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- For the character from the 1994 film, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, see Heather Langenkamp Porter.
- For the character from the 2010 remake, see Nancy Holbrook.
Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson in Dream Warriors
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Neil Gordon (colleague and friend)
Marge Thompson (mother; deceased)
Donald Thompson (father; deceased)
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Nancy Thompson (c. 1965 - 1987) was the main protagonist of A Nightmare on Elm Street and the main deuteragonist of Dream Warriors. She was the daughter of alcoholic mother, Marge Thompson, and police sergeant, Donald Thompson.
In the original Nightmare on Elm Street, Nancy was the heroine whose life was put into jeopardy by a dream stalker who killed her friends.
In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Nancy began working as a dream researcher at Westin Hills, trying to help the last of the Elm Street children from being killed by Freddy Krueger. Freddy finally killed her at the end of the movie.
Nancy was portrayed by actress Heather Langenkamp and was a "girl next door" type with brown hair and blue eyes. Nancy was the sixth and the final falling victim of the third killing spree by Freddy.
A Nightmare on Elm StreetIn A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nancy was told by her friend Tina Gray that she had been having terrible nightmares. Since Tina was scared to be alone, Nancy and her boyfriend Glen Lantz agreed to spend the night at Tina's house so she didn't have to be alone. Tina then described the man she had been dreaming about and to Nancy's shock, the description of the man matched a man she had been dreaming about. That night, Tina was murdered in her sleep while Nancy is sleeping in the next room with her boyfriend Rod Lane. Although Rod was blamed, Nancy seemed to have her doubts that Rod killed Tina. On her way to school the morning after, Nancy was pulled into the bushes by Rod, who insisted he did not kill Tina. Nancy's father confronted Rod, who ran off. Rod is soon captured by the police, and Nancy accused her father of using her as a pawn to capture Rod. At school, Nancy fell asleep in history class and wandered into the boiler room of the high school. She was then confronted by Freddy and burned her arm on a pipe to make herself wake up. Screaming, Nancy woke up with a burn on her arm and left school.Nancy asked her boyfriend Glen to stand guard while she entered her dreams to find Freddy. In the dream she watched Freddy enter the jail cell and attempt to kill Rod. Afterwards, Freddy attacked Nancy and she eventually woke up. After telling her mom she was going back to bed, Nancy and Glen went to the police station to check on Rod. Right before they entered the cell, Freddy killed Rod by hanging him.
At Rod's funeral, Nancy revealed that she knew Rod didn't kill Tina. She described the killer to her father and mother and her father appeared shocked at the description. Marge took Nancy to a sleep clinic where she was again attacked by Freddy Krueger. This time, however, Nancy pulled Freddy's hat out of her dream.
Later, Marge revealed to Nancy that Fred Krueger was a child murderer that was released from arrest due to a search warrant being signed in the wrong place. She told Nancy that her, Donald and other parents burned him to death. She then showed Nancy that she had Freddy's glove and that Freddy could not hurt her anymore. Marge also had bars put up on the windows.
While talking to Glen on a bridge, Glen revealed that in a certain culture, the people turn their backs on nightmares to rob them of their power. Nancy revealed to Glen that she was learning how to make booby traps in order to survive.
Nancy decided that she had to pull Freddy out of her dream in order to defeat him. She asked Glen to come over to her house at midnight and attack Freddy once she pulled him out of the dream. She warned Glen "Whatever you do, don't fall asleep." Freddy then called Nancy on her phone, telling her that he's her boyfriend now. Fearing for Glen's life, she tried to go help him but her mom locked them inside the house. Nancy stood by helplessly while Freddy killed Glen.
Nancy asked her father to step into the role originally given to Glen, to catch Freddy when Nancy brought him out of the dream. She then booby trapped her house and went to sleep. Nancy successfully pulled Freddy out of the dream and set him on fire. By the time Donald made it into the house, Nancy and he saw Freddy murder Marge and then sink into the bed. After excusing her dad from the room, Nancy turned her back on the bed. Freddy rose out of the bed, ready to kill Nancy. Nancy, however, figured out that the whole movie was only a dream. She refused to look at Freddy and demanded her friends and mother back. Freddy tried to kill Nancy but disappeared.
Nancy stepped outside and it was day time. She got into Glen's car with Glen, Tina and Rod, all seemingly restored to life. Then, however, the car locked the friends in and drove off on its own while Marge was pulled into the house by Freddy.
Freddy's Revenge
Nancy Thompson never appears in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, but she is mentioned when Lisa Webber finds her journal in Jesse Walsh's bedroom. While reading it, they find out about Freddy Krueger and the events that surrounded Nancy.
In Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Nancy is considered by the teenagers as a young girl who saw her boyfriend get butchered before losing her mind.
Dream Warriors
In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Nancy first appeared as a new intern at the Westin Hills Asylum. When Kristen Parker was admitted and was attempted to be sedated, Kristen freaked out and attacked the orderly with a scalpel. Kristen began singing the jump rope song and Nancy appeared and finished the song. Kristen immediately gave up the scalpel and hugged Nancy.
Nancy became quickly close with Neil Gordon, who discovered Nancy was taking a medication called Hypnocil for suppression of dreams. Nancy requested that the children be given Hypnocil but Neil refused.
After one of the patients, Phillip Anderson, was killed by Freddy, a panicked Neal agreed to get the hypnocil.
When Kristen pulled Nancy into her dream, this gave Nancy an idea of how to fight Freddy. She told Neil about Freddy and decided to encourage the patients to develop their dream power. An impromptu hypnosis session was held in which they all developed dream powers. However, in the dream, Freddy caught Joey Crusel and kept him in a coma. Both Nancy and Neil were fired because of what happened.
When Neil informed Nancy that a nun told him that they had to find Freddy's bones to lay him to rest, Nancy decided to ask her father Donald where the bones are. Donald, however, refused Nancy's claim that Freddy was still alive.
Leaving Neal to obtain information from her father, Nancy returned to Westin Hills in an attempt to save Kristen. She attempted to speak to Kristen, who was in the quiet room, but the orderly Max wouldn't allow her. Exasperated, she requested a meeting with the other kids to say goodbye and Max allowed her 5 minutes. Nancy gathered the kids up in the group therapy room for a hypnosis session aimed at helping Kristen and destroying Freddy.
In the dreamworld, Nancy managed to rescue Kristen and Joey but was killed when Freddy disguised himself as her father and claimed he was sorry for all he put her through. Nancy hugged him and was stabbed by Freddy's glove. Kristen held Nancy and promised she would dream her into a beautiful dream where she couldn't die.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
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At the climax on "Wes Craven's New Nightmare", Heather again becomes Nancy. John Saxon suddenly starts calling her Nancy, to which she asks why. She then notices he is now dressed as he was in the original movie. He leaves, telling her to look after herself and Dylan. Heather finally acknowledges herself as Nancy again and says "I love you too, daddy".
She finds her son and together they battle Freddy. Eventually, they lock him in a furnace, killing him. They escape back to the real world, where they find the script, with a thank you note from Wes Craven.
DeathFreddy tricked Nancy when he appeared to her as her father, Donald, and stabbed her in the ribs and stomach with his clawed glove. He yelled "Die!" and stabbed her in the same area much deeper. After rising a final time to stab Freddy with his own glove before he can kill Kristen, Nancy died. Krueger disappeared as Neil covered Freddy's remains in holy water and a crucifix, and buried them. Kristen then stated that she intends to place Nancy into a "beautiful dream." Right after killing her, her soul was immediately absorbed by Freddy. She was buried afterwards. Her soul and the souls of other Freddy's victims were released in the 4th movie.
According to the script by Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner First Draft: June 16, 1986, Nancy was always intended to die in NOES 3. Some controversy has come up as to whether this was always the case.
- Heather Langenkamp beat over 200 actresses for the role of Nancy Thompson. Notable other actresses who auditioned were Demi Moore, Jennifer Grey, Marisa Tomei, Courteney Cox, Winona Ryder, Carrie Anne-Moss, Claudia Wells and Tracey Gold.
- She is the first Nightmare heroine that survived in her first film, but dies in the third film.
- She is the second Nightmare heroine that lived in 1428 Elm Street, the first was Maggie Burroughs.
