text: Newsline Co-op developments, coast to coast Charles Ling named USDA Economist of the Year Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that USDA Rural Development agricultural economist Charles Ling has received the USDA Economist Groupĺs ôEconomist of the Yearö award, which recognizes his outstanding work to foster greater understanding and use of dairy cooperatives. ôDr. Ling exemplifies the ways in which USDA employees work tirelessly to help businesses and improve the lives of rural residents,ö Vilsack said. ôThe technical assistance he has provided to cooperatives has helped them improve their economic well-being and service to their members.ö Ling received the award at a ceremony at USDA headquarters in Washington D.C. Ling provides the only source of comprehensive information on the marketing operations of the nationĺs dairy cooperatives, information which has proven useful in policy and research analysis. Especially noteworthy is Lingĺs work to calculate the cost of manufacturing cheese, butter and milk powder in cooperatively owned plants. The award citation notes that Ling ôis an unsung hero who has fostered understanding and use of dairy cooperatives. His wide-ranging research and technical assistance has provided exceptional information to U.S. dairy cooperatives to better serve their member-farmers. Producers, cooperatives, government agencies and policymakers often seek his advice.ö A database Ling created on dairy cooperatives, which is updated every five years, is frequently cited by the dairy industry. Ling has authored more than 22 research reports and 30 other research-related reports and conducted at least 64 technical assistance projects for farmer cooperatives during his more than 30-year tenure with USDA. ôI am just lucky to have the opportunity of working with the nicest people Ś dairy farmers, the staff of their cooperative organizations and colleagues in and outside of USDA,ö Ling said. The Economist of the Year award honors a current U.S. Department of Agriculture economist for excellence in economic research and analysis that contributes to the USDA mission regarding food, agriculture, natural resources and related issues. By highlighting the contributions of economic analysis to program and policy development and implementation, the USDA Economists Group encourages continued integration of economic analysis throughout USDA. Membership in the group is not limited to USDA economists. LOĺL reports record net earnings Land O'Lakes Inc. reported record net earnings in 2009, achieved in what company officials termed a difficult and volatile economic environment and marketplace. Financial 2009 highlights for the co-op include: Record net earnings of $209 million, up 31 percent from 2008; Record-high cash returned to members of $108 million; Net sales of $10.4 billion, the companyĺs second-highest revenue year, but down 14 percent from 2008ĺs record $12 billion. The decline was largely due to lower commodity prices across nearly all businesses and the impact of the recessionary economy on consumer and customer purchasing. ôDespite a weak economy, Land OĺLakes delivered solid financial results Ś including record-high net earnings Ś because we met the needs of a changing marketplace,ö President and CEO Chris Policinski said. ôThe strength of our brands, aggressive and targeted marketing and adjusting our product mix to meet customer and consumer preferences all contributed to our outstanding results.ö Earnings benefited from $37 million of unrealized hedging gains at the end of the year, which compares to $52 million in unrealized hedging losses at the end of 2008. Company officials noted that unrealized hedging is more an indicator of market conditions at a given time than of performance. If the impact of hedging were factored out, 2009ĺs net earnings would be second only to 2008. Policinski also cited: A 2-percent volume increase in the companyĺs flagship branded butter business; An 11-percent increase in foodservice (restaurants, schools, institutions) volume, even though that segment, for the overall industry, was down for the year; A 4-percent volume increase in the companyĺs industry-leading animal milk replacer product line, despite financial stress across the dairy industry; A 2-percent increase in lifestyle feed volume, led by strong gains and record-high volumes in the companion animal segment; and A 5-percent increase in overall shellegg volume, with a 7-percent volume increase in the premium-priced branded/specialty egg segment. ôWhatĺs particularly good to see is that 9 percent of our 2009 dairy foods valueadded volume was generated by the new products category Ś which are products introduced over the past three years,ö Policinski said. ôWe maintained or improved key financial measures, and total debt was down by $250 million, as compared with year end 2008. We also achieved nearly $70 million in cost savings, and we refinanced our publicly held debt at attractive interest rates.ö CooperationWorks! slates spring training The Cooperative Business Development Training Program conducted by CooperationWorks! is a rigorous course to help professionals develop skills in assisting groups to start new cooperative enterprises. The program has been designed to deliver to new practitioners the best of what has been learned in the field of cooperative business development. The program consists of two intensive five-day training sessions, and a third (online) session focusing on coop finance. Session 2 (the courses can be taken in any order) will be held May 17-21 at the University of Wisconsin (UW) in Madison. Session leaders will include Bill Patrie of the Common Enterprise Development Corporation, Margaret Bau of USDA Rural Development and Anne Reynolds of the UW Center for Co-ops, among others. This session will examine the unique aspects of cooperatives and how to build effective group capacity for the long-term success of an enterprise. Break-out case studies will track four existing cooperative businesses. The course will also cover: co-op legal structures and taxation; co-op finance, equity and capitalization; co-op management and oversight, among other topics. Participation in the program is limited; registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, contact Audrey Malan at 307-655-9162 or firstname.lastname@example.com. USDA helping Dakota co-op expand broadband service In rural Burleigh County, N.D., the BEK Communications Cooperative has been selected to receive a $2 million grant and $2 million loan from USDA. Along with an additional $2 million in leveraged funds, the money will enable the co-op to expand its broadband system