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It's not easy leading an essentially Japanese company from downtown Columbus, but technology certainly reduces the burden for Aflac CEO Dan Amos.
Take the insurer's special videoconference room, sometimes called the "Japan Room," which is located on the seventh floor of Aflac's 19-story headquarters in Columbus.
The oval meeting desk is constructed in such a way that one half is in Columbus and the other half is in Tokyo. During a teleconference, it looks like you're sitting directly across from execs who are halfway around the globe. The black chairs and similar wall colors on both sides of the Pacific make you feel like it really is the next best thing to being there.
I was in the room last week, when a half-dozen Japanese execs, including a translator, delivered their September sales report to Amos and his headquarters team. The images from Tokyo on this Cisco system were crystal clear. I could even see the writing on the papers of the Japanese execs, as if they were sitting in Columbus.
In the past, meetings on speaker phones were not as productive, Amos said. But the videoconference room has cut travel costs while enhancing communication. Gone are the days when he had to wonder about the hand signals and whispering among Tokyo execs before this room was created three years ago.
"It's body language. I can tell if you're upset," Amos, 59, said.
At this meeting, however, there was little to be upset about. Aflac, which gets 75 percent to 80 percent of its $18.3 billion in annual revenue from Japan, has been enjoying substantial growth there after taking it on the chin a few years back. Sales have been boosted by a law passed two years ago that allows banks to sell insurance to its customers.
"Bank sales have seen tremendous growth," Amos said. But that success carries with it a contradiction that the Japanese team was concerned about during the meeting. Last year's fourth quarter was so strong that the chance of repeating such a performance is slim.
"I know we want more, but we're OK with that," Amos told them. He was not worried because he said the company already told Wall Street analysts about the likelihood of not matching the fourth-quarter comps.
In addition to regularly scheduled meetings, Amos uses the videoconference room as issues crop up in Japan. Since he lives only about five minutes from the Columbus headquarters, he said he can return to work to deal with any problems there.
"There's an open line 24 hours a day," Amos said. It requires coordination between execs in both countries because of the 13-hour time difference. After hours, Amos said, he's generally available from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., which is morning in Japan.
Even with the video setup, however, he still travels to Tokyo for face-to-face encounters. Three weeks ago, he surprised 200 employees there when he removed the head of the special duck costume he was wearing at a company party. They had no idea he was the "Maneki Neko" duck — the mascot for a new medical insurance product in Japan.
"Sales were up and I'd do whatever," Amos said. "You need to make a little fun of yourself."
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October 19th, 2010
11:21 am
Ohhhhh, great….just what we need…banks and insurance companies in bed with each other….and coming after us! The way my premiums have been going up…over 25 % in just two years!!! You can take that duck and stick it where the sun don't shine!
October 19th, 2010
11:39 am
Why does that duck costume have red ears? If it is supposed to be a beckoning cat, then it is way off. Cats don't have beaks.
October 19th, 2010
12:05 pm
@Danny O – it's the AFLAC duck dressed as the traditional Japanese Beckoning Cat (also known as the Lucky Cat).
October 19th, 2010
2:02 pm
@ robert daniell – Banks have been able to sell insurance and vice versa since the passage of Gramm-Leach Bliley in 1999. The article refers to a similar bill passed in Japan two years ago. But thanks for the typical "my insurance is too high" rant.
October 19th, 2010
2:09 pm
Great use of technology that helps a customer-responsive company become even more so. Keep growing!
October 19th, 2010
3:25 pm
Good for Aflac. Anything to increase productivity and reduce costs. I'm surprised the Japanese have fallen for the insurance spiel so hard, tho.
October 19th, 2010
3:50 pm
@A.C. – That is dumb. Either you are a beckoning cat or you are a duck. There is no such thing as a beckoning duck. Thought I made that clear in my first post.
