I just got a barely used Old Town Guide 158 for a good deal. I’m learning how to carry and maneuver the thing, and I’m wondering if when I put it up on my shoulders and carry it on the yoke, should it be balanced there? Like if I took my hands off it should it not tip forward or back? Right now it tips backwards pretty severely and it’s kind of hard to keep it level and carry it around. Any advice?

I am looking at buying a 16’ old town guide on Facebook but it’s missing a yoke. I can very easily make a replacement one but should I be worried that it has lost any structural integrity because it’s been used without a yoke?

Now I thought of this today on a whim so pardon me if they exist already. :D Saw some wood block Asian art images today and remembered they exist.

I know there aren't many uses for the (Wooden/Bark?) Baskets past an early Wilderness/no civilization build especially as they encumber each hand/arm so I was thinking of designing a Yoke system to carry 2-4 baskets.

Item would be attached to torso (and) arms and would require the cumulative of 2-4 baskets to build with other ingredients but obvious heavy encumbrance for solids and weight. Could be mounted alongside a Backpack with the current layering system as well. Craft ingredients can be tailored to suit for Withered Plants and Sticks etc.

I'm aware of the Bindle as an item but this one would use both arms/hands.

As for the Water Pole, same Yoke system but uses 2-4x Jerrycans, Gallon Jug etc but can only do liquids. I know the Jerrypack already exists with a fairly similar function but anyone think it can be an idea for Wilderness games?

I'm not good at coding, hence just tossing the idea out there hoping these sort of things don't exist yet. Any input?

I owned a 2019 Tesla Model 3 Performance for roughly two years and 15,000 miles. I'm going to distill my key learnings and experiences here, in an attempt to educate others on EVs and reach some form of closure. My ownership could best be summed-up as a love/hate relationship, ending with crazy used car values offering me the out I'd been quietly seeking. Clearly, I decided EVs aren't for me - at least, not yet. I'm not a "paid big oil shill" or someone who's trying to short the stock, as I'm sure some of the Tesla nuts will claim. I'm just a car enthusiast (disclaimer: not an engineer) standing at the same crossroads as the rest of you, wondering what sounds future children will make long after (if?) our beloved bureaucrats outlaw the ICE.

Everything I'm writing here is based on my own unique tastes and preferences. How the pros and cons balance out at the end is entirely up to you. And that's fine. Choice is great. Note that this post centers on Battery EVs (BEVs) at the time of this writing, which comprise the vast majority of EVs on the road today.

And yeah. This got way longer than I anticipated. But it was cathartic for me and I hope it's at least somewhat useful to someone out there.

EV performance & its accessibility

I'll start with what ultimately sold me on the car - Immense, instant power. The war in the "pure acceleration" category is pretty much over - just take a look at Jason Cammisa's video with the Model S Plaid vs. the BMW M5 CS and Cadillac Crazy. They're not even on the same planet. Not only is the acceleration brutal, but it's consistent (everything else held constant - more on that later). Look up any number of 0 - 60 videos on YouTube, and you'll notice that the times are all remarkably close, especially if there are multiple runs in the same video.

And how could they not be? Software and traction control are fundamental to EV operation. Adjustments take mere milliseconds. The amount of "stuff" involved between your right foot and the tires is a joke compared to an ICE car. And it's basically idiot-proof - even with the Track Mode dialed to 100% hoon in my TM3P, it was nearly impossible to make a mistake. You just put your foot down and the car takes care of the rest, with literally zero drama.

Electric motors are great

And all of this performance comes with no mechanical sympathy. I never felt an ounce of it, flogging my Model 3 - there's really nothing to "break" mechanically in the way of the drivetrain. The ent

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"We had no idea about the War in Heaven. The assault upon Sam-UL the Grand Architect by the Detainee and the Biological Apostles.

"We had our own problems.

"Lots of problems." - Dunta'akto'o, Fifth Most High (Major) of the 319th Irregulars

"I'm sorry, Momma," - Unknown Infantryman, last words

"The Mantid Diplomatic Representative for the Fourth Interstellar Hegemony realizes that you are unfamiliar with Terrans and believe, mistakenly, that humans are just like everyone else. Trust us when we tell you: suppression and cruelty and deprivation in a concentration camp may make other species give up and die from hopelessness but all you have done is housed two point two million insane killers on your homeworld and made them more feral and savage.

