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Inez Celestine Pierce
August 25, 2004
Inez Celestine Pierce, 70, was called home to be with her Lord Monday, Aug. 23, 2004. She was born March 3, 1934, in Hampton, Va. Her husband, Andrew Pierce, preceded her in death. Survivors include her three daughters, Shirley Mann, Patricia Green and Martha Jones; two sons, Cornelius Yarborough and Robert Brown; siblings include, Harold Gates, Joyce Lee, George Brown, William Brown, Sherman Brown, Douglas Brown, Tyrone Brown and David Brown; 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
New Paramedics Graduate From Program's 1st Course
January 22, 1992
The Peninsulas Paramedic Program has announced the graduates of the program's first paramedic course. They are: Middlesex County Rescue Squad, Ellen Vest of Deltaville. Poquoson Fire and Rescue, Claude Carr Jr. and Georganna Cross, both of Poquoson. James City County EMS, Thomas Ezell III of Hampton. York County Fire and Rescue, Patrick S. Osburne of Virginia Beach, Erich T. Deters of Redart and Alan S. Kinnison, both of Hampton. Hampton Fire Department, EMS Division, Francine S. Ourada and Jonathan Guffey, both of Newport News, John T. Dowd Jr. of Hampton, Tracy L. Hanger of Poquoson, W. Lawrence Daniels of Norfolk and Christi H. Patrick of Smithfield.
Around Town
March 16, 2006
FUNDRAISER Womanless wedding Sheriff Charlie Phelps and Chief Mark Marshall will get married for the cure at 7 p.m. Saturday at Smithfield High School. The womanless wedding is sponsored by Bethany Believer's Relay for Life team. Tickets are $5. For information, call Sybil Owney, 357-7019; Pete Farmer, 357-4716; or Vivian Adams, 365-4107. ARCHAEOLOGY Visit with the Burwells "Archaeology at Fairfield Plantation: Home of the Burwells" will be the title of a talk by David Brown of the Werocomoco Group.
May 10, 1992
BROWN - HIGGINS Cynthia Higgins and Kevin Brown were married May 9 at St. Luke's Methodist Church in Grafton by the Rev. Douglas Kanney. The bride is the daughter of Carl and Marlene Higgins of York County and the granddaughter of Esther Higgins of Hampton. She graduated from York High School and Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a career counselor at Electronic Computer Programming Institute in Hampton. The bridegroom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. D. Earl Brown Jr. of Reston and the grandson of Rosa Brown of Berryville.
Leona Besse Flaxington Furlong
March 12, 2005
Leona Besse Flaxington Furlong died Tuesday, March 8, 2005. She was 97. Born in Quincy, Mass., she was a former resident of Warwick County and Mathews County. An accomplished artist, she was known for her pastel portraits and area landscapes. Survivors include her daughters, Judy Phillips of Chandler, Ariz., and Nan Brown Maxwell and her husband, Ralph, of Williamsburg, Va.; her sons, John Flaxington of Albuquerque, N.M., and Ned Flaxington of San Diego, Calif. Also surviving her are her grandchildren, Phebe Harvey and her husband, Alexander, of Leesburg, Va.; John Quarterman and his wife, Sherry, of Gainesville, Va.; Randy Quarterman and his wife, Kim, of Asheville, N.C.; Peter Brown and his wife, Mary Beauregard, of Williamsburg; Sarah Brown and her husband, Philip, of York County; David Brown and his wife, Jenny, of Hampton; Paul Brown and his wife, Cindy, of Hampton; Katherine Ann Mathews of Nags Head, N.C.; Mandy Smith and her husband, Calvin, of Edgewood, N.M.; Lise Flaxington of Fredericksburg; and Andrew Flaxington of Chicago, Ill.; step-grandson David Maxwell and his wife, Sally, of Poquoson, Va.; 12 great- grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Kenneth Harold Brown Sr.
April 2, 2003
GLOUCESTER - Kenneth Harold Brown Sr., age 74, died Sunday, March 30, 2003, at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital. He was a member of Singleton United Methodist Church and the Botetourt Masonic Lodge No. 7 AF & AM. Kenneth retired from the Newport News Shipyard after 28 years of service. His parents, James Otis and Martha Oliver, as well as two sisters, Maxine Newton and Elizabeth Ellis, and a brother, Raymond Brown, preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife, Gertrude Watts Brown; one son, Kenneth Harold Brown Jr. and wife, Terry; one daughter, Lesa D. Hall and husband, James F.; four grandchildren, Jimmy Brown, Ashley Brown, James Hall Jr. and Holly Hall; one great-grandson, James Logan Hall; two sisters, Barbara Toney and Lucille Eastwood; five brothers, Odell Brown, Thomas Edward Brown, Jack Brown, David Brown and Rudy Brown; two sisters-in-law, Mildred Watts and James E. Jones and Maricia Watts Pratt.
Tncc Wins State Basketball Title
By TOM FOSTER Staff Writer
April 30, 1991
Maybe their program isn't as big as NCAA Division I Duke or even Division III Christopher Newport, but Thomas Nelson Community College's intermural basketball team members can still call themselves champions. Angela Jackson's team won the Virginia Community College System's state title recently in Woodbridge with a 125-113 victory over Northern Virginia - Woodbridge Campus. "It was really something to finally win the title," said Jackson, one of the few women coaching men in the United States.
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April 27, 1999
Retired Master Sgt. Charles M. Brown, 44, died on April 22, 1999, at Sentara Hampton General Hospital. Mr. Brown retired in 1992 after 20 years of service with U.S. Air Force. He was a letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service. He was a member of Harmony Lodge No. 125 F.&A.M., P.H.A., RAF Bentwaters, England. He was later elevated to the 33rd-degree Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry P.H.A., Southern Jurisdiction. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Heather Brown; three daughters, Ashley, Kelly and Brittany Brown; one son, David Brown, all of the home; his mother, Frances Brown of Columbia, S.C.; four sisters, Janie Brown of Fayettville, N.C., Barbara Elmaghraby of Brooklyn, N.Y., Joann Johnson of Tampa, Fla., and Regina Shahen of Fayetteville, N.C.; four brothers, Donald Brown of Columbia, S.C., Edward Brown of Brooklyn, N.Y., Ervin Brown of Rex, Ga., and Minister William R. Brown of Macon, Ga.; mother and father-in-law, Emma and Robert Gregg of Northern Ireland; five sisters-in- law; seven brothers-in-law; four aunts; two uncles; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Lucille Brown Spencer Eastwood
October 31, 2006
Lucille Brown Spencer Eastwood, 84, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006 in Walter Reed Convalescent Center. She was the widow of Lewis F. Spencer and W. Davis Eastwood. She was born in Coke, Va. and was the daughter of the late Martha Elizabeth and James Otis Brown and was a member of Bellamy United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her sisters Elizabeth Ellis and Maxine Newton and her brothers Raymond Brown and Kenneth (Tiny) Brown. She is survived by her daughter, Judy Johnston and her husband, Wendall L., Jr. of Gloucester, her son, Lewis Spencer and his wife, Carol of Huntsville, Ala.; her sister, Barbara Toney and her husband, Aubrey; brothers, Odell Brown and his wife, Mildred of Richmond, Va., Welford (Jack)
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Penguin Group (USA) said Wednesday that Clancy died Tuesday in Baltimore. The publisher did not disclose a cause of death.
