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Icons of the modern design, Ray and Charles Eames endow their creations with the sculptural charm and proverbial good-humor of the mid 20th century.
Lifestyle Homestore recommendations for November makeup a lovely collection of interior design objects bringing ever lasting inspiration, authenticity and genuine beauty to your intimate space. Charles and Ray Eames developed the Eames Bird as part of their "home collage". Beautifully inspired by the American folk art, the Eames Bird is one of the most prized objects, a delicate, black silhouette that makes an artistic statement in every inspired home.
Part of the permanent collection of MoMa, the Herman Miller Plywood Lounge Chair has earned its reputation for "Best Modern". This is our second pick for the month, an accent chair of a sculptural beauty in Walnut finish for a natural feel. Opt for one among the 6 available finishes offered to you by Office Designs.
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As the title says I am selling off a huge collection of Master of the Universe from the 1980s
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This is a request I did for someone who needed a fortified forest village with a biiiig graveyard and a keep in the middle. There's a few things I'm not happy with but it will do I think. No labels as the person it is for will be doing that.
This is a request I did for someone who needed a fortified forest village with a biiiig graveyard and a keep in the middle. There's a few things I'm not happy with but it will do I think. No labels as the person it is for will be doing that.
Very nice, i like it.
But why is the roof of the keep purple?
Conversation at university while writing our group report:
"I'll make a map." - "We don't need a map, we only interviewed some people." - " I know, but it won't stop me from making one."
It makes it stand out from everything else as it is the central focus of the map and a special place. It's a fantasy village so they painted it purple at some point. =P
I think it's just a slate roof. The lord of the keep wanted to show he was wealthy, and got slates imported from the goblin mines, so the peasant scum would know how much better His Lordship is than them.
Looks good, Larb! Have some Rep!
(Holy crap, my rep stick is awfully powerful! +19)
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Excellent map, Very nice Very usable.
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Thanks everyone. The only thing is when I compare it to my other maps, it looks very dark. Although dark and gloomy was part of the "spec", it just seems a bit too dark. It's bugging me a bit. =P
I like the town itself, but the trees need work. I am guessing you used a bevel on them? IMHO, it seriously clashes with the style of the town which is much more hand drawn and natural feeling.
If you are interested in trying to change them up, Something more like Mike Schley's style would work I would think. Or, go with something like this(the buildings IMMEDIATELY reminded me of Del's map..) Alternately, just consider highlighting each by hand(light/shadow) using a smallish grunge brush(might want to select to keep from over painting "outside" the lines...
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I've always had trouble with getting trees to look good. Yes, I used a slight bevel on them. I'll be doing another village map soon so I'll try the style in the map that you linked and see how it turns out.


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Man Who Took Control Of Website Speaks Out
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STEUBENVILLE — The man who gained control of a local Steubenville Big Red sports fan website said he did so to shed light on a local rape investigation involving two Steubenville High School......
watch..wrait will try to hack your or stalk you! such a loser. lol.
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Glad the story has been exposed and people are intolerant to this behavior.
Anonymous -not so. Dont know enough to agree with him being a sociopath or bully but am certain he is seeking fame in taking credit and sharing his identity. I think he is feeding his own ego. Should beware of him.
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This man is a sociopath. He deserves no accolades. He is a bully and is simply seeking fame. He is not "anonymous", nor has he ever claimed to be. He has publicly denounced the collective anonymous, and is now using this story for his own attention seeking sickness.
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Suckers. This newspaper will believe anyone without checking facts.
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Good! About time that someone is bringing to light what was/is/will happen in STeubenville.
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Fear the outsiders, low tech podunkians!
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Whether your children pick them up from the sidewalk on the way to school or plunge into a pile of them at a nearby park, brightly hued, crunchy leaves can provide hours of amusement for kids. Most trees in New York City will begin to turn this month, when the decrease in daylight hours causes them to stop producing chlorophyll, says Richard Simon, Deputy Director for the Urban Park Rangers. At that point, he says, "the other colors in the leaves, like yellow and red, begin to emerge." So tuck a heavy tome in your bag (the phone book works well) for preserving your offspring's treasures. Then set out for one of the parks below.
Fort Greene Park
Home to nearly 40 different species—including ginkgo, green ash and London plane—this former stomping ground of Walt Whitman's is an ideal place for leaf lifting. Head to the visitors' center and then follow the Tree Trail, a marked pathway with helpful descriptions of each species. Enter from Washington Park at Willoughby Ave, Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Alley Pond Park
The Tulip Tree Trail will lead you past one of NYC's tallest such specimens, but Alley Pond Park is also dotted with sassafras trees, which are a very pretty peep: you'll find three leaf shapes (oval, mitten and three-pronged) that might have dropped from the exact same branch. They come in a spectrum of colors from yellow to deep red. Enter from Winchester Blvd at Grand Central Pkwy, Douglaston, Queens.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders on Sunday showed no signs of emerging from their corners to resolve the next step in the financial crisis, with Democrats still demanding more taxes on the......
we all know the right thing isn't the popular thing. people conditioned to life on social programs have the numbers now to deny good people election wins.
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neither side can complete their trick in light of day. To use commonsense means losing votes from the "takers"
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another end runon marriage. why should a couble with combined income 450K marry and hammer financial nails in their spending power ?
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why do they keep calling these lawmakers "leaders"?who are they leading?
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Democrats still demanding more taxes on the "rich!" I really don't think the 77% that received a tax increase consider themselves as "rich!"
"The deal (fiscal cliff), of course, raised marginal income tax rates for individuals making more than $400,000 a year. Nominally, as The New York Times reported today, this makes the federal tax code–at least as it appears in statute–more progressive than it has been in decades. The actual effect of the deal, however, was to raise taxes on 77% of American households, while giving away billions in tax breaks to politicians' corporate patrons."
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Hollywood wannabe Serena Williams was spotted on the red carpet for the FOX Searchlight post-Academy Awards party for big winner Slumdog Millionaire (yay!) and the Mickey Rourke comeback film The Wrestler. The Bollywood drama racked up 8 Oscars including Best Picture + Director though favorite Mickey lost out on the Best Lead Actor Award to Sean Penn who starred as iconic gay rights activist Harvey Milk in Milk (yay!).
I'm not a big animal print lover but this leopard print silk halter dress is quite striking on ReRe - it def fits her personality. And I love that she kept it simple with a few accessories including the black flap and small earrings.
I bet ReRe was pushing around the "dramedy" screenplay she's supposedly writing - she's never one to miss a good opportunity!
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SIGHTING: Serena steps out in leopard print for Oscar night
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I love that Penn won, and that his speech was so very right on. And I LOVE Slumdog Millionaire, but I was hoping Button would get it so they could split globes and oscars. Alas, I wasn't judging this year... lolReplyDelete
Though I must say the Franco/Rogen skit made my whole weekend. \m/
I loved a few of the movies. I'm glad that Kate Winslet finally got her due. Watching the event itself is like watching snails mate. I just couldn't subject myself to that torture. Slumdog was awesome!ReplyDelete
Me lovey Serena's dress!!ReplyDelete
b2012/Pamela: I was happy Slumdog won - LOVE that movie and I was pleasantly surprised at Sean Penn's win. He was incredibly good and didn't overplay the role which could have been more camp than drama in lesser hands.ReplyDelete
I was also very happy Kate got her golden bald man - so deserves and it was a very tough role in a tough movie.
sonja: DITTO - like I said not a big fan of animal prints but this works on ReRe. I wonder who her stylist is?
- AnonymousFebruary 23, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Hey, Slumdog Millionaire is not a Bollywood drama !ReplyDelete
I'm no fan of all over animal print either, but it looks great on her. Serena looks lovely! And great make up, too!ReplyDelete
Kate's my favorite actress on planet Earth (and beyond) and I was overjoyed that she finally got her due, and for such a part as well.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 23, 2009 at 7:15 PM
I'm so happy Sean Penn won! And I wanted Milk to get the award, but it was obvious that Slumdog Millionaire would get it. The speech given by Milk's screenwriter was beautiful.ReplyDelete
Barcelona 2012: I'm with you on the Franco/Rogen skit. Loved it!
I haven't seen slumdog...rich have you??? is it really that good of a movie???? I hate it when movies that no one knows about, sweeps the oscars.....What a great speech from penelope cruz though and I LOVED how each nominee was presented by a previous oscar winner w/ those heart-felt, well written speeches....what a great way to announce the nominees and I love how some of them started crying!!!!! I hope they keep that up.....oh yeah...serena looks great BTW...ReplyDelete
Yeah I saw it a LOVED it. It's a great story, pretty simple story but told really well.ReplyDelete
I liked the new format though I do like to see the clips too since some of the nominees/movies I never heard of!
i love the dress on her but would never wear it!ReplyDelete
all actors at the Oscar ceremony looked great. I saw such ceremony it was good ceremony.I couldn't find this show for watching online but I found link for downloading it The 81st oscars RapidshareReplyDelete