- During the scene where Nancy was running towards her home, away from Freddy, she cut her foot and needed stitches.
- In the 2011 Mortal Kombat video game, a woman that Freddy kills resembles Nancy appears in Freddy's ending and looks the way she did in the original film's poster.
- She is the only dream warrior to not have a dream power. Ironically, she's the founder and leader of the dream warriors.
- In the original screenplay, before Nancy goes to sleep in the dream research clinic, the doctor makes a comment about Nancy not being like the Bride of Frankenstein. This foreshadows the gray streak that appears in her hair when she wakes up.
- A deleted scene in the first movie revealed that Nancy had an older sibling that was killed by Freddy. However, this was cut from the film and is thus never mentioned nor considered to be part of the continuity nor the canon of the series.
Other Appearances
Nancy is a playable character in A Nightmare On Elm Street (1989 DOS/C64 Video Game) alongside the other Dream Warriors Kristen, Kincaid, Will and Taryn. Her power is the ability to freeze time.
Her ghost appears to assist Neil in the ending of Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors.
- "Whatever you do...don't fall asleep." (To Glen through the phone)
- "Oh, God; I look 20 years old." (To herself)
- "Screw your pass!" (To hall monitor at school during her dream)
- "I take back every last bit of energy I gave you, you're nothing, you're shit." (To Freddy during the climax)
- "His name is Freddy Krueger." (To every kids that sit beside her)
- "I'll always love you." (Right before Donald/Freddy stabs her to death)
See also
Nancy Thompson has a Photo Gallery.
- Nancy Thompson at the Friday the 13th wiki.
- Nancy Thompson at the Horror wiki.
- Nancy Thompson at the Hero wiki.
External links
- Nancy Thompson at the Internet Movie Database


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Those John Elway-like winning drives in the fourth quarter that became so typical of another No. 7 have not vanished this season.
They have dwindled, and, in a season where eight Steelers games were decided by three points, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's batting average of 2 for 7 in the fourth quarter just wasn't good enough.
"In the past, I've prided myself and our team in the fourth-quarter comebacks," Roethlisberger said Wednesday. "We've always said you don't want to have them because then you're usually not doing so well early on in the games. But we've always been good at it. This year just wasn't. I don't think there's a rhyme or reason why."
It began in the opener in Denver when, trailing by six points and the ball in his hands, Roethlisberger threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown with two minutes left to give the Broncos a 31-19 victory. It ended with two late interceptions that set up victories by Dallas in overtime and Cincinnati with 14 seconds left.
In between, there were winning fourth-quarter drives by Roethlisberger in a 16-14 victory against Philadelphia and a 24-20 victory against the New York Giants. There also were games in which he could not come through with a score: A 34-31 loss at Oakland, and a 26-23 loss at Tennessee.
His two fourth-quarter drives to victories gives him 29 for his career (including overtime), 26 in the regular season and three in the postseason. He explained it that it was just a year in which he did not do it.
"I don't think there's any reason to go panic. I've been pretty good for eight years doing it. I had one not-so-good year at it. I felt like I played pretty good football, though, other than those situations."
Roethlisberger was having an MVP-like season before injuries to his ribs and right shoulder knocked him out for three games. His passer rating of 95.5 still ranks third in the AFC behind Denver's Peyton Manning (103.7) and New England's Tom Brady (98.3). Roethlisberger limped around the locker room Wednesday on slight but double knee injuries from the game Sunday but did not mention them.
"Obviously, as you progress throughout a season, everyone is a little injured and everyone is a little banged up. Every week, you get a little more banged up. But no excuses from me."
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"The Daly family and the entire Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports & Entertainment family is mourning the loss of Chuck Daly," family spokesman and Pistons vice president Matt Dobek said. "Chuck left a lasting impression with everyone he met both personally and professionally and his spirit will live with all of us forever."
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But Daly never took himself seriously. Dubbed the "Prince of Pessimism" by Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan, whose relationship with Daly went back to his Boston College days, Daly would say he was an "optimist with experience."
Daly was born in Kane, Pa., and graduated from Bloomsburg State in 1952. He coached at Punxsutawney, Pa., High School from 1955-63, but networked throughout the East at coaching clinics and finally landed a job as an assistant at Duke in 1963, where he stayed until taking the head coaching job at Boston College in 1969.
After three years at BC, Daly went to Pennsylvania in 1971 – McCloskey, after a decade as Penn's coach, had left five years earlier – and won four straight Ivy League titles, posting an overall record of 151-62 as a college coach.
He left Penn and college basketball after the 1977 season to join his longtime friend, Billy Cunningham, on Cunningham's Philadelphia 76ers staff.
His first NBA job came in 1981 when Cleveland owner Ted Stepien hired him. The Cavs were a notoriously bad team, and badly run franchise, under Stepien. Daly knew it would be a tough job. He never even signed a lease, choosing instead to take a room at the Holiday Inn near the old Richfield Coliseum. He lasted 41 games – spending 93 nights at the Holiday Inn – and didn't get his next chance for another season and a half, when McCloskey came calling.
That call not only launched the richest chapter in Pistons history, it established Chuck Daly as one of basketball's all-time great coaches.
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"For more than 46 years Orchards Children's Services has remained committed to its mission of strengthening the community through programs and services. As a native of Flint and a leader of the organization providing services in this community we are excited to be a part of the city's revival," says CEO of Orchards, Michael Williams.
"With the support of the Pistons, Fathead and Rock Financial we are truly able to have a direct positive impact on Flint families by supplying them with needed food and valuable personal care items. This is truly a collaborative initiative and Orchards is blessed to be part of this outstanding effort in the city of Flint."
Volunteers from Rock Financial and Fathead including Fathead CEO, Patrick McInnis and the Mayor of Flint, Michael K. Brown, will be on hand to help distribute free food and personal care items to pre-identified needy and foster families of Orchards Children's Services. Each family is receiving a 25 pound box of food and a box of personal care items.
"It's a great feeling to come back home to Flint and lend a hand to those who could use some help," McInnis said. "I know I speak for all Rock Financial and Fathead team members in saying we are very proud to have been involved in helping so many families right here in Michigan."
The funding for the food and supplies came from the Pistons Care Telethon, which culminated in a 17-hour telethon day and telecast of the team's game on March 11, raised more than $450,000 in pledges to benefit FTC, with proceeds going to families in critical need of food and basic necessities throughout the state of Michigan.
Proceeds were raised with the help from fans, schools, churches, businesses, Pistons Care Telethon sponsors, Palace Sports and Entertainment employees and the generous support of the media. Fathead and Rock Financial supported the telethon with enough money to stock two trucks with enough food and supplies to feed 800 families. Truck deliveries will take place through December 2009 feeding and helping to sustain over 25,000 families across the state.
Orchards Children's Services is located at 225 East 5th Street, Flint, MI 48502. Orchards can be reached at (810) 239-3264.
Feed The Children was founded in 1979 by Larry and Frances Jones and is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support.
Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters.
In FY 2007, Feed The Children distributed more than 135 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally, supplementing almost 800,000 meals each day. Since its founding, the organization has reached out to help those in need in 118 countries around the globe. For more information, please visit http://www.feedthechildren.org/.
During lunch and dinner (11 a.m. – 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.): Mini-versions of the Panera favorite 'You Pick Two' combo including the Asiago Roast Beef sandwich and Forest Mushroom soup
Known as the nation's "bread expert," Panera offers a variety of artisan breads, along with bagels, pastries, baked goods and hot and cold espresso beverages. Bakery-cafes are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, serving up hearty soups in edible sourdough bread bowls, hand-tossed salads, signature sandwiches and more.
To find the Panera location nearest you, visit www.panerabread.com.
Ara Howrani, owner of Ameen Howrani Photography, likes to cruise Michigan Avenue in his "old school red hot" Cutlass Supreme.
Lived in Detroit: Almost my whole life
Favorite spot: Michigan Avenue
Lived in Detroit: 15 years
Favorite spot: Chene Park Amphitheater
Patricia Nemeth, an attorney, sits with her daughter, Sophina, at the Coach Insignia restaurant.