Clancy arrived on best-seller lists in 1984 with "The Hunt for Red October." He sold the manuscript to the first publisher he tried, the Naval Institute Press, which had never bought original fiction.
A string of other hits soon followed, including "Red Storm Rising," ''Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger."
Clancy had said his dream had been simply to publish a book, hopefully a good one, so that he would be in the Library of Congress catalog. Several of his books were later made into movies.
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Entrepreneurship and innovation begin with an idea, a spark that turns to compulsion for the founder.
Hard work and unfailing commitment are at the heart of transforming any notion into a business. Any founder must be a one-person machine, responsible for shipping packages as much as making strategic decisions.
The corporate intrapreneur may have more support in the mailing room but face familiar startup challenges, from branding the new product to hiring.
At first, there is no part of the business the founder doesn't touch, and each element feels personal.
Eventually, though, business expands beyond the founder's reach. Customers sign on, dollars flow in and demands rise.
The evolution from fledgling notion to sustainable business does not always proceed steadily, but it is still a stage most founders hope to experience. The question is how they manage it. Here's what some Chicago business-builders have learned about growth.
Bill Ready, CEO, Braintree
When your startup is being acquired, you must prove that working together is better than remaining separate, said
Braintree, a payments processing company, was acquired by
Braintree now operates mostly independently, with its own office in the Loop, which has helped its 300-person team maintain its unique culture, Ready said. This means the company hasn't had to relinquish its physical culture — open office, room full of hammocks — nor its philosophical one, which values customer service, a flat structure and open debate.
Ready, who joined as CEO in October 2011, said the hour-long town hall meetings he hosts every other week have been a venue for identifying and addressing issues. In those meetings, Ready shares higher-level updates while asking for feedback from employees.
Ready said he talked with PayPal president
"The best you're going to do is people are going to say, 'OK, I believe you, but you're going to have to show me,'" Ready said.
In the months between the announcement and the close of the acquisition, Ready explained how Braintree could take advantage of PayPal's reach and resources.
Since then, Ready said he has worked to highlight the ways in which PayPal is supporting Braintree's goal to give startups, entrepreneurs and innovators tools to fuel their success. For example, in late 2012, Ready introduced a program that allowed 1,000 startups to process $50,000 worth of payments at no charge.
Today, PayPal is helping Braintree offer that same benefit to any new startup on its platform.
"You have to deliver tangibly on campaign promises pretty early on," Ready said. After an acquisition, early achievements can prove the deal's value to employees and customers alike.
Christina Smedley, PayPal's vice president of global brand and communications, said she has worked closely with Ready throughout the acquisition and since. She said Ready is committed to making his company a success within the larger brand.
"He's consistently looking for ways to demonstrate the advantages of being part of bigger organization without losing the passion and heart of being a startup," Smedley said. At all-hands meetings, she said, Ready shares observations directly and honestly.
Perhaps the greatest proof came in eBay's first-quarter earnings report. In that period, Braintree's payment volume grew nearly 25 percent quarter over quarter, and the company now enables purchases for 56.5 million consumers. Braintree is expected to double its processing volume this year.
Elliot Weissbluth, founder and CEO, HighTower Advisors
Elliot Weissbluth founded HighTower Advisors in 2007 with the knowledge that he would have to simultaneously manage business development and day-to-day operations.
He said he knew he was on a tightrope from the start, and that kept him aggressive.
Driven by the idea that investors often feel they can't trust their financial advisers, Weissbluth built an independent firm that does not make money by selling financial products, a departure from the traditional model.
HighTower today caters to high-net-worth and institutional clients. It has 282 employees across 30 offices nationwide and expects to manage $30 billion in assets in 2014.
CEO Weissbluth said 50 percent of the company is owned by HighTower's operating employees or financial advisers and their staff, giving employee/owners extra motivation.
Despite the financial crisis that followed soon after HighTower's founding, Weissbluth said, the company reached profitability in its third year. Weissbluth said early selectiveness about spending helped the company get in the black.
"The approach we took was we get the revenue in the door first ... then build infrastructure underneath that," Weissbluth said.
Spending too much on hiring in the early days can kill a company, he said -- and that belief meant the employees he did have were stretched, Weissbluth acknowledged.
"The first couple of years at HighTower, people didn't sleep much because we were in a race to get the company profitable," he said.
In the past three years, HighTower's revenue grew 45 percent and its assets grew 25 percent, Weissbluth said.
Prior to founding HighTower, Weissbluth, a former practicing lawyer, served as president of investment management firm U.S. Fiduciary Inc. and as director of marketing and research at human resources consultancy Segal Rogerscasey. In 2012 and 2013, he was named to Investment Advisor magazine's list of Top 25 Most Influential People in the Industry.
Greg Schulson, president and CEO of Lunan Corp., which owns a number of fast-casual restaurants including Arby's and Burrito Beach, said Weissbluth is the reason HighTower has grown the way it has. Schulson has served on HighTower's board of directors since the company's start.
"He's very measured in how he approached building out his team to make sure we never overspent at a time that we couldn't afford the investment spending that it takes to grow a business," Schulson said.
After that, Schulson said, Weissbluth relied on his eye for talent and ability to motivate as the staff grew.
Eventually, Weissbluth said, his team stopped inviting him to meetings he previously ran.
"I knew I could probably add some value, but clearly they didn't want my opinion," Weissbluth said, of one instance when he saw a serious meeting in progress at headquarters. "They were fully capable to execute on whatever issue they were wrestling with."
Eileen Murphy Buckley, founder and CEO, ThinkCerca
In her 15 years as an English teacher, ThinkCerca founder and CEO Eileen Murphy Buckley spent a lot of time teaching people to argue. She believes the ability to make persuasive arguments is a key to entrepreneurs' success as well.
