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The 30 Day Challenge begins on August 1st (in less than 2 days!) and we're throwing our full support behind it again this year.
If you haven't already signed up, here are 7 reasons why you should now.
1. Because It Changes People's Lives
Countless people have received their first taste of internet marketing via the 30 Day Challenge, and really understand how internet marketing works.
While not everyone makes it to the end of the full 30 days, dozens have used 30 Day Challenge strategies to make their first dollar online – and I'm told that there are several 30 Day Challenge multi-millionaires today.
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The signing of kicker Ryan Longwell by the Seattle Seahawks Tuesday afternoon no longer seems to be just an insurance policy.
According to Aaron Levine of Q13 FOX-TV, the Seahawks have informed kicker Steven Hauschka he will be placed on injured reserved. Hauschka suffered a calf injury in the first half of the Seahawks 24-14 win over the Washington Redskins in the Wild Card round of the playoffs on Sunday. Punter Jon Ryan had to handle kickoff duties for most of the game after Hauschka strained his calf. Despite the injury, Hauschka managed to make all three field goal attempts against Washington from 32, 29 and 22 yards.
Head coach Pete Carroll said Hauschka had felt better on Monday but that they were still unsure of what his availability would be.
"He feels better today (Monday) than he did yesterday. He really did a great job kicking through it and making the plays we needed him to make," Carroll said. "…We'll wait and see. There are a lot of scenarios here for us so we'll have to see what happens tomorrow, and then see what happens the next day. I'll let you know when we have that feel."
Longwell has not kicked in the league this season since being released by the Minnesota Vikings in May. Longwell grew up in nearby Puyallup and has played 15 seasons in the NFL for the Vikings and Green Bay Packers. Longwell was 22 of 28 (78.6-percent) on field goal tries in 2011 with Minnesota. It was only the second time in his career his field goal percentage was less than 80-percent.


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Note: this is a re-post of something I wrote in the Flickr thread. I am copying it here for my blog readers who may have missed the thread.
Actually, I'd rather call it fabric "suggestions" rather than "requirements"! It's been difficult trying to figure out how much fabric would be needed for this round, since wonky / improvisational blocks are so free-form and, well, improvisational! There are no set patterns here from which to measure fabric amounts.
I've given it my best shot, but the caveat here is that you might have some fabric left over -- that's not the worst thing in the world, right? I'd rather err on the side of having too much fabric than too little. Plus, you'll have a stash of strips for future wonky log cabin projects!
I'm making a few assumptions here:
- The blocks will be either 12.5" square or 15.5" square (more on that later).
- We'll make 25 blocks ... for a quilt that's laid out in a 5x5 grid. Of course, you can make your quilt bigger or smaller if you'd prefer. Adjust your fabric amounts accordingly!
- I'm not accounting for any borders. If you think you'd like to add any borders to the outside of your quilt, be sure to add that border fabric to your total amount.
So, with all that being said, I am recommending that you have 16-20 fat quarters for this project (depending on how scrappy you want your quilt to be). Of course, if you want your fabric assortment to be more limited, you can convert this to yardage equivalents (i.e. 8-10 half yard cuts, or 4-5 yard cuts).
I just took a look back at Amy's fabric requirements for the zig-zag quilt. For a throw-sized quilt, that project required 15 fq's ... so I feel like we're on the right track. If you want to be conservative, you can start with 15 for this project, too.
I'm also going to stick with Amy's estimates of 3 yards for backing (or equivalent, if you like pieced backs) , and 1/2 yard for binding.
Also, and I cannot stress this enough, I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY recommend that you pick up a 12.5" square cutting ruler (like this) if you don't already have one. It is my must-have, go-to tool for projects like this. It's a great use of a 40% off coupon at Joann's, if you live near one of those. If not, maybe group members can share their favorite sources for buying tools like this.
Finally, if you want your blocks to "float" similarly to the ones in this quilt, please keep reading:
OK, I am sure I've forgotten something. Questions? Fire away!


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I have spent some time thinking about the forums. Due to some recent posts which brought some issues to light, I have started to change the forum slightly.
When a Guest arrives at the forum they are presented with 4 forums that they can view only. They are:
1. The Main Forum.
2. Collectors Corner.
3. Military History.
4. The Castle and Museum.
As I said, these 4 forums are open to the public to view only.
I have added a new area entitled General which at the moment has two forums in it. They are:
1. General Everyday Chat - Post anything here that is not for public viewing.
2. Sensitive Material / Issues.
These forums are for 'Registered Users' only.
If you want to post something which you don't want airing in public then please use 'General Everyday Chat' rather than the 'Main Forum'. Continue to use 'Sensitive Material/Issues' as you already doing so.
The Images, Videos, Poems and Humour section has also been amended. You will notice I have given Photographs and Poems a separate thread. I will get them all moved to the correct area soon (I hope).
A lot of users on here may not know this, but you can start 'Groups'. I have started one called 'The Steamy' which is a place to let off steam about anything and everything. It is not intended for those who are easily offended.
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The Oscar Styling Lounge 2012 displayed a dazzling and colorful Aruna Seth Shoes Spring and Fall 2012 Collection at the luxurious SLS Hotel in Los Angeles. Celebrities and VIP's were invited to select shoes for the upcoming 84th annual Academy Awards.
Spring and Fall 2012 collections were displayed which included a wide range of colors and designs. The glitzy shoes displayed were a kaleidoscope of hot pinks, bright blues, black, silver, white, lime green, stunning reds and oranges and with lots of sparkle!
Aruna Seth hails from a family firmly established in the shoe world. Her shoes are lined with Swarovski crystals, intricate trims and sensuous materials that make her shoes instantly recognizable.
Now familiar fixtures on the red carpet, Aruna's signature 'Cerise' style shoes have been embraced by those in the know as the ultimate in evening elegance. Like her shoes, Aruna can be found in the fashion capitals of the world, including London and Moscow where she maintains showrooms for personal appointments
Celebrity fans of Aruna Seth include Pippa Middleton, Katherine Heigl, Carrie Underwood, Nikki Reed, Sophia Bush and many others!
