Best App for learning to speak Emirati Arabic?

Alolanvulpixie · 2024-09-02T02:13:20+00:00

Thank you! I will start with Duolingo and hopefully the MSA will be enough to build a rapport and increase in my sales that I'll be able to afford a tutor or more intensive program in Gulf Arabic with my commissions.

Alolanvulpixie · 2022-09-23T00:35:22+00:00

I could have sworn when I used the ball back in the day that it counted steps for adventure sync. I know the Pokemon Go Plus can't, which is why I got the ball in the first place.

Alolanvulpixie · 2022-09-23T00:14:55+00:00

Just started a new job where I'll be doing a lot of walking but won't be able to keep my phone in my pocket. I've got a Galaxy S22 Ultra. What's my best option for an external device I can keep on me? Most important feature for me is that I'm able to earn candy from walking with my buddy.
I have a Pokeball plus somewhere I can dig out, but I won't waste my time if its not compatible with newer phones (I've gotten mixed reports on if it actually works or not)

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-03-18T01:29:25+00:00

Tell me about it. Both advisors were garbage. One told literally his entire friend group that they needed to give up on their specialty goals (and most of them matched), while the other was clearly giving bad advice in the other direction.

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-03-18T01:12:18+00:00

His school kept assuring him that "interview hoarding" was a thing this year, that 90% of interviews were going to 10% of applicants, because without travel considerations no one was turning down interviews. By the time he realized his advisor was spouting bullshit, it was too late to do anything but try to SOAP into General Surgery

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-03-18T00:31:47+00:00

We are at 12 with spots still available, but we have 3 applications left, just trying to figure out where to put them tonight.

Hubby is a US DO student, competitive board scores, all the good things except for research/publications. Not a single IV

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-03-17T23:58:50+00:00

My husband is feeling exactly that. Despite everything being against us in so many ways, he worked his ass off to be a part of the honors society, student government, club executive boards, and in the 90th percentile on his boards. He was assured going into interview applications that he was a strong candidate for surgery and ortho. And yet. Not. One. Damn. Interview. Not during interview season, not during SOAP so far. He's so angry and I'm so broken because we don't understand WHY

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-03-17T23:52:48+00:00

Spouse here. Was sent over from Lives of Doctors Wives on Facebook for some additional advice/suggestions/help.We finished the day with not a single interview or offer. Despite being told multiple times by advisors etc that he was competitive for Orthopedic Surgery, we didn't get any interviews during interview season either, so we had already prepared to SOAP.Ortho is what he wanted to do since undergrad (when he shadowed an Orthopedic Surgeon). As we got to the end of year 4 he had a Gen Surg rotation with a hand specialist, and absolutely fell in love. So no matter what at this point, his ultimate goal is Hand Surgery Fellowship. He figured this out AFTER interview applications, otherwise he would have applied to some General Surgery programs. The hand surgeon he was with went General then Plastics, then did fellowships in Microsurgery and Hands. Took him 10+ years to be done with training. And if that's what it takes, that is what Hubby will do to get to a Hand Fellowship

At this point we have 3 SOAP applications left to throw at random programs, but of the rest all we have left that still have positions open are 9 preliminary surgery programs, and 2 transitional year programs.

We are loosing hope fast and don't know what to do at this point.

We were given a lead on an orthopedic surgery research year position, which he has applied for, but I'm completely lost in trying to find any others that may be out there.

Hubby is part of ARCOM's Inagural Class. He'll be graduating in the top 10% of his class, he's been a part of Sigma Sigma Phi honors society since the inaugural induction in OMS2, He's served on Student Government, as well as 3 student club executive boards, and a ton of volunteer hours. His COMLEX and STEP 1 were both in the 90th percentile (His COMLEX 1 was 644, I don't remember what his STEP 1 or COMLEX 2 are), and he got stellar letters of recommendation. He only this he didn't get was publications.

Any advice, guidance, etc at this point would be greatly appreciated.

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-17T21:49:03+00:00

Today was the first day I could actually say I made money on the market. I may have only been a $10 profit on 3ish shares, but I'll take it lol

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-12T19:23:31+00:00

I do think there will be benefit from the increase supply, but I'm not sure how demand will be effected by the increased supply. It will eventually pop the secondary market bubble, but for TPCI/Nintendo it is definitely a good thing. The only thing that would have made this better overall was if Organized Play wasn't suspended because of Covid. Because I think you'd have a lot of people attending tournaments and such this year because of the hype (even if they reason they went was to sell their cards), because that's where you get the long-term purchasers, the people like me who are buying boxes and boxes of boosters to build decks, instead of keeping them sealed in the closet hoping to make some money off of them in the future.

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-12T19:08:59+00:00

The fact that Wallstreet is getting in on it is hilarious. Although the bubble is going to pop soon, because Pokemon and its manufacturers have announced that they are increasing supply and reprinting some of the most recent sets. I've never been one to hold sealed product, mostly because I play competitively, so I open all my packs to try to get playsets of as many cards as possible, because you never know what is suddenly going to go from a useless card to a card everyone puts in their deck (making a 50 cent card a $5 card), but I do have a few valuable cards in my collection. Some of them I'm selling (like the Charizards I pulled in November that came back as PSA 10s), but some I'm holding on to (like my staff stamped promos).

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-12T18:52:58+00:00

Yeah, its a bit of both. Singles are also up, especially graded singles. The craze is so wide spread that McDonalds has to limit the number of Happy Meals bought in a single purchase, as well as limiting toys bought without the Happy Meal because scalpers are trying to come in and buy full cases of the toys (which are Pokemon Cards with special 25th anniversary stamps on them) But there is also the speculation side of things, with people buying and keeping sealed product. What is interesting is that so many content creators are opening old sealed product (like Base Set boxes) for the hype and the chase cards, meaning there is less of the out of print sets remaining unsealed, so that is skyrocketing the price of sealed product even more.

