The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) articles from November 2001

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) archives from November 2001

Marquette routs Texas Southern.
November 30, 2001... Byline: Lori Nickel MILWAUKEE _ In 40 years of the Marquette Blue & Gold Coca-Cola Classic, the Golden Eagles have failed to make the championship game only three times, and that was way back in the 1960s. This was a first-round game...

Packers release Burris, down to two quarterbacks.
November 30, 2001... Byline: Bob McGinn Green Bay _ The Green Bay Packers joined the Indianapolis Colts on Friday as the only National Football League teams with just two quarterbacks on their 53-man rosters. Effervescent Henry Burris, the Canadian...

Post-Attack Ridership Levels for Amtrak Don't Rise as Reported.
November 30, 2001... Byline: Larry Sandler Nov. 30--The planes were grounded and the nation had just watched airliners crashing into skyscrapers -- but Amtrak ridership still didn't grow as the railroad claimed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, new...

Statistics Show State Market Share Dropped for Most of Wisconsin's Big Banks.
November 30, 2001... Byline: Paul Gores Nov. 30--Most of the biggest banks in Wisconsin have seen their state market share decline over the past year while smaller banks have grabbed a larger slice of deposits, statistics released Thursday by federal...

Groups File Lawsuits over Planned Wausau, Wis., Electric Transmission Line.
November 30, 2001... Byline: Lee Hawkins Jr. Nov. 30--Three groups that oppose the construction of a 240-mile electric transmission line from Wausau to Duluth, Minn., filed separate lawsuits Thursday asking a court to overturn the state Public Service...

Homeowners in Milwaukee Area Voice Opinions on Bayshore Mall's Expansion.
November 30, 2001... Byline: Marie Rohde Nov. 30--Marsha Miller of Bayside said her husband couldn't wait to tell her the news of Bayshore Mall's planned expansion. "He woke me up at 7 a.m. and told me I was going to be soooo happy with what was in the...

Plans for Bayshore Mall in Glendale, Wis., Area Bring Both Hopes, Fears.
November 30, 2001... Byline: Rick Romell Nov. 30--GLENDALE, Wis.--As Bayshore Mall unveils a major expansion, some nearby small businesses are more than happy to be in the shopping center's future footprint. Others fear they'll get stepped on. "I...

Greendale, Wis., Man Tied to Fraudulent Real Estate Firm Files for Bankruptcy.
November 30, 2001... Byline: Gretchen Schuldt Nov. 30--A Greendale man associated with a property-flipping firm has filed for bankruptcy, listing among his debts about $1.5 million he owes to mortgage lenders, according to U.S. Bankruptcy Court documents. ...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Land & Space Column.
November 30, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin Nov. 30--THEATERS GIVE NEW TENANTS TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW: When the Mill Road Theater closed two years ago, the building's owners figured that finding a new use for the former cinema would be about as easy as staging a...

Target Corp. Reportedly Considers Milwaukee-Area Mall for Store Location.
November 30, 2001... Byline: Doris Hajewski Nov. 30--Southridge mall is in talks with Target Corp., the Minneapolis parent company of Marshall Field's and Target, about taking over the vacant anchor space formerly occupied by Younkers department store,...

Milwaukee Downtown Condo Project Releases Listing Agent.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin Nov. 29--River Tower, a $30 million condominium high-rise proposed for downtown, has dropped Shorewest Realtors as its listing agent amid concerns about slow condo sales, the developer's attorney said. River Tower...

West Bend, Wis., Construction-Equipment Maker Blasts Suitors in Federal Filing.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Thomas Content Nov. 29--Activist shareholders seeking to buy Gehl Co. are "opportunists" whose interests aren't aligned with the rest of the company's shareholders, Gehl's management said Wednesday in a filing with federal...

Developer Wants to Build Housing, Retail, Library Complex in Milwaukee.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Tom Daykin Nov. 29--A major development with 104 apartments, 48,000 square feet of retail space and a new library branch is planned for Milwaukee's east side, a developer said Wednesday. Ruvin Group hopes to begin...

Milwaukee-Based Food Company Sues over Libel on Web.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Kathleen Gallagher Nov. 29--Sensient Technologies Inc. has filed a lawsuit alleging an unidentified Internet user posted messages in a chat room that libeled and defamed the company and tried to improperly interfere with its...

Lipstick Sales Are Hot Nationwide.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Catherine Fitzpatrick Nov. 29--Martha Clark is looking for the perfect orange. Lipstick, that is. With one swift, practiced motion she swipes a streak of Ginger Brandy color across her wrist. Glamour in a tube for a mere...

