Although Lufthansa publishes their menu there’s no way to know if there are allergens inside. I can see that Kung Pao chicken is on the menu but I don’t know if there are fish or seafood products in either the chicken or side dishes for that meal.
I have an airborne allergy to fish and seafood. If anyone who is flying has info I would appreciate it

Credit for the original story goes to u/spacepaladin15. I have to say, this was easily my favorite chapter to write. I hope you enjoy!
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Memory transcript subject: Trish, Venlil civilian
Date [Standardized Human Time]: February 29th, 2177
Location: Lower sprawl of City 23, Venlil Prime
It was a long drive back down to the Den, and the whole group held their breath for every second of it with spines bristling and skin crawling. To all of them, it felt like exterminators might appear behind them at any moment if they let themselves relax for so much as a second. The only noise (aside from the whiny roar of the engine) was the hiss of a spray bottle, as James disinfected the wound at Sasha’s side with some mild antiseptic and threw a light cover of bandages over the whole affair. Those aside, the vehicle was filled with a deathly silence.
By the time they were back at the Tipped Quill, even Beast seemed cowed. Trish set it down in the adjacent side-alley, and its doors opened without so much as a screech of the unoiled hinges. They silently disembarked for the bar with all the cheer of a funeral procession, each of them constantly sneaking looks behind them. James and Burai were in front, Tressa and Trish in back, with Sasha and the cargo shielded from all angles as though they were under attack. The thick tension in the air further silenced their movements, leaving only the sound of the ashen wind outside as they walked.
​
As soon as the door to the Den slid shut behind them, the tension snapped. A roar of exuberant emotion from every angle nearly pushed Trish to the ground, as the rest of them erupted with cheers. It was like being at the center of a supernova, a feeling of being crushed from all angles. Trish just barely managed to stay upright from the sudden shock, ears failing to adjust for several seconds to the new baseline of noise.
“—and just threw himself at them, crying some sob story about a human hunting him. And they bought it! They actually bought it!”
“No shit they bought it! What were they gonna do, let an opportunity to put those flamers to work pass them by?”
“You know, there was a fire escape ladder on the other side of the building. If you’d let me say something before jumping, maybe I wouldn’t need to pull this quill out of your side.”
“You and I both know we— mhfff— didn’t have that sort of time. ”
The dizzying whirl of socialization around her faded into a manageable hum, nervous sharp laughter giving way to more gentle chuckles as the adrenaline faded. Trish managed to drag herself to a chair, nausea fading but legs still shaky from the sudden outburst. She should’ve thought to bring earplugs.
“Hey Trish, you good? You’re looking pretty faint yourself…” James wrapped up his work and paced over to her, his face a bizarre mix of mirth and concern.
“Fine, I’m fine. Just a lot of noise, that’s all. Is Sasha OK?”
“Yeah, just a spine in her side from that fall. It didn’t get past skin, so she’ll be just fine. Here, why don’t I get you some… hmmm, how do you feel about champagne?”
“I don’t— Champagne?”
He grinned, almost literally ear-to-ear. “Yeah, ‘course! Or cider, if that’s more your style. You know, this is a big occasion! A mysterious unmarked bag from the same contact who got us those pistols last time, we can afford a bit of celebration!”
“...Cider sounds good. This has human amounts of alcohol, right? I don’t want to dull my perception if anything comes up.”
“Relax, relax! You’re acting like there’s a squad of exterminators waiting ‘till we’re drunk to kick the door down. Trust me, it’s all downhill from here! Here, let me get you a glass…”
—
The backpack was set upon a footrest, and all lamps trained on it to make a sort of spotlight. To a rapt and silent audience, Trish walked up to their little makeshift shrine and carefully unzipped the gray fabric.
After only a couple hours and far fewer drinks than might be expected, curiosity had gotten the better of them. They all knew it would be better to wait until morning to see what was in the backpack; for something as potentially monumental as this, being well-rested and sober would be invaluable. They kept their curiosity at bay for long, agonizing hours. But it couldn’t hold. Burai made some joke about holding a ceremony to open the thing, and that was all the push they needed.
Inside the backpack, an expensive-looking technological box lay cushioned in a nest of nondescript white fabric. Trish mercilessly gutted the bag, lifting the contents up high for all to see for a moment before placing the device on the spot where the backpack had set seconds prior. After a moment’s inspection, she found a clearly-marked button on the side which she pushed without so much as a moment’s consideration. A hiss of air and a blink from the green light on the side, and the entire box split in two before sliding open. The blast of heat from the inside made Trish recoil slightly. She peered in.
Her gaze was met by a small oval, glistening slightly under the light of heating elements and LEDs. Blue, glossy with a slightly rough texture, and barely the size of Trish’s paw. She ran a claw across the side; tiny bumps coated the surface. It was extremely warm to the touch. With great care, she lifted it from its metal cocoon and held it up for the rest of the group to see what exactly they’d risked life and limb for.
​
The only person who seemed to recognize it was Sasha, who all but collapsed at the sight. Mouth covered with a hand, eyes wide and frantic, breathing unsteady. Burai practically dragged her to a nearby chair.
“W-What the fuck? How? How!?”
“Sasha, are you—”
Without waiting for Burai’s question to finish, Tressa rushed over to her and practically tackled her with a hug. He was coming at her from an awkward angle, so rather than a graceful embrace, it ended up with him sliding down an arm head over tail. Undeterred, he righted himself and wrapped his tail around her shaking hand.
“Sasha, breath. Five seconds in, five seconds hold, five seconds out, remember? We’ve got you.”
Gradually, her breathing stabilized, and her hands began to steady. Her eyes, however, remained wild and dilated, still roughly focusing on the small blue object in Trish’s paws. After several long seconds, she finally took the hint and carefully set it back in the case.
“Sasha, talk to me. What is it?”
Sasha’s voice was still unsteady, hands still slightly trembling as she pointed at the container. “...What is it? Do… any of you know what that is? What you’ve brought?”
“It’s an egg, isn’t it? I mean, it’s in an incu—”
“It’s an Arxur.”
“...What?”
“That’s an Arxur’s egg.”
Her words rang out like a gunshot, leaving still silence in its wake as the rest of the group processed the meaning behind them. Each person went through a set of reactions in series, timings offset. Shock, disbelief, denial, awe. Their faces and tails formed a silent orchestra of emotion.
Burai was the first to recover, and the first to speak. “How are we going to feed it?”
Sasha looked at him as though he had three heads.
“Well, it’s not like we can get synthesized meat anymore… there’s not exactly anywhere it could hunt, either. Maybe we—”
“Feed it? What fucking part of Arxur don’t you understand!? This is the same species that tore… Burai, you were there! On the cradle, you saw what they did! You should remember better than anyone! They had no empathy, no morals… They killed for fun, ate children out of their parent’s arms! And you want to…”
Sasha’s voice broke, but she continued. “...you want to raise it?”
Burai met her gaze but did not answer. In a truly rare moment, he seemed to be at a loss for words. Sasha looked around at the rest of them; they all wore the same look of determination and all failed to justify their decision with so much as a whisper of argument.
“You want to raise it?” she repeated again, louder this time, as though questioning them at higher volume would make them realize the error of their ways. “Do you think it’ll love you because you were the one feeding it flesh from birth? And… then what? What about every other species in this goddamn ash heap, will it love them enough to starve itself?” She looked around expectantly, but was met with the same steel glares.
“Well? Say something!” she spat. “Any of you!”
​
“Sasha…” Burai began gently, “Do you remember when Cilany’s interview first leaked?”
It was Sasha’s turn to go silent with a cold glare, apparently not seeing where the question led. The rest of the room shuddered; they’d heard the story before. He continued regardless. “The news that the Gojid once ate meat… it hit a lot of people hard. I was in a refugee shelter on Earth at the time. Nobody took it well. Nobody even talked for days afterwards. I heard a couple people tore out their claws and tried to remove their teeth. And there was this one kid… Teveq.
“He was so energetic, always off doing something. With the pups, usually, keeping them out of trouble. Or praying. He prayed to the Great Protector every night for his family to be found hiding somewhere on the cradle. Or sketching, buildings and burrows and skyscrapers. He wanted to be an architect, told me about it a few times. He was always so chatty… he kept me company when I couldn’t even bear to get out of bed. I found him in his room a couple days after we learned. He had a gun to his head.
“He didn’t pull the trigger, but it didn’t make a difference. He stopped eating, stopped talking. He stopped crying too after a few days, and he was just a breathing corpse, a corpse that lost more and more weight each day. He didn’t even pray anymore. The god he’d prayed to for protection hated him.
“When the Kolshians surrounded Earth, he didn’t leave. He wanted to burn. He thought he deserved it, because his people once ate meat.”
Sasha’s look of rage was replaced with sheer horror, but he wasn’t done. “The Federation killed him. Tore out his heart and soul, and incinerated what was left. Not just him, either. Nobody knows what the Gojid were once like before the Federation ‘cured’ us of our meat-eating sins. Nobody knows what we could’ve been, if the Kolshians had used their forces to save the cradle. Maybe they wouldn’t have done so even now, for our status as cured predators.
“The unhatched Arxur sitting on the chair; was it on the cradle? Did it personally kill Gojid? Or do you want us to kill it, burn it in cold blood just because its people once ate meat?”
This, finally, managed to shake Sasha from her stunned silence. Her rebuke was a far cry from the snarling fury she’d held just minutes ago, but she tried to make her voice firm. “Once ate meat? The Arxur can only eat meat, flesh they—”
“The Arxur are dead. They are dead, except for this little unhatched lizard. A being which has committed no sins, except by virtue of being born with a carnivorous digestive system. An innocent child, which represents everything the Federation tried to burn.”
The room was silent for several minutes. Sasha sat with her head buried in her hands, occasionally stealing glances at the container within which the egg sat and the Gojid sitting across from her. Each time, she wordlessly returned to her stance with a fresh layer of unease across her face.
A voice broke the silence. Shaky, muffled and laden with apprehension. Still, it sounded somehow firm, as though it had reached some sort of conclusion. Sasha sat up slightly straighter, though she kept her face covered.
“How… how are you going to feed it?”
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Memory transcript subject: Burai, Gojid business owner
Date [Standardized Human Time]: February 30th, 2177
Location: Lower sprawl of City 23, Venlil Prime
The rest of the group was already asleep downstairs, but Burai couldn’t make himself sleep. He’d dragged himself up to the empty bar and gotten back to work; though physically tired, the flame in his soul wouldn’t let him rest until it burned out. His passionate argument from earlier still filled his spirit with a fire which couldn’t be extinguished; he could at least put it to work tackling the awful pile of now-dried sludge he’d left for himself to clean up later.
There wasn’t much else for it to do, even if the rest of them were still awake. Sasha had conceded to not interfere with raising the Arxur; although she still wasn’t exactly thrilled about the prospect of one living at the Den, Burai’s defense had clearly knocked the wind out of her sails as far as killing it was concerned. The rest of them, having never lived in a world where the Arxur were a spectre of death and agony, were fully onboard from minute one. He might have to hold them back from cutting off their own fingers to feed the hatchling. After nearly an hour of debate, they still hadn’t established where they could get food for it.
A sharp knock on the door interrupted his thoughts and forced him to leave his task before completion once again. In his exhausted state, he nearly opened the door without even thinking. His claw was on the handle before he remembered that he’d left the hidden door to the Den wide open. He dragged himself over to the switch and lazily jabbed it, pointedly ignoring the knocks as they became more insistent.
Finally, once his little show of security theater was concluded to his liking, he sauntered back towards the door. One claw smoothed out his quills absentmindedly. He knew he probably looked like a wreck, although he didn’t have a mirror to prove it. Hopefully, whoever was outside wouldn’t take much notice. He unlocked the door and slipped it open.
“Hey! We’re closed today, but—”
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My mom and I will be celebrating a long overdue event later this month, just the two of us, and we’re looking for a nice restaurant to eat at!
Since we’re treating ourselves, we’re open to any kind of pricing option atm — popular higher-end restaurants or hole in the walls could work equally well (though if they don’t break the bank that would be a bonus 😂)
The only absolute requirements are:
1) great food 2) really nice outdoor seating (either with a view, rooftop seating, generally spacious, a courtyard with plants/flowers, etc)
Neither of us is into seafood/sushi, but we’re open to literally any other kind of cuisine! Also, if it helps, we’d likely be doing this for lunch, not dinner, so any places that are open by noon would be appreciated.
We’re mostly just looking for a great/relaxed/pleasant vibe that helps us feel like we’re treating ourselves to something nice :)
(I posted this is in the larger Bay Area sub, but was recommended to try here as well!)
Edit: you guys are giving such good recommendations, my list is growing!! Thanks all ❤️