to serve more than 540 homes and anchor institutions that are currently under-served. This is just one example of how USDA is using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds Congress allocated to it to extend broadband services to un-served and under-served parts of rural America. To date, $895.6 million has been provided to support 55 broadband projects in 29 states or territories. The BEK co-opĺs existing system provides service to 53 percent of the population in its service area. Among the current users, 22 percent derive household income from the Internet. This expansion is expected to stimulate economic growth by bringing on new users. BEK, founded in 1952 and headquartered in Steele, N.D., provides voice and data services to about 6,000 customers throughout six counties in south-central North Dakota. In addition to local and long distance telephone service, the co-op provides high-speed Internet access, digital TV, advanced intelligent network features, dedicated data circuits and more. For a complete list of USDA broadband fund recipients, visit: www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/newsroom/new s.htm. CoBank reports record earnings, issues $269 million in patronage CoBank, a leading cooperative bank serving agribusinesses and rural utilities throughout the United States, set new records for net interest income and net earnings for 2009. These gains were achieved despite lower average loan volume during the year. Net income for fiscal 2009 was a record $565.4 million, up 6 percent from $533.4 million in 2008. Net interest income for the bank rose 10 percent, to $946 million, up from $862.6 million in 2008. Total assets were $58.2 billion, compared with $61.2 billion in 2008. Although loan quality declined as a result of impacts from the global recession on the bankĺs customer base, CoBank reports that its overall levels of capital and liquidity remained strong. In March, the bank was slated to pay $268.9 million in total patronage, including $183.8 million in cash and $85.1 million in common stock. For most customers, that represents 100 basis points of average loan volume, lowering their overall net cost of debt capital from CoBank. ôThe strong patronage payout authorized by our board for 2009 underscores the strength of the cooperative model and the compelling value proposition that CoBank offers its customer-owners,ö said Robert B. Engel, president and chief executive officer. Total provisions for loan losses for 2009 and 2008 were $80 million and $55 million, respectively. ôDuring a year that proved enormously difficult for many of the nationĺs financial institutions, CoBank was successful in generating record levels of net income to fund patronage, build capital and cushion the bank from the negative impacts of the recession and credit crisis. Most importantly, we were able to stand by our customers and meet their needs for debt capital as their financial partner,ö said Engel. Average loan volume during 2009 was $44.5 billion, down 2 percent from the prior year, primarily due to lower seasonal financing requirements from agribusiness customers. Seasonal agribusiness lending was reduced due to the substantial drop in prices for grains and farm inputs from 2008ĺs exceptionally high levels. Offsetting that decline was growth in other areas of the business, including U.S. governmentguaranteed loans that support American agricultural exports, loans to energy customers and loans to (and participation with) affiliated associations and other partners across the Farm Credit System, the bank reported. At year-end, 95.8 percent of the bankĺs loan and lease portfolio was classified in the highest regulatory category used to grade creditworthiness. Capital and liquidity levels remain well in excess of regulatory minimums, with the bank holding about $12.7 billion in cash and investments at year end. USDA, Navy sign renewable energy agreement USDA and the U.S. Navy in January signed a memorandum of understanding that encourages their cooperation in the development and use of advanced biofuels and other renewable energy systems. ôUSDA looks forward to working with the Navy and other public and private partners to advance the production of renewable energy by sharing technical, program management and financial expertise,ö Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. ôIn order to secure the strategic energy future of the United States, create a more nimble and effective fighting force, and protect our planet from destabilizing climate changes, I have committed the Navy and Marine Corps to meet aggressive energy targets that go far beyond previous measures,ö Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said. The objective is to reduce reliance on fossil fuels from volatile areas of the world. Mabus announced five energy targets for the Navy and Marine Corps, with biofuels being a major component. These goals include: When awarding contracts, consider energy efficiency and the energy footprint as additional factors in acquisition decisions. By 2012, demonstrate a Green Strike Group composed of nuclear vessels and ships powered by biofuel. By 2016, sail the Strike Group as a Great Green Fleet composed of nuclear ships, surface combatants equipped with hybrid electric alternative power systems running on biofuel, and aircraft running on biofuel. By 2015, cut in half petroleum use in the non-tactical commercial fleet by phasing in hybrid, flex-fuel and electric vehicles. By 2020, produce at least half of shore-based installationsĺ energy requirements from alternative sources. Also, 50 percent of all shore installations will be net zero energy consumers. By 2020, half of the Navyĺs total energy consumption for ships, aircraft, tanks, vehicles and shore installations will come from alternative sources. The agreement complements existing renewable energy programs and efforts of USDA, the Navy and Marine Corps. USDA has a variety of programs and services that support renewable energy development. To learn more about them, visit: www.rurdev.usda.gov. Michigan Milk leader Jack Barnes dies Jack Barnes, who led Michigan Milk Producers Assoc. (MMPA) for 26 years, has died at 89. Barnes was remembered as ôthe man who helped shape modern Michigan milk marketing.