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The FC Dallas U-18 and U-16 Academy teams have qualified for the U.S. Soccer Develoment Academy Playoffs for the third straight year. The event will take place on the Complex at FC Dallas Stadium for the second year in a row, with games being played next Monday, June 25 through Friday, June 29.
The FC Dallas U-18s enter the playoffs as the top seed from the Texas Division, having clinched the title weeks ago thanks to an impressive season that saw them go 24-4-3 for 75 points overall. They were drawn into Group 5 along with Sockers FC of Illinois, Real Salt Lake AZ of Arizona, and McLean Youth Soccer of Virginia.
Group 5 (U-17/18): FC Dallas (@FCDallasYouth), Sockers FC, Real Salt Lake AZ (@RealSaltLake), McLean Youth Soccer #AcademyPlayoffs— U.S. Soccer YNT (@ussoccer_ynt) June 18, 2012
The U-16s qualified for this year's playoffs as the sixth seeded wildcard after finishing fourth in a competitive Texas Division. They were drawn into Group 1 and will face CASL Chelsea FC Academy of North Carolina, the New York Red Bulls and Georgia United.
Group 1 (U-15/16): CASL Chelsea, New York Red Bulls (@NewYorkRedBulls), FC Dallas (@FCDallasYouth), Georgia United #AcademyPlayoffs— U.S. Soccer YNT (@ussoccer_ynt) June 18, 2012
At the end of each season the top two teams from each of the Academy's 10 divisions qualify for the playoffs along with 12 wildcard teams. The wildcard teams are determined by a points per games played average. At the end of the season, 64 teams (32 from each age group) make the playoffs.
The 32 teams in each age group are ranked based on overall points per game and placed into four pods. Teams are then drawn at random from the four pods into eight groups comprised of four teams each.
Each team plays three games during the playoffs, facing their group opponents once apiece. Upon the conclusion of the playoffs the winner of each group will advance to Finals Week, which will take place from July 16-23 in Houston.
Visit FCDallas.com later this week for an in-depth break down of all six FC Dallas opponents and check in throughout next week for full coverage of FC Dallas in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs.


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Tennessee State University men's golfer James Stepp won the 2012 Music City Invitational Championship held at Harpeth Hills Golf Course.
The tournament, which took place, June 8-10, featured more than 50 participants. Harpeth Hills is a par 72, 6,899 golf course with four par 5's, 10 par 4's, and four par 3's.
Stepp, a native of Cheatham, Tenn., finished the three-day event at one-under-par 215. His round scores were 72, 71 and 72, respectively. He finished just one-stroke ahead of second place Kevin Watford while Philip Guess notched third.
Heading into the final day of the tournament, Stepp was knotted in a three-way tie for first place. A two-putt birdie on the par-five eighth hole moved him into second before he regained the lead on hole 14.
From 175 out, Stepp hit a shot one-foot off the green and nearly chipped it in for birdie.
Making par on the next two holes Stepp managed to add more excitement to the round by hitting his second shot on the par five 17th in to the foot tall rough left of the green. He pitched out to the green only to have the ball roll off the back with a difficult chip shot ahead.
He holed the shot for a birdie to take a two-stroke lead which seemed to be in jeopardy when his tee shot on 18 found the trees right of the fairway. Punching out to play safe, Stepp managed to nail a three-foot putt for the win.
Stepp will share a spot on the Music City Invitational Trophy with other Nashville greats such as Brandt and Haymes Snedeker, Mike Nixon and 2011 winner Derek Centers.


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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The mother of a 2-year-old boy who was mauled to death after falling into an exhibit of wild African dogs won't be prosecuted, but authorities are still investigating the zoo for possible criminal negligence.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said Wednesday that Maddox Derkosh's death at the Pittsburgh Zoo was a "tragic accident."
Zappala said the boy had vision problems and wore glasses, and that's partly why his mother, 34-year-old Elizabeth Derkosh, had lifted the boy on a railing to view the pack of African painted dogs in early November. Zappala said witnesses described the boy lunging forward, as if he thought there was some sort of clear barrier to stop him. The boy fell and the animals immediately pounced on the child, who bled to death.
Zappala said he's concerned about an internal zoo memo from October that Pittsburgh station KDKA obtained, stating that there would be no security guard at the zoo from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. during weekdays. Derkosh died during a weekend, but Zappala said the investigation is continuing, and will review whether the zoo was guilty of criminal negligence or endangering the welfare of children, and what changes need to be made to prevent future accidents.
Zoo president Barbara Baker told The Associated Press that when the tragedy happened the zoo was fully staffed, including security.
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Dugout Hot Dogs
Total TimePrep: 30 min. + chilling Cook: 25 min. + cooling
Makes10 servings (2 cups relish)
- 2-1/2 cups chopped zucchini
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
- 1-1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons celery seed
- 1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/8 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon water
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 2 to 4 tablespoons chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 10 hot dogs
- 10 hot dog buns, split
- In a large bowl, combine the zucchini, onion, green pepper and salt; cover and refrigerate overnight. Rinse and drain well; set aside.
- In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, vinegar, celery seed, mustard and turmeric; bring to a boil. Add zucchini mixture; return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until crisp-tender, stirring occasionally. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir for 3-5 minutes or until thickened. Cool. Cover and refrigerate until chilled.
- For hot dogs, in a small saucepan, combine the ketchup, onion, sugar and vinegar; simmer, uncovered, for 2-3 minutes. Add hot dogs; simmer 5-10 minutes longer or until heated through. Serve on buns topped with relish.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 393 calories, 16g fat (6g saturated fat), 25mg cholesterol, 1214mg sodium, 54g carbohydrate (30g sugars, 2g fiber), 10g protein.
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This is a fantastic relish recipe. It's so easy to make and is it ever delicious. What I love the most about it is it makes a small batch-perfect for us "empty nesters". My husband who who claims he doesn't care for relish loves this one.