That skill, Buckley says, helped her raise $1.1 million in seed funding for her literacy and critical-thinking software platform, which launched in July 2012. ThinkCerca helps teachers tailor and supplement lessons on close reading and argumentation with online assignments, mini lessons and other tools for educators of K-12 students.
The program is designed to teach kids how to make rational, well-reasoned arguments. Cerca stands for claim, evidence, reasoning, collaboration and audience in a nod to the elements one needs to address when speaking or writing persuasively.
"To make something that is really complex and more of a vision than a real thing simple enough for someone else to understand and believe in is probably the first big hurdle an entrepreneur has to address," Buckley said.
She drew on her experience as a teacher and school administrator to figure out how to translate an idea — "critical thinking platform" — into something investors could relate to. She accomplished that by April 2013, which is when she felt her business was finally sustainable.
ThinkCerca joined social-good accelerator Impact Engine in the fall of 2012 without a built-out product. At the end of the 16-week program, she pitched to a room of some 300 investors, many of whom she believes were skeptical, due to historical stagnation in the industry, about the value of investing in a K-12 product. The K-12 market has been redefined by new standards, online testing and globalization, which Buckley believes presents new opportunities. Getting that through to investors was a two-step process.
First, Buckley had to explain what the program was teaching. She used concrete examples to demonstrate why knowing how to be persuasive is important.
"Any investor knows how hard it is to make a good pitch deck," Buckley said. "That was my example of making a good argument."
Part two: convincing the investor that you can do what you say you can. Education and work experience help in that regard. Buckley relied on her subject-matter expertise for this step.
"I don't think any investor would've given me money if they didn't know I had credibility in the community of people I was going to be selling to," Buckley said. Industry knowledge helped make her attractive to investors and trustworthy to customers.
Deborah Quazzo, founder and managing partner of
"What drew me to Eileen was that vision she had for ... providing teachers tools to teach reasoned argument and critical thinking," Quazzo said. "If you're a teacher and an accomplished educator selling to other educators, there is something fundamentally compelling about that."
Buckley is gearing up to start fundraising for a Series A round in late April. Some 85 schools across the country pay for 14,000 students to use the platform, so Buckley hopes fundraising will be easier this time around. She declined to reveal rates but said ThinkCerca charges on a per-student basis. Another 1,700 schools, including some in other countries, use a newer free version of the platform.
With the advantage of having proven the ThinkCerca model, she plans to use her argumentation skills again.
"The most important thing that the founder has to do is make good arguments that will convince people to give you the capital you need," Buckley said, though persuasiveness is valuable even if you're not seeking investors. "If you're bootstrapping, you need to maket that argument to co-founders ... to take the leap with you."
Tom Jednorowicz, CEO, Meatheads
Tom Jednorowicz wants to prove that the right staff and service can elevate a burger-and-fries joint. Meatheads, the family-friendly restaurant chain the former Potbelly chief development officer founded in 2007, is where he does that.
In 2013, Inc. magazine named Meatheads to its 500|5000 list of fastest-growing companies, the highest-ranked burger restaurant on the list. It began with a single location in
Jednorowicz says hiring selectively helps the company grow, even as it narrows the pool of desirable applicants.
"We have a fantastic retention rate, but we let a lot of people go in the first 30 days" if they don't embrace Meatheads' philosophy, he said.
Friendly, helpful service is integral to exceeding customers' expectations, Jednorowicz said. As CEO, he cannot watch each of his locations closely. Instead, he tries to empower his employees with trust and responsibility so they can take action, even in his absence.
"There are some people you're going to trust and empower and they're going to let you down. That's the exception," Jednorowicz said. "You don't create rules and a system for the exception."
The mentality of responsibility touches Meatheads' operations internally and externally. Jednorowicz teaches employees to take care of the customers, the restaurant and each other. Those guidelines, he said, set employee expectations. He designed the "take care" motto as a support system for decisions, so every employee has a framework for handling problems.
Jednorowicz expects all employees to reiterate the "take care" values. That philosophy helps employees work as teammates rather than as competitors. He says he finds no value in a worker racing to get a food-preparation task done faster than others — all that means is some customers' food sits out longer than necessary.
Instead of rewarding individual speed or achievement, Jednorowicz set up systems to acknowledge "execution in synchronization." When one employee helps another, the employee who got the help writes a "Take Care Card" of acknowledgement. Every month, those cards get drawn for prizes that range from a free
Restaurant workers are intrinsically subservient to customers, Jednorowicz says, but he doesn't believe the customer is always right. Instead of simply meeting demands, Jednorowicz wants Meatheads to be a place where employees take responsibility for customers' comfort and satisfaction.
"We're not in the business of being right," he said.
Andrew Sieja, founder and CEO, kCura
Legal-software provider kCura began a massive growth spurt in 2007 that eventually propelled it onto the
"It's all about the product," said founder and CEO Andrew Sieja. "If you have a good product, you can build your business."
Supporting that product and the company's growth — revenues swelled a reported 5,775 percent from 2007 to 2011 — required an increase in staff.
In late 2011, Sieja hired Dorie Blesoff, who had worked as a learning and development consultant. She worked with custom training solutions firm Interaction Associates to create a specialized program called Managing With Impact that began in February 2012, as well as a company-wide program called kCura University in June 2012.
At the time, kCura employed 204. Today, the company has 370 employees.
"When a business is growing this rapidly," said Blesoff, now kCura's chief people officer, "it's really important to have common approaches, tools and processes that represent best practices and represent what meets the needs of the company."
Sieja says imbuing managers with such information is key to achieving the company's objectives. It's essential to focus on the entire management structure, he says, because middle management handles problems on the front lines, from underperforming employees to clearing conflicts.
Sieja acknowledges that there are plenty of poor managers — but he doesn't think it's fair that the good ones get a bad rap.
"If they're effective, they really help a business," Sieja said. He believes good managers act as coaches. "They do facilitation, there's some training involved, some directing, some uncomfortable conversation."
Sieja says kCura has invested heavily in manager development and that the effort has paid off.
Nearly all 63 managers have completed the two-phase Managing With Impact program.
"I like to think that we're a better running company because of it," Sieja said. "Our managers are better trained, and they can work with their team much more effectively."
Blesoff says Managing With Impact and kCura's other manager development programs help improve relationships with employees. This helps the company mold and retain top talent.
"People who have really good managers really like working for them," Sieja says. As such, he believes investing in those roles is a winning strategy.
Desiree Vargas Wrigley, co-founder and CEO, GiveForward
For 10 months, Desiree Vargas Wrigley obsessed over the idea of a crowd fundraising site for people in need. This was 2007, before crowdfunding became a part of the popular lexicon, before Chicago's startup network developed, before she knew what she was doing.