"We're offering the chance to surrender to you before they hit the red line and begin to...

"...we're sorry to inform you that the diplomatic window has closed. That screaming you can hear? That's the Terrans.

"They're coming.

"For you." - Wetted Pen and Sword, Mantid Diplomat, minutes prior to emergency evacuation of Jrek'lerk, home planet of the Ruktrakin, extinct species.

"It has to work. It has always worked before thus it must work now." - Atrekna Council, Prior to The Spoked Offensive

"Look at me and tell me the Lemurs cannot hurt us. LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT MY FACE!" - The Defiled One

"May your sword stay wet like a young girl in her prime." - Hail of the the Metal Kings' Men of War, Terra, Unknown Era

"Cornholio? That is a name I have not heard in a long time." - General TP4, Post Third Clone Consortium War, prior to the Fourth Holy Reformation

"In this grave you have dug for me, there is room within its confines for us both," - Terran Descent Humanity

The Atrekna had used the strategy before, in their pre-history. It had taken months of concentration and meditation on ancient crystalline memory-matrixes that had been recovered through temporal archeology, but the strategy had been rediscovered and examined.

It was the strategy that had forced the Herd Lords to scorch the hyperatomic plane. That brazen unthinkable act had been the only way to stop the Atrekna from overwhelming th

For the first 12 years of my life, I did not have a toilet inside my house. We had a row of latrines outside that a dozen houses used. Communal toilets they are called today, I think. As a child I thought toilets inside a home signified wealth, because most of the people in the small rural town I lived in, didn’t have toilets inside.

Worse yet, the people poorer than us didn’t use toilets. They went to defecate outside in the open.

It was quite a culture shock to many of my city-dweller friends when I described how the rural people defecated as a daily routine. The horror in their eyes betrayed the disconnect they had from the ground realities of rural India. I remember living in the hostel and hearing my friends complain about how dirty the toilets were because a whole wing of the hostel used 8-10 toilets and I remember thinking that was a good ratio of people to toilets, and frankly, I did not feel that they were dirty, but that was me because I had lived through 12 years of using public latrines and the hostel toilets seemed posh in retrospect.

I also remember the first time we built a toilet inside our house. I distinctly remember feeling that we had finally arrived in this world, that we were one of the privileged now, even rich. The round spigot instead of the square bar of metal over the tap and water, as much as I could use to flush! I remember feeling like a king. I remember cleaning my toilet to keep it spick and span, I felt proud and very possessive.

Looking back now, I see how the grave the problem was for people poorer than me. Now that I am acclimatized to toilet seats and useless first world arguments about how to leave the toilet seat open, I am still reminded about how the women in my small town went about their toilet business and the juxtaposition is jarring to say the least.

The etiquettes of defecating in the open for women in rural India –

There was a plot of land owned by a rich urban person who spent all his time in a gulf country. The plot was surrounded by a compound wall, a tall and sturdy one. Because of no maintenance, the plot was full of bushes and a few trees. Women used to go here for their toilet business. All the surrounding land was used by men and children.

Women would usually wake up as early as 4 AM so as to avoid crowds. They used to carry a mug of water to wash after and the younger ones would carry a small bucket. I remember women complaining to my mother how they wished they could carry a small

My Model 3 AWD lease is about to end. While I generally have positive things to say about my Tesla experience, my Tesla hasn’t exactly been scratching my itches as a car enthusiast. So I am currently at a bit of a crossroads, buy another Tesla and get an affordable-ish sports car. Or combine the funds into one nicer vehicle.

The problem with the one nicer vehicle is the fact that it does need to be EV. While I am sure a lot of great EV vehicles will burst onto the scene in the next three years, there’s really only one car on the market currently that feels like it might be an upgrade from my Tesla while also satiating my enthusiast desires and that is the Porsche Taycan.

