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From 2012 to 2013, the average cost per person for major companies is estimated to increase from $10,659 to $11,405 for HMOs, $10,433 to $11,069 for PPOs and $11,062 to $11,737 for POS plans. Premium Costs by Plan Type Year HMO POS PPO National 2013 (projected) $11,405 $11,737 $11,069 $11,188 2012 $10,659 $11,062 $10,433 $10,522 2011 $10,103 $10,657 $9,965 $10,034 2010 $9,353 $9,557 $9,212 $9,246 2009 $8,693 $8,864 $8,764 $8,703 2008 $8,193 $8,403 $8,388 $8,290 2007 $7,680 $8,062 $8,050 $7,874 Source: Aon Hewitt. Cost Increases by Metro Area In 2012, major U.S. markets that experienced rate increases higher than the national average included San Antonio (7.4 percent), San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose (7.4 percent), Los Angeles (7.2 percent) and Austin (6.5 percent). Conversely, Dallas (3.4 percent), Cincinnati (3.6 percent), Denver (4.5 percent), New York City (4.5 percent), Washington, D.C. (4.7 percent) and Philadelphia (4.9 percent) experienced lower-than-average rate increases in 2012. Employer Actions Mitigate Costs As the health care landscape shifts, employers are taking the opportunity to reassess their role as a health care benefits provider and subsidizer, while redefining their role in the health, safety and performance of their workforce. According to a 2012 Aon Hewitt survey of nearly 2,000 U.S. employers representing over 20 million U.S. employees and their dependents, most employers plan to continue sponsoring a medical plan for their employees. However, they are migrating from a traditional "managed trend" approach to a "house money/house rules" approach that integrates a pay-for-performance philosophy into their benefit programs. This strategy includes elements of: Wellness and health programs that aim to improve the health of employees, reducing the amount and cost of care required, while minimizing work days missed due to illness. A growing number of employers are offering incentives and are beginning to link incentives to a result, as opposed to simply participating in a wellness program. In other cases, employers may require a health risk questionnaire, biometric screening and ongoing health coaching in order to be eligible for the richest plan or the highest employer subsidy. Consumer-driven designs that expose employees to the direct cost of care up to a limit, encouraging more personal economic decisions about how to access care, how much care to use and what types of care to use. Aon Hewitt's survey found that consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) have become the second most common plan design offered by U.S. employers, with 58 percent of employers offering a CDHP in 2012. Plan design strategies that encourage employees to consume less health care. Examples are plans that replace flat-dollar co-pays with percentage-of-cost co-insurance, migrate employees to generic prescription drugs and mail order refills for maintenance drugs, and levy surcharges for working spouses or additional dependents with coverage available elsewhere. While still an emerging trend, a growing number of employers are interested in a corporate health care exchange model, which enables employers to manage the growth of their subsidy and allows employees to select from a greater set of health plan alternatives. While state-operated exchanges under health care reform will not be available to employers with more than 100 employees until at least 2017, organizations are exploring alternate health care models, such as corporate exchangesthat allow employees to select from a greater set of health plan alternatives. Aon Hewitt found that more than 40 percent of employers are considering moving to a health care exchange model in the next three-to-five years. Lower Claims Cost Increases Expected Health plan per capita claims cost rates for 2013 are expected to decline, with projected claims cost increases dipping into single digits for most medical plans and all types of prescription drug plans, according to the 2013 Segal Health Plan Cost Trend Survey "While medical and prescription drug [claim cost rate increase] trends are projected to decelerate in 2013, we don't know if deceleration is a long-term trend or a temporary result of current economic forces. We question whether medical care that is being delayed or avoided could lead to higher rates of undetected or untreated conditions in the future," Edward A. Kaplan, senior vice president and national health practice leader at Segal, an HR consultancy, noted in a media statement. Among the survey findings: Almost all medical plan types are expected to experience claims cost rate increases under 10 percent (with the exception of fee-for-service/indemnity plans). Pharmacy benefit claims cost trendsare projected to be 6.4 percent, substantially below the double digit trends of a decade earlier. Changes in the costs to plan sponsors can be significantly different from projected claims cost trends, reflecting such diverse factors as group demographics, changes in plan design, administrative fees, reinsurance premiums and changes in participant contributions, according to Segal. To better control cost increases, Kaplan recommended that plan sponsors focus on: Contracting with stable and cost-effective provider networks. Implementing incentive-driven plan designs such as consumer-directed health plans. Exploring ways to move providers to outcome-based compensation. Using on-site and walk-in clinics for basic medical services. Improving efforts aimed at early detection of disease, better control of chronic ailments and more effective wellness efforts. 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It is the best of times in South Africa as its $193 billion economy grows steadily to register the first budget surplus in its history.
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It is the worst of times in Nigeria as the charade of a flawed election challenges the legitimacy of president-elect Umaru Yar'Adua as well as outgoing president Olusegun Obasanjo's legacy.
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South Africa of "two nations" still suffers from massive inequalities from the diabolical legacy of apartheid, and has overwhelming HIV/Aids and crime challenges.
Nigeria also has some of the continent's most talented and educated people, its largest market and its most active peacekeepers.
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Under General Sani Abacha's autocratic rule from 1993 to 1998, South Africa and Nigeria had traded places from the apartheid era.
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"They knew that they could not have it because of the ongoing D.A. investigation when they contracted with A.G. Reyes to do yet another report. After hearing my explanation a year ago, and comparing it to a felon's allegations, the Department of Justice ended its investigation," Shurtleff said.
