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Mark Ruiz, Orlando, Fla.
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The affenpinscher with the monkeylike face and wagging tail was picked as best in show Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club.
The 5-year-old earned his 86th best in show, a day before he was set to fly back to the Netherlands with his owner.
An old English sheepdog only 20 months old was picked as the runner-up at Madison Square Garden.
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I don't know if Philippine economy is booming but with the country pledging loans to IMF (which still puzzles me why) but I guess we're moving into better direction for the nation. Of course poor people and jobless ones will disagree. It's not booming if they're not working. Unemployment is still high and the poor is still poor.
Middle class will probably tell you that state of Philippines and it's growth though I think is stable ( is it?) it still lags far behind other Asian countries and infrastructures, development and other sectors need to sprout up.
I wanted to say something about interest rates and taxes but, I'm clueless about those. Well, pretty much about everything, actually. I just know that my face sours every time I would look at my grocery receipt and see VAT. And that if there's double pay day (due to holiday), naturally the tax doubles up so it probably negates the extra pay? Whoa, I have no idea what I just said but you get the drift, right?
Anyway, I must have digress. forgive me. Back to the title of my article, opening up a business. Yes, go ahead and do so! I mentioned that the country's economy is probably growing (slower pace, but growing, nevertheless).
If you've been here in the Philippines and you have savings or planning to add to your saving, opening up a business is good thing. You'll have income to help you live a comfortable life here, plus you'll be able to help others earn income as well. It's a win-win situation. But I guess it's easier said than done. Then again, if you have the resources, it's easier.
I have a suggestion for 3 kinds of business to go into. A restaurant or minimart store, a supply store, and lastly a day care center. These are just what I think will make good business and income earners (maybe not for the last one) however, I thought of them because if I were the consumer I'd be interested. What do you think?
Restaurant/mini mart
Many expats whether Caucasians, Asians, middle eastern ones go into the food business and open up restaurants. It is good earner of money and income driven business. Why? Filipinos like to eat. Whether it's Carinderia, a small canteen, a diner, fast-food, bar, restaurant (fine dining or not), people will troop to restaurant to eat.
You can capitalize on being an expat and entice the locals with something they haven't tried and tasted before like southern food. You can offer a unique take on a dish. If you go in the business, you can have themed one or whatever you think will drive more patrons. Trust me, word of mouth and good exposure will make that restaurant business boom.
You need to remember, good food and good service equates to restaurant success. And it doesn't matter whether you turn an old house into restaurant, a garage into a mini Carinderia, people will still flock and pay. Now that's good business.
For the mini mart store, to franchise a 7-11 or Mini Stop is over the top but hey if you have millions of pesos do so, if not a scaled back version is okay. A sari- sari store will give you income daily as people will buy something on a daily basis. However, you can go above that sari-sari store and make it bigger. As expat, you can probably offer a variety of things to sell that locals will go crazy about. Again, I think food and drinks is the number items that a consumer usually buy.
One thing I noticed many Koreans have grocery stores and I think it's a good business for them. A mini store will always have consumer. So I guess it's good business to have.
Supply store
What can expats supply? What can be offered? I'm thinking a supply business is okay too. Am I right? Many companies are looking for that good supplier of things they need. Whether it's office equipment, kitchen equipment for restaurants (even hard to find ingredients). Hospitals need a lot supplies ranging from surgical gloves, needles, masks, meds, etc. if you have the resources and funds, logistics, it's a good business.
Day Care Center
Filipinos are not really into day care centers an I'm not sure about this one. The only think about it is basically through movies, or reports and something I read. Filipinos will not really leave their kids at a day care centers if they have large family who can look out for their children.
I think though it's a good business to go into. In the malls and even hotels there are play and activity facilities where you can leave you children and they can play for hours until they get tired. You need to have good staff, somebody that likes children and will have the patience look out and take care of them while mommy and daddy goes to work. If you go into this business, you need to have plenty of books and all other kiddie things good staff to help out.
So those are just some of the business you can go into. Any business actually which can help you earn money is good. As been mentioned frequently, the cost of living here is better than other countries but if you have no income, then you'd have to adjust your lifestyle here.
Good business means money and if you have that, you earn, you help somebody earn, you help the country which in turn will make the country grow. Not bad, I say.
If you're planning to open a business and it's restaurant, remember me. I like food trip. So go ahead have a business. Good luck.


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Mercedes Stratton, a secretary at the same company, says she prefers to sell a week of her three-week vacation entitlement. As a single mom, she can barely afford to pay her medical benefits at the end of the year. "It's difficult to cover the insurance premiums with the salary I make and the expenses I have. So I apply the money [from selling vacation time] toward buying the insurance," she says. Nevertheless, she and her son, Daniel, still manage to spend each Christmas holiday visiting her family in Guatemala. She simply stretches the remainder of her accrued time with two weekends and the holidays to make her annual vacation last a month.
Two women. One is married. The other is a single mom. Both have different dreams and different needs. Herein lies the beauty of one of the sunniest benefits floating atop the corporate horizon—buy/sell vacation options. You already know the general flex-benefit trend: American workers want to improve their quality of life. Employers want to improve morale and productivity, and lower costs. So it's not surprising both interests increasingly are merging in the area of flexible vacation benefits. Some options are familiar, such as carry-overs and cash-outs of unused vacation days. Others are benevolent, such as employees donating time to co-workers for compassionate leaves. But the latest one to splash against the HR shoreline is the buy/sell option.
For human resources executives—faced with downsizings, cutbacks and demoralized employees—a buy/sell vacation option can turn a pale situation into a rosy opportunity. It can help companies save money, recruit and retain valuable employees, perk up employees' spirits, manage an excess workforce—and definitely soften the blow of imminent cutbacks. Fortunately, you don't have to start from scratch. There's plenty of happy campers leading the way. At Boston-based Fleet Financial Group, HR offered the flexible buy/sell vacation benefit solely as an enhancement, and an equal number of employees elected to buy and sell time. At Dole, HR offered the option as a means of helping employees subsidize other cafeteria-style benefits. In that case, most eligible employees sold some of their vacation time. And at Arlington, Virginia-based System Planning Corp., when HR offered the option as a way to soften the blow of take-aways, most employees bought more time. So any way you package it, both sides can win.
Demographics and legislation drive flexibility.
