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Dragon's Flame
|Dragon's Flame
|2003 - 2004 (?)
|Fez, sunnycouger, amazinggracie, Sarah,
and Darkchilde
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and Darkchilde
|Draco/Ginny fansite/archive
|Harry Potter
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Dragon's Flame was a Draco/Ginny fansite and archive. It was part of Ditch the Logical.
Site Contents
The site was split up into various sections, many of which were empty or incomplete as of 2004 (the most recent archived version of the site).
The site hosted Draco/Ginny fanfiction and had open submissions. The only requirements for fics were that they needed to feature Draco and Ginny have proper spelling and formatting. The site included fanfiction by:
- Amazing Cougar (1 story)
- amazinggracie (3 stories)
- DoubleL27 (2 stories)
- Magnus (1 story)
- sillynissy (3 stories)
- Sunnycouger (11 stories)
- uncfaery (8 stories)
The "Gallery" section was intended to feature images of Tom Felton and Bonnie Wright from the Harry Potter films, but was still under construction as of August 2004.
The "Multimedia" section was intended to host user-submitted fanart, including icons, support buttons, wallpaper, videos, and illustrations. However, as of August 2004, the page had no content.
The "Soundtrack" page was a sort of collaborative fanmix, and featured the names and lyrics to songs submitted to the site. As of August 2004, there were over fifty songs of various genres.
Why Them?
The "Why Them" section was intended to host submitted essays about the Draco/Ginny pairing:
- Have you ever wondered why people ship Draco and Ginny? Here you will find a collection of essays by fans of the pairing explaining why they chose to ship Draco and Ginny.
- If you have anything you would like to contribute - be it a page or a novels worth please send it to us. It can be funny, it can be angry, it can have a chip on its shoulder - just give us your thoughts on the pairing. Reasons it works, reasons it doesn't, reasons why you ship them.
As of August 2004, there were no essays posted.
The "Characters/Actors" section posted profiles of both Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley as well as Tom Felton and Bonnie Wright, the actors that play them in the films. This included images, biographical facts, and quotes, as well as the actors' filmography.
The "Fanlisting" page included a link to the Of Silver & Gold Draco/Ginny fanlisting, as well as links to the fanlistings to which Dragon's Flame belonged.
The "Forum" section provided links to the various Draco/Ginny threads located at the Ditch the Logical Harry Potter forums. As of August 2004, there were 16 in total
The "Links" section provided links to various Draco/Ginny and general Harry Potter sites, including:
Links to Us
The "Links to Us" page provided buttons and banners of various sizes that could be used to link back to Dragon's Flame. At least some featured Draco/Ginny fanart by Tall Terror.
Site Information
The "Site Information" page contained credits for the site. The layout was designed by Fez and used fanart by Tall Terror. The site was maintained by the staff of Ditch the Logical: Fez, sunnycouger, amazinggracie, Sarah, and Darkchilde.


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By Stacy Braslau-Schneck
Does your dog bark, jump and generally make a scene at every group training class? First, remember that it's natural for dogs to bark. There's nothing really wrong with it -- unless it's keeping the other dogs from concentrating, or otherwise disrupting training. Every class has at least one yappy dog, and an experienced instructor will have a few methods that will help you deal with it, without having to resort to punishment. Avoid a class in which the instructor recommends jerking on the collar, spraying the dog in the face with water or grabbing the dog's muzzle as a first resort.
Why Dogs Bark in ClassDogs in class generally bark for one of four reasons:
1. Excited friendliness
2. Fear
3. Attention demands
4. A generally vocal nature
The excitedly friendly dog is so thrilled to be around other dogs that he or she needs to invite them to play. These dogs remind me of someone stranded on a deserted island who sees a passing ship: "Hey, hey! Over here! Look, over here!"
The fearful dog is going by "the best defense is a good offense," barking to warn the other dogs to stay away from him.
Both of these types of dogs will benefit from extra attention work, rewarding them for focusing on you, their owner. If possible, also create more distance between your dog and the next closest dog. Both the excited and fearful dog should also be rewarded for looking at another dog, without barking.
In addition, a fearful dog really might need a visual barrier (usually an ex-pen with a fabric covering) to cut off his sight of the others. And a truly fearful dog might benefit from switching from group classes to private lessons.
Manage Your Barky Dog's Need for AttentionThe dog that demands attention from his owner with barking usually makes less noise in class because he's usually getting more attention than he's used to in an hour. Their barking should not be rewarded with attention or even the "negative feedback" of telling him to be quiet or touching/holding his mouth.
If your classroom has tethers for the dogs, talk to the instructor about the strategy of "abandoning" your dog when he barks. Your dog will learn that barking results in the opposite of what he wants -- especially if you also lavish your pal with attention when he's quiet.
The Barky DogThe dogs that are generally vocal are the most difficult to handle in a class. These are dogs that respond to all emotions with some sort of noise: whining, barking, baying or howling. These dogs bark in class even when they're not looking at another dog or their owners. You can still reward them when they're quiet and remove them from the class when they're barking. (Ask the instructor to seat you close to the door.)
While you're looking jealously at the quiet dog lying at another student's feet, keep in mind that this dog might not only be calm, but also actually shut down fearfully. Meanwhile, that dog's owner might be quietly dying of embarrassment that her normally perky pooch is moping and unresponsive. Hopefully, both sets of dogs will soon learn to quietly enjoy group class.
Stacy Braslau-Schneck is a longtime dog trainer and a professional member of the Association of Dog Pet Trainers. She works closely with the Human Society Silicon Valley and is the owner of Stacy's Wag'N'Train, which offers small group
classes and private lessons in San Jose, Calif. Stacy writes frequently for Exceptional Canine.
First off, it depends on where you live. Look up your local lawsSecondly, netolusiors Dogs bark because of boredom. Try a kong, or something else to keep their minds busy. Try also excercising your dog before you leave. A tired dog is a good dog. Do you have a tredmill? Put him on there for 15-20 min before you leave.As a last resort try a electric collar. In my experiance Citronella is the best. It sprays the dog with a Citronella spray when he barks. But try the ther methods first.
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Five Tips For Better Course Management
First of all, thanks to all of you who have sent in your feedback from my Friday post asking where you get your information about golf equipment. I'd love to hear from more of you, as new wedges are on the line here! I'm going to collect your feedback for another couple of weeks, and will announce the winner when I get back from the annual PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando next week.
Now, for today's winner, I've selected Travis Miller, who noted that we spend a lot of time on little swing tips, but not enough on how to play the course in front of us. Specifically, Travis asked:
What would be your top five tips for course management?That's a great question, Travis, and I agree with your guess that good course management can shave shots quicker than any swing overhaul. Every hole usually has 3-4 ways to play it, and every golfer has their strengths and weaknesses to play to, and away from. Here's are my Top 5 when it comes to managing your way around the golf course:
1. Dance with who brung ya. When you are hitting your warm up shots on the range, don't try to "learn" anything new, just try to see what you've got today . . . and then play it. If you are not hitting it particularly crisp on the range, relax your expectations and don't play any "hero" shots early in the round. Never underestimate the importance of getting off to a good start with a couple of pars or easy bogeys.
2. Look for the "safe" side of the fairway. Every hole usually has a safe side, so make sure you take a few seconds to see the hole the way the architect designed it. Most will give you a 'bail out' to one side or the other. Play for it.
3. Shoot for the 150 markers. I'll be playing unfamiliar courses in Orlando next week, and my approach on these is to always see where the 150 marker is, and assess trouble from there. Usually, short holes get skinnier and tougher as you get closer to the green. On a short par four, I'd much rather have a 6-, 7- or 8-iron in from the fairway, than to later realize that trying to drive it into wedge range gave me ½ or 1/3 as much fairway to work with. It's frustrating and unproductive to face a short par four and then have no shot to the green at all.
4. Play for the 'safe' side of the flag. As you survey your approach shot, notice where the flag is located on the green – left, right, front, back – and where the tough up-an-down is going to be from. A short right pin placement, for example, probably leaves a much easier approach putt and/or chip from long left. Unless you are a sub-scratch player, shooting at tucked flags is a recipe for disaster. Even the pros usually avoid "short-siding" themselves.
