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The U.S. dollar (USD) (also known as the Greenback or Buck[1]) is the official currency used in the United States of America. 85% of all currency transactions across the world involve the US dollar. It is the world's primary reserve currency and 25 different currencies are pegged to the US dollar.
The dollar's value refers to the purchasing power of the dollar versus other currencies, or the exchange rate between the two currencies. When the dollar is strong, foreign goods are relatively less expensive. This can benefit businesses that import raw materials or manufactured goods into the United states, such as Wal-Mart Stores (WMT). A weakening dollar benefits companies with foreign competitors, such as US Steel (X), as their competitors' goods become more expensive. A weakening dollar can also lead to rising interest rates, as investors require higher rates to compensate for the added currency risk. Higher interest rates, in turn, have significant consequences for the housing market and business investment in general. A strong dollar means lower oil prices, as the US purchase much of its oil abroad. As the dollar weakens oil producers charge more to protect their margins.
The chart at left shows the exchange rate between the US Dollar and the Euro (EUR) - specifically, this chart is the number of Dollars per 1 Euro.
Trade deficits lead to a net outflow of a country's currency. Countries on the other side of the transaction will typically sell the importing country's currency on the open market. As supply of the country's currency increases in the global market the currency depreciates. As a net importer, the US has seen its trade deficit grow rapidly. This trade deficit weakens the US dollar relative to other currencies since forein goods are denominated in foreign currency, thus demand for foreign goods increases the demand for foreign currency and decreases the demand for US dollars. This causes the US dollar to depreciate.[2]
When a country's government spends more than it earns from taxes or other sources of revenues, it is forced to borrow from its citizens and/or from foreign entities. As a country's debt load increases, the value of its currency may decrease as result of fears within the international community over its ability to repay the debt. In addition, by borrowing money from foreign countries, the US increases the demand for foreign currency in exchange for US Bonds. This lowers the relative value of the dollar.[3]
Countries like Japan and China are large purchasers of US debt. China in particular has exhibited a voracious appetite for US debt. Its rapidly growing economy is heavily dependent on exports, and the US is one of its largest trading partners. In any given year, the US imports much more from China than it exports to China. As a result there is a net flow of dollars to China. Normally, one might expect China to sell these dollars on the global market, causing the dollar to weaken. Instead China reinvests its dollars in US debt. In doing so, China strengthens the US dollar and limits the appreciation of its own currency. As a result Chinese exports remain cheap to American consumers.
However, due to large deficits many countries, China, Russia and India in particular, have begun to reconsider diversifying their reserves to protect themselves from a devaluation of the US Dollar. The decision of these large countries to shift increasingly towards Gold as a reserve currency greatly decreases the demand for US Dollars and weakens the USD.[4]
The level of technology and production which a country has relative to other countries alters the exchange rates. Countries which are able to produce relatively well and/or have high levels of technology increase the demand for domestic investment and domestic goods. This rise in demand for both capital and goods strengthens the currency and the exchange rate. Thus, when the US is seen as a technological and production leader, high investment and purchasing rates keeps the US dollar relatively strong.[5]
The most active USD trading hours are from London's opening market hours (2:00AM ET / 6:00 GMT) due to London's strength in international markets and the typical time of release for U.S. Economic news (8:30AM ET/ 12:30 GMT).[1]
Because the US Dollar is used more extensively in the United States, the US economy has a particular effect on the dollar. The demand and breakdown of goods in the United States effects the demand for the dollar and so its relative value.
The market and the US Dollar are particularly effected by each of the following economic activities to varying degrees:
The U.S. Federal Reserve is the U.S. central bank responsible for determining what is arguably the most important variable defining forex trends and currency values: the main interest rate. Established in 1907 in response to a particularly severe banking crisis with bankruns and many failures, the institution was further strengthened with successive legislations, and made independent in 1913, and as such, its decisions do not need the approval of the Congress, the President, or any other authority. After the U.S. abandoned the gold standard in 1971, it acquired even greater influence and power under the successive administrations of Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan.
The Federal Reserve sets its main rate during meeting of the FOMC which are always anticipated with great excitement by market participants and the news media.
As part of the fractional reserve system, banks are required by law to hold a percentage amount as a deposit with the Federal Reserve to ensure liquidity in the system, and as an implicit sign that they are solvent. The Fed's main rate, the Fed Funds Rate, is the interest rate at which banks are expected to trade these deposits among themselves. This is also the main rate which markets devote great attention to, since it is the cheapest money in the economy in terms of interest rates. The lower it is, the easier it is to pay loans, and the greater risk tolerance of borrowers.
The reserve requirement is another way of controlling the amount of credit available to the private sector. It is a somewhat more blunt tool in comparison to open-market operations, since it influences many financial institutions at the same time. As such it is used less often than the main tool and when used it is for purposes other than the management of liquidity.


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(1949 Rev., S. 7471; 1958 Rev., S. 31-198; 1961, P.A. 491, S. 57; P.A. 77-614, S. 163, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 208, 348.)
History: 1961 act entirely replaced previous provisions; P.A. 77-614 placed insurance commissioner within the department of business regulation and made insurance department a division within that department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 restored insurance division as independent department with commissioner as its head and deleted reference to abolished business regulation department.


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MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities may never know why a south Alabama man killed a school bus driver and held a little boy hostage for six days in an underground bunker, a prosecutor said Friday.
Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, wanted to go on live television to make a statement, said District Attorney Kirke Adams, but he never told negotiators exactly what he wanted to say.
"He never let on what his message was going to be," Adams said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Dykes never clearly stated a motive for his actions, Adams said, but the man was due in court the day after the standoff began for a hearing on a menacing case filed in December after he allegedly fired a gun at neighbors.
Still, Adams said, officials aren't sure even the menacing charge was the reason for the standoff.
"We had no contact with him since his arrest before this happened," Adams said.
