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The Promise of Antimicrobial Peptides for Treatment of Human Schistosomiasis
Babatunji Oyinloye, Fatimah Adenowo, Nomagugu Gxaba and Abidemi Kappo
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Zululand, Private Bag X1001 KwaDlangezwa 3668, Republic of South Africa.
Schistosomiasis sometimes referred to as bilharzia ranks high among the common neglected human tropical diseases. Parasitic trematode flatworm belonging to the genus Schistosoma is responsible for this acute and chronic disease. Its prevalence is rapidly increasing in the tropical regions worldwide; however, its economic and global health impact is grossly underestimated. There are five recognized species of schistosome parasitizing humans but the common species causing the disease are S. haematobium, S. japonicum and S. mansoni. Over the years, praziquantel, due to its advantage over other drugs employed in the treatment of schistosomiasis especially because of its effectiveness against all schistosoma species has remained the drug of choice. Unfortunately, due to drug pressure, some reports of praziquantel resistance in the treatment of some strains of S. haematobium and S. mansoni have been documented in literature. This has necessitated the search for novel anti-schistosomal agents as alternatives to praziquantel treatment. Currently, antimicrobial peptides are gaining prominence as possible sources of novel drugs in the control and treatment of schistosomiasis. A major driving force for evaluating antimicrobial peptides is their general diverse therapeutic applications, basically due to their size and properties as well as their broad spectrum of activities. Therefore, antimicrobial peptides are attractive candidates with promising results that may overcome drug resistance problems in search for novel therapeutic agents for the control and treatment of schistosomiasis.
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TAMWORTH Co-op has spoken out to reassure people that its funeral services are a 'million miles' from the disturbing images depicted in an undercover Channel 4 investigation.
Reporters secretly filmed Co-operative Funeralcare businesses in Middlesex and Hampshire where staff were portrayed as insensitive and money-grabbing. But the branches shown in the programme are part of the Manchester based Co-operative Group and have no links with the Tamworth Co-op which is independently owned and locally managed.
The programme showed funerals on an 'industrial scale' with bodies being stored in metal racks in a warehouse known in the trade as a 'hub.' Staff were also encouraged not to mention the cheapest funeral packages.
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"No such complaints have ever been levelled against us and I want to make it clear this documentary focused on businesses that have nothing to do with ours and operate very differently," he said.
"We are an entirely independent, comparatively small and traditional Co-operative, operating from several funeral premises in the area we serve.
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The Co-operative Group, the organisation filmed in the documentary, has indicated that it will be investigating fully the contents of the programme, and has placed a response on its website.
The Tamworth bereavement centre does share the same Co-operative Funeralcare branding as the Co-operative Group, although the actual funeral branch in Upper Gungate, Tamworth is not branded as Funeralcare. Mr Coles said: "I'm aware that people can gain the wrong impression from national branding.
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He added: "The disturbing images in the programme are alien to us. As those who have used our services will know, we conduct the financial side of our business in a highly responsible manner. Our staff have never been told to conceal the most economical packages and they do not try to pass on false information."
Amanda Woodward, general manager of Tamworth Co-op's funeral division, was equally shocked by the documentary.
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"Today was pretty brutal as far as weather and the course we ran," said Wa-Hi coach Michael Locati. "The Pasco course is very slow and unforgiving in many ways and the heat really played a factor in performances also. Despite the conditions, we competed very well. The team continues to step up when needed."
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COLUMBIA - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Vincent Sheheen said Tuesday that if elected, he would dedicate five percent of the state's general fund within five years to the state's crumbling roads and bridges.
On Tuesday, the Camden state Senator released a road funding plan calling for no increase in the state's gas tax but a dedicated stream of revenue and an infusion of borrowed money.
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Officials have said the Department of Transportation faces a $29 billion shortfall for repairs over the next two decades.
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"A transportation plan that is secured by Sen. Sheheen's borrowed funds and Gov. Haley's projected revenue is as dangerous and pathetic as the roads in this state," Ervin said. "My plan of eliminating the personal income tax, additional tax reform, and providing for dedicated funds for our crumbling roads and bridges will not only make South Carolina safer, but also provide for a robust inclusive economy."
