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...highest mountain gets its name from Aki Nabalu ("Mountain of the Dead")?the term used by the local Kadazan people, who believe their ancestors inhabit its highest peaks. Start the trek early from Kinabalu Park HQ, and you can make your overnight stop at the guesthouse at Laban Rata (3,300 m) in time for dinner. Most climbers rise around 3 a.m. the next day to start the final assault on the summit, Low's Peak, and catch the sunrise. Guides can help you identify the unique mountain flora?like the rat-swallowing pitcher plant?as well as ensuring that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peak Performance | 3/21/2005 | See Source »

...highest mountain gets its name from Aki Nabalu ("Mountain of the Dead") - the term used by the local Kadazan people, who believe their ancestors inhabit its highest peaks. Start the trek early from Kinabalu Park HQ, and you can make your overnight stop at the guesthouse at Laban Rata (3,300 m) in time for dinner. Most climbers rise around 3 a.m. the next day to start the final assault on the summit, Low's Peak, and catch the sunrise. Guides can help you identify the unique mountain flora - like the rat-swallowing pitcher plant - as well as ensuring that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peak Performance | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

...employers cannot return money to individuals who fail to exhaust their accounts, lest fsas start to look like tax shelters. But companies can give the money back pro rata to everyone in the plan. Almost none do, choosing instead to offset plan administrative costs--an outrage that Congress finally noticed last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inflexible-Spending Accounts | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

...employers cannot return money to individuals who fail to exhaust their accounts, lest FSAS start to look like tax shelters. But companies can give the money back pro rata to everyone in the plan. Almost none do, choosing instead to offset plan administrative costs - an outrage that Congress finally noticed last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inflexible-Spending Accounts | 10/17/2002 | See Source »

...less than inflation. Income covering indirect expenses, which represent reimbursements to the University for costs such as general and departmental administration, library use, operation and maintenance of facilities, and depreciation, none of which can be directly associated with single research projects but which must be aggregated and distributed pro rata to all projects, increased by 16.4% to $29.1 million. Total receipts from the government constituted 23.7% of University expenditures, a decrease from 24.9% during the prior year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL RESULTS | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

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