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Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Start Time: approximately 6:00pm EDT on FOX
Race Length: 400 laps (600 mi / 965.6 km)
Race Stages: 100-100-100-100
Track Information: Charlotte Motor Speedway is a 1.5 mile (2.41 kilometer) quad-oval located in Concord, NC USA.
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Since the ICT strand is under the TVL track which grants students certifications from TESDA of their chosen specialisation (if passed), and the track is made to prepare students job-skills right after high school, I am hoping which job opportunities within the country and abroad will I have? I also heard people get job opportunities abroad with skills learnt from TESDA.
I just finished 11th Grade this year which I already took HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Java, and I am about to take Oracle Database in the upcoming year, and all of our programming subjects are NC III. I would potentially have certifications from TESDA (if passed) of those subjects which would maybe grant me job opportunities.
I plan to be a working student while I attend college, and if I would be lucky, I would be studying abroad (which is my dream) and work there also (even if it's totally not related to my specialisations); I am planning to leave the country as soon as possible when I turn 18 (also the time I graduate from high school).
Which job opportunities, locations within the country, and countries would be possible for me?

Since the ICT strand is under the TVL track which grants students certifications from TESDA of their chosen specialisation (if passed), and the track is made to prepare students job-skills right after high school, I am hoping which job opportunities within the country and abroad will I have? I also heard people get job opportunities abroad with skills learnt from TESDA.
I just finished 11th Grade this year which I already took HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Java, and I am about to take Oracle Database in the upcoming year, and all of our programming subjects are NC III. I would potentially have certifications from TESDA (if passed) of those subjects which would maybe grant me job opportunities.
I plan to be a working student while I attend college, and if I would be lucky, I would be studying abroad (which is my dream) and work there also (even if it's totally not related to my specialisations); I am planning to leave the country as soon as possible when I turn 18 (also the time I graduate from high school).
Which job opportunities, locations within the country, and countries would be possible for me?

I NEED YOUR HELP!!!
I feel like I am all over the place and pursue too many interests of various categories, and I have no idea how to really connect them together in a natural way. Please share your thoughts on any natural narrative or theme that may jump out at you from reading my chanceme, and also please suggest reordering my ECs in the order of what stands out the most:
Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
• Residence: somewhat small town in NC
• Type of School: Public
• Hooks: none :(

Intended Major(s): Computer Science + Econ, maybe Electrical + Computer Engineering and Econ at some schools like Duke (ED)
Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 4.0 UW / 4.78 W
• Rank: likely 1/500 (top 0.2%)

of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.:

• 12 APs total. Registered for 16 dual enrollment community college classes in total, taking 4 this semester and 4 in the summer. Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 8 Community College dual enrollment classes

Standardized Testing

• SAT: 1580 superscore (790790M)
• ACT: 35 (36R,36E,34M,32S)
• AP/IB: AP World History (4), AP Psychology (5), AP Computer Science Principles (5)

