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Does the game look like a promising enough upgrade from its predecessor, or has it been tainted past the point of no return by microtransactions?
Do the changes outweigh the last-minute cashgrab attempt?
Does the game look like a promising enough upgrade from its predecessor, or has it been tainted past the point of no return by microtransactions?
Do the changes outweigh the last-minute cashgrab attempt?
Little off topic, but was it true that the Mordor sequel is going to kangz-wash our white heroes?
Why do Jews have to taint all white culture they take control over?
It's trash simply for the fact it bastardizes Tolkien's work beyond belief. It's just an extremely generic fantasy pretending to be bigger than it is by saying it's LOTR related.
No clue, and I don't really care. The Shadow of Mordor series is basically bad fanfiction with high production value. I'm pretty sure it's not even canon.
It's why I like Kingdom Hearts 2. The story is absolutely one of the most retarded things I've ever seen in my entire life, but the gameplay is so solid that I can just ignore it and have fun slashing evil little monsters.
Whatever little promise this game shows will be nullified by the fact that this is a Shadow of Mordor sequel.
I'd love to ask the developers what's the point of the orc army and all the hullaballo about fucking up orcs and whatnot if you can very easily I might add, run around, fight a hundred orcs and 5 generals without breaking a sweat because you're so insanely overpowered to boot and every upgrade makes you more and more powerful while the so called bred for war, powerful cousins of the orcs drop like flies.
You can talk shit about lore the rest of the thread but the fact stands that without difficulty or challenge this game will be just as boring and bland as its predecessor and I don't care how much you flaunt the wars and the cockney ogre.
I think the difficulty lies within the siege sections of the game. We won't know how hard it is until we get to play it, but they'll probably vary in difficulty depending on how prepared you are. The only gameplay I saw for the siege gave the person playing the game unlimited executions or some shit, probably because that guy was actually retarded so they needed to give him a handicap.
Yeah right. I guarentee you any and all strategy will boil down to zerg rush and use your strongest troops, or it will just be the same game except there are some orcs you can't kill and the game is going all out with making the game "feel" epic without you actually doing anything remotely impressive.
The devs said that they've added additional difficulty modes for players who want a harder experience than the base game provides, which is cool. The best part of SoM were the earlier segments when fighting three/four captains was actually a tall order.
From what I understand there are a lot of ways to approach the siege invasions, which is kind of neat. You can use spies and sabotage before starting the siege proper, and each tribe has unique abilities that can fuck you up if you don't prepare accordingly.
I'm sure it'll still be too easy late-game but hopefully it can maintain some level of grit much later than the original game did.
I remember hearing about them adding loot crate gambling shit into single player, so wait a few days after launch until we know more.
Yeah, they're taking the next step up from The Hobbit with that bullshit. I'm really starting to understand why Christopher Tolkein is against adaptation's of his father's work.
I sincerely think these devs have listened to all the criticism beforehand and tried to make improvements based on what people complained about. The people behind the game aren't bad, it's just that they're chained to a really shitty publisher. That's a pretty popular trend when it comes to good games.
It will be worse than the first one somehow. Added bonus of microtransactions, jodd whedon tier dialogue and shoehorned agenda.
Shadow of Mordor was already pretty bad, now that they're adding fucking lootboxes and turning Shelob into an uninspired spider-themed stripper, Shadow of War is going to be an indefensible pile of shit.
Those two things are hardly gameplay features, user.
What's the quote about story being as important in video games as it is in porn?
There is a big difference between a game like doom and a game like this where it puts in cutscenes and actually tries to tell story the player should give a shit about and rubs it in their face
This, basically.
Monolith aren't shitty devs, but they're attached to one of the shittiest publishers (WB Interactive) in the industry.
WB flies below the radar because they're several orders of magnitude smaller than an EA or Ubi, but they're just as awful.
I have no idea but I hope that it will be good. The first game was complete trash but had a few good mechanics and left room for a lot of improvement. There's always hope for another Assassins Creed 2.
You mean that quote said by the autistic programmer who doesn't care about games, only the technology behind them when it was relevant?
Fair, but you can probably button mash your way through cutscenes. I'm just trying to be optimistic in the face of a lot of controversy for a game that has a lot of potential to be good.
That doesn't make it any less true. Why do you think walking simulators are so widely panned? They're basically overpriced, really shitty books.
I can only imagine the kind of stupid shit they get told to do with their game
Thing is, the gameplay in Shadow of Mordor wasn't very good to begin with, and the sequel's shaping up to be more of the same but with the addition of looboxes IN A FUCKING FULL-PRICE GAME on top of the shittery of stripper Shelob.
Also, story still counts in porn because unless you're mentally damaged it's much harder to jerk off to a character you do not like.
Isn't this one just another giant open sandbox with many repetitive and boring things to do? Also, it suffers from (Y) counter syndrome.
I wonder if Shadow of Mordor was an original idea at some point, but the only way they could get the funding to make what they wanted was to get funding from a big publisher.
It arguably does the Arkham combat better than the Arkham games. Boring is subjective.
I assume you accidentally left the flag on from another thread because thats exactly what the previous game was, so its likely that this will be too.
Monolith's getting assraped by Warner Bros and you must be forgetting that they made a halfassed CONSOLE moba(an LOTR one at that) if you think otherwise. It's hard to believe anything in Shadow of Mordor was even remotely original.
muh tolkien lore
Who gives a shit about this copy-pasted nordic folklore?
A lot of people unfairly blame the developers for this sort of thing when the majority of the time, the only reason the game gets greenlit is because the publisher pushes for this sort of thing. You can see it with Mankind divided's preorder bonuses as well.
