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Toyota rocked the automotive world a few hours ago with full details of a new form of transport it will exhibit at the Geneva Motor Show which begins tomorrow. Toyota's i-ROAD is a fully-enclosed, two-seater, three-wheeled, fully-electric, Personal Mobility Vehicle (PMV) which looks to be more a competitor for the motorcycle than anything we have seen before from the world's largest automotive manufacturer. Read More
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American-based studio Höweler + Yoon Architecture has developed an intriguing concept for modern urban infrastructure between Boston and Washington called "Boswash." Central to the design of this imagined mega-region is the firm's "Shareway" design – a bundled transport concept that seeks to redress the nightmare of the urban commute by connecting public and individual transport to a single artery along the 450 mile (724 km) route of the existing Interstate 95. Read More
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An international team of researchers has achieved an important theoretical result by finding that quantum teleportation – the process of transporting quantum information at the speed of light, which could in theory be used to teleport macroscopic objects and, one day, even humans – can be achieved in a much more energy-efficient way than was previously thought. Read More
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Presently, the Norwegian villages of Lavik and Oppedal are linked by a ferry that burns about a million liters (264,172 US gallons) of diesel a year, emitting 570 tonnes (628 tons) of carbon dioxide and 15 tonnes (16.5 tons) of nitrogen oxides. That's about to change, however, as it's slated to be replaced by what is claimed to be the world's first all-electric car-carrying ferry. Developed by Siemens and Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand, the vessel can recharge its batteries in just ten minutes. Read More
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The five-ish years I've spent working toward a PhD have been incredibly rewarding. I'm deeply indebted to the countless grad students, postdocs, and faculty who helped along the way. I'm grateful to those who did their best to teach me how to be a successful researcher, generously provided me with opportunities, and were resources for both professional and personal development. To loosely quote the best researcher I ever had the pleasure to beat at squash, I'm proud to call you friends, not colleagues.
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Checkpoint list for the weekend of Aug. 17-19
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We received several emails about missing a post last week, and we feel the need to explain. You see, there was this bachelor party in Put-in-Bay and, well, it distracted our entire staff. But we're here now, and that's what matters. Let's dive in.
There are plenty of checkpoints in Northeast Ohio this weekend. Here's what we know so far.
CORRECTION: Cleveland will have a checkpoint tonight (Thursday) at East 55th and Fleet. It will run from 8 pm to 12 am. We'd heard earlier that there would be one tomorrow night, but we have this one confirmed. We'll post an update if there is also one Friday.
Second Cleveland Checkpoint: Cleveland will have a checkpoint tonight (Friday) at St. Clair Avenue & E. 72nd Street. The checkpoint will start at 10:00 pm and end at 2:00 am.
Lakewood is going to have a checkpoint Saturday night at 16207 Detroit Ave. it will most likely run from 9 pm to 2 am.
North Royalton is going to have a checkpoint saturday night. It is going to be on the corner of State 82 and Abbey Road from 8 pm to 12 am.
South Euclid will have a checkpoint Friday night. We're waiting on a time/location. If we are unable to find the location, we recommend checking our previous posts, they usually do them in the same location.
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Polaris area: Route 23 (High St.) right at the Franklin/Delaware County Line 10p-2am.
Westerville (Northwest Cbus suburb) Cleveland Ave. in Westerville from 9p-3am.
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"When it came to launching my own business, I needed a plan. I couldn't just work it out on a cocktail napkin. I needed time to think it through. I might be brave and adventurous, but I'm also very methodical.
An entrepreneurial friend told me that she'd registered for a Business Planning Class at the San Francisco Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center. They offered a 14-week planning session to help entrepreneurs work on their business plan and give their idea wings.
So I decided to register… I worked on firming up my idea, looking at it from all angles, and finally creating a robust business plan that would set me up for success.
I can't recommend the RenCenter enough. Today it has offices in SF, the Peninsula, and Marin, with more small business incubators for new entrepreneurs. Sharon Miller is an amazing CEO and visionary. Their instructors are brilliant (special shout out to my mentor, Paul Terry) and the support is amazing. They are not your Shark Tanks."
(thanks for the shout-out, Josiane!)
Now, Josiane wants to encourage others who are passionate about a business idea and ready to take the plunge. TeleSmart Communications is offering a scholarship to one lucky person who would like to register for Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center's 14-week business planning class in 2015.
Do you have an entrepreneurial dream? Click here to learn more about TeleSmart's scholarship opportunity!]]>
Gail Lillian's popular food truck business Liba Falafel expanded to a brick and mortar location in Oakland this year. The San Francisco Chronicle recently featured a great review of the business.
Renaissance graduate and teacher Heidi Gibson's and Nate Pollack's business The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen has reached a milestone — 1 million grilled cheese sandwiches sold in just a little over four years of business. And they are in the process of expanding again!
Rachel Saunders, owner of Blue Chair Fruit Company has a new book coming out this month — Blue Chair Cooks with Jam and Marmalade! It's all about how to incorporate fruit preserves into your cooking.
And Renaissance graduate, Tim Lee will be opening Liquid Gold on Hyde Street in San Francisco, the city's newest bottle shop and tap room. The grand opening was Saturday!
Please join PTA in showing your support for local small businesses and these hard-working, passionate entrepreneurs!]]>
But if you have employees, how do you motivate them to feel as passionately about the business as you do? How can you encourage them to "act like owners", too?