Extracurriculars/Activities

• Twitch Streamer / YouTube Content Creator: I run a YouTube Gaming channel with over 5k subscribers and 200k views, and I stream video games on Twitch. Managed numerous paid advertisements, including a 4-figure sponsorship campaign with a 62 million+ downloaded AAA mobile game (Raid: Shadow Legends). I also run a second YouTube channel that produces educational documentary and short form video content, with over 500k views and 2k followers across all social medias (4 years)
• CS Research Intern**:** Unpaid research internship with a professor at a T100 CS university this summer. Work will be in the field of AI and Computer Vision, with my work focusing on the implementation of object detection in robotic devices. Also working on independent research on racial and gender discrepancies in the strengths of various open-source facial recognition algorithms to answer broader questions about the ethical concerns of AI's development and adoption in our society, will hopefully get enough done to publish it in something like a student-led research paper. If you have experience in that regard, please do DM me, I'd love to hear more.
• Software Developer: I am the founder of a software development studio with a few friends. Lead the app development process from conception, design, development, testing, and publication. The studio has produced completely open-source productivity, utility, and video game applications for the Google Play Store, and is currently working on an app to “gamify” learning math to help students prep for the SAT. (2 years)
• DECA: Internationally recognized in multiple competitive event categories. Helped grow the club from 30 people to over 120 in a single year through a growth campaign as Vice President in 11th grade. Co-president in 12th grade. Sophomore year: placed 1st in regionals and 4th in the state individually. In a different event, my team placed first in the state and 7th internationally. Junior year: 1st internationally in a qualifying round, 1st place in state individually, 10th internationally.
• Sticker Shop: Illustrated, printed, cut, and shipped stickers through my sticker business on Etsy. Manage logistics and marketing (ads, SEO, email campaigns, sales, etc.). Also negotiated commission deals with online artists to get their work turned into stickers and further expand the business's range of products. Projected to break 5 figures in revenue this year. (3 years total)
• Programming Club: founded my school's programming club in my sophomore year after it collapsed during the pandemic; served as President for a year and later advised the club’s elected officers. Taught lessons in Python, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, and held various workshops to prepare students for a future in tech. (3 years)
• Nonprofit Tutoring: Volunteered at an internationally recognized 501c(3) nonprofit and tutored underprivileged, inner-city elementary/middle schoolers every weekend in Mathematics, later also became a group leader with the additional responsibility of managing a large group of tutors and keeping track of their work. Creating and leading an initiative stemming from the organization to provide free youth computer science education and bootcamps in Python, JavaScript, Java, and more. (2 years)
• Graphic Designer: Manage my own freelance graphic design brand with several recurring clients (including my school’s film club, for which I designed sweatshirts for two years). Also interning as a graphic designer at a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides STEM resources to underserved youth in sub-Saharan Africa. (3 years)
• Stock Trading: Invested in stocks in my free time since freshman year, and my portfolio has grown significantly since then. Currently coding an experimental bot that uses various algorithms to day-trade automatically on my behalf and a website to explain investment basics and chart patterns to help simplify trading. (4 years)
• Journalism: I Interned at an international online news site in the fall of my Junior year. Wrote and published 12 articles in the 2-month internship period. Created my own social media news initiative primarily targeted toward recent developments and landmarks in AI.
• Model United Nations: Vice President, attended two local university conferences every year and helped in organizing conferences, planning meetings, and teaching skills to succeed in MUN. (3 years)
• SAT Tutoring: I am a private SAT tutor and worked with multiple students, both online and in-person, over the school year. Working on expanding the operation to become a large-scale business with tutors other than myself. There isn't really much more to say about this one, but it is a major commitment for me (about 12 hours a week, quite a bit of money too) so I'd like any suggestions on how to make it stronger.

Awards/Honors:

• [redacted award]: One of 7 people selected out of ~2000 students in the entire school for an award to recognize distinguished students; received in my sophomore year.
• DECA International 7th place and 10th finalist, DECA State 4th place finalist and 1st place winner, DECA Districts 1st place winner and finalist
• AP Scholar Award (means absolutely nothing)
• National merit semifinalist (expected from 1480 PSAT)
• Presidential volunteer service award Gold (250+ hours)

Essays/LORs/Other:

• Essays: I consider writing to be one of my better skills, so about 8-9/10

Schools: Duke ED, T20s (MIT, CMU, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, the usual prestige goblin stuff), UNC, NC State

I need some help determining if I have actually ovulated or not. For the past few days I've been sick with a sore throat, slight fever, and fatigue, which has improved each day but not fully resolved yet.
My cycles are regular with ovulation occurring between CD 12-14.
In addition to tracking temps, I track cervical fluid as well.
On CD 12 I had a positive LH test with a kind of creamy/egg white CF, but definitely not watery egg white. Later in the evening of CD 12 my throat was a bit sore and when I woke up on CD 13, I had a full blown sore throat with an elevated temp that could have been interpreted as a thermal shift (97.95°F), but knowing I was sick, I excluded the temp from my chart. On this day I experienced some ovulation pain (as I normally do each cycle).
I was still feeling sick on the morning of CD 14 so I excluded that temp as well. For those two days, my CF was sticky. At this point I'm already assuming my ovulation was delayed because I haven't experienced my usual peak day symptoms.
Yesterday was CD 15, I was feeling better so I logged my temp. My CF was back to a creamy egg white, but with a wet sensation, and I had ovulation pain again. I took an LH test just because and it was negative. I figured I'm going back into ovulation mode now.
So, the real questioning happens this morning, CD 16, when I woke up around 430am and sleepily took my temp, which was 97.55°F. I typically wake up around this time and take my temp because I have to use the bathroom, but this time I went right back to sleep.
I woke up around 6am and took my temp again just out of habit, and it read 97.97°F. Then I remembered the first temp which was lower.
So, to experiment, I entered the 6am temp into my Natural Cycles app and it immediately tells me it confirmed ovulation between CD 11-13, but honestly that didn't feel right considering my CF tracking.
Then I entered the 430am temp and NC tells me it's still waiting to confirm ovulation. So now, I'm confused if that 6am temp was really my thermal shift. Had I not woken up at 430, I guess I would assume I must have ovulated either yesterday or the day before, but knowing the earlier temp falls under my cover line, I'm not sure which is the most accurate. And considering yesterday my CF wasn't necessary watery egg white but definitely was more plentiful, I'm wondering also if that was my peak day, albeit a little different than usual.
For reference, the chart I'm attaching shows CD 16 with the lower temp logged.
Thank you for reading my 5 paragraph essay 😆 I really appreciate the help!

