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A hybrid solar eclipse occurs on Friday, 8 April, 2005, in the Pacific Ocean and Central/South America. As usual for a hybrid eclipse, this will be a very narrow eclipse, just 27 km wide at maximum eclipse. The track passes from south of New Zealand, north-east across the Pacific, tailing out in Central America and into South America.
More information on this eclipse may be found at Fred Espenak's site.
Please note that these maps are very approximate. Check with reliable sources before making travel plans.
Remember that an annular eclipse, and the partial phases of a total eclipse, cannot be viewed safely with the naked eye.
This map shows the annular phases of the eclipse (in yellow) and the total phase (in red):
The eclipse begins in the Pacific off New Zealand at 18:54 UT, local sunrise, as an annular eclipse; the path width is 23km, and the annular phase lasts 24 seconds here. The eclipse moves east, the path narrowing and the duration shortening as the Moon's apparent size grows to match the Sun's, until at 19:07 UT, the path width and duration are zero, and a perfect total eclipse is seen -- unfortunately, a long way from land.
The zone of totality continues east, expanding as the Moon's apparent size grows; however, this is always going to be a small eclipse. At maximum eclipse, 20:36 UT, the path width of the total eclipse is just 27km, and the duration 42 seconds.
Continuing east, the eclipse once more starts to narrow as the Moon's apparent size begins to shrink. The total eclipse ends with another perfect eclipse, visible from a single point on the earth for an instant of time, at 22:00 UT, off the coast of Costa Rica.
From this point, the eclipse once more becomes annular, and continues on east, widening as it goes. It touches land about 22:10 UT, where the path is 11km wide, and the duration of the annular eclipse about 12 seconds. Finally, the eclipse ends in South America at 22:18 UT, with a 33-second annular eclipse at sunset.
The partial eclipse will be visible over western South America, Central America, and southern North America.
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I think OP co-op'd with me before he played the game solo, and if that is the case, then he can't know what he is talking about. It was extremely boring alone, and a bit more fun with others! The story I never enjoyed, as it wasn't good, and the game even ended on a cliff hanger. :\ :\ The battlesystem was pretty crap, though I've seen a lot worse, but it truly is better to play with others. Do yourself a favor, don't waste time playing it alone first. Last edited by MMDE; 04-10-2012 at 12:06 AM. |
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I've been playing the single player first and so far I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Apparently I'm in the minority it seems. Didn't notice any issues with the voice acting either. Only tried coop once but I'm glad I'm doing the story first on my own playthrough. Hardcore will be interesting though. Might do local coop for that, will hafta see. I enjoyed coop tho for the most part
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Spring Web Flow (SWF) is a component of the Spring Framework's web stack focused on the definition and execution of UI flow within a web application.
The system allows you to capture a logical flow of your web application as a self-contained module that can be reused in different situations. Such a flow guides a single user through the implementation of a business task, and represents a single user conversation. Flows often execute across HTTP requests, have state, exhibit transactional characteristics, and may be dynamic and/or long-running in nature.
Spring Web Flow exists at a higher level of abstraction, integrating as a self-contained flow engine within base frameworks such as Struts, Spring MVC, Portlet MVC, and JSF. SWF provides you the capability to capture your application's UI flow explicitly in a declarative, portable, and manageable fashion. SWF is a powerful controller framework based on a finite-state machine, fully addressing the "C" in MVC.
Spring Web Flow has been architected as a self-contained flow engine with few required dependencies on third-party APIs. All dependencies are carefully managed.
At a minimum, to use Spring Web Flow you need:
spring-webflow (the framework)
spring-core (miscellaneous utility classes used internally by the framework)
spring-binding (the Spring data binding framework, used internally)
commons-logging (a simple logging facade, used internally)
OGNL (the default expression language)
Most users will embed SWF as a component within a larger web application development framework, as SWF is a focused controller technology that expects a calling system to care for request mapping and response rendering. In this case, those users will depend on a thin integration piece for their environment. For example, those executing flows within a Servlet environment might use the Spring MVC integration to care for dispatching requests to SWF and rendering responses for SWF view selections. Spring Web Flow ships convenient Spring MVC, Struts Classic, and JSF integration out of the box.
