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SAN FRANCISCO — VegiWorks Inc. has come a long way since the days nearly two decades ago when Paulo Ho and his brothers did business out of a pick-up truck.
The wholesaler of specialty produce and related Asian specialty food items has grown to the point where its current 12,500-square-foot stall on the San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market is too cramped.
"It's just not enough space to handle produce and being organized," said Bill Mametsuka, sales manager. "We're constantly moving things. Being efficient is one of the factors for moving over there. Growth is definitely part of it."
But one thing it hasn't outgrown — personalized customer service, he said.
Come October, VegiWorks plans to move across Jerrold Avenue into a more modern, 20,000-square-foot facility that was recently vacated by Earl's Organic Produce, which will move next door into even larger digs.
Unlike the current facility, which features open docks, the new building has closed docks that will help improve cold chain management when loading produce items into trucks.
The new facility also will allow VegiWorks to better comply with food safety rules — something on everybody's minds, Ho said.
"It's just not worth investing into this place because it's going to get torn down," Ho said, referring to their current stalls that are slated to be rebuilt as part of an overall market improvement program. "Food safety programs — I think that's where it's at, and that's where we need to be."
Mametsuka agreed. "I think being food safety-compliant and addressing other safety and health issues, I think it's a requisite that companies need to follow."
Many of the large, corporate foodservice clients also demand it, he said.
In addition to its wholesale business, VegiWorks operates 15 refrigerated delivery trucks to handle its core business, foodservice.
As with any successful marketer, the firm has tried to differentiate itself with the products it handles and the service it provides, Mametsuka said.
It carries such in-season specialty produce items as mutsu apples, squash blossoms and fresh wine grapes. VegiWorks also handles related Asian foods, such as shio koji, a fermented rice product made in San Francisco from rice grown in Dos Palos, Calif.
Even when it moves into the new facility, the heart of VegiWorks will remain its people and focus on service, Mametsuka said.
"Our motto has always been customer service, whether we deliver or have a sales rep take care of the account or have people walk up to the window," he said.
Having partners and employees with diverse backgrounds helps, Ho said, adding he came from the wine and food side. Ho also is one of five partners in the business.
Mametsuka is a former chef and restaurateur who frequently works with top chefs to plan menus using locally grown produce.
Drawing from his produce and culinary knowledge, he said he can help them avoid major menu faux pas.
Recently, a chef had mentioned he wanted to feature California pomegranates in November. Mametsuka said he suggested another produce item since pomegranates had started early and might not be available by then.
"I think you have to listen to your customer and pay attention," Mametsuka said.
"And adapt," Ho interjected.
"You have to listen and get to know your accounts and really develop a relationship," Mametsuka said.
VegiWorks also keep its customers up to date on the latest in-season produce items through a weekly e-newsletter.


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John Hervert has an eagle's-eye view of the endangered Sonoran pronghorn. Every week Hervert, an Arizona Game and Fish Department biologist, flies over a broad swath of the Sonoran Desert and listens for the beeping of radio-collared pronghorn. He's seen their tawny forms against the desert sands. He's watched them streak at 60 miles an hour across the creosote-dotted flats. He knows where to expect them. And he knows where not to expect them.
"In four years we haven't documented a single crossing of a paved road or of the boundary fence with Mexico," he says. "We'll often see the pronghorn 50 meters from the fence, moving along it. They never cross it." The Sonoran is one of five subspecies of pronghorn, one of the world's swiftest animals. The creatures are uniquely adapted to their home in the West, but they are unable to outrun or adapt to some of the changes that humanity has imposed on them. As a result, pronghorn have vanished from about 75 percent of their original range, including California's Central Valley and large swaths of the Great Plains. Significant population declines have occurred since the species' numbers peaked at about 1 million in the early 1990s.
Nowhere in the United States are pronghorn in greater trouble than in the Sonoran Desert. Here, on both sides of the United States-Mexico border, an estimated 400 to 500 Sonoran pronghorn comprise the last remnants of a subspecies that once roamed as far as Southern California. "We think there is a very significant risk of extinction in the next 50 to 100 years," says Hervert. "That's what scares me."
Pronghorn as a species were mistakenly dubbed "antelopes" by American explorers and settlers because of their similarity to various African antelopes. In fact, pronghorn are in their own family, Antilocapridae, and not related to the African animals, though "antelope" persists as a common name.
Like the African antelopes, pronghorn are well adapted to open, exposed places. Their hollow, layered hairs insulate against severe cold or become erect to dissipate summer heat. Pronghorn thrive on a wide range of forbs, shrubs and cactus. Given succulent plants to eat, they survive without drinking water. Their huge eyes spot far-off predators.
But their signature trait is speed. John Byers, a University of Idaho biologist who has studied them on Montana's National Bison Range since 1981, recalls pacing a buck while driving just outside the preserve's perimeter fence.
"The animal was on the other side of the fence," he says. "As I came around a corner he started to accelerate and kept trying to get ahead of me. I maintained a steady 45 miles per hour. The pronghorn was on the other side of the fence leaping over dips and swales, and didn't look like he was maxed out at all. After a mile I had to slow down, and he kept going."
A pronghorn's sprint speed of nearly 60 miles per hour is bested only by that of a cheetah, but unlike a cheetah it can keep up a fast pace for miles. It could beat the best human runner in a marathon--even if the human had an 18-mile head start.
This ability interested Stan Lindstedt, an animal physiologist at Northern Arizona University. By studying two orphaned young on treadmills, he found that pronghorn simply maximize the capabilities other mammals share. Thanks to an extra-large windpipe and increased diffusion in the lungs, pronghorn can consume five times as much oxygen as a similarly sized goat; their hearts are three times larger. They have more red blood cells, allowing faster transport of oxygen to muscles. They have virtually no extra baggage in the form of fat. "They're a machine designed for endurance," says Lindstedt.
Pronghorn run so superbly that biologists have questioned what they're designed to run from. Before the devastation of predators that accompanied European settlement of the West, they had to contend with lengthy pursuits by packs of wolves, but even wolves can't run as fast as pronghorn. Byers postulates that pronghorn, whose lineage goes back 20 million years in North America, evolved as the prey of now-extinct predators. "Pronghorn are ridiculously too fast for any modern predator," he says. But in the Pleistocene they were preyed on by packs of hyenas, which chased their quarry long distances; by short-faced bears, which attacked from ambush; and by American cheetahs, which were sprinters. As a result, says Byers, pronghorn evolved the ability to sprint and run long distances.
Modern predators are not too slow to catch pronghorn fawns, however. Adult females bear twins in the spring, just when coyotes, bobcats and golden eagles have young of their own to feed. All three predators eagerly take pronghorn fawns--when they can find them. Virtually scentless and well camouflaged, fawns are tough to locate. They grow quickly on a diet of mother's milk, which contains three times as much fat as a cow's. At a couple of days of age they can outrun a human. Still, at least half the year's young usually fall prey.
"Mother Nature seems to have compensated for the fact that at least 50 percent of the fawns are generally taken each year by having does produce two each year," says Jim Yoakum, a biologist who spent 47 years studying pronghorn for the federal Bureau of Land Management and is now a consultant.
Predation on adult pronghorn is uncommon, but adults face other problems. There is, for example, that odd reluctance to jump over even a low fence.
"Pronghorn have been living in wide-open terrain for so long that their behavior doesn't allow them to jump a fence, even though they can physically do it," says Yoakum.
Even a simple barbed-wire fence over which deer spring with ease can form an insurmountable barrier. Though some ranchers and wildlife managers have retrofitted fences with high, barbless lower strands under which pronghorn can squeeze themselves without injury, fences continue to split much of the West into what are, to pronghorn, discrete islands.
