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Young Yankees Pitcher Has Love for Ranching
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There are 52 players in the Yankees' camp, winnowed from 69 at the start of spring training. By the end of the month, more than half of those remaining will be farmed out to the minors. At any time, the team could bring in better players through a trade.

In baseball, it is called fielding the best team possible. In longhorn ranching, the equivalent is called improving the herd. In either domain, it is really one big cattle call. Ross Ohlendorf is involved with both.

Ohlendorf is a hard-throwing right-hander from Princeton University who hopes to stand out in the Yankees' crowded pack of relievers.

He is also a rancher, raising some 250 longhorns with his father at the Rocking O Ranch near Austin, Tex.

When he cannot be in Austin, Ohlendorf runs the ranch's Web site, posting photos and information about the herd. He gathers information about market prices and decides with his father which longhorns to breed or sell.

''He has a lot of natural cow sense,'' Curtis Ohlendorf, Ross's father and partner, said in a telephone interview. ''He can read cattle really well, and he knows how to handle them.''

When Ohlendorf is home, his father said, he is ready by 7 a.m. to help manage the 2,000-acre property. The family owns 200 acres and leases the rest, and although the business does not make big profits, it has grown steadily for a dozen years.

It started with horses, Ohlendorf said, but his father soon turned to longhorns, perhaps a natural fit for a family with ties to the University of Texas. Ohlendorf's mother, Patricia, is the vice president for legal affairs at the university, and Curtis is a retired information technology manager of the university's libraries. The longhorn is the Texas mascot and a passion of the family.

''In the end, they're going to be eaten,'' Ross Ohlendorf conceded. ''But I guess the hope is that people get enjoyment out of them. Most people find them more attractive than other breeds of cattle, because of the horns, and the color patterns are different. A lot of cow groups are solid color, all red or all black.''

It is not so with longhorns, as Ohlendorf displays on the home page of the Web site, where pictures of more than two dozen -- Ginger, Lolly Pop, Edna and the rest -- gaze out at the visitor. Many of the longhorns have been branded by Ohlendorf.

''Some of them don't like it at all,'' he said. ''Well, I'm sure none of them like it. Some will jump up and down, others just stand there and moo. But we put them in a squeeze chute so they can't move around. It only takes a couple of minutes.''

Ohlendorf, who also vaccinates the cattle, says he loves being outdoors and trying to make the herd better. He said he was also challenged intellectually by the business side of the job.

Despite the seeming appeal of enrolling at Texas -- even his high school coach, the former major leaguer Keith Moreland, attended the university -- Ohlendorf did not give it much thought. He had a better chance to play as a freshman at Princeton, and he wanted an Ivy League education.

''I don't know if people around him quite realize just how intelligent he is,'' said the former major league catcher Scott Bradley, the baseball coach at Princeton. ''This young man was one of the top students here.''

Ohlendorf would often talk with Bradley about the herd back in Austin, the pricing methods and the new calves coming in. Bradley, who still keeps in close touch with Ohlendorf, could tell quickly that his star pitcher did not like idle time.

''When you put him in front of a computer and he's able to do research, that's what makes him go,'' Bradley said. ''He doesn't want to just sleep or walk around the mall.''

Ohlendorf graduated with a 3.75 grade-point average and a degree in operations research and financial engineering. His curiosity extends widely. Someday, Ohlendorf said, he may want to try investment banking or entrepreneurship. He has also thought about pursuing a front-office job in baseball.

''He seems to have a real interest in people from all walks of life,'' Curtis Ohlendorf said. ''He's always been pretty active. He needs to be involved in something.''

For his senior thesis, Ohlendorf studied the value of draft picks for major league teams. His conclusion -- which the Yankees now embrace -- was that teams generally double their investment in the draft based on the production of players in their first few major league seasons.

Ohlendorf, 25, was drafted in the fourth round by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2004. He came to the Yankees in the Randy Johnson trade, and last September he became only the third major leaguer from Princeton in the last 45 years, with Chris Young of the San Diego Padres and Bob Tufts, a reliever for two teams in the 1980s

The Yankees considered Ohlendorf a starter, but after the trade, Bradley told General Manager Brian Cashman that he might be best suited for relief. Bradley compared Ohlendorf to the veteran reliever Mike Timlin, who is also 6 feet 4 inches and has late life on his pitches.

Ohlendorf struggled as a starter early last season, when he missed time with a lower back strain. Later in the summer, the Yankees converted him to the bullpen and his power sinker jumped to 97 miles an hour. He appeared in six games in September, with a 2.84 earned-run average, and made the postseason roster.

