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Goldfish all gone? Turn that empty tank into an underwater housing
If you have a digital SLR and don't want to blow two grand on an underwater housing, check out the alternative the folks at Digital Camera World came up with. Just put your camera into a clean fish tank, attach a remote shutter release cable, lower the tank into the water, and fire away. Naturally, this only works in calm water, so don't take it into the ocean unless you fancy buying a new camera.
Though the site mentions you have to take a lot of shots and check the results because you can't see through the viewfinder, it's worth pointing out that using an SLR with a swivel screen would allow you to compose while you shoot.
|A Nikon DSLR in a fish tank starts its dive under the water. [Photo: Digital Camera World]
Feeling brave and want to try it for yourself? You'll find instructions via the source link below. And don't forget to make sure that fish tank doesn't leak before you take it for a dip!
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We used to do this in TV news, but you needed a 30+ gallon tank to house the TV camera. It's also scary as hell to pull off. Then GoPros came along and this technique became extinct. Funny I hadn't considered it for stills until just now. Might be fun to get s shot of salmon spawning with my OM-D
You can build a semi-custom case using 3/8" plexiglas, a gas purge valve, plexiglas fusing glue, silicone rubber, heavy duty rubber gloves, a jigsaw and some stainless steel bolts and screws. You build a glove-box. But test for water tightness before putting a camera in it!
This is great news!
I can expect a lot of new members to my federation PACF (Professional Association of Camera Flooders). T-shirts come at a reasonable price :-)
When I started to read this article, before getting to see the picture, I actually thought that this was about completely submerging an upside-down fish tank into the water. Which actually sounds a better idea! You could then get some shots well below the water surface. Assuming that you manage to pull the whole thing down and keep the camera above the inside water level (and that it doesn't go up too much to reach the camera), and that the higher air pressure doesn't blow up the camera.
Although not the greatest of ideas, I love the fact that DPR is posting unique ideas. What we consider bad ideas can often spark ingenious and unique ideas in the creative minds of others. I applaud DPR for going outside of the norm and jump starting creative thought and dialogue.
Please don't show Olympus this ...I can see it now ...the EM-2 ...bigger, better and waterproof ...all with a half size sensor
Instead of blowing $2,000 on a good underwater housing you blow your $2,000 Nikon and lens by immersing it in an aquarium (that's Latin, means it is made for water inside, not to keep water out).
A Zip bag probably works better!
Is this a new trend?!
Dumb Idea of the Week?
This week's DIW: Use your D4X as support for your car, when changing wheels!
Next week: Bullet-proof vest made out of discarded Canon DSLRs!
Following week: Use your old Hasselblads to build yourself a hide!
Then: Throw-a-camera competition!
Old favorite from our long series: dropping your camera from the Eiffel Tower - tips and tricks!
Have good day!
The classic way is using a pail with a glass bottom - better in every way, as a aquarium has a lot of lift, for instance, a 20 liter one has a lift of about 40lbs, thus very affected by any kind of waves.
I've been using cut off pieces of 5-8" clear (1/4" thick) polyacrylic tube, with a flat piece of polyacrylic glued to one end of it, and another to the opposite end, but that with a big hole in it (big enough for your camera!), but with a flange, and then you bolt a flat piece to the flange, after having treated the mating surfaces with Vaseline. Now the camera is fairly waterproof enclosed, so I tend to secure the lid with just two, or three bolts, to make it easier to turn on, before securing the lid!
Now what, you might ask. Well, I use my IR remote in a small zipper bag to control the camera. Works very well, indeed! Never had a leak, and works in rain, too! Some cameras have remotes that can control a lot, some can control just a few functions, so you have to compromise ;-)!
A glass bottomed pail would be useful for shots downwards, but if you want to shoot sideways (like in a swimming pool) the aquarium is a great idea. Of course, the risk is not small, but it is certainly an interesting technique ...
Kim, with that Nikon you really have no idea what you are taking photos of - I'd say the only way is pointing it downward, so you can see the display!
A NEX would have worked much better, but evidently they had a Nikon to ruin, so that is what they used (haven't seen any results, though). Or an OM-D, or ....
Well, I shoot the G5 and GH2 and both have fully articulated LCDs ... but, remember that we are not dunking the aquarium all the way ... just maybe half way. And the screen will be visible if you get your head under with swimming goggles on ...
Where there is a will, there is a way :-)
I seriously thought of doing this for amphibians, but it is just more than I was willing to pack into the field. Instead, I use a ccdtv security dome attached to the front of the lens. It limits me to shooting at a 45 to 90 degree angle, but way easier to use while hiking a creek canyon.
Nice one...need broken glass in rock pools!
Photo Caption: A Nikon DSLR in a fish tank starts its dive under the water. [Photo: Digital Camera World]
Note to DPR: No matter how slow the news day, resist the temptation to link to random articles like this. Or put a smiley in the title so we know you're not serious.
Note to Digital Camera World: Congratulations on the perfect Rube Goldberg solution on how to destroy a pretty nice camera.
Now, THAT is dumb.
and it's not even 1st April today!
What's missing is ballast to keep the tank reasonably submerged and stable, otherwise it will take some effort to hold it down. The bottom of fish tanks is glass, the bottom should be protected with plywood on both sides. Use towels inside the tank to absorb stray water before it can reach the camera.
Exactly! And why on earth no protective lid?! Doesn't need to be water-proof, just spray-protection!
Fish tanks are designed and braced to withstand low-head water pressure applied from the inside. They are not designed and braced to withstand water pressure of any head applied from the outside. This idea seems to me to be particularly ill-conceived, even in "calm" water.
Agree, 100%! In a swimming pool, with nobody else in it, maybe ...
Sounds very fishy to me!
"Though the site mentions you have to take a lot of shots and check the results because you can't see through the viewfinder, it's worth pointing out that using an SLR with a swivel screen would allow you to compose while you shoot."
Another alternative is to put a small mirror behind the camera at about a 45 degree angle. The LCD image will be upside down but still very helpful in composition.
And to all the Nay Sayers - you either
a) don't have any imagination or initiative and don't appreciate those who do.
b) think the idea is cool but your jealous you didn't think of this idea.
c) never heard of Angus MacGyver.
d) afraid to get your feet wet because you don't like water.
e) don't like fish because your pet goldfish bit your finger when you were 3 yrs old.
Not everyone are willing to risk a functional camera for taking surface shots - a wave and it is good bye!
MacGyver is a work of fiction - not the best authority on making things that work - why not A-Team as well?!
This is a really bad idea, and it seems kind of irresponsible to post this here. DPR should be giving good advice, not advocating something that could destroy one's equipment.
If I was going to do this, I'd attach some handle to the top so that there was less risk of dropping it in, I'd attach a rink of Styrofoam around the top edge on the outside so that it would be certain to float fairly high if I did drop it, and I'd cover the top with plastic to protect from splashes. Then I'd not use it anyway as it wouldn't be worth the risk, except with an old body/lens.
I think this is a brilliant idea and I recommend it to all Nikon owners.
DotCom Editor is a terrorist as he wants to rid the world of Nikons - we got the proof here!
My friend Nick Didlick, a professional photographer and Nikon School Instructor, has been doing this for years with a very cheap and simple setup.
He uses a plastic trash can that he buys at the local drug store, cuts a hole in it near the bottom, then expoxies the cover glass from a 4 x 6 or 5 x 7 picture frame over the hole (on the outside of the trash can).
I've seen some nice shots of trout and other fish that he's taken in rivers and creeks using his "BucketCam", as he calls it. But, yes, he has pushed it a little too far into the water and doused a camera once or twice. He likes to dry them on the heater vent of his car during the drive home.
What a great idea! Think of wireless connection for full camera operation: changing settings, choosing focus point, viewing and reviewing.
Oh, wireless controls do love water! Especially salt water!
some potential benefits:
- optical quality of a used aquarium has a potential of interesting artistic filter effects
- you can leave the fish inside for extra ghosting
- if you need to service your camera, you can keep it floating in the water that entered the aquarium to facilitate accurate troubleshooting
- having a wired remote allows you to recover your camera without soaking your hands in that muddy lake
I loved that extra ghosting idea!