Note | |
Spring Web Flow, like Spring, is a layered framework, packaged in a manner that allows teams to use the parts they need and nothing else. For example, one team might use Spring Web Flow in a Servlet environment with Spring MVC and thus require the Spring MVC integration. Another team might use SWF in a Portlet environment, and thus require the Portlet MVC integration. Another team might mix and match. A major benefit of SWF is that it allows you to define reusable, self-contained controller modules that can execute in any environment. |
Spring Web Flow is a layered framework. A diagram of Spring Web Flow's layered architecture is shown below:
Each layer is partitioned into one or more subsystems that together carry out the layer's role within the overall system. This section notes the purpose of each layer and describes each subsystem in the following format:
Subsystem name - The name of a layer subsystem.
Description - The purpose of the subsystem.
Packages - The Java packages that contain the source code for the subsystem. The packages are rooted at the org.springframework.webflow root package in the package hierarchy.
Subsystem interfaces - Central API elements exposed by the subsystem, typically through Java interfaces.
Internal dependencies - Dependencies of the subsystem. These could be other subsystems of the layer or external libraries.
Defines core flow definition and execution public APIs. As the "bottom layer", this layer is highly stable with no dependencies on any other layer.
Table 1.1. Execution Core Subsystems
Subsystem name | Description | Packages | Subsystem interfaces | Internal dependencies |
Core | Foundational, generic types usable by all other subsystems. Contains the default expression parser (OGNL-based) and core collection types (AttributeMap and company). | core, core.collection | None | None |
Util | Low level utilities used by all other parts of the system. | util | None | None |
Flow Definition | Central abstractions for modeling flow definitions. These abstractions include FlowDefinition, StateDefinition, and TransitionDefinition that form the domain language for describing flows. | definition | FlowDefinition | Core |
Flow Definition Registry | Support for working with registries of flow definitions. Flow definitions eligible for execution are typically stored in a registry that provides lookup services. | definition.registry | FlowDefinitionRegistry, FlowDefinitionLocator | Core, Flow Definition |
External Context | Provides normalized access to a client environment that has called into Spring Web Flow. | context, context.servlet, context.portlet | ExternalContext | Core, context.servlet requires Servlet API 2.3, context.portlet requires Portlet API 1.0 in addition to Servlet API 2.3 |
Conversation | Manages the creation and cleanup of conversational state. Used by the execution repository system to begin new user conversations and track execution state. | conversation, conversation.impl | ConversationManager | Core, Util, External Context |
Flow Execution | Stable runtime abstractions that define the flow definition execution model. For executing flow definitions and representing execution state. | execution, execution.support, execution.factory | FlowExecution | Core, External Context, Flow Definition |
Flow Execution Repository | For persisting paused flow executions beyond a single request into the server. | execution.repository, execution.repository.support, execution.repository.continuation | FlowExecutionRepository | Core, Util, Flow Definition, Conversation, Flow Execution |
Action | Reusable action implementations. | action, action.portlet | None | Core, Util, Flow Definition, External Context, Flow Execution |
Defines an implementation of the flow execution core API, forming the basis of the state machine or "engine" implementation. More volatile, as it contains specific implementations of stable execution abstractions.
Depends On: Execution Core
Table 1.2. Execution Engine Subsystems
Subsystem name | Description | Packages | Subsystem interfaces | Internal dependencies |
Engine Implementation | The implementation of the flow execution engine based on a finite state machine. | engine, engine.support, engine.impl | None | None |
Flow Definition Builder | Abstractions used at configuration-time for building and assembling Flow definitions executable by this engine implementation. Flows are typically defined in externalized resources such as XML files. | engine.builder, engine.builder.xml | FlowBuilder | Engine Implementation, Spring Beans 1.2.7, Spring Context 1.2.7, builder.xml requires JDK 1.5 or Xerces for XSD support |
Support for unit testing flow artifacts and system testing flow executions.
Depends On: Execution Engine, Execution Core
Table 1.3. Test Subsystems
Subsystem name | Description | Packages | Subsystem interfaces | Internal dependencies |
Engine Artifact Unit Test Support | Support for unit testing implementations such as Actions in isolation. | test | None | JUnit 3.8.1 |
Flow Execution Test Support | Support for testing Flow Executions out-of-container. | test.execution | None | Spring Beans 1.2.7, JUnit 3.8.1 |
Stable higher-level layer for driving and coordinating the execution of flow definitions. This layer is decoupled from the more-volatile engine implementation.
