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This easy DIY tastes so much better than any store-bought sauce. My favorite sauce consists of prepared horseradish, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce, smooth mustard, Garlic Jalapeño Rub, salt, pepper, and champagne vinegar. Horseradish sauce is a wonderful addition to prime rib. Fresh thyme, rosemary, beef stock, Beef Injection, Beef Rub, and Garlic Butter Rub gave the entire main dish a burst of flavor. I added a beautiful pan of roasting veggies to the Traeger that included garlic, mushrooms, onions, carrots, and celery. I used an 8-pound prime rib from The Butcher Shoppe. Here’s what you need to add to your shopping cart. ![]() This fancy holiday menu includes three dishes, each with its own unique set of ingredients. Once you try it, you’ll never be without it. The secret ingredient? My signature rubs. You won’t believe the difference between this menu and similar line-ups. Say goodbye to bland meals and hello to eating like a pit boss.Īs always, I added my twist to these classic holiday favorites. Every bite is flavorful and seasoned to perfection. There’s something special about a holiday meal done BBQ-style. ![]() Holiday Prime Rib could be a new family favorite.įestive dining has never tasted better. Putting together a holiday menu can be stressful let me take one thing off your list this year. The flavor profile is full of fresh herbs and my decadent rubs. The best part? It’s all cooked on the Traeger! This holiday menu will impress the harshest critic and please all pallets. We’re serving Holiday Prime Rib, Horseradish Sauce, and Blue Cheese Rosemary Mashed Potatoes. My Holiday Prime Rib menu features all the best elements of a holiday meal. If you’re looking for a festive meal with flair, I’ve got you covered. It’s a tactile delight to touch, push, and pop. Flip the whole thing over and this time, the buttons are smooth and the words match the colors! One touch and your fingers can't stop pushing, poking, and popping!Īvailable in four brilliant color combinations and perfectly sized to fit any set of keys, the Simpl Dimpl is a simple delight that's hard to resist.On one side, each silicone button is embossed with a different shape and labeled with its matching word in English and in Braille. The frame is made of strong, high-quality plastic - ideal for rattling around in your pocket or purse - and the two colorful buttons are made of 100% silicone. Young or old, this unique little keychain provides endless hours of fidget fun! If the above doesn't answer your questions, we encourage you to either email us at or call us toll-free at 1-80. If we can't, we will communicate that to you so that you can make other arrangements. We'll do everything in our power to insure that you receive what you ordered AND in time for the holidays. We want your holidays to be joyful and hassle-free - that's what we're here for. Unlike some large online companies who will only communicate with you via email, we're always just a phone call away! Just call us toll-free at 1-80 and let us know how we can help. ![]() We're here to support you before AND after your purchase. However, because delivery times vary so widely from country to country, we cannot guarantee international deliveries before the holidays. If you're having an order shipped Internationally and want it delivered for the holidays, we suggest that you place your order no later than December 5th. If you're having an order shipped to one of these areas, we strongly encourage you to place your order before December 13th to allow adequate time for delivery. Unfortunately, when shipping USPS, you'll need to allow several additional days for it to be shipped and we also do not have the granular level of tracking that we do with UPS. Territories, APO/FPOīecause UPS Ground is not always an option for these areas, we ship through the US Postal Service. If a product is listed as "out of stock" or "not currently available for purchase", it means that we have sold our entire inventory of that product and will NOT be getting more prior to the holidays. As a result, we're unable to guarantee holiday delivery for items that are backordered. At this time of the year, our manufacturers occasionally get bogged down. If a product is listed as "backordered" or "currently on order", that means that we are waiting on a shipment from the manufacturer. ![]() This should give you the confidence that not only is the item in stock, but we actually have "N" number of units available to ship. On each and every product page, you'll find a very accurate count of available inventory at that given moment. One such piece of information is actual stock levels. Unlike most online retailers, we like to give our customers as much information as we can so that you can feel confident in your buying decision. We stock nearly EVERY