They then became a founding members of the Hampshire F.A. when it was inaugurated the following year.

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##### A Brief History of AFC Totton (The Stags)

Totton Football Club was formed in 1886 and became one of the founder members of the Hampshire F.A. when it was inaugurated, and was also one of the founder members of the New Forest League, formed in 1904.

After the 1914/18 War they entered the Southampton Senior League and the New Forest League, and in 1920/21 joined the Hampshire League West.

The early matches were played at South Testwood Park before Totton moved to Testwood Park, on 30th December 1933.

In 1975 they amalgamated with Totton Athletic, installed floodlights and opened a Club Room and Bar at the ground.

Totton's most successful season was in 1981/82 when they won Hampshire League Division 1 for the first time, the Russell Côtes Cup, Hampshire Intermediate Cup, Southampton Senior Cup and Reg Mathieson Trophy and in 1983 reached the 5th round of the FA Vase losing 1-0 away to the cup holders Forest Green Rovers.

Totton became one of the founder members of the Wessex League when it was formed in the 1986/87 season, finishing third.

The Medisport Wessex League Cup was won in 1989/90 and the Club was runner-up to Southern League Bashley in the Russell Côtes Cup in 1990/91.

The Carlsberg FA Vase provided the Club with a good run in 2001, reaching the 4th Round.

Season 2002/03 saw the Club enjoy a good FA Cup run before losing to Slough Town in a 1st Qualifying Round replay.

The Club did gain some silverware though, beating League Champions Eastleigh 2-1 in the final of the Jewson Wessex Football League Cup.

2005/06 saw many changes in Team personnel and with Stuart Ritchie now at the helm, 4th place was gained in the League, together with a fine run in the FA Cup and the winning of the Wessex League Cup for a third time.

2006/07, proved to be the most memorable in the history of the Club.

In the League the first Team had a season-long battle with Gosport, missing out on the title by one goal – a bitter disappointment after having led the table from October until the last week of the season, but the highlight of the season was the Final of the FA Carlsberg Vase at the new Wembley Stadium for the first time in the Club's history, Sadly in front of a record 36,232 crowd for a Vase Final we had to settle for Runners-up spot after a thoroughly entertaining and skilful match against Truro City, losing 3-1.

After the achievements of the previous season, 2007/2008 was always going to be a challenge.

A good early run in the FA Cup set the team up nicely for the season, and that momentum extended into a great run in the League.

In what became a battle with any of five teams in with a chance, the team responded brilliantly, ultimately producing 27 points from 30 in March & April to seal our first ever Wessex League Championship, and promotion to the BGB Southern League.

Certainly the past two seasons will linger long in the memories of those lucky enough to be part of the adventure, and a glowing tribute to a dedicated team and fantastic supporters.

An exciting new adventure was about to begin!

2008/09 saw AFC Totton reach new heights after being promoted to the Southern League South and West Division One.

After a table topping start to the season we eventually finished 3rd in the league and after beating Beaconsfield SYCOB in the play off semi-final we ended up with a home tie for the final against Didcot Town.

It was a superb match which went to extra time before Didcot scored the winner.

2009/10 had seen AFC Totton lift the Hampshire Senior Cup after reaching the final for the first time in the Club's history.

This wrapped up yet another great season for the Stags as we narrowly missed out on promotion for the second season in a row, this time finishing runners up in the league and losing in the play off semi-final against Cirencester Town 2-3, after coming

from 2 goals down to unfortunately concede a goal in the 90th minute.

2010/11 was one of the most successful seasons in the clubs history, picking up not only the Hampshire Senior Cup for the second time but also retaining it from the 2009/10 season beating Sholing 3-1 at St. Marys Stadium.

But this was eclipsed by the club being crowned Champions of the Southern League South and West Division, just pipping Sholing to the title by 2 points in a nail-biting finish to the season.

The Club was named club of the season for the South and West division and also picked up the fair play award along with the Merit Cup for the most goals scored.

The Club also celebrated a golden boot award for one of the crowd favourites Mike Gosney who scored 36 goals.

The Club were also very pleased to see another crowd favourite doing well and penning his first pro contract to secure a deal with Port Vale.

The highlight of the 2011/12 season was AFC Totton reaching the 2nd round proper of the FA Cup for the first time in the Club's history.

The match, televised live on ITV was against Bristol Rovers our visitors coming out on top in convincing style.

Nevertheless history was written and shall never be forgotten.

This was not the only history making event of the season – Stefan Brown made his mark in the record books by scoring the fastest FA Cup hat-trick by a substitute, scoring all 3 goals in 15 second half minutes, AFC Totton also reached the Hampshire Senior Cup final for the 3rd season in succession, losing out to 2-0 Eastleigh.

The Club narrowly missed promotion to the Conference South, but lost 4-2 at Oxford City.in the play off final after only one season at Southern Premier League level.

Season 2012/2013 saw AFC Totton consolidate their position in the Southern Premier League, their 14th position coming after a mixed bag of results, with home results disappointingly not matched by performances away from the Testwood Stadium.

The Red Insure Cup saw an early exit at the hands of Sholing, but a better run in the Hants Senior Cup ended with the scores level at 90 minutes against a strong AFC Bournemouth side, with the Stags losing out 4-2 on penalties.

Very worthy of mention is the tremendous effort of the Youth side who defeated AFC Bournemouth on their own patch, after an epic 11-10 penalty victory in FA Youth Cup.

Unfortunately they were defeated in the next round of the competition but the win at Bournemouth will remain in the memories of everyone who attended the match.

In the FA Cup progress was made to the 4th Qualifying Round where the Stags lost a close encounter 3-2 at home to Cambridge City, but on the way they recorded a remarkable result, defeating then Conference South side Truro City by the same score in Cornwall.

In the FA Trophy, Totton were rewarded by three home draws, beating Bideford, Gosport Borough, and Conference South Basingstoke Town before giving a fine performance at Blue Square Premier side Forest Green Rovers, only losing by a solitary goal in time added on.

The 2013/14 season saw the Stags undergo major changes, caused by previous miss-management of the Club.

Forced to field mainly inexperienced youngsters in the tough surroundings of the Southern Premier League, relegation was half expected, although as the players matured, performances improved, and the dreaded drop nearly avoided.

The Club was stabilised financially by the new Executive Committee, under the leadership of Chairman Andy Straker, whose previous enthusiasm as a staunch supporter carried over into his new role.

The club was relegated from the Southern League Premier Division in April 2014.

Its first season in the South & West Division 1 league saw the continuation of the rebuilding of the team.

The team eventually finished 15th in the league.

Just before the end of the 2014/15 season, manager Steve Riley departed from the club and Steve Hollick, the then goalkeeping coach took over the running of the team until the end of the season.

Prior to the start of the 2015/16 season, Steve Hollick was made permanent manager of AFC Totton.

The rebuilding of the team continued and even though the squad was strengthened, the team could finish no higher than they had the previous season, with another 15th place finish.

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The club was formed in 1886 and originally known as Totton Football Club, playing its games at South Testwood Park.


Also some other softenings were foreseen, e.g. for women having 3 and more children.

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# Russia's Putin softens pension reforms after outcry

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has softened planned pension changes following angry protests and a slump in his approval rating.

He said the retirement age for women would be increased from 55 to 60 instead of to 63.

But a five-year increase for men, to 65, would stay.

In a rare TV address, Mr Putin said the country's working-age population was shrinking, making change essential.

Unions have warned that many will not live long enough to claim a pension.

Russian men have a life expectancy of 66 while for women it is 77, the World Health Organization says.

The issue has seen support for Mr Putin fall to 64% from 80%, according to VTsIOM state pollster.

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Mr Putin said the move to raise the retirement age for men and women had been delayed for years and risked causing inflation and increasing poverty.

Postponing it further would threaten the stability and security of Russian society, he said.

"Any further delay would be irresponsible," he said.

"Our decisions should be just and well-balanced," he added.