Clearly, American executives didn't just leap out of bed one morning and decide to flex their companies' benefits—especially those involving vacations. They're simply following their business instincts. According to New York City-based William M. Mercer Inc.'s 1996 Work/Life and Diversity Initiatives Benchmarking Survey—conducted among 800 U.S. organizations with more than 1,000 employees—86% of those surveyed agree they can't remain competitive in the '90s without addressing work/life and diversity issues. Indeed, today's workforce comprises two-earner families, an aging population, single-parent households and other diverse segments. To meet employees' varied needs for flexibility, 28% of those mid- to large-sized companies surveyed now provide buy/sell vacation options. And 11% currently are considering such benefits. Moreover, other firms such as Hewitt Associates LLC in Lincolnshire, Illinois have surveyed smaller companies with less than 500 employees. Even with fewer resources, 11% of those companies still have chosen to offer buy/sell vacation options.
In spite of these growing numbers, some analysts are conservative in their enthusiasm. Corporate generosity, they say, slowly evolves over time. It's an acquired practice. "I don't see a massive trend in a single direction. Most organizations that allow buy/sell options put a limit on them. A lot has to do with the will of management to make it work," says Eileen Canty, principal and organizational psychologist at William M. Mercer in New York. "How you design the program and how you communicate it will [affect] employees' perception of it as a take-away or a benefit."
The notion of buy/sell vacation options isn't new. It followed the tray of cafeteria-style benefits that gave workers more control over the ones they wanted. As early as the mid-1970s, employers began to offer employees a choice among benefit types and levels. Then, Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 125, created by the Revenue Act of 1978, formally introduced tax-qualified flexible benefit plans. These cafeteria-style plans include all those that offer employees a choice between at least one qualified nontaxable benefit (such as health insurance) and one taxable benefit (such as elective vacation days or cash), according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute in Washington, D.C.
Later, in 1989, supplemental regulations issued by the IRS expanded the situation under which employees can revoke or change annual benefit elections, and also clarified the treatment of buying and selling vacation days under a cafeteria plan. Because cafeteria plans are generally prohibited from offering benefits that defer compensation, vacation days selected through a flexible benefits plan may not be carried over from one year to the next. In short, employers use it or lose it. (Some states, such as California, however, mandate employers to cash out unused vacation days—up to a reasonable limit.)
Now that you know it's legal and feasible—are you ready to dive in? If not, sip a glass of iced tea. And watch a few companies swimming in the deeper end of the pool.
Flex vacations can be an employee enhancement.
Most, if not all employers, want their employees to take vacations. Relaxation rejuvenates the spirit, especially when it feels like the walls are closing in. As one Ritz-Carlton Resorts advertisement notes: "Sometimes, even adults feel like running away from home." On average, most U.S. employers—about 82%—normally provide two weeks of paid vacation after one year of employment. And at companies where buy/sell options are permitted, approximately 24% opt to buy vacations and 6% opt to sell, according to a 1995 survey conducted by Hewitt Associates.
One of the first companies to institute buy/sell vacations was Fleet Financial Group. With 35,000 employees nationwide, the company offered the option in 1988—long before others began using flex benefits primarily to offset rising medical costs. "It was an enhancement, not something we offered with a take-away," says Pamela Stenberg, vice president of corporate benefits in Providence, Rhode Island.
Fleet's normal vacation entitlement (nonelected) exists for full-time and part-time employees. It includes two weeks of paid vacation for those with one to four years of service; three weeks for those with five to 14 years of service; four weeks for those with 15 to 24 years of service; and five weeks of paid vacation for those with more than 25 years of service.
With such a large and diverse population, HR recognized Fleet's employees had individual needs. Flex vacations seemed appropriate. But the company's policy had stipulations. To take advantage of flexible vacation days, employees must be on an accrual level of three weeks and only are allowed to buy or sell up to three flex vacation days. "We don't allow those with two weeks entitlement to sell any days. We feel everyone needs two weeks of vacation on an annual basis," says Stenberg.
If an employee elects to sell flex vacation days, the individual receives additional benefit credits to buy other benefits, or receives the value of vacation time as taxable income paid equally over 26 pay periods. If an employee buys flex vacation days, he or she pays for them with benefit credits or one's own pre-tax dollars. "We encourage employees to be very thoughtful because they're required to make a decision during the annual enrollment period in November. Once they make a decision, they have to live with it for the whole year because it's a pre-tax benefit [under IRS regulations].
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When Fleet designed the program, the company formed a task force of 25 individuals. It included two consultants, HR managers, benefits specialists and line operators from different locations. Several issues were taken under consideration. For example, Fleet didn't have a formal paid time off (PTO) policy. PTOs often integrate vacation days with holidays and floating days, and allow employees to use that set number of days at their own discretion. Although PTOs aren't necessarily incompatible with additional buy/sell vacation options, tracking both systems can be cumbersome to administer. It requires additional reporting: more detailed time sheets, reports to payroll and meeting legal compliances under Section 125 and other tax requirements.
"If Fleet decided to have a PTO policy, we wouldn't keep a buy/sell vacation policy as such. We'd integrate all the days and make it a time-off buy/sell program," she says.
Another consideration was the program's impact on managers and activities at the workplace. If employees bought more time, would it affect staffing? Because Fleet doesn't normally add staff to cover vacations, HR had to consider how flexible existing employees would be to pick up the slack. Fortunately, Fleet's employees were willing to pitch in while co-workers took their scheduled time off—largely due to the educational efforts of HR.
Once the program was designed, HR rolled out the plan through a variety of channels, including six newsletters. After the employees received their annual enrollment packages, HR arranged personal meetings to help advise employees about their choices. Now, prior to each annual enrollment period—two weeks in November—HR conducts employee meetings and provides a voice-response system so they can announce their elections.
Since 1988, approximately 70% of eligible employees keep their basic entitlements. This year, the other 30% are split equally between those who want to buy and those who want to sell some vacation time. "We think of it as cost neutral. The only place you could see it costing us is if we had to bring in extra help or pay temps to absorb the work. But we don't," Stenberg says.
Other companies also seem willing to take the risk. In fact, some are finding that most of their employees are selling their vacations, instead of buying more time. Here's why.
Employees help subsidize their own benefits.
About three years ago, Dole adopted cafeteria-style benefits for its 600 employees. One of the features of its program was to allow them to purchase up to three additional vacation days or to sell up to five. "We wanted not only to provide flexibility for people with greater vacation needs, but also to find a way for them to subsidize the costs of their benefits," says Sue Hagen, director of HR.
Under Dole's plan, eligible employees can purchase up to three additional days per year. Similar to Fleet's requirement, the buy/sell option is offered only to those accruing vacations at the minimal rate of three weeks each year.
Hagen says about 70% have elected to sell—most likely because of increasing benefit costs. Employees, such as Stratton, would like to take longer vacations. But she has a young toddler to support and doesn't have a spouse with an additional source of income or health benefits. "I'm glad [HR] is looking for ways to help employees afford insurance," says Stratton. "When you tell someone [medical] insurance is going up $500, you need to do something."
