Wildfire destroys most homes in Colo. history

A Erickson Air Crane firefighting helicopter flys to a pond to refill its tank while fighting the High Park wildfire, west of Fort Collins, Colo., on Friday, June 15, 2012. The wildfire started Saturday and has burned over 50,000 acres. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

A Erickson Air Crane firefighting helicopter flys to a pond to refill its tank while fighting the High Park wildfire, west of Fort Collins, Colo., on Friday, June 15, 2012. The wildfire started Saturday and has burned over 50,000 acres. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

A Erickson Air Crane firefighting helicopter refills its tank in a rancher's pond while fighting the High Park wildfire west of Fort Collins, Colo., on Friday, June 15, 2012. The wildfire started Saturday and has burned over 50,000 acres. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

A thunderhead builds over the High Park wildfire and Fort Collins, Colo., on Friday, June 15, 2012. Rain could assist in fighting the wildfire that started Saturday and has burned over 50,000 acres. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

A sign warns motorist of the closure of Highway 14 through Poudre Canyon as columns of smoke rise in the distance from the High Park wildfire west of Fort Collins, Colo., on Friday, June 15, 2012. The wildfire started Saturday and has burned over 50,000 acres. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

DENVER (AP) ? Additional crews were joining the fight Saturday against a wildfire in northern Colorado that has scorched about 85 square miles and destroyed at least 181 homes, the most in state history.

The High Park Fire burning 15 miles west of Fort Collins surpasses the Fourmile Canyon wildfire, which destroyed 169 homes west of Boulder in September 2010.

More than 1,630 personnel are working on the Fort Collins-area fire, officials said in a news release Saturday night. The figure represents an increase of more than 100 firefighters from a day earlier.

The lightning-caused blaze, which is believed to have killed a 62-year-old woman whose body was found in her cabin, was 20 percent contained. The fire's incident commander said full containment could be two to four weeks away.

Fire information officer Brett Haberstick said hot and dry conditions were expected to continue, but crews have made progress in containing a 200-acre spot fire that erupted Thursday afternoon north of the Cache La Poudre River, a critical line of defense against northward growth.

"Two 20-person hotshot crews worked throughout the day to secure lines around the perimeter of this spot fire," the officials said in a release.

Firefighters have extinguished other incursions north of the river, but the most recent one appeared to be more serious.

National Weather Service meteorologist Kyle Fredin said some rain was expected in the fire zone Saturday evening, but it will not be enough to put the fire out.

"We need a rain that will really last all day," he said. "But it's better than dry wind at this point."

But crews were bracing for difficult conditions Sunday with wind gusts expected to hit 50 mph along ridge tops and in Poudre Canyon and temperatures in the 90s.

The fire was reported June 9 and has since raced through large swaths of private and U.S. Forest Service land. It was 45 percent contained late Saturday.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who oversees the Forest Service, met with fire managers in Fort Collins on Saturday and said "fighting this fire is going to require us to be aggressive, persistent and also patient.

"We're going to continue to work to make our forests more resilient. We're going to continue to ensure that adequate resources are provided for fighting fires and we are going to continue to make sure that we encourage appropriate stewardship of our forests," he said.

Vilsack praised Congress for allowing the government to contract additional aircraft ? particularly heavy tankers ? to fight wildfires across the West. But he called on lawmakers for budget certainty to help plan for future fires.

Vilsack is scheduled to hold a news conference with U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell in Albuquerque on Sunday.

Meanwhile in New Mexico, questions were being raised about whether bureaucratic red tape prevented firefighters from saving more homes affected by the Little Bear Fire after federal officials released transcripts of the firefighters' response.

Congressman Steve Pearce said Friday in an interview with KOB-TV (http://bit.ly/Mga1yx ) that he believed federal officials could have done more after lightning sparked the fire outside the resort town of Ruidoso on June 4. Days later, high winds sent embers more than a mile from the blaze's end, causing the inferno to grow.

But officials released transcripts of the response on the Lincoln National Forest website that suggested firefighters were attacking the blaze as soon as it was a quarter of an acre.

The fire has destroyed 224 homes. It had burned 59 square miles and was 60 percent contained as of Saturday night.

