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Similar to help, permissions can be created with a hook. In particular, Drupal 7 uses hook_permission which applies permissions defined in a module so they can be used from the user permissions page along with granting or restricting who can execute actions. Hook permission returns an array in a standardized format. Looking at the API documentation I can see that hook permissions takes no parameters. So the only thing I need to do is generate the array structure. Though hook_permissions array consists of a key that contains the name of the permission followed by a nested array definition that contains at the minimum two key value pairs.
A title and description each passed through the t function. There are additional options, but they are used internally and rarely. Open the IDE and navigate to the windfarms.module, start with an appropriate doc block for the new hook which implements hook permission. Create a new function named windfarms permission. Hook permission takes no parameters. Next, add a return statement followed by an array definition.
The key is the name of the permission. This is commonly all lowercase with words separated by spaces. I will use administer windfarms as the key followed by a second array definition. In the sub-array I will define the title which will be properly capitalized in human readable. This is displayed in the administrative interfaces. Since this is user-facing, I will wrap the title value in the t function to facilitate translation. Finally, I will add the description.
This is usually a sentence long also wrapped in the t function, and shown in the same administrative interfaces. Perform administrative tasks on Wind Farms functionality. Save the module, return to the browser, and refresh the Permissions page. As you can see, the page does not list the new permission. The reason for this is because the permissions are cached. This is a normal issue encountered when developing in certain areas within Drupal.
A change is made but does not show up immediately. To rectify this, clear the Drupal caches, go to Configuration, and then under Development click Performance, click the button Clear All Caches. Now return to the People page. Then the Permissions tab. The Wind Farms permission will now be shown.
If you're logged in as UID 1, the root user and the first user that was created on the system, then you'll always have this permission. When a module is installed, administrators will be automatically granted the module permissions as well. Since the permission was added after the module was installed, the permission is not granted at this time. To allow other administrators to manage Wind Farms check the box under administrators for the Administer Wind Farms permission, then click Save permissions. Now that roles and permissions have been described and a new permission Administer Wind Farms has been implemented using hook permission, a protected administrative interface can be created for managing custom settings associated with custom functionality in addition to the content itself.
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Challenging youth ministry
Cramming more than 50 high school students into a small room for a Bible study is challenging, but getting them to talk about sex is not. When the hand of one 15-year-old boy shot up in the back of the room, I braced myself. "Is masturbation a sin?—I really gotta know." I was proud of him—using a word like sin is hard for a teenager.
The goal of youth ministry
The important question about youth ministry is not "Where are the kids?" or "What should we do with them when they show up?" but "What is the nature of our community?" What are the discipleship skills appropriate to those who have moved beyond childhood, and how can a community exhibit those skills in a way that attracts the young and draws them to inspiring
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Are mainline churches capturing the imaginations of young people and leading them toward long-term commitments to the church? Or do they serve as revolving doors—leading one way into secularism and the other way into "hotter" forms of religiosity found in evangelicalism or non-Christian faiths? What defines a successful yo
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MINNEAPOLIS -- The list of prospects the Minnesota Vikings are bringing to the Twin Cities for their top-30 prospects event next week is starting to take shape.
Louisville linebacker Preston Brown will join his teammate, quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, in Minnesota next week. ESPN's Josina Anderson reported earlier this week that Bridgewater will visit the Vikings next week, and a league source said Brown will also meet with the team. UCLA linebacker Anthony Barr had also told Fox Sports he will visit the Vikings, and Towson running back Terrance West will be part of the event, as the Baltimore Sun first reported this week.
The Vikings typically allocate many of their 30 pre-draft visits to the two-day event, which allows coaches and team executives to meet with players 3 1/2 weeks before the draft. The event isn't necessarily a perfect indicator of how interested the Vikings are in certain players; for example, they brought USC tackle Matt Kalil to the event in 2012, but didn't extend an invitation to Notre Dame safety Harrison Smith. Twenty-three days later, the Vikings took both players in the first round.
Quarterbacks such as Central Florida's Blake Bortles, LSU's Zach Mettenberger and Fresno State's Derek Carr aren't expected to be at the event; the Vikings met with all of them, as well as Alabama's AJ McCarron and Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel after their on-campus pro days. Those meetings, or private workouts like the ones the Vikings had with San Jose State quarterback David Fales, can often be as helpful as the Vikings' event next week. But as the draft gets closer, the Vikings will use many of their visits to spend time with a wide range of prospects who could be taken anywhere from the first round to the middle of the draft.


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This movies list starting with "E" includes reviews for Ed Gein, Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield, Edge of Tomorrow, Edward Scissorhands & Ejecta. The first movie on this page is Ed Gein scoring 5/10 stars in our movie review and has an average user score of 6.7/10 stars from 9 users. Starring in this movie is Nancy Linehan Charles, Pat Skipper, Steve Railsback, Jim Kundig, Travis McKenna. The second movie listed is Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield scoring 5/10 stars in our movie review list and has an average user score of 5.4/10 stars from 13 users. We hope you enjoy our list of movie reviews here with more upcoming movies coming soon.
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Nancy Linehan Charles, Pat Skipper, Steve Railsback, Jim Kundig, Travis McKenna
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Kane Hodder, Michael Berryman, John Burke, Caia Coley, Matteo Indelicato
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Joseph Oliveira, Bill Paxton, Martin McDougall, Brendan Gleeson, Johnny Otto
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Evil Dead (2013)
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Billy Hamilton has appeared in 11 Major League games as a September callup. But his play may force him into the October spotlight.
Reds manager Dusty Baker was unsure when asked whether the club's top prospect would be part of its postseason plans. Cincinnati has clinched a playoff berth and remains in the hunt for the National League Central Division crown.
