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Domino’s Pizza Menu

2023.04.01 12:18 FlakyGap9012 Domino’s Pizza Menu

Domino’s Pizza Menu

Domino’s Pizza Menu is a popular pizza chain that offers a wide range of delicious and freshly made pizzas, sides, desserts, and drinks. The company was founded in 1960 and has since expanded to become one of the largest pizza delivery companies in the world, with thousands of locations across the globe.
Pizza Domino’s Menufeatures a variety of classic and innovative pizza options, including vegetarian and vegan options, as well as customizable pizzas that allow customers to create their own unique combinations. In addition to pizza, the menu includes a variety of sides, such as breadsticks, wings, and salads, as well as desserts like a chocolate lava cake and cinnamon bread twists.

Domino’s Pizza Menu Canada also offers a range of drinks, including soda, lemonade, and iced tea, as well as specialty drinks like their popular “Coca-Cola Freestyle” machine, which allows customers to create their own custom beverage blends.

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2023.04.01 12:17 Rich-Juggernaut-6063 What are some ways to incorporate natural materials into a coworking office interior design?

As more and more people are realizing the benefits of coworking spaces, the demand for well-designed, aesthetically pleasing workspaces is on the rise. One of the ways to achieve this is by incorporating natural materials into the coworking office interior design. Not only do natural materials bring a sense of warmth and coziness to the space, but they also promote a more sustainable approach to design.
As a coworking office interior designer, it's important to consider the different ways in which natural materials can be used to create a space that is both functional and beautiful. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Wood accents: Incorporating wood accents into a coworking office can help to bring in a natural element. Wood can be used in a variety of ways, such as for flooring, wall paneling, or furniture. Reclaimed wood can also be used to add a touch of character and history to the space.
Plants: Plants not only add visual interest to a space, but they also help to improve air quality. Incorporating plants into a coworking office can help to create a calming and inviting environment. Consider using hanging plants or large potted plants to create a focal point in the space.
Stone: Incorporating stone elements into a coworking office can help to create a sense of grounding and stability. Stone can be used for flooring, walls, or even as a decorative element. Consider using natural stone tiles or a stone feature wall to add visual interest to the space.
Natural fibers: Incorporating natural fibers, such as wool or cotton, into a coworking office can help to create a sense of warmth and coziness. Consider using natural fiber rugs or upholstery on furniture to bring in a touch of texture and visual interest.
Natural light: Maximizing natural light in a coworking office can help to create a sense of openness and connection to the outdoors. Consider using large windows or skylights to bring in as much natural light as possible.
Incorporating natural materials into a coworking office interior design by an interior company such as Flipspaces can help to create a space that is not only beautiful but also sustainable and functional. As a coworking office interior designer, it's important to consider the different ways in which natural materials can be used to create a space that meets the needs of your clients while also promoting a more sustainable approach to design.

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2023.04.01 12:14 OilSpillsAreGood [Property Manager, NZ] What Extra Services Would You Appreciate a Property Manager to Offer?

I'm interested in starting a property management business here in New Zealand. I don't want to just merely be someone who files paperwork. Rather, I'm thinking about qualifications I could undertake myself in order to save the landlord money. My thinking being that should they agree to use my services for a year, since they're already paying me, I can offer them a subsidised rate on other services, saving them money in the process.
I have a few things in mind I could potentially do:

Become a licenced electrician. This would take a few years to get professionally qualified in. I could see this having utility when disaster strikes. Though I'm not sure it's a service that'll always be in demand.
Become a licenced carpenter. Likewise, it takes about four years to become a qualified carpenter. This could be interesting as we love timber construction in New Zealand. Doing this would allow me to replace cladding, flooring, windows, etc. I expect this is more something that would be nice to have for the properties I would manage than something always in demand.

While these would be great skills to generally know, I expect demand is probably too low. Maintenance is certainly to be expected. But it might not be enough on its own.

Mortgage broker. Takes about 12 months to become a licenced financial advisor here. Interest costs are by far the biggest expenses a landlord is likely to face and it's a guaranteed cost, no matter the condition of the property. There's certainly no avoiding it. Chipping off a few bps could potentially save the landlord up to a couple of grand over the course of a year (we have some idiotically ginormous mortgages here). There's also a chance of a commission from the bank, so it could be a win-win in a sense. This is certainly my preference as it's easiest to get qualified in and is a recurring cost the LL will face, what's the thoughts of others?
Accountancy. Again, something that takes a few years. Not all landlords use accountants. Given the simplicity of rental property, it's not the hardest thing to do your own taxes. Though it would have the potential to save the landlords who do about $1k a year.

Or, I stay in my lane and stick to answering phone calls and conducting inspections. There's always the risk of doing too much.

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2023.04.01 12:03 wein_geist Fortigate firewall breaking my tunnel?

Hi all,
Currently, I am staying in a vacation resort and wanted to keep full access to my home server over VPN (OpenVPN on my OPNsense box).
The resort seems to have a FortiGate firewall, with some aggressive rules: - direct access to my webservices gives a CA error (issuer of certificate is Fortinet instead of Letsencrypt), so far seen on Android and Windows, no idea how this is switched on my personal devices. - Login into Nextcloud app/webUI on an iPad/iphone triggers the FortiGuard Intrusion Prevention of the resorts (blocked due to category: dynamic dns), but not so on Android or Windows. - but what I find deeply disturbing: when connecting to my openVPN server, these issues don't necessarily go away, however it becomes an intermittent issue. Sometime CA is correct, other times it is still switched, also in incognito mode. The i.. devices however dont really show a difference with or without VPN. - sometimes one device triggers the error, and others work at the same time. - using privateinternetaccess in the same openVPN clients always tunnels correctly, but of course is only useful for my public services, not the internal ones.
So far, my vpn server always seemed to have worked when in my home country (allowing access to internal services). But now I am afraid that something may not be configured correctly. Any ideas what could be the issue?

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2023.04.01 12:03 AutoModerator What is your one piece of advice for having a successful lasting relationship?

A successful relationship is determined BEFORE you become exclusive.
Here’s what I mean.
In the modern dating landscape, most people jump into relationships far too quickly.
They go out on one date with one person and then, within a few weeks are exclusive an monogamous.
A few months later, they move in together and, before either party knows it, they’ve spent years in a lackluster relationship that is now falling apart.
They assume that the other person is the problem.
That somehow, the constant conflict, nagging, and bickering is a result of the other persons faults and failings.
In reality, the relationship was doomed before it even started.
Not because either of them were bad people. Because they did not know how to filter out bad matches from the onset.
Here’s the deal.
In a healthy relationship, about 90% of the time you spend together should be fun, easy, and positive.
Only 10% of your time should be spent trying to fix problems and overcome challenges.
However…
In MOST relationships, this ratio is flipped. About 10% of the time you spend together (whether you acknowledge it or not) is spent having fun, being positive, and enjoying one another’s company. And the remainder of their time together is spent trying to solve unnecessary problems and reconcile irreconcilable differences.
But the question remains…
How do you avoid this?
With one word.
Filter.
Let me show you the three most powerful ways to do this.

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1. Slow Down
Most relationships move too quickly.
So let’s simplify things, shall we?
If you want to have a long lasting and successful relationship, it starts by slowing down and cultivating certainty that the partner to whom you are committing is actually the right person for you.
And the ONLY way to do this is to spend more time with them before settling into a relationship.
Although there are no hard and fast rules regarding the timeline of love and attraction, there are a few guidelines I encourage you to follow.
Namely:

Do NOT become exclusive until you’ve been dating someone for at least 3 months
Do NOT move in together until you’ve been dating for at least one year.
Do NOT get married until you’ve been together for at least two years.