Lived in Detroit: 6 years
Favorite spot: Alice in Wonderland-esque chairs at Coach Insignia
The bar is located at the top of the General Motors building, almost 75 floors up. In the corner, where it's a bit darker, are the most glorious chairs you've ever seen. The four chairs are covered in red velvet, exactly like I'd imagine a queen's throne.
The chairs' backs are about six feet high, and I almost have to climb into them since I'm short. Then I look out the large windows, gazing over the city lights. It's so meditative; I just lose myself and forget about what's happened during the day.
Why I love Detroit: The view reminds me that everything I love to do is here in Detroit - my daughter Sophina's school, MGM casino, my neighborhood in the central business district - and I can walk to it. It's a very simple life for me, and I like that.
Those people are the reason I call Detroit home. They have a never-say-die mentality. If there is anything that can be said of Detroit, it's that we are survivors. Thanks to this city, that's how I think of myself, too.
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Dust Off Those Leg Warmers and Dry Clean That Member's Only Jacket: Tigers Celebrate '80s Night At Comerica Park Monday
The Detroit Tigers travel back in time to celebrate the 1980s on Monday, May 4 as they take on the Minnesota Twins at 7:05 p.m., the first game of a two-game series.
Sponsored by Belle Tire, '80s Night will feature awesome live music, giveaways, a rad car display and costumed characters pulled directly out of the '80s to entertain fans.
The first 7,500 fans will receive a Jack Morris Replica Jersey T-Shirt, courtesy of Belle Tire, in honor of Morris' 1984 no-hitter. Other giveaways during the game include Cabbage Patch Dolls, autographed Def Leppard CDs, and concert tickets for upcoming Leonard Cohen and Pat Benatar concerts.
The festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. with "The Delivery," an '80s cover band provided by 89X Radio, performing fan favorites behind section 121 near the Big Cat Court until 6:45 p.m. Cal Cagno of 89X will sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch.
From 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Witherell St., fans can check out eight DeLorean vehicles, courtesy of DeLorean Motor City, and a Ferrari 208 GTS and a Testarossa, courtesy of the Ferrari Owners Club. The DeLorean vehicle is most known for its role in the "Back to the Future" trilogy while the Ferrari 208 GTS and Testarossa are modeled after vehicles from the Magnum P.I. and Miami Vice television shows, respectively.
Cowabunga, dude! Fans can interact, take pictures and play video games with two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Party Van, the original van from the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. These fighting reptiles from the 80s will be at Columbia Plaza from 5:30 p.m. until the bottom of the fifth inning.
If you were a fan of creatures from another galaxy – rather than mutant turtles – you won't be disappointed as 30 various Star Wars characters will be walking throughout the concourse from 5:30-8:00 p.m. and available for pictures.
For more information, visit http://www.tigers.com/.
Tickets are available at the Comerica Park Box Office, online at http://www.tigers.com/, by phone at (866) 66-TIGER (84437), at Detroit-area Meijer stores and at Hockeytown Authentics, located at 1845 E. Big Beaver Road in Troy.
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Taking the name from his 2003 hit 'I Love This Bar,' the franchise already has locations in Oklahoma City, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Mesa, Ariz., and at a Cherokee casino in Catoosa, Okla.
Items on the menu include Honky Tonk meatloaf, Freedom Fries and Southern-fried Twinkies. One of the restaurant's specialties, the American Soldier Burger, is served free of charge to any military personnel with valid military ID.
Construction on the new complex will begin soon, and the restaurant is expected to employ about 200 people.
May 5 : 9 p.m.
Sterling Heights may never be the same after today. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the Gator girls while you throw down on $2 Coronas and $2 margaritas. Enjoy live entertainment and shake what your momma gave ya.
May 5 : 1 p.m.
This Utica mainstay is kicking off Cinco de Mayo early this year. The party sets off at 1 p.m. featuring two big tents holding one giant celebration. Music will be provided by DJ Godfather on the 1's and 2's along with live entertainment by the Strangers. Drink specials include $1 one o'clock specials, $2 two o'clock specials and $3 three o'clock specials, so be prepared to drink all day.
May 5 : 1 p.m.
Prepare to party all day at this festive Sterling Heights hangout thanks to great drink specials like $1 1 o'clock specials, $2 2 o'clock specials and you guessed in $3 3 o'clock specials. $100 goes to the best dressed festive female in the house. This celebration is free all day and features the sounds of DJ Simon in the booth.
May 5 : 3 p.m.
Join the fun this year as Craig Jelinek and Kevin Cermak bring you this special Cinco celebration titled, "Corona & Margarita Madness". Complete information is available at cincobash.com or call 248-543-1000. Live band Collision 6 will be performing in the greenhouse while DJs Tom Keeling and Victor V get things moving on the patio.
May 5 : 4 p.m.
What better way to celebrate Mexico's victory over the French than at On the Border in Novi. Don't miss this huge all day tent party featuring great live entertainment by the Killer Flamingos. Get in on $4 drafts and margaritas while you chow down on authentic Mexican cuisine. Tequila, anyone.
May 5 : 4 p.m.
With warmer weather on the way, what better way to celebrate this festive day than outside in one of Main Street's comfy cabanas. Take advantage of great drink specials all day like $2 Coronas and $5 margaritas, along with a complimentary taco bar for those late night cravings. Early arrival is suggested cause this party promises to be packed with sexy singles partying hard - Mexican style.
May 5 : 5 p.m.
This local watering hole may be named after a city in Louisiana, but think a little more South for this special celebration. Enjoy authentic (meaning strong) margaritas and a tasty Mexican buffet from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. while you take in the sounds of the season.
May 5 : 5 p.m.
Red Bull is sponsoring this special Cinco celebration at one of Clinton Township's favorite sports bars. Get there early and take advantage of the free taco bar from 5-8 p.m. DJs Pannos and Thomas Etchenburg will be joined by percussionist Jared Sykes as they deliver all the best booty shaking grooves to move ya.
May 5 : 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Featuring the Moyocoyani Izel Dancers. The colorfully costumed dancers ranging in age from eight to thirty years old, will perform traditional regional Mexican dances outside the restaurant. Food and beverage service will continue all day.
May 5 : 9 p.m.
Take a crack at the pinata and get your chance to take home some very exclusive prizes. Enjoy free roving Mexican hors d'oeuvres while you toss back a few cervesas including $2.50 Coronas and $2 Labatt's. So don your sombrero and prepare to party Cinco style at both Dooley's locations.
Kate Gosselin, the star of a top-rated cable show and author of the best-selling book Multiple Blessings, shares her story of the challenges that come with raising 8-year-old twins and a set of sextuplets.
The Gosselins' life is a whirlwind, with the book and show reflecting the fast-paced, no nonsense approach they take to raising their twins and their miracle sextuplets. Her message: If she can balance the demands of parenting, so can all parents. Kate's second book, Eight Little Faces, was released in April 2009, and her family cookbook, Love Is in the Mix: Making Meals into Memories, is due to be released in October 2009.
"Tea with Kate Gosselin" is an intimate meet and greet with Kate and a small group of special fans. This event will be held at the new Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital (6777 West Maple Road) at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $150, and include your choice of one of her best-selling books plus an opportunity to get it signed by Kate.
"Moms' Night Out with Kate Gosselin" will give Metro Detroiters an opportunity to hear how Kate copes with her big brood. She'll share her "Six Lessons Learned" and "Tips for a Stress Free Home."
This evening event at Faith Lutheran Church in Troy (37635 Dequindre Road) begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $38 for general admission gold seating (includes book signing opportunity) and $27 for general admission silver seating. It's the perfect Mother's Day present for Metro Detroit moms, letting them know that no matter how tough and demanding parenting can be sometimes, they can find the right balance to ensure a happy home.
The event is presented by Metro Parent Magazine and Henry Ford Health System. It is sponsored by The Henry Ford museum and 96.3 WDVD-FM.
To purchase tickets or for additional information, visit MetroParentEvents.com or call 248-398-3400, ext. 128.
Preservation Magazine
Businesses flourishing along Michigan Avenue in Corktown include O'Connor Real Estate and Development and the adjacent Slows Bar BQ. Owners Ryan and Phil Cooley recently purchased two more buildings down the block and hope to open an entertainment venue there.