Highway traffic, too, can keep pronghorn from moving, even on narrow two-lane roads. "They look left, they look right, and they see 'predators' coming at them from both directions," says Charles van Riper, a researcher with the U.S. Geological Survey who recently documented how pronghorn at Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park refuse to cross highways. "They are a diurnal species and apparently do not cross the freeway at night, when there is less traffic."
Sonoran pronghorn have long epitomized successful adaptation to a harsh environment. Slightly smaller and paler than the other four pronghorn subspecies, they are even better equipped to handle drought. They range on public land in Arizona: some of it, on Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, is designated wilderness; much of the rest comprises the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, where military training heavily impacts some areas but leaves vast stretches of desert relatively untouched. The area is so wild that a proposal was recently floated to establish a 5,000-square-mile Sonoran Desert National Park.
Here pronghorn are free from development pressure and, except in a small area, from competition with cattle. There's even some evidence that military training benefits them, as they favor target areas where bombing destroys the prevalent but largely inedible creosote, thereby fostering the growth of nutritious annuals.
But the full picture of how human activities in this uninhabited area affect pronghorn is complex. Live-ammunition bombing and strafing is a danger. Low-level flights by military jets or Border Patrol helicopters may cause stress to wildlife. Low-flying aircraft are one of the potential stresses to pronghorn cited in a recent lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 10 other federal agencies by the conservation group Defenders of Wildlife. The lawsuit is slowly wending its way through the courts, and how it will affect management is still unknown.
In recent decades, the size of the herd hasn't grown much despite full legal protection (the subspecies was listed as federally endangered in 1967). "The does bear twins every year. Because of that, they have tremendous potential to increase their numbers," says John Hervert. "But every year we have the frustration of seeing most of the fawns die."
In other areas fawn mortality generally occurs in the first month, when fawns are small and most vulnerable to predators. Here most deaths occur in the third or fourth month, after the young are weaned. Hervert suspects poor nutrition may be to blame for fawn mortality.
Adult Sonoran pronghorn forage extensively on cactus during the dry months of early summer, especially on the fruits of chain-fruit cholla. Cactus isn't nutritious, but it does contain a great deal of water--probably all the water adults need. Growing fawns may need more moisture, or more nutritious forage, than adults. Chain-fruit chollas grow tall, and it may be that fawns can't reach their fruits. Even if they can, this food may not be nutritious enough to sustain them. That's the downside of pronghorns' leanness: they can't store energy in the form of fat and can't go for long without food.
Because food supplies are scarce and localized here, Sonoran pronghorn roam widely. Hervert tracked one radio-collared female over 1,500 square miles in a year (in lusher areas a few square miles may make up a year-round territory).
"They can take advantage of a small rain shower in one valley when it might be dry in the next valley," he says.
And yet amidst all this space they're locked in. They apparently do not cross Interstate 8 or Highway 85, which mark the north and east boundaries of the Air Force range. To the south, the border fence with Mexico is more of a barrier to them than it is to illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. To the west, the desert becomes too dry even for pronghorn.
These barriers prevent genetic mixing of the American and Mexican herds. They also prevent pronghorn from reaching the Gila River, north of I-8, and the Rio Sonoyta in Mexico. Those river corridors probably once provided succulent forage during lean summer months. But now the pronghorn can't get to these corridors. Even if they could, the rivers and their vegetation have been reduced by agriculture and urban use. Trapped in the most arid part of their historic range, Sonoran pronghorn are stretched thin.
"If we go into a long period of below-average rainfall, we could have no recruitment, and that could lead to extinction," says Hervert.
To forestall that possibility, state and federal wildlife officials are currently attempting to determine whether habitat appropriate for reintroductions exists elsewhere within the subspecies' historic range. "Most likely we won't be able to recover the species without reintroductions," says Hervert.
That's a big hurdle. A reintroduction would require 25 or 30 individuals. No one wants to remove that many from the currently small Arizona population, so it will likely not take place unless the herd grows on its own, and then only if an appropriate new site can be found where human impacts would be minimal.
John Hervert, meanwhile, continues to watch pronghorn from above. He's pleased that a wet El Niño year, 1998, allowed a bumper crop of fawns to reach adulthood. He finds himself in the same position as desert dwellers throughout history: He hopes for rain and prepares for its lack. He makes plans to water the desert or to help reintroduce the species elsewhere, all the while hoping that nature will make those plans unnecessary.
"If we have very good conditions for a while, we won't have to lift a finger for them," he says. "After all, they would have gone extinct a long time ago had they not had the ability to live here."
Arizona free-lancer Peter Friederici last saw a band of Sonoran pronghorn streaking across the desert in January.


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Luxury Lodge comes to life in this imaginative collection. Traditions of the past meet modern needs for quality, beauty and comfort in this unique and timeless design inspired by Native American motifs from the American Southwest. Soft pile weave replaces the traditional flat weave of typical Navajo-inspired carpets, resulting in luxuriously soft, superior quality hand-woven rugs. Woven with the finest quality Tibetan wool using a vegetal dye blend, our Mesa rugs are the finest choice for a contemporary luxury lodge aesthetic. This particular design features hues of natural charcoal grey, dark brown, red, gold, pumpkin and ivory. This piece has been crafted by hand in our true 50 knot quality.
New Moon rugs are hand-crafted by the most skilled artisans in Nepal. Following only the timeless traditional method of Tibetan rug weaving, we value the integrity of our product and insure that all of our rugs are woven using a "crossed" foundation. We use only the finest grade Tibetan wool available on the market, which importantly has also been hand-carded and hand-spun adding to the organic feel, quality and texture. Our silk is imported from China to ensure that the clarity and luster is the best in the industry. All of our raw materials are pot dyed by hand in small batches and our finished rugs are only gently washed to maintain the integrity of the natural lanolin in the wool which is a natural stain repellant, allowing it to develop a natural patina over time. To maintain the artistic integrity of our designs, we continue to draw our graphs by hand to ensure that the details of our hand-painted designs are translated into woven art. And we are proud to produce a finished product with the lowest pile height and most refined texture and 'handle' available on the market. As a second generation family business, you can trust that the artistic integrity as well as the craftmanship of each piece are held to the absolute highest standards.Read more...


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The Goldman Sachs 2013 Technology Summer Intern Expo introduced our technology interns to the many innovations our application developers, infrastructure engineers, and systems professionals are working on, as well as to career opportunities in technology.
The interns heard from keynote speaker Steve Scopellite, chief information officer of Goldman Sachs, and had opportunities to discuss the latest on new mobile platforms, proprietary data management, custom database solutions, and more with senior professionals from our technology teams in areas including Securities, Global Investment Research, and Investment Banking Technology.
Don, a summer intern in technology from a university in upstate New York, commented about the expo, saying,"seeing how passionate the presenters were about their work, it was hard not to be drawn in and catch the enthusiasm."
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Diss Golf Club is a unique parkland golf course with a moorland and links feel. It is especially tough when the wind blows, due to its tricky greens and some long finishing holes. Located on South West side of the Norfolk Border, this golf course is ideal to play on the way to or from a Norwich City Golf Tour.
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18 holes, 70 par, 6206 yards. Heathland.
Diss Golf Club is renowned for being a great condition golf course all year round. Although a parkland golf course, Diss offers something very different with elements of links, heath and fenland style features. With its small, quick greens, distance judgment and shot selection is essential to scoring well on this golf course. One of the most memorable holes at Diss Golf Club is the 13th hole, a 468 yard par 4. It incorporates many scenic features and the need to hit two great shots to reach the green in regulation.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - AAA is predicting an increase in the number of people traveling by road this holiday season, and the busiest days are Wednesday and Sunday.
If you're getting ready to hit the road or catch a flight for Thanksgiving, you better pack your patience with you. Long lines are also expected at the airport.
