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Continuing my Building a Better community series, I contacted Steve Atkins. There was an interesting twist to this particular Unsung Hero. I initially contacted lluad on #postgresql (irc.freenode.net) due to his continuous and untiring efforts to help people on channel. What I didn't know is that Steve Atkins is actually lluad. Read on for some interesting bits.
How do you use PostgreSQL?
I use PostgreSQL almost any time I need to store or process structured data.
Our main software product - Abacus, a ticketing system for large ISPs and ESPs - is entirely PostgreSQL based. We briefly tried to support a couple of other databases as well but gave up on that partly due to lacking functionality but mostly because the companies and communities backing them weren't easy to work with.
It's also the core of a set of perl tools for internet forensics. Data such as IP addresses, hostnames and timestamps from investigators or responses to subpoenas is imported into PostgreSQL, we run tools to annotate it with information from other sources (DNS, domain registration data, routing data) and use that to cluster it. Then it spits out reports and data for subpoenas.
Oh, and I use it as the backend for several websites. Even the websites that don't look as though they need a database.
Why do you participate in the PostgreSQL community?
Partly for purely selfish reasons. IRC and the mailing lists are a great place to pick up pointers to new features or good ways of solving a problem. And it's a good place to sanity-check approaches an issue, or to get pointed in the right direction when you have a vague question and don't know what the right keywords are to search for previous research on it.
And partly to help others out when they're stuck on something or need advice from someone with experience doing what they're trying to do, or just need someone who's interested to bounce some ideas off. One of the biggest value-adds of PostgreSQL is it's community, and that community needs to be tended to and supported (and, very occasionally, policed) to stay healthy.
What was your first version of PostgreSQL in production?
I was developing against 7.1, but we first shipped with 7.2.
What is the *one* thing you wish the PostgreSQL community did better?
I only get one?
Lowering the barrier to entry. Our reference documentation is excellent, but our tutorials aren't particularly relevant to a user who's installed PostgreSQL from a package and needs to get to their first SELECT. pg_hba.conf in particular is powerful, but fairly inscrutable to a new user who just wants to log in to their new database. And then there's the "how do I use postgresql from $LANGUAGE".
We're pretty helpful one-on-one on IRC and the mailing lists, but our training collateral is rather lacking and very dated.
What is the thing you do, that isn't PostgreSQL?
I do email. Some of the most important online communities are email-based, and even many of those that aren't rely on email to work well - so keeping email a healthy communications channel is important.
I spend quite a lot of time working with other experts on how to make email better - standards development, best practices, training and tooling. It's a great community, and I've made a lot of friends there. And I met my wife on a mailing list discussing spam and email ...
What is your favorite hack to make your PostgreSQL installation solve that unsolved problem?
It's not really a hack so much as a useful feature that a lot of people don't know about: pg_trgm.
From the docs you'd think it was mostly for measuring similarity between strings, but it's killer feature is nothing to do with that. It lets you create indexes on text fields that'll transparently be used for LIKE and regular expression queries, making them very fast even on big datasets. It's great for suggest-as-you-type, or you could build a replacement for google code search in just a few lines of code.
Opinions are my own,
Joshua D. Drake
Founder and Director
Austin, Texas – May 16, 2016 – The PostgreSQL community announces their participation at OSCON 2016, the largest open source conference in North America. OSCON takes place in Austin, Texas, May 16 – 19, 2016 and is the best opportunity to meet the open source community.
Stop by the PostgreSQL booth (#109-7) in the non-profit pavilion. OSCON opens to attendees with an Opening Reception on Tuesday, May 17, 5 – 6 pm. The Expo will be open Wednesday, May 18, from 10 am – 5:50 pm (CST), and Thursday, May 19 from 10 am – 4:30 pm (CST). A Booth Crawl will take place on Wednesday from 5:50 pm – 7:15 pm, with complimentary food and refreshments from various sponsors.
PostgreSQL supporters have free access to visit our booth with an Expo Plus pass by using the code "OSCON2016EXPO" when registering. In addition to the Expo Hall, this pass includes access to all sponsored content as well as OSCON events and the always excellent "hallway track."
"OSCON represents the best, brightest and most innovative group of Open Source technologists in the industry. It is an incredible opportunity for PostgreSQL as an Open Source Project to be able to represent the best, brightest and most innovative of Open Source database systems." – Joshua D. Drake, Founder & Director, United States PostgreSQL
Learn more about the recently announced beta release of PostgreSQL version 9.6 which is now available for download. This release contains previews of all of the features which will be available in version 9.6.
PostgreSQL 9.6 includes significant changes and exciting enhancements:
About PostgreSQL:
With over 20 years of active and mature development, PostgreSQL is the proven database architecture that has earned a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness. The world's most advanced database, it is scalable, extensible, and 100% open source. Whether it is a traditional normalized structure or document database features (NoSQL), there is no database that provides greater extensibility of PostgreSQL. It offers the features and stability your organization needs. Find out more about PostgreSQL at http://www.postgresql.org/ .
Onsite Contact:
Debra Cerda
debra.cerda .at. bluetreble.com
(512) 785-6813 direct
General Press Inquiries:
PostgreSQL US PR Team
press .at. postgresql.us
For every Robert Haas, Bruce Momjian, Dave Page, Tom Lane, and Peter Eisentraut there are dozens of Jonathan Katz, Jim Mlgodenski and Denish Patels. Beyond that there are hundreds of Lloyd Albin, Boyan Botev, Eric Worden, David G. Johnston, and Debra Cerdas. They are all valuable community members and they all play their part in helping the community continue to succeed.
There are a lot of ways to build community but few are as powerful as making sure that people feel it is worth the time they are investing with the community. This applies to submitting code patches, documentation patches, volunteering at conferences, organizing community conferences, as well as a host of other items such as running monthly user group meetings or hanging out on the official IRC channel. If the community isn't appreciative, they will move on to greener pastures where their efforts are acknowledged.
With all that in mind, this is a start of a new blog chapter within my wider 'Building a Better Community' series. A series on the unsung heroes of PostgreSQL; the people who are supporting the foundations of this awesome community.
Our first Unsung Hero is: David G. Johnston
David is a long time active contributor to the PostgreSQL mailing lists, providing support and collaboration to our community. Of course at no cost and a considerable personal time investment.
David has graciously offered more of his time to contribute on a personal level. Below you will find a QA session digging into his reasoning as to why he is a contributor and why he continues through the years.
Extensive data manipulation. While I have familiarity with typically DBA assigned tasks my focus is in understanding and using the capabilities exposed via SQL.
I get the satisfaction of helping others: both those whose questions I answer as well as taking away some of that volume from others so that they can focus more of their attention on aspects of PostgreSQL that I am less able to contribute to. The adage that the best way to really learn/understand something is to teach it to others is something that my experience tells me is true.
I think having more, or more obvious, "how you can contribute" and "welcome to the team" type of webpages, readily navigable from the main site, would reduce the intimidation factor. For both potential contributors and plain-ol'-users having some kind of picture and narrative of the community structure would probably be a helpful inclusion in said "welcome packet"..
Recreational driving & travelling
Got nothing here that comes to mind - I tend to be too much by-the-book. I do lots of stuff with shell scripts and the like but much more broadly than the DBA-oriented example you give.
Thanks to David for taking the time to answer a few questions about his involvement with our great community.
Opinions are my own,
Joshua D. Drake
Founder and Director
As one of the founders of United States PostgreSQL, I have always had a vision of where the corporation should go. Our corporation has continued to move forward and we have achieved some great things. Although it has taken longer than I expected and we are still behind from some of my goals, PostgreSQL has become one of the dominant Open Source databases in the market. By sticking to a tried, true and tested model our community has built strongholds in every sector of business from small mom-and-pops to Wall Street to the Military.
Our community is one of the best in the Open Source world. We are inviting, fun and have a brain trust that other database projects dream about. I attribute this to a couple of specific PostgreSQL quirks:
At its heart that is what this post is about. I want us to build a better community. There are always places to improve and like every PostgreSQL release; our community evolves and hopefully becomes better.
I am the director who initiated and championed the Diversity Scholarship program. I would like to see us raise more funds for this program. Our community and brain trust will only be stronger by encouraging all walks of life to integrate with our community.
Our President (Robert Treat) has created the committee required for the Diversity Scholarship program and with time I expect to see a great deal of benefit from this program. We are currently funded for the scholarships at 50% of our initial goal. I am sure that with proper execution we will be able to greatly increase our budget for the these scholarships.
I will be writing more on the subject of community building and vision in the coming months. It is my hope that bringing community building to the same level as software development will increase the penetration of our great software and build an army of advocates for the right way of doing things.
Opinions are my own,
Joshua D. Drake
Founder and Director
United States PostgreSQL
There are many PostgreSQL conference opportunities throughout North America and there are many reasons to attend all of them. There is only one reason you need to attend PgConf.US 2016 and it is not:
No, it is not any of those reasons. Although any of those reasons is reason enough to attend or sponsor PgConf.US, we have a better reason: Helping people. This year PgConf.US has partnered with TechieYouth for the PgConf.US charity auction.
"It has been a great honor for Techie Youth to work with the internationally respected PostgreSQL community in bringing technology to at-risk foster-youth in NYC. While most kids have a parent or two who can help them in their technology endeavors, or at least enroll them in a course, foster kids do not have permanent parents or family involved in their lives, and many have nobody to ask for things other kids take for granted – that is where Techie Youth steps in." -- Eric David Benari, Founder, Techie Youth
So join us April 18th - 20th and be a part of something truly special. We will be auctioning an array of items at the 20th anniversary party of PostgreSQL (free to attend for all comers) and all proceeds go directly to this worthy organization and its attempts to help the future PostgreSQL developers of the United States!
PostgreSQL loves community and nowhere is that more obvious than PgConf US. This year PgConf US has instituted a fan favorite, the Community Pavilion. When you combine the most advanced database in the world with some of the best open source technology in the world what do you find?
A powerhouse of interest that brings forth every corner of the technological spectrum to collaborate.
Who are a few of these technological marvels attending the largest and most popular PostgreSQL conference in the United States?
If your community would like to attend the best PostgreSQL event of 2016 and receive these fantastic benefits:
Drop a simple email to jd at postgresql.us
PgConf US runs from April 18th-20th, 2016 at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriot. The time to register is now! Find out more and register at http://www.pgconf.us/ .
A conference specifically engineered to bring together community, developers, users, and the companies that support PostgreSQL, PgConf US is the conference for PostgreSQL in North America. When you attend you will be surrounded by the best and brightest that our community has to offer.
Launched in 1997, with decades of history through University of Berkeley Ingres, PostgreSQL is the most advanced database available in the ecosystem. Full Open Source under a liberal BSD style license, PostgreSQL allows an extensible, open, scalable, deployable, and widely used database without the constraints of artificial license requirements.
In 2016 PgConf US is celebrating 20 years of PostgreSQL with topics such as:
"This is the largest PostgreSQL event in North America and I am looking forward to attending PgConf US 2016. The exceptional quality of content rivals that of the sister conference PgConf EU in Europe. Both of these conferences are a perfect chance to meet with core developers, contributors, and users of the most advanced database in the world."
---- Magnus Hagander, PostgreSQL Core, Committer, PostgreSQL Europe
The content, hallway track, 20th Anniversary party and overall intellectual data download one receives from a conference such as PgConf US brings users from all corners of the globe. We will see attendees not only from North America but also Europe, Russia, and Asia. This combined with an inclusive and diverse community ensures PgConf US' placement as the PostgreSQL conference within North America.
To register for the conference please visit:
JD Wrote:
Once again United States PostgreSQL is present at Linux Fest Northwest. We are celebrating Free and Open Source software with 2000 other advocates in what is the second largest Free & Open Source conference on the West cost. We have a great list of talks this year with new speakers, speakers from both SeaPUG, WhatcomPUG and PDXPUG. Will you be joining us? Here is the list of PostgreSQL talks.
Welcome to our annual post on how we put together the schedule for the largest PostgreSQL conference in North America. It is long, thorough, and awesome, so buckle up and enjoy the journey!
For PGConf US 2016, we allowed people to submit for 6 training sessions as well as 44 regular speaking sessions. We had a total of 139 submissions, which meant we had to decline 2 out of every 3 submissions. We don't say this to brag: it's actually very painful to decline talks, especially when we have worked and hang out with some of the submitters for more than a decade.
The training submissions were competitive but were not nearly as daunting as picking the talks. Jim & I researched each training session and hammered out the lineup in under an hour. The rest of the talk submissions went to the full talk committee.
Like last year, we tried to answer the following questions when looking at the talks:
It seemed that people read last year's blog post because the talk submissions seemed to echo the "real-world application" criteria. What made the final selection process very challenging was we had a lot of great examples of people and organizations running PostgreSQL in production that it made it challenging to pick which ones to include.
It was also interesting to see what themes emerged in submissions over the course of the year. Last year, we had a lot of submissions around PostgreSQL deployment strategies and PostGIS. This year, the central theme seemed to be high-availability and distributed PostgreSQL. Personally, I am not quite sure what to make of this, but there is some sort of technology trend here and I at least want to note it!
This was also the first year we included a "hackers" or "PostgreSQL internals" track on the agenda. To our pleasant surprise, we received a lot of high-quality submissions that covered topics on how PostgreSQL is developed and tested to its evolution over the years to what is coming up in the newer PostgreSQL releases!
As you could imagine, as we went through the talks, there were some that were clear winners and clear disappointments, which allowed us to narrow down the list. However, we ended up at a point where we had 40 undecided proposals for 5 slots. This is both a testament to the quality of the talks submitted, but also when putting the schedule together is not as fun for the organizers. To add some levity, I thought at one point it was 40 undecided proposals for 10 slots, but I had an error in my spreadsheet; I should have used PostgreSQL (which ultimately all the data went into our database).
We took a harder look at this 40 proposals and tried to ensure it satisfied the criteria we mentioned above and made our choices. We applied similar methodology to making our decisions as we did last year:
We are very proud of the talks we selected, but we do wish we could have had a few more. We are looking into adding another day to PGConf US 2017, but it will take significantly more fundraising efforts to ensure we keep our ticket prices low. We did say last year we were going to look into adding another day for this year, and we did: however, to run the event the way we like to, it was cost prohibitive at this point, but we will work on it for last year. Your talks actually help us to recruit more sponsors who want to give back to the community, and hopefully this is the year where we have enough momentum to add another day for 2017!
Last year, we offered to give feedback on why certain talks were declined. A few people wrote in for the feedback, which we gladly supplied, and some resubmitted this year to PGConf US 2016. The good news: all of them incorporated feedback from the selection committee and most, if not all, had their submissions accepted. Already several people who did not have their talk selected for PGConf US 2016 have reached out on how to improve their chances of making it next year, and we will do our best to provide constructive feedback.
And now, the final part: making the schedule! As you can see, we decided to group the talks into four different tracks this year:
We tried to match talks in time slots that would not have overlapping audiences, but I've learned through the years that doing that is more of an art than a science. It is cool to hear people say they want to go to all four talks during a session, but it also stinks. As with last year, we are recording the talks, but per certain restrictions on certain speakers we may not be able to release them all.
We could not have done this without our selection committee, which comprised of Mehboob Alam, Joshua D. Drake, Jim Mlodgenski, and Jonathan S. Katz. They reviewed all 139 proposals in less than 5 days during a busy work week, so big kudos to them.
As always, if you have any questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, kudos, etc. you can reach out to us at firstname.lastname@example.com - we will try to answer all of your emails and please do not be dismayed if it takes some time.
(Click here for last year's edition: https://www.postgresql.us/node/150)
JD says:
It is that time of year and once again, PostgreSQL will be at LinuxFest Northwest. LinuxFest Northwest is a high attendance (1500+) conference covering Linux and other Open Source technologies. It is a free event (although there are paid options). The PgDay as part of United States PostgreSQL has the following talks!
* Web-Scale PostgreSQL: The Best of the JSON and Relational Worlds. Speaker: Jonathan Katz
* Shootout at the PAAS Corral. Speaker: Josh Berkus
* Vacuum 101. Speaker: Gabrielle Roth
* PostgreSQL Federation: Joining to Oracle, Mongo and more... Speaker: Jim Mlodgenski
* Start_Date, End_Date: Calculate . Speaker: Eric Worden
* Welcome To Total Security Robert Bernier
* PostgreSQL Performance: 9.5 Devel Edition . Speaker: Mark Wong
* Webscale's dead; long live PostgreSQL! Speaker: Joshua D. Drake
AS you can see we have a lot of long time contributors (and a new one) at this PgDay. Come, enjoy a great conference, great weather, great food, great parties and learn all about PostgreSQL and Linux!