Glendale, Wis., Mall to Get $100 Million Makeover.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Marie Rohde Nov. 29--GLENDALE, Wis.--Bayshore Mall's owners will announce a $100 million expansion today aimed at making the mall a trendier place more to the liking of its affluent North Shore neighbors and providing Glendale...

30 Business People Accompany Wisconsin Governor on Trade Mission to Mexico.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Lee Bergquist Nov. 29--Businesses going along on Scott McCallum's first trade mission as governor next month will pick up an estimated $3,000 in expenses. McCallum is following the practice of former Gov. Tommy G. Thompson,...

Brewers. Mets talking deal for Burnitz.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Drew Olson MILWAUKEE _ In order to trade outfielder Jeromy Burnitz to the New York Mets, the Milwaukee Brewers may need to include right-hander Jeff D'Amico or another player to sweeten the deal. The Mets and Brewers have...

Perhaps Nnamaka is too unselfish.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Lori Nickel Oluoma Nnamaka speaks Swedish, English and good enough French that he could get by in Marseilles, yet he barely says a word. Marquette has 13 players on the roster and when it came to pairing up for roommates,...

Bucks not too hot in the West.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Michael Hunt Portland _ Most teams are occasionally required to gather for a reality check. The Milwaukee Bucks assembled Thursday afternoon for practice at the Rose Garden for a perspective check. Saddled with the first...

`Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from the New Yorker,' edited by David Remnick and Henry Finder; Random House (448 pages, $27.95).
November 29, 2001... Byline: Joanne Weintraub The shelf life of humor writing varies greatly. Trendy or topical pieces go stale faster than hot bagels, while, say, Mark Twain's "The Diaries of Adam & Eve" is still fresh and chewy. Twain died before the...

Tech-heavy toys encourage a passive style of play, critics contend.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Jeanette Hurt, Beth Kormanik and Jennie Tunkieicz MILWAUKEE _ Toys have become so technologically advanced that child's play has been dumbed down, according to a Milwaukee toy expert. "There's very low creativity left," said...

Lipstick facts.
November 29, 2001... _The use of lipstick dates back more than 5,000 years. _In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that "women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft."...

Hunt for warmth can trap us into quirky styles.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Catherine Fitzpatrick No winter garment robs its wearer of dignity as swiftly or completely as a hat with drop-down earflaps. Not pointy nylon boots with fleece tufts peeking out the top. Not even bib overalls. Trapper...

Penn State, from bust to possible bowl.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Mark Stewart MILWAUKEE _ We've been on this route before with Joe Paterno and should have known better. A year ago, the Penn State coach was criticized for his unwavering support of Rashard Casey, who played quarterback while...

December is Packers' weather.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Dale Hofmann Green Bay _ The latest Packer weather is partly cloudy with highs in the mid-sixties. This from the National Weather Service and its five-day forecast for Jacksonville, Fla. In the place where Green Bay plays...

Redskins the turnaround story of the season.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Tom Silverstein MILWAUKEE _ Never in the miserable month and a half in which the Washington Redskins were compiling their 0-5 start did coach Marty Schottenheimer consider abandoning ship. And it's a good thing for owner...

Packers shuffle offensive line but maintain effectiveness.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Michael Cunningham Green Bay _ Coaches preach that continuity on the offensive line is important in the National Football League, yet the Green Bay Packers have managed to make personnel changes and still see the unit grow...

Reynolds auditioning for playing time.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Tom Silverstein and Michael CUNNINGHAM Green Bay, Wis. _ The Florida heat. A running quarterback. Tired legs. Those might be the ingredients necessary for rookie defensive end Jamal Reynolds to taste his first action of the...

Right treatments let bathrooms glow in private.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Joy Krause While bathroom windows introduce cheery natural light into the room, they also can rob it of privacy. You can have the best of both worlds by using the right window treatment. There are plenty of options that also add...

War metaphors not an issue in media.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Bob Wolfley MILWAUKEE _ Remember how all those hot house flowers were trying to argue after Sept. 11 that the language of sports broadcasting and sports writing should or would change forever because war metaphors would be...

Muslim family balances faith, food during Ramadan.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Karen Herzog BROOKFIELD, Wis. _ It was the 11th and final hour of their daily Ramadan fast, and three siblings were happily glued to the television, watching a chef whip up a flourless macadamia nut chocolate cake on a Discovery...

Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame expands.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Gary D'Amato MILWAUKEE _ A silky radio voice. Two powerful pairs of legs. A jump shooter nonpareil. A tireless and passionate baseball administrator. The five members of the 50th anniversary class of the Wisconsin Athletic...