Aug 2, 2011
This relish is great. I always double the recipe. Great on hot dogs and hamburgers.
Aug 20, 2009
Years ago I had a Zucchini Relish recipe that I used for making relish from all those zucchini's from my garden. Well I quit canning and I have misplaced the recipe. Since the economy is requiring me to dust off my canning supplies I was hoping someone would have the recipe. All I can remember (other than it was delicious)was that it had ground pepper in it and it was sweet. The kids loved it on their hot dogs and hamburgers. However there was not any cornstarch in the recipe.


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Despite dire warnings of imminent conflict between Israel and Iran, foreign tourists ignored the spectre of nuclear Armageddon and flocked to the Holy Land in record numbers in 2012.
According to Israel's Ministry of Tourism, the Jewish calendar year 5772 was the "best tourism year ever," with more than 3.5 million visitors spending at least one day in the Holy Land.
Within the context of the secular calendar year, from January 2012 until the end of September, a new record of 2.6 million visitor arrivals was registered, seven per cent more than the same period last year and six per cent more than the previous record in 2010. Of these arrivals, 2.2 million were tourists, four per cent more than the same period last year, and 444,000 were one-day visitors, 27 per cent more than last year. The Ministry of Tourism anticipates that the total number of visitors to Israel by the end of December will mimic the Jewish calendar year's record-setting statistics.
The impressive numbers caught the ministry and hotel industry executives by surprise. "At the end of the day, the statistics are surprising, because the original tourism industry forecast for 2012 was that incoming tourism would decline due to the repercussions of the Arab Spring in the region, as well as the Iranian threat," said Uri Steinberg, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Tourism's marketing department.
"What we discovered was that the lure of foreign tourism to Israel was much more resilient than we thought. Can you imagine what the numbers would have been had there been no ripple effects in the region from the Arab Spring?"
A Ministry of Tourism survey of incoming tourists conducted last year found that there was a substantial increase in the numbers North American Jewish tourists who visited Israel, Steinberg added. "The increasing trend of North American Jews visiting Israel is influenced by friends and neighbours and not by the mass media, which has not painted a positive picture of the situation in and around Israel."
In the coming months, in order to take advantage of the word-of-mouth positive experiences, the ministry will launch a marketing campaign based on the concept of 'friends inviting friends' to visit Israel. "We are taking nothing for granted," Steinberg said.
Israeli hotel executives and Steinberg are cautiously optimistic that the success of 2012 will carry into 2013. Based on a random survey of some of the top hotels in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, bookings for the forthcoming fall and winter tourism seasons remain strong.
Tel Aviv, which has a pulsating round-the-clock Mediterranean lifestyle, has resonated with Hollywood celebrities, such as Emmy Award-winning actor Claire "Homeland" Danes, who recently posed for a fashion photo shoot in Tel Aviv for the New York Times' fashion magazine. She told late-night TV talk-show host Conan O'Brian that Tel Aviv was one of the most "intense" party towns she had ever visited. The Port of Tel Aviv is renowned for its trendy bars and dance clubs.
"As Tel Aviv is also considered the commercial centre of Israel, there is still a very strong market for business travellers from North America and the U.K., even during the winter months, with many conventions, corporate meetings, etc.," said Jean-Louis Ripoche, general manager of the five-star Sheraton Tel Aviv Hotel. "There are also many tourists who come from the U.K. to Tel Aviv for long weekends during the winter in order to escape from the cold weather back home, so they can enjoy the sea and sun in Tel Aviv. For them, 70 degrees in January is considered warm!"
In Jerusalem, Alex Herman, the vice-president of sales and marketing at the Inbal Jerusalem Hotel, which was recently tabbed by the globe-trotting readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine, as being one of the top five hotels in the Middle East, said that the City of Gold's crisp, fresh air and lack of crowds makes it a great locale for a winter getaway. "During the fall and winter months, the hotel features conventions, organizational gatherings [such as the recent Hadassah Centennial mission], not to mention the Jewish and Christian holiday seasons, as well as winter vacationers who come from the U.S.A. and Canada to visit their kids in the local yeshivas and seminaries," said Herman. "The hotel features winter-themed attractions, which could include special treatments in our spa, new culinary offerings in our restaurant or local tours of the city that revolve around a holiday theme."
Several Israeli hotel chains also offer a variety of deals in the Dead Sea region, where large numbers of European, Russian and North American tourists seek to escape from the chilly weather back home in order to bathe in the warm, healing waters of the Dead Sea.
Following is an abridged list of winter deals offered by some of Israel's finest hotels:
• Inbal Jerusalem Hotel (www.inbalhotel.com): The hotel is continuing its free rental-car program. The Hertz promotion features a free car for guests who stay three consecutive nights (terms and conditions apply). There are also advance purchase (booking) rates available during various periods, when tourists receive up to a 20 per cent discount on rates – full prepayment required and non-cancellable. The hotel features a heated indoor pool and a state-of-the-art health club. During the fall and winter months, the hotel's award-winning chef, Moti Buchbut, preps a series of new culinary experiences in the Sofia Restaurant.
• Dan Hotels (www.danhotels.com):
Dan Tel Aviv is offering a special seven-nights rate from the first night of booking. The deal runs from Nov. 15 to Jan. 7, 2013. It is valid for the following room categories: standard, deluxe, deluxe, with use of King David Crown Lounge; Executive Sea View Rooms.
Dan Panorama Tel Aviv has a promotion from Nov. 25 to Feb. 28, (excluding Dec. 23 to Jan. 1) with special rates for guests staying a minimum of two nights.
Dan Panorama Jerusalem and Dan Boutique are offering special rates from Nov. 15 to 24. The Dan Jerusalem recently opened a renovated fifth floor, adding another 46 rooms to the 31 rooms, which were also renovated on the sixth floor.