In Arizona, the Northern Arizona Incident Management Team took command of the 1,500 acre blaze in the Tonto National Forest. Officials said the fire was 15 percent contained and firefighters continued to battle unseasonably dry fuels, high temperatures and low humidity.

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Associated Press writer Russell Contreras in Albuquerque contributed to this report.

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'Rock Of Ages,' 'That's My Boy' Can't Beat 'Madagascar 3': Weekend Box-Office Predictions

Experts predict new movies from Tom Cruise and Adam Sandler, both with lackluster reviews, won't top last weekend's #1 movie.
By Ryan J. Downey

Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta in "Rock of Ages"
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Two years ago, an animated "threequel" topped the box office against new movies from Tom Cruise and Adam Sandler. If industry-watcher prognostication proves correct, it'll be d?jà vu this weekend as another big-budget cartoon trounces the two stars.

Experts predict last weekend's #1 movie, "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted," is likely to beat back new competition from Cruise and his singing compatriots in "Rock of Ages" as well as "That's My Boy," which pairs Sandler with fellow "Saturday Night Live" veteran Andy Samberg.

"I think this frame will shape up just like the weekend of June 25 to June 27, 2010," BoxOfficeGuru.com editor Gitesh Pandya told MTV News. That summer, "Toy Story 3" remained #1 for a second consecutive weekend against Cruise's "Knight and Day" and Sandler's "Grown Ups."

Edward Douglas, who writes "The Weekend Warrior" for ComingSoon.net, agreed, predicting between $30 and $35 million for "Madagascar 3." Movie City News Editor David Poland didn't see a $30 million opening as out of the realm of possibility for Sandler, but countered that "Madagascar" certainly wouldn't drop any lower than that. " 'Rock of Ages' has no chance [at being #1]," he added.

Both of the weekend's big new movies failed to impress critics. "Rock of Ages" had a "rotten" 49 percent critical average on Rotten Tomatoes at press time. "That's My Boy" stood at 15 percent, which is on par with other Sandler comedies ("Grown Ups" had just 10 percent).

" 'Rock of Ages' will get hurt by bad reviews more than 'That's My Boy,' " Pandya predicted. "One of the favorite exercises of film critics is to think of new ways to rip apart the latest Sandler film, so audiences would be shocked by anything other than bad reviews."

Douglas agreed: "It will have less of an effect on 'That's My Boy.' Not only because both Sandler and Samberg have their own dedicated fans, but also because the movie's going to get a significant bump on Father's Day when fathers and their teen and older sons make this their first choice."

"Rock of Ages" arrives armed with a slew of recognizable hair-metal songs from the '80s written by platinum-plus acts like Def Leppard and Poison, as well as built-in support from the fans who saw the show on Broadway. And while the film boasts a large ensemble that includes Malin Akerman and this year's MTV Movie Awards host, Russell Brand, shirtless shots of Cruise as rocker Stacee Jaxx certainly played a big part in marketing.

Pandya said Cruise's star power, the built-in Broadway buzz and the songs are all equal draws for the film, but Poland disagreed: "Broadway buzz, with very few exceptions, is good for less than $20 million total, in my opinion," he said. "And who is coming to hear the songs sung by this cast?"

Douglas noted, "Even with bad reviews, most of the critics have been impressed with Cruise in the role of Stacee Jaxx. It's just not enough to overcome other problems.

"The Broadway show certainly has its fanbase, as do the actual songs, but I believe that's a fairly small group that may go out to see it on Friday. And I really don't think the fans of the Broadway show are going to like the movie at all. It's just too different."

"Knight and Day" was one of only a handful of mainstream-targeted Cruise movies to fail to crack $100 million. "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," however, took in nearly $210 million. So, what will the success or failure of "Rock of Ages" mean for his career?

"Honestly? Absolutely nothing," Douglas reasoned. "I don't think it's only being sold based on Cruise, and he's a supporting character at best rather than the lead. He has already increased his Q-rating with the success of 'Ghost Protocol,' so there's very little that can actually hurt him. While Cruise will contribute to the film opening well, I don't think he'll get blamed if it doesn't have significant legs."