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Started all 31 games she played in and was one of two Cyclones to start in every game this season…Averaged career-highs in points (11.6) and rebounds (6.3)…Shot a career high 36.9 percent from the field and a career-high 35.5 percent from long-range, while also knocking down a career-best 77 from long range…finished third on the team in scoring…earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors…named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team…scored in double figures 20 times this season and netted 20 or more points on four occasions…recorded the first double-double of her career in the season opener against USC Upstate with 13 points and 12 rebounds…Netted 21 points against Wyoming on Nov. 28…scored 23 points and grabbed five rebounds against Fairfield…grabbed her second-career double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds in ISU's Big 12 opener against Kansas State…went 4-of-7 from 3-point land as Iowa State upset No. 3 Texas on Jan. 10…netted a career-high 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds at TCU…netted 11 points as the Cyclones handed No. 8 UT its first home loss of the season as ISU nabbed its highest-ranked road win in program history…scored her 1,000th-career point at Oklahoma State…tied her career-high with 24 points and hauled in eight rebounds as the Cyclones defeated Oklahoma…scored 17 in ISU's toppling of No. 3 Baylor on Senior Day…finished her career with 1,096 points, which ranks 23rd in ISU history…connected on 259 3-pointers in her career, which ranks fifth in ISU history, while her 761 attempts ranks second.


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It seems that my gear locks seem to be slipping a bit on my CG-4 mount. They lock well enough to take long exposure images with my DSLR, but they don't seem to keep it from moving if much more weight/pressure is added to the mount. Is this just a limit for my mount or are my locks just wearing out? I've only had the scope for almost 10 months now.
CG-4 Mount Gear locks?
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I dont think the locks are wearing out. Sounds like a combination of reaching a maximum load and in particular re-balancing with a different load.
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Thank you, that helps put my mind at ease. I thought maybe I had stripped the gears on the mount.


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I know it's easy to take pot shots at the big dog on the block to draw some sort of creditability, or something that resembles respect.
It's the same reasoning you'll hear if you ever get put up in a state prison: on your very first day in the clink, find the biggest and baddest dude at lunchtime and attempt to beat the hell out of him.
This act of foolhardy, self-preservation is two-fold: shows everybody else you're not afraid and to not mess with you.
But as your friendly, neighborhood high school sports blogger, I simply aim to make a pertinent point about ESPN and less aiming a prison shank into the company's backside.
As a huge college football fan and pretty big NFL draft fan, I try to pay attention to the various rankings of high school and college prospects. To me, college recruiting and professional drafting is fascinating. It's all about implementing a philosophy that you want your team to have, then finding the right players to fit the roles to execute said philosophy.
Every media outlet and their mother have their own rankings of every year's recruiting and draft classes. But ultimately, the universally accepted service of experts is the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. The ESPN 150 is usually the gold standard amongst recruiting heads.
When you filter through the various NFL Draft histories, you notice a smattering of former ESPN 150 players dotted throughout the draft.
The 2006 ESPN 150, featured ten first round draft picks between the 2009 and 2010 NFL Drafts. Tim Tebow, Gerald McCoy, and Matt Stafford are a handful of duo 150 recruits and first round draft picks.
When ESPN is able to call a high school senior will eventually develop into a first round draft pick, that's good for business. It builds credibility that they know what they're talking about.
But at the same token, I can help but believe that ESPN is essentially crafting the the high school, college, and professional narrative by anointing a high school junior as one of the best out of the entire country at what they do.
Not dig up the bones of the horse that was hammered to death that was the Tim Tebow saga, but Timmothy Richard was a perfect case study.
For those who had their heads under the sports news rock, Tim Tebow's college and professional career has been acutely documented since he first threw a jump pass for a touchdown as a true freshman for the Florida Gators. Mixing in Timothy Richard's charisma, polarizing personality, and athletic gifts, he was tailored made for the ESPN hype machine.
Tebow's quarterbacking skills were often put into question at the professional level and it forced a huge question: how do we evaluate Timothy Richard as a professional player when there is this echo chamber of dozens of different voices and opinions lauding him as the next great leader or panning him as a paper franchise savior.
Timothy Richard dominated headlines his entire college career and even his drafting into the NFL was made-for-television. It was reported his trademark inspirational speeches bordering on Christian eulogies captivated the Denver Broncos brass to draft him in the first round over much more glaring needs on the team.
Either way, there are countless of narratives manufactured by a relatively subjective ranking system invented by a bunch of guys trying to prognosticate high school kids. I'd wager some this scouts have high school kids of their own and couldn't tell you their child's favorite subject in school, but they can rattle off Good Counsel's Stefon Diggs' 40-yard dash time that he ran back in a combine in March.


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How To Solve the Turnover Problem
Take the question in two parts. First, the need to persuade management that this is an important issue and worthy of their attention. Second exactly what sorts of changes might be made.
First, upper management is usually convinced by a business case in which the bottom line is emphasized. A simple cost-analysis of what the losses are to the company due to absenteeism and turnover would be an eye-opener. Once a plan of action is be put together, a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed changes would also help to appeal to the powers-that-be that these actions are appropriate and worthwhile.
The second issue of what to do is more complicated. I would recommend taking a hard look at the compensation and reward structure in your organization. Pay attention to how rewards tie in to motivation. Are you rewarding what is important to the company? Do workers see a direct link between their efforts and the outcomes the produce? Do they value the rewards offered? Are the reasonably secure in the realization of the rewards if they in fact do produce accordingly? Are employees' basic needs being met? How about more elusive but equally important intrinsic values? Is respect, independence, and self-direction a part of the value system in your company? Any basic text in human resource management or organizational behavior can provide a good review of the basic concepts and tenants of motivation theories.
Finally, you might want to find out from your employees what they truly desire that they currently aren't getting. Maybe it's more autonomy. Maybe it's more flexibility. Flexibility can be incorporated in a number of ways, including flex-time, job sharing, telecommuting, and job rotation. Obviously, certain types of jobs are going to be more amenable to the incorporation of different types of flexibility than others. The trick is to be open to what is possible and let your employees guide the direction that you take. Good luck!
SOUCE:Pamela L. Pommerenke, a professor of Human Resource Management at Michigan State University's Eli Broad Graduate School of Business, September 1998.


