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A cooperative (also co-operative or coöperative; often referred to as a co-op or coop) is defined by the International Co-operative Alliance's Statement on the Co-operative Identity as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. [1] It is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit. [2] A cooperative may also be defined as a business owned and controlled equally by the people who use its services or who work at it. Cooperative enterprises are the focus of study in the field of cooperative economics. Although co-operation as a form of individual and societal behavior is intrinsic to human organization, the history of modern co-operative forms of organizing dates back to the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries. The status of which was the 'first co-operative' is under some dispute, but various milestones in the history may be identified. In 1761, the Fenwick Weavers' Society was formed in Fenwick, East Ayrshire, Scotland to sell discounted oatmeal to local workers. Its services expanded to include assistance with savings and loans, emigration and education. In 1810, Welsh social reformer Robert Owen, from Newtown in mid-Wales, and his partners purchased New Lanark mill from Owen's father-in-law and proceeded to introduce better labor standards including discounted retail shops where profits were passed on to his employees. Owen left New Lanark to pursue other forms of co-operative organization and develop co-op ideas through writing and lecture. Co-operative communities were set up in Glasgow, Indiana and Hampshire, although ultimately unsuccessful. In 1828, William King set up a newspaper, The Cooperator, to promote Owen's thinking, having already set up a co-operative store in Brighton. The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founded in 1844, is usually considered the first successful co-operative enterprise, used as a model for modern co-ops, following the 'Rochdale Principles'. A group of 28 weavers and other artisans in Rochdale, England set up the society to open their own store selling food items they could not otherwise afford. Within ten years there were over 1,000 co-operative societies in the United Kingdom.
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1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Playing The Game
October 23, 2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 refers to an unsurpassed shooter game that is highly successful. This game is expected to be released in a very short time and features single player and cooperative mode comprising of two players and has multiplayer mode and special Ops. This is considered to be a fine game as it is available online, on local area networks through PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. The game offers an online player mode providing experience points and reward system, and also ascertains to introduce more new features. It is expected to have downloadable map packs through Xbox live... (read more)
Author: Roberto Sedycias
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2. China, India Agree on Climate Change Memorandum
October 22, 2009
India and China have signed an initial agreement that will increase cooperation on issues of climate change.
A Joint Working Group (JWG) will hold meetings every year to discuss policies, measures and implementation of related cooperative projects.
The JWG is part of the steps of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to boost cooperation on climate change issues signed by environment minister Jairam Ramesh and China’s vice chairman of National Development and Reform Commission Xie Zhenhua.
The MoA is the first of its kind for both. Besides the JWG, the agreement also requires annual m... (read more)
Author: dezan shira
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3. Insurers Sharing Patient Data
October 19, 2009
Five of the state?s largest health insurance companies and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have begun to aggregate some of their patient data and share it with Connecticut physicians as part of a new venture that aims to improveAngelo Carrabba, immediate past president, Connecticut State Medical Society quality care in the stateThe partnership, which is called the Connecticut Health Quality Cooperative, represents the first time that health insurance companies in the state have agreed to combine their patient data and deliver it as a single source of information to doctors... (read more)
Author: Health Insurance
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4. Back To School Advice For the Parent of the School-Age Child
October 15, 2009
christmasdinnerwaresets.org which has information about christmas dinnerware sets and holiday dinnerware sets for an attractive holiday table.
">School-age children are great to have around. They are more cooperative and friendly than teenagers. They are less helpless than babies. They are a lot cleaner and neater than toddlers. Children around the ages of five through twelve are at a great time in their lives to receive moral training and to be reinforced in every good thing parents want to teach their children.
This is a good time to look at habits and traditions that will give ch... (read more)
Author: Gabriella Gometra
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5. How to Find the Right Play Toys for Preschool Kids
October 09, 2009
The best play toys for preschool kids are the ones that give them most fun without any hazards. The best preschool toys are the ones designed specifically for this 3-5 age level. Based on studies conducted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the following key facts have been identified regarding play toys for preschool kids: 1. Preschool kids are far along in cooperative, social play. They are now in the peak years for dramatic and pretend play. Age 5 is considered the peak year for this type of play. Kids at this age want all sorts of props to enhance play times. 2. Sim... (read more)
Author: Joe Kanooga
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6. The Integrated Approach of Eating Disorder Treatment Center
October 08, 2009
Eating disorder is such a complex problem that appears with many other serious problems like anxiety disorders, drug/alcohol addiction and some other psychiatric problems including bipolar disorder. Therefore, almost every eating disorder treatment center has the facility to diagnose all problems associated with eating disorder and provide proper medical remedy.
