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BEREA, Ohio (AP) ? Mike Holmgren's run as a team president is over, ending prematurely and before he planned.
For weeks, he has hung around Cleveland's offices doing what he could to help new owner Jimmy Haslam. Holmgren attended meetings, practices and games. He talked with players, coaches and consulted with his replacement, CEO Joe Banner, now in charge of running the Browns.
Holmgren made his pitch for the team to keep coach Pat Shurmur and general manager Tom Heckert beyond this season.
And now, there's nothing left. It's time for Holmgren to move on to the next phase of his life, which may or may not include another foray as an NFL coach.
Last week, he knew his work was finished.
"I was done," he said. "I already passed the baton."
Less than three years after signing a five-year contract with former owner Randy Lerner to fix Cleveland's franchise, Holmgren is leaving. His final day with the Browns will be Friday, and after that he and his wife, Kathy, will return to their home in Arizona, where the 64-year-old will contemplate his future.
"We are going to fly to Phoenix on Saturday and catch my breath a little bit and take it easy and ride my motorcycle," Holmgren said. "I honestly don't know if I'm going to go back to work immediately or not and I don't know if it's going to be in football."
This was not the exit he envisioned.
Holmgren thought he would leave amid a playoff push or as Cleveland celebrated finally winning a Super Bowl title like the one he helped bring to Green Bay. But everything changed when Haslam bought the Browns for $1.05 billion and hired Banner, who built the Philadelphia Eagles into perennial contenders.
Holmgren was the odd-man out.
He stayed to assist Haslam and Banner with the transition, and while he got some things accomplished, it became obvious he was no longer needed.
The Browns went just 12-31 under Holmgren, but he's proud of restoring the business side of the Browns and an on-the-field turnaround that may not be evident for several more years.
As he walks away, Holmgren was asked if he feels somewhat unsatisfied.
"Any time you don't reach your goals in this business on one hand then, yeah," he said. "Having said that, though, I really can feel good, and the guys who have been here can feel good about what the future holds. But time will tell."
It wasn't until he left the sideline that Holmgren realized how much he missed coaching. He longed for the interaction with players, and the chance to teach. He still hasn't gotten comfortable watching games from the press box, and he's hinted that he might coach again ? in the right situation.
After reports surfaced that he would be interested in coaching in Dallas if Jason Garrett was fired, Holmgren said he did not know where those rumors started. However, they gained more traction when he recently met owner Jerry Jones on the field before the Cowboys hosted the Browns.
Holmgren said he called Jones beforehand and they agreed it was OK to be seen together publicly.
"I phoned him and said if this caused any problem for anyone I apologize for that," Holmgren said. "He said absolutely not. I said, 'Listen, every time we play against each other, and it's been a number of times, we've always said hello and been cordial.' I said maybe this time I shouldn't do that if you rather I'd not do that. And he said, 'If you don't come and see me' in typical fashion, if you know him. I said, 'OK.' I talked to Stephen (Jones' son) before then Jerry came out. We talked about the stuff we always talk about ? family and the Salvation Army."
Holmgren, who last coached for Seattle in 2008, insists he isn't close to making a decision on a return to coaching.
"As of right now, I really haven't given it much thought other than the fact there are no plans right now," he said.
Banner said if Holmgren decided to coach, the Browns don't have any agreement where they would be compensated.
"Mike's free to do what he wants next in this field or whatever he'd like to do," he said.
Banner has spent time over the past few weeks meeting with Holmgren and has gotten a better handle on where the Browns are as an organization.
"He was just incredibly helpful and professional and supportive," Banner said. "As you know, we were more than happy to have him stay. But as he said from the beginning that once he kind of made the difference he could, it would probably be time to leave. I'm really appreciative of the time we had together. I think it helped me. I learned a lot through it."
During what he called "brutally honest" conversations with Banner, Holmgren gave strong endorsements not only for Shurmur and Heckert, but others working for the Browns. Before leaving, he wanted to make sure some of the people he had hired were given a fair chance to keep their jobs.
"All I could do is be honest and tell him what I thought," he said. "We had to make a bunch of changes in our first year, too. And so, we talked about that. We talked about all that stuff and that was the transition period. And now all the talking is done and I said what I had to say and now we'll see happens at the end of the year."