Last fall, the DOJ Public Integrity Section declined to file charges against Shurtleff or Swallow.
The report describes Shurtleff's "unusual" involvement in Jenson's case, which started after some investors, including a campaign contributor, alleged to Shurtleff that Jenson defrauded them. At the same time, Jenson and his associates gained access to Shurtleff by paying his self-described "fixer," Tim Lawson, at least $114,300, according to the report.
"The situation where an attorney general was having personal interactions with a criminal defendant his office was prosecuting seems to be truly unprecedented," the report states.
The attorney general's office — at Shurtleff's behest — eventually reached a plea-in-abeyance agreement with Jenson that included a fine but no jail time for selling unregulated securities. A 3rd District judge rejected what the report calls a "sweetheart deal" as too lenient. The judge accepted a second plea agreement that also allowed Jenson to avoid jail but imposed $4.1 million in restitution.
Jenson failed to pay the money back and is now serving a 10-year prison sentence.
Shurtleff said in the statement that he's pleased that "even believing Jenson and his paid cohorts' tall tales, Cassell and Wikstrom found Jenson's plea, conviction, sentencing and ongoing prosecution valid."
Jenson and his brother Stephen R. Jenson face felony communications fraud and money laundering charges in connection with the failed multibillion-dollar Mount Holly project. The attorney general's office withdrew from the case last August and Utah County took over the prosecution.
Cassell and Wikstrom concluded in the report that any misconduct in the Jenson case did not extend to former criminal division chief Kirk Torgensen or lead prosecutor Scott Reed.
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Torgensen asked his executive assistant to delete emails from his "trash" on New Year's Eve 2011 because his wife has found some "flirtatious" messages he had sent to another woman. The assistant went to the office the next day and deleted the emails, according to the report.
Reyes demoted Torgensen when he took over the office in January and placed him on administrative leave earlier this month after investigators in the criminal probe of Shurtleff and Swallow issued a search warrant for his iPhone.
The report revealed several other items of interest:
Jenson visited Shurtleff in the hospital and brought cookies that his wife baked while he recovered from a motorcycle accident in 2007. He told Shurtleff he would not take a plea deal or pay restitution.
Shurtleff replied, "You have to give me a way to save face politically. People in the office really hate you. Have you heard of a plea in abeyance?" according to the report.
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Concept artwork for the movie "Dinosaur" in 1996.
that's an awesome dinosaur
Now that is beautiful!
That is simply amazing! o3o
I love this!
Love this painting! it's kinda nostalgia for me
Great job! Live this pecie and the movie. Amazing how Disney make even dinosaurs childfreindly
True. Until you watch the final fight at the end of the movie Pretty brutal, ha ha.
beautiful... Just Beautiful.. You have so much talent
Holy crap this is beautiful. It took me a while to realize that this was for the Disney version, maybe it was because the Carnotaurus looks smaller than the ones seen in the film. Great job, it's probably one of best looking scenes I've ever seen!
Love that Water fall n Greenry....
Beautiful work. Well done!!
I love the way you brilliantly stack the light shapes against dark BGs and vice versa! So inspiring
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A truly challenging puzzle! Clever clooze. Ingenious theme. THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Very clever. Almost too clever for a dullard like me to understand the theme. Nicely done.
Good one. Thank you WSJ and VB --- clever construction.
Wow! For me, that was quite a workout. I can't recall when a regular crossword took me so far outside the box. Thank you VB. Well done!
Like Puzzled, I found this quite a workout. I really didn't get the theme until the clue near the end that explained it. Then I went back and, sure enough, there it was. Quite clever. For a while, I thought I would not be able to finish this one. The lower left corner took me a while to figure out. But thanks for the puzzle. It is a good one.
Fun. esp 64A. Couldn't have finished it without some google.
Wonderfully clever puzzle. The theme is especially fun. 96 down made mr laugh.
Oh great. If you all found it challenging, I am in trouble! Looking forward to it none the less.
Great puzzle with a timely theme -- hard to believe we are already at the middle of 2014. Favorite was 67D. Scariest was 100A.
Nice puzzle. It started out fairly easy then got a little hard. The last to fall was 69. Had 99 percent done last night and filled in about 6 letters this morning. Very entertaining. Looking forward to Sat. thanks WSJ and VB.
Like @Merrilee, I had no idea what the theme was about until the end, and then went back and checked out all the answers. Very clever. Did anyone figure it out before 115A? I had never heard of blue period (sorry if this is a spoiler), so I looked it up and learned something new. The NNW section was the toughest for me. I hadn't heard of GarageBand, which I probably should have given my kids' love of computer games. I also was not familiar with 42D and 43D. And then 59A was a groaner when that one become apparent. I also liked 96D. Overall, another great puzzle. Have a great weekend, everyone.
Picasso had a Blue Period. So did I, when my first marriage ended.
I am writing without having heard applause. Life intervened and I did not finish the puzzle--a very good one--within the time I had available. I'll complete it way in the rear and look forward to next week.
I got everything except the south west corner. Can I get any help from anyone on any clue? Just a hint, not a spoiler. Thanks.
Claire -- What clue(s) in particular?
We'll 78D might open things up a bit. Thanks.
78D - Think of a competitive relationship teams might have with one another.
Puzzled-- you are a genius. That was a perfect clue. I finished it. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Clair -- Your welcome. I've gotten so much help from these blogs, it's nice to be able to help out every now and then.
120A is ungrammatical. Let's just say it should have ended with "-ove" or "-oven". But I guess a crossword maker can get away with it, because my dictionary lists it (albeit as "rare").