Neighbors said Dykes often went on rants against the government. A longtime acquaintance, Roger Arnold, said Dykes believed the government used electronic shocks to control the racing dogs at a track he frequented.
Authorities said Dykes fatally shot bus driver Charles Albert Poland Jr., 66, and grabbed a boy identified only as Ethan off the bus, retreating to a handmade underground bunker where he held the child for six days.
Dykes died of what the coroner said were multiple gunshot wounds during an exchange of gunfire with FBI hostage rescuers on Monday. The now-6-year-old boy is safe and back with his family after the ordeal.
Authorities still on the scene of the standoff Friday were digging around Dykes' rural bunker, located at the edge of a farm field. Aerial photos taken by The Associated Press showed workers had partially excavated the small shelter, which neighbors said was made of plywood and lumber lined with masonry blocks.
The FBI said after the raid that Dykes had planted one explosive artifact in a ventilation pipe used by negotiators to communicate with him in his bunker. The agency said a second device was found in the roughly 6-by-8-foot bunker. Both were safely removed.
Concrete-block steps led up to the shelter's hatch-type door, which was open. Authorities also were digging around the opening of a steel shipping container that neighbors said Dykes used for storage on his 1.5-acre tract near Midland City.
An FBI spokesman said workers had to stabilize the walls of the bunker for the safety of agents working to gather evidence and clean out its contents.
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Trained as a sculptor, Leo Villareal has been working with light and computer code for more than a decade, creating commanding installations, sculptures, and public projects that are at once enchanting and disorienting. His kinetic works are composed of white or multicolored incandescent, strobe, neon, or LED lights, whose pulsing, flickering, and fading is controlled by computer code that he writes himself. Fascinated by the capability of mathematically defined systems to generate unpredictable sequences, and deeply influenced by Dan Flavin and the systems-based theories of British mathematician John Conway, Villareal plays with our inclination to find patterns in randomness. Claiming that his works are portraits of Conway's rules, Villareal programs his lights to pulse in non-repeating sequences that simultaneously defy and suggest order. They also suggest natural phenomena—heaving across a rectangular ground like waves, twinkling like stars, or glowing like a setting sun.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Hugo Chavez possibly in his last days, the United States sees the possibility of a long-sought reset in relations with Venezuela.
Chavez recently underwent his fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba and there is wide speculation that the 58-year-old — at the very least — will never again be able to govern. His allies have postponed his inauguration for a new presidential term, originally scheduled for Thursday, prompting a fierce battle with the Venezuelan opposition, which argues such a delay is unconstitutional.
The Obama administration is steering clear of the legal debate. But it is nevertheless looking to the likely end of Chavez's 14-year rule, during which he championed a Latin America free of American influence and built alliances with U.S. foes across the globe such as Iran and Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, destroying anti-drug and counterterrorism ties with Washington along the way.
"Regardless of what happens politically in Venezuela, if the Venezuelan government and if the Venezuelan people want to move forward with us, we think there is a path that's possible," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Wednesday.
"It is just going to take two to tango," Nuland told reporters. "It's going to take action on the Venezuelan side as well as our willingness in order to improve relations."
Chavez hasn't spoken publicly in a month and while American officials don't know his exact condition, they believe he may be near death or a state of incapacity. Venezuela's government has kept Chavez's health a closely guarded secret.
If either scenario plays out, there is little to suggest Chavez's followers would seek to roll back his idiosyncratic — and often anti-American — vision of a Bolivarian socialist revolution. Still, the Obama administration is stepping up its outreach to the country's next likely leaders, convinced it can find some areas of future cooperation with the firebrand populist out of the way.
Roberta Jacobson, the top American diplomat for Latin America, spoke by telephone with Vice President Nicolas Maduro in November and discussed ways of improving ties on such issues as fighting drug cartels to terrorism. Chavez hand-picked Maduro to run for president if he is unable any longer to govern.
U.S. diplomat Kevin Whitaker also has been in regular contact with Roy Chaderton, Venezuela's ambassador to the Organization of American States in Washington.
Washington's goal is a pragmatic relationship with Chavez's successors, even as the two countries will likely have much to continue disagreeing over.
The approach is somewhat akin to the one President Barack Obama adopted with Russia after taking office four years ago, hoping to eliminate the distrust that built up during George W. Bush's presidency by re-establishing cooperation on issues such as Afghanistan and nuclear non-proliferation, while acknowledging that Moscow and Washington won't necessarily agree on democracy and the rule of law. The "reset" in ties with the Kremlin has stalled amid sharp U.S.-Russian disputes over missile defense plans and Syria's civil war, but the administration still fiercely defends its merits.
With Venezuela, the U.S. is hoping to start with stronger counter-narcotics coordination, a challenge given that the Venezuelan government includes officials subject to U.S. drug "kingpin" sanctions. Other American priorities include energy cooperation and stronger enforcement of sanctions against Iran. The U.S. also fears Iranian efforts to use Venezuela as a base for terrorist or other activity in the Western Hemisphere against American interests.
Maduro and other insiders in Chavez's government also seek rapprochement, but want to start with the first exchange of ambassadors between the two countries since 2010. The U.S. Embassy in Caracas has been without a top envoy since Chavez rejected Obama's nominee and accused him of making disrespectful remarks about Venezuela's government. That led Washington to revoke the visa of Venezuela's ambassador.
Speaking last week, Maduro stressed that the U.S. and Venezuela have "great ideological and political differences." But he held out the possibility of normalized relations based on mutual respect.
Despite Chavez's tirades against the U.S. and what he sees as its attempts to bring down his government, and U.S. criticism of Venezuela's lax efforts against drug traffickers, the two countries have maintained economic relations. The U.S. gets about 10 percent of its oil from Venezuela and remains the Latin American country's top purchaser.


