#12 Date Sheet 2021

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

A poll designed to make you recoil at the passage of time

cheat sheet with dates/years under the cut

if you joined in 2007 -  17 years

if you joined in 2008 -  16 years

if you joined in 2009 - 15 years

if you joined in 2010 - 14 years

if you joined in 2011 - 13 years

if you joined in 2012 - 12 years

if you joined in 2013 - 11 years

if you joined in 2014 - 10 years

if you joined in 2015 - 9 years

if you joined in 2016 - 8 years

if you joined in 2017 - 7 years

if you joined in 2018 - 6 years

if you joined in 2019 - 5 years

if you joined in 2020 - 4 years

if you joined in 2021 - 3 years

if you joined in 2022 - 2 years

if you joined in 2023 - 1 years

if you joined in 2024 - 0 years

[stray-tori]

i may have just understood link click on a level i thought was impossible (i had a small epiphany that was probably obvious to everyone but me)

So. for context; sth that confused me for a while, is that the CXS deaths always happen in S1 fits, which are Gone after LG gets stabbed - so I thought that LG must have already succeeded delaying CXS' death, but then his reaction to Emma in 1x11 wouldn't make any sense (i.e. if he's already succeeded at delaying CXS' death by over a month why would he assume that Emma is "saved" in a matter of seconds?)

Additionally, the paper cutout style in 2x1 really seemed to hint a sort of "overwriting"? Which I thought meant it was originally CXS dying while LG was facing off against someone (that being vein, with yingdu knowledge).

BUT. "it seems that everything is changing" (2x1) !!! I've been looking at that line wrong.

SO new theory - he didn't delay it and he didn't mean that THIS exact moment was when CXS died and THAT is changing, but EVERYTHING is changing from now on.

so this whole plot is new to LG. the stab never happened in the timeline where vein kills CXS. that's why they still have their s1 fits (didn't have to discard them because of the blood) in CXS death scenes, and that's potentially why LG reacts to things in the ways he does starting 1x11. (tho those could just as well be trauma responses. He's very hard to read)

If that is really the case, this implies that 1x11 is potentially the first big divergence we've (and perhaps even LG has) seen (Yx1 with "everything happens the exact same").

I think this implies that when whatever they meddled with in Yingdu doesn't happen, that somehow leads Liu Xiao to kickstart the whole LTX and LTC (twins) thread.

+ anyway here's the 3 dates I grabbed for this thinkening:

22/10/2021 = 1x11, 2x1 - LG gets stabbed

13/09/---- = 2x12, Yx1 - CXS death + dives back

12/04/---- = Yx1, date LG returned to

next rewatch I'm making an excel sheet.

[bsdtakanenohana]

My Opinion On Every Single Bungou Stray Dogs Ship

Part Five- Het Ships V

This is the last one for m/f ships! I swear there should be more, but I guess as random as some pairings seem, people aren’t just pairing any woman with any man, because there’s lots of female characters who were not paired with many of the various male characters (for example, even though Yosano had a random ship with Mark, there was none with Tanizaki or Fukuzawa who are people she actually interacts with). This makes the ships I’ve seen so far more interesting because that means the random pairings were actually thought out by the people who ship them.

Part One, Two, Three, & Four

Tachigin/ Michizou Tachihara x Gin Akutagawa: The most popular m/f ship in this fandom. Which I will never understand. I understand why people ship them, but it being the most popular het ship is frankly ridiculous. Gin has like four lines and while we do know more about Tachihara he’s a side character through and through. It would make more sense for the most popular m/f ship to be characters that we know more about, who are more relevant to the plot, and who are more popular. Because I’ve seen the most popular character polls and neither of them make the cut, so how is their ship more popular than all the others? I believe part of it is the way the fandom views Gin (and it’s not a good thing) but I don’t want to get into that conversation. I think it’s an intriguing ship but I don’t care enough about it to be so invested in it. And I don’t understand others’ minds. And you know what? Even though I think this should be a four, I’m giving it a slightly lower score just because I’m petty and don’t like that it’s so popular. 3.5/10

He’s pressing his gun up against her boob, no way he didn’t feel something.

