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So, below is the picture I shot, I went out in the snow today, but it stopped snowing! But would you believe it, Picnik has a snow feature :D Add some softening, some matting and some vignetting and I like it better, much more wintery :)
I love the snow, so much. This is the most snow we have had in years and we have another week of it forecast. Awesome.
Thats my mum and dog in the distance for your info.
There was a rich supply of user research at WebJunction, and all I had to do was harvest it. I viewed recordings of usability tests, where participants conducted tasks with paper prototypes of the new interface. I interviewed WebJunction employees and subject-matter experts. I looked over the quantitative and qualitative data from a 2007 survey that WebJunction conducted with users. I also tapped into a few other sources, but my favorite was the WebJunction discussion boards. Since WebJunction's initial launch in 2003, users had been voicing opinions and making comments on a variety of topics, such as why they chose to enter their profession, or what they would like to see on WebJunction in the form of services (the persona quotes are pulled directly from the forums).
In order to organize this research into an actionable user-centric decision-making tool, I created personas. Rosa emerged as a primary persona, based on the business needs of my design and audience characteristics I had aggregated.
In addition to my literature research, Todd Zaki Warfel's presentation on data-backed personas at the 2008 IA Summit was extremely informative. Although I wasn't able to attend the Summit, I was creating these personas around the time that podcasts and slide decks from the conference were posted online. Luckily, both aspects of his presentation were accessible, because I found it very helpful.
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July 17, 2015 - East of Miller Nebraska
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After some incredible thunderstorm structure south of Ansley Nebraska, I got pounded with quarter sized hail, horizontal rain and wind gust up to 50mph. There were times that I couldn't see 10 feet in front of the truck, but I pushed on.
Had some incredible lighting after pulling out the south end of this storm cell. But in the heat of the moment, I didn't have the camera in focus and about a 100 shots came out lame. I didn't know this at that time.... I was truly disappointed in myself, not checking settings. Its was one of those basic fundamentals.
I did get a chance to redeem myself as I pulled onto Hwy 40 east just outside of Miller Nebraska. The storm was still building as it was cresting northeast. Shooting off tons of cc lightning. I pulled off the side of the road to end of a day of some great storm chasing photography.
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THE ANCIENT LANGUAGE OF SOUNDS AND SIGNS
April 27th, 2010
@ Mobius
725 Harrison Avenue, Suite One
Boston MA 02118
Dancers:
Olivier Besson
Ellen Godena www.mobius.org/user/27
Liz Roncka www.myspace.com/realtimeperformance
Musicians:
Haggai Cohen Milo (bass) www.myspace.com/jatul
Amir Milstein (flute)
Jamey Haddad (percussion) www.jameyhaddadmusic.com
A very special evening of improvised music and dance featuring musicians Haggai Cohen Milo (bass) and Amir Milstein (flute) and movement artists Olivier Besson, Ellen Godena and Liz Roncka.
ARTIST BIOS
Olivier Besson - Movement Artist - is an improvisational movement artist who hails from France and is based in Boston. In the period from 1980 until the mid 90's, Olivier studied Contact Improvisation with Robin Feld, Nancy Stark Smith, Lisa Nelson and Andrew Harwood, and Improvisation / Real Time composition with Daniel Lepkoff and Julyen Hamilton. During that time, he also practiced and performed Bugaku (Court dance from Japan) with Arawana Hayashi. Other training includes Butoh with Maureen Feming and Action Theater with Ruth Zaporah.
Most notably, Olivier’s work has been presented: *in the US - at Dance Theatre Workshop (NYC), Judson Church (NYC), New York Improvisation festival, Walker Art Centre (Minneapolis), Boston Dance Umbrella, Florida Dance Festival, Dance Place (Washington DC), The Boston Conservatory, Boston University, Radford University (Virginia), *and internationally - at the National Institute of the Arts (Taipei, Taiwan), Die Pratze (Tokyo), Art of Movement Festival (Yaroslav, Russia), Micadanses (Paris) and with Compagnie Vertige (Nice, France). He has collaborated with many individuals including Chris Aiken, Lisa Schmidt, Debra Bluth, Ming-Shen Ku, Pamela Newell, Toshiko Oiwa and musicians/composers Mike Vargas, Peter Jones, Jane Wang and Grant Smith. Locally, he has guest danced for Dawn Kramer, Micki Taylor-Pinney and Diane Noya. His ongoing performance projects involve collaborations with Liz Roncka in Boston and Emmanuelle Pepin in Nice (France) .
