![]() Not only that, but Shrek is a slightly different person (or ogre), having married Fiona at the end of the first film.īoth of the main villains are as entertainingly subversive as Farquaad, or any characters from the first film. But rather than simply create Lord Farquaad Mark II, the obstacles facing Shrek are different and perhaps more nuanced. The basic principle that operates in Shrek 2 is the same one that operated in Shrek: taking familiar aspects of the fairy tale genre, and turning them on their heads with plenty of humour. The Empire Strikes Back, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and The Rescuers Down Under are all examples of this approach working well - and now we can add Shrek 2 to that list. This approach is harder to get right, but when things come together the results regularly outclass their predecessors. On the other hand, the film can attempt to tell a new story, with the characters undergoing a new challenge and more characteristics of their universe being revealed. Occasionally this approach works wonders - as on Evil Dead 2 - but often it results in tired, formulaic offerings, such as the many straight-to-video sequels produced by Disney. On the one hand, the film can repeat all the basic rhythms of the first film, either with the main character being replaced (so that the journey appears to be new) or by the stakes being raised (so that it feels like the action is more significant). Making a sequel to any film can go one of two ways, depending on the attitude of the people behind it and the potential present in the characters. But the film is every bit as funny as the first one, if not slightly moreso, and continues to develop and deepen its unique fairytale world. The film may not be quite as edgy as its predecessor, perhaps due to Dreamworks head honcho Jeffrey Katzenberg wanting to play it safe to secure further outings. and then Finding Nemo, you would have been within your rights to doubt that any sequel could compete.įortunately, Shrek 2 is a great second outing, thanks in part to the continued presence of Andrew Adamson behind the camera, as a co-writer now as well as co-director. But with the continued success of PIXAR, first with Monsters, Inc. The first film was a huge hit, taking more than eight times its budget at the box office and winning over critics and audiences alike with its intelligent storytelling and witty script. Making a sequel to Shrek was both a complete no-brainer and a cause for great concern. ![]() Rating: PG (Some Crude Humor|A Brief Substance Reference|Some Suggestive Content) The catch is: Fiona's parents are unaware of the curse that struck their daughter and have assumed she married Prince Charming, not a 700-pound ogre with horrible hygiene and a talking donkey pal. After returning from their honeymoon and showing home movies to their friends, Shrek and Fiona learn that her parents have heard that she has married her true love and wish to invite him to their kingdom, called Far Far Away.
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![]() Football has developed to a point where the majority of teams will play either three, four or five defenders, and then split the remainder of their outfield players between midfield duties (playing in the middle of the pitch) and the attack players who are primarily there to score goals.Ī host of pre-set formations are ready for selection via the dropdown menu with the tactic name on the ‘Set to Formation’ option then lists a handful of the most prominent formations while also including sections covering all 3, 4 and 5 Defender formations. In turn, mentalities also affect the actions of players set to an Automatic duty a more attacking team mentality will ask those players to be more attacking accordingly, and the same applies if you adopt a more defensive approach.Ī formation is the distribution of players across the pitch both in and out of possession. Each base Mentality adjusts a number of tactical settings ‘under the hood’ combined with your Tactical instructions, including intensity of press, line of engagement, tempo, attacking width, directness and time-wasting. Conversely, a Very Defensive mentality moves the scale much closer to the other end. ![]() A more attacking mentality moves the score closer to 20 and represents the fact that the team is being asked to operate in a more attacking manner. In keeping with the theme throughout this manual, mentalities – like attributes and many other in-game scales – can be thought of as being scored between 1-20. What are the differences between mentalities and what do they change behind the scenes? Each tactical template sets a series of team and player instructions geared towards a particular style of play once you’ve picked the one that best suits your plans (the textual descriptions on screen will help guide your choice), have a look at the various instructions set as a result to better understand what’s going on. ![]() To assist you in setting up the basic framework of a tactic, a host of templates are provided for you to use as a foundation for the way in which you want to play. In case you encounter an issue with your order, such as receiving the wrong item or facing a billing discrepancy, having a documented invoice can make it easier to resolve the problem with Amazon’s customer service. Lastly, having an invoice from Amazon provides peace of mind and protection against any potential disputes or misunderstandings. This helps you maintain financial transparency and detect any potential fraudulent activities. When your monthly statements arrive, you can cross-check the purchases mentioned with the corresponding invoices to ensure there are no discrepancies or unauthorized charges. ![]() This is especially beneficial for individuals who use Amazon for both personal and business purposes.