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My latest business newsIn the past 18 months, I have had the privilege of being invited to provide Keynote Addresses at 4 National Conferences around NZ - NZ Institute of Professional Photograhers, Interflora and TONIC (for CEO's of not-for-profit organisations) and the NZ Financial Advisors Association, where I delivered keynotes on "Getting Set For Your Best Year Ever", "7 Ways To Improve Your Profits" ,"Squeezing a 60-Hour Work Week Into 30 Hours" and "Building a Client-Driven Practice."
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I love the holidays — the smells from baking cookies, the cheer created as you're decorating the tree, decorating your house; I love the music, the movies — I love the holidays. The problem is, I never get to start them when I want to . . . . my tree went up on December 4th, was that too early to put up my tree?
Hanukkah is later this year, December 20 – 28 – is it too early then to put up a menora?
The stores started decorating in July, well maybe Oct — but, they had Christmas items for sale back in August!! I should be able to put my tree up the day after Thanksgiving, don't you agree?
But the BIG question now is . . .when do you take all those decorations down? This seems to be something that spouses argue about every year after the holidays are over — when to take down your tree . . . . I've decided that if I can 't put up my decorations until Dec., they should be able to stay up through January . . . don't you think? Our tree is artificial so it is not a fire hazard . . . well, what about you? When do you put up your decorations for your holiday celebration & when do you take them down?
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A man in Lincoln, Nebraska, seems to have seriously misunderstood the concept of a 'drive through' restaurant. Instead of using the normal drive through window, the man crashed straight through the front door of the restaurant.
"[He] wasn't too upset about it. It was just like he does it everyday," said one witness. The man was taken to hospital – but only after he tried to put in his pizza order. He is not thought to have been badly injured in the crash.


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HUNTINGTON -- One Marshall University professor missed an entire week of classes this week, but he had a good excuse for his absence.
Dan Hollis, an associate professor of journalism and mass communications at Marshall, was selected as the 2012 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching West Virginia Professor of the Year.
Hollis was selected from nearly 300 top professors in the United States. This year, a state Professor of the Year was recognized in 30 states and the District of Columbia.
The selection was announced Thursday during an awards luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Hollis, who in addition to teaching is serving as interim assistant dean of the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications, was on hand to receive his award.
"Obviously, it's a great honor," Hollis said. "I love teaching, being in the classroom and interacting with students. It's my life. Any time you get recognized for doing something you love, it's a bonus."
The recipient of the Marshall & Shirley Reynolds Outstanding Teacher Award at Marshall is annually nominated for the Carnegie award. Hollis received the 2011 Reynolds award.
Three other Marshall professors have won the Carnegie award: Dr. Karen Mitchell, a mathematics professor, in 1995; Dr. John McKernan, an English professor, in 2000; and Dr. Steven Mewaldt, a psychology professor, in 2003.
Dr. Gayle Ormiston, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Marshall, said Hollis winning the award was no surprise to him.
"Dan is very popular in the classroom, and it's obvious he connects well with his students," Ormiston said. "He is enthusiastic, fun and engaging. Dan once said the first day of school each semester is like Christmas morning to him. Most of all, he is an outstanding professor. We congratulate Dan on winning this very prestigious award."
In addition to the Reynolds award, Hollis received the Pickens-Queen Excellence in Teaching Award in 2001.
Hollis joined Marshall in the fall of 1999. He was born in southwestern Indiana and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Indiana in 1983.
In 1996, Hollis decided to return to school to pursue his true love: teaching. He received his master's degree in communications from the University of Kentucky in 1997 and taught there two years before joining Marshall.
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As a blogger, there are many avenues you can explore when it comes to marketing your blog and driving traffic to it.
This topic has been beaten to death so many times I've lost count. Therefore, in this article I simply want to outline the 5 primary avenues new bloggers should know about when trying to market their blog. From there, you can read all the different ideas on how to create backlinks, be remarkable, use social media, etc. etc.
The 5 methods of marketing your blog are:
- Search Engine Optimization
- Social media networking
- Paid banner ads
- Affiliate marketing
- Pay Per Click
Method 1: Search Engine Optimization
Search engine optimization is basically a method you can use to get search engines like Google to notice your site and rank well in searches based on your website's design, content, incoming links, and a whole heap of other things.
