![]() Now, all I need to do is to invert this mask and refine it. However, I can easily create a mask from everything else, like this. I can’t create a mask from the water here. Drawing a mask on water manually is going to be a painfully long process. There is no way to select this area quickly by color or luminosity. How would you enhance it in your RAW converter? Here we have a nice image with some pretty dull water. Layers in Capture One Pro isn’t just a tool for some local adjustments they are deeply implemented into the workflow. Here you can say: looks awesome, but why do I need to pay for Pro version then?īecause Capture One Pro for Nikon can do way more! Why Switch to Capture One Pro for Nikonįirst and foremost – Layers. Here I have a style with advanced color correction and channel curve adjustments.You can’t adjust any hidden settings still, it’s pretty cool that you can have pro adjustments in free software.įinally, Express allows you to export your edited images into JPG, TIFF, and other final formats. ![]() However, you can still apply styles that contain pro adjustments. Capture One Express for Nikon actually contains all the pro tools they are just hidden from you. Plus, you can apply styles and presets with saved adjustments.īTW, here is a nice lifehack. Say, you can easily recover shadow and highlights, Also, you can adjust flat images with Levels tool.Įxpress version allows you to perform basic color correction.Black and White tool is also available in Capture One Express. Thirdly, you have access to all the essential editing tools. The Nikon Picture Control color profiles are available in the Express version as well. Secondly, Capture One Express for Nikon offers the same realistic and clear color “rendering” of your RAW files, as Pro version does. You can store and organize your files there, quickly rate images, and filter them. So, what Capture One Express can offer to Nikon camera owners?įirst thing, you can run a solid image archive with Express version. Capture One Express for NikonĬapture One Express for Nikon is a completely free version of Capture One with a basic set of image editing tools. ![]() We’ll get back to these tools when we talk about Pro version, now let’s see what features does Express version of Capture One for Nikon has. Using such Pro tools as color channel Levels you can quickly fix color cast or enhance a flat image. Now you can edit it with all the tools: Exposure, Curves, and Color Balance. Moreover, you can copy this mask and invert it to edit only the background area. Just draw a rough mask, select Refine, and you get a perfectly accurate mask. Now I save a JPG as final output.ĭave Hartman who wants software that reads his mind like a magazine and does just what pleases him.In Capture One, you can easily create complex masks. The last thing is convert to sRGB color space and then to 8 bit. I find down sample with sharpening too crude. When down sampling I do the sharping in stages along with the down sampling. Now I'll fade the opacity for the "Sharp" layer for the intended use. ![]() The second layer I call "Sharp." I may sharpen it a bit too much. Next I duplicate the base layer and do no sharpening to the base layer. ![]() After almost all other post processing is done I duplicate the image flatened. Finally I remove in camera sharpening in post and do little or no sharpening until I'm creating an image as final output. Areas with no detail should get no sharpening. Coarse detail may need stronger sharpening. I use small radius sharpening on fine detail. The higher the resolution of the camera, the sharper the lens, the tigher the shooting technique the more fine detail there is to loose. Sharpening is lousy: too much sharpening can destroy fine detail. I will say this: one size fits all sharpening may not fit all images. I'm not blessed with a D850 nor have I used Capture One. ![]()
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This is not the self-directed Economics and Personal Finance course, which can only be taken as pass/fail. Personal finance includes all the actions taken by an individual or family to manage money in the present while making financial plans for the future. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sprinkle with additional Parmigiano Reggiano and drizzle with additional extra-virgin olive oil, as desired. Drizzle with a little more olive oil and roast until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Top with the bread crumbs and the Parmigiano Reggiano. Stuff the sausage mixture into the hollowed squash halves and return to the baking sheet. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Add the sausage mixture and stir to incorporate the squash. When the squash are cool enough to handle, scoop the flesh into a large bowl, leaving 1/2 inch of flesh attached to the skin to help retain each squash’s shape. Stir in the chicken broth and bring to a simmer, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the apples, sage and garlic, and cook until aromatic, about 1 minute. Add the onion and celery and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. When the oil is shimmering, add the sausage and cook, stirring frequently and breaking up any large pieces with a wooden spoon, until cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes. While squash is roasting, heat the remaining olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Liberally season with salt and black pepper and roast until the squash are fork tender and the edges have started to curl, about 40 minutes. Yes but note that the cooking times listed in the recipe below assume that both the acorn squash halves and sausage and rice stuffing are already hot when. Drizzle 3 tablespoons of the olive oil over the flesh of the squash. Place the squash halves on a baking sheet cut-side up. Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepperĤ links hot Italian sausage, casings removed (see note)ġ Granny Smith apple, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch piecesġ/2 cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano, plus more for serving Instructions Total time: 1 hour and 50 minutes IngredientsĦ tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving Use vegetable broth instead of chicken broth. We particularly like shiitakes here, but you could also use a mixture of wild mushrooms or cremini mushrooms, cooked until all of their liquid has evaporated. If you’d like to make a vegetarian version of this dish, you can substitute 1 pound of mushrooms, sauteed in butter. Mixing most of the softened squash with the remaining stuffing ingredients better integrates the flavors throughout the entire dish. To help achieve this, scoop out all but a half-inch of the flesh of the roasted squash. Add in the onion, celery, garlic, salt, and pepper. Sprinkle with parsley and serve warm.The key to perfectly stuffed squash is having the correct ratio of squash to filling. While the squash cooks, add sausage into a cast iron skillet over medium heat and brown for about 5 minutes, breaking it up into small chunks. Fill the hollowed squash halves with the mixture and place back in the oven to melt the cheese and make the tops golden brown, 15 more minutes. 2 acorn squash, halved and seeded3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided pound pork sausage cup onion, diced cup celery, finely diced1 clove garlic, minced teaspoon red pepper. ![]() Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed. Cook until the sausage is done and the vegetables are tender.Īdd the mixture to the bowl of squash along with the cheese, walnuts and cranberries and stir to combine. Once some of the fat is rendered from the sausage, add the onions, paprika, pumpkin pie spice, sage, celery, bell peppers and a pinch of salt. While cooking, break the sausage into bits like ground meat with a wooden spoon. Use a spoon to scoop out the flesh into a large bowl, leaving about 1/4 inch of flesh within the skin of each squash half to help it maintain its shape.įor the filling: In a large pan on medium-high heat, add the olive oil and sausage. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Cut the squash in half lengthwise scoop out and discard the seeds and membranes. ![]() Roast until the edges begin to ripple and a poke with a fork reveals tender flesh, about 40 minutes. Place the squash on a baking sheet flesh-side up and rub with the olive oil. ![]() For the squash: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. ![]() ![]() *As usual a big thanks to the iPhone Dev-Team for their hard work and contribution to the iPhone community. To use Redsn0w to help you boot back into your jailbroken device simply select Just boot tethered right now from the options window and click Next. 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Please plug your iPod touch into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Next button The Dev Team just updated RedSn0w to version 0.9.6b4, which will jailbreak iOS 4.2.1. Make sure Cydia is selected and click the Next button to continue. RedSn0w will now prepare the jailbreak dataįrom this window you can select the jailbreak options you would like. Download RedSn0w from here and place it in the Pwnage folder. Once the firmware has been verified click the Next button to continue. Select the 4.2.1 firmware ipsw we placed in the Pwnage folder on our desktop then click Open. Once RedSn0w opens click the Browse button Once iTunes has finished updating your iPod touch to the desired firmware open the Pwnage folder on your desktop and launch the redsn0w application from the redsn0w folder we extracted earlier. Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop and select the 4.2.1 firmware ipsw. Restore is preferred as it won't create any wasted space on your iPod touch. Now hold down Shift and click the Restore button. Select your iPod touch from the list of devices on the left. Likewise, download the latest 4.2.1 firmware from below and place it in the same folder.Ĥ.2.1 (4G): iPod4,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipswĮxtract the redsn0w executable from the RedSn0w zip file into the same folder.Ĭonnect your iPod touch to the computer and launch iTunes. ![]() Those iPhone 3GS/3G users stuck with 05.15.04 & 05.14.04 baseband need to update baseband to 06.15.00 which is unlockable. ![]() ![]() Download RedSn0w from here and place it in the Pwnage folder. by iPhoneHeat on Redsn0w 0.9.6b5 to jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 and update baseband to 06.15.00 is out now You can download RedSn0w 0.9.6b 5 for Mac & Windows from the links below. ![]() ![]() The front of the restaurant housed a window full of plants. While I waited for my turn, I took in the beautiful decor. Upon entering the Sub Shop I was warmly greeted. It’s amazing and the perfect introduction to what you’ll experience inside. The first thing you notice is the beautiful mural of Frida Kahlo by the Bowling Green State University School of Art on the side of their building. I stopped in last week to check them out and was very pleased with my visit. Today The Original Sub Shop & Deli is proudly serving up sub sandwiches with fresh, seasonal ingredients, scratch-made soups and sauces, and locally-sourced cheeses, and jams. 36 years later their legacy continued when Maureen Brogan purchased Original Sub. Originally opened in 1979, owners Jackie & Sarkis David introduced the submarine sandwich to Toledo. With over 70 restaurants, coffee shops, and pubs to choose from, you are sure to find your new favorite eatery.