Pandya explained, "Cruise has shrewdly put himself into a win-win situation with 'Rock of Ages,' because if the film does well, he can take some credit due to his buzz-worthy role. However, if it tanks, then it's not his fault since it's an ensemble with a big cast and not resting on his shoulders. There's only upside here for him, so I think this is a great move for his career."

As for Sandler's career, "Jack and Jill" opened with $25 million last year, and like "Knight and Day," finished around $75 million. "Just Go With It" took in $104 million earlier in 2011. In 2009, the more highbrow dramedy "Funny People" opened with $22 million.

"I see 'That's My Boy' opening closer to 'Funny People' and not near his bigger PG-13 hits, which had more appeal," Pandya said. "There's no major female star here, plus the R rating may cut down on some of his younger teen business."

Poland pointed out that "Jack and Jill" was the first broad Adam Sandler comedy (i.e. not a "Punch Drunk Love"-type movie) that didn't break $100 million domestically since "Little Nicky" collected just $40 million in 2000.

"It's definitely not a 'Little Nicky' because Sandler isn't really playing a character as he did in that," Douglas said. "He's just playing an exaggerated version of his 'Big Daddy' character in some ways. And it's a much bigger deal that he's paired with Andy Samberg, who is pretty hot right now. In some ways, it should have a similar effect as when Sandler did 'Grown Ups' because the combined star power will make up for any misgivings people will have about seeing an Adam Sandler movie.

"I'd say this is more in the range of 'Just Go With It' or 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,' " he added.

The last big movie to do battle with "Madagascar" was "Prometheus," which settled for a nevertheless-strong #2 opening. While the brainy sci-fi movie presented audiences with juicy questions about its story (many handily answered by co-writer David Lindelof in a series of emails with MTV News' own Josh Horowitz), the remaining head scratcher for box-office watchers is how much it will decline in its second weekend. Despite a Friday-to-Saturday drop last weekend, though, predictions were optimistic.

"As people seem to be forgetting, there were a number of huge sports events on Saturday, which probably cut into its male-driven business," Douglas noted. "While there may be a large Friday-to-Friday drop this week, the Saturday-to-Saturday won't be so bad, and I can see it actually doing decent business for Father's Day, so I don't see a catastrophic second-weekend drop — definitely sub-55 percent."

Poland predicted, "I see a drop in the mid-40s [percentage wise], as it is still the must-see studio movie for adults."

As for the biggest box-office story of the year thus far, "Marvel's The Avengers" should pass $600 million domestically this summer. "I'd say by the end of July it should be there, if not sooner," Douglas said.

"Disney will jump through every hoop to be able to say it topped 'Titanic' domestically, even if it means a re-release," Poland explained. "But it probably won't be necessary. Looks to me like they can get to $600 million before 'The Amazing Spider-Man' lands in theaters."

It's not all about the big-budget summer flicks, of course. This weekend's smaller releases include "Your Sister's Sister" with Emily Blunt, "The Woman in the Fifth" with Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas, and hip-hop documentary "The Art of Rap."

For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.

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Is etiquette dead? Mind employees' manners ? Business ...

For today?s e-generation, the impersonal tools of email, texting and Face??book have replaced the handshake deal and paper business card. The result, say many HR professionals, is millions of employees who have failed to develop the people skills necessary to conduct face-to-face business, get along with colleagues or impress the boss or board member.

To combat this trend, more corporate training departments are turning into pseudo charm schools. They?re sending employees to business etiquette classes (or hiring personal coaches) to put polish on everything from business correspondence and conversational skills to personal hygiene.

At stake: professionalism and credibility. Enrollment is booming at business etiquette schools.

??The good news is that these skills can be taught,? says management coach and trainer JoAnn Corley. ?It?s mostly a matter of teaching employees to be??come more aware that they are alienating people with their behavior, even if they are talented and work hard.?

5 key steps for HR

If you worry that the personal habits and behavior of your employees?particularly new hires, fresh out of school?might be holding them back (and re??flect??ing poorly on your organization) try these tips for reinforcing business etiquette:

1. Encourage face-to-face interaction

It?s essential for conducting business. Yet too often, it seems easier to send an email, even to a colleague sitting in the cube next door than to stand up and speak to the person.