The outcry forced Mr Putin to make a rare address to the nation

Until his TV address he had attempted to distance himself from the row, and had in the past promised that the pension age would never be raised on his watch.

Under the new plan, to be implemented from 2019, the retirement age for men will be increased gradually from 60 to 65.

Before Mr Putin's intervention women were to have to work another eight years from 55 to 63 - their planned retirement age has now been reduced to 60.

Mr Putin said that Russia "cherished women".

"Women not only work but they also take care of the house and children and grandchildren.

Their retirement age should not increase by more than that of men," he said.

These women protested in the Ivanovo region near Moscow

Women with three or more children could retire earlier, he added.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has previously said the decision was motivated by the fact that Russians are living longer and leading more active lives.

He said there were 12 million working pensioners in Russia, equal to nearly a quarter of all pensioners.

Tens of thousands have rallied across Russia in recent weeks.

"Help the state, die before your pension," read one home-made placard in the Siberian city of Omsk in early July, where about 3,000 people turned out.

'Pay taxes and die before retirement' reads this banner at a protest in Moscow

This activist posted photos from a protest in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia's far-eastern region in early July.

Unusually for Russia, protesters have been from all sides of the political debate.

Communist Party red flags and nationalist banners flew side by side, and opposition supporters joined in too.

The initial announcement was made at the same time as the World Cup in Russia began, prompting criticism that the Russian government was trying to bury bad news.

## Why does Russia want to raise the pension age?

Most economists and many Russians agree there is a problem.

The population is getting older and the state is spending more and more on pensions.

After the economic chaos of the early 1990s, Russia's population plummeted.

The birth rate has since shown some signs of improvement, but it is not happening fast enough.

Based on current trends, 20% of Russians will be over 65 by 2050, says the UN.

President Putin has just signed a new bill on pension spending, envisaging a deficit of more than 265bn roubles (£3.1bn; $4.2bn) in 2018.

That's 1.6% of the entire state budget expenditure.

It is clearly not a sustainable situation, especially in tough economic times.

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The president of Russia Vladimir Putin has decided to reduce the hike of the retirement age for women from 63 to 60 years (i.e. +5 instead of +8).


He made his professional debut in 1930 and worked his way up to the major leagues that same year, throwing a complete game three-hitter for the Cardinals.

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that Dizzy Dean made his big league debut on the final day of the 1930 season, surrendering just three hits as he defeated the Pirates, 3-1?

Played for:St. Louis Cardinals (1930)St. Louis Cardinals (1932-1937)Chicago Cubs (1938-1941)St. Louis Browns (1947)

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Daffy and Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals.

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## The Hall of Fame Class of 1953 featured eight electees

Born on January 16, 1910 in Lucas, Ark., Dean attended public school only through second grade. His colorful personality and eccentric behavior earned him the nickname "Dizzy".


Concerning the issues with "It Ain't Half Hot Mum", Alex Massie wrote in January 2019, shortly after the starring actor Windsor Davies died, that "even when judged by modern standards" the series is a "relatively minor offender when compared with programmes" such as "Mind Your Language", "Love Thy Neighbour" and "Curry and Chips".

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# Don't believe the myth that this is a nation of Little Englanders

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Say what you will about Theresa May — and you can say plenty — no-one has ever accused her of being over-freighted with emotional intelligence.

This has been obvious for a long time now but is a problem that, while insurmountable, has steadily grown in importance.

She is hardly alone in this, of course, but it ill-behoves the leader of a country more or less divided in half to act as though she has a monopoly on wisdom or virtue.

The same, of course, could be said of some of her opponents.

Newly-radicalised Remainers, for instance, are prone to thinking the very worst of all Leavers, forgetting that their own enthusiasm for Remaining part of the EU was, way back in 2016, often heavily-qualified and flecked with an understanding that the EU was at best an imperfect set of institutions that often behaved stupidly and sometimes even worse than that.

Many Remain votes were cast with little enthusiasm and plenty of ambivalence.

Referendums push people to extremes, however, and so the EU has been reimagined as the last, vital, bulwark against everything that's hellish or reactionary in modern Britain.

Just as the Leave campaign was built on plenty of myths — and some of them pernicious ones at that — so, in response, the rump Remain movement has constructed matching myths of its own.

Perhaps chief of these is the suggestion that Brexit has unleashed everyone's Little Englander; every bridge is a drawbridge and every gate a portcullis.

No matter what Leave campaigners may say now, immigration was central to their victory.

I see no point in them denying this for the record is plain even if it now suits them to pretend otherwise.

And yet since then something startling has happened: the salience of immigration as an issue has plummeted.

Before the referendum, nearly half of all voters (45 percent) named immigration one of the most serious issues facing Britain; now fewer than one in five voters tell IpsosMORI migration is that important.

From which we may hazard that if Leave voters were — as some Remainers believe — driven by xenophobic obsession in 2016 they have, or at least many of them have, shed that xenophobia in 2019.

Other surveys of opinion confirm that, contrary to what is often assumed, attitudes towards immigration have softened considerably since the referendum.

Moreover, although coming from a lower base of approval, Leave voters' beliefs around immigration have softened at much the same rate as Remainers' views.

Furthermore, it is well-established that voters are capable of holding more than one view at a time and are happy to do so even if, in sum, these views approach the point at which they begin to contradict each other.

Hence, when asked about their personal experiences or even their local communities, voters are significantly more likely to view the contribution of immigrants positively even as they worry it might have an overall negative impact on the country.

None of this is to say immigrants from EU countries have no reason for feeling anxious.

Many plainly feel the wind has changed and now blows from a chillier point of the compass.

And, as a matter of psychology, one may understand — and sympathise — that Brexit must have felt like a rather personal repudiation to many EU citizens residing in the UK.

Equally, the implied logic of the Leave campaign was not just that future immigration was bad but also that there had been too much of it in the recent past.

Again, however, the difference between the personal and the general matters.

Even on the latter front, there has been no great popular campaign to remove EU citizens or even make their lives more difficult.

Which, typically, makes you wonder why the government has done its best to do exactly that.

I suspect this owes something to the narrowness of Theresa May's thinking; having interpreted the referendum as something close to a single-issue plebiscite in which the meaning of Brexit could only be satisfied by ending free movement (thereby significantly complicating her options) she lacked the empathy needed to see that EU citizens here now needed reassurance, not the sense they were being used as chips in a high-stakes political game.

Even stupidity is not guaranteed to last forever, though.

So it is welcome that the government has decided not to make EU citizens pay £65 for the pleasure of registering their residence in this country.

This was a penny-wise pound foolish policy anyway that could earn the government nothing but grief.

As such it was a typically fat-headed, tin-eared, policy in the first place and a reminder that this government has an unusual thirst for self-inflicted pain.

So much so, indeed, that sometimes it is easy to think absurdities are pursued chiefly to provide the grounds for subsequent retreat and humiliation.

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Still, despite it all it seems important, I think, to draw a distinction between official policy and the way life is actually lived.

The Home Office often appears and sometimes is — as the Windrush scandal confirmed — sociopathic but that does not a nation of sociopaths make.

Consider some other recent developments.

The death of the actor Windsor Davies spawned a predictable flurry of nostalgia for the way things used to be.

His role in It Ain't Half Hot Mum — a situation comedy focused on the misadventures of a troupe of army musicians in India at the end of the Second World War — was fondly recalled with there being much talk of how they just don't make 'em like that any more and, of course, the BBC would never dare to show IAHHM ever again, not with all the political correctness gone mad and all the rest of it, you know.

More than most mediums, television dates quickly and comedy often has a shorter half-life than other genres.

To say IAHHM was "of its time" is both obvious and generous and an implicit acknowledgement that such a show would not, indeed could not, be made today.

Or, at any rate, would have to be made differently.

Throughout almost the entire history of British — and especially English — comedy it is axiomatic that foreigners are intrinsically funny.

Even so, it is striking how 1970s comedy now seems something close to obsessed with issues of race and sexuality.

Homosexuals — poofs, in the parlance of the time — are both absurd and terrifying; so too, and perhaps even more so, are black men.

