I have been working on a business for two years. I have a business partner who is a financial backer.
Over the course of the two years, the following has happened: the first 6 months were spent researching one avenue of revenue, but we ultimately opted for another. I.e., we thought of processing one thing, but logistics and regulations drove us to another (market).
My partner has a lot of money. Has even had gall enough to say “I’m rich”. He has two cars, but only one parking spot.
During the first summer, I drove to Virginia (from Toronto, Ontario) for a two day workshop about the specifics of using the machine we purchased ($27,000 CDN).
When I returned, he told me to keep the car, as I’d need it for business. I asked him, later, what he was going to do with the car ultimately. He said he’d keep it for a few years and then probably give it to me. (The car is over 20 years old, has 150,000 k. It runs pretty well, but it does need work).
At one point he suggested that I should “draw a salary” from the business. He suggested $3,000 / month. I live quite lean, and, as of last years’ personal taxes, I took a total of $17,000 from the business account when necessary. I hold a part time job to offset needing to do so.
Two times during this two year period, my partner was away - once in Cabo and once in Bahamas. He invited me to come with him but both times I had to cancel due to Covid -imposed restrictions.
Late 2021, I experience an issue with my machine, and because of backlogs of materials, I did not receive a replacement part for 7 weeks, during which time my sister died of cancer.
In summer of 2022, he abruptly took his car back for his daughter to give his son driving lessons (?). That was 3 weeks, and I had to cancel social arrangements out of the city (visiting a cottage, summer camp reunion).
In late 2023, more machine issues, and because it is a highly specialized machine, there was a lot of work in finding someone who could properly assess and repair.
In January of 2023, I booked a booth at a trade show as a launch. It was a good start; made some professional connections. No sales. He said he was going to attend, but never did and only told me so when I texted to ask where he was.
In April of 2023, he took the car back again for his newly-licensed 17 year old child to use. Said it would be 3 weeks. It’s been 7 weeks, during which time I have had to pick up supplies, deliver an order, and get other business-related things accomplished. I did these things via transit and Lyft.
In late May, I held an open house at my office for industry people. It was my partner’s suggestion. I orchestrated the whole thing, and invited nearly 200 people. He said he was coming, but by then the second day, with two hours left, I again messaged him to see where he was, whereupon he informed me that he wasn’t coming because he was out of town dealing with a personal emergency. No details on that.
I was supposed to get the car back the next day to make a delivery. When asked about it, he said he’d give it back to me when he returned. No details about that.
I asked “when will that be?” He replied “Sunday”.
Sunday came and went and on Monday I messaged him. He didn’t reply until Tuesday with: Hi l am thinking , the car needs a ton of work, and depending on the amount, may not be worth it. WRT to the business, l am pretty unclear it will work, l can meet with you this weekend to discuss. I am in a very dark and sad place , nothing to do with you, but you should know.”
I wrote “That’s a pretty abrupt declaration. I know the car needs work. I have been making all kinds of arrangements regarding [the business] including hiring a social media pro and we have mapped out a schedule for promotional videos and information to be imparted. If you are without hope for it, well, then you let me know. Whatever you’re going to do to with the car, that’s fine. I’d love to be able to use it until then.”
Not wanting to wait until the weekend, I called instead in the evening, but he was unable to talk. I’m calling again tonight (Thursday).
He has many investments on the go (says he) that are in the millions, that have been in the works for years.
Please, if I’m unclear on anything, just ask for clarification. Otherwise, any insight?

Is there an external map editor? Or is it in game only? If in game only, when dealing with triggers is there ANY way to set an area one time without having to create multiple conditions/effects all having their own separate area.
Just trying to find ways to keep AI from building a billion and one of the same building in external areas or just limit them to building inside the walled cities I create for them. Maybe I can just pre-build all 7 AI towns, limit the number of buildings, pre-build it all and hope that if anything gets destroyed they replace only that building in that area...

In black ops four, everyone who bought the base game received access to every "operation" (season)'s battle pass for the entire lifespan of Black Ops 4 (Operation First Strike - Dark Divide (WAY COOLER NAMES TOO!).
The battle pass took a marginal amount of time to progress. I don't know anyone who didn't complete every season with minimal effort.
After reaching the final tier, you CONTINUED TO RANK UP the battle pass! Every tier past 100 earned you a "reserve case", which had the chance to give you a random cosmetic item or DLC weapon. Most players amassed a few hundred extra cases per season, giving everyone hundreds of free reactive camos, weapon effects, flight trails, emotes, and lots of other stuff.
Every battle pass was filled with THEMED content revolving around the "operation" (for example one of the operations was Grand Heist, and the battle pass included operator skins wearing tons of jewelry, holding bags of cash, they added a bank/casino map, etc.).
From a consumer perspective, I think this was the best battle pass system, but I'm sure it was not as profitable as the current day system.
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Hi everyone!
I just wanted to ask you some questions and share a bit of what it has been like these last 3 days in Rise of Kingdoms as a new F2P/low spender player for the first time.
So, there's a LOOOOT of information about the game, it's crazy how fast things are compared to other similar games. I was really into it for the first hours, trying to understand what was going on, so the days have passed and now I'm at 200k power and was really proud about it until new stuff started appearing again and checking some comments saying the usual it's like 500k power in 3 days... I feel I'm doing a lot of stuff wrong even though I'm watching a lot of videos on youtube.
I decided to get into this subreddit to check out some guides/useful content and I'm struggling a lot trying to understand it, all the videos from youtube talk about terms I'm not familiar with and mention some words I can't even figure out what it could be, most of the posts and comments from here also seem like a code: SOC, KVK, RP, YSG (e.g.)... I'm loving the game but struggling to find an actual good beginner's guide.
I want to ask you what the best beginners guide explained with simple terms/new joiner mentality you could recommend, or which platforms are the best to understand better the game, along with some questions I've about the game:
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1. Is it wrong to upgrade the initial commander? If so why?
2. The focus should be on upgrading the city hall and factories?
3. The better the tier of every military unit, the best?
4. Should I use speed-ups? If not, when should I use it?
5. What are the MUSTN'T errors at the beginning? I'm not sure if I should start over
6. When I finish exploring the map my development will slow down to the lack of gifts coming from caves or visited villages?
7. Why are all the strongholds closed?
8. Should I attack other players to increase my development?
9. Even though my alliance is weak should I stay with them for a while or should I change right now?