In January 2008, she founded GiveForward and discovered quickly the loneliness of being an entrepreneur. To change that, she decided she needed to take on a co-founder: Ethan Austin, a friend of a friend who wanted to build a marathon crowdfunding site.
"If you're a risk-taking founder, you need someone to ground you," Vargas Wrigley said.
She found that in Austin, and the two set up shop in a small office at 211 W. Wacker. When they arrived, all they had were their laptops, cell phones and a single pen: "We had all this enthusiasm and nowhere to put it."
The biggest challenge was growing a company in a new space. "There's a level of recklessness that you have to have knowing that the bottom could fall out at any moment," Vargas Wrigley said. They lacked everything, from funds to peers to mentors, so they took a leap: joining Excelerate Labs.
Accelerator programs were relatively new at the time, and enrolling in one exposed the company to vulnerability. They had to take away time from the business and give away equity in it. But more than they lost, Vargas Wrigley said, they gained in refinement.
The program helped them zero in on medical crowdfunding, a niche in which GiveForward now claims the top spot worldwide. The company has helped users raise $82 million, approximately 90 percent of which goes toward medical needs.
Excelerate also gave Vargas Wrigley and Austin opportunities to hone their analytical skills.
"It made me more comfortable making sound decisions based on data," she said.
Another adjustment: playing a variety of roles to grow the company. "A lot of jobs you get into, you're learning, you get better and more experienced at one particular thing. The opposite happens to a founder when you're going through a growth stage ... you're suddenly responsible for managing. There's a lot of learning that you have to do, and conflict resolution, and managing expectations, and managing your board. I've played CFO and COO along with CEO since the beginning."
Now, with so many other people to consider, Vargas Wrigley said she has to temper her risk-seeking tendencies more than ever. In 2011, the growth of the business was straining her employees, so she raised a $2 million Series A round. Today, GiveForward's staff numbers 34.
But she still likes smart gambles. "One of the things that happens when you're willing to take risks is that fortunate coincidences happen a lot," Vargas Wrigley said. "The more you put yourself out there, the more likely you are to find someone who can help you."
Mike McGee, co-founder, The Starter League
When Mike McGee and his friend Neal Sales-Griffin came up with the idea for a developer school, McGee went all in on the pursuit after just a few months.
In early 2011, the year after he graduated from Northwestern University, Mike McGee became co-founder of what was then called Code Academy. With dreams of creating one of the first developer schools, he worked on logistics while Sales-Griffin canvassed the city, seeking supporters.
At first, McGee wanted to check every item off his to-do list, but "in the end it wasn't important to have every little thing done." Instead, he switched to prioritizing imminent needs, such as building a website, and accepted having to leave 85 percent of his tasks for later.
Regarding the early days, McGee described feeling like there were dark clouds circling above. "It was troubling all the time," he said. The first sign that the school would come to fruition was signing an instructor for the inaugural quarter. A class of 35 students from around the country came next, and soon the company was growing too quickly to sustain alone.
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The support staff allows McGee to focus on higher-level responsibilities such as admissions, brand management and student experience. He's working on a learning management system that he hopes will help other educators, something he could not have done two years ago when he was living the business day to day. That survival-mode mentality is now gone.
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It took fashion designer Azeeza Khan, creative director at Atelier Azza, a year of running her young label on the side to feel secure enough to quit her day job in marketing at BP.
She ran Atelier Azza as a side business for a year, using her day job to finance her passion project. When she finally went full-time in September of 2012, she was barreling toward burnout.
"If I wanted to expand, I needed support," Khan said. But hiring the best employees as a fledgling, self-invested company proved challenging. The fashion students she brought on as interns lacked business smarts, while more desirable candidates opted for higher-profile and higher-paying opportunities.
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"You have to be really realistic," Khan said. "Even if you have a great idea, you need to think about how you can execute it." For her, that meant patience. Early on, she deferred scaling in favor of perfecting execution and waited to build a team before launching an international e-commerce site — even though the demand was there sooner.
Based on her experience managing an agency at BP, Khan knew how much time would go into management. She estimates that operations now take up 80 percent of her time, with the rest dedicated to designing upcoming collections of her luxury garments and accessories.
"The best investment has been building a structured company," Khan says. That framework allowed her to assess opportunities against resources and make better decisions.
Logan LaHive, founder and CEO, Belly
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That was 2011, when LaHive's loyalty program Belly was new on the market. He was still doing everything, from selling local businesses on the product to installing the necessary technology in stores.
The founder and CEO was in for the unpredictable process of ushering a company from infancy into sustainability. "If you're not comfortable with uncertainty, don't start a business," LaHive said.
Already, he'd worked for a failed startup, then for RedBox as director of New Business. That year, he signed on as a Founder-in-Residence at Lightbank, working with the venture fund to build his new company.
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I have put 6100 miles on my wagon. So far I have averaged 22 MPG. When I drive it to work, which is 70% hwy, I get 25 MPG, but when my wife drives it, which is all city driving, don't get more than 20 MPG. I started getting 25 MPG when I crossed the 5000 mile mark, but at the same time, the temp. got warmer. During peak winter the max I could get was 22 MPG. It will be interesting to see how will I average next winter.
ashutoshsm Posts: 1,007... which engine/transmission your 6 has.
V6 6-speed auto
V6 5-speed auto
V6 5-speed manual
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Depending on how crazily (or judiciously) I drive, my I4 manual mileage ranges from 21 (ouch!) to 34 (whee!) mpg. Regular, mostly-city driving during warm months is 26+, these days. Almost 30K flawless miles now Lifetime average, per my Spreadsheet, is a smidgen over 26 mpg at just over $1.89 per gallon!
sadlo Posts: 6I've got an 04 wagon...V6 with the 5 speed atuo. Got it on a Friday and on Monday left for a business trip that logged about 2100 miles. Over seven tanks of gas I averaged 24.3 mpg. This included highways from Ohio through the mountains in W VA and VA. About five days of mixed city driving in North Carolina and back through the mountains again. I was pretty happy with the 24. I hope it goes up a few mpg after I get some more milage on her.
lefthandman Posts: 472004 6S, 5-speed manual, 7,400 miles. Total overall: 26.8 mpg. Best tankful: 29.5 mpg, all highway. Worst tankful: 24.3 mpg. I rarely do any "city" or "stop & go" driving. My commute route has mostly 50-65 mph limits, 12 miles, 5 stop lights. I've been pretty satisfied with the car to-date. Only major gripe: trying to launch the car smoothly from stop on an incline (imprecise electronic throttle control and touchy, vague clutch pedal).