In truth, even when judged by modern standards IAHHM was a relatively minor offender when compared with programmes such as Mind Your Language, Love Thy Neighbour and Curry and Chips.

Look them up on YouTube and see what I mean.

These are shows from a different world and, if we are interested in being honest, a much narrower, nastier, one.

Doubtless future generations will gawp in amazement at some of the cruelties of our own time but we in turn are able, indeed required, to note the extent to which what was deemed funny 40 years ago is not so very clever or funny now.

If television is, in part, a window onto society, Britain has changed immeasurably and immeasurably for the better since a time when racial prejudice — often overt, not even "casual" — could be played for laughs on primetime.

Nor was this something limited to situation comedy as the experiences of black footballers in the 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s demonstrated.

That too seems to belong to a different era.

None of which is to say that Britain is always as relaxed or liberal a polity as relaxed liberals would like to believe it.

Merely that, for all of everything and for all that we are more aware now of subliminal prejudice or bias, the experience of Britain enjoyed by black, Asian and other ethnic minority citizens has been transformed.

If that journey is not yet complete — and in some instances far from complete — it remains important to note how much of it has still been made.

Not enough, perhaps, but far from nothing either.

I do not mean to be Panglossian about these matters.

Not everything is for the best and this is not always the best of all possible worlds.

Even so, the outrage caused by shortcomings — to put it kindly — in the system is as notable as the shortcomings itself and a reminder that caricatures of Britain, whether offered by Leavers or Remainers, have only a limited usefulness and purchase.

That does not justify governmental heavy-handedness and stupidity but nor should a villainous bureaucracy be taken to speak for the people as a whole.

The current political climate, however, encourages almost everyone to think the very worst of people with whom they happen to have political disagreements.

So be it; some of these arguments are both important and necessary.

But they do not reveal the whole story or the entire picture.

If we have learned anything these past three years, it might be the usefulness of allowing for good faith disagreement and the desirability of a political culture that pays some attention to the importance and power of generosity.

If the government too often fails in this regard that is no reason for citizens to do likewise.

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'We're a bunch of poofs!' we'd reply". Of the depiction of the Melvyn Hayes character 'Gloria' Beaumont, Croft told interviewer Simon Morgan-Russell that the character "never expressed any interest in other males" and, in fact, "was a transvestite, not a homosexual".
 The imperialist consideration however, is believed to be at least partly responsible for the programme not being repeated on British television in later years, along with, according to Darren Lee writing for the British Film Institute's Screenonline website, a belief that it contains "national stereotyping and occasionally patronising humour". According to Mark Duguid, writing for the same website, it suffers "from its narrow stereotypes of its handful of Indian supporting characters as alternately servile, foolish, lazy or devious". Its flaws have not stopped it appearing in several "best of" lists.
 The show's creators had been aware of the issues around the casting of a seemingly white actor to play one of the Indian characters, but relented owing to the lack of suitable Indian actors at the time. Jimmy Perry, in his 2013 "Daily Telegraph" interview, defended the casting as Bates (who born in India) "spoke fluent Urdu, and was a captain in the Gurkhas".


It eventually was picked up by Paramount as a film which then led to the spin-off series.

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In mid-July of 1995—when American culture was fixated on such matters as O. J. Simpson's ill-fitting glove—the fact that a modestly budgeted teen movie called Clueless was about to arrive in theaters, become a major box-office hit, catapult the careers of its stars, influence fashion for two decades, and become a permanent cultural touchstone for multiple generations … well, let's just say it was something most people couldn't have predicted at the time.

Executives at Paramount Pictures—the studio that took on the film after others had passed on the project—had great confidence in writer-director Amy Heckerling's comedy about a shopaholic Beverly Hills teenager with a few Jane Austen DNA molecules in her genetic code.

Sherry Lansing, then the head of the studio, liked it so much that after screening it she didn't have a single story note.

It's not as if Clueless had been flying entirely below the public's radar.

The comedy benefited from some serious promotional juice courtesy of MTV, which, like Paramount, was part of the Viacom family and pitched the film heavily to its Real World-addicted Gen X and Y audience.

Media buzz about the breakout potential of Alicia Silverstone—then best known for her appearances in a trio of Aerosmith videos and the thriller The Crush—also started to build well before the film's release.

But in Hollywood, even a gorgeous, on-the-rise young starlet and a director with a track record for making profitable hits (see Heckerling's Fast Times at Ridgemont High, European Vacation, and the Look Who's Talking films) do not guarantee success.

When Cher insists that her life has direction, Josh replies, "Yeah, towards the mall."

Then Clueless made its debut, on July 19, 1995, and became the No. 1 movie in the country that day.

The weekend of July 21–23, it generated $10.6 million and immediately was branded as one of the summer's most unexpected triumphs.

The movie went on to earn $56.6 million in the U.S. and Canada (a figure that the movie data-tracking site Box Office Mojo equates to $105.7 million in contemporary, inflated dollars).

That's a nice return for a film whose production budget was $12 to $13 million.

More important, Clueless touched a chord in the culture that was clearly primed and ready to be struck.

Pre-teen and teen girls raced to malls in search of plaid skirts and knee-high socks.

Almost immediately, Paramount began working with Heckerling to develop a TV adaptation.

Within a year, the movie's soundtrack would sell enough copies to be certified gold, and would eventually reach platinum status.

The success of Clueless also would defibrillate the barely breathing high-school movie genre, resulting in a flood of teen movies in the late 90s and early 00s.

What's even more remarkable is that, 20 years later, Clueless is still as omnipresent in American culture as it was back then.

Thanks to its presence on cable, DVD, and streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Instant Video, Clueless is still watched on a regular basis by longtime fans as well as young people discovering the film for the first time.

Tributes to the movie—in the form of Twitter accounts and Buzzfeed listicles—are ubiquitous in the digital sphere.

Fashion designers and labels continue to riff on the costumes created for the film by Mona May.

The idea of molding Jane Austen's narrative structures and themes into something more modern?

That has been everywhere post-Clueless, from Austenland to Web series such as The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Emma Approved.

The influence of the film can be seen in the pop-cultural creations of some high-profile influencers of today's girls and young women, including Katy Perry, Lena Dunham, Tavi Gevinson, Mindy Kaling, and Iggy Azalea, just for starters.

Clueless, then, isn't merely a touchstone for the 90s generation.

It's a teen movie that continues to be passed from one generation to the next and is just timeless enough for every generation to think it's speaking directly to them.

In 1993, Heckerling began developing a TV show for Fox that focused on the popular kids at a California high school, including a central female character fueled by relentless reserves of optimism.

At that point, the project was called No Worries, one of several names used (I Was a Teenage Teenager was another) before Clueless got its official title.

Given Heckerling's established skill and success with coming-of-age comedy, it seems as if No Worries should have easily come together.

In its formative stages, the project eventually known as Clueless went from potential Fox TV show to potential Fox feature film, and then—for a short but frustrating period before landing at Paramount—almost didn't happen at all.

Its path to the big screen is a tale about a filmmaker inventing a very positive character, then dealing with frustration and rejection, but ultimately finding the support to make her movie by staying true to her vision.

Amy Heckerling, writer-director: I remember reading Emma and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Those characters: what I gravitated to was how positive they could be.

Twink Caplan, Miss Geist and associate producer of Clueless: After Look Who's Talking, Look Who's Talking, Too, and a couple TV shows that we tried to do [together], Amy came up with this idea of Clueless, that was a takeoff of Emma.

Actor Breckin Meyer with Silverstone and Murphy during a break from shooting the Val-party scene.

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Sometimes you're working on things and you think, Oh, I have to write this, or I'd better look at my notes.

I just wanted to be in that world, and in her mind-set.

All of [the main Clueless characters] were in [the original TV show].

[Eventually] the TV people put it in turnaround.

That's when Ken Stovitz became my agent, and I showed him that pilot, and he was like, "This is a movie."

Ken Stovitz, Amy Heckerling's agent: When you get into business with someone, you find out what really is the home run, dream come true.