product that we sell.and we keep a lot of product in stock. The majority of orders for in-stock items purchased during our peak season are shipped within 24 hours. However, the only option that can be guaranteed is Next Day Air. Express Shippingįor orders that need to arrive sooner than the Flat Rate shipping can provide, we also offer the opportunity to use UPS's express shipment options, including 3-Day Select, 2nd Day Air, and Next Day Air. ![]() Which one is chosen varies from order to order. We use UPS or USPS or our standard shipping option depending on the size and weight of the order being shipped and the location of the shipping address. *Per UPS: delivery times may vary and are NOT guaranteed at this time. ![]() ItĬorresponds to the pipe format without alignment colons: > print ( tabulate ( table, headers, tablefmt = "github" )) | item | qty | |-|-| | spam | 42 | | eggs | 451 | | bacon | 0 | Github follows the conventions of GitHub flavored Markdown. It corresponds to simple_tables in Pandoc MarkdownĮxtensions: > print ( tabulate ( table, headers, tablefmt = "simple" )) item qty - spam 42 eggs 451 bacon 0 Simple is the default format (the default may change in future Plain tables do not use any pseudo-graphics to draw lines: > table = ,] > headers = > print ( tabulate ( table, headers, tablefmt = "plain" )) item qty spam 42 eggs 451 bacon 0 Optional argument named tablefmt defines how the table is formatted. There is more than one way to format a table in plain text. Showindex=rowIDs, where rowIDs is some iterable: > print ( tabulate (,], showindex = "always" )) - 0 F 24 1 M 19 - Table format To suppress row indices for all types of data, pass showindex="never" Pass showindex="always" or showindex=True argument to tabulate(). To add a similar column to any other type of table, It also works for NumPy record arrays and lists ofĭictionaries or named tuples: > print ( tabulate (, headers = "keys" )) Age Name - 24 Alice 19 Bob Row Indicesīy default, only pandas.DataFrame tables have an additional columnĬalled row index. If headers="keys", then the keys of a dictionary/dataframe, or column headers = "firstrow" )) Name Age - Alice 24 Bob 19 If headers="firstrow", then the first row of data is used: > print ( tabulate (,]. The second optional argument named headers defines a list of column list of dataclasses (Python 3.7+ only, field names as columns).list or another iterable of dicts (keys as columns).list of lists or another iterable of iterables.The following tabular data types are supported: Nicely formatted plain-text table: > from tabulate import tabulate > table =. Lists or another tabular data type as the first argument, and outputs a The module provides just one function, tabulate, which takes a list of On Windows: set TABULATE_INSTALL =lib-only To install just the library on Unix-like operating systems: TABULATE_INSTALL =lib-only pip install tabulate %APPDATA%\Python\Scripts\tabulate.exe on Windows. In this case the command line utility will be installed to You may consider installing the library only for the current user: pip install tabulate -user usr/bin) or as tabulate.exe to Scripts in your The command line utility will be installed as tabulate to bin on To install the Python library and the command line utility, run: pip install tabulate readable presentation of mixed textual and numeric data: smartĬolumn alignment, configurable number formatting, alignment by a.Output formats suitable for further editing or transformation ![]() ![]() authoring tabular data for lightweight plain-text markup: multiple.printing small tables without hassle: just one function call,.Pretty-print tabular data in Python, a library and a command-line Marines focus mainly on weapons, Navy on tech (and some weapons), OSA on mind control. I won't bother describing the training areas, but I strongly advise you to take basic training as well as the three branches of advanced training, or else you'll start the game all confused.Īfter the advanced training, choose your career path. Once you've got it, go down again and enter the recruitment center. If you failed, move closer to it, or possibly press S to crouch down. You should now have picked up the basketball. Center it on your screen and right-click the mouse. Continue to the top, and you'll see a basketball. ![]() Walk right up to it and press and hold the spacebar. Walk up to and face the lower side of that arch-like thingy by the GravShafts. Instead, walk up a bit, then turn around. And here's the thing: once you get up, Don't walk right in to the recruitment center. Step into the one on the right, with little bubbles travelling upwards. Do like the voice says, and walk straight ahead to the GravShafts (blue tube-like thingies). Walk forward and listen to the speaker voice. I feel like an idiot actually writing a walkthrough for something as simple as the introduction, but. Goodies: Basketball, on top of the arch near the gravshafts I don't see much use for the umpteenth pistol in poor condition or the eleventeenth jammed shotgun when I have an assault rifle. Note 2: I don't list all available goodies, only those that I myself find useful at that point in the game. If this for some reason doesn't work in your browser and you see the codes anyway, well, you are reading a walkthrough, don't blame me if you find spoilers. Note: since codes are such big spoilers but no walkthrough is complete without them, I decided to put them in "spoiler boxes" like this one: 12345. If you're still absolutely dead-stuck, don't say I didn't warn you. And check your map, audio logs and notes again. Then, when you're relaxed, go back to the game and think some more of what you've missed. If you have a special someone, give him/her a kiss. Go down to a cafe and have a cup of coffee (or some other beverage if you don't like coffee). Or if you live in a city, count the cars and list how many you can see of a given colour. Go out into the real world, take a walk and think how much better graphics it has than any game so far. When you've tried everything and you still are dead-stuck, think some more about what you haven't done. Leave the game for a while, get something else on your mind. When you're really really stuck, check your map, audio logs, notes. The audio logs and emails will tell you where to go, the signs will tell you which way is what.ĭon't read any walkthroughs unless you absolutely need to, since they most certainly WILL give away secrets and ruin your game experience. ![]() Use the minimap option to keep track of where you are. (For quick access, press "U" to hear the last log you picked up, and press Backspace to quit playing it.)Ĭheck your map often. They contain clues and sometimes vital information such as passcodes. ![]() Then, before you read the walkthrough, read the "Main goal" and "How" sections first.Ĭonserve ammo, either sneak past or bash your opponents, especially early in the game.Īlways, always pick up any Audio logs you find.
![]() The Maneater: Truth Quest DLC takes players to a brand-new island off the coast of Port Clovis – and comes packed with new evolutions, challenges, wildlife, and more! Players will once again take control of the apex predator of the sea to Eat, Explore and Evolve their way to the top of the food chain while uncovering a vast conspiracy. Find the right resources to help your shark grow and evolve far beyond what nature intended tailoring the shark to your playstyle in the process. Starting as a small shark pup you are tasked with surviving the harsh world while eating your way up the food chain, exploring a large and varied open world, and encountering diverse enemies - both human and wildlife. The Maneater: Truth Quest DLC will require the base game, Maneater, to play - and will be available for $14.99 / €14.99 / £12.99 MSRP with an ESRB rating of M for Mature, PEGI 18 rating, and USK 16 rating.Experience true ShaRkPG mayhem with the Maneater Apex Edition, which includes both the Maneater base game and the Maneater: Truth Quest DLC.Įxperience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a terrifying SHARK! Maneater is a single player, open world action RPG (ShaRkPG) where YOU are the shark. Time Trial: Swim through the rings before time runs out!.Failure to Communicate: Tail-whip objects to destroy the target objective.New weapons and vehicles for military Bounty Hunters.Military land forces will launch attacks from beaches and fortifications.New Military Forces for Bounty Hunter System.Five new organ evolutions with one additional organ slot unlocked at level 40.A small taste of new features and content include: With two new episodes and an entirely new region, the Maneater: Truth Quest DLC is packed with new evolutions, challenges, wildlife, and more! Players will once again take control of the apex predator of the sea to Eat, Explore and Evolve their way to the top of the food chain. Inspired by Scaly Pete's father's tales of 'Gub'ment Experiments', we pick up where we left off and join Trip Westhaven and the shark's journey down the rabbit hole of conspiracy and military cover ups as you eat, explore and evolve through these uncharted waters." "We’re aiming to give players more of what they loved from the original Maneater, with the ability to grow bigger, explore an entirely new region off the coast of Port Clovis, and evolve further tools of destruction. PS Im not very good at the game so you should. Once I did that I beat it in TWO TRYS So I figured I would make a post and talk about the build and what I did to help anyone else who may be struggling with this boss. At Level 100, it's the largest and most powerful of. Measuring an estimated 30 m (100 ft) long, the Atomic Leviathan is an extraordinary predator. Also, the trophies were notoriously