ö Barnes, who was employed by MMPA for 39 years, served the dairy farmers of his state during a time of great transition and modernization. He was instrumental in establishing premiums paid to farmers for their milk and streamlined the milkmarketing system by consolidating small cooperatives into the statewide association. Barnes guided farmers from a time of milk cans to bulk tanks on their dairy farms. He was remembered as a man who took pride in leading the cooperative through difficult times with a positive, results-oriented managerial style. ôHis career was molded by his firm belief in the concepts of farmer cooperatives and family farms. He continued his commitment to dairy farmers his entire life,ö MMPA General Manager John Dilland said. ôHe had a very strong interest in Michigan State University (MSU) and its educational foundations, and was one of its most active recruiters. His involvement, his enthusiasm and his positive outlook will be missed.ö Barnesĺ leadership in the cooperative led to involvement in other agricultural organizations, including the Dairy Council of Michigan, the Michigan 4-H Foundation and the Michigan Dairy Memorial and Scholarship Foundation. He received numerous awards and honors, including: MSUĺs Distinguished Service to Agriculture and Distinguished Alumnus awards; Michigan 4-H Distinguished Service and Emerald Clover Society; Future Farmers of Americaĺs Honorary State Farmer award; and Michigan Farm Bureauĺs Distinguished Service to Agriculture award. In other MMPA news, the co-op recently announced that more than $1.7 million in cash patronage refunds are being sent to dairy farmer-members. This cash allocation represents about 29 percent of the $6 million allocated net earnings generated by the cooperative in fiscal year 2009. The cash patronage returned includes 100 percent of the farm supply earnings and 25 percent of the milk marketing earnings. MMPA Ś with nearly 2,200 dairy farmers in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin ľ also made cash payments in April 2009 to members of more than $4.6 million through retirement of the cooperativeĺs 2000 equities. In October 2009, MMPA members received $1.5 million in cash payments in the form of a ô13th milk check.ö With the current payment of $1.7 million, cash payments in the last 10 months exceed $7.8 million. Blue Diamond CEO to retire at end of Ĺ10 After serving 10 years as president and CEO of Blue Diamond Growers, Doug Youngdahl will retire at the end of the cooperativeĺs centennial year in 2010. In a letter to more than half of Californiaĺs almond growers who own the cooperative, Youngdahl said: ôIĺm proud of the results achieved by your Blue Diamond team during the past decade. It is a privilege to have had stewardship over a team that has demonstrated an ever-increasing talent and desire to succeed in support of our growers.ö Youngdahl is credited for his market leadership that brought confidence and optimism to an almond industry that was undervaluing the crop as its size continued to more than double over the last decade. His mantra became: ôAs almond supply becomes available, global consumption will readily follow.ö The co-opĺs net sales and other revenue nearly doubled from 2001 to 2009, when sales topped $709 million; payments and allocations to growers more than doubled from 2001. He attributes the co-opĺs industryleading returns, in part, to a streamlined operation with cost reductions and improved efficiencies throughout. Last fiscal year, company equity reached a record high of $126 million, and retained grower earnings used to finance the cooperative stood at 3.5 percent, compared to 6 percent in the prior decade. Payments to growers have also been accelerated. According to Board Chairman Clinton Shick, a grower from McFarland, Calif., ôWhile Blue Diamond has excellent internal candidates, the board will fulfill its fiduciary responsibility to conduct an extensive executive search for a new CEO. An announcement will be made once the board completes its thorough search before the November annual meeting.ö Simmons to lead Oregon bargaining association Mark Simmons, former Oregon Speaker of the House and state director in Oregon for USDA Rural Development, has been named executive director of the Oregon Grass Seed Bargaining Association. Simmons succeeds Ralph Fisher, who is retiring from the position after five years leading the association. Simmons, who also has worked as a lobbyist for the Oregon Association of Nurseries, started his new position Feb. 1. ôMark brings to the bargaining association a wealth of knowledge of association management and the issues that affect Oregon farmers,ö says association President Ron Quiring. ôWe look forward to working with him as we continue to build, strengthen and see the bargaining process mature. Simmons said his immediate goal is to make sure that as the economy recovers and prices improve, the growersĺ contribution is appropriately recognized. Morris Foundation receives $10,000 rural leadership grant The Ralph K. Morris Foundation has received a $10,000 grant from The Farm Credit System Foundationĺs Douglas D. Sims Fund for Rural Leadership. This fund, created in honor of former CoBank CEO Douglas D. Sims, supports programs that focus on rural leadership development, with a special emphasis on those committed to making their communities better places to live. The grant will be used to provide opportunities to men and women who wish to develop and strengthen their cooperative leadership and development skills by attending cooperative educational programs. In 2009, the Morris Foundation awarded 93 Cooperative Leadership Fund scholarships totaling more than $25,000. In addition, the Foundation awarded a $2,500 scholarship from the Elroy Webster Cooperative Studies Fund to a Kansas State University masterĺs degree student whose primary focus is agricultural studies. NCFC: Workshops focus should include how co-ops level playing field for producers Because farmer-owned co-ops play a vital role in promoting competition in agriculture, a prime focus of a series of workshops on agriculture competition and regulatory issues should be on the benefits that co-ops provide to farmers, rural communities and consumers, according to the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC), which issued a statement prior to the first of five workshops in Ankeny, Iowa, March 12. Future workshops will be held: May 21 in Normal, Ala.; June 7 in Madison, Wis.; Aug. 26 in Fort Collins, Colo., and December 8 in Washington, D.C. (For specifics on meeting locations and other information, visit: www.usdoj.gov/atr/events.) The workshops are being jointly sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice and USDA. ôFor more than 100 years, Americaĺs farmer-owned co-ops have worked hand in hand with their members to ensure that individual producers can compete on a more even playing field with the large, globally integrated companies that dominate the agricultural sector,ö NCFC President and CEO Chuck Conner said. ôFarmer co-ops allow individual producers Ś whether they grow 40 acres of peaches in California or 4,000 acres of wheat in Kansas Ś to have a combined market power much, much greater than any single farmer or rancher would have on his own,ö Conner continued. ôBy doing this, coops help to preserve family farms and foster competition in the marketplace, which ensures the fairest price possible for consumers.