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Sorry for the long post, any help is welcomed

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I can no longer fast travel even using the cheat terminal. Game crashes to desktop.
Active Plug-ins =249
Last Mods Added:
Previsibines Repair Pack (PRP) Stable Branch
Its Furniture
Visible Companion Affinity
Now for the current load order:
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Chapter 3: The Noise In Ether
For this story I had to consult with five Gojids. I didn’t want to be insensitive for what happened on Cradle.
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Memory Transmission Subject: Barm, Gojid Survivor
Date [Standardized Human Time]: October 15, 2136
The sight of empty streets and abandoned homes was a horrible reminder of the aftermath that happened merely a month ago. To prevent the invasion of the human homeworld, Earth, they struck us first, targeting only our military facilities and paralyzing our forces. Any civilian casualties were the victims of stampede, humans only killed resisting combatants. When the victory was theirs, unexpectedly Arxur showed up out of nowhere and took advantage of our nonexistent defense. Humans had no chance to resist the grays, but they evacuated as many Gojids as their capacity allowed. They took us into refugee camps on Earth and Venlil Prime for the indefinite period. This is what really happened. Despite being predators, humans did not eat any Gojid and did not collaborate with the Arxur, and they did not put us in cattle farms on Earth, as the rumors implied.
Still, I can’t say I could ever forgive humans for what they did. Our culture has been shattered and our populace was decimated. I have returned only when humans formed a questionable alliance with the Arxur and retrieved control over Cradle. Our towns were completely forsaken. The infrastructure needed full reconstruction. The biggest cities were populated only by a fraction of previous denizens. There were not enough people to keep the civilization functioning like the old times. Many Gojids were working in the primary economic sector, mainly agriculture. The other sectors were maintained less, aside from shopkeeping and maybe medical help. Speaking of that field, there was a high demand for medical service, as previous doctors, nurses and specialists were dead, missing or did not return to Cradle.
My job was to secure the abandoned facilities from further decay. That involves critical branches such as sewage, waterworks and power plants. There were already issues with sewage overflowing in the cities and corroding pipes. When we emerged from the shuttles, we were greeted by a foul fetor coming from the manholes. I was glad when I was chosen to do a power plants inspection instead. Not only because of the filthy environment but because of my pressing desire to remain as far as I can from the populace. The time of invasion and stationing on the homeworld of predators was traumatic enough to afflict some kind of predator disease. In fact, it was probably the most abnormal kind of predator disease known to the Federation. Sometimes I could hear the voices of other Gojids, usually in the presence of radio receivers or any electrical speaker device. The voices were like eavesdropping the arguing bystanders out of context, sometimes they were screaming in fear or talking directly to me, giving me hints and sharing opinions. I could not sleep properly in the presence of my TV. It was acute enough that I could have let myself be screened if only these humans didn’t paralyze our medical care. The concept of being locked in a predator disease facility was unnerving, knowing in what state people leave them, but I suppose I could be a threat to society right now. If I could not get help, I would serve remotely, not endangering the already struggling community. But I couldn’t avoid being escorted by my colleagues to the nuclear plant.
There were two other Gojids with me, a middle-aged Solem and one not much older than me, Nadra. To my dismay, I’ve been given a handheld two-way radio to communicate inside the power plant. As I took it, I braced myself for more hallucination episodes, but it was not something I couldn’t just ignore. What adds up to my horrible situation is that Ki-yu, one of our two moons, is at perigee, and the pulling effect on tides might have an indirect effect on our success as well as the psychological welfare. Adding the possible radiation, I realized I want to get it over with as soon as possible. As I approached the looming silhouette of the nuclear plant, a sense of foreboding gripped me. The once bustling facility now stood in eerie silence, its towering structure’s a haunting reminder of the power it once harnessed. The rust was eating away any metallic surfaces. Even there I could smell the fetor of clogged drainage systems.
My colleagues and I cautiously made our way inside, our flashlights piercing through the thick darkness that enveloped the corridors. The rhythmic hum of machinery that once filled these halls were replaced by an unsettling silence, broken only by the sound of our own footsteps echoing off the walls. We were merely in an entrance hall, studying the layouts and evacuation routes on the closest map before splitting up. Nadra went to locate the emergency power generator in the auxiliary building, Solem went to check the turbine building and I headed toward the generator building. I passed the locker room before I stood in front of big metal doors that could not budge. I saw the keypad scanner on the side. I reached for my transceiver and informed my friends of my defeat, hoping that someone could fetch a crowbar from the tool supply.
“I left my keycard in locker fifteen.“ The voice resonated on my radio. It did not belong to any of my colleagues. A sudden realization hit me that it must be a hallucination, my predator disease. My quills bristled from the haunting presence. I waited a moment to calm my nerves. That delusion brought me the idea to scan through the lockers. I started checking from the beginning. The hallucinations are a part of my broken brain, therefore they could not know more than me to be that precise. Most lockers were either empty or closed all the way until locker fifteen. It actually contained a keycard. I thought to myself that I’m turning into my brother, who also had magic luck, until he hadn’t. I hoped he didn’t suffer in his last moments.
“H e ’ s n o t w i t h u s .” Enraged at my mirage I grabbed my radio and tossed it as hard as I could. The lights flickered suddenly, catching me off guard and only after a while I noticed that the device bounced from the wall without shattering unfortunately. The transceiver responded with a more familiar voice. “The generator is on, but hurry up. It’s almost running on fumes” Nadra must have located the emergency generator, her voice was a blissful reminder of what was real and what wasn’t. Having power means I could unlock the doors and operate the control panels. I made my way inside the reactor building, completely forsaking the cursed communication device. The giant reactor hall was bathed only by flickering emergency lights casting eerie shadows across the hulking machinery. The air hung heavy with a metallic scent, a reminder of the radioactive presence that still lingered within the facility. The buzzing of my dosimeter was unnerving. Having my health in mind, I did not want to linger in this place any longer than necessary. My primary objective was to ensure the safe shutdown of the nuclear reactors. In the absence of regular maintenance, the reactors could pose a significant threat if left unattended. I could see the control room only by the strong yellow lights illuminating through the window, it was the only well-lit room. The control panels were coated in dust, their screens displaying cryptic symbols and error messages. It was evident that the systems had been left to deteriorate without proper care. I started looking for a manual to study each symbol. I had a degree in FTL engines which required extensive training and expertise in the nuclear field as they also operated on nuclear fission, but I would not dare to misinterpret the pictograms in a power plant, especially now when it was left in unrecognizable filth. Power plants were, after all, much more powerful than spacecraft engines.
My dosimeter started turning up, and I could hear a noise coming from a speaker mounted in the corner of a wall. It was used as an intercom. I heard a chatter.
“Sir, there’s a quake a few miles from there. Strong enough to move small buildings.”
“Any structural damage?”
“Negative, but the grid is straining hard.”
“Has the mayor contacted us?”
“She’s not responding, sir.”
“Damn it, I can’t stand that woman. Reduce the output and disconnect the plant.”