Tachiguchi/ Michizou Tachihara x Ichiyo Higuchi: I haven’t seen this pairing outside of the ot3 of them with Gin. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I don’t really have an opinion on this. I don’t see it, it’s just there as a pairing of two people who work together. 2/10

Tachiguchi 2.0/ Shunzen Tachihara x Ichiyo Higuchi’s younger sister: What? Where are y’all coming up with these things? ?? 0/10

Tachiteru/ Michizou Tachihara x Teruko Okura: I’m sure before the age reveal this was a ship with a lively little fandom. I’ve never seen anyone mention this ship, but I’m interested in how y’all portrayed them in a romantic light. 2/10 EDIT: I saw that there was a translation error that made it seem like she was 12 years old but actually she was 12 when Fukuchi found her, which we don’t know the exact date because it said after the War, and the timeline is a little messy. But I do assume she’s an adult now, even if we don’t know how many years ago she was 12. (Asagiri please bring back the character info sheets 🙏🏽)

Why is she so happy 🤣

Tachilucy/ Michizou Tachihara x Lucy Maud Montgomery: Uhh if you’re trying to ship Lucy with every redhead you should know he’s a fake ginger and all you skipped Oda and Chuuya. Also I don’t think their personalities would even mesh well. 1/10

Tanilucy/ Junichiro Tanizaki x Lucy Maud Montgomery: No. 0/10

Terusigma/ Teruko Okura x Sigma: Finally, a ship with someone she’s too old for! (Teehee) My answer is no and also this fandom is too infatuated with the idea of enemies to lovers or enemies and lovers 🙄 -1/10

Tsujichuu/ Mizuki Tsujimura x Chuuya Nakahara: They met once, but I don’t know enough about her personality to say if they’d have chemistry. However, back in 2021 I remember seeing an ask someone sent in to one of y’all asking something like “do you think they hooked up” and instead of the OP saying “dude wtf” there was a genuine answer typed out on whatever possible relationship they had. So y’all are serious with this one for whatever reason. -/10

Tsujizai/ Mizuki Tsujimura x Osamu Dazai: Why? That’s a serious question. -/10

Vernwells/ Jules Gabriel Verne x Herbert George Wells: This is kinda funny, imo. But no. 0/10

Yuanzai/ Yuan x Osamu Dazai: I’ve been seeing more posts about this ship recently and it’s so confusing. Out of all the female characters y’all wanna make ship content with Dazai, you chose her?? Just ship him with an OC at this point. But she has cute pink hair (I refuse to acknowledge Teruko as having pink hair, the manga gave her a shade of red [as in actual red not orange] and I like that better for her) so I’ll give the ship half a point for that. 0.5/10

[tapingthedative]

Complete Tour Tapings

When I started the list, I did so with the hope of finding some shows I considered important that I could burn onto CDs for myself and do some art and a manual to make it look "legit". as like a personal art thing. but the ultimate dream was to find some complete tours and then I could make a box set for myself.

I don't know why I have this dream of having an art project that looks like a real thing I could have bought in a store, but I do.

And it took a while to find some complete tours. There are some near-complete tours. Like, there's a tour only missing one show, there are tours that have a lot of partial tapings, and then there's the one tour that has almost all complete but one show where the recorder was off for like a third of it. (You know who you are. and I forgive you.)

I will talk more about what we almost have and what we don't have at another time, but since it's the holidays I wanna be thankful and talk about what I've found so far:

The earliest complete thing we have is the whole of 2020. Considering what was going on, that's not that impressive. But all three shows on stage and 7 digital performances are out there to listen to. Three of those digital performances are still on their original sources by the way. two radio appearances and one Instagram live. (This is not related to the content of the post but I know there are people who upload those kinds of things to YouTube, we gotta get things to other places or they might disappear)

Another complete thing is the robotic nebula tour 2021. This is the longest complete thing so far. This was 12 shows in September 2021. One thing that's kinda cool about this tour is that the first three shows are all in the same location. I'd love to see how the vibe changed over those three nights.