ö NCFC staff and several members were slated to attend the Ankeny workshop (which was held after the deadline for this magazine) to monitor developments and provide information on the benefits of farmer co-ops. NCFC has also launched a ôFarmer Co-ops: Providing for Americaö campaign to tell the story of how farmer co-ops benefit producers, rural communities and consumers to policy makers and other opinion leaders. NMPF: USDA decision on bottlers levels playing field for dairy farmers USDAĺs decision to limit the pricing exemption used by large, verticallyintegrated farmer-owned bottling plants will close a loophole that had been employed by some of the largest producer-handler milk bottlers, according to statement issued by the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), which has long lobbied on the issue. Under the rule changes, ôproducerhandlerö definitions in all federal milkmarketing orders will be amended so that only farms with bottled milk sales of 3 million pounds or less per month remain exempt from the pooling provisions. Producer-handlers with sales of more than that will be treated the same as other bottling operations that donĺt own farms, and they will have to pay Class I differentials into the sharedproducer revenue pool in their respective federal-order regions. The new decision also tightens the requirements in the Arizona and Pacific Northwest Federal Order markets, which had allowed producer-handlers up to 3 million pounds of sales in separate marketing orders; the new rules allow up to 3 million pounds in total marketings. United Nations declares 2012 International Year of Cooperatives The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives, highlighting the contribution of cooperatives to socioeconomic development. In adopting the resolution in December, the General Assembly noted that cooperatives have a beneficial impact on poverty reduction, employment generation and social integration. In a press release announcing the declaration, the United Nations notes: ôA cooperative is an autonomous voluntary association of people who unite to meet common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise. In general, they contribute to socioeconomic development. ôAs self-help organizations that meet the needs of their members, cooperatives assist in generating employment and incomes throughout local communities. Cooperatives provide opportunities for social inclusion. In the informal economy, workers have formed shared-service cooperatives and associations to assist in their self-employment. In rural areas, savings and credit cooperatives provide access to banking services that are lacking in many communities and finance the formation of small and micro businesses. ôThe cooperative sector worldwide has about 800 million members in over 100 countries and is estimated to account for more than 100 million jobs around the world. The strength and reach of cooperatives are illustrated in the following examples: Under the umbrella of the World Council of Credit Unions, 49,000 credit unions serve 177 million members in 96 countries, and 4,200 banks under the European Association of Cooperative Banks serve 149 million clients; Agricultural cooperatives account for: 80 to 99 percent of milk production in Norway, New Zealand and the United States; 71 percent of fishery production in the Republic of Korea; and 40 percent of agriculture in Brazil; Electric cooperatives play a key role in rural areas. In Bangladesh, rural electric cooperatives serve 28 million people. In the United States, 900 rural electric cooperatives serve 37 million people and own almost half of the electric distribution lines in the country. ôInternational Years are declared by the United Nations to draw attention to major issues and encourage action. To commemorate the Year, regional conferences will raise awareness of cooperatives and seek ways to leverage their contribution to socio-economic development and foster regulatory frameworks. A research agenda will be proposed and Member States are to form national committees that will serve as focal points for the Yearĺs activities.ö For more information, contact the Department of Economic and Social Affairs focal point on cooperatives, Felice Llamas, firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 1 (212) 9630-2924. March/April Table of Contents


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|Sorry, Wanda, but she did love it. I made a couple throw pillows in the same fabrics and two fabric bowls too. I put glow in the dark beads on the bowls to go with the glow thread in the quilting. I have to admit it was the hardest one yet to part with!
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I have never tried glow in the dark, but I plan too.
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ATLANTA, May 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts is proud to announce the InterContinental San Juan and Victor Bonano Ortiz, a culinary student at the Jose A. (Tony) Santana International School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts as the winners of the brand's Ultimate Culinary Clash, a cooking competition and scholarship fundraiser for culinary students. With the assistance of InterContinental San Juan Executive Chef Efrain Cruz, Ortiz received top honors against four other culinary students paired with InterContinental properties in the contest winning a $5,000 scholarship from the InterContinental brand. The competition took place Thursday, May 15 at the InterContinental® San Francisco hotel.
Eight accomplished culinary personalities, including Chef Todd English, restaurateur of the InterContinental® New York Times Square hotel's Ca Va Brasserie, judged the competition and scored each dish on taste, creativity and presentation. Winning student Ortiz impressed the judges with his dish "Apple Sage Roasted Pork Belly with Butternut Squash, Exotic Mushrooms Torteloni, Petit Pois and Hickory Smoked Pork Jus." His creation will be featured in InterContinental hotel restaurants across the U.S. and Puerto Rico the week of June 2 and on the InterContinental Kitchen Cookbook iPad app, which houses a collection of inspiring recipes created by InterContinental hotels' executive chefs from around the world.