Have heard that if you accidentally drop your camera into sea water you should immerse it in fresh water - here you get the container included - just change the fluid and everything is fine!
This is generally a bad idea! Be very careful with the choice of fish tank!
A fish tank is designed to keep water in, not out. It can withstand the pressure of the water in the tank that is trying to pull the fish tank apart. It is not designed to withstand the pressure of water pushing on the glass towards the inside.
I remember in the old days you were not even supposed to empty a fish tank completely (to clean it) because the loss of pressure could already spring a leak. So you have to be very careful to check whether your fish tank can withstand pressure from the outside. Not all fish tanks will survive being dipped in a lake.
You've had some rotten inventions on DPR but this takes the prize. A better idea would be to use an Otter case or similar, modified with a perspex window, camera operated by wireless remote. Much safer and more effective.
Hey, we didn't invent it - Digital Camera World did. Don't shoot the messenger :)
Jeff Keller, That was the lamest excuse I ever heard for publishing anything!
what could possibly go wrong?
Hum...i can't exactly tell what it is but something doesn't seem right with this setup.


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Type: Improvement
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Fixed
Component/s: docs.moodle.org
Moodle Docs currently has a lot of blocks for navigation - in the left column and on the right of many pages e.g. http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Forum_settings - which is a problem for smaller screen sizes. It also has a navigation bar e.g. Home ► Moodle Docs ► English ► Forum settings which I doubt is used much.
My suggested improvements are as follows:
1. Do away with blocks in the left column and move links to the page footer, similar to what has been done in the Unified Republic of Stars MediaWiki skin http://www.unifiedrepublicofstars.com/wiki/index.php/The_Unified_Republic_of_Stars:Skin
2. Do away with the MediaWiki search completely (it doesn't work well at all) and instead have a Google-powered 'Search Moodle Docs' at the top right of each page (replacing the 'Search moodle.org' feature)
3. Do away with the current navigation bar and instead add styling to a navigation trail created by templates (see
Note: These are rough suggestions which need further thought, such as where to include links to http://docs.moodle.org/overview/ and http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Table_of_Contents. Also, the Moodle Docs skin should continue to work for all the other Moodle Docs wikis.
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- has a non-specific relationship to
MDLSITE-1375 Moodle Docs using old incarnation of moodle menu (smartmenu based)
- Closed
- has been marked as being related by
MDLSITE-1516 2.0 Moodle Docs navigation template improvements
- Closed
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FYI to everyone. I have also felt the right side has gotten crowded. I think is should be rare to have more than 2 templates on a page anyway. Today I noticed in the Quiz template "Other activities", which is a simple way to bounce back to the Activities page and it's template. There are a couple of more places where that concept can be used.
Another opinion, I do not like it when the template extends beyond the introduction or general comments.
But I do like that they are in a consistent place and easy to get to. Templates on the right maybe considered clutter by some but they are above the fold and easy to get to.
I think I did suggest some footer templates way back when, so I am not against the idea.
Did I move too fast?
I am ready to back pedal if need be In my view at the moment, Nav bar is used goes up the hierarchy/outline and the templates drill down.
Visually, an issue is created on the nav bar on a feature's homepage. The two options can be seen on the [[Chat module]] and [[Lesson modules]] pages. I do not like the bullet list on the Lesson module page. I do not like the double dead links shown in the nav bar on the Chat module's homepage, I very much like the nav bar in general.
Having a bullet list of links that will be found on the template,I find distracting because it is inconsistent. Templates have been used to drill down in a context. Even if list was placed inside a box or in a colored block it violates the "natural" order.
If the double dead links offend, We use 2 templates. We could have 2 templates. For example Chat and Chat0. Where Chat0 is the feature homepage template, and Chat used on any of the links off Chat0. Both would be the same except for the nav bar.
I have the sneaking idea that there is MediaWiki code that would solve the visual problem of dual dead links, but I bet it will look visually complicted and not very user friendly.
I do not want the viewer to have to scroll down to see the bullet list in order to drill down.
Chris, sorry I somehow managed to add a reply to this comment in
MDLSITE-1516 Please see also MDLSITE-1520.
Just noting that the blocks in the left column are currently controlled by http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/MediaWiki:Sidebar
Hi Helen,
I'd love to try and catch you online at some point to discuss this issue.
Martin has me working on this issue presently. I've been working on the mockup that you have produced and have tidied up several things including moving the left hand blocks down to the bottom of the screen.
What I'd like to discuss with you is the following:
- You plans for the two navbars and what we can do there.
- Dealing with moving thumbnails to the left.
And of course the idea in general to make sure I have the right thing in mind.
What timezone are you in at the moment and what hours are you likely to be online?
Hehe I think you are coming online an hour or so after I am heading off, I'll just sign on in the evening some time and catch you.
Hi Sam,
Thanks a lot for working on this issue - can't wait to see your improvements! I'm going to try and catch you online in around 12 hours from now which I think is 9:00am in New Zealand.
Ok I've got purposed changes ready to test.... however one thing occurred to me just before.
Helen you mentioned the other night that this was going to be used on just the 2x wiki to start with, I was just thinking I don't know whether the code base is shared across the wiki's. If it is then the purposed changes I've got which modify the existing theme will need to be separated into a new theme leaving the old theme as it is presently.
I will talk to Martin/Jordan about this when one of them comes online today.
Screenshots posted of the two themes - old navbar theme and new navbar theme... check em out.
Just need Eloy to review now and then we're set to test
They look great, thanks Sam! Let's get them on the docs server asap!
Many thanks Sam, I agree with Martin that the new theme looks great!
Just noting that templates controlling the navigation bar contents shouldn't include wiki markup such as double single quotes (italicizing the text).
Will the 'In other languages' block (containing inter-wiki links) be positioned next to the toolbox at the bottom of the page?
+1 too from a coding pov. Changes are clever and will lead to better / easier upgrades, indeed. Great job, Sam et all!
Some comments / random thoughts...
1) While personally I don't buy completely the idea of sending the blocks to the footer, I agree they are not used very much, BUT with 2 big exceptions (at least in my real use):
- Jumping between docs versions: going back and forth to 1.9, 2.0, dev... is used here from time to time. I can survive without it.
- Jumping to other languages: this is the one I really use a lot, a lot. In both directions. Would be great to have that block transformed in sort of drop-down menu (like moodle.org does, positioned in a similar way and working like a jump menu).
2) The moodle-cross-site menu. It continues being the old js smartmenu implementation. IMO we need, once and for all, to define the master place where that menu is designed (surely without smartmenus, it looks horrible with JS disabled. Other CSS solution with JS hints here and there, but not dependent of them must be created), and the use that place to populate the rest of sites in an automatic way. Till then we are going to need manual updates all over the time (recompiling jira, hacking mediawiki...). Not to talk about language support. This need to be addressed globally ASAP with any solution providing full automatism and lang support over all sites. Surely this should go to another issue. But reviewing the changes here revived it in my head.
So, yay! Great job, my +1 for igniting testing phase across browsers!
Offtopic: Will this change get rid of the idiot "19" in my beloved Spanish Moodle Docs URLs too? (punch) hahaha.
So, Jordan, this is waiting on you now. I made a subtask
MDLSITE-1552 for the installation
Just nothing that presently this is waiting on me again, I need to merge in the changes made to the wiki to support the 2.1 and future 2.w wiki's.
I am presently finishing up my review of the mymobile theme and will look to do this immediately after so that Jordan can get it onto the test server for us.
The images and customisation css have been added for 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3. At the same time I've merged Jordans changes to LocalSettings.php
This should be all ready to test again.
Hi Jordan,
I've backported the skins to REL1_16.
When I went to do the backport for the settings I found that LocalSettings.php isn't in the REL1_16_private branch like I would have expected.
Just means that you will need to make those changes yourself where ever that is kept. The changes will be identical to https://github.com/moodlehq/mediawiki-moodledocs/compare/REL1_17_private...MDLSITE-1511_private#diff-1
On the upside I don't think you will need to worry about the overview.php page although we should test to see it still works at least.
The skin changes can be found here: https://github.com/moodlehq/mediawiki-moodledocs/compare/REL1_16_skin...MDLSITE_1511_skin_16
Let me know if you run into any more road blocks.