"We still haven't decided," Baker told MLB.com. "There's a lot of variables here and a lot of things we have to decide. I know Billy is the topic of the day, and they're selling T-shirts up there already. It's just that, that's not the focal point of where we're going. Billy is a possible part for that."
Baker pointed out that the problem with Hamilton playing in October is two-fold.
"Who do you delete to take his place?" Baker said. "Thing is, Billy, is he ready to handle that pressure? And not only baserunning, which he can probably handle, but is he ready to start a game or is he ready to come off the bench and get some hits that you might need. There's a lot of factors here. Is he Willie McGee maybe?"
Since reaching the Major Leagues on Sept. 2, Hamilton is batting .429 (6-for-14) with 13 stolen bases and nine runs scored. The fleet-footed outfielder has been electrifying, stealing four bases in his first big league start on Wednesday, becoming the first player in the live ball era to accomplish the feat.
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The first was a local PI of suspect reputation. Hed been gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. It looked like a robbery gone bad. The other was on the beach six weeks later. Hed been sleeping rough. Probably homeless. No identification. A slip of paper with Millhones name and number was in his pants pocket. The coroner asked her to come to the morgue to see if she could ID him.
Two seemingly unrelated deaths, one a murder, the other apparently of natural causes.
But as Kinsey digs deeper into the mystery of the John Doe, some very strange linkages begin to emerge. And before long at least one aspect is solved as Kinsey literally finds the key to his identity. And just like that," she says, the lid to Pandoras box flew open. It would take me another day before I understood how many imps had been freed, but for the moment, I was inordinately pleased with myself."
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A woman with a murky past who kills herself-or was it murder? A spoiled kid awash in gambling debt who thinks he can beat the system. A lovely woman whose life is about to splinter into a thousand fragments. A professional shoplifting ring working for the Mob, racking up millions from stolen goods. A wandering husband, rich and ruthless. A dirty cop so entrenched on the force he is immune to exposure. A sinister gangster, conscienceless and brutal. A lonely widower mourning the death of his lover, desperate for answers, which may be worse than the pain of his loss. A private detective, Kinsey Millhone, whose thirty-eighth-birthday gift is a punch in the face that leaves her with two black eyes and a busted nose.
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V: Victim. Violence. Vengeance.
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Cases dont get much colder than that of Violet Sullivan, who disappeared from her rural California town in 1953, leaving behind an abusive husband and a seven-year-old named Daisy. But P.I. Kinsey Millhone has promised Daisy shell try her best to locate Violet, dead or alive. All signs point to a runaway wifethe clothes that disappeared; the secret stash of money Violet bragged about; the brazen flirtations she indulged in with local men, including some married ones. Kinsey tries to pick up a trail by speaking to those who remember herand perhaps were more involved in her life than they let on.
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One important part of Visual Effects work is rendering out the 3D models so that they integrate properly in the composite. One thing that will help you do that successfully is create an image plane as reference inside Maya. We'll use this scene right here to demonstrate that, this is shot1_start.ma. And this is actually the first step of the first tutorial where we'll combine this 3D model, which is a futuristic spyglass, with a live-action piece of footage of an actress. In fact, we are going to make it look like this device is held by the actress in her hand. So how do you create image plane? Well, first thing we need to do is check a few settings to make sure the image plane is used correctly.
First thing I want to do is check the frame rate of the scene. So I'm going to go down to the Animation shortcut, down here, this bottom right button, click that. It opens up the Preferences window, I'll go to the Settings section in the center, and you see what the frame rate of this scene is. Right now, it's 24 frames per second. Now the video is actually shot in 24 frames per second, so that's a great match, but if you had other footage at a different frame rate, you'd change it here first. Second thing we need to check is the resolution of the project. So I'm going to close this, go to the Render Settings window and scroll down, check the resolution.
Right now, it's set to HD 1080, and that's great because that's a resolution of the video. That's high-definition video, which is 1920x1080, so we're good there. If you have different resolution, you'd change it to match. So check the frame rate, check the resolution, so now we can bring image plane in. Now you have a couple of options in the Image Plane, one is you can bring in the image sequence, or a movie. And movie would be like a QuickTime, or AVI file. An image sequence, which is actually very common for Visual Effects work is a series of numbered frames. Each frame is a whole frame from the video, and that can be exported from a program like After Effects.
So let's say we are bringing an image sequence, and we go up to the View menu for the camera where we want to attach the image plane, in this case, Perspective view. Go to View > Image Plane > Import Image, then go to the Footage folder, go to Shot1, and click on the very first frame in the Image Sequence, and you can see there's a whole bunch of frames here, in fact, there are 60 total. We'll click on 000, open that, and that image comes in as an Image Plane, and that's attached to the perspective camera, or the persp camera. In fact, if I go to another view, like persp1 here, and zoom out, you'll see that that plane is attached to the persp camera.
Now it's not quite useful yet, one problem is I only have one frame of that entire image sequence, if I scrub the timeline, it doesn't move, nothing changes. What I have to do is go to the Attribute Editor for the image plane and make a few changes. If we go back to View and go to Image Plane > Image Plane Attributes and pick the one plane that I have, there are the attributes right here. If I scroll down a little bit there's an attribute called Use Image Sequence. If I click that, it tells Maya to automatically load the frames as you go across the timeline.
In fact, what it does is writes an expression that relates the time to the number of the frame. Now in this case, it's a little bit off, I was to scrub all the way to the end to frame 60, the image plane disappears, that's because the frames were numbered 0 to 59. Luckily though, there is Frame Offset which I can change -1, and I'll change that relationship. So what that means is if I am on frame 60, actually load frame 59, 60 minus 1. When I am on frame 1, it tells it to load frame 0, which is 1 minus 1.