The next complete tour, which shouldn't count as a tour, is the Robotic Mosquito Dream Tour. which is a three-show mini-tour in 2021. Now, why do I say it shouldn't count as a tour? Because it's three shows at The Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina. Not only did John not have to drive out of his state, it wasn't even an hour out of Durham. If I make a fancy box set for myself for this tour, I'm calling it "the 30 minutes from my bed box". Though, the first show was the night after a three-hour trek back from a different show. So, I'd imagine it was a nice thing to have.

The most recent complete tour we have so far is the Winter Solo Tour 2024. A tour from this year. It's a four-show tour up the west coast. And like the title suggests it's a solo tour so just John up there.

I have yet to listen to these whole tours but the small ones seem like a good start. I can't give you a judgment on the sound quality.

But if you want to listen to these shows and don't know the purpose of this side-blog, I've made a Google sheet listing all the Mountain Goats' live appearances with links to where you can find the tapings. you can find that in my pinned post.

The show list is up to date, however, there may be tapings that are not linked that I don't know about yet. Hopefully, we will have more links to past tapings and more complete tours over time. Which would make this blog post out of date. wouldn't that be lovely?

[cityzenchick]

In anticipation of City's eagerly awaited Champions League match tomorrow in Wankdorf (wonder if it has the same meaning in other languages?!!) ....... here are some match facts courtesy of TalkSport

Young Boys vs Man City: Match Facts

This is the first ever competitive meeting between Young Boys and Manchester City – the Swiss side won their most recent home against Premier League opposition, beating Man Utd 2-1 in the 2021-22 UEFA Champions League.

Manchester City's only previous meeting with Swiss opposition came in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League – they won 4-0 away before losing 2-1 at home to Basel in the round of 16.

Young Boys have played more games in the UEFA Champions League without ever keeping a clean sheet than any other team (14). The Swiss side have conceded 29 times across their 14 matches, at an average of 2.1 per outing.

Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 15 matches in the UEFA Champions League (W10 D5), with only Manchester United ever having a longer run without defeat among English teams in European Cup/Champions League history (2 runs of 16, and a 25-game run between 2007 and 2009).

If Manchester City avoid defeat in this match, Pep Guardiola will equal his longest unbeaten run as a manager in the UEFA Champions League (currently 15 unbeaten). He went 16 games without defeat in charge of Barcelona between 2011 and 2012, in a run which also included lifting the trophy (beat Manchester United in the 2011 final).

Young Boys have averaged just 8.8 opposition passes per defensive action (PPDA) in the UEFA Champions League this season; the lowest of any team across the first two matchdays.

Manchester City have had 55 shots in their two UEFA Champions League games this season, while only facing six opposition shots in return. Indeed, that was the biggest differential for any side across the opening two matchdays, while they also had the best xG difference in terms of chances created and conceded (+5.2 – 6.4 xG for and 1.2 xG against).

Man City’s Julián Álvarez has been directly involved in four goals in two UEFA Champions League games this season (three goals, one assist); the most of any player in the first two matchdays. As well as being the joint top scorer in this period (3), no player created more chances than him (8) across the opening two rounds.

Filip Ugrinic has been directly involved in a goal in both of Young Boys’ games in the UEFA Champions League this season (one goal, one assist), while no player has ever done so in three consecutive appearances for the Swiss side in the competition.

Through the first two matchdays in the UEFA Champions League this season, Manchester City’s Erling Haaland has the highest xG (1.95) of any player yet to score in the competition (12 shots, 0 goals). Indeed, his current run of five games without a goal in the Champions League is his longest to date.

[mariacallous]

In 1959, the United States began construction of a real-life version of the frozen Echo Base from The Empire Strikes Back. The plan for Camp Century was to test snow tunneling technologies in northwest Greenland, not far from the north pole, ostensibly for scientific research. Really, the US was flexing its military muscle, and may have been considering Project Iceworm, a way to hide 600 nuclear missiles in thousands of miles of snow tunnels across northern Greenland, close to the former Soviet Union. The island’s massive ice sheet had other ideas for Camp Century, though—ice shifts and flows, making this not a particularly ideal place to stash nukes or run the nuclear reactor that powered the base.