I've created the
MDLSITE-1511_deploy branch by executing, simply:
I've created the
MDLSITE-1511_deploy branch by executing, simply:
- cd my_local_repo_dir
- git pull hq
- git checkout REL1_17_custom
- git checkout -b
- git merge REL1_17_skin
- git merge REL1_17_private
- git pull hq
- git pull hq
In other words, get a new branch using REL1_17_custom as base and merge on it all the branches involved in the process (always the current skin and private ones for a given version, and later any specific ones).
Later, when the changes are tested and approved, the developer will merge those specific changes into the current ones, so other future deploys will include them)
That is, ciao
I've pushed it to github repo, but that is one thing that we shouldn't do. The deploy branch must (should) be created locally always IMO, with the repo exclusively having all the pieces needed to build it.
This time, just for commodity and explain the process, I've pushed it there.
Thanks Eloy!
I missed most of the discussion about this - all this merging business seems rather complex. Is it really necessary for this case? Could you quickly explain the rationale/structure here? Just so it's documented.
well, it was exposed and discussed, I think that both with Jordan and Sam.
The basis for that is that there are 3 areas in which we are doing changes, together or separately:
- RELX_Y_custom: the real user names hack, that affects all code base and which changes are public. It's maintained by me (in my public github repo, there are other sites using it).
- RELX_Y_skin: the changes in skins, it affects stuff only under /skin. It's maintained by Sam in the private repo (this used to be public before 1.16 too, but not anymore)
- RELX_Y_private: this includes all the changes done for our moodledocs wiki (the Localsettings file, the extensions installed, the changes in maintenance scripts to work under our multi-site structure). It is maintained by Sam/Jordan in the private repo.
So, at any moment, to get one working version of the moodledocs, all you have to do is to "glue" (mix/merge) those 3 branches for a given version. It's a 20 secs task and you get one "deployable" phase3 dir.
While one issue is ongoing, usually the involved developers create one sub-branch, hence, Sam created:
MDLSITE-1511_skin: to work on skin related changes MDLSITE-1511_private: to work on private related changes
(this issue did not require the creation of one
MDLSITE-1511_custom branch)
So, for testing, once again, all you have to do is to "glue" all them. It's a 25 secs taks (because there are 2 more branches to glue), but the results are the expected.
Working this way we maintain independency and rely on git strengths "merging" to be able to build the "deploy" versions at any moment. Doing that by hand (copy/whatever) is really slower. The steps above are also 100% scriptable, so you can have one:
./deploy_for_me.sh REL1_17 MDL-1511
And you will get, in < 1 minute one "glued" version ready to be deployed under testing, moving later to prod if everything goes ok.
And the final step, once the issue has been fixed is, simply, to send all the accepted changes in the
MDLSITE-1511_skin and MDLSITE-1511_private branches to the RELX_Y_skin and RELX_Y_private branches (1-line git operation) and then delete safely the MDLSITE-1511 branches, so next builds will include the fix for MDLSITE-1511.
IMO, it is really, really simple. Ciao
Also, separated, there is another point that makes this approach ideal, it's that, daily, our mediawiki git clone, is getting the changes from master mediawiki server, so the official branches (REL1_16, REL1_17... get new commits).
From time to time, I do one merge from those (official) branches to our 3 branches (_custom, _skin, _private), it's, once again, 1-line git command, cleaning conflicts if needed. That way, the upgrade from 1.17.0 to 1.17.5 is 100% automatic, when it used to be a pain in the past.
I think that was an important point missing in the comment above. Using that approach I was able to re-implement all the changes in 1.16 (when I started using git to track mediawiki and deploy moodledocs) in 1.7 in just a few hours (it used to be days when using SVN and all out customizations).
Offopic: Wow, just detected that one comment became duped, not sure how, really, I just clicked "edit" to continue afaik. Deleting...
Eloy, few things:
After cloning the '
MDLSITE-1511_deploy' branch, i am left with the following files:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264 Nov 18 12:04 error404.html
drwxr-xr-x 497 root root 20K Nov 18 11:06 extensions
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 894 Nov 18 11:06 favicon.ico
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19K Nov 18 11:06 invaders.swf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.3K Nov 18 11:06 moodle.gif
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Nov 18 11:06 overview
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4.0K Nov 18 11:06 phase3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 125 Nov 18 11:06 robots.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 999 Nov 18 11:06 upgradeinprogress.php
What is the extensions/ directory? why is in the root?
Why has 'prodwiki' folder been renamed to 'phase3' ? all our htaccess rules and apache configs are set to 'prodwiki' - if i move it manually it will break future git pulls.
Found the following issues with the new skin:
1) special nav bar isnt working (from martin)
2) a couple 404's:
3) some images are being loaded from moodle.org - this should not happen and breaks future SSL compatibility
Jordan, you have to take, exclusively the results of the "phase3" folder. It is one full-cloned mediawiki repository and they have that structure. Only the "phase3" folder is the one containing the application. The "extensions", for example are ALL the existing extensions (much like our old "contrib")... but you don't need that at all.
There is no (easy) way to checkout only one directory in git, sorry (there are the sparse checkouts, but I'm sure you won't want to go down that hell, or perhaps yes, I never have used it, one reference: http://vmiklos.hu/blog/sparse-checkout-example-in-git-1-7
Hi guys,
Jordan I've just been having a look at the three things you mentioned now.
1. The navbar from what I can see is working, however it is reliant on templates (or code embedded into pages). Perhaps Martin was looking at a page / pages that don't have templates assigned to them yet.
2. The 404's coming from load.php are an interesting one. I don't really know enough about how the regex's and stuff are working however load.php exists within the phase3 directory and those requests need to end up there. This is new to 1.17 and is likely just not accounted for yet.
3. The images that you've noted are indeed coming from moodle.org, I see that they are as well on docs.moodle.org. I'll add a commit to each skin branch and cherry-pick it to the deploy branch so that you can test. I'll ping you when that has been done.
Ok I've just pushed a new commit to both the skin branches and to the deployment branch that address the issue of the images coming from moodle.org.
Unfortunately I'm not really able to test my solution, they rely on the docs LocalSettings.php file so I will need you to test them Jordan, or update the test site so I can test them.
The images were being loaded through JS and require a full path to the images. To get around the multi-wiki setup I've exposed $wgStylePath's value through inline JS which the menu now reads to get the image path for its config.
It hopefully won't require any more regex's or anything special.
Commit 3d7d198491984762cf24de9a66226a6f0bb3cf53 fixes the load.php issue from htaccess
pulled image fixes to docstest.
can anyone elaborate more on these templates?
errors from new theme..
When viewing a 21 english doc:
[Thu Nov 24 13:10:22 2011] [error] [client 192.168.100.11] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: wgResourceLoaderValidateStaticJS in /var/www/vhosts/docstest.moodle.local/REL1_17/phase3/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoaderFileModule.php on line 451, referer: http://docstest/21/en/About_Moodle
When viewing a 20 english doc:
NOTE: the nav bar doesn't appear even on pages with the code at the top
[Thu Nov 24 13:10:28 2011] [error] [client 192.168.100.11] PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/vhosts/docstest.moodle.local/REL1_17/phase3/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoader.php on line 72, referer: http://docstest/20/en/About_Moodle
[Thu Nov 24 13:10:28 2011] [error] [client 192.168.100.11] PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/vhosts/docstest.moodle.local/REL1_17/phase3/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoader.php on line 98, referer: http://docstest/20/en/About_Moodle
[Thu Nov 24 13:10:28 2011] [error] [client 192.168.100.11] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: wgResourceLoaderValidateStaticJS in /var/www/vhosts/docstest.moodle.local/REL1_17/phase3/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoaderFileModule.php on line 451, referer: http://docstest/20/en
[Thu Nov 24 13:10:28 2011] [error] [client 192.168.100.11] PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/vhosts/docstest.moodle.local/REL1_17/phase3/includes/MessageBlobStore.php on line 335, referer: http://docstest/20/en/About_Moodle
This is blocking the install on production.
Hi Jordan, I will try to get to this today. No promises unfortunately as my priority is with the upcoming release at the moment.
