite, I'm kind even if they are not towards me, I try and be as nice as I can even when I'm suffering (though maybe that's the issue? Maybe I need to say that even if I look put together it's just a mask I've learned over time to cope?
I just have not gotten anywhere good with this in years and my life is slipping away. Please help if you know anyone or if you yourself has chronic asthma or narcolepsy or anything similar what have you found works for you? How did you find doctors? I never imagined it would be like this. I'm sobbing I'm so afraid things won't get better and I'll die.
It at least feels a little better to vent but I know people don't like to read vents much :/
I know this seems like more asthma related but Narcolepsy also affects all of this. It just exacerbates any struggles you have. I experience lots of sleep paralysis and I am largely unmedicated for Narcolepsy. I really need help with that I need to start finding meds that work for me and I know it will take a while so I need to get in with a Neurologist ASAP.
Maybe worst case I could get a neurologist referral from urgent care?
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***I have diagnosed narcolepsy (was diagnosed when I was around 17, I'm 30 now. 17 is the age ALL my health got worse.
I also have diagnosed chronic allergic asthma which is extremely unpredictable and is my main problem aside from Narcolepsy, I cannot breathe well on a good day and on a bad day I'm in the hospital. I went to National Jewish Hospital in Denver to try and get help with my crazy asthma and allergies and they were not only useless but they were dismissive of all of my issues and they made it clear that did not have any desire to help me. This is the second time I've tried to get help at "the best hospital in the world for asthma" and that just isn't the case. They really are garbage, they do not set up a team for you like they say they will, they do not give you any help with resources or staff or anything. You're supposed to have a manager person who helps you with the process- I never saw mine (even though I looked for her and called her several times).
I should add that I am also pretty disabled due to my bad breathing. It's not easy for me to run around looking for somebody and the lack of care and urgency from the doctors (and staff in general) of my situation really was upsetting and the fact that then my main two doctors I saw there were giving me drastically CONFLICTING information( they both said the other dr. was wrong) They're supposed to have a team for you that communicates with you and with each of your doctors so that these things DON'T happen. We'll they don't do any of that. I was left pretty much alone to figure out everything myself. If you were planning on going there for help- I wouldn't recommend it. I wasted months of time waiting to get in for an appointment for 2 weeks I stayed there (they do not offer inpatient so this was out of my own pocket money) and then after we received no help and I went home with the promise from my dr that he would at least get the dupixent going for me without any question. (He in fact got irritated when I asked if ther4e was something I could do to speed up that process or make it easier) he wanted me to do nothing specifically he told me to wait for him. I did that, and got mega screwed. I spent months waiting for my dr. there (Dr. Alum) to get my new medication approved.
Months later with no contact after trying to reach them, I called again and much to my own dismay this time I got his secretary who said that they had lost all the paperwork I filled out that makes it possible for them to go ahead and START getting approval for the Dupixent through (through insurance). I explained that not only did I fill out everything right there in his office, but if they had lost it why didn't they immediately call me when they had realized there was no paperwork. (They didn't give me any answer). Finally she put him on and he was very upset (not sure why) and demanded we refill out the paperwork (we being my partner and I) which we did refill it and send it over. I just asked that he be sure he received it this time, and he supposedly did. He never once apologized or even acknowledged that he or his staff made a mistake, that they lost my paperwork, or made me wait an insane a mount of time. Doing nothing.
He then confused me even more and flipped to instead saying that I had never filled anything out, which by then I was so tired I just asked him to please hurry and to start ASAP now that he does have the paperwork and I apologized. ON top of that he said he never told me he could prescribe me any of my regular asthma meds out of state (which he did said he would be able to do this, I made sure he would be able to do this even before going to the hospital over the phone I made sure otherwise there would be no point in going there. I was told there should be no issue.)
Well there was an issue because without the prednisone I end up hospitalized so this isn't something I take lightly. I MADE SURE. AND He said it would be no issue. Well months later he's decided it is an issue and he clearly no longer wants to help me at all. He just decided to no longer be of any help. I don't understand. I've never had such a confusing upsetting time.
Currently I'm VERY lost as to what to do from here. I'm thinking I need to shift care over to my gp (who is not very good either *sighs*...she really doesn't understand anything about the asthma AND sleeping disorder combo and how its important to look at BOTH as well as my allergies. It's not one thing I have it's important I find a set of drs that can help me with asthma AND narcolepsy. SO far no doctors even BELIEVE ME that it's an issue. What am I supposed to do? I also need a referral to even get in to see a neurologist. IF my GP doesn't believe I need one- how am I supposed to bypass that? Get a new GP? (I'm willing to do this)
but I need in nutshell
- somebody to be able to give me and dupixent (ITS BEEN APPROVED by my insurance but now I have no place to give it to me. After the first injection I should be able to have it mailed to me through CVS Caremark- I did this when I was taking NUCALA))
- to find somebody who can regularly prescribe me prednisone when I run out (I hesitate to begin with a new dr because lots of drs don't understand why I'm on pred. so much- and its because that's how bad things are and over years of different meds I figured out that to keep me out of the hospital the only thing that works right now (especially in spring/summer) is low dose prednisone. (like 20mg a day unless it gets worse then I'd need to take more) but I am very aware this is not idea. That's why I'm trying to ge5t more help. This isn't livable and on top of everything I am completely miserable and have almost no quality of life for my age. I cant do anything without needing an inhaler. I cant see friends, I have no social life, I cant go out anywhere- I have no immune system I get sick very easily, every little task even a shower winds me so I have to sleep after (that's also the narcolepsy mixing w the asthma)
I think maybe its an issue that when I go to appointments I can seem visually put together? But that's just what I've learned to do to cope over years. I often do tear up in appointments because of how much all of this hurts. My life is disappearing and I have not had a chance to live yet. I am scared of dying because of this. And what's torturing me most is that I know I could be getting better care. I could have somewhat of a life if I could get the right doctors to help me.
I'm so lost and sad.
He not only "forgot" to start getting the Dupixent approved but he then continued on to LIE and say that he never said he would help me with that and that he would never be willing to prescribe anything out of state. (When I made it clear I was out of state at the beginning of all of this, otherwise why would I bother going there if I knew they wouldn't treat anyone out of state. SO this means now my entire situation has been made WORSE by going to National Jewish hospital for evaluation.
Now I cannot get my regular inhalers or prednisone prescribed by Dr Alum even though he swore he would be able to prescribe the prednisone (which is the only thing keeping me out of the hospital)
I have been having to get new prescriptions from old drs who say this is a one time only thing- or from urgent care.
I cannot live this way. I need help and no doctors are taking me seriously.
I have been told hundreds of times I am a very difficult case and that I am somebody who cannot have a life without meds. I need doctors who know about asthma and doctors who know about sleeping disorders. I can't live with this pain anymore.
I also do not have a good family support system- my family watched me get sicker for years and did nothing when I was little so- help from them is kinda not possible. :/
Thank you so much for reading, anyone who has. If anyone has any words or advice or anything please let me know. I am so desperate for ideas. I feel like the medical world doesn't care about me. I have almost died several times- and have been on ECMO life support before (all for asthma) the recovery process from those attacks is brutal- it takes months and is very disheartening. I had asthma all my life but the life threating attacks didn't begin until around age 16 when we lived in a house infested with black mold (and other bad allergens) I lived with that mold for several years since I couldn't get out/had no resources to move out and I'm sure that did damage to my lungs. (My parents were in denial and still are)
I don't want to die from this. I know it's preventable. I'm not a bad patient either(at least I really don't think that's the issue), I'm polite, I'm kind even if they are not towards me, I try and be as nice as I can even when I'm suffering (though maybe that's the issue? Maybe I need to say that even if I look put together it's just a mask I've learned over time to cope?
I just have not gotten anywhere good with this in years and my life is slipping away. Please help if you know anyone or if you yourself has chronic asthma or narcolepsy or anything similar what have you found works for you? How did you find doctors? I never imagined it would be like this. I'm sobbing I'm so afraid things won't get better and I'll die.
It at least feels a little better to vent but I know people don't like to read vents much :/
I know this seems like more asthma related but Narcolepsy also affects all of this. It just exacerbates any struggles you have. I experience lots of sleep paralysis and I am largely unmedicated for Narcolepsy. I really need help with that I need to start finding meds that work for me and I know it will take a while so I need to get in with a Neurologist ASAP.
Maybe worst case I could get a neurologist referral from urgent care?
2023.06.06 07:17 Dust_Exact Took out a 401k loan then quit job
Didn’t know whether to flare it as debt or retirement.
So the first six months of 2023 have been incredibly rough. I worked two jobs for the last half of 2022 for about 65-70 hours a week combined, putting pretty much everything I made toward paying down debt so I didn’t save anything. I was still living paycheck to paycheck. After the holiday quarter, hours got cut so drastically at both that I was barely hitting 20 hours combined.
In early March, I got hit with the news that my car needed about $1200 in repairs. I live in an area where I NEED a car and I certainly couldn’t get a different car for cheaper than the repairs would cost. I know just enough about cars to know these repairs were serious and couldn’t wait much longer as it was a hazard to myself and others on the road (both wheel bearings and a disintegrated motor mount). I wasn’t anywhere close to having the money so I took out a 401k loan of $2000 in case it ended up costing more. The repairs actually ended up only costing $1000 so I put the remaining $1000 toward paying off my highest interest credit card as I figured I’d be staying at that job long enough to pay off the loan in time.
Shortly after, I got a letter in the mail saying our complex was not renewing our lease due to my roommate’s difficulty paying rent on time. Not being able to afford housing anymore (as we were still paying the same rent as we did back in 2020) pushed me into a career in trucking so I could live in the truck and pay off my debt. I did some research into 401k loans and everyone said it would just be counted as a withdrawal if it wasn’t paid back. Cool, I’m fine with that.
I come back from a couple weeks of orientation to find a letter in the mail from my previous employer saying that my 401k loan HAS to be repaid by September. Are they just saying that I have to repay it by September for it to not count as a withdrawal? Will letting it go delinquent harm my finances further than just having it count as a withdrawal? Any help is appreciated.
TL;DR: I took out a 401k loan for car repairs and spent all of it since I figured I’d stay at the job long enough to pay it off. I ended up quitting the job and they said I had to pay it back by September. If I don’t pay it off, is there any penalty besides the tax penalty of it counting as an early withdrawal?
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So the first six months of 2023 have been incredibly rough. I worked two jobs for the last half of 2022 for about 65-70 hours a week combined, putting pretty much everything I made toward paying down debt so I didn’t save anything. I was still living paycheck to paycheck. After the holiday quarter, hours got cut so drastically at both that I was barely hitting 20 hours combined.
In early March, I got hit with the news that my car needed about $1200 in repairs. I live in an area where I NEED a car and I certainly couldn’t get a different car for cheaper than the repairs would cost. I know just enough about cars to know these repairs were serious and couldn’t wait much longer as it was a hazard to myself and others on the road (both wheel bearings and a disintegrated motor mount). I wasn’t anywhere close to having the money so I took out a 401k loan of $2000 in case it ended up costing more. The repairs actually ended up only costing $1000 so I put the remaining $1000 toward paying off my highest interest credit card as I figured I’d be staying at that job long enough to pay off the loan in time.
Shortly after, I got a letter in the mail saying our complex was not renewing our lease due to my roommate’s difficulty paying rent on time. Not being able to afford housing anymore (as we were still paying the same rent as we did back in 2020) pushed me into a career in trucking so I could live in the truck and pay off my debt. I did some research into 401k loans and everyone said it would just be counted as a withdrawal if it wasn’t paid back. Cool, I’m fine with that.
I come back from a couple weeks of orientation to find a letter in the mail from my previous employer saying that my 401k loan HAS to be repaid by September. Are they just saying that I have to repay it by September for it to not count as a withdrawal? Will letting it go delinquent harm my finances further than just having it count as a withdrawal? Any help is appreciated.
TL;DR: I took out a 401k loan for car repairs and spent all of it since I figured I’d stay at the job long enough to pay it off. I ended up quitting the job and they said I had to pay it back by September. If I don’t pay it off, is there any penalty besides the tax penalty of it counting as an early withdrawal?
2023.06.06 06:40 lbabinz [Microsoft] Weekly Digital Xbox Game Sale
2023.06.06 05:43 BMW550i Need help with school list
New York City Resident Gpa 3.95c 4.00s MCAT-518 Research 600 hours lab volunteer (No pubs conferences or posters) Clinical 2500 emt (1500 vollie) 1500 scribe Ec’s include volunteer tutoring (400) middle eastern culture club (200) and student government (300) Hobbies I have competitive powerlifting (2000+)
School list is currently (18) Penn state-Thomas Jefferson-Hackensack meridian-georgetown-Maryland-Einstein-nyu li-hofstra-stony-upstate-downstate-Buffalo-tufts-UConn-quinipiac-Rochester-Mount Sinai-nymc
Looking to add maybe 5-7 more schools
Executive Summary: I have a lot of clinical and a lot of volunteer but not a lot of research and high stats.
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School list is currently (18) Penn state-Thomas Jefferson-Hackensack meridian-georgetown-Maryland-Einstein-nyu li-hofstra-stony-upstate-downstate-Buffalo-tufts-UConn-quinipiac-Rochester-Mount Sinai-nymc
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Executive Summary: I have a lot of clinical and a lot of volunteer but not a lot of research and high stats.
2023.06.06 05:00 Tmbaladdin A technical explanation of our unusual weather pattern
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2023.06.06 05:00 luckytron New Terran Refugee (Pt - 20) : An NOP fanfic
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New Terran Refugee (Pt - 20) : An NOP fanfic
Thanks to u/SpacePaladin15 for letting people write fanfics.
This is just a fanfic of course.
This chapter went through several iterations, I might have let myself think I could release it 1 week late (and failed). Also, I might have gotten sidetracked with other non-writing thing, oops.
TL;DR:
“OOPS! All Rewrites! And side projects!” – Me
In any case, here’s the chapter:
Memory transcription subject: Tayla, Venlil Widow
Date [standardized human time]: October 18, 2136
The first thing I became aware of was that I had awoken enveloping a richly warm pillow with a soft surface from above, and that not only was it hot but that it was also soft and squishy but without too much give, in fact it was somehow firmer below the surface, I snuggled closer to the material that was emanating heat below me and drove off my mind’s attempts at waking me up, this was too blissful an experience to stop suddenly.
The second thing I became aware of was that I didn’t remember replacing my heated pillow as the cold wind season was still expected to be a good deal of time away and that I had much more important things to spend my limited budget on.
The third thing I became aware of was that I wasn’t hugging a pillow, this only happened when I noticed that it wasn’t moving because I was snuggling into it, but rather moving in a steady motion against me, like when someone breathes while asleep.
The fourth thing I became aware of, were the memories of what led me into this situation ‘Just gonna close my eyes for a moment’; Why did I lie to myself like that?
The final thing I became aware of snapped me out of my musings, it was the reason I woke up, and the reason I had crashed so hard into sleepiness.
The consequence of drinking copious amounts of [shade root] tea to keep watch over Jorge until I could call the number in the email during the schedule it had included beneath itself, this was made worse by the cans of ‘Twilight Energy’ I had drank at the end when more drastic measures had to be taken.
I couldn’t ignore it I couldn’t help but feel the pressure mounting inside my bladder as I peeled myself off from on top of Jorge.Why did I move so much while asleep?
Oh Protector, I missed his warmth already…
I made a mental note to look into repairing my heated pillow for cheap due to a sudden urge to sleep with something warm more frequently, the abrupt thought jogging loose some memories about contact information of some local repairvenlil I’d called before for one reason or another, along with the memory of the number I called before… napping with Jorge…
A great feeling of chagrin manifested along with my bloom while closing Jorge’s bathroom door behind me as I remembered the text beneath the schedule, ‘Extended working hours during emergency situations’, the aftermath of antimatter bombing definitely applied… especially since that Mrs. Bennet sounded so exhausted so soon after the supposed start of her work claw.
I decided to chalk up my lapse in judgement to have been due to how Jorge’s expression before he sealed himself in had left my thoughts racing and heart pounding in worry over him.
With my thoughts somewhat settled, I examined the strange toilet that had been installed, before throwing caution to the winds when the urgency I felt reasserted itself with force.
…
After closing the lid and washing my paws, I finally found what had to be the equivalent of the pulley and chain, a small, recessed button parted into 2 asymmetric parts on the top middle part behind the seat.
I pressed both parts at the same time just in case.
FWOOOSH
A small eep escaped me but was drowned out by the noises that were still coming from the strange toilet!
Finally, the ruckus ended, letting me calm down from the unexpected loudness. Wait, did that noise wak-
THUNK THUNK THUNK
A bigger eep escaped me as I jumped a little into the air; However this time it wasn’t drowned out by another noise.
“¿you ok in there?” I could barely make out Jorge’s voice through the door, like he was putting in the barest effort needed to speak.
“Y-yeah, j-just startled…” I opened the door as I trailed off, a sudden realization had me asking him a question, “I guess I know how It felt w-when I s-startled you h-huh?”
His normally expressive face remained still, the only reaction to my attempt at lightening the mood a brief exhale from his nose; He simply slipped past me as I left the bathroom and muttered something I didn’t quite hear just before shutting the door softly.