Olivier is currently on faculty at The Boston Conservatory (dance division). He has been on faculty at Canal Danse (Paris), the French National Circus School (CNAC), Bates Dance Festival, Emerson College and the School of Fine Arts at Boston Universtity. He has taught residencies at the National Institute of the Arts (Taipei, Taiwan), Le Centre Choregraphique de Danse / Daniel Larieu (Tours, France), the University of Minnesota, and Radford University (Virginia). He has also taught masterclasses for teen / pre-teen programs at Walnut Hill, Cambridge School of Weston, Jeanette Neil Dance Studios, Brookline High and Cambridge Rindge and Latin.
Haggai Cohen Milo - At the young age of 25, bass player and composer Haggai Cohen Milo is already a known name in the international music scene. Mr. Cohen Milo, currently operating from Berkeley, CA, brings exotic flavors to his music from his native middle east country, Israel. In both his compositions and in his playing, there is a contemporary mix of sound between East and West. His group the Secret Music Project, that features his personal musical sound and vision, has performed in some of the most important festivals around the world including the Aspen Music Festival, the Atlantic Jazz Festival (Canada), Boston First Night and many more.
Mr. Cohen-Milo first gained international recognition when he won the First Prize in the International Ensemble Competition in Belgium 2006. In the same year, Cohen Milo was also awarded the DownBeat Magazine Music Awards and the grand prize at the Fish Middleton Jazz Soloist Competition held in Washington, DC.
As a Composer, Cohen Milo has composed the score for two full enough feature films, Intimate Enemies (2008), by the internationally known Mexican director Fernando Sariñana and SPAM (2009) by the director Charlie Gore. Cohen Milo released his debut album in January 2007 under the prestigious record label “Fresh Sound - New Talent”. The album received enthusiastic reviews in the US and in Europe. Cohen Milo also recorded with different artists for Warner Music, Sunnyside Records and more.
With a fast growing touring career, Cohen Milo has already performed on some of the most important stages around the world, including Carnegie Hall and Birdland (New York), Getxo International Jazz Festival (Spain), The Jazz Station (Belgium) and Rome Music Festival (Italy), to name a few.
Cohen Milo graduated in 2009 from the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he studied with such masters as Danilo Perez, Bob Moses, Jamey Hadad and Jerry Bergonzi.
"... Haggai Cohen Milo revealed over a set of ridiculously infectious music that he's in the soul restoration business. Yessiree. He is!" (Graham Pilsworth, "The Coast", Canada)
Amir Milstein - Flutist and composer - is a graduate of the "Rubin Academy of Music" in Jerusalem (B.M. in jazz and classical flute), and the New England Conservatory (Masters degree in music performance, 2010) Amir established his career in the world-music scene founding acknowledged ensembles such as Bustan Abraham and Tucan Trio with which he has recorded and performed worldwide.
His musical background represents a variety of styles and cultures including classical, jazz, Mediterranean and Latin. He has collaborated with artists such as Zakir Hussein, Tito Puente, Ross Daly, Omar Farouk Tekbilek and Armando Macedo, among others and has participated in distinguished concert venues and festivals, both as a player and a composer.
He has collaborated with several choreographers, with whom he has composed for modern and flamenco dance groups and has composed and recorded several film scores. (His recent work on the documentary film "The Case for Israel- Democracy's Outpost" is currently presented at film festivals worldwide). Amir played in musical shows in the Israeli television and has collaborated and recorded numerous albums with Israel's leading artists, such as Matti Caspi, Shlomo Gronich, Gidi Gov, Miki Gavrielov, Leah Shabbat, and many others.