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Atlas EQ-G Slewing Problem
Posted 07 April 2009 - 11:15 PM
I performed the 3-star-alignment just for testing and found my mount DID NOT MOVE! I was frustrated and was in despair for minutes. I turned on and off the mount several times, and all of a sudden, the equatorial mount began slewing! I was about to be happy about this, however I instantly could see my mount began generating lot of grinding noise - the grinding noise which has been frequently noted in this forum. Unlike the usual grinding noise which is noticed at the beginning and ending of slewing under the mount's normal operation, the grinding noise of my mount this time had been with the mount's slewing all along. I even could witnessed that characters shown on the two-line display of my SkyScan GoTo controller were blinking fast while the mount was slewing. (The version of my SkyScan is 3.01.)
The grinding noise kept me crazy, however what made me almost insane was that the slewing of my mount about the RA axis suddenly stopped while I was doing two- or three- star alignments. (When slewing about RA axis stopped, there was zero's displayed on the first half of GoTo controller's display screen.) Even after slewing about RA-axis topped, slewing about DEC-axis was still going on with changed numbers on the second half of GoTo controller's display screen. Once slewing about RA-axis stopped, there was no slewing any longer about RA-axis. (For example, when RA-axis slewing stopped when the mount tried to locate the first star in the 3-star alignment, there was no RA-axis slewing any more for second and third stars. I could still see the mount slew about DEC-axis even after there was no slewing about RA-axis.)
When a cycle for 2- or 3-star alignment, the display screen of my SkyScan said "Alignment failure."
I am very frustrated right now. It looks like my Atlas GoTo mount has a serious problems, and needs significant maintenance. (I have no idea how much it would cost for repair.) I might need to consider selling all my GoTo system (after repairing of the mount) and going for a Dob. It seems the situation of my current job would not allow me to go for a night's observation. (Yes, you can say the way I count my calendar is Monday-Tues-Wed-Thurs-Fri-Fri-Fri; no Saturday or Sunday.) This idea just came up from an assumption that a Dob will not request major maintenance jobs compared to GoTo Equatorial mount.
Any comment is welcomed! Please advise a newbie like me, what would be the best move that I can take now. Thank you so much for your replies.
Dark and Clear Skies to all,
Posted 08 April 2009 - 06:09 AM
Posted 08 April 2009 - 06:28 AM
Have you attempted to adjust either of these in the past?
I would remove the RA motor and check the worm to wheel mesh by trying to turn the mount in RA with your finger pushing the gear that the motor was trying to turn. It should turn pretty easily. If it does then re-install the motor using just enough pressure to mate the gears and all should be well.
Note: when you remove the two screws holding the motor take care not to drop the washers into the mechanicals of the mount - otherwise this is a fairly straightforward job.
Posted 08 April 2009 - 06:47 AM
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Posted 08 April 2009 - 07:07 AM
The grinding noises are from the motor(s) binding up.
Or it could be a power problem. I'd check the battery/powersupply and cord before doin' nuttin' else, especially before diggin' into the mount and messin' with the gears(!). One reason to suspect the power cord is because at the time he bought the mount Orion was supplying power cords with the wrong connector on the scope end. Turn it on? Nuttin. Turn it off and on again, powers up. Next time? Nuttin'. Low/poor quality power can make this or any other mount make weird, _frightenin'_ sounds, too.
The odd behavior of the HC is another clue to the problem being "power" related.
Posted 08 April 2009 - 06:44 PM
The problem was with me. Instead of using the AC power supply, I found myself hooking it to the power pack which originally is for cooling down the primary mirror of my Newtonian OTA. This power pack had 8 D-type batteries installed; the voltage was right at 12V, however 8 DC connected batteries were far below the 2 amperes of current, which is the minimum amount of current for normal operation of my Atlas EQ-G GoTo mount. By switching to the AC power supply, all the grinding noise was gone (!!!) along with that blinking problem with display screen of my SkyScan HC!!! Every issue mentioned in the first message of mine is now gone!!! No problem has been found also with the 3-star alignment!
Here, I can see my mistake using another power sources, at the same time however, I learned great thing how my mount would behave when it is not supplied by enough power. In the EQ6 group in Yahoo, I found a document about the step-by-step check list for my Atlas. The first thing on the check list asks its reader if he/she is using the right power supply for the mount! In any event, it turned out the issue that I've had since yesterday came from my stupidity, however I learned great lesson from it also -- Go back to the very basic -- Do not forget having my mount get fed with right electricity.
I personally thank "rmollise" for his kindness leaving the comment.
Hope you all have dark and clear skies,
Posted 08 April 2009 - 07:09 PM
You can unscrew the chrome plated screw on the side and with a flashlight, visually check the mesh between the motor spur and worm spur. I use a single strip of paper inserted between the 2 gears. Press them together, tighten the motor mounting screw and using the NC, spin the paper out of the way. This is a good spacing for the gears.
Bobby, you're a lifesaver! My dec axis was stalling on my consistently and I backed of the mesh of the transfer gears a bit and now I can use the goto! Thanks!!!
Posted 08 April 2009 - 07:42 PM
Glad I could help. It's a fine line between too tight and too loose. The paper trick works really well. You can play around with it a little more if you want. On mine, the copy paper was a little too much and resulted in a bit of backlash when changing directions or guiding. I than tried a single layer of paper like is used to roll your own cigarettes and it turned out to be perfect.
If you ever have any other issues drop me a PM.
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Costa Rica and Panama Continue Committed to Transboundary Governance and Cooperation
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The Binational Technical Sectoral Commissions of the Costa Rica-Panama Convention for Border Development exemplify the importance of binationality and cooperation between States, institutions and social actors as fundamental pillars of development.
Costa Rica, July 2012 (IUCN). On July 16 and 17, 2012, the workshop on Transboundary Cooperation and Development was held in San José, Costa Rica. It was organized by the regional Office for Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean and the Centre for Environmental Law of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as well as the Executive Secretariats of the Costa Rica-Panama Convention for Border Development.
The objective of the training was to provide the Convention's Binational Technical Sectoral Comissions* with inputs for cooperation processes around shared natural resources, and how to develop synergies between them. Sharing of knowledge was promoted as well, underscoring the importance of principles of international law as the basis for cooperation in the frame of the border development agreement.
Participants were also familiarized with the BRIDGE project (Building River Dialogue and Governance). The theme of water governance was introduced, along with the Sixaola binational river basin (shared by the two countries). The Executive Secretariat for Costa Rica told the Technical Sectoral Commissions that "a series of elements linked with border development converge around this theme."
Participants engaged in an exercise on challenges and opportunities facing them as transboundary cooperation entities, and indicated steps to improve interinstitutional and binational communication, both horizontal and vertical; better publicize the Convention, its mechanisms and operationalization; establish a short-, medium and long-term binational agenda, and other areas.
The workshop was held in the frame of the BRIDGE project funded by Swiss Development Cooperation (COSUDE). Thirty people participated, including IUCN experts, a doctoral candidate in Development Geography at the University of Paris, the Executive Secretariats of the Costa Rica-Panama Convention for Border Development and representatives of the different binational technical sectoral commissions.
For more information contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
*The Binational Technical Sectoral Commissions are an organ of the Costa Rica-Panama Convention for Border Development responsible for planning, supervision and follow-up on programs, projects and activities under their jurisdiction. They include the following sectors: Agriculture, Threat and Risk, Natural Resources, Tourism, Infrastructure, Health, Education, Social development, Security and Migration, Inter-municipal Issues and Energy.


