#SD09

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it is with a heavy heart that i must say during scott dixon's interview after dnf-ing i looked at my screen and simply thought "would".......

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[negativesd09]

Some bby furry friendos <3

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...body talk when you move...

I'm extremely happy and thankful to @negativesd09 for making this commission because Kai is bias wrecking me the whole comeback!

[negativesd09]

Thanks to you <3!

                   The Hellhound & The Booze Born Bear

Rarely seen apart, these two are a vicious hunting pair notorious for taking down some of the biggest, nastiest, and deadliest monsters. It’s rumored that only the Bear can bring down the Hound from her infamous primal rage through sheer force and willpower. 

Thank you @negativesd09 for bringing our hunters to life ♥  Number Sixteen belongs to @hingashi-fox

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Chanel Haute Couture Printemps-Été 2011 #36

💡 Let there be light!

👉 Design ID: MO-SD09-0PFM-H66W

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Intro post / Navigation / Rules

Send in whatever you want about any driver; past, present, or future. Just don't be weird for the love of god. Be horny I don't care, but no hating on a driver you don't like or being homophobic or racist. I will block your asks, that shit isn't being tolerated.

Nothing on this blog except for this post will be main tagged, tags for navigation will be formatted like this driver: INITIALS+NUMBER.

For example, Scott Dixon is tagged as driver: SD09.

Thank you and remember, admin is one person so pace yourselves when inflicting psychological damage and enjoy!

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28 Days of BuckyNat Master Post (February 2019)

For those of you who liked my 28 Days of BuckyNat Spam in February, here’s a master post of what I shared

Announcement Edit

“Learn to Do It” Waltz Reprise

My BuckyNat Playlist

Mr. and Mrs. Barnes by @elithien

1940s Swing Dance by @elithien

Comrades in Love

Beauty and the Beast AU Edit by me

How Civil War Ends/Should Have Ended

Power Couple

Had a Bad Day

BuckyNat in Infinity War by @milady-666​

Steve Ships Them

The Red Room collage series

Miscellaneous Memes and Text Posts

At the Beginning

The Girl You Like Meme

BuckyNat in Wakanda

“He wants to kill her?” Meme

Can You Feel the Love Tonight Steve and Sam by @lifeinredshades​

Sebastian Stan endorsing BuckyNat

Post for my blog The Apprentice Chronicles: “The Russian Beauty and the American Disaster”

Can You Feel the Love Tonight Photo Edit by me

Winter Poem and Photo Edit by Me

Backyard Wedding AU, with additional headcanons, ft. the Avengers, all mine

Fan Art by Audrey Mok

BuckyNat in Love Headcanons by me plus Pinterest Art

Fanfic Excerpt: Rooftop Conversation

Miscellaneous Memes

Variant Cover for The War of the Realms #1

Natasha Romanoff & James Barnes Moodboard

Meta by @sharingsharoncarter​

Commission by SD09

@sharingsharoncarter​ on Sebastian Stan’s basis for Shipping BuckyNat

Partners by @giadin-a​

I Found You by @giadin-a​

[negativesd09]

<3!

I got this commission of my WoL, Fazo’a, and Haurchefant by @negativesd09 !!

I highly recommend commissioning them, their art is gorgeous and they were very good at keeping me updated with everything going on with the piece.

Once again, thank you so so so much for the gorgeous commission and for the permission to post it!

[negativesd09]

Hello!

So it’s finally october, and my patreon page is open! You can go now and get access to 3 NSFW full pics (sneak peek of two of them here) and a first month reward for all tiers! There’s 4 tiers in total, with access to more things (sketches, variants,rewards) each lvl! This is the one :D

https://www.patreon.com/SD09 So far is just Stony, but I will be drawing superbat and other superheroe couples according to the patreon polls and self indulgence<3!

Thank you so much for all your support and sweet words <3!

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Lightning Vortex ———————————————— Discard 1 card; destroy all face-up monsters your opponent controls. ———————————————— Can Be Found In: Flaming Eternity (FET-EN040), Structure Deck: Warrior's Triumph (SD5-EN030), Structure Deck: Spellcaster's Judgment (SD6-EN028), Structure Deck: Lord of the Storm (SD8-EN026), Structure Deck: Dinosaur's Rage (SD09-EN026), Dark Revelation Volume 3 (DR3-EN160), Starter Deck: Syrus Truesdale (YSDS-EN030), Starter Deck: Jaden Yuki (YSDJ-EN029), Rise of the Dragon Lords Structure Deck (SDRL-EN029), The Dark Emperor Structure Deck (SDDR-EN026), Starter Deck: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Duelist league Demo 2010 (DLDI-EN005), Super Starter: Space-Time Showdown (YS14-EN023), Starter Deck - Yuya (YS16-EN026)

If a card becomes too unfair to confront to the point that is added to the banlist, is quite likely that will get a weaker replacement in future releases. Although not as effective as the original, these cards will provide nearly identical outcomes despite their additional conditions and drawbacks. Nowaways many banned cards are getting reprinted with weakened abilities, but there's always some cards trying to reach the same efficiency as in their debut.