buggy upon release, and, while these issues appear to be fixed, its still a good idea to make a cloud save with a completed save before you start. So I had a hard time with this boss until a fellow redditor suggested a certain build. M.O.L.O.C.H.' -NarratorThe Atomic Leviathan, also know as 'M.O.L.O.C.H.' is a leviathan or a hybrid marine reptile affected by atomic energy, serving as the final boss and main antagonist of the Truth Quest DLC. “The team has been hard at work on Maneater: Truth Quest and we’re excited to announce the first details on the downloadable content that so many fans have been asking for.", said Sean McBride, Creative Director at Tripwire Interactive. Stage 1: Getting to the Plover Island Complex Note that youll need to have finished the main game before you can access Truth Quest. Trip Westhaven, driven the brink of madness, fires up his ViewTube channel “Truth Quest”, to take his followers, the “Questers” into deep waters in an effort to uncover the dark secrets behind this whale of a tale. That is until conspiracy theorists everywhere pointed to the original Maneater as solid proof of a Government coverup. The original stories of animals growing bone like armor, emitting flesh-eating toxins, or using electricity as a weapon were simply just old fisherman's tales. Shacknews Review ManeaterManeater: Truth Quest DLC takes players to a brand-new island off the coast of Port Clovis and comes packed with new evolutions. Starring the titular and evolved bull shark protagonist – and Chris Parnell (Saturday Night Live, Rick and Morty, Archer), reprising his role as investigative journalist Trip Westhaven, Maneater: Truth Quest will take players down the rabbit hole of dark secrets and conspiracies surrounding Port Clovis and the Naval Wildlife Organization (NWO). Both are stealth titles with third person perspective, but a lot has changed since the original game. Lince Works developed and published both of their games and their passion shows throughout these projects. ![]() ![]() I was highly anticipating this title considering how much I loved the feel for first game. Here we are three years after launch with a sequel to the game Aragami 2 made by the same developers and also published by Lince Works. This was a wonderful addition to the program considering how fun the original is. Oh, and did I mention that the music is pretty spectacular? Time to get stealthin’, lads.Aragami Shadow Edition released during summer of 2018 and later arrived as a part of the Games With Gold program in late 2020 on Xbox. ![]() As a whole, besides a couple of slip-ups in the combat department and a few other niggles here and there, Aragami 2 is more than worth the price of admission. The story and characters are practically non-existent, but that’s not what you’re here for. Once you begin unlocking all the new abilities and start mastering the controls, it only gets better from then on out. You don’t even have to play the original, just jump right in and have a grand ol’ time taking down some goons – the gameplay is THAT addictive. If you have even the most fleeting of interests in stealth titles, then definitely check this sequel out. The story is slotted somewhere in between these missions too, although there’s hardly anything going on here if I’m being completely honest… Yep, already forgotten most of the plot! Decision Apart from the combat, it’s hard to criticize the general gameplay, besides the Shadow Leap being a little finicky this time around, but that’s pretty much it when it comes to the negatives. The missions themselves are mostly just ‘kill the target’ or ‘investigate the area’ kind of affairs, albeit the core of Aragami 2 always keeps stealth at the forefront, and it honestly feels incredibly intuitive. The huge fields of Aragami 2 promote several tactical options. If I could sum up the combat of Aragami 2 in three words, it’d be “jank-riddled mess”. It borrows the stamina gauge mechanic from the Souls-borne games but just feels so off for some reason. That being said, the combat system seems a little too tacked on for my tastes. Instead of being insta-killed by a beam of light like in the first entry, the player can actually fight back in this sequel. If I could sum up the combat of Aragami 2 in three words, it’d be “jank-riddled mess”.Įven better is that it’ll let you avoid combat entirely… Another new addition that never really feels quite right. Since most missions the player is sent on require a tricky trek back to the start portal, leaving a bunch of incapacitated enemies out of sight will easily lower your mission time, and give you the highly sought after ‘No Hostiles Killed’ bonus at the results screen. The best part about this feature is – without a doubt – how you can quickly pick up an enemy, walk a couple paces to the edge of the map, and then suddenly throw them off of a cliff, never to be seen again! It’s so satisfying! Stick To Stealth, Please!