![]() Daily activity is usually restricted to 10% to 20% of the overall home range. In southwestern Wisconsin adult male home ranges averaged 6.9 acres (2.8 hectares) in spring, increased to 10 acres (4.0 hectares) in early summer, and decreased to 3.7 acres (1.5 hectares) by late summer. The largest ranges are occupied by adult males during the breeding season. In New England, eastern cottontail home ranges average 1.4 acres (0.57 hectares) for adult males and 1.2 acres (0.49 hectares) for adult females but vary in size from 0.5 to 40 acres (0.20 to 16.19 hectares), depending on season, habitat quality, and individual. Eastern cottontails typically inhabit one home range throughout their lifetime, but home range shifts in response to vegetation changes and weather are common. The eastern cottontail home range is roughly circular in uniform habitats. They are also found in swamps and marshes and usually avoid dense woods. Typically eastern cottontails occupy habitats in and around farms including fields, pastures, open woods, thickets associated with fencerows, wooded thickets, forest edges, and suburban areas with adequate food and cover. Habitat parameters important for eastern cottontails in ponderosa pine, mixed species, and pinyon ( Pinus spp.)-juniper ( Juniperus spp.) woodlands include woody debris, herbaceous and shrubby understories, and patchiness. The essential components of eastern cottontail habitat are an abundance of well-distributed escape cover (dense shrubs) interspersed with more open foraging areas such as grasslands and pastures. Optimal eastern cottontail habitat includes open grassy areas, clearings, and old fields supporting abundant green grasses and herbs, with shrubs in the area or edges for cover. The population in the mountains of the southwestern United States and western Mexico is now thought to be a distinct species, the robust cottontail ( S. In the 1950s and 1960s, the eastern cottontail was introduced to France and northern Italy, where it displayed a rapid territorial expansion and increase in population density. It has also been introduced into parts of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Originally, it was not found in New England, but it has been introduced and now competes for habitat there with the native New England cottontail. Its range expanded north as forests were cleared by settlers. ![]() It is also found on the Caribbean island of Margarita. The eastern cottontail can be found in meadows and shrubby areas in the eastern and south-central United States, southern Canada, eastern Mexico, Central America and northernmost South America. It is the most common rabbit species in North America. The eastern cottontail ( Sylvilagus floridanus) is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. Eastern cottontail range (includes range of S.
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The combat runs in an aggravatingly slow pace, though, and the system only works until the main hero turns out overpowered as hell. Often the environment factors heavy into the distribution of chi (fire is strong in a magma cave, etc.). When using attacks of a certain element, it gets depleted from the area, rendering the attacks useless. In concept it is quite interesting: All characters share the same ATB bar, only their chi-elements (of which theere are 8) discourage from using the same character all the time. The main combat, though simplified, ist still quite unintuitive, but at least this time the developers had the decency to include an (optional) tutorial. New was a slight action element that allowed to catch a slash at enemies on the field map, gaining an advantage in the acutal combat. ![]() While the first game centered around a slightly arrogant aristocrat fallen out of favor of the powers surrounding him, the Calints here is the typical peasant kid turned mercenary after his village was destroyed by some unknown evil force. The hero is even named Calints in both games, although he's definitely a different person. The story doesn't pick up from the original game, but some of the characters have similarly designed counterparts. The game was produced in cooperation with Banpresto, but appointing an additional producer and various supporting tasks apparently were already the extent of the Japanese company's role, judging by the game's credits. Other than Phantagram's hit, Tears of Blood wasn't too warmly received in the West, but in Japan it sold 120,000 units in four days 25, dwarfing the Korean sales figures (where it reportedly took 3 weeks to turn over 30,000 units 26). Worse, however, was the QA that turned out more shoddy than ever and earned the game the nickname "Bugna Carta." Softmax even had to recall the install CD 21 and angried gamers opened protest sites against the game 2, but after the first patch was out, sales quickly recovered, putting it on 2nd place of the sales charts for January 2002 23.