Actually speaking to someone minimizes mis????understanding.

Tips: Encourage employees to ap??proach co-workers within walking distance for face-to-face conversations about anything that requires a quick response. Explain that eye contact is an important way to show interest in another person and gauge the colleague?s understanding of what you say.

Also, teach listening skills so employees know how to ask clarifying questions and allow others to talk.

Online resource: Download a free Memo to Managers handout on listening at www.theHRSpecialist.com/listen.

2. Enforce a dress code

Your company policy might embrace business casual all week, but some employees hear only the ?casual? part.

Don?t blame your Gen Y em??ployees if they show up for work wearing jeans, flip-flops, or filthy or revealing clothes. Maybe no one ever told them ?business casual? is more about khakis than comfort.

Tips: Your dress code should outline pre??cise do?s and don?ts for workplace attire. Address whether jeans, shorts, gym clothes, miniskirts, halter tops and other casual attire are appropriate. Provide photos of what?s acceptable and what isn?t. Pin??point the necessities.

Don?t assume everyone will read the policy. In??cor??po??rate dress code rules into new-hire orientation info.

Online resource: For more details on dress codes and to access a free sample policy, go to www.theHRSpecialist.com/dress.

3. Set stricter social media rules

Workers were three times more active on Facebook and seven times more active on Twitter in 2011 than in 2010.

Employees who spend time keeping up with pals via social media sites rob your company of productivity. And posting messages, sending texts and reading emails during meetings and conversations is rude.

Online resource: Find advice on creating a social media company policy at www.theHRSpecialist.com/socialpolicy.

4. Gauge civility during interviews

Encourage hiring managers to make note of etiquette during candidate interviews. Ask receptionists how they were treated by the applicant.

Also, it?s becoming more common for recruiters and hiring managers to conduct second interviews over lunch, where it?s easy to determine whether the candidate is courteous to waitstaff and displays good table manners.

Dining out can be a barometer for good judgment, too, like whether a person can en??gage in conversation and resist picking up a cellphone for an hour.

Online resource: Read our Memo to Managers training handout on how to measure the intangible traits of an employee or applicant at www.theHRSpecialist.com/intangible.

5. Don?t assume workplace civility and etiquette are givens

Pamela Eyring, president of the Protocol School of Wash??ington, notes that elementary and high schools no longer in??cor??po??rate lessons in manners or socializing. Busy parents often no longer en??force table manners, respect for elders or even saying ?please? and ?thank you.?

Poor manners, rude behavior and sub??par communication skills, notes Eyring, are a reflection on the company.

?Everything speaks,? she says. ?The way employees dress, the way they be??have, the way they eat, the way they text. They?re so used to texting with abbreviations and using casual language, but it?s turning off clients.?

HR can play a role in bolstering an organization?s orientation and training programs so they include the most basic skills of workplace civility, from personal hygiene to G-rated language.

Newcomers to the workforce should be taught how to dress, act, write business correspondence and show respect.

How to build a culture of better business etiquette

Here are tips for business etiquette training, whether you do it in-house or send em??ployees to outside classes:

???? Mix it up. Combine informal training?like quick webinars and email tips?with face-to-face group training and one-on-one coaching so the message is repeated constantly.

???? Measure business etiquette in every performance appraisal. Tie part of managers? evaluations, pay raises and bonuses to the professionalism displayed by their teams.

??? Enlist your employee assistance program. Your EAP?s mental health professionals can help employees identify their feelings of anger, boredom, grief or joy, for ex??am??ple, and teach them how to manage those emotions. Help employees become accountable for how they express their feelings and learn how to rein them in so their behavior is appropriate for the workplace.

??? Get buy-in from the highest levels of your organization to build a companywide culture that no longer tolerates anti-social and unprofessional behavior, appearance and attitudes in the workplace.

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Motor racing-F1 must tackle costs urgently, says Montezemolo

LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Formula One must take urgent

action to address costs in the light of global economic problems

and the euro zone debt crisis, Ferrari president Luca Di

Montezemolo said on Tuesday.