So now we have the sequence loading up one frame at a time. Another problem though is the fact that the 3D model has disappeared, and that's because the image plane is actually in front of it. What we can do though is go back to the Attribute Editor for the image plane, go a little bit further, and there is a Depth Attribute. If I change that Depth Attribute to a higher number, such as 500, it pushes the plane further from the camera, and therefore behind the model, so now we can see that. Now, as we look at the view, right here we can see that the image plane might be a little cut off.
One thing I can do to make sure I see the edges of the image plane, is go up to the View here, go to the Camera Settings and turn on the Resolution Gate. The Resolution Gate will show me the entire frame, and the green line in this case shows me the edge of the render. So now I can make sure I can see the entire thing. So let's try a test render and see what this looks like. With the Perspective camera activated, I'll go up to the Render view shortcut and render out a frame, that's a big resolution, so I'm going to scale the Render view down a bit first, and take a look.
And there indeed is the 3D model in front of the Image Plane, so it's great for reference. Now one problem is, is it's permanently there until I hide it. Eventually, when we render this out, we don't want that there. So there's a way to turn it off just for that view. If I go back to the Attribute Editor for the Image Plane, go up to the top, there is an attribute called Alpha Gain. If I turn that to 0, it hides it from the Prospective view. If I re-render it now, you will see the Image Plane is gone and another good thing is the Alpha Channel is correct, I'll go up to the Alpha Channel, the Alpha is there just for the model, but not for the Image Plane.
Okay, so far we have set the Image Plane based on image sequence, based on some video footage, so we're ready to move on to the next step, where we'll position the camera to make sure that the perspective lines up, so the model better matches the footage.
- Working with image sequences
- Matching the 3D camera to video footage
- Lighting models in Maya
- Splitting a scene into multiple render passes
- Batch rendering
- Recombining render passes in an After Effects composition
- Setting up motion trackers
- Refining layers with rotoscoping
- Adding blur and effects
- Adjusting shadows and matte edges
- Using color correction
- Stabilizing shaky video


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While many stocks sit near 52 week highs and others sit near all time highs, some stocks have been crushed and trade near 52 week lows. Two of those stocks are Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) and Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT). Both had bottoming tails yesterday and are trading at 2013 lows. Note the stats below.
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2013 High: $95.60
2013 Low: $81.58
Current Price: $$82.50
Bottoming Tail: 04/17/2013
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)
2013 High: $99.70
2013 Low: $80.10
Current Price $80.50
Bottoming Tail: 04/17/2013
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Hain Celestial Group HAIN -0.5119453924914675% Hain Celestial Group Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD34.98 -0.18 -0.5119453924914675% /Date(1474664400142-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1374703 AFTER HOURS USD35.05 0.0700000000000003 0.20011435105774728% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5253 P/E Ratio 17.49 Market Cap 3618610924.32495 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 457868 More quote details and news » has reason to give thanks. While the grocery industry hungers for growth, sales have risen steadily for food that's natural, organic, and free of antibiotics, gluten, meat, dairy, or genetically modified organisms. Grocers like Whole Foods Market WFM -0.5231949773282176% Whole Foods Market Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD28.52 -0.15 -0.5231949773282176% /Date(1474664400421-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2849728 AFTER HOURS USD28.55 0.0300000000000011 0.10518934081346423% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 463541 P/E Ratio 19.944055944055943 Market Cap 9092289815.12634 Dividend Yield 1.8934081346423561% Rev. per Employee 172343 More quote details and news » that carry Hain's fare are building new stores. Natural products are gaining shelf space at retailing giants Wal-Mart Stores WMT 0.11069600110696001% Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD72.35 0.08 0.11069600110696001% /Date(1474664459710-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7602585 AFTER HOURS USD72.46 0.109999999999999 0.1520387007601935% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 93864 P/E Ratio 15.559139784946236 Market Cap 223797215678.012 Dividend Yield 2.7643400138217% Rev. per Employee 210362 More quote details and news » and Costco Wholesale. COST -0.4048318641854391% Costco Wholesale Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD152.53 -0.62 -0.4048318641854391% /Date(1474664400281-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2200313 AFTER HOURS USD152.5 -0.0300000000000011 -0.01966826198124959% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 81749 P/E Ratio 28.779245283018867 Market Cap 66818207897.5635 Dividend Yield 1.1800957188749754% Rev. per Employee 575302 More quote details and news » Shortly before Thanksgiving, Hain founder and chief executive Irwin Simon told investors that his outfit was sold out of antibiotic-free turkeys.
Two decades after Simon began assembling a small empire of natural foodstuffs, Hain is enjoying a bountiful season. Sales are rising 20%-plus as it fills new distribution channels and builds on its well-known Celestial Seasonings tea offerings by acquiring trendier items like The Greek Gods yogurt, Sensible Portions veggie snacks, and BluePrint raw juices.
