![]() Epic Games Store users had 24 hours to claim each of the free. This Christmas season we can expect 15 free games to be given away daily at Epic Game Store, starting from December 15th. Each free game was teased with Christmas wrapping paper that hinted at its identity before it was officially revealed. Comments (Image credit: Epic Games) Update: Today's free game is tower defence classic Defense Grid: The Awakening, so the list is accurate. Last year we got Prey, Control, Tomb Raider Trilogy, Shenmue 3 and many more freebies! published 20 December 2020 Seems accurate so far. This isn’t the first time Epic gave away a bunch of free PC games for Christmas – in 2019, the Epic Games Store gave away 12 games, and in 20 they gave away 15 free titles. In the Epic Games Store, players will soon get a nice treat of 15 FREE games We don't know about you, but we here at EarlyGame are in full Christmas spirit. The Epic Games Store will once again feature a campaign that allows gamers to claim a free game every day over the holiday season. Epic Games has previously given off some of the most popular games for free including Watch Dogs 2 and GTA V. Epic Games Mystery FREE Games Leaked (Christmas Giveaway 2022) In today's video I showcase what free games we could see on the epic games. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() This immersive game offers a brand new take on doing old. We have rounded up 204 job game play online, don’t hesitate to find out which positions are in demand and whats needed for a successful career. Welcome to the new house, now it will be your sweet home! Starting from this moment you will be responsible for such variety of household duties as hanging wallpapers, changing floors, fixing all sockets and many other crucially important things! Wait a second! Holding a house costs a lot nowadays! Have you got some money to spend on it? At this exact point our life simulator converts into a job simulator! It means that you are provided with wide range of job opportunities and every day you are required to work hard and earn money to make your home warm and comfortable.ġ. Every action is provided with detailed story and possible consequences.Ģ. You will balance between high cost of different facilities and restrictions of earned salary.ģ. Every single action is a part of a big strategy that will lead you to the desired result. Revisit work-life before robots took over everything with Job Simulator PSVR for PlayStation VR. The developers later lowered the games price in response to customer reviews. ![]() Staff! is a popular game published on Android Google Play And IOS APP Store. Best Job Simulator Games Would You Trade YOUR Job For THESE Logitech G 426K subscribers Subscribe 281K views 2 years ago KeepPlaying SimulationGames If you’re ready to unwind after work. Job Simulator is an artefact of this fictional future that allows players to enjoy 100 percent accurate virtual reality simulations of what it used to be like to work. The game was also included with the HTC Vive at its launch on April 5, 2016. Every day you will have to work hard and earn. will make your dream of becoming a cashier true with this free online game that offers you a job in a virtual supermarket full of customers. This is where our life simulator turns into a job simulator Youll be offered a wide range of job opportunities. We provide guides, tips, tricks and tutorial of Staff!, video walkthrough of how to get three stars of each level, Solutions, Answers, Walkthrough, and Cheats of Staff!, enjoy! Cashier 3D is a cool job simulator in which you can live a day in the life of one of a real cashier working at a supermarket. ![]() ![]() ![]() How to Open a Large File in Notepad or Notepad++īelow are some simple tricks you can try. ![]() Fortunately, there is a trick to get past that barrier and view big text files without installing other software. However, in most cases, the OS will decline such demands, resulting in the “file too large” error message. For example, the OS must allocate 8GB of RAM if the user wishes to open a text file of 2GB using Notepad++.Ĭonsequently, sufficient RAM space is a critical factor for viewing files with the software. According to the developers, it is responsible for several aspects of the app’s high-quality text display.