I went back to the bed and turned on his pad, after a few seconds of waiting for it to turn on, and a few more waiting for my translator to parse the strange [date and time] format the humans used (Honestly, who separated the [hours] and the [days/months] like that?) I felt a bit of relief as I sank a bit into the still warm bed.
According to the pad, I’d just taken a short nap, I still had plenty of time until my children came back home, hopefully I had enough time to actually have some kind of talk with Jorge.
I’d have to somehow get him to talk about last Paw’s… reaction of his, and find a way to convince him to talk about his family, It’d be good for him to recognize that pain, maybe he’d even hold onto it like me…
FWOOOSH
That thing that the humans called a toilet interrupted my train of thought before I could do more than think of the barest of ways I could breeze into such heavy topics, the small delay between the toilet’s sound, the groaning of water travelling to the faucet, and the door opening wasn’t even enough to get back on my mind’s [zephyr].
A quick focus on Jorge’s face made my determination start to breeze away a bit, it was much easier to think of how to talk to him when I couldn’t see just how heavily everything [to wear down like a long strong gale would] on him.
Jorge deflated slightly but visibly at how I apparently froze up at the sight of him.
“well, thanks, i… feel better, you can just… leave me be for now”
Jorge stood still, averting his eyes from me until he shrugged strangely after turning to look at the barricade, he then shuffled over and started to shift it to the side a bit, evidently wishing to put it back in place after I left.
“ah” he cleared his throat, “sorry, you can leave now” he returned to averting his eyes from looking at me and awkwardly motioned towards the wide opening he had made after dragging the barricade as he stepped away morosely.
“Jorge.” I paused to breathe; I’d managed to huff out his name just as I needed to exhale.
Jorge stood still for a moment before tentatively focusing on me, a strangely vulnerable expression sat on his face.
I patted the bed (an appropriate and proper distance away from me) with my tail before curling it away from the spot, he seemed to get the message and soon he had sat down beside me, brief moment of hesitation notwithstanding.
I turned my head towards him as I’d seen him do when talking, he flinched a little when his eyes met mine, closing them and averting his face, I reached out for his nearby claw with my tail and put it down gently on top.
I waited patiently for him to start talking; Thankfully the wait was short.
“this… ¿is this about… my reaction yesterday?”
“Yes,” I squeezed down on his claw softly with my tail in a comforting gesture, “I wanted to speak with you about that sooner, but for now…” another gentle squeeze, “I’m just glad you seem to be doing a little bit better.”
Silence enveloped us as Jorge seemed to mull over what I’d just said.
A small hint of a hunch had me examining him more closely, it seemed he was anxiously waiting for me to talk some more.
I chastised myself internally, ‘Of course he wasn’t going to be feeling very talkative…’, how could someone jump straight into talking about such a topic? It’d probably be better to start with other stuff and gauge things from there; With that my mind sifted through possible topics until one stood out.
“S-so, I kind of… used up a lot of your powdered ingredients… heh…” I took in his features, he seemed halfway here and halfway far away.
Maybe… Maybe if I somehow mentioned the call to remind him that there were more humans he could try talking to? Just in case he was getting tired of my clumsy attempts at talking with him…
“I, uh, didn’t think of asking Mrs. Bennet about their availability when I called her this Paw, s-sorry about that… b-but I’m sure they’ll get some more that you can use soon, right?”
That got a reaction, a small one, out of him; His eyes widened. It… felt wrong.
“o-oh, well, i’d better get started packing then…”
An impossibly heavy weight settled deep inside my stomach as he moved his claw out from under my frozen tail tip, my throat clenched up as Jorge got up and limply started wading to his bag.
I stared in mute horror as he dumped his clean body coverings into it, trying to communicate anything to him, and failing miserably as the sheer disbelief of just how horribly I had miscommunicated kept me frozen, while the pain and betrayal I could imagine him feeling kept my mind reeling.
He stopped just as he reached his bag, his claws clenched for a moment before he unclenched them slowly and turned around to look directly at me.
He’d shed more tears, his eyes were an ugly and fresher shade of red.
“y-you were waiting down here for me to wake up again just to have this conversation as soon as possible. ¿am i right?”
Th-this wasn’t supposed to go like this!
“I… I was-”
“I!” interrupted Jorge with an elevated tone of voice, “…Earlier, I woke up and went back to sleep a few times, I could see you sitting on the stairs, sometimes you and your pad would be missing, I kept thinking that maybe you were worried about me ¿you know?”
“I-” An intense look from him kept the rest of my response in my head; ‘I was!’ I wanted to plead.
“I guess you didn’t plan for me falling asleep after crying…” He trailed off and seemed to go into deep thought for a moment, before his eyes narrowed dangerously. “¿Did you just bring me that Atole to soften the blow?” He held up one of his claws towards me while making a stabbing motion with it, his voice came out as a much lower growl than normal from him. “¿Or was putting me to sleep part of the plan?”
My face felt as if I’d been hit by an icy gale. ‘Did he just insinua-?’
“You’re fucking heartless.” That last sentence from him was punctuated by a fresh set of tears from his eyes, though no sobbing came from him as he let himself fall backwards down onto the floor, like a puppet with its strings suddenly cut.
My heart was beating wildly, and my eyes stung from the horrible accusations that he was making, and from how I’d probably be doing just what he had said if this had happened a few days ago…
I gave myself a moment to recollect myself, I’d thought similar enough things when I was alone in the hospital after losing my family, not nearly as extreme but… my circumstances back then and his right now weren’t comparable.
I shuddered internally at how much worse I’d have fared if it had been Venlil Prime that had been attacked; I’d probably… I’d have tried to do what he tried last night…
With a sigh I focused consciously on Jorge, who was breathing a bit more steadily now, as I picked up the bottle and moved steadily towards his alert gaze.
I sat down in front of him and opened the bottle, he narrowed his eyes even further in response, making the redness and glistening more pronounced, the patches of fur above his eyes changed position as well; I didn’t quite know what it meant, but it couldn’t possibly have been from him feeling happy or at peace.
I pushed through the sense of fear that was starting to form from being under his stare and took in the rest of his body language… I readjusted my position and observed as he flinched away from me…
I slowly raised the bottle and drank; The patches of fur over his eyes returned to their normal position, overshot and stayed raised while the intensity of his stare diminished. Finally, he tilted his head ever so slightly.
After a few gulps more I stopped drinking and offered him the bottle, he still wasn’t accepting it; I wiped my lips and prepared to speak.
“…I wouldn’t do that to you…” A small quiver at the end made me trail off until I was certain my voice wouldn’t fail me. I wouldn’t do that now. “None of those things, I mean… Even after all I did… You gave me a chance…”
“When you put it like that…” Jorge wiped his eyes. “I mean, I don’t know what came over me…” He looked to the side and deflated a little.
“I understand… I was like this too…” A small shiver traveled through my spine, thinking about it always did… I ignored the shiver by standing up and offering him the bottle again, this time he grabbed it and drank deeply.
He trailed behind me, we sat down on opposite sides of the bed, him hugging his legs as he sat against the wall, and me with one leg over the edge of the bed with the other one crossed over it.
Dozens of starting points were flurrying in my head, I couldn’t decide on one, so I cleared my throat and let myself say whatever came out first.
“I’m married.” Jorge became extremely visibly confused. “I-I’m a Widow, I meant to say…” The familiar sting of pain grounded me as his expression changed into one I could recognize even from him, pity.
“He-”died “…It happened 11 years ago, I… I lost my family at the same time…”
Jorge’s expression softened even more, no longer out of pity, but out of understanding… of the pain we shared…
“It was my dad’s idea, he’s always wanted to have a big family homestead… when the latest batch of colonies were finally cleared for habitation he bought a plot immediately, my sister and her husband went with them first, then my brother and his wife, and finally me and…”
This whole talking thing was much harder than I thought… I cleared my throat; I couldn’t go on just omitting any names in my retelling…
“Krayla, that’s my mother’s name.” I paused, waiting for his reaction, he ‘nodded’ slowly, solemnly. “Tavk’io, my dad; Talnum, my b-brother; Tahyiya, m-my sister; …a-and Glim, m-my husband…”
I buried my head in my paws, this was too much…
A moment passed, I felt something brush against my tail; Opening my eyes I saw that it was Jorge’s claw, he patted the tip gently until his eyes met mine.
“Emiliano José Cauich Ayala, t-that’s my father’s name.” He paused to breathe and wiped his eyes. “Ixchel Paola Rojas Canul, that’s my mother’s name.”
We stayed in silence for a while longer, at least in my case recovering from the emotional toll that I had just gone through.
“S-shortly after we arrived at the colony,” I began. “I l-learned I was p-pregnant, G-Glim and I celebrated it with my family, we were going to name our baby after my brother and his wife, Kiyomi. It… It was something we had all come up with [years] before, everything was going just like we had dreamed and talked so much about…”
I squeezed my tail against myself, all those nights at the colony laughing and joking with each other about increasingly outlandish names (ones that we’d never use of course), gone just like that…
“G-Glim and Talnum were busy helping the colony expand by clearing new plots for development and as buffer zones, I helped around with Taylee and Talim when needed but I helped dad with the house most of the time; There were always things that needed to be taken care of after all. Th-then one day in the colony, I f-fainted while picking up Taylee and Talim from school, a f-few [weeks] after that… I had to be sent back here since the colony’s hospital had lost their last equipment shipment to an Arxur raid.” I paused and lowered my voice. “G-Glim stayed behind to take extra assignments, t-to cover expenses, h-he… he was… he was on his last pawful of shifts b-before leave wh-when…”
I took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
“…D-dad was at home looking after the kids, he’d sprained his leg while doing some maintenance, he called me early in the morning there, Talnum and Glim were in some kind of assignment together, and my mother had taken everyone else to get stuff from the market to prepare a farewell meal f-for Glim…” And after that… “The call disconnected abruptly, it had happened before so I… I j-joked to m-myself a-and the nurse that it was p-probably j-just the signal failing because I wasn’t there to maintain things p-properly…”
Tears started forming in my eyes again, Jorge shuffled closer, put his soft claw on my shoulder and gave a light squeeze, his warmth spread throughout me.
“…A few claws later I learnt the truth, that the colony had been raided and that the shelter had been breached, shortly after that, I… I lost my…” I did my best to look him directly in his eyes. “After that… I started planning how to get to the hospital’s roof…” There, a glint of recognition and pain in his eyes. “I was just waiting for the rescue fleet to finish up there, just in case, thankfully… my dad hid Taylee and Talim in one of the [Kitchen] cabinets after taking down the family pictures, since he couldn’t take them to the shelter, he… Taylee told me that he… he begged her to keep quiet before closing the cabinet. She stayed in there with Talim for I don’t even know how long… She… She hasn’t talked about it ever again.”
Another squeeze, then silence and cold as he retracted his claw back towards him, his face turning to another side while taking on some kind of thoughtful intensity.
“S-So… What I’ve been trying to say was… I kind of understand what you’re going through… A-and if you want to talk… I-I’m here?”
A small ‘nod’, and more silence. My eyes were beginning to feel heavy again, that nap hadn’t been enough it seemed.
Jorge harrumphed, causing a bolt of wakefulness to course through me as he began speaking, filling in the silence that had fallen on the room.
“…I don’t think I’m ready yet…” His face turned towards me once more. “But… thank you, for sharing, and for worrying about me, I… If you hadn’t been there when I drifted into and out of sleep…” His eyes widened in a flash. “Wait. ¿You haven’t slept right? ¿Are you feeling OK?”
“I-I t-took a nap after you f-fell asleep…” B-beneath him… “Y-you left a lot of space…” He did, but I couldn’t get to it from under his legs…
“Good, good…” His eyes flicked between me and the door. “Well… I suppose you’ve got stuff to do now. ¿Am I right?” Somehow, the expression that sat now on his face felt forced in a way. I kept quiet as I rummaged through my memories of The Aftermath.
Of course, he was trying to get me out to wallow in peace, just as I did…
That was the last thing he needed right now.
I needed to find a way to get him out of this room…
“Actually… I’m free until my kids get back, I’m used to taking care of chores quickly.”
“Right…” Jorge seemed to slowly steel himself, if I didn’t interrupt me, he’d just ask me to leave directly…
I tried to think faster, but the drowsiness was returning in force, it was no use… Unless…
“H-Hey!” My exclamation startled him, I pressed on to keep the momentum strong. “I uh, I kind of went through my whole supply of [shade root] tea to stay awake…” I didn’t. “And… I don’t really want to drink more energy drinks this Paw, I don’t suppose you have something to stay awake with you?”
Jorge blinked, again, once more, and again one last time before responding.
“¿I… think I have some coffee I could make?” He tilted his headadorably to one side as he scratched his head with one claw.
“Sounds perfect! Would you please make me some?” I stood up before he could even answer, reached for his idle claw and tugged at it towards me; He stood up in what seemed like a daze out of reflex.
We spent the next few [minutes] browsing the intact shelf, whatever this coffee was, it wasn’t there, the tentatively positive mood that had formed cracked a little as Jorge looked at the shelf barricade before he trudged over to it, stopping beside it where he gestured at vaguely with his claw.
We stepped past the barricade, tried not to look at each other, failed, shuffled in place for a moment and began sifting through the items strewn about the floor in an unspoken agreement.
It wasn’t long until I found myself holding a container that my translator insisted was labeled ‘Instant Coffee’. “Hey,” I started while turning, “is this the ri-” Jorge was looking intensely at something on the floor, I followed his gaze and saw it, the broken remains of the flame projector.
“J-Jorge?” I extended my tail cautiously towards his arm, his claws ceased to strain against themselves following the subtle flinch he had when the tip of my tail made contact with him.
I gave him the ‘Instant Coffee’ I was holding and scooped up the remains to dispose of them properly this time; Jorge held up the container and murmured an affirmation at me, I gestured for him to lead the way and proceeded to follow him to the [kitchen].
I raced my way directly to the trash container, separated the single-use fuel cannister from the remains I was holding, and dumped the inert bits inside; I’d have to take this last part to a proper disposal collection point in town some other time. For now, I glanced at Jorge and tucked it into a discreet spot in the cabinets when he wasn’t looking. Only after that did I notice what a mess I’d made up here despite my best efforts at cleaning up…
Jorge’s eyes were scanning all over the [kitchen], taking in every splotch, every spill and every crusted over utensil I’d used, he lingered noticeably longer on the open and haphazardly arranged containers of his that I had used, finally he stared at the Vanilla Extract bottle with a soft expression, it was the only container that had remained completely spotless and didn’t have a significant amount of its contents drained.
Yet another unreadable expression had settled on his face as he took a big pot and barely put any water in it, the other more reasonably sized ones just too dirty to deal with quickly, before putting it to boil on the [stove top].
“Uh…” He shifted his weight from one leg to the other a few times. “I… never did thank you for the drink earlier ¿Didn’t I?”
“N-no but there’s no ne-”
The patches of fur above his eyes furrowed together.
“You… mentioned before that you entered the program for money…” He looked confused. “¿Why didn’t you just… ask for me to be picked up? You’d have gotten someone else in no time… Hell, I’d still understand if you did it now. You don’t have to go through all this trouble for me.” The confused expression deepened as he gestured at the messy remains around us.
“…”
He was waiting for an answer.
“I… w-well I d-did enter for the money… b-but… I don’t want to just replace you… I like being around you. I d-don’t know if we’re there yet… But I’d like to be… f-friends! W-with you someday…” Oh Protector, I couldn’t be more obvious unless I just came out and said it…
“Well for what it’s worth… Thank you Tayla, you don’t know what that means to me right now.” He was looking directly at me, with raw emotion and palpable aliveness, my face started to feel as if I was standing under sunlight…
“I-It was the l-least I could d-do…” It was worth it even though he didn’t seem to understand quite what I accidentally meant before…
I was spared from further embarrassment by the pot of water sizzling violently behind Jorge who turned around in a blur to turn the heat off, while he did that I grabbed two (clean) mugs and set them down near him, though I didn’t move my paws quite fast enough as his claw brushed against me while he moved the mugs closer to him to pour the water on them.
He let the water cool down a little as he put his sugar and ‘Instant Coffee’ containers close to the mugs; He poured the less-than-boiling water into the mugs, stirred in a measure of ‘Instant Coffee’ and a measure of sugar as well.
He passed me a mug with a cryptic warning. “If it’s not to your taste, let me know.” Then he grabbed the other one, sipped a little and waited.
The mischievous glint in his eyes left me no choice, I’d have to play along for now; I raised the mug and sipped…
SPEH
WHY WAS EVERYTHING THESE HUMANS HAD SO BITTER?
I futilely attempted to remove the grimace from my face; Strangely, the roar of laughter I expected was nowhere to be heard, I found myself looking at Jorge with some amount of concern, though the clear, if understated, smile he sported calmed me down somewhat.
Wordlessly, Jorge reached for my mug and the can of powdered coconut milk, he then proceeded to mix in a little of it in both mugs, turning the liquid from a dark oily brown to a much lighter tone. Finally he mixed in a single drop of his Vanilla Extract in each mug and gave me back mine.
I gave him the best glare I could manage as I pouted at him, he took a deep drink from his own mug and held it up for me to examine.
With a sigh I tried mine again.
Warm. Flowery. Smooth. Bitter but not too much, like a perfectly harvested root. But most importantly of all, I could feel myself waking slightly more already, whether it was just self-suggestion or the drink having an effect so soon I couldn’t tell.
