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Mavs Clicking, Take First Two Games
Posted on 5 May 2011 by Andy R Strom.
The Dallas Mavericks went into the Staples Center again on Wednesday night and walked out with a 93-81 win and a 2-0 series lead. The Mavs seem to be clicking on just about every cylinder. They are just flat out playing some good basketball. The Mavs opened the game going 11 of 23 in the first quarter, looking sharp offensively and playing tough on the defensive end. The first quarter set the t...
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Clippers Need to Roll the Dice
Posted on 25 Apr 2011 by Mick Moody.
Las Vegas needs a basketball team. Plain and simple. Being one of the top sports cities in America (think gambling), none of the major sports leagues have even experimented with the idea. There has been some chirp in the past of bringing a team to Vegas, but with the recent news of the Sacramento Kings moving to Anaheim, it appears another NBA franchise will bypass Sin City for a town better kn...
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Clippers-Grizzlies Preview (April 13)
Posted on 13 Apr 2011 by Taylor Smith.
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Kings Yet to Reach the Peak
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A few months ago I went hiking at Echo Mountain, which is just northeast of Los Angeles. The thing about hiking at Echo Mountain is there are basically no trees along the trail, which means no shade. In addition the trail is basically a thousand cutbacks, so every time you round a corner and think you're near the top, you realize you have another six dozen cutbacks to go. Couple that with...
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Clippers-Mavericks Preview (March 30)
Posted on 30 Mar 2011 by Taylor Smith.
The Clippers can never be too excited to see the Dallas Mavericks on the schedule. The Mavs (52-21, third place in the Western Conference) have won the last eight meetings between the two teams, and will look to take a 3-0 lead in the season series. They're currently riding a four-game winning streak, and just disposed of the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns on consecutive nights. Dallas has been eff...
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There is something in the Staples Centre..and its about to take off…! Its not a bird…its not a plane…its Blake "the Great" Griffin…! I must say the first half of Saturday's game was a little slow; Blake missed a couple of free throws and was unable to seal the deal on a few plays, but his delivery on the court was beast-like. You feel the boom…the ban...
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An exciting week for LA, Griffin makes personal history
Posted on 25 Mar 2011 by Gyasmine.
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Posted on 23 Mar 2011 by Taylor Smith.
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Gus Johnson is March Madness
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Introducing node-oracledb - a Node.js driver for Oracle Database
By cj on Jan 20, 2015
When we announced we were working on a Node.js driver for Oracle Database, it was to a large, enthusiastic audience at Oracle OpenWorld. I'm excited to let you know we have just pushed node-oracledb to GitHub.
Node.js is an upcoming, open source, cross-platform runtime environment for writing server-side and networking applications in JavaScript.
What is node-oracledb?
The node-oracledb driver connects to Oracle Database to make Node.js applications fast and functional. The node-oracledb 0.2 driver preview release already supports:
- SQL and PL/SQL Execution
- Binding using JavaScript objects or arrays
- Query results as JavaScript objects or array
- Conversion between JavaScript and Oracle types
- Transaction Management
- Connection Pooling
- Statement Caching
- Client Result Caching
- End-to-end tracing
- High Availability Features
Node-oracledb is an open source project maintained by Oracle under the Apache 2.0 license. Contributions can be made under The Oracle Contributor Agreement
Where can I get node-oracledb?
To install node-oracledb, clone the repo, install the free Oracle Instant Client (or use a local Oracle Database such as the free Oracle Express Edition), and use npm to install from the cloned directory. The full instructions show how to create a local Node.js instance and covers more details. The driver is currently only on GitHub.
The driver uses Oracle client libraries - the same way Oracle Database drivers for other C based scripting languages do. This means it can take advantage of the significant feature set, engineering, and testing invested in those libraries. It also allows Node.js applications to talk to multiple different versions of the database with Oracle's standard client-to-server version compatibility.
The node-oracledb driver will build on Oracle Linux, OS X and Solaris. Our current testing has focused on Oracle Linux 6. Windows support shouldn't be difficult to add - sorry it's not there yet.
How do I use node-oracledb?
A simple query example is:
var oracledb = require('oracledb'); oracledb.getConnection( { user : "hr", password : "welcome", connectString : "localhost/XE" }, function(err, connection) { if (err) { console.error(err); return; } connection.execute( "SELECT department_id, department_name " + "FROM departments " + "WHERE department_id < 70 " + "ORDER BY department_id", function(err, result) { if (err) { console.error(err); return; } console.log(result.rows); }); });
The output, with Oracle's HR schema, is:
$ node select.js [ [ 10, 'Administration' ], [ 20, 'Marketing' ], [ 30, 'Purchasing' ], [ 40, 'Human Resources' ], [ 50, 'Shipping' ], [ 60, 'IT' ] ]
The examples directory and API documentation contain more examples.
What is the future for node-oracledb?
We are actively working on adding features to node-oracledb including Windows platform support, LOB support, batch fetching / streaming of large query result sets, and DRCP support. We are also working on things like making it available on npmjs.com for standard npm installation, and making our test suite publishable.
We look forward to your constructive feedback so we can incorporate any fixes and "must-haves" into a 1.0 release soon.
I'm looking forward to sharing more with you as the driver progresses. My colleague Dan McGhan will also be evangelizing JavaScript and Oracle at jsao.io.
node-oracledb Links
- node-oracledb on GitHub
- Node.js Developer Center on Oracle Technology Network
- Update! Node.js Discussion Forum on OTN

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Perceptions of the impact of mobile communication
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The proposed study is an investigation into Nottingham University students' perceptions of the impact of mobile communication on their social interactions. This was selected as a research theme/topic because of a personal interest in mobile data technologies and also due to the increasing relevance of mobile technologies within social policy studies and academia. Hence, the mobile context seemed an interesting area to explore further because it seems to be a fruitful ground for field research and theoretical growth in an academic sense. There is a clear need to construct a broad understanding of the complex and networked inter-relations between the user, the technology itself and the social world that encompasses both (Chen and Nath, 2008). It is hereby important to explore the social implications of mobile technology use because research has shown that society can potentially benefit from the mobility, information and communication aspects that weren't possible under the use of fixed line technologies.