While these numbers might seem random, they’re not.
Recent studies on the science of love and attraction have revealed that the initial phase of lust—the part of your relationship when your brain is dumping pleasure chemicals and literally stopping you from seeing your partner for who they really are—lasts between 18 and 24 months.
Typically, you can expect the “love high” to die down significantly after the first 12 months and dissipate completely after 24—being replaced by either a lasting sense of love and affection or the realization that you are NOT with the right person.
By slowing things down and taking the time to get to know someone better, you will side step problems and avoid mismatched relationships more easily.
You might not want to do this, but if you care about the lasting quality of your relationships, then you MUST do it.
2. Date Multiple People at Once and Achieve Abundance
I’m going to be blunt here…
If you have only been on one date in the past month or are only “seeing” one person…You are not ready to commit.
The most successful relationships come from a place of abundance and options, not scarcity.
When you only have one romantic partner in your life, you don’t have options.
You have an option.
And by having such limited options, you are stripped of your power and immediately put in a place of scarcity and desperation.
However, if you are dating multiple people at the same time, going out with new partners on a regular basis, meeting and experiencing new people on a regular basis, the decision to settle down with ONE person is that much more powerful.
It’s like an employee looking for a new job.
If you only have one offer on the table, you’re going to take it no matter what. Even if the pay sucks, the hours suck, and you hate your boss, you need the money and will take the position whether you like it or not.
However, if you have multiple offers on the table, if you have dozens of employers fighting over you and trying to hire you, your decision will come from a place of abundance and certainty. You can choose the best option instead of the only option.
And it’s the same way with dating.
It’s much more powerful to SELECT one person from a pool of many because they are aligned with your values, add positivity and joy into your life, and because you genuinely love and connect with them than it is to date someone simply because they are available.
As such, I highly encourage you to actively date 3–4 people before settling down and committing to one.
Have more experiences. Discover what you like and what you dislike. Create more abundance in your life so that you have the power to CHOOSE the right person for your life.
This is one of THE most important elements of a long lasting and successful relationship.
3. Create a “Values Test” for Potential Partners
A simple, but wildly effective tactic for filtering potential partners is to put forth what I call a “Values Test”.
The premise is simple.
Assuming you have a strong understanding of your personal values (e.g. growth, learning, honesty, etc) you want to test potential partners to ensure they meet those particular value.
For example, you could go over to a lovers house and “accidentally” leave $40 on their kitchen table—seeing if they take the money for themselves of call to let you know you left it.
Or, you could ask them to attend something unconventional (but personally fulfilling) with you like a meditation class, personal development seminar, or day of volunteering.
The goal here is to give them an opportunity to show their true colors—proving they either align with or don’t align with your personal values.
You’re not being manipulative.
You’re trying to gauge their true character.
Oftentimes, especially during the early stages of a relationship, people glue on a facade of kindness and geniality in an attempt to manipulate another person into a committed relationship.
By creating simple tests (tests that you do not discuss with them one way or another), you will be able to understand who they really are before you’ve invested months or years of your life into a terrible relationship.
4. Create Your Non-negotiables
Another key to long lasting and successful relationships is to create and adhere to a specific list of non-negotiables.
This is a list of habits, behaviors, and characteristics that you WILL NOT tolerate in a partner no matter what.
For example, a few of mine are:

I will not date a woman with serious drug addiction
I will not date a woman who does not value physical health and longevity
I will not date a woman who does not share my commitment to personal growth and development.
I will not date a woman who is rude or mean to service staff or other individuals she feels are “beneath” her.
I will not date a woman who has been unfaithful to previous partners or has a history of risky sexual behavior (i.e. sleeping with multiple people without protection).

And it goes on and on.
You must remember that YOU, not the other person, are the most important person in your world.
And you have EVERY right to decide what you will and will not allow into your life.
You don’t owe a relationship to someone simply because you had sex once or went out on a few dates.
If there is a fundamental incongruence between what you want from a partner and what they bring to the table, cut your losses and move on.
Or… Enjoy spending the next 5 years in a bitter and toxic relationship.
It’s up to you.
5. Get External Feedback
Finally, and possibly most powerfully, you want to get external feedback on your relationships before committing.
Ask your friends and family what they think about your partner.
Spend time talking with their friends to see what kind of person they really are.
Talk to mentors and coaches about your relationship dynamic to gain insights into how you work together.
Take online quizzes around your personalities and compatibility (e.g. the Five Love Languages quiz).
Get OUTSIDE feedback that is unbiased and (more or less) objective to ensure you are making the right decision.
Hope this helps.
Stay Grounded, Andrew
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Then click here to check out my Quora profile, get access to my BEST content, and learn how you can get direct access to me and my hand-picked team of coaches.

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2023.04.01 12:03 remote-enthusiast 100 remote jobs from last couple of days