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To hasten inspections of out-of-state shipments of honeybees vital for pollination of the state's almond crop in 2006, the California Department of Food and Agriculture has adopted a voluntary, pilot certification plan.
Revealed at a recent seminar by the Almond Board of California (ABC) at Modesto, the plan is a modification of the effort to exclude entry of bee colonies contaminated with red imported fire ants (RIFA) and noxious weeds at California border stations.
RIFA, a serious threat to humans, agriculture, structures, and landscaping, are a target of detection and eradication in the state.
Under the new pilot scheme, if shipments have certification from a regulatory official in the state of origin, they are subject to less stringent border and destination inspections.
Certified shipments must meet a tolerance of five or less RIFA to avoid rejection at the border. The certification also allows those found to be pest free to be delivered to their destination without waiting for clearance from the county agricultural commissioner.
The pilot plan will be evaluated, with input from almond growers and beekeepers, at the end of the 2006 pollination period for a decision on whether to continue it, terminate it, or make changes.
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Out-of-state shipments of colonies without certification are inspected twice, once in a cursory check at the border and later with a more detailed examination at their destination by county officials.
CDFA enforces a zero-tolerance policy of detaining or denying access to colonies when a single worker RIFA is found in a non-certified shipment. During 2004, of some 2,400 shipments into the state, about a fourth of them entering at Truckee, 30 were delayed or rejected at border stations.
While the number of rejects is relatively low, out-of-state beekeepers have been discouraged by the threat of bringing in shipments only to be turned away when a single ant is found. They also argue that this only limits the supply of colonies available to growers and that worker ants cannot reproduce.
Shipments into the state began in October in preparation for the almond pollination period during February and March. Fifteen shipments were rejected or delayed in 2005 before the new plan went into effect.
Although the plan is not mandatory and certification is not necessary for pest-free bee shipments to enter California, CDFA officials are encouraging out-of-state beekeepers to have their bee colonies inspected and certified to avoid delays.
A product of a working group of beekeepers, growers, and CDFA specialists, the plan has been approved by CDFA's pest exclusion branch and has been circulated to all county agricultural commissioners in the state. It was modeled after the state apiary certification program of Texas and includes elements from related practices in Louisiana and other states.
The certification plan, said Chris Heintz, the ABC's director of production research and environmental affairs, at the seminar, "reduces the risk of delays or denials to out-of-state beekeepers in transporting their hives as well as provides added security that almond growers will receive the pollination services that are needed to produce the number one agricultural export in California."
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The California almond industry says it needs an estimated two-thirds of the nation's available honeybee supply during pollination and the requirement swells with every new acre planted in the state. Meanwhile, the supply of healthy pollinators has been challenged by Varroa mites, disease, and, until the new plan was implemented, California border restrictions. Bearing almond acreage for 2005 was estimated at 550,000.
"We need to pull our best minds together and identify some short- and long-term answers and get sufficient numbers of healthy bees to California to pollinate the almond crop," said another speaker at the Modesto seminar, Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, a USDA bee pollination researcher in Arizona.
Bee outlook better
Gene Brandi, veteran Los Banos beekeeper and member of CDFA's Bee Task Force, said early prospects for the availability of bees for 2006 almond pollination are improved over 2005.
"A lot of out-of-state beekeepers who've never brought colonies to California before are coming or strongly considering it. Most have been lured by the high contract prices of $125 to $150 per colony. It's supply and demand in its purest form, and that's drawing people who otherwise wouldn't have thought about it."
Those prices are up from the ranges of $80 to $100 in 2005 and $55-$60 in 2004, and they also reflect higher transportation costs to move colonies.
For mature almond orchards, most growers place two colonies per acre, although some use up to three for insurance.
Brandi said California needs between 1.1 million and 1.2 million colonies. According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, there are 2.4 million to 2.5 million commercially managed colonies in the nation. Not all are suited for movement to California, but the majority is.
But, he added, after typical "winter losses" to Varroa mite, pesticides, and disease across the county, the true percentage of colonies surviving until February remains to be seen. Brandi said he's had some losses in his own operation but not as many as last season.
The importance of honeybees to California agriculture extends beyond the $2.5 billion almond industry, and according to Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist at the University of California, Davis, pollination of $4.4 billion worth of the state's crops depends on them.
CDFA inspectors at border stations continue to check exterior colonies and pallets for "hitchhiking" RIFA, noxious weeds, or any other significant pests in dirt or debris. If any pests are found on uncertified shipments or more than five worker ants are found on certified shipments, the colonies and pallets must be cleaned before entering the state.
If no pests are detected at the border, shipments are put under a quarantine hold notice and allowed to proceed to their destination, where they are subject to inspection by the county agricultural department.
Drivers must provide county authorities with the exact physical address of the destination.
CDFA is working to exclude and eradicate RIFA because they are a threat to human health, as well as agriculture, property, and landscaping. The reddish-brown ants, about 1/16- to ?-inch long, are aggressive and swarm anything that disturbs them. They anchor themselves with their mouthparts and sting repeatedly. Ten to 20 painful stings per attack are common.
They also feed on germinating seeds and damage crops and they can damage structures, electrical equipment, gardens, and landscaping plants.
They can be found where there is moisture and good drainage, typically on lawns, at the bases of tree trunks, along lawn curbing, and in bedding plants. They create mounds of fine-textured soil, ranging in size from a golf ball to a basketball.
According to CDFA officials, RIFA have been detected and eradicated in the state as far north as Sacramento County. They are currently treating infestations or monitoring recent eradication sites in Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, and Madera counties as well.
When an infestation is found, CDFA and county agricultural officials typically place a hold order on any infested property to prohibit movement of soil from the site. Infestations are treated with registered insecticidal bait three or four times over a season to kill infesting colonies.