Eight Tips on Motivating Your Team:
If you have employees, they are an essential part of your business – you cannot be a success without them. By creating a more transparent enterprise, sharing praise and decision making, and taking the time to listen and to delegate, you will create a positive business culture that will help both you and your business thrive. When you encourage employees to develop skills and stay engaged with the business, you will be making the best use of your time and skill level, too!]]>
Whether you are an emerging entrepreneur or an experienced business owner entrenched in the complexities of running a business, business action planning can help you identify measurable goals and create specific steps to reach your desired outcomes.
Your passion and a strong vision for your enterprise launched you into small business ownership but a great idea alone won't make you a successful business owner. You must turn your initial ideas into realistic goals with a specific plan for action.
Every area of your business – customer/client relations, marketing and sales, business operations, ownership expansion, and your eventual exit from the business – can benefit from action planning. So how do you begin?
Put it in writing. Writing down exactly where you are today and where you want to be in the future will force you to think concretely. Taking the time to write down your goals may spark some new ideas, too.
Be S.M.A.R.T. – that is, specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely/time-bound. You need to be able to clearly state what you want to achieve and your goal needs to be concrete and doable. Initially, steer clear of goals that might take you three to five years to achieve. Once you get comfortable with the action planning process, you can use it to tackle bigger, longer-term goals. For now, stay focused on something you can attain within a year's time, or even less.
Take it one step at a time. You are much more likely to attain your goal when you identify specific steps to reach it. Each step needs a realistic deadline and an estimate of how much it will cost you—not just in dollars but in your time and other resources.
Everyone needs someone to lean on. Trusted advisors and people in your business support network are essential during this process. They can be a sounding board while you create your plan and they can keep you accountable once you have a plan… every step of the way.
Long and pretty it ain't. A business action plan isn't a fancy document—it's a usable one. It needs to be accessible and referred to frequently. It might help to set reminders on your calendar to review it so that you can stay on track and make adjustments if necessary.
Still feeling daunted by action planning? We support clients through the action planning process every day –helping them create goals relevant to their current stage of business, identify specific action steps, and stay on track. How can we help you?]]>
The term "encore career" is being used to describe a new career later in life—one that is focused not just on making a living but on making a difference. Encore.org—a San Francisco non-profit that helps people pursue "second acts for the greater good"—defines encore careers as jobs that combine personal meaning, continued income and social impact in the second half of life. And according to the organization, the idea is catching on. As many as 9 million people ages 44 to 70 are already in encore careers, with 31 million more interested in the idea but not sure how to make the transition.
For many, the encore career most appealing is starting a business. In 2012, nearly one quarter of all new businesses were started by people ages 55 to 64. According to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, business creation by older Americans grew more than 60% between 1996 and 2012.
So if you are interested in starting a business, where do you begin?
1. Follow your passion! Your business will only succeed if you love what you do. As Steve Jobs says, "The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do."
2. Know yourself well. Assess your strengths and weaknesses to determine if you have what it takes. Do you have some of the traits common to successful entrepreneurs? What are your existing skills? Older entrepreneurs have an advantage — at this point you probably have a good sense of what you love to do and what you can do well. Now, instead of doing that work for an employer, you can do it for yourself.
3. Get out there to connect and learn. There is so much to learn from others in the field. Read, take classes, join small business groups of like-minded people, find organizations focused on the issues you are passionate about, as well as organizations focused on senior entrepreneurs. Starting a business can be a risky endeavor but much less so when you have relevant skills, a sense of the marketplace, and an understanding of what others have tried already and what has succeeded or failed. (Renaissance Marin offers a class called Encorepreneurs, based on The Encore Career Handbook by Marci Alboher.)
4. Don't do it alone. Starting a new business can be a significant undertaking. You need a strong network to help you navigate through the rough patches and mentors who will share sound guidance. It is important to surround yourself with supportive and insightful people. As someone with life and career experience, there is a good chance you have a strong network of contacts already — people you can turn to as a support system and people who might eventually be customers or clients.
5. Use all the business tools you can find. There are many non-profit organizations and government agencies committed to helping people start their own small businesses. In San Francisco, the Office of Small Business is a great resource, with a helpful step-by-step guide to starting a business. Technology has made it a lot easier to start a business, too, with online tools like License 123 for finding all the licenses and permits you'll need. Check out our website for more resources.
6. Money, money, money. There are many small and home-based businesses that can be launched without much start-up capital. No matter your size, knowing the resources you have and projecting what you may be able to earn is critical. How much do you need to make each month to cover expenses and make a profit? What are your start-up costs and how will you fund your transition? There are many ways to fund your business, with crowdfunding platforms becoming an increasingly popular strategy.
7. Make a plan! Your plan doesn't need to be lengthy but it's helpful to give some thought to marketing, money and management before you begin. A business plan can force you to clarify your idea, understand the external conditions that might affect your business, and set realistic goals with benchmarks to track your progress. Doing the research, talking to people and creating realistic financial projections will give you confidence to get your business started and keep it going. Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center offers a 14-week business planning class to help you through the process.
Above all, what's most important is to get out there and keep learning. Starting a small business is tough but it can be so rewarding both for the people you serve and the person you become. You are never too old to learn something new and make a difference.]]>
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are packed with workshops TED-style talks for entrepreneurs on a variety of topics, including identifying your target market, running your business in the cloud, accessing capital for growth, and business law. Check out the schedule and sign up for workshops – they are free but space is limited!
