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![]() Freezing, combined with collisions between ice and water, appears to be a critical part of the initial charge development and separation process. This region is typically at the elevation where freezing occurs within the cloud. Since the base of a thunderstorm is usually negatively charged, this is where most CG lightning originates. In general, cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning flashes account for only 25% of all total lightning flashes worldwide. The North and South Poles are limited in their coverage of thunderstorms and therefore result in areas with the least amount of lightning. Because the influence of small or absent land masses in the vast stretches of the world's oceans limits the differences between these variants in the atmosphere, lightning is notably less frequent there than over larger landforms. The flow of warm ocean currents past drier land masses, such as the Gulf Stream, partially explains the elevated frequency of lightning in the Southeast United States. This occurs from both the mixture of warmer and colder air masses, as well as differences in moisture concentrations, and it generally happens at the boundaries between them. Lightning is not distributed evenly around the planet, as shown in the map.Ībout 70% of lightning occurs over land in the tropics where atmospheric convection is the greatest. Lightning may be seen and not heard when it occurs at a distance too great for the sound to carry as far as the light from the strike or flash. Lightning causes light in the form of plasma, and sound in the form of thunder. The charged regions in the atmosphere temporarily equalize themselves through this discharge referred to as a strike if it hits an object on the ground, and a flash, if it occurs within a cloud. This discharge occurs between electrically charged regions of a cloud (called intra-cloud lightning or IC), between two clouds (CC lightning), or between a cloud and the ground (CG lightning). Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge that occurs during a thunderstorm. ![]() ![]() I think I counted about seven of them and you may have even tried scanning these with your phone thinking it was a QR Code before out of curiosity, and it didn't work and you never really thought anything about it. ![]() For example, if I open up an old HP laptop they're all over the place. The rest are different codes that you maybe have never heard of, like this one which is called a Data Matrix code:Īnd this one you'll see in some places, especially in electronics. As the guy who enjoys the engagement that ‘Bob’s Burgers’ gives me, I think it can be a very interesting aspect for the MCU to explore in the future.Most of you have probably seen some of these before, they're QR Codes, right? “And as long as you can do it organically, I think it’s a pretty cool way to extend the engagement and to go from screen to page and vice versa. “I think it was greeted with a lot of positivity, you know, in terms of the numbers that we’re seeing,” he says. Curtis is hopeful that the QR code project could extend beyond “Moon Knight.” Next time! Next time!”Ĭertainly, Marvel Studios has no shortage of projects set for Disney+ and movie theaters in the coming years, all of which have their own comic book heritages. Yes, gosh, we should have made that one live. “I know exactly what shot you’re talking about now,” he says. “We know how how astute the Marvel fan base is, and we knew that somebody would eventually click it,” he says.Īs if to underline the experimental nature of the project, when Variety pointed out that a fourth QR code does appear for a brief moment in the post-credits scene in Episode 6 of “Moon Knight,” Curtis does a face-palm over Zoom. He adds that Marvel had no set readership goal in mind, other than hoping that at least one person would scan the QR code. “It was really trying to show the true tapestry that is Moon Knight throughout the ages.” “It was a way to introduce a character to most of the population that would not have had the chance to read those issues otherwise,” Curtis says. ![]() Which is to say, the appearance of Kang the Conqueror in the sixth and final “Moon Knight” comic is not intended to suggest that Oscar Isaac may meet up with Jonathan Majors’ version of Kang, who is set to be the villain of 2023’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” Because they only wanted to place codes where one would naturally find them, the production skipped episodes three, four and six, which are largely set in far-flung exteriors or inside ancient ruins and catacombs, where QR codes would stick out as a gimmick.Įach week’s comic book issue had some kind of connection to that week’s episode, whether it was a character or visual reference, but Curtis cautions readers not to look too far into any other hidden meanings. “If we did organically incorporate QR codes into the environment - and if we didn’t make it gimmicky, and if we didn’t overdo it - you can seamlessly thread that in there,” Curtis says.