5. A series of 18 challenges. Rather than look at your day as a "round" of golf, how about just see it as 18 opportunities? You can't do anything about the last hole or the next one anyway, so focus all your attention and energy on the hole you're playing . . . and the shot you are facing RIGHT NOW. More bad shots are hit as a result of steaming about the last one than for any other reason. Get "in the moment" on each tee, block out what has happened or how you are playing . . . good or bad . . . and focus on the hole at hand and how you're going to play it. It will make a difference.
So, Travis, there are my Top 5 keys to course management. I'm sure your fellow 'oobers" will have their own as well so stay tuned to their input on this subject.
I'll see you all Friday.
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mjaber says:
1. Don't be afraid to pitch out (sideways or even backwards) to get out of trouble. Let's be honest, there is a reason you're in the trees.
2. Learn from your mistakes. I play with a guy who ALWAYS goes for a par 5 in 2. He'll top his drive and be 400 yards from the green, and pull his 3 wood and try to hit it from the rough. I have yet to see him hit a par 5 in 2.
3. You don't have to hit driver on every par 4
4. If you're having a really bad day, find 1 club you are hitting well and stick with it. For me, 3 shots with my 8 iron (130-140) will usually get me to almost any par 4 green.
5. Play from the tees that you feel are appropriate for your game. Don't be pressured into playing from the tips, just because everyone else in your group is.
aaronm04 says:
There's no shame in laying up!! Realistically assess your chances. Taking an extra stroke to get to safety is better than taking 2+ going for the "hero" shot.
mschad says:
One tip I heard that I try to remember is to tee up on the same side as any trouble. That way you are shooting away from it, not toward it.
lcgolfer64 says:
Stealing mjaber's thunder...
1. is a great one to play by, plenty of opportunities through course of a round to make up that one shot.
3. Analyzing my oob stats, I was WAY better off playing 4 iron or 3W off the tee then driver - have to learn to check my Driver-ego at the clubhouse more often.
4. Get comfortable with playing a 'confidence club' to a lay up or even off the tee. Three 6 irons @ 165 yards/each (495 yards) puts you in contention for par on almost any par 5 - just a thought.
nocurling says:
i use the 150 marker all the time. the reason? i know what club consistently flies ~150 yards for me. and it turns every par 4 or 5 into a 150-yard par-3. how hard is that?
Optimus Prime says:
This is good preaching.
K_Rich10 says:
I think a lot of people try to put to make long putts, rather than setting themselves up for an easier 2nd putt. They either push them way past the hole or read the line wrong and still leave themselves a putt at a distance they are not comfortable with. Eliminating 3 putts will save strokes every round for people like me with higher handicaps. I've been trying lately to leave myself in a position for a shorter, uphill putt for my par/bogey than going for the cup from 25+ feet.
Bryan K says:
When you're hitting over water, take an extra club. It's usually better to be over the green than in the drink. If you don't have an extra club, lay up.
mjaber says:
Don't fight "your shot." I took a few lessons last year and we (instructor and I) determined that my normal shot shape is a cut. From what he told me, it seems everyone has a basic shot shape with their normal swing. If you can figure out what you're normal shot shape is, play it.
I can't hit a draw at all, but I have a lot of confidence with my driver. There have times where I have hit a drive toward trouble (trees, bunker, etc.), because I was confident in the cut I would hit. It would have been better to be able to hit a draw, but I don't have that ability, so I play for my typical shot shape.
I played with a couple older guys once. One hit dead straight every time. The other had a nasty slice. I can remember him hitting at almost a 45 degree angle left of the fairway. Every time, same shot shape, same result... center of the fairway.
Bryan K says:
lol...and then you have me...I spray the ball all over the place:)
I usually have a nice draw, but my swing isn't grooved enough to hit that draw all the time. Heck...most of the time I top the ball 90 yards down the fairway.
TravisMiller says:
Terry - I had never really thought about tip number 1. It didn't matter if I hit my driver terrible on the range right before the round. 1st tee would be driver. I will have to pay more attention next time. Great tips from you all. My best tip - Enjoy the game no matter what the end score is!
Mrob says:
Adjust your par. If you miss your tee shot on a par 4 play it as a 5. It releases pressure and frees you from feeling like you have to make everything up on your second shot. You'll be amazed at how many time you save your 4.
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Shareholders in troubled Perth property group
At the company's annual meeting in Perth on Friday, shareholders voted overwhelmingly for the re-election of interim chief executive Hugh Martin, who has steered the company through a strategic review that will see it shed its development and residential interests in favour of a focus on fund management and its $394 million investment portfolio.
Mr Martin will lead the company until June next year after replacing founder and former managing director Gavin Hawkins, who left the company in August shortly after it announced a $95 million asset write down.
But while Mr Martin and chairman Frank Zipfinger told shareholders their sole focus was on implementing the review's findings and turning around performance, the company's recent appointments point to it preparing for approaches from buyers.
Aspen has appointed a former Macquarie Bank executive with experience in mergers and acquisitions, Guy Farrands, to the board, and has also appointed UBS AG as financial advisors.
Some institutional shareholders are believed to be pushing for a break up of company assets.
Mr Zipfinger acknowledged speculation over the sell off of core assets in his speech to shareholders.
"First, the board is absolutely committed to maximising security holder returns through strengthening of the core businesses and it will assess all opportunities and be very active in this regard," he said.
"Secondly, speculation about sales of assets and the direction of the group clearly undermines the process of executing the divestment of the group's non-core assets that is now under way, distracts from management resources and ultimately hinders both the retention and the creation of security holder value."
Shares in Aspen have halved in value over the last six months and now hover around 20¢. The company announced a $147 million after-tax loss last year.
Some shareholders used the AGM to voice their frustration, with one saying the company had been through "Greek disasters and the rest of it" and he felt "a bit short changed".
The company has had a difficult two years, with Mr Hawkins fighting off a board spill initiated by his co-founder Angelo Del Borello in 2011.
The board avoided a spill-triggering second strike on its remuneration mreport, with only 15 per cent of shareholders voting against executive pay. Last year, more than 30 per cent of investors voted against it in a protest against the company's performance.
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A five bedroom semi detached Nash built family home in the hugely popular Marshalswick area of St Albans, ideally placed for access to favoured local schools to include Sandringham, Wheatfields, Skyswood and St John Fisher (Catholic).
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The historical city of St Albans provides for a comprehensive range of shopping, restaurants and leisure facilities. Locally there is an excellent selection of schooling, both state and private. For the commuter, there is a train link to London St Pancras International and Kings Cross with interconnecting Eurostar service direct to Brussels and Paris. The M25 is available at junction 21A connecting to the national motorway network. The surrounding countryside provides for an abundance of leisure activities including walking, riding, numerous golf courses, leisure centres and many areas of historical interest.
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After years of discussion, the city of Galt has reached a tentative lease agreement for property from the Union Pacific Railroad. The land will be part of the city's efforts to revitalize its Old Town area, and will be made into a public parking lot.
However, if the Galt City Council approves the agreement at its regular meeting Tuesday, an additional $100,000 or more will be required to build an 8-foot, "vandal-resistant" fence along the active railroad tracks. That money is expected to come from a Community Development Block Grant as part of the Quiet Zone project also underway along the railroad tracks, according to a written staff report to the city council.


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Patching work will take place on Hulton Road next week
PennDOT crews will be doing patching work along Hulton Road during the week of Dec. 10 to 14, weather permitting.
Crews will be working on Hulton near its intersection with Milltown Road.
Motorists are advised to use caution, slow down and anticipate changing traffic patterns, lane closures and possible delays when traveling through the area.