I have got a 2004 MZ6 Wagon V6 5-speed Auto with 7,600 miles on it. Past weekend I had been on a 600 mile long trip to Wisconsin dells, this was my first long trip on this car. I averaged 29.4 mpg, all highway with A/C on, three on board and baggage. I used the cruise for the most part of the driving and had set it to 70 mph.
Took a trip from Los Angeles, CA to the Monterey Bay area.
Using Chevron gasoline:
23.5 mpg mostly highway driving (heavy traffic) 20-60 mph
23.8 mpg 90% highway (light traffic) 55-60 mph
Using Shell gasoline:
26.7 mpg 90% highway, 55-65 mph
29.1 mpg all highway 60-70 mph
hmmm, never considered possibility of different gas formulations affecting mpg, any thoughts? :confuse:
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nedc2 Posts: 192Are you buying/using the different brands in the same season, similar weather conditions, same area, altitude, etc.? Weather can have serious effects on mileage, and in many areas of the country, higher levels of methanol are added to gasoline formulations in the winter especially. Methanol has a lower energy content than gasoline, so combined with cold tempeeratures mileage can drop by as much as 20%. Altitude can make a difference too if you were purchasing gas formulated for mountain areas, often lower octane ratings, are used. I'm not familiar with gas formulations in the southern Cal area but I don't think excessive cold is the culprit there;) Here in Michigan it's a different story.
I would say driving, road and weather conditions were similar, purchased during a 4 day trip for the Fourth of July week. It must be the Shell formulation that improved mpg. I have a Chevron credit card but am considering switching to Shell due to the difference between 23 mpg (Chevron) and 26-29 mpg (Shell). I plan on taking a survey of Shell gas stations in my local area to see if it is worth changing services. :shades:
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tzoomer Posts: 182004 Mazda6 Wagon, V6, 5-sp AT, 5500 miles in Midwest, relaxed driver.
Best: 26.9 mpg (rural highways 40-75 mph) @ 2000 miles.
Worst:18.3 mpg (short city trips) @ 4700 miles.
Average mpg = 21.8 (mostly town).
Summer versus winter driving has little effect (21.4 ±3.2 summer, 22.2 ±3.4 winter !) compared to city (less than 22) vs. highway (>23) .
These are with AT in Auto, since the Manual flappers are a big disappointment to me (engine brain still decides exactly when to make the shift, which throws my timing off).
Terrific handling, right-sized car with a woeful throttle response.
christan Posts: 10For my first tank of gas in my new 6i, 4-cylinder, the gas warning light came on with 2 gallons of gas remaining.
Nearly all of the 16 gallons used were on the highway.
Average mileage: 30.5, just below the 31 highway mpg advertised for this model. I'm hoping the city driving gets me at least 24 mpg, as also advertised.
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T4 (thyroxine) is a hormone produced by the thyroid gland. A laboratory test can be done to measure the amount of T4 in your blood.
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A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is usually done, see: Venipuncture
Your health care provider will tell you, if necessary, to stop taking drugs that may interfere with the test.
Drugs that can increase T4 measurements include:
Drugs that can decrease T4 measurements include:
This list may not include all medications.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. You may feel some throbbing after the test.
This test is done to check your thyroid function. Thyroid function is complex and depends on the action of many different thyroid hormones, including thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and T3 (triiodothyronine).
Your doctor may order this test if you have signs of a thyroid disorder, including:
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Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
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The Norwegian Seafood Export Council recently launched its second summer marketing effort, which runs the gamut from in-store materials to print, radio and TV advertising. This year, the campaign focuses on promoting salmon for the summer in France to remind consumers that seafood can be grilled.
Johan Kvalheim, the council's director in France, told SeafoodSource at the European Seafood Exposition on Tuesday that sales generally decline in the summer months because families spend most of their time grilling food and consumers forget that seafood is an option for grilling.
The TV ads are one-minute spots shot in Norway featuring a Norwegian chef who presents recipes. There will be 38 separate recipes, with 52 broadcasts that will air on France's second largest TV channel on weekends through the end of July, before consumers go on vacation. The in-store promotions include scratch tickets in which consumers can win trips to Norway, samples, videos and posters and demonstrations.
The council first launched the promotion last year, and it resulted in an increase in salmon sales. However, Kvalheim said there are challenges with salmon prices increasing, and this year the main goal is to boost consumer awareness of Norwegian seafood in general. With high salmon prices, just maintaining sales in terms of volume during the summer will be satisfying, said Kvalheim.
The council is also focusing on promoting its salmon to the growing sushi market. According to Christian Chramer, the council's director of communications, Norway's salmon is perfect for sushi because it can be delivered so quickly — even to Japan the product can be shipped in just 36 hours. Sushi is becoming so popular that Kvalheim said sushi deliveries now outpace pizza deliveries in France.
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- Date:01 Jan 2014
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Stadium of Light
- Attendance:39,757
- Agbonlahor (14)
Live Commentary
- 97mins
Shot by Fabian Delph went over the net.
- 95mins
The match has reached full-time.
- 95mins
Steven Fletcher is penalised for handball and concedes a free kick.
- 93mins
A cross is delivered by Emanuele Giaccherini.
- 93mins
Leandro Bacuna manages to make a clearance.
- 92mins
Free kick taken by Bradley Guzan.
- 91mins
Booking for Jozy Altidore for unsporting behaviour.
- 91mins
Jack Colback goes into the referee's book.
- 90mins
Clearance by Antonio Luna.
- 90mins
Jack Colback challenges Gabriel Agbonlahor unfairly and gives away a free kick.
- 89mins
Emanuele Giaccherini takes the chance to get an effort at goal and missed to the right of the target.
- 87mins
Jack Colback takes a shot and goes harmlessly over the bar.
- 86mins
Shot by Marc Albrighton went harmlessly over the bar.
- 83mins
Corner from the right by-line taken by Ashley Westwood.
- 82mins
Marc Albrighton has an effort at goal. Vito Mannone parries the ball away.
- 80mins
Fabio Borini takes the chance to get an effort at goal. Blocked by Nathan Baker.
- 80mins
Jack Colback produces a cross.
- 78mins
Andreas Weimann fouled by Ondrej Celustka, the ref awards a free kick.
- 77mins
Adam Johnson on for Valentin Roberge.
- 75mins
Clearance made by Matthew Lowton.
- 74mins
Bradley Guzan manages to make a clearance.
- 72mins
Clearance made by Ondrej Celustka.
- 72mins
Christian Benteke has an effort at goal. Blocked by Phil Bardsley.
