Just wanted to share in case anyone is interested but the Church of God church in Gatesville, Texas will be hosting a unitarian conference event the weekend April 21-23 with Kermit Zarley giving four presentations and Kegan Chandler doing one presentations (as well as some other speakers).
This is not a sponsored UCA event but I've heard it will be similar although with some time for worship and some blocked off time for fellowship. There are hotels in the area and there will be childcare as well.
They will have an official schedule out soon but I wanted to post this beforehand in case anyone wanted to mark it on their schedule. I'll post more details as I get them.

The source for all this information is the most recent calendar and the most recent content update.
 
All events begin at the daily reset unless otherwise noted.
 

Tuesday 21st March

Arena Weekly Reset [1 streak orb]

•   Bonus Heroes: L!M!Robin, S!Karla, S!Triandra, S!Bernadetta, S!Ashe, S!Michalis, Clarisse, Forsyth, Katarina, Version 4 Heroes
•   Elements: Fire / Earth

Aether Raids Weekly Reset

•   Bonus Heroes: Seiðr, Fomortiis, S!Karla, S!Triandra, S!Bernadetta, S!Ashe, S!Michalis, Gharnef, L!Tiki, Anna
•   Elements: Light / Dark

Resonant Battles Weekly Reset

•   Bonus games: Blazing Blade and Awakening

Allegiance Battles this week
No Arena Assault+ this week
Heroes with Stance Skills summoning banner

•   Focus Heroes: F!Rhea, Dedue, Ronan
•   Runs through 29th March

 

Wednesday 22nd March

A Hero Rises: 2023 summoning banner

•   Focus Heroes: Fomortiis, N!Camilla, R!Ophelia, L!Veronica
•   Runs through 21st April

A Hero Rises 2023 Reward

•   A single, free copy of Fomortiis will be granted to all players upon login, and can be collected through the Present List.
•   Runs through 21st April

 

Thursday 23rd March

Summoner Duels S

•   Runs for four days

 

Friday 24th March

Hall of Forms summoning banner

•   Focus Heroes: V!Gustav, V!Henriette, V!Veronica, N!Laevatein
•   Runs through

Hall of Forms

•   Featured Heroes: V!Gustav, V!Henriette, V!Veronica, N!Laevatein
•   Rewards: 120 Divine Codes: Ephemera 3, 70 Divine Codes (Part 3) via daily play rewards
•   Runs through 5th April  

Saturday 25th March

Tibarn & Nailah's Battle summoning banner

•   Focus Heroes: Tibarn, Nailah, Leanne
•   Runs through 1st April

Bound Hero Battle: Tibarn & Nailah

•   Rewards: 9 orbs
•   Runs through 1st April

Rival Domains Weekly Reset [1 orb]
 

Sunday 26th March

Weekly Revival banners

•   Focus Heroes (1): Midori, Lilith, Rinkah
•   Focus Heroes (2): Ryoma, Hinoka, Takumi
•   Runs for one week

Arena and Ordeals Quests

•   Rewards: 4 orbs
•   Runs through 8th April

 

Monday 27th March

Regal Rabbits summoning banner

•   Focus Heroes: S!Marisa, S!Palla, S!Bruno, S!Veronica
•   Runs through 5th April

 

This week's F2P orbs courtesy of Someweirdo237 & Unexpected_Miso

Tue Mar 21: 6 orbs

• 2 - New Heroes Log-In Bonus (5/10)
• 2 - Forging Bonds (5/7)
• 1 - Arena Streak
• 1 - RB / AB Quests

Wed Mar 22: 5 orbs

• 1 - New Heroes Log-In Bonus (6/10)
• 2 - Forging Bonds (6/7)
• 2 - Pawns of Loki Tier Rewards

Thu Mar 23: 3 orbs

• 1 - New Heroes Log-In Bonus (7/10)
• 2 - Forging Bonds (7/7)

Fri Mar 24: 8 orbs

• 1 - New Heroes Log-In Bonus (8/10)
• 2 - Hall of Forms (1/4)
• 5 - Hall of Forms Chambers

Sat Mar 25: 12 orbs

• 1 - New Heroes Log-In Bonus (9/10)
• 9 - Bound Hero Battle: Tibarn & Nailah
• 1 - Daily Quests on Saturday
• 1 - Rival Domains

Sun Mar 26: 12 orbs

• 3 - New Heroes Log-In Bonus (10/10)
• 3 - Hall of Forms (2/4)
• 4 - Arena & Ordeals Quests
• 1 - Daily Login on Sunday
• 1 - Daily Quests on Sunday

Mon Mar 27: 4 orbs

• 4 - Arena Tier

Weekly Total: 50 orbs
 

Useful Links:

• Datamine information by MrGengar123
• F2P Orb Counts by Someweirdo237
• Upcoming Legendary / Mythic Hero Appearances by tomo_no_miko
• Upcoming Legendary / Mythic Hero (Remix) Appearances by tomo_no_miko
• Upcoming Legendary / Mythic Hero (Regular and Remix) Appearances by RafaSceptile
• Upcoming Legendary / Mythic Hero (Remix) Appearances by Mina_7756
• Upcoming Hall of Forms skills & Past Hero History by tomo_no_miko
• Divine Code Ephemera Pattern & Predictions by Dabottle
• Upcoming Double Special Heroes Possibilities by icydragon0605
• Upcoming Double Special Heroes Possibilities by Mina_7756
• Weekly Revival calendar - text
• Weekly Revival calendar - graphic
• Upcoming Seasons by Kodeplay10
• Incomplete Sacred Seal families by dualbloodlines
• Upcoming Refinery Units by Greid_IX
• Book 1, 2, and 3 units without refines by RafaSceptile
• Most recent heroes by entry by Mina_7756
• List of units and notable skills available in weekly Arena Summons, seperated by colour
• F2P Arena scoring options by u/TiniestManatee
• Most recent official calendar

Top 5 Updates of the Week:

• Tiktok launched “Feed Refresh” feature for all users to start a new content feed .
• ChatGPT 4 was launched this week & the trend around it is growing.
• The case of Tiktok getting Banned In US will get more strong, if Bytedance don’t sell their share in Tiktok .
• Google March 2023 Broad Core Update is Live.
• Meta launches Paid Subscriptions on Instagram and Facebook in the US.

Google:

• Google announces new “Prohibited Use Policy” for AI Products & content.
• New Google Analytics item-scoped custom dimensions.
• Google enhances Healthcare Info access for US searchers.
• 5 new updates to Google Adsense Auto Ads.
• Google announces use of AI in Google Drive, Docs & Gmail.
• Google product listing ads to allow faster Electric Bikes.

Tiktok:

• Tiktok and MLS enter multiyear partnership to preview more MLS content on the platform.
• Tiktok’s Ex-Head of Product said The platform didn’t launch $2B fund for creators, it was for their own business.
• Tiktok now banned on governmental devices in New Zealand.
• Tiktok introduced a new STEM feed on PiDay for teenagers.

Instagram:

• Instagram’s Co-founder did a new Podcast Interview and said IG is losing its touch.
• Instagram and Facebook are giving up focus & support for NFTs to focus on other elements of business.
• Instagram is testing a new “Top 3” story sticker.
• Upcoming: A new Instagram feature to go live for only followers you follow back.

Meta :

• Meta cuts off 10,000 employees & shared the vision of being more efficient this year.
• Meta is getting rid of Mentorships in Facebook Groups from March 27.
• Meta is working on a new verification feature to verify your account with missed call.
• Meta is all set to remove Audio channels from Facebook Groups.
• A new Safety center for journalists to learn about content publishing on Platforms.
• Facebook is shutting down online paid events feature from 8 May.
• Meta to end news Access for Canadians if new act passes.
• WhatsApp working on ability to allow group admins approve new participants to control the group.

Twitter:

• Twitter now shows everyone “Bookmark count” for your tweets.
• Elon musk said Usage of AI will happen on twitter to stop manipulation of users in Twitter.
• Twitter users will soon have ability to opt out of Ads for specific Ad Types.
• Twitter working on a feature to get reminders for a tweet, a similar feature to reddit’s “Subscribe to this Post”.
• Twitter working on “Why You’re seeing this tweet” feature to inform users about their interests.
• This week: Twitter will charge 2FA verification fee to verify your account from Monday. (20th March)

YouTube:

• Youtube will allow you to add Youtube Shorts thumbnails on iOS.
• Youtube adds new metrics for multi-language audio & feature for Shorts Audio page sharing.
• Youtube launches Multi-view for Youtube TV Users.

Snapchat:

• Snapchat adds new content controls to its parental control feature.

LinkedIn:

• LinkedIn launched new AI features like profile summary feature, Job description & more.
• LinkedIn launched “Podcast Academy” to help podcasters to do better at it.

Reddit:

• Reddit was down for more than 5 hours this week across all formats.

Pinterest:

• Pinterest adds new safety features for users after NBC news investigation.
• Pinterest & Northwestern Mutual partner to do a content partnership for financial content on platform.
• A Interview with Pinterest Country manager you need to read.
• Pinterest partners with Dotdash Meredith on exclusive video content deal.

Microsoft:

• Microsoft Bing AI is available for everyone, waitlist is gone.
• Microsoft shares 5-started prompts for Bing AI.
• Microsoft Doctor and Clinic Ads are now available in Open beta.
• Microsoft adds AI tools to Outlook, Word & other apps.

Marketing:

• Discord adds 16 new themes for Nitro subscribers.
• Semrush ended 2022 with 95k customers & 35% increase in revenue.
• Netflix is Reviewing its Ad strategy considering ‘build or buy’.
• Initiative named Adweek Global media agency of the year.
• Roku, Bestbuy promises greater CTV precision through retail media pact.
• Discord reverses policy changes after AI backlash.
• How Brands are advertising ahead of Ramadan.
• A new Highlight on marketing strategy is most underrated skill.
• FTC is asking social media platforms & streaming services info on misleading Ads.