Iceworm never went anywhere, and the US closed Camp Century in 1966, leaving the tunnels to collapse. But before everyone fled, researchers did manage to dig up some actual scientific dirt, drilling a 4,550-foot-deep core into the ice sheet. When they hit earth, they drilled a further 12 feet, bringing up a plug of frozen sand, dirty ice, cobbles, and mud. The military moved that ice core from its own freezers to the University at Buffalo in the 1970s. The core ended up in Denmark in the '90s, where it was kept frozen, so that now it provides scientists with invaluable insight into ice ages past.

Nobody cared much about the sediment, though, until 2018, when it was rediscovered in cookie jars in a University of Copenhagen freezer. Now, an international team of researchers has analyzed that sediment, and made a major scientific discovery.

“In that frozen sediment are leaf fossils and little bits of bugs and twigs and mosses that tell us in the past there was a tundra ecosystem living where today there's almost a mile of ice,” says University of Vermont geoscientist Paul Bierman, coauthor of a new paper describing the finding in the journal Science. “The ice sheet is fragile. It can disappear, and it has disappeared. Now we have a date for that.”

Previously, scientists reckoned that Greenland iced over some 2.5 million years ago, and has been that way since. In 2021, Bierman and his colleagues determined that it was actually ice-free sometime in the past million years. Now, they’ve dated the tundra ecosystem captured in the Camp Century core to a mere 416,000 years ago—so northwestern Greenland couldn’t have been locked in ice then.

Scientists also know that at that time, global temperatures were similar or slightly warmer than what they are today. However, back then, atmospheric concentrations of planet-warming carbon dioxide were about 280 parts per million, compared to today’s 422 parts per million—a number that continues to skyrocket. Because humans have so dramatically and rapidly warmed the climate, we’re exceeding the conditions that had previously led to the wide-scale melting of Greenland’s ice sheet and gave rise to the tundra ecosystem. “It's a forewarning,” says Utah State University geoscientist Tammy Rittenour, a coauthor of the new paper. “This can happen under much lower CO2 conditions than our current state.” 

That melting could be incredibly perilous. The new study finds that the Greenland ice melt 400,000 years ago caused at least 5 feet of sea level rise, but perhaps as much as 20 feet. “These findings raise additional concern that we could be coming perilously close to the threshold for collapse of the Greenland ice sheet and massive additional sea level rise of a meter or more,” says University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann, who wasn’t involved in the research. Today, less than a foot of global sea level rise is already causing serious flooding and storm surge problems for coastal cities—and that’s without the potential for an additional 20 feet. 

If Greenland melts again, it could reach a point of no return, relentlessly driving up sea levels as it does so. When an ice sheet melts, it exposes darker dirt beneath it, which absorbs more of the sun’s energy, raising local temperatures and driving more melting.

“If too much mass is lost and the elevation of the surface drops significantly, the resulting warming of the surface makes regrowth of the ice sheet more difficult,” says Pennsylvania State University geoscientist Richard B. Alley, who wasn’t involved in the research. “The new paper provides further evidence that even moderate sustained warmth will drive major melting in Greenland, forcing sea-level rise.”

Exactly how the Greenland ice sheet might degrade in the future is still unclear, and requires more research. Temperatures 400,000 years ago were similar to what they are today, but the natural warming that drove Greenland's melting back then happened gradually. Humans have quickly and dramatically warmed the planet since preindustrial times, and anthropogenic CO2 will stay in the atmosphere for thousands of years, unless people invent a way to remove it at large scale. We can also reduce temperatures. If we slash emissions, Mann says, Greenland’s ice sheet might remain stable.

So, how did this research team figure out that northwest Greenland was an ice-sheet-free tundra 400,000 years ago? The sediment from the Camp Century core was loaded with organic material, but it was way too old to examine by using carbon dating, which is only effective for periods up to 50,000 years back. “We pulled out little twigs and leaves, and we immediately sent them off radiocarbon dating, and they came back what we call ‘radiocarbon dead,’” says Rittenour. “There were no traces of radioactive carbon left in the sample.”