And early on she told me about this project.

So I said, All right—if I can do anything for her, I'm going to do what I can to get this made.

During the development there was a concern that it was too much about one female, and that I should make Josh a bigger part, and he should be living next door, and his mother [should be] in love with her father.

[Josh and Cher] weren't ex-stepbrother and ex-stepsister.

And we started working out of Amy's house, actually.

What we submitted was the screenplay and [one of] the [Aerosmith] music videos [with Alicia Silverstone].

I told everyone it was a $13 million movie.

I gave them the budget; I gave them Amy's track record….

We got rejected so many times it was a joke.

Adam Schroeder, Clueless co-producer and then president of Scott Rudin Productions: Teen movies were just not happening.

It was almost like a relic of the John Hughes movies in the 80s.

That stamp of approval was enough for the town.

Barry Berg, co-producer and unit production manager: Just having [Scott's] name on the film meant so much to so many.

It became an important film the moment he signed on to produce it.

Amy Heckerling: When Scott read [the script], his notes were pretty much what brought it back to the way it was [originally].

Ken Stovitz: Rejection can either be the thing that kills you or the thing that inspires you to just say, "I'm not going to take no for an answer."

We chose to say, "We know we've got something good here.

Once Fox had decided that Clueless should be a theatrical feature rather than a TV show, casting got under way.

Carrie Frazier, Clueless casting director at Fox: I brought in Alicia Silverstone—I sent Amy a videotape of a young actress [who] I felt was really terrific.

I was watching an Aerosmith video of "Cryin'."

Then my friend Carrie Frazier said, "You have to see this girl in The Crush."

And I was like, "No, I want the Aerosmith girl."

Carrie Frazier: That is exactly what happened—totally.

Amy Heckerling: [Alicia] came in with her manager at the time.

She was like 17, and she was just so adorable and sweet and really innocent.

Alicia Silverstone, Cher: I remember when I read the script the first time, thinking, Oh, she's so materialistic—that I was judging [Cher] instead of being delighted by her.

I remember thinking, This is so funny and I'm not funny.

But once I was playing her—I just had so much fun being her.

I loved how seriously she took everything.

And that's what I think makes her so ridiculous and lovely all the time.

After Alicia did [the] screen test, as I remember, it went to Fox and they were kind of like, "Oh, she's O.K."

You know, it wasn't like "Oh my God, this girl's fabulous."

[But] Fox … wanted me to explore all the [options]…. I saw Alicia Witt, the redheaded [actress].

The one that—she was in that show and she cut her hair and everybody was mad?

Then they go, "You've got to see the girl in [Flesh and Bone]."

It was the first time I'd seen Angelina Jolie….

But she was too knowing for what was needed for Clueless.

Angelina never came in [to audition] for the project.

I remember an agent pitching her, and I'm going, "No, no, no, this is exactly the opposite of what I need for this."

Later on, when I started heading up the casting department for HBO, and I got the script for Gia, I said, "I've got the girl."

Clockwise, from the top: The cast around director Amy Heckerling (front, left); Cher, Dionne, and Amber in the tennis-court scene, in which Dionne says, memorably, "Well, there goes your social life" (of all of Dash's lines, her favorite);

Amy Heckerling: I met with Reese [Witherspoon] because everyone said, "This girl's amazing.

I had [Amy] meet Reese over at the Four Seasons hotel in Los Angeles, on Doheny, in the bar.

I saw some movie where she had a southern accent.

Maybe it was on TV, a movie of the week.

But I did see some scenes of hers and went: Wow.

So much of casting is about catching the actor or actress at the right time in their life.

And even though you end up going, "So-and-so can do the role," there was something about Alicia that was a little bit younger and a little bit more naïve in a way that we felt was really the right girl.

She was just so similar, again, to the character.

Who else did I bring in that ended up in the movie?

Amy Heckerling: Ben Affleck told me [later that] he read.

He might have read for a casting director.

I brought in Ben Affleck, for the role of Josh.

I was really trying to get Ben Affleck the part.

Then, when I got the call that it was going over to Paramount, they wanted to have me work on it for no money….

And I said I wouldn't do that—they'd have to pay me, and they said, "Oh, well, we really can't do that."

I was heartbroken about that on every level.

When Clueless eventually landed in the hands of producer Scott Rudin and Paramount Pictures, Frazier was off the project, and Marcia Ross was brought on as the new casting director.

With Ross, a new set of producers—including Rudin, Adam Schroeder, Robert Lawrence, and Barry Berg—and Heckerling, Caplan, and Paramount executives all now at the decision-making table, the second attempt to cast Clueless began in the fall of 1994.

Amy Heckerling: [Casting Josh] was the hardest.

I had a vision in my head and it wasn't jelling with people out there.

When I'm writing, I usually have little pictures of what I imagine the guy looking like.

And I had the Beastie Boy: Adam Horovitz.

There was something smart and funny about him.

Marcia Ross, Clueless casting director: Because I was always reading actors, I knew a lot of young actors, and I was able to come up with a bunch of thoughts for parts and sort of come in with ideas and show her.

Paul Rudd, Josh: When I auditioned for it, I had also asked to read for other parts [including Christian and Murray].

I thought Murray was kind of a white guy wanting to be black.

Also I thought: I haven't seen that character before, the white guy who's trying to co-opt black culture.

But, well: that character is actually going to be African-American.

But Amy said, "What do you think of Josh? Do you want to read for that?"

Amy Heckerling: I remember I saw Paul, and I really liked him.

There were still more people to be seen [though].

Adam Schroeder: He needed to be older, and [Alicia] was young, but we didn't ever want it to feel not natural when they ended up together.

There was the whole stepbrother thing, even though they weren't related at all, so we really wanted to be careful and cast that perfect person.

He hadn't done that much, but he was cute and he was sweet.

We tested him, and we knew he was very, very top-of-the-list.

I knew that they must have been kind of interested, because they had me back a few times.

Honestly, what I remember when I was auditioning and meeting Amy for the first time is making some joke about Shakespeare preparing something from a monologue.

I'm sure it was not a very good joke or anything.

But I remember she really laughed at it.

Almost more than anything else, I remember, in talking with Amy in the auditions, I was like: Oh, she's cool.

We had him on hold for a long time, but they weren't really ready to decide.

Then … finally, they decided—they cut him loose actually.

They really liked him, but they just couldn't commit to it, and he was offered another movie.

That Halloween movie was my first movie, which I wasn't so sure I wanted to do.

I had a manager at the time who was like, "You should do this."

And then I remember I got Clueless, and he's like, "You shouldn't do this."

I remember really vividly where I was, just kind of walking down the street, and I was like, "Man.

And I just walked into a barber shop and they just buzzed my head.

Then, I want to say a week later or something, I was in a restaurant and Amy Heckerling was there.

He said, "I didn't think I had the part."

I said, "Oh my God, hardly any time went by—I didn't finish seeing everybody.

Paul Rudd: I was weirdly cavalier about it.

And I remember I said, "Well, you know: if it's supposed to work out, it'll work out."

Marcia Ross: We kept seeing more people and [were] not sure we had it….

I'm fairly sure Zach Braff read for Josh.

I had hired a casting director in Chicago to put people on tape for the role while I was still searching for an actor to play the role.

He was going to [Northwestern] at the time.

We screen-tested several guys with [Alicia] on film, and she and Paul—he really was good with her.

From the minute he came in to the minute he got the part—and it was such a long journey, really, that one in particular—there was always this sort of harking back to: remember Paul?

Paul Rudd: I don't remember the actual call saying I got the part…. I wasn't sure about [Halloween].

But Clueless: no, I wanted to do that one.

I met Breckin Meyer; I'd seen him in [Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare] or some shit like that.

I thought that was really freakin' cool.

You know, it was also funny when Breckin Meyer and Seth Green came in, and it was down to the two of them for Travis.

And it turned out they were best friends….

Then one of the top contenders for Tai was an actress named Alanna Ubach.