Hey everyone! I just bought a 2016 Miata Sport about 2-3 months ago. I was driving down the road, and I shifted into third gear (about three or four grand on the tach from second into third). Right as I passed the bite point on my clutch, my car made some of the most awful noises I have ever heard in my life. It’s possible it may just be a clutch, but to be honest, I think the whole trans is gone as my shifter feels like a fork in a bowl of cereal. My vehicle is now stuck in reverse and parked in a lot at a Mexican restaurant. I have to tow it home. I’m considering putting a race grade transmission in, I’m thinking something from Walter motor sports, but I’m new to performance cars and I’m a bit in over my head. I know I can get the trans in (I have help from experienced individuals) but I don’t know what trans options to go with. Do I swap in an ND2 trans? (I get discount on stock Mazda parts thru my dealer, I work there) do I swap in another ND1 transmission? Do I buy a Walter Motorsports trans if I can even find one? Do I get it from Chris Taylor motorsports since Walter motorsports is not taking orders ATM? Do I need the third and fourth EMCO gears? I’d really like to track the car in the future, but in general I just want an OEM+ build that performs really nicely. I’m not looking to push anymore than about 250 whp ever, but still. I’ve also read about the NC trans option, but I’d really rather stick with ND parts if I can, even if they’re aftermarket.
TLDR: I blew up my transmission on my 2016 Miata, and I need suggestions for how to proceed with parts replacement.
Oh yeah and side note, any suggestions on how to tow it back since it’s stuck in gear? Won’t even roll backwards in reverse… and I have to tow it with a Uhaul because I’m 400 miles from home. Thank you guys!!

Hey everyone! I just bought a 2016 Miata Sport about 2-3 months ago. I was driving down the road, and I shifted into third gear (about three or four grand on the tach from second into third). Right as I passed the bite point on my clutch, my car made some of the most awful noises I have ever heard in my life. It’s possible it may just be a clutch, but to be honest, I think the whole trans is gone as my shifter feels like a fork in a bowl of cereal. My vehicle is now stuck in reverse and parked in a lot at a Mexican restaurant. I have to tow it home. I’m considering putting a race grade transmission in, I’m thinking something from Walter motor sports, but I’m new to performance cars and I’m a bit in over my head. I know I can get the trans in (I have help from experienced individuals) but I don’t know what trans options to go with. Do I swap in an ND2 trans? (I get discount on stock Mazda parts thru my dealer, I work there) do I swap in another ND1 transmission? Do I buy a Walter Motorsports trans if I can even find one? Do I get it from Chris Taylor motorsports since Walter motorsports is not taking orders ATM? Do I need the third and fourth EMCO gears? I’d really like to track the car in the future, but in general I just want an OEM+ build that performs really nicely. I’m not looking to push anymore than about 250 whp ever, but still. I’ve also read about the NC trans option, but I’d really rather stick with ND parts if I can, even if they’re aftermarket.
TLDR: I blew up my transmission on my 2016 Miata, and I need suggestions for how to proceed with parts replacement.
Oh yeah and side note, any suggestions on how to tow it back since it’s stuck in gear? Won’t even roll backwards in reverse… and I have to tow it with a Uhaul because I’m 400 miles from home. Thank you guys!!