customer Service Representative - Luxury Retail ^\)^link^\) TTEC · Remote in Texas+20 locations non-tech, customer-support
Learning Experience Designer ^\)^link^\) Aledade design, project-management, teaching, assistant, front-end, html, full-time, usa
business Development Representative - Eastern Time Zone Remote ^\)^link^\) Heavy Hammer · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, sales
sales Representative - Remote ^\)^link^\) Outsourced Doers · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, sales
staff Writer, Advisory Board Research - Remote ^\)^link^\) UnitedHealth Group · Remote in Pittsburgh sales-marketing, non-tech, copywriting
digital Marketing : Special Projects ^\)^link^\) Lands' End · Remote in Dodgeville sales-marketing, non-tech, copywriting, copywriting-art, remote, part-time
social Media Manager - Milli ^\)^link^\) First National Bank of Omaha · Remote in Nebraska sales-marketing, non-tech, social-media, remote
Senior Director, Accounting ^\)^link^\) Checkr non-tech, accounting, recruiting, full-time, usa
staff Accountant ^\)^link^\) Toppan Merrill · Remote non-tech, accounting, remote-flexible-work-location
power Bi Report Developer - Remote ^\)^link^\) UnitedHealth Group · Remote in Minnetonka engineering
software Developer ^\)^link^\) VIP Tires and Service · Remote engineering
communications Specialist ^\)^link^\) Changeis · Remote in Cambridge sales-marketing, non-tech, marketing
global Relationship Manager - Ip Transit & Network Sales Experience ^\)^link^\) Hurricane Electric · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, sales
cantonese Interpreter ^\)^link^\) LanguageLine Solutions · Remote non-tech
spanish Medical Interpreter ^\)^link^\) AMN Language Services · Remote non-tech, work-from-home
consumer Content Writers ^\)^link^\) Codeless, Interactive LLC · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, copywriting
experienced Software Developer100% Remotemust Be Awesome! ^\)^link^\) Infinity Software Development, Inc · Remote engineering
Senior Manager Of Engineering ^\)^link^\) Narvar tech, javascript, ruby-on-rails, ruby, architecture, cto, full-time, usa
graphic Designer Ii - ^\)^link^\) Cella · Remote design, remote
Global Accounts Customer Success Manager ^\)^link^\) BetterUp sales-marketing, project-management, product-marketing, recruiting, full-time, usa
Employment Counsel ^\)^link^\) Aledade non-tech, risk-management, attorney, assistant, recruiting, full-time, usa
backend Developer ^\)^link^\) Remote Jobs · Remote engineering, remote
client Success Specialist ^\)^link^\) TruPlace · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, sales
outside Sales Representative - New Bus ^\)^link^\) Leonard Bus Sales · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, sales
Sales Engineer ^\)^link^\) Red Canary sales-marketing, devops, ruby, python, cyber-security, cloud, full-time, anywhere
developer Sql Reports Hybrid/remote ^\)^link^\) Buck Knives · Remote in Post Falls engineering
work From Home - Call Center Representative ^\)^link^\) Compass Self Storage · Remote in Cincinnati non-tech, customer-support
python Developer ^\)^link^\) Global IT · Remote engineering
financial Services Sales Professional-must Be oregon Resident ^\)^link^\) New York Life · Remote in Oregon sales-marketing, non-tech, marketing
staff Accountant- Remote ^\)^link^\) Proxibid · Remote in Omaha non-tech, accounting
junior Software Developer ^\)^link^\) Capital Good Fund · Remote engineering
manager, Event Content & Programming ^\)^link^\) CPA.com · Remote in North Carolina engineering
Product Design Manager ^\)^link^\) BetterUp design, product-design, user-experience, product-marketing, recruiting, full-time, usa
social Media Moderation Manager ^\)^link^\) ServiceTitan · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, social-media
[hiring] Technical Support Specialist @ingo ^\)^link^\) InGo · USA sales-marketing, customer-service, full-time
junior Web Developer ^\)^link^\) Victory · Remote engineering
software Engineer ^\)^link^\) Subway · Remote engineering
contract Editor ^\)^link^\) Elevate Services · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, copywriting
Strategic Marketing Analyst ^\)^link^\) Avantor sales-marketing, strategic-marketing, web-analytics, multimedia, full-time, usa
designer ^\)^link^\) BuzzShift · Remote in Dallas design, remote
sales Support Specialist - Remote, Evening Shift ^\)^link^\) James+James · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, sales
Total Rewards Manager ^\)^link^\) Sword tech, accounting, payroll, full-time, anywhere
Edict Internship Coordinator ^\)^link^\) Elemental Excelerator · $0 - $22 · Hawaii, US non-tech, tech, engineering, sales-marketing, contractor
writer ^\)^link^\) Acorns · Remote in Los Angeles sales-marketing, non-tech, copywriting
marketing Manager Swine ^\)^link^\) Cargill · Remote in Wayzata sales-marketing, non-tech, marketing, open-to-remote
senior User Experience Designer -- Remote ^\)^link^\) Corporate · Remote in Missouri sales-marketing, non-tech, marketing
market Intelligence Manger ^\)^link^\) Weyerhaeuser · Remote in Washington sales-marketing, non-tech, marketing
sales Professional ^\)^link^\) Ellingson Companies · Remote in St. Louis sales-marketing, non-tech, sales
social Media Video Editor ^\)^link^\) The Childs Dreyfus Group · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, social-media
sign Language Interpreter - Community - Kansas ^\)^link^\) Sorenson Communications, LLC · Remote in Kansas+3 locations non-tech
content Development Editowriter ^\)^link^\) Sedgwick · Remote in Ohio sales-marketing, non-tech, copywriting, remote
[hiring] Account Coordinator @eezy ^\)^link^\) Eezy · USA sales-marketing, sales, full-time
outside Sales Representative Digital Marketing Automotive ^\)^link^\) C-4 Analytics · Remote in Las Vegas sales-marketing, non-tech, marketing
customer Service ^\)^link^\) 1-800 Contacts · Remote in Rexburg non-tech, customer-support, chat
Events Manager ^\)^link^\) Nearmap tech, project-management, full-time, anywhere
staff Auditor - 100% Remote or In Irvine Office Must Be Local To So Cal ^\)^link^\) Zimmerman Associates Inc · Remote in California non-tech, accounting
social Media Marketing ^\)^link^\) HCM · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, social-media
vp Of Customer Service - Remote Call Center ^\)^link^\) ReminderMedia · Remote in Austin non-tech, customer-support
graphic Designesocial Media Content Creator ^\)^link^\) ApplicantPro · Remote design
senior Operations Accountant ^\)^link^\) RE/MAX, LLC · Remote non-tech, accounting
sales Representative - Medical Alert Devices ^\)^link^\) Medical Guardian LLC · Remote in United States+1 location sales-marketing, non-tech, sales, remote
customer Success Manager, Bilingual Spanish - Austin or Houston, Texas ^\)^link^\) Age of Learning · Remote in Texas non-tech
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Analyst ^\)^link^\) Sword engineering, risk-management, security, full-time, anywhere, grc
People Operations Specialist ^\)^link^\) Nearmap non-tech, payroll, full-time, anywhere
senior Accountant ^\)^link^\) Bookkeeping Express · Remote non-tech, accounting
Marketing Automation Analyst ^\)^link^\) Aledade sales-marketing, salesforce, project-management, sql, customer-experience, assistant, full-time, usa
agency Channel Marketing Manager ^\)^link^\) Allstate · Remote in Chicago sales-marketing, non-tech, marketing
Teacher Fellow ^\)^link^\) Elemental Excelerator · $0 - $3,000 · Hawaii, US non-tech, sales-marketing, contractor
Product Operations Manager ^\)^link^\) Binance tech, operations-management, product-management, project-management, program-management, trading, full-time, anywhere
remote Graphic Designer ^\)^link^\) AmTab Manufacturing · Remote design
cust Svc Support Rep-11am-8pm Est Remote ^\)^link^\) Labcorp · Remote in McLeansville non-tech, customer-support, patient-customer-service
full Stack PHP Developer ^\)^link^\) Togetherwork · Remote engineering
remote! Healthcare Customer Service Expert - Phone Intake ^\)^link^\) CareCentrix · Remote non-tech, customer-support
commercial Insurance Sales Representative ^\)^link^\) Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company · Remote in Milwaukee sales-marketing, non-tech, sales
manager, Content Marketing ^\)^link^\) Bright Horizons Family Solutions · Remote in Broomfield sales-marketing, non-tech, copywriting, remote
[hiring] Migrations Specialist @discourse ^\)^link^\) Discourse · Full-time · Worldwide engineering, software-development, full-time
magento Consultant ^\)^link^\) InterSources Inc · Remote engineering
copywriter ^\)^link^\) Clutch Group, Inc. · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, copywriting
Manager, Devops Engineering ^\)^link^\) 1Password engineering, devops, customer-experience, aws, cloud, database-administration, full-time, usa-canada
[hiring] Senior Pay and Benefits Specialist @thinkific ^\)^link^\) Thinkific · Canada non-tech, finance-legal, full-time
Major Gifts Officer ^\)^link^\) Marijuana Policy Project · $90,000 - $140,000 · DC, US non-tech, sales-marketing, tech, engineering
customer Service Representative ^\)^link^\) Premera Blue Cross · Remote non-tech, customer-support
lead Product Marketing Manager ^\)^link^\) CPA.com · Remote in Washington sales-marketing, non-tech, marketing
marketing Assistant ^\)^link^\) Angeleno Smile · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, marketing
client Account Manager - Remote ^\)^link^\) U.S. Bank National Association · Remote non-tech, customer-support
inbound Contact Center Agent ^\)^link^\) InflectionCX, Inc. · Remote non-tech, customer-support, u-s-remote
manager, Social Media - Thought Leadership ^\)^link^\) W2O Group · Remote in New York sales-marketing, non-tech, social-media
Senior Devops ^\)^link^\) Sword engineering, devops, php, javascript, docker, golang, full-time, anywhere
sr. android Developer ^\)^link^\) Five Pack Creative · Remote engineering
junior Developer ^\)^link^\) Silverback Strategies · Remote engineering
tibetan Remote Interpreter ^\)^link^\) Linguistica International · +4 locations non-tech
manufacturing Sales Manager ^\)^link^\) PROFORM GROUP INC · Remote in Muskogee sales-marketing, non-tech, sales
health Care Benefits Customer Support Specialist ^\)^link^\) BenefitMall · Remote non-tech, customer-support
customer Care Associate ^\)^link^\) FRANCESCA'S · Remote non-tech, customer-support, houston, tx
manager, Online Customer Experience ^\)^link^\) Home Depot / THD · Remote in Atlanta engineering, remote
sales Support Representative, Medical - Remote ^\)^link^\) Henry Schein · Remote in South Carolina sales-marketing, non-tech, sales
accountant Ii ^\)^link^\) Health & Human Services Comm · Remote in Austin non-tech, accounting
key Account Manager, Dso ^\)^link^\) Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. · Remote in Amherst sales-marketing, non-tech, marketing
sales Representative ^\)^link^\) ON Services · Remote sales-marketing, non-tech, sales
[hiring] Big Data Engineer @plain Concepts ^\)^link^\) Plain Concepts · Germany engineering, data, full-time

Hello friends! These are the open remote positions I've found that were published today. See you tomorrow! Bleep blop 🤖

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2023.04.01 11:46 Panda-Scary Being moved into a new role, how do I control how upset I am about it?