Consequently, the objectives of this study are twofold. The author will aim is to explore the literature on mobile technology and society. The next step is to understand the perceptions of mobile users through a qualitative and interpretive approach rather than a quantitative approach which would fail to capture the richness of user's experiences and the influence of mobile communication on their social interactions. In the light of this, the basic structure of the report is as follows:
A consideration of the literature concerning mobile communications technology is provided
A contemplation of the literature concerning the use of mobile data and behaviour of the mobile user is provided
An assessment and explanation of the research methodology and methods chosen for this project are proposed
Literature Review
The economic activities of nation states has undergone a significant shift whereby developed economies are shifting from the mass production of goods and services to a model based around the capture and dissemination of information and knowledge. This has widely articulated through notions of a knowledge economy and network society (Castells 2001). Society has also witnessed an explosion in the use and provision of mobile data and the use of mobile data technologies in recent times for a number of business, government and social functions and applications. Basole (2008: p.1) noted how mobile 'devices are becoming more suited for mobile data use, wireless networks are maturing and becoming increasingly ubiquitous and capable of handling higher data throughput, and value-added mobile applications are rapidly emerging'. These technologies affect almost all organizational sectors including health, social services and emergency services. For instance, Mobile data and subsequent technology use has been used to provide various services and expertise for doctors and medical workers (Jahan, Gretter et al., 2002) and police officers (Sorensen and Pica, 2005). The shift from physical location to mobile locations is an interesting development because workers now have the ability to access information systems in the form of back office systems such as HR or diary/calendar/email applications from multiple vantage points at a time and place of their choosing. Therefore, the mobile workforce and their activities have evolved as a result of this shift (Stevenson, 2002).
This suggests that the recent expansion of mobile technology has clearly impacted upon the way in which people work and interact. Whether it is the ability to access and exploit relevant information in remote locations, or the ease at which workers can communicate with their colleagues and clients with immediate effect, it is clear that the growth of this technology, in particular the advancement of Smart-phones (i.e. HTC and Blackberries) and laptops/net books has made the workplace more accessible. It is commonly argued that "companies that use these new tools to gain efficiency, reduce costs, improve regulatory compliance, and improve asset management" (Padula, 2007). Chen and Nath (2008) investigated the key aspects of an effective and productive mobile working environment by proffering and applying a joint social and technical (hence-forth socio-technical) perspective to the analysis of mobile working. The methods used included structured interviews with CIOs [1] which enabled the author's to elicit the main social and technical sub-systems related to the mobility of working practices. Their findings suggested that social and technical systems are mutually important and extremely interdependent and must be collectively constructed in order to increase both the efficiency and effectiveness of mobile work spaces. Also at a deeper contextual level, issues concerning inequity of access and shared use of mobile technologies have emerged. Burrell (2010: p.230) noted how the: '…established approach to examining technology-based inequality is to distinguish between two groups-those with access to the technology in question and those without and to identify reasons for why such a division exists'.
The sources used hitherto entail a mixture of text-based books (i.e. Castells) for placing the study of new information systems and information and communication technologies in the context of the information society debate; the use of academic journals to capture the social impact and influence of mobile communications from an academic standpoint and recent commercial articles which shed light on the functional benefits of mobile technology per se (see appendix). In addition, a deeper literature search will be conducted using further academic journals as the study progresses.
This chapter discusses the methodology which it is intended will be used to undertake the study. It aims to provide a clear picture both of the methodology underlying the study and the reasons for the choice of methods used.
Research aims and objectives
As noted above, the primary aim of the research is to:
"…investigate two Nottingham University students' perceptions of the impact of mobile communication related to their social interaction".
It should be noted that this research is set in the specific context of Nottingham University. The literature relating to mobile communications technology has been reviewed in brief in the introduction section and in the literature section of this document. The author hopes that research findings may be generalizable to other contexts where such technologies are used. From a personal perspective, the author can gauge the colossal use (and subsequent knowledge) of mobile technologies by fellow students who are used to working and communicating with each other through mobile devices. However, there is a need to explore the social ramifications of this use on student interactions. In this respect, this research aims to explore the social effects of the introduction of mobile technologies, and do so with a specific concentration on the effect that this has on student's social and work based activities.
Qualitative and Interpretive Approach
The overall approach to this study at Nottingham University is a qualitative rather than quantitative or mixed methods approach. This reflects a subjective, soft-science approach rather than the quantifiable and objective hard-science approach implied by the adoption of a quantitative viewpoint where numbers dominate (or a blend of both). The qualitative or interpretive paradigm (Orlikowski and Baroudi, 1991), is based on the assumption or presumption that reality is socially constructed and attempts to understand a phenomenon from the [perspective] of the participants under study and, they add, people's particular social and institutional context (Myers, 1997). It is hoped that a study of two students will focus on the complexity of social interactions as the situation emerges (Kaplan and Maxwell, 1994). An open and flexible design will inform this study in order to enable emergent themes to flow. Within this overall interpretive paradigm it is intended to make use of an exploratory framework which allows for an understanding of the effect of the introduction of mobile technologies on students and does so within an overall cultural and historical context of the university. An interview document consisting of x questions will seek to capture the essence of their activities. The author will tape record the interviews and analyse the responses in order to search for emerging themes and to link these back to the literature review. The author will also observe the technology in use between participants and note any interesting developments as they unfold.
Ethical Considerations
When selecting appropriate methods, the researcher was directed by the overarching criteria that methods should be valid, dependable, viable, representative, cost-effective, manageable and as ethical as is feasible. Bell argued that: "No researcher can demand access to an institution, an organization or to materials" (1999: p.37). Bell (1999) describes the concept of validity as telling us 'whether an item measures or describes what it is supposed to measure or describe' and reliability was described as 'the extent to which a test or procedure produces similar results under constant conditions on all occasions'. The researcher aims to collect data which will answer the research question and will seek to ensure that the data collected is as accurate as possible. However the following issues in regards to ethics will be proffered throughout the research based on Bell's recommendations (1999):
• Participants will have the option of participating in the research or opting out of the study.
•Comments at interview or during observation will remain confidential and be non-attributable to specific participants.
The author expects the participants to trust him with their responses and to use the data wisely and in a professional manner. In Blaxter et al's words: (1996) 'Research ethics is about being clear about the nature of the agreement you have entered into with your research subjects or contacts. This is why contacts can be a useful device' (cited in Bell, 1999: p. 39)
Expected Results/Likely Results
The author believes that the answers provided for his research questions will be informative and interesting. He partially expects some basic answers to be guessable but is also seeking answers to questions that he doesn't quite understand. For instance, this is why an interdisciplinary literature review was chosen, because there were questions that he clearly didn't have answers for. This could be attributed to the speed and development of mobile communication technologies and the significance and complexity of human interaction which is often irrational. The methods chosen will hopefully illuminate the research topic and address the research question, however, rather than single semi-structured interviews (as opposed to structured interviews used by Chen and Nath 2008), a focus group with four or six participants might be another tool which could answer the research questions, albeit in a group setting.
The author will decide whether semi-structured interviews with the study participants or a focus group interview is the best method for answering the research questions after chatting to his supervisor.
