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Pérez-Sala becomes HRT Team Principal
15 December 2011 – Just one day after the departure of Colin Kolles was announced by HRT, the Murcia-based squad has named Barcelona's Luis Pérez-Sala as its new Team Principal. The former driver, who raced in Formula 1 for Minardi across 1988 and 1989, has been part of the outfit since joining as an advisor in July.
"This is an honour but also a great responsibility," says Pérez-Sala. "I joined the team as an advisor to the new owners and to contribute with my experience in any possible way. We had to establish a base from which to grow slowly and we are now seeing the first rewards of that work. But we mustn't lose our perspective and be aware that assuming responsibilities such as designing the car or moving the headquarters to Spain are huge tasks and we still have a lot of work ahead.
"We must be patient and keep in mind that we cannot expect to achieve great success in the short term, but we can take a team forward that we can all feel proud of. The simple fact that Spain has a team at the pinnacle of motorsports is already a great feat. We're a part of the G12 and that, apart from being an honour, means a greater development to the structure and everything surrounding it."
The move has been engineered by Thesan head and team CEO Saúl Ruiz de Marcos.
"From the moment we took control of the team last July, the first thing we did was to study and value where we were whilst also set ourselves a target and establishing a strategy," he explains. "We have been working discretely but relentlessly towards this for the last few months. We've always made it clear that our priorities were the car, the headquarters and our drivers. The car is evolving, Pedro has been a great asset to the team and we have always wanted to settle the team in Spain and have everybody working under one roof.
"Since we began working with Luis our connection has been great. Now he takes on a much more key role in the team but the decision was an easy one, given his knowledge and his way of doing things - it is the best decision we could have made. I would like to also thank Colin (Kolles) and Manfredi (Ravetto) for their work and dedication over these two years and I wish them the very best for the future."
HRT was classified 11th in the Constructors' Championships of both 2010 and 2011.


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With the Portland Winterhawks and the Kootenay Ice set to square off in the Western Hockey League final, Abbotsford hockey fans know one thing for sure – at least one local prospect will advance to the Memorial Cup.
On one side is Kootenay starting goalie Nathan Lieuwen, whose team clinched a spot in the WHL final last week on the heels on an 11-game playoff winning streak.
On the other is Riley Boychuk, who helped Portland finish off a six-game series win over the Spokane Chiefs on Monday evening in the Western Conference final.
Five years ago, Boychuk and Lieuwen were teammates on a terrific Abbotsford bantam AAA Hawks squad which won the Western Canadian bantam title. Now, they find themselves cast as foes.
"It's pretty special – I'm looking forward to it, and I'm sure he is too," Boychuk said. "I'm having a lot of fun, trying to absorb as much as possible."
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by 11reddevilutes 2013-12-15 10:32:04
Too bad it was only a dream.
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by 11reddevilutes 2013-10-26 12:15:37
Travis Wilson warming up on the field. Throwing well. No glove. #Utes
by 11reddevilutes 2013-10-24 19:09:13
http://tgojg.blogspot.com/2013/10/thought s-on-scrimmage.html
by 11reddevilutes 2013-10-16 20:14:05
And I overheard a young group of cub scouts visiting the tire place, talking about the Utes. These kids obviously didn't like Utah and were saying "Utes suck!" and "I hate Utah!" etc...etc...But then one of them spoke up and said "But for the record...Utah OWNS BYU! I mean I don't like them. But they are SO MUCH better than BYU. They kill us every year" And then they all nodded their heads in agreement. Even though I already knew this...It warmed my heart to hear it from young ones.
by 11reddevilutes 2013-09-22 15:44:34
Except after the second Utes touchdown, I went to give a high five to a Ute fan a couple rows behind me and a lady right behind me thought I was trying to hit her. I apologized and asked if I had accidentally hit her and if she was ok. She said it was ok, but the guy next to her said I needed to "ask permission to high five over her." I thought he was joking so I laughed. But he just glared at me like I had just assaulted that woman. Oh well...who cares. Go UTES!
by 11reddevilutes 2013-09-18 19:06:46
This story happened a few years ago in the summer of 2009. I was 14 at the time, still in jr high. My father posted this story at the time, but most on here were skeptical of its validity. So I won't be surprised if a lot of you don't believe it this go around. But I swear this is true. So I was at 7 peaks with some of my friends who are Ute fans. (We were some of the few at our school because we lived in Utah County) As I was waiting for my friends to come down the slide there were a couple of loud squeals coming from a slide nearby. I looked over to see what was going on...at first I thought it was an elf and a couple of giants. But after a couple of seconds it hit me that it was Max Hall, Dennis Pitta, and some other guy that I imagine was a football player too. As they started to walk away, my friends came down the slide and I told them who I had seen. We followed them to decide if it was really them. Again, we were 14. We thought of a lot of funny stuff to say to them but I didn't want to be overly rude. I mean, Pitta was huge. We followed them up to the top of a slide and stood by them in line. I was wearing a Utah shirt and Max noticed. He avoided eye contact after that. Finally, as they started to go down the slide, me and my friends simply chanted "Go Utes!" As we went down the slide we kept chanting "Go Utes!" We weren't really sure if they had even heard us. But waiting at the bottom was the TDS players, who apparently had heard. Max was not pleased. He said "were you the ones that said 'Go Utes!'?" with a stone cold look on his face. We laughed and said that it had indeed been us. And Max just kinda rolled his eyes and said "Wow, you kids are a bunch of fags!" And he stormed off. Pitta on the other hand talked with us for a little while and kinda joked around with us. I think one of my friends actually took a picture with him. He seemed like a nice guy. The older I get the more this story cracks me up. Because yes, I was an annoying, scrawny, 14 year old kid. In fact, the only thing that has changed since then is my age. But Max Hall was a 25 year old, probably married, man. Who got pretty pissed off when some kids said "Go Utes!". Anyways, long story short...TDS sucks!! We will beat them on Saturday. Then we move on to more important things. GO UTES!