Ohlendorf tried to learn a splitter from Roger Clemens and Shelley Duncan, who threw it in college, and he worked on it extensively in the Arizona Fall League. A reliable splitter, slider or changeup will refine Ohlendorf's repertory, and Bradley says his mental makeup is strong for a reliever.

''He loves to talk about what hitters are thinking, what the pitching coach is thinking,'' Bradley said. ''We thought he sometimes overanalyzed, because he's so smart.

''As a relief pitcher, he doesn't analyze as much. He just attacks with his best two pitches and gets guys out.''

Ohlendorf has pitched three times this spring, allowing a run in two and two-thirds innings, too small a sample size to determine where he stands. The Yankees like his ability to induce ground balls, and they are hopeful his splitter will continue to improve.

Whether they will brand him with an NY and ship him to the Bronx at the end of camp is not yet known. The cattle call continues for 18 more days.

INSIDE PITCH

Chien-Ming Wang allowed two hits over three and two-thirds scoreless innings in the Yankees' 6-1 victory against Toronto on Tuesday. Wang, who did not last an inning in his previous start, said he stayed tall in his delivery and kept his sinker down. ... Bobby Abreu was 2 for 3, raising his average to .526, and Alex Rodriguez and Jason Lane hit home runs. ... Johnny Damon was scratched from the lineup with a bruised toe after fouling a ball off his right foot on Monday. He will probably rest again on Wednesday. ... Catcher Francisco Cervelli, who was injured in a collision with Tampa Bay's Elliot Johnson on Saturday, will have surgery on his right wrist on Wednesday. Joe Girardi, who criticized the Rays for aggressive base running, said he would have no message for his team before Wednesday's game with the Rays. ''We're just going to play baseball,'' Girardi said.
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GRAPHIC: PHOTOS: Curtis Ohlendorf, the father of the Yankees rookie pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, on their ranch near Austin, Tex. The Ohlendorfs have about 250 longhorn cattle on a 2,000-acre property.(PHOTOGRAPH BY ERICH SCHLEGEL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES)(pg. D1)

Ross Ohlendorf was acquired by the Yankees from the Diamondbacks in January 2007 in the Randy Johnson trade. Working as a relief pitcher, Ohlendorf has allowed one run in two and two-thirds innings in spring training.(PHOTOGRAPH BY MIKE CASSESE/REUTERS)(pg. D5)

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GERARD--Karen, died March 10, 2008. Born on April 11, 1932. Karen grew up in Hewlett, Long Island. She attended the public high school and then Radcliffe College where she graduated magna cum laude in 1953. She then obtained a masters degree in economics from Columbia University in 1955. Her first job was as an economic researcher with The Bank of The Manhattan Company which soon after merged with Chase Bank. She became one of the first female vice presidents at Chase and the first who attained such a title while working 31/2 to 4 days a week while her children were infants.

She, as an expert on New York City economics, advised the management of the Bank during the City's financial crisis in the 1970s. She then served as Deputy Mayor for Economic Development of New York City in 1981 and 1982 in the Koch Administration. In 1984, Harcourt Brace Jovanice published ''American Survivors, Cities and Other Scenes'', her book of essays on urban economics and social problems. In 1985, she joined Moran Stahl & Boyer an economic consulting firm and in 1989 she and two younger colleagues formed their own consulting firm, Kelly Legan & Gerard. She retired in 1993. During 1981 and 1982, she was the president of the Woman's Forum. She was a one time president and long time director of The Foundation for Child Development and for many years was associated with the Trickle Up organization which makes small grants to further entrepreneurship all over the world. She was an enthusiastic supporter of the Radcliffe Institute and the Schlesinger Library at Harvard. In her retirement, she was a docent at the New York Historical Society and for many years until her death she was a docent of the Morgan Library and Museum. She and her husband maintained a weekend house in Sherman, CT since 1966. She is survived by Egon, her husband for 53 years; her daughter Deborah and her husband Seth; her son Daniel and his wife Jani and four grandchildren, Jesse, Taylor, Cody and Lucy. She is also survived by a brother, Bruce Silberblatt. The date and time of a memorial will be announced. Instead of flowers, she has requested that people consider making a contribution to The Foundation for Child Development, 145 E. 32nd St, New York, NY 10016-6055. Funeral private.

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Pickles, Deconstructed (Ready?)
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Texas, the land of oddities like mesquite jelly, also has a passion for pickle juice. You can even buy snow cones drizzled with the briny liquid (they're refreshing).

