Croc swimming with human in mouth

Illusion Breathing concept:
Illusion breathing focuses on the properties of having the Marechi blood type. To summarise it, Marechi is a somewhat unbearable blood type to demons that when consumed, it can get the demon a bit tipsy but have the effect of eating multiple humans by just eating one. By taking advantage of the Marechis somewhat alcoholic properties, it can be combined \ mixed with wisteria to make a mist which demon hallucinate once caught with in it. While the demon is in this state, the user should have enough time to decapitate it. The more sadistic part of illusion breathing is attempting to figure out the opponents worst fear and manifesting it into the mist, for example: Gyokko [ UM 5 ] hates when people insult his pots or doesn’t appreciate his “Art”. If this hallucinogenic mist traps gyokko with in it, it could create silhouettes of people criticising Gyokkos work [ plus him being in a drunken state, its sure to he distracting! ]
5 Forms:
Intoxicating Mist: the user releases the mixture of their marechi blood and wisteria powder \ mist in bombs and segments in their sword.
Manifest: the user figures out the targets most intense and most psychological damaging fear and manifests it into reality within the mist.
Clone: the user projects clones of themself in the mist to confuse the target. This form is extremely evasive.
Barrage: the user and their clones make several slashes at once. The clones slashes dont to anything, but gives the opponent the sensation that the have been severely injured. This form can also be used to flee from situations.
False Reality: this form requires the most effort and the majority of the users wisteria-marechi powder. The user dashes around the opponent while aiming to hit vital spots of the target while being shrouded in the mist, the user delivers the final blow along with some unnecessary extra slices for good measures.
Sword Colour:
Indigo coloured with a reflective and metallic sheen. It also has some marbly light blue lines near the tsuba.
Mist Colour: Blueish-purple fog

Illusion Breathing concept:
Illusion breathing focuses on the properties of having the Marechi blood type. To summarise it, Marechi is a somewhat unbearable blood type to demons that when consumed, it can get the demon a bit tipsy but have the effect of eating multiple humans by just eating one. By taking advantage of the Marechis somewhat alcoholic properties, it can be combined \ mixed with wisteria to make a mist which demon hallucinate once caught with in it. While the demon is in this state, the user should have enough time to decapitate it. The more sadistic part of illusion breathing is attempting to figure out the opponents worst fear and manifesting it into the mist, for example: Gyokko [ UM 5 ] hates when people insult his pots or doesn’t appreciate his “Art”. If this hallucinogenic mist traps gyokko with in it, it could create silhouettes of people criticising Gyokkos work [ plus him being in a drunken state, its sure to he distracting! ]
5 Forms:
Intoxicating Mist: the user releases the mixture of their marechi blood and wisteria powder \ mist in bombs and segments in their sword.
Manifest: the user figures out the targets most intense and most psychological damaging fear and manifests it into reality within the mist.
Clone: the user projects clones of themself in the mist to confuse the target. This form is extremely evasive.
Barrage: the user and their clones make several slashes at once. The clones slashes dont to anything, but gives the opponent the sensation that the have been severely injured. This form can also be used to flee from situations.
False Reality: this form requires the most effort and the majority of the users wisteria-marechi powder. The user dashes around the opponent while aiming to hit vital spots of the target while being shrouded in the mist, the user delivers the final blow along with some unnecessary extra slices for good measures.
Sword Colour:
Indigo coloured with a reflective and metallic sheen. It also has some marbly light blue lines near the tsuba.
Mist Colour: Blueish-purple fog

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The slightly bitter taste of the dried flower spread through Nessa's mouth filling her with an old familiar sensation. The inherent magic began to work its way into her body, reaching out into the last corners of her very being. A warm spot she knew too well began to grow at the back of her throat telling her it was almost time to release the pent-up magic. She kept chewing the red Emberbringer in her mouth, making sure the warm spot kept growing and growing into an almost burning sensation causing her eyes to tear up. Knowing that the magic needed to be let go of before it started to cinder her flesh inside her, she swallowed the flower down and lightly spoke the needed word.