I felt numbness taking over my head. The noise of the dosimeter filled my head, I started seeing things. Against my will, I walked to the control panel and pulled my claw towards the controls of multiple generators. I snapped out of the trance hearing an eerie silence in a room. Even my dosimeter stopped buzzing. It took me a while to calm my quills and shiver. I glanced at the controls realizing they were familiar to me. With trepidation, I began the delicate process of shutting down the reactors. I reached and started manipulating the controls of my interest, mainly shutting down individual generators one by one. Each step had to be executed with precision, ensuring that the dubious state reactors would be rendered inert and the potential for catastrophe eliminated. As I manipulated the controls, a sudden surge of power coursed through the room, causing the lights to flicker and the machinery to groan. Fear gripped my heart as I imagined the worst-case scenario unfolding before me. But, with a deep breath and a steadying of my nerves, I continued the process, determined to see it through. When the power output reached an acceptable level I went to the auxiliary building to locate the switchgear room. I passed the lockers and lobby without encountering any of my coworkers. As I reached the switchgear room, I opened the circuit breaker, disconnecting the plant from the grid. I had completed the first step in securing the nuclear plant, but our task was far from over.
When I reached the lobby room I was caught by Solem, a visible frustration painted on his face. “The fuck you’ve been? Why weren’t you responding, and why did you toss your dosimeter?” Taken aback, I reached for my device and realized that I did have that cursed radio with me. I returned to the locker room and found a noisy dosimeter tossed onto the corner. What’s unnerving was that it showed high radiation behind the wall of the reactor building. I realized how my hallucinations had a dangerous impact on my workflow and that I should withdraw. I said that I felt dizzy and I needed a break, before returning to the hovercar.
As I distanced myself I took my time to review what happened inside. My brain must have tricked me to absorb a possibly dangerous dose of radiation. I looked at the towering power plant thinking of the workers that used to provide the energy to most bigger cities in this district. What happened to them during the attack? The horrors of invasion still haunted me and the disturbing hallucinations only served to amplify my unease. The car radio spoke up. This time I could hear panicking crowds, followed by a roar. That sound definitely originated from an Arxur. The next thing I could hear was a low, pitiful sobbing, that slowly, gradually raised in volume. The frequency of these cries were truly bloodcurdling. I felt a sudden flight response, a precognition that I should not be here. I launched towards the entrance and closed the doors before the crescendoing sound reached its breaking point. Once inside the voice abruptly stopped. I left my radio in the car and I only had my dosimeter on me. I tried searching for a living soul to share my worries regarding this place or my mental state. Perhaps Solem could save me from myself. I went to check on the reactor building. I didn’t notice it at first, but the dosimeter was relatively silent inside. It still displayed radiation but at a moderate level, in contrast to the hellish amounts I’ve seen merely five minutes ago. When I found Solem, he was operating a crane and moving the spent fuel rods into a fuel pool. He did not look happy at my sight and descended to scold me. However, I was ready for anything as long as I could get some advice. I told him about the voices that haunt me through the radio and an unknown danger outside the facility. As I was recounting, I felt shame, realizing how ridiculous it sounded. Solem’s body language also displayed signs of awkwardness but he left to check the danger himself. I shouted to make him stop, that it was too dangerous, but he didn’t listen. He slammed the door as he entered the lobby.
I investigated the fuel pool. It was filled with more than a dozen spent or damaged fuel rods. Keeping in mind that there were much more inside the reactor, the pool could not handle that many rods safely. We should return some other time with more support and consider long-term storage. I covered the pool with a heavy plate and left the reactor building. As I was inside the locker room, there was a sudden spike of radiation on my dosimeter, followed by a loud slam of the front doors. Once again a silence filled the room. It took some courage, but I entered the empty lobby. Only my footprints were breaking the silence. My quills were bristling out of my control. I was slowly and silently heading toward the turbine building. If Solem left through the front doors, I could only wonder what happened to him. My only hope is Nadra. I must find her and leave this place immediately.
I opened the heavy doors as silently as possible, moving ever so slightly. But once I entered the turbine room and released the doors, they moved with a shivering scrape and closed with a loud thud. Nothing reacted to the amount of noise. Finally, I forced my quills to ease and began searching for Nadra. Parallelly I investigated one of three turbines, which also fell victim to neglect. The blades were rusted out in a humid environment and filled the room with a musty smell. Humidity also gave the chance for mold to culture. Every tiny gap was accumulating dust. Overall the machine could not be turned on again until it was revived. I found Nadra crawling out of the turbine. She was probably disassembling it for further cleanup. She looked at me with confusion, I didn’t want to repeat my mistake by shoving her away with my delusions. I told her it was not safe there and that we should leave. She paid no attention to the urgency of my words and downplayed me saying I should take a break at the car.
The prospect of returning outside gave me a panic attack. Strong stress reaction pressed on my chest, my ears laid flat on my scalp and my quills bristled. She must have noticed me, but before she could say anything, her two-way radio reactivated, giving away a static noise. We heard as someone banged at the doors, but it came from the radio. We slowly approached the exit doors and the banging continued, louder with each step. Without warning the room filled with a deafening bang accompanied by flickering lights. Nadra flinched and dropped the radio, which stopped working, leaving us again in the noise of my dosimeter. It was the only tool that could warn me of an unknown danger. Whatever it was, it was standing outside. The unspeakable, invisible horror that manifested in airwaves. It took the voice of an Arxur, but it was more terrifying than any greys that invaded this place. Suddenly the intercom started playing and resumed the banging sounds. In an impulse I darted, searching for another exit out of the turbine room. I desperately examined the walls until I found a door, leading to an auxiliary building. The revelation was not good enough. The auxiliary room also led to the lobby and the monstrum that haunted it. Inside there were cooling systems, switchgear, power generator and many other things that I had no time to identify. While Nadra was examining the generator, I stared at the doors leading to the lobby and realized they were made of much more yielding material. The banging also changed the pitch. The previous sounds resembled punching metal doors, and now it was behind these. Suddenly the door cracked open and my head was filled with the deafening noise of my dosimeter. The lights went black and out of instinct I took my dosimeter and slammed it at the wall until it went silent.
The next thing I remembered was Nadra driving our car. The car radio had parts ripped off. I saw that Solem wasn’t with us. We have never seen him again. We drove to a remote cottage in a forest. Every electrical tool was thrown out and smashed just in case. We lived there in radio silence together, in fear, comforting each other. The dread could not leave us alone. We slept poorly, haunted by nightmares. She was seeing the same images at night as me and if we could check, she might have had the same hallucinations. But we could not risk that much. We had a horrible feeling that the nightmare was still lingering somewhere close and would pounce on us the moment we heard the noise. We lived like that for four days, until on day five I woke up in delirium and visibly sick. I was puking and shivering so hard that I couldn’t protest when Nadra took me to a hospital. It must have been radiation sickness. I was rushed to an emergency room where very few doctors were operating on me. Few voices were asking me and Nadra about what happened. None of us could say anything, especially me. They attached me to a neural scanner to analyze my memories and figure out what led to my awful state. When I regained consciousness, I was in a bed isolated from the rest of the room by a translucent plastic veil to keep the outside germs from my nonexistent immune system. The machine was still analyzing my memories. The only thing that kept me company was the music coming from the radio. When I came to my senses I realized the danger of being in the presence of a device. It started humming and I could recognize the voice coming from it. “I m s o r r y”
It belonged to Solem.
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Is there any map of recommended quiet nice climbable rooftops in the city. Or if you know any adress of climbable rooftops? Much appreciated