įurthermore, an invoice allows you to reconcile your bank or credit card statements accurately. By having all the necessary information in one document, you can easily review your purchases and analyze your spending patterns. Secondly, an invoice helps you keep track of your expenses and budget more efficiently. Additionally, some businesses may require an invoice for reimbursement purposes or to claim tax deductions. ![]() It serves as a legal document that verifies you have bought the product from Amazon, which can be important when it comes to product warranties, returns, or refunds. While Amazon automatically sends you a purchase confirmation email after you make a transaction, having a proper invoice is crucial for several reasons.įirstly, an invoice acts as proof of purchase. Download the invoice individually and label them according to your requirements.An invoice is an essential document that provides a detailed breakdown of your purchase, including the product name, price, quantity, and any applicable taxes. There can be several invoices for one order. By clicking on the order number, you will be offered the options for invoice download. On the respective overview page you can choose the order period.After you have successfully logged in to Amazon Business, you will find your orders under the menu item Order History or Procurement Analysis.If necessary, an entry for the two-factor authentication is still necessary. Sign in to your Amazon Business account with your credentials.How do I download my Amazon Business invoices: Provided that you have connected an accounting or bookkeeping preparation system with invoicefetcher®, the invoice documents will be exported automatically 30 minutes later. ![]() In combination with our intelligent collection mechanism, you receive your receipts from purchase orders.įor each document in a purchase order, we recognize the invoice number, invoice date, purchase order number, payment reference, net total, gross total, VAT ID and the purchaser in your company. The direct interface to Amazon Business enables a daily invoice retrieval.
Good stuff - I have been playing around with electronic music since I was a kid in the 80s with splicing on a four track and home made electronics. Once Raspberry PI 4bs are available again, I intend to try them out as bridges. The DACs don’t support MQA, but Roon appears to unfold same as the laptops do, running Tidal. Furthermore, iTunes, Qobuz and Tidal bit width/sample rates are displayed properly on my Benchmark DAC3s when bridged by the laptops, same as running the applications natively. Existing obsolete Airport Express streamers are detected and work as endpoints, existing Mac laptops, including a very old one, work fine as Roon bridges. I add that I installed Roon on trial, and am impressed by how well it works. I “disabled” the folder in Roon Settings>Storage as suggested, and indeed the offending Ableton files disappeared. Many thanks and I noticed the Roon “Music” folder was there as default, and since no path was specified, I assumed it was a folder created somewhere by Roon, as opposed to the actual (User)>Music folder created by OS X. Note that Garage Band is also in this Music directory, but it contains nothing as I don’t use it.ĭo you work for Roon? It seems to me this is a bug, specifically that Roon searches folders on its own that it is not pointed to by its user. It seems clear that Roon inspected the top level “Music” directory and pulled the Ableton files as a result. It clearly shows Roon go the file from the Ableton Factory Packs folder. Specifically the Ableton sound files are in Ableton>Factory Packs.Īlso see a screenshot of the Roon “get info” result of an Ableton file imported to Roon. The Ableton folder containing the offending files is also in the same top level OS X folder, “Music” (screen shot below of file folder within Macintosh HD>users.(user)>). To be sure I searched the iTunes Media folder (that Roon is pointed to) for some known Ableton files, with no results found. I’ve been ripping CDs to iTunes for at least 20 years, use it regularly and no Ableton files have been imported. If you're installing an earlier version of Live, you may want to disable automatic updates in Live's Preferences → Licenses / Maintenance.Screenshots below show Roon is only pointed to the iTunes Media folder. In this case, it is often best to Authorize Live Offline. When installing older versions of Live, it may not be possible to authorize Live Online. Click "Install other" and follow the instructions. On Windows, you will be asked if you want to replace the present installation. Select the existing Live application and press Enter to rename it.On macOS, you can rename the