Yes, Matt B. , I agree and couldn't believe it until all the other clues down demanded it! Oh, well.
I'm seeing past tenses like 120A more and more. One that gripes me is "shined a light on" instead of "shone a light on".
Clever puzzle, but 13A is factually incorrect. There is no place called Palestine, it has been the state of Israel since 1948.
Theme came quickly, but a real workout ensued. Probably one of my two or three favorite WSJ puzzles from the last 12 months.
Wouldn't mind seeing more VB in the future....
Excellent puzzle, even though I was unable to solve for the M and the A in 64A (and 67D, 61D). CABER makes no sense to me, and I also don't understand white MATTER, which sounds so simple.
kacey -- good catch on 13A. I'm surprised Mr. Shenk didn't catch that one.
droll90 -- are you looking for help with 116D or merely expressing understandable frustration. I had initially misspelled the word until 120A revealed itself incorrectly as pointed out by Matt B. above.
kacey and JAB71 -- Apparently, the WSJ has joined up with the likes of Russia, China, Vietnam, North Korea and Iran to recognize the State of Palestine. I'm more than a little put out I wasn't invited to the ceremony.
The correct clue for 13A should be "the Palestinian Authority", not Palestine.
ra.ra - a caber is a " roughly trimmed tree trunk used in the Scottish Highland sport of tossing the caber . This involves holding the caber upright and running forward to toss it so that it lands on the opposite end"
Puzzled--I must have lived in a cave all my life. I had no idea what hie meant (and neither does this spell-checker) until I looked it up.
Sorry I meant my comment to be directed to JAB71
Great, challenging puzzle. Thanks WSJ. NE Corner was especially hard. What in the world is a 90 D ?
Matt B Right you are! I have a list of similar , to my ear, offenses and I don't hear often enough any objections. Loaned (lent); Thrived (throve); Bid past tense (bade); Leaped (leapt) .... I hate to see these go away. It might be a Britishism but to me 'whilst' sounds so right in some instances.
Too tough for me, a non-googler. 67D Molt ?
By far the hardest I've done over the last 5 years.
Still, there was 2 weeks of entertainment, fortunately.
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Photos: Denver's top twelve tourist attractions
According to Visit Denver, the Mile High City set a tourism record in 2012, with the number of visitors and spending at an all-time high.
The organization also drills down to reveal the top twelve tourist attractions in the city -- and the most popular ones, as well as the order in which they appear, are apt to surprise plenty of folks. Count them down below -- and see a graphic and more information about the tourism record courtesy of Visit Denver.
Number 12: Red Rocks Park
Number 11: Flatirons Crossing Mall
Number 10: Denver Downtown Aquarium
Continue to keep counting down Denver's top twelve tourist attractions. Number 9: Colorado State Capitol
Number 8: Denver Art Museum
Number 7: Buffalo Bill's Museum/Grave
Continue to keep counting down Denver's top twelve tourist attractions. Number 6: Outlets at Castle Rock
Number 5: Denver Pavilions
Number 4: Denver Zoo
Continue to keep counting down Denver's top twelve tourist attractions. Number 3: Lower Downtown Historic District
Number 2: Cherry Creek Shopping
Number 1: 16th Street Mall
Continue to see a graphic and get more information on 2012's record-setting tourism performance courtesy of Visit Denver.
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Denver Tourism Breaks Records in 2012
Visitor Numbers and Spending at All Time High
DENVER, CO -- June 19, 2013 -- Denver had a banner tourism year in 2012, setting new records for visitor volume and spending, according to the Longwoods International annual visitor profile study. The report, commissioned by VISIT DENVER, found that Denver welcomed 13.6 million overnight visitors in 2012, 3 percent more than in 2011 and an all-time high. This increase was reflected in both leisure and business travel sectors:
• In the leisure sector, the greatest improvement was evident in "marketable" trips, i.e., trips by people who could travel to any destination but who specifically chose to visit Denver, which rose by 9 percent to a new record of 5.0 million visitors. This continues an unbroken trend of increases in "marketable visitors" that started in 2003.
• Overnight business travel to Denver continued to rebound after reaching a multi-year low in 2010, with 2.3 million business trips in 2012, up 6 percent over 2011 and 24 percent over 2010.
• Within the business segment, the number of people coming to Denver for conventions/conferences rose 5 percent to 880,000, and general business trips increased 7 percent to 1,440,000 in 2012 from 1,340,000 the year earlier.
"We are very pleased to see that our marketing efforts are working and that we continue to see an increase in the amount of lucrative 'marketable' visitors that come to Denver," said Richard Scharf, president & CEO of VISIT DENVER, the city's official tourism marketing arm. "Tourism and conventions don't just happen. The Longwoods study allows us to see that since 2005 when voters approved more marketing dollars for Denver, we have seen a 43 percent increase in the number of leisure visitors coming to our city," Scharf said.
Denver overnight visitors also set a new spending record in 2012, generating $3.6 billion of spending in the city, 9 percent more than in 2011. Both tourists and business travelers contributed to the increase:
• Leisure visitors spent $2.77 billion, up 9 percent from $2.53 billion in 2011.
• Business travelers' expenditures rose 7 percent to approximately $807 million in 2012, versus $751 million the previous year.
• All five of the major business sectors connected to travel and tourism benefited by the overall growth in overnight visitor spending:
• Visitors spent $1.0 billion in Denver's hotels and other lodging establishments, and their expenditures on food and beverage amounted to $705 million.