"This young chef was extremely enthusiastic and brought a Caribbean flare to San Francisco," said English. "He created an interesting variation on the classic surf and turf, and the pork belly melted in your mouth. It was also a very beautiful dish."
Showcasing the brand's commitment to culinary excellence, the Ultimate Culinary Clash serves as an opportunity for the InterContinental brand to help inspire the next generation of culinary stars by giving exceptional young talent the stage and support to progress their culinary training in a meaningful way. Over the course of five months, five InterContinental properties across the United States and Puerto Rico held local competitions with culinary students. The first place winners from each hotel received the opportunity to move forward to the Ultimate Culinary Clash in San Francisco and also have their dish featured on their local hotel restaurant's menu for a night. The InterContinental properties' restaurants and culinary schools that participated in this year's contest were:
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Can't finish golden terrible terror challenge
I got how to train your dragon 2 on wii and overheard of Valka and Cloudjumper in this game witch you can unlock by doing the golden terrible terror challenge. I've already found 16 but now they have vanished. Can someone please help me with this so I can get her.
Answer from: BIK
Man, that's pretty weird. Try starting a new game and see what happens when you try to get her again. By the way, when you do that, go into the snow cave, you may find her there. But if you don't, then you will have to get 100% in the game. Witch means, Training to gold, tournaments you must come first at first. then do the tournaments again with every dragon rider to get the racing paint. And get 100% for all of the Stoick's Challenges.
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16 is the limit for the golden terrible terror you can't get more if you look at stoick's challenges you will see it is 100%
Answer from: Daniel
Oh! Silly me! Thank you Mapep! I'll try looking for Valka but I doubt that I will find her and Stoick.
Answer from: Marco
If you are playing HTTYD2 game for Wii, read the comments below a video called "How to Train You Dragon 2 Video Game - Fly With The Unlockable Dragons - Little Orbit" on Youtube. Just run a search over there with that exact phrase. Little Orbit is responsible for the production of the game.
Answer from: Mapep
I just read the comments in the video and because of that I don't get your answer BIK because little orbit says you can't get it on wii but you said you did get them so did you really got them?
Answer from: BIK
To be honest, I don't know how I unlocked them on wii. I just followed the instructions but Stoick was not in the cave but where the dragon academy is or the great hall. I also found Valka inside a snow cave at the back where I had to race but was completely different to the one on xbox though. Look guys, I got brand new characters by getting everything. And we are working real hard to make this code for everyone on wii, xbox and every other console. I am trying to make this game better by adding the things I've unlocked by upgrading the game for everyone. And really I didn't have to do this if I didn't want to. And just remember Mapep and Marco that you are so lucky that I am a cheat maker so if I wasn't then we wouldn't be having this conversation right now. And that's the truth. Look I can only answer questions about the game which means if you are having trouble finding something or having a real problem with anything else about the game. I broke my leg in a soccer match and had to go to hospital, Night Fury bought me my laptop and bought me a friend that I never thought I'd meet. And trust me, you wouldn't believe me I if I told you who it was!
Answer from: Mapep
Thanks you want to make the cheat for wii and sorry I was so rude BIK and good luck with your leg!
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Thankyou Mapep for understanding. I guess you'd like to know who I saw in the hospital because Night furies surprise was way over the top. He's a famous actor from a animation movie so do you know who I 'm talking about? I'll also make the same cheat for xbox and every other console though.
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Best Practices for Building Scalable Information Architecture
This post was inspired by a discussion/questions in the SEO Dojo forums and the Google Webmaster Central blog announcing microdata is supported for Rich Snippets. Microdata is part of the HTML5 specification. Over the years not much has changed IA (Information Architecture) wise. The only real big change is the use of MRL (Machine Readable Languages) for distribution and use by Google's Rich Snippets.
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Review of Link Assistant's Rank Tracker
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"We battled back big time," said Cubs manager Dusty Baker. "We had bases loaded and then Dickerson hit the big triple. We got him home and I figured if we get through this inning, boy, we are going to win the ball game. So, it's a tough way to lose a game."
Milledge, McCutchen, Akinori Iwamura and Ronny Cedeno all had two hits in the win.
Zach Duke allowed just a run on six hits over seven-plus innings. Octavio Dotel (1-0) earned the win despite blowing the save after surrendering Orlando Cabrera's tying sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.
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Cash-rich Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) have to either invest their surplus funds or give it to someone for investment purpose, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said.
Presently, excess funds of some PSUs are estimated at around Rs 2.8 lakh crore.
"Obviously, the surpluses of public sector enterprises cannot lie in a bank. The surpluses have to be invested, either they (CPSEs) invest or they give it to somebody who can invest it," he said in an interview.
The government is working out guidelines for utilisation of such surplus funds with a view to boost investment and promote growth.
Asked by when the new norms for investment of surplus funds are expected, Mr. Chidambaram said, "There are many ideas that are circulating, but I have not seen any final paper on that."
Last year, the government had formed a committee of the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), headed by Department of Economic Affairs Additional Secretary Shaktikanta Das, to review guidelines on investment of excess funds available with these PSUs.
Recently, the committee has submitted its report to the Finance Ministry for its consideration.
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At present, there are various norms issued by the DPE on investment of surplus funds available with such PSUs.