It's to the point where the only reason the game exists is because of the microtransactions and most of the time the individual developers working on the game are just as against it as the fans of it.
I wonder if Shadow of Mordor was an original idea at some point, but the only way they could get the funding to make what they wanted was to get funding from a big publisher.
By this point Monolith was bought by WB. And WB had the rights to Lord of the Rings games. WB got Monolith to make Gotham City Imposters before Shadow of Mordor. It was most likely built from the ground up as a Lotr game.
devs dindu nuffin
They still agreed to the contract, they still made the game, they still went to all the gaming expos and lied their asses off to sell it.
snow in Greece
Always gets me
meet my new boss, undergrad in communications and he got an MBA with a 2.0 average but his dad is also the CFO
show him the first part of my game
on his Facebook: LOL this fukken nerd @ work thinks it snows in greece! that's what u get for playing 2 much dungeons n dragons dude……
next day, I show him the enemy territory assets
on his Facebook: DUUUDE I just got super smashed and played Skyrim I'm such a nerd xD
Skyrim wasn't out at the time but still
on his Facebook: this fuckin nerd at work thinks there were ruins in ancient rome LOL like dude, there werent ruins back then, because they weren't ruined, duh…….this is why he cant get laid LOL
These games would've been much better if they were set in generic fantasy setting #64325 instead of fucking Middle-earth.
They still agreed to the contract
they still made the game
They're owned by the publisher they can't exactly say no
they still went to all the gaming expos and lied their asses off to sell it.
So does Bethesda and all that happens to them is their game sells 30 million copies
promising enough upgrade
always online
in a single player game
lore rape going into overdrive
big DLC focused on WE WUZ GONDOR
Even normalfags are shitting on it, it's dead on arrival.
The first game was very polarising. I'm a fan of it. Like it to this day, eventually creating a new game. It's Arkham mordor's Creed, but actually good.
I'm not getting the sequel. All that talk of dlc got me salty over it. Simple as that.
So, you're telling me the publishers told the liberal cunt and her nigger pet to make the plot about dindunuffins during a period BLM as their peak niggering? If nothing else kikestarter has showed us that without publishers whipping them to work these lazy shits would never release a finished fucking product.
They're owned by the publisher they can't exactly say no
So? They weren't Islamic wives sold into servitude. They chose to sell(out) their talents to a AAA publisher for a fatter paycheck and at the end of the day they have primarily themselves to blame.
The gameplay footage of the siege taking place has a million views and the like/dislike bar is almost completely on the side of likes.
I think that's a sign that normalfags are still eager to play it.
Fair enough.
The trailer came out before it was revealed the game had lootboxes and always online though. I'm more upset about the WE WUZ GONDOR part than the microtransaction kikery.
Isn't this a single player game? What in the ever living fuck would make someone want to pay for that shit in a single player game?
Also, I'm gonna bet it'll be like 60-70gig.
What in the ever living fuck would make someone want to pay for that shit in a single player game?
Leaderboards. Yes, user, there are people so desperate for validation they'd pay thousands of dollars to lord it over others in a single-player game.
I'm not even bothered by the introduction of a black character. He's just kind of there for me with no major impact negatively or positively. They already raped the Tolkein lore, there's not really any turning back now. Since I already enjoyed the first game, I'll probably overlook something like that IF I end up getting it. I'm not going to go out of my way to try and preorder this shit lest I get NMS'd.
They have a big standalone DLC that focuses entirely on the nigger. You can bet your ass if they make a third game the coon will be featured front and center.
Trust warner bros to make a game series set in one of the most uninhabitable areas in LOTR and add a whole bunch of niggers using a bootleg ring of power to fight Sauron. I can't wait to forget about this like I did the first game.
They would be best if you played as an orc and it was set in the Orc Stain world, and you recruited follower by chopping their dicks off and adding them to your necklace of gronches.
chopping their dicks off and adding them to your necklace of gronches
It should be open to making your name in a variety of ways.
I would prefer to eat my enemies and be known for sticking out my tongue before getting into a fight to signal that I am going to eat them.


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The excess risk of cancer observed in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) may have been influenced by detection bias. The aim of this study was to examine the real association by evaluating time-varying site-specific cancer risks in newly diagnosed T2DM patients. A total of 51,324 registered cancer-free individuals newly diagnosed with T2DM between 2004 and 2014 were linked with the Shanghai Cancer Registry and the Vital Statistics through September 2015. A total of 2920 primary, invasive cancer cases were identified during 325,354 person-years period. Within 1 year following diabetes onset, participants with T2DM had higher risks of total, lung and rectal cancer in men and total, liver, pancreas, thyroid, breast and uteri cancer in women. Thereafter the incidence for overall cancer decreased and then increased along with follow-up time, with the upward trend varying by cancer, suggesting potential detection bias. After the initial 1-year period, standardized incidence ratios (SIR) and 95% CIs for overall cancer were 0.80 (95% CI 0.76–0.85) in men and 0.93 (95% CI 0.88–0.99) in women, but a higher risk of breast and thyroid cancers were observed in women, with SIR and 95% CI being 1.13 (1.01, 1.28) and 1.37 (1.11, 1.63), respectively. Our results suggest that T2DM patients are at higher risk of certain cancers; this risk particularly increases shortly after diabetes diagnosis, which is likely to be due to detection bias caused by increased ascertainment. Prevention of female breast and thyroid cancers should be paid attention in Chinese individuals with T2DM.
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Cutaneous lichen amyloidosis (CLA) has been reported in some multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN 2A) families affected by specific germline RET mutations C634F/G/R/W/Y or V804M, as a characteristic of the clinical manifestation in 'MEN 2A with CLA', one of four variants of MEN 2A, which was strictly located in the scapular region of the upper back.