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This weekend be sure to kick off your holiday season with a big dose of inspiration. In the sometimes chaotic hustle and bustle of December, it is easy to lose sight of the spiritual nature of this time of year. Inspiration to keep you grounded can come in many forms. Regardless of your religion, philosophy or culture, there are activities and events that will help you maintain that holiday spirit.
Here are a few ideas for you to consider in planning your December activities.
The Inland Empire offers a variety of events from parades to street fairs, concerts to theatrical performances. Riverside's Festival of Lights is a great place to take the family for an evening of food, fun, shopping and live entertainment. You can even go ice skating for about $13 right next to the main stage where live music will keep your feet moving. Friday, Dec. 7 features the Inland Empire's best classic rock band SouthBound.
Universal Studios is presenting "Grinchmas" with Betty White. The event begins this weekend, Dec. 8 and 9, and runs nightly from Dec. 15 through Dec. 31. The show culminates with a grand "Whobilation" featuring celebrity performances and all of the Grinch characters from the Dr. Seuss classic. This is a great family outing to get you into the spirit of the holiday.
For a musical kick-off with a south of the border feel, try the Mariachi USA Christmas Show. Enjoy the traditional Mariachi style music with a holiday flare.
You and your family can experience Hanukkah with all its traditional activities at the Menorah Lighting Ceremony in El Segundo. Join the Jewish Community Center of the Beach Cities and the surrounding community for a festive evening.
Click here for a list of Orange County Hanukkah activities.
Holiday lighting is a fun way to express holiday cheer, but there is nothing like lights on the water to inspire that feeling of wonder. Check out the Christmas Boat Parade in Newport Beach. The 2012 theme is "Surf, Sand and Santa." This parade comes complete with fireworks, dinner and auction opportunities.
If you are interested in an ancient celebration of the season, consider one of the Winter Solstice activities such as the Starhawk Workshop and Winter Solstice Spiral Dance. This event is an interesting way to experience the holidays with an earth/nature based focus.
No matter how you decide to spend your holiday, be sure to put joy at the top of your list. The greatest gifts of Spirit are joy, love and peace. It is important that we honor those gifts by expressing them ourselves during this time of year.