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Ep. 423: Spittin' and Struttin’
Steve Rinella talks with Richard Martinez, Janis Putelis, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, and Garret Smith.
Topics include: The original Live, Laugh, Love sign; Florida's for fighting; three P's and a W; moving some Texas super cougars to Florida; Chester opening for Trampled By Turtles and how you need him to open for you to get a sold out show; deer nuts and a note; spearing in Wisconsin; more human deadheads; the 3,500 year old brown bear; how the news covers turkeys; copulating the air behind the head; Florida's giant turkey poaching bust; hunting osceola turkeys; Jani becoming a Grand Slam holder and Steve becoming a two-time Super Slam holder; trimming your beard down; what a hammock is; rolling your foot; masturbating turkeys; all the divisiveness; and more.

I keep seeing upcoming events but when it's time for the event, it vanishes.

Please no spoilers.
I'm on S4 E14 and Louis just got name partner and his character is being ruined, does he go back to normal-ish or is he an asshole for the rest of the show?
I'm basically just wondering at this point what more can be done with the show? It feels like the epsiodes are becoming kinda same-y (Mike and Harvey go back and forth with people trying to investigate them/their client, Louis makes a mistake then Harvey berates him and 10 minutes later is praising him for fixing it, its looking grim and then someone is talking with Mike and accidentally gives him some amazing idea and has this cheesy eureka moment etc). Honestly the writing is starting to seem eerily similar to Emily in Paris (which is funny because its a completely different kind of show but the pattern is the same, some devastating situation occurs and then 10 minutes later the character pulls an idea out of their ass to fix it)
I'm not against continuing it but I feel like I'm at the point where I have to either drop it or commit.
Is there a change of scenery? Some new dynamic that's introduced? Are there some big upcoming events that make the show worth continuing?

Just a little back story for context.

1. I hate hate hate group texts. There are so many other non-obtrusive ways to communicate with a group of people. A mass text that I can't shut off or leave (I've got an android, she's got an iPhone), which also provides my phone number to a bunch of people I don't know, I'm not about it. MIL uses mass texts constantly. I actually had her blocked on my phone for awhile because she had sent out some message in an old mass text about an upcoming family event, that I wasn't even going to, while I was trying to recover from surgery. So I'm at home trying to sleep and my phone keeps going off with messages from cousins I hate about what food they're bringing to an event I'm not going to. (I needed to keep my phone on to keep track of when my prescriptions would be ready, and to keep in communication with my husband while he was at work.) So - mass texts.
   
2. Their dang basement. They just finished their basement. Cool. They painted, put a couple space heaters down there. Honestly, I'm sure to other people it looks great, I'm sure they accomplished a lot and should be proud. But I have had so many conversations about this damn basement that I Just Don't Care. I think they think it's going to be Party Central? Their house is small. Their living room comfortably seats 6. Their dining room table seats 8, but not all that comfortably. Like, two people can stand in the kitchen, if they're willing to do the side shuffle every time they want to move.
   

Point is, it's small, and fills up with people fast. So why do they insist on inviting everyone they've ever met to their house at the same time. Christmas was a shit show that we had to do twice because BIL1 couldn't make it up for the actual holiday. House was full of extended family the first time which was uncomfortably crowded the first time, and then Xmas redux, they also invited random friends of theirs. So it was even worse. And then of course, it was all about the basement, which has added 4 or 5 extra seats. So Christmas was "ooh look what we've done with the basement." Then we had brunch a couple weeks ago (that's also detailed in my post history) specifically to show off the basement.
Now: Saturday morning, day after I made a series of poor St. Patrick's day life choices (remember folks, one drink per hour at least, with a glass of water in between), I'm dealing with a late 30's hangover, wanting to die, when my phone starts going off.
I've been added to a mass text with TWENTY other people. And it looks like she added me after she sent out the original message, because all I'm getting are other people's responses. And from the context of those responses, I and the rest of the tri-county area have been invited to yet another party to celebrate The Damn Basement. But again, no original message, so I don't know what day or what time or any details whatsoever, just that one of DH's cousins can't come, one of his uncles will be out of state, and someone named Pat will bring a dip of some kind.
So, I decide to put on my big girl pants and actually use my words. I'm very much a big proponent of this, and yet with MIL it's difficult because even the slightest perception of criticism is the Worst thing that has ever happened to her in her entire life. But, I can't reasonably expect her to know I don't like mass texts if i don't tell her. (She's not supposed to be texting me anyways, DH told her years ago if she needs something to contact him, but still.)
So I send her an individual text, letting her know that I'm assuming this is from her, but that I didn't get the original text, so I'm not sure, but please don't add me to any mass texts in the future. I tried very very hard to be as nice and polite as possible, I said it was because I have an android and they don't play well with iPhones. Well.
It's been two days and I've gotten zero response, lol. DH was worried he was going to be getting a phone call or something because of it, but so far he's gotten nothing either. She really likes the silent treatment, but it's always a toss up if you get that or if you get the guilt trip "tell me why you hate me so much" treatment, and I don't think she gets that the silent treatment is no punishment at all.
So I guess we'll see if we ever get any actual information about the third dang basement party where everyone will be packed like sardines. 👍 (Doesn't matter when it is, I'm gonna have plans)