Okay, started looking into a things now.
First up $wgResourceLoaderValidateStaticJS... is crazy... by the looks of it that variable wasn't meant to have been introduced until 1.18.0 (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgResourceLoaderValidateStaticJS) so I have no clue why that is there.
However I have also found https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/104195 which seems to highlight that it is also missing a global declaration.
A quick grep of the code shows that the only use of $wgResourceLoaderValidateStaticJS is in that one location.
So the solution... I found http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/91914 which outlines how this code originated and really portays the best solution for us:
- Add "global $wgResourceLoaderValidateStaticJS" to the readScriptFiles method.
- Define "$wgResourceLoaderValidateStaticJS = false;" in our LocalSettings.php with a note to review it when we upgrade to 1.18.
Jordan are you able to test this, or should I just assume it is going to work and add a commit to fix it?
As for the "Invalid argument supplied foreach()" notices I can certainly verify that indeed in all three cases the mediawiki code does not check the response from getFromDB. Other than that I have absolutely no idea why it is failing.
Jordan it may pay to check the following things within the 20 database on docstest:
- Table msg_resource exists and has columns mr_blob, mr_resource, mr_timestamp, mr_lang.
- Table module_deps exists and has columns md_module, md_deps, md_skin.
In regards to the new navbar not working in 20 wiki, that is because in 20 wiki on docstest the pages have not been updated to use the new template system of generating navbars. I've had a quick check on docs.moodle.org and see that Helen has updated it there now. docstest just needs to be updated again at some point.
Just saw you were asking about the templates above. Helen has set up templates that contain the navbar structure, each branch in the new docs pages tree is essential template that defines the navbar. For instance http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Template:Forum is the template for forum activity pages.
$wgResourceLoaderValidateStaticJS has been declared as false in LocalSettings.php
tables msg_resource and module_deps do not exist in 20 english database but do exist in 21 and 22
I just ran maintenance/update.php against the 20 english database and we now have the two tables from above.
I guess the script should be run against all databases
You need to run it on all databases - it's a standard wiki upgrade script.
So we're good to go Jordan?
The new Moodle Docs theme looks really great! Many thanks to Sam and everyone else who made it possible
+1 from me to resolve although I think Helen it's your call ultimately
Just to note that I'm now in the process of getting all the commits that have been added to the
MDLSITE-1511_deploy branch, moving them to the corresponding REL1_17_xxxx branches to keep them present on future updates.
They are: git log -p a4faa69fe4..c00b39e515
Some of them, like the wgResourceLoaderValidateStaticJS seems that have been already fixed upstream (v1.17.1 released few days ago).
Once I've moved everything, I'll create one new MDLSITE-xxxxx referencing the new deploy codebase, just in case you want to test/upgrade (it includes some security fixes).
PS: Sam, if you read this, plz pong me tomorrow (NZ). It's about the MDLSITE_1511_skin_16 branch... ciao
Done, now all the branches:
- All the changes happened in mediawiki codebase (now version 1.17.1)
- All the changes we did in all the:
MDL-1511_xxxx branches
Unique exception:
- This commit has not been integrated: 8f57844ce9824a7f70ebc3e19bfdf2211eeafe0e (it's the weird char one in opensearch). I decided not to apply it because those vars are not present in the method at all, so I guess we are missing something and opensearch is not working properly in our 1.17
So now:
- I'm going to create a new issue for the 1.17.1 update
- I'm going to create one issue for the opensearch problem, to detect and add the missing code.
- I'm going to create a new MDLSITE-xxxx_deploy17 branch with the current glue of everything.
- I think we can safely delete all the
Although the new theme looks really great, every page is taking longer to display. People have commented about it in the dev chat, it's that bad. According to Eloy:
re: the theme really something is wrong there, not sure if some missing file/image or unclosed html tag is causing that but it shouldn't suffer that delay at all.
Any chance the problem can be fixed, then we can close this issue (otherwise let me know if I should create a new issue for the problem).
yes - I have to agree with this. I have loaded 2.2 docs on several different computers today and I timed it once - it took five seconds before it actually took me to the page.
Hmm crazy... I've just been trying now but load time for me was exceptionally fast.
Perhaps it's something to do with server load (NZ time not many people are online).
Eloy - I'll try to catch you in chat to see if you have any ideas.
I'm looking into ways i can improve performance on the backend, but the frontend (code) should also be looked at and optimized
1. Where did we end up with on Google Search? I actually think this might not be a good idea after all, because we have to create tens of custom search engines and maintain them. We should restore the normal Wiki search for all wikis.
2. Can we add prefixes to the page titles? I'm talking about the title that gets used in search results and in bookmarks. Something like "2.0: Forum Settings" "2.2: Forum Settings" etc. That will make generic Google searches better.
Regarding the wiki search, as a temporary workaround I added a link to the search page in the navigation block. It's not as good as the wiki search block with input text field, but better than nothing, as I was (surprisingly!) missing the wiki search.
performance improvements for docs made today:
- small theme change to improve image load times
- installed the Varnish web cache and enabled the internel mediawiki integration
- enabled gzip compression on all text objects
From HQ, I saw page loads on http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/About_Moodle go from 7 seconds to 3 seconds
Please let me know if anyone notices any issues after today's changes
Why the double requests caused by empty $wgRightsIcon has not been fixed yet? It continues causing the problems on each skin having that image. Solution is not skin-based but configuration-based IMO. And it is 2X automatically!
Note: Jordan has just unset that variable in settings and now everything seems to be working ok here on all themes (no doubled requests anymore). Moodledocs ones have an extra check (better) but the upstream ones (monobook, vector...) have stopped causing the problem too.
Thanks, ciao
Comment: just guessing if the cause for the menu slowdown is that with Mediawiki, 1.17.1 we are using they new API to include JS/CSS and it seems it causes the smartmenu js to be included at the end of the body.
And, in the other side, the smartmenus docs (version 6.x) says:
Make sure you have linked the SmartMenus config (c_config.js) and script core (c_smartmenus.js) files in the head section of your page (preferably just before the closing </head> tag). Only in case you are using the "onload" attribute of the BODY element, you need to put the links to "c_config.js" and "c_smartmenus.js" after the opening <body> tag in the source.
That seems to recommend to add the js as soon as possible. FYI, ciao
PS: Now that we have prevented the double requests and have the Vanish cache working, everything seems to go quick, but the menu-issue continue happening (shorter, but happening).
- I've backported the last commits in the
MDLSITE-1511_deploy branch to their correct branches (REL1_17_skin and REL1_17_private).
- I've deleted the interim MDLSITE_1511_skin_16 branch because all the wikis are 1.17 based.
- I've plans to delete the
MDLSITE-1511_skin and MDLSITE-1511_private branches, while keeping the MDLSITE-1511_deploy branch some more days, until we can consider this close. Any objection about to delete those branches ? (note that all their commits are also in the "correct" REL1_17_skin and REL1_17_private branches.
Please do not delete the deploy branch until you have shown me how to correctly push/pull different code to different repos/branches, otherwise i will not be able to push updates to the production site
NP, the
MDLSITE-1511 branch will be still there for some time, until all we get the way to work with the REL_17_xxxx branches.
I guess all you need is to commit into REL1_17_private (99% of the times) and then just have some utility that, once executed, brings you a fresh-new deploy dir/branch (that can be pushed/copied to any of your test/prod servers).
But the key here is that each one should be committing into the corresponding branch (you to private, same to skin and me to custom). Committing to the deploy branch is a waste of time because later I've to look to all commits there, manually backporting them to the "correct" branches.
But don't worry, for now:
- Continue committing to the _deploy branch.
- Let's create one issue to know your workflow and possible solutions.
- I'll continue backporting manually to the "correct" branches (note that Sam is already committing into _skin, and I'm already committing to _custom, so backport is easier because your commits go to _private 99% of the time).
- Once this issue (and current wikis) are stable, and we have solved the "workflow" issue, we'll be able to safely delete the current "_deploy" branch (not before).
In the other side, I'll be deleting the
MDLSITE-1511_skin and MDLSITE-1511_private branches, one time I get +1 from you and Sam. Nobody is using them anymore.
