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so quick question fandom, pokebank has updated, and it's super exciting bc now i can send in shinies + and even my shiny hunters and start shiny hunting in sumo, but serebii mentioned that you have to redownload the app with the new update--not just the patch itself. if anyone's already updated their bank, are your pokemon safe?
Seven years ago, on December 24, 2009, the Senate voted 60-39 to pass Obamacare. All Republicans voted against it, all Democrats voted for it.
“Today, we take the first steps to repair the nation’s broken health care system, removing Washington from the equation and putting control back where it belongs: with patients, their families, and their doctors,” Republican Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee who sponsored the legislation, said in a statement.
Republicans did not have the 60 votes needed to repeal Obamacare, so they opted to defund it via a budget resolution, which only requires a simple majority.
“That means they can essentially gut the law, removing all the subsidies that help low- and middle-income people buy health insurance and getting rid of the smorgasbord of taxes — on medical devices, insurance companies and wealthy individuals — that pay for those subsidies,” NPR explained.
Republicans, despite having voted more than 60 times to repeal Obamacare, have never had a legitimte replacement plan. It is widely reported that they will take two to four years to replace the Affordable Care Act, leaving up to 30 million Americans without insurance, and many paying exceptionally high premiums for having pre-existing conditions, including HIV, diabetes, cancer, and even pregnancy.
Repealing Obamacare also devastates Medicare, and will cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Donald Trump uring the presidential campaign promised he would never touch Social Security or Medicare.
Concerned citizens can call lawmakers in the House and Senate at 202-224-3121.
Concerned citizens can call lawmakers in the House and Senate at 202-224-3121.
CALL. THEM.
Virtually everyone I know would lose their health care including possibly us. This is actually the first time in my adult life I have had health care period which means I have years and years of possible health issues to catch up which in itself could take years more.
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Despite the season’s best efforts to woo me with cakes and cookies and pies (even those coming out of my own kitchen), I’ve been doggedly drawn to savories this winter. I crave soups and broths, piles of steaming veggies and stews, anything to stave off the cold (I know, I’m in Los Angeles—but these walls and windows aren’t built for 50º weather!). This weekend, though, the holiday cookie bug snuck its way into my heart. You know the urge, that longing to get cozy with your oven whilst donning your most well-worn sweats and grooving to the best holiday tunes you can find. Yup, that one.
I grew up making two kinds of holiday cookies, recipes that were my mother’s family heirlooms: raspberry linzertorte bars and pecan snowball cookies (or Russian or Mexican wedding cookies, depending who you ask). Suddenly, in the midst of my reigning savory preference, I decided it was high time to make some snowballs. Except I wanted mine laced with the fragrance of jasmine and bright with matcha green tea.
Read more and get the recipe here!
Okay, new rule: if you regularly consume the blood and flesh of a demigod in a room full of chanting elders you’re not allowed to call other religions primitive and evil
This is oddly specific and leaves some very interesting questions unanswered.
Catholicism sure does sound weird when you put it that way.
A really good bird <3
RIP, buddy.
A tiny journal-ish gif-comic from a few tweets I made last night! I believed this kind of stuff until I was 14 or so, which is pretty old in retrospect…
There used to be more but I accidentally saved over it :/
I did manage to recover one other page, though!
(the end!)
this is my favorite thing that I have ever seen in my entire life
I love this and do stuff like this on the daily. No one ever grows up, really
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No No No! 🙀 Don’t take your hands. I feel so comfy. 💕🐊
HOW CAN SOMETHING BE THIS CUTE
IT’S OCTOBER
I'm a bit of an introvert but I'd like to be a veterinarian. I'm worried about properly handling client communication. How did you learn to handle it?
Hello Nonny,
A lot of veterinary schools actually have courses & lessons on proper communication with clients. I know at Ross, as we got into our later semesters right before clinics we actually had people come in & “act like clients.” We didn’t have a script, but they were told what to say & how to try to drive the conversation. It was our job to use what we’d learn to properly communicate with them & get our point across or achieve some goal.
We’re basically trained. As awkward as that may sound…
We are taught to be conscious of our tone, our word choice, our body posture, our facial expressions, how to approach subjects, & how to handle various emotions thrown our way. Address the pet by name. Don’t get the sex wrong. Firm hand shake. State your name clearly. Eye contact. Smile. Keep your body turned toward them. Open body posture. Explain what you’re doing. It was all drilled into us to the point that even now, I find myself using what they taught us without giving it a second thought.
Aside from taking what my school taught me, the best way to handle client communication is practice. Practice, practice, & practice some more. Use your friends/family if you have to. It’ll become more comfortable for you as you go along. It’ll become second nature.
It’s a bit daunting & overwhelming at first, but you can do it!
A high percentage of veterinarians are introverts - every doctor at the practice I work at, including myself, is. I basically have an on and off switch for dealing with clients that I turn off when I go home for the night. As part of my job I am able to be more confident, outgoing, even bubbly. When I go home I relax and do quiet things to recharge myself. You can definitely succeed in this field as an introvert. Recognizing that client communication is an important and necessary part of the field is half the battle – I think introverts mostly run into problems when they don’t realize the extent of client communication that is present, and thus are overwhelmed. If you know about it, and can practice and plan for it, you have a much better chance to succeed.
School Asignment - 3x3 - Floras
I’M SO FUCKED UP OVER MANDALA EFFECT CONSPIRACIES RIGHT NOW
WHAT’S THE MOST ICONIC THING ABOUT THE MONOPOLY DUDE?? HIS MONOCLE, RIGHT? EVERYONE REMEMBERS THAT.
WELL WHERE THE FUCK DID IT GO
AND YOU KNOW KIT-KATS??
THATS RIGHT, KIT-KATS. I JUST AUTOMATICALLY SPELLED IT WITH A DASH.
WELL FUCK ME UP!! CAUSE APPARENTLY THERE AIN’T NO DASH ANMORE
AND SMOKEY THE BEAR. YOU KNOW, THE BEAR WHO EDUCATES US ABOUT FOREST FIRES.
SMOKEY THE BEAR.
NOPE. IT’S SMOKEY BEAR
don’t even FUCKING TALK TO ME ABOUT MONA LISA’S SMILE
THAT WAS NEVER THERE BEFORE. I HAD TO RECREATE A PAINTING OF HER FOR A SCHOOL PROJECT AND MY REFERENCE PHOTO WAS NOT THIS
And this one of course we all know its Berenstein
b ut
OUR CURRENT TIMELINE SEEMS TO DISAGREE
im so done I’m leaving the planet
reblog if you’ve ever been horrified by your own Customer Service voice
she is so FAKE