Īpparently the success of MagnaCarta had convinced Softmax to make the franchise into their new main series, and thus three years later came the sequel as the second major console game from Korea after Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders (originally, a PC version for the Korean market was planned as well 24, but by the time the game got released, there wasn't any market left for single player PC games). This makes one feel more like an apothecarian that has to mix medicines with the exact amounts of ingredients than a fantasy hero. Then the game hit and disappointed with an overly complicated and incomprehensible stat system, where success in even the most basic battles is utterly dependent on the correct mixture of elemental attribute settings. An epic, console-style RPG by Softmax, with beautiful real-time 3D graphics (although released vaguely around the same time as Final Fantasy X it couldn't but fall behind), how could that not be incredible? The hype for Magna Carta was bigger than any other Korean single player title. ![]() 마그나카르타 Magna Carta: The Phantom of Avalanche - Windows (December 28, 2001) Two further games, Jellyboom (January 9, 2004) and Jaengban 369 (February 13, 2004) weren't renewed when Softmax phased out their original client software in favor of a browser-based interface on Aug20. ![]() In 2004, Softmax' also started putting several flash games on their service, most of which were parodies of existing games: The puzzler 4Leapop (January 9, 2004), the Platformer Cliff Stocker (March 31, 2004), the shooter and Rhapsody of Zephyr parody Rhapsody of Jelly (March 31, 2004) and the Castlevania-inspired Vamper Quillat (June 19, 2004) remained with the service until its end on April 30, 2009. It was replaced by Jellyppi Wars, a casual action game suspiciously similar to Bomberman or Nexon's BnB. However, the game was banned into obscurity by the far more popular competitor Cartoon Racer by Nexon, and Softmax quietly abandoned the game on Febru19. Three years later came the fun racer Dream Chase, developed by Artlab1 it was Softmax' first published game from another developer. The first was Changsegi World: Jusawi-ui Janyeong (February 12, 2004), a board game featuring characters from the popular War of Genesis series. Over time it was updated with extensive dress-up options and a couple of games where one could meet characters from former Softmax games. ![]() Softmax' first experience in the online sector wasn't the epic MMORPG one would have expected from the creators of The War of Genesis, but one of the avatar chatting clients that were all the rage in the early 2000s. ![]() Rather, they masquerade as sensitive sites, hoping to steal your login credentials. Phishing websites don’t attempt to plant malware on your system. McAfee Total Protection, Norton, Sophos, and ZoneAlarm also reached 100%. Trend Micro prevented 100% of the malware downloads, almost all of them by keeping the browser from coming near the malware-hosting site. G Data and ZoneAlarm come close behind with 9.8 points, while McAfee and Webroot SecureAnywhere Internet Security Complete take 9.7 points.įor a look at how each antivirus handles the very latest malware, I use a collection of 100 malware-hosting URLs recently detected in the wild by security experts at MRG-Effitas (Opens in a new window), a testing lab based in England. ![]() Tested against the same set of samples, Norton earns 100% detection and 9.9 points. However, its excellent lab scores redeem it. Though it’s more than a full point higher, Bitdefender’s score in this test is also relatively poor. With a score of 7.8 points, it's near the bottom. Trend Micro didn't fare nearly as well in our hands-on malware protection test. This utility would cost $29.95 per year as a standalone. Norton’s VPN is also an in-house effort, but Bitdefender, Kaspersky, and others license their VPN technology from others. Beyond that, it bundles several other useful tools from Trend Micro.įirst up is Trend Micro VPN Proxy One Pro, a full-featured Virtual Private Network, or VPN, built in-house by Trend Micro. On a per-device basis, it does cost less than Trend Micro Maximum Security. If you want 10 licenses managed under the same Trend Micro account, this is the edition you need. This suite's additional features for Windows, the premium password manager and the file encryption Vault, both appear on the Data page, as you might expect.Įarlier I mentioned Trend Micro Premium Security, which is $139.95 annually. A big Scan button in the middle anchors the main window, and four round icons across the top give you access to four groups of security features: Device, Privacy, Data, and Family. If it weren't for the program title at top left, you wouldn't be able distinguish the Windows protection of this mega-suite from Trend Micro's entry-level suite or, for that matter, from the standalone Trend Micro antivirus. ![]() You get one antivirus license, three for the entry-level suite, five for Maximum Security (reviewed here), and 10 for the over-the-top Premium Security. To be clear, Trend Micro’s products each come with a fixed number of licenses. That option is gone, replaced by the $139.95 Trend Micro Premium security bundle, which I describe below. Previously Maximum Security came in a 10-license pack for $99.95. Bitdefender and F-Secure Safe also give you five licenses for just under $90. Your $89.95 yearly Maximum Security subscription gets you five licenses for use on any supported platform. How Much Does Trend Micro Maximum Security Cost? Whatever the platform, Trend Micro has your security covered. Trend Micro Maximum Security provides advanced protection for Windows and Android devices, does more than the minimum on macOS, and even goes beyond what most competitors offer as iOS security. You’re not likely to find third-party security pre-loaded on any other platform, though-you must add it yourself. That makes sense, as we all know Windows devices need antivirus protection at minimum. How to Set Up Two-Factor AuthenticationĬhances are good your new Windows PC came with a short-term security suite subscription.