Update your local clones from the hq repo, please.
All branches (but 1511_deploy, haven't modified it because it continues in use) have been updated with latest changes from mediawiki (v1.17.1+, including one security fix).
All the last commits performed my Jordan in the 1511_deploy branch has been picked to REL1_17_private.
And that is, IMO if this is stable... we should proceed by clarifying how Jordan has to begin using REL1_17_private and building his "deploy" versions (only for deploy, not for commit).
And then, finally, close this and delete the 1511_deploy branch.
Note: One new deploy branch has been created @ MDLSITE-1659, and all the commits present in
MDLSITE-1511_deploy have been incorporated to their correct branches, upto:
a7569023c582e4920b36520914afc1c3f17a5808 : Remove unknown char causing php error.
So we must close this issue and abandon this deploy branch right now. Please, DO NOT commit anything to it.
Just switch to the new MDLSITE-1659_deploy branch and continue testing there.
With MDLSITE-1659 already resolved and wikis updated to 1.17.2, I'm closing this as fixed and also deleting the old
MDLSITE-1511_deploy branch, because it isn't anymore in use.
Thanks all, ciao


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POST GAME: Seeing Red
Vintage Flame
February 14 2013 01:07AM
There was no doubt going into tonight's match up that the Calgary Flames needed the win. Regulation time, overtime, shoot-out, it didn't matter, but they needed two points.
On a night that saw the city of Calgary re-ignite the Olympic torch to celebrate 25 years since the 1988 Winter Olympics, the Flames needed to find a way to ignite this offense and avoid getting punched so hard, they saw stars. Good way to do that is to light the lamp at the right end of the ice.
When you score often, it's not likely the opposition will spend a lot of time in your end, which served Leland Irving well. Even better is once again having the bad guys on the second night of a back-to-back, and once again facing their back up.
The Flames were lucky enough to have the Stars aligned for all these factors and in the end were able to do something the Oilers just can't seem to manage; they beat the Dallas Stars.
The Rundown
The Flames didn't waste any time to bother guaging just how tired Dallas was from last night's game in Edmonton. They came out skating with a purpose, looking to set the tone quickly. They got what they were looking for.
At 3:11 of the first, with Cammalleri and Stempniak buzzing in front of Richard Bachman, Jay Bouwmeester would sneak in the back door, find the loose puck and put it in the back of the net. J-Bo has had a great start to the year offensively and as was mentioned by TSN (and everyone else paying attention), you can really see the freedom Jay has this season to engage himself in the play, even when it's deep in the offensive zone. It was also good to see Cammalleri get involved in the scoring early after missing the last three with a hip flexor, though with six assists he was still looking for his first goal this season. (*foreshadow)
Three and a half minutes later, all you #Hudlerites would cheer as Jiri Hudler tallied his fourth of the season while on the power-play. How good has this guy been for your Flames? Normally with a 2 goal cushion it would be time for the boys to break out their favorite shell; but not tonight. At 9:55, once again on the PP, Mike
Finalleri Cammalleri would put put a tick in the goal column. As nice as the goal was, the pass that Iginla made cross-ice to put it right on his stick was nothing less than filthy. A quick U-turn at the blue line into the open ice, draw the D-man then saucer a perfect pass to Cammy, all that was left was the finish; and Cammalleri knows how to finish. Not even at the mid-point of the period and it was 3-0 for the Flames.
Dallas would cut the lead to two when former Flame, Eric Nystrom would snap home a shot past Irving. Leland had made some dandy save up until that goal and it was hard to fault him on this one. As the puck came from behind the net, the Stars' Garbutt would clip Paul Byron, taking him out of the play. It also left Nystrom uncovered between the circles with a free shot at Irving. Byron would leave the game with what we later learned was a fractured hand. How was your cup of coffee Paul?
Calgary would re-establish the three goal lead at 17:18, with Roman Cervenka getting his 2nd NHL goal on a pretty feed from Alex Tanguay. The Flames out-shot Dallas 10-7 and Kent had all 10 shots as legit scoring chances while only 5 of the Stars 7 shots constituted a chance. Calgary would take a 4-1 lead to the intermission thanks to going 2 for 2 on the PP, while Dallas would split their first PP between the first and second.
To review, it is 4-1 for Calgary after one period, and Richard Bachman hates himself so much he might go back to being Stephen King— FlamesNation (@FlamesNation) February 14, 2013
Dallas would get back into the game just 45 seconds into the middle frame; Brendan Morrow, on the PP. However the Flames would restore the 3 goal lead again 3 mins in, and again it would be Mike Cammalleri lighting the lamp. Determined to keep his team in it, Morrow would come right back just 24 seconds later with his second of the game. It looked like we were in for a shootout.
Calgary would go into the second intermission still with the three goal lead because of another great pass from the captain. Iginla carrying the puck into the Stars zone was pretty much right in his wheel-house for winding up the shot. Bachman must have thought the same thing as he readied for the shot. Instead Iggy would feed the puck through the defender, right on the tape of Curtis Glencross for the easy re-direction into the net.
Two goals for each team and also six scoring chances apiece as the Stars outshot calgary 13-7.
The Stars made their push in the third period. They outshot the Flames 14-6 and out-chanced them 6-4. When they scored just 1:05 into the period, the Flames went into full retreat and it was batten down the hatches, hold on for dear life and just pray Irving can hold off the Stars for 19 more minutes.
In the end, an empty net goal at 18:34 - his 5th career hat-trick and the 200th goal of his career, by Mike Cammalleri would ice this one for the Flames
Why the Flames Won...
Because the team didn't fold after the Stars answered one of their goals with one of their own; even though Dallas did it twice. In fact, not only did they not fold, the Flames made sure they got the next goal. Everytime the Stars cut the lead from 3 goals to 2 goals, Calgary was able to restore the lead.
Because even when Irving didn't look like he was going to be able to hang on to the lead, the five guys in front of him made sure they did; except Sarich, he looked just terrible and should have been wearing a Stars jersey tonight.
Because the Flames finally got scoring from the guys that are expected to score for this team. Yes they got another goal from Jiri Hudler. Yes they had another great game from Tanguay at center, showing that he can be good with anyone he plays with as he demonstrated some nice chemistry with Roman Cervenka; who incidently had a two point night himself.
Even though Cervenka only had 1 goal and an apple, he was everywhere tonight. He easily could have, maybe should have had 3 goals, as he hit the post on one and just missed the corner on another shot.
Because even though he didn't score, the captain got nasty tonight with a couple of fights to go with his two gorgeous assists!
Because they had a big enough cushion in the third that they didn't crumble when the Stars organized their assault.
I'm gonna go with
Jiri Hudler... Sorry. force of habit. No doubt tonight who ignited the offense for the Flames. After Mike Cammalleri had a dreadful start to the season and then missed three games, he came back into the line-up and led this team like he is expected.
15:44 of ice-time, five shots on goal, and he had an assist to go with his 3 goal performance. It was really good to see Mike step back into the line up and be able to contribute immediately and often. It's something the team is going to now need him to continue to do.
Sum it Up
This is going to be good for the Flames after coming off back-to-back losses.
It's only the team's second win in their own barn, and that's not sitting well with the fans, coaches or the team itself.
Now the important thing to do is to try and generate some momentum. The Flames still sit 12th in the conference, 4 pts out of 8th. Now the team has 3 games in hand, but those only count if you win them right?
Friday night brings the Blues to town. They won tonight too, but that comes after a 5 game losing streak, so they have had tehir struggles as well. St. Louis is also one of those teams currently in the top 8, that the Flames would like to reel in a bit. Putting together back-to-back wins at home is a good start. Scoring another 7 goals would make that easier as well.
As to who gets the start in net? Well since I have a bet with BookOfLoob that says Joey McDonald WILL play before Kipper returns, and Irv was damn lucky the Flames did score 7 tonight, I'm going to say Joey gets the call.
The story is the same as when Taylor was the back up. The team needs to see what he can do and Irving isn't doing anything to inspire confidence or entrench himself as the #1 guy whilst Kipper is on the limp. BoL can consider it community service to Flames Nation as we go check out the Tilted Kilt, and let him spend a few shillings towards the new sponsor!