Once more, the reaction I expected from Jorge was missing, this time he seemed to be lost in thought, staring at a distant point in the air.
I took a moment to examine him, whatever he was thinking, it was starting to fester. It’d be better to get him talking “What’s wrong?” I asked.
“It’s no-” He shook his head. “It’s just… I… my dad… he liked to drink his without adding anything, no sugar, no… coconut milk…, and… me and mom used to tease him about it…” He was retreating into himself once more.
I kept drinking my coffee; There had to be something else I could talk with him about…
Jorge straightened up, something about his posture, about the way he held himself had changed.
“Say… Tayla… ¿Can I ask you for a favor?” Despite the confidence he exuded he was running one of his claws over the back of his mug repeatedly.
“W-what kind of favor?”
“There’s something I want, no, something I need to make for the end of the [month], and… I’m going to need your help getting the stuff, I’d just ask you to get it all for me, but honestly that wouldn’t be right.”
“O-ok, but you still haven’t told me what the favor is?”
“I need to buy flowers, candles, a good tablecloth, and see what dishes I can actually make here that’d be good enough.”
“W-What for?” W-Was he? My heart was beating wildly in a peculiar mix of elation, nervousness and apprehension.
“I’m going to make an Altar for Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos), it’s the least I can do for my family all the way over here.”
W-
Wh-
WHAT?
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Thanks to u/SpacePaladin15 for letting people write fanfics.
This is just a fanfic of course.
This chapter went through several iterations, I might have let myself think I could release it 1 week late (and failed). Also, I might have gotten sidetracked with other non-writing thing, oops.
TL;DR:
“OOPS! All Rewrites! And side projects!” – Me
In any case, here’s the chapter:
Date [standardized human time]: October 18, 2136
The first thing I became aware of was that I had awoken enveloping a richly warm pillow with a soft surface from above, and that not only was it hot but that it was also soft and squishy but without too much give, in fact it was somehow firmer below the surface, I snuggled closer to the material that was emanating heat below me and drove off my mind’s attempts at waking me up, this was too blissful an experience to stop suddenly.
The second thing I became aware of was that I didn’t remember replacing my heated pillow as the cold wind season was still expected to be a good deal of time away and that I had much more important things to spend my limited budget on.
The third thing I became aware of was that I wasn’t hugging a pillow, this only happened when I noticed that it wasn’t moving because I was snuggling into it, but rather moving in a steady motion against me, like when someone breathes while asleep.
The fourth thing I became aware of, were the memories of what led me into this situation ‘Just gonna close my eyes for a moment’; Why did I lie to myself like that?
The final thing I became aware of snapped me out of my musings, it was the reason I woke up, and the reason I had crashed so hard into sleepiness.
The consequence of drinking copious amounts of [shade root] tea to keep watch over Jorge until I could call the number in the email during the schedule it had included beneath itself, this was made worse by the cans of ‘Twilight Energy’ I had drank at the end when more drastic measures had to be taken.
I couldn’t ignore it I couldn’t help but feel the pressure mounting inside my bladder as I peeled myself off from on top of Jorge.
I made a mental note to look into repairing my heated pillow for cheap due to a sudden urge to sleep with something warm more frequently, the abrupt thought jogging loose some memories about contact information of some local repairvenlil I’d called before for one reason or another, along with the memory of the number I called before… napping with Jorge…
A great feeling of chagrin manifested along with my bloom while closing Jorge’s bathroom door behind me as I remembered the text beneath the schedule, ‘Extended working hours during emergency situations’, the aftermath of antimatter bombing definitely applied… especially since that Mrs. Bennet sounded so exhausted so soon after the supposed start of her work claw.
I decided to chalk up my lapse in judgement to have been due to how Jorge’s expression before he sealed himself in had left my thoughts racing and heart pounding in worry over him.
With my thoughts somewhat settled, I examined the strange toilet that had been installed, before throwing caution to the winds when the urgency I felt reasserted itself with force.
…
After closing the lid and washing my paws, I finally found what had to be the equivalent of the pulley and chain, a small, recessed button parted into 2 asymmetric parts on the top middle part behind the seat.
I pressed both parts at the same time just in case.
FWOOOSH
A small eep escaped me but was drowned out by the noises that were still coming from the strange toilet!
Finally, the ruckus ended, letting me calm down from the unexpected loudness. Wait, did that noise wak-
THUNK THUNK THUNK
A bigger eep escaped me as I jumped a little into the air; However this time it wasn’t drowned out by another noise.
“¿you ok in there?” I could barely make out Jorge’s voice through the door, like he was putting in the barest effort needed to speak.
“Y-yeah, j-just startled…” I opened the door as I trailed off, a sudden realization had me asking him a question, “I guess I know how It felt w-when I s-startled you h-huh?”
His normally expressive face remained still, the only reaction to my attempt at lightening the mood a brief exhale from his nose; He simply slipped past me as I left the bathroom and muttered something I didn’t quite hear just before shutting the door softly.
I went back to the bed and turned on his pad, after a few seconds of waiting for it to turn on, and a few more waiting for my translator to parse the strange [date and time] format the humans used (Honestly, who separated the [hours] and the [days/months] like that?) I felt a bit of relief as I sank a bit into the still warm bed.
According to the pad, I’d just taken a short nap, I still had plenty of time until my children came back home, hopefully I had enough time to actually have some kind of talk with Jorge.
I’d have to somehow get him to talk about last Paw’s… reaction of his, and find a way to convince him to talk about his family, It’d be good for him to recognize that pain, maybe he’d even hold onto it like me…
FWOOOSH
That thing that the humans called a toilet interrupted my train of thought before I could do more than think of the barest of ways I could breeze into such heavy topics, the small delay between the toilet’s sound, the groaning of water travelling to the faucet, and the door opening wasn’t even enough to get back on my mind’s [zephyr].
A quick focus on Jorge’s face made my determination start to breeze away a bit, it was much easier to think of how to talk to him when I couldn’t see just how heavily everything [to wear down like a long strong gale would] on him.
Jorge deflated slightly but visibly at how I apparently froze up at the sight of him.
“well, thanks, i… feel better, you can just… leave me be for now”
Jorge stood still, averting his eyes from me until he shrugged strangely after turning to look at the barricade, he then shuffled over and started to shift it to the side a bit, evidently wishing to put it back in place after I left.
“ah” he cleared his throat, “sorry, you can leave now” he returned to averting his eyes from looking at me and awkwardly motioned towards the wide opening he had made after dragging the barricade as he stepped away morosely.
“Jorge.” I paused to breathe; I’d managed to huff out his name just as I needed to exhale.
Jorge stood still for a moment before tentatively focusing on me, a strangely vulnerable expression sat on his face.
I patted the bed (an appropriate and proper distance away from me) with my tail before curling it away from the spot, he seemed to get the message and soon he had sat down beside me, brief moment of hesitation notwithstanding.
I turned my head towards him as I’d seen him do when talking, he flinched a little when his eyes met mine, closing them and averting his face, I reached out for his nearby claw with my tail and put it down gently on top.
I waited patiently for him to start talking; Thankfully the wait was short.
“this… ¿is this about… my reaction yesterday?”
“Yes,” I squeezed down on his claw softly with my tail in a comforting gesture, “I wanted to speak with you about that sooner, but for now…” another gentle squeeze, “I’m just glad you seem to be doing a little bit better.”
Silence enveloped us as Jorge seemed to mull over what I’d just said.
A small hint of a hunch had me examining him more closely, it seemed he was anxiously waiting for me to talk some more.
I chastised myself internally, ‘Of course he wasn’t going to be feeling very talkative…’, how could someone jump straight into talking about such a topic? It’d probably be better to start with other stuff and gauge things from there; With that my mind sifted through possible topics until one stood out.
“S-so, I kind of… used up a lot of your powdered ingredients… heh…” I took in his features, he seemed halfway here and halfway far away.
Maybe… Maybe if I somehow mentioned the call to remind him that there were more humans he could try talking to? Just in case he was getting tired of my clumsy attempts at talking with him…
“I, uh, didn’t think of asking Mrs. Bennet about their availability when I called her this Paw, s-sorry about that… b-but I’m sure they’ll get some more that you can use soon, right?”
That got a reaction, a small one, out of him; His eyes widened. It… felt wrong.
“o-oh, well, i’d better get started packing then…”
An impossibly heavy weight settled deep inside my stomach as he moved his claw out from under my frozen tail tip, my throat clenched up as Jorge got up and limply started wading to his bag.
I stared in mute horror as he dumped his clean body coverings into it, trying to communicate anything to him, and failing miserably as the sheer disbelief of just how horribly I had miscommunicated kept me frozen, while the pain and betrayal I could imagine him feeling kept my mind reeling.
He stopped just as he reached his bag, his claws clenched for a moment before he unclenched them slowly and turned around to look directly at me.
He’d shed more tears, his eyes were an ugly and fresher shade of red.
“y-you were waiting down here for me to wake up again just to have this conversation as soon as possible. ¿am i right?”
Th-this wasn’t supposed to go like this!
“I… I was-”
“I!” interrupted Jorge with an elevated tone of voice, “…Earlier, I woke up and went back to sleep a few times, I could see you sitting on the stairs, sometimes you and your pad would be missing, I kept thinking that maybe you were worried about me ¿you know?”
“I-” An intense look from him kept the rest of my response in my head; ‘I was!’ I wanted to plead.
“I guess you didn’t plan for me falling asleep after crying…” He trailed off and seemed to go into deep thought for a moment, before his eyes narrowed dangerously. “¿Did you just bring me that Atole to soften the blow?” He held up one of his claws towards me while making a stabbing motion with it, his voice came out as a much lower growl than normal from him. “¿Or was putting me to sleep part of the plan?”
My face felt as if I’d been hit by an icy gale. ‘Did he just insinua-?’
“You’re fucking heartless.” That last sentence from him was punctuated by a fresh set of tears from his eyes, though no sobbing came from him as he let himself fall backwards down onto the floor, like a puppet with its strings suddenly cut.
My heart was beating wildly, and my eyes stung from the horrible accusations that he was making, and from how I’d probably be doing just what he had said if this had happened a few days ago…
I gave myself a moment to recollect myself, I’d thought similar enough things when I was alone in the hospital after losing my family, not nearly as extreme but… my circumstances back then and his right now weren’t comparable.
I shuddered internally at how much worse I’d have fared if it had been Venlil Prime that had been attacked; I’d probably… I’d have tried to do what he tried last night…
With a sigh I focused consciously on Jorge, who was breathing a bit more steadily now, as I picked up the bottle and moved steadily towards his alert gaze.
I sat down in front of him and opened the bottle, he narrowed his eyes even further in response, making the redness and glistening more pronounced, the patches of fur above his eyes changed position as well; I didn’t quite know what it meant, but it couldn’t possibly have been from him feeling happy or at peace.
I pushed through the sense of fear that was starting to form from being under his stare and took in the rest of his body language… I readjusted my position and observed as he flinched away from me…
I slowly raised the bottle and drank; The patches of fur over his eyes returned to their normal position, overshot and stayed raised while the intensity of his stare diminished. Finally, he tilted his head ever so slightly.
After a few gulps more I stopped drinking and offered him the bottle, he still wasn’t accepting it; I wiped my lips and prepared to speak.
“…I wouldn’t do that to you…” A small quiver at the end made me trail off until I was certain my voice wouldn’t fail me. I wouldn’t do that now. “None of those things, I mean… Even after all I did… You gave me a chance…”
“When you put it like that…” Jorge wiped his eyes. “I mean, I don’t know what came over me…” He looked to the side and deflated a little.
“I understand… I was like this too…” A small shiver traveled through my spine, thinking about it always did… I ignored the shiver by standing up and offering him the bottle again, this time he grabbed it and drank deeply.
He trailed behind me, we sat down on opposite sides of the bed, him hugging his legs as he sat against the wall, and me with one leg over the edge of the bed with the other one crossed over it.
Dozens of starting points were flurrying in my head, I couldn’t decide on one, so I cleared my throat and let myself say whatever came out first.
“I’m married.” Jorge became extremely visibly confused. “I-I’m a Widow, I meant to say…” The familiar sting of pain grounded me as his expression changed into one I could recognize even from him, pity.
“He-”
Jorge’s expression softened even more, no longer out of pity, but out of understanding… of the pain we shared…
“It was my dad’s idea, he’s always wanted to have a big family homestead… when the latest batch of colonies were finally cleared for habitation he bought a plot immediately, my sister and her husband went with them first, then my brother and his wife, and finally me and…”
This whole talking thing was much harder than I thought… I cleared my throat; I couldn’t go on just omitting any names in my retelling…
“Krayla, that’s my mother’s name.” I paused, waiting for his reaction, he ‘nodded’ slowly, solemnly. “Tavk’io, my dad; Talnum, my b-brother; Tahyiya, m-my sister; …a-and Glim, m-my husband…”
I buried my head in my paws, this was too much…
A moment passed, I felt something brush against my tail; Opening my eyes I saw that it was Jorge’s claw, he patted the tip gently until his eyes met mine.
“Emiliano José Cauich Ayala, t-that’s my father’s name.” He paused to breathe and wiped his eyes. “Ixchel Paola Rojas Canul, that’s my mother’s name.”
We stayed in silence for a while longer, at least in my case recovering from the emotional toll that I had just gone through.
“S-shortly after we arrived at the colony,” I began. “I l-learned I was p-pregnant, G-Glim and I celebrated it with my family, we were going to name our baby after my brother and his wife, Kiyomi. It… It was something we had all come up with [years] before, everything was going just like we had dreamed and talked so much about…”
I squeezed my tail against myself, all those nights at the colony laughing and joking with each other about increasingly outlandish names (ones that we’d never use of course), gone just like that…
“G-Glim and Talnum were busy helping the colony expand by clearing new plots for development and as buffer zones, I helped around with Taylee and Talim when needed but I helped dad with the house most of the time; There were always things that needed to be taken care of after all. Th-then one day in the colony, I f-fainted while picking up Taylee and Talim from school, a f-few [weeks] after that… I had to be sent back here since the colony’s hospital had lost their last equipment shipment to an Arxur raid.” I paused and lowered my voice. “G-Glim stayed behind to take extra assignments, t-to cover expenses, h-he… he was… he was on his last pawful of shifts b-before leave wh-when…”
I took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
“…D-dad was at home looking after the kids, he’d sprained his leg while doing some maintenance, he called me early in the morning there, Talnum and Glim were in some kind of assignment together, and my mother had taken everyone else to get stuff from the market to prepare a farewell meal f-for Glim…” And after that… “The call disconnected abruptly, it had happened before so I… I j-joked to m-myself a-and the nurse that it was p-probably j-just the signal failing because I wasn’t there to maintain things p-properly…”
Tears started forming in my eyes again, Jorge shuffled closer, put his soft claw on my shoulder and gave a light squeeze, his warmth spread throughout me.
“…A few claws later I learnt the truth, that the colony had been raided and that the shelter had been breached, shortly after that, I… I lost my…” I did my best to look him directly in his eyes. “After that… I started planning how to get to the hospital’s roof…” There, a glint of recognition and pain in his eyes. “I was just waiting for the rescue fleet to finish up there, just in case, thankfully… my dad hid Taylee and Talim in one of the [Kitchen] cabinets after taking down the family pictures, since he couldn’t take them to the shelter, he… Taylee told me that he… he begged her to keep quiet before closing the cabinet. She stayed in there with Talim for I don’t even know how long… She… She hasn’t talked about it ever again.”
Another squeeze, then silence and cold as he retracted his claw back towards him, his face turning to another side while taking on some kind of thoughtful intensity.
“S-So… What I’ve been trying to say was… I kind of understand what you’re going through… A-and if you want to talk… I-I’m here?”
A small ‘nod’, and more silence. My eyes were beginning to feel heavy again, that nap hadn’t been enough it seemed.
Jorge harrumphed, causing a bolt of wakefulness to course through me as he began speaking, filling in the silence that had fallen on the room.
“…I don’t think I’m ready yet…” His face turned towards me once more. “But… thank you, for sharing, and for worrying about me, I… If you hadn’t been there when I drifted into and out of sleep…” His eyes widened in a flash. “Wait. ¿You haven’t slept right? ¿Are you feeling OK?”
“I-I t-took a nap after you f-fell asleep…” B-beneath him… “Y-you left a lot of space…” He did, but I couldn’t get to it from under his legs…
“Good, good…” His eyes flicked between me and the door. “Well… I suppose you’ve got stuff to do now. ¿Am I right?” Somehow, the expression that sat now on his face felt forced in a way. I kept quiet as I rummaged through my memories of The Aftermath.
Of course, he was trying to get me out to wallow in peace, just as I did…
That was the last thing he needed right now.
I needed to find a way to get him out of this room…
“Actually… I’m free until my kids get back, I’m used to taking care of chores quickly.”
“Right…” Jorge seemed to slowly steel himself, if I didn’t interrupt me, he’d just ask me to leave directly…
I tried to think faster, but the drowsiness was returning in force, it was no use… Unless…
“H-Hey!” My exclamation startled him, I pressed on to keep the momentum strong. “I uh, I kind of went through my whole supply of [shade root] tea to stay awake…” I didn’t. “And… I don’t really want to drink more energy drinks this Paw, I don’t suppose you have something to stay awake with you?”