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Save Our Environment With Grace - Poem by Leena Ajay Pimple
We must give credit
To see the nature function every minute
All the natural phenomena that it exhibits
There are no limits
Our natural ecosystem
Just knows how to blossom
Its the natural environment
Versus the environment built by humans
We need to be careful with all our actions
As they can be a potential threat to our environment
So make the agenda common
Reduce energy consumption,
And aim for zero pollution
Find ways for conservation
Our new ways to reuse
Should change common mans views
Look for renewable energy sources
From life's different phases
Let the understanding be mutual
Be thoughtful and find ways to recycle,
Develop alternate secondary fuel
Make the phenomena global
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These goals should be in all the countries
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Our ability to Reuse, will bring more value
Our tryst to Recycle, will save human race
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Looking for artists for a game project!
Hi CGS readers. I'm part of a small group of university students working on a game using UDK and we're looking for some help with our little project.
The game is a horror/puzzle style game, similar in genre to games like Amnesia but relying more strongly on the plot and telling a rather dark story that has been tweaked and refined for the better part of two years.
We're looking for all sorts of artistic help; concept art, texturing, static mesh modelling, though most prominently at the moment we are looking for a character modeler. This includes modelling, texturing and possibly animating.
The style of character we're looking for is somewhere between Ashley Mizuki Robbins from Another Code: R and Deunan Knute from Appleseed Ex Machina.
Since we don't really have a budget for this project, I am using Blender for my modelling. I'm not exactly new to Blender, and I can model well enough to make the objects we need for the game, but I'm not good enough to make characters we're happy with. And that's why I'm here.
The project has a $0 budget, which is why I'm looking for volunteer help, but if the game makes any money, then we'll happily pay for the work.
If you're interested, we can supply some concept art and answer any questions about the game itself or the story.
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Stocks rang out last week's holiday-shortened period with modest losses—down 0.7% on the S&P 500 index (a more accurate barometer than the Dow for the overall market). Of keener interest for us at the moment, though, is the behavior of the precious metals and related mining shares.
To hear some commentators moan, you would think gold had plummeted through every support level in the chart book. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Contrary to the negative chatter, the Midas metal remains more than $80 above two key bottoms that bullion formed during the second half of 2011 (September and December).
Silver, too, is trading comfortably above its 2011 lows, as is platinum. Indeed, while we've been able to grab a few shares of iShares Silver Trust (NYSE:SLV) , we're still waiting to buy ETFS Physical Platinum Shares (NYSE:PPLT).
Given the deep pessimism now evident in surveys of gold-market participants, I think the precious yellow is probably very close to a significant low right now. If so, the battered mining shares should also find their footing soon.
Certainly, the selling in the mining sector appears to be vastly overdone. Take Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM), for example, which we're tracking as a Niche Investment outside the model portfolio. NEM is quoted at a lower share price than in December 2003, when bullion was changing hands just over $400 an ounce!
Back then, the company reported annual earnings of $1.16 per share. This year, the analyst consensus is looking for $4.94 per share. The P/E compression is breathtaking, and it cushions your risk from here.
Our gold pick for the main model portfolio is even cheaper. At week's end, Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) was selling for just 8X estimated 2012 earnings. Even if you don't consider yourself a gold bug, multiples like that should catch your attention!


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, September 1, 2011, 7:50 PM
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Original post made on Sep 2, 2011
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, September 1, 2011, 7:50 PM
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a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Sep 2, 2011 at 10:40 am
Whose brilliant idea was it to have federal regulations provide job protection for current Caltrain employees? The mind boggles.
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Sep 2, 2011 at 12:31 pm
1. They picked the wrong company. They picked TransitAmerica, which has far less experience than the third highest bidder, Veolia, which is the largest private (not Amtrak) passenger rail operator in the US.
2. Although Amtrak/Bombadier was the highest bidder, TransAmerica's bid was still a lot higher than Veolia and two other bids.
3. According to Mike Rosenberg, TransitAmerica is newer and smaller company than Veolia. The best way to see the difference is that TransitAmerica's host company had $401 million in revenues in 2009, while Veolia had $8.5 billion.
Then, Mike Rosenberg reminds us that:
"Caltrain has a history of spending more money to keep what it considers top talent. [[Starting with its executive team]]
It pays CEO Mike Scanlon a higher salary than any other transit boss in the state and in recent years raised its payroll for administrative employees and paid raises to its Amtrak contractors. This year, executives revised their initial budget upward in order to keep service intact."
The point? Caltrain does it again. They are lavish with themselves and with their contracts, but annually complain about "fiscal emergencies" since they can't meet their operating budgets and don't get enough subsidies.
It's time to do away with the expensive Caltrain organization and fold the Peninsula Commuter Rail into a single Bay Area transit operator that includes BART and the Capital Corridor Joint Powers Board. That way, we will have a real Bay Area wide transit network and it will be State maintained with serious oversight.
Right now, Caltrain has no oversight or accountability except to themselves and their rubber stamp joint powers board. We can do better than Caltrain and its ambiguous multi-layered organizations that operate like a street-corner shell game.
a resident of another community
on Sep 2, 2011 at 2:41 pm
Another example of where a Citizens Oversight Committee might be helpful.
Maybe its time that we don't need the Best and the Brightest hires.
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Esra Unluaslan, MBA student, MIT Sloan, tells Diptiman Dewan that a hands-on experience is critical to gain competitive edge
The Times of India
Esra Unluaslan, Livia Lisker, Noam Bernstein, and Damien Peters, students of MIT Sloan School of Management, US and a part of a team, were in India recently through the annual India Laboratory at MIT Sloan.
The India laboratory is a part of MIT Sloan's initiative that combines classroom-based instruction with project-based learning under which a team of MIT students work with companies in India for two weeks.
"Our team of four students worked with One97 Communications and its subsidiaries that focus on telecom applications for cloud computing, on the growth strategy, including new market entry and marketing plans that will take the companies to the next level," says Unluaslan, a joint student of MBA at MIT Sloan and Master of public administration in international development at Harvard Kennedy School, US.
Unluaslan believes that working with a company allows students to learn directly from entrepreneurs and managers who are experiencing real-world issues in real-time—an experience that produces systemic change for the organization as well as helps in the personal growth for students.
"I learnt how businesses run in India compared to other countries and environments, which is key in a job market that looks for experience in the field in addition to education. Companies question students fresh out of school if they have the ability to apply their newfound practical knowledge into use, which is where this practical experience will be of great help," she says.
"Every company and situation is unique, and a real-time exposure through hands-on training and implementation of what a student learns in the classroom is what helps in the integration of theory and practice and helps gain a competitive advantage," believes Unluaslan.
Rwanda Gov't 'committed to growth of private sector'
Government supports the growth of the private sector as one of the key pillars that promotes social economic development, Clare Akamanzi, the Chief Operations Officer at Rwanda Development Board (RDB) told Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students.
MBA students point the way for Chinese firms
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) candidates from Tsinghua University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) yesterday (Mar. 30) presented the tables and graphics that they had spent weeks designing to senior consultants and clients at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management.
The presentations comprised four groups, each made up of four students from the two schools, renowned for their common pursuit of science and rationalism.
The presentation was, in fact a competition held by MIT-Tsinghua China Lab. The competition, which is collaboration between the two prestigious schools, aims to offer business students a taste of real-life experience beyond the rather more sheltered academic world. As the competition developed, it became clear that students were indeed broadening their horizons and sharpening their business antennae.
Vivien Xiong, the Chief Executive Officer from AE&E, a Geo-Microbial technology company based in Beijing, joked that, as a result of the students' presentations, her company's research costs had been cut.On a more serious note, Xiong, a two-time China Lab client, was struck by the students' research and analytical abilities.
She was mesmerized when the students compared AE&E's bacteria oil exploration technology with an improved X-ray machine which enables observers to see both the skeleton and muscles. They commented that the technology had a bright future, especially as a result of its ability to substantially cut oil exploration costs. The students also suggested that the company turn to a joint-venture model to leverage liability and reduce costs.
Despite its amicable and harmonious nature, the contest attracts its fair share of critics-some of whom focus their criticisms on the very amicability and harmoniousness of the contest. Fan Bin, a senior management consultant at IBM, and one of the contest's judges, commented that Xiong would get a completely different perspective if she hired a professional consulting company.