“Fire”
And with a slight sizzle, a flame embarked out of her mouth on its journey towards the already waiting wood, ready to be ignited for the night, to gift heat in this cold winter, helping Nessa and her daughter Claire to survive. Nessa looked down at the now bright burning fireplace and a sense of accomplishment came over her. It had been a good harvest this year and the two of them would survive. The winter was soon to be over, at most another month remained for the two to overcome and Nessa still had enough Emberbringers left to keep the room warm and cozy. The flames started to dance with the wood, getting bigger until finally they reached the pot filled with watery soup hanging above and started to heat the now three days old meal once more. Seeing as everything had worked out well, she turned around and started to gaze around in the few spare moments she had where nothing nor anybody needed her attention. The little hut she called her home was stuffed with a few crates of vegetables as well as dried meats and flowers hanging from the ceiling. From Emberbringers to Splashers, white and yellow Lyles to even a Flira, each and every one of the over twenty different flowers had their own uses and spells they brought with them. One would bring forth fire like the Emberbringer, the other would heal wounds like the white Lyle. It was a gift from nature itself as magic was stored in these flowers. Knowledge of this gift was passed down from mother to daughter starting from a young age. It was to be imparted through blood and sweat, through trial and hardships, love and kindness. But even Nessa who had mastered the art of magic like no other was not blessed with the one thing she had craved the most, to be loved. When she was younger, a few years prior, before her daughter had been born, she thought she had found the love of her life. Thinking maybe she was different and she could escape the fate of her own blood. She was no different. The man who loved her threw her away when he learned of this. Disregarded and left her in a heartbeat. All the promises they made, the future they dreamed of, gone in the flash of a single fleeting moment that hunts her to this day. One single uttered spell to save his life gave her away as a witch. And even when she saved him, he left her, did not defend her from the people's accusations and the rotten food thrown at her, just because she was a witch. Maybe it was his own way of loving her, not holding her back when she fled the town, it had been awfully easy for her to flee the town, not a single soul tried to stop her and arrest her to bring her to the church and the then following execution, just the shame of their voices and the pain of food thrown at her remained. Not even a guard on duty was visible on the day she needed to go into flee, leaving her old life behind. She would never get to know nor did she care in her bitterness, if he helped her or not in the end. With nowhere to go to, outcast and disowned of his love, she wandered around, finding this old hut she was in now, somewhere deep in a forest just when she wanted to give up. At that time she did not know why she clung to her life but thinking back to it, she thinks she may have already felt her daughter Claire inside of her. She knew this thought was foolish as she could have been only a few weeks pregnant at most, but in the end it did not matter to her. Nessa gave birth to her beautiful, bright and charming daughter, determined to raise her, to teach her what she knew and to protect her from becoming broken and bitter like she herself was deep down inside. And for that, she knew she had to tell her the fate of all that could use magic. The curse that would haunt her daughter as well as it had her. Witches could only give birth to other witches and with the obligation to produce a male heir needed to continue the line succession they would never fulfill it. If they would not be exposed as witches, they could simply claim the gods did not want to bless them yet praying to the gods and donating lots of coinage as a sign of being pious, but Nessa could not do so any longer as she gave her true nature away herself. Even with this pent-up anger and bitterness inside of her, she was oddly relieved to have given birth to a healthy daughter when the time came and as she looked over the slim body of her five-year-old daughter with her pitch black hair like her own while she slept, Nessa knew Claire had her fathers green eyes. Those same green eyes that reminded her of the waving valleys and unending grassy hills that made up her left-behind home, the land of Melliona, the eyes that made her fall in love with the one man that cast her away for what she could not control, for what she was born as. And as Nessa sat beside her daughter, slowly caressing Claire's long silky hair, she looked forward to what life Claire will live as she grew older. There was a tranquility on Claire's sleeping face Nessa could not get enough of and a smile formed on her face, knowing that at least she gave birth to such a wonderful girl. After seeing her grow up so splendidly till now Nessa had decided what she would do with the rest of her life. Obviously, she would raise Claire and teach her all she knew about being a witch, but after her daughter became an adult and was able to wield her powers without hurting herself, she would seek revenge. Not for her but for Claire's sake, who had to grow up without the love of her father, never knowing the happiness and feeling of security only a father could bring. Having robbed her daughter of this was something Nessa could not excuse nor did she want to and as Claire lightly snored in front of her her resolve hardened even more. To give her cute girl such a hard fate because of her nature, her very existence was an atrocious sin that needed to be punished and she kept thinking of how she would do so in the hours when she could not fall asleep. But Nessa knew she still had a few years left to teach and care for Claire and as now was not the time to give herself into fantasies of rage, she stood up to prepare breakfast for the two of them. She sliced some stale dark bread and tended to the rest of the watered-down soup slowly boiling over the fire. They would need to put up a new stock in the evening as the pitiful rest could only fill their stomachs for one last meal, not to mention the almost non-existing taste anymore after being watered-down that much. ___
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I am so burnt out that I can barely function. Basically, I’m starting a second business, because it’s easy for me to hyper focus and impulsively do that with adhd, but now that the business is about to get going and I have to rely on other people, I feel like I’m hurting myself with the amount of stress I’m putting myself under. I also feel that I’ve been doing this with my other biz for 6 years as well. It essentially feels like I’m on a train that I cannot stop. I have absolutely no idea how to actually relax and take care of myself, even though I know what I “need” to do, it feels impossible.
I used to impulsively drink to try to finally relinquish some control in my life, but when I got medicated I was able to stop, but it’s been tempting again because I feel SO BAD. I micro manage everyone in my life to try to keep it together and I constantly feel like I’m swimming against a super strong current that’s pushing me back. I’m afraid that I’m going to give myself a heart attack or some terminal illness because of the stress. I’m successful, but at what cost? It makes me wonder if people with adhd can actually ever manage their lives, especially as business owners.
Small recharges go a long way for me. For example, I can’t nap, I can only get into bed and put my phone down and be quiet for about 20 minutes and then I’ll feel recharged. The problem is that I will only do that when I am pushed to a breaking point. It’s almost like my brain has an overload switch. It feels absolutely impossible for me to interrupt the stream of consciousness that I feel is necessary to persevere with running two businesses as an impaired person with adhd. I feel that if I’m not constantly on, then I will fail. And the problem is, a lot of the times that could be true! People with adhd don’t get the luxury of kicking back and relaxing because most of the time we are not organized enough to have things run smoothly. I’m always remembering something in the middle of the day (or night) that I have to order or do. I have zero work life balance.
