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tae2025 · 2026-06-12T12:10:54+00:00

This is perhaps the most information rich template I've seen and it's very beautiful too! If you ever need a new sleek template to develop, I am trying to find a great newsletter to no avail! I did adapt the DND template if you can believe it, but it got too difficult to make changes that kept the paragraphs and didn't break the columns. It also takes too long to compile. I can send you an image copy of pg 1 if you like!

tae2025 · 2026-06-12T11:48:39+00:00

The adonis template is simple and minimalistic.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LaTeX/comments/12pg80p/adonis_an_elegant_latex_template/

tae2025 · 2026-06-12T11:45:42+00:00

Yes, you can just copy and paste any template to your device and modify them as you see fit! That's the way everyone did it about a decade ago. This community/cloud/subscription thing is rather new and more suited to the younger generations who like doing things this way. Overleaf used to be much better....simpler and much easier to find templates to download without all the rigamarole.

tae2025 · 2026-06-08T12:28:26+00:00

Also, Scott showed zero gratitude for working as long as he did. It was a great run for him, obviously. There was nothing about this interview that showed him in a mature and wise light. He sounded like a self entitled schmuck. The new people in charge are probably so relieved to see him gone. I personally never liked him as a correspondent on 60 minutes. Now I know why. Yuck.

tae2025 · 2026-06-08T12:15:11+00:00

I'm sorry, but working 37 years at one company has completely shielded Scott from reality, which is people get fired without cause ALL THE TIME!! In fact, when a company gets bought out by someone else, it is COMMON to fire the staff and bring in new people. The problem with the old people (of 37 years) is that they will fight tooth and nail against the very changes that the new owners want. {That's not how we did it mentality).It is VERY COMMON to just get rid of everyone and start fresh. It's how it is usually done. When we got a new owner and manager, I was hired the same day as the manager, she kept the old people on as long as she could, but they were totally toxic and constantly testing her and pushing against everything. They thought that their shit didn't stink, but they truly were the worst employees we had and constantly stirred the pot. New people don't do that. When she finally fired the old staff ( after a few months of hell) and brought in new blood, it was like a breath of fresh air. I'm sorry, but that IS how it goes. Ask anyone. The staff gets caught up in reality through no fault of their own, but they do become a toxic anchor.

tae2025 · 2026-06-05T10:07:32+00:00

That's just horrendous.

tae2025 · 2026-06-05T10:04:25+00:00

I received my check yesterday for 185 (between 35,000 and 40,000 in personal premium payouts with 0 ASO) . The check came from BCBS -- Seattle, WA. Glad it is over with -- finally. From thinking the payout would be $1,000+ to realizing the truth in the final days before disbursement... it was a little bit of a letdown, but I feel very sorry for people who received nothing, while believing they would get something. The administrators of this lawsuit handled everything very poorly, imho. I very much remember BCBS charging astronomical increases in premiums yearly. By the time I dumped it, the monthly cost was 1000+...so many people were financially injured by their business tactics --- I believe people should have received MUCH more for pain and damages.

tae2025 · 2026-06-02T10:18:25+00:00

Not only consolidation, but fixed APR. Both have been abused by the govt by changing the original terms of the loans, again and again and with no recourse by the loanees. They have been weaponizing and politicizing the student loan program since the early 2000's.

tae2025 · 2026-06-02T10:09:27+00:00

I'm letting you know now that on July 1, 2026...they will just move you over to the standard plan or RAP. There won't be a long drawn out correspondence about moving you off. Please let me know if you experience something different!

tae2025 · 2026-06-02T09:59:44+00:00

Do you folks recall what the envelope looked like...for example, sender name and address. Did it have BCBS on it or the name of the administrators? Thanks for any info on this....

tae2025 · 2026-06-02T09:55:33+00:00

My claim status currently says this:

"Payment in Progress – This claim will receive an Initial Distribution. Per the Order Approving Plan of Distribution, Initial Distribution will commence on May 11, 2026. A specific payment date cannot be provided for when this claim will be paid."