Depends On: Execution Core
Table 1.4. Executor Subsystems
Subsystem name | Description | Packages | Subsystem interfaces | Internal dependencies |
Core | Generic flow executor abstractions and support. | executor, executor.support | FlowExecutor | None |
Spring MVC | The integration between Spring Web Flow and the Spring MVC framework. | executor.mvc | None | Core, Spring Web MVC 1.2.7, Portlet MVC requires Spring 2.0 |
Struts | The integration between Spring Web Flow and the Struts Classic framework. | executor.struts | None | Core, Struts 1.1 |
The top-most layer for configuring the overall Spring Web Flow system for use within an application. As the top layer, this layer depends on the most.
Depends On: Executor, Execution Engine, Execution Core
Table 1.5. System Configuration Subsystems
Subsystem name | Description | Packages | Subsystem interfaces | Internal dependencies |
Spring Configuration Support | For configuring Spring Web Flow using Spring 1.x and 2.x. | config | None | Spring Beans 1.2.7, spring-webflow-config-1.0 XSD support requires Spring 2.0 |
Note | |
As described above, some subsystem packages are optional depending on your use of the subsystem. For example, use of Spring Web Flow in a Servlet environment entails use of the ExternalContext context.servlet package which requires the Servlet API to be in the classpath. In this case, the context.portlet package is not used and the Portlet API is not required. |
For the exact list of dependencies, as well as supported product usage configurations, see the Ivy dependency manager descriptor located within the SWF distribution.
Spring Web Flow 1.x is supported on Spring Framework 1.2.7 or > for the 1.x series, and supported on 2.0 or > for the 2.x series.
XML-based flow building requires Xerces 2 or JDK 5.0 (for XSD support).
The Spring Web Flow Portlet integration requires Spring Portlet MVC 2.0.
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In the third installment of power rankings, newcomer Nando De Colo has vaulted to the 10th slot. Josh Powell, a week after jumping to 12th, has fallen back to 17th. The roster has been whittled down to 18 players following the release of forward Tyler Wilkerson. [Editor's note: These rankings -- which are a composite of the Air Alamo staff -- reflect current production, unless your are Tony Parker, and does not account for future/likely/unlikely progression.]
No. | Player | Prev |
1. | Tony Parker. Through three preseason games, Parker is averaging 6.7 points and 3.7 assists while shooting 31.6% from the field. | 1 |
2. | Tim Duncan. Duncan scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the Spurs' loss to the Denver Nuggets. He was used sparingly in the following game against Houston, missing one of six attempts. | 2 |
3. | Manu Ginobili. In regular season form, Ginobili is scoring from the perimeter at a deadly efficient rate. | 3 |
4. | Kawhi Leonard. Kawhi has missed 13 of 17 attempts in the last two exhibition games. It's early but perhaps we should wait before we entrust Leonard with a more pronounced role in the offense. — Iksan | 4 |
5. | Danny Green. By burying 6-of-9 attempts on Sunday, Green finally put together an encouraging performance to take the sting off last year's Western Conference finals. Dating back to Game 1, including the exhibitions against Denver and Atlanta, Green converted on 25.6% of his shots. | 5 |
6. | Stephen Jackson. Playing aggressive as always, Jack is still the edge the Spurs are hoping will give them advantage in high leverage situations. — Iksan | 6 |
7. | DeJuan Blair. The efficacy of Blair grows exponentially with an adept passer on the floor as evidenced by his rapport with Nando De Colo. | 10 |
8. | Gary Neal. Sure, Neal shoots a lot, averaging 10 attempts per game against the Hawks, Nuggets and Rockets but he is still in good shape for the back up point guard position. — Iksan | 8 |
9. | Boris Diaw. Still the incumbent at power forward and deservedly so after he dished five assists and grabbed six rebounds in 20 minutes at the Toyota Center. | 7 |
10. | Nando De Colo. The biggest riser of the week, De Colo seems poised for fun rookie season. — Iksan | 14 |
11. | Tiago Splitter. Splitter's recovery from lingering back spasms has prevented him from logging more than 13 minutes of action in any game. | 9 |
12. | Cory Joseph. Joseph is to George Hill as De Colo is to Ginobili — they are similar players. Except that Joseph may have a better grasp for the position. | 13 |
13. | Eddy Curry. Curry's propensity to foul (three personal fouls per game) is alarming even though he will never be confused for a solid defensive player. — Iksan | 15 |
14. | Matt Bonner. Hasn't played much. Hasn't produced much either. | 11 |
15. | Derrick Brown. His versatility to guard small forwards is his calling card, but do the Spurs like him enough to give him the final roster spot? — Iksan | 17 |
16. | Patty Mills. Mills (sprained right ankle) will likely play Saturday against the Miami Heat. His preseason debut could not come soon enough as the competition is heating up. | 16 |
17. | Josh Powell. After leading the Spurs in scoring against the Hawks, Powell earned seven minutes in the ensuing two games. — Iksan | 12 |
18 | Wesley Witherspoon. Led the team in scoring in his first game, possibly prolonging his swan song. | 19 |
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Appenzell middle of the village. Beautiful view of the middle of the village of Appenzell on the main street and church in Appenzell itself out of the apartment Falk mill in Appenzell
In the native language of the webcam owner
Appenzell mitten im Dorf. Wunderbare Aussicht mitten im Dorf Appenzell auf die Hauptgasse und Kirche in Appenzell selber aus der Ferienwohnung Falkenmühle in Appenzell. Appenzell im Appenzellerland in der Nähe vom Bodensee.