Alanna was Seth Green's girlfriend [at the time].

So there was a version of Seth Green and his girlfriend playing Tai and Travis at one point.

But obviously they cast Breckin and Brittany, and we were so happy….

Brittany [Murphy] came in, and she was such a standout.

Which was great, because Alicia had a different kind of comic spirit.

And the chemistry between the two of them was really lovely.

Friedman observes Silverstone as she shoots the scene in which Cher prepares for the "brutally hot" Christian to come over and watch "Sporadicus."

When I met Brittany, I was like: I love her.

She was just so bouncy and giggly and just so young.

I mean, when you saw her, you just smiled.

Right away Amy knew she surely had the part.

It was the second time she was coming in, and we were doing the mixing and matching.

We had her stay in the casting with us and Alicia….

She never had been involved in that end of it.

Everything was very exciting to her, and it was fun to be around her.

I think she knew it was a really big deal for her.

When she came in, it was just like: Oh my God.

Stacey Dash, Dionne: I actually didn't get the whole script at first.

I just got the sides [an excerpt from the script].

I went in, and I mean, just from the sides, I knew it was mine.

They called me back in, again, to read with Alicia.

As soon as I met [Alicia], she was as sweet as can be.

Of course, I was nervous because it's an audition process.

But she just made me feel so at ease, and so did Amy … she made everything just about having fun.

I wanted someone that felt like they were part of a royal family in some country somewhere.

So they weren't acting snotty—they were just in a different realm.

She didn't have to act like "I'm a snotty bitch"—she just had that feeling of power and grace, as though she was ready to wave to the public.

I went back and read with Terrence Howard and Donald Faison, [who were auditioning] to play Murray.

I do remember that I saw Mel Brooks's movie [Robin Hood: Men in Tights].

Donald Faison: I didn't [know that Chappelle was considered for Murray].

And Dave [had] a very cynical, grown-up, funny, comic kind of thing that I felt was maybe a little too edgy.

Donnie Faison came in and became one of our favorites for Murray.

Terrence Howard also was one of the top contenders.

Donald Faison: We grew up together pretty much.

I've known Terrence since … I was nine—you know what I mean?

Right before I went to Los Angeles, I don't know what happened.

But he never told me [earlier] that he was up for the role.

I didn't find out he was up for the role until after my final audition in New York, when I was about to go to L.A.

I remember when they called me and told me I got the part, and me telling all my friends that I was going to be kissing Stacey Dash, and them chasing me around the complex that I lived in.

Stacey Dash: I was crossing the street [in L.A.].

I got the phone call that I got the job, and I almost got hit by a car.

I was just jumping up and down in the middle of the street, screaming because I was so excited.

Marcia Ross: What often would happen in the sessions is [Amy] might like somebody, but then she wanted to see them again for another role.

So somebody I remember, like Jeremy Sisto, might have read easily for three roles.

Jeremy Sisto, Elton: I could have read for a couple of different characters, and then I decided to read for Elton because I thought he was funny.

It just seemed like more fun to do the more extreme character—like the worst of the bunch, as opposed to the romantic guy.

Marcia Ross: He read for Josh and Elton that same day, and [Amy] said, "No, he's an Elton."

I felt like that would go better with Elton than with a more insecure, angry-at-the-world kind of person [like Josh].

I really loved Sarah Michelle Gellar, who was on All My Children at the time.

She played Erica Kane's daughter, and she was just kind of wicked, beautiful.

We ended up offering her the part of Amber.

There became a big negotiation for All My Children to let her out.

It was just for a couple of weeks, and they absolutely stuck their feet in [and] wouldn't let her.

I had no idea about Sarah being a front-runner for the role of Amber.

I do remember reading all of the smaller female roles for Marcia.

[Elisa] was really funny, really beautiful.

I remember she reminded us of Ann-Margret.

It's an old-school reference, but she had that kind of sexy, ginger beauty.

You want her to be one of those characters you love to hate.

The Justin Walker part is a great story because we were really having a tough time casting.

You had to find a person who kind of was gorgeous that she could have the crush on, but you didn't want: "Oh yeah, he's gay."

He had to be different than the other guys.

Amy Heckerling: That guy had to be cute [and] had to be in a different time period from everybody else.

He had to be reminiscent of another kind of 50s, 60s kind of thing.

Amy Heckerling: I remember thinking he had an interesting look.

This thing for me was like pulled out of nowhere.

My career was really kind of floundering.

I was in between agents; I was working with somebody on a freelance basis; I was between apartments; I was sleeping on someone's couch.

I got a phone call to come in and read for this film, and I was given the choice to read for Josh or for Christian, and when I looked at the material, the way the rhythm, the vocabulary, and everything else about the part [of] Christian—it was a no-doubter.

He read for me in the morning for Josh, when I was in New York.

I had Amy in the afternoon for callbacks, so it was a short period of time.

I said, "When you come back this afternoon, I don't want you to read Josh.

And he came and he did it and that was it.

It was this unique part that somebody had to be so many things and had to have a little bit of a foot in another era.

I don't think they really related that much to Frank Sinatra. …

We couldn't find it and then we finally found the guy to do it.

I will never forget—I was managing a bar called the Overtime Bar and Grill [in N.Y.C.], right next to Madison Square Garden, basically.

I was speaking to my agent on a pay phone—a pay phone, mind you!

And she told me that I got it, and I dropped the phone and started sprinting south on Eighth Avenue.

I wanted somebody [for Mel, Cher's dad and Josh's ex-stepdad] that would feel like the normal parts for [him] to play would be a hit man.

And I loved Jerry Orbach in Prince of the City.

I wanted it to be somebody that could be really scary, and anybody else would be [frightened] of him, except Cher.

It would never occur to her that he was being anything but funny.

I remember [Amy] really loved and wanted [him] to play Mel, and he couldn't get off his [TV] show.

Amy Heckerling: Jerry Orbach—the dates wouldn't work.

And then … my friend told me about Dan Hedaya.

Dan Hedaya, Mel: I didn't audition for it.

Scott Rudin was the producer, and I just was offered this job.

I especially liked the relationship [between Mel and Cher].

I'm an uncle to quite a number of nephews and nieces, and I don't have my own children.

But I've been close to children my whole life.

I liked how it was written and how the character was written.

Amy Heckerling: I wrote [Mr. Hall] for [Wally Shawn].

I know that we auditioned people because we had to.

I was not allowed to just say, "This person's doing this and that's it."

Wallace Shawn, Mr. Hall: That is Hollywood.

The director is far from being the sole decision-maker.

Even if she's also the writer, she's not the financial backer, so …

I think you have to cooperate with a lot of other people.

If all the Paramount executives had said, "We don't like him and we want you to use so-and-so," she would have had to do that.

I don't think I was brought into the process.

She was certainly not keeping me posted—she probably did all that and then said, "Come play the part."

When you're reading the script, when you see dialogue on paper, you think, Oh, O.K. This is fun.

But back then, before the movie was released, when you read lines like "What-ever," you're like, O.K., what is this?

I actually read for two parts: I read for Summer and for Heather, and they liked me for both, but they ended up casting me as Summer.

The girl who ended up getting the role of Heather may have been in the waiting room [when I auditioned].

I had a few different auditions, and I don't think I'm supposed to name names, but my final audition was with Paul Rudd and a famous actress's daughter who seemed to be very good friends with Amy Heckerling.

I had a 104 fever and had gone in the hospital, but decided I was just going to go for the heck of it to the final audition.

I was sure that I wasn't going to get it because I was really sick, and this other girl, who looked exactly like her very famous mother, seemed to have it in the bag.

So that was a surprise to get the role—and very exciting.

I didn't realize, obviously, that 20 years later we'd be talking about it.

Paul Rudd: After the table read we all went and got a bite to eat.

We went to a place not far, around the corner, that I used to go to, which was kind of a bar.

They probably should not have let some of those kids in.

I do remember all of us sitting around saying, "How cool is it that we're all going to do a movie about kids our own age?" And having that conversation about the John Hughes movies to our generation.

