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![]() ![]() Harry jumps, scrambling for his mobile, but Draco barely registers what’s happening because the creature turns to them and it’s like being struck with lightning when their gazes meet. “Harry, wait, don’t take the cover off its eyes!” Shanvika yells, clearly audible over the phone right as the blindfold drops. They see each other during pub nights, now that their friend groups have blended together, but Draco never really finds themself alone with Harry in all his charming glory. Draco just stands off to the side, feeling strange and unhelpful and flustered at Harry being here in the record shop. Here, baby, you’re okay.” He places his phone on the floor and reaches out for the creature, slipping back into Parseltongue easily. “She’s scared,” Harry says quietly, stealing a quick glance at Draco before focusing on the creature again. The sound seems to calm the creature immediately– it freezes, then cocks its head, and when Harry falls silent it makes a tiny, rough sound without opening its mouth. ![]() “Harry,” Draco starts, but then they go stiff as Harry kneels down and starts hissing at the creature, scratchy sounds that send Draco’s thoughts skittering until they remember that Harry can speak Parseltongue. ![]() Over the phone, Shanvika keeps rambling, but Harry drops his hand by his side and ignores the sound. Harry is already moving calmly towards where the creature is scrambling up a toppled stack of records. “What?” Draco asks, wrapping their arms around the bare stretch of skin under their crop top. “No, she hasn’t made any sound– oh! Hold on, I’ve got an idea,” Harry exclaims, startling Draco. Just horns, and a blindfold over her eyes that she clearly didn’t put there.” Harry falls silent for a moment, his eyes tracking the movement of the creature as Shanvika keeps talking. Harry shrugs one shoulder, listening intently to the chatter on the other end of the phone. “How do you know it’s a girl?” Draco interrupts, curious. “Okay, Shanvika, sorry, she’s like an iridescent purple– ish–” Harry snorts, but covers it with a hand as he brings his mobile back to his ear. They had closed the door to the storage room as soon as they discovered the creature was in there, hoping that there wouldn’t be any damage to the front of the store, but even thinking about the clean-up in this room alone is enough to exhaust them. There’s a rough cloth covering its eyes, which seems to be the source of its panic, but Draco’s afraid to approach it. Every few seconds it goes completely invisible, then pops back into existence. It’s a curious thing, sinuous as a snake with no visible limbs, shimmering an impossible purple-blue all the way up to its curled horns. “Invisible,” Draco deadpans, watching the creature slink between a few boxes before sending them toppling. “Draco, what color would you say she is?” “No, it’s not red, it’s… uh.” Harry brings his mobile away from his ear, listening intently to someone who Draco has gathered is a coworker of Harry’s named Shanvika. ![]() It’s not Harry’s fault that he’s the one who showed up, looking deliciously disheveled in Vans and cargo trousers, claiming that he was the answer to Draco’s panicked call to Magical Creature Services. If anyone is to blame, it’s the serpent-like creature currently flashing in and out of existence and wreaking general havoc in the back room of Draco’s record shop. Draco wants to blame Harry for this mess, but unfortunately even they can see it isn’t Harry’s fault, not really. ![]() ![]() ![]() When you file for a trademark, you typically submit the design or logo in the exact format that you plan to use it. Without the symbols, your competitors won't know you plan to file a trademark application. Since the symbols aren't legally required, your second option is to leave them off your logo. You add TM to a logo for a company that offers goods and products and SM to the logo for a company that offers services. TM stands for trademark and SM stands for service mark. The symbols also show your intent to file for trademark protection. These symbols don't hold legal weight but they do serve a purpose, which is to tell your competitors of your claim on the design. First, you can add the TM or SM symbols to your logo. You have two options for using a logo before you receive a trademark approval. Avoid using a logo that is similar to one that already holds a trademark. Before using the logo, though, check the existing trademarks through the Trademark Electronic Search System. But in the meantime, your business can use the logo on its materials and products. The process of receiving approval on a trademark application takes about 6-16 months. If you haven't filed an application, you could lose out on the opportunity to use your own design. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) generally uses the filing date and information within the application to decide who owns the logo. It's difficult to prove which company was using a logo first. Furthermore, if the other business files an application on their design first, it's likely that they will receive the trademark protection. Without a registered trademark, your company doesn't have the legal ability to protect your design. It's very important if your competitors have a similar logo or design associated with their brand. Many businesses wonder whether trademarking a logo is necessary. This is an example of the need to reinforce the protection of trademarked business logos. You could show the Nike "swoosh" to just about anyone in the country and they would likely know immediately what brand it represents. Many of the biggest companies in the U.S. Without proper legal protection, any company could replace another's logos without legal risk, leading to confusion for consumers about which products to buy. When trademarking laws went into effect, lawmakers wanted to make sure that a consumer could clearly identify what product or service came from what business. The purpose of trademarking a logo is to avoid confusion among consumers. Anyone in a similar business can use something very similar without any restrictions. Without trademark protection, your logo is at risk. Businesses use their logo on marketing and advertising pieces, products for sale, vehicles, apparel, uniforms, and much more. ![]() One of the most commonly trademarked symbols is a company logo. Trademarking your words offers stronger protection, and more trademark infringements are based on protected words, not designs. There are several registration categories for trademarks, and some are more flexible than others. It's certainly worth protecting a creative and original design, but it's generally more important to trademark the words in a specific mark or design. But it's best to know before you waste time and money filing an application that gets rejected. If you don't find anything similar, yours should receive approval. ![]() Prior to filing an application, the designer or business owner should conduct a thorough search of the existing trademark registration database. In order to qualify for legal protection, a trademark must be unique. When approved, a trademark restricts others from using an exact or similar mark. Many businesses choose to apply for trademark protection on their logos. A logo is a symbol or design used by a company that may fall under trademark protection laws. Logo?Ī trademark protects a slogan, phrase, word, company name, logo, or design that identifies a company and/or its goods. Updated October 9,2020: What is Trademark vs. ![]() ![]() Last week, they allowed Mark Andrews to go off for 100 with a backup QB, the week before it was Darren Waller going for 58 with a struggling Derek Carr. If we take a look at how the Steelers have handled covering tight ends this year it really hasn’t been great as of late. With Watson seeming to find his groove lately the passing game should continue to flow as the threat of Amari Cooper and DPJ make it hard for the Steelers to cover everyone. He is averaging right around 6 targets per game coming into this one and had 10 targets last time these teams played. Njoku really only has had one solid game in his last 6 games but this is the perfect spot to break out. That was with a different QB but we’ve seen that Watson enjoys using his tight ends in the past. Back in late September, he went off for 89 yards and a touchdown in an early season battle. Expect a fired up Bills offense and defense in this one and expect a big day from Diggs.īET: Stefon Diggs Anytime Touchdown (+115 at DraftKings Sportsbook)ĭavid Njoku Anytime Touchdown (Browns) - 1:00PM ETįor our second play we will take a look at more of a value shot! David Njoku and the Browns take on the Steelers and this is a matchup that Njoku thrived in last time out. ![]() I love the fact that the Bills have a major reason to play because they seem like the type of team that will rally behind Hamlin in a huge way. If there is a weakness in the Patriots defense it would definitely be their pass defense. They are allowing 215.3 passing yards per game compared to just 106.4 rushing yards per game. In terms of passing touchdowns, they allow right around 1.5 per game. When it comes to defense, the Patriots really strive to limit the rushing touchdowns that they allow as they are letting up under a half a rushing touchdown per game. ![]() He went for 92 yards and a touchdown back in December. He will now get a chance to do just that against the Patriots, who he has seen success against this year already. ![]() However, as of late he has had a couple down games recently and is looking to break out before the playoffs begin. On offense, Stefon Diggs is the key to the passing game. This will likely create a rally point for the Bills as they very clearly have someone that they will be playing for now. The biggest one being Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills who suffered a tragic incident on the field Monday night but at the time of writing this, he now has his breathing tube out and was speaking to his family and team. We have finally made it to week 18 of the regular season and with it carries many storylines and scenarios to be played out. NFL Week 18 Anytime Touchdown Scorer Bets for Sunday Stefon Diggs Anytime Touchdown (Bills) - 1:00PM ET ![]() ![]() ![]() The walk of the well-bred Highlander, especially in heifers, is quire characteristic. The skin should be thick yet pliable, and easily gripped. In modern judging it is well to take due account of such important matters as good crops, broad backs, long, level, properly filled quarters, with flesh down to the hocks and kindly-feeding touch. A common fault is flatness of ribs, due to a certain extent, no doubt, to long generations of scanty feeding.