• Expenditures by visitors on gas, car rentals and other local transportation purchases reached $992 million in 2012, and purchases at retail stores totaled approximately $499 million.
• Vacationers and business visitors spent $353 million at the city's paid attractions and on other recreational and sightseeing activities.
The average daily expenditures of the various segments provide a relative measure of each one's "value." Marketable leisure visitors spent an average of $104 daily, while business visitors spent even more on a daily basis at $112 per capita. In comparison, the typical visitor coming to vacation with friends and relatives in 2012 spent only $49 a day.
Because these different segments have shorter and longer stays, another way of looking at value is overall spending per trip to Denver. The biggest spenders by far are business and marketable leisure visitors, who spent $349 and $324 per person in Denver respectively in 2012. In comparison, people visiting friends and relatives each spent just $211 while in the city.
Denver's image (what visitors thought of the city) improved across the board. Visitors appeared to have had a great experience in Denver in 2012 and ratings were higher than they have been in three years. Just over 7 in 10 visitors agreed strongly that Denver is a place they would "really enjoy visiting again."
Denver's image in 2012 scored higher than in 2011 for: service; a city that offers historic aspects; a city that has a unique culture, a city with interesting people; a city with great cuisine; a city with a sense of excitement; and a city offering great shopping.
The top states sending vacationers to Denver in 2012, apart from Colorado itself, were:
• California
• Texas
• Arizona
• Illinois
• Kansas
• Florida
• Utah
• New York
• Missouri
• New Mexico
The top cities from outside of Colorado sending visitors to Denver in 2012 were:
• Los Angeles
• Phoenix
• New York City
• Chicago
• Salt Lake City
• Dallas/Ft. Worth
• San Francisco/Oakland
• Albuquerque/Santa Fe
• Kansas City
• Minneapolis/St. Paul
In 2012, vacationers spent an average of 3.4 nights in Denver, nearly the same as in 2011 (3.3 nights). Among business travelers, the overall length of the trip to Denver remained about the same as in 2011 at 3.7 nights. Nationally the average trip length was 3.6 nights in 2012, its third year at approximately that level.
The top attractions in 2012 were:
Overall Attractions:
• 16th Street Mall
• Cherry Creek Shopping District
• LoDo Historic District
• Denver Zoo
• Denver Pavilions
• Outlets at Castle Rock
• Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave
• Denver Art Museum
• Colorado State Capitol
• Downtown Aquarium
Paid Admission Attractions:
• Denver Zoo
• Buffalo Bills Museum & Grave
• Denver Art Museum
• Downtown Aquarium
• Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre
• Denver Botanic Gardens
• Colorado Railroad Museum
• Denver Museum of Nature & Science
• Colorado Rockies
• Denver Broncos
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So a little bit of story time here.
One time I was on a trail ride with my neighbor. I can't remember if I was riding just Angel or if I was also ponying Jinxx. Either way, when one of the horses does something they're not to suppose to, such as Jinxx trying to chew on the reins, I make a ch sound. I've done that for as long as I can remember. For the most part they know when I make that sound they're doing something they're not suppose to and since I usually do it right when they start they know what it is and stop. Well on this trail ride I did that and my neighbor told me to "Not make that noise because it's her horses cue to go." I don't remember what I said and I don't remember what I did after that, but for some reason I have been thinking about this.
Shouldn't her horse be listening to her and paying attention to her cues, not the other rider? So this brings me to my question. What do you do in a situation like this?


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Future Energy Leaders active in Latin America
Francisco José Galtieri, a project leader and consultant in the oil and gas industry in Argentina, talks to Inside about what motivated him to take an active part in FEL-100 activities. Why did you become a FEL? I joined the FEL community as it seemed an opportunity for a young professional to broaden his knowledge […]
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The first South American Energy Forum to promote regional integration projects in Latin America organised by the World Energy Council and the Union of South American Nations with the support of the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy took place in Quito in Ecuador in September. The Forum which was opened by the Vice-President of […]
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World Energy Academy Programme Update
Since the launch in Argentina in 2014 of the first World Energy Academy programme designed to provide national level training programmes, countries from every region have expressed their support of the initiative. Almost 20 countries, such as Estonia and Lebanon are planning to shortly set up Academies, with nine countries saying they will set up […]
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2014 Executive Assembly put spotlight on regional integration
The World Energy Council's Executive Assembly concluded last month (20–24 October) in Colombia with broad support from WEC members and the more than 700 attending representatives from governments and the private sector.
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President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia said at the World Energy Leaders' Summit says the energy trilemma offers a valuable roadmap to strengthening the energy sector, adding that guaranteeing energy sustainability is a "shared task" among nations
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We Stopped to look at a grizzly bear and her two cubs and as we were doing this the light and sky changed dramaticaly into this scene. Enjoy!
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nice shot i like it ..
35mm? film? if film, what kind do you shoot with?
oh so beautiful... mother earth never ceases to amaze me with her beauty
Awesome shot, beautiful view
nice shot!
That is sweeeeet. Very nice.
great shot! i wish it was a bit brighter so i could see the landscape more...
love it though.. the sky is out of this world!
love it though.. the sky is out of this world!