Its trajectory and market position have endeared Hain to Wall Street analysts and famished growth-stock investors, who've awarded the stock (ticker: HAIN) a multiple of earnings and cash flow that's 50% higher than its peers. Having tripled in the past three years to $62.20, shares of the Melville, N.Y., company trade at 28 times earnings for the 12 months ended September 2012, and about 17 times free cash flow (after capital expenditures). Hain's multiples are higher than those of WhiteWave Foods WWAV -0.9074410163339383% WhiteWave Foods Co. U.S.: NYSE USD54.6 -0.5 -0.9074410163339383% /Date(1474664614204-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4590184 AFTER HOURS USD54.5 -0.100000000000001 -0.18315018315018314% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20863 P/E Ratio 51.02803738317757 Market Cap 9676485062.82806 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 777521 More quote details and news » (WWAV)—the recent organic spinout from Dean Foods DF -0.6622516556291391% Dean Foods Co. U.S.: NYSE USD16.5 -0.11 -0.6622516556291391% /Date(1474664455892-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1352547 AFTER HOURS USD16.5 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9721 P/E Ratio 13.728263582660787 Market Cap 1491979442.59644 Dividend Yield 2.1818181818181817% Rev. per Employee 458951 More quote details and news » (DF)—and heftier rivals like Danone danoy -0.9747899159663865% Danone S.A. ADR U.S.: OTC USD14.73 -0.145 -0.9747899159663865% /Date(1474669201000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 246238 P/E Ratio 23.455414012738853 Market Cap 48626818210.9373 Dividend Yield 2.468092328581127% Rev. per Employee 244552 More quote details and news » (DANOY), General Mills GIS -0.6301875192130342% General Mills Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD64.65 -0.41 -0.6301875192130342% /Date(1474664642776-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3200893 AFTER HOURS USD64.65 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 23.509090909090908 Market Cap 38232911568.2724 Dividend Yield 2.9698375870069604% Rev. per Employee 417003 More quote details and news » (GIS), and PepsiCo PEP -0.44518642181413465% PepsiCo Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD107.34 -0.48 -0.44518642181413465% /Date(1474664427204-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3172573 AFTER HOURS USD107.35 0.0099999999999909 0.009316191540898081% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 30.23661971830986 Market Cap 154479210047.029 Dividend Yield 2.8041736538103224% Rev. per Employee 236399 More quote details and news » (PEP). Its multiples, however, are lower than those of the natural-food fan's No. 1, Annie's (BNNY).
But Hain could find it tough to sustain the growth rate that has propped up its pricey shares. If, for example, competition weighs upon hit products or Hain falls off its acquisition pace, the stock could lose its premium multiple and spill, by our estimate, roughly a third of its value. Too many servings of these health-food shares—however wholesome—can still raise your risk.
Stronger competition is definitely on the way in veggie snacks and Greek-style yogurt, categories from which Hain has been getting its organic growth—that's "organic" in the accounting sense of "not acquired." There's also some evidence of what investors might call style drift in Hain's purchases in the U.K. of a half-billion dollars' worth of sandwich and jam products that are not particularly natural. Accretive natural-food acquisitions aren't always available when you need them.
Nor is it easy to keep score of the returns on Hain's acquisitions. Simon and his colleagues invite shareholders to heed a measure they call "adjusted net income," which excludes costs like merger fees, severance, product-line "rationalization," and other items that seem to be recurring expenses in a business dedicated to the roll-up acquisition of niche organic-food companies. Incentive compensation for management has been keyed off the adjusted-earnings number, instead of the standard earnings determined by generally recognized accounting principles. Those GAAP earnings were 40% lower than the "adjusted" number in the five fiscal years through June 2012.
WHILE FREELY CONCEDING THE CHALLENGES, Simon contends that natural foods are only in their salad days. "We are in the early stages of health and wellness," he says. Teen vegetarians will grow into the next generation of parents who choose baby foods and kids' snacks. One measure of future opportunities: Although California voters only narrowly defeated a proposition to require labeling of genetically modified ingredients, it's possible that other states will embrace GMO-labeling. Hain is already prepared with labels bragging of its GMO-free products. "I've juiced for three days," says Simon, 54, recalling a juice-fast cleansing. "The biggest prevention and biggest cure is what you eat."
After working at Slim-Fast Foods and Häagen-Dazs, Simon found the seed for his ambitions in 1993 when he took over a kosher-food business called Kineret. The next year, he bought Hain Pure Foods from Pet Inc. Many acquisitions followed: Terra Chips snacks in 1998, Earth's Best Organic baby food in 1999, and Celestial Seasonings herbal teas in 2000.
Under the name Hain Celestial Group, Simon's company did more than a dozen transactions over the ensuing decade—financed with modest levels of borrowing, rather than dilutive stock offerings. Simon and his chief financial officer, Ira Lamel, are proud that they avoided the balance-sheet heroics that brought grief to other acquisitive food companies, such as Diamond Foods (DMND). "Any investment banker that comes in to present a deal to us...his opening line is, 'You're way underleveraged.' " says Lamel. They've examined and declined billion-dollar deals.
Hain's moderate growth rate since its creation started to perk up a couple of years ago. Revenue for the fiscal year ended June 2012 was $1.4 billion, almost 25% above the prior year's, with earnings of $79 million, or $1.73 a share, 40% above the previous year's earnings per share, despite a 33-cents-a-share loss from now discontinued operations. Including the just-acquired British jams, revenue for the June 2013 year could approach $1.8 billion, with Hain projecting net around $2.40 (counting the new U.K. spreads). These recent years' strong performance sent the stock on its post-2010 tear.
