“Show of hands. Who can tell me Day of Memorium’s origin?”
“It was when we kicked those aliens’ asz…butts, sir,” Bobby blurted out.
“Not only inaccurate but failed to follow instructions. Your enthusiasm is appreciated, though.” The instructor glanced over the class, choosing the girl trying to hide her partially raised hand behind another student. “Madelyn, if you would, please.”
Madelyn shrunk in on herself at the attention before offering, “It was when the Drak’nal were defeated, though we didn’t do it?”
Mr. Watkins shook his head. “Closer, but still not correct. Anyone else want to venture a guess?”
Arms drooped as hands disappeared beneath desks under his gaze. “It hasn’t been long since that bit of history was current events–” he paused when a lone hand reached into the air “–but there is still hope. Mr. Davis, if you would, please.”
The boy stood and cleared his throat.
_______________________
“We’ve arrived in-system, with no sign of the Drak’nal yet.”
The Elder nodded his understanding. “And the translation process?”
Their subordinate stared for a moment, eyes shifting to the data playing in the air before them. “It appears to be finished, though the Codex itself may not be complete.”
“It will have to do,” the Elder responded. “Let us make contact. And hope.”
* * * * *
Ensign Katsuma’s sensor screen flared red. “Commander! Contact, unknown configuration, unknown energy signature. Closing…closing faster than something that size should be able to.”
The signal station lit up. Ensign Yoruba called out, “Incoming signal across all channels, massive bandwidth… looks to be a program. Initiating lock out – can’t block the signal, sir.”
Commander Lewis rose from the station’s command chair as the CNC’s lights flickered, and a digitized garbling filled the air before clarifying to Common speech coming from the comms console. “–you receiving? We bring information and warning. They are coming.”
________________________
“Very good, Mr. Davis,” Mr. Watkins said, motioning for the speaker to take his seat. “Who knows how our military responded?” Another pair of raised hands pleased him, and choosing one, he nodded. “Go ahead.”
________________________
“Looks like ‘they’ are here,” the commander muttered before issuing orders directing available ships to intercept and station weapons to target the alien vessel. Multiple capital ships moved to take position at their maximum firing ranges. Lewis called for an open channel and declared, “State your name and intention.”
The response followed the same yet shorter pattern of garbled noise before shifting to a pleasant overlapping of male and female voices speaking Common. “We are the Shal.vae, and we come offering assistance. The Swarm is on its way. There is not much time.”
Ensign Katsuma spoke up. “Sir, readings are coming back now. That vessel is leaking energy we’ve never seen before. Looks like it took a beating getting here.”
“Our systems are also slowing down, sir,” called out Ensign Yoruba. “Operating at eighty percent and dropping. All nearby ships report the same.”
A brief squeal and *pop* blared across comms before fading to silence. The blended voice said, “We must speak with your leaders immediately, or we won’t be able to help.”
______________________
“Imagine not only being there, but being one of the people to actually first experience such things. That was a tense time, no?” the instructor asked the class. Multiple heads bobbed in agreement, though he noted confusion on one student’s face and pointed at them. “Yes?”
“I figure we would’ve started shooting at anyone who just showed up like that, let alone tried leaving us defenseless. And how did they know Common? That’s a human language, right?”
“Indeed it is. Bridging the communication gap was the first gift they ever gave us. First contact protocols had been in place since before we reached the stars, but being able to actually communicate with anyone we finally met? Quite the concern.” Mr. Watkins smiled. “Since we didn’t ‘shoot first and ask questions later’, as much of our entertainment suggests we would, who can tell me the good commander’s response?”
He took a moment to scan the room and picked a newly interested face. Engagement made the job so much more rewarding.
________________________
“This is Commander Lewis, the commanding officer of this sector. I can tightbeam any information you share back to SC HQ, but I’m what you’ve got until they make a decision. You mentioned the…Swarm, right?” Commander Lewis asked, looking at his comms officer for confirmation. “We appreciate your offer of help, but with what? How?”
There was no noise before the Common reply came this time. “Yes, the Drak’nal. They consume and destroy all in their path. We come to help you leave here and survive.”