October 20th, 2010
7:32 am
Obviously with you replying to this post, you are located here in America and do not have a complete understanding of Japanese marketing/culture. Aflac's American duck did not match Japanese culture as well as Alfac would like it to, primarily because the American duck shouts A-f-l-a-c which seems too forceful to the Japanese. Therefore, Aflac's marketing department did not just wake up one morning and decide to create the "Maneki Neko" duck. They put extensive research in what would be a more socially acceptable mascot in Japan and found that the look and sound of the "Maneki Neko" duck would be much more accepted in Japan.
October 20th, 2010
8:44 am
I've had an aflac policy for over 10 years, and my rates have never gone up with them. this is a wonderful idea aflac; by doing things like this, you keep the cost down on the policies and it is appreciated.


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I perform all over memphis, including with Opera Memphis and at St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral. My operatic roles include: Miss Jessel in Britten's, The Turn of the Screw, Mrs. Gobineau in Menotti's The Medium, The Female Chorus in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, Clara Deluso in Pasatieri's Signor Deluso, Magda Sorel in Menotti's The Consul, Geraldine in Menotti's A Hand of Bridge, Ariadne in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos, Elisabetta in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, Contessa d'Almaviva in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, and the Second lady in Die Zauberfl te. My theatre roles include: The Witch in Sondheim's Into the Woods, Aunt Eller in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Marion Hollander in Woody Allen's Don't Drink the Water, Glinda in The Wizard of Oz, Lucy in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Bobby's Mother in Gershwin's Crazy For You. I am also featured on Albany Records release of Signor Deluso in the role I performed with the Opera Company of Brooklyn. I also perform at St. Columba's Episcopal Church in Suwanee, and am a frequent soloist there. I have performed the soprano solos in Verdi's Requiem, Faure's Requiem, and Gounod's St Cecilia Mass. Recently I worked closely with Stephen Schwartz - creator of the hit Broadway musical Wicked to create the starring role, Myra Foster, in his first opera - Seance on a Wet Afternoon.
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3. master the "full-body exercises" - traditional singing exercises on "mah, mee, moh, moo, meh" - so that you can move easily between your chest voice, middle voice, and head voice
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2. depending on your level, master Hanon exercises 1-12, major and minor scales, major and minor arpeggios
3. for beginners, you will be able to play with BOTH hands on the treble and bass clefs - at the same time!!
4. master the I-IV-V progression in 3-12 keys, depending on your level - so that you can play blues, rock, country, boogie-woogie, and ragtime songs!!
5. master 4-20 songs or more, depending on your level and the level of difficulty of each song (classical songs tend to take more time to master) - being able to play each song with great technique, with feeling, and having a blast doing it!!
6. if you wish, you can perform your song(s) at one of my voice and piano recitals - on a REAL Austin stage!!
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Piano - levels beginner to early advanced, most styles, including classical, rock, pop, folk, country, singer-songwriter, blues and boogie-woogie. Generally beginning around age 5.
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DJ'ing - all basic DJ methods, including beat matching, turntable basics and repertoire selection.
Yoga - yoga breathing AND physical exercises, depending on the needs and wants of the student.
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In DJ'ing, I specialize in basic beatmatching and repertoire selection.
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Fajitas are a popular dish at local Mexican restaurants as well as chain restaurants. They are easy to make at home, and this method works just as well with chicken, pork, or vegetables if you do not want beef.
Prep Time: 2 hours
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes
• 4 garlic cloves, minced and mashed to a paste with 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• 2 pounds skirt steak, trimmed and cut into large pieces to fit on a grill or in a ridged grill pan (see Notes)
• 3 assorted colored bell peppers, sliced thin
• 1 large red onion or sweet onion, sliced thin
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro sprigs
• 12 (7- to 8-inch) flour tortillas, warmed
• Guacamole, tomato salsa, and sour cream as sides
In a large, heavy-duty freezer ziptop bag, combine garlic paste, lime juice, cumin, and olive oil. Seal and shake to combine. Place skirt steak, bell peppers, onion, and cilantro sprigs into the bag, squeeze out the air, and turn to coat the meat, distributing vegetables evenly. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight to allow marinade to penetrate.