Now, John Howard, an entrepreneur in Seguin, near San Antonio, has introduced Pickle Sickle, a k a Bob's Pickle Pops, made from fresh-squeezed pickles as well as the brine.

The pickle pops are shipped unfrozen and should be put in the freezer overnight. To eat, cut a slit in the top and suck out the juice.

A box of 16 is $17.95 and one of 32 is $27.95 from picklesickle.com.

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PRIVATE EQUITY TAKES A HIT Heavy debt is taking a toll on private equity firms like the Blackstone Group, which has announced an 86 percent decline in profits for its fourth quarter of 2007.

CHIEF UNDER FIRE Having presided over $11 billion in write-offs and a revamping of Morgan Stanley's risk management process, Morgan's chief executive, John J. Mack, left, faces investors who are questioning his ability to lead Morgan Stanley as he has in recent years. [C1.]

HIGH COST OF DIESEL FUEL AAA, the motor club, says the average nationwide diesel price is setting records, as long-haul truckers already know. [C1.]

A smelly substance in a creek in Alabama turned out to be soybean oil from a nearby biodiesel fuel plant, the state's first. [A12.]

ECONOMIC WOES FOR SARKOZY Strikes have hurt the efforts of President Nicolas Sarkozy to transform the economic soul of France. [C1.]

UNHAPPY OVER A DECISION Boeing will protest the award of a $35 billion U.S. contract for aerial tankers to a group that includes a foreign rival, Airbus. [C1.]

BREAKING DOWN THE DEALS Discussing recent takeover proposals with Larry Ellison, an architect of hostile takeovers in Silicon Valley. DealBook: Andrew Ross Sorkin. [C1.]

NO INTERFERENCE -- FOR NOW General Motors has indicated it does not plan to intervene in a two-week strike at a parts supplier that has slowed or halted production at 29 G.M. plants. [C2.]

A MOGUL TESTIFIESJohn C. Malone of Liberty Media was first to testify in a court battle with Barry Diller for control of IAC/InterActive Corp. [C3.]

NOT FOR SALE Jeffrey R. Immelt, the chairman of General Electric, will tell shareholders on Wednesday it has no plans to sell NBC Universal, despite rumors to the contrary. [C3.]

Hulu.com, the joint Internet venture involving NBC Universal and Fox, is emerging on Wednesday, offering TV shows and video clips online. [C3.]

FIGHTING INDIAN POINT Opponents of the Indian Point nuclear power plants, including the state of New York, got a chance to say why they think the reactors should be shut. [B3.]

CHINA TRADE SURPLUS DECLINES China's trade surplus shrank in February as sales of goods to the United States fell, but analysts said exports should return with the warm weather. [C5.]

DON'T CALL IT FIRST CLASS... First-class airline seats are disappearing as business class seats take hold. [C6.]

...CALL IT BUSINESS CLASS Singapore Airlines has been selling so many business-class tickets on nonstops from New York and Los Angeles that it is expanding the service. On the Road: Joe Sharkey. [C6.]
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Pace of Change Too Slow to Keep Entrepreneurs in France
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Four years ago, Caroline Sivilia, a Parisian who worked for the ad agency Publicis Groupe, left France to start a magazine for French people living in London.

''I was young, I wanted to create, I came with nothing, no English,'' said Ms. Sivilia, 34.

Now, she employs eight people and a team of freelancers and her magazine, London Macadam, is available at 300 distribution points in London and 50 in Paris. She is among the legions of entrepreneurial refugees who have survived and thrived in England even as France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has been pushing forward a pro-capitalist agenda.

Ms. Sivilia says she would consider returning to France but probably not as a business owner.

''I'd do like the English,'' she says with a laugh. ''I'd buy a house in the south of France. But while I'm in my entrepreneurial phase, I want to be here.''

Such views add to the uphill battle that Mr. Sarkozy faces as he struggles to transform the economic soul of France. Sarkonomics, as the news media have called Mr. Sarkozy's brand of economic changes, has yet to meet expectations.

Mr. Sarkozy's poll numbers are falling. A series of transportation strikes last year greeted his proposals to change the government pension system. Thus far this year, taxi drivers and air traffic controllers have also held strikes.

Mr. Sarkozy's outspoken nature and colorful personal life have also made him vulnerable to criticism. But he has pressed ahead with his views of how France's generous cradle-to-grave entitlements should change.

In December, Mr. Sarkozy said he was considering 100 measures that included ways to streamline France's bureaucracy and provide more consumer-friendly services to business and the public. The proposals included cutting the cost of red tape on business by 25 percent.