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This study reports a large south-eastern Chinese pedigree with 17 individuals carrying the MEN 2A-harboring germline C611Y (c.1832G>A) RET mutation by Sanger sequencing. One individual presented MEN 2A-related clinical features, including typical CLA in the interscapular region; another individual exhibited neurological pruritus and scratching in the upper back but lacked CLA skin lesions. Both subjects presented with CLA or pruritic symptoms several years before the onset of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and/or pheochromocytoma. The remaining 15 RET mutation carriers did not exhibit CLA; of these, one presented with MTC and pheochromocytoma, nine with MTC only, two with elevated serum calcitonin and three younger subjects with normal serum calcitonin levels. This family's clinical data revealed a later diagnosis of MTC (mean age, 45.9 (range: 23–73) years), a lower penetrance of pheochromocytoma (2/17, 11.8%) and CLA (1/17, 5.9%). However, no hyperparathyroidism and Hirschsprung disease were reported in this family.
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This is the first description of a family with MEN 2A-related CLA due to a germline RET C611Y mutation, which might exhibit a novel and diversified genotype–phenotype spectrum in MEN 2A.

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Ridiculously awesome photo and time lapse of a stormcloud at twilight
I've been following photographer Jeffrey Sullivan on Google+ for a while now — it's a great place to see the work of talented people, and that's where I found his lunar eclipse sequence I posted here last year.
Jeff is really good, and gets amazing shots of the sky. But today he posted the best shot I've seen from him: this jaw-dropping composite photo of a cumulonimbus cloud spawning lightning below and with star trails above:
Holy. Haleakala.
He shot this during spring 2012 near the California/Nevada border. The mountain getting electrocuted is Bald Mountain, which is southeast of Lake Tahoe. This is actually a combination of a sequence of pictures that were part of a time lapse video he was shooting, which is how he got the star trails as well. In fact, if you've scraped your jaw off the floor by now, time to let it freefall once again while you watch the video:
You can see why he was the Royal Museums of Greenwich Astronomy Photographer of the Year in 2011 for the People and Space category. He tells me he's working on a book on how to shoot landscape photography in California, and that'll be out around the end of the year. I'm looking forward to seeing that!
Image credit: Jeffrey Sullivan, used by permission. Tip o' the lens cap to Russel Bateman on Twitter.


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Mary-Louise Boardman
I have always drawn and painted, and used to live in France. Now I live in Spain, in the beautiful town of Javea.
My paintings have been successfully exhibited and sold both in Europe and the US, Canada, and now Spain.
I paint on paper and specially prepared canvas, using water colour and ink.
I also paint in acrylics on fine canvas.
If you would like a special subject painted, please let me know, and I will be delighted to do it for you.


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Month: April 2019
She is a MILF with great reviews and she speaks English well and the reports of her oral are over the top. She can work day or night but no longer wants to work overnights. She does have store bought 34C breasts, but many say they are the best they have ever seen and feel very natural. She is quite petite and weighs less than 100lbs.
She does not want her face shown on our site and these pics are from May of 2019. I have one pic of her face and can send it privately by request.
Carolina is now rated #1 on TER in the Tijuana market as of 5-14-19/
20 years old from Tecate and can work all hours including our overnight special. She is a big girl and stands about 6 foot tall. Might be the sweetest lady on our site. She is now available for Greek and bi-sexual dates also.
This young mamacita is ready to work as of 4-17-19. She is 5'2″ weighs 140lbs and has 34B's. She works a little in a factory but can possible adjust her schedule if requested a couple of days in advance. Monday to Thursday should not have problems as her hours are on weekends. She can work all hours including overnight and is up to Greek as well.
This young mother has worked previously as an administrator. She has never worked before, and finds she needs more money now and is ready to start escorting. She is 5'2, weighs 112lbs and has natural 34C's. She is up for bi-sexual dates as well. When time allows she loves shopping in the malls in the US. She is available for our overnight special and her hours during the day may very so try and request her a day or so in advance to give her time to work her schedule out.
Pics taken on 4-10-19
This young mother works in a factory and wants to earn a bit more. She is 5'7″, weighs 140lbs and has natural 38B's. She does understand some English and can work bi-sexual. She will be available for overnight dates.
Well there is a lot of talk about closing the border permanently. I personally don't think that will happen and of course not permanently. When our President leaves office would he tell the next President that the border will remain closed forever?
So far business is brisk but the threat of closing the border did effect our business before as more than a few clients canceled their dates for fear of getting shut in. Others felt they preferred to be in Mexico if the border was shut down. One guy said that if the border closed while he was here, that it would be the same as a lifetime pass to Disneyland.
I have lived here a long time and I don't think I would live in Mexico if I was not close to the border, so that I can return to the US as needed. I suppose at some point I may not feel that way. I like being close to the border in the event of a medical emergency.
A group of my friends and myself are going to set up a table at Halloween and give candy to the "Trick or Treaters". In Tijuana you here them say "Tricky Tricky" but I think that is an attempt to say what the kids in the States say. We will set up in front of El Torito. Anyway we should have enough candy (and the quality stuff) to last a while. Hopefully we can bring attention to our 'Amigo de Santa" program as well.
Saturday is the Final Four for NCAA basketball. Should be some good games and all four are playing very well. I suppose Michigan State is now the favorite but think Texas Tech could knock them off. Should be fun to watch all the same.
Got pics of Lluvia S today and hoping she gets a chance to work. The pictures she sent me were not good and it took me awhile to get her to the studio. She is an attractive chica and ready to work.
Will finish this up and try to get back soon. Be careful my friends.


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The stand-in captain for the Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa, has reacted to Friday's Africa Cup of Nations draw which pitched Nigeria in Group B alongside Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi.