by 11reddevilutes 2012-12-03 19:30:56
I can't find any.
by 11reddevilutes 2012-12-02 19:06:04
But this is kinda insensitive... http://www.cougarboard.com/board/message. html?id=9712486
by 11reddevilutes 2012-12-02 18:20:54
I got them on Stubhub and I've never bought tickets online before. I printed off the papers, and I was just wondering if I had to take the printed papers to the BYU ticket office to exchange for actual tickets or if I just use the printed off papers to get in? From a Ute fan very much behind the times...
by 11reddevilutes 2012-11-17 13:37:09
I just need to learn to not bring football up anymore...
by 11reddevilutes 2011-11-29 18:40:20
I realize we didn't play as well at home this year...but I expected slightly bigger crowds and just more overall excitement in the air. And why did people start to leave when there was 7 min. left in the oregon state game??? We we're getting our first Pac 12 victory...and people were leaving early??? People do know that we are in the Pac 12 right? People know how bad ass that is right? Was I the only one that was a little dissapointed?
by 11reddevilutes 2011-11-28 22:55:28
Do I get some kind of reward or special treatment?
by 11reddevilutes 2011-11-24 10:57:33
First and foremost, Coach Whitt, and for the way he has handled the team this year and for his loyalty to the Utah program. I'm thankful for Uncle Scott, and his believing in this program. I'm thankful for the Pac-12! I'm thankful for John White IV, for his hard work, his humble attitude, and for pushing this team along. I'm thankful for Norm Chow and his brilliant play calling. I'm thankful for Jon Hays, and for doing what he needs to do for us to win. I'm thankful for Brian Blechan, for his hard hitting, and toughness. I'm thankful for the entire D-line, particularly Derrek Shelby, the Kruger bros., and Star. I'm thankful for RES, and for all the fun expierances I have had there. I'm thankful for Chaz Walker, his long locks and all! I'm thankful for Brian Johnson, for his playing career, and his coaching. I'm thankful for Jordan Wynn, and I hope he stays healthy and has a great Junior and Senior year. I'm thankful for the 2008 and 2004 Utes, and for winning the Fiesta and Sugar bowl. I'm thankful for Ron McBride, for putting on the map, and for Urban Meyer, for making us a powerhouse. I'm thankful for the entire coaching staff, all the players who have ever put on that Ute uniform with pride. Us Utes have been some of the most blessed fans ever! Let's remember that this Thanksgiving day. Go Utes!!! Beat the Buffs!!!
by 11reddevilutes 2011-11-23 19:49:27
They make me so upset....
by 11reddevilutes 2011-11-21 20:25:48
Thinking to myself that Houston is over rated because they don't go through the week in week out grind of a real conference. I then realized how different my perspective was a couple years ago. The evil we call BCS has really corrupted me...but I think I'm content with that.
by 11reddevilutes 2011-11-18 23:14:08
It makes sense to me.
by 11reddevilutes 2011-11-16 20:33:42
But I sure feel bad for those Mountain West fans that have to watch their games on that network.
Last night I had a dream that Utah dominated TDS 81-64. The entire MUSS showed up and there was a full house! The atmosphere was incredible! I wish I could put it into words for you guys. (1199 days ago, 2 stars)
I think they have to scan the bar code. (1200 days ago, 0 stars)
Arizona losing by 8 at Michigan. About 7 minutes left. (1200 days ago, 0 stars)
Via Bill Riley (1249 days ago, 5 stars)
I was a Red Devil. Good times. (1251 days ago, 0 stars)
The ghost of Jack Gardner is at it again (1251 days ago, 6 stars)
I was in Utah county today getting a tire changed... (1259 days ago, 9 stars)
I have been to two Ute walks. TCU in 2010 and Colorado in 2011. (1272 days ago, 6 stars)
I had a good time at the game and the fans were good for the most part. (1283 days ago, 6 stars)
I wish somebody had told me that's all it took before I wrote that whole thing. (1287 days ago, 12 stars)
7 Peaks, Max Hall, and "You kids are a bunch of Fags!!!" (1287 days ago, 28 stars)
For me...it's a win win when TDS plays any game (1289 days ago, 1 stars)
Challenge Accepted. (1291 days ago, 1 stars)
Well...I start my first day of College at the U Monday. Any advice from you old timers? (1312 days ago, 17 stars)
That's not what you wanna hear. I guess that means I'll just have to work my way to the top! Thanks for the warning. (1319 days ago, 1 stars)
Thanks! (1319 days ago, 0 stars)
So I haven't gotten my MUSS tickets yet. Am I supposed to pick them up somewhere? Or will they come in the mail and I'm just being impaitent? (1319 days ago, 1 stars)
Does anyone know where to find highlights for the Arizona Elite 8 game? (1576 days ago, 0 stars)
I thought maybe just this one time... (1577 days ago, 0 stars)
RE: Not that I care what they think... (1577 days ago, 0 stars)
Not that I care what they think... (1577 days ago, 1 stars)
So I just bought my tickets for the Utah/Zoobs game next Saturday (1577 days ago, 0 stars)
A coworker from work yesterday..."BYU is such a better team than you guys! Even though you scored more points, which is really all that matters, BYU is a better team than Utah!" (1592 days ago, 2 stars)
Gameday Sign: "Nick Saban Listens to Nickelback" (1606 days ago, 2 stars)
I love how coach K is not afraid to take Jiggy out of the game when he makes silly mistakes (1907 days ago, 2 stars)
What was the attendance for last nights game? (1908 days ago, 1 stars)
I am happy. (1909 days ago, 6 stars)
3 years ago today the Utes won the Sugar Bowl :) (1912 days ago, 3 stars)