As a part of Small Business Week, I was interviewed by my colleague Ken Stram of 2Bridge Communications for the Small Business Week SF YouTube channel. I was asked to comment on staying in business for the long-term, and you can check it out here.
Small business has a tremendous impact on our neighborhoods, city and our local economy. There are over 80,000 small businesses and start-ups in San Francisco and small businesses create two out of every three jobs. Check out Small Business Week 2014 and share what you learn!]]>
It has been my pleasure to help design services and provide training, consulting and support to Renaissance students and graduates over the past twenty+ years. As the coordinator and lead instructor for Renaissance's 14-week business planning class in San Francisco, I know first-hand how Renaissance helps support so many Bay Area small businesses each year. Congratulations Renaissance!
(I was honored to receive SBN's Small Business Advocate Award last year.)]]>
Becoming the leader of a business can be a similar process. We step into the role (sometimes before we are ready) and we step up to the opportunity (even if we stumble along the way). Finally, we learn to step out of day-to-day management and into a leadership role. We develop the personal perspective and skills to take our businesses to the next level.
Your business will have different needs at different times. As a new start-up or a home-based business, you need to figure out what you are doing, convince others to buy from you, and close the sale. As you expand, you can go after more clients and customers and adjust your services and products to fit the market. As your businesses matures, you as the owner need to mature as well. You need to know when it is time to step away from the day-to-day running of the business and bring in additional support. This becomes a leadership opportunity.
Giving up control over certain aspects of your business is one of the hardest things to do as a business owner. Yet it is essential if you want to grow your business. To be successful, your time needs to be spent on the future of your business, not just the day-to-day needs.
But how do you recognize the gaps that you need to fill? How to define the complexity of your business and bring your business skills into alignment? How do you know you are ready to hire people and train them to operate the business the way that you have proven is successful?
As a small businesses owner, you may be forced to make quick decisions, reacting to opportunities as they appear instead of strategically setting your course. And, you may have to make things up as you go along, essentially "building the plane as you fly it". Yet when it comes to hiring people, good preparation is key. It is critical to to first ask yourself why you need help, what type of person or skill set is best suited for the job, and how you will train, direct and assess new hires so that you can incorporate them smoothly into your business.
Here are six important tips to consider when planning to hire employees and step into a position of leadership.
1. Understand the financial impact
Before jumping into a hiring process, you need to be able to afford it. Financial costs and revenues forecasting comes first. Hiring the right person comes second.
2. Look for people who complement your skill sets
It is important to hire people who can do the type of work that is important to the business but that you don't do well. Do you struggle to track your expenditures or manage your budget? Bring in someone with strong money management skills. Do you love making the product but shy away from reaching out to potential customers? Hire someone with great people skills and a sales or marketing background.
3. Spend time on training and then get out of the way
You might be eager to get a new person working as soon as possible but it's important to put energy into training so the new hire not only understands how to do things the right way but also understands why it's important to do them that way. Once a new person is trained, it's time to get out of the way. The business is your "baby" and you may have been responsible for all tasks until now. But the only way a new hire can be motivated, loyal to the business and successful, is if you let him or her own some of the work, too.
4. Set the right tone and others will follow
You, as the owner, set the business culture. If you are motivated and happy in your role, if you are transparent, open, consistent and fair, then others will follow your lead. As the owner, you must be a good communicator and in particular, you must communicate your vision and goals with the people who work for you. Without clear business goals, it's easy for everyone to get lost in the details and lose sight of the big picture. You all need to be on the same page.
5. Continually take the pulse of your team
A good leader takes time to give clear directions, solicit feedback and listen to suggestions. By scheduling regular check-ins, team meetings and performance reviews with your employees, you create a productive space for communicating goals, addressing concerns and answering questions. Your employees can then feel confident that they know what is expected of them, and you can feel free to give them the space they need to do their jobs well. How you communicate with your employees (and how your employees communicate with each other) makes all the difference!
6. Get help through the process
You don't have to figure it all out on your own. We help small business clients all the time to assess their needs, make the right hires, create training programs to build strong teams, and implement better management systems. Your support network of advisers and other small business owners can be a guide or sounding board as you develop leadership skills and systems for better management.
It is important to invest time, money and attention in your people. They are key to your business success!]]>
Fresh Air's Terry Gross recently interviewed Brigid Schulte, author of the book, Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play, When No One Has the Time. Schulte says that the key to time management is "figuring out what's important to you, and then making time to do what's most important first." It sounds simple and yet it's hard to do when so many things compete for our attention and everything feels urgent.
Many of us keep detailed to-do lists. Our list will grow and grow and can become so long that it's easier to focus on the "simple stuff" we can quickly complete and check off the list. We put off the tasks that will be most strategic for our business, the tasks that will help us grow and be a success. Schulte calls this tendency to spend time on the small stuff, "virtuous busyness".
As small business owners we wear many hats and must often multi-task. We have the tendency to want to do it all ourselves (even when we are stuck) and we don't want to delegate (or don't know how to). We are often completely consumed in the business without making time to work on the business, or we let personal stuff get in the way of how we run our business.
There can be a lot of emotions tied up with how we spend and "manage" our time, too. When we have too much to do we can get overwhelmed and frustrated. Our actions become non-productive. We procrastinate (ignoring what we know we must do) or we sabotage ourselves (purposely doing something counterproductive), and we end up paralyzed – blaming ourselves and sometimes even giving up.