Appenzell (or "Appenzellerland") is a region in the northeast of Switzerland, entirely surrounded by the Canton of St. Gallen. A former canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, Appenzell has been divided since 1597 into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden. History: The name "Appenzell" (Latin: "abbatis cella") means "cell (i.e. estate) of the abbot". This refers to the Abbey of St. Gall, which exerted a great influence on the area. Appenzell became a full member of the confederation in 1513, and religious divisions resulting from the Protestant Reformation culminated in a split in 1597 between the Catholic Innerrhoden and Protestant Ausserrhoden. After this time, the term "Kanton Appenzell" continued to refer to both half-cantons, although this usage has since become outdated. Usually "die beiden Appenzell" ("the two Appenzells") are spoken of in a political context, and "Appenzellerland" in a geographic context, if the aim is to refer to Innerrhoden and Ausserrhoden ... Read more about Appenzell on Wikipedia


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Topic: Technical Support / Ghost Game Message Notifications
Happening to me as well. I have no idea what games I've blocked, but I've blocked a lot of them.
Topic: Swords & Potions 2 / Is the level bug still in place?
I get visited by a level 3 (max 10) and I have Mahogany walls. So the bug has been fixed (if it was ever there, I've never heard of that bug before)
Topic: Swords & Potions 2 / Show off your shop!
This is my shop It's very cluttered, but it works.
Topic: Swords & Potions 2 / Question about XP from crafting
I think it depends on the type of furniture. With shop appeal, it adds the number shown to what you already have, but with the other type of upgrades the number shown is the total provided by that piece of furniture.
Topic: Swords & Potions 2 / zoywiki for SNP2
Bumping this because not enough people are aware of this wiki. It's better than the edgebee one because it's a lot easier to create an account and edit pages on this one, which will make it easier to keep up to date once people start using it.
Topic: Dawn of Darkness / A thread to report the in-game issue, bug and so on
I got a bug where one of my main quests got completed when I beat an elite area. Now I can't do the area which the quest was for (Camp Gray IV) even though I have the side quest for it.
Topic: Kongregate / New Kongregate Version: Even more translations
I have the trending update as well and I still see the # of players playing # of games.
Topic: Game of Thrones Ascent / Questions about game problems
My power seems to be stuck. It doesn't matter how many quests I complete or how many buildings I upgrade, it's stuck just below 800.
Topic: Game of Thrones Ascent / Playing game for Achievements
It's too buggy and laggy for me, so I'm playing it just for the achievements. A shame, it seems like the kind of game I could have enjoyed if it wasn't for that.
Topic: Off-topic / Font change
Yes, it's the first thing I noticed as well when I logged in now. It's even worse on my end than in your screenshot, looks like it might also be in bold here.
Topic: Legacy of a Thousand Suns / Friendship
I suppose I'm looking for friends as well.
Topic: Legacy of a Thousand Suns / Raid URLs
C. Shark NM http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/legacy-of-a-thousand-suns?kv_action_type=raidhelp&kv_raid_id=5613153&kv_difficulty=4&kv_raid_boss=cyborg_shark&kv_hash=1cU5X1sVm3
Topic: Legacy of a Thousand Suns / Ha, Kudos for the medium badge.
