How I Started Working With 3D Modeling Programs

So I'll start from the very beginning.

One day I was surfing in the web and I found one site -- www.digitalblasphemy.com and I browsed it. I was inspired by the 3D graphics' realism and suddenly I noticed the "My tools" button. My heart stopped for a moment and after that I entered the section and some time later I already had the tools and started working.

In the beginning I don't know why I thought it would be easy but later on I realised that I was wrong and it seemed impossible to create what the author had already did. But when I created my first render I compared it with some other from that site and I noticed that I had a female figure and he did also, so I am on the right way :) all I have to do now is tweak it a little. And once again with new motivation I started more deeply to study the chosen -- Poser 4 program. As I was learning rapidly the essentials my circle of knowledge grew and I realised that there is so much more that I don't know. The next couple of days I gave myself some time to think about that and I haven't even touched the program. Going further I even realised that I can't limit myself to that particular program and decided to learn some more less hard programs. Oh I forgot to mention that I did not learn everything with try and error, I also read some tutorials with difficulty level -- easy. Now I am reading with moderate and I can't dare thinking for the hard ones.

Well so much for my 3D experience before doing that I usually played games when suddenly I realised that this is a terible waste of time... well I still play them but way too little and I often use their models to practise with 3dsmax; for example all the models in Warcraft 3 are made using 3dsmax so I often open them to change animations and textures. Soon I may even create my own model and import it and create a custom map... maybe. So much for the offtopic.

Well...thats all I can think of. It was nice writing it, hope you enjoyed it.

For people that will redestribute this please keep my resource box untouched.

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Teen Models and the Internet

Teen Modeling has always been a very popular Industry. Companies like Abercrombie & Fitch, Old Navy, Aeropostle, Billabong, and many others exclusively market the teenage demographic and as such generally hire Teen Models to best portray the image they are seeking. According to recent studies, Teen consumers in the age range from 12 - 17 showed an estimated spending power of 153 Billion and thus present a vast marketing opportunity that is multifaceted and touches on many products and services.

To successfully target teen consumers, many companies are seeking Teen Models to represent their particular brand. In the retail industry, much has been made of teens™ attraction to the youthful image projected by retailers like Abercrombie & Fitch; therefore teens naturally gravitate to this retailer as one œfor someone my own age.

So what options are available to today's Teen's wishing to become a model? The opportunities for Teen Models today are endless. With the advent of Web 2.0 user-generated websites, many Teen Models are finding it much easier to get noticed and present their Online Model Portfolios. The advantage of Online Modeling Portfolios and user-generated Social Networking sites have been refined to market the Online Teen Model directly. Such sites are called Online Model Listing services.

While there are many Online Model Listing services available, it is important for prospective Teen Models to recognize distinct differences in them. Many Online Model Listing services offer free registration and a limited ability to upload an Online Portfolio. This allows the Teen Model to begin a modest online presence but often falls short in regards to a Fully Interactive Online Model Listing service.

The next Online Model Listing service offers a full, interactive Online presence for the Teen Model, enabling the model to present a professional model portfolio with no space limitations. Fully Interactive Online Model Listing services also offer options totally unavailable to the typical free listing service. This includes the ability to communicate directly with prospective clients, agencies, photographers, and companies. Full service listing companies also offer the ability to apply for online jobs, upload completed image or video sets, and receive payments directly through the website.

With the increased convenience of the Internet, many Teen Models are choosing to model directly through a Fully Interactive Model Listing service. This is not only potentially very profitable, but a safe alternative to traveling.

Teen Models today have more choices and opportunities then ever before. If you are a Teen Model wishing to explore this exciting industry it is important to build a professional digital portfolio and select the Online Model Listing service that best suits your needs. Update your images often in order to always represent your latest look and interact as often as possible with your prospective clients. Online Teen Modeling is a lucrative and exciting field and will only increase in popularity. If you are wishing to become a Teen Model the time has never been better to begin.

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VKernel Ships Virtual Data Center Modeling Tool for VMware ESX Environments

VKernel Modeler simulates and validates hundreds of 'what if' scenarios to optimize capacity utilization and minimize performance risks

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., March 31 /-- VKernel Corporation, a provider of easy-to-use and quick-to-deploy virtual server management solutions, today announced it is shipping its new VMware ESX data center modeling tool. VKernel Modeler 1.0 enables users to quickly simulate hundreds of 'what if' scenarios to understand the performance impact on the data center before rolling out additions and changes to the production environment.