The mad rush for Thanksgiving travel begins right now, with nearly 44 million Americans departing to see family on Wednesday.
"Everyone seems to be in a better mood on the holidays compared to another time," airline passenger Jason Dukes said.
Dukes doesn't mind the lines at the airport, knowing the prize is just one day away.
"All the food and not having to cook it by myself," Dukes said.
"I think Thanksgiving is the best time of the year to travel," traveler Kat Kerr said. "It's about family and being together again. Old times and new memories. I love thanksgiving."
AAA is predicting a decrease in the number of passengers flying, but on the roads, it's a different story.
Cheaper gas prices are encouraging Americans to travel more than 50 miles, gas averaging $3.32 per gallon.
"The best way to enjoy $3 gas is to pay $4 for a while and then $3 looks great," traveler Steven Collins said.
Even though road and air travel is slightly up compared to last year, it's doesn't compare to where we were before the recession.
The number of travelers is still 26 percent below the peak in 2005 and 14 percent below the peak in 2007.
What's unknown though, is how many people are staying home, due to the uncertainty on the East Coast following Hurricane Sandy.
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Congratulations! You've just been hired as the new Nike SB men's shoe designer. Your job description: Create awesome skate shoes that not only look cool, but can perform under extreme conditions.
So where do you start? What's your inspiration? What will the Nike SB men's shoes do that no other skate footwear can? Thankfully you have Nike's astounding 50-year history to rely on.
As the story goes, Nike was originally knows as Blue Ribbon Sports back in 1964, led by University Of Oregon track athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman. In 1978 they finally changed the name to Nike after the Greek goddess of victory, and succeeded in revolutionizing the world of sports with superior shoes and apparel. In 1988, Just Do It became Nike's official slogan - and yes, they certainly did.
But as much as Nike's infinite collection of athletic shoes have helped build their global brand to mega status, so has their amazing roster of athletes. You've got Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Wayne Gretzky, and Cristiano Ronaldo just to name a few. So it would make perfect sense that when you're in charge of creating a revolutionary skate shoe, you should seek out skating's legendary pioneers.
And that's exactly what the Nike SB shoe designers were thinking when they approached Paul Rodriquez and Lance Mountain in 2001 to be the brand's first ambassadors. The roster has since grown to include Eric Koston, Shane O'Neill, Omar Salazar and Stefan Janoski - whose signature Nike SB skate shoes happen to be some of PacSun's best sellers.
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This may possibly become your new favorite way to cook carrots, because the maple glaze brings out the sweetness of the carrots in a most wonderful way. I found the idea in Fine Cooking magazine, which has long been one of my favorite sources for good recipes, and these maple-glazed roasted carrots are definitely another winner from Fine Cooking.
After you peel the carrots, cut off the thinner tips and cut the thicker pieces in half lengthwise.
Maple-Glazed Roasted Carrots
(Makes 3-4 servings, recipe adapted slightly from Fine Cooking magazine.)
1 lb carrots, peeled and cut on the diagonal into same size pieces (organic carrots are sweetest for this recipe)
1 T olive oil
1 T maple syrup, sugar-free maple syrup, or maple agave nectar
salt and fresh-ground black pepper to taste
Turn down heat to low and add maple syrup, sugar-free maple syrup, or maple agave nectar, and stir to coat carrots. Season well with salt and fresh-ground black pepper.
Put frying pan into the hot oven and roast carrots for 10-15 minutes, or until they are done to your liking and slightly browned. (I stirred after 10 minutes and roasted them for 14 minutes.) Serve hot.
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DANIA BEACH, Fla. - A hotel that sits in the "safety zone" of the new runway being built at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has become a major thorn in the side of the $800 million airport expansion project.
The new $791 million runway will stretch west and be built up and over U.S. 1. But the eight-story 388-room Hilton Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel must be torn down before the runway, which is expected to be completed next year, can be used.
The county is using eminent domain powers to condemn and purchase the Hilton, but the owners of the hotel, an affiliate of real estate giant Blackstone Group, are fighting it at every step -- and demanding way more money than the county believes it is worth.
"[The owners] are resisting the condemnation process which includes how we determine the price," said airport director Kent George.
County appraisals value the property at roughly between $43 and $52 million. But the hotel owners are asking for about $75 million, according to sources. The problem for the Hilton owners is that they purchased the property for just $26 million in 2004, before the economic downturn and knowing full well that the runway was planned there.
A manager at the hotel refused comment Tuesday. The battle over the money is headed to court, with a hearing scheduled for April 5.
Costs regarding the Hilton controversy keep mounting. On Tuesday, Broward County Commissioners approved $725,000 to be paid to engineer Atkins North America to plan the future demolition. And if the county loses in court it will be liable for what look to be very expensive attorneys fees.
QPS Marine right next door to the hotel has meanwhile struck an amicable deal with the county for about $1.8 million. The business is relocating to the New River in Fort Lauderdale.
"They're moving us out but on the same token, fortunately we found a better location so everyone wins," said Jason Gonzalez, a broker with QPS Marine.
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The fact that "microwave" and "bank" were in the same name of a gadget should tip you off as to why it never made it past the prototype stage. Back in 1998 global technology company NCR announced plans for the Microwave Bank, a device complete with a touchscreen front door that would let you send emails, check bank statements, and do a host of other things no one does while nuking leftovers. Around the same time came the Screenfridge, a device similar in idea to the Microwave Bank but for a refrigerator door (one that LG is still desperately trying to sell). Let's face it: The best kitchen gadgets are ones for making food.
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One thing that helps us here at OK! get through Mondays is looking forward to a new week of dances on Dancing With The Stars. This week, as we gear up for a night filled with the tunes of the amazing Stevie Wonder, we're taking an insta-inside peek at what the stars and pros have been up to!
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Nancys research and writing have focussed on child and family welfare. She is passionate about understanding how systems of child welfare can respond with supports to children and families that make a positive difference in their daily lives. She is also interested in international approaches to child welfare and in mothering and mothering identity, particularly for women who are receiving child protection services.
Nancy has explored the everyday realities and experiences of mothers of children placed in out-of-home care. Currently, she is a researcher in the Transforming Front Line Child Welfare Research Project investigating service provider experiences of helping processes, work environments for front-line service providers, delivery system outcomes, and child and family outcomes across purposively selected institutional settings within five child welfare agencies. Nancy is a co-editor of Towards positive systems of child and family welfare: International comparisons of child protection, family service, and community caring systems.
Nancy teaches primarily in the clinical concentration. Her foundations for teaching and research are in social work practice with individuals, families, and groups. She has worked extensively in the fields of outpatient mental health services, childrens mental health services, child welfare, employee health services and in trauma treatment.


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Wayne, N.J. -- The Toys "R" Us Children's Fund announced it has made a $1 million donation to the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund, created by New Jersey's Governor Chris Christie and First Lady Mary Pat Christie to aid, comfort and rebuild the Garden State in the wake of the devastation that impacted so many children and families.
Toys "R" Us has been based in New Jersey for 38 years and today has more than 4,000 employees statewide across 45 stores, regional offices, its corporate headquarters and the company's largest retail distribution center in the country. Together, Toys "R" Us, Inc. and the Toys "R" Us Children's Fund have a long history of giving back to the communities they serve by keeping kids safe and helping them in times of need.
"On behalf of the thousands of Toys "R" Us employees who call New Jersey home, we are very proud to support the Governor and First Lady in their efforts to rebuild across the state in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy," said Jerry Storch, chairman and CEO, Toys "R" Us, Inc. "We take very seriously our responsibility to be a caring neighbor in the communities we serve, and hope this donation to the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund will help provide assistance and comfort to the many children and families who were impacted by this disaster."