Mosey has an apartment and works nearby in Midtown, a thriving neighborhood anchored by Wayne State University, the Detroit Medical Center, and most of the Motor City's cultural institutions. Often called the district's unofficial mayor (she's president of the University Cultural Center Association, which works to develop and improve the neighborhood), she gestures proudly to the crowd.
Automakers and suppliers, vital employers here, face an uncertain future. Thousands of abandoned homes and buildings—estimates range from 60,000 to 85,000—dot the city. And last season the metropolis once dubbed The City of Champions, watched its NFL Lions fumble their way to an 0-16 record, the first time that's ever happened in the league.
Yet despite a fourth-and-long outlook, there are just as many—if not more—reasons to be hopeful.
At the top of the list is the recent $200 million renovation and reopening of the 1924 Book Cadillac Hotel. Shuttered since the early 1980s, it stood downtown—along with the still-abandoned train station—as a symbol of Detroit's downfall.
Around the same time the Book Cadillac opened, another shuttered hotel on the National Register was reborn. The Fort Shelby, originally opened in 1917, was restored and reopened late last year.
This is an excerpt from Preservation magazine.
Dan Shine, a longtime resident of Detroit's east side, works at the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
If your definition of summertime doesn't include barbecue, beer and baseball it's time make some serious corrections to your agenda -- like, with a bright red pen.
In Detroit, those properly schooled in brews amble on over to Slows Bar BQ a joint that caters to fans of all three types of fanatic.
Just a mile or so down the road from Comerica Park and in the shadow of the old Tiger Stadium, Slows is a popular pre- and post-game stop for Tigers fans.
Manager Terry Perrone notes that its primary appeal is the food: "We're a barbecue restaurant first and foremost." Terry isn't stopping suds snobs with a nose for microbrews from slipping through the door, too, though.
With renowned Michigan names like Bell's, Founders and New Holland, Slows has no shortage of local breweries to draw from and stocks as many as possible: of 20 taps Perrone says they try to keep "no less than 14 from Michigan or the region."
Some, such as Great Lakes Grass Roots Ale and Dragonmead Corktown Red, aren't readily available anywhere else. So though Slows puts eats first, Peronne admits, "We see more and more [beer lovers] as the notoriety gets out that we are a great destination to find these local beers."
Check out yesterday's complete draft list after the jump. (Got a fave on the list? Let us know what we should be sipping this summer).
Dogfish Aprihop
Arcadia Sky High Rye
Atwater Pilsner
North Coast Brother Thelonious
Great Lakes Burning River
Celes White
Dragonmead Corktown Red
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
Great Lakes Grass Roots Ale
Arcadia Hop Rocket
New Holland Golden Cap
Short's Huma-Lupa-Licious IPA
Motor City Nut Brown
Bell's Oberon
Arcadia Wit Sun (hand pump)
Ommegang Abbey Ale
Ommegang Hennepin
Uncle John's Perry Pear Cider
Victory Prima Pils
Stone Ruination
Today, festival organizers announced the lineup for the 30th Anniversary of the Detroit International Jazz Festival, Friday, September 4 through Monday, September 7, in downtown Detroit.
At a challenging time in Detroit, this year's jazz celebration will serve as a reminder of the greatness of Detroit and its musical soul. Subtitled "Keepin' Up with the Joneses, " the Detroit Jazz Fest will give a nod to Thad, Elvin and Hank Jones, feature other great jazz families, and continue its recognition of the richness of Detroit's jazz history. "In this case, 'keepin' up' means 'living up' to the greatness of Hank, Elvin and Thad Jones - these important musical giants, and their incredible sense of swing, " says Detroit Jazz Festival executive director, Terri Pontremoli. "In no way is this your typical family reunion!"
First, there are the "family guys": 91 year-old Hank Jones, the Clayton Brothers, Dave Brubeck & sons, John & Bucky Pizzarelli, Larry & Julian Coryell, the Heath Brothers, Pete & Juan Escovedo, and Brian Auger and his family. Then, there are the "heirs" (musicians who represent strong family traditions): T.S. Monk with a "tentet" performance of Monk on Monk, and Chuchito Valdes - son and grandson of brilliant pianists Chucho and Bebo.
The homecoming of Detroit's greats brings to the stages vocalist Sheila Jordan, known for her heartbreaking ballads and improvisational lyrics; pianist Geri Allen in a quartet featuring tap dancer Maurice Chestnut as an additional "voice" in the band; Louis Hayes (Cannonball Adderley's original drummer) with his Cannonball Legacy Band; Charles McPherson, known for his work with Mingus; the adventurous Bennie Maupin's Dolphyana--a tribute to Eric Dolphy; drummer Karriem Riggins' Virtuoso Experience with Mulgrew Miller and DJ Madlib; Dee Dee Bridgewater (okay Flint, close enough) with the Michigan State University Big Band; and Marcus Belgrave's Allstar Jazz Ensemble--a reunion of his proteges including Bob Hurst, Geri Allen and Karriem Riggins. Last, but certainly not least, the indefatigable Gerald Wilson, conducting his commissioned work for the festival's 30th anniversary.
Add to that a special treatment of Detroit trumpeter Donald Byrd's jazz-gospel recording A New Perspective - which also gives a festival nod to Blue Note on their 70th, and showcases Sean Jones and other artists from the Mack Avenue label, led by Detroit native Rodney Whitaker. The festival will close with a commissioned "concerto grosso" by John Clayton, written for and performed by the Scott Gwinnell Jazz Orchestra and the Clayton Brothers Quintet.
The Clayton Brothers will open the performance with material from their CD Brother to Brother, which honors the amazing brother teams of the Burrells, the Heaths and the Adderleys, to name a few. Detroit Jazz Fest and John Clayton were awarded a prestigious grant from the Joyce Foundation for this special project. Out of the four 2009 Joyce grant recipients in the Midwest, the Detroit Jazz Fest was the only music organization to receive the honor.
"Not everything will be Detroit or family-centric," says Pontremoli. "We're thrilled to have Chick Corea and his fabulous trio with Stanley (Clarke) and Lenny (White) on opening night. And then, of course, there's Wayne Shorter with John Patitucci, Brian Blade and Danilo Perez...it just doesn't get much better than that!" Festival fans will also be treated to a performance by vibraphonist Stefon Harris, and recently signed Mack Avenue artist Christian McBride will make a return appearance with his new quintet, Inside Straight.
Other cool presentations include a 100th birthday celebration for Benny Goodman by clarinetist extraordinaire Eddie Daniels and the WSU Big Band a; Bottoms Up!, a "superbass" performance by John Clayton, Christian McBride and Rodney Whitaker; and a piano tribute to Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, Barry Harris and Milt Jackson by pianist Antonio Ciacca. Outside of jazz, audiences will be treated to appearances by Irma Thomas, the soul queen of New Orleans, Detroit's own gospel sister act, The Clark Sisters, and Motown's very own Contours featuring Sylvester Potts.
Rising star artists in 2009 include vocalist Gretchen Parlato (2004 Thelonious Monk award winner); Alfredo Rodriquez, the stellar pianist recently discovered by Quincy Jones; and vocalist Jose James, who blew the audience away last year as a special guest in the Marvin Gaye tribute.
The Detroit International Jazz Festival will continue to encourage young talent not only by inviting college and high school ensembles to showcase, but by giving them opportunities to perform with jazz veterans.
The Wayne State University Big Band will perform the music of Benny Goodman with clarinetist Eddie Daniels and the Michigan State University Big Band will perform the works of John Clayton with Dee Dee Bridgewater.
Other visiting schools include the Berklee (Boston) Jazz Ensemble, North Carolina Central University Jazz Ensemble and the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet. Jazz Fest continues its partnership with MSBOA by showcasing outstanding Michigan high school jazz ensembles. And back by popular demand is the KidBop area for the wee-boppers and their parents, with stories, songs and other fun activities.
The Pepsi Jazz Talk Tent will also be full of laughs and stories, with Hank Jones, Christian McBride, Jimmy Heath, Bennie Maupin, Louis Hayes and Sheila Jordan. Topics will range from remembering Cannonball to discussing the genius of Elvin Jones, Eric Dolphy, Donald Byrd, and the special piano trademark of Detroit. The tent will also feature a gallery of historic festival photographs in honor of DJF's 30th anniversary.