Holmgren exits the Browns with one regret ? not winning enough.
He feels he did all he could, and although he thought he understood the city's passion for the Browns, it was only when he came here that he fully grasped it.
He's leaving, but some of him will stay in Cleveland. When he watches the Browns from now on, he'll do so with pride.
"When they do well, I'll feel good about that," he said. "I'll feel good for the players and I'll feel good for the coaches and the organization and the people because I was here. I am very thankful that I got this opportunity to do this."
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McLaren Automotive continues to expand its retail network with the announcement that PT Mega Performa Indonesia has been selected to represent the brand across Indonesia, operating as McLaren Jakarta. The latest location to join the McLaren portfolio is a fully serviced importer and seller of sports cars, and will have a bespoke showroom and service workshop in Jakarta.
?McLaren Automotive is committed to delivering excellence to our customers, in groundbreaking design and techniques in combination with high quality construction, all the way through to the sale and maintenance of our high-performance sports cars,? said Ian Gorsuch, McLaren Automotive?s Regional Director for Asia Pacific. ?PT Mega Performa Indonesia has extensive experience in serving Indonesia?s luxury automobile market and has a reputation for delivering exceptional after-sales service, which were key considerations for us when selecting a partner.?
PT Mega Performance Indonesia is now in the process of constructing a state-of-the-art showroom and workshop. The workshop will host a fully equipped official service centre with skilled technicians, specially trained at McLaren?s headquarters in Woking, UK.? The Pacific Place Mall showroom and Jalan Arteri Pondok Indah workshop are expected to open early in 2013.
Ian Rianto Susanto (Yanto), the principal of PT Mega Performa Indonesia, said: ?We are excited at the opportunity to introduce the McLaren brand, and the 12C and 12C Spider, to Indonesian roads. We are confident in our ability and deeply committed to delivering a truly exceptional customer experience, in line with what is expected by McLaren customers. We have no doubt that the partnership between PT Mega Performa and McLaren Automotive will be a tremendous success.?
With the announcement of McLaren Jakarta, McLaren Automotive is now represented in 23 markets globally. In the Asia-Pacific region, the brand is also present in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and represented by McLaren Tokyo and McLaren Osaka in Japan.
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Link: Best Cyber Monday 2012 Tech Deals: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Gamestop, Target, and Best Buy (Video)
?Sunday,?Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), Target (NYSE:TGT), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Best Buy?(NYSE:BBY) emailed customers about their exciting Cyber Monday sales and adding products to their sale list; Black Friday weekend is the biggest shopping weekend of the year and Cyber Monday...is the online version of Black Friday. Sunday, Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Target started their Cyber Monday deals and are calling them Cyber Week deals.
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?Wal-Mart has hundreds of items on sale for Cyber Week including: a 32? JVC TV for $199, an iPod Touch bundle kit from $179, Power Wheels Barbie Jeep from $88, and more. For more information on?Wal-Mart?s Cyber Week sales,?click here.?
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Link: US Holiday Shoppers Buy Early, Often, Online
?US shoppers went to stores earlier this Thanksgiving weekend and bought online more than in years past, giving retailers a strong start to the holiday shopping season, data showed on Sunday.
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?The more successful retailers, analysts said, were companies such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Macy's Inc (NYSE:M), which did better at combining physical stores with their online and mobile channels into a seamless shopping experience.?
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Tech Crunch
Link: Pushing Fire Sales Outside the US, Amazon Says UK Black Friday Kindle Device Sales Tripled Previous Record, Stays Mum on Hard?Numbers
?Black Friday is not just for Thanksgiving-celebrating Americans. Amazon today?announced?that in the UK, where it has also been running Black Friday sales, it sold a record number of Kindle devices ? triple the previous record amount. As usual with Amazon, it is not giving a hard figure on how many actual units this means, or how many e-readers it sold compared to Fire tablets.
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?But it looks like at least some of the focus of activity here ? at least as Amazon would like it to be seen ? is on its Kindle Fire tablet.?