Jorge blinked, again, once more, and again one last time before responding.
“¿I… think I have some coffee I could make?” He tilted his head
“Sounds perfect! Would you please make me some?” I stood up before he could even answer, reached for his idle claw and tugged at it towards me; He stood up in what seemed like a daze out of reflex.
We spent the next few [minutes] browsing the intact shelf, whatever this coffee was, it wasn’t there, the tentatively positive mood that had formed cracked a little as Jorge looked at the shelf barricade before he trudged over to it, stopping beside it where he gestured at vaguely with his claw.
We stepped past the barricade, tried not to look at each other, failed, shuffled in place for a moment and began sifting through the items strewn about the floor in an unspoken agreement.
It wasn’t long until I found myself holding a container that my translator insisted was labeled ‘Instant Coffee’. “Hey,” I started while turning, “is this the ri-” Jorge was looking intensely at something on the floor, I followed his gaze and saw it, the broken remains of the flame projector.
“J-Jorge?” I extended my tail cautiously towards his arm, his claws ceased to strain against themselves following the subtle flinch he had when the tip of my tail made contact with him.
I gave him the ‘Instant Coffee’ I was holding and scooped up the remains to dispose of them properly this time; Jorge held up the container and murmured an affirmation at me, I gestured for him to lead the way and proceeded to follow him to the [kitchen].
I raced my way directly to the trash container, separated the single-use fuel cannister from the remains I was holding, and dumped the inert bits inside; I’d have to take this last part to a proper disposal collection point in town some other time. For now, I glanced at Jorge and tucked it into a discreet spot in the cabinets when he wasn’t looking. Only after that did I notice what a mess I’d made up here despite my best efforts at cleaning up…
Jorge’s eyes were scanning all over the [kitchen], taking in every splotch, every spill and every crusted over utensil I’d used, he lingered noticeably longer on the open and haphazardly arranged containers of his that I had used, finally he stared at the Vanilla Extract bottle with a soft expression, it was the only container that had remained completely spotless and didn’t have a significant amount of its contents drained.
Yet another unreadable expression had settled on his face as he took a big pot and barely put any water in it, the other more reasonably sized ones just too dirty to deal with quickly, before putting it to boil on the [stove top].
“Uh…” He shifted his weight from one leg to the other a few times. “I… never did thank you for the drink earlier ¿Didn’t I?”
“N-no but there’s no ne-”
The patches of fur above his eyes furrowed together.
“You… mentioned before that you entered the program for money…” He looked confused. “¿Why didn’t you just… ask for me to be picked up? You’d have gotten someone else in no time… Hell, I’d still understand if you did it now. You don’t have to go through all this trouble for me.” The confused expression deepened as he gestured at the messy remains around us.
“…”
He was waiting for an answer.
“I… w-well I d-did enter for the money… b-but… I don’t want to just replace you… I like being around you. I d-don’t know if we’re there yet… But I’d like to be… f-friends! W-with you someday…” Oh Protector, I couldn’t be more obvious unless I just came out and said it…
“Well for what it’s worth… Thank you Tayla, you don’t know what that means to me right now.” He was looking directly at me, with raw emotion and palpable aliveness, my face started to feel as if I was standing under sunlight…
“I-It was the l-least I could d-do…” It was worth it even though he didn’t seem to understand quite what I accidentally meant before…
I was spared from further embarrassment by the pot of water sizzling violently behind Jorge who turned around in a blur to turn the heat off, while he did that I grabbed two (clean) mugs and set them down near him, though I didn’t move my paws quite fast enough as his claw brushed against me while he moved the mugs closer to him to pour the water on them.
He let the water cool down a little as he put his sugar and ‘Instant Coffee’ containers close to the mugs; He poured the less-than-boiling water into the mugs, stirred in a measure of ‘Instant Coffee’ and a measure of sugar as well.
He passed me a mug with a cryptic warning. “If it’s not to your taste, let me know.” Then he grabbed the other one, sipped a little and waited.
The mischievous glint in his eyes left me no choice, I’d have to play along for now; I raised the mug and sipped…
SPEH
WHY WAS EVERYTHING THESE HUMANS HAD SO BITTER?
I futilely attempted to remove the grimace from my face; Strangely, the roar of laughter I expected was nowhere to be heard, I found myself looking at Jorge with some amount of concern, though the clear, if understated, smile he sported calmed me down somewhat.
Wordlessly, Jorge reached for my mug and the can of powdered coconut milk, he then proceeded to mix in a little of it in both mugs, turning the liquid from a dark oily brown to a much lighter tone. Finally he mixed in a single drop of his Vanilla Extract in each mug and gave me back mine.
I gave him the best glare I could manage as I pouted at him, he took a deep drink from his own mug and held it up for me to examine.
With a sigh I tried mine again.
Warm. Flowery. Smooth. Bitter but not too much, like a perfectly harvested root. But most importantly of all, I could feel myself waking slightly more already, whether it was just self-suggestion or the drink having an effect so soon I couldn’t tell.
Once more, the reaction I expected from Jorge was missing, this time he seemed to be lost in thought, staring at a distant point in the air.
I took a moment to examine him, whatever he was thinking, it was starting to fester. It’d be better to get him talking “What’s wrong?” I asked.
“It’s no-” He shook his head. “It’s just… I… my dad… he liked to drink his without adding anything, no sugar, no… coconut milk…, and… me and mom used to tease him about it…” He was retreating into himself once more.
I kept drinking my coffee; There had to be something else I could talk with him about…
Jorge straightened up, something about his posture, about the way he held himself had changed.
“Say… Tayla… ¿Can I ask you for a favor?” Despite the confidence he exuded he was running one of his claws over the back of his mug repeatedly.
“W-what kind of favor?”
“There’s something I want, no, something I need to make for the end of the [month], and… I’m going to need your help getting the stuff, I’d just ask you to get it all for me, but honestly that wouldn’t be right.”
“O-ok, but you still haven’t told me what the favor is?”
“I need to buy flowers, candles, a good tablecloth, and see what dishes I can actually make here that’d be good enough.”
“W-What for?” W-Was he? My heart was beating wildly in a peculiar mix of elation, nervousness and apprehension.
“I’m going to make an Altar for Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos), it’s the least I can do for my family all the way over here.”
W-
Wh-
WHAT?
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| HD | 007: Daniel Craig 1,2,3 Movie Collection | VUDU | No |
| HD | 13 Hours | iTunes | No |
| HD | 13 Hours | VUDU | No |
| HD | Aftermath | VUDU | No |
| HD | Age of Adaline | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Aladdin (Live Action) | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Aladdin (Live Action) | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Aladdin (Live Action) | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Alexander and the Bad Day | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Alien: Covenant | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Alien: Covenant | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | All Eyez On Me | iTunes | No |
| HD | American Girl: Lea to the Rescue | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | American Made | MA | Yes |
| HD | Anchorman 2 | iTunes | No |
| HD | Anchorman 2 | iTunes | No |
| HD | Anchorman 2 | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Annihilation | iTunes | No |
| HD | Annihilation | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Assassin's Creed | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Assassin's Creed | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Assassin's Creed | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Assassination Nation | MA | Yes |
| HD | Atomic Blonde | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Avengers: Age of Ultron | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Avengers: Endgame | MA | Yes |
| HD | Avengers: Endgame | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Avengers: Endgame | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Avengers: Endgame | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Avengers: Infinity War | MA | Yes |
| HD | Avengers: Infinity War | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Back to the Future Trilogy | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Back to the Future Trilogy | MA | Yes |
| HD | Bad Moms | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Baggage Claim | MA | Yes |
| HD | Barbie in Princess Power | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Baywatch | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Baywatch | iTunes | No |
| HD | Beauty And The Beast (Live Action) | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Big Hero 6 | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Big Hero 6 | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Big Hero 6 | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Big Hero 6 | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Big Hero 6 (CANADA) | Google-Play | IDK |
| HD | Big Hero 6 (CANADA) (might be 4K iTunes?) | iTunes | IDK |
| 4K | Big Lebowski, The | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Black Panther | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Black Panther | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Black Panther | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Black Panther | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Black Panther | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Black Panther | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Black Panther | MA | Yes |
| HD | Black Panther | MA | Yes |
| HD | Black Panther | MA | Yes |
| HD | Black Panther | MA | Yes |
| HD | Black Widow | MA | Yes |
| HD | BOO! A Madea Halloween | iTunes/VUDU | No |
| 4K | Book Club | iTunes | No |
| HD | Boss Baby | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Bourne Legacy | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Brave | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Broken City | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Bumblebee | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Bumblebee | iTunes | No |
| HD | Captain Underpants | MA | Yes |
| HD | Captain Underpants (Australia) | Google-Play | IDK |
| HD | Cars 3 | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Chappie | MA | Yes |
| HD | Cinderella | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Coco | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Colombiana | MA | Yes |
| HD | Croods, The | MA | Yes |
| HD | Croods, The | MA | Yes |
| SD | Croods, The | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Croods, The | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Darkest Hour (2017) | MA | Yes |
| HD | Dead in Tombstone (Unrated) | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Deadpool | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Deadpool | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Deadpool | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Deadpool | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Deadpool | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Deadpool | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Deadpool | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Deadpool | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Deadpool | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Deadpool 2 | MA | Yes |
| HD | Deliver Us From Evil (2014) | MA | Yes |
| HD | Den of Thieves | iTunes | No |
| SD | Despicable Me | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Despicable Me 3 | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Despicable Me 3 | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Despicable Me 3 | MA | Yes |
| HD | Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days | MA | Yes |
| SD | Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Dictator, The (Unsure if Unrated) | VUDU | No |
| HD | Dictator, The (Unsure if Unrated) | iTunes | No |
| SD | Die Hard 5: A Good Day To Die Hard (Ext) | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Disneynature: Bears | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Divergent | iTunes | No |
| HD | Divergent | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Divergent: Allegiant | iTunes | No |
| HD | Divergent: Allegiant | VUDU | No |
| HD | Divergent: Insurgent | VUDU | No |
| HD | Django Unchained | VUDU | No |
| HD | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | MA | Yes |
| HD | Dracula Untold | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Dracula Untold | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Edward Scissorhands | MA | Yes |
| HD | Edward Scissorhands | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Ender's Game | ITunes | No |
| 4K | Ender's Game | ITunes | No |
| 4K | Escape Plan | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Escape Plan | ITunes | No |
| HD | Escape Plan | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Expendables 3 (Theatrical) | iTunes | No |
| HD | Expendables 3 (Unrated) | iTunes | No |
| HD | Fault In Our Stars | MA | Yes |
| HD | Fifty Shades 1,2,3 (UR+Theatrical) 6 Titles | MA | Yes |
| HD | Fifty Shades 1(UR), 2(UR), 3(Theat.) | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Finding Dory | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Finding Dory | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Finding Dory | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Finding Dory | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Finding Dory | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Finding Dory | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Finding Dory | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Finding Dory | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Finding Dory | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Finding Dory | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Finding Dory | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Finding Dory | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Finding Dory | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Finding Dory | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Finding Dory | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Finding Dory | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Finding Dory | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Flight | iTunes | No |
| HD | Fox and the Hound 2 | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Frozen | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Frozen | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Frozen | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Frozen | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Furious 7 | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Gambler, The | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Ghost in the Shell (2017 Live Action) | iTunes | No |
| HD | Ghost Team One | iTunes | No |
| HD | Ghostbusters (2016) Theatrical+Extended | MA | Yes |
| HD | Ghostbusters (2016) Theatrical+Extended | MA | Yes |
| HD | Ghostbusters (2016) Theatrical+Extended | MA | Yes |
| HD | Ghostbusters & Ghostbusters 2 | MA | Yes |
| HD | Girls Trip | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Good Dinosaur | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Grey, The | MA | Yes |
| HD | Grey, The | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Grey, The | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Guardians of the Galaxy | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Guardians of the Galaxy | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Guardians of the Galaxy | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Guardians of the Galaxy | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Guardians of the Galaxy | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Guardians of the Galaxy | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Guilt Trip, The | iTunes | No |
| HD | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (Unrated) | iTunes | No |
| HD | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (Unrated) | iTunes | No |
| HD | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (Unrated) | VUDU | No |
| HD | Hardcore Henry | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Hardcore Henry | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Hateful Eight (DOESN'T PORT TO MA) | VUDU | No |
| HD | Hateful Eight, The | VUDU | No |
| HD | Heat, The | MA | Yes |
| HD | Heat, The | MA | Yes |
| HD | Heat, The | MA | Yes |
| SD | Heat, The | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Heat, The | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Heat, The | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Heat, The | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Hereditary | VUDU | No |
| HD | Hobbs & Shaw | MA | Yes |
| HD | Homefront | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Hop | MA | Yes |
| HD | Hop | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Hot Fuzz | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Hot Fuzz | MA | Yes |
| HD | How to Be a Latin Lover | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Hunger Games 1 | iTunes | No |
| HD | Hunger Games 1 | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire | iTunes | No |
| HD | Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay Part 1 | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay Part 1 | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Hunger Games 4: Mockingjay Part 2 | iTunes | No |
| HD | Hunger Games 4: Mockingjay Part 2 | VUDU | No |
| SD | Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | In the Heights (WB EXPIRES 9/30) | MA | Yes |
| HD | Incredibles 2 | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Inferno (2016) | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Inside Out | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Inside Out | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Inside Out | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Inside Out | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Inside Out | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Interstellar | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Interstellar | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Interstellar | iTunes | No |
| HD | Interstellar | VUDU | No |
| HD | Into the Woods | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Into the Woods | MA | Yes |
| HD | Into the Woods | MA | Yes |
| HD | Into the Woods | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Iron Man 3 | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Jack Reacher | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Jack Reacher | iTunes | No |
| HD | Jack Reacher | VUDU | No |
| HD | Jackass 3 | VUDU | No |
| HD | Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (Not sure if theat. or UR) | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Jason Bourne | MA | Yes |
| 4K | John Wick | iTunes | No |
| 4K | John Wick | iTunes | No |
| 4K | John Wick | VUDU | No |
| HD | John Wick | VUDU | No |
| 4K | John Wick (SD VUDU) | 4K-iTunes/SD-VUDU | No |
| 4K | John Wick: Chapter 2 | iTunes | No |
| 4K | John Wick: Chapter 2 | VUDU | No |
| 4K | John Wick: Chapter 3 | 4K-iTunes/HD-VUDU | No |
| HD | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | MA | Yes |
| HD | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | MA | Yes |
| HD | Jurassic Park | MA | Yes |
| HD | Jurassic Park | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic Park | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic Park | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic Park | ITunes | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic Park 2: Lost World | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Jurassic Park 2: Lost World | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic World | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Jurassic World | MA | Yes |
| HD | Jurassic World | MA | Yes |
| HD | Jurassic World | MA | Yes |
| HD | Jurassic World | MA | Yes |
| HD | Jurassic World | MA | Yes |
| HD | Jurassic World | MA | Yes |
| HD | Jurassic World | MA | Yes |
| HD | Jurassic World | MA | Yes |
| HD | Jurassic World | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic World | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic World | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic World | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic World | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic World | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic World | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic World | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Jurassic World | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | King Kong (2005) (Theatrical) | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Kingsman 1: The Secret Service | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Last Stand, The | iTunes | No |
| SD | Last Stand, The (may give HD?) | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Last Witch Hunter | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Legend of Hercules | iTunes | No |
| HD | Les Miserables | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Lion King (1994) | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Lion King (Live Action) | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Lion King (Live Action) | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Lion King (Live Action) | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Lion King 1½ | MA | Yes |
| HD | Lion King 1½ | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Little Mermaid | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Logan | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Logan | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Lone Survivor | MA | Yes |
| HD | Luca | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Lucy | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Lucy | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Lucy | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Lucy | MA | Yes |
| HD | Lucy | MA | Yes |
| HD | Lucy | MA | Yes |
| HD | Lucy | MA | Yes |
| SD | Machete | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Machete | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Machete | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Machete | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Maleficent | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Mamma Mia ! 2-Movie Collection | MA | Yes |