It had been a while since there was one of [those]—"How cool would it be if this thing had legs?"

## The Critical and Box-Office Success of Clueless

During its opening weekend, in July 1995, the film played in 1,653 theaters across America and quickly proved that Paramount Pictures had a sleeper hit on its hands.

After that first weekend, Clueless would go on to earn $56.6 million.

It was, without question, a game changer for every single person who worked on it, both on-camera and off.

For members of the cast and crew, the film placed a noteworthy credit on their résumés and, often, swung open the doors to opportunities in Hollywood that they could not access before.

When a film becomes a hit and, as Clueless did, a cultural phenomenon, the actors and artists behind it quickly realize that their association with it will attract a lot of attention.

What those same actors and artists couldn't possibly have known in 1995 is that 20 years later attention would still be paid.

Adapted from As If!: The Oral History of* Clueless, *as Told by Amy Heckerling, the Cast, and the Crew, by Jen Chaney, to be published next month by Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.; © 2015 by the author.

## Candid, Goofy, Behind-the-Scenes Polaroids of the Cast of Clueless

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Though the television program is based on the film, director Amy Heckerling intended it to be a TV show for Fox.


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# Rejuvenated class of '92 inspire snooker's greatest era: O'Sullivan, Higgins and Williams

## Forget the 1980s, we are living in snooker's golden age with three giants of the sport – Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Mark Williams – performing at their very best, writes Desmond Kane.

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From the golden generation, comes a golden era.

The curious narrative of the green baize has become a sort of Benjamin Button with snooker balls courtesy of its glistening potting triumvirate.

Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Mark Williams, the world's top three this year, have a combined age of 126, but a collective snooker brain of about half that.

The older they get, the younger they get.

Weird, but also wonderful for those of you out there who rage against the dying of the light.

If the 1980s was snooker's heyday in the UK, snooker is at its zenith in 2018.

O'Sullivan, Higgins and Williams, three blokes 21 years short of making up a combined age of 147, have never performed better encased by some sort of time-defying emollient and a genuine desire to improve.

Eight out of the season's 16 ranking tournaments have been gobbled up by WHO at 42?

It is not melodramatic to suggest the ongoing class of '92 – the year when they started out as professionals – are holding up better at the table than Paul Newman as 'Fast Eddie' Felson.

O'Sullivan is officially enjoying his best season collecting a career-best haul of four titles at the English Open, Shanghai Masters, UK Championship and World Grand Prix.

O'Sullivan is targeting two more world titles in his 40s to equal Stephen Hendry's record of seven.

"Perhaps 40 is the new 25," he has commented.

After a seemingly terminal decline since his peak of world titles in 2000 and 2003, Williams is blooming like a Welsh daffodil.

He ended a seven-year drought to win the Northern Ireland Open with a 9-8 win over Yan Bingtao in November before waltzing to his 20th career title with a 9-1 victory over Graeme Dott at the German Masters last month.

Video - O'Sullivan: I'd like to win two more world titles before I'm 50

Higgins usurped Barry Hawkins 9-7 to earn a fifth Welsh Open and 30th ranking title on Sunday night, 23 years after he first reached the final of the event.

He has also lifted the Indian Open title less than a year after becoming the oldest World Championship finalist aged 41 since Ray Reardon in 1982.

Higgins attributes the expanded snooker tour for saving and extending his career because he is no longer having to isolate himself for practice sessions when he is playing so much.

When you study six-times world champion Steve Davis aged 39 winning the Masters in 1997 for his final major victory or Hendry's toil in his 30s before retiring at age of 43 in 2012, it is remarkable to witness snooker become a game for true greats.

Video - Higgins seals victory over Hawkins in Welsh Open Final

Higgins told me back in 2009 a day after lifting the third of his four world crowns, that "when you get to your late 30, early 40s, it will naturally become more difficult with the amount of talent pushing through".

Yet he continues to compete at the highest levels due to a technique made in Scotland from girders.

A holy timeless trilogy with 11 world titles between them are rewriting the record books on what can be achieved beyond the previously slippery slope of 40 with a load of balls and a snooker cue as Chas & Dave sung back in its 1980s pomp.

The world might have been going snooker loopy back in those days of mullets, shoulder pads and shell suits, but the game of snooker has never been more credible.

Out of the top 30 heaviest century makers in the history of the sport, only Hendry, Davis and John Parrott have retired.

Video - Snooker's class of '92 – killing it in their 40s

With a golden generation growing golder in their third decade, snooker boasts genuine forces of nature in world champion Mark Selby, Judd Trump, Ding Junhui, Shaun Murphy, Mark Allen and Neil Robertson.

None of them are in the first flush of youth.

There is also a supporting cast that includes serious rising Chinese talent led by Bingtao as the sport suddenly houses serious prize money.

Video - Stunning pot sets up Williams for German Masters glory

If O'Sullivan wins a sixth world title in May, he snares £425,000 and becomes the first man to earn £1m on the table in a season.

But Higgins or Williams carrying off the old pot would not be a surprise given how this season is unravelling.

It is a glorious sight indeed in any sport to witness maturing talent make good on their late promise.

And the final frame, the final black is some way off being sunk for the perpetual potters.

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Off-price retailers buy overproduced or unsold goods, showroom remnants of collections from their respective brand owners or brand stores and distributing networks under certain terms and conditions in order to offer them to their final consumer with the lowest possible markup

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# Off-price Retailers: What Wholesalers Need to Know

For wholesale businesses in the fashion and soft goods industries, selling to off-price retailers represents a compelling strategy for insulating your business against demand unpredictability.

Off-price retailers are retailers that take advantage of overruns, inventory forecasting mistakes, and cancelled orders in order to sell brand-name merchandise at a significant discount.

Off-price retail has been booming over the last few years as the United States has dealt with recession and recovery.

Indeed, off-price retailers have several advantages during uncertain economic climates.

As a lower price option to obtain higher value goods, consumers often turn to these stores when budgets are tight.

Off-price retailers themselves also benefit from poor economic conditions because they are able to take advantage of greater excess inventory to bring in higher quality goods at lower prices.

Some of the biggest off-price retailers include TJX (TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods stores), Ross Stores, Burlington Coat Factory, Big Lots, Filene's Basement and DSW (Designer Shoe Warehouse) in the brick and mortar space, as well as Overstock.com and Bluefly.com in the online space.

You might expect that as the economy recovers, the off-price retail market wouldn't be looking as promising.

However, credit rating agency Moody projects that the three biggest off-price retailers – TJX, Ross and Burlington – should see between 6 and 8 percent growth over the next five years, compared to only 4 percent growth for the retail industry as a whole.

With those kinds of numbers, it's definitely worth taking a closer look.

The off-price retail space is expected to continue to outpace the rest of the retail space for the foreseeable future.

In fact, despite off-price retailers' rather underwhelming online presence, they are the fastest growing segment in retail today.

A few of the factors contributing to off-price retail's continued success include:

1. Consumers continue to be conservative with their dollars.

Despite a somewhat rosier economic outlook these days, consumers are continuing to keep a close eye on discretionary spending.

Off-price retail stores are popular because their costs are low, and they are able to offer discounts of 20 to 60%.

2. Off-price retailers have a different purchasing strategy.

Off-price stores are opportunistic in their purchasing strategy – TJX, for instance, works with more than 16,000 sources and is able to cherry pick the best offerings from wholesalers and manufacturers that need to clear excess inventory or unpopular items.

3. Off-price retailers move inventory more quickly.

This is a big part of why the off-price retail business model works.

Off-price retailers don't have high margins, so they have to make it up on volume.

This means that their buyers are constantly in the market for the latest trends and greatest deals.

Off-price retailers buy up to 40 times a year, compared to 4 times a year for full price retailers.

Ultimately, the secret to off-price retailers' success isn't a secret at all – it's low cost / high volume.

Unlike full price retail that relies on fashion trends and changing design to drive demand and profits, off-price retail relies on low cost to move a high volume of goods quickly.