Wisconsin volleyball opens tournament play.
November 29, 2001... Byline: Jeff Potrykus Madison, Wis. _ In some respects, what the University of Wisconsin women's volleyball team has achieved this season under third-year coach Pete Waite has already surpassed anything the Badgers accomplished in 2000....

Badgers not up to Challenge; after sterling start, Wiconsin falls apart late.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Mark Stewart Atlanta _ For a while, it seemed the University of Wisconsin's men's basketball team had the breakthrough it needed. The young Badgers sliced through Georgia Tech's press as if it wasn't there, Travon Davis was...

Sun drenched: Bucks routed out of town.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Michael Hunt Phoenix _ To death, taxes and always choosing the most time-consuming checkout line, add this to life's certainties: A Milwaukee Bucks loss at Phoenix. For the 14th consecutive time, the Bucks dropped a game...

Lipstick sales paint a rosy industry.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Catherine Fitzpatrick Martha Clark is looking for the perfect orange. Lipstick, that is. With one swift, practiced motion she swipes a streak of Ginger Brandy color across her wrist. Glamour in a tube for a mere $18.50....

Favre must stick to his guns down the stretch.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Cliff Christl MILWAUKEE _ In my book, Brett Favre deserved his biggest cheer of the season when he invited a room full of reporters to feel free to take his place behind center if they didn't think his job involved hazardous...

Packers keep eyes on Hutchinson.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Michael Cunningham GREEN BAY, Wis. _ With an eye toward developing a successor to quarterback Brett Favre, the Green Bay Packers are among the National Football League teams interested in prospect Chad Hutchinson if he decides to...

Packers' overall rushing stats don't measure up.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Tom Silverstein Green Bay, Wis. _ The Green Bay Packers have in Ahman Green the National Football League's third-leading rusher, a threat to bust a game wide open every time he touches the ball. They have an offensive line...

Shares in Milwaukee-Based Bank Rise Due to Solid Loan Portfolio.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Paul Gores Nov. 28--Shares of Marshall & Ilsley Corp. closed at their highest price of the year Tuesday, continuing a climb generated in part by investors looking for banks whose loan portfolios are most likely to weather a...

Bio-Based Fuels Promoted by Former CIA Chief.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Katherine M. Skiba Nov. 28--WASHINGTON--Former CIA chief R. James Woolsey promoted bio-based fuels Tuesday as a way for the U.S. to reduce dependence on foreign oil. Addressing agricultural leaders, Woolsey said genetic...

Entrepreneurs Speak about Business Climate in Wisconsin.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Joe Manning Nov. 28--Wisconsin is a good place to live, and our workers have a legendary work ethic, but entrepreneurs say the state doesn't have enough high-tech workers and suffers from a shortage of both venture capital and...

Despite Downturn, Building Continues to Boom in Wisconsin.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Michele Derus Nov. 28--Wisconsin spent $9.1 billion on construction through October, 2 percent more than last year's record-breaking $8.9 billion, Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee reported Monday. ...

Report Finds Wisconsin Companies Improve Exports about One Percent.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Lee Hawkins Jr. Nov. 28--Wisconsin companies boosted exports about 1 percent in the first three quarters of 2001, even as the global economic slowdown caused national exports to fall about 3 percent, according to a report issued...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Doris Hajewski Column.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Doris Hajewski Nov. 28--An East Coast economist has issued his annual holiday warning to investors: Reading daily retail news reports can be dangerous to your portfolio. It's not that Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist for...

Wisconsin Officials Gain Broad Support for Science Research Center.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Jason Gertzen Nov. 28--Broad support emerged during the Wisconsin Economic Summit to create a new scientific research center that would boost the state economy by attracting more federal research dollars and nurturing high-growth...

Slaughterhouse Plans for Adams County, Wis., Concerns Environmentalists.
November 28, 2001... Byline: Jo Sandin Nov. 28--Adams County, where the water is so good that Perrier wants to bottle it, may soon get a slaughterhouse capable of killing 1,000 beef cattle a day, an ethanol plant and new feedlots fattening 25,000 head of...

Texas Firm's Mismanagement Blamed for Bond Fund Losses.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Gretchen Schuldt Nov. 27--Heartland Advisors Inc. funds lost $4.8 million on medical facility bonds in large part because U.S. Trust Co. of Texas failed to properly oversee disbursement of the proceeds from the bonds, according...

University of Wisconsin Names New Business School Dean.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Kathleen Gallagher Nov. 27--Chancellor John Wiley has chosen a Wisconsin native who is the associate dean of Dartmouth's business school as the new dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison business school. Michael M....