Īlso, Notepad++ will often require four times the memory space occupied by a text file to enable users to enjoy the advanced features. The reason for this is Scintilla, which is the core component of Notepad++. ![]() Notepad++ cannot support text files that are larger than 2GB, whereas Notepad, which is the older version, can only handle file sizes below 512MB. What Is the Maximum File Size Notepad++ Can Open? Also, we’ll take you through a list of other exciting text-reader applications that you can try. However, in this post, you’ll learn how to open a large file in Notepad and Notepad++. When trying to open a large text file, do you face the “file is too big for Notepad” error on your Windows PC? Unfortunately, neither the Notepad application nor its improved version, Notepad++, is designed for such tasks. ![]() ![]() They encounter many signs warning campers of bears and can find bear scratches on stumps near their eventual campsite. Throughout the brothers' journey through Mount Rainier National Park, they are constantly warned of the presence of dangerous bears in the area. Hank filed a police report over the incident, and Claire later tells Sean that he is wanted for assault and robbery of a gas station along with the Seattle murders. Hank expresses that he feared for his life. Hank says in the article that the brothers assaulted him and fled into the woods after stealing from him. Sean knocked out Hank and stole the camping gear. If they didn't steal anything, it will say Hank tried to "help them" when they showed up at his store lost and hungry. If Sean shoplifted from Bear Station, the article will say Hank approached them after they allegedly stole from them. Sean finds a newspaper clipping depicting the incident at Bear Station and featuring an interview from Hank Stamper. Regardless of the choice, Sean and Daniel run away into the woods. If Hank is beaten up, he will stay down and cover his face from injuries. Sean then has the option to attempt to run or beat him up. ![]() If Sean tries to steal the camping supplies, Hank will grab his leg and tell him that he is going to prison forever. When Hank and Daniel argue, the latter unintentionally summons a supernatural power and knocks out Hank. ![]() Hank leaves the room but returns to the shop later to find Daniel inside. Either way, Hank remarks that people like Sean are why America should build the Wall. ![]() If Sean instead fakes sick to try to escape, Hank will call him on his bluff. If Sean accuses Hank of kidnapping him, Hank will threaten to call ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) on Sean and kick him in the face, giving him a bloody nose. Regardless of the choice, Hank will knock out Sean and hit Daniel, but Daniel will manage to escape.Īfter securing Sean in his office, calling the police to report him, and confiscating all items from his store in Sean's backpack, he confronts Sean. Sean is then given the decision to either fight, discuss or run from Hank. After a small passive conversation, Hank accuses Sean of stealing things from the market (regardless of whether the player actually shoplifted or not). He later approaches the boys, asking them what they are up to and where they are heading. Hank first appears properly pulling into the gas station while Sean Diaz and his younger brother Daniel Diaz are eating. He wears a belt carrying a green phone case, a gray radio holster, and a key ring.Ī younger Hank can first be seen in a picture hanging on the wall of a gas station near Mount Rainier, posing with a famous director. ![]() He wears a gray quarter-zip jacket over a red shirt, light blue jeans, and dark gray running shoes. Hank is a somewhat portly older man, with a pale and wrinkled complexion, graying beard and moustache, and short gray hair with a receding hairline. He's also known to have been short-tempered with Brody Holloway, but letting him off after Brody bought a lot of things from his store. He can be cruel and is not above physical violence, unlawful restraint, and using racial slurs at children. When dealing with the Diaz brothers, he seemed initially calm but was quick to anger. He has an interest in classic cars, but is mainly known for his hobby of endlessly carving bears out of logs in his free time. He has a "Model Citizen & Businessman Award" from 2014 in his office for "being a pillar of his community" and "helping all who come through his gas station for over 10 years". Hank is an American patriot with nationalistic political views. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is what we’ve done in our photos, and the recipe shared below. Keep it simple and use salt, pepper, a fresh herb like thyme, and lemon wedges scattered around the pan.Similar to chicken breast, pork is mild in flavor, so you have lots of options for adding flavor. Another option is to continue to cook them on the stove. However, if you don’t have an oven-safe skillet, you can sear the pork chops in a regular skillet (the heavier, the better) and then transfer the seared chops to a baking dish or sheet pan to finish them in the oven. Since we hate unnecessary dirty pans/dishes around here, we love to use our cast iron skillet to sear and bake the chops in. Instead, by taking an extra five minutes to preheat a skillet and sear one side of the pork before baking, the chops take on a beautiful golden-brown color, have a better texture (thanks to the seared crust), and are more interesting to eat. We’d love to tell you that lining raw pork chops on a baking sheet and sliding them into the oven to bake will make for a tasty chop, but after years of cooking proteins like pork and steak in our kitchen, we just haven’t had success with that method. We use this method when making this Apple Stuffed Baked Pork Chops Recipe. The tips above are all important, but here’s our best advice for baking pork in the oven: Sear the chops briefly in a hot skillet before baking in the oven. After 5 minutes, all the juices inside the chops will have distributed around the meat. The moment they reach temperature, transfer them to a clean plate and loosely cover with foil. Let the baked chops rest. Pork is done when an internal thermometer reads 145° Fahrenheit. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, so the oven is hot before you slide in the chops. You can think of this step as a more straightforward way to brine the pork (instead of a wet brine, the salt acts as a dry brine). Pork chops are pretty lean, so seasoning with salt before cooking is essential for making the most flavorful chops. Season the pork chops with salt 30 minutes before cooking. This way, the salt has a chance to improve the flavor and texture of the meat. Use this trick for other cuts of meat like pork tenderloin or steak. The time out of the fridge lets you bring the meat up to room temperature, which helps the pork cook more evenly throughout. Whether you use our flavor combination or not, for the best baked pork chops, keep these simple tips in mind:ĭon’t cook chops straight from the refrigerator. Thirty minutes before you plan to cook, take the pork chops out of the fridge. We love the lemon and herb combination shared in the recipe below, but you can use your favorite spices instead. Let’s do this!Īs you read through the recipe, keep in mind that you can customize the seasonings for these chops. ![]() We are happy to help! Here is our no-fail method for the the best baked pork chops. So many of you loved the recipe, that you asked us to share a recipe for cooking pork chops in the oven. We’ve already shared our favorite method for cooking the Juiciest Skillet Pork Chops. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() However, Media Center has been designed to properly use the decoder included with Arcsoft's TotalMedia Theatre. Unfortunately, no open decoder currently exists for DTS-HD. MC will automatically decode TrueHD soundtracks with no other configuration required. We recommend that you use Media Center to decode HD audio because this gives you access to the full power of MC's audio engine, including VideoClock and the DSP. This includes HD codecs such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. Media Center is capable decoding the full range of audio codecs used on commercial Blu-ray Discs itself, while preserving their full bitrate and audio depth. Wow, you are amazing, you can do things that the wiki says requires a separate dll to be installed.Įven Jriver recommends RIPPING OFF Arcsoft Total Media Theatre for its DTS-HD playback of blurays. I haven't been on since snow leopard though. I always found that mac version was more stable than windows os. Apple had a great DVD player in the past, but I am not sure if bluray has ever been on apple. So, that is there is no dvd or bluay on Mac version. He was ill for close to 5 months, and the development was pretty much at stand still. I tested all their settings and I crash the stock j river interface every time. The only way for me to get dvd's to play without crashing jriver is to setup jremote for ipad. Lot of settings, so to change to get it right. Jriver is not for the average user, it is too complex menus. I think you selected the K version, which is always unstable. I am custom built PC, but maybe it is your CPU choice. I never have to reboot, but I turn off the client after I am done. ( well to compete with the changers, i am using nvidia 760 gtx). The best overall playback is my sony bluray changers. I tested total home theater in the past, but I don't have it installed. I tested all their settings, and found that to be the best for a software player. ![]() The best way to get best video on bluray is to use a nvidia card. That comes straight from Mojave, which is one of their top audio guys. Are you using onboard audio card? You have to remove that driver, and if you use. I haven't tested jriver on a Mac, because it doesn't actually play video content on a Mac. Jriver just isn't for the average user, if you want to tweak you can get it to ideal conditions, just be prepared to reboot often and inbetween playback of movies. These ideal results are essentially the defaults in most other players like tht You can tweak jriver to get optimal video results on a per format basis, but requires expert level skillset tweaking video renders. On top of it, every time a new update is released, you have to reboot the computer for it to even install.