Lewis glared at the embattled silver-gray ship on his screen. “We’d need proof anything you’ve said is true, first. Even if we had reason to trust you and wanted to leave the system, it’d take weeks for just the ships in flight to get clear. I don’t want to think about the chaos of evacuating the civilian population.”
"Proof we can provide," the speaker responded. Every screen in the command center flickered before displaying scenes of devastation and horror, each viewer shown different atrocities. The silver-gray ship on the main screen was replaced with a silent video feed more ominous than the rest: a multi-hued planet viewed along its solar terminator hung glowing in space. The daylight showed a pair of large purple-green land masses surrounded by water, while the night side glowed vibrantly with signs of civilized life.
A pulsing, rounded shape came into view, contrasting against the gorgeous backdrop before emanating a swirling black mass toward the world below. It flowed across the visible landscapes before crossing into dark and swallowing the light to engulf the entire planet in a squirming, shifting blanket of – he found his mind balking at the very concept of anything acting like that.
Commander Lewis felt nauseous, the sensation of insects crawling across his skin flooding his senses as he watched the mass withdraw, leaving only barren, lifeless rock behind. "My God, what is that?"
________________________
The instructor motioned for his student to stop, hoping to avoid what often devolved into wild speculation among his classes. "We still have no clear answer to the commander's question, as any recordings and logs of that broadcast were lost. There are only verbal and written accounts of what they saw, but suffice it to say the images were terrible. Multiple survivors of the conflict that followed spent the remainder of their lives under close supervision in mental care facilities.”
“Mr. Watkins?”
“Yes?”
“Why’d they stop at one of the stations near the Belt? Why not just go straight to Earth, or at least Mars? Wouldn’t it have sped things up?”
“There’s always been much speculation on that, and you are correct that certain things might have happened much faster if they had. Or much worse. Perhaps they chose a more remote location to prevent panic or an…overly aggressive…military response when they appeared? Or maybe the damage to their ship prevented them from reaching the other locations?” Mr. Watkins shrugged. “Could even be my favorite and personal belief: it was the place they were supposed to be.”
______________________________
“That is the Drak’nal, and evidence of their actions against life everywhere,” the voice, now morphed into a perfect blend of male and female tones, explained. “Among what remains of my people, I am called Elder. Apologies for our actions upon arrival, but we often find…expedience…to be the best course in our efforts.”
“Such efforts could have also resulted in a hail of gunfire, depending on who’s in my chair when you showed up,” Lewis retorted. “You arrive unannounced, in close proximity and moving fast, then assault our systems with a potentially hostile program before saying a word.”
The signal ensign spoke up before Lewis could continue. “Sir?”
He turned his gaze toward her. “Yes?”
“Systems are coming back up.” She double checked her instruments. “Station wide power draw has decreased by over ten percent and dropping.”
“So we’re losing power?”
“No, sir. All functions reading nominal, just not drawing as much power. Report the same from all ships.”
The commander focused a look at the ship now back on the main screen. “Elder, is this your doing?”
“That would be the Codex, our gift to you.”
________________________________
Every hand in the class went up at that, while several students made noises hoping to draw his attention.
Of course they would, Mr. Watkins thought. That was when everything changed, after all.
“I’m glad to see enthusiasm about some part of our course, at least,” he laughed, “but let’s stay on topic, shall we?”
He watched all but Madelyn’s hand lower to their desks and nodded acknowledgement to her before continuing. “What happened next?”
_______________________________
Lewis fired off an update to SC HQ via tightbeam before listening to the Shal.vae Elder go on at length about the Codex and what it held before interrupting them. “That’s well and good, but I can’t accept such a gift on our behalf. Hell, I didn’t even understand half of what you said, though my science officer is practically dancing in place over here. That said, as long as this won’t affect our ability to function any further, we’ll consider it a gesture of good will.”
“It is all we can offer, sadly. You’ve doubtlessly noticed the damage to our ship, but even fully functional, we would be unable to stop the Swarm.”
“And you don’t think we’ll be able to either, do you?”
“Not with what is here, nor in the time you have remaining before they likely arrive, no.”
The commander stood silently, processing the best courses of action before asking, “How long?”
___________________________
“Is it really true the Drak… Drak –whatever– showed up right behind the good aliens?” Bobby blurted out, interrupting Madelyn.