Musa though delighted to see the Super Eagles drawn in a somewhat easy group was quick to warn that it would not be a stroll in the park as the other teams will be coming to Egypt to also prove their might.
"I feel very happy with the draw," Musa told Supersport moments after the draw in Egypt was completed.
He added: "We have a good group no doubt, but with these new teams in our group, it won't be easy for the Super Eagles."
"It has not been easy missing out on the last two editions, but we are back now. The Super Eagles have a young squad, but I am confident we can achieve something."
"The qualifiers were good preparation for us. We will have more preparations before the tournament proper."
Musa was recently voted as the Player of the Year at the NFF Awards.
The fleet-footed forward also won the Goal of the Year with his strike against Iceland at the Russia 2018 World Cup.
Musa has scored six times for his Saudi Arabia club, Al Nassr, so far this term.


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The Crocosmia is a vibrant and rather unusual looking genus in the iridaceae family. It is often referred to as 'Lucifer' because they can come in a bright, paprika-like shade of red. In America, they are also known as 'falling stars'.
Crocosmia are rich orange, tube shaped flowers arranged around a central axis – with little clusters of flowers that branch out into a typical freesia-like flower spike.
There are a number of different variations of the Crocosmia, all of which are amongst the most colourful flowers you can grow. The Crocosmia Babylon, Zambezii, Constance and Saracen all reach heights of around 70cm in the summer and autumn months, with the Lucifer often exceeding 90cm.
Crocosmia originated in South Africa but they have been cultivated all around the world. You can also find them in more moderate climes such as the United Kingdom, even in the winter.
This flower blossoms throughout the summer and is caught at its best in July and August, but it can survive right through the winter.
Crocosmia have around 13 different species, as well as 3 other hybrids, including the crocosmoides and crocosmiiflora. The American 'falling stars' naming refers to the crocosmia aurea.
Care Tips
They are relatively easy to grow and are quite hardy, so they are manageable in a variety of climates. They do, of course, survive best with full exposure to the sun and partial shade now and again. It is recommended that you cut the end of the stems at an angle and place them in lukewarm water, containing cut flower food, to prolong their life.
Did you know?
- Crocosmia used to be known as Montbretia, but this is no longer considered to be its correct name. The name 'Crocosmia' comes from the Latin 'croceus', which means 'saffron-coloured'.
- They don't always require an abundance of high quality soil to grow properly – they are known to grow in rocky patches in wild areas of Africa.


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Ambaram, a clothing brand for babies made from pure cotton was started with an intension so as to ensure that the natural essence of living is not distrubed. We plan to complete the cyclic process of manufacturing and consumption using Hand-loom, Natural dyed and hand-made methods. As the first step towards going back to our tradional ways of living, we have started it from clothes with love and virtue imbibed in it.


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Though slow-moving and long (almost 2.5 hours), one never gets bored watching four kids (in the movie of the age of 4, 6, 10 and 12 years) trying to survive on their own. Kids are kawaii (cute) and their performances touching, while bringing to life a bittersweet story of abandoned children. Trying to avoid attention from authorities and subsequent institutionalisation or imposed guardianship, inevitably leading to their separation, they are concealing the fact from their landlords and neighbours, continuing to live alone and thus staying together, sadly, with an almost unsurprisingly tragic outcome.
Indeed a powerful story, based on real events. Unfortunately, as found on the free on-line encyclopedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobody_Knows_(2004_film), actual events, taking place in 1988 in Tokyo's Toshima-ku (ward), thoroughly described in "The affair of the four abandoned children of Sugamo" depiction of the incident, have been even far more gruesome. Well deserved rating 9 out of 10.


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NBL basketball live scores
NBL basketball live game scores – match centre – Wide World of Sports
James says Rockets GM was 'uneducated' on China
Lebron James says Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey was 'uneducated' on China.
Reporter shut down over China question
CNN anchor Christina Macfarlane was quickly shut down by the Houston Rockets' media officer as she tried to ask a question about the NBA's ongoing standoff with China.
Simmons finally hits three-pointer
The NBA went into meltdown after Aussie star Ben Simmons finally hit a three-point shot for the 76ers.


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☞☞ Research ft. Chrissy, Olga & livwutang ☜☜
Chrissy [The Nite Owl Diner, Classic, Freerange | Chicago]
"Chrissy is one of the best DJs to ever walk the earth and I am just going to keep saying it until everyone agrees with me."
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"Seattle selector livwutang wins this month's prize for most ridic DJ alias, but don't be fooled – her mix for Maneater Detroit introduce an ice-cold talent. From gloopy electro to ragged breakbeat and a burst of Laurel Halo, it's an agile session of bass and breaks from a not-so-obvious rave city." - FACT Magazine
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Research seeks to provide a safer space for attendees to thrive on the dancefloor. Those who exhibit racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, ageist, and/or physically/sexually/verbally aggressive behavior will be bounced for the night and potentially barred from future events. If you experience any of the above please contact a member of Kremwerk staff.
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An important offseason for the Wild gains steam this week with the NHL draft, which will soon be followed by free agency. Trades could happen any time during this stretch as well.
Given those parameters and that the Wild is coming off missing the postseason after six consecutive years in the playoffs, is there a strategy emerging for next season and beyond?
First take: Michael Rand
Everything GM Paul Fenton said in talking to the media Friday pointed toward a multiyear roster building plan instead of a one-year fix. He spoke happily about the eight picks the Wild has in next week's draft after years of trading away picks, likening it to restocking a cupboard.
