“Together, we will honor Avi Kwa Ame today – from its rich Indigenous history, to its vast and diverse plant and wildlife, to the outdoor recreation opportunities created for local cities and towns in southern Nevada by a new gorgeous monument right in their backyard,” the group said.īiden designated his first national monument, in Colorado, last year. The Honor Avi Kwa Ame coalition, which includes tribes, local residents, state lawmakers and conservation groups, said its members were “overjoyed” to learn the site will be a new national monument. Under the leadership of Biden and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American Cabinet member, “We have a seat at the table and we have seen an unprecedented era and opportunity for our tribal communities,” Williams said. Biden’s creation of a new monument demonstrated his “commitment to respect tribal nations and our nation-to-nation relationship.” Veronica Escobar.įort Mojave Tribe Chairman Timothy Williams, who attended the conservation summit, said tribes throughout the Southwest consider Avi Kwa Ame to be sacred land. In Texas, the Castner Range monument “will preserve fragile lands already surrounded on three sides by development,” help ensure access to clean water and protect rare and endangered species, said Democratic Rep. Protesters hung a large yellow banner that said, “Stop the Willow oil project” and chanted “no more drilling, no more drilling, no more drilling on federal land.” But the decision on Willow has alienated supporters, particularly young activists skeptical about political compromise at the same time Biden is planning to announce his reelection campaign.Ĭlimate activists gathered outside the Interior Department on Tuesday to condemn what they call Biden’s “climate hypocrisy” and demand the administration change course on Willow. The area to be protected is “larger than Alaska and Colorado put together,” Biden said.īiden’s actions come as he faces sharp criticism from environmental groups and youth activists over his approval of the huge Willow oil drilling project in Alaska.īiden has made fighting global warming a central part of his agenda and has pledged to cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. jurisdiction by 2030, the White House said. reaches Biden’s goal to conserve at least 30% of ocean waters under U.S. If completed, the new sanctuary would help ensure the U.S. In the Pacific, Biden directed the Commerce Department to initiate a marine sanctuary designation to protect 777,000 square miles around the Pacific Remote Islands. “They’ve always been and always will be central to our heritage as a people and essential to our identity as a nation.″ “Our national wonders are literally the envy of the world,″ Biden said in a speech at the Interior Department. “This kind of ‘Washington Knows Best’ policy might win plaudits from unaccountable special interests, but it’s going to cost our state jobs and economic opportunity,” Lombardo said in a statement. Joe Lombardo, who unseated the state’s Democratic governor in November, said the White House did not consult with his administration before moving to block clean-energy projects and other development in his state. waters around the Pacific Remote Islands.Ĭonservation and tribal groups praised Biden’s actions, but Nevada’s new Republican governor slammed the Avi Kwa Ame monument as “federal confiscation” of Nevada land and “a historic mistake that will cost Nevadans for generations to come.” He also moved to create a national marine sanctuary in U.S. They’re a birthright we have to pass down to generation after generation.”īiden designated Avi Kwa Ame, a desert mountain in southern Nevada that Native Americans consider sacred, as a national monument, along with the Castner Range in El Paso, Texas. Speaking at a White House summit on conservation action, Biden said the new monuments are among the “natural treasures” that “define our identity as a nation.
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This in turn allowed Calyrex's psychic powers to manifest up to a 30-mile (50 km) radius. Calyrex also can heighten Glastrier's or Spectrier's power with its psychic energy. This allows Calyrex to be at its full power and potential. Calyrex is powerful enough to move an entire forest and its Pokémon to a new location.Ĭalyrex has the power to tame and combine with Glastrier or Spectrier when using the Reins of Unity. While it shows no mercy to those that stand in its way, it will heal the wounds of a foe afterwards. It can provide healings or blessings such as mending the heart. Calyrex can also create the Radiant Petal needed for the Reins of Unity. Calyrex can create either Iceroot or Shaderoot Carrots, depending on the field where the Carrot Seeds are planted, with a special dance. Calyrex's right hand can cause the land to be covered in verdant grass and blooms, while its left hand allows it to make fields of fruit ripen and become heavy. It has been referred to as the "King of Bountiful Harvests" due to its role in bringing lush vegetation and harvests yearly. Calyrex has the ability to take control of a human's body in order to communicate and speak telepathically when at full power. One fairy tale even mentions Calyrex stealing the body of a human that causes mischief. One legend said Calyrex used its foresight ability to save creatures of a forest from a meteor one time. It also has the power to see the past, present, and future of any kind when at full power. It is known to be highly intelligent Calyrex is one of the few Pokémon able to fluently understand and telepathically communicate the human language. Despite its delicate and slight appearance, it can move with grace and dignity. The crown-like bud on Calyrex's head glows bright green when it is using its powers.