One such search engine optimization tactic might include strategically inserting keyword phrases in key areas of your website. Blog titles and links are great places for these. If you know what Google considers important areas of your website, you can feed it key information you want it to "really get to know".
Pros & Cons
My take on Search Engine Optimization: Learn it, because down the road it will start to pay off. It might take you 4 or 5 months to really get the hang of it, but once you do, you can make it work for you as long as you're online.
Method 2: Marketing Through Social Media
Social media marketing is the process of promoting your site or business through social media channels and it is a powerful strategy that will get you links, attention and massive amounts of traffic. (source Dosh Dosh [Update: site now gone])
That was a quote from Maki of Dosh Dosh. If you want to know about social media marketing, that's the blog to read. Social media sites include StumbleUpon, del.icio.us, Digg, Twitter, YouTube, Squidoo, and more.
To be honest, I consider marketing through social media to be a close relative of search engine optimization because of A) the time it typically takes to get it to work for you if you're just starting out and B) it's really simply another way to attract a bunch of links to your website (yes I know it's more than that, too, but as a marketing tool, that's what you want).
The key idea when it comes to using social media to market your blog is to join social networks, get to know people interested in things similar to you and/or your business and network.
Important to note, however, is there are some rules out there you need to abide by when using social media to market your blog; some are written, some are implied. One such rule you will want to master is the art of marketing your blog without really marketing it.
Yeah, so was I when I first started out. As a business owner, I'm out networking and marketing my product and not wasting time making small talk and dancing around the subject – which typically is "come over to my site and buy this, it's what you're looking for."
Pros & Cons
My take on Social Media Marketing: Social media is not going away any time soon. Find a few social media sites you can get into and start learning it. What you'll find is not only can it start sending some traffic your way, but your learning curve will increase.
Method 3: Paid Banner Ads
Paid banner ads are simply small image ads you create and pay another website owner to display on their blog or website.
On blogs, you will probably find them in the blog owner's sidebar or footer. Typically, you pay a monthly fee to have your ad hosted and displayed on another site. These fees can vary depending on how popular (how much traffic) the site you're advertising on is.
There have been many discussions on how well ads work these days. This is because you see them everywhere and on almost every blog. Many times, bloggers and Net surfers tune these ads out because that's not what they were looking for. Their eyes skip right to the items or content they are looking for.
However, they do still drive some traffic to your site. If this is the route you decide to go with, be sure to track how much traffic each site you're advertising on sends you and weed out the ones which aren't cost effective. This should be an ongoing process.
The key here is to make sure you're advertising on sites where your potential customers might be, see your ad, and click over. Also, usually it is best not to link the ad to your home page; instead, link to an optimized landing page which gives your visitor exactly what they want immediately.
Pros & Cons
My take on Banner Ads: If your site is new and you have a small monthly budget to work with, go ahead and give them a try. But be careful, you can loose a ton of money here if these aren't done right.
Typically, it makes more sense to link your ad to an optimized landing page (sales page), and not your home page. Set up a good analytics program like ClickTale to monitor how your visitors respond to your sales page. Then tweak it until customers are consistently taking your desired action.
Method 4: Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is basically a revenue sharing process in which a website owner (you) creates an affiliate membership program and another website owner can sign up, link to your product, and if they send a buyer over who purchases something, you and your affiliate make money.
For example, let's say you sell a product for $50. If you sell the product on your own, you make $50. If an affiliate sends a buyer over and purchases that product, you may have it set up so your affiliate gets paid $30 and you make $20.
At first this might not seem like a great deal, but consider that this is a sale you wouldn't of had anyway. In fact, many times these programs may cause a loss. The idea is to get people in the door, perhaps capture their email address, and generate more profits through the use of upsells or having them join a monthly program you offer.
ShareASale.com is one such program you can sign up for if you wish to either A) sell products through affiliates or B) become an affiliate yourself and advertise other company's products to earn a commission.