Īfter successfully pitching the idea to Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige and executives Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso and Brad Winderbaum, Curtis worked with the post-production team to insert live QR codes into the backgrounds of scenes on the show via CGI. On “Moon Knight,” the character of Steven Grant ( Oscar Isaac) works in a museum in London, and in Episode 2, he enters a storage locker that already had QR codes printed on every door. Then he remembered touring the House of Terror museum in Budapest, and how visitors could use their phones to scan QR codes to read captions in English or learn more about what they were seeing. “The first seed of that idea comes with my fascination with ‘Bob’s Burgers,'” says “Moon Knight” executive producer Grant Curtis in his first interview about the effort.Ĭurtis loved how “Bob’s Burgers” constantly engaged viewers with its ever-changing running gags in the opening and closing credits and with the burger of the week, and he wanted to bring a similar kind of interactivity to “Moon Knight.” He also knew that, as the first MCU series that doesn’t feature any legacy characters, he wanted to help educate viewers on Moon Knight’s comic book history. So how did Marvel Studios decide to do this? ![]() ![]() ![]() Seals And Protects: Our dielectric grease is a thick, long lasting waterproof synthetic silicone lubricant (lube) that prevents oxidation, inhibits corrosion & seals out contaminants such as salt & dirt non-melting, stable consistency from -55-570 F.There are a few options on the market to choose from, and I’ll share with you a couple of my favorites. Instead of using copper grease on your brake pads, you should look to use a lubricant that’s specifically designed for greasing brakes. A little copper grease may be okay for the sides of your brakes, but it still isn’t the wisest choice. So, it really makes no sense to use a copper grease for your brakes. And yes, I’d tend to agree with them that if you were to use a little copper grease, then it would likely be okay.īut the reality is that there are other lubricants that are as effective as copper grease as an anti seize the brakes which are less likely to have adverse side effects. Many mechanics will argue that you really need to overdo it with the copper grease for any of these situations to occur. If your brakes have a lot of rubber – the o rings and seals – does it make sense to use copper grease with these other things nearby? Copper is a good conductor – Copper is obviously known for being a good conductor of heat.There are other compounds that work better for this. It isn’t even a lubricant – Copper grease isn’t even a lubricant, so it doesn’t make sense to use it for this need.Galvanic Corrosion – Overuse of copper grease can undoubtedly corrode your brakes, though this is unlikely to happen in a brake mechanism it’s still a possibility to avoid.The ABS is the Anti-Lock Brake System, so it’s important that you don’t effect this. It can have an effect on the ABS sensors – Another of the major problems with using copper grease is that is can have a detrimental effect on the ABS sensors.The brakes seizing is usually the case when the pins aren’t lubricated properly, but for me this actually ended up making them worse! It was only after a recurring issue that I told my manager I’d be using a silicone based grease from now on – the copper grease had caused the slider pins to seize. “Just use a little less, it won’t hurt”, I was told. Using Copper Grease is a sure way to seize up the slider pins – When I first started doing this type of thing many years ago, many people were using copper grease for their entire brakes.Copper grease is an anti seize compound, so whilst technically it isn’t a lubricant, it’s often used for these purposes. If you’re looking to grease your brakes, then using copper grease is a bad idea. ![]() It’s a grease, but it’s actually an anti seize compound. The question brake grease vs anti seize is hard, because technically copper grease fits into both of these categories. The reality is that a copper grease is a bad idea, though many people don’t understand why they should avoid using copper grease on their brakes. Do not under any circumstance use a copper grease, as this can be detrimental and have a negative effect on the performance of your brakes.Īlthough you can use the specific brake grease for everything, this is my personal preference of using ceramic lubricants for the pads themselves. You can just use a regular ceramic based lubricant for the pads. If you’re looking for a wheel bearing grease for your brakes (which I wrote about in greater detail here), then you should look for a specific brake lubricant for the pins. I’ve worked in different companies in the past, and I can tell you from experience that each of these firms uses a completely different lubrication for their brakes. Registered in England and Wales, Company Number 2680212, our VAT registration is 766436989.One of the most commonly debated things within the auto industry is what the best type of lubrication method is for your brakes. 