- 71mins
Gabriel Agbonlahor challenges Modibo Diakite unfairly and gives away a free kick.
- 71mins
Shot by Steven Fletcher. Matthew Lowton gets a block in.
- 70mins
Marc Albrighton is brought on as a substitute for Ron Vlaar.
- 69mins
Sung-Yeung Ki takes a shot and went wide left of the target.
- 67mins
Jozy Altidore comes on in place of Dong-Won Ji.
- 65mins
Free kick awarded for a foul by Fabian Delph on Jack Colback.
- 64mins
Sung-Yeung Ki booked for time wasting.
- 62mins
Fabian Delph takes the free kick.
- 62mins
Modibo Diakite concedes a free kick for a foul on Christian Benteke.
- 61mins
Fabio Borini takes a shot. Nathan Baker gets a block in.
- 61mins
Phil Bardsley crosses the ball.
- 60mins
Modibo Diakite manages to make a clearance.
- 58mins
Modibo Diakite gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Christian Benteke.
- 57mins
Modibo Diakite manages to make a clearance.
- 56mins
Foul by Andreas Weimann on Dong-Won Ji, free kick awarded.
- 55mins
Jack Colback gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Gabriel Agbonlahor.
- 55mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Steven Fletcher by Antonio Luna.
- 54mins
Shot by Gabriel Agbonlahor. Modibo Diakite gets a block in.
- 53mins
Bradley Guzan restarts play with the free kick.
- 52mins
A cross is delivered by Ondrej Celustka.
- 48mins
Leandro Bacuna takes a shot. A parry by Vito Mannone prevents the goal.
- 48mins
Fabian Delph takes the free kick.
- 48mins
Modibo Diakite concedes a free kick for a foul on Christian Benteke.
- 48mins
Clearance by Leandro Bacuna.
- 48mins
Phil Bardsley delivers the ball.
- 47mins
The referee gets the second half underway.
- 47mins
Clearance by Valentin Roberge.
- 46mins
Christian Benteke is penalised for handball and concedes a free kick.
- 46mins
(Sunderland) makes a substitution, with Fabio Borini coming on for Lee Cattermole.
- 45mins
A cross is delivered by Gabriel Agbonlahor.
- 44mins
The ball is crossed by Ondrej Celustka.
- 44mins
The half-time whistle blows.
- 44mins
Bradley Guzan restarts play with the free kick.
- 42mins
Shot by Dong-Won Ji. Blocked by Christian Benteke.
- 42mins
Jack Colback crosses the ball.
- 41mins
Free kick crossed by Emanuele Giaccherini.
- 40mins
Foul by Leandro Bacuna on Phil Bardsley, free kick awarded.
- 39mins
The official flags Gabriel Agbonlahor offside.
- 39mins
Leandro Bacuna challenges Valentin Roberge unfairly and gives away a free kick.
- 37mins
Shot by Sung-Yeung Ki. Ron Vlaar gets a block in.
- 34mins
Clearance by Ron Vlaar.
- 32mins
Clearance by Antonio Luna.
- 29mins
Christian Benteke takes a shot. Blocked by Modibo Diakite.
- 29mins
Leandro Bacuna concedes a free kick for a foul on Jack Colback.
- 29mins
A cross is delivered by Ashley Westwood.
- 27mins
Sung-Yeung Ki has an effort at goal. Bradley Guzan makes a block.
- 26mins
The ball is crossed by Dong-Won Ji.
- 25mins
Vito Mannone takes the free kick.
- 25mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Modibo Diakite by Andreas Weimann.
- 25mins
Gabriel Agbonlahor has an effort at goal. Vito Mannone parries the ball but the danger is not over.
- 23mins
Clearance made by Nathan Baker.
- 21mins
Dong-Won Ji takes a shot. Fabian Delph gets a block in.
- 21mins
The ball is sent over by Ondrej Celustka.
- 20mins
Corner taken by Emanuele Giaccherini from the left by-line.
- 19mins
Phil Bardsley decides to take the corner short.
- 18mins
Shot by Leandro Bacuna went wide right of the target.
- 18mins
Dong-Won Ji sends in a cross.
- 17mins
Jack Colback takes a shot. Ron Vlaar gets a block in.
- 15mins
Gabriel Agbonlahor scores with their left foot. Sunderland 0-1 Aston Villa.
- 14mins
Phil Bardsley restarts play with the free kick.
- 14mins
Free kick awarded for a foul by Christian Benteke on Jack Colback.
- 13mins
The ball is sent over by Matthew Lowton.
- 11mins
Clearance by Valentin Roberge.
- 11mins
The ball is sent over by Leandro Bacuna.
- 11mins
The ball is crossed by Phil Bardsley.
- 9mins
The ball is sent over by Emanuele Giaccherini.
- 7mins
Steven Fletcher takes a weak shot and went wide left of the net.
- 6mins
Shot by Emanuele Giaccherini missed to the left of goal.
- 3mins
Christian Benteke concedes a free kick for a foul on Jack Colback.
The referee gets the game underway.