Hey everyone! I just bought a 2016 Miata Sport about 2-3 months ago. I was driving down the road, and I shifted into third gear (about three or four grand on the tach from second into third). Right as I passed the bite point on my clutch, my car made some of the most awful noises I have ever heard in my life. It’s possible it may just be a clutch, but to be honest, I think the whole trans is gone as my shifter feels like a fork in a bowl of cereal. My vehicle is now stuck in reverse and parked in a lot at a Mexican restaurant. I have to tow it home. I’m considering putting a race grade transmission in, I’m thinking something from Walter motor sports, but I’m new to performance cars and I’m a bit in over my head. I know I can get the trans in (I have help from experienced individuals) but I don’t know what trans options to go with. Do I swap in an ND2 trans? (I get discount on stock Mazda parts thru my dealer, I work there) do I swap in another ND1 transmission? Do I buy a Walter Motorsports trans if I can even find one? Do I get it from Chris Taylor motorsports since Walter motorsports is not taking orders ATM? Do I need the third and fourth EMCO gears? I’d really like to track the car in the future, but in general I just want an OEM+ build that performs really nicely. I’m not looking to push anymore than about 250 whp ever, but still. I’ve also read about the NC trans option, but I’d really rather stick with ND parts if I can, even if they’re aftermarket.
TLDR: I blew up my transmission on my 2016 Miata, and I need suggestions for how to proceed with parts replacement.
Oh yeah and side note, any suggestions on how to tow it back since it’s stuck in gear? Won’t even roll backwards in reverse… and I have to tow it with a Uhaul because I’m 400 miles from home. Thank you guys!!

Hey everyone! I just bought a 2016 Miata Sport about 2-3 months ago. I was driving down the road, and I shifted into third gear (about three or four grand on the tach from second into third). Right as I passed the bite point on my clutch, my car made some of the most awful noises I have ever heard in my life. It’s possible it may just be a clutch, but to be honest, I think the whole trans is gone as my shifter feels like a fork in a bowl of cereal. My vehicle is now stuck in reverse and parked in a lot at a Mexican restaurant. I have to tow it home. I’m considering putting a race grade transmission in, I’m thinking something from Walter motor sports, but I’m new to performance cars and I’m a bit in over my head. I know I can get the trans in (I have help from experienced individuals) but I don’t know what trans options to go with. Do I swap in an ND2 trans? (I get discount on stock Mazda parts thru my dealer, I work there) do I swap in another ND1 transmission? Do I buy a Walter Motorsports trans if I can even find one? Do I get it from Chris Taylor motorsports since Walter motorsports is not taking orders ATM? Do I need the third and fourth EMCO gears? I’d really like to track the car in the future, but in general I just want an OEM+ build that performs really nicely. I’m not looking to push anymore than about 250 whp ever, but still. I’ve also read about the NC trans option, but I’d really rather stick with ND parts if I can, even if they’re aftermarket.
TLDR: I blew up my transmission on my 2016 Miata, and I need suggestions for how to proceed with parts replacement.
Oh yeah and side note, any suggestions on how to tow it back since it’s stuck in gear? Won’t even roll backwards in reverse… and I have to tow it with a Uhaul because I’m 400 miles from home. Thank you guys!!

NXSAlsco Uniforms 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Start Time: approximately 12:00pm EDT on May 27th
Television: FS1 @ 12:00pm EDT
Radio: PRN @ 12:00pm EDT
Race Length: 200 laps (300 mi / 482.8 km)
Race Stages: 45-45-110
Track Information: Charlotte Motor Speedway is a 1.5 mile (2.41 kilometer) quad-oval located in Concord, NC USA.
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NCTSNorth Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Start Time: approximately 8:30pm EDT on May 26th
Television: FS1 @ 8:30pm EDT
Radio: MRN @ 8:30pm EDT
Race Length: 134 laps (201 mi / 323.48 km)
Race Stages: 30-30-74
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Today's Schedule (EDT)
6:45- Pro Late Model Qualifying
7:00- Street Stock Qualifying
8:00- Pro Late Model Feature (100 Laps)
9:15 (approx.)- Street Stock Feature (75 Laps)
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Weather
Entry List (23 Pro Late Models)
Track Information: Tri-County Motor Speedway is a 0.4-mile oval located in Baton, NC, USA.