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To create a RAID 1 set, open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on your hard drive under Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
1. The Disk Utility window will appear. Your G-DOCK will be displayed in the left-hand column. Information about the drive displays at the bottom of the window.
2. Select the RAID tab to view the RAID options.
3. Select G-DRIVE ev by clicking its icon in the left-side column. You want to choose the volume icon, not the disk icon. The volume is a partition that the Mac OS recognizes.
4. In the RAID Set Name field, name the drive. Make that name relevant to the content that it's holding. For instance, you could name it by the project and add a date.
5. From the RAID Type menu, choose Mirrored Raid Set.
6. To create the RAID set, from the left-side column, drag the two "disk" icons into the empty list area. You will now see "disk1" and "disk2" in that list.
7. Note that the estimated size goes to 1 TB of capacity, instead of 2 TB. You only see the capacity of one drive because it's copied (or mirrored) on the second drive.
8. Click the Create button in the lower right corner of the window. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to erase the G-DOCK partition.
9. Click the Create button to continue. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show the progress of the disk's reformatting.
10. On your computer desktop, you will now see a drive icon. This represents the RAID 1 volume, and indicates the paired mode of your two G-DOCK ev cartridges
11. The Disk Utility window will show the results. There are two 1 TB drives that are paired as "RAID slices." Their total capacity is listed as 1 TB.
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After finding himself in the midst of yet another mild controversy, this time involving Odd Future crooner Frank Ocean, singer Chris Brown took to his Twitter account today (July 30) to voice his opinion on the matter.
The singer, who received harsh criticism after allegedly replying "no homo" when asked about Frank Ocean in an interview, went on to state that people were "searching for BS" when it comes to his alleged comment about Ocean.
"My Opinion on the whole Frank Ocean subject is ......... Love who u wanna love. It's ur decision. People stop searching for BS," Brown Tweeted.
Brown's Twitter commentary then quickly switched to matters of world peace and "social acceptance."
"Everyone is so quick to point the wrong fingers at each other! Ask urself... Am I Doing everything I can to help the world…The world is so bent on social acceptance that we've forgotten what makes us special..." he added. "Our individuality! #Imdone #readabookbitch."
Just last year Brown and Ocean exchanged words on Twitter after Brown compared the Odd Future singer to James Fauntleroy and Kevin Cossum. Both singers did eventually put their brief Twitter spat behind them.
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Bachelor Sean Lowe Proposes, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Split? Week in Review, 3/15
Another week gone by means another week full of juicy TV and pop culture news. Here are the biggest stories from Wetpaint Entertainment over the past seven days, from the Bachelor Season 17 finale to Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth's possible breakup.