I’m a 31 year old white mixed male looking for an ongoing distraction. I’m clean and vaccinated and able to travel around the Bay Area. Please also be clean and open to things. Thank you
Also have a breeding kink:
I am 5’9 caucasian mixed male. Fertile, successful in the past and seeking like minded women who are seeking to get pregnant and want their conception to be enjoyable (and pleasurable) as well as meaningful and purposeful. No arthritis and no heart issues in my family history. No STIs and no HIV and willing to show a printed copy of my test results to reassure you. I'm also sexually experienced and attentive to every new recipient. As long as you are over 18, I'm willing to help any women of any age, ethnicity, shape and size. in regards to... "My personal size," I'm circumcised, 6" long. I do my best to take good care of myself and I'm in my most fertile stage when I eat a large daily portions of seafood in my diet a week or two before every donation. If this has piqued your interest, let me know. I want to make your impregnation a success and I won't stop till the job gets done. Thank you.

Is there a way to play say, a full 4 bar loop at track tempo in media bay, when I only have a 1 bar loop selected in sequencer? Whenever I preview loops it only play back 1 bar as its linked to my main sequencer and it's really annoying.
This would help me out massively, as at the moment I'm having to drag loops in to preview the full loop

Hi all! Looking to get some feedback on the following itinerary for Late Summer this year.
Day 1 - Arrive + Meal

• Arrive HND ~4PM
• Dinner in Tokyo (Omakase Sushi Bar in Nihombashi)
• Stay with friends in Tokyo

Day 2 - Hakone Loop (weather permitting)

• Train Tokyo to Odawara
• Odawara Castle
• Hakone Tozan Railway/Cable Car to Gora
• Sengokuhara Susuki Grass Fields **
• Eat black eggs in Owakudani Valley
• Ropeway to Lake Ashinoko
• Hakone Sightseeing cruise
• Hakone Tozan Bus to Odawara
• Train Odawara to Tokyo
• Dinner in Tokyo
• Stay with friends in Tokyo

Day 3 - Fukushima Prefecture

• Train to Koriyama (2 hr from tokyo station 1)
• Get rental car
• Goshikinuma (5-color ponds)
• Cherry Trees along Kan-non-ji River **
• Shidahama Beach biking **
• Higashiyama Onsen Geisha performance
• Stay at Mukaitaki Ryokan

Day 4 - Aizu-Wakamatsu

• IImori Hill, last stand of white tiger corp **
• Tsurugajo castle
• Oyakuen Gardens (medicinal gardens) **
• Samurai Houses **
• Kamishiroya restaurant Buckwheat Soba
• Aizu Sauce Katsudon **
• Aizu Black Hair Wagyu
• Agemanju (deep-fried bean paste sweet) **
• Suehiro Sake Brewery
• Hotel New Palace

** Plan A - Sendai **
Day 5

• Kitakata Ramen (on the way out) **
• Risshakuji Temple (Yamadera)
• Akiu Great Falls
• Check into hotel by Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
• Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Baseball
• Rakuten STAY x EAGLES

Day 6

• Matsushima Bay Hot air balloon bay view
• Morning market **
• Daikannon Colossus Statue **
• Zuihoden Temple (Masoleuom of Date Masamune) **
• Matsushima Bay Grilled Oysters **
• Drive back to Koriyama to return rental car
• Train back to Tokyo

** Plan B - Niigata Prefecture **
Day 5

• Drive to Niigata
• Kiyotsu Gorge
• Bijin-bayashi (Beauty Forest) **
• Hoshitoge Rice Terraces
• Takada Castle
• Stay in Jōetsu

Day 6

• Kōya-ike Hütte
• Naena Falls
• Itoigawa Beach (Jadite Beach) **
• Oyashirazu Beach
• Return Car in Nagano
• Train to Tokyo (2hr)

** Back in Tokyo **
Day 7

• Giants Baseball @ Tokyo Dome
• Imperial Palace and East Gardens**
• Asakusa Mini Pleasure Cruise**
• Corridor Gai (Kokappo Ohashi Ginza) OR an Izikaya

Day 8

• Sumo Tournament
• Head to Airport/Depart

"**" Denotes an "if time allows" -- we can skip these if we are not feeling it at the time
Things we like - Food, History, Sports, Castles, Temples, Nature/Hiking
We will not have a fluent Japanese-speaking person with us.
Questions:
Sendai or Niigata?
Food or hotel recommendations?
Are we crazy?
Something we're missing on the route? Bogus activities that we could skip?
Alternatives if there is poor weather in Hakone?
If we have 3 people, can we stay at a Ryokan?
Thanks for all your contributions to this wonderful subreddit. It has helped immensely! Domo Arigato Gozaimasu!

Respect the Doctor

"You know what they call me in the ancient legends on the Dalek home world? The Oncoming Storm. You might have removed all your emotions, but I reckon right down deep in your DNA there’s one little spark left... and that’s fear. Doesn’t it just burn when you face me?"
🎵
At the conclusion of the Time War, the withered and wartorn Doctor started his life anew. Though he reclaimed his name after it was disowned by his War incarnation, he tried to distance himself from his past as the last remaining Time Lord in existence. He continued fighting injustice throughout time and space with steely determination while also remaining detached and brooding over his trauma. This incarnation may not have been among the longest in the totality of the Doctor's regeneration cycle, but marked a crucial period in the Doctor's life.
Make sure to check out the Tenth Doctor's thread because he uses the same versions of the sonic screwdriver and TARDIS as his predecessor.

Sources

Hover over a feat to view its source.

• Doctor Who (2005) series 1= E#
• The Day of the Doctor = 50th

Intelligence & Skill

Technological Aptitude

• Realizes that something is up with Platform One when the reported issues are not accurate.
• Deactivates the Adherents of the Repeated Meme by ripping off one of their arms and pulling out a wire.
• Correctly deduces that Cassandra used a teleportation feed to escape, quickly finds its hidden location and reverses it to teleport her back to face justice.
• Upgrades Rose's phone so she can call across time and space. Additionally, this phone could receive signals from inside a bunker and required no special input to pinpoint which specific time she wished to call.
• Understands the technology behind the Slitheen's skin suits shortly after learning about them for the first time.
• Hacks into the Navy with Mickey's help to launch a missile at 10 Downing Street.
• Shows a stubborn human how to play an alien musical instrument.
• Searches through a box full of alien weapons, sorting out which are broken and which are functional from a quick inspection.
• Works the security of a secret facility during a crisis.
• Understands how a data-sharing brain implant works while observing it in action for the first time.
• Knows the name, century of origin and manufacturer of Jack's sonic blaster.
• Identifies the type of spaceship Jack stole and the nanogenes found in another stolen vessel.
• Uses the nanogenes to end the Empty Child plague then sets the vehicle that released them to self-destruct.
• Discovers and understands the device Blon intends to use to escape Earth.
• Locates Rose in the Game Station using its difficult-to-crack computer system.
• Uses the Game Station's technology to build a delta wave transmitter to stop the Daleks, despite knowing full well it would destroy the Earth in the process. Even though the Doctor completes the machine in a matter of hours opposed to the days he estimated it would take, he refused to use it out of principle.

Observation & Deduction

• Exposes Cassandra as the true culprit behind Platform One's sabotage, even when she used robot drones as a scapegoat.
• Quickly identifies the "ghosts" as gaseous beings and understands how they can possess human corpses.
• Can tell that an "alien" is actually a mutated pig.
• Deduces that an alien spaceship crash was faked for a greater malicious purpose.
• Exposes 10 Downing Street's alien expert meeting as a trap.
• Figures out the Raxacoricofallapatorians' weakness by narrowing down what they know about them so far.
• Deduces what the Slitheen's end goal is.
• Discovers a conspiracy behind Satelite Five from minor details about its culture and later concludes its true purpose.
• Can tell that Nancy has lost a loved one due to her motherly nature towards the local urchins.
• Deduces the origin of the Empty Child plague and reveals that Nancy is the mother of the child in question, thereby bringing an end to the plague.
• Sees through Blon's attempt at distracting him and poisoning his drink.
• Escapes the Big Brother house by intentonally getting himself evicted and calling their bluff at the risk of disintegration.

Social Skills

• Improvises a way to charm different aliens.
• Takes charge of a group of soldiers holding him at gunpoint.
• Buys time by threatening to weaponize a wine bottle in an impractical way.
• Sends away a group of gas mask zombies by exploiting their child-like mentality.
• Fools Rose into going inside the TARDIS so he can send her home and out of harm's way.

Resourcefulness

• Uses a champagne bottle to expose Auton Mickey and aggravate it.
• Saves Rose and Harriet Jones from a pair of Slitheens by spraying them with a fire extinquisher.
• Counters Blon's poisonous breath with breath freshener.

Miscellanous

• Understands the Nestene Consciousness' roars and shrieks when trying to negotiate with it (the TARDIS translation circuit doesn't seem to be at play because Rose doesn't appear to understand it).
• Can exit and enter rooms very stealthily.
• Pickpockets Jack's sonic blaster and replaces it with a banana.
• Claims he can speak five billion languages.
• His knowledge of history is not always on point.

Physical Attributes

Biology

• Can survive fatal injuries or — in War's case — the toll of old age and exhaustion by regenerating his body into a renewed and radically different form. This incarnation met his end when he absorbed the energy of the Time Vortex.
• Has a much longer lifespan than humans. He is allegedly 900 years old by the time he meets Rose.
• Has two hearts.
• The DNA of a time traveler is potent enough that it rejuvenates a crippled Dalek into working condition with a touch. Though we only see this happen with Rose, it's safe to assume the same would apply to the Doctor.