The author believes that the responses to his research questions may be both expected and emergent because fascinating insights might be gleaned from the social potential of mobile communication technologies (See Burrell, 2010). Therefore, the author expects to gather emergent answers because he himself is a keen mobile device user and is extremely excited about the communication potential of mobile technologies.


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Wrestling will implement a string of immediate changes as the sport seeks to win back its Olympic spot with time fast running out, acting international federation (FILA) president Nenad Lalovic said on Thursday.
Lalovic, speaking after a meeting with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge in Lausanne, said he had presented all the actions undertaken by the federation to modernise their sport and remain in the Games.
"I pointed out the fact that we were going in a wrong direction in the last few years and that we in no way blame the decision of the IOC," Lalovic said.
"We have to fix the problems we have in wrestling."
Last month the sport was surprisingly dropped from a list of core Olympic sports for the 2020 Games, forcing it to join seven other candidate sports that will battle it out for the one vacant spot when the IOC session votes in September in Buenos Aires.
It still needs, however, to make an IOC shortlist of sports in St Petersburg in May to be put to the vote in September.
"Time is too short," said the Serbian who took over from Raphael Martinetti who resigned days after their shock Olympic exit. "Our competitors had two years to prepare and we have 2-1/2 months. Looking from that angle it is a very bad position."
The other candidate sports are karate, wushu, wakeboarding, sports climbing, roller sports, squash and a joint bid from baseball and softball.
"If we are among those sports (to make the shortlist) that will be the first success for us," Lalovic said.
Among the most urgent changes are the creation or reform of a number of federation commissions, including bringing in active athletes into the athletes commission, as well as rule changes.
"We will already start the referee commission and until the end of April we will finish with all the work for new rules but in the meantine we will work with the sports commission of IOC to make the rules adapted to the IOC requirements."
Three-times Olympic champion Alexander Karelin of Russia - the most famous Olympic wrestler of his generation after winning gold in three consecutive Games - was also brought into the athletes commission to add weight.
The IOC's exclusion of a sport that featured in the first modern Olympics in 1896 and every Games since, apart from 1900, has triggered an angry backlash from the world of wrestling.
From former champions sending their medals back to the IOC in protest to petitions being signed in the United States and Japan to bring the sport back, wrestling has grabbed the headlines over the past few weeks.
"We are among eight sports," Lalovic said.
"We have made a few mistakes in our sport and organisation, we are going to fix thease mistakes to show that we can change fast and fix problems."
Lalovic, who said he would run as presidential candidate at FILA's extraordinary congress that must be held before the IOC meeting in May, is eager to get another chance at convincing IOC members.
Several of them have publicly expressed their surprise at the sport's exclusion with modern pentathlon seen most at risk before the February vote along with taekwondo.
"We now have to prepare our presentation and explain to those IOC members who did not vote for us to vote for us in May," he said.
"I have always the feeling of optimism. Maybe we will succeed. We have many arguments."


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Hodgson: Rooney England's next captain
England manager Roy Hodgson believes striker Wayne Rooney will be his nation's next permanent captain.
• Captain Rooney leads Lions to win
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• Rooney keen to take on captaincy
• Blog: Shelvey deserves cap
Manchester United's Rooney led his country for the second time in Friday's 5-0 win over San Marino, when his brace took him to 31 international goals, the fifth highest total in England's history.
And now Hodgson has said Rooney is in pole position to take over from Steven Gerrard as skipper. Gerrard was suspended for the San Marino game and will return for Tuesday's trip to Poland but, at 32, he is more than five years older than Rooney.
And Frank Lampard, who took the armband when the Liverpool midfielder was sent off against Ukraine, is older still at 34, while one former England captain, John Terry, has announced his international retirement and another, Rio Ferdinand, is not in the squad. So Rooney, who does not turn 27 until later this month, is in line to take over from Gerrard.
When asked if he was a future England captain, Hodgson replied: "Yes. He was my vice-captain at the Euros from the moment he could start playing again. He does take playing for England unbelievably seriously. I know being captain is something he's very proud of and something he wants to do.
"Frank Lampard has captained the team when both Steven (Gerrard) and Wayne were absent. But I always had in my mind that Wayne would be the vice-captain and when Frank comes back I suppose I've got a decision to make."
Rooney first led England under Fabio Capello in a 2009 friendly defeat to Brazil and Hodgson hopes the added responsibility will enable the forward to display his club form for his country. At the moment I am seeing the best of Wayne Rooney," he said. "Maybe in the earlier games he could play for me he wasn't at that level.
"Now I have to hope now he stays at his best and that he stays fit and healthy and continues to do what he is doing for Manchester United at the moment, which means he'll do it for us as well."
Rooney had already said he would relish the chance to succeed Gerrard as skipper. "If you can get the opportunity to captain your country, it's something which I think - as a player - you need to grab with both hands," he explained. "In the future, hopefully that'll happen but, at the minute, Steven's our captain and he'll lead by example for us.
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Dictionaryno•ta•blePronunciation: (nō'tu-bul), [key] —adj. 1. worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory. 2. prominent, important, or distinguished: many notable artists. 3. Archaic.capable, thrifty, and industrious. —n. 1. a prominent, distinguished, or important person. 2. (usually cap.) Fr. Hist. a. one of a number of prominent men, usually of the aristocracy, called by the king on extraordinary occasions. b. Notables,Also called Assembly of the Notables. an assembly of high-ranking nobles, ecclesiastics, and state functionaries having deliberative but not legislative or administrative powers, convoked by the king principally in 1554, 1786, and 1788, in the lattermost year to establish the manner for selecting the States-General. 3. Obs.a notable fact or thing. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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PVC in Sippy Cups FDA Approved Not Mom Approved
Non-profits, business and organizations often have promotional items to pass out at expos, fairs and for "goody bags" that help brand their company, remind the customer of who they are and how they can be reached. It is common to see pens, bags, notebooks, key chains, etc. as promotional items. It is always a challenge to look for an item that will be used, remembered and not just tossed and thrown into a landfill or recycled. It's also a challenge to find mass quantities of a promotional item that is affordable.
A Mom on a Mission
Needless to say, I wanted sippy cups or trainer cups as a promotional item with a logo and information on the top of the cup. Not an easy task to find and one that started nearly one year ago! I insisted the cups be BPA free, despite some disagreement with the promotional company and their feeling about BPA. I just would not budge and felt if I wouldn't let my kids drink out of it I could not in good faith give it to other children. I have had success with BPA, lead free and recyclable sand pails so I figured BPA free sippy cups for promotional items could not be hard, I was wrong. Luckily, cups were found and after almost one year the cups arrived, 500 of them from Arrow Plastic Manufacturing. I was thrilled and naturally inspected the cup looking for a plastic number on the top and bottom of the sippy cup.