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Internet Explorer dumping CSS hacks to comply with standards
Posted on 18th October 2008 in Browsers, Open Standards | 6 Comments »
Years ago, for Internet Explorer 5, Microsoft took a shortcut to 'extended CSS support' that they called the Dynamic Properties. Despite the fancy name it had nothing to do with W3C Cascading Style Sheet standards nor was it available cross-platform. Now, as the software giant has realized the impact of open standards, they are giving up on these non-standard developments.
Dynamic Properties work in a way that make it possible to execute JavaScript from within the CSS definition, e.g.
#myDiv { width:expression( (/* JavaScript here */) ? "100px" : "200px" ); }
vs. the standard-compliant code:
#myDiv { min-width:100px; max-width:200px; }
Microsoft's goal with the above expression hack was to emulate CSS 2.1 support as the simplest properties of CSS were missing. For instance
max-width and
min-width properties are still not available for nearly 25%(1) of users, the percentage representing IE6 market share. Fortunately the situation is different for IE 7 and 8(2):
Any script execution at the Style Sheet stack of the browser is surely a performance issue and more importantly a security threat. No wonder it makes IE the most insecure browser on the market.
Good news for the developers who have respected W3C standards and not used JavaScript expressions in CSS, is that IE8 will run in Standards mode by default. For those who haven't, Microsoft will provide backward compatibility with Quirks and IE7 Strict modes. Will it cause a whole load of sites to break with the release of IE8? Sure.
IE team confirmed ending expressions on Thursday.(3)
1 IE6 usage statistics from Market Share by Network Applications
2 CSS 2.1 minimum and maximum height and width test case
3 Ending Expressions (IEBlog)
Related articles:
- Internet Explorer 8 to pass Acid2
6 Responses
Phew! Thank god that there is some justice in this world, eh?
Ain Tohvri
Many of the DoS vulnerabilities in IE and Windows in general were and still are caused by things like these expressions. A wrong move from the very start like many other features Microsoft has introduced. Like the EOT development to name just one.
Hillary Martin
Lots of content, but worth the read. Keep it coming.
flash tekkie » Blog Archive » Testing standards compliance of Microsoft Outlook 2007
[...] Internet Explorer dumping CSS hacks to comply with standards [...]
It's lie. IE7 doesnt support min/max css properties.
Ain Tohvri
Yes it does. See the screenshot or Google for it.


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OpenSolaris 2008.11 Launch Tokyo
By Jimgris-Oracle on Dec 18, 2008
The OpenSolaris
community in Japan came together in Tokyo tonight to celebrate the launch of
OpenSolaris 2008.11. Shoji Haraguchi, Hiroaki Nozaki, Akira Ohsone,
and Hisayoshi Kato all presented
talks about the community and the new technology in 2008.11.
The room was packed with 85 people,
so it was a very cool night. Actually, it was pretty hot in there.
You know, I've been watching Sun Japan's OpenSolaris community development programs grow consistently over the past two years. The operations span globalization, marketing, sales/service, and engineering. There is a Japanese OpenSolaris User Group (Japanese language), a Tokyo OpenSolaris User Group (English language), an OpenSolaris Night Seminar Program, an OpenSolaris Source Code Study Group, customer/partner interactions, installfests, university engagements with 10 Campus Ambassadors, and other events that such as Tech Days, Developer Lounges, etc.
And the OpenSolaris community is growing right along with Sun Japan's increased participation. The community is also starting to mix with the international Linux, BSD, and Tokyo2Point0 communities, which is very cool because local community development can now extend globally. And real contributions are coming in too: translations of content, generation of original content, source code (some of which has been integrated), presentations, technical articles, packages, and mirrors. In fact, the community is advancing to the point where significant stuff is just showing up seemingly out of nowhere -- such as the new Japanese OpenSolaris book and the new Japanese distribution of OpenSolaris. That last point is important. When we started OpenSolaris, we tried to learn from the open source community and build a global program that would encourage others to contribute without Sun having to drive everything.
So, congratulations to the Sun team driving this launch of OpenSolaris 2008.11.
One more point: the Japanese may not say much in English about their participation in the community, and there are some well known cultural reasons for this. There is actually a great deal of community content to be found in Japanese language blogs, but even then it's not characterized as westerners are used to. It's different and usually indirect. And yes, this drives me mad. But if you want to really know about about this you have to dig. Deeply. You have to take the time. And if you do, you generally find significant activity generating some very interesting contributions. I'm just scratching the surface here, I realize, but there is more here than meets the eye.