existing Live application before installing another version: You'll need a corresponding Ableton Live serial number in order to authorize the installation. Previous Live versions are available in the Ableton download archive. It's also possible to have several minor versions of Ableton Live installed, such as the current release version plus previous releases. However, running multiple versions at the same time is not recommended. For example, if you have Ableton Live 10 installed, you can then install Live 11, and continue using each version. You can install more than one version of Ableton Live on your computer. You just want to earn a decent score, without exerting too much effort – especially if you choose to do the IR and AWA sections at the beginning of the exam. You want admissions committees to read your application carefully and enthusiastically, right?įor the AWA, you don't necessarily care if the human grader (or the GMAT computer) actually reads your essay. When I wrote about the people who read (or skim) your MBA essays, I claimed that you should strive to make your application essays interesting. (And if anybody asks, you'll surely claim that you read every single word with great care.) How to Get a Decent AWA Score… With Minimal Effort ![]() You'll skim the introduction, maybe read the first sentence of each paragraph, and then maybe skim the conclusion. Are you going to read every single word? Hell no. But this human probably doesn't actually read your GMAT essays any more closely than the computer.Īgain, imagine that you're the poor slob who gets paid $20-25/hour (as of a few years ago, GRE and TOEFL graders earned $20/hour I don't know whether the rate is similar for GMAT) to read bazillions of these AWA essays, most of which are tragically bereft of interesting content. The "human" is ultimately looking for the same things as the computer when she grades a GMAT AWA essay: structure, clarity, correctness, richness of language, and so on. (Again, I've seen some horrid spellers get really good scores.) I suspect very strongly that a reasonable structure is the most important part of the AWA scoring system spelling might not even count at all. Obviously, the computer's exact scoring system is a closely guarded secret, but I'm convinced that the program primarily looks for structure using basic keyword algorithms.įrom there, it probably counts things like the average number of words per sentence and the average number of letters per word, and then it checks for grammar, usage, variety of words used, and perhaps spelling. How GMAT AWA Grading WorksĪs you may already know, GMAT AWA essays are graded both by a computer and by a human if there's a discrepancy between the two scores, then an additional human reads the essay. ![]() They took advantage of the fact that nobody really reads your GMAT AWA essay. I've seen some legitimately terrible writers earn scores of 5.0 or 5.5. So what does it take to earn a "reasonably high" AWA score? Not much, really. After all, MBA programs are looking for business leaders with decent communication skills, not Nobel Prize-winning novelists. MBA admissions committees might start to wonder if your AWA score is below 3 or 4, but I see absolutely no reason to worry if your score is reasonably high. To be fair, it’s probably not a good idea to completely embarrass yourself on AWA, but a solid-but-imperfect AWA score of, say, 5.0 almost certainly won’t keep you out of Stanford or Harvard. Sure, it might be nice to fill MBA programs with excellent writers, but that’s far from the front of business schools’ minds, and AWA scores have been shown to correlate only very weakly to student performance in MBA programs. So most schools don’t really give a crap about it. The AWA section has absolutely nothing to do with your composite score, and it therefore has no impact on MBA rankings. ![]() Unfortunately, some MBA rankings schemes penalize b-schools with low average GMAT scores, so admissions committees are forced to obsess over your GMAT composite results. Let’s start with the biggest reason why MBA programs care so deeply about GMAT scores in the first place: rankings. Why MBA Programs Barely Care About GMAT AWA There’s rarely any need to spend more than a token amount of time on AWA. If you’re one of the rare students who worries about the GMAT AWA section, please don’t. Most GMAT students we've met really don't worry all that much about the Analytical Writing (AWA) portion of the test, but we occasionally meet somebody who is absolutely neurotic about this section of the GMAT. ![]() ![]() Back to the combat, the new "Rage" mode will temporarily booss an officer's abilities to incredible heights, which will add even more action and allow you to take down even larger groups of foes. But with Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends, you'll get to see the expanded version of Dynasty Warriors 8, complete with new modes and new ways to partake in battles! All the while being part of a deep story mode tied to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. And no series does better than the Dynasty Warriors series. The hack-n-slash game genre is perfect for those who just love to rip through legions of enemies with the push of a button. So get to it! History and battles await! Read more The high-intensity action is even better, and the new weapons and modes and character will give you reasons to play the game all over again. The game has grown from what it was, and now, you can play not only as new characters, you can not only wield new weapons, but the battles themselves have grown and changed. So, if you haven't gotten your hack-n-slash fill yet, then Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Edition is for you. There's even a mystery game mode that is meant to keep you occupied for some time. ![]() Add to that, the Free and Gallery modes from previous titles in the series have been added as well. 