Strength

• Pulls off Auton Mickey's head with his bare hands.
• Flips an Auton over his shoulder.
• Rips the arm off the lead drone of the Adherents of the Repeated Meme.
• Kicks a locked door open.
• Easily dispatches a human guard.
• Can be restrained by at least two Autons or reanimated humans.

Speed & Agility

• Catches a strike from one of the Adherents of the Repeated Meme.
• Makes it across a catwalk to pull a switch before the sun's rays can disintegrate Rose. While he is initially helped by slowing down the giant rotating fans in his way, this help expires by the last fan so he manages to cross it moving at rapid speeds through deep concentration
• Saves Rose from being devoured by a Reaper.
• Catches Blon's poison dart while glancing at a menu.

Durability

• Resists being strangled by a detached Auton arm. This exact arm was strong enough to slice open a steel pipe in a single swipe.
• Doesn't seem bothered by the excess amounts of gas filling up the room.
• Not only withstands an electric shock fatal to humans, but places the device discharging the electricity onto one of the alien perpetrators.

Senses

• Claims he can feel the Earth rotate, though is possibly just being overdramatic.
• Senses the Gelth moving through the walls of a mortuary.
• Tails an elusive girl through smell.
• Claims he can see the past, present and future simultaneously which is too overwhelming for a human mind.

TARDIS

The TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space) is the Doctor's mode of transport as well as his home. By traveling through the Time Vortex, it can materialize to any point in space and time. Though this model is rather old and semi-functioning, it's still a very powerful object in its own right. Oh, and it's also bigger on the inside.
Space Travel & Mobility

• Lands in a secret, highly-secure facility 53 floors underground.
• Lands inside Jack's warship so he can escape its destruction.
• Saves Rose from a hostage situation on the Dalek mothership by materializing around her into the safety of the TARDIS. However, this also brings a Dalek inside that is quickly disposed of.
• Intends to go to Naples in 1860 but ends up in Cardiff in 1869.

Time Travel & Manipulation

• Travels 100 years in the future, then 10,000 and finally 5,000,000,000 years.
• Rose claims she can go on countless journeys and arrive back in 10 seconds, but didn't either because the TARDIS malfunctioned or she just forget.
• Along with twelve of his past and future incarnations, he uses the TARDIS to freeze Gallifrey in time and seal it in a pocket dimension.
• Certain points in time are in flux, meaning somebody's existence in the future does not always ensure that undesirable outcomes will not happen.
• Means to take Rose home 12 hours after her departure, but messes up and takes her 12 months after she left.
• Takes Rose back to witness her father's death, then takes her back again thereby creating two sets of the Doctor and Rose in the same place in time. When Rose prevents her father's demise, the original pair disappear. This violation of time brings upon the Reapers to devour anyone in sight and turns the TARDIS into an empty shell. All of this is reversed when Rose's father follows out his death and lets himself get run over by the same car which had been forced into a perpetual loop by Rose's actions. Though the timeline is restored, miner changes from its first iteration remain.
• Chases a spacecraft to Earth and ends up weeks behind it when they land.
• The Doctor's heroic deeds at one point in time have negatives consequences that he encounters first hand when he ends up in the same place 100 years later.
• The Doctor can't just use the TARDIS to go back in time to avert the current problem.

Navigation

• Tries to locate the Nestene Consciousness by connecting Auton Mickey's decapitated head to the console.
• Marks the flight path of a spaceship from 12 hours ago.
• Gets taken off course by a mysterious signal.

Security & Defenses

• The assembled hordes of Genghis Khan allegedly couldn't get through the TARDIS Door.
• Can fly into the heart of a plasma storm without getting critically damaged.
• Implies that the TARDIS could withstand the explosion of Jack's warship with the doors open or not, comparing it to a draft.
• The Chamelion Circuit allows the TARDIS to change its exterior to blend in with whatever time or place it lands. Because it malfunctioned in the 1960's, the TARDIS has been stuck in the form of a police box ever since.
• The TARDIS is protected by a forcefield capable of withstanding missiles from the Dalek mothership and direct blasts from Dalek rayguns.
• Remotely sends Rose home to keep her out of harm's way and to keep it out of the hands of those who would misuse it.
• Before using a recovery vehicle, Mickey fails to pry open the TARDIS console using a chain hooked to his car.
• The Daleks kidnapped the Doctor and his companions from within the TARDIS using a transmat beam. This beam had to be particularly powerful since a regular one wouldn't be able to breach the TARDIS.

Heart

• The power of the Cardiff Rift forces the Heart of the TARDIS open. When Blon Slitheen looks into it, it connects with her telepathically and reverts her back into an egg so she can live a new, crimeless life.
• After snapping open the console using a recovery vehicle, Rose absorbs the power of the Time Vortex through the Heart of the TARDIS. She then mentally sends the TARDIS back to the future where the Doctor is, having become the legendary Bad Wolf. Rose uses this power to destroy the entire Dalek empire, revive Jack Harkness (and consequently make him immortal) and scatter the words "Bad Wolf" throughout time to form a self-sustaining paradox. However, such power is too much for her mind and body so the Doctor transfers it into his before returning it to the TARDIS.

Console

• Because it's an old model, the Doctor has to sometimes hit the console with a hammer to get things going.
• Plays music.
• Has a scanner capable of viewing the TARDIS' surroundings and local television channels.
• Has a working phone, yet the phone located on the outside is typically non-functional and just for show.
• Plays a holographic message the Doctor prepared for Rose in times of emergency.

Miscellanous Features

• The TARDIS translation circuit allows the Doctor and his companions to understand and speak the local language of wherever they visit.
• Contains a wardrobe full of clothes to help blend in with different time periods.
• The TARDIS key glows when it's about to materialize nearby. It could also summon the TARDIS remotely, even during a temporal disturbance.
• Cancels the Slitheen's galactic advertisement signal.
• Needs to refuel. A few days standing by the Cardiff Rift will do the job.
• Was used by Blon's extrapolator to open up the Rift which could potentially destroy the world.
• Reveals that the disintegrator ray used at the Game Station was actually a transmat beam.

Sonic Screwdriver

The sonic screwdriver is the Doctor's multi-purpose handheld tool. It's mostly used for opening or unlocking doors, but can fulfill a myriad of other functions.
Locks

• Locks a metal door that holds back Auton Mickey for a while.
• Removes a circuit panel.
• Frees the Doctor from futuristic restraints.
• Opens the backstage door to a nightclub.
• Opens a padlock.
• Locks a doorway to keep out a group of gas mask zombies for a few hours.
• Opens handcuffs.
• Can't break Rose out of a jammed door from the future.
• Can't break out of a steel bunker.
• Can't unlock a door with a deadlock seal or smash through exoglass unless an outside force allows it.

Scanning & Tracking

• Ends up in Rose' flat while following a signal for Autons.
• Discovers that the gas mask zombies have identical symptoms by scanning them.
• Gets multiple energy readings from scanning the Game Station.

Manipulating Technology

• Disables an elevator.
• Renders an Auton arm inanimate by cutting off the signal controlling it.
• Hacks into a digital keypad.
• Keeps Platform One's sun filter up even when the system actively fights to make it descend.
• Controls an elevator.
• Hacks into a futuristic ATM to give Adam some digital money in unlimited amounts.
• Hacks into Satelite Five's mainframe.
• Destroys Adam's home phone.
• Transfers the power from a common battery into the TARDIS key.
• Intercepts Blon's teleporter, causing her to keep teleporting in his direction.
• Damages a security camera.
• Activates the TARDIS from the outside.

Physical Alteration

• Removes the bolts on a cat flap.
• Attempts to loosen concrete bars by sending a resonation pattern through them.
• Reconnects severed barbed wire.

Other

• Being sonic, it's not every silent.

Other Equipment

• Carries around a piece of psychic paper that telepathically projects his thoughts into the minds of those who read it, allowing him inflitrate spaces or pose as figures of importance or authority. He has used it to pass himself off as an invited guest to Platform One's Earth destruction party, a member of management at Satelite Five and a member of the Ministry of Astronauts.
• Destroys a department store housing Autons using a homemade explosive.
• Kills the Nestene Consciousness with a vial of anti-plastic.
• Hands Mickey a disc containing a computer virus that would erase all mention of the Doctor on the internet.
• Spies on a building with high-tech binoculars.
• Supervises Blon during her last meal using special armbands from Jack which strike her with 10,000 volts if she goes further than 10 feet away from him.
• Unlike other incarnations, he is more willing to use firearms in desperate situations but may just equip it as an intimidation tactic.

Miscellanous

• Witnessed the Kennedy assassination, the eruption of Krakatoa, the fall of Troy, and World War V. He also pushed boxes for the Boston Tea Party and was on the Titanic when it sunk but not before warning a family not to go.
• MILF magnet.
• Oop North.
• Considered something of a celebrity.
• Santa?
• Makes Daleks back away in fear.

"Fantastic"

Me and fellow reddit user Nasabeak have, for the past 7 months, been working on crewing up as many soldiers in the Gambino family during 1963.
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We have received the FOIAs of almost all the family captains, and presented is what we have so far. There may be additions added later, but likely no major progress.
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Administration
Boss: Carlo ‘Don Carlo’ Gambino (61y)
Underboss: Joseph ‘Joe Bandi’ Biondo (66y)
Consigliere: Joseph ‘Staten Island Joe’ Riccobono (69y)
Acting Consigliere: Offered to Joseph Zingaro (51y)
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Capidecina

1. David ‘Papa Dave’ Amodeo (70y) (Crew totaling ~15 - 20 men) (The Bronx)

Soldiers

• Pietro Angelo (phonetic)
• Rudolph Michael ‘Rudy’ Pipolo (37y)
• John ‘Johnny Angelo’ Angelone (48y)
• Michael ‘Mike The Geep’ Sedotto (43y)
• Albert ‘Albert Pizza’ DeMatteo (72y)
• John ‘Johnny Pie’ DeMatteo (47y)
• Joseph ‘Joe From The Bronx’ Gambino (33y)
• Salvatore ‘Sam / Torrido’ Scalisi (77y)
• John Scalise (64y) (Res. Palermo, Sic.)
• Giacomo ‘Jack Scalise’ Scalisi (61y)
• Philip ‘Skinny Phil’ LoScalzo (48y)

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1. Anthony ‘Tough Tony’ Anastasio (57y) (Crew totaling ~35 men) (Brooklyn)

Soldiers

• Mario Cinisomo (50y)
• Anthony Pimpinella (44y)
• Jerome ‘Jerry’ Brancato (35y)
• Anthony ‘Toto’ Anastasio (35y)
• Anthony ‘Little Tony’ Scotto (29y)
• Benedetto ‘Benny’ Terranova (51y)
• John Joseph Scotto (53y)

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1. Domenico ‘Mike’ Arcuri (77y) (Crew totaling ~20 men) (Manhattan / CT)

Connecticut Crew reported to Arcuri
Soldiers

• Nicola Patti (68y)
• Paolo Agresta (57y)
• Giuseppe LiCalsi (78y)
• Joseph Anthony Serao (48y)
• Joseph Thomas Arcuri (50y)
• Ignazio ‘Benny’ Marchese (60y)
• Thomas ‘Tommy’ DeBrizzi (40y)
• Isadore ‘Jerry’ Castiglione (54y)
• John ‘Fred Sarno’ Palmieri (48y)
• Cosimo/Cosmo Sandalo (48y)
• Thomas ‘Tom’ Frouge (49y)
• Peter ‘Pete’ Genova (54y)

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1. Paul Castellano (48y) (Crew totaling ~30 - 35 men) (Brooklyn)

Soldiers

• Angelo Meli (33y)
• Vittorio Masotto (55y)
• Thomas John Masotto (57y)
• Constantino Castellano (63y)
• Joseph ‘Joey’ Guglielmini (53y)
• Paolo ‘Don Paolo’ Gambino (59y)
• Frank ‘Butch’ Guglielmini (38y)
• John Battista Riccobono (53y)
• Peter Castellana (36y) (IP; USP Atlanta)
• Anthony Frank ‘Nino’ Gaggi (38y)
• FNU (LN = 5 letters) (Tocco?)