Hi everyone!
My husband and I recently came back from a 15-day trip to Japan and overall it was an epic, life-changing adventure. Most of the tips shared in this sub are absolutely true (I don't think there was a single day where we didn't hit the 20K step mark and SO glad we had some cash and a coin purse handy.)
We covered all the "greatest hits" of Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka, so reporting on those areas would be redundant as this sub already has great info. However, I haven't seen too many recent posts about Kiso Valley, so I wanted to share our experience since it was a personal highlight for me!
Between our stops from Tokyo to Kyoto, stayed in Kiso-Fukushima for 2 nights:
KISO VALLEY / NAKASENDO PHOTOS
Travel from Tokyo
We took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagano and then a rail train to Kiso-Fukushima. The whole trip took just under 3 hours. Since were were only making a 2-day stop in Kiso, we forwarded our main luggage from Tokyo to the following stop in Kyoto and only took our backpacks with us with a change of clothes. The luggage forwarding system is amazing.
To get to Kyoto afterwards, we took a train to Nagoya and then transferred to Tokyo. That leg took about 2.5 hours.
Lodging
We stayed at this traditional ryokan which was a 10-min walk from the station. We splurged on a room that had a private bathroom and an open air bath (hot tub) overlooking the river. Let me tell you, with all the walking we had done, it was HEAVEN. It allowed for a few moments of downtime (and a little romance) amidst all the running around. Breakfast and dinner were included in our package, which is recommended as the town is small and dining options close early. The food was amazing. Worth every penny.
In Town Highlights

• Hoshakuzan Kozenji Temple & Garden
• Restaurant with amazing soba noodles
• Lovely shop with lacquered goods
• Public foot bath with stone reflexology path
• Simply walking around!

Walking the Nakasendo Trail from Magome to Tsumago
We took the limited express from Kiso-Fukushima to Nakatsuaga, and then a bus to the Magome which drops you off at the start of the trail.
This portion of the trail is about 8km and I would consider it an easy to moderate hike (there were some uphill portions and forest paths). More information about it here.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING. I loved every moment. A beautiful combination of walking through small towns and forest. The weather was beautiful, there were definitely other people, but it wasn't crowded by any means. I'm still looking at the photos and just sighing over how beautiful it all was.
When we got to Tsumago we explored the shops a bit. Then took the bus to Nagiso and the train back to Kiso, with just enough time for a hot tub soak, shower, and then to the dining room for dinner (donning the provided yukata robes).
Things We Didn't Get to Do in Kiso-Fukushima
I would have loved to spend another day or two in Kiso-Fukushima because there were a number of things we didn't get to. Also, it's just a lovely place to just walk around and experience.

• The Narai - Yukahabara portion of the Nakasendo Trail
• Akasawa Natural Recreational Forest
• Atera Gorge and Kakizore Gorge
• Sacred Mt. Ontake hike (difficult)
• Momosuke Bridge
• Gongen Waterfall (difficult - I found the negative reviews were all from people not realizing how difficult of a hike this was to get to)

OTHER RANDOM HIGHLIGHTS
Tokyo

• Hacienda de Cielo - This Mexican restaurant in Daikanyama (outside of Shibuya) has terrace seating with beautiful views of the city. Having lived in Arizona, I'm going to say this wasn't the most authentic Mexican food, but it was fine.
• The SG Club - Super fun swanky bar in Shibuya with great drinks.
• If you like record shops and vintage clothing, exploring Shimokitazawa was really fun.

Kyoto

• While the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove tends to get most of the attention, walking around Kameyama Park Kameyama Region was so lovely.

Osaka

• Dotonbori gets all the love, but I absolutely loved the retro, gritty vibe of Shinsekai. We played some Tetris and Tekken at the retro arcade. We even found a sex shop that had Real Dolls (I've never seen one in person before!)
• We easily spent over an hour in the 8-story Edion Namba electronics store.
• If you're into craft beer, Craft Beer Works Kamikaze was pretty awesome (but pricey).

We've been back exactly a week now and I'm still feeling blue about it - would have absolutely loved to stay a whole month or more.
Happy travels!