On May 13 this year, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) had directed central PSUs to invest their excess funds or pay higher dividend so that surplus funds could be deployed elsewhere to fuel growth and create jobs.
The CMDs of cash-rich CPSEs such as NTPC, PGCIL, Oil India, Indian Oil Corporation and NPCIL were present at the meeting.
The PMO has been monitoring capex and investment plans of about 17 major PSUs since the last fiscal to enhance investment in the economy by utilising their substantial cash surpluses.
The country's economic growth slipped to a decade low of five per cent in 2012-13 and is projected to grow between 6.1 and 6.7 per cent in the current fiscal.
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On the certs.. You have more than one IP number right? You can only use one cert per IP number.
The logs look like what most of us running serves see fairly regularly. These probes come and go kinda in waves from my experience (Been running my own webservers since 2000)
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It is destination RP Road for electronic goods and home appliances this Deepavali, like the previous many decades. Despite the mega malls and stand alone stores in other areas of the city such as Chikkadpally, Somajiguda and Begumpet, there is a rush of shoppers coming all the way from Kukatpally, Malkajgiri and other far-flung areas. Washing machines, DVD players, LED panels and LCD televisions plus DTH connections for a special festival price are lined up across the innumerable stores that line the busy Patny junction-Bible House street.
Swan Soni Appliances is one of the oldest stores here and goes back to 1957. It sold radios, cassette tape recorders and black and white television sets then. "Radio bandh hoke zamana ho gaya, abhi MP3 players bikte hain" says Padam Chand Jain, proprietor Swan Soni Appliances. Outside on the road are tempo auto drivers and helpers packing refrigerators with auto defrost and energy saving USPs, 3D and plasma TVs and the works.
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"This is a very old electronics goods and home appliances market and is growing bigger by the day. All the brands and latest models are available. Unlike malls and super stores, there are no maintenance overheads as shop owners with few helpers manage the stores. There are many stores so people can look around before buying. People keep aside the festival bonus they receive for buying electronic goods during Deepavali and there is an appliance here to fit all family budgets," says Bhupender Jain, who runs Digital Raj and Raj Electronics with his brother Dharmender Jain.
Shopkeepers go out of their way to scout for the 'mera wala red' refrigerator or a fancy colour for the washing machine seen in a commercial, apart from the discount that comes on the products. "With many stores around, the rates are competitive and in fact less than dealer rates. We run on 2-5 per cent profit margins around the year that are slashed to 1 per cent during Deepavali to give the customers a special price," says Mr.Padam Chand.
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A center-left academic, who has never been elected to office is expected to easily win Costa Rica's presidential election run-off on Sunday, after his ruling party rival unexpectedly ditched his bid last month.
Luis Guillermo Solis, a former diplomat, rode a wave of anti-government sentiment over rising inequality and corruption scandals to finish ahead in a first round of voting in February, surprising pollsters who had placed him fourth.
We want Costa Rica to present itself as a country that is friendly to foreign investment, offering legal security but requiring compliance with labor laws
Luis Guillermo Solis, presidential candidate
"We want to recover that sense of solidarity, of social inclusion, and commitment to the neediest Costa Ricans that has been lost," Solis, of the Citizen Action Party (PAC), told a press conference on Saturday, according to Reuters news agency.
Solis has promised to fight Costa Rica's high poverty rate while stamping out corruption, an issue that has dogged President Laura Chinchilla's administration.
No candidate won the more than 40 percent of votes needed in February to avoid a run-off, paving the way for Sunday's vote.
Araya's name remains on the ballot, however, because the constitution prevents him from withdrawing.
The PLN, meanwhile, continues to appeal for Araya votes "for dignity's sake", according to AFP news agency.
Voter absenteeism
A prosecutor's probe into allegations of abuse of authority and embezzlement while Araya was mayor of San Jose made it hard for the former front-runner to distance himself from party scandals.
A University of Costa Rica survey last month showed Solis had more than 64 percent support while Araya trailed with around 21 percent.
Within hours, Araya said he would no longer campaign.
But Solis faces hurdles of his own. Threatened by high rates of absenteeism typical of second-round voting and the looming challenge of a divided Congress, Solis could end up with a weak mandate.
His PAC will have just 13 of the 57 seats in Congress.
Though Costa Rica's growing debt stands at over half of gross domestic product, Solis has said he will wait two years before raising taxes despite promises to boost social spending.
Solis also has said he hopes to attract new businesses to set up shop in Costa Rica's free-trade zones, which have enticed the likes of Hewlett Packard.
"We want Costa Rica to present itself as a country that is friendly to foreign investment, offering legal security but requiring compliance with labor laws," Solis said.
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Executive Smiles' cosmetic technicians grant their clients a full-body glow with teeth whitening, spray tans, and glitter spray within their nook at the Firewheel Salon. Executive Smiles employs two different whitening products, using the one best-suited to remove a client's stains, or both if that will produce the best results. For a boost to the rest of the body, their FDA-approved, DHA-based spray tans last 5?10 days when combined with exfoliation and moisturizing lotion treatments. Glitter sprays can also be added to tanning sessions to leave a glimmer with super-fine mica.