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages. ![]() If you understand what the activity is (thought the interview or product data analytics), then you will be able to optimize the onboarding process of the new clients and increase the loyalty of the old ones. To a greater degree, the Aha-moment relates to simple Math, product credibility and to a lesser degree, it relates to deep analytics.Īha-moment is also an activity that brings value to the client. In marketing, Aha-moment is the time when the user realizes the value of the product and makes the decision to use it on a regular basis. In the present-day meaning, the term appeared in the early 30th of the XX century. “Evrika!” (“Got it!”) by Archimedes can be the most laconic definition of Aha-moment. In addition, it has become a solution to a problem Archimedes was thinking about back then. This discovery has attracted great attention to the understanding of the world and its laws. In this article, we will find out what Aha-moment is, how it is defined and what Aha-moment is in different companies.Īccording to the dictionary from the Merriam-Webster publishing company (a branch of Encyclopædia Britannica, the oldest English-written universal encyclopedia), Aha-moment (this term is slightly changed to Aha! Moment abroad) is defined as “a moment of sudden realization, inspiration, insight, recognition, or comprehension”.Īrchimedes, a scientist from ancient Greece, was amazed when he realized that the water level had risen according to the volume of his body. ![]() ![]() Aha-moment is the ultimate goal and many companies are constantly developing their product and researching their target audience. I followed the elaborate instructions on the website, re-naming the files to k-tunes specifications (an intense pain with the number of tracks I would be using), zipping the MP3 and CDG files together. I tried my iBook G4 as well as my G5 desktop with the same results. easy customization of Rotation Showscreen and your own Custom Showscreen per venue!įirst thing I want to acknowledge that this program is still under development and not a finished, polished version.Īfter watching the development here for well over a year now, I decided to download it and try it out. ![]()
![]() A storage array in JBOD (non-raid) setup. But IMHO chances are - this backup will work for me better than anything i tried before. Of course - if they suddenly get out of business or cloud will explode or whatever - then you're screwed. So if you need to backup 2 separated computers - you'll need to pay twice, etc.Ĭonclusion: I been enough through semi-shitty geeky solutions and love crashplan because it's a no brainer to setup and forget. I already got 5TB external drive ready to be sync-ed) they support removable media attached to your system (which helps me greatly as I do lots of hi-res photography where each image is 50MB. they support unlimited destination size (i'm already at 0.5TB and counting) If you screw your PPT or DOC - you can restore previous version(s). they support unlimited versioning of back up files. If you lose password or key - you screwed. They support client-side encryption (key or password). they support all platforms (mac, linux, windows) - agent running on your system, detects changes, encrypts data and transparently send stuff to the cloud. No exactly answering your requirement (not using 3rd party) but i use crashplan for multiple reasons: (And yes, Synology for local backup, that seems to be the hit here.) Thankfully 10TB platter drives are possible these days for me to flat-rate mail to my parents across the country. I use this method to backup 10TB of photography that I can't do online without a fiber uplink. (I consider family second-party, not third-party.) Local backup means nothing if you have to evacuate due to flood (east coast hurricanes), fire (california wildfires), or any unforeseen disaster. Offsite could be a local bank safe deposit, a work office, or out of town family. If you get a couple of 2TB drives to account for growth, you could get into the habit of depositing the current backup into offsite location, grabbing the old backup from offsite, and just rotating every couple of weeks. If using OSX you can encrypt it and use Time Machine to auto-backup when plugged in (easy) or just use an rsync script (manual).īut don't forget to ship these backups offsite once you're home. The portability of USB sticks seems perfect for your use case, although I think a 1TB stick is still a stretch, maybe look into a small self-powered external SSD drive. It sounds like you're thinking of local backup while you're traveling, which is great. if I put a file on my desktop at work I know it will end up on Synology at home and eventually will get encrypted and backed up to Glacier, and yes, without any 3rd party servers involved.