John Hooper, program director for CDFA's pest detection and emergency projects branch, called on almond growers to report any suspected RIFA infestations in their orchards. "Surveying the state for the presence of these ants is an impossible task for our workforce. We rely on residents to notify us of large numbers of aggressive ants or suspicious mounds that may house these pests."
CDFA officials say growers should actively and regularly search for RIFA on their land and report any suspected RIFA sightings to their county agricultural commissioner's office. They should also strive to obtain bees from RIFA-free sources.
The greatest number of honeybee shipments entering California in 2004 was from North Dakota with 464.


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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27115A BROWSER based on the open source browser Firefox, called Flock, has just been released and claims to give a taste of what life would be like under Web 2.
The browser was developed in California by a small team spearheaded by Bart Decrem, who is known for his failed attempts in the Linux field and being a big cheese in the Mozzarella Foundation.
Flock claims to integrate next-generation Web technologies such as RSS content feeds, blogs and bookmark and photo sharing.
The preview, or V0.5, can do a lot of things that Fireferret cant. It has a lot of automated controls and there is no need to move your favourite sites into folders to manage and manage them. You can also add tags to favorites at the touch of a button.
Flock comes with a built in open source search engine, called Clucene. When you visit a webpage indexes all the content on that page so you can find it later. It can be wiped when you are finished so that you still have some privacy. You can have multiple favorites toolbars and switch between them.
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Louisville moves on to Elite Eight with win over Oregon
Louisville moves on to Elite Eight with win over Oregon
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
The University of Louisville is going back to the Elite Eight after a 77-69 win over Oregon.
Louisville's Russ Smith led all players with 31 points.
Kevin Ware and Gorgui Dieng both scored in double-digits with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Dieng also led the Cards in steals and blocks.
The No. 1 overall seeded Cards played the No. 12 seeded Oregon Ducks at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
It's the same place the Cards played in the Sweet 16 four years ago.


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New cheapie - relatively - pocket knife arrived today courtesy of Walmart: CRKT M21-02G, designed by Kit Carson. Been wanting something a little shorter than my Kershaw NRG2, which I really love.
Kind of digging the CRKT, although the deployment will take a little getting used to (I love flippers, but this little guy feels very different from the Kershaw), and the Auto Lawks feature, which is designed to prevent the liner lock from failing, is kind of a pain in the ass - which is horribly ironic, since it was one of the features that attracted me to this little guy in the first place. Cannot close it with one hand, and even with two it's awkward. Again, just something to get used to. On the whole, though, I really like this knife.
I still have a lot of KAS, though. Coming from NYC, never being able to carry a knife has always irritated me. It is not at all a macho thing - I am pretty much teh anti-macho. But for utility, I have about a billion little uses a day for a quickly accessible blade. Unfortunately, I may have just moved to the one city on the planet that is more vague and confusing - purposely - than NYC on the question of what is/is not legal to carry: Philly. Most of PA is just fine with folding pocket knives, especially if they're not of the assisted opening type (none of my knives is). Not being the type to tempt fate, I just don't carry anything at all in public. Annoying. The one blade I covet most is the little Fallkniven U2, with a blade not much over 2". I just never seem to have $90 handy for a tiny knife. When that moment comes, however, I probably will carry it with me - thinking a barely >2" guy will not look menacing to The Man should I ever have an encounter.
Any of you guitar types have a favorite EDC knife?
I also want a Kershaw Skyline. I like teh Kershaw flippers.
Hey, look at that! I said "guitar!"


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Gluing your finished jigsaw puzzle is a great way to save your finished work and display a work of art that you can be proud of for years to come. Today, we'll show you how to do it yourself!
- It transforms puzzle into one seamless piece!
- It showcases your long hours of dedicated work!
- It provides a topic of conversation for those inclined to do so.
- It creates, a brand new, original piece of art, right there, in your own home.
- Gluing jigsaw puzzles is fun and very affordable and very easy to do.
Ready to Get Started Gluing your Jigsaw Puzzles?
First things first, pick a puzzle… any puzzle! Actually, pick out a puzzle that you enjoy looking at time and time again! Your choices are endless. A larger puzzles, something around 750 to 1000 pieces is great for a framed wall piece – but you can do the same thing with smaller 100 to 500 piece puzzles too!
We like panoramic images for framing and display – so we picked Songbirds, a 750 piece puzzle from Buffalo Games as an example.
So, let's get started.
Gluing your puzzle is easy! Here's our quick tip sheet on how to do it!
Start by completing one of your favorite puzzles. Smooth it out and make sure that all the pieces fit together nicely!
Next, get some wax or parchment paper and carefully slide it under your completed puzzle. (Make sure to leave an extra inch or so all the way around.) A second set of hands can be helpful to hold the puzzle in place while you work the wax paper underneath. (The whole point of this maneuver is to protect your table from excess glue that may or may not seep through the puzzle piece cracks!)
Click here for information on how to frame a jigsaw puzzle.
Now you're saying, "How can I hang my puzzle on the wall?"
We generally recommend you find a locally Hobby Lobby, or a similar craft store, and ask them to do a "Dry Mounting" Basically they use a special piece of backer board that has heat sensitive adhesive that will glue your puzzle to the board instantly. Our local store only charges $12-15 to mount a 1000 piece puzzle.
Do it Yourself. What you'll need:
Time to Hang It Up! There are two methods you can use to hang your puzzle.
(Can be done after the puzzle has already been mounted to the board)
You can purchase 3M Picture hanging strips from us or from Home Depot. (These are in fact what we use to hang all the puzzles in our retail store.) One package will suffice for a 1000 piece puzzle or less. Because they are Velcro you can easily reposition them to get it level and you don't have to put holes in your wall. You can see why we use this method.
(Must be done before the puzzle is mounted to the board)
You can purchase 20 gauge craft wire from your local hobby store and make a traditional wire hanger with your board. Start by cutting or punching two (very small) holes: one on each side of the board, a few inches from the edge and roughly halfway down from the top!Using a thin wire push it through one hole and run it with some slack down to the other hole and back out. (You are making a traditional picture frame wire mount.)