Now I’ll be honest in saying that I am by no means a Porsche fan. I drove a 997 911 Turbo as well as a 718 Cayman base and I walked away from both cars feeling like they were sports cars on Xanax. They just weren’t exciting for me.

Likewise, I am by no means a Tesla fanboy. I think they have EV offerings that make a lot of sense, but as a car enthusiast I do long for something that feels a bit more special.

Unfortunately when reading comparisons between Tesla’s and Taycan’s they pretty quickly devolved into descriptions that felt too simple to me. “If you want a well built car with a great driving experience get the Taycan” “If you want a good charging network, like technology, and need lots of range get a Tesla” While I knew both of those general sentiments to be inherently true, I felt like they were leaving out a lot of details and that the folks righting these statements were inherently pro Tesla or pro Taycan making it hard to find what felt like an unbiased opinion.

Fortunately I found myself on vacation and in a position to rent a Porsche Taycan Turbo from Turo so I jumped on the opportunity to see whether it would be more compelling than another Tesla and a dedicated sports car. Here are my thoughts below:

While I will generally be comparing this car against my Model 3, I have driven the following vehicles and will be drawing from those experiences as well. C5 Corvette, C7 Grand Sport, C8 Z51, Lotus Elise, Lotus Evora N/A, Alfa Romeo 4C, Porsche 997 911 Turbo, Porsche 718 Cayman, Ford Focus RS, Audi TTRS, Audi R8 V8.

I also find the naming convention for various Porsche features to be a little confusing, so my apologies if I am not describing features using the official Porsche names.

Power

The power on the Porsche Taycan Turbo is actually really interesting to

I wonder what our favorite pony girl is up to these days. Oh, and Charlotte makes a quick appearance.

The rest of the series can be found here

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Honx charged across an old cracked asphalt parking lot yoked to a sturdy cart.

She grinned, her snoot waving happily.

“Tank!” a group of people clad in grubby coveralls cheered as she, with a little difficulty, came to a stop.

“Pthoo!” she snorted, as she shrugged out of the makeshift harness and rolled her shoulders.

She grinned again.

“I fucking love this thing!” she said as she gave the cart a little tap with one of her hind legs. “I got everything!”

“Awesome!” an overly thin grey-haired man enthused as he grabbed a length of stout electrical cable.

“You’re the best, Tank!” a burly olive-skinned woman said as she swatted Honx’s rump and grabbed another cable.

“Who needs a truck when you have a tank!” a young Kalesh laughed as he grabbed yet another length of cable.

Honx grabbed two, one for each shoulder, and trotted along as they all started to swarm a portable reactor built into a shipping container.

“Easy money!” Honx enthused as she connected her cables to the one laid by the olive-skinned woman, carefully following marks spray-painted on the old expanse of asphalt.

“Pthoof...” she snooted as she stretched her back and unclipped a thermal flask from the harness she had taken to wearing. “Those fuckers don’t get any lighter, do they?”

She flipped open the top of the bottle and steam curled out. She took a sip as she looked out over the huge parking lot in front of an old gigantic abandoned structure.

She took a sip.

“Where the Hell are we and what are they going to do with this many mega-watts out here in the wastes?” a young man said as he connected his cable to Honx’s and started laying it out along the dashed white line.

“Don’t know,” Honx replied as she closed and reattached her flask, “Don’t care.”

“I heard they are going to salvage that thing,” the burly woman said nodding to the giant building.

“Whatevs,” Honx replied with a shrug. She just learned that word, “whatevs”. She loved it!

She turned towards the large reactor.

“We got those faults cleared yet?”

“Nope!” someone replied with entirely too cheerful a voice.

“Wonderful!” she laughed as she trotted back to the cart to grab more cable.

As she grabbed another two, Jamal’s grav-van came in for a landing.

“What the fuck are you doing?” Jamal chi

I've always loved the way the Model S drives - from my very first test drive of a P90D back in early 2015, to the S and X car's I've owned. As a daily driver & general commuter, I've found the Model S to be wonderful to drive. Actions Speak: when sitting side-by-side with a similar German or Japanese car, I always pick the Model S.