One way out of this overwhelm is by paying attention to the Pareto Principle or what is often referred to as the "80/20 Rule":
If you can figure out which tasks are producing your business' results, you can spend more time on those activities and less time on others. Often if a task makes you feel uncomfortable or if you are putting it off, it's probably a sign that it needs your attention!
As a simple way to start, Perry Marshall, author of 80/20 Sales and Marketing, recommends that we flip our daily to do list. "If there are 10 things you need to do today, odds are that one task is worth 10 times more than the rest. It is natural to want to put it off and get the other tasks done first but you need to switch it around and first focus on that one thing that is most important." Do you need to write your marketing plan, call a disgruntled customer, create financial projections or go after a new client? Focus on that key task first.
When I talk to my business students about time management I share the same essential message. The first step is to identify the priorities — or BIG ROCKS — for your business and then structure your time to put them first. If you are a small business owner (particularly if you are just launching your businesses) you really cannot do it all. You need to focus on the key 10-20% of your business that can bring the best results now. Once you have some comfort in or mastery over that area, you can expand your focus.
Now, it's time to take action! Starting first thing tomorrow…
The reality is that your to-do list will never go away and it will probably always be long. It may be helpful to write down all your tasks so they don't keep swimming around in your head. But the goal is to not get distracted by your list.
And, it is important to put away the list entirely sometimes. Our best business breakthroughs often come when we aren't focused on our business. Sometimes it is only when we take a break, that we can gain perspective.]]>
Each stone, with its special design and word of inspiration, is unique and the process of making them is a labor of love.
Every year my wife, Leslie, creates a new stone design. Together we select river rocks that are the right size and color, we wash and scrub them, I apply linseed oil to bring out their rich hue, and then Leslie glues interesting handmade papers to each rock, often incorporating string or twine. The last step in the process is adding a word of wisdom to the back of each stone.
After so many years of making these stones together and sending them off into the community, we started to wonder… where do they end up and what do they mean to people?
So we asked. Here is some of what we found out…
They decorate people's bookshelves, tables and mantels:
They live in the office, the bathroom and the garden:
And they can be found in many rooms throughout peoples' houses:
"One is on my table, another on my bookshelf, a fourth by my meditation area, and a fifth by my bedside."
"The chaos of my life always benefits from having a few wisdom stones nearby. And yes, they are in every room of my house. Almost."
For some people, the stones are decoration. For others, they are continued inspiration. One colleague keeps her wisdom stones in her office and they inspire her communication with her clients. Another colleague shared, "I sometimes have a client pick up a rock to guide our consulting session if they are stuck on some issue: it breaks them into a smile!"
This colleague used her wisdom stones at a party once as a way to introduce people to each other. Each party guest read a word on a rock and shared what it meant for them, which made for some fun ice breaker introductions. She then mused that if she could remember which rock she received on which year, it would be interesting to look at the words of wisdom and see how they matched the trajectory of her business and her business growth.
It has been fun to see where these stones have ended up and what they mean to people. For me, making the stones and then giving them away is a way to connect to community… sharing small objects of beauty that bring joy and inspiration to those around me.
If you have ever received a PTA wisdom stone, please let me know what it means to you.]]>


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Spiced Brandy Semifreddo with Cranberries
Published: November 2009 Servings: 6 prep: 30 minutes total: 6 hours
- 1/3 cup plus 1/4 cup sugar
- 4 large egg yolks
- 2 ounces high-quality white chocolate (such as Lindt or Perugina), chopped
- 1 cup chilled heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon brandy
- 1 tablespoon dark rum
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed
- 2 tablespoons chopped crystallized ginger
Nutritional Information
One serving contains the following:
- Calories (kcal) 302.7
- %Calories from Fat 63.0
- Fat (g) 21.2
- Saturated Fat (g) 12.3
- Cholesterol (mg) 196.7
- Carbohydrates (g) 25.1
- Dietary Fiber (g) 0.7
- Total Sugars (g) 20.7
- Net Carbs (g) 24.5
- Protein (g) 3.3
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Whisk 1/3 cup sugar, egg yolks, and 2 tablespoons water in small metal bowl. Set bowl over saucepan filled with simmering water; whisk until thickened and candy thermometer registers 165°F, about 2 minutes. Remove from over water. Add white chocolate; whisk until melted and smooth. Cool to barely lukewarm.
Using electric mixer, beat cream and next 4 ingredients in large bowl to very soft peaks; fold into yolk mixture. Divide among 6 short glasses. Freeze until semi-firm, at least 6 hours or overnight.
Cook cranberries, 1/4 cup sugar, and 2 tablespoons water in heavy small saucepan over medium-high heat until cranberries begin to pop, stirring often, about 4 minutes. Mix in ginger. Chill until cold, about 1 hour. Spoon over mousse.