The Finished Product!
FAQs and Tips
Do we have to use Glue?
That is a common question. Gluing jigsaw puzzles is not for everyone! Many people just don't like glue! It can be a mess to deal with, if you are not careful! A company called Buffalo Games invented something called Puzzle Presto which is essentially contact paper made for jigsaw puzzles.You'll need to "flip" your puzzle, which goes a lot easier with a second pair of hands. One tip is to slide it onto a large piece of cardboard, and then place another large piece of cardboard on top (use parchment paper between the front of the puzzle and the cardboard to protect it if you want.) Hold the two pieces together tightly and flip it over. Removed the top piece of cardboard and voila! The puzzle is flipped! Once you have it flipped it is very easy to apply the Puzzle Presto.
Can I just use regular contact paper?
We would definitely NOT recommend it since regular contact paper is very sticky and unforgiving! If you "goof-up" you will have a hard time trying to pull it up to re-position it. We think that gluing jigsaw puzzles is a great way to keep and display that favorite puzzle of yours!
If the edges curl up somewhat after the glue has dried, try turning the puzzle over and brushing a coat of glue on the back side of the pieces. When this dries, it will usually pull itself flat again. Alternatively, if the entire puzzle is dry, you can cover the surface and place underneath any weighted flat object that is bigger than puzzle. After a day or so being pressed, it should stay flat.
Can I glue any type of puzzle?
Avoid using glue at all on metallic puzzle or puzzles that have high quality finishing (glossy, lenticular, glitter etc.) For these, we recommend using Puzzle Presto by Buffalo Games. This is an adhesive paper that is applied to the back of the puzzle and holds it together in preparation for mounting.


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I want to be optimistic about this because ED is one of my favorite games. But then I remember everything SK made in their last... what, 10 years?... was awful and that they're historically pretty atrocious with money. Hmm.
"Since we announced this Kickstarter campaign we have seen more support from our community than we had ever hoped for," Precursor Games wrote in a notice on the Shadow of the Eternals Kickstarter page.


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Dr. Steve Groskin will join Dr. Joe England and Nurse Practitioner Kathy Westall in the Jamestown Family Practice beginning in April.
Replacing Dr. Kyle Murray, who left two weeks ago to reside in New Hampshire,
Dr. Groskin comes to the island from Vermont, where he has had his own practice in Stowe for nine years. He has five grown children. His youngest daughter is a student at the Brown University Medical School.
Dr. Groskin is planning to rent on the island.
There is a member of the company for the Jamestown Community Theatre's production of "Yours, Anne" who has been involved with every musical presented by the JCT except three.
This is Janet Grant's 23rd production as the JCT's piano acompanist.
And though her involvement is always offstage, her theater regimen is probably stricter than the actors. They must learn their lines, but Janet spends as much if not more time studying the music.
Janet says the music for "Yours, Anne" by Michael Cohen "is very haunting and very, very beautiful. The more I hear it, the more I like it. People will love it."
She went on to say that "everyone in the play is very talented, their voices suited perfectly for the roles."
This production is the latest in a long run of music-related performances since Janet came to the island with her husband John in the spring of 1983 from San Diego. She is originally from Wyoming. She has a degree in music education but didn't start using it until 1989.
It was then that she began teaching piano out of her home on the island. Since then, many Jamestowners who studied under Janet have added the joy of music to their lives.
Soon after beginning her teaching, she became accompanist for the Jamestown Community Chorus and later also took on that job for the Jamestown Men's Chorus.
Janet joined the JCT in November of '91 in time for the company's third production, "Fiddler on the Roof." Other than the first two plays, the only other musical she missed was "A Christmas Carol" because that was accompanied by the play's composer.
During the winter and fall, she must accommodate the rehearsal nights of the JCC and the JCT.
In addition, Janet is music director for the Channing Church in Newport. Her husband told us that she also works informally with smaller groups. "An accompanist is what keeps them alive," he explained.
Janet said, "It's been fun, but also a lot of work. It's a big committment, but I've enjoyed being a part of it."
This latest JCT musical is based on the longtime best-seller "The Diary of Anne Frank," and tells of two families hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II.
"Yours, Anne" will be staged at the Central Baptist Church Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 4, at 4 p.m. Also, on Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10, and at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 11.
Tickets can be purchased at Baker's Pharmacy, the Secret Garden, Pleasant Surprise in Newport and Midnight Sun in Wickford.
The dress rehearsal on March 1 is free to seniors 65 and over. Tickets must be picked up at the Senior Center.
The JCT is also offering free tickets to students to encourage them to see the play. Their tickets must be picked up from Melissa Minto at the Teen Center.
It doesn't say much for us when the media goes bonkers over the death of a ditzy blonde with no talent. And the coverage will go on, and on, and on.
We told you last week that there were five fire department trainees moved up to active membership on Feb. 1. We received that information from the department's newsletter.
As it turned out, there were actually six. The sixth being our good friend Giovanni Castiglione.
Congratulations Gio!!
*** R.I.P. Jim Filkins. Your kindness will always be remembered.
A poser: Up in the morning, out on the job. . . .
Sunday is the Chinese New Year. It is the year of the pig.
Cats are up next, says Dr. Josua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic.
"Most dog owners are aware of the risks of heartworm disease. Transmitted by mosquitoes, these parasites infect the lungs and hearts of dogs and are very diffi- cult to treat. Fortunately, excellent protection is available in the form of monthly preventatives like Interceptor, Heartgard, or Revolution. Annual testing also helps catch the disease early if there is a breakdown in prevention."