The new Plaid S is the best "daily driver" I've ever had the pleasure to drive at any price point (although I've got Major Yoke issues. See Below).

The Good

1. Quiet. The Plaid is quiet. Even more so than the older Model S. Even with 21" Wheels on crappy pavement in the rain, the cabin is quiet. Once ANC is enabled things should get even better.
2. Suspension. The suspension is excellent. I suspect this was the Raven update from a few years back, but either way the new Plaid feels very nice to drive. The real-time stream of compression, rebound, and damping data is telling me to "Drive Faster!". This isn't a track-day car, but as a daily driver I'm very happy with the suspension over all types of roads.
3. Storage. Usable Storage is excellent, especially compared with the older S. There's storage on the doors for small things (hurray!). The center console storage is very nice with the way things slide around. Storage is on-par (finally!) with other modern cars. I do still wish it had grab handles...
4. Audio. Audio System is excellent. So far it's been all Apple Music over Bluetooth, and the native Tidal app. The previous Model S "Premium" audio was good, but what's there now sounds better. My ear's aren't able to discern "Better / Not Better than the AMG" or otherwise, but it's easily "Good Enough" for serious enjoyment.
5. Sentry Mode. My previous Model S didn't have this, and it's nice. Especially with the IOS app able to show live streamed camera, and even send voice back. Innovation wise, this is a really a huge step forward and pushes the "Connected Car" concept far beyond what others are doing.
6. Phone / Key Card. I love not carrying a key fob and simply cannot understand why others don't do this. The card stays in my wallet, and my phone is the key. So far, so good.
7. Wireless Phone Charging. Every recent vehicle I've got has this, yet the Tesla is the only car in which I use it and it works. Mercedes? Never worked. Toyota? Never works. BMW? Nope. Tesla puts this in the right spot, so I actually put my phone there and it's actually charged. Excellent overall UX design on this. Th

2 Toxic and Unbreaking Heralds of Death - 3 A Shroud of Hell

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I looked at the monitor, the two ships limping away into the void after being given the smallest of samples of Hikor imperial power. Whoever they were, their breach deep into Hikor space was laughable. It was arrogance incarnate, no one could take on the Hikor Empire, no matter how far one can go without being seen. We rule the galaxy for a reason.

I sent one broadcast to the fleeing ships. "We allow you to live so you may carry this message, vermin. You sneak around our space, our worlds, this is war. You have made your folly, now we will reap destruction. If you are wise, you will stay where you came from. If you are not, your ships will be reduced to scrap and your crew dead like what the rest of your navy will become."

A light tap of a claw against the 'end' button wrapped up the message and sent it. I thought we had full dominion over the galaxy, so the unknown is unexpected. Might be some other rebellious race trying to pull against our yoke, something for the lawbearers to deal with.

______

The mood of the meeting of the 2nd fleet's leadership was of grim anticipation. "This Hikor Empire fired upon exploratory task force 7 and sent a message, a declaration of war. In about two minutes, parliament will give their answer."

Admiral Gibbs knew what the answer was going to be. Most of the prominent MPs were excessively prideful and that carried over to national pride. To not answer a declaration of war? Impossible with them. They could simply not bother, the Hikor couldn't touch them. They were over in galaxy M104, far beyond their own reach.

The phone rang and the room fell silent. Admiral Gibbs picked it up, "hello prime minister, are deliberations over? Yes sir... Yes sir, it will be done." The admiral stood up and looked over all the captains assembled before him.

He exhaled, a mind focused on the terrible fury the Royal Navy has never unleashed before now. "The British Empire is at war once again. Tomorrow, we set course to the Hikor Empire. Humanity's first interstellar war rests upon us, let us make a good showing. It would be a damn shame should the extragalactic bit of the details be smeared by defeat."

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It has been several skycrossings since the encounter. Annoyingly, high naval co

This may be worth turning into a Wednesday discussion, but has anyone done a car walk and can comment on the difference between it and a yoke walk? The setup for the show I'm doing looks like the person will carry the car with two big straps that look like suspenders. I probably won't be able to train on the actual implement before the show.

youtube link here http://youtu.be/aL4lb6IevWw

vegan lifter Patrik Baboumian sets world record for most weight ever for 'yoke carry.' 555KG. 10 meters - you are allowed to set the weight down 1x and the distance must be done in <1 minute.