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Our bullish calls were faring badly at midyear ("Nothing to Write Home About," July 16, 2012), when they collectively were about six percentage points behind the market, but some big second-half winners, including Phillips 66 PSX -0.32687955745536834% Phillips 66 U.S.: NYSE USD79.28 -0.26 -0.32687955745536834% /Date(1417039575393-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4303118 AFTER HOURS USD79.2778 -0.0022 -0.0027749747729566097% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 80826 P/E Ratio 10.296103896103896 Market Cap 43882510003.0359 Dividend Yield 2.522704339051463% Rev. per Employee 11700300 More quote details and news » (ticker: PSX), Time Warner TWX 1.6375545851528384% Time Warner Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD83.79 1.35 1.6375545851528384% /Date(1417039521493-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4660844 AFTER HOURS USD83.79 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 98976 P/E Ratio 18.058189655172413 Market Cap 70256744630.5719 Dividend Yield 1.5156939968970045% Rev. per Employee 857088 More quote details and news » (TWX), German steel maker ThyssenKrupp TKA.XE -0.6733224982586488% ThyssenKrupp AG Germany: Xetra EUR21.39 -0.145 -0.6733224982586488% /Date(1417131324000-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1743961 P/E Ratio 57.810810810810814 Market Cap 12187473397.7072 Dividend Yield 2.1037868162692845% Rev. per Employee 256954 More quote details and news » (TKA.Germany), and biotech outfit Sarepta Therapeutics SRPT 1.7554479418886197% Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD16.81 0.29 1.7554479418886197% /Date(1417039200155-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 779297 AFTER HOURS USD16.86 0.05 0.297441998810232% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3877 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 694421101.023101 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 84630.1 More quote details and news » (SRPT), enabled us to pull ahead nicely. A few of our biggest gainers were smaller companies, such as coffee distributor Farmer Bros. farm -0.1725327812284334% Farmer Bros. Co. U.S.: Nasdaq USD28.93 -0.05 -0.1725327812284334% /Date(1417039200113-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 22967 AFTER HOURS USD28.93 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 191 P/E Ratio 35.71604938271605 Market Cap 480064421.091156 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 290251 More quote details and news » (FARM) and Big 5 Sporting Goods BGFV 0.8295625942684767% Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD13.37 0.11 0.8295625942684767% /Date(1417039200039-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 100016 AFTER HOURS USD13.37 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4103 P/E Ratio 16.924050632911392 Market Cap 296466374.606247 Dividend Yield 2.9917726252804786% Rev. per Employee 108396 More quote details and news » (BGFV), written about by our small-cap maven, David Englander.
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Our 23 negative stories from last year also beat their benchmarks, declining an average of 4%, versus a 5.3% rise in the indexes. We scored with bearish calls on ITT Educational Services ESI -1.6501650165016502% ITT Educational Services Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD8.94 -0.15 -1.6501650165016502% /Date(1417039326554-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 472010 AFTER HOURS USD8.94 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 123 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 209625109.751587 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 204614 More quote details and news » (ESI), Caesars Entertainment CZR 5.027590435315757% Caesars Entertainment Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD17.13 0.82 5.027590435315757% /Date(1417039200217-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1767704 AFTER HOURS USD17.13 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11445 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 2472920930.48233 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 126141 More quote details and news » (CZR), J.C. Penney JCP -1.3994910941475827% J.C. Penney Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD7.75 -0.11 -1.3994910941475827% /Date(1417039441829-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10977266 AFTER HOURS USD7.76 0.01 0.12903225806451613% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 75086 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 2362199905.39551 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 103812 More quote details and news » (JCP), Herbalife hlf 3.3341271731364612% Herbalife Ltd. U.S.: NYSE USD43.39 1.4 3.3341271731364612% /Date(1417039415467-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3702149 AFTER HOURS USD43.25 -0.14 -0.3226549896289468% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20690 P/E Ratio 12.291784702549576 Market Cap 3983202076.3855 Dividend Yield 2.7656141968195436% Rev. per Employee 727699 More quote details and news » (HLF), and Facebook FB 2.6312309929921986% Facebook Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD77.62 1.99 2.6312309929921986% /Date(1417039200770-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 32280694 AFTER HOURS USD77.5999 -0.0201 -0.025895387786652926% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 440891 P/E Ratio 71.87037037037037 Market Cap 216392746298.421 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1767400 More quote details and news » (FB). We measure only returns from the initial article on a company, not subsequent stories, so as not to double count. That's why we use our original bearish call on Facebook shortly before its initial public offering in May, rather than our less prescient cover story in September, when the stock was at about $23. Our worst bearish calls were Radian Group RDN 1.0644589000591367% Radian Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD17.09 0.18 1.0644589000591367% /Date(1417039286514-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 780252 AFTER HOURS USD17.09 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5178 P/E Ratio 5.5123697706673545 Market Cap 3265078742.53113 Dividend Yield 0.058513750731421885% Rev. per Employee 1416180 More quote details and news » (RDN) and Medifast med 0.6451612903225806% Medifast Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD29.64 0.19 0.6451612903225806% /Date(1417039324868-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 114662 AFTER HOURS USD29.64 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 886 P/E Ratio 17.748502994011975 Market Cap 357488028.794251 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 394424 More quote details and news » (MED).
Our tally includes company-specific articles in Barron's and excludes broad industry stories that touch on many companies. It also doesn't reflect the stock picks and pans of our many columnists, who do their own report cards.
We measure stocks against relevant benchmarks, using the Standard & Poor's 500 index for large companies, the S&P MidCap 400 for midsize companies, and the Russell 2000 for small stocks. We also benchmark foreign stocks against the S&P 500. In our weekly follow-up section, we sometimes declare victory on a successful bullish or bearish call, or admit defeat. When that happens, we run the return calculation through the follow-up date, not year end.