Ĭalyrex is said to have ruled Galar in ancient times as a merciful king. When it is in Ice Rider/Shadow Rider form using the Reins of Unity, the green fur on Calyrex's arms and back extends to resemble a white and green cape. A ring of green spheres, marked with an inlaid series of blue and white triangles, adorns its neck. Inside the crown-shaped head is a white pistil at the center. Four prongs grow from its head to support a green, transparent bud resembling a type of crown, much larger than its head. It will then become Ice Rider Calyrex ( Psychic/ Ice with Glastrier) or Shadow Rider Calyrex ( Psychic/ Ghost with Spectrier).ĭespite these fusions, it is impossible to own an Ice Rider Calyrex and a Shadow Rider Calyrex at the same time legitimately, as the game rejects the second fusion of Calyrex with Glastrier/Spectrier, and Calyrex can neither be traded or placed in Pokémon HOME while fused.Ĭalyrex is the game mascot of The Crown Tundra, appearing on the boxarts of the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass in its base form.Ĭalyrex is a bipedal Pokémon with legs approximately twice as long as its torso. While it is not known to evolve into or from any Pokémon, Calyrex has two other forms, which are activated by using the Reins of Unity on it and either Glastrier or Spectrier, resulting in a process that removes Glastrier or Spectrier from the party until the fusion is undone. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining PearlĬalyrex ( Japanese: バドレックス Budrex) is a dual-type Psychic/ Grass Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII. She would ask me to dress up as a priest and, well, I guess you can just imagine what would happen after that. "But she would get off on breaking the rules a little bit. "She was a Roman Catholic, much as I am," Steele recalled of the Christian woman who inspired the song. Musically, it owed its infectious hooks to Eighties New Wave - "I always like to refer to Type O Negative as 'Flock of Assholes,'" Steele joked, "but we have somewhat better haircuts" - but its lyrics had anything but a radio-friendly origin. 1," "Christian Woman" - Bloody Kisses' first proper song - was one of the album's breakthrough hits, played nationwide on rock radio in a four-and-a-half-minute edited version. The real-life "Christian Woman" would ask Pete Steele to dress as a priest before he "incorporated" with herĪlong with "Black No. 'Nothing but love songs' - that's been our slogan forever. "Obviously Peter has had some troubled ones. "Type O has obviously spent a lot of time, regardless of what album it is, mourning relationships," he added. "And I mean that in every possible sense of the word." Type O set the dark, sexual tone for Bloody Kisses with an unnerving ambient introductory first track complete with the sounds of a woman in the throes of orgasm, titled "Machine Screw." "But I didn't actually screw her she screwed me," Silver recalled to Bennett of the woman, an ex of his, whose moans are heard. The girl moaning on "Machine Screw" was Josh Silver's ex-girlfriend I guess being sarcastic has its rewards."Ģ. "But the people who get the sarcasm also like it. "The brilliant part is that goth kids still take it totally seriously," Type O keyboardist Josh Silver enthused over the song's enduring popularity. 1" became a massive hit with many of those same goths. Of course, the ultimate irony of the song is that even though its lyrics lampoon the pretentious, narcissistic attitude of many goths, "Black No. I actually lost the original lyrics to that song, so I had to rewrite them." She was the ultimate goth girl, and I was poking fun at her because she was in love with herself. "And it's about the girl I fucking slashed my wrists over. Bennett in 2008, for the liner notes of the "Top Shelf Edition" reissue of Bloody Kisses. I'm not kidding you," Steele told Revolver contributor J. "I was waiting in line for three hours to dump 40 cubic yards of human waste at the Hamilton Avenue Marine Transfer Station, and I wrote the song in my head. The fact that Pete Steele was employed by the NYC Parks Department before making it big is a well-known piece of heavy-metal lore that he wrote his most popular song while doing particularly dirty work at that day job is less celebrated. The SketcherCanvas class is a child of the Canvas class, so working with it is the same as with working with any other Canvas in the ChemDoodle Web Components library. Please note that the ChemDoodleWeb-uis.js icons (that you see in the toolbars) are iChemLabs Proprietary and may only be used in projects using ChemDoodle Web Components. The icons for the sketcher are embedded directly in the ChemDoodleWeb-uis.js file source itself as data URIs, so there is no need to host those images. This folder should be placed in the same folder that the jQuery UI CSS file is placed on your server. This folder is called images and contains the corresponding images for the jQuery UI CSS file. In addition to the three additional URI resources required by the sketcher, there is one folder of images provided in the uis folder of the download. jQuery UI requires the CSS file provided and the JavaScript library is included in the ChemDoodle scope through the ChemDoodleWeb-uis.js file. This plugin requires one library, jQuery UI, that powers the interface elements of the sketcher. The SketcherCanvas class is provided in the ChemDoodleWeb-uis.js file. In order to use the SketcherCanvas