Everyone wins, right? See you Friday. Game time is 7:00 PM on SNET-W
"Now for the rhetro mullet man. He has been bashing Iggy ever since he has been trying to land a paycheque from radioville. He has previously stated that the only reason the Flames haven't one a cup during Iggy's tenure, is because of Jerome. Wow! I don't believe Iggy gives a sh-- about anything out of Warrener's mouth. Nor do I. How many times has rhetro been to the finals? What has HE done to win a cup."
Bravo, Rhett has little bitter man syndrome. Forced to retire, wasn't good enough any more and Flames let him retire "due to injury" instead of cutting him. He has been an arrogant, negative, boring monotone addition to the 960 morning show and is trying to justify his job by bashing people (not just Iginla) on the "show"
Wow, people have little faith in Iginla's trade value. If we are trading Iginla lets wait for the deadline when teams are desperate and his play is on the upswing. And lets see what the Flames have until then.
Also if we keep trading our 2nd rounders does that mean we will continue to trade down in the first to get another one back??? and pass on players like Teuvo Teravainen.... Because I'm not a major fan of that move. Also look at some 2nd rounders in the NHL, Loui Eriksson, David Backes, James Neil, Shea Weber, Ryan O'Reilly and Milan Lucic... People really down grade the worth of a 2nd rounder and the Flames need to start keeping them.
@Willi P
This comment has gotten so much attention from the eastern media its insane. No wonder people like PJ Stock think we are the worst team in the league. I love though how Jarome never really acknowledged Rhett in any of the interviews he just talked about having to get better, Class Act like always!!!! Iggy may only have one goal but he has looked superb at times as the setup man, let Cammy score the goals!!
This comment has gotten so much attention from the eastern media its insane. No wonder people like PJ Stock think we are the worst team in the league. I love though how Jarome never really acknowledged Rhett in any of the interviews he just talked about having to get better, Class Act like always!!!! Iggy may only have one goal but he has looked superb at times as the setup man, let Cammy score the goals!!
Indeed. If Iginla is all class (which he is), Mr. 5-8 career Dman is the exact opposite. Bet Rhett just loved the media exposure this got. Much more attention than he ever got playing.
Anyway, like you, I really have liked Iginla's game in general this year. Most goalies/Dmen think he is going to shoot and he waits them out and then threads the needle with a great pass. Soon they will have to back off and he will start shooting again. He has always been an underated passer.
Oh, and PJ Stock has got the same little bitter man syndrome as Rhett. Flappin to get media coverage because you couldn't play with the big boys any more.
Hey Rhett called as he saw it any Iggy got fired up. Good on Rhett. Not sure why he has haters. He does a good job. At least he isn't a shill like the rest of the Fan crew. They all have opinions but know Ken King is listening to every word and will fire their ass if the so much as hint to any real Flames problems. Oh and Peter Maher it's "Fathom", not "phantom". Another example of the fear at 960. Even afraid to correct Pete's errors. And he has a lot.
Hey Rhett called as he saw it any Iggy got fired up. Good on Rhett. Not sure why he has haters. He does a good job. At least he isn't a shill like the rest of the Fan crew. They all have opinions but know Ken King is listening to every word and will fire their ass if the so much as hint to any real Flames problems. Oh and Peter Maher it's "Fathom", not "phantom". Another example of the fear at 960. Even afraid to correct Pete's errors. And he has a lot.
Yeah, agree or disagree with RW's comments, but he's the only one who who could care less about losing his job there and calls it as he sees it. The league wide consensus has been that Iginla has underperformed more so than not. His comments aren't out of left field.
This argument is endless. Facts are that Taylor, Irving, Karlsson, MacDonald - they're all about the same. But Irving offers the best upside due to his age and politics play into his high draft status in the sense that they don't want to give up on him until they have to.
Not if everyone would just admit I'm right!


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8 November 11
Security Council Reform: Statement by Ambassador Herman Schaper on behalf of Belgium and the Netherlands
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Herman Schaper
Permanent Representative of the Netherlands Mission to the United Nations
on behalf of Belgium and the Netherlands
to the General Assembly on the issue of 'Security Council reform'
New York, 8 November 2011
Mr President,
I have the pleasure to speak on behalf of Belgium and the Netherlands. Our subject today is the important issue of Security Council reform, an important issue for sure, but at the same time an issue that has been on the agenda of the General Assembly for a very long time.
Nearly twenty years ago, in a previous posting here in New York in the mid nineties, I represented my country in the ongoing discussions which were already taking place at that time on Security Council reform. As is the case at this moment, the issue which was discussed most of the time, was the enlargement of the Council. The different options for such an enlargement are still the same as were discussed then: enlargement in both categories of membership of the Council, enlargement only in the category of non-permanent members, and some sort of intermediary solution. And all the arguments and considerations which were used then, are still used nowadays.
While most of membership agrees on the objective of a Security Council which reflects not the world of 1945, but the world of today, there is little agreement on the road to take to reach that goal. The net result is that hardly any progress has been made in the many, many years we have discussed this question.
This cannot go on. Here we have an issue on which the great majority of the member states declares that a solution needs to be found, but the same member states are unable to come to an agreement for twenty years now. This not only undermines the legitimacy of the Security Council, it also undermines the credibility of the United Nations as an institution that is capable to solve problems and to act efficiently.
The real issue is not the danger of artificial deadlines, but whether the member states have sufficient political will to start a process of real negotiations. Belgium and the Netherlands have, over the last couple of years, been trying to stimulate a full discussion among member states about this issue, among other things by making concrete suggestions for a shorter and more focused text that can be the subject of negotiations. I am sorry to say that these efforts have not yet led to the desired result, despite our efforts that illustrate that technical progress can be made.
Belgium and the Netherlands share the goal of the vast majority of the membership of the United Nations, to reform the Security Council in such a way, that it better reflects today's geopolitical realities. This is a very legitimate request, if only because it has a direct connection to the legitimacy of the Council. This is a time where we see emerging economies from different parts of the world, ready to step up the stage with global ambitions, and preparing to take on future global responsibilities. This has to be reflected in the composition of the world's most important body in the field of peace and security : the Security Council.
In the view of our two countries, the way forward on this issue is first of all to find agreement that now is the time to start a serious process of negotiations on this issue. If we cannot even agree on this, we can better spend our precious time on other pressing issues and put an end to this increasingly irrelevant process of continuously repeating positions without coming to grips with the central issues.
Apart from that, we cannot expect the P5-members of the Security Council to take this issue seriously, as long as the membership does not start a process of real negotiations. In this sense, we have not given all P5-members an incentive to play an active role so far, although some P5-members have been showing a genuine interest in the issue. So what we need now, is a concrete proposal – or a couple of concrete proposals - on the basis of which we can start our negotiations.
At this moment, there is a very short proposal of the G4 floating around in the corridors of the General Assembly, that has the support of more than 80 member states. Let's put this proposal on the agenda and let's start a serious discussion about its content and implications: in particular about a moderate expansion of the Security Council in both categories of membership, permanent and non-permanent, respecting the necessary provisions for an efficient and effective Security Council. Let's discuss for the first time in depth the various aspects of this proposal, and see whether the necessary support is really there. If this doesn't work, let's see if there are any other proposals that we can discuss in this context.
At this moment there are various groups with a stake in the discussion. We have the G4, the 'uniting for consensus' or L69, we have the African states and so on. As we can read in the statement of the G4-ministers, they are prepared to take a flexible approach to this matter. I appeal to the representatives of other groups to do the same.
Like other countries, Belgium and the Netherlands do not formally belong to one of the groups I just mentioned, but we are very much committed to finding a solution for this issue and willing to contribute constructively. Also, in this regard, we are looking forward to hearing ambassador Tanin's ideas and initiatives on how to move the process forward during this GA session.
Finally, I want to thank Ambassador Tanin for his tireless efforts so far and his willingness to continue the good work on this issue. I also want to thank the PGA for his commitment to this issue, calling it one of the four important priorities of his presidency of the GA. I sincerely hope that with sufficient political will, combined with a minimum of flexibility among the membership, and with leadership of the PGA, we can finally make the necessary progress on this issue in the 66th General Assembly.