The biggest winner among bullish articles, Sarepta Therapeutics, released favorable results in October from a clinical trial for a drug designed to stimulate the missing protein in boys suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal muscle-wasting disease. Those results have raised expectations that the Sarepta drug will gain regulatory approval and generate significant revenue for the formerly obscure company. Our worst bullish calls were Cliffs Natural Resources CLF -0.5434782608695652% Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD9.15 -0.05 -0.5434782608695652% /Date(1417039372929-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4595784 AFTER HOURS USD9.18 0.03 0.32786885245901637% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3840 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 1401734258.57734 Dividend Yield 6.557377049180328% Rev. per Employee 670622 More quote details and news » (CLF), the iron-ore producer; Deckers Outdoor deck 0.2708615480779248% Deckers Outdoor Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD96.25 0.26 0.2708615480779248% /Date(1417039321138-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 403246 AFTER HOURS USD95.99 -0.26 -0.2701298701298701% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1833 P/E Ratio 18.689320388349515 Market Cap 3333715152.74048 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 567124 More quote details and news » (DECK), the maker of Ugg boots; and toy maker Jakks Pacific jakk 2.3255813953488373% JAKKS Pacific Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD7.04 0.16 2.3255813953488373% /Date(1417039200100-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 447551 AFTER HOURS USD7.05 0.01 0.14204545454545456% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2181 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 163785594.815636 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 915269 More quote details and news » (JAKK).
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Jan 10, 2014Call of Duty: Ghosts is everything that Call of Duty titles have been in the past: fast-paced action and the usual competitive multiplayer with a few twists thrown in.
Jan 8, 2014The multiplayer pillar is wobbly, but a lightness of touch elsewhere keeps the game steady. Not a stellar year for Call of Duty, but solid enough. [Jan 2014, p.78]
Nov 22, 2013The new multiplayer modes are exciting, but they are bogged down by the low quality maps. If you just need a game to scratch your FPS itch, Ghosts will tide you over till another Call of Duty comes out, but if you are looking for a shooter that is surprising and profound, you are better off passing on Ghosts.
Nov 17, 2013The campaign is a shallow Frankengame, hollow-hearted and unsure of its footing as it tries to keep up with Call of Duty's own self-escalation of incredulous scenarios, with ludicrously stupid set pieces and a story built around relationships that nobody will care about come the end of the credits.
Nov 13, 2013Call of Duty: Ghosts is an alright game, but it doesn't push the boundaries as much other entries in the franchise.
Nov 11, 2013If you're a Wii U owner looking for a great first-person shooter that's comparable to the current generation, then rejoice in knowing that Activision has provided just that experience for you.
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December 5, 2004
Neils and Nella Schwarz, and their white Shih Tzu named Rome, are playing the Scottsdale version of house hopscotch.
A few months ago, they bought a "starter home" for $440,000 in a cactus-studded north Scottsdale development.
The couple, who work in the semiconductor and banking industries, chose their 2,300-square-foot home in the Winfield community partly for its rural beauty, but mostly for its investment potential.
In two years, they'll move into a new urban loft that is being built in downtown Scottsdale, where art galleries outnumber saguaros.
Neils, 40, and Nella, 46, are a different breed of settler today than the retirees who came to populate Scottsdale a few decades ago in search of open spaces and a siesta lifestyle.
The national image of Scottsdale may still be one of sun-drenched golf courses, sunset dinners and snowbirds, but it's fast becoming an urbanized community with powerful job centers, populated by the working wealthy and growing families.
"When I first moved up to this area seven years ago, all of my neighbors were retired," Nella said. "There used to be only second homes, but now people are moving here full time."
As one business leader put it, Scottsdale was a "one-horse town" just a few decades ago. That horse was tourism. Today, the city is a diverse center of commerce that exports jobs to the rest of the Valley.
Scottsdale is changing, from its boulder-choked tip whose character will be shaped by the future success of the environmental preservation effort to its aging southern end that is banking on biotechnology.
The Tribune has examined how and why Scottsdale is changing through the eyes of residents, merchants and civic and business leaders. The findings show a city in the midst of a remarkable transformation, shaped by tremendous physical and economic forces that have come from far beyond Scottsdale's borders.
Construction of the Pima Freeway stretch of Loop 101 has done more to change the city than any municipal planner would have hoped, helping the Scottsdale Airpark become the Valley's thirdlargest employment hub. Farranging legal and political battles over tens of thousands of acres that crown the northeastern edge of the Valley will dictate how Scottsdale grows in the future.
Tension between the rural Western lifestyle and today's more urbanized movement is still tangible. Hummer-driving entrepreneurs share the road with a shrinking cowboy and boot crowd. Stuccoed developments have overtaken many of the open spaces and horse ranches.
"Scottsdale for the last 15 years has been blessed with open space to drive growth. Now we need to embrace redevelopment and revitalization," said Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce president Virginia Korte. "We need to transform to a redevelopment environment, honoring our history and culture, but maintaining the cachet of Scottsdale."
In the 1970s, the big news in town was a road expansion that extended Hayden Road north to McCormick Ranch.
That master-planned development — with its larger homes, landscaped corridors and upscale physical ambiance — was a blueprint for northward sprawl.
Developments such as Grayhawk, McDowell Mountain Ranch and DC Ranch brought a wave of upper middle-class couples and families to the area.
Larry Gabriele saw it coming.