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OptiTrack's Insight Virtual Camera System
OptiTrack is combining some of their existing properties to create an interesting new gadget they've named the 'Insight Virtual Camera System', or Insight VCS. It looks very similar to Intersense's VCam product, but completely forgoes any attempt to look like a camcorder and instead goes for something lightweight and portable. The result is a 'virtual' camera that can link into tools like Maya and MotionBuilder for live tracking. Already in use at Halon Entertainment, they have this to say:
"In working with OptiTrack to develop the Insight VCS, Halon helped build a tool that puts film directors and directors of photography in a virtual world they more closely understand," said Justin Denton, technical developer and previs supervisor at Halon Entertainment. "The value of being able to walk out into a space and explore a virtual world by physically controlling a camera, finding the perfect angles and then shooting multiple takes is truly remarkable. All of this is achieved in a fraction of the time it takes to keyframe a single camera take, and the results are more natural. The Insight VCS has proven invaluable on multiple high-profile film and commercial projects for us here at Halon."
One of the best parts of the build is the flexibility in price: As low at $100, or as much as $5,000, depending on features. Plugins exist for MotionBuilder and Maya, and they have special 'universal' plugins to work with systems other than the VCS (like Intersense's) as well. The rig is destined for sale later this summer, and will be live on the SIGGRAPH Exhibition Floor (booth #701).
Full press release after the break.
OptiTrack's Insight VCS Brings "Avatar" Magic to Every Studio
Optical Virtual Camera System Enables Live-action Camera Work for CG Filmmaking at a Competitive Price; Compatible with all Optical Motion Capture Systems
Corvallis, Ore. – July 12, 2010 – Filmmakers and game cinematographers are increasingly turning to real-time virtual production technologies to blend real-world tools with their virtual world. At the heart of this development is the virtual camera. James Cameron revolutionized digital cinematography with his innovative control of the virtual camera using motion capture. This "Virtual Vérité" technology is now being offered for a fraction of the cost, with OptiTrack™'s Insight VCS.
"Our goal has always been to offer full-featured motion capture systems at a price that production companies of every size can afford," said Jim Richardson, NaturalPoint®® co-founder and lead engineer for the OptiTrack motion capture line. "With the Insight VCS, we're expanding this vision to include the bleeding-edge virtual camera technology that Cameron made famous with "Avatar" – as usual, at an exceptionally low price. OptiTrack now delivers high-performance body, face and virtual camera mocap for less than anyone else in the world."
To ensure complete compatibility with a variety of production pipelines, the Insight VCS has been engineered for interoperability with any existing optical motion capture system – including OptiTrack, Vicon and Motion Analysis – that can track marker-based rigid bodies and stream data to Autodesk MotionBuilder or Autodesk Maya.
Developed in close collaboration with Los Angeles-based previsualization company Halon Entertainment, the Insight VCS is the ideal virtual camera solution for a broad range of applications ranging from film and commercial previsualization to digital filmmaking. Throughout the development process Halon tested design iterations in the field, utilizing pre-production versions of the Insight VCS to create content for high profile projects and directors.
"In working with OptiTrack to develop the Insight VCS, Halon helped build a tool that puts film directors and directors of photography in a virtual world they more closely understand," said Justin Denton, technical developer and previs supervisor at Halon Entertainment. "The value of being able to walk out into a space and explore a virtual world by physically controlling a camera, finding the perfect angles and then shooting multiple takes is truly remarkable. All of this is achieved in a fraction of the time it takes to keyframe a single camera take, and the results are more natural. The Insight VCS has proven invaluable on multiple high-profile film and commercial projects for us here at Halon."
The Insight VCS is a two-part system, consisting of a hardware camera rig and software interface. As the hardware rig is tracked throughout the motion capture volume, absolute 6 DOF position and orientation data is streamed live via the software plug-in to either MotionBuilder or Maya to drive the virtual camera within the 3D application. Real-time reference video is streamed out of MotionBuilder or Maya back to the VCS display, creating a low-latency visual feedback loop, akin to the viewfinder in an actual digital camera.
Different versions of both the hardware rig and software plug-in are available to fit a variety of existing pipelines and production requirements. Components include:
- Virtual Camera Rigs: The Insight VCS offers two different hardware rigs for controlling the virtual camera:
- VCS:Pro
Designed for professional production work, the VCS:Pro replicates the organic cinematographer's experience with exceptional fidelity. The professional model includes a 1280×768 HD LCD display for real-time feedback, mappable buttons and joysticks for extensive camera control, and a robust Redrock Micro shoulder mount kit. Markers and posts are included for a variety of marker configurations.
- VCS:Mini
The VCS:Mini provides low cost, lightweight and highly flexible access to the virtual camera pipeline. The kit includes an anodized aluminum mount preinstalled on a wireless Xbox 360 game pad, as well as markers and posts.
- Software Plug-ins: Comprehensive, customizable plug-ins are available for camera work in MotionBuilder and Maya for control over scripts, button mapping, scaling and camera properties. Universal versions of each plug-in are also available for use with non-OptiTrack motion capture systems.
Demonstrations of the Insight VCS will be available at SIGGRAPH 2010, July 26 – 29, at the OptiTrack booth #701. For additional information, please visit www.optitrack.com.
Pricing and Availability
The Insight VCS will ship late summer 2010. Pricing for the camera rig ranges from $199 USD to $5,000 USD. Software plug-ins to MotionBuilder and Maya for OptiTrack systems are $1,000 USD. Universal plug-ins for other motion capture systems are $2,000 USD.
For more information, please contact the company's headquarters in Corvallis, Ore. at 1-888-865-5535, or visit www.optitrack.com.
About OptiTrack
OptiTrack™ is the leading brand of affordable, high-quality motion capture technology. The OptiTrack product line includes: the Insight VCS; ARENA™, Expression™ and Tracking Tools™ motion capture software; and OptiTrack high-speed motion tracking cameras. Used by facilities world-wide in a variety of markets ranging from film and games to sports training and biomechanics, OptiTrack customers include Halon Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Microsoft Game Studios, Method Studios, Lockheed Martin, NASA, John Deer, and other top studios and developers around the world.
OptiTrack is owned by NaturalPoint®®, one of the leading companies specializing in optical tracking technology. For more information, visit www.optitrack.com.
About NaturalPoint
Based in Corvallis, Ore., NaturalPoint®® is the creator and manufacturer of the OptiTrack™, TrackIR™ and SmartNAV™ family of brands. NaturalPoint specializes in providing innovative control solutions through optical tracking technology, and has developed tracking systems for computers, video games, military simulators and unique display systems. For more information visit NaturalPoint.com.
About Halon Entertainment
Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Halon Entertainment is a premier previsualization studio which has provided mobile teams of artists for short and long term projects with such acclaimed Directors as Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and James Cameron. Through constant innovation, Halon Entertainment helps productions to envision, plan, shoot and post to keep more of its budget on the screen. More info at www.halon.com.


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Juicy red tomatoes are a favorite garden bounty. Vine-ripened, these taste treasures may be a highlight of the horticultural harvest. However, tomatoes take time to turn a vibrant red, and sometimes the weather or garden conditions won't wait.
What can a tomato growing gardener do?
Try these tried-and-true tips for ripening green tomatoes.
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First, tomatoes that remain attached to the mother plant (either in the garden or in a patio pot) tend to ripen the best. The sun and natural growth process produce the most flavorful fruit. On the other hand, a frost or a pest infestation can ruin a tomato crop.
The next best option for ripening tomatoes is to place the plants inside a greenhouse, where they may still mature on the vine. Tomatoes may ripe much faster in a hothouse environment than in an outdoor garden, where temperatures may cool off overnight.
In the absence of a greenhouse, the gardener may cover tomato plants (especially overnight) with plastic or lightweight cloths. This is a proper solution, if tomatoes are already turning red.
If colder weather is coming soon, the another option may be to pick unripe green tomatoes. Early harvesting requires ripening indoors. Even still, home-grown tomatoes may become more flavorful than many of the store-bought varieties.
Ideally, the gardener picks the larger, shinier, more mature green tomatoes first – especially from the strongest plants. Smaller, bullet-hard tomatoes are not likely to ripen off the vine. Any showing evidence of insect damage, excessive bruising, mold, or split skins are often discarded.
The stems and all of the leaves must be pinched off before washing the just-picked green tomatoes. Next, they may be placed in a brown paper bag or a plain brown cardboard box and set in a cool, dry, spot with adequate air circulation and no direct sunlight. A tomato grower might choose to stick a banana in the bag or box to accelerate ripening of the tomatoes.
These tomatoes will likely ripen within a few days. This step may be staggered, so some tomatoes are ready sooner than others.
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To hasten the process, a gardener might place a red tomato among the green ones.
Fresh, ripe tomatoes will usually keep for a couple of days at room temperature, as long as they are not set in direct sunlight. They may be chilled for up to a week in the refrigerator.
Generally, cooler temperatures promote slower ripening of tomatoes. Kept at 50 (F) to 60 (F) degrees, tomatoes may ripen in up to two weeks. At 60 (F) to 70 (F), they may complete the task in a few days.
Unless a recipe specifically calls for green tomatoes, this zesty fruit should be ripened before use. Over-ripening, however, will produce soggy tomatoes.