• Sheraton Tel Aviv Hotel (www.sheratontelaviv.com): The hotel is offering a "Winter Pamper" package from Nov. 16 to March 2, 2013. The deal is based on a minimum four consecutive night stay in a Deluxe Room. The package features a daily buffet breakfast and a 50-minute massage per person, per stay. Rates: single $300 (all figures in Cdn dollars); double $320; supplement for Club Room, $45; supplement for Tower Room, $90 The hotel also features one of the best kosher restaurants in Tel Aviv. The Olive Leaf offers a French Mediterranean menu prepared by renowned chef Charlie Fadida.
• Rimonim Hotels (www.rimonim.com): This growing hotel chain is offering a "Discover & Drive" package. Tourists can combine their stay at any of the participating Rimonim hotels with a Hertz rental car. A group "E" vehicle for the duration of the vacation is available at a variety of Hertz locations, allowing you to explore Israel from north to south, including the Dead Sea, Ramon Crater and Eilat regions. Tourists are encouraged to include their preferred car pickup location in their reservation remarks. Tourists who book this package are also entitled to free parking at a Rimonim Hotel (except Rimonim Optima in Ramat Gan).
• Isrotel (www.isrotel.com): The chain recently reintroduced its newly renovated Isrotel Ganim Hotel. Located on the shores of the Dead Sea and only a 90-minute drive from Jerusalem, the Ganim is the only hotel that features two indoor Dead Sea-water pools. The spa offers a variety of treatments, including massage, mud treatments, shiatsu, reflexology and cosmetic, as well as a hotel salon. Reservations are being taken for the hotel chain's newest "jewel in the crown"– the Royal Beach Tel Aviv. In May 2013, the Royal Beach Tel Aviv will be integrated into Isrotel's exclusive collection of five-star luxury-class hotels, which includes the renowned Royal Beach Eilat and the Beresheet and Carmel Forest hotels. The 230-room facility is located opposite Tel Aviv's beach-front promenade, with each impeccably designed room overlooking the Mediterranean and urban landscape of Tel Aviv.


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How did the alignment Lawful Good end up being the choice when reading the description? as per your response to my thread.
Yes, time marches forward despite my objections. I am mostly back ... a dream to some, but a nightmare to others. Catch ya around.
It's been a while .. hasn't it? It's good to see you back.
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21-Aug-2005 -- I lived in Porterville for 13 years, and even though I knew the confluence was nearby, I didn't visit it until I had been away and had come back to visit friends. Well, I didn't have GPS in 1998 when I moved away, either, that's a big reason, too.
So, as I was leaving town that weekend, I figured it was time to visit the confluence, so I drove to the site, and found it without difficulty. This has to be the easiest confluence I will ever find, because it's right along the road.
The problem was that in order to get a perfect confluence, I had to literally put my GPS in the tree. You'll see a whole bunch of leaves in the upper left corner of the GPS photo. That's the tree.
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Conservation and Environment in Nepal: Monthly Updates
Nepal Conservation Projects: June- July 2013
The Conservation project has just had its first anniversary, still some work needed but we are on the right track. I want to thank all the volunteers from around the world who have helped us to achieve that. A big thanks from all the Projects-Abroad team for your help and all the nice moments we spend together.
New projects are on their way such as the mapping of Ghandruk Village, butterfly surveying, cooking lessons, Nepali Trivial pursuit and we went also on a field trip for several days.
We also had a nice trekking field trip of 6 days, with the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP), our local partner, exploring a new trekking route. All the volunteers had a really nice time and it was a really challenging trek, with an average of 6 hours of walking a day. The walk brung us from 1950m to 4100m, stopping at Tadapani, Deurali, Dobato, Pode, Chhommrong and back to Ghandruk. The trip brought amazing views, landscapes, nature and amazing encounters. We slept in hotels, in tents, went to a yak farm and other interesting experiences. It was really a nice experience for everybody.
If you want to read more about this trip, the following link is the trek explained by one of the volunteers; Kalila Cook, on her blog (http://www.mytripblog.org/pg/blog/kcook3) or you can also read the news letter from August.
Camera trap survey
The camera trap survey is done outside of the village, in the jungle. After 5 completed transect lines, we found a lot of interesting species like common leopard, leopard cats, Black bear, and barking deer.
Annapurna Conservation Area, our local partner, decided to investigate more in this area. They want to open an eco-trail with a focus on the barking deer. The barking deer is a small deer that is abundant in the area. To know where the trail will pass we are doing further investigation on the barking deer, their abundance and their location in the area, to find the best area for the trail.
Bird survey
The bird survey is going well, with a fix point method and the additional data, we found 144 species present in Ghandruk village and around.
With the rainy season we see fewer birds and we couldn't go that often into the field. The conditions weren't the best for the bird watching, but we still have nice bird watching expeditions.
Next month a bird expert is coming, hopefully it's going to make a really big difference for the research and give us a lot of valuable information to improve our research and data collection.
Butterfly Surveying
This new project began in April 2013 and went until beginning of June. During this season we found 31 species. For a first time, it is quite good but we are waiting for more species during the second part of the survey. The project will start again in September as we can't do the survey during the rainy season due to the rain and the activity of butterflies is in diminution during this time.
Waste collection
With the help of the community (sometimes), we are doing waste collection. In Nepal it is really wide-spread to throw the garbage to the river and wait for the rain to take it away. We are trying to educate the local community to recycle, and to burn what is burnable. The recycle site is beginning to be used by some villagers for glass, plastic bottle and other garbage.
We began to clean a stream where there is a lot garbage, hopefully at the end September, this part would be clean. We already brought back more than 20 full bags of garbage.
Other activities
Mapping Ghandruk village and surrounding
A new small project under way is mapping Ghandruk. The goal is to have more information about the roads and places such as schools, temples, bridges, hotels etc. found around Ghandruk. All of this data will help us in our other research and give important geo-reference information. All the data is taken with a GPS and after that downloaded into ArcGis (mapping software.)
Cooking lessons
With the rainy season in full force, some new activities are under way. Cooking lessons with our chef are a great way to pass the time. Volunteers learn how to cook traditional dishes from Nepal such as momos. The volunteers like it and are ready to try their skills out back home.