So instead, Rittenour used light—specifically the luminescence of bits of feldspar buried in the sediment. Free electrons build up in the minerals over time, producing a "luminescence signal." Exposure to sunlight essentially neutralizes this signal, but once these minerals became buried under thousands of feet of ice, the sun’s rays could no longer reach them, and the electron buildup recommenced. In a darkroom in the lab, Rittenour could peer into the Camp Century samples using infrared light. “We can use light of one wavelength, and we measure the luminescence coming off at a different wavelength,” says Rittenour. “The older the sample, the more luminescence it produces.” That allowed them to determine how long it had been since the feldspar in the sediment last saw sunlight.

To complement this, at the University of Vermont, Bierman looked at the mineral quartz in the samples for rare isotopes of beryllium and aluminum. “They're formed when cosmic rays, these really high energy particles, come zipping into Earth from beyond the solar system. And occasionally, they'll smack an element in the quartz grain,” says Bierman. “By looking at the ratio of those two isotopes, we can tell how long something's been buried away from those cosmic rays.” The result told them that this material had sat out on the landscape for less than 16,000 years.

Scientists are now racing to drill more ice cores in Greenland to gather more soil. Although the Camp Century core gives them the basis for modeling that they can use for estimations, with more cores, they can better work out how much of the island’s ice had disappeared and how quickly—and what that might presage about the ice sheet’s modern decline. “We now have definitive evidence that when the climate gets warm, the Greenland ice sheet disappears,” says Bierman. “And we've just started warming the climate.”

“We use the past to try to understand the future and understand the present,” Bierman continues. “And that makes the future a little frightening. Not that we should run from it—but to me, it's a call for action.”

[acceptedguy]

Blog Post 58: VR PROJECT: Movement System 

In this brief blog, I’ll walk through the ongoing technical issues I’ve faced with the movement system in my VR project—specifically the teleportation system—and my current workaround plans.   

VR Movement Not Working 

There isn’t a huge amount of visual progress to show this week because most of my time has been spent troubleshooting the VR movement system. To put it plainly: the teleportation function just doesn’t work in my custom level. 

What’s baffling is that the same teleportation system works perfectly fine in the default VR template level provided by Unreal Engine 5. However, as soon as I try to use it within my own project environment, it simply refuses to function—even though all relevant settings appear identical.

Despite several attempts to diagnose the problem (including comparing level settings, navigation meshes, and input bindings), I’ve been unsuccessful in resolving it. 

Plan Going Forward: Custom Movement Blueprint 

Due to the persistent issues with teleportation, I’ve decided to create my own custom movement blueprint, likely based on tutorials available on YouTube. My aim is to use thumbstick-based locomotion instead of teleportation, which I believe will offer smoother control and greater compatibility within my project’s current architecture. 

While not ideal, this workaround may give me more flexibility in designing how the player moves through the environment. 

Meta Quest 2 Setup Struggles 

One more thing I want to highlight—setting up Meta Quest 2 for Unreal Engine has been an absolute grind. The process is not beginner-friendly at all and involves multiple steps across different platforms (Oculus developer mode, OpenXR setup, Unreal plugins, Android SDK configs, etc.). To make things worse, there's no comprehensive, up-to-date guide that walks through the setup cleanly from start to finish. 

So, while the movement system isn't functional yet, just getting the headset running and the project building properly in VR is a monumental win in my book. It may not feel like a visible milestone, but it definitely is a technical one. 

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[forblogmostly]

Paisalo Digital Limited Completes Full Redemption of Commercial Paper

Paisalo Digital Limited, a well-established non-banking financial company (NBFC), has successfully completed the full redemption and repayment of its Commercial Paper (CP) on March 12, 2025. This development reaffirms the company's strong financial position and commitment to fulfilling its obligations within stipulated timelines. The redemption follows regulatory requirements set by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), ensuring compliance with the highest standards of transparency and financial discipline.