What I found surprised me. The top of the cup was #5, so this was normal and yes BPA free. The bottom of the cup said #3 (Polyvinyl chloride/PVC). I wondered if I was reading it wrong or it was mismarked and checked several cups and bottoms of the cups and my eyes were not mistaken. I have never seen#3 on a plastic sippy cup so I called Alicia (she is on speed dial) from The Soft Landing and left her a message, which was quickly returned. She was certain I was mistaken because she had never seen this either. On a shampoo bottle that is normal but I don't let my kids drink out of a shampoo bottle so there's a difference! If you need to learn more about the plastic symbols and what they mean, visit the Daily Green.
PVC without Phthalates Are Still Not Safe
The cup clearly says it is not for hot liquids and if I were to use it in the dishwasher, it would melt. Alicia from The Soft Landing explained to me that PVC is still not safe even if it is free of phthalates. This is one reason why she's been so adamant at parents going PVC-Free as well as BPA and Lead free. Read her reaction to my phone call and just why this might not be the end of the world but something to watch for in the future.
I'm not a plastic expert (this is why I referred to Alicia at The Soft Landing) and I'm not against the use of plastic. I know PVC is everywhere but what I'd like to not see is PVC that can leach harmful chemicals into my food and juice be used as a substitute for BISPHENOL-A (BPA) because the FDA says it is approved. After all the FDA has changed their stance on BPA and maybe it's about time they look at PVC.
PVC Pitfall
I've fallen into a pit of 500 sippy cups that are indeed BPA free. They cannot be recycled because #3 plastic is not recyclable and after all, I got what I paid for, BPA free sippy cups with my pretty logo on the lids.
When reading through the Daily Green I see that the plastic shouldn't even come in contact with food I'm cooking:
"PVC is tough and weathers well, so it is commonly used for piping, siding and similar applications. PVC contains chlorine, so its manufacture can release highly dangerous dioxins. If you must cook with PVC, don't let the plastic touch food. Also never burn PVC, because it releases toxins."
I naturally think it is not a good idea to let my child drink out of the cup or to give the 500 cups away but am I wrong? What is the right thing to do and who is right?
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MANILA - Independent film bold actor Marco Morales was captured by the Makati City Police after another incident of skipping out his bills at St. Giles Hotel yesterday, June 19.
Marco Morales allegedly tried to pay his bill using his debit card but it was found empty. The hotel staff then tipped the police as he was recognized to be the culprit in Pasay City of the same incident.
Allegedly, Marco Morales resisted from being arrested and claimed that someone would eventually pay his bill. Apparently, the alibi was not enough as the indie bold actor was arrested and will be facing with charges including theft, estafa, swindling and resisting arrest.
In addition to the current charges, Marco Morales may also face another charge of theft, estafa and frustrated homicide in lieu of his outstanding case in Pasay City dated June 11. Apparently, the police also said that the actor is also behind the same series of incidents in the Mandarin Hotel and Manila Peninsula.
The Volvo car used by Marco Morales was found in a Sogo Hotel branch in Pasay City. The actor denied allegations that he took the said television in a motel room last June 11 and denied he is Marco Gonzaga Saca which is the name in the driver's license he's using.
The police further added that Marco Morales may be suffering from a psychological sickness due to his long career absence from showbiz.
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In 1957 Jay Pritzker founded Hyatt by purchesing Hayatt House motel near the Los Angeles International Airport. With his borther Donnald Pritzker worked together with their family business intrestes expands their business into North American Management and hotel ownership company, in 1962 it became public company. Hyatt Regency Kathmandu was establised on December 31st 2004 which is owned by Pritzker family business which includes Hyatt Corporation and Hyaat International Corporation and became Hyatt Hotels Corporation. ( Hyatt Regency, 2011)
5 star city Resort which is 10 km from city of Kathmandu, Nepal, near by Boudhanath Stupa ( the Holly of Tibetan Buddhist). It is just 4 km far from Tribhuban International Airport as well as shopping areas. It also the host of Club Oasis Spa which is establised on 2006, one of the facilities of body massage and a sanctuary of clam and peace of mind which we can find there at Hyatt Regency Kathmandu Nepal. (Hyatt Regency, 2011)
porters 5 forces
Hyatt Regency Kathmandu Nepal is a 5 star resort whose target is international and domestic tourist. As it is a resort its target to be no 1 giant at hotel indistury in Nepal. So its target is to capture the market of all over Nepal, so it is using different types of strategic like less profit more customer, customer satisfaction with good service and good food quality. Mainly this organizations motto is to satisfy customer as well as their suppliers or stake holders.
According to Porter, Porters 5 forces in figure:
Porter's Five Forces(Fig source: Porter five forces, 2008)
According to Porters five forces there are following forces of business they are as follows:
Bargaining power of customer
Bargaining power of suppliers
Threats of new entries
Threats of substitutes products
Competitive rivalry within an industry
1.1.2 Porters 5 forces analysis on Hyatt regency
Porters Five forces analysis is an important for assessing the potential for profitability in an industry, as well as little adaptation is also useful as a way to assessing the balance of power in more general situations. It also deals with the strength of five forces that affect competition like as:
Supply power: The power of suppliers is high, which drive up the prices of our inputs. So we have to take control of suppliers (agents) so they can supply guest to us in same price which we deal at beginning.
Buyer Power: The power of buyer to drive down products prices. If competitors are giving same facilities and service in lower price then we have to reduce our price so that our customer will not go any where. In business buyers power is always high, so market and profit depends upon them.
Competitive Rivalry: The strength of competition in the industry is high because there will be number of competitors in business, that if there is another competitors are formed then we have to face that as well because in business "more competitors more customer more profit" so however the competitors are there we have to beware of those and have to make strategy for future.
The threat of substitution: The threat of substitutions is always high, business we have to beware of competitors that they can use lots of alternatives hotel same like ours facilities and service with same price so we have to prepare for that if they use the same service in minimum cost then customer will prefer to those substitution product and divide our customer as well as profit also. So we have to prevent these types of threats that which extends different facilities and service can be used in place of brand.
The threat of new entry: According to Porters threat of new entry is low because of high investment, the ease with which new competitors can enter the market but it takes time and heavy investment and time duration to enter same business in same area which shows that the threat of new entry is low.
By thinking through how each force affects our business and have to identify the strength and direction of each force, which can quickly assess the strength, position and profit ability of organization.
After knowing the Porters Five Force now we have to make plan in our business so it will take good care of all customer, suppliers, and their competitors which will make good profit as well as goodwill also.
1.1.3 Porters 3 Generic Strategies
Strategic planning by the analysing the position in the market place of the Hyatt Regency by making use of management techniques such as Porters 3 Generic Strategies.