He also indicated a comfort level with the current roster even as he continues to seek upgrades and changes. Fenton would never say it — and in fact he downplayed the idea when I asked if this team needs to take a step back to take steps forward — but it feels like the Wild is really gearing up for 2020-21 and beyond.
The big question is how much of a step the Wild's young forwards can take next year.
Wild writer Sarah McLellan: That might be the best indicator of what to expect from the Wild in 2019-20 — even regardless of what other roster moves the team makes this summer.
The emphasis on youth has only expanded since the trade deadline, with the acquisitions of forwards Ryan Donato, Kevin Fiala and Nico Sturm giving the 25-and-under crowd more opportunity to impact results.
There were encouraging signs last season, such as Donato's release, Jordan Greenway's strength on the puck barreling down the wing and Joel Eriksson Ek's poise when given more responsibility up the middle. But evolution in the NHL isn't always linear. How the Wild braces for potential growing pains could be key since a strong supporting cast still seems important for a team trending younger.
Rand: A reboot around young forwards isn't a bad strategy given how NHL players tend to ascend starting around age 24.
Kirill Kaprizov could be elite if and when he arrives for the 2020-21 season. Donato had 16 points in 22 games after arriving via trade. Fiala scored 23 goals two seasons ago. Green-way, Luke Kunin and Eriksson Ek all showed promise last season.
But even Fenton acknowledges there are a lot of "ifs" in that group, and any optimistic projection requires us to ignore either inconsistency or uncertainty.
That said, trying to remake this roster on the fly without a drawn-out rebuild might make the most sense in this market.
McLellan: An approach like that also fits with the current landscape of the NHL. The Stanley Cup champions were in last place almost midway through the season. Sure, many expected the Blues to be a contender after a busy offseason that included adding eventual Conn Smythe winner Ryan O'Reilly and center Tyler Bozak. But it took a torrid second half and terrific postseason for St. Louis to ultimately realize its potential, a Cinderella run that makes the rags-to-riches transformation seem doable.
That's not to say improvement is a given for a team like the Wild, but preaching progress rather than patience wouldn't be unusual in a league where five different teams have won the last six Cups.
Rand: If the Wild is really preaching progress, I know a 27-year-old forward who scored 33 goals two years ago. His name is Jason Zucker.
Final word: McLellan
What Zucker's future looks like could certainly preview the Wild's outlook. That and other clues should be arriving soon.
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Tampa Murder Suspect Arrested In Georgia
Tampa, Fla.-(Newsradio WFLA)- Hillsborough County deputies have made an arrest in the December 31st murder of Isaiah Lee Morrison. Investigators say 26 year-old Joseph Ervin Brown was arrested in Atlanta.
Deputies say Brown shot Morrison during an altercation at 13415 Nebraska Avenue in Tampa. Morrison died a short time later at Tampa General Hospital.
Brown will be transported by authorities from Atlanta back to Hillsborough this week.
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Since then, Match has facilitated more first dates, second dates, relationships, and marriages than any of its competitors. If you go through them, you will be fascinated big time. It has a large user base so that you will be sure to meet someone who wants the same things as you do, kijiji fort mcmurray dating be it a relationship or a one night stand. The user interface is clean and very easy to use and navigate through. How often do you cross paths with the love of your life before you actually meet them?
You create a simple profile with a handful of photos and a few sentences about yourself, dating sites in north then throw yourself at the Internet's mercy. It is a hookup app for people who are looking for hookups more than dates. All the profiles are short with just enough information to get you going and a code of conduct and respect is maintained on the app.
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Its aim is to create more real-life connections as opposed to chatting and using the phones all the time. You meet people, talk to them, and maybe start dating if enough sparks fly. However, that also makes it a prime candidate for spam bots and other such stuff.
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I make things.
I prefer if you keep my name in all lower case (sci, not Sci), but it's ok if you forget, or didn't know.
a brief history:
FAWM 2013 was great
FAWM 2014 was a bust
FAWM 2015 was at least half decent
FAWM 2016 was a rough time in my life.
FAWM 2017 existed, i think?
FAWM 2018 was slow, but had some fun experiments
FAWM 2019 i didnt really plan to do anything, but did something anyway. mostly experimental stuff.
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Hey! I appreciate you hanging around and bothering to comment as you stumbled onto my stuff. Your comments gave me quite a confidence boost! Really cool stuff you said, esp on You Brought Me In. Again, really appreciate it!
I hope you get to participate more next year, as your stuff has pulled me in and I'd like to hear more. Hope my memory doesn't fail me next year and I seek you out again (oh, i can just watchlist you duh lol) - maybe we can create something together! Take care!
Ahhhh thanks for the remix man, it bangs! I need to listen a few times to get my head around the new vocal rhythm, I'm too stuck to the original, heh
Belatedly replying to your explanation about Rephlex and other names I couldn't identify... thanks! So I don't know if I ever heard any Rephlex stuff, but I did like the early, gentler Aphex Twin stuff (Selected Ambient Works v.1 and Polygon Window). In fact that's the kind of music I'd make if I could. Maybe I can... after all, it's been done before.
Great! Well obvs no worries if you don't get chance of course, but will be keen to hear
Ahhhhh sorry man, I've been scrambling together what i can to finish off FAWM! Not got time to send every separate stem so there's so bunched up, hopefully that's cool. https://www.dropbox.com/s/9kbfxw3nr7t...
Earthbound FTW <3
Thanks for your comment on Onett, I'll do some work on the mix to make a bit weirder. Did you play Earthbound ? 😉
Just saw your comment about F2FM, thanks for the link - I'll definitely download those VSTs and check them out! Very impressed you make your own instruments and use them. I suppose it would be strange to make them and not use them, but still...