| HD | Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life | iTunes | No |
| HD | Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life | VUDU | No |
| HD | Minions | MA | Yes |
| HD | Minions | MA | Yes |
| HD | Minions | MA | Yes |
| HD | Minions | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Minions | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Minions | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Mission Impossible: Fallout | iTunes | No |
| HD | Mission Impossible: Fallout | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Moana | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Moana | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Moana | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Moana | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Moana | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Monster Trucks | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Monster Trucks | iTunes | No |
| HD | Monster Trucks | VUDU | No |
| HD | Mr. Peabody and Sherman | MA | Yes |
| HD | Mr. Peabody and Sherman | MA | Yes |
| HD | Mr. Peabody and Sherman | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Mulan (Animated) | MA | Yes |
| HD | Mulan (Animated) | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Mulan (Live Action) | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Neighbors | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K/HD | Night at the Museum 1(HD),2(HD),3(4KiT) | MA/MA/4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Night at the Museum 3: Secret of the Tomb | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Night at the Museum 3: Secret of the Tomb | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Noah | iTunes | No |
| HD | Norm of the North | iTunes | No |
| HD | Norm of the North | iTunes | No |
| HD | Norm of the North | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Now You See Me | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Oblivion | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Oblivion | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Office Christmas Party | iTunes | No |
| HD | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | MA | Yes |
| HD | Open Road | MA | Yes |
| SD | Oranges, The | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Other Woman, The | MA | Yes |
| HD | Overdrive | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Overlord | iTunes | No |
| HD | Overlord | VUDU | No |
| HD | Paranormal Activity 4 (Extended?) | iTunes | No |
| HD | Paranorman | iTunes | Yes** |
| HD | Paranorman | iTunes | Yes** |
| HD | Paranorman | iTunes | Yes** |
| SD | Parental Guidance | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Parental Guidance | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Peanuts Movie | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| SD | Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Pet Sematary (2019) | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Pet Sematary (2019) | iTunes | No |
| HD | Pete's Dragon | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Pirate Fairy | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Pitch Perfect 1 | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Pitch Perfect 1 | MA | Yes |
| HD | Pitch Perfect 1 | MA | Yes |
| HD | Pitch Perfect 1 | MA | Yes |
| HD | Pitch Perfect 2 | MA | Yes |
| HD | Pitch Perfect 2 | MA | Yes |
| HD | Pitch Perfect 2 | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Pitch Perfect 2 | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Pitch Perfect 2 | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Pitch Perfect 2 | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Planes | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Planes | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Planes | MA | Yes |
| HD | Planes | MA | Yes |
| HD | Planes | MA | Yes |
| HD | Planes | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Planes | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Playing with Fire | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Playing with Fire | iTunes | No |
| HD | Playing with Fire | VUDU | No |
| SD | Predators | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Prometheus | MA | Yes |
| HD | Quantum of Solace | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Raya and the Last Dragon | MA | Yes |
| HD | Raya and the Last Dragon | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Raya and the Last Dragon | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Red 2 | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Red 2 | iTunes | No |
| HD | Red 2 | VUDU | No |
| SD | Red 2 | VUDU | No |
| HD | Red Dawn | iTunes | No |
| HD | Resident Evil: Retribution | MA | Yes |
| HD | Resident Evil: Retribution | MA | Yes |
| HD | Riddick | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Rio | MA | Yes |
| HD | Robocop (2014) | VUDU | No |
| HD | Robocop (2014) | VUDU | No |
| HD | Ron's Gone Wrong | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Russell Madness | MA | Yes |
| HD | Safe House | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Secret Life of Pets | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Secret Life of Pets | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Secret Life of Pets | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Secret Life of Pets | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Secret Life of Pets | MA | Yes |
| HD | Secret Life of Pets | MA | Yes |
| HD | Secret Life of Pets | MA | Yes |
| HD | Secret Life of Pets | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Selma | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Serenity (2005) | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Serenity (2005) | MA | Yes |
| HD | Shack, The | iTunes | No |
| HD | Shack, The | iTunes | No |
| HD | Shang Chi | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Shaun of the Dead | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Shaun of the Dead | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Sicario | iTunes/VUDU | No |
| HD | Sing! | MA | Yes |
| HD | Skyfall | VUDU | No |
| HD | Skyfall | VUDU | No |
| HD | Skyfall | VUDU | No |
| SD | Skyfall | iTunes | No |
| HD | Smurfs 2, The | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins | iTunes/VUDU | No |
| 4K | Snitch | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Spectre | 4K-iTunes/HD-VUDU | No |
| HD | Spider-Man (2002) | MA | Yes |
| HD | Spider-Man: Far From Home | MA | Yes |
| HD | Spider-Man: Homecoming | MA | Yes |
| HD | Spies in Disguise | MA | Yes |
| HD | Spies in Disguise | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water | iTunes | No |
| HD | Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Star Trek: Beyond | iTunes | No |
| HD | Star Trek: Beyond | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Star Trek: Into Darkness | iTunes | No |
| HD | Star Trek: Into Darkness | VUDU | No |
| 4K | Star Wars: Force Awakens | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Star Wars: Force Awakens | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Star Wars: Force Awakens | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Star Wars: Force Awakens | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Star Wars: Force Awakens | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Star Wars: Force Awakens | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Star Wars: Force Awakens | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Star Wars: Last Jedi | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Star Wars: Rogue One | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Star Wars: Rogue One | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Star Wars: Rogue One | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Star Wars: Rogue One | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Star Wars: Rogue One | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Star Wars: Rogue One | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Star Wars: Rogue One | Google-Play | Yes |
| 4K | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Google-Play | Yes |
| SD | Taken 2 | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | iTunes/VUDU | No |
| 4K | The World's End | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Thing, The (2011) | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Think Like a Man | MA | Yes |
| SD | Think Like a Man | MA | Yes |
| HD | This is 40 | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Thor: Ragnarok | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Thor: Ragnarok | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| HD | Thor: Ragnarok | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Thor: Ragnarok | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Thor: Ragnarok | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Toy Story 4 | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Trainwreck | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Trolls | MA | Yes |
| HD | Trolls | MA | Yes |
| SD | Turbo | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Unbroken | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Venom | MA | Yes |
| HD | Vow, The | MA | Yes |
| 4K | War for the Planet of the Apes | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Warcraft | iTunes | Yes |
| 4K | Warcraft | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Warcraft | MA | Yes |
| HD | Warcraft | MA | Yes |
| HD | Warcraft | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Warm Bodies | iTunes | No |
| 4K | Warm Bodies | iTunes | No |
| HD | Warm Bodies | VUDU | No |
| HD | Warm Bodies | VUDU | No |
| HD | Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo | Google-Play | Yes |
| HD | Wolf of Wall Street | VUDU | Yes |
| HD | Wolf of Wall Street | VUDU | Yes |
| SD | Wolverine, The | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Wolverine, The | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Wolverine, The | iTunes | Yes |
| SD | Wolverine, The | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | Wolverine, The (Extended Cut) | MA | Yes |
| HD | Wolverine, The (Extended Cut) | MA | Yes |
| HD | Woodlawn | iTunes | Yes |
| HD | X-Men 2 Pack: First Class & Days of Future Past | MA | Yes |
| 4K | X-Men: Apocalypse | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | X-Men: Apocalypse | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | X-Men: Days of Future Past | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | X-Men: Days of Future Past | 4K-iTunes/HD-MA | Yes |
| 4K | Yesterday | MA | Yes |
| 4K | Zootopia | iTunes | Yes |
2023.06.06 03:57 Trin_itty_bitty Fallen Hero: Retribution, Strange Inarticulate Non-Achievement Romance Question [SPOILER]
Romanced Ortega(m) from Rebith. Was an old flame. They: Had a Thing.
Followed that by romancing Herald throughout Retribution, inciting an eventual breakup with Ortega at a high score of about 94% rated as Open Attraction.
And alongside that entire mess, I was flirting with Dr. Mortum(m) in puppet body, but only culminated the confirmation of that relationship with cuddling and no further intimate business. Met Shroud at the auction/casino event. Discovered background (as Ace) alongside Dr. Mortum as witness.
Confessed truth to Mortum. Everything-everything. Puppetry. Telepathy. Also admitted to inadvertently, inevitably falling in luurrrvvvveeeee with Mortum.
Met with Hollow Ground as Sidestep (aka new villain). Escaped entirely unharmed and declined the 'deal'.
Ortega tried to follow, I proceeded to actively crash the car instead of engaging Ortega in any conversation to lower overall suspicion. Ortega discovers our Re-Gene status. Also revealed to Ortega is our desire for ending our self-hating existence; goes over relatively well to dispel a tad bit more of that villain-suspicion. Reason for breaking it off revealed as well (relatively unimportant, already included in the Re-Gene discovery).
Met with Hollow Ground as Puppet. Confess to Ortega, working for Puppetmaster. Sidestep checks in with Ortega at hospital; also decides to further reveal Re-Gene status voluntarily a day later (without Herald's(Daniel's)) moral support. Even after the fact of breaking up with Ortega, appear at his apartment the next day and make out like hell in front of his apartment door and hallway. Mess. Messy. So fucking messy.
Listen to Ortega's tinfoil Hollow Ground theories. Still reveals Re-Gene status to Ortega sitting at a mildly, romantically deflated value of 74% of Friend and Ally.
Admits to Ortega to being terrified of being in love with them. Ortega fucking RECIPROCATES and admits to loving Sidestep as well. What in the rich hells is going on other than my Sidestep being a dirty stinking mess of a floozy??
Goes to hospital with Ortega because Dr. Mortum kidnaps Puppet-body. Proceed to some makeout sesh. with Ortega before going to hospital altercation while trading love-quips with one another while fully being labelled Guess We're Lovers Now with Daniel!!!
Epilogue scene:
Sitting on Ortega's bike while he speaks with Daniel about the kidnapping. Also, Dr. Mortum watching over Puppet body while pining in deep desire for Sidestep...
It could not get any messier than this...Or could it...
Did anyone get this particular outcome? Or a close approximation like it?
submitted by Trin_itty_bitty to fallenherohg [link] [comments]
Followed that by romancing Herald throughout Retribution, inciting an eventual breakup with Ortega at a high score of about 94% rated as Open Attraction.
And alongside that entire mess, I was flirting with Dr. Mortum(m) in puppet body, but only culminated the confirmation of that relationship with cuddling and no further intimate business. Met Shroud at the auction/casino event. Discovered background (as Ace) alongside Dr. Mortum as witness.
Confessed truth to Mortum. Everything-everything. Puppetry. Telepathy. Also admitted to inadvertently, inevitably falling in luurrrvvvveeeee with Mortum.
Met with Hollow Ground as Puppet. Confess to Ortega, working for Puppetmaster. Sidestep checks in with Ortega at hospital; also decides to further reveal Re-Gene status voluntarily a day later (without Herald's(Daniel's)) moral support. Even after the fact of breaking up with Ortega, appear at his apartment the next day and make out like hell in front of his apartment door and hallway. Mess. Messy. So fucking messy.
Listen to Ortega's tinfoil Hollow Ground theories. Still reveals Re-Gene status to Ortega sitting at a mildly, romantically deflated value of 74% of Friend and Ally.
Admits to Ortega to being terrified of being in love with them. Ortega fucking RECIPROCATES and admits to loving Sidestep as well. What in the rich hells is going on other than my Sidestep being a dirty stinking mess of a floozy??
Goes to hospital with Ortega because Dr. Mortum kidnaps Puppet-body. Proceed to some makeout sesh. with Ortega before going to hospital altercation while trading love-quips with one another while fully being labelled Guess We're Lovers Now with Daniel!!!
Epilogue scene:
Sitting on Ortega's bike while he speaks with Daniel about the kidnapping. Also, Dr. Mortum watching over Puppet body while pining in deep desire for Sidestep...
It could not get any messier than this...Or could it...
Did anyone get this particular outcome? Or a close approximation like it?
2023.06.06 03:41 lyridsreign Let's not be quick to dismiss criticism
I bought into Early Access after seeing some reviews and watching my favorite Overwatch streamer play through the first hour of the Early Access launch. I beat Act VI on Saturday night and got into WT3 on early Sunday afternoon. I've seen a lot of justified criticism about the game and some unjustified ones, I'd like to throw my hat into the ring from the perspective of someone who has a lot of experience with ARPGs but not a hardcore player like many others are.
The Good:
submitted by lyridsreign to diablo4 [link] [comments]
The Good:
- The base 1-50 experience is incredibly content rich and while I have some gripes about the story, its presentation is leagues above the competition. Blizzard has always made banger cinematics but now they've extended that talent into much better presentation throughout without having to lean on cinematics as much
- Open world Diablo was something that initially had me worried about the gameplay loop but I was pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong. While nothing groundbreaking or the future of open world ARPG design, it will serve to offer hours of enjoyable gameplay on top of everything else in the base package.
- Legendary imprinting was a system I didn't know I wanted until I played D4. Build crafting not only becomes more accessible for your average ARPG player but it also helps in optimizing the perfect build for the dedicated.
- Nightmare Dungeons take the best aspects of WoWs Mythic+ and incorporate it into the already robust dungeon system Diablo games are known for. Legion and Helltide events are great at selling the idea of spontaneous grouping and strangers working together naturally. Same can also be said for the regular events too but I noticed this more during Legion/Helltides.
- Currencies, mounts, codex, and major renown rewards being account wide is a major boon to this games longevity with the casual community as the barriers to creating alts have lowered significantly.
- Tree of Whispers is a unique and fun way to not only assist in the early endgame gearing but also encourages players to explore zones they may have skipped out on during their leveling
- The first capstone dungeon is a mismatch of ideas that fail to help players transition into WT3. Outside of the final boss the entire dungeon is extremely similar to what you have already been doing but now more elites that barely hurt you exist.
- Builder skills feel incredibly weak to use and don't offer enough resource generation to justify their existence in some cases. Builder-Spender loops need to be engaging at every part not just the dumping phase.
- There are clear winners and losers in every tree. Some abilities are so downright awful that even someone who doesn't like looking up external information will be able to tell when their skill choices were bad. Other abilities feel mandatory for every build, even if it doesn't fit the theme. Necromancer especially took a heavy hit with their minions feeling less like an extension of you and more of a cumbersome to manage damage passive
- World bosses are incredibly rewarding but are also slogs to get through. Lack of variety in encounters coupled with said encounters feeling incredibly basic means there will be little incentive for players to keep returning to them each week unless other gearing methods are tapped out.
- Tile generation for dungeons, cellars, and other instanced areas are far too limited. By the time you have wrapped up the six Acts you will have seen 90% of everything the game can use when it generates a play area for you. While this is somewhat expected due to the nature of ARPGs it still is bound by strict limitations of few tiles to work with.
2023.06.06 03:35 acn_newswire Traumatic Miscarriage Precedes Birth of Baby Girl to Michelle Tang, Co-Founder & CEO of IMA ART Fertility
 | submitted by acn_newswire to acnnewswire [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/lld990m2xa4b1.png?width=150&format=png&auto=webp&s=617cd8823991972c5d300252bbf8b0bda8281f6d Baby Dylan delivered by world-renowned OBGYN Dr. Thais Aliabadi at Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles BEVERLY HILLS, CA, June 6, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Michelle's traumatic miscarriage and failed IVF treatment in Hong Kong inadvertently prepared her for leading IMA ART Fertility Beverly Hills. The Hong Kong experience honed Michelle's listening skills and to speak to clients with compassion and empathy. Read more https://preview.redd.it/mw3yixp4xa4b1.png?width=650&format=png&auto=webp&s=645d738409f4c37d22fd6b085c9908d45833f005 |
2023.06.06 03:08 wyager [WTS] Aimpoint CompM5, Elcan SpecterDR 1-4, NF ATACR 7-35
Timestamp: https://imgur.com/JLTX6Bb
https://imgur.com/a/b46SUig
10% discount for local pickup + cash if you come meet me in southern CT.
Nightforce ATACR 7-35 MOAR F1. Comes with original flip caps, sun shade, box ($3600 + tax new). Lived on my 308, probably ~500 rounds.
Also includes NF scope rings - discontinued but I think were around $150
Also includes SME bubble level
Selling for $3000 shipped + insured
Aimpoint CompM5 + ADM mount + front flip-up ARD + rear flip cap. Mount has been used, but optic itself is unused.
It wasn't going to fit where I planned to put it. About $1100 + tax of stuff new.
Selling for $850 shipped + insured
Elcan SpecterDR 5.56 plus aftermarket ARD flip cap and rear lens cap. Good condition. Lightly used.
Selling for $1600 shipped + insured
I'm not exactly on top on the used market for these things, so if you want to buy but think a price is unreasonable, send me some comparable recent listings that went for less and I'll be flexible.
submitted by wyager to GunAccessoriesForSale [link] [comments]
https://imgur.com/a/b46SUig
10% discount for local pickup + cash if you come meet me in southern CT.
Also includes NF scope rings - discontinued but I think were around $150
Also includes SME bubble level
Selling for $3000 shipped + insured
It wasn't going to fit where I planned to put it. About $1100 + tax of stuff new.
Selling for $850 shipped + insured
Selling for $1600 shipped + insured
I'm not exactly on top on the used market for these things, so if you want to buy but think a price is unreasonable, send me some comparable recent listings that went for less and I'll be flexible.
2023.06.06 02:47 Significant_Barber98 Is this a permanent defect or is it fixable?
 | TL;DR: The top and side edges of the QLED tv has some kind of problem. Is this fixable? submitted by Significant_Barber98 to fixit [link] [comments] I bought a used (like new condition) Samsung QLED tv from Amazon for a new place I was moving to. It had a plastic protective film with a label “Remove this film now.” And it had what I thought were just bubbles on the edges. I mounted the TV, but because I wasn’t living in my new place yet, and I’ve been doing a lot of constructions around the house, I kept the film on for more protection. I moved to the new place yesterday and removed the film, but now the edges on the side and on the top are all messed up, and what I thought were bubbles seem to be something more permanent that you can see whether the TV is on or off (see pictures) I’ve been trying to find more information about this, but haven’t had any luck. Does anyone know what caused this, and if it’s fixable? |
2023.06.06 02:33 Sea_Cryptographer321 $uicideboy$ - mount sinai
tryna find the main preset used, sounds like an organ i think?
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2023.06.06 02:17 the_harakiwi paying my bills - producing solar power vs power consumption
Hey guys! tl;dr-ed the question as a H1 header
Getting started in HA. For a few months I bumbled around playing the the UI and adding my Chromecast devices and "smart" power plugs to see the power consumption of some devices.