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Here We Go Again: No, Apple Will Not Replace Intel [View article]Jan 16, 2015. 12:53 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
Apple falls towards $107 amid tech selloff, downgrade [View news story]
Mizuho Securities? Abhey Lamba? This guy might be working out of his basement for all we know.Jan 15, 2015. 08:26 PM | 4 Likes |Link to Comment
Apple: A Victim Of Its Own Success? [View article]
There are maddening days when AAPL drops by 3% or something while the market is relatively quiet. It also moves up outperforming the broad market on many days which no one seems to point out. If you think that there are sinister forces that set prices, why are you bothering to invest in the first place?Jan 15, 2015. 01:06 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
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Larger iPhones May Be A Game Changer [View article]
The question investors have to ask is 'is the stock trading at a fair price'? At current levels it's not far from being the most valuable company in history, which it's achieved previously.
The iWatch is speculative. Who knows if it'll be a big hit or a disappointment? What happened to the promised Apple TV that we've all been waiting for?
All of these warm, fuzzy articles that appear about AAPL make us feel good as investors but it's not like AAPL is our own little secret. Investors have already driven the price of the stock to what seems to be a pretty reasonable level.Jan 14, 2015. 11:04 AM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
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As far as R&D as a % of Total Revenue, unless you delve far more deeply into the numbers than to look at a line on an Income Statement called 'Research and Development' and compare it to Sales you can't come to any meaningful conclusions. The company has armies of designers, architects, engineers none of whom charge their time to R&D. Apple has brilliantly taken technology already in existence and transformed/perfected it. Those activities might not ever get booked to 'R&D' but to Product Design or something. Sony had the technology for what became the iPod. Blackberry created the Smartphone market which the iPhone consumed. Why waste money researching the technology that you need if it already exists?
If you want a more assuredly reliable metric of a company's effectiveness, look at revenue per employee and net income per employee. A company is ultimately its employees and the most bulletproof way to look at a company's performance is to look at the revenues/income generated per capita.Jan 8, 2015. 10:52 PM | 2 Likes |Link to Comment
Apple +3.3%; App Store revenue rose 50% in 2014 [View news story]
I only bring this up because I've often fallen into the same trap of getting too emotional on the way up and rationalizing on the way down. That's a way to lose money fast.Jan 8, 2015. 02:46 PM | 3 Likes |Link to Comment
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A stock that is popular with retail investors and unpopular w/ institutions is going one direction, down.Jan 6, 2015. 03:52 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
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A price target 20% is plausible. 50-100% up? Yikes.Jan 6, 2015. 12:04 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment


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Well, that was fast. After opening at 266 Court Street near Butler in Cobble Hill last year, burger joint Five Guys has closed. Big news considering how rapidly they've expanded in the area. That leaves five other outlets in Brooklyn, all fairly close in, including one in Brooklyn Heights, one downtown, and one on the border of downtown and Fort Greene. Maybe there are just too many places to get a burger in Cobble Hill? Anyone know the story? Thanks to a reader for tipping us off.
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"Maybe there are just too many places to get a burger in Cobble Heights?"
Or, Brooklyn? Not that I don't like burgers.
Cobble Heights?
"Or, Brooklyn?" This. There are also two new independent burger places on Myrtle. Every restaurant in the area already serve burgers. I don't expect either to survive.
The other ones are closer to lunchtime traffic for office workers, so those make sense. This was always an odd location for a fast food chain so not surprised.
What kind of burger place doesn't sell milkshakes??????????
What kind of burger place doesn't sell milkshakes??????????
I was wondering about the "Cobble Heights" designation too. Typo or intentional?
I was wondering about the "Cobble Heights" designation too. Typo or intentional?
There isn't enough foot traffic in that spot to make a chain restaurant like that work. People aren't going to go out of their way, unless your name is Wimpy, to eat at that place.
There isn't enough foot traffic in that spot to make a chain restaurant like that work. People aren't going to go out of their way, unless your name is Wimpy, to eat at that place.
What kind of burger place doesn't sell milkshakes??????????
That's a good point.
Well, it makes sense actually…
Five Guys, five stores… who was manning the sixth store?
I think they thought that they'd get foot traffic from the movie theater before and after the shows and that never materialized, even after they got permission for their outdoor tables.
So, what's next for that location? Anyone want to venture a guess or suggestion? (I live a block and a half away, so I'm keenly interested.)
Has the Burger Bubble Burst? Dubuque just closed down too.
They never seemed that busy. There was probably a saturation of burger joints in the area, and they have other stores nearby as well. It was probably a mistake for them to open at this location.
I've found the quality of their burgers varies widely from time to time in the same stores. Maybe it wasn't ever good in this location.
Anybody have a line on the burger place rumored to be opening on 4th Ave between Carroll and President?
I thought that being across from the theater would make it work. I thought wrong.
Like Vinzee's, this place seemed very cold and unappealing to me. If you want a fancy burger there's Mooburger. And for a cheap burger Cobble HIll Coffee Shop comes through. Plus all the pubs on Court have burgers. I agree that they were probably counting on families coming to and from the movies.
I know this is Brownstoner and we're classy and all, but I can't belive that on a story about Five Guys, nobody has shared this yet:
"but I can't belive that on a story about Five Guys, nobody has shared this yet"
Because it's BO-RING??
5 Guys is a franchise, so it's not like "5 Guys" just shut this down. This is probably just a case of the franchise owner not running a tight ship, or picking a bad spot, but not really as much to do with corporate.
They always made a good burger whenever I went in the place.
Usually only one or two people working behind the counter, but always competent and friendly.
There are way too many Five Guys open in Brooklyn. They can't all be profitable, and I have to think that this over saturation is part of a business strategy to squelch competition. Eventually, only two or three outlets will establish themselves sufficiently to remain open.
Their burgers are also pretty meh. No toasted bun, cold fries, and a filthy store with terrible lighting. I'm better off at the diner!