Which tradition are they going to do away with next? :( (1915 days ago, 6 stars)
RE: On ESPN Classic, they're showing the 1972 Rose Bowl between Michigan-Stanford. And guess what the logo at the 50-yard line is? (1946 days ago, 0 stars)
In times of distress I ask...what would the NEZ do? (1946 days ago, 4 stars)
Thats awesome!!! What are you going to do with your share of the money? (1946 days ago, 1 stars)
RE: I agree, I did not feel the electricity from the crowd that I usualy feel... (1946 days ago, 0 stars)
Was it just me or was the crowd at RES not as pumped and crazy compared to recent years (1946 days ago, 0 stars)
Damnit!!! (1946 days ago, 0 stars)
So I finally learned the Utah fight song. (1947 days ago, 2 stars)
You know...I really wish the Utes would have won that football game... :( (1949 days ago, 2 stars)
So I heard a rumor Wynn will never play again. Does anybody know if this is true? (1949 days ago, 0 stars)
Things I am thankful for... (1951 days ago, 10 stars)
I HATE COLARADO!!!!!! (1952 days ago, 1 stars)
I was pondering the world of College Football... (1954 days ago, 2 stars)
What an emotional rollercoaster... (1956 days ago, 1 stars)
haha awesome!!! Was it just me...or did I see a U sign? (1956 days ago, 0 stars)
I apoligize...it was a moment of weakness (1957 days ago, 1 stars)
Since we beat Iowa State last year...i'm just going to assume we would beat Oklahoma State (1957 days ago, 4 stars)
This same kids dad yelled at me for wearing a Ute shirt everyday to his history class. (1958 days ago, 0 stars)
Some kid in my seminary class today said he worships Jesus and Jimmer... (1958 days ago, 0 stars)
What's an internet? (1959 days ago, 0 stars)
I have never heard of "The Mtn" before... (1959 days ago, 1 stars)
A win is a win is a win!!! (1961 days ago, 1 stars)
I like how the annoncers say AsiaTAH. (1970 days ago, 0 stars)
Whatever happened to the hawk that was going to fly around the stadium before games? (2003 days ago, 0 stars)
7 Peaks, Max Hall, and "You kids are a bunch of Fags!!!" (28 stars) 2013-09-18 19:06:46
Well...I start my first day of College at the U Monday. Any advice from you old timers? (17 stars) 2013-08-24 16:06:37
I wish somebody had told me that's all it took before I wrote that whole thing. (12 stars) 2013-09-18 19:15:29
Things I am thankful for... (10 stars) 2011-11-24 10:57:33
I was in Utah county today getting a tire changed... (9 stars) 2013-10-16 20:14:05
The ghost of Jack Gardner is at it again (6 stars) 2013-10-24 19:09:13
I have been to two Ute walks. TCU in 2010 and Colorado in 2011. (6 stars) 2013-10-03 14:43:54
I had a good time at the game and the fans were good for the most part. (6 stars) 2013-09-22 15:44:34
I am happy. (6 stars) 2012-01-05 21:40:06
Which tradition are they going to do away with next? :( (6 stars) 2011-12-30 16:56:35
7 Peaks, Max Hall, and "You kids are a bunch of Fags!!!" (334) 2013-09-18 19:06:46
Not that I care what they think... (312) 2012-12-02 19:06:04
Was it just me or was the crowd at RES not as pumped and crazy compared to recent years (312) 2011-11-29 18:40:20
The ghost of Jack Gardner is at it again (289) 2013-10-24 19:09:13
Since we beat Iowa State last year...i'm just going to assume we would beat Oklahoma State (288) 2011-11-18 23:14:08
So I finally learned the Utah fight song. (235) 2011-11-28 22:55:28
Whatever happened to the hawk that was going to fly around the stadium before games? (225) 2011-10-03 15:11:23
I was in Utah county today getting a tire changed... (208) 2013-10-16 20:14:05
I had a good time at the game and the fans were good for the most part. (203) 2013-09-22 15:44:34
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Leslee Trzcinski (left) and Jennifer Hess say Finger Lakes Yogascapes is an attractive option. "Today it's about balancing mindfulness and health with pleasure," says Hess.(Photo by Amanda Padgham Photography)
Leslee Schenk Trzcinski and Jennifer Hess are familiar with retreats in which yoga teachers take their students to places around the globe.
The two yoga instructors decided to start offering their own retreats with a twist. Instead of traveling, they plan their sessions around the Finger Lakes region.
Trzcinski and Hess launched Finger Lakes Yogascapes this year in Canandaigua. The business focuses on creating retreats that combine physical activity with nature.
"We are offering people the chance to feel a world away without traveling far," Trzcinski says.
The multiday events, called Flyscapes, blend self-development activities such as goal setting, personal coaching, meditation and journal writing with instruction in physical activities, including yoga, biking and hiking.
Canandaigua's Trzcinski, 52, is a former professional cyclist, world medalist and owner of Tune Yoga & Training. Hess, 45, of Pittsford, is a competitive runner and yoga instructor who teaches at locations in Monroe County.
Finger Lakes Yogascapes is intended to address the difficulty people have in taking time out for themselves—and the additional problem that when they do take a vacation, it often is not as relaxing as planned and makes recovery time necessary after the trip.
The business's multiday retreats allow participants to focus on the whole self: mind, body and soul, the owners say. There are events for people of all athletic abilities, with yoga being the centerpiece of most escapes. Yoga and other physical activities are paired with workshops on personal development and local food and wine sampling. The owners work with local businesses to promote the area's products and services.