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Wednesday, Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was given full diplomatic immunity by the U.S. government; the news came after Devyani Khobragade was arrested last week, strip-searched and put in jail and the Indian government made numerous protests about how she was treated, according to Time.
Tuesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that she was treated deplorably by the U.S. and he said they would do anything to bring her back to India; he said it was his own personal responsibility to do this.
Devyani Khobragade was arrested on December 12 for allegedly submitting false documents for her housekeeper and not paying the housekeeper a minimum wage, according to Time.
Devyani Khobragade had some diplomatic immunity rights, but could still be arrested. The U.S. government has not apologized for the treatment of Devyani Khobragade, but by moving her to the United Nations in New York, they have given her full diplomatic immunity. The U.S. has said that they are reviewing the circumstances surrounding her arrest, according to NDTV.
Devyani Khobragade, 39, is the Deputy Consul General at the Indian Consulate in New York and she was dropping her daughter off at school last week and was arrested and handcuffed on the street in New York.
News spread quickly that Devyani Khobragade allegedly was strip-searched, cavity-searched, her DNA was taken and she was placed in a jail cell with criminals. In response, India immediately withdrew some of the privileges of American diplomats in Delhi, according to NDTV.
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Feb. 25, 2012
By Scott Gierman
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Southern Illinois baseball team evened its series against Western Kentucky with a convincing 10-3 victory Saturday afternoon at Nick Denes Field.
The Salukis (3-3) forced deep pitch counts and got into Western Kentucky's bullpen early then tallied eight of their 10 runs in the middle innings. SIU drew a total of nine walks in the game.
"It's a big character win," SIU Coach Ken Henderson said. "To come back less than 24 hours after losing the way we did last night, and to battle and get a good win today shows a lot of character from our kids."
Cameron Maldonado allowed two runs off just two hits to take home his first win of the season. Maldonado did not allow a hit until the fourth inning when he surrendered back-to-back doubles, which cut the SIU lead to 2-1.
"He didn't have his best stuff," Henderson said, "but his splitty was very good today. It was a true out pitch so he made some big pitches when he had to, but mainly he just battled hard and gave our offense a chance to get things going."
SIU took command of the game by building a 6-1 lead in the fifth. After stranding eight runners in the first four innings, the Salukis rallied for four runs in the top of the fifth when they strung together three consecutive two-out, run-scoring hits. Luke Mottashed and Donny Duschinsky both doubled, and Jake Welch beat out an infield single. Duschinsky's double scored two runs. The Dawgs packed on three more runs in the sixth to put the game out of reach.
Justin Hageman took the loss for WKU. He allowed just one run off one hit but issued four walks in three innings of work.
SIU tagged the first man out of the bullpen, Ian Tompkins, for five runs in two innings of work and then scored three runs in two-thirds of an inning against Andrew Zimmerman.
After surrendering four leads on Friday night, the SIU bullpen did not allow any thoughts of a comeback on Saturday. Aaron Snyder allowed one run in two innings, and Sam Coonrod tossed two scoreless frames to seal the win.
"Snyder did a great job after throwing last night so he was a little tired," Henderson said. "Then Coonrod came in and did exactly what you ask a guy to do when you have a seven or eight run lead. He pumped strikes and let them put the ball in play, and we made the plays."
Austin Montgomery drove in three runs including a two-run homer, his second of the season. He leads the team with 11 RBI. Jake Welch, Donny Duschinsky and Chris Serritella each drove in two runs in the game.
SIU took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Montgomery drew a bases loaded walk to score Jake Welch. It was the Salukis' third walk of the inning. They added another when Chris Serritella drew a bases loaded walk in the fourth. In both innings, the Dawgs left the bases loaded.
The three-game series will conclude on Sunday with the first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. Lefty Nathan Dorris will start for the Salukis against lefty Tim Bado for WKU.


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Episcopal, Anglo-Catholics, and Roman Catholics. We
draw people from isolation to community, from searching to
awakening, from indifference to concern, from selfishness
to meaningful service, from fear in the midst of adversity
to faith and hope in God.
The Spiritual Communities of the Province of our Lady of the Angels share
God's compassionate love with all people. The Province offers
a spiritual home to all.
We celebrate God's loving presence in our
lives. In worship and sacrament, especially the
Eucharist, we are nurtured and challenged to extend God's
kingdom of justice, truth, love and peace by growing in the
spirit of Jesus.
Our Clergy provides leadership, enhances
communication, contributes to the building of community, and
discovers and responds to the needs of the flock of Christ.
St. Willibrord
was consecrated to the episcopacy by Pope Sergius I in 696 at
Rome. Upon his return to the Netherlands, he established his
see at Utrecht. In addition, he established the dioceses at
Deventer and Haarlem. The Diocese of Utrecht provided the only
Dutch pope Adrian VI in 1552 and two prominent writers on the
spiritual life, Geert Groote, who founded the Brethren of the
Common Life, and Thomas à Kempis, who wrote the Imitation of
At the request of the Holy Roman Emperor, Conrad II, and
Bishop Heribert of Utrecht, in 1125
Pope Eugene III gave Utrecht the right to elect its own
bishops, and this was affirmed by the Fourth
Lateran Council in 1215. In 1520, Pope Leo X granted to the
then Bishop of Utrecht (Philip of Burgundy), that no clergy or
laity from Utrecht, would ever be tried by a Roman tribunal.
During the Reformation the Catholic Church was persecuted and
the Dutch dioceses north of the Rhine and Waal were suspended
by the Holy See. Protestants occupied most church buildings,
and those remaining were confiscated by the government of the
Dutch Republic of Seven Provinces which favoured Calvinism.
The Province of our Lady of the Angels is Sacramental.
We believe in the historic Christian
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the Athanasian Creed, and the Ecumenical Councils of the
First Millenium.
We observe the seven Sacraments and hold Apostolic
Succession through a number of lines. We welcome all to our
churches, fully committed to the mandate of Christ to preach
the Gospel to all, and fully mindful of "that which you do
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By Rebecca Grace
He wasn't aware of the way his fingers repetitively tapped out the forgotten QWERTY alphabet on the side of the red, reflective Marzocco machine. He was bored. His fingers were making it known. But she didn't want to listen to it, and it was driving her crazy. Where had he even learned to do it? She'd learned when she was younger—her mom had an obsession with relics, had brought her along to numerous Google maps in search of outdated bits and pieces. Her mother had taught her the keys, and they'd typed for hours on those 3D pads, playing with the sentences they could make (anything!), until stores had kicked them out. It was, in fact, part of the reason she'd ended up here at Coffee Café.
Tap, tap, tap.
Nylon pressed her fingers into her ears and glared over at the slim, brownish digits of her coworker. Rad rac tad tac red rec.
"Stop it," she said suddenly, surprising herself. She was still new to the night shift and not trying to make any enemies.
Seed glanced up. "What's your problem?"
"You," she said, crossing her arms over her white cotton bib apron. It was only 9 p.m. They had hours to go (before they slept, she thought), and she wasn't going to stand here and listen to him drumming his bones away. "I can't think when you do that."
"What?" He seemed genuinely mystified. A finger twitched, itching to get back to its soliloquy.
"That tapping. It's driving me crazy." She chuckled and shook her head. "Rat tat tat?"
"Ha." One shoulder moved self-consciously under the black t-shirt he wore with his spotless apron. "Didn't notice," he said.
"I thought you were typing out a secret message, at first," Nylon said, pulling out a rag and the spray bottle.
A fingernail hit the metal. He caught himself, looking over at her to see if she'd noticed.
She squirted a quick Z onto the double-wide glass doors, obscuring the momentary reflection of her face. It was her favorite part of the job, even if it was just part of a show. Used to be, the place would be buzzing at this time, with classes and jobs ending. There were always a few students—the artsy ones—and older retirees, who'd still come out to enjoy a cup. Tonight, the street was empty, and the lights hadn't come on. It was going to be a slow night.
"How long have you been here?" Might as well try to pass the time, she thought.
He blinked and looked back at her. "Uh." He rubbed a hand over his chest. "I dunno."
She nodded. He surprised she was trying to make small talk. Oh sure, it was good for the customers, but there was no one around to impress just now. But, didn't he ever just want to talk for fun? She hoped she wasn't annoying him. "Do you ever close up early?"
He shook his head, not bothering to unplug from his screen. She looked out the glass, past her reflection. A dumpster squatted in the shadows. Yarn would be scrounging there for…well, not for anything. He was still hopeful, though. He never gave up. He'd find something. She wiped the glass again, wondering what Seed would say if he saw Yarn walk in. But Yarn wouldn't just walk in. He was a (mostly) well-behaved wolf. He always did everything right. For instance, at the end of her shift, around midnight, he always accompanied her home and made sure she was safe. Not that she had anyone to be afraid of. It was ludicrous to get out here. Besides the retirees and the poor students who occasionally still liked to use their vehicles for entertainment, Nylon figured she and Seed were about the only humans around who had any reason to go into the city space. They were definitely the only ones who'd risk sharing air. But the job paid. And Yarn would never let anything happen to her.
Chimes filled her ears. Finally, a customer. Seed climbed off the counter and skimmed his fingers over the consoles. The vehicle popped up in our vision. Two old people sat side by side in their mini, stuck together shoulder to knees. The woman wore a large coat. Nylon tried to toggle the lighting to see her better, but it didn't help. She was sitting in shadows. The lights in their vehicle must be going out.
"Good evening and welcome to Coffee Café! Would you like to try our Frangipani Mocha, straight from Hawaii?" Seed had an exceptional host voice. Obviously it's what got him the job. We had a few older customers—ladies, naturally—who came just to listen to him. He didn't even have to say much, which was a good thing because a few lines was about his limit. It was the salty timbre of his voice. Like he'd been walking in the rain for too long and some of it had gotten in and had left a residue that wouldn't go away. Every word was a crunchy melody of need. That's why the ladies liked it. It reminded them of their sons, stuck in puberty.
The older gentleman turned toward the screen and shook his head. "Two double shots, sugar cubes, spoons, demitasse cups," he barked.
Seed looked at Nylon and rolled his eyes. She slapped a hand over her giggle. It amused him that some of the older generations still remembered these little things to a tee.
Nylon put in the coding for the imaging as he finessed the flavors. "How do you know all the odd ones?"
"My grandfather used to love the stuff. He was actually from there."
"From where?"
"You know, the place they made all this stuff up." He finished the order and linked it with Nylon's code, then sent it out to their customers. Image, taste, smell and mouth-feel waves recreated the outdated experience of coffee that had somehow retained its addictive charm. Nylon had tried it when she'd first gotten the job, after her mom's accident, but hadn't understood the obsession. Sure, it was hot, it was flavorful, it was wet on her throat. But so was a soup commercial. She couldn't imagine going out to pay for this.
The couple stayed a few minutes, listening to the café broadcast, then they left.
It was raining outside now. Raindrops clipped the glass, falling steadily, drowning out Seed's incessant fidgeting. Nylon searched the street again. Oh, there he was. Good old Yarn, jumping around on top of the dumpster like a puppy. She smiled as he shook, tongue lolling, silver-black fur sticking in wet spikes. Sometimes he was almost too playful to be a wolf. But only when he felt safe, she decided. He had no trouble looking mean and scary.
"I'll be back in a minute," she called to Seed. She had meant to ask if she could take a break, since he was technically her supervisor, but it seemed a bad precedent to make. If she asked for a break this time, she'd always have to ask, and that would be annoying.
She walked under the overhang, out of the rain. Yarn slipped off the dumpster and slunk over to meet her on the side of the building, out of sight of the front glass. She bent and rubbed his head, then she squatted back on her heels and leaned up against the building. Yarn sat down by her side. His green eyes swept the dark street in front of them.
"I wish you didn't have to live here," she said. "This is no place for you. You need to be somewhere with space, and…and…grass to eat." She turned. "Do you eat grass?"
He shook his head, tongue wagging.
"No, that's right. You eat fish and mice." She tucked her hands under her apron and shivered as the wind started to blow, sending the rain sideways. "I have to go in," she said, apologetically to the waist-high creature by her side. He closed his mouth and blinked. Then he pushed his broad head into her side, urging her in.