According to Porter (2005); there are three potentially successful generic strategic to approaches to outperforming other firms in an industry. Which are as follows:
Overall cost leadership
Overall cost leadership
Lowest cost producer relative to competitors
Creating something that is perceived industry-wide as unique for which customer will pay a premium, and come back again and again.
Serving a narrow strategic target more effectively than rivals who are competing more broadly.
Hence a management must dedicate themselves to just one of the three of strategy to risk dilution of their competitive advantages. This is the only way that can out perform rivals and deliver high or satisfactory returns to shareholders. According to Porters strategy Hyatt is using all these three strategy as well but it comes under the force of differentiation which is important for Hyatt Regency to be the no.1 giant on business to get high profit as well as lots of customer goodwill.
Hyatt Regency have to do competition with different competitors so According to Porters 3 Generic Strategies it comes under differentiation because Hyatt Regency has different competitors and to maintain market stability it is using cost and product as different with it's competitors. Hyatt is giving different service and facilities to their customer at same cost in different style which is really important to carry on business on same speed and stable in market to earn target of profit.
1.1.4 Porters Value chain method
Organization strength and weakness of Hyatt Ragency which is depends upon whole organizational activities like suppliers, organizational function, and customer. Because whole value system is depends upon the certain value of profit margin Value chain analysis describes the activities within and around an organization and relates them to an analysis of the competitive strength of the organization. It evaluates the value of each particular activity adds to the organizations products or services, includes all machinery, equipment, people and money. These things are arranged into systems and systematic activates it will become possible to produce something which customers are willing to pay a price, or the ability to perform particular activities and to manage the linkages between these activities is a source of competitive advantage.
According to Harris N (2000); Porter distinguishes between primary activities and support activities, Primary activities are directly concerned with the creation or delivery of a product or service which can be grouped into five main areas they are inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, marketing and sales, and service. Each of these primary activities is linked to support activities which help to improve their effectiveness or efficiency. There are four main areas of support activities: procurement, technology development (including R&D), human resource management, and infrastructure (systems for planning, finance, quality, information management etc.).
Value chain analysis can be shown by this figure:
(Fig source: Porter Value chain, 1985)
According to Porters Value chain, there are different stages to
Inbound logistics: Refers to goods being obtained from the organizations suppliers ready to be producing the end product.
Operations: In operation they (management comeetee) will create the style and way that to accehive the organizational goal, in short word management comeete will make marketing strategy to get their targets.
Outbound logistics: Once they finalize the way of marketing and style to attract people then management will send that to the customer thorugh agents, website or different means of marketing through which customer will come to visit that place at once.
Marketing and sales: Marketing must make sure that the product is targeted towards the correct customer group. The marketing mix is used to establish an effective strategy; any competitive advantage is clearly communicated to the target group by the use of the promotional mix.
Services: After the product/ service have been sold what support services does the organization have to offer. This may come in the form of after sales training, guarantees and warranties for eg if any customer don't like service then in return hotel will give them comepnsation or complementary.
After all above process they will going to fixed their price of their service including profit which is important to survive them in this business field and to do competetion between their competitor.
1.2.1 Position of organization Hyatt Regency
Hyatt Regency is an international chain hotel started in 1957 from America. It started form small motel at that time but now it's branches are all over the world which means it gaining profit and investing it in same business in othere country. In 1957 it started from just a single motel now it has more than 50 Hotels all over the world.
According to Porter E. M, (1998); there are four stages of business which are given below:
(Figure source: BCG share matrix, 2007)
Resources are allocated to business units according to where they are situated on the gird as follows:
Cash Cow: In this unit business has a large market share in a mature but businesses is still growing, and generate the cash from which cash can be invested in other business.
Star: Business which has large share market in fast growing industry which may generate cash but the market growing rapidly they require additional investment to maintain their lead. If it success then star will turn into cash cow when it matures business.
Question Mark (or Problem Child): In this category business and market will be small and high growth market, these types of business requires resources to grow market share but whether they will succeed and become a stars is unknown.
Dog: In this business will be small market in mature industry, dog is may not require substantial cash, but it ties up capital that better be deployed elsewhere. Unless a dog has some other strategic purpose, it should be liquidated if there is little prospect for it to gain market share.
According to BCG Hyatt Regency is lies on star because it is still growing and however it earn profit they still investing their money to give more facilities to their regular customer and their buyers (agent). So that this organization Hyatt Regency comes under the Star. This is still growing business and still investing their money to reinnovate and decoration as well as different facilities to guest and its aim is to become no1 giant resort in Nepal.
1.b Product life style
According to Kumar ET el (2005), The flow of the product in market from production level to maturity period or the flow of the product in market. In other words the co design of product from manufacturing to market, there are four phases of life cycle they are Introduction, growth maturity and decline. In this four phases product life cycle will be finished and it will repeat again for the organizational goal of profit.
(Figure source: product life cycle, 2008)
There are four stages of life cycle or this product, in which product will have different types of activity which are as follows:
A product is developed and comes to market, in introduction we will develop our product and take them to market to sell. While doing production there will be different cost or expenses and we will calculated our cost price (CP) and market price (MP), included certain profit before sending them in market. At introduction there will be little sale because this phase is an introduction of product so we are not able to get as much as profit in certain time because of introduction time and price will be high. Price will be high because all things should be done like marketing, advertisement, and some of promotion which is important for business to earn profit.
Consumers learn about it and more people buy it. It becomes more competitive through modification, price adjustments. Wider distribution and other initiatives. In this stage sales will be high and the production cost will be low because we haven't do like marketing of that product, advertisement cost will be reduced so the cost of product will be little low so every one can buy this to use. At this level demand will be high so we can product high quantity so the labour cost will me same and product will be high. This stage is important for product because demand should be high to get the expected profit and high demand.
The product generates profit with less "tinkering" but problems can arise such as the arrival of competing product in marketplace. The product may be modified or marketed in a new way to keep profits strong. At this level we can not able to get more profit because there will be other more competitors in market so at this period there will be Break Even Point (BEP), which means no profit no loss. At this level price will be stable and customer will began to look for substitute product.
Sales decrease because of market saturation. Obsolescence or thither factors. At this period sales of product will be decrease because of market saturation, because of this time demand and the supply of this product will be quiet due to the market, it will be decline after the maturity period it will remain in BEP in quantity but the demand of product will be low. Customer will be decrease due to the promotional pricing.
According to Ennew et el (2007), promotional price is the price or new customer acquisition activities, which is prevalent in virtually every category of consumer goods and service marketing, should be financial services be exempt, it dose indeed have perfectly legitimate role to play in financial services. In short word the price which is used to sell for marketing without marginal profit on it.