"At the core of virtualization are efficiency and cost saving benefits that can only be realized if IT staffs have the confidence to virtualize a greater percentage of their servers and increase virtual machine densities," said Alex Bakman, founder and CEO of VKernel. "Our Modeler tool shows current and future performance impact to instantly validate whether or not changes and additions can be safely made to production environments."

The patent-pending VKernel Modeler 1.0 virtual appliance provides IT staff with an interactive, analytical sandbox to quickly test and validate additions and changes in a VMware ESX infrastructure to see what the performance impact will be before the changes are made in the production environment. Modeling scenarios are as simple as executing drag-and-drop and import commands to immediately see whether resource constraints will be exceeded and if performance issues will occur.

With Modeler's "what if" scenarios, IT staffs can conduct more effective and efficient capacity planning to ensure optimal performance, utilize the right amount of resources, and see a greater return on their investment. Some of the common use cases for Modeler are:

-- What will happen when a host is suspended for maintenance or a virtual machine is powered down?

-- Pre-testing VMotion scenarios to make sure sufficient resources exist.

-- See the effect on resource capacity of adding a new host/virtual machine or removing existing ones.

-- How will performance be affected if resource changes are made to hosts, clusters, and/or resource pools?

-- Can a configuration change be made without causing performance degradations or downtime?
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VKernel Ships Virtual Data Center Modeling Tool for VMware ESX Environments

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., March 31, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----VKernel Corporation, a provider of easy-to-use and quick-to-deploy virtual server management solutions, today announced it is shipping its new VMware ESX data center modeling tool. VKernel Modeler 1.0 enables users to quickly simulate hundreds of 'what if' scenarios to understand the performance impact on the data center before rolling out additions and changes to the production environment.

"At the core of virtualization are efficiency and cost saving benefits that can only be realized if IT staffs have the confidence to virtualize a greater percentage of their servers and increase virtual machine densities," said Alex Bakman, founder and CEO of VKernel. "Our Modeler tool shows current and future performance impact to instantly validate whether or not changes and additions can be safely made to production environments."

The patent-pending VKernel Modeler 1.0 virtual appliance provides IT staff with an interactive, analytical sandbox to quickly test and validate additions and changes in a VMware ESX infrastructure to see what the performance impact will be before the changes are made in the production environment. Modeling scenarios are as simple as executing drag-and-drop and import commands to immediately see whether resource constraints will be exceeded and if performance issues will occur.

With Modeler's "what if" scenarios, IT staffs can conduct more effective and efficient capacity planning to ensure optimal performance, utilize the right amount of resources, and see a greater return on their investment. Some of the common use cases for Modeler are:

   --  What will happen when a host is suspended for maintenance or a virtual
  machine is powered down?
  --  Pre-testing VMotion scenarios to make sure sufficient resources exist.
  --  See the effect on resource capacity of adding a new host/virtual machine
  or removing existing ones.
  --  How will performance be affected if resource changes are made to hosts,
  clusters, and/or resource pools?
  --  Can a configuration change be made without causing performance
  degradations or downtime?
 
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Retransmission: Gryphon Gold Files New Resource Model

Gryphon Gold Corporation (TSX: GGN)(OTCBB: GYPH) filed on SEDAR and its website the recently completed CIM compliant NI 43-101 technical report in respect of the gold resource inventory for the Central Borealis deposit (previously announced April 30, 2008).

The total Central Borealis gold resource inventory is now calculated to be 1,422,500 ounces of measured and indicated gold ("M&I") and 1,104,500 ounces of inferred ("Infd") gold. This is an increase of 704,000 ounces of gold from the previous study (39% increase comprised of 209,000 ounces of M&I and 495,000 ounces of Infd resources) at an exploration cost of approximately $6.50/ounce. It is likely that much of the inferred mineralization can be upgraded to measured and indicated with a modest drill program.

These results confirm that the geological model developed by Gryphon Gold's geologists (Steve Craig and Roger Steininger) is proving successful. The model effectively identified the areas of mineralization that resulted in this significant increase; as well the model has identified areas in the Central Borealis where resources are open to possible expansion and where additional higher-grade material is likely to be delineated.