I have a plausible idea where it might be in Milwaukee. I think most of it starts in Lake Park going south towards the grand staircase then through the North point light house. Problem is he says go southwest but is vague on how far so I went pretty far to the North Point water tower following the Oak Leaf Trail where I discovered the St Mary's School of Nursing launched by the three Daughters of Charity (Sister Monica) that links to German immigration. The illustration may be a Nun or Nurse of sorts. Looking down on google maps the top of the building looks like a foot and is five stories high (fifth). The water tower across from it sorta looks like the city hall towers and the circular pool could be like the millstone. There is a point of grass the looks like the forehead where roads intersect and the top of the cloak looks like the the trunk of the oak tree. Facing St Mary's from it's south side on the left is a little fence with a pattern similar to the neck piece on the illustration. I think it's right there. I'll include a google pic of where I think it is.
https://imgur.com/a/6wqdqK1

Still a bit shaken, sorry for the rant.
I live in Brussels where a lot of people commute by bike, especially now as it's quite sunny. We have those one-way streets for car where cyclists can ride in both directions.
So, I was climbing one of these one-way street on my bike, in the narrow & busy city center, going opposite direction to the cars. Suddenly, a BMW as***** appears in front of me, accelerates towards me and swerves at the last minute, laughing from his rolled-down window.
I u-turned and caught him up (adrenaline gave me quite a leg-boost) to kindly tell him of I felt. BMW a***** argued he did not intend to mock crash into me, that he was just on his phone and not looking at the road. How thoughtful of him. I mean, how can I blame him ?
Did you people already encounter this type of lovely interaction ? How did you react ? Actually what would be the correct reaction here ?
For anyone interested,here is the street.

Please let me know what you think about these schools given my stats and what schools I should add? Any that have a strong OOS preference?

• Florida resident
• ORM
• 3.72 cGPA / 3.75 sGPA (strong upward trend)
• 513 MCAT
• 2 gap years
• 3100 hours clinical experience (MA at urgent care and Private practice)
• 600 hours engineering research (co-author and publication)
• 240 hours clinical volunteering (hospital and free health clinic)
• 20 hours shadowing
• 50 hours leadership (sort of a TA position)
• 255 lb bench press

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DO Schools

• Arizona COM of Midwestern University
• Chicago COM of Midwestern University
• University of New England
• Des Moines University
• Kansas City University
• New York Institute of Technology

MD Florida Schools

• Florida State University
• University of Florida
• Florida Atlantic University
• University of Central Florida
• University of Miami
• University of South Florida
• Florida International University
• Nova Southeastern University

MD out-of-state Schools

• George Washington University
• Georgetown University
• Tulane University
• Tufts University
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• University of Wisconsin
• New York Medical College
• Wake Forest University
• Quinnipiac University
• Pennsylvania State University
• Eastern Virginia Medical School
• Oakland University
• Rush University Chicago
• Loyola University Chicago
• University of Illinois

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Welcome to The New-World
After the apocalypse the Islands lay in ruins.. most of the remaining survivors have formed a community on the southern land now known as Rustwood.
The road to survival will be full of dangers. Civilization has collapsed, there are no governments, no authorities and no laws. Anarchy reigns this new apocalyptic world. Survival not only depends on avoiding the hordes of the undead, you must also defend yourself from other players.
Zombies
Take care this is an extreme zombie survival, do not underestimate how brutal the zombies are. They mainly roam the map in large hordes, rise from dead player corpses and will even attack your base! Carrying a variety of melee weapons, chainsaws & flame throwers. Some zombies carry a mutated zombie virus that can be passed onto players if they come into contact with an infected zombie. Infected players will also pass on the virus to any other players they come in contact with.
Rustwood City
Rustwood City is the perfect place for new players, solo players or those looking for a more PVE RP Experience. Complete with all facilities including on site vending machines, workbenches, large furnaces, recyclers & refineries. Raiding is prohibited whilst living in the town. Rustwood is a friendly community and all players are welcome to set up home here.
Raiding
Though not encouraged raiding is permitted map wide (excluding the PVE area) so make sure to build solid defences. The server has Raid-Alert enabled and players need to simply sync their rust+ app to the server to be notified if a raid is attempted on their base.

This one was quite long. TLDR: first look at gacha, 6th class (blitz lancer) in august, breakdown of monetization and prices, breakdown of upcoming content for july and august.

Stream 8 overview

• Official launch time
• About Prereg Campaigns and Predownload
• Start Dash Campaign
• Monetization
• Update Roadmap #2
• Announcements

Official Launch Time (14:14)

The Japanese service will be available on June 14th 12:00 JST. The Regnas Store will be open after a 3 hour maintenance, or earlier, if no problems are found.

Preregistration Campaigns (15:47)

Preregistration is still ongoing on the official site. Additional rewards (alongside the dyes) were added; 10x happy firecrackers and increased rewards for the Start Dash Login Bonus.
The 10,000 retweet milestone for the Feste battle imagine, given to all players, was reached in 23 minutes. The giveaway for the gaming PC and Webmoney, and the lottery for Amazon gift cards, are ongoing until the day before launch.
Predownload has been made available through the Bandai Namco Launcher on June 6th. You can make a character ahead of time on the Benchmark Software, but not through the predownloaded official client.

Start Dash Campaign (21:03)

Six promotional campaigns starting on launch day. Details will be on the website on launch day.

1. Rookie Adventurer Curriculum (22:22)

June 14 to August 16

Start Dash Login Bonus

Daily rewards for logging in, up to 10 days. The regular Login Bonus is per-account, but this event Start Dash Login Bonus is per-character.

1. Luno 10,000 30,000
2. Battle Imagine Feste (a) set x1 (from retweet campaign)
3. Gacha ticket x1 x3
4. Dungeon-use: Kita-ale G1 / 3d x1
5. Dungeon-use: Fue-luno G1 / 3d x1
6. Resource selection box x5
7. Dungeon-use: Kita-ale G1 / 3d x1
8. Dungeon-use: Fue-luno G1 / 3d x1
9. GC x1000 x2000
10. Land Fox Tail selection box x1

Start Dash Bonus Quests (24:45)

Clear quests to get rewards.