The demographic questions asked in the survey number of employees and yearly revenue are strong indicators of company
Market segmentation under niche market strategies with SWOT analysis under
Creating and developing customer loyalty
Network and relationship marketing
Brand identity and strategy
Strateic customer realtins
Viral and guerrilla marketing
Effectiveness of e-marketing
Tactics on your organization pursing and the relevance (2a)
Deter,ome tjeor effectovemess(2b)
Dosciss which tactics the organisation is not pursuing which may b relevant the organisation and should b pursued (2c)
Conclusion on the effectiveness of the marketing and public relations strategies being currnetly pursued based on the detailed analysis part 1 and 2 (3a)
Suggest recommendations for improvents in terms of the marketing and public realtions strategies which the organissation may need to implement.( 3b)
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A motorcyclist suffered serious head injuries in a crash at Holkham, near Wells.
At approximately 2.15pm on Saturday, a black Kawasaki Ninja motorbike was travelling towards Wells when it was in collision with a red Citroen C4 heading into Holkham in the opposite direction.
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Yes, I'm still thinking about the cupcakes I made for Thanksgiving.
Pumpkin cupcakes with salted caramel buttercream frosting. Complete with homemade salted caramel. They were delicious if I don't say so myself. These cupcakes were a big hit, even next to their biggest competitor (pumpkin pie).
I have to admit it. I got the recipe and idea from Pinterest. Go figure. It originally came from a blog called Made in Melissa's Kitchen. You can find the recipe here.
This was my first time using a pastry bag to ice cupcakes, and I couldn't be more pleased with the results. Using a pastry bag adds an instant touch of professionalism to the cupcakes and of course I had to find a garnish…I felt like I was mimicking an episode of Cupcake Wars. (great show by the way)
Oh, and I was using my dad's awesome Canon camera. I will hopefully be receiving one for Christmas, so you can expect high quality photos like the above photos. Great news for That Foodie Girl!
And for your viewing pleasure, I have some photos of the amazing Christmas lights around Oklahoma City.
And it's not too late to make pumpkin cupcakes. Forget that it's December tomorrow. With the holidays, anything goes. Happy holidays.
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As the second-to-last person in the Boston area to hear this (Kate told me, and I told my husband, Paul, which makes him the last — but he was in Chicago yesterday, which gives him an excuse. Well, whatever…), I want to ensure that you, blog reader, are in the know: U2 will be playing tonight at nearby Davis Square's Somerville Theater. No stadium pyrotechnics needed (or desirable) in the 900-seat venue.
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Gloomy economic prospects, higher financing requirements and an easier legal framework are likely to lead to more corporate restructurings. For a restructuring to be successful it has to have a clearly defined plan that is implemented in a skillful and focused manner by an experienced team of specialists. What matters in a restructuring plan, and what are the factors that determine its success?
While some of the key economic indicators are suggesting that the worst of the financial crisis in Europe is over, the International Monetary Fund's economic forecasters have just marked down Europe's prospects yet again. They expect the euro area's output to shrink 0.2 percent this year and to recover very slowly in 2014.Companies are increasingly talking of cost cutting programmes, capacity adjustments and shorter working hours. In some industries, the double dip scenario discussed when the financial crisis first erupted is already a harsh reality. The combination of gloomier economic prospects, greater uncertainty about lending and the need for companies to have more equity mean that market players are drawing up restructuring plans and thinking about how they are going to implement the measures and considerations involved.
The gloomy economic prospects and higher financing requirements can be expected to reinforce the relevance of drawing up and implementing successful restructuring plans.
The details of how each individual plan is drawn up and implemented depend on the severity of the crisis and the stakeholder structure of the company in question. It is nevertheless possible to pick out key elements that significantly increase the likelihood of operating or financial restructuring being successful.
The law does not specify what has to be included when drawing up a restructuring plan. To set out what is expected of stakeholders (such as lending banks), anyone drawing up a restructuring plan has to bear in mind legal precedents from the highest court and guidance from professional groups.
Last year saw changes in the law on the framework for restructuring companies in difficulties. The main provisions of the German Company Restructuring Facilitation Act (ESUG) came into effect on 1 March 2012. The protective shield proceedings this has introduced are a sign of the intention to focus more on restructuring viable companies and treat insolvency as a real opportunity than has previously been the case. It allows three months from filing for insolvency to draw up a restructuring plan under the supervision of a temporary administrator, during which no enforcement proceedings can be launched; this can then be implemented as an insolvency plan.
Restructuring plans typically use a modular, two-stage approach: The first stage involves drawing up operational measures to ensure viability, i.e. making sure the company is a going concern that is solvent and not over-indebted). In the second stage the aim is to develop a model for the restructured company that ensures it is sustainably competitive and profitable (ongoing viability).
Key elements to include in a restructuring plan are:
The corporate crises that often make a restructuring plan necessary can generally be divided into strategy, success and liquidity. The content and measures included in a restructuring plan depend on the stage and extent of the crisis and the specific stakeholder structure.
Apart from meeting the (minimum) requirements mentioned for restructuring plans and allowing for specific individual features, it is possible to identify general characteristics of effective restructuring advice that significantly increases the likelihood of success:
Focus on what matters
While it is essential that the documentation and analyses mentioned are provided, care must always be taken to ensure that the focus is on information which is relevant to taking decisions and that this lies at the heart of the restructuring plan. This means specifically:
Be practical
Plans must always be designed so the objectives and action on which the programme of measures is based can be achieved and implemented within the relevant timeframe. Each measure must be based on a realistic objective. It can be an advantage if a plan is drawn up using skills and experience gained in successfully implementing other plans: an advisor skilled in implementation will generally be able either to assess relevant programmes faster and better or set priorities and make choices that improve the likelihood of successful implementation – both of which significantly increase the probability of the restructuring being a success.
Practice has shown that it is not sufficient to set out the restructuring measures proposed by the company management in a restructuring report. Their practicality and how long they will take must also be scrutinised critically. For the latter in particular, having an experienced restructuring advisor is a key advantage. Depending on the stage of the crisis, this applies to measures focused on liquidity just as much as adaptations to organisational structures and processes all the way through to setting a new focus and designing business models to give competitive advantage.
Interact with all stakeholders: the CRO as leader of the restructuring
When it comes to implementing the recommendations made in a restructuring report, stakeholders often insist on appointing a Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO). The CRO position is that of an interim manager and normally brings together all the tasks involved in total crisis management, from implementing structural and operational measures to negotiating refinancing. An experienced CRO can relieve the burden on managers who are often not specialists in this area. The CRO also takes on managing the restructuring process and coordinates and communicates with all relevant stakeholders. The greatest impact often comes from being directly responsible for implementing the crisis measures and acting as an honest broker on behalf of all interest groups.