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1968 Ford F-100 Patch Panel Installation - The Bumpside Build-OffWritten by on December 1, 2007 Part 10: Step-By-Step Patch Panel Install
In every classic truck builder's life there comes a point when you are faced with rust and what to do about it. It's probably the most common and most troublesome-not to mention expensive-problem we all have to deal with. There are basically three solutions to the situation: 1) Leave it and keep driving, 2) Pay someone to cut it out and fix it, or 3) Fix it yourself. All of the three answers have their pros and cons, all of which revolve around your budget, time, skill, and resources, or lack of any or all of these things.
If you are anything like myself, you like to do things on your own and don't like other people working on your "baby," which just so happens to work out well since I don't have the money to spend on a $50-plus hourly shop rate for a tedious job such as rust removal. Well, having been in this same situation since I learned to drive, I quickly jumped in and really gave fabrication the old college try. If I did manage to mess things up, at least it wouldn't cost me much, and I'd still learn something. And in the event that I was successful, I could smile and put another notch in my body hammer.
Tools aren't everything, but having the right stuff saves time and can help make the work that much tidier. Air tools are quick and easy to work with and more compact than their electric counterparts, but, of course, you need an air compressor that'll keep up without running continuously. You don't need to break the bank when it comes to buying air tools, and you really only need two or three different tools to get started, but remember that you will most likely get what you pay for, and if you think you'll be using them often, don't buy cheap ones! Even though Snap-on helps sponsor the Primedia Tech Center, I've always used Snap-on's air tools, which have withstood all the rigors of daily use in the shops I've worked at in the past before coming to work here at Classic Trucks.
Welding may be the albatross that hangs over the heads of many reading this, but all it takes is practice and patience. Patience is the number one key in any metal fabrication job, as it is with most things, but the end result of the project will turn out much better if it's not rushed. Both MIG and TIG welders have come down in price in the last 10 years and have gotten much more advanced at the same time, which is great news for those thinking about taking the plunge. I think it's safe to say you could easily get a nice MIG welder from a company like Miller and set it up with shielding gas, wire, welding helmet, gloves, basically everything you'd need to plug it in and pull the trigger for less than what a reputable shop would charge to fix the rust in the floor I'm about to show you. Read on and stay tuned for an in-depth DIY welding story in an upcoming issue of Classic Trucks.
After I dismantled and had the '68 F-100 soda-blasted (Nov. '07 CT), I found rust in the floorboards hiding under the rubber floor mat, which wasn't noticeable from underneath with the truck on a lift-so much for thinking it was rust-free! I flipped open my National Parts Depot (NPD) 1948-79 Ford truck catalog, found the patch panels I needed, and got on the phone to order 'em. Even though there aren't as many new parts available for '67-72 Ford Bumpside trucks as there are for C-10s of the same vintage, NPD makes an effort to carry everything they can get their hands on, so order a catalog or go online and check them out. If you're not welding and grinding yet, get ready to face your fears and fabricate!
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Before jumping straight in and showing you how to install the new floorboard patch panels from NPD, I thought I'd take a few moments to show what's used to get the job done. One basic tool used for metal and fab work is this straight cutoff tool (Snap-on PN PT250R). It uses 3-inch cutoff discs that can quickly cut through sheetmetal and tubing. This version is just a cutoff tool, but there are more universal straight die grinders (PN PT200R) that have a 1/4-inch collet, which is kinda like a drill chuck, so you can switch out different arbors or use carbide cutting as well as cutoff wheels.Favored by many professional fabricators as well as my personal favorite and most-used air tool is Snap-on's .45-horsepower 90-degree angle die grinder (PN PT210R) with an arbor to use 3-inch Power Loc-style abrasive discs. This tool has the 1/4-inch collet and a grease fitting to help make it last longer, but it's also fully rebuildable if anything does happen. Power Loc refers to how the abrasive disc attaches to the arbor with half a clockwise turn onto the rubber-backed arbor thanks to the small plastic spiral on the back of each flexible abrasive disc.Here's how to turn one tool into many-swap out different arbors. While it's nice to have both angled and straight die grinders with each of these arbors in them, most home users won't need to buy two or three extra grinders. But that's OK since the arbors are easy to switch out. On the left is the arbor for the flexible 3-inch Power Loc discs, and on the right is one for cutoff wheels with a 3/8-inch shank. Each air tool comes with simple wrenches to swap out arbors.One tool to avoid while doing most metalwork is a common 4-inch electric grinder with a hard stone. While the grinder isn't the problem, it is somewhat cumbersome compared to svelte air tools, but it can be used with good results if that's all you have. The hard grinding stone is what can potentially make a scarred mess of your work. Hard stones dig into thin sheetmetal and remove lots of material fast, which is bad! If you have a grinder like this, go buy a rubber backing pad to use with 36-grit paper grinding discs. If you use 36-grit paper discs for grinding down welds, the end result will look much nicer.Sometimes a cutoff wheel is too big to get in a tricky spot-and you find plenty of them-so a tool like this reciprocating or "body" saw is a much better fit. It's often called a body saw because it's great for auto body work and can get in tight places and cut sheetmetal quickly. When buying replacement blades, make sure to get the right tooth count or TPI (teeth per inch) for the material you'll be cutting; 18-24 TPI works well for sheetmetal.Another handy and sometimes overlooked tool is a spot weld cutting bit. If you are working around body panels that have another behind them or are trying to remove, say, a whole rocker panel without getting into the panels around it, a spot weld cutter will make the job quicker and easier. The cutters come in different diameters, and I settled on 7/16 since it's big enough to go around the spot welds on the F-100, but once you have the arbor, you can always try different cutters.Here's the business end of the spot weld cutter, which you should be able to buy at any good auto body supply store. By drilling an 1/8-inch hole in the middle of a spot weld, the locating pin in the center of the cutter will hold the bit in place while it does its job.Last but not least on the list of tools (yes, they do perform specific jobs) are safety glasses, ear plugs, and gloves. Get in the habit of using all three of these and you'll wonder how you ever got along without 'em! Seriously! Plus, being able to see out of both eyes for the rest of your life would be nice.
To get an idea of the area of the floor I want to replace, I lightly hit it with the 36-grit sanding disc to make sure there weren't any flakey bits of metal yet to come off. Now I can outline the chunk of floor I'll be cutting out. There isn't much need to cut out an area as big as the patch panels since the rest of the sheetmetal is perfect-that would only make more work than necessary.Underneath the floor's toeboard area is the stamped sheetmetal piece that makes up the cab mount. This is spot welded to the underside of the floor, but isn't rust and doesn't need to be removed. However, it needs to be separated from the floor and kept intact. Using an 1/8-inch drill bit, I drilled a hole in the center of each spot weld that is in the area I'll be cutting out and followed that up with the spot weld cutter. Be sure to only cut through the top layer of sheetmetal or else you'll wind up with a hole all the way through the floor. Also, to get the most out of your cutting bits, make sure to use a cutting fluid or lubricant as well as even pressure and the right drill speed, because the teeth on the bits are easily broken on the hard welds if you rush it.With a fresh cutoff wheel that hasn't been worn down, it's easy to make long, straight cuts in the floor.With the perimeter cut, I used a hammer and a sharp chisel to sever any spot welds that may still be hanging on.The cancerous metal can now be removed for good. You can see part of the cab mount's rear sheetmetal under the area being replaced. By carefully using the cutoff wheel, I was able to slowly cut the floor above the cab mount's sheetmetal without going too far.Next, I enlarged the 1/8-inch holes in the spot welds on the cab mount to 1/4-inch so I can weld the old spot weld holes back up to attach to the new patch panel like it was from the factory.Cutting out the right piece of the patch panel is important so the old and new floor line up correctly, especially on the ribs in the floor where my right index finger is.
Another tool that has its place are pneumatic sheetmetal shears. These are good for cutting long, straight lines or gentle curves, but they aren't the best for intricate maneuvers.Once you get used to the body saw, it can also be used for straight cuts, but it requires a steady set of hands. When initially cutting out the patch panel, I leave 1/16-1/8-inch extra material around the edge, which usually gets ground down during fitment but will leave a nice tight gap for butt welding.Once I was happy with the fit of the patch panel into the floor, I took my angle grinder and put a 3-inch Power Loc-style "red" 3M Scotch-Brite pad on it to strip the black sealer of the sheetmetal from NPD. The red 3M Scotch-Brite pad is far less abrasive than 36-grit sanding discs and won't remove material from the edge of the piece, which is already thin and tricky to weld.While I personally prefer TIG welding to MIG welding for most jobs, the MIG still comes in handy and could be used to weld the patch panel in place with good results. I used our Miller MIG welder to tack weld the patch panel in since I was using my other hand to line up the butt joint between the pieces so they would sit flush once tacked. Notice the small even gap around the patch panel? That's what careful fitting and trimming will yield and what we're striving for. Of course, cutting a patch bigger than the hole and slapping it in there so it overlaps the edges and welding it up would be easy and quick, but wouldn't you shy away from buying a truck with work like that done to it?With the new patch panel from NPD tacked securely in place, I went back in and started welding it for good with my Miller Dynasty 200 TIG welder turned down to about 50 amps. When welding most patch panels, remember to skip around the piece in a star pattern and wait for each weld to cool before starting another. Compressed air can reduce cooling time.Again, using my favorite angle grinder and 36-grit sanding discs, I carefully ground down the welds. Remember, sheetmetal is thin, and a grinder used in a small area can generate enough heat to warp it quickly. While this isn't as big of an issue on floorpans, it's good to practice the same work habits whether you'll see the work or not. Plus, it'll be that much easier when you do have to work on a fender or hood!