Ī lot of the replies either rely on third party services (albeit encrypted) or forget about the third part of the holy backup trinity of having something offsite. It's not a backup tool, but very much related, i.e. It doesn't care if I run Linux/MacOS/Windows, it's just dumb storage that all of these OSes can backup to using built-in tools.Īnother tool I like is Resilio Sync, it's a cloudless Dropbox and it's perfect to sync /Documents and /Desktop across computers at home and at work. What this means is that it's been sitting somewhere in the dark corner of my house since 2012, self-updating and not bothering me with upgrades or expired credit card / subscription, etc. ![]() The software comes built-in and taken for granted. I also place a premium on the fact that Synology is a piece of hardware. It's quite polished personal cloud platform (way more so than FreeNAS) and includes hundreds of apps, even the backups into the cloud can be done in different ways. Synology in particular is a fantastic platform which does way more than a traditional NAS. They collect backups from all computer in the house, encrypt them and ship the encrypted blobs to AWS Glacier. I will remove the color cast using 3 different ways. MAPSystems offers real estate photo color cast removal services to remove unwanted color casts from property images that can negatively impact its appeal. ![]() In my case, I don't want to remove the orange completely because I think it adds a bit of warmth to the image, so I'll leave just a hint of it in. This tutorial will stay relevant to you if you want to remove tint in Lightroom. All I need to do at this point to remove the color cast is drag the Density slider to the right, which will determine how much of my inverted color is being blended into the image, until my image looks better. Step 4: Drag The Density Slider To Remove The Color Castīack in the Photo Filter dialog box, I can see that the color swatch is now showing my inverted color. I can now use this color to neutralize my color cast.Ĭlick OK when you're done to exit out of the Color Picker. Typically due to lighting issues, a color cast can be corrected in Photoshop with relative ease. Color Balancing, also known as white balance correction, is the process of neutralizing a color cast. ![]() Once But now when I use the exact same method, the color picker eyedropper reads only white, no matter what color it's actually on. A Color Cast is an abnormal tint of a particular color (usually unwanted), which shifts the color in photo. (There are many selection tools available in Photoshop like Lasso, Magic Wand, Object Selection, etc.) Click on the Edit option. I followed the instructions from the websitewhich worked perfectly for removing the color cast (if that's the correct term). Choose the selection tool based on the dimension of the object that is to be removed. We can see in the Color Picker above that my color has now changed to more of a blue color, and that is the opposite of the orange color I sampled. Select the object that you want to remove. So add a negative sign if there isn't one, and remove it if there is one to invert the color. Degraded underwater images show some limitations when they are used for display and analysis. ![]() If you already had a negative sign in your "a" or "b" values, simply remove it. Images captured under water are usually degraded due to the effects of absorption and scattering. Add a negative ("-") sign in front of the "a" and "b" values to invert the color. ![]() ![]() I have used it many times for reporting, shift changes, whistles and a myriad of reasons. Using the controller’s time is just one of them, but a very useful one. Keep in mind there are many attributes to obtain by request to a controller via the GSV (Get System Value) instruction and there is an entire library of information on how to get almost any needed value that you would like to obtain. During that time, you can use the Timer.TT bit to turn on the output for the solenoid in the same rung or you can add an additional rung as shown below to accomplish this. If the controller’s time (in Minutes) is equal to “0”, then start a timer for 5 seconds. To Activate an Output for a Solenoid on the Hour, Every Hour for five secondsĬreate a new ladder rung with an EQU instruction and use the CurrentTime to see if the “Minute” of the controller time is equal to “0”. ![]() Right-Click on “CurrentTime” and Select Monitor to view the tag in the controller tag database Image by Brandon CooperĭINT = Hour (0-23) This value is GMT, no matter the controller time zone settingĭINT = Microseconds (0-999,999) Never had to use it, but I guess it is a possibility This short guide will take you through setting up this request and then using it to accomplish a task.Ĭreate a line of ladder and in the instruction palette under “Input/Output”, choose a “GSV” Instruction and set up the following:ĭest: CurrentTime (This is a tag you will create, DINT type with an array of 7) Image by Brandon Cooper The value of the controller’s clock is not readily available in the controller tag database, but rather you must make a request in the ladder program to access it.