Under Dole's cafeteria plan, all employees are given a certain number of credits to purchase their benefits. Each of the benefits has a price tag associated with it, explains Hagen. "If an employee sells vacation time, the value of that gets added into the number of credits they have to purchase their benefits," she says. Essentially, employees reduce any out-of-pocket benefit expenses they incur. In some cases, an employee may purchase all of the benefits he or she needs—and still have credits left over. In that case, the employee will receive that value back as taxable cash. "People's desire to reduce their medical expenses is driving the increased participation in selling vacations," says Hagen.
Hagen isn't surprised most of Dole's eligible employees are selling some of their vacation time. The company already provides a competitive benefits package, which includes paid holidays, floating days and sick leave benefits. "There aren't many people who feel they need to purchase more vacation time," she says.
HR, Hagen adds, also is looking into PTOs, which she refers to as flexible time off. However, should the company institute such a program, HR would design a different accrual schedule that would eliminate the vacation buying option. "We'd still allow people to sell because the same issues are there—the need for employees to subsidize the costs of their benefits and the difficulty of some in using all of their available time."
Since the program's inception, Dole employees appear satisfied. "There's increased morale and a better appreciation of their benefits," says Hagen. HR has been particularly able to accommodate working parents who need more flexibility for their children or those with elder-care responsibilities.
Clearly, in this case, both employer and employees have benefited from the flexible vacation plan. Because HR communicated it as part of its change to cafeteria-style benefits, the policy ended up being one of the highlights because it was something new and upbeat—rather than something health- or death-related. "It's probably one of the best understood benefits—much less complicated than life and medical insurance." But under other circumstances, such as a downsizing or a company's attempt to take away some benefits, employees are more apprehensive about HR's motives for offering flex vacations—at least, in the beginning.
Soften the blow of cutbacks.
Some companies, such as System Planning Corp. (SPC) began offering flex vacations as part of a cost-reduction effort. SPC provides national security research support and high-technology systems engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense. Most of its 260 employees are engineers, scientists and other professionals whose work can be arranged flexibly. So when the company decided to cut 40 hours of vacation time, HR combined holidays and vacations into one annual leave entitlement in which all full-time employees receive 160 hours (four weeks).
Rather than deciding which days are holidays, SPC encourages its employees to decide how to best plan their vacations and time away from the office, according to Winder Heller, director of corporate staff development. "At the same time we were taking away some vacation time, we wanted to make that change attractive to employees—give them more say in how they use their time," he explains.
Heller says he was skeptical in the beginning. But he has since become a true believer. He worked for SPC between 1975 and 1988, left for several years and returned last year after the policy was established. On average, he spends nearly 50 hours a week at work. But as the father of two young children—ages 12 and 9, he wants to spend more quality time with his family. With flexible vacation options, he can plan ahead for special events, such as his upcoming 50th birthday, during which he and his wife plan to hike down the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
SPC, he says, offers an incredibly flexible program. On the first of April each year, HR requests that its employees review their leave accrual rate for the next SPC fiscal year (April 1 through March 31). Employees may retain the 20-day accrual rate, increase it or decrease it. Changes in the rate are accomplished through a simple process of adjusting the paycheck by an amount equal to the employee's hourly rate multiplied by the number of leave hours to be accrued. This approach provides SPC employees with maximum flexibility, and also forces them to plan ahead. In fact, SPC employees may sell up to 160 hours of vacation time and buy up to 360. "I think it's a really attractive mechanism," says Heller. Employees can decide when they want to work, how long they want to work and when they want to take their leave. Since the program's inception in 1992, 40% of the employees have taken advantage of the option. Of those participating, 85% have bought more vacation time, and 15% have sold vacation time. In many cases, employees appear to be taking more frequent mini-vacations or longer weekends, rather than planning their vacations for two weeks in the summer, says Heller.
But before your HR punches out and shuttles employees off in such a direction, you might want to anticipate what other HR managers have learned: If a company is planning a cutback, but wants to soften the blow with flexible vacations, say so in the beginning. Pretending to be generous when you're really being more flexible can confuse, if not anger, your employees.
Be straight with your employees.
Sharon Beebe, manager of health and welfare benefits for Putnam Investments Inc. speaks from experience. The Boston-based firm, which has 3,500 employees, established its flexible vacation plan in 1995, after going with a cafeteria-style benefits plan. The goal was to put more money into the hands of Putnam's nonexempt employees without increasing costs to the company, which had experienced high turnover in customer service and accounting. "We wanted to entice people to stay without giving them a bigger salary," she says. To enable Putnam to become more flexible, it converted three vacation days into equivalent dollar values and gave the employees cash instead of time—unless they decided to sell it back for time. But when HR first rolled out the program, it didn't stress the take-away aspect as much as the new flex vacation option. "Communication is the key," she says. Consequently, the majority of eligible nonexempt employees haven't taken advantage of the program. "They probably don't fully understand it, or they're suspicious and realize if they buy three days, an extra $25 per paycheck will be taken out, and it's not worth it," says Beebe. "HR's goal shouldn't be to increase [the number buying], but just better understand why the employees may not want it or may want cash elsewhere."
Clearly, flex vacation options may not appeal to every employee, nor every company. But as Corporate America seeks new ways to help employees afford their benefits, balance work and family, or soften the blow of take-aways, flex vacations can be a passport to heaven—as long as HR designs the program to maximize flexibility, minimize costs and avoid administrative headaches. "Choice doesn't necessarily have to cost more money. [And] the only way a company can compete for employees is by using its benefits," says George R. Faulkner Jr., managing consultant at A. Foster Higgins & Co. Inc. in Philadelphia. Now, can you really afford to thumb your nose at Dole, Fleet or SPC? If you tell 'em to take a hike, they will.
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Highly automated best-practices systems that aggregate and manage data from various departments and divisions.
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October was barely under way when The Wall Street Journal ran an article headlined "Allaying Workers' Fears During Uncertain Times," which advised management to "communicate often."
How, though? And, saying what?
According to a survey finding by global PR firm Weber Shandwick, there is "a clear deficit in the workplace between employee appetite for more communication on the impact of the economic crisis, and the levels at which company leadership is providing information."
C-suite residents also are very concerned about communicating, even though, as Roger Frizzell, vice president of corporate communications at American Airlines parent AMR, says, "We really don't know what impact the financial crisis may have on our business at this point."
A lot of the communication may be informal, but Douglas Adams, new president of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, says that at the DSO communication is still "deliberate at the management level."
At Crosstex, a large midstream energy services company where rapid growth means it gobbles up capital, a precipitous drop in the firm's stock price could affect a number of projects. To allay fears, chairman, president, and CEO Barry Davis launched a "100-Day Plan."