Nepal Trivial pursuit
We began to make a Trivial Pursuit-style game about Nepal. The volunteers are creating the questions and building the game. The questions will be about wildlife, history, geography and culture. We are going to have a lot of fun and also learn a lot of interesting facts about Nepal when it is finished.
We have a lot of interns and all of them finish their various research projects well.
- Richard and Gerwin from Netherlands spent 5 months with us and did some really nice research about the use of energy in Ghandruk village. They were focusing on two topics; the firewood and the water use around the village. They conducted several interviews around the village.
- Nick, Pieter and Jarin, from Netherlands, stayed between 2.5 months and 4 months. They were focusing on the waste management in the village. Like we saw previously the garbage is a real problem through Nepal and Ghandruk is no exception. They conducted several interviews around the village to know the behaviour of Nepali people regarding garbage.
- Emilie from France stayed with us for 2.5 months and did a practical research project about the barking deer in the area. In fact ACAP, our local partner, wants to open an Eco trail in the jungle for the tourist with information panels on the way to explain interesting fact about barking deer, the jungle etc. To get this under way we need to know more about where the barking deer are located. We use transect line camera traps to have an idea of the barking deer and other animals' populations in the area.
- Delphine from France stayed with us 2 months and did a research about conflict between human and wildlife before ACAP (Annapurna Conservation Area Projects) and now by using interviews. She spoke mainly with old people from the village, to use their experience and their knowledge.


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Tennis player just interested in meeting someone who can hit or play sets after 4pm. I am a 3.0 player but had competed against 3.5 players in tournaments held in south Florida.
I have a tennis court at my townhouse complex and am flexible in my schedule.I can play during the weekdays on most Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. I can also play on Saturday and Sunday.
Other than my home court, I normally play at two public tennis courts (Miller Park and Blue Lakes Park). Both of the courts are approximately 15 minutes away from south campus of FIU. I also play at the FIU tennis court after 4pm.
I am a casual player but love to compete. If you are interested, let me know.
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Hi David,
Glad you are interested. Can you meet at the FIU tennis court around 5pm this Thursday, Oct 20? Here is my cell [edit: please share private info via PM or Friend Request]so you can text me your reply.
HI! What is tennis like in MIA especially in Coconut Grove and Grove Isle? Do you know of any or play leagues in your area???
I am 28 and looking for a partner to hit with on a daily basis in the sweetwater/fiu south area. I can play mon-fri at 9am.I am prob a 2.5-3.0, but once I hit for a week or so I'll def be up to 3.5-4.0. whoever is down hit me up at [edit: please share private info via PM or Friend Request]
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Rickover's 1957 energy warning resonates today
This year marks the 50th anniversary of a number of important cultural markers: the launch of Sputnik; the publication of "The Cat in the Hat," Dr. Seuss' landmark children's book; the introduction of the Edsel, a symbol of failure, soon after the Bel Air, which became an American icon; the school crisis in Little Rock, one of the biggest battles involving racial integration; and the release of the movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai," which went on to win the Academy Award for best picture.
All that plus one other, hardly noted at the time, all but forgotten now: A half-century ago, Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, the father of the nuclear Navy, accepted an invitation to speak at the banquet of the Annual Scientific Assembly of the Minnesota State Medical Association in St. Paul. In that speech, before a gathering of physicians, Adm. Rickover raised the specter that easily accessible and economically reasonable supplies of fossil fuels would be in jeopardy … just about now.
Ahead of his time
In those 1957 days of big-fin roadsters, drive-in restaurants and a lifestyle that increasingly revolved around the automobile, this was a remarkable, radical thought. By that time, for a quarter-century (with, of course, a wartime interruption) the motor car had been the standard by which world economies were measured. It was a means of conveyance, to be sure, but it was also the tool that made the suburbs inevitable, that made fumbling, back-seat premarital sex possible, that made transportation a style statement and an emblem of conspicuous consumption.
Hardly anyone remembers what Rickover said and, in truth, hardly anyone remarked on it. Not a soul took his advice, and hardly anyone took him seriously. But his speech makes for provocative reading today, with oil prices soaring and with experts and scholars seriously and legitimately wondering whether we might have reached an economic milestone, when world oil production has peaked, or soon might, and whether the same might soon be said about natural gas and coal.
Rickover began his 1957 remarks with an argument, difficult to refute today, that his listeners were living in something of a Golden Age. There was a Cold War raging, to be sure, and no responsible voice would call for a return to the race relations of 1957, or to the lack of opportunity for women that prevailed at the time, the year that Nancy Lopez and Katie Couric were born. But by any measure, this was a Golden Age of affluence and abundance.
Not mere rhetoric
It was in that context that Rickover made perhaps the most remarkable comment of the entire year: "Whether this Golden Age will continue depends entirely upon our ability to keep energy supplies in balance with the needs of our growing population."
This was no mere rhetorical warning. At the heart of the Rickover thesis was the role that energy played in civilization, or perhaps said another way, in civilizing humankind. "What lifted man – one of the weaker mammals – above the animal world was that he could devise, with his brain, ways to increase the energy at his disposal, and use the leisure so gained to cultivate his mind and spirit," he argued. "Where man must rely solely on the energy of his own body, he can sustain only the most meager existence."
So Rickover set the predicate: Energy is more than fuel but is instead a requirement for our very humanity and our survival. He went on to argue that a reduction of per-capita energy consumption throughout history has led to a reversion to a more primitive lifestyle. (One of his examples: Once wood supplies were exhausted, the Mayan civilization was imperiled.) Then he delivered the warning we did not heed: "Our civilization rests upon a technological base which requires enormous quantities of fossil fuels. What assurance do we then have that our energy needs will continue to be supplied by fossil fuels: The answer is – in the long run – none."
There you have it. Now a word about why Rickover ought to be listened to today even if he was ignored a half-century ago.