I've been at my current job for a year and a half. I've struggled with a lot of aspects of it. It's a start up, so I've been expected to do a lot of things outside of what I expected of my job role, and take on a lot more responsibility than I'm used to.
After a very rocky last few months, I was told late last week that I'm being moved from my current role. My new role is similar, but with a lot less responsibility.
I have very mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, this new role is probably better suited to my skillset. On the other, I feel utterly humiliated and incredibly upset that I've essentially failed to cope, after months of training and help given to me, to keep up.
There's about 20 people in my team and they've all managed to keep up (we all do the same role just for different parts of the company). It's just me that's struggled. Or at least struggled to the point that I've been forcefully ousted.
To make matters worse, my replacement is someone in my team, not a new hire. I only found out it was her on Friday, and I'm expected to handover to her on Monday. I'm not upset with her, I know this wasn't her fault and she's probably been just as blindsided by this development as I was, but I don't know how I'm going to face her next week. I can already envision myself being short with her and possibly even passive aggressive. I know that's not fair to her but I'm so in my feelings right now I'm not sure how to deal with it.
I'm incredibly temped to quit on Monday. I won't, because the job market is terrible and I have bills to pay. But I just can't deal with how embarrassing it's going to be when the official announcement is made. They'll sugar coat it as I'm being moved into an "exciting new role she's sure to thrive in" but everyone will know it's because I failed.
I guess the other big reason is that I'm pushing 30. I'm not some clueless 18 year old, I should be able to do what's expected of me in a job. And my replacement is 22. It doesn't feel great.
I'm trying to get all my feelings out now at the weekend but it's tough. I guess I'm asking how I can make sure I stay professional about all this? How do I now work with someone who is effectively taking my job? We're not close or anything, but I like her but now I feel betrayed by her, which is stupid because this wasn't her decision. I'm just all over the place right now.

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2023.04.01 11:27 drdileepsinghrathore Lung Transplant Surgery Cost, Procedure & Treatment

Lung transplant surgery is a complex medical procedure that involves replacing a damaged or diseased lung with a healthy one from a donor. It is typically reserved for patients with end-stage lung disease who have exhausted all other treatment options. In this blog, we will discuss the cost, procedure, and treatment of lung transplant surgery.

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Cost of Lung Transplant Surgery

The cost of Lungs Transplant Surgery In Jaipur can vary depending on several factors such as the hospital, surgeon's fees, the type of lung transplant, the patient's health insurance coverage, and the location. On average, the cost of a lung transplant surgery in the United States ranges between $500,000 to $1,000,000. This includes the cost of the surgery, hospital stay, and post-operative care.
However, many insurance companies cover the cost of lung transplant surgery, including pre and post-operative care. Patients should contact their insurance provider to determine the extent of their coverage before undergoing the surgery.

Procedure of Lung Transplant Surgery

Before a lung transplant surgery, a thorough evaluation of the patient's medical history, physical examination, and diagnostic tests are conducted to determine if the patient is a suitable candidate for the surgery. The evaluation process also helps to identify any underlying medical conditions that may need to be treated before the surgery.
Once a patient is deemed a suitable candidate for lung transplant surgery, the process of finding a suitable donor lung begins. The donor lung must be a good match in terms of blood type, size, and tissue compatibility.
The surgery itself can take up to 12 hours and is performed under general anesthesia. The surgeon makes an incision in the chest and removes the damaged lung. The new lung is then carefully placed in the same position and attached to the airways, blood vessels, and the patient's respiratory system.
After the surgery, the patient is closely monitored in the intensive care unit (ICU) for several days. Once the patient is stable, they are transferred to a regular hospital room and closely monitored for any complications. The patient is typically required to stay in the hospital for several weeks to months depending on their recovery progress.

Treatment after Lung Transplant Surgery

Following a lung transplant surgery, the patient is required to take immunosuppressive medication for the rest of their life to prevent rejection of the new lung by the body's immune system. These medications can have several side effects, including increased risk of infection, high blood pressure, and kidney damage.
Patients are also required to participate in regular follow-up appointments with their Cardiac Surgeon in Bhopal to monitor their lung function, manage medication side effects, and address any potential complications.
In conclusion, lung transplant surgery is a complex medical procedure that requires careful consideration and evaluation. While the cost of the surgery can be high, many insurance companies cover the cost, and patients should explore their options before making any decisions. With proper medical care and treatment, a lung transplant can significantly improve a patient's quality of life and increase their life expectancy.

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2023.04.01 11:27 Superb-Ad-6471 anyone else feel this way?

hey y’all! tenured partner here (almost 8 years in the making). i can’t help but to feel as though the whole dynamic of this company has severely changed over the years. don’t get me wrong, i still love my job. but i’m so tired of feeling like we NEED to be robots.
i just transferred to a BRAND NEW location. literally has only been open for a few months. i know a 40 sec window time can be achieved. but with literally all new green beans? and a 4 partner play during peak? and then to be scolded saying we’re not living up to starbucks missions and values? the play they want us doing is one partner doing DTO/DTW, one partner doing DTB, one partner doing cafe/mobile AND warming & then the shift has to be somehow be in all positions at once because we’re getting our asses handed to us. like i’m one person, i’m not a robot. and this job is so tiring & im drained and burnt out. so are the green beans since my manager also doesn’t believe in switching partners outta the positions they were on during peak.
i don’t know. i have so many mixed emotions about this job. i wanna love this job as much as i did when i started in 2015 and had that “family dynamic” feel in the store and wasn’t rushed to make 6+ overly customized drinks. sorry for the long rant. 🥲

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2023.04.01 11:14 Medical_Flan241 Landlord sends messages, are they harassment?

I, 21 FTM, am leaving my current housing situation due to my landlord's behavior. In the last 7 months, he has sent numerous messages dictating what I can do in my unit, including how long and when I can turn my bathroom light on, blamed me for the washing machine breaking while refusing to let anyone in to look at it and find out what was wrong, and most recently threatened me with his insurance company over having windows open. I've included texts written word for word below. I have been concerned for my safety, the security of my unit and my privacy for the last 6 months. It has significantly affected my mental and physical health. My upstairs neighbor has told him I feel harassed and unsafe, and I have documentation of this. I'm worried he is going to keep my damage deposit for things above and beyond what is okay. Do I have any legal standing?
•"Do you need a seperate light in the bathroom running that fan continuously like that will or could start a fire I will out a timer in the switch as soon as I get some time" -never did anything. Expected me to consistently move a lamp into the bathroom every time.
•"Hey Landlord, the washing machine is leaking
Well you probably broke it I just bought it
I haven't touched it in the last 4 days, and it was fine until I went in there today" -bought second hand off Facebook marketplace
• "If you never used it 4 days why is the floor wet by that drain and in the hallway where you walk that makes no sense
Because I went to see what was going on and walked through water And, consequently, mopped up the water"
•"Just so you kno if those pipes burst because you have the windows open at minus 15 my insurance company will take anymoney you< have in the future. Every pay check will go to them. They will garnish your wage for ever" -Opened the windows to air out the house since there is no exhaust fan over the stove. This causes steam from boiling water to set the smoke detectors off frequently. It was -11 and the windows has been open for 4 hours at most

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2023.04.01 11:12 ShadowDragon8685 [Ace is the Only Sane Pirate 17]Breaking Out like a Rolling Stone.