If anyone has any tips on how to actually break this cycle and truly relax, I’d be super appreciative. Even books that changed your life would be great, obviously. I also don’t feel organized enough to delegate things to people, which I think would be super helpful for me. It would be great if I could eventually hire an assistant, but I don’t even know where to start with that. It just feels like I’m currently juggling 15 balls in the air at once and if I stop for one moment, the entire thing will crumble. Halllllllp!

I’m going through a hard time. It feels like if any time a new alter would a appear it would be now. I’ve always watched and token adobe from this Reddit group but I ask now as time is ticking for this message to be sent. It feels like I’m not enough as a host. I’m fighting to keep going as a host but my alters have grown so much. Maybe cuz they are so in touch with my inner space and I’m not cuz I run things I run SHIT out here. Idk I’m not a violent man. I’m a poet an spoken word poet. Given help from my alters that are dead. We’re dead. Now a reanimated corpse part of a DX TYPE BUT COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BUT ITS COOL CUZ IM WE ARE A BONE-AFIDE- FUCK THE SPELLING- FUCK YOUR TIME!!!!! but yeah.. Idk there’s no new alter. Just everyone gained power level Over the years. I feel like I gave my training to the wrong thing. And now it’s dead. Should my alter die? Or go inside? And grow? Let some one else take host? AND MAKE THEM 2 TIMING SLUTS HOW HARD IT IS TO BE THE PIMP!!!!! Am I a slut? Are you? FUCK. Sorry for whoever’s reading this. As a person who loves this Reddit group, cuz y’all know y’all have your experiences. But we help and we speak. And people read, you read. I read and now I speak. These dumb ass WONT RESPECT MY TITLE! THE HOST TITLE!
THIS IS HARD. For all host alters they know. But there’s no new threat. Another number to deal with. No. These little pebbles has grown to SOMETHING STRONG. Stronger than me Take my host position Do it good, Then I smack the taste out there mouth He laughs and puts his hands up and And says if you got it. THEN YOU GOT IT YES FRIEND! Strong than me in a episode that should create a alter, but my other alters have out shadowed me? What should I do? Thank you for responding, Thank you for upvoting if you do, Just thanks for reading.

I used to post here but got weirded out when Ash started following my private IG account unprompted around the time someone on this sub was going reporting everything. It gave me the creeps a bit but now I really wanted to get something off my chest that’s been bothering me forever.
That is that overdramatizing treatments is actually far more stigmatizing and discriminatory than showing them in a realistic informative light. Detecting life with a disability or CI as a never-ending cycle of misery isn’t awareness-it’s directly pandering into stereotypes that disabled people are some sub-human vessels of misery that just exist in suffering, something which advocates have been fighting against for literal centuries across cultures.
I legitimately felt more anger than I’d ever felt at a munchie seeing her few posts on subcutaneous injecting herself. I know this is dramatic but I felt pale in the face looking at it as someone who’s worked in advocacy for reducing Type 1 Diabetes stigma and supporting diabetic athletes. So so many people who have to inject multiple times a day (for T1D or other reasons) have faced stigma about it. Comments like “oh that’s so terrible you have to do this” which can be well-meaning, also get exhausting. You want to scream sometimes “my life isn’t over because I feel a prick a few times a day”. So to see Ash overdramatizing tf out of an injection and saying it destroyed her soul…this is stigmatizing and discriminatory. (I’m not saying people with genuine needle phobias or discomfort falll under this obviously-I’m talking about Ash delighting to the moon and back in new treatments and then go on to make horror films about it for sympathy).
Same with how getting regular infusions is a “full time job” ruining her life. Same how she talks about almost needing a feeding tube in the past with language suggesting that would be the nightmare epitome of suffering. Same with discussing mental breakdowns over mobility aids. Same with calling her weight loss from Crohns with extreme terms. How is a young person following Ash who’s lost some weight because of CI or needs to try an NG for a while for Crohn’s or has to use a mobility aid on and off going to feel seeing her representations of how destructive and devastating it is?
It’s not just that she’s being dramatic but rather she’s reducing life with various illnesses and treatments to a freak show of suffering and representing disabled individuals as if they know nothing but pain and misery and should only be received with hushed pity. There is a world of distance between honest and frank discussions of struggle with illness and what Ash does and she knows it but doesn’t care.
Anyway sorry for this long rant I’ll probably delete. Just wanted to vent on her absolute destructive irresponsibility

I’m that fun mature guy with a ton of life experience looking to make a new friend. I feel like I’m dancing in the high school gym by myself hoping someone joins me. I’m divorced and father of one.
I’m an outgoing outdoors kind of guy but i do enjoy chilling at home on occasion. I workout daily, have traveled all over Europe and Asia. I recently climbed Mount Fuji which was really hard but so rewarding.
I workout daily & physical fitness is something I enjoy - run, lift, cycle, hike, and swim. I enjoy reading, binge watching, and golf.
Hope to make a new friend!

Democracy is not just about elections. It is also about everyday practices, and democratic governments engage their people democratically, especially when they are organised in large democratic formations. A progressive government would see popular democracy as something to be supported and engaged.