Īll the old Highland families have records and traditions of losses in cattle stocks against which no systematic provision was made. Still, some very good animals are unduly white of "hard" horn. A waxy or yellowish tinge in a brindle or red is reckoned to be a sign of kindly feeding. In a full-grown specimen of the breed under good treatment the tail should sweep to the ground.Įxamining an animal at close quarters mellow-ness in horn counts for much. ![]() The under coat or "vests" should be soft, and so closely set that a bucket of water thrown over the "roof" on an animal would still leave the skin dry. From the end of October through winter it should cover the brow like a sporran, and hang abundantly from the ridge of the neck and the lower edges of the ears, good deal from the back, top ribs, and quarters and be plentiful down the thighs. The outer coat should be long, straight, and fairly strong, but free from harshness. The drop from tail-head to the points of the hocks and thence to the ground should be as much on the plummet standard as possible.įorearms and hocks should be strong, the bone below knees and hocks ample yet flat, and the feet should be of good size, yet shapely and fit for wear. Viewed sideways, the animals should appear level above and below free as possible from "loose leather" underneath the neck, quite moderate in crest long, straight and deep in quarters and flanks. ![]() The brow should be wide, the eye full and bright, and the muzzle short and strong, with good under jaw. Up set horns are "cowy" while the down-curving are "bullocky". In a bull the horns should be far apart at the base, a narrow crown being a fault, they should take a wide level sweep and turn slightly forward to maturity. Rich and varied in colours, beautifully symmetrical in conformation, generally alert yet dignified in bearing, a well-bred group on an rough hillside at the fall of the year add an adornment all their own to the landscape and the cattle are never seen to their finer advantage then when they wheel around half-startled and set off in circling spurts, exhibiting the very poetry of motion. Highland Cattle in 1919 by James Cameron Information Source : Highland Breeders' Journal (1988), The Highland Cattle Society, Scotlandīy general consent the Highland or West Highland breed takes foremost position for picturesqueness among the bovine races. ![]() ![]() …But despite having the freedom to choose whatever you want, you still keep picking whichever weapon has that shadowy aura. Now you’re free to choose whatever weapon you want! Now that you no longer need Darkness or Gemstomes, the buff from Darker Thirst doesn’t matter anymore. This variety and discovery helps keep the early game feeling exciting, and is really useful for easing you into the game’s mechanics.Įventually, after countless hours of grinding, you’ll finally unlock all the upgrades from the House Contractor. But because the Dark Thirst buff swaps to a different weapon each run, it also encourages you to try out a variety of weapons and playstyles while you figure out which ones are your favourite. Initially, it’s just an easy way to unlock upgrades faster. When you’re just starting out as a new player, you’ll tend to gravitate towards using whichever weapon has the Dark Thirst buff. These upgrades are extremely useful and are borderline essential if you want to make it to the surface. If you choose the weapon with Dark Thirst, you’ll obtain 20% more Darkness during that run (which is an in-game currency used to purchase permanent player upgrades from the Mirror of Night). At random, one of the weapons will have a shadowy purple aura indicating that it has the temporary Dark Thirst buff. At the start of each run, you get to choose a weapon to take with you on your escape attempt. ![]() If you haven’t played Hades yet, the Dark Thirst mechanic is deceptively straightforward. ![]() ![]() The company also just announced three new sets last week, two of which were based on the new film while the third was from Jurassic Park. Lego had released various sets for the two prior Jurassic World movies near their respective releases and a handful of ones from the series (including Jurassic Park) outside of the related film’s release window. Lego and the Jurassic Park and World series have collaborated before. rex, an Atrociraptor, and minifigures of Owen, Claire, Rainn, and Soyona Santos. rex and Atrociraptor Dinosaur Breakout is the biggest and most expensive one of the bunch, coming in at $79.99. The set has a Quetzalcoatlus, a whole helicopter, and minifigures of Owen, Claire, and Kayla Watts. ![]() It is the most simple of the bunch, it mainly comes with two big pieces as opposed to a variety of tiny one. Quetzalcoatlus Plane Ambush is the penultimate set and will be $49.99. The set comes with a truck, the raptor Blue, a truck, a bike, a dinosaur cage, a trap, and minifigures of Rainn and Maisie. The Blue and Beta Velociraptor Capture is the next set and will be $29.99. RELATED: Horizon Forbidden West Lego Set Announced It has an Atrociraptor, two small dinosaur figures, a battle pit, a market, a motorcycle, and minifigures of Rainn Delacourt and Owen. ![]() This is a $49.99 set.