To Cook:
Preheat the gas or charcoal grill to high heat.
While grill is heating, remove skirt steak from marinade to a platter, shaking off liquid and reserving marinade with the vegetables.
Preheat a heavy skillet to the smoking point. Drain vegetables and cilantro, and quickly stir-fry over high heat until slightly charred and softened, but not mushy. Set aside and keep warm.
Grill skirt steak over high heat quickly until medium rare, about 2 minutes per side. Slice meat against the grain into strips and serve immediately with warm tortillas, the seared pepper vegetable mix, guacamole, salsa, and sour cream.
To eat Mexican fajitas, diners traditionally place strips of meat with grilled vegetables, guacamole, salsa, and sour cream into the tortilla, and fold it up taco- or burrito-style.
Notes: Fajitas may also be made with chicken breast or pork tenderloin steaks. If you like your meat spicy, add 1 minced serrano chile to the marinade. If you do not have a gas or charcoal grill, you may use a cast iron or heavy grill pan on the stove-top. It is important that the pan be very hot before quickly searing the meat. An overhead exhaust fan is mandatory for indoor stove-top grilling.
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Over the previous week, head coach Jim Fisk and his staff worked to correct the mistakes Chewelah made in that opener against Priest River. The hard work paid off with an improved defense and a solid passing game.
After turnovers and penalties cost Republic High an opening season win at home over Entiat, the Tigers got back on track last Friday at Almira-Coulee/Hartline with a workmanlike and wild 64-32 win.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. - Junior Ian Clutten (Capetown, South Africa) will head to the NCAA Championships in the 100-meter breaststroke for a third straight season after qualifying with a third-place finish at the 2005 Big Ten Championships. This year's NCAA Championships will be held in Minneapolis, Minn., March 24-26.
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For all those investors who still think Chipotle (NYSE: CMG) is the growth leader in the fast casual restaurant industry, I have two words for you, Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA). I'm sorry Chipotle fans, but Panera is just a flat out better deal today. The two companies are both growing fast, but Panera's diversified menu and cheaper valuation make this our new leader.
A Whole New Industry
Over the last several years, a whole new segment of the restaurant industry has developed. The concept of a "fast casual" restaurant seems to have a broad appeal, and until the last year, Chipotle was the category leader. Chipotle has been admired by other writers and myself for their efficiency, cash flow generation, and huge growth. The fact that a Chipotle can be run by a handful of staff, generates huge profits, and can be located in any strip mall, seemed to make this chain unbeatable. By contrast, Panera Bread and their larger footprint, more diverse menu, and greater staffing needs seemed a nice second choice.
Sure there are other companies that offer fast service and a good selection. Who could talk about the restaurant industry and use the word fast without mentioning McDonald's (NYSE: MCD)? I would also argue that Panera's main competition includes companies like Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Dunkin Brands (NASDAQ: DNKN). Let's face it, if a customer wants to pick up a quick bite to eat and a drink, McDonald's, Starbucks, or Dunkin Donuts fits this bill. All of these companies offer a selection of food and drink that is quick to prepare, and is relatively inexpensive, so what makes Panera different?
"It's Comfortable"
If you ask many customers what draws them to Panera, a common response is, "it's comfortable." Think about it for a minute, at a traditional McDonald's the goal was always to get the customer in and out of the store. The company is beginning to remodel stores to make customers more likely to stick around, but most people think of McDonald's as more fast than casual. The image of Dunkin Donuts increasingly is that of a drive-thru window. Dunkin Donuts doesn't exactly go out of its way to offer seating, with limited options, if any, at many of its stores. Chipotle's is much the same with hard metal and wooden chairs, and sparse decorations or reason to stick around. Starbucks is closer to Panera Bread's feel with free Wi-Fi, and comfortable seating. However, of all of these chains, Panera offers a larger restaurant that can accommodate more guests.