Mr. Watkins waved the question away. “No, it wasn’t like in the vids, where the bad guys show up on cue and with dramatic music, but it wasn’t far off in this case, either. We still relied on tightbeam transmissions and relays at that point, so the fastest reply Commander Lewis could have expected would have been roughly an hour after sending a message, and we all know bureaucracy moves nowhere near the speed of light, right?”
Once the class’ laughter trailed off, the teacher explained, “That said, everything between the Shal.vae arriving and the Sacrifice did occur that same day.”
____________________________
Ensign Katsuma called out, “Contact! Large shape at the edge of sensor range, inbound to our location.”
“Not long at all,” Lewis muttered, answering his own question as the Elder spoke up.
“We feared the damage suffered in our last encounter might draw them to us, a predator chasing failing prey, as it were, but not so soon. Our hope was to leave the Codex so it could prepare you for what was to come.”
“Elder, I need you to head in-system and let them know what’s coming. We’ll do our best to keep them here.” The commander issued orders to all combat ships and weapon systems to lock onto the incoming target before instructing Yoruba to relay everything back to HQ. “All combat units, hold station and fire on my command. Concentrate fire at the transmitted coordinates. All other ships, make best speed away from here.”
“What are you doing?” Elder asked, confusion in the blended overlapping voices. “We told you they could not be stopped. Flee, survive. That is the only reasonable option. Fighting only brings loss and death.”
“And I told you to go warn our people. We don’t have FTL, so the ships here can’t escape. You getting earthside is the best chance for humanity’s survival,” Lewis replied. “We’ve sent word, so they’ll know you’re coming.”
“Change in target,” Katsuma stated. “Readings unclear, but looks to be growing, expanding in our direction.”
“But you’ll die here.”
“I know,” Commander Lewis sighed. “But sometimes the point of the fight is the fight itself. Now go. Please.”
With that, he gave the command to engage the Drak’nal.
____________________________
A voice interrupted Mr. Watkins. “What did he say?”
“Excuse me?”
“Commander Lewis, when he ordered the attack. Plenty of military leaders have memorable quotes, so why wouldn’t he?”
The teacher gave the question its due consideration. “To our knowledge, he gave the troops no rousing speech, only his words to the Shal.vae and actions thereafter. That’s what made the Sacrifice all the more astonishing.”
____________________________
Sol Cooperative ships unleashed their fury at the dark shape moving toward them, altering their trajectories clear of the Drak’nal’s path while preparing a second volley. The station itself vibrated and rumbled with the coordinated fire of missile and gun batteries, flinging the SC’s most potent weapons across the expanse of space. Every serviceperson held their breath, waiting for impact…only to watch the munitions be absorbed, with dim flickers of detonation within the Swarm itself.
The dark mass shifted, sending tendrils of matter at its attackers. Nearby ships were quickly engulfed, and signals winked out on the CNC’s main display. Other vessels took evasive measures, to no avail. The Swarm consumed them whole when it reached them.
“Weapons, maintain fire,” Commander Lewis ordered, moving back to his station and sitting down. After tapping commands into the console on his right armrest, he pressed his palm against a scanner newly revealed on the left. A retinal scanner swiveled into position from the top of his chair back, and he leaned into it, spouting a sequence of words and numbers once it beeped. That done, Lewis spared a glance at the sensors and noted the Shal.vae ship hadn’t moved. “Elder, I asked you to leave. Let our sacrifice give you the time to help our people as you can.”
“You can not hope to defeat them, not like this,” the Elder answered. “They will take you.”
“I’ve initiated the station’s self-destruct measures, so we’ll detonate when they reach us. We can’t win, but they’ll damn well know they were in a fight.”
“This fight is senseless!”
Lewis looked at the screen. “Like I said, sometimes the point of the fight is the fight. Let us take our stand, and you go do your job!”
__________________________________
Bobby piped up. “That never made sense to me. Why not run away? We couldn’t be sure they would have gone to Earth, and Mars and Luna didn’t even have life on the surface back then. What would have made them come after us if the Shal hadn’t shown up?”