Many years ago, when I was a young reporter, I was assigned to cover a fancy dinner to honor Rickover. There to salute this great military figure were Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter and Richard M. Nixon – a spectacle that Sen. Bob Dole would later immortalize as a gathering of "Hear No Evil, See No Evil … and Evil." But the important thing is that during the dinner Mr. Carter saluted Rickover for being "omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent." It's the second word that matters here.
Impact of scarce energy
Rickover understood what was happening, and what is continuing to happen now, and he warned that we ought to take action before it was too late. Smart, responsible people now are talking about the implications of a new energy crisis that will make the last one seem tame. Energy scarcity, for example, could become a vital health issue; consider how much energy is required to operate hospitals, manufacture drugs and common medical devices, and run the sophisticated tools of health technology.
This is a cause for alarm, not an extremist cause being pushed by Puritans and Luddites. Take a look, for example, at the leadership of the U.S. House Peak Oil Caucus. It was founded by a Republican and counts among its members both the son and the nephew of Stewart L. Udall, who was the secretary of the interior under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and is no wild radical.
"I suggest," Rickover said in his 1957 speech, "that this is a good time to think soberly about our responsibilities to our descendents – those who will ring out the Fossil Fuel Age."
If it was a good time then, it is a better time now. Or, as Dr. Seuss wrote in "The Cat in the Hat" 50 years ago: "Do you hear?"


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The knee-jerk reaction to Jim Johnson's third straight blown save is to pull him from the closer's spot for now.
I'm probably in the minority here. But I don't do it. And I know Orioles manager Buck Showalter won't do it. He said as much last night when we asked whether there he was absolutely going with Johnson in a save situation on Monday.
"Yeah," he said. "Come back tomorrow and watch it again."
Johnson saved 35 regular season games in a row before these three disasters. That should earn him some rope. That said, next close game that's heading to the ninth, I pitch Johnson but, if possible, I have someone in the pen warming and ready – Darren O'Day, Brian Matusz or even Tommy Hunter, depending on the game situation and which ones had to be used to get to the ninth -- to swoop in if it starts getting testy.
That's not an ideal scenario, but Johnson isn't your closer in name only. He got the job because he can do it. And, frankly, you aren't sure you have anyone else that can.
It's easy in retrospect to say that Showalter should have kept O'Day in the game Monday or went to Matusz with a group of lefties coming up. I get that Tuesday Morning Managing. There is some logic to it.
But I send Johnson out there again for the next save, and if it doesn't work a fourth time, then I'm looking at my options. It's a fine balance between loyalty to what has been successful in the past and managing to win. But you have to consider the way the games were lost.
Granted, Johnson's outing against the Tampa Bay Rays was ugly. But he gave up four singles to the Padres and a solo homer to the Yankees. He's missing with his spots, but he's not getting crushed here. So I give him the benefit of the doubt once more.
Freddy Garcia will be pitching for the Orioles when his turn comes around in Toronto. I wouldn't have necessarily predicted that heading into Monday night. Or after the first and second innings, when the 36-year-old righty allowed solo homers to Robinson Cano and David Adams, respectively.
But he didn't allow another run against the Yankees and escaped six innings, giving up three hits, two walks and two runs. He struck out two while throwing 66 pitches, 42 for strikes.
It was vintage Garcia. Nothing overpowering or flashy. Or pretty for that matter. He's now given the Orioles a chance in two out of four starts. Not a great ratio, but he'll be back again this weekend.
I received several Twitter questions about why Orioles manager Buck Showalter removed Garcia after six innings with such a low hit and pitch count. Well, Garcia's command was abandoning him. He hadn't walked anyone in the game and then gave up two free passes in the sixth. He got out of that inning unscathed because Alexi Casilla turned a great double play.
Sometimes it's not all about pitch counts; it's a feel thing. If Garcia's location is spotty he tends to give up long hits (and homers). In a tight game, Showalter pulled his starter on a high note.
I have no complaints about that decision, either.
However, if I am going to wage criticism at Showalter based on what I saw Monday night, it's this: Alexi Casilla should have been playing regularly before now. I don't know all the things that Showalter knows about his players, but Casilla seemed to be the best option at second base as soon as Brian Roberts got hurt in the third game of the season.
Showalter went mainly to Ryan Flaherty with Casilla getting the occasional nod against lefties. Heading into Monday, Flaherty, who was sent to Triple-A Norfolk on Saturday after hitting .133, had 25 starts at second base. Casilla had 12 and Yamaico Navarro, who was recalled Tuesday, got three starts.
Neither Flaherty nor Casilla has proven to be a consistent big league hitter. And, in that situation, I go with the better defender, especially on a team that has put a premium on defense. And especially after it was obvious early on that Flaherty was struggling at the plate.
To be fair, Flaherty was not a bad defender. He played a pretty strong second base, much better than I had anticipated. He deserves serious credit for that. Given his offensive struggles, though, Casilla was the better overall package in my estimation.
Navarro has struggled defensively in his brief look with the Orioles, so Casilla should get the opportunity now to play every day and see what he can do.
On Monday, he scored from first on a double to left center and he made two real good defensive plays, including that double play in the sixth, in which he caught a smoking one-hopper fell to the grass and delivered a quick throw to J.J. Hardy to start the DP.
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What do graham crackers, bananas and skim milk, lemonade with maple syrup and cayenne pepper, cabbage soup, chicken soup, peanut butter, grapefruit, and tapeworms have in common?
They have all been a central feature in one or more fad diet programs.
"A fad diet is a diet that either excludes one group of foods or overemphasizes it above all others," says Francy Pillo-Blocka, registered dietitian and president and CEO of the Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition. "Fad diets also tend to promise radical weight loss in a short period of time. That is why they are so appealing to people."
In truth, it is possible to lose weight by eating nothing but grapefruit. Similar results can be achieved by only consuming pickles or celery or any other low-calorie food. The problem is that this approach is anything but healthy — and any results that occur tend to be short-lived.
"Fad diets essentially try to pull a fast one on the problem of weight," Pillo-Blocka says. "By cutting out sources of high calories indiscriminately, they sacrifice balanced nutrition for apparent quick weight loss. That's bad enough, but the real problem with fad diets is they're not sustainable. In other words, once people get the results they want, they go back to the eating habits that piled on the pounds in the first place.