Ī couple of minutes south of Downtown Toledo you will find The Original Sub Shop & Deli. You will find a gem on almost every downtown city block. My trip will feature the very unique culinary scene in Downtown Toledo. I’m so excited to be working with Ohio Find it Here to bring you my very own self-curated Northwest Ohio Foodie Trail, inspired by their Ohio Foodie Road Trip. *This post is in partnership with OHIO FIND IT HERE. Benefits are mainly a free ice cream at the end of every shift, however this is to be expected for a part-time job. The hours are flexible, and time-off requests are usually granted, scheduling conflicts worked around to provide employees with as many opportunities as possible. I started out as a general employee, scooping and serving ice cream and manning a register for customer checkouts, and have since moved to being a shift lead for closings, managing opening the store in the mornings, and currently I make the ice cream for the store. I have become close friends with my coworkers and we work well with each other, knowing that we can be casual and friendly with each other but also focused and productive to ensure the business runs smoothly. Read 48 reviewsĮxperienced Employee: I have worked at Handel's for 2 years now and I have really enjoyed my time here! This is a great part-time job for students in high school or college, with good compensations, tips, and a friendly staff environment. ![]() The others have much bigger menus and everything is made to order. We have a main menu six items we make fresh every four hours. We have a breakfast we make every four hours. ![]() We have our own brand of coffee and only six types of donuts now. We used to be tied in with Duncan Donuts. Sheetz started in Erie moved south to us.īesides attractivness of stores the issue is food. WAWA started in Philadelphia area is moving west towards us. In our area we have Rutters that is established is but they are not keeping present stores updated. The issue is that these smaller stations have not kept up with the times. Many have been around years.Theyare being bought up by the bigger chains now. Th e issue is that there are several smaller type stations. We are about to be taken over by 7-11 Stations. We bought out Hess Stations about five years ago. Experienced Employee: Speedway is a gas/ diesal and convenience store. ![]() ![]() These reported results could guide counseling of future CI candidates with SSD and AHL in general. I know that isochronic tones can be quite effective in brainwave entrainment. However, it took 12M before the SSD and the AHL subjects significantly benefit from the head shadow effect. Preparing to Use Binaural Beat Sound with Deaf Clients Also interesting to see how they can place the headphones at other places than the ears, and still get an effect Otherwise isochronic tones or monoaural beats should work regardless of not hearing in stereo. In the SSD group on the other hand, only SRM and the head shadow, the two most robust binaural effects, were significantly present. In the AHL group, all investigated binaural effects were found to be significant. The presence of binaural effects has been demonstrated with speech in noise testing, sound localization, and subjective evaluation. A significant benefit in the CION condition was found for sound localization compared with the CIOFF condition in the SSD group and in the AHL group.Īll subjects wore their CI 7 days a week at LT follow-up evaluation. ![]() No negative effect was found for the CION condition. In both the spatial challenging configurations, the speech in noise results was significantly worse in the condition with the bone conduction device compared with the unaided condition. ![]() In the AHL group, on the other hand, the summation effect (2.00 dB), the squelch effect (2.67 dB), the combined head shadow effect (3.67 dB), and SRM benefit (2.00 dB) were significant at LT testing. In the SSD group, a significant combined head shadow effect of 3.17 dB and an SRM benefit of 4.33 dB were found. At the LT evaluation, the contribution of a CI or a bone conduction device on speech perception in noise was investigated in two challenging spatial configurations in the SSD group.Īll (23/23) subjects wore their CI 7 days a week at LT follow-up evaluation, which ranged from 3 to 10 years after implantation. Four binaural effects were calculated: summation effect (S0N0), squelch effect (S0NCI), combined head shadow effect (SCIN0), and spatial release from masking (SRM). ![]() Speech perception in noise and sound localization were assessed in a CIOFF and in a CION condition. A structured interview was conducted with each subjects. LT evaluation was derived from 12 single-sided deaf (SSD) CI recipients and from 11 CI recipients with asymmetric hearing loss (AHL). The present study aimed to do a long-term (LT) evaluation of the auditory outcomes in an analogous study group. The authors of the present study demonstrated the binaural auditory outcomes in a 12- and 36-month prospective cohort outcome study. Cochlear implantation (CI) in subjects with unilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss was investigated. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here is a list of our partners who offer products that we have affiliate links for. ![]() While we work hard to provide accurate and up to date information that we think you will find relevant, Forbes Advisor does not and cannot guarantee that any information provided is complete and makes no representations or warranties in connection thereto, nor to the accuracy or applicability thereof. 65 Nobody answers this number INSTEAD: Tell us why youre calling below. The compensation we receive from advertisers does not influence the recommendations or advice our editorial team provides in our articles or otherwise impact any of the editorial content on Forbes Advisor. 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![]() ![]() The dodo has, throughout history, been characterized as a plump, clumsy bird too dumb to prevent its own demise a tragic creature destined for extinction. ![]() The question, then: Should Colossal de-extinct the dodo? Bad luck bird They often quote a familiar line, inextricably tied to de-extinction efforts, from Jurassic Park's Ian Malcolm: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could… that they didn't stop to think if they should." Some researchers have dubbed de-extinction a "fairytale science" and criticized Colossal's press-heavy approach. They suggest reintroducing these species to the wild could provide ecological benefits and even help fight climate change. Proponents of de-extinction point out how advances in biotechnology, bioinformatics and genetics have made it possible to create simulacra of long-dead species, even if the process is difficult and lengthy. "What we're trying to do is create proxies for these species that are adapted to the environments that are there today."Īs with all de-extinction efforts, there remain significant technological hurdles, ethical caveats and unanswered questions. "It would be disingenuous to say that we're re-creating something that's 100% identical to something that existed," Shapiro says. The dodo is one of the most enduring emblems of extinction. What is clear, however, is the extinction of the dodo was partially caused by us - humans. "Extinction" was a word used to describe the quenching of fires, not the demise of entire species. It's unclear exactly when because, at the time the dodo roamed the jungles of Mauritius, the idea that any animal might one day cease to exist was preposterous. The dodo was wiped out no more than a century after the Dutch arrived. But the most enduring emblem of the island's extinct species is, without doubt, the dodo, or Raphus cucullatus. Some species disappeared before anyone even noticed. It was a slow burn: Sailors who colonized the island destroyed its natural habitat and introduced alien species like rats, pigs and monkeys that could outcompete the island's native residents for resources. Yet the threat posed to their modern-day relatives - creatures like the blue pigeon, the scops owl and the broad-billed parrot - by the Dutch fleet was far more insidious. That rogue rock ended the reign of the dinosaurs in dramatic fashion. The wildlife of Mauritius, a tropical island in the Indian Ocean about 500 miles east of Madagascar, couldn't have known that the giant shadows cast across the bay in 1598 would signal doom.Ī fleet of Dutch ships had arrived, mirroring the Chicxulub asteroid that had crashed into in the Yucatan peninsula some 66 million years earlier. ![]() ![]() However, while some women notice the plug passing, others miss it entirely. Your mucus plug always discharges before you deliver. It should not be bright or dark red, though, so if you think it is, give your practitioner a call. It can be clear, pink, or slightly bloody, according to the American College of Obstetricians (ACOG). The mucus plug is just what it sounds like: a sticky, gelatinous glob of mucus. ![]() Labor Contractions: What Do Contractions Feel Like? What does a mucus plug look like? “It serves as a barrier, so that the bacteria that naturally live in the vagina don’t cause infections in the uterus during pregnancy,” adds Rebecca Amaru, M.D., a board-certified OB/GYN in private practice in New York City and a member of the What to Expect Medical Review Board. The mucus plug helps protect your baby from the outside world while you're pregnant until you’re ready to deliver. “The cervix is lined by mucus-producing glands, and normally produces a lot of clear mucus during the ovulatory phase, to help convey sperm to the awaiting egg,” explains Christina Adberg, M.D., a Healthtap OB/GYN at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. “During pregnancy, the ovulatory function is on hold, and progesterone levels are high, so the mucus thickens and forms a bit of a barrier between the vagina and the amniotic sac”. ![]() Trusted Source Cleveland Clinic Mucus Plug See All Sources The mucus plug is a barrier that seals your cervix, the opening to your uterus, during pregnancy. ![]() |
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