"We cannot predict the extent of the challenges or the impact of things to come, so this is to make sure we are doing all we can," Davis explains. "We want a sense of focus and urgency. I want to use this as an opportunity to improve our fundamentals and our financial margin. This will help us face the challenges during the downturn and be an even better company when we come out on the other side, which we will."
Davis says he wants each employee to know that "he or she plays a vital role" over the next 100 days. Via e-mail, meetings , and V-minutes (video messages where he talks earnestly to employees), Davis reminds employees to "hang on, because no graph goes up or down forever."
The team at American Airlines says that, paradoxically, they may be ahead of the game because they've had a full-court press talking to employees, customers, and the financial community about the "tremendous spike in the price of fuel" with a campaign called Fuel Smart. The company has reached out to employees with a quarterly letter, videos, and town hall-type meetings called President's Conferences.
Frizzell says the impact of the broader financial situation will begin with the quarterly financial results and a conversation with the analysts who follow the company, and then will be quickly translated to their other audiences—just the way information on the fuel issue was handled.
These organizations may not be able to predict the impact of the financial crisis, but one clear message they want audiences to hear, as Adams says, is that they are "aggressively looking for ways to manage through the downturn." And as for the platitudinous idea that, as Barry Davis notes, tough times always have a positive side, Adams says, "In past downturns, people who had not been previously active stepped up."
The way to quell the rumor mill and maintain focus is to have employees and customers feel "they are actively committed to the mission," Adams says. And to do that, communicate as often as possible, even if you don't know the answers, and along every channel you can find.
—Merrie Spaeth
Spaeth is one of the country's leading communications strategists. After serving as President Ronald Reagan's director of media relations, she founded Dallas-based Spaeth Communications in 1987. She is also a lecturer at Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business.
The economy has gone to hell in a handbasket.Time to sharpen the guillotine, Robespierre?
Not so fast, says SMU professor of marketing Dan Howard, who recommends the following counterintuitive steps:
Increase the amount of money spent on promoting your company.
"Most people think opposite; they cut adverting," Howard says. "But if advertising is supposed to stimulate sales, if you have a downturn, that's the last thing you should do."
Increase/improve your sales force.
"Costs are relative to your gain or your revenues, and by hiring excellent people who have been sacked by other companies, you'll greatly increase your … sales."
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Lightning strikes sparked 13 wildfires along the Arizona-Utah border on Wednesday afternoon.
The Hobble Complex Fire, which formed from a combination of three fires along the Arizona border with Utah, blackened an estimated 18,500 acres by Thursday evening, according to Rachel Tueller, a spokeswoman for fires in the Arizona Strip District.
Also burning was the Plateau Fire, which has consumed nearly 4,500 acres in an area about 30 miles south of the Hobble Complex Fire near Snap Point on the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Tueller said.
Originally, the Plateau Fire was thought to have burned closer to 10,000 acres.
But, the number was reduced after a more accurate mapping of the fire was taken, Tueller said.
The wildfire areas were expected to see about a half-inch of rain when thunderstorms moved through Thursday night.
But, the storms also bring the possibility of additional lightning strikes.
Resources for the fires will be re-evaluated once the storms pass.
"For now, it's a wait-and-see scenario," Tueller said.
Closer to the Valley, fire crews Thursday battled at least five small wildfires that ignited this week in the Tonto National Forest.
The largest among them is the Squaw Creek Fire, which has charred about 4,000 acres about 6 miles southeast of Black Canyon City.
The nearby New River Fire has burned 60 acres about 9 miles east of Black Canyon City, and the Cooks Fire has burned almost 190 acres 12 miles east of Black Canyon City, said David Albo, a spokesman for the Tonto National Forest.
Numerous lightning strikes were reported outside Black Canyon City on Wednesday as a storm moved through the area. However, the official cause of the wildfires has not been determined.
About 6 miles northeast of Bartlett Lake is the Bartlett Fire, which has burned 250 acres. Crews have had a difficult time reaching the fire because of the remote location and the steep, rocky terrain, Albo said.
Winds kicked up smoke from the Bartlett Fire on Wednesday afternoon. The Forest Service received several calls about smoke from residents in the Cave Creek area, Albo said.
Neither an official cause for the fire nor a containment estimate was available.
Crews are also monitoring the Orphan Fire, which has burned 161 acres. The fire has been less active because of rain the area received, Albo said.
In southern Arizona, crews are monitoring the Pinnacle and Trap Peak fires, which are burning in separate canyons east of Riggs Lake. Both are estimated to be 65 percent contained, said Heidi Schewel, a spokeswoman for the Coronado National Forest.
The Pinnacle Fire has burned 145 acres, and the Trap Peak Fire has burned 250 acres. The fires were ignited by lightning strikes on June 28.
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Writers and musicians have philosophised over it, and a Roman soldier was said to have even died for it. We provide the skinny on cherries and what makes them so fantastic.
BEFORE Forrest Gump came along and changed everything, there were songwriters Lew Brown and Ray Henderson, who sang, "Life is a bowl of cherries". The year, 1931, was the height of the American Depression and the lyrics were meant to convey the message that life is as pleasurable and as fleeting as a bowl of cherries, and should therefore be cherished.
Allusion to their palatability in popular culture is by no means accidental, as these tasty treats have long pleased food lovers for centuries. One of the world's oldest cultivated fruits, the cherry – which in Latin means of or for the birds, due to the birds' obvious love for the fruit – originates from the Caucasus Mountains, where Azerbaijan, northern Turkey and Iran now are.
In the article entitled Cherish The Cherry by online food magazine The Nibble, ancient botanist and protégé of Aristotle Theoprastus confirmed the existence of cherries in his book History Of Plants in 300BC. However, Oxford historians claimed that cherries were being cultivated well before that time.
The cherry tree was so beloved by the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans that, according to legend, decadent Roman general Lucullus – who was responsible for bringing cherries to Italy around 74BC – took his own life when he realised his supply of cherries had diminished.
The Romans were credited for introducing cherry cultivation to the rest of the world, and Roman author Pliny The Elder wrote that within 120 years, this fantastic fruit would spread as far as Britain.
Nevertheless, it wasn't until the mid-1800s that cherry production begun in earnest. In 1852, Presbyterian minister Peter Dougherty planted a number of trees near Old Traverse City in Michigan – a place thought to be too barren for cherries to grow. Much to everyone's surprise, the fruit started to flourish and other residents soon began to join Dougherty in his effort.
Today, Traverse City is deservingly crowned Cherry Capital of the World. And while cherries are commercially grown in many countries including Turkey, Italy and Australia, the United States, especially America's north-western states, remains one of the world's biggest growing regions.