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53:0029(7)AR - - Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KS and AFGE, Council of Prisons, Local 919 - - 1997 FLRAdec AR - - v53 p29
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The decision of the Authority follows:
53 FLRA No. 7
June 18, 1997
Before the Authority: Phyllis N. Segal, Chair; and Donald S. Wasserman, Member.
I. Statement of the Case
This matter is before the Authority on exceptions to an award of Arbitrator Charles E. Clark filed by the Agency under section 7122(a) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute) and part 2425 of the Authority's Regulations. The Union did not file an opposition to the Agency's exceptions.
The Arbitrator sustained in part, the Union's grievance alleging that the Agency violated the parties' agreement when it failed to post for competitive bids the position of Drug Program Coordinator and, instead, reassigned a bargaining unit member to the position. The Arbitrator ordered the Agency to vacate the position and to post it for bids in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement. For the following reasons, we conclude that the Arbitrator's arbitrability determination is deficient because it fails to draw its essence from the parties' collective bargaining agreement. We set aside the award.
II. Background and Arbitrator's Award
The grievant, a GS-13 Staff Psychologist at the Department of Psychology Services, filed a grievance alleging that the Agency violated the parties' agreement and Agency Merit Promotion Regulations, incorporated by reference in the agreement, when it filled the position of Drug Program Coordinator, GM-13, by reassigning a bargaining unit member to the position. The grievant alleged that the Agency violated the collective bargaining agreement by failing to post the position "to allow any other Bargaining Unit Member the opportunity to compete" for the position. Award at 3. As a remedy, the grievant requested that the position be vacated and posted for bargaining unit members to compete and that the human resource manager be sent to merit promotion training. The grievance was not resolved, and the matter was submitted to arbitration. In the absence of a stipulation by the parties, the Arbitrator framed the issues as follows:
1. Whether the matter is arbitrable?
2. Whether the Employer violated the Agreement by failing to post the position of Drug Program Coordinator for competitive bids when it reassigned a bargaining unit member to this management position?
3. If [the Employer violated the Agreement], what is the remedy?
Id. at 2.
The Agency argued before the Arbitrator that the grievance was not arbitrable because it concerned the filling of a management position that could not be challenged under the negotiated grievance procedure. The Agency also argued that, even if such an action could be challenged under the negotiated grievance procedure, the Drug Program Coordinator's position was not a position with "promotion potential" and, therefore, a posting of the position was not required.
The Arbitrator stated that "[t]here was no factual showing that the Drug Program Coordinator['s] position was not in the universe covered by the Parties' Agreement." Id. at 13. Ruling on the threshold issue of arbitrability without specifically addressing the Agency's merit promotion plan, the Arbitrator concluded that the "matter [was] arbitrable." Id. at 20. Turning to the merits of the grievance, the Arbitrator found that the "Union introduced sufficient evidence that the Drug Program Coordinator position did have a known promotion potential, within the meaning of the [Agency's] Merit Promotion Plan." Id. at 19-20. As such, the Arbitrator concluded that the Agency violated the parties' collective bargaining agreement by failing to post the position of Drug Program Coordinator for competitive bids.
Accordingly, the Arbitrator sustained the grievance. The Arbitrator ordered that Agency to take "such action as will vacate the position" and "to post the position for bids in accordance" with the parties' collective bargaining agreement. Id. at 20-21.
III. Agency's Exceptions
The Agency contends that the Arbitrator's determination that the grievance was arbitrable is contrary to a governing Agency regulation, the Merit Promotion Plan.(1) Because the Merit Promotion Plan was incorporated into Article 33 of the parties' collective bargaining agreement,(2) the Agency also contends that the Arbitrator's arbitrability determination fails to draw its essence from the parties' agreement. The Agency asserts that section 335.2(17) of the Merit Promotion Plan "expressly provides that grievances over the filling of . . . management position[s] m[ay] be filed under the procedures set forth in the agency grievance procedure . . . ."(3) Exceptions at 10. The Agency maintains that, in contrast, the negotiated grievance procedure is the procedure required for filing grievances related to unit positions under section 335.1(18) of the Plan. With regard to the essence claim, the Agency claims that the arbitrability determination conflicts with the express terms of Article 33 of the parties' agreement, which incorporates section 335.2 of the Agency's merit promotion plan. The Agency also sets forth two additional arguments: that the position of Drug Program Coordinator does not affect the "promotion potential" of the individual occupying the position and that the remedy violates section 7106 of the Statute.(4)<


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So, I can import from p4 using git-p4 without any problem. Everything seems to work, but my PNG files (and perhaps others) are getting corrupted.
I've read about gitattributes and the line ending issues, but nothing I do seems to change the end result. Broken images.
My attributes file is: *.png binary
Any ideas? As I understand it, git is supposed to be smart enough to figure out that a png is a binary file without this help.
Is this something particular to do with how p4-git pulls the files out of Perforce?
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ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. (Sept. 25, 2013) -- While generally I let the Tax Assistance Center handle tax related issues, I had a client with a legal question dealing with the deductibility of medical expenses for home health care by non-professionals under the Internal Revenue Code. These expenses were not compensated for by insurance and the services constituted qualified as long-term care services as defined in section of 7702B(c) of the Tax Code.
In the recent case Estate of Baral v. Commissioner, (137 T.C. No.1), the United States Tax Court found that payments of almost $50,000, made to an elderly woman's caregivers, qualified as deductible medical expenses that were not covered by insurance as defined by 7702B(c) of the Tax Code.