"The world of business consulting is different to what we see here [at the contest]," said Fan. "It's not such a friendly environment. You may be confronted by many challenges, in front of your customers, colleagues, and especially your competitors. But this is a good place to start."
Commenting on the benefits of the project, Laila Zemrani, a student from the Sloan School of Management who will graduate next year, said: "We get a very interesting project, a project that is actually a mixture of the knowledge we might bring, from outside of China, from the U.S."
For their competition entry, Zemrani and her teammates worked on remodeling the Tsinghua Business Review, an academic publication. They won the competition as a result of both their research and the spontaneous communication skills they demonstrated during their presentation. Their work on the magazine focused on increasing its popularity and profitability. Zemrani said that, her group devised a range of suggestions, including, using digital media, online media, and interactive communication techniques. They also raised the importance of coming up with new business models.
Michael Shafrir, Zemrani's teammate and schoolmate, suggested that the magazine should make itself less esoteric by shortening and simplifying its contents.
He said: "Our survey of readers and potential readers revealed that there is always a desire for short form content." Shafrir recognized the challenge of switching the academic magazine to online media platforms, as the Harvard Business Review has done.
According to Shafrir, the average length of an article in the print version of the Harvard Business Review is usually 5,000 words, whereas the online version would be trimmed to 500 or 700.
"We do see the forces of smart phone penetration," he said. "If Tsinghua Business Review was to provide content to optimize smart phones, not only computers, they would increase distribution, and bring academically-oriented content to an entirely new group of readers," he said.
The ideas and inspirations generated by the presentations cast a nostalgic air over many who, having previously graduated from MBA schools, now sat in the classroom as contest judges. Contest judge and Harvard Business School alumnus James Chang, now the Risk Consulting Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultants (Shenzhen Ltd), Beijing Branch, was one who was struck by the mood of nostalgia.
"[It] brings back memories of when I was at Harvard Business School," said Chang. "I just want to say that the Harvard Business Review is fantastic, I do want to see Tsinghua come up."
Market movements: Indonesia and its payment industry opportunities
Cards Now! Magazine (Indonesia)
In January 2012, a team of graduate students from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management's Global Entrepreneurship Lab (MIT Sloan G-Lab) worked with PrimaVista to study the payment industry in Indonesia.
Established in 2002, we are now the dominant player in this industry, providing innovative solutions, including credit card, debit card, bill payment, microbanking and contactless payment via VeriFone EDC terminals and customised services in Indonesia. The e-Banking and payment industry in Indonesia is ripe for explosive growth. Huge base of population needs secure and convenient means of conducting cashless transaction. PrimaVista has the required assets to bring this industry forward. The question that MIT Sloan helps to answer is - what's the best strategic approach to produce an end result that is beneficial for Indonesian market at large? We believe that the positive energy and expertise brought by the MIT Sloan G-Lab team will greatly impact the participating companies in gearing up, to spearhead the period of explosive growth of Indonesia. For the benefit of CardsNow! readers, PrimaVista and MIT Sloan jointly share a concise version of the macroeconomic findings and analysis.
Understanding Indonesia And The Opportunities
Indonesia is a true South East Asian melting pot, with five acknowledged religions, over 300 ethnic groups scattered over 17,000 islands. Indonesia has come a long way since post-Suharto era in the late 90s. The economic recovery triggered a major shift with rapid urbanisation, doubling the urban population in two decades from 40 million people to around 80 million. The urban population is growing at 4.4% per year as compared to national population growth of 1.7% per year. This urbanisation represents huge potential consumer spending and increased domestic consumption in the next 25 years.
The question remains - how did Indonesia get to the point where it is widely considered to the "next big thing"? While the Western world was entering a recession, Indonesia's economic growth has been hovering around 6% in the past five years. This GDP growth has led to a decline in poverty and helped ensure that the country is making progress towards a full-employment economy. The reason for this strong performance amid a global slowdown is that over two-thirds of GDP continues to be as a result of domestic consumption. The government took a number of measures including strengthening banking sector balance sheets and reducing bank vulnerabilities through higher capitalisation and better supervision.
When payment cards were introduced in Indonesia in the 80s, the vast majority of consumer transactions were cash-based. Card payment offers convenience as consumers can pay for goods or services without stopping to visit an ATM. This is especially important in developing countries such as Indonesia where there are only 1.3 ATMs per 100sqkm and only 22 per 100,000 of the population. Contrast this with Hong Kong where there are over 80 ATMs per 100,000 of its population.
Card Payment As National Development
The benefits of payment cards can be quantified. Moody's Analytics indicates that increases in private consumption that are attributable to card usage can help drive in GDP growth. Their study of 51 countries noted that card usage increased consumption by an average of 0.79% from 2003 to 2008. (For Indonesia this figure was 0.35% over the period but was from a base of 0% in 2003. In 2008 the impact was 0.65 %.) This increased consumer spending has a positive impact on GDP such that 1% more card usage translates to an average of 0.024% increase in GDP. As card usage is increasing rapidly in Indonesia, this could have a profoundly positive impact on the country's GDP.
For a developing country like Indonesia, card payment contributes to national development by expanding the customer market. Increasing the existing share of e-Payments in a country by 10% will generate an increase of 0.5% in consumer spending. Card usage broadens the access of greater population to the banking system. Cards are a gateway to the financial system for the 70% of the world's population which is currently unbanked (which is also in line with estimates for Indonesia). They also offer a source of working capital for start-ups. The small and medium-size enterprise sector in emerging countries can face difficulty accessing financing given the lack of angel investors and other forms of seed capital - credit cards can be an alternative financing source.
Other notable benefits of less cash and more cards usage include the reduction in the gray economy - cash payments are sometimes left undeclared as income, there is risk of replica bank notes and theft. Furthermore, cards can increase taxable income by creating an electronic audit trail. With an electronic audit trail comes a reduction in the risk of fraud - inherent in many e-Payment networks is the guarantee of payment for merchants and liability protection for cardholders in the case of fraud. These protections bolster confidence in the economic system, which can lead to greater overall consumption, particularly for high-value transactions.
Understanding the positive link between payment cards and economic development is reflected in the global penetration rates, as shown in the chart below. It shows the positive and sizable relationship between credit card penetration and economic development, as measured by per capita income. That is, countries with higher levels of economic development also have more credit card usage. The link between card usage and GDP per person is a correlation with a two-way causal relationship where higher economic growth encourages greater electronic payments usage which in turn, offer substantial micro and macroeconomic benefits that promote further economic development.
Indonesian Card Payment - Today And Tomorrow
When considering the conditions necessary for a truly successful card payments network, it appears that Indonesia is a country where there is high, but as yet unrealised, potential. We have seen that penetration is low. In 2010 there were only 13.6 million credit cards (around 5% of the working population) and 46 million ATM/debit cards (20% of the working population). The low penetration of the Indonesian market stands in contrast with many of its Asian peers. Indeed, at a growth rate of 20%, penetration will only be equivalent to one card per person in 2020 and a further five years before the equivalence to Hong Kong is achieved.
However, as is often the case with critical technological adoption, the uptake can be much quicker than the steady increase. When such a boom may occur is unpredictable. What is predictable though is that there will be very strong growth in the next few years, fuelled by a combination of growing purchasing power, greater availability and use, as well as governmental encouragement given their role in economic development.
Analysing the growth factors of nationwide card payment infrastructure, Indonesia is ripe for a period of rapid adoption. These factors include supporting regulatory framework from Bank Indonesia, the establishment of a National Credit Bureau, increasingly better telecommunication network coverage, and improving consumer education. However, looking at the card acceptance infrastructure, such as POS terminals, ATMs, bank branches, the Internet, mail order or telephone merchants, Indonesia still has a vast room to grow. Its 250,000 payment terminals (estimated as at end of 2011) is equivalent to slightly over 100 per 100,000 people. Hong Kong has over 10 times the penetration density, and the US around 3,250 terminals per 100,000 people. Applying an aggressive 20% annual growth rate of penetration in Indonesia, and only 5% in the more mature Asian countries, it will take two decades to reach a comparable density network, at approximately the maturity of the current US market.