A goodly portion of Hain's recent revenue growth has resulted from new sales channels. In a determined campaign to fill in the white spaces on its distribution map, the company dedicated sales teams to key accounts, including Costco Wholesale (COST), Wal-Mart (WMT), Target TGT 0.3063010501750292% Target Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD68.77 0.21 0.3063010501750292% /Date(1474664661611-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3401082 AFTER HOURS USD68.77 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 12.735185185185186 Market Cap 39533463448.6344 Dividend Yield 3.489893849062091% Rev. per Employee 209982 More quote details and news » (TGT), Whole Foods WFM -0.5231949773282176% Whole Foods Market Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD28.52 -0.15 -0.5231949773282176% /Date(1474664400421-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2849728 AFTER HOURS USD28.55 0.0300000000000011 0.10518934081346423% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 463541 P/E Ratio 19.944055944055943 Market Cap 9092289815.12634 Dividend Yield 1.8934081346423561% Rev. per Employee 172343 More quote details and news » (WFM), Kroger KR -0.975609756097561% Kroger Co. U.S.: NYSE USD30.45 -0.3 -0.975609756097561% /Date(1474664464076-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8548178 AFTER HOURS USD30.48 0.0300000000000011 0.09852216748768473% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 14.716543424677395 Market Cap 36882232557.8369 Dividend Yield 1.5763546798029557% Rev. per Employee 274575 More quote details and news » (KR), and Safeway (SWY) The last two grocers have carved out 5% of their shelf space for natural foods, and Hain is an obvious partner, with some half of its products certified as organic.
New outlets led to a nice jump in sales for Hain products like Terra Chips—made from the likes of taro, yucca, and sweet potato—and Garden of Eatin' tortilla chips. Simon aspires to expand Hain's distribution roster, from about a third of all food retailers (as measured by industry sales volume) to half.
But after the initial stocking of these mass outlets, Hain will maintain its revenue momentum only if consumers like the stuff enough to drive same-store sales.
To be sure, Hain's recent sales strength hasn't all been from channel fill. Hain broadens distribution of its acquired products, but also comes up with new flavors and packaging. Overall sales of Sensible Portions products and The Greek Gods yogurt have more than doubled since Hain bought them two years ago. But looming ahead of these products is big competition.
Private-label veggie straws have now appeared at Whole Foods and even Kmart. As Barron's reported last month, industry production of Greek-style yogurt will expand enormously in the next few years ("A High-Stakes Food Fight," Oct. 29). Yoplait vendor General Mills is becoming an aggressive late entrant with Greek-style products.
Backed by influential politicians like Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), New York State is helping to add yogurt-factory capacity at Chobani, Fage, and even PepsiCo, which is building a $206 million yogurt plant in a joint venture. And Danone is adding production.
In their September-quarter conference call, Hain executives confirmed that yogurt rivals were engaging in "price dealing" or, more plainly, price-cutting. This will likely become more intense as additional production capacity comes online.
Simon acknowledges that competition will increase in Hain's categories. "What keeps me up at night?" he asks. "To ensure that we keep ahead of the competition."
Hain is feeling the heat in sales of its Soy Dream and West Soy beverages, says Simon. The rival product Silk has fared so well that Dean Foods did an initial public offering of 14% of its WhiteWave Foods unit in October, with plans to distribute its remaining stake to Dean shareholders.
Other disappointments for Hain were sandwich and prepared-meal businesses acquired last year in the U.K. and since disposed of as discontinued operations. Fortunately, a single product's underperformance can't sink Hain: Simon notes that no one brand, or customer, represents more than 19% of its sales. Even so, given Hain's reliance on acquisitions for growth, an ill-starred deal makes it harder to keep up the pace.
EARNINGS GROWTH IS HARD to pinpoint in an acquisitive company. A good yardstick, suggests CFO Lamel, might be free cash flow—a measure of cash flow from operations, less capital spending. That number has grown nicely in Hain's past five years, from just 11 cents a share in the June 2008 year, to $2.21 in the June 2012 year. But if investors care about all the capital invested in Hain's acquired businesses—including equity, debt, and things like deferred tax liabilities—even those free-cash-flow numbers don't add up to an impressive return on invested capital. Over the same five-year stretch, Hain's free cash flow ROIC averaged a modest 4%. That's better than a Treasury note's return, but well below that of a comparable–and cheaper – food stock like WhiteWave with its 6% ROIC.
Simon and his team have done an admirable job of consolidating products whose ingredients are more healthful than conventional fare. If Hain can't maintain true organic profit growth, however, its shares could settle to a more conventional earnings multiple below 20. That would cut the price by about a third and annoy a tough financial-health-conscious customer named Icahn Associates, which owns about 16% of Hain's shares.
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What kind of community service can a judge order?
Judges have a lot of discretion in what community service they can order, but the sentence must bear some relationship to the crime.
Community service, also known as community restitution, is a form of punishment intended to benefit the community that's been harmed by an offender's crime. Judges often order offenders to perform community service in addition to or instead of other forms of punishment, such as incarceration, fines, or probation. (For more general information, see Community Service.)
In general, judges have broad discretion to decide whether and what kind of community service to order for an offender. As long as the sentence reasonably protects the public's interests and isn't unduly harsh, all different kinds of community service options are available. However, there are a few guidelines that judges must follow when crafting community service sentences.
Not Available for Serious Crimes
Community service may be ordered as a stand-alone sentence or as a condition of probation for many types of crimes, and in fact may be a required condition of punishment for crimes like looting or damaging property. However, community service is typically unavailable for serious offenses punishable by death or life imprisonment.
"For the Benefit of the Community"
The main requirement of any community service sentence is that it benefit the community. Thus, a judge may order a bank executive who misappropriated bank funds to volunteer for a community organization and donate funds to that organization. The judge might choose this sentence as an alternative to a term of imprisonment and in-prison restitution programs. This donation of charitable services in a public forum benefits the community in two ways:
- it serves as a deterrent to other potential offenders, and
- it provides a symbolic (and practical) form of restitution for the harm the defendant caused.
Connection to the Crime
While there are many forms of community service that can benefit the public, there must be a direct connection between that service and the crime. For example, courts have struck down community service sentences that involve public organizations with no ties to the offender or the crime.