The facts of the case involved decedent, Lillian Baral's medical expenses; who was diagnosed by her physician as suffering from dementia. Her physician determined that she required round-the-clock assistance and supervision for medical reasons. Baral's brother, acting under a valid power of attorney, hired two unlicensed care givers for her 24-hour care and the cost was deducted as a medical expense on Baral's income tax return. The IRS was overruled by the Tax Court, which held the deduction to be a legitimate medical expense.
In the case, section 213 of the Tax Code, allows a deduction for medical care to the extent expenses exceeded 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income (In 2012 this threshold rose to 10 percent).
The real takeaway of the case is that the deductibility of such expenses is not limited to people with dementia or even elderly patients. If such a plan is pursuant to a plan of care prescribed by a licensed health care provider, the cost of personal care expenses can qualify as a medical expense for any patient unable to perform at least two, of a list of a list of six, activities of daily living: eating, toileting, transferring, bathing, dressing, and continence. The possibilities of this deduction then are not just for the elderly and those who care for them, but families in the Exceptional Family Member Program, and those caring for wounded warriors.
While this case is instructive, it does not cover all situations and must be used only after meeting applicable exceed totals. This case may be one that you and your tax preparer may need to keep in mind especially as tax season approaches.
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Updated Sep 6, 2013 11:09 AM ET
My favorite part of the entire NFL season is the moment before the opening kickoff of the early games on Sunday, Week 1.
Whether you're at a sports bar, at the stadium, or on your couch with your laptop cranked open with 35 minimized fantasy football live scores displayed in beautiful grandeur — it's euphoric.
No matter what's going on in your life, no matter how many things outside of football are on your mind (wife, kids, job, "Breaking Bad" spoilers) — everything is OK for that one moment.
Football is back.
It's during this sliver of time that fans of 32 teams convince themselves that their squad — yes, this is the year! — is going to be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy six months down the road. Raiders fans find a way to rally around a (reportedly) healthy Darren McFadden and Browns supporters are legitimately excited about Brandon Weeden's improved passing numbers this summer. The Jaguars had a glowing profile in ESPN The Magazine and the Chiefs have all sorts of new blood throughout the organization.
In so many long-suffering NFL cities, the refrain is exactly the same: It's been so bad for so long, but you know what? This is when we turn it around.
Of course, by 1:10 p.m. ET on Sunday, all that optimism is thrown out the window. Reality sets in. A delay of game penalty makes a first quarter third-and-2 a third-and-7, poor punt coverage has the opponent in the red zone before the first Buffalo wing is even eaten, the same left tackle who's been making boneheaded mistakes for the past three seasons is called for holding on a big yardage play ... it's inevitable.
But at 12:58 p.m. ET? The glass is more than half full; it's overflowing. The world is your oyster. Everything's right. Everything's perfect.
Remember to savor that moment this weekend. It might be the happiest you'll be over the course of the next six months.
We'll get to the Week 1 picks in a moment.
Before we do that, let's put some predictions down. Not lame ones (Drew Brees will be good!). Bold ones. At times, I've been very good at these (see: 2012 Baltimore Ravens).
I've also been bad (see: 2012 Dallas Cowboys). I was as high on Robert Griffin III as I was with any rookie quarterback in recent memory last year. I also didn't think Russell Wilson had a shot of making it in the NFL. Seahawks fans remind me of it Every. Single. Day.
So, pin these up on a wall somewhere. Clobber me if I'm way off. It's OK to step out on a limb, as long as you're willing to take the readers' abuse when you're wrong. I'm completely fine with that. Hell, I encourage it.
1. The St. Louis Rams will be better than the Seattle Seahawks: Oh, baby. We're coming out swinging. The entire offseason, all we heard about was the ***** and the Seahawks; Seahawks and the *****. Seemingly not a word was said about what the Rams did to their roster. Jared Cook, Jake Long, Tavon Austin, Alec Ogletree. St. Louis led the league in sacks a season ago and the defense only got better. I went back and watched Colin Kaepernick's two games against the Rams last season. A tie in San Francisco and a brutally ugly performance in St. Louis. 0-1-1. Steven Jackson's gone, but I think the Rams' offense got much better with Cook and Austin added to the mix. I also think Sam Bradford is destined for a breakout year. Another guy to watch? Ray Ray Armstrong. Who? You'll soon find out. Rams. NFC West contenders. Book it.
2. The Baltimore Ravens defense will be better in 2013 than it was in 2012: For the price of one Paul Kruger, the Ravens were able to sign veterans Daryl Smith, Michael Huff, Chris Canty, and Marcus Spears. All of those players, with the additions of rookies Matt Elam and Arthur Brown, a healthy Lardarius Webb and All-Pro linebacker Elvis Dumervil will make up for the losses of Kruger, Ray Lewis, Bernard Pollard, Ed Reed, and Dannell Ellerbe. The locker room will be different — well, entirely different — and the defense will, too. It'll be better.
3. Matt Schaub (and the Texans) will get over the hump: Put Schaub's numbers up against Brees' from the past five years. Somehow, some way, they're eerily similar. Schaub's been fantastic, and yet, you'd be hard-pressed finding anyone outside of the Texans organization who'd put him in the same breath as Brees, Rodgers, Brady, or any of the other 15 quarterbacks usually listed before him. This is the season Schaub earns the respect. How? By beating the big dogs and winning big games. Houston's my pick out of the AFC and Schaub — not J.J. Watt or Arian Foster — is the reason why. More on the Texans in a bit.