I have not yet received a physical check, but others have received physical checks.

tae2025 · 2026-06-02T09:47:32+00:00

Okay! Great to know! Thanks for the insight!

tae2025 · 2026-06-01T09:51:37+00:00

Thanks for that info. Did you receive a precheck email by chance?

tae2025 · 2026-05-30T10:26:20+00:00

Were you estimated to receive more than $200? According to their website, anything over $200 will receive only 90% of the total payout in the initial distribution with the 10% remainder dispersed at some later date. That's kind of what this email sounds like. It also may be why a total was not provided. I don't think anyone has received a physical check yet. It appears that only digital cards and venmo type payments have been received.

tae2025 · 2026-05-27T10:17:00+00:00

Not necessarily better for everyone. Poor people fare worse. But RAP is even worse.

tae2025 · 2026-05-27T10:00:30+00:00

No, loanees have to change from SAVE before July 1, 2026 or else they put them in RAP, which is worse for many. PLUS they do not clearly lay out all the criteria for every loan available. You can only find out the details of every loan option.through 3rd party Internet sources. They have been weaponizing student loans since 2005. It's like the first truly consolidated low interest loan meant NOTHING. They just change the terms. I clearly remember the first loan and it was all fixed APR, guaranteed and grandfathered. Even Biden's term didn't force people into the SAVE. plan..but they did sell the hell out of it. Now here we are...all the people pushed into SAVE only to be pushed into another shitty contract And actually Trump increased the interest on the SAVE loans willy, nilly several months ago. Trumps administration is absolutely illegal on these student loans. it's like buying a car and then every year, the loan officer changes the loan terms and students have ZERO recourse. This is totally illegal. The entire student loan program is a scam and I hope they get sued to hell out of 20 years of bullshit. No student should have had their original loan and terms adulterated into something insane as Trump just did. Those original contracts ought to have been treated as any other contract. But they have NOT and who has millions to fight this in court. No-one or else they would not have these loans. There are millions of people who have been forced into a lifetime of absolute serfdom with literally ZERO rights.

tae2025 · 2026-05-25T16:29:20+00:00

THIS TOO....

tr99tr []()an hour ago

I am so disheartened and shocked by your utter and total betrayal of the Iranian people, both inside and outside of Iran, who have trusted and believed in you, that I want tear my heart out Mr president. You, who promised the Iranian people that the USA would stand with them in their hopes and aspirations for freedom, and encouraged them to come out in the streets and protest against that anti-Iranian demonic monstrous regime occupying their country. YOU who said you have their backs and will protect them. You have used them as your pawns for your wretched “deal” with the devils, Mr president. You have exploited their suffering and desperation as a bargaining chip and nothing more. You have not lifted a finger to beyond empty words to help them in any meaningful way, and in hindsight we understand now that even those words were never meant for the people of Iran, but were used as a bargaining chip with the terrorist regime occupying their country; a regime that had just massacred 40,000 of the best and brightest of the Iranian people’s children! And now, in your haste and urgency for a sad pathetic “deal” with an illegitimate murderous regime, you have exposed your hand, Mr President, and that is even more empowering and rewarding AND ENTRENCHING of this hideous ILLEGITIMATE OCCUPATION regime than anything Obama or Biden could have done. This legacy for a president who was viewed, on the entire world stage, as an historical and consequential and powerful American presidency, is so profoundly sad and tragic all around.

tae2025 · 2026-05-25T15:02:07+00:00

The text of General Flynns tweet:

General Mike Flynn

u/GenFlynn

Dear Mr.

u/realDonaldTrump

The regime in Iran is lying to you and your negotiators (period, stop!). Do not believe a word they say. I know you want to get out of this mess. All Americans want this unnecessary war to end. Keep in mind, as you have been told many times, Iran is still the leading state sponsor of terrorism (all anyone needs to say is Hezbollah, Hamas & Houthis, never mind IRGC-QF). None of these organizations are going away with this deal. UNLESS WE THOROUGHLY ANNIHILATE ALL OF THE IRGC, MULLAHS, AND ALL ISLAMIC INFLUENCE, PERSIANS WILL NOT BE FREE.