Survey Addresses Nursing Shortage in Wisconsin.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Joel Dresang Nov. 27--Three state agencies and seven organizations representing nurses and their employers began to take an electronic pulse of Wisconsin's 70,000 registered nurses Monday to learn how to address the state's...

Madison, Wis., Recycling Group Warns against Emerging Plastic Technology.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Rick Barrett Nov. 27--Advances in technology that keep beer, juices and soft drinks fresh in small plastic bottles could spell trouble for recyclers, a Madison recycling organization warns. The problem: Barrier layers and...

U.S. Has Been in Recession Since March, Economists Conclude.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Avrum D. Lank Nov. 27--The United States economy, battered by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, officially fell into recession in March, putting an end to its longest expansion ever, the panel of private economists charged with...

Shoppers Spend More Than Expected.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Doris Hajewski Nov. 27--Shoppers in Milwaukee and across the nation may have spent more on the first weekend of the holiday buying season than expected, an indicator released Monday shows. Sales paid by check rose 2.3 percent...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tannette Johnson-Elie Column.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Tannette Johnson-Elie Nov. 27--Emily Suarez Del Real is determined not to become another statistic in a city where most minority kids fail to graduate from high school. "I refuse to be just another Mexican girl who didn't...

At Summit, Wisconsin Governor Outlines Plans for Boosting Economic Development.
November 27, 2001... Nov. 27--Gov. Scott McCallum outlined plans on Monday for what he says will be a more coordinated approach to economic development in Wisconsin. Calling it "Build Wisconsin," the governor broadly outlined plans for state government,...

Owners extend Selig's contract through 2006.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Tom Haudricourt CHICAGO _ Armed with a three-year extension of his term, baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced Tuesday that management would open its financial books for Congress next week, revealing what he termed "stunning"...

Baseball's lucky to have Selig.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Dale Hofmann MILWAUKEE _ Bud Selig will be 72 when his new contract is up, and if he hasn't made his point by then, he may have to find something different to do with his time. It won't be easy. Working as a mime might offer...

Badgers gear up for Ga. Tech.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Mark Stewart ATLANTA _ The light at the end of the tunnel is in clear view now. The University of Wisconsin's five-game stretch on the road to open the men's basketball season has been as difficult as expected. Facing average...

`Futureland: Nine Stories of an Imminent World,' by Walter Mosley; Warner Aspect Books (368 pages, $24.95).
November 27, 2001... Byline: Jim Higgins After the gritty realism of his Easy Rawlins mysteries, Walter Mosley's "Blue Light" (1998) seemed an anomaly: an uneven but often powerful sci-fi novel about a wave of light that heightens a person's state of feeling...

No pain has been big gain for Packers.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Michael Cunningham GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Last season around this time, the Green Bay Packers were hindered by a run of injuries to key players that would become as much a trademark of 2000 as the four-game winning streak to close...

U.S. awaits World Cup draw.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Charles F. Gardner The luck of the draw can be crucial when it comes to World Cup success. That's why U.S. coach Bruce Arena and his players will be watching nervously when the FIFA 2002 World Cup Draw is conducted on...

Badgers in compliance with Title IX.
November 27, 2001... Byline: Jeff Potrykus MADISON, Wis. _ The University of Wisconsin's decade-long struggle to see its intercollegiate athletics program achieve compliance with Title IX is over. The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil...

Kids' special needs fill woman's desire.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Tom Held LANNON, Wis. _ As the children of a young mother addicted to drugs, Katie and Casey certainly had special needs in their toddling lives. The neglect, abuse and abandonment they suffered from birth left them fearful...

Aid centers overflow with attack victims.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Alan J. Borsuk NEW YORK _ Amparo Castello was on vacation on Sept. 11, but that hardly means she was exempt from the effects of what happened at work that day. Not only did 24 of her colleagues on a cleaning crew die in the...

Owners gather with contraction on their minds.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Tom Haudricourt Three weeks to the day after voting to eliminate two teams before the 2002 season, major-league baseball owners gather again Tuesday in Chicago for an update on contraction from Commissioner Bud Selig. Despite...

Marquette focuses on the road ahead.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Lori Nickel MILWAUKEE _ Even after Marquette University's men's basketball team won the Great Alaska Shootout last week, coach Tom Crean didn't want to talk about polls. He wanted to talk about work. He had an optional...

Bucks look to build on success vs. Lakers.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Michael Hunt LOS ANGELES _ It was just an exhibition game, the seventh in eight for the Milwaukee Bucks, for whom the regular season could not begin soon enough. The fact that the Bucks were playing the two-time defending...