Match Preview
Poyet buoyed by Black Cats revival Sunderland boss Gus Poyet will welcome Aston Villa to Wearside with a smile on his face after four points over Christmas dramatically improved his mood. The 46-year-old Uruguayan freely admits he is not the best person to be around when the Black Cats are losing games, and a shock victory at high-flying Everton on Boxing Day, following by a last-gasp draw at Cardiff 48 hours later proved the perfect tonic. Poyet's men remain at the foot of the Barclays Premier League table, but are now only two points adrift of safety, and while that may only represent a start, it is a source of contentment. Asked if it was currently easier to come to work, he said: "Yes. I am a normal person, yes. I am a bad loser, I have said many times, so when we lose, I am not a nice person to be around. "But it's the opposite now. I try to be realistic as well, but sometimes football is so good for me, I like it so much that you get so much involved, you forget about the rest of life, family, health and everything in the world. "But that lasts for a day or so. After that, we recover." Sunderland's plight remains parlous - they took just 14 points from their first 19 league games and need to improve upon that significantly over the second half of the season if they are to retain their top-flight status. However, 13 of those points have come from Poyet's 12 games at the helm, and while that ratio will have to increase substantially, a friendlier fixture list, which sees them lock horns with Villa, Fulham and Stoke in January, gives them an opportunity. Poyet said: "A few weeks or a few months ago, people were looking at the table and thinking it was impossible, and now we are there, so we have to make sure we don't stop and don't get complacent because we have done nothing. "Of course, we have done something important, but in reality it's nothing because it's all about what is coming next." Poyet launched his reign with a demoralising 4-0 defeat at Swansea on October 19, and he could have been forgiven for contemplating a repeat on his return to South Wales on Saturday when his side trailed 2-0 to Cardiff. However, a remarkable conclusion to the game saw substitutes Steven Fletcher and Jack Colback score to snatch a draw and confirm the manager's belief that his master plan is working. He said: "What I am seeing is that, even if we are having a bad spell during the game, we are going to have the other side of the coin and we are going to have a good spell, and if in that spell we take advantage and we score, we are going to be in a position to win games." Central defender Wes Brown will miss out once again as he completes his three-match ban, while partner John O'Shea remains a doubt with the shoulder injury which kept him out of both games over the festive period. Striker Fabio Borini, who was taken to hospital suffering from the after-effects of a virus during the game at Cardiff, has undergone tests to confirm there is no lasting problem and is rated at 50-50, while midfielder Adam Johnson is battling to shake off his own bout of illness. Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert does not believe his side's Premier League position gives cause for negativity. The Villans point against Swansea, earned despite the visitors dominating for large periods at Villa Park, ended a run of four-straight defeats. Villa have won just one of their last eight Premier League fixtures, but Lambert feels their league position of 13th is not bad when put into perspective. He said: "The top five or six will always be that as there's too much money there because there is so much emphasis on the Champions League. "The revenue is too much and the players have x amount of millions. We're not in that position at the moment, this is a building block of players that will make a right good go at it. You have to keep building this club. "That project will take however long (owner) Randy Lerner gives me. That's the bottom line. It's not rocket science when you look at the number of managerial changes. Nothing is certain in football. "But we're three points from 10th. That's not a bad place to be, there's so far to go in this league, anything can happen." Sunderland remain bottom of the table after coming from 2-0 down to earn a draw at Cardiff, but the Black Cats have closed in on the teams above them in recent weeks.
Aston Villa
- Vito Mannone
- Ondrej Celustka
- Modibo Diakite
- Valentin Roberge
- Phil Bardsley
- Sung-Yeung Ki
- Lee Cattermole
- Jack Colback
- Emanuele Giaccherini
- Steven Fletcher
- Dong-Won Ji
- Andrea Dossena
- Sebastian Larsson
- Craig Gardner
- Adam Johnson
- Jordan Pickford
- Jozy Altidore
- Fabio Borini
- Bradley Guzan
- Matthew Lowton
- Ron Vlaar
- Nathan Baker
- Antonio Luna
- Leandro Bacuna
- Ashley Westwood
- Fabian Delph
- Andreas Weimann
- Gabriel Agbonlahor
- Christian Benteke
- Karim El Ahmadi
- Marc Albrighton
- Jed Steer
- Jordan Bowery
- Aleksandar Tonev
- Libor Kozak
- Janoi Donacien
Match Report
Form Guide
- Sunderland
- Aston Villa WLLLLD
Last Meetings
- Aston Villa
- 0 - 0
- Sunderland
- 30/11/2013
- Aston Villa
- 6 - 1
- Sunderland
- 29/04/2013
- Sunderland
- 0 - 1
- Aston Villa
- 03/11/2012
- Aston Villa
- 0 - 0
- Sunderland
- 21/04/2012
- Sunderland
- 2 - 2
- Aston Villa
- 29/10/2011
- Aston Villa
- 0 - 1
- Sunderland
- 05/01/2011
Top Scorers
- S Fletcher 3
- P Bardsley 2
- E Giaccherini 2
- J O'Shea 1
- A Johnson 1
- C Gardner 1
- J Altidore 1
- J Colback 1
- F Borini 1
Aston Villa
- L Kozak 4
- C Benteke 3
- G Agbonlahor 2
- K El Ahmadi 2
- L Bacuna 2
- F Delph 1
- A Weimann 1
- A Westwood 1
- A Luna 1
- Total goals 47
- Goals per game 15
- 3 (For) 2 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 1 (For) 3 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 2 (For) 3 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- 1 (For) 2 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 2 (For) 2 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 1 (For) 6 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 1 (For) 4 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- (For) 4 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 4 (For) 6 (Against) Period 81-90 mins
Aston Villa
- Total goals 50
- Goals per game 18
- 1 (For) 3 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 1 (For) 4 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 2 (For) 3 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- (For) 2 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 1 (For) 2 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 1 (For) 3 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 5 (For) 4 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 5 (For) 2 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 2 (For) 2 (Against) Period 81-90 mins


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Williams missed his third straight practice Friday. He leads Carolina with 1,022 yards rushing.
His absence on Sunday would make it hard for the Panthers to establish their running game and take pressure off Matt Moore, who is making his fourth career start and first in two years. Starter Jake Delhomme has a broken finger.
Receiver Dwayne Jarrett (ankle) and cornerback Captain Munnerlyn (concussion) are doubtful. Receiver Muhsin Muhammad (knee) and fullback Brad Hoover (ankle) are probable. Reserve defensive tackle Tank Tyler (knee) won't play.


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Hitch blowing Blues away
Near top in West under savvy boss
ST. LOUIS -- All Ken Hitchcock has to do is bow his head and frown. That's the respect he gets these days from the St. Louis Blues.
The Blues are near the top of the Western Conference, rarefied air for the franchise in recent seasons. The players credit their savvy veteran coach, who was hired 13 games into the season and arrived with a track record of prodding teams to the top on short notice.
Two months ago, they were foundering. Plug in Hitchcock, and they're legitimate Stanley Cup contenders.
"They're a top team in this league," Canucks forward Daniel Sedin said after his overtime power-play goal beat the Blues 3-2 Thursday night in a matchup for the lead in the Western Conference. "This is one of the toughest teams you can play right now."
The goalie tandem of Brian Elliott and Jaroslav Halak has combined for seven shutouts. The once-anemic power play has made big strides with a simple mandate to fire at will and capitalize on deflections and rebounds. They're perhaps more dangerous at even strength with a relentless forecheck and four lines with a combination of speed and big bodies.
Elliott, who wasn't even guaranteed a job in camp, is the team's lone all-star.
"It's his ability to convince us to pay attention to details and really want to play the game right for 60 minutes," Elliott said. "Having his hockey knowledge, I think we trust in it, and it shows."
Instead of thinking overhaul, Hitchcock approached the job much like one of his productive part-time gigs. He coached Team Canada to a silver medal in the 2008 world championship and served as associate coach on a pair of Olympic gold-medal teams. His greatest NHL achievement was guiding the Dallas Stars to the Stanley Cup in 1999.
Aware of the untapped Blues talent, Hitchcock tweaked the game plan but didn't swamp anyone with a brand-new system.