The redemption involved a maturity amount of Rs. 30 crore, associated with the commercial paper bearing ISIN No. INE420C14136. This instrument, listed on BSE Limited, was due for maturity on March 12, 2025, and the company ensured its timely repayment on the same date. Such timely redemptions not only strengthen Paisalo Digital’s credibility in the financial markets but also reflect its robust liquidity management and sound financial planning.

Commitment to Financial Stability and Market Confidence Paisalo Digital Limited has consistently maintained a disciplined approach to financial management, ensuring that its debt instruments are managed effectively. The successful redemption of this commercial paper reinforces investor confidence in the company’s ability to honor its commitments. By adhering to the SEBI Operational Circular SEBI/HO/DDHS/P/CIR/2021/613, which provides guidelines for handling commercial papers and debt instruments, Paisalo Digital demonstrates its unwavering dedication to regulatory compliance and corporate governance.

Strengthening Position in the NBFC Sector As a key player in India’s financial services industry, Paisalo Digital Limited specializes in providing microfinance and small-ticket lending solutions, catering primarily to underserved and underbanked populations. The company has a strong presence in rural and semi-urban regions, helping to bridge the financial gap for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals in need of accessible credit solutions.

Over the years, the company has expanded its footprint across multiple states, leveraging technology-driven lending models and strategic partnerships with leading banks and financial institutions. The ability to manage debt instruments efficiently, as demonstrated by this recent redemption, reflects Paisalo’s financial prudence and strategic foresight in navigating the dynamic lending landscape.

Looking Ahead: Future Growth and Market Outlook With a well-defined strategy and a commitment to financial sustainability, Paisalo Digital Limited continues to focus on expanding its loan portfolio, leveraging digital lending platforms, and strengthening its financial partnerships. The successful repayment of its commercial paper positions the company favorably in the eyes of investors, stakeholders, and financial regulators, reinforcing trust and credibility.

As the company moves forward, it remains committed to maintaining a healthy balance sheet, ensuring timely repayment of financial obligations, and expanding its market reach. With a strong foundation in place, Paisalo Digital Limited is poised to capitalize on new opportunities in the evolving financial services sector while continuing to support India’s broader financial inclusion goals.

[sharebazaar-intensifyresearch]

IRFC shares in focus as Board to consider second interim dividend on March 17

IRFC shares are under scrutiny as the Board of Directors will meet on March 17, 2025, to consider a Second Interim Dividend. The record date for shareholders is March 21, 2025, pending approval. IRFC has recently achieved Navratna status and demonstrated strong financial performance.

Shares of Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) will be in focus today, March 11, 2025, after the company announced that its Board of Directors is scheduled to meet on March 17, 2025, to consider the declaration of a second Interim Dividend for the financial year 2024-25. Investors are closely watching this development as the company has consistently rewarded shareholders with dividends.

The record date to determine shareholders eligible for the dividend payout has been set as March 21, 2025, subject to board approval. Earlier, the Navratna railway PSU had declared an interim dividend of ₹0.80 per share.

Shareholders receiving the dividend should note that dividend income is taxable, and the company will deduct tax at source (TDS) as per the prescribed rates under the Income Tax Act, 1961.

IRFC’s Growing Financial Strength and Navratna Status Recently, IRFC was granted Navratna status by the Government of India, a recognition of its strong financial performance. As per the exchange filing, IRFC has achieved a revenue exceeding ₹26,600 crore and a profit after tax surpassing ₹6,400 crore as of March 31, 2024. This positions IRFC as the third-largest government non-banking financial company (NBFC) in India. By December 31, 2024, IRFC’s market capitalisation stood at over ₹2,00,000 crore, with assets under management (AUM) totaling ₹4.61 lakh crore, a net worth of approximately ₹52,000 crore, and a total balance sheet exceeding ₹4.81 lakh crore.

In March 2018, it received Mini-Ratna Category-I status. The company was listed on the stock exchanges in January 2021 with an IPO price of ₹26, which has now increased to approximately ₹140, according to an exchange filing by the company.

IRFC CMD and CEO Manoj Kumar Dubey commented on this achievement, stating, "Receiving Navratna status is a reflection of IRFC’s financial strength and its commitment to supporting India’s railway infrastructure. This recognition further motivates us to expand our capabilities and contribute more meaningfully to the nation’s growth."