Most of the cherries that are shipped to Malaysia are from here, particularly the state of Washington.
There are two main species of cherry, namely Prunus cerasus, the sour or red cherry, that comes in a number of varieties including the most popular, Bing; and Prunus avium, the sweet cherry and its genetic offspring the Rainier Cherry, known for its beautiful yellowish-crimson hue and higher price tag.
Another well-known sweet cherry is the Royal Ann, which is better known in its preserved, dyed and sweetened form as the maraschino cherry. Originally preserved as a delicacy for royalty and noblemen, these cherries are now used to garnish cocktails and desserts.
Nevertheless, sweet cherries are best enjoyed fresh without cooking or processing of any sort, while sour cherries are popular for use in pies, jams, stuffings and even liqueurs.
People enjoy cherries differently: Russians add cherry preserves to their tea; Germans distil cherries into a prized brandy called Kirschwasser; and Hungarians make cold soups during the summer months out of it.
Or take a cue from the French and make griottes by dipping cherries in melted dark chocolate and refrigerating them.
"The question," as The Nibble puts it, "isn't what you can do with cherries – but what you can't."
And these wonderful fruits are great for more than just a snack. With a higher antioxidant capacity than grapes, oranges, plums, raspberries and strawberries combined, cherries – especially darker-coloured ones – pack a healthy punch.
In an article "Are Cherries The New Wonder Fruit?", NBC News wrote how science has demonstrated that tart cherries contain significant amounts of melatonin – a hormone produced in the brain's pineal gland that has been credited with slowing the ageing process, and fighting insomnia and jet lag. It's also being studied as a potential treatment for cancer, depression and other diseases and disorders.
Now that cherry season – which runs from May to August in the northern hemisphere – is in full swing, there's no excuse not to get your fix. Available at all major supermarkets such as Cold Storage, Giant, Tesco, AEON, Aeonbig, Jaya Grocer, Village Grocer, MBG Fruits and other independent and mainstream grocers for RM50 to RM60 per kilogram, depending on the size, cherries can last up to a week in the fridge. Just be sure to select plump, glossy ones with green stems intact before taking a bite!
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Dr. Beatriz Espinoza, Coastal Bend College president, told trustees that, as of Dec. 17, they had 2,212 students enrolled in the spring semester.
Of those, 752 were dual credit students.
"A third of our enrollment continues to show it is from our dual credit side," she told the board members during their meeting on Dec. 17. "That is where I expect to see an increased enrollment—from the dual enrollment."
In the fall, the college was short 231 students from its projected 4,410 students.
"That in itself is $322,000 in tuition and fees. We have to make up that gap in the spring and summer," she said.
She said that they were able to make the budget work by cutting costs, but that is becoming increasingly difficult.
"We have looked at ways to cut costs and bring cost savings to the college," Espinoza said. "Once you get past one wave of that, you have to dig really deep, and the savings are not as sizable as they were last year."
CBC administrative staff has been battling decreased enrollment for some time now.
The college enrollment peaked about three years ago, Beatriz told the board previously.
One solution to increase enrollment was to open it earlier and get students signed up for the upcoming semester before they leave on break.
"Part of the reason to get our faculty to serve as advisors was to get our current students who were not graduating to continue on and help our retention rate and get them registered before they left," she said.
"We didn't have as big an impact as we had hoped for with that."
The college, which closed for Christmas on Dec. 18, will reopen Jan. 2.
Espinoza said that they will begin recruiting students once they return in January.
"We really need to get a better handle on registering students early and holding onto them," she said. "The one place I see us being able to bring new students in for the spring and summer semesters is on the dual credit side."
Espinoza told the trustees that CBC's projected enrollment actually needs to be broken down further because funding is different for in-district and out-of-district students and also for dual credit students.
"Part of our problem is we haven't defined that. We do not know how many of those are dual credit that we don't get tuition from and most fees from and which ones are in-district and which ones are out-of-district," Espinoza said. "We have to clean that number up some."
Another issue confronting the college is that the state has changed its funding structure.
"Ten percent of our funding from the state is tied to success points," Espinoza said.
Examples of these points are certificate numbers and total hours earned by students.
"Head count is important... but we also need to be figuring out and leveraging those that we have, and we keep them long enough to get the success points for them," she said.
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Sony has been hinting at a 4K-resolution movie service for some time now, but it seems that it may be a reality for PlayStation 4 owners.
Sony Electronics President & COO Phill Molyneux was interviewed by The Verge about 4K resolution on the PS4, and he talked about how 4K movies will be "100 gigabytes and plus" in size. To a lot of gamers, that doesn't sound like a pleasant adventure in Download Land.
Molyneux continues by saying that there are "challenges that we have to work through… we've got some very good ideas that will make that a comfortable consumer experience."
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Jan 14, 2013 (Detroit Free Press - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Fiat is close to reaching an agreement that would allow Chrysler to build Jeeps in China at a plant owned by Guangzhou Automobile Group. "We have had some very fruitful discussions with Fiat's partner," Mike Manley, Jeep president and CEO, said today at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. "There will be news very shortly." Once there is an agreement Manley said it could take up to two years before actual production would begin. Manley declined to say which Jeep models Fiat and Chrysler would produce in China. The plant has initial annual capacity of 140,000 cars and is capable of eventually assembling 500,000 vehicles per year. Production of the Fiat Viaggio compact car began in June.
In 2009, Chrysler and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne identified Jeep and Alfa Romeo as the two brands with global potential for the combined Fiat Chrysler and set a goal for Jeep to reaching annual sales of 800,000 by 2014.
Fiat and Chrysler also plant to build a subcompact Jeep SUV at Fiat's Melfi, Italy plant and will export it to North America and other markets. Marchinne said the subcompact Jeep SUV will go on sale in 2014.
"The car that is being built in Italy is a car that doesn't exist in the current portfolio for Jeep," Marchionne said Monday at the auto show.
Marchionne said it made financial sense to build the small Jeep SUV in Italy because Fiat has extra plant capacity there and because the subcompact model is expected to sell in higher volume in Europe and other global markets than it will in the U.S.
"Fiat has the architecture in its current state...in Melfi," Marchionne said. "It would cost us a lot more to do this within Chrysler." the jeep SUV is built on the same platform as the Fiat Punto, Marchionne said.
In 2012, Jeep sold more than 700,000 SUVs worldwide, the most in its history.
During the U.S. presidential election, Chrysler came under fire from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who accused Chrysler of planning to move Jeep production to China.
Chrysler strongly denied those allegations and has said that it is not planning to move or reduce any of its U.S. production capacity.