Originally posted by BuffaloWingsPwns: If you play a game simply to get a badge, that means you don't actually like the game.
That's not true at all. He plays an almost identical game, it would be pointless to play two basically identical games at the same time. So he chose to continue playing DotD since he's more progressed in that, and plays this one only for the badges.
As for the subject at hand, I guess you'd have to be from America to get the reference.
Topic: Dawn of the Dragons / Bugs
Originally posted by IvanaM3:Keep getting null when im going for Enigmatic item 3. Got it at least 30 times now.
Keep getting null when im going for Enigmatic item 3. Got it at least 30 times now.
I have the same issue, on item 3 as well.
Topic: Dawn of the Dragons / Post your Raid URLs here
NM Hydra http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/dawn-of-the-dragons?kv_action_type=raidhelp&kv_raid_id=702620&kv_difficulty=4&kv_raid_boss=hydra&kv_hash=E82WD78r01
NM Ulfrik http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/dawn-of-the-dragons?kv_action_type=raidhelp&kv_raid_id=668872&kv_difficulty=4&kv_raid_boss=ulfrik&kv_hash=Q6vPV0v90v http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/dawn-of-the-dragons?kv_action_type=raidhelp&kv_raid_id=659832&kv_difficulty=4&kv_raid_boss=ulfrik&kv_hash=604672Wx8k
Topic: Kongregate / New Kongregate Version: Liking and commenting feed items
The feed focuses on things like earning badges, and which games you favorite/play, so that you can comment and compete with your friends. It can be pretty fun to see what new games your friends are playing, and congratulate them when they earn that impossible badge.
For that to work we need the ability to filter what shows in our feed (not just what we show others, but what we get to see as well). Otherwise we end up with feeds like this, which is absolutely useless:
NM Sir Cai http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/dawn-of-the-dragons?kv_action_type=raidhelp&kv_raid_id=562412&kv_difficulty=4&kv_raid_boss=sircai&kv_hash=0p3c5QkG35
NM Sir Cai http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/dawn-of-the-dragons?kv_action_type=raidhelp&kv_raid_id=558983&kv_difficulty=4&kv_raid_boss=sircai&kv_hash=8kCpbk497P
Bogstench NM http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/dawn-of-the-dragons?kv_action_type=raidhelp&kv_raid_id=521016&kv_difficulty=4&kv_raid_boss=bogstench&kv_hash=94ksEs7i62
NM Bogstench (both of them) http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/dawn-of-the-dragons?kv_action_type=raidhelp&kv_raid_id=518530&kv_difficulty=4&kv_raid_boss=bogstench&kv_hash=k323Jy44gi
Topic: Kongregate / 260 kreds...
Shame Netflix is not available in my country :(
NM Gravlok http://www.kongregate.com/games/5thPlanetGames/dawn-of-the-dragons?kv_action_type=raidhelp&kv_raid_id=513944&kv_difficulty=4&kv_raid_boss=batman&kv_hash=d125CJ8Aw0
Topic: Kongregate / Where is recently played games?
Originally posted by bobby71983:Originally posted by Zshadow:You can still find the recently played games section under the "games" tab, on your profile, or on the link below: http://www.kongregate.com/recently_played_games what was wrong with it on the main page? You still have plenty of blank space.
Originally posted by Zshadow:You can still find the recently played games section under the "games" tab, on your profile, or on the link below: http://www.kongregate.com/recently_played_games
You can still find the recently played games section under the "games" tab, on your profile, or on the link below:
what was wrong with it on the main page? You still have plenty of blank space.
They get more ad revenue if we have to click through multiple pages to use the features we want. That's the only reason.
Topic: Kongregate / New Split Test: Activity feeds *we're back!*
All we are trying to do is connect users to each other, and so you can see what your friends/followers are up to
That would have been a decent idea if 99% of all messages didn't turn out to be someone who got a new badge. That's absolutely useless information and makes the feed unusable. Sure, it's nice you gave us the option to choose what we want to share. But that's just not good enough. We need to option to choose what we want to see, only then will it be even remotely useful (and even then I still hate the fact that you moved the recently played games list because of it. Now I can't access everything I want from the front page any more). But in the current state it's 100% useless because it will be spammed with "player earned a badge" messages.