So far, Finger Lakes Yogascapes has received an enthusiastic response. The first three-day Flyscape in July was sold out and featured activities like yoga, hiking, ziplining and enjoying Finger Lakes cuisine at the New York Wine & Culinary Center. More than two-thirds of the participants came from this region; others traveled from Connecticut, Chicago and Indiana.
The retreats have been featured in national publications and will be highlighted this fall in an issue of Health magazine.
The business plans to offer activities all year, with standup paddleboard yoga in the summer, hiking in the fall, a combination of yoga and snowshoeing in the winter and cycling in the spring. Most of the sessions target women, but some events are being planned to include men.
A fall foliage event in November focuses on yoga and meditation as well as capturing photographs of autumn in the Finger Lakes. A session in late January hopes to help participants getting their lives realigned with their goals and features international speaker and life coach Jessica Boylston-Fagonde.
A retreat in late February for mothers and daughters will include activities such as yoga, snowshoeing, s'mores by a bonfire and spa offerings.
Those three retreats cost $299 to $680. Businesses are also in the picture: Corporate events focused on wellness and team bonding are in the cards.
Finger Lakes Yogascapes' owners are familiar with the corporate world. Trzcinski previously worked in advertising and Hess was a graphic designer. They also would like to expand the geographic base of the events to other Finger Lakes.
The owners say Finger Lakes Yogascapes is an attractive option because it includes a mix of exercise and pampering, including tasting chocolates and shopping.
"Today it's about balancing mindfulness and health with pleasure," Hess says. "We offer the whole package."
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Psychic Tiffany Mitchell has reportedly lawyered up after Lindsay Lohan allegedly punched her in the face at a New York club early Thursday (Nov. 29) morning. Gloria Allred tells E! News that she is now officially representing Mitchell, a professional palm reader.
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Selling because I want to venture into other hobbies. I've enjoyed making and perfecting these.. If nothing else, someone could buy these for the drivers..
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Couldn't a creative individual develop an algorithm to create a public-private key system based on phone numbers. There is a possibility of backdoors (through manufacturers) but no more than the existing GSM system.
One could simply place this information onto SIM cards. Of course a peer to peer network has faults but I don't see encryption being a difficult issue.


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The opening ceremony for The Wall That Heals held last night at the All Veteran's Memorial drew a large crowd. The American Legion Riders Post 29 conducted the ceremony with the raising of the flag, along with a Rifle Salute and the playing of Taps.
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Would the headphones benefit from using FLAC/ lossless files instead of 320kbps, and would i be able to tell a difference?
I would think it very difficult if not impossible to reliably tell the difference. Most people who think they can are wrong and have never attempted to prove it using blind testing. Try it yourself, put the same song on your device twice, named differently, one lossless, one 320. Have a friend help you, get them to do say 10 trials that they randomly decide which file plays and for how long (2 minutes per trial for instance). If you can hear the difference around 75% of the time that means you are reliably hearing the difference, if it is 50% or less, that is explainable by pure chance.


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Taxes new reality, O.C. residents say
As a personal injury lawyer, Tyler Offenhauser has been able to comfortably support his wife and four young children over the years with an annual salary in the mid-to-high $100,000 range.
The "fiscal cliff" drama has not put him into panic mode, but he says the prospect of taking home 2 percent less in salary from Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara in Newport Beach will make him more cautious about how his Costa Mesa family spends its money.
That 2 percent loss from the expiration of a temporary reduction in payroll taxes at the end of 2012 – and which legislators have left off the table as part of fiscal cliff talks – is the one tax change that will affect all working Americans.
"I'm not panicking or putting on the brakes," said Offenhauser, 46. "We just have to be more cognizant about how we are spending our dollars and be more selective."
Instead of taking a weeklong family vacation in Mammoth, for example, the Offenhausers now are looking at a three- to four-day visit to Lake Arrowhead.
Like most people, Offenhauser is frustrated with lawmakers in Washington, D.C., and their apparent inability to hammer out a plan in a timely manner.
"I wish both sides could get together and come to a decision instead of leaving America hanging," Offenhauser said.
But he said higher taxes are a reality that all working people have to accept.
The prospect of a tax increase for all workers has Debbie Krumboltz, an agent with Evergreen Realty in Mission Viejo, also tweaking her personal budget. Her annual income is around $100,000.
"Being self-employed," the single 49-year-old said, "I always have to be aware of all the expenses I incur. However, this country needs to put the differences between the political parties aside and get this debt resolved.
"If taxes go up, I will ask myself, 'Is this something I need or is this something I want?' Perhaps if we all do this together, the higher taxes won't be so unbearable and we can get this great country back to where it needs to be."
Charlie Bisbee, 64, a retired electrical engineer who lives in Mission Viejo who has substantial royalties from inventions, calls the idea of never having to raise taxes "stupidity upon stupidity."
Bisbee, a father of five and an Air Force veteran, chastised Republican Party leaders for being resistant to any tax increases.
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Eddie Van Halen Undergoes Emergency Surgery, Postpones Tour Dates
Eddie Van Halen is on the mend.
The Van Halen rocker, 57, recently "underwent an emergency surgery for a severe bout of diverticulitis," according to a statement on the band's website. "No further surgeries are needed and a full recovery is expected within four to six months."
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The digestive disease causes pouches to form in the wall of the colon and become inflamed. It's unclear how long the guitarist has been suffering from the condition.
As a result, Van Halen's previously scheduled tour dates in Japan will be rescheduled. "The band looks forward to seeing and playing for their fans in 2013," the statement reads.