The other part that makes Panera Bread comfortable for customers is the diversity in their offerings. While most people think of Starbucks and Dunkin for coffee, McDonald's for fast food, and Chipotle for burritos, Panera has fans of many of their menu items. When you can go to one restaurant, get your food quickly, everyone can have something different, and the price is right, a restaurant is going to be popular. When you add in the fact that Panera keeps coming up with new menu items, you have a company that can grow both externally and through their menu.
Comfortable This...It's Growth That Matters
It's all well and good for diners to be comfortable with a restaurant, but unless the company is growing many investors won't care. The good news for investors is, Panera is reporting excellent growth, and 2013 looks like another banner year.
Panera's recent earnings were impressive on all fronts, a 15% increase in revenue, and a 23% increase in EPS were just the headline numbers. The company also saw system-wide comps up 4.9%, and the company's weekly sales have increased each year for the last four consecutive years.
What really sets Panera apart is their projections for 2013. While investors aren't surprised when companies like McDonald's and Dunkin Brands suggest low single-digit comp. growth for the year, this was a shocking revelation from Chipotle. In fact, Chipotle said they expected, "flat to low single-digit comps for 2013". Panera on the other hand said they expect, "between 4.5% and 5.5% comparable same-store sales". Of the restaurants we have looked at, only Starbucks matched this view suggesting "mid-single digit comp. sales growth".
It's really no surprise then that Panera also sees strong EPS growth for the year. The company expects 17% to 19% EPS growth for the full year, which compares favorably to McDonald's at about 8%, Dunkin Brands at 15.6% to 17.9%, and even Starbucks at 15% to 20%. Chipotle is expected to report 17% EPS growth, and even that might be a stretch based on slowing comparable store sales.
On a valuation basis, it's hard to bet against Panera Bread over their competition. Using the PEG ratio, you can see how favorably Panera compares to its peers:
As you can see, Panera Bread is relatively cheaper than its competition across the board. Considering Chipotle's growth numbers actually look worse than Panera, how do you argue that Chipotle is a better value at this point? The answer to that question is, you don't. Panera has been the more consistent performer, and their broader menu insulates them from input cost pressures. The company is off to a great start for this year, and with a stock relatively cheaper than any of its peers, PNRA should be at the top of any growth investors' Watchlist.
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GENERIC NAME: baclofen
BRAND NAME: Lioresal, Kemstro (discontinued)
DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Baclofen is an oral and injectable medication that relaxes skeletal muscles, the muscles that move the skeleton (and also called striated muscle). Chemically, baclofen is related to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a naturally-occurring neurotransmitter in the brain. Neurotransmitters are chemicals that nerves use to communicate with one another. GABA released by some nerves causes the activity of other nerves to decrease. It is believed that baclofen, acting like GABA, blocks the activity of nerves within the part of the brain that controls the contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle. Baclofen was approved by the FDA in November 1977.
PRESCRIPTION: Yes
GENERIC AVAILABLE: Yes
PREPARATIONS: Tablets: 10 and 20 mg. Intrathecal: 0.05 mg/ml, 0.5 mg/ml, 2 mg/ml
STORAGE: Baclofen should be stored between 15 C (59 F) and 30 C (86 F).
PRESCRIBED FOR: Baclofen is used for treating spasm of skeletal muscles, muscle clonus, rigidity, and pain caused by disorders such as multiple sclerosis. It is also injected into the spinal cord (intrathecal) for management of severe spasticity.
DOSING: The usual starting dose of oral baclofen for adults is 5 mg given three times daily. Based on the response, the dose can be increased by 15 mg every three days to a maximum of 80 mg/day in divided doses.
DRUG INTERACTIONS: Use of baclofen with other drugs that also depress the function of nerves may lead to additional reduction in brain function.
In addition to the risk of depressing brain function, the use of baclofen and tricyclic antidepressants (for example, amitriptyline [Elavil, Endep], doxepin [Sinequan, Adapin]) together may cause muscle weakness.