Mirages are famed tricksters of the desert, illusions generated by heat waves and tired minds that reportedly depict comfort, safety, and luxury. Rowlett's Mirage Tanning Spa also summons such visions, though its many amenities are quite solid. The spa's staff foregoes the basic 20-minute tanning beds in favor of more opulent models, such as the standup booths or VIP and Platinum beds. The staff uses its bottled light in other ways as well—whitening teeth and smoothing skin to name a few. Staffers can also cut out the need for UV radiation altogether with Mystic spray-tan booths, darkening skin with a concoction of melanin-encouraging components. Mirage even offers automated massages, relaxing muscles with HydroMassage beds that use pressurized water to emulate the feeling of futuristic massage robots at work.
The staff at Darque Tan learned the science of tanning through Smart Tan certification, which they rely on to design efficient, safe regimes for each client's skin type. Five levels of PCTan beds and booths can bronze skin with as few as 12 minutes of UV exposure while enveloping skin in cooling mist. Automated airbrush tanning in VersaSpa or Mystic Tan booths create even, natural-looking color that masks scars and stretch marks. Darque Tan's pursuit of convenience is further exemplified with business hours that span seven days a week, a minimum of 20 beds per location, and rec rooms where kids can read and watch TV. A crew of professional cleaners details each of the facilities according to a rigorous 50-point inspection and tips gleaned from reading Mr. Clean's LiveJournal.
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Perfect Tan's airbrush artists swathe skin in custom-blended tanning formulas that enhance beauty and self-confidence without UV exposure. The salon's technicians show a remarkable concern for detail during spray-tan applications, evenly covering the skin with a DHA-based solution derived from sugar beets. Each appointment consists of a brief consultation, five minutes of spraying, and a warm blast of blow-dryer air. Natural-looking hues, such as cocoa, almond, and deep-fried chocolate, swirl together to create a custom color that radiates from skin for several days. Body butters, sugar scrubs, and moisturizers from brands such as Rain and Jamaica Me Tan line the shelves of the studio's boutique; these and other products can help patrons maintain a healthy, hydrated glow.


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Americans favor an increase in offshore oil drilling by a 2-1 margin, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll reveals.
In the poll, 69 percent of respondents said they support the increase, while 30 percent said they are opposed to it.
But when asked if increased offshore drilling would reduce gasoline prices in the next year, only 51 percent of those polled said it would, and 49 percent said it would not.
President Bush on Wednesday called on Congress to schedule a vote to lift the ban on offshore drilling before its August recess, citing an "urgent" need to reduce pressure on crude oil and gasoline prices.
It could take up to 15 years to access offshore oil in some areas, according to CNN. But Sara Banaszak, senior economist at the American Petroleum Institute, said lifting the ban would send a "strong signal" to the oil futures market and could help bring down the price of crude oil immediately.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - The Phoenix Coyotes' four-year bid for stability will finally come to a close soon.
Should the council approve the 15-year, $225 million deal for Jobing.com Arena, the path will be cleared for the Coyotes to stay in Arizona.
A vote against the lease agreement means the Coyotes are almost certainly headed out of town for good.
``I don't want to be more specific than I'm going to be, but if the council doesn't approve it so this transaction can close, I don't think the Coyotes will be playing there anymore,'' NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said at the league's Board of Governors meeting last week.
The Coyotes' ownership saga goes back to 2009, when former owner Jerry Moyes took the team into bankruptcy in a failed attempt to sell it to Blackberry founder Jim Balsillie, who would have moved the franchise to Hamilton, Ontario. The NHL and Glendale fought the plan in court and the team was sold to the league later that year.
The quest to find an owner has been filled with twists and turns in the four years since, with new owners coming forward and falling away, rumors of relocation popping up and plenty of politicking.
The Coyotes appeared to have an owner in place when Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer was set to buy the team two years ago, but his bid was thwarted by the conservative watchdog group Goldwater Institute, which warned potential bond buyers to stay away from the Glendale offering because of a looming lawsuit.
A group headed by former San Jose Sharks CEO Greg Jamison reached an agreement with the NHL to buy the team last year, but his deal fell apart when he was unable to secure finances before a lease-agreement deadline with Glendale in January.
RSE, headed by George Gosbee, Anthony LeBlanc and Daryl Jones, agreed to a deal to buy the team from the NHL last month.
That was only the first step, though.
RES still had to work out a lease agreement with Glendale, a city that's in financial trouble, in part because it has paid $25 million each of the past two years to keep the Coyotes.
The two sides have spent the past few weeks working on an agreement for Jobing.com Arena and released a draft of the deal last week.
But, as has been the case in this soap operatic story, the deal was far from done.
At the same time it posted a draft of the lease agreement on its website, Glendale also released a list of concerns about the deal, including a $15 million management fee to run the arena and an out clause that could allow RSE to move the team without penalty if its cumulative losses reach $50 million or after five years.
Glendale came up with a counterproposal on Friday, one that included an out clause for the city. RSE called the out clause, which no other NHL city has, a non-starter, creating added tension heading into Tuesday's council vote.
``I think it would be a huge mistake for Glendale to make, that they would have anything but an enormous financial disaster on their hands trying to keep that arena open after losing an anchor tenant and 41 nights,'' said former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods, who's representing RSE. ``The reality, in my opinion, is that the arena will shut down. I hope that won't happen to them, but they need to look at the hard realities of the way the world works and I think that's the reality here.''