Stock Price Performance IRFC's stock has witnessed notable volatility in the past year. While it has lost 17 percent over the last 12 months, it has shown signs of recovery in March 2025, gaining 6.5 percent so far. This follows a sharp 25.5 percent decline in February and a modest 1 percent rise in January.

The stock closed at ₹119.80, down 48 percent from its 52-week high of ₹229.05 recorded in July 2024. However, it has rebounded 11 percent from its 52-week low of ₹108.05, reached earlier this month.

With the Board meeting scheduled for March 17, investor sentiment toward IRFC is likely to remain strong, especially amid its recent Navratna status upgrade and improving financial performance. Investors will closely watch the outcome of the dividend decision, along with any potential impact on the stock's movement in the coming weeks.

[mrorel]

This is now Trump's Economy

Let's see where we go from here. The following is Economic data I put together, mostly from US Government websites. The President is Donald J. Trump. He has all of his Cabinet in place. And Elon Musk is a Special Government Employee as the head of he Department Of Government Efficency (DOGE).

Data available as of 2025 March 01 

Unemployment (BLS.gov): 2024 Jan to 2025 Jan > 4.0% Total

Gross Domestic Product - GDP (BEA.gov):  Increased at an annual rate of 2.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024.Unemployment (BLS.gov): Civilian unemployment Increased at an annual rate of 2.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Producer Price Index - PPI (BLS.gov) Reporting 2025 February 24: The Producer Price Index for final demand advanced 3.5 percent from January 2024 to January 2025. Prices for final demand goods increased 2.3 percent over the year, while final demand prices for services rose 4.1 percent.       

Consumer Price Index (Inflation) - CPI (BLS.gov) Reporting 2025 February 13: The all items less food and energy index rose 3.3 percent over the last 12 months. Energy prices increased 1.0 percent and food prices increased 2.5 percent over the last year.

Consumer Confidence Index (Confidence-Board.org):The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® declined by 7.0 points in February to 98.3 (1985=100). The Present Situation Index—based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions—fell 3.4 points to 136.5. The Expectations Index—based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions— dropped 9.3 points to 72.9. For the first time since June 2024, the Expectations Index was below the threshold of 80 that usually signals a recession ahead. The cutoff date for preliminary results was February 19, 2025.“In February, consumer confidence registered the largest monthly decline since August 2021,” said Stephanie Guichard, Senior Economist, Global Indicators at The Conference Board. “This is the third consecutive month on month decline, bringing the Index to the bottom of the range that has prevailed since 2022. Of the five components of the Index, only consumers’ assessment of present business conditions improved, albeit slightly. Views of current labor market conditions weakened. Consumers became pessimistic about future business conditions and less optimistic about future income. Pessimism about future employment prospects worsened and reached a ten-month high. ”February’s fall in confidence was shared across all age groups but was deepest for consumers between 35 and 55 years old. The decline was also broad-based among income groups, with the only exceptions among households earning less than $15,000 a year and between $100,000–125,000.

Stock Market as of close 2025 February 28Russel 2000 (RUT): 2163.07

S&P 500 (GSPC): 5954.50

NASDAQ (IXIC): 18847.91

Dow jones industrial (DJI): 43840.91

CBOE Volatility Index (VIX): 19.63

Mortgage Fix Rate (FreddieMac.com) as of 2025 February 2730 year is at 6.76%15 year is at 5.94%

US International Trade in Goods and Services (BEA.gov) Reporting 2025 February 05: The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $98.4 billion in December, up $19.5 billion from $78.9 billion in November, revised.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-mexico-and-china/

ADDRESSING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION: The extraordinary threat posed by illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl, constitutes a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

Until the crisis is alleviated, President Donald J. Trump is implementing a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% additional tariff on imports from China.  Energy resources from Canada will have a lower 10% tariff.

President Trump promised in November to “sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders. This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!”

These tariffs are scheduled to go into effect on 2025 March 04.