"After all, no one can live on grapefruit forever."
A second problem with fad diets is they often serve as a form of punishment to the dieter. "Punishment is not an effective way to make long-term, livable changes to your eating habits," says registered dietitian Mary Bamford. "A sense of guilt and failure doesn't help people keep the weight off. To make a change that matters, you need an approach that you can live with, offering balanced nutrition and a menu that you can enjoy."
To determine what kinds of diets do work, a group of physicians in the United States have established the National Weight Control Registry. It compiles information submitted by successful dieters 18 and older who have lost at least 30 pounds and kept it off for a year or more.
According to the NWCR's research, 98 per cent of registry participants report that they modified their food intake to lose weight. Ninety per cent exercise an average of one hour a day, and 78 per cent eat breakfast every day. "There is variety in how NWCR members keep the weight off," says nwcr.ws. "Most report continuing to maintain a low-calorie, low-fat diet and doing high levels of activity."
"What the NWCR's data shows is that long-term weight loss success isn't tied to fad diets, but rather a balanced intake of fewer calories and exercise," says registered dietitian Carol Harrison. "What people need to reduce weight and keep it off is a sustainable change in how they live. A fad diet cannot deliver that over the long-term, no matter how impressive the short-term results appear to be."
For people wanting to lose weight, the news is both good and bad. "The good news is that you don't have to resort to deprivation and bizarre eating habits to manage your weight," says Francy Pillo-Blocka. "The bad news is that the real solution to weight loss is not a magical fad diet, but rather a down-to-earth, common sense approach that takes time and effort."
The public's desire for magical quick-fixes will likely keep the fad diet merchants in business for the foreseeable future. Americans alone are estimated to spend $40 billion annually on diet programs and products, many of them fad-based.
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Sugar Rush: Whiskey Date Cake at Miller's Guild in Seattle
We've already shown you how roasted and grilled meats, vegetables, and fruits are making Miller's Guild one of the hottest (literally and figuratively) restaurants in Seattle. But if you go, be certain to save room for sweets, as the menu offers some intriguing items.
Miller's Guild recently started brunch service, with the "Small Stuff and Starters" section sporting a Housemade Jelly Doughnut. The doughnut is currently filled with blueberry and blackberry jam and coated with a hibiscus glaze, and I saw a table of four easily dividing into quarters and remarking how delicious and filling it was. Alright, I'll admit it: I had at least half of one as well, but this didn't stop me from also enjoying an entrée and, of course, dessert.
That dessert was the Whiskey Date Cake ($9). Reconstituted dates and brown sugar give the moist cake a mild, honey-like sweetness. Black walnuts are tucked inside the crumb, breaking up the smooth texture of the cake. The cake itself is soaked in whiskey syrup, and the salted caramel sauce which tops the cake is refreshingly subtle in both sweetness and saltiness.
The additional components round out the dish and make it interesting for a variety of senses. There's vanilla bean-poached rhubarb (with some apples mixed in) that contribute tangy flavor and tantalizing color. A sprinkling of praline walnuts adds sweetness and crunchiness. And then there's the soft-whipped Chantilly cream, again not too sweet, elevating the overall dessert with delicate elegance.
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MLB Has Significant Social Responsibility Opportunity to Promote True Accessibility for Disabled, Blind in Particular
As a person who is blind and who has loved sports since I was 10 years old, I always knew that my ability to participate in such events would be limited. That did not mean I could not find joy in sports in my own way. Adapted games like beep baseball were fun and I would also play my own modified version of the sport with a friend one on one. He would get his turns at bat against me as a pitcher, I'd take mine some times against him, sometimes using a technique where I threw the ball with one hand in the air, then took a swing with one or two hands holding the bat, while the friend was in the field of play. Similar slight modifications were made in my other favorite one on one sport, basketball. Nothing is more thrilling than hitting a long jump shot from beyond the 3 point line, even when you can't see the goal, because you here the swish as the ball goes nothing but net.
Accessibility to other items in life has proven to be a bit more of a challenge in our ever increasing digital world. My first employer was a cable and internet service provider after college, where I worked in the call center and then took a promotion to an account coordinator position. But then one day the systems were upgraded and suddenly our database that was used for everything from managing billing and technical systems, to scheduling trouble tickets and the like became inaccessible. Weeks later I was out of a job and while they said it was a budget cut, I knew the reason, but in a state with no union laws, it would be my word against their word. Over the years since that first bitter pill in 2002, I had several interviews that ended up not working out because of software issues. Fidelity Investments literally wanted to hire me in 2006 but they said we can't make you an offer because we don't know if you can do the job. Translation, they knew I could not do the job only because of their half ass designed software that was used by their organization. If they doubted my ability to work for them, I would not have received the offer to work and gone through the software testing phase in the first place.
IN March 2007 seeking a new direction, I was accepted to grad school, where I began working on my master's in education, a focus in student affairs. I wrote the guy at Fidelity and said that I was going back to grad school and that they could take their job somewhere else. I told them that they should be happy I was going to the classroom, for my other option was to consider a court room instead.
Since finishing my masters, getting employment has been somewhat easier, but today massive inaccessibility still exists. Many companies, nonprofit organizations and government agencies use many computer software programs to operate on a daily basis, no matter the job title or rank, an employee has to use these many systems. Often, at least one or more of these computing systems has some or total inaccessibility and thus workers are denied employment. A case was recently allowed to proceed last year when a county in Maryland lost in court, after it claimed it would be too cost prohibitive to upgrade its new system to make it accessible, even though the same system replaced outdated yet accessible technology that was much more expensive to maintain and operate. Often though, these choices are made based on pure dollars with no forethought that a person needing a different way of accessing the system would come along.
Even in higher education it is a huge problem, with a variety of systems in place today on college campuses where I work, that are somewhat if not entirely lacking accessibility.