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ESPN Gameday has been advertising heavily for two days now that they will be in Iowa City with Hawkeyes vs #1 Columbus Manly Men. Looking for your game score prediction as spotlight will be on Iowa City and their fans. We can probably hear the yelling from Iowa City in Ames when Lee Corso, the Herbster, and Chris Fowler start cranking. Those nice IowaCity fans should be well behaved. Right, MB?
To start off predictions: Iowa City 10, Columbus 31. Tate throws a tantrum.
Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
The OSU defense is going to hold Iowa to 7 or less.
35-17. 1st half will be 17-10, OSU. I think it could be close until the 2nd half comes around.
remember, it's THE Ohio State University...how arrogant must you be to require a THE before your school name? Signed THE C.John
I remember when GameDay was in IC like 10 years ago when either Michigan or tOSU was in town; they ended up getting smoked big time. So I expect that to happen again. Iowa keeps it close for a half, then the Bucks turn it on in the 2nd half like they've done all season. I got tOSU 28- Iowa 13.
Shadow, I love that avatar. Go A's!!!
The reason for the "THE" in the title is to help EIU fans to remember that the OSU campus is located in Ohio and NOT Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, or Iowa. Heaven forbid that Hawkeye fans would find themselves in East Lansing when their BBall team plays the Buckeyes this upcoming season. The OSU was just making the needed "mental" accommodations for our stepchild in Iowa City.
"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
35-14 OSU Tate throws his helmet on the field.
lol, the Tate reaction predictions are more fun than the scores :D
Ah, yes, the battle of the Eyes. They should have some kind of an gnarly eyeball trophy for OSU to keep at their place year after year.
THE Ohio trade school of welding arts 32
Eastern Iowa Junior College 6
Tate's fit should be of epic proportions. I am hoping to see him face down on the field pounding his fists and kicking his feet. Waaaaaaaaah!
The Portland, Oregon cyclone fan
Class of 91
If life isn't fun, your doing it wrong.
I highly doubt Iowa wins this game, but I think the emotion of the crowd will keep them in it and the score is close. I could really see them winning this thing.
24-17 OSU, and Herky is sexually assulted by Brutus at midfield in a fit of post-game glee.
49-3 and Tate tries to tackle the Ohio State kicker when he walks by the sideline and gets a concussion and Iowa fans talk for a year straight about how Tate would have made it 56-49 Iowa.
Also, I met a lot of Iowa State fans and I dont want to leave any of that behind. - DARIUS DARKS on Staying a CLONE!!!
Matt (00 Alumn)
Waukee, Iowa
Originally Posted by CY ST8T
49-3 and Tate tries to tackle the Ohio State kicker when he walks by the sideline and gets a concussion and Iowa fans talk for a year straight about how Tate would have made it 56-49 Iowa.
Well duh...The University of Iowa doesn't lose games they either:
Beat themselves (by turnovers, bad players, not scoring as many points as the opponents)Get beat by the refs
Drew so upset he loses bodily control.
Luke at zee big baby! Is zee big baby wetting himself?
Yeah well, ya know, that's just, like uh, your opinion, man.
OSU 37-3. Tressel decides to pull the first team mid-way through the second quarter to save them for a real game and Hawk fans send threats to the referee's who obviously had it out for them since time began.
OSU is going to shred EIU's secondary and will either gain major yards and TD's or EIU will have record penalty yards from pass interference calls. Of course(as one homer EIU fan said on Marty & Miller), the only reason they are calling pass interference is because of the tighter coverage that the hawks are putting on teams this year.
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
The First Package Has Arrived!
6 comments:
- Elra said...
This is great Susan, I felt so bad and so sorry couldn't participate this month, but I will be able in September. Great job, I admire you of doing beautiful thing for our soldier!
- August 3, 2008 at 9:10 PM
- Dianne's Dishes said...
I'm glad they enjoyed them! Great to see pictures too! :)
- August 4, 2008 at 11:46 AM
- 1freshstart said...
Yea!!!!! It doesn't take too long usually, only around the holidays does it take 2 weeks or more. Great pictures!
~The Cat's Pajamas
- August 4, 2008 at 12:52 PM
- Michelle Dargen said...
Those pictures are great! They look so happy.
Ah, the power of baked goods!!
- August 5, 2008 at 11:53 AM
- PheMom said...
Cool! I'm so glad that they are enjoying it!
- August 6, 2008 at 10:32 PM
- casaamiga said...
Wow, I just happened to stumble onto your site. AMAZING!!! It brought tears to my eyes knowing that all of you are out there sending packages to soldiers.
My younger brother is on his 3rd tour in Iraq and my older brother just returned from his 2nd tour. Both have little ones that they left behind while over there and I know that receiving packages is something they look forward to.
- August 13, 2008 at 7:10 PM


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Dynamic versus static composting – the role of agitation during composting process
It is a well known fact that composting is a process driven by the activity of different aerobic microorganisms. Some of them prefer temperatures between 55 and 65 °C, others work better at temperatures below 40°C. All of them need oxygen, which is available free of charge as a part of the fresh air we all need for our life. For you and me it is very easy to get access to fresh air. Just step outside of our house and take a deep breath. But what about the microorganisms, that lives deep inside a compost pile? How to make the fresh air available for them? To answer these questions we need to have a look deep into the compost pile.
In the microcosm of compost the compost material texture generally consists of three parts: solid phase (organic and inorganic particles), liquid phase (water) and gas phase (free air space between particles). Microorganisms are settling on the surface of the solid phase. Everything they need for life and growth they receive via the liquid phase of the system, also the oxygen. Thus it is necessary to take care for a sufficient and complete moistening of the solid phase of the system first. Second step is the adequate fresh air supply via the gas phase. Water and air are sharing the free space between the particles and compete with each other. Keeping the balance in this competition is the basic task of the composting process.
Simplified model of the compost microcosms:
The compost particles (brown) are surrounded by a water film (blue), where the microorganisms live. The oxygen (green arrows) from the free air space (white areas) is transferred into the liquid phase, where the microorganisms make use of it. Carbon dioxide (red arrows) produced by the microorganisms is transferred from the liquid phase into the gas phase. Air volume needs to be exchanged.
Sufficient fresh air supply to the compost material we can achieve in different ways. The simplest solution is using the "Chimney Effect", which works pretty well in small and middle size windrows with triangular cross section. High temperatures in windrow core create an air flow from the bottom to the top. Already used air with high carbon dioxide content is leaving on top while fresh air is entering into the system from the environment. For larger windrows or windrows of trapezoid cross section and in vessel systems active ventilation is necessary.
There are different composting technologies available in the market. All of them try to follow the basic rule of composting, as described above. The technological range of the available systems starts at simple open air windrow composting technology, which can be combined with under floor ventilation and/or membrane cover systems and ends at sophisticated in vessel systems with automatic process control.
Nevertheless which technology is chosen, the various composting technologies are often classified in dynamic, semi dynamic and static technologies. If we speak about this classification the main characteristic to differ between those classes is the movement (or agitation) of the compost material.
- Dynamic composting technologies are characterized by continuous movement of the compost material. A typical dynamic composting technology is drum composting, where the process takes place in a horizontal cylindrical vessel that rotates around his axle.
- Semi dynamic composting technologies are characterized by frequent agitation (more than one agitation per week), but discontinuous compost material movement (agitation). Among the semi dynamic composting technologies are agitated windrow, agitated bed and agitated lane composting.
- Static composting technologies are characterized by non frequent compost material movement (equal or less than one agitation per week). Typical variations are aerated static pile composting and static tunnel composting.
To understand the role of agitation in composting process we again need to have a look into the microcosm of the compost material. During the process the compost material is compacted by its own weight and by the microbiological activity itself. Microorganisms make use of the organic matter after a while larger particles break down to smaller ones. When the free air space between particles becomes smaller, the competition between air and water went stronger.
If the water can not disappear the space for air becomes less and finally insufficient for free air exchange and causes a lack of oxygen supply. Even forced aeration systems can not longer achieve homogeneous air distribution because larger air channels will build inside the compost material. Large air volumes using these channels causing excessive dry out of the zones around the air channels while other parts of the material will no longer receive any airflow. Anaerobic zones will build causing bad smell and slow down of the composting process.
To avoid this situation frequent agitation is absolutely necessary to maintain the free air space between the compost particles which finally allows fresh air supply to all zones of the of compost material. Therefore agitation must be an integral part of each composting system. Furthermore, agitation can also improve other processing steps of the composting system:
- Initial Mixing: At begin of the process compost material is often very inhomogeneous. Even green waste collected from parks and gardens often contains larger volumes of grass clippings or leaves without any other materials mixed in. For optimal starting conditions the input material has to be mixed carefully. Separate mixing equipment is often too expensive, but agitation can take over this job.
- Distribution of moisture: It might happen that the input mixture is too wet or becomes too wet due to high precipitation. All water not bound for surface moistening of the solid particles will remain in the free space between the particles. Sooner or later this excess water follows the way of gravity down to the bottom of the windrow or vessel. Agitation will redistribute the excess moisture allowing to use the "too much" of water from the bottom zone for remoistening of the surface zones. During the composting process water is evaporated from the compost material because of high process temperatures. This water has to be replaced by irrigation. Homogeneous distribution of moisture can be only achieved by agitation during irrigation.
To have a complete picture we now want to have a look at the real demand for agitation. Obviously agitation is good for the process, but how much? Shall we agitate as often as possible? No! Too much agitation can also have a negative effect on the process and will cause unnecessary operation costs too. The right answer is: As often as necessary.
As discussed above the demand for agitation is created by the need for maintaining the free air space in compost material. It is also well known that the microbiological activity as well as the biological degradation is higher at begin of the process and decreases towards its end. Compaction takes place much faster in the phase of high biological activity. Therefore also the demand for agitation is not constant over the whole processing time. There is a higher demand at begin of the process than at its end. From this point of view technologies with fix agitation frequency do not allow an optimal processing. Also continuous agitation, like practiced in dynamic composting systems, will not allow an adaption of the agitation frequency to the demand. Only systems with flexible agitation frequency, like many semi dynamic technologies, will give us the opportunity to agitate as often as needed.
When it comes to the point to decide, which composting system is suitable for the project, it is necessary to have a look at the agitation system. Static systems without frequent agitation will miss one very important possibility for process control. Dynamic systems do offer this possibility, but it's worth to have a look at it in detail. The optimal system will offer you to decide, when and how often to agitate … to get the microorganisms working.