Īs for out of the box default settings, jriver also has some of the worst video quality compared to others, specifically tht. It just doesn't remain stable after multiple bluray titles are played. I've actually tested jriver without a network card, local storage only, and the same memory leaks exist. You have to add a dll manually from another program, they actually encourage users to rip this dll from other programs to get support rather then pay the licensing costs to include it themselves. Jriver is full of bugs, and doesn't even support dts-ma audio natively. My preferred bluray playback is my movies and total home theater. My test environment is based on reference hardware from all major vendors available at retail and my own built computers. I have the latest stable and beta versions running in my test environments.Īs a 30 year tester for Fortune 500 companies, I know how to test software. Sorry, about the Deletes on the other posts. There is plenty of options for DAC's if you have power amps. (The creator of the driver is one of the original Asus designers, but he gives them away free.) (Well, he takes donations for the drivers.) There is a few on Amazon, but I had to order them out of England in the past. and to get the H6 for multi-channel sound. Asus Xonar Essence ST 24-bit 192KHz Pci sound card. If you have a receiver then this is great audio card to use. You do everything and still forget this trick! I suspect that is what Pstuart's problem, yes, you forget it. I had this problem with my ethernet connection which is on the motherboard and my audio cards. (Yes, the drivers can have the digital signature and they still won't load) On every version of windows, (Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 2012 Server) for drivers that won't load. According to this thread it was an ethernet driver, but this users has a card. There was a memory leak thread in Version 19, but it was traced to a driver. J river had bigger plans, which involved developing their own code to be able be on different platforms. Version 17 was based off the Microsoft platform, which Jriver pays Microsoft to use their code. When Pstuart tested Jriver it was on version 18. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Gylfaginning, a book from the Prose Edda, Yggdrasil is easily seen in lesson 15. This ever-growing ash tree is found all throughout ancient texts, including the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda. The eagle, taking a seat at the top of its branches, is constantly sharing a struggle with the hungry and evil serpent, Nidhogg, who tries to weaken and ruin the tree by masticating by one of its roots. These include the gods’ land of Asgard and the hall of Valhalla, as well as the human mortal world called Midgard. The nine realms of existence all rays out from the center of existence. It is said that all of this creates somewhere for gods from different worlds to come together, seek sustenance from it, and watch over their creations (Earth and Heavens). According to myth, The giant overarching ash tree, Yggdrasil, states it is a living tree with branches that extend high into the sky also connect with nine worlds as Asgard, Jötunheimr, Álfheim, Niflheim, Niðavellir, Midgard, Muspelheim, Vanaheim, Hel and a strong grip with three roots that reaches underground. Norse mythology says that the universe actually has a giant tree, Yggdrasil, as the center in the middle of it all. ![]() If you’re fascinated further, why not check out 11 of the most magical trees from the mythical world? 1 Yggdrasil Tree – A Magical Tree That Connects 9 Worlds Many believes that when you’re with trees they each have their own spirit – their own personality – their own energy. The tree has wrapped its roots around the trunk and roots of a spung tree.Since the beginning of humanity most cultures have the tree as a symbol of spirituality of wisdom of strength perhaps because the tree can live so long up to a thousand or so years if not more maybe because they are so strong and the roots go deep into the earth yet the branches go high into the heavens. This tree looks like a magnificent giant resting on the walls of the temple which is situated inside a dense jungle. Strangler Fig Tree in Ta Prohm Temple This huge tree looks like a giant resting against a wall You can see in the Oyamel Forest millions of butterflies during their winter migration to the highlands of Mexico. Trees of the Oyamel Forest These trees are flocked by millions of monarch butterfliesĬan you believe that there exists a forest in the world whose trees are entirely filled with butterflies? If you think that this just happens in movies, you are wrong. The weather conditions in the region are such that the trees cannot decompose completely. The saying goes that once the trees were full of life but now the trees are dead and what remains are just skeletons. The skeleton trees of Dead Vlei, Namibia, are around 100 years old. The “Skeleton” Trees of Dead Vlei These trees don't just look like skeletons, they are actually dead The pulpwood from the tree is also