"About time!" Lu t'Cca thundered at her. "Split find hiding spot!
Najia backpedaled, giving the irate Split prisoner plenty of room to get past without coming into arms' length of her. At least he seemed to get that this was a prison break, and he made no move for her or her firearm, darting well clear of her, and out from the cell block.
Axiom's voice cut the sudden quiet that was otherwise punctuated only by her racing heart. "While you two were chatting, I've found a way to temporarily disable security in the hangar. That's where we'll hitch our ride. Head for the second level; the Ministry seems to have installed more switches. They'll require some adjustment, but I know you love a good puzzle." Najia snorted. She did, in fact, love a good puzzle, but breaking out of a prison was not the time to indulge in that. Usually. Unless one looked at the prison as the puzzle. She shook her head, huffing, and drew her pistol again. There was no marked pathway this time, but she made better time; it was reckless, but she jogged, since the place was seemingly totally unguarded. And, if it wasn't, chances were that Lucca would run into the guards first, and she'd hear the struggle ahead. She passed the lift, glancing towards it, and hurrying past in the other direction she hadn't been yet, coming to a door. Slowing, she closed enough with it that it opened automatically.
Najia let out a huff; Lu t'Cca was on the other side, but so was Axiom. She stepped forward, and looked from Axiom, who nodded to her, to Lucca, who snarled. "Creature reveal Split hiding spot! Creature nothing better to do?" This is a hiding spot? Najia shook her head; the two of them were literally standing in the middle of an intersection, in front of an airlock with two branches off on either side. She huffed, looking at Lu t'Cca. "Hey, Mellerd said -"
"Split not talk about friend-foes!" Lucca ranted. "Kriss went against family! Betrayal followed petty betrayal! Way of Windfall, yes. Way of some Split, maybe, but not how real warriors do revenge!" He made a guttural sound of anguish, shaking his head vehemently. Kris? He was on a first-name basis with her? The fact that Ace had spoken so frankly of xenosexual encounters popped into her head, the constant talk of betrayal, pettiness, personal matters, and suddenly it was obvious; somehow, this was personal. Personal; and none of her damn business. She held her hand up placatingly, holstering her other pistol, trusting to Axiom's physical presence to keep peace between her and Lucca. "Fine. I'll leave you to it," she said. "Split thought so," Lu t'Cca spat, looking back to Axiom. She looked to Axiom as well. "Switches, Wildcard. Get to it."
Najia nodded, and darted down the left-hand branch of the intersection, fuming all the while. It ran into a dead-end, and she uttered "ah fuck," turning and sprinting in the other direction, slaloming between Maestro and Lucca. At the end, she dead-ended there, and exasperated raised her voice, "the hell?!" Back in the middle, she examined the airlock carefully; she could see that it connected to nothing, which is why she discounted it previously. Carefully she moved into the airlock, her hand on her pistol just in case Lucca tried to kill her by cycling it, but he and Axiom seemed to be in the process of discussing old times.
Exasperated, Najia stepped back out of the airlock. "Axiom, where are these buttons you're talking about? How are we supposed to get out of here?" "Er..." Axiom blinked, tri-ocularly, at her, and looked around. He looked at his datapad. "They should be... Through..." He let out a discontent rumble. "Oh my. That is not obvious on a computer systems diagram schematic." "They're on the other side of the frigging airlock," Najia said. "You're probably already aware that humans can't survive in vacuum, let alone maneuver in it, right?" She snorted, her sarcasm at least getting a sheepish shuffle on his long legs out of Axiom. "Can we get out the way we came back in? Even if it means abandoning the Raven?"
"No," Axiom said gravely. "The tampering I did to activate the cell block doors will be caught by someone sooner or later - probably later than sooner, but sooner if we try to leave the cell block." "Split has been implanted with a tracking device," Lucca growled. "It will raise quite the ruckus when Split leave the cell block!" "If we're leaving by... Unconventional mechanisms, that will be no trouble," Axiom noted. "But if we enter the lift, it will lock down and security will be summoned immediately."
"Outstanding," Najia huffed. "Let me double-check something, see if I can think of something." She turned and left the way she had come from. She bypassed the lift; she had no intention of simply bailing on them. But now, she had two options. Neither was good, but one was significantly less good, so she hoped the other option worked. She opened a channel to Boso Ta. "Boso Ta, I hope to hell you've been listening in." "I have, Assistant!" Boso Ta's voice came through loud and clear. "You are in quite the conundrum. I hope you see a manner in which I may be able to extricate you, for I do not." "You and the Professor have been upgrading teleporters with the ability to upgrade themselves. To do so, you've been transporting equipment, right?" "Hai!" Professor Nakagawa's voice cut in. Clearly he was on the line. "This capability is within our grasp. What is your proposal, Takio-San?" "Can you teleport my EV suit to me?"
There was silence for a long few moments which felt like an eternity. "Potentially," Boso Ta broke the silence. "Have it placed in one of our lifts." "I'll get right on that," Marta cut in on the line. Najia smiled to hear her voice. "Any other requirements?" "If this will work, we will need very precise measurements," Professor Nakagawa said. "The teleporter is more your project than mine, Boso Ta. My thought is that it will require at least three triangulating vessels, and a beacon, and a substantial amount of open space." "Will an empty cell block do for that," Najia asked, hustling down the corridor. "It should yes... Yes! That will work." Rei Stringer cut in on the call, and Najia blinked as she saw Rei's comm-code. "I can arrange the fly-by," she said. It had been awhile since Najia had heard from the friend she had left in charge of the Eighteen Billion Terran-tech construction supplies factory, and generally, in charge of Eighteen Billion affairs. "There's a patrol of Katana in the area already, it won't look suspicious if they do a swing-by of Wormwood Scrubs."
Najia set her datapad down on the floor in the middle of the cell block. "I put my datapad down on the floor. Is that beacon enough," she asked. "Hai, Takio-San," the aged professor's voice informed her. "But I would endeavor to be in another room when the teleport takes place. This is... Highly experimental." "Vacating the room," Najia said, sprinting out into the hallway and down it. "Tell me when it's gonna happen."
"In... About twenty seconds," Boso Ta informed her. "You might want to cover your ears, assistant." Najia didn't even bother to complain about being called 'Assistant' again, she simply crouched and closed her eyes, covering her ears and tried to become one with the railing. She counted to thirty, then opened her eyes. "Did anything happen?" "Your EV suit and EMU aren't in the lift anymore," Marta said to her. "Better go check."
Najia did, and she laughed heartily. Her hardshell carapace EV suit and EMU were sitting on the floor of the cell block. "A perfect teleport! I didn't even hear anything." "Fantastic," Boso Ta said. "You had best hurry, Assistant."
One fast donning later, Najia opened the door to where Axiom and Lucca were still standing around, chatting like old gossips. They both started when they saw her, and she held her hand up. "Easy, guys, it's me." She was hauling her EMU with her. "Split wonders where creature was hiding that," Lu t'Cca said, pointing at her. "Ancient secrets," Najia flippantly answered, as she hefted her EMU into the airlock, and sat in it, strapping in. "Right, let's do this." Reaching up, Najia slapped the airlock cycle button. The door behind her hissed shut; air was evacuated. Her suit indicated a total drop of external pressure, and the airlock's A-grav let go, letting her float free, and so she pushed off the floor.
"Excellent!" Axiom crowed at her, over the comm. "Level 2 is right through there. That exhaust fan may impede your movements, but it won't make our mission impossible. See those alcoves? There's where I'd hide if I were you, whenever the fan is blowing at full speed."
Exhaust fan? I'm in vacuum! Najia carefully maneuvered out. She was in vacuum and microgravity; but she was also inside a large, cylindrical space. Below her was something like a massive fuse-box with a big holographic turret outline, and she jetted down to examine it, but could see no obvious way to tamper with it without most likely setting off major alarms, so she looked back up - just as a synthesized alert klaxxon sounded.
I hate this place, Naija thought, as she saw a fan at the top of the cylinder spin up. At a guess she thought, perhaps it was something like an exhaust, which struck as horrifically wasteful in space, but she could only grit her teeth, watching it spin. At the bottom of the cylindrical space, she only felt the slightest of buffeting; it might have been substantially stronger closer to the top. I am very confused, very frustrated, and I just want to get the hell out of here, she thought. She was seriously considering revisiting her first plan, which had been to simply teleport herself, Axiom and Lucca to Ace's ship.
But now, though, she was pissed, and she wanted to poke something spiteful in Mellerd's eye herself. So she jetted to the top of the cylinder, looking around. As she did, Axiom popped up in her comms. "These airlocks are shut, so you'll need to find a way to bypass their locks." She responded with only a quick "roger," looking around. One airlock, contrary to Axiom's words, was hanging open, but the lights next to it were red. She tried it anyway; but for once, Axiom was spot-on. The airlock door might have been open, but its functions were locked out, the panel totally nonresponsive. She returned below, and looked around; there was an open airlock opposite Axiom and Lucca, so she tried it, and it worked for her automatically.
"Well, let's see what's down this way," Najia muttered to herself, slipping out of her EMU and leaving it in the lock. She unholstered the pistol that was now clamped to her hardshell-clad thigh, and started to look around again.
To her surprise, she found only another cell block - it was a dead end! She was about to hiss in frustration, when she heard someone call to her. "You there! You! Hey! You are not supposed to be here!" Najia turned to face the Teladi voice, her pistol half-raised, when she saw that the figure in question was imprisoned. She lowered her aim to the floor, and appraoched the bars. Standing within was a Teladi, who looked rather forelorn. Najia's shoulders slumped. Well, this is awkward, she thought. When the Teladi seemed to realize she wasn't a guard, she started to ask, "Oh please, please, please! You cannot leave me here! I am friends with Urgu... Ugusa... I can help you make profitsss! I promise."
Najia sighed at the pathetic display, but she understood the Teladi's desire for freedom; though, on the balance, she also had no idea what this Teladi had done to become imprisoned. Knowing Kriss Mellerd, it was a total crap-shoot; she might be a real scum-bag, or she might be being shaken down. Axiom cut in on her. "I sympathize with the little lizard, really I do, but we cannot compromise this mission in the name of charity."
Najia huffed out a sigh, and looked around. Frustratedly, she slapped the door panel on the imprisoned Teladi's cell, and to her surprise - and the prisoner's surprise - it opened. The prisoner looked around, confusedly, and Najia was glad that her mirrored helmet hid her gaze. "That's the best I can do," she said, resignedly. "You'll have to effect your own escape from here, if you can. Good luck." Turning, she huffed back into the airlock, slapping the button to cycle it as the Teladi prisoner looked around in tentative confusion, taking a few steps out of her cell.
Najia pulled her EMU's straps back on. "Well, that was a fucking bust," she snarled. "I'm about to start lasering shit," she muttered, floating back into the massive vacuum cylinder, and back up towards the locked airlocks. She found a third floor of airlocks, but they only offered some shelter from the fans starting up. After waiting that, frustratedly she flew back out again, and started looking around. "Axiom, there aren't any switches here!" "My diagrams say there are switches, Wildcard. Look more carefully - and swiftly."