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File this under "Welcome to the NBA offseason."
Standing at 6'6" and weighing 210 lbs., needless to say San Antonio Spurs' Danny Green is quite a big guy.
So when he mounted this horse out in China, he made the beast look like a toy pony. Poor horse looks like it could break in half at any moment. Just look at that expression on the horse's face.
(via: Green's Instagram)
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Economists Reveal Top Trends Likely to Impact the Pork Checkoff
DES MOINES, IOWA - Jan. 7, 2014 - As the National Pork Board sets its course for 2015 through 2020, the organization's strategic planning task force was recently presented an analysis of top trends in the economic and food production environment that are most likely to impact the Pork Checkoff program. The analysis is part of the National Pork Board's strategic planning initiative. The task force met for the first time in December.
"Our overarching objective is to assess the role the Pork Checkoff plays in an ever-changing world and to identify strategic opportunities for us to help move the pork industry forward," said Chris Novak, chief executive officer of the National Pork Board. "This may mean developing programs that increase consumer trust and comfort in purchasing pork.
"Consumer needs regarding food safety and transparency, and producer needs to protect the environment and provide the best possible animal care will be front and center," Novak said.
Dr. Daniel Sumner, the University of California at Davis, and Dr. Steve Meyer, Paragon Economics, identified the following trends as critical to address:
There is a marked increase in U.S. consumption of pork, which is outpacing sales of all meat products. U.S. pork consumption is at a 10-year high and only expected to increase.
While the domestic pork market is the biggest by far for U.S. producers with 75 percent of U.S. pork production consumed domestically, Asia presents a growth market with 30-year projections of income growth and a rising middle class that demands more protein and produce.
Productivity of the average pig farmer has increased, with pigs per litter and average market hog weights both increasing. This creates an immediate 2.6 percent increase in the amount of pork entering the market today.
Food safety and farm practice issues will modify demand in rich countries and increasingly in middle-income countries with retailers - including foodservice firms - showing a strong interest in understanding farm practices and encouraging farmers to meet the demands of opinion leaders.
"Real per capita expenditures are very strong, with individual pork demand at its highest levels since 2004," said Meyer, who noted that the percentage growth in pork sales in the past year is the highest among all meat products, including pork, beef, poultry and lamb
"Domestically, people are spending more on meat even while per capita income fails to grow. Following a year where animal activism increased its pressure through the release of undercover videos and the use of social media, people not only continued to buy meat, but in fact, bought more meat and paid significantly more for it," Meyer said.
Sumner said global income and population growth continue to drive pork demand.
"On a global basis, the need for increased pork production over the next decade is very real," Sumner said. "The U.S. pork industry must keep up, and even outperform past history, in order to meet increasing demand in both wealthy countries and those developing countries with rapidly growing per capita incomes."
For members of the task force, the strategic planning process will be centered on asking a simple, yet aspirational question: "What if?" The question is designed to push the imagination about what the industry could be.
"In 2009, we set a vision for an industry that was responsible, sustainable, professional and profitable. We set goals to protect a farmer's freedom to operate, to reposition fresh pork with consumers and to make U.S. pork producers more competitive in the global marketplace," Novak said. "Today, we must also focus on the issues important to society. That's what this planning process will uncover."
Novak added that among the most important topics of interest today are food safety, the environment and animal welfare.
"Our Pork Checkoff was founded by family farmers who recognized the need to invest in the development and promotion of their industry. We remain, today, a farmer-led organization that is focused on providing a return to producers for their Checkoff investments," Novak said. "At the same time, we need to acknowledge that the issues and challenges facing producers are no longer only producer issues, but rather affect the entire pork chain. Recognizing this new reality, and finding a way to align our interests with retailers, foodservice companies and packers will be critical to our long-term success. Progress is good and momentum important, but a vision to challenge the status quo is most critical."
Throughout 2014, the Pork Checkoff and the food industry leaders comprising its strategic planning task force will review research, market data and the opinions of agriculture's top economists and other experts in an effort to set a strategic vision to carry the organization from 2015 through 2020.