It does this by leveraging its relationships with designers, wholesalers and manufacturers with excess inventory.

Retail is a tricky business – consumers are finicky and even the best designers and retail professionals make mistakes sometimes about trends, colors and other design aspects, or miscalculate demand for a particular item.

In these cases, having an established relationship with an off-price retailer offers companies the opportunity to salvage some, if not all, of their manufacturing costs and even to profit – even if the margins are lower than they would have been in full-price retail.

Regardless of the reason, if you're looking to move inventory quickly and you've established that off-price retailers are the way to do that, the next question is how to find those off-price retailers that would be good buyers for your brand.

Off-price retail buyers attend the usual trade shows for fashion and soft goods, and also have a few of their own.

The Off-Price Shows in New York and Las Vegas are two to consider.

### 2. Year Round Off-price Markets and Showrooms:

Just as cities like Dallas, Atlanta and Los Angeles have wholesale markets and showrooms where full price wholesalers and retail buyers can meet, some also have off-price markets, such as the Los Angeles Off-price Market.

Los Angeles is a center for the off-price retail market, with several blocks of year-round off-price markets in downtown LA near Santee Alley.

### 3. Full Price Markets and Trade Shows:

Buyers in the off-price retailing trade are always buying, 40 weeks a year as opposed to only four times a year for most full price retailers.

That means they are always on the hunt and do attend larger trade shows.

Off-price retail looks to be popular with consumers for the foreseeable future, and provides a needed service to the wholesale industry.

Establishing relationships with buyers in the off-price retailing market can be a great way for fashion and soft goods wholesalers to insulate against the ups and downs of supply and demand.

Have you been successful with off-price retailing?

We want to hear about it in the comments.

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Off-price retailers sell products by popular brands, purchased directly from their trademark owners, distributors and manufacturers. This model keeps off-price networks protected from goods of unknown origin, guarantees their quality and ensures competitive pricing when placed beside other points of sale.


Wiggle Amy's Gran Fondo cycling event is held in September and uses the section between Lorne and Skenes Creek.

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Wiggle Amy's Gran Fondo is one of the few events on the Australian cycling calendar that provides the safe and unique experience of riding on a fully closed road.

Coupled with a compulsory online safety briefing for all riders, Wiggle Amy's Gran Fondo aims to be the safest event in Australia.

A 'Gran Fondo' is an age-old Italian cycling term, meaning 'great endurance'.

Traditionally a Gran Fondo is a timed event that has a scenic, challenging, mountainous course.

The distance, terrain and sensational scenery of the Surf Coast and Colac Otway regions makes for a challenging ride and the ideal location for a Gran Fondo.

The 2019 event sees an additional 10km added to the course between Deans Marsh and Forrest.

Although the course path towards Birregurra township has added to the overall kilometers covered, the elevation gained only varies from +1,870 m to +1,903 m in the change from the 2018 120km to the 2019 130km, showing a fast section.

Participants in the Age Group event will go in the running to qualify for the 2020 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships with the top 25% in each age group being invited to the event.

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In July 2014, former World Road Cycling Champion and Tour de France winner Cadel Evans announced that the Great Ocean Road would play host to the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in early 2015, including elite races for men and women and a mass participation People's Ride. As of 2019, the People's Ride includes three distance options—35km, 65km, or 115km.


He had previously announced that he would retire from racing in June, having signed a six-month contract extension with Team Jumbo–Visma for 2016.

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# MARCEL KITTEL DOMINATES FIRST SPRINT OF GIRO D'ITALIA

Some 235,000 roadside spectators enjoyed stage 2 in the 99th Giro d'Italia d'Italia, 35,000 of them in the start town of Arnhem, 60,000 in the finish town of Nijmegen, and 140,000 along the route.

The popular success of the event added even greater value to Marcel Kittel's stunning victory in the first mass sprint of the race, ahead of Arnaud Démare (FDJ) and Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida).

It's the third Giro d'Italia d'Italia stage win for the powerful Etixx-Quick Step man, who took two successes in 2014.

The long breakaway of the day was formed of Omar Fraile (Team Dimension Data), Giacomo Berlato (Nippo-Vini Fantini) and Maarten Tjallingii (Team Lotto NL – Jumbo) who went clear at km 1.

The latter was riding on home soil in the province of Gelderland.

Now 38, Tjallingii was all fired up for happy end of career with retirement looming when his current six-month contract runs out in June.

The trio achieved it maximum lead of ten minutes half way through the stage.

Tjallingii was rewarded with the prize for the most aggressive rider.

Fraile became the first King of the Mountains of the 99th Giro d'Italia as he crossed the only categorized climb of the day, in Berg en Dal (km 155), in first position.

Berlato was the last to surrender with 10km to go as the sprinters' teams geared up for the inevitable bunch gallop in Nijmegen.

Tom Dumoulin of Giant-Alpecin retained the pink jersey with an advantage of one second over Kittel, who moved up to third overall with Primoz Roğlic of Team Lotto NL – Jumbo still second.

Maglia Rosa (pink), General Classification leader, sponsored by Enel – Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant – Alpecin)

Maglia Rossa (red), Sprint Classification leader, sponsored by Algida – Marcel Kittel (Etixx – Quick Step)

Maglia Azzurra (blue), King of the Mountains leader, sponsored by Banca Mediolanum – Omar Fraile (Team Dimension Data)

Maglia Bianca (white), Young Rider Classification, sponsored by Eurospin – Tobias Ludvigsson (Team Giant – Alpecin)

Third stage win for Marcel Kittel at the Giro d'Italia.

Interestingly, all of his victories have been claimed outside Italy (at Belfast and Dublin in Ireland in 2014 and at Nijmegen in The Netherlands today)

27th stage win by a German rider in the history of the Giro.

The last four have come in bunch sprints (3 by Kittel, 1 by André Greipel)

Kittel and Greipel are equal on three Giro d'Italia stage wins

Press conference declarations by the stage winner, Marcel Kittel: "I don't have the strongest team to lead me out but with the confidence they have in me and their strength, my team-mates guided me through the middle of the peloton when other teams like FDJ took other options on the left side of the road and we took advantage of them.

Before starting the Giro in The Netherlands, I didn't visualise what it could be like, so it's a surprise to have so many fans making it special to win in such a great atmosphere.

It was also a nice surprise to see my girlfriend at the finish.

This morning I congratulated my former team-mates [of Giant-Alpecin] for the pink jersey that could become mine tomorrow but I don't want to think about it.

I just want to focus on another bunch sprint that will be very fast as well.

It'll suit me again and my confidence is very high now."

Press conference declarations by the race leader Tom Dumoulin: "As you can imagine, it was a very special day.

I really enjoyed the crowds shouting my name.

I also saw a sign asking: Tom, will you marry me?

The answer is no, because it wasn't my girlfriend carrying that sign.

I wouldn't say it's the best day of my career or my life.

With three guys on the road, all the bonus seconds were gone, so we had a fairly easy day [in defence of the pink jersey].

It's all very close together now, but the chances are pretty high that I will lose the jersey tomorrow if [Marcel] Kittel sprints again like that.

Top 3 is enough for him to take the overall lead.

He just has to be in the right place at the right time, and if he is, he's normally in the top 3, so it sounds easy for him.

We don't have it really in our own hands tomorrow.

If somebody else has to take it to Italy, please let it be Marcel.

In our team, we always liked Marcel as a person and as a captain.

Now he's in another team but he's still everyone's friend".

King of the Mountains Omar Fraile: "I won this climber's jersey at the Vuelta a España and our team wanted to get it today.

There was only one climb to make it so I had to break away early and win that sprint.

This is my first experience at the Giro.

But in Italy, I'll try go for the King of the Mountains points again.

I'm happy with the way I've started the Giro.

Best young rider Tobias Ludvigsson: "It means a lot to me to wear the white jersey.

Personally, it's a great satisfaction and for the team as well because we're in Holland [Giant-Alpecin is a Germand-registered and Dutch-based organization].