I'm the guy [short hair, tall] to the right (viewer left) of Patrik acting as a spotter of sorts. The big guy (green shirt) in the screen at 45 seconds is Georges Laraque and the guy filming this is Rich Roll (google them if you want to learn more about elite vegan athletes)

The first thing Patrik yells w/ the mic is "vegan power!" Audio is not clear

This was the single coolest thing I have ever witnessed in my life.

For anyone with questions about the refreshed Model S (before ordering).

TL,DR: I love the yoke. I love no stalks / turn signals. Much quieter cabin. Amazing sound system.

Since Tesla does not have test-drives available for the Model S (at least in my area), I thought I would share info/thoughts for anyone considering a purchase, but nervous to spend 100k+ without a test drive. As you will note, I’m just an average driver trying to help inform potential S drivers! Before ordering, I was only able to speak with one owner of a refreshed Model S and it was extremely helpful. If any of you are considering a refreshed S, I hope you find this helpful (feel free to post any questions).

Prior to taking delivery of my 2022 S Plaid, I drove a 2018 S P100D.

Yoke:

I was really concerned about driving with a yoke, especially since I could not test drive first. I love the yoke and I prefer it over a regular steering wheel. It took less than 1 day to get used to hand position and turns. The driver display above the yoke is tremendous- you have a full, unobstructed view of the driving visualization.

The yoke is thicker than a steering wheel on the sides and flatter on the bottom. It is sturdy! You are able to make the same “one-handed” turns as with a steering wheel (the kind where you press on the wheel with one hand as you make a full rotation or two all the way around).

I’ve taken one road trip with Autopilot engaged (7 hours each way). When driving with hands at 9 and 3, I felt more arm fatigue, but most of the trip was spent with one hand resting on the bottom of the yoke. I did not need to “jiggle” the wheel as far to keep AP engaged. It almost feels like Tesla engineered the yoke to sense your hand on it without the need to “turn” it ¼ inch so it knows you are still awake. It also feels easier to disengage AP by steering through the auto-steer function.

With the yoke, half the time you are steering, the other half of the time you are hanging on!

My contact with a refreshed S promised I would like the yoke. I figured he had spent over 100k on a car and was obligated to like it, but he was right, it is better!

Stalks:

Shifter: Auto-shifter works very well and I keep it activated. I rarely swipe on the screen to shift- typically if I reverse out of a parking space and shifting to “drive”. The auto-shift feature requires you to 1) fasten your seatbelt and then 2) tap the break (the display prompts you what to do and whether the

All Italian leaks and infos in PW

Following the announcement of Penelope Web (PW), we have been given dozens of leaks of how Italy will look after the update. So, to bring some order in this confusion, I organized all the infos from the leaks and Dev Diaries on the future of the Italian Empire. Feel free to add anything I might have missed and you can find the original leaks in the links. I will periodically update this page as new leaks and infos are released.

With that, enjoy !

Index :

Part 1 : Italy’s content in the Dev diaries

Part 2 : Italy’s paths : - Fascist Italy - Democratic Italy - Red Italy

Part 1 : Italy’s content in the Dev diaries

In 1962, Italy is in a desperate shape. Despite having achieved everything it could desire, a unified country, an empire and a sphere on it’s own, after ww2, the Empire has a in 1962 a devastated economy, a stretched thin army and unsatisfied allies desiring spoiling the fascist dictatorship of her hardly gained territories. Furthermore, the succession of Mussolini’s son in law, Galeazzo Ciano, as Duce didn’t help to alleviate the country’s problems. Here are the Italian sections of each dev diary.

