![]() ![]() How to Season a Wok That Actually Works!.Recommended Readingįlat-bottomed woks are more stable on a flat surface than a round-bottomed wok.Flat-bottomed woks distribute heat to the bottom of the pan more evenly than round-bottomed woks, if used on a flat cooking surface. By cleaning promptly after each use, you’ll avoid having burned-on food or stains and make sure it’s ready every time you decide to cook. Regular cleaning and maintaining your wok enhances the performance and helps to extend its lifespan. Now that you know how to clean a wok with burned food, you can enjoy using your wok and having it sparkling clean every time. This will set your wok back, but you can re-season it again. Scrubbing your pan with an abrasive tool will probably remove some of the patina in the process. Then, re-attempt to clean the pan with a sponge or wok brush again.Īlthough not recommended, if these two methods don’t work, you may have to try using steel wool or a scrubber. The hot water will loosen the food particles. Start by soaking the pan in warm water for a few minutes. When this happens, you can take additional steps to get a clean wok. While this simple method is effective for most food stains, you may have a pan with more stubborn burned-on food. Also, baking soda is very effective so consider this when you’ve tried the first method without success. This method takes a more extended time but won’t damage the finish of your wok. Finish up by rubbing the residue with a sponge or your wok brush. Soak the wok in the solution for a few hours. Bring the mixture to a boil and then turn off the heat. Fill with room temperature water and then add baking soda. Place the wok on the stove and heat to high. Baking soda is effective, and most people probably have it around their home. One option to clean your wok with a natural ingredient is actually by using baking soda. Store when dry and cool to prevent rusting. The card is flexible enough to contour to the sides of the wok and to remove any stuck-on food.Īfter cleaning, dry the wok and then gently heat over the stove at low heat to completely remove any moisture. I first put hot water in the wok then scrub the wok with a credit card. The best scrubber I found is a used plastic credit card. Instead, it’s best to use hot water to loosen food stains, followed by gently scrubbing with a sponge or a wok brush. Not only can you damage the surface, but you’ll also be scrubbing through the patina. This handy guide outlines how to clean your work safely and get rid of stubborn food that’s baked on the sides to get started.īefore we get started, keep in mind that you should not use harsh cleaners or metal scrubbers on the wok. They require different cooking techniques but can be cleaned in the same way. There are two most common types of wok available today: carbon steel and cast iron. The good news is that you can usually remove most food stains with a wok brush and warm water. After all, the finish on your wok takes years to achieve and adds valuable flavor to dishes. If you’ve got a wok with burned food, you probably want to remove it without ruining the patina. ![]()
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Her colleagues checked the corpse according to the official pat-down process. “We’re just following TSA protocol,” Cooper explained. ![]() And since the TSA’s body scanners can only be used on people who can stand up, the corpse would have to be manually patted down. But not before her body got checked for contraband, weapons, or explosives. And US law obligates airlines to accommodate their ticketed and checked-in passengers, even if they have “a physical or mental impairment that, on a permanent or temporary basis, substantially limits one or more major life activities.” In short: she could still fly. Without a formal death certificate, the passenger could not be considered legally dead. The family might not have known it, but they had run into one of air travel’s many gray areas. Better that than leave her in a foreign country’s medical system, they figured. Since they had her boarding pass in hand, the distraught family figured that they would still try to get her on the flight. She and her family had arrived several hours prior, per the airport’s guidance for international flights, but she died sometime after check-in. Soon, Cooper was joined at her station by a supervisor, followed by an assortment of EMTs and airport police officers. “She can’t, she can’t, she can’t,” said the passenger who was pushing the wheelchair. “I need to see her face to identify her.” “Is she okay? Can she sit up?” Cooper asked, taking their boarding passes and IDs to check. One of them was in a wheelchair, bent over with her head between her knees, completely unresponsive. But this particular group of tearful passengers presented her with a problem. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hypo bearded dragons have clear nails without the usual brown stripe of melanin running down the top of each nail. If it receives the trait from only one parent then it will only carry the trait and will not have any of the visual signs. Recessive means that the dragon will only display the visual signs of the trait if it receives that trait from both of its parents. The hypo trait in bearded dragons is a recessive mutation that causes the dragon to produce less melanin. Melanin can take several different chemical forms, which each have their own unique color, but it is usually brown or black (it can also be red, but don't worry about that). Melanin is a pigment that is found all throughout the animal kingdom. Hypo is short for hypomelanism, which literally means “less melanin”. What terminology we do use is defined in basic terms. So you won't find any complex genetic terminology here. This knowledge is also essential to fully appreciate these reptiles. ![]() Only by learning what each mutation means and how to identify them, can you protect yourself from breeders that mislabel their animals. The mutations discussed in this article all produce interesting visual changes to the bearded dragon's basic appearance. Other times they are used to be intentionally misleading.