"Recently, feline heartwormdisease has received more attention because it now appears that cats are more at risk than previously thought. Even indoor cats are at risk because one of the mosquitoes responsible for transmission is primarily an indoor insect. Your veterinarian will be better able to discuss a plan for protecting your feline companion to ensure everyone has as healthy, happy, and worm-free life but it appears that heartworm prevention for our cats is going to be the next step."
*** Cheer on, Chris!
An e-mail from Grandson Tom:
Hey, Whats up Gramp How are things? I miss you!!! Love, Tom
According to the Jamestown Warrior, art work created by kindergarten through fourth-graders at the Jamestown School will be shown at the Jamestown library this Saturday through March 1.
Jan Kraus is the teacher. Great job, guys!
Monday is Presidents' Day. We've never understood what that is exactly except for the store sales and it being the first day of the school winter vacation.
We used to have Washington's Birthday on the 22nd off and that seemed right because it is the birthday of our first president.
We guess we're suppose to tip our hat to all of them on Presidents' Day so as not to offend any of them.
Well, we've had sort of a personal relationship with one of them all our life. In years past, often when introduced to someone the person would say, "Oh, like the president." And we'd reply, well, almost. Phonetically anyway.
This has pretty much slowed down in recent years because most people who have gone to school in the past 30 years or so don't know who President James Monroe was because they no longer teach American history.
However, the presidential spelling seems to be the most popular derivative of the original clan spelling of Munro. And for a matter of accuracy, we have spent a good deal of our life correcting the spelling of our name. Over and over again.
The general public seems to prefer Monroe, Monro, and Munroe. Our name at the top of this column is fairly clear, yet the name on some mail will come through with a an "e" on it. Even though we spell it out, people will still look up our name beginning with "Mon" in telephone directories, on computers, in card files anywhere that names are listed alphabetically. They'll come back and ask, "Are you sure you're in here?" So we spell it for them again, "Munro."
Grandson Tom would bring home papers from school with his name with an "e" hanging on the end. "Take them back and have it taken off your name," we would tell him. But, he wouldn't. Nip it in the bud while you're still young, we told him.
So, he and our other grandchildren will go on through life spelling our name over and over as we're done for so many years and continue to do.
So, on this Presidents Day, we will take a moment and say a silent prayer of patience to our fifth president, President James Monroe, whose name we have seen more times than anyone should have to.
Sometimes we wonder if as president he ever received any mail addressed to James Munroe, James Monro, or James Munro.
*** Be true!
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Dutrow's latest flaunting of the rules came into focus sharply a couple Saturdays ago. The former trainer of such stars of the turf as Big Brown and Saint Liam saddled the winner of Gulfstream Park's Hutcheson Stakes. His productive work with Peachtree Stable's Flashpoint put the handy son of Pomeroy in some peoples' mind as a Kentucky Derby candidate. Nevertheless, if the horse ever got that far, Dutrow might be watching him race on TV from the hoosegow instead of Churchill Downs' third floor clubhouse.
Many people might sympathize with this continuously-troubled man had this been the first time he's stumbled. But Dutrow has been charged with violating the rules 64 times in nine different states, including several dozen times on charges that should put a man down forever. If someone employed in another industry had as many run-ins with the law as he, they'd be rendered unemployable. In fact, Dutrow's horse training business has felt no adverse effect from his troubles.
Other than a small loss of some respect, owners who hire trainers with a suspension-riddled past lose little by employing the otherwise unemployable. They pay no penalty when these employees veer off course and gain much when their wayward path leads to success on the racetrack. When the trainers get caught doing something they shouldn't have done, it is business as usual for their horses. Life goes on uninterrupted as an alter ego fills in while his exiled boss vacations. Customers representing the horse's future, namely breeders, and profiteers representing the horse's past, namely bettors, watch idly. By the sin of omission, they're complicit in the crimes being committed.
"Why not cheat?" asked Peter Meder, an executive search consultant for some of the country's biggest companies. He can't understand why all the participants in an out-of-sorts racing experience aren't penalized. "What a perfect game!" he exclaimed, adding disbelief that every owner didn't avail himself of a guy who was willing to be hoisted by his own petard without exploding his co-conspirators into disrepute. Meder said that employers in industry are routinely held liable for the misdeeds of their employees.
"Every one of my clients does drug testing and criminal background checks," Meder said, admitting that the tests are conducted because the liability is too great if a company hires a known offender. A chief financial officer of a company will lose his job if a person he brought on board is responsible for a violation that relates to fiduciary malfeasance. Even if a man made millions of dollars for a company, he would be fired for cheating on his expense account. Horse racing, being a gambling game, becomes fraudulent when people invest their money on predicting the outcome in races in which some participants are playing at an undisclosed advantage.
If the consequences of recidivism weren't so prevalent in horse racing, the sport would be held up as a standard for finding work for ex-offenders. Cities and states all across America are trying to establish programs that encourage employers to hire people returning to society from prison. In the corporate world, employers see the potential for negligent hiring liability and public relations nightmares and ex-offenders have trouble finding jobs. In horse racing, the owners go Scot-free when their ex-offending trainers behave badly. The job market remains open to everyone, even egregious violators.
Uniform rules that impact owners and trainers alike across all jurisdictions would reduce violations and are a possibility within the context of a centralized authority or comprehensive compact. It would be unlikely for horse racing as currently organized to punish the producers of some of its biggest stars. The public thrives on the success of individuals, caring little about how it's attained. Major League Baseball's attendance soared when players were breaking records because they were abetted by steroids. Only golf seems to honor a code which insists that victory be achieved without taking shortcuts.
Some people believe that there's an imaginary line that creates a distinction between cheating and using the rules to one's advantage. It's in this context that good people get caught, causing further decline in the trust given the sport by outsiders. In truth, there is only one line. It is hard and plain – this is right, that is wrong, why not stick to the straight and narrow. If you do, you won't worry what people think and where your next paycheck comes from.