"Lightning Vortex" was a quite popular card on its debut as took over the role of the devastating "Raigeki". At cost of discarding a card, "Lightning Vortex" will destroy all face-up monsters on the opposite field. Due only targets face-up monsters "Lightning Vortex" has obvious limitations, yet is such a situational flaw that makes this Spell Card as fearful as the card that tried to take over its position many years ago. With Set monsters only being prevalent in particular builds, "Lightning Vortex" won't have any difficulties to swipe entire boards upon activation.

The only time "Lightning Vortex" won't be effective is when confronting very specific Decks such as Ghostrick of Subterror. Otherwise, "Lightning Vortex" can cause destructive results to the point that we will steal wins with the proper timing. From boards full of monsters to Link Monsters unable to be face-down, "Lightning Vortex" won't have many issues thanks to how aggro friendly the card game is. If anything the discard cost might become its biggest issue, but as long we have a solid hand we shouldn't have any problems. Otherwise, we can discard monsters so revival effects and cards such as  "Dragon's Mirror" and "Magicalize Fusion" can give them some uses later on, or be summoned by their very own effects like "Lightserpent" and "Quiltbolt Hedgehog". The same goes for certain Spells and Traps, being discarded by "Lightning Vortex" so in the next turns we can use Graveyard effects like "Breakthrough Skill" and "Galaxy Cyclone" when needed.

There's really no much depth about the results we can cause with "Lightning Vortex". Activate it to wipe down all or most of the opponent's field, and if possible discard certain cards with purposes resting in our Graveyard to mitigate its cost. Obviously with the return of "Raigeki" to the TCG there's really no much use for "Lightning Vortex", specially with the increasing number of removal effects we can fit depending of our Deck without having to risk our hand in the process. "Lightning Vortex" is undoubtly as powerful as "Raigeki" itself despite its limitations, but due a tough competition from the many removal effects we can choose from makes it not as prevalent over other options.

Personal Rating: B

+ Destroys all face-up monsters on the opponent's field + We can discard certain cards to mitigate its cost due their uses in the Graveyard + Although cannot destroy face-down monsters it is a very situational drawback

- Overshadowed by "Raigeki" and many other removal effects

[unathletic-athletic-opinion-blog]

The Unpaid Employee: Should Student-Athletes Be Paid?

The days of amateurism, as we have come to know them under the framework of intercollegiate athletics, are now numbered. That’s correct, the once inconceivable thought of a student-athlete earning outright financial compensation for his/her services on the field is now a likelihood – at least in the state of California.

SB 206, more commonly known as the Fair Pay to Play Act, successfully passed through the California Senate with a unanimous 39-0 vote a few weeks back on September 10th.[1] The day before, the state’s Assembly also passed the bill through on a 73-0 vote.[2] It will now go to Governor Gavin Newsom for consideration.

So what exactly does this bill entail?

The Fair Pay to Play Act, which can take effect as early as 2023, would give California student-athletes from any of its 58 postsecondary educational institutions the right to earn financial compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness – the exception being community college student-athletes.[3]Athletes would also be within their right to hire representation in the form of an agent or attorney for any business deals (i.e. potential endorsement deals, autograph sessions) without any consequence of losing eligibility.[4]

Essentially, universities WOULD NOT have to pay student-athletes a dime out of their pockets.

Yet, the NCAA and the California institutions these student-athletes represent continue to oppose the premise of this legislation. In May, NCAA president Mark Emmert penned a letter to California legislators to halt their vote so the intercollegiate governing body could thoroughly examine the impact this bill could have on the macro-environment.[5] Additionally, Stanford athletic director Bernard Muir, in his letter to the California State Senate, followed suit by adding:

“Allowing student-athletes to receive compensation from their name, image, and likeness, would present serious challenges for higher education institutions and to the collegiate sports model… We believe that for any reform to be fair and meaningful to all student-athletes it needs to occur at the national level and be adopted by the NCAA.”[6]

Both the NCAA and these institutions perceive the landmark vote to be “unconstitutional” and “harmful.”[7]

Then on the other end of the spectrum are the bill’s endorsers, most notably NBA superstars LeBron James and Draymond Green as well as Senator Bernie Sanders. Each praises the potential this bill could accomplish for student-athletes.[8] James, especially, has been a longtime critic of the NCAA’s practices. He decided to forgo playing in college so he could hurdle straight into the NBA from high school.