“There is much on the Duce's agenda. The far reaches of the Empire hold great opportunities, some of them yet untapped; economic planning and expansion of the state owned civilian air company should help tie together the vast territories under Italian lordship. The lifeblood of the regime, oil, will continue to flow, while promotion of fascist industrial organization and Italian agriculture shall continue to carry forward the organic development of the Italian economy. As for foreign policy, Italy's alliance with Japan and the other Triumvirate countries will be reaffirmed as a safeguard against German aggression. Finally, in internal politics, safeguarding the Duce's regime against all threats is of paramount importance: the royal court and the fascist gerarchia should be kept under close watch, while also making sure that those who are personally loyal to Ciano and to Ciano alone maintain their prominent positions in the party and the government. As the OVRA, the fascist secret police, works tirelessly to protect the peace and order that fascism brought, the great yearly Littoriali will be organized once more, to showcase to the world all the achievements of the Italian regime. Ciano, as loyal as ever to the fascist cause, will make sure that the legacy of 1922 w

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

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Kazlor sat in stunned silence as Henry’s proclamation of forgiveness seemed to ring in the air. Henry had finished his statement by deliberately looking into the camera – which had suddenly moved to a close-up of his face – so that it seemed that the man stared directly at whomever sat in front of each screen.

The Duke felt a silent tear run down his face as the words which had crawled across his screen played themselves over and over in his mind. ‘Yes, Duke Kazlor, even you.’ Kazlor wanted to wipe that tear away, but could not bring himself to do it. It took all of his control to keep from breaking down into sobs. Henry discussed the matter a few times, and he spoke of how he knew that I had been instrumental in stopping the attempt at kenfistration… but he never actually said these words. I never even knew I needed to hear them… how did he?

His wives saved him. One hand on each shoulder… hands wet from wiping at their own tears. It was a near thing, their shared pain nearly sent them all spiraling down together, but the strength of their union won out. He crossed his arms on his chest to put his hands on theirs, squeezed slightly, and took a shuddering breath. A sob floated up from somewhere a little below him, another from somewhere else.

Henry let the silence, punctuated only by the occasional soft sob, hang in the air for several moments. He then leaned forward, put both hands on his console, let fury and contempt show on his face, and spoke with gravel in his voice. “We do not, however, forgive them.” He gestured contemptuously towards Jalat. “We know who was responsible for what was done to us. We have been patient, we have been kind, and we have been forbearing. We have given the Xaltans every chance to realize the folly of their goal of expunging us from the universe… and the folly of believing it can be done.

“I will now divulge to all of you the most carefully kept secret of my race: the actual purpose of the ship that was destroyed, and the several other ships like it. They are all christened with the same name: not the name the Xaltans made up for their false evidence, but the name of the project under which they were built: Phoenix; a mythical creature from our ancient legends which would immolate its

• ZMF Atticus in Cherry - $800 Shipped -SOLD- Timestamp+Photos

1. Stock Pads + Eikon Pads ($70)
2. Seahorse Case
3. Stock cable from ZMF terminated in 2.5mm balanced.

There are some blemishes on the cups from where the yokes rub, see pictures. Sold to u/Llew007

• Beyerdynamic DT1990 Pro - PRICE DROP $440 $415 Shipped - Timestamp+Photos

1. 3 Cables - Stock Long straight cable, Stock coiled cable, and a shorter straight cable
2. Stock carrying case
3. Stock Balanced pads, Stock Analytical pads, and will include (Dekoni Elite Hybrid pads SOLD to u/Riktarr) + Dekoni Fenestrated Sheepskin pads. (About $140 from Amazon).

These are basically brand new, hardly used and look it. Sold u/scttooo

• Massdrop x Koss ESP/95x - $350 Shipped - SOLD- Timestamp+Photos -- Practically brand new, barely used and show no sign of wear. Includes all original accessories and box. I'll also include a pair of Dekoni Elite Fenestrated Sheepskin pads ($80), HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Sold u/magalahi

When Jesus looked upon all the people who were burdened and weary facing sins, he said "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:28). Jesus completed the Laws from Moses by allowing his followers to walk with him in life. The Laws were like Sun rays shedding light beams into a dark room so that we can see the dust floating in the air. The dust is like our sinful nature. Even if the room is dark, the dust still exists, and we breathe and live in dust. As soon as we are conscious about our sins, we try very hard but cannot overcome the sinful nature by ourselves; therefore we need Jesus to carry the same yoke with us. Carrying the yoke with Jesus does not mean we can just relax and let Jesus carry the load by himself. It is a life-long journey to deny ourselves, give up our old-self and follow Jesus with a gentle and humble heart. The process is a personal relationship building process with Jesus and God. Spreading the gospel is a means to an end. It is a mission for us to tell the Good News to everyone so that everyone can build a personal relationship with God because this is the only way to be saved.