Use of baclofen and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (for example, phenelzine [Nardil], tranylcypromine or [Parnate]) can result in greater depression of brain function as well as low blood pressure.
Because baclofen can increase blood sugar, doses of antidiabetic drugs may need to be adjusted when baclofen is begun.
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Few days pass without the Iranian media publishing news about arrests, trials and executions related to drug trafficking. The announcement that 10 people were executed on Monday, October 22nd 2012, was the latest news of this kind.
Reporting from the Mehr news agency and based on case files, the website Melli-Mazhabi (National-Religious) stated that drugs such as opium and crystal meth were discovered on at least two of these people.
The Islamic Republic accused seven people Farshid Rostami, Farhad Mashhadi Abolghasem, Ali Darvishi, Abbas Abbasi Namaki, Saeed Sadighi, Hamid Rabi'i and Mohammad Ali Rabi'i of possessing one ton of crystal. According to this report, the judiciary claims that these people distributed the drugs in Tehran.
The other people who were executed are Alireza Moulaei, Eshagh Lorgi and Yousef Parmar. They had been convicted of hiding one ton of drugs in two containers and entering Iran through a southern port. They were accused of transporting the drugs to Tehran and other cities in Tehran province. That is when they were identified and arrested.
In an announcement the Tehran prosecutor stated, "Some of these convicts had a supply of billions of Tumans in banks, earned by selling drugs, and had founded numerous companies to cover up their criminal activities."
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In reality, drugs affect the Iranian youth and population in two ways. On the one hand, it is the drug abusers who put themselves and their families in poor conditions. The World Health Organization considers the use of drugs as one of the basic international problems which threaten human life socially, economically, culturally and politically. In recent years, drug consumption in Iran has increased rapidly and there has been a change from "soft" drugs to drugs produced in laboratories.
On the other hand, the drug-related victims who are the subject of this report, are the victims of the reactions of authorities and system of punishment. These reactions are not compatible with human rights standards. Based on Iranian law, drug related crimes are punishable by death. In this case, the rulings of the judges are based on the "Anti-Drugs Act" passed by the Expediency Discernment Council in 1988 and amended in 1997. According to article 2 of this act, a person convicted four times for growing opium poppies will be sentenced to death. Also articles 4 and 8 state that the punishment for the production, distribution, importation and exportation of more than five kilograms of drugs such as opium is death. The amount of hard drugs, such as heroin, that is subject to the death penalty is 30 grams. Article 32 of this act also stresses that death penalties approved by the head of the Supreme Court or the attorney general, are final and must be carried out.
The main instrument used by Iranian authorities to control drug use is the execution of drug producers and distributors. The effectiveness of these policies has been questioned by sociologists and other critics. Drug use in Iran has increased and is yet another sign that these policies are ineffective.
Human rights violations in the prosecution of drug related cases
The right to life is one of the basic rights stressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Therefore, human rights activists protest the execution of drug-related convicts. In many instances, the prosecution process in these cases is objected to by human rights activists. Saeed Sadighi is one of the ten people recently executed in Iran for drug related convictions. In an interview with the website Melli Mazhabi (2) his brother reported that Sadighi had been tortured while imprisoned.
"During the first visit in prison my mother noticed that he had been tortured. His teeth were broken and he had a black eye. When my mother asked him what is going to happen, he responded that it was all a mistake and he would be home the same day or the next…My brother had nothing to do with drugs, the people who worked with him had hidden drugs in faucet taps and my brother didn't know anything about it."
He further stated that Sadighi and many other people charged with drug related crimes do not have attorneys. Specifically in regards to his brother's case while a public defender had been assigned to him, the attorney did not have any access to the case. Attorney Mohammad Sharifi and Saeed Sadighi's public defender stated that they had only managed to see Sadighi 15 minutes before the court hearing and requested the court to declare the investigations incomplete.
Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that all people are equal before the law. Article 10 states that every defendant has the right to have his case fairly and publicly tried in an independent and impartial court. Lastly according to to article 11, every person who is charged with a crime is considered innocent until the crime has been legally proven in an open court.