"As is always the case with this festival, the musicians will be having wonderful reunions, and the ever-hip and amazing Detroit audience will be joining the family in their uniquely enthusiastic and respectful way."
The festival has been celebrating its 30th anniversary since February through its series, Another Great Day in Detroit. Through collaborations with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Wayne State University, Detroit Institute of Arts, Midsummer Nights in Midtown, the Guardian Building, the Rowland Cafe, and area jazz clubs, the festival is treating Detroit music lovers, showcasing Detroit musicians, and building momentum toward Labor Day Weekend.
The Detroit International Jazz Festival is the largest free jazz festival in North America. It has become a major tourist attraction, with 23% of its audience coming from out of state. It has a $90M economic impact on Detroit and showcases the city in its most positive light.
The festival has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA), the Joyce Foundation and the Kresge Foundation. Major corporate sponsors include Chase, Carhartt, Absopure, Mack Avenue Records, DTE Energy, Whole Foods, Citizens Bank, Detroit Medical Center, Solaire, Pepsi, Comcast and Fox 2. In addition, there is a growing base of individual support. "We are extremely grateful to have the support of these institutions and individuals, " adds Pontremoli. "They are our life blood."
Nightly after-hour jam sessions will be held at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, the official festival hotel.
New to the festival this year are Phase I of a Greening Program sponsored by DTE Energy and the DJF Maiden Voyage Cruise, presented by Citizens Bank on August 26.
A knack for journalism and a commitment to the success of minorities in the media are qualities that earned a Detroit high school senior a full-ride scholarship to Central Michigan University. Darnell Lyndon Gardner Jr. of Detroit has been selected to receive CMU's most prestigious journalism scholarship -- an award worth nearly $80,000.
As the 2009 recipient of CMU's Lem Tucker Journalism Scholarship, Gardner, a student at Davis Aerospace Technical High School, receives a four-year scholarship covering tuition and room and board. The Lem Tucker Journalism Scholarship is named for CMU alumnus and Saginaw native Lem Tucker, who graduated in 1960. Tucker worked for three major television networks and earned two Emmy awards before his death in 1991.
Gardner will be honored May 14 during the Lem Tucker Journalism Scholarship and Media Leadership Speaker Series event at the Atheneum Hotel in Detroit's Greektown. The event will feature four-time Pulitzer Prize nominee Michele Norris, host of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," as keynote speaker.
Gardner, editor-in-chief of his high school newspaper, wrote in his application essay, "Journalism, as part of the media, is the best way to further force prejudice out of the American zeitgeist and into the history books. Lem Tucker's work in journalism set a reputable standard for all journalists, minority and non-minority alike. Through print journalism, I hope to advocate for those whose voices are often silenced or overlooked..."
True to his philosophy, Gardner penned an April 2008 Detroit Free Press opinion piece about the state of Detroit's schools, neighborhoods and politics that led one Free Press editor to call him "one of the city's great literary hopes" and to say that Gardner's "voice -- clear, forceful, well reasoned -- was a clarion of sanity at a time of unprecedented craziness in Detroit." Several Detroit media outlets interviewed Gardner about the piece, which received national response.
He went on to serve as a summer apprentice at the Free Press, writing articles and guest blogs, as well as providing photographs, for the paper and its Web site.
"Darnell is a gifted writer and an extremely promising young journalist; he asks the kinds of questions that we all should be asking and will continue to ask them until they're answered," said Diane Krider, interim dean of CMU's College of Communication and Fine Arts. "He will be sure to carry out the Lem Tucker legacy and we are excited to see him excel as a student at Central Michigan University."
Gardner participated in Focus: HOPE's Excel Photography Program and "Focus on the Mission" diversity program, both from 2005 to 2008. He also has attended Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, participated in the Henry Ford Health System high school internship program and was invited to participate in a WXYZ-TV town hall meeting featuring Bill Cosby.
Among Garnder's charitable and philanthropic endeavors are volunteering with such causes as Habitat for Humanity and Motor City Makeover, participating in Health Alliance Plan's charity bowl-a-thon, and providing lawn maintenance for a neighbor.
"Darnell doesn't sit back; he takes action, and his writing is his gift," wrote one mentor in their letter of recommendation. "Very mature for his age, Darnell has a sense of responsibility to his community and given this opportunity he would continue to shine."
After David Mancini opened Supino Pizzeria eight months ago in downtown Detroit, he quickly came to appreciate a powerful source of word-of-mouth marketing: his fellow business owners. Even those who are potential rivals.
The owners of nearby Russell Street Deli, who sold the pizzeria space to Mancini last year, give Supino menus to their customers and allowed Mancini to test dough recipes in the pizza kitchen before he decided to go into business. Jerry Belanger, a partner with Park Bar in Detroit, has bought rounds of pizza for his patrons and frequently promotes Supino's to the bar crowd.
As a newbie entrepreneur trying to make it, Mancini finds the help essential.
"I don't know where I'd be without it," said Mancini, who has hired seven part-time employees. "We've done pretty well. I'm doing a lot better than I thought I'd ever be doing at this point."
Mancini is part of a community of Detroit entrepreneurs banding together to help each other weather the struggles of running a business. Such cooperation isn't exclusive to Detroit, but local entrepreneurs say having a support system is especially crucial.
"We really want each other to succeed," said Liz Blondy, president of Canine To Five, a dog daycare, boarding and grooming facility in Detroit's midtown.
Blondy is a co-founder of Open City, a small business networking group that gathers monthly. Around 100 people attended the April meeting, at which longtime business owners offered advice on how new companies can navigate Detroit's economy and achieve similar longevity. Among their tips: Keep your overhead low. Detroit's rock-bottom real estate prices help with that -- commercial space is inexpensive and homes can be had for less than $1,000.
"There is no place to open a business where your fixed expenses will be lower than Detroit," said Dave Muer, owner of Blue Pointe Restaurant.
Launching in Detroit
Muer's advice was a welcome tip for Open City attendee Torya Blanchard, the owner of Good Girls Go To Paris Crepes. Blanchard opened her creperie's first location nine months ago, where she now employs four part-time workers. She's planning to soon open a second Detroit outlet and a third in nearby suburb Grosse Pointe Park.
"When you get advice and insight from people who have done business in the city for 10 or 20 years, they can tell you from experience how they got through the rough spots and how to change with the times," Blanchard said.
Open City's co-founder believes Detroit's challenges make the small business community here particularly cohesive.
"Not a day goes by that I don't talk to another small-business owner in Detroit to say, 'Hey, how's it going,' or 'How's business? Is there anything that I can do to help you?'" said Blondy, whose company has 12 employees and had sales of $290,000 last year.
Belanger, who helped Mancini in Supino's infancy, has made it a personal mission to assist new entrepreneurs in town. Most recently, he helped create Detroit Cheers, a local currency circulating among Detroit businesses. Detroit Cheers trade at par with U.S. dollars and are backed up by money in a bank account. The bills, which come in $3 denominations, can be redeemed for cash if turned in to Belanger or his two partners in the currency: Tim Tharp, owner of Grand Trunk Pub, and John Linardos, owner of Motor City Brewing Works.
There are 4,500 Cheers in print, but Belanger said he and his partners are leaking the currency out slowly to keep interest up in the program. Belanger gives the bills out for free to Park Bar customers who promise to use the money at about 20 Detroit businesses that accept the currency.
"It provides new or struggling businesses with revenue they need, and exposes their products to a new customer base," Belanger said. "The point of the program is primarily awareness, togetherness and community. It is more of a social statement than anything."
Lending a hand
For some entrepreneurs, building the local business community means referring customers to potential competitors.
Slow's Bar BQ in Detroit has become a hotspot for regulars craving baby-back ribs or Texas-style beef brisket. The restaurant is so popular that diners wait as long as two hours for a table on a Saturday night.
While Slow's has a bar, co-owner Phil Cooley often refers people to nearby LJ's Lounge, where they can grab drinks until their table is ready. On some busy nights, he points hungry customers to El Barzón instead, a Mexican and Italian restaurant where Cooley frequently dines.
"We want businesses as competition, because in our minds it's about getting more people down here visiting and having a nice time," said Cooley, who expects sales of $3 million for Slow's this year.