GP basically asks all members to give up living and only focus on spreading the Gospel. The members are more weary and burdened by not only their sins, but also the workload dumped on them. The new laws from GP are like chains and locks to make their life more miserable because these new laws are not even trying to reveal the sins like sunbeams. The new GP laws are training members to be 100% loyal and obedient. For example, "thou shall install a software on your PC to monitor your browser activities". If a Jesus follower cannot monitor his/her own web browsing habit, but needs a software to force him/her not to visit a porn site, is he/she a true Jesus follower? In a GP Sunday Worship we witnessed in Berkley, everyone is taking notes, they don't do that in classrooms or at work. There is nothing wrong with writing down some key inspiring notes, but copying everything? I have only seen everyone taking notes when a communist leader speaks, GP is the 2nd place. Are GP's laws helping or destroying its members? The members will not be able to learn how to deny himself/herself and follow Jesus if they can only follow the laws. Remember Pharisees?

Whoever gets sucked into GP becomes a zombie who stopp

https://imgur.com/a/tGqm2Bd/

Hey All,

I got these headphones a little over a year ago and used them as my daily driver. There are some small marks on the yokes and two very faint marks on the earcup (marked in the pictures), but there are no functional issues (these minor blemishes on the yokes can likely be filled in with Sharpie to hide it honestly). Comes from a non-smoking and pet free environment.

This includes the headphones (obviously), carrying case, both sets of stock pads, and the stock cables.

Hoping to give someone a good deal and hope they enjoy them as much as I did!

$350 Shipped CONUS OBO :) SOLD to u/orand

During the recent Direct Line, when I was asked about Russian-Ukrainian relations, I said that Russians and Ukrainians were one people – a single whole. These words were not driven by some short-term considerations or prompted by the current political context. It is what I have said on numerous occasions and what I firmly believe. I therefore feel it necessary to explain my position in detail and share my assessments of today's situation.

First of all, I would like to emphasize that the wall that has emerged in recent years between Russia and Ukraine, between the parts of what is essentially the same historical and spiritual space, to my mind is our great common misfortune and tragedy. These are, first and foremost, the consequences of our own mistakes made at different periods of time. But these are also the result of deliberate efforts by those forces that have always sought to undermine our unity. The formula they apply has been known from time immemorial – divide and rule. There is nothing new here. Hence the attempts to play on the ”national question“ and sow discord among people, the overarching goal being to divide and then to pit the parts of a single people against one another.

To have a better understanding of the present and look into the future, we need to turn to history. Certainly, it is impossible to cover in this article all the developments that have taken place over more than a thousand years. But I will focus on the key, pivotal moments that are important for us to remember, both in Russia and Ukraine.

Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians are all descendants of Ancient Rus, which was the largest state in Europe. Slavic and other tribes across the vast territory – from Ladoga, Novgorod, and Pskov to Kiev and Chernigov – were bound together by one language (which we now refer to as Old Russian), economic ties, the rule of the princes of the Rurik dynasty, and – after the baptism of Rus – the Orthodox faith. The spiritual choice made by St. Vladimir, who was both Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Kiev, still largely determines our affinity today.

The throne of Kiev held a dominant position in Ancient Rus. This had been the custom since the late 9th century. The Tale of Bygone Years captured for posterity the words of Oleg the Prophet about Kiev, ”Let it be the mother of all Russian cities.“

Later, like other European states of that time, Ancient Rus faced a decline of central rule and fragmentation. At the same time, both the nob

In this post were going to explore the Etymology of the word Aeruh. Haliax seems to use "Aeruh" to mean Air here:

> “Aeruh, I command the air. Lay leaden on your tongue. Selitos, I name you. May all your powers fail you but your sight.”