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BollywoodNewsWorld.com, Southern beauty Asin Thottumkal has worked with big names in the industry like Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Ajay Devgn, but the actress doesn't have a close friend in Bollywood yet. "I wouldn't call anybody my closest friend in Bollywood because I think it takes a lot of time and effort to put into that relationship, which I don't think anybody in Bollywood has. There are a lot of people I know, but no such very close friends," the 25-year-old told IANS.
"Most of the people I've worked with are my seniors, so I have a lot of respect and admiration for them. I know I can approach them for anything that I want to, but I wouldn't call that close friendship," added the actress.
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It's going to be an exhilarating and busy few days. I'm currently sitting at Boston's General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport (KBOS) waiting to board my flight. I got on a bus in Portland, Maine this morning at 03:15.
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The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), brought together more than 35,000 participants, including Heads of States and governments and produced a 53-page final outcome document, entitled "The Future We Want". In this document, governments renewed relevant political commitments that are guiding the activities of the UN-REDD Programme, including on climate change, biodiversity and land management (paragraphs 190-204 of the outcome document). Leaders also underscore the importance of supporting countries to develop green economy policies upon request (paragraphs 56-74), and strengthening and upgrading the United Nations Environment Programme (paragraph 88).
In relation to forests, Heads of States and other high-level representatives called for efforts to effectively slow, halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation, and noted the importance of REDD+ (paragraphs 193-196). They committed to, "improving the livelihoods of people and communities by creating the conditions needed for them to sustainably manage forests, including through strengthening cooperation arrangements in the areas of finance, trade, transfer of environmentally sound technologies, capacity-building and governance, as well as by promoting secure land tenure, particularly decision-making and benefit-sharing, in accordance with national legislation and priorities," (paragraph 193).
Several countries used Rio+20 as a launch pad for national strategies and other pledges for transformations towards a green economy. The President of Indonesia, H.E. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in a televised speech from Bogor, Indonesia, announced that by 2025 his country would not allow, "exploitation of resources that exceed its biological regenerative capacity," and he called for world leaders to, "renew their political commitment on developing a global green economy through sustainable development and poverty eradication."
In the coming months, the UN system will support the development of sustainable development goals beyond 2015, and the UN-REDD Programme will have an opportunity to contribute to this process, which will be organized as, "an inclusive and transparent intergovernmental process… that is open to all stakeholders, with a view to developing global sustainable development goals to be agreed by the General Assembly" (paragraphs 245 – 251 in the outcome document).
On the margins of Rio+20, which took place last month on 20-22 June, the UN-REDD Programme organized and participated in numerous side events, including a debate on forest landscape restoration in the Rio Conventions Pavilion. Overall, the conference provided excellent opportunities to share information and experience, and resulted in a strengthened mandate for supporting all phases of REDD+, towards a green economy in which forests will play an important role.
Looking ahead
Indigenous Peoples Dialogue in Latin America and the Caribbean
1-3 August, 2012: Peru
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Fashion Week(s): a Look Back and a Look Ahead
By Lorraine Sanders on August 02, 2010 1:00 PM
The first in what will be nearly 10 days of local fashion events from two different efforts to revive fashion week in San Francisco took place over the weekend, when local style fans descended upon the Vitaminwater Social Club for Fashion Week – The Reinvention. This week, a fashion-related event takes place every night as Chic Fashion Week gets underway. Below, we lay out what's ahead.


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Security Council resolution 1225 (1999) on the situation in Georgia, U.N. Doc. S/RES/1225 (1999).
The Security Council,
Recalling all its relevant resolutions, in particular resolution
1187 (1998) of 30 July 1998, and the statement of its President of 25
November 1998 (S/PRST/1998/34),
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 20
January 1999 (S/1999/60),
Noting the letter of the President of Georgia to the President
of the Security Council dated 22 January 1999 (S/1999/71, annex),
Deeply concerned at the continuing tense and unstable situation
in the conflict zone and at the risk of resumed fighting,
Deeply concerned also at the continued deadlock in achieving
a comprehensive settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia,
Welcoming in this context the contribution that the United
Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) and the Collective Peacekeeping
Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS peacekeeping force)
have made to stabilizing the situation in the zone of conflict, noting
that the working relationship between UNOMIG and the CIS peacekeeping
force has been good at all levels, and stressing the importance
of continued close cooperation and coordination between them in the
performance of their respective mandates,
Recalling the conclusions of the Lisbon summit of the Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (S/1997/57, annex) regarding
the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia,
Reaffirming the necessity for the parties strictly to respect
human rights, expressing its support for the efforts of the Secretary-General
to find ways to improve their observance as an integral part of the
work towards a comprehensive political settlement, and noting
developments in the work of the United Nations Human Rights Office in
Abkhazia, Georgia,
1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General of 20 January
2. Expresses its concern at the failure of the parties to conclude,
after bilateral contacts and the Athens meeting of 16-18 October 1998
on confidence-building measures, agreements on security and the non-use
of force, the return of refugees and displaced persons and economic
reconstruction, and urges the parties to resume bilateral negotiations
to this end;
3. Demands that both sides widen their commitment to the United
Nations-led peace process, continue to seek and engage in dialogue,
expand their contacts at all levels and display without delay the necessary
will to achieve substantial results on the key issues of the negotiations,
and underlines the necessity for the parties to achieve an early
and comprehensive political settlement, which includes a settlement
on the political status of Abkhazia within the State of Georgia, which
fully respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia
within its internationally recognized borders;
4. Emphasizes, in this context, that the readiness and ability
of the international community to assist the parties depend on their
political will to resolve the conflict through dialogue and mutual accommodation
and on their acting in good faith to implement promptly concrete measures
towards bringing about a comprehensive political settlement of the conflict;
5. Strongly supports the sustained efforts made by the Secretary-General
and his Special Representative with the assistance of the Russian Federation
in its capacity as facilitator as well as of the Group of Friends of
the Secretary-General and of the OSCE to prevent hostilities and to
give a new impetus to the negotiations within the United Nations-led
peace process in order to achieve a comprehensive political settlement,
and welcomes, in this context, the intention of the Secretary-General
to propose a strengthening of the civilian component of UNOMIG;
6. Demands that both sides observe strictly the Moscow Agreement
of 14 May 1994 on a Ceasefire and Separation of Forces (S/1994/583,
annex I) and all their obligations to refrain from the use of force
and to resolve disputed issues by peaceful means only, and calls
upon them to display greater resolve and willingness to make the
Joint Investigation Group functional;
7. Expresses its continuing concern at the situation of refugees
and displaced persons, resulting most recently from the hostilities
of May 1998, reaffirms the unacceptability of the demographic
changes resulting from the conflict and the imprescriptible right of
all refugees and displaced persons affected by the conflict to return
to their homes in secure conditions in accordance with international
law and as set out in the Quadripartite Agreement of 4 April 1994 on
the voluntary return of refugees and displaced persons (S/1994/397,
annex II), and calls upon the parties to address this issue urgently
by agreeing and implementing effective measures to guarantee the security
of those who exercise their unconditional right to return;
8. Welcomes, in this context, the efforts of the Special Representative
of the Secretary-General to facilitate, as a first step, the safe return
of refugees and displaced persons to the Gali region, and calls upon
the parties to resume and intensify their bilateral dialogue to this
9. Condemns the activities by armed groups, including the continued
laying of mines, which endanger the civilian population, impede the
work of the humanitarian organizations and seriously delay the normalization
of the situation in the Gali region, and deplores the lack of
serious efforts made by the parties to bring an end to those activities;
10. Reiterates its demand that both sides take immediate and
determined measures to put a stop to such acts and ensure that the security
environment of all international personnel improves significantly, and
welcomes the first steps taken in this regard;
11. Reiterates also its deep concern regarding the security
of UNOMIG, welcomes the implementation of measures in this regard
and requests the Secretary-General to keep the security of UNOMIG
under constant review;
12. Decides to extend the mandate of UNOMIG for a new period
terminating on 31 July 1999, subject to a review by the Council of the
mandate of UNOMIG in the event of any changes that may be made in the
mandate or in the presence of the CIS peacekeeping force;
13. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to keep the
Council regularly informed and to report after three months from the
date of the adoption of this resolution on the situation in Abkhazia,
14. Expresses its intention to conduct a thorough review of
the operation at the end of its current mandate, in the light of steps
taken by the parties to achieve a comprehensive settlement;
15. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.