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Cricket: Klinger will decide on Gloucestershire future in next month
1:02pm Thursday 22nd May 2014
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1:02pm Thursday 22nd May 2014
By Rob Iles
MICHAEL Klinger expects to make a decision over his Gloucestershire future within the next four weeks.
The Australian had a huge impact in his first season with the club, both as a captain and an opening batsman, and although he has struggled to reach the same heights so far this year, the club are keen to extend his contract beyond the end of the season.
Klinger, 33, would also love to return again next year but is not sure whether it will be possible to move his wife and two children to Bristol with his son starting school next year.
"It's not a cricket issue, it's purely whether my family will be able to come back," Klinger told the Gazette.
"There will be some time frame because the club need a second option to move on if I decide not to come back so hopefully I'll decide with my wife over the next few weeks.
"I'm enjoying the club and I like being around the players. It looks as though the club want me to come back even though I haven't been in fantastic form so far."
Klinger's struggles continued when he made just 17 having been dropped on nought by Marcus Trescothick as Gloucestershire got their T20 Blast competition underway with an 18-run defeat to local rivals Somerset at Bristol last Friday.
Despite being set what appeared to be an achievable target of 157 to win, Gloucestershire never recovered from the loss of early wickets and only Hamish Marshall, with 54 off 37 balls, adjusted well to a slow pitch as they were bowled out for 138 with former Australia international Dirk Nannes (4-21) shining on his Somerset debut.
With Gloucestershire starting the competition with a two-point deduction they are already playing catch-up in the South Group, where the top four will go through to the quarter-finals, and Klinger has demanded an improvement from the top order batsmen when they take on Middlesex at Bristol on Friday (5.30pm).
He said: "I think if we play to what our talent offers, we'll win matches, then who knows where we could be.
"We could be in striking distance to make the finals, even being one game behind, but on Friday we didn't bring our skill level to the game."
Gloucestershire's game against Somerset was the first time the newly-built Mound Stand was opened to the public with a crowd of around 6,000 in attendance.
Those who arrived late would've missed former England batsman Trescothick being dismissed by James Fuller on the first ball of the match, but Somerset had plenty of international experience in their ranks and an 89-run third wicket partnership between Craig Kieswetter (55) and Alviro Peterson (51) put them in a strong position.
However, apart from one huge six by Peterson off Graeme McCarter which landed on the top balcony of the four-storey apartments behind the ground, their innings lacked the explosiveness that many expected from their big hitters and Gloucestershire were happy to restrict them to 156-8, Fuller being the pick of the bowlers with 4-32.
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Buying a car is exciting. It is likely to be the second largest purchase a consumer will make. The car buying experience is unique because it allows you to negotiate the price you are willing to pay for a car. You can't negotiate the price of your groceries, or most other consumer goods, so consumers don't have a lot of experience doing this. Car salesmen do this for a living, and are very good at getting you to pay what they want you to pay. But having some basic knowledge of the negotiation process can help you the next time you are in the market for a car.
MSRP and Invoice Price. When buying a new car, you want to know the "Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price," called the "MSRP." The dealer makes a fair profit at this price. This price must include all destination charges. The MSRP will be posted on all new cars. Theother price you want to know is the dealer's "invoice price." Invoice prices are often posted on the dealer's webpage. You can also find them by going to the National Auto Dealers Association "NADA" webpage at www.nada.com, or Kelly Blue Book, www.kbb.com. The invoice price is the price the dealer is actually "billed" by the manufacturer for the car. But this does not mean the dealer will not make money by selling the car at this price. Depending on the arrangements the dealer has with the manufacturer, the dealer may get bonuses and incentive payments from the manufacturer based on the dealer's performance.
What's Included in the Price? The advertised price of a car must include all dealer fees and charges except for title, licensing, and registration fees actually paid to the State of Alaska. All "document fees," "preparation fees," or any other fees charged by the dealer are essentially overhead of the dealer, and must be included in the advertised price of the vehicle. Once you make an offer that is below the advertised price, be careful now the dealer can add these fees back in. The best way to ensure that you will not pay for any hidden fees, or be surprised by the final price, is to negotiate for a "drive it away" price that includes all fees. That way you will know exactly what you have bargained for.
You may see advertisements from dealers that offer vehicles at prices far below the MSRP, and even below invoice price. There can be several reasons for this. For older stock and prior model years, the manufacturer may give the dealer special incentives to sell older models, allowing the dealer to make big price reductions. Also, the dealer has an incentive to sell old stock to may room for new stock. But there is a catch for consumers. Even though the vehicle may be new, when you buy a prior model year the car is already a year older, and has less value. As soon as you title the car in your name, you now have a used vehicle that is two years old instead of one. This affects the value of the car when you try to sell it later.
The best advice you can get on buying a used car is "buyer beware." There are very few laws that protect consumers when buying a used car, especially when the car is sold "as is." "As is" means exactly that. Alaska law does require every dealer to disclose to you the accident and repair history as reported by the prior owner of a vehicle it has taken on trade. But this does not guarantee the prior owner was truthful. There are some services, like Carfax®, that can provide you with some vehicle history. But the best way to be sure of the condition of the vehicle is to have it checked out by a qualified mechanic before you buy it. Once you are satisfied the car is in good mechanical condition, you can focus on price. Check out www.nada.com or www.kbb.com for used car values.
No. There is no automatic two or three day cooling off period that allows consumers in Alaska to return a car once you have completed the purchase. Once you buy it, it's yours.
There are several restrictions on motor vehicle dealers when it comes to advertising a vehicle. For more information please read the Alaska Motor Vehicle Dealer Practices - AS 45.25.400 - AS 45.25.990
Every repair shop must give you a written estimate of the repair. Before the shop can charge more, it must obtain your permission for the additional cost. The shop can do this with a phone call it does not have to be in writing. So be careful when talking to the repair shop, and make sure you understand what you are agreeing to. For more information read the Alaska Automobile Repair Act - AS 45.45.130 - 45.45.240.
The Alaska Legislature passed a new law in 2009 that gives consumers the right to demand a refund or replacement of a boat, snow machine, or ATV if it has a problem that cannot be fixed within a year of purchase. This new "Lemon Law" is found in the Alaska Statutes at Sec. 45.27.190 - .220. The new law is similar to the motor vehicle lemon law. It applies to a new boat, outboard marine gasoline motor, boat package (boat equipped with a gasoline motor), all terrain vehicle, and a snow machine. The law does not cover any watercraft designed to be powered only by an occupant's energy (i.e. kayak, canoe).
If during the warranty or within one year of the date of delivery, the manufacturer or dealer is unable to fix a problem after a reasonable number of attempts (presumed to be three), the manufacturer must refund the purchase price or replace the product. To take advantage of this law, the consumer must give written notice to the manufacturer and dealer by certified mail within 60 days after the end of the warranty or 60 days after the one year anniversary of the date of purchase.


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Business Administration
|Contemporary Business Enterprise (3).
A study of contemporary business enterprises and market systems characterized by private ownership and distribution of goods and services. Includes an overview of business processes such as marketing, finance, and strategy and their roles in the free market system. (Fall and spring)
|Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications (1).
An introduction to using spreadsheet software widely used in business with a hands-on approach to creating and using basic spreadsheets as well as navigating the software.
|Principles of Budgeting and Accounting (3).
An introduction to the basic principles of business budgeting and accounting with applications for contemporary business practices in sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. Not open to Business and Accounting majors.
|Personal Finance (3).
A study of the basic principles of planning and managing personal financial matters. Emphasis is on developing the personal financial planning skills needed to meet individual objectives and goals.(Fall only)
|Business Communication (3). Prereq: ENG 101 and 102 or ENG 121.
A study of the modern techniques of written and oral communication in a business setting. (Fall and spring)
|Business Statistics (3). Prereq: MAT 101 or 110.