• Clear Reikrid Tunnels (Additional Survey) 1 time: Luno 30,000
• Gather 50 times: Enemy: Kita-ale G1 / 3d x1
• Defeat 20 enemies in Dragon Claw Valley (Free Exploration): Healing Aroma G1 x5
• Defeat Pink Boar 2 times: Beginner's Ability Plug selection box x1
• Clear Rush Battle 1: Gacha ticket x5
• Ride a mount: Land Fox Ears selection box x1
• Clear Quest "Banishing Avalitia": Great Success guarantee ticket x2
• Clear Quest "Unlocking new possibilities!": Enemy: Dropdrop G2 / 30m x 1
• Clear 4 weekly quests: Class Tiger Scroll G1 x4 (gives massive exp)
• Clear quest "A new me!": Weapon 2-socket expansion ticket x1
• Use a Weapon 2-socket expansion ticket: Gem ring (green) selection box x1

Limited-time season point increase! (27:00)

Gain increased amount of season points (for use with the season pass).

• Basic Pass max obtainable points: 6,640 7,410
• Advanced & Royal pass max obtainable points: 12,040 13,700

2. Team Formation Campaign (28:32)

June 14 to July 12 Create a Team (guild) and level it up to Rank 2. All members are rewarded a Gem Ring (crimson) and Ability Plugs.

3. Connect-Coupon Support Campaign (29:57)

June 14 to July 12 Get rewards based on how many Connect Coupons you distribute. Players whose coupons are used 10+ are entered into a raffle where 100 winners will get 500 Free Rose Orbs.
A Connect Coupon is a discount code you can give to other players. They can be generated in the Regnas Store (top right) after reaching Adv. Rank 1 and clearing at least 1 daily quest. One code can be generated per account. They last for 14 days and cannot be used on yourself. Items where the coupon can be used will be indicated with a blue hexagon icon.
Player A can distribute a Connect Coupon to Players B, C, etc., which can use it for discounts in the Rose Orb Store. Player B can only use Player A's coupon code once. Player A will get BP Points based on how many people use their coupon code--they can only see they how many times it's been used, not who used it or what they bought.
BP Points can be used at the BP Point Store for various items.

4. Screenshot Contest Round 1 (34:07)

June 14 to July 12 A bulletin board for posting screenshots will be up on the site. Rules regarding image size, editing, and allowed content will be announced later.

• Grand Prize (1 winner): displayed on in-game billboards, Free Rose Orbs x5000, Dungeon-use: Kita-ale G1 / 30d x1
• Runner Up (1 winner): displayed on in-game billboards, Free Rose Orbs x2500, Dungeon-use: Kita-ale G1 / 7d x2
• Producer Award (1 winner): displayed on in-game billboards, Free Rose Orbs x1500, Dungeon-use: Kita-ale G1 / 7d x1
• Director Award (2 winners): displayed on in-game billboards, Free Rose Orbs x1500, Dungeon-use: Kita-ale G1 / 7d x1
• Battle Award (5 winners): Free Rose Orbs x500, Rewards Plus tickets x3
• Humor Award (5 winners): Free Rose Orbs x500, Dungeon-use: Fue-luno G1 / 24h x5
• Asterleeds Award (10 winners): Free Rose Orbs x250, Crafting great success rate 1.1x booster x5
• Planet Regnas Award (10 winners): Free Rose Orbs x250, Healing Aroma G2

5. Grand Opening Payment Campaign (36:32)

June 14 to July 12

Total Spending Presents (36:39)

• 1000 yen or more: Dungeon-use: Fue-luno G1 / 12h x 1
• 3000 yen or more: Dungeon-use: Kita-ale G1 / 12h x 1
• 5000 yen or more: Crafting Great Success 1.3x rate booster ticket x4
• 10000 yen or more: Gardener outfit selection box x1

Bonus Rose Orbs w/ Webmoney (37:17)

When buying Rose Orbs with Webmoney, there's a 1 in 10 chance to get 10% extra orbs for free.

Follow on Twitter (37:34)

Follow BLUE PROTOCOL on twitter and retweet the specific tweet for a chance to win a 5000 yen Webmoney card (100 winners).

6. Network Cafe Campaign (37:51)

June 14 to July 12 Play at partnered Net Cafes for extra rewards! N Coins can be exchanged for gacha tickets, beauty salon tickets, special outfits and more.

1. For every 20 minutes played at a net cafe, get 20 N coins 26 N coins during the event period (1.3x normal)
2. Get 1.3x increased EXP from clearing dungeons and defeating overworld enemies
3. Enemy drop rates increased by 1.3x (excluding treasure chests)

Monetization (40:37)

Rose Orbs have Paid and Free versions, and can be used for Season Passes; and Gacha and the Rose Orb Store inside of the Regnas Store. The Regnas Store also includes Rose Orb Purchase, BP Points store, and Season Store.
Rose Orbs have a limited duration; they will expire on the 5th month (starting from the month of purchase) on the last day at 23:59. Expired Rose Orbs will be automatically deleted.

Rose Orb Prices (41:04)

• 100 yen: 10 Paid Orbs
• 300 yen: 30 Paid Orbs
• 500 yen: 50 Paid Orbs
• 1000 yen: 100 Paid Orbs
• 2000 yen: 220 Paid Orbs + 10 Free Orbs
• 3000 yen: 330 Paid Orbs + 30 Free Orbs
• 4000 yen: 460 Paid Orbs + 60 Free Orbs
• 5000 yen: 610 Paid Orbs + 90 Free Orbs
• 10,000 yen: 1350 Paid Orbs + 200 Free Orbs

Limited deals (once per account; purchase restriction will be reset once the sale period ends)

• 3000 yen: 495 Paid Orbs + 45 Free Orbs
• 5000 yen: 915 Paid Orbs + 100 Free Orbs
• 10,000 yen: 2025 Paid Orbs + 200 Free Orbs

Payment methods:

• Visa
• Mastercard
• JCB
• American Express
• WebMoney
• PayPay
• Rakuten Pay
• d Harai
• au/uq mobile
• SoftBank

Rose Orb Store contents (42:05)

Some items shown to have the "Can use Connect Coupon" icon. Others were not shown so there may be more items you can use the coupon on.