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The agreement combines the capabilities of both the companies to facilitate the development of a consistent source of natural rubber. Cooper Tire's advanced polymer and materials science experience and its designing and testing abilities will be integrated with Yulex's expertise in the production of advanced biopolymers.
As there is a continuous decrease in the supply of natural rubber globally, the need for an alternative high quality, sustainable source of natural rubber is increasing. Yulex's biopolymers, derived from the US-grown guayule plants, are used as an alternative to traditional petroleum-based rubber. These biopolymers are environment-friendly and possess high-strength, reliability, functionality and elasticity.
Chuck Yurkovich, VP of Global Technology at Cooper Tire, noted that the main objective of the company is to create a reliable domestic source of natural rubber, which helps to decrease its dependency on raw material sources outside the U.S. Yurkovich added that the joint development program will lead to the creation of a new agricultural polymer for a wide range of tire applications and in addition, it will convert wastelands in to useful farmlands to grow crops required for biopolymer production.
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Idaho Senate Bill 1353, permitting licensed health care professionals to decline, for moral reasons, health services defined as "an abortion, dispensation of an abortifacient drug, human embryonic stem cell research, treatment regimens utilizing human embryonic stem cells, human embryo cloning or end of life treatment and care," passed by a 21-13 vote in the Senate this week. This bill now goes to the House for consideration, which last year passed a far more sweeping and insidious "House Bill No. 216, As Amended," but which thankfully did not make it through the Senate health committee. I wrote an article for Examiner last March on the House bill entitled, "Idaho pharmacy conscience House Bill 216 - Travesty or Parody?" Indeed.
There is so much wrong with the Senate bill that it is difficult to know where to start, or at what level to attack its faults. Fortunately, unlike the House bill, it is quite narrow in scope, although the inclusion of "end of life treatment and care" is quite troubling. Presumably, a health care professional who is morally repulsed by addictive substances could refuse morphine to a patient suffering from agonizing pain. That is clearly not the intent, but we all know about the law of unintended consequences, particularly as it pertains to measures drawn up in haste by zealots who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. In this case, it's the anti-abortionists who are determined to end legal abortions in this country, one way or another.
To my knowledge, no thorough study has been commissioned to ascertain the need for such legislation. People in all walks of life have moral issues that they are deeply concerned about, yet there is no movement to accommodate their idiosyncrasies at their places of employment, which leads one to conclude that if the job offends them, they don't apply for it. To pander to a single issue, to a single constituency sets a dangerous precedent, and permits the beneficiaries to commit considerable mischief on the job that previously would have been grounds for dismissal. At best, the bill is highly discriminatory in that it panders to one political group only, while ignoring the equally or more compelling moral issues affecting the rest of the people. How about those two wars, for example, that are bankrupting us at home and slaughtering innocent civilians abroad?
Then there is the question of why the legislature is wasting its time furthering the political agenda of one group of people while so many real problems, such as unemployment and lack of adequate health care, plague so many more, and about which little is done, and virtually nothing by Republicans.
Then there are the deficiencies within the bill itself. I named one above. Another is the exception clause, which applies only in "life-threatening emergencies," so presumably a provider could watch a patient writhing in horrific pain, yet legally deny any of the excepted services. A third problem is that the onus is on the employer to demonstrate that his/her wayward employees are causing him/her "undue hardship." What happened to the Idaho spirit of entrepreneurial freedom? In a state dominated by Republicans, who steadfastly reject government solutions in favor of the magic of the marketplace, this bill constitutes stunning hypocrisy and governmental meddling.
Finally, as if to mock the entire effort, there is a clause prohibiting discrimination within this discriminatory bill itself, based on "a patient's race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or national origin." So, if smokers, fat people, gay people, or liberals offend your moral sensibilities, feel free to deny them your services.
Read the bill. It's quite short. I'm sure you will find deficiencies that I haven't thought of, and do read some of the comments after the articles, too. The condemnation of this bill by readers seemed pretty unanimous and persuasive to me.