A study of the primary statistical techniques used in the managerial decision-making process. Included is a study of measures of central tendency, dispersion, theories of probability, statistical inference, analysis of variance, regression analysis, nonparametric statistics, statistical quality control and decision theory, and time series analysis. (Fall and spring)
|Introduction to Electronic Commerce (3).
An introduction to the use of computers and the Internet in the marketing process. Traditional marketing concepts, along with a Christian worldview, will be integrated with modern computerized marketing techniques.
|Business Computer Applications (3).
A study of computer applications essential to business today. Emphasis on software applications in communication, statistics, and finance. Emerging computer technology will also be discussed.
|Introduction to Marketing (3). Prereq: Junior level standing.
An overview of the marketing discipline with emphasis on planning and the development of competitive strategies. Specific topics include the marketing environment, marketing research, advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, pricing, new product development, and distribution channels. (Fall and spring)
|International Marketing (3).
An in depth study of International Marketing and how advertising, promotion, national history, geography, culture, language, demographics and politics affect marketing strategies. Marketing case studies in specific countries. (Fall, odd years)
|Principles of Management (3).> Prereq: Junior level standing.
An introduction to the foundational principles and the basic management techniques that every manager must master to succeed in today's fast-changing, competitive environment. Emphasis is on the planning, organizing, managing, and controlling functions. (Fall and spring)
|Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship (3). Prereq: BUS-210 or ACC-301, BUS-320.
A study of management principles and techniques, focusing on applications to established small businesses and to new ventures. Emphasis is placed on leadership and the role and functions of entrepreneurs. (Fall and spring)
|Principles of Supervision (3).
A study of the basic principles of supervising employees. Emphasis is on communicating, understanding employee behavior, selecting and training employees, appraising employees, conducting effective meetings, working with unions, increasing productivity, and managing stress in the context of the supervisor-employee relationship. (Spring only)
|Fund Raising (3).
A study of philanthropy, fund-raising promotions for not-for-profit organizations, the ethics of fund raising, and providing donors with financial planning services.
|International Management (3).
The political, technical, legal and cultural factors that shape international enterprises. Includes Cross-cultural communication, cross-cultural negotiation, cross-cultural leadership styles. Case studies from MNCs. (Fall, even years)
|Operations Management (3). Prereq: BUS 305
The study of quantitative and decision-making tools used in managing the conversion process that transforms inputs (such as raw materials and labor) into outputs in the form of finished goods and services. Areas covered include: New Product and Service Development, Facilities Planning, Quality Control Techniques; Forecasting Methods, Work Performance Measurement; Waiting Line and Scheduling Decisions; and Inventory Systems Management. (Honors) (Spring only)
|Human Resources (3). Prereq: BUS 326.
An investigation into the nature and behavior of humans as we relate and work together in organizations. Practical applications are made to the following: selection and retention, training, motivation, compensation, discipline, and organizational design.
|Business Finance (3). Prereq: ACC 214, MAT 110 or MAT 101
A study of the sources and uses of funds in modern business firms. Emphasis is on capital markets, the time value of money, risk and rates of return, the valuation of bonds and stocks, financial statement analysis, financial forecasting, and capital budgeting. (Fall and spring)
|International Economics and Finance (3).
International trade theory (competitive markets, socialist markets, protectionist policies, global financial systems, economic geographics). How history and politics shape economic policy. (Spring, odd years)
|Management Research Methods (3). Prereq: MAT 101 or MAT 110.
Application of research methods in collecting, recording and analyzing decisions relevant to management decisions.
|Money and Banking (3). Prereq: ECO 207.
A study of the role of money in the U.S. economy and the financial system that creates it and through which it flows. Additionally, basic monetary policy instruments are studied with regard to their effects on macroeconomic variables and on the financial institutions operating within the economy. (Spring, even years)
|Advertising (3). Prereq: BUS 320.
An overview of the advertising field with emphasis on media selection and strategic planning.
|Consumer Behavior (3). Prereq: BUS 320.
A study of consumer purchasing behavior with emphasis on psychological and social influences. Specific topics include consumer decision processes and behavior; cultural, social, personal, and family influences; individual differences; and psychological processes. (Spring only)
|Organizational Behavior (3). Prereq: BUS 326
A study of human behavior at the individual, group, and organizational level with topics including personality, motivation, teams, leadership, power and organizational structure. (Fall only)
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|Business Law (3, 3). Prereq: Junior level standing
A study of the basic principles of law that apply to business transactions, thereby providing a basis for confidence in reaching decisions within the framework of rules of law. Primary emphasis is on contracts, agency, and the legal environment of business. (414, fall and spring; 415, spring only)
|Investments (3). Prereq: BUS 363 or instructor's permission for non-business majors.
A study of the techniques of investing in the major types of equity and debt instruments. Emphasis is on the study of money and capital markets, valuation of stocks and bonds, and portfolio analysis. (Spring, odd years)
|Business Ethics (3).
A study of basic ethical principles as applied to the major problem areas facing economic systems and to decision-making in the corporation and in society in general. The basic ethical principles and the accompanying value system used are biblically based. (Honors) (Fall and spring)
|Business Policy (3). Prereq: Student must be of a senior class standing or have permission from the instructor.
A study of the methods used by business firms in developing and evaluating strategies and policies to achieve goals and objectives. A computer simulation business game is played as part of the course. (Honors) (Spring only)
|International Business and Development (3).
A survey of the operation of the firm in a global environment. Topics include global markets, international trade, foreign exchanges, trade policy, international politics, cross-cultural management, global strategic management, organizational design, and controlling. (Honors) (Fall and spring)
|Risk Management and Insurance (3). Junior standing recommended.
The focus of this course is on the loss exposures faced by economic entities (threats to people, property, or profits) and the logical uses of risk management and insurance tools to offset the effect of those losses.
|Commercial Banking (3). Prereq: ACC 213-214 and ECO 207.
A study of the operation and management of commercial banks. Primary emphasis is on the management of the assets, liabilities, and capital funds of banks within the framework of banking regulations.
|Marketing Research (3). Prereq: BUS 320.
A study of modern marketing research techniques and their application. Specific topics include research decisions, problem definition, exploratory research, hypothesis testing, research design, data collection, data analysis, and the reporting of results. (Fall, odd years)
|Site Observation in Business Administration (3).
The course will consist of a variety of specific settings where students can observe and research various aspects of business and management fields. Students will learn to compare and contrast these settings in regard to their demands and expectations from a Christian worldview perspective. May be taken as an alternative to BUS 450 Internship in Business Administration. (Fall and spring)
|Internship (3-3).
This course is designed to give the student practical experience in either conducting a specific research project or in a professional position within an approved private firm or public agency. The internship may be repeated once. This course is open only to students majoring in accounting or business administration. Junior or senior standing is required, and approval by the division chairman must be obtained. The course is graded on a pass or fail basis. Refer to "Student Intern Programs and Practicums" for further requirements.
|Cases in Management (3).
A study of a wide variety of management problems in a small group setting. The case study method of analysis is used, and oral and written case evaluations are required. Emphasis is placed on management problems encountered by large, modern firms.
|Practical Application of Business Principles (3-15).
Up to 15 semester hours of credit may be awarded for practical experience in management. Credit will be awarded only upon approval by the faculty of the division of business administration and the dean of the school of business.
|Public Financial Management (3). Prereq: ACC 214 and BUS 363.
An introduction to the modern concepts and practices of financial management in public organizations with emphasis on practices used by state and local governments. The course will include a study of the preparation, approval, execution, and review of budgets.
|Undergraduate Research (1-2). Prereq: Junior or Senior standing.
Supervised research in a business field of study. Open by request only to junior and senior business majors. Offered by special arrangement with the dean of the school of business. (Honors)
|Special Topics (3). Prereq: Min. of six hours in business administration or consent of dean of school of business.