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Brenda Milner (1962) later showed that he was capable of improving his performance on a mirror-drawing task in which participants trace the outline of a figure with a stylus (e.g., a star) while watching the reflection of their efforts in a mirror. Surgeons removed most of his medial temporal lobe structures bilaterally and left him devoid of declarative memory, and therefore suffering from amnesia. This is why procedural learning is called "nondeclarative." The Case of Patient H.M.īy far the most famous example of a patient who has retained procedural learning in the absence of declarative memory is the case of H.M., a patient with severe intractable epilepsy who underwent surgery as a last attempt at correcting his condition. While declarative memory can, in some cases, enhance or hasten the acquisition of skills and habits, usually conscious awareness of learning is not necessary once the information is acquired, it often becomes difficult to verbalize it. Like skills, habits allow us to function efficiently in the world by responding to stimuli with minimal cognitive effort. An example of a habit is a person regularly opening the refrigerator door when he or she walks into the kitchen. Habits are a form of gradual, incremental learning, a settled pattern of responses toward repeated stimuli. Examples of learned skills are driving a car with a manual transmission (motor), a parent's attentiveness to his or her baby's cry in a distant room (perceptual), and increasing alacrity in solving a Rubik's Cube with practice (cognitive). Skills, the procedures that allow us to function in the world, include motor, perceptual, and cognitive processes. ![]() While most declarative learning is not impaired by rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep deprivation, procedural learning is (Stickgold et al., 2001). It is, however, long-lasting and reliable, as any bike rider knows-even after years of absence from a bicycle, one never loses the skill. ![]() Because it requires extensive practice, it is a slow and inflexible learning system that eventually takes on an automatic or reflexive quality. It is the most primitive form of learning, the first to develop in infancy (Tulving and Schacter, 1990). The difference between declarative memory and procedural memory is the difference between "knowing that" and "knowing how." Procedural learning describes the formation of skills and habits. ![]() One well-studied component of nondeclarative memory is procedural memory. It is a heterogeneous collection of nonconscious memory abilities that depend on various other structures within the brain (Squire et al., 1993 see Figure 1). Nondeclarative memory affects our behavior without our explicit knowledge. It depends on the integrity of the hippocampus and related structures of the medial temporal lobe. Declarative memory is what most people call memory. The major distinction is between declarative memory, which refers to the conscious memory of facts and events, and nondeclarative memory, which refers to nonconscious memory of skills, habits, or other modes of learning that proceed beneath the surface of conscious awareness. In discussing long-term memory, scientists have found it useful to distinguish between several kinds of memory that rely on different brain systems. ![]() ![]() ![]() The following steps indicate how to batch process photos with PortraitPro Studio Max. This feature is only available with PortraitPro Studio Max. This feature is for professionals or those who need to process a large number of portraits. And you can even crop the image to get part of it that you want. It also enables you to adjust the exposure, brightness, and contrast of the whole picture, add a vignette onto the photo. PortraitPro can process the facial of a person and change the background or foreground in the photo. But if you are not satisfied with the result, you can adjust the facial enhancement options by dragging the sliders or applying the PortraitPro preset options. The face in the photo is retouched automatically after imported. ![]() In the right pane of the software interface, you can make face sculpted, skin blemishes magically removed, wrinkles softened, eyes brightened, mouth widened, teeth whitened and even hair color changed. PortraitPro provides versatile makeup options. This automatic face detection can work on one or multiple portraits in one image. Whether the face occupies most of the photo or a small part of it, PortraitPro will detect the face accurately. You can view the makeup result effect in the Before and After pane. And the key facial features are marked on the left pane, which means PortraitPro can retouch the marked places.Īfter selecting the gender, PortraitPro will upload and apply the corresponding professional makeup features for you to retouch the photo. And it can detect the facial outline, mouth, nose, eyes, lips, and eyebrows to apply various processing enhancements at each area.