With over twenty years of experience teaching flute, recorders and music theory, Amir developed a unique musical education program and has instructed at the "Karev Music Educational Program" in Israel. He currently teaches at the New England Conservatory, Boston, and has lectured and presented workshops at music schools such as the Berklee College of music, Boston and Berkeley University, CA. Before moving to Boston, in 2004 Amir was also a faculty member at the "Hed College of Contemporary Music" in Tel Aviv, Israel. Amir presents an interactive workshop for schools and colleges called: "A World of Flutes"- Introducing the evolution of woodwinds through live music, stories, and a demonstration of over 80 musical instruments.
Ellen Godena - Movement Artist - is an experimental performer, choreographer, and Mobius Artists Group member. Her recent work has focused on the relationships between human, non-human (organic), and machine (non-organic) movement as a method for studying human development. Recent solo and collaborative works have been quests to define these relationships through the use of primitive, robotic entities in performance.
Ellen’s training, artistic influences and inspiration derive from the study of Japanese avant-garde movement and theater forms that have developed since the early 1960’s, primarily the butoh dances created by Japanese artists Kazuo Ohno and Tatsumi Hijikata, physical theater, and contemporary dance. Since 1998, she has performed solo, group, and ensemble work in Boston, Philadelphia, Providence, and New York City. She was a former dancer with the Boston-based Kitsune Dance Theater (2003-06) under the direction of Deborah Butler, and the NYC post-modern butoh troupe, the Vangeline Theater (2006-08) under the direction of Vangeline. She has performed with Master butoh artist Katsura Kan (Curious Fish, 2002, 2008), and has studied with internationally recognized artists such as Zack Fuller, Hiroko Tamano, Su-En, Diego Pinon, and Katsura Kan. Her primary, long-term training has been with American artists Deborah Butler, Vangeline, and Jennifer Hicks. Currently, Ellen is presenting solo robotics – movement projects in addition to performing regularly with Liz Roncka's Real-Time Performance Project in Boston, MA. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in Studio Painting (1997), and a Master's degree in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University (2005).
Liz Roncka - Movement Artist - is an avid practitioner of movement improvisation and contemporary dance. She is the director of lizroncka/Real-Time Performance Project,a Mobius Artists Group member and a collaborating artist with Emma Jupe, a Paris-based improvisation collective. Her work has been presented in Boston, NYC, San Francisco, Budapest and Paris.
Liz's early training was in the tradition of classical ballet at the School of the New Bedford Ballet. In college, Liz’s focus shifted toward contemporary dance and improvisation. She was a member of the Dance Collective of Boston from 1998-2005. Liz has had the pleasure of performing modern dance and improvisational work under the direction of: Ramelle Adams, Emily Beattie, Ruth Benson-Levin, Debra Bluth, Alissa Cardone, Sean Curran,Ellen Godena, Andrew Harwood, Michael Jahoda/White Box Project, Dawn Kramer, Light Motion, Karen Murphy-Fitch and Micki Taylor-Pinney.
Much of Liz's work is developed in deep collaboration with sound artists, most notably Jane Wang, Haggai Cohen Milo, Jessyka Luzzi, Sean Frenette and Akili Jamal Haynes. Current projects include an improvisational duo with Forbes Graham (trumpet) and an collaboration with Philippe Lejeune (visual artist) developing a movement piece within a glass installation exploring the intersection of reality and reflected images. For more information please see:
www.dailydanceproject.blogspot.com
Members of the Users' Advisory Group are seen during the first meeting of the National Space Council Users' Advisory Group, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The Users' Advisory Group will advise and inform the National Space Council on a broad range of aerospace topics, including the impacts of U.S. and international laws and regulations, national security space priorities, scientific and human space exploration priorities, and ways to bolster support. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Some background:
The Brewster Buffalo was an American fighter aircraft which saw limited service early in World War II. It was one of the first U.S. WWII Monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications for aircraft carriers. It usually had an open canopy. Though the Buffalo won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the US Navy's first monoplane fighter aircraft, it turned out to be a big disappointment. Several nations, including Finland, Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands, ordered the Buffalo to bolster their struggling air arms, but of all the users, only the Finns seemed to find their Buffalos effective, flying them in combat with excellent results.