4. Rex Ryan will last the entire season: Vegas putting lines out about the over/under on Ryan's job seems premature. Let's see how things play out first. Even if the year goes terribly, Ryan's getting paid for the full season, anyway. Rarely do you see coaches fired midway through a season, as putting a new plan/regime in place actually puts the players' health at risk. Instituting an entirely new culture is an exhausting process that must be built over the course of an offseason. The Jets are going to be bad, but not as bad as everyone seems to think. Rex will last the whole year, and we'll go from there.
5. The Chip Kelly Experiment is an overwhelming … success: I covered the Eagles' first two preseason games and must say that it felt like a regular season atmosphere in Philadelphia. The fans are as invested, curious and excited as they seemingly ever were in the Andy Reid era, and the offense delivered. The defense? It was atrocious Week 1 vs. the Patriots, better Week 2 vs. the Panthers, and just fair against the Jaguars in Week 3. Either way, the entire team has bought in. There's energy, enthusiasm and a belief that this team could be one to worry about. The Eagles are going to be dangerous team, the offense is going to be unpredictable and nasty and the wins will be there. Philadelphia's been slated by most to win 5-7 games with this year serving as a "transitional" one. Garbage. Put 'em down for 8 or 9 and in the thick of the NFC playoff race.
6. Cam Newton will be the best young quarterback in football: Take your Andrew Luck. Have your Russell Wilson. Enjoy your GQ cover boys Colin Kaepernick and Robert Griffin III. I'm rolling with Cam. With the Panthers out of the playoff hunt after a 2-8 start, Newton caught fire, throwing 15 touchdowns to 1 interception, and finishing the year with five wins in the team's last six games. He spent the offseason doing and saying the right things. He led by example and stayed away from the limelight. He matured. Year 3 is always the biggest test. That's where we're at now. The Carolina defense is much better in 2013 than it was in the past two years, and the weapons on offense are there. Go nuts over your other young quarterbacks. I'm all in on Newton.
7. The Chargers and Raiders will sink to new lows: That's saying a lot, I know. It hasn't been pretty for either franchise the past two years, but I think it gets even worse in 2013. San Diego has a new coach and general manager that I'm genuinely high on, but the injury bug has already stung it. I don't see much from the team this year. As for the Raiders … this could be very bad. Like two or three wins kind of bad. The offense is horrific, but the defense could be worse. In four preseason games, the first-unit D gave up scores in 16 of 18 possessions. Brutal.
8. The Indianapolis Colts will take a step back: The Colts were the best story in football a season ago, winning eight more games than the season beforehand, and doing so with a beautiful emotional purpose. They won't be sneaking up on anybody in 2013. I still have questions about the Colts' running game and defense, as well as how well the team will play without Bruce Arians — both their offense coordinator and interim head coach in 2012 — roaming the sidelines. Andrew Luck's the real deal and Chuck Pagano is as respected a mind in football, but it's going to be hard to duplicate the magic without all the same pieces in place.
9. The Cowboys will figure it out and win the NFC East: So much has been made about who's calling the plays and who isn't, whether Tony Romo got too much money this offseason, and if the Cowboys botched the NFL Draft by taking a center in the first round. This is all good for the Cowboys. Every season, they're the preseason favorites to win the NFC East, and every season, they start off terribly, figure it out around November, and then bow out of the playoff chase after a shaky Week 17. No one's talking about the Cowboys this year. I like 'em. Dez Bryant's a beast, DeMarco Murray could get it going, and by locking up Sean Lee, there's stability alongside DeMarcus Ware on defense. Everyone's down on the Cowboys this year. Why? Their roster looks darn good to me. I'll take them to win the NFC East if no one else will.
10. The Houston Texans will beat the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl XLVIII: I like teams that have tasted the playoffs, gotten through a round or two, and came up short. The Ravens in 2012. The Packers in 2010. The Colts in 2006. I'm all about the squads that got there, but not all the way. This year's teams that fit the profile are Houston and Atlanta. Both teams won playoff games in 2012, but fell short. Both teams improved over the offseason. Are you ready for a Matt Ryan-Matt Schaub Super Bowl? The Matt Bowl? Sure you are. Give me Schaub and the Texans in a 23-20 battle in the Meadowlands on Feb. 2.
Schrager Division Standings (*Denotes playoff team)
AFC East
1. New England*
2. Miami
3. Buffalo
4. New York Jets
AFC South
1. Houston*
2. Indianapolis
3. Tennessee
4. Jacksonville
AFC West
1. Denver*
2. Kansas City
3. San Diego
4. Oakland
AFC North
1. Baltimore*
2. Cincinnati*
3. Pittsburgh*
4. Cleveland
NFC East
1. Dallas*
2. Philadelphia*
3. New York Giants
4. Washington
NFC South
1. Atlanta*
2. Carolina
3. New Orleans
4. Tampa Bay
NFC West
1. San Francisco*
2. St. Louis*
3. Seattle
4. Arizona
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NFC North
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2. Detroit
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4. Minnesota
AFC Wild Card Round
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No. 4 Baltimore beats No. 5 Cincinnati
NFC Wild Card Round
No. 3 Dallas beats No. 6 Philadelphia
No. 4 San Francisco beats No. 5 St. Louis
AFC Divisional Round
No. 1 Houston beats No. 4 Baltimore
No. 2 Denver beats No. 3 New England
NFC Divisional Round
No. 1 Atlanta beats No. 5 San Francisco
No. 2 Green Bay beats No. 3 Dallas
AFC Championship Game
No. 1 Houston beats 2. Denver
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