īut in all seriousness, knocking out enemies is a great way to clear a path in Aragami 2 and gain some easy S Ranks for all you completionist types out there. Ha! No one’s gonna find this guy at the bottom of the ocean! This is legitimately great, as it helps avoid that frustrating detection mechanic from the original, where some guard would just happen to stumble upon a corpse you cut down in the middle of a road. And this time, the player can actually move away any would-be victims directly out of sight. ![]() In stark contrast, the original would often force you to stop at each bend, then constantly swing around the camera like a sitting duck that’s had way too much caffeine.Īnother welcomed feature is the option to knock out enemies, instead of simply stealth-killing each target. I know some people prefer the au natural kind of approach, but I was never the biggest fan of this style. This ONE aspect definitely grinded my gears after a while. In stark contrast, the original would often force you to stop at each bend, then constantly swing around the camera like a sitting duck that’s had way too much caffeine. Even though it’s a fairly common feature in action-stealth titles like The Last of Us, it works really well with Aragami 2 to help keep up the pace and plan out your next move accordingly. One of the new major additions is the ability to see who or what’s around the corner. Our VIDEO REVIEW of Aragami 2! Aragami 2’s Modern Tricks The ancient Hebrew understanding honored private property rights and demanded restitution even in cases that might have been accidental, such as livestock grazing in another man's field or vineyard (Exodus 22:1-9 (ESV)). However, a thief may be killed if caught in the act of breaking in at night under circumstances where the occupants may reasonably be in fear of greater harm. Restitution may be demanded, but there is no judicial penalty of death. The Hebrew word translated 'steal' is more commonly applied to material possessions. Exodus 21:16 and Deuteronomy 24:7 apply the same Hebrew word to kidnapping (stealing a man) and demands the death penalty for such a sin. Laban hotly pursued Jacob to recover his goods, and intended to do him harm, but Rachel hid the stolen items and avoided detection. The Genesis narrative describes Rachel as having stolen household goods from her father Laban when she fled from Laban's household with her husband Jacob and their children. ![]() The Hebrew word translated 'steal' is gneva The Hebrew Bible contains a number of prohibitions of stealing and descriptions of negative consequences for this sin. Alt: Das Verbot des Diebstahls im Dekalog (1953)) suggest that commandment "you shall not steal" was originally intended against stealing people-against abductions and slavery, in agreement with the Talmudic interpretation of the statement as "you shall not kidnap" (Sanhedrin 86a). Significant voices of academic theologians (such as German Old Testament scholar A. ( November 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This section possibly contains original research. ![]() Nevertheless, this commandment has come to be interpreted, especially in non-Jewish traditions, as the unauthorized taking of private property (stealing or theft), which is a wrongful action already prohibited elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible that does not ordinarily incur the death penalty. Kidnapping would then constitute a capital offence and thus merit its inclusion among the Ten Commandments. With this understanding, a contextual translation of the commandment in Jewish tradition would more accurately be rendered as " Thou shalt not kidnap". "Steal" in this commandment has traditionally been interpreted by Jewish commentaries to refer to the stealing of an actual human being, that is, to kidnap. " Thou shalt not steal" ( Biblical Hebrew: לֹא תִּגְנֹב, romanized: Lōʾ tig̲nōb̲) is one of the Ten Commandments of the Jewish Torah (known to Christians as the first five books of the Old Testament), which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Post-Reformation scholars. ![]() Although, if folk have time, watch the first arc or so of the original Full Metal Alchemist anime. Since his name in English mean “Scar”, I can’t be him without that, so I believe that the time for putting on the special make-up is important for being in the role as well.” – Mackenyu, via Fullmetal Alchemist BTS feature. It's also on Netflix, and is one of the best shows I've ever seen period. As he is not an evil person, I perform him while thinking how to make him look appealing.” Two brothers search for a Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their deceased mother goes awry and leaves them in damaged physical forms. With Kent Williams, Iemasa Kayumi, Matthew Leonhart, Vic Mignogna. Speaking via a behind-the-scenes video, published by Warner Bros Japan, Mackenyu said of Scar that “He is going down on his own path of justice. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: Created by Hiromu Arakawa. Mackenyu’s performance in the Fullmetal Alchemist live-action movie is indeed a solid one however, the entire saga still feels slightly awkward for those avid fans of the main manga series or anime adaptation. In the face of overwhelming strength, Ed’s Automail is destroyed and their lives hang by a thread…” – Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar, via YouTube. When the brothers are targeted as well, they fight Scar. 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They're built for fire suppressant, just kind of inside the system. These are the guts of the Adjuntas microgrid.ĬYNTHIA ARELLANO: And these guys are built for all conditions. Tucked behind a furniture store and a defunct gas station, there is a row of big, gray boxes, like industrial refrigerators. That is a microgrid - a self-reliant mini-utility run independently of the islandwide grid. ![]() Even as the sun sinks behind the mountains, 14 businesses and two apartment buildings along the central plaza are running on solar power, thanks to two banks of batteries and some computers that orchestrate the flow of electricity among them. Our colleagues at Here & Now sent reporter Chris Bentley to look into this recently, and here's the story.ĬHRIS BENTLEY, BYLINE: You can find what some people in Puerto Rico see as the future of the electric grid here in the mountains north of Ponce, where the Rio Cidra runs past the town square in Adjuntas. That explains why many on the island favor building a decentralized grid, one that is more stable and more resilient and powered mostly by the sun. And just six years ago, Hurricane Maria left large parts of Puerto Rico without power for months. Last year, Hurricane Fiona knocked out electricity for many across the island. ![]() ![]() This unit will be used to provide power to a medical clinic impacted by the earthquake, to ensure that medications and vaccines can remain refrigerated and usable in the event of ongoing power outages.īoxPower continues to work with governmental and non-profit agencies worldwide, providing advanced energy technologies, resilience consulting, and project management services in preparation for future natural disasters – ensuring that the people, and those responsible for them – have access to clean, affordable, and reliable energy – anywhere.Puerto Rico's electric power grid does not have a great track record when it comes to weathering powerful storms. The system, which consists of a solar array mounted to a shipping container with pre-wired batteries and inverters inside, can power an average-sized medical clinic, school, or other critical facilities during extended outages.Ĭloser to the earthquake epicenter, BoxPower partnered with Direct Relief to deliver one of their MiniBox trailers, a scaled down, fully mobile version of their SolarContainers capable of being towed behind a standard car or truck. In the southern town of Guayama, BoxPower partnered with Mercy Corps, to install a 24kW SolarContainer at a school resilience center, which will serve as a gathering place for community members during outages or disasters – providing a place for them to charge phones, computers, and medical devices and to organize disaster response efforts. They arranged the delivery of two containerized microgrid systems to the region within days, and soon, their SolarContainer and MiniBox began providing a reliable and uninterrupted supply of clean energy to the impacted community. In the wake of these earthquakes, BoxPower returned to install energy providing products to a school resilience center and medical clinic. In January of 2020, Puerto Rico experienced over 1280 earthquakes that caused over $110M in damage – toppling over 500 homes – and plunging the entire island into intermittent darkness due to severe damage to one of Puerto Rico’s primary power plants, which could take more than a year to repair. Through their partnership with Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, Arecma, and Footprint Org – BoxPower was able to provide power to a community resilience center, health clinic and soup kitchen that provided critical shelter, food, and water to more than 300 residents. Hurricane MariaĪfter Hurricane Maria in 2017, BoxPower served as a first responder, delivering a rapidly deployable microgrid to a remote mountainous community where grid electricity was not reinstated for more than 8 months. When disaster strikes and leaves entire communities in the dark without power, BoxPower is at the front-lines, partnering with nonprofits and governmental agencies to provide reliable energy for emergency response services. |
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