Therefore, in order to enable mass adoption of cashless payment, which will support Indonesia's national development initiatives, the country needs concerted effort to rapidly establish a nationwide acceptance network. Only when the acceptance network and cashless payment adoption are reaching a certain point of maturity, then new payment technology advancements may create meaningful impact in a macroeconomic level. For example, NFC technology is already changing the way millions of people make payments. Leading payment providers such as VeriFone has started pushing NFC-enabled payment terminals. Approximately 10% of POS terminals shipped worldwide in 2010 had the NFC function. Growth is expected to be fast with NFC expected to increase to 33% by 2012 and 85% by 2016, with the growth driver being terminals that are integrated with smartphones. With NFC, the use of virtual card payment will become increasingly casual with micropayments - small transactions further replacing and reducing the use of cash in the society.
Developing innovative financial leaders through action learning
Huffington Post
Practicing professionals are rarely presented with problems as neat and clean as those in the classroom. Real-world problems are often incompletely understood, vaguely specified, and connected to a variety of other issues in ways that only become apparent when one tries to solve the problem. Or to put it differently, the tools of the classroom are not sufficient to solve complex real-life problems.
MIT Sloan Global Entrepreneurship Lab
Financial Times
Mens et Manus – mind and hand is the motto for MIT Sloan School of Management and something that is taken particularly seriously at the schools' Global Entrepreneurship Lab. "Students aren't thinking so much about getting a job in a big company, they are thinking about how to apply the skills they are learning" says Michellana Jester, manager of the action learning programmes at MIT, and they are able to do this to great effect through the G-lab.
The first steps to the internationalization process
Brasil Economico
The first contact that Kimberlit had with the Global Entrepreneurship Laboratory from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or G-Lab, was by Endeavor, an international nonprofit and that encourages new business.
"Endeavor gave us advice and told us about the program," says Antonio Carlos de Gissi Junior, CEO of Kimberlit, which operates in fertilizers market.
With its new product, which uses a lower quantity of product with an increase in its effectiveness, the goal for Gissi Junior was to enter the Chinese market, a large consumer of fertilizers.
The company has been in business for 22 years, but thought about the idea of going international until last year. With the help of four students, Gissi could develop three potential business models: export, in-country factory or a joint venture with a Chinese company. "In the beginning the most appropriate option would be starting to export and setting up an office in China," said the CEO.
The project ended in February and will be deployed in 2013, after many months of research and planning by Kimberlit, "They've understood the company's culture and the consultancy exceeded our expectations," says Junior Gissi.
Boo-Box is over the "hands" at MIT on two occasions: in 2009 and again this year. Mark Tanaka, CEO of the startup which specializes in advertising on social networks, says that MIT's program is extremely important for small and medium enterprises, not only because of the quality of the service offered, but because of the inability of companies to hire consultants. "A strategic consulting project for three months may come at a cost of millions of dollars," explains Tanaka.
The project developed this year is still a secret strategy for the company, but in 2009 the project was focused on an international plan for Latin America in countries like Chile, Mexico and Colombia. They started working from a new office in Argentina last July. "In 2009 it was only a dream, we had no way to do the internationalization," says Tanaka. "It was a job well done. It's the kind of consulting that companies need in markets that are complex and require deliberation before making the decision," he says.
An MBA alternative
Bloomberg Businessweek
For years, MIT's Sloan School of Management offered no degree to rival the master of finance programs at Princeton, Columbia, and Carnegie Mellon. That changed in 2008, when the university made finance its first new one-year master's program in more than 25 years. (It previously offered a finance certificate.)
MIT Students in Turkey
Global Entrepreneurship Lab (G-Lab) was launched by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the late 1990s. Providing groups of management, engineering and science students to meet business needs and gain experience on different business models, G-Lab is being led by Endeavor in Turkey this year.
MIT Sloan MBA students enrolled in the MIT Global Entrepreneurship Lab (G-Lab) program gain experience working on different business models in companies outside the U.S.A. and especially in developing countries. Projects are taking place at 36 different businesses in 17 countries during the 2011-2012 semesters.
Within the scope of the project led by Endeavor Turkey, four MBA students from MIT Sloan have been working with Endeavor Turkey's Human Resources Management/Development Department. The study, based on Endeavor Turkey's pilot programme, "Endeavor Exchange Programme", will be carried out between Brazil and Turkey.
Roberta Pittore, Professor and Consultant at MIT Sloan Management School, stated that G-Lab is one of the global learning courses at MIT Sloan and explained G-Lab projects with these words: "It provides hands on consulting experience for second year MBA students by enabling teams to work closely with top management of international startups in solving real world problems. In this process, the students gain hands on experience in creating and running a new enterprise outside the U.S.A., often in emerging markets with challenging economic infrastructures."
Who can attend the project?
All second-year MIT Sloan students are eligible for the project. Every company throughout the world who wants to participate must fill out an in-depth G-Lab questionnaire to be considered. Students review every company according to these questionnaires. Faculty and students then choose who will take part on their teams of four. Roberta Pittore states that a team needs one student with a firm grasp of the technology being used by the company and another who understands the country's culture and infrastructure. The team whose skill set best matches the project secures the assignment. Through their exposure to new countries and companies, G-Lab may influence some students' future career paths, says Pittore: "Many graduates of the program have found jobs or created their own businesses in emerging markets. Through the process, our students improve their skill sets as well as developing great networks that will help them after they graduate."
Media: Sabah Daily (national daily newspaper; circulation 390,000)
MIT analyzed the business model in Trujillo
Andina News
MBA students from MIT Sloan School of Management, one of 10 most important educational institutions in the world, went to the valley of Chao in the south of Trujillo, to analyze the business model developed by Fairtrasa and about 1,000 farmers in the area.
This visit was part of the agreement signed between the MIT Sloan and Fairtrasa. They want to see how to replicate the successful model in other parts of Peru and Latin America.
The agreement runs through the international internship "Global Entrepreneurship Lab (G-Lab)" which brings together students from different careers like management, engineering and science with emerging market producers, so they can share experiences and help them to meet the challenges of international trade, financing and negotiation.
Fairtrasa started operations in our country in 2009 and in 2011 they have reached about U.S. $ 10 million in sales. Currently, they are working in Trujillo with two small producer associations, which operate within the standards of Organic and Fair Trade Certification.
Patrick Struebi, Fairtrasa's founder, says that in Mexico, where production began, the gain of small producers has not been as high as in Peru. "The producers told us that they used to sell their avocados for S/. 1 per kilo and we could pay S/. 4. This is a significant increase," said Struebi.
The students came with the teacher in charge of G-Lab, Caroline Flammer, PhD in Economics from the University of ST.Gallen. They will analyze the Fairtrasa system to see what is the best way to replicate this model in other cities of Peru and other countries in Latin American.
Fresh experiences in the field
Financial Times
MIT's Sloan School of Management is launching a capstone course for its Executive MBA programme that involves on-site, experiential learning at an overseas company, a class that school officials say is an attempt to redefine the standard "business school junket".


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Brush fire burns 10 acres on West Side
Published 4:05 pm, Monday, March 17, 2014
SAN ANTONIO — A brush fire burned about 10 acres in an empty area behind the 6600 block of Gallery Oak on the city's West Side, and was extinguished by fire fighting crews at about 3:30 p.m. today.
A firefighter injured his wrist when he fell off a brush truck that wasn't moving at the time. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Fourteen units responded around 1:45 this afternoon. Crews are still working on hot spots, according to the San Antonio Fire Department, but it's too early to know the cause of the fire.
There was a lot of white smoke rising from the area but there weren't any visible flames.
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Seminaries in the Philippines
Seminaries or theological schools are specialized and live-in education institutions that train the future ministers, priests or rabbi. In the Philippines, most seminaries are Catholic seminaries mainly because large portions of the population of the country are Catholics. A good number of these schools accommodate those who desire to be inclined to religious activities or become priests.