“Shal.vae,” Mr. Watkins corrected, “and we can never be certain the Swarm didn’t just follow them to Sol, true. However, the evidence provided suggested they sought out life wherever it was. Even if it didn’t happen at that time, it’s reasonable to believe the Drak’nal might still have shown up at some other time, and we would not have known what was coming. Without the Shal.vae’s actions…who knows?”
__________________________________
The channel fell silent for some time before the silver-gray started to move. “Finally.”
“Sir?”
“Yes, Katsuma?”
The ensign hesitated. “Shal.vae vessel moving to intercept the Drak’nal.”
He pounded the armrest, yelling, “What are you doing?”
“What we should have done in the beginning,” the Elder replied, “and ending their threat.”
Commander Lewis sputtered, “Why would you not have before??”
The Elder responded, voice muted. “Because this ship and all on it are the last of our people. We, we ran to give warning…and because we feared the end of our race. No longer.”
“Energy readings increasing on their vessel!” someone cried out. “Shal.vae on a direct course for the Drak’nal mass.”
“You don’t have to do this,” Lewis cajoled them. “You said you wanted to save us, save us.”
“And so we shall.”
“Energy spike!”
_____________________
Mr. Watkins paced across the silent classroom, shifting the students’ focus. “Consider this: we’d spent our entire existence wondering if we were alone. Even with several of the ‘ancient wonders’ on Earth, we had no proof there was other life out there, not until not one but two alien races arrived and at the same time. Not only that, but we’d been presented with evidence that multiple other races had existed, implying others may still exist.”
“For all its warts, humanity also has a history of standing for the weak and sacrificing for those in need. The Shal.vae activating their FTL drive to plunge through the very heart of the Drak’nal swarm and giving their very existence to save us…well, it set us a shining example, did it not?”
Madelyn raised her hand. “Why’d they do it?”
The teacher shrugged. “No way to know for sure. While they managed to end the Drak’nal’s existence in the end, the Swarm had enough momentum to carry it into the station. With no way to know at the time that the Shal.vae had actually killed them, Commander Lewis did indeed detonate the station’s reactors, obliterating the remnants of the Swarm.”
“Then how do we know what happened?” Bobby asked.
Watkins raised a finger. “Remember the Shal.vae’s gift, the Codex?” He watched everyone nod. “It was also included in the transmission back to Earth. While we’re still unpacking elements of it all this time later, it was able to relay those events up to Commander Lewis’ final action. Since then, we’ve witnessed it grant us access to knowledge humanity may have never achieved. Instantaneous communications. The ability to treat or eradicate any ailment. It even allowed us to crack multiple forms of faster than light travel, once we understood that the Codex unlocked and shared information as we learned as a society.”
With that, he strode back and placed his hands on his podium. “While some consider the Codex the greatest gift the Shal.vae gave us, I disagree.” He rested his elbows on it, leaning toward the class and lowering his voice. “I believe their greatest gift was giving us hope.”
/ / /
Been a minute since I've posted, I know, but I was inspired to write this one shot by the concept of Memorial Day and remembering those who've given all for those around them, regardless of how they've done so. I hope you enjoyed it.
My wiki has everything else I've written for HFY, and it's a variety of tales in an assortment of styles. Maybe you'll even find something that inspires you to follow me. Who knows, right? Thanks for reading.

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Don't exercise your (long) options for stock! Exercising throws away extrinsic value that selling retrieves. Simply sell your (long) options, to close the position, to harvest value, for a gain or loss. Your break-even is the cost of your option when you are selling. If exercising (a call), your breakeven is the strike price plus the debit cost to enter the position. Further reading: Monday School: Exercise and Expiration are not what you think they are.
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The action is pending in the Southern District of New York.
NYT article:
Subheading: An eight-year legal battle over whether community preferences for low-cost housing violate housing discrimination law has been cleared for trial.
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For decades, affordable housing in New York City has followed a seemingly simple rule: To make new development more palatable, half of new affordable apartments must first be offered to people already living in the area.

When going on a seller's profile and searching for cards they are selling that are on my want lists, I get 0 search results.
As you can see from this image, Agumon for example, is on my want list named 'BT11' and these sellers all have copies of it, but when going on their profiles and searching by want list BT11, I get 0 results.