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Dwarf hamsters – All about them
Dwarf hamster
Dwarf hamsters playpen
Dwarf hamsters playpen is pretty awesome thing you can make to your hammy. As we all know, dwarf hamsters need a lot of room to play and have fun, so if you have some free room you can make a playpen to them. It gives a lot of freedom to them. Don't worry – making playpen for your dwarf hamsters is very easy. Also I'm going to tell you step by step how to do it.
As first, it's very possible that your hamsters feels uncomfortable and a bit afraid. To help them get used to it, you can put some treats and toys into the playpen.
Everytime you put your hammys into playpen, make sure they are awake, because they don't like to be woken up.
How to make playpen for dwarf hamsters
You need to buy 10 sheets of coroplast and 6-10 binder clips. If you don't want to waste so much money you simply can use some cardboard. The more coroplast or cardboard you use, the more blinder clips you need.
Here is one picture for you, so you can get some ideas how to furnish it.
So now you have an idea, how to make a playpen for your dwarf hamster. The best thing about it, is that you can pack it up and put it wherever you want.
Also now you can feel better, as your dwarfs can be more active and you don't need to be afraid they run away.


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Are the XJ6 and FZ6 models too close together? This sharper-looking concept FZ6 could be the answer
THIS CONCEPT drawing of Yamaha's FZ6 naked shows the direction the FZ6 could go in for 2010.
Yamaha's XJ6 and FZ6 sit close together in the range, so this sharper-looking FZ6, designed by Jérôme Vannesson an aspiring automotive engineer, is based on a modern R6 and if Yamaha pay attention to this design, they could take the FZ6 in a sportier direction.
We like the look of it, but we're not sure about the sloping rider's seat or tiny pillion seat..
If it can do long distance easily i'd buy one, the s2 07' plate i had as a hire bike was a complete hoot, and a lot better than the hornet 06' plate (older model) that is was replaced with after someone decided Clapham High Street was a good place to turn out into the middle of the road without looking....
Yamaha could have a good seller on their hands, but whats with all the headlights on bikes looking girly these days? Gladius looking front light anyone?
Posted: 11/08/2009 at 09:47
YUK a FZ-6 is meant to be a street fighter not a naked R6 FFS god yamaha are good at making a decent race winner but are useless at aesthetics.
new R1 looks like it was crafted on a japanese mans face after he has been involved in a car crash, and then a 3 year old kid tried to repair it, the R6 looks like someone has made the bike and then cut a hole in its face with a black and decker and made the seat out of stone, and this new FZ-6 is gonna be as bad.
for the sake of your future yamaha consult ducati before you try and make a good looking bike, they know what they are doing.
rant over.
Posted: 12/08/2009 at 18:20
Yuk..hope it won't get a green light..
Design is good as it is now, just bring back decent black colour to the UK's market, and not this joke choice for 2009 - yellow or red seat..
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Boy, Tesque sure is small. Grotesque.
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The Bush Administration is grotesque.
Bring back the Sig Test!
The grotesque way in which the estate attorney mangled my husband's will has resulted in extra work on my part which could have been avoided, and leaves me emotionally-devastated and wanting to puke nails.
She stared vacantly into the dark cellar, wondering where she will hide the grotesque remains.
If I were to grotesque-ickles on my face would that be strange?
I may look grotesque, but I'm not a monster, I'm a human being!
Those voices in your head aren't real, but they have some great ideas
Not if you have a buttface!Originally Posted by PatrickMcCabe
Does this word have a french connotation?
Like Gérard Depardieu's nose is grotesque.
Would you like a dream with that?
The origin of the word grotesque is the Italian grotta, meaning «cave», and the two related words, la grotesca and grotesco. These latter were coined to describe a certain kind of ornamental painting first discovered during excavations in the late fifteenth century.
Looks like grotesque is actually a form of art.
LOL!Originally Posted by georgiaboy
I disagree.
Elephants grotesques as they get older.
Last edited by randya; 03-23-07 at 01:43 PM.
Originally Posted by VegaVixen
If I had a butt on the back of my head it would be "Grotesque"
Hello, my name is Grotesque.
My foreman at the nursery gave me a grotesque.
The Count of Monte Grotes Que by Alexandre Dumas is a very good book.
Last edited by scottogo; 03-22-07 at 11:21 PM.
Originally Posted by Shifty
The Elephant Man said, "I am not an animal." Monster, animal, they are all grotesque.
Laden with melancholy,
flirting with the solace of death;
my thoughts are often turning
to ideas of the grotesque.
edit: Not a sentence, but...Well, there it is.
Grotesque is the face of armed conflict.
being a Vols fan in the first place is grotesqueOriginally Posted by Velo Vol
I am a sig Virus. Please put me in your sig so that I can continue to replicate.
He knew that snarl, that familiar sound. As he looked up, he saw her mouth, covered with foam, devouring his reputation in a grotesquely ravenous manner, as the hyena does a carcass.