Here are some of the Seminaries in the Philippines:
Archdiocese of Manila which not only accepts seminarians for the Archdiocese of Manila but seminarians from other dioceses as well.
Located at San Carlos Pastoral Formation Complex, EDSA, Guadalupe, Makati City, San Carlos Seminary has three departments: Juniorate - is composed of two-year level (Formation Year and Philosophy 1); Philosophy - is composed of three-year levels: Philosophy 2,3, and 4; and Theology - is composed of five-year levels: Theology 1, 2, PSIY, 3 and 4.
Baguio City, this advance school of theology aims to advance the leadership training and equip Pentecostal and Charismatic ministers for the Asia Pacific region which will serve as a resource center for assisting these churches to fulfill their Biblical mandate.
APTS provides advance training in theology, Bible, pastoral ministry, Christian education, Bible school ministry, evangelism and missions. It extends educational and ministry services to promote academically sound educational programs that are sensitive to the cultural issues and needs of the Asia Pacific region, while providing opportunities for students to learn through hands-on ministry experiences.
Naga City, which comprise the Archdiocese of Caceres, Daet, Legazpi, Masbate, Sorsogon and Virac in the Bicol region located at the southern part of Luzon.
The HSMS was inaugurated on August 10, 1964 by Bishop Carlo Martini, former delegate of the Papal Nuncio. This event also marked the division of the seminary. Holy Rosary Major Seminary became the home of the college and theology departments while the old seminary, known as the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary houses the high school department. However, with the phase out of the high school department in 1990, the college department returned to its original home making HRMS the center of theological studies in Caceres, Naga City.
Located at Seminary Road, Bagbag, Novaliches, Quezon City, the formation provides the seminarians the chance to grow in five particular aspects of the formation, mainly, that of spirituality, work, apostolate for the juniors and seniors, community life and study (SWACS). It also works on the achievement of physical, intellectual, emotional, psycho-sexual and social maturity of each individual.
San Carlos Major Seminary. The seminary aims to focuses on the four aspects of the life of their seminarians: Spiritual - forms the seminarians to be holy and faithful in their prayer lives; Academic - develops in the seminarians an appreciation of learning as an integral part of human and vocational life; Community - building communities through interaction, communication and relationships; and Social - forming seminarians to be genuine servant leaders.
Located in Bernardino Steet, Guadalupe Viejo, Makati City, the structure of the seminary was completed in May 1995, and on October 5 and 6 that year, the minor seminary was officially opened in its new building from San Carlos.
Tayabas, Quezon, and was formerly known as Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Seminary in 1942. In 1955, it was moved to its present site in Barrio Tumbaga, Sariaya, Quezon.
In 1958, it was known as the first diocesan seminary that has a college department. Their vision is to build a community of young disciples of Christ to nurture and develop the initial signs of priestly vocation with zealous response to the will of God according to the example of Mary. At present the seminary is offering a formation program for the high school seminarians.
- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. (accessed on May 15, 2008).
- APTS Official Website. (accessed on May 15, 2008).
- Asia Pacific Theological Seminary. (accessed on May 15, 2008).
- Our Lady of the Angels Seminary Official Website. (accessed on May 15, 2008).
- OLGMS Official Website. (accessed on May 15, 2008).
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Seminary. (accessed on May 15, 2008).
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Hello Anil,
I sent you an email as well.
I also moved this thread over to the Item Requests section of the forum and have this funny feeling you'll get just a few more offers
Thread locked due to comment by author below.
I understand. Reviewer decided that my track sucks ))). In consequence of which has not given the possibility to edit. Topic can be closed. Thank you))
moved this to Item Discussions
LukijanIvanovic, I agree with thesensercomplex that you should add some more tags and definitely more of a description.
For the description try to expound on how someone might use the track, without purposefully using a bunch of keywords of course.
Good job, keep up the good work.
Also, another way to make tracks more appealing to buyers in my experience is to include seamless loops.
Great job, congrats
Yup, can't beat free! I'll be trying it out this weekend.
Hey guys (if you haven't already gotten this)... this is a NO BRAINER DOWNLOAD from Native Instruments. If you use their software this is a really amazing morphing synth and it's free, at least at the moment.
Merry Christmas!
Congratulations Christian! I hope ya didn't spend all those earnings in the same place. Here's to another million!
Hello Alastair,
This one might work (at least for the 10s intro).
Thanks for the info SonicCube. it was definitely a no brainer.
@guitarjock – I installed all the sample libraries on my 1TB external firewire 800 drive and it's working fine with Logic 9 on my late 2009 macbook pro with 8GB of RAM and OS X Lion.
I installed all of the applications on the local drive and have a little less than 100GB free.
So far no issues.
The important thing is to always have a backup of the external drive data as well as the local HDD .
Glad to hear everyone's lovin' the software.
For me, Studio Drummer, Battery 3, Massive, and Kontakt 5 are just amazing. And who knew that you can actually program your own libraries in Kontakt and sell them like the Emotional Piano by Soundiron. That little tidbit of information got my IT programming senses dancing
Did any of you discover the "Choir / Vowel Morphs" instrument in Kontakt 5 yet? Ridiculous! I think I sat and played the vowels in different voices for an hour when I first discovered that. LOL !


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Published Sunday, April 27, 2008
Each month, the Columbia Public Library offers a selection from its collection related to a current best-seller or hot topic. Reference Librarian Svetlana Grobman compiled this month's selection.
Green is everywhere these days. Not just in nature - in budding trees, bushes and grasses - but also in the way we look at our surroundings and environment. Gone are the days when green was associated with envy. Now, being "green" means being smart and progressive, as well as foreseeing the consequences of our behavior.
Book publishers are riding on this green wave, too. Just like what happens after a long winter, green titles are sprouting in every corner of the publishing industry - in books about building and remodeling houses, bringing up children, choosing the right diet, etc. And, as usual, your public library is happy to deliver them to you: "The Complete Guide to the Green Home" by Philip Schmidt (Creative Pub. International, 256 pages); "Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care" by Deirdre Imus (Simon & Schuster, 304 pages); "Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying" by David Bach (Broadway Books, 175 pages); "Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living" by Doug Fine (Villard, 210 pages); "Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life" by Ed Begley, 240 pages; "True Green by Kim McKay (National Geographic Society, 145 pages); "Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies" by Eric Freed (Wiley, 361 pages); "The Passive Solar House: The Complete Guide to Heating and Cooling Your Home by James Kachadorian (Chelsea Green, 224 pages); "Hydrogen, Hot Stuff Cool Science: Discover the Future of Energy" by Rex Ewing (PixyJack Press, 287 pages); "Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America" by Sherry Boschert (New Society Publishers, 231 pages); "Cool Green Stuff: A Guide to Finding Great Recycled, Sustainable, Renewable Objects You Will Love" by Dave Evans (Clarkson Potter, 256 pages) and more.
The subject of gardening is so close to our hearts at this time of year. The further we get into the 21st century, the better we understand that gardening is not only about beauty or growing large quantities of fruits and vegetables, it's also about being environmentally responsible and about supporting our own health. "You are what you eat," says Ayurveda, the ancient Indian science of life, and so echoes Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" (Penguin Press, 244 pages). Pollan's mantra: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." So, how shall we grow the plants? The green way - answers Joe Lamp'l in "The Green Gardener's Guide" (Cool Springs Press, 363 pages). His recommendations:
● Conserve water - the EPA estimates at least half of all the water we use on our landscaping and gardens is wasted.
● Reduce garden chemicals to protect our water - suburban lawns and gardens use more pesticides per acre, on average, than industrial agriculture.
● Landscape to control runoff - about 60 percent of soil that is washed away ends up in rivers, streams and lakes.
● Compost your garden waste - the methane produced by yard waste dumped in landfills is 23 times more damaging in causing global warming than carbon dioxide is.