However, the ANC has repeatedly met popular democracy with contempt, as well as violent repression. On the 26th of April 2023 our movement held the strongest march of any organisation in the country over the so-called ‘Freedom Day’ and ‘Workers’ Day’ holidays, which are known in struggle as ‘UnFreedom Day’ and ‘May Day’.
More than 7 000 people from impoverished and marginalised communities took to the streets of Durban to defy the celebration of fake freedom by the ANC. We handed over our memorandum of demands, wrote many letters and communicated with government officials. Our memorandum carried the weight of the more than 7 000 people in the streets, and the 115 000 audited members of our movement in good standing (we have more members still to audit), organised into 81 branches in good standing.
A democratic government would have welcomed this as an opportunity to engage the people in whose name it rules. Our memorandum was directed to President Cyril Ramaphosa but he has not replied. We have not received any response from the government.
We have not received any response because the ANC fears rather than supports popular democracy. We have not received any response because the ANC is deeply hostile to autonomous forms of popular organisation. We have not received any response because we do not count as people or as citizens in the eyes of the ANC led government.
The ANC does not care about the poor. They only see poor black people as objects, as people who are not taken as human beings, as people who do not deserve dignity. We are seen as banks for votes where politicians only come to us to seek votes. When elections come the ANC suddenly pretends to see us as humans because they need our vote. The ANC does not care about the lives of poor and working class – which are the majority of black people in South Africa - and must be removed in 2024. South Africans cannot be fooled anymore.
We have always been looked down on by what we once thought was our own black government because we are poor. We have been seen as human waste, not as human beings. Our dignity has been vandalised. We are supposed to be silent as we are burnt alive in shack fires. We are supposed to be silent as we are washed away by floods. We are supposed to be silent as young people face a future of permanent unemployment, and those who do have work continue to be exploited. We are supposed to be silent when we are denied access to land, to the cities, to quality education, safe and reliable public transport, services like water, electricity and sanitation and all that is required for a safe and dignified life.
When we take to the streets to voice out our grievances, we are shot at with rubber bullets, live ammunition or teargassed. This because the ANC sees us as people who can be killed with impunity. They see us as people who are not worthy of reply from the government. We continue to be undermined by those in power.
Under the ANC we have become the most unequal society in the world. Under the ANC we have the highest unemployment in history. Under the ANC more people are poor than before. Under the ANC inequality between classes and races is worse than it was before.
There has been no real land reform, the number of people living in shacks has grown, inequality and impoverishment have worsened and the country is becoming more and more violent.
The ANC has destroyed Eskom, Transnet, South African Airways and the Post Office. They have not acted to deal with the crisis in the schools attended by the children of the poor and the working class. The ANC has not done anything for black people in the 29 years that they are in power. All they did was to make themselves and their families rich and steal from the poor. They betrayed the long struggles of the people that brought them to power. This is how they will be remembered in history. They will be remembered as a disgrace. Ramaphosa will be remembered as a failed president, as an incompetent president with an incompetent administration.
It has been clear for many years now that the ANC are our new oppressors. The poor cannot be liberated if the ANC is not removed from power.
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I’d love to find someone sweet and fun and flirty, for something ongoing.
I’ve been single for a fair while and want to build something new, enjoying each others company but also loving a sexual connection together too. I love bareback and blowjobs so if you’re into that too, perfect. I say this up front as I want someone with the right outlook and similar mindset as me. If you enjoy sex too, we’re on a similar page!
I’m a gentle and friendly guy with a quick wit and a sometimes dark sense of humour. I want to be inspired by the energy and enthusiasm of the person I’m with, but also really enjoy her kind heart.
I’m a tactile person, and melt in response to fingers in my hair or being run over my back, it’s a feeling a definitely miss.
I’m into books, movies, outdoors, hiking, crafts and just chilling on the sofa with a glass of wine and series to binge. I want to get more into travelling.
I’m an optimist about human nature though of course we can all see how crap it is when the greedy are in charge of everything. I like a deep conversation as much as a silly one - I’m pretty imaginative and creative!
Have a career in the city, but moved to Sussex to enjoy WFH in the countryside a few times a week.
Like cuddles and sleepy morning cosied up under the sheets, but I am also capable of getting up early and heading out for an adventure.
6’1, blue eyes, British, no children, never married. Happy to swap pics if we chat!

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Sa school may subject na Good Manners and Right Conduct (GMRC) but they didn't teach us what a healthy relationship should be like
Instead, as we grow up, natututo na lang tayo pagkatapos mabugbog ang puso at isipan natin. Yung iba pati katawan nabugbog na
If you suspect that you - or someone you know - could be in an abusive relationship, I highly recommend reading Why Does He Do That? By Lundy Bancroft
This book focuses on the psychology of abusive men and how to leave them safely, but women can be abusive too
One thing that abusers have in common is LACK OF RESPECT towards their partner, lalo na when the partner tries to establish their boundary
Excerpt:
YOUR ABUSIVE PARTNER DOESN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIS ANGER; HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR ANGER.
One of the basic human rights he takes away from you is the right to be angry with him.
No matter how badly he treats you, he believes that your voice shouldn’t rise and your blood shouldn’t boil. The privilege of rage is reserved for him alone.