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1. Joseph ‘Gus’ Colozzo (58y) (Crew totaling ~30 - 35 men) (Brooklyn)

Soldiers

• Battista ‘Tito’ Balsamo (61y)
• Manuel ‘Manny’ LoPorto (43y)
• Dominick Mimi’ Lagana (60y)
• Domenico ‘Joe Pitts’ Petito (59y)

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1. Pasquale ‘Patsy’ Conte (38y) (Queens)

Soldiers

• Frank Versaglio (37y)
• Pasquale Barranca (36y)
• Giosafat Spitaleri (62y)
• Louis ‘Jelly’ Di Bono (36y)
• Giuseppe Di Bono (63y)
• Alfonso Spitaleri (32y)

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1. Aniello ‘Neil’ Dellacroce (49y) (Crew Totaling ~18 men) (Manhattan / Queens)

Soldiers

• Vincent James Yacono (37y)
• Anthony ‘Tony West’ DeLutro (36y)
• Charles ‘Charlie West’ DeLutro (47y)
• Daniel ‘Danny Wags’ Fatico (42y)
• Michael ‘Mickey’ Cirelli (55y)
• Michael ‘Mike Tali’ Caiazzo (51y)
• Carmine ‘Charlie Wagner’ Fatico (53y)
• Anthony ‘Fat Andy’ Ruggiano (37y)
• Anthony ‘Tony Lee’ Guerrieri (34y)
• Guido ‘Dolls’ DeCurtis (49y)
• Edward ‘Ottawa’ Consalvo (43y)
• Ettore ‘Eddie’ DeCurtis (50y)
• Frank ‘Frankie Martin’ Barranca (35y)
• Joseph Stephen Barranca (34y)
• Giacomo ‘Jack’ Morelli (51y)
• Guido ‘The Bull’ Penosi (33y)
• Joseph Vincent Bisogno (32y)
• Michael Vincent Catalano (45y)

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1. Charles Dongarra (67y) (Crew totaling ~35 men) (Manhattan)

Acting Capodecina: Joseph Gallo (51y)
Soldiers

• Albert Seru (56y)
• Andrew Alberti (43y)
• Louis Patrick Como (43y)
• Antonio ‘Tony’ Leggio (60y)
• Frank Bucheano (phonetic)
• Louis Joseph ‘Louie’ Rumore (48y)
• Robert ‘Bobby Red’ Crapanzano (29y)
• Alfred Santantonio (40y) (killed 7.1963) (CI)
• Francesco ‘Frank Miller’ Luciano (63y)
• Samuel ‘Sammy Butch’ Rumore (51y)
• James ‘Jimmy Lefty’ Surrusco (49y)
• Joseph ‘Joe Brown’ Giordano (52y)
• Joseph ‘Joe Satchel’ Cusimano (55y)
• Joseph Anthony ‘Jo Jo’ Manfredi (37y) (IP)
• Anthony ‘Big Tony’ Vanella (69y)
• Patrick Louis Crapanzano (54y)
• Peter ‘Petey The Bull’ Baratta (52y)
• Steven ‘Stevie Coogan’ Grammauta (47y)
• Frank ‘Frankie The Wop’ Gagliardi (58y)
• Lawrence Patrick ‘Larry’ Bonomo (36y)
• John ‘Johnny Connecticut’ Busso (64y)
• Charles ‘Charlie’ Biondo (51y) (poss. deceased)
• Thomas ‘Tom Satchel’ Cusimano (63y)
• Anthony ‘Tony Russo’ Spallino (56y)
• Salvatore ‘Sonny’ Arena (35y)

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1. Alfred ‘Freddy’ Eppolito (44y) (Crew totaling ~30 men) (Brooklyn)

Soldiers

• Peter ‘Petey 17’ Piacenti (42y)
• Ralph ‘Fat The Gangster’ Eppolito (47y)
• James ‘Jimmy Dano’ Androlini (41y)
• Andrew ‘Andy Boston’ Parillo (54y)
• Frank Francis ‘Hank’ Bonino (46y)
• David 'Dave Cavelli’ Iacovetti (49y)
• Arnold ‘Allie Boy’ Romano (49y)
• James ‘Jimmy The Clam’ Eppolito (47y)

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1. Peter ‘Little Pete’ Ferrara (52y) (Crew totaling ~40 men) (Brooklyn / NJ)

Soldiers

• John Rizzo (44y)
• John Torregrossa (44y)
• Andrew Torregrossa (38y)
• Andrea Torregrossa (71y)
• Angelo Torregrossa (49y)
• Salvatore ‘Toddo’ Aurello (49y)
• Andrew ‘Mingie’ Avellino (51y) (died 10.1963)
• Nicholas Joseph Russo (53y)
• Vincent ‘Boozie’ DeCicco (50y)
• Lawrence ‘Larry’ Pistone (36y)
• James ‘Jimmy Brown’ Failla (44y)

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1. Joseph Gambino (55y) (Brooklyn)

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1. Olympio ‘Lilo’ Garofalo (59y) (Crew totaling ~10 old men) (Manhattan)

Soldiers

• Peter Fria (69y)
• Salvatore Guarnieri (48y)
• Giosue Meli (73y)
• Jerome ‘Jerry Mummy’ D’Aquila (46y)
• Giuseppe ‘Piddu’ Ingrassia (70y)
• Giovanni Salica (80y)
• Louis ‘Louie’ Salica (51y)
• Salvatore Guglielmini (56y)
• Gaetano ‘Tano Longo’ Martino (63y)
• Dominick ‘Nickey’ DeMartino (52y)
• Joseph ‘Pedro’ Benintende (54y)
• Vincenzo ‘Mr. Jimmy’ DiLeonardo (83y)
• Paul ‘Paulie Zack’ Zaccaria (39y)
• Philip John Meli (34y)
• Peter D’Agalo (ph)

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1. Arthur Leo (39y) (Crew totaling ~30 men) (East Harlem / Queens)

Soldiers

• Thomas (LNU)
• Frank Mosca (56y)
• Giacomo ‘Jack’ Scarpulla (64y)
• Francesco Rizzo (66y)
• Vincent James Casablanca (50y)
• Joseph Casablanca (52y)
• Alfonso Louis Mosca (49y)
• Nicola ‘Nicky Nelson’ Melillo (45y)
• Ralph ‘Ralphie Bones’ Mosca (53y)
• John ‘Big John’ Casablanca (52y)
• Anthony ‘Tony Baker’ Napolitano (63y)
• Frank ‘Frankie Moose’ Moccardi (46y)
• Anthony ‘Tony Plates’ Plate (50y) (FL)
• Michael ‘Black Mike’ Galgano (50y)
• Edward ‘Eddie Guido’ Quirolo (53y)
• Frank ‘Frankie Cigars’ Piccolo (42y)
• James ‘Little Jimmy’ Calo (41y)
• Anthony ‘Skunge’ Granza (48y)
• Charles ‘Sleepy’ Barcellona (48y)
• John ‘Baldy’ Daniello (42y)
• FNU ‘Hex’ LNU

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1. Carmine Lombardozzi (50y) (Crew totaling ~40 men) (Brooklyn / Manhattan)

Acting Capodecina: Michael Scandifia (44y)
Acting Capodecina? Joseph Gennaro (55y)
Soldiers

• Hugo Bassi (49y)
• Onofrio Modica (78y)
• Philip John Modica (34y)
• Francesco Palmieri (53y)
• Dominick Castore (52y)
• Leonardo Grillo (58y)
• Peter Tortorella (48y)
• Ignatius ‘Iggy’ DiBella (41y)
• Paul ‘Robbie’ DiBella (43y)
• Edward ‘Chris’ Amplo (54y)
• Dominick Marrone (47y)
• Peter ‘Pete Barry’ Palmieri (52y)
• Louis Charles Guiga (36y)
• John Lombardozzi (38y)
• Louis ‘Louie D.’ DeFilippo (41y)
• Paul Lombardozzi (48y)
• William Charles Cottone (48y)
• Antonino ‘Zu Nino’ Indelicato (73y)
• Hugo ‘Big Hugo’ Rossi (62y)
• Accursio ‘Swifty’ Marinelli (52y)
• Joseph ‘Joe The Wop’ Gennaro (56y)
• Sabato ‘Sammy Mints’ Muro (46y)
• William ‘Big Willie’ Amendolace (45y)
• Vincent ‘Jimmy The Blond’ Corrao (54y)
• Frank ‘Frankie Brown’ Bongiorno (57y)
• John ‘Johnny Pesce’ Chiarello (50y)
• Dominic ‘Dom’ Mundo (47y)
• Santo ‘Lloyd’ Patti (52y)
• Pasquale ‘Patty’ Lauro (48y)
• Ettore ‘Etto’ Colao (52y)
• Philip ‘Bibs’ Perfetti (50y)
• Nicholas Resitano (53y)
• Zinnine (ph)

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1. Angelo Mascia (54y) (Crew totaling ~20 men) (The Bronx)

Soldiers

• Felice ‘Little / Skinny Phil’ Teti (49y)
• Anthony ‘Tony The Geep’ Sedotto (50y)
• Frank ‘Frankie Loc’ LoCascio (31y)
• Salvatore ‘Fat Sal’ Bonfrisco (52y)

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1. Rocco ‘Rogie’ Mazzie (47y) (Crew totaling ~30 men) (The Bronx)

Soldiers

• Frank ‘Big Frankie’ Pasqua (40y)
• Matthew Joseph Cuomo (58y)
• James ‘Jimmy Ward’ Massi (55y)
• Robert ‘Sonny’ Guippone (33y)

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1. Luigi ‘Don Luigi’ Morici (67y) (Baltimore)

Soldiers

• Edward Corbi (50y)
• Joseph Gigliotti (60y)
• Francesco Malvaso (62y)
• Benjamin Mangialino (50y)
• Frank ‘Frankie’ Corbi (59y)
• Charles ‘Charlie’ Barbera (59y)
• Giacomo ‘Jimmy’ Romano (54y)
• Vincent ‘Jimmy’ Caronna (59y)
• Joseph ‘Joe Lino’ Tamburello (58y)
• Joseph Nunzio Corbi (52y)
• Mario Orazio Anello (58y)
• Louis Harry Comi (58y)
• Gaetano LaFata (65y)