Have you ever wondered if any AEW wrestlers are headed towards historic winning streaks or humiliating losing streaks in a PPV? Look no further, for that is what we'll see here!
Of course, AEW is still a relatively new company at only four years old, so we'll still see lots of winning and losing streaks be born and be broken.
The only rule is as follows: for a wrestler to be considered for a winning or losing streak, they must have a minimum record of 3-0 or 0-3 in a PPV, mostly because there are a lot of people with 2-0 or 0-2 scores and they don't sound as exciting. With that, let's take a look:
WINNING STREAKS
So far in AEW, there are only four wrestlers with a winning streak of 3-0 or more at PPVs, three from the men's division and one from the women's division:
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• HANGMAN ADAM PAGE: 4-0 AT REVOLUTION
  • Hangman has the top PPV winning streak in AEW, being the only wrestler to have a record of 4-0 or more in a single PPV. He has a record of 4-0 at Revolution:
    • 2020 - AEW World Tag Team Championship: Kenny Omega & "Hangman" Adam Page def. Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
    • 2021 - Big Money Match: "Hangman" Adam Page def. Matt Hardy
    • 2022 - AEW World Championship: "Hangman" Adam Page (c) def. Adam Cole
    • 2023 - Texas Deathmatch: “Hangman” Adam Page def. Jon Moxley
• DARBY ALLIN: 3-0 AT REVOLUTION
  • Darby Allin is the only other wrestler to have a winning streak at Revolution, with a 3-0 score:
    • 2020 - Darby Allin def. Sammy Guevara
    • 2021 - Street Fight: Darby Allin & Sting def. Team Taz (Brian Cage & Ricky Starks)
    • 2022 - Tornado Tag Team Match: Darby Allin, Sting & Sammy Guevara def. AHFO (Andrade El Idolo, Matt Hardy & Isiah Kassidy)
• MJF: 3-0 AT FULL GEAR
  • MJF is the only wrestler to have a winning streak at Full Gear:
    • 2020 - MJF def. Chris Jericho
    • 2021 - MJF def. Darby Allin
    • 2022 - AEW World Championship: MJF def. Jon Moxley (c)
• DR. BRITT BAKER D.M.D.: 3-0 AT DOUBLE OR NOTHING
  • Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. is the only female wrestler in AEW to have a PPV winning streak, and the only wrestler overall to have one at Double or Nothing:
    • 2019 - Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. def. Nyla Rose, Kylie Rae & Awesome Kong
    • 2021 - AEW Women’s World Championship: Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. def. Hikaru Shida (c)
    • 2022 - Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Finals: Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. def. Ruby Soho

​
LOSING STREAKS
The numbers double for losing streaks: seven male wrestlers (one tag team) and one female wrestler, for a total of eight wrestlers:
​