AMSGeneral Tire 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Start Time: approximately 6:00pm EDT on May 26th
Television: FS1 @ 6:00pm EDT
Radio: MRN @ 6:00pm EDT
Race Length: 150 laps (225 mi / 362.1 km)
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Hello, i'm in this subreddit for almost a month now. Technically since the breakup. I just want to say my story and get it out of my lungs. English is not my first language please be considerate. I will answer every question you'll throw at me.
ME(27M) and Her(20F) first met in december, but the "dating" started in January. I liked her from the start, but i was going trough a breakup during that time with different person and did not really payed attention to her. So she stopped talking to me. But that changed, after a month of no initiation from me, she reacted on my IG story i took in a gym with "you are so hot". Since that, we started chating and going out. It was awesome and i felt like a king. I knew that she had BPD from the start, since she was in Psychiatric hospital when we started going out. But silly me did not really knew much about BPD.
After two months of dating i asked her if she wants to be my girlfriend. She was hesitant at first and told me no. And the explanation was, that she likes me but needs time to heal her condition and that every boyfriend she had was abusive jerk. My response to that was, that i understand that and that i don't want to push her into anything. Well, we had sex for the first time that night. After a week she came to me and asked me if she can become my girlfriend. I said "yes" obviously.
Month three was awesome, we were in relationship together. I met her parents and brother, and i really grow fond of them. They have told me that finally she found someone reliable and stable. That i got my shit together etc... She lovebombed me everyday and i again felt like a god. She was talking about future, moving together, having children etc.... Yeah i knew that those are redflags, but i was high and blind from all the "love".
I started to spend more time with her. She wanted me to stay at her parent's house almost every day. I stopped doing my hobbys(Box and miniature painting) because she would be sad if i spend time with someone else. She would accuse me of looking at another girls. Asked me if i have girls at my work etc... And she was really neurotic about it. She was fearfull that i would cheat on her. Something that i would never do because i have been cheated on during my previous relationship.
Month Four
Everything went to shit. The initial attention from her diminished. She would be slow to respond etc... I had a gut feeling that something is not right. One day she asked me if she can go to a club with her girl friend. I told her, that this is not a problem and she can go if she wants and i can stay at her parent's house. While i was waiting on her in her home i caught myself laying on her bed overthinking. In the corner of my eye i saw her 2nd phone that she was not using. I lost the battle with myself and decided to look at it. And there it was. I found out that she created an account on a social network about fetishes and meetups. I immediatelly called her a told her that we need to talk. I went to the club and picked her up. I immediatelly confronted her about that and the first thing she did was to lie about it. When i told her that i violated her privacy and found it on her phone, she admitted that she created that account because her friend told her to create it. And that was it. She told me that she will never do anything like that again and apologized to me. I forgave her and told her again my boundaries. That i don't like when she chats with random dudes from facebook and instagram etc...
The next week was pretty okay, everything seemed back on track. But when we were laying together in her bed i saw that she is sending selfies to some dude. What the hell? I told her that she crossed my boundaries again and that i don't want to continue in that relationship. She cried told me that she does not wanna loose me etc. I packed my things in the morning and left.
Month Five
I was in no contact for one week and then i started to regret the breakup. I wrote her a message in which i bassicaly apologized to her and asked her if we can fix it. She told me that she will never forgive me and i really hurt her by leaving. That she needs time to process things and does not wanna be in relationship with me or someone else.
I resumed no contact for another week and then i broke it. I wrote her that i want to see her. Her response was a voicemail in which she cryed and told me that she miss me and she wants to see me too. And then we agreed on meetup. Next day i found out that she overdosed on her meds, but that she's okay. I resumed no contact and patiently waited for the day of our meetup.
When the day came, she did not even tryed to let me know that she'll not go. I lost my temper and wrote to her, that she is irresponsible. We argued a little bit. She said that she cares about me but that we should not see each other and she wants to be alone.
I resumed no contact again and i'm currently two weeks in. Sometimes i have a need to look at her socials and i found out that she has a new boyfriend. I know him personally, he's a drug dealer. And she created an onlyfans account recently. I managed to stay in NC. But sometimes i wish to get a text from her. I wonder if she'll ever reach out to me again.