When World War II began in the Pacific in December 1941, Buffalos operated by both British Commonwealth (B-339E) and Dutch (B-339D) air forces in South East Asia suffered severe losses in combat against the Japanese Navy's Mitsubishi A6M Zero and the Japanese Army's Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar". The Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger ("Military Air Service of the Royal Netherlands East Indian Army", ML-KNIL) had ordered 144 Brewster B-339C and 339D models, the former with rebuilt Wright G-105 engines supplied by the Dutch and the latter with new 1,200 hp (895 kW) Wright R-1820-40 engines Brewster purchased from Wright. At the outbreak of war, only 71 had arrived in the Dutch East Indies, and not all were in service. A small number served briefly at Singapore before being withdrawn for the defense of Java.
As the Brewster B-339 aircraft used by the ML-KNIL were lighter than the modified B-339E Brewster Mark Is used by British, Australian, and New Zealand air forces, they were able at times to successfully engage the Japanese Army Ki-43 "Oscar", although both the "Oscar" and the Japanese Navy's A6M Zero still out-climbed and out-turned the B-339 at combat altitudes (the Zero was faster as well). Brewster Buffalos of the ML-KNIL, apart from their role as fighters, were also used as dive bombers against Japanese troopships. Although reinforced by British Commonwealth Brewster Mk I (B-339E) aircraft retreating from Malaya, the Dutch squadrons faced superior numbers in the air, and were too few in number to stem the advance of Japanese ground forces.
In a major engagement above Semplak on 19 February 1942, eight Dutch Brewster fighters intercepted a formation of about 35 Japanese bombers with an escort of about 20 Zeros. The Brewster pilots destroyed 11 Japanese aircraft and lost four Brewsters; two Dutch pilots died. The Brewsters flew their last sortie on 7 March. Altogether, 17 ML-KNIL pilots were killed, and 30 aircraft shot down; 15 were destroyed on the ground, and several were lost to misadventure. Dutch pilots claimed 55 enemy aircraft destroyed. Two Dutch pilots, Jacob van Helsdingen and August Deibel, scored highest with the Buffalo with three victories each. Following the surrender of the Netherlands East Indies on 8 March 1942, 17 ML-KNIL Buffalos were transferred to the USAAF and RAAF in Australia.
The kit and its assembly
No whif this time! To be honest, I like the wacky Brewster Buffalo, and I had one on my agenda for a long time - uncertain which nationality it should have, though. When I snooped around I came across the recent Buffalo replica for the Long Island museum, which sports ML-KNIL colours, and that made the decision, since it offered colour pictures (chech airliners.net) of a probably authentic livery of one of such machines.
The kit is the simple and vintage Matchbox kit - I did not want to spend a fortune on a 4" model. The kit ain't bad, but has several wrong details, e. g. the landing flaps are wrong, the pitot is missing, and the degree of surface details is rather low and a wild mix of rised and recessed panel lines. As a funny coincidence, the original Matchbox kit even allows to build a Dutch plane (B-398), with triangular, orange national markings. The paint scheme is correct, but the colours, lent from RAF planes (Dark Green and Dark Earth with grey undersides) is IMHO totally wrong, see below. I went for something different, though, a plane with an original ML-KNIL camouflage.
Using pictures and profiles I slightly pimped the small kit, e .g. through lowered flaps (which are too big...), an open canopy, some cockpit details like a different pilot, a dashboard and an aiming sight, some cables in the open landing gear wells, plus two wing hardpoints with a 100 lbs. bomb each. Nothing outrageous, just cosmetics.
Painting
"B-395/E" belonged to pilot Sgt.I.P.Adam, based at Andir, Java, March 1942. It wore the typical Oudeblad/Jongblad/Silver paint scheme of the conflict theatre and carried the Dutch flag markings used after February 24th, 1942. It was finally captured by Japanese forces in March 1942 at Andir.