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Summit mogul skiers place well at Sochi
February 17, 2013
Frisco's Mikaela Matthews secured her third top 10 World Cup freestyle moguls finish Friday at the Sochi Olympic Test Event in Russia.
Dylan Walczyk, of Dillon, is competing alongside Matthews in the men's division. He found himself in the heartbreak position Friday, placing 17th in the event and just missing the semifinals.
They both are headed to Japan for the next World Cup stop in Inawashiro this weekend.
Matthews' goal in entering her second World Cup season and first full season was to make semifinals in at least one competition. She's now achieved three top 10s.
"She gets frustrated when she thought she should have done better, but that's the nature of a judged sport," Matthews' father, Craig Matthews, said.
In mid-January, Matthews had her best finish all season at Lake Placid's World Cup event. So, too, did Walczyk, who finished third of 66 men from 17 countries.
Matthews, 21, was the second-highest American woman behind reigning world champion Hannah Kearney, who won the gold medal at the event. In the women's field, there were 42 women representing 14 countries in the moguls competition.
The 19-year-old Walczyk got the call to compete in Lake Placid after another athlete decided to sit out to recover from an injury. He placed so well in Lake Placid as an alternate, and subsequently at Calgary (14th) and Deer Valley (7th) that the team opted to keep him on the tour to go to Russia, Japan, Sweden and Spain.
Both athletes are alums of Summit County's skiing programs, Matthews of Team Summit and Walczyk of Team Breckenridge Sports Club. Walczyk trains with John Dowling at Ski and Snowboard Club Vail. They are both on the U.S. Ski Team's moguls team.
Walczyk competed for a World Cup spot as a U.S. Ski Team athlete at Copper in the early season, but didn't make the cut then. Now, he's in contention for a slot at the World Championships in Norway – a destination Matthews also has her eyes on.
The two also are eyeing the Olympics, though it's competitive to land a spot on the team. Craig Matthews said there are at least eight women on the moguls team vying to go, and a maximum of four can go – provided the U.S. Ski Team opts to send that many for moguls. Kearney will likely be a shoe-in (she won the Sochi test event) as will Heather McPhie and Eliza Outtrim.
"Below that, everyone is fighting for position," Craig Matthews said.
Before Lake Placid, in December, Matthews finished 13th in Ruka, Finland's dual moguls competition and 18th in Kreischberg, Austria's dual moguls event.
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DOTD issues travel advisory for Christmas and New Year's holidays and upcoming bowl games
DOTD issues travel advisory for Christmas and New Year's holidays and upcoming bowl games
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) today advised drivers of upcoming work schedules, from Friday, December 21 through Wednesday, January 2, for interstate and major road projects throughout Louisiana during the holiday season and for the upcoming bowl games in New Orleans and Shreveport, including the R+L Carriers New Orleans (Saturday, Dec. 22 in New Orleans), the AdvoCare V100 Independence (Friday, Dec. 28 in Shreveport) and the Allstate Sugar (Wednes-day, Jan. 2 in New Orleans).
DOTD Secretary Sherri H. LeBas said, "Our department would like to remind motorists to engage in safe driving practices by obeying all traffic laws. This means paying attention to posted speed limits, specifical-ly in construction zones, wearing your seatbelt and refraining from drinking while driving."
Below is the regional listing of work schedules and road closures for interstate construction and major road projects.
Southeast Louisiana
In the New Orleans area, all lanes of I-310, I-510 and I-610 will remain open to traffic. On I-10, work will cease for the majority of the holiday, but construction will resume on the Veterans Memorial Boulevard to Clearview Parkway segment on Wednesday, January 2.
In the Slidell area, all lanes of I-10, I-12 and I-59 will remain open to traffic.
In the Hammond area, all lanes of I-12 and I-55 will remain open to traffic.
In the greater Baton Rouge area, all lanes of I-12 and I-110 will remain open. On I-10, nightly lane clo-sures will occur from the I-10/I-12 split to Siegen Lane from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Wednesday, December 26 through Thursday, December 27, and on Wednesday, January 2.
In Livingston Parish, La. 1030 (Cockerham Road), between La. 16 and La. 1031, will have intermittent lane closures with flagging operations on Friday, December 21, Wednesday, December 26 through Friday, De-cember 28, and on Monday, December 31.
Additionally, the westbound outside lane of La. 64 and northbound outside lane of La. 37 will be closed from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. daily on Wednesday, December 26 through Friday, December 28.
Also, in Livingston Parish, La. 1037 will have intermittent lane closures with flagging operations from Wednesday, December 26 through Friday, December 28.
Lastly, in Livingston Parish, Eden Church Road, between U.S. 190 and La. 1026, will have intermittent lane closures with flagging operations on Friday, December 21, and from Wednesday, December 26 through Friday, December 28.
In Ascension Parish, lane closures continue on La. 73, between I-10 and U.S. 61, on U.S. 61, between La. 74 and La. 22, and on U.S. 61 at the intersection of La. 42, from Wednesday, December 26 to Friday, De-cember 28.
Southwest Louisiana
In the Lafayette area, all lanes of I-10 and I-49 will remain open to traffic.
In Iberia Parish, La. 3156 (Jefferson St. Bridge) will remain closed during the holidays.
In the Lake Charles area, all lanes of I-10 and I-210 will remain open to traffic.
Central Louisiana
In Vernon Parish, La. 469 from La. 28 east to the Fort Polk boundary line, will be closed to through traf-fic during the holidays.
In Winn Parish, U.S. 167 will detour just north of Winnfield for construction of the Dugdemona Bridge. Both northbound and southbound traffic will shift onto the two existing northbound lanes, requiring traffic to be reduced to one lane in each direction. Please pay attention to the posted speed reduction.
In Grant Parish, one lane of U.S. 167 southbound will remain closed during the holidays.
Northeast Louisiana
In the Monroe area, all lanes of I-20 will remain open to traffic and there will be no lane closures on ma-jor routes in the area.
In Franklin Parish, construction will continue on La. 4, between the Caldwell Parish line to Fort Necessi-ty. Drivers may experience minor delays because of activity in this area.
In Concordia Parish, construction will continue on U.S. 84/U.S. 425 between Ferriday and Vidalia. Drivers may experience minor delays because of activity in this area.
Northwest Louisiana
In the Shreveport-Bossier City area, all lanes of I-20, I-220 and I-49 will remain open to traffic.
Oversize/overweight vehicle movement
Secretary LeBas, announced today that all oversize and overweight vehicle movement on all state high-ways will be prohibited on Monday, December 24 through Tuesday, December 25, and on Monday, December 31 through Tuesday, January 1. LeBas said the decision was made in conjunction with the Louisiana Depart-ment of Public Safety, Office of State Police, to provide maximum safety for motorists traveling on state high-ways during this holiday. The Truck Permit Office will also be closed on Monday, December 24 through Tues-day, December 25, and on Monday, December 31 through Tuesday, January 1.
LA Swift Bus Service
LA Swift, the bus service that provides coach bus rides between Baton Rouge and New Orleans will be out of service on Tuesday, December 25, and will run its Sunday schedule on Tuesday, January 1.
Additionally, LA Swift will maintain its regular hours of operation for the football games. However, to accommodate the anticipated crowds, additional LA Swift buses will be available to transport passengers, as needed.
Schedules and further details are available at www.laswift.com and through LA Swift's Customer Ser-vice Center at (877)-94-SWIFT (1-877-947-9438).
The bus service makes stops in Baton Rouge, Gonzales, Sorrento, LaPlace, Kenner and New Orleans.
Ferry Information
On New Year's Eve, the Lower Algiers / Chalmette ferry will extend its hours of operation from 12:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. to accommodate fireworks festivities.
Further information
DOTD will coordinate with state and local police to monitor traffic and effectively respond to incidents throughout the holidays and bowl game activities.
Travelers can access up-to-date information about weather-related road conditions, construction ac-tivities and other critical incidents by dialing 511 from their telephone.
The voice-activated 511 Traveler Information System is available to most wireless and landline tele-phone users. Out-of-state travelers can access the system by calling 1-888-ROAD-511 (1-888-762-3511). Trav-elers can also access this information by visiting the 511 Traveler Information System Web site at www.511la.org.