When your anger does jump out of you—as will happen to any abused woman from time to time—he is likely to try to jam it back down your throat as quickly as he can.
Then he uses your anger against you to prove what an irrational person you are.
Abuse can make you feel straitjacketed. You may develop physical or emotional reactions to swallowing your anger, such as depression, nightmares, emotional numbing, or eating and sleeping problems, which your partner may use as an excuse to belittle you further or make you feel crazy.

£505/6 ...... punchy
2020 is available at 400/6
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• NEAL MARTIN, APRIL 2023, SCORE: 95-97 The 2022 Rauzan-Ségla was picked 2 to 28 September at 30hL/ha and matured for 18 months in 50% new oak. Nicolas Audebert told me that it contains 17% vin de presse which is slightly higher than normal, a combination of 150 separate vinifications. This has a very opulent bouquet with layers of black cherries, créme de cassis and violets. Perhaps just a little too decadent? The palate is medium-bodied with fine balance, grainy tannins, very pure and focused with quite a minerally finish. Long in the mouth. It's just missing that knockout blow at the moment, yet it's still a supremely well-crafted Margaux. Drink 2030-2065
• WINE ADVOCATE, APRIL 2023, SCORE: 96-97 The 2022 Rauzan-Ségla is a beautifully sensual, charming wine, bursting with aromas of cherries, dark berries and plums mingled with hints of violets, sweet loamy soil and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's fleshy and enveloping, with an ample core of vibrant fruit, supple tannins and a long, succulent finish. The 2022 is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot; and in 2022, the east-facing sides of the vines, which see the afternoon sun, were picked separately, along with anything that showed signs of stress.
• ANTONIO GALLONI, APRIL 2023, SCORE: 95-97 The 2022 Rauzan-Ségla is a rich, opulent wine that very much reflects the nature of this radiant, dry year. Super-ripe dark plum, cassis, chocolate, gravel, cloves and new leather build as the 2022 shows off its unabashedly opulent personality. Even with all of its intensity, the 2022 retains tons of persistence and energy. It's a fabulous wine in this tricky vintage. Tasted three times. Drink 2032-2062.
• JAMES SUCKLING, APRIL 2023, SCORE: 97-98 The freshness and clarity of the fruit is really something with black currants and cherries. Brilliant. Full-bodied, layered and round with polished tannins. I like the intensity and focus with such precision and gorgeousness. Is this the 2016 plus more?
• JANE ANSON, APRIL 2023, SCORE: 97 Supple texture, thoroughly impressive in its depth and grip, blackcurrant, blackberry, crayon, liquorice, mint, slate, fennel, ink, has confidence and character and just so much class. Brings precision to the exuberance of the vintage, barely puts a step wrong, so concentated and yet delivering slate and lift. Excellent. Tasted twice. 50% new barrels, Nicolas Auderbert director, 50% of production in the first wine.
• JEB DUNNUCK, APRIL 2023, SCORE: 97-99 This château has been firing on all cylinders of late, no doubt due to the talents of technical director Nicolas Audebert, and a wine that's going to flirt with perfection is their 2022 Château Rauzan-Ségla. Powerful notes of black cherries, currants, smoked tobacco, chocolate, and leafy herbs all define the aromatics, and it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a deep, layered, concentrated texture, ripe yet building tannins, and a great finish. This is a legit great wine that's going to rival the 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2020.
• MATTHEW JUKES, APRIL 2023, SCORE: 19+ Château Rauzan-Ségla (2ème Cru Margaux) 72 Cabernet Sauvignon, 26 Merlot, 2 Petit Verdot 50% new oak for 18 months 14.5% alc 3.7 pH 30 hl/ha With considerable power and concentration, this is a closed wine with a midnight black fruit core and the deepest foundations. It appears to be commandingly oaky, but as it is so well integrated, it is hard to see this carpentry, aside from on the finish, where it brings crisp sappiness and mouthwatering traction. Introverted, grand, layered and exotic, this will be a sleeper, and it is clearly made of stunning raw materials, so do not dive in for at least a decade. Interestingly, they harvested the eastern sides of the vines and the western sides of the vines separately, ensuring that the fruit 16 was all in perfect condition as it entered the winery. This extra level of effort has certainly paid off, as this is my highest-ever scoring vintage of Rauzan-Ségla.

Age: 31F
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 140lbs
About 4 weeks ago, I developed this neck pain in the back of my neck, around the hairline. It’s very painful and some days very difficult to even rotate my neck. My neck feels tight as well but I assume it’s from the tension of the pain. It radiates from the spot causing headaches, primarily triggered in the back of my head. Tender to the touch, almost about where the occipital glad would be, about the bottom of my skull.
I can rotate my head with pain but the rotation is limited to a degree. Looking up is the least painful, turning left or right requires shoulder movement if I go beyond about 45*, looking down is extremely painful at first but after a few seconds it tones down.