How easy is the green approach? Jeff Gillman answers this question in "The Truth About Organic Gardening: Benefits, Drawbacks, and the Bottom Line" (Timber Press, 208 pages), and so does Allan Shepherd in "The Organic Garden: Green Gardening for a Healthy Planet" (Trafalgar Square, 256 pages) and Charles Dowding in "Organic Gardening: The Natural No-Dig Way" (Green, 223 pages). A good primer on growing vegetables - whether in your garden, on your balcony or in your apartment - is "Grow Vegetables" by Alan Buckingham (DK Publishing, 352 pages). This book will teach you everything you need to produce your own healthy and inexpensive harvest.
Now, what about those readers concerned with beauty? Many native plants are as beautiful as their cultivated counterparts. Books about native plants include: "Bringing Nature Home" by Douglas Tallamy (Timber Press, 288 pages), "Native Landscaping for Wildlife and People" by Dave Tylka (Missouri Department of Conservation, 181 pages) and "Missouri Gardener's Guide" by Mike Miller (Cool Springs Press, 272 pages).
If you don't have a large property, Noel Kingsbury's "Natural Gardening in Small Spaces" (Timber Press, 176 pages) is just the book for you. And if you want to stay indoors, Reader's Digest will help you with "Houseplants: The Green Thumb Guide to Easy Indoor Gardening" (Reader's Digest, 160 pages).
People looking for alternatives to perfect but water-thirsty lawns and gardens will find food for thought in Sally and Andy Wasowski's collection of essays "Requiem for a Lawnmower" (Taylor Publishing, 181 pages), as well as practical tips in Mark Rumary's "The Dry Garden: A Practical Guide to Planning & Planting" (Sterling Publishing, 128 pages).
Do you still need more ideas? Check out the library's gardening book display, which will go up in May, or look for more possibilities for a green thumb at www.worldwildlife.org/greentips/gardening.cfm.
And here are some tips to keep your reading and listening habits green:
● Share books - most books are only read once - or check them out from your public library. Think how many trees you'll save this way.
● Don't throw books or magazines away. Donate them to libraries, schools, hospitals or nursing homes.
● Both DVDs and CDs contain harmful chemicals that seep into the environment. To minimize the harm, borrow from libraries or sign up to download audiobooks from us.
Copyright © 2008 The Columbia Daily Tribune. All Rights Reserved.
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THE BLACK CANDLE a film by M. K. Asante, Jr.
Wednesday, December 26th, 6pm
Highlighting the celebration of a People and Kwanzaa.
THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Avenue, SE, Wash., DC
DMPED Presents Skyland Town Center Update
Thursday, January 3, 2013 from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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Dark Hunter
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Dark Hunters are Demons. They're a species of Corrupt Rogues.
The corruption of the Sisterhood is perhaps the worst atrocity that the surviving Rogues endure. The sight of their own sisters, marching against them in service of their enemy, drives the Sisterhood into deep despair. The tainted Sisters are seldom caught alone, preferring to attack in groups. Many of the corrupted ones have forgotten their skills with ranged weapons, or are so driven by Hell's rage, that they blindly melee with whatever weapon is at hand.
Dark Hunters are humanoid females who generally spawn in packs, armed with sabers and bucklers. They possess excellent footspeed, but are not especially skilled with their weapons, nor do they hit very quickly. More deadly Dark Hunters include archers and spearwomen.
- All values are listed by difficulty level: Normal / Nightmare / Hell.
- Monsters in areas marked "Boss Only" will only appear as random bosses or champions.
- Monsters in areas marked "No Boss" will never appear as random bosses or champions.
Act 1:
- The TC/Rune drops listed are the highest Treasure Class/Rune Group a normal monster of that type can drop.
- Champions and Bosses can sometimes drop from the next higher TC.
- The max TC/Rune possible depends on which level a monster spawns in, and can vary slightly from the listed values (monsters that spawn in later levels can drop higher level items). See the item calculators to ascertain precisely what a monster from a given area can drop.
|Hit Points
|Max TC/Rune
|Cold Plains
|2 / 36 / 68
|31 / 2439 / 26687
|5-9 / 315-525 / 2536-4227
|3/-, 42/Io, 66/Vex
Dark Hunters have just one basic melee attack. No added elemental damage, nothing!
|Attack 1
|Attack Rating 1
|Cold Plains
|1-3 / 17-34 / 42-85
|12 / 959 / 3590
- Regen Rate tells what % of a monster's hit points are recovered per second. Standard is 1.2/sec.
- Blocking tells what % of successful, blockable attacks will not damage the monster. Monsters need not carry a shield to block.
- Drain Effectiveness tells what % of a character's mana and life steal apply to that monster. 100 is all, 0 is none.
- Chill Effectiveness tells what % of a character's cold length applies to the monster. 100 is all, 0 is no freeze/chill at all.
|Regen Rate
|Drain Effectiveness
|Chill Effectiveness
|Cold Plains
|10 / 501 / 1284
|100% / 100% / 100%
|50% / 40% / 33%
- Resistances over 99% are listed as immunities and monsters will take no damage from that type of attack.
- Immunities can be "broken" by skills that lower resistance, if the value drops below 99%. See the Resistances page for more details.
|Cold Plains
|0% / 0% / 20%
|0% / 0% / 33%
|0% / 0% / 100%
|0% / 0% / 33%
|0% / 0% / 20%
|0% / 0% / 20%
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(UPDATE, 12:40 a.m.: Wilson Ramos went 0 for 4 and caught seven innings on Monday night for Class A Potomac.)
Wilson Ramos is expected to play seven innings for Class A Potomac in Woodbridge on Monday night followed by a full game the next day, the final remaining steps in the catcher's return from a second hamstring strain. Ramos, who has missed 67 of the Nationals' 81 games, had been at the team's spring training complex in Viera rehabbing the hamstring and started catching games last week for their Gulf Coast League affiliate.
Ramos, 25, played in two GCL games, and in the most recent one he caught five innings and went 0 for 2 with a walk. This week, Ramos will ramp up his rehab. He is slated for seven innings on Monday and then a full game on Tuesday, but the rain could affect that schedule. It's unclear if he will get the day off on Wednesday. The Nationals have targeted a Thursday return for Ramos, who has been out since May 15 when he re-strained his left hamstring.
(UPDATE, 7:15 p.m.: Manager Davey Johnson said Ramos' rehab schedule has his return slated for Saturday but he hopes the catcher will be ready for July 4.)
Ramos' return could help boost an inconsistent offense that will welcome back Bryce Harper on Monday. In Ramos' absence, Kurt Suzuki has started 33 of the team's 40 games at catcher, a massive workload. Before Ramos suffered his second hamstring injury, Suzuki was hitting .247/.326/.407. Since then, Suzuki is hitting .212/.258/.280 with one home run and 10 RBI in 128 plate appearances, boosted by a hot stretch of 5 for 9 with a home run in the past two games in New York.


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A C preprocessor.
A Python module for handling PSKC files.


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Thanks for your question. My name is Rofel and I will assist you with your concern.
I would like to verify you want to mod your saved files on GTA 4 like Car mods, Superman mod, etc is that correct?
Yes, i want to get neon lights for the cars especially.
Sorry for the late response. Please follow the steps below.
Please let me know if this help. Thanks
Hi Rofel
When I try to save the game in (systems settings /games & apps/ list of saved game 668kb each approx).... when I choose one to save, it says I need to configure the usb device and when i try this the xbox says it cant configure the USB device properly and that there may be performance problems even though it is a new one with 4GB on it.
Can you help me to save the game please
Sorry for the late response. Please format your USB flash drive using your xbox and once done try to copy the saved files.
Please follow the steps below.
Plug a USB flash drive into a USB port on the front of your console.
Press the Guide button on your controller, go to Settings, and then select System Settings.
Select Storage or Memory.
Select USB Storage Device.
Choose Configure Now to format the USB flash drive for Xbox content.
It says the device is ready but has a Performance warning saying does not meet xbox 360 performance recommendations. Then when I try to save the game, there is no option for save only copy/move/delete, so I tried moving it onto USB and it said moving in progress which took about 1 second, so and then i put it in the computer but there was nothing saved on the USB device.
Im following the instructions but dont seem to be getting anywhere
Do you know what im not doing right?
Hi Tina,
It seems that the USB drive does not meet the requirements. Can you please format the USB drive as Fat32 on your computer?