class, you need to link a few additional files as URI resources on your webpage that are provided in the uis folder of the ChemDoodle Web Components download: To simplify the ChemDoodle Web Components library, the SketcherCanvas component is provided as a plugin with other components needing a more advanced user interface. It is comprised of the following sections: This page is more complex than others to cover the functionality of the sketcher. This is the most professional web based sketcher available, as expected from the universal chemical drawing standard, and it is free and open source under the GPL license! There is also a Single Molecule Sketcher option, to optimize the sketcher for drawing only a single molecule, which is very convenient for a number of applications. It is built from the ChemDoodle desktop application and optimized for both desktop browsers and mobile devices. The SketcherCanvas component is a complete and full-featured chemical sketcher. And compared to, say, spending $15 for ONE skin in Fortnite or Modern Warfare, it's almost a deal! Or spending $40 in Overwatch for e how good you feel after that one! Sure, it's no excuse, but let's call some other devs out here, too! Compared to other fighting games, it's the exact same model. And yeah, I'm an MK fanboy, so of course I'm gonna bite! Plus, players have the option starting June 16 to buy all the characters and skin packs separately, so you could just spend $6 if you just wanted Robocop, for example.Īltogether, MK11 isn't special in its pricing. NRS did an incredible job with the quality of the added content that it doesn't feel bad throwing an extra $40 at them every 12 months. Same thing: based on the price of the base game, that shouldn't be worth more than $15, right?ĭespite all of this, I think it's fine. The pricing on this one.3 characters and a 3-4 hour story (that you can watch on YouTube for free) for $40 too. The first expansion of 6 characters was $40.do you think that was a rip-off too? Based on the pricing for the base game, that would be worth $15 tops, eh? We're still yet to see Ermac, Smoke, or even Reptile in Mortal Kombat 11, and skirting around some series staples to shoehorn in Robocop, a character that feels out of place, is disappointing. While the game's roster has now grown by ten characters since launch (including pre-order bonus Shao Khan), there are still plenty of fan favourites missing. We're still hoping to see Goro added to the mix one day, and that brings us to a major gripe. Sheeva, as you might imagine for a warrior with four arms, is quite the grappler, able to use her trademark aerial stomp attacks as well as mix grabs into her standard combos. Able to slide under ranged attacks or run on air to close the gap on opponents, he actually ends up being the perfect foil for Robocop. The former is making his first appearance in the franchise in 14 years, and uses his wind powers for both attacks and movement. Thankfully, Fujin and Sheeva are both a blast. A zoning fighter with a penchant for projectiles, the character's inherently stiff animations simply don't feel like a good fit for Mortal Kombat's weighty but kinetic combat, despite actor Peter Weller reprising his role. Of the three, we're disappointed to report that Robocop is the weakest, though. Considering the game's previous six DLC characters cost less than half of that combined, it's a tough pill to swallow.Īside from the campaign, Aftermath adds Fuijin, Sheeva, and Robocop to the mix. Your £34.99/$39.99 investment nets you three characters and less than three hours of new story, as well as new character skins that are unlocked over time. That means you can play the three new stages, and enjoy their stage fatalities for each character, as well as fresh Challenge Towers and Friendships – a way to finish a fight in a comically wholesome manner.Ĭonsidering the generosity of the free update, the actual paid content feels steeply priced. The first thing to note is that Aftermath launches alongside a chunk of content that's free for all players, regardless of whether you pick up the DLC or not. Aftermath, the series' first story-focused DLC, is similarly fun to play but offers a distinct lack of content for the price it charges. Last year's Mortal Kombat 11 was another solid entry in the legendary fighting franchise, but its reliance on unnecessary grinding left us colder than a Sub-Zero fatality. Support queries can come in from multiple sources, like Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs, WhatsApp, email, and a live help box on your website. To make this list, each bot builder had to integrate with as many popular apps and services as possible-whether directly or through using an app like Zapier as a bridge. If it can't answer their question, then it should be able to ping your team on Slack. Is a customer wondering where their order is? Then your chatbot should be able to check their order status on Shopify. In practice, this means they need access to the tools you use most often. Chatbot solutions are supposed to take the hassle out of repetitive tasks and questions. Basically, if I as an experienced tech writer couldn't get a grasp on how to use the tool in 10 or 15 minutes, it was out. Any coding requirements had to be limited to copying and pasting snippets into HTML headers or adding API keys to easily manage settings pages. This doesn't mean there's no learning curve, but it does allow anyone who's moderately computer literate to watch a few tutorial videos, read a how-to doc, and build a chatbot. All the tools on this list have both a drag-and-drop interface, which makes laying out the logic and response trees of your chatbots easy to manage, and some templates to get you started. Sure, if you're a seasoned developer, you can probably whip up your own chatbot with an API and some PHP, but that shouldn't mean you need to know your GETs from your POSTs to build one. They're easy to use and get started with. To narrow the list down a little more officially, I assessed them all on the following criteria: Remember: you won't find any of the big enterprise chatbot companies or great live chat customer support platforms on this list-only dedicated chatbot builders for smaller operations.