This course covers selected areas not studied extensively in other courses and may be repeated for different topics.
|Marketplace Economics (3).
A study of the foundational principles and theories in micro – and macro-economics and their applications in a business setting. It includes the relationship of economic analysis to management decision making and business strategy and policy. Open only to Business or Accounting Majors (Fall and Spring).


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CINCINNATI -- Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez said he is feeling good since returning from a month-long stint on the disabled list, and he's looked good, too, going 6-for-10 with a home run and two RBIs in his first four games. On Wednesday against the Rangers, he played all nine innings for the first time since getting hurt.
Now comes a stiff test for Ramirez's still-improving left knee: Thirteen games scheduled for as many days.
"We'll wait and see with it, but I talked to him, and he won't be playing nine innings for [13] straight," manager Ron Roenicke said. "What I wanted to do was have a tentative plan with him and then adjust."
That plan remained in-house, but so far, the returns look promising. Ramirez missed a month with a sprained knee and returned to the lineup last week without a Minor League rehab assignment.
"I prepared myself for that," Ramirez said. "I did a lot of cage work, tried to simulate the game as much as possible, and it paid off. If you prepare yourself and keep yourself in shape, you should be able to do that."
The one thing no hitter can prepare for, short of going on a rehab assignment, is seeing live pitching for the first time after a long layoff. Yet Roenicke saw only one poor at-bat in Ramirez's first four games back: A fourth-inning strikeout against Rangers right-hander Justin Grimm with the bases loaded on Wednesday.
"That's the hard part -- live pitching," Ramirez said. "You go out there and battle. My first few at-bats, even though I got a few hits, I wasn't comfortable. But I still tried to go out there and battle."
Ramirez played six innings in each of his first two games off the DL, then played eight innings on Tuesday and all nine the next night against the Rangers. He called the team's current 10-game road trip to Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and St. Louis a big one, and said he would like to play full games on a more regular basis.
"If the game is close, yeah," Ramirez said. "If the game is out of line -- if we're losing by a lot, winning by a lot -- it makes no sense for me to play nine innings. We'll see how it goes. I don't like to get too far ahead of myself. If I feel good, I'll be out there."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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9th Street Philly Cheeseburger
On a summer day in South Philadelphia, throngs of hungry patrons line 9th street in front of Geno's Steaks and Pat's King of Steaks to get their fill of their legendary, greasy masterpiece sandwiches. The following is a homage to these culinary landmarks. Who's better? The debate rages on.
4 Tbsp Olive Oil 1 Large Spanish Onion - sliced 1 Red Pepper - sliced 1 Green Pepper - sliced 2 Cups of Button Mushrooms – sliced 4 Cloves of Garlic – Crushed ¼ Cup White Wine (preferably Sutter Home Pinot Grigio) 2 Tbsp Fresh Oregano Leaves – Chopped 2 Tbsp Butter 2lb beef sirloin (cut into ½â€Â cubes) Salt Pepper Vegetable oil for grilling 6 Crusty Italian Hoagie Rolls 12 Tbsp Cheese Whiz
Directions: Preheat a charcoal or gas grill to medium-high heat. Pepper & Onions: Heat a large flameproof sauté pan on the grill and add the 2 Tbsp of olive oil. When the oil begins to shimmer, add the sliced onions and sauté until the onions begin to brown (5 minutes). Add the sliced red and green peppers to the onions and sauté an additional 15 minutes until all the vegetables are caramelized. Remove the pan and put the pepper and onion mixture in a bowl and set aside. Sautéed Mushrooms: Put the pan back on the grill and add the remaining 2 Tbsp of olive oil, crushed garlic, and mushrooms and sauté until the mushrooms have given off most of their moisture (7-8 minutes.) Add the wine to and deglaze by scrapping the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Add the oregano and continue cooking until most of the liquid has evaporated (5 minutes). Stir in the butter to the mushroom mixture and cook until the butter has completely melted (3 minutes). Remove the pan and put the sautéed mushrooms in a bowl and set aside. For Burger: Add ½ of the sirloin cubes to a food processor and pulse just until ground (about 8-10 times) and remove ground sirloin from processor and put in a large bowl. Repeat with the remaining sirloin and add to the bowl. Form 12 equal patties and season both sides with salt and pepper. When ready to cook, brush the grill rack with vegetable oil and place the patties on the grill. Cook 5 minutes and flip burgers. Add 1 Tbsp of Cheese Whiz to the top of each burger and cover the grill. Continue to cook for an additional 5 minutes and remove the burgers. To Assemble: Make a lengthwise incision in each hoagie roll about ¾ of the way through, but do not cut all the way through the roll (you want to leave the bread in one piece) and spread the rolls apart. Place two burgers on one side of the roll. Top the burgers with the sautéed mushrooms and the pepper and the onion mixture. Fold the hoagie roll over the ingredients and serve.
That's right...Cheez Whiz. Having no particular affinity for processed cheese products or affiliation with the good folks at Kraft, I hesitated adding this to the mix. However, as any cheesesteak aficionado will tell you…it's not authentic without the whiz.


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While the Class of 2013 is full of top quarterback prospects, the following
year's class looks to have a number of standouts at another position.
VirginiaPreps.com Senior Football Editor, Rod Johnson said "For 2014, it is all about defensive linemen as Andrew Brown, Da'Shawn Hand,
and Jalyn Holmes are three that we currently have ranked high. It looks
like they could all end up in our top five prospects in that class"
Brown burst onto the scene as a freshman, and last spring was already garnering attention from our analysts. In covering the National Underclassmen
Combine last April, Matthew Hatfield wrote of Brown: "Brown has a huge frame
already at 6-foot-5, 270-pounds, will be one of the state's best prospects
from the Class of 2014 for sure. He's an animal up front."
While his sophomore stats were not eye opening, his overall play was impressive enough to land early offers from Virginia, Virginia Tech and Old Dominion. Brown also had to deal with a pelvic stress fracture that limited his play early on during the 2011 season. Fully recovered, Brown recently put on another display of his skills at the
Five-Star Showcase, and demonstrated once again he is one of Virginia's best from the Class of 2014!
Unlike Brown, Woodbridge lineman Da'Shawn Hand piled up some gaudy stats as a sophomore, including 21 sacks and 88 tackles, 14 for loss, three fumble
recoveries and three forced fumbles. His 2011 season efforts have allowed him to
rack up numerous D-I offers. Boston College, Virginia, Virginia Tech, South
Carolina and Michigan are a few of the schools that already offered, and his
list continues to grow.
Described as a "physical specimen" by Rivals.com analysts, Hand was named to the U.S. Army National All-Combine Team after attending the national combine in San Antonio in January. The Vikings standout clocks a 4.6 forty and is expected to threaten for a five-star ranking next year when Rivals begins
ranking the 2014 prospects.
not as well known as Brown and Hand, Lake Taylor's Jayln Holmes is quickly
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two times," he said. "I feel I grew more into the defense than I did before and I was a better teammate than before. I think I could be better, I've got to keep working hard every year."
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Review Roundup: DEAD ACCOUNTS Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
DEAD ACCOUNTS, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, stars two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes. Dead Accounts also stars Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton, and two-time Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell. The limited engagement of Dead Accounts opens tonight, November 29, at Broadway's Music Box Theatre.
The creative team for the production features five-time Tony nominee David Rockwell (scenic design), five-time Tony winner Catherine Zuber (costume design), David Weiner (lighting design), Mark Bennett (sound design, original music), and Tom Watson (hair design).
Rebeck's new comedy tackles the timely issues of corporate greed, small town values, and whether or not your family will always welcome you back…with no questions asked.
Let's see what the critics had to say...