Thanks again for your comment on my latest thing, so far... all your references are obscure to me, I know some things of course but only by chance - I've heard of rephlex but I don't know who or what it is, or was, but you've rumbled me totally about what I do and how, except I don't even have a cool synth, just an ipad.
Well, I do have a bass and a guitar too, maybe I'll try something with them next.
Thanks for commenting on my track - I have more now, do it again!
In response: yes, I find a lot of my stuff sounds like it's not moving ... I'm happy with that, which is convenient I suppose. But I should probably try to put some motion in sometimes.
Hey Sci. Thanks loads for the comments. I'm really glad I didn't bore you! 😁
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Hey man, hoping you get the bug to make some fun noise!
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Hello sci, thanks for the listen & comment. I'd be happy to release on either of those labels, but as usual with these things, I'd rather spend my time writing music than making the right connections to make anything like that happen by myself. Have a great FAWM. 😀
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KILLINGLY — Killingly residents on Tuesday will decide whether to accept 2019-20 budget proposals that represent nearly a 3-mill drop, largely thanks to a recent property revaluation.
The $15.7 million general government spending plan, which includes funding for town operations, waste subsidies and debt service, is a $647,600 increase from the current year, a jump officials said can be partially attributed to breaking away from the previous norms of dipping into fund balance.
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"It was a little difficult with a new town manager coming in midway through the process, but (Calorio) knows Killingly," he said. "But the first thing I'm telling people is that just because there's a mill rate drop does not mean their tax bills will be lower; it's not automatic and we'd have had to present a lower mill rate for that to happen."


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A group whose goal is to boost Northampton County's oft-forgotten Slate Belt celebrated its first year of achievements on Wednesday and announced new plans for this year, which include revitalizing Portland's business district and a branding strategy that will hopefully attract new visitors, businesses and homebuyers to the region.
Slate Belt Rising, a six-year effort spearheaded by the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, or CACLV, was started last year to spur economic revitalization in Bangor, Pen Argyl, Portland and Wind Gap boroughs.
The program is the first of its kind in Pennsylvania, officials said. It's a Neighborhood Partnership Program in conjunction with the state's Department of Community and Economic Development. Typically those partnerships focus on single cities, but Slate Belt Rising is different because it focuses on a group of municipalities.
"If this is the template for Pennsylvania, we will not disappoint you," said Bangor's newly elected Mayor Brooke Kerzner. She's surprised at the number of achievements the group has accomplished in its first year, which focused efforts on Bangor's downtown business district.
The days of being left behind are indeed behind us.
Since then the group has started a Summer Sounds concert series, purchased new audio-visual equipment for the HUB Teen Outreach Center on Broadway in Bangor, planted 20 trees along streets, created a website and ordered a regional rebranding study, the results of which will be unveiled later.
Slate Belt Rising also hosted The Rising Tide Community Loan Fund, a four-week seminar on how to start a business that was attended by 35 prospective entrepreneurs. The group also held a homeownership counseling program that was attended by 40 prospective home buyers.
"The days of being left behind are indeed behind us," said Janell Connolly, a Pen Argyl resident and member of the Slate Belt Rising steering committee. This year, the group plans to hire a consultant to draft a proposal for revitalizing Portland's small central business district, which has been left with empty facades over the years in part because of damage from significant flooding that happened a decade ago.
Portland has the potential "to be as quaint and appealing as any small town in the country with a little love, a little creativity and a little help," Connolly said Wednesday.
Portland Mayor Lance Prator said he appreciates the community support.
"You cannot spell community without unity. That's what it's all about. We are one big community and we are united in this effort," he said.
In the first year, $112,943 was budgeted for projects and administration. This year, $170,443 is budgeted, according to numbers provided by CACLV.
Goals include economic development; promotion of shopping, dining and recreation opportunities; regional planning; coordination of services; improving the trail network and river access, and creating attractive neighborhoods with affordable and well-maintained housing.
Newly elected Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure was among those in attendance Wednesday at the HUB on Broadway in Bangor, where this year's plans were announced.
He also pledged the county's support for the program and said it's been one of his goals to see economic development in the county's small communities in the northern tier.
Last year Slate Belt Rising won approval from the state Neighborhood Partnership Program, which offers a tax credit to businesses that contribute to it.
The CACLV already runs Neighborhood Partnership Program in Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, but Slate Belt Rising is the first neighborhood program to include multiple municipalities.
Communities that participate in Neighborhood Partnership Program must show they have financial backing to sustain the program for at least six years. Companies that invest a minimum of $50,000 per year receive an 80 percent tax credit. Programs that contribute less than $50,000 will not receive the tax credit.
Merchants Bank of Bangor, Waste Management, ESSA Bank & Trust and Lafayette Ambassador Bank have pledged a total of $775,000 toward the six-year project.
In addition, the program received a $5,000 hotel tax grant; $87,500 has been committed by the Community Investment Partnership Program, and another $20,000 in Community Development Block grants are pending, said Alan Jennings, director of CACLV.


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There is nothing more magical than reading a book, having the words paint pictures in your head in a way nothing else can, so when Sparrow suggested making our own little slice of magic using a book, who was I to refuse?
The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed the familiar set dressing, the descerning brains among you may have gone a step further. Yes, this tiny little set was indeed shot on that one Saturday in April which is definitely in the running for my favourite day of the year.
This is Sparrow. The only face of our feathers that has not yet been formally introduced in this blog (though, if you've been following my work since before this wonderful new website, thanks Squarespace, you will have seen both Sparrow and Wren many times before). She is my best friend and platonic soulmate and she has the uncanny knack of being able to pluck the prop ideas out of my brain and bring them into reality in glorious technicolour. (Or not technicolour, depending on the prop.) All in all, she is fantastic and I would not be where I am without her.