Pros & Cons
My take on Affiliate Marketing: I like affiliate marketing and you can make A LOT of money just through this method alone. For the merchant, you can create a sales force all working on commission. Then once you have the customers, you can increase profits through upsells. For the affiliate, you get a free way to make money from your blog.
Method 5: Pay Per Click
Pay Per Click is a great tool you can use to generate highly targeted traffic to your website almost instantly.
You sign up for a program, such as Yahoo! Sponsored Search or Google's AdWords, and inside your account you tell Yahoo or Google how much you're willing to pay if they display your ad on their search engine and someone clicks on it.
The more money you're will to pay per click, the higher in the paid search results you will show. There's more to it than that, but that gives you an idea of how it works. If you have any questions about this form of marketing, comment below and we can discuss it.
As with banner ads, it is extremely important to lead your visitors to an optimized landing page. Rarely will you link them to your home page.
Pros & Cons
My take on PPC: I think PPC is a must if you sell products online and wish to get highly targeted customers to your site today. It does take some time to get the hang of, but once you do, you'll find it can be a very lucrative marketing avenue.
Right now if you set up a new Yahoo! Sponsored Search account, you get a free $25 credit deposited into your new account. I think Yahoo is a good place to start your PPC journey as their prices are not as expensive as Google but still provides for a decent amount of traffic. Once you get the hang of it, Google is the place to go.
Related Links To Sites & Products To Learn More
- ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income – this is the book to buy if you're new
- 30 Tips for Marketing Your Blog – Online Marketing Blog
- How To Market Your Blog in 2007 – Problogger.net; article still valid today
- SEOmoz – Learn about search engine optimization
- Pay Per Click Journal
- Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog – learn from Yahoo how to use PPC
- AdWords Learning Center – lots of help on how to use PPC with Google AdWords


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Here's a riddle that's baffled Colorado's high school girls' basketball teams: What do you do against Mesa Ridge.
In 25 games nobody in Colorado has figured out how to stop the Grizzlies (25-0), and now, time is running out, as Jeff Beatty's top-seeded bunch heads into the Denver Coliseum on Saturday afternoon to face No. 2 D'Evelyn in the 4A girls' quarterfinals.


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RAM Drives – How To Use Them
In Part I of RAM Drives – What Are They and How To Use Them I explained something about RAM Drives, what I understand about them and where to get one that I happen to like and use.
In this installment I will be discussing some good ways to use them, and possibly even more importantly, how not to use them. I'll be telling you what I use a RAM Drive for and some ideas I have that I plan on trying out in the near future.
Temporary Files
Windows generates temporary files like nobody's business. It uses these files to keep track of many aspects of its internal status. When you shut down your computer these files are no longer needed.
There is also a lot of cruft generated by the various programs that you use on a daily basis. It really adds up over time and is generally obsolete when you finish your computer session.
Temporary files, therefore, are prime candidates for a RAM Drive.
Moving Temp files to Your RAM Drive
Note: I am going to presume you have installed a RAM Drive on your computer and know that it starts running at boot time. You must have a working RAM Drive for these instructions to work properly. If you do not, then your efforts will be in vain. And you may possibly 'break' something in the process.
To point Windows and User Temporary Files to your RAM Drive, do the following:
- Open the Control Panel and choose System
- In the left pane of the window that opens, choose Advanced System Settings
This should bring up this System Properties Sheet:
In the Advanced Tab click the Environment Variables button to bring up this window:
The upper list box in the above image shows the paths where your programs will store their temporary files.
I have given my RAM Drive the letter 'R'. Normally these TEMP and TMP variables point to the C drive (where Windows lives). We want to change this so click on the Edit button and change the path to point to a Temp directory on your RAM Drive. Do this for both the TEMP and the TMP variables.
The lower box includes variables that Windows uses. You will have to scroll down a bit to find the TEMP and TMP variables. Once you find them edit those as well.
Note: Unless you know what you are doing I wouldn't recommend changing anything else here.
'OK' your way back to the desktop. You will have to re-boot your computer for the changes to take effect.
Browser Cache Files
Another great use for a RAM Drive is for your browser cache files.