Ī mutation is a change that occurs within DNA that can then be passed down to future generations. Some of these terms result from misunderstanding of bearded dragon genetics. I will also tell you about the terms that some breeders use that are only confusing or misleading. All of the discovered mutations are covered. In this article I will show you exactly what each of these mutations are, and how to identify them. The complete Guide To Bearded Dragon Mutations and genetic traitsĪ large number of mutations have been discovered that effect a bearded dragons appearance. ![]() ![]() shows, one Best Baby P.In Group.Two are now C.C. Three puppies are in show homes.(2 girls & 1 boy) ALL have won B.baby P. Litter of NINE born in Brisbane, Australia, in April 2012, conceived by A.I. One bitch, which the breeder kept, is now a U.K.C. 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"Intermittent outages of the camera system unrelated to weather conditions. ![]() ![]() There are more parkour moves available, and once you reach the Central Loop you also unlock a glider which adds a new way to move around the map. While not everyone will agree here, I believe the parkour in DL2 has been improved. Some more variety here would have elevated the experience. Now while this did not hinder my enjoyment of the game itself, it was far more noticeable here than in DL1. As a result, the feeling of “ I was just in this building looting this exact chest 5 min ago” is quite prevalent. This issue is also present throughout other building interiors and rooftop locations in the city, even down to the lootable container placements. Having some duplicated locations in a large game is understandable, but when what should be some of the more interesting and exciting locations to explore are all duplicated layouts with some minor interior asset changes, it comes across as low effort. Not only that, but these GRE labs are nearly identical. There are only around 6 GRE labs in DL2, versus the 12 unique quarantine zones of the original game. Unfortunately, there are not that many variations in these areas which was somewhat of a letdown. Additionally, assigning these zones to a faction has no impact on the story or on your influence on a faction. There are also a number of safe zones scattered around the map that can be unlocked, Metro stations (which act as fast travel points), radio stations, a few water towers/electrical stations which unlock either traps or traversal items in each zone depending on which faction you assign the building to. Those are Dark Hollows, Forsaken Stores, Military / Evacuation convoys, Airdrops, Bandit camps and GRE anomalies/labs along with a number of combat & parkour challenges. The size of the play area is larger than the previous game, and the world is filled with places to explore. ![]() The city of Villedor is divided into two major zones, Old Villedor and the Central Loop which you unlock partway through the campaign. Also, your choices do not have as much impact on the city itself as Techland implied prior to the game’s release. Needless to say, I have no intention of doing so, especially since Dying Light 2 does not have a New Game+ Mode. If you want to see a different ending you’ll need to replay the entire game from scratch. There is also no way to go back to earlier checkpoints to replay sections with branching choices to see different outcomes. well… it all felt very rushed, almost as if Techland ran out of time, budget or both. A dd to that a generic multi-tiered boss battle that was tiresome and unimaginative, a “ screenshot” ending that concluded with white text in a black background (which informed you of the result of your choices) and…. ![]() The epilogue was predictable and a big disappointment. Thus, some characters felt really forgettable. The voice acting wasn’t bad per se, but the writing and character development weren’t great. To be honest, I believe that it’s probably one of the weakest aspects of the game. While I’m not going to go into any specifics, since I don’t want to spoil anything for those of you who are planning on playing it, I don’t think the story was particularly good. There were certainly no changes like this. Don’t get too excited, it’s just marketing hype. Along the way, there are several twists and turns, and you can make additional, but smaller, choices that will impact the story. At a certain point you’ll need to side with one of them which branches the story. During your search you come into contact with two factions, the independent survivors and the more militaristic peacekeepers, for whom you’ll do various quests. You play Aiden, a pilgrim, who is searching for his sister, and his journey takes him into the city. The world has fallen to the virus and Villedor is one of the last walled cities on Earth. The story of Dying Light 2 takes place 25 years after the events in Harran. Well, after spending around 85 hours with the game, here are my thoughts. So it goes without saying that I’ve been looking forward to the sequel. Dying Light, while not a perfect game, is probably one of my favorite zombie games (I’ve played it multiple times in solo/coop, with around 330 hours of playtime). ![]() ![]() ![]() The nondescript art design is meant to suggest that the game could be taking place in any modern city, Miechowski said. They can also guard the shelter from bandits. In Sarajevo, people under cover of night were leaving the shelter to trade alcohol for weapons from the military surrounding the city.” Players can nominate survivors to make these sorts of trading runs, or they can scavenge resources and look for other survivors. “So in the game, you can create alcohol as well. was alcohol,” said Miechowski, proceeding to show me the parts one could scavenge or trade for to build a still to produce moonshine. “One of the most tradable items in the siege of Sarajevo, and other conflicts as well. As an in-game clock in the corner of the screen ticked down to evening hours, Miechowski called up a map of the surrounding area with other buildings we could search for raw materials. Players click around to navigate a three-level apartment building-turned-shelter, pockmarked with bullet holes and other scars of combat. The game takes place primarily from