At first glance, the paint scheme looks familiar - like the typical RAF Dark Earth/Dark Green from above, and actually some ML-KNIL Buffalos flew in this fashion, with undersides partly painted half black/Sky Type 'S'.
But upon closer look, B-395's upper scheme consists of two green tones, with silver undersides. A similar scheme was used on many other ML-KNIL planes (e .g. P-36, Curtiss-Wright CW-21) and also on RAAF Spitfires in that region.
For the lighter 'Oudeblad' ("old leaves") tone I used Olive Drab from Humbrol (155), which is rather brown-ish, for Jongblad ("young leaves") I used Bronze Green from Humbrol (75) as basic tone. 155 seems to be a perfect choice, and it was shaded with Humbrol 26 (Khaki Drab). For the darker 'Jongblad', FS 34092 is often recommended (as well as for RAAF "Foliage Green") - but I found this modern FS tone to be much too bluish and light. Hence, and after consulting pictures of the Buffalo replica at airliners.net, I settled for the darker Bronze Green, setting some shades with RAF Dark Green (Testors 2060) and Marine Green (Humbrol 105).
The lower sides were painted with Aluminum from Humbrol (56), with some shading with Aluminum Metallizer and Gun Metal (Humbrol 53).
The kit was considerably weathered through a black ink wash, dry brushing on all surfaces with lighter/bleached tones of the camouflage colours, some emphasized panel lines, plus some soot stains around the guns and the exhaust.
Decals were puzzled together according to pictures and sketches of B-395 I found; the national insignia flags come from an RS Models Fokker XXIII, the registration numbers and the white ID stripe were improvised with material from various aftermarket sheets from TL Modellbau.
So, finally, a literally tiny project with exotic appeal, built in less than three days from sprues to pictures - nothing fancy, but finally a Buffalo for the collcetion. ^^
Massimo Aparo, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards visit exhibitions on the sidelines of the IAEA’s 14th Symposium on International Safeguards, 31 October 2022 – 4 November 2022.
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URL: User Requirements with Lego, a methodology to elicit user requirements for online communication applications.
Developped at Università della Svizzera italiana.
Based on Lego Serious Play.
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PhD students in Prof Penumadu’s group a at the University of Tennessee – Jeff Bunn, Robin Woracek, and Stephen Puplampu – are studying in situ torsion response of FCC and HCP metals on beam line HB-2B at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, or the Neutron Residual Stress Mapping Facility. Image Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL.
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while Luca Lamorte, Oscar Rodriguez, Walter Goix, Marc Drewniok were close to each other.
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ℹ️ Fortnite is an online video game developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is available in three distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: Fortnite: Save the World, a cooperative shooter-survival game for up to four players to fight off zombie-like creatures and defend objects with fortifications they can build; Fortnite Battle Royale, a free-to-play battle royale game where up to 100 players fight to be the last person standing; and Fortnite Creative, where players are given complete freedom to create worlds and battle arenas. The first two-game modes were released in 2017 as early access titles and Creative was released on December 6, 2018. Save the World is available only for Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, while Battle Royale and Creative released for those platforms, in addition for Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android devices.
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I was running a user test for a client in the Meredith computer lab and used this sign to find the men's room. It makes sense that the men's room would end up being smaller than a closet.
The UTeach Program at University of Texas at Austin sent their mascot to Boston to visit math and science majors in UMass Boston's UTeach Program and students in the the Math Freshmen Success Community. Karen Crounse, a clinical assistant professor in UMass Boston's UTeach Program, sent in the photo.
Larry and I continued our walking exploration of the Beechville, Lakeside, Timberlea rail trail system. It looks like there is an interconnecting rail trail system that links Halifax and Lunenburg, so we have a good amount of walking ahead of us.
VULCAN user Lili Zheng, Hitachi America, Ltd., is studying deformation of martensitic steel. Image Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL.