Cold medicine is latest drug for teen-agers to misuse.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Amy Hetzner WAUKESHA, Wis. _ It started with a 16-year-old high school junior whose teacher claimed he was "acting strange" in class and who was suspected to have taken drugs. After the student blamed his disoriented state on...

Taylor finally arrives at Wisconsin Hall of Fame.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Gary D'Amato Many of Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers never got the Glory Years out of their systems. You always had the feeling Ray Nitschke yearned to suit up one more time, until the day he died. Fuzzy Thurston bought a...

A tale of two QBs: Favre and Brunell.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Bob McGinn GREEN BAY, Wis. _ For almost five years, Mark Brunell probably has ranked anywhere from fourth- to sixth-best among National Football League quarterbacks. Brunell has made a major name for himself since the Green...

Sherman looks for ways to revive return teams.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Bob McGinn GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Mike Sherman would look out of place at a roulette wheel, a poker table or a slot machine. Would James Rooths look out of place on his football team? We shall see in the next 48 hours or so...

Report warns advances in plastics could cause recycling problems.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Rick Barrett MILWAUKEE _ Advances in technology that keep beer, juices and soft drinks fresh in small plastic bottles could spell trouble for recyclers, a Madison, Wis., recycling organization warns. The problem: Barrier...

Bush calls for human cloning ban; experts question company's motive.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Marilynn Marchione MILWAUKEE, Wis. _ Prominent scientists called it "hot-dogging," "grandstanding" and "a failure" _ anything but a breakthrough _ and feared it would cause a backlash against important research. President...

Pewaukee, Wis.-Based Firm's High-Tech Spinoff Goes Sour.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Thomas Content Nov. 26--The concept sounded so promising: Capitalize on the high-tech boom by bending the metal for a myriad of high-tech products. The metal-tech concept still has potential, analysts say, but the...

Madison, Wis., Online Music Publisher Finds Potter Sheet Music Very Popular.
November 26, 2001... Byline: Lee Hawkins Jr. Nov. 26--A Madison online publisher of digital music said downloads of its Internet sheet music have surged since the movie "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" hit cinema screens. Music Notes, a 3-year-old...

CORRECTION: CEO of Milwaukee-Based Insurance Firm Rides Risks to the Top.
November 25, 2001... Byline: Kathleen Gallagher Nov. 25--The story slugged MW-INSURE-CEO, moved Nov. 25 by Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, contains a misspelling. Milwaukee attorney David A. Erne's name was incorrect in the original version. Please use...

Wisconsin Economic Summit Brings New Ideas to Different Situation.
November 25, 2001... Nov. 25--Wisconsin's second economic summit convenes this week in Milwaukee, where ideas such as forging closer cooperation with Chicago and supporting clusters of fast-growing industries are expected to attract attention. These and...

New Unit of Milwaukee-Based Controls, Battery Firm to Focus on Energy Issues.
November 25, 2001... Byline: Thomas Content Nov. 25--For much of this year, executives at Johnson Controls Inc. have been asked about how the firm planned to capitalize on California's power blackouts. Be patient, chairman and chief executive officer...

Milwaukee-Based Food Firm Sensient Technologies Gets Attention from Analysts.
November 25, 2001... Byline: Kathleen Gallagher Nov. 25--Be careful what you wish for. Four years ago, Sensient Technologies Inc. top executive Kenneth P. Manning was lobbying Wall Street analysts to cover his company. Now, after Sensient has missed...

Gannett-Owned Stevens Point, Wis., Newspaper Struggles to Regain Local Feel.
November 25, 2001... Byline: Rick Romell Nov. 25--STEVENS POINT, Wis.-- The story of the Steven Point Journal's sale to first one and then another big newspaper chain spins down multiple tracks. It was a small-business drama that divided families -- in...

Qualcomm-Hacker Case Set to Begin Soon in San Diego.
November 25, 2001... Byline: Lee Bergquist Nov. 25--On Dec. 8, 1999, a network administrator for Qualcomm Inc. called the University of Wisconsin-Madison to report that he had traced a break-in of his company's computer system back to the school. Someone...

University of Wisconsin Pharmacy School to Open Drug Research Lab.
November 25, 2001... Byline: Joe Manning Nov. 25--Hoping to cash in on large pharmaceutical royalties, the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy is opening a research laboratory designed to develop drugs beyond their initial discovery stages. ...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Street Smart Stock Analysis Column.
November 25, 2001... Byline: Kathleen Gallagher Nov. 25--Investment: Nextel Communications, Reston, Va., provides digital and analog wireless communications services to U.S. customers. Analyst: David R. Aushwitz, president of DRA Capital Management Inc....