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1. Joseph Paterno (40y) (Crew totaling ~35 men) (NJ)

Soldiers

• James Palmieri (46y)
• Michael Guiliano (46y)
• William Malanga (54y)
• Joseph Covello (37y)

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1. Frank Perrone (54y) (NJ)

Soldiers

• Anthony Scoma (58y)
• Michael Mandaglio (43y)
• Anthony Accardi (57y)
• Joseph Insabella (45y)
• Frank ‘Cheech’ Corsi (49y)

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1. Gaetano Russo (72y) (Crew totaling ~9 men) (Brooklyn)

Soldiers

• Joseph Cusimano (52y)
• Anthony Cusimano (36y)
• A Son in law of Russo

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1. Joseph ‘Joe Rivers’ Silesi (67y) (FL)

Soldiers

• Thomas Altamura (50y)
• Agostino ‘Augie’ Amato (62y)
• Giovanni Battista Ignizio (62y)
• Joseph ‘Joe Scooch’ Indelicato (53y)
• Frank ‘Crazy Frank’ Amato (33y)
• Vincent ‘Jimmy Dee’ Palmisano (49y)
• Vincent ‘Jimmy’ Amato (36y)
• All button men who live permanently in Miami

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1. Peter Stincone (66y) (Crew totaling ~10 old men) (Manhattan / Queens)

Soldiers

• Salvatore Curto (74y)

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1. Giuseppe Traina (80y) (Crew totaling ~40 men) (Brooklyn / Staten Island)

Soldiers

• Filippo LiCastri (76y)
• Angelo ‘Mileno’ Mannino (68y)
• Mario ‘Red’ Traina (48y)
• Vincent ‘Jimmy’ LiCastri (49y)
• Giuseppe ‘Joseph’ Giardina (67y)
• FNU Giallombardo
• Samuel John Mannino (41y)
• Vincent Frank ‘Jimmy’ Sarullo (46y)
• Paul ‘Whitey’ SanFilippo (46y)
• Louis Michael ‘Red’ Giardina (39y)
• Joseph ‘Joe Oxie’ Marino (39y)
• Vincent James ‘Jimmy’ Amato (49y)
• Joseph ‘Teddy’ Giardina Jr. (30y)
• Charles ‘Charlie’ LiCastri (40y)
• Salvatore ‘Teddy’ Giardina (42y)
• Nicola ‘Diamond Dick’ Traina (died 12.1963)
• Individual who owns a bar in Staten Island (poss. LiCastris)
• Sam Turone (ph) (poss. Salvatore Tirone)

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1. Ettore 'Terry’ Zappi (59y) (Crew totaling ~25 men) (Brooklyn)

Soldiers

• Anthony Michael Zappi (39y)
• Frank ‘Frankie Dap’ D’Apolito (42y)
• Frank ‘Frankie Blair’ Morano (49y)
• Frank ‘Frankie Reno’ Ruggiero (51y)
• Edward ‘Edwardo’ Bonica (38y)

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1. Joseph Zingaro (51y) (Crew totaling ~20 men) (The Bronx / Westchester)

Soldiers

• Frank ‘F. F.’ Fiumara (51y)
• Nicholas ‘Nick’ Gialella (59y)
• Angelo Mascia (54y) (see note 1)
• Frank ‘Rummy’ Mastroiacova (49y)
• Louis ‘Louie The Gimp’ Avitabile (52y)
• John ‘Big John’ DeGregorio (53y)
• Joseph ‘Joey Surprise’ Feola (48y)

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Notes:
Note 1: Mascia identified by Santantonio as Capodecina in January 1963. Later that year identified as soldier under Joseph Zingaro. Probable that Mascia stepped down and was replaced by Sedotto sometime later in 1963.

• Alfred Eppolito died in May 1963 and was succeeded as captain by James Eppolito.
• Anthony Anastasio died in March 1963 and was succeeded as captain by Anthony Scotto.

Soldiers (Crew Unknown)

• Ernesto Barese (43y)
• Giuseppe Busardo (Prob. Russo)
• Salvatore ‘Toddo Mack’ Trapani (50y) (Prob. Anastasio)
• Constantino ‘Gus’ Scannavino (Colozzo / Anastasio)
• Joseph Pimpinella (47y) (Prob. Anastasio)
• Salvatore Chiri (75y) (Prob. Russo)
• Nunzio Squillante (40y)
• Anthony Carminati (45y) (Former Scalise Crew)
• Vincenzo Aversa (63y) (Prob. Russo)
• Joseph Russo (Prob. Russo)
• Joseph Florino (69y)
• Gioacchinio ‘Jack’ Parisi (64y)
• Peter Modica (54y) (Prob. Lombardozzi)
• Frank Lofaro (70y)
• Louis D’Agostino (55y) (Prob. Traina)
• Pietro Beddia (56y)
• Aniello ‘Wahoo’ Mancuso (33y) (Prob. Zingaro)
• Salvatore ‘Sal’ D’Acquisto (66y) (Prob. Castellano Crew)
• Giuseppe ‘Joe’ LoPiccolo (64y)
• Salvatore ‘Toto’ Settimo (63y)
• Alexander ‘The Ox’ DiBrizzi (71y)
• John ‘Johnny Dee’ D’Alessio (51y)
• Alexander ‘Pope’ D’Alessio (49y)
• Salvatore Alfonso Tocco (75y) (Possibly the FNU (5 letters LN) Castellano Crew)
• Salvatore Riccobono (49y) (Prob. Castellano)
• Gennaro ‘Jerry’ Mancuso (37y) (Prob. Zingaro)
• Aniello DeGregorio (64y) (Prob. Zingaro)
• Giovanni Sciascia (60y) (Prob. Stincone)
• Eduardo Aronica (73y) (Prob. Stincone)
• Nicola ‘Cola’ Gentile (78y) (Prob. Stincone)
• Alfonso ‘Jim’ Attardi (66y) (Prob. Stincone)
• Andrew Ferraiola (57y)
• Constantine Mastromarino (45y)
• Michael ‘Mickey’ Bove (54y) (Prob. Ferrara)
• Frank ‘Kelly’ Grillo (52y) (Prob. Ferrara)
• Robert ‘Bertie’ Grillo (53y)
• Michele Matranga (64y)
• Dominick Ida (64y)
• John Vincenzo Santoro (55y)
• Joseph ‘Pelham Bay Joe’ Emanuele (50y) (died 7.1963)
• Michael ‘Skinny Mike’ Pecoraro (65y)
• Frank Bonadio (60y)
• Santo Sorge (55y)
• Patrick ‘Patty’ Russo (46y)
• Giovanni Mangravite (74y)
• Germaio ‘Jerry’ Naclerio (46y)
• Michael Bucaro (54y)
• Frank ‘Frankie The Sheik’ Aliventi (60y)
• Michael ‘Mikey The Bull’ Baratta (59y) (Prob. Dongarra)
• Gerlando 'Jerry’ Mancuso (prob. Zappi)
• Joseph Belfiore (69y) (poss. Zappi)
• Joseph Bruno (poss. deceased)
• Ignatius Crachiola (44y)
• Joseph Pannizzo (64y)
• Frank Pannizzo (44y)
• Ernest ‘Cutface’ Devito (44y)
• Pietro Inzerillo (49y) (Gambino Crew?)
• Giovanni ‘Johnny’ Joseph Biondo (58y)
• Orlando Grieco (57y)
• Cosmo ‘Gus Winters’ Franco (57y) (Prob. Dongarra)
• Anthony Zangoglia (39y)
• Joseph ‘Peanuts’ Messina (43y)
• Calogero ‘Lelio’ DiCarlo (62y)
• Vincent ‘Jimmy’ Todaro (49y)
• Vincent Carrara (50y)
• James ‘Jimmy’ Stassi (46y)
• Nicholas DiBene (58y) (Prob. Leo)
• Mario Gargano (65y)
• Ferdinand Testa (46y)
• Anthony Zangarra (39y)
• Joseph Marchese (57y)
• Ralph ‘Captain Moon’ Sprizzo (67y) (died 11.1963)
• Gaspare Romano
• Anthony Cocacco
• Philip Pappa
• More TBA

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Estimated total membership ~400
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Possible Members

• Terenzio Armone (90y) (Dongarra Crew)
• Anthony ‘Skinny’ Accetta (Dongarra Crew)
• Biagio ‘Benny’ Sarullo (68y) (Traina Crew)
• Joseph Cosmo Russo (39y) (Castellano Crew)
• William 'Billy Batts’ Bentvena (30y)
• Paul ‘Paulie Bull’ Ruggiero (41y) (Zappi Crew)
• Frank ‘Cheech’ Dabbene (67y) (Corbi Crew)
• FNU ‘Chris’ LNU (c. 50y) Zappi Crew)
• Buster TNU (c. 50y) (Zappi Crew)
• Michael ‘Mikey Dee’ D’Alessio (50y) (Anastasio Crew?)
• Alfonso Mosca Jr (30y) (Arcuri Crew)
• Pietro Sorci (59y) (Paterno Crew)
• Alfred Armone (42y) (Dongarra Crew)
• Giuseppe Inzerillo (41y) (Gambino Crew)
• Thomas ‘Reds’ Aversa (66y) *Morici Crew)
• Angelo Munafo (36y) (Morici Crew)
• Calogero ‘Charlie’ Marino (Traina Crew)
• John ‘Johnny Butch’ Guglielmini (41y) (Castellano Crew)
• Michael Giacalone (41y) (Paterno Crew)
• Mario Piccinini (Zingaro Crew)
• Anthony ‘Tony Porky’ Porcelli (34y) (Mazzie Crew)
• Carmine ‘Jim’ Dellacroce (58y) (Dellacroce Crew)
• Thomas Averella (57y) (Corbi Crew)
• Patty LNU
• Joseph Adamo (51y) (Arcuri Crew)
• Louis ‘Diamond Lou’ Eppolito (76y) (Eppolito Crew)
• Salvatore ‘Sally’ Mezzasalma (64y) (Poss. Colombo)
• Angelo Scarpulla (47y) (Amodeo Crew)
• Vincent ‘Jimmy Reds’ Marino (77y)
• Ignatius ‘Iggy’ Orlando (36y) (Mazzie Crew)
• Joseph Caronna (83y)
• Gaspar Mione
• Salvatore ‘Jimmy’ Pisello (40y)
• Many Others