Ben Brantley, The New York Times: This comedy about a prodigal son, returned from the wilds of New York City to his family in Cincinnati, seems to float out of memory even as you're watching it. Ms. Rebeck, the author of"Seminar" and "Mauritius," keeps throwing out weighty subjects - from the ethics of Wall Street to the existence of God - but never cultivates them into anything approaching a solid existence. They all blur into a single jet stream of semisnappy dialogue before changing course a few times and evaporating…For at least its first 15 minutes "Dead Accounts" does manage to command your attention. That's because its first scene is essentially a sustained aria of nervous energy for Mr. Butz...Ms. Rebeck doesn't seem to have settled on a tone or, for that matter, a subject. "Dead Accounts" is, I think, meant to be about the inflation of the superficial in a materialistic society, and the attendant, unsatisfied craving for belief...But the play never follows through convincingly on any of its ideas.
Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press: [Holmes] mostly tries hard to keep up with stage veterans Norbert Leo Butz and Jayne Houdyshell in Rebeck's oddly thin new play...Director Jack O'Brien struggles to both get the five-person cast to really jibe and the rhythm of the plot to get going. Holmes relies too much on a whiny teenage angst and a guilelessness that worked on TV but lacks nuance onstage...Rebeck, who created the first season of NBC's "Smash" and several well-received plays including "Seminar" and "Mauritius," has stumbled a bit with "Dead Accounts," a love letter to the hardworking, plainspoken Midwest, but one that lacks the sharpness and depth of her previous work...The heavy lifting is done by Butz...Butz at first seems to be overcompensating for the smallness of Holmes, but the anguish and heart of his character are revealed beautifully...But "Dead Accounts" doesn't really resolve anything or really end. It just sort of peters out, its momentum lost and none of its issues resolved.
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times: [Holmes is] charming, natural and, yes, about as fresh-faced as a moisturizer model. But there's only so much that can be done with a Rebeck play that has more topical urgency (greed, ethics and banking funny business) than dramatic finesse. Sharing the stage with Holmes is two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz, who pulls out all the stops in the play's leading role…he delivers a performance of frenetic gusto as Jack...Butz practically ricochets off the walls of the simple Midwestern kitchen that's the setting for "Dead Accounts," but not even he can transcend the contrived nature of a character who is really nothing more than a collection of manic playwriting impulses...director Jack O'Brien...isn't able to sort out the problem through his staging. His production draws out the sharpest colors in the cast, magnifying the characters' most salient qualities in an amped-up TV sitcom manner.
Erik Haagensen, Backstage: Prolific playwright Theresa Rebeck is on a downward spiral with her Broadway offerings. The problematic but interesting "Mauritius" was followed by the flashy but empty "Seminar," and now there's "Dead Accounts," the lazy and predictable comedy at the Music Box Theatre that wouldn't even pass muster as a Lifetime movie. Indeed, its presence on the Great White Way would be inexplicable without film star Katie Holmes in the cast, in an undemanding role that any number of actors could have played...Under Jack O'Brien's just-go-for-it direction, Norbert Leo Butz works feverishly to make something out of Jack, employing his spectacular gift for physical comedy while infusing Jack's rants with musicality and as much conviction as he can summon. Unfortunately, there's no there there, and this talented actor's work is reduced to a bag of tricks...Rebeck was once a promising, obviously talented writer. In her quest for Broadway success, I fear that she may have locked her soul away in its own dead account.
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter: Directed with a nimble hand by Jack O'Brien, the Broadway production assembles a terrific five-person cast. Two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz is in typically wired, Energizer-Bunny form, with Holmes ably playing foil. After appearing in a supporting part in the 2008 revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, the actress brings a lovely naturalness to her first starring Broadway role, along with frazzled warmth and judicious glimmers of a more brittle edge...The play, however, suffers from the same shortcomings that often cramp the theater work of Rebeck...Dead Accounts is all surface polish and minimal depth. It has lively dialogue, well-drawn characters and a smattering of smart observations about contemporary life. But it never acquires thematic coherence. The set-up is capable if a little unhurried, but the payoff is negligible, too often stuffing overworked wisdom into its characters' mouths to make points upon which the writer fails to expand.
Elisabeth Vincentelli, NY Post: A lot of eating takes place in the new Broadway comedy "Dead Accounts," but there's little for the audience to chew on. While the producers were busy signing up Katie Holmes and Norbert Leo Butz, playwright Theresa Rebeck forgot to write a show.
Jeremy Gerard, Bloomberg News: "Dead Accounts," on the other hand, seems phoned in, the kind of TV sitcom Rebeck herself can tear into with delicious spleen.
Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal: Sometimes a play that doesn't quite work can be more satisfying than a well-made piece of dramatic yard goods. It isn't hard to see what's wrong with Theresa Rebeck's "Dead Accounts," the story of a manic embezzler who takes the money and runs home to his mother-yet for all its manifest flaws, Ms. Rebeck's new play is seldom predictable and never boring, and her cast, led by Norbert Leo Butz, glitters like sapphires on black velvet. If it's perfection you want, go elsewhere, but you'll miss out on an exceedingly interesting night at the theater.
Matt Windman, AM New York: Given the many outstanding plays that premiered Off-Broadway last month and really deserve to be seen (including Samuel D. Hunter's "The Whale" and Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike"), it's depressing to have yet another insubstantial, uneventful and pointless play by Theresa Rebeck on the stage…Rebeck offers just a tiny sliver of a plot, undeveloped characters and a few themes that are superficially explored…The real attraction of "Dead Accounts" is seeing Katie Holmes in her first professional gig after deserting Tom Cruise. Oddly enough, she only has a supporting, rather uninteresting role as Butz's homely-looking, stressed-out sister.
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune: Rebeck clearly intends to lampoon her mercurial Manhattan milieu and treat the Midwest without the usual condescension. But one of the many problems with this script, which is entertaining and zesty in a moment-by-moment way but really does not hang together as a credible dramatic story, is that it relies on the dodgy assumption that people in Cincinnati actually define themselves, all the time, as heart-of-America Midwesterners, when, in fact, they think of themselves as Cincinnatians, residents of a pretty urbane locale…"Dead Accounts" holds one's attention, not least because it allows the hyperkinetic Butz to energize the piece. He is a lot of fun throughout, especially when playing opposite Houdyshell's dry wiT. Holmes...generally lacks sufficiently expansive definition, but, in the few moments of actual revelation, she finds some poignancy in her relationship with her character. None of these actors, though, can help the lack of credibility of some of the play's central devices.
Joe Dziemianowicz, NY Daily News: In lieu of an engaging story, unseen people, including the sibs' sick dad, are gabbed about while undeveloped thematic strands dangle. Ideas rise up about staying put in one's hometown vs. leaving, buying into God vs. worshipping money and life in New York vs. the Midwest. After an hour, Jack's wife, Jenny (Judy Greer, miscast as a model of urbanity), arrives and reveals that her soon-to-be ex has raided neglected bank accounts of dead people to the tune of $27 million. The huge sum is a device to reveal Jenny's greed and to give Lorna an aria about why she can't fret about banks getting screwed.
Director Jack O'Brien can't do much with the material, so he puts his energy into moody scene changes. And he cast Butz, who he guided to Best Actor Tony wins in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "Catch Me If You Can."
Linda Winer, Newsday: ...how did Holmes and a bushel of theater talents, including director Jack O'Brien, take a wrong turn into this slim screech of a sitcom, a scattershot slice of stereotypical life with characters as unbelievable as they are unlikeable? Written on commission by a theater in Rebeck's hometown of Cincinnati, the script pretends to embrace Midwest over New York values but flattens both into insults...On the plus side, audiences coming to see a miscast Holmes will be introduced to Norbert Leo Butz. The actor, actually the star of the play, does yet another of his nonstop hyperactive eccentrics with which he won Tonys in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "Catch Me If You Can." Sure, he starts at manic and revs up from there. If he seems to be working too hard this time, notice, please, how little there is to push against him.