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Link: Scattered Wal-Mart Protests Don?t Dent Bottom Line
?Scattered?walk-outs and protests by Wal-Mart workers and their supporters?in at least nine states may have scored symbolic points Friday by taking on the retail giant head-on, but apparently they did little to keep shoppers away as the company quickly claimed its best Black Friday ever.
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?The company said in a?statement?Friday morning that its stores rang up almost 10 million transactions from the time doors opened for Black Friday shoppers at 8 p.m. Thursday until midnight, or about 5,000 items per second.?
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Dividend.com
Link: Janney Commented on Black Friday and Holiday Sales on Apparel and Footwear Companies
?On Monday analysts at Janney reported on Black Friday traffic and sales which could lead to positive Holiday sales expectations for companies like Foot Locker Inc.?(NYSE:FL), Finish Line Inc.?(NASDAQ:FINL), and Dicks Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE:DKS).
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?Overall, analyst Eric Tracy said that traffic on Black Friday was lighter than in years past, but this could be due to a migration to online shopping as well as extending hours at various malls and retail stores.?
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Take advantage of professional Poway home care services this holiday season and ease the burden of Alzheimer's care.
By Claire Covert-Wilson
The holiday season is a wonderful time for families and friends to gather together. Unfortunately, however, the season can be bittersweet for those struggling to provide Alzheimer?s care for aging loved ones. Holiday stress can compound the already formidable challenges facing family caregivers, and take away from the love that motivates children and spouses to care for Alzheimer?s patients. This year, let Poway home care professionals lend a hand ? and rest easy knowing that your loved one is in compassionate, respectful and experienced hands.
Caregiving for seniors, inspired by love stories
As a respite care professional, I spend my days working with couples and families who are fighting to create a healthy, happy quality of life for aging loved ones suffering from Alzheimer?s disease and other degenerative illnesses. Getting to know these individuals and their stories reminds me of the unbreakable bonds that bring us together ? and of the inspiration that first drew me to a career in elder care. To see a man stand by his wife even as her memories of their life together begin to slip away as a result of Alzheimer?s disease, or to witness a woman caring for her husband long after he loses the ability to recognize her by name, is to see love in action ? to experience the power of a loving bond between people. Every day, I work hard to bring that power to my work as a caregiver: and at Unlimited Caregivers, we model our services after the lasting relationships, one-on-one attention, humor and compassion that keep families close over the years.
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This holiday season, it is important for families to come together and cherish one another. But it is equally important for family caregivers to take time for themselves to alleviate stress and combat the toll that caretaking can have on individuals, relationships, and overall well being. Strike a balance between family time and personal time by hiring a professional caregiver to lighten the load ? and you?ll find yourself better able to relax and enjoy the holidays with your beloved family and friends.
At Unlimited Caregivers, we strive to create a satisfying, personalized experience for our clients and their caregivers, and to forge lasting and rewarding relationship with our clients that blend friendliness and professionalism for optimal comfort and ease. Our family owned and operated Poway home care company offers in-home services throughout San Diego. To learn more about Unlimited Caregivers, or to schedule services over the holidays, contact us online today. Visit www.unlimitedcaregivers.com.
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A 64-year-old Minnesota man was charged Monday with murder for killing two teenagers who he said broke into his Little Falls home, shooting them in the head, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
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Byron David Smith was arrested after he told police he shot and killed two teenagers who he said were breaking into his home on Thanksgiving Day.
"If you're trying to shoot somebody and they laugh at you, you go again," Byron David Smith of Little Falls told investigators, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.
Smith was charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Haile Kifer, 18, and her cousin, Nicholas Brady, 17, both of Little Falls. The teens were shot on Thanksgiving Day, but their deaths weren't reported until Friday.
Brady has also used the name Schaeffel, which is his mother?s maiden name, at times for family reasons, according to the sheriff's office.
In the criminal complaint, Smith said he was in the basement of his remote home about 10 miles southwest of Little Falls when he heard a window breaking upstairs, followed by footsteps that eventually approached the basement stairwell. Fearful after several break-ins, according to the complaint, Smith said he fired when Brady came into view from the waist down.
After the teen fell down the stairs, Smith said he shot him in the face as he lay on the floor.
"I want him dead," the complaint quoted Smith telling an investigator.