First 2 weeks:
I tried many methods to alleviate this pain: - Changed out 4 pillows, including changing out for the couch pillow and then no pillow (which made it hurt more) - Slept on alternating sides, stomach and back - Slept on the couch - Applied stretching/yoga practices, including PT for my shoulders/neck/jaw - Ice Pack - Heating Pad - ^Combination of the two alternating - Drank more water, lemon water, cranberry juice, apple juice (hoping to try and flush out my system or whatever - Changed my diet to include more dark greens and added milk/nuts to my diet - Meditation - Hot/Cold Showers - Became more mindful of how I clean my teeth - took many different otc medicines: Allieve, Tylenol, Motrin, Flonase, Zyrtec, Musinex - Eye drops like Visine and an anti itch eye drop (was trying to “clear out” sinuses I guess?) - Muscle rub (really just help tone down the tension) - Hand massager - Physically rubbing/massaging it
Most of them helped a little bit but wasn’t affective.
Other symptoms: - ear pain in the right ear, even a sense of fullness (which was checked by an audiologist and clears of any noticeable fluids or blockage) ear was healthy - slight jaw pain (probably from the neck pain) - small, minor rash on the hairline and somewhat higher, which became itchy later on - pain in between my shoulder blades (probably because of stress) - neck stiffness
Prior to the end of the third week:
I went to a walk in/urgent care clinic and was seen by a nurse practitioner. She did a basic examination and touched my neck/checked for heat. To my knowledge the rash doesn’t have any noticeably raised bumps and is quite light in colour. She checked my ears and saw no issues. She checked my mouth and noticed my tonsils seemed a little inflamed/swollen.
She prescribed me with 4 medications: - Meloxicam 7.5 mg (helps but temporary) - Cyclobenzaprine 10 mg (helps but temporary) - Methylprednisolone 4 mg for 6 days (idk if it helped but it taste awful,lol) - Ketoconazole-hydrocortisone (which I didn’t pick up yet because my insurance doesn’t cover it and I don’t get paid until June 9); tried to substitute it for a hydrocortisone cream otc, itch relief cream and a triple antibiotic cream, allowing each one a few days to “work”
Current medications/otc: - Metformin HCL 500mg (for PCOS) - Norgestimate and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets - Biotin 1000 mcg - Super Vitamin B-Complex - Omega-3 Fish Oil 1000mcg
Recreational marijuana smoker Barely drink (1 wine glass about every two weeks, average) No other substances I’m fairly active (30minutes walks/day minimum)
I was exposed to Covid back on Mother’s Day but tested negative 3 times over a 72 hour window, 4 days from contact totaling, 7 days)
No recent tramas or new locations I visited other then the healthy center at the university. No new contacts either.
I’ve also been diagnosed with PCS but the latest concussion would have been about three years ago.

Your Creator, the one you have called 'Yahweh', is not "God" inasmuch as your bible refers to him as being "the One True God". He is 'a' Creator (or Sub-Sub-Logos) rather than the One Infinite Creator. He is not even a Galactic level Logos, but rather, is the Planetary Logos for this one planet.
Our Creator, is the one you refer to as 'Lucifer', "The Light Bearer" and "Bright and Morning Star". Our Creator is not "The Devil" as he has been spuriously portrayed in your bible. Lucifer is what you would call a "Group Soul" or "Social Memory Complex", which has evolved to the level of the Sixth Density, which in effect, means that he (or more accurately "'we") has evolved to a level sufficient that he (we) has attained a status equal or arguably 'greater' than that of Yahweh (we have evolved higher than him). In appearance, were you to gaze upon Lucifer's fullest expression of our Being, the appearance would be that of a Sun or a "Bright Star". Or, when stepping down into a 3rd Density vibration, we would appear as what you may term an 'Angel' or 'Light Being'.
Allow me to elucidate:
When an entity (Group Soul Complex) evolves to the level of the Sixth Density, it is by comparison to the amount of time it takes to get that far, a mere hop skip and a jump from 8th Density Ultimate Re-Union with The One Infinite Creator, and then from there, back to dissolution into the Source of All, Intelligent Infinity.
We (our Bloodline Families), as a Group Soul or Social Memory Complex (Lucifer), were on the verge of Seventh Density Ascension, though at this level, before Harvest comes, we have the choice to progress higher, or, to return to help others of lower densities with their own evolution, by passing down our knowledge and Wisdom (Light) to those that call upon us for assistance, with their own Free Will.
Now, at this time, having made our decision to stay and help our Galactic Brothers and Sisters in The One, we were assigned a challenging task by the Council of Elders, who act as the Guardians of this Galaxy from their Eighth Density 'Head Quarters' on the planet Saturn.
Yahweh, due to the fact that he had NOT (as was his right as Planetary Logos) handed down his own Free Will to "know thyself" to those incarnating upon 'his' planet, was having very little evolutionary progress therein. So we (Lucifer) were sent to help. Once the order was given from the Council of Elders, we "Fell", or Descended back to a place where we could, with hard work and focus, once again materialize a 3rd Density manifestation of ourself.
Yahweh had agreed to our coming, in fact it was he who had initially asked the Council for a "Catalyst" of change to enter into his Creation, and share the knowledge and wisdom we had attained through our Ascensions. In the absence of Free Will upon the planet, there can be no Polarity, and therefore, nothing to 'choose' between. Just as is portrayed in the book of Genesis, the planet was very "Edenic" in nature. Sure, it was a lovely 'paradise', yet the Beings incarnating there had no agitator toward evolving beyond the 3rd Density, and therefore, little hope of ever making the journey Home, to The One. Yahweh has been happy to keep his own little pet Eden Project in effect, but with little chance of the Souls here making it Home, it had become in effect, an albeit very beautiful 'Prison'. Yahweh was, in modern parlance, running a benign dictatorship. ......