At a time when Los Arcos Mall in south Scottsdale was preparing to open, he and his Chicago law partners bought 100 acres some 20 miles north in what was then unincorporated Maricopa County land.
They paid $1,100 per acre in 1968. By 1972, they sold it for $4,000 per acre.
"We thought we were brilliant," Gabriele said. "I've seen land up here go for well over $100,000 an acre."
He eventually moved to the upscale community of Desert Highlands with his wife and three children in 1990.
He was 47, which was a youthful age compared with most residents in the guarded and gated communities of north Scottsdale.
But those days are changing. And he's witness to it personally. Two of his children met their spouses in Scottsdale, and have since gone on to raise families of their own within the community.
"So, I got to see these youngsters moving into town," said Gabriele, now 62. "It was no longer just the retiree, second-home kind of person. Now we began to form a community."
The percentage of families and family size is growing in Scottsdale, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
In 2000, Scottsdale families — or those households with two or more related people — made up about 75 percent of the population, compared with 63 percent in 1990.
Family size has grown from 2.24 people to 2.79 people during the same time.
Yet it is still among the oldest Valley cities, with a median age of 41.
That could be a symptom of the cost of living and an aging baby boomer demographic.
People who can afford Scottsdale are generally older and near the peak of their earning potential, said Don Hadder, a Scottsdale senior planner.
Gabriele, who is building multimillion-dollar homes in the last undeveloped section of DC Ranch — called Silverleaf — is seeing a majority of buyers who can be termed "the working wealthy."
He rattled off a list of occupations: Doctors, lawyers, smallbusiness owners, CEOs, real estate developers.
"And some have (financial) help from their families," he said. "We're talking to people in the 45-to 50-year-old category, maybe even 40."
The Schwarzes fit that profile. Unlike the retirees who flocked to Scottsdale decades ago, they have to work to afford their lifestyle.
Neils owns a company that manufactures and sells semiconductor equipment, putting him on flights to Asia and Europe three weeks each month.
Nella works for a lending institution that finances telecommunications companies.
The couple purchased their downtown loft for $535,000 to be closer to restaurants, art galleries and entertainment venues. Though they are doing quite well for themselves, Neils still reels at the price of real estate in Scottsdale.
"It's a tremendous place, but it's way expensive," he said.
At nearly $572,000, the median price of a new Scottsdale home last quarter was more than three times as expensive as the Maricopa County median of $177,500.
And homes are getting larger, too.
The average size of a custom home being built in Scottsdale this year is 5,076 square feet, compared with 4,575 square feet in 2000.
Production homes are also expanding. The average home was less than 3,000 square feet four years ago, while today they average 3,700 square feet.
It's a trend directly attributable to the Scottsdale buyer. Several of the biggest master-planned communities in Scottsdale were originally approved for more, smaller home sites than they built, said Harry Higgins, a senior planner for Scottsdale.
"They found the market saying, 'We want a larger product and a larger lot,' " he said. "A lot of the standard homes in Scottsdale would be considered custom homes elsewhere."
The frenzied pace of development in the 1990s brought with it a huge population surge.
In 1990, there were 130,000 residents. Today, there are about 220,000 — the Valley's fourth most-populated city.
It was a boom that allowed Scottsdale to shed its bedroomcommunity label as retail followed the rooftops.
Once a sleepy resort town whose economy ebbed and flowed with winter residents, Scottsdale has been transformed into a center of commerce. Today, businessservices is the No. 1 employment sector; hospitality ranks fourth.
As population spread northward, so did the city's business core.
Many of these new companies landed in the Scottsdale Airpark, which has grown over the last two decades from an industrial region to a high-powered business center.
The renaissance was led by the entrepreneurs and executives who lived in the Scottsdale area and wanted to work nearby. High rents in Phoenix also prodded corporate decision-makers to choose the burgeoning area.
But the airpark would not be the hub of activity it is today without the Pima Freeway.
The addition of the Loop 101 stretch through the heart of Scottsdale profoundly changed the lives of the residents who live here, and brought economic prosperity to the region.
"What was a physically remote area in the Valley suddenly became connected," said Dave Roderique, Scottsdale's economic vitality director. "It has been huge in terms of the employment. Who would have ever thought we'd be talking about 45,000 people working in the airpark?"
Today, small-business owners share land with publicly traded companies, such as Dial Corp. and JDA Software.
Businesses range from the country's top-selling Lamborghini dealership to an international gourmet tea company.
"Small businesses located in the airpark for the owners' personal reasons — because it was where you wanted to be," said Dan Schweiker, co-founder of China Mist Tea Co. "It's a quality-of-life issue."
Others saw it as a way to develop their businesses in an environment that was more affordable and attractive than big cities.
"It doesn't cost $25 to park. It's still affordable," said Mike Reagan, executive vice president for Kahala Corp., which owns Surf City Squeeze, Samurai Sam's, Taco Time and other fast-food chains.
The company relocated to the airpark from California.
"And the benefits are so impressive — the resorts, restaurants, atmosphere. When we entice people to move, it's easy because we have Scottsdale to offer," he said.
Tony Nelssen didn't move to Scottsdale; it moved to him.
Twenty-two years ago, he bought land near Jomax and Scottsdale roads a week before the city announced it would be annexing him.
Nelssen and his family built their home there, despite the fact that there was no running water, sewer services or paved roads. A telephone call to downtown brought a long-distance charge.