Smith said he dragged Brady's body into his basement workshop, then sat back down on his chair, and after a few minutes Kifer began coming down the stairs. He said he shot her as soon as her hips appeared, and she fell down the steps.
Smith said he tried to shoot her again with his Mini 14 rifle, but that the gun jammed and Kifer laughed at him.
"Smith stated that it was not a very long laugh because she was already hurting," according to the complaint.
Smith said he then shot Kifer in the chest several times with a .22-caliber revolver, dragged her next to Brady, and with her still gasping for air, fired a shot under her chin "up into the cranium."
"Smith described it as 'a good clean finishing shot,'" according to the compliant, but also that he acknowledged he had fired "more shots than (he) needed to."
The following day he asked a neighbor to recommend a good lawyer, according to the complaint. He later asked his neighbor to call the police.
A prosecutor called Smith's reaction "appalling."
"Mr. Smith intentionally killed two teenagers in his home in a matter that goes well beyond self-defense," Morrison County Attorney Brian Middendorf said after Smith appeared at Morrison County District Court on Monday morning. Bail was set at $2 million.
Minnesota law allows a homeowner to use deadly force on an intruder if a reasonable person would fear they're in danger of harm. Smith told investigators he was afraid the intruders might have a weapon.
Smith's actions "sound like an execution" rather than legitimate self-defense, said David Pecchia, executive director of the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association. Pecchia said his statements to investigators suggest he had eliminated any threat to his safety by wounding the cousins.
Smith's brother, Bruce Smith, told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis that the incident was the eighth burglary at Byron Smith's home in recent years.
The only report the Morrison County sheriff's office has for a break-in at the home was for one on Oct. 27. It shows Byron Smith reported losing cash and gold coins worth $9,200, plus two guns worth $200 each, photo equipment worth more than $3,000 and a ring worth $300.
Little Falls is about 100 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
Brady's sister, Crystal Schaeffel, told the Star Tribune that Kifer had broken into her home before. Little Falls police records show Crystal Schaeffel reported a theft Aug. 28, but the department said the report was not public because that investigation was continuing and because it named juveniles.
Tessa Ruth, an aunt of Brady, attended Smith's hearing. She told the Star Tribune she wished the man had fired a warning shot or alerted the police instead of shooting the teens.
"It wasn't right for them to be there and, yes, he had a right to defend himself. But to execute them like that..."
A Facebook page was created to commemorate the teens.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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It is far more than support that a franchised business provides though, which is partly the reason for increasing numbers of people venturing into the sector. From providing access to funding, through providing a near immediate turnover to offering long-term success, there is much to be argued for it.
Franchising businesses are proven to work
When a business owner decides to franchise, there are certain clear elements that need to be met. Above anything else, it is essential that the business model has been proven to work. The best franchises can prove this, allowing the investors to follow the guidance given with confidence, whilst having the ability to mold the business for local conditions.
Franchises offer increased success
When the advised business model is followed closely, a franchise can also offer greater opportunities for success when compared to regular start-ups. This is also down to the easier way in which customers can be attracted, particularly with the best franchising businesses already having a national presence, to create local interest. Such presence also allows for easier and more effective marketing, which helps maintain a level of trade.
Securing finance is easier
Such is the nature that franchises provide, many big names and local banks and other lenders are eager to finance their set-up. As well as providing the initial finance to invest in successful ventures, it is also possible that better rates can be found, with lenders understanding that franchises have a better chance of succeeding.
Franchises provide faster results
For all new businesses, it can take time to get established in the local area. Building up awareness and creating a positive opinion can also be cost consuming. However, franchised opportunities are one step ahead of regular set-ups, because of the awareness that is already present, allowing the turnover to reach higher levels more quickly.
Ongoing development and access to support
Another area which allows franchising businesses to increase that likelihood of success for their investors is in the support provided. Right from the get-go, the best companies provide centralized training in how best to maximize opportunities. Further than this though, with franchisees the country over able to provide help and advice, there is a mechanism in place to answer any challenges that can present themselves.
At every level, franchises provide a greater chance of realizing professional ambitions than any other route. Selecting the best franchising businesses to work with is essential for these achievements to be reached though, which is why selecting what to invest in needs to be done with thorough analysis.
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