The National Pork Board has responsibility for Checkoff-funded research, promotion and consumer information projects and for communicating with pork producers and the public. Through a legislative national Pork Checkoff, pork producers invest $0.40 for each $100 value of hogs sold. Importers of pork products contribute a like amount, based on a formula. The Pork Checkoff funds national and state programs in advertising, consumer information, retail and foodservice marketing, export market promotion, production improvement, technology, swine health, pork safety and environmental management. For information on Checkoff-funded programs, pork producers can call the Pork Checkoff Service Center at (800) 456-7675 or check the Internet at www.pork.org.
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so, i'm trying to update drivers from a fresh windows 7 x64bit install. everything is fine until i update ati drivers.when i reboot i get windows splash screen, then blackness. i can go into safemode,uninstall drivers, reboot and windows works fine again. i've tried some old driver versions i've found on the web,with same results. any help would be appreciated.
Comp Stats:
OS: Windows 7 x64
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T
MoBo: MSI 890FXA-GD70
Bios: unsure
RAM:8GB of DDR3 RAM (OCZ3RPR1600C8LV2G)
Graphics: Xfire Radeon HD 5870 (tho i've tried the driver update with just one card plugged as well)
Monitor: i've tried one comp monitor and two TV's
feel free to request any other info. i also have a cpu-z report.
thanks in advance guys,
Have you read any of the posts in the Crossfire forum?
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i have not, since the problem occured even when not hooked up crossfire.i'll zip over to that forum tonight and do some reading. if anyone else has some suggestions, feel free to chip in.
it's been awhile, but i've been trying EVERY beta/stable driver they release with same issues occuring after i install drivers... has there been some cure-all fix yet?
I've had this problem with my build. Updating the Motherboard BIOS worked for me.
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I have a similar problem except that I get the Windows desktop background and the system is frozen.I have just installed Windows 7 64 bit in a dual boot configuration with windows XP.
I have a Asus Radeon HD 7790 installed on a Asus M3A79-T M/board that has an AMD 790FX/SB750 chipset. This all works fine with my Windows XP installation but when I instal the drivers for the graphics card for windows 7 then it goes through the boot process and then freezes. I have tried reinstalling drivers after completely updating Windows, all antivirus off but no luck.
Help would be appreciated, thank you
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January is a good month to get organized
Published 9:33am Monday, January 14, 2013Column: Something About Nothing, by Julie Seedorf
I can't believe all the stuff I am finding hidden in my house. Believe it or not my new kittens, Boris and Natasha, have given me the incentive to finish cleaning out my closets and all of my nooks and crannies.
I have been on a decluttering journey the last few years. I got detoured from that when I wasn't feeling good, but now it is a new year and a new start. I must say the cluttered state of my closets had taken a back seat to more fun pleasure likes writing and crafty creating but these two mischievous creatures have spurred me on to an empty closet life.
Remember this is not happening overnight but a shelf or a nook a day seems to work in my busy schedule.
The reason Boris and Natasha are helping me with my decision is that they are finding things I didn't know I had in my house. I suspect it is more Natasha than Boris, as she seems to be the creature that is more curious and can fit into the tiniest crevices.
Natasha has been found playing with a dog bone (we haven't had a dog for a year and a half). She has been found playing with a child's necklace that I have not seen in many years. She has been found playing with a shoestring that both of us swear we have never seen before and our shoes and clothes are not missing any strings. Natasha is a little thief and stashes everything under my bed. Since she is so good at finding things I decided I had better clear out everything. There may be something I want to find first.
My family room closet was stuffed. There were table leafs for my dining room table, family pictures that I had sorted into boxes and stuffed into the closet before I got sick. I found jackets that I didn't know I had. They were called larger and smaller. I had to decide which ones to keep. I am getting larger but it seems every time I get rid of the small, I get smaller, and every time I get rid of the large, I get larger. What was it going to be? There was no medium. Perhaps I had better add medium to my closet.
It was amazing what all was stuffed into that closet.
The problem I have with organizing is the fact that I organized my office. Now I can't find a thing. Maybe I do better in chaos, except that theory goes right out the window when I see Natasha's stash. Perhaps she is trying to organize me.
January is the month we see many stores advertising all their storage solutions. I want them all. At one time or another I probably tried them all. The problem with having all these wonderful items for storage is that you actually have to use them to get organized. I have friends that buy them, too, and when we sort their rooms we have all these unused containers.