Packs

Grand Opening Pack M/F (500 orbs) *can use Connect Coupon

• Pure series (F)/male unnamed underwear selection box
• earrings
• ring
• Dungeon-use: Kita-ale G1 / 7d
• Dungeon-use: Fue-luno G1 / 7d
• Land Fox mount - Midnight

Beginners Pack (110 orbs) *can use Connect Coupon Once per character

• Feste stamp set 1
• Health postion G1 x5
• Dungeon-use: Kita-ale G1 / 7d
• Dungeon-use: Fue-luno G1 / 7d
• Oval glasses selection box

Outfits

Watcher series outfit box (450 orbs) Cunning Watcher series outfit box (450 orbs)

Mounts

Land Fox mount - Midnight (450 orbs)

Accessories

Twin tail extensions (100 orbs) *matches your current hair color Lily Earrings (55 orbs) Oval Glasses (100 orbs) Solitaire Ring (55 orbs)

Stamps

Einrain stamp set (55 orbs)

Emotes

Too Easy (90 orbs) Mocking (90 orbs)

Other

Dungeon-use: Kita-ale G1 / 7d (50 orbs) Dungeon-use: Kita-ale G1 / 12h (20 orbs) Dungeon-use: Fue-luno G1 / 7d (50 orbs) Dungeon-use: Fue-luno G1 / 12h (20 orbs) Rewards Plus ticket x1 (20 orbs) - 3 per day Dye-remover (20 orbs) Character name change ticket x1 (240 orbs) - 1 per month Happy Firecracker - Blue x10 (20 orbs) Normal Salon Course ticket x2 (145 orbs) *can use Connect Coupon Normal Salon Course ticket x1 (90 orbs) *can use Connect Coupon Type-change Salon Course ticket (220 orbs) *can use Connect Coupon

Gacha (45:40)

One gacha ticket is consumed per spin. Tickets can be acquired through clearing content, season pass, etc. 1 ticket: 50 Rose Orbs 11 tickets: 500 Rose Orbs

Banners

Outfit gacha is separated by M/F.

• Caster outfits gacha (6 types for M/F)
• Knight outfits gacha (6 types for M/F)
• Shagiran mounts gacha (3 types)

Rates are on the website and in-game. The types above are rewarded from S rank capsule. It's possible to get duplicates. Opening an S rank capsule will reward the entire outfit, not just a piece of the outfit.

10-spin gift (49:46)

Spinning a gacha banner 10 times will reward the following:

• Caster or Knight outfits gacha: Emote - Mysterious Power
• Shagiran mounts gacha: Accessory - Fairy Wing - Blue (M/F)

Duplicates (51:37)

If you obtain a duplicate item from gacha, you can do 3 things with it:

1. Mail it to another character on your account
2. Mail it to a friend
3. Exchange it for BP Points

Mail

Items that cannot be mailed can not be sent. Items can be mailed within 7 days of obtaining the item (timer shown in-game). Sending letters cannot be undone. Items claimed from mail cannot be sent again. You can only send to people you have been friends with for 14 days.

BP Points Exhange (53:04)

The BP Points Exchange can be accessed through the Regnas Store. Items that cannot be exchanged are marked, and items become un-exchangable if equipped.

BP Points Store contents (55:11)

Contains selection boxes for the outfits and mounts in the above Gacha banners. Contains Feste (b) Battle Imagine recipes and Idea (material). Contains Gas Mask, Fairy Wing - Aqua, Extension Type 1, Land Fox Tail accessory.
Explanation of Feste (b) Battle Imagine (55:46)

Season Pass (57:53)

Season 1: June 14 ~ Aug 13 23:59. A season is 50~60 days long. Clear the indicated quests to get Season Points, which are used to rank up your pass level and claim rank rewards (will automatically rank up to a certain point). After reaching a certain rank, you can also spend Season Points at the Season Point Store.
Ranks can also be purchased with Rose Orbs: 30 orbs per rank. Specific rank rewards can be checked in-game or on the site.

Free: Basic Plan

Maxes at rank 60. At max level, gain all materials required to craft Lv. 40 battle imagine Einrain (a). Rewards include an outfit.

Paid: Advanced & Royal Plan

Maxes at rank 100. At max level, gain all materials required to craft Lv. 50 battle imagine Einrain (b). Advanced costs 180 Rose Orbs. Royal costs 550 Rose Orbs and grants an extra 25 ranks to start. Both of these add additional quests to get points. Rewards include an emote.
After maxing one of these passes, you geet the Next Season Paid Plan Discount, which discounts the next season pass by 180 Rose Orbs. So if you buy the Advanced Pass once and max it out each time, you won't have to pay for another pass.

Other rewards

Not mentioned which pass they are in:

• Luno
• Gacha ticket
• Free Rose Orbs
• GC
• BP Points
• Next Season Points
• Next Season Paid Plan Discount
• Ability Plug Removal ticket
• Ability Plug Effect preservation ticket
• Craft great success rate 1.3x ticket
• Weapon skin exchange ticket
• Rewards Plus tickets

Season Store (1:05:19)

A store where you can spend Season Points. Contains outfits, accessories, crafting guaranteed great success tickets, healing aroma G1, luno, etc. (some have purchase limits).

Update Roadmap #2 (1:06:28)

They remade the roadmap image, slightly offseting the Season timelines since they can start/end in the middle of the month. Players were confused before as to why Season 1 started 2 weeks after launch, so this was fixed for clarification.

Raids (1:07:48)

Raid entry is on a schedule. The default raid Void's Island is always available, while a second, harder raid will be swapped out with a different one each update. Monday ~ Friday between 14:00~15:00, 18:00~19:00, and 22:00~23:00. Saturday & Sunday between 8:00~9:00, 12:00~13:00, 16:00~17:00, 20:00~21:00, next day 1:00~2:00.

Time Attack/Score Attack (1:08:54)

Solo dungeons with leaderboards, separated by class. These dungeons will rotate game mode and map every 2 weeks, starting with Time Attack (map X) at launch, then Score Attack (map Y) on week 3, and then Time Attack (map Z) on week 5, etc. There's a schedule of the maps and their dates at 1:12:44.

Time Attack (Dragon Claw Valley)

Based on your clear time, there are one-time rewards:

• Gold: title
• Silver: Skill-enhancing Ability Plug G2 (random skill, random class)
• Bronze: GC x1500

Additionally, there are ranking rewards. Rankings are displayed on the Leaderboards in towns.

• 1: "[class weapon] King" title, Grand Crown, Mellow Crown, Battle Maiden Coin - Red x900
• 2: "Chosen by [class weapon]" title, Mellow Crown, Battle Maiden Coin - Red x600
• 3: "Chosen by [class weapon]" title, Mellow Crown, Battle Maiden Coin - Red x300
• 4~50: "Chosen by [class weapon]" title, Mellow Crown

Titles and Crowns are time-limited. They will be rewarded when the TA period ends, and will last until the next TA period ends--for 4 weeks.
Something else mentioned about Champion--the person with the most crowns? at 1:12:20 but not sure what they mean.