Īlong with many other attributes available from the controller, you can use a GSV (Get System Value) Instruction to access this attribute. Possibly you have a cleaning device that only needs to operate once an hour or once a day or maybe you want to operate a whistle at noon every day, the easiest way to accomplish this task would be to use the Controller’s time (which lives in the memory of the controller). If the need arises to use specific time in your ladder logic program, this guide will give you a reference to go by. ![]() In the mood to see demographic data come to life in front of you?.Oh man! As a TEDx organizer and as a general fan, I’ve been waiting for this question all my life. In the mood to learn something new about music and be inspired?.It’s the talk I send people to introduce them to TED. Just an incredible speaker, I’ve never met someone who didn’t love this talk. In the mood to feel excited about the education system?.Got me to listen to classical music in a whole new way. In the mood to wonder at the mysterious nature of the human brain?.īill Gates comes on at the end and calls his method the “future of education.” If you like data/engineering, you’re especially likely to fall in love this this video. In the mood to laugh and also reflect on how schools work and don’t?Īnother classic TED talk, Robinson discusses the importance of creativity.Harvard neuroscientist happens to gets a stroke, achieves a nirvana-like state, and then studies what happened to her to figure it out. In the mood to watch an incredible tech demo?.Basically, we pressure artists in subtle and unfair ways with our modern conception of what it means to be a ‘genius.’ In the mood to reconsider how society treats creativity?Īnother classic, the top talk for people interested in writing/the arts.The talk is both charming and deeply thoughtful. ![]() I don’t know what’s happened to this since then, but this technology was all the buzz when the talk came out. In the mood to smile and laugh at clever advertising?.The MIT Media lab has a lot of good talks - I recommend the “Siftables” talk as well. Interested in thinking about the role of women in business?.One of my very favorite talks, it’s a clever look at how advertisers actually add value to the world. One of the most discerning discussions of the state of women in society I’ve seen, by the COO of Facebook. In the mood to think about the dynamics of peace negotiations / be inspired?.Discusses the reasons that women hurt themselves professionally, encourages them to take charge. ![]() It’s also a good idea to take your PDF file and convert it to a PNG file. What if you want to convert that file to a PNG? That’s actually what represents transparency. Now when you view the file, a checkered background appears. Step three: On page display, tick the box for “Show transparency grid” then click “OK” Step two: Enter CTRL+K (or click “Preference” from the edit menu) Step one: Open your FILE with Adobe Acrobat reader You need to switch on this feature so it can show you opacity. That’s because your reader’s settings do not recognize transparency yet. If you open it with a browser or Adobe Acrobat, you will still see a white background. So now you’ve probably checked if it worked. Make sure to change the format type before hitting save! Step five: Once you’re done editing, save your file to PDF. Now you can simply insert your logo, photo or text in this layer and it won’t be affected by the opacity setting of your background. Just click CNTL+SHIFT+N then click “OK” on the window that will appear. Step four: To add your logo, photo or text, add a new layer to ensure that it won’t be set to transparent. Step three: Now that the background is already unlocked, you can set it to transparent by changing the opacity to 0% You can also rename the layer if you like. Just click “Okay” on the window appearing for confirmation. To change this, add a new layer from the background. Notice the padlock icon beside it? It means that by default, it will be locked and cannot be edited. Step two: On the new project, you will have one layer available. Just hit “OK” on the default white background color and we’ll just turn that into a transparent background. Now, with Photoshop CC (creative cloud), there are only colors to choose from. In the old Photoshop versions, there is an option to remove the background and choose a transparent one. Step one: Open your Photoshop application and create a new document. How to make a PDF with transparent background: Lastly, if you need to turn this into an image file format that keeps the transparent background, you need a PDF converter and this is where DeftPDF comes in to help. Secondly, you need a PDF viewer to double-check your work so make sure to have Adobe Acrobat reader ready. First of all, you need Photoshop to create your document. You need to have the right tools to make this happen. So, we’re making an article that purely focuses on how to make this possible. PDF files are actually transparent by default and your processor or application is probably the culprit to your white background. It seems impossible because we associate PDF with paper files, digitalized and marked as a non-editable flat object with a white background. Perhaps you think this is a joke or a hoax. |
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