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Hi! I just purchased an Aquila X2 with H32 board the previous week. Simply loving it so far. I've already used half a kilo of PLA and no bad prints on stock, thanks to the information provided in this sub and the sticky post.
I have a question about proper bed leveling using the knobs with CR touch and Alex' firmware. So I'll start with that, and share my experience and tips with other new Aquila X2 H32 users further in this post.
Bed leveling question
I don't know if I'm correct, but CR touch feels like a correction for bed warping and improper manual bed leveling through the knobs. Therefore, proper manual bed leveling is still important, but you don't have to do this frequently anymore because CR touch can correct for this.
How can I manually realign my bed manually with the knobs in Alex' firmware? Cause I want to do that 'the stock way'. With stock, it would home using the Z-axis end stop sensor. From there, I just re-calibrate the bed using the A4 paper method. That way I can keep my the springs / silicone bed spacers in a proper and consistent working range. The Z-axis bed position is therefore referenced to the printer itself by the sensor. CR Touch can correct for further imperfections. But with Alex' firmware, homing the Z-axis would depend on the CR touch sensor and whatever improper calibration was done to the bed. There is no Z-axis reference to the printer itself.
I'm probably overthinking but sounds kinda logical to have this option. It's just that with the silicone spacers, they're designed for a certain working window where the bed is referenced to Z-axis end stop sensor. Otherwise, it would be a third thing to wonder about if it's too lose or too tight, just like the two belts.
Sharing my experience with other new Aquila X2 H32 users
Since everything went well, I've already bought and applied some upgrades after a week of usage. I noticed I needed to calibrate my bed after every print, so I bought the official Creality CR Touch module and silicone bed springs. On recommendation of this sub, I also bought the Creality metal extruder upgrade kit because this part seems to have a high failure rate. I picked the upgrade kit which also included the Capricorn bowden tube, since I want to print with other materials soon with higher temps.
Although the sticky post provided great information for the stock machine, it did lack some information about the upgrades everybody recommends here. At least in text form. I hate watching 15 minute YouTube videos for an answer that could be written in two sentences.
My first and only failed print was after replacing the bowden tube. It failed the PLA extrusion mid print. The tube was probably too long since both ends were cut perfectly round. The stock tube is 40 cm. My tube was cut at 50 cm with the idea to leave some spare to cut off when needed (e.g. the hot-end side of the tube). I had no problems anymore after cutting the tube length back to 40 cm.
When replacing the extruder, my tip would be not to tighten down the extruder gear attached the servo during the assembly process. This should be your last step so you can align the gear with the filament guiding bearing.
Another thing what bothered me is is firmware upgrade process. Yet another long YouTube video. The firmware upgrade is needed for the CR Touch upgrade. The official firmware for auto leveling (Aqulia X2 H32 BLtouch Firmware V5.3.3) sucks. Its unstable and freezed mid print. Therefore I switched to Alex firmware. Although not supported anymore, I love the stock Aquila X2 (non CBL Touch) firmware. Alex firmware is based on the source code of the latest official Aquila X2 H32 V5.1.8 firmware.
With the official Creality CR Touch upgrade, manual calibrate your printer bed and print a mount first before installing the upgrade. The included mounts are not compatible with the Aquila X2. I've printed this mount with X-axis tab. If you want to use the supplied bolts, use a M3 tap for the holes. You can also your own M3 bolts and nuts without a tap. Install the CR Touch upgrade. The CR Touch cable will fit easily through the bigger cable sleeve if you undo all tie-wraps. When accessing the H32 board, route and cable manage the cable around the board to not obstruct the fan.
I think it's good the know that lowest point of the CR Touch sensor lies higher than the nozzle. But the metal pin of the CR Touch will elongate itself when activated so you don't have to worry.
Here's a quick manual text written manual to flash Alex' firmware for tech-savvy users. If you need a step-by-step guide, please watch the videos. The mentioned downloads are the latest available versions. It will probably stay this way since these downloads are not supported by Alex anymore.

• Format a SD card as FAT32 with a cluster size of 4096 bytes.
• Download Alex' Marlin source code for the screen assets.
• In the source code archive, copy the Copy the DWIN_SET (Voxelab Red) folder to the root your formatted SD card. Rename the folder back to only DWIN_SET.
• Download Alex' Aquila X2 for H32 boards for the firmware upgrade. I've chosen BLTouch-5x5-H32.bin (BLTouch for auto bed leveling with the CR Touch upgrade, 5x5 for 25 measuring points, non high-speed HS).
• Create a folder on the SD card root named firmware and copy the download BIN file into that folder.
• Make sure your Aquila X2 is turned off, insert the prepared SD card into the printer base and turn the machine on.
• It will start to flash firmware immediately. If its booting into normal operation mode, your SD card is not prepared correctly. It will show a broken progress bar and come back alive after a short while. The screen might show mangled graphics when flashing is done.
• Turn off the machine to flash the display assets. Remove the SD card, disconnect and dismount the screen from the printer base.
• Unscrew the back cover from the screen to access a hidden SD card reader. You don't have to remove the mount from the display module. Insert the SD card, and reconnect the screen. It's better to not reassembly the whole thing at this point.
• Start your machine. If your SD card is prepared correctly, you will be greeted with a blue screen. When flashing the screen assets is done, the screen will flash orange.
• Turn off the machine, remove the SD card, and turn on the machine to verify the printer is working correctly. Reassembly if everything works fine.
• Do not reinsert the SD card into the printer. That will start a firmware upgrade again. Reformat it to your wishes, do not forget to return to the default cluster size.

After this your printer is ready to be calibrated with the CR Touch module. It's quite easy. I don't know it's significant or necessary, but I did preheat everything to account for thermal warping.

1. From the main menu, go to prepare.
2. Go to preheat.
3. Choose PLA.
4. Wait till everything is preheated.
5. From the main menu, go to leveling.
6. Check leveling active.
7. Go to create new mesh.
8. Choose confirm to save the mesh.

If there's a huge discrepancy between each measuring points, please level your bed using the knobs (and I have a question about that, see later this post). Open the mesh viewer to view this data.

1. From the main menu, go to leveling.
2. Go to mesh viewer.
3. Check viewer show values.
4. Go to mesh viewer.

I don't understand why people here are sometimes asking for Z-offset values. I think that's completely wrong to ask, right? This value is completly specific for each individual printer.

1. From the main menu, go to prepare.
2. Go to Z-offset.
3. Choose home Z-axis.
4. Check live adjustments.
5. Get a piece of typical 80 g/m² A4 paper and place it between the nozzle and bed.
6. Increase / decrease the Z-offset value. The perfect value is the value where there is some slight resistance moving the A4 paper. A microstep up would result in the A4 paper moving freely. Please note you have a few options to move the Z-axis. With microstep up, microstep down and setting a Z-offset value. Please note for the latter you have to push (confirm) the knob to apply the Z-offset value for live adjustments to work.

The next thing for me is PETG printing or OctoPrint. Thanks again for the resources!