My ex and I work together (remotely). 3 year relationship, 2 months broken up, 2 weeks in personal NC (I’ve done a few stints of a few weeks but this time it’s sticking).
Up until last week we were very work-friendly in emails and he was asking me to do extra stuff (not related to my job) and I was happy to. He started to ignore questions I asked about other parts of the business (I was very involved before the BU) and being that he was still involving me I didn’t think it was too much was wrong with me asking these questions. They weren’t invasive, more asking for details on things he was already sharing.
I decided that I’m tired of being ignored and will only communicate things directly related to my actual job… I call it “work NC” - 4 days today.
He sent me an “unnecessary” report on Wednesday. I did not respond. He sent one again this morning. It was good news so I responded with “congrats on getting back on track”. I thought it was nice and something I’d say to anyone. FUCKING CRICKETS.
He couldn’t even say thank you? Why the fuck send the report in the first place? Fuck him. He sure is making this easier on me (even though I’m pissed, it’s helpful).
Thanks for being here for my vent.

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"I told you that you were a good son, to let me take care of it. That I could help make it all go away. And then I said to you, 'You will not suffer from this memory, or be tormented from the guilt of your misdeed. What goes behind that door will stay there and be forgotten.' I told you to clean yourself up, that if you were clean, no one would know what you are what you'd done. And you did exactly that, and more. You created a place in your mind to put your victims. You began to believe that as long as your suit was immaculate and your hands clean, you could look in the mirror and tell yourself it's all okay. No one need know what's behind that red door."
In the tenth century, in a stretch of North American woodlands which would eventually come to be known as Mystic Falls, Virginia, there lived a powerful witch married to and with the children of a cruel man named Mikael. When the children of Mikael were young, a few snuck out to see the wolf men of a neighboring tribe transform under the full moon. Unfortunately, they strayed too close, and one was mauled to death in the wolf's mindless state of aggression. Determined not to lose another child, their mother tapped into the rawest and darkest magic that she could, to make her children stronger than the werewolves. But with every strength, there came a vicious drawback, the most potent being that they were forced to sustain themselves off the blood of others. She had created the first vampires.
Elijah Mikaelson is the most gentlemanly and courteous of the original family, stringent in his belief that decorum was the single most important fixture in his immortal life, though equally if not moreso hellbent on protecting his family, no matter the cost. He serves as advisor to Klaus Mikaelson, and seeks above all things to redemption of his brother.
Check the composite vampire RT for a full overview of vampire abilities and weaknesses.
Key
TVD SXEY = The Vampire Diaries Season X Episode Y
TO SXEY = The Originals Season X Episode Y
TO:TR CX = The Originals: The Rise Chapter X
TO:TL CX = The Originals: The Loss Chapter X
TO:TRe CX = The Originals: The Ressurection Chapter X
Strength
Striking

• Easily snaps a hat rack to make a wooden stake.
  
• Slaps another vampire's head off his neck.
  
• Punches into the chests of two vampires and rips their hearts out.
  
• Tears out the heart of a witch which he later likened to punching a human punching a stone wall.
  
• Punches Marcel back into a brick collumn hard enough to crumble parts of it off.
  
• Slams into a wall hard enough to shake a basement.
  
• Caves in a large chunk of ground with a stomp.
  

Pushing/Pulling

• Snaps large clumps of chains with one hand.
  
• Breaks open a metal door by bending the metal bar holding it in place.
  
• Rips apart a bear trap.
  
• Easily lifts a barrel that a human considered to be at least a two-man job.
  
• Easily lifts and tilts a trailer, and sets it back down with one hand.
  

Throwing

• Throws Klaus through a set of doors, smashing them.
  
• Throws Rebekah into the rafters.
  
• Throws two men several stories into the air while ripping out their hearts.
  
• Throws a machine gun from several meters hard enough to pierce through a man's chest.
  
• Throws a handful of quarters hard enough to shatter several sets of multi-pane glass.
  

Speed
Reaction Times

• Catches a mid-flight arrow and throwing axe.
  
• Appears on the scene to intercept bullets as they're being fired.
  

Action Speed

• Kills two vampires fast enought to not be seen until he's done.
  
• Takes out three vampires before any can react to his presence.
  

Movement Speed

• Walks down the stairs and crosses a large room in under a second.
  
• Goes from the street to a second floor balcony in an instant.
  
• Gets grounded and is across the room in the time it takes his attacker to stomp.
  