This is happening with every seller, every want list and every Digimon card. As far as I can tell this is only happening to Digimon, I do get results when searching by Yugioh and Pokemon want lists.
Support has been unhelpful, claimed it was a country issue and then stopped replying to me. It's not, both me and all these sellers are from the UK and I can manually search each card and purchase from these sellers and have done.
Is anyone else having this issue?

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For anyone who is interested in the GRF vocation pls be warned that it is pretty much extra 3 months of pobc with more in-depth training. However do not expect it to be slack since you have been in HTA for 3/5months alr and hold the rank of SC higher standards are expected of you. Everyone must meet ippt silver( 11.15min run and 10 pull ups minimum) and small matters like untidy bunk/buying vending machine drinks without permission will result in confinement basically HTA management is just extremely nit-picky over everything rn not eating your veggies will also result in confinement(not a joke). Honestly the only upside is the free license and the experience outside. If u dont mind staying an extra 3 months enduring HTA’s bs and want the free license i wish all the best to you:) if not other vocations are leagues better

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ONT	2023-05-29	Evening	062	026	123
ONT	2023-05-29	Midday	725	257	133
PR	2023-05-29	Midday	518	158	124
SC	2023-05-29	Midday	945	459	155
TX	2023-05-29	Evening	544	445	155
VA	2023-05-29	Evening	320	023	134
VT	2023-05-29	Evening	659	569	125

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It is virtually impossible to be so bad at talking on a phone that you can't set a meeting in a couple thousand calls if your product is actually good and people are answering. However, both are unlikely.
That is because SaaS is aaSS. SaaS is a meme. Koolaiders talking about all the money in SaaS are 1 of 3:
•Those who haven't actually broken into the field yet
•Those just starting
•Lottery winners
Lottery winners are equivalent to shitcoin gamblers. They 2000xed. You won't.
You won't, because succeeding in these roles is possible at only a handful of companies in the perfect markets at the perfect times, and your results are dependent on your company.
No one actually cares about your personality on the phone. There aren't any magic questions or magic words that will change anything. You can control your volume of outreach, but that's merely a minimum threshold to succeed (as is targeting the correct prospects). It's meaningless if the outreach is ineffective. What makes it ineffective? It's certainly not pedantic nonsense like opening with "How are you?"
There is absolutely nothing you can do if you choose the wrong company. Good companies are the exception, and hard (read: nigh impossible) to break into.
This also means that when you're inevitably fired from the first shitty company, after 6 months of unemployment you're just going to land right back in another one.
I suggest learning math and coding.
Discuss.

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I'm not even taking the test this time, but a bunch of my friends are, and they have been sitting in front of their computers since 7 AM with no luck at securing a spot. This has literally happened every single time there is an exam signup without fail for YEARS, and the fact that NIIED continues to do nothing about it is honestly baffling and infuriating.
TOPIK scores are mandatory for many people that live in Korea to maintain their visas, and NIIED's refusal to invest in adequate servers makes it borderline impossible for people to register in a reasonable time frame. Test-takers have to sit there in front of their browsers for an entire day, sometimes multiple days, just to get a spot at all, and many people I know have to travel 2+ hours or pay for a hotel to get to their test site on time because it's basically impossible to get a seat in Seoul without winning the TOPIK lottery. Some people wait all day and then are unable to register at all!
I've taken the HSK, multiple ALTA exams, OPIs, OPIcs, etc (all of which have FAR more test-takers and are also more resource-intensive in terms of computing power), and nothing comes even remotely close to how terrible the experience of signing up for the TOPIK is. For a country that is allegedly so technologically evolved, it's honestly shocking and infuriating that the experience is so bad.
My other qualms with the test:

• It can take up to FOUR MONTHS to register, take the test, and get your scores back (registration for the October TOPIK opens on August 1, and results come out 121 days (more than 17 weeks) later on November 30!! That is ridiculous!!
• They won't let us use a pencil (or heaven forbid, a keyboard!!!) to fill out answer sheets and do the essay section despite the fact that the writing section is already ridiculously short time-wise and that writing or reading marker over white-out is horrible for everyone involved
• Half the exam is a waste of time for anyone aiming for a level 3 or 6 (For level 3ers, the last half of the test is not even worth studying for, and for level 6ers, the first half is just boring and distractingly slow to the point that people make careless errors because it's hard to follow something that is so slow compared to real conversation).