This isn't the first time Van Halen has been forced to take a break from his career to focus on his health. The musician announced he was cancer-free in 2002 after a two-year battle with the disease, and in 2008, he postponed four concerts to undergo unspecified medical treatment.
In February, Van Halen released A Different Kind of Truth. It was the band's first album to feature original lead vocalist David Lee Roth in 28 years. In addition to his music career, Van Halen was married to actress Valerie Bertinelli, 52, from 1981 to 2007.
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The ongoing saga of the more than decade-old sex discrimination class action against Wal-Mart (Dukes v. Wal-Mart) will continue after the federal district court handling the case allowed plaintiffs' fourth amended complaint to survive a motion to dismiss in a ruling on September 21, 2012. In June of last year, the Supreme Court rejected the plaintiffs' attempt to bring a nationwide class action against Wal-Mart, holding that the plaintiffs failed to satisfy Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a) because they could not show sufficient commonality between the almost 1.5 million members of the class and reversing class certification. In response, the plaintiffs filed a fourth amended complaint in district court, narrowing their proposed class to several hundred thousand female Wal-Mart employees in four regions of California. Wal-Mart subsequently filed a motion to dismiss the new complaint, arguing (among other things) that it suffered from the same commonality problems as the class rejected by the Supreme Court.
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Anyone who goes camping will certainly know the name Coleman. A subsidiary of American company Jarden Corp, Coleman is the world's leading manufacturer of camping gear and outdoor equipment, including tents, lanterns, stoves, coolers and sleeping bags. It has had a presence in Japan since 1976.
Heading the Japan operation is Richard Guilfoile who also serves as president of the entire Asia-Pacific region. Born in Washington, DC, Guilfoile first came to Japan when he was a child. He was educated in both Japan and the U.S. After graduating from college, he worked in the cosmetics business for 14 years, and then spent 11 years running the Gillette business in Japan before joining Coleman in 2000.
How big is the Asia-Pacific region for Coleman?
There is no doubt that we have become the largest and most important piece of the Coleman business worldwide outside the United States. We do a lot of innovation. Unlike the past where 80% of what we sold was Japan-specific, more and more we are developing products here that the U.S. is picking up and as our parent company has strengthened their innovation team, we are also picking up more global items.
Right now, South Korea is a big success story and the fastest growing market in our region. China is growing, too. As we look for additional growth opportunities in the region, we can bring our experience from other markets.
Doesn't each market have its own unique characteristics?
Yes, and it is important that we listen to consumers in each market. In China, I'm hearing that some of the colors we have chosen for our tent products may need to be modified. Another example is our lighting business, which is extremely successful in Japan but struggles in Korea. With camping, in Korea, heavy campers go maybe 30 times a year, whereas in Japan, they'll go 10-15 times a year. Japanese consumers look at the weather forecast and if there is a hint of rain, they'll give it a miss. Koreans will go anyway. So there is a different expectation in terms of durability and specs.
What sort of a year have you had in Japan?
The year has been good so far. We finished last year strongly because after the earthquake, our lighting products, sleeping bags and backpacks sold well.
How did Coleman respond to the disaster?
We donated a lot of products, maybe 30,000 sleeping bags and 30,000 sets of flashlights and batteries. We were able to move very quickly and get those items to the people who needed them.
What are your best-selling products in Japan?
Backpacks sell the most, then tents, followed by furniture. In lighting, one of our best-selling products is the Quad LED light. In 2013, this will be added to the CPX series which operates on a rechargeable battery. It works with 4 D-cells instead of 8 and also has a rechargeable cartridge. On low, it will run for 60 hours consecutively; on high, 30 hours. It's got an AC adapter as well.
Do you have a big inventory?
We are the largest outdoor goods retailer in Japan. Every year we introduce 200-300 new SKUs (stock-keeping units). We showcased our new products for the coming year at a trade fair in September. Out 2013 catalogue has 100 pages of new items. So we carry a large assortment of products but we also have a very good forecasting system to control our inventory levels.
What trends do you see in camping?
Over the last three years, we have been focusing on the younger market, the "yama-gyaru," and those girls have really set the trends in terms of bags, jackets, hats and other gear for outdoor activities. Many of these girls take our gear to rock festivals or trekking, and we have made new colors and products to appeal to them. That would have been unheard of before at Coleman because everything was always green and beige.
There is also a growing trend to go camping in the winter. In Japan, from this year, we are seeing more groups of young women going camping together, to show each other how they can cook outside. Previously, many stores would stop selling outdoor gear right after O-bon in August, but we've stretched the season to mid-November. The biggest month in the whole year for camping is September because there are fewer mosquitoes, it is cooler, the stars are gorgeous and there is less traffic.
In terms of products, the key words for Japan are compact, light, easy to store and easy to assemble.
How do you market the brand in Japan?
We don't do much advertising, though we have done a few videos in subways and JR trains in summer to encourage people to enjoy outdoors. We use Facebook and Twitter because it is important that we stay relevant. We do a lot of interaction with consumers through our website. Online shopping is growing rapidly and we collaborate with a number of Internet sites.
Where are Coleman products sold?
About 40% of what we sell goes through sporting goods retailers, 20% is through Home Center channels, 15% through specialty retailers catering to mountaineering, for example, and 10% is through our own eight retail outlets.
Where do you see growth opportunities?
The market for children is an area of potential growth. We have an incredible product called Puddle Jumper (life jacket). I'd like to see this range sold in Toys "R" Us, for example.
How do you interact with consumers?
We have camping events every weekend from the end of March to the end of October. Some of those events are for families, some are for those with no kids, and some are only for kids. We also hold a camp college where we teach people how to camp. It's the best way for us to get feedback.
How many staff do you have?