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Memory transcription subject: Andes Savulescu-Ruiz, Human Director at the Venlil Rehabilitation and Reintegration Facility. Universal translator tech.
Date [standardized human time]: Dec 3 2136
I wandered up to the boys after Lihla got a bit bored of head scritches. Parents were still wandering around, but the three of them seemed pretty comfortable engaging in parallel play off in the back of the play room.
"Hello there," I said. I didn't have to be too mindful to avoid looming over them. They seemed largely unaffected by my size, and were themselves taller than some of the venlil nurses already. I wondered idly what the Arxur cut-offs for ages were. If we'd have to separate them from the girls.
"Your savageness," one said, bowing. "You honour us with your presence."
The other two bowed as well. The girls usually just scurried away, except for Lihla's insistence on "sitting with me". How differently had the boys been treated?
"That's um, that's not necessary," I said, gesticulating vaguely, "how are you boys doing?"
They stood up straight.
"I have been using the board to make squiggling lines," one said, pointing at the drawing board. "It is relaxing."
"I have been putting similar shapes together," said the next. He pointed at a table where he had sorted different blocks. One of the smaller girls looked tempted by his collection, and the fact that his attention was currently primarily on me. Just like Lihla, she moved in slow, incremental steps, ready to run away should her approach turn sour. I managed not to laugh, and kept my attention on the boys.
"I have been assembling the sticky triangles," said a third, and showed me a pretty good-looking geodesic dome he must have gotten just by building outward with the triangle magnets in a spiral pattern.
"Ah. Very nice. I was told you went to the doctor recently," I added.
"Yes, my teeth are very good and I am strong!"
"They tested my pain resistance with a big needle, but I did not scream," said the second one, clearly bragging.
"My appointment is later," said the third. I was a little impressed by how orderly they were. Like each of them knew their number in the order of who got to talk when.
"Well, that's good to know. If you find anything uncomfortable, please tell me so we can make it better for you," I said. They tilted their heads in confusion. "I'm Director Andes. You can ask to be brought to my office and any aide or nurse should be able to guide you there."
"I'm 857–" one started, and was quickly elbowed by the one next to him. He hissed in pain, then looked back at me and shook himself. "I'm Tito."
"I'm Julio."
"I'm Marco."
"Well, it's very nice to meet you boys," I said, smiling behind my visor. It was very exciting to hear them use the names they were given at the hospital. Aside from Lihla, none of the girls seemed very interested in getting names. A few of the nurses and aides had suggested some to them, but none had really stuck.
"It's nice to meet you, Savageness," Marcus said. To my and apparently his brothers' surprise, he jutted out a paw in front of him. I chuckled and shook it. The other two emulated Marcus, and I shook their paws as well. While I did that, the girl that had been eyeing Julio's collection stole a handful of blocks and scurried off to hide.
"Well, boys, I should be getting back to work now, but like I said, if you need help in any way, just ask for me."
They all nodded quickly. I gave Larzo a wave and headed back to my office. Once there, I updated Lihla’s file, made an appointment with Karim to discuss our situation, and finished the third batch of applications from prospective parents. I wasn't going to let him get his paws on it, especially given that they were in the lower income deciles. Venlil adoption incentives seemed to be meaningfully stronger than those of, say, Canada. In Canada, adoption often meant adoptive parents faced a wide variety of hurdles, but in Venlil Prime there were meaningful financial incentives that would more than make up for the cost of living of an average child. With special needs children, there was the added concern of accommodations. Venlil society was not well built for a neurodiverse population. Still, the financial incentive meant that I was looking for experience with children, a history of de-escalation of some sort, that sort of thing. I had no idea what Karim was looking for, but he did not strike me as a particularly charitable evaluator.
We already had verbal children with translator implants whose next step would be adoption and regular outpatient evaluations. We needed to ensure there were plenty of opportunities for them, including prospective human adoptive parents. So I erred on the side of generosity, with the knowledge that all of those whose application was accepted would still have to have interviews, and regular check-ins, to ensure nothing untoward happened to the children.
I took another walk near the end of my shift, and saw that Kanarel was being given a tour by a security officer. I gave him a little wave and he waved back. Only one claw after he'd been hired and he'd already hit the ground running! A few of the human volunteers were staring, and whispering to each other. His appearance might prove a little stressful, but I figured they'd get used to him soon enough.
I checked on the production labs, translator stock was solid and we could give the girls the implant next week. I ran through some reports, flagged a few things for later analysis, updated my own files in the shared database, pulled some files from other facilities for later reviewing. It was a very productive day, all told.
Eventually, I finished my shift and sent an email to the whole facility, first requesting that any invasive tests for the "predator" children seek my approval before going forward, and second explaining that I would be reducing my shifts to 2 or occasionally 2.5 claws. If I had actually been well-rested, I wouldn't have dismissed Varla when she tried to tell me about the boys' horns. I hadn't had a weekend in a month and a half, but that could wait. First, no more twelve-hour shifts.
Plus, if I had smaller shifts, maybe I could have days with a late start, and days with an early start. That might help fight the "sliding" schedule I had fallen into, with my 6-claw "days" of 24 hours failing to fit into a 20-hour paw.
Larzo spotted me as I was getting ready to leave.
"I would like to request the Upper Salwick game you owe me," he said, and I smiled behind the mask.
"That sounds great, actually."
We got to his place a few minutes later. His hensa was deep asleep on a bed of pillows Larzo assured me was her own making.
After a few minutes, the reason Larzo thought I was sure to win was obvious. "Upper Salwick" was some sort of weird, strategic Jenga. Each player had a set of parts, and each turn you had to play one of each type, as you built your little structure out of alien toy building blocks. Then, each player had five balls which were to be tossed at the other player's structure. Or shot through a little tube you could use as a dart gun. If both structures survived unscathed, you removed one piece and tried to knock them down with the balls again.
Larzo and I were mostly evenly matched in our ability to build something that wouldn't collapse on its own. The alien building blocks were not quite as stable as LEGO blocks, and made a very gentle, smooth sound when they hit the ground. Both structures would be elevated on a little platform made up of parts of the box re-folded (really clever design, actually). Any blocks that fell off the platform were a point in your enemy's favour.
I learned playing with Larzo that humans are much better at throwing things than the entire fucking galaxy. If you could score in paper football, you could beat almost any non-human sophont in Upper Salwick.
The standard "strategy" was to build the tallest, thinnest, most physically stable structure, on the grounds that your opponent would need a meaningful amount of luck (given the expected distances between the players and the size of the balls) in order to knock it over. People built in Upper Salwick to avoid being knocked down. A pyramid was the most stable structure I could design with those blocks. It was also the most likely to be hit, but it survived two or three hits before the first block fell off. I played to be able to withstand being knocked down.
Larzo built some sort of tower and I knocked it down on my second shot. He hit my pyramid five times and only one block fell down.
"I knew it. Those arboreal eyes of yours! Lulling me into a false sense of security with that miss…"
"I haven't played beer pong in ten years, cut me some slack," I said. I used my last three balls to knock the remnants of his tower off the platform. By the end of the first round, I had a pyramid minus one block, and he had literally two pieces left out of the starting twenty-five.
"Are we playing elimination or standard?" he asked as he gathered his fallen pieces.
"That should have been settled before we started, dude, I didn't know there were variations."
"Well, I assumed standard, but now I am looking for an excuse to play another game," he said with a twinkle in his eyes.
I laughed. "I take it you underestimated how hard I would win?"
"I did not know it was possible to knock pieces off the platform after you had already collapsed your opponent's structure."
I struggled not to laugh. “Well, what do you want to do now?”
"Perhaps we could go to one of the human growling bars," Larzo said, and I nearly spat out my water.
"...The what?" I croaked, and had to clear my throat.
"They're not too far out by train, humans regularly walk from the refugee camps to them," he continued. I stared at him.
"Larzo, what the fuck is a growling bar?"
"I thought it was a human tradition," he said, like it was the most natural thing in the world. "Humans go to these bars and growl as loudly as they can, bellowing their grief of Earth's bombing. On occasion, I have passed by and heard screeches translated as 'yesterday, all my woes appeared to be distant, now it seems that they are permanent."
The realization hit me like a smack from Rodriguez. "No way. No. That's not–Are you calling that a growling bar?"
"Yes. What is the proper nomenclature, if not that?" he asked.
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Memory transcription subject: Lieutenant Asleth, Arxur Dominion Third Fleet.
Date [standardized human time]: Oct 19, 2136
When I volunteered to aid the humans after the bombing, I did not grasp the extent of their devotion to prey. I arrived at the Canadian space port near a vast, beautiful lake, and once there was taken to a hangar wherein I was made to wait.
And wait.
And wait, until that prophet-damned squealer would stop squirming with fear. They were not so far that I could not hear, but listening only exacerbated my exhaustion at the situation.
“You’re going to be perfectly safe,” said one of the humans. I worried that they would refuse our help altogether to appease it. That the only fellow sapients the Galaxy had to offer would reject us just the same as the prey had. That they would first love creatures that hated them, before any Arxur. No matter our help, our curiosity, our desire to join forces.
“No I’m not, and I’m not going to get myself eaten for you apes!” the creature squealed. How could humans stand for such disrespect?
“If you would like to resign, we can return you to your fleet–”
“No! I–I can do this, I can do this I—I can’t do this!”
“We specifically paired you with an Arxur whose job is primarily communications,” the human said patiently. “This is not a raider, or a front-line soldier.”
“It’s still a monster!”
I groaned from my place in the room, waiting on, and on… These tree-dwelling chatterboxes wouldn’t know an ally if they saved their species from extinction.
“I’m afraid we can’t turn down Arxur help right now. They’re much stronger than humans, having one on your team means we can send more of our own elsewhere. Help more people.”
“You’re telling me humans are too weak to protect me from those monsters?!”
“Well, no, we’ll still have armed men, but when it comes to pulling people out of rubble…”
There was a curious silence, after which the prey made a proposal.
“Call the translator tech. The one who worked with the prisoners. My friend worked with him. She said he could talk them down from anything. The [one who whispers at lizards].”
That was an interesting development. I leaned a little bit towards the wall, to see if I could hear better. There was a pause during what I assumed was the human speaker’s search for a communication device.
“Hey, Andes?.. You were scheduled to land today, would you by any chance still–Perfect. Can you come over to Hangar Bay five?.. I’m sorry, I know your contract–we’ll compensate you. Look, I have a Zurulian here who won’t set foot within prowling distance of our Arxur volunteer without you here… Not my fault you're famous... Time is lives, pal. See you in a few.”
“Well?” the prey creature squeaked.
“They’ll be here in a bit. We caught them just in time.”
The next few minutes were exhausting. Waiting in silence while mere metres away the humans coddled the terrified prey. Eventually, the door opened and I awakened from the haze of boredom.
In stepped a human in one of those formal sets of armour they wore with the white lining their ribcage, black layer on top, and the noose around their throats. Behind the human was the Zurulian, cowering, as they always did.
Behind the two of them came another human, wearing armour even less protective than the noose-wearer's. He(?) was further made distinct by the other humans in military armour, much like the ones I had seen around other bases, or in their communications network. Not to mention that the soldiers all stood straight, their bodies stiff, their jaws marked, while the civilian slouched and yawned, his body on its face weaker and softer than the soldiers’.
“Alright, Asleth was it?” the one in the black pelt with the noose said. I wondered briefly if it was a measure of trust. They wore a noose around their necks so that they could be more easily strangled, and thus their good behaviour was ensured…
“Yes,” I said. “I am Lieutenant Asleth, I work communications as you told the vermin, and volunteered to assist in the rescue of survivors from the city of Royalmount.”
“Perfect,” said the human. “This here is Dr. Rusen. These guys are Philippe, Francois, and David. And the newest recruit to the team, who will be working with Dr. Rusen, is Dr. Andes Savulescu-Ruiz.”
“Still not technically–” began Andes Savulescu-Ruiz, but the man in the noose waved him off.
“Close enough. You'll be doing first aid, checking victims for brain damage, so on. Anyhow, they’ll be working with you, Asleth, and keeping the peace for good ol’ Rusen here. All of you behave, the transport should be here real soon, and then it’ll be a long day’s work.”
The noose-wearing man gave us all a nod and wandered back out the door.
I looked at the least-armoured human and tried to remember their greeting rituals. He offered a hand and I shook it with my claws, doing my best not to dig into his flesh. “It is a pleasure to meet you, Doctor Andes Savulescu-Ruiz.”
“Just Andes is fine,” he said with a smile. I realized then that although the Zurulian was the only one cowering, the other humans were tense in my presence. This ‘Just Andes’ was the only one of the whole lot who did not make much distinction between me and his fellow humans. The rest seemed reluctant to approach, ready to betray my opened claw of friendship at a moment’s notice, should I prove a threat.
The transport arrived. It was two-tiered, with a front section large enough to seat five humans, and a back section that was very much an open box with some additional safety straps.
“We had to get a pickup truck to be able to carry the croc, I hope it’s not an issue,” said the human at the front of the vehicle. I did some quick accounting of the population and concluded I would likely be isolated in the back, waiting once again.
“I’ll ride with Asleth,” Andes said, “Rusen can go in the front with you guys."
There were a few nods, and the soldiers began to pour into the vehicle. I climbed aboard the back, and Andes hopped on as well with a litheness that surprised me given his looser, pudgier form in comparison to the soldiers. Within moments, the vehicle had begun to move and Andes had attached himself to it with a safety strap. Once on our way, he rummaged around in a bag to get a helmet much like the other soldiers’.
“So comms, eh? I’ve been working with a lot of Arxur in the past few months. I’m curious, can you tell me about your writing system?”
“...Our writing system?” I echoed. Of all the questions I expected to get from a human, this was not one of them.
“Yeah, I noticed that there are a lot of spikes, and the number of vowels--or analogues, anyhow--doesn’t seem to correlate with the length of a word, so I was wondering if you use diacritic marks, or…”
I stared blankly at him. “What are diacritic marks?”
His whole face lit up and he began to explain. The Arxur have teachers–we must, for we have things that ought be taught–but I had never before seen a creature so delighted by the opportunity to teach. Teachers were, in my experience, exasperated disciplinarians who disdained their duty to those who knew less than they. Andes found it joyous to speak, and it helped me find it joyous to listen. All humans, so far as I knew, had beautifully musical voices. Still, Andes’ had a light in it that I had heard from none others in my brief time on Earth, and my less brief time investigating their communications.
I wondered idly if my irritation at spending time with fellows was truly a mark of our people, or if we were simply not used to the joys of conversation that humans could bring forth. Perhaps this is what the Arxur of old had yearned for, before the Federation made itself known to us. A chance to converse with another sapient who was so very alien, and yet so much the same.
Translators had done a great deal to undermine the details of language. I did not much care if Zurulian was a subject-object-verb language or an object-verb-subject language, even as a communications officer. After all, what I heard was simply squealing in Zurulian, and most of my job involved sorting through potential alternative translations, investigating context, and discovering when a good time to attack might be. I had greater expertise in their (comically poor) encryption practices. Their tongue itself may as well have been a mystery. And why should an Arxur care for such lesser languages, anyhow? Could squealing like that truly be called a language at all? Or was the translator doing a great deal of the "heavy lifting", as it were?
“--Look, here, write me a sentence like ‘the rock falls in the water’,” he said, pulling forth a pad and a little wooden implement with graphite in the middle. I obliged though it felt rather odd to use an extra, wooden claw to write.
He looked at it. “Now please separate the words ‘rock’, ‘falls’ and ‘water’.”
I was confused. “That is not possible.”
His eyes grew, his pupils firmly focused on me. “...What?”
“It is not possible,” I repeated, “Rock is not just this,” I pointed to one of the sections. “It is also this,” I pointed to another. “Similarly, for it to fall on the water, then the falling must be…” My brow crinkled as I struggled for the term. He stared at me in anticipation. “The falling must be infected by the water.”
“Infected?” he asked.
“Yes. The words infect one another. Perhaps if I spoke of it as though it were a plan, ‘it is the arrangement for the rock to, in the future, fall upon the water’... Then the infection is that of the arrangement, and so rock, fall, and water are all affected by it, not by one another…”
I wrote it out in that fashion, and Andes stared in astonishment.
“Is this… Grammatical genders as tenses? Is this like the animate-inanimate distinction in Innu?” he mused, confusing me further. Were not all tongues so interwoven? “I swear, when this is all over, I need to go to Wriss. This is insane. What are those particles? How do abbreviations work? What’s the orthographic depth on this?”
I felt a need to thank the cowardly little creature for demanding Andes' presence. I realized at that moment that I had never seen a person be interested in the Arxur. We knew ourselves, or liked to think so. The Federation knew all they wished. His curiosity flattered me in ways I could not describe. It was an insistence, in itself, that I was worth learning about.
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I will have to provide thanks to a variety of people, on the grounds that the past few weeks have not been good to my brain. u/Acceptable_Egg5560, u/cruisingNW, u/Liberty-Prime76, u/SavingSyllabus7788,u/AnEldritchroflcopter (who named Rusen), and someone whose reddit username I do not currently know, but will be editing in later if they so desire.
Everyone has been very kind, and I highly appreciate their generosity.