Sharing customers is especially helpful in a city that has more than 900,000 residents but few national retail and restaurant chains. "We're so underserved in so many ways, but especially commercially," Cooley said. "So there's plenty of market to share."
When Claire Nelson's home accessories store Bureau of Urban Living doesn't have what a customer is after, she'll often pick up the phone and call Mezzanine or Design 99, two other design stores in town. Nelson, who created Open City with Blondy, says she'd rather steer a buyer toward another independent retailer than lose them to a chain store like Target.
Peer support can be a powerful motivator for new members of Detroit's business community, especially as the city struggles to gain an economic foothold.
"There has to be something that makes people live here, because you have to endure in this town," said Belanger of Park Bar, which opened in 2004. "You have to endure the economy, you have to endure blight. But there's something about Detroit that makes people say it's worth the struggle."
Cooley thinks that "something" is directly related to the struggle. Detroit's turmoil bonds together the entrepreneurs who choose to build their companies there.
"It's exciting to watch people to work together out of necessity to make things work," he said
The Wings brand is so powerful and the organization so impeccably run that players who could sign anywhere, for almost any price (think: Marian Hossa), take a pay cut just to play in Detroit. Among the many perks, is a fan base with a magic touch.
After Wings forward Johan Franzen scored a hat trick in last year's Western Conference finals, he arrived home to find his driveway covered in hats.
"I still have them in my garage," the 29-year-old Swede stated. "It's a good healthy relationship between us and the fans."
Last year, during a television interview, goaltender Chris Osgood told the Free Press he had not had a beer in months. Twenty cases of beer miraculously appeared on his front step thereafter. Even head coach Mike Babcock is capable of eliciting kind and creative gestures from the team's supporters.
"I have one fan that sends me country songs all the time," Babcock said. "He puts the tune it's to and then writes lyrics about the Red Wings. So that keeps me entertained. I read those. I have them piled up on my desk."
This fun and lively event, moderated by Lucy Ann Lance,
introduces those that are interested in board service to nonprofit organizations that need
their help!
Participants meet facetoface with organizations through lightning round conversations, mix and mingle with others, and complete profiles and interest summaries.
When: Thursday, April 30, 2009
Time: 5:30 – 8 pm
Where: The Kensington Court Hotel – Ann Arbor
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The Plymouth community — the city and the township together — was named one of the top 100 places to live Tuesday by http://www.relocateamerica.com/. The area also made the list in 2008.
The Plymouth area joins Rochester Hills and Hudsonville as the three Michigan communities on the list, which was whittled from more than 1,800 nominees.
"We all knew the Plymouth community was a great place, but it's special when somebody from the outside looks at 1,800 communities and recognizes" Plymouth and Plymouth Township, said Richard Reaume, the township supervisor.
A press release said feedback from residents and local leaders, plus statistics on crime, education, employment and more in the nominated communities, were studied before selections were made.
Wes Graff, executive director of the Plymouth Community Chamber of Commerce, filled out a questionnaire for the study, which was a new element in the selection process. The questions, Graff said, touched on public safety, parks and recreation, community events, the economy and leaders' vision for improving the community.
"It's exciting that they've put more (criteria) into the process and we're still able to be in the top 100," Graff said.
Brad Keselowski won't soon forget his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win.
Keselowski claimed the checkered flag in a wild day at Talladega Superspeedway that ended with Carl Edwards crashing into the catch fence, Dale Earnhardt Jr. getting his best finish of the season and a rookie winning at Talladega for just the second time in NASCAR history.
Keselowski was 10th with four laps to go and moved to eighth with two to go. He pushed Edwards around leaders Ryan Newman and Dale Earnhardt Jr. with the white flag waving and then made contact with Edwards approaching the finish line. Edwards rolled into the outside wall and Keselowski claimed the win.
"Pinch me, am I awake," Keselowski asked in Victory Lane.
"I've got to apologize to Carl for wrecking him but the rule is that you can't go below the yellow line," Keselowski said. "He blocked and I wasn't going below it. I don't want to wreck a guy but you're forced in that situation. There was nothing else I could do."
Keselowski was making his third start of the season and his previous best finish was 19th at Texas last November.
"This is the best show on Earth," the 25-year-old from Rochester Hills, MI said. "Man was that fun. I hope the fans had a lot of fun too. This is NASCAR racing and this is cool."
After a wild tumble on the front stretch, Edwards got out of his car and ran across the finish line.
"I didn't know if it mattered if I went across the finish line," said Edwards, who didn't suffer any injuries in the spectacular crash. "I just wanted to finish the race."
Edwards said that despite the disappointment of not winning the race, he didn't blame Keselowski for the move.
"Brad was pushing and doing everything he could," said Edwards, who was officially scored in 24th place. "I didn't realize he was there and came down on him. Brad did a good job - congrats to him on this win. That's what Brad's supposed to do. He's assuming that I know he is inside. I was doing everything I could to keep him from winning. I'm just glad nobody got hurt today."
Earnhardt and Newman were pacing the field in the closing laps and Earnhardt thought that he was heading for his first win if the season.
"We had it going and I thought there was no way," said Earnhardt, who finished second. "We were staying tied together but they were smart enough to move up and the higher line has been faster all day. I couldn't believe Brad was pushing that 99 (Edwards). He did an awesome job."
Newman finished third while Marcos Ambrose finished fourth. Rookie Scott Speed capped an exciting day with his first career top five finish.
Speed qualified eighth but was held a lap at the start of the race for working on the car before the race started. He got back on the lead lap after the first caution on lap seven and took the lead when he stayed out under caution on lap 43.
The day was bookended by a pair of multi-car wrecks - one just seven laps into the race and the other with nine laps to go.
Point's leader Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth made contact near the front of the field on the back stretch just seven laps into the race. The wreck collected nearly half of the field.
"We were having a good time there but I'm not really sure what happened," Gordon said. "I was just cruising up through the middle."
Jamie McMurray, Clint Bowyer, Mark Martin, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch and Kasey Kahne were among those caught up in the early trouble.
"It's just unfortunate," Bowyer said. "I don't know what happened - just racing way too hard, way too early."
There was another big wreck with nine laps to go. Polesitter Juan Pablo Montoya, Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., Robby Gordon and Jimmie Johnson were all collected in the wreck.
"Man it sucks racing here," Johnson said. "You've got a great race car - guys worked really hard to get this thing in order and very fast and then get that close to the end and it gets tore up. It just looked to me like they were some guys were beat and didn't have the position and tried to force their way in from the outside. It's too bad."
Kyle Busch was leading the race with 17 laps to go when was tapped from behind by Jeff Burton. Busch's car didn't sustain a lot of damage, but he couldn't get it started and needed a push to the pits. Truex, who also led laps earlier in the race, was also collected in the wreck.
Kurt Busch finished sixth and moved past Gordon into the points lead while Greg Biffle finished seventh and jumped into the top-12 in the standings.
Burton started 20th but fell behind three laps with an electrical issue. His crew changed his battery on pit road and he worked back to the lead lap and brought home a 10th place finish.
It looks as though the next four sessions of A&E's successfully realty show Parking Wars, will be shot in Detroit. Previous sessions were shot in Philadelphia. No word on if the recent Michigan film incentives played a role in the shows decision to come to Detroit.
The producers of the show; Hybrid Films, is negotiating with he City of Detroit, which will begin shooting this spring. The show is expected add close to $250,000 a year to the local economy.
Other reality shows including Animal Planet's Animal Cops (Anglia Television,) Spike TV's DEA (Size 12 Productions) and Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days (Actual Reality Pictures) have all recently shot in Metro Detroit.
Fifty years ago, Mike and Marian Ilitch opened their first carryout only store with a $10,000 investment — Little Caesar Pizza Treat in Garden City.
The company is now the world's largest carryout pizza chain and for the second consecutive year has been called the "best value in America" by Barrington, Ill.-based Sandelman & Associates, a consumer research firm.
So how did it get there?
The Detroit-based company's ability to attract and retain consumers has more to do with its emphasis on leveraging costs than expanding its product line. "The most important factor in our carryout business is focusing on one thing and doing it extremely well," Little Caesars President Dave Scrivano said. "When you try to cater to too many people, you dilute what you are good at.