Sparrow has a way with her hands. I love the way she holds them in photos (I may have to do a series just based on her hands, I've not told her this yet... well, I have now!). There's an edgy kind of grace to the way that she poses and I am here for it.
These were fairly impromptu, as a lot of our shoots have been and I am so pleased with the results, the way the warm light is hitting her neck and jaw in the main shot and the cool natural light from the other side (reflected by a pale room), the deep burgundy of her dress. Magic doesn't need to be wildly complicated all the time, sometimes it can be simple and rich and clean.


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How to hire an Expert and not get screwed
First off – Let's take the temperature. Have you been screwed over?
I'm adding a quick poll below just to find out how bad our experiences are with Experts (which includes developers, marketers, copywriters, designers, etc..).
I don't mean to sully any of these professions (blimey, we still do development work at Raison). But, every day I get emails from potential clients that start with "our developer has let us down one too many times…"
I'm not joking, I just copy-pasted that from an email that came in a few hours ago!
So, here's the poll: Have you been let down by your Expert:
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So, why is this a common problem? Having run a WooCommerce agency for five years, I have learnt a lot about clients, expectations and how to get projects complete successfully.
We've learnt a lot in that time. In the first few years, we too had our share of hiccups. We were far from perfect. But that's how you learn.
I'm going to run through what we've learnt so you know where to look for an expert and importantly how to make it work.
Like any good relationship, this has to be two-sided – both partners need to put the effort in. I'll outline how and this should be your go-to guide to getting sh*t done on time and with zero stress.
Where to find your expert?
First, I think it's important to talk about where we are looking for your expert. I would break this down into the following areas:
- Freelance Directories
- Freelancers Direct
- Agencies
I want to compare the difference between a freelancer on a directory and a freelancer direct. They sound the same really (and in many cases they are!). So, it's a very grey area, and it all comes down to:
- price
- risk
So I have a good example – we've just produced an explainer video for YoGrow (when it's complete you can check it out on the homepage).
We're bootstrapped and have allocated our budget towards inbound marketing. So we've got only a little budget for the explainer video. We tried making one, but it turns out we are rubbish at it! Now there is a surprise.
I spoke to Ollie, a local video freelancers I know in Brighton who told me to budget £1000 to £2000. This was out of my budget.
So we've spent £500 on a freelance from a marketplace. In doing so, I have to set my expectations accordingly. Now this is the critical point. It's not that quality is going to be less on a freelancer directory, but there is a risk it will be. In fact, the way in which most of the experts differentiate themselves within the network is by cost – so generally there is a race to the bottom in cost. This brings the value down across the board. So there is an increase in risk and generally lower quality on the directories.
I want to highlight two words here: risk and generally. We are not dealing with certainties.
I'm also not able to pop over to have a chat with my expert (like I could if I'd worked with Ollie). I'll have to take a much more pro-active role in project managing and overseeing this project.
There may also be language barriers as the chap is based somewhere that English is a second language. There may be a cultural misfit too (and this can sometimes be more subtle, but just as important). And critically, as mentioned above, there may be a quality misfit and even a time-keeping misfit. I'm preparing myself for the increase in risk, and I'm approaching the project with this in mind.
Setting realistic expectations and being transparent about them is the most important thing you can do.
Now, that might not be the case at all. In fact, a great WooCommerce developer I know is on People per hour (and doing super well there!).
I'm saying it's harder to qualify the expert you are choosing. The same rule applies here as it does anywhere – if you find someone who is good, then hold onto them.
Our top tips for qualifying an expert:
- Language / Culture Fit
- Realistic day rate / cost
- Examples of work
- Demonstrate knowledge
What to watch out for
I'll use WordPress as an example because it's space I know and work in. It is very easy to call yourself a WordPress developer and not code at all. It creates problems for the community and clients – because it's a fuzzy term. It means different things to different people.
A more accurate description for someone who is more 'pointy-clicky' is a WordPress configurator. In many cases, that's more appropriate and more valuable than a developer. The important thing is to choose the right person for the job. So, make sure that you check that someone is honest.
For example, when looking for my video expert, I found a lot of 'whiteboard animators'. When I looked into it, I discovered most are using off-the-shelf products to produce rather generic videos. It's a small point, but it's important. It's a major stretch to call that animation and in doing so it set's the wrong expectations. It's 'pointy-clicky' and that's fine. But call it what it is so I can gauge my expectations.
Don't rely on the expert to set the correct expectations. If you find an expert who is proactively setting your expectations then you know you have a gem.
Experts who outline precisely what they do and do not do demonstrate experience. They know that a happy client is one that knows from the outset what they will get.
A bad expert will put all his effort into the sell and oversell. You'll likely be disappointed with the end result as the hype fades away.
Let's talk about
money value!
I split my expert groupings into freelancer directories, freelancers direct and agencies.
So when we talk about agencies we need to talk about money. No, we need to talk about value. The two go hand in hand.
A common question is: what differentiates a freelancer from an agency?
When I ask this to clients, the common reply is "they cost more". That's often the case, but that's a consequence of something more fundamental.
Agencies have a larger capacity. They are teams of 3 or more people. They also structure their business to accommodate you better with this capacity. Before I get too jargony let me provide an example:
You have an e-commerce site that suddenly goes down. It's just not working, and you don't know why, but you do know it's not taking sales. You are loosing money.
If you ring your freelancer, then you might find they are booked up the next week. They want to help, but they can't drop their current client because of your site problem. This causes a lot of frustration, naturally, as you just want the site fixed.
Now if you contact an agency, chances are they have resource available to help in these situations. They can investigate and fix quicker.