I am currently trying to split my power bill with others in my home. In theory a fair split is 50/50. In my example it's a combined 800 Watt of PCs on my end vs a laptop / desktop user with lower-end hardware.
So I already split my bill 25/75. That part was easy. I have to pay x and I split this amount.
Now, because if the rising cost, I added a 600 Watt (Wp) balcony power plant aka roof mounted PV panel to my home.
I added a reader to my smart electricity meter so I have the readout of - produced power - consumed power on the PCs - power meter (that tells me if I take power or send power to the street)
Example: One of us sits on their PC from 10:00 - 16:00. Sun shines, free power. The other one runs PC from 20:00 - 2:00. Night time, no sun, full price power cost.
No idea where to start with this task.
Please feel free to tell me that HA is the wrong tool / that there is a obvious solution to my question.
submitted by the_harakiwi to homeassistant [link] [comments]
Getting started in HA. For a few months I bumbled around playing the the UI and adding my Chromecast devices and "smart" power plugs to see the power consumption of some devices.
I am currently trying to split my power bill with others in my home. In theory a fair split is 50/50. In my example it's a combined 800 Watt of PCs on my end vs a laptop / desktop user with lower-end hardware.
So I already split my bill 25/75. That part was easy. I have to pay x and I split this amount.
Now, because if the rising cost, I added a 600 Watt (Wp) balcony power plant aka roof mounted PV panel to my home.
I added a reader to my smart electricity meter so I have the readout of - produced power - consumed power on the PCs - power meter (that tells me if I take power or send power to the street)
Example: One of us sits on their PC from 10:00 - 16:00. Sun shines, free power. The other one runs PC from 20:00 - 2:00. Night time, no sun, full price power cost.
Basically: Can I export the required values or make a sensor that ignores the consumed power when my PV panels produce enough power to run our devices?
My current solution to collect the kWh from our devices, combine my devices, their devices and the rest we split (light, water heater, kitchen, TV, etc). Is it easier to do that externaly with a spreadsheet. Something like export a timetable for each of the sensors and compare/delete the parts where the powermeter shows a zero or negative value.No idea where to start with this task.
Please feel free to tell me that HA is the wrong tool / that there is a obvious solution to my question.
2023.06.06 01:53 DepartureHonest7948 The Uncompromising Blissful Extravagance of His Presence!
CMM.World & CMMTheology.org
The Great Harvest is here. Christ's Mandate for Missions and CMMTheology build strong, organic relationships globally as we worship, grow and equip together. Like Joshua and Caleb and the Apostle Paul, we see with faith what He sees in each person (to help each reach fullness), group (many streams and backgrounds in unity) and nations (sheep vs. goat nations). Our passion is to love, connect, equip and send with the simplicity, fullness, and power of the Gospel.
The Uncompromising Blissful Extravagance of His Presence! Inbox
By CMM.World CMMTheology.org - November 10, 2022
Dear Mighty One,
I see the Lord's eye upon us we discover by revelation the 'new thing' He is doing in our lives and of those of us who, beyond the present darkness, gaze into His eyes. The 'tuning fork' of Yahweh is orchestrating the sons and daughters of our living God in growing holy remnant unity to withstand as we stand with Him fearlessly in the boldness of the faith of God in this hour. Egypt is behind us, and the covenantal promises and prophetic words we have received (1 Tim. 1:18) empower us by His Holy Spirit to advance in warfare, humbly growing in the spirit of wisdom and revelation.

Yesterday as I encouraged some friends, I said, 'stay in the blissful extravagance of His presence.' Today I saw in Psalm 34 His eyes are upon us in vs. 8 & 9 and v:15 about the 'uncompromisingly righteous.' We are to be holy as He is holy. That leaves no room for any more compromise or seeking to please man or the traditions of men, being free of the fear of man, the religious spirit, and any demonic activity. We are seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. Lord, help us understand by revelation to walk in all the authority we have been given by Jesus Christ.
Psalm 34:8-9 'O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him. O fear the Lord, you His saints [revere and worship Him]! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear.'
v. 15 'The eyes of the Lord are toward the [uncompromisingly] righteous and His ears are open to their cry.'
Chuck Pierce shared this amazing word from Penny Jackson that is right on for this season: https://christsmandate.blogspot.com/2022/11/chuck-pierce-shares-powerful-word-from.html
May YOUR November be full of Thanksgiving and Praise for you and yours as YOU enjoy The Uncompromising Blissful Extravagance of His Presence!
Thank you for praying for CMM and all your fellow CMM Global Family worldwide. Pray for all the missionaries, schools, and students in CMM College of Theology in the US, Ecuador, Canada, Cuba, Myanmar, Nigeria, and Thailand.
Pray for the new wells and the living water and safe water recently drilled or soon to be drilled in Tanzania, India, Malawi, and Pakistan.
Pray for our upcoming Christmas gift campaigns to bless children and youth in many nations. Many of them are precious, beautiful children (orphans). As the Lord leads, pray about giving any amount to bless dear CMM children this Christmas. https://cmmworld.kindful.com/
Pray for each other, dear friends. We all know we each need prayers going up to Heaven for all those on the front lines. We each are on the front lines!
Please pray for me as I speak tomorrow online to a crusade with 8,000 expected to attend in Pakistan. In December, I will speak at conferences in Liberia and Kenya with fellow CMM Ordained ministers Robert Bimba (Liberia), Tom Omukhobero, and Daniel and Christine Oyoko (Kenya).
We are working on plans and trips for 2023. If you would like to have some of our awesome CMM family speakers for a conference in your area or would like to join or lead a missions trip, we would love to hook you up with dear friends in many nations.
Please join me in welcoming Dr. Louis Blom of Judea Harvest as Associate Director of Missions at CMM. This strategic alliance multiplies the efforts and impact in building the Kingdom of our God, for His glory. https://youtu.be/HXfP8tCySRc

Many blessings and shalom from us all here at the home office and around the world.
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Honoring and Celebrating the Class of 2022's 196 Graduates of CMM College of Theology Global Schools
By CMM.World CMMTheology.org - June 15, 2022

We are rejoicing! We just celebrated two of our six schools' graduations on June 4th in the US and June 11th in Ecuador and we thank the Lord for all He has done in their lives and will do in this new era. We honor the faith in action of each of the seventy-eight students (in the USA and Ecuador schools this year)of all ages and from different streams and backgrounds. We thank the Lord for the hunger, perseverance and faith to finish strong. Each one encountered the Lord in fresh new ways as their hunger and perseverance in faith reaped eternal change as evidenced in their dissertations and heavenly encounters. In the last few months we have graduated 196 students from our global schools. All glory to the Lord as we enter our 16th year of offering affordable, life changing accredited degrees around the world. Each year our school is led by the Holy Spirit to go higher and deeper in excellence in academic standards and spirit-led equipping in a truly experiential, interactive, a
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By CMM.World CMMTheology.org - January 02, 2022

Prophetic Encouragement for 2022 By Jorge Parrott (all scriptures NKJV) (Graphic art by Nancy G. Daniel) Despite the impending wars, division, chaos, calamity, and deceptive controls we hear the voice of our Lord at times speaking, or roaring, or whispering, and breathing on the sons of God. Are we listening yet? Heaven’s roar is clear to those with an ear to hear what the Spirit of the Living God is saying. This year holds untold opportunities, many answered prayers, and the cries of many hearts if we arise to walk obediently in His fullness, not growing weary in well-doing, nor fainting in the heat of this fiery battle. Deut. 6:4 ‘ The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.’ Jesus was asked many questions. What should you ask
READ MORE
Highlights Of Our Amazing Trip To The Holy Land With Chris Reed And Bart Peacher
By CMM.World CMMTheology.org - July 19, 2022

Highlights Of Our Amazing Trip To The Holy Land With Chris Reed And Bart Peacher Prov. 16:9 ' A man’s mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure.' We are continually blessed and in awe of how the Lord breathes and moves in our lives. As we press into the high calling of Jesus Christ and we grow in intimacy and trust by faith, His love, grace, and mercy unfold in surprising ways. I had not been to Israel since 2017. So much has changed in the world since then as we see the tremendous acceleration of the times and seasons. Chaos, control, and corruption are increasing at an alarming rate. Our only hope is in Jesus Christ and His righteousness. Divine Encounters Abound As We Are Led By Holy Spirit And Make Ourselves Available Many churches are led by their pursuit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil instead of the knowledge of the Tree of Life. As we surrender fully to the Holy Spirit, we learn to walk in deep humility and attenti
READ MORE
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CMM is a 501c3 founded in 1978. We also handle donor relations for approximately 500 missionaries globally, ordained ministers, as we enjoy the Lord in fellowship, offering Christian accredited degrees globally, church planting, healing, counseling, orphanages, and prayer centers, creative arts, prophetic, humanitarian aid and disaster relief, medical, stopping human trafficking, leadership training and creative incubators for entrepreneurs, disaster relief, and connecting destinies.
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The Great Harvest is here. Christ's Mandate for Missions and CMMTheology build strong, organic relationships globally as we worship, grow and equip together. Like Joshua and Caleb and the Apostle Paul, we see with faith what He sees in each person (to help each reach fullness), group (many streams and backgrounds in unity) and nations (sheep vs. goat nations). Our passion is to love, connect, equip and send with the simplicity, fullness, and power of the Gospel.
The Uncompromising Blissful Extravagance of His Presence! Inbox
By CMM.World CMMTheology.org - November 10, 2022
Dear Mighty One,
I see the Lord's eye upon us we discover by revelation the 'new thing' He is doing in our lives and of those of us who, beyond the present darkness, gaze into His eyes. The 'tuning fork' of Yahweh is orchestrating the sons and daughters of our living God in growing holy remnant unity to withstand as we stand with Him fearlessly in the boldness of the faith of God in this hour. Egypt is behind us, and the covenantal promises and prophetic words we have received (1 Tim. 1:18) empower us by His Holy Spirit to advance in warfare, humbly growing in the spirit of wisdom and revelation.

Yesterday as I encouraged some friends, I said, 'stay in the blissful extravagance of His presence.' Today I saw in Psalm 34 His eyes are upon us in vs. 8 & 9 and v:15 about the 'uncompromisingly righteous.' We are to be holy as He is holy. That leaves no room for any more compromise or seeking to please man or the traditions of men, being free of the fear of man, the religious spirit, and any demonic activity. We are seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. Lord, help us understand by revelation to walk in all the authority we have been given by Jesus Christ.
Psalm 34:8-9 'O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him. O fear the Lord, you His saints [revere and worship Him]! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear.'
v. 15 'The eyes of the Lord are toward the [uncompromisingly] righteous and His ears are open to their cry.'
Chuck Pierce shared this amazing word from Penny Jackson that is right on for this season: https://christsmandate.blogspot.com/2022/11/chuck-pierce-shares-powerful-word-from.html
May YOUR November be full of Thanksgiving and Praise for you and yours as YOU enjoy The Uncompromising Blissful Extravagance of His Presence!
Thank you for praying for CMM and all your fellow CMM Global Family worldwide. Pray for all the missionaries, schools, and students in CMM College of Theology in the US, Ecuador, Canada, Cuba, Myanmar, Nigeria, and Thailand.
Pray for the new wells and the living water and safe water recently drilled or soon to be drilled in Tanzania, India, Malawi, and Pakistan.
Pray for our upcoming Christmas gift campaigns to bless children and youth in many nations. Many of them are precious, beautiful children (orphans). As the Lord leads, pray about giving any amount to bless dear CMM children this Christmas. https://cmmworld.kindful.com/
Pray for each other, dear friends. We all know we each need prayers going up to Heaven for all those on the front lines. We each are on the front lines!
Please pray for me as I speak tomorrow online to a crusade with 8,000 expected to attend in Pakistan. In December, I will speak at conferences in Liberia and Kenya with fellow CMM Ordained ministers Robert Bimba (Liberia), Tom Omukhobero, and Daniel and Christine Oyoko (Kenya).
We are working on plans and trips for 2023. If you would like to have some of our awesome CMM family speakers for a conference in your area or would like to join or lead a missions trip, we would love to hook you up with dear friends in many nations.
Please join me in welcoming Dr. Louis Blom of Judea Harvest as Associate Director of Missions at CMM. This strategic alliance multiplies the efforts and impact in building the Kingdom of our God, for His glory. https://youtu.be/HXfP8tCySRc

Many blessings and shalom from us all here at the home office and around the world.
Popular posts from this blog
Honoring and Celebrating the Class of 2022's 196 Graduates of CMM College of Theology Global Schools
By CMM.World CMMTheology.org - June 15, 2022

We are rejoicing! We just celebrated two of our six schools' graduations on June 4th in the US and June 11th in Ecuador and we thank the Lord for all He has done in their lives and will do in this new era. We honor the faith in action of each of the seventy-eight students (in the USA and Ecuador schools this year)of all ages and from different streams and backgrounds. We thank the Lord for the hunger, perseverance and faith to finish strong. Each one encountered the Lord in fresh new ways as their hunger and perseverance in faith reaped eternal change as evidenced in their dissertations and heavenly encounters. In the last few months we have graduated 196 students from our global schools. All glory to the Lord as we enter our 16th year of offering affordable, life changing accredited degrees around the world. Each year our school is led by the Holy Spirit to go higher and deeper in excellence in academic standards and spirit-led equipping in a truly experiential, interactive, a
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Prophetic Encouragement for 2022 by Jorge Parrott
By CMM.World CMMTheology.org - January 02, 2022

Prophetic Encouragement for 2022 By Jorge Parrott (all scriptures NKJV) (Graphic art by Nancy G. Daniel) Despite the impending wars, division, chaos, calamity, and deceptive controls we hear the voice of our Lord at times speaking, or roaring, or whispering, and breathing on the sons of God. Are we listening yet? Heaven’s roar is clear to those with an ear to hear what the Spirit of the Living God is saying. This year holds untold opportunities, many answered prayers, and the cries of many hearts if we arise to walk obediently in His fullness, not growing weary in well-doing, nor fainting in the heat of this fiery battle. Deut. 6:4 ‘ The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.’ Jesus was asked many questions. What should you ask
READ MORE
Highlights Of Our Amazing Trip To The Holy Land With Chris Reed And Bart Peacher
By CMM.World CMMTheology.org - July 19, 2022

Highlights Of Our Amazing Trip To The Holy Land With Chris Reed And Bart Peacher Prov. 16:9 ' A man’s mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure.' We are continually blessed and in awe of how the Lord breathes and moves in our lives. As we press into the high calling of Jesus Christ and we grow in intimacy and trust by faith, His love, grace, and mercy unfold in surprising ways. I had not been to Israel since 2017. So much has changed in the world since then as we see the tremendous acceleration of the times and seasons. Chaos, control, and corruption are increasing at an alarming rate. Our only hope is in Jesus Christ and His righteousness. Divine Encounters Abound As We Are Led By Holy Spirit And Make Ourselves Available Many churches are led by their pursuit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil instead of the knowledge of the Tree of Life. As we surrender fully to the Holy Spirit, we learn to walk in deep humility and attenti
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CMM is cross-denominational. We are seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus and the completed work of Jesus Christ on the cross assures us of victory, through trials, as we are trained to rule and reign with the Father's heart and love of justice and mercy and walk humbly before Him.
CMM is a 501c3 founded in 1978. We also handle donor relations for approximately 500 missionaries globally, ordained ministers, as we enjoy the Lord in fellowship, offering Christian accredited degrees globally, church planting, healing, counseling, orphanages, and prayer centers, creative arts, prophetic, humanitarian aid and disaster relief, medical, stopping human trafficking, leadership training and creative incubators for entrepreneurs, disaster relief, and connecting destinies.
Call 704-225-3927 or email [email protected] to learn more or to have one of our many CMM amointed, itinerant ministers speak at your church or group, in person or online.
2023.06.06 01:06 Expensive_Ad_5089 June 2023 - Unpacking the Light Police
Unpacking the Light Police. Light Pollution News.
Show Link: https://lightpollutionnews.com/podcast/unpacking-the-light-police/
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I was busted by the light police. They had a point, Dana Milbank of the Washington Post.
Dana Milbank purchased a home in, soon to be not, rural Virginia. At night he kept the formerly vacant property lit to the degree that spurned one commentator to call it “spaceship lighting.”
Milbank recaps being visited by the “light police,” a group of concerned citizens who help educate neighbors and instill a sense of pride in the brilliance of their starry night skies.
At first, he was taken aback, but later, not only did he appreciate their efforts, but he also converted his blinding always on, white light flood lights to warm 2700 Kelvin motion sensing lights.
Per Ruskin Hartley, executive director of the International Dark Sky Association, “for 4.5 billion years there was no artificial light at night. It’s really only in the last five human generations that we transformed that. It’s one of the most profound transformations of our environment.”
Many of you may recall an earlier story, way back in our Hormone of Darkness episode, showcasing concerns by local residents prior to a 760 house (now 761) plus town center development moving into the Culpepper County, VA area. Per the Rappahannock News, this development features “a resort style swimming pool, clubhouse, tot lot, and multiple sports fields and sports courts, all connected by a network of biking and walking trails.”
The forgotten medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’ by Zaria Gorvett of the BBC.
Gorvett opened my eyes to something I never knew about, the medieval custom of two sleeps. For those of you unaware, two sleeps are exactly what it sounds like.