"Little Caesars continues working at its core competency, making large pepperoni pizzas and selling them at a price our competitors find difficult to match," he said.
The company has performed best when sticking to its value niche — whether it's "Hot-N-Ready," "Pizza! Pizza!," "Big!Big!" or other similar slogans. The company has at times with less success tried to compete on product variety as well, with various pizza specials and other product offerings.
It also ran into trouble when Mike Ilitch stepped back from day-to-day management in the early '90s to spend more time with his sports franchises. "I figured we had enough substance that I could step out of the business and we could continue to do quite well," Ilitch, chairman of Ilitch Holdings Inc., said in a 1996 interview with Crain's.
But Little Caesars needed a captain, and the ship began taking on water. Crain's reported Little Caesars' net income climbed to $41 million in 1992, but by 1995 it dropped to $1.2 million. Revenue reached $774.1 million in 1993 but shrank 20 percent to $620.8 million by 1995. In 1997, it introduced a promotion: a one-day sale in which customers could get a large pepperoni pizza for just $5 — a promotion some say saved the company.
In 2004, Little Caesars reaffirmed its value-oriented place in the market by making the $5 Hot-N-Ready pizza a mainstay on its menu. In 2007 and 2008, Little Caesars was named the "best value in America" of all quick-service restaurant chains for its Hot-N-Ready pizza by Sandelman & Associates. The Illinois firm's syndicated Quick-Track research study monitors consumer awareness, usage and attitudinal measures.
"The Hot-N-Ready concept and Little Caesars whole carryout model provides them a different type of cost structure than we have," said Tim McIntyre, vice president of communications for Ann Arbor-based Domino's Pizza Inc. "You can operate a Little Caesars with far fewer employees than a Domino's with the same amount of sales volume."
A simpler store model eases operations and fewer product offerings allow Little Caesars to run at a lower cost than competitors who offer more services and wider array of products. McIntyre says Little Caesars' simple menu and carryout model has created a customer base different from Domino's.
"We have fundamentally different customers. Theirs are more focused on value and ours on convenience," McIntyre said. "While we both recognize our customers are different, that doesn't stop us from going after their customers and them from going after ours."
Exact figures for Little Caesars are difficult to get because it's a private company. But Darren Tristano, executive vice president of Chicago-based research firm Technomic Inc., puts Little Caesars systemwide sales at about $1.055 billion and estimates its restaurant count at 11,000.
Scrivano, without giving specifics, says that estimate is low. According to Technomic's research, Little Caesars has a 3.6 percent slice of the nearly $29 billion limited service pizza market, market share that has been growing over the past few years.
Dallas-based Pizza Hut Inc. has the largest market share, with $5.3 billion in sales, making up 18.2 percent.
Domino's has about 10.4 percent of the market with sales of just more than $3 billion, and Louisville-based Papa John's International Inc. has a 7 percent market share with sales of $2 billion.
Technomic reports Little Caesars systemwide sales steadily growing over the past three years from $830 million in 2006 to $930 million in 2007, a 12.1 percent increase, and $1.055 billion in 2008, a 13.4 percent increase. Tristano attributes much of the boost to steady unit growth, not an increase in sales.
Scrivano claims Little Caesars led all pizza chains in store growth in 2008 but wouldn't divulge sales figures or revenue. "We built stores in 41 states, in seven countries, and had greater net store growth, openings in excess of closings, than any other pizza chain," Scrivano said.
In the early 1990s, sales began to lag, and in 1999 the company was hit with a class-action lawsuit from franchisees who complained about the low quality and high cost of food products from Little Caesar's in-house distributor. The suit was settled in 2001. Steve Price, partner of Oklahoma City-based Magnum Foods Inc. which owns 36 locations, said Little Caesars has worked hard to improve relations with its franchisees.
"Little Caesars has made changes in the past few years to allow franchisees to grow in the company," Price said.
Todd Messer, executive director of Independent Organization of Little Caesar Franchisees, which owns 16 stores in Little Rock, Ark., said nothing heals wounds like success, and the company's focus on its value heritage helped it right itself.
"Many chains today have an identity crisis, but not Little Caesars," Tristano said. "They have always understood who they are and how they are positioned in the marketplace and so do their customers. They are not a pizza chain trying to be a sandwich shop."
Tristano said Little Caesars' value-based identity is one reason the chain is found in urban communities where cost is critical. "Most of the major chains are overlooking urban areas and moving to developing communities which are demographically significant and are more aligned with their product," Tristano said. "Little Caesars is looking at all areas, not just affluent ones."
In fact, Price said Little Caesars may pass on some higher-end markets. "It's true that we are a value-based family concept, and that fits well within middle-class suburban and blue-collar markets," Price said. "We don't necessarily want to be in the high-end areas, because if you look at those markets you have fewer individuals per household."
By locating in areas where its competitors won't, Little Caesars can become a much bigger fish in a much smaller pond.
"Little Caesars is better at competing against independent stores because it has a much easier time leveraging its economy of scale to fit the economic conditions of the community," Tristano said.
That positioning has allowed Little Caesars to succeed in any economic climate.
"We are more resilient. ... Our sales have not increased as much as they have remained constant, while the other entities are struggling to carve their niche in the market," Price said.
"We give them (customers) an honest price and an honest product, and we think consumers see that."
Inforum, Michigan's largest business organization for women, will feature a keynote address by Martha Stewart at its 47th Annual Meeting luncheon on Friday, May 15, at the Detroit-Marriott Renaissance Center. The public is welcome to purchase tickets to this event.
Inforum's 47th Annual Meeting offers the public a rare opportunity to hear Martha Stewart share the inspirational message of how she's used business savvy to turn her passions into a leading national brand and a diverse media and merchandising company—Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.
Following the luncheon, at approximately 2:30 p.m., the public is invited to attend a book signing where Martha will sign copies of her best sellers — "Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts" and "Martha Stewart's Cookies." Books will be available for purchase on site.
From home décor and delectable dining to gardening, crafting and more, Martha Stewart has had more influence on how Americans eat, entertain, and decorate their homes and gardens than any one person in recent history. But this success story might have turned out differently if Martha Stewart had listened to naysayers who discouraged her from entering the already competitive arenas of publishing a magazine for women and producing a daytime television show.
"Today, Martha Stewart is a household name and one of the strongest brands on the market," said Inforum President and CEO Terry Barclay. "Inforum is pleased to present this opportunity for Ms. Stewart to share tips about what it takes to be a successful innovator and entrepreneur and triumph against the odds. It's a positive motivational message for women, or anyone, in business during these challenging times."
The 2009-10 Inforum board of directors and officers also will be inducted at this annual meeting.
Date: Friday, May 15, 2009
Time: 11:30 a.m. Networking & Registration; 11:50 a.m. Luncheon & Presentation;
Book signing for luncheon participants with Martha Stewart immediately following the luncheon presentation
Place: Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI 48243
Luncheon presentation cost: Inforum members, $50; Non-members, $70. (Add $10 after 5/10/2009 and at the door.)
Luncheon reservations: Visit May 15 on the calendar at www.inforummichigan.org or call 877.633.3500.
Public book signing: The public is invited to attend a book signing at approximately 2:30 p.m. Martha will sign copies of her best-selling books "Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts" and "Martha Stewart's Cookies" — available for purchase on site.
Event sponsors: Lee Hecht Harrison and St. John Health.
This luncheon is hosted by Inforum. Inforum is one of the largest business organizations for women in the nation, with more than 1,800 members from a broad cross-section of Michigan's business community. The mission of the organization is to strengthen the business environment by creating opportunities for women to lead and succeed. Founded as the Women's Economic Club in 1962 in Detroit, Inforum now has affiliates in Grand Rapids and Lansing, Mich. For more information, visit www.inforummichigan.org or call 313.578.3230.
The Detroit Zoological Society's annual Sunset at the Zoo fundraiser gala takes place on Friday, June 19, 2009, 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The year's wildest party features a strolling supper, zoo-themed martinis, live entertainment, dancing, and live and silent auctions. The 21-and-over event is held rain or shine, and the Zoo closes at 2 p.m. that day in preparation for the festivities.