We have about 115 full-time staff, and around 40 part-time staff who support our stores. We have a couple of people who work with retailers and wholesale specific camp-out events where we bring all the new products and explain how to use them. That's important because when we do the trade show, our sales people and wholesalers have to be able to explain every single product themselves.
How often do you visit stores?
I travel two weeks out of every month, so I probably spend more time visiting stores outside of Japan than I do here. The travelling is not as glamorous as it appears because you are constantly on the go. I swore I would never have a Blackberry but now that I have one, it keeps me sane.
How often do you go camping?
Maybe four weekends a year, I'll show up at a campsite. We also have an annual management team campout in Karuizawa.
How many Coleman products do you have at home?
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WASHINGTON – The reality of his trade away from the Lakers sinking in, Sasha Vujacic said Tuesday night: "Sometimes things have to change in order to restart, rebuild and go forward."
Who knew so much wisdom lay under so much hair?
The Lakers sure didn't.
They became increasingly frustrated by Vujacic's years of inability to listen in that deeper way of listening that triggers actual growth. Even those within the organization who were close to Vujacic began to drift away in recent years, especially last season.
It was inconceivable that Vujacic could go this entire season without being traded given how overpaid he was on such an overstuffed payroll. Matt Barnes' signing back in July – a move not initially in the Lakers' spending plans – ensured this day in December would come at some point.
I was just talking to someone about Vujacic on Monday night, saying that the feisty competitor with such an insatiable passion for playing and especially shooting has had his spirit broken this season. "No fight left in that dog," I said – and not in a good way.
Vujacic acknowledged Tuesday night that it felt "terrible" to be so useless to the Lakers now, invoking his young age (26) as further reason why.
It right now seems unlikely that Vujacic can ever remix that tasty cocktail of intensity and touch while playing for a new contract that made him a downright good NBA player in 2007-08. He has been bitterly drunk with power and privilege ever since.
He has gotten to play in almost every Lakers game the past five years and continued to put in tons of individual practice time ... and ultimately has not gotten better in any way.
That speaks to a mental block, which isn't surprising considering how emotional Vujacic has been ever since being drafted by the Lakers in 2004. Even playing for the same team his entire career, he never found stability.
Why? Because he's the king of sweating the small stuff, and that throne really stinks.
More than any player I've ever covered, Vujacic complained about things that were written about him. That invariably happens from time to time for sportswriters, but Vujacic hasn't been a fan of mine since I reported his on-the-bench dispute with assistant coach Brian Shaw last March in Oklahoma City. Vujacic yelled back at Shaw and pointed a finger in the coach's face, and Jordan Farmar went from being kind of happy that Vujacic's screw-ups were being cited to literally holding Shaw back.
I'd written a column a month earlier about how the Lakers should give Vujacic more chances considering Shannon Brown at the time had proved unable to execute the triangle offense. But Vujacic never was able to regain Phil Jackson's trust beyond situational substitutions as the team went on to win another title last season.
Vujacic got one last taste Monday of being on a championship team, standing right behind President Obama during his speech. Then Vujacic spent his final moments as a Laker sitting on the same Verizon Center visiting-team bench that Pau Gasol occupied back in February 2008, when he'd been just traded to the Lakers and was with the team for the first time. Gasol was healing a sore back then – and having his right ear filled by Shaw with the initial download of triangle-offense data.
Vujacic doesn't depart as memorably as Vladimir Radmanovic did a year later, going through his final Lakers practice in Vans sneakers and then being traded the next day. But Vujacic surely doesn't depart as fondly as Brian Cook, whose attachment to his teammates when traded in November 2007 was such that he showed up at that night's Lakers game at Indiana's Conseco Fieldhouse as a fan – and stood behind the Lakers' bench and leaned over a railing to give hugs farewell.
The time had beyond come for the Lakers and Vujacic to part ways. And besides $9 million in savings this season, the Lakers get the chance to deliver give 15-year veteran Joe Smith his first NBA championship.
"I can't sleep," Smith posted to his Twitter account at 4:23 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday. "Kinda excited about joining the Lakers. Yessiirr ..."
You can bet everyone in the Lakers' organization who grew tired of Vujacic's act will find Smith's enthusiasm refreshing.
What Vujacic needs to find, in the meantime, is a way to be a better listener.
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I have just come upon your site for the first time today, when I was googling 'nagaimo.' I quickly read a number of your informative pieces and recipes, and I am soooo impressed by your articulate well infomed writing style and your very helpful user-friendly attitude. I have a few questions and so appreciate your help.
When i purchased nagaimo today at my local asian market , there were long tubers for $4 lb. and flatttened blob shaped nagaimo for $17 lb. Plse help me understand what might be the flavor difference between those 2 nagaimo(that would explain their price difference?) I bought the nagaimo for yama kake. Are nagaimo and taro really the same thing or is it simply that 'yam' gets used to name scores of different tasting tubers? It doesn't resemble taro I have worked with!
Also, one of the nagaimo recipes i googled mentoned treating nagaimo to a short vinegar water bath to counter a chemical. Is that chemical the same that can cause itchiness and if so, is it countered just as well by wrapping the tuber around the outside when grating it- to avert skin contact with the tuber skin?
When I make dashi and follow the traditional instructions which call for "bring to boil and turn off and.".........., the result is too weak for my taste. I end up doing the unthinkable and simmering the katsuobushi for 15 or 20 minutes, until the dashi has more flavor. I do not detect any bitterness from this. Am I crazy?
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Wow, a lot of questions! ^_^;
The long straight kind of root is nagaimo, and probably (though I can't be sure since I haven't actually seen it - photographs would help in this case) the flat roundish one is another kind of a similar root called yamatoimo. Yamato imo would be more expensive because it's rarer, and more dense/less watery.