Īfter opening a photo, PortraitPro pops up a dialog box, asking you to choose if the face is female, male, or a child. PortraitPro can automatically analyze the face of the image. Just as the name of the professional portrait makeup app, PortraitPro 21 applies the advanced facial feature recognition algorithm. With lighting brushes, you can paint your photographs with light, color, and shadows to alter the appearance of or add new lighting sources. The Clone Tool is good for retouching projects that require a little more precision. ![]() ![]() This professional photo-editing tool can easily copy exact details and color from one area of your image to another. It automatically masks and blends your photos and tweaks the foreground tones to match the new sky background. PortraitPro 21 has Sky Replacement technology that allows you instantly swap skies in and out of your photographs. Part 2: 6 Key Features of Portrait Pro 21 New Features of PortraitPro 21 Sky replacement See the differences in the table below: Features Of course, the pricing of each version of PortraitPro differs from tens of dollars to more than one hundred dollars, according to the features that each version provides. PortraitPro Studio Max can run as an Adobe Photoshop plug-in, and it has a full batch mode to process photoshoot with one click. PortraitPro Studio handles RAW files directly, supports different color spaces, and is suitable for keen amateur users. PortraitPro Standard is suitable for those who do not usually deal with portrait photos and need many professional portrait makeup effects. It comes in three editions to meet different users’ needs. Portrait Professional 21 (PortraitPro) is fast and intuitive to use, and this professional portrait makeup app intelligently enhances every aspect of a portrait for beautiful results. Part 1: Overview of Portrait Professional 21 ![]() ![]() ![]() If you're looking to make a good first impression on potential customers, then you need to use an image that looks like it came from the pros. PNG logos are incredibly popular among marketing professionals for one reason: they look professional. width: the width of the area you want to crop.Why should I use a PNG logo design for my business?.Then, the sharp module’s extract() method chained to the instance takes an object with the following properties: Within the try block, a sharp instance will read the image. The cropImage() function is an asynchronous function that reads an image and returns your image cropped. Process_images/readImage.js const sharp = require ( "sharp" ) async function getMetadata ( ) cropImage ( ) Next, require in sharp at the top of the file: This tutorial uses a terminal text editor called nano: To do this, create and open readImage.js file in your preferred text editor. After that, you’ll chain the metadata() method to the instance to extract the metadata and log it into the console. To extract the metadata, you’ll first import the sharp module, create an instance of sharp, and pass the image path as an argument. Image metadata is text embedded into an image, which includes information about the image such as its type, width, and height. In this section, you’ll write code to read an image and extract its metadata. Step 2 - Reading Images and Outputting Metadata With the project directory and the dependencies set up, you’re now ready to start processing images. This will download the image as sammy-transparent.png: This will download the image as underwater.png:įinally, download the third image using the following command. Next, download the second image with the following command. This will download the image as sammy.png: Use the following command to download the first image. Next, download the images in your project directory using the curl command. You will use the following three images in this tutorial: The -y option tells npm to create the default package.json file. Move into the newly created directory using the cd command:Ĭreate a package.json file using npm init command to keep track of the project dependencies: Open your terminal and create the directory for the project using the mkdir command: Step 1 - Setting Up the Project Directory and Downloading Imagesīefore you start writing your code, you need to create the directory that will contain the code and the images you’ll use in this article. Follow Understanding the Event Loop, Callbacks, Promises, and Async/Await in JavaScript to review asynchronous programming. You can follow How To Write and Run Your First Program in Node.js to learn the basics.īasic understanding of asynchronous programming in JavaScript. You can follow How to Install Node.js and Create a Local Development Environment to learn how to install Node.js and npm on your system.īasic knowledge of how to write, and run a Node.js program. Node.js set up in your local development environment. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a good understanding of how to process images in Node.js. Finally, you will composite images, and add text on an image. You will then crop, grayscale, rotate, and blur an image. In this tutorial, you’ll use sharp to read an image and extract its metadata, resize, change an image format, and compress an image. sharp is a popular Node.js image processing library that supports various image file formats, such as JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF, SVG and TIFF. This article will focus on the sharp module. Node.js has an ecosystem of libraries you can use to process images, such as sharp, jimp, and gm module. With image processing, your application can resize and compress all the user-uploaded images, which can significantly improve your application performance and save your server disk space. This can negatively impact the application load speed, and also waste your server space. ![]() For example, if you’re writing a web application that allows users to upload images, users may upload unnecessary large images. It’s common for applications that handle user-uploaded content to process images. The process involves reading an image, applying methods to alter or enhance the image, and then saving the processed image. Introductionĭigital image processing is a method of using a computer to analyze and manipulate images. The author selected the Diversity in Tech Fund to receive a donation as part of the Write for DOnations program. ![]() ![]() ![]() ***** "Can't think of anything I don't like. Just like the four handed with real people." ***** "Very addictive, and the AI is surprisingly realistic." Plays quick, plays fair, and is just tough enough to keep me coming back for more! Highly recommended for the Euchre fan!" ***** "This game has absorbed my time more than the words with friends game. * Frequent updates, improvements, and bug fixes * In-app help and feedback menu (let us know how we can improve) Bid Whist Plus Black Diamond Casino Blob Runner 3D. The main skills required to play Euchre are memory and tactics. It takes around 25 minutes to complete a game. 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Lots of different options available including STD, Canadian Loners, Ranked Games, Casual Games, Single Player, and Multiplayer. * Realistic graphics - it feels just like sitting at a table! * Fast, smooth playing with different game speeds Euchre the popular contract trick-taking card game for 4 players, brought to Android by AI Factory is developed to the same high standard as the rest of our apps with an easy-to-use interface, smooth gameplay on all handsets, clear stylish graphics and individual CPU player styles. * Smart AI partners and opponents to keep you challenged It's fast, stable, always improving, and, above all, fun! ![]() #1 Euchre card game! Multiplayer or Solo Įuchre 3D is the #1 free Euchre card game for iPhone and iPad! Euchre 3D has been in development for years by a dedicated team and has seen countless new features, improvements, and bug fixes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although Gironde was damaged, she had suffered no casualties. Gironde captured Bolton in an hour-long fight that killed two passengers and wounded Watson and five men. Next, Bolton had the misfortune to meet the French privateer Gironde, which was armed with 26 guns and had a crew of 260 men. Then Bolton and Dart parted company in a gale. ![]() During the voyage Union started to take on water so her crew transferred to Bolton. These two vessels were also letters of marque, all carrying valuable cargoes of sugar, coffee, indigo and cotton. On 12 March 1801, Leda recaptured Bolton, Captain Watson, a 20-gun letter of marque that had sailed from Demerara to Liverpool some 6 weeks previously in company with Union and Dart. In 1801 he sailed her in the English Channel and to the coast of Egypt. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for 'Leda' (1800), a 38-gun Fifth Rate, Frigate, building at Chatham Dockyard.Ĭaptain George Johnstone Hope commissioned Leda in November 1800. Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 2 x 32-pounder carronades.QD: 8 x 9-pounder guns + 6 x 32-pounder carronades.Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Leda' (1800) H ébé, therefore, has the rare distinction of being the model for both a French and a British frigate class.) Leda was wrecked at the mouth of Milford Haven in 1808, Capt Honeyman was exonerated of all blame, as it was a pilot error. ( Hébé herself was the name vessel for the French Hébé-class frigates. Leda 's design was based on the French Hébé, which the British had captured in 1782. MS Leda, launched in 1800, was the lead ship of a successful class of forty-seven British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates. The first of the largest class of sailing frigates ever built for the Royal Navy. In battles, additionally, the unit xp system has been reworked to give much much higher buffs with higher chevrons, the units stand much closer together and fire much faster (at historically correct speeds) while having poor accuracy at long range.Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in Historyġ8 November 1800 - HMS Leda launched at Chatham. in my current playthrough, i am finding this a pleasantly historical state of affairs. this means small nations can't field large armies, thus their offensive capabilites in grand campaign are all but demolished. It doesnt add new and varied units (which is a mild shame) but it completely overhauls the entire structure of the unit roster- such as line inf becoming very expensive due to prolonged training, artillery having up to 4-6 turn train times and great upkeep costs. That is, until i came back from uni this xmas break and was advised to try out "empire total realism" by someone in the etw has really delivered. perhaps someone else out there can.Īs for empire, I have always found the mods out there were pretty rough-and-ready, sort of great intentions but not fully implemented to the playability stage. ![]() Very historical, and beautiful looking as well! Other than that, if your real gripe is the AI, I can't be of further help. If you haven't played NTW3, give that a shot without a doubt- its the best one out there. I generally agree with your point about darth, i didn't like it because it simply made the AI "harder"- more aggressive to the point of stupidity in some cases. ![]() ![]() ![]() After the eight foundation piles are filled, you win. Throughout the game, if a column or pile is empty, you can move new cards to that pile, which can then be sequenced.Īs you complete all of the necessary moves, begin to construct rows of cards in descending order from King to Ace of the same suit, moving them to the Foundation once fully completed. Once this is done, you need to move the Queen and the Jack to unblock and access the 9. In the below example, even though the Queen needs to be moved, you can still put a Jack on top of the Queen. Even if a card is blocked, you can still continue to sequence below the blocked card.All three of these cards cannot be moved together because they are not in sequence. The 10 and the Jack can only be moved once the Ace is moved. In the below example, you’ll see there is an Ace on top of the 10. When cards are drawn from the stockpile, you may have sequences that are no longer ordered.You’ll draw from the stockpile five times over the course of the game, drawing 50 cards. If you can not sequence any more cards on tableau, draw out 10 more cards, face up, to each of the 10 piles, in order to keep the game moving.This will reveal a new card, which can then be sequenced. If only face down cards remain in a pile as face up cards are moved, turn the last face down card over. ![]() You can move a bunch of cards in a row as a single unit to another pile if they are all in descending order of the same suit.Build a sequence of cards in the piles by moving any face up card on top of a card with the next-highest value, such as a 9 of spades moving onto a 10 of spades.You’ll draw from the stockpile when there are no more moves to make in the tableau. Leave the rest of the cards (a total of 50), face down, as the stockpile.Place the correct amount of cards in each pile (6 each on the first four piles, 5 on the last six, with the last card on each piled turned face up).Begin by laying out your 10 piles in a horizontal line, as mentioned.When each foundation is completed, with cards of suit stacked from King to Ace, and there are no more cards left, the game is won. For every completed sequence, you move those cards out of the tableau and game into one of the eight foundations. Your goal is to arrange or sequence the cards in the columns along the tableau in descending order from King to Ace. For the sake of clarity, we’ll first discuss the standard beginner version of one suit. These will increase and decrease with difficulty depending on the type (1 Suit, 2 Suit, and 4 Suit). When it comes to Spider Solitaire, there are different variations that can be enjoyed. Leave enough room for eight more piles above or below the Tableau, and this will be known as the “Foundation”, which is where you will be moving your piles of cards after you have completed the King through Ace descension.Īs shown by the image, the layout of the cards is not too difficult to grasp and is very similar to the original Solitaire game. The line of 10 piles is known as the Tableau. The 11th card would go to the first pile, and you continue the process until all 54 cards are dealt.Īfter the face up cards are drawn, the rest of the cards are left as the Stockpile and will be used to draw cards into the game. The cards are placed one at a time in each pile, i.e., the first card dealt goes to the first pile, the second card to the second pile etc. The last card in each pile is placed face up. ![]() Following this, the cards are laid out in 10 piles or columns along a horizontal line, with 6 cards in each of the first four piles, and 5 cards in each of the last six piles. In all versions of the game (1 Suit, 2 Suit, and 4 Suit) the game is played with two decks with no jokers, or 104 cards, shuffled before every game. Spider Solitaire is a game you can learn relatively quickly, especially if you are already familiar with Solitaire.
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