The same points have been stressed by the Constitution of the Islamic Republic. Article 35 of the Constitution guarantees the right to legal defense by attorneys for defendants in court. Article 38 bans the use of torture to force a confession and considers the testimonies or confessions obtained by torture as having no legal value. Article 39 of the Constitution further bans insulting or hurting the image of a person who has been detained, imprisoned or exiled by law.
The families of the ten people who were recently executed appealed the sentences as they believed the judicial process had violated the law. According to HRANA, (3) these families gathered in front of the Supreme Leader's residence after their last visit with their imprisoned family members and requested for the halt of the execution and a just retrial. However, Rooz Online website (4) reported that these family members were attacked by security forces, beaten up and pushed away with batons. Finally the executions were carried out despite the objections of human rights organizations.
After the executions, in a statement the Human Rights Activists in Iran announced that these executions were carried out illegally as torture was used in order to obtain confessions and the lack of due process during their trials.
The highest rate of per capita execution in the world
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran Ahmad Shaheed described the execution of ten Iranian citizens in one day as shocking and stated, "The execution of a lot of people in Iran has become a normal thing." (5) According to Agence France-Presse, Shaheed criticized the Iranian government for ignoring its international and domestic commitments and said that more than 300 executions have been documented in Iran in the first eight months of this year and he added that since information in Iran has been limited this past year the number will be "much larger." Shaheed reported that there were 670 reported executions in Iran in 2011. Based on the statistics, more than 80 percent of these people had been sentenced to death for drug related crimes.
The average number of executions in Iran was more than two a day. This places the state in second place in the number of executions after China, and Iran has the highest per capita rate of executions in the world. The increase in the number of executions in Iran during the past few years has been condemned by many other countries and human rights organizations.
The Islamic Republic has tried to hide the high number of executions from international organizations. Political and human rights activists have made great efforts and paid heavy prices to reveal these numbers. One of those people is Ahmad Ghabel, a former political prisoner in Vakilabad prison in Mashhad. In a series of interviews after his release, Ghabel described the secret executions that were occurring in the prison. After these interviews, government forces, angry for exposing hasty secret group executions in Vakilabad prison and the international protests concerning it, arrested Ahmad Ghabel again. It was during his second detention that his illness intensified and he was granted a furlough which came too late. Ahmad Ghabel passed away in prison after a long period of illness.
The final word
Executions are continuing in Iran, and every now and then, the news of these executions reaches the international or domestic media. The main policy of the Iranian government in the war against drugs is the execution of the drug producers and distributors. In many cases, there is no due or just process in the prosecution people, meaning the right to life is violated very easily. The Human Rights Activists in Iran and other international organizations have protested about this issue time and time again, but their criticism has not resulted to an end of this process. It seems like these actions must go on until the Iranian government starts to act according to its international and domestic commitments.
(1) http://melimazhabi.com/?p=27150
(2) http://melimazhabi.com/?goftogoo=%D8%B3%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A8%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF
(3) http://hra-news.org/263/best/13924-1.html
(4) http://www.roozonline.com/persian/news/newsitem/archive/2012/october/23/article/-0ac4436eb3.html
(5) http://www.radiofarda.com/content/f12_new_report_ahmad_shahid_iran/24748064.html


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It's hard not to think of Napa Valley when thinking of California wines. The region is, after all, the one that brought world recognition to California wine making. The area was settled by a few choice wine families in the 1960's who bet that the wines of the area would grow and flourish. They were right. The Napa wine industry really took off in the 1980's, when vineyard...Read More About Napa Valley
No second fiddle
Merlot is coming back into its own. High popularity led to mass production, which then led to a backlash towards the variety (remember Miles in Sideways?). But passionate Merlot producers, and of course the right bank of Bordeaux, continued to produce quality versions of this grape. Merlot remains the principle grape of top chateaux in St...Read More About Merlot
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