Folks would partake in a communal nap, complete with rigid sleeping arrangement conventions, between 9 – 11pm, then awaken for a few hours to do everything from hang out to brew beer! In fact, the idea of multiple sleeps crossed cultures and was found in places as far from Europe as indigenous South America.
How can one’s circadian rhythm make sense of all of this?!
Well, for starters, until the invention of the alarm clock, which humorously was invented by a clocks salesman so he could wake up and sell more clocks, people had no firm way to wake up at a consistent time. The industrial revolution enforced a new circadian standard.
And there’s some science behind this! In the 1992 study, In Short Photoperiods, human sleep is biphasic, researcher Thomas Wehr found that after four weeks of 10 hour days, his subjects began to engage in this two sleep cycle, involving a one to three hour period for which they became awake and engaged in between.
Want to Learn About Light Pollution? There’s a mini-course for that!, Jennifer Sensiba of Clean Technica.
Quoting Sensiba, “As I got older, I traveled a lot more and saw the problem more for what it is. Not only did I see that in many places there is no refuge from it, but I also saw that it was slowly growing worse. Places that had been dark 30 years ago had more and more light creeping upon the horizon.”
If you’re interested in learning more, or more importantly, know someone who might benefit from learning more, Sensiba links up to an International Dark Sky Mini-Course on light pollution, call it Light Pollution 101!
There’s a Play Date at the National Museum of Natural History: Lights Out exhibit!
But unfortunately, by the time you listen to this, and hell, by the time we talk about this, it has passed.
Ann Arbor named best place for sunrises, sunsets in Michigan. Sarah Parlette for Click on Detroit.
Evidently gambling websites have decided to honor April’s International Dark Sky week in a strange new content marketing campaign, which was to rank the best places in each state to see sunrises and sunsets. My favorite one, “Ann Arbor named best place for sunrises, sunsets in Michigan,” comes from Click on Detroit, whereby a quote “study” examined Michigan’s most populated cities.”
According to Click on Detroit, “to celebrate International Astrology Day on Saturday, staff at Great Lake Stakes, a Michigan online gambling news site, looked at light pollution in the five most populated cities around the Mitten state to determine which offers the best views every morning and evening.”
Star bathing is the new outdoor travel trend we should all be trying for Summer 2023, according to Amy Beecham at Stylist.
Evidently, as an attempt to destress and promote mindfulness, romanticism about sleeping under the stars has birthed a 70% increase in searches for the term ‘star bathing’ on Hipcamp. And to be sure, “Hipcamp recommends checking a stargazing calendar which outlines major astrological events – like supermoons, pink moons, and star showers.”
“Industry Must Face an Inconvenient Truth — Most LED Lights at Night are Unhealthy”
Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, a circadian clock expert, recently published an article in LEDs Magazine chastising the lighting industry for not recognizing and reigning in the negative externalities of its products. Per the piece, such effects are, obesity, diabetes, depression, cancer, and more.
He cites three categories of industry responses, making the correlation that long term Denial or outright Ignorance of the Facts, may result in “asbestos-scale liabilities or draconian regulations.”
Per the piece, a recent survey by the Circadian Light Research Center of 2,697 peer reviewed scientific articles confirmed that human circadian clocks are highly sensitive to blue wavelengths, and that exposure to such wavelengths leads to major health disorders.
Moore-Ede calls for the industry to harvest the “commercial opportunity” to greatly limit future liability by creating and managing its own standards for circadian modulated lighting.
Unpacking the Wallpack, by Dan Weissman in LD+A Magazine.
Weissman, who recently purchased a telescope for his family in Cambridge, MA, discovered that the scope could only afford him views of some solar system objects and a few brightly burning stars.
The ire of Weissman’s pen takes the shape of a rectangular fixtures, be it box like or simply a panel these days, that typically hang off the side of an exterior wall or above an exterior door. “Devoid of aesthetic value” this light is often put up under the “pretense of security and safety” by “recommended practices and adopted municipal codes.”
Weissman recognizes labels that often accompany, what he calls, “Glare bombs,” including “contractor-select,” “energy efficient,” or “light pollution friendly.”
Further, per an earlier LD+A article, such lighting driven by its extreme contrasts is exceedingly common in minority communities where light is weaponized as a tool of power. It becomes a “device of alienation, creating a zone of control and separation.”
Weissman recognizes that the true reason such fixtures are selected often comes down to cost. He recognizes that it may take equally as much cost to persuade building and homeowners away from such lighting into the realm of more responsible, lower lumen, shielded lighting.
Weissman calls for producers of these glare bombs to be labeled as polluters, putting them in line with fossil fuel manufacturers and PFAS makers.
Songbirds, dusk and clear skies: Scientists explore migratory flights, by Erin Blakemore.
Bird migration season is ending here in the Mid-Atlantic. I was lucky enough to catch several Baltimore Orioles and Indigo Buntings last week. Researchers looked at 400 songbirds from 9 major species, “including the yellow-rump warbler, American redstart and Bicknell’s thrush.”
The question they hoped to answer was how are these birds so darn precise in identifying the best time to take off for their nightly migration? Scientists found that 90% of the migrating birds in the study took off within 69 minutes of dusk. A “much narrower takeoff window,” that even shocked the research team!
Per the study, taking off at night is all about maximum flight time. In addition to being able to precisely schedule their take offs, a feat that every airline I’ve flown with over the past few years has proven inept at, birds also are apparently good meteorologists! They often depart when the atmospheric pressure rises over a day’s span. Other factors also trigger migration, including sex, age, and celestial cues.
‘Lights Out’ initiative appears to be saving birds from crashing into Philly buildings by Sophia Schmidt.
Preliminary results indicate that bird death counts are down 70% at one Market Street tower, since it began its participation in Lights Out. As we spoke about on a previous show, birds utilize the stars to navigate, but city lights can disorient the birds. Combine the lights with reflective or transparent glass, and that spells fatal trouble for our migrating warblers!
Per Keith Russell, a program manager for urban conservation with Audubon Mid-Atlantic, “We’ve lost almost a third of our birds – and [collisions] contributing to that. If we’re going to want to preserve the bird populations here in North America, we have to look at these types of problems. And this is a preventable one.”
The Knoxville, TN Zoo is offering up what they call “Twilight Tours” per WVLT 8. Each event will feature a guide to showcase nocturnal critters.
I did something similar in Singapore years ago. The zoo had very dim lights in the exhibits – and they kept those lights dim as you walked so that you didn’t lose your night vision. It was a very different and, might I say, peaceful experience than the typically chaotic daytime zoo.
Flashlights posing major threat to nesting sea turtles. Fox35 Orlando
Apparently, a single flashlight can deter female sea turtles from coming onto a beach and nesting. Florida, as I did not know, is home to 90% of the sea turtle nests across the world, so losing sea turtles can affect the global ecosystem.
One visitor to Cocoa Beach stated, “Just leave them alone. Stand back and look. You don’t need a flashlight.”
Another, “It’s not super surprising because more buildings go up, more technology. As it increases, nature and stuff like that decreases,” said Zoe Jovaag, whose grandfather used to take her on walks to see sea turtles.
Capture the Dark 2023 officially is under way!
The International Dark Sky Association opens up its annual photo contest complete with prizes across eight categories and an additional People’s Choice category. Voting begins on July 3rd, entries must be received by June 30th.
City Tests Traffic Light That Only Turns Green for Drivers Who Obey the Speed Limit. Erin Marquis for Jalopnik.
And hey, you better not speed in Brossard, Quebec….otherwise you may be waiting around for a while. Brossard is testing out a new traffic light that will stay red until it senses oncoming traffic. However, it will only change to green if the car is going the speed limit. Per the Jalopnik article, “FRED [the French acronym for “educational traffic calming light] forces fast drivers to stop and gives them a chance to reconsider their life choices.” Such lights are already used in Europe, but this will be the first for the Great White North.
Why the Greatest Threat to Star-Gazing Isn’t Light Pollution, and this comes to us from Dorin Elin Urrutia at Inverse.
Elin Urrutia writes, in her compelling piece, that the greatest threat to star-gazing is actually the weather. Citing notable examples of the Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia (which burnt down due to bushfires) and the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico (which sustained structural damage following the winds of Hurricane Maria).
While the threat of human-caused climate change has presented new challenges, Elin Urrutia references proactive burns that saved Los Angeles’ Mount Wilson Observatory from flames in 2020.
On a similar note, ABC News (the Australian Broadcasting Company, not to be confused with the American Broadcasting Company), brings us “A World Without Darkness Could Be a Reality within a Few Years.”
Per Carol Redford of Astrotourism Western Australia, “There are some people in the world now who don’t actually experience darkness anymore. They’re in a city like Beijing, Toyoko, or London. In all those big cities, it’s never dark, it’s always light. During the day of course with the sun, but then during the night with all of the artificial light. They’re not experiencing darkness, and definitely not seeing those beautiful stars…”
In the 66 years since the implementation of the UN Convention on the Peaceful Use of Outerspace, around 11,000 satellites orbit the Earth. But it’s about to get wayyy busier. Driven by innovations that have led to dramatic reductions in costs, over the next ten years, Per attorney Steven Freeland, it’s anticipated that somewhere between 100,000 to 500,000 objects will be sent up. Let me pause on that for a second.
On the travel front, we stay in the land down under, “Aussie region determined to keep its darkness is a stargazer’s dream” by Chantelle Francis of News.com.AU.
The town of Swam Reach, population 270, resides in a 3200sq km region of Southern Australia that received its International Dark Sky Reserve status over three years ago. On a scale of darkness between 0 – 22, the River Murray Dark Sky Reserve at Swam Reach, measures in at a whopping 21.9!
Tourism has become a growing business. The reserve hosts numerous telescope pads and offers tours of the night sky. There’s hope that an observatory and/or planetarium may also arrive in due course.
Best smart lights for outdoors in 2023, Brittney Vincent of CBS Essentials.
Oh there’s a lot not to love here, but it does fall in line with last month’s ‘Lumens are Coming’ article.
For those of you who feel the need to light your trees, because for some reason they need light at night I guess…I’ll try and pretend it’s not solely for ostentatious and narcissistic reasons. By the way, does anyone remember when those were negative characteristics?
The article features spotlights that can be programmed to over 16 MILLION colors including…lucky for us, ALL shades of white….which you can also do for a 500 lumen flood light set.
And hey, Ring now has solar path lighting. Don’t worry though, the fixtures themselves put out up to 80 lumens of sideways light.
You know, it’s astounding when you look at some of these pictures. The amount of redundant lighting. It honestly makes no sense to me. You have a porch light, which lights up the path. Path lighting, which lights up the path. And, in the one picture, god awful frontward facing flood lights, which also light up the path. How bright do you need these paths!? I digress. But the lumens are indeed coming.
LDS Church will get to light up its Heber Valley Temple after all, but the faith didn’t get everything it wanted, Blake Apgar of the Salt Lake Tribune.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fought hard to rid itself of any nighttime lighting responsibility by pressuring Wasatch County, Utah officials to approve new lighting rules that would enable the church to light a proposed new temple the same way it does for every other temple.
The Church received permission to uplight the temple, enabling an exception to be made in Wasatch’s rather stringent nighttime lighting rulebook. However, the temple will be restricted by the level of lumens it can use, and it must have exterior lighting turned off an hour after sunset or an hour after normal business hours.
Smart Street Lights Market is Expected to Hit USD 14,751.1 million at a 23.4% CAGR by 2030, Market Research Future Press Release
The pandemic is officially over, smart street lighting is about to boom. Combine the rush to LED fixtures with the Internet of Things, and expect to see street lights moonlighting as traffic and parking monitors, air quality meters, and more. Not to mention, “it is anticipated that camera-connected smart street lighting will increase road safety by lowering the likelihood of accidents and criminality.”
Texas now has 7 dark sky communities for spectacular star gazing, Sana Ameer, MRT.
Let’s cheer on the city of Bee Cave, everyone! Bee Cave joins a growing list of dark sky places already in the Lone Star State, including 2 Dark Sky Sanctuaries, 5 Dark Sky Parks, and 1 Dark Sky Reserve. Nighttime is alive and well in some parts of Texas!
Our Afraid of the Dark article is a bit scary! Hilton Head’s dark roads and pedestrians are deadly combo. What the town is doing about it, Blake Douglas at The Island Packet.
Per the article, 9 pedestrian and cyclist fatalities occurred since 2018, with five occurring after dark. Prior to that period, there were 28 recorded deaths from 2000 – 2016, with 20 of them taking place after dark.
In 2018, an 11 year old resident was struck and killed while walking her dog across an intersection one night. Lighting advocates began taking shape in what otherwise is a very conservation focused island. Hilton Head, SC has a limited number of street lights, priding itself on “avoiding light pollution and blending nature with construction.”
Lighting advocates appear to be, at the very least, asking for flashing crosswalk lights on the island to indicate when an individual is crossing.
It should be noted that the article shows a chart of 9 after-dark-deaths since 2014, only two of them occurred at crosswalks. In fact, during the same time frame, 6 additional deaths occurred at crosswalks during the daytime.
As a whole, the National Safety Council reports that 74.5% of pedestrian deaths occurred at night, whereby 39.1% took place in lit areas and 35.38% took place in unlit areas.
Bryan Bloch, an auto safety expert, surmises that car companies bear some of the blame – producing cheap or ineffectual headlight fixtures, and drivers themselves, who don’t realize that they need to regularly clean their headlight lenses.
Despite opposition from residents, it appears that Hilton Head will be receiving lights at two new intersections and possibly more depending on engineering studies currently in progress.
Is lighting the key variable here? Is more light going to solve pedestrian deaths?
Our featured research article of the month comes to us from Animal Conservation, “Manipulating spectra of artificial light affects movement patterns of bats along ecological corridors.”
Bats are already known to have a wide range of responses to artificial light at night (also known as ALAN). Fast flying species tend to be more opportunistic in the presence of ALAN while slower ones tend to be more light averse. We know that “long wavelengths and reduced intensity” can minimize their environmental effects on bats. It’s not unheard of for bats to travel upwards of “tens of km per night.” Furthermore, bats are very dependent on the landscape and the structures within those landscapes.
Despite the nuances between species, the consensus is that ALAN, especially high intensity ALAN, negatively affects bats. This study attempted to answer what exactly bats do when they encounter ALAN – how do they react depending on different types of ALAN.
The study used three different light fixtures – one green, one red, and one white. The control was devoid of light fixtures. The researchers attempted to ascertain the behavior of bats as they encountered lights adjacent to woody areas. The researchers looked at three different bat groupings based on their foraging-echo location behavior, that being one of open field foraging, forest edge foraging, and narrow space – or more aptly forest foragers.
Researchers found that open and edge foraging bats increased their activity close to white and green lights, and to a lesser extent red lights. However, narrow space bats were more likely to veer away from all colors of lighting. Edge foragers were also less likely to cross a white light.
The positive effects of white and green light on open and edge foraging bats appear to be attributed to the accumulation of insects around light sources containing more blue light.
The nighttime sky over Oahu will be lit up with green lasers in the coming days. Here’s why. Hawaii News Now
Before we close up today, do you live in Hawaii? I know I wish I did!
If so, do you recall seeing green lasers streak across the night sky? Well, the Army Corps of Engineers was using lidar at night to complete a coastal mapping survey.
Why did they survey at night? Specifically, why did they do this between midnight to 5am? Simply b/c the airspace is so busy, that time was the only chance they had to complete the survey. The remaining survey was completed during daytime hours.
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I was busted by the light police. They had a point, Dana Milbank of the Washington Post.
Dana Milbank purchased a home in, soon to be not, rural Virginia. At night he kept the formerly vacant property lit to the degree that spurned one commentator to call it “spaceship lighting.”
Milbank recaps being visited by the “light police,” a group of concerned citizens who help educate neighbors and instill a sense of pride in the brilliance of their starry night skies.
At first, he was taken aback, but later, not only did he appreciate their efforts, but he also converted his blinding always on, white light flood lights to warm 2700 Kelvin motion sensing lights.
Per Ruskin Hartley, executive director of the International Dark Sky Association, “for 4.5 billion years there was no artificial light at night. It’s really only in the last five human generations that we transformed that. It’s one of the most profound transformations of our environment.”
Many of you may recall an earlier story, way back in our Hormone of Darkness episode, showcasing concerns by local residents prior to a 760 house (now 761) plus town center development moving into the Culpepper County, VA area. Per the Rappahannock News, this development features “a resort style swimming pool, clubhouse, tot lot, and multiple sports fields and sports courts, all connected by a network of biking and walking trails.”
The forgotten medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’ by Zaria Gorvett of the BBC.
Gorvett opened my eyes to something I never knew about, the medieval custom of two sleeps. For those of you unaware, two sleeps are exactly what it sounds like.
Folks would partake in a communal nap, complete with rigid sleeping arrangement conventions, between 9 – 11pm, then awaken for a few hours to do everything from hang out to brew beer! In fact, the idea of multiple sleeps crossed cultures and was found in places as far from Europe as indigenous South America.
How can one’s circadian rhythm make sense of all of this?!
Well, for starters, until the invention of the alarm clock, which humorously was invented by a clocks salesman so he could wake up and sell more clocks, people had no firm way to wake up at a consistent time. The industrial revolution enforced a new circadian standard.
