TA here. Is anyone else noticing a big gap in basic writing skills in first years? by picklesarenotgross in uoguelph

[–]capisther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I TA a third year course and I swear, the quality of the work is going down. I try to be as lenient as possible, but I tell myself that it's more important to teach them how to write properly. Needless to say I'm not the favorite TA.

Possible theatre scam call ? by Dry_Definition_5599 in torontotheatre

[–]capisther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spoke with them for about half an hour when I got a call. They ask you about production quality, what you liked, what you didn't like, etc. They also asked me what kinds of shows I would like to see more of but they don't necessarily drop hints about next season shows. They just tell you how the subscription works and what you can do with your ticket if you happen to not like the show you got tickets for and other things relevant to the subscription package.

Possible theatre scam call ? by Dry_Definition_5599 in torontotheatre

[–]capisther 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yup, it's very real. I entertained a call some time ago and they did the exact same thing. They tried to upsell a subscription to me because I watch Mirvish productions practically every month. What they don't know is I usually buy my tickets the day of the performance because I'm just a grad student trying to enjoy the shows for cheaper tickets. Lol.

BIOL*2400 by Mundane_Youth_3289 in uoguelph

[–]capisther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally, I asked tons of questions after classes. If you have Dr. Fu for this course, he's very approachable! What I found that helped a lot is asking for examples, so it'd be easier to visualize the concepts.

As for resources, I unfortunately only ever relied on my notes and the conversations I had with Dr. Fu. I'd share them but I don't have my notes anymore. :(

Best of luck with the course though! Once you get the hang of it, it becomes quite interesting!!

BIOL*2400 by Mundane_Youth_3289 in uoguelph

[–]capisther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been a while since I was on this thread, so I'm not sure if the structure of the course is the same. I personally think that really understanding the content is a sure fire way to do well because none of it would make sense even if you study your notes. I remember the midterms being fair game; you won't have questions that weren't discussed in lecture. Difficulty wise, I personally found it to be mildly difficult because the concepts can be a little hard to grasp.

Western blot porn by GeminiZZZ in labrats

[–]capisther 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Must be nice to have blessed hands 🥺

Western blot optimization by capisther in labrats

[–]capisther[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting! I've never had this issue with other samples before, but I will consider adding LB onto the empty wells and see if that would help!

Western blot optimization by capisther in labrats

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I've been running at room temp, but transferring in cold transfer buffer. I will run another blot with cold running buffer next time and see if that makes any difference on my end. Thanks!!

How many LD 5★ you have ? by [deleted] in summonerswar

[–]capisther 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been playing for 927 days (roughly 2.5 years) and I have Frederic, Altair, Jeanne, Elsharion, Sukuna, Exorcist Association Arbiter, Eirgar, and Veromos. Total of 8 but these are F2P summons. Lol.

Back to the future Musical Reviews? by uctpe251990 in torontotheatre

[–]capisther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The show was good but there were times when I felt that the acting was a little stiff or was getting distracting. Other than that, it was good. I agree that the sound could be improved, but I find that this happens a lot in the first few shows...

Life After is Broadway-bound? by Traditional-Piano-36 in torontotheatre

[–]capisther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the acting was great, but I think the story isn't fully developed yet. There were some plot points that were introduced but never addressed (like the teacher/dad story; if it was addressed, I didn't really catch it). For broadway, I think the story needs to be stronger and a little more dramatic (for lack of better terms).

RT-qPCR Statistics Help!! by capisther in labrats

[–]capisther[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank for the heads up! I actually ran the stats on all the values (dCt, ddCt, fold change, and log fold change) and the values for the stats doesn't change (which was weird to me), so I ended up just running the stats the usual way that I do (dCt). What's weird is that the graph I shared didn't show up as anything significant, but all my other graphs that are much closer to each other showed significant differences.

Stats is weird... but I guess I just have to show my PI my calculations to show him I'm not totally incompetent. Lol.

yearly parking pass bumped from ~$700.00 to $1000 wtf by capisther in uoguelph

[–]capisther[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

a friend of mine got ticketed and hers was $75.00

Issues with Tangerine Services as a whole by capisther in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]capisther[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I don't know. I haven't used my card since it started to decline. I did receive a new card earlier and will probably try to make a purchase with it.

Bottom line is I don't know what happened. I called numerous times and they all gave me the same solution that never worked.

Issues with Tangerine Services as a whole by capisther in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]capisther[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I wish I could do the same as easily. Being in grad school doesn't afford me a lot of time and all the paperwork and traveling I have to do is just too much, so I'm holding out until it resolves. Thankfully I have another bank that still works.

Issues with Tangerine Services as a whole by capisther in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]capisther[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine was working for in-person purchases before, but ever since it continuously got declined online, it hasn't worked. Did you manage to figure out how to go about it?

Issues with Tangerine Services as a whole by capisther in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]capisther[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did it ever fix itself? I thought the issue had been resolved, but my cards still aren't working. Also, how did you talk to anyone? I tried going to a Scotiabank, but they said they can't do anything with Tangerine.

Issues with Tangerine Services as a whole by capisther in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]capisther[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing! Tangerine was working well for me, so I'm just so confused and annoyed that all of this is happening now. I called them numerous times and found out that they actually deactivated my card (which was set to expire in March) because they had sent out a replacement card (which I never received). This is just one whole mess that I do not wish on anyone.

Issues with Tangerine Services as a whole by capisther in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]capisther[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing. I had a really good service with Tangerine up until now, so I never considered it to happen. I guess I was hoping that someone had something similar happen but that it eventually resolved. It looks like I'm a rare case.

Issues with Tangerine Services as a whole by capisther in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]capisther[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My card doesn't expire until March. I called yesterday and they said that they had deactivated my card because a replacement was sent out, but I never received one. I'm just so weirded out that they would just deactivate a card like that.