• CHRIS JERICHO: 0-4 AT REVOLUTION
  • Although Le Champion holds one of the highest number of victories across all AEW PPVs, none of those took place of Revolution, where he holds a 0-4 score:
    • 2020 - AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley def. Chris Jericho (c)
    • 2021 - AEW World Tag Team Championship: Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) (c) def. Inner Circle (Chris Jericho & MJF)
    • 2022 - Eddie Kingston def. Chris Jericho
    • 2023 - Ricky Starks def. Chris Jericho
• ORANGE CASSIDY: 0-4 AT REVOLUTION AND 0-3 AT DOUBLE OR NOTHING
  • Orange Cassidy is the only wrestler in the company to hold two different PPV streaks, and sadly both of them are losing streaks. At least there is still hope of a winning streak for him, as he is currently 2-0 at both All Out and Full Gear. First, he shares the record for worst PPV losing streak at an AEW PPV with Chris Jericho, also being 0-4 at Revolution:
    • 2020 - PAC def. Orange Cassidy
    • 2021 - Miro & Kip Sabian def. Orange Cassidy & Chuck Taylor
    • 2022 - Face of the Revolution Ladder Match: Wardlow def. Christian Cage, Keith Lee, Orange Cassidy, Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks
    • 2023 - AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Gunns (Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) (c) def. The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens), Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal and Orange Cassidy & Danhausen
  • To add to his bad luck, Double or Nothing is not a good event for him, being 0-3:
    • 2019 (Buy-In) - Casino Battle Royale: "Hangman" Adam Page wins
    • 2020 - Casino Ladder Match: Brian Cage def. Colt Cabana, Darby Allin, Frankie Kazarian, Joey Janela, Kip Sabian, Luchasaurus, Orange Cassidy and Scorpio Sky
    • 2021 - AEW World Championship: Kenny Omega (c) def. PAC and Orange Cassidy
• HANGMAN ADAM PAGE: 0-3 AT ALL OUT
  • Although Hangman has the most dominating PPV win streak of the company at Revolution, he hasn't been so lucky when it comes to All Out, having three losses and no wins:
    • 2019 - AEW World Championship: Chris Jericho def. "Hangman" Adam Page
    • 2020 - AEW World Tag Team Championship: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) def. Kenny Omega & "Hangman" Adam Page (c)
    • 2022 - AEW World Trios Championship Tournament Finals: The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) def. "Hangman" Adam Page & Dark Order (John Silver & Alex Reynolds)
• PRIVATE PARTY (ISIAH KASSIDY & MARQ QUEN): 0-3 AT DOUBLE OR NOTHING
  • Private Party currently holds a 0-3 record at Double or Nothing, although only one loss came at a tag team effort and the other two were at singles battle royales:
    • 2019 (Buy-In) - Casino Battle Royale: "Hangman" Adam Page wins
    • 2020 - AEW World Tag Team Championship #1 Contendership: Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent) def. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)
    • 2021 - Casino Battle Royale: Jungle Boy wins
• PENTA EL ZERO MIEDO: 0-3 AT DOUBLE OR NOTHING
  • Penta is also among the five wrestlers with no luck at Double or Nothing, with another 0-3 score at the event:
    • 2019 - AAA World Tag Team Championship: Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) (c) def. Lucha Brothers (Rey Fenix & Pentagón Jr.)
    • 2021 - Casino Battle Royale: Jungle Boy wins
    • 2022 - House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews) def. Death Triangle (PAC, Rey Fenix & Penta Oscuro)
• SHAWN SPEARS: 0-3 AT DOUBLE OR NOTHING
  • Shawn Spears is the final male wrestler with a losing streak and the fifth wrestler to lose over and over at Double or Nothing:
    • 2019 (Buy-In) - Casino Battle Royale: "Hangman" Adam Page wins
    • 2020 - Dustin Rhodes def. Shawn Spears
    • 2021 - Stadium Stampede Match: Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager, Santana & Ortiz) def. The Pinnacle (MJF, Wardlow, Shawn Spears, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
• NYLA ROSE: 0-3 AT FULL GEAR
  • Nyla is the only female wrestler to hold a losing streak, and the only wrestler overall to do so at Full Gear:
    • 2020 - AEW Women’s World Championship: Hikaru Shida (c) def. Nyla Rose
    • 2021 (Buy-In) - Thunder Rosa & Hikaru Shida def. Jamie Hayter & Nyla Rose
    • 2022 - TBS Championship: Jade Cargill (c) def. Nyla Rose

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For now, that's it! Hope y'all enjoyed it!

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Hey everyone!
I know a bunch of us are nerds with anxiety, so I wanted to offer an open invitation to anyone who has ever wanted to try LARP, but was too nervous to go without anyone they know.
The event this weekend is with Dystopia Rising Colorado, which is a post-apocalyptic, hope punk LARP with an amazing community that is really welcoming to new players. The event is from Friday night to Sunday afternoon, lodging is provided, and a meal plan is available so you don't have to worry about bringing food. Boffer weapons and Nerf guns can be borrowed from the game for your first few times, and I am happy to help with costuming if anyone is nervous about putting that together.
I can bring one person for free if money is a barrier, and any other new players get their first game for half price. I can also provide a ride down to the site for up to three people.
If you've been looking to get into LARP, I highly recommend this community. They've done a really great job of creating a welcoming environment for new players and a safe space for queer folks and POC. I've been attending for almost 2 years now, and it is become a great source of community and stress relief for me that I wanted to share with the rest of the Mines community.
I hope everyone's spring break is going great and I look forward to hearing from folks if anyone is interested :)

Racquet - Tennis, Badminton & Squash WordPress Theme

Racquet is a stylish, fresh & modern solution for tennis club (as well as other badminton, paddle, squash), personal trainer, sports school. Also, it fits sports review magazine, tennis club shop, sport blog, sports store and any sport related website.
The theme is perfect for tennis classes, tennis school, tennis teacher, tennis coach & group lessons. It is also great for professional tournament, amateur or junior players.

Tennis WordPress Plugins:

Booked Appointment plugin allows to Book a tennis court and private lessons. And Sport Events Calendar will inform your users about upcoming sport events, matches and games.
The theme is made with Elementor page builder. It is built WooCommerce ready, to create a powerful tennis equipment store or sport apparel shop.
The theme features 7 different homepages, a number of cool blog post layouts, portfolio, crypro payment support, custom widgets & shortcodes etc.

Edited for fixing the list.
Hello, I want to hear what you think about my army list which is 1500 (well 1496 points) for an upcoming event I want to play in my local store.
List:

1. 3 squads of regular heer grenadiers (10 men, 1 LMG with loader, NCO with smg, 1 panzerschreck).
2. Veteran sniper team.
3. Veteran first lieutenant with 1 assistant.
4. Veteran flamethrower squad.
5. Veteran MMG.
6. Veteran medium mortar with spotter.
7. Veteran Waffen SS squad (10 men, all assault rifles and 3 panzerschrecks).
8. Veteran puma armored car.
9. Inexperienced 150mm nebelwerfer.
10. Veteran wirblewind.