The Havelock statue, constructed in 1861, is located on Building Hill at the south of the park and commemorates Sir Henry Havelock, a celebrated military general born in Bishopwearmouth. Either side of the statue are cannons, named Joshua and Caleb, replicas of those captured from the Russians during the Crimean war. The originals were melted down for metal during the Second World War.
The over life-sized bronze figure of Havelock in military uniform and a sword in his hand is on a high stepped based and a tall, square, granite plinth and faces toward his birthplace. The figure is signed 1861 by Behnes and the founder's mark on the rear of plinth reads: "The Statue Foundry, Pimlico, London". The inscription on the front of the plinth reads: "Born 5 April 1775 at Ford Hall, Bishopwearmouth. Died 24 November 1857 at Dil Koosha, Lucknow". There is a statue of Havelock by the same sculptor in Trafalgar Square, London.
Mowbray Park is a municipal park in the centre of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, located a few hundred yards from the busy thoroughfares of Holmeside and Fawcett Street and bordered by Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens to the north, Burdon Road to the west, Toward Road to the east and Park Road to the south. The park was voted best in Britain in 2008.
Mowbray Park is one of the oldest municipal parks in North East England.
The roots of Mowbray Park date back to the 1830s, when a health inspector recommended building a leafy area in the town after Sunderland recorded the first cholera epidemic in 1831. A grant of £750 was provided by the Government to buy a £2,000 plot of land from the Mowbray family for a new park.
Work on Mowbray Park – then known as The People's Park – began in the mid-1850s, incorporating a former limestone quarry set within what was known as Building Hill. It appears that spoil heaps were shaped and mounded to create distinctive paths amongst steep sided hummocks. The effect was to afford the Victorian user plenty of opportunity to perambulate within a relatively small green area.
The park was opened by John Candlish, Lord Mayor MP of Sunderland on 21 May 1857.
On the day of the park's opening on 12 May 1857, shops closed early as thousands of people flocked to attend the ceremony. An extension to Mowbray Park, from the railway cutting to Borough Road, was opened on 11 July 1866.
It was opened in 1857 in response to a demand for more open spaces in the town. The land was purchased from the Mowbray family, and named after them in recognition. The park was extended in 1866 to include a lake and a terrace, and in 1879 the Winter Gardens, museum and art gallery were added along the Borough Road side.
The Second World War affected the park; It was hit with numerous German bombs, the iron structures – most notably the Winter Gardens, a cast iron bridge, and the bandstand – were taken away to be melted down for weapons, and the open spaces were converted into vegetable patches.
Following the war, the park fell into neglect. Sunderland Civic Centre was built on the west portion of the park. The area became known for anti-social and abusive behaviour, and was considered generally unsafe. In August 1993, over £13,000 worth of damage was caused, and a survey by the Sunderland Echo showed that locals were too scared to use the park.
Following a public campaign, in 1994 work began on restoring the park to its Victorian glory, funded by a £3.3 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, described as: "The jewel in the crown of the city centre regeneration". The Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens were rebuilt, the lake was restored, the bandstand was rebuilt, and the park was re-shaped and adorned with new artworks. A large adventure play area for children was built, to an "Alice Through The Looking Glass Theme" featuring a distorted giant chequer board and giant chess pieces. The park officially re-opened in 2000.
In the first year following re-opening, the park received over 800,000 visitors, making it the most visited attraction outside London.
I'm back from my weekend getaway to Orcas Island, and I am exhausted! My friends and I had a busy weekend filled with fun events like exploring the beach, hiking up Mt. Constitution, whale watching, swimming, BBQ-ing, and just having a grand ol' time.
This shot was taken just outside the townhouses we were renting for the weekend (Smuggler's Villa on the north side of Orcas Island). As you can see, the weather was absolutely gorgeous all weekend. Sunny, mostly clear, and warm.
Photos from the trip are being processed right now and should start rolling in soon. Stay tuned...