• Blitzes two men with guns pointed at him before they can pull the trigger.
  

Durability
Blunt Force

• Damon isn't strong enough to choke him out.
  
  • Damon can tear a truck door of its hinges.
• Gets slammed through a table and quickly recovers.
  
• Gets thrown through a wall and barely seems fazed.
  
• Gets back up after being thrown into a wooden wall hard enough to smash it.
  
• Is right next to a motorcycle's gas tank exploding and gets right back up.
  

Regeneration

• Takes a wooden stake to the hand, and pulls it right back out, where the hand quickly regenerates.
  
  • Getting shot at with stakes fired from a crossbow(?) doesn't stop his forward approach.
• Walks straight through bullets.
  
• Has a grenade filled with vervain explode against his face and fully recovers within seconds.
  
• His dead body is unaffected being sprayed over with a flamethrower.
  
• Is only fazed by a fireball that burned even a vampire's bones to ashes.
  
• Is inside an exploding house and is seen later charred but otherwise fine.
  

Skill

• Spars swords with Klaus when both were human.
  
• Tackles Klaus and steals his weapon as he does so.
  
• Fights off several vampires rushing him at once.
  
• Tears through a small crowd of Strix, vampires who are nearly as old as the Originals.
  

Senses

• Able to smell the difference between a vampire and a human.
  
• Able to tell if someone's lying by listening to the discrepencies of their heartbeat.
  
• Listens to a hushed conversation across a noisy bar, despite playing in the band.
  

Abilities

• Being an original vampire, is able to compel other vampires to do anything, up to and including suicide.
  
• Prevents Katherine from leaving a tomb, despite the spell keeping her in being removed.
  

Other

• Wears a Daylight Ring, which allows him to stand in sunlight without burning.
  
  • Uses the fact that he burns in sunlight to ignite natural gas and blow up a house.
• Gets killed by a wooden stake and comes back later that night.
  
• Able to track a vampire through nearly invisible clues.
  
• Good at trivia.
  