Many French entrepreneurs are continuing to push for still more changes. Olivier Cadic, 44, started a computer manufacturer in France in 1982 called Info Elec and moved it to Kent in 1997. He later sold that company and started another, Cinebook, which translates comic books like Lucky Luke and Asterix and sells them in markets like the United States and Australia. In 2007, Mr. Cadic ran for and won one of 12 seats in the French Senate reserved for representatives of French expatriate voters, and he does not mask his enthusiasm for Mr. Sarkozy and his policies.

Economists, however, say France will have to make much deeper changes to its culture's attitude toward capitalism if it intends to keep young entrepreneurs at home.

Access to start-up financing remains difficult and markets in many industries are often monopolized by large conglomerates, said Elie Cohen, a leading French economist.

Moreover, legislation limiting the workweek to 35 hours hurts small businesses more than large. Contrasting France with Germany and Italy and their networks of robust -- often family-run -- multinational companies, he said, ''We don't have a fabric of small and midsize enterprises; it's an essential weakness.''

''The rules are made for the big enterprises, not for the small,'' Mr. Cohen added.

There are now an estimated half a million French men and women living and working in England, most of them under 35. The waves of refugee entrepreneurs fleeing to England shows no signs of abating.

Today, amid the sheep meadows and the hop gardens in Kent County, more than 5,200 people, a mix of French and English, work at more than 75 French companies.

''Change may come, but France is not a country of evolution, but of revolution,'' said Jean-Claude Cothias, who left France a decade ago to found Eikos, a consulting company. ''Something has to go, to collapse, then you fix it,'' Mr. Cothias, 34, said. ''England fixes things all the time.''

As France struggles to redefine its approach to capitalism, the British are benefiting from policies that they themselves officially oppose: the free movement of capital and workers across European borders.

Throughout much of Britain, resistance to some aspects of the European Union remains strong. For instance, the country continues to reject adoption of the euro or the Schengen Accord, which eliminated border controls among most European Union countries, including France, Spain and Germany.

But in these parts, politicians and business leaders alike speak about the benefits of trade.

Ashford, in Kent, is the first stop in England on the Channel Tunnel train, less than an hour from Lille and London and less than two hours from Paris.

''From down here you can look out and see Northern France,'' said Alan Marsh, responsible for international relations in the Kent County Council. ''It's very comforting.''

Among the first young entrepreneurs to reach Kent, Mr. Cothias founded Eikos in 1998 after the French company that had employed him refused to let him establish a subsidiary in Britain. To register his company in Britain cost him $:1, or about $2. In France, his parents would have had to mortgage the family home to pay the applicable fees, he said.

He also learned that while an employer in France must pay pension, unemployment and social security charges that add up to 48 percent of an employee's salary, British employers pay only about 10 percent.

He says he believes that such differences reveal a deeper philosophical divide. ''The economy is viewed here as something needed, one of the most important parts of society, if you want everyone to be clothed and fed,'' Mr. Cothias said. ''This creates a totally different environment for business.''

The complaints of businessmen like Mr. Cothias have not gone unheeded in the halls of government in Paris. Three years ago, he was invited with several other emigre business owners to meet a government minister. One change that resulted from their criticism was a reduction in the fee for registering a new company in France to one euro, about $1.53.

Even the British know they will not hold onto all the French that come, and they say that is good for both Britain and France. ''They get qualifications that they can then repatriate in the French language,'' said Paul Wookey, the chief executive of Locate in Kent, a marketing organization that encourages foreign investment in the county. ''That's what pushes the French economy along.''

Some business experts caution French businesses that Britain does not always guarantee success in offering the benefits that businesses seek. Patricia Goodenough, whose agency, Advent UK, helps young French entrepreneurs migrate, said that only about one in four of the French citizens she sent to Britain had actually made it in business. ''Some didn't do well,'' she said. ''The dreamers, not the doers.''

In Paris, at the headquarters of the Center for Young Business Leaders, an organization that encourages entrepreneurship, Thomas Chaudron, the president, said that business success in any country was arduous.

He said that since the late 1990s, when much of the migration to England occurred, the number of start-ups in France had consistently risen. In 2007, the number rose almost 6 percent over 2006, to 339,957. Since 1997, the figure has increased about 26 percent.

Mr. Chaudron, 34, started a business near Chartres, France, in 1997 making office partitions. It now has 35 employees and $10 million of revenue. In any country, entrepreneurship faces challenges, regardless of the government's support, he said.

''It's not like buying a baguette,'' he said. ''It's an adventure.''