Suppose a corporate executive with no substance abuse history is convicted of misappropriating corporate funds for personal use; the judge orders the exec to pay restitution to a community substance abuse facility. If the defendant challenges the sentence, an appellate court will likely strike it down—that's because the rehab facility has no relation to either the offender or the crime.
Substance abuse programs
In many instances, judges determine that the community will benefit from a substance-abusing offender entering a rehab program. The community will benefit because the judge believes the offender is unlikely to continue to commit crimes with proper substance-abuse treatment. However, an offender's mere attendance and participation in a treatment program is usually not enough, standing alone, to meet the "for the benefit of the community" test. Typically, judges will also require the offender to do work over and above program participation, like one or more of the following:
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Although they have considerable leeway in setting sentences, judges can't impose community service that unduly interferes with an offender's due process rights, including the opportunity for paid employment, the maintenance of a normal family life, and the preservation of a stable home environment. Examples of sentences that courts have found invalid include:
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Inside the Beverly Hills mega-mansion built by Cher: for sale for £64m
The superstar helped build and design the estate in the Seventies which she later sold to actor Eddie Murphy.
The superstar helped build and design the estate in the Seventies which she later sold to actor Eddie Murphy.
Just don't mention "the bagel"…
Who will be leaving the competition tomorrow?
The kilt is making a comeback this season, from traditional Scots tartan to minis and punky versions, writes Holly Swayne
Nicole Sherzinger sent Simpson home over fellow contestant Shelley Smith
Fans say the results are 'embarrassing' and make the singers - famous for four-part harmonies - sound more like robots
As bands like the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and Genesis moved into arenas and stadiums in the 1970s, stage design became an important part of the fan experience.
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Can two new movies about burlesque strip away the tacky legacy left by the excruciating 'Showgirls'? Kaleem Aftab finds out
Police say gun used by suspect to shoot himself matches weapon that killed Ronni Chasen
As Hollywood said its farewells to Ronni Chasen, the popular publicist who was gunned down at the wheel of her Mercedes as she drove home a week ago from a glitzy premiere party, sombre speculation continued as to whether she was the victim of a random shooting or a contract killing by professional assassins.


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Celine Dion impersonates Rihanna, Michael Jackson, Sia, and more
Singing such songs as 'Frère Jacques' and 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat'
Singing such songs as 'Frère Jacques' and 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat'
The Mail has added to the annals of the bleeding obvious by reporting on a study which finds that some women "hate" looking at photographs of themselves. Still, on cue comes along one such woman to confirm the accuracy of the research. Wealthy Canadian singer Céline Dion was recently informed of the existence of a blog by one of the world's little people, self-explanatorily entitled "Ridiculous Pictures Of Céline Dion". Ms Dion was not amused, and Duckumu (also known as Nick, 26, from Brooklyn), the humble blogger responsible, claims he received a letter from her lawyers demanding he shut the site down. "Though this blog is well within the realm of 'fair use'," he insists, "I don't have the money or time to get a lawyer to respond. The dream is over." In honour of his site's demise, however, this column would like to contribute one more ridiculous picture.
The Government's hiring of Alan Milburn as its "social mobility tsar" provides the most seismic event of its kind for a very long time ... possibly as long ago as the appointment of puritan £5m birthday-party man Philip Green as our anti-profligate spending tsar.
She is one of the most glamorous women on the planet, whose every red-carpet appearance is scrutinised by an army of photographers and tooth-sucking style commentators. But Angelina Jolie stands accused of an extraordinary fashion faux pas.
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Nota: Por favor (540-743-7921) llame o visite nuestro sitio web (MayneView.) Con respecto a la disponibilidad de fin de semana. El Mayneview es un amable victoriana con 5 habitaciones distribuidas en 3 hectáreas con vistas a la ciudad y las montañas, acogedor, habitaciones confortables, con baño privado, spa, chimenea, delicioso desayuno completo, specials / paquetes, niños / mascotas Aceptar. Su posada hermana, el Greentree, ofrece las mismas comodidades que el Mayneview, pero en un ambiente más íntimo pequeño con sus 3 habitaciones (álamos, arces, y Willow) ideales para escapadas románticas.
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Bryce was a terrific host, and made us all feel very welcome. The rooms were clean and tastefully furnished. Would definitely recommend it if you are staying in the Luray area!
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This beautiful B & B was recently totally redone. Bryce and Gregory are friendly and very accommodating. The food was delicious and the room was very comfortable. We stayed in the Overlook room which had the most comfortable new mattress. The room was spacious and we loved sitting on the porch, enjoying the view. It also was close to restaurants and was an easy drive to the cavern and Shenandoah Forest.
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We loved it. The inn has recently been updated. Our room was wonderful, clean and comfortable. The house is historic and cozy. The hosts were gracious and friendly. I views from the front porch are great. I highly recommend.
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The service was outstanding and the accommodations were excellent. The staff was very helpful and friendly. The house was charming with all the modern convinces loved relaxing on the porch. They withheld no expense in renovating this beautiful house. Breakfast was delicious and very filling. We (including our dog) thoroughly enjoyed our stay, and felt right at home! We look forward to returning and would highly recommend this B&B.
4,6 en mayo 12, 2016
The property is newly renovated, the room we stayed in was great. it had a lot of character, the room was very clean, the bed and pillows were very comfortable, perfect after a day of walking. We even got to try the tub which was in a great view of the mountains. It was a wonderful experience!!
4,4 en noviembre 24, 2015
We made this last minute reservation so we could attend a local wedding. This was a perfect stop for us. The room was clean and sweetly decorated. Breakfast was delicious, right before we made time to hike Skyline Drive. The owner kindly mailed me the scarf I left in the dining room. Sadly, we did not have time to enjoy the hot tub with the great mountain views. Next time!