a black-and-white, 2D, side-on perspective. “That you need to stay with your family, you need to support one another.” “My grandmother, she passed away a few years ago, long before I started to think about this project, but I can recall her talking about really similar experiences during the Nazi occupation,” he continued. “We’re still doing research about real conflicts in Sarajevo, Kosovo, Libya, Syria, all the modern conflicts.” ![]() "Everything you can see in the game is a translation of real facts into game mechanics,” Pawel Miechowski, senior writer on This War Of Mine, told Ars Technica during a recent preview demo. To capture what war is like from a civilian perspective, developer 11 Bit Studios, based out of Warsaw, Poland, is researching everything from YouTube videos and interviews on Amnesty International to books about the Kosovo War in the late '90s. This War Of Mine skirts these obstacles by dropping the soldier protagonists and instead puts the player in control of a group of civilians trying to survive an urban conflict in a fictional war based on real-life accounts. Games like the canceled Six Days in Fallujah, which tried to base in-game events on real battles, are already shouted down by critics as disrespectful. It's harder to imagine a game that allows soldier-players to deliberately choose to commit war atrocities. Sure, games like Spec Ops: The Line feature morally questionable decisions, but those decisions are forced on players through the story, sparing the player real culpability and reducing the moral questions to pure horror. Using soldiers as protagonists inherently limits the ways video games can discuss the horrors of war. It’s not about fighting a war it's about surviving one-as a civilian. ![]() This is a game about war, but not about soldiers. 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So a virtual break room at this time can help rejuvenate a weary team. Post-lunch is the time of day when many of us experience an energy slump. Especially when video devices with high performance audio pick up every crunch and munch! However there’s no harm in having a virtual lunch break where people can come and hang out once they’ve finished eating! Virtual afternoon break Virtual lunch breakĬoffee mornings tend to work better than virtual lunch breaks, because people are more comfortable quietly sipping coffee than they are eating food on-screen. There is no set agenda for conversation in these types of break room, simply let things flow. Below are some ideas to get your creative juices flowing… Mmm… virtual coffee! General breakroom ideas Virtual coffee morningĪ virtual break room space that operates over specific hours in the morning, so people can come together to have their first (or maybe second!) cup of coffee for their day. General ideas such as coffee mornings are perfect for mass appeal, while more entertainment based ideas bring people together around areas of common ground, like being a parent of loving soccer. When it comes to creating a virtual breakroom, you can be broad or specific in terms of your theme. And when productivity increases, company profits increase too. In the era of hybrid working, virtual break rooms are employers’ secret weapon for productivity. People feel more comfortable getting straight to the point and taking risks, which can improve efficiency and outcomes. When teammates take a break, and use that time to connect with each other, it actually becomes easier to work with each other. We’ve already established that being ‘always on’ leads to poor mental health, which in turn causes productivity to slump. The idea that you have to be ‘always on’ to stay productive is long outdated. Virtual break rooms are actually good for productivity Participants return from their break refreshed and more engaged than before. It’s for this reason that it’s always advisable to break up long meetings with short, social breaks whether those meetings are in-person or online. Humans are simply not designed to be alone all day! Connecting with others is vital to ward off feelings of loneliness and isolation, which lead to low mood and even depression if left unchecked for too long.Ĭhatting with our peers can also help to reduce stress and give us an energy boost if we’re having a sluggish moment. ![]() A virtual break room is a great way to allocate time and space for people to get to know each other’s personalities, hobbies, and a little about their life outside of work. Just because a company may now be working primarily remotely, or in a hybrid format, it doesn’t mean that need has disappeared. Everyone knows the importance of company culture. ![]() This need can’t be satisfied by project-oriented meetings alone. Humans are social creatures by nature, with a strong need to belong. Recreating the water cooler chat that teammates in physical office spaces enjoy, is vital for team bonding. Why are virtual break rooms important? To encourage social bonding and nurture company culture ![]() Virtual break rooms can be created using Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other video meeting platforms. Think of it as mimicking a break room in a physical office, for instance a communal kitchen or sofa area. ![]() Take care of the practical considerations, including scheduling virtual breaks on days and at times that work with the rhythm of the workforce – not against it.Ī virtual break room is a dedicated online meeting space where remote workers can chat informally via video.Try out coffee mornings, meditation sessions, or even pet parades and see what your employees benefit from the most. There’s no one-size-fits-all virtual break room.They are important for socializing, company culture, employee wellbeing and even productivity.A virtual break room re-creates ‘water cooler’ conversation for remote workers online.With the right technology and a little imagination, you can create a virtual break room that people will naturally gravitate towards, to socialize and take a pause from thinking and doing. In the era of hybrid working, companies are looking for ways to recreate the break room experience associated with a physical office. ![]() |
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