Open Computer - Right click on the USB drive - Format - Select Fat32 then follow the steps that I've provided above.
Thank you, Ive done that and it says format complete, so followed the above and still coming up with performance warning and isnt copying or moving anything on usb, its empty when i put it in computer
do you have any more ideas?
Do you have a different USB Flash drive that you can use?
Yes, Ive now configured another one that does meet the requirements....but still nothing going on the usb, it says move in progress but nothing on it when I open it on computer.....obviously not doing something right....what are the exact steps for saving the game onto the usb and see if i can pin point where i am going wrong
Hi Tina,
Please check the link below it is a video on how to transfer the save files and use Horizon. Please let me know what happen. Thanks
Hi i have downloaded horizon and all is good, the only problem I have now is with step 1 (saving from xbox onto usb) any ideas on that? I am following all the steps but must be missing something
Please follow the steps below.
done all that, why is it not there when i put it in the computer?
Please open Horizon first then connect the USB drive and check if it will be detected by horizon.
ok done that and i can now see all the 4 attempts we tried before. Thank you, all i need now is where to get the neon lights for the cars as all I am seeing is weapons/armour/ammo and money.....were nearly there now, getting closer all the time.
Many thanks
Hi Tina,
I believe that the GTA4 mod from Horizon will only mod the weapons/armour/ammo and money.
So do you know how to get the cars to have neon lights? there must be a way .... is it something to do with script mod?
Yes, I believe it has something to do with the script mod. But to tell you honestly I haven't tried to use it before.
would you be able to find out on this?
I found a website that has a tutorial about script mod. You can check it here http://www.se7ensins.com/forums/threads/tutorial-thread-for-gta-iv-and-eflc.617484/
Some are for PC and some are for XBOX but im not sure if Neon Lights modding are possible for xbox
ok i will have a look, thank you for your help, I will accept your answer now.
ok i will have a look, thank you for your help, I will accept your answer now. Can you let me know if i have accepted it correctly
Hi Tina,
It does not show on my end that you have accepted my answer. Can you try it again. Please logout first on Experthelp and login again or will you allow my supervisor to accept it on your behalf?
It is now accepted. Thanks. If you encounter an issue in the future don't hesitate to contact us.
Ok will do, thanks again.


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An Illustrated Guide to ARIZONA WEEDS
The University of Arizona Press
STINKGRASS, strong-scented lovegrass
GRASS FAMILY-Gramineae
STINKGRASS-Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Link
DESCRIPTION-Stinkgrass is an annual, branching from the base, l/3 to 2 feet long, which reproduces only by seed. The stems are often prostrate then ascending, with minute glandular pits in a ring below the joints. These pits may also be scattered on the leaves, flower stalks, and the margins of the flowering bracts, supposedly giving off a cockroachlike odor that is offensive to livestock. The flowering part of the plant is 2 to 10 inches long, and widely spreading. The spikelets are densely crowded, 1/4 to 3/4 inches long, with 12 to 40 flowers or florets. The reddish brown oval grains are about 1/16 inch long, and pointed at both ends.
DISTRIBUTION-A very common weed from early summer through fall in cultivated crops such as sorghum, cotton, citrus, and alfalfa; also in gardens, roadsides and waste places, or in heavy soiled drainage lands throughout most of the state except the northeast part; from 100 to 6,000 feet elevation; flowering from May to October. Seeds of this European weed often occur as an impurity in small commercial seeds.
POISONOUS PROPERTIES-Horses are reported to have been poisoned by eating large quantities of the fresh or dried plant over a period of time, but none in Arizona.
Copyright (c) 1972 The Arizona Board of Regents


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The Nation's Capital Decriminalizes Marijuana
Congress may still be a few steps behind the voters when it comes to marijuana law reform but our nation's capital just passed one of the most far-reaching marijuana decriminalization laws in the country. The D.C. Council voted 10 to 1 today to pass Councilmember Tommy Wells bill eliminating marijuana possession arrests and reducing racial disparities in the criminal justice system. The legislation is a stepping-stone to even greater reform.
The D.C. bill makes possession and transfer without remuneration of up to an ounce of marijuana a $25 ticket, similar to various D.C. parking violations (the police also confiscate your marijuana). This is the lowest fine in the nation, except for outright legalization like in Colorado and Washington. (The law doesn't change federal penalties so it's still a crime to possess marijuana on federal property).
The bill prohibits marijuana possession or the odor of marijuana from being used as grounds to search someone, their belongings, or their property with only a few exceptions (DUI being one of them). This will greatly curtail stop-and-frisk in D.C. as many police officers use the claim that a young black man "smells like marijuana" as an excuse to search them for no reason.
The bill ensures that the city doesn't deny public assistance to people simply for possessing marijuana. It also removes marijuana possession or testing positive for marijuana as a reason to revoke parole or probation, unless the judge in the case specifically includes marijuana in his orders (such as in a case where a person is arrested for driving under the influence of marijuana).
The original bill would have decriminalized public consumption, making it a $100 ticket. Unfortunately it was changed to make smoking marijuana in public a criminal offense similar to consuming alcohol in public. This will perpetuate racial disparities as most arrests for public consumption (of alcohol or marijuana) are against people of color.
There are three reasons why the passing of this local bill is important nationally. First, it's happening in the nation's capital and Congress has 60 workdays to overturn it. It's possible Congress might interfere - it overturned a medical marijuana initiative approved by the voters in 1998, for instance. But increasingly members of Congress in both parties support reform or at the very least are smart enough not to oppose something that a majority of voters want. And besides, Congress is probably too dysfunctional to overturn the D.C. law.
Second, the D.C. law is one of the best, if not the best, decrim laws in the country. It has a low fine, prevents law enforcement from unfairly singling out people of color, and protects the privacy rights of all citizens. It's a model for other jurisdictions.
Third, unlike many states that have adopted marijuana law reform the debate in D.C. was driven nearly entirely by concerns about racial disparities and the fact that thousands of mostly black men are having a hard time getting jobs because they have a marijuana conviction on their record.
D.C. didn't decriminalize marijuana because councilmembers believe marijuana is safer than alcohol or because they believe people have a right to smoke marijuana. They decriminalized marijuana because it is an issue of racial equality and social justice. Policymakers in other big cities should follow their lead.
Next on the agenda is passing legislation that will seal the records of people previously convicted of marijuana possession and building support for legislation to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol. D.C. voters may also vote on an initiative in November that will legalize possession and growing your own marijuana in your home.
In a recent poll, 54 percent of D.C. residents said people shouldn't be arrested for possessing any kind of drug, so there's even an opportunity to decriminalize all drugs and treat drug use as a health issues instead of a criminal justice issue.
The opportunities locally, and nationally, are endless.
Bill Piper is the director of the office of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance.


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I found a weird BulkLoader problem today. We had finished developing this game a few days ago, and it worked fine locally, and online, but when the client put it in their CDN it stopped working. A quick look under the hood with FlashTracer for Firefox showed that BulkLoader was throwing this error:
[BulkLoader] Failed to get content with url: "assets.xml" as type [xml]
… when I tried to use the assets.xml file I had loaded. So it was loading correctly, but for some reason BulkLoader couldn't identify and parse it as XML. And this only happened when it was delivered through the client's CDN.
It turns out, I was relying on BulkLoader's ability to see that the file had a .xml extension and automatically identify it as XML, and parse it that way. When the file was fetched through their CDN, it was returned as a crazy long filename that would never make sense to a human and did not end in .xml.
The fix was easy—Tell BulkLoader that it's an XML file up front. In the add function, the second parameter is a object where you can put, among other things, the id you want to refer to the loaded file by, and it's type if it may be ambiguous. Like this (end of line 2):
var bulkLoader = new BulkLoader("myloader"); bulkLoader.add("assets.xml", {id:"assetsXML", type:"xml"}); bulkLoader.start();
Your options for the type are: "binary", "image", "movieclip", "sound", "text", "xml", "video" and it defaults to "text" if there is no extension and no type.