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My girlfriend and I decided to head to Luray for the weekend to see the caverns. We stumbled upon this place online and booked a room. The service was outstanding and the suite we reserved was amazing as well. Breakfast was buffet style since all the rooms were booked but that did not degrade the quality of the food and service. The B&B overlooks the town and is a great place to stay. If ever we visit Luray again, we will surely book here.
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What an amazing stay this was! Much less expensive than most in Luray and centralized to all major attractions. Staff was very friendly and most helpful. Breakfast was very good and quite filling. Overall this was the best experience with a bed and breakfast that my girlfriend and I have had. Would definitely return in the future!
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Everything was good. No "WOW", but it was all nice. Rooms were ok, didn't like the tub with a plastic liner around it, made me feel like I was in a horror movie... Bed creaked, pillows flat. Owner/manager lives off site. Breakfast not all together with others, which I liked, didn't feel pressured to get up as early. Traveled on short notice, so didn't have a lot of options, but was still a nice place to stay.
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We had a lovely time at the Mayneview Cottage - in fact it exceeded our expectations. It was spacious, clean, filled with anything you could need (pots, pans, towels, space warmers, etc.), and had a beautiful view. We especially loved that we could bring our dog for the weekend instead of having to leave him with a sitter. He, too, loved to be able to run around in the open yard and then snuggle up on his pillow by the heater on the brisk October mornings we were there. Donna was friendly and welcoming when we arrived. We expected that we wouldn't be provided with any food, as we were not staying at the main house, but we were pleasantly surprised to find coffee, creamer and sugar available for us to use. And there were plenty of dining options available close by. Overall, we loved our stay and even talked about our next visit to Luray and Mayneview before we even left. You won't be disappointed.
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KHB seeks nominations for best-maintained properties
Citizen Staff Reports 04/11/11
The Keep Henrico Beautiful (KHB) Committee is seeking outstanding residential and commercial properties for the 2011 Land Lover and Clean Business awards. Nominations for exemplary homes and businesses from each of the five magisterial districts will be accepted through Saturday, April 30.
To be considered for the award, properties should be attractively landscaped, well-maintained and litter-free. Homeowners should perform their own landscaping and lawn-care work. In addition, property owners must participate in an ongoing recycling program, such as composting, curbside pickup or drop-off service.
Winners will have an award sign posted on their property during June and will be recognized at a Board of Supervisors meeting.
Henrico residents and business owners may nominate their own properties as well as others. Forms and criteria can be accessed online at http://www.henricokhb.org or by calling KHB at 501-4502; nominations can be submitted online or by mail.
The Land Lover and Clean Business awards have been presented annually since 1995. For details, contact Keep Henrico Beautiful.
Reynolds CC to host sculptor Paul DiPasquale
Reynolds Community College will host Richmond sculptor Paul DiPasquale Sept. 28 as he shares his presentation "Art Talk, Why Art Matters" from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Conference Center Gallery of the Workforce Development and Conference Center on the Parham Road Campus, located at 1651 E. Parham Road in Richmond. This event is free and open to the public. > Read more.
Free children's clothing for those in need
The Children's Clothing Closet at Highland Springs United Methodist Church will be open Saturday, Aug. 27 and Tuesday, Aug. 30 to provide free new or nearly new children's clothing for families in need, prior to the start of the school year. The Clothing Closet will be open from 10 a.m. to noon both days. The church is located at 22 North Holly Avenue. > Read more.
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"A fun story emerges from an absurd premise"
This was a fun book, despite the fact that it relies on a premise that is, frankly, a bit absurd. In no reasonable world do pro-choice and pro-life groups "compromise" by allowing not only retroactive abortions (i.e., the flat-out murder of teenagers), but also the use of teens as body farms. It would be abhorrent to both groups, just as it is expected to be abhorrent to nearly all readers. Because I found the basic premise to be ridiculous, I had a hard time suspending my disbelief, and it thus took me a while to get into the story. But I'm glad that I persisted. The characters and interesting and believable as they respond to real threats. And the horror of the process, which is mostly shrouded in mystery for much of the book, is chillingly illustrated towards the end by actual unwinding of one of the less sympathetic characters. Furthermore, the narration is superb. So despite the rickety premise, I really enjoyed the book, and I'm looking forward to the remaining installments.
Besides incessant listening to audiobooks, I also read on my Kindle at night, birdwatch, garden (roses, daylilies), and do genealogy.
"Truly shocking premise!"
Overall, an enjoyable listen. It didn't grab me like HG did, but it is still a quite good story which held my interest and made me care about the characters.
I am brutally honest. Popular, love everything they read, reviewers are scared to go neg. and risk their ranking. It's your money!!!
"Nice Socks"
I am following 21 reviewers. I have made a list of all the books they gave 5 stars to. I had never heard of Unwind or Neal Shusterman, but it was on the five star list. This is the best book I have read or listened to since June and that was over 50 books ago.
The subject matter of this book may seem weird at first and a little unbelievable. In this future, abortion is legal up to age 18. I know your thinking too stupid, but the author makes you believe. The story is strong and compelling. Keep in mind, In China girl babies are killed all the time, due to the one child law and the importance of male children. In my life time I can remember when divorce was rare and abortion was illegal. Girls who had sex outside of marriage where whores. Most women were virgins when they got married. T.V. was not allowed to show a couple in the same bed. In some cults here in the United States, girls of 12, 13 and 14 are married off to old men. Eleven year old boys are taken to the country, left and told not to return. (see Prophet's Prey) In the Middle East, women are property (see A Thousand Splendid Nights), they still stone people to death, etc.