My wife an I have been on 5 cruises int he past, all pre pandemic, and all with Norwegian. We recently moved to NC and live within a 2 hour drive to the Norfolk VA port. When I saw Carnival does cruises from that port, I booked one figuring we would give them a shot since being close to home it's just so much more convenient than flying to Florida. I had high hopes for it being a good cruise, hoping it could turn into our new home port. We booked a 5 night itinerary on the Carnival Magic, with stops in Bimini and Freeport. I paid $2200 for a balcony room. For anyone interested here are my impressions:
Embarkation:
We opted not to park in Norfolk. I had read reviews about cars getting broken into in the Carnival parking lot (it's supposedly since had improved security) and decided to get dropped off at the port. Once we arrived it was pretty apparent this was going to be a different experience than the big ports that run 7 days a week. It just seemed under staffed and disorganized. I was used to Miami and Tampa where everything just felt much more streamlined. Security seemed nearly non existent, none of the added things I had read about like dogs or more staff, just the standard metal detector.
The ship:
The difference is in the details. Lots of rust streaking on the outside of the ship, overall it just looked dingey. In our room there was dust on the ceiling vents, cabinets were chipped, some drawers had broken tracks. The bathroom door had a broken piston on the door so it would swing around (this did get fixed mid trip). The chairs on the balcony were bubbling and rusting. Lights took a long time to come on and some switches just didn't do anything.Though the ship was built in 2011 it looked like it was themed in the mid 90's. Gold and chrome everywhere, mirrors and the ugliest green dome lights lined the atrium. Whoever picked those out loved them because they put them absolutely everywhere. It was comically ugly.On the decks the chairs were in varying condition, some were new, but some were worn and and in need of replacement. One thing I did appreciate though was just the overall amount of seating. All throughout the interior of the ship and around the outside decks there was never any shortage of places to sit and relax.
Tv/Music:
This needed it's own category just because of how bad it was. I don't know if Carnival just has a nonexistent budget for licensing, but the music playing around the ship was bizarre for a Caribbean vacation. They mostly played 70's/80's rock music/pop. I was expecting more stuff that would just sort of set the theme of the vacation, like maybe island music in the lido buffet instead of Quiet Riot lol.The tv in the room had like 8 channels, 2 of which were movie channels. Most of the movies being played were not recent and many I had never heard of. They played some new movies on the screen by the pool, but even those they repeated. Other than that they had HGTV, Discovery and Food network, and a music video channel playing 80's music videos. It seemed to be the same 10 videos on loop.
The food:
The buffet food ranged from okay to gross. Usually we stuck with the salad bar because it's hard to mess that up. They had a "Deli" with "hand carved" sandwiches. I tried the Ruben only to find out it was a pre-made sandwich taken out of a drawer and put into a convection oven. It came out as a soggy melted mess with no thousand island dressing or sour kraut and ended up going uneaten. The Guy's Burger Bar and Guy's Pig and Anchor didn't really look like anything great. The burgers just looked like a backyard bbq burger. The free pizza option on board was surprisingly good and we had that a couple of times for lunch. Eating in the MDR was okay, the food was fine, but nothing great. The real disappointment was that the menu hardly changed, it seemed to only mix up one or two entrees.
We ate at both paid dining options. The Prime Steakhouse ($42 pp) and Cucina Del Capitano ($18 pp). Both of those were actually really good. I understand why people may not like the up charge options, but I enjoy them as an option to get a better meal. I actually wished they had more than the two options on board.
Disembarking at the islands:
This was a real mess. I was used to how Norwegian would handle this with assigned groups depending on what excursions you had booked. It would control the flow of people trying to leave the ship. Carnival pretty much just pulled up, opened the door and said "have fun" which resulted in standing in lines in hot stairwells for over an hour. We even waited quite a while before attempting to leave in Bimini since we had no excursions planned and still got caught in it. People were getting hot and grumpy and staff just seemed confused.
The Passengers:
Now I've heard Carnival get called "The Walmart of the seas" and I now know why. People were just rude and not well behaved overall. You could be waiting for an elevator and as soon as one opens someone will run right in front of you to get on. People would leave trash/drinks everywhere, like in elevators. I witnessed multiple couples fighting in public areas, you could hear people fighting in their cabins. No general respect for other passengers, adults running up hallways yelling at night/early morning (kids I could understand), slamming cabin/balcony doors constantly. I saw multiple people banging on doors to venues that were closed. People had their shoes off with bare feet up on furniture in the indoor seating areas. Guys with no shirts in dining areas, and all I could think about was the amount of body hair that may be dropping off them lol. People were being rude to staff and just giving them an attitude all the time.It just seemed like people didn't know how to behave in a public setting. I saw one guy wearing as shirt that said something about making women cum, another person had one on advertising a bail bonds company, it represented my local Walmart pretty accurately.
The staff:
The staff was excellent. Everyone was so nice and gracious. Never had an issue once with a staff member all week. The cruise director was fun and entertaining. They did seem a bit short staffed if anything, which sucks for the staff that is there. Cost cutting by the company will get taken out on them, but I think that is a trend industry wide at the moment unfortunately.
Overall the vacation was not a complete bust. If anything some of the downfalls made it kind of funny, so we just laughed about it. Like I said we enjoyed our specialty meals, so that worked out. The lobby entertainment like the violinist and solo guitar player were really good, so we enjoyed evenings in that area just getting drinks and listening to the music. It was worth it to experience another cruise line, but we won't be going back. There are too many other options to waste another trip on Carnival. We have a 5 day trip booked on the Disney Dream in January. We will see how that goes, otherwise it will be back to Norwegian since we've yet to have a bad experience there. I may get called snobby, but I think I wouldn't go on Carnival for the same reasons I wouldn't stay in an Econolodge or Super 8.
TLDR: Tried Carnival for the first time since it has a port close to home. It really is like the Walmart of the seas and you get what you pay for I guess. It was our first and last time sailing with Carnival.

Hello resumes, I need your help! What is the best way to list a company that was bought out by another company on your resume? For example:
Company A got bought by Company B, but I kept working there after the buyout. The way I have it on my resume now, I have it listed as 2 separate jobs with the same job title and description but mention in parenthesis that Company B was formerly Company A.
While this is technically accurate, it takes up extra space due to the double entry and looks confusing on the resume. I'm thinking of just making it 1 job as if I worked for Company B the whole time (Dec 2015 - Oct 2017). My main concern with doing that, however, is that if the hiring company verifies employment they will get mismatched tenure dates and disqualify me.
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