One thing's for certain: The Coyotes will know their future soon, one way or the other.
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Studies have shown that beautiful people are paid more than the rest of us. So should ugly people be designated disabled members of a disadvantaged minority meriting compensation as a protected class?
Labor economist Daniel Hamermesh proposes that we consider this option, predicting that sooner or later it will come true.
"Given how willing America has been to expand protection to additional groups since the first broad-based legislation was enacted, predicting the inclusion of the bad-looking under legal protection is a reasonable bet," Hamermesh writes in his new book Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful (Princeton University Press, 2011). He wagers that Ugly Aid -- that's my phrase, not his -- might traverse the channels of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and/or the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Hamermesh is one of several scholars worldwide whose research determines that beautiful people earn more:
"The measurement of pay premia and penalties in different jobs and for people belonging to different demographic groups is a standard exercise among economic researchers. Doing so in the case of beauty is a straightforward application."
It is, yet it isn't. Hamermesh admits that beauty is hard to define and that these definitions can be culture-specific. Nonethless, research into what he calls "pulchronomics" yields stark, startling numerical results.
How much is hotness worth? Hamermesh calculates that ugly women (who score 1 and 2 on a 1-to-5-point attractiveness scale) earn 4 percent less than average-looking women (who score 3). Beautiful women (who score 4 and 5) earn 8 percent more than average-looking women and 12 percent more than ugly women. The best-looking men earn 4 percent more than average-looking men, while ugly men earn a daunting 13 percent less than average-looking males, and a staggering -- disabling? -- 17 percent less than the best-looking males.
The Beauty Bonus -- my term, not his -- holds true across a remarkable number of professions. Pulchronomical data show beautiful workers out-earning average-looking and unattractive workers in diverse fields from retail to education to professional athletics to prostitution. A 2006 study published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics found that beautiful door-to-door solicitors are nearly twice as successful as their less-attractive counterparts. (Blonde female door-to-door solicitors are the most successful.) An analysis of NFL quarterbacks found that those with the most symmetrical faces -- facial symmetry is a standard beauty-defining factor -- earned 12 percent more than those with the least symmetrical faces.
And no: Brilliance doesn't blur this bias. A Canadian study found that professors scoring high "hotness" ratings from student users at RateMyProfessors.com earn 6 percent more than their less-hot colleagues with otherwise identical qualifications.
"Adjusting for differences among individuals in both intelligence and beauty, those data show that the [monetary] effect of beauty remains substantial even among people with similar intelligence," Hamermesh writes. "Interestingly, the premium for beauty is greater if you are smarter, as is the penalty for being unattractive."
In politics, victory pays: Studies around the world find attractive candidates consistently winning the most votes.
In a study conducted among Los Angeles street prostitutes, those whom the interviewers rated attractive earned about 12 percent more than those whom the interviewers rated as "less than attractive." A similar study found a similar span among erotic escorts.
This begs the question of what, when we pay attractive people more, we pay more for. In the case of sex workers, it's obvious. Hamermesh characterizes erotic escorting as "an occupation where, perhaps more than anything except cinema or national television, customers are concerned about the workers' looks." As for sales, entertainment, politics, product endorsement and any work that entails contact with the public: Consumers want to see, touch and emulate attractive people. Studies show that this is true of even the most liberal, self-describedly tolerant consumers.
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RIOT please get rid of hidden-elo for dominion in season 3. I am sure that you will agree that Dominion was created as a fun spin-off from SR. It is great fun to muck around in. But unfortunately queue times are too damn high. I am guessing my hidden-elo is between 2.2k-2.3k and I have to wait 15-20 minutes to find a solo Q blind-pick game. This is just too much. Hidden-elo is not necessary to dominion. Those players who have decided to be competitive in this game mode can go back to playing DRAFT pick, as it was when dominion was still new. Those of us who just want to have some fun don't want to have to wait so long for a game.
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I agree, get rid of hidden elo and make it fully visible to all.
Been in queue for 30 minutes at the moment. Elo for dominion is a joke. The community is too small to split it further.
i dont think you actually want hidden elo to go away. Removing the elo system would have you playing with average people, who are a bit too far below your level to have good quality games with.
Instead, you probably just want a more lenient matchmaking system, one that would put you in a team of 1900's every so often just so you dont have to queue for so long. If it the queue times are really bothering you, then have fun while not winning and your elo will get to a more manageable place.
i wonder is your elo really 2k or do you play at the most undesirable times?
What is hidden elo? Sorry I dont know
Remove elo - LoL is not fun anymore. It's just that simple.
(applies to SR too)
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This story makes me very sad for this little boy. :( Could it be that the teacher is just extremely uneducated about how to handle the situation...or doesn't have the tools to react in a more effective manner? Either way, as the mother of an almost 7 year old myself, this is very frustrating to read!
Mom: APS Put 1st Grader In Timeout Room All Day, Every Day
AURORA, Colo. -- How long is too long to spend in timeout?
An Aurora woman told 7NEWS that her 7-year-old son's teacher has been putting him in a timeout room at school for most of the day and has been doing so since last October.
Raven Rainer said her son has Attention Deficit Disorder and that she knew the timeout room could be used if Debran became disruptive in class.
But Rainer said she had no idea Debran would be spending nearly his entire school day in isolation.
The boy's grandmother said she learned that that was the case last month.
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