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After three weeks of faithfully following the seven-step Gavée Gold Collection beauty regimen, it's safe to say these purified 24K liquid gold products really work. Although my skin's in pretty good condition thanks to the fantastic products provided me for review for this column, I did see more than a slight change in my skin tone and elasticity.
Those pesky under eye lines have greatly diminished, too. And truly my complexion is more even and smoother than ever.
The daily Gavée skincare regimen begins with Gold Citrus Cleanse—a lightly scented gel that washed well and felt good, but was a little difficult to pump out, a problem I found with the other products, too. Perhaps just a small glitch. I used it again this morning.
- Next comes the Gold Citrus Mist, a refreshing spray made up of Pro Vitamin B5 and super fruits (mangosteen, açai, noni and goji berry) that are designed to give skin a radiant and healthy glow. And it did. You are supposed to also use this morning and night.
- This is followed by Liquid Gold Peptides serum that's intended to brighten and moisturized. It's infused with antioxidants, peptides, purified liquid gold and other vital elements nourishes the skin while building collagen. Again it's best to use twice daily.
- Heart of Gold Elixir is the 4th in the regimen, a rich cream that feels luxurious going on and which helps hold the moisture in the skin and contains tiny 24K gold flakes in a gel base that add a subtle shimmer to the skin. This should be applied in the morning after cleansing, toning and serum and at night.
It's important to use the products in concert (which goes for any skincare, it's never good to mix brands, stick with one from cleanser to moisturizer).
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2 homes in Santee evacuated as a precaution due to gas leak
SANTEE, Calif. - Two homes in Santee were evacuated as a precaution after a gas leak.
The incident was reported just after 3:15 p.m. in the 9100 block of Inverness Road, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
A representative for San Diego Gas & Electric told 10News there was a report that a car struck a gas meter.
Crews are on scene making the necessary repairs. The representative had no estimate as to when the repairs would be completed but said they were going smoothly.


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Aug. 6, 2012
Photo Gallery of James Winning Gold
Former University of Alabama track standout Kirani James added Olympic gold medalist to his growing resume by winning the 400 meters in dominating fashion with a personal best time of 43.94 Monday evening at the London Olympic Stadium.
James, representing his home country of Grenada, became the small Caribbean island's first Olympic medalist as well as the first non-American to break the 44-second barrier in the history of the event.
As he had in his two qualifying races, the 19-year-old James ran an extremely strong and controlled race throughout the entire 400 meters but dramatically pulled away from the field in the final 100 meters to win by more than half of second. Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic earned the silver medal in 44.46 while Lalonde Gordon of Trinidad and Tobago took bronze in 44.52.
The gold medal performance comes just a little more than a year into James' professional career. The two-time NCAA Champion in the event, turned professional after winning his second NCAA title in June of 2011. He capped his first professional season in grand fashion by winning the World Championship in the event.
James' gold medal is the fourth medal earned by a former UA male track athlete as he joins Americans Jan Johnson and Calvin Smith in the annals of UA track history. Johnson earned a bronze medal in the pole vault in the 1972 games while Smith won a gold medal as part of the 4x100-meter relay team in 1984 and an individual bronze medal in the 100 meters in 1988.


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Tip 1 - Grip, size and weight of hurley
Length and weight of hurley have a tremendous effect on the user. The traditional method of gauging the length of the hurley by matching it to a player's hip has proved inaccurate and unsuitable. Two players of the same height can have a difference of 10 centimetres in hip height.
Children and beginners are inclined to go for a longer hurley, the perception being that "the longer the hurley the longer the puck." The truth is quite the opposite "long hurleys equals no puck" Correct length and weight are more important than previously thought. Top players are now using hurleys 3 inches shorter than their counterparts of the 1960s and 1970s. Time and space are very much reduced, tackling skills are improved; opportunities are lost in a split second if the hurley is not completely maneuverable. The game is faster; there are less man to man contests of strength. The hurley that suited those clashes has no bearing on today's game.
Young children's wrists and arms are light and fragile. They can only use hurleys that are light and short.
To assess the correct length, a child should stand straight, hands by side, shoulders square, place the hurley (base on the ground) by child's side, grasp the hurley in the dominant hand, the distance from tip of base to child's hand position is the correct length for that child. If the child can use the hurley like a sword with one hand, it is about the right weight. It is agreed now that most of the trouble with the unorthodox grip comes from starting with hurleys that are too long and too heavy.
Approximately 87% of the population are dominant right with only one per thousand having equal dominance. A player's development will be severely impeded if he/she starts with non-dominant hand on top. Some respected coaches say there is up to 50% loss in potential. Starting players correctly then is of utmost importance to the player's development and enjoyment as well as a club's ability to raise playing standards.
Changing a player's grip is difficult for player and coach but where both parties are willing it is certainly possible and very rewarding. Babs Keating and John Fenton, both supreme stylists and legends of the game, changed from unorthodox to orthodox grip.
Left-handed players need good models and sensitive coaches because they are the minority. A coach should learn how to demonstrate left-handed for the two or three players in every panel Nowadays every player will write with their dominant hand, this is nearly the only safe way of determining hand dominance. Very small hurleys used in a one-handed game with light air balls will help guarantee dominant hand on top.
It takes 3 weeks to change an old habit.
It takes 3 more weeks to learn the new skill.
It takes 3 further weeks for the new skill to become a habit.
It would take 9 weeks for the player to experience the full advantage of changing.
9 weeks seems forever to a child but in overall career, it's a small price to pay for years of enjoyment
Tip 2 - Hurling/Camogie Coaching
The previous tip stressed the importance of young players using the dominant hand.
A number of methods can be adapted to encourage children to change to the dominant hand
1. Use very small hurleys in one handed games with light balls to guarantee dominant hand on top.
2. The glove hurley – Superglue a right-handed football glove to the top of a light short hurley. The player puts the dominant hand into the glove. Now he/she can only take the ball in the left hand. When the ball is thrown up, the free hand must grip the hurley below thus becoming a habit and then permanent.
3. The sword grip – This attachment works very similarly to the glove. It is attached onto the hurley and can be taken off when needed. The Cumas hurling website (www.cumashurling.com) has a custom made corrector for this purpose. The under-eight coach's most important job is to ensure that every player is using dominant hand on top, thus allowing mastery of hurley stroke.
It is certain that once a player has orthodox grip and correct length hurley, he/she can advance technical skills very quickly and it can be done in their own time.
Players with unorthodox grip suffer a lot of frustration, expend more energy for less return, have a huge reduction in choice and find their development stalled at a vital stage. A few really determined players have learned to use their weak side but these are not to be taken as models. They would have had much more satisfaction if they had changed but such is the power of habit. It is better to start the right way.
Some right-handed players may initially favour striking on their left side. This is perfectly normal and acceptable. With good practice of shooting and pulling on both sides they will achieve equal dominance and as only children can put it "my weak side is my strong side now". Similarly, some left handed players may favour striking right-sided.
Ultimately we want all players to have full choice when faced with an opponent. One choice is no choice. If I can only strike on one side, I can easily be stopped. Being able to strike right and left keeps the defender guessing and gives more options.
Tip 3 - How to develop a swing
Safety is a huge factor in hurling for beginners. If children are exposed to danger too early, it will stunt their development. The use of hurling aids at this stage is vital. Tyres, footballs, hurling ropes, rubber base hurleys will all help bring young players through the various stages and develop good technique and confidence. It is very important that the swing or pull is started from the ready position not the lock position. The coach's ability to observe each child and give accurate, relevant and positive feedback will be crucial.
Once the child has learned the mechanics of the swing, he/she must do it
(a) walking
(b) jogging
(c) running
left and right sides.
Weak side swing is more difficult for beginners and needs a lot of attention (without reducing motivation). Players must be matched evenly in strength, size and speed to get the most out of the routine.
Go Games with a first touch ball will give every player ample opportunity to become proficient in the swing. Older players might use a bigger ball (e.g. small basketball or replica football). This will ensure better footwork, better body shape, more engagement and better connection. The player will be rewarded when the ball becomes airborne and thus increase motivation.
Tip 4 - Activities suitable for underage players
The following activities can be used depending on the level of development of the children in the group.
It is much more productive to have the children working with bean bags until they build up the physical literacy skills to cope with a ball. It is important that the children experience a sense of achievement and fun and that they are running, jumping, side-stepping etc at full pace with a bean bag with the sense that they are playing the "real" game rather than performing some chaotic activity where balls are all over the place and children lack the ability to control their own environment.
When balls are introduced, suitable balls (e.g. the soft size 3) which can be manipulated by small fingers should be introduced when the group is competent at catching and solo running with the bean bags.
This activity engages all the aspects of the FUNdamentals programme while at the same time it is a learning process for real hurling game skills. It should be performed in a 20 m square with about 30 children but can easily be adapted in a smaller space for indoor activity.
Bean bag (ball) for every 2 children.
Hurley held short in strong hand.
Catching done with the non dominant hand.
Children running around and throwing within the square.
Emphasis –
Encourage youngsters to throw the bean bag underarm but to catch down – the eagle's claw. This is a fundamentally important concept which encourages a pro active learning mode as opposed to the 'victim' stance of catching underhand and using the body for comfort. Bean bag (ball) should be caught high with the fingers.
Learning objectives –
ABCs – running backwards, forwards, sideways, jumping, throwing, evasion skills etc
Co-operation (the only way I can make my partner look good is to deliver the proper throw; to win a catching contest (pair with highest total) against the clock, both partners need to deliver good throws)
Peripheral vision (we can't teach peripheral vision – it must be learned in the context of suitable activities how many coaches do we hear roaring "find or get into the space!"),
Concentration (important for any team game so this activity should be done in 1 minute bursts – that's about the limited concentration span of young children)
Enjoyment – by far the most important by product – if they don't enjoy it, they won't come back so what's the point of it all.
In addition to the above, you are creating a psychological climate where children are living the real game and are lost in their minds.
The other plus in this activity is the risk versus caution factor as the youngsters move about the floor avoiding bumping etc. That's the excitement of it – you older peers got this climbing walls, trees and gates but modern children can get this physical exercise buzz too without resorting to moving their fingers across the playstation.
The next tip will develop the activity above. It won't be rocket science for the coach but remember that any change in an activity or drill is perceived by the child as a completely new activity.