• After several years, question 54 is a black box that no one including Korean language teachers, seems to understand the grading rubric of. We get no feedback and we can't access copies of our essays after the test is over so there is no way to know what we did wrong.
• The TOPIK exam is simply not good at measuring what it is supposed to measure - practical Korean language proficiency for life, school, and work. I know people with a level 6 who can barely have a proper conversation and people with a level 4 that are far more functional than the former. It's not a good test.
• If you're relatively new to Korea (like 99% of language students) and don't have a Korean bank account yet (or if online payments haven't been authorized), you can get all the way to the front of the line just to find that your foreign card will not be accepted.
• Outside of Korea, the signup process is even more disorganized. There seems to be no uniform system at all for administering signups or the test itself, and the process is going to be completely different at every site and even from test to test. When I tried to take the TOPIK in NYC a few years back, I had to post my personal information on a public forum, get them to email me an address, and then mail them a physical envelope of cash just to sign up.,.. When I decided not to take it after all (because of this ridiculous sign up process) the person I was corresponding with got mad at me for "wasting her time" when this whole thing should have been automated in the first place.

Is there any way we could start a campaign to get NIIED to get their shit together so we can give them our money and take this exam they force us to take? I am dead serious lol

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I'm not even taking the test this time, but I'm so pissed that their website is STILL so broken after this many years of the exact same thing happening every time registration opens or scores are released.
TOPIK scores are mandatory for many people that live in Korea to maintain their visas, and NIIED's refusal to invest in adequate servers makes it borderline impossible for people to register in a reasonable time frame. Test-takers have to sit there in front of their browsers for an entire day, sometimes multiple days, just to get a spot at all, and many people I know have to travel 2+ hours to get to their test site because it's basically impossible to get a seat in Seoul without winning the TOPIK lottery. Some people wait all day and then are unable to register at all! Heaven forbid you're new to Korea (like 99% of language students) and don't have a Korean bank account yet - because if you are, you can get all the way to the front of the line just to find that your foreign card will not be accepted.
I've taken the HSK, multiple ALTA exams, OPIs, OPIcs, etc (all of which have FAR more test-takers and are also more resource-intensive), and nothing comes even remotely close to how terrible the experience of signing up for the TOPIK is. For a country that is allegedly so technologically evolved, it's honestly shocking and infuriating that the experience is so bad.
Don't even get me started on the ridiculous fact that the timeline of registering, taking the test, and getting your scores can take between 2 and 4 months (registration for the October TOPIK opens on August 1 and results come out 121 days (more than 17 weeks) later on November 30!!). This is absolutely absurd in the year 2023...
Or the fact that the TOPIK exam is terrible at measuring what it is supposed to measure (practical Korean proficiency), that NIIED won't let us use pencils (or heaven forbid a keyboard!) to write the essays despite how difficult it is to write in marker over whiteout, that half the exam is a waste of time for anyone going for a level 3 or 6, and that question 54 is still seemingly a black box and no one, including Korean teachers, understands how it is graded....
Is there any way we could start a campaign to get NIIED to update their website so we can give them our money and take this exam they force us to take?

Me 31(m) 6'2 240lbs. So had some weird abdominal pains and went to the ER about 3 days later worried it was gallstones. After Labwork and a CT scan the doctor decided I have a slew of issues including gastritis very slight inflammation of the pancreas and the beginning of a fatty liver. He told me to quit smoking and to stop eating like a stoned teenager that just won the lottery, and that I need to exercise and get back in shape and apparently I'll be back to normal with everything in a couple months of the clean eating. Was in the hospital just long enough for results and they sent me home without pain pills and I didn't so much as take a nap in the hospital. I'm not morbidly obese or anything but I would probably feel much healthier if I lost 20-40 lbs. So I'm on a bland diet for the stomach deal. I'm just wondering what this ping of pain everyone is talking about on these posts. What's the sensation/location. If I gotta keep an eye out for a future episode it would help to know what I'm looking out for. Also I quit smoking. . . So far. And I've been eating super clean, traded in the pizza and burgers for chicken breast and salmon.