The atmosphere was wonderful on the road today.

With Tom [Dumoulin] in the pink jersey, we'll never forget this start in The Netherlands".

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# Glorious homecoming for Tjallingii as Dutchman takes Giro d'Italia mountains jersey

Arnhem resident makes the most of stage that finished near his front door.

Maarten Tjallingii celebrates with his children on the Giro's stage 3 podium

Maarten Tjallingii (LottoNl-Jumbo) in the breakaway

Maarten Tjallingii (LottoNl-Jumbo) leading the break on home roads

The three-man breakaway; Omar Fraile Matarranza (Dimension Data), Giacomo Berlato (Nippo-Vini Fantini) and Maarten Tjallingii (LottoNl-Jumbo)

Arnhem resident Maarten Tjallingii (LottoNL-Jumbo) had the best of homecoming presents on stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia as the 38-year-old Dutchman stepped onto the winner's podium as the new King of the Mountains leader just a few metres from his front door.

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Already in the breakaway on stage 2 but unable to stop Omar Fraile (Dimension Data) from claiming the top spot on the stage's lone fourth category climb and move into the Mountains lead, on Sunday it was a very different story for Tjallingii, born in north Holland but now resident in a more southerly part of the country.

Tjallingii was once again in the break of the day, but on Sunday on the stage's lone classified climb, the Posbank, the LottoNL-Jumbo rider was fastest to the top.

As a result, in Arnhem, even though Tjallingii finally was dropped from the leading break in the last hour's racing, as the new King of the Mountains leader, the Giro's regionale de l'etape - as the French call the local rider in a bike race - made it onto the winners' podium in the Dutch town.

"When I accelerated away on the Posbank, I pushed so hard, I forgot that I had another 45 kilometres to race," Tjallingii, a heftily built Classics and time trial specialist who plans to retire after the ZLM Tour later this summer, said.

"I thought, 'ouch, that's going to be a problem.'

More on this story: • Giro d'Italia: Kittel wins stage 3 • Giro d'Italia stage 3: Finish line quotes • Lefevere blasts other sprint teams at Giro d'Italia

"But then the realisation I would have the King of the Mountains jersey in my own town whatever happened made me cheer up a bit, and I forced myself through the pain."

"The last three kilometres I got cramps, but luckily I made it through to the finish.

To be on the Giro d'Italia podium in my town with my children around me is a unique moment of my career, and it's come just before it is over, too."

If Tjallingii needed extra motivation, he could draw it from the fact that the Giro d'Italia route twice passed by his own home, a scant 250 metres from the stage's finish line in Arnhem.

A large party was reportedly already in progress in his back garden before the stage had finished, and following Tjallingii's success, presumably it got even bigger.

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## Giro d'Italia stage 3: Finish line quotes

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## Dumoulin no regrets after losing Giro d'Italia lead to Kittel

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## Giro d'Italia in Netherlands sure to leave a legacy, say Deignan

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His biggest win was the 2006 Tour of Belgium. A frequent participant in breakaways in major races, his other most notable performances include a third place at the 2011 Paris–Roubaix and spending four days in the King of the Mountains jersey in the 2014 Giro d'Italia.
 Tjallingii was selected to ride the 2012 Tour de France, but crashed on stage 3, he continued for another 40 kilometers and finished it over ten minutes behind the winner Peter Sagan. However he did not start stage 4, reportedly with a fractured left hip, becoming the third retirement of the 2012 Tour. Tjallingii raced at the 2016 Giro d'Italia, which started in the Netherlands, and he made an impact on the early stages, winning the award for most aggressive rider on Stage 2 before taking the lead in the King of the Mountains competition on Stage 3, which finished 250 metres away his home in Arnhem.


In the spring of 2003,"AsianWeek" partnered with the University of California at Los Angeles’ Asian American studies department to co-publish a book focused on 2000 U.S. Census data, titled The new Face of Asian Pacific America:  Numbers, Diversity, and Change in the 21st Century.

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Drawing heavily upon U.S. 2000 Census data, The New Face analyzes the latest population and socioeconomic trends in the 12.5 million-strong APA population.

Illustrated with hundreds of informative charts, maps, and photos, The New Face is an invaluable resource and reference for scholars and students, policymakers, foundations and community groups, libraries and marketers.

"Although Asian Pacific Americans comprised less than one percent of the total U.S. population in 1960, they increased their share to just under four percent by 2000, including hapas, those of mixed ancestry.

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The production company that was selected was Shine Limited, which was set up by former BSkyB executive Elisabeth Murdoch after she quit as broadcaster.

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Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth is quitting satellite broadcaster BSkyB.

The 31-year-old will leave her post as managing director of Sky Networks at the end of June.

She is to set up her own UK-based company specialising in television, film and new media content.

On Thursday, BSkyB confirmed a report in The Times that she was pregnant.

"The Times story is accurate," a spokesman said.

Earlier, in a statement announcing her departure, she said it was with "some lament" that she was leaving.

"However, now is a great time to pursue something that I have been thinking about for some time," she added.

BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball said she had played a "pivotal" role in the creative development of the company.

Director of Broadcasting Mark Sharman would temporarily take over Ms Murdoch's role as managing director of Sky Networks, running the content side of the business.

Her brothers Lachlan and James are looking increasingly likely to take key roles in succession to their 69-year-old father as boss of News Corp, owner of BSkyB.

Rupert Murdoch last year signalled that his chosen successor within the family would be 29-year-old Lachlan.

His other son James is also seen as likely to play an important role in News Corp after being despatched from New York to prepare the group's Asian television operation, Star TV, for flotation.

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He was en route to Melbourne to attend the 20th International AIDS Conference, starting on 20 July.

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# MH 17 flight crash victims include Joep Lange, World's Top AIDS Researcher

Some of the world's top AIDS experts, bound for an international conference in Melbourne, Australia, were among those killed in Malaysian Airlines MH17 crash, authorities said Friday.

The International AIDS Society (IAS) in a statement on its web site said the loss of so many lives was a deep tragedy, reported Xinhua.

"IAS expresses its sincere sadness at receiving news that a number of colleagues and friends en route to attend the 20th International AIDS Conference taking place in Melbourne, Australia, were on board the Malaysian Airlines MH17 flight that has crashed over Ukraine," the statement said.

"At this incredibly sad and sensitive time, the IAS stands with our international family and sends condolences to the loved ones of those who have been lost to this tragedy."

It is believed the former president of the International AIDS Society, Joep Lange, was among those killed.

He had been involved in HIV treatment and research for more than 30 years, working for the World Health Organization.

He was also the founder of the not-for-profit PharmAccess Foundation which aims to provide and improve access to health care in Africa.

Former US president Bill Clinton and singer and activist Sir Bob Geldof are among the high-profile speakers attending AIDS 2014, the 20th International AIDS Conference, which will start Sunday.

Another report says that Six members of a family were killed in the Malaysian plane crash.

The entire family from Kuching city were on their way back from Kazakhstan transiting via Amsterdam, reported thestar.com

Tambi Jiee, 49, was with his wife Ariza Ghazalee, 47, and four children – Mohd Afif, 19, Mohd Afzal, 17, Marsha Azmeena, 15, and Mohd Afruz, 13.

The family was returning from Kazakhstan, where Jiee had been working for about three years.

Must read: Dutch Man had predicted Crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 17

The Malaysian aircraft from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Ukraine Thursday, killing 298 people onboard.

The identified passengers and crew comprised 154 Dutch, 43 Malaysians including 15 members, 27 Australians, 12 Indonesians, nine British, four German, four Belgians, three Filipinos and one Canadian.

The nationalities of 41 passengers are yet to be determined.

An Indian-origin flight steward Sanjid Singh Sandhu, 41, was among the 15 Malaysian crew members.

Sandhu's parents received the news from their daughter-in-law, who is also a flight stewardess with Malaysia Airlines, at 4 a.m. Friday.

His distraught father Jijar Singh told a TV channel that "recently he swapped with a colleague for the return Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flight".

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