Yamaimo and taro are NOT the same thing, to me. The root that is called taro most of the time is satoimo - look up satoimo - see my how to. But, people use the terms 'yam' and 'taro' so casually to refer to any old unidentfied root, it's hard to tell.
You could post the URL of that page you found about the vinegar so I could read it to see where and how they are recommending its use...vinegar is used often in its preparation, but again, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SAYING so how can I tell? :)
For dashi, you can boil it a bit or add mroe katsuobushi if it's too weak for your taste. There are no hard and fast rules in cooking, only what works for you! I remember on the old Japanese Iron Chef program, that Chef Rokusaburo Michiba (imo the best Iron Chef ever) used to make the commenters/audience gasp by putting HUGE amounts of katsuobushi in his dashi pans, instead of a delicate handful. It worked for him, certainly!
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As to the dashi question, I am not Japanese, but I also either add more bonito flakes to my dashing or I leave it to steep a little longer, usually, adding more vs longer. I also notice that the longer I steep the kombu the richer the flavor of the overall dashi turns out, so I usually let that steep at least 30 mins in almost boiling water.
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And while the Jaguars' veteran cornerback said anyone outside the team may find the concept not only difficult to accept, but pretty unbelievable, he said that doesn't change how players within the locker room feel.
Yes, the Jaguars are 2-6. And yes, they're three-and-a-half games behind the Houston Texans at the season's midway point.
But no, Mathis said Wednesday, the season is not over.
"It's time to win some ball games, to turn this season around," Mathis said Wednesday as the Jaguars (2-6) prepared to play the defending AFC South Champion Indianapolis Colts (0-9) at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis Sunday at 1 p.m.
"We feel it can be done. Nobody outside this locker room probably believes it, but we feel we have the guys in this locker room to help us win. It's up to us to go out and win these close games."
The Jaguars, after five consecutive losses, had a chance to pull to within a game of Houston the week before a Week 9 bye. When they lost, 24-14, not only was the momentum of a 12-7 win over Baltimore – a team many believe the best in the AFC – the week before gone, but many believed so, too, were the playoff chances.
The Jaguars on Wednesday weren't talking post-season.
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"What we have to do is take it a game at a time," Knighton said. "We can't set a goal of, 'Oh, we want to go 8-0 or we want to go 6-2 in the second half of the season.' We can't say, 'We want to win this game or that game.' We just have to take it a game at a time. Right now, we're playing the Colts. That's who we have to focus on.
"We can't look at the schedule and say, 'We have to win these games,' or, 'If Houston loses this many games and we win his many games, things will work out.' We just have to focus on the task at hand and that's Indy.
"When the time comes where we're a game behind, we can look at scenarios. Right now, we have to get back to small ball and focus on Indy."
Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said throughout the first half of the season that despite the six losses in the last seven games, the team maintained a productive approach each week. He said Wednesday that remains true coming out of the bye.
"I continue to see all the things you need to see to give yourselves a chance," Del Rio said. "The work ethic is strong. The energy is positive and high. The commitment level has not waned a bit."
Not that the players on either team in Sunday's game aren't aware that those outside the team see each in a light that is not particularly competitive.
The last time the teams played, last December, the Jaguars had a chance to clinch the AFC South with a victory. Instead, the Colts won that and their final two games to clinch a seventh AFC South title in eight years.
The tone on Wednesday had a decidedly different feel.
Colts five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Reggie Wayne on Wednesday opened a conference call with Jacksonville media by saying the call should be "short and sweet" considering the records of the teams. He also said in contrast to last December's matchup, "Now, we're playing for the bottom of the barrel."
Jaguars running back
Jones-Drew said playing the Colts matters whatever the teams' place in the standings.
"It's a rivalry game no matter what the records are," Jones-Drew said. "They've kind of taken it to us the last couple of years. It's another game for us to get back to where we want to be. It's kind of a one-game season for us, really. We had a horrible first half and we have to figure out a way to turn it around."
Mathis said the key for the Jaguars isn't as much taking a radically different approach in the second half of the season. Rather, it's about winning games the Jaguars have a chance to win.
"We've had a lot of them," Mathis said. "It's the difference in winning and losing in this league: can you make a play or two at the end of the game to win? We have to start doing that in the second half of the season.
"There's definitely a chance. It's just if we take advantage of the opportunity."
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*Jaguars right tackle/left guard
*Mathis spoke of the difference between the Colts with quarterback Peyton Manning last season and without him this season. "They look just like any team would look without their starting quarterback, but Peyton will go down as one of the best to ever play the game," Mathis said. "It's unfair for people to try to compare any quarterback to him." The Colts made the playoffs with at least 10 victories 11 of the last 12 seasons and won 10 games last season. Still Mathis said he would prefer Manning be playing Sunday. "There are a couple of us who like to compete and be playing against the guy who could go down in history as the best to play the game," he said.
*Del Rio said he sat with rookie quarterback
*Del Rio was asked if the team's wide receivers are capable of allowing offense to have a breakout game. "We have guys here who are capable of doing that for us," he said. "That's why we're working hard to put t together."


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Places have so much power in our lives. It's amazing to me that a certain house, a building where memories were made, can be immortalized in one's thoughts forever, never changing despite the reality of the passing time. One of those places is my grandmother's house in Salem, Illinois.
I hadn't been back there since I was twelve, when we mourned her passing and celebrated her life- "Grandma Guire" as all the grandkids called her. I remember finding out when she died. I sat in our study and listened to my dad's old vinyl of Don McLean's "American Pie" over and over, and cried. That was how I said goodbye.