A drill program is being planned to follow up on these very encouraging results in the Central Borealis, and to apply the successful geological model to the very thick (up to 1,450 ft) zones of anomalous gold and alteration that were discovered in the Western pediments during the 2007 exploration program.

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Chariot Resources to Add New Drilling to Resource Model In Feasibility Study

Chariot Resources (TSX: CHD) today announced that its 70%-owned subsidiary Marcobre S.A.C. ("Marcobre") had decided to incorporate the results of up to 250 holes drilled or to be drilled since the last resource update into the resource model it will use for the Feasibility Study (FS).

In November 2006, Chariot announced a new resource estimate for the Mina Justa project. That resource was based on results from a total of approximately 140,000 metres of drilling of which 65,000 metres was completed in 2006. Using a 0.3% cut-off, measured and indicated resources total 346 million tonnes at 0.71% copper, and inferred resources total 127.9 million tonnes at 0.60% copper.

Since the cut-off date for the November 2006 resource estimate update, Marcobre has conducted further drilling totalling 34,000 metres. Drill results were reported from the Northern Oxide, Western Pit Extension, Cu 40 and Southern Extension areas as well as the Magnetite Manto potential starter pit. As previously stated, the results from this drilling have highlighted the possibility that there could be several high-grade starter oxide areas which could complement the initial output from Magnetite Manto starter pit identified in the Scoping Study; the results also have the potential to yet again increase the size of the ultimate pit at Mina Justa (see press releases dated August 7, 2007, June 26, 2007 and Oct. 26, 2006).

"We believe that by incorporating the results of the new drilling into the resource model, the average grade of the oxide resources could be increased," said Ulli Rath, President and CEO. "If we are able to achieve a 10% increase in the oxide grade then this could add significantly to the project NPV - by reducing the tonnes of ore to be mined, reducing the size of the vat leaching and the associated capital, and possibly by improving recoveries."

Chariot anticipates that it will take approximately three months to update the resource model to incorporate the additional drilling done in 2007, which will in turn require the rescheduling of the FS. The Company expects to be able to provide a new target date for FS completion and the start of production in mid-October, following a project alignment meeting in Peru to be attended by Chariot and Marcobre staff as well as consultants from GRD Minproc, GMI, Knight Piesold, Indec/Cade and Snowden, all of whom are working on the project.

"Chariot's Board of Directors has also concluded that, following the completion of the Feasibility Study, it would be appropriate for the Board to consider what strategic alternatives may exist in respect of maximizing value at Mina Justa," said Mr. Rath.

Forward-Looking Statements: Statements in this release that are forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties concerning the specific factors disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the Company's periodic filings with Canadian Securities Regulators. Such information contained herein represents management's best judgment as of the date hereof based on information currently available. The Company does not assume the obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

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Research and Markets: Volume 3 of the best-selling "Data Model Resource Book: Universal Patterns for Data Modeling"

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b307c8/the_data_model_res) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "The Data Model Resource Book: Universal Patterns for Data Modeling, Volume 3" to their offering.

This third volume of the best-selling "Data Model Resource Book" series revolutionizes the data modeling discipline by answering the question "How can you save significant time while improving the quality of any type of data modeling effort?" In contrast to the first two volumes, this new volume focuses on the fundamental, underlying patterns that affect over 50 percent of most data modeling efforts. These patterns can be used to considerably reduce modeling time and cost, to jump-start data modeling efforts, as standards and guidelines to increase data model consistency and quality, and as an objective source against which an enterprise can evaluate data models.

Chapters Include:

- Chapter 1 Introduction.

- Chapter 2 Setting Up Roles: What Parties Do.

- Chapter 3 Using Roles: How Parties Are Involved.

- Chapter 4 Hierarchies, Aggregations, and Peer-to-Peer Relationships: The Organization of Similar Data.

- Chapter 5 Types and Categories: the Classification of Data.

- Chapter 6 Status: The States of Data.

- Chapter 7 Contact Mechanisms: How to Get in Touch.

- Chapter 8 Business Rules: How Things Should Work.

- Chapter 9 Using the Patterns.

- Chapter 10 Socializing the Patterns.

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