The eating disorder treatment center has the programs to assist the persons who are suffering from eating disorder and re-establishes their normal lives. It provides a supportive and cooperative environment along with necessary c... (read more)
Author: Steve Ballmer
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7. Mugabe: Zimbabwe Wants 'Cooperative' Relations With West
October 06, 2009
President Robert Mugabe (file photo)Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says his country is ready for improved ties with Western nations that have strongly condemned his rule.In a speech to parliament Tuesday, Mr. Mugabe said Zimbabwe is in a "positive stance" to begin "fresh and cooperative relations" with countries that have been hostile in the past.Western nations have generally shunned Mr. Mugabe for a decade, blaming his policies and corruption in his government for the collapse of Zimbabwe's economy.The U.S., Britain, and other countries maintain travel and financial sanctions on the pres... (read more)
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8. Benefits of Multi-Age Activities
October 05, 2009
Multi-age activities help socialize children so that they are able to balance their social and emotional differences. These group activities also help kids learn to work more cooperatively together, not just right now but also as they continue growing and maturing in the future. People sometimes don’t realize how important this is. But in reality, multi-age activities address some of the emotional development issues in children that are important in life and society as we grow up.
The older we get, the more important it is to understand cooperative functioning and also to respect each ot... (read more)
Author: Priyank Saxena
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9. Hot style nike air force one dunk sb supra skytop timberland ugg boots
October 05, 2009
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Author: Cindy Chen
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10. What Is Affiliate Marketing and What Can It Offer You?
October 05, 2009
Affiliate marketing has many descriptions, yet all have the same meaning. Affiliate marketing is a huge business piece on the Internet. It is a cooperative effort between merchants and an affiliate’s website. For many years now, affiliate marketing has proved to be a cost-efficient, measurable method of delivering long-tern results. It has become famous for Internet sites who are trying to make some extra or additional income for their site. Every day, people get interested to affiliate marketing and want to make money out of it. But in many cases, these new affiliates do not fully understand ... (read more)
Author: samantha milner
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11. AdsonAutoPilot
October 04, 2009
AdsonAutoPilot Specializes in High-Quality Targeted Traffic Generation and Re-Distribution
If you don't know how to recruit but you are looking for a Home Internet Business and need a business setup for you with automated targeted traffic coming to your site, you have come to the right place.
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Author: Daniel Chew
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12. High-Quality Wooden Dollhouses Are Perennial Favorites
October 01, 2009
A wooden dollhouse is a great gift any time of the year and has a way of transforming a child's play in a way that few other toys can. A classic interactive toy, wooden dollhouses encourage open-ended play, a feature missing from many of today's battery-operated toys. Kids respond to their own creativity and thought rather than following the prompts of a computer chip.
Another key feature of wooden dollhouses is that play can be either cooperative or independent. If a child plays alone, she instantly has a family of friends. All the little wooden family members have names, personaliti... (read more)
Author: Doug Morris
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13. Geico home insurance rates
September 24, 2009
Geico home insurance rates are a very reasonable option if you are looking for a new home insurance company. Some people who I have talked to have said that Geico home insurance rates are far more reasonable than their auto insurance rates. Here in Iowa a lot of people typically use State Farm for their home insurance. A lot of farmers around the state end up buying into farmer's cooperative home insurance, but maybe they should take a look at buying Geico insurance. Geico's home insurance is better than the four hundred dollars a month that many people in my area pay on a monthly basis throug... (read more)
Author: Kate Swann
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14. Top 3 Focus On Silk Scarves
September 24, 2009
The creativity of silk scarves can approximately equal with gemstones. Though, a silk scarf is just a part of stunning fabric if only considering the result from looking in distance. If you can usefully match with your dress with the effect from silk scarf color, the silk scarves are very cooperative to presenting women appeal. As a must-have ornament, three topics connected to silk scarves are the trendiest: how to pick a silk scarf, how to use brooches, and how to care for silk scarves.
Several factors should be considered if you want to select a favorite silk scarf. There are a few th... (read more)
Author: jeff T.
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September 21, 2009
www.offersneaker.com specilized in excepting brand footwear,clothing(jeans,t-shirts, hoodies, jackets, sweater, jersey, bikini, underwear ), handbags, wallets, watches, caps and so on from china. Sincerely hope to establish good cooperative relationship with you. Any assistance or questions, pls feel free to contact us by offersneaker@yahoo.com. All products with high quality and original packing with boxes and 100% correct tags. After you placing order and finishing payment, we will ship out your goods within 48 hours and keep you informed about the tracking No. The parcel will arrived you... (read more)
Author: Cindy Chen
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16. Use Needs-Focused Lessons to Reduce Classroom Management Problems
September 14, 2009
If you want to reduce classroom management problems, make your lessons more interactive, more cooperative, more engaging and more FUN then you must try the "needs-focused" approach to teaching.