I heard this song in a bar. Their music was a mix of 80s new wave/pop and 90s pop, and all of them were recognizable songs, but i had never heard this one before and had no luck searching the lyrics. It sounded more like a 90s song, and it was beachy dance/pop song similar to the Macarena or Las Ketchup. The lyrics i heard were something like “palace on the beach” or “palace on the bay” but i can’t find anything searching these lyrics. Are there any songs with lyrics that sound like this but im getting wrong?

Our first wedding anniversary is coming up, and I’m looking to find a nice place with good food & drinks, preferably outdoor seating near the water that’s menu isn’t all seafood. I love the idea of going to downtown Newport but not sure of where the “place to be” is. Any suggestions?

I have my Shield TV Pro connected to a Samsung sound bar and the volume increments when using the remote are way too large. The only relevant setting I can see in the menu refers to volume increments when using voice, is there any way to decrease the volume increments when using the remote?

I know this feature was "removed" (omitted) when the android app was rewritten, but is there any update on this? I'd love to use FF on my tablet again, but this is the one feature why I still keep to brave (not for the crypto ads, solely for the tab bar).
Having a tab bar on a tablet is essential for me. Yes, you can swipe, but that's not the same. I treat my tablet more like a little PC than a big phone and oversized phone apps usually offer poor UX. It's not so much an issue with FF (except maybe the settings menu which is needlessly compressed and needs to be scrolled up even though my screen has more than enough space), but the tab bar is a big one for me
(Wasn't sure which flair to use)

After years of managing my own e-commerce marketing firm I’ve learnt a thing or two. Here’s the some of the “industry secrets.”

Online Store Optimisation

First impressions count. Your audience is your date. Your store is your face. You want it looking good.

• Streamlined User Experience: Ensure your website has a clean and intuitive design that makes it easy for visitors to navigate and find what they're looking for. Use clear and descriptive product categories, a prominent search bar, and logical menu structure. Optimize page loading speed to minimize bounce rates.
  
• High-Quality Product Images: Use high-resolution images that showcase your products from different angles and provide zoom-in functionality. Images should be visually appealing, accurately represent the product, and highlight its features. Consider using professional product photography or lifestyle images to enhance the visual appeal. Do not use stock images.
  
• Compelling Product Descriptions: Write persuasive and detailed product descriptions that highlight the benefits, features, and unique selling points of your products. Use descriptive language, bullet points, and formatting to make it easy for customers to scan and understand the information. Learn how to write simple ad copy.
  
• Clear Calls-to-Action (CTAs): Use prominent and well-designed CTAs to guide visitors towards desired actions, (such as "Add to Cart," "Buy Now," or "Learn More.") Make sure they stand out visually and are strategically placed on product pages, category pages, and throughout the checkout process.
  
• Mobile Responsiveness: With the increasing use of mobile devices for online shopping, it's essential to optimize your e-commerce website for mobile. Ensure your website is responsive and displays properly on different screen sizes. Use mobile-friendly layouts, larger fonts, and easy-to-tap buttons for a seamless mobile shopping experience.
  
• Simplified Checkout Process: Streamline the checkout process to minimize friction and cart abandonment. Offer guest checkout options, provide progress indicators, and minimize the number of steps required to complete a purchase. Use trust badges and secure payment gateways to instill confidence in customers. e.g. Apple Pay
  
• Customer Reviews and Ratings: Display customer reviews and ratings on your product pages to build trust and social proof. Encourage customers to leave reviews and respond to them promptly. Consider implementing a review management system to collect and showcase reviews.
  

Pavlov Effect

Coca Cola is incredibly unhealthy, but for some reason we still drink it. This is due to the fact we associate it with the Olympics, Christmas and much more. Nike is the same, just a regular sportswear brand, but if it wasn’t for Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer it wouldn’t be the brand it is today. There’s a reason this works, and you can use it too.
In marketing, the Pavlov effect refers to the association of a conditioned stimulus (CS) with an unconditioned stimulus (US) to elicit a specific response. The CS can be a brand logo, jingle, color, or any other sensory cue, while the US is something that naturally triggers a response, such as a positive experience or emotion.
The goal of utilizing the Pavlov effect in marketing is to create positive associations and trigger desired responses in consumers. Here are a few examples of how it can be applied:

• Branding and Logo: Companies use consistent branding and logos to create a visual cue that triggers positive associations with their products or services. Over time, when consumers see the logo, they automatically associate it with the brand's reputation, quality, and values.
  
• Jingles and Slogans: Catchy jingles or memorable slogans can create an auditory cue that triggers positive emotions and brand recall. When consumers hear the jingle or slogan, it activates the associated positive feelings and reinforces brand recognition.
  
• Product Placement: Placing products in movies or TV shows can create a Pavlovian response by associating the product with positive experiences and emotions depicted in the content. When viewers see their favorite characters using a particular brand, it can influence their perception and purchase decisions.
  
• Influencer Endorsements: Influencers or celebrities can be used as unconditioned stimuli to trigger positive responses in consumers. When consumers see their favorite influencer endorsing a product, it can create a subconscious association between the influencer's popularity and the desirability of the product.
  
• Contextual Marketing: Associating products with specific occasions or events can create Pavlovian responses. For example, linking a brand with celebrations or holidays can trigger positive emotions and prompt consumers to make purchasing decisions based on those associations.
  

It's important to note that ethical considerations should be taken into account when utilizing the Pavlov effect in marketing. Transparency and authenticity are crucial to maintain trust with consumers and ensure that the associations created are positive and aligned with the brand's values.
Overall, the Pavlov effect in marketing involves creating associations between stimuli and desired responses to influence consumer behavior and build brand recognition and loyalty.

Social Proof & Authority

Social proof in marketing refers to the psychological phenomenon where people look to others' actions or opinions to determine their own behavior. It is a powerful tool that leverages the influence of social validation to persuade potential customers.
Here are some common examples of social proof in marketing:

• Testimonials: Sharing positive feedback and testimonials from satisfied customers can demonstrate the value and credibility of a product or service.
  
• User Reviews and Ratings: Displaying star ratings or user reviews on websites, apps, or online marketplaces can influence potential customers' decisions by showcasing others' experiences.
  
• Influencer Endorsements: Partnering with influencers or industry experts who have a significant following and positive reputation can create social proof. Their endorsement of a product or service can sway their followers to trust and try it.
  
• Case Studies: Highlighting real-life success stories and case studies where customers achieved positive outcomes can inspire confidence and demonstrate the effectiveness of a product or service.
  
• Social Media Engagement: Showcasing the number of followers, likes, shares, or comments on social media platforms indicates popularity and can serve as social proof.
  
• Trust Seals and Certifications: Displaying trust seals, security badges, or certifications from reputable organizations can instill confidence in customers regarding the safety and reliability of a website or product.
  
• Celebrity or Expert Recommendations: Associating a product or service with a well-known celebrity or industry expert who vouches for it can create significant social proof and influence consumer behavior.
  

Remember, the effectiveness of social proof can vary depending on the target audience and the context in which it is presented.

Generating Scarcity

Generating scarcity in marketing involves creating a sense of limited availability or urgency to encourage customers to take action quickly. By making customers perceive that a product or offer is scarce or time-limited, businesses can increase the desire to purchase and reduce the chances of procrastination or missed opportunities. Here are a few strategies to generate scarcity:

• Limited Quantity: Highlighting that there is a limited number of items available creates a sense of urgency. For example, stating "Limited stock available" or "Only 5 left in stock" can prompt customers to make a purchase sooner to secure the item.
  
• Limited Time Offers: Setting a specific time frame for an offer or promotion creates a sense of urgency. Phrases like "Limited time offer" or "Offer ends soon" can encourage customers to take advantage of the deal before it expires.
  
• Flash Sales: Brief and unexpected sales events with discounted prices for a short period can generate excitement and prompt immediate action from customers.
  
• Exclusive Access: Offering exclusive access to a product, service, or event for a limited number of customers can make them feel special and create a sense of urgency to grab the opportunity.
  
• Pre-Order or Limited Release: Promoting a product as a limited edition or available for pre-order can generate anticipation and drive customers to make a purchase before it becomes unavailable.
  

Remember to use scarcity ethically and transparently. Customers should feel a genuine sense of urgency and benefit from the limited availability or time frame. Misusing or overusing scarcity tactics may lead to a loss of trust and credibility.

Advertising Strategies

For the average drop shipper, money is a problem. Therefore we must come up with creative ways to compete against market leaders with exceptionally higher budgets.

• Attention Economy: We go with what we know. The average buyer already has a company, brand they want to buy from before they make the purchase. It is therefore vital that we target our selected audience at least 9 times. So we become the one the think of when they go to make a purchase. Do not rely on impulse sales.
  
• Word of Mouth: People in LA don’t talk to people in Paris. But people who live on the same street do. If you can target an incredibly small area over and over again, using the strategies laid out above, you will have built up a recognition of your brand. People will know about it.
  
• Build Trust: Be patient, the sales will come, if your product, branding and marketing strategy is right, the sales will come. Be consistent, transparent and authentic. Speak the truth about your product. Reinforce it with experts (see authority principle). Do not leave your audience alone. Do not let them forget you.
  
• Storytelling & Emotional Appeal: Crafting narratives that resonate with your audiences values, aspirations and emotions can create a strong connection and increase brand engagement and loyalty.
  
• Neuropricing: Anchoring, decoy pricing, price framing, price bundling, endings in ‘9.’ These are all proven strategies that generate sales. Google them and learn them.
  

Final Points

• Work your ass off: Building an online store isn’t some side hustle. It’s a business. It only grows when you water it.
  
• Money and Oxygen. The same damn thing: Humans need oxygen to live. Businesses need money. Invest, get other people to invest. Do whatever you can to start with as much capital as possible. $50 on Facebook ads isn’t going to get you anywhere.