Over 2,000 Zoo supporters are expected to attend the event, themed "Celebrating Our New Arrivals". A strolling supper offers tastes of signature dishes from 40 of the area's finest restaurants, Skyline & the Backstreet Horns entertain throughout the evening, and guests have access to the Zoo's award-winning animal habitats as the sun goes down. Attire for the evening is "elegant safari chic".
The live auction includes "zoo-nique" items such as a gourmet dinner for 12 with the giraffes, a polar bear and seal feeding experience for six, a behind-the-scenes tour of the rhino habitat for four and a fall twilight hayride at the Zoo with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres for 12. Other exciting live auction items include a Top Gun fighter jet experience and a San Francisco and Sonoma winery excursion.
Tickets for Sunset at the Zoo range from $150 to $600 per person. A benefactor party will be held on Tuesday, May 19, at the Bloomfield Hills home of Bobbi and Stephen Polk for those purchasing $600 benefactor tickets. A VIP reception will be held at the Zoo's Dinosauria experience on Friday, June 19, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., for those purchasing $600 benefactor tickets and $300 patron tickets. Tickets can be ordered by phone at (248) 541-5717 ext. 3750 or online at http://www.detroitzoo.org/.
Sunset at the Zoo is supported by Strategic Staffing Solutions, Caesars Windsor, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, Fox 2, Hour Detroit, WJR News Radio 760 and Dining in the Wild. Co-chairs for this year's event are Beverly Bantom, Jill Miller, Jessica Pellegrino and Lois Shaevsky.
The Detroit Zoological Society is a non-profit organization that operates the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Zoo. Situated on 125 acres of naturalistic exhibits, the Detroit Zoo is located at the intersection of Ten Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, just off I-696, in Royal Oak.
The Bell Isle Nature Zoo is open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. year-round and provides educational programming with interpretive staff support from the Huron-Clinton Metroparks. Admission is free. For more information, call (313) 852-4056.
By Sam Haymart
Ford has been the underdog American success story so far. They were able to avoid asking Uncle Sam for a bailout last winter. They paid off $9 billion in debt last month which volleyed their stock prices up from the $1.50 range. Other great news this week was the first quarter results that showed a loss of only $1.4 billion. Yes, good news is a smaller loss than expected these days. Ford stock closed at a high of $5.00 today. Happy times.
What really puts Ford at an advantage going forward is that they have a the best product lineup today of new cars that are best in class. Coming in the next year are even more brand new models that have been showing promise in Europe and in the motoring press. Bottom line, is that they started a few years ago to revamp their products and the fruits are blooming just in time for recovery.
Best yet is that Ford has a free hand to build what consumers want. GM and Chrysler are now under the oppressive politically correct oversight of the Federal Government. Chevrolet for example cannot choose to build a new 550hp Camaro Z-28 without a damn good lashing. Both companies are going to have a hard time getting money approved to build anything but gutless greenie-boxes that nobody wants.
We asked Ford CEO Alan Mullaly in an interview last week how he felt about Ford's freedom to build high performance cars competitors may not be able to due to government oversight. He replied, "While we strongly desire to see our fellow American manufacturers survive, we will continue to pursue the kind of products that our customers want". That was as strong a statement as he would make, but one we saw as positive for Ford performance in the coming years.
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The first quarter revenue growth includes additional business from existing customers as well as the addition of eight new customers:
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Mariah Power - Reno, Nevada-based wind technology corporation; a manufacturer of Windspire(R), low cost, attractive, affordable wind power appliances.
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California-based electric vehicle manufacturer.
Multi-state manufacturer of mailing and document management materials.
Auto parts supplier with facilities in North America and Mexico.
Michigan-based steel processor.
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Plex Systems, Inc. is the developer of Plex Online, a software as a service (SaaS) solution for the manufacturing enterprise. Plex Online offers industry-leading features for virtually every department within a manufacturer, including Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Quality Management Systems (QMS) for the shop floor, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for sales and marketing, Supply Chain Management (SCM) for procurement, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for finance and management. Plex Online's fully-integrated model delivers a "shop floor to top floor" view of a manufacturer's operations, enabling management to run their business at maximum efficiency. Founded in 1995, Plex Systems is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, with customers around the globe.
Schwarzenegger said, "We need to put policy in place that will not change, so the [auto] manufacturers can know the future direction." And then he made a beeline to Raser Technology's plug-in hybrid Hummer H3 on display at the conference. Raser's use of a 200kW traction motor mated to a 4-speed automatic transmission allows the Hummer H3 to run with no gasoline for up to 40 miles.
Panelists in a session called "Near Term Powertrain Solutions" didn't entirely dismiss the idea of smaller car and engines—but doubted that consumers would sacrifice size and power. Dan Kapp, director of powertrain research at Ford, pushed Ford's EcoBoost technology to draw more power from a smaller engine. But his colleague, Sherif Marakby, Ford chief engineer of global hybrid core engineering, thought it might take more gizmos—like cool interfaces and connections for portable electronics, to move metal. Marakby said, "That's really key because green alone isn't going to do it. It's all this other stuff."
Panelists in the session "'Does Green Matter in a Try-To-Survive Market" portrayed consumers as conflicted—not willing to spend money on green technology but still wanting car companies to do the right thing environmentally. Alexander Edwards, President of Automotive for Strategic Vision, said, "Most people don't want to compromise their priorities for slightly better fuel mpg."
The Stampede to Electric Vehicles
While many panelists cast doubt on consumers' willingness to pay for green technologies, others questioned the ability of electric cars—the technology enjoying the most publicity these days—to solve environmental problems. "We're all stampeding toward an electric vehicle future. I'm not against that…but we don't know where that could end up yet," said MIT's John Heywood.
"There are a lot of problems along the way. The primary one is the cost of these vehicles, and there are some major infrastructure questions as well...To assume this can take over and dominate, that's a pretty naive assumption at this point."
Heywood joined others in pointing out that multiple approaches, including smaller, lighter vehicles and new urban design, would be required.
John German, senior fellow at the International Council for Clean Transportation and formerly a hybrid expert at Honda, similarly did not see quick and easy solutions. "Actually, there's too much technology coming. It's very difficult to sort through all this," said German. "The manufacturer that makes an early bet on a technology and is wrong is going to suffer greatly in the competition. We have to go through this process, meet a rigorous development cycle of two to three years, and prove a new technology in production on a limited number of vehicles for a couple of years. And then you need at least five years to spread it across the fleet."
Long lead times in the auto industry will make it difficult to achieve President Obama's goal of putting 1 million plug-ins on US roads by 2015. Steven Clark, senior manager of electric energy management at Chrysler, again pointed to a lack of consumer commitment as a primary obstacle. "The current cost of battery technology in low volumes makes it difficult to achieve a two- to five-year payback with $2 gas."


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The Hornets are clearing the decks for their new players as they've traded point guard Jarrett Jack to the Warriors for the rights to Bosnian forward Edin Bavcic.
Bavcic was part of a trade Tuesday that sent Dorell Wright to Philadelphia and now is re-routed to the Warriors in a three team trade as his rights have been dealt to New Orleans along with center Daryl Watkins for Jack. Bavcic is a 2006 second round draft pick of the Raptors. He has never played in the NBA, nor is likely to.
The trade clears $5.4 million off of the Hornets' cap and gives them more space to match Eric Gordon's max offer sheet from the Suns.
Jack tweeted this Wednesday shortly after word of the trade broke:
Well new Orleans it's been real like to thank all the fans u treated me great during my time as a hornet. #movingon— JARRETT JACK (@Jarrettjack03) July 11, 2012
Jack, 28, is a quality backup point guard that was thrust into more of a starting role last season in New Orleans after Chris Paul was traded to the Clippers. He averaged a career-high 15.6 points and 6.3 assists per game while making 39 starts and appearing in 45 games. With the Warriors, he's likely to backup Stephen Curry.
"This is difficult because Jarrett is a hard worker and his leadership on and off the court will be missed," said Hornets General Manager Dell Demps in a press release. "This trade presents an opportunity for our young core to continue to develop."
The Hornets were looking to make space for Austin Rivers to assume starting duties -- or Greivis Vasquez -- as the team transitions into a major rebuilding project centered around Rivers, No. 1 pick Anthony Davis and Gordon.


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