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By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected and hit a three-month low last week, a sign of strength in a labor market that has been hobbled by severe weather.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 26,000 to a seasonally adjusted 323,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. That was the lowest level since the end of November and the drop more than unwound the prior week's rise.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast first-time applications for jobless benefits falling to 338,000 in the week ended March 1.
The four-week moving average for new claims, considered a better measure of underlying labor market conditions as it irons out week-to-week volatility, slipped 2,000 to 336,500.
The dollar extended gains versus the yen on the data. Prices for U.S. Treasury debt were little changed.
The claims data has no bearing on Friday's employment report for February as it falls outside the reference period for the survey. While unseasonably cold weather has dampened hiring in recent months, the drop in new filings for jobless benefits suggests labor market fundamentals remain strong.
Nonfarm payrolls are forecast to have increased by 150,000 jobs in February, according to a Reuters survey of economists, up from the weather-depressed gains of 113,000 in January and 75,000 in December.
The claims report showed the number of people still receiving benefits after an initial week of aid fell 8,000 to 2.91 million in the week ended February 22. That was the lowest level since December.
A second report from the department suggested businesses would probably need to step up hiring to maintain output, after productivity in the fourth quarter was revised down sharply.
Productivity rose at a 1.8 percent annual rate instead of the previously reported 3.2 percent pace. Productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, increased at a 3.5 percent pace in the third quarter.
Economists had expected fourth-quarter productivity would be revised down to a 2.5 percent rate. Part of the weakness in productivity reflects sluggish economic growth.
The government last week cut its estimate of fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth to an annual pace of 2.4 percent from the previously estimated 3.2 percent rate.
For all of 2013, productivity increased 0.5 percent rather than 0.6 percent. That was the smallest gain since 1993 and compared to a 1.5 percent rise in 2012.
Unit labor costs – a gauge of the labor-related cost for any given unit of output – fell at a revised 0.1 percent rate in the fourth quarter, still showing weak wage-related inflation pressures in the economy. They had previously been reported to have dropped at a 1.6 percent rate.
Unit labor costs declined at a 2.1 percent rate in the third quarter. They were up 1.1 percent in 2013, the weakest reading since 2010.
(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Andrea Ricci)


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Summer Scents
When all the girls in high school were leaving clouds of heavy floral perfume in their wake, I was dabbing on a musk, patchouli or vanilla based fragrance. Even years later, a small list of scents make the cut; none which are the "trendy" overly floral fragrances that are marketed to the masses. I prefer something unique. Thanks to the HBA Global Expo, I bumped into the Spadaro collection of fragrances, which are literally, a breathe of fresh air. Immediately I was drawn to their packaging as I am definitely an "art school" girl at heart. Sweet red boxes house Italian glass bottles adorned with a unique bronze pattern for every fragrance. Each bottle is more bathroom display worthy than the next. The scents are warm and inviting and reminiscent of patchouli, almonds, vanilla, honey, grapefruit, white pepper, sandalwood and even paprika.I tried all three fragrances last week but one stayed on my mind: Doux Amour. It's romance in a bottle and will make a great holiday gift suggestion for my fiancé who is always on the hunt for a good gift to give. If you're searching for a new signature fragrance, I'd highly suggest giving the Spadaro fragrances a try. They even have a sweet trio trial pack for just $10 HERE which is what I used to test them out last week. My trio of bottles above; you'll notice that Doux Amour was most used! Let me know if any of you give it a try and which is your favorite.