The principle behind the needs-focused approach to teaching is that there are three main psychological needs that are each incredible motivators. As humans we MUST have these needs satisfied in our lives.
What does this have to do with teaching?
Everything...
If teachers don't provide an appropriate way for our students to meet these needs, they will seek alternative ways to satisf... (read more)
Author: Adam Waxler
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September 12, 2009
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Author: Cindy Chen
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18. Can we Co-operate? Jo Ciavaglia
September 10, 2009
If Congress bails out on a public insurance option, the alternative that appears poised to replace it is something called a health insurance cooperative, a concept that many moderate Democrats ? and some Republicans, too- like.
But what is it?
Well what it?s not is a public insurance option. More like a DIY insurer.
See, cooperatives are a company that is partially or wholly owned by its employees, customers or tenants. They are a familiar concept in the Midwest and rural areas. Electric co-ops, farm and dairy co-ops are common examples.
Some people like the sound of a co... (read more)
Author: Health Insurance
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19. Avoiding Global Crisis - The Termination of Life on Earth
September 10, 2009
It is a universal principle that all systems spontaneously righten, or balance, themselves. The rain falling from the sky will naturally seek out the most stable arrangement – it won’t sit around too long on the peak of the hill! Of course, this process can be interfered – in the case of water you can dam the river. Right now, the various power structures in the human world are actually preventing the self-organizing, self-rightening and self-correcting process of humankind from happening. If that blockage continues, a huge imbalance will build and eventually destroy this place.
This im... (read more)
Author: Gloria Applbaum
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September 10, 2009
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Author: Cindy Chen
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21. Cash till Payday - A relief from financial uncertainities
September 09, 2009
Cash till payday is the right stoppage for you to challenge your financial requirements. Loans offer to their customers the most cooperative and prominent financers whose main aim is providing help with some feasible deals to the needy people at the right moment. When you are facing lack of money, small financial requirements can peep at ant time in your life and this small sum can be a hard deal to you. During many problems, nobody provide you help to communicate then only it will help you in your needs to the working class groups who are fail to attempt financial barriers during the middle o... (read more)
Author: Daniel Stewart
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22. A Review of TriVita - The Only Company That Lets You Purchase Paying Customers
September 02, 2009
TriVita is a 9 year old health and wellness company located in Scottsdale, Arizona that offers its distributors (which it calls Business Affiliates) the opportunity to purchase existing paying customers from them through a unique cooperative marketing business model.
What is cooperative marketing?
Let me explain:
TriVita was founded by Michael Ellison, who wanted to start a company from the ground up that would provide people with the opportunity to create health and wealth: two things that Michael feel very strongly about.
TriVita is owned by Ellison Media Inc., also heade... (read more)
Author: Mark McCullagh
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23. CRM Software - What-Is-CRM-Software
August 21, 2009
People in different kinds of field of work possess some languages that are only familiar to the group where they belong.One such hot word is CRM. I'll explain in detail what this word is all about and dive into the poser of CRM software in this article. Definition of CRM Client Relationship Management is simply the complementary word of Buyer Relationship Management. It is an authoritative database system essentially concentrating on the management of a business' customer database.Cooperative or Operational CRM Process Most common example is when a customer would encounter a problem that wo... (read more)
Author: Kendrick Bowen
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24. The Most Destructive Period of Global War and Crisis Ever - or A New Politics Based on Prior Unity,
August 19, 2009
Humankind is in the position, right now, to make some very important judgments about life, and about the relationships between people--and about the nature of Reality Itself. The results of that judgment, will lead to catastrophic war and environmental disasters, or, alternatively, humankind will become established in a new, ‘Global Cooperative Order’, based on the working-presumption of universal prior unity, and therefore, with pervasive cooperation and intelligence.
All have suffered. All are equally full of nonsense. Therefore, there must be a new and universal politics--a politics o... (read more)
Author: Gloria Applbaum
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25. Bad News Regarding Swift System Released by Swiss Authority
July 21, 2009
What is SWIFT – SWIFT stands for “Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications”. It is a cooperative of banks, brokers and financial institutions headquartered in Belgium. Swift does not send money; it just sends messages regarding monetary transactions. If you send a wire from a USA financial institution to another USA financial Institution the system used is the ABA system not SWIFT. If you send a funds transfer from one EU country to another, the system often used is IBAN. When you go to different countries with the exception of the IBAN countries then SWIFT is used.
Th... (read more)
Author: Aurelia Masterson
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