Traffic cameras for the Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Hammond/Northshore, Houma, Lake Charles, Mon-roe/West Monroe, New Orleans, Shreveport/Bossier and surrounding areas also may be viewed from the 511 site.
DOTD's Customer Service Center representatives can answer questions about road closures not listed above or any other DOTD-related questions. Please call 225-379-1232 or 1-877-4LADOTD (1-877-452-3683) with questions. The center's business hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Customer Service Center will be closed Monday, December 24 through Tuesday, December 25, and on Monday, Decem-ber 31 through Tuesday, January 1. Finally, drivers are encouraged to tune in to local radio stations for current traffic and incident information prior to traveling.
Drivers who notice road hazards, such as potholes or debris in the road, are urged to call DOTD's statewide, toll-free Highway Safety Hot Line at 1-800-259-HWAY (4929). The automated system operates 24-hours-a-day and routes callers to the appropriate field office to report hazardous conditions.
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Saffron sticks (Created by Jean-Pierre Wybauw - Technical Advisor - CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ centre Belgium)
400 g
cream 35 %
0.5 g saffron
60 g butter
100 g honey
Bring the cream, saffron and butter to the boil together. Leave to cool to 70°C and only then mix in the honey. Then leave to cool to room temperature and sieve.
|900 g dark chocolate Callebaut Finest Selection Kumabo (pre-crystallised)
|Mix the cream with the pre-crystallised chocolate.
|Pour in a frame in a layer of 10 mm. Leave to set. Spread a thin layer of dark chocolate Callebaut Select 811NV on top. Leave to set. Turn over and cut the desired size and shape with the guitar cutter. Enrobe with Callebaut Select 811NV.


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United States of America 1912 – 1956
brush and ink, gouache
on brown cardboard
no inscriptions
sheet 27.8 (h) x 51.2 (w) cm
framed 54.7 (h) x 74.2 (w) cm Purchased 1986 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
NGA 1986.1048 © Pollock/Krasner Foundation/ARS. Licensed by Viscopy
- estate of the artist;
- estate of Lee Krasner Pollock;
- from whom bought, though Jason McCoy, New York on behalf of the Trustees of the Estate of Lee Krasner Pollock, by the Australian National Gallery, February 1986
- Jackson Pollock's Blue poles
- National Gallery of Australia 04 Oct 2002 – 27 Jan 2003
- Abstract Expressionism: the National Gallery of Australia celebrates the centenaries of Jackson Pollock and Morris Louis
- 14 Jul 2012 – 24 Feb 2013
- Eugene Thaw and Francis O'Connor, Jackson Pollock: Catalogue raisonné of paintings, drawings and other works, New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1978. cat no.946, p.28, illus. b&w;
- Anthony White (ed.), Jackson Pollock's Blue poles, Canberra: National Gallery of Australia 2002, cat. 16, p.19, p. 117, illus. col., p. 92
The coloured ink and gouache, and the associated black ink study, are examples of Jackson Pollock's early drawings, created before the recognition of him as an artist that followed his first solo exhibition in 1943. Both drawings reveal a complex combination of historical, aesthetic and psychological influences. By the late 1930s Pollock had made a deliberate break from the Regionalism of Thomas Benton, and was working for the Works Progress Administration.[1] Simultaneously, his growing interest in both the techniques and subject matter of Surrealism, combined with the psychological theories of Carl Jung, resulted in a creative outpouring: between 1938 and 1943, Pollock produced numerous pictographic drawings based on striking symbolic motifs.
The coloured study reveals the influence of the Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros, José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera, all of whom were active in New York during the 1930s.[2] By dividing the composition into four separate sections, Pollock's study can be interpreted as a loose narrative presented across an elongated format, not dissimilar to the Mexican murals being created in New York at the time. Whilst the style of the drawing—comprising of blockish forms, each of which is defined by a linear black outline—echoes the street-style of Mexican political murals, we can also detect the iconographic influence of African, Oceanic, Melanesian and Native American Indian art.
A number of European Surrealists had fled to New York at the outbreak of the Second World War. Their presence had an enormous impact on the first generation of Abstract Expressionists, many of whom adopted Surrealist ideas and techniques, including an interest in Jungian theory and automatic drawing. At the same time, Pollock read, and was immediately struck by, the theories of John D. Graham. In his influential essay, 'Primitive art and Picasso', Graham explored the potent connection between indigenous art and modern abstraction in terms of the Jungian collective unconscious.[3] Pollock was to form a close relationship with the writer, and his collection of African, Oceanic and Melanesian objects was an immediate source of inspiration for the younger artist. Both of Pollock's drawings include numerous totemic figures, recurring masks, forms of animism, lightning motifs and linear patterning that are directly influenced by such sources.
The drawings also display special meaning in terms of Jungian psychology. At the time of their production, Pollock was undergoing treatment for his alcoholism and, through his drawings, seeking a deeper understanding of his personal and psychological problems. Using Jungian theory to decipher Pollock's drawings, the artist's treating psychologist, Joseph Henderson, made special mention of the recurring motif of the 'humanoid form with extended arms'—present on the far left of the coloured study and again as the central, cross-legged pictogram in the black ink study—as a visual referent connected with a 'longing for the all-giving mother'.[4] Furthermore, the use of red, blue and yellow in the coloured study can be interpreted along Jungian lines as representing a number of identified human functions: intuition, thinking, sensing and emotion.
Jaklyn Babington
[1] Pollock studied under Thomas Benton at the Art Students League, and worked for the mural division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)—a government program that employed artists during the Depression—between 1938 and 1942.
[2] Pollock participated in Siqueiros' 1936 workshop, an experience which persuaded him that large mural-like work was vital for the future direction of painting.
[3] John D. Graham, 'Primitive art and Picasso', Magazine of Art, 1937
[4] Joseph Henderson, M.D. 'Jackson Pollock: A psychological commentary', unpublished essay as cited in C.L. Wysuph, Jackson Pollock: Psychoanalytic drawings, New York: Horizon Press 1970, p. 17
As well as the two paintings by Pollock, Totem Lesson 2 1945 and Blue poles 1952, the National Gallery of Australia holds six drawings from the 1930s and 1940s, and two sets of prints: six intaglio prints c.1944, printed 1967, and six screenprints 1950.


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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
SCC Men's Tennis Defeats Spokane On Road Trip, Women's Team Still Winless
The Shoreline Community College Tennis Teams traveled to Spokane, WA and Ontario, OR over the weekend to compete in matches, the SCC Men's Tean won their match over the CCs of Spokane but dropped two other matches and the SCC Women's Team remained winless on the season, losing to Spokane and Treasure Valley CC.
The SCC Men's Team defeated the Community College of Spokane on Thursday 5-4. SCC was helped by two forfeits due to Spokane injuries. SCC won at #1, #3 and #6 singles (#6 by default) and at #1 and #3 doubles (#3 by default). Yassar Khan at #1 singles and Dylan Vickers at $3 singes picked up wins, while Khan and partner Shota Murai won at #1 Doubles.
The SCC Women's Team, with only four players, lost 9-0 to the CCs of Spokane, defaulting in 3 matches due to the lack of players. Sami Towne, SCC #1 player, lost 6-4 in the opening set of her match, but otherwise, SCC was dominated in the match.
At Treasure Valley Community College on Saturday, the SCC's Men's
Team lost 6-3, as Khan and Richard Rosavoc (#4 singles) picked up singles victories and Khan and Murai picked up the win at #1 doubles. The SCC Women's Team lost 7-0, with the #2 Doubles Team of Elise Brady and Lan Zhang putting up the best fight, dropping a 6-2, 6-3 match.
Also on Saturday, the SCC Men's Team lost a second match to the College Idaho, 6-3. As Yassar Khan and Shota Murai proved all of the victories for SCC, winning at #1 and #2 singles and #1 doubles.
The SCC Men's Team is now 2-4 on the season, while the women's team is 0-5. SCC plays at home on Saturday against Treasure Valley Community College and finishes the regular season on Sunday as the women host Bellevue and the men's team plays the Un. of Washington Club Team at the UW.
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