used to make paper. The multicoloured trunks are due to the shedding bark of the tree. The rainbow eucalyptus is called so because of its colourful trunk. Rainbow Eucalyptus in Hawaii They are colourful and beautiful and they are also very useful ![]() Folk beliefs also consider it a cure for many illnesses. The sap is used as a dye and also as a violin varnish. These trees have been named dragonblood because of their blood red sap. Dragonblood Trees in Yemen These trees look lie an umbrella and their sap is the colour of blood We bet that you've never seen anything like these trees before. They are 100 feet tall and 35 feet wide and can store up to 32,000 gallons of water in their trunks. These trees are huge and absolutely beautiful. Baobab Trees in Madagascar Baobab trees are magnificent and would leave you awestruck Its vertical lavender flowers seem to be a picture in a fairytale movie. If you look at it around the time when the tree is in full bloom, you would feel that you are in a fantasy world. The 150 Year Old Wisteria Tree in Japan This beautiful tree seems to be from a fairytaleĪt the Ashikaga Flower Park in Japan, you will find a wisteria tree which is 150 years old. ![]() ![]() SIMON: She tells herself she's making a breakthrough for women in the corridors of power, doesn't she? And she ends up using her own sort of powers of observation and ability to construct narratives, to do storytelling for the oil and gas industry. And it is intentionally pretty accidental that she does end up working for a, quote-unquote, "small, family-owned oil company." But over time, you know, she looks around and says, well, this is the ladder I'm on, so I'm going to try and climb it. So, you know, oil is part of her background in the novel, although in ways she doesn't really think about. She's from Texas, the Golden Triangle area. KIESLING: You know, Bunny's family is from oil country. SIMON: So how does somebody who you think knows the seamy underside of the oil business as well as Bunny become Elizabeth, the young woman who goes into the oil industry? ![]() But certainly, the writing is informed by what I kind of saw of those years in the '90s and early 2000s. And so that's a different experience than the experience of my father in the foreign service. So this was the time when sort of foreign powers were looking at the way that oil got to different markets from its sources and really doing a lot of horse-trading and scheming about how they could make sure the pipelines went through countries that were amenable to U.S. goal in Azerbaijan was directing and ensuring pipeline access. And he is in a place at a time when the primary sort of U.S. I gave Bunny's father a slightly different professional track. So his career and experience was incredibly formative for me and certainly feeds into the material of the novel. And we should note that your father, John Brady Kiesling, was a diplomat who notably resigned over the invasion of Iraq. SIMON: Tell me a little bit about the father in this novel. And so Bunny does have these observational powers that I tried to sort of exploit in the novel. And I think teenage girls are much more observant than most people give them credit for. But yes, she spends a lot of time watching soap operas, reading magazines like Cosmopolitan, scheming about things that she wants to buy, but also watching the people around her and noticing the people around her. KIESLING: Well, I think, you know, Bunny's smarter than she gives herself credit for. Does she not want to seem too interested? SIMON: Bunny is much more interested in soap operas than the kind of drama unfolding around her, isn't she? Or is she posing in a sense? She doesn't want to - she's a teen after all. ![]() Our life stories are a little different, but definitely the experience of being a teenager in a place that is unfamiliar to you, surrounded by adult business and feeling a little blase about it. KIESLING: So, you know, I think Bunny and I share some of the same DNA. Where are the resemblances between you and Bunny? SIMON: Well, OK, you preempt my next half-question. I grew up in the foreign service, much like Bunny Glenn did. SIMON: You're from a foreign service family, too, aren't you? LYDIA KIESLING: Thank you for having me, Scott. How and why does she come to make a life in ways she once disdained in big oil? "Mobility" is the new novel from Lydia Kiesling, author of the acclaimed novel "The Golden State," and she joins us from Portland, Ore. Bunny is the daughter of a diplomat, wry, skeptical, a teenager who often seems more interested in soap operas. ![]() Elizabeth "Bunny" Glenn came to adolescence in a place where the beach smelled like oil and the oil smelled like money - Azerbaijan, after the Soviet Union had come apart and global superpowers poured into old Soviet satellites along the Caspian Sea for oil rights and pipeline access. ![]() |
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