"Somebody in the current system loves the way things are," Meder hypothesized. He believes that the majority of horse owners could easily change what is going on if they wanted. "The owners will ultimately pay the price for not doing anything, because they won't have a sport," Meder concluded. "If you go to the track and you think that the deal is rigged, you're not going to invest in the market."
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Bat numbers increased more than 40% between 1993 and 2011, according to a new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) which considers the state of bat populations across a number of European countries. However, many bat species are still threatened with extinction.
During the second half of the 20th century, European bat populations had declined significantly due to the destruction of roosts, intentional killing, intensive agriculture and changes in land use, which ultimately caused the fragmentation and degradation of their habitats. Additionally, bats were indirectly poisoned by toxic chemicals used in the treatment of roof timbers.
At present, the EEA report on bats shows that the studied species appear to have increased by 43% at hibernation sites between 1993 and 2011, with a relatively stable trend since 2003.* The report states that the apparent population increase for many bat species may reflect the impact of national and European conservation legislation, such as species and site protection, targeted conservation measures and widespread awareness raising, particularly under the EUROBATS agreement.
While it is extremely encouraging to see this increase in bat populations, many bat species are still threatened. According to the IUCN European Red List, also used in the report, 26% of bat species are threatened with extinction in Europe. Nature conservation is an ongoing process, and even species showing positive trends should be supported until their conservation is firmely secured. Bats are long lived animals with a slow rate of reproduction, so that environmental or human pressures can cause populations to decline very rapidly. Thus, bats species should still be considered in danger, and measures for their protection should still be taken.
Thousands of volunteer surveyors assisted in the collection of data used for the study, and many conservation NGOs, governmental organisations and individuals contributed to the development of this report. Among them, experts from the IUCN SSC Bat Specialist Group were also involved in its production.
For more information click here.
* Note: The study focuses on 16 of the 45 bat species found across the continent and compiles data from ten existing monitoring schemes in 6,000 hibernation sites across nine countries - Latvia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and Germany. The produced European-scale indicator of bat population trends should be interpreted cautiously at this stage, as many species and countries are yet to be represented. It is hoped that this report will lay the groundwork for an even more comprehensive study in coming years, as bats are widely monitored across Europe.
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Jason Cornez
Chief Technology Officer at RavenPack. Lead developer in Common Lisp.
Frank Goenninger
Using Lisp for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM/PDM) applications. See http://www.consequor.de.
Jean-Philippe Paradis
Programmer, Public Domain Common Lisp R&D. 6 intensive years of Common Lisp experience. 15 ready-to-use libraries in Quicklisp, and counting.
Kevin Raison
Founder, President and Senior Consultant of Chatsubo.net LLC, a small IT firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Currently developing Lisp based application software for multimedia editing and publ...
Peter Van Eynde
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Come on Tant don't let all the losers bring ya down, cheer up budz, get blob or rd to smoke ya up real good. :ptantalum wrote:Certainly you do and I do and most true canuck fans do. The W is the only thing that matters. But beyond the first thing in my future prediction nothing involves those real fans.
They may pretend it's the win that is most important but it's obvious that even if the W happens they will constantly be looking for something wrong with those Ws.
Hell, we've talked about on various forms that there seemed to be a lack of accountability in the dressing room or that AV had lost the room.
Another voice was needed and one that would make things perhaps uncomfortable for the players etc etc. For some reason the vancouver media instead of saying "hmmm perhaps Gillis a hockey man all his life from player, agent and GM also sees these things" it's "ownership forced him to hire Torts!" (btw Willes backed off that claim in a column a few days ago saying it was in fact Gillis' decision).
I really would love to be able to stream some decent hockey talk out of Vancouver while I'm in my office dodgin tornadoes but I quite simply can't. It's depressing really.
haha yeah I seen all the blogger rip on Willes for that, hilarious.
With a whole coaching culture shock change, things will switch up real fast in the dressing room and the players like it or not will have to adapt to the old school - shape up or ship out way of life.
I think some players will relish in this new type of no nonsense atmosphere, every player will know where they stand with Torts, nobody will have to worry so much.


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Local government officials and business executives were on hand Friday for a ribbon cutting at Lexington EnergyUnited for its new regional facilities.
Local government officials and business executives were on hand Friday for a ribbon cutting at Lexington EnergyUnited for its new regional facilities on Odell Owens Road.
"EnergyUnited is proud to have been a part of the Lexington community dating back to the days of Davidson Electric Membership Corporation, which was founded in August 1940," said Dr. Max Walser, president of the EnergyUnited board of directors.
The new building is the third location since its original location on East First Avenue.
"The old facility served our employees and members well for over 60 years," commented EnergyUnited CEO H. Wayne Wilkins. "We're excited to make this move and have this new regional office building available to our members."
When the company originated it only had 2,000 members. Currently it serves more than 120,000 electricity customers in 19 North Carolina counties, stretching from Virginia to northern Mecklenburg County. It also provides propane to approximately 21,000 customers in 74 North and South Carolina counties.
The company has progressed in numbers, but hasn't changed its core values of keeping business local.
"We are still member owned, " said Wilkins. "We are paying over $3 million in dividends to stock holders who still live in the county. We still believe a community should buy energy from a local company."
EnergyUnited is the result of a merger between Davidson EMC and Crescent Electric Membership Corporation in 1998.
"I call it economy of scale," Walser said of the merger, "By increasing our size we were able to lower the cost to our customers. We have some of the lowest energy prices around and that's what its all about, our customers."
Before the merger, EnergyUnited was known as Davidson County Electric Membership Corporation. The EMC was created in 1940.
"It wasn't profitable in the 1930s to run electricity into rural areas, but thanks to the Rural Electrification Commission communities could develop their own electric co-ops. Davidson EMC came a few years later, but we are still member owned and we're still servicing Davidson County," said Wilkins.