Growing up, her house was everything a kid could ask for. The smell of home cooked dinner waiting on the table when we walked in, the small town feel that was so foreign to me as a city kid. We sat on her porch swing and rocked, and she would tell me stories about when she was little. How she dyed a billy goat blue with berry juice, and how she went to work in a shoe factory when she was sixteen. Her stories were so thrilling to me, so adventurous. She seemed so innocent, but with a subtle streak of mischief that I just loved to uncover. Most of all, she had a way of making you feel like the most important person in the world.
One summer, I shaved my legs for the first time while I was visiting, and I remember feeling a little squeal of rebellious excitement overtake me when I thought about how she and my parents would react. I was growing up, and nothing could stop me. But now that I look back, I wish that I wouldn't have wanted to speed up my life. I would love to be back there sometimes, in the simplicity of those moments with her, my parents, and my aunts, uncles and cousins. Every time we left, she would stand on the porch and wave her handkerchief and cry. It made you just want to turn around and never leave, which I'm sure would have been just fine with her. I know she loved her family more than anything.
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May 10, 2007, 01:00 ET from 51.com
SHANGHAI, China, May 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 51.com, China's largest blog community, recently announced the closure of its latest round of financing, which is co-invested by Intel Capital, Redpoint Ventures (the investor of MySpace, the well-known social network in the U.S.), Sequoia Capital China and SIG. Prior to that, 51.com received the first round of investment from Sequoia Capital China and SIG in May 2006. Intel Capital is the venture capital arm of the world largest chipmaker, Intel, responsible for equity investment in technology innovation companies and other companies worldwide. As one of the largest venture capital companies in the world, Sequoia Capital has invested in Apple Computer, Cisco, Oracle, Yahoo!, Google, and Paypal, etc. Founded in 1972, this VC has become the flagship of the American venture capital industry. Neil Shen, board director of 51.com is the Founding Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital and the co-founder of Ctrip.com International Ltd. and Home Inns. He was honored the 2006 CCTV Top Economic Person of China. The above-mentioned heavyweight investors demonstrate their high recognition to 51.com. Neil Shen said, ''We are very satisfied with 51.com's development in the last year. At present, with the roaring number of registered users, login users, simultaneous online users and average page views per day, 51.com tops the ranking of Chinese websites. We are full of confidence for its future and will continue to support 51.com. According to David Yuan, the partner of Redpoint Venture, the investor of MySpace, ''Redpoint has been always been looking for a company with the same growth potential as MySpace in China, and we decided to invest in 51.com through a deep understanding of the Company. We believe that 51.com, together with its excellent team, will be as successful as MySpace.'' Alan Pang, Chairman of 51.com, said that the capital raised this time would be used for expanding system capacity, improving service and enlarging markets. While strengthening product innovation, 51.com would constantly improve product quality and enhance user experience so as to provide more netizens with excellent blog community services. Max Huang, the Chairman assistant and head of data mining and strategy studies of 51.com, believed that 51.com's blog & community mode set a model for Web 2.0. With 60 million registered users, over 5 million login users each day and an average online duration of 40 minutes for each user, this mode competes with TV. Meanwhile, the maximum amount of online users reaches 500,000, exceeding most online games. And each user views up to 40 pages after login on average, exceeding that of a portal. New media mode brings new advertising mode. Mr. Pang said, ''It's absolutely possible to deliver advertisements according to the users' features such as interest, region, age, etc., as only by login can users use the services and view the pages.'' Accurate marketing, which is impossible to achieve in Web1.0, comes true in the 51.com blog community mode. The 51.com blog community is devoted to delivering a healthy culture, advocating a diversified culture and leading a harmonious culture. As regards the business mode's positive impact on society, Mr. Pang said, ''The 51.com blog community will provide a platform for Chinese netizens to achieve their personal value. It directs the development of industry upgrading and we are confident about the future.'' Insiders think that 51.com's new gain of venture investment of millions of dollars in the sluggish financing environment in 2007 symbolizes a new mode that balances the self-actualization needs and social demands. Blog communities are emerging from the new Web2.0 and they represent the development trend of the Internet industry, sending encouraging signals to new dotcoms, especially Web2.0 start-ups. About 51.com http://www.51.com , China's largest blog community, is committed to providing personal blog networking services for millions of users via the Internet, and it is the network platform for millions of netizens to show off themselves. 51.com's subscribers have reached 60 million, and such a figure is still increasing at a rate of 5 million new subscribers per month; the website's monthly login users have reached 20 million, and the simultaneous online users rocketed to 500,000; with daily average page views totaling up to 200 million times. Now 51.com has earned a rank in the top 20 Chinese website's worldwide, and its striking development speed has been deemed a miracle in China's Internet industry in 2006. 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Yes, I am in. I will tie a Black Bear Red Butt.
I don't fish GL steelhead because I don't know much about steelhead. [As far as I can tell, fishing for steelhead is sort of the opposite of fishing for atlantic salmon.] I have no friends here who fish, so I have limited my serious fishing to trips to Maine -- where I lived for about 13 years -- and the Canadian Martimes, where I fish with friends from Maine.
My only on river exposure to the GL tribs has been the Root River. That's just too crowded for my taste.
I remember fantasizing as a teenager about fishing the Pere Marquette, the Brule, and the Manistee, but I moved East as a young man before I got a chance to fish any of those rivers. I am sure there are great experiences on the GL Tribs to be had, but, though not an old codger, I am past the age of exploring on my own.
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The Winterfin Caverns is a cave found just behind Winterfin Village in the Borean Tundra. This cave was exposed when an earthquake in Coldarra caused a landslide. A strange makrura (Claximus) came from within and stole away with the Winterfins' tadpoles. When the murlocs went into the caverns to rescue them, they re-emerged, glowing and under the makrura's influence.[1]