| More people turning to DYI funerals
Access, $20. • "Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial" by Mark Harris, Scribner, $24. • "A Family Undertaking," a PBS documentary available on Netflix or for sale from Fanlight Productions, 4196 Washington St., No. 2, Boston, MA 02131, or call 1-800-937-4113. ONLINE Home funeral organizations and funeral advocacy groups can be found at: • Crossings.net • Finalpassages.org • Funeralinformation society.org • Funerals.org .
NY calorie rule applies to cocktails
Put down that margarita, and back away from the bar. A new city regulation that requires chain restaurants to display calorie information also covers cocktails, sodas and other beverages that appear on menus. "Drinks are almost the forgotten calories," said Cathy Nonas, director of physical activity and nutrition programs for the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. "It's almost a side thought to the meal." The city Board of Health voted unanimously last month to approve the regulation, a new version of a law that had been struck down by a judge last year. The law, scheduled to go into effect on March 31, applies to restaurants with more than 15 outlets across the country. That includes fast-food places such as McDonald's and sit-down chains such as Olive Garden and T.G.I.
The latest 'Idol' boasts North Texas ties
He wasn't featured much till the early Hollywood rounds, and even then it was only because he had such a mellow reaction to being sent to the top 24. Performing experience: Castro was the drummer for Dallas-based rock band Keeping Lions, whose MySpace page lives even though the band is no more: www.myspace.com/keepinglions Fun fact: Castro is the ex-boyfriend of singer Cheyenne Kimball, and was featured in episodes of the Frisco native's MTV reality series, according to the Rockwall Herald-Banner. JASON YEAGER Age: 28 Hometown: Grand Prairie How to spot him: Look for the big smile and the shock of blond at the front of his dark brown hair. Audition city: Dallas How he did in the audition episodes: According to Yeager (see Q&A, page 6E), he did very well, but you'd never know it from how little we got to see him in the audition episodes.
Timber Industry 1991-2000
The 87% of the shares belonging to the American investors were returned to the Ministry of Property of Leningrad region.
In February, GKI tried to start a new wave of privatization in the timber industry, further undermining the position of Roslesprom, which managed, but did not own, the country's largest logging enterprises. OAO Severoleseksport was put up for sale.
In early April, Roslesprom blocked the sale of Severoleseksport, which was under its control; instead of privatization, it proposed to create the Severoles financial and industrial group, which was supposed to include the Northern Cellulose holding, the Archangelsk Pulp and Paper Combine, the state companies Konoshales and Severoles, the Onega Lumber Combine, a number of lumber mills, Lesobank (Arkhangelsk), and the Timber Leasing company.
Saint's Euro prayer
SALE'S Philippe Saint-Andre can't wait for the day he can have a full squad to pick from. The Sharks' director of rugby has been waiting over a year now to be able to name his strongest team, but injuries and international call-ups have recently stood in his way. All that looked set to change as the Edgeley Park side's World Cup stars headed home from France with a clean bill of health - until the injury curse that plagued Sharks last season reared its ugly head once more. On the plus side, Saint-Andre was delighted to be able to name Sebastien Chabal, Andrew Sheridan and Lobbe brothers Ignacio and Juan Martin in Friday night's EDF-Energy clash against Bath. But he was unable to call upon the services of Magnus Lund, Chris Jones and Jason White, all with knee injuries, as well as Mark Cueto (calf), Rory Lamont and Dean Schofield, who both have ankle injuries.
Competitive intelligence 101
You likely took credit for some wins, which you deserved, but maybe you didn't dish our as much credit as you could have. Now's the time to make up for it. Beginning by making a list of contributions each of your crew has made through the year, and either privately, or better yet publicly, acknowledging the work and the value is a good start. But honestly, it's almost impossible to go too far. Make a splash. Do something special. You wouldn't have your business if your people didn't go the extra mile for you day-in and day-out, week-in and week-out. 3. The Holidays aren't much fun if you spend them alone. I'm lucky. I have great partners and a tremendous team. I often wonder how the SOHO's do it. I couldn't. But you don't have to be SOHO to spend a lot of time making management decisions alone.
By Susan Guynn News-Post Staff
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