Ītrociraptor Bike Chase is the fourth set and will cost $19.99. rex, helicopter, vehicle, fence, and minifigures of Owen and Zia Rodriguez. It comes with minifigures of Maisie Lockwood and Owen Grady as well as a truck, Pteradon, and fish stall. The Pteranodon Chase is the second set and first Lego set and will also be $19.99. ![]() ![]() I am incredibly proud of the work our team has put in over the past several months to make this all possible. "Our business is truly firing on all cylinders, with this significant momentum positioning us to transition to profitability in the second half of 2023, with additional visibility into strong initial traction in the second quarter. We continue to see strong demand for our Vicinity Classic transit bus line, proving out our established market leadership in the mid-size heavy duty transit bus space. "Our transit bus business has seen supply chains improve - and to that end, we have restarted delivery of transit buses to our customers as of Spring 2023. To support the immediate-term ramp up of Ferndale, we recently supplemented our $30M VMC 1200 specific credit facility with the Royal Bank of Canada and Export Development Canada (EDC) with a further $9M working capital credit facility with EDC, fully funding our near-term operations with non-dilutive debt financing. Department of Commerce, reducing customs and duty-related fees. manufacturing campus in Ferndale, Washington is slated to initiate production in the next several weeks - as we have completed key hires and have recently secured Foreign-Trade Zone status with the U.S. "We are nearing completion of a batch of vehicles as well as several transit buses at our Canadian facility for delivery in the second quarter, seeding products into the market and generating further demand with North American automotive dealerships alongside our partners at DSMA. "The first quarter of 2023 was marked by significant momentum across all aspects of our business, with Ferndale set to begin initial assembly operations in the coming weeks, VMC 1200 deliveries from our Canadian facility underway and Transport Canada reaffirming that the VMC 1200 qualifies for a Federal Rebate nationwide of CAD$40,000," said William Trainer, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vicinity Motor Corp. Partnered with RBC and Export Development Canada (EDC) to secure US$30 million credit facility to finance VMC 1200 EV Truck production, as well as an additional US$9 million working capital credit facility with EDC, while maintaining funding for existing bus orders.Signed a dealer network development services agreement with Dealer Solutions Mergers and Acquisitions ("DSMA") to enhance North American automotive dealer market penetration for its industry-leading, Class all-electric truck.Completed key hires for the Ferndale facility.Foreign-Trade Zone certification for Ferndale Campus has been secured.Company has received its Certificate of Occupancy for the facility.manufacturing campus in Ferndale, Washington in first half of 2023. Assembly operations set to commence at the newly constructed, state-of-the-art, 100,000 square foot U.S. ![]() Current order backlog exceeds $150 million, the vast majority of which are for electric vehicles.(NASDAQ:VEV)(TSXV:VMC) ("Vicinity" or the "Company"), a North American supplier of commercial electric vehicles, today reported its financial and operational results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.įirst Quarter 2023 and Subsequent Operational Highlights Manufacturing Campus in Ferndale, Washington Preparing for Initiation of Vehicle Assembly Operations in Coming Weeks ![]() ![]() ![]() On February 27, 2022, to support Ukraine, which was invaded by Russia, marked the Ukrainian flag on its homepage. In the 25-part tweet, he explains how you work with a team, how to bid, renege, cut, and what each card essentially stands for. Best sites to play save online for free Play OK save. Similarly, a free equivalent of Monopoly, "Blogpoly" ( Netopol in Polish) is also available.Īs of April 5, 2008, changed its name to . Play Spades Royale Online Card Game online for free with now. The Literaki -) rules are public domain. Marek Futrega then developed Literaki -) into a new word-based game with different rules than Scrabble. After a threat of legal action from Cronix, the company with the rights to Internet versions of the game, Kurnik developed a similar game called "Literaxx" ( Literaki -) in Polish), which differed from Scrabble only because of a different board, but Cronix considered these changes too minor for it not to be a copyright violation. Until Scrabble was also available at Kurnik, under the name Szkrable. The Polish version has about 100.000 registered users and, as of January 2007, an Alexa Internet ranking of around 1,200. Get 20,000 Free Coins as a Welcome Bonus, and get even more coins by collecting your Daily Bonus every day DIFFERENT MODES. ![]() Guest mode for playing or observing games.