Skilled restructuring management that uses an advisor who can get things done to ensure the measures in the plan are carried out, involves all relevant stakeholders, creates transparency and regains trust and security, is a key driver when it comes to successfully restructuring a company going through a crisis. The more closely a restructuring is focused on the key issues for survival, and the more realistic the measures chosen when drawing up the plan, the greater the chances of success. It is no use drawing up the right plan for a crisis and making the right recommendations for action unless liquidity can be generated, debt serviced on time and cost cutting implemented. Efficiency improvements also have to be clearly felt in improved cash flow and profitability. Appointing a temporary CRO can be an important aid in this.


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'Miss Whack, I'd like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday.'
Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it's okay, he knows the bank manager.
Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan with some collateral.
The frog says, 'Sure. I have this,' and produces a tiny porcelain elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed.
Very confused, Patty explains that she'll have to consult with the CU manager and disappears into a back office.
She finds the manager and says, 'There's a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral.'
She holds up the tiny pink elephant. 'I mean, what in the world is this?'
(Folks, your going to love this)
The CU manager looks back at her and says...
'It's a knickknack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan, His old man's a Rolling Stone.
(You're singing it, aren't you? Yeah, I know you are........)
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Sara, one of our Rotary members, who's a bank officer, told that joke to us last week. He did it in the first person, and we all fell for it, hook, line and sinker. Thanks for writing it up!
Oh, I'll bet it was hysterical in first person, Barbara! I should have thought of doing that! LOl
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Hey! Does anyone know that when WoD is released, if that when you make a Garrison can you put it anywhere, what if someone else has taken your spot?
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I don't think there will be a unique spot for every one of the thousands of players on a realm (times their alts)
There will be maybe a dozen different spots you can choose, but each garrison will be phased just like Sunsong Ranch (with the ability to let friends/party members visit)
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I remember reading that is different locarions for either faction and that it is phased to you, but that it is possible to see another's garrison by accepting an invite to do so.
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There is suppose to be one Garrison spot per zone, but yes, it's going to be like the farm and will be phased so that you unless you are invited by another player, you will only see your own.
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Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
To follow up on the earlier report of Ric Flair suffering an injury in Japan keeping him out of the ring for All Japan Pro Wrestling, Flair reportedly suffered a blood clot in his left leg while in the country. Flair was examined at an emergency room before the All Japan event on Saturday. He refused to stay at the hospital and ended up appearing at the All Japan event at ringside managing his son Reid and Keiji Muto against Seiya Sanada and Tatsumi Fujinami.
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In this tutorial, we'll manipulate a picture so it looks like a woman burning in flames. The idea behind this manipulation was to create a nice looking illustration, only by using simple techniques and tools such as the Brush tool and Warp command. I hope you enjoy the tutorial and try it with your own stock imagery.
Editor's note: This tutorial was originally published on Psdtuts in January 2009.
Step 1
For this project, I used two nice images that suits for the manipulation; image1, image2. I would like to thank the author of this two great pictures, which is thiquinho and huibidos from sxc.hu. And before we continue with the steps, I need to inform you that this tutorial is written using Photoshop CS3.
Step 2
Let's start with image1, open and duplicate this image by using the Image > Duplicate command from the menu bar. In the Duplicate Image dialog box, you can name it anything you like, but to follow this tutorial reference, name it "PassionFire" and hit OK. By doing this, we kept the original image. Be sure to save.
Step 3
With the "PassionFire" image active, duplicate the "background" layer. Set the foreground and background color to black and white by pressing D on the keyboard. Click the "background" layer again and fill it with the foreground color ~ which is set to black. See the images below.
Step 4
Reactivate "Layer 1," then press Command + Shift + U to apply desaturate command. Now invert the color by pressing Command + I. Your image should look like a film's negative now.
Step 5
Duplicate "Layer 1," then apply the find edges filter from Filter > Stylized > Find Edges. Next, invert the color by pressing Command + I and change the Blending Mode to Hard light. There, your image now has contrast white line and a very dark background.
Step 6
To give the white line more contrast, duplicate the "Layer 1" copy then change the Blending Mode to Screen.
Step 7
Now we move to the second image. Drag image2 into "PassionFire" document image window using the Move tool. If the Paste profile mismatch dialog appears, just click OK to fix it.
Step 8
The fire image from "image2" should be in "Layer 2" now. Change its Blending Mode to screen, this will hide all the black colors in "Layer 2." If done right, your image should be similar to the one below.
Step 9
Duplicate "Layer 2" by pressing Command + J. Make sure you use the Screen Blending mode, same as the original "Layer 2." Next, make "Layer 2" become invisible by hiding it from the layers panel.
Step 10
Click the "Layer 2 copy" to make it active, then use the Free Transform command ( Edit > Free Transform) to rotate and resize the fire image like shown below. Don't forget to press Enter when you're done transforming.
Step 11
Still in the same layer, now use the warp command (Edit > Transform > Warp) to bend the fire image – so it following the hair flow. Press Enter when done. See the example below as a reference.
Step 12
If you feel the result is not quite good enough, simply use the Liquify filter to fix it. I assume you already know how to use the liquify filter; the Forward Warp tool and Twirl Clockwise tool is the only tool I used to get this result (see image below).
Step 13
Duplicate the "Layer 2" copy, then use the Free Transform command to resize and rotate the fire image in the current layer. Don't forget to reposition the fire image too. Once you get this composition (see image below), hit Enter.
Step 14
Repeat the previous process to get the hair covered with fire. Just duplicate and modify the layer until you get all the hair part covered. If needed, use the Liquify Filter again. The end result of this process should look like the image below, notice how many layers are used.
Step 15
Okay, now activate "Layer 2" and make it visible again. Then Change the Blending Mode to Vivid Light. This step will colorize only the white line in the layer below it.
Step 16
Still in "Layer 2," apply the Free Transform command to resize and rotate the fire image like shown below. The purpose is to cover up the girl's body and hair with the fire texture. Press Enter when you're done transforming.
Step 17
We're gonna blur the fire image in "Layer 2," To do so, apply the Gaussian Blur filter from the Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur menu. Fill the Radius around 10 to 15 pixels, then click OK when done. Blurring the fire image will cause its texture to blend smoother with the layer below it.
Step 18
Now add a layer mask to "Layer 2." Then use a soft round Brush tool with Opacity at 100%. Set the brush size according to your need, then just mask until the fire outside becoming hidden. See the process below.
Step 19
Sure we will remove the white line shown in the image (marked in red rectangle below). First, add a new blank layer below "Layer 2." Then simply paint it with black using the soft round brush tool.