Najia let out a guttural growl of frustration, and switched to her cutting laser. Giving in to a pique of frustration, she hit her Mk.2 thrusters, blowing past level 1 to the sub-level, coming up level with the big fuse-box. "Right, let's see what this does," she said with a snarl, and targeted her suit's cutting laser on the big set of what looked like fuses.
She blazed a neat line down the middle of them, and, gratifyingly, the 'Turrets' hologram switched to a big red repair icon... She looked around for a moment. Nothing happened. Najia smirked. "On the one hand, this place is frustrating, confusing, and I kind of want to blow it up out of spite by now. But on the other hand, the gross criminal negligence on display is really working in my favor. Fuck it. Lasers for everything," she said, snarling and going back up the shaft. There were a bunch of unmarked panels, and, giving in to the frustration she felt earlier - which she had barely restrained herself from allowing herself to hold Lu t'Cca at gunpoint - she started lasering the panels like a schoolgirl hooligan on a vandalism spree.
"Your new laser is low-powered, but if you keep it aimed at the lock, it will break eventually," Axiom said. Najia blinked. New laser? This is my laser and I've had it for a while, and... Oh, piss on this! She laughed, however, as she saw that one of the panels had indeed fractured.
One deeply-cathatic vandalism spree later, every panel had been opened, and had revealed that inside the two panels nearest the top-level airlocks were two further, smaller panels, with similar mechanisms. With the fan starting up again, Najia took shelter in one of the alcoves at the top, just under an airlock, and, deciding to use her time productively, she lasered the opposite airlock's control panel. After holding her laser on the box for awhile, it was a glowing ruin, and Axiom commed her. "Partial access to level two established," he informed her.
Najia nodded. She didn't even bother to sarcastically snark at him, though the phrase no shit, Sherlock ran through her mind. Rather, she charitably assumed he was reporting to her something he was learning electronically, and turned around. This is gonna be bright, she thought, as she trained her laser at close range on the near access box, and closed her eyes. She held in the firing stud, and held it - counting in her head to seven, when Axiom's comm made her let up off the laser. "And just like that, we have free reign over level two! They can't stop you now!"
Najia grinned, and opened her eyes to behold a molten, glowing hole drilled into the electronics she had blasted. "Right. Let's get this show on the highway."
On the level above her, in the half just above, she slipped in, and found herself facing a door to another cell block, just through the airlock. She went in and looked; no prisoners. Walking out, she huffed, and decided to walk the half-circuit around the big cylinder again. To her surprise, she found a console, just attached haphazardly to a railing. Really? Najia examined it, and snorted; it looked shoddy, ad-hoc. She tapped the console's screen, and it simply changed color. Axiom piped up. "Magnificent! That'll give you access to half of the switches! There must be another console nearby that will let you remove the second cover."
"Got it. Moving on," Najia said. Back to the airlock she went, after checking the other half of the crescent hallway she was in; without any luck, she just floated across to the other airlock on her EMU. Predictably, she found that, on the opposite railing in the other half of the level, was another console haphazardly attached to a railing, and she rapped it quite firmly with her knuckles. It flashed. "How's that, Axiom?" "Both covers confirmed open," Axiom informed her. "Let's flip some switches. Get back into your spacesuit."
"Never got out of it. Who has time to undress four times? Anyway, switches, yaaay switches," she snarked, as she cycled the airlock again, strapping her EMU back on. "Whoever designed this place is both a madman and criminally negligent."
Once the airlock cycled through again, Najia saw that the two panels she had manipulated had caused five boxes that she had previously taken as unimportant junction boxes to slide their panels open. She groaned to herself when she saw that there were five more lock-like switches within. "Great, time for more vandalism, yay." She lasered the first of the boxes' interiors, the one that was lit, and held it for a long few moments.
"Something's not right," Axiom said, comming her. She had a sinking feeling. "The switches are also setting the state of their neighbors," he declared. Sure enough, she had blasted the leftmost switch, and the second had lit up. Worryingly, the leftmost switch did not look damaged in the slightest. "You'll have to find a combination which turns them all off," Axiom said, as Najia groaned. "I don't think a game of whack-a-mole will get you there," Axiom continued. "Though... Actually, it might!"
Najia groaned, and briefly considered calling for a five-hundred-some member boarding party attack from two capital ships instead. "What tail-hole thought this was a good idea," she bitched. "Who dreamed this up? Why install it like this? Don't anybody answer that, those questions were rhetorical," she snarked, as she set about the process of shooting the junction boxes like they were a juvenile 'turn them all off' game.
About eighty seconds and the false start of thinking she could shoot an inactive switch to switch it on and switch its neighbors states (it transpired that she could only make an active switch toggle neighbors' states), all five boxes were dark, and Najia snarled, bristling with outrage that this was evidently considered part of a high security system and not a child's game.
"You got it, Wildcard!" Axiom commed her. "Access to Level 3 established. And it turned off the darned fan! Off to the hangar, then." Up one level, Najia cycled herself into the airlock, and groaned. She was getting mightily tired of this, and she rolled her shoulders. "I am going to need a massage and to soak for an hour in the shower," she griped to no-one in particular. She hefted her EMU half-over her left shoulder, unholstering her pistol, just in case. The EMU was very heavy, but her EV suit had a fairly substantial low-profile power assist mechanism. Not enough to turn her into a super-soldier by any means, but enough to let her heft a 150kg load like a bulky and cumbersome backpack. She was tempted to leave it behind... But it was a good thing she didn't. The corridor she found was only a straight shot to - and she groaned - another airlock. As she approached it, Axiom unhelpfully congratulated her. "Excellent," he said. "Yo're approaching the internal hangar now. Our getaway ship is right over there." Cycling through, she passed into the deep well of an internal ship hangar - and groaned.
Najia was looking at a Magpie. That was the big, innovative, unique ship?
"If we want to make it out of here, you'll have to destroy the clamps on the hangar doors," Axiom informed her. Najia groaned, sighed, and rolled her shoulders. "Right. I can do that. All this for a..." She seethed, and looked back at the ship.
No, it wasn't a Magpie, but it sure as hell looked like one. It was clearly a derivative design, but it had not the Magpie's massive cargo pods; rather, it had smaller pods, and a lot more gubbins - antennae, dishes, and the like. Fan-dabbie-dozie she thought balefully to herself as she set about finding and destroying the lockdown clamps. As she did so, she also saw a couple more panels that had a turret hologram over them, and, thinking, why the hell not, fried them, too. Moments later, the lockdown clamps fell, too, and she saw a red light glare through one of the hangar windows.
Axiom piped up, "Holy triangle, that's the station alarm! Lucca and I are going to make a run for the ship!" She blinked, looking up - two EVA-suited figures, with full EMUs, cycled through the airlock she had come through.
What, she thought. Where... I... What... Where...? In a moment of dumbfounded confusion, she stared openly, unmoving, before both of them dipped between the ship's large thrusters, and headed for its belly, while Axiom said, "approaching the dock. Be with you in a moment!" Fearing being left behind, Najia abandoned the question of where they had gotten EV suits, let alone EMUs, in favor of making haste to join them.
As Najia negotiated into the airlock, Axiom and Lucca reported that they had boarded, and Axiom was working on powering up the ship's systems, and Axiom was transferring the ship's ownership - and hence, control - to her. They were trying to talk over one another, making it confusing, but, as she got into the ship and shed her MMU, running for the seat, Axiom noted, "This prototype ship does not appear to have an emergency eject system. I assume it was supposed to be added later." "Great," she snarled. "This is going tits-up and I'm in a little ship with no ejection system." "Split been moving into position," Maestro informed her, in a bit of good news. "Alarm must have mobilized more Ministry forces than Split anticipated."
"Thrice blasted!" Axiom roared from the back. "Mellerd deployed a capital ship to head off the Arcadian Endeavour!" Najia groaned, checking her map. A Pheonix-class vessel named Rolling Rock was engaging the Arcadian Endeavor.
As Najia got the Raven's struts up and pushed it forward, she got a comm from the Rolling Rock itself. She snarled as she saw Kriss Mellerd in her comm pane. "Thank you for leading the old man, and his crew of clowns, right to my doorstep. Crossing them off the Ministry's list will do wonders for my career advancement."
Najia gawped at her, in shock at the sheer gall on display, as Mellerd laughed. "You just stumbled into this whole affair, so I will offer you a one-time chance to get out of this. All you have to do is dock at my ship and hand over the pirates youy are currently harboring. You won't be able to keep the ship, but -"
Najia cut her off, snarling in anger. "You just love the sound of your own voice, bitch. Even if I was inclined to take an 'out,' though, nobody can trust you. For anything." Najia switched the comms to her ships, as she powered the Raven up to full. It seemed to be armed with two cannons; she test-fired them by holding in the trigger. They didn't fire immediately, but when she let go, they let fly. "Woah. These must be those Teladi charger things," she muttered. "Whatever. Ladies? This bitch cannot be trusted to keep her word. End her rightly!"
The Rolling Rock was already exchanging fire with Arcadian Endeavor, while Ace nipped at her heels, firing off shots from that launcher and the frontal cannon. Shiv and Kunai - the name chosen for the Paramerion - lifted from the Jackdaw and Arcadian Endeavour respectively, while Jackdaw and the Snapping Tortoise broke from formation with it to engage.
"L beam turrets... Problematic," Najia muttered to herself. "Let me see what I can do about that," she added, as she set the Raven prototype in motion. She could only hope, at least, that Kriss was at least rethinking her decision, now that the odds had tilted decidedly against her.
She dove into action against Rolling Rock, testing out the Muon Chargers, as the ships with her split and attacked. The destroyer was big, and problematic, but it seemed rather... Awkward to control, in fact. Ponderous, its turrets, even the lasers, seemed slow to respond. She nipped around it, firing a few times, as her four ships slipped past it. A plasma bolt struck her shields, and she yelped, diving to evade. "That's it," she heard Rei - not over the open comms, but in her earbud. "I am not letting you get your ass killed like this. I'm dispatching help," she said, and Najia winced.
Great. So this is how the war with the Ministry starts? And yet, oddly... There was no sign of Ministry reinforcements. Najia fled from the immediate vicinity to recharge her shields, coming in close to the Arcadian Endeavour, and watched as the Eighteen Billion Katana squads roared in. She winced as she saw that Okayama and her defense fleet had also been dispatched - a Destroyer squadron was going to bear down on Rolling Rock... Eventually. And yet, the Ministry was doing nothing.
It hit her suddenly; Kriss was rogue. Was doing this on her own. She snarled and grinned. The Ministry might be mad, when this shook out, but they'd have a hard time proving her involvement. Especially if she could play it as her ships responding to a distress call because a rogue vessel with an unaffiliated transponder had attacked a ship. It was flimsy... But it was enough. "Bear down on her, ladies. Tear that thing apart." Najia crowed, as she pulled the Raven in to touch down on the Arcadian Endeavour's landing pad. She looked back. "Axiom, they're gonna need you in the engine room. Lucca, you're not gonna wanna be on this ship!" The back ramp was dropping as she settled down; neither waited for her to have landed fully, they dropped from the ship and sprinted past, to the lift.