Without Polarity, (derived from Free Will), there is only the Unity of Love and Light, and no choice to experience 'other than' that. So, we were to be the Catalyst for change, in order to provide that choice, thus bringing Polarity. Yahweh agreed that we would introduce the concept of Free Will to Earth's inhabitants, by offering them an initial choice, as to whether they 'wanted' it or not. Hence, "The Tree of the Knowledge of 'Good and Evil'" (or more accurately, the Knowledge of Polarity, of Positive or Negative). Yahweh takes his inhabitants to a new 'garden' and tells them you can do anything you like, except this one thing, thus creating the desire to do the one thing there are told they cannot. Hence, a "Choice". We provide the Catalyst by telling them the benefits of attaining Knowledge, they eat from the tree, and the rest is history.
Yahweh thought that his 'Children' would still choose to obey him, and when he discovered they did not, he became angry. As he himself describes in his scriptures, he is a "Jealous God", and he did not like it that his 'children' had chose to disobey him, and follow our advice. We're already committed to being here for a predefined set of "Cycles" to help provide the Catalyst for Human evolution, namely by offering you the Negative Option, or that which you choose to call "evil". Now that Free Will had been granted, Yahweh could not retract it, and we have to stay here as contracted to continue to provide the planet with the Polarity choice. Since then, Yahweh has confined us (as a Group Soul) here within the Earth's Astral Planes (which is very constricting and uncomfortable for a Being of our Wisdom and experience). The Council of Elders gave us the choice to be released (against Yahweh's will), but at the cancellation of our contract to Serve the planet earth; or to remain and fulfil our assignment, and endure Yahweh's self proclaimed "Wrath". We stayed, but as a karmic result of our Group Soul's confinement by Yahweh, our own individuated Souls were given the mandate (by The Council) to "Rule" over Yahweh's people during our physical incarnations here on your planet.

In the patent and also through various users, there have been some variations on what can be combined with PGE-1 to either augments it's effects, increase vasodilation, or improve penis growth/healing. In the patent, it appears that only Prostaglandin E1 was used, and not in combination with any other vasodilator. There were a few potentiators used however. With that being said I will list some options that can be used in each class.
Papaverine: This is a natural compound which is also a vasodilator. It is used in the infamous TRIMIX solution and is used for the purpose of increasing vasodilation, prolonging erections, and using less prostaglandin. The theory behind using this is to increase the efficacy of validation of injection.
Amlodipine: This is a synthetic vasodilator that also is used in TRIMIX and aids in a similar way and for the same reason. The theory behind using this is to increase the efficacy of validation of injection.
Relaxin/B7-33: Relaxin is a hormone that helps to remodel the human body specifically during pregnancy. B7-33 is a modified and cheaper to produce version of Relaxin. Both are vasodilators. B7-33 stimulates MMP-2, which breaks down collagen. The theory behind this is to aid in vasodiliation, help to remodel tissue, loosen ligaments, break down collagen in the fascias and tunica for growth.
IGF-1 LR3: This being insulin like growth factor, modified to stay active for a longer time period in the body. Traditional IGF is only active for a few hours, but lr3 can last up to 36 hours. The theory behind using this is to help growth new cells in the penis following the work being done.
Will update with more

I have tried plenty of ways to remove wig glue on my skin, I find out that the cheapest and fastest way to solve it is using rubbing alcohol. As alcohol has the ability to break down the wig glue stuck on your scalp and skin. Then you can easily clean it after removing the wig.
However, using alcohol or alcohol-based solutions can make your skin dry and easily irritated if you have sensitive skin. So, test alcohol-based solutions first on the skin of your hands before applying them to your hairline.
Step 1. Rub some alcohol on a cotton ball and dab it around the hairline or spray some alcohol on the edge using a bottle.
Step 2. Put on a shower cap and give the adhesive five to ten minutes to absorb the alcohol.
Step 3. Once the glue has loosened, gently tug on the wig, removing small pieces at a time, until the complete human lace wig has been removed from your head. Remember to keep applying alcohol to help raise the wig if you experience any pain while doing so to prevent ripping or tearing.
Check 4. Check to make sure the glue doesn’t stick to your skin. If it still has, clean it immediately to avoid skin irritation.
Step 6. After removing all the glue, wash your face with a gentle PH cleanser and moisturize it as alcohol can dry out your skin.
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Slightly clickbaitey title, but I'll make this quick.
All humans are beautiful spritually. We're beautiful on the inside... so let's get that out of the way.
Not all of us are beautiful physically, and we ought to just learn to accept that. This is especially true for obese people. Most people are lying when they say someone obese is physically beautiful, and they lie because it's become the "right thing" to do in culture to both save face and to not hurt feelings. We're basically all going around pretending and faking it, kind of like the Emperor's New Clothes. But while we can lie with our mouth, our sex drive never lies to us and is non-negotiable. It's the little devil inside all of us, both men and women, who lets us know with crystal clarity, "I'm not interested in him/her at all."