This is a common problem and again iterates upon the idea of setting your expectation accordingly. It's not a golden rule across agencies and freelancers, but it does demonstrate how having more resource can benefit you. The catch is fairly clear: you pay more. Agencies can afford to have the additional resource (and everything that goes with that HR, offices, additional equipment, etc…) because they charge more.
The agency can represent greater value for money. If your e-commerce store is down for days, you can lose a lot of business and damage your reputation. If you had an arrangement that cost more, but meant your store downtime was minimised then that is great value for money.
Cost expectations
In our experience here are the day rate ranges we see:
- Freelancer Directory : $100 – $300
- Freelancer Direct : $200 – $600
- Agency : $400 – $1000
Ok, I've got my Expert – What's next?
Ok, so we've talked about finding your Expert. That's only half the job, and this is where most relationships go sour.
The following are things that both the expert and client should do. If you have an expert who is doing the following steps, then you can feel more confident. It's a good sign of experience.
The second stage of a project should be about setting up regular milestones and targets. Ideally, this is outlined in the proposal, or it can come in the days after confirmation.
The following are milestones that should be outlined. This can work for all kinds of Experts, but any specialised expert will add their own specific milestones.
- Client date
- The date that the client will need to have everything the Expert needs to be sent over.
- Often an Expert will need you to provide material for them to begin. Start the project on the right footing by reminding everyone when this needs to be done by. Otherwise you risk day one being wasted.
- Start date
- When the work will start.
- Add this to the original proposal and also, send this out as a reminder the week before.
- Regular Stand Up Meeting / Update
- This is ideally a weekly update with a summary of work and progress
- Don't wait for the client to email – be proactive and email updates
- It sets an expectation that updates will be forthcoming and fosters trust and a good relationship.
- It also focuses the experts concentration and priorities so you have something to show every week
- Feedback period
- Often work needs feedback. For instance design work will need client feedback.
- Add a deadline for the client so that this stage doesn't lag. If there are multiple stakeholders that must sign-off then make sure that they are all made aware of this period in advance. Then they will be prepared when it occurs.
- The danger of not outlining this is this period can lag, which means a late delivery and unhappy clients (and unhappy experts!)
- Post Delivery Update
- It's important to check up on any snagging items discovered post-launch,
- Although the aim is to discover these in the feedback period, it is important to do a check up. You can also explain in this email that additional work is paid for and when you can fit the work in. It's better to proactively explain this rather than have a frustrated client.
So, I wrote this from the perspective of an Expert but I hope you can see the benefit of this from the perspective of being the client. The single most important element here is to agree upon a day and time for the regular update. Even if that is an email once a week, it will do wonders for the development relationship.
Sometimes an update can just say "We're still working on the project and all is going to schedule". It can be that simple, just being kept in the loop is enough and it stops problems growing into project blockers and souring the relationship between expert and client.
Setting those milestones are really important and help keep the relationship in good order. Also, consider adding some targets.
This is dependent on the skill of the Expert you are using. For instance, if you are working with a developer then the main target is the delivery of the work. However, if you are working with Marketing Experts, then you can be more data-driven with your targets. You can set specific KPI (key performance indicators) which the expert should be hitting.
For example, if you hire a search specialist then you would discuss the traffic increase that you are setting as a target.
It's really important to do this before starting. If you can both agree on these targets before then, you are both committed to the target. These targets are far from being static as there are lots of moving parts with websites, but by having a target you can gauge performance.
I'll follow up with the search example. I hear a lot of stories about frustration with SEO experts and I think it all comes down to setting targets. Often companies will setup a retainer to a search expert and not set targets. Then after six months of work they are struggling to see what value has been delivered. The only quantifiable metric is the cost.
This damages both sides of the relationship. Setting targets helps alleviate this and creates accountability.
If you are setting targets for anything that can increase your e-commerce sales, click that link to read our article about which metrics you can track.
Our way of setting and hitting your targets
The best thing about e-commerce businesses is all the data we have at our fingerprints. It's easy to set targets and then compare how we are doing against those targets.
You can do this easily in a spreadsheet. Your columns should be Service, Cost, Revenue Increase (growth), ROI
It's a very simple set of equations which can help you check that value is being provided. Most importantly it holds the Expert to account and makes sure that you are on track with your agreed proposal.
The main pain with this is that it's a real slog to keep updating that spreadsheet. You have to gather your analytics and then update them. You can't add a cost column in Google Analytics or any of the other analytics suites. So it's all very manual.
The problem with manual processes is they hardly get updated. They are a pain and ultimately don't get used.
So, this is where YoGrow comes into play. We have a one-click integration with your store analytics so you can see how they are doing. You can also add your own targets. So if you have an expert who says he will increase your traffic by 10%, you can plug that into YoGrow, and we'll keep you updated on how they are performing.
The best part is that this complete transparency keeps everyone on their toes. If the campaign underperforms then, it's clear to see for everyone.
YoGrow Experts
We have an Expert marketplace built into YoGrow. This lets you discover relevant Experts for your e-commerce site, invite them to view your site metrics and build a proposal based on that data.
Too often we have proposals based on a generic idea (we can increase your traffic by 10% – without having seen your traffic!), or there is a lot of faffing working out how to share your analytics data.
Now, you can chat to and engage Experts all within YoGrow. They can send a proposal with their monthly cost.
Because we have the cost, we can do a simple calculation to determine what growth they will create and subtract the cost. We can work the return on investment and then track and hold the expert to account. It massively reduces the risk we discussed at the beginning of the article.
Whether you use YoGrow or keep it in a spreadsheet, tracking targets and having a data-driven approach is the best way to grow your e-commerce business.
I'd love to get your take on this article and if you have any questions, please drop us a line in the comments below. Thanks!