"I knew the things you could do, the things you couldn't do, and knew how much information they could absorb," he said. "I'm pretty lucky to have that experience."
Hitchcock turned 60 last month and seems a little bit professorial, with roundish body, rosy cheeks and cherubic face to go with his measured, learned delivery.
There were no bulging veins in the neck, no screaming fit when Hitchcock addressed players after the Oilers' three-goal second period earlier this month. Body language combined with a few choice words motivated a stirring three-goal comeback victory.
The next day, Hitchcock accentuated the positive: "Keep the score, burn the scorecard."
"He's kind of an 'I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed' type of guy, and that hurts even more," captain David Backes said. "He's like a dad that's disappointed in the kids. That kind of stings."
Mostly, it's been the Blues doing the stinging.
A franchise that missed the playoffs five of the last six seasons led the Central Division at the midway point this season for the first time since 2001. They stumbled a bit in late December with a pair of losses at division rival Detroit, but didn't stay down for long.
St. Louis won four in a row before the overtime loss to Vancouver Thursday night, so they're way past the honeymoon period.
"We're playing our game night in and night out. Consistent," forward Chris Stewart said. "We don't have the big star. We're playing to our identity."
Hitchcock has adjusted, too. He doesn't obsess over the little things as much.
"The world doesn't stop; your coaching ideas have to evolve, too," team president John Davidson said. "I give him a lot of credit. He's understood things he could have done better and things he has to do better."
He's shown up in better shape, too. Hitchcock is not quite so round anymore after diving into a fitness regime. No more junk food. He's an enthusiastic advocate of the so-called caveman diets, which emphasize foods that prehistoric humans ate, and he shuns processed foods.
"I cut out a lot of things -- a lot of things," he said. "The best thing that happened to me on the break was to find a different lifestyle.
"It's not a diet, it's a way of life. I feel good every day. I don't feel tired. I found a different way to handle the stress of everyday coaching."
Hitchcock doesn't think he's changed as a coach, except for being more accepting of individual tastes. Social media don't scare him.
Though the Blues were far from awful at 6-7 under Davis Payne, the front office detected the possible makings of yet another futile season waiting for the youth movement to click in. It's happening now on a roster dotted with former high draft picks complemented by a veteran presence.
Defenceman Alex Pietrangelo was the fourth overall pick in 2008, and forwards T.J. Oshie, David Perron, Patrik Berglund and Backes are all former high picks. Old hands Jason Arnott and Jamie Langenbrunner, the latter a member of Hitchcock's Stars cup winner, provide stability.
The trade of former No. 1 overall selection Erik Johnson to Colorado last winter looks like a steal, with Stewart and defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk playing key roles.
The Blues are among the NHL's best teams at home, going 17-3-3 headed into Saturday's game against Minnesota.
"After wins, I think we've been really humble, and after losses, too," Berglund said. "The next day we've been working really hard. I think everybody's on the same page, and everybody feels that confidence in the locker-room."
Hitchcock has made a special effort to relate to a younger generation that craves instant feedback. Whenever possible, he tries to incorporate humour.
"We make fun of ourselves and each other. It loosens the load."
The day after games, Hitchcock believes players need him most.
"They're way harder on themselves. They're really looking for leadership, they're looking for a firm direction on what we need to do to get better," Hitchcock said.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition January 15, 2012 B2
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4:48pm Tuesday 19th February 2013 in National Sport © Press Association 2014
Ireland were finally offered some respite from their injury crisis with the expectation that Brian O'Driscoll and Sean O'Brien will be fit to face Scotland.
The Leinster pair sustained ankle and hamstring injuries in the 12-6 RBS 6 Nations defeat to England, but have returned to full training and should participate at Murrayfield on Sunday.
Uncapped Ulster centre Luke Marshall is available to replace the injured Gordon D'Arcy after recovering from the dead leg incurred on provincial duty on Friday night, but the prognosis over Donnacha Ryan is less clear cut after the Munster lock, who is nursing a back spasm, took only a limited part in training on Tuesday.
"Brian and Sean trained this morning and are expected to be fully involved for the rest of the week," said team manager Mick Kearney.
"Donnacha continues to recover from a back spasm. He took part in some of the session today and we're continuing to monitor his rehab.
"Luke Marshall has recovered really well from his dead leg and trained fully this morning. There are no concerns about him."
D'Arcy and Simon Zebo have been ruled out for the rest of the Six Nations, Mike McCarthy appears to have endured a similar fate because of knee problem, while Jonathan Sexton will be absent against Scotland and possibly France a fortnight later.
Paul O'Connell, Stephen Ferris and Tommy Bowe have been missing all championship, while Cian Healy has been suspended for three weeks for stamping on England's Dan Cole.
The Leinster prop is not due to return until the final match against Italy on March 16, but Ireland are mulling over an appeal given that he is effectively serving a four-week ban.
"My own view is that there was a certain degree of ambiguity in the hearing's decision," Kearney said. "While Cian was suspended for three weeks, he was ruled out of rugby for four weeks. That's an area we'd like clarity on. But unless we feel we have very good grounds for appeal, we won't appeal it."


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New OtterBox waterproof case for 4G iPods unveiled
Otter Products has introduced a redesigned waterproof case for 4G iPods and iPod photos. The OtterBox protective case features a waterproof membrane that lets you control your iPod through the case while keeping your iPod "safe at the beach, pool, river, lake, gym or just walking in the rain." It also offers a hard screen cover, external headphone jack, and a belt clip with integrated earphone cable management.
The OtterBox is available in two sizes — one for the 20GB iPod and one for 30/40/60GB iPods. They're both priced at $49.95.
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Where can you purchase waterproof headphones? I assume that Otterbox does not sell the headphones to go with the box? (as I could not find them for sale on the site).
Posted by Keeganskylar on May 6, 2005 at 6:58 AM (PDT)
Thinking of buying one of these cases anyone know of any problems with them? Do these really work?
Posted by Keeganskylar on May 6, 2005 at 7:12 AM (PDT)
I just ordered one now. I can tell that case is solid. I was waiting since 6 months to get Tunewear Waterwear IT NEVER become available in America, Alo it's not as waterproof as Otterbox.
Posted by angelito in Québec, Canada on May 6, 2005 at 9:01 PM (PDT)
Hi Keeganskylar - a couple of sites with waterproof headphones
Posted by poddop on May 10, 2005 at 5:12 AM (PDT)
How can I transfer audio casetts to my 4G Nano?
Posted by George Aiken on June 16, 2007 at 10:28 PM (PDT)
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