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Moonlight Mahjong features four main types of play: Scramble Mode: Match tiles faster than the automated opponent 'Tilebot' through increasingly difficult levels. However, there is always Relaxation Mode.) Achievements and Leaderboards are now shared between the Lite and full versions so you can keep your high scores if you upgrade, or compare your scores to friends on either version. There needs to be some level of challenge to the game otherwise it stops being a game. (Please note: Re-playing the same level is not something that is going to happen. Since the reviews essentially disappear with each app update, its always helpful if you can update yours.In Version 3.2: When you lose a game in Scramble mode, you now go back only one level instead of three. Thank you for the positive reviews they are much appreciated. Sorry.) This should (I hope) be the last bug fix update for a while. (Honestly, I missed this one because some of you appear to be much better at playing Moonlight Mahjong than I am. It has been honored as a "Best Board Game" on the App Store, and was in the original Best 100 Apps and Games on layout updates and news, "like" Moonlight Mahjong on Facebook: įixed an issue where Tilebot paused too long after reshuffling on very high levels. Intuitive touch control allows you to tilt and turn, zoom in and out to match tiles in 3D. They are the same game the paid version has a few additional features.Moonlight Mahjong is the original 3D Mahjong Solitaire on iOS, having debuted with the launch of the App Store in 2008. 57 in Board 4.8 5.1K Ratings 0.99 Screenshots iPad iPhone Moonlight Mahjong is Mahjong Solitaire in virtual reality 3D, designed specifically for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Perfect for when you're just not in the mood to strategize or rush.Feel free to download the free Lite version with ads, or purchase the paid version without ads. Relaxation Mode: Clear boards with no time limit and automatic reshuffling when out of matches. This is the original game mode, what people usually think of as Mahjong Solitaire. This is the pure form of the game, but it is difficult! Puzzle Mode: Solve puzzle boards with no time limit. ![]() Challenge requires more strategy than Scramble. Challenge Mode: Compete against Tilebot in full puzzle mode, with no automatic reshuffling, only undo. The board is automatically reshuffled when you run out of matches, making this game mode easy to start and fun, yet challenging on the higher levels. The gameplay is simple yet addictive.Moonlight Mahjong features four main types of play: Scramble Mode: Match tiles faster than the automated opponent "Tilebot" through increasingly difficult levels. Play arcade style with progressively difficult levels and high scores, or relax with one of the non-competitive game modes. Keep your treasure or sell the artifacts for gold coins.Moonlight Mahjong is Mahjong Solitaire in virtual reality 3D, designed specifically for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. No matter what you do our puzzles will always be solvable! Sit back, relax and enjoy matching tiles – remember, if you do get stuck, hints are only a tap away!Ĭollect all the broken pieces to craft them into rare, valuable treasures. Nieuwe Game Toegevoegd: Hidden Fears (Moonlight Edition) Hidden Fears (Moonlight Edition): Solving puzzles Hidden. ⦁ Earn coins to unlock lots of exciting new board stylesĪll of our mahjong tile puzzles are designed to be relaxing and fun for everybody. ⦁ Replay each level as many times as you like to earn more coins ⦁ Unique themed mahjong tiles for each stage ⦁ Complete dark dungeon levels in each map to earn awesome rewards ⦁ Collect stunning HD artwork, it’s yours to keep! ⦁ Normal and challenging expert modes for mahjong solitaire masters ⦁ More maps, features & levels added every month! ⦁ Hundreds of tile matching puzzles to solve ⦁ Helpful hints are always available when you need them ⦁ Easy to understand gameplay suitable for all ages ![]() ⦁ Classic mahjong solitaire with a mystical twist You’ll find plenty of things to do in Mahjong Moonlight Magic – collect and craft rare treasures you find in the world, unlock amazing HD artwork and rescue your pet from the evil witch! As you play your pet will grow and develop special powers to help on your journey. Explore beautiful worlds shrouded in moonlight and mystery in our new mahjong solitaire game! Enjoy unlimited mahjong, solve hundreds of relaxing puzzles and become the mahjong solitaire master! |
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