Next 2 months of updates (1:14:53)

A specific breakdown of what's coming up. Not many images since they aren't final, and these may change before they are released.
July

• Dungeon (Survey): Robbers Falls
• Dungeon (Advanced Survey): Attack! Insect Fortress Dawn
• Field: Chained One's Spawnery Free Exploration, Everfall Forest Free Exploration (1:17:34)
• EX Rush Battle: EX Rush First Step - Ressurection
• Raid: Void's Island - Fire Dragon
• TA: Soundless City
• SA: Insect Fortress Dawn
• Named Enemies (Elite monsters): 4
• Event: July!

August (1:21:39)

• New Class: Blitz Lancer
• Dungeon (Survey): Water Fairy's Landing
• Dungeon (Advanced Survey): Again! Chained One's Spawnery
• Field: Soundless City Free Exploration, Wind Fairy's Stage Free Exploration
• EX Rush Battle: Ex Rush First Step - Iron Coffin
• Raid: Void's Island - Earth Dragon
• TA: Robbers Falls
• SA: Borome Ruins
• Named Enemies: 3
• Season Pass season 2

Announcements (1:23:44)

Partnership with 4gamer, a Japanese game news site, where there will be interviews, articles, game guides, and perhaps other community content.
You will need to set a PIN in-game starting on the second login, to secure your account. It's entered by mouse so be careful not to stream it.
Play by the rules and respect other players.
Next stream is planned to be #9 in early July.

Post-stream gameplay showcase (1:51:03)

They showed some never-before-seen stuff, like Score Attack (2:04:15) and Evergreen Desert (including Salamzart Oasis) after a short intermission. The rest of the stream is unscripted, and they show off things like new enemies, weapon skins, outfits, emotes, accessories, and Einrain battle imagines. Photo mode can now pause skills as well, which was earlier stated to not be supported, although the effects won't pause (1:54:03).

I'm a longtime Sim City player and downloaded Cities: Skylines for PS5 the other day. I created a map intending to mess around and get to know the mechanics of the game before starting an actual city to grow.
Well, I bulldozed my city and ran out of money and I can not figure out how to start a new city. I essentially have a blank map with debt (although I have money in green I also have -500 so I can't build?) I didn't even get to the point of being able to adjust taxes, etc so I can't even take a bailout or anything. I have been through every menu in the game and cannot find a way to create a new map.
I'm new to both PS5 and Cities: Skylines so go easy on me.

Looking to do an addition on my property and the city is saying there is an easement. I have records from the original subdivision in 1958 and all deeds of the property since. There is not a recorded easement or access to my property.
The city is saying there is a utility easement on the back of my property. But 2 lots down they have built a permanent structure, to the same distance I want to have my setback at, 4ft. City says my setback must be twice as much. These lots where subdivided at the same time. The house on the other side has a lot that is 10 FT deeper.
City setbacks are 4FT, but they are telling me my setback to build is 8 FT. Easement is supposedly for utilities, but power, water, sewer and gas run to the street. The house directly behind me has a 4 ft setback.
With previous history with code enforcement-They gave a stop work order for professional painting my house after striping old paint but before new paint was applied, a 2 day job- not a city permit requirement and months later sent the images of the striped house and tried to cite me for unsightly property blight. Feeling like somebody has an axe to grind against me or the property. Previous owner had the same issues with any work being done.
Edit: I have asked the city several times about the easement and they say they do not have a record of it. That I need to go to county to get the recorded easement. County states there is not easement on record, including county maps of property.
Located in a San Diego, CA satellite city.
What are my options?

One of my friends used google maps to get from Kansas City to Denver. He complained that it would confirm the route of taking 70 every few miles or so. Dude, 70 isn’t going anywhere, just learn a couple interstates and exits and you will get to your destination, turn on the GPS for the last few miles maybe once you get close.
People who can’t rely on intuition, previous knowledge, road signs etc are pathetic to me. My own father uses the GPS to go to the gym every day and was impressed when I was able to navigate myself without it. It took maybe two times for me. It seems very widespread nowadays

NowPayments is adding PulseChain (PLS) to its payment platform soon:
https://twitter.com/NOWPayments_io/status/1666754467147161601
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NowPayments have been around a while now as can be seen by this Reddit post from 2 years ago when they added Cardano to their platform and it got 1.7k+ upvotes as someone mentioned that it means it will be accepted on Shopify websites that use NowPayments:
https://www.reddit.com/cardano/comments/mvuogb/shout_out_to_nowpayments_who_have_integrated
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It's looking like PowerCity's PixelPark is trying to beat Mintra to market as the first major NFT Marketplace soon on PulseChain as they have partnered with NowPayments.io to handle their payment processing:
https://nowpayments.io/blog/pls-pixelpark-nowpayments?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=pls-pixelpark-nowpayments
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Plugins for major Retail Platforms/Websites
Shopify: https://nowpayments.io/payment-integration/shopify-plugin/
WooCommerce: https://nowpayments.io/woocommerce-plugin
ZenCart: https://nowpayments.io/payment-integration/zen-cart-plugin
OpenCart: https://nowpayments.io/opencart-plugin
ShopWare: https://nowpayments.io/payment-integration/shopware-plugin/
WHMCS: https://nowpayments.io/whmcs-plugin
Magento2: https://nowpayments.io/magento-2-plugin
PrestaShop: https://nowpayments.io/payment-integration/prestashop-plugin
ECWID: https://nowpayments.io/payment-integration/ecwid-plugin
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Point of Sale Terminals (used in brick and mortar stores like Burger King Venezuela)
https://nowpayments.io/pos
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Donations & Fundraising Websites
Donations/Fundraising Widget: https://nowpayments.io/donation-tools
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Twitch/Gaming/Streaming Donations
https://nowpayments.io/twitch
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Crypto Payments for Large Scale Websites like Casinos
https://nowpayments.io/casinos
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Fiat On/Off Ramps
https://nowpayments.io/fiat
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I do not work for them and am not affiliated with them in any way. I just think this is really great news worth sharing. I look forward to seeing a list of all the places PLS will be accepted.