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DAY 4

Date: April 11, 2024

Time: 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM  

Location: 5 Kimber Street Studio, Paddington, New South Wales 2021  

Participants: Francis, Zinnia, Sida  

Overview:

Today's primary focus was on preparing promotional materials for next week's exhibition——Daylight Moon in Canberra, including the design and print of posters and room sheets, which led to the creation of a studio working template and workflow.

Chronological Record:

- 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM: Introduction to Funding

  - Francis introduced me and shared tips to websites for obtaining funding, such as NSW Government Small Projects Grants, Screen NSW, Verge Gallery, Creative Australia. 

- 12:20 PM - 2:30 PM: Indesign AVALON series Layout Design

  - Refined and modified the layout designs for two photo collections.

- 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Break  

- 2:45 PM - 5:30 PM: Poster Design

  - Designed a poster for Francis's exhibition "Daylight Moon" next week and printed it.

  - Designed posters for Francis and Zinnia's exhibitions next year, "Avalon" and "On the Loose."

Skills Learned and Application:

While my previous work primarily involved digital media, today's internship allowed me to experiment with different paper types, printing techniques, and printers. The tactile quality of printed materials surpasses even high-quality electronic screens, and the differences in printing techniques' effects are significant. Sometimes, printed results may not be as vibrant as digital versions, possibly due to printer and settings issues. For important prints such as large-size artworks, specific color requirements, or special paper textures, seeking assistance from professional printing services is advisable. Even for seemingly minor items like flyers in physical exhibitions, printing plays a crucial role, not an area to cut costs. However, the harsh reality is that printing is also a part of studio cost control. Through our experiments, we found that copying instead of direct printing can speed up the printing process, especially for bulk printing, and make it easier to control color density.

Analysis of Interviews and Events:

I discussed with Francis strategies for obtaining funding from government and unions. Government grants for purchasing safety equipment are often overlooked by many studios. Another useful tip is to utilize online consultation sessions before submitting applications, where you can present your work ides to officials to gather feedback and establish connections, increasing your chances of success. While there are grants available for international applicants, many projects focus on Australian citizens only. Collaborating with citizen artists or excluding non-citizen artists' names from applications can be useful. Francis focuses more on fine arts applications, while I lean towards screen-related ones, both of which have lengthy application timelines, requiring early preparation. Overall, understanding each application's requirements and timelines is crucial for success.

Reflections on Experiences:

In summary, the studio's project efficiency significantly improved today due to our established workflow among the three of us. Francis and Zinnia handle textual content and find reference styles, which I then layout, integrate, print, and revise. An interesting observation was made by Francis regarding last week's layout design, where the lack of renaming or numbering photos wasted time during image searches. This week, he thoughtfully added simple numbering to the photos. Going forward, especially as our material accumulates, a comprehensive, standardized, and clear naming system is essential. This not only helps me quickly access the necessary files but also facilitates file handoffs among the three of us and collaboration with other departments such as printing companies, news departments, gallery managers, and so on.

Next week, the internship will pause as Francis begins an exhibition in Canberra. During this break, I will start drafting my essay and organize the internship blog up to this point. 

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CBSE Board Exam: 10वीं-12वीं के बच्चे हो जाएं तैयार! 4 मई से शुरू होंगी परीक्षाएं

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This week was a little better in the sense that I got back to studying, although it is just 3 hours per day. My social anxiety at having to attend maths tuitions is at an all time high, I have a class day after tomorrow and heart is already doing weird things. Also, I finally went back to school and it felt soooo good. Loved seeing that building again. Also, CBSE finally released the boards datesheet and I'm going to rant about it in another post because I have to.

▪ Inverse trigonometric functions (Maths)

▪ Definite integrals (Maths)

▪ Continuity and differentiability (Maths)

▪ Matrices and determinants (Maths)

▪ Changes and development in industrial society (Sociology)

▪ Therapeutic relationship (Psychology)

▪ Sufism (History)

▪ Verben mit Präpositionen (German)

▪ Finished writing first part of my history project

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NIOS, Bed, CBSE Admissions in Delhi

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HP Board Class 10 & 12 Exam Datesheet 2021 Revised, Fresh Updates Here- results.amarujala.com

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