While government guidelines exist that say how a building must be designed to meet ADA requirements in terms of physical mobility for those using wheel chairs, walkers and other devices, and while rules exist laying out how interior signage is displayed so that the blind can read it for instance, the rules don't exist for exterior signage and technology. So when walking around a campus with many buildings, the blind person cannot walk up to the door and literally get a feel for what building he or she is entering. Similarly at stadiums and arenas, no signage is available in Braille that says what section a fan is entering and no Braille is on the small metal plates that are fixed to stadium seats, indicating the location in the stadium that the fan is sitting in. I found this to be true at every game of my 30 ballpark, 30 day tour in 2012. As for technology, many of today's websites present major accessibility hurtles for the blind user like me, many desktop applications for sale to the general public lack this as well. Only the Apple products with onboard Voiceover technology are largely accessible, but even here a lot of the third party apps have issues.
Some examples of in inaccessible web content include, the use of CAPTCHA with no audio (The boxes that want you to enter the letters and numbers displayed in an image to prove you are a real person). Many buttons on flash oriented features have no labeled button that tells the screen reader what you are about to press, as all buttons on the player just show as button, button, button, rather than stop, play, rewind, Etc. many sites have links that say click here, rather than the name of what they actually represent and so you have to guess as to what the click here references. Then there are those sites that present a list of options but none are accessible to the screen reader because they have not been designed as a button or link that the screen reader can actually focus on. The key to all this, blind people will not now, nor will they ever in the future use a mouse. So web and application designers must use an approach that allows for the use of other input methods, including voice response and keyboards.
So why is your baseball blogger writing about this very non-baseball topic. It is because Major League Baseball is in a unique position with a very important responsibility. MLB through its diversity and inclusion programs has an opportunity to display to the world the best practices when it comes to all aspects of accessibility. This means it could hire someone who is blind or has a related disability as an accessibility expert, to make sure the league is fully accessible to all its customers both virtually on its websites and literally in the ballparks. Further, this puts MLB in a position to be a leader in the business community and brings a very public voice and recognized brand that could lobby for Federal legislation that strengthens ADA technology guidelines and provides more opportunities for the blind in the work place. Have you ever tried to buy a new TV or other device and set it up as a blind person? Good luck.
Why does all this matter? We have a social responsibility and a moral obligation to do the right thing. We cannot be the most free nation in the world if we do not remove barriers that limit the right of certain citizens to work. Furthermore, we reduce the demand on the government, as many blind people who currently live on social security disability checks would now have a real job with real income and it would allow for a greater contribution for all too the greater good of our society. Finally, it allows MLB to bridge the gap that exists between the blind and sited worlds, teaching the blind that yes we must live and operate in a sited world, while teaching the sited that it is in the best interest of everyone to solve these major problems that truly do limit opportunity for this small population of often overlooked American citizens.
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Waukesha police said a man was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after a shooting near a Waukesha apartment complex kept residents locked in their homes for hours Wednesday night.
Police responded to a shooting abut about 4 p.m. near the West Grove apartments at St. Paul Avenue and Kensington Drive.
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Police said nobody was hurt and the gunman took off. As a precaution, authorities kept residents in their apartments.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Private-sector employers shrugged off a looming budget crisis and stepped up hiring in December, offering further evidence of underlying strength in the economy as 2012 ended.
While other data on Thursday showed an increase in the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits, the trend remained consistent with steady job growth.
"The underlying economy has momentum, and the employment data confirms that. The hope and prayer of the market is that our political leaders don't screw it up," said John Brady, managing director at R.J. O'Brien & Associates in Chicago.
Although Congress this week approved a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff — a combination of sharp government spending cuts and higher taxes that would have sucked about $600 billion from the economy — the budget problems are far from resolved.
The ADP National Employment Report showed the private sector added 215,000 jobs last month after increasing their payrolls by 148,000 in November. The report is jointly developed with Moody's Analytics.
The job gains came even as companies worried the economy might fall off the fiscal cliff.
However, the ADP data tends to overstate job gains in December because of a year-end accounting quirk.
"While we are encouraged by the better tone in the ADP employment report, we are cautious about reading too much into it, particularly given its tendency to exaggerate the performance of the labor market in December," said Millan Mulraine, a senior economist at TD Securities in New York.
Still, the report added to other data ranging from consumer spending to manufacturing that have suggested the economy was in a much better shape than previously thought.
It was released ahead of the government's more comprehensive employment report on Friday. That report is expected to show employers added 150,000 jobs to their payrolls in December, according to a Reuters survey of economists, up from 146,000 in November.
Prices for U.S. Treasury debt fell on the ADP report. The dollar rose broadly, while stocks on Wall Street were flat after a recent rally.
A separate report from the Labor Department showed initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 372,000 last week. However, claims data for nine states, including California and Virginia, was estimated because of the Christmas and New Year holidays.
The four-week moving average for new claims, a better measure of job market trends, was little changed at 360,000, a sign labor conditions continue to improve at a steady pace.
"The claims data are not always reliable labor market indicators around the holiday season because of issues seasonally adjusting the data, but it is still a somewhat encouraging sign to see the trend in the data remain relatively low," said Daniel Silver, an economist at JPMorgan in New York.
Job gains in the first 11 months of last year averaged about 151,000 per month, not enough to significantly lower unemployment. The jobless rate dropped by 0.2 percentage point to 7.7 percent in November and is expected to have held at that level last month.
The steady labor market was also captured by a third report showing planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell in December for the first time in four months, while the overall job-cut total in 2012 was the lowest since 1997.
"The key to job creation is the pace at which companies are willing to hire new workers since it appears they are already retaining existing employees at a high rate," said John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics in New York.
Better job security is helping to support domestic demand and in December, several major U.S. retailers such as Costco Wholesale Corp and high-end chain store Nordstrom Inc reported better-than-expected sales.
Sales at stores open at least a year rose 4.5 percent, topping analysts' estimates for 3.3 percent growth for December across 17 chains.
Additional reporting by Steven C Johnson, Chris Reese and Ryan Vlastelica in New York; Editing by Andrea Ricci