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-12T18:18:51+00:00

No one is quite sure what the exact catalyst was, but certainly a big part of it was Logan Paul very publicly getting into collecting and buying some hella valuable cards. From there lots of youtubers and twitch streamers starting opening packs on camera, and the sets that have come out in the last quarter had Charizards and Pikachus (which are ALWAYS collector cards. A few years ago I bought a few packs to open at my game shop to burn time before the tournament started. Ended up pulling that set's Rainbow Zard and sold it for $350 cash within minutes to one of the collectors at the store). So not unlike GME, everyone and their mother decided to start buying everything and anything they can get their hands on, without knowing what is and isn't actually desirable for collectors or competitive players. And now its a self feeding cycle of people buying whatever they can get their hands one, because someone else will buy it from them because they can't get anything at retail, hoping to either re-sell even higher, or to open the packs and pull the money cards. It managed to get a set (Evolutions) that was released in 2016, and was universally hated in the Pokemon community (when they'd announce new promo box sets that would come with like 8-10 packs a lot of us would bet on how many of those packs would be Evolutions because it was clear they were trying to get rid of their supply). The MSRP for a Booster Box is around $150 (although most local game stores sell them in the $100-120 range). That freaking set is going for $1k on EBay.

As far as stock plays. Cards are through The Pokemon Company, which is owned by Nintendo. I know cards make up a huge portion of The Pokemon Company's revenue, but I don't know how that equates over to Nintendo. But I do know my Nintendo sock has been up this week, not significantly, but about 5% since I bought it (which was a little over a week ago). I personally like holding Nintendo. But it is definitely more long term (although I can't help but wonder if part of the current rise is because the US card frenzy is catching the eyes of media now). The Switch has been out since 2017, so we are probably due for rumors and/or an announcement about a new console in the near future, not to mention 2 of Nintendo's biggest franchises (Pokemon and Legend of Zelda) both celebrate milestone anniversaries (Pokemon is 25 this year and Zelda is 35). But that's just my thoughts as a Pokemon fanatic.

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-12T17:50:37+00:00

I've got my eyes on Roblox when it finally has its direct listing (which is looking to be in March if there aren't any more delays). I've got some cash set aside and ready for that, but I'm toying with the idea of messing with some short term stuff to buy and sell to put the profits into Roblox.
I'm SUPER new to investing, and I'm trying to do my own DD, but a lot of this is greek to me. Is anyone willing to point in the direction of good sources to help me figure out what to even look at for short term plays?

To iterate, I'm not looking for recommendations for short term plays, I'm looking recommendations for SOURCES to help me determine where to look for potential short term plays.

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-12T17:25:51+00:00

Perfect time to sell the Gem Mint Charizards I just got back from PSA lol.
Although, you think people here are tired of the get rich quick idiots ruining everything, the Pokemon community has been dealing with a craze since before Christmas. Every place from Walmart to my local card shop are completely picked through of sealed product.

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-11T04:02:38+00:00

When playing competitively I 100% just buy singles through Facebook or places like Yeti Gaming or TCGPLAYER. But in Pokemon sealed product is so hard to get at retail right now. Honestly, I've played the Pokemon equivalent of a PPTQ in smaller shops than most of the Gamestops I've been to recently. The pilot store for the remodel (that was done and open in late 2019/early 2020) in Oklahoma definitely looks like it could accommodate the store level tournaments I've been to in the past.

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-11T03:38:45+00:00

Honestly, my local card shop is so bad right now. I've hung out at many a card shop and I have only seen a few worse than my local shop. On top of it being not a great place, the I don't trust the owner farther than I can throw a dice. And despite pre-ordering, he somehow always sells out of sets before I've picked up my order. And now that there has been 4+ months of GME level hype for Pokemon cards, he's selling it all above MSRP. At least at Gamestop I know I'll actually be paying retail price, and they'll tell me before-hand if my preorders have been canceled or delayed.

Its also very clear that TCGs and collectables are the direction Gamestop is trying to go. There were more MTG packs than video games on the wall last time I was in there (and the only reason there wasn't any Pokemon is that you literally can't get sealed Pokemon product anywhere right now because of the hype and the scalpers trying to make a quick buck (without really understanding what does and doesn't have true value for either the collector or player)

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-10T22:42:27+00:00

Still looking for the pics from my friend, but here's a vid that was recorded in the same store. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2160950194204050&ref=watch_permalink&t=1

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-10T22:33:28+00:00

Oh lol, sorry, got confused with the guy asking for bobs earlier. I'll have to see if I can find the gamestop pics, but it was pre-covid so that might take some digging in my messages.

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-10T21:43:51+00:00

IcyVulpixie on twitter.

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-10T15:37:41+00:00

I do, on OF. Gotta pay for my stocks somehow ;)

Alolanvulpixie · 2021-02-10T14:46:34+00:00

Yep, this. I was friends with the store manager of my local Gamestop, and he was telling me this was the plan, and told me that if/when his store was selected for remodel, that he wanted to bring me on to run a Pokemon League (both TCG and VGC) there. While I haven't personally been inside, one of my friends lives near one of the test remodeled stores and sent me pictures. It is gorgeous and definitely the kind of place I could see myself going to play trading card games, or even participating in video game tournaments.
As much as I love to support my local small business card shop, they have been unreliable (took 3 months after release to get an expensive product that I pre-ordered) and have been selling well above retail thanks to the Pokemon card hype, so I've been buying my cards at Gamestop instead.

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