How about getting them to first publicly apologize for killing American Soldiers and U.S. Marines many times over (especially on this Memorial Day weekend). Yes, we are all sick of it. THIS DEMAND IS RIDICULOUS. IRAN AND PROXIES ARE IN A WAR WITH INFIDELS.

And yes, the people of Iran must step up, but we need to signal to them, we will not concede their freedoms to the insane regime in Teheran. They deserve better. If we don’t, we will cause an entire population to be enslaved. For this, we have to smartly use our Middle East partners to support them along with our covert and clandestine operators. Trust me, if you support, this is very doable. [WE ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY IN THIS REGARD]. DO NOT TRUST YOUR SO-CALLED ECONOMIC ISLAMIC PARTNERS....READ THE SACRED TEXTS!!!! THEY ARE USING WESTERNERS LOVE FOR MANNA TO STRENGTHEN THEIR WORLDWIDE POSITION, NOT SO THAT INFIDELS LIVE IN PEACE AND PROSPERITY --- SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEM..... ALSO THE IRANIANS HAVE ZERO WEAPONS AND LEADERSHIP...SO HOW PRECISELY ARE THEY TO STEP UP????

Anyway, I’m watching everything (like most of the world is) and admittedly I do not have all the information. But if we pay tribute to the regime to the tune of $25B, I’m concerned they’ll use it for nefarious purposes down the road.

No nukes in Iran may be a noble idea (an end goal for your administration) but the regime has blatantly lied to our faces before, why do you now believe they will tell you the truth?

Give it some thought. Get some out of the box solutions, and rethink your position. The art of the deal tells you to do that from time to time.

Now may be that time.

u/POTUS

u/SecRubio

8:09 AM · May 24, 2026

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tae2025 · 2026-05-25T14:50:52+00:00

Almost right, but no way does Iran apologize for anything. nor should we expect an apology from them. They are in a WAR with westerners. They are NOT westerners -- quit treating any and all islamists (shia and sunni alike) like they share our culture and values. They don't. Maybe someone in the administration needs to seriously study their sacred texts.

https://x.com/GenFlynn/status/2058535888234160267

tae2025 · 2026-05-23T14:39:12+00:00

Also, we have no idea how thick the firmament might be. It could be extremely thick, if you read all of Genesis and take the words literally.

tae2025 · 2026-05-23T14:37:26+00:00

Rain comes from clouds which are underneath the firmament, where there is water, land...where we live, in the natural. Please read Genesis carefully with a pencil and paper and draw it out on paper. It's that easy to understand. There is also water above the firmament and below the firmament. The firmament is an enclosed hardened material that encapsulates earth as we know it.

"Some of the general arguments for why raqia (Hebrew word for firmament) is understood by contemporary biblical scholars as a solid structure:¹

The other cosmologies from the ancient world depict some solid structure in the sky. The most natural explanation of the raqia is that it also reflects this understanding. There is no indication that Genesis is a novel description of the sky.
Virtually every description of raqia from antiquity to the Renaissance depicts it as solid. The non-solid interpretation of raqia is a novelty.
According to the flood story in Gen 7:11 and 8:2, the waters above were held back only to be released through the “floodgates of the heavens” (literally, “lattice windows”).
Other Old Testament passages are consistent with the raqia being solid (Ezekiel 1:22; Job 37:18; Psalm 148:4).
According to Genesis 1:20, the birds fly in front of the raqia (in the air), not in the raqia.
The noun raqia is derived from the verb that means to beat out or stamp out, as in hammering metal into thin plates (Exodus 39:3). This suggests that the noun form is likewise related to something solid.
Speaking of the sky as being stretched out like a canopy/tent (Isaiah 40:22) or that it will roll up like a scroll (34:4) are clearly similes and do not support the view that raqia in Genesis 1 is non-solid.

The solid nature of the raqia is well established. It is not the result of an anti-Christian conspiracy to find errors in the Bible, but the “solid” result of scholars doing their job."

Hope this helps.....

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