With four mules and a horse, Nelssen is among the old guard in Scottsdale.
Though development battles with "rural versus urban" overtones have come and gone, there is still a tension that exists between the two lifestyles.
"The city, as it relates to the equestrian lifestyle, economy and general issues, does a good job of talking the talk, but they walk the other way," Nelssen said. "The city is doing some good things, but if you dig a little deeper than what they are doing on the surface, they are undermining the equestrian lifestyle."
The city seal has a bucking bronco. A cowboy cutout greets visitors to Old Town. And, of course, the city slogan is "The West's Most Western Town."
Yet for all of its iconic reminders of the Old West, Scottsdale is fast becoming an urbanized city.
Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse, the 1880s faux Western town in north Scottsdale, has been sold to a development group that plans to build homes on the land.
Multistory lofts and nightclubs share downtown with Indian jewelry stores and shops that sell Southwest merchandise.
A movement to remake downtown with an Old West theme failed a few years ago. Instead, trendy hotels and plans for 13-story condominium towers have taken hold.
John Berry, 47, a real estate attorney who has represented some of Scottsdale's biggest projects, said the days of vitriolic fights over the two sides appear to be waning.
The city lost out on new projects because of a past reputation for being a difficult place to do business, he said.
"Capital fled — literally fled — to other communities. Those years of community angst and outrage are well-documented," said Berry, whose family settled in Scottsdale when he was a toddler. "At some point, people realize there has to be a balance in the community and that all two-story buildings with a watering trough and a hitching post do not make for a 21st century economy."
Perhaps the struggle is best documented in how differently outside groups market the city.
While the city holds on to its Old West slogan, executives at the chamber of commerce have testmarketed phrases, such as "Best of the New West" and "Southwest Sophistication." The group wants to create an image of a city on the move, rather than one that harks back to the Old West.
The Scottsdale Convention and Visitors' Bureau scrapped its trademark red Stetson cowboy logo years ago. Its current campaign, "Bring Your Passion for Life," is targeting a cosmopolitan visitor.
"It worked. It helped create the cachet Scottsdale has," Korte said of the Old West motto. "But I tend to believe it has outlived its usefulness. It may be a tag line, but not a current moniker."
The state's official historian, Marshall Trimble, said losing those Western symbols or the city's motto would have an effect on the tourism economy.
"You have to remember that we are a tourism state and tourism is a major part of our economy," said Trimble, a Scottsdale resident. "If we want to be the 'West's Most Western Town,' then let's be it. It's a great motto."
Scottsdale is the second major Valley city to become landlocked, and buildout is less than 20 years away. The housing boom has gone from a sprint to a sputter.
Little vacant and developable land remains in this battleshipshaped city that stretches 30 miles from north to south.
Like most cities in the Valley, Scottsdale grew with annexation. The city evolved from one square mile in the 1950s to 185 square miles today.
Scottsdale is being forced to look inward when it comes to new development.
Estimates of vacant and developable land range from roughly 4,000 to 14,000 acres. Even at the high end, this represents only 12 percent of the city's land area. Scottsdale's aggressive desert preservation program is by far the most significant reason that little developable land exists.
Voters have opened their wallets time and again since the 1990s to fund the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, which calls for a 36,400-acre open-space system. That would be the size of three Manhattan islands.
Yet funding sources needed to buy the remaining 20,000 acres will almost certainly fall short of the estimated cost of $500 million.
A legal and political tug-of-war over the amount of state land that can be purchased for preservation purposes also has the potential to drive up costs, and force the city to compete with deep-pocketed developers at land auctions.
"It's going to be very tough if the city has to compete with private buyers," said Eneas Kane, vice president of DMB Associates, the developers of DC Ranch and the planned Stacked 40s retail and residential project at Scottsdale Road and Loop 101.
Kane is a past member of the state Land Department's preservation advisory board. He sees "record-setting" land values within the boundaries of the city's planned preserve.
A lack of places to sprawl means Scottsdale must decide whether tall buildings and dense developments will play a role in its future.
South Scottsdale, which is banking on the creation of the $300 million ASU Scottsdale Center for New Technology and Innovation at the former Los Arcos site, will undoubtedly face new projects as the area ages.
Scottsdale officials predict downtown's influx of planned residential projects will continue. A few condominium projects recently approved are set to permanently change the skyline.
Some business groups, such as the chamber, are forecasting taller buildings and more density at the bustling airpark as it continues to fill up.
The Stacked 40s project is envisioned to have up to 1.8 million square feet of retail and office development, as many as 1,100 homes and a possible hotel.
Phoenix has big plans across the street. That city has zoned 500 acres to the west for commercial uses, including a large mall.
"What does that do to a community that up to now has been basically a single-family residential community?" Gabriele said. "We're going to become more urban. It is no longer just a resort place where people come to play golf in the winter."


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Troopers say it happened just after 5 a.m. on Homestead Road and Arthur Avenue. They say two cars were heading sound on Homestead when a garbage truck turned left onto Arthur Avenue. At the same time, troopers say a car tried to pass the truck and hit it. The car hit a bolder before coming to a stop.
FHP says the driver of that car, 23-year-old Jean Kendel Lawson Pierrot, was taken to Lee Memorial Hospital in serious condition. Three other passengers in the car went to the hospital with minor injuries.
The driver of the garbage truck was not hurt. Charges are pending in the crash and the road re-opened just after 9 a.m.