Roma Torre, NY 1: There's "Dead Accounts" and then there's "No Accounts", which is a more apt title for this dramatically lifeless play in which there's no accounting for structure, theme or purpose. There is, however, lots of ice cream and a dazzling central performance from Norbert Leo Butz. But no ands, ifs, or buts about it: the play is DOA.
Robert Feldberg, NorthJersey.com: If there were a Tony Award for extraordinary effort in trying to breathe life into a flat-lining play, Norbert Leo Butz would win, hands down.
Marilyn Stasio, Variety: Katie Holmes is ideally cast in "Dead Accounts." Not because she's that Katie Holmes, but because the fresh-faced star effortlessly projects the Midwestern virtues of honesty and moral integrity that scribe Theresa Rebeck celebrates. These values are kicked around in an amusing if aimless way in this comedy about a rogue hero (the perfect role for Norbert Leo Butz) who throws himself on the family bosom after behaving badly in New York. Rebeck opens up some smart arguments about old-time values in a modern world, but these circular conversations are too shallow to rock the boat.
Thom Geier, Entertainment Weekly: Norbert Leo Butz is no stranger to playing shady characters...In Dead Accounts, Theresa Rebeck's engaging but unsatisfying new dramedy, he brings a fast-talking charm to a New York banker named Jack who suddenly shows up at his parents' suburban Cincinnati home with suspicious stacks of cash...With the exception of Jack, though, the characters are as thin as old dish towels. Holmes, effortlessly sympathetic in an underwritten role as a dithering thirtysomething, tears into a populist rant against banks and flirts playfully with Jack's still-in-Ohio high school pal Phil (Josh Hamilton)...The first act of Dead Accounts plays like a claustrophobically staged TV pilot...But Act 2 is like the second episode of a 13-show season, ending on a mini-catharsis as modest as a churchgoing Midwesterner. A full season (or further re-writing) might have allowed Rebeck to flesh out her promising setup, but this wisp of a show pays steep penalties for premature withdrawal. B–


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Fortune has released its list of the top 10 Fortune 500 stock performers for 2010, and Dillard's is the lone retailer on the list.
Ranked at number 10, Dillard's, which is ranked at 348 on the Fortune 500, posted a year-to-date stock performance improvement of 97% and a market cap of $2.1 billion.
According to the report, Dillard's sold more merchandise this November than last year, with sales totaling almost $470 million for the month. That marked a 7% increase over last year.
Results are based on closing prices as of Dec. 10. Click here for the full list.


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Cape Town – While his confidence may be high, after scoring a century for his franchise last weekend, South Africa's opening batsman Alviro Petersen says his feet are still firmly planted on the ground.
"It's always nice to get some runs under my belt but when I walk out to bat against Pakistan later this week, I'm well aware that I have to start again on zero," Petersen said in Cape Town on Tuesday.
"I have to try and build a base all over again, but it's a good feeling to have that bit of confidence going into the next match."
Petersen scored 119 for the Lions against the Warriors on Saturday, helping them secure a 125-run victory and finish in second place in the four-day domestic series.
"With such a long break between the two Tests, I wanted to go back to my local franchise and try and help the boys out," he said, ahead of the second Test which starts on Thursday.
"They were in the running to win the competition and I wanted to show my commitment to the Lions.
"I remember where I came from and it's that sort of cricket which helped me to get where I am today, so it's always nice to give something back."
Petersen enjoyed the added advantage of facing Warriors left-arm seamer Wayne Parnell, off-spinner Simon Harmer as well as the medium-fast bowler Andrew Birch and said it was a similar attack to that he would face against Pakistan.
While the South African bowling attack was in such superb form, Petersen said it worked for and against him as a batsman.
"Our bowling unit absolutely deserves all the hype they're getting at the moment," he said.
"There is pressure on us batsmen too, because we must also perform but it also makes it a bit easier as often, in a second innings, we have a big lead and there's not much pressure and there are not many catchers in place."
He felt Pakistan were likely to put up more of a fight in Cape Town, having some world-class players in their side.
Petersen said Newlands was just the ground for Pakistan to do so because, traditionally, the wicket was better suited to spin.
"But we've played some good cricket here too over the last few years, so we'll take that confidence with us into the game," he said.
"In saying that, we definitely don't want to take Pakistan lightly because they have that potential to bounce back."
The Proteas were coping better against spin and had their game plans set against Saeed Ajmal but Petersen admitted the South Africans were surprised when giant fast bowler Mohammad Irfan was omitted from the Pakistan team for the previous Test at the Wanderers.
"We were all surprised when Irfan wasn't selected for the first Test because he offers something different," he said of the 2.16 metre tall bowler.
"We've done our homework on him and he's the type of bowler we've never faced in our lives.
"I'm sure he'll play in the second Test so we will have to prepare well for him and try and find a way or come up with a technique to play him." – Sapa


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A drizzly rain, wind and cool temperatures didn't stop a couple dozen swimmers from christening the new Charles Brooks Swimming Pool at its grand reopening Friday.
The pool had been closed for six months during its rehab, and Woodland Swim Team members were eager to hop in again.
Swim team participants Delaney Thomsen, 11, Kasidee Pascoe, 14, and Angela Fan, 17, were the first brave souls to take the plunge just after 11 a.m.
They were soon followed by Chase Avalos, 16, Tyler Linsenbach, 18, who attends American River College but used to be on the team, and Ryan Payne, 18.
Younger swimmers Kai Owens, 11, Kilian Bush, 9, Caden Drefs, 9, and Callie Drefs, 8, helped officials cut the red ribbon with giant scissors before getting in the pool.
Around a dozen city and county officials were present, including Mayor Skip Davies, who was one of many to address the crowd.
Davies spoke of the pool's original opening in 1974 - 40 years ago - and those community leaders who spearheaded the project at the time: Gene Stille of Nugget Market and the late David Adams of Adams Trucking and A.W. Hays of Hays Trucking. Slim Roberts was the mayor and John Fern acted as the city's manager.
At the time the pool first opened next to Woodland High School knowing how to swim was a requirement for graduation, Davies said.
That's no longer the case, but the pool is used to host swim meets, water polo tournaments, Club and Junior Olympic levels and other aquatic events throughout the year.
Brooks Swim Center is also used by the Woodland Frogs swim team and hosts more than 1,000 athletes and their families at the five meets hosted each year. This is in addition to the recreational swim championships held each July, where up to 1,500 athletes compete each weekend.
The first water polo tournament with 16 teams from Northern California USA Water Polo kicks off the aquatics season today, Saturday from 7 to 9 a.m.
On Sunday, lap swimming will resume from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Demolition and construction began at the facility in August, located just north of Woodland High School and adjacent to West Woodland Avenue at 155 N. West St.
The $1 million-plus project was funded by Measure E, a half-cent, voter-approved sales tax increase that will sunset in 2018. The contract was awarded to Condor Inc. in the amount $937,982, $847,000 of which came from the 2013-14 fiscal year. The total cost of the renovations was $1,068,670.
Renovations included crack repair, removal and replacement of plaster, abandonment of the observation chamber and replacement of edge coping. Other work included total deck replacement, replacement of electrical conduits and underwater lights, new starting blocks and other related work, and an extra lane was added to make it a 20-lane pool.
New diving boards have been ordered and will be replaced in a few months. The ADA parking space for the pool was also moved to a location that is closer to the south entry gate for easier access.
The 680,000-gallon pool is 50 meters long and 25 yards wide. It ranges in depth from 4 to 12 feet. There is also a small training pool nearby that is between 2- and 4-feet deep.
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