All browsers, as far as I know, generate cache files when you are surfing the net. Accessing internet information from your hard drive is much, much faster. Put it on a RAM Drive and it becomes nearly instantaneous.
Here are related links on how to change the location and size of some of the major browsers. Just point all those cache files to your RAM Drive and you'll be pleasantly surprised.
- Internet Explorer – http://wincom7.com/blog/how-to-change-internet-explorer-cache-location-size/
- Firefox – http://wincom7.com/blog/how-to-change-the-firefox-cache-location-and-size/
- Google Chrome – http://wincom7.com/blog/how-to-change-google-chrome%E2%80%99s-cache-location-and-size-ghacks/
- Opera – http://wincom7.com/blog/how-to-change-the-opera-cache-location-size/
Portable Applications
I'm a big fan of portable applications. They have many advantages.
They don't require any installation meaning that Windows basically knows nothing about them. The most beautiful result of that is your Windows Registry doesn't get cluttered. Nor do your hard drives. To uninstall a portable program just delete it. That's it! And you can have peace of mind knowing nothing is left behind. I love it.
The original idea was, I presume, to be able to put them on a thumb drive and carry them around with you. Plug that thumb drive into any computer and you've got your favorite apps with all their individual settings ready and waiting for you to enjoy. Just how you like them.
Portable Apps run great on a RAM Drive, too. I use the following portable applications and have them 'installed' on my RAM Drive:
Firefox (my main browser of choice), Thunderbird (my e-Mail client), AIMP2 (my audio player), Stellarium (a planetarium program), and several other utilities that I use to monitor varying aspects of my computer.
The possibilities are endless. Your imagination is your only limit.
What Not to Put on Your RAM Drive
Pagefiles. I am adamant about this. It makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever.
I recently read a forum post I stumbled upon that said something like this:
"I have 2GB RAM on my computer. I have a 1GB RAM Drive on which I have placed the Page File…"
Whaaa?!!! This is a classic example of wrong-headedness. Consider this:
- First, 2GBs of RAM for a modern Windows system is inadequate in my opinion.
- Second, because there is limited RAM, Windows is going to be swapping pages to the hard drive.
- Third, this guy took an already RAM-weak system and made it weaker by basically removing 1GB of RAM that Windows could have otherwise used.
I'm going to make this as simple as I can. I get terribly frustrated when I read this kind of thing.
- If you don't have much RAM then you shouldn't be installing a RAM Drive. It merely worsens any already existing RAM- limited problems.
- If you do have plenty of RAM, then you probably don't need much of a page file in the first place. In this case, you certainly shouldn't need to place a page file on your RAM Drive.
There is absolutely no good reason to ever place a page file on a RAM Drive. Period.
I hope this article has shed some light on RAM Drives, their installation, and how to put them to good use.
My plans for the future basically include adding more portable applications on my RAM Drive. It's really a nice touch when you click on a desktop icon only to have the desired program up and running in the blink of an eye.
You may read Part I of this post here: http://wincom7.com/blog/ram-drives-what-are-they-and-how-to-use-them-part-i/
Note: If you do a search on the internet for portable applications you may be surprised at how many of your favorite programs are listed.
I'm sure you'll find great ways to use your new RAM Drive. Do you have a RAM Drive installed? Do you plan to do so? Let us know!


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July 14 (Bloomberg) -- European and Asian stocks fell after Moody's Investors Service said the American government may lose the Aaa credit rating it's held since 1917. U.S. index futures were little changed.
Petrofac Ltd., the U.K.-based oilfield services and engineering provider, declined 2.3 percent as Barclays Plc advised selling the shares. Accor SA slid 1.5 percent as rival Marriott International Inc. forecast earnings that fell below analysts' estimates for its per-share profit.
The Stoxx Europe 600 Index sank 0.9 percent to 267.59 at 8:03 a.m. in London. Futures contracts on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index expiring in September fell less than 0.1 percent to 1,311.7 and the MSCI Asia Pacific Index retreated 0.3 percent.