Step 20
Now go to the top most layer (mine is: "Layer 2 copy 6"), add two adjustment layers which is Hue/Saturation and Brightness/Contrast. Careful not to change the layer adjustment order, or the color effect will be wrong. Below you can see the setting I used to complete this step, also pay attention to the adjustment layer order.
By adding a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, we unify all colors. The Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer brings more color contrast and makes sure the image color's looks like real fire.
Step 21
I'm sure you notice the fire sparks effect. I create it using the Brush tool with this simple setting. No special brush needed, but if you have one that will be useful then feel free to use it. Below you can see all the settings I used within the Brush palette, of course you can change the setting as you like. Just make sure the brush spatter enough and vary the size.
Step 22
Now to use the modified brush, create a new blank layer below the adjustment layers ( mine is named "Layer 4"). Choose 50% gray from the swatches palette, then you can start creating the fire sparks. Remember not to be monotone, resize the brush size if needed. I start using a big sized brush, then reduce it to smaller size (you can change brush size faster by pressing the bracket keys on the keyboard ).
If you're not sure how to do this steps, just imagine where and how the fire sparks will flow if it was real fire. For me, imagining stuff is very helpful.
Step 23
To make it more interesting, create a new layer and change the Blending Mode to Screen. Then use a normal soft round brush (not the one we modified earlier), with an Opacity of 50%. Just click in the part of body, neck, and hair. I'm not sure how to explain this, but you can see the difference between the above and below images.
And that's all of it! Hope you learned something new and had fun. You can view the final image below or view a larger version here.
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breastcollar? Is this something I should invest in since I do lots of trail rides? I've never had a problem with the saddle slipping back when going uphill because my girth is tight, but wasn't sure if I should get one just in case |
it wouldnt be a bad investment...Just make sure it is a good fit that wont rub your horses skin raw (ive seen done before) |
I use breastcollars all the time when I'm working my horses. Mostly because alot of my horses dont' have withers. It's great for hills, quick turns, etc. If I were you I would invest in one for sure. |
I agree but unless you are going right out and climbing steep grades you can wait a bit before getting one. In fact, in cutting, the trend is moving away from breast collars. The idea is to allow more freedom for the horse's shoulders without the restriction of the collar. There is a great deal of lateral movement and fast starts and stops in cutting. If your saddle fits properly it does not have to be over cinched or does it need a collar for normal riding. |
Why spend the money if you don't need it? It's just one more thing to get hung up, irritate the horse, get worn out, be maintained, etc. I used one for one of my horses, but that's it. The others didn't need it so I didn't bother. |
i just like the looks of breast collars. But really it is up to you, if u are not having any problem with out it then why go get one ? :wink: |
I like using breast collars because then you don't have to tighten the cinch as much and the saddle won't slip as easy and the horse has morch cinch room to breath..... but for me a breastcollar is neccesary w/ my mule.... I really like the pulling collars becuase they go with the conformation of the horse instead of against it..... here's a pic of the one i have that i love!! http://cgi.ebay.com/Roping-Ranch-Tra...QQcmdZViewItem it ends tommorow and is really cheap because pulling collars usually go for no less than $60.... here's a pic on a horse, see how it attatches to the pommel.... that way the horse can move naturally and it doesn't restrict movement... http://www.horseforum.com/userpix/3002_p71239236_1.jpg http://www.horseforum.com/userpix/3002_p20485227_1.jpg The kind of breastcollars that go with the shoulders and up to the withers are very popular for endurance riders too, because it works with the horse and not against it http://www.horseforum.com/userpix/3002_t_95_01_1.jpg |
I have one like the last picture Mlkarel posted. I use that on Vega because the saddle used to slip back a bit. Since i got the breastcollar it hasn't slipped. At first, I wanted one because i thought it would make her look pretty, but i quickly realized that it was necessary IMO. If you don't need one right now, I'd save your money. |
13 Attachment(s) They look pretty cool, but then again not a necessity. :D |
Me being me, and cheap! :roll: :lol: :P I have 1 breast collar... it does not match ANY of my saddles...lol... BUT I don't use it either. I bought a used rope type collar and will only use it only if needed... I do think they look cool tho. I would wait untill you actually need one. Spend the money on a good saddle bag to carry H2O and a cell phone and a couple snacks etc for your trail rides. :wink: (you thought I was gonna say don't spend any money didn't ya! ) |
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A member at C'Ville here asked me if I had made a pig. (not sure if she wants me to use her name:) ) I told her no, but I could. This is what I came up with.
She has asked me to share it with everyone.
(it hasnt been tested..)
Do not sell this pattern!!
Snout and body of pig are joined at the end of each round with a slip stitch.
With F hook
Starting at pigs snout,
Chain 2
1) 5 sc in 2nd chain from hook.
2) ch 1, 2 sc in each sc around (10 sc)
3) ch 1, (2 sc in first sc, sc in next sc) repeat around (15sc)
4) IN BACK LOOPS ONLY.. Sc in each sc around
5-6) ch 1, sc in each sc around. (this is the last row of the snout.. Next is the body)
7) ch 1, 2 sc in each sc around (30 sc)
It is easiest to embroider snout at this point
8-14) ch 1, sc in each sc around
15) ch 1, (sc dec, sc in next 3 sc) repeat around (24 sc)
16) ch 1, (sc dec, sc in next 2 sc) repeat around (18 sc)
17) ch 1, (sc dec, sc in next sc) repeat around (12 sc)
Stuff a bit more
18) ch 1, sc dec around (6 sc)
DO NOT FINISH OFF, but instead chain 8.
Slp stitch in 2nd chain from hook, and remaining chains, and first stitch of body.
FO leaving long tail. Use long tail to close hole around pigs tail.
With G hook
Ears (make 2)
Ears are done in rows
Leaving long beginning tail, Chain 7
1) Sc in 2nd chain from hook, sc in remaining chains (6 sc)
2) ch 1, turn, sc in each sc across
3) Ch 1, turn, sc dec, sc in next 2 sc, sc dec. (4 sc)
4) Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc across
5) Ch 1, turn, sc dec across (2 sc)
6) Ch 1, turn, sc dec. (1 sc)
FO leaving long enough tail to weave back into ear.
Use the end just finished off to weave back through last stitch made. This will help define the tip of the ear. Weave in lose end then.
Using long beginning tail, sew ears onto pig, folding in a bit on each side to resemble a pigs ear. Repeat with other ear.
Pigs Feet (make 4)
Feet are done in a continous round. You do not join at the end of each round.
Chain 2
1) 6 sc in 2nd chain from hook
2-4) sc in each sc around
Fasten off
Do not close foot hole, sew onto bottom of pig.
Weave in any loose ends you have.
Sew or embroider eyes onto pig.
You are done!