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Press Release for Shane Helms iPhone App
Jul 30, 2011 - by Steve Gerweck
For immediate release…
Former Pro Wrestling Champ Slapping a Figure 4 on iPhone Apps.
The "Shane Event" goes mobile…
Burlington, KY – What do Professional Wrestling, MMA, Muay Thai and other Combat Sports have in common with iPhone apps?
The answer Figure 4 Apps.
Figure 4, a Cincinnati based company, is looking to help professional wrestlers, and professional mma fighters market themselves to a new breed of consumers.
"Given the mobile world we live in, it only makes sense for professional athletes and celebs to have an app", founding member Dan Koabel stated.
"The DNA of Figure 4 is special. We are professional wrestlers, mma fighters, social media experts, and mobile marketers. We understand our clients, and more importantly the fans of our clients", Jim Nilson – founding member.
Jim continued, "The first app is already creating a buzz in the wrestling community", referring to the Official Shane Helms iPhone App was released yesterday (July 26th). The app is exclusively available on the iTunes store for iPhones and iPod touches for 99 cents.
App description:
The Official App for Professional Wrestler, Actor, and Talk Show Host Shane Helms. Shane has wrestled as The Hurricane in the WWE, and as "Sugar" Shane Helms in WCW. Helms also appeared as David Arquette's stunt double for the movie "Ready To Rumble". Shane is the talk show host of Highway 2 Helms.
App Features Include:
* Access to all of Helms' social media in one location.
* A Soundboard of original, thoughtful quotes from Shane himself. Who doesn't want Shane on your iPhone saying "Your Mom"!
* Upcoming Schedule – this will include exclusive events first announced on the app.
* Take a Photo with Helms. That's right, open the app, select a pose, and then snap a photo with you and Shane. Show your friends. Let them know that you and Shane are personal friends. The proof is in the photo!
Stay connected with the Super Human Superstar, the Shane Event….Shane Helms. Download his Official App today.
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Figure 4 will be holding a special app release party on the social music site turntable.fm
Helms and friends will be DJing in celebration of the iPhone app tonight (July 27th) starting at 9pm EST. Visit turntable.fm and search for the Shane Helms app room. "What better way to celebrate the release of my app than by throwing an online party", Helms stated.


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The process of provisioning portal, certificates, provisioning profiles, etc are still confusing me. I read apple's documentations and googled a lot about it.. Nothing helped me..
I have a Mac and an iPhone. How can I install the application which I developed in Xcode in my device?
Could anyone give a simple steps to understand the work flow of Provisioning Portal process?


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QUICKSBURG — In an effort to get more people to visit the Valley on overnight family vacations, businesses from Harrisonburg to Hagerstown, Md., are teaming up to put the power in kids' hands.
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Award-Winning Hits by the Best Rapper Alive
Lil Wayne, the American rapper/songwriter was born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. on September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lil Wayne is one of today's most popular and talented rappers. He has been creating rhymes since he was eight years old. He grew up in the poor neighbourhood of Hollygrove. His father abandoned their family when he was only two years old. This is also why Lil Wayne preferred to be called 'Wayne' rather than his given name Dwayne because for him, it was the name of his father and his father has never been there for him. At age 15, he started his professional musical career when he joined the Hot Boys. He made a name for himself in the hip-hop scene and being in the spotlight for more than a decade now, he has been giving his fans only the best of Lil Wayne songs.
The music industry is known to produce great artists time and time again and Lil Wayne is one of its top successful rappers in the world to date. He has made his importance felt and known to the world by developing his own style of blending hip-hop and rap. Under his credits, he has a series of huge popular albums that contains chart-topping and the best of Lil Wayne songs.
Since the start of his career, Lil Wayne has had a long list of nominations and awards under his belt. Some of the best of Lil Wayne songs that have garnered awards are as follows. In 2007, his collaboration DJ Khaled, Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, and Birdman with 'We Takin Over' won the Best Video for Ozone Awards and the Coolest Collaboration with Vibe Music Awards. In the same year, 'Stuntin Like My Daddy' with Birdman was awarded with Viewer's Choice by the BET Awards and Alltel People's Champ by BET Hip Hop Awards. 'You' was also awarded with the Best Rap/R&B Collaboration by the Ozone Awards in 2007.
His song 'A Milli' was awarded with People's Champ and Track of the Year by BET Hip Hop Awards in 2008. 'Lollipop' won the Best Ringtone of the Year while 'I'm So Hood (Remix)' was the Best Hip Hop collaboration. 'Lollipop' also won the Viewer's choice by the BET Awards and the Best Hip Hop Video by the MTV Video Music Awards in 2008. In 2009, Grammy Awards awarded Wayne's 'Lollipop' with Best Rap Song, 'Swagga Like Us' with Best Rap Performance By a Group, and 'A Milli' with Best Rap Solo Performance. The ASCAP Awards awarded Wayne with Award Winning Rap Song for 'Forever' and 'Mrs. Officer'. 'No Ceiling' was awarded with Mixtape of the Year and 'Drop the World' with The People's Crown by the Sucker Free Summit Awards in 2010. Recently, his 'Look At Me Now' won the Video of The Year, Best Collaboration, and Viewer's Choice Award by the BET Awards 2011.
This love-him-or-hate-him artist has produced songs that can be heard at almost every party and can be found on the list of every music buff. Even when he was sentenced to jail for about 8 months in 2010, Lil Wayne continued working and has produced award-winning albums. Since his release he has been hard at work touring, will sell-out Lil Wayne tickets and shows around the globe.


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This is probably very simple and I am sure I can hack something together. However, I am looking for an elegant solution to my problem.
I have a hollow circle with, let us say, an outer radius of 47.3 cm and an inner radius of 39.5 cm. Hence, the thickness of the hollow circle is 7.8 cm. Btw, is there a better name than hollow circle?
I would like to know the area of this hollow circle (now problem) minus the area of the maximum number of mini circles that can fit into the hollow circle. Here the mini circles have a radius of 2.5 cm and are snugly placed at the outer circumference of the hollow circle.
I hope I have expressed myself comprehensibly. Thanks a lot.