This book not only has a great story, it has characters. These are characters you will care about. The side characters such as one called SciFi, are so good they could have there own books about them.
The book has 68 chapters and six parts. The story builds through each part. There are several twists and turns. The description of an actual Unwind, will stay with me for a very long time. It was very intense. (Make sure you have a tissue)
Based on this reviewers recommendations, I will be listening to The Map of Time. I will be seeking out more Neal Shusterman Novels based on the quality of this book.
I am not sure I have heard Luke Daniels before and he was very good. His reading was spot on. His narration is so good you forget your listening, as the story is do deep into your head.
This book will blow your mind! It is the most gripping book I have read in the last two years. There is a twist around every corner. While the story is set in the future, our society is very close to so many of the scenarios. I teach high school reading. Many of my students were reluctant to read this at first. It scared and shocked them. But the story offers so many opportunities for discussion of current societal issues that eventually they got caught up in it. I would not recommend this book for anyone under 15 years old. The content may be too intense.
I did not like the reader at first. I thought he was too monotone. I started to like him about half way through. By the last quarter, I really appreciated how very good the narration was. I decided that maybe he keeps the emotion in his voice purposefully restrained to let the authors's words provide the impact. Time after time I found simple sentences that conveyed huge meaning. I really liked Neal Schusterman's style. Totally worth your time and money.
"Wickedly twisted tale"
I have nieces and nephews in the 13-20 years old range that have been raving about the YA novels they read for a few years now. So, recently, I have begun trying them out and I have to admit that some are very good and Unwind is among the best. I would give it 4.5 stars if it was allowed.
Among the various dystopian trials and tribulations thrust upon the protagonists of YA fiction, being unwound has to be the most harrowing. In practically all novels of this genre young people face a daunting future that will require a Herculean effort to overcome. But, while death is ever-present in all of these scenarios, at least when a character dies, he is dead.
Not so in the world of "Unwind." In this world an agreement has been reached, after a sort of pro-life/pro-abortion conflict, that makes abortion illegal but allows parents the right to unwind their children between the ages of 13-18. Unwinding is a process by which a person's body is disassembled system-by-system, organ-by-organ, and over 99% of their parts are then transplanted, grafted, etc. into other people who need them. This allows the unwound person to remain alive in a divided state. And they do remain alive (at least in a way) as becomes obvious when we meet a character who has received the frontal lobe of an unwound teen and the consciousness of the unwound frontal lobe takes over from time-to-time.
"Unwind" follows a group of teens set to be unwound, for various different reasons, as they try, sometimes successfully and sometimes not, to avoid the authorities and remain alive in a whole state. Shusterman developed a great idea with "Unwind" and has penned a great story in which to carry it out.
"took a chance..."
Perhaps younger listeners (teens?) would enjoy this book. It is dealing with heavy subject matter, right-to-life / abortion issues, but is filled with so many cliches that I am simply bored.
I can't see myself purchasing any other books by Shusterman.
I don't know who I would cast instead (I don't keep names of narrators in my memory), but I spent the first part of the book feeling like I was being yelled at. The sense of urgency that he was trying to impart was overdone.
They all play a part in the cliche'd story, so I'm at a loss to choose one to cut.
I always hesitate to leave less than complimentary reviews, but I would have appreciated reading some for this title before I purchased it.
"One of my all time favorites"
I really loved this book. If you like "Hunger Games" or what-if type books on what crazy things could happen in the future, this was a very well-written, great story. I liked it so much I'm going to buy the Kindle edition as well. The narrator did a great job with the voices too.
"I liked it."
Set in the future of one possible outcome of the abortion debate, it is a little bit far fetched, but enjoyable. Hey, it's fiction, so let the far fetch basis of the book slide and the story is very well written. If you like the description they give for this book, then you will probably like the book itself.
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hoper, a pray-er, a magic-bean buyer. If you're a pretender come sit by my fire
"Unbelievable Premise, but Fairly Good Story"
I was hesitant to grant the premise at first, but once I did I found the story captivating. The relationship seemed needless, but there were points in the story that were haunting and beautiful and human and, overall, I would completely recommend this story. There is a scene near the end written from the perspective of one of the antagonists that I can't shake from my mind even weeks after hearing it. So kudos to this author, and pick up this book if you get the chance!


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—To investigate the association between attitudes toward caring for the medically indigent and years of medical training.
—Questionnaire comparing attitudes of first-year medical students (MS-Is) and fourth-year medical students (MS-IVs).
—Southwest medical school.
—A total of 83 (67%) male and 41 (33%) female MS-I and 65 (73%) male and 24 (27%) female MS-IV volunteers.
Main Outcome Measure.
—Self-report, attitudinal scale developed for this study that provided a measure of overall attitudes, perceived societal expectations, physician/student responsibility, personal efficacy, and provision of basic services and expensive procedures.
—Overall attitudes were significantly less favorable for MS-IVs (95% confidence interval [CI], 99.6 to 106.2) than MS-Is (95% CI, 109.5 to 114.3, P<.0001). Except for basic services (P=.46), MS-IVs had worse attitudes on all attitudes subscales. Male MS-IVs reported significantly less favorable attitudes than male MS-Is in the areas of general attitudes (P=.03) and physician/student responsibility (P=.01). Female medical students showed no significant differences across classes (P>.05). Except for physician/student responsibility, female medical students' attitudes were more favorable than those of males, regardless of class.
—The MS-IVs are less favorably inclined toward caring for the medically indigent than MS-Is, though these differences are apparent only for males. Further research is needed to explore why females appear to be more resistant to attitude changes, and what educational interventions are necessary to better train physicians to respond to national health care issues.(JAMA. 1993;269:2519-2523)
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