And there’s some science behind this! In the 1992 study, In Short Photoperiods, human sleep is biphasic, researcher Thomas Wehr found that after four weeks of 10 hour days, his subjects began to engage in this two sleep cycle, involving a one to three hour period for which they became awake and engaged in between.
Want to Learn About Light Pollution? There’s a mini-course for that!, Jennifer Sensiba of Clean Technica.
Quoting Sensiba, “As I got older, I traveled a lot more and saw the problem more for what it is. Not only did I see that in many places there is no refuge from it, but I also saw that it was slowly growing worse. Places that had been dark 30 years ago had more and more light creeping upon the horizon.”
If you’re interested in learning more, or more importantly, know someone who might benefit from learning more, Sensiba links up to an International Dark Sky Mini-Course on light pollution, call it Light Pollution 101!
There’s a Play Date at the National Museum of Natural History: Lights Out exhibit!
But unfortunately, by the time you listen to this, and hell, by the time we talk about this, it has passed.
Ann Arbor named best place for sunrises, sunsets in Michigan. Sarah Parlette for Click on Detroit.
Evidently gambling websites have decided to honor April’s International Dark Sky week in a strange new content marketing campaign, which was to rank the best places in each state to see sunrises and sunsets. My favorite one, “Ann Arbor named best place for sunrises, sunsets in Michigan,” comes from Click on Detroit, whereby a quote “study” examined Michigan’s most populated cities.”
According to Click on Detroit, “to celebrate International Astrology Day on Saturday, staff at Great Lake Stakes, a Michigan online gambling news site, looked at light pollution in the five most populated cities around the Mitten state to determine which offers the best views every morning and evening.”
Star bathing is the new outdoor travel trend we should all be trying for Summer 2023, according to Amy Beecham at Stylist.
Evidently, as an attempt to destress and promote mindfulness, romanticism about sleeping under the stars has birthed a 70% increase in searches for the term ‘star bathing’ on Hipcamp. And to be sure, “Hipcamp recommends checking a stargazing calendar which outlines major astrological events – like supermoons, pink moons, and star showers.”
“Industry Must Face an Inconvenient Truth — Most LED Lights at Night are Unhealthy”
Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, a circadian clock expert, recently published an article in LEDs Magazine chastising the lighting industry for not recognizing and reigning in the negative externalities of its products. Per the piece, such effects are, obesity, diabetes, depression, cancer, and more.
He cites three categories of industry responses, making the correlation that long term Denial or outright Ignorance of the Facts, may result in “asbestos-scale liabilities or draconian regulations.”
Per the piece, a recent survey by the Circadian Light Research Center of 2,697 peer reviewed scientific articles confirmed that human circadian clocks are highly sensitive to blue wavelengths, and that exposure to such wavelengths leads to major health disorders.
Moore-Ede calls for the industry to harvest the “commercial opportunity” to greatly limit future liability by creating and managing its own standards for circadian modulated lighting.
Unpacking the Wallpack, by Dan Weissman in LD+A Magazine.
Weissman, who recently purchased a telescope for his family in Cambridge, MA, discovered that the scope could only afford him views of some solar system objects and a few brightly burning stars.
The ire of Weissman’s pen takes the shape of a rectangular fixtures, be it box like or simply a panel these days, that typically hang off the side of an exterior wall or above an exterior door. “Devoid of aesthetic value” this light is often put up under the “pretense of security and safety” by “recommended practices and adopted municipal codes.”
Weissman recognizes labels that often accompany, what he calls, “Glare bombs,” including “contractor-select,” “energy efficient,” or “light pollution friendly.”
Further, per an earlier LD+A article, such lighting driven by its extreme contrasts is exceedingly common in minority communities where light is weaponized as a tool of power. It becomes a “device of alienation, creating a zone of control and separation.”
Weissman recognizes that the true reason such fixtures are selected often comes down to cost. He recognizes that it may take equally as much cost to persuade building and homeowners away from such lighting into the realm of more responsible, lower lumen, shielded lighting.
Weissman calls for producers of these glare bombs to be labeled as polluters, putting them in line with fossil fuel manufacturers and PFAS makers.
Songbirds, dusk and clear skies: Scientists explore migratory flights, by Erin Blakemore.
Bird migration season is ending here in the Mid-Atlantic. I was lucky enough to catch several Baltimore Orioles and Indigo Buntings last week. Researchers looked at 400 songbirds from 9 major species, “including the yellow-rump warbler, American redstart and Bicknell’s thrush.”
The question they hoped to answer was how are these birds so darn precise in identifying the best time to take off for their nightly migration? Scientists found that 90% of the migrating birds in the study took off within 69 minutes of dusk. A “much narrower takeoff window,” that even shocked the research team!
Per the study, taking off at night is all about maximum flight time. In addition to being able to precisely schedule their take offs, a feat that every airline I’ve flown with over the past few years has proven inept at, birds also are apparently good meteorologists! They often depart when the atmospheric pressure rises over a day’s span. Other factors also trigger migration, including sex, age, and celestial cues.
‘Lights Out’ initiative appears to be saving birds from crashing into Philly buildings by Sophia Schmidt.
Preliminary results indicate that bird death counts are down 70% at one Market Street tower, since it began its participation in Lights Out. As we spoke about on a previous show, birds utilize the stars to navigate, but city lights can disorient the birds. Combine the lights with reflective or transparent glass, and that spells fatal trouble for our migrating warblers!
Per Keith Russell, a program manager for urban conservation with Audubon Mid-Atlantic, “We’ve lost almost a third of our birds – and [collisions] contributing to that. If we’re going to want to preserve the bird populations here in North America, we have to look at these types of problems. And this is a preventable one.”
The Knoxville, TN Zoo is offering up what they call “Twilight Tours” per WVLT 8. Each event will feature a guide to showcase nocturnal critters.
I did something similar in Singapore years ago. The zoo had very dim lights in the exhibits – and they kept those lights dim as you walked so that you didn’t lose your night vision. It was a very different and, might I say, peaceful experience than the typically chaotic daytime zoo.
Flashlights posing major threat to nesting sea turtles. Fox35 Orlando
Apparently, a single flashlight can deter female sea turtles from coming onto a beach and nesting. Florida, as I did not know, is home to 90% of the sea turtle nests across the world, so losing sea turtles can affect the global ecosystem.
One visitor to Cocoa Beach stated, “Just leave them alone. Stand back and look. You don’t need a flashlight.”
Another, “It’s not super surprising because more buildings go up, more technology. As it increases, nature and stuff like that decreases,” said Zoe Jovaag, whose grandfather used to take her on walks to see sea turtles.
Capture the Dark 2023 officially is under way!
The International Dark Sky Association opens up its annual photo contest complete with prizes across eight categories and an additional People’s Choice category. Voting begins on July 3rd, entries must be received by June 30th.
City Tests Traffic Light That Only Turns Green for Drivers Who Obey the Speed Limit. Erin Marquis for Jalopnik.
And hey, you better not speed in Brossard, Quebec….otherwise you may be waiting around for a while. Brossard is testing out a new traffic light that will stay red until it senses oncoming traffic. However, it will only change to green if the car is going the speed limit. Per the Jalopnik article, “FRED [the French acronym for “educational traffic calming light] forces fast drivers to stop and gives them a chance to reconsider their life choices.” Such lights are already used in Europe, but this will be the first for the Great White North.
Why the Greatest Threat to Star-Gazing Isn’t Light Pollution, and this comes to us from Dorin Elin Urrutia at Inverse.
Elin Urrutia writes, in her compelling piece, that the greatest threat to star-gazing is actually the weather. Citing notable examples of the Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia (which burnt down due to bushfires) and the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico (which sustained structural damage following the winds of Hurricane Maria).
While the threat of human-caused climate change has presented new challenges, Elin Urrutia references proactive burns that saved Los Angeles’ Mount Wilson Observatory from flames in 2020.
On a similar note, ABC News (the Australian Broadcasting Company, not to be confused with the American Broadcasting Company), brings us “A World Without Darkness Could Be a Reality within a Few Years.”
Per Carol Redford of Astrotourism Western Australia, “There are some people in the world now who don’t actually experience darkness anymore. They’re in a city like Beijing, Toyoko, or London. In all those big cities, it’s never dark, it’s always light. During the day of course with the sun, but then during the night with all of the artificial light. They’re not experiencing darkness, and definitely not seeing those beautiful stars…”
In the 66 years since the implementation of the UN Convention on the Peaceful Use of Outerspace, around 11,000 satellites orbit the Earth. But it’s about to get wayyy busier. Driven by innovations that have led to dramatic reductions in costs, over the next ten years, Per attorney Steven Freeland, it’s anticipated that somewhere between 100,000 to 500,000 objects will be sent up. Let me pause on that for a second.
On the travel front, we stay in the land down under, “Aussie region determined to keep its darkness is a stargazer’s dream” by Chantelle Francis of News.com.AU.
The town of Swam Reach, population 270, resides in a 3200sq km region of Southern Australia that received its International Dark Sky Reserve status over three years ago. On a scale of darkness between 0 – 22, the River Murray Dark Sky Reserve at Swam Reach, measures in at a whopping 21.9!
Tourism has become a growing business. The reserve hosts numerous telescope pads and offers tours of the night sky. There’s hope that an observatory and/or planetarium may also arrive in due course.
Best smart lights for outdoors in 2023, Brittney Vincent of CBS Essentials.
Oh there’s a lot not to love here, but it does fall in line with last month’s ‘Lumens are Coming’ article.
For those of you who feel the need to light your trees, because for some reason they need light at night I guess…I’ll try and pretend it’s not solely for ostentatious and narcissistic reasons. By the way, does anyone remember when those were negative characteristics?
The article features spotlights that can be programmed to over 16 MILLION colors including…lucky for us, ALL shades of white….which you can also do for a 500 lumen flood light set.
And hey, Ring now has solar path lighting. Don’t worry though, the fixtures themselves put out up to 80 lumens of sideways light.
You know, it’s astounding when you look at some of these pictures. The amount of redundant lighting. It honestly makes no sense to me. You have a porch light, which lights up the path. Path lighting, which lights up the path. And, in the one picture, god awful frontward facing flood lights, which also light up the path. How bright do you need these paths!? I digress. But the lumens are indeed coming.
LDS Church will get to light up its Heber Valley Temple after all, but the faith didn’t get everything it wanted, Blake Apgar of the Salt Lake Tribune.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fought hard to rid itself of any nighttime lighting responsibility by pressuring Wasatch County, Utah officials to approve new lighting rules that would enable the church to light a proposed new temple the same way it does for every other temple.
The Church received permission to uplight the temple, enabling an exception to be made in Wasatch’s rather stringent nighttime lighting rulebook. However, the temple will be restricted by the level of lumens it can use, and it must have exterior lighting turned off an hour after sunset or an hour after normal business hours.
Smart Street Lights Market is Expected to Hit USD 14,751.1 million at a 23.4% CAGR by 2030, Market Research Future Press Release
The pandemic is officially over, smart street lighting is about to boom. Combine the rush to LED fixtures with the Internet of Things, and expect to see street lights moonlighting as traffic and parking monitors, air quality meters, and more. Not to mention, “it is anticipated that camera-connected smart street lighting will increase road safety by lowering the likelihood of accidents and criminality.”
Texas now has 7 dark sky communities for spectacular star gazing, Sana Ameer, MRT.
Let’s cheer on the city of Bee Cave, everyone! Bee Cave joins a growing list of dark sky places already in the Lone Star State, including 2 Dark Sky Sanctuaries, 5 Dark Sky Parks, and 1 Dark Sky Reserve. Nighttime is alive and well in some parts of Texas!
Our Afraid of the Dark article is a bit scary! Hilton Head’s dark roads and pedestrians are deadly combo. What the town is doing about it, Blake Douglas at The Island Packet.
Per the article, 9 pedestrian and cyclist fatalities occurred since 2018, with five occurring after dark. Prior to that period, there were 28 recorded deaths from 2000 – 2016, with 20 of them taking place after dark.
In 2018, an 11 year old resident was struck and killed while walking her dog across an intersection one night. Lighting advocates began taking shape in what otherwise is a very conservation focused island. Hilton Head, SC has a limited number of street lights, priding itself on “avoiding light pollution and blending nature with construction.”
Lighting advocates appear to be, at the very least, asking for flashing crosswalk lights on the island to indicate when an individual is crossing.
It should be noted that the article shows a chart of 9 after-dark-deaths since 2014, only two of them occurred at crosswalks. In fact, during the same time frame, 6 additional deaths occurred at crosswalks during the daytime.
As a whole, the National Safety Council reports that 74.5% of pedestrian deaths occurred at night, whereby 39.1% took place in lit areas and 35.38% took place in unlit areas.
Bryan Bloch, an auto safety expert, surmises that car companies bear some of the blame – producing cheap or ineffectual headlight fixtures, and drivers themselves, who don’t realize that they need to regularly clean their headlight lenses.
Despite opposition from residents, it appears that Hilton Head will be receiving lights at two new intersections and possibly more depending on engineering studies currently in progress.
Is lighting the key variable here? Is more light going to solve pedestrian deaths?
Our featured research article of the month comes to us from Animal Conservation, “Manipulating spectra of artificial light affects movement patterns of bats along ecological corridors.”
Bats are already known to have a wide range of responses to artificial light at night (also known as ALAN). Fast flying species tend to be more opportunistic in the presence of ALAN while slower ones tend to be more light averse. We know that “long wavelengths and reduced intensity” can minimize their environmental effects on bats. It’s not unheard of for bats to travel upwards of “tens of km per night.” Furthermore, bats are very dependent on the landscape and the structures within those landscapes.
Despite the nuances between species, the consensus is that ALAN, especially high intensity ALAN, negatively affects bats. This study attempted to answer what exactly bats do when they encounter ALAN – how do they react depending on different types of ALAN.
The study used three different light fixtures – one green, one red, and one white. The control was devoid of light fixtures. The researchers attempted to ascertain the behavior of bats as they encountered lights adjacent to woody areas. The researchers looked at three different bat groupings based on their foraging-echo location behavior, that being one of open field foraging, forest edge foraging, and narrow space – or more aptly forest foragers.
Researchers found that open and edge foraging bats increased their activity close to white and green lights, and to a lesser extent red lights. However, narrow space bats were more likely to veer away from all colors of lighting. Edge foragers were also less likely to cross a white light.
The positive effects of white and green light on open and edge foraging bats appear to be attributed to the accumulation of insects around light sources containing more blue light.
The nighttime sky over Oahu will be lit up with green lasers in the coming days. Here’s why. Hawaii News Now
Before we close up today, do you live in Hawaii? I know I wish I did!
If so, do you recall seeing green lasers streak across the night sky? Well, the Army Corps of Engineers was using lidar at night to complete a coastal mapping survey.
Why did they survey at night? Specifically, why did they do this between midnight to 5am? Simply b/c the airspace is so busy, that time was the only chance they had to complete the survey. The remaining survey was completed during daytime hours.
2023.06.06 00:53 Enkeria Few Questions - And if they do not exist, can we get them?
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- How do I name my mount? If I can't name him DrSnuggles then I will call him the nameless one, and its a shame. SHAME!
- How do I unselect the portal will close warning as soon as I leave town? If there is none, when will we get that option?
- Would more fontsizes be ok to implement?
- I can't click on my friends name in chat that I wanna whisper to, unless they are in same clan as me. I know I can click on the hidden tab down to the left, but that list ain't even in alphabetic order so its a fuzz finding the one I wanted to whisper to. Can it be done, or will there be a fix?
2023.06.05 21:57 Abject_Theme_6813 What schools should I apply to? Re-applicant grad student graduate
I only applied to one school this past cycle because I was part of an SMP program that advertised linkage, but in reality it was an interview only....... (DONT PUT ALL EGGS IN ONE BASKET). I technically still on the waitlist for the school and things might change. I will not say the name of the program I was in, but anywho. My ugrad gpa was a 3.3 w/ a 3.2 BCPM. I graduated from Stony Brook University in 2018, then worked in Emergency Med research at Mount Sinai Hospital (Worked doing covid research as well during pandemic) in NY until leaving for my program where I managed to graduate with a ~3.9 gpa. ive taken my MCAT twice, 501 (123/127/126/125) on 9/1/2021 and 508 (124/124/129/131) on 9/1/22. How will my grad school gpa be looked at by schools? Should there be certain programs that I should look into that place higher focus on grad school programs. Also I am an URM from a disadvantage neighborhood in NYC (Bronx).
So far I am thinking of applying to a state schools in NY (Downstate, Stony Brook, Upstate etc). I am also thinking of applying to Georgetown since they superscore MCATs, which would put my score at 511. I want to do MD due because i aspire to be an EM physician in NYC and because of mid-level creep, this field is seen as one of the hardest for job security as an attending, specially in NYC. I will nevertheless still apply to DO programs, but im favoring MD ones.
What other schools should I put on my application?
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So far I am thinking of applying to a state schools in NY (Downstate, Stony Brook, Upstate etc). I am also thinking of applying to Georgetown since they superscore MCATs, which would put my score at 511. I want to do MD due because i aspire to be an EM physician in NYC and because of mid-level creep, this field is seen as one of the hardest for job security as an attending, specially in NYC. I will nevertheless still apply to DO programs, but im favoring MD ones.
What other schools should I put on my application?