Īccording to a gemiusTraffic research, in December 2004 the website was visited by 1.2 million unique users. Spades is one of the traditional trick-taking card games like Bid Whist, Hearts, Euchre & Canasta, but this game is played in pairs in which spades is always the trump.Fully automated online tournaments including private ones (organised by users).Games can be replayed or downloaded in popular formats (PGN, PBN, SGF and others). The service collects extensive player statistics and maintains a complete archive of games played in the last 6 months.Since 2012 all games are HTML5-based with support for mobile devices after migrating from Java applets.Since 7 October 2004 all game rules at Kurnik's web pages are available under the Creative Commons attribution-noncommercial licence. It is the most popular on-line board game website in Poland. As of early 2005 it supported over 30 board and card games, and the site is available in 33 languages so far. It was created in 2001 by Marek Futrega, and was initially a Polish-only website. ![]() This has to be done by someone who has control not by someone who has my password.PlayOK, also known as kurnik ("chicken coop"), is a website of classic board and card games to play online against live opponents in real-time. I have not played there since, but status says I did. Ok so I play another game and win with a diff partner, we win but status say we loss. Won another game, which should have taken me to +15 but it did not it (statuss) showed me and my partner as losing that game immediately after we played. I'm playing the game and had a +14 streak. No one has my password and if they did could they credit me with play a game that i did not play and could they take away wins and call them loses? I do not think so. The last 2 games that I played and won its showing that I lost them. Also I have been given a game that I did not even play So it's looking like I won the last game I played, but this game I did not even play. I won 2 more games but my rating decreased instead of increased and I and my partners were not credited with winning but even though we won we lost. ![]() I'm saying that I was winning my status was 1410 if I remember correctly with a +14 streak. Was it triggered by PlayOK? That, you're gonna have to convince me. Beyond that.what would be the point, from PlayOK's perspective? Did something weird happen? I'll accept something may have. I've never seen evidence of anything like what you suggest, and I've played there (when I've played, which hasn't been much for a while) ever since Yahoo killed off Games. Play Spades Royale Online Card Game online for free with now. Your goal is to win your contract bid by working with your partner. (12-03-2017, 11:11 PM)ToreadorElder Wrote: Actually, one far more plausible explanation is that someone else has your password. The best online spades multiplayer card game is now ready for iPhone, iPad with its high. Play Spades Online For Free and gameplay phases understanding how to best navigate both will. Everyone Genre: card, multiplayer The name of the game is Spades, where Spades is the trump suit. ![]() ![]() It would be nice if people could tell me which legendary equipment they got multiple times, so that I can try to isolate and locate the source of this bug. I have yet to find the issue that allows people to get multiple legendary items in the spire raids. The hard arena battles are now easier for some squad leaders, to make things more balanced. A CG scene with Ellanore will unlock after you've finished the new quest with Ellanore. I added a new CG room page "Monstergirls 4" for the new monstergirls. The final battle during this quest can be failed in multiple ways, but you can leave and re-enter the area to try again. The dialog with Rhethos will give you a new quest, which'll guide you to Mount Alberrane. The new character "Rhethos" will appear in Aldlyn, between the clinic and the teleport stone plate, when you have Ellanore in your castle and advanced her dialog about the different races of monsters. After some sudden events Ryen becomes the King of his country and starts his duties as the King in. New area "Mount Alberrane," which you can enter by following the path on the left side of Parverhill down south. Renryuu Ascension Renryuu Ascension follows the story of Ryen, a half dragon-half human. This was added to ensure that Ryen's eloquence will always be able to get to at least 15, even if you make some bad choices. New purchasable scroll to increase Ryen's eloquence by +3 in the shop in Diminus Castle. Once you had the dialog in Rakake, Kippy will be in Lalizan, and you can get a CG scene when you talk with her there. Version 21.04.06 is now available - The memory orb 3 and 5, which you can get from the ice raid, can now be used when you also have the frozen panties. Afterwards you can find the two girls again at the Black Lair (Orange stone building south of Kagabangui, which only serves as an entrance to a dungeon), and then in Rakake. After entering Kagabanui four times while those two are running around on top of the building, you can walk past the building, one tile left of the entrance door, to trigger an event. ![]() When you had the first meeting with Hellhound in the dungeon below Old Ashton, and met Kippy in Lalizan, you could see Hellhound chasing Kippy on top of a building in Kagabangui. I moved Kippy in the CG room from the page "Non-human 2" to "Dorgania 1". ![]() New quest and CG scene with the red succubus Nemorvyra. New drop for jiangshi enemies: The "Magic Jiangshi Seal" can be used on enemies in battle for a 70% chance to blind them. Give them the item they want with a relationship at 100 to unlock a CG scene. Giving them items and petting them increases the relationship. The captured jiangshi can be released at the graveyard in Central. That includes the 2 that you can find in the dungeon below Witton during the second attack on the assassins with the thieves guild of Flaire, and 4 new Jiangshi in the black lair dungeon in Dorgania. Changes in the update to version 22.03.15: ![]() |
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