Spain's Banco Santander, the euro zone's largest bank whose

long-term credit rating was downgraded on Monday by Fitch

Ratings, are one of the FIAT-owned team's most prominent

sponsors.

Euro zone finance ministers agreed at the weekend to lend

Spain up to 100 billion euros to shore up teetering banks hit by

bad loans after a real estate boom turned to bust, although

Santander has said it will not need any of it.

"The world economic situation and that of Europe in

particular, is very serious and the world of Formula One cannot

ignore the fact," Montezemolo said on the Ferrari website

(www.ferrari.com).

"We cannot lose any more time: we need to tackle urgently

and with determination the question of costs.

"Ferrari is in agreement with the (governing) FIA's position

that drastic intervention is required. We are absolutely

convinced that, as I have always said, the teams and the

commercial rights holder must work together with the Federation

on this front," added the Italian.

"This is no longer the moment for getting bogged down in

sterile discussions or the meanderings of engineers, usually

only concerned in defending the interests of someone or other:

the question has to be tackled at the highest level, without

further delay."

Formula One teams, commercial rights holder Bernie

Ecclestone and the International Automobile Federation are in

the final stages of concluding a new 'Concorde Agreement'

governing the sport.

The existing agreement expires at the end of the year but

Ecclestone told CNN last month that most of the 12 teams had

agreed they would sign an extension until 2020.

BUDGET CAP

Ferrari, the only team to have been in the championship

since the first season in 1950 and also the most successful, get

a special premium in recognition of their importance to the

sport on top of their share of the revenues.

They are also the biggest team based in the euro zone, with

most of the others having factories in Britain. Sauber are

Swiss-based, Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso in Italy and tail-enders

HRT have their headquarters in Madrid.

The FIA met teams after last month's Monaco Grand Prix with

mounting concern about how expensive regulations for 2014, when

a new V6 1.6 litre turbo engine is due to be introduced, will

prove.

Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault provide 10 of the 12 teams

with engines, with the other two using Cosworth units.

Formula One has had a so-called Resource Restriction

Agreement (RRA) in place in recent years but the once-united

team body FOTA has been weakened by the departures of Ferrari

and Red Bull over disagreements about spending.

Talks on a new RRA, and the possibility of the FIA policing

some sort of a budget cap, have intensified with reports

suggesting the end of June marks a cutoff point at which teams

can agree measures by a majority vote.

After June 30, any change affecting next year must be

unanimous, which is likely to be much harder to achieve.

Sauber CEO Monisha Kaltenborn suggested in April that a

budget cap should be introduced for next year.

"I think that we should have the next step already in place

for next season and take it from there. Next season for me

should already see a major step forward in the financial

feasibility of a team," she told the formula1.com website.

"When the current Concorde Agreement comes to an end at the

end of this season, I think it would be a good time to set some

kind of rules."

(Editing by Alison Wildey)

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Nokia 'sharpens strategy' by dropping three executives, laying off 10,000 and dumping Vertu

Nokia is still trying to turn things around after a slew of losses, and has made some tough decisions about how to move forward by announcing it will reduce staff by up to 10,000 people before the end of 2013. Also on the outs are three executives, and it has sold the luxury brand Vertu to private equity group EQT VI. That's not the end of the bad news either, as Nokia is also reporting it will take a charge of 1 billion Euros ($1.3 billion) by the end of 2013 as a result of the restructuring and its efforts to return to profitability. Check the press releases after the break for more details while we sort through what this means for the (remaining) folks in Espoo.

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Here at Slate, we are always looking for new ways to reach our readers. The image-based social networking site Pinterest has grown very quickly over the last year, and now boasts more than 20 million users per month. We decided it was time to get in on the fun. Today, we are launching 5 boards we hope will appeal to the Pinterest community. Our plan is to feature Slate favorites: the books, DVDs, recipes and other stuff mentioned in Slate articles and podcasts, and general recommendations from the Slate staff. Through our Pinterest boards you will be able to check out the latest books we?ve reviewed, see photos from our food series, ?You?re Doing It Wrong? find that movie that the Culture Gabfest hosts were raving about, and even get recommendations for kids? products from our savvy staffers. (We?ve got a lot of parents!)

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