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to members of the news media at Launch Complex 39A. At left is Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX. At right is Timothy Hughes, senior vice president and general counsel for SpaceX. On Feb. 18, a Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon spacecraft atop is scheduled to lift off from the launch pad for the SpaceX CRS-10 mission. The historic site is where American astronauts first launched to the moon and was last used in 2011 for the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program. In April 2014, NASA officials signed a 20-year property agreement with SpaceX for use and operation of the launch pad for their Falcon 9 and Falcon 9 Heavy rockets. The SpaceX CRS-10 liftoff is another milestone further establishing Kennedy as a premier, multi-user spaceport. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver 5,000 pounds of supplies and research materials to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
CNUG April 2012 Users Group
Get Yourself Kinect-ed
This month we look at how you can build Windows applications that utilize Microsoft Kinect for Windows.
Prior to the regularly scheduled CNUG meeting the Chicago Azure Cloud Users Group and Scott Seely will present "Intro to Windows Azure and Windows Azure Appfabric" at 5:30PM.
Sponsor: Solving IT!
Website: www.solvingit.com/
When: April 18th
Where: Microsoft Downers Grove
3025 Highland Parkway
Downers Grove, IL
Agenda:
5:30PM - Arrival
6:30PM - Food and Beverages
7:00PM - Get Yourself Kinect-ed! - Greg Levenhagen, Skyline Technologies
Abstract:
Kinect development used to mean hacking without any support, but now that the Kinect SDK, Kinect for Windows hardware and commercial support for non-XBOX 360 applications has been released, the full power of the Kinect is unleashed. Come see how to start developing with the Kinect, using its hardware features and what the Kinect SDK provides.
Speaker Bio:
Greg Levenhagen has been designing and developing enterprise solutions, leading projects for a variety of businesses for over 10 years and has worked on a diverse set of platforms using many different tools. He is a true enthusiast of computer science, with passions and interests including mobile, cloud, architecture, parallel, testing, agile, ALM, UX, 3D/games, languages and much more. Greg is a Senior Software Engineer with Skyline Technologies, Board member of the Fox Valley .NET User's Group, cofounder of the Northeast WI Agile User’s Group, INETA speaker, IEEE member, ACM member, substitute professor and a PhD student.
Along with being a life-long geek, Greg enjoys golfing, football, woodworking, philosophy and stimulating conversation.
You can find Greg at devtreats.com and @GregLevenhagen.
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CNUG April 2012 Users Group
Get Yourself Kinect-ed
This month we look at how you can build Windows applications that utilize Microsoft Kinect for Windows.
Prior to the regularly scheduled CNUG meeting the Chicago Azure Cloud Users Group and Scott Seely will present "Intro to Windows Azure and Windows Azure Appfabric" at 5:30PM.
Sponsor: Solving IT!
Website: www.solvingit.com/
When: April 18th
Where: Microsoft Downers Grove
3025 Highland Parkway
Downers Grove, IL
Agenda:
5:30PM - Arrival
6:30PM - Food and Beverages
7:00PM - Get Yourself Kinect-ed! - Greg Levenhagen, Skyline Technologies
Abstract:
Kinect development used to mean hacking without any support, but now that the Kinect SDK, Kinect for Windows hardware and commercial support for non-XBOX 360 applications has been released, the full power of the Kinect is unleashed. Come see how to start developing with the Kinect, using its hardware features and what the Kinect SDK provides.
Speaker Bio:
Greg Levenhagen has been designing and developing enterprise solutions, leading projects for a variety of businesses for over 10 years and has worked on a diverse set of platforms using many different tools. He is a true enthusiast of computer science, with passions and interests including mobile, cloud, architecture, parallel, testing, agile, ALM, UX, 3D/games, languages and much more. Greg is a Senior Software Engineer with Skyline Technologies, Board member of the Fox Valley .NET User's Group, cofounder of the Northeast WI Agile User’s Group, INETA speaker, IEEE member, ACM member, substitute professor and a PhD student.
Along with being a life-long geek, Greg enjoys golfing, football, woodworking, philosophy and stimulating conversation.
You can find Greg at devtreats.com and @GregLevenhagen.
View the high resolution image on my photo website