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Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals is the introductory installment of Deke McClelland's four-part series on making photorealistic compositions in Photoshop. The course shows how to make selections, refine the selections with masks, and then combine them in new ways, using layer effects, blend modes, and other techniques to create a single seamless piece of artwork. Deke introduces the Channels panel and the alpha channel, the key to masking and transparency in Photoshop; reviews the selection tools, including the Color Range tool , Quick Mask mode, and the Refine Edge command; and shows how to blend masked images so they interact naturally.
In this exercise we want to do that usual thing, where we make the foreground image look at home in this new background, and we're going to do so by applying a few smart filters. And we'll end up creating this effect here. All right I've saved my changes as model against sky.psd, found inside the 07_refine folder. Now notice, throughout this image we have this declining range of field. We have these details that are very sharp in the central portion of his face, and then the focus drops off quite quickly over here on the left-hand side.
So it doesn't make any darn sense whatsoever that the background is in sharp focus, it just wouldn't work that way. So go ahead and click in the Night Sky layer here inside the Layers panel. We want to decrease the focus using the smart filter, in case we want to go back and make edits later. So let's convert the image to a smart object by going up to the Layers panel flyout menu and choosing Convert to Smart Object, or if you loaded my DekeKey shortcuts, you can press Ctrl +, or Command+, on the Mac. The next step is to go up to the Filter menu and choose Blur, and then choose Gaussian Blur, which if you loaded DekeKeys you can get by pressing Shift+F7.
I'm going to increase the Radius value to 6 pixels as you see here, and then click OK. Now I want to increase his clarity and his sharpness, meaning that I need to convert this top dude layer to a smart object as well. However, it's got a layer mask, and I don't want to fold the layer mask into the smart object, because then I can't get to it later. So I'm just going to grab that layer mask thumbnail and drag it and drop it onto the Night Sky layer. That's not really where we want it, but that will keep it safe and sound.
With the dude layer selected, go up to Layers panel flyout menu and choose Convert to Smart Object once again. Then I want you to go up to the Image menu, choose Adjustments and choose Shadows/Highlights. And the reason I'm doing this is I want to create a kind of foe HDR effect. Notice that I've gone and expanded my panel, so if your panel is short like this, go ahead and turn on the Show More Options check box, and now here are the values I came up with. I took the Shadows Amount value down to 10, and then I tabbed my way to the Radius value and took it up to 100 pixels.
Next, I tab down to the Highlights Amount value, took it up to 50, tab my way down to the Radius value and once again took it up to 100. I tabbed down to Midtone Contrast and took it up to 50. Now that ends up creating this hyper-saturated effect. I could take down the saturation by reducing the color correction value, but instead I'm just going to go ahead and click OK, in order to create that new smart filter. Let's get rid of these filter masks, by right-clicking on them and choosing Delete Filter Mask, in the case of both the dude layer, and this night sky layer as well.
All right, now I'm going to double- click on the slider icon, it's right next to the word Shadows/Highlights, that brings up the Blending Options dialog box, and I'm going to change mode from Normal to Luminosity, and that goes ahead and restores the original saturation values. Click OK in order to accept that modification, now that we have a smart object, I can go ahead and move the layer mask back in place. So I'll drag the layer mask thumbnail from the Night Sky layer and drop it onto the Dude layer and we now have the best of both worlds, we've got access to our smart object and our layer mask any time we like.
Click on the Smart object thumbnail to make it active, now I want to sharpen up the details, so I'm going to add one more filter, by going to the Filter menu, choosing Sharpen, and choosing Smart Sharpen, which once again if you loaded DekeKeys you have a keyboard shortcut of Shift+F6. And I'm going to zoom out a little bit here inside the in-dialog box preview, so I can better see what I'm doing. And I ended up arriving at these settings, I set Amount to 200%, I set the Radius to 2.0 pixels, Remove is set to Gaussian Blur, More Accurate is turned off, very important.
Then go ahead and click OK in order to apply those settings and then finally double-click in the sliders icon, next to Smart Sharpen to once again bring up the Blending Options dialog box and just to ensure that we're not exaggerating any color discrepancies, change mode from Normal to Luminosity. So that way we're just sharpening the detail inside the image and click OK in order to accept the result. So that's our progress so far, we've got this clearly detailed model in the foreground set against the fairly blurry background.
In the next exercise we're going to integrate the colors.
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