Scenarios will be:

1. Key Positions
2. Double Envelopment
3. Demolition.

Event limitations:1500 points.No more than 1 multi launcher.No more than 2 flamethrowers.No proxy models (I only have 1 flamethrower model but I also don't want more than 1 so yeah).No tiger fearNo preparatory bombardment
Ideas?
Thanks in advance.

How many people would be interested in an upcoming open drift event with their own cars (300-600 per head TBA)
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MAR 13 - MAR 19
Market Updates

• Major banking industry consolidation got underway this week as businesses and high net-worth individuals fled regional banks in favour of much larger players in JP Morgan Chase, B of A, Citi and Wells Fargo.
  • 4 of whom covered two-thirds of $30B in deposits this week to prop up ailing First Republic.
• Central Banks cont’d raising rates even as they pledged liquidity to teetering financial institutions (like Credit Suisse):
  • The ECB’s Christine Lagarde this week hiked rates by 50 basis points–from 3 to 3.5%--de facto raising the cost of capital by 16.6%.
• The Federal Reserve balance sheet grew by $300B week over week, but–
  • According to President Biden, the banking system is safe and taxpayers are not expected to foot the bill.

Crypto News

• Crypto industry may escape lasting damage from Silvergate liquidation. Some foresee benefits if the U.S. finally gets sensible crypto regulation post-Silvergate, and traditional banks “may become warmer to establishing [crypto] relationships.” (Cointelegraph)
• Posthaste: Canadians' interest payments are growing at the fastest pace in more than 30 years. Canadians are paying 45% more interest than a year ago. “The Bank of Canada will need to maintain a close watch on household credit performance as headwinds from higher interest rates continue to hit Canadian households this year,” wrote TD economist Ksenia Bushmeneva. (Financial Post)
• Hours before the short won Oscar gold, An Irish Goodbye First Flights producer Nick Sadler detailed his vision for Web3 film funding. ““There are just so many people into Web3 that are connected to traditional Hollywood,” Sadler said. “Literally me today, our film, it’s all happening. There are enough people that are part of the very high levels of the traditional film system that are behind us.” (Decrypt)
• Shanghai upgrade executed on testnet but not without issues. Shapella is expected to take effect on the Ethereum mainnet in early April following a few delays in preparing the Sepolia and Goerli testnets for the fork. The hard fork will allow for partial and full withdrawals, and will theoretically unlock 17.6 million ETH when Shapella is forked, which equates to over $30 billion at current prices. (Cointelegraph)
• In Dubai, Fastex’s ftNFT shop became the world’s first physical NFT store. Offering a seamless interaction between real world & digital universe. In a short time, it garnered wide acclaim for its unique concept, friendly staff & exceptional customer service. (Cointelegraph)
• European lawmakers are moving forward with the introduction of a European Union-wide digital wallet by passing a plenary vote on moving the initiative to interinstitutional negotiations. "The scheme would allow citizens to identify and authenticate themselves online without having to resort to commercial providers, as is the case today — a practice that has raised trust, security and privacy concerns." (Cointelegraph)

Market Moves

• Bitcoin is currently the top trading pair on NDAX, followed by Ether, XRP, Polygon, Fantom and Shiba Inu.
• Over the past 7 days, the value of Bitcoin (BTC) has increased by 21.85% and is currently being traded at $37,553. Ethereum (ETH) is up 9.51% during the same period and is now being traded at $2,401.
• Other notable coin(s) include:
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Upcoming Events

• Mar 22 - FOMC Rate Decision
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This thread will act as the general thread for all non-basketball or baseball events.

Lubbock Stations	Sport
88.1 KTXT FM	Soccer, Softball, Volleyball
97.3 KTTU FM	Football, Men's Basketball, and Baseball
106.5 KXQT FM	Football, Men's Basketball
107.7 KLZK FM	Lady Raider Basketball
100.7 KJTV FM	FM Alternate
950 KJTV AM	AM Alternate
SiriusXM	CFB listings

Other markets may carry various programs. See Station link for more info.
Recap 1:

Team	Opponent	Result(s)	Overall Record (Conference Record)
Men's Golf (Team)	Cabo Collegiate	4th 854 (+2)	-
Men's Golf (Individual)	Cabo Collegiate	T8 Matthew Comegys 211 (-2)	-
Lady's Golf (Team)	July Inkster Invitational @Meadow Club San Jose, CA	8th 888 (+24)	-
Lady's Golf (Individual)	July Inkster Invitational @Meadow Club San Jose, CA	T6 Shannon Tan 216 (E)	-
Baseball	New Mexico	W 6-3	13-1
Lady Raider Basketball	(9) Kansas State @KC Municipal Auditorium	l 79-69	18-14 (6-12)
Red Raider Basketball	(8) West Virginia @T-Mobile Center Kansas City	L 78-62	16-16 (5-13)
Indoor Track & Field	NCAA Indoor Championships	M 5th	Notes
Men's Tennis	ASU Spring Break Tournament vs Michigan State	W 4-0	7-6
Men's Tennis	@Arizona State	W 4-3	8-6
Men's Tennis	ASU Spring Break Tournament vs Memphis	W 4-2	9-6
Softball	Red Raider Classic vs Buffalo	W 13-0	16-7
Softball	Red Raider Classic vs Manhattan	W 10-0	17-7
Softball	Red Raider Classic vs Manhattan	W 13-5	18-7
Softball	Red Raider Classic vs UNM	W 14-5	19-7
Softball	Red Raider Classic vs UNM	W 7-2	20-7
Baseball	Iowa	W 17-5	14-1
Baseball	Iowa	W 8-3	14-2
Baseball	Iowa	L 10-9	14-3

Recap 2:

Team	Opponent	Result(s)	Overall Record (Conference Record)
Softball	Texas State	W 4-3	21-7
Softball	Texas State	W 3-2	22-7
Baseball	UT-Arlington	W 10-1	15-3
Baseball	UT-Arlington	W 14-7	16-3
Lady Raider Basketball	WNIT Round 1 vs UTEP	W 67-54	19-14
Lady's Tennis	@Oklahoma	L 6-1	10-5 (0-1)
Men's Tennis	@Oregon	W 4-2	10-6
Lady's Tennis	@Oklahoma State	L 5-2	10-6 (0-2)
Men's Tennis	BYU @Oregon	W 4-1	11-6
Softball	Rider @Maryland	W 9-1	23-7
Softball	@Maryland	W 6-1	24-7
Softball	North Dakota @Maryland	W 12-1	25-7
Softball	@Maryland	L 7-3	25-8
Softball	Bucknell @Maryland	CANCELLED	25-8
Baseball	Oklahoma State	W 8-7 (10)	17-3 (1-0)
Baseball	Oklahoma State	L 9-4	17-4 (1-1)
Baseball	Oklahoma State	W 12-1 (7)	18-4 (2-1)

Upcoming:

Team	Opponent	Date and Time	Venue	Video	Audio
Lady Raider Basketball	WNIT Round 2 vs SMU	3/21 6PM	The USA	ESPN+	107.7
Outdoor Track & Field	Masked Rider Open	3/24-3/25	Fuller	ESPN+	-
Lady's Tennis	Kansas	3/24	McLeod	-	-
Lady's Tennis	Kansas State	3/26	McLeod	-	-
Men's Tennis	Middle Tennessee State	3/26	McLeod	-	-
Softball	Abilene Christian	3/22	The Rock	ESPN+	-
Softball	Texas	3/24-3/26	McCombs Field Austin, TX	LHN	-
Baseball	Texas	3/24-3/26	UFCU Disch-Falk Field Austin, TX	LHN	97.3

Where can I find information on free events (especially music gigs and concerts) in Warsaw? Like for example, my city has a Facebook group where people share upcoming free gigs/concerts. The free events are usually at local bars and such.

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https://www.reddit.com/WhitePeopleTwittecomments/11vpp4p/why_doesnt_he_identify_with_what_he_was_born_as/

Long the subject of rhetoric, migrants have now become props in political theater

BY JAMES BARRAGÁN SEPT. 22, 2022
A long-reliable political playbook of highlighting immigration in election season has been escalated by Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis.
For five months, Gov. Greg Abbott bused migrants to Democrat-led cities to draw attention to the number of people arriving at the Texas border.
He began with Washington, D.C., then expanded the busing to New York and Chicago. At least 11,000 migrants have been removed from the state, by all accounts voluntarily.

But an attempt by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to deploy the same tactics last week took the issue to another level, when the state flew planes to Texas, allegedly lured migrants onto the flights by promising jobs, housing and services and a free trip to Boston, and then left those migrants in Martha’s Vineyard, an island resort town about 100 miles away. Three of those migrants have now sued DeSantis in federal court.

In one way, Abbott and DeSantis are following a familiar playbook: Find ways to put immigration front and center in election season to take advantage of populist backlash. But some say the transports have brought the country’s political discourse to a new low by using migrants as props in political theater, and not merely subjects of rhetorical attack.

“To me, this is just really crass manipulation of people. It does speak to our values,” said Jim Harrington, the retired founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project who has worked on immigration issues since 1973. “The idea that you could play with people in the way he did.”

Abbott’s office said Texas played no role in the flying of migrants to Massachusetts. But it has caught similar backlash for its recent push to send migrants in buses to Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in Washington — a stunt that Harris is unlikely ever to have seen, given that the vice president’s residence is within an 80-acre scientific and military compound, the Naval Observatory.
“She’s the border czar, and we felt that if she won’t come down to see the border, if President Biden will not come down and see the border, we will make sure they see it firsthand,” Abbott said. “There’s more where that came from.”
In November, Abbott is seeking a third term, and DeSantis a second. Politicians have frequently used immigrants around election time. In 1994, California Gov. Pete Wilson ran ads depicting migrants crossing the border during his reelection campaign. More recently, Donald Trump’s successful presidential run in 2016 began with his denouncing Mexican immigrants as “criminals,” “drug dealers” and “rapists.” Abbott himself ramped up his attacks on “sanctuary cities” in 2017, the year before his first reelection campaign.

But while those efforts depicted and discussed the immigrants, the use of actual migrants themselves has disturbed scholars and observers who see it as just the latest in a series of collapsing norms that are eroding American democracy.

Donald F. Kettl, professor emeritus and former dean at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, said the latest transports represent a “dramatic escalation in the use of immigrants as a political tool and a political symbol.

“One of the things that’s happened for sure is that immigrants as human beings — the notion that they have needs or problems they’re trying to escape and their aspirations to create a new home in the U.S. — has been pushed aside by the idea to create a mega symbol and use them as pawns that are being moved,” Kettl said.

“It’s a truly awful way to treat human beings and it’s an effort for sure to push the needs of human beings aside to try to score political points.”

Jennifer Mercieca, a Texas A&M professor who researches political rhetoric, said the transfer of migrants to a political opponent’s jurisdiction follows a rhetorical tactic called “reification” where people are treated as physical objects whose feelings don’t count.

“There’s no concern in the plan for the migrants and their well-being and their welfare,” she said. “It’s, ‘how can I use these migrants to score a political point against my opponent?’”

Abbott and DeSantis have said that they want to force Democratic officials, starting with President Joe Biden, to take action. But Mercieca said that is belied by the execution of the programs without any proposed solutions.

“These aren’t about policy solutions,

but instead they are about generating political spectacle. They are about creating dramatic events or ‘pseudo events’ that have to be covered,” she said. “They gotta stick it to the other side. They gotta show that they’re tough. They gotta have victory.”

Those “pseudo events” are aimed at controlling the narrative as both governors seek reelection and an opportunity to grow their name recognition, possibly in anticipation of a 2024 presidential run, Kettl said.
The polls show why that might be advantageous for Abbott. Over the summer, much of the political discourse in Texas focused on the school shooting in Uvalde and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. A recent University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll found that more Texans trust Abbott’s 2022 challenger Beto O’Rourke on abortion issues — and they are evenly split on the issue of gun violence. On border security and immigration, on the other hand, Abbott holds a 12-percentage-point advantage.
But Mercieca also noted a change in how far politicians are willing to go to get their point across and how much the public is willing to tolerate.
“A stunt like what Abbott or DeSantis has done would have made zero sense 10 years ago, 15 years ago and 20 years ago,” she said. “That wouldn’t have resonated with a more general audience. But today’s audience loves that.”
That’s partially because cable news has become hyperpartisan, pressuring politicians to take dramatic and even extreme action to get attention.

“It’s a vicious cycle,” she said. “They’ve radicalized the audience that has in turn radicalized them.”

The movement of migrants has also drawn comparisons to painful parts of U.S. history. As news of the Florida flights spread across Massachusetts, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library published a tweet comparing the effort to the “reverse Freedom Rides” of the 1960s.
“To embarrass Northern liberals and humiliate Black people, southern White Citizens Councils started their so-called ‘Reverse Freedom Rides,’ giving Black people one-way tickets to northern cities with false promises of jobs, housing, and better lives,” the library’s account tweeted.
But those jobs and opportunities did not exist and instead left the Black travelers stranded away from their homes.
This week, PBS broadcast the documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’ latest project, “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” which chronicles America’s refusal to change restrictive immigration quotas to help refugees, even as millions of people fled Europe before and during the Holocaust.
Harrington said the use of migrants to score political points shows a new “callousness” in how Texans view immigrants. Just 21 years ago, a Republican-led Texas Legislature approved a law to allow undocumented youth who grew up in the state to pay in-state tuition at public universities. Following the escalation of the migrant movements this month, no Republican elected official has spoken out, nor have major business or civil leaders.
“A lot of people are sitting around talking about this and bemoaning it, but where is the leadership that helped shape and form our humane response as a democracy? Where is it?” he said. “We are so fractured right now.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/22/migrant-busing-abbott-desantis/

Guys seriously. Let's talk
Persona 5 X or persona 5 the hunters the upcoming mobile game is
NOT a sequel to persona 5. Seriously it's a 3rd party outsourced Chinese game with no signs of Sega or Atlus involvement besides licesencing
Not an Atlus game, stop implying this took time out of what ever next persona project they have planned.
It is in fact litterally persona 5 but mobile it's probably going to be completely nonesensical to any events in 5 Royale or striker's.
The game has carbon copy or pallete swaps of other persona characters likely because atlus and Sega just gave perfect world character models to reuse and borrow.
The posts are getting to be super obnoxious and repeating the same points. Discussion of it should honestly be banned until it actually releases other then maybe new posts of news from Sega/perfect world because these posts go no where other then circle jerking over mobile game bad.