Īs I started my research and testing, some apps were too expensive, others required too much technical know-how, and yet more were just kind of bad. When making this list, I considered more than 32 platforms capable of making chatbots. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. We're never paid for placement in our articles from any app or for links to any site-we value the trust readers put in us to offer authentic evaluations of the categories and apps we review. We spend dozens of hours researching and testing apps, using each app as it's intended to be used and evaluating it against the criteria we set for the category. All of our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software. And it will pretty much fail to accurately do things like, say, a 5.5 bbl batch using just the first runnings of 700lbs of malt for a barleywine. pretty darn closely, but I find my final volume way underestimates trub loss, dryhopping, fining, transfer, etc. I've reached a point where it will tell me my O.G. That said, we completely ignore other aspects of it that we find unreliable, or unnecessary. But for a starting point I'd say plug in what specs you have and start with say, 83% efficiency and see where you go from there.Ī final word: we've been able to get Beersmith close enough that it saves me doing most of the calculations by hand and it's handy to see ingredients by percent. So we changed it over for the next time and so on. For example, our efficiency was way higher on our first batch than beersmith predicted because our vorlauf and lauter plates apparently rock and because we had more boiloff than expected. Then it becomes an iterative process of comparing what you calculated to what you got. So plug those numbers into BeerSmith, then measure any other volumes you need with 5 gallon buckets of water during your water run. Say your kettle is 10 bbls working but only 12.5 total, and Beersmith says you need to kettle up to 13bbls to start then things are going to be exciting. Your fabricator should be giving you spec drawings with things like nominal working volume vs total volume and so on. What's the total kettle volume? How big is your mash tun? How much dead space is under your lauter grates? Everyone is different. There's no such thing as a stock "10 bbl SYSTEM". 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Unlike other crispy Chinese fried chicken dishes, such as Honey Chicken, the chicken is not coated with a batter but instead is tossed in cornflour/cornstarch to make it crispy. Sesame oil – for a wonderful hint of sesame flavour Ĭhicken stock – to give the sauce depth of flavour without using Chinese Cooking Wine (Shaoxing Wine) and to make enough sauce to coat all the chicken andĬornflour / cornstarch – to thicken the sauce as well as make it nicely shiny and clear (whereas wheat flour makes sauces more opaque, like with Gravy).įor the chicken, you will need two tablespoons of the Sauce we made above for marinating, as well as ginger and garlic for flavour. Hoisin sauce – the secret ingredient! Adds a hint of extra flavour that takes this recipe from ok to yummo! Best sub: White wine vinegar īrown Sugar – for the sweet in the sauce with a slight caramel note. It has a distinct flavour different to Western vinegars (it’s made from rice – did the name give it away? □) and it is less sour. Rice vinegar – for the signature touch of tang in General Tso’s Chicken. More on different soy sauces and when to use which sauce, here Soy sauce – light or all purpose, just not dark soy sauce (way too strong flavour and will make sauce too dark). I like using Sambal Oelak which is a type of chilli paste sold at everyday supermarkets in Australia but feel free to use your favourite brand (preferably Asian, if you can!) Here’s what you need for the Sauce / Marinade:Ĭhilli – the spiciness in the sauce. Stir Fry – it’s not really a stir fry dish, but we do sauté garlic and ginger at the end before making the sticky sauce to toss the chicken in. No, you don’t need to deep fry for this dish and Sauce/Marinade – one mixture does double duty to marinate the chicken AND to make the sticky sauce that coats the chicken Ĭrispy Chicken – tossed in cornflour/cornstarch then fried in as little or as much oil as you want. There’s 3 parts to making General Tso’s Chicken: While the accuracy of either of these statements is questionable – and in fact, rumour has it that it was brought into the US by Taiwanese Chefs (!) – what we do know is that this is one of the most popular Chinese dishes in America and it’s not hard to understand why.Ĭrispy chicken. It is said to originate from the Hunan province of China and is named after a well-respected Chinese military leader, General Tso. Peking-Style Chicken or sometimes something mysteriously titled House Special Crispy Chicken. This is a popular Chinese-American dish that appears in suburban Chinese restaurants here in Australia under various other guises. 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