Rural electrification was based on the belief that affordable electricity would improve the standard of living and the economic competitiveness of the family farm.
"We're honored to have been a part the Lexington area for so long and thrilled to continue to be a local connection," Walser stated. "We take great pride in the communities we serve. Our Lexington employees, over 40 strong, live and work right here in Lexington. We've come a long way since 1940 and we wouldn't have been able to do it without them."
The new 9,000 square foot building that cost $2 million was built on the site of the current operations department to make customer service all inclusive.
"EnergyUnited makes customer satisfaction its highest priority," said Wilkins.
Walser used a personal example to describe the dedication of employees. "I have a neighbor who wanted to know why his bill was so high on a trailer he rarely uses. Someone will be calling him before the day is out," he said. "This customer service culture that has been developed is the best I've ever seen."
Another reason for the move is to incorporate many of the new energy sources as well as implement the newest technology. The new facility has solar panels, propane filling area and a charging station for electric cars.
"We want to bring energy choices to folks in the county who may not have another option," Wilkins said.
EnergyUnited contributes to Davidson County infrastructure through the thousands of dollars in taxes it paid last year. Several members of the board are also actively involved in other community based projects throughout the county.
"We want to represent our community in the best way possible," said Wilkins who is serves on the board of directors of the Davidson County Economic Development Commission and was a two-term president of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony also included remarks by Larry Link, Lexington Chamber of Commerce chairman; Davidson County Commissioner Fred McClure; and Lexington Mayor Newell Clark.
"Energy United has worked and participated in our community for a long time. It's great to see this expansion," Clark said.
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It may have left the Academy Awards empty-handed, but there's no denying that "American Hustle" was one of the best films of the year. Loosely based on the infamous Abscam scandal, the movie is an immensely entertaining '70s-styled farce that features excellent performances from its entire cast. In fact, it was the only movie of 2013 to be nominated in all four acting categories, and one could argue that Jennifer Lawrence should have won Best Supporting Actress over newcomer Lupita Nyong'o.
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Calling the 2011 Phillies "one of the greatest teams ever assembled to not win the World Series," outfielder Hunter Pence says the 2012 edition will have a hunger to take care of unfinished business.
"I'm getting ready every day," Pence said during an interview on WIP. "We have a lot of unfinished business to do this year. It can't get here soon enough. I think a lot of us are looking forward to this year."
He also used the phrase "World Series or bust" in describing the mood of the team as the countdown to spring training continues.
"Our goals are to the stars right now," he said. "It's World Series or bust and I'm going to do whatever it takes for that."
Pence was asked if he replays in his mind moments from the Phillies' loss in the National League Division Series to the St. Louis Cardinals.
"It haunted me for a little bit," he said. "Not something I really want to dwell on. I think at this point it's turned me into more of incredible hunger this offseason. I've been just every day taking it out and really firing me up for this season. I would have conversations with Chase and several of the veterans after winning the divsion. I'd say, I know you've been here a lot, this is a big deal, this is awesome and enjoy it. [They'd say] Yeah, it's a big deal but it's not ... It doesn't matter if you don't get it done in the playoffs. I learned a lot, but it changed my viewpoint on a lot of things. I understand a little more of what's needed. I think it's something with baseball, there was not necessarily anything that Charlie could have done or any of us could have done, it's a game of small, small things ... It wasn't in the cards for us, no pun intended."
As for the Cardinals going on to win it all, Pence said, "You hit the hot team. It's unfortunate that it ended that way. I still feel like we were a lot better than we ended up, but that's the way it goes in baseball. You play 10 of them, you might have been 5-5 but they got the first one on us."
In reflecting on last season, Pence said, "We had a great season. For all the stars to line up, as whole, it was a wonderful game 162, a wonderful palyoffs, all the way up and down. There were so many late games. we definitely have something to come back to this year. I think we're still looking strong. There is a lot of talk with all these trades and new signings that the Phillies are getting old, but I think you're going to see a healthier Chase Utley that doesn't have to jump into the season with a knee injury. Those kind of little things you don't take into account."
Pence is the lone arbitration-eligible player not to sign in advance of yesterday's deadline to exchange salary figures. The sides will continue to work on a 1-year deal up until the hearing. Pence went to arbitration last season with Houston and won.
"I haven't heard anything about an extension," he said. "I'm pretty confident we're going to be working on a deal for this year. I still have two years of arbitration, I understand that. I love to be in Philly. I absolutely enjoy every moment -- the organization, the fans, the city, a lot of things to be happy about for being there. I let my agency handle all of the discussion. When they tell me, what the options are, I trust their judgment and go from there."
With Ryan Howard likely not available until May after offseason surgery, Pence could be a possibility to hit fourth in the lineup.
"That's up to Charlie," he said. "It doesn't really matter. Whatever the situation it is, I'm going to go up there and be ready to hit and be ready to do what it takes to win ballgames. Ultimately, that's all that matters -- winning ballgames. My confidence has gotten better every year. I feel like I've learned a little more."


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Hey i would like to know when i use telnet and use the users ip and it connects but its just white screen after it connects nothing comes up at all is there anyone that can help please
They need to have a telnet server AND allow incoming access through their telnet server. Since most computers run Windows (not for long though), there are no telnet server installed by default. One the other side, Linux has one
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if you want your windows machine(i suppose that it is a windows 98 or millenium and none belonging to the server family) then you will have to install a telnet server..
go to google.com and give the search string windows telnet server and you will get plenty of sites that offer telnet servers..most of them will be trial versions/.
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Astronomy night has been moved from 11/11 to 12/9. This will be held at the Morehead Planetarium and will be open to siblings and parents/guardians.
The Court of Honour scheduled for 2/10 has been moved out a week as that night is Duke at UNC.
We also moved a couple of nights around on the schedule so Troop Leadership should look at the upcoming events.
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