It's composed of the combined letters "ae" and "ruh", both of which have interesting stories to tell us.

"ae" also known as the character "Ash (tree)", possible a connection to "Master Ash", which I'll take for a given is Cinder. A member of the Seven, who we disappear into thin air (aeruh).

> But as their feet came down they slowed, and gently, as if they were made of sand with wind blowing across them, they faded away.

While this doesn't lead to some mind blowing (or numbing) idea like Abenthy is a chandrian (he isn't), I think these little dives into names are things Pat delights in doing and will reward us for following him down the rabbit hole. So lets go a bit further. Historically the characters "a" and "e" were derived from "Beast/oxen" and "man" respectively, and you might consider this combination description in the KKC a reference to Haliax being "yoked" or "hamed" to a beast:

> “... being ‘yoked to shadow,’ whatever that means,” I heard my father say as the wind died down.

> Alaxel bears the shadow’s hame.

A yoke often referring to a way to bind two beast together. This revelation seems to only strengthen the relationship between Denna's Patron and the Seven. But it also adds a richness to the story that hopefully will inspire you to look deeper into the names.

Returning to "Ruh" I imagine this relates to both the modern day "Edema Ruh" and the ancient "Ruach". The two words "Edema Ruh" like telling us of the split between the Ruach. With some now settled in Ademre (close to Edema) and others travel around as singers. I suspect the split came over how to best fight the seven. Those of Ademre choose to use silence and hand talk to plan, while those of the Traveling foot thought it best to always keep on the move.

Both are valid strategies and they stand more to gain by standing together then alone. However they are litterly pushed to opposite corners of the map. With Adremre in the far Northeast and YLL in the southweset (i suspect the Ruachs and Singers homeland). And who or what has been pushing them apart? The Aturan Empire. Who both antagonized the Adem

> “Why d

The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”

“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.

Hey folks! This past weekend I competed in my first strongman meet. This is also the first long form reddit post I've written but I'm pretty jazzed about the competition. All in all it went really well-- training was fun, I made the podium, and hit some PRs along the way. Let's get into it.

Background

I've been lifting on and off for about 9 years and suffered greatly from paralysis by analysis for most of that time. For a while (and even now) I also tried to avoid: working hard; and gaining weight. Two things that are, objectively, pretty essential to making progress. This has gotten better since I took on olympic weightlifting as my primary focus a few years back, and even moreso in the last year or two from a mindset shift (all hail the Bugez).

General stats and lifts (hope you're ready for a dirty trailer park marriage between metric and imperial):

The Events

The events were laid out as follows:

• Log clean & press | 185 lbs | reps in 60 sec
• Axle deadlift | 385 lbs | reps in 60 sec
• Yoke carry | 465 lbs | 50 ft for time
• Sandbag medley | 170, 220 lb bags | 50 ft for time
• Atlas stone | 235 lbs | reps to platform in 60 sec

My Training

The majority of my training continued to revolve around olympic weightlifting, as that is still my primary sport. On top of that I incorporated some event-specific training after my weightlifting workouts since I had access to the specific events and weights that I'd see the day of the competition. I essentially split it up as follows:

Day 1

Log training. I followed vanilla 5/3/1 here since the submaximal leadup sets would help dial in my log technique, and the AMRAP set would be more event specific. I actually performed all of my AMRAPs with a 60 sec time limit to further mimic meet day. I was able to hit 180 for 7 in training.

Day 2

Overhead press. I followed inverted juggernaut here for press and deadlift after a recommendation in a daily thread a while back. This went fairly well but I shoulder injury scare in one of the later weeks. Ended up bouncing back pretty quickly but pulled back on the pressing since I already had a fair bit of overhead work in my weightlifting program.

Day 3

Deadlift. Followed inverted juggernaut as stated above. Spent the first half of the program training on an olympic bar since I felt I had to first dia

My coach has started to program heavy yoke carries before we back squat. I love it. It makes the bar feel like nothing when you get it off the rack.

My current back squat is 325#. I can walk a 405# yoke about 50 feet. After the walk, even 300# feels light.