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Mel Kiper Jr, and Todd McShay, the pair of ESPN draft experts who will grace televisions across the country for the next several weeks, not only agree on the position of need for the Cleveland Browns, they have agreed on what player would be best if the team decides to stick with the sixth-overall selection in the upcoming draft: Oregon pass-rusher Dion Jordan.
While the two have largely wavered between edge rushing components for the Browns (Kiper recently pegged the Browns with BC's Bjoer Werner; McShay was a fan of LSU's Barkevious Mingo), Jordan is the player who both experts feel will add the most impact for a team in the midst of a change of scheme.
The Browns had one of the worst pass rushes in the league last year, even with Jabaal Sheard around. Jordan is a long, explosive pass-rusher with freakish athleticism and an ability to work in space. This is a guy you want to unleash in a 3-4.
Free-agency factor: The Browns could be looking for some pass-rush help, but they won't find a player with better value than Jordan for their system. Yes, the Browns could still make a move for a quarterback, but I'm quite certain they won't use this pick for one if they can't add one via free agency or trade.
Under new coordinator Ray Horton, the Browns could feature multiple fronts with an eye on transitioning to more of a base 3-4 defense. Jordan is a phenomenal athlete who fits best working out of a two-point stance.
He has the length, speed and athleticism to immediately make a significant contribution as a pass-rusher and pursuit run-defender. Jordan also has good awareness in coverage and unusually fluid hips for his 6-foot-6 frame. The combination of Jordan opposite Jabaal Sheard would cause problems for opposing offenses.
Jordan is an extremely athletic 6-feet-6-inches, 250 pounds. Where the recently-added Paul Kruger has been shrouded with concerns over his ability to play on all three downs, Jordan provides the upside and skill set to cause havoc after every snap of the ball.
Both Kiper and McShay have West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith going seventh-overall to the Arizona Cardinals. Both also have Georgia's Jarvis Jones and LSU's Mingo going later in the first round.
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Criminal Law Questions? Ask a Criminal Lawyer.
Is it a problem that I can't prove I was told the wrong info on how to file income?
You talk to one of maybe hundreds of representatives at the unemployment call center, and they don't record calls and rarely even document conversations. The sad part is, I asked a second time and was told the same thing! It never occurred to me to document this because I was new to unemployment concepts and I trusted them.
I am sure I will have to pay back thousands based on the "divide by four" concept. If only they had those rules in writing for us.
So, once again, do you think it will be a problem that I can't prove a conversation I had? I have a squeaky clean record in life, hope that helps.
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May 8, 2012
One of the legal responses in the wake of the financial crisis was to mandate that the SEC provide awards to individuals who report violations of the federal securities laws at their companies. This article examines how Dodd-Frank mandated this system work, how the whistleblower provisions fit into the current system of corporate governance and provides some guidance for companies in light of the whistleblower provisions.
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Everton star to try and lure Fulham's talisman to Goodison Park
11:41 14 May 2012
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Tim Howard wants the club to sign Clint Dempsey
Everton star Tim Howard has revealed that he will spend his summer on the phone to Fulham's talisman Clint Dempsey in a bid to bring the American to Goodison Park.
The 29-year-old forward scored 23 goals last season for the Whites and has been linked to a host of clubs and his international team-mate is desperate to have him on Merseyside.
"We need to assess a lot of things," Howard said.
"We need the gaffer in place, let him pick and choose the players who he wants to bring in.
"I'm going to be on the horn to Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan and I'm going to try my best."


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It's odd that the obit got things so wrong. Fortran is a monstrosity -- one of those abominable things that was just good enough. It's greatest achievement was to show how not to write a compiler. Backus more than redeemed himself a few years later by learning from fortran how to write a compiler when he and Peter Naur came up with BNF.
Fortran should be a side-note to BNF and not vice versa.
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When an indie director goes Hollywood, our first reaction is often along the lines of "Oy." But when Deadline broke the news earlier today that Rian Johnson would be writing and directing the next two "Star Wars" movies, we thought: "This is nothing less than awesome."
Though production just began on "Star Wars: Episode VII," helmed by J.J. Abrams, Disney and Lucasfilm have already tapped Johnson for episodes VIII and IX.
Of course, Johnson first got attention back in 2005 when his writing-directing debut, the high school noir "Brick," premiered at Sundance. After winning a special jury prize for his "originality of vision" and several Independent Spirit nominations, Johnson followed up with the less successful "The Brothers Bloom," which premiered in Toronto in 2008. He redeemed himself with "Looper" in 2012.
READ MORE: Rian Johnson on "Looper" and How Film Festivals Have Changed
The time-travel, dueling-hitman action film, starring Bruce Willis, also proved crossover appeal to mainstream audiences. In his review of the film, Indiewire Chief Critic Eric Kohn wrote, "Johnson's acrobatic camerawork swirls about his characters with a vibrant pulse that sets his imagery apart from the countless other near-future noirs unleashed since "Blade Runner.'"
Most recently, Johnson brought his visual style to "Breaking Bad," directing some of the award-winning AMC series' best episodes.
Johnson realizes the daunting task ahead of him and even shared a clip from "The Right Stuff" that approximates his state of mind at the moment, tweeting the following:
1. Visual Style: Visually, both in terms of cinematography and production design, he's a really strong director. Though "Brothers Bloom" is by no means a masterpiece, Johnson clearly knows how to pace a story.
2. Future Worlds: With "Looper," Johnson proved his ability to create a world within a not-too-distant-future, which could come in handy working within the "Star Wars" universe (so to speak).
READ MORE: Rian Johnson on Directing 'Breaking Bad'
3. Interlocking Narratives: "Brick" and "Looper" both featured interlocking storylines and complex adjustments to the concept of narrative, which gives us confidence that Johnson can bring some necessary complexity to the franchise.
4. Moral Complexity: Johnson has shown that he knows how to deal with the issues of good and evil in a complex way. "Brick" dealt with the issues of morality that arose after a murder. Johnson also directed the most lauded episode of "Breaking Bad," "Ozymandias," in which Walt (Bryan Cranston) oscillated between good and evil more times than in any episode, ultimately making heartbreaking sacrifices.
5. Box Office: Though neither "Brick" nor "Brothers Bloom" were box office hits, "Looper" brought in $176 million worldwide.
Still, it's worth noting that another indie director, Edgar Wright, recently dropped out of "Ant-Man" over script issues. It's becoming increasingly clear that no matter what sort of talent you have as a filmmaker, when you're working on a franchise, it's the studio that calls the shots.
We'll be watching to see how -- and if -- Johnson manages to work within the studio system.
(Editor's Note: Paula Bernstein, Emily Buder, Eric Kohn and Liz Miller contributed to this story).