Part of the problem with my organizing skills is that most of what I find doesn't need to be organized. It needs to leave my house. I have found that works very well if I put things in a box and immediately move it to whatever charity I am donating it to. If these boxes sit in my garage for any amount of time I seem to happen upon them, because I probably forgot they were there, and I start going through them only to find all these treasures that I could not believe I had discarded, and, yes, they make their way back into my house because I must need them.
Of course then there are the family heirlooms such as the little glass creamer that used to be used in restaurants. I acquired it on one of my jaunts with my mom and dad. Do I ever use it? No. Will I ever use it? No. But I can't seem to discard it.
The same reasoning goes for a little religious shrine that was my grandmothers. It is made of very thin metal and somewhere in our moves it broke. It was one of the last things my grandma gave to me. I remember always admiring it in her dresser drawer. I have always been going to see if I could solder it back together. It has been broke for years. In all those years I haven't managed to do that, but I can't seem to discard it.
I have been on the end of having to clean out a house that closely resembled a hoarder. I promised my kids I wouldn't leave them a mess. Well, maybe I promised.
But how do I know? If I keep discarding maybe I will discard something they may want someday after I am gone. They would spend hours and hours and days and days looking for that special item that they had wanted to remember me by.
Maybe I would have thrown it out if I decluttered too much. And since I don't know what that item is I guess I had better put everything back in the closets, shut the door so Natasha can't get in and leave it alone. I don't want to disappoint my children.
Wells resident Julie Seedorf's column appears every Monday. Send email to her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Pixie cut celebs' favourite hair-do in 2013
Los Angeles, Dec 27 : Celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Beyonce Knowles chopped off their long locks and sported the pixie cut in 2013.
Usmagazine.com shares a list of stars who chose the edgy hair-do this year:
- Jennifer Lawrence: The actress flaunted the pixie cut while promoting "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" in November.
- Jennifer Hudson: Not only did the singer shed extra pounds, she also got rid of her long hair. She sported the new look in October.
- Pamela Anderson: The former "Baywatch" star looked mature and sophisticated after cutting her wavy blonde hair in October.
- Beyonce Knowles: During her Mrs. Carter World Tour Show in August 2013, she posted a photograph on her Instagram account in a pixie cut . But she quickly abandoned the look and opted for an angled bob.
--IANS (Posted on 27-12-2013)
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This is not correct. Check with BATFE. There are numerous kits that involve adding a stock to a Glock and these all require that the pistol be registered as a short barreled rifle. Same thing when putting a folding stock on a Heckler & Koch SP89 pistol. Also, you cannot buy a AR15 pistol and then simply put a stock on it. The fact that it is built as a "handgun" is irrelevant. If you take any sub-16" barreled firearm and turn it into a shoulder fired weapon without registering it as a NFA item you are committing a federal crime.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - The financial strains and shifting shopping habits of Americans have led to uneven fortunes for retailers.
Traditional consumer companies like Wal-Mart and Mattel have continued to struggle as Americans spend more cautiously in the uncertain economy. Meanwhile, Amazon.com has flourished as shoppers increasingly buy online rather than head to stores.
The trend was evident during the pivotal holiday shopping season, a time roughly from November through December when many retailers can make up to 40 per cent of their annual revenue. Overall, government figures show that spending during October through December rose at the fastest clip in three years.
But exactly where — and how — Americans spent their money during the final months of the year shifted. Fewer people were in and out of stores during the holiday season, but more were shopping online.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. also expects disappointing results during the period that includes the holiday shopping season. On Friday, the world's largest retailer said its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year adjusted earnings from continuing operations may come in at or slightly below the low end of its prior forecasts.
Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley in part blamed a bigger-than-expected impact from the federal government's reduction in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits — or food stamps — that went into effect on Nov. 1. That pressured its primarily low-income consumers.
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Both Wal-Mart and Mattel faced stock declines on Friday on their disappointing news. Wal-Mart shares fell in the morning before ending flat, while Mattel shares fell 12 per cent.
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NOTICE: I am currently on hiatus from Long Endings and New Beginnings. In reality, I am in the process of rewriting the first few chapters because I wrote them three years ago and my writing style has changed since then. I will not update again until that process is complete. It might take a while, but sorry. It's a reality, and it will make me happier.
I am also changing the title from Long Endings and New Beginnings to Dawn. It more fits this story to when I first started it.
I promise that I am not abandoning this, or you. I have every intention of finishing.


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