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PEN World Voices Festival
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In the mid-2000s, then PEN President Salman Rushdie and his colleagues were disturbed by what they saw as a rift between the United States and the rest of the world. Americans were ignoring outside views, they felt, and the world was shutting out American voices and perspectives.
The PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, back for its eighth year from April 30 through May 6, was created to encourage the exchange of ideas between the United States and other countries, and to further PEN's (the acronym stands for "poets, playwrights, essayists, editors and novelists") mission of promoting free expression and human rights. As a famously literary city, an enclave of diversity and a hotbed of creativity, New York is an ideal host for the event and has been its home from the start. (Read nycgo.com's interview with Rushdie—conducted in 2010—for more on the festival's origins and impact.)
In pursuit of a less lofty—but nevertheless laudable—kind of free expression, many of the week's events cost nothing to attend (on the other end of the scale is the PEN Literary Gala, which will set you back $1,000). Read on for day-by-day highlights and check pen.org for details and a full schedule. —Jonathan Zeller
Monday, April 30
Tribute to Christopher Hitchens
6:30pm; Jerome L. Greene Performance Space; $20, $15 for PEN members and students with valid ID
Ian Buruma moderates a discussion about the life and work of the God Is Not Great author.
A Clockwork Orange Operetta (US Premiere)
10pm; The Standard; $75 for PEN members (includes drinks)
Anthony Burgess, author of the novel A Clockwork Orange, wrote lyrics for an operetta version. Composer Kevin Malone has set it to music.
Tuesday, May 1
Revolutionary Plays Since 2000: The Future of Political Theater
2pm; Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, CUNY Graduate Center; free
Mike Daisey—whose one-man show The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs generated debate first over working conditions at factories that produce Apple products and then over Daisey's merging of fact with fiction—moderates this event.
Wednesday, May 2
Lunchtime Literary Conversations: Eugène Nicole and Lila Azam Zanganeh
12:30pm; La Maison Française at New York University; free
The two novelists speak and read new work on Washington Mews, one of the City's most picturesque streets.
TimesTalks: Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood and EL Doctorow
6:30pm; TheTimesCenter; $30
The New York Times film critic A.O. Scott moderates a discussion with authors whose essays will appear in the newspaper during the week of this event.
A Reporter's Perspective on War
7pm; Brooklyn Public Library, Central Branch; free
Polish writer Wojceich Jagielski shares his experiences reporting on the toll of armed conflict.
Opening Night—The Kronos Quartet: Exit Strategies
7pm; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; $30, $20 for PEN members and students with valid ID
Writers Tony Kushner, Marjane Satrapi and Rula Jebreal collaborate with the acclaimed string quartet.
Thursday, May 3
Fame and the Writer
1pm; NYU's Deutsches Haus; free, but reservations are required
European scribes talk about the ups and downs of life under the microscope.
Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis and Poulet aux Prunes (Chicken with Plums)
4:30pm and 8pm; The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA); $12, $10 for seniors, $8 for students with valid ID
At two separate events, MoMA screens Satrapi's first film, Persepolis, and her new movie, Poulet aux Prunes. The filmmaker will participate in a discussion after the second screening.
The New Censorship
6pm; Bowery Poetry Club; free
Authors talk about the implications of proposed antipiracy legislation.
Translation Slam
8pm; Bowery Poetry Club; $10, $5 for PEN members and students with valid ID
Laurie Sheck headlines what PEN bills as a "duel to the translation death." It's bound to be interesting.
Friday, May 4
John Cage: How to Get Started
11am–9pm; Symphony Space; $15–$30, $12–$25 for PEN and Symphony Space members, $10–17 for students with valid ID
This collaborative improvisational-performance event unites audience members with notable authors, weaving their spontaneous monologues into one unique work of art. Visit pen.org for details.
Go the F**k to Sleep: A Translation Event
6pm; Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, Cooper Union; $10, $8 for PEN members and students with valid ID
Adam Mansbach and Ricardo Cortés wrote a "kids' book" that's more for exasperated parents, with an appropriately salty title. This panel explores the challenge of translating expletives.
A Literary Safari
6:30pm; Westbeth Center for the Arts; $15, $10 for PEN members and students with valid ID
Devoid of wild animals, this event instead gives participants a look at Westbeth Center for the Arts Housing, the long-running NYC artist community. Festivities include readings and cocktails.
In Conversation: Ludmila Ulitskaya
8pm; Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, Cooper Union; $15, $10 for PEN members and students with valid ID
The author reads passages from her long correspondence with Russian oligarch and political prisoner Mikhail Khordorkovsky and talks about current political conditions in the country.
Saturday, May 5
Life in the Panopticon: Thoughts on Freedom in an Era of Pervasive Surveillance
1pm; Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, Cooper Union; $15, $10 for PEN members and students with valid ID
Representatives from the Cato Institute and the American Civil Liberties Union, among others, discuss the challenges posed by modern surveillance technology.
In Conversation: Brian Selznick
3pm; The School of Writing at The New School; $15, $10 for PEN members and students with valid ID
The author and illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret talks about what separates books for children from adult literature.
Steve Bell Goes to America
5pm; The School of Writing at The New School; $15, $10 for PEN members and students with valid ID
The British political cartoonist, who spent three decades picking apart his own countries' leaders, takes on the 2012 US presidential election.
Dialogue Series: Tony Kushner on Politics as Story, with Paul Auster
6pm; Tishman Auditorium, The New School; $15, $10 for PEN members and students with valid ID
The Pulitzer Prize–winning Angels in America author shares his thoughts about writing on politics.
Sunday, May 6
A Place Out of Time: Gregor von Rezzori's Bukovina Trilogy
1pm; Museum of Jewish Heritage; $15, $10 for PEN members and students with valid ID
Active writers examine the work of the late Gregor von Rezzori.
Occupy a New Debate
1pm; Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, Cooper Union; $15, $10 for PEN members and students with valid ID
The founders of Occupy! Gazette talk about the Occupy Wall Street movement and the conversation surrounding it.
In Conversation: Stéphane Hessel and Edgar Morin, with Laurie Anderson
3pm; Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, Cooper Union; $15, $10 for PEN members and students with valid ID
Stéphane Hessel—who endured the horror of a Nazi concentration camp—and philosopher Edgar Morin discuss Le chemin de l'espérance, their new work.
Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Salman Rushdie
5pm; Cooper Union, Great Hall; $15, $10 for PEN members and students with valid ID
Rushdie shares his thoughts on censorship, and then novelist Gary Shteyngart manages a free-flowing Q&A session.


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There is hope for people sad to see part of the Bogue Inlet Pier at Emerald Isle collapsed during Hurricane Irene.
Mike Stanley, who owns the pier says, they plan to rebuild.
"We will hopefully be able to rebuild it quickly provided we can get through all of the red tape associated with coastal construction," posts Mike Stanley on the pier's website.
Stanley says 200 feet of the pier collapsed, just past the 5th shelter. The fish cleaning table at the end is gone.
Photos that viewers put on Carolina Camera at witn.com show a considerable chunk of the end of the pier collapsed into the ocean early Saturday morning as Irene approached the shore.
Business owners told WITN earlier this week they feared the pier might collapse and the economic impact that would have on the area.
This pier was saved a few years ago from being closed down in order to develop the area. People from across the area and the state signed a petition to protect the pier.
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Fair Board Holds Open House For New Building
(Le Mars) -- Nearly 200 people attended the open house hosted by the Plymouth County Fairboard last evening as the fairboard showcased their newly constructed livestock pavillion facility. The fairboard served pork burgers and hamburgers to the gathering. Many people were overheard sharing compliments of the new 150 foot by 100 foot E-P-S building built by Sitzmann Construction of Le Mars. Despite the hot temperatures, attendees noticed the air movement within the facility. Fairboard President Tony Schroeder welcomed the crowd and discussed why the decision was made to construct a new facility.
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Can Gowalla 3 Put Foursquare in Check?
Check-in service Gowalla was always prettier than mobile social network leader FourSquare, but it still could never catch up with its rival. Its new version, Gowalla 3, could change that: It allows users to easily check in on multiple social networks and track friends across them. Goodbye, check-in fatigue; hello competition.


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Sure, the San Antonio Spurs won the basketball finals. But LeBron James, Tony Parker, and Dwyane Wade? They're all style MVPs. Follow their lead and outfit every occasion like a baller.
Heading to a Wedding?
Mimic LeBron's suit game. Offset impeccable tailoring with a bold watch and sunglasses.
Manning the Grill?
Cop Tony Parker's off-duty look. Dark jeans with an untucked button-front, sleeves rolled to the elbow.
Off to Work?
Do your best Dwyane Wade: suits for client meetings. Narrow-leg jeans and sport coats for casual Friday.
Style every occasion with inspiration from these pro ballers. Our Style Playoffs: Pro Basketball's Best Dressed Boutique opens Tuesday, June 17, at 11AM ET.
By Chrissy Makkas, Staff Writer
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