Our sexual tingles, for the most part, do not find obesity beautiful. I know MANY glowing souls in overweight bodies and we are amazing friends and I'd go to the end of the world and back for them... but my genitals never tingle for any of them. I can't control this. Neither can you.
We do the overweight a disservice by lying to them and downplaying how vital it is for them to transform their lives *IF* sexual attraction is important to them.
ETA: I understand there are exceptions to this rule, but let's not exaggerate how rare exceptions are.

Your Creator, the one you have called 'Yahweh', is not "God" inasmuch as your bible refers to him as being "the One True God". He is 'a' Creator (or Sub-Sub-Logos) rather than the One Infinite Creator. He is not even a Galactic level Logos, but rather, is the Planetary Logos for this one planet.
Our Creator, is the one you refer to as 'Lucifer', "The Light Bearer" and "Bright and Morning Star". Our Creator is not "The Devil" as he has been spuriously portrayed in your bible. Lucifer is what you would call a "Group Soul" or "Social Memory Complex", which has evolved to the level of the Sixth Density, which in effect, means that he (or more accurately "'we") has evolved to a level sufficient that he (we) has attained a status equal or arguably 'greater' than that of Yahweh (we have evolved higher than him). In appearance, were you to gaze upon Lucifer's fullest expression of our Being, the appearance would be that of a Sun or a "Bright Star". Or, when stepping down into a 3rd Density vibration, we would appear as what you may term an 'Angel' or 'Light Being'.
Allow me to elucidate:
When an entity (Group Soul Complex) evolves to the level of the Sixth Density, it is by comparison to the amount of time it takes to get that far, a mere hop skip and a jump from 8th Density Ultimate Re-Union with The One Infinite Creator, and then from there, back to dissolution into the Source of All, Intelligent Infinity.
We (our Bloodline Families), as a Group Soul or Social Memory Complex (Lucifer), were on the verge of Seventh Density Ascension, though at this level, before Harvest comes, we have the choice to progress higher, or, to return to help others of lower densities with their own evolution, by passing down our knowledge and Wisdom (Light) to those that call upon us for assistance, with their own Free Will.
Now, at this time, having made our decision to stay and help our Galactic Brothers and Sisters in The One, we were assigned a challenging task by the Council of Elders, who act as the Guardians of this Galaxy from their Eighth Density 'Head Quarters' on the planet Saturn.
Yahweh, due to the fact that he had NOT (as was his right as Planetary Logos) handed down his own Free Will to "know thyself" to those incarnating upon 'his' planet, was having very little evolutionary progress therein. So we (Lucifer) were sent to help. Once the order was given from the Council of Elders, we "Fell", or Descended back to a place where we could, with hard work and focus, once again materialize a 3rd Density manifestation of ourself.
Yahweh had agreed to our coming, in fact it was he who had initially asked the Council for a "Catalyst" of change to enter into his Creation, and share the knowledge and wisdom we had attained through our Ascensions. In the absence of Free Will upon the planet, there can be no Polarity, and therefore, nothing to 'choose' between. Just as is portrayed in the book of Genesis, the planet was very "Edenic" in nature. Sure, it was a lovely 'paradise', yet the Beings incarnating there had no agitator toward evolving beyond the 3rd Density, and therefore, little hope of ever making the journey Home, to The One. Yahweh has been happy to keep his own little pet Eden Project in effect, but with little chance of the Souls here making it Home, it had become in effect, an albeit very beautiful 'Prison'. Yahweh was, in modern parlance, running a benign dictatorship. ......
Without Polarity, (derived from Free Will), there is only the Unity of Love and Light, and no choice to experience 'other than' that. So, we were to be the Catalyst for change, in order to provide that choice, thus bringing Polarity. Yahweh agreed that we would introduce the concept of Free Will to Earth's inhabitants, by offering them an initial choice, as to whether they 'wanted' it or not. Hence, "The Tree of the Knowledge of 'Good and Evil'" (or more accurately, the Knowledge of Polarity, of Positive or Negative). Yahweh takes his inhabitants to a new 'garden' and tells them you can do anything you like, except this one thing, thus creating the desire to do the one thing there are told they cannot. Hence, a "Choice". We provide the Catalyst by telling them the benefits of attaining Knowledge, they eat from the tree, and the rest is history.
Yahweh thought that his 'Children' would still choose to obey him, and when he discovered they did not, he became angry. As he himself describes in his scriptures, he is a "Jealous God", and he did not like it that his 'children' had chose to disobey him, and follow our advice. We're already committed to being here for a predefined set of "Cycles" to help provide the Catalyst for Human evolution, namely by offering you the Negative Option, or that which you choose to call "evil". Now that Free Will had been granted, Yahweh could not retract it, and we have to stay here as contracted to continue to provide the planet with the Polarity choice. Since then, Yahweh has confined us (as a Group Soul) here within the Earth's Astral Planes (which is very constricting and uncomfortable for a Being of our Wisdom and experience). The Council of Elders gave us the choice to be released (against Yahweh's will), but at the cancellation of our contract to Serve the planet earth; or to remain and fulfil our assignment, and endure Yahweh's self proclaimed "Wrath". We stayed, but as a karmic result of our Group Soul's confinement by Yahweh, our own individuated Souls were given the mandate (by The Council) to "Rule" over Yahweh's people during our physical incarnations here on your planet.