The debate surrounding student-athlete compensation is far from novel. The amateur/professional dilemma dates back even further than the inception of the NCAA – which evolved from the Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1908 as a means to promote safety and then subsequently adopted England’s Victorian amateur/professional guidelines once it gained more enforcement power.[9]

Amateurism has always been a critical component to the NCAA’s makeup. The NCAA consistently claims to mandate itself under an academic model, yet finds itself heavily entrenched in commercialization as a multi-billion-dollar enterprise.

Athletic departments are continuously locked into arms races to remain competitive with the ultimate goal that their net operations land in the black. But winning is coming at a steep price. Most schools, as we know, will land in the red. Despite this truth, student-athletes are required to dedicate and/or “volunteer” the lion’s share of their time to their respective sports in an ill-fated exploitation to generate revenues. Not to their academics. Competition is the cause for the NCAA to allow exceptions to amateurism (i.e. scholarships, stipends, and “laundry money”) to occur in the first place.[10]

Why not further entice the student-athletes?

Pay them for the full-time job they have in addition to their schooling. Plus, some students are struggling to make ends meet outside of competition while their coaches are reaping the financial benefits of their heavy-lifting.

Unfortunately, as nice as it would be to pay student-athletes for their entertainment value on the gridiron, field, or court, issues will continue to formulate and fester. Namely in the forms of competition, governance, and image.

Student-athletes are expected to streamline their talents into the California institutions impacted by the Fair Pay to Play Act. Additionally, these schools may face exemption from national championships due to NCAA restrictions.

Governance of a student-athletes financial compensation must filter through their respective universities in the form of a contract. The schools, in turn, have the right to veto certain contracts if it conflicts with their best interests.

The NCAA has seen its products hindered by the crossover between amateurism and professionalism. Some viewers feel that intercollegiate athletics are already professional enough as student-athletes are provided with scholarships and educational resources that the ordinary student cannot reap. Adding a financial variable into this current equation may deter viewers since the academic premise of higher education is compromised.

It is quite obvious that trade-offs are present while assessing whether or not to financially compensate student-athletes. States, like North Carolina and New York, are already looking to follow California’s lead by drafting similar bills to the Fair Pay to Play Act.[11] But the NCAA and other institutions are prepping to lead the opposition.

So…?

What do you think…?

Should student-athletes be paid? Should other states follow California in passing a bill of this nature? How do you think academia with respond? Will this help or hinder student-athletes in the long-run?

For now, we have to test the waters of an intercollegiate athletic America with no or minimal amateurism.

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[1]“California Legislature Approves SB 206, the 'Fair Pay to Play Act'.” Senator Nancy Skinner, 12 Sept. 2019, sd09.senate.ca.gov/news/20190911-california-legislature-approves-sb-206-‘fair-pay-play-act.’

[2]Id.

[3]“UPDATE: California Senate Bill 206 Moves Closer To Becoming Law.” The National Law Review, www.natlawreview.com/article/update-california-senate-bill-206-moves-closer-to-becoming-law.

[4]Id.

[5]Bumbaca, Christopher, and Steve Berkowitz. “NCAA Sends California Governor Letter Calling Name, Likeness Bill 'Unconstitutional'.” USA Today, Gannett Satellite Information Network, 11 Sept. 2019, www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/09/11/ncaa-sends-letter-calling-california-likeness-bill-unconstitutional/2284789001/.

[6]Lourim, Jake. “California Takes Another Step Toward Testing The NCAA.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 10 Sept. 2019, www.forbes.com/sites/jakelourim/2019/09/10/california-takes-another-step-toward-testing-the-ncaa/#49c5fec77c6f.

[7]“California Would Allow College Athletes to Profit from Endorsements under Bill Sent to Newsom.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sept. 2019, www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-11/california-college-athletes-endorsements-bill.

[8]Id.

[9]Rosner, Scott, and Kenneth L. Shropshire. The Business of Sports. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2011.

[10]Id.

[11]“California Would Allow College Athletes to Profit from Endorsements under Bill Sent to Newsom.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sept. 2019, www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-11/california-college-athletes-endorsements-bill.

[negativesd09]

<3!

A little appreciation for all that Gideon’s done for me as a roleplay partner and friend, I literally couldn’t be any luckier to have someone who pushes my writing and takes care of me. 

drawn by the wonderful @negativesd09​ of @santhoril​‘s sassy & surly Elezen, Ashaux!

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SD-09 Spacecraft Sci-Fi Watch - http://gdfl.us/SD09