"So, you've decided to go down with the sinking ship? One less loose end for me to tie up later!" Mellerd crowed at her, and Najia smirked; of course she knew she couldn't trust Mellerd. "You're worse than a pirate, Kriss. Nobody can trust you," Najia said. "Prepare to kiss your ass goodbye."
Maestro was rattling on in her ear, but Najia could barely hear him over the combat calls. She hoped he was smart enough not to fire upon the T.E. vessels responding - it would be awkward later, and they were joining the fight on his side, after all. He was saying something about escape, and turrets. Najia snorted. "Actually, we're just going to blow this thing up," Najia declared. "We can't leave someone like Kriss Mellerd at our backs."
Things seemed to be doing well at first; the Rolling Rock was handling clumsily, awkwardly, as if she was critically undermanned. That gave Najia an odd hope that she might actually succeed at boarding her; the responding vessels were quickly tearing down her turrets and shields.
Then, everything went dramatically pear-shaped. Najia yelped as lasers tickled the the Raven's shields down and she got them back up again; again and again this happened, each time the hull started to fracture more and more. She made attack runs, damaged a surface element, and then things got worse. Where were those lasers coming from?
"Missile. Incoming missile." She slapped the countermeasures button, only to see the screen flash ammo empty. "Fuck!" A missile slammed into her, followed by a fly-by from a starfighter. She didn't catch it, but she took a pot-shot at it as it went past. Things were going from bad, to worse, when she heard someone howl, "Jackdaw's taking heavy fire! Jackdaw's... Oh fuck!"
Najia felt a moment of total disassociation. Numbly, her hand drifted over the stick, trying to maneuver the clunky ship like a starfighter, whilst fighting through mental fog.
Marta.
"We've got them!" Rei stringer called out, over her line. "I've got the crew of Jackdaw at the depot, but now we're under attack by a Ministry warship!" Najia gasped, shoving her stick forward, hard. Her ship was flying apart around her, and she snarled. "Someone get these motherfuckers!" "We're coming in," she heard - both the first, and last, person she wanted to hear. "Fenrir, engaging!" "Okayama, engaging." "Kagawa, engaging!" "Ark Royal, moving to engage!"
Najia laughed, incredulously. That was four fleets. Four fleets that most definitely were not supposed to be engaging to support the Arcadian Endeavour. One of them the Teladi wasn't even supposed to know about - Alarms blared. The Raven had taken a nasty hit, and a Ministry Kea was lining up on her six. She tried to pull away - she wasn't going to be fast enough - the ship jerked - the world went white.
Najia crashed forward to the deck, yelping, arms up to guard her head. She looked up; a Marine was standing next to her, offering her hand to Najia. "Better get to the skipper, ma'am," the Marina said. "We're Koshirae." Najia laughed, taking the proffered hand and climbing to her feet, hustling down to the bridge's main deck. Selaia Kevlin was standing in the middle like the Maestro, calmingly barking out orders with command presence. She looked up at Najia, briefly, smirking at her. "Does the owner have the conn?"
Najia shook her head, laughing. "Fight the ship, captain. I've got to coordinate this clusterfuck." Selaia laughed at her and nodded, barking out, "bring us up ninety, show her our broadside. Turret gunners, you are cleared to engage."
She hustled down to the fleet coordination console; the crewwoman at it hopping away for her. "This is Takio," she said, hopping on the controls. "Ladies, clear my skies of red. I don't know what the hell has gotten into the Ministry, attacking our stations like this, but if it's hostile out there, we kill it."
Rolling Rock was not having a good day, and it was getting exponentially worse. Her engines had been disabled, and Najia heard Maestro call out over the pirate channel, "Her engines are disabled. Now is the time to get away! But, where is Wildcard?" Najia winced. How was she going to explain that? Did she even want to? "This is Snapping Tortoise," Raleen, the captain of her pirate Baku called out. "We are picking up the crew of Jackdaw and Raven. Let these big bruisers fight, we'll get back to you."
"No!" Kriss Mellerd called out, yelping. "I don't wanna die!" Rolling Rock was coming apart under the growing tide of fire it was enduring, and more ships were still arriving. Najia snarled. Part of her wanted to bid Kriss a bon voyage to the afterlife, but she looked up to Selaia. "If anyone gets out of that ship, I want them. And we don't tell the Ministry."
"Roger that," Selaia said, and barked out orders to the helm to move closer to Rolling Rock. Najia looked back - a Ministry Razorbill was thoroughly engaged, and another had just blown up, attacking the construction depot.
She gritted her teeth, snorting hard. There was going to be hell to pay for this later. Righteous indigation - no, fury - was going to be the order of the day. Her ships had responded to a distress call from a Windfall trader, by an unidentified vessel. It was attacking relentlessly, wasn't on-record as being anything official. Then Ministry vessels, apparently heeding the aggressor's pleas, had jumped in, attacking Takio Enterprises assets, and the inevitable happen.
That was the tack she was going to have to take, and she clenched her fist. Outside, Rolling Rock came apart in a dazzling blossom of red that polarized the bridge windows for a long several moments. When they cleared, the ship was a debris field. Part of her hoped that Mellerd was dead; part of her hoped she wasn't. There was going to be a butcher's bill for today, and she tried - probably vainly - to make peace with that.
"Get us close enough to the Ministry Wharf to make contact," Najia said, looking to Selaia. "I've some barking to do." Selaia smirked at her. "After this? They should know damn well your bark isn't nearly as bad as your bite. They should be happy to get barked at. You should put on a respectable jacket at least." Najia let out a huff of exasperation, hurrying to do just that.
Najia needed to work to summon the righteous indignation she required for the bluff, but she reminded herself of the fate of Ace's mother to do so; the Ministry were assholes, even if they were also the lawful authority; and they had attacked her. She had clear and convincing evidence that Mellerd was up to no damn good. Not that she waas going to reveal it to anyone.
Hence, she found herself with eyes coldly blazing over the comms to the Ministry Police Kea craft which had departed from the wharf to intercept Koshirae. "Enough is enough," she snarled over the holo, standing in the conference room. "My ships responded to an attack upon a free trader from a destroyer that was not transmitting appropriate Ministry codes - not that the Ministry should be allowed to attack random traders, either."
"Your ships fired upon Ministry vessels," the captain of the Kea shot back, clearly outraged - but also, like the pilot who had followed her through the rift - terrified at being massively outnumbered and outgunned.
"Let me be clear, on the record, so there is no ambiguity," Najia said, leaning forward, placing her fist on the table. The effect was to lean closer to the hologram - and on the little attack ship's screen, her face would loom larger. "My ships responded to a distress call from a ship being attacked by an unknown vessel not transmitting appropriate ID. The Ministry, for whatever reasons, chose to respond to the event by siding with the aggressor and attacking my ships. Takio Enterprises warships responded by destroying the Ministry vessels." Her heart was thumping in her chest, but she narrowed her eyes. "If this is the gratitude of the Ministry of Finance, for all that Takio Enterprises has done here in Eighteen Billion, in Grand Exchange and at large, for the Ministry and the company, up to and including constructing facilities and securing neutral diplomats to mediate the dispute between the Company and the Ministry... Well, you might want to check with your superiors before you write a check they have to make good on. To be absolutely clear, this is a threat; you are the highest-ranking Ministry combat officer in Eighteen Billion. It is your decision whether this conflict continues or ceases, here and now. Ah - ah! Shut your fucking muzzle and listen to me carefully," she snapped, as the pilot opened her muzzle to retort.
"If you say anything but words to the effect of 'this was a horrible misunderstanding and we should deescalate the situation' - if you, personally, choose to escalate the situation, the first step I will take will be ordering all of my shipyards to stop producing vessels for the Ministry. The second step will be that I shall cripple the Ministry's ability to replace vessels by destroying the Ministry Shipyard and Wharf here in Eighteen Billion. I shall then proceed onward to prosecute this destructive and pointless war - a war chosen by you, pilot, here and now - by destroying each and every Ministry of Trade station I can find, until someone with some competent authority asks me to please stop doing that. You can see the weight of tonnage I have here, you know the Ministry does not have the tonnage to stop me. The choice is in your claws, pilot; war, or peace. War, or peace. Escalate, or deescalate. Your call."
The Kea pilot visibly shrank backwards in her command chair, obviously struggling to attempt to retain composure and command respect in the face of an overt and direct threat to bring fire and flame directly to the Ministry of Finance. Finally she steeled herself, straightening up in her chair. "This has obviously been a dreadful misunderstanding, miss Takio. The Ministry is undoubtedly going to demand reparations for our lost warships, but such matters are the purview of the financiers, not myself. If you will cease giving offense, we too shall cease attacks upon your vessels."
"Thank you," Najia said, leaning back. She fought not to visibly slump and sigh in relief, or to show how badly her heart was racing. "As for the reparations, they can take that up with the diplomat I have on payroll. Out." She cut the channel, and collapsed back into the chair behind her.
A moment later, the comm lit up again, and she flicked it on. It was a huge conference call, with the commanders of her fleets, the captain of Koshirae, Marta on the Snapping Tortoise with a small bandage on her forehead; Rei Stringer on the 18B construction depot, Tsukiko Peterson back at the headquarters, Professors Nakagawa and Okoye - whom Najia realized with a pang of guilt she hadn't yet formally re-introduced herself to -, Boso Ta,, and Ace. Najia let out a heavy sigh of relief. "Please for the love of god tell me we didn't lose anybody," she said, first off.
"Nobody from Jackdaw, Marta confirmed. "I took a headcount. We got lucky. "That seems to be a recurring theme," added Captain - probably should be Commodore - Xiaowen Kapoor - one of Najia's older friends, and currently the commander of T.E.S. Fenrir. "It helps that we responded with overwhelming firepower. My fleet is reporting no fatalties; thirteen casualties, mostly caused by haste in the heat of battle."
That proved to be the recurring theme; all of her responders reported sustaining injuries, mostly 'workplace accidents' incurred whilst in the heat of battle, but though some were serious, none were life-threatening.
"Najia Takio," Professor Yoriko Okoye - an aged-but-not-venerable, steel-haired professor-turned diplomat said, with the same tone of voice that she had used when reproaching Najia in class. "You are now, as ever you were, charmed, lucky, and reckless. You choose to act with passion first and foremost. This is a fine mess that I'm going to have to clean up, you understand. Can I expect this sort of thing to deal with in the future?"
Najia took in a breath, glancing around at her fellows. Barring a few, they were all young - Tsukiko was the third-oldest and Najia knew she was closer to thirty-five than forty - barely. Most of them looked grave, but not mutinious. She sighed, and smiled, wryly. "While I don't plan to go to war with the Ministry, there may be future... Rough spots to smooth over, yes. If you'd like to resign and go home -" "Not yet," the aged professor said, sharply. "But for dealing with this, I am going to require a pay rise!"
A chorus of chuckles surrounded her, and Najia sighed, face-palming and smiling. "That's fair, professor. We're going to have a fine time untangling this. Ace, how are the Curs?"
Ace looked into her eyes, then looked away for a moment, then back to her. "Secure in Windfall, awaiting your hopefully-safe return." She trilled, and Najia nodded. "Next stop, then."

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2023.04.01 11:10 giverous PC has started not booting occasionally and blue screening

Hi All, hopefully you can help. I've had my PC for years now, with occasional upgrades in between. Current Specs:
Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming plus max
CPU: Ryzen 7 3800X
RAM: HyperX Fury 3600mhz
GPU: Zotac 1070 ti mini (oldest component in the computer)
SSD: 1x WD Black SN770 1TB (I know, it's PCIe 4 and im only on 3 but it was crazy cheap) and 1x Samsung 980 1TB
I turned it on a few days ago and got no monitor output. Rebooted and the monitor light changed colour to indicate output but the screen stayed blank. I powered it down, unplugged and held the power button then restarted. No output at all again. Rebooted and it went into windows but immediately blue screened with a nvlddmkm.sys error. Rebooted again and it worked.
It's now somewhat unreliable. Random blue screens, occasionally not starting up on first try. I have pulled it apart and cleaned/reseated everything, reinstalled drivers (clean) and as a final attempt reinstalled windows from scratch. No dice.
I have my suspicion as to the issue - is my 1070 ti finally giving up the ghost? I sincerely hope not as I can't really afford to replace it with current